Connecticut western news., 1890-08-06
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that Sarah Althea Hill was never married to Sharon and had no claim on his estate
 The official census returns for the First Connecticut census district give the fol- lowing figures: New Haven county, POS, ,669; gain of 52, 146 over the last census. New Haven is given 8 population of S5, 1884, a gain of ,952 Fairfield county has 147, 782, gain of 37, TAO. Litchfield county 53, ,49S; g9in of 1,434.
 A strong English company has just com- pleted the purchase of the Elkhorn mins in Jefferson county, Mon., for $1s0e00.
 Theatrical Manager Harry Sewall died Aug. 9, at St. Vincent's hospital, New York, of cancer of the bladder.
 In the race for the Goelet cup near New port R. l., the Volunteer won. The Mer- lin defeated all the schooners in the race and won the $1,000 trophy offered the schooners.
 Gen. Rivas, the traitorous San Salvado- rian, was shot down by Gen. Ezeta's troops.
 Tho well known race horse Duquesne, owned by Paul Hacke, of Pittsburg, died at Paris, ky Duquesne had record of 2:17&. He was 16 years old. MT. Hacke had refused S35, ,0O0 for the horse.
 Pritchard, the middle weight champion of England, has issued challenge to fight either Billy Mccarthy, of Australia, or Jack Dempsey, the fight to take place in London.
 R. B. Rusk, superintendent of the Law renee Industrial school, has been chosen to succeed Martin c. Healy as manager of the State home at Fruit Hill, R. I. The latter was relieved on account of alleged cruelty.
 The will of Gen. Fremont, which was executed Aug 19, 1854, leaves the entire estate to his widow.
 In the suit of ex-Alderman Duffy against John P. Keenan at New York to secure the residue of the "trust fund.- Judge Dugro refused to grant the examination of Keenan, Moloney and De Lacy on the ground that such examination was unnec- essary.
 The United States steamship Adams has been ordered out of commission at the San Francisco navy yard
 On Aug s4,OOO,OOO in gold bars were shipped from New York to EVIope
 Henry Wrighter, of Susquehanna, Pa., a soldier in the late war; has been granted a pension of SIP per month and $15, ,123 ar- rears. Wrighter IS blind.
 Dr. Cyrus Edson, of the health depart ment at New York, has issued 8 circular stating that Manuel Garrutia, who is suf- fering from leprosy, had never been a student at the Pennsylvania Military academy at Chester, Pa.
 All the main questions in dispute con- corning the Worlds fair have about been settled by the Illinois legislature. Jack son park is to be used as an auxiliary.
 Kaiser Wilhelm has gone to England.
 Thirteen fatal cases of heat prostration, one suicide caused by the heat, and six. teen cases of serious prostration were re- ported in New York Aug. 1.
 MT. Hiram Gee, of Ithaca, has given the Syracuse university a fellowship in paint ing worth $1 900 a year.
 Henry c. Whites shoddy and cotton mills at Chepachet, R. T., were burned. Loss, $50,0OO Insured.
 James Mooney, who was clubbed by Officer Lonergan at New Haven, while re- sisting arrest, is dead.
 By orders from Ottawa great quantities of gunpowder, it is said, are being shipped to the Canadian frontier and the Pacific coast. No cause is assigned for this ac- tion.
 Hon. H. A. Herbert has been renom- mated by exclamation for congress from the second congressional district of Ala bama.
 The official report makes the population of Harrisburg, Pa, 39,2O2 Emperor Francis Joseph has announced the betrothal of Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, to Princess Eliz. abeth of Bavaria.
 The new revenue steamer now in course of construction at Wilmington, Del, will be launched next Tuesday afternoon. She has been named the "Windom" after Sec retary Windom.
 T,,1xy fho cf,;o .3e youngest child, the Archduchess Marie Va1erie, was married to her cousin, the Archduke Franz Salvador second son ot the Archduke Karl Salvador, younger brother in the non-reigning line of Tus ] cany, whose elder brother bears the title | of Ferdinand w, grand duke of Tuscany. It was a Hove match" The British North American fleet, com. prising the flagship Bellerophon and the cruisers Canada and Partridge, from Hali- fax, have arrived at Newport, R. I. but Prince George of Wales is not with them much to the disappointment of the society ] people.
 l Tolstoi's last book, ''Kreutzer Sonata, , ] has been excluded from the United States mail by an order from Assistant Attorney General Tyner at Washington. The sup pression of Q book in America that had passed the scrutiny of the Russian govern ment has excited considerable comment among litterateurs.
 It is very probable that some of the crew of the United States war ship Kearsarge which reached the Brooklyn navy yard or Wednesday evening, will be tried by court martial on charges of forgery. The alleged offenses were committed while the vessel was at Key West and for the purpose o1 providing the perpetrators with spending money when they reached New York.
 Squire Bogart, of Clifton, N. J., objects to the laying of the rails of new electric railway in front of his house, and has forci ply torn them up.
 Jacques Emile Palotte, the eminent civi engineer and senator of France, is dead. l At Kansas Station, eight miles from Albany, N. Y., Thomas O'Brien, aged IS had a war of words with Dominick Mott and striking him on the head with a club killed lim instantly.