Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
General News from All Quarters.

Dispatches from Crete say that Riga Pasha, | the new Governor of the island, has ordered the withdrawal of the troops into the forts, with the view of preventing collisions with | the insurgents.
 Finance Minister Dublan says the financial | outlook in Mexico was never better than now Business is increasing, and the Gus | toms receipts on imports from the United States are greater than ever.
 | w. J. Patstone of Providence narrowly escaped drowning at the bathing beach at Newport on Sunday. He got beyond his depth but was rescued by the life patrol. | It was the first accident that has occurred at | the beach this season.
 The Alumni of the Castine Normal School have begun their fourteenth annual two weeks cncampment at Sherman's Point, | Me- The company consists mostly of school | teachers from various States.
 Two train robbers held up the passenger train on the Wabash Western, near Harlem, Mo, recently They collected $175 from the terrified passengers and escaped. Posses are | in pursuit, with but a poor prospect of catch | ing the thieves.
 Commodore William E Fitzhugh, United | States Navy, died on Saturday at the Naval Home in Philadelphia. He was an Ohio man by birth and had been in the navy since 1S4S. During the Rebellion he served as Lieutenant | Commander at the engagement With Fort Morgan, the battle on the Red River and in | other contests.
 For the first time there has been a special delivery of letters in New York on Sunday. Postmaster Van Cott holds that so long as a fee of ten cents for special delivery Is col lected the special service should be rendered irrespective of the day of the week. I The general Post Office was open from until Il | A. M., during which hours quite number of letters for special delivery were received. This Sunday delivery will be continued.
 Mir. Horace l.. Leland, one of the famous family of hotel keepers, is dead, at Spring field, H., where he had lived for about 20 years.
 The New York Times tells us that Charles | A. Dana came very near at one time to own ing the Albany Journal. Thurlow Weed had just retired from the paper and removed to New York city, and Dana offered the owners $SO,OOO. But Thurlow Weed got news of the offer, and thinking that he could prevent Dana from gaining possession, hastened to interfere. Just at that time Dana, who had been advised that he was offering too much, reduced the sum by $150O, and the owners then declared that the paper was not for sale.
 John L. Sullivan was received down South like hero instead of law breaker, unti Governor Lowry became disgusted and or dered the big fellow locked up in jail.
 An interesting fact recently noticed was the production at the Baldwin locomotive works, Philadelphia, of narrow gauge To- comotive, which was designed, made and de- llVcQ W1Cnln elSnC udvS dlCeI Iue oIueI was received.
 The offer made to the Britan chair factory of Theresa, N. Y., as an inducement to locate in Gouverneur, by citizens of the latter place included bonus of $5OOO, free site. eX emption from taxes for 10 years and loar of $25, ,0OO at per cent. interest.
 The Camden Thread Co.,, Philadelphia, re ports very satisfactory trade in the line o1 the finer grades of threads and yarns fol underwear.
 Cheap foreign cotton goods are said to bt hurting the native manufacture in the sev eral sections of China. In the KingKans district last year the total imports of foreigl cotton increased 16 per cent over 1887. Th' figures have risen steadily during the last fiv' years. and are now nearly double those fo 1884.
 Mir. Sam Wah Kee, who is probably thu wealthiest Chinese resident of Boston, Ii about to revisit his native land, taking witt him his wife and three children. Mr. Kee has been in this country since he was 13 year of age, and has built up an enormous busi ness, which centers around his stores ill Bos ton, Philadelphia and San Francisco. H' went to China eight years ago and returned |, with bride, and now proposes to go again In view of the anti-Chinese statutes enacted in the interim, he goes armed with an affida vt fully setting forth his life and his bnsi } ness relations, and declaring his intention t. return to America. This document, whicl is believed to be the first of it's kind, will, is hoped by his friends here, result in entir | lihertv Of travel