Connecticut western news., 1892-11-24
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
 WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Tho Developments of Each Day During
 the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy
 Wires and Carefully Edited and Con- densed for Our Readers.
 Thursday, Nov. I7.
 John c. Tpton, murderer, bigamist and horse thief, was captured in Tennessee church when finishing sermon. He has been playing the part of & minister for several months.
 William Duge, accused of killing John McElnejll in a row over Ivy Roche, in Yonkers, was tried and acquitted in White Plains.
 Official returns in New Hampshire give Smith (Rep.l for governor TAI; McKin- ney Oem.), fl, ,424. Smiths plurality, 2,317, and majority, 643,F
 M. Charles de Lesseps speaks of the Pana- ma prosecution as a relief, and hopes it will be carried out expeditiously. He hints at startling revelations
 The Rothschilds will send another a1,- 6O0, 900 in gold to Russia next week. This is believed to presage warhke action.
 The English extrsdition court ordered Anarchist Francois sent back to Paris.
 The concrete foundation of St. Paul's church, New Orleans, which was used in- stead of piling, has given away, and the church must be torn down. Friday, Nov. 1s- Policeman Hennessey, of Portsmouth, | N. H., was set upon by four United States marines Wednesday night and terribly beaten. Two of them are under arrest. Professor Munroe's petition against the election of the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour as member of parliament for East Manches- ter on the alleged grounds of bribery, etc, has been abandoned.
 Frederick Engels, of the Berlin socialists organ Vorwaerts, says that four years ago he predicted the defeat of protection in this country. He says that free trade in Amer lea will destroy England's monopoly of the worlds trade | A messenger boy in the postoffice in Char lottetown, Prince Edward island, has stolen i 1000 letters containing money during the year.
 Fred F. Bartlett, an athlete of Warsaw, N. Y., has become crazy through over training.
 Wife beating is so common in Mercer county, N. J., that Its grand jurors recom- mended that whipping posts be set up for the punishment of brutal husbands.
 Saturday, Nov. Is. -..
 William Mayer, the wife murderer, was hanged at Wheeling.
 A field covered with waste oil near Washington, Pa, is burning fiercely.
 Miss Meta L. Cowles, of Greene, N. Y., was admitted to the bar at Syracuse. A large number of women are delegates to the convention of locomotive engineers ct Columbus, O.
 William Scanlon, aged nineteen, mes senger for Lee, Higginson & Co.,, bankers of Boston. is under arrest, charged with stealing $20, 900 in sugar certificates.
 There is talk of opposing the confirma tion of ex-Congressman McComas as judge of the supreme court of the District of Co lumbia, because he is not a resident of ths district.
 Sebastian Slaterer, the hired man of Mrs c. c. Fitzgerald, of Elizabeth, N. J., wht attempted to assault his mistress and stol, her jewels, valued at s1 300, was captured under a haystack. .... .a-s-# ##.. The settlementof virginia's debt is abou completed. r. Monday, Nov. 21.
 Robert Winthrop, head of the banking firm of Robert Winthrop & Co, is dead.
 MT. Blaine is rapidly recovering from hi slight indisposition, and his family expec him to be about very soon. The Republican general assembly iron Philadelphia, by a vote of 33 to l. the latte being Frank M. Ritter. indorsed Senate Quay for reelection. +.. |, William Mckinley, ST., father of tn governor is dying of heart trouble. Tues day he celebrated in good health hi eighty-fifth birthday. ....... .
 Diphtheria and scarletfeve are very prev alent in Hornellsville. The charcoal industry is dying out il Rhode Island, as the young men refuse t continue the dreary life in the woods. The Pennsylvania Railroad company spending $1,00o,0O0 about Baltimore il strengthening it's road and building an ele vated structure through the city. The smallpox scare in New Haven VI abating and no new cases have been re ported There are now twelve cases unde } treatment and all are doing we'll. } Tuesday, Nov. 2a. a..
 John Hughes, twenty-e years old, wa found dead in his room in Long Island City He had forgot to turn off the gas. : Bonnebrook, the residence of Fredericl
 W. Blake, at Yonkers, N. Y., was dc
 stroyed by fire. Loss, s15,0oo.
 The two-year-old son of John Clements
 of Elizabeth, N J., fell into a tub of boil Ing water ana was Scalueu Co uedIn. 8 The Antislavery Society of Belgium is il f such bad straits that its directors have re
 solved to issue an appeal to the people fo
 aid. The birthday of the Empress Frederic l was celebrated at the royal court in Berlin
 but the public refrained from any partic p patton. , The court at Galatz, Hungary, has COT 9 demned Princess Gregory Gortschakoff t transfer to her brother the sum of S, 900 = 600 and residences held by her in Paris an Baden-Baden. This ruins the princess. , The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, wit numerous suit is visiting Queen Victori 5 ct Windsor.
 Eigee Allen was shot and killed by Jess i Price at Alexandria, La, in quarrel owe
 six ears of corn.