Connecticut western news., 1882-08-16
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

"<oAAcans Ill the tres Valley.
 Three ex-employes of the Troy ant Greenfield Railroad were arrested fo, robbing trains.
 Ten men were killed by accidents in the construction of the West Shor, hallroad, on the Hudson, within three days.
 s. A convention has been signed be- tween the representatives of Guatemala and Mexico, which provides that all pending questions between them on the subject of boundaries shall be arranged Dy arbltration-the President of the United States to be the arbitrator.
 At Palestine, Texas, Chess Thomas was hanged for killing Houston Mo. Means,
 Cora Lent, who left Ter home al Peeksslll, N. r., to go off with mem. per of the p l Regiment, returned We'd nesday, accompanied by her brother. She told her mother that she was foroi- ply detained in New York city by three men, who gave her up when the chase got too hot.
 A dog catcher ruthlessly shot down chlld ln Harlem, N. r., claiming in self-defence that he and his companions were stoned by the boys friends.
 On Wednesday the Apaches raided and killed all the inhabitants of the Rancho Cariso, Sahuaripa district, sonora, Mexico, the women and chil- dren included, and burned the houses.
 The State Convention of Kansas Re- pubhcans indorsed prohibition, woman suffrage and railroad supervision. Gov ernor John P. St. John was renominated to succeed himself.
 A premature blast on the West Shore Railroad, at Cornwall, N. Y., killed four persons and wounded several others. The four who were killed were southern negroes employed on a cons tract.
 Suits aggregating $70, 1000 were en- tered at Wheeling, w. Va, by the legal representatives of sufferers by the Sctoto disaster. There were seven suits, in each of which $lO,O is claimed. There were fifty victims, and it is likely that suit will be entered in each case.
 Reports of the appearance of the army worm in various sections of the province of Nova Scotia continue to reach here. In the western and shore counties the worms are present in large numbers.
 The Massachusetts Prohibition Convention nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Charles Amy lieutenant Governor, John Blackmer ; Secretary of State, Solomon P. Root {; Treasurer and Receiver General, T. J. Lathrop; Auditor. Jonathan Buck {; Attorney General, Samuel M. Fairfield. The usual prohibition resolutions were adopted, and one of them congratulating the Prohibitionists of Kansas and Iowa upon their victory.
 The Republican State Convention of Indiana nominated the present State officers, and the platform adopted SUD- ports the submission of the pro- hibition amendment to the people. and extends sympathy with the Irish in their efforts by legislation to break up landed estates and for home rule in their local matters.
 The Freight Handlers Union, of New York City, has declared the strike q failure, and the men are returning to their old places as fast as they will be taken back.
 -Three persons were drowned at Gravenhurkb Ont, on Wednesday, two m trying to rescue child who first fell into the water.
 An intended victim of Judge Lynch has sued the members of the mob who tried to hang him on 8 tree in Polk County, Iowa.
 -Waterspouts in Ohio are alarming the people there.
 A new and contagious cattle disease IS said to have broken out in Virginia.
 General G. K. Warren of the United States Army died at Newport.
 The Democratic State Committee of New York have appointed Syracuse and september 21 for the State Convention.
 Rear Admiral David McDougal. United States Navy, died at San Fran. cisco.
 The steamer Gold Dust exploded her boilers, near Hickman, Ky, killing twenty-four persons and wounding forty eight. The boat burned to the waters edge after the disaster. A number of those injured cannot live.
 "A trapeze performing seronaut was drowned on Saturday by the descent of his balloon into the Ohio River.
 By the falling of railroad bridge in Illinois train was wrecked, one man killed and two injured.
 A mutiny on the ship Northern Light, from New York to Yokohama. which put into New London harbor. re. suited in the stabbing of the first mate four times by one of the crew.
 "A serious fire occurred in Gardiner. Me, on Monday evening. The loss is over $200, ,000 and much suffering will arise from the disaster. Two lives are supposed to be lost. About twenty acres were burned over. Ail tbe mnnufactories on the lower dam were swept away, and between three hundred and four hundred men are thrown out of employ- ment. Some sixty dwelling houses were destroyed. The local department was unable to take care of the fire. and engines were sent from neighboring towns.
 -O the last weeks mortality in New York Oity, numbering 939 persons, 37 were killed by the heat.
 One convict killed another for tale- bearing in the penitentiary at Waupun, Wis.
 Ten fremen were injured, four fatal iy, during fire in Pittsburg, Pa.
 Two men were burned to death at Sunrise City, Minn.
 -One person was killed and four in- jured by lightning near Montpelier, Vt.
 A church building fell at Steuben- vile, Ohio, but fortunately before any of the congregation had reached it for worship.
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