Connecticut western news., 1884-11-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL ITEMS

ing by vlgtRntes of gang of seventeen cattle thieves, captured while in camp on Rock Creek, in the Gore range of mountains, twenty or thirty miles west of Georgetown, Col. -Signor Pasquale Brignol, the famous tenor, will sing no more. Unattended, rave by his physician, pupil and one old friend. he died on Thursday afternoon, at the Everett House, New York. He had been sick but a few days.
 --The Scott Temperance act was carried in the counties of Bruce, Ont, by 1000 majority in Dufferln, Ont, by 700 majority; in Huron, Out. by 1,500 majority; in York, N. B. Con the defeated in Prince Edward, Ont, by 126 ma jority.
 On Tuesday evening Horace Deland, of Brookheld, N. H., aged eighteen years, chained himself to brush heap near his fathers house. then set the brush on fire and deliberately burned himself to death. The act is thought to have been caused by unrequitted love. A Detroit banker is missing; he owes de- positors over $20,000.
 The president of the Enterprise cotton factory, of Augusta, Ga., has confessed to @ largo dedication.
 The pension fund of the New York police force is increased by @ check for $10 GOO sent by the trustees of the Rot Fund. h 1868, Mir Leonard W. Jerome collected S63, 900, and the trustees, after paying this check, still have S40.000
 At burning factory in Chicago, on We'd nesday, one man was killed by falling from 8 rescue rope, two were smothered and eight girls injured by jumping from fire escape. A young man at Nyack was killed by a wad from political cannon.
 An engine and two ore cars feh through 6 trestle near Reading, Pa., Wednesday. No one killed.
 A terrible explosion occurred at Youngs- town, Pa, on Monday. Fourteen miners were killed, only ten escaping of those who were In Ina rAinaa at hn tIunn ha min NUao hadl shattered. A number of mules were killed and cars were smashed to fragments. The scene around the mine was one of woful de- strueion Many theories arc suggested as to the cause of the disaster, but nothing definite has been ascertained.
 Mayor Edson, of New York, appointed General Fitz John Porter Commissioner of the Police Board in place of the late Sidney F. Nichols.
 The striking coal miners in Colorado now number 5000. Most of the mines are at & standstill, and the supply of coal in Denver is getting short.
 Count Lewenhaupt, the Swedish Minister at Washington, has been recalled. He will go to France, and the Swedish Minister to France will succeed him at Washington.
 Canadian cholera quarantine regulations are revoked 30 far as they relate to vessels from Mediterranean ports and to the importa- tion of rags.
 Steps have been taken by committee of Petersburg, Va., to supply 225 needy families with the necessaries of life, the families having been thrown out of employment by the shut ting down of the cotton mills in that city and vicinity
 Tho United States Supreme Court have decided that ihe time of service of the cadet at the Military Academy must be counted in con- putting his longevity pay in the army.
 Richard Wagner's niece is living in pov- erty in Chicago.
 Last week the largest banking house in LynchLurg, Va., infol med it's customers that eight per cent. discount would be charg in stead of six as h retof re, and yesterday all banks took the same stand
 The annual report of the Indian Commis- sioner shows gratifying progress in the march of the aborigines toward civilization and sell support.
 Nearly ten thousand persons have been naturalzed in New York within the past year. District Attorney Olney, of New York, asks the city for S16000 more than was appropri- ated for 1884 to carry on the business of his office in 1885, He says 1t is rendered necessary by the increase of crime-a single Grand Jury having lately found 400 indictments in one month.,
 Hal B. Smith and Alice George went sail ing Monday on the St Johns River, Fla, in gale and were drowned.
 British Columblans are excited over the presence of Chinese lepers confined in the City Jail. No traces have been discovered of the keeper of the Sand Head lighthouse or his as- slstant. The lamps have been reighted.
 A heavy snowfall has occurred over a large part of N. Y State and Canada.
 "A number of Italian nAvvies shipped to Toronto from New York oD promise of work are left in the former city without cent.
 Canada boasts of greater telegraphic facil- ities than either the United States or any Flu ropean country.
 Rhode Island courts decide that William Sprague is estopped from setting up any claim of title to the Sprague estate.
 The iron propeller Scotia Light, went ashore at Keweenaw Point, near Marquette, Lake Superior, on Saturday.
 A private residence in Montreal was wrecked by an explosion of gas resulting from leaky meter.
 The husband of the postmistress at Rocky Mount, Va, has been arrested for rifiing reg Howard Sullivan, convicted of the murder of Ella Watson, at Salem, N. J., was sentenced to be hang, on December B.
 The drought still continues in Alabama causing great suffering to man and beast.
 At Baltimore, boy seven years old, wal decapitated by the wheels of street car pass ing over his neck, on Sunday.
 All that remains of the once bright ant beautiful Tallapoosa reached the Brooklyn Nav Yard Saturday. 1t WAS bad looking remnant
 A young man of Colerain, Mass, filed sack with stones, tied 1t around his neck ant jumped into a rlver, committing suicide to es cape the insane asylum.
 The registration of voters in New Yorl city closed Saturday. The total is 240, 961, al 2 increase of 23, 92S over that of 1850.
 Tine tobacco trade of Lynchburg, va., i very much depressed.
 Kansas City, Mo, is having it's second an nnal exhibition of fat stock
 The Southern Exposition at Louisville Ky, closed Saturday night.
 Burglars at Lawrence Mass, stole $10,0 worth of bonds from the residence of AustL Phelps.
 An attempt was made to burn the resi- dence of wel-known lawyer at Trenton, N J., on Sunday, by placing straw saturated wit kerosene oil around the house.
 Griffin Halstead, father of Murat Hal stead, the Cincinnati editor, fell over an em bankment Sunday and broke his neck.
 George F. Jackson Co.,, Georgia millert sold ou' subject to creditors liens. Liabilities sl0O,000; nominal assets, SIPS, ,000; prefer ences, S85, ,000.
 The contractor who ran away from New caste county, Del, without paying his Itaial laborers has been arrested in Philadelphia drunk and with Sl, 200 in his pocket.
 The exports from the Dominion of Cansd Tor September reached total of $8, 8,637, ,36a and the imports for the same month. $9. .9o0, 13l
 FOREIGN ITEMS
 Many arrests of Nihilsts are now bein made daily at St. Petersburg, Russia. Anon them are number of officers of the army, an special watch is being directed toward th movements of all students.
 A dispatch from Simla, India, says ths the Zhob Valley expedition had attacked 50 Kahar Pathans in 8 strong position. The Ia ter W re def ated with 8 loss of 56 killed.
 General Gordon writes that he has offere freedom and pay to slaves who desert tn Mahdi.
 "A Swatow dispatch says that Roma Catholic priests under French protection weI ordered to leave by the Chinese auth rities