Connecticut western news., 1874-12-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Items from Home and Abroa,

President MacMahon, of France, Is to form new ministry in harmony with his views. a.. While the Rev. W. H. Kenne1son was preach= ing in Knox church at Hamilton, Ont, burglars entered his residence and stole several hundred dollars worth of silver and plated ware. .... The town ,of Conway, Mass., is suffering dis astrously from typhoid feyer eighteen deaths, including several adults, having occurred with in 8 few weeks. .... At large mass meeting in Edgefeld, s. C., a resolution was passed to lynch all persons, white or black who may be caught setting fire to gin-houses or dwellings,.
 .... .Dr. Rush, charged with committing several burglaries and arsons in Concordia, Missouri, was hanged by 8 mob six miles from that vil-
 lage. |. United States Secretary Bristow is par ticularly explicit and decided on the finance questions. He says that Congress clearly did not intend, when the greenbacks were first issued, to make them the permanent currency of the country. Subsequently, the act of March IS, 1869, pledged the faith of he United States to make provisions at the earliest practi- ticable period for their redemption in coin. Initiatory steps towards the fulfllment of this pledge ought no longer be delayed, he says. As 8 preliminary step, the 'a:v making the notes legal tender ought to Dc repealed the repeal to take effect at some future date-bay, in three years. At the same time authority should be given for the redemption of the notes in bonds bearing a low rate of interest, which, while inviting their conversion, should not be so high suddenly to increase their value. Josiah Cummings trunk manufac- turer of Springfield, Mass, has suspended. The total amount of his Indebtedness is vari- ously estimated at from $120,000 to $l4O, GOO, with assets of an rmascertained amount.
 A dispatch from the British astronomical party stationed at Roorka, mdia states that their observation of the transit of Venus has been successful. The weather was clear and favor able and one hundred photographs were taken during various stages of the transit. ,.. John W. Garrett was elected president of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad e. |. :. .Dauell's printing house in Lille, the largest establishment of it's kind in France, was burned. The loss is $300,- GOO. e. Many farmers have lost cattle on Long Island the animals being stolen for their hides.
 ::... President Grant has partloned John Whisonant and Jerome Whisonant of South Carolina, both convicted of Ku Klux offenses and sentenced each to five years imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary and $10O fine. They have served two years of their term. A number of gentlemen, embracing many promi- nent Phi1adelphians, have formed an organiza- ton for the erection of mammoth hotel, to be completed in time for the centennial. One hundred gentlemen subscribed $5,OOO each. . By another violent gale on the English coast many lives were lost and much property de- stroyed.
 Benjamin Balch of Newburyport, Mass, is to apply for an act of incorporation for the Darieu ship canal with capital not to exceed $1OO, 00O,- GOO. .. The Rockland Me-, Shoe Company has suspended, the entire capital having been absorbed in two and a half years. The liabili- ties will exceed the assets about $40,O0O. . After the first of January all free passes over the Pennsylvania railroad will bear photograph of the holder on the back e. The transit of Venus was successfully observed at Hobart Town, Adelaide, and Melbourne, and at points ill India China and Japan. The American party, however, only partly succeeded at Hobart Town. The observations failed ill Oxmsk, Orenburg, Kasan, Uralsk Astrachan, Kertch, and Tifs, but were entirely successful at Yoko- hama. =. .Vce-President Wi son says that he intends to remain in Washington through the session and preside over the Senate. .... The Arkansas Senate adopted bill exempting mining and manufacturing establishments from taxation for seven years. ....T. C. Jones. Court of Appeals Clerk, has been indicted in Frankfort, Ky, for accepting challenge to fight duel. Arrests have been made of persons supposed to be members of gang of thieves who have been stealing horses and COWS from Long Island farmers The COWS stolen are supposed to have been slaughtered and sold to city butchers ..... All of the Coolie ships report grest losses of life among the pas sengers.
 It is feared that the steamer Pelican, from Cardiff for Cork, has been lost with all on board. Her passengers and crew numbered forty-six. .... Mir. Bense, direct from the Black Hills mining district, confirms the rumors that many miners are at work in the hills. They are all fortified, and they have found gold in paying quantities. War is imminent be tween the Sioux and Ute Indians - Gov Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, has directed the discharge of Capt. Burchard, commander of company of National Guards at Altoona and that the company be disarmed, because their arms were lent for use in the recent disturb ance on the West Pennsylvania division of the Pennsylvania railroad .... The merchants and shipowners of New Bedford have decided to prosecute in the Court of Alabama Claims, at Washington, claims for constructive damages on account of prospective catches of whalers destroyed or frightened out of the Arctic Ocean by the pirate, Shenandoah, in 1865. ... Col. Remick, Nebraska agent, reports that 2,30O persons whose crops were ruined by ratlons and clothing until spring. " Judge John J. Yellott, of the Circuit Court of Balti- more county, Md, has sued the Baltimore American for libel, for criticism of his action on the bench. ...... Nine men, genteel in ap- pearance, but destitute, were committed to the House of Correction in Philadelphia, at their own request .. It is said that at small expense the water in the Adirondacks can be saved so as to keep the Hudson river full in the low summer stages.
 Francis A. Hayes has been nominated for Mayor by the Peoples Reform party of Boston. ..... Four stores were destroyed by fire at Dover, Del. AS Dr. Ira Burrows, leading physician of Providence, R. l., was riding in buggy recently, the axle broke. The horse started on run and the doctor was thrown out. In falling his eye caught on hook on the buggy-top and was completely torn out.... The insurrection in the Argentine Republic is suppressed, and the government has granted