Connecticut western news., 1884-04-23
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NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

year. The rate per 1000 is increased from $1560 to SIS
 A party of young men went to serenade Mir and Mrs. George Estes, newly married couple. near Wattsburg, Pa. The town cannon was utilized, and, being overloaded, exploded with terrible effect. Four of the men were horribly mangled
 The experiments made with the new dyna- mite gun at Fort Hamilton were very satisfac- tory. Lieutenant Za iuski, who has been de- tailed by the Secretary of War to superintend the experiments, says that it twill revolution lze modern warfare"
 The Poles and Hungarians in the vicinity of Pittsburg indulged in free fight at an early hour until put down by vigilance com mittee. Several were more or less injured. The old railroad war at Pen Argyle, Pa., has been renewed and much trouble is feared -C nsternation reigns in Cuba. The insur- gents have had several successful encounters with troops, and n W maintain themselves by | levying contributions on the planters The trial of Sheriff Davidson, of New York | city, for eNtortion and larceny ended in a yer dict of not guilty. By direction of the Court | the jury acquitted the defendant withouPieav | tug their seats. Two other indictments for substantially the same offense Were dismissed l mp application of the District Attorney. The report of great distress in South Caro- lima is dt nied, although there is suffering from
  northern counties. . Two suits have been commenced against the Boston and Savannah Steamship Company by relatives of people lost in the wrecked steamer City of Columbus. The damages are set at $50 900 in each case. The Women's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church raised and expended S30, GOO in its work last year, and $313, ,5l5 dur ing the fourteen years of it's existence. A sixty pound ri1ed cannon burst on the Naval Academy practice ship on Chesapeake Bay. fortunately injuring no one.
 Yellow lever prevails at Vera Cruz. The cashier of the bank at Newtown, III, t st the banks money in corn options The will of Mrs. Stone, the wealthy lady of Boston who left quarter of million to re- igioUs institutions, IS to be contested
 The Straits of Mackinaw are open, and | navigation resumed on the great lakes. Rev. J. A. Brooks. president of the Pro hibition Alliance of Missouri, has called State Convention to meet at Sedalia on August 19. John F. Greening, convicted at Milford, Pa, of murder in the second degree, was sen fenced to State prison for eleven years and six months, it being the full sentence after deduct ing the six months confinement in the county ian
 In New York city, John Rudolph recovered a verdict for $2, 900 against Louis Levy for the death of the formers wife, she having been killed by the fail of an unsafe building which Levy, as owner, had neglected to keep in re-
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 The Jeffersonian Club, of Newark, N. J., celebrated the l4lst anniversary of the Father of Democracy by a banquet Mir. Tilden and MT. Hendricks were among those who sent re- grets Senators Jones, of Florida and Col quitt, of Georgia, Governor Abbett and State Senator Ecclesne were among the speakers
 In Fracasecas, Mexico, there was trouble among the inhabitants, and an uprising again,t the American residents. The mob attacked the Mexican Central Railroad, burned bridges and tore up the track for several miles. Two fatal accidents occurred to trains on the Western and Atlantic Railway, near Big Shanty, Ga., causing the instantaneous death | of three men, fatal injuri to three and | SC iously injuring six more. The wreckS were caused by the terrific rain storms which prevailed throughout that section. The rain was exceedingly heavy, and little creeks be- came mighty torrents, washing abut- | ments from under the trestles. The two | accidents occurred only fifteen minutes apart X passenger train plunged in an abyss, and fifteen minutes aft, rward, at a point less than five miles away, freight train met a similar | fate.
 The meeting of the Nineteenth Century | Club was made notable by an important ad- dress by Chief Justice Noah Davis upon | Marriage and Divorce" The Justice said that the worst evil in this country is the laxity If the divorce laws and the neglect to make them uniform What is legal act in one State | is a felony in another. He urged an amend | nient to the Consultation of the United States, | giving Congress the power to enact uniform divorce law for all States, for only one cause adultery.
 Boats from the flagship Tennessee are pa- trolling around Key West, and the lighthouse steamer Laurel is cruising about the entrance of the harbor to intercept any contemplated | expedition to Cuba.
 l The forest fires kindled by a gale swept | over large areas of the counties of Richlaud, | Lexington, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chester, Sum- | ter Orangeburg Clarendon, Williamsburg, | arlington, Lancaster, Marleboro, Colleton, | Aitken and Berkeley. in South Carolina. The | destruction of houses, valuable timber lands, | fencing, growing crops and live stock was the most widt spread ever known iu the history Ut ti.e State.
 The project to establish line of steam ships between Canada and France has been abandoned.
 | Fifteen prisoners in Milwaukee jail threw ashes ill ths jailer's eyes, but he secured the door and prevented their escape.
 The recent riot in Cincinnati has aroused the commanders Of the New Jersey National Guard, and the troops are preparing for a s,ries of riot drills and street practice.
 Mrs. A. w. Collins. who died at De, Moin s Iowa, divided the bulk f her proncrty |
 --Rumors are life of threatened and seri ous revolution throughout Mexico.
 The Coroner's jury which inves igated tn, cause of the disastrous explosion at Pocahontas Mine, Va., finds that it was unexpected unC unavoidable, and tXon rate the company from ali blame ill the matter.
 The manageress of a charitable home at Is Grange, lll, tried ior cruelty to the ehrliren has been found guilty of cndangeriug theil health.
 At Syracuse rock saIt was discovered at a depth of over .4G0 feet, in wei. which Mr.
 Thomas Gale, an old suit manufacturer has been sinking.
 | The ''Mets' were beaten again in New
 York. on Saturday. the New York's winning second game by a score Of ? to 1.
 A petition comes from the Indian country to make the Blair educational project applica. ble to the entire Indian population.
 Eight prisoners at Gainesville. Ark, as saulted he jailer aud escaped. posse over took them and after fight SUI 'ceeded in killing one and woundinS and recapturing three of the fuSItives.
 A remarkable case of insomnia-nnety days without sleep-is reported from Wheel in;, w. Va.
 A man just re eased from Western peni tentiary denounces another in St. Louis as 8 murderer and claims he went to pIison foI money to save the accused, being paid fol uolHS 5o, anu DtlHS pIOullSeu a luA 1lOl IOh"I' which was not paid.
 In Cuba. Aguero's band have sacked the fax receivers safes of Santa Espiiitu and pressed on to Bayama, the old revolutionary C'strict.
 Gov Cleveland, of New York; has signed the bill aboli3hing the State paper, and the le- gal matters published in that will now be pub
 iisbed in the local papers.
 The Dolphin, tine first of the new steel cruisers, was launched at Chester, Pa. she is I,845 tons burden, with engines of 2, 300 horse power.
 It IS estim tel that the who tt acreage for Minnesota thls y ar will be 2,S0I. I.000 acres, 100000 acres in the former agd 3D9. GOO acres in the latter instance. Careful estimates place tue amount of wheat in the hands of farmers in | Minnesota and Dakota at IF. .000, 0O0 bushels.
 The twenty.ninth incineraton took place 1 at L>moyne's crematury, Washington Pa