Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-30

NEWS OF OUR NE,eHBoRs.
Happenings of Interest in Several State
 Briefly ChronicletI.

The trial of Red Nosed Mike for the m,ir- der of Paymaster Mcclure and Hugh Fanni- gan, near Wilkesbarre, has been postponed until next Wednesday. Mikes friends have raised s1 900 for his defense.
 Many petitions were received in the Penn sylvania house yesterday against the passage of Browns famous school house flag bill. They came mainly from the western counties. A Philadelphia committee appeared before the house agricultural committee to urge favorable action on the bill to legalize pool selling. The bill is based on Ives act of New York, and permits pool selling on exhibition days on race courses only by authorized per sons, and provides that per cent. of the gross receipts be paid to the State Agricul- tural society. Nellie Barclay and companion, both aged 15, have disappeared from Elizabeth, N. J., and their parents fear they have been spirited away for bad purposes.
 The Hudson County Temperance alliance has shown more activity and aggrtS,iveness than any prohibition society tliat has been formed in New Jersey. The aiiiance has issued a circular letter to every clergyman in the county to enlist support ill nuvvia.oA. to convert drunkards. The alliance pre. --S,s to have meetings every night and secure t'!e co'- operation of the churches.
 Governor Greens signing Of the repe4 er of the ''sunset" election act makes it Ia. first bill to become a law in New Jersey t!Ir4 year. As passed it provides that the poi, at ,ll general, special or charter elections i'll tnst state shall open at 6 o'clock i'll the morning and close at O'Clock in the evenin... The boards of election may, however, a,!j j>:>!'.i- be tween the hours of o'clock aud Q v.ocil lii the afternoon for dinner.
 Evidence before the corners jury il nila- delphia shows that Harry Endy, aSseit i9, de- iberately stabbed Nathaniel Grady, i.eu l5. so that he died, after a few words and with out much provocation. The accused claims he was acting in self defense.
 There is great indignation at Railway, N. J., over the incarceration of Charles Martin, a member of engine company No. ,, on the charge of arson, and the delay i'll giving him an examination. The company threatens dire vengeance against the chief of police.
 An interesting case is before the Union county, N. J., court Ci Oyer and Ter1niner, in which Officer Jones charges Thomas Brans- field with atrociops assault. Bransfeld's counsel promises toSshow that the affray took place in a saloon, where several officers. in uniform, were drinking with defendant, and that they are in the habit of frequenting saloons in uniform.
 Cumberland county, N J., is iii a muddle
 
 the appointment of Judge C. G. Hampton as superintendent and refuse to pay the bills presented by him. The teachers have not been paid since last September, nor any other bills.
 4 dozen young thieves have found pine ill a portion of the Weldin building, at Pitts burg, Pa., which was wrecked by the recent | cyclone. These young rascals discos cred mar ketable goods including books stationery, etc., and found q way to it by tunnelnE from the cellar of the Wiltey building in the rear Eight boys are now lodged in the Central police station.
 Azarah Whitely and Laac Falkenberg, negroes and church members, declare that the other night, while on their way to Eatontown, | N. J., they heard groans when opposite the cemetery, and saw a figure il White, with a rope around his neck and blood stanS on his | garments, standing on tis grave of Samuel l Johnson, alias ''Mingo Jack,n the negro who l was lynched in ls,o6 tor an outrageous assault | on Angeline HorbeIt. Ali tho coiored folks 1 are so wrought up over tie affair that they will not go by the cemetery in the night.
 The opinion is gaining ground that Nurse Eisenhardt, of the Cooper hospital Camden, inflicted the wounds on herself. The missing | scalpel with which the wounds were inflicted has been found in a drain pipe adjoining the bath room ill which she found.
 Samuel Hazictt, wife and four children, of Philadelphia were all taksn violently i'll after supper, aU which all agreed that the tea had strange and peculiar taste A doctor who | was hurriedly called administered emetics, after which all rallied but tho father, who had drank several cups. He cannot recover.
 Eleven proprietors of houses nl Philadelphia are under arrest for selling liquors without a | license
 John A. Bell a conductor in the employ ot the Jersey City and Bergen Railway com. | pany, was committed by Justice Seymour, oi hoboker,, in default of bail, for assault and battery upon his wife. When Bell shall have answered for this crime Ee will be confronted by a more serious charge. Two women, one young and pretty, the other older, and the | mother of three of his children, claim him as their husband, and will join hands in prose outing him. Had it not been Ior Bells bru tality to wife No. ? his whereabouts and the fact of his being bigamist would not hay, been known
 Dexter Wakefield, while crossing the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio track neal Corry, Pa., driving team, struck by the pilot of engine, and. with the horses instantly killed. Wakefield was 71 year old, and leaves widow and seven children.
 Counsel for the Connecticut Mutual Tiff,
  taining to Moores defalca:un were placed i, the hands of the prosecuting authorities Q Indianapolis week ago, snd the responsi bility for action rests with them. The com pany has offered to give all tile infor1ilation i possesses to aid in prosecution.
 The propMetors of tine Sheldon Axle works at Wilkesbarre, Pa., state that the shu. dowI is temporary. Anumber of machii:is,ts arc a work there. It is understood that ;,e,sanJag g is being taken of temporary slacknts>s li trad to make necessary repairs. Nearly !.,:lV lel are idle.
 Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, ,..... .s t e1-Attorney General Palmer decil.4,, .,' :.,.l part in the Prohibition campaign l.. t',s.f :. vania on the ground that he has not ,.r t.dt to spare.
 The Western Pennsylvania bench s:iow 0 dogs opened yesterday at the Grand Contra rink at Pittsburg under very suspicious cir cumstances. About 200 dogs were in place Some of the most noted kennels in the count