Connecticut western news., 1880-05-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
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 In the Ohio Stat Democratlc Con ventien delegatic- was elected and in- structed to vot>2as unit for Senator Thurman. piie Anti-Third Term Ma tional Re,abhcan Convention was held at St Louis. It was resolved that in the eyest Of General Grants nomination at chicago general meeting should be { held In New York to determine upon the 5 proper course of action. While the Grant men appear to have had control of the Tennessee Republican Convention at Nashville, the delegation was unin- structed. The New Hampshire Repub- hcans in the same resolution congratu- , lated General Grant on his safe return home and declared in favor of MT. Blaine for President. In the Maryland Repub- hcan Convention resolutions in favor of Blaine were adopted The Republicans in Delaware did not instruct their dele gates. ~. At Montreal Frank Alexe, an agent of the Southeastern railway, shot Leopold Tessier, who followed Alexes carriage, pelting it with stones and finally attempted to get into it. Tessier ;. desired work, which Alexe refused to grant him on account of his being 2 single man.
 Earl Granville says England will enter into no Continental alliance. s The Turkish Government is in great straits financially.
 Mrs. George Woodruff, of Penn Yan, N. r., drowned two of her children Tn cistern and left note to her hus- band telling what she had done and say ing she ould kill herself. She was a raving maniac
 s--Tuesday night the house of James Gage, of Euphemia Township, Ont, was burned. Four of MT. Gage's children and. the daughter of neighbor named E Wade perished in the flames
 The New Hampshire State Demo- cratic Convention elected a delegation to the National Convention instructed to adhere to the two thirds rule.
 In England the Indian Government has informed the Marquis of Harrington, Secretary of State, that the cost of the Afghan war exceeds the estimates by the sum of $2O, ,0OO, ,00O. st- The committee of physicians has declared that the assassin of the Russian Colonel Commeroff isnot insane and never was. Sentences of death by Russian courts martial will hereafter be communicated to the Emperor only for sanction.
 Mrs. George Woodruff, of Penn Yan, N. r., drowned two of her chil- children in cistern and left note to her husband telling what she had done and saying she would kill herself She was a raving maniac.
 A fire occurred lately In Chris tiansburg, Va, by which Martha Jones 1colored) and her five children were burned to death. The woman is be-. ieved to have set fire to the house her. self for the purpose of destroying the whole family. She was evidently de- ranged The. bodies were almost entire ly burned up. The woman refusedi to give entrance to any person to the house, and by the time 1t could be broken into s the fire had attained such headway no one could enter.
 A large number of valuable war relics s1 were lost in the fire in the Dayton O. ) Soldiers Home, among them flags and the uniform of General Thomas, recent ly placed there for safe keeping by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
 In all the Roman Catholic churches . <in Quebec on Sunday pastoral Was read from the Archbishop of Quebec against all excursions and pleasure par ties, evening walks and drives on Sum- days and feast days, under pain of com hitting very grieyous sin.
 There has been some relaxation of the order against permitting American 2 hogs to enter Canada The Minister of Agricultural has given orders that there shall be relaxation of the rule and that American hogs will be allowed to enter on condition that they be slaugh- tered upon their arrivol. s:s Several days ago George Wood, of Woodstock, Ont, told his wife in the morning that he had concluded to mur- q der the family, and immediately made an attempt on their lives, but was over come. He was sent to jail and on Sun day committed suicide.
 z-The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in an opinion of Justice Paxson, has re- fused new trial to D. F. Sullivan, who was convicted about a year ago of the murder of Josie Irwin in Philadelphia.
 A large number of mechanics have left Peterboro, Ont, to seek employ ment in the United States.
 In consequence of the hot weather and overerowding of cars, there has been remarkable mortality among hogs
 
 twenty carloads of dead hogs came in one morning. The usual proportion is about half hog per car.
 The Butter, Cheese and Egg Asso- citation has adopted resolutions asking Congress to remove the duty on salt and urging the State of New York to abolish the .s exorbitant" toll on salt transported on the canals Cedar Rapids was chosen for the next convention A terrible explosion took place al Pantin, near Paris, Saturday, in the warehouse of M. Honore, fireworks manufacturer A loud detonation shook many of the houses to their foundations and immediately after chaotic mass, ir which men and masonry were iumble6 together, was seen ascending amid flames and smoke. Over twenty persons were killed or dangerously wounded Tihiiie 5, 900 people were listening te several German singing societies which were greeting the rising May sun at al outdoor festival on Garrett Mountain near Paterson, N. J., Sunday, a farmer named Dalzen shot and killed Che says y accident) one of the crowd who wa. trespassing on his land. A mob chased Dalze1 and his son, who took refuge il their house, and Dalzen fired from tn, windows, wounding three persons. Tn police entered the house and refused t bring out the prisoners. The mob fire, the house and began 8 hand-to-han fight with the police over the Dalzells who were finally got away in safety an lodged in jail
 Mai. Gen. Samuel F. He1ntzelmar retired list, United States Army, died i