Litchfield enquirer., 1874-12-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EnDETnT

FOREIGN.
 France-The French Assembly met Monday. The Count de Chambord has written letter telling his supporters to do nothing to delay the restoration of the monarchy.
 In the municipal elections in Paris Q very large majority of Republicans was obtained. -1
 M Clement Duvernois and several oth- CT Bonapartists have been convicted of swindling.
 An effort is to be made by the Repubi- cans ir the French Assembly to put an end to the state of siege in Paris.
 Gern,any-In the case of Count von Arnim, the public prosecutor desires to exclude the public from the court room.
 SpGin-Marshall SerranO will soon leave for the north of Spain. Russia will not recognize SerTano's Government until the Spanish people aye-declared in its favor. Discord is said to prevail arnoug the Carlist chiefs
 An English vessel has been searched by the Spanish authorities at Santander
 StcitzerIaed-Elevenp persons were bur- jed in the snow by disaster on the Great St Bernard in Switzerland
 South AnaericG-There have been riot ous demonstrations against foreigners in Brazil.
 The insurgent chief Arredondo has de- feated the forces of the Argentine Gov ernment., The Government has prolong- ed the state of siege for ninety days. The insurgents have invaded the Province of Cordoba. =. -. tE..
 The steamer Talisman, in the service of Peruvian revolutionists, has been seized by a Peruvian war vessel
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 The motion for the trial of the criminal indictment against Theodore Hilton has been denied. .- .r
 The report that Gov. Garland of Arkan- sas IS concentrating militia with the inten- tion of defying the President and Con- gress IS denied. .--a....a, -@
 Two special agents of the Post Office Department recommend as a measure of economy the consolidation of the New York and Brooklyn Post Offices.
 Mayor Havemeymer, of New York, died suddenly in his office, on Monday. t
 An opposition line to the Pacific Mail has been established. #e.
 Twenty New York street-car conductors were detected in stealing fares by means of ''punch beaters.' ..-
 A4uS Ad1dhaua O1 the OaQOW1c0 lSlaHOS has arrived in San Francisco ...
 Heavy snow storms are reported in the West. , -
 Prof. Marsh's expedition to the fossil beds south of the Black Hills has return ed to Fort Laramie, having secured a large collection of rare and valuable spec linens of fossil bones.
 Postmaster General Jewell, in his an- nual report, estimates a deficiency of about $8, ,OOO,OOO for the next fiscal year.
 The jury in the safe burglarly trial re- turned verdict of acquittal in the case of A. B. Williams, but disagreed in the cases of Whitley and Harrington.
 Wm. A. Gray, director who went abroad to negotiate an Erie loan, has re- turned after an unsuccessful mission.
 Gen. Emory recommends the contin- uance of troops in the South.
 Both branches of the Arkansas Legisla- ture have agreed to resolution appoint ing committee to investigate the cleo tion of Senator Dorsey. The people of Tuscumbia, Ala. appeal for relief for the sufferers by the storm of Monday -ss Thanksgiving Day was generally ob- served throughout the North and West, and to some extent in the South. -
 The special committee appointed to propose new form of government for the District of Columbia have agreed upon report. The appeal in the Brooklyn scandal suit will be promptly argued. a@