Connecticut western news., 1885-01-28
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. An Indian hunter was eaten by wolves ip the Michigan pineries. The animals are nu nerous and bold.
 A convict charges that woman who dis appeared from BiDghamton was robbed and murdered and that her body was sunk Ill pond
 The Suevia brought in twelve of the ship wrecked crew of an American fishing schooner which was lost off Newfoundland.
 A bill introduced in the New York State Senate authorizes company to construct ship canal between the North and East Rivers via Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvel Greek. By a legal decision colored gentlemen of Boston cannot be refused the privileges of 8 public skating rink.
 The old Liberty bell was taken from Inde, rendence Hall, Philadelphia and shipped to the New Orleans Exposition.
 -Ayoung man was arrested in Chicago charged with taking books from the public Ii. nSery. He had them packed in boxes together with infernal machines filled with dynamite. Dynamite is said to have been found in box at Kansas City. and tale of an Irish dy- namiter pursued by English detectives is woven out of the material.
 An argument on the Freedom of WoI ship bill was heard by the New York State Senate Committee on Cities.
 The capital of Dakota is to be moved from Bismarck to Pierre.
 Bishop Taylor's party of missionaries for Central Africa numbering thirty eight left New York on the steamship City of Montreal. It has been definitely ascertained at Chicago that the proposition to appropriate Sl00,O0 for an additional police force, de- clsred to have been carried at the late election, was defeated, notwithstanding it was declared carried and the amount missappropriated.
 By the explosion of 8 portable engine on & farm near Groton, N. r., two men were killed and three seriously injured.
 General Hatch has surrounded the boom- CTS at Saltwater, with the intention of starv- ing them out. He allows no one to approach them, but lets any one leave who desires. A courier just in reports several leaving already, as the provisions are running short.
 A party Of Mexican bandits have been cap tured by United States troops and taken to Yuma, 4. T.
 Oliver Brothers & Phillips, of Pittsburg, concluded 8 very satisfactory arrangement with their creditors, obtaining liberal exten- sions.
 In British Columbia five Indian men and one woman have been killed by Takowa In- dians, who also took two women and two chil- dren into captivity. The New York State Senate passed to third reading bill appropriating S5, ,0o0 to the New Orleans Exposition.
 During the wedding celebration of Colson Bainbridge, an Indian, near Webber's Falls, l. T. he was killed by unknown parties. Two women and one man were wounded.
 MT. Blaines niece, Sister Teresa, died at St. Mary's Catholic Convent at Wifkesbarre, Pa.
 At The annual meeting of the Connecticut Free Masons it was shown that there had been 8 slight falling of in membership and small deficiency in receipts
 Three men were killed by an explosion in the lard rendering tank of s pork packing house in Sioux City, Iowa.
 A poor woman gave birth to child on the street m Chicago at night in s temperature of fourteen degrees below zero.
 Senator Cameron was reelected in Penn Eylyania, and Senator Voorhees, in Indiana. In Rhode Island Jonathan Chaee was elected United States Senator.
 Oliver Brothers & Phillips have made statement to their creditors showing liabilities S1 ,503 338. .93; assets, g., 31G, 352.4 42. An ex- tension of five years is asked.
 Iron and brass mills in Ohio are starting up, and there is a more favorable outlook in the metal trade than has existed for many months.
 Judge Mccoy of Georgia, confined by his family in 8 Philadelphia insane asylum, per- sonally appeared in United States court and asked for his own release.
 In Chicago opium joint white baby was discovered which had been sold to Chi naman for S12.
 Dr. N. F. Carver completed his weeks work Saturday night and scored 60,O00 hits at o:48, and at 9:50 retired with 60,016 to his credit He made 60,000 hits out of 64. .831 shots. His exploit caused little excitement even among sporting men.
 Five Kiowa Indians were found frozen to death in Indian Territory.
 "A young man undergoing imprisonment in the jail at Parkersburg, W. Va, claims to be a grandson of Thomas Campbell, the Scotch poeS.
 There is another hlibuster excitement at Key West, and the authorities are taking very sctive measures to discover alleged expedi- tion
 William Meinecke, the Elmira murderer who escaped from Binghamton Jail, was cap sured hiding in barn near Owego, N. Y. He submitted calmly and was taken back to jail.
 -In'a 8 quarrel at New Orleans one policeman shot and killed another.
 The spinners of Fall River, Mass. have resolved not to strike. They will accept the reductions in prices.
 "A bill has been introduced in the Dakota Legislature to remove the capital from Bis marck to Pierre.
 The special Grand Jury appointed by the Cook County, Ill.,, Criminal Court returned in- dictments against large number of persons charged with having been engaged in the Chi cago election frauds.
 -Seventeen in yalids were burned or suffo- caLed to death in the blazing ward of lunatic asylum at Kankakee, IL There was absolutely no provision for extinguishing the fire. There were many Darrow escapes and gallant rescues. The corpses of the victims were so charred that they could not be recognized.
 At West Attleborough, Mass, officers cap tured three "moonshiners" in an old thanty, together with the worm and other implements ok whisky manufacture.
 At fire in Mobile Ala, two women were burned to death.
 At Abraham Ernst's sawmill, on the Leb- anon and Fremont Railroad, near Keffer's Sta tion, Pa, boiler exploded, killing three men and injnring two others
 At St. Paul, Minn., D. E. Swann, the Northern Pacific embezzler, was sentenced, on two indictments, to imprisonment, at hard labor, for thirteen years and six months yer, Col, declared Secretary H. NJ. Teller as it's choice for United States Senator.
 Two young ladies were poisoned at St. Elbans, ". Va, through some person having put arsenic in water which they used in pre- pairing their breakfast.
 A woman no years old was burned to death at Petersburg, Va, by her clothes catching fire. -...=
 The Pennsylvania Railroad is carrying im- migrants from New York to Chicago for S1.
 General Benjamin r. Butler brought suit in the United States Circuit Court to compel Afr Stephen B. Elkins to make deed convey ing to the former 100, 600 acres of New Mexican land valued at $75, 900.
 The Committee of the Massachusetts State Senate on Federal Relations, to which was referred the resolution asking Congress to place Gen. Grant upon the retired list of the army, reported that it ought not to pass.
 -Richard Warrington, book publisher, of New York, made an assignment on Monday to Charles Jenkins.
 The set-to betwee Sullivan and Paddy Ryan was cut short in New York by the inter- ference of the police. Over 10000 persons were present at the affair.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
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