Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
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GENERAL TTEMs.

CalhSnn, ,h Nrmefj fork kjonefge. r { a -SacokeEt HsiH1ins Sas1eaecFted at San Antoni9 TxS;- for the murder of Peter Maddox, Feb. 7, 1878. He affirmed his innocence. .tothe last..-- > =
 Casper W. Nee, one of the principal witnesses in the Kaber murder trial at Lebanon, Pa. has been arrested on sus; picioh:6f hayfiHSg, ,BsaeH aoSsdsath Nsrua Craig,S a coh red man >who was found dead short distance from Dauphin, Pa., 'oly ,4e's, s.1 E %7s.3', g.'itss s, ,ssEsss s9'
 -!The fever is ecfaFea :epidernic at Memphis. Hefeafter. no, speEsonb who has mot had the,feFe1 Wili<be allowed to enter the city. >'''+' '' ''i'-a''''-s ''s ' ''''''
 Ambrose Fortescue and William Baqehaps the supposed xaseoWpi ices af.e gang 9t AHegiaaR faygegs, who WeSeFe= gently aEreAtea, for attempting to- spass an altered cheek on, the. Bank of England have been.eommitted for trial. ,,y,. .,,..
 -Ooo1 Burgess, the minstrel, was ar- rested in New. York oR astele&apayfyop Toronto charging him with D felohians assault on. William sWidgery. III \
 Fine eelIiers of sLanarkshitef Blot land, have Agreed to. work only toh1dA3s in each ~eek. This ncyenaent, toeet1fer wifi. the altaad$,' greatly iedIeed 'sIip1plYY of 1ooal sbaSS caused the~e e4rstse upWaFd moyeInHnt ihsfag price 'wShich has been recorded on fhe Glasgow Coa1 ESSGhaanilga for-tAree yesrRsazI4kis kis= axpeeted that the colliers will immediately demand an in- crease of wagyesaSN .yNAaSsS.XN
 The bursting of the boiler of the German corvette FFeya occurred as the vessel was leavings BatasiaSs Fotif fnren were killed and. several injured,
 G0MGiaI int tibhiis hiis T has been re: 0, ived atfhe Stata Desslnait Ii eHta taE Wash Y ingtonathat The sEexzaan < Go5FeraIaens.i is inclinetN te1fh0aify the.posibi6if fore taken by ritSaa aaifista silver: ana is willing t6n 6ndiseuss Eftii' the United States steps looking to tie adoption interna- tiohaItypf she. bfsmatallie staHdafd. ,Es'+
 -Ths,s Mar5 land sDantoeolrat x elat tio.o State Conventiaa Aomia Wm.y 4s1H Hamilton for Governor. aHhe platform commends the course sOf -the-tt Democrats. inn Con- gress, and condemns that of the, ,Repub- hcans .in its several details. q, It, declares: for paRnent;d the debt, .inA coin current in the commercial tsansactions of the world, and repeats the charge of fraud in the sleSttiah 9f:I87t6, T' aS... -, % "
 z5Chaf1ea Banett, "a: 1nVe1y stable keeper -,.at < Midd dletown. iOt, rrshob"and killed 1his.wifeh and! ssftefwaras killed himself. Ba Nett rsswifs had pefitioned t fofs:a a4RFes,, Slaal Slaisii, gsring hin, led to 1he tragsdys e:,t:f, F, x,s.'f--r4 .rY,f.s:-,
 The PaU MaU Gazette publishes a private telegram from Val IpaTRfsQ, dated August 8..hsch States ;tEhatatRe c1hiiian bloakade of4 qnque, has Reentrsised;.
 :.ERg gietrates of the btooaintY of Westmeath, Ireland, have unaninensly passed resolutions calling upon the.G Gov ernment to increase the 1cof4stabu1ary force and to ,giEerthe executive addi- tioeA Gp0weRs, inr conseg uence toE '1the dunSof:nhdet Hcrlme!sT'r+' .''f"+
 Reports from the provinces of Bra zil where drought has prevailed indicate a continuancen'ofs the present distress during next ttseason :stso' zrya.ss.a+, r '
 z:ss8e1 memtbSsers of tie Spanish so- c.alist eanizationa Lave beeas arrested in Heres as belonging. to a: gang of malapders who-havS been killing sheep andtsttnG fife t5 the ,propg,>
 u7In .Memphdsy the fever, iss slowly and surely adVarcing, towatd the centre of the city, and when it Is reme16befed that there are Yet oyer two months. for it toseek new victims, no wonder that even. the brayest ,heaft fail in anticipating the future. Nononeis allowed. to leave the city,, and all. the co untfY about is. quarantined against the. city. A small mail is brought in by an engine daily, but nothing elseeissallowedrt to be taken in: Ali ths, lines of railroads have ,,,., shun Memphis, as if death itself was at the wharf ready tograspt the first man who came, within reach. The. daily; death late is steadily on the lncreases :,
 President Diaz, of Mexico, is is dis poseasste apply shenew ta16s eh textile fabrics, amounting toive hundred thou sand dollars, tosthe payment of 'the.debt due the United States. --------,'- ---e,- -'.-
 A family Hamed' Pdsteie:oo1i if Hviihhe ihi 1; ii1 in Bedford, Ont, gre Taported missing. A and it is feared they have perished, 4,
 Two boys were drownedh at Balti- more Thursday, making 4:twenty+fve persons drowhed' while bathing in that vicinity in the last two aonths., ro 4. st
 &THe.state of the crops throuehout Ontariois is encouraging. An, Abundant harvest IS e1pected~,.sA si..s,3..seris<s rts '.
 eaInL odisvt;filee,,t Ky; where the work lngmep elected five. of the seven Repre- sentatlves two years ago, gone but Democrats were elected at the late elee- tior.F 2n, ,'+ E l;~sfFTT" .';. < '''.:: -
 -Ranlan declines an offer to row Courtney at Z Saratoga flor a pfirse of S3Sea0. fHe GtayB ibe. has coo offer if F elsewhere; but if; the "A Arlilerican party will pake ? purse 'df s6, GOO lie might be mdnced to row. {, :.t..::f-4 4; rIcG!. @:sa
 7Thsj Keafsarge is is to to be; sent hy,,..the WssbmgfOp G6vesnmiept at epee to the Capaaian fishery grounds with. two epe- cisl agents; who are sto itvestiRatsj the co1nglaints of the American fishermen. The steamship Louis David, from Antwerp, bound for Naples, Was wrecked during 2, fog off the iis1and of .U shant. F5snee.aa wen z: persons were drowned. t.2gW ,,zyratit :a-.f-; x.iS y-1,a!2a:if
 "A dispatch from Cape Town :.,tsavs tbat Thomas McLear, late Astroneemer R1gal, is dead. ,..: .. .:;.
 1An of the Zulus ;.wooiunded at the battls q; Ulahdi Were kI1ad ,bg the I1a- tive somugent in in fhea q employ :ot@ tho DEIAsn' ..I -15 = 7: @;!. < -5c-..
 s4sJohn Thomas, Mary Hanson and an, halian musician named Franc De Inca ;WsrA dhtoWhed ih ih ;ffhe Mississippi, abeFe I,acreaee, Sunday night. They we're parttof5 a picnic party from La crosse. One Of three boats upset in passing the dam! y1 .scs'aFs VI, :. -ig:s 7
 A dispatch to the London, Zsnaes from Port Durnford, dated. July 13, says that King Cetewayo, when leaving the battle field qf .Ulpndi. told his chiefs to