Litchfield enquirer., 1871-06-01
News of the Week.
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 FoRE1oN. PARIS sUBDUED AT LAsT--5O, GOO COMMUNISTS E SLAIN. H@ E The fight between the Versaillists and Communists ragged in Paris all last week, the latter resisting the overwhelming SUI. periority of the force brought against them |stubbornly to the end. Nearly 3,GOO of the government troops are reported killed, while the Communist losses are estimated as high as JDly Mousand killed including many woman and children. No quarter seems to have been given on either side the Communists massacrea the Archbishop of Paris. and over 60 others held as hosta. ges, and fired buildings; while. on the oth. CT side, the fighting has been simply mas. sacre-an attempt to exterminate the Com. munists en nadsse. The concluding battle occurred in the great cemetery Pere "a Csdise. One third of the city is said to be in ruins. The fires in the city have all been extinguished at last. The insurgents were shot in squads of 50and 100 at time. Cluseret is still at large, but Rochefort is to be tried by military tribunal. Great Britain.-The House of Commons has rejected the amendments of heaHouse of Lords to the University Tests bill l. An attempt to kill the.Army bill, in the House of Commons. has been defeated by close vote.
 Germany. threatened to re. sign if the bill annexing Alsace and Lor- raine to the Empire was not passed as of. fered. but compromise was finally eff fected. @.rt Caa0da.-The Canadian government vii ratify the Treaty of Washington without submitting it to Parliament. S0uth Anaericd.-Over half the popula tion of Buenos Ayres has died of the vel low fever, but the pestilence is now abating.
 A span of the Mississippi River bridge st Winona. Mlnr., gave way on Saturday, sev- eral persons being injured.
 Yice-President Colfax is improving.
 Two hotels and several other buildings have been washed away by freshet at Hot Springs, Ark. Hsl
 The Senate adjourned sine de on Satur. day, having released the Tribune correspond ents by vote of nearly two to one.
 Two policemen have been shot in Chica. go. u r A band of Apaches has rebelled on an
  defeated the troops sent after them.
 The treaty of Washington was finally rat flied by the Senate, on Wednesday of last week.
 Cyrus w. Field gave the High Joints 8 great dinner at New York on Tuesday of last week.
 Dr. Lanahan, of the everlasting Book Concern, is again suspended, and is to be tried on the 9th inst.
 Two prize fighters have been sent to the penetentiary by New York criminal Court.
 The trial of Foster for the murder of Avery D. Putnam resulted in his convic- tion and sentence to be hanged, July IA.
 The International Convention of the Young Mems Christian Association met at Washington, last week.
 Another murderer, named McNevins was convicted at New York, last week.
 The first train passed over the Mississippi River bridge at Winona, Minn., Friday.
 A young lady was accidentally shot near Toronto, last week. .-
 Murderers have been hanged at Fonda, N. Y., and Evansville; Ind.
 Serious fires have occurred at Providence, Cincinnati, and Hudson.
 Nearly all the money recently stolen from the Adams Express Go. in Ohio has been returned.
 Jeff Davis has made speech at Augusta, Ga. .--..
 The Apache Indians are on the war path.
 Faulkner, the wounded Ku-Klux of New berry, s. O., has been murdered by his friends. E
 A Ku-Klux outrage has been committed in Missouri. : The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania has made it's nominations.
 A conflict between the whites and Indians has occurred in Kansas, one of the former and three of the latter being killed.
 Coal is now arriving at Newburgh, but hesstfike in the Lehigh region continnes
 Bishop Clark of Cincinnati died last week.
 The coal miners strike is nearly ended at Pittston. .f-. ....
 A serious shooting affray between whites and negroes has taken place in Arkansas.
 The crops in New-Hampshire are suffer ing fbDm drouth. --a g.
 Gov. Hoffman, of N. r., has vetoed the Code Amendment and Canal bills.
 Several of those who were taken alive from the Pittston mine have since died.