Connecticut western news., 1880-05-19
NEWS OETHE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

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 Four men suffered the penalty of the crime of murder on Thursday. Three men-Weiss, Hummel and Brandt-were hanged at Lebanon, Pa, for the murder of the old. farmer, Raber, and Edwin Hoyt expiated the horrible crime of par ricide at Bridgeport, Conn. There was none of the horrible bungling that some times takes place on such occasions. The Pennsylvania murderers were reconciled to the church at the last moment, and Hoyt met his doom with firmness.
 The emigration from Europe contin- ues to be very heavy. According to the advices of the steamship companies, the volume of the emigration for, May promises to excel that of April, during which month 29,401 passengers. left Liverpool, of whom 25, 187 went to the United States. Several lines have found 1t necessary to put on extra steamers. The demand for accommodations at Queens town greatly exceeds the supply.
 The town of West Liberty, in Logan county, Ohio, was more than half de- stroyed by fire Thursday A boy, five years old, started the fire with powder In COW stable. The Florida Republican State Con- -yention nominated S. B. Conover for Gov ernor, and Wm. M. Ledwith for Lieu tenant Governor.
 The Greerback- Labor Convention of Vermont appointed delegates to the Chi cago Greenback Convention, and adopted 8 platform declaring that the money of t le country should be issued by the Gov ernment. The State Convention to nomi- ra{a Gkoko k;ol>ok -,,s11 Io hoId T,,,,o
 In Atlanta, Ga, four young ladies were severely burned by their dresses taking fire during an amateur perform ance. The dress of one caught fire first, and the flames extended to those of the three other performers.
 The Coroner'a inquest on the body of the late George Brown, of Toronto, has returned verdict of murder against George Bennett, who did the shooting.
 The Michigan Republican State Con- vention instructed its delegates for Blaine and Ferry. MT. Conger is delegte at large. The West Virginia and the Ne vada conventions also instructed for Blaine. Florida instructs her delegates to vote for Grant as long as his name is before the Convention, and Settle, of Florida, for Vice President, The Wis consin State Democratic Conventions s delegatesto Cincinnati were uninstruc
 An explosion of five boxes contain ing nearly one hundred pounds of giant powder occurred at the blacksmith shop of the High Lode Mine at Central City, Colorado, instantly killing Samuel l.. Kimble, the foreman of the mine, three employees, and injuring several others.
 Four thousand horses, 5000 Mar tini rifles and 130, 900 cartridges have ar rived at Scutari for the Albanians, who occupy the whole territory from Scutari and Prisrend to Kavaja. Turkish sol diers are fraternizing with them. stz 5s
 Another and very destructive fire occurred in the neighborhood of Santiago de Cuba. The village of San Luis was entirely destroyed. Three hundred houses were burned. Several persons perished in the flames, and 5000 are left without shelter. A large quantity of military stores was burned. a.szssg Bluford Wilson, of Illinois !; R. A. Hill, of Indiana; E. R. Wood, of Pennsylvania and John M. Caster, of Massachusetts, have been appointed as g committee to present the platform and proceedings of the Anti Third Term Convention to the National Republican Convention. :.
 The Nevada Republican State Con- vention instructed its delegates to cast their votes for Senator Blaine for Presi- dent. ee
 Marshal Poole left San Francisco a day or two ago to serve writs of eject ment on certain settlers in Tulare and Fresno counties by virtue of decision of the Circuit Court in favor of the Rail- road Company. In attempting to exc cute the writ four men were killed and two wounded hg4 sgs
 An explosion occurred outside Fort McHenry, Baltimore, by which six per sons were killed and two wounded. David. R. Shannon & Co, junk dealers, purchased a quantity of condemned shrapnel shells at the fort and took them outside to break up. An anvil was used, and one of the men held the shells on 1t with his hands while another struck them with sledge-hammer.
 John Higgins, 8 shoemaker, while drunk in Brooklyn, N. r., on Sun. day evening, had his skull broken by g stone thrown by boy.
 A boiler in the Merchant Iron Mill Rome, N. T., exploded, killing four men and mJuflng several others.
 The Greenback-Labor party of the Fourth District of Massachusetts have elected delegates favoring Butler for first choice and David Davis for second.
 The trial of Clarence Davis, the noted bigamist, in Chicago, ended in 6 verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to five years in the peniten. tiary. Three marriages were proyer against Davis, with no deaths nor di, vorces to free him from any of them.
 The business part of the village :ot Kinderhook, N. Y, was destroyed b5 fire. Loss, $40, ,OO0. .. 4
 A fire in London Friday night de stroyed three houses in Gray's Inn road and fourteen persons were kl ed. j" q
 President Hayes and Cabinet an6 the Marquis of Lorne will be invited t attend the celebration of the two hun dred and iftieth anniversary of the set hement of Boston, to take place on Sept IT. The city hes appropriated $25, ,00t for the purpose.
 The house of Justice Chine at Rix ford, town eleven miles from Bradford Pa, was set on fire Sunday by the ex plosion of gas stove. The flames com municated to the adjoining buildings an, they were laid in ashes. The list em braces the principal hotels, stores an' business places, including the Kendall and Eldred Railroad Depot.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 The Ways and Means Committee ha voted in favor of adiourning on May 31 but a Washington dispatch says that tn backwardness of business Is such tha the session will undoubtedly extend int June.
 The House Committee on Agricul