Connecticut western news., 1888-10-31
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns

from Many Redundant Columns The Berkshire woolen, Company of Great Burlington, Mass, failed. The capital stock Is $1OO,00O. Assets and liabilities unknown -Isadore Meyer and Gillaume Ladore of Helena, Mon, who sailed from Stubb's Ferry for Q trip up the Missouri, have not been heard from, and it is feared they have been drowned.
 Carl Shekelman of Columbus, Ind, who has just returned from 8 tour of Central Africa has brought home with him year old negro prince, whose father is king of the Lonagan country. The prince is uncivilized. The murder of a policeman on duty in Elkhart, Ind, by one just dismissed from the fore for drunkenness, has reused the people to the point of attacking the jail to lynch the murderer.
 Policeman James Brennan, of New York, was shot and killed by Henry Carlton, an ex- convict, known to the police as Handsome Harry" Carlton was seeking to avoid ar rest.
 Mary Crocker, Is years of age, of Barn. stable Mass, died of hydrophobia resulting from bite by pet dog year ago.
 John keegan, of Scranton, Pa, convicted of killing Mrs. Patrick Bartlett, was sen fenced to twelve years in the penitentiary.
 A man, supposed to be P. Hartmann of Harrodsburg, Ny, committed suicide at the main door of the Centennial Exposition at Cincinnati by cutting his throat.
 Yellow fever is decreasing in Jacksonville, but on the increase in Southern Florida.
 "A legacy to be divided between two broth at Brellam, Ark, caused aquarrelin which one of them stabbed the other, inhictingmor- tai wounds.
 A special from Kansas City, Mo, says that two freight trains on the Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee road colhded at Minne vile, a small station north of there. Two firemen and two brakemen were killed. Both of the trains were badly wrecked.
 Fireman Charles Baum and Engineer Foote were killed in collision near San Jose, III.
 Louis Bittner committed suicide in Louis vile by shooting himself
 Captain Simpson, of the steamship Els calona, fell overheard at St. John, N. B., and was drowned.
 The jury investigating the death by burn ing of young Thomas F. Dalton, aged 10, of St. Louis, returned verdict that he came to his death by his mother, pouring burning ol over deceased s clothing and setting fire thereto. hemother wasin- toxicated when the crime was committed, and had quarreled with her son.
 The Rev. Robert Eckles, Methodist minister, was killed by train in Reno, Pa, while crossing the track.
 The Union Palace Car Company, with a capital of g, ,OOO, 900. has been organized in opposition to the Pullman Company. The Grand Jury at Provo City, Utah, found 234 indictments for offences that grew out Of the practice of polygamy.
 -Croton oil was put into the soup at O communion service of Dunkards in Hunting ton county, Ind, and of the participants at the service three will probably die.
 The Coroner's Jury has decided that Con- ductor Bowman and Engineer Fuller are re- sponsible for the accident near Shippensburg, Pa, where one man was killed and fifteen persons injured.
 Sylvester Grubb, who shot and killed his sweetheart on the Princeton fair grounds, Eincennes, -Ind last September, was sen- fenced to be hanged April 19. He received his sentence without betraying any emotion.
 The last spike of the St. Paul, Minneapo- lis and Manitoba system was driven in Sioux Falls, Dak., amid shrieking of whistles, ring ing of bells and booming of cannon. The road will be known as the Wilmar and Sioux Falls road. 1t has cost Sioux Falls $65, 900 and is the seventh line entering the city.
 At a meeting in Paris of the Republican Left of the Senate it was shown that the ma jority of the members of the Senate were op- posed to Premier Bouquets proposal for the revision of the Constitution. They consider the scheme to be fraught with danger to par hamentary power, and at the same time to the liberty of action of the Executive.
 Peter Commisky, an employee of the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Greenville, Me, was literally blown to pieces by the explosion or two large caps O1 IulmlnatlnS pOWuer. ne was holding them in his hand, when a spark from forge ignited them.
 The r., ,OOO coke workers in the Connels- vile region were notified of an advance of from to 10 per cent. in their wages, to take effect on Nov l, when the price of coke will be advanced 25 cents per ton, in accordance with the agreement made by the operators.
 David yeatar, barkeeper, shot his wife aud himself at Colfax, W. T. Both died al- most instantly.
 The Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen, which has been in session at Columbus, Ohio, adjourned. The federation scheme was dropped.
 A passenger train on the Fitchburg road ,elescoped . freight train which was standing on the track just below Eagle Bridge station. Engineer Vsndervoort of the passenger train sustained a broken nose and serious internal injuries, and Conductor Gray was also hurt. Not passenger was injured. The locomotive of the passenger train was wrecked. as was also the caboose of the freight.
 Maggie Watts, colored, aged 24 years, was arrested in Providence. She is wanted in New Bedford for drawing pistol on school teacher, who had refused to allow her brother to leave school on her demand.
 As . result of ssOld Hutch's" grip on the wheat market, the e1portation of wheat from the port of Boston has fallen oil from l6 car goes consisting of 409, ,S5S bushels, in Septem- Der, to cargoes, comprising 55,077 bushels, thus far this month.
 In Ansonia, Ct., while l6-year. old Patrick Crowley. a newsboy, was gathering chestnuts in Wallace's grove, . tree was blown down, striking him square the head, crushing his skull and killing him instantly.
 For years the Isthmus of Panama has been "quack's paradise" At last the Government hk grappled with the evil. Heavy fines or Imprisonment provided for the first three offences of practcing medicine, surgery, or pharmacy without being duly qualified, and the fourth offence Is punishable by expulsion from the Republic.
 James Clancey, of Chicago, went into his barn to feed his horse after dark. The horse bit his nose of. Clancey tried to get to the nearest drug store, but fell from loss of blood before reaching there. He is in some danger of blood poisoning.
 The residence and furniture store of Charles Nigabower, in Ilion, N. Y., were burn- ed. Nigabower and his daughter, aged twelve years, perished in the flames. The girl had rescued . younger brother and gone back.
 While Joaquin Miller was shooting quail, his horse jumped unexpectedly, and bullet went through his left hand, making a painful flesh wound. The only danger is from lock- jaw.
 Col. W. 0. Forry, United States Swamp Land Commissioner, was arrested at Iowa Falls and taken to Eldora charged with treating personal friend to drink of whiskey. He admitted it and was fined s10O and costs by Mayor Ward.
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