Connecticut western news., 1882-01-11
NEWS OF THE DAY
CEREBRAL TTElfa.

GENERAL ITEMS.
 John Keating pleaded guilty in Rhiladslphis to making false return of election in the Fourth Ward in the election for Mayor. Judge Briggs sen- fenced him to six months imprison- ment, to pay finesof $100 and to be d'sfranchised and debarred from held iug any offioe under the commonwealth for seven years.
 Seven men were hanged on Friday. Jan. th, in various parts of the coun- try.
 The schooner Shelldrake, which piled between Baltimore and Havre de Grace, was missing several weeks. Her owner, John s, Wilson, found her de- serted at Canton. Her captain, Casper zSmith,. was lying dead in the cabin with hiseskull crushed in. His assist ant, Richard Moore, a sailor, was ar .-zestetl. -. -
 A train on the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad on Thursday near Chi cago ran down three workmeu, killing third. .sx The. carriage production at New -bnryport, Mass. for 1881, is valued at $2,0eO. 600.
 During the funeral of the pastor of the. Salem Church, at Quincy, Ill.,, on Thursday, through some unknown cause panic occurred. Ten or twelve spersops were seriously injured.
 The annual message of Governor Long, of Massachusetts, embraces the following information :. Debt of the State on January l, 1882, $32, 399, ASA The Sinking Fund has increased to $14, 285, ,7S1. The expenses of the ad- ministrations of State affairs increased about half million of dollars during the past year, and the estimates for the ensuing year are quarter of million in' excess of last year. A tax of $1 ,000,- poo will be required, and possibly $5OO,- GOO more. .- b.. '. .e --'
 s-Twenty-nine railroads with an ag- gregate mileage of 2,617 miles and an apparent Investment of $51 ,278, 900 in capital stock and SIG, ,645, 900 in bonds and other indebtedness, making total of SIPS, 900, 900, have been sold during 1881 10 wind up their obligations.
 -The Gloucester fishing fleet for 1881 numbered 437 vessels, four less nhan thah of 1880. The catch for 1881 is less than that of last year.
 A can of dynamite exploded on the line of the Hastings and Saltwater CMmn.l Railway, killing one laborer and seriously injuring two others.
 Two Mexican woman at San Pedro Greek, on the outskirts of San Pedro, on the Mexican border, were set upon by pet deer, and one of them was fatally injured. The other woman is also in a critical condition. .s .s-.- ".-
 -John McCullion got his foot fast in railroad frog at Delaware Junction, Del, Thursday. He was unable to ex- trjcate il, and train came along and killed him. -'
 "A decree has been issued by the Government of St. Domingo, ordering the liberation of the Spanish prisoners who took part in the expedition of Con- zalez from Porto Rico. .--..-s s......
 The debt 8 atement of the United States issued January 1st, 1882. IS as follows: Total debt, principal $2, ,0O3,- 333, ,078 IS; interest $15, ,e36, 619. 67; total $2,01S, ,S69, 697. .S5;. total cash in the Treasury $253, 377, ,9S0 76; debt, less cash in Treasury, January 1, 1882, S1, 7o5.- 491 717.O9; December 1, 1881, $1, 778,- 285. .340.65; decrease of debt during month $12, 793, ,623. 56; decrease of debt since June 30. 1881, S75, ,107, ,094. S9.
 The Worlds correspondence from the Isthmus of Panama paints dismal picture of the condition of affairs among the unfoftunates who are employed in the construction of the canal. Several of the medical staff and most of the en- Rineers and laborers have been seized with yellow fever, which is unusually prevalent on the Isthmus this season, and the Canal Company, it is said, does not even take the trouble of giving the dead decent burial. - = ...
 MT. Blaine's circular note to the Central and South American republics proposes. convention of all the Ameri- can republics to consult and determine on matters. pertaining to their mutual interest. ..-....
 Postmaster General James retired from his position Wednesday, turning the office over to Mir. Howe of Wiscon- sin. ...--
 -sDr. John W. Draper, the scientist. is dead. rs - .-s.. '- 5,1...
 James Isom died at Madison, NY. on Sunday. aged 1O2 years. During the war of 1872 he passed the time in 8 cave iri the mountains making saltpetre for the manufacture of gunpowder fol the American army.
 The verdict for $13,OOO obtained by Mrs. Mary B. Parker against the Boston and Albany Railroad for injuries sustained while alighting from train has been set aside. -.. ...
 Three murderers, brothers named Mcdonald, who were endeavoring or Monday to escape from jail in Graham Texas, after killing 8 deputy sheriff were pursued by mob. of citizens anc shot to death. .t5...s...-. -r...H --
 MT. Chamberlain. the chief creditor of Minnesota, conveyed $2,OO0, ,OOO il bonds and $200, 900 in cash from St Panl, Minn., in special car Tuesday
 A saloon, kept by two Germans, a Palestine, Indiana, was blown up bJ dynamite by unknown persons. Thii is the second building lost by thes, men in this way within the past thre, months. .,.-aqr.s.sfz-s
 During the year 1881 there wa 5,5S2 fsilures in the United States witl liabilities amounting to $81, 155, 932.
 Four, passenger cars containing 15l Boston and Maine railroad. near Wells Me, killing two men and iniuring sixt, persons, The wreck took fire.
 While the Knights of Pythias festival was in progress on Saturda, night in Golfers Hall, at Shanesville Ohio, the floor gave way and the entir company, numbering 800, fell with i to the floor below. A stove containing burning coal fell also and set fire to tn building. Four women and one bo perished in the flames aud two othe persons were crushed by falling timbers