Connecticut western news., 1888-10-10
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS


 DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns. JACKSONVILLE. Oct 7.-Pi esident Neal Mit- chels official bulletin for the twenty-four hours ending at 6 p. m. to-day is as follows: New cases, SS; deaths, g; total number cases 10 date. 5, l57; total number deaths, 291.
 The epidemic has almost run itself out, as can be seen by the daily decrease in the num- Der of new cases. The weather is cool and frost is looked for daily. The Jacksonville Press Club has passe1 resolutions apprecia- tive of the interest taken in them by the news paper men of the country.
 The United Ststes cruis-r Baltimore" was launch, at Cramps ship yard on the Del aware. Mrs. Theodore D. Wilson, wife of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction of the Navy Department. christened the vessel Sec retary Whitney was pasent. There was very large crowd of onl ,okers. The launch was in every way a success. The Baltimore" is the largest vessel yet constructed for the navy.
 John Brown, Q farm hand, was killed by powder magazine explosion near Roanoke, Va. Fragments of Browns body were found over 300 yards from where the magazine stood. revolver with two chambers exploded was also found, and it is supposed that Brown shot at the magazine and caused the explosion. Houses in Roanoke were greatly damaged, and the shock was felt fifteen miles away.
 The Kishpough Mines, the largest ore pro ducing mines in Warren County, N. J., have suspended operations. They have been in &C., tive operation for nineteen years. A shaft has been sunk to the depth of 800 feet and the vein is found to be exhausted.
 A D. troit despatch says: The Calumet and Hecla copper product for the month of Sep tember was the largest yield ever made in the history of the mines. It amounted to S,OS4I tons.
 A young man named A,f man, member of an athletic association, was swinging club, to which was attached large iron ball, in Cincinnati. The ball flew off and struck James Caull on the head crushing his skull The Richmond, Va, Exposi, ion was form ally opened in the presence of 20, 900 people. Mrs. Lee, wife of the Governor, set the ma chinery in motion by touching an electric but on. There was . magnificent street parade revious to the ceremonies at the Fair Grounds. Aaron King one of the best known rail- road men of New England, died at Nashua, N. H., aged 70.
 The National bank and nino stores of Clarinda, Iowa. were damaged to the extent of S25, 900 by fire.
 "A destructive hail storm visited portions of Kentucky and Ohio, causing great damage to tobacco and other crops.
 D. P. wisgintou, of California, has been pl ccd on the American party ticket as candi- date for Vice President in place of Judge Green, who declined.
 A diver rec ntly employed to locate the mnken City of Chester in San Francisco Har- Dor found it in fifty fathoms of water. He also found three bodies distorted in horrible shape. The sight of the bodies so mortified him that he refused to continue his search.
 "A fast express struck and instantly killed two journeymen shoemakers-John H. Lar kins, of Newark, and William Hallaran of New York-who were walking along the track oward New Brunswick, N. J., for work. . MT. Allison presented the Republican Tsrin bill in the Senate. It raises the taxes on wool ard makes a big cut on sugar, tobacco and alcohol used in the arts.
 The great sugar trust has closed two re- hneries in Williamsburg, throwing seven hun dred men out of work fer the winter, and the price of sugar is being put higher. The Bay State refinery in Boston has also been closed by the trust.
 "A dispatch received from Sheriff Dixson of Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, announces 3. Morris Vain of Philadelphia and Charles Livingstone Strong of Rondout, N. r., the young men who were killed while asleep in camp near Rock Springs, Wyoming, while on . hunting expedition. The dispa.ch says the murderer is in jail and will be given . speedy trial.
 The State Line steamer State of Georgia, Capt. Noodle, which sailed from New York Sept. 20 for Glasgow, has not vet arrived. Much anxiety is felt owing to the non arrival of the steamer
 The Rev. J. G. Jones, the oldest Methodist minister in the Southwest. died at Hazlehurst Miss, at the age of S6. He was a member of the Mississippi Conference for 65 years and was in active service for half 8 century. He was the author of the "History of Methodism an Mississippi and several other works.
 A circular has been sent out by Pitts- burg firm which is additional evidence of how rapidly steel is superseding iron. It says the 6rm will make the same prices for soft steel plates are now quoted for iron plates for bridges, ship, tank, and structural work gen. erally.
 The cranberry crop of Cape Cod received . serious set back from tho frosts, and when reports are all in they cannot fail to show the loss to be the heaviest for years.
 King Kalakaua goes to Melbourne next month to attend the Exposition.
 John D. Caperton and John Pearce were drowned in the river above Louisville by the capsizing of their sailboat.
 Near Nazum's Mills, W. Va, William Will Hams, 80 years old, struck his wife in fit of anger and 90 injured her that she died.
 Tho members of tho Cherokee Strip Cattle Association are in trouble over an order from Secretary Villas forbidding the leasing of Cher- okee lands. The cattle barons stand ready to
  ent privileges.
 A diabolical attempt to wreck . heavily loaded excursion train was made on tho Dwight Branch of the Chicago & Alton road, between Wenona and Lascon, III. Kerosene was poured on the ties and stringers of . small culvert, rags were saturated in the oil and all set on fire. It was discovered by the engineer just in time.
 The wife of Chief Justice Agnew of Pa. di cd in Pittsburg.
 John D. Copeston and John Perry Pearce, of Louisville, were drowned in the Ohio River.
 The retail price of bread advanced one cent . loaf in Chicago. The wholesale price is unchanged.
 A man and woman have made $5, 900 in Chicago, by selling cleverly forged tickets on tho Illinois Central Railroad.
 w. F. Daly, the actor and sporting man, Is dying of blood poisoning from 8 wound in the hand received by striking . man in the teeth.
 Fred Kamping of Newport, Ky, shot his mother-in-law, and then dehed the police from his barricaded house. He also wounded po- iceman and little schoolgirl, and then sur rendered.
 The largest passenger engine in the world has just been finished by the Rogers works, Providence, R. l., for the New York, Provi- dence and Boston railroad. The driving wheels are six feet in diameter. It takes three tons of coal to get up steam.
 The surface of land over the Mill Greek mine near Wilkesbarre, Pa.. caved in. Twenty two houses were wrecked and several persons injured.
 The St. Petersburg Scet, in view of the in f1ux of Chinese into Siberia, states that meas ures arc being taken to regulate their immi- grafton into that country.
 I, Congress tho Chinese Exclusion bill, accom- panied by | message giving reasons for the