Connecticut western news., 1880-11-17
NEWS OF THE DAY
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T morning an explosion of gas occurred on the south side of the Ford Pit at Stellarton, N. s. All the miners were at work in different parts of the mine. The explosion was so terrible as to sweep quite across to the other side of the pit, killing the men and horses within reach. Sixty men were shut up In the mine at the time of the disaster, and forty of those lost their lives.
 The Census Office has issued bull let1n of the results of the first count of population of the State of Massachu- setts. The total population as shown by this bulletin is 1,7S3, ,096, of which S59, ,521 are males and 994, 565 females :; 1, 1889, ,97O are native and 443, ,116 are for eign born. The whites number 1, 764, ,682 and the colored ,OO4 Included in the colored are in the State 237 Chinese, Japanese, 341 Indians and II East In dians.
 The amount of silver in the United States Treasury is 1928, ,61O, 900, of which $14, ,660, 900 is dollars, $4, 4,29O,OOO half dollars, s, 900 quarters, $1, ,O46, GOO dimes, $49, 1000 half dimes.
 The United States bonds known as the sizes of 1880" fall due and will be paid on December 3.
 Sixty persons were injured in a conflict between the police and the people at Tourcoing, France, caused by the enforcement of the religious de- crees.
 The customs revenue of the United States for the year ending June 30 was $186, 522 ,064.
 A terrible casualty happened on Wednesday night at Bordell City, 12 miles from Bradford, Pa. A number of men were gathered at their boarding house and sitting around the fire en- gagged in conversation, and four men were upstairs in bed. As the fire began to burn low in the stove one of the men took cupful of oil from bucket near him and threw it on the coals. The oil remaining in the cup catching fire and burning his hand he threw it away, and it fell into the bucket, nearly full of oil. An explosion instantly ensued and the burning fluid was scattered all through the room, deluging the clothes of the men. They ran out-doo cover ed with sheet of fire and writhed on the ground in their agony. Meanwhile the house burned to the ground, and in the embers were found the charred bodies of the four who had been up stairs, whose names were Elliott, Hyde, Brown and Healy. Of those who were downstairs, Joe Dannock, Henry Mon- roe, Frank Welsh and another, name unknown, are dead. The fifth victim is not expected to recover.
 The official vote of Ohio of the Mo- vember election was canvassed Thurs day, and showed the following result Garfield, 375, 5,049; Hancock, $40, ,871 Weaver, 5,456; Dow, 2,616; Garfield s plurality, 34,177; Garfield over all, 26,
 MT. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, had an interview in London with MT. Childers, Secretary for War. The sending of large force of troops to Ireland in order to immediately silence the Land League agitation was agreed upon.
 The total vote of Illinois officially is 621 ,980, as follows: Garfield, 319,- 205; Hancock, 277, ,454; Weaver, 25, ,821 Dow and scattering, 800. Garfield over Hancock, 40,751. Garfield over all, 4,480.
 The official canvass of the vote in San Francisco gives Garfield 19, ,O57 and Hancock 21,477 :; which makes Han cocks plurality in this State 122. Rose crans defeated Davis for Congress by 1,509. Judge Terry, Democratic cleo tor, runs 205 behind his ticket, insuring his defeat.
 The town of Keatchie, La, was de- molished by cyclone Wednesday. One man was killed and many men and wom- en were seriously injured.
 During a barroom fight at Memphis Tenn, Mat Reeves, steamboat mate, was fatally stabbed eight times by Mon roe Clinck, night watchman. Clinck has been arrested.
 -Agram, or Zagrab, lately nearly de- stroyed by an earthquake, is the capital of Croatia and Slavonia in Austria Hun gary, and is situated on the River Save, about 160 miles south-southwest oi Vienna. Before the earthquake it had many fine buildings and was hand some city. Its population is nearly 20 900.
 Kelly, the celebrated Australian bushranger, has been hanged. He was leader of gang notorious for bank rob. berries in New South Wales, which long defed the authorities to break up. In the fight between the officers and the robbers at the time the gang was cap- tured four persons were killed.
 The Smithsonian Institution has re- ceiyed from the Astronomer Royal of England the announcement of the dis covery by Lohse, on November ', of a comet in 22 hours 46 minutes right ascension, AZ degrees 34 minutes north declination, with daily motion of 2 minutes in right ascension and 69 min- utes north.
 Nearly 5000 Jews have left Rou- mania for America.
 There has been severe shock oi earthquake in South Austria, by which thirty people were injured.
 A number of grain-laden vessels are frozen up in the Volga.
 The Turkish Porte has called out 30,000 troops and sent achievements to Salonica and Volo.
 -Goodshaw's hoisting works at Bo- die, Cal, were destroyed by fire Mon- day and four men working on the 66O- foot level were found dead at the bottom of the shaft. Engineer Parker, it is feared, has been burned to death.
 The total acreage of wheat in Ohio in 1879 was {, ,318, 37O and the total mum Der of bushels raised 4O,O52, 119-an average yield per acre of IT 2-1O bushels. This is the heaviest yield by 5000, ,OO0 bushels ever reported and the larg gest average since 1850, when it was eighteen bushels per acre.
 A thousand troops have been con- centrated at Lough Mask, in County Mayo, Ireland, to protect the men har- vesting the crops on Lord Erne's es- tate.
 Warrants have been issued by Gov. Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, for the hanging, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 1881, of Daniel F. Sullivan, who murdered Josie Irwin in Philadelnhia Patrick Hayes who mr.