Connecticut western news., 1890-10-15
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 A Paris dispatch says that the movement for European boycott of American prod ucts has fallen through so far as France Is concerned. The very earnestness of Ger many has caused the French government to receive the proposition with disfavor, and France will do her own negotiating with the United States, with view to ob- taining as favorable terms as possible.
 Advices from Lisbon state that the revo- lutionary feeling there is running high. The king is caricatured in the most out rageous manner in the press, and spoken of as plain Carlos Simon" and as the financial agent of Lord Salisbury, who has sold his country for British loan. The king is in better health, and is giving per sonal attention to the political situation.
 Joseph F. Donoghue, the Newburg (N. Y.) skater, has sailed for Copenhagen. He will endeavor to win the worlds cham pionship as an ice skater.
 "Billy' Maxwell, the famous temper ance lecturer of Elmira, N. Y., died of heart disease Oct. 10. He was 69 years of age. by the Democrats of the Ninth Pennsylva- mia district.
 Kiernan, the alleged New York Central
 
 custody at Albany.
 Malcolm w. Ford, the ex-anateur cham pion all around athlete of America, has been declared a professional.
 The statement is published in London that the United States navy department has boycotted Roach's shipyards on ac- count of the English capital in them.
 The Count of Paris visited several points about Richmond made familiar to him by experiences in the war of the rebellion.
 William Pain, of Brooklyn, tarred and feathered himself in order to get an en- gagement as freak in the dime museums.
 The report of MT. Parnells illness is pronounced to be absolutely without foundation.
 Frank Carhart, a collector for Fleisch- mann's Yeast company at Asbury park, N. J., was arrested yesterday for embezzle- ment
 The best authorities say California will this year pack fully 1,3OO,00O boxes of raisins. This is about twenty times the raisin output of ten years ago.
 The Berlin Kreuz ZeitunR, in an article believed to be inspired, severely censures the German nobility for the laxity of their morals, and warns them to reform.
 The demand for Secretary Blaine in Ohio, and especially in Maj. McKinley's district, has been more than the secretary could withstand. He will leave for Ohio next week, and will be accompanied by Repre- sentative Dalzell, of Pennsylvania
 James A. Cowie received the regular Re publican nomination for assembly in the Thirteenth district at New York. The Gibbs faction nominated Frederick S. Gibbs as an independent Republican can- didate.
 Dougherty, the lunatic who killed Dr. Lloyd, had mapped out a scheme of whole sale murder, including among his intend ed victims Judge Lawrence and other officials in this city and Brooklyn.
 Thomas McEwan has been nominated for congress by the Republicans of the Seventh New Jersey district.
 At meeting of the Flint and Glass Manufacturers association in Pittsburg an advance of not quite per cent. was made in prices.
 The miners of tho Monongahela district will demand an increase of half cent per bushel this month. If the operators refuse the demand strike will ensue which will affect 6,oOO miners.
 The Vermont legislature passed a resolu- tion asking the manager of the Worlds fair to close the grounds on Sundays.
 The annual convention of the grand council of the Steam Railroad Mems Pro- tective Union of New England, which has been in session in Boston for three days, has elected these officers: Grand president, l.. Garside, of Nashua, N. H.; grand vice president, A. N. Strange, of Waterville, Me-; grand secretary and treasurer, 0. A. Keller, of Worcester; grand organizer, A. R. Collis, of St. Albans, Vt.; chairman of the executive board, William Davis, of Boston.
 At New York the police census already shows, with forty-eight districts still to be heard from, an increase of 62,730 persons over the figures reported by MT. Porter as the census of the population of the whole city.
 The coroner's jury, at Camden, N. J., held Francis Lingo for the murder of Mrs Annie Miller.
 The London Labor World, Michael Dav itt's paper, charges William R. Hoare, the British consul in New York, with hiring ''Red Jim" McDermott to get up dynamite conspiracies. MT. Hoare denies the charges
 Joseph T. Capple and his three brothers | all poor men, living at Trenton, N. J., say they have received information that they are heirs to the estate of James Woods, de | ceased, of England, who left property worth $SO, ,OOG
 Nelson broke the stallion trotting recorc | for mile at Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. g. H. | did a mile in 2:11A, thus eclipsing Axtell'l record by three-quarters of second. Ha Pointer lowered the pacing record the same day to 2:o91s.
 Micah w. Norton, adjudged guilty O. the murder of his housekeeper, Mrs. Annt | ColIey, at Skowhegan, Me, was sentenced to state prison for life
 The Bismarck memorial fund has nov reached the sum of $2O,OOO. The Berli1 | Volksblatt insists that the cash shall bs handed to the prince instead of being usee for the procurement of 8 bust or other me morial.
 Minister Reid has explained to tn, French government, by directions from l Washington, that the reception of tn, | Count of Paris in America has no politica significance whatever, and that the United States has the friendliest feeling toward the French republic.
 William Sprague, Jr, son of ex-Govern or William Sprague, of Rhode Island committed suicide at Seattle, Wash.
 The president has appointed Charles A Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, to be secre tary of legation to Mexico, and H. Remser Whitehouse, of New York, to be secretar! | ot legation to Italy
 ALBANY, Oct. 13.-Three murder case will occupy the attention of the court c oyer and terminer, which opened here te day, viz.: John O'Connor, charged wit murder of John Walker, near Cohoes John O'Brien, who killed William Nett at Karners, and William Taylor, charge with murdering his wife at West Troy. is probable that the case of O'Connor vii be called first.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 9.-At least 4( persons saw the contests in the interco legiate tennis tournament Wednesday. . Rowland, of Yale, who has just entere college, beat A. E. Wright, the veteran ( | Columhia Tho morpino o,s scoros wer,