Connecticut western news., 1883-03-14
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITEMS.

M D,lck building, occupied by the Vermont E Earm Machine Company at Bellows ans, ", entirely destroyed the build hg and Its contents. The fire was got under control without its extending to otner buildings. The loss is over $100.0OO.
 In New York Harbor on Friday, A scow was upset and several laborers lost their lives. -O'' The execution of MeGloin and Ma lone took place Friday morning in front of the women's prison at the Tombs, in New York City. The execution was at tended by few persons. Both of the men died easily.
 The New Jersey House of Assembly defeated the bill to provid new charters for Jersey City and Newark.
 The bill to permit concerts on Sun day evenings has been reported adverse iy In tne Connecticut Legislature
 The Lutheran Church and Parson- age at Akron, Ohio, have been totally destroyed by fire.
 Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, has pardoned Clarence Hite, one of the Jesse James gang, and it is supposed that he will now be used as 8 witness against Frank James.
 The funeral of the late Governor Stephens took place at Atlanta, Ga, on Thursday, and was attended by vast crowd of people. The memorial services at the State House were of an impressive character, General Robert Toombs and other prominent citizens pronouncine eulogies on the life and character of the deceased.
 An insane lady near Portsmouth, N. H., set fire to her house and herself and perished in the flames.
 Four men boarded railroad train in Arkansas with intent to rob the passen- gers, but after shooting the conductor and one brakeman, lost courage and leaped from the moving cars.
 Ex-Governor William Sprague, of Rhode Island, was married in Staunton, Va, to Mrs. Dora Inez Calvert, of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The tride is native of Connecticut. She j, divorced from her husband.
 In the New Jersey Senate bill was passed providing that all goods manu- iactured Tn whole or in part by convict ianor shall be conspicuously stamped with the words Manufactured in the New Jersey State Prison
 The remains of Henry Seybert, a wealthy Philadelphian, were cremated at Washington, Pa. He leaves an estate of over $1 ,000, ,0O0 to charitable and edu- cational institutions.
 Two small children were burned in stable which one of them set on fire at Lawrence, Ohio.
 After twenty-nine years imprison- mant an innnoor1f Ioo in Michigan.
 -Uriah Mover was hanged at Middle burg, Pa, for the murder of John Kintz- Ter and wife in December, 1977 The condemned man confessed his guilt on the gallows.
 William Lyons, Cleveland auctloneer, shot his divorced wife and killed himself at her residence.
 The New York State Assembly sus- tained the Governors veto of the Five Cent Fare bill by a vote of 66 to 5S.
 The Cambridge Flats in New York City were destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. Two inmates, mother and daughter, lost their lives Loss on building $1OO,O ,OO0
 The British steamer Gloucester City, which left Bristol on February 8 for New York, foundefed on February 23 at sea. The crew were rescued and landed at Havre.
 Three men quarrelled over the wife of one of them at Somerset, Ky, when the husband and another of the trio were shot and killed.
 The leader of the equal rights move ment in Rhode Island was elected to. the Legislature over his Republican oppon- ent.
 -Advices from Indian Territory state that Sleeping Rabbit, second in command of the rebel faction headed by Spieche, and some other leaders of the same party have been captured by the military. burned to death through spark falling from her tobacco pipe and setting fire to her clothing.
 A mother and daughter were killed while crossing railroad track in sleigh, near Bangor, Me.
 The committee appointed to confer with the creditors of the city of Mem phis on the basis of fifty cents on the dollar have made 8 report. It appears that the creditors are generally satisfied with the offer.
 Special advices from New Orleans
 
 steamer Yazoo disaster at eighteen.
 The steamboat Yazoo, from New Orleans, sunk near Donaldsonville, La Some sixteen of those on board were lost.
 The Herald Ohio Flood Fund has now reached total of over $37, 900. The citizens of Savannah, Ga., contri- buted the handsome sum of $1, ,97535.
 After securely tying up the watch man of a Springfield (Mass.) jewelry store three adroit burglars broke open the safe and obtained $2OOOO of dia- monds and watches.
 Three men were killed and eight in jured at the burning of the Dunlap ele- vator, Albany. The men were buried under the falling walls.
 One ball from pistol fired at Paris. Texas, killed a merchant and a boot black, besides wounding a travelling drummer
 Harvey N. F'ollansbee, the treasurer of the Boston Police Relief Association, has embedded S20,0 coo of the fund.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Judge Iilley, an old man, was as- saulted by s. w. Dorsey, of Star Route fame, on Tuesday morning, and severely injured. Owing to Mr. Lilley's advanced age and the nature of his injuries, his physician apprehends serious result.
 A report is current in Washington that a short time before the adjournment of Congress an attempt was made by some person unknown to assassinate ex- Secretary Blaine by shooting into car