Connecticut western news., 1878-04-18
Will;am M Tweed died in Ludlow

so1coU JuAA3 ANO" AOAh OAuJS WuCIo AO ANo been confined for nearly two years, ever since his return from Spain. The an- nouncement of his death created intense excitement in that city. He, had been i'll for some time, and the excitement at tendant upon his various trials had so affected his health that his death was looked for at any time. He was foreman of a fire engine company, and chair maker, when in 1852 he commenced his political career, and rose rapidly until he possessed wide influence. In 1870 his power began to wane, and continued until he found himself in prison, where he died. The history of his career is familiar to all.
 Two men were killed and one fatally injured by the falling of derrick. on railroad in Harrison county, Ohio.
 -Ex-Gov. Moses of South Carolina, was arrested in New York city charged with forgery and taken to his old home. A sleeping car on the Union Pacific Railroad upset, badly iniuring three | persons.
 The boilers of the Sandy Fashion, small steamer running from Cuttles- burg, Ky, up the Sandy river, exploded at the mouth of the river, and the vessel sank in three minutes. Four passengers were killed and several severely injured.
 Mrs Fogarty, keeper of a small grocery store III New York city was m ur- dered by her husband, who ,afterwa ard took his own life. The story of the double. crime, with the circumstances which preceded it, show that it was the result of domestic infelicities of long standing.
 The bill introduced in the United States House by MT. Turner imposes a fine of not less than $5, ,000 or more than $5O,0 900 upop any Senator or Represen- tative who Shall act as an attorney for any railroad or other corporation created by the Government, or for any patentee of the United States, or for any mail contractor or their assigns.
 -6,5O5, 900 hogs were cut up and packed in the West during the winter.
 When the Earl of Leitrim was buried in St. Michael's Church, at Dub. lin, crowd of about 300 hissed, hooted and cheered outside of the church. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has pro. claimed the district comprising Lord Leitrim's Donegal estates under the Peace Preservation act. '.
 All embargoed estates in Cuba are to be returned to their owners. '-
 There now seems to be no reasona. ble doubt but that Joseph La Page
 who was hung at Concord, N. H., fol the murder of Josie Langmaid, at Penn
 broke, October 4, 1876. was guilty o
 killing two women in Canada. -.
 Claims for use of camping grounds
 and buildings for hospitals before anc
 after the battle of Gettysburg were re
 jected by the Treasury Department a
 Washington, r.... ... <
 No British team will be present te
 compete for prizes at Creedmoor thiI
 season.
 An explosion of fire damp occurred at the Keystone Colliery, Locust Dale . Pa., by which Thomas Bennie was in
 stantly killed, and Harry Brennan, hi, partner, badly injured.
 -Cephas Jones, colored, was sentenct at Washington, D. O., to thirty years imprisonment in the Albany Peniten
 tiarY, for an outrageous assault upol
 Miss Florence P. Smith. .. ! Moscow and St. Petersburg news papers declare that the British Govern ments, by involving Russia's dignity il 2 the matter, has made it impossible flo , her to yield to England's demands. ! The men on Section No. of the La r chine Canal, dissatisfied with being kep out of their wages, attempted to blow II f the lock at the western entrance of tn
 canal. The Long Branch authorities hay declared against Spitz dogs and ladie will not be allowed to take their pet there this season.
 7 Near Austin, Texas, the bodies c l two men were found suspended to 8 tree
 they having been lynched. San Antonio, Tex, is interested i l fights between old worn-out menageri . lions and wild Texas bulls. Of cours the bulls gore and kill the lions. n The salvors of the Cleopatra obelis - have been awarded $1O, ,OOO and costs.
 A tramp stealing ride on the Ne, . York Central Railroad fell off the freigh
 cars and was run over and killed. f Farmer Thompson, of Pine Plains 6 who was shot by officer Smith, in COT = test about land title, died. .. A terribly disastrous fire occurre 1 at Bath, N. Y., a little before one o 'cIoc
 in the morning. The insane departmen a of the Steuben County House, ,containin - between sixty and seventy inmates, wa T fired by c. L. Ford, one of the inmates !. ;, from Hornellsville. Fifteen persons
 five males and ten females, perished i s the flames. Ford was supposed to b e less insane than he really was, and wa l. allowed considerable liberty. He fire } his bedding, and thus set the building i u flames. The scene was one of horror
 The building was entirely destroyed. ,, -Col. O. L. Sherherd of Newport, @ l., who did not pay over the fund COT !, tributed by other officers in 1864 for u monument on the Stone river battl z 2 ground, has been sentenced to be COT
 fined within the limits of the post @ Fort Adams for one year, and thereafte