Connecticut western news., 1875-01-15
Is. Burating of dam at Min River,

Ministry Tn France--Departure of ho- man Catholic Pilgrims from New York.
 Is. Great fire in Galata, near Constan- tinople.
 19. The. ,Moiety bill passed by the House of Representatives.
 20. Acquittal of Professor Swing, in Chicago.
 21. Marriage, at the White House, of Miss Nelly Grant to MT. Sartoris.-Henri Rochefort, tho Communist (escaped from t!:2 ENEESzs..ls pc-sl cc.lnl,yz ak Navy Gale ! donia) arrives at San Francisco.
 p. A new cabinet is formed in France
 23 The United States Senale pii;,sess Summers Civil Rights bill.
 25 Strike of the omnibus drivers of New York.
 26. The United States Senate passes the Centennial bill.
 27 Death in Washington of Rear Admiral w. B. Skubrick, senior officer on the retired navy list.-The monument of Ellsworth is unvailed at Mechanics vile, New York.
 30. Henri Rochefort arrives in New York.
 31. The ship British Admiral stranded on Kings Island. Seventy three lives lost. / Ss E&kks8 st 
 1. The President accepts the resigna- tion of MT. Richardson as Secretary of the Treasury, makes him Judge of the Bristow, of Kentucky, is made Secre- tary of the Treasury. Attempted assas-, sination of the Prince of Saxe Weimar.
 g. Death in France of Jean Francois. Landriot, Archbishop of Rheims. The American Catholic Pilgrims received in Rome by the Pope. ..-. i.li. a
 10. The "Moiety bill is passed by the United States Senate.
 II. Strike of miners in Ohio.
 Is. Attemptsd g{lypching ef Henri Rochefort in Irelahdy sf l142 j. s&
 Is. Battle at Alcera, in Spain. Prince Henry, son of Henry. of Bourbon is slain.-The Canadian reciprocity treaty is sent to the United States Senate by President Grant, : 'f s~ '~7 F
 20. The House of Representatives passes the Conference Committed Cur rency bill, agreed to by the Senate.-In- telligence reaches Constantinople of 0 collision on the sen of MarmoBa, and the loss of Q Turkish vessel, with three hun- T dred and twenty lives. "'
 p. The President signs the "Confer- ence Currency bill.
 > 23. Fatal fall of a church floor in Syracuse adjourns. .--Dedica- tion of a new memorial hall at Harvard College.
 24. Postmaster-General Creswell re- signs; Eugene Hale, of Maine,. appoint !; ed to the plaae& kE W F
 %. Two Police Commissioners of New York-Cl1arlick and Gardiner-declared guilty of misdemeanor. - ! Dooth in Na1u Yor1r ritu of Honr1, :. Grinnell, the patron of Arctic explore , ation. .1..5 . 1. The abduction, in Philadelphia, of Charlie Ross - Resignation of Post master General Hale.
 3. Marshall Jewell is appointed Post master General.
 4. More than one hundred houses burned at Alleghnny City, Penn. r G. Fatal railroad accident at Stony Creek, Conn. 4 ss '. The Quaker Indian Agent, MT Miles, makes a report on the alarming
 hostihties at the West. 10. Henry Ward Beecher's demand
 for an investigation made public. "A pleasure yacht capsizes, and five persons are drowned, off Atlantic City, N. J.
 Great fire at Weehawken docks, New
 Jersey. Oil to the value of $25o, OO(
 was consumed. f k
 13. Attempted assassination of Bis marck by Kullmal1n. Another flood il . Massachusetts.
 14. Another great fire in Chicago T Loss $4, 4,O00,000. 1S The college boat race, on Sara ', toga lake, is won by the crew of Colum bia college. Collision of two express E. trains near Canasaraga, N. Y. One mal |, killed and ten injured. 26. A great flood at Pittsburgh, Pa s More than one, hundred lives lost.-A ' landslide at Alarra, Spain, kills tw'
 hundred persons.-A Carlist magazin e explodes at Quiza, in Spain, killin! # thirty men, gz re @ l. served at N Northunberland, Pa., and ap n propriate ceremonies held in memory o "a Joseph Priestley.
 AUGUST. | { - 5. Burning of the steamboat Pa W Rogers, on the Ohio river, below Aurora l. More than fifty lyes1ost. ? 5-sT< ..s 7
 '. Sinking of the Mississippi steame % Henry Ames. Three lives lost. g. Escape of Marshal Bazaine fror o1 the isle of Sainte Marguerite. lg 10. Great floods in India reported IS Death of Bishop Whitehouse, of I
 linois.
 15. Collision on the Pennsylvania rail 8. road near Trenton. Three. men kille
 and ten wounded. -s -.--f-itt le IT. England, France and Arlstri D. recognize the Spanish government. e W IS. Death, in England, of Sir .Willia1
 Fairbairn, who built the first Britis le iron ship. .. 24. Colliery explosion near Hanley y Stahfordshire, England. Eight rninel
 killed. Ag H ss $Es s, 28. BseclieF acquitted by the commit B. tee of his church.
 ne 7. The town of Meningen, German! O. nearly destroyed by fire. h. railway, near Norwich, England. Twel
 ty persons killed and fifty injured. k- 15. Outbreak in Louisiana. an 19. Burning of Granite Mill No. l, ar Fall River. Mass.,z Moro than twent , persons, mostly girls, killed, and thirt si- wounded. Id. 9. Collision on the Belvidere raj [r. road, near Warren, N. J., caused by 6 es open switch. One, person killed all ,. several wounded.-Great typhoon w. China.
 28. Terrifics gale at Charleston, 8. r. Damages, $25O,0O0. $s.4 s ks 29 Burning sof the Atlantic Bloc
 Long Branch.
 nv 30. Fatal collision on the Allegha1 v Valley railroad, near Bethlehem, Pa oH OCTOBER. is- " :.
 1. Fitch-Sherman wedding.-Burni1
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