Connecticut western news., 1883-12-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

recorded. Two passengers were in- iured.
 James M. Underwood was hanged at Dardanelle, Ark, for the murder of Robert J. Pendergrass. He admitted his guilt, but declared he was impelled to the crime by the wife of the victim.
 For forging a name to postal money order 8 sentence of two years imprisonment was passed in Phila- delphia, Pa.
 A broken yawl boat, believed to have belonged to the pilot boat Columbia, which was run down by the steamer Alaska in New York harbor, has been picked up at sea. About $4, 900 has been raised for the families of the lost pilots.
 At St. Johns, N. F., intelligence has been received of melancholy acci- dent at Southwest Arm, involving complete household wreck. The only particulars at hand are as follows: Mir. Henry Warford, with his family, were proceeding in skif from the Southwest Arm of Notre Dame Bay to Little Bay, when squall struck the little craft, capsized her and buried her living freight in 8 watery tomb.
 The students who left the National College of Pharmacy, at Washington, D. O., on account of the admission of 8 colored man have returned.
 It is agreed by the pilots that the boat run down and lost at sea was the Columbia, No. 8, of New York. Every other vessel in the service has been ac- counted for. She had five pilots and 8 crew of five men on board.
 -Canada's population has increased by immigration during the present year 8 trifie over one hundred thousand.
 Finding it impossible to obtain a jury for the trial of James Mutt for kill ing Dukes, the venue was changed from Uniontown to Pittsburg.
 Some of the Pennsylvania Senators have refunded the amount they received for eleven days of the extra session, when nothing was done.
 Evidence taken by the Fire the Windsor Theatre, which was burned lately in New York city, was intoxicated, and that the fire originated in the theatre. Inspector Esterbrook has or dered that all the theatre walls be taken down and other walls be made safe.
 In New York city William Belden, the millionaire, and his family, had a marrow escape from terrible fate on Sunday night. The house is heated by steam, and drunken engineer went to sleep and allowed the pressure to run up to seventy pounds, when forty was supposed to be the limit.
 A pilot boat with white yawls, while preparing to put pilot on the steamer Alaska coming into New York harbor, was run down by that steamer and sunk. All on board the pilot boat were lost. Passengers charge the officers of the Alaska with want of prompt action in attempting a rescue.
 -Merchandise and samples of mer- chandise can now be sent by mail at the rate of one cent for each ounce, under decision of the Postmaster-G General.
 Thirty Urine petitions have been pre- sented to the new Court of Pardons in Connecticut by convicts in her various prisons.
 A merchant who became insolvent on Saturday at Mobile, Ala, died on Monday of congestion of the brain.
 The murderer, Salmon, has com fessed his guilt, and tells how and why he committed the terrible triple murder at Laconia, N. Fl.
 A dispatch from Halifax, N. s., says: While the government steamer Newfield was towing 8 new ship, near Digby Sunday night. the hawser parted and the latter vessel drove ashore to the westward of Point Prim Light. On board of her were Captain Brown, of the Newfeld, and nine others, only two of whom Games Dane and James Soi) were saved.
 A vessel which ran down and sunk schooner at sea left the wrecked sailors to shift for themselves. They were picked up by another craft.
 The report of Collector Robertson, of the port of New York, for November shows falling off of over $800,O00 in receipts for imports. by comparison with November, 1882.
 The right of membership in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Evangelists, in Philadelphia, Pa., is to be subject of judicial investigation. High churchmen complain that the low church officers are crowding them out.
 MT. Carlisle, of Kentucky, was nominated for Speaker by the Demo cratic caucus. He received 106 votes. MT. Randall 52, and MT. Cox 30. In the Republican caucus MT. Kiefer re. ceived A and MT. Robinson 15 votes. For the twelve months ending Octo- Der 31, 1883, the excess in value of our exports over imports reached $122, ,41O, 944, the total of exports being $813 ,468, 543, and exceeding the preceding twelve months by $72, ,289, ,010.
 Four ministers and two ladies sailed from Boston for Africa as missionaries among the Veys and Mandingoes of the West Coast.
 In consequence of the quarrel between the different cigar makers unions in Chicago there is 8 general lockout against the members of Inter national Union No. IA.
 Counterfeit five dollar gold pieces of the issue of 1869 have been discovered in circulation.
 The strike among the oilcloth print CTS in Philadelphia has resulted in g general lockout.
 The will of Mrs. c. H. Northam, oi Hartford, contains charitable bequests amounting to $125, ,00O.
 Richard Wagner Russian Pole, al one time designer at Dedham, Mass, went to visit his mother in Poland. Or reaching Poland he was immediately seized by the Russian authorities anc sent in exile to Siberia for having de serted some years ago from the military
 A fire in Chicago destroyed the Far, well block, the largest business building in the city, bounded by Adams, Market Monroe streets and the river. A panic 1 nnSIlAd among fha oirla nnnnlouod ir, Al,x