Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Delaware and Hudson Canal opens on April 1.
 The Stadt Theatre at Bromberg, in Prussia, was burned last night.
 The Queen and Princess Beatrice have started from London for Ak les Rains.
 Eugene Horner's Fremont House at Wildwood, N. J.. near new Egypt, was burned last night. Loss $3, SOO; partly insured.
 John S. Harden, treasurer of the Vest ern Maryland Railroad, dropped dead in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank at Baltimore.
 Coal & Knett, silk manufacturers of Paterson and Sterling, Morris County, N. J., made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors.
 John s. Barlow, president of the San dusky and Cleveland Railroad, died sud denly at his residence at Newton, Mass. Heart disease is the supposed cause.
 A Texas steer escaped from the ab- attoir nt Jersey City, N. J. He ran two miles and wounded four people before he stuck in the mud and a policeman killed him.
 An insane woman endeavored to burn the insane asylum at Lancaster, Pa., and nearly succeeded. Great excite ment prevailed among the inmates of the asylum.
 Miss May Ford, young girl of Mays Landing, N J., eloped with young man named Howard Morgan. The pair were married by the Rev. William $. Schenck. The parents are very indig | nant.
 Thomas Plunkett, the man who was shot by Thomas Halloran at Stamford Depot, Conn.,, last week, is dead. Halloran, who Is under S3, 500 bonds, will be tried on Thursday. He claims self defense.
 The weavers of olneyville, R. l., have started movement to organize Weavers Protection Union. The move ment is q secret one in many respects with the principal object of resisting | the fine system.
 The House Committee on Agriculture authorized Representative Allen to report q bill providing far the trans fer of the signal service from the War Department to the Department of | Agriculture.
 John J. Braunies, q well known mer- chant of Danbury, Conn.,, was arrested on charge of criminal assualt pre- ferred by Miss Mary Capil. The assault is alleged to have been made while the girl was under the influence of drug 1 administered by Braunies. The pris- oner was held in $5, 900 for trial.
 While workmen were searchingIin the ruins of the Stetson and Post block at Seattle, Wash., yesterday the charred remains of two men and one { woman were found One of the victims was n man named Jones. but the others are not known. They were strangers in town. who had sought lodging in the | fatal block.
 It is reported that the situation among the idle miners of Shamokin, Pa., and ! vicinity Is now assuming crisis. After being idle three months many of them are actually starving, with no shoes to wear and hardly enough clothes to cover their bodies, while whole families are without even fire to keep them warm.
 At n meeting of the Lake Erie Trot- ting Circuit, held in Buffalo, N. Y., the dates of the meeting were fixed as follows, all exclusive: Meadville, May 21-3O; Erie, June 3-6; Warren, June To- IS; Jamestown, June 17-20 ;, Bradford, June 24-27; Tonawanda, July IA En- tries will close in Meadville, Erie and Warren on May 24; in Jamestown and Bradford on June 9; in Tonawanda on June 23. No conditional entries will be | yaH