Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Summary of News.


 stration was made in Limerick, Ireland. JOHN Sherman was elected United States Senator by the Ohio General As sembly.
 THE total number of miners killed by the explosion of fire damp in Oakland Colliery, Wales, was twelve.
 THE N. '. bricklayers in convention at Albany, resolved to ask the Legislature to enforce the Eight-hour law.
 AMONG the various items of the ex- pense of collecting the revenue, the revenue cutters cost $l ,252, ,000 year.
 THE President sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles Hale, of Massachu- setts to be eAssistant-Secretary of State.
 THE Emperor Napoleon 2" threatens " startling revelations " regarding the French military system during the war.
 THE Convention of Nail Manufacture, at ameeting in Philadelphia, advanced the rate to s4.75 for tenpenny" nails.
 Ar the recent supplementary elections in seventeen districts for the French Assembly three radicals have been elected.
 IT is London custom to hire the IEmes at so much an hour from newsdealers, c single copy thus serving for a number of persons. ..
 IN the Penn. State Senate, at Harris. burg, Charles W. Hammersly, Repub lican, was elected cleClz, after thirteen intellectual ballots.
 Ir is announced that the Pope will shortly send an ultimatum to the Roman Catholic Bishops who have not accepted the dogma of infallibility.
 GOVERNOR Baldwin announces that further contributions of money for the relief of sufferers by the late fires in Michigan are unnecessary.
 SMALLPOX is frightfully on the in crease in the British isles. On account or it's prevalence Cardinal Cullen permits the use of meat on Fridays.
 ONE man was lied outright ant another was fatally injured in Brooklyn N. Y., by the bursting of beer barre containing some slacked lime.
 THE attentions to Gen. Sherman anc his party, at Madrid, were very marked and the fact IS looked upon as decidedly favorable to continuance of peace.
 ROBERT c. Tanning, member of the Chelsea City, (Mass.) Council, was found dead in his bed, it is supposed from an overdose of hydrate of chloral.
 AN official Treasury communication shows the total number of persons em ployed in collection of customs during the year ending June 30, 1871, to be 4,409.
 The following sentence-"Johr quickly extemporized five tow bags"- contains all the letters of the alphabet and only four of them are used more tha1 once.
 4 HEAVY shock of earthquake wa felt at Quebec, at S.10 o'clock at night lasting five seconds. The citizens were considerably alarmed, and ran out ot their houses.
 w. B. WEYLAND, a member of tht Louisiana House from Sabine Parish was shot and killed by three assistan ergeants-at-arms. The murderers have been arrested.
 F. A. MARsDEN charged with the em bezzlement of $12,O00 of U. s. govern ment bonds while employed as clerk il the Treasury Department, was convicted of the offence.
 IT is believed that the majority of the Ways and Means Committee of the U $. House, will be in favor of the repea of the income tax, and that bill to tha effect will be reported to the House.
 MIR. E. T. Haynes, the man who con ductcd two hundred women and ch1ldrer to place of safety during the Peshtig' fires, died Q few days since from tht effects of hot air inhaled at that tune.
 A PROMINENT Democratic member o Congress expresses the opinion that tn | Democratic National Convention would not be held until late in the summer and that St. Louis would be chosen a the place.
 THE Berlin Provinzim Coqvespenden say the establishment of diplomat relations with France proves that tn, German Government wishes to restor the former friendly relations between the two nations.
 A TELEGRAM, dated City of Mexico from the Minister of War, announce two general engagements between Gen Rocha's forces and the revolutionist under Gen. Diaz, in which the latte were routed with the loss of his artiller, and cavalry.
 CHARLES Jones, convict, escaped from the Nevada State Prison. Franci. 5 Armistead pursued him. They tough with Henry rifles at ten paces distance Jones was hit twelve times and Armi stead nine. Both died No more des perate fight as this is on record.
 ANOTHER mining disaster occurred Ii Wales recently. While the men were a work at Oakwood colliery an explosion took place, instantly killing number c them. Some escaped, but one gang wa shut off and are probably all dead Eleven bodies have already been take cut, and others are missing
 THERE are now in the New Yor Tombs Prison BIO prisoners, including 12 who are charged with murder, fou of whom have been sentenced to be hang cd. In each instance the prisoner counsel has succeeded in appealing ol technical points, and hns carried tn case to higher Court for revision.
 THE Governor of Utah has sent mes sage to the Legislature in which h declares that while the Constitution DIG tects religious convictions they must nc be out of harmony with the supreme la, of the nation. He declares that matri mony is civil contract as we'll as sacrament, and mast be so regarded i Utah.
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