Connecticut western news., 1890-12-03
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 Benjamin Wright, aged s2 years, died at Trenton after fast of thirty-f1ve days, during which time he took Pothing but water. His abstention from food was due to inability to retain solid nourishment owing to stomach trouble.
 Senator Quay arrived in Washington from Florida, and in an interview with Senator Cameron they came to the con- clusion that the latter is sure to be re- elected by the Pennsylvania legislature.
 The committee in the church trial at Matawan, N. J., sustained the charge of immortality preferred against Rev. Robert Chew, but said the evidence was not very satisfactory.
 Mrs. Lucy Parsons, the anarchist, was acquitted of melting to riot at Newark. Simon Gordon was, however, found guilty of assault and battery, having instigated the attack on Police Captain Glori on the 7th instant.
 Harry Seybold, on trial at Wheeling, w. Va. charged with stealing $25, 5,0O0 from the Wheeling bank, on the witness stand said the sum was stolen by Harry List, the bank presidents son, and given to Sey- bold to keep for him.
 
 be worth $750, ,000, was sent to the Bride we'll, in Chicago, for sixty days for begging on the streets.
 Six men were killed and several serious ly injured by the explosion of boilers at South Bay, St. John, N. B.
 J. Edward Myers, of McKeesport, Pa. was convicted of murder in the second de- gree for the killing of his aunt, Miss Mar garet Douglass.
 The fund for the promotion of Gen. Booths philanthropic scheme has now reached $500, ,0O0.
 Joseph Simon has been appointed re- ceiver for the Oregon Improvement com pany. Unproftable railroad building and heavy obligations incurred in consequence are the causes of the trouble. Its property is said to be worth SIC, ,0o0. 900, and the at- torney for the company claims that the concern is solvent.
 Diphtheria is prevalent in Aylmer, Que bee, and twenty houses have been pla- carded.
 Harry Banigan, the we'll known turf man, Is in San Francisco hunting for his father and sister who left Philadelphia in the sixties, settled in California and have not since been heard from.
 Dr. Damn, of Wiesbaden, has written an article taking issue with Professor Koch regarding the value of his new rem- edy for tuberculosis. The doctor believes Professor Koch's lymph will fail to act as cure as claimed by it's discoverer.
 The commissioner of internal revenue's report shows the total collections for the past fiscal year were $142, ,564, ,696, and he estimates those for the present year It $145, ,OOO, 900.
 The body of Miss Levina Bowers, aged 19 years, who has been missing from Northumberland, Pa, since Oct. 20, was found in the Susquehanna river.
 Senator Stanford has been cited to ap- pear in court at San Francisco and answer charges of bribery perpetrated in the re- cent election in California.
 Tho Australian ballot law, substantially as in the bill introduced by MT. Marshall, has become 8 law in Vermont The follow ing men have been elected supreme court judges: Jonathan Ross, of St. Johnsbury, chief judge; s. s. Taft, of Williston; John W. Powell, of Randolph; James NJ. Tyler, of Brattleboro; Loveland Mason, of Man chester; R R. Start, of Bakersfield. and L. H. Thompson, of Hasburg.
 Edward Grum, IS years old, of II Allan tic avenue, Brooklyn, jumped from a nov ing train at Marion, N. J., and was instant ly killed.
 Charles c. Webster, the actor who sho, and killed Robert McNeiu on Aug. IF at Now York, was sentenced by Judge Cow ing to seven years in state prison.
 Miss Florence Waterman, formerly an actress, and the wife of Asa Waterman, who was recently charged with murder in Brooklyn, has been removed to an insane asylum.
 E. T. Volker, 8 Buffalo bartender, was handling revolver, when it was accident ally discharged, fatally wounding Robert Hancock, aged 25 years. Volker was ar rested.
 The queen of Portugal has been attacked by influenza.
 A family named Eakin, living in Will mington. Del, is said to have instituted suit in the English courts for the recovery of $50, ,0O0, 900, which it is alleged is held in trust for the heirs of 8 man named Woods, whom the Eakin family claim was their great-grandfather.
 Rufus Hatch says that it is Jay Gould's ambition to be the greatest railway man in tho world, as he is already the greatest in America He says the Gould Hunting ton combination will control the railroads built in future.
 The Hotchkiss Bolt and Nut works, of Greensburg, Pa, failed with liabilities of $45, ,000 and assets of $8O, 900.
 A conference is being held in Chicago, attended by well known Hebrew and Christian divines, the object being to es- tablish closer relations between these two great branches of the human family.
 The tomato canning firm of Starr Bros, of Salem, N. J., assigned without prefer ences. Liabilities, $sO, 900; assets, $5O,OO0
 Dillon and O'Brien, the Irish envoys, spoke at Music hall, Cincinnati, and Sc cured $, 600 for the Irish fund.
 Burglars entered a mems furnishing store in New Rochelle, N. Y., bound and gagged the clerk, John Griffin, and then set fire to the building. Griffin was res- cued by firemen more dead than alive.
 A violent gale in the English channel and elsewhere along the British coast has done great damage to shipping and many wrecks and collisions are reported. Of. A. M Iurner, an e1-memDer or the legislature from Franklinville, Ala, choked his wife and little daughter to death.
 The body of Druggist George w. Fay, of Hammonton, N. J., which retains the ap- pearance of life, although the doctors de- clare the man died last Tuesday, is still at the home of the deceased
 New Jersey State Factory Inspector l.. L Fell is charged with attempting to bribe East Orange township committeeman to vote for railway franchises