Connecticut western news., 1880-01-21
NEWS OFTHEDAY.
GENERAL ITEMS.

eowu was oieCtou Dy Cno 6uS1On Sem ate Governor for the current political year, and in the presence of both branches of the Legislature took and subscfibed the oaths necessary to qual- fly him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties. He also delivered his inaugural address, occupying just fottys6ve I1inutesin delivery. A large number of spectators, were in atten- dance. The galleries were filled with special poiine and extra. precautions were taken to preserve order, but there was DO trouble of any sort, and everything passed along quietly and smoothly, The other State officers were also elected, and the council appointed. Gov. Smith dismissed Gen. Chamber lain and assumed command of the militia himself. The Supreme Court declared the action of the .Eusionists from the first usurpati of authority and void. The Court daeides that the counted in Fusionists were not entitled to act and that the counted out Republicans were entitled to act in the organization of the House and Senate, i,.-q ,,, ...;,... P
 Dun Barlow | Co.'s Commercial Agency, gives, the number of failures in the United States during 1879 as 6 658, with, liabilities amounting to $9S, 149, ,053. Tn Canada, for the same pe,iod, the failures were 1902, with &a0s847s s98F F- liabilities. In 1878 the failures in the U. s. were 1O,478, with $234. 3S8, 1S2 liabilities. The number of persons in business in the United States is TOP, 157, so that inc failures in 1879 embraced in every 105 busi. ness men. a 5.,.,,n.-.. ,..'..,.. ....-.. ..-.., .zz-Rombay correspondents say thata expedition is preparing at Oandahar for movement against Ghuzni and Herat ns tersttoke to an apprehended junction, of the hostile AfghaDs of Herat and Ghuzni for another attack of CAbul. This seems improbable, as the season IS too lar Advanced for movement of any considerable force. 'ai'"t ~, aa'+|
 From Afghanistan General Bright reports that he was attacked twice by the Mohmunds in the neighborhood of All.Boehan and repulsed them. Their ioss he says, was heavy. General Doran has left Lundi- Kotal to attack the Moh- munds. ..a .l Gj | naaal3 #saF1 .., .i15 se "A A, dinper of Russian and German SMcars at. Kalisch, in Poland, resulted in aoquakrel SO serious that the Russian colonel sent the German officers homo under escort, and that diplomatic cor respeHdence has ensued at Berlin.
 70 One Meyers, of West Albany, N. r., 2 workman on, tbel New York Central R@ilxoad ;, was oh0ked to death while trying to eat . piece of raw fresh pork. sa4In Rehoboth, Mass, Charles F. Westand Hiram Kingman were hunting. Kingman.s gun. was accidentally dis charged, blowing of Q part of Vests head. West leaves wife and two chil- dren. .'f '-.-''
 -The Sheriff of Carbon county, Wy, states that seventy five mules, loaded with ammunition. were discovered eoinr south. They are supposed to be for the Utes, and from Utah. '.' .n.
 About eight years ago man named Coleman was assassjnated in his bakery in Ocean Springs, Miss. Nobody has ever known who committed the thunder untila fewdays ago. when an old French- man named Francois, on his death-bed confessed the killing. a.,--'.at ,.'&
 "A disease similar to diphtheria is causing from four to six deaths per day ] in Deadwood and its immediate vicinity. Adults as well as children are stricken, and the cold weather is likely to increase the mortality. .es.' ..a'F
 --In, Havana grand official banquet was given in honor of General Grant, end brilliant reception rendered him at the Palace by high public function aries and disting guished members of soci- etylof the city. \
 The following dispatch in relation Erk m r& hA Ceived from Professor George Davidson, assistant in the Coast and Geodetic Sur vey, by 1Superintendent Q. F. Patterson i: 4After i've days of snow, winds, rain, sleet and snow, with g temperature of II deg, the weather cleared on Sunday, and we had good observation, both at the beginning and the ending of the totality. The totahty lasted thirty two seconds, The shadow was seen coming g, over the Pacific Ocean. There was a brilliant corona and red flames. Latitude and transit observa- tiens were obtained. Our station was on Mount Santa Lucia, 5, 700 feet ele- sation." es,..ls.,l. '......4 ,. .,t -... ...--,
 a.l-The Post Office Department at Washington says that the various firms who advertise to forward, upon receipt of 50 or 30 cents @ bound volume oi Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, are impoetors. It is said that the persons engaged Tn the business advertise under numerous aliases, and very seldom make any return for moneys received, and when a return is made it is a small book which, can be purchased at retail for from 10. to % cents. - 't' .,.
 News has been received of terrible floods on the Island of St. Kits, one of the British West Indies, by which 200 lives have been lost, property to the ex- tent of $26O, ,000 destroyed, and the whole island devastated. a The island is known as the nMother of the Antilles, :" is 23 miles long, 5 miles broad, and covers an area of 67 square miles. It has 8 popu- lAtion Of 26, 900. ....s '.,.....,.-,5
 --At Williamsport, Ps., Peter Herdic and Horace E. Taylor were convicted on q charge of conspiracy to cheat and defraud the, creditors of Horace B. Tayl9r, who was 8 private banker in that city at the time of HeFdie's failure.
 Trains have been belayed by heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In many places the snow fall was so heavy that the snow sheds were broken in. ssI j.''s h..i..ia'H n..'' .7' '0 Frank Leslie, the we'll known pub. hsherof New York city, is dead.
 s,.'.' '.., -> WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 The House committee on Post Of- hces and Post Roads have agreed to re- port favorabIy to the House the bill in- trodueed by Representative Dibrell, which makes public roads and nigh ways post-routes and authorized the Postmaster General to put postal ser. woe upon all such routes when the pub- ic service may require it. Also the bill introduced by Representative Man.