Connecticut western news., 1881-01-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

An explosion of fire-damp occurred on Monday in 8 coal pit at St. Etienne while the miners were at work. Eleven bodies were taken from the pit.
 The boiler at B. P. Dodge's shot factory at Newburyport, Mass, ex- ploded Monday, killing the engineer, James Huntington, of Boston Daniel Bridges, stock-ftter, and John R. Bailey, @ heeler. Several men were slightly injured, and fireman is re- ported missing.
 Joseph Snyder killed Jacob and Anna Gogel at Bethlehem, Pa, on Sun- day night. He confessed his crime and was hanged by mob of 200 people out side of his victims house.
 The total population of Vermont is 332, ,286. Of this number 166, 988 are native and 40,946 are foreign born i; 331, ,243 are white and l. ,043 are colored. -Fhe Secretary of the Treasury has received $27 from New York for the scientific fund.
 A collision occurred Sunday morn ing between @ passenger and freight train at the Louisiana State line on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Two en- gineers and two brakemen were killed and several others were fatally wounded. Mine men were seriously injured on Thursday last. by the wrecking of con- struction train on the Atchison and Santa Fe Railroad, six miles from Santa Fe. A brakeman named Thrall was in- stantly killed.
 A. M Conklin, editor of the Socoro Sat,a, was shot and killed at Christmas festival at Santa Fe, N M.
 Four persons were killed on Christ mas night at Lucan, Ont, while cross ing 8 railroad track in sleigh.
 Henry Ostrander, aged twenty nine, shot and killed his brother George, aged twenty-six, at their home near Camden, New York Henry was jealous because his little sister was caressing his brother and he spit tobacco juice in her face.
 There is general strike among the coal miners at Nelsonville, Shaw nee, Straitsville and Corning ostensibly for payment of wages twice a month. The Hooking Valley Railway brought all their engines and cabooses away without coal trains and they will be kept here until the strike is ended.
 The Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts have refused the petitions for the establishment of elevated rail- roads in Boston.
 A return match between Slosson and Vignaux for 10000 francs is talked of to be played in New York, but Wig naux does got want to cross the Atlan- tic.
 The smoking car on the Iron Noun tain railroad was fired into at Neeley- vile, Mo-, by some one unknown. Dr. J. H. Paine, of Carroll, Tex, was killed and P. P. Jones and wife, of Pennsyl- vania, mortally wounded.
 Twenty prisoners in the county jail at Columbus, Ohio, mutinied, and all the police in the south end of the town were called in to quell them. One shot was fired, but without fatal results Cold water and chunks of coal thrown at the prisoners were found to be sufficient arguments to quiet them. Several con- victs were seriously injured by being hit with pieces of coal.
 -Frederick Stevens, young man, died from hydrophobia at Plymouth, Mass, yesterday. He was bitten while in Nova Scotia some months ago.
 Mrs. Catharine Driscoll was on Fri day found guilty at Boston of man. slaughter for the murder of Mary Credan, neighbor's child, at Maiden, Mass. The Vermont Legislature adjourned Friday. The bill taxing telegraph and express companies two per cent on their gross receipts passed both branches.
 The Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts haverefused the petitions for the establishment of elevated rail roads in Boston.
 The census of the Dominion of Canada is to be taken on the first Mon day of April next.
 Three men, John Shea, Chester Morse and J. Bruce, were run over by 8 train and killed at Natick, Mass, Fri day.
 Mrs. Cross George Eiot)y ythe dis tinguished novelist, died in London on Wednesday. Her death was quiet and almost painless. She was we'll known as the author of "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss, " t Daniel Deronda, ' etc.
 Professor Kinds, of Windsor, N. S., says he has discovered systematic falsifcation in the Fishery Departmental papers and unless prevented by the Dominion Government will forward them to Washington.
 FOREIGN.
 Tt is said that so dull and sad Christmas as the last has never been ex perienced in Ireland. Sullen depression marks the spirit of the people, anG traders, who have for some time beer feeling very acutely the effects of tn, disturbed state of the country, are be ginning to exhibit signs of great em barrassment.
 The Prince of the Miridites, wht was recently arrested by Turkish au thorities, has been released.
 With the beginning of the Russian New Year all import duties, except tha on salt, will be increased ten per cent
 The trouble in the billiard match il Paris was simply as to whether cer or not. The referee decided that it dit not, and slosson stepped to the table t, play, when Vignaux caught hold o Blossoms cue, debated the referees an nounced decision, and, the house strong " ana III an eXclIeu manner urgms Vignaux on, the referee permitted tn Frenchman to continue to play-whicl he did, and won the game.
 There are partial floods throughou the north of England. The Irwen ha overhowed its banks in 8 district o Manchester. The basements of fou thousand dwellings are flooded.
 The Chilians have not yet left Pise for Lima, and they will not nov