Connecticut western news., 1879-07-02

distance from where she was, with his back towards her at the time, when he heard her scream, but was unable to reach her.
 The Cowan airship "Canada. /" which left Montreal for New York, came to the ground less than fifty miles from it's starting point, and those in the car had very narrow escape from death.
 At a Chicago picnic rifle company charged upon crowd with fixed bayonets and afterwards fired several yolleys into It, Woundlng a number of persons. The crowd had thrown stones at the soldiers and enraged them.
 At South Holyoke, Mass, John Kemmier, German, shot his three children-Annie, aged six years Lud- milla, aged four years, and Amy, aged one year-because he was unable to SUD- port them
 Miss Olive 0. Holmes, daughter of Judge s. N. Holmes of Syracuse, and Alfred T. Sanford, son of Professor H. Ii. Sanford, of Chicago University, were drowned ill Onondaga Lake. They were rowing in boat and in trying to change places the boat was capsized.
 An east-bound freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad was thrown from the track near Lowden, Ia. Four tramps, who were concealed in a car loaded with corn, were killed, and the conductor was fatally injured.
 A boiler explosion has occurred at East Texas, near Allentown, the scene of similar explosion last year. Six men were killed and four others seriously wounded.
 The London Ianaes's dispatch from Berlin announces that in consequence of raids in the Kuidja territory of Chinese soldiers, who are ravaging the country With fire and sword, a large Russian ex- petition will be dispatched against them. As the raiders are likely to receive the support of the Chinese government war may supervene.
 The Tihis Messenger reports that the Tekke Iurkomans have made an in- cursion into the Persian province of Budshanurt and destroyed 245 places. Russian troops from Caucacus are arriv- ing at Tchikslar to suppress the in- vasion.
 Lord Sydney, an old and tried friend of the Imperial family, went to Chiselhurst to bear the sad intelligence to the ex-Empress Eugenie of the death of her son. The ex-Empress gave an agonized cry and sank into swoon. The Princess of Wales went to Chiselhurst as the representative of the Queen to tender her sympathies to the ex-Empress Eugenie.
 The last of gang of four incen- diaries who set fire to buildings in New York for pay has been sent to State prison for life.
 -The correspondent of the London Stamdord at Janina reports that con- Plete anarchy prevails ill Southern Epirus.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 In his veto of the Judicial Expense Bill, the President objects to the words which prohibit him from "incurring liabilities" He holds that this would prevent him from appointing OF author lz1ng United States marshals to appoint election marsha's, because, according to his opinion, to appoint is to incur a liability for paying, and he discovers in the phrase about mourning liabilities something more or different from the words in the statutes which forbid the transfer of appropriations and the nnak- ing of contracts. It is understood that he makes no other objection to the bill, and that if section had been struck out he would have signed it. He signed the Legislative and the Army bills,