Connecticut western news., 1874-10-23
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| The Seventh Regiment of New York cele brated it's fftleth anniversary with much en- thusiasm. The yellow fever has been making sad ravages among the naval officers and mon at Pensacola. The Chicago eleva- tors contain ,405, 905 bushels of wheat, 1,264,- SOY bushels of corn, 543s99 bushels of oats, &, ,4A5 bushels of rye and 13s, ,7a5 bushels of barley-a grand total of 3,391, 1881 bushels, against 6, ,493, 735 bushels at this time last year ......A scouting party from Fort Wallace operating on the north fork of Smoky Hill river, in Western Kansas, discovered the bodies of three men and woman, murdered by Indians. The parties killed were from Blue Ridge Ga. They were immigrants seeking 8 locetion. The woman's head WAS crushed, and all the bodies more or less mutilated. . The New York Temperance party has two State tickets in the field, to be voted on in November ......A special dispatch from santander to the Pal Mall Gazette says that the report of an attempt to assassinate Don Carlos during mutiny among the insurgents has been again brought to that city by 8 letter from Durango The letter confirms the previous details of the occurrence to the effect that Don Carlos was shot by the mutineers and receiveda danger ous wound.. aas.. The Red Cloud Indian agency is accused of swindling the Indians in the way of rations The English Investigating Committee say the earnings of the Erie Rail- road were sufficient to justify the payment of the dividend on preferred stock for the two years ending September, 1873 .. The Grand Jury of Minnesota have presented twenty-six indictments against Chas. McGrath, late State A-l M,, nnr bail.
 The English Telegraph Company stopped Moulton's Beecher statement from going over the wires, declaring it objectionable reading for the lady operators. . As result of the recent eruptions of Etna, 8 Assure three miles long has been opened on the northern side of the mountain, in the course of which several minor orators are formed. ... Already steps are being taken to have the next U. s. Con- gress increase the army to 3O,00O men. It now numbers, about 1s,000i some of the regiments being merely skeleton. Miss Jennie Twom- bly,, who had an arm broken in collision in New York in October, 1870, sued the Hudson River Railroad Company, and 8 jury awarded her $5, 5000. :. The steerage rates across the Atlantic have been still further reduced by
 
 some of the competing companies to S10 w Application for cadetships in the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's service must be from seighteensto to twenty-one years of age ..... Thomas Kernan, of New York, while cutting hay in the Eighth Avenue Railroad stables was cut in two by the machine. .. . At Chicago Goldsmith Maid trotted 8 mile in 2:17...... Advices from Buenos Ayres say that several business firms in that city have suspended and 8 commercial crisis is imminent. The Argen- tine Bank has closed it's doors. Each party claims the victory in the elections in France. The ,Ordre estimates the number of Bonapart- ists returned to a144. < A special dispatch says that anarchy reigns in Turkestan. The Turcomans are plundering the tribes friendly to Russia, and her armed intervention is inevi- table. .... The 18th U. 8. Infantry has been ordered south.s ss Hsss S
 Judge MoCue has deetded that lager beer