Litchfield enquirer., 1874-10-22

citizens of the Argentine Republic 10 sup port his Government.
 Ina riot at Para, Brazil. several alperson were killed.
 About 200 lives have been lost by the earthquake in Guatemala
 G1'eat Britain.-At Birmingham, Eng land, a demonstration was made last week against the Prince of Wales.
 Through a collision. in the British Channel the ship Kingsbridge was sunk and II of the crew were drowned.
 The Fiji Islands have been formally an- nexed to Great Britain
 F5ance-In the permanent commission of the French Assembly, notice was given of a motion to censure the Government for interference with the press.
 The ex-Empress Eugenie and her son have thanked the people of Ajaccio for returning Prince Bonaparte to the Gener- al Assembly.
 elected to the Assembly from the Seine ct Disc department. No election in tha Calais district
 GeTmany.-It is proposed to create s Provincial Assembly for Alsace and Tor raine.
 The residence of Count von Arnim h&s again been searched.
 Judgment will probably be passed up- on Count von Arnim before Nov. 1st. Spdiu.-Four hundred Carlists have been captured by the Republicans ne-r Albacete. Negotiations for the surrender of cer- tain battallons of Carlists to the Repnb. hcans are in progress. Turkey.-The town of Akhiolyi has been totally destroyed by conhagration.
 DOMESTIC. Mead's statue of Lincoln was unvailed at Springfield, Ill. last week, with impos- ing ceremonies; Senator Oglesby deliver ed an oration, and President Grant and others make remarks eulogistic of the martyr President. The American Social Science Associa- tion met in annal session ;n Boston, last week
 The eighth annual reunion of the Army of the Tennessee was held in Springfield. Ill. last week,
 Ii is reported that Brigham Young and George Q. Cannon have been indicted for polygamy. | A party of white men, bound for the Black Hills, were attacked recently by the Sioux; several Indians and white men were killed in the fight that ensued.
 Charles H. Phelps has been tried at AL bany, and found guilty on three indict- ments for stealing funds from the New York State Treasury
 Among other nominations for Congress by the New York Tammany Democracy are those Of Fernando Wood, s. s. Cox and Richard Schell. There is strong effort to combine all the opposing elements for the nomination of a "Peoples Ticket The Protestant Episcopal General Con. vention have sanctioned the election of Bishop Wells, An eccentric New York coin-seiier, while in jail on charge of buying stolen postage stamps, was robbed of S100,0 Hepworth Dixon was given dinner by the Lotus Club in New York. Saturday night. In Ohio the Democratic state ticket is elected by about IS, coo majority and there are 13 Democratic congressman to Re- publican In Indiana the Demncratic.state ticket is elected by about 15, 900 majority, and they have majority of about 6 on joint ballot in the legislature. West Virginia elects three Democratic Congressmen. The Coushatta men arrested for the re- cent murder have been brought to New Orleans by a squad of soldiers.
 Iowa goes Republican by 3O,O0O major ity and elects nine Republican Congress- men.
 Arkansas goes Democratic, adopts the new constitution by 75 GOO majority, and chooses a Democratic legislature A man was killed and six badly injured by railroad collision in Michigan, Mon day.
 The Presbyterian Synod of Illinois ara discussing the Swing matter. The resignation of the Rev. ". H. H. Murray has been accepted by his congre- gation. .. IT r-,b~hia that the Virginius claims will be submitted to arbitration. Seven hundred workmen have been dis charged from the locomotive works at Patterson, N. J.