Connecticut western news., 1894-10-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Oct. (.

Tyler Townsend of Montgomery, Ala, has murdered his brother Harry and Philip Crenshaw.
 The marriage of the czarowitz to Prin- cess Alix of Hesse has again been post poned this time on account of the Illness of the ozar.
 Samuel R. Yost of South Bethlehem, Pa, has been disbarred from practice be- fore the interior department for violation of the pension laws.
 Sir Joseph Renals, the senior alder man, representing the Aldergate ward, was finally elected lord mayor of London by the aldermen of the city.
 Martha H. Potter, maiden lady 70 years of age of Augusta, Me, committed suicide by jumping into the river. She was a sister of Congressman Potter.
 Fire broke out in the Wagner block, Manchester, N. H., which gutted the building and in which three police off cers and four firemen were badly burned
 The jury In the case of the United States bank versus President Joseph c. Moore of Manchester, N. H., charged with inisappropriation of funds, brought in verdict of not guilty.
 Friday, Oct. 5.
 The pope Is said to be at work upon his American encyclical to the exclusion of all other affairs.
 The report that regency would be ap- pointed to the Russian throne pending the czar's recovery Is denied.
 Lord aad Lady Terence Blackwood, ao- companied by MT. and Mrs Davis of New York, arrived at Clandeboye, Lord Duffer. in's seat near Belfast, on their wedding tour.
 The jury acquitted Mrs Mamie Mo Cauley of Staunton, Va, charged with the murder of her husband, Sergeant Dixie McCauley of the United States ar tillery.
 Mrs. Ethel Stookwell, better known as Miss Ethel Brandon. the actress, has been awarded divorce from l.. R. Stock we'll, the actor, on the ground of extreme cruelty.
 The hearing of the appeal of Jabez
 Balfour, who is wanted in England to an- swer charges of fraud, against the deci- sion ordering his extradition was begun in Buenos Ayres.
 Saturday. Got. 6.
 The majority of the Democrats in Geor- gia will fall below 10. 900. A new counterfeit s5 national bank note has been discovered by the secret
 service officials
 At Kempton park, London. the Impe- rial stakes of 5, 900 sovereigns were won by Lord Rosebery's Sir Visto The tin plate industry in this country Is said to be almost at a standstill on ac- count of the lowered tariff. The murderer of Charles H. Birdsall. was captured in lodging house in Seattle, Wash, and gave an assumed name. Professor Hutchins of the Cornell law school has accepted call to the deanship of the law school of the University of Michigan. .-.. ....... Professor Vincenzo Botta of New York accidentally fell from the third floor rear
 window of his home and died as result of his injuries.
 George Neorr, a saloon keeper of h. dianapolis, fatally shot his wife In the head and then went to the house of his
 son near by and blew out his own brains
 on the back porch.
 Monday, Oct. 8. General Booth arrived at Montreal Sat
 urday and will remain for several days The king of Greece will go to Corfu to
 meet the czar, who will reside during his
 stay in that city at the royal palace. The great match race between Henry of Navarro. Clifford and Domino at Nor
 ris park New York, was won by Henry of Navarro, Clifford second. Twenty two thousand persons saw the New York Baseball club win the third straight game from the Baltimores in the Temple cup series at New York. At Hightstown, N. J., Lawrence R. Hoffman, a wealthy farmer. came home intoxicated, quarreled with his wife and
 threw an ax at her, killing his 2-year- old child.
 While John Chandler and his wife (col-
 ored) were absent from their home at Smithsonia, Ala, their house caught fire.
 and four of their children perished in the flames At the closing session at Boston of the | national convention of the Grand United | Order of Odd Fellows 1t was voted to hold the next convention at Indianapolis | two years hence. Tuesday. Oct. 9. .--- The fish commission has placed 10, 900 land locked Maine salmon in Lake George. Minister Romero of Mexico denies that that country intends annexing any of the Central American republics by force. Salvador French, the anarchist under sentence of death for exploding bomb in the Liceo theater Barcelona, is feigning l insanity. John Gerahty, a 14-year-old boy, while boxing with his cousin, Edward Turner, | in New Orleans, was struck over the heart and dropped dead.
 Canada's debt has been increased by | S10, 800, 900 during the year, and Minister | of Finance Foster has sailed for England | to borrow more money. Game Protector Potter has seized l. | Onondaga lake an illegal net quarter of
 mile long, in which about s100 worth
 of fish have been taken nightly for | months.
 | versalist church, Galesburg, Ills scored some of the ladies of his congregation | from the pulpit for giving a minstrel l show in aid of the church. Wednesday. Got. 10.
 Earl Grey, formerly British secretary of state for the colonies, etc, is dead. At Marblo Rock, Ia, George Reams
 murdered his wife, breaking her head with a chair and then cut his own throat A west bound fast freight on the Rock Island jumped the track at Sleepy Hol- low, la, and three train hands were | killed. ~ The president has accepted the resigna- | ton of Second Lieutenant Butler Ames, | Eleventh infantry, a grandson of the late Benjamin F. Butler.
 Although the country around Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., has been secured for the as- | sailant of Ella Judson, no trace of him
 has been discovered. ..... A strike was begun in New York oity l. -l- .wzl z.xlA | the workshops of 175 large manufacturers in the dry good district are idle. During fog freight train running over level crossing near Chartram, | Kent, England, dashed into a wagonful l of hop pickers. Eight of the latter were l killed.
 Gold Lined Cups Not In It. A tall young man, with pretty