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Run on a Bank. ROCKVILLE, Conn., March 17. - A rumor became current among the German citizens of this city in regard to the solvency of the Savings bank of Rockville, and a run has been in progress since it opened. The officers were buzy all day paying all depositors who called for their deposits. A large amount was paid out in sums from $5 to $1,000. The bank is considered one of the strongest in the state.
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Run on a Bank. ROCKVILLE, Conn., March 17. - A rumor became current among the German citizens of this city in regard to the selvency of the Savings bank of Rockville, and a run has been in progress since it opened. The officers were busy all day paying all depositors who called for their deposits. A large amount was paid out in sums from $5 to $1,000. The bank is considered one of the strongest in the state.
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ing out he found `several teams needing assistance and about fifty people merrily greeting him. Mr. Greene accepted the surprise gracefully, and the evening passed pleasantly to all. -Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Walker celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary Saturday afternoon and evening, March 12th. Nearly one hundred friends participated, leaving with their good wishes various reminders of the happy event. Conspicuous among them was, a case containing one dozen silver teaspoons, Mr. Walker's gift to. his bride, and a handsome Rochester burner from the ladies of the club. ROCKVILLE. -The prohibitionists of Tolland county will hold an all day conference in Brooklyn opera house, Rockville, March 25th, commencing 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. In the evening at 8 p. m. Van Bennett of Kansas will deliver an address. -Hartford Times, 16th : A rumor was circulated among the Germans last night regarding the financial condition of "the Savings Bank of Rockville," of which Lebbeus Bissell is treasurer. How the rumor started is unknown, but when the bank opened its doors at 10 a. m. to-day, there was a rush of depositors to draw their money. The run continued all the forenoon. The bank officers were kept busy paying all depositors who called for their deposits. The amounts paid out varied from $5 to $1,500. As the interest on these sums is lost from. October 1, 1891, the bank will make a large sum by the run and the poor people in town will lose it. The bank has a surplus account of $35,000 and is considered one of the strongest in the state. It was incorporated in 1858. Its present officers are: President, State Attorney B. H. Bill; treasurer, L. Bissell; directors or trustees, B. H. Bill, George Talcott, William Butler, E. I. SmithH. L. James, Dr. A. R. Goodrich, J. Goodnow, Dr. F. L. Dickinson, J. C. Hammond, Jr. The originators of the scare have resting upon them the grave responsibility of entailing much loss upon the poor victims of their work.
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RUN ON A BANK Resulted In a Loss of $500 Interest to the Depositors. ROCKVILLE, Conn., March 16-The run on the savings bank today continued until ate this afternoon and it is thought 18 practically over tonight The bank paid 125 depositors $25 000. The bank had. with the aid of the local national banks, $200,000 at its disposal. The bat k cleare $500 ID interest lost ty the depositors. A number of persons returned their money to the bai k this evenir g.
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A Bank Run Safely Weathered. ROCKVILLE, CONN., March 16.-A rumor became current among the German citizens of the city last night in regard to the solvency ofthe savings bank of Rockville, and a run has been in progress since it opened today. The run continued until late this afternoon, but it is thought to be practically over to-night. The bank paid 125 depositors a total of $25,000. A number of persons returned their money to the bank this evening.
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WALES. (Correspondence.) -W. Royce lost a valuable horse a few days ago, also J. C. Burley met with a similar loss. -G., H. Holbrook, who has lived with Nathan Greene for several years, has removed:to W. Cook's. JE In the death of Ira P. Thompson the town has lost another of its life-long résidents, and the Methodist church another of its liberal supporters. Mr. Thompson was 73 years of age. -1. W: Whitlock has been building a new team wagon for F. N. Bradley. XFH. A. Eaton, the jeweler, has now in connection with his watch repairing business a battery and apparatus for electroplating, and is ready to serve all who have articles they wish plated. -Nathan Greene has a number of men chopping for him. -0. L. Burley, of Montville, was in town a few days ago. ROCKVILLE. -The run upon the Savings Bank of Rockville ceased as suddenly as it began, but not until over $30,000 had been drawn out. : Much of this has been returned, but of course interest from Oct. 1st is forfeited upon all drawn out. -That Storrs School is getting home appreciation is shown by the increased proportional number of students attending from towns in its vicinity. Of the 63 present students catalogued the following are from Tolland county Mansfield-F n. Burrows, G. E. Colburn, W. E. Cummings, G. L. Fish, M. J. Phelps, H. V. Phelps, F. Rosebrook, W. L. Rosebrook, L. J. Rosebrook, A. M. Snow, N. L. Wilson. Coventry-R. C. Kolb, M. H. Parker, W. A. Warren. Andover-T. A. Mack. Willington-G. O. Smith. Bolton-H. G. Sperry.
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# IN GENERAL The gross earnings of the Union Pacific system, in January, were $3,214,128, a not increase of $99,938. A blizzard of unusual severity struck Hot Springs, Ark., Tuesday week, and Wednesday a heavy snow fell-the greatest for that region within the past 16 years. The temperature fell 36° in one hour at Dallas, Tex., Tuesday night week, and similar reports come from all over the state. The cold north wind was accompanied by heavy rain. A run on the Savings Bank of Rockville, Conn., was started Thursday by rumors as to its condition. A large amount was paid out to depositors. The bank is considered one of the strongest in the state. Two children of William Pierce of Struthers, Ohio, aged 5 years and 18 months respectively, were fatally scalded on Tuesday week by the accidental overturning of a boiler, which stood on the stove. The Schuylkill, Tunnel Ridge and Elmwood collieries, near Mahanoy City, operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, shut down indefinitely last week, throwing 1,000 men men out of employment. G. N. Roos, who was arrested in Atlanta Tuesday week, charged with obtaining money under false pretences in New Orleans, committed suicide on the street by shooting himself in the head, while he was being taken to jail. Suits were begun in the chancery court, at Chattanooga, yesterday week, by the attorneys of the Catholic Knights of America against the bondsmen of M. J. O'Brien, the defaulting treasurer of the order, whose stealings aggregate $75,000. The National League of Musicians, in New York last week, passed a resolution forbidding all members of league local unions to play at the coming triennial conclave of Knights Templar in Denver, if any United States military bands are employed. The boiler of a locomotive attached to a fast freight train on the Catawissa Division of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad exploded yesterday morning week, and Clarence Campbell, the engineer, and Frank Proschie, fireman, were probably fatally injured. The planters in the vicinity of Jackson, Miss, are said to be "up in arms against a gang of whitecaps, who, the other night, took a negro named Williams from his house, tied him to a stump, gave him 300 lashes and ordered him to leave town. The planters fear the effects on the rest of the colored population." Clifton Wright of Akron, Ohio, went into a saloon on Wednesday night, and, calling for a glass of seltzer, poured into it a quantity of chloral hydrate and then drank the mixture, announcing to the bystanders that he would be dead in five minutes. Domestic troubles are supposed to be the cause of suicide. The schooner Tecumseh, of Taunton, Mass., which sailed from Norfolk over three weeks ago for Boston, has not been heard of since, and it is feared that she bas met with disaster. Vessels which left the Capes when she did have been in port and sailed again. The Tecumseh was commanded by Captain Penny, and had a large cargo of coal. A quo warranto proceeding has been begun by the attorney-general at Harrisburg against the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is alleged to be doing an insurance business in violation of the laws by offering to pay a fixed sum to the heirs of any one killed with an Inquirer on his person within 24 hours after its issue. The writ is returnable March 29th. Assistant Factory Inspector Castles of Scranton, who has been investigating the violation of the semi-monthly pay law by Lentz, Lilly & Co., operators of two collieries at Park Place, swore out warrants for the arrest of the firm on Wednesday night, About 150 miners employed at Morea colliery, which has relapsed into the old monthly pay system, have decided to make a complaint. It is stated that arrangements have been made for a re-establishment of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Italy on the same basis as existed before the New Orleans incident. Our minister, it is stated, will soon be ordered to return to his post at Rome, and it is expected that the appointment of an Italian minister to be accredited to this country will be announced in a short time. The steamship El Sud (the south), of 4,300 tons, was launched yesterday week at the yard of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, at Newport News. Virginia. She is the first large steamship built south of the Potomac, and and will ply between New York and Galveston. After the launch those present - including many Congressmen - witnessed the laying of the keel of another vessel, to be called "El Norte," a sister ship of "El Sud." Deputy United States Marshal Corrigan has arrived at San Antonio, Tex., with three more prominent Mexican ranchmen of the lower Rio Grande frontier, charged with being Garza revolutionists. They claim that they and their families "have been persecuted by Captain Bourke, and that Captain Bourke has succeeded in thoroughly terrorizing the country, and has abused and mistreated the most prominent people there." John Merget, an officer of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad police, was shot and killed at Tamaqua, yesterday week, by three men whom he and another officer were attempting to arrest on suspicion that they were burglars who had been operating during the night at Barnsville, five miles away. About 60 members of the Tamaqua militia organization were called out to aid in the pursuit of the murderers, and they were subsequently captured in a swamp near the city and lodged in jail. The coal sales agents, at their meeting in New York last week, decided upon an advance of 25 cents per ton for chestnut coal, to take effect immediately. The prices for other grades remain unchanged. It is stated that this advance was made in order to equalize the prices of the various grades, chestnutcoal having been unduly depressed by parties carrying a large amount of that grade who have now worked off their surplus stock. It was decided to restrict the output for March to 2,500,000 tons. Secretary Foster arrived in New York Thursday from Southampton on the steamship Spree. The secretary had quite a rough experience on the voyage. On the 13th, while sitting in a chair on the upper deck, the ship gave a sudden lurch and precipitated him against the port rail. He struck his head, which gave him a severe shock, and blackened his right eye. Otherwise he is in good condition, having been very much improved in health by the trip. The supreme court of Indiana Thursday handed down an opinion on the new Australian ballot law. It is held that this legislature has the right to enact such a law; that the failure to stamp a ballot did not invalidate it; that a board should not refuse to count a ballot because a clerk had written his name in the right hand corner instead of the left, and that where county and state boxes were used a ballot should be counted, no matter in which box it was deposited. The district court at Springfield, Kansas, was reconvened on Wednesday to try the rest of the Dunn murder cases. Judge Vandervert ruled that "no juror could qualify who entertained the opinion that Sheriff Dunn had been unlawfully killed by a mob. Each talesman swore that that was his opinion, and each was disqualified from jury service. The special venire of 100 was exhausted, and it was considered