Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
 Great Britain.-P was pro- rogued, Tuesday.
 There has been an animated debate on the Bulgarian atrocities, in the British House of Commons.
 Twelve persons were killed and twenty wounded by railroad accident at Rad stock. England.
 The Extradition debate in the British House of Commons is postponed to next session.
 Silver is at fifty-two pence.
 It is believed that Lord Lytton will re- sign the Governor -Generalship of India early in 1877.
 FTance.-The Municipal bill has passed in the French Senate
 Another transatlantic cable is proposed. K IMrkey.-Late operations having prov ed successful, the Turks are concentrat. ing their forces in order to march on Bel. grade.
 Minister Ristics says Servia would not yield until ltha n'''.l-~ -.--- ~nder the walls
 Gen. Tchernayeff has massed his forces at Banja.
 Southern America. in Co., lombia are on the increase; the clerical party is in rebellion. Sixteen thousand Government troops were defeated by insurgents in the interi- or of Mexico.
 DOMESTIC.
 Trouble is apprehended with Indians in Northern Texas.
 Gen. Crook was to have advanced on the 5th inst, with 2,O0O men. against the Sioux, and expected to reach them in three or four days. Gen. Terry intended to begin the march on Aug. 7th.
 The North-Westerns won the four-oared race and MT. Riley the single-scull race at Saratoga.
 On Thursday about two thousand un- employed workingmen assembled in the City Hall Park, New York, and delega. tion presented an address to the Mayor asking for employment.
 The grasshoppers have appeared in large numbers in Nebraska.
 John G. Hill of Boston has been ap- pointed Supervising Architect of the Treasury. r.~F
 MT. Blaine addressed the Congression- al Convention in his own district last week.
 Last week, Senator Morton opened the campaign in Indiana with speech at h. dianapolis.
 The Madeleine won both races with the Countess of Duffern.
 Preparations are making to stretch the- first wires of the Baooklyn Bridge.
 The New York Mechanics and Traders Savings Bank is believed to have been robbed of $1OO, 900 by W. H. K. Bennett, an assistant cashier.
 The New York Board of Health inspec. tions of dairies show that adulterated milk sold in that city is adulterated after leaving the dairies.
 Fresh reports of a defeat of Sitting Bull by Gen. Terry are received, but still discredited.
 Several Indian tribes refuse to joln Sit. ting Bull.
 A new statue of Washington was un- vailed at the Centennial Exhibition, Mon. day. 4. part of the colossal statue of Liberty for New York HarbOr has arrived from France. A union of Tammany and anti -Tamma- ny is projected.
 On Monday the ''traveler rope" was stretched between the towers of the Bridge. Speaker Kerr is now dangerously ill. By the burning of street railroad sta- l bles in Indianapolis 50 horses were de- 1 
 The Wheeler expedition for surveys along the Mexican frontier is preparing | to begin work. It IS considered probable that the suit l of MT. Moulton against MT. Beecher may | be tried in October in New York, and | that Mrs. Hilton will testify.
 CONGRESSIONAL.
 Hallet Kilbourn has begun suits aoainst the speaker of the House of Represents. lives and members of the Real Estate Pool.fOr false imprisonment. The Consular Appropriation bill abol. shes P consulates and withdraws the mission to Greece. Last week, Senator Logan appeared be. lore the House Sub- Committee lnvestipa- ing the whisky trials and denied all con- nection with the conspirators. Chief Examiner Knight of the Patent Office has been removed.
 The majority and minority reports of he House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads have been presented: the for ner of which severely censures MT. Ores. yell. Congress will probably adjourn Tn a CIV days. but no time is fixed.
 Both Houses have passed the bill to , ,rovide for commission on the District orm of government. sea Agreements gave finally been reached n all the appropriation bills. Se,aGte.-On Tuesday of last week an 1 , mendment of the post office bill was dopted, restoring the franking privilaee. It also voted to establish fast mail 5 good deal of political debating I AS been indulged in.-The Pacific Moi