Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
OUR NEWS SUMMARY.

Lord Dufferin, of Canada, proposes that Niagara Falls and surroundings be purchased and set apart for an interna, tional park.
 F. G. Minor was found guilty a; Cleveland of robbing graves. Dr. Gar isle was acquitted, but rearrested fol stealing the body of Mrs. Pease from Ravena, Ohio.
 The clerks and employees of the Treasury Department, Washington, have been armed in anticipation of an attack upon the building by men out of em. ployment.
 The experiments in making sugar from cornstalks, which have been in pro. gress at the Agricultural Department al Washington, are believed to be suff. ciently favorable to warrant the atten. tion of farmers who have facilities fo, the manufacture.
 At Ogdensburg, N. Y., young mar named Beandry attempted to extinguisE the light in kerosene lamp by blowing his breath into the top of the chimney The lamp exploded. setting fire to his clothing, and he was burned to death.
 A treasure coach that left Dead wood was stopped. by five armed mer at Canyon Springs. Two messengers Captain Smith and Gale Hill, were SC riously wounded, and one passenger, H, o. Campbell, telegraph operator, was killed. The treasure taken amounted to between $25, 900 and $3O,00O.
 At Wayne, Mich, the wife oi Stephen Butler, lady of elegant con- nections and the mother of three young children, procured her husbands razor, shut herself up in the house, and de- iberately cut her throat from ear to ear, falling dead to the floor.
 The Republican State Convention at Saratoga completed its work in one day. Senator Conkling was made per manent president. He addressed the convention at- length. A platform was reported favoring hard money, economy .in public expenditures and an elevated Civil Service, and declaring that the &C., tion of the Electoral Commission should be regarded as final by men of all par ties. MT. Curtis seconded the resolu- tlons in speech. The platform was adopted. George F. Danforth was nominated to the Court of Appeals. A. B. Cornell was made chairman of the State Committee.
 The Democratic State Convention at Syracuse adopted hard-money plat form, and declared that the candidate elected by the people as President was deprived of his office by fraud. The anti-Tilden men sought to have num- Der of State Committeeman at large appointed, but this was defeated. George B. Bradley, the Tilden candi- date, was nominated for the Court of Appeals, The complexion of the State Committee is in doubt, but the Tilden men claim to control the committee. This body did not choose @ chairman, but adjourned to meet in New York in October.
 In New Orleans 8 delirious negro patient rushed out of his house and up the street, pursued by half dozen per- sons. He was entirely nude. When captured he wrestled for while to get free, then was seized with black vomit and died almost immediately. A young German girl in house near the scene of the capture was very low, and hear ing the tumult, sprang out of bed and died instantly.
 Col James A. Hamilton, the oldest of the three surviving sons of General Alexander Hamilton of Revolutionary anne, died in his home, near Irvington, N. r., in the ninety first year of his age. He was born in New York city, on April 14th, 1788.
 While blasting in the St. Gothard tunnel, Switzerland, premature dis charge took place. and ten men were killed.
 The Stannard murder examination at Madison, Conn.,, ended abruptly by the discharge of Rev. MT. Hayden. Jus tice Wilcox in discharging the prisoner said: "He would say in conclusion that the Court would feel content if he was as sure of heaven and eternal felicity as of Hayden's innocence. The Sheriff will please discharge the prisoner" who was congratulated by his friends.
 After the strictist investigation into the Hoedel and Nobiling cases, no trace of conspiracy in Germany could be discovered.
 The Democrats of Massachusetts,. who would not confirm the nomination of Butler, have nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Josiah c. Ab- bolt. Boston; Lieut.. Governor, William R. Plunkett, Pittsfeld; Secretary of State, H. O. Dewing, Holyoke Audi tor, John E. Fitzgerald, Boston Treas urer, Gen. D. N. Skillings, Winchester {; Attorney General, Richard OIney, Bos- ton. The platform, which was adopted unanimously, charges extrayagance and fraud in the Presidential election upon the Republican party, and declares in favor of hard money and of free trade.
 Indiana has been visited by @ tor nado, doing serious damage.
 At Creedmoor, J. s. Sumner, in a possible 225, made 221 (which is the best score ever made on any range in the world, he having made Al sbull's eyes" and 4 s.centres" in the 45 shots. The shooting generally was better than ever before.
 -60O Mormons arrived in New York nd left for Salt Lake. They were most ly Danes, with few English and Welsh.
 A reunion of the Army of the Tennes- see is to be held at Indianapolis, Octo- Der 30 and 31 Genera1a Sbarnon