Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01


 banks at the close of business Friday, Sept. 25
 James B. Goddin, sixty-two years old, at one time wealthy lawyer of Richmond, Va, died in poverty in the workhouse on Blackwell's island, New York.
 A heavy rainfall has extinguished nearly all the forest fires in Minnesota.
 Frances Elizabeth Willard celebrated her fifty-second birthday at Evanston, Ills, Sept. 28.
 Charles Johnson shot and killed Mrs. Emma Hopkins at Henderson,, Ky., be- cause she refused to marry him. The marble statue of the pope presented to the Catholic university at Washin gton by Joseph Loubat, of New York, was un- yelled.
 The general executive board of the Knights of Labor has issued boycott on the product of the shoe factory of Thomas 6 Co.,, of Brooklyn.
 Emmet B. Stanley, superintendent of the money order department of the post office at Atlanta, Ga, has been arrested on charge of embezzlement.
 The Princeton freshmen won a victory in flag rush over the sophomores.
 An investigation by the Newark, fire dc partment fixes the number of the in ured by the Boyden street explosion at fifty two. Seven were killed.
 The Dacoits have again attacked tn British in Burmah.
 The pope received at St. Peters Sept g 4,O00 pilgrims, delegates of societies for the young. He passed through the ranks of the pilgrims, addressing them and giv- ing them his hand to kiss
 Rev. Dr. Rocker, of the American col lege in Rome, has left Rome for the United States, taking with him the pope's present to the Most Rev. Peter Richard Kendrick, D. D., archbishop of St. Louis.
 Diphtheria is raging at Niles, O. Five children died in one afternoon. Schools have been closed.
 At New York the Rev. Madison c. Peters preached against hoisting foreign flags on the city hall.
 A severe earthquake shock was felt on Saturday night throughout Illinois, Indi- ana, Iowa, Missouri Kentucky and Ten nessee. People fled from their houses in alarm, but no great damage was done to property.
 It is officially stated that 600 buildings remain standing in Consuegra, Spain. out of 2, 100 that stood there before the flood. Rev. Howard MacQuary has been form ally deposed from the Episcopal ministry by Bishop Leonard.
 Unless heavy rains come soon, a water famine is threatened in several Connecti' cut cities.
 The claim is made that Jay Gould has been forced to agree to the new Ian fol recognizing the Union Pacific
 Hon. Carl Schurz has resigned the presi. dency of the Hamburg-American Packet company.
 Water in the New Hampshire rivers is se low that many of the mills can run only on half time.
 Secretary Rusk says it has been found by experts that women make better meat inspectors than men.
 Moorehead, McCleane & Co.,, of Pitts burg, the embarrassed iron firm, have been granted an extension of five years by their creditors.
 Mrs. Zeralda Wallace, mother of Gen. eral Lew Wallace, is recovering from the stroke of paralysis with which she was stricken few days ago. s
 The National Order of Railway Teleg- raphers and the Brotherhood of Teleg. raphers of Chicago have applied for ad mission to the Federation of Railway Elm ployes.
 Clara Hartman, eleven years of age, o1 Newark, N. J., was so badly burned while preparing supper that she died.
 William Gould, IT,, tried for aiding and abetting Bookkeeper Whitney in falsify ing the accounts of the Albany City Ma tional bank, was found guilty at Buffalo.
 David Hastings, ex-clerk of markets iI Allegheny City, Pa, was arrested and held in s, 900 bail for embedding.
 NY ed Annie Bush, his sweetheart, so that sht died, and then started to poison himself The only reason that he did not die wa. that his courage failed him at the last moment.
 Syracuse (N. Y.) public schools wer. closed Sept. 25 on account of the terribl. heat
 Thieves robbed the house of Robert w. Knowles, Newark, N. J., securing $100 ir cash and $4O0 worth of jewelry and other property.
 Charles H. Perry has applied at Wash ington for divorce from his wife, Mary A. Perry, alleging that his wife's craze fol travelling about the country practicing tha doctrine of faith cure has made his life unbearable.
 Rev. James Bells, the new pastor of the Presbyterian church of Englewood, N. J.. has been installed.
 A warrant in insolvency has been issued against Potter, White & Bayley, 8 shot firm at Boston.
 At Portsmouth, N. H., William Henry Hackett, United States commissioner anG clerk of the UDited States court, died aged sixty three.
 The will of the late Allen Thorndike Rice, of The North American Review is te be contested.
 The Philadelphia Democratic city con vention has nominated w. Redwood Wright for city treasurer and Theodore F Jenkins for register of wills.
 The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Eel lows, in session at St. Louis, settled the celebrated Crabb case by confirming Grand Sire Underwood's action.
 Newark (N. J.) Democrats renominated Mayor Joseph B. Haynes for fifth term Republicans nominated ex-Congressma1 Lehlbach.
 Ex-United States Senator Saunders, o Nebraska, says that polygamy is dying out in Utah under the operation of tn. laws against it.
 It is reported that indictments will b. found against Chairman Smith and oth CTS, of the Transmissouri association, at Topeka.
 A Nail Keg Full of Old Cash.
 BEAVER FALLS, Pa, Sept. 29.-The Econ omites have shipped to the Economy Say ings bank of this city nail keg full oI old United States silver coins as bright and new as when they left the mint. The coins were principally half dollars dated 1893, showing that they have been hoarded