Connecticut western news., 1884-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
eENERAL ITFMs.

by his receiver, on Got. 15.
 There were 201 failures in the United States reported to Br1dstreefS during the week, against 206 in the preceding week, and 164, IFS and 112 in the corresponding weeks Of 188S 1882 and 1881 respectively.
 Police Superintendent Walling, of New York, on Friday, sent out general alarm warn ing all persons that 1t is illegal to form or march in procession unless six hours notice is given to the police, and permission to parade is obtained
 Great excitement prevailed on Friday at Patchogue l.. l., when the sudden disappear ance of Postmaster Hammond was made known. When he was missed, Bank Inspector Bossett was notified. He reported that Ham mond's accounts were $I, 400 short.
 Several children have died during the past week from malignant dysentery ct Atlantic vile, Suffolk county, L, l., and the disease is reported to be epidemic. The malady is rap idly spreading, but the County Board have taken action in the matter. It is said that the disease was caused by the sudden change in the weather from hot to cold.
 Theodore Rouleau, aged eighteen, and Hortense Paro, aged sixteen, both French Canadians, while walking home from ball at Rochester, N. H. ,. Tuesday night, were over taken by . thunder storm and both struck by lightning. Rouleau was instantly killed. Miss PRro's hair one arm and hand were badly burned, and she has lost her reason, which, it ID f0dH00f VIII uOb Uo EoSVOK6us The president and secretary of the New comb Buchanan Distilling Company, of Louis vile, Ky, are said to have fled, and extensive frauds by means of duplicated warehouse re- eeipts have been discovered.
 The Logan National Bank of West Lib erty, Ohio, has closed it's doors.
 In the White Bay district, Labrador, three thousand persons are starving. Commander French, of the war ship Cloride, and passing IL n Commander French has forwarded strong appeal for aid to the Newfoundland govern ment.
 Two men were hanged for murder in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
 The total and equAhzed value of real and personal property in New York State is re- turned as over three billion dollars
 The Newcomb- Buchanan Company, of Louisville, one of the largest whisky distillers in the country, has made an assignment. Henry Clay, grandson of the great Harry, who was shot by 6 saloon keeper in Louisville, is dead
 Efforts are being made to raise the sunken steamer Tarapoosa.
 -Eureka, New, was nearly destroyed by fire "A serious affray occurred between residents of Burr Oak, Jewell county, Kansas, and some circus employees, in which one man was killed and others wounded.
 An elderly lady near Erie, Pa., while in a state of somnambulism got out of a second story window, and, on being suddenly awakened, fell to the ground, sustaining fatal injuries.
 Henry Clay, grandson of the great states man and orator of that name was shot and mortally wounded by saloonkeeper in Louis vile, Ky.
 The only daughter of wealthy Chicago pork packer eloped with one of the slaughter CTS employed by her father.
 Seven persons convicted were publicly whipped in Wilmington, Del, one of whom also underwent the antiquated ordeal at the pillory.
 Two men engaged Tn repairing sewer in Pittsburg were suffocated by gas.
 The stockholders of the Northern Railroad declared 8 division of the $1, 500, 900 surplus accumulated by the road.
 A Hebrew girl of nineteen, failing to pass her examination in New York city recently, wrote to her parents that she could no longer bear to see them slave for her, and disap- peared. She was found working as @ servant glrl in family in that city.
 The finding of naval court of inquiry shat all the blame for sinking the Tallapooss lies with the master of the schooner has been approved by the Navy Department.
 Three steamboats, including the relief boat Lily were burned at Cincinnati one in Boston harbor and another in Delaware river. At the latter fire one life was lost.
 A new vault to hold fifty million silver dol lars has been completed in the Treasury build ing at Washington.
 The discovery of the body of James Vain wright, pierced with shot, in a creek among the woods near Toms River, N. J., led to the arrest of 6 prominent resident of the village and also of several members of his family. Four incendisry fires were started in CIeve land. Two of them caused great damage.
 At Stamford, Conn, 8 gang of about sixty boys, organized for purposes of petty thefts etc, has been discovered and some of thu members arrested.
 FOREIGN uEMs-
 The Salvation Army has caused a riot a Nyon on the northwest shore of Lake Geneva Cholera is still extending it's ravages il general financial reverse during the coming winter.
 Troops for the camel expedition to th Boudan have departed from England.
 The English authorities have ordered in creased precautions to be ta ken at Dover t. prevent the landing of dynamiters who ar expected to endeavor to reach London iron ane Contlnent. English detectives accompan I each steamer that crosses the Channel, Wh narrowly scrutiniZe each passenger and sut ject all baggage to the closest examination.
 Typhoid fever has broken out in St. Over France, 30 cases being reported daily.
 -Brigandage is seriously increasing in tn interior of Egypt. Lord Northbrook, tn British High Commissioner, has gone to e1 anime into the matter.
 The German government has forbidde the new corvettes Ting-Yuen and Chen-YueI which were built for China. to leave Kiel unde the German flag.
 -Advices from Burmah state that 8 sal guinary outbreak had occurred in the jail Mandalay. Several hundred convicts wei killed.
 King Humbert of Italy has been compl mented for his heroism in the infected distric by the President of the French Republic.
 -Diaz was elected President of Mexico ft four years from December 1 next.
 Another asteroid has been discovered an Austrian astronomer.
 Brussels is tranquil, though arrests are e1 pected to follow the discovery of plot agsini the State.
 A Spanish sergeant and seven privates ol the northeastern frontier of Spain deserte from their post Tuesday and, taking tn treasure chest of their regiment with them crossed into France, shouting "Vive Gorilla. They were placed under arrest and deprive of their arms
 Lord Lyons, the English Ambassador France, has made an appeal to the Frenc government for work for the suffering worl men of Paris.
 Preparations are going on for a gener, uprising in Cuba during tue coming winter The negroes will be urged to join the insurret tionists and that portion of the programm most concerns the government of the island
 -Twenty-one persons have been arrested i Vienna as anarchists.
 The steamer Etruria, launched on th Clyde for the Cunard line, is, next to the Gres Eastern, the largest steamer ahoat.
 The storm clouds of religious warfare Belgium are growing more ominous.
 The Chinese are beginning to refuse 1 discriminate between the French and othe foreign residents, and the dislike grows daily In the event of an outbreak the native Chrii tians will be the first to suffer and after then the foreigners.
 The Germans are sending corvettes to tn west coast of Africa to protect their interests A Varna correspondent says that all il Powers now united in resisting the effor of Turkey to emancipate herself from inte national control