Connecticut western news., 1890-07-23
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 w. w. Cottrell, the fugitive mayor of Cedar Keys, Fla, was arrested in Lowndes county, Ala, by United States Marshal Walker. He promptly gave bail.
 Mrs. F. F. Fargo, widow of the famous congressman, died at Buffalo, N. Y., July 19.
 Dr. Christian Henry F. Peters, the as- tronomer, was found dead in bed at Clin- ton, N. Y., July 19.
 MT. Morris Friedsam, ex-collector of in- ternal revenue and senior member of the firm of Friedsam & Austin, exchange brokers, died July 19. aged 53 years.
 A revolution is reported in Sofia, Bull garia, and as it is feared that general European war may result therefrom, ex- citement runs high in European capitals.
 Nicholas Casella, 15-year-old Italian boy, while bathing in the Passaic river at Harrison. N. J., tried to swim from shore to shore but became exhausted in mid stream and was drowned.
 Thomas Oliver, aged 56 years, employed at Cody's livery stables on East Kinney street, Newark, N. J., committed suicide by hanging himself. He had been drink ing.
 Jacob Krehbiel, D. D., noted Meth odist divine and editor of The Christian Apologist, died at Cincinnati, July 2O
 Charles A. Taylor, we'll known news paper man, was found dead in his room Sunday at St. Louis The cause of his death was an overdose of morphine, which MT. Taylor took to allay bodily pain.
 Mccormick, Connolly & Co.,, leather manufacturers of Newark, N. J., are f1nan- cially embarrassed. The liabilities of the firm are estimated at $l6O,OOO and the as- sets at 5000
 Spain has decided to build whole fotilla of submarine war vessels after the model so successfully produced by the inventor Peral. Each boat will be constructed with accommodations for from twenty to fifty men.
 has authorized favorable report on the bill granting pension of s 3OOO per year to the widow of Gen. Fremont.
 The senate has confirmed the following nominations: Russell Soley, of Massachu- setts assistant secretary of the navy; AL lured B. Nettleton, of Minnesota, and Oli- yer L. Spaulding, of Michigan, assistant secretaries of the treasury The inability of the Cooperative Build i ing bank at New York to meet bill of $S5 discloses the fact that though capitalized for $1OO, ,OOO, 900 there is nothing in the treas ury.
 It now seems certain that the explosion ,, on the propeller Tioga, at Chicago, was due to naphtha, over dozen barrels of l which have been found in the vessels hold among the barrels supposed to have con- tained kerosene. The shippers of the nj oY,h ho ioh fn of fov improper billing, under the interstate con- merce law, and it is also question whether they are not liable for the losses by the ex- plosion.
 Hatch, Law & Co.'s furniture factory at Nashua, N. H., was burned. Loss, $30, 900. Detective McManus, of the secret service, i and one of Inspector Byrnes' men have ar rested Daniel Magrano and Daniel Grin nell in New York, who are suspected of being members of gang of counterfeiters who have been floating $ certificates.
 The Southern States Colored Republican association, through it's president, H. J. Europe, of Alabama, has sent to the mem- bers of the senate petition urging the passage of the federal election bill, which, 1t says, is necessary to secure free and fair elections in the south.
 While bathing in the river near Rochester
 
 aged IS years, machinist, was seized with cramps and drowned. Numerous prominent citizens of Fez have been arrested for compliclty in an at- tempt upon the life of the sultan of Mo- rocco.
 H. H. Trenor, general passenger agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad com pany, died suddenly in the rotunda of the Continental hotel, at New York, of heart disease. He was 60 years of age and leaves 8 family.
 Allegheny City, Pa., celebrated in elabo- rate style the fiftieth anniversary of it's municipal existence. The city was gayly decorated and distinguished orators spoke. l The house, barn and outbuildings of l.. E. Doolittle were burned at Winchester, N. H. MT. Doolittle, horse and three cows were burned to death. | l. M Lincoln's vast slaughter houses at North Providence, R. l., were burned. Loss, AO,00O insured. l Hon. S. A. Kellogg was nominated for supreme court judge at Plattsburg, N. Y., receiving the entire vote of the judicial convention. He is to succeed Judge Fish, who was retired on account of his age.
 A strong effort Is making to defeat the confirmation of the nomination of Pro-
 
 navy.
 A bill will be reported to the United States senate shortly to cut lottery com panies off from the use of the mails
 John M. Wever has been nominated by exclamation for congress from the Twenty first district of New York state by the Re publicans.
 A sword has been found on the banks of the Passaic river by Henry D. Ripe, of South Rutherford, N. J., bearing the name of Mai. Andre, who was hanged as a spy by Washington.
 New York city's population, according to the official rough count completed at the census office. is 1,513, ,5O1. This is an in crease of 5.46 per cent. over the returns of 1880.
 Pierre Maranda, an insurance broker, his wife and five children, were found burned to death in their beds at Quebec.
 At New York, by vote of 1, ,533 to 20, the cloak operators decided to keep up the strike. The cutters withdrew from the hmalgamated board because their action In going back to work was not approved of, and the contractors decided to reject the agreement.
 G. D. S. Trask, governor of the Sailors Snug Harbor, has been exonerated by the board of trustees from charges preferred against him.
 Ernest Plath, who claims to be real es- late dealer doing business at 29 Bowery, New York city, has been arrested on a sharae of abducting Katie Ward, of New Brunswick, N. J.
 Capt William Bradford died at Buffalo July IT, aged 65 years.
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