Connecticut western news., 1888-06-20

NI w ID 11N DllOll OODEN. DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
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 Miss Clara Barton, president of the Ameri- can Red Cross, sent the following telegram of condolence to the Empress Augusta: "Our prayers and hearts are with you in this night of woe"
 Samuel E. Hunt has been appointed re- ceiver of the Ohio and Northwestern railroad.
 Two freights collided on the Burlington road At Buds, Ills, and the baggage-master was fatally injured.
 Mine. Diss Debar and her s'husband" have been convicted by New York jury of con- spfracy, in attempting to obtain money from Lawyer Marsh on false pretences. strong Instrumentation of mercy was added to the verdict.
 ported to the House, appropriates S23. 714, ,79S, being $l ,20S, 257 increase over last year.
 The Anawam mill at Fall River, Mass, running over 10, 900 spindles and 200 looms, was destroyed by fire, the result of 8 lightning stroke.
 Baird & Benson's brick block, in Lee, kasS., was burned. Loss, S5O,OOO.
 The Rev. Francis Peabody delivered the baccslaureate sermon at Harvard College.
 At San Diego, in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, . railway train plunged through a bridge and two Americans were killed. The accident was due to the washing out of the foundations of the bridge.
 Reuben Riley, of Yarn vile, s. C., was loading an old mqsket, using an iron ramrod. He was holding the gun in leaning position position ed. Riley's wife happened to be ftanding near the house and directly in front of the gun. The ramrod passed through her right breast and pinned her to the wall of the house. The wound is considered fatal.
 The Daily O6serpeT, a new morning Re publican paper, has made its appearance in Newport. F. G. Harris is the editor and pro- prietor.
 The upper stories of Hutchin's box fac tory, in Auburn, Mass, were gutted by fire. The lower floor was badly damaged. An ad- $s5,Oo0.
 Mrs. Belva Lockwood. who has been nomi- mated for the Presidency on the ticket of the Equal Rights party, Is, according to official re port, 58 years of age. She began school teaching when she was IA, and studied law and was admitted to the Bar when she was 43. Edward Rice, alais Big Ed Rice" has been found guilty of the robbery of S1, 900 from the Canadian Express Company at Port Hope in October, 1883. Rice is one of the most noted criminals in America, and has been connected with some of the largest bank and ex press jobs In Canada and the United States.
 D. W. Lawrence, a patent medicine doctor, shielded at Mt. Holly Springs.
 By an explosion of an oil tank at Cam- bridge, Mass, five men were badly injured
 The stone monument m rking the site where Stonewall Jackson WIS shot was dedica- ted in Charlottesville, Va.
 -Minnesota authorities have decided to at tack the locusts in Perham with coal oil and tar.
 A large and very influential body of Balti- moro citizens followed the remains of MT. T. Harrison Garrett to the grave.
 The Arthur Kill Bridge was opened pre- paratory to the entrance of the Baltimore Railroad into New York harhor.
 -Vassar College graduated thirty-six young women with interesting ceremonies.
 The thermometer at Nebraska City regis tered 102 degrees in the shade. Several minor cases of sunstroke were reported, but none were fatal.
 Several members of the Irish National League have been arrested in Ireland as the result of secret inquiries. Some of the persons lAken into custody were charged with declin- ihg to give evidence at the trials of various of fenders.
 The President approved the bill to es- tablish . Department of Labor.
 Farmers about Hardenburgh, N. Y., say that the bears are killing many sheep.
 The Secretary of the Treasury has ap- pointed Hudson Caskill to be Keeper of the Harvey Cedars Life Saving station on the coast of New Jersey.
 The Eighth New York Cavalry held a re- union in Rochester, and . number of old veterans from all parts of the country were present.
 John J. Hays, for syears Treasurer of Van derburgh county, Ind, walked out of 8 second story window while asleep, and died of his in: juries.
 shingle mil in Grand 1alteyA Ai1i fsll on q large circular saw and was cut in two. He leaves a wife and eight children
 The Bolivar Flouring Mills, six miles from ary fire. A large quantity of wheat and corn was consumed. The loss is S30. GOO.
 Luis Huller $ Go. have signed new con- tract with the Mexican Government reforming their concession for 8 railroad from Chihua- hua and Hidalgo to Sierra Madre. Work on the road will be begun immediately.
 The Board of Trustees of Franklin and Aarshan College, Lancaster, Pa, lately refused to accept Dr. Thomas G. Apples res ignation of the Presidency, and he agreed to serve another year, being relieved of the dis cipline of the college.
 In the Rhode Islard General Assembly tho election or Jonathan Chace, United States Senator for six years from March 4, 1889, was confirmed and officially announced by the Governor in the joint Assembly, the records of both Houses being read showing the above re- Gult.
 At Georges, 8. O., lightning struck the house of Prof. NJ. c. Connert and instantly killed Miss Annie Brown, aged 22. The light ming entered the window, passed over an in- fant in . cradle without injuring it, and struck Miss Brown, who was sitting in chair in the middle of the room.
 The Rev. Augustus W. Cowles, D. D., IL. D., President of Elmira Female College since its foundation, thirty three years ago, and an instructor of reputation, has tondered his re- 5gnation to the trustees, impelled by advanc- ing age. The resignation will take effect in June, 1889.
 By the fall of some staging at the River side oil station, CrmbridSepart, Mass, three men fell y-fiye feet and xrara