Connecticut western news., 1879-02-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

duced the salaries of the State officials. The Governor is to receive 6, 900 per year.
 A proposition to increase the Canadian tariff will shortly be in- troduced in the Dominion Parliament, and business men are taking time by the forelock and making heavy purchases of goods. Over $342, ,744 have been paid in duties since February l.
 The International Base Ball Associa- tion refused to agree with it's committee, which gave the championship to the Buffalos, with the Stars second and Uticas third, and gave the Uticas the first place, the Manchesters second and the Tecumsehs the third.
 -Breyet Col. Rice and Lieut.. Fred Sibley, of Gen. Miles's regiment, and Morris Calm, of Evansville. Ind, with an escort of seven men, were surprised by four black-masked road agents on the Yellowstone and robbed. One of the robbers was captured, and the other three are now looking for the rest of the regiment.
 Strong efforts are being made by States and societies to prevent the pass age of the Anti-C Chinese bill. The House has got to act upon the Senate amendments to the bill. Should these pass the House efforts will be made to induce the President not to sign it.
 George W. Dupre, State Printer of Louisiana, has been indicted for perjury by the Grand Jury. He was admitted to bail in 6, ,000
 "A memorial service in honor of the late Cashier Barron was held in Dexter, Me, on February 22d.
 -Four hundred discharged Egyptian officers created a riot at Cairo, and were fired upon by the Khedive's guard 1; they were clamorous for arrears of pay. -At Decatur, Ind, William Conrad, aged sixteen years, went to his fathers barn to feed stock and fell from the hayloft in such 8 manner that his neck tie caught on hook and he was strangled to death.
 The Chicago Tribune publishes 8 sickening account of beautiful and &C., complished young girl locked up in soli- tary confinement for sixteen years at Mendota, Illinois, by her father through the jealousy and cruelty of her step mother. She is now insane.
 Ephraim Hysler and his wife left their three children, aged respectively four years, two and one-haf years and eight months, alone at Somerville, Me. The house caught fire and was destroyed, the children perishing in the flames. About year ago another of Fly ysler's children was burned to death.
 Peter Schmidt and his son-in-law, of Sparrowbush, N. r., were walking on the track and approaching Port Jervis station to meet son of the former, whom they expected to arrive from Ger many, when they were struck by a passing train. Schmidt died almost in- stantly, and his companion was seriously injured. The son had arrived just be- fore the accident, and left for home, which he reached in time to receive the corpse of his father,
 Charles R. McGill was executed at Cleveland, Ohio, for the murder of Mary Kelly. The execution was pri- vate, and was only witnessed by the officials and a representation of the press of the city and vicinity.
 What is said to have been the mos: severe earthquake shock experienced since 1868, when the city was destroyed, was felt at Arequipa, Peru, on the night of January 5. Iquique was shaken SC. yer6ly on the 18th. No damage gas done at either place.
 Mir. Thomas Lord, the New Yorl millionaire, did not leave will. Hit property is to be divided among his si1 children in accordance with an instru ment that was executed when the trust deed was made.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 The bill reported by MT. Bayart from the Senate Committee on Finance amendatory of the charter of the Freed mems Savings Bank, provides authorit, for the acceptance of the rendered resig nations of the present Commissioner and deyolves thelr duties upon the Con troller of the Treasury, with full au thority to compromise the debts and lia bilities of the concern, to sell it's prop erty at public or private sale, and gen erally to wind up it's business.
 The House passed bills appropriatine over $35, ,000, 900. MT. Sparke's bill, re ported from the Committee on Appro priations, appropriating $27, ,000, ,OO0 fo the payment of arrearages of pensions was passed under suspension of tn, rules by a vote of 178 to 67. The Rive and Harbor Appropriation bill, reported from the Committee on Commerce, wa also passed, the rules being suspende. by vote of 173 to 73. The amount ap propriated in the bill is S5, 800, 900 The General Deficiency bill, calling fo the expenditure of g., 800, 900, was als passed under suspension of the rules
 The Senate Committee on Agricul ture held a. meeting at which it wa agreed that the interests of the cattl trade of this country demanded tha prompt investigation of the subiec should be had with the view of ascertain ing the exact extent of the existence o pleuro-pneumonia among horned cattle The committee is embarrassed by tn short time remaining of the session Ii which to prosecute their inquiry; but is proposed to have the most eminer and reliable authorities in cattle diseas in the United States summoned g witnesses. Among them are Professo Law, of New York Professor Johl Gamgee and the leading shippers am dealers of cattle in Detroit, Chicago an other Western cities.
 The Census bill was taken up i the House. MT. Cox will endeavor t get the bill through the House ip som shape, so as to get it finally before conference committee of the two houses The idea of allowing the Governors ( the States to appoint the enumeratol meets with good deal of opposition, z It ought to, and will probably h dropped. Considering the long existin and exciting rivalry between St. Lou! and Chicago, one wonders what th census population of the two would | returned at if the enumerators were al pointed by the Governor in each Stat, The appointment of enumerators by tI United States marshals is obiectionabl, among other reasons, because th enumeratnra or assistant marsha