Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

i ln the Dominion of Canada, &, ,66O, ,84S. The number of failures during the first six months of 1879 in the United States was 4, ,058, as against 2, 497 in same period Tn 1880. During the first six months of 1878 the failures in the United States amounted in liabilities to upward of $130, 900, ,0O0 The contrast between that immense sum and the liabilities during the first six months of 1880 shows gem eral improvement in business.
 The National banks of the United States now hold $99, ,506, ,5O5 of coin, of which 93, l49, O94 is gold com, and $6, ,357, 40 silver coin, including $495,- 4OO of silver certificates. Of this amount the National banks in the City of New York hold $57, ,829, ,426, of which $59l, ,32l was silver coin and $452, 700 silver certificates. The National banks of the United States held on October 2, 1879, $42, ,173, 731 of coin, showing an increase in eight months of .$57, ,332, 774 The amount of silver coin held on Oc- tober was $4 986, ,493.
 The carpenters of Denver, Col, have struck for s. 50 per day, the old rate be- ing $2.5 to $2. 75.
 Cyril w. Green, John Farrell and others have filed notice with the Sec retary of State of New York, that they have discovered mines of gold and silver ore ln the towns of Northampton, Fulton County, Edinburg and Day, Saratoga County, and Hope, Hamilton County. l At Columbus, Ohio, s. s. Rickley, president of the Capital City Bank, was | shot through the forehead while stand ing at his desk, by Andrew Eichenberg, I a German dyer. Eichenberg was on the street, and as soon as he shot MT. Rick ley he placed the revolver at his own temple. and shot himself, dying almost instantly. MT. Rickley's refusal to loan Eichenberg money was the cause of the deed.
 The villa of Theodore Mommsen. the distinguished German historian and antiquarian, at Charlottenburg, suburb of Berlin, has. been burned down. Pro- lessor Mommsen was severely injured A very valuable collection of scientific and historical works, collected with great trouble and expense from all over the world, was destroyed, and the loss is ir- reparable.
 The heaters, rollers, and squeezers employed the sheet mill, a department of the Reeding, Pa, Iron Works, struck against a reduction of 10 per cent. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of work by the strike.
 General Hancock and William IF. English, the Democratic candidates for | President and Vice President, were on l Tuesday officially informed of their nomi- nations. The ceremony took place at | the house of General Hancock, on Gov ernors Island. General Hancock briefly signi6ed his acceptance of the nomina- tion, and MT. English added to his ac- ceptance brief address. Senator w. H. Barnum was elected chairman of the National Democratic Committee on Tuesday, and F. o. Prince was chosen secretary.
 M. Gardner, aged twelve, and H. Fitch, aged eleven, were found dead near Potter Valley, Mendocino County, Gal, Monday. It is believed to be case of murder. A mans tracks were found in the vicinity.
 Charles Ware, aged eight years, en- tered the school-house at Allanburg, Ont, Sunday through a window when the sash fell down on him. He was found suspended from the window by his neck, dead.
 A timber raft with forty persons on board was dashed to pieces in the rapids of the River Dnieper, Russia, and all perished.
 Some Wisconsin Counties have de- creased in population since 1870. Jef- ferson County has population of 32, 137 for 1880 against 34, O4O for 1870. Dodge County has A, ,122-about 4,OOO less than in 1870.
 Tt is now reported that the Indian Territory is to be invaded from all sides by thousands of settlers in defiance of the Government order, but nothing is known of it at Washington.
 Reports from Morocco say that the rebels have defeated the Imperial troops and captured their ommander-in- chief.
 Thomas Boothroyd ,awealthy farmer of Howard Township, Ont, was attacked by boar, which threw him down, bit him in the side and throat, completely severing the jugular vein, causing his death in fifteen minutes.
 The total number of seagoinp vessels of all nations lost last year was greater than in 1878, owing presumably to the exceptionally unfavorable weather which prevailed in the early part of 1879. In- cluding 97 sailing ships and 12 steamers reported missing" of which no vestige has been found, 1,523 sailing ships and l25 steam vessels were lost in 1879. while in 1878 the total losses amounted to only 1862 sailing ships and 13O steam vessels.
 William F. Gunnel, United States Consul at Bremen, has sent to the New of ment of the principal exports from the United States to Bremen in 1878 and 1873. Cotton, oil, tobacco, lard and bacon lead the list, cotton being one- third the whole in 1878 and three-sev- enths of the whole in 1879. The total value of exports in 1878 was $35, ,652, ,623. and in 1879, $35, 251 ,09O. The tobacco export fell from $7,965, 5,961 to $3, ,49S,- 293.
 The cotton and corn crops are doing we'll in the South, but wheat is almost a total failure.
 .-T Two men were killed by boiler ex- plosion in Pittsburg, Pa
 George Sanford and Richard Nc Kee (colored) were hanged in Arkansas for the murder of Armisted Penn (col- ored in November last.
 Two bodies were taken from the wreck of the Narragansett, lying in Gold Spring Harbor, Sunday. They were found in the after cabin. They are the bodies of men between twenty-five and fifty years of age.
 The official decree giving full am- nesty to the French Communists of 1870-71 and subsequent years has been published, and Jules Valles and Henry Rochefort have already arrived in Paris.
 -Dr. Pynchon, of Buffalo, N. r., has been arrested for causing the death of Miss McCrea, of Chatham, Ont, by malpractice committed a short time ago. He denies all knowledge of the other persons connected with the crime. L