Connecticut western news., 1889-01-16
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER,
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns

"A mob of men, known as Scufrs, attacked the house of O man named Harp. near Rcd Banks, N. c., Mrs. Harp,wus killed and sevcr- al persons wounded.
 The Secular Union, of Chicago, proposes to prevent to payment by Cook county of money for the support of orphan boys in Q Catholic institution at Frebanvillc.
 -Senor Antonio Bachillcr Moralus, the Cuban historian and scientist, is dead.
 Ed Scott accidentally fell across rapidly revolving circular saw in lumber mill at Holly Hill, s. q. Both legs were severed near the trunk. Death was almost immediate.
 An unknown schooner is reported ashore at Bass Rocks, Mass. One man is dead on the beach, and the others are supposed to be on the vessel. A heavy gale is blowing from southeast.
 A large amount of snow has fallen on the mountains of Mexico, and the temperature IS lower than usual for this time of year.
 White Caps are at work at Salem, N H. At late hour they took citizen from his house at the North Village maltreated him. and threatened to lynch him, on the ground that he had been guilty of petty larcenies. An attempt will be made to bring the perpe- trators to justice.
 William Carns, of Sudbury, Pa, was suf- located by coal gas which escaped from 8 small stove in the bedroom. He was fifty years of age.
 John T. Phillips, engineer of Sergeant & Greenleafs lock works in Rochester, hanged himself in the engine room of the factory No cause is assigned for the deed.
 The Riverside Hotel at Canisteo, N. T., was burned. The inmatee escaped, some of them being only partially dressed. They lost nearly all their clothing.
 The Board of Naval Officers appointed to examine the plans of Representative Thomas, of Illinois, for a submergng monitor cruiser reported to the Secretary of the Navy recom- mending the adoption of the plan.
 The Coroncr's jury at Birmingham, Ala, which has been Investigating the shooting in- to the mob by the Sheriff and his posse, arc unable to agree upon n verdict. Four of the jurors declare the killing to have been unlaw- ful and two are of the opinion that it was lawful. The Grand Jury is now Investigating the case
 The body of Augustus J. Pierce, a we'll known resident of North Andover. Mass. was found hanging from a bedpost in the house of a friend where he had gone visiting. He was 60 years of age and undoubtedly in- sane.
 An alteration arose between Charlie Arnett and Johnnie Bridges. grown-up boys, at the Bridge school house, three miles west of Vienna, H., the other afternoon. in which Arnett shot Bridges. The elatter will probably die.
 The win of the late Captain H. s. Adams, of Kingston, Mass, gives $125, ,00O to the Boston Marine Society and $60 900 to the Boston Pilot Society
 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been robbed of brasses from cars to the amount of $10O, ,000 during the past year. The work was done by regularly organized gangs of boys at points along the line be tween Cleveland and Philadelphia. Whole sale arrests have been made along the line of the railroad.
 The steamer G. H. Vansatton struck a snag eight miles northeast of Texarkanna Ark. and sunk The cargo, which consisted of 200 bales of cotton, and 1,5OO sacks of cotton seed was lost. The captain and his crew lad marrow escape from dro xning. Tn loss IS $25 900.
 Little & Smiths foundry and machine shop at Charlottesville, Ind. were burned. Loss $12,OOO.
 Quincy, Mass, which furnished the first which has given two Presidents to the na- ton, inaugurated her first city government with the Hon. Charles H. Porter as Mayor.
 -Benjamin Hopkins, of Fidelity Bank fame, who was recently pardoned from the Ohio penitentiary by President Cleveland, died at his home in Cincinnati.
 The All-American and Chicago base ball teams have embarked from Melbourne, Aus tralia, for India, on their tour around the world. One of their number remains in Mel bourne to train local team.
 No disturbances have as yet occurred on the canal works at Panama.
 A Bohemian was lynched near Seattle, W. T., for blowing up a house with dynamite and killing four persons.
 About thirty shots were fired in Q fight between the police and Chinese highbinders in San Francisco.
 Tho general manager of the Missouri Pa a n rpflu nf on all salaries of employees over $1OO per month.
 "A four-cornered duel between River Crow and Gros Ventres Indians, in which all the participants were killed, took place at Sweet Grass Hills, l. T.