Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL rTxMR

Brooklyn, finding Thomas Farrell visiting the woman with whom he lived, seized carving knife and plugging it into Farreus heait killed him instantly.
 In Chi ago fire broke out in the lumber yard of 0. 8. Gsrdntr and spread to the yards of Ruddock X Co. and Flynn & Co., and caused damage of over $2l5,OOo
 Mrs. Spange, of Req ing, ra., comm tied sz1icde on Friday. by takirg lois m. The sui eide was the result If suit for slander tried in the courts, which sh lost. The case came up for trial on Wednesday, and was brought by R. W. SpanSe and Margaret Spango, his wife, against Chul ito Harvey, O niece of Mrs. Spsnge. Miss Harvey was charged with speaking of her aunt as woman of ill re- pute.
 At Richmond, Va, young woman who had put on male clothing and committed crime for the purpose of joining her husband in prison was sentenced to five years in the Penitentiary.
 James Keegan, 8 fireman, fell into a vat of vitriol while assisting at fire in the chemical works at Lawrence, Mass, and was probably fatally burned.
 The operators of the coal mines at Du- Quoin, IL, sent a number of colored men from Cairo to take tho places of striking miners. A visit was made to the mines by number of strikers, who notified the colored men that five hours would be given them to leave, aud if they failed to do so, they must suffer the consequences.
 Sheppard, editor of the Toronto Ne,cs, charged with heeliug Major Dugas, of the Slxty-fift Regiment, was fined $200, which he paid. Upon leaving the court he was assaulted but drew revolver ard scattered the crowd. The Brenton's Reef challenge cup was won by the Eng ish boat, Genesta, in weather which began with dead calm, succeeded by light breeze, which grew into the dimensions of strong gale. The Dauntless was left forty miles behind.
 The iron steamer Humacoa, which was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, was b'own of the rocks and sunk, taking down twelve or fifteen persons belonging to St. John, N. B., or the nei6hboring city of Port land.
 performance near Titusville, Pa. The tents and side shows were wrecked and several per sons were very badly injured.
 Five Chinamen implicated in the murder of Fraser and the robbery in Pierce City, Idaho. were taken from jail by citizens and hanged to trees near by.
 The State census of Florida shows that the population of the State has increased 64,. 653 since 18S0 The number of acres of land assessed is IT, 10S, 1S2. The value of live stock is 95, ,5S7, 403. The value of real and personal property is $60, ,598, ,619, against $30 938, 1909 in 1880, nearly doubling in five years.
 In faction fight in Letcher county, Ky.,
  men were killed.
 Four vessels were wrecked at various points on Lake Michigan during the gale and a number of lives were lost.
 William Winter and his wife left their house in Point Pleasant W. Va, and locked their two children, aged three and five, in the house. During the day the house caught fire and was burned to the ground. When the parents returned in the evening they found the house in ashes and the children burned to death.
 The sloop Puritan was sold ct public auc- ton in New York for $13, 500. MT. Edward Burgess, who designed the sloop, was the nominal purchaser, but represented a Boston gentleman whoss name he refused to disclose. The yacht will be taken to Boston immed ate ly and will see no further service this y ar. "A very malignant form of hog cholera threatens great damage to the hog interests Of the West. It does its work so rapidly and eff Actually that in twenty-four hours after talk ing it the hog IS ready for the lard renderer. It affects it's victim in a horrible manner. The joints become stiff, the Hanks hollow, the hide Ehrivels up, and the rctteu flesh drops piece meal from about the head and legs The usual hog cholera remedies are utterly ineffectua after the animal once gets the disease. Pre- vention is the only hope.
 There is every prospect that the potato crop in Oswego county, N. Y., will be copl- parative failure on account of rot. Farmers generally are reporting large share of dis eased potatoes at harvest. and the rot steadily continues after bsing dug. More than the average acreage was planted.
 "A row occurred Sunday between the differ ent factions of the St. Hedwig's (Polish) Church Society, of Milwaukee, in which . number of persons were cut with knives wounded with stones and clubs or seriously injured in other ways Six participants have been arrested and placed in jail.
 one of the crew of five who were on board the coal barge Orient wrecked at Galveston, Texas, succeeded in reaching the shore alive. Tho Central Labor Union of New York city has championed the cause of the tea and grocery clerks of that city, who say they have to work more than hundred hours a week.
 The Apaches have again been at their bloody work in Southwestern, New Mexico In the last ten days a little band of Apachef have murdered six persons and wounded a Mexican sheep herder near Lake Valley.
 Reports of the ravages of the prairie fires which have been raging throughout Dakota for several days indicate that the damage will be very large, and the suffering in conse- quence will be great during the coming winter.
 "A great sensation was created in Milwau- kee when it was learned that Dr. James Cody, aged and wealthy citizen of Watertown, who was in the city, was enticed from his ho- tel and that no trace of him can be found. He is 64 years old and is suing for divorce from his 20-year old wife, and it is supposed that he disappearance has something to do with the suit.
 Judge Van Brunt. on application of the notorious New York builder Charles A. Bud densiek's counsel, fixed Buddensiek's bail at $30,00l. Some of the builders friends called at the District Attorneys office and offered to go bail for him.
 Capt. James Flaherty, of New Haven, Conn.,, popular professor of dancing, and an shiaraa IOk Ano he was becoming totally blind.
 News has been received of meeting of the Knights of Labor at Butte, Mon, at which it was decided to drive the Chinamen from the place. The Chiname6 have been given until Oct. to leave the city. If they do not them out by violence. The Celestials were also ordered to leave Anaconda and they inn mediately obeyed. There are a number of Chinamen in Butte. which is one of the great est mining points in the West. If they do mol leave there will be trouble.
 For nearly four hours Sunday afternoon n people passed six abreast in a steady stream by General Grants tomb in Riverside Park. Mrs. Grant stood while looking in at the gateway with one of her sons and her grand daughter. All sorts of small vendors lined the avenue short distance from the tomb, and were not molested by the police.
 Toe Mexican Congress has decided that Deputy Omana who shot the American, Hardie cannot plead immunity from the ordinary ju- dicial proceedings on account of his being a member of Congress-. He will therefore, be tried for murder before the Judge of the Sec tional Court. United States Minister Jackson has been active in procuring the establishment of legal proceedings.
 A young son of Edward Turnbach died at Hazleton, Pa, from the effects of hazing at4 the hands of several of his schoolmates. The scholars of public school to which young Turnbach had just been admitted make practice of initiating new scholars by making them run the gauntlet through two lines of ten to twenty boys on each side, they punching the victim with their fists as he passes through. They injured the little fellow so badly in the region of the kidneys that he died in great agony.
 Governor Hill, of New York; has directed that certain convict contract labor on the new wing of the State Reformatory at Elmira shall cease, holding that such work is in viola ton of the statute in relation to convict labor.
 Some colored soldiers who had been TN-l.