Connecticut western news., 1889-07-03
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

-Hanlan nas decided remaining in Salt Lake City for month and pulling Q single scull race with Peterson, the Pacific Coast champ ion, on the great Salt Lake for purse of $2,OOO.
 The American Cottonseed Oil Company of New Jersey have purchased ten of the cot ton oil mills in Austin, Texas, and amend ments to the several charters were filed in the office of Secretary of State terminating and dissolving the corporations.
 A dispatch from Stoningtou, Conn.,, says: The overwhelming season opens with boom. The schooncrs Hattie and Lena came in from a brief Block Island trip the other day with eight big ones. Several of them weighed over 400 pounds each. Sword fish steaks are worth ten or tweve cents pound
 Martin Burke, John F. Beggs, Daniel Coughlcn. Patrick O. Sullivan, Frank Wood run, Patrick Cooney, and John Kuntze were indicted at Chicago for the murder of Dr. P. H. Cronin.
 As thejwest- Dp undl l,x press train on the Chi cago and Grand Trunk Railway was passing Emmett at forty miles an hour it struck misplaced switch and went into 8 ditch, The engine, tender, mail car, express car, two coaches and two Pullmans went of and were more or less demolished, but no one was killed.
 Dr. T. B. McDow testified in his own be- half at Charleston He claimed that he killed Captain Dawson in selfdefense, and was nearly crazy with excitement whe> he at tempted to conceal the body.
 John F. Beggs, Senior Guardian of Camp No. 20, Clan-na-Gael, has been arrested at Chicago, charged with complicity in the Cronin murder.
 A band of the Salvation Army was at- tackled and dispersed by the police in Lon don, while marching along the Strand on it's way to Exeter Hall. The musical instruments carried by the paraders were smashed and several of the soldiers were injured. mum ber of paraders were arrested. The police had previously warned the army that they would not be permitted to obstruct the streets.
 The Very Rev. A. Van de vyver, Admin istrator of the diocese of Richmond, Va, has been appointed Bishop of that diocese.
 -Senor Jules Rodreguez, the newly ap- pointed Venezuelan Consul at Philadelphia, says the Venezuelan people ars enthusiastic in their support of President Paul, elected by acclaim in place of Guzman Blanco.
 Miss Clara Barton, president of the Nat ional Red Cross Society, writing from Johns town, says the necessities of the flood suffer CTS have not been met, and there is still ur- gent need for outside contributions of money and clothing and the ordinary requirements of life.
 Michael Rizzelo, alias "Red Nosed Mike." was hanged at Wilkesbarre, Pa., for the murder of Contractors Paymaster J. B. Mcclure and Hugh Flanagan.
 The rumored indictment of the " Soo line at Minneapolis has gone no further than 8 request from Chairman Cooley that such a step be taken. The District Attorney has asked for moro evidence, before beginning proceedings, and expects to get it from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The au- thorities of the road declare that they have not violated the law.
 The lower house of the Michigan Legisl a. ture has passed the Senate's bill fixing rail road passenger fnres at two and half cents to three cents a mile, according to the earn ings of the road.
 -C. H. Gilbert, of Chicago, about twenty five years old, and claiming to be advance agent of the Elsie Morell Dramatic Company, committed suicide at Kansas City, Mo, by taking an overdose of morphine.
 Mrs. Mcdonnell, aged 66, widow of Col Alexander Mcdonnell, while descending the stairs of the residence of her son in Franklin, Pa, fell with lighted lamp. which exploded, enveloping her in flames. She was burned to death.
 A dispatch from Montreal says: Fifty persons have been poisoned at Wcstzona, near Woodstock. at picnic. A druggist had sold sugar Of lead instead of tartaric acid for making lemonade Fifteen arc dying. The others arc considered out of danger. A war rant has been Issued for the arrest of tho druggist, but he has taken to the woods and is still at large.
 Another find of $4O.0OO to the ton of quartz has been made at the Michigan Gold Mine. A large amount of the rock is blasted already, and is the richest strike made since last August. Assays from rock from Penin. sula Mine give as high as $1 800 to the ton.
 Mrs. George H. Maxwell of Detroit, Mich |, who keeps u large hound in her room during the absence of her husband, awoke to find the animal on her bed She ordered him down The dog jumped nt her, biting her several times in the face. Her nose was half bitten oil and ono side of the face was badly torn.