Connecticut western news., 1895-08-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Aug. 15.

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 Samuel Vinson and his son Charles murderers, were taken out of jail by mob and hanged to a tree at EAensburg Wash
 Frank Sweet, Chicago janitor, fatally shot Mrs. Alice Burr, slightly wounded Mrs. J. s. Nichols and then put bullet through his own brain.
 Mrs. Ellen Robertson, while dancing at the celebration of her silver wedding was stricken with apoplexy and died in few minutes at Kearney, N. J.
 Ex-State Treasurer W. ". Taylor of South Dakota, who defaulted last Janu- ary, was sentenced to five years at hard labor at Sioux Falls penitentiary.
 Friday, Aug. 16.
 By the fall of an elevator at Utica, N. r., one man was instantly killed and an other fatally hurt.
 An explosion and fire entirely destroyed the plant of the Peerless refinery, Findlay, O., with $50, 900 loss.
 At Pittsburg the law offices of John D. and William McKennan were robbed of $10, GOO in stocks and bonds.
 The negro, Emmett Divers, who mur- dered Mrs. Cain, was taken from the sheriff near Fulton, Mo, and lynched.
 Hon. Matt W. Ransom, United States minister to Mexico, expects to be well enough to return to duty in two weeks.
 Champion James J. Corbett and Jessie Taylor of Omaha, otherwise known as Vera Stanwood, were married at Asbury Park, N. J.
 The New York Democratic state com mittee selected Syracuse as the place for holding the state convention, and Tues day, Sept. 24, as the date.
 Mrs. R. T. Martin, living near Charles ton, Mo. kindled fire in the snokehouse and then hanged herself over it. The rope parted and she fell into the flames and was horribly burned.
 Saturday, Aug. IT.
 Cholera in serious proportions prevails in China, Korea and the island of For mosa.
 George Chesebro, aged IF, was found guilty of murder in the first degree at Grand Haven, Mich.
 Wallace McKennon, aged 15, was taken with cramps while bathing near Water town, N. Y., and was drowned in four feet of water.
 George Storm and Robert Herman were held up by three highwaymen in North avenue, Elizabeth, N. J. Ono of the high waymen was negro, Mir. S. E Morss, the American consul general at Paris, gave luncheon in hon. or of MT. Edwin F. Uhl, American assist. ant secretary of state. Mayor Strong of New York has express ed the opinion that 1t will be necessary te patch up another combination ticket ir order to defeat Tammany Hall In the com ing municipal campaign. A panic was caused in Ancona, Italy by the explosion of bomb, with terri ble report, on the staircase of the French consulate. The building was greatly dam aged, but nobody was seriously hurt. Monday, Aug. 1e. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph c. Hearne were in | dicted at Hannibal, Mo-, for the murder | of Amos Stillwell, the woman's first bus band.
 Dr. William Val Stark of Atlanta wa, charged with causing tho death of Profess | or George Boehm by either starvation ol | by exposure while under hypnotic influ ence.
 Street Cleaning Commissioner Warins of New York is charged in an affidavit made by former deputy with having car ried dummies" on the payrolls of his de | partment.
 Senator Coggeshall left the Oneida coun | ty (N, Y.) Republican convention hal | when he saw renomination was out O the question, after bitterly denouncini his opponents. His friends nominated hin as an independent candidate.
 William A. Hopkins, discharged keep Il CT In the Matteawan Insane asylum, wa | arrested for assisting in the recent escap of Oliver Curtis Perry and other convicts | It is alleged that Amelia k. Haswell, al evangelist in Troy, N. Y., is implicated.
 Tuesday. Aug. 20. Ex-Speaker Crisp is making tour O Scotland
 Bernardine Chamaillard died at Mon treal, aged 101 years and months.
 James Cooney, the oldest citizen O Bradford county, Pa, is dead. He wa born in December, 1793.
 Daniel Rice, aged 65 years, fell iron the landing of the opera house hotel stair at Victor, N. Y., and broke his neck.
 A boat containing 25 passengers wa run down and sunk by the steamer Con cordia near Hamburg Seventeen wer drowned.
 At political meeting in Naples tn crowd on the stairway was so great tha the balustcrs gave way. Three were kill ed and 30 injured.
 | rlNe-yeaf Olu hDRleDeFt 1tduer QleQ Il Elizabeth, N. J., from the effects of dos of cocaine taken by mistake. The medl cine was used for sore eyes
 John McNeal, the oldest iron molder il New Jersey, died at his home in Burling ton, aged S7 years. Mir. McNeal amasse, great fortune and owned many foun dries.
 | Wednesday, Aur. 21.
 Ex-Senator Ingalls, says he Is willing t be a senator again.
 Eugene A. Mack, a molder, commltte, suicide by hanging himself at Auburn N. Y.
 The porte has again rejected the deman, of the powers that the proposed reform in Armenia shall be under foreign control
 Twelve bodies have so far been takel out of the ruins of tho Gumry hotel a Denver, aud it is evident that the deatl roll when complete will contain 24 or g names, possibly more.
 Patrick Dowdell of Gloversville, N. Y. has sued tho Central Hudson Railroa, company, alleging that he was throwr