Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.


 Great Britain.-COttoD-mi have been destroyed by fire at Glasgow; loss S1 500, 900. tL
 The crew of the British ship, Leenuie, murdered the captain, mate, and boat swain, while at sea.
 Sir Charles Mordaunt has received de- cree of absolute divorce.
 Mondays tide in the Thames was the highest on record.
 Sadler won in a boat race with Boyd on the Thames.
 Erance.-The revenue for the current year exceeds the estimates by S22, ,OOO, ,OOO. The ship Lennie arrived at Rochefort all the sailors on board were arrested.
 The Vile de Paris las received injuries from her bow striking the pier at Hayre. Republicans regard the Electoral bill as reactionary. z.Ae Germdny.- prosecution was order. ed at Berlin of the author of a pamphlet on the Arnim case.
 Naly.-The Vatican replied in friend ly tone to the Spanish Government.
 Luciana and three others concerned in SoDzOquO's murder, have been found gull ty at Rome.
 .Spain-The Carlists have been repulsed by Gen. Quesada.
 Spain wili reply moderately but firmly to the American note.
 Russia.-Russia has annexed the Kho. hand territory. ~ sT 47 The troops in Southern Russia are or. dered to be in readi.ess for active ser. vice.
 TWrEey-The Ambassador at Vienna mas been designated as the Sultans Min ister for Foreign affaIrs.
 Servia has withdrawn her troops from the Turkish frontier. Southern Asio. The British have had q sharp engagement with the Ma.ayans the siege of the British residency at Parak raised.
 The Raiab of Lilla has ordered three Malayan districts to rise against the Brit ish. T. 9ea
 The Prince of Wales received an enthu- siastic reception at Poonah. DOMESTIC.
 Mrs. Moulton proposes to contest her dismissal from Plymouth church before 2 church council. Two men have been convicted at Louis vile, Ky, under the Ku Klux act. The Ocean House, at the Isle of Shoals burnt down last week.
 
 have been convicted.
 More canal frauds are disclosed by the New York canal commission. The trunk lines have agreed on a raise of railroad fre'ghts. Missouri adopted new constitution. this month, by majority of nearly 71,- O00
 A foot of snow has fallen at Watertown, N. !. The Union Pacific Railroad is blocked with snow vest of Cheyenne, and the tel. egraph wires are broken. Eighty indictments for the Mexican raid have been found in Texas The Treasury Department recommends a tax on savings bank deposits over $500. The Pittsburg exposition is closed; the attendance reached $50, 900; deficit, S.. QUO. The Amoskeag and some neighborins mills will reduce wages, December 1.
 The cotton crop is nearly all harvested, and the yield is above the average. | Joyce, the St. Louis whiskey fraud con. spiritor, has been sentencsd to three and g half years in prison and s, LOO fine. Applications have been made for the arrest of the formre officers of the N. Y. Third Avenue Savings Bank for perjury.
 Supervising Architect Potter recon. mends the sale of the sld Post Office building in New York, and the erection ol new buildings for the Custom House and Assay Office
 Calls have been issued by the U. s. Treasury for s5. 600, GOO Five-twenties.
 The trial Tof ex-Superyisor 1IcDonald has begun at St. Louis.