Connecticut western news., 1879-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

4tOW VOAoOJ' Sam Haines, notorious thief, of Rockland, Me-, under arrest for numer- ous robberies, murdered his keeper, John Robbins, and escaped.
 More than six hundred pardons have already been granted by the Emperor ot Germany in celebration of his golden wedding, principally to persons 1mprls- onsd for offenses against himself The United States Treasury Depart ment will now fill orders for standard silver dollars in sums as lows as $5OO. Nearly 8 million dollars worth of property was destroyed by an oil fire in Philadelphia. Several vessels were burned and large quantity of oil in barrels and cases. The Iowa Republican Convention at D3s Moines nominated Governor Gear and Lieutenan5- Governor Campbell for Judge and Mr. Von Coelton for Super intendent of Public Instruction were nominated.
 -Jane l.. DeForrest Hull, wife of Dr. Alonzo s. Hull, of No. 40 West Forty second street, New York, was found bound in her bed and dead from strangu- lation, at o'clock Wednesday morning. Something less than $1, 1000 worth of valuables had been stolen from the room. There is scarcely the slightest clue at present to the perpetrators of the extra ordinary robbery and murder, one of the boldest ever made even in New York.
 Reports have reached the Govern ment of India of fresh massacres of royal princes at Mandalay, prompted by the King of Burmah.
 Congress will probably adjourn about Friday, the 20th, but it will do little if any more useful or important work. MT. Warner, in the House, threatens to bring forward 8 bill for the recoinage of trade dollars. In the Sen ote the silver men mean to make an- other effort to drag the Warner bill out of the Committee on Finance, but they are so hopeless of success that they are promising not to touch the bill until December, if they can only be permitted to get it out of the committee.
 -Le Temps says Germany has de- cided to act energetically in order to induce the Khedive to notice her pro- test. She may possibly make naval demonstration. The Age,ace Russe an nounces that Russia has joined Germany in her protest.
 Four soldiers and several civilians were killed in the public disturbance oc- casioned by the collection of taxes at Calatabiano, Sicily.
 Another dike on the River Pc burst and the waters pouring through the break did immense damage in the prov ince of Mantua. The inundation took by surprise upwards of twelve com munes. The inhabitants are completely destitute and are encamped on the dikes. The scenes of distress are heartrending.
 Both Houses of Congress passed unanimously bill to erect monument to mark the site of the house ill which Washington was born.
 The Minnesota Greenback National Convection nominated Asa Barton for Governor. with full State ticket.
 St. Patricks Society, of Montreal, has indorsed the action of the President in inviting the Sixty-ninth New York Regiment to that city on Dominion Day, July 1.
 -Foxhall A. Parker, Commodore in the United States Navy and Super intendent of the Naval Academy, died at Annapolis.
 Edward Parr, who murdered his daughter in Philadelphia, and who was convicted of murder in the first degree, was brought into Court and sentenced to be hanged. Almost as soon as the sen- tence had been pronounced, Parr was taken with spasmodic twitching, and fell writhing to the floor. Two doctors who were called in stated that he had been poisoned with stryehnine. He died shortly after.
 Alexander Solovieff, who attempted the assassin ation of the Emperor of Rus sia on the 14th of April and was con- victed before the Supreme Tribunal of belonging to an association for the over- throw of the state, was hanged on the Smolenski field.
 A terrible riot occurred at Mcintosh, Ga, between colored military company and the negro residents. Four men were killed and several wounded, the military being compelled to give up their excur- sion and retreat in disorder.
 A Topeka. Kan, dispatch says that another severe hailstorm passed over a portion of that country. Hogs, chick ems, etc., were killed and crops were badly cut up. The injury to crops in the immediate vicinity of Wichita is inn mense, and metallic roofs and glass in the vicinity were badly damaged.
 Forty thousand camels belonging to the British transport service have died during the war in Afghanistan. Cholera of severe type has made it's appear. ance in the lower Bolan Pass.
 "A riot against the collection of taxes has occurred in the district of Catania, Italy. Several soldiers and peasants have been killed.
 In the Hudson County, N. J., Court House Judge Knapp sentenced Jennie Smith and Covert D. Bennett to be executed on Friday, July 18th, for the murder of policeman Smith. During the reading of the sentence Bennett suffered great torture. His eyes were fixed as though he was dazed. Each hand held the other with violent grip, It was violent effort of the will only that saved him from swoonipg. Mrs. Smith sank back into her chair and ap- peared to be in 8 fainting fit.
 There was frost throughout Wis consin, which seriously damaged corn, potatoes and other vegetables.
 Three young men-Charles Fifeld. Wm. O. Pinkham and William Rowell- were drowned Tn Salem (Mass.) Harbol Sunday by the capsizing of sail-boat. The bodies have not yet been recovered. Elijah Smith. aged twenty, who says his home is in Milburn, N. J., has been arrested in New Haven for attempting to poison Pbilo T. Crofut and family. He confessed his guilt.
 "A Paris Reuter- dispatch from San- tlago de Chili, dated June 6, says Bolivia has authorized privateers to sail unde, her flag to seize Chilian merchandise