Connecticut western news., 1880-11-17

The Canadian Premier was asked Monday to set aside 15O, 900 acres in Northwestern Canada for French set tiers from Alsace and Lorraine.
 George Crawford, aged sixteen, was killed in Albany, N. Y., Monday, by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge.
 -The schooner Belle Sheridan, bound from Oswego for Toronto, Ont, was completely wrecked Saturday. Captain McSherry and his crew of six were all drowned.
 Nearly three-fourths of the mining town of Bingham, Utah, was destroyed by fire Monday night. The loss is prob ably $5O,OOO.
 Chief Clark, of the Revenue Marine Bureau of the Treasury Department, is of the opinion that the Arctic natives who reported the loss of the exploring steamer Jeannette mistook @ steam whaler for that vessel, and he believes the Jeannette will be heard from in due time.
 The Western Union Telegraph Con- pany has withdrawn its suit against the National Democratic Committee in the case growing out of the Florida dis patches.
 A large military force has been sent to Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, to protect the harvesters on Lord Erne's s estate at Lough Mask, near that town.
 Fifty thousand Welsh colliers have called conference of all trades to take action with reference to free-trade.
 It is rumored in London that the Prince of Wales will himself shortly ask Parliament for grant of money to pay his debts.
 The six days walking contest for the Astley belt, in London, was concluded at 1O.40 Saturday night, with the follow ing scores Powell, 566; Littlewood, 47O; Dobler, 45O. Rowen beat Frank Hart's record of 565 miles at 1O.40.
 -Sheik Abdullah advanced against Urumiah with 5000 Persian troops, but was repulsed with great loss. The Kurds are now encamped eight miles from Urumiah.
 The American steamer Courier, which arrived at Hakodadi from the north on the 18th of October, reports the arrival at Petropaulovski of steam whaler which announced that according to information received from natives the Jeanette and some whalers had been lost, with all hands, the vessels having been crushed in the ice.
 Sister Gertrude Verena, of the St. John Baptist House Protestant Epis- copal, in New York, was shot four times in front of the House Sunday by Thomas Stanton, lunatic, who said she was spirit and had bewitched him.
 -Eldridge J. Dawson, Assistant Post master, and Edward A. Clark, stamp clerk, at Leadville, Col, were arrested Friday on a charge of stealing Govern ment funds to the amount of $6,0O0.
 The steamer Rhode Island, of the Providence Line, which left New York Friday night, went ashore on Bonnet Point, near Beaver Tail, Narragansett Bay, at 4:3O o'clock Saturday morning. No passengers were lost, but several of the crew were hurt. At daylight the passengers and crew were safely landed. The boat went to pieces and her cargo is lost.
 The severest storm ever known on Lake Ontario occurred Saturday night, and the loss of life and property is large.
 -The United States hints coined during September 3,931, ,867 pieces, of the value of $6, ,27O,O35.
 Tt has been decided in the Isle of Man to extend the franchise to unmarried women with the necessary property qualifications.
 -" Guy Hawkes. Day" was observed throughout England on Friday, by the burning of an effigy of Mr. Parnell, the leader of the Irish Land League.
 Albert Mitchell, 8 negro, was hang ed at Louisa Courthouse, Va, Friday, for the murder last year of c. K. Walter, @ white man.
 Major Walsh, of the Canadian Mounted Police, denies that he ever in- tended to exhibit Sitting Bull either in the United States or Canada. -Lottie Briten baker, aged seventeen, the accomplished daughter of well-to- do farmer living near Shawnee, Monroe county, Pa, while returning home from school day or two ago was criminally assaulted by party of tramps after a desperate struggle. A party of children found her body in the road, with the head crushed beyond recognition. A suspicious character, answering the de- scription of one of the assailants, has been arrested near Sand Cut, Monroe county, Pa.
 Four blocks in the business portion of Waterford, Ont, were destroyed by fire Friday. Loss $150,009.
 Two freight trains ran together on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad near Moonville, O., last Thursday Engineer Frank Lonshead and Fireman Charles Krick were killed and six of the crew wounded, but none fatally.
 At a meeting of the New York Tam. many Hall General Committee on Fri day, vote of want of confidence in Comptroller Kelly was proposed, sup. ported by several members and voted down. An address was adopted setting forth the increased Republican vote in New York city as fraudulent upon its ace.