Connecticut western news., 1886-07-14
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dog said to be rabid, was inoculated according to the Pasteur method at the Carnegie Labor atory by Dr. Valentine Mott. The operation was simple and painless Dr. J. c. Newell, the boys father, was present.
 John Coursey and his young wife, to whom he had been married but day, were walking over Q long trestle on the East Tennessee rail- road, near Dallas Ga., when they were over taken by fast train and both killed before they could get out of the way.
 In getting jury for a trial of boycotters in New York city, . German grocer on being examined as to his fitness, frankly confessed to Judge Barrett that if he served on the jury and found verdict of guilty his business would be ruined. He was ordered to go.
 An unknown woman, about twenty.fv years of age. whose name is supposed to have been Gerlach, was found dead on the Fort Lee, N. Y. bluff with three pistol shots in her head She is supposed to have committed suicide to escape the exposure of her ruin.
 A telegram from Fort Bowie announces that five hostiles have surrendered. The pris- oners state that Geronimo Is severely wound, ed, and is now in the Sierra Madres. His son has charge of the hostiles. The Indians arc apparently struggling back to this side of the line.
 After years of hard work Joseph Werner had won 8 cumpetency. He wanted to double his income and went into Wall street. There he lost every dollar, and at last found it i'm posslDle 10 pay the !enb ol sinAle room ID New York for himself and child. He killed his son and himself.
 -Dr. Theus Taylor of Merfick l.. l., who was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for having shot and killed his hired man, Thad Gritman, at Norwood, while he was showing his skill as marksman by shoot ing tomato can of Gritman's head, was sentenced to Sing Sing for one year and eight months.
 Michael Redmond of Mt. Vernon, N. T., aged 50, met his death in peculiar manner. He was in the act of putting 8 halter over the horns of COW belonging to Dr. s. l.. Close. when the COW threw her head up and one of her horns entered MT. Rednond's eye and pierced through to the brain, causing almost instant death.
 After having been out twenty-three hours the jury in the trial of the anarchist leaders of Milwaukee, Frank Hirth, Carl Simon and An ton Palm, found them guilty of conspiracy to burn the Court House and destroying the ;ecords aud oi melting mobs to riot. For twenty hours the ballot stood 10 for conviction and for acquittal.
 Three brothers, named Smith, were killed in Clay county, Texas. They attempted to stop the erection of fence on property claimed by them: The fence builders resisted and in the fight that followed James and FL mcr Smith were shot through the heart, and Lewis Smith was shot through the spinal col umn. The party of fence builders surren- dered.
 The law regarding the employment of wo- men and children in the manufacturing es' tablishments of New York State, which pro- hibits the employment of children under thir- teen years of age and provides that women under twenty one years Of age shall not be employed more than sixty hours in any one week, has now gone into effect and will be rigidly enforced.
 About the 1st of June, in Barnwell coun- ty. s. G., John Steedley was publicly cow hided by W. T. Connolly and A. l.. Ott fol rculating slanderous reports about Con- neily's sister Emma. At Hunters Chapel Church, while the Sunday school was in ses- sion, Steedley was shot and killed by Emma Connolly, who gave herself up to the authori- ties after the shooting.
 William Henry, 6 somewhat noted char acter. and the father of twenty-four children by two wives, committed suicide in Greenbush, N. Y., by cutting his throat with . razor. He had threatened for months to kill himself, and long time ago he wrote out minute directions for his interment. He was about 75 years old. He was apparently in comfortable circum. stances, but was tired of life.
 A disease supposed to be murrain has broken out among cattle in Lonoke county, Arkansas, and large numbers are dying from it. There are several thousand head of stock on the range in that county and stockmen are greatly alarmed The disease carries away stock rapidly, only few hours elapsing be- tween the date of the seizure and death. Wig orous measures will be adopted to check the epidemic
 The farmhouse of William Miller, seven miles west of Sherman, Texas, was consumed by fire at night. One of his children was burned to death, another died 8 few hours later, and he together with his other children were more or less injured by the flames. Hero ism of the highest degree was shown at the fire, Mir. Miller and his sons working till they rescued four of the family from the flames, one of whom was dead.
 There was to be display of fireworks in Port Huron, Mich, and large platform was erected on which many pieces were arranged. piece was displayed. Accidentally the fire communicated to the others, and in an instant the men found themselves surrounded by the blazing fireworks. Three escaped with com paratively insignificant wounds, but l.. N. Monnie, prominent citizen, was burned to 8 crisp before the fire department could extin- guish the fire.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 --Fitz John Porter has been nominated by the President to be colonel in the army.
 The bill repeating the pre-emption and timber culture laws has been passed by the Senate.
 The death of Colonel George B. Corkhil, the District Attorney who prosecuted Guiteau, is reported.
 Representative William H. Cole, of the Third Maryland district, died at his residence in Washington.
 After the regular appropriation bills arc finished in the House, the land bills, a silver measure. and the River and Harbor bill vii .be taken up.
 Senator Cameron presented a petition, signed by 4,733 citizens of Allegheny county, Pa, protesting against the passage of the oleo- margarine blll
 The President issued the commission of Hugh S. Thompson to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He will assume the dutie 6 of his office at once.
 The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Hugh Thompson to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and H. J. Wyn, to be post master at Birmingham, Ala
 The hopeful members look for adjourn ment on tie 26th of July; the less sangulne name the 1st of August, while others think the 18th of August may see Congress still d . batting.
 Postmaster Veazey, of Baltimore, states that tie law does not restrict the right of rem oval, out prevents partisan discrimination in ap- pointments.
 The House voted to pay the widow of Vice. President Hendricks $8, 750, being sum equal to one years salary for the unexpired term of his service and the allowance of member Of Congress for mileage and stationery.
 Tho President has nominated Captain Theodore Schwan, Eleventh infantry, to be assistant adjutant general with the rank of major. This is the place it was expected Greedy, the Arctic explorer, would get. Senator Evarts, from the Committee on he Judiciary, reported Dill making the pun. ishment for horse stealing in the Indian Ter ritory SI GOO fine, or five years imprisonment or both, and for any robbery in that territory $1 ,OOO, or ten years impris onment. or both. After a long debate the Senate agreed te l the amendment to the River and Harbor bil appropriating $l,oO 1000 fer the improvement | of New York harbor. The amendment appro | pratiug $500, 900 for the improvement of thu | Potomac river in the vicinity of Washington was also agreed to. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday.
 | The Naval Appropriation bill reported b, the Senate Committee appropriates $12, 8s3,
 234, being net reduction as compared witl
 the House bill of S46 800. In round number