Connecticut western news., 1879-09-10

Moore's Flat, resisted the robbers when tkey attempted to take gold bar from him and was shot through the head and instantly killed.
 The Minnesota Republican State Convention renominated Governor Pills bury. The platform adopted comments the financial administration of the Gov ernment and the Presidents veto of the bill repeating the election laws, and de- clares that the time has come for some reduction in the tariff, especially on clothing, books and other articles of in- dustrial and household economy. Lewis Gray, aged 27, and Charles explosion of sixty pounds of nitro to charge an oil-weu at Bells Camp, near Bradford, Pa.
 An explosion of fire-damp occurred in the coal mines at Bonchamp, in the department of Haute Saone, France. Fifteen persons were killed and large number injured.
 Two children of Frederick Lusick died at Linden, N. J., after eating poi sonous mushrooms. Two other chil- dren and their mother are sick.
 The official vote of Kentucky for Governor is as follows: Blackburn (Dem. ), 125, 799 Evans Rep. ), 81, 1892 :; Cook (Greenback), IS, ,954. Blackburn's s majority, 43,917. The Democratic ma iority four years ago for Governor was 36, 181.
 l George Schwartz, a we'll known poll tician in San Francisco and the keeper of cigar store, was shot and killed in his store by Dudley Haskell, in petty quarrel.
 General J. B. Hood died of yellow fever in New Orleans. He was low spirited during his illness and believed from the first that he would die, although some of his expressions indicated hope on his part of a favorable change. To the last he used military expressions in alluding to the disease and said to Dr. Bemis, "We may yet dislodge the enemy"
 During the week of the Industrial Exposition at Cincinnati great firemen's E tournament, open to all companies in the United States and Canada, will be given on the Chester Driving Park grounds.
 John Adams Jackson, the American sculptor, lately resident in Florence, is dead.
 The woollen mill and hat factory oi Grifey & Co.,, in Watsontown, Pa., was burned, with loss of $15O, ,000; partly insured.
 The United States Consul has re- fused to allow the vessel which sailed from Flushing with company of French Catholics and royalists for the Island oi Papua to hoist the American flag.
 A carriage containing 8 party o1 American tourists, driving from Mar tigny to Ohamounix, was overturned. A 1 lady named Mrs. Wright, of New York, fell into gorge and was killed. I The experts employed in examining the books and accounts of the Freed mans Bank are massing some evidence of the irregular manner in which the business was transacted and the deposits accounted for. They have discovered leaves cut from the original ledgers, leaves without numbers pasted together and balances brought forward. Omis- sions occur in every book found. In deposit ledger GA" balances foot up, with amounts due depositors, aggre. gating $40,O0O. Whether these have been transferred or finally settled 1t is impossible to tell, there being no indexes to the ledger, these being torn out and destroyed. Unfortunately the statute of limitation will prevent prosecution of the persons responsible for this mis, management of the affairs of the bank, but the depositors urge that it will be some satisfaction to know who the rascals