Connecticut western news., 1879-07-23
NEWS OF THE DAY
aENERAL rrEMs.

ana nal1 lengths. The official time | was Columbia, m. 26 g.; Wesleyan, 6 m. 3S3 s.; Cornell, 6 m. 46 s. The State line steamer State of Vir- ginia, which sailed from New York for Glasgow on July 10, went ashore on Sable Island, off Nova Scotia, in fog on Saturday night. Four women and five children of the passengers were drowned from the boats while trying to reach the shore, and the other passen- gers and the crew got safely to the island. The purser and boats crew made their way in an open boat to the mainland and reached Halifax, The vessel will be, with her cargo, a total loss. The steamer had fl cabin and 6 steerage passengers, with 72 officers and men.
 -Chastlne Cox was convicted in New York of the murder of Mrs. Jane l., De Forest Hull and sentenced to be hanged on August 29. The jury were unani- nous in their verdict from the start. An effort will be made to secure new trial.
 -Gov. Mcclellan of New Jersey has respited the condemned persons Jennie R. Smith and Covert D. Bennett to August l5, in order to give time to their counsel to act upon the writ of error asked for in the case.
 During the storm in Massachusetts Q sloop was seen to capsize off Bakers Island, near Salem, and all on board were lost.
 Sable Island, where the State of Vir- ginia was lost, is 100 miles from White head, Nova Scotia, the nearest land. It IS long, low piece Aground, little more than sand bar.
 The yellow fever has broken out again in Memphis, after the authorities believed 1t was checked, and many deaths have occurred. It is believed that a general exodus will follow. At New York and Philadelphia many cases of yellow fever have been quarantined.
 MT. Christian Andrew Zabriskie, the descendant of family famous for two centuries In New Jersey and New York, was instantly killed at Central Morrisania, N. J., being struck by the New Haven express train. His body was thrown 100 feet.
 The National Greenback Party of Wisconsin nominated for Governor Col, May, of Vernon; Lieutenant Governor, Col. W. l.. Utley, of Racine Secretary of State, G. W. Lee, of Grant; Attorney General, George B. Goodwin, of Milwau. kee. No Germans were named on the ticket. The convention was largely at- tended. The platform does not differ essentially from that adopted at the convention two years ago.
 A report made shows that fully one thlrd of the cotton mills in England are Idle and many others are running on short time. In the Rossendale district, where the machinery of the factories is adapted for Indian cotton, out of 100 mills only six-and these are compara- tlVely insignificant working full tune; thlrty-fve are entirely stopped and the remainder are only running on an average of three and quarter days out of the week.
 During heavy shower in Shelton, Conn.,, Wednesday, four men who were standing on stoop were struck by light ming. Robert Adams was instantly killed and Thomas Cane probably fatally in- Jured. The other two are expected to recover.
 The Iowa Prohibitionists nominated G. T. Carpenter for Governor. The platform demands the enforcement of the State Prohibition law and it's amendment to include wine and beer, and that yo men shall be allowed to vote on temper ance issues.
 A severe storm visited portions of massachusetts, on Wednesday. At Pitts held two persons were killed and several nJured. A yacht capsized Tn Boston harbor and five persons were drowned. Much property was destroyed.
 The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, nomi- mated D. O. Burr, for State Treasurer. The platform adopted strongly de. nounced the President and his yetoes and the National Election laws.
 A party of six men started from Port Colborne July in a sail boat bound for Buffalo and were drowned. The bodies of i've Of the unfortunates have been re- covered. A party of gentlemen from Buffalo were fishing in the river near Beaver Island and found floating bottle with paper in 1t on which was written the following: July 3-1 p. m.-We cannot weather it any longer; blowing gale give up all hope; good-by.-Six men from Port Colborne.
 The returns to the Department of Agriculture of the cotton crop show that the condition of June, which was 96, has not been maintained, and is, for July l, 93. The area planted in corn in the whole country exceeds that planted last year, North Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee being the States that show the largest gains in the south. The acreage of tobacco for the whole country shows a decrease. The returns for July give the average condi- 5lon of Spring wheat at 91, against 1O6 on July 1, 1878. The average condition of Winter wheat is 91, as against 1O1 on on July l, 1878.
 During the storm in Massachusetts sloop was seen to capsize off Bakers Island, near Salem, and all on board were lost.
 A dispatch from Berlin says the latest intelligence from Central Asia is to the effect that China is preparing for war with Russia.
 "A Constantinople dispatch says that Osman Pasha, the Minister of War, opposes the proposed concessions to Greece, and has postponed the disband- ment Of the Turkish militia until the Greek question is solved.
 Energetic means have been taken for suppressing the use of opium in the province of Hupeh, China. The smok- ing dens are closed and opium shops abolished. Topples have been uprooted throughout the farming districts, and the provincial authorities pay growers small gratuity for every plant destroyed.
 The London Sportsmcn says that MT. Christopher Barrass having an- nounced his willingness to back Boyd to row any man in England, Higgins offers to row Boyd on the Thames on Santernh her 2Qth for cOQA Q n;do