Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed
 from Many Redundant Columns.

Iroh hany fSeOunuanC COlumns. The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott informally accepted the pastorate of Plymouth Church on the completion of his sermon. He had loved Plymouth Church as one of it's children, and deeply honored and respected Henry Ward Beecher, it's former pastor. He was not sur prised that some thought the call given him was unwise, and he wondered all did not agree with them. He had been much surprised at receiving the invitation to become permanent pastor. He knew he could not fill the church, but If the members of 1t worked as faithfully as they had during the winter it's success was fully assured.
 Boston Corbett, the slayer of John Wilkes Booth, escaped from the insane asylum st To- peks, Kansas. He had been an inmate of the institution for over year.
 The Great Perry stove works in South Iittsburg, Tenn., were burned, involving loss of S200, 900 of which one-fourth was in patterns. Four acres of buildings were swept away. business block went with them, and the little city had narrow escape The fire IS believed to have been of incendiary origin. The com pany moved from Albany, N. |.
 A Mitchell (Dakota) despatch says: All employees of the Milwaukee roads here were notified that they have been assessed one- third of their pay for the first six days of the month to help the company pay damages sustained through the ''Q" strike. Much in- dignation is felt
 pr. Ernst Schmidt, Chairman of the An- archist Defense Committee said in an inter- view: "The pardon of Neebe, Fielden and Schwab will enter into the present Illinois political campaign. If promise to grant Executive clemency were made by either candidate it would result in his defeat. I am not in favor of pushing the movement for a pardon at present, and believe that any at tempt to secure one would compromise the chances of the men,"
 Mary Geiger, pretty 21-year-old girl of Frederick, Md, took laudanum and died. She was to have been married, but her betrothed died short time ago. and the grief and disap- pointment caused her to take her life.
 In Maiden, Mass, Mrs. Abbie H. Corner, the Christian scientist" was found probably guilty of manslaughter in causing the death of her daughter, Mrs. Lettie James, by neglect ing to provide proper medical assistance at the time of her confinement on April IS last. She was held in S5.Oe0 bail for trial. Mrs. Sheridan, the mother of Gen. Sheri- dan, has been ill for ten days at Somerset Ohio, but is now much better.
 The jury in the case eff Thomas Smith, of Gloucester, Mass, on trial for the murder of Thomas A Lomasney by drowning in Glou- cester harbor on April 15, brought in verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and Smith was sentenced to State prison for life. The furniture store and building of Dr. Thomas and the grocery store of D. W. Jones in Wilkesbarre were burned. Loss estimated at $20,00O.
 At meeting of the Executive Committee of tho Presbyterian Homo Missions in Phila- delphia Mrs. Grover Cleveland was made life member. A Certificate of membership will be forwarded her.
 The chocolate factory of c. D. Brooks in Dcdham, Mass, was burned. The machinery and about $40, 900 worth of manufactured and raw stock was destroyed. The total loss is estimated at sSO0O0; insurance, S40,OO0.
 The Rev. George H. Purvis, D. D., of Pittsburg, who was elected to the Ecclesiasti- cal Chair of Princeton College recently, has declined, refusing to accept the place.
 Postmaster O. F. Royce, of Wales, Mass, was arrested charged with opening letters in the mails. Postmaster Inspector Knowlton, of Boston, made the arrest, and took Royce to Boston.
 -George P. Bristol, Assistant Professor of Greek in Hamilton College has accepted call to a similar place in Cornell University, and will enter on his duties at the beginning of the next academic year.
 -The mill of the Stillman Manufacturing Company of Westerly, R. l., which originally cost $lO0, 900, was sold at auction to Lucius Briggs, of Norwich, Conn.,, for $2 above mort gages, which amounted to S70,000
 Tho Northern Pacific Railway Company announces that the first trains will go through the great Cascade Tunnel. The abandon ment of the great switchback system, except for excursion or tourist trains, will follow.
 The new cooperative glass factory in Sand wich, Mass, has started up. The building is 70 by 50 feet in size, and has 8 six-pot fur mace. It was built and will be opened by locked out operatives of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.
 In rehearsing for an amateur presentation of ''Uncle Toms Cabin" at country school house, near Dillon, Neb., Thursday night, J. W. Fouls, the school teacher, pointed a pistol at Samuel Stump, thinking it was not loaded. It exploded, the ball passing through Stump 8 head, killing him instantly.
 -Tbe nuestiop of woman ,tfraoa in Wash. ington Territory came up before Judge Nash at Spokane Falls on a test case. The Judge delivered a lengthy opinion, in which he de- cided that the act of Legislature extending the franchise to women is unconstitutional.
 William D. Burnham, an insane man, was instantly killed near Concord, N. H. He was being brought to an asylum, and jumped from the train, which was going at the rate of 20 miles an hour. Burnham was instantly killed, his neck being broken. Selectman Edgerly of Epping. who endeavored to capture Burn ham, was dragged from the train, and received severe scalp wounds.
 Tho Ohio Prohibition State Convention after two hours debate over woman suffrage that, and nominated for Secretary of State Walter r. Payne, of Fostoria; Board of Public Works, J. W. Penfeld, of Willoughby; Supreme Judge, John F. Moore, of Jackson. Dele gates were also chosen to the National Con yention.
 President Goodae of the Cincinnati Cham Der of Commerce has appointed a committee of ten gentlemen to go to Washington to invite President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland to at- tend the opening of the Centennial E1posi tion on July 4.
 The Post Office at Attleborough Mass, was entered by burglars and about B ,21O in stamps taken. The handle was knocked out of the safe and a hole was drilled around the lock. A man and his wife who live in an ad- joining block the affair, but were sc frightened that they dared not give the alarm
 Jefferson Davis is going to Jackson, Miss to attend the laying of the corner stone of the Confederate monument.
 Tho judges of tho Philadelphia license court lave completed their work. Out of g total of 5, ,429 applications for retail liquor licenses only ,251 were granted. The saloons licensed in 1887 numbered 5713. The new licenses go into effect on June 1. Among the notable places to which licenses were refused ii Schuetzen Park, famous resort for German picknickers.
 To the creditors of the Schlicht and TielG Company, Rochester, N. Y. Mir. Briggs, coun sel for the company, said the firm had sunl Sl30, GOO in the Cosmopolitan Maqazine It liabilities were S301 ,3S2; assets-nominal S393, 164; actual, SS4. G39. The company own ed several patents and inventions, but as means of raising ready money they were not o much value.
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