Litchfield enquirer., 1880-07-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN


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 Bradlaugh has been admitted to the Con- mons in spite of Conservative opposition. A | suit has been begun against him to test his right to do so.
 '= Dukes Theatre, in London, has been de- stroyed by fire. The American rif1emen Jackson and Scott have made the best scores in the last two days shooting at Dollymount.
 The American Team has disbanded ..s Fr0aace. The Senate has rejected the full Amnesty but passed bill excepting only crim- inals and incendlares Jesuit Colleges were closed in France, last week; there was much excitement, but the sympathy with them comes entirely from the aristocratic classes.
 A large meeting has been held at Bordeaux to promote the conclusion of Franco -Ameri- can treaty.
 There has been warm discussion on the expulsion of the Jesuits in the French Cham Der of Deputies, several suits have been begun to test the right of the authorities to eapeI the Jesuits. -
 Turkey.-The Porte is considering the note from the foreign Powers regarding Armenia
 The Collective Note regarding the Greek boundary was presented to the Porte, Mon- day. . . China Russian troops are reported to have
  C0'aad0. It is proposed to establish Credit Foncier bank in Quebec, with capital of $25, ,000. .O00. syndicate of English capitalists is negotia- ting for the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. ..s Cu5a.-The Spaniards claim that many Cuban insurgents have surrendered. The Spaniards announce that General Rosa do and four other Cuban leaders have been captured. Argentine Repu6hc.-It is reported that continues to make warlike preparations. DOMESTIC. College exescises were held Thursday at Yale, Amherst Dartmouth, Rochester and other colleges.
 A crevasse in the Mississippi levee at War saw, H., is causing great damage The Irish National Convention continued it's sessions at Philadelphia
 Sixteen deaths and five prostrations from the heat were reported at New York, on Tues day of last week.
 The Illinois Railroad law has been pro- nounced constitutional by the State Court
 The effort to reduce fares on the New York elevated roads was defeated Senator Cameron has declined the chair manship of the Republican National Commit i tee.
 The public debt statement for June will show reduction of about $2, 0OO, ,0O0.
 Commencement exercises were held We'd nesday, at Harvard University, Lafayette and Bates Colleges.
 from the Warren Court of Inquiry was grant, ! ed. ,es. Edwin Booth has sailed for Europe. Two collisions occurred in the waters around | New York, on Wednesday, General Grant left Galena, Thursday, for Kansas and Colorado. | President Lincoln, of the Boston and AL bany Railroad, and Mrs. Dr. Appleton, of Boston, were killed by an accident on the NeW-London Northern Railroad, near New London, Thursday. On Friday Mrs. OConnor, of Jersey City, while insane killed three of her children. The crevasse in the Shy levee on the Mis- 1 slssippl has caused the loss of several lives General Weaver has formally accepted the Greenback nomination for President Extensive preparations have been made for | the religious meetings at Ocean Grove. A new fast mail service from New York to New Orleans is being arranged for. ! Frequent and heavy showers have injured the crops in the Northwest and Central Illl- nos. remarkable dinner service consisting of | over 800 pieces has been made for President Hayes. '@5st @'t Gen. Warren has been testifying before the Court of Inquiry. James A. Hedden, the cashier of the First National Bank of Newark, returned Satur. | day. .o '.. The Democratic wing of the Workingmen's l party in California has deposed Kearney as I president.
 A great crop of corn is expected in Iowa. General Grant spoke in Kansas City yes- terday.
 United States District Attorney Meyer, of Alabama, refuses to vacate that office in favor | of ex-Governor Smith, the new appointee. General Garfield has made an address at Gainesville, Ohio. Alexander Laughlin has been arrested for il- legal official fraud in Charleston, s. c. a Information of Ku-Klux outrages in the South has been received at Washington General Weaver is hopeful of carrying enough States to throw the election of Pres ident into the House. A fire in Pensacola has caused loss of $75, 900.
 Dr. Tanner has entered upon the second week of his forty days fast. --...4 Mnyu ' Gr.r,t G. s~l