Connecticut western news., 1882-01-25
NEWS OF THE DAY
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GENERAL ITEMS.
 Conductor Hanford, of the ill -fated Hudson River train, in testifying before the Coroner's Jury, said that he desired to be understood as saying most em- phatically that some passenger on the night of the 18th inst. had tempered with the air brakes by pulling the cord, and that the cause of the accident was "rum." He brought his fist down on the desk before him with 8 bang that made the Coroner sit bolt upright in his chair. Many of the passengers, added the conductor, were engaged in 8 carousal. All through the cars they were passing bottles, freely drinking, smashing hats, and singing songs. He had no control over them. They were apparently sober when they boarded the train, but became intoxicated after they had started. There is always, said MT. Hanford, more or less drinking and general hilarity on tho Friday trains from Albany.
 Observing brokers, in Chicago, say there is no longer a reason to doubt that 8 big deal in wheat has been started which will culminate in March or April, and the prices will go much higher than they now are.
 At Corning, Ohio, two negroes fought duel about girl and one of the men received fatal injuries.
 The house of George 0. Smith at Lewis, Mo-, was burned Thursday, and five of the inmates perished in the flames.
 In the Iowa Legislature James F. Wilson was chosen United States Senator for the long term and J. W. McDll for the short term.
 The one hundredth anniversary of thu birth of Daniel Webster was cele- brated at Washington and Boston We'd nesday.
 Governor Cornell, of New York, sent message to the Senate pointing out the necessity, in view of the Spuy- ten Duyvil disaster, of legislation for securing public safety on railroads.
 The Board of Pardons at Harris pGcations of six murderers.
 Fever is unusually rife at Panama. Sixty-nine canal officers have died in eleven months. Two thousand canal laborers are on strike.
 A true bill of murder in the first degree has been returned against the Malley brothers and Blanche Douglas for the murder of Jennie Cramer at New Haven, Conn. ...
 An accident took place on the Chi csgo and St. Paul Railroad, on Monday, at New Albin, Iowa, by which one child WAS killed and twenty passengers badly injured.
 Near Little Rock, Ark, five con- victs were drowned by the upsetting of boat in which they were belng taken across the river.
 Three boys were killed in Brook lyn Saturday by falling house.
 Fifteen Brooklyn Aldermen were fined $250 each and imprisoned in the Raymond Street jail for terms of from ten to thirty days each for contempt of court. Two other Aldermen were in dicted, but their sentences have been suspended. Subsequently Judge Pratt gave stay of proceedings and the AL dermen were released.
 The best business block in the vil- lage of Albion, N r., was burned Sun- day loss $250, 900.
 There were eight people killed by the accident at Spuyten Duyvl on Friday evening, whose bodies have all been recovered. It is alleged that the accident was caused by the brakeman express, giving wrong signals to the approaching Tarrytown special. He was arrested.
 The election of MT. Gowen to the Reading presidency has been well re- ceived in London, and MT. Jennings says large amounts of English capital will seek American investments when the war of rates ceases.
 Ferdinand Hamilton, one of the five men saved from the foundered schooner Almon Bird. and who was brought to Pigeon Cove, Mass, last week, died from the effects of exposure and cold. The remainder are recov- ering.
 Three negroes were poisoned in Montgomery, Ala, Friday night by eating spoiled meat. One of them died.
 The mails for New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other far eastern points, which left Denver, Col, on De- cember 20, have been lost.
 Mrs. Caroline Richings-B Bernard, ohO OAO0 4dAuOuS PrLuA uOuu6, Auu E0- gently musical instructress and leader of the Mozart Association in Richmond, Va, who has been ill of small pox for some time, died Saturday.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 The Chief of the Bureau of Statis- tics reports that the total number of immigrants arrived during the year ended December 31, 1881, as far as re- ported, was 716, ,868. Of this number there arrived from Germany PAS, 323; England and Wales, 77,750; Ireland, 70,896; Scotland, 16, Al; Domin1on of Canada. 94, 159; Austria, 19. 667; Nor way. 26,824; Sweden, 1905; China, 20,628; all other countries, 86,375.
 Secretary Frelinghuysen has re- ceived 8 telegram from Minister Morton, at Paris, to the effect that the Under Secretary of State thinks the bill in- troduced in the French Chambers on Saturday will result practically in the free admission of American salted meats. He had hopes that it would pass both houses at an early date.
 First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton Wednesday made the following order: 'Postmasters will not allow non- subscribers to take from the boxes, nor will they hand them, newspapers ad- dressed to subscribers refolded and re- turned to them into the general delivery without verbal or written permit fir om suchisubscriber.
 The Sub-C Committee of the House Committee on Appropriation, in charge of the fertilization appropriation bill, reported the bill to the full committee The estimates submitted for this branch