Connecticut western news., 1886-01-13
THE NEWS.
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GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS. -One man was instantly killed and two other. ssockingly injured by powder exp!o- skpo At Collar, Iowa.
 n vas announce,l in San Francisco that lRfso Sarah Althea Hill the aintiff in the celebrated Sharon divorce case, had been 3 mArried to David g. Terry, e1.Chief Justice of tAs Supreme Court of California and Miss Hi fs leading counsel. MT. Terry is well known in connection with his duel with Sen aSur Broderick, in which the latter was killed.
 Fraudulent misrepresentations of Florida hnd agents selling swamp lands and haunts of .nalaria to credulous Northern people of small neans seeking salubriOus homes, are exposed in letters from Jackeonvi le. At Boston Run, mining town in Pennsyl- ; vaniA, . cAve-in occurred over @ coliery, caus- ing three houses to sink out of sight and threaten 'ng to carry down several others
 It h stated that the guar of Federal sol. d5eTD at the tomb of ex-President Garfield will be withdrawn on the 1st of June.
 -0eorge McCrum, aged thirteen years, on : awaking fl om sleep at his home in Syracuse, N T., found himself closely embraced in the arms of his mother, who had suddenly died during the night.
 -C. E. Lewis, member of Parliament for Derry, Ireland, who is now in New York city, expresses an opinion that Parnell and his fol- lowars have but poor prospect of obtaining home rule for Ireland.
 -Railroad Commissioner ODonuelt com pelled the ''L" company, of New York. to re- open the Ninth and Second avenue roads.
 The owners of the steamer City of Mas sau which ran from Philadelphia to Jackson wills, Fla, believe the steamer to be lost.
 The receipts at the sale of pews in Beech sr's church, were $26 626, of which S13, 723 vas for premiums. This shows iaihng oH of 91, ,677 on the premium and of $474 on the grand total for last year. R. 2. Bush paid CTS for choice of first pew.
 William Kennedy. student of Iusculum College, Greville, Tenn. was accidentally h tAe hands of . fellow pupil.
 -Mn Maude Hodge was fatally shot by her uncls. John Stone, at the village of Beams- viIls, Ont -----. ,e---
 -Three workmen were killed in . railway V1eck in tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio rlilroad at St. etcher's Neck. Three other em- l1oyees of the lne were seriously injured.
 A severe snow storm prevailed in Col orado and tho blockades on the railroad are tAs worst known for years. The effect upon gTaxinx cattle is expected to be disastrous
 -Eveey dog found running at large in M.;;- vankes, Wis., has been ordered killed.
 II. A Bradley, of Milwaukee, Wis, of Whcss sickness from blood poisoning mention has been made, is dead. His wife died some days ago.
 The Dolphin, on her trial trip, took in nnch water and made All hands sea sick
 Gov. H:n was inaugurated at Albany, Jan,
 amid great Pomp. The inauguraton waa h that city. Delegates from every city and toun in New York State were present
 President W. Fl. McNeil, of the Lancaster National Bank of Clinton, Mass., Is missing. The band closed its doors, as 1t least elO0, 900
 --ln Detroit, Ferry & Co. B building burned viith . loss of $1, 600, ,000 fireman was killed.
 In New York, Miss Elizabeth Van Worst, c y0axB o4 age was burned to death by her elothes taking fire at her home. At Albany, N. Y, Comptroller Chapin and Secretary of State Cook signed the State print fnI contracts in favor of the Argus Company. 9e7 oases of boycotting. Of these 99 were sue eeuful; A lost, and 114 are still on
 -1he Southern Hotel at New Orleans was
 Knsd One musician perished in the aameA
 -Ereder;ck Fishel, bookkeeper for the firm oe AuGuss Bernheim Bauer, New York, is .
 Efsuuer on . charge of having embezzled $ nnEo than t75, ,0O0. The money WAS lost to fnnA1ws. Tishel was arrested in Canada.
 -1evsrs snow storms prevailed in Illinois, U innesots, Nebrasha, Kansas, Colorado and ZoW Aexico. TelegrAphic communication is Hoported to be interrupted and trains block 2 n6sd
 Women voted for the first time in Toron- Q. Ont They supported almost a unite fhe temperance candidate, who was elected.
 -Prisoners escaped from jail at Charles $ town, ". Va. by overpowering the guirds. Ihrse men charged with murder arc now at hrxe,
 "A heavy storm unroofed tho schoolhouse at Dawson, Pa. seriously injuring several of the younger pupils.
 -A nan named Towner, at waynesburg, PA, is accused of aving shot three men, l Eining one instantly and fatally wounding the o&hers.
 The cigarmakers whose wages were re. 6uced last week have decided not to strike un- Fl they have received authority 10 do 30 from tbe various unions.
 Two families were drowned by the upeet- tfn9 of boa.s in the Andelion River, on the 1tkmns, while attending religious festival. 1hs schooner Orphan Boy is believed to have been lost on Lake Michigan with all on 1pard-s party of eight persona.
 The steamer W. D. Chipley sunk on the 0hAtahoochee River on Sunday and six lives UoEe lost
 -Elsction riots have taken place at Meta m0est Mexico
 Al tho Naval Academy three cadets as- ontted . fellow cadet, for hazing another o9 t6etr number who was recently dismissed. ney will probably be court martialled.
 -sAn iron box, containing $40 900 in securi- e - was found at Cobleskili, N. Y.
 The discovery of the murder of Mrs. Eliza < hgtA Knock, near Detroit, Mlch., has resulted - tAe arrest of her sons and daughters on sus- Nfein of being cognizant of the crime.
 -Hour veal developed cases of smallpox kn- ~vs.1 at 2o hpko
 "A mad bull ct Barnesville, Ga, gored to deatA three mules and @ horse. The animal un eventually shot.
 "A German family of five persons named 0net living in Pine township, Pa. partook of almost raw pork sausages for supper Mon ~ and are a,l suffering from trichinia.
 "A hrs in Binghamton, N. r., destroyed the
 teldon Block, . two-sto-y frame building o6jdning three story brick building causing 9l0o of 325, 900. A Mrs. Frank, who lived in ane of the buildings, received serious injuries Aum filling oil An awning on which she had tAhm refuge.
 Two bodies were cremated at Fresh Pond,
 -Druggist Am Ende, of Hoboken, who by mistake caused the death of two young bdieR, vas acquitted On one charge on his &dofenee of insanity.
 Hans Paterson, of Sidney township, 1hch-, shot his wife through the head and 2 then fired . bu let into his own heart.
 -Great damage to property by floods is re- posfed from New York State, Pennsylvania, and some of the New England States.
 The Potomac River excursion boat Ame- Riea was burned at her wharf 1t Alexandria, N
 "A loosened rock fell upon some workmen o3 Watervile, Me-, killing James Freeman I'd severely injur ing two of his companions. $ "A large safe belonging to the Ames Plough Company, as Boston, Mas, was blown open n giant powder and considerabl. booty car < rcd II by the burglars.
 dog at Bloomfield, N. J., which was ft1eu by the rabid teagle that bit Charles z xanfman of Franklin, was seized with. it is shn5l undout ted iab es on Monday, and was .xk&ted Kaufman is now in Paris under treat