Connecticut western news., 1880-06-30
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL rTEMa.


 tien vessels 3 cents, the receipts to be used towards sustaining two light houses there..
 The combined population of Pitts burg and Allegheny, Pa., is placed at 232, ,000.
 The Republicans of the Second Maine District have nominated w. F. Frye for Congress and those of the Fourth have nominated Captain .. A. Boutelle.
 The combined anthracite coal inter ests have decided to continue the present plan of work ing three days alternately in each week during July.
 The Greenback- Labor party of Yer mont has nominated for Governor M. O. Heath, of Johnson; for Lieutenant Gov ernor, c. F. Clough, of Waterbury l; State Treasurer, Fletcher Tarbell, of Swanton; Electors at- Large, G. J. Stan ard, of Burlington, and J. J. Burgess, of St. Albans.
 An attempt was made at Milwaukee by two men to kidnap Bertie Sherman, aged twelve, doubtless to secure re- ward for his return from his wealthy parents. The boy escaped.
 The Maine Republicans have renomi- mated Governor Davis and declared in favor of the present prohibitory law and rality vote.
 -The Vermont Republicans nomi- mated a ticket headed by Colonel Ros- well Farnham, of Bradford, and adopted the National Republican platform.
 -Lieutenant-C Commander Gorringe arrived at Gibralter with the obelisk on Tuesday night and left there on Saturday, expecting to reach New York about July 15.
 An unofficial report from Albany states that the recent census will show population of ST, 800 for the city, gain of only 1000 in ten years. q
 At the recent annual meeting of the Society of the Fifth Army Corps, held at Burlington, Vt, the following off, cers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Gen. Jas. McQuade; Vice Presidents, Gen. s. W. Crawford and Gen. John J. Milhau; Secretary and Treasurer, Gen. Fred. T. Locke; Ex-s ecutive Committee-Gen H. A. Barnum, Lieut.. Col. A. M. Clark, Private J. W. Webb. Vice. President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, Col. J. Stew art Lowry.
 Unofficial census returns place the population of Utica, N, r., at 33, ,973 against 32, O70 in 1875 and 28. .ao4 . 1870.
 The Greenback Convention of the Fifth Maine District is;ss renominated Thompson H. Murch for Congress.
 The Mexican Government has re- fused permission for Colonel Hatch to cross the border in pursuit of Victoria.
 A mischieyous messenger boy alarmed Washington and some people in other cities Monday by inventing story that the President was dead.
 At Columbia, near Lachute, P. O., a bailiff named Humphrey, not finding Mrs. Thomas Burns, for whom he had g. warrant for beating boy, at home, proceeded to arrest her husband, for whom he had no warrant. Burns declined to go and the bailiff fired five shots and his partner three at him, one taking effect in the arm. Burns in return beat Humphrey with a pitchfork and stabbed him twice. Humphrey is not expected to recover. His com panions fled.
 II. M. Kalloch having been released from arrest on the charge of killing Charles De Young in San Francisco, on account of a defect in the proceedings, and immediately rearrested on new complaint, was held to answer without bail
 A Aso1 halS o% Ina Knightsbridge Barracks, London, on Thomas Dale, alias Jordan, the captain of the Canadian team of cricketers, who was sentenced for desertion from the army to th1ry-six days imprisonment, but managed to escape from the court room. Being captured subsequently by a civilian, another court-martial was im- mediately constituted, and the sentence increased to 336 days imprisonment.
 -Currie's acquittal is received with much indignation in Texas.
 The receipts of the United States Treasury from July 1, 1879, to June 1, 1880. were: From customs, $171, ,012, . 126. 78; internal revenue, $113, ,088, ,950- 67; miscellaneous, $21. .181, 739. .96 = total, $3O5, ,282, ,S17. 42. The expendi- lures for the same period were: For civil and miscellaneous objects, $48, 940,- 473. 6S; War, $35, ,921, 240. 75; Navy, $13,- 191, 300. 58; Interior = Indians, $5, 159,- 641. IA; Pensions, $48, 215, 173. 39; inter- est on the public debt, $92, ,333, 514. 4.55 = total, $243, 761, 94409.
 At Marshall, Texas, the case of the State against James Currie for the murder of Porter the actor was given to ,4o, aekr rle the returned verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity.
 The shooting for the Long Range Challenge Cup at Dollymount resulted in the success of Milner and Wm. Rigby, the weather being unfavorable to the Americans.
 The bark Birdstow, of Windsor, N. S., was sunk on June 9th by a collision with an iceberg, and Captain Tooker and his wife and the crew of eight were brought to New York on the ship Liver pool
 At Lancaster, Kentucky, Lines Gal. lagher, aged fourteen, and Sid. Mullins, aged fifteen, quarreled. Gallagher pro cured revolver and shot Mullins, in. hicting fatal wound.
 For the quarter ending March 3( Chih shipped $2, 569, 102 worth of nj trates, and barley, wheat and flour wortl .S2, 872, ,665. The Chilian army is suffer ing greatly from fever.
 The census shows that the popula tion of Poughkeepsie, N. r., has in creased to 20,
 The Grand Jury at New Orleans have visited the Chinese dens wher. white persons, male and female, assemble to smoke opium, and will call the atten ton of the city authorities to the matter
 "A boiler exploded at Kendall Barnes oil mill at Richmond, Ind John Staley, married man, passing along the street was instantly killed Hiram Darlington, the engineer, an, several others were wounded. The los : is about $3. GOO.