Litchfield enquirer., 1871-03-02
News of the Week
FOREIGN.

cnlef provisions are the following:
 l. Cession of Alsace and Meta to Ger. many. Belfort being restored to France 2. Payment by France of war indemni. y of miiliards of francs (about one bil- lion of dollars).
 8 Certain French towns to remain in possession of the Germans till tha terma of the treaty are compiled with.
 2O,OOO German troops were to enter Paris, Monday.
 It is believed that the treaty will be i'm. mediately ratified by the Assembly.
 Gen. Trochu has resigned his petition at the request of Thiers. and has retired to private life.
 The Orleans Princes have asked sdnis- sion to the French Assembly. day.
 Garibaldi has again been invited to take g seat in the French Assembly.
 The Duke de Broglie has been appoint. ed French Embassodor at London.
 Orders have been received in Bremen for the release of the French. hostages coD- fined there. Paris, a police agent being thrown into the Seine and drowned.
 It is believed in Paris that M. Thiers in tends to found Republic.
 Great Britain--A terrible explosion has occnrred in an English cOnl mine, 50 per sons being killed. Disraeli attacked the foreign policy of the Government in Parliament, last week MT. Gladstone replied. | Smallpox is spreading in Liverpool.
 There is great disaffection in Ireland, and Parliament will appoint committee to investigate the cause.
 Haly.-War is again threatened between Italy and Tunis.
 Gernaany.-T opening of the German Parliament has been postponed till March 16
 DOMESTIC.
 The Fenian exiles are the guesta of the Baltimore municipal authorities.
 Five fremen were sufocated by fumes of coal on the steamship Ismailia
 The Quaker City was lost at sea on the voyage from Santo Domingo tO New York. A severe gale has occurred in the West ern States, doing much damage.
 The leaders of gang of counterfeiters have been arrested in Boston, The new Japanese Embassy passed through Chicago, Friday. Meetings in favor of Italian Unity were held in Boston and Buffalo, Thursday eve-> hing
 A serious railroad accident has occurred in Pennsylvania, one man being killed and IT injured.
 The coin in the U. s. Treasury amounts to over $102. .OOO,O ,O00. 1 The recent storm has caused great dam age to shipping on the Pacific coast. i WashlDgton's Birthday and Ash Wednes- day were celebrated by social and religious observances throughout the country. The owner of the great fruit farm in Napa Valley, Cal killed his wife, and then committed suicide.
 Eight persons have been injured by @ boiler explosion in Indiana. l A freight train on the Pan Handle Rail- road fell through bridge on Monday, kill. ing one man and injuring two. | A serious accident has occurred in an Ohio coal mine, one man being killed and five fatally injured. Five men have been badly injured by @ railroad accident in Chicago. The English members of the Joiut High steamship Cuba. A severe thunderstorm caused consider able damage in San Francisco, four lives l being lost and several persons injured. l The petition of Ruloff, the murderer, for @ new trial, has been refused by the Su- preme Court.
 An accident has occurred on the Pacific, Railway, no lives being lost.
 The decision of Judge Rosekrans against Erie is affirmed by the higher court
 The Harvard graduates held their annu-> al dinner at New York, last week. Presi- dent Elliott, Wm. M. Evarts. Wm. 0. Bry,, ant, and others, made addresses.
 A miserly Frenchman living in New York has bequeathed $10O,0O0 to the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami mals.
 The U. s. steamer Worcester sails from Boston, today, with a cargo of provisions for France.
 U. s. Mail Agents have been attacked in Kentucky, and a suspension of tho mails is threatened.
 The ice in the Hudson shows signs of breaking up. I Two British schooners have been seized at Gloucester. Mass, for violating the coasting laws.
 The coal miners in the Lehigh region still reject the propositions of the opera tors. .
 The Joint High Commission met in Washington, Monday.