Connecticut western news., 1879-03-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.


 GENERAL ITEMS.
 The Connecticut Senate passed tho Constitutional amendment, which has already passed the House, for bienn1a sessions of the Legislature. It now goes to the people for fiual action.
 The New England Commissioners of Inland Fisheries have recommended the prohibition of the salmon fishing il Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachu setts and Connecticut until the first day of July 1882.
 The Atlantic Delain Mill in Provi. dence, R. l., was sold at auction fol $500, 200. The property originally cost $3,000,000. One thousand two hundred workmen were employed.
 Out of forty-nine persons on the British ship Adriat1c, which stranded near Dunkirk, February 16, while or the passage from Pabellon de Plea, only seven are known to be saved. Among the drowned are the mate and the ageni of the Independence Salvage Company of Liverpool.
 Both Houses of the Minnesota Leg. islature have passed bill reducing the legal rate of interest from 12 per cent to 10 per cent.
 A petition to the Dominion Parlia. ment against the imposition of duty on American grain is being extensively signed in Montreal and other places.
 At North Andover, Mass, George kextraw, in a drunken frenzy, struck his daughter, Mrs. Smith, with poker, knocking her to the floor. Immediately after Re1traw struck the bl6W he fell to the floor corpse. It is thought the daughter will recover.
 The brig Etta Whittemore sailed from Boston for Jamaica. When just below "Bug Light" the crew got into a difficulty with the mate and refused to proceed any further. The police boat was signalled and five of the crew were taken in custody. The men said that the mate began clubbing them just after starting for no cause whatever.
 Mexico is negotiating for the re- sumption of diplomatic relations with England. In order to conciliate the English bondholders she will offer to pay ashght interest on her external debt.
 The Victoria expedition to New Guinea has been decimated by disease, hardships and conflicts with the natives. The men were all struck down with sick ness and were unable to work the ship. MT. Ingham and the crew of the steamer Bourna, at Brooks Island, were at tackled by natives, and Ingham, master and owner, Isles, engineer, one Euro pean and two Chinamen on board were massacred. The natives have seized all the arms which were in the possession of Ingham and Redlick, and it is now dangerous to approach them.
 The schooner David H. Tolck went ashore at Barnegat, N. J., and the high sea prevented the crew of the Life Say ing Station from rescuing the crew The captains wife died of exposure in the rigging, and out of seven men and boy landed two were dead the others were dying. The others were swept of the vessel.
 The Paris correspondent of the Lon don Times is of the opinion that the con- cessions made to the Extreme Left by the Government will endanger the SUD- port of its old friends and be the oppor- tunity for M. Gambetta's rise to the highest power.
 "A fire in Pensacola, Florida, de- stroyed $125, ,000 worth of property.
 While floating down the Ohio River Paul Boyton was suddenly caught in a mass of heavy cakes of ice and crushed terribly. He tried to fire his gun to give the alarm, but it was covered with ice and would not gc off. He then used a small axe which he always carries, and after severe struggle got into clear water and was soon on the bank. He was taken to Wellsville and given medi- cal treatment.
 Heavy storms in the south of France and in Spain have caused much damage to property and loss of life.
 Thirty lives have been lost at Corunna by the wreck of an unknown bark.
 The employees of the Mineral Min ing Company at Shamokin, Pa., have been notified by the company to return to work on the old basis of wages paid. They have been idle seven weeks and re- sumo work now.
 There is general strike among the stone cutters on all work on the new canal, Ontario, Canada.
 ,. Nahum Aldrich, of Belchertown, Mass, aged seventy, drowned bimself by holding his head in pail of cold water.
 The moton in the English House of Commons of Sir George Campbell that the summary prohibition of the im- portation of cattle from the United States is calculated to destroy an i'm portant trade and deprive England of the advantage of cheap meat, has been postponed for four weeks.
 Several shocks of earthquake were felt at Rome, Italy, and also at Sienna. At the latter place two churches were oyerthrown and two priests and several villagers killed.
 -Angell, the Pullman Car Go. de- faulter, arrived in Philadelphia by sail ing vessel and was taken quietly to ? Chicago.
 It is understood that the Court of Inquiry convened at the request of Major Marcus A. Reno, will report that the inquiry has not deduced evidence against him which would warrant trial by court-martial. In the case of Captain Blair, the sentence is dismissal from the service.
 -Vicksburg denies the existence of yellow fever within her limits.
 The Maine Lower House has passed the constitutional amendment providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature,
 During the storm in New Bruns- wick, D. of O.. several churches were blown down.
 Reports from Central America say that Colombia is again the scene of an instruction. In one fight thirty per- sons were killed and the revolutionary party worsted.
 While shifting the mail train south at ~ ham Do ono oo-