Connecticut western news., 1885-06-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL ITEMS.

Frederick A. Palmer, ex-Auditor of New ark, died in the State prison at Trenton, N. J., where he was sent three years ago to serve twenty years for confessed embezzlement Of $125,000 of the city funds. His death was caused by apoplexy.
 Ellen Peck, the noted confidence woman, of New York, was convicted of having forged a bond and mortgage upon the property her husband, Richard H. Peck, by which she ob- tained $3, 900 from the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and sent to State prison.
 More than thirty citizens are reported to have been killed by the hostile Apaches. Many of the bodies were mangled.
 Reports from Texas say that the damage by the late floods has been great, exceeding half a million dollars. It is known that from eight to twelve lives were lost.
 Alfred Hubbard, the youth who swallowed trade dollar in Milwaukee, has taken turn for the worse and is very low. At a consulta- tion of leading physicians 1t was thought i nee essary to cut out the trade dollar If 1t IS ever removed. It is feared the operation will prove fatal, as the coin cannot be located.
 -Telegrams from Santiago de Cuba report that the filibustering expedition which re- gently landed in that province, numbering eight men, has fled to the mountains, and that complete tranquility prevails.
 In Annapolis county, N. S., a tremendous rainfall extended over an area of three miles in length by five or six in width. Rain fell in such torrents that, although the storm was of short duration, the brooks and larger streams were swollen to dangerous dimensions.
 Charles Smith and Isaac Doyle, of Read ing, Pa., were suffocated to death in well.
 -Swarms of locusts have made their ap- pearance in several counties in Arkansas.
 An extraordinary scene occurred at the trial of John Johnson, noted criminal, at Lyons, N. Y. Johnson leaped from the dock and ran to attack the District Attorney, who had offended him. The judge and jury es- capped from his fury. Johnson was finally overcome by the Sheriff 8 officers, and received sentence of ten years in State Prison.
 The City of Rome, on her trip from Liver pool to New York; in a dense fog, cut down the French fishing bark George Jeanne, at anchor on the Banks, and cut her in two. Twenty-two men were drowned and only two were saved. The lost men came from one dis trict in France, and nearly all left families be- hind them.
 Knott County, Kentucky, has been the scene of some of the darkest crimes which have given Kentucky an unenviable name. There is in that county band of lawless des- peradoes, always armed and seeking human blood and it is known that they have com mitted at least fifteen murders for money.
 A party of seventeen Bohemians en route to Dundy Creek camped in Richman Canyon,' half mile from the Republican River and nine miles from Lincoln, Nebraska. At dark a heavy rain set in. About ten o'clock a water spout burst a short distance above, flooding the heretofore dry canyon to depth of fifteen feet and sweeping to death eleven of the party as they lay asleep in their wagons. Those who escaped were badly hurt.
 The steel yacht Priscilla, that the New York Yacht Club will match against the cham pion English cutter Genesta, which is coming here to capture the Americas cup, is in New York harbor and yachtsmen pronounce her a daisy.
 Two young men who were rowing in Hali- fax harbnr at night approached the British war ship Canada, and were hailed by the sen try. Failing to answer after being hailed three times, the sentry fired on the boat and the occupants rowed away. The steam launch ssn5 in pursuit, and overtakiDg the boat, the two occupants were arrested and held on board the ship eA night The prisoners made sufficient explanation and were released.
 Mrs. Max Rits, of Schenectady, N T., was sent to the Utica Insane Asylum on Monday, and on Tuesday her husband was struck by train of cars and instantly killed, leaving five children.
 The Pennsylvania Legislature passed the bill establishing State Board of Health.
 The Cubans at Key West paraded the streets with bands of music in consequence of the reported landing at Santiago de Cuba of an expedition numbering 2G0 men, under Varona and Maceo, which, it is said, has since been .. enforced by 1000 men from that district. A state of siege has been decreed and the Cap tain-General of Cuba has gone with the troops to that province.
 -Co'es ". Johnson, correspondent for sev- eral weekly papers from GloversYilIe, N. r., was cowhided in village drug store by Prof. Vest of the Salvation Army. Johnson was badly injured. West has been arrested.
 Details of the losses by the fire at Somer- set, Canada, show that forty-four buildings were destroyed The estimated loss is $500, ,O00. Great destltution prevails.
 In the divorce case of Annie Sulli van against John l.. Sullivan the champion pugi- list, the defendant set up counter charges of cruelty and intoxication on the part of his wife.
 More troubles are threatened in Cuba. It is said that twenty or thirty bands of patriots are under arms and awaiting orders.
 The body of the young woman who com mitted suicide at the Grand Union Hotel in New York city, has been identified as the re- mains of the daughter of a farmer of Corning, N. Y., named Bedient >S She was 8 school teacher, but became despondens.
 The Niagara Falls Commission decided to formally open the public park on July 15. It is expected that President Cleveland, Governor Hill and other prominent persons will be pres ent st the opening.
 At Blackfoot, Idaho, Bishop George Stuart and four other Mormons who pleaded guilty to polygamous practices were each fined $500 and sentenced to four months in the Territorial prison. Stuart escaped five years ago through the perjury of his fifth wife. These are the first convictions in the Territory.
 Gen. Middleton ordered the titles to be taken from two Duck Lake Chiefs and that they be reduced to the ranks for interfering iI the late troubles.
 Two young men from Fall River, while on fishing excursion were suffocated in the yachts cabin by coal gas.
 Several murders of miners by Geronimo's Ao, oF have kaba xaIo in Naxry Mexico.
 An explosion in 8 Williamsburg, N. T., packing house resulted in the death of one man and the injuring of several others.
 The steamer City of Berlin, on her way from New York, ran her nose into an iceberg and gave her passengers bad scare. She wRs not seriously injured, as she was going slowly st the time and keeping 8 straight look out for the ice.
 --The Indians who were lately on the war path in the Northwest are fast surrendering to General Middleton. The capture of Riel ended the contest.
 Forty buildings were burned in the Iowa town of Lansing, with loss of $100,000, on which there was an insurance of $60.00
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Prof Riley, the entomologist, has been surprised for some time to hear of ravages of the Hessan fly in wheat fields on the Pacific coast. Heretofore it has been supposed that this pest did not extend beyond the wheat belt east of the Rocky Mountains, and Prof. Riley has been inclined to attribute the dam age to another wheat insect He has been in communication with Profs. Hilgard, Dwinnell, and other savants in California, and has re- ceived specimen insect, which he pronounces to be the genuine Hessian fly, and there is no longer 8 doubt that the insect has made it. way 10 the Pacific slope.
 -Beckford Mackey, the American Consul Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is in jail for shoot ing an editor. He is held prisoner, as the offence is not bailable. All the foreign Con suls have visited him in body, and signed ( statement justifying his action, while hun dreds of the leading citizens have tenderet him their aid, aud the leading lawyer oF tha province has volunteered for his defence. MT Mackey is only g years old. He is the son oi Judge I. J. Mackey, of South Carolina.
 fine excess of the value of exports ovel imports of merchandise for April was $4, 145 TIC, and for twelve months ended April 30 Tl,o fOfo oI oI11an of tl,a ip1TNn Nnrf