Connecticut western news., 1882-02-22
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


 badly shattered and took fire, and was then totally consumed. The building vas the old homestead of Admiral Por- ter. A number of colored families lived m the old mansion. While the firemen were playing on the flames and large crowd surrounded them, au explosion occurred, scattering destruction far and wlde. An entire wing of the building was blown into the air. Men 15O yards away, who thought they were watching the ire from an entirely safe distance, were struck and killed. Others were dashed against trees and houses with iatai violence. Others again were torn limb from limb. Twenty lives were lost ana over fifty persons seriously il jured.
 John G. Allison, convicted of the murder of his father, was hanged at In. diana, Pa, Friday. .s.
 The Treasury returns of our export trade in breadstuffs for the first month or the new year as compared with those of the cores bonding period in 1881 show large falling off The exact fig Ires are for 1882, S11 ,925, ,992, as against S4, 929, 406 in 1881. In 1881 our total exports in this line, within the iesio- mated period, were $16s, 509, 5S0, where as this year they are only $l24, ,O72, ,907, or more than forty million dollars less. There is much destitution among inc farms of Southern Illinois, on ac. count of the scarcity of crops.
 Rewards aggregating $1O, 900 have been offered by Philadelphia citizens to prevent fraud at the coming election.
 The boiler in the ar-works at Car. tersville, Ga, e1loded Friday killing instantly four negroes and injuring a number of others, two of whom have since died. Superintendent Lucas, of neer, named Wood, were also injured. the latter, it is thought. fatally.
 The fire in Haverhill, Mass, on Friday night started in the business portion of the town and spread with great rspidity, the buildings being mostly of wood and igniting very quickly. The small fire department of the town was of little account, and help came from Lawrence, Newburyport, Lowell and other towns adjacent. The fire could be seen from Boston. It swept over the business portion of the town and the loss is very heavy. Haver- hlll IS S3 miles northeast from Boston, va t-O ASoctoA AA0 Iuhtu0 Ie61lTOAQ. 8QQ on the MerIimac River at the head of navigation, 15 miles from the ocean and IS miles helow Lowell. Its population is about 10000. It is the seat of exten- sive manufactures of boots and shoes. hats, caps, bricks and flannel.
 A bill offered in the New York Leg islature on the subject of oleomarga- rlne. requires that receptacles used for holding these limitations of butter and cheese shall be labelled s'oleomargarine butter" and ''lard cheese" in large Ro- man letters, and that hotels, restau rants and boarding houses where these articles are eaten shall have at least four conspicuous notices of the fact posted on the walls of their dining rooms. The penalty is fine of $1OO, 'S bali going to the informer and half to s1hs poor of the county.
 eznl losion of two boilers at Jew. els Touring mill fin Brooklyn caused She death of one person and serious in- luries to several others.
 A The Pennsylvania Military Acad- eny at Chester, Pa, was burned down Thursday; loss S200, 900.
 Mrs, Scoville, the sister of the as- sassin Guiteau, has written letter to Mas. Garfield, int which she piteously begs Mrs. Garfield to forgive the assaa- sin of her husband, as he is insane. Shegconcludes her letter as follows My dear madam, I write this to the widow of our dead President in behalf of man not himself in condition toz realize the extent of the terrible wrong or to understand your sufferings or mine. Never can rest satis- lied until I be allowed, on my pended knees, under the weight of this humiliation and disgrace, few brief moments in which to pour forth to your merciful heart the pleadings of one who must ever feel a sisters love for an in- sane, motberless boy, even though the whole world condemned and despised, beg you, let me say to you and yours what he would say, if in his right mind: Forgive, even as Christ shall forgive us all.
 MT. J. H. Rhodes, a near friend of Mrs. Garfield. said that he was author ized in Mrs. Garfield's behalf to say that toward the slayer of her husband she cherisbes DO malice he must an- swer only to his God and the American people. For the sister and all members of his family she feels only profound pity. Further tban this, she asks to be left clone with her sorrow, and to be spared being dragged into useless and t'Ituring publicity. Mrs. Garfield will not answer Mrs. Scoville's letter.
 Scarlet fever is raging at Cedar Rapids, Ia.
 The ice blockade in the Straits of Mackinaw has been broken.
 John Porter, the oldest printer and publisher in Maine, died at Rockland Wednesday, aged 75.
 The steamar Bahama, of Bermuda has been lost in mid ocean, and twenty, one lives are believed to have been lost. part of the crew was picked up and brought to New York.
 In the New York State Legislature at Albany. the Tammany members com bined with the Republicans in the Sen. ate and gave the Lieutenant Governor power to appoint the committees. In the Assembly @ similar combination elected Johnson (Rep.) as Clerk.
 Baltimore papers give an account ot the marriage of agirl of fourteen, who had previously married her stepfath CT, to boy of seventeen.
 the deaths of the victims of the late fire in Park Row, New York. has rendered yerdlct censuriug Mir. Potter and his agents for neglect.
 The Board of Education, of New York City, is considering the advisabil- ity of dispensing with the services of female teachers who may marry.
 The revenue of Ontario for 1881 was S2, TAG, 75O. The revenue exceeded