Connecticut western news., 1894-03-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, March 18.

Mrs. Gretta Callan, we'll known singer, died in Newark, N. J.
 Forest fires are raging in the southern part of Cumberland county, N. J.
 The veteran theatrical manager, John T. Ford, died in Baltimore of grip.
 The Oregon state convention of the Peo- ple's Party meets at Oregon City today. The police of St. Louis have been ordered to arrest all dealers in nickel-in-the-slot machines. Eugene Gil, treasurer of the township of Fairbanks, Delta county, Mich, has ab- sconded with s1 800. George Gould's s1,0oo St Bernard dog that was stolen was dyed black and ship ped to Minneapolis One hundred and sixty-three thousand gallons of California brandy have been shipped to Germany. The coroner's jury at Ithaca, N. T., does not place the blame for the death of Mrs. Jackson, asphyxiated at the recent fresh man dinner. Queen Victoria, accompanied by Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg, left Sherness for Flushing, Holland, on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, on her way to Florence. Friday, March Ie- The Pickwick building in New Orleans was burned. The funeral of John T. Ford took place | in Baltimore. A Knight of Labor in Mingo, Ky, shot | 8 nonunion miner. Many Connecticut corset and iron mills have taken a fresh start. One of ex-President Harrison's lectures was stolen by a stenographer. A skeleton hand led to the discovery of another body at the Gaylord mine. | The school board of Lancaster, Pa, is charged with accepting bribes from text book agents. The Ohio house of representatives de- feated the Wood bill, permitting women to vote in school elections. | An attempt was made to wreck a New York and Greenwood Lake train in the northern part of Newark, N. J. An aged couple In Birmingham, Ala, | were killed and robbed. and their house | was burned to conceal the crime Saturday. March IT. | William Waldorf Astor was admitted to | the Carlton club. | Pauwells, the Paris anarchist, is believed to have been also Rabardy. | Advices from Chairman Wilson are that he is gaining strength slowly.
 There was quite demonstration on the arrival of Queen Victoria in Florence.
 Justice James Crocker of Paterson, N | J., was fined $25 for extorting excessive 1 fees
 ! August Ruppel of Far Rocksway, N. r., | was found guilty of murder in the second degree.
 A freight train on the Pittsburg and Western railroad ran into landslide and 1 was wrecked. | A gang of seven little boys are under ar rest in Elizabeth, N. J., for housebreaking and shoplifting. Thomas s. Pierce, a rich man who want | ed to die, has been found in Boston hotel dead from asphyxiation. | Adam Ross Osborne Lansing and Julius Mickle testified in Troy, N. Y., that Bat Shea killed Robert Ross.
 Chaplain E. F. Atwood of the Connecti- cut state prison has resigned on account, it is said, of difficulty in adjusting the dis. charge of his duties to the many strict | rules of the institution.
 Monday. March 1s.
 Severe snowstorms have been prevalent throughout Bohemia
 The condition of ex-Senator Dawes of Massachusetts is much improved.
 Secretary Carlisle has received from a New Yorker contribution of &10 to the conscience fund.-
 Poorman mining property, in Occur d'Alene county, Ida, has been sold to Eng fish capitalists for $500, 900.
 During an encounter with burglar In Whittier, Cal, the Rev. Andrew Carson was shot through the lung and will die.
 Capture has been made in the City of Mexico of Emilio Vasquez, the notorious bandit of San Joaquin, who has long elud- ed the law.
 The Providence park commissioner have voted f3, 900 for the preservation of Slate rock, the famous rock where Roger Williams extended his hand to the friend. ly Indians.
 William NJ. Hall, a custom house weigh CT in the Atlas storehouse, Boston. died of apoplexy, and George H. Prior, man. ager of the stores, was so affected that he, too, died of apoplexy.
 Tuesday, March 90.
 Cripple Creek miners want Governor Waite to recall the troops.
 A lighted bomb was seized and thrown out of theater in Lucca, Italy.
 The Montana floods washed bridges and four miles of railroad track away.
 Two of the steamer Aurania's seamen have been arrested in Liverpool for rob ping trunk.
 The New Haven police department will enforce the law against all nickelin-the slot gambling machines.
 Burglars robbed the contribution boxes in St. Matthew's church, Jersey City, and ruined the decorations and prayer books. | r. sn s.~C C. Al. M. derbilts, having secured a big block oi Santa Fe stock, will push the road tc Frisco.
 George Franckum, brother of the direct or of the Australian exhibit at the Sar Francisco Mldwinter fair, was found wan dering the streets of Chicago with frac tured skull
 Wednesday, March a1.
 Bear Lake, Mich, | as been flooded by g cloudburst.
 Sheriff Beck of Erie county, N. r., ha, been exonerated.
 John Reed and Etta Shaw, lovers, hang ed themselves to tree near Rose Hill, Ia
 The Galena surface lead mines are ex hausted, but rich veins are believed to bs beneath.
 Arthur F. warde, theatrical manager ahu hiss oeockWcu Wcre udrrlcu III oaI Francisco.
 Joseph Stevenson dug out of an old eel lar at Warsaw, Ind, an iron kettle con taining S9, 900.
 No mails have been received at Portland Or, from the far east since Tuesday of last week, owing to washouts.
 Three members of Dr. Hayes family In Charlottesville, Ind, were fatally poisoned by eating canned chicken
 Governor Werts of New Jersey has de ferred the execution of Charles Bergeman from March 29 to April 2o
 The Chicago park commissioners arc sup posed to have blown up the Drexel pier which was across their right of way.
 The Bachelor Girl.
 A friend of mine (male), who is fussy unreasonable and likes to argue, said t,