Connecticut western news., 1878-04-04

yer, Mass. Her sister, Phoebe Atkinson, aged seventy eight, was arrested on the charge of murdering her. There is no room left to doubt that Aunt Mary, as she was called, was whipped to death in an atrociously cruel manner. She had never been married, and for many years had lived with Phoebe, who is a widow.
 Hester, Fully and McHugh, the con- demned Molly Maguires, were executed at Bloomsburg, Pa. Fully and McHugh seemed resigned to their fate, but He's ter still clung tena"iouslv to hope, and frequently asserted his innocence. He was surrounded by his three daughters, two sons-in-law and other relatives and friends. The drop fell at 11.7, and at II. IT the hearts of all three had ceased to beat. Tully'A and McHugh's necks were broken. Hester died of strangula- ton. The bodies of McHugh and Fully were taken to Wilkesbarre, and Hes ter's to Loo~st Gap.
 A fire broke out in Fourth street, near Arch, Philadelphia, which contin- ued to rage. though the entire fire de- partment of the city, aided by reinforce ments from Camden, exerted them selves to the utmost. The loss is estimated at $1, ,OOO,O 900. The buildings were occupied
 by manufacturing establishments and
 merchants. No loss of life is reported.
 The London Times says the con-
 troversy between England and Russia is
 approaching that dangerous stage where
 the point of homer more and more en-
 gages the attention.
 The steamer Magenta, running from
 New York to Haverstraw on the Hudson,
 exploded steam chest when near Sing
 Sing, killing two men and boy, and fatal
 ly scald1ng three men. Several others
 were more or less injured. The steamer
 suffered slight damages.
 The Eurydice, British war vessel,
 used as a school ship, was struck by a
 gale off the Isle of Wight and capslzed.
 Between three and four hundred persons
 were on board, few only of whom, un-
 fortunately, were saved.
 In the great walking match, in
 London, O'Leary, the American, beat all
 competitors. The contest was begun at
 one o'clock on the morning of the 18th
 of March, and the special condition was
 that it should end at ten o'clock Satur-
 day night, the 23d The contestants were permitted to go as they pleased, that is to say, run, trot, walk, or what ever gait they might choose to adopt. The question was simply one of en- durance. OLeary completed 520 miles,
 and won the match. Vaughan finished 500 miles, and Brown 447.
 .. In the town of Cicero, settlement f eight miles from Syracuse, N. Y., Mrs 3 Lucy Day, decrepit woman, aged & 3 years, was murdered by her daughter, . . widow, named Mrs. Lora l.. Edden, agei , 46. The crime was committed simply t, get the poor old woman out of the way . A dispatch from Kings Mountain I Ky, on the Cincinnati and Souther1 Railroad, reports that John H. Newtol and James D. Ameron were killed ant t c. F. McDonald severely wounded b, l. the explosion of the boiler of portabl i engine there.
 The closing act in the West Virgini triple tragedy is now recorded. Joh, j. Wallace confessed that he alone mul e dered Mrs. Wallace and her child an l. Miss Church, at Littleton, and after tn confession an armed mob took him fro1 k the officers and hanged him.
 e Col. Thomas Scott, of the Pennsy }. vania Railroad Company, stated to Leg ] islative Committee that the loss of proI
 erty of the company during the riot { @ Pittsburg sums up $2,00O, ,000, while th n entire loss including merchandise, etc 'f is estimated at $5, 100000
 Y A survivor of the British school shi :" Eurydice disaster gives the number o j. board as over 300. Five were picked u l. by passing schooner after being in th
 water over an hour, but all have die . except two. It is not probable that an er others were saved, as strong ebb tic in was running. The Eurydice was und' 8. full sail when she was overtaken by o1 snow storm accompanied by heay 10 10 squalls. The sun shown again brillian 1e ly shortly afterwards, but nothing VI of then visible except few boxes hoati1 s. down the channel. The survivors ss re they saw the ship suck down many y she sank. She was an old wooden shi ,H and was used as training vessel. IT a greater portion of those lost were bo