Connecticut western news., 1878-12-18
OUR NEWS SUMMARY.

ported that the AmSer has blown the commandant of Alimusiid from cannon's mouth.
 Great excitement is reported to exist in Constantinople over the dis covery of an alleged conspiracy to depose the Sultan, for connection with which Mahmoud Damad Pasha and others were banlshed. It is understood that the Chilian Government disowns the seizure of the American ship Devonshire, while load ing with guano ill the Straits of Magellan, and that she has been released.
 At Stockton, Gal, Rarus, in a trot against time, made mile in 2. IA, He was accompanied by turner.
 Two men who stole stock and killed Q herder in Custer County, Neb., were taken from Sheriff's posse by Q mob of masked lynchers, who tied them to a tree and burned them to death.
 Bonds and other securities worth $100, 900 have been stolen from Turn bull & O., bankers, of St. John, N B. Sir Stafford Northcote says England will not tolerate Russian interference in Afghanistan.
 There IS talk of proposed changes iu the French Ministry.
 The cotton crop of 1878 is now esti- mated to amount to 5,197, ,OOO bales.
 A report, which lacks authority has been received of great rising of his people against the Ameer, and that the British troops have been invited by them to advance upon Cabul.
 
 Edward O'Kelly, the last Fenian prisoner now confined in Ireland has been released.
 The storm which broke over the Middle States, extended to the New Eng land States, and lasted two days. p1oves to have been one of the most disastror7s ever experienced in the region affected 6y It.. From Pittsburg, Halifax and Whitehall come reports of high water and consequent destruction Of bridges. dams, mills, houses and live stock, and of interrupted railroad travel, although but few lives have been lost. The rail. roads especially have suffered severely. Near Bellows Falls, Vt., 8 train was plunged into an undermined culvert, two l1ves lost, and number of people severely injured. Near Concord, N, H., ahother tram was thrown down an en- Dankment and several persons were paoly nurt. A freight train from Boston also vent into the river at Woodsville, N; N; h., put without damaging any one. The valley or the Passaic is in a flood, ana ID Paterson and the region round aoouI mucn destruction was wrought by the water which, at last accounts was still rising. The damage to nron. erty will amount to millions.
 In Boston, Edward Donovan seven. teen years old, murdered his brother-in- law, James H. Fox, aged twentv.four, Fox vas chastising one of his children md Donovan interfered. and this led to the killing. ' '---' -0'' "
 The enterprising detectives who went to search for the ren1ains of Mr Stewart, will not get the fifty thousand dollars reward. There was a bodv bnt It was that of Virginian. taken back to the bosom of the Mother of Presi- dents. A - Ao'i- Mrs. Dodson and her two newnbevs nave been acquitted of the charge of attempting to murder the negro. James Jones, in Delaware.
 A train on the Pennsylvania Rail road killed two men. one af Hnntinoton ,t.11 and the other at Union Furnace Pa in run of thirteen miles.
 The bill of indictmeht against Lady dooeh, charged with attempting to pam o1 fraudulent heir upon her G6usDand, has been thrown out by the Grand Jury. '
 There was great damage done by tue late storm, which was very wide spread and severe.
 -GoVernot Wade Hampton, of South carolina, had his leg amputated, and was also elected United States Senator the same day. .Lul < Sage, extensive cheese and butter makers, of New Berlin, Chenango ceounty, N. have failed, with iabili- aes nteo oes estimated from $209,0OO to S4oo,oO0 They have thirty or forty Iaceofles. The amount of the assets is unknown. An AT explosion of four dust, caused py the ignorant carelessness of an em- ployee in the Anchor Touring mill at n:ml nm:imnnleapolls, Minn., owned by Governor InlsDufy, caused loss of $75,00O. A sllnl!m se explosion last May in the series part resulted in serious loss of life and the destruction of an immense amount of property. ''-- '''-' ANoAcu meu SurrOQnQed the house oi John Stull, near Summersvi1le, Texas, ana threw torpedo inside. Upon the an1a5es rushing out they were shot at killed. Smiths wife and baby were wounded. The assassins are unknown. A few of the details of the assassina- tlon of Don Manuel Pardo, ex-President or Peru, and at the time of his death Presldent of the Peruvian Senate. which occurred on November 16 last. have Just come to hand. As Senor Pardo YVES entering the Senate he was shot in tne pack by sergeant of the guard and eeAplfed Tn about two hours, after aofglVlng the assassin. The murderer. !S IS reported. has made confession duplicating number of others in his battalion. ---'
 -One man was killed and several ner. sons very seriously injured hy the dc. engagement of train near Romeo Mich The Breathitt vendetta in Kentucky IS as bloody and vindiotive as ever. The iatest report from the county shows that four were killed m one day and six SC. rlously wounded.
 .-Danel OLeary has accomplished ms walk of 400 miles in Philadelphia forty-hye minutes ahead of time.
 An assignment for the benefit of creditors was filed by Olyphant & Co.,, once the leaders Of the China trade in New York, and of late years dealino largely with Peru, Australia and New Zealand.
 The British are about to advance on Jelalabad. O- The suspension of the West of Eng.