Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

IurEey.-The Russians occupy in force line from Tirnova to the Shinka Pass.
 Atrocities are charged against the Bull garians.
 Greece continues her military prepara- tions. '-'.5' >'
 Ottoman troops have been landed in the Dobrudia. .
 Russian cavalry are making a flank movement toward Sophia. ,as
 The siege of Rustchuk is virtually rais- ed.
 Gen. Ghourko is reported to have gone to St. Petersburg to take command of the Guards going to the field.
 A general call to arms has been made in Turkey.
 The Turks report that the trans Balkan districts are now entirely free of the Rus sianS.::9 E+.sE <.f .st Ea
 It is-expected that Servia will drift into war with Turkey.
 GreGt Britain. Parliament was proro- gued, last week the royal speech refer red in rather defiant terms to Russia.
 It is apprehended that this years har- vest will be poor one.
 The Rife Team has sailed for New York.
 France. M, Gambetta predicts sweeping Republican triumph at the elec- tions.
 ? President MacMahon declares he does not seek the triumph of any particular party.
 .i.- DOMESTIC. Senator Conkling was publicly welcom- ed home at Albany, Schenectady and Uti- ca, last week. The President spent Sunday with MT. Evarts at Windsor, Vt ~ J.. Echert, West Hoboken silk-weaver, murdered his wife by throwing her from La window, last week. Gov. Carroll has announced to the Pres | ident that there is no longer any necessity for United States troops in Maryland. EE The Trunk Lines refuse freight to the Wabash Railroad. The New York State Senate has resolv- ed to remove Mir. Ellis though exhonera- ting him from intentional wrong. The New-Jersey Greenback men have nominated Gen. Hoxsey for governor. The Centenary of the battle of Benning- ton was celebrated Thursday by process sion four miles long, in which President Hayes appeared; short speeches were ! made by President Hayes, members of the Cabinet. several Governors and oth- srs; Prof Bartlett delivered an oration, | and poem by Bryant was read; President Hayes was received with enthusiastic cheers everywhere. Sec. Shermon made a great speech in Ohio Friday. in defence of the Admins tration.
 The committee of Delaware and Hudson stockholders have made very favorable report%s "' ~ 7>'-- ~''' ''''' .-, -''- ''7s~ l Vermont Day was celebrated at Ben- | nington by grand procession, addresses from Daniel Roberts and representatives of the New England States, and the read. ing of 8 poem by Mrs. Julia 0. R. Dorr.
 An American ship in the Caribbean Sea has been fired into by cruiser, probably Spanish.
 The miners in the Hazleton region have again struck .t -ss {,
 The Democrats of Maine have nomina- ted J. H. Williams for Governor. A State Labor Party Convention is cal- led to meet in Ohio on the 24th inst. President Hayes held a formal recep- tion, Saturday evening, at the house of Secretary Evarts at Windsor. Vt. r9 Dr.. Charles w. Chancellor has exam ined the lmshouses of Maryland, at the request of the Governor, and reports great neglect in many of the counties.
 The employees of the Pennsylvania Coal Company almost unanimously refuse to return to work at the old rates. ! A satellite to the planet Mars has been discovered by Prof. Hall of the United States Naval Observatory. r. The Hostile Neg Percesi Indians still have possession of the stage road in Ne l vada. l The President has been invited by Gov. Connor and Senator Blaine to visit Maine. A36GA4 A u58a d&a sE