Connecticut western news., 1879-08-06

Sunday in the vicinity of Trieste. Sev- eral lives were lost, twenty. three vessels were damaged and one vessel sunk.
 The London Star dard's Berlin des- patch says that an important Russian journal, the Odessa Vestn5k, discussing the Russian march on Merv, says: eff Great Britain will protect our frontier from Afghan inroads and our commerce from Afghan plllage we, having extend ed our way to the Hindoo Koosh, shall not want to go beyond that natural boundary when attained"
 Yellow fever has made it's appear ance in New Orleans.
 A flood swept away all the large buildings in Petrolia, Pa. Serious dam age was done to property in the vicinity. One life was lost.
 A terrific thunder and hail storm passed over Brockville, Ontario. Con- siderable damage was done to buildings by lightning. A tree on the American side of the river, under which the wife and child of George Hutton had taken refuge, was struck by lightning and the child instantly killed in it's mothers arms. The latter was also fatally in- | iured. A man at Larocque was killed by lightning on an island 8 short dis tance up the river.
 A passenger tram on the Baltimore & Ohio jumped the track at Havana, | Ohio. Two employees were killed and
 tramp badly injured.
 The London Daily Neaos announces that in consequence of domestic bereave- ments MT. John Welsh, the Minister of Gtotn hoa will sail for home about the 2Oth of August.
 At Clarksville, Tenn, Wm. Burchel shot and killed his wife and daughter and then shot himself. He was insane.
 The Spanish Cabinet at Madrid at the next session of the Cortes intend to introduce bills for the gradual extinction of slavery and the payment of com pensation to proprietors of slaves, freed men to give some years of labor for their liberty.
 In Berlin Admiral Batsch having been sentenced to six months imprison- ment by the Grosser- -Kurfurst Court martial, has rendered his resignation and Captain Klansa has given himself up to serve months imprisonment.
 John Mahoney and James Sullivan were drowned in Black Rock Harbor, Lake Erie, Sunday, while fishing. Mahoney fell into the water and grasp. ing Sullivan, who was attempting tc save him, dragged him to the bottom Both men were married.
 Moody and Sankey, the revivalists took part in the Sawyer Gospel meetingl at Cooper Union Sunday. MT. Moody preached afternoon and evening. The revivalists will appear in the Unio1 hall every Sunday evening until further notice.
 The Governor General of Algeri. has issued decree sequestrating thu territory of the cities which recently revolted, and imposing an extraordinar! contribution of 255,000 francs upol them.
 Fear is expressed in Washington that an important contraction of the cur rency will be caused by banks, holding unredeemed ten-forty bonds ordering them redeemed.
 The New Jersey Court of Error and Appeals, ill session at Trenton granted new trial to Mrs. Jennie R Smith and Covert D. Bennett, who wer under sentence to be hanged Friday August 15, for the murder of Richar H. Smith, the husband of the former ; at Jersey City, August 1, 1878. lively 1 judges voted in favor of the new tria and three against it. The decision give the principals in the case and thei friends much joy.
 Refugees from Memphis are havin ) rough time of it in the interior towns They are looked upon as carrying tn seeds of pestilence, and the moment on
 complains of any sort of illness he is pu } down as yellow fever subject, a cour Gil of physicians is held, the general It suit of which is-''If it is yellow feve it has not yet developed" and strea of consternation runs through the enti1 ) community. The house occupied b
 the unfortunate is summed, and he sue , denly finds himself isolated. Gen. B. F. Butler announces tht he will be candidate for Governor ( Massachusetts in the coming campaign