Connecticut western news., 1886-04-21
NEWSOFTHEDAY.
GENERAL ITEMS.

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 GENERAL ITEMS.
 The journeymen and shop tsilors of Milwau- kee. numbering about five hundred, are on 8 strike.
 The Poles are arming for another con- flict in the neighborhood of their church in Detroit
 A little girl in Chelsea, Mass, was killed by forcing rubber balloon down her wind pipe in fall.
 Eight boycotters who declared war against Mrs. Gray's bakery in New York city, were ar rested and fined from S1 to S5
 "A Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts Is on trial for aiding in a pension fraud by Egning a false acknowledgements.
 Major William II. Quincy, well known character in New York. having filled many prominent offices, committed suicide.
 The Tsmmany Hall General Committee of New York, adopted resolutions indorsing Gladstones Irish home rule scheme.
 Seven men. wrecked on 6 raft near Louis- vile, Ky. were rescued from the flood after several hours suffering in tho drift
 Two miners, named Doyle and Garfield, died from suffocation by escaping gas in the Phoenix Bark College, Pottsville. Pa.
 A young man who recently inherited fortune of S25,, 900 has squandered 1t, and was punished ill Boston for passing worth less check.
 A mob at Winnipeg attacked party of Italian laborers engaged to work at low wages on the Canadian Pacific road. Several per sons were injured
 MT. John Welsh, ex-Minister of the United States to England, died in Philadelphia of pneumonis. He was prominent and highly respected gentleman.
 At Sundays meeting of tho Central Labor Union in New York resolutions were unani- mously adopted condemning Jay Gould tor the St. Louis disturbances.
 A disastrous fire broke ont in the picker room of the Pemberton Mills in Lawrence, Mass, during which the roof and 8 portion of wall fell, injuring seven iremen.
 A fire, supposed to have been started by one of the prisoners in the St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary in New York, resulted iu considerable damage to the building.
 A burglar entered the sleeping room of MT. F. Kendall of Loekport, Ohio, He drew pistol, but Mir. Kendall was too quick for him, and the intruder fell dead at the first fire.
 The Spanish guuboat Fleche has been or dered to Key West to take on board and re- turn to their homes all the Cuban cigarmakers ment
 Tho divers inspected the Oregon and found her broken in two. They made meas urements of tho hole in her side. The wreck of schooner was driven ashore, but she could not be identified.
 It was reported Monday in Scranton that Messrs. Gould and Hoxie are trying to arrange a plan for 8 speedy settlement of the strike. Mir. Powderly appears to be hopeful of an early termination of the trouble.
 Mir. Joseph Pulitzer has forwarded to the Secretary of S ate, at Albauy, his resignation ss Representative of the Ninth New York Dis trct in Congress. He says his private busi- ness demands all of his attention.
 -Tillie Smith. eighteen years old, a servant at the Methodist Episcopal Institute, Hacketts- town, N J., was found in a field near that place, outraged and murdered. Her murder efs are supposed to be two strange peddlers.
 The manifests of the cargoes of arms shipped for the supply of the alleged fllibus- tering expedition to Central America have been transmitted to the United State ant ori- ties as evidence against the City of Mexico.
 James Richmond, president of the Broad way Railway Company, was arrested ly Gen. tral Office detectives, on an indictment charg- ing him with be ng connected with the Broad way (New York; Railroad franchise bribery.
 Word comes of steamer lost off the coast of New Zealand twonty-n nine persons perish ing. and of dismasted American schooner drifting in the ocean, from which the were saved after seventeen days of suffering. Recorder Smythe, of New York, denied Alderman Jaehne's application for a bill of particulars of the circumstances under which he is alleged to have confessed that he was bribed to vote for the Broadway Railroad franchise.
 A strike on the Third avenue surface line including four roads in New York, began Fri day morning. The cause of the strike was that the road would not discharge seven drivr- CTS and conductors on the road who did not belong to the Knights.
 A dispatch from St. Johnsbury, Vt., an- nounces the death of Thaddeus Fairbanks, in bis ninety-hrst year. He was the last of t original members of the firm of E. & T. Fair banks, who half century ago established scale manufactory in Passumpsic River Valley. An explosion occurred on the 20th ult. on board the small river steamer Colombia, at the Island of Tumaco. Fifteen persons were killed and tweniy-two seriously injured. Thir- teen persons escaped unhurt. The steamer, which was about to start for Barbadoes, was c, mpletely destroyed.
 Two skirmishes with Yaqui Indians in Mexico resulted in the defeat of Mexico troops with the loss of three killed and eight wound ed. The Indians also captured the arms, am- munition and baggage of the Mexican out posts The Indians, who are under Ca jeme, are reported to number 4,00O. The Mexicans number 2,GO0.
 Edward A. Boyd, the millionaire glass inn porter, has been pardoned by President Cleve- land. Boyd had contracts for furnishing plate glass for several federal buildings, and was all lowed to import free of duty. He imported thirty-five cases of gla-s which he sold private iy and on being detected was tried, convicted and sent to the penitentiary for two years on July 6. 1885. He is in poor heslth.
 It is said that the official statistical inves- tigation foc April makes a reduction of the winter wheat area Of ]. 800. 600 acres from tho area seeded two years ago and per cent. TO- ducIion from the area seeded year ago. New York, 9T; Kentucky, 95; Illinois, S5; Calfor- mia, 90; Pennsylvania, 9S; Michigan, go; Mis- souri, 92 Ohio. 90, Indiana, 95; Kansas, 8l; Oregon, 103. The damage to tho wheat crop from the Hessian fly was reported as slight.
 Charles Humphrey Moves, the founder of the Oneida Community. died at his home at Niagara Falls, Ont. Mir. Moves was born in Erattleboro, Vt., on the Sd of September, 181l. He started tko Putney (Vt-) Community, which began to practice his noted idea. This was more than Putney could stand. The in habltants rose mp as one man. They threat ened the Moves Community with oire ven- geance and stoned each member who ventured to appear on the public streets. They had to leave the town. After beng scattered in diff fcrent directions for a time, they all met to- gether in Oneida, N. '.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS
 The House of Representatives has passed resolution for the appointment of commit tee to investigate the labor troubles on the Gould lines.
 In the House, Mir. O'Neill (Mo.) asked unanimous consent for the present considera- tion of resolution dec'arns that the United States earnestly sympathizes with the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone and his associates in their efforts to secure 8 free Parliment for the people of that hitherto unhappy country on the prospect of an early and successful ter imitation of their long and patriotic struggle for the right of moral self government. It was hid over under the rules.
 The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics TO ports that the total values of the exports of domestic breadstuffs from the United States during the month of March, 1885. and durir S the three and nine months ended March 3l, 1886, as compared with similar exports during the corresponding periods of the proceeding year. were as follows: March, 1885, S11, ,559, T43: 1SS6 SlO, 025 5S4 Three months ended