Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
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 have purchased 5000 acres of coal and .imber lands in Raleigh county, w. Va. The Baltimore and Ohio road has pur- chased 75, 900 acres, and syndicate led by Senator German and Secretary Blaine tome 90 900 acres.
 The Farmers Alliance men of Kansas gre organizing for political work in the municipal elections.
 Edward Campbell, a noted safe burglar ,f the northwest, was arrested in Duluth, Ninn.
 The charred body of Frank McGovern, a .aborer, was found in the ruins of the Bristol block, Boston, which was burned Wednesday night.
 William Caravan, a wealthy citizen of SusQuehanna, was thrown from his cutter and killed at Binghamton, N. Y.
 Charles Mcintyre fell from the wings of ;he Davidson theatre, Milwaukee, and was killed.
 A Christmas tree caught fire at the resi- fence of MT. Penrose, of Philadelphia. The house was destroyed, and Mrs. Fitz- simmons, mother of Mrs. Penrose, perished m the flames.
 During rife contest at Miff1inton, Pa, Oscar Conrad, spectator, was killed by the accidental discharge of rife.
 James Walker, Philadelphia burglar, was killed by Private Watchman Butz while breaking into B Philadelphia fruit warehouse.
 The comptroller of the currency has au- shorized the First National bank, of Ticon- leroga, N. Y., to begin business with capital of $5O,0O0.
 The Masonic temple, Baltimore, in which Forepaugh's theatre was located, was de- stroyed by fire, causing a loss of about s3OO, ,0O0
 At St. Paul Silas Mickles, colored, stabbed and killed his stepdaughter, wounded his wife, perhaps fatally, and then killed himself. Maggie Murphy and Edward McDermott got into 8 row at party given by friend l5 years old, hit McDermott on the head with an ax, crushing in his skull. The girl was arrested, and McDermott was sent to the city hospital. Samuel Malone and John Hicks were burned TO death in their dwelling at Holden, Mo. It is thought robbers drugged the men and then set the house on fire. In 8 spasm of religious frenzy 8 young woman at Watterheim, Rheinland muti- lated herself in a horrible manner and then appeared at a religious ceremony, where she exhibited her wounds and claimed that they were an example of the ,rucifxion.
 J. c. Calcutt, private watchman in Norfolk, Va, was shot and killed by J. E. Brady for refusing to arrest 8 man. The murder took place in the presence of Cal ,ntt's wife and grandchildren.
 The trial of Sawtelle for the murder of his broihe was concluded at Dover, N. H. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged the first Tuesday ID January, 1892.
 Frank E. Dickinson, of Dubuque, Ia, and Miss Minnie Brindage, of Long Island, were drowned while skating at Ann Ar bor. Both were medical students at the university.
 refused to promise to marry Frank Zebly, the young man shot himself through tho heart in the presence of Miss Hardy.
 Four tramps who were put of train near Huntington, Ore, overpowered the brakeman and threw him under the train. He sustained injuries from which he died, and three of the miscreants were lynched by indignant citizens. The fourth escaped. John Wilson, awaiting trial in the Belle | fonte (Pa.) jail for the murder of Harry Warehouse, broke jail Tuesday night and is still at large. District Attorney Meyers offers $10O for his capture, and the county commissioners will probably offer larger | reward.
 In making his concluding speech in the case of a woman on trial for perjury at Boston, Gen. Butler announced that he should never again defend a case unless 8 mans life was in danger. The jury found Buffers client guilty. | f>s lzIl Lx pauy in Providence, R. L, an airgun in the hands of J. w. Donney, 1s years old, was accidentally discharged. The bullet penetrated the brain of Frank Atkinson, aged IT, causing instant death. | The East End street car stables at Fort Wayne, Ind, were burned and sixty horses perished. The loss is so, 900.
 Harley Clews, a young society man of i Vincennes. Ind, forged his fathers name for 6, 900 and decamped.
 Twelve girls were crossing lake on the ice in Holstein, Germany, when the ice gave way and all were lost
 Frank W. Clark, the young New York forger, was sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing prison.
 Leland McElroy, 8 farmer near Snyder. Ind, was called to the door by two masked men, who compelled him to hand over &4,e00.
 Mary E. Wheeler, alias Mrs. Pearcey, was hanged in London for the murder o1 Mrs Hogg and her infant child. The mur deress had been unduly intimate with the husband of her victim.
 Dispatches from Topeka indicate tha, Senator Ingalls, is hopelessly in the rear ir the struggle for his succession.
 Noah Crooks and Moses Mack quarreled at Winchester, and Mack was shot dead Crooks afterward fired upon and slightly wounded Sheriff Shackelford, who pursued him. The sheriff returned the fire and the fugitive dropped dead.
 Charles States reported to the Elmirs (N. Y.) police that he had been robbed o $2500 while visiting the saloons of tha city. Several saloon keepers were arrested
 The senate confirmed N. P. Moves a, postmaster at Stonington, Conn.,, and A M. Bradshaw at Lakewood, N. J. sey Steel and Iron works at Trenton b, the explosion of molten iron, and it ii feared that one of them, Jacob Kraft, i fatally injured.
 Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, has beer nominated by the president as associat, justice of the supreme court, to succeed Justice Miller.
 .A Philadelphia man named Lang, con sanaptive patient undergoing the Kocl treatment in Berlin, died after two weeks treatment.
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