Connecticut western news., 1877-01-26
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What Is Doing in the Old World and the
 

The passenger and mail cars of 8 train went over twenty-foot embankment near East Wallingford, Vt., and a number of the passen- gers were severely injured. broken rail was the cause " During thick fog the Boston steamer Seminole cut down the steamer Mont gomery, from New York for Havana. when off Cape May I he Montgomery sunk immediate ly, carrying down with her the second officer, four of the crew and eight Spanish passengers whe had not time to escape from their rooms. The other parties on board were rescued by the Seminole. ... The weight of snow on the roof of the railway freight house at Springfield, AIass.,. crushed through killing one man and severely injuring several. .... Burglars hired a room in New York building and during Sun day cut through an eighteen-inch brick wall and entered Moss Bros pawnshop, which they succeeded ill robbing of $4 900 worth of jewelry before they were discovered. they made good their escape. .... The first vessel of the Rus sian fleet about to visit our waters has arrived at Charleston, s. c. The Grand Duke Alexis is to follow in command of his vessel. .Louisi- ana, like South Carolina, had double inaugu- ration of governors, both being sworn ill with the usual' ceremonies and without serious dis 1 turbances. Gov. Packard was inaugurated in the hall of the House of Representatives, and Gov. Nichols ill Lafayette square. Both gov ernments will make strong effort to be recog- nized.
 The trustees of the Lick estate, San Fran cisco, have come to an amjcable settlement l ceased philanthropist, by which they pay him the sum of &533, GOO, out of which he pays the other contestants $72,000. -. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, and young ] May, who, a few days before, had assaulted Bennett in New York city, fought bloodless duel on the Maryland and Delaware line, and near a small village. Three shots with pistols were exchanged between the parties and then they shook hands and thus settled their trou- bles. It is believed by many that their pistols were not loaded, the seconds of both parties carrying on little farce, as it was we'll known that Bennett and May and their seconds were liable to criminal prosecution under the laws of i New York and Maryland. ... The safe in the post-office at Port Jervis N. Y., was blown open by burglars and robbed of $50 in money and 8 number of registered letters The Legisla- ture of Tennessee elected ex Gov. 1sham G. | Harris Oem.) to serve the long term. . The captain of the steamer Montgomery, which was sunk by the Seminole, exonerates the officers of i the latter vessel from all blame, and says that owing to the heavy fog he mistook the Seminole for & schooner and acted accordingly. When l the mistake was discovered it was too late to rectify it. .. It is claimed that Vim. H. Wander bilt will arrange with the heirs to his fathers estate so that the commodores will shall not be contested. It will take $4,00000 to settle this arrangement. .... The sale of the pews in Plymouth church for the ensuing year realized $4s, 421. 50. In 1876 the sum was s6S, S,683 in | 1875, $70, ,319.50 in 1874, $59, ,430. The Ohio Legislature has appointed committee to investigate the cause of the Ashtabula bridge horror ... The boiler of George Donner's sawmill at Austin, Mich, exploded, causing the instant death of three workmen in the mill ! The cause of the explosion is unknown. Attorney General Taft made report to the Unit l ed States Congress, relative to affairs in the South, in which he said that evidence came to the President that there was intimidation and violence in South Carolina during the late cleo l ton, and it was necessary to send troops there, not to interfere with the rights of the people, I but to make it safe for people to vote. He says | the troops were sent on demand of the governor of the State. and not to have sent them would have been a denial of the Constitutional right of the governor and people of the State.
 The Nichols government in Louisiana on the day after the double inauguration obtained pos session of all the police stations and court houses. 1 The Packard government held and occupied | the State house, which was barricaded. On ! this day the Nichols militia, numbering 5, 900 men and fully armed, were reviewed and made parade, being loudly cheered on the route. The excitement in the city was up to fever heat. 1 Gen. Auger, in charge of the United States troops, kept his command on duty prepared for any emergency which might arise, and was in structed by the secretary of war to preserve peace and prevent the organization of unau- thorized bodies of armed men.
 The smallpox is moving southward ill Mani | toba and not single unaffected house exists ill Gimh Big island, where the Icelandars set 1 tied, has also become infected. Seven pas- sengers were injured by the overturning of & ] passenger car which had jumped the track be- ' tween Richmond and Louisville zee. Wreckers misplaced rail on the Pensacola Fiorida) rail- road, in consequence of which fireman was fatally injured and the engineer slightly hurt. ..... The South street Presbyterian church at Morristown, N. J., was destroyed by fire caught 1 from the furnace pipe. Loss, $30000; insur- ance, S25,000. .... The silver payments from the treasury from April 20, 1876; up to the sixth instant were $26, ,075, ,933.39. The amount of fractional currency destroyed in that time was $15, ,704, ,542.30. The amount paid on currency obligations and for checks was SIG, ,371, 1893. ... 1 Benj. F. Prescott was nominated for governor | by the New Hampshire Republicans in conven- ton. =. New gold diggings have been dlscov- the miners make BIO day -. Smallpox is on the increase in London, and much anxiety is manifested by the authorities. .. Forged checks to the amount of $59,000 were successfully palIned off by men in Alabama in exchange for cotton. The checks were drawn on the First National bank of Boston. .... The report ot New York's bank commissioner shows tha re
 sources of the banks to have been $100, 759, ,644
 at the last return-being over seven million dol
 lars less than at the same date the previous
 year. The secretary of the treasury hat
 issued call for the presentation of $10,000, ,00t
 of fve-twenty bonds of 1865, May and Novem
 Der issue, for redemption. S7,00O,0O art
 coupon and S3,000,O coo registered.
 The Central Hotel at Long Branch, N. J.
 together with several adjoining buildings, Wal
 destroyed by fire recently. Loss, $40,G0O
 partially insured. =. Sargent Brothers S Co.,
 extensive dry goods house in Boston has closed
 with liabilities amounting to s167, 900 and asset
 stated at S242, 900 Dun, Barlow Co.,, il
 their annual report of failures for the yea
 1876, say the number was 1,72s, with iabilitie
 amounting to $25,517, ,991. In 1875 the failure
 in the Dominion were 1868, with $29, ,8l3, 967 A confagration at Swanton, Vt., destroy
 ed a block devoted to commercial purpores, il
 which were located the custom house and post
 office Loss, $10,000. All the official book
 were destroyed. .... The Pope received tn
 students of the American College, who read al
 address and presented a sum of Peters pence The Pope, in reply, dwelt upon the marvelou progress Catholicism is making in America. Miss Pauline Lucille Western, favorably know as an actress, died in Brooklyn, N. E., 0
 pneumonia, at the age of thirty-6ye years. ...
 A broken rail on the Virginia Midland road near Alexandria, caused two sleeping coache to run off the track and down an embankment l turning completely over in their descent
 Fifteen persons were injured, several of then
 severely. Most of them were invalids on thei way to Florida. .. Ten fishing schooners be . longing to Gloucester, Mass, are believed t. have been lost during the recent heavy weather with all on board. The vessels were the Ellel Francis, David A. Burnham, Gettysburg, Joh s. Tyler, w. T. Merchant J. r. Huntress Robert Emmett Howard Steele, Medus, B. Jer rold and D. E. Woodbury. They all carrie crews numbering from five to ten men, most 0 whom leave families. .... The New Jerse Legislature organized compromise betwee 1 the Democrats and Republicans, by which tn r officers of the body were divided between tn . two parties the Democrats taking the speakc and the Republicans the clerk. =. There is } prospect that the difficulties in Europe will b settled without war, and on an amic clble basi,
 .... President Borrero, of Ecuador, has bee
 obliged to flee for his life-the revolutionst being successful after A hard fought battie wit . the government troops.
 Alex. Barton cashier of the Fishkill (N Y National bank, is charged with deficiency
 his accounts-said to be nearly $60, ,000. Bal
 ton, who has been connected with the bank fo twenty years stated that he vas obliged to d