Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-05
DOMESTIC

The negro exodus is reported to be increas- ing,
 An important discovery of former grant has been made in regard to the proposed h. teroceanic Canal. .-tz .-...-.. ...... ., The a-coast defences of the United States are reported to be in bad condition.
 The Supreme Court of Maine has again rec ognized the Republican Legislature as the only legal legislative body in the State.
 The Democratic State Committee filled the places of Tammany men with friends of MT. Tilden 7"t * .'.e IT
 The New York Court of Appeals decided adversely to the Mayor in the Nichols case.
 The Fusionist Legislature of Maine has ad- journed until August. @-it l.
 Fifty thousand shares of Central Pacific stock were sold in the New York Stock Ex- change. Thursday. .. ...... ,.... .....
 The Dartmouth Alumni ate it's annual din- ner in New York; last Wednesday evening.
 The House Committee has decided to re- commend a new election in the Curtin Yocum contested election case.
 The Virginia Republican Convention is call ed for April 21st. F HNsee,. :h 'a.. i" |
 General Chamberlain spoke on the Maine troubles at the Bowdoin Alumni dinner in New York, Thursday night.
 Twenty nine Fusionists have returned to the Maine Legislature. an5s fae1a@ ,.,tl
 So serious has been recent discoveries re- garding Indian Commissioner Hayt that he was removed Thursday, without being given an opportunity to resign. .% .27@a
 The end of last week found only four seats vacant in the Maine Senate :; the troops have left Augusta.
 a H.. V. Boynton has preferred charges against General Sherman. f' .
 Attorney General Ward has instituted an in- vestigatlon of the work of receivers of insol- vent corporations in New York State.
 The Fusionist Secretary in Maine has sur rendered the seal of the State. :-'
 Rents have been advanced at Newport R. l., for the coming seson.
 The New York Republican State Committee called the State Convention for Feb. 18th, at Utica. as,t.... O ..s48t~.. d.. -.a At New York, Saturday, the Rev. Edward Cowley was arrested on twenty-five indict- ments.
 Mrs. Smith and Bennett were acquitted in Jersey City, on Saturday. ,.Bs s...t
 It is rumored at Washington that Secretary Schurz proposes to arrest the Ponca Indians, Strnding Bear and Bright Eyes. 337s#@sH H #a
 The Allegheny, Penn, delegates have been instructed to support General Grant. -..
 The receivers have transferred the Midland Railway to the New York, Ontario and Vest ern Railroad. al-- sea.. tT's9 .
 The personal friend of the late Indian Com. missioner to whom the Arizona Mine was sold seems to have been his son.
 Daniel Leahey has won a boat race for $1 ,OOO side, at Richardson''s Bay. Cal.,a..
 Secretary Sherman denies that he is using his office to gain strength in the South.
 It is claimed that an improved telegraphic system has been invented, and is on view at Hartford
 About 800 workpeople have struck at the Dwight Cotton Mills, Chicopee, Mass.
 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroads have settled their differences.
 A reception was given by the Evangelical Alliance to the clergymen of New York, on Monday. s-e .. ... .,.... .--. X
 Israel Boothby, cashier of the First Nation- al Bank of Augusta, Me-, killed himself, Mon- day. r. .'-"3.- .
 The U. s. Supreme. court has decided that no civil action can be maintainedin the South ern courts against an army officer for military acts in the Confederacy during the war.