Connecticut western news., 1874-05-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In the Augusta, Georgia, cotton guessing ! pool, the lowest estimate is 3,918, ,203 bales, and the highest, 4,410, 997, the average being 4,17S,383. There are only eight estimates below four millions. ....A ballot bill has been in troduced ill the Canadian House of Commons. It is proposed also to abolish the property qualification for members of Parliament
 It is proposed in Virginia to secure to married women all Che property acquired by them be- fore or after marriage. ... Rev. Dr. Thomas Carlton, of the Methodist Book Concern, died after only four days illness in Elizabeth, N. J.. He was senior book agent of the Book Concern for twenty years...... Serious freshets. result ing in damage have occurred in Tennessee and other Southern States. ... The French steam ship PAmerique which sank near Brest with loss of one life, was the first vessel this line has lost at sea in sixteen months . Tn the Arkansas case Brooks has issued proclamation claiming the Governorship. President Grant declines to interfere. ..."The American named Cookery, who was arrested at Puerto Principe, in Cuba, has been condemned to death. 'fE '. Vasquez, the notorious bandit, and his gang have been again heard from, this time near Los Angeles. They are still committing depre- dations, the last exploit being the arrest of an Italian trader, who was compelled to give Vasquez check on San Gabriel for $500, and send his son to draw the money. A Sheriff s posse are in pursuit of the band .. .. The suit of David France and wife against the Etna Insurance Company of Hartford Conn.,. on a policy for $40, 900 effected in 1865 on the life of Mrs. Frances brother, who died in 1872 was decided at Philadelphia; the verdict being in favor of plaintiffs for $10 ,50O In the U. &. House, MT. Kelley, of Pa, from the Centennial Committee, reported 8 bill appropriating $3,- 900, 900 for the Centennial exhibition, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole .....:In consequence of recent statements that certain bounty laws have been lately passed by the U. S. Congress, the Second Auditors office is flooded by letters of inquiry and requests for paper blanks for application. Up to the present time no bounty law has been passed by this Congress . The Attorney General has decided that the household effects in use by persons or families from foreign countries, if used abroad by them not less than year, and not intended for any ether persons nor for sale, may be admitted into the United States ports free of duty, without any limitation as to value. Mary Ann Faulkner, aged 16 years, daughter of William Faulkner, of Mid dletown, N. Y., was found dead in her fathers barn, she having hanged herself some time during the afternoon. The cause is unknown
 .... The U. s. Postmaster-G General has sent communication to the Post Office Committee Of the House of Representatives, advocating the passage of a law to compel the payment of postage on all newspapers. =. John Holker. Q. O., has been appointed SoEciter-General of Great Britain, and has accepted the appoint- ment. Queen Victoria has sent message to the House of Commons recommending grant of s25, ,ooo to Gen. Sir Garnet wolseley
 ..... Anton Burkart, City Treasurer of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has disappeared, and it is supposed has absconded. An examination of his books shows he is defaulter in the gum of nearly $1oO,O