Litchfield enquirer., 1879-01-23
DOMESTIC.

Memorial exercises were held Monday at Washington in honor of Caleb Gushing. Donan B. Eaton and E. Redwood Hoar are supposed to be nrging civil service reform upon the President P A committee consisting of two clergymen and three laymen has been appointed in Cincin- nati to settle Archbishop Pureelrs financial troubles. --.,
 William E. Coffin, teller in the Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati has disappeared with S10 000 ln bonds belonging to the banks customers. A slelghlng party Of twenty-four students from Princeton were arrested in bunch at Trenton, Sunday morning. for making dis turbance, and fine of $3,90 per capita was I collected ,
 MT. Conkling has been unanimously renom. mated by the Republicans of the New York legislature.
 Tn Vanderbilt trial has begun again.
 The Reno court Martial is still in progress Ex-Gov. Vance has been nominated L. S. Senator in North Carolina N. B. Hill, in Colorado; and Gen. Shieldstin Mo. The coal miners near Pittsburg have con. cluded to ask an advance on present prices, and large strike seems imminent
 The Giant Powder Works, near Golden Gate Park, California, were blown up by an explosion in the nitro-glycerine house, last week, and several men killek.
 The Wisconsin Central R. R. has gone into the hands of trustees.
 / There were fires consuming property to the amount of several million dollars in New York City, last week
 The insurance risks on Friday nights fire in New York are in the aggregate S2, 673, 9OO
 The troops pursuing the escaped Cheyennes are waiting for aid from the Sioux at Red Cloud agency to dslodge the savages from their n- trenched position
 bir1 T,1 Portland, Or
 Amemorial to Congress is being extensively signed in Chicago asking for favorable action on the Texas Pacific Railroad bill.
 General sherman approves General Sheri- dams answer to Secretary Schurz. : Machinery Hall is to be sold on February 8th. The original cost was over 5000 900.
 John A. Logan has been nominated for the United States Senatorship by the Republicans of the Illinois Legislature
 Nearly 300 men and boys employed in the mines of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, at Girardville, Pa, are out on strike
 Three young girls were killed by an explo- sion of illuminate at Simsbury, Conn.,, on Friday.
 livestock shipments have been resumed at Buffalo.
 Mrs. Cobb was sentenced, Friday, to impris- onment for life. In a card to the public she says the verdict was mistaken one and sol emnly asseverates her innocence.
 Snow is a foot deep on the level in New York City and generally not level. Ira fife is greatly hindered.
 Martin Bergin, condemned for the murder r of Patrick Burns in 1870, was hanged Thurs day, at Pottsville, Pa., thls being the twen- tieth Molly Mcguire executed in that state Thirty-two Cheyennes were killed during the flight from Fort Robinson, Neb., and of those recaptured fourteen are wounded. Five of our troops were killed.
 bill calling a Constitutional Convention has been passed in the Louisiana Senate.
 Before the eTeller committee at New Orleans, Wednesday, the colored Coronor of Concerdia Parish swQre that five colored men were hang ed and olle shot in his parish during October nd:November.'