Connecticut western news., 1871-07-21
Summary of News.


 THE number of arrests by the police of New York last week was 2,O62.
 GEN. HA11EcK has been elected Presi- don't of the, Veterans of the Mexican war.
 HON. c. c. BOWEN, convicted of bigamy in Washington, has received his pardon.
 THE Minn esota Republican State Con- vention, meets at St. Paul on "Wednesday, Sept 20. sf5.is'-'4 4NF -ii''-A
 THE whole number of army pensioners on the roll June 30 was 205, ,232; navy pensioners, 3, III. THE Wisconsin Republican State Con- vention has been called to meet at Mad ison on August 30th. .
 REPORTS concerning the British hop crop are zunfavorable. and indicate that there will be but small yield.
 SEVERAL persons were injured in Phil. adelphia by herd of Texas cattle that stampeded through the streets.
 ALoNzo PHILLIPS and Norris Hendrick- son were drowned while bathing in Shoal Creek, near Summers Mills, in Illinois.
 THE balances in the U. S. Treasury are as follows: Currency. $3.630, 900 coin, $S8, ,591, ,000 i; certificates, $20, ,0O0, 900. z.,---..rz.-~
 PRINTING cloths for spot goods are in short supply, and contracts are daily re- ported, GOV sring many months at Y cents.
 THE vital statistics of New York for the week are as follows D"aths, 71O births, 390; marriages, 150 and still births. 45. .----., ,z..- rs.er-.s--- THE wife of Norman Buiser. of Copake, N. Y., committed suicide by cutting her throat in her own house while insane. tIp =ez15
 MR. HARRY T. BLOW, nephew of the ex-Minister, writes indignantly to deny the telegraphic report of his murder on she Fourth of July. "a
 THERE has been but little movement in the dry goods market duriug the past week, a lull Tn business being naturally produced by various causes.
 A GERMAN living near Hamilton, Ohio, shot himself in the side tbe other day while illustrating the manner in which Mr. Vallandigham took his own life.
 JAMES ARMSTRONG, recently arrested in Salem, charged with the murder of ais wife in September, 1869, in North Bridgewater, has confessed his crime
 FRANK FRENCH and Charles Libby, 10th married men, were drowned at Dexter, Me, by the capsizing of boat. Three of their companions were rescued.
 MARTIAL law has been proclaimed in fmiens, in consequence of the murder of Prussian, and the failure of tho ,ocal authorities to discover the murder CT. e-& ,tes--ss SFa
 THE contemplated tunnel under Detroit River, between Detroit and Windsor, will extend 8,568 feet from portal to portal. The estimated cost is $1, ,65O,- poo. a- ,a sr5, s
 DURING the last quarter the Post-office Department issued PA, 761, ,O4O adhesive postage stamps, 21, BIO, 25O stamped en- velopes, and 1,771 ,50O newspaper wrap pers. .--t.
 POLICE OFFICER David P. Wilbur, of Chelsea, Mass, was murdered by an unknown man, who, coming up to him. asked "How are you ?'' and then fired revolver.
 THE public school-building at Sag Harbor, l.. l., cost $40 GOO; the one at Patchogue, S20,09O; the one at Hunt ington, 4,000 and the one at Baby lon. $1O,Oo0
 THE Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf at Newport. R. l., elected Gen. Sherman President New York was selected as the next place of meeting, Oct. 19, 1872.
 THE exhumation of dead insurgents and their retirement is being. actively carried on in Paris, but the hot weather has brought out the odsur codaverioue with unpleasant distinctness.
 THE Northern Transportation steamer Maine, burst one of her boilers about a mile from Brockville, Canada. One man is missing, and is supposed to be drowned; our others were dangerously injured,
 THE Clerks in the New York Post Office are in great dudgeon over an order of the Postmaster prohibiting them from even dreaming of their usual few days vacation out of town this sum- mer. ....s ...-..... ...... .-.. THE Arkansas Democratic State Gen. tral Committee have issued an address indorsing the position taken by the De- mocracy of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and denouncing all secret political organiza- tons.
 MIR. MAoCAU1AY, Secretary to the Speaker of the Canadian House was killed in an election riot at Montebello. Ottawa County. He was knocked down, md so badly kicked and beaten that he died soon afterwards ss
 THREE Texas women were recently shot while robbing house. One of them while dying, said "My father forced me to steal for him before was ten years old, and God surely will not punish me for my fathers crime.'' z,-
 LIEUT.. CHARLES MORGAN, with twenty nine men of the Third Cavalry, and a party of citizens, from Prescott and vii entity, arrived at Fort McDowell after 8 scout, in which they killed fifty-slx In dians and recaptured 15O head of stolen cattle.
 MADAME LYNCH, of Parag1layan noto- riety, has been allowed by British Court to take out letters of admin nistration in regard to the personal property of the late President Lopez, in England. The Paraguayan Government had opposed her claim.
 A GIRL in Cincinnati became so at- tached to cat that she could not bear to have the animal out of her sight. Her father at last killed the cat, which act so afflicted the daughter that she took poison and outlived her favorite only twenty four hours.
 THE baseball championship question of the United States shows that the Mutuals still stand at the head of the list, with the White Stockings second, fifty-four games having already been played between the nine contestants for championship honors.
 THE festivities at Berlin were accom- panied by promotion on large scale in the German Army. All soldiers who had been in the field received war medal with a ribhon in the new national co1orO