Connecticut western news., 1891-07-09
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 A stage load of young men from Newark was struck by an Erie train at crossing in Passaic. Thomas Hart, twenty-one years old, was killed, and several others were injured.
 At New York Second avenue horse car ran down two merchants. One was killed outright and the other seriously injured.
 J. D. Shaw, editor of the Bishopsville Eagle, was stabbed to death at Telly's Ferry, S. O., by Dallas Kelly in row at picnic.
 The Fourth was celebrated at Chautau- qua Assembly grounds, Beatrice, Neb., by an attendance of 30,OO0 people. Ex-Presi- dent Hayes addressed large audience.
 John E. Godine, of New York, was seized with cramps, while bathing at Asbury Park, N. J. He was unconscious when John Logan, 8 life saver, succeeded in bringing him to the beach.
  of July fires, including the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church.
 Sheriff Robinson, of Scranton, Pa., was mortally injured by an exploding giant frecracker Saturday night.
 Galveston, Tex, is flooded along the wa terfront, and the shipping there suffered severely from 8 terrific storm yesterday.
 "Steve" Daley, the instructor in athlet- ics at Trinity college, Hartford, who shot and killed John P. Mccarthy June g, has been held in SIG, 900 for trial on 8 charge of murder in the second degree.
 The storehouse of the John P. Lovell's Arms company, on Wharf street, East Weymouth, Mass, was destroyed by fire. The loss on building and contents Is esti mated at $S5 900; insurance, $14,O 900.
 The hailstorm which prevailed at Lan- caster, Pa, has proved very destructive to the tobacco and fruit crops in this section. The loss to farmers is quite severe.
 John Vosburgh, aged eighty years, of Rochester, N. Y., an eminent mathema- tician and teacher, died in Washington, of heart failure.
 The lumber sheds of Grand, Fuller & Sons on Fulton's wharf, Brighton, Mass, were burned, together with about 1,O0O. 900 feet of lumber. Loss, $50,0OO; insurance unknown.
 Thirty-eight thousand pounds of Ameri- can pig tin were shipped to the American Tin Plate company, of St. Louis, by the Tennessee tin mines of South Riverside, Cal The mines have only been in opera tion six months
 Pierre Barguet (colored), a custom house inspector at New York, was held in s. GOO bail at Jefferson Market court, charged with assaulting Gertie Robinson, aged fourteen.
 James Piel, a German electrical engineer, who boarded at 32S Broome street, New York, jumped from the ferryboat Erastus Wiman near Liberty island. He was res cued and taken to Bellevue hospital 8 prisoner.
 Thomas Lyde, IS, of 35 Roseville avenue, Newark, was instantly killed by the burst the muzzle. A portion of the stock tore away one side of his head.
 The monument to Adjutant Campbell, of the British army, who protected colon ists from Tryon's cruelty and fell in the attack of New Haven, July 5, 1779, was un- yelled over his grave in the woods at AL Hngton.
 While Patrick McCourt and Howard Will son, of Plainfeld, N. J., were engaged in loading 8 famous old one horned cannon which served in the revolution the gun prematurely discharged and both of Nc Courts hands were blown off, while Wilson lost one hand. The ramrod was sent a dis tance of 25O feet, glancing against tele- graph pole and injuring Jennie, the twelve year-old daughter of George Teller. All the injured were taken to the Mullenberg hospital
 George w. Bailey, an old time theatrical man and one of the pioneers in the burnt cork business, died at Milford, Mass, aged sixty-five.
 A circular extending the Al per cent. bonds at 3 per cent. interest has been is sued from the treasury department.
 Colonel Joseph G. Tilford, of the Ninth cavalry, and Colonel Alexander Piper, of the Fifth artillery, having served for forty years as officers of the army, have been placed on the retired list.
 The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has signed the triple alliance treaty. Dis patches declare that 1t is substantially the same old treaty.
 The Vatican has requested the papal nuncios abroad to invite donations to com pensate for speculative losses of PetSr's pence.
 The western sales agents of the anthra- cite coal companies have decided that the the July output be limited to 3, ,Ooo, 900 tons.
 William Cox, of Phelps, N. Y, was sen- fenced to nine years and nine months at Auburn prison for incest.