Connecticut western news., 1880-08-18
OE.D.kY
GENERAL ITEMS.

trainS coIlided, tic cars being badly brskSn 8p. Nearly 10Q people were mfaorJk ks HiureR by being tcrpshed or-scalded- Sixteen of the inilred- died, and of the thiTty7FevsA seriously injured aenginseel,Gd akhetsaaaniL section, of tue ex- %hts3h th&1h bNShicat"fan' into the first have hsahaSres ted for. la Shtfef and 4Rsf8 in s000 bails s'a"s )" i'a" ,rE~"'Iq n', :.: 11,ennessegD DemocratFs m conyea- kOn loapinated Iphn.X- Wfig1It for Gov yfnoreanas sfull 'Stase tacket7 TheIPlat &asSlv8 eattess t4espsGn psGnfsent of the State debt. About seventy of the, delegates fet6se6 10 accert that tportion of the plat fosm Relative t6f 'debtapAying,, forMed a -separNAe' convention and nominated an Mbegcks'a ,",n9s,r" '' M "': :.'t. ,.,. d W . Is 15The. .NbrWeegaiiaanI ship J4nd,, :em r5utt for New York, undergoing. repairs at Cork -Harber, was bearded by-abeut-1 100 hen in seven boats and three cases ef miles. weHe stolen. The affair is creating , t.grest sensation 1 5 "' ,!'
 sr-Lin ''the Henrieo County Court of Virginia J. W. Hoeninget refused to ,seR~e--en--ss, jury because there. was a Begf6 On ft:' The fudge imposed, fine .ofs $256 and ten, days Imprisonment for eehfer6pt. .'" Moeninger subsequently, 9phsented 10 serve, ana his, punishment NsssiremitSetl, -.,. ,.... H =. ,,-... ,t gX.'speciai dispatch ii D says that We'd besday was the hottest day in the history of Bismarck, Oak. The United States SigizAa officer reported lO2 m the shade, MfIs1S ydiI ,H 12E tI., Ia hat,thermometer. ,',.,
 The Michigan Greenback Conven- ticn nnominated For Governor, David W3pdman, of Van Burerf County for Lieutenant Governor, Sullivan Armr strong, of Newaygo County. asav .' At Wausau, Wis, Dr. Edwin L. Hazle was shot by Dr. Bennett. Dr. Hazle only recently came to Wausau to practice his profession. This aroused &he jealousy of Dr. Bennett, the resi- dent dentist, and, while under the infu- ence of liquor, he procured shotgun, went to~a hotel were Hazle was, and fired at the latter, killing him instantly. -The platform adopted by the Re- publican State Convention of Connecti- \ andiARthar, favors hard money, 0 pro- tectiEe tariff, and 8 modification of the State' laws in regard to color blindness.
 By an accident on.the Midland Rail- way of England. between Leeds and Lancaster, on Tuesday, seven persons were killed and twenty injured.
 -Workmen in the Tyne ship-yards have struck for a ten per cent. increase of wages.
 The Cork Consultation says Fenian- ism is again feeling its way in Limerick and illegal drillings are going on. Mys- terious strangers from America are re- ported.
 The Republicans of Connecticut on Wednesday nominated H. B. Bigelow for Governor and General Wm. H. Bulke- ley for Lieutenant Governor.
 Reuters telegram from Alden, re- ports that the steamer Jeddah, from Singapore, foundered off Guardani on the Sth, with 953 pilgrims for Jeddah. All on board perished, except the captain and his wife, the chief engineer, chief officer, an engineer and sixteen natives, who were picked up and brought to AL den by the steamer Scindia.
 The census returns show the popula- tion of Massachusetts to be 1,7S3, ,912, an increase of 19 per cent. over the figures of the last census.
 The persons recently captured in Nebraska and taken to Kansas as the Bender murderers will probably be dis charged, as many of Bender's old neighbors say they are not the notorious murderers and only acknowledged that they were for the sake of notoriety.
 Sunday night near New Ross, Ire land, MT. Thomas Boyd, Grown Solici- tor for Tipperary, and his two sons, were fired at by masked assassins armed with guns and bayonets. MT. Boyd was severely wounded and is said to be dying. One of his sons was shot through the lungs, and there is no hopes for his recovery. Five men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion.
 A dispatch from Quetta, Afghanis- tan, reports that fight has occurred between the troops retiring upon Sibi and a large body of tribesmen. The troops retired with the loss of ten killed, the greater portion of their baggage and animals, and the treasury chest, contain ing a lac and a half of rupees.
 : The dispatch of troops from Eng land to Ireland occasions surprise. The London Times holds there is no reason for fear of rising at this time.
 According to the Berlin Tdgbzatt floods in the district of Ratisbon have destroyed over twenty villages, with the loss of many millions of marks.
 s-The Mark Lane Express expects that the British harvest will be an i'm provement on 1879.
 The number of letters, postal cards, newspapers, etc., sent out ill the United States during the last fiscal year is estimated at 2,217, 7,O6s, 124.
 .Dr. Tanner successfully completed his fast of forty days on Saturday, August 7th at noon. His weight then was 1211 pounds, loss of thirty six pounds since the beginning of the experiment. At 12 o'clock Saturday he broke his fast by eating a peach, and followed it up with milk and slices of watermelon. Then he pursued a steady diet of melons, apples, beefsteak, wine and milk throughout the afternoon and even- ing. Dr. Tanner retained all the food taken, and appeared Saturday night in excellent health and spirits. His weight when he commenced his fast was 1573 lbs. On the 14th day he had, run down to 133, when he com hnehced drinking water, and gained thgee. pounds. On the 20th day he c3mmenced falling off in weight and kept at this until he, on the fortieth day Nsfghed 122. On Sunday night after the fast Yas ended he had gained eight and &aaniaaif &aaniaaifhaf pounds and appeared to be in