Connecticut western news., 1885-07-15
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


 sellers on the evidence of Law and Order agents, and the presiding Judge will hear no moro trials.
 Leon Chevalley, aged seventeen years, was instantly killed at New Orleans by lightning stroke.
 Tho body of tho missing Professor H. A. Bruton, who went down with the yacht Phan- tom. was found floating in Lake Erie, outside the Buffalo Brcakwater.
 An instruction has broken out in vene- zuela.
 The Mexican government is about to try A batch of refractory editors on the charge Of high treason.
 A cyclone and waterspout of terrific velocity met twelve miles south of Oshkosh, Wis, It swept along the river, mll and lum- Der districts and struck the city with terrible violence. Hundreds of houses were wholly or partly demolished. Among the large build ings destroyed arc the Exposition buildings and St. Paul and St. Peters churches. Two persons are reported killed and twenty hurt Many farmers are homeless and much prop erty destroyed.
 Discoveries of oil are reported from Ly coming county, Pa., and Saratoga, Ill New York State.
 -Hessian flies are devastating wheat fields in Monroe Wayne and Ontario counties N Y. The President addressed letter to Gen. Sheridan instructing him, in view of the pos sible disturbances that may occur among the Indians now in the Indian Territory, and the contemI lated concentration of troops in that locality, to proceed at once to the location where trouble is to be apprehended and advise with and direct those in command as to the steps to be taken to prevent disorder and dep relations by the Indians as to the disposition of the troops. Gen. Sheridan left at once for Fort Reno, where he will make his headquar- ters. The captain and first mate of the British brig J. Williams, from Wilmington, N. C.: were sentenced at Newcastle each to seven years penal servitude for killing seaman Lim- borg.
 The strike of the drivers and conductors of the Chicago West Division Railway Con- pany is virtually ended, and the result is de- cided victory for the striker President Jones proposes that all the strikers should return to work and promises that tho sixteen men whose discharge had precipitated the strike would be also taken back, if, upon examIna- tion, no violation of the companys rules could be proved against them.
 The Cleveland strikers, in body of sew eral thousand, visited the works running and compelled them to shut down and the men employed to go home. Several ts were made and number of persons injured. An extra police force was put ol duty and two regiments of State troops were ordered to be in readiness to go to Cl. veland if required
 Levi J. North, the famous circus rider and tumbler, died in Brooklyn on Monday night. It is known that over 20 lives were lost during the late floods in Kansas. A party of lynchers seized James Hathorn, eolored, aud hanged him to tree at Trinity. Texas, for an assault upon little girl
 Elsa Shambaugh, Henry Fisher and J. Mcfarland were drowned while bathing in the k'ckapoo River, at Viola, Richmond county, Wis.
 Martha Hatledge and Tracie White took laudanum by agreement at New Albany, Ind Martha died, but Tracie will recover.
 A woman twenty years sick at Watertown. Mass. suddenly awoke and said she thought she could walk, and trying it succeeded.
 Shameful cruelty to convicts working on a railroad in South Carolina is reported from Charleston.
 Louis Riel was formally handed over by the military authorities to the civil authorities of Canada. Stipendiary Magistrate Richard son read the indictment, consisting of SIX counts, to Riel, who was remanded to the zOth of July for trial. Riel is charged with high treason.
 James Kane was hanged in Philadelphia on Tuesday for the murder of his brother. The New Orleans Board of Health reports . case of yellow fever in that city.
 William Van voast and Charles Maywell were killed at Fultonville, N. r., by the pre- mature discharge of cannon which they were firing in honor of Independence Day.
 An east bound freight train was struck by waterspout near Waldron, Texas. The en- Eineer saw the waterspout approaching. bound ing along like a rubber ball, tearing up the earth and uprooting all in it's way. The loco motive and fourteen cars were raised bodily and carried nearly two hundred feet from the track while the road bed was completely obliterated. No one was hurt
 The Canadian Department of Indian Affairs state that the reports of starvation and cannibalism amoung Indians at Bersimis, on the shores of the St. Lawrence, have been withdrawn, although the Indians are suffering severely.
 The general offices of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company, which extended from No. 63 Broadway through to New Church street. New York, were destroyed by fire on tho Fourth. Two fremen were injured and the loss was $250,0
 The Cheyennes about Fort Reno continue in . very excitable mood. General Augar has his troops ready to act in case white settlers should be attacked.
 Serious floods have taken place in Kansas. A part of Neosha Falls inundated Crops destroyed and stock drowned in many parts of the State.
 Willie Sams, aged years, son of farmer living near Wilson, N O., murdered his infant brother, aged months, took the body to 8 grave, put it in box, dug grave and held funeral services, then burying the body in the grave.
 At stauffviIle, Ont, in 8 thunder storm
 
 by lightning. One was instantly killed and presented . terrible sight, bis hair being burned completely of his head and his cloth ing and boots torn to shreds.
 At fair of a Hibernian Society, in Pitts field, Mass. twas in progress in hall some dis tance from 8 fire. The hall was crowded when some one shouted Fire P A stampede for the stairs followed, resulting in jam, in which several women were severely hurt.
 A man in California beat his wife brutally. He was placed undr the limb of tree, with a halter around his neck, stripped to the waist ard scored to the tune of nearly one hundred lashes, when he promised to leave the country and never return.
 At Kansas, H., the family of Robert Coffee, consisting of six persons, and Miss Sale, of Paris, h., were poisoned and became insane. There is much mystery about the
 George Dunbar, prominent resident o. Pittsfield, Mass, was found dead in the street with pistol. ball in his head. It is believed that he was murdered for money.
 General McCook has written long lette 10 Secretary Lamar touching the illegal hold ing of extensive lands in Indian Territory b. white men.
 -Mrs. Anne Beasley, of Montgomery, Ala. 76 years old, was fatally burned in her bed b, James from burning mosquito net.
 The duties on Newfoundland fish hay been suspended by the Canadian government to await result of negotiations.
 Henry Zimmerman, a pensioner and in mate of the Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio was enticed into 8 quarrel and was killed sn' robbed.
 A terrible domestic tragedy occurred Howden, Ind, jealous wife brained her tw children and drowned herself. The woman named Rodgers, had brooded over her trou bles until she became insane.
 MT. Stollsteimer, agent for the Souther Utes, telegraphs that after investigation, h believes the recent killing of family of si Indians was done by 8 band of horse thieve and not cowboys, as supposed.
 Two colored tramps were burned to deat from the oyerturning of freight car contain ing lime, in which they were stealing 8 ride at Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Mrs. Agnes Revowitch attempted to star fire with kerosene oil at Denver, Col, tn can exploded and she was burned to death.
 One man was killed and six seriously in