Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Co ndensed from Many Redundant Columns.

IN A FEW BRIEF w OHDS. Interesting Paragraphs Co ndensed from Many Redundant Columns. Two burglars who had broken into 6 safe iu Wards grocery at Greenfield, Mass, were captured at the work by an officer. They had revolvers with them, but dared not use them Charles A. Riedel was hanged at Whining ton, Del, for the murder of his wife and child last September. He was an atheist, and killed them because he thought they would be better of dead than struggling with the world. Experiments at Chicago prove Texas fever to be contagious.
 Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell, was hanged at St. Louis for the murder of Cnarles Arthur Preller.
 Louis Phinney of Haverhill and William Sanford, employed in track laying on the Fitchburg Railroad, near South Acton, Mass, were killed by being struck by an express train.
 Burglars entered the residence of F. l.. night, chloroformed MT. and Mrs. Smith, and secured S100 in money, $1 ,0O0 worth of nc gotiable paper, and valuable watch.
 Charles Carroll of Baltimore, aged 23, wh,, with his mother, has been boarding at New London was drowned while bathing. He was descendent of Charles Carroll of Carrolton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Tho United States steamers Galena, Yantic and Ossippee have gone to Halifax, N. s.
 The Southern Ute Indians listened to an argument for removal to Utah, but did not seem disposed to give their consent to it.
 The widow of Lyman Baker has given the Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio, an estate valued at S60, 900. In return she will reserve an annuity.
 Near Pueblo, Colorado, 10000 acres of coal land have been sold to Pennsylvania syndicate for $S, $50, ,Oc0. The land lies partly
 &l.- lv~u N1,xy> >fr- The sellers, who represent 900 separate claims, are mostly residents of Triuidad, Pueblo and other Colorado towns. Some of the coal veins are twelve feet thick.
 James D. Leary's log raft, which started from Joggips, N. s., on Aug. l, in tow of two tugs, has arrived safely in the port of New York.
 Five large sharks were caught in seine at Bailey's Beach, near Newport, R. l.
 The monitor Terror has sailed from the League Island Navy Yard for New York to be fitted and completed.
 -Diphtheria is prevalent in the town of Everett, Mass. There has been an average Of one death 8 day this month, although the population is but 5000.
 The mansion of millionaire George c. Robinson in Wakefield, R. l., was entered by burglars aud $I 900 worth of silverware carried off,
 The Michigan Knights of Labor have in-
  ply to urge on that body the adoption of Hen ry Georges single tax policy. Several thou sand signatures have been obtained in Texas to petition to the Legislature for the adoption of the same idea. There is also amovement of similar character in the District of Colum- bia.
 Jacksonville, Fla, is panic stricken, and ten thousand of it's people have run away through fear of Yellow Jack.
 pr. w. F. Hendley, of Cincinnati, denies D SE an ally of the American party and takes part in politics.
 Capt. Jack Williams the noted Maltese swimmer, foated down the Mississippi from Alton, H., to St. Louis Mo-, twenty-five miles, with his legs tied together and his hands tied behind his back. He started at II a. m., and arrived there at in the evening, large num- Der of people being on the bridge to receive him. He foated all the ways on his back and was accompanied by a few friends in 8 small boat.
 U |. Sullivan was thrown from buggy during drunken spree, and received rather severe injuries about the head and face. He WAS afterwards arrested.
 Inspector Bonfeld has gone to Denver, Colorado, on the trail of Tascott, the supposed murderer of millionaire Amos J. Shell, and hopes to effect his capture.
 The weavers of the Palmer Carpet Mill at Palmer, Mass, are out on strike. They claim that they cannot live on the wages at present paid them.
 A bomb made of gaspipe, about eight inches long, with fuse attached, was found in the smelling works in South Canal street, Chicago.
 John Callahan, former resident of Car bondale, was found dead at Mill Creek, four miles north of Wilkesbarre, Pa. His arms were pinioned behind him with a rope made of woman's skirt, and his neck was broken. A dispatch from Valparaiso says: The rvoir ha1n cyfrcy fp fha RraU hac burst, flooding the principal streets of the city. Upwards of 200 persons are reported drowned.
 A man named George E. Smith, formerly of Dumfries, Scotland, was drowned at Coney Island.
 He was met at the railway station by Emperor William and guard of honor and conducted to the castle.
 -Carelessness on the part of an engineer re- suited in a collision between two 70" freight trains in Chicago, and caused 8 loss of S40, ,0O0 number of oil cars were struck by the loco motive of the train going in an opposite direc- ton and upset. The oil, of which there was 2O,O0 gallons, was soon afire. It destroyed four Union Tank Line cars, and ruined the locomotive which was the cause of the trou- ble.
 Mrs. Francis A. Scott, widow of a distin- gui-hed Confederate gen ral, committed sui eide at Memphis on account of her extreme poverty. Sne nau sustained HerSelt TOT several months by sewing for tho inmates of the block in which she lived. In early life she was 8 belle in New Orleans society.
 Suits have been commenced in Iowa against tho Burlington, Northwestern and Rock Island roads for damages of s, 900 in each case for violation of the law.
 Col. Carroll D.. Wright has resigned as chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Massachusetts, and Horace G. Wadlin has been appointed to succeed him.
 Commodore Sehley, of the United States Navy, is i'll at his Newport residence.
 The validity of the Scott Liquor law, in New Brunswick, N. J., has been judiciaIly affirmed.
 The first bale of cotton of the season was sold at Louisville. It was graded strictly mid ding, and brought IA cents.
 -Brakemen on the Duluth and Iron Range railroad have struck for S65 per month an in crease of S10. Fifteen ore trains have been stopped.
 -Tworty conductors OF tho Milwaukee road have been ordered to headquarters to explain charges of systematically defrauding the rail- road.
 The Senate has passed the bill to prohibit Chinese laborers coming to the Unit d States
 -Prospectors in the Boulder district of Montana are bringing in Iich specimens of gold quartz. This district was formerly part of the Crow Indian reservation.
 The Naval Inspection Board has recom- mended that the Antietam be sold for $500 if any one can be found willing to pay that amount for her.
 Walter B. Randall junior partner in the manufacturing jewelry firm of Schultz X O.,