Connecticut western news., 1896-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ThuradaT. Jan. g..

young lady of Blauvelt, x. r., was burned to death.
 Speaker Reed told western congress man that he thought congress would be ready to adjourn by May 15.
 His highness the Thakur of Bhaunagar died at Bombay He was 3S years of age and a knight commander of the Star of India.
 Miss Lucille Stewart Polk, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. William Stewart Polk of Baltimore was married to MT. William F.. Carter of Philadelphia.
 The president sent to the senate the nomination of J. Kearney Rice of New Jersey to be attorney of the United States for the district of New Jersey. Louis Gordon, shirt manufacturer of New York, was convicted of arson in the third degree on the charge of setting fire to his factory on July 24, 1894.
 The Right Hon. Hugh c. F.. Childers, formerly first lord of the admiralty, chan cellor of the duohy of Lancaster and fnan- cial secretary to the treasury, died in Lon don.
 Friday, Jan. 3I.
 James Williams was held for trial, charged with attempted highway robbery in New York city.
 Hon. Amos Paul, a prominent citizen of Newf1elds and one of the leading men of New Hampshire, died, aged s5 years.
 Harvey Page, wife and two young sons, aged respectively 3 years and 3 months, were burned to death in their home in Narengo, Mich.
 Peter Hull, one of the oldest conductors in the employ of the Erie Railroad com pany, died suddenly of hemorrhage at Middletown, N. Y.
 The president has sent to the senate the following nominations: John H. Broc- klesby, collector of customs, district of Hartford; D. ". Andrew, district of Plymouth, Mass.
 Herman L. Mueller, charged with em- bezzling s1I, GOO from the Schlitz Brewing company while acting us its bookkeeper in Kansas City, has been acquitted after a.three days trial.
 The Farmers Loan and Trust company of New York has filed bill in the United States circuit court at Chicago to foreclose a mortgage for S7, ,775, GOO on the Lake Street Elevated road. Saturday, Feb. 1.
 The plaster factory of NJ. J. Doane & Co.,, at Yonkers, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Loss, s30.0
 Thirty-two collicries of the Philadelphia and Reading company in Pennsylvania re- ceived official notification to shut down.
 Paul Brigham, alias David Coleman, the notorious confidence man, was sem fenced in New York to seven years In state prison.
 A plaster bust of the late Eugene Field, from the studio of Signor Gaetano Tren tanove of Florence, was unveiled In the library of the Union League club in Chi cago.
 Fire destroyed the tannery of Jaco Stlne & Co, at Dover, Del, together wit hides and fnrs valued at SIS, 900. The i is supposed to have been of incondi origin.
 Governor Morton has granted furth respite to Bat Shea until Feb. II becau of Judge Mayham's advice that he cam, give decision in the matter of the apph cation until Feb. 2.
 Monday, Feb. g.
 Ex-Senators Iden and Abbot of Colum- bus, O., have been indicted for bribery.
 William Caesar, the condemned murder sr died suddenly in his cell at the state prison at Sing Sing.
 Judge Stephen Peery of San Diego, Cal, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart.
 Mir. Richard Croker of New York has 2a horses in training at Letcombe Regis, near Vantage, in charge of Charles Morton.
 Phe federal census of Mexico, which is now completed. shows a population of 12,- 542, 2,057. The City of Mexico has 339, 935. Rev. Henry Lifts of Deckerton, N. l., member of New Jersey Methodist confer ence, died in Susquehanna, Pa, aged 73 years.
 George Bliss, the partner of Governor i'm ha tna Arrf of Bliss & Co.,, died suddenly at his resi- dence, 5s7 Fifth avenue, New York.
 Tuesday, Jan. {.
 The cigar factory of SchubmahI & Co.,, at Cohocton, N. r., was burned. Twenty five men are thrown out of work.
 George Williams, said to be wanted in New York for manipulating the accounts of Birdseye 6 Birdseye of that city, was ar rested In Chicago.
 Captain J. Cleveland Geer, 66. one of the best known of the sound steamer com manders, died at his home, in Norwich, Conn.,, after a short illness.
 Ex-Police Commissioner Stephen B. French, who was for several years the inti- mate friend of Chester A Arthur, shot and killed himself in New York.
 The historic First Unitarian church on Meeting House hill, Dorchester, Mass, a familiar landmark and the oldest church in the district, was destroyed by fire
 Spencer w. Coe of New York city died at the age of 63. Mir. Coe was formerly a partner of Mayor Strong of New York and was also at one time associated with the late George Bliss.
 Rev. Joseph Cook. the famous Boston Congregationalist who recently returned from Australia and Japan, Is at the sani- tarium, Clifton Springs, near Rochester, suffering from an acute form of nervous prostration. He is nearly blind.
 Wednesday, Jan. s.
 Cecil ]. Rhodes. ex-premier of Cape Colony, has arrived in London.
 A rich gold discovery is reported from Flint creek, in the Ge .rgetown district, Mon.
 Dr. Emil G. Hirsch. pastor of the Sinai congreUtion, Chicago, has declined the call of the Bethel congregation of New York
 Judge Josiah W. Wright, one of the late judges of the Mercer county (N. !. court dropped dead at Princeton Junction while on his way to Trenton.
 It has been announced that King Alex ander of Servia has been betrothed to Princess Helene, third daughter of the Prince of Montenegro
 The steamer St. Paul, which was grounded ten days ago of the New Jersey coast, was Heated. The vessel was ap- parently uninjured by the accident.
 An English fire insurance company has deposited 5,50o ounces of gold In the sub- treasury in New York in connection with the new government bond loan. The gold was secured from the vaults of the Bank of England.
 The major part of the employees of the Textile Manufacturing company at West.