Connecticut western news., 1880-03-24
NEWS OF THEDAY.
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Convention nominated Alfred Littleheld, of Lincoln, for Governor, and H. H. Fay, of Newport, for Lieutenant. Cover nor. The delegates to the Chicago Con- vention favored Blaine, and were not Instructed by the Convention.
 The Times Berlin dispatch says :" Prince Bismarck has presented in the Reichstag paper on emigration from Germany during 1873, showing that 8S,- S29 persons, two-thirds of whom were males, emigrated, by far the greatest number going to the United States and British North America"
 The French Senate has adopted the bill establishing the post office money order system between France and the United States. .... %. ....r ... .... ... The winter sowings of wheat in South Russia have suffered greatly from frost.
 In the Connecticut Legislature the resolution to postpone for one year the hanging of Henry Hamlin, for the murder of the State Prison watchman, Shipman,- was rejected. HamIin is sentenced to be hanged on May 28.
 A $2O counterfeit United States Treasury note, series of 1875, letter O, printed on imitation fiber paper, is in circulation. It is reported to be of good general appearance and a dangerous counterfeit.
 "A passenger train stopped at Ann vile, Pa, Wedn esday night and num- Der of persons alighted and stood on an adjoining track, when the western bound express passed through the crowd, kill ing Michael Bachman, of Fontana, and severely injuring John Flickinger, James Dohener, A. Griffith and an un- known man.
 The jury in the Bucholz murder trial at Bridgeport, Conn.,, disagreed and were discharged.
 The Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee selected Harrisburg as the place and April 28 as the date for holding the State Convention. The H. inois Democratic State Convention has been called at Springfield June 10.
 Reports from Kansas show that the acreage of the fall wheat is 20 per cent. greater than last year and the condition of the wheat 50 per cent. better. The yield will exceed 30, ,000 bushels.
 Judge Beardsly, of Hartford, Conn, has denied the petition of H. l.. Good win for an injunction to prevent the use of free passes on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad by mem- bers of the Legislature.
 A dispatch from Cape Town, Africa, says the General Post Office has been robbed of all the diamonds awaiting shipment by mail. The diamonds are valued at g75, ,000.
 In the Hoosac Tunnel Albert Mar coux, finding blast had not gone off, climbed to the edge twenty feet from the track to learn the reason. Thinking that the fuse had expired he drew it forth, when the charge exploded, blow ing him against the side of the tunnel and then throwing him to the track be- low in mangfed condition.
 Charles Cathcart Taylor, city editor of the Philadelphia Times, died from the effects of a pistol-shot discharged by himself during 8 fit of mental aberra- Gon.
 The result of the six-day go-as-you- please walk between OLeary and Weston in San Francisco, was the suc- cess of the former by score of 516 miles and laps to Weston's 49O miles and laps. The affair was by no means the financial success that it's promoters hoped it would be.
 In New York city twenty-four out of the twenty-eight principal piano manufacturers met and resolved to look out all the pianomakers in the trade un- less Steinway's employees, who have been on strike for some days, agreed to return to work at the old wages by four o'clock on Saturday evening. On Monday this strike was carried into eff feet, and 4,000 pianomakers were locked out.
 In San Francisco, Police Judge Rix sentenced Denis Kearney to six months imprisonment in the House of Correc- tion and to pay fine of $1,000. Judge Rix addressing Kearney said he would pass judgment without prejudice, feel ing or vindictiveness, but the sentence imposed would indicate his estimate of the gravity of the ofense.
 The name of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway has been changed to the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway Company by the incorporatort at Columbus, o.
 -Dr. l.. B. Dickenson, editor and proprietor of the Planter and Farmer of Richmond, Va, has fled, having com mitted forgeries to the amount of nearly $30,000.
 George H. Hammond, an actor committed suicide at Boston Saturday night by hanging. His stage name wal George H. Hillmar, and he played fol long time with Yankee Locke.
 The Arkansas Republican Stat. Convention will be held at Little Rocl April 28.
 The Grand Jury at St. John, N. B. have returned true bill against Towel and Thomas, charged with scuttling tho bark Brothers Pride. The trial vii take place next week.
 Hon. MT. Mackenzie, leader of tn, Dominion House of Commons, speak ing of the Reciprocity treaty argued that it WAS impossible for 4, ,OOO, 900 ot people to contend in business with 40, 100000.
 The cold is SO extreme in British Columbia that it is expected nearly al the live stock will perish before spring The snow lies from three to five feet il depth.
 A story comes from Howell county Mo-, of the murder of two young girl by their uncle, who strangled them il = order to steal some pension none, which their father had left them. stranger, who lad obtained lodging il the house, discovered the murderer ant shot him.
 The steamer Montana, which lief New York for Queenstown and Liver pool, went ashore during fog, Satur day, in Church Bay, place four mile from Ho1yhesd. The passengers wer