Connecticut western news., 1888-08-22
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 INA FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

 from Many Redundant Columns The Hiscox File Company of West Chelms- ford, Mass, has shut down for an indefinite period, owing to the persistent and aggressive war of large incorporated concerns. The stock holders voted to petition the company into in- solvency. The aggregate habi ities are in the neighborhood of SI0O, 900.
 The Kriegerbund of North America, vet erans of the Franco-German war, held their fourth annual convention at Cleveland.
 United States Commissioner Brazelow de- cided at Fort Smith that the Chickasaw Nation had no jurisdiction over the person or prop erty of a non-citizen, and therefore no right to collect the cattle tax of S' per head from him.
 John Gallagher, of North Lansing, visited the hen-house of Jacob Osborn once too often, for the loss of nearly one hundred chickens incensed the latter, and he used his shotgun so effectively that coroner's jury will sit on MT. Gallagher's case.
 President Cleveland declares his intention of breaking up nepotism in the appointment of staff officers in the army.
 Governor Lounsberry. of Connecticut, de clined the requested detail of army officers to attend the State encampment when 1t was learned that such officers should not be under the orders of militia officers of the State. Land Commissioner Stockslager finds that an innocent appearing amendment to the Sun dry Civic bill means harm to the public tim Der lands in protecting wealthy corporations from investigation or prosecution for practices that are deforesting many portions of those lands.
 A prominent Treasury official estimates that unless the government revenues are re- duced by tariff reform legislation the surplus will be increased to s2l4, 900, 900 by the end of the current fiscal year. !. An immense distillery is to be built at St. Louis by corporation of wholesale liquor dealers formed to fight the whiskey trust. The Moss Bay Iron and Steel Company of Warrington, Cumberland, one of the largest manufacturing firms in England, has pur- chased over ,, 900 acres of land in Seattle, Washington Territory, U. s. A., on the line Of and is about to erect blast furnaces, rolling mills and similar works at cost of $2, 0OO, 0OO The company proposes 70 build 8 model town of its own near Seattle for the accommodation of it's employees
 William Wakeman, a drummer for New York house, & large and active man, was stricken speeches. at Stauntop, Va. Just as Mir. s. D. Young, of the firm of Henry Young & Co was giving him an order, Mir. Wakeman sat down suddenly and wrote on pad, "I cannot speak" He was taken to his hotel and 8 doctor called in. It is supposed that his throat is paralysed. The physician thinks he will recover the use of his voice.
 Seventeen genuine dynamite bombs were found in pile of scrap iron at Newport, Ky. the other day. P. c. v Nortbley, of Philadelphia, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Isaac McAllis- ter, at Lawrence, Mass
 Rev. Robert Collier, of New York. will de liver the address at the unveillng of the Burns monument at Albany, September 30.
 Heavy rains fell in Southern Louisiana. flooding many cotton and sugar fields, and submerging the railroad tracks.
 The time between the Chicago and Mis- souri River, after the limited trains are taken fast trains; and two and 8 half hours faster than the best time before they were put on. Henry McPherson owner of the steamer Adirondack, on Chateaugay Lake, fell from the deck of the steamboat and was drowned. Secretary Endicott left Washington foi Salem, Mass. He will be gone about two weeks, and Gen. McFeeley will act in his ab- scnce.
 James E. Gale, President of the Haverhill, Mass, National bank, was prostrated by plr- alytic stroke and is in a critical condition.
 As Archibald McLoud was at work on a new bridge of the Boston and Albany railroad near Boston, he was seized with fit and fell twenty-two feet to the track below. He died soon afterward. He was 42 years old.
 The Harlem and Hollingsworth Company in Wilmington, Del: successfully launched the iron steamboat Maine, building for the Brook. lyn and New York Ferry Company. She is a side wheeler 1SS feet long over all; 62 feet beam, and IA feet deep.
 The iron yacnt Cnrton on the Delaware built at Roach's shipyard for 0. H. Mallory, o the Mallory line of steamers, was launched Ire boat is 100 feet long, 2l feet inche, beam over guards, and 9 feet 6 inches hold She will have compound engines, and will b< fitted up for speed and convenience for plea sure.
 The North Chicago rolling mills have tenn porarily shut down owing to the lack of or ders.
 The Manches ter and Richmond, Va, stree railway company will use electricity as mo tive power.
 E. O. Bailey, ticket seller tt the Bosto, Museum, dropped dead in the box office.
 Andrew Garrett, the last of the origina manufacturers of reapers and mowers, died a Shelby, Ohio, aged 76
 The Storrs Township distillery of Cincin natl has made proposition to the whiskey trust to manufacture the entire product for tn Cincinnati district. The proposition will bt considered at the meeting to be held at Peoria.
 The storms of last week in Iowa were tn most disastrous in years. Washouts were mum erous and crops seriously damaged.
 While laborers were digging trench a Pottsville, Pa, the bank caved and one ma was killed.
 Simon Wallace, aged thirty-one years, an, his mother, aged ffty-hve were burned t death at Charleston, W. Va.
 Colonel Austin c. Wellington, First regi ment, Massachusetts militia, was stricken wit paralysis at Boston, and is in precarious con dition.
 -Prosser's saw-mill, at Blooming Valley Mich, was the scene of boiler explosion, kill ing Engineer c. l.. Dodge and Orson Roby an, fatally injuring Mir. ProSser.
 Mrs. Joseph McDay and Kate Armstrong lately from Ireland, attempting to kindle fir with coal oil at South Adams, Mass, caused al explosion and were burned to death,
 The estate of the late yice-Presiden Wheeler, valued at SS0, 600, has just been set tied. Dr. Gay, who attended Mr. Wheeler fo msny years was allowed SlO0O) for services two relatives have each legacies of S5, 900, ant the American Board of Foreign Missions get S5,00O The Home Missionary Board is the residuary legatee.
 At Oneida, Iowa, lightning struck gan of harvesters, killing one and fatally injurine another.
 Mrs. Della Stewart Parnell, the mother O the Irish Home Rule leader, spoke at tine Peac Congress at Mystic, Conn.
 Salamanca No. 8, powerful gas and o we'll gusher, near Montpelier, Ind, has broke l. ose and farmers within halt mile of it dar not light fires.
 At Hannibal, Mo-, fourteen prisoners mad their escape from the county jail. A murder CT who was among those offered chance t get away, refused to join in the plan. At thi writing, four of the prisoners have been cap tured.
 Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is recoverin, from the injuries received at Newport. He face will not be disfigured.
 Reports show that wheat, oats, and sma grains in thirty-ive counties in Nebraska ar almost total failures,