Connecticut western news., 1891-01-21
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 The loss by the burning of the Dobson mills at Philadelphia was $1 ,0OO, 900. h. surance s6O0,OOO
 George c. Baker, the government sugar sampler, arrested for alleged crooked work at Philadelphia, was held in A, 900 bail for appearance.
 The United States steamship Philadel- phia, the flagship of Admiral Gherardi of the North Atlantic squadron, has sailed to join the other vessels of the squadron which are now cruising among the West Indies. -=. Nearly 100 members of St. Bernard com | mandery, Knights Templar, of Chicago. had portions of their skin removed to be grafted on fellow knight. John o. Dick | erson. The skin was taken from the gallant knights arms and was placed upon Dickerson's hip which had been denuded l of cuticle by cancer.
 The late hostile Sioux continue to give in their arms slowly and the troops are gradually being sent away. It is stated that the action of the Can adian government in taking the Rehring l Sea matter into the United States Supreme Court is bona fide move to secure 8 legal decision for or against sealers whose vessels have been seized, and a judicial definition of the status British sealers l hn~, hnv t1a1 rNf Behring Sea.
 | been appointed lord justice of the British court of appeal, to succeed Sir Barnes Peacock. Sir James Hannen is best known to the world through his presidency of the Parnell Commission.
 | Police Inspector Hawley, who was shot by Harley Mccoy during discussion of | the legislature troubles at Denver, is dead | The house committee on invalid pensions has ordered 8 favorable report on the bill 1 granting pension of $100 a month to Gen. | N. P. Ranks, now a member of the house of representatives.
 | Diamond Dick" alias Patrick Ferris tell, an ex-clerk in Simpsons pawn shop at Mo- 9l Park row, New York, and another man were arrested while in the act of rob- bing the pawn shop. "Dick' claims that a woman named Grace Cobe was the cause | of his downfall. The prisoners are charged with stealing $10, 900 worth of diamonds. The sixteenth game of the Steinitz- Gunsberg chess match, played in New York, resulted in a victory for Gunsberg. The score stands: Steinitz 5; Gunsberg, 4; | irawn,7 | The appeal of the murderer Eyraud from the sentence of death pronounced upon him for the strangling of the police notary Gouffe has been rejected.
 Gen. s. " Benet chief of the bureau of ordnance, war department, has been placed | on the retired list of the army. His serv l ices in the army extended over period of fort, six years, during seventeen of which he filled the position of chief of ordnance.
 Dr. Frederick nbaugh died at his home in Buffalo of diabetes, aged S3 years. His heroic services during the cholera cpl demic at Buffalo in 1882 attracted much attention. ..
 w. H. bills, one of the leading Demo cratic politicians of northern Indiana, is dead.
 City Works Commissioner Adams, of Brooklyn, has commenced a suit for libel against The New York Times and asks $50 900 damages. The alleged libel con- sisted in an article published by The Times in reference to the Long Island Water w mentioned as a stockholder, and which associated him with the alleged corruption.
 Vice President Reed and Director Trow- bridge emphatically deny the report that the New York and New Haven and the New York and New England roads were | to consolidate. The matter, they say, has not been before the directors.
 Secretary Rusk has designated Rouse's Point, Cape Vincent and Ogdensburg, all in the state of New York, as quarantine stations for the purpose of inspecting neat cattle, sheep and other ruminants, and of swine imported from Canada into the
 United States.
 Advices from St. Petersburg state that
 the official reports show that 300 persons
 were transported to Siberia during 1890.
 It is known, however, that the number was
 actually far greater.
 Ex-Governor Oglesby has been nomi-
 mated for senator by the Republicans of
 the Illinois legislature.
 A Philadelphia representative of the
 Claus Spreckels Sugar refinery is accused 1 of defrauding the custom house of $2O. GOO
 by lowering sugar entries. MT. Spreckels
 has given his check for the amount.
 Rev. J. R. J. Milligan and Rev. A. w.
 McCluskin were suspended from the Pitts
 burg Presbytery of the Reformed Presby-
 terian church. This action was caused by
 their indorsement of the right of church
 members to take part in civil elections.
 The postoffice at Ridgewood, N. J., has
 been raised to the presidential class.
 J. J. Ryan's ice manufactory and pack
 ing house in South Chester, Pa, was
 burned. Loss, $l7,O00; insurance. $1O,0OO.
 A fire in Rouen burned the palace of jus
 tice, a fine structure.
 | The cr,1ioor Soy, c1or0 horofnfOno in,
 tended for the flagship of the Asiatic sta
 tion, will be attached to the Pacific station
 The old wooden sloop of war Lancaster
 will go to China as flagship. [ Mr. Enloe introduced resolution in the l house protesting against the Canadian ap peal to the supreme court in the Behrine ! sea case. The appeal is likely to be dis missed as far as Canada is concerned. , J. B. Chapman, a venerable farmer o 7 Adams Center, N. Y., against whom Miss Sarah S. Chellis secured verdict fol 1; $S,OO0 damages and costs for breach o , promise of marriage, has taken the case te
 the court of appeals.
 . Mrs. Cloette M. Philliard, grsndniect of John Howard Payne, died at Lo. Angeles, Cal, Jan. 14.
 . Billy Myer has posted forfeit of s25O te l bind a match with either Jack McAulifft or Jimmy Carroll to fight for purse an6 - the lightweight championship of Americs
 before the Olympic club, New Orleans.
 Fire at Dallas. Tex, caused loss O. f $1O6,000. D The village of Eddyville, N. r., wa. 9 swept by floods, great damage to property - resulting. Many ot the inhabitants were } driven out of their houses by the rapid r rise of water.
 !, Senator Hearst, of California, is fatally