Connecticut western news., 1890-12-24
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 Charles Bond, the Harrison county (W. Val farmer who, with his wife and five children, was poisoned by trough on rats" want, died Saturday.
 Forty horses were burned to death in Brooklyn Saturday by 2 livery stable fire.
 Two safes in the Dennison hotel, Gin cinnati, ware blown open by dynamite and q, 900 stolen. The thieves escaped.
 By the bursting of heater in a car OH the Chicago and Grand Trunk road at Battle Greek. Mich, several passengers were burned. Mrs. Fritz and her infant child severely. -.-..~-- .-.-,
 The ball players of the National league and Players league in New York have consolidated. The papers were signed Saturday. @"
 A fire in the blaming mill of Scudder & Sons, Camden, N. J., caused loss of s75,o00. . ...
 Adjt. Gen. Corbin denies the report that the killing of Sitting Bull was murder. He says the famous chief died fighting.
 Western railroad managers fear an ex- tensive strike of switchmen.
 Osborn Bros lumber yard and half dozen freight cars were destroyed by fire at DanbuYy, Conn.,, Saturday, causing a loss of over 5O,0O0. President Harrison will probably issue tho Worlds fair proclamation early this week
 The published report that the New York Staats Zeitung would change hands is in correct. Mr. Ottendorfer, wishing to be relieved of business cares, has sold . one- tenth interest to MT. Herman Ridder, of The Catholic News, who will manage the business of the great German daily.
 Doe" Bradford, . notorious criminal, wrecked the pay train on the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas railroad near Bayou Sara. La. He pulled a rail from the track and the train was thrown down an smbankment. two men being badly in jured. Bradford was captured and may b. lynched. .-..
 The recent gale in the east developed into great snow storm as it went west ward. Railroad trains were snowbound in the Allegheny mountains and travel genarally suspended. Drifts thirty feet deep arc reported in some places in West Virginia. ... Owens Bros-, of Providence, R. l.. agents of Atlantic mills, have failed for nearly . million.
 Adolphe Belot, the French dramatist and novelist, is dead. He was born in 1899. The Democrats and Alliance mon of South Dakota, it is said, have agreed on g scheme to defeat Senator Moody (Rep) and elect either Judge Tripp pem.) or Harden (Alliance), There is believed to be no prospect of the passage of the Pennsylvania border claims bill at this session of congress.
 Governor George L. Shoupe and w. J. Mcconnell were elected to the United States senate from Idaho for the two short terms, and Frederick T. Dubois was elect ed senator for the six years' term.
 A jury at Hartford awarded Miss Mary Halliday <, 800 damages in her breach of promise suit against Daniel c. Forward. An express train jumped the track near St. Joseph, Que. ran 200 yards along an embankment and crashed into an abut- mont. killing eight people and seriously injuring many others.
 At Long Branch, N. J., Rev. James A. Walsh, one of the best known Catholic clergymen in New Jersey, died, aged 51 years.
 Miss Kate .Drexel, now known as Sister Catherine, will turn over her entire fort une, estimated at between $7,000,O00 and $a,000, 900, in February to the new or der which she intends founding, and which will be known as The Sisters of the Holy Sacrament" and have headquarters near Washington for two years, and thereafter | at Andalusia, near Philadelphia. A train on the Wheeling 6 Lake Erie road broke through trestle near Bolivar, O., and four people were killed outright | and . number injured | Miss Mabel Ismond, of East St. Louis | was shot by her sister in-law, who mistook | her for burglar. The young woman may l die r =-.r--. The secretary of tho treasury sent state | ment to tho senate showing that tho United States will owe Pennsylvania on Jan. 1891, $S6S All on account of advances and expenditures made by the state in tho wal | of1s12. E.
 Arthur H. Day, of Rochester, N. Y., wa. hanged at Welland, Ont, Dec. IS. for th. ! murder of his wife at Niagara Falls, July g, 1890. Day pushed his wife over cliff and was convicted upon tho testimony o his sister, Mrs. Quigley, of Rochester, N. Y Louis Eugene Charpentier, the vel known French painter, is dead.
 A strong flow of natural gas was struck while prospecting for coal at NewtoI Center, Pa, five miles from Scranton. | The reports from the patients under ] going the lymph treatment at New Haver arc of the most favorable character Tn, one who is suffering from lupus shows thu greatest improvement
 A suit to break tho will of eccentric In ventor Irwin, of Morton, who left hi fortune to his fancee, was tried at Media Pa, and won by his second wife's sister.
 At Indianapolis tho grand jury callet witnesses in relation to the charge tha Attorney General Miller had violated tn postal laws. The man to whom the al legged "franked" letter was addressed testified that it bore . stamp when he re ceived it. . 4..
 Professor Koch is said to be much wor ried over the non-success of his expert ments, and especially over the spelling Q his last lymph, which was manufactures in large quantities.
 Franklin Chapman, . young man livinl in New York, claims hs was bound, gagged and robbed by . man who occupied tn same stateroom with him on . Hudson river steamer.
 Four Hungarian miners were killed by fall of coal in the mines near Hazleton, Pa
 Tho roof of tho city hall at Camden, N J., was partly destroyed by fro. The los was $l0,000.