Connecticut western news., 1893-10-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnr.dnY. Sept. 2s

 St. Louis, and in trying to es...ne jumped in the Mississippi river and wv sown,d The hop crop of Germany is the smallest for many years, and she will be compelled to import largely.
 A 12-year-old son of Philip Potts of Oak land, Ills, committed suicide because his father slapped him.
 Eighty-6ve fine horses were burned in fire at Lima, O. Botkin Brothers owned them.
 Smallpox is dying out in New York oity. The citizens of Salt Lake City have nom- mated an independent candidate for mayor to oppose the Mormons Nathaniel Catlin, aged e7 years, fatberN in-law of ex Secretary Tracy, died near o. wego, N. Y. A new machine has been invented that will greatly reduce the cost of making binder twine. Although the bulk of the dry goods trade is with the west, southern buyers at pros ent are relatively the most active Friday, Sept. az. Mrs. Harry A. Cram, a social favorits in | Newport, R. l., Is dead. John Jacob Astor's steam yacht Nour- mahal ran on the rocks and was badly damaged -. The residence and nns art gallery of | Broker w. s. Lawson were totally de- stroyed by fire at Portchester, N. Y. Hungary is preparing to resume specie | payment | Michael McKeon, who broke his neck two weeks ago, has just died in New York. | The Wells Fargo Express company has put in number of dynamite proof safes in | express cars.
 Eight new cases of yellow fever were re- | ported at Brunswick. Nine people were trampled to death and many injured in a panic in synagogue In | Warsaw, caused by false alarm of fire. | Bismarck continues to gain strength slowly.
 The actions of the soldiers at the open- ing of the Cherokee strip are to be investi- gated.
 President Cleveland will not participate In the exercises at the fair on Chicago day. Saturday, Sept 30. Points in Massachusetts, the mining TO | zion about pottsville. Pa, and Caton, N. Y, were visited by slight fall of snow.
 The grand jury in New York sweepingly arraigned the coroners for gross inoompe- tence and recommended that that office bc | abolished.
 Kansas Populists have nominated wom- en for number of county offices, including coroner and register of deeds.
 H. J. Spink dropped dead of heart disease while sparring in friendly bout with n companion in St Louis.
 Three additional street railway compa- nies in Pittsburg and Alleghany have an- nounced wage reductions of from 7H to 12x per cent.
 St. Johns Episcopal church was dedi- cated by Bishop Williams at Bridgeport, Conn.
 Thirteen new cases of yellow fever wore reported at Brunswick, Ga.
 James Romer's horses were scared by the cars at Winfield, N, r., and he fell beneath their hoofs, being dragged quarter of . | mile. He was dead when picked up.
 The Interstate fair closed at Trenton to- day with an attendance of nearly 10000 people.
 Anarchist Pallss, who threw n bomb at General Campos at Barcelona, was sen- fenced to be shot.
 Oscar Hammerstein, who wAgered that he could write n complete opera in &8 hours, handed in the manuscript one hour before his time was up. Judges will pass on its merits later. | Another crank was arrested in the White | the president. His name was Gotlieb Spragle, and he had been an inmate of a Hamburg asylum.
 The Lutheran synod In Bellefonte, Pa, found W. H. Diver of Newport guilty of embezzlement, and he was deposed from the ministry
 The 60 days notice required by Now York savings banks expired Saturday, and the withdrawals were very heavy.
 State Treasurer Bates of South Carolina, Farmers Alliance man, caused e sensar tion by openly favoring repeal of the sher- man law.
 The international congress of Free Thinkers is in session in Chicago.
 Flooded streams are playing havoc with railroad bridges in Indian Territory.
 Administration delegates were elected at each of the nine Democratic cauouses held In Genesee county, N. Y.
 Tuesday, oot s.
 The New York Tribune and Times havc sach been sued for sio,ooo by the Mon mouth Park association for libel
 An early settlement of the Chesapeake and Ohio strike is now thought to be ab- solutely certain through the intervention of Chief Arthur.
 Three explosions of naphtha in the trunk factory of R. c. Jenkinson & Go. at New ark, N. J., caused loss of s15,0o0.
 It is understood that Mrs Edwin Parker Deacon, who has arrived in this country, will hereafter live quietly in California
 The general consensus of opinion seoms Co be that Reading can be reorganised with. out foreclosure.
 The consumption of sugar has been enor- nous on account of the large fruit crops. Refiners say this is the cause of its scarcity.
 The populists have nominated two wom- en for school commissioners fin Ontario county, N. Y.
 William Decker was sentenced to one years Imprisonment at Corning. N. Y., for