Connecticut western news., 1884-05-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL ITEMS.

An Italian ragpicker of Brooklyn drew Sl, ,0C0 out of the Concord Street Savings Bank during the run, and 1t was all stolen from hlm. Eight millions of Canadian gold are said to have been sent to New York city during the panic.
 The paying teller of the West Side Bank, New York city, disappeared with $96, 900 of the banks funds. He specula!ed and lost and then robbed the bank.
 Five executions took place in different parts of the country on Friday.
 As the St. Louis express running at full speed, two miles oast of Rochester, N. Y., freight train on the Auburn branch struck the sleeping car next to the baggage car, and seven sleepPrs, which composed the express train, W It thrown from the track. The freight train strGck the sleeper diagonally. No one was killed or efataly injured, but about twenty persons sustained injuries more or less serious There were 183 failures and suspensions in the United States during the past week. UT these 5 were in the Middle States, 29 in the New England, p in the Southern, 65 in the Western and 15 in the Pacific States and Terri. tories. There were twenty failures in Canada The Shore end of the Commercial Com pany's new cable was enthusiastically received at Rockport, Mass. The town enjoyed gen. eral holiday, with bell ringing, cannon firing and music playing, closing with 8 banquet in the evening.
 Mail communication with Mexico will here after be through the Mexican Central Railway. In the Indiana contested election case the House voted to seat Mir. English by vote of 130 to 12r.
 John Oehman his wife and grown daugh- ter were burned ill their farm four miles from Portsmouth. Ohio,
 In Philadelphia William A. Price was con victed of passing five dollar notes which were so tut and pasted that thirteen were made out of twelve.
 The chief feature of interest in the Presby- tcrian General Assembly at Saratoga was the reception of delegates from the Southern Pres byterian and Reformed churches.
 -The third annual exhibition of bottlers machinery and supplies will be held ln Clneln- natl from November 1 to 8.
 James w. Crystal has recovered verdict of SS, 900 against the Troy & Boston Railroad Company for injuries sustained by his child, who was crippled for life at Hoosick Falls.
 A mixed train on the Pan Handle Railroad collided with freight train at Wheeling Juno tion, forty miles from Pittsburg, Pa., -Wednes- day morning, killing one man and in turing six others. The mixed train, consisting of eight freight cars and passenger caboose, was back ing to side track and hagman had been sent back to notify the freight, but owing to fog the engineer did not see him in time to avert the accident, and the freight crushed into the engine and caboose.
 Ferdinand Ward, of the firm of Grant X Ward, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon
  to New York city. The arrest was made on a civil process, but it could not be ascertained by whom the warrant was issued. The bail was fixed at S300,000, and Ward was unable to fur nish sureties.
 The Indians in the great Northwest arc calling general gathering of the tribes to ob- tain redress of their grievances.
 Fifty thousand children were in line in tho eight divisions of the Sunday-school parade ill Brooklyn, N r., on Wednesday.
 General Grant it is announced, has de clined to receive back the property he turned over to Mir. William H. Vanderbilt in payment of the loan of $150, 900 made before Grant d Ward failed.
 The Penn Bank, of Pittsburg Pa., closed its doors at half-past twelve p. m. Wednesday Miss Rebeeca Jones, the witness who wal committed to Ludlow Street jail for contempt of Court in refusing to answer certain ques tions iu the Hamersley will case, declares sh' will remain in prison untl the resurrection be- fore she will testify.
 A locomotive was started north at Mechan icsyille, on the Delaware and Hudson road by some unknown person Monday night. It soon met south bound express train Both en- zines were demolished and several train hands seriously injured
 The Presbyterian General Assembly. at Saratoga adopted report on Sabbath observ- ance, in which, among other things Sunday newspapers, Sunday travel and taking mai matter from the Post Office on that day were disapproved of
 In the General Conference of the Method ist Episcopal Church, at Philadelphia a report was adopted favoring n complete legal prohibi- tion of the liquor traffic.
 Ferdinand Ward has been subpunaed to appear before the Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury, New York, which proposes to investigate the affairs of Grant X Ward Before Referee Cole his tfeontract book'' was dissected and was found to have lots of entries of "oats, corn, T etc, and the contracts were numbered from 1 to 233. The last one was not to expire until the 1st of August, but the 'proft'' had al- ready been fixed at $20.00O.
 A fight is expected in the great Northwest, as the Indians are indignant at numerous broken pledges.
 The will of c. H. Mccormick the Chicago reaper manufacturer, disposes of an estate of e10, ,000, GOO.
 The Methodist Episcopal General Confer cnce elected officers and passed resolution recommending the establishment of evangel- izing agencies among the Roman Catholics in this country.