Connecticut western news., 1884-03-12
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 in seven indictments against him, two oi which charged Rugg with murder iii the first degree, while four charged him with assault and robbery and one with bur glary.
 The Nova Scotia coal operators are making strenuous efforts to raise the duty on imported anthracite coal. | The notorious Frank Rande, mur- derer and burglar, committed suicide in his solitary cell at Joliet (Lll.) Penitin- tiary. He was one of the rascals whom few would have tried to save from lynch ing, for it is believed that his victims numbered at least dozen. The New York Assembly passed the bill appropriating $1,000,00 to con- tinue work on the Capitol. It had pre- viously passed the Senate. At Halifax, N. S., fears are again being entertained that an attempt will be made to blow up government prop erty with dynamite.
 A safe of the paymaster of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail road, at Chicago, was robbed of about S27, ,000 on Friday. The robbery is supposed to have been the work of a sneak thief.
 The collector of customs at Fort Erie, Ont, has been suspended on charges of embezzlement.
 The boiler of the Boston Mill, at Bryant's Pond, Me-, exploded killing four men, while another was badly in- jured. Two of the Killed were boiler makers who had just repaired the boiler, which burst while they were gathering up their tools.
 The California legislature has been summoned in extra session for the pur- pose of taxing and governing the rail- roads throughout the State.
 Governor Cleveland informed the New York Assembly that he has infor. nation of fraud upon the State in the matter of charges for repairs to armories and arsenals, and committee of five members named by the Speaker was au- thorized to make an investigation.
 An appropriation of $1, ,000, ,000 was passed by the New York Senate for con- tinuing work upon the Capitol Building.
 The Chamber of Commerce of New York city, adopted resolutions asking Congress to pass law suspending the coinage of the silver dollar for period of two years. A memorial to that effect was adopted and will be circulated for signatures among business men.
 General Grant has gone for @ season of rest to Old Point Comfort, Va, seek ing by a change of air to get relief from the complication of troubles with which he is afflicted.
 A father in San Francisco, on hear ing that his son had committed 8 mur- der, uttered cry of agony and fell dead
 Two boiler explosions attended by loss of life in Jackson, Mich., and Law renee, Mass, are directly attributable to neglect or incompetency on the part of the engineers.
 The Legislature of Rhode Island has prohibited liquor stores within 400 feet of schoolhouses.
 The New Jersey House of Assembly passed bill making twelve hours le- gal days work for horse car conductors and drivers.
 A resolution has passed the Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature or dering the appointment of committee to investigate the charge that bribery had been resorted to in the recent Sena- torial contest.
 The Canada Pacific Railway Loan bill was passed by the Dominion Par | lament.
 A legislative inquiry is to be made into the official conduct of the Mayor of | Baltimore.
 The treasurer of Huron county, Ohio, has fled, leaving a deficit in his cash of from $50, 000 to $60, ,000.
 The brewers and liquor dealers are organizing politically without regard to party.
 The New York State Senate by vote of A yeas to 2 nays, passed the bill previously passed in the Assembly to take from the New York Board of Alder men the power of confirming the Mayors nominations for municipal officers.
 The leading cigar manufacturers of San Francisco have organized lockout movement against Chinese operatives, with view to supplanting them with white boys and girls, who cost less.
 MT. Keasbey introduced bill in the New Jersey Legislature, which pro- hibits the manufacture of dynamite and other explosive materials, or any dyna- mite machine, or the transportation thereof, intended for the unlawful wounding of anybody, etc., under 8 penalty of from $100 to $5,O00 fine, or imprisonment of from thirty days to five years.
 The town of Alapaha, Ga., was temporarily at the mercy of band of mounted men Tuesday, who attempted to rescue prisoner In conflict with the sheriff and citizens several shots were fired and one of the mob was wounded
 The recent snow storm in the West appears to have been unusually severe. In Canada many private houses on the banks of the St. Lawrence river are al- most buried in the snow.
 At St. Louis, Prentiss Filler, a money clerk of the Pacific Express Com pany, suddenly disappeared. So did money packages containing in. the aggre- gate nearly $75, 1000.
 During quarrel between two work. men at Maiden, Mass, one was thrown into grinding machine, where he re. ceived fatal injuries.
 The manufacture of heavy ordnance for government use has been resumed in private Boston foundry.
 A general lockout of the union cigar. makers is threatened by the leading manufacturers of New York city.
 Twenty butter dealers out of thirty taken at haphazard, in New York city and Brooklyn, sold an inspector of the Board of Health oIeomargarine for but ter. The samples of imitation butter were sworn to contain practically no butter"
 Three men were killed by the explo' sion of boiler at Bear. Creek, Pa., and two men are supposed to have been hurled by an explosion in cotton press at Norfolk, Va.
 Governor Cleveland of New York voted on the Prison Labor Commission.