Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-11-17
NEWS OF THE DAY,

Grave charges of boodleism are made against Canadian Ministers.
 The last member of the Fausier gang of Kentucky outlaws have been cap- tured.
 Chinese smugglers of opium, with con- nections in New York, have been arrested in Seattle, Wash.
 Harry Burgoyne, a well-known farmer of Lansdowne, Pa., was killed by tree falling on him.
 The Kansas City Packing and Re- frigerating Company of Boston has as- signed to George E. Parker. Liabilities, upward of $1 100000
 Jefferson Bryant, a widower of 63, is the defendant in a breach of promise suit for $50,000 filed in Paris, Ky, by Miss Mettie E. Herman Case, aged 23.
 The organized band of tramp outlaws that terrorized the inhabitants of the Schuylkill Valley last fall and winter have resumed operations in Pennsylvania.
 Mrs. Phoebe Durand of Irvington, N. J., celebrated her 99th birthday yesterday, and received the congratulations of her children, grandchildren and great-grand- children. .
 The jury at Cincinnati in the case of "Big Liz'' Carter, the colored woman
 
 brought in 8 verdict of murder in the first degree.
 Teller Julius E. Smith, of the Mer- chants National Bank, of Amsterdam, N Y., is an alleged defaulter in the sum of $9,S00. A warrant for his arrest has been issued.
 The Clean, N. Y., Toothpick Factory, the largest in the United States, was de- stroyed by fire. Millions of wooden toothpicks were made each year by these works; loss, $12,000
 Annie Jones, of Coatesville, Pa., the young woman who attempted to shoot Dr. w. l.. Pyle, of Jersey City, has been indicted for felonious assault. Her trial will take place this week. Lieutenant-Colonel Sumner of the Eighth Calalry will lead the column to be sent to the scene of the possible Indian outbreak. Army officers do not antici- pate any immediate trouble. It is declared that the provision of the Corrupt Practices act, requiring candi- dates to file sworn statements of their election expenses in New York State, is in violation of the State constitution. Luthersburg, small Pennsylvania village of about 400 souls, six miles from Dubois, was almost entirely destroyed by | fire. Every store but one was burned. The loss is about $40,000, with but little | insurance.
 "Pink-eye," disease much dreaded | among horse owners, is said to have broken out in Allegheny, Pa. It is stated that 40 head of horses in the stables of the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company are afflicted with it. At a meeting of the General Committee of Arrangements having in charge the | G. A. R. National Encampment, to be held in Detroit, Mich, in 1891, it was de- cided that the reunion shall be held the week commencing August3. | Harrison H. Wentworth, a swell society man of Providence, R. l., has confessed | to falsifying the books of the Lime Rock National Bank, where he was an account ant, and to stealing $5,200 He received | $12 week, and his extravagant manner of living betrayed him. l The rumor that Margaret, of Prussia, was to turn Catholic and marry the Italian Crown Primes, is said to have caused intense annoSaz1ce to the Kaiser. | There was never the slightest justifica- tion for it, and it promptly received | official contradiction. Charles Burlington, who resided with his wife and three children at Burlington, N. J., has disappeared. Mrs. John Gun ningham, wife of his former partner in 1 the farming business, is also missing, and it is believed that the couple have l eloped.