Connecticut western news., 1879-04-23

the prisoners, terrified by the noise of the firing, stopped and remained in the tunnel. Then the soldiers were sent in from behind, and the unfortunate wretches caught between two fires, were all shot down. " tI
 The chaplain of the political prison at Chorkoff, Russia, declares that of 500 persons detained at tn at prison, 200 died within four months. One of the heaviest charges, it will be remembered, made by the Nihilists against the Rus sian official administration, was brutal treatment of prisoners, in consequence of which the health of most of them was broken down, many dying, and some being driven mad.
 The last statement of John P. Phair, who was hanged in Vermont, declares his innocence, and enters upon long argument to prove that he did not have ustice.
 A dispatch to the London Telegraph from Alexandria says 8 great fire In Cairo destroyed blocks of buildings hundreds of yards long.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 Secretary Schurz has issued circu- lar in relation to the census service. Applications for appointment to the po- sition of supervisor may be addressed to the Secretary of the Interior, but nomi- nations will not be made before Decem- Der. Applications for appointment as enumerators should be addressed to the supervisor of the district in which the applicant resides. No appointments to clerkships Ill the Census Office at Wash ington not already determined upon will be made prior to May 1, 1880. Appoint ments in the Census Office will be made only upon examination to determine the qualifications of the applicants.
 Secretary Sherman accepts $101,- GOO, 900 of the $15O, GOO, ,000 bid for 4 per cent. bonds, and declines to hold the funding certificates subject to this offer. He has issued call for $160, ,000, 900 of ten-forties. --sar.
 As Vice-President Wheeler will be absent during the balance of the Special Session, Senator Thurman will be Presi- dent of the Senate. The latter's first ruling was notable one. He called
 MT. Beck to order for referring to what
 the President would do with reference to
 vetoing the Army bill. MT. Wheeler's
 absence has interfered somewhat with
 the reorganization of the force in the
 office of the Secretary of the Senate and
 perhaps also in the office of the Sergeant
 at-Arms. These officers have completed
 their plans for making numerous changes in their respective offices and 1n accord
 ance with the rules of the Senate they
 proposed to submit their lists of ap pointments to MT. Wheeler for his super vision. They have consulted him hither } to in regard to the subject and would have settled the matter with him. The installation of Senator Thurman as Pres ) ident pro tenn. puts the supervision o1 the proposed official removals and ap pointments in his hands.
 Judge Kelley has introduced in thu , House of Representatives bill which Ii } designed to remedy the inconvenience l and losses occasioned to workmen ant . retail dealers by the accumulation il their hands of certain denominations o l silver coinage. It proposes to requir 3 the Treasury and all sub-treasuries o
 the United States to redeem with 1ega 5 tender money the subsidiary silver coil l whenever presented for redemption il sums of $5 or multiples thereof, an' also provides that the further coinage o : trade dollers shall be stopped that the l shall for twelve months be receivable g l par for customs or any other obligatio l due the United States, and that, whe 8 so received, they shall be receined int
 atandard silver dollars of 4123 grains. l The Secretary of the Interior ha , decided that at least one years residenc
 on homestead land is necessary to obtai
 @ patent.