Connecticut western news., 1890-02-12
GENERAL NEWS,

The Williams College Alumni Association of New York City dined recently at the Branswick.
 .EnGHsh capitalists are now said to be try ing to buy up the American boot and shoe factories.
 Fire at Glens Falls, \. r., the other day destroyed hotel and several persons were injured.
 s Ar. Sampson, the Republican candidate for lieutenant Governor in Ohio, has decided not to carry his case to the Supreme Court.
 Andrew Carnegie has offered to expend not Jess than a million dollars on 8 central free library and branches in Pittsburg if the city will agree to maintain them.
 The New York State Senate at Albany fail cd to pass the Worlds Fair bill.
 Much destitution is reported in some parts of Virginia.
 There was S2OO, 900 fire in Brooklyn. Six aremen were injured.
 Heavy rains and melting snow have caused disastrous freshets in Oregon, Washington and California. The losses are Said to be enormous.
 The British steamer Thanemore arrived at Boston recently after very rough passage, and rescued seven men from a sinking ship after five of the crew had perished.
 Capt. Loring E. .Gayton of Gloucester, .mas- ter of schooner Emma Witherell, Boston, haddock fishing. had his left hand blown of by . torpedo and has been taken to the hos pitI at Yarmouth, N. $.
 George F. Hunt, 15 years old, elevator boy in c. Amy & Co.'S establishment at Prov- dence, was crushed to death between the elevator and the upper door jamb at the second story.
 Eight elk. two buffalo cows, one buffalo bull and one three-months' calf, under charge of Harry Whelpley,. passed through Clare IT SNn At,ot Asy,tc narG .af Newport. All were in prime condition.
 A very seyere gale struck some portions of PennaylrAnfa, Feb. !, accompanied by rain, uxa0w And hail. Buildings were unrooied and others leveled. In Pittsburg the snow was heavy enough to stop the horse cars. A heavy storm also prevailed in Virginia, the first of the season.
 rendered a decision in the case of Hervey Bates and H. Bates, Jr., owners of the In- dtAunpolfs Hominy Mills, against the Penn syHania Railroad Company, the Pennsyl yania Company and the Baltimore and Ohio RaAroad Company, in favor of complain aAta.
 Ex-President Claassen of the Sixth Ma tiOnal Bank of New York was released from jail on e34eO0 bonds furnished by his wife and Befnerd Cohn. . real estate dealer.
 The President has issued a proclamation, 0psning the Sioux reservation to settlers.
 The rsparted action of one branch of the North Dsknta Legislature legalizing lotteries Is regarS3ed with much surprise in Washing ton.
 The libel suit against the New York Eve nirg Post brought hy Rey. pr. B Bal th of Buff
 AlaskA Shan. the Philadelphia and Read Ing Coal and Iron Company's largest colliery, has bean closed indefinitely. One hundred hands are thrown out of employment.
 The Lenox Hill Bank of New York, one of the banks involved in the recent trouble, has re0pe4ed for business.
 During . severe gale at Blairsville, Pa., 8 glass factory was blown down, killing two men and wOunding others.
 Foreign.
 At the suggestion of Emperor William it is proposed to hold an international convention with the vieE of ameliorating the condition of the hboring people.
 The new railway bridge across the St. Lawrence at Coteau Landing, a mile and three quarters long, Is opened for traffic.
 It is reported that England and France have invited Italy to consider the conditions upon which they will collectively recognize the President of Hayti.
 It Is reported that the German Emperor has requested the Government to send the English squadron to attend the German naval manduvres.
 At hst accounts TO bodies had been re- moved from the English coal mine which caught fire few days ago.
 Resolutions were adopted by the French Society at Montreal calling for Canadian in- dependence.
 Switzerland has accepted Emperor Will Hams invitation to send delegates to an in ternatioual labor conference at Berlin.
 The Journal de St. Petersburg says the project of Emperor W illiam for the amelio- ration of the condition of The workingmen will arouse sympathy everywhere.
 TAe students In Oporto, Portugal, made a demonstration Feb. ', in favor of the Poet Anthero Quental, president of the Northern Patriotic League. They became riotous and smashed the windows of the leading social club because 1t had not expelled Englishmen belonging to 1t and had admitted others. The Progressist and Republican papers in Portugal continue to violently attack Eng and.