Connecticut western news., 1881-01-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

Ino NeW 1orh LoSlslaGur0 1or Ou1GeO States Senator.
 Gen. Plaisted of Maine took office Thursday. His inaugural message recommends the abolition of imprison- ment for debt.
 General Grant was unanimously elected President of the Worlds Fair Commission at the meeting of the com mission in New York on Thursday. An explosion of celluloid occurred in the factory at Newburyport, Mass, Wednesday, and killed Charles B. Scho- field, of Paterson, N J., fatally burned Charles Hayes and badly, perhaps fatally, burned Webster Vandusen, of Newark, N. J. The building was totally de- stroyed. The works were removed from New Jersey, where an explosion had previously occurred.
 Hatch Walsh, aged 40, cut his own and his wife's throat, Wednesday, at Pe- terboro, N. H. Both died. No cause is known for the deed.
 James G. Fair has been elected United States Senator from Nevada by the Democrats, and John F. Miller was elected Senator from California by the Republicans.
 The Maine Senate and House adopt ed the majority report of the Committee on the Gubernatorial Vote in favor of seating General Plaisted.
 The Committee on the Guberna- torial Votes of Maine received the cor rected returns from Vassalboro and Merrill, and voted to report that: The whole number of votes cast was 147,- SOP. Harris M. Plaisted had 73, 713 My 3O9; William A. Joy, 124; Harrison M. Plaisted, 57; scattering, 55, and Harris M. Plaisted having received plurality of all the votes cast is duly elected Governor of the State of Maine for 1881 and 1882.
 Secretary Sherman for Ohio, Gen. Harrison for Indiana, and Gen. Hawley for Connecticut, are the new Republi- can United States Senators from these States.
 Parties near Tillanook Head in Ore gon have discovered the bodies of twelve men of the wrecked British ship Lupa- ta.
 The Rochester, N. Y, branch of the Land League sent $35O, making an aggregate of $3, 934, for the Irish Relief Fund.
 Mrs. 0. J. Gulley and Mrs. E. o. Ellis were killed by train on the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad while sleighing last Saturday at Havana, O.
 The dwelling of Mrs. Mclean, at Underwood, Ont, was burned Monday, and she perished in the flames. Other members of the family were seriously burned.
 The captain of the British barken- : tine Sunbeam, lying in Sul River, s. O., shot three of his crew for mutiny.
 Richard Lester, who married a woman named Hart in police court at Ottawa to save himself from imprison- ment, attempted to murder her Satur- day. The woman is in a critica. state. Four more victims of the boiler ex- plosion at Allentown, Pa., died Friday night, making thirteen deaths in all. Two more men are in dying condition. A. J. Thomas was hanged at Walla Walla, Or, on the 4th inst, for the murder of c. w. Brumfeld and for complicity in the murder of Amanda Shanks in January last. He confessed the crimes and exonerated his wife, who is imprisoned for complicity in the mur- der of Mrs. Shanks.
 The Republicans of Maine have elected Eugene Hale for United States Senator. A fire Thursday night totally de- stroyed the large cigar manufactory of Jose Geuer in Havana. Of the persons who slept in the building seven are known to have been burned to death.
 FOREIGN.
 A dispatch from Copenhagen re- ports that a theatre at Cronstadt has been destroyed by fire. The director ot the theatre and seven others perished in the flames.
 The Flemish inhabitants of Belgium are signing an address to the English people protesting against the annexation of the Transvaal.
 At the meeting of the Berlin Wahlmaenner Wednesday Z, 1900 persons were present. A. resolution was ference with the legal equality of re, igious professions. Herr Virchow moved the resolution.
 The Austrian Grown Prince is or his way to Brussels to visit his future DFlQ0, Gn0 D0lSlau TrluCoSS OG0pQhQl6
 The strength of the Greek army has been increased by the addition of clever battalions.
 On December 13 Japanese coast ing steamer with sixty passengers anc crew of twenty-two foundered in the Inland Sea, and sixty-four lives were lost.
 Batteries of English artillery sta tioned in Dublin have been prohibited from marching into the country for ex ercise without suitable escort of cav airy or infantry.
 The British Arnay and Nauy Ca zette says that the contribution of tn, imperial Governm ent to the expenses o the Afghan war will be at least 96, O0O, 900.
 The new Irish Land bill, it is re ported, will certainly include provision for fair rents, free sales, state aid for tn purchase of land and probably for fixit, of tenure.
 On Thursday large steamer wa seen to go on Goodwin San ds and afte wards sink with all hands.
 Chief Secretary Forster of Englan stated that there had been 2, 573 agraria outrages in Ireland during the last year and that 153 persons were under polio protection.
 UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
 The presentation of memorial touching tn election of Mr. Kellogg by the Packard Legis