Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-12-22
NEWS OF The DAY.

Typhus fever 10 causing great havoc in
the City of Mexico
The death rate from smallpox is en- or
nous in Guatemala and San Salvador.
The railway men in Scotland at a meet
ing yesterday decided to begin a general
strike at once.
A father and three children lost thei,
lives in fire in humble tenement in
the Strand, London.
The 400 students who volunteered for
the Portuguese service in East Afriu.,,
have started from Lisbon.
Fire destroyed the stable of Edward
Stuckman, in st. Louis, with five hors. -.
4 man named McDermott is missing.
Very Rev. Vicar General Laurent. q
prominent Roman Catholic eccIesiast;c.
died suddenly at Toronto, Ont, of hea rt
disease.
An attempt to wreck a train on the
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Rail
road was partially frustrated, though
several persons were injured.
No tidings have been received from the
steamer Thanemore, which left Baltimore,
Md, on November 26 for Liverpool, and
she is believed to have foundered.
The Brandon House at Brandon, Vt,
one of the best known hotels in that
State, was destroyed by fire. Loss, ST.
600, partially covered by insurance.
The ice harvest in many parts of Massa-
chssetts during the past week has been
the largest for a number of years SO earlv
in the season. The ice is from 10 to 13
inches thick in different localities.
The business portion of Willard, Mo-.
consisting of three stores and three
dwelling houses, postofice, Town Hall,
drug store and three dwelling houses,
was destroyed by fire during the night.
August Kirkhogel, while crossing q
railroad track on Saturday, near Noting
ham, Pa, with load of hay, accom-
panied by his son William, was struck
by train and both were instantly killed,
The warship Sea Bird has left Ports
mouth, England, with a large qnan-
tity of seed potatoes for distribu-
tion in the famine-threatened districts
of western Ireland. Two more vessels
will speedily follow with similar cargoes.
The grand jury at Buffalo, N. Y, has
reported an indictmeny charging Sarah
Ann McMullen with murder in the first
degree for causing the death of Nellie
Conpors by throwing her from a bridge
at Akron.
Thomas Duffy, who shot at one of the
Italian prisoners charged with the muir.
der of Chief of Police Hennessy in New
Orleans, has been convicted of wounding,
the maximum penalty for which is two
years imprisonment.
1t is stated that Charles Defreest of
Troy, N. Y, has captured the Clerkship
of the New York Assembly this win
ter from all competitors, and that John
Douglass of Brooklyn, who was running
for first place, will content himself with
the position of Deputy Clerk.
Baltimore is to have another tin plate
mill, which will probably be the largest
built in America, involving an outlay of
$1,000 Messrs. James E. Ingram and
G. w. Knapp. of the firm of Matthal, In
gram g. Co., are in Pittsburg placing or
ders for machinery for their mill. They
will import their ore.
The Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge
Company have given notice that ap-
plication will be made to the Dominion
Parliament during the approaching ses-
sion for power to build a suspension
bridge across the Niagara River from
Buffalo to Fort Erie, the two main towers
to stand one on each side of the river and
the structure to be 100 feet clear above
The water.