Connecticut western news., 1878-12-11
OUR NEWS SUM MARY,
GENERAL ITEMS.


 cable despatch from the Queen express. ing her pleasure at the rec. ption of the v1ceregal party in Canada,
 There has been serious loss of life on the Lower Mississippi by the collision of the steamer Charles Morgan with the Cotton Valley. The latter immediately sank, carrying down four passengers and fifteen or sixteen colored roustabouts.
 One of the Afghan hill tribes at. tackled the British troops in the Khybe, Pass, killing two men and woundine an. other.
 The St. Petersburg papers deny that General Kaufman made any sneecb whatever Oh the occasion of the presen- tatlon of sword to the Ameer.
 -Greenback men met ill Washington on Saturday, and arranged to issue an address to the country.
 The Secretary of the Interior has written long letter to the Secretary oi War In reply to what Generals Sherman and Sheridan have said about the re. moval of the Indian Agency away from Fort Sill. He shows that the removal has been advised for years, and he calls on the eminent Generals named for statement of any specific knouledpe they may have in regard to irregulari. ties at Indian agencies.
 That portion of the British army in. v,ad1ng Afghanistan by the Peiwar Pass mas galned signal victory after a des. perate struggle, capturing eighteen guns and occupying Peiwar- -Khotal. The briusn loss was only about ten killed !. mciudlng one major, though the enemy resisted stoutly. One of the other Eng Hsn armies IS advancing, while the third IS pushing out reconnoitering parties.
 The citizens of New Orleans in mass-meetlng assembled, rendered their unspeakable gratitude to all who i'm word or act aided the city during it's period ot suffering from the yellow fever. In the course of speech in the English House of Lords the Earl of Beaconsfield took occasion to express ms hope and belief that "American industry and enterprise would shortly lead to revival of English trade and commerce.
 The Pacific Flour Mills. Brooklyn were destroyed by fire. The loss on Duiid1ng and stock is probably $18O, ,OOO, largely insured against.
 Patrick Collins, of New York. who alleges that Nicholas Cassina carried off his daughter Emma, has recovered s5 OOO damages. WI
 -J. Morris Hatch. a farmer. fifty years old, who lived near Cherburne Onenango County, N. r., was shot and killed by Felix McCann, another farmer, aged sixty years. There had been pad feehng for two years between the two and on Tuesday afternoon Hatch shot one of McCann's chickens. AIcCann was arrested.
 .-Durlng the first twenty-four hours or OLeary's walk in Philadelphia, he succeeded in walking 11O miles. 7 Turkish irregular troops have de- stroyed twenty villages in Macedonia.
 An order has been received at the Sub, Treasury in New York to issue no further gold certificates.
 The manager of the Bank of Belo;un, nas been sentenced at Brusse!s to fifteen years solitary imprisonment.
 ..-Jelalabad has been evacuated bv the Afghan troops.
 -Ihirty-two deaths from diphtheria nave occurred Tn two weeks in Geneva. ~. T., mostly of children from one to sxteen years of age.
 Several skirmishes have taken nlooa between Albanian and Seryian ontnosts ana some men have been killed and others wounded. In Turkey, Suleiman Pacha has been degraded and sentenced to con or0 finement in fortress for his oonSnc+ during the war. '
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 The bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Eaton |" for tne relief of vessels of the United States ofncered by aliens," proposes to reneaI the law that imposes tax of fifty cents per ton upon all American vessels of wnicn any officer is not citizen of the uAited States, and provides that any amount exceeding thirty cents per ton thus collected since February 27. 1877 may be refunded by the Treasury,
 It is stated that there is less an. tagonism between the Republicans in Oongress and President Hayes, this winter, than formerly, but that the teenng between them is not vet very cordial. 'e' 'e'J
 The commission of Dr. Linderman as Director of the Mint has expired and It Is doubtful whether it will be re. newed. Oe fe'
 It is expected that the House w,l, soon take action towards impeaob;ng Judge Humphreys, of the Distr;os Court. 'AAo' :, The Republicans are going to revive the claim of D. T. Corbin to Senator Buffers seat. "'ot representative Southland, of Ohio intends, at the first opportunity. to re- port for action by the House n hill to regulate the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice. President
 It is predicted that the present ses sion of Congress will be dull one e. a long holiday recess will be taken.
 -Genera Banks is understood to be a candidate for the post of Marshal of Massachusetts. - S''"i oA :, alexander H. Stephens slipped on the steps of the Capitol at Wasbington ana narrowly escaped severe injury. It IS not known what course Senator Gonkllng will take in regard to the New York nominations. winch have nov been sent to Congress o0n ,Ibialne,s resolution regarding the 1outnern :, elections is to be pushed, and fne DemocratS will offer an amendment ,,x'endng its scope to New York and 
 Senator Edmunds will push on his