Connecticut western news., 1880-03-31
NEWS OF THE DAY
CEREBRAL ITEMS.


 from the railroad track, near Allaire's Corners, N. J. Hutton was missed from his train, but it was thought he got off at EngEshville. It is supposed that he was blown from the train while passing from the baggage to the smoking car.
 -Rasmus Larker, of Waukesha county, Wis, was tarred and feathered there by mob. Larker had been the lover of a Miss Forre, of that county, until she married Albert Stielow, of Milwaukee, it IS alleged, for his money. She finally deserted Stielow and went to live with Larker. This aroused the wrath of the citizens, which eliminated in the tarring and feathering.
 The Russian expedition against the Turcomans has been postponed.
 Changes are reported in the Brazilian Cabinet.
 An heir to the throne of the Neither lands is expected.
 The musician who in July last, for speaking ill of the Emperor William of Germany was condemned to eighteen months imprisonment has been liberated, after serving six months of his sentence, owing to the discovery that the two female witnesses on whose testimony he was condemned committed perjury.
 MT. Parnen and his associates have determined that one of the prisoners recently sentenced for assaulting the pro- cess-servers shall stand for Parliament in County Mayo, Ireland.
 -Rnssia forwarded 5000 francs for the relief of refugees from Eastern Rou- melia,
 In Clay county, Ill.,, Newton Eaton was shot and killed by one Edmonds in 8 quarrel over a money settlement in- volving difference of 50 cents.
 The boiler of Samples sawmill, near Columbus, Ga, exploded, killing three men and destroying the mill.
 Eugene Fairfax Williamson, of Pitts burg, Pa, was arrested in Baltimore by of the New York Post Office. He con- fesses that he is the chief postal persecutor of the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix of New York. He was once a member of Trinity Church, once passed abroad as Colonel in the Confederate Army and was con- victed in London in 1873 of precisely similar offense.
 The entire business portion of Sa- mana, in Santo Domingo, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, the 9th of March, en- tailing an estimated loss of $150,000 The fire covered space of about six acres. As there was not a dollar of in- surance, nearly all the merchants are ruined, and the poor would be on the verge of starvation were 1t not that the country around Samana abounds in fruit, upon which all are subsisting The most disgraceful scenes of pillage followed the fire. The Custom House was damaged by the confagration.
 WASHINGTON ITEMS.
 Our Consul at Antwerp reports that nmportations of wheat from the Baltic are gradually decreasing, while from the United States they have increased large ly. Eight American ships loaded with wheat arrived during 1879. The demand for American rye was greater than the supply. In American pork and lard ing demand The importations of petro- low. Of the 4,248 vessels arriving, only 40 bore the United States flag.
 The House Post-O Office Committee has decided in favor of Mr. Moneys bill providing that from its passage the post age on second class publications deposited in letter-carrier office for delivery by the carriers of that office, shall be uni form at two cents pound
 At joint meeting of the Senate and House Committees on Public Buildings and Grounds, 1t was decided to report bill providing for the appointment of joint committee to sit during the recess and definitely select a plan and make arrangements for the completion of the Washington Monument.
 On communication conveying the wish of the families of Victoria's band to remain at San Carlos instead of going to the Hot Springs, General Sherman in- dorsed: 'sThe Indian Bureau is feeding at heavy cost the families of Victoria and his band of Apaches, while the War Department is fighting at an awful cost in money and life the various warriors or bucks. Does not this magnanimity verge on the borders of folly ?"
 The Senate Indian Affairs Committee in adopting the draft of bill submitted by Secretary Schurz to carry into effect his agreement with the Utes made sever al amendments. One provides that no portion of the money coming to the White River Utes shall be paid to them until they shall have surrendered all the members of their tribe implicated in the White River massacre or until the Secre- tary is convinced that every possible eff fort to effect such surrender has been made. The committee also strikes out the provision admitting the Indians to citizenship after their settlement upon lands in seyeralty.
 It is authoritatively announced that MT. John Roach will on May 1 discon- hnue his line of steamers between New York and Brazil. He claims that an English company has recently estab- Eshed line of fine steamers between 2 New York and Rio de Janeiro, which has the effect of cutting down freights, and that 1t will be impossible for him to com pete with the new steamers. As an it. lustratien of the extent of this competi- tion.it is said that the freight on sack of coffee, which has been heretofore $1.25, has been reduced to 20 cents, or $4 a ton. MT. Roach claims that he loses $125, GOO a year by carrying the mails. It is believed by some that this announcement is only made for the pur- pose of influencing action upon the bill now pending in Congress proposing to subsidize line of steamships between the United States and South America.