Connecticut western news., 1879-09-03
NEWS OF THE DAY
ELECTIONS THIS FALL.

members of Legislature. Iowa, Oct. Fl. 4.-State officers, mem- bers of Legislature, and one Congress- man to fill vacancy. Maryland, Nov. 4.-State officers and members of Legislature. Massachusetts, Nov. 4.-State officers and members of Legislature.
 Minnesota, Nov. 4.-State officers and members of Legislature.
 New York, Nov. 4.-State officers and members of Legislature.
 Wisconsin, Nov. 4.-State officers and members of Legislature.
 Mississippi, Nov. 4.-Members of Leg islature.
 New Jersey, Nov. 4.-Members of Legislature.
 Pennsylvania, Nov. 4-State Treas urer and members of Legislature.
 Louisiana, Dec. 2.-On the adoption of the new Constitution.
 GENERAL ITEMS.
 The famous trotting horse Rarus has been sold to MT. z. B. Simmons of New York city for $36, 900.
 The schooner Stephen Bennett, of Camden, Me, was seen bottom up near Phoenix Island. She sailed from Boston August 13, in ballast for Baltimore, and it is supposed w@S capsized in the gale of the 18th. Sfe was commanded by Captain George Bennett, part owner of the schooner, who resided at West Rox- bury, and there were on board Mrs. Bennett, William Richards, aged IS, and MT. Bennett, of Maine, nephew of the captain, four seamen and steward.
 A renewal of the floods is reported from various parts of England and Wales. Reports of the harvest are daily more deplorable. At several places there has been thirty hours continuous rain.
 The liabilities of Fish, Shepherd < O., lumber merchants of Montreal, who recently failed, aggregate $246, ,00O. The Consolidated Bank is creditor to the extent of $l85, 900, for which it holds the firms paper. Estimated assets, $54, ,000.
 Thomas Williams, while standing in the carriage way at the bottom of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's new shaft at Pittston Pa, was struck by 8 large piece of falling lumber and instantly killed.
 Mrs. Mary Fisher was drowned at Atlantic City, N. J., while bathing, the heavy surf sweeping her into deep water. Nearly six thousand people attended the camp-meeting near Worthwhile, N. r., under the auspices of the Albany and Saratoga districts of the conference, Thursday.
 Frank Slavin's trotter Filecutter and her colt, valued at g, 800 for the two, were poisoned at Providence, R. l., by Paris green mixed with their feed. Weston and Rowen, the pedestrians, have arrived in New York.
 Near Irvington, N. J., four tramps took the road as bighwaymen, robbing an ice man of $50, and attempted to stop other drivers. They were all ar rested.
 James Anes, Warren Anes, John Estls, Clemp Oman, James Downey, James Estis and Jeff Oman, all grand sons of Mrs. Oman, of Henry county, Ky, have been arrested by committee of citizens on the charge of murdering eolored man and;two children not long since.
 The decision of the Attorney Gen. eral of the United States relative to the arrears of pensions affects favorably about 15, ,000 soldiers in the different homes. The amount involved is about $1, ,500, ,000, which, according to the de- cision, goes to the soldiers and not to the homes.
 --Advices from Hong Kong of Au- gust 18th say that the cholera continues virulent, but there are signs of abate- ment. From the list to the 18th of Au. gust 45, eco attacks and 25,00O deaths are reported. The Emperor has giver 75, 900 from his private funds in aid ot sanitary measures.
 Sir Rowland Hill, the father of the penny postage system in Great Britain died at his residence in Hampstead England, at the age of eighty-four years
 The ship Crescent, from Liverpool reports passing in mid-ocean the wrecl of vessel of 100 tons, and in latitude forty deg. and longitude sixty deg. the wreck of yacht painted yellow.
 The steam drum of the tug Esse7 River, N. T., and Ieonidas Fuller tn, fireman, wss killed and J. G. Safrey the engineer, was scalded so that he ma. die.
 At the soldiers reunion at Steuben vile, Ohio, of the soldiers of Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia ove thirty thousand persons were present Generals Ewing and Garfield mad addresses.
 -Commissioner Bentley says tha arrearage claims for soldiers pension have been adjusted, and that the tota amount required for the payment of tn old arrears will fall within the origina appropriation of $26,0O0,000. Up t. the 31sE of July there had been granted 24, 779 arrearage claims, aggregatinl $12, 630, 996. Al.
 The London Standord's Rome dis patch reports that the phyIoxera ha appeared d m the district of Lecce and il tbe commune of Valmadrera, in Lom bardy. The Ministe ter of Agriculture Ii taking precautionary measures agains the spread Of the pest.
 Thomas Tandey, 8 large landed proprietor of Athboy, County of Meath Ireland, was shot dead on Tuesday al he was entering lis own door.
 The North German Gazette pub fishes an electoral manifesto of the new Conservative psrty, declaring that the State aid the Catholic Church should meet each other half way. The inalien able right of the State should be guar anteed, especially as regards education but religious instruction should be lief to religious bodies.
 Lord Chelmsford and Colonels Wood and Butler arrived at Plymouth, En gland, on board the mail steamer Ger man. They were much cheered o1 landing.
 At Cabinet meeting the Attorney General of the United States read hi opinion to the effect that the arrears O pensions under the Eate9hw go to tho