Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
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 Francis Rhind, aged 47, leaped from 8 four story window of the Hotel Albert at New York, and received injuries from which he died.
 H. w. Cowlishaw, 8 dry goods drummer, committed suicide at New York by shoot ing himself.
 It is said that James E. Boyd, governor elect of Nebraska, is ineligible to the of6ds, for the reason that he is a citizen of England.
 Hugh Dever, Joseph Hussey, Joseph Johnson and Neal McElvaine were killed and several others injured on 8 crossing at Bristol, Pa.
 The Federation of Labor has decided that the miners shall be the next trade union to make stand for the eight hour day.
 The store of the J. B. Barnaby Clothing company at Providence, R. l., was de- stroyed by fire; loss, $5OO, 900. Several fire men were hurt.
 The military authorities say there is now no fear of an Indian uprising, as the troops are masters of the situation. Most of the Sioux have returned from the Bad Lands to Pine Ridge reservation.
 Archbishop Ryan sides with the Irish bishops and MT. Gladstone on the Parnell question.
 There are twenty-six cases of tuberculosis now under treatment in the hospitals in New York city with the Koch lymph.
 Secretary Noble proposes to abolish the claim agents altogether asking state au- thorities to do the work without charge to pensioners.
 The government now proposes to melt up the dimes, quarters and half dollars in the treasury and issue silver certificates against them to relieve the monetary situ- ation.
 The consolidation inquiry commission has recommended the drafting of . bill for the purpose of uniting New York and other municipalities under one city gov ernment
 Venable & Heyman, New York liquor dealers, have assigned. The assignee es. timated the liabilities at between $3OO. .00C and $4OO. .OOO
 Henry Siebert, tobacco commission mer. chant, 76 Bond street, New York, has sus pended. Liabilities estimated at about $250, ,OCO
 Several persons were killed by cyclone near Munroe, Walton county, Ga
 The convention of the American Fedora tion of Labor at Detroit was enlivened by sharp discussion over the question of ad mitting Lucien Saniel, the socialistic dele gate of the New York Central Labor Fed eration. It was finally voted that his ere dentals be returned.
 The Loo Huy Sos society, at Long Tuy Tsinn, China, massacred over twenty na tive Christians and plundered their resi- dences during a celebration of the 90 ciety's patron deity.
 Governor Campbell, of Ohio, was charged before the legislative committee inves tigating Cincinnati affairs with accepting 6O,0OO from the gas company to pay g campaign debt.
 Two consignments of Dr. Koch's lymph arrived in New York, one package going to Dr. Jacobi, of the Sinai hospital, who inoculated three persons, and the other in tended for Dr. Billings, of the United States army, Washington. The coroner's jury in the Emma Pfitzen myer murder case at Chester, Pa, found that tho girls death was caused on Dec by series of stab wounds inflicted by g person or persons to the jury unknown.
 The woman on trial at St. Petersburg aa 8 Nihilist is Olga Ivanowsky, niece of the privy councillor of the holy synod. .Sev- eral high ecclesiastics are suspected, and startling developments are expected.
 Near Henrietta Mills, Rutherford coun. ty, N. O., Halloway Wall shot and killed his wife, dangerously wounded her broth. CT. and then put an end to his own life. The cause was family trouble. Senor Antonio Vento, the owner of the Camacho estate in Cuba, who was recent ly kidnaped by bandits near Batabano has been released upon the payment of . ransom of $5, 900.
 At Albany the interior of the house ot Senator Norton Chase was damaged to the extent of A, 900 by fire; insurance, $7,000. . Joseph Bath, who pleaded guilty to man l slaughter in the second degree for the kill | ing of "Scotty" Cox in September last a, Buffalo, was sentenced to one year and ter months imprisonment. It is currently reported that a free coin age bill will be offered in the senate as { | substitute for the tobacco rebate bill. The board of aldermen of New Yorl have adopted a reso lution by 8 vote of 1. | to II granting franchise to the New Yorl and Long Island Tunnel company to con struct 8 tunnel under the East river con 1 meeting New York and Long Island. Rubinstein has resigned the directorshi] of the St. Petersburg conservatory.
 Robert Dick, inventor of the mailing | machine in use in all the large newspape offices in the United States and Canada | died at Buffalo Dec. g. He was nearly 2 years old and was born in Scotland. | The court of appeals at Toronto has de cided that John c. Brosi, the noted swell forger, will have to return to Pittsburg Pa, where he is wanted for the forgery o his uncle's (ex-Mayor Miller's) name t. checks to the amount of q, ,7O0 Alfred L. Dennis, president of the unite, railroads of New Jersey, died Dec a Newark, N. J. He was 73 years old.
 Mrs. Cornelia V. E. Miller, who wa charged with receiving the sum of $132, % alleged to have been embedded by the firn of J. H. Field & Co.,, of London, and who's extradition was sought by the British con sul, has been discharged by United State Commissioner Shields.
 The Gladstone club, of Providence, R. | has offered t4 900 purse for 8 scientifi contest between Jake Kilrain and Georg Godfrey.
 The complaint against Real Estat Broker Perrin H. Sumner, who was mixe up in the Edgar mystery of Yonkers, wa dismissed in the police court. The evi dence against him was insufficient to sus tain the charge of forgery on which he wa arrested.
 Governor Hill has dismissed the charge heretofore presented against Charles W Stapleton, the county clerk of Madiso county, N. Y., and denied the application for his removal from office. The governo In alaogthy decision holds that the charge are not sufficiently sustained to warran executive interference.
 SALISBURY.