Connecticut western news., 1882-09-27
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

avenue tunnel at the Eighty sixth street station, New York City. Tine New Haven train u at left Mount Vernon at 7:53 a. m., whiie standing on the south bound side track iu the tunnel, was run into by Harlem local. The two rear cars were demolished, and, with the engines of tue Harlem train, lie in the tunnel, completels blocking it up. Two persons were killed, and fifteen more or less badly injared. The injured were removed to ho p tals.
 There were fifteen thousand people at the New Jersey State fair.
 The steamer Picaon, on her way to take the place of Inc wrecked Asia, was blown ashore at Rtrdenu Point, Lake Erie, on Tuesday night, and became total loss.
 The National Llbor Party of New York City have nominated a full local ticket, with John W. Franklin, Pfesi- dent of the Bricklayers' Unlon, for Mayor.
 The Colorado D ,mocrats nominated James B. Grant, for Governor; John R. Powers, fer Lieutenant Governor, and Vincent D. Markham, for Judge of the Supreme Court.
 The steamer Richelieu, used as 0 ferry steamer between Lachine and Caughnawaga, Ontario, exploded her boiler about six miles from Montreal. She had on board about fifty persons, who were on trip to visit the Montreal exhibition. Four persons were in- stantly killed by the disaster and large number seriously 1T jared, some of them so badly that they cannot live.
 The boiler of a locomotive exploded ct Dunellan, N. J., and four men were injured.
 The iron workmen of Pittsburg are going back to their posts, and general activity prevails in iron manufacturing. The great question among manufactur- CTS and workmen is now what is to be done with tho non union men who have been put to work during the strike.
 Observations of the comet made at Washington tend to confirm it's identity with the comet of 1843 and 1880.
 "A courier from Concordia, town near Mazatian, Mexico, says that fivo people were killed in church, which was struck by lightning. A number of . other persons were seriously injured in the rush to escape.
 The Indian murderer Corpio has been captured.
 The quarantine between Browns vile and Matamoras has bsen 10 d. Fourteen new cases of yellow fever in the former place. The disease is disap- bearing in Mstamoras.
 A serious corn famine prevails in Sinaloa, Mexico. In some sections corn brings twenty-five cents per pound.
 Burglars carried away property valued at S20. 900 from jewelry store at North Atleboro, Mass, on Wednes- day.
 An old woman in Little Falls, N.J., who used to d;speuse medicines in the community, is accused of wholesale poisoning. Some of the charges are in the nature of old stories revived, but in the particular case in which she is ar raigned woman is shown to have died in great agony from dose of strych- nine.
 A prairie fire is racing in the vest ern part of the State of Nebraska.
 The lowest estimate of the cotton crop in the eastern and northwestern counties of Texas places the yield at 25 per cent. over last year.
 Tho British riff, team has dis banded and after & visit to Niagara the members will, with few exceptions, re- turn immediately to England. Judge Hagner granted Mr. Christiancy divorce on the ground of desertion.
 The New York Republican State Convention, on Wednesday, nominated Secretary Folger for Governor on the second ballot.
 atk Wednesday mot in Convention and nor, and son of Oakes Ames for Lieu tenant Governor.
 The Connecticut Republicans nom. mated General Balkeley for Governor. The platform favors protection and q submission of the prohibition question to the people.
 A convention of Missouri Republi- cans in opposition to the decision of the State Central Committee was held at Jefferson City.
 A comet visible in the daytime near the sun is receiving the attention oi astronomers here and on the Pacific coast.
 Three men were killed by collision of freight trains on the Troy and Green field Railroad, near Zoar, Mass.
 At Woodstock, Ont, 8 young woman committed suicide by making fire ant stanoiug over it until she was almost roasted alive.
 The steamer Alaska, of the Guior line, arrived at Q leenstown from New York in six days. eighteen hours ant thirty seven minutes, beating the short est of her previous unparalleled per formances by several hours.
 Eight hundred poands of govern ment powder exploded in California One man was killed.
 While being taken to jail by ar army officer and six soldiers Captain Payne, the invader of Indian territory, contrived to have a writ of habeas cor pus issued in his favor by Texas court but the officer refused to surrender hin to the civil authorities. A conflict wa, precipitated. The officer adopted war. like measures and came off victorious.
 -Dr. Lewis Swift, Director of the Warner Observatory, has been receiving messages from all parts of America claiming the discovery of large naked eye comet, now visible near the sun To set at rest all inquiries, he states that 1t is the same comet recently dis covered in South America, moving west. It is not the comet of 1872, an( IS not identical with any known comet
 In anticipation of trouble durin, the coming election. additional troops have been ordered to Utah.
 Sergeant Mason's counsel, Mr. Big elcw, has presented petition for habea corpus addressed to Judge Alfred B Coxe, of the Northern District of Ney