Connecticut western news., 1890-06-04
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 The Spring palace at Fort Worth, Tex, took fire Friday night while a ball was in progress Walter Hayne lost his life by jumping from a window, after heroically assisting many others to escape
 In the billiard match at San Francisco, in which Schaefer defeated McCleery, the former made run of ,OOO points, the larg- est run ever made.
 John Harry, of Lancaster, Pa., who was bitten by a dog two months ago, died of hydrophobia Saturday.
 The Scothch-Irish congress, at it's ses- sion in Pittsburg, reelected Robert Bon ner, of New York, president. President Harrison, Secretaries Windom and Rusk, Postmaster General Wanamaker and Pri- vate Secretary Halford visited the congress Saturday.
 At a saloon fire in Amsterdam, N. Y., Michael Donlon was burned to crisp. He was asleep in the place when the fire broke out.
 Alabama democrats nominated the fol
  Jones; secretary of state, J. D. Barren, of Clay; auditor, Cyrus D. Hogue, of Perry; treasurer, John l.. Cobbs, of Montgomery; attorney general, w. l.. Martin, of Jack son; superintendent of education, J. G. Harris, of Sumter.
 Joseph Hardy, aged 9, was shot in the neck at Asbury Park, N. J., by careless hunter. He will recover.
 Albert Wyman, aged IA; Fred Kroll, fore man, and Herman Pulinski, laborel, were thrown from a hand car at Monico Junction, Wis, and the wheels passed over them. The boy was instantly killed and the others fatally wounded.
 Theodore Weiclenmuller, a wealthy ranchman near San Diego, Tex, was taken from his ranch, saturated with kerosene @ and burned to death No clew to the f1ends
 c. Redmand, an aeronaut, was thrown from his balloon at Skokomish, Wash, and instantly killed.
 The Owego National bank resumed busi- ness Monday.
 John c. File, charged with misappropri- ating $35, 900 of the funds of the Lutheran Orphanage of Germantown, was arrested partners, who alleged that he has defrauded  ing checks. He furnished bail.
 A fire at Middlesborough, Ky., destroyed four squares of the finest buildings in the city, and 1000 people are homeless.
 The anniversary of the Johnstown flood was memorized at that place Saturday by solemn services at St. Johns Catholic church.
 The Duke and Duchess of Connaught wis ited Niagara Falls Saturday. They will sail for Europe on the 18th.
 Henry Jackson, who sandbagged Keeper Parker of the Trenton penitentiary, and escaped with his companion in crime, Tom Thomas, last Wednesday night, was shot dead at Tacony, Pa., and Thomas was captured. During a long fight between the convicts and ',he police Officer Harry Barber was serio dsly and probably fatally wounded.
 The new steamship Normania, in her maiden trip to New York, grazed an ice berg and made narrow escape from de- struction. Though delayed five hours by the incident, she came within twenty-five minutes of equaling the maiden record of six days, twenty-one hours and twenty-one minutes.
 While Gen. Russell A. Alger and others were riding in the Memorial day parade in New York the horses drawing their car riage became unmanageable and ran away. A policeman stopped the team before any one was lurt -..
 Representatives in the Louisiana legisla- ture are being pressed by petitions from franchise Two members who refused to vote for the lottery were asked to resign, but refused.
 The American colony in London gave a banquet to Henry M. Stanley and presented him with flag and a shield. There were $50 guests present. Consul General New presided.
 The corner stone of the Washington Memorial arch was laid, in New York city, with Masonic ceremonies. George William Curtis delivered the oration.
 The engine and one car of a narrow gauge train went through the draw at the bridge at Oakland, Cal, and over score of passengers were drowned
 Petit, of Boston, defeated Saunders, the English champion, in the court tennis match played at Dublin for the world s championship.
 Snowden Smith, of Prairie Grove, Ark, died of hydrophobia over 8 year after being bitten.
 Mansfield King, the man who robbed President Moffatt, of the Denver bank of $21 900, says he has made 8 proposition in writing to the bank officials to return the money and pay all expenses they have in- cured in the matter provided they agree not to prosecute him.
 The grand jury of York county, Maine, presented indictments for assault and bat tery against four officers engaged in the Biddeford election troubles
 Dr. P Ripley Bradburg, of bogus diplo- ma notoriety, has been arrested in Wake field, Mass, having, it is alleged, gone into his old business. He is charged with using the mails in aid of scheme to de- fraud. He was held by United States Com missioner Hallett in $1 900 bail for further examination.
 Mark Stanfleld, proprietor of the Vic toria hotel at New York, and we'll known all over the country, is dead.
 In November William Waldorf Astor will commence the erection of mammoth .hotel in New York on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-third street, the site of John Jacob Astor's old home. It will have 8 frontage of 250 feet in Thirty third street and 100 feet in Fifth avenue. This includes the ground now occupied by two houses on the side street, which, as we'll as the Astor homestead, must be re- moved to make way for the new structure. The cost of the new hotel will be between s1, ,750, 900 and s2,oOO,OO0
 Rev. Edward J. Brynes was locked up in Goshen ON. Y.) jail for clubbing woman.
 During drunken fight at the farm of John Dilworth, near Stamford, Vt, Maggie Shea was killed by Nick Bradford, negro for whom the woman had been house keeper. He was endeavoring to induce her to return whaN he stabbed her to the heart. PLAYERS LEAGUE
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