Connecticut western news., 1896-02-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
rhursdAy, Feb G

The heN. rather dondn mas pcen " pointed bishop of Scranton. Pa
 The citirens' bank st Connellsville, Ind. owned by ex- United States Treasurer Houston, has assigned.
 The president has sent to the senate the appointment of Charles F. Terhune to be postmaster at Binghsmton. N. Y.
 The steamer Yumuri, which has arrived from Havana, brought tl .o0o. 900 In gold coin for LaEsrd Freres of New York.
 Dr. Baxter T. Smeitzer, secretary of the New York state board of health, has gone to Elmira, where there is an epidemic of typhoid fever.
 The Elus street system of street rail. ways in Dallas. was sold az receivers sale to George W. Davenport of Boston, repre- senting eastern capitalists, for sloo. 900. Harry J. Sargent. formerly theatrical manager, who was at one time connected with dramatic ventures in the United States, died in extreme penury in London.
 Lady Jane Francesca SperanEa Wilde, widow of Sir William Robert Wills Wilde NJ. D., surgeon oculist to her majesty In Ireland, and mother of Oscar Wilde, is dead.
 Friday, Feb. q.
 Mme- Eleanora Duse, the actress, arriv- cd in New York on the Ma. estic.
 Allen Sharpless and his l5-ycar-old daughter were burned to death at their home in Montpelier O.
 The report that Cardinal Rampolla- the papal secretary of state, had resigned, owing to serious differences with the pope, Is denied in Rome.
 John Shea, first class clerk In the rec- ord and pension division of the war de- partment and a veteran of the late WAT, committed suicide in Washington
 Harry Howard, the last chief of the old volunteer fire department of New York and the best known fireman in the United States, died at his home in New York.
 Igna1r Spinnler of Vienna, aged ss years, a second cabin passenger on the North German Lloyd steamship Spree, which arrived in New York from Bremen, died on Jan. S1 of delirium tremens.
 The supreme council of the National Farmers alliance, in session in Washing ton, elected the following officers: Mann Page, Virginia, president; H. C. Snavely, Pennsylvania vice president; R. A. Southworth. Colorado, secretary and treas urer.
 Saturday. Feb. &
 J. P. Morgan S Co. of New York has deposited q. .oo0. 900 in gold at the assay office.
 Stephen Ryan of New York, convicted of murder in the second degree, was sen fenced to life imprisonment
 R. G. Dun S Co. of New York report that the failures for the week were ssS In the United States, against sSl last year, and 6s in Canada. against 6s last year.
 In the trial of Stanhope Register for the murder of K W. Mcfarland at Boone, la., the jury brought in a yerdics of aoquittal Mcfarland was the seducer of Royster's C sister.
 The Union Republican club of Washing ton is arranging for a celebration, to be held here on the ssd inst, of the fortieih anniversary of the birth of the national Republican party.
 The jury In the case of Thomas Elvin of Phenixyille, Pa brought in a yerd ct oi murder in the first degree. Elvin killed two of his children on Nov. Is by placing arsenic in their coffee. Monday. Feb. 10. Rev A. H. Milliken, q clergyman well known in the three northern New England states, died, aged 67 years. i Mrs, Helen NJ. Arion, an aunt of Gen. | eral Lew Wallace and daughter of Hon. John Test, died in Los Angeles : Fire destroyed the oil and glue works oi George ]. Tarr & Co. at Fort Point Mass- , The loss, which will reach &75,ooo, in. | cludes valuable isinglass machinery. Reinhold Rost, LLA D., formerly orient al lecturer in St. Auxustine's college, Canterbury. secretary to the Royal Asiatis society and librarian to the India office, who retired in 1898 from active duty, dfed in London.
 ] The president has designated William P. Mason, professor of chemistry in tho | Troy (N. N Polytechnic Institute and W. i ". Duffeld, chief of the coast survey, .: | commission.
 Tue-day, Feb II.
 William A. Parry of Philadelphia, who | was mak ing an oriental tour accompanied ! by his wife. died at Darjilling. India | Frederick Sohlechter, who was injured | in a boxing contest by ex- Policeman Pluck | fielder. died at St Mary's hospital in Phil Adelphia.
 The session of the National Assembly O, the League of American wheelmen began | in Baltimore with a good roads congress- | One man was killed, one was fatally In [ jured and five others were slightly hurt by the explosion of a l10 horsepower boiler ai the Ann and Hope cotton mill, LonsdaleI R. L
 | Charles H. George & Co. hardware deal CTS, of Providence have made general as sigument for the benefit of their creditors both individually and as a firm, James A George being the company. | The grand jury of Crawford county | Pa, has held Mrs. Kate NJ. Nellis and Ed l gar C. Gardner of Girard for trial or the charge of administering poison to Pc ter H. Nellis the formers husband. ! Congressman W. H. Grain of Texas died l suddenly in Washington at the home of | friend. He was serving his sixth term ir 1 the house of representatives and was on, of the best known members of that body. | Wednesday. Feb Ia. l Charles c. Rogers. s6, son of ex Post master Rogers of Colchester, committed suicide by shooting.
 James H. Mcyioker, the we'll knowr theatrical manager of Chicago, was strick en with paralysis and is not expected ts live
 A wreck occurred on the Illinois Cen tral, between Dongola and Nesting, His. and five persons were killed and severa injured.
 At conference of the leading Pennsyl vania Republicans 1t was decided to pro sent the name of Senator Quay at St Louis for president
 Dennis C'Heurn, as, was arraigned be fore Justice Tighe in Brooklyn on th. charge of assaulting his mother, Bridge | O'Hearn, 63 years old.
 Il Fire did great damage in the town c Bethel, Conn. Fox's hotel, together with small fish store, was destroyed, and tn, l Nichols Opern House was Rutted. Governor Griags of New Jersey wrote , letter to Judge Thomas s Hen :, counse for Kohl, the Newark murderer, refusing to reconyene the board of pardons. 4 Fire swept along portion of the rivel front in Washington. destroying the Home Toe oompany's plant. Neipse's hshhous' and a number of boathouses, boats anc yachts; loss, $s0, 900
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