Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
OUR NEWS SUMMARY.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
SENATE,

the States of South Carolina, Florida, Louisiaria, and other States, and all the l circumstances connected with the Presi- dental election. Objection being made, it was laid over.
 The bill modifying Capt. Eads' con- tract for improving the mouth of the Mississippi river was passed. r-..
 The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and long debate took place on the section forbidding the employ ment of the army as posse conaStatus. Several amendments were adopted, ma terially modifying the section, and it was then adopted. The bill was reported and pass ed.
 The Fisheries Award bill was amended and passed.
 The conference report on the Military Academy bill was made and agreed to.
 The conference report on the District Government bill was agreed to in the Senate. -,'.'..
 The Spencer resolution for an investi- gation of all alleged frauds in the elec- tion of 1876 was referred to the Election Committee.
 The Sundry Civil bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
 The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was discussed at considerable length, and many of tbe amendments of the Committee on Appropriations were agreed to. ftess5s-.t
 Many bills on the calendar were passed. The House bill to reorganize the Life-saving Service was reported without amendment. The conference report on the Post Office Appropriation bill was agreed to. The General Defi- ciency bill was taken up and passed with. out discussion. .s4 s.#.t ... ...
 A long debate on the bill to enforce the Eight hour law ended in postponing the bill till December next. ag
 The Senate, on motion of MT. Voor- hees, took up the bill reported by the Senate Finance Committee as substi- tute for the House bill to repeal the Specie Resumption act, by @ vote of 80 to 26, and after much debate, adopted the substitute by vote of 80 to %. The bill was then passed by 45 to 15. Var ious bills on the calendar were passed.
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 The bill regarding the judicial powers of Consuls was passed by the House.
 Reports were made in the South Car olins contested case of Tillman against Smalls, the majority report declaring the seat vacant and the minority declar- ing MT. Smalls entitled to the seat. No action was taken. , .,....- l g,..-
 The General Deficiency bill, after the adoption of the several amendments, was passed. ;,
 The conference report of the District of Columbia Government bill was agreed to. 5r,
 In the House, the rules were suspend ed and the bill appropriating $210, ,OOO for new barge office at New York was passed. 7i! ta Ta5-.
 The Senate amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were non-concurred in.
 The conference report on the Military Academy bill was agreed to.
 The Sundryo Civil Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and long discussion ensued on the subject of the public buildings provided for in the bill.
 Prince Bismarck was elected Presi. dent of the European Congress, which assembled at the Radizwen Palace. in Berlin. fia42 DIE 't"3e4'
 At Ameliasburg, P. D. O., Ont. the residence of Geo. H. Spring was burned, and his two children, aged nine and twelve, perished in the flames.
 While party of men were shelter. ing themselves beneath tree during g storm, near Oil City, Penn., two of them Thomas Donaldson and his son, were struck by lightning and instantly killed Another, named Fink, twas fatally injured
 Max Strakosch has been sued fol breach of promise by 8 young Chicago lady. ,ss'gs s'il ...,...
 With the passage by the U. s. Sen ate of it's Finance Committees substi tute for the House bill to repeal the Re sumption act, the financial Legislation O the U. S. Senate closed. This sub. stitute provides that after the date o passage United States notes shall be re. ceived on par with coin for the foul per cent bonds, and shah also be re ceived after the 1st of October next fo :. duties on imports. ss aqaes lu..-s.,
 The Michigan Republican Stat. Convention nominated Charles M. Cross well for Governor and full State ticket The platform "points with pride to tn record of the party during the twent, years it has controlled the State con graduates the country on the evidence of returning business prosperity; de nounces repudiation in every form, ant demands q currency that will comman, It's full value in every market of tn, world expresses apprehension at tn, spread of the doctrines held by the Ma tional Greenback party and the variou Socialistic organizations and declare that the title of President Hayes is per feet" a yu n r
 An accident occurred to coachin, party which left Newburyport, Mass. for Boston. An axle broke and tn coach capsized. Eight persons wer badly injured, some of them seriously.
 Large numbers of counterfeit trad dollars are in circulation.
 The total number of persons kille, at the last English oolliery explosion wa 200.
 -Rockwell, one of the notorious Mol mon 'Danites, has died in Salt Lake City He was under indictment for partioipa tion in the murder of the Atkin immi grants in 1857. There is suspicio that he was foully dealt with by some c his old associates in crime who feared confession on his part.
 The authorities of Germany are tax ing vigorous steps against the Socialists
 In Philadelphia Mrs. Geistlasl killed her two children and herself, a she had nothing for them to eat. He