Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
NEWS WSOFTHEDAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

Fred Mausen was instantly killed by lightning bolt at Greenville, Me.
 Gen. Sherman is to make his home in New York. He has bid good bye to St. Louis.
 The date for the dedication of the Bar tho,di Statute of Liberty is fixed for Sept. Sd.
 Two colored brothers were drowned near the race track at Nashville, Tenn, their canoe capsizing.
 A wealthy English lady died in Chicago from blood poisoning caused by the prick of pin in Washington.
 A sea captain who provided no lime juice for his scurvy-struck crew is to be tried for the otfense in Boston.
 The str kers on the Third Avenue R. R. in New York nave withdrawn, leaving the road victors of the situation.
 The Massachusetts Legislature, after 8 spirited debate, defeated the bill for the licensing of private detectives.
 Two brothers named Volker were killed at Providence, R. l., by West Indian negro employed to help them in boat
 Mrs. Margaret Mccarthy, an aged woman residing at Limestone, N. r., was burned to death by her dwelling taking fire.
 Austin Baldwin, agent of the State Line of transatlantic steamers, died in New York He was born in 1907 at Caveudish, Vt.
 The Chicago anarchists have been both jointly and severally indicted on many dis tinct charges of conspiracy and murder.
 Sheriff Graut of New York has only re ceiyed $464, 065 thus far on the judgment for over $1, 4U0, 900 rendered against Warner.
 An old lady in Schenectady said she feared something was about to happen to her, and fifteen minutes la.er was fatally hurt.
 In New Orleans the Con eederate veterans ass'sted the Grand Army in decorating the graves of the Federal dead at Camp Chalmette.
 The bicycle parade in Boston was partici- pated in by about 800 wheelman. and made quite display. Two women were in the party.
 A lockout of blaming mill employees and carpenters, 15, 900 in all, is threatened in St. Louis, on account Of the eight-hour move. ment.
 The skeleton, with fractured skull, of a school teacher named Kidney, who disap- peared from Pembroke, Ont. twelve years ago was discovered.
 --''Sir Roger Tichborne," the noted En- gl!sh claimant" arrived in New York on the Nevada. He proposes to lecture on the fa- nous Tichborne case.
 A shocking accident occurred at the Ohio River Railroad trestle in Wheeling, Va. A car with five men in it fell thrty-five feet and all the men were injured
 A commemorative monument has been co rpleted by the Twenty-eight Massachusetts regiment, to be erected on the field of Gettys- burg in honor of their dead comrades.
 Indians attacked Jones Brothers ranch, rear Rockers Hot Springs, Ariz.na The owners made an effective defense, killing three of the Indians, whom they scalped.
 Joseph ". Mersereau. of Staten Island, has been appointed New York State Oyster Protector. He will receive a salary of $1, 900 a year and $2 day for travelling expenses.
 -1he boiler in Kimbark's carriage factory at Quincy, Mich, exploded, instantly killing Engineer William Cole and Joseph Benton, and seriously injuring several Of the em- p.oyee,.
 A store at Eco:se, Mich., was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite, and several persons seriously and one fatally injured The explo- sion, it is supposed, was the act of desperadoes intent on pIunder.
 Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire steel manufacturer, has given $250,000 to Ale gheny City for establishing free library and music hall. This is in addit ion to his gift of $500, GOO to Pittsburg.
 A large number of additional arrests have leen made in Milwaukee, of parties charged with being concerned in the late riots. Many are Knights of Labor. All are held in la from S1 900, to $5,0C0.
 Judge Allen, in Boston, denies Mrs. Ia, bors application for reopenmg of he; di- vorce case On the ground that she and Parson Downs, of the Bowd ,;n Square Gnu ch BJs- ton, were undoubtedly guilty as charged.
 Charles A. Buddensiek, the noted New York builder found guilty of man laughter, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment and $500 fine, was taken to Sing Sing, to serve out his sentence. He failed to- secure 8 new trial.
 A young ady ascended fire bell tower at Aspen, Col, from which, under the impulse of a sudden shock occasioned by the ringing of the bel she jumped to ths ground below, dis tance Of sky feet, receiving fatal inju ries.
 The sudden death of Mrs. Pendleton in New York, d. cded her son and daughter to go to Europe and join their father, George H. Pend eton, who is the United States Minister to G rmany, at Berlin They left Saturday in the S,rvia.
 Henry Havemeyer, the sugar refiner died suddenly at his home nt ar Babylon, Long Island, Wednesday. He was last in New York during the Decoration day exercises. acting with the Old Guard as an escort to President Cleveland.
 Fires are raging in the timber lands along the Escanaba ri yer, Wis, involving 8 loss of thousands of dollars. Forest fires are also burning at Junction City and at Sturgeon Bay~ The woods are very dry as Ii: tie rain has fallen for several weeks.
 -Jurian Winne, one of the most noted Greenbacke-s in New York and prominent agriculturist, died at his home Tn Bethlehem, N. Y., Thursday night of pneumonia. after au illness of two weeks.
 John Tobias, of Hamburg, Pa., while in d phurous fumes and fell upon red hot bricks, senseless for several minutes before being dis covered. His clothing was then ablaze and his body terribly burned so that he died.
 The Maine Democratic State Convention nominated. Colonel Clark s. Edwards, oi nominee was colonel of the Fifth Maine Vol. unteers and is now 8 farmer. resolution Of sympathy with Gladstone a; lis home rule policy for Ireland was adopted.
 Mrs. Yung Wing, formerly Miss Kellogg, died at her home in Hartford, Conn. MT. Yung Wing. when Chinese Minister to this country several years ago, became acquainted with her through her brother, Dr. W. E. Kel- logg, and the Rev. J. H. Twitchel, and courtshlp of several months resulted in Q we'd ding, which was a social sensation at the time.
 Mrs. Matilda Peterson, of Gresham, Pa, was recently found dying at the foot of the stairs in her house. She never rallied suffici. ently 10 tell how she received her injuries Later her husband, John Peterson, was found in the road near the house suffering from ar senical poisoning. A woman named Amsdell, who was living with Peterson, as his mistress, is suspected.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 During the discussion of the Butter bill in the House, Mir. Hatch read 8 telegram from General Master Workman Powderly stating thst no one was authorized by the Knights of LaJor to act or t; against the proposed bill.
 -Tbe House, after nine days discus sion, passed the Oleomargarine bill. the yeas being TIT; nays, 101. The text of the bill has not been changed except that the tax is fixed at five instead of ten cents per pound. Snch changes as have been made were intended to strengthen the operative sections of the meas. ure.
 Mir. Sewell made favorable report in the Senate from the Library Committee on the resolution a monument at Stony Point, on the Hudson River, to commemorate the recapture of that place by ''Mad Anthony" Wayne in the Revo- lutionary War. The resolution has also been reported favorably in the House.
 The collections of internal revenue during the first ten months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, amounted to $95, ,303 666 being