Connecticut western news., 1886-01-20
NEWS OF THEDAY
0KEERAL TTRNA

whereabouts of the child, built . hot fire. The woman noticed the smoke coming from the chimney and hurried home, but arrived too late, as the child was found literally roasted.
 The steamship Canada, from Havre with the four Newark children who went to Paris, arrived in New York on Thursday. The Newark boys, Willie Lane, Eddie Ryan, Aus tin Fitzgerald and Patsey Reynolds were among the steerase passengers Accompany ing them were Dr. Ri ings, of Newark, and Mrs, Ryan, mother of Eddie.
 A bridegroom was arrested at Reading. bride. '' ' ' ~ ~ At Chicago a surgical operation for tho disease which killed General Grant cut away a large portion of the patients jaw.
 Captain Williams. of the oyster schooner Eva, of Wilmington, Del, was sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment tor infiictiDs fatal injuries on a sailor.
 Mrs. Cora Schaschke was accidentally shot and killed by her husband at Elmira, N. '. -Abraham Mungisser and Edward Billic were killed by a locomotive on the Lehish Valley Railroad.
 The storm which swept over Texas ami continued with but little abatement for week. Is without parallel in the history of Texas in it's extent. severity, and duration. Thousands of cattle and sheep have died.
 A terrible collision occurred on the Balti- more and Ohio Road. near Coburg. two trains coming together. One engineer and threo nremen were killed outright, and others in iured Twenty cars were destroyed.
 A Nebraska sheriff was killed in the county jail by prisoner.
 Through cave-in at Alburtus. Pa, sov- eral miners were buried alive. Three corpses have been recovered.
 Through the bursting of boiler church in Fort Wayne, Ind, was wrecked and two persons were killed.
 Captain Colvin aud eleven of the crew of the wrecked steamer Hylton Castle. wers brought to New York by q fishing smack. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt h Jamaica on the 3d inst.
 The Reading Railroad has been reorgan- ized W tn Mr. Gowen as president, and man. agement composed of his friends
 A collision occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which threatened a serious disaster to large number Of passengers, s, smong whom were 8 number of school chil- lren.
 The steamer Alicia A. Washburn, from Mobile for New York with cotton, was burned at sea Captain Johnson and crew escaped In boat.
 Convictions for selling oleomargarine for butter still continue in New York The me is &100 in each case.
 There were 2, 479 fires in New York c ty in 18 5, with t. tai loss of S3, 7S9, 283. Twelve Iersons were kl cd, B fatally injured, 10S seriously and 190 slightly, ct the fires. Alto gether there are 104 012 buildings i'll tho clty, exclusive of sheds.
 The outlook fora full ice crop from the Hudson River, and neighboring lakes is re- ported as excellent, with a prospect of an early harvesting in February. The steamer City of Chicago brought to New York from Liverpool the crew of the schooner Reuben S. Hunt, wrecked in mid ocean. After four days of intense suffering, with neither food nor drink they were picked up by . steamer and taken to Falmouth, Eng land.
 Sergeant Orowley's conviction and sen- tence to State Prison for seventeen years and six months. for criminsly sssaulting Maggie Morris, iu New York, was affirmed by the Su- preme Court, General Term.
 The stolen funds of the Lancaster Savings Bank, of Clinton, Mass, amounting to Sl3b- 900, have been recovered. The mysterious disappearance Of McNeilt the president of the bank and the alleged principal agent of the robbery, leads |, the suspicion that he has been fooily deal: with.
 "A burglar named Leander Smith, in at- tempting to enter house at Wilmington, N. C., through the chimney stuck fast, and was unable to ascend or descend. He was event uslly drawn out by windlass in an uncon- ecious condition.
 An Indian fur dealer named James Stiffe WAS murdered by mounted highwaYmen ID Polk county, Ark.
 The ice crop in Maine is said to be in 50 bad a condition thst fears are felt that only small quantity can l. adhered this season. A disastrous fire occurred in the fve-story granite-front building, Nos. Fl, 73, 75 aud 77 Clinton street, Boston, occupied on ths lower floor by W. 0. Rogers. agricultural imple- menss and fertilizers, and on the second floor by C. H. Thompson < Co.,, seeds.
 -Grpaf distress ia raDorte6 amorp the fish, ermen on the northeast coast of the island of Cape Bretop who from the rigor of the sea son have not been able to provide winter SUD- plies for their families
 Land Commissioner Sparks refuses to recognize the claim of the Northern Pacific Railroad to 25,nO0. .00O laud gran, between Portland and Puget Sound.
 --Ons man was killel and another severel, injured near Ottawa, Ont. by falling iml of . tree.
 The reported annexation of the Samoan 1slands by Germany, IS d:sbclieved at Sai Francisco.
 A great part Of the town of Fult n, N Y
 The schooner Crissie Wright, 365 tons, with gnano, from Philadelphia to Savannah, while leaking badly, was struck by heavy gale o wind, beached about six miles west of Cape Lookout light and three miles east of Beau fort bar. Six of her crew were lost.
 The tramp ocean steamer Hylton Castle from New York to Rouen, foundered hfteel miles east-southeast from Fire Is and on Mon day. One boat with ten men from the steame landed. The crew suffered terribly before their rescue.
 A panic occurred in a laaies' boartiine hall in Cincinnati. and two hundred femal students of Oberlin College were driven or ny fire. Much excitement occurred sn ] man narrow escapes are reported.
 William Garvin. murderer, escaped frol jail in Waynesboro, Ga. He was pursued int swamp, where he will probably freeze 1 death.
 A wall thirty feet high fell suddenly Mobile, Ala, killing Howard Hall, twelve yea of age, and injuring several others.
 A destructive fire at Philadelphia col sumed sevt ral valuable cotton gingham an woolen mills entail;ng 8 loss of over a millio dollars
 Rev. Mir. Jardine, of Kansas city, Mo-, wh has been laboripg under grave accusation committed su eide in St. Louis. A fearful accident occurred ou the Alaban Division of the Louisville and Nashville Raj road at tine bridge over Flint River, near W. hise's Station, Ala. Two sections of . nortl bound freight train telt sc ped. Three me were killed and seven others in jured.
 An ice jam at Montreal did large amou, of damage to prope'ty. The warehouses c the docks suffered severely.
 The cold in the West and South has boo AntCASC. Ab OuiCdpO anu NlCinltg tHe tue mometer was 24 bel W zero, and tn. low ten perature followed the downward track until Manitoba, it was 40 below.
 There are 3l7 Turner's in New Jerse 328 of whom active members; also 1,7, scholars, Of whom 146 are girls. The Tu ners property Is valued at SIS, 500.
 At Wilmington. Del, two trains on Il Baltimore road collided and general mas up followed. The affair occurred ng severe storm and terrible scene followe Eight employees were killed and five othe badly injured.
 -Tbre, school children at Matawan, N. J were itten by ribid 2. The animal whit wounded them is said to be one of four whit are known to have been bitten by the dt which bit young Ned Buckiin, who is now und treatment by Pasteur. The other three pecan Iabid and were killed some time since.
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