Connecticut western news., 1883-07-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

stamping out of the disease.
 Surveys for Eads' ship railway across the Isthmus of Panama, have been commenced.
 President Arthur has been invited to be present at the ceremonies ill Mon tana, next September, celebrating the completion of the Northern Pacific Rail road.
 MT. Randall says he is a candidate for the Speakership of the House of Rep resentatiyes only and his name will not be used as Presidential candidate in the National Convention of 1874. On Tuesday night four harvesters 1 boarded freight train at Whitehall, H., to steal ride. While at this station four other men boarded the same train and same car, apparently for the same purpose; but after the train was Tn motion drew revolvers on the first four men, and, after making them deliver up what money they had, drove them oil the moving train. One man named Patrick Knight fell headlong from the train and was killed. The four men responsible for Knights death, 1t seems, are tramps. They have been arrested at Brighton.
 -The funeral services of the late 1 Archbishop Purcell took place in the ! Cathedral at Cincinnati, Ohio, and were /! of the most impressive character. The i remains were inferred at the Convent oi i St. Martins, Brown county, Ohio. l A pier watchman in New York city found woman binding herself and her ! three children together preparatory to a : plunge into the river. In court the woman alleged that her husband beat : and starved her, and her husband in turn declared that she was of unsound mind.
 ] The Pennsylvania Republican Con- vention nominated William Livsey, oi Pittsburg, for State Treasurer, and James B. Niles, of Tioga, for Auditor General. The platform advocates pro- lection, distribution of surplus revenue among the States for educational pur- poses, civil service reform, economy in all administrations, local and general, and condemns the trade dollar, pauper emigration and Democratic legislation in Pennsylvania. | Five Jewish pauper families from i Poland, who had been sent to this country by charitable society in Lon don, were immediately returned by or der of the Emigration Commissioners in New York, to the steamer Lydian Mon. arch, which had brought them over. The Jewish relief society in N. Y. city was unable to assist them.
 An excursion train, containing about seventy-fve members of Masonic lodges collided with freight train on the Buffalo and Southwestern road, Wednes day morning, two miles from James town, instantly killing George Gates, conductor, and M. D. Colby, brakeman, of the freight train, and fatally injuring w. J. Innis, another breakman. No one was hurt on the excursion train. The engineers and fremen on both trains saved themselves bs jumping. i A freight and gravel train on the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad col lided near Bainbridge Wednesday morn ing. Six Italian laborers were injured
 Bandits in Cuba are terrorizing the island.
 The disorderly Salvationists were fined in Bridgeport, Conn.,, for disturb ing the peace of that city.
 A party of five masked burglars, after binding and gagging two families,
 
 at Franklin, N. Y., on Wednesday morn , dynamite and secured $1 ,OOO in silver. i Post Office Department accounts show for the nine months ended March 31st, 1883, an excess of $2, ,509, ,442 in receipts over expenditures.
 -Chinamen smuggled into Washing ton Territory are to be returned.
 At Milwaukee, Wis, three children i were burned to death through a house taking fire.
 Tt is estimated that the crop of win ter wheat in Illinois will be over thirty million bushels less than the yield of 1882.
 A train on the Natchez, Jackson and Colum bus Railroad fell through a bridge fifty feet high. The conductor was killed and several passengers in- jured.
 All the miners arrested at Ely, Vt, were discharged.
 In an impromptu shooting affray, near Junction city, Texas, one of the parties was mortally wounded and the ther had thigh and hand shattered ! While robbing store at Middle. town, N. Y., burglar was shot and killed by night watchman. | The skeleton of missing Sister oi Mercy was found in the mountains neal San Antonio, Texas. It is suspected that the deceased had been foully dealt with.
 At the meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge trustees MT. Roebling's resigna ton was accepted, and Superintendent Martin given his office, Mir. Roebling being appointed consulting engineer.
 A fatal collision occurred near Plain vile, Conn.,, on the N. Y < N. B. R. R. through the carelessness of 8 telegraph operator. Two men were killed and three injured.
 Three men were killed at Newman ket, N. H., by the cavlRg in of an em, bankment.
 In the Hill investigation in Wash 1ngton evidence was submitted to show that one firm has nearly all the contracts for heating apparatus of federal build ings in all parts of the country.
 Assisted immigrants from Ireland are reported as coming into the United States through Canada, many being in extreme Restitution.
 Postmaster General Gresham has alrected the postmasters of New York and New Orleans not to deliver regis tered packages or money orders to Louis. lana Lottery agents.
 -President Arthur intends to visit the Yellowstone Valley late in the summer.
 The captive Apaches are to bt placed on the San Carlos Reservation, where they are to be under the contro of the army,