Connecticut western news., 1888-03-07
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns

Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns. A blizzard struck the Mohawk Valley. The mercury was near zero all day, and is eight degrees below at last advices.
 The indictments against Mrs. Emma Nal Tory, the evangelist, charged at Ozark, N. Y., with being accessory before and after the fact of the murder of Sarah Graham, and of being accessory to the fact of the bigamy of George Graham and Cora Lee, were nolle prosecuted. This ends the famous Graham murder case. At meeting of 200 painters, at Chicago, belonging to the Knights of Labor, it was de- cided to strike on March 15 If their recent de- mand for a minimum rate of S7l. cents an hour for an eight-hour day was not complied with. For the past year the minimum wage was 2iH cents an hour.
 Mrs. Susan Pollard, aged 1O6 years, diod at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Dustin in East Dedhan,, Mass. She was born in Rox- boro, Mass, the youngest of family of ten. Her husband died in 1926, and she had been & widow for tho intervening sixty-two years. She retained full possession of her sight, and never had to use glasses. Her hearing was bad, and her mind had been impaired for sev- eral years.
 -WhitesCaps a night or two ago visited the saloon at Alum Cave, mining village in the northwestern part of Clay county. They gave the saloon-keeper orders and left & bundle of switches. The saloon has been run on the loud order.
 While a couple of guards at Sing Sing Prison were walking through the yard inside in strange manner. When asked what he was doing there he replied that he was looking for his dog, which had run in at the gate. As the gate was closed, that would have been inn possible. Another guard recognized the man as . convict in & good suit of citizens clothes. He was taken into custody and returned to his cell. Where he got the suit of citizens clothes is mystery.
 Mrs. Ellen Silar, of IS Spring street, and James Nally, of 232 Clinton street, Trenton, with five other relatives. have fallen heirs by the death of their aunt, Mrs. Ellen Blake, in England, to a fortune ot S7,55O,0O0
 A west side, New York city, pleasure party of 2S young men and women met with a serious mishap on the Kings Bridge road at late hour Saturday night. They were rolling home ward in a four-horse conveyance, when they were suddenly precipitated down an embank- ment. None of the party escaped without bruises and two persons were so badly hurt as to require hospital treatment
 Baltimore parties have purchased of B. T. Treacy, Ashland Park Stock Farm, Kentucky, the gray lilly Fortunata, ,yearling, by Fayette for sl, 900, and the bay colt Bradstreet, year ling, by Banker, dam Fanny D., by Star AL mont, for S2,OOO.
 In the Rhode Island House of Representa- tives bill prescribing weekly payments to employees of manufacturing corporations and others was defeated by vote of 23 to 30.
 Senator Cockreu of Missouri is quite ill in Washington with symptoms of pneumonia.
 s. P. Croswell & Go. of Boston, wholesale dealers in fancy goods, have made an assign ment.
 The brigantine Sarah F. Kennedy, from New York for Savannah, has been given up for lost with all on board.
 A bill was passed in the Ohio Legislature requiring the teaching of temperance in the public schools.
 Tt is stated that Seckindorn X Levine, the hop firm. whose suspension is announced, will pay dividends of from 40 to 50 per cent. The sales of lots tobacco at Danville, Va, amounted to 14, ,S00,000 pounds, or nearly 5000, 900 pounds more than for the same time last year.
 The aggregate production of steel in this country for 1887 amounted to S. 739, ,750 net tons, which exceeds by 30 per cent. our pro- duction for 1856.
 The Secretary of War asks an appropria- ton of $3O, 900 for use in continuing the con- struction of the barracks for recruits at Dayid's Island, New York.
 The venerable banker, Valentine Winters, of Dayton, O., at . family dinner distributed  the heirs of two others.
 The Hondo Bridge, near San Antonio, Tex, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, broke through while a local freight was passing over it and Capt. Etheridge and Robert Hardesty were instantly killed.
 A special despatch from Granada says that Engineer Cartaya, or the Nlcaraguan Canal Company, shot Surgeon Birt and then sprang from balcony, breaking his neck He died instantly.
 The Ragsdalo House at Meridian, Miss, was burned. Loss $5O,0c0
 Thomas B. Muir of Chilesburg, Ky, has bought his partners half interest in the cele- Wilkes, dam by Gilrs.N Vermont, for s, 800.
 New York anarchists say that their news paper organ has lost their support because 1t IS not revolutionary enough.
 Prof W. R. Brooks of Rod House Observ- atory has just been elected a fellow of tho Royal Astronomical Society of England in recognition of his discoveries of comets.
 The barkentme Samuel Welsh, from Phil adelphia to Brunswick, Ga., with railroad iron sank twenty miles southeast of Currituck Light House. The crew were all saved. The vessel and cargo are total loss.
 Tho new Loomis Laboratory connected with the medical department of the Universit, of New York was opened.
 N. H. Ripley, hailing from Hartford, Ct., passed forged check on J. l.. Thompson furniture dealer of Lynchburg, Va. Ripley said that ho wanted to buy largely, and select ed S1, POO worth of furniture. and gave check on the Hartford Bank for Sl 800, whicl was cashed by tho First National Bank. telegram from Hartford exposed tho fraud Ripley cannot be found.
 The individual operators in tho Lehigi coal region will not confer with the striking miners, but say they can go back to work a old wages 1T they want to.
 Fire at Crawfordville, Ga., destroyed sev eral stores and residences. Loss, 15, 900.
 Claus Spreckels and his son started iron San Francisco for New York, to combat tn Sugar Trust.
 Hon. John D. Candee, editor of the Bridg port Standard IS dead. He was born in Ney York State, and graduated from Yale in 1s47.
 Henry c. Hudson of San Francisco wa swept into the ocean by breaker, at the Clii House, and drowned in view of 1000 people who made no effort to save him.
 Great enthusiasm prevails among the citi zens of Birmingham, Ala, as there has bee manufactured there the first steel ever mad from Birmingham ore.
 Engineer D. G. Cartaya of the Nicaragu Canal expedition, shot Dr. Birt in the breast severely wounding him. He then jumped frol the balcony of the Consulate at Graytown an broke his neck.
 The house of the Union League Club Minneapolis was burned. Loss $23, 300. The City Council of Gloucester, Mass adopted resolutions protesting against th adoption of the fishery treaty.
 THE GROWN PRINCE.