Connecticut western news., 1895-10-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, Oct, 24.

Washington.
 Ignace Paderewski, the celebrated pian- ist, arrived in this country on the White Star line Teutonic.
 The steamer City of St. Augustine, from New York to Jacksonville, Fla, was burned of Hatteras.
 Major Davidson, aged 83, eI-state sena- tor, committed suicide by shooting him. self at Parkersburg, W. Va.
 James Kelley, who was the original in the character of Phineas Fletcher in ''Un- cle Toms Cabih." died at t1Normal, Ills
 Charles D. Rose, the challenger for the America.s cup through the Royal Victoria Yacht club, notified the New York Yacht club that Ehe would withdraw the chal lenge, owing, as he states, to the general impression that 1t might be construed as an expression of opinion on the result of the last race.
 Friday, Oct. 25.
 Snow fell in many. places in the north of England, and there were Il degrees of frost in London.
 N, F. Hartman defeated Edward Jones of England in a broadsword contest at Atlanta for the worlds championship and $500 medal.
 Walter Dobbins, IS years old. shot and killed Joseph Miller, carpenter, in Chi oago, because the latter used insulting languag ge toward Dobbius' mother
 Fernando Foglia, convicted of man. slaughter for shooting his wife in New York, was sentsnoed by Judge Ingraham- to serve 15 years and 8 months In state prison,
 The San Francisco Chronicle announces that M. H. De Young will offer s7, 500 to the committee If 1t selects San Francisco as ebe place for holding the next Repub- lican national convention.
 The Lake Shore and Michigan South- ern fast train, which left Chicago at 3:29:27, arrived in Buffalo at 1l:S0:3i, making an average. including stops, of oluding stops, of 64 9S miles per hour, beating the worlds record.
 Saturday. Got. "a.
 Lieutenant Governor Willard of Cali fprnia died at his home in Los Angeles.
 United States Commissioned Alfred B. Getty ex postmaster and ex-recofder of 0swego. N. r., died :there-u
 Professor A. c. Lyons of MeKeesport, Pa, was killed, by an express train. on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
 Martin Speckeler., 40 years old driver in the employ of c. H. Eudeke, was killed
 
 At Chester, Pa.,. Fred Heard, aged 21 years, shot and probably fatally injured His father, David Heard, aged 47 years. The Denver-St. Louis fast express on the Burlington line was wrecked at Wal dron, Mo, and nine persons were hurt, two of them seriously R. G. Dun s& Co.,, New York. report that the failures this week are 23l in the United States, against 2Sl last year, and 3s in Canada, against h2 last year. l. The Elmore Manufacturing oompany's three story factory at Clyde, O.. collapsed, burying large number of workmen In the ruins, Many were seriously injured, but none fatally. Monday, Oct. ga. Hon. Charles Hunsicker of Norristown, Pa, Is dead.
 The number of voters in Brooklyn who have registered Is 1S9, IA. The United States treasury statement shows the goist reserve to be $9s, a67, 360.
 Gus Himmen, 12 years old. was instant ly killed by a, trolley car in Camden. N. J. Theftotal registration of voters for the coming election. in New York city is 281, Os5.
 The Whitney Glass works at Glassboro, N. J., were destroyed by fire at loss of | s100, 900.
 J. Randolph Heiser, the billiardist, who | became insane a few weeks ago. died at Black we'll s siislaHd, New York. Leroy Nelligan, aged 15, of Ludlow, Mass.s was killed by the accidental dis. | charge of his gun while hunting Forest freq near Hammontop, N. J., l have taken 6 fresh start At Johns bridge | 260 acres of cranberries, owned by Edward | StockYell have been destroyed. William R. Johnson, for the past 17 | years chief assistant in the New Jersey | attorney general E office, died of oonsump. | tion at his home in Princeton, N. J. l Tuesday, Oct. as. 1 Another terrible massacre of Armenian | Christians Is reported, several hundred being Killed.
 ] An.extensive fire took place at Perth, West Australia, destroying railroad depots | and storage houses.c 1 Sherd Walker. the hecanalboatman wanted for comPlioity in the Tonawanda murder. was, captured in Buffalo. 1 Draper Brasie of Brasies Corners. St. Lawrenee county, N. Y., committed sui- eide by hanging In barn. | The sawmili of Post & Henderson, sit uated about two miles from Jayville,iN Y., was burned to the ground. l The trial of the Marquis de Nayve upon | the charge of murdering the illegitimate 1 son of his wife began at Bourges, France | ExAQueen ,Liliuokalani has bought two | estates in A ustria, in which country she is expected to arrive in the autumn of 1S91 after a long stay In Londen.
 The United States marshal for Wyo- ming arrived at Jackson 's Hole for the pur- pose of arresting settlers who comprised the oonstable's posse which in July last killed and wounded several Indians.
 Wednesday. Oct. 30. Charles walthers of New York city killed himself by inhaling Illuminating gas.
 Commander William A. Morgan, Unit cd States navy, retired, died in San Fran cisco of Bright's disease. The town of Hongo los Ongo, province ol Santiagode Cuba, containing 300 inhab ,tants was burned by the insurgents, who did not leave one house standing. The United States government has made arrangements with the People'I Power company for the erection of an i'm nense wing dam just above Government ment island at Davenport, Ia. 1 George H. Smith, the muredrer of PhiliI Richtmeyer of Albany, and Charles N. Da wis. who assaulted and murdered May Shannon in Cohoes, N Y, were executed by electricity in Clinton prison at Dannc mora N. +.
 James J. Van Alen was arrested al Newport, R. l., on a warrant charging him with alternating the affections of tn, wife of Colonel Samuel Colt of Provi dence He was admitted to bail in tn, sum of s2oo. GOO
 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
 Genesis 1. l, .iIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. .''-First Lesson.
 Revelation xxi, 1, "And saw a new heaven and new th."-Second Lesson.
 The Epistle for the day speaks of the inter