Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

TurEey.-The Turks are sending more men and supplies to Plevna .,..... ..sa1 .,.
 Mehemet Ali has retreated to the Kara Lom. s@~ l "" '7
 Gen. Todieben has been appointed chief of Staff to Prince Charles of Roumanla. f Russia announces semi officially, that mediation is needless. n. l Austria reafirms3 her intention to re- main neutral 17olr s- s1 'ra3h ,'e j.
 Greece has referred m warning tone to Turkey. r.f.. .;.r.l.
 There is great suffering from inatten-
 ton among the Russian wounded sol- diers. 5eynf .~-Yut- aat iaa ,ls,l." l" t-, F General ;Klapka is said to be concerned m the Tnrco. Hungarian plot. but denies the charge. --'.' '''' ''-1'
 Greot sBrstasn. General Grant has been hospitably received at Sheffield f.a
 The Grsat EastesRb Won nRbsilmsSH Rby MSHhaarin nsnalcap
 ..srd Harrington g Rylston won the Oe. | tober Handicap at Newmarket er, & The Court of Alderman in London has again rejected Sir John Bennett.
 sFfGoce. The list of ofieial candidates
 in France consists of 63 Orleanists, 13l Aegltmlsts. and 298 Bonapartists, 3iuu eI.
 !nd5a.-The deaths from famine in
 In Madras are estimated at T5O, ,OOO. r SOsttkesn iAnaeric01 General Gaardia has become President of Costa Rica, Dr. Herrera having resiaged. .,...
 Several shocks of earthquake have been felt in the south of Peru. '"~ ~ E The dispute Nicaragua and Germany. remalns unsettled. ab X a fu5 fra ''t t3 T. ssw auf3a DOMESTIC. 2} ..4tTajs 2. ] The Lehigh Valley Coal Companv re. dnced its rates, Friday. .s.#t g...D.,..., $. l., The economical use of Croton water is
 urged on the people of New York. TIT |o A movement is on foot to calla Repub- lican mass meeting in New York, city to disayow. the sentiments ,s expressed by Senator Conkling at the Rochester con- vention. "i9 71i' '"7il".n IA Al "eA 7 1, The printing of the backs of legal.tend. CTS and bank notes has been awarded to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. a
 A fire at Goldsboro, N. C., last week, destroyed property valued at $4O,0OO. 'a ThelIndian sconference at the White House ended Friday Spotted Tail, Red Cloud. General Crook and President ' The Jefferson County. N. Y, fRepubH can Convention adopted resolutions, last week. approying the policy of the Presi- dent, among them the resolution offered Oy YAAs oUhs VAS ~ 4tOCuO0g0E.
 iPrang's 6hromo establishment. in Bos. ton, was burned out, Thursday. f; zsGto D.
 The Maryland Democratic Convention nominated Thomas J. Keatng. for Con. troller. i@5fu aE 'z1 5B0 s9a7t Sanl ( #0p ! , , A fire lat Providence, last week. destroy. ed 8 large amount of property. sl sa 'rr,
 The New York Gilbert Elevated Rail- way Company has taken steps to proceed with it's road unmolested. ,hG8 ai' Nstf @a si The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com. tpany have issned a lower schedule of rates. u :, Alexander H. Stephens called on the President, last week, and commented his policy. .s~ 4s tlit f.3' ! 'l7t''"f''@ ''Hs : George William Curtis declines to make any statement in regard to the alleged ln-. terview with Gen. Grant about MT. Sum- ner. s- tltSl @s.' A9 ss.t~oitss t'l-i 1t q The Wisconsin Democrats, last week. adopted platform denouncing the Re publican financial policy, the. protective tariff. the election of President Hayes. and all subsidies, and favoring silver re- Imonetizatien and @ postponement of re- sumption. E. .su dry 5sa3 asnf The President returned to Washington :. on Tuesday of last week. 9" 15* s It is understood that Connolly offeas $1 ,OOO, 600 m settlement of his suit with t06 C1by U4 1NOW 1OTks sse 15ttfE+ s,z fsa
 The New-Jersey Republicans have nom. mated Wm.SA. Newell for Governor. on Hayes and Resumption pIatforn.aa a,F' Y 'Rufus Hatch failed, last week, with IL. abilities of $2, 2,50O. '955l'l aas3 SIS" " The Patent Office fire vii greatly de- lay business, but the loss IS not so disas, trous as at first supposed; 87, ,O0O models were burned, but no valuable documents.
 A final conference with the Sioux Chiefs I was held at the White House, Monday. q The President promised thsm few pres- ents, and they went away satisfed.l | :. Two of the defendants in the Witowski fraud pleaded guilty at Washington, Mon- day. T b'uoHe a& ug8si& EsI fio3sT dt l The interest on some of the leased lines l of the Long Island Railroad Company was defanlted, Monday.
 3 The Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexing. l ton Railroad n has been sold to it's mort4 l gage bondholders. q tF3s!s of K sTr.E HgaI
 The public debi siss vas s,r redneed 8. .s9O. 900 in September.
 1 Colonel David H: Armstrong has been appointed Unitedi States Senator fromj Missouri, to sncceed the Hate Lewis ".
 so Four parties are fighting for the sspoils lat Chicago. fsglE g59b ,4H iIN@a IA -S34a | ! Mr.sSawyer, sex-Assistant- Secretary of l the Treasury; Mir. Haines, and Mir. Brooks, l have been found guilty of defrauding the 1 government in the Roddy claim. The candidates for Speaker are arriving | in Washington.