Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
NEWS ITEMS.
What is Doing in the Old World and the
 New.


 fire in Tokio, Japan, on Nov. 29th, de- stroyed sixty-five streets, containing 5000 houses, valued, with their contents at $10, 000,- 900. Fifty lives are believed to have been lost ......A Norwegian ship called the Rjukan went ashore near Ocean Grove, N. J., and broke up. Her crew of twenty men was rescued with difficulty. ..... Chinese authorities apologized to the representative of the United States for the destruction of the American chapel at Yen Ping Flu, a year ago, by a mob. The value of the property was refunded. .... The schooner Castello, of and from St. John for New York, laden with lath, went ashore at Southwest Har- Dor, 120 miles from St. John N B. Her crew of five perished, and their bodies have been re- covered .... Beckwith, former confidential clerk of Babbitt, tho New York soap man, who was tried for defrauding his employer out of $200, GOO, sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. .... Ten of the Mexican States recognize Iglesias as the rightful president, while Diaz is upheld by five. At last accounts Diaz had the better army, and was marching on the town of Queretaro, which Iglesias de- lending with ,000 men. The battle of Trenton, N. J., was celebrated by an imitation of that famous engagement, in which every incident was duplicated as far as practicable. Fourteen children were burned to death in convent at St. Elizabeth, Canada. The building was completely destroyed insured for $24,O -
 The State canyasssrs of Florida, in obedience to the order of the supreme court, met and can vassed the returns. The result of the canvass elected Drew Dem) governor by 195 the Hayes electors by 209; Davidson (Deml to Con gress, by $40, and Brisbee (Rep.) by 320. Gov. Stearns will commence an action quo 1cd,rdnto against Drew. Florida thus ceases to be dis puted State so far the Presidential election is concerned. IA petition signed by many of New York city's influential and wealthy busi- ness men has been presented to Congress, pray ing for an early settlement of the Presidential
 
 -. .Major-Gen. John P. Bankson, of the Penn sylvania National Guard, and prominent busi- ness man of Philadelphia, committed suicide by shooting, on account of business difficulties... Otis D. Swan, a New York stock broker, promi- nent as society man, secretary of the Union League club, director of two hospitals, secretary of bank, and holding other offices of trust and honor, is defaulter to the amount of $3O0,000 ......A message by President Grant to Con gross informs that body that England has con- ceded to our wishes that the article in the treaty of 1842 relating to extradition shall be in force until other arrangements can be entered into. :;.....A new counterfeit $1.000 greenback has been discovered ..... Lower canal rates are asked for by Buffalos board of trade ...... On Christmas day Charles Leighton fatally stabbed a man near Springfield, Mo-, and ill the evening attended public ball, when, without provoca- tlon, he shot and killed young man named Mason. The murderer narrowly escaped lynch ing .... Six stores were burned in Golfers
 
 ploded lamp was the cause.
 Indian Commissioner Smith, in his reconl- mendations for the future care of his charges, states that the;want sf Q settled policy has been the greatest drawback of the Indian question, and advises that the Indians be gathered on large reservation judicial authority substi- tuted for the rulings of the chiefs, and white men excluded from the grounds. .. Patent Commissioner Duel1 has resigned his position to enter law firm ill New York ..... The ship Harvey Mills cotton laden, was destroyed by fire in the harber of Port Royal, s. C. Loss Boston between P. J. McDermott and D. David son, the latter received fatal injuries and died in the hall. Several arrests were made w David Milligan (colored) was shot and killed by his cousin William at Canton, Md, after both had been drinking. .... .Fredericks & O'Neill, photographic artists on Broadway, New York; suffered loss of $8O, 900 by fire :. ID. Atwater X Newcomb's boot and shoe factory at Elmira, \. f.,, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000 i; insured S45, ,00O ... The German steamer Goethe has been wrecked on Lobos island, Uruguay. No lives were lost. The accounts of the failure of the herring fishery on the western coast of Newfoundland are confirmed by the latest advices. Many of the inhabitants of the western coast of Newfoundland are in absolute Restitution. =. According to the report of Adj.-Gen. Townsend New York State militia number 1, 108 artillery ,267 cavalry, and 18 TOT infantry Gov. Hayes personally denies the runner of his intention to resign the governor , ship of Ohio.
 \ terrible disaster occurreda quarter of mile from Ashtab1la, Ohio by which at least 100 persons were killed or injured. The western express, consisting of six passenger and draw ing-room and five baggage and express cars broke through an iron bridge md fell distance of seYenty-iye feet to the ice below, which gave way and portions of the cars went into the water, many persons being drowned; others were killed by being crushed in the falling cars while still others perished in the flames which speedily consumed the portions of the cars left above the water. blinding snowstorm pre- vailed at the time. Of 175 people on board the train, it is thought sixty lost their lives or were seriously injured At Augusta, Ky, seven un- known young men from Utopia, Ohio who were on the ice of the Ohio river, were drowned by the breaking of the gorge. .Capt.James Parce of Mt. Forest, Canada, who lived apart from his wife, attempted to kill his stepson and daughter, and being unsuccessful committed suicide. The stepchildren were seriously in iured The Alabama claims court has ad- Journed slne die. By the burning of five story building the Bowery, New York, s25,- 900 loss was entailed. The losers were tobacco dealers and hatter3. Bremaker, Moore & Co 5 large paper mill at Laurel, Indiana, was burned. Loss about $150,000; insurance, $45, ,000. Two masked burglars were caught in the act in East SchadaclS,s Rensselaer, county, N Y
 Messrs. Sayler, Abbott and Lawrence, the sub Congressional committee, report, from the re- turns submitted. that South Carolina voted for Hayes and Wheeler by about seven hundred majority, but that Hampton and the entire Democratic ticket have been elected by much larger majority.
 By railway collision at Quincy, H., four of the train employees were killed. . The rear car of 8 train in Vermont was crushed into by g snowplow which was following and number of the railway hands injured. Victoria was proclaimed Empress throughout India with great ceremony ep the first of the year The population 'of Peru, by the census returns just published IS 2.703, ,075. !. The mineral exports from Utah for the past year amounted to little over 5000, 8N ... During wind storm at amount of S25.G0G - Kreischer I& Sons fire brick works on Staten Island were destroyed by fire. Loss, S100.0 An exceedingly violent gale on the south coast of England did great damage by inundatinS all the towns. Dover pier was injured to the extent of S15O, ,OOO .. There has been issued by the United States treasury in silyBr coins to the close of business on December 30, $25,270, ,781. Of this amount SIS, ,54S, 844 have been issued to redeem frac- tional currency, and Ss10 72O, 937 were dispersed in lieu of Sgreenbacks. It is believed that work will be commenced on the Darien shir canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans within two yes2s The cost of the work is esti mated at S180000, ,000 Tt is rumored that fllibustering exped ton is organizing in Sar Francisco to invade Lower California Paper. now on file in Washington show sixty-two yes sels destroyed by cruisers other than the Ala bama, Shenandoah and r orida, the value o which was 91,226, ,444.0S, exclusive of cargoe valued at S425, ,253. The amount of insurance on these vessels ann cargoe5 is stated at s671, 494. The sum of S3,0O0,O0O in gold has bee1 awarded to sufferers by the vessels named above. In New York city during 1876 ther, were 1,239 deaths by accidents and violence against 1,105 in 1875. In the same city 10; divorces were granted during the year Tht steamer Circassian having gone ashore on tn Long Island coast, & wrecking crew was pu aboard to get her off, and had nearly succeeded in their efforts when a storm of great violenc arose, and the steamer broke amidships throw ing the men into the high running sea, anc tweaty-eight of the crew perished The If saving crew was unable to assist the doome, men, although their danger was perceived