Connecticut western news., 1880-06-02
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

oI the recent outbreak In the Balkan viii lages bordering on the aforementioned territory. A dozen villages were de- stroyed by the Bulgarians. The depre- dating forces numbered 2,000 men, com posed of police, gymnastic societies, militia, armed villagers, and brigands of all nationalities. i-...
 The trial of Dr. Weimer and other Nihilists at St. Petersburg has ended in their conviction. Two were sentenced to be hanged, and the remainder, includ- Ing four women, were condemned to va rlous terms of imprisonment or exile. The sentences will be submitted to Gen. eral Melihoff for confirmation.
 The international rife match be- tween American and Irish teams at Dub lin is fixed for June 29.
 Reports from Rangoon report dis turbances in upper Burmah, close to the British frontier. A village on the Bur- mese frontier was burned and the Gov ernor killed. The insurgents crossed the border, and in pitched battle are reported to have been victorious.
 At the Sunday-school parade in Brooklyn 45, 900 children paraded in the hot sun. It was a trying time for them.
 The Missouri Democratic State Con- vention left its delegates to Cincinnati uninstructed.
 MT. B. s. Card, banker of Cazenovia, N. Y, who made an assign creditor who lost 1860 by the bank s failure.
 -Hanlan beat Riley ip the five-nile heat-raao-e= +lro EotonzrDo~ SFoJtn5sday, coming in two minutes and half ahead Hanfan rowed the five miles in 36 min utes 2-10 seconds /; Riey's time was 37 minutes 27 5-8 seconds. As Riley pulled up at the finish Hanlan was waiting, and the two shook hands cordially.
 In the Delaware Democratic State Convention 8 resolution instructing the delegation to vote for Senator Bayard for President was adopted, as was also one recommending the National Con- vention to adhere to the two thirds rule The delegation to Cincinnati will vote as unit for MT. Bayard.
 A terrible gasoline accident, result ing in the death of five persons, hap pened Tuesday at Piqua, Ohio.
 A Vienna correspondent says GA most painful sensation has been caused here by the sudden insanity of one of Austria's highest dignitaries, Prince William of Montenuvo, son of the Arch duchess Maria Louisa, formerly wife of Napoleon the First, by her second and morganatic marriage with Count de Nip perg, having been conveyed to the luna tic asylum. Pecuniary trouble is the cause of his misfortune. ~---. ,
 The Washington County Court House at Montpelier, Vt, was burned Tuesday; loss, $25, 900. All the papers and records were saved.
 When Mrs. Hopkins returned to her home at East Greenwich, R. L, Tuesday she found a tramp in the house, who threw her down and beat her severely. When told that he could have her money the tramp relaxed his hold. Mrs. Hopkins seized @ gun and fired, but the tramp escaped through an open window. Mrs. Hopkins is dangerously hurt.
 In Paris on Sunday procession of 500 people, many of whom carried red wreaths, marched to the wall where the communists were shot in 1871, and placed flowers there. A number of ar rests were made during the day and A.NAAJ VI oAO PAASOACAo PAofCO IO OO AOA . eigners. .
 One hundred and thirty tons of gold coin and six hundred and twelve tons of silver coin now lie in the Sub- Treasury vaults in New York city.
 The house of Mrs. Balser Friedler at Lock Haven, Pa., was burned Saturday and her body was found in the ruins. Foul play is suspected.
 -Gunn, the Bridgewater, Mass, mur- derer of his father, tried to commit sui eide.
 Passengers between Washington and New York will no longer be hauled through Baltimore by mule trains, but will be transferred in steam barge.
 Colorado sends six Grant delegates to Chicago. headed by ex-Gov. John l.. Routt as Chairman. Alabama sends her Republican delegates pledged for Grant.
 The. defaulting teller Brown, of the Rutland CVt) National Bank, has been captured at Denver.
 Peter Zimmer, of Port Washington, Wis, has been arrested at Buffalo, charged with the murder of his son. He was on his way to New York to meet his intended wife, who was coming from Germany. He is eighty years old.
 John Kelliher, the American Ex- press agent at Red Hook, Duchess Co.,, N. r., has decamped with $5, 800 belong ing to the Red Hook National Bank.
 Some 1000 workmen created riot in Christiania, Norway, Sunday. The soldiers charged upon the crowd and wounded several of them. Nine of the soldiers were injured.
 An excursion train from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, Cal, on the narrow gauge road, went through the trestle at Santa Cruz Sunday evening, and ten persons were killed and sixty wounded .-...-.
 The Governor of Bermuda an nounced in proclamation that the Ba hamas are infected with yellow fever.
 -Hanlan and Riley have forwarded their entries for the race at Providence on June IT.
 The Philadelphia and Reading Coal g and Iron Company suspended payments Friday and the Philadelphia and Read ing Railroad Company was thereby com pelled to suspend. President Gower announces that the business of the com panies will be continued to keep the property intact and thati its daily revenues will be used as far as may be necessary in paying wages and for supplies. The loss by the operation of the coal com pany forced the suspension, which haG peen discounted both in New York ant in Philadelphia. A receivership wa! applied for.
 -The Governor of New York has res pited the murderers Balbo until Angus 6 and Cox until July 16.
 A Grant delegation was elected b. &hn Alnha1rnn Rnra1, hlioora Qtnta CcIlIon