Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


t the expiration of his term of imprisonment, ,ut he will be closely watched, and again Irraigned if he infringes the ecclesiastical avs When the Egyptians occupied the town of Brava, the soldiers ob- ,tructed the way of Kirk, the Britis hcon- ,ul and the Egyptian officer in com and refused to apologize, :wheroupon M Kirk ordered up the English man-of-wsr tis, and threatened to lombard the town if an apology was not forthcoming before specified time. The Egyptian officer apologized an hour before the expiration of the time, but the Thetis was already, cleared for action. The Prince of Wales arrived at Delhi on his tour through India. Antoine Martens, cigar dealer of New York, became jealous of 8 man named Rogers, who was somewhat atten- tive to Mrs. Martens, and returning from the street one evening and finding Rogers in their living room, back of the store, drew pistol and fired at him four times, mortally wound ing him. Martens then blew his own brains out. .. The jury in the trial of Geo. D. Lord for alleged canal frauds in Buffalo, N. Y., re- ported that they could not agree, and were ac- cordingly discharged. .Chas. O'Conor, the noted lawyer, who has been repeatedly given up by his physicians, is now able to move about his room aided by cane, and will un- doubtedly recover.
 A Mrs. Lynch, residing in Philadelphia, shot Mrs. Osborne, in the street, for refusing to take back 8, islander .. .Egypts contribu- tions to the Centennial have arrived-being the earliest on the ground. They comprise 6,0OO numbers in the catalogue, and consist of jewels, embroideries, weapons, etc. ....... Large whisky frauds have been unearthed in New Orleans. ... The New Hampshire Demo- Marcy for governor. The resolutions declare that the issues of war are settled, and that the government should turn it's attention to the work of restoring commerce and public pros perity !; declare that tn Democratic party is he historic advocate of 8 urrency convertible into coin, and demand a speedy return to specie payments, honest government, and ad- ministrative reform favors religious tolera- ton, non sectarian schools, and tariff for revenue only; and opposes 8 third Presidential term. The Spanish steamer Alegria was lost at Porto Rico and six persons were drown ed .. .. .Dr. Antonio Borrero has become presi- dent of Ecuador. The State debt of Georgia amounts to $8,005, 800 ...... The Louisiana House, with the aid of twelve Senators, chose Mir. Eustis for United States Senator, to con- test Mir. Pinchback's place. .. Abaneay, Peru, was destroyed by an earthquake, but the loss of life is unknown ...... The business portion of Valparaiso was flooded, causing loss of two lives and property valued at $1, 500, GOO.
 The Parisian municipal council will send to Philadelphia the models of the squares and public buildings which figured st the Vienna exhibition. ... The national Republican con- mittee, aC Washington, decided to hold the next Republican Presidential convention at Cincinnati, on the fourteenth of June next. ...Joseph Lapage, charged with the murder of Josie Langmaid on the fourth of last October, was sentenced at Concord, N. H., to be hanged January 19, 1877. ... A violent gale in the western Mediterranean swept the Algerian coast with great fury. The damage to property at Gran alone is estimated at $100,000. ... Russia is making preparations for the transportation of immense numbers of troops as soon as the weather permits and to that end work is being pushed night and day to complete third track to the railway from Moscow to Polish Lithmania. It is believed that the "Black Ball ship Harvest Queen was run down and sunk in the Irish channel, and that her entire crew of thirty were drowned. Gov. Ludngton, of Wis consin, reports the State debt at $2, ,252, ,057 The Harvard College annual report shows that there are 716 students in attendance.
 Three boys, aged from ten to thirteen years were drowned at Lowell, Mass, the wind carrying sled on which they were riding into the swift water.
 There have been important Egyptian suc- cesses in Abyssinia. ...... The ggregate of the Alabama claims is $12, 67s, 451 A, of which the commission has disposed of $9, 7O4 sos. .65. .. The report of the American Iron and Steel Association slows that there were g. 100, COG tons of pig-irou manufactured in this country last year-a falling of of 600, GOO tons from the previous year,. It is reported that Prince Bismarck and the vatican are coming to terms. ...... The number of failures in 1875 was 7,74O, the average liabilities being less than the year previous. ... Thirteen distillers of Chicago, representing the largest houses ir the city, pleaded guilty of conspiracy ..
 fire in Mobile, Ala., destroyed the block ot buildings bounded by St. Francis, St. Michael Royal, and St. Joseph streets with the excep- tion of the Bank of Mobile, the register office, the old Western Union telegraph office and the express office. The German government has decided to buy at present only the Prussian railroad lines Victor Hugo has been chosen as representa-
 tive of Paris in the French legislature. .. | Egypt is negotiating for the sale of her rail roads. co. The idea of joint note to Turkey has been abandoned by the great powers. ..
 Messrs. Moody and sanKey closed their re
 vivals in Philadelphia, after laboring eigh
 weeks, and exhorting nearly 9OO,0OO people
 The total expenses were $3O,0OO. .... The widow of ex-President Johnson died at tn. residence of her daughter, Mrs. Judge Patter
 son, near Greenvilie, Tenn. . :. The Russell
 House, Atlantic House, and Orchard Beacl
 House, summer hotels at Old Orchard Beach
 Me-, were destroyed by an incendiary fire. ..
 The Belgravian legislature has voted to i'm
 peach all the members of Mainovio's cabinet
 for allowing the expenditures to exceed tn,
 amount authorized by the budget. .. Advice | HULL OonoHo, meA1co, coAn1M 1ue EepoIG O
 the revolutionary successes. Twelve towns hay
 pronounced in favor of Gen serno, who ha
 8 force of two thousand men. The republic
 of Guatemala and San Salvador, Centra
 America, have declared war.
 Four colored men, all confessed co.tou-gil
 and house burners, were forcibly taken fror
 Coshoma county (Miss.9 jail, at Friar's Point
 and shot dead by masked men. .. The Demo
 cratic national committee will meet in Wash
 ington February 22, to select time and plac
 for the nomination of President. . A youn
 Englishman named Henckley laid down on
 railway near Baltimore for the purpose of be ing killed by the cars passing over him, br the engineer discovered him and stopped tn train in time to avoid him, whereupon th