Connecticut western news., 1884-01-23
GENERAL TrEMR.

maDu lIOlScUlOn uQu Gu0 aDIOSAL1OA OA the Sandwich Islands Treaty.
 -Fraucis W. Rockwell was elected in the Twelfth Congressional district of Massachusetts to succeed Governor Robinson.
 Captain Slocum was sentenced by Judge Bent dict to pay fine of $500 for the unlawful imprisonment of his second mate Slater. He paid the amount and was discharged.
 There are mysterious movements in the iron market, and 1t is snid that Q combination 10 advance the price Is on foot.
 The engineer of train on the Au- gusta and Knoxville railroad narrowly escaped running his train over child whom he found tied hand and foot to the iron rail.
 -Great distress exists among the miners along the line of the East Penn railroad, the wages paid to men with large families being only sixty-fve cents per day.
 Anthony L. Bleecker, for years prominent figure in the business life of New York city, died of paralysis. He was, ill bis day, leading real estate dealer, and was candidate for Mayor in 1856.
 The directors of the Northern Paci- fic Railroad elected as president of that corporation, vice MT. Henry Willard, re- sigued, Mir. Robert Harris, Vlce-presi- dent of the Erie Railway. The Postmaster General has re- scinded the order placing engraviDgs, Autographs and printed cards in the fourth class rate as postal matter.
 Two persons were drowned near Barnstable, Mass, by the oapsizing of their boat.
 Three garroters were captured in Boston with their victims property in their possession.
 The body of a man, frozen stiff, was found in a car load of wheat at the Mi s3ara elevator, Buffalo, on Wednesday. The car left St. Louis on November 19. bottle half filled with whisky was found on the person of the dead man.
 In the New Jersey Senate Q concur rent resolution was introduced proposing an amendment to the State constitution compelling railroad companies to sur render their tax exemption privileges before getting the benefit of any future legislation.
 Governor McLane sent O special message to the Maryland Legislature on the labor question, in which he recom- mends amellorative measures for work crs of both sexes.
 Seven persons were injured by 0 railroad collision in New Mexico.
 The Republican State Committee of Indiana has issued a call for convention to nominate candidates for State officers on June 1o.
 Burglars wrecked three safes in wholesale jewellers establishments No. 95 Maiden Lane, New York, having spent all night in the building. Their booty consisted of watches. diamonds, rings and gold aggregating S20, 100.
 At Fall River, Mass, woman was burned to death ana her husband fatally injured through the ignition of bensine ln their residence.
 Fanny G. Walter, aged fourteen years, was arrested for setting fire to | the Foster Grammar School at Somer- | vile, Mass, while 1t was in session.
 The long descending grade on the | side of the mountain, two miles from | Bradford, Pa., was the scene of ter l lible catastrophe on Tuesday morning. | A stream of waste oil, flowing from O | tank across the Bradford, Bordell aud | Kinzua Railway caught fire as the pas seuger train from Wellsyille for Brad ford ran into 1t, and the train was i'm mediately enyeloped in flames, The panic-stricken passengers leaped into | the snow beside the track, all escaping with their lives except three poor wo- men, who were too paralyzed with fear to move, and perished with the burning car. Twenty-seven other persons were badly injured.
 Thirty persons were injured by disaster caused by broken rail on the Texas Pacific Railroad, near Weather ford, Texas.
 Henry B. Payne has been elected United States Senator from Ohio.
 The Maine Republican State Con- vention is to he held ill Augusta on Tuesday, April 20.
 Near Colorado River San Angela stage, south bound, was halted by four mounted men, who robbed the mail sacks and passengers and then delayed the coach until the arrival of a north bound stage, which they also plundered. There was large amount of registered matter in the south bound coach, and 1t is be-
 ieved tue thieves have made heavy haul.
 Tho brig Arcot arrived at New York with the crew of the Maggie M Rivers, which became waterlogged on the Sth inst. and was abandoned. The New Jersey Seuate refused to pass bill authorizing the Governor elect to appoint six additional aides-de, camp.
 In view of the prohibition of Ameri. can pork by Germany and France the Boston Produce Exchange adopted reso- lutions requesting Massachusetts Sen ators and Representatives in Congress , to urge the passage of a retaliatory bill restricting or prohibiting the importa- tion from those countries of wines, etc. , Tho dead body of Charles Delmon. , ico, the New York Caterer, was found IT the Orange Mountains, N. J., by two boys who were hunting rabbits. Mir. Delmonico was frozen to death. He was presumably making for the hou.e o . his friend General George B. Mcclellan
 which was only short distance of when he sank exhausted and succumbec
 to fatal sleep. The body was brought
 10 his residence in New York city.
 The trouble with the discharged
 railroad men at Portland, Oregon, con
 tinues. The mob was driven from ont
 locality by the military.
 During riot among Italian rail road luborers at Erie, Pa, one man wa
 killed and another mortally wounded.
 Swine for breeding purposes i'm
 ported into Canada from the United
 States are to be quarantined twenty on, days.
 It Is urged from the West that
 pruhibitory tariff be enacted on Frenol
 and German wines in retaliation fo
 their action concerning American pork
 A Philadelphia thief, while escspins from n house which he hnl robbed ft ]