Connecticut western news., 1893-02-16

The Developments of Each Day During the Week Caught Fresh From the Basy Wires and Carefully Edited and oon- densed For Our Readers.
 Thursday, Feb. @.
 Edward Geoghan of Brooklyn wAs found guilty of murder in the first degree for kill. ing his wife.
 The individual banking house of ". RookRfellow & Co. at wilkesbarre. Pa, has closed its doors.
 The senate and the house joined In count. ing the electoral vote and this passed of without any incident of importance. Gro. yer Cleveland was declared to be the na- tional selection Of the people for the office of president and AdlM K. Stevenson for the office of vice president Of tho United ] States.
 The president has made the following nominations: Josiah Y. Stone Of MRsnaohn- setts, Unitei States consul at Nogales; Miss Eva R. Nis,ling, postmistress at Middle town, Pa
 At Brooklyn John McCaffrcy, a young man of 20 years, shot hts sweetheart, Sarah Duffy, l9 years of ago, a shopRirl, while on. gagged in a lover's quarrel.
 Blanche Blanchard, a trapeze performer, fell from the trapeze In circus at Lsioes- ter. She was picked up dead.
 Friday, Feb. 10. The Uncapapa boy Mark, who was one of the murderers of the four whites at the camp on White Clay creek, has been taken to the Pine Ridge agency.
 While Patrick Sullivan was trying to rescue his II children from burning dwelling at Chapels Cove N, F., he per ished in the Flames with four of his chil- dren.
 Miss Frederioa Louise Cook, only daueh. ter of ex-Secretary of State Frederick Cook, was married to AugustusM. MoDonneilat Rochester.
 Mrs. Annie l.. Angler, wife of the vaner- able Rev. l.. II. Angler of Boston, is dead Mrs. Angler was well known in literary circles as poetess and contributor to the press.
 A financial crisis is imminent in Nicars- qua.
 cured control of the Duluth and Winnipeg railway. F. W. French, treasurer of the Boston National Tube company and the indorper to the amount of about s35,oo0 for K. A. Houdlette of the iron firm that assigned. has filed a petition In insolvency.
 Saturday, Feb. n.
 Fifteen men employed by the Standard Rubber corporation Of Brockton, Mass. have left their machines, owing to a disa- greement regarding prices.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt is Arranking for the construction of n villa at Ochra Point. to take the place of the one burned re- gently
 Colonel l.. l.. Morgan, for 10 years pub fisher of the New Haven Register and treasurer and manager of the American Publishers association lies at the point of death from gastric troubles.
 The factory of the Pittsburg Shoe com pany, Knoxville, was entirely destroyed by fire.
 A freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ran into rock and wrecked the engine. pilinR 10 loaded cars on top of it. William Spotts of Grafton, the en- gineer, was instantly killed. His fireman, Bruce Watkins, was fatally injured, and brakeman named Foley was cut and bruised and may die.
 Monday, Feb. Is.
 Oliver Burr Jennings, es years old, died suddenly in New York. In conjunction with John D. and William Rockefeller. Mir. Brewster and others, he established the Standard oil trust,
 AunN Ioll1 DANlS, hn Oiu colOfcu Wot1Au of Montclair, N. J., who once was slave, will attend the inauguration of President elect Cleveland. Aunt Polly has attended every inauguration since Lincolu's, and the citizens of Montclair will send her this year, as she desires to go, She is co years of age.
 The eighth annual tournament for the chess championship of the state of New Jersey and the Waterbury cup will take place on Washington's birthday at Ho. boken, N. ].
 Heideloff building, Plainfeld, N. l., burned at a loss of Si0,0o0.
 Peter BurlinRame, laborer, was shot and stabbed in lonely spot two miles north of Port Henry, N Y. In his ante mortem statement he accused an Italian, Frank Jolien, who has escaped.
 Tuesday, Feb. I4.
 The annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers association will be held at New York beginning Wednesday.
 William H. De Graaf. one of the oldest and most prominent wheelmen in the Now York state, died of pneumonia.
 Judge John Sohoheld, for the past % years member of the supreme court of Illinois, died at Marshall.
 The Marion Qnd) fruit jar and bottle works were destroyed by fire, throwing put of employment 100 men.
 H. k. Gamsby of the firm of Gamsby & Dean, builders and cabinet makers, who was injured in runaway accident about A week ago at New Haven, died of the iuju- ries.
 The Fall Brook House at Watkins, N,Y., has been closed. John Duiey, formerly of Lyons, was tha proprietor.
 The oldest iuhabitant of Buffalo, fin the person of Captain Lew Allen, died at the age of 99 years. He was born in Horklmer county and came to Buffalo in 1908.