Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Chief Justice Michael J. Norton of New York died last night after a brief illness.
 Queen Victoria arrived at Sandringh last evening and was received by the elite of Norfolk.
 Hiram G. Notion, vice president of the Bank of Commerce of Buffalo, N. Y., died yesterday.
 Thomas Ryan, Minister to Mexico, was at the State Department yesterday receiving final instructions.
 The Empire Condensed Milk company, at 84 Hudson street, New York, and at St. Johnsville, N. Y., has failed. A well dressed stranger, 40 years old and of medium height. committed suicide near Decatur, H., on Monday night A Miss Ganisford was burned to death in @ fire which destroyed McGrory's bakery in Prescott, Ont, on Monday night. Thomas A. H. Hay, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed postage stamp agent at Now York, vice J. H. DimmicR, removed. Dave Ballser and Davis, colored firemen were killed by the explosion of boiler at tho Bessemer Rolling mills, at Binghamton, Ala.
 All the timers In Plainfield, N. J., have gone on strike because their employers re- fused to make nine hours constitute days work.
 Buck Combs, a noted desperado of l Breathitt county, Kentucky, has been l shot and ssikilled in self defense by George Spencer.
 The report that gold has been discov- 1 cred in Franklin county, Va, Is causing considerable excitement in the l neighhorhood.
 It is said that King Christian will decor ate Captain Murrell of the steamer Missou- ri, in recognition of his services in the Denmark rescue. | John Burk, a convict, serving a term of ten years in the Maryland penitentiary for l bank thieving has escaped from that insti- tuition and has not yet been recaptured. 1 A terrific explosion occurred at Davis Bros, saw mill near Oakland, Md, yester- day. Lewis Johnson was killed and the mill and machinery were totally wrecked. Cardinal Gibbons will leave Baltimore on May 1 for New Orleans, where on the following Sunday he will confer the pallium on Archbishop Jansen of New Orleans
 An explosion ot natural gas oo- cured in Armstrong's cork factory in Pittsburg yesterday, wrecking the build ing and machinery and fatally iniuring two employees.
 T. F. Burgess, City Treasurer of Durango, Col, is defaulter for $12, GOO. On a promise of being released from custody he paid over 1
 When released he at once fled to New l Mexico.
 A negro named Dempsey was shot dead
 on Isaac N. Eason's farm near Hickory
 Ground, Va, by 8 negro named Harding l while playing the White Cap joke. Hardin 2 was released from custody to-day on the ground of self defence.
 The Weldon Anti-Boodlers' bill passed the Canadian House of Commons last even- ing and upon its ratification by the Senate and Governor-General will become law. Tho clause making the measure retroactive was killed in committee, thus relieving the
 anxious minds of boodlers now resident in Canada.
 Governor Lee of Virginia has received from Governor Taylor of Tennessee the fol lowing telegram: 1T am officially informed
 that citizens of Virginia have invaded
 Tennessee soil at Bristol, defying the order of Tennessee courts and threatening vio
 lence." Governor Lee will help Governor Taylor to avoid trouble.
 The proprietors and guests of the Neither
 wood Hotel in Plainfeld, N. J., have re-
 gently suffered losses in the shape of jew
 etry, clothing, etc., and all efforts to de-
 tect the thief were unavailing. On Thurs
 day last Mamie Slattery, servant pgirl,
 was arrested. Her trunk contained upward
 of $50 worth of stolen silks, ribbons, jew
 elry and wearing apparel.