Connecticut western news., 1885-09-09
THE NEWS.
EELRGRAPHIC REPORTS OF WHAT IS TRANBPIRING OF IHIPORTANCE 1N TH1g COUNTRY AND RLSRwRERK.


 spective townships, and on the credit of tho same easily raised over S200, 900 and absconded with it.
 The Shiugle mill men of Northern Mich igan are out on strike for ten hours or in- creased pay.
 Farmers in sections of Northern Illinois report strange fatality among the hogs. The disease seems of the nature of lung trou- ble, and it is killing of the hogs at rapid rate.
 The Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Sr., died at his home in Irvington-on-the-Hudso His death from weakness and old age has been ex- pected for some months. He was born in New bur. port, Mass, in 1900.
 -Ex-Senator Vim. M. Gwin, of California, died in the New York Hotel. He had been at West Point, where he was taken sick with dysentery. He was prominent man in the early political days of California.
 The Cincinnati Price Current announces that the number of hogs handled by Western packers last week was 100, 900, against 1000 for tue corresponding week last year. The total number packed sincs March 1 is 3,535,- O90, against S,03l,000 ayear ago.
 George snl John Zimmerman, aged six and eight years respectively, while playing in a barn at Proviso, H., accidentally set fire to the structure by dropping lighted match. The children were roasted alive.
 The white m;ners in the Union Pacific Railroad Company's coal pits in Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory. rose aud with pistols aud guns drove al, the Chinese, to the number of 500, from the camp into the mountains. Tuirty- nine houses in Chinatown were burned to the ground. Troops have been sent for. The mino is tho largest in the West. A gang of seven tramps took possession of railroad train five miles south of kansa- city. and hell it about three hours. The train was on a side ack, and when an attempt was made to go ahead 1t was found that the switch had been cio ed, tae work of tramps who had been expelled f. on the cars few minutes be fore. Trainmen undertook to open the switch but were driven away by tramps who free a number of shots at them. They were finally beaten of and two of the tramps captured. The oleomargar,ne manufacturers of New York State will contest the constitutionality of the law forbiddlng the use of artificial coloring matter in thvir product.
 Thomas $ Denham, one of the oldest grain firms of New York, suspended, causing much surprise on the Produce Exchange. The liabilities are believed to be small.
 The smallpox epidemic in Montreal is evi- dently declining.
 In 8 room of the double tenement house No. 236 West Nineteenth street, New York, g lamp exploded little before twelve o'clock at night, and In few minutes the whole room was in blaz'. By the breaking of ladder at the fire six fremen were severely injured. At banquet at Papineauville, Canada, the occasion being the presentation of an ad- dress and a sword to an officer, the health of the rebel leaders, Riel and Dumont was pro- posed and enthusiastically drunk by all pres ent, among whom there were several Catholic priests.
 An explosion of gas occurred at the Lehigh Valley No. 3 Colliery at Lost Creek, Pa, re- sulting in the instant death of one man and the fatal burning of three others.
 Mrs. Nathaniel s. Northup was fir ghtened to death about nine o'clock on Thursday even- ing in Natick, R. l., by party of boys. She I was walking along road, when the boys came upon her suddenly and at run. Thinking that she.was about to be assaulted by tramps Mrs. Northup was seized with spasms and died while being conveyed to her home.
 colored man who died in Delaware, aged 107 years, left five generations of children.
 IA party of girls and boys crossing Fox River at Oshkosh, Wis, used a boat to cover the short draw in the bridge. They became frightened and upset the boat. Four girlsand two boys were drowned. They were from 12 to 20 years of age.
 -Ti Allan line steamship Hanoverian ran on reef near Cape Race. She will be a total loss. as her hull is altered in and Rhe is full of water. All on board are reported to have been saved. Steamers went at once to their lei f.
 A chemical analysis of beer sold in Brook lyn reveals the presence of zinc, copper, bi- carbonate of scdaA and other foreign sub stances.
 Two persons died at Shenandoah, Pa., frcm poisoning by eating toadstools in mis- take for mu- hrooms.
 At boarding house in Boston, Mass, a cJlored seaman was fatally stabbed during a quarrel which arose from his having helped himself to cup of coffee at breakfast.
 Mrs. Ora A. Bowen, of Dayton, W. T., was burned to death while fighting fire in the woods near her home.
 St. Mary's Catholic Church ct Waltham. Mass, was robbed Of several valuable chalices by some person who had evidently secreted himself in the edifce over night.
 A large number of Hungarians are leav- ing the northern Pennsylvania coal fields to become farmers in the Canadian Northwest Territory.
 The steamer Minia, has picked up both fnds of the French cable of 1869, and made the final splice. This cable was broken abou; tho middle of June.
 The census returns from New Mexico show:-Populat'o 1885, 131, 1885; 1880, 119 565 farms. 1885, 1O, ,291; 1880. 5, ,053; manufacturing establishments, 1885, 239; 1880, IA.
 The Pacific express on the West Shore road was derailed by a washout. The engineer was killed and the fireman injured.
 Lewis Perry and Charles Grandville were
  mine at Nanticoke Pa.
 The schooner Gustie Wilson foundered in . gale off Hatteras. The crew took to theiI boat, which was swamped by the storm. Three perished. The survivors were rescued by passing vessel and taken 10 port.
 Heavy rains and hail storms did mucl damage to crops and property in Central New York.
 Several persons were killed by lightning in Pennsylvania.
 George Gruner fell from a bridge at Havre de Grace, Md, and was instantly killed.
 A prominent Hoboken druggist mixed morphia for quinine. Oae young lady died and her sister Is in dying condition. Tho druggist, when an officer arrived to arres him, swallowed 8 dose of deadly poison. Ht had been in the drug business for many yeari and understood it well.
 Mrs Grant and Colonel Fred. Gran visited the tomb at Riverside, N. r., on Tues day. #
 The striking cigarmakers at Key West re fuse to accept the terms offered by the manu lecturers on the ground that they are contrar. to the regulations of the Union. #
 Referee Tate has reaffirmed his decision that Sullivan won the contest over McOaffre, at Cincinnati, on the ground that the author ities had forbidden knockout or slugging
  boxing exhibition; and he decided on points
 Reports from Wisconsin indicate sligh frost at several points.
 At the Oakwood Shaft, near Wilkesbarre Pa, the cage containing nine miners was beini lowered into the shaft When near the bot tom mass of loose rock and coal fell from tn side of the shaft, and. striking the men upol the cage, instantly killed four. Two other are considered fatally, and three seriously in iured,
 WASHINGTON NOTES
 The Indian Bureau has been informed b, General Crook that the hostile Apachees art now in Mexico, about two hundred mile south of the boundary line, and are still nov ing southward
 General Newton, chief of engineers. esti mates that an apr reputation of about SIS, 600, GOO or $20, 900, GOO will be required to con tinue the work Of river and harbor improve koaS bon