Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
NEWS
GENERAL ITEMH

Athena and Nelsonville, Ohio.
 -Boycotting has been declared illegal by the City Court of New Haven, Conn.
 Professor Timothy Dwight is the probable successor of President Porter in Yale College. Half dozen of the indicted aldermen were arraigned in New York, and pleaded not guilty.
 A very severe storm of hail and rain esused loss of life and property in Kansas and Missouri.
 Tho general distribution of anarchist cir culars in Pittsburg, Pa, caused great excite ment there.
 Two thieves, who stole . team of horses, wore caught and hanged by vigila antes in Car roll county. Ark.
 Frequent acts of incendiarism in scheneo- tady has led to the arrest of three young men as professionals in that line of crime.
 -Justus Schwab, the New York socialist, was boudsman for . boycotter. He represen- ted himself worth several thousand dollars.
 Emily Burton. aged eighteen years, has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life at Providence, R. I, as accessory to the murder of her father.
 A terrible train disaster took place on the Chicago and Alton R. R. The cars thrown ovor an embankment and four men were crushed to death.
 "A terrible domestic tragedy was enacted ct Tekonsha, Mich. Ranodyne Shedd, an aged farmer, killed his wife with an axe and then cut his own throat.
 --Janitor Titus was indicted by the grand jury at Belvidere, N. J., on the charge of mur- dering Tillie Smith in the kitchen of the Hack etts own Methodist Institute.
 Arrests of Anarchists and seizures of arms and inflammatory literature continued to be made in Chicago. but there was no appear, ance of . renewal of the attack on the police. In Minneapolis, Minn., a wall of the Brac- cit block fell in, burying dozen workmen. Eleven have been taken out, four of whom are dead, and the others more or less seriously Injured. The Prohbitionis.s of New Jersey pro- pose to take an active interest In the coming Gubernatorial campaign, and . candidate for Governor will be nominated in Newark on May 37th.
 Charles Woerner, . German druggist, and domestic named Kate Woerner, with whom he was enamored, committed suicide at the same time in the home Of the former At S.. Paul, Minn.
 The trial of an aged couple for arson at Belleville, Ont, gave rise to several affecting made an appeal to the jury, of half an hours duration, for mercy.
 The April report of the Board of Health of Boston shows that there were 739 deaths from all causes, against 930 in April of last against 1s0 last year.
  while eating dinner was checked by piece of meat which got into the air tubes, death en- suing in . very few minutes, all efforts to re- heve her having proved fruitless.
 The strikers in Buffalo, Boston and other places held meetings, and adopted resolutions denouncing the Chicago rioters and expressing sympathy with the families of the officers who fell while in the discharge of their duty.
 The Supreme Court of Appeal of Virginia rendered decision in the case of T. J. Clu- 1885, of Fannie Lillian Madison, known as the reservoir murder mystery. Cluverius is to hang.
 A party of lynchers broke into the jail st St. Bernard parish, La, and seizing negro prisoner, named Robert Smith, took him out aud hanged bim to . tree. Dick Walker, young negro, was hanged by 6 mob in Char lotte county, Va.
 George Coe and a younger brother and an other gentleman surprised . burglar in c schoolhouse New Englewood, NJ. The burglar shot George Coe twice. no doubt fatally, and was himself left upon the ground ss dead when young Cos was carried home. The burglar re- vived and got away. Young Coe showed great cou age in the encounter.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 "A bill was introduced in the House by dent to offer a reward of $25, 900 for the kill. ing or capture of Geronimo.
 It is reported that the President Is giving much attention to the great mass of pension bills which were laid before him last week. The Record shows that they, were rushed through with great rapidity, and the President seems to think that most of the bills received very little attention.
 Senator Hoar, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported favorably Senator Ingalls, joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing that tho 30th of April shall hereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as the commencement of the official term of the President and Vice President and the Congress.
 The Governors of various States are ir- quiring of the Secretary of War if they are en- titled to draw any further supplies of arms and ammunition. Gov. Rusk of Wisconsin has, made requisiklon for all the rifles to which his State is entitled, and it is said the Wis consin militia was never in . better condi- tion to put down . mob. The Governor Of Nebraska was notified that 400 stand of Springfield rifles of improved model were ct his disposal.
 The House disposed of the River and liar, Dor bill, after nearly three weeks debate. The provision relating to the continuation of the Mississippi River Commission was struck out At the eud of the debate Mir. Holman moved to recommit the bill, with instructions to re port bill appropriating SS, GOO, ,0OO-one-third less than the present bill-to be expended un- der the direction of the Secretary of War on such public works as in bis judgment ought to be further improved. This motion was de- feated:-Yeas 85, nays 157.
 FOREIGN ITEMa
 Henri Rochefort, the noted Socialist has fought bloodless duel, each party firing four harmless shots.
 The news from Burmab is that the natives have got possession of Mandalsy. and have destroyed by fire no less than 1, 900 houses.
 Sixty thousand dollars was received from America during fortnight for the benefit of the Irish National League.
 A correspondent in Vienna sends an ac- count or an attempt, as is supposed, by nihi- hs.s to fire the forest near Livadla, where the Czar is staying.
 In the English House of Commons Mr. John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, gave notice that he would move to prolong for . limited period the operations of tho act of 1881 for the preservation of peace in Ireland.
 The officials of the French Hebrfdes Conl- pany ou Espiritu Santo Island have been mas tscred by natives from Port Stanley. The Gov, rnor of New Caledonia has despatched a transport with troops to the island 10 render any assistance that may be required.
 The Greek situation has become bcllger e1t. The representatives of all the Powers except Ru- sia have retired from Athens. the Greek Minister of Constantinoplo has been ordered home and large bodies Of Gre k troops are hurryiDg to tho front. War will probably break out in Thessaly while tue Powers will blockade tic Greek ports
 Labor Notes.
 The Missouri Pacific strike has been de- clared of officially.
 The plumbers in Buffalo struck for eS.5O a day, which was refused.