Connecticut western news., 1883-11-28
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

Very extensive freshets resulting from rains are reported from Missouri and adjacent States, with loss of several lives and great destruction of property.
 The pool known as the Consolidated Paper Company, comprising fifty mills throughout the Northwest in Chi cago, met and resolved, in view of the overstocked condition of the market, to shut down all the mills from Dec. to Feb. 4. The mills l ava been running on half time since Nov. 1. The closing of them will throw 2,000 men out of employment. and will cause an advance in the price of paper.
 Andy Taylor, sentenced to be hanged on Friday, while being carried from Knoxville (Tenn.) jail to London for execution attempted to murder the Sheriff who had him in custody.
 The constructor and architects of the Michigan capitol, which fell re- gently, have been severely censured by the coroner's jury.
 William McWilliams, Waterford (Pa.) octogenarian, awoke Wednesday night and found the cold arms of his dead wife clasped around his neck.
 A storm in Fort Smith, Ark, caused some damage to property and the death of one man.
 The cashier of the Rushford (Ind. ] National Bank was shot at his residence by burglar.
 James Davis, secretary of the Lon don and San Francisco Bank, has ab- seconded. He has embedded $50, ,OOO, including 1OS Oregon and California Railroad gold bonds of the value of e30, ,000. A warrant has been issued and 92O0 reward offered for his arrest.
 In New York city Patrick Brady, a well known thief who twice escaped from Policeman Charles Ryan, was pur- sued by the policeman and shot dead in hand-to-hand fight
 A special dispatch from Ontonagon, announces the loss of the lake steamer Manistee with all on board. The Man istee had crew of twenty-five men and twenty-five passengers. She was regular boat between Chicago and the upper lake ports. The fifty lives lost on the Manistee, and the ninety-five lost during the six days storm on the great lakes recently, make total of over 15O lives lost on the lakes in ten days.
 The New York State Convention of the Irish National League met at Syra- ouse on Wednesday. Dr. Wallace was elected chairman. The principal busi- ness of the meeting was the Parnell tes- tlmonial fund, which it was resolved to keep open for further subscriptions un- til next St. Patrick's Day.
 W. P. Snyder, Assistant Attorney General, has resigned because he was not supported in his duties by the gov ernment.
 A quantity of counterfeit Erie bonds have been presented for redemption.
 The civil suits against Star route contractors in Philadelphia have been discontinued.
 Canada proposes to send her pauper immigrants back where they came from, and at the expense of the Imperial government.
 The Mississippi Valley Bank, at Vicksburg, Miss, has closed in conse- quence of losses by 8 customer who dealt in grain futures.
  caused trouble in the mails and discord in 8 Boston court.
 A majority of the stockholders of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company voted in favor of the proposed $20, ,0OO, ,OO0 second mortgage bonds. A protest from three stockholders is now filed.
 The Supreme Court of Wisconsin sustains the Washburn will. This action cuts off the widow, except that the ex- ecutors are authorized to set aside sum for her support.
 Petitions will be presented to Con- gress asking that provision be made for the retirement of enlisted men after twenty five and thirty years service.
 At the meeting of the New York Presbytery the Church Extension Com mlttee was empowered to act indepen- dently of the Presbytery, reporting to that body every three months. The support of the Church of the Sea and Land was left unsettled.
 The prisoners in the jail at Mar shall, Mo-, by setting fire to the build ing effected their escape.
 The Irish giant and German gian- tess are husband and wife, and Pitts ourgh enjoyed the sight of the tallest bridal party on record.
 Porter was acquitted of the charge of killing burglar Walsh. He says he will cad good life and open liquor store n Boston.
 It is rumored that the journalistic expedition for the exploration of the has been lost by an extensive fire in the saw grass, but hopes are felt that this is not the case.
 Correspondents at St. Johns, N. F., and Halifax, N. s., send distressing &C., counts of shipwreck and loss of life dur ing the recent destructive gales. A Norwegian bark was stranded on Green Island. Out of crew of twelve only two escaped.
 Steps have been taken in Canada to prevent the further immigration of des. titute people.
 The paying teller of the Wall Street Bank was held in $1, 1000 to plead to an indictment for violating the Beck law, the generalization of checks. This is the first attempt to practically enforce the Beck law, and as such excites great interest.
 One man was killed and five men injured by an explosion of fire damp in the coal mines at Streator, Ill.
 The schooner James Wade is re- ported to have been lost on Lake Erie. with seven lives, during the late gales. Several lives were also lost on the River St. Lawrence during the same storm. Mrs. and Miss Maybee were horri- ply murdered in barn at Brookville, IL. I. Robbery was the motive of the crime. A tramp is under suspicion of having committed the terrible crime.
 The steamer s. H. Parisot was