Connecticut western news., 1886-09-22
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GENERAL ITEMS.

The experiment of cooperative mining is being tried in the colieries near Huntsville, Mo.
 Mrs. Mary Godfrey, wife of a wealthy farmer, of Erie, Pa., committed suicide by throwing herself over preciplce 15O feet deep.
 Masked burglars robbed and bratelly treated an old couple in the suburbs of Mead vile, Pa.
 The veterans of the Army of the Tennessee received an invitation to hold their next an- nual reunion at Atlanta, Ga It IS claimed that new evidence in favor of the condemned anarchists in Chicago has been obtained, and will be used for their benefit Mrs. Morse, residing near Little Rock, Ark, witnessed the drowning together of her two young sons and became insane from the shock.
 The Chiricahua and Warm Spring Indians are now on . train travelling to Florida, where they will occupy the hunting grounds of the Seminoles.
 Nellie Little, B dairymaid, of Richmond township, Pa, soundly thrashed with a whip two scoundrels who assailed her in the road as she was driving COWS to pasture. Mrs Catherine Lowe, widow whose hus- l'band mysteriously disappeared some years ago from Andoyer, Mass, has followed his exam pie, and 2 tragedy is feared in both cases. Dominic Downs, of Boston, attempted to argue in the Baptist Association of that city, but was informed that he was out of the pale of the church and could not occupy the fioor A train on the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, while crossing bridge at Waupun, Wis, struck Mrs. Doucey and two little girls. named Holbrook and Jones, killing them in I stantly.
 The National Convention of the Agricul- tural and Dairy Association opened it's sessions J at Philadelphia. A letter was read from Pres ident Cleveland expressing his approval of the ObfeCtS of the aasOciafiOn Relay gangs of resolute men are working day and night in efforts to pierce the dense l wall of coal behind which are seven of the vic- tims of the late terrible disaster at the Mar | vine mine near Scranton, Pa. The little daughter of Mrs. Duse, residing at Rockville, Pa., was burned to death by her clothing taking fire while at play near Ter home. The mother, in her frantic efforts to l save her child, was frightfully burned. Two night workmen were killed in an ex, plosion of the zylonite works at Adams,
 Mass.
 Tt was rumored that Mrs. Jaehne, the wife of the convicted alderman, was to be indicted | by the Grand Jury, of New York. A notorious moonshiner was shot at Etna, l in the Tennessee mountains, by party of ca rousers to whom he was selling his whisky. A million dollars is stated to be about the amount one class of Charleston's people will need to assist them In rebuilding and repair | ing.
 -Commander-in-Chief Fairchild, of the | Grand Army of the Republic, has issued an 1 appeal to the order in behalf of the sufferers | in Charleston.
 A son of Jay Gould, George, a son of
 James G. Blaine, James G., Jr., and Anthony | J., Jr., a son of the noted broker, Anthony J. | nfexel, of Philadelphia, have lately entered 7, upon the life of benedicts. | Mrs. Buckmore, an aged lady residing in | the suburbs of Geneva, H., was found stran- | gled in & small outhouse attached to her dwell l hope of removing all clews to their crime. | Hog cholera prevails with fearful fatality l In Champaign county, Ill. | Winchester, Va., has voted lin favor of prohibition for two years by majority of 169. Mrs. Anna Leach was burned to death at
 her home at No, 137 Lawn street, Cleveland, l Ohio. The unfortunate woman had over-
 turned lamp which ignited her clothing. | Mrs. Jacob Klein, of Tonawanda, Eric
 county, N. r., hanged herself in the cellar of ] Der home. She was sixty-fve years old. Ill
 Lealth and temporary insanity was the cause. | Officer Basket was shot and fatally wound | ed by Henry Harrington, whom he was about \ arresting at Atchison, Kan. The officer | promptly returned the fire, inf1icting wound
 from which his assailant cannot recover. | A bride three months married was seized |
 husband by two men, while two others with
 pistols held the groom under terror till the
 abductors had disappeared with their victim
 in surrounding woods. Public opinion if
 divided as to the affair, many claiming that
 the bride put up the job.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Mir. Thomas E. Benedict, of New York
 filed with the Secretary of the Interior his off
 cial bond in the sum of S1OO, 900 as Pubi,
 Printer. He has taken charge of the office.
 Acting Secretary Fairchild has issued
 circular to customs officers calling attention tl
 section 10 of the Oleomargarine act, making
 provision for the collection of an interna
 revenue tax of fifteen cents per pound on al
 imported oleomargarine in addition to thu
 regular import duty, and also providing tha
 this additional tax must be paid before the re
 Lloval of the goods from the custody of tht 1 government.
 The committee authorized by the recen
 meeting of citizens of this city to arrange fo
 the proposed national drill, to be held her
 next May, held it's first meeting tonight.
 was decided to offer cash prizes of at leas
 s2O, 1000.