Connecticut western news., 1891-02-11
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
Happenings of the World from
 Pole to Pole.
TOLDINAFEW SECONDS OF TIME.

Tue Developments of Each Day During
 the Week Past Caught Fresh from the
 Busy Wires and Carefully Edited and
 Condensed for Our Readers.
 On Feb ' Joe Donoghue sustained his claim to be the champion skater of the world by winning the entire series of the National Skating association races on the Hudson river.
 The Rev. Howard MacQueary, of Canton, O., the heretical priest, says he does not propose to leave the Protestant Episcopal church.
 The Woonsocket Shuttle company's works at Providence. R. l., has been pur chased by the American Spool Bobbin and Shuttle company.
 Owen Carroll, a trackman, was instantly killed by an express train on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, near Scarboro, N. Y.
 La grippe has made it's appearance in Stroudsburg, Pa, again, and the doctors report a large number of victims. The disease is of milder form than that of last year.
 Joshua l.. Pusey, president of the Pusey & Jones company, died at Wilmington, Del, aged 70. He was the founder of the company which is one of the largest builders of wooden vessels in this country. He leaves an immense estate. At Paterson, N. J., the jury in the Young Richardson conspiracy case announced that they could not reach an agreement. It is said that the jury stood Il to for convic- tion.
 Secretary Noble had a conference with ho of Tho Great Father, the secretary said had done all in his power for them. He advised | them to be patient and reasonable. If they | did not get favor by asking for it they certainly would not get it by force. Nat Kane and Charlie Kirk were killed in a mine explosion at Wyoming, Pa. Senator Saxton's amendment to the New York ballot law has been signed by Gov ernor Hill. The amendment reduces the number of inspectors from five to three and greatly lessens the expense. Rose Ann Henderson, aged 60, of Pitts burg, has sued Alexander Johnston, 70 years of age, for SIC, 900 for breach of prom ise to marry. Johnston, she claims, has transferred his affections to a lady of 50 | summers.
 Ex-Congressman Godshalk, of Bucks county, Pa., is dead.
 l The Jury III the cases OI ICuSuOk, l Andrew Todt and Michael Sobol, the three Hungarians on trial for killing Michael l Quinn at the Edgar Thomson Steel works riot at Braddock, Pa., on new years day, brought in verdict finding the defend ants guilty of murder in the first degree.
 Waldo Hutchins, ex-congressman, and park commissioner since 1887, died in New l York Feb g.
 The New York Herald says that ex Senator James F. Pierce, of Brooklyn, is to be appointed and confirmed as superin- tendent of insurance to succeed Robert A. Maxwell.
 By one majority the South Dakota senate l adopted the report of the committee in favor of the abolition of the death penalty and the substitution therefor of life i'm prisonment-
 The 16-year-old Whitfield boy, who fract- ured his skull while attempting to escape from an officer by jumping from moving train at Meriden, Conn.,, is dead.
 Fire at Caledonia, N. Y., caused a loss of $75,OOO. Insurance, $40,OO0.
 The situation in Italy is becoming criti- cal There is probability of the dissolution of the chamber.
 In Spain there is mLch disafection on account of government successes in the 4 streets of Barcelona Feb. 6.
 Wealthy MT. Youngs, of Southport, l.. l., was held for the grand jury on charge~o killing one Carlsen, his hired man. Youngs tells contradictory stories of the shooting At New York the trial of James A. Sim mons, the alleged bank wrecker, was stop ped because Broker Charles Ward swore to the acquaintance of Simmons with Will jam B. Goodnow, the eleventh juror.
 The president has signed the joint reso- lution extending the period to thirty days in which the president can select a success sor to the head of an executive department in case of vacancy by death or resignation. The period allowed by the old law was ten days.
 Acquisition papers have been granted for the extradition of ex-Police Inspector Mountain, of Boston, arrested in Brooklyn.
 Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, has signed the bill repeating the Bennett law.
 The New York Sun has this editorial an nouncement: eve are not speaking from mere probabilities when we inform the public that a proclamation from the presi- dent may be expected, probably before the 20th or 18th of this month, calling an extra session of the United States senate to meet in Washington March or immediately af- terward. It may also be presumed that the
 business to be brought before this called session will be of more than ordinary i'm
 portance."
 County Clerk Louis Balsizer of Lima, O., has been arrested for embedding the county's funds.
 Bishop Engle, of the Church of United Brethren of Kansas, has been deposed and expelled from the ministry for speculating
 in lands whereby he failed, with $50, 900 liar
 bilities over assets.
 A judgment was entered against the Taylor Manufacturing company by the } National Bank of Chambersburg, Pa, for s141, ,5OO The sheriff has taken possession of the shops. Other judgments and suits aggregating $5O,O0O were also entered. A receiver will be appointed Judge Benedict in the United States cir cult court at New York adjourned the case
 of bank wrecker James A. Simmons be cause it is said it has been discovered that
 one of the jurymen is a friend of Simmons
 The body of Miss Mamie Potts, whose death in New York is said to have been caused by morphine pills, given her by a medical student, remains in receiving vault at Mount Prospect cemetery, near Ocean Grove, N. J., her father refusing tc , believe her dead.
 A woman named Clark and her married I daughter were arrested near Greenwood f Del. They were found drunk, the house , without food and the children half starved
 An opium Hay out" was discovered in the
 place.
 Mr. Freeman H. Morse, formerly Amer icall consul general in London, died al , Surbiton, Surrey. MT. Morse was consul general in the early period of President
 Grant's administration. Harrington's Reply to the Archbishop DUBLIN, Feb. 9-Several Irish bishops I have written to their clergy in the sam,