Connecticut western news., 1895-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thnraday. Nor. 2I.


 cd. It was not badly damaged.
 The postoffice at Summit, N. l., was entered by burglars, who secured $5, 900 worth of stamps and $500 in cash.
 The British steamship Albert, Captain Nelson, from Charlottetown for Plaoentia, N F., has been abandoned at sea on &C., sount of leakage.
 A terrible fatality is reported in the Kinohow bay, China The boilers and magazines of the troopship Kungpai ex- ploded, killing $50 men.
 The supreme court of Minnesota has handed down a decision affirming the de- cision of the lower court in denying Mur- derer Harry Hayward new trial. He must therefore die
 The governor of New York has appoint cd the following state board of assessors: Martin Heermance of Poughkeepsie, Ed win l.. Adams of Elmira and Rolin l. Jenkins of Moriah.
 Friday. Nov. a2.
 The Lyooming hotel at Williamsport Pa. caught fire and was completely gutted.
 Rothsohild Bros, Chicago, dealers in dry goods, made an assignment with h. abilities of $40, 900; assets, t75, 900.
 The large barns of M. O. Barnes and Martin Benhanl, near Batavia, N. Y., were burned, with their contents Loss $6O, 900. ...
 Sir Henry Ponsonby, formerly private secretary to Queen Victoria and keeper of the privy purse died of paralysis at Cowea Isle of Wight.
 John Dillon, the we'll known Irish lead CT and anti- Parnellite member or parlia- ment for East Mayo, was married in Lon- don to Miss Mathew, daughter of Justice Mathew.
 In the United States court at Auburn, N. Y., Mrs. Mary T. MoMillan was found guilty of counterfeiting postage stamps and sentenced to one year and six months in the Erie county penitentiary.
 The body of Calvert vaux, the eminent landscape architect, was found floating in he ocean at Bath Beach, near Brooklyn, where, with suicidal intent, he had drowned himself His mind had for some time been unbalanced.
 Saturday, Nov. ga.
 John Redfern, the we'll known women's tailor, died at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Lieutenant Peary, the arctic explorer. began work as a civil engineer in tho navy yard at Brooklyn. The Erie Railway company filed $2o.- 900, 900 deed in the office of the clerk of Tioga county, N. Y. The Knights of Labor general assembly selected Rochester as the place for holding its next annual meeting. The Rev. Father O'Connell of Boston has been chosen by the Propaganda to be the new rector of the American college at Rome. .. ...- a. Frank Freehill, who was charged with the murder of Policeman Jewell of Rah- way, N. J., was adjudged guilty of man. slaughter.
 Dr. Frank Lavasseur, prominent phy- sician of Haverstraw. N. Y., indicted on | the charge of criminally assaulting a 14- year-old French girl, was acquitted Monday. Nov. a6. Tho south wall of tho Poland Union seminary at Poland. O., fell, seriously in- | turing four young lady students. The wood workshop connected with | the Auburn, jail at Lewiston, Me, was destroyed by fire. Loss, s3o, 900. City Engineer Horace L. Eaton, under municipal investigation for alleged irregu- J Iarities, committed suicide by shooting at Somerville, Mass. s. Dryden Phelps the we'll known and eminently respected poet and author, died | at his home in New Haven after long illness of Bright's disease. Matthew Hayes, employed in the Port | land and Rochester roundhouse at Port
 land, Me, was instantly killed by being
 caught by the shaft of the machinery. At the sawmill of Marks Bros, located two miles east of Lioonied, Pa, the boiler exploded, instantly killing John Clark. | Aaron Marks and Martin Campbell were fatally injured.
 Rev. J. A. witham, United Brethren | minister at Findlay, O., was found guilty | by trial committee on threo charges in- | volving his moral character and was sus-
 pended from the ministry. Tuesday, Nov. ae. Violent snowstorms prevail at Turin and Aoqui, Italy. A train running be- | tween Genoa and Acqui has been showed | up. The North German Lloyd steamer Fulda
 arrived at Gibraltar, with the Duke and !! Duchess of Marlborough among the pas | sengers.
 | The Norwegian bark Isbaaden, Captain ! Isaksen, has been wrecked off Yarmouth, l England, and 12 of the crew have been drowned. | Shovel company's extensive plant in that | w
 mated at $80. 900. Burglars blew open the postoffice at -Cowlesville, N. Y., to rob 1t of s200 and
 set tho building afirs in so doing. The
 loss was s10, 900.
 Manhattan day was celebrated at the ! Atlanta exposition. A large crowd of New | Workers were present and was one of the | most brilliant of the many elaborate spe | cial occasions in connection with the fair. | The marriage of Lieutenant Command CT W. s. Cowles the United States naval
 attaohe, to Miss Roosevelt, sister of MT.
 James K. Roosevelt, secretary of the l United States embassy. took place at St. Andrews church, London. 1 Wednesday, Nov. a7. A fast freight train on the Illinois Gen. tral was wrecked at Jackson, Mich., and
 the engineer, J. 0. Woolsey, was killed. The failure of s. J. Clevenger & Co., | commission merchants of Philadelphia, il announced. The liabilities are said to be
 large.
 The bodies of three men and . boy were
 found in Q cabin near Arthur City, Tex. | They were trappers and had been killed by Indians.
 1 James B. Skehan, ssnior member of the | New York brokerage firm of James E. | 1kehan & Co, shot himself at his home in Montclair N. !.
 | Mrs Mary Keane, stepmother of Arch
 bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic uni versity, was found dead in her room on North High street, Washington. | A mail and passenger train on the Atch-
 ison, Topeka and Santa Fe road was | wrecked at Shoemaker, N. M. Two per
 sons were killed, two others were fatally | An explosion occurred at the new Olym- | phia concert hall, theater and opera house | in New York, killing Joseph Weiner, an
 electrician. fatally injuring Andrew Hig- | gins, who subsequently, died, and severely | injuring several others.