Connecticut western news., 1891-03-11
Happenings of the World from
 Pole to Pole.
TOLD IN A FEW SECONDS OF TIME.

It is authoritatively announced in Buenos | Ayres that the financial crisis that was feared has been prevented by meeting of bankers and merchants who agreed to ad- | vance $9,O00,OOO.
 Sadie McMullen, the Akron, N. Y., mur- deress, was acquitted on the ground of ln- sanity. She threw two children from a l high bridge into Murder creek.
 Garrett Murray, one of the most impor- ] tant witnesses in the Lingo murder trial, is missing.
 Young Alexander I has been crowned king of Servia. He is only 15 years old.
 George F. Work, James s. Dungan and Louis Pfeiffer, who were recently convict ed on the charge of fraudulently misap- propriating the funds of the wrecked Bank of America, were sentenced Satur- day. Work was given four, Dungan three and Pfeiffer two years imprisonment in the Eastern penitentiary of Pennsylvania The clothing manufacturers of Rochester have notified their cutters and trimmers that their services would be discontinued, at least temporarily. There are about $50 men thrown out ot work. Unless arrange ments are made for resuming work it is estimated that over 10000 peopiv N,ll be without employment in d week. The manufacturers claim to have been black LudllCu ny CuC ASGIASIS ol ldC uAAS'l oAINA oAG trying to break it up.
 Governor Hill, of New York, has been invited by the Grady monument commit tee to deliver ap oration at the unveiling, l which takes place at Atlanta in August. | Mr. Hill accepted, as he and Grady were warm friends.
 1 The mind of the prisoner, Pallicio, who made partial confession of his connection | with Mafia in the Hennessey murder trial | at New Orleans last Saturday, is apparent | ly giving way.
 Charles McClinton, of Crawford county, l O., has brought suit against his father-in- law, Oliver Nounet, for $50 ,O00, for causing the death of his daughter, with whom Nc Clinton eloped, and who committed sui eide when her father refused to forgive her. l August Newberger has brought suit for 6, 900 against Nat Goodwin, the comedian, in New York The amount was lost by Goodwin in the gambling rooms of Bal lard & Go.
 Lyman Hyde and his two daughters, while crossing railroad in buggy near Lima O., were struck by train. Hyde and his eldest daughter Judith were killed instantly. Emeline, the younger daugh- | ter, had her skull crushed. l The cruisers Philadelphia and San Fran cisco have been formally accepted by the secretary of the navy.
 The fire which broke out in the Thomas ton colliery, near Pottsville, Pa, last Sept ember, and which was supposed to be smothered by this time, broke out in an- other..part of the mine.
 John J. Kelly, who was with the Ma tional league, of Pittsburg, last season, has signed to play left field for the New | Haven club.
 Judgments aggregating $35, ,675.5 50 have been entered against George Morgan and Joseph Morgan, trading as Joseph Mor- gan 6, Co.,, dealers in feathers, at Phlla- delphia.
 Maddox, Bailey & Co.'s table factory was destroyed by fire at Jamestown, N. Y. | The loss will amount to $2O, QUO; covered by insurance.
 Leonard Kuhn, the ex-cashier of the Faulkner bank, of Dansville, N. Y., was sentenced by Judge Nash to imprisonment for one year in the Monroe county peni- tentiary, having been convicted of receiv- ing deposits knowing the bank to be in- | solvent
 James Tester, aged s9 years, 6 months and 21 days, died at his home i'll Lyme, Conn. He was veteran of the war of 1872 It is learned that the ecclesiastical court
 which recently tried the Rev. Howard
 MacQueary for heresy will probably not
 be made public until after Easter.
 The California Worlds fair bill. which appropriates $500, 900 for California'S ex-
 hibit has been signed by the governor.
 The first meeting of the creditors of the Potter Lowell company for the proof of debts and choice of assignees was held. Thirty claims were proved, aggregating $2G3, 700 Rufus $. Frost, of Chelsea, and John Brooks, of Cambridge, were unani. mously elected assignees.
 Maj Louis J Ladner of Philadelphia, who was widely known from his conneC ton with the banking firm of Ladner
 Brothers, which collapsed in 1884, is dead. Robert Bonner says Maud s is to be bred to Anse.
 The funeral of MT. Leonard Jerome took place in London Ills body was tempo rarily deposited in the cemetery at kens.,l Green, but will be sent to New York next
 .*eek.
 An appalling incident is reported from Monte Carlo, where gentlemen fell dead at the gaming table. where he had been a heavy winner.
 Latest advices from Chili show that fighting is still gong on and that Prt.,i- dent Balmaceda Is determined to light to he last.
 !: William Watson, accused by Florence
 Birch, the pretty millincr of lslip, N. Y., of having set fire to her store, was dis charged from custody by Justice of the Peace Clock.
 The sale of Brayton Ives collection of rare books and man nuscripts was continued. The highest price realized was for an it. luminated missal dating back to he Four , teenth century, winch was Knocked down ,, Tor S5, 9O0.
 . It is said that Secretary Proctor has de-
 cided to enlist 2,000 Italians as soldiers. The city of Atlanta will give silver servlce to the cruiser Atlanta. An epidemic of measles has broken out at Plymouth, Pa. Four are dead III one LouSe.
 The annual deficiency bill, as reported
 to the New York assembly, Is sl, ,25o, ,552, or
 SGS, ,303 less than last year.
 John o. Burlington was hanged at i. Boonville. Mo. for killing Sheriff Gran
 mer in jail on the night Of June II last. | The report of the superintendent of pub lie works made to the New York senate f shows that $2O, ,92O. TIC has been paid out for maintaining the canals of the state for :, the seven years including 1884 and 1890 } Shakespeare Reeves, colored, was hanged ) in Delaware for assanlting Grace Clark. an 11-year-old white girl on Sept. 26 last. ? The Berlin i<reuz Zetung regards war between Fr'nce and Germany as probable and urges the ,Ierman government to
 maintain Il firm attitude. Death of Gen. Hillyer.
 HARTFORD, March 4.-Gen. Chasles T. Hillyer, of this city, died at his home
 Tuesday morning at the age of91. Hewas
 a native of Grandby, Conn.,. and came to
 this city when a young man. By judicious
 investment, particularly in the west, he accumulated a large amount of property,
 and has been considered the richest man
 ill Hartford, if not in the state He was