Connecticut western news., 1889-07-24
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Frederick Tullick 24 years old, of 54 Barrow street, New York, fell down an elevator shaft from the third floor to the basement and was instantly killed.
 Michael Magten, cook on the barge Ray at pier 6, North river, New York, fell overheard and was drowned. The body was not recovered.
 Carlisle D. Graham sent another so- called life barreT' over Niagara Falls, and it met the same fate as the one sent over the cataract on June 23.
 Amos c. Macadoo, of Atlantic. Pa., a brakeman on the New York, Pennsyl- vania and Ohio railroad, fell between moving cars at Meadville, Pa., and was instantly killed.
 George Cyr and boy named Fortier, each aged IA, were drowned while trying to wade across the brook at Willowdale, Mass, Charlie Cyr, who was with them escaped.
 John Kelly, 134 Cherry street, New York; Daniel Kane, Bowery; William Schade, 620 Water street; John Me Kenna, Al Bowery; Henry Rissted, 279 Bowery, and Joachim Bichenbach, 62 Willett street are held for excise viola tion.
 Edward Calvin, the 19-year-old stage manager and impersonator of the Mt. Morris, New York, museum, pleaded not guilty in the Tombs to the charge of ab- ducting 13-year-old Jennie Dupont. He was held under sl, 800 bail for trial
 The provincial council of the Catholic total abstinence societies met at the Paulist hall, Sixtieth street and Ninth avenue, New York and established a dio- cesan union in that city. They cen CTS for granting too many saloon
 Walter Place. aged 22 years, had one leg completely crushed below the knee while coupling cars in the railroad yard at Putnam, Conn. He was caught in rail switch and could not extricate his foot before the backing cars reached him. He threw himself out over the rail to avoid having his body run over. He was taken to his home, where he died soon afterward.
 Saladin Cook, charged with shooting Dennis Ryan on Wednesday, was cap- tured in the cellar of his house, where he had left his guns while he went to Frank lin, Mass, to buy some fish. The farm where the shooting was done is partly in Massachusettst and partly in Rhode Is- land. Cook elected to go with the Mas sachussetts officers and will be brought before Justice Warren here.
 While party of children were playing on a teeter board in Howles lumber yard at Lowell, Mass, lumber pile fell upon them. Willie Mahoney, 12 years old, was terribly maugled and died before he could be taken home. Johnnie Stevens, aged 9, was badly hurt on the head, and complains of distressing internal pains, and injuries that may prove fatal are feared. Two other boys received slight bruises.
 M B. Anderson, who resided about two miles west of Zumbrota, Minn., committed suicide. MT. Anderson was a prominent farmer and a well-known pol 1tician of Goodhue county, and he had held the office of deputy sheriff for sev- eral years. With double-barrelled shot, come Respondent on account of poor health. He died immediately. He leaves widow and three children.
 An application has been received at the war department from citizens of Alaska for the location of detachment of troops in that territory, and the request is now being considered. There have been no troops in Alaska since 1872, when they were withdrawn after having been loca- ted in considerable force since the date of the purchase of the territory in 1867. Gen. Jeff c. Davis was in command of the first detachment of troops in Alaska.
 The Sale or Une DdllltnOTC D per cent. Consolidated gas bonds is perfected, the entire amount, s852OOO, having been subscribed for at par and accrued inter- est. Among tho purchasers were many holders of the Chesapeake per cent. certificates, who were glad of the oppor- tunity of effecting such an exchange. Some of the largest financial institutions were among the subscribers for invest ment.
 young man named Terrence Daigle was shot and instantly killed near Church Point, fifteen miles southwest of New Orleans, La., by Ulysses Thebadeaux. There was an old feud between the par ties, and it is alleged that Daigle went to the residence of Thebadeaux armed with shotgun for the purpose of killing him, but Thebadeaux fired first and immedi- ately surrendered to the sheriff, claiming to have acted in self defense.