Connecticut western news., 1884-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL ITEMS.


 Two murderers were hanged together in New Orleans.
 Postal revenue has decreased only about $2,0O0, 900 during the past fiscal year in conse- quence of the change of postal rates from three cents to two cents
 Internal revenue receipts for the past fis- cal year reached $121, ,590, ,0S9, being 6 falling of from the previous year of nearly s2S, ,000, 900.
 Seven persons were bitten by mad dog Friday at Newman station on the Union Pecf- ic Railroad, fifteen miles eastof Topeka, Kan
 Julius Hollweg, Respondent German, committed suicide in New York Friday, by shooting himself with a revolver. He had ar ranged it so that, if the revolver had not killed him, he could fire of a rifle which he had placed within few inches of his heart. Be- fore shooting himself he smoked pipe and drank several glasses of beer.
 A locomotive exploded near White Haven, Pa, on Friday, killing the four men who were on board A freight train was derailed by the wreck and thirty cars were destroyed
 Ex-Governor St. John accepts the nomina- ton for President rendered him by the prohi- bition party.
 John Orendorff, aged 14; Frank vittum, of the same age, and Fred Jones were drowned while fishing at Copperas Creek dam, in Clin- ton. H.. Friday morning. Their boat caught in the eddy of the dam and was drawn under the water.
 A construction train on the vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Pacific Railroad fell through the bridge over Alligator Bayou, kill ing Engineer Vanderberg and the fireman. The accident was caused by the rails having been torn up by unknown persons for the pur pose of wrecking the train
 There were 225 failures in the United States during the past week, according to BrddStreet'S report. Of these 61 were in the Middle States, 29 in the New England, 32 in the Southern, 8 in the Western and 30 in the Pacific States and Territories. There were 15 failures in Canada.
 The Greenback Convention will meet in New York city August 27, to appoint full set of electors.
 President Arthur has set aside his nomi- nation of Mir. John Jarrett for the head of the new National Bureau of Labor and has sp- pointed Mr. M. F. Holderman of Illinois, to the position.
 Over six thousand packages of adulterated tea were rejected at the port of New York dur ing the past month. The Canadian authori- ties have decided to admit into Canada no tea which has been rejected by the United States authorities.
 Assistant Postmaster Morton, of Brooklyn, N. l.. has not yet been heard from, and the United States Marshal is watching for him with warrant.
 At Augusta, Me, a manufacturer ordered the steam whistle of his factory to be blown in honor of the nomination for President made by the Prohibition National Convention. The whistle was believed to be an alarm of fire, and the fire companies were called out before the mistake discovered.
 The President has appointed John G. Brady, of Alaska George P. Ihrie, of Pennsyl- yania, and Chester Seeber, of California, to be Commissioners for Alaska. They will reside respectively at Sitka, Wrangel, and Ouualaska
 MT. Hozi, the chairman of the Japanese Naval Commission who has been inspecting the navy yards for the past few weeks, says the American navy is in an absolutely wretched condition; that 1t could not even contend against Japan. He sees nothing to prevent one first class man-of-war from destroying New York.
 A young woman who lived in 8 private ho- tel ln Clinton place, New York, set fire to a pile of clothing in her bedroom and lay down by it to die. The smell of the smoke led to the discovery of the fire and the other inmates of the hotel were saved from a great peril. The would-be suicide had broken up a happy home for an old man with whom she was living.
 A terrible hau and rain storm occurred at Fergus Falls, Minn., on Thursday. The grain ln many places was totally ruined At Stony Brook the hail cut a swath two miles wide through the country. Considerable grain was also ruined in the Otter Tail country.
 Capt. Traynor, in his dory the Harold T. Bibber, landed at Matinicus Island, Me-, on Wednesday afternoon, in nine days from New York, and proceeded next day for Bristol Eng. He was iu good health and confident of reach ng his destination.
 The National Democratic Committee met in New York, and organized by electing Will liam Il. Barnum president and Mir. Frederick 0. Prince secretary. Committees were ap- pointed for the purpose of arranging the de- tails of the campaign work.
 The West Virginia Democratic State Con- vention nominated E. Wilson for Governor, Patrick NJ. Duffy for Auditor, and Alfred Cald- well for Attorney General. The resolutions in- dorse Cleveland and Hendricks and the Demo cratic platform.
 -Senor Noetzlin, the Mexican debt agent, is endeavoring to induce the Earrings to place a new Mexican loan of $50, COG, 900 at seven per cent. interest
 The English sloop Gotfried, plying be- tween Port Morant and Port Antonio, Jamaica, was fired npon by the Spanish gunboat Amen darez on the morning of July 8. The captain of the gunboat says that he did so in conse- quence of instructions from the Captain Gen. eral at Havana to look out for all suspicious looking vessels, as it was suspected that dyna- mite was being carried into Cuba by small sailing vessels.
 Fifty pauper immigrants, forced to return to Germany on the steamer Westphalia, caused terrible scene at the Hamburg pier in New York and were treated with unnecessary se- verity.
 At Suamico, near Green Bay, Wis, Joseph Ashleys three little children left home early in the day to pick berries. Not returning search was made and their bodies were found in 8 stream near by. They had stripped and gone in wadng. I he victims were Oliver aged g.; Henry, aged 7 and Freddy aged years
 The relief ships with the survivors of the Greely expedition are to arrive at Portsmouth, N H., August 1st. The bodies of the dead will be sent to General Hancock, at Gov ernor's Island, for transmission to the resi- dences of relatives -Ex-Congressman John Hill, of the Fifth New Jersey district, the ''father of cheap post age, and one of the best known of the old school politicians, died at his residence in Boon ton, Morris county, N J.
 At Piano. Texas, two children were burned to death by the explosion of can of coal oil with which the older child was attempting to kindle fire.
 Hand & Ellsworth, paper merchants of New York, made assignment to John A. Pierson, giving preferences for S3S, to relatives for trust funds or money left in the business.
 At ConnelIsville, Pa, 4. Overholt & Cos Cistillery caught fire and in Less than three hours the main building, with three bonded warehouses and seven thousand barrels of whisky, were burned