Connecticut western news., 1886-10-13
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Charleston had another slight shock of earthquake on Friday.
 A new Masonic temple had it's corner stone laid at Norwalk, Conn.
 -J. E. North was nominated for Governor of Nebraska by the Democrats.
 Wright Weldon was hanged at Trenton, s. C., for murder committed twelve years ago.
 General John M. Corse, was appointed Postmaster of Boston in place of Edward s. Tobey.
 Daniel Driscoll has been sentenced to be hanged on December for the murder of Bee zy Garrity, in New York.
 Bird Lee refused to contribute toward the payment of musicians at Q dance near Bremen, Texas, and was shot and killed in g quarrel that ensued.
 At San Diego, a sharp shock of earthquake occurred at four o'clock Friday morning. The vibrations were from east to west. No dam- age was done.
 Miss Kate Taylor, a resident of New Haven Conn.,, employed at the Winchester armory, near that city, had her head blown off by an ex- plosion of illuminate.
 Official reports place the shortage of tho late William Gray, Jr., due to the mill corpor- atlons of Massachusetts, of which he was treasurer, at nearly S25O, 900.
 The condemned anarchists in Chicago continued to argue against the pronouncing of sentence aguinst them. The 31st of Decem- Der will be set as the day of execution.
 An unknown thief threw handful of red pepper into the eyes of Tom Donnelly, dia- mond broker, of Chicago, and then robbed the place of tray of diamonds valued at be- tween S4OO and $500.
 Three masked and armed men broke into the house of an old lady named Day, at Delta Village, near Kingston, Ont, for the purpose of evlcting her from the premises, and in a melee which ensued Benton Carr was shot and killed.
 A dispatch from Franklin Falls, N. H., an- nounces the sudden death of Mir. Austin F. Pike, United States Senator from New Hamp- shire. He was born in Hebron, N. H., on Oc- tober, 19, 1S19 He has held many important positions,
 Two former officers of the Ohio State Pen itentiary have been indicted for malfeasance.
 Two children were burned to death and their mother seriously injured during fire in Chicago.
 The cigarmaker's strike in Havana has been followed by Q lockout, and much distress and trouble prevail in the is:And.
 The Queen Regent of Spain has signed de- cree freeing the slaves in Cuba from the re- malnder of their term of servitude. A young man named Roy was shot at Cas- tile, N. Y., by man named Van Brunt, whose suit for the hand of Roy's stepsister was re- garded with disfavor by the family
 John Culpeper, an aged farmer, residing near Norfolk, Va., was attacked in his home by negro burglar and beaten in horrible manner, receiving, it is supposed, fatal in- juries.
 Two freight trains on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad collided at Belfast, N. '. The caboose took fire and Con- ductor Frank Ingram, who was on at the time, was burned to death.
 A scandal at Gloversville, N. T., came to a tragic denouement in the sudden death of both parties involved. The matter is shrouded in mystery, as it is not determined whether it is case of double suicide or of murder and suicide.
 Burial in @ Catholic cemetery in Detroit has been refused in the case of Polish woman for whom her priest declined a certificate be- cause she died without protesting repentance for espousing the quarrel of a previous pastor who had been evicted.
 Robbers broke into Catholic church at Notre Dame, Ind, and stole from the altar two golden crowns of great value-one the votive offering of the ex-Empress Eugenie, the other the devotional gift of Mrs. General Sher- man.
 Four of the New York ex-Aldermen were arraigned in the Court of General Sessions. They were Henry l.. Sayles and William H. Miller, Republicans, and William P. Kirk, ex- president of the famous Board of 1884, and Patrick Farley, Democrats. They are charged with malfeasance in office. The }rial of Sayes
 
 25th, and Kirk Nov. 1.
 A sandbank caved in and killed Eugene Ouilette, at Fall River, Mass. The cutter Stranger beat the sloop Thetis in the match race of Marblehead.
 De Yico's comet of 1S44 has returned, but can be distinguished by long telescopes only. The U. s. Senate subcommittee is inves- tiSating the fishery question at Gloucester, Mass.
 There are fears that general strike will affect the leather trade, and 10000 men will Do without work.
 An oil scout, named Mcfarland, was shot and fatally wounded near Shamokin, Pa. His assailant is unknown.
 -Mayor Becker, of Buffalo, N. T., has sus- pended the City Engineer, pending an investi- gatlon on charges of official misconduct.
 -Richmonds colorcd population exhibited great interest in the Knights of Labor which held their General Assembly in that city. Henry Hotchkiss shot and killed his wife on public street in New Haven, Conn.,, and then shot himself, inhicting probably fatal wound. William Smith, 8 farmer, residing near Lancaster, Pa., was shot and fatally wounded in petty dispute, by his seyenteen-year-old son Daniel. Full lists of Federal removals and appoint- | ments under President Clevcland's adminis- tratlon have been furnished to the Massachu- setts Civil Service League, and will be pub- | Gshed.