Connecticut western news., 1879-07-02
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

 demanding that the stringent clauses of the new constitution discriminating against the Chinese be put into effect. Dr. HIS. Glenn, the great wheat grower, was nominated for Governor.
 The Maine Republican State Con vention nominated D. F. Davis, of Co- ninth, for Governor. The platform adopted sustains President Hayes pro- tests against the reopening of the excit- ing and sectional issues which had been settled declares an irredeemable paper currency as the worst curse that can be inflicted upon nation, and has strong temperance plank.
 The Manchester correspondent oi the London Standard announces al. most 8 collapse of trade in consequence of the reported instability of large firm engaged in the Manchester trade and in iron works and colleries.
 John Armstrong, of San Francisco, has complied the task of walking half mile each quarter hour for twenty hours each day for thirty days.
 A verdict against Cox, the self-con- fessed murderer of Mrs. Hull, in New York, was rendered by the Coroner'a jury, and he was committed to the Tombs. The Grand Jury considered the case and presented an indictment against Cox.
 The London iSt0ndard says a novel feature at the Bank of England was the receipt of Gl20,000 from the United States, remitted in payment of called American bonds returned to New York for redemption.
 The Empire Elevator, at Buffalo. the property of the Deane Richmond es- tate, the Marine Elevator, and large ice-house were burned with a loss of from $70,000 to $80,000.
 The gathering of the Cuban sugar crop has terminated in consequence of heavy rains. It is estimated that the product is about 115, 900 tons in excess of last years crop.
 A Berlin dispatch to the PaLl Mall Gazette says: At their monthly meeting the directors of the Imperial Bank of Germany passed resolution declaring that an increase of the silver coinage of Germany is imperatively necessary.
 The Algerian insurrection has ended and GOO insurgents are in the hands of the French.
 A terrible rain-storm swept over Fort Griffin, Texas. Over eight inches of water fell. Three people were drowned in the town and four just below 1t.
 At Sandrifle, Ky, party of un- known men attacked the house of Sam Faulkner, severel y wounding Faulkner as he ran from the house. They then set fire to the dwelling, which was con- sumed with its inmates-Harry Russell, aged seventeen, who was also shot, and two children of Faulkner, aged eleven and three. No cause is given for this brutal affair.
 Mrs. Sarah W. Underwood, of Mil waukee, charged with having uttered forged notes to the value of $14, ,OOO pur- porting to be drawn by s. w. Under wood, of Milford, Mass. has been dis charged, the judge declaring that there was no good reason for the prosecution.
 Thomas Dinkel, who it is alleged murdered hls wife in Buffalo some time ago, committed suicide by cutting his throat with razor which had been given him to shave with, preparatory to going to trial.
 The English Government author lties received an anonymous letter warn ing them that an attempt would be made in Cheshire to upset the railway train conveying Queen Victoria and the Princess Beatrice from Balmoral to Windsor. The railway line was conse- quently guarded by hundreds of con- stables. The journey, however, was un- eventful. The letter was probably a hoax.
 The London Tinaes's correspondent at Sheffield says it is long time since such feeling of uneasiness has pre- vailed there. Local failures have been announced during the past week with liabilities aggregating e200,000.
 A caucus of Democratic Senators voted down by 20 to a proposition to adjourn without making appropriations for the courts, and joint caucus con- nittee will decide upon some plan for passing the Judicial Expenses bill with out the second section.
 Mrs. Lizzie M. Munyan, who is evidently insane, has been found in the woods near Sanbornton, N. H., in 8 starving condition, having eaten nothing since Thursday. She is from Franklin Falls and had with her a child three years old whom she had kept alive for three days on wild berries.
 M. Ferdinand de Lesseps in a lecture at Amieps asserted that the first sod of the Panama Canal would be turned on January 1, 1880, and that with 40, GOO navvies including some Chinese and 15,000 Brazilian negroes, the work would be completed in eight years.
 The dwelling of MT. J. F. Reynolds, near Jonesboro, Ga., was destroyed by fire, and with 1t his daughter and sister in-law, young girls of thirteen and six teen years of age.
 At Wllliamstown, Pa., as three men were being lowered in the deep slope at the Williamstown coIliery, the spreader chain gave way, and the occupants of the car were precipitated to the bottom. distance of over one hundred yards. Two were instantly killed, and the third was seriously injured.
 -Chast1ne Cox, negro, was arrested In Boston as the murderer of Mrs. Hull in New York. He was tracted by means of cameo set which was stolen from Mrs. Hull and which he pawned in Bos- ton. He said he entered the house by a Parior window and only intended to rob Mrs. Hull.
 The negro Cox, arrested in Boston for the murder of Mrs. Hull in New !ork, says that he entered the house through window. Mrs. Hull awaken ing, asked, "Who is it?" "The Doc tor,' replied the negro. She put her hand up and touched his face, as he was standing close to the bed. The robber threw her hand back so that she could not touch him, at the same time laying his hand over her mouth. He then got hold of the cologne bottle and dashed cologne into the face of inc struggling woman, after which he got upon the bed and made gag of the bed clothing. She was by this time exhausted and he