Connecticut western news., 1886-08-18
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 Four lives were lost in the sinking of a yacht in Boston Harbor.
 Secretary Whitney has ordered the con. structlon of the most highly powered cruiser in the world.
 A portion of the New Orleans Exposition Building, falling, killed one man and seriously injured others.
 Charles Chase, of Brooklyn N. r., in debt, out of work and drinking shot his wife, not fatally, and killed himself in the presence of his children.
 Mrs. Robinson, arrested at Somerville, Mass, on charge of poisoning her son, is now suspected of having caused one hundred deaths during the last four years.
 Cardinal Taschereau, of Quebec, Can., has sent circular letter to tho bishops of his prov 1nce announcing that the Roman See has f. nally condemned the Order of the Knights of Labor,
 Salvage on the steamship Welra, lowed 1000 miles into Boston, amounts to S30,O ,OOO.
 -Bya boiler explosion near Washington, Pa, one man was killed and two others severe ly injured.
 In Patterson, N. J., six persons were taken seriously ill after partaking of canned peer. -Four of the cases were fatal.
  near Deer Island, Boston Harbor, and 1t IS feared that three persons went down with her.
 During sudden squall & brick laden schooner, while passing out of Boston harbor was capsized off Boston Light, and four of the crew are supposed to have been drowned.
 The new town of Iusk, in northern Wyom- ing, near the Montana border line, was visited by terrific storm of rain and hail last Sun day, which virtually swept it out of existence. The town contained several hundred lnhapl- tants.
 Mrs. Sarah J. Robinson, arrested at Somer- vile, Mass, is charged with poisoning her son and is suspected of criminality in connection with the death of other members of her fam lily. It is said there were insurances on all the lives.
 A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Ste. Marguerite and St. Sauveur, Quebec A barn at the first named place was shaken down, and other buildings were slightly dam aged. The shocks lasted about six minutes. violent wind and hail storm prevailed at the time.
 Tho Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor, who for the past 45 days have been confined in the county jail at Parsons, Kansas for the Prepayment of fines imposed for, conspiracy against the Missouri Pacific Rail road Company, were released by the County Commissioners.
 -Rollin NJ. Squire and Maurice B. Flynn were placed at the bar of criminal court in New York to plead to the indictment charging them with misdemeanor. They entered sepa- rate pleas of s'not guilty" reserving the right to withdraw that plea and interpose any other which may be decided upon later. Judge Cow ing said the trial of the case would not be de- layed, and Monday, Sept. 9th, was fixed as the date
 Congressman Lewis Beach, of the 18th Y. District, died at his homo in Cornwall Orange county, Now York.
 At Woodbury, Conn.,, young man shot his bride of six weeks through the heart. He had just been indulging in debauch.
 Felix La Pearle, on whose account Bos- ton school-mistress drowned herself, was too poor to marry the wealthy young lady.
 -Convicts tried to escape from the Iowa Penitentiary, at Anamosa, on Tuesday. One was shot dead and several others seriously wounded.
 The New York Republican State Commit tee decided not to hold State Convention The committee will meet next month and nomi nate candidate for Judge of the Court of Ap- peals.
 Sam Jones and Sam Small arc preaching to immense crowds at Lancaster, Ohio.
 The average of South Carolina crop re- ports is not so favorable as the planters would wish.
 The United States lacrosse champ ions de
  goals to two.
 "A rumor that the will of the late Samuel J. Tilden was to be contested by his relatives, IS denied by the alleged contestants.
 A Canadian customs officer has seized a number of small boats belonging to fishermen on the ground that they were liable to duty.
 The sloop Mayfower and schooner Sachem were the winners in the run of the New York Yacht Club squadron from New Bedford to Vineyard Haven.
 It is believed that the three-masted schooner which went ashore on Cape Race was the Henry Woodruff, and her crew mutinied and imprisoned her captain. who probably lost his life.
 The boiler of thrashing machine e1- ploded on the Foster farm, near Jefferson, Wis, killing five persons instantly. Two others were fatally injured, while several other per- sons received scalds.
 St. Domingo advices say that the district of Vega had revolted under General Casimiro Moya, who was candidate for the Presidency In the last elections and that the whole Re- public had been declared in state of siege.
 A Louisville and Cincinnati freight train, finding itself on the wrong track, made des- perate effort to beat passenger train, but colll6ed, and both trains were badly smashed up. One employee was killed, and several in- jured severely. John F. Trow, the New York City Direc- tory publisher, is dead. The numbering towns of Spencer and Col by, in Northern Wisconsin. were destroyed by fire.
 Frank Humphreys is to be hanged at Mill ledgeville, Ga., September A, for the murder of two young ladies. The cigar manufacturers of New York have given the Knights of Labor an extension of time to enable them to fill their factories The Mexicans are massing troops on the Rio Grande, and make great display of parades and exhibitions in full view of the excitable Texans.
 A proposed victim of dynamiters at Cold water, Mich., dug hole, in which he placed | the internal machine sent him, and thus es- capped death when it exploded. Ten dollars invested in an old violin at Lake Wawayanda, N. J., promises to bring the lucky angler who bought it better return than all the fnny denizens of the lake. Cutting, the American editor who has been | creating so great sensation in Mexico, has been sentenced to one years imprisonment at | hard labor and to pay fine of $6OO The steamer Werra of the German line | broke her shaft 8 thousand miles out and was | lowed to Boston by the Venetian. The Werra had l70 cabin and $50 steerage passengers. Very nearly 5O,O 900 persons were in at- | tendance at the Murdock camp meeting in from ten stands. The religious fervor is very | great.
 A collision occurred on the Chesapeake | and Ohio road between two freight trains near Limestone, Ky. on a short curve. Six of tile | employees of the road were killed and four others seriously injured. | Miss Eliza TenOx in New York sent to