Connecticut western news., 1894-12-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Dec. IS.

instantly killed by burglar at his homo in Cleveland.
 At Franklin, Ia, in tearing down m old building workmen found in a corner stone a tin box containing Sl0, 900 worth of railroad bonds.
 R. NJ Capehart a justice of the peacc nt Velpin, Ind, while trying railroad man for some minor offense, was struck on tho head by the prisoner and killed almost in- stantly.
 The wedding of Miss Mary Stewart Sherman, the only daughter of the senior senator from Ohio, and James Ivcrs Me Cailum was solemnized at the Washington residence of Senator sherman.
 Members of the boards of supervisors of the seven counties of southern California are holding a congress to urgo n division of the state of California and tho forlna tion of the new state of Southern Califor- mia
 Friday, Dec. IA
 Fhe Georgia legislature has adjourned sine die.
 Joseph Zemp has been elected president of tho Swiss federal council for 1895.
 The managers of the Elmira reformato- " reinstated Superintendent Brockway.
 Carl Schurz was reelected president of
  tion.
 The New York city board of health has discovered that quantities Of spurious anti toxine arc being placed on the market by wholesale and retail druggists
 At Burlington, N. J., Albert Climor entered the house of Mrs Bridget Doylo for the purpose of robbery, and being sur prised by tho woman pulled a knife and stabbed her.
 Mrs. Catherine NJ. Fitzgerald of New York, who was acquitted of tho murder of Mrs Carrie Pearsall on the ground of insanity, and who was sent to the Middle town Insane asylum, was set free by an order of Justice Cullen of Brooklyn.
 The jury in tho trial of tho action for absolute divorce brought by Millionaire Francis J. Oakcs against his wife Luella, reported to Justice Brown in Brooklyn that they had found Mrs. oakes guilty of both charges of adultery that her husband had made against her
 Saturday, Dec. 1B.
 At New Bedford, Mass, Daniel NJ. Rob ertson was hanged in the jail for wife mur- der
 Tho factory of tho United States Scale company at Newark, N. J., was destroy ed by fire
 Miss odctte Tyler, the actress, retircs from the stage, it is rumored, to marry Howard Gould. A conflict has arisen between Brazil the Argentine Republic and Uruguay on the subject of quarantine.
 John Garvey tho tramp who entered the Astor mansion in New York, was senteno- ed to one year in Sing Sing.
 The Democratic members of the bank ing and currency committee decided to r,,- port the Carlisle bill without amendment The jury in tho smith Richardson Kerr vile tTenn.) lynching case rvturncd n verdict of not guilty as to both dcfcndants. The volcano on Mount Rainier has bro ken out again, and smoke is pouring from the orator, wkich Is also emitting jets of steam.
 Monday, Dec. IT. At Manville, R. l., Pierre sum, years old. was burned to death by an overturned lamp. Fifty Baltimore police sergcants havc testified before the grand jury In regard to the protection of crime in that city.
 Gideon W. Latimer, who was shot by Annie Maud Brewer at Lynn. Mass. be- cause he was to brcak of his engagement with her. died at the City hospital
 A man named Willis, living near Pom dleton, :. C., grossly insultcd young lady while intoxicated and was arrested. A crowd took him out and unmcrcifully whipped him.
 Policeman Augustus | Thorno of New York, who was for nearly l2 years a spc- cial officer in the Leonard Street precinct, has made confession that duplicates eight police captains n f. .f,-f.. ,t the county jail at Morristown, N. J.. and his san is dying Ut the family residence near that village. He was stabbed hy his father. and the latter Is suffering from "A I pistol wound given him by Village Mar shal Squlre The stabbing was the out come of a domestic quarrel. Tuesday. Dee. 1s.
 Notices of the withdrawal of sl, sbo, 900 in gold have been received at the subtr,as- ury at New York.
 samuel c. Sccly the s35 1, 900 National Shoe and Leather bank defnultcr, plcuGod | guilty at Now York and was rcmanded for sentence.
 The big contest over the will of tho late Daniel E. Fayerweather was decided in favor of the colleges which will get big slices of the estate.
 A floral crown feet high is being mado at Montroal for the Dominion government | to be sent to Halifax in time for Sir John | Thompson's funeral. Robert Stewart Mum of Harbor Graoc, | N. F., managing partner of the firm of | Mum X Co, died of heart failure supcrin- duced by the recent business troubles
 It is stated at the Vatican that the p pcs cncycical in regard to the apostolic delegation in the United States will be | published before the end of the week. Mrs. Mamie Wainwright. wife of tho station master at Mount Wilson, on the Western Maryland railroad was held up by two unknown masked men and the station robbed
 Wednesday, Dec. 10. NJ. BrisSon was elected president of the | French chamber of deputies to succeed tho late NJ. Burdcau.
 Lawyer Wilson Brown, Jr., was sand bagged on ono of the principal residential streets Of White Plains, N. Y.
 Governor Flower has appointed J. Scavcr Page of New York city member of the greater New York commission. - Ike Calm, formerly n deputy constable, was shot and killed by Foster Pollard dur Ing quarrel In n saloon at Kansas City.
 The safe in the railroad station at | woodstown, N. J., was blown open by dynamite and robbed by burglars who os- caped. At Greenfield, Mass, Dr Frank Will Hams, 80, n prominent dentist was found dead in his bed, having been suffocatcd by gas. -..# ....
 Eugene V. Dehs, president of tho Amor ican Railway union, and his colleagues have decided to take the penalty imposed | by Judge Woods without appeal and will | go to tho Cook county jail next Monday. . Killed by m Explosion of Stove Polish. | RoCHRsTER Dee Iq-By the cxplosion