Connecticut western news., 1888-12-12
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 INA FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns


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 --The American Refining Company's works in San Francisco will be closed because the cargo of sugar from Java was seized by GUS toms officers. The employees, it is said, will lose $30, 900 in wages.
 Richard Gideon Israel Barnett, the To- ronto Central Bank wrecker, in charge of de- teetives, arrived from Liverpool at Halifax. The detectives at once started for Toronto with Barnett.
 Albert Bianchi, paymaster of the Mexican Veteran Corps, has become defaulter and has fled to the United States.
 At a prayer meeting near Tishamingo, Ind. T man opened fire on the congrega- tion. He wounded boy and a man, and was finally fatally injured himself.
 Postmaster General Dickinson has placed the railway Post office employees under the civil service law.
 A cablegram received at Portland, Ore, announces the massacre by natives at Canton of Miss Preston, an American lady attached to the missions, and of a number of Euro peans.
 Considerable of stir was madein Tank ton. Dak., over reports of a volcano having broken loose in Charles Mix county, sixty miles from there. It turns out to be a geyser, which is throwing hot mud all over the sur rounding prairie. The neighboring settlers are somewhat uneasy over the situation.
 William Elkins and William H. Pulk, both of Philadelphia, were struck and in stantly killed by the Washington express on the New York division by the Pennsylvania Railroad near Bridesburg, Pa. The men stepped off the track on which they had been walking to avoid @ freight train, and the ex- press coming in an opposite direction at a high rate of speed, struck them and hurled them high into the air.
 An attempt was made to rob the Farmers Bank, of Carlisle, Pa. The large windows were broken and so were the inside shutters. M. Albert, who had just been released from the Eastern Penitentiary ,and Frank Armstrong, alias Bud, both well-known criminals, were arrested, having been caught in the act. They are now in the county jail.
 A pool of capitalists from Delta and Me nominee Counties, Mieh., has been organized to prosecute work at O point where free gold was found four months ago. The place is near Foster City in the Felch Mountain dis trict. The pool has ample capital to explore the property thoroughly.
 A bill will be introduced in the House to give pensions to all soldiers and sailors hon. orably discharged who have reached the age of sixty years.
 The White Caps have appeared at Leip- sic, Ohio A dozen masked men went to the house of Joseph Selick. took him from his bed and cruelty whipped him. They threat ened that on their next visit they would bring halter. Selick may die from the shock re- sulting.
 The annual meeting of the Modern Lang uage Society, of which James Russell Lowell is President, will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, Tho United States government has deter mined to enforce it's decision that the steam ship Haytian Republic must be delivered up by sending armed vessels to Hayti. The Galena is ready for sea, and the Yantic and Klchmond are preparing.
 Two men lost their lives while cleaning out a still of the Peerless Oil Refining Com pany at Findlay, Ohio.
 w. J. Vannice, prominent resident of Cheyenne, was murdered by d tramp he had arrested for stealing jewelry. A strong shock of earthquake lasting nearly half minute was felt at Rimouski Father Point, Sainte-Flavie and Trois Pis toles, Quebec.
 John Weisel and wife, an aged German couple residing at Burnt Hill, N. r., attempt ed to cross a pond on thin ice and were drowned.
 David J. Whiteford, 0 farmer, was found dead in the road between Heuvelton and Melville crossing. St. Lawrence County, N. '. It is supposed that he fell from his wagon seat.
 
 ton, who was convicted in the district of Kentucky in October last of violating internal revenue laws, and sentenced to six months Imprisonment and to pay Q fine of $500
 The Most Rev. Donald Mcdonald, the Ro- man Catholic Bishop, of Hurbor Grace, has been appointed to the Archbishopric of To- rontO.
 pr MeBrien, a druggist and practitioner of Ottawa, Ont, has absconded His liabilities amount to fully $50 900, assets nominal.
 John William and Joseph Payne, who operated an illicit still in Wyoming county, West Virginia, were captured by revenue officers.
 The man who stole sl 200 in silver from lot of coin that was being transmitted by express from the New Orleans mint to the Treasury at Washington has been found, the money recovered, and the man released. H. c. Fisher, Superintendent of the Southern Express Company, located the man and re- covered the money, which had been concealed in n trunk at Bowling Green, Ky. Fisher will not give the name of the thief, who is of good family.
 Part of the southern wall of the McClary Company's building left standing after re- cent fire fell in on gang of workmen en- gagged in removing the debris, burrying three Of them. When they were extricated it was found that two of them had received fatal in. jury. The third man received severe injuries about the head but will recover.
 Fire was discovered in the extensive works of the Cortland Wagon Company at Cortland, N. Y.. and before it could be extinguished two thirds of the plant was destroyed. Loss over $20O,0OO.
 The stage from Mendocino to Ingrams, Cal, was stopped by a robber seventy ve miles north of San Francisco The driver was compelled to throw off the express box and two mail sacks, which the highwayman se- cured and then allowed the stage to go on. ia pnt hnt io toh ho heavy.
 The latest project of the Standard Oil Company is the construction of a pipe line from Lima, Ohio to St. Louis for the trans portation of oil for distribution over the Southern and Southwestern States The begin in the spring.
 While Josephine Denomie, aged Is, and her sister, aged 9, with their cousin, Lizzie Denomie, were walking on the icc-covered sur. face of Bad River, near OrDanah, Me-, on their way to school, the ice gave way and the three girls were precipitated into the water and two of them were drowned.
 Two young men. operating under the name of Hughes and Taylor, have swindled farmers and others in the southern counties of New York State out of SIS, ,0O0 and left fol parts unknown. They represented them ton, Pa. and thus succeeded in having con slgnments of farm produce forwarded to them. They pocketed the proceeds and de camped.
 Miss Anna May Moore, aged IS years, oi Antwerp, N. Y., shot herself in the head and died an hour later, nevcr recovering conscious ness. No cause can be given for the deed.
 The American Express got package oi money from the First National Bank of Min. neapolis to be sent to Chicago. Somewhere between the employees at the express office and the special express messenger on the train that package disappeared suddenly and completely. The amount in the package is unknown, but it is not thought to be over $5,0O0.
 The frozen body of a woman about sixty years old was found in the Hudson River, at