Connecticut western news., 1879-10-08
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITRMs.

] accident which occurred at the County Fair Grounds, in that city. About 2,000 people had assembled on newly erected grand stand to witness the races, when the centre of the stand gave way with crash, the front part falling out ward and ths back part falling into the river, precipitating the mass of people into the runs. The Opera House was opened, and many of the dead and wounded, as fast as they were extricated, were conveyed there. It was found that six persons, two of them boys, were killed outright and fully fifty more or less injured.
 Up to October 1st, $20, 734. .507. 93 was paid out at the different pension | agencies for arrearages of pensions. The Agrarian outrage near Castle bar, Ireland, wherein Messrs. Smith, | agents of the Marquis of Sligo, were | fired upon and one of their assailants | killed, has created great excitement. | The Erpress, the Irish Times and the | Dublin Eveni,ag Mail declare it to be the result of the recent political agita- tion, and say that the responsibility for 1t and for similar violence that may be expected will rest on the heads of the agitators. The FTeem0n's Journal says it would be unjust to charge the out rage on the tenant farmers, and believes that the purpose was robbery.
 In the Erie, N. Y, County Court of Sessions, Henry Locke, who, @ short time ago, was arrested for placing ob- structions on the passenger track of the Lake Shore Railroad, near town line, and who confessed his crime, was fined $150.
 Major Thornburgh's command was attacked in bad canon at Milk River, Col, on the march to the agency. They retreated in good order to the wagon train, where they intrenched themselves as fast as possible. Major Thornburgh was killed instantly during the retreat Captain Payne was slightly wounded in two places Lieutenant Paddock and Captain Grimes were also painfully but not dangerously wounded. Ten enlist ed men and Wagon-master McKinstry were killed and at least twenty five men and teamsters were wounded. The h. dians fired the grass all around them to burn them out. The command lost their wagons and most of their horses. Achievements were sent to them.
 The United States debt statement for September shows decrease of the debt for the month of $2,563. 751. 98. The total debt of the country is now S2,261, ,9S1, ,131. .88. Cash in the Treas ury $234, ,778. 679. 30.
 John Frederick Will, a German, killed his divorced wife at Indianapolis, stabbing her fifteen or twenty times with a tanners knife. He afterwards shot himself and died about Il o'clock.
 Nearly $8,OOO, 900 were paid out oi the United States Treasury during Sep tember on account of pensions arrears But for this the decrease of the public debt would have been about $1O, ,0O0, ,00O The Treasury Department at Wash ington purchased 290, 1000 ounces of sil yer bullion for the Philadelphia Mint.
 The receipts from internal revenue for September were $9, ,842, ,887. .36 ani for September, 1878, $9,254, ,237. 75 The receipts from customs for Sep tember, 1879, were SIG. 6.O8O, 524 AS ant fer September, 1878, $12, 735, ,226.86.
 At the Sac and Fox Agency, l. T.. fight took place between party O twelve desperadoes infesting the regiol of the agency and a party of soldier from Fort Sill, resulting in the kllin, of nine of the bandits and of Jim Bar ker, their leader.
 Five of the City of Glasgow BanI directors, convicted of uttering false ab stracts of the balance sheets and sen tenced on February to eight months imprisonment were released Wednesda amid the hooting of crowd.
 The St. Petersburg Golos says tha II ,S44 persons were incarcerated in tn Central Prison at Moscow during tn summer, 10, 477 of whom were condemn ed to exile in Siberia.
 At meeting of Belgian iron-mal ters at Charleroi it was announced ths the orders for iron and all the inform. tion from the foreign iron markets just fled the belief in general and lastin revival in the iron trade.
 The Eastern Express Company, Boston, with all it's ramifcations, hl been purchased by the American B, press Company at price said to nearly $500,0
 The country is being flooded vii counterfeit $5 notes of the National Sta Bank of Troy, N. Y.
 At Washington the Post Office b partment publishes the following as u reasons for holding certain amateur pu1 ications inadmissible to the mails g second-class matter: First, they a not issued from known office of pub cation, as defined by the laws; secon they are not originated and publish, for the dissemination of information apublic character, or devoted to liter ture, the sciences or arts; third, tn, have no legitimate list of subscriber but are published for the purpose exchanging with each other, and not few of them are issued by persons sy tematically engaged in defrauding tl public.
 Joseph A. Lowe, farmer of We Cumberland, went home from dan at the fair at late hour at night. I was found in the morning in the ba murdered, having been struck on t head with an axe. He was doorkeep at the fair, and probably had all t money taken at the door.
 Wendell Phillips declines to run f Lleutenant-Governor of Massachuset on the Greenback ticket, and has pu ished letter in which he says he do that because he is disinclined to ent political life.
 -RameI, convicted of arson in t third degree in attempting to blow the steamer Drew, has been sentenc to seven years imprisonment.
 A special dispatch from Silver Re reports that party of twenty-eig prospectors, who started on an expet tion two months ago, have been ms sacred by Indians near the caste boundary of Utah Territory.
 The Irish cricketers were defeat In one inning by the Philadelphians.
 News reached Dallas, Texas, that party of young men from Dallas a1