Connecticut western news., 1879-11-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS,

spout uprooted trees and injured many persons. At Vera, in Almeria, the river oveIhowed and flooded the mines, throw in 1,500 men out of work. Twenty-one persons were drowned and thirty houses and 300, ,000 pesetas worth of ore were clrried away. At Cuevas several lives were lost and one house was destroyed.
 The report of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Uunited States Post office Department shows that the actual cost of the postal service to the general treasury for the fiscal year was only $3, C31, ,455, nearly $1, 1,600,0OO less than the preceding year. The total revenues ot the department were $3O,O4 ,982, an in. crease of S764, ,465, and the total ex. penses $33, ,G73, ,437. decrease of $1.. O91, ,647. Of this $795, ,612 was saved by the law which changed the basis of post masters compensation and the remain der by reduction of railroad compen- sation.
 The excess of exports over imports of merchandise was for September, 1879, S20, ,620, ,0S7; September, 1878, $2O, 722,. 335; nine months ended September 30, 1878, $160, S94, 246; similar period 1878, $209, ,327. 559; twelve months ended Sep. tember 30, 1879, $256, ,843, ,277; similar period 1878, $294, 922, ,337. The excess of imports of gold and silver over ex. ports was as fallows: September, 1879, S27, ,130, 5S7; September, 1878. S921. 197; nine months ended September 30 1879, $25, 431, 732; similar period 1878 $319, ,454; twelve months ended Septem- Der 30, 1875. $27, ,164, e21; similar period 1878, $477, 1882.
 Within three hours drive of Bel grade, Belgium, band of fifty highway men hold the country roads, murder travellers, extort money from the peas- antry, defy the Government and prevent the tax-gathers from performing their functions.
 Lieutenant Commander Gorrinpe says in 8 special cable dispatch from Alexandria that the report of the seiz- u1e of the obelisk grew out of an at. tempt by persons in Alexandria to ir- duce the Italian consular authorities to interfere with it's removal in behalf of the creditors of the Egyptian Govern ment. The matter was arranged the next day.
 The United States internal rev. enue receipts from July 1 to September 30, as compared with the year before. show an increase of S2. .O59, AS on spirits. decrease of $1, 422 276 on tobacco. and an increase of $289, 191 on fermented liquors.
 pr. Charles Clark, atAylmer, Ont administered ether to Mrs. Newton Ellis, aged twenty-five, to extract tooth, and she did not recover from its effects.
 A man named Kuehn was arrested at Buffalo on suspicion of having mur- dered his father, brother and sister at Eekertsburg, Prussia, on September A.
 -One thousand bales of cotton were burned at Richmond, Va., by an acci- dental fire.
 The official statistics of the recent !nundations in Murcia, Spain, show that four-fifths of the arabic land is ruined and 3, 900 persons are missing.
 The report of the capture of the Huascar by the ChiIians is confirmed. One telegram says the crew were all massacred. The Huascar was captured by the Admiral Cochrane and another ironclad.
 The women and children captured by the Utes give the credit of saving their lives to a gquaw, the sister of Ouray, and say that the order of that chief alone saved Merritt'a command from destruction.
 The official vote of California shows three Republicans and one Democrat elected to Congress from that State, | The vote for Governor was Perkins. | Republican, 67,965; Glenn, Democrat and Honorable Bilks, 47, GAY; White, Working Mems (Kearney,) 44,482; Clark, Prohibition, 1,200; Republican plurality, 20,31O.
 Tboro ho--o 1>oo,, ted States hints to date 44,453 $50 sill yer dollars, of which 12, 221, ,01O are in circulation, and 32, 232, $40 are in the Treasury.
 -Dr. Eddins, convicted of ballot box stufilng Tn Tennessee. has been pardon ed upon the solicitation of prominent citizens of his neighborhood. among whom was Col. William M. Randolph, the Republican candidate for Congress- lie had served eleven months.
 The five men who were hanged for complicity in the massacre of the Elm hassy, in Afghanistan, include the Kot- wal of Cabul, the head of the city Mol iahs. and two generals, one of royal blood. One of the generals, it is charged. dragged the head of Major Cavagnari from the British Residence to Bala- Hissar.
 pr. W. s. Nudge. young physi- clan lately from Willismsport, Pa, died at Kansas City from an overdose of mor- hine.
 The new postal card just issued is of very pretty design, and can be sent to all parts of Europe, China, Japan and Brazil. At the top of the card are the words, ''Universal Postal Union," which are repeated in French in smaller type. Then come the words, ssUnited States of America," which are also re. peated in French. The stamp is a we'll designed head of liberty, having on each side of the figure '2" and the words, ''U. s. Postal Card"
 -Adolphus Rosenberg, of the London IoU7a Talk, was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment on the charge of publishing defamatory ibels against Mrs. Langtry, and to six months im- pr1sonment on each of the charges of similar offences against Mrs. CornwalIis West and Lord Louesboroueh respec- lively.
 The South staffordshire (England) nailmakers have resolved to strike. The interests of 28, ,000 men are involved.
 Cooper, the American forger, was 7e.-tUtioeo i'll LUndon 10 nve years penaI servitude. The sentence was made this light as he pleaded guilty to the crime. The three white women and two white children taken captive by the Utes are all safe and well and have re. celVed no bodily harm. They have been delivered to Gen. Merritt's com mand.
 In In Ohio the Republicans have eIec- ted 69 members of the House and % members of the State Senate; the Demo crats elected 49 in the House and l5 in