Litchfield enquirer., 1881-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

On Friday last Elk Secretary Thompson ar gned in favor of the Panama Canal before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Captain Eads in favor of a ship railway be- fore the Committee on Interoceanic Canal
 The Senate proposes to ascertain how the Chinese treaties were made public, and to inn prison all correspondents who refuse to an- answer questions on the subject.
 The question of the Speakership of the next House of Representatives excites much inter- est at Washington
 Senate. The Halliday bill has passed, with many amendments; the Indian appropriation has also passed: Mr. Williams bill to prevent the spread of contagious disease among cattle was debated and referred to special commit tee; proposition to buy certain papers of Ben Franklin has been under consideration; committee was raised to investigate the al- legged importation of foreign paupers and criminals; Mondays sesssn was taken up with debate of the the bill placing Gen. Grant on the retired list and Mr. Logan, having the matter in charge, failed ts get vote
 On Tuesday the bill placing Grant on the retired list was defeated 29 to 25
 House. Mir Bisbee, the Republican Florida contestant. has been given his seat the Fund. ing bill passed; the naval appropriation has pass ed: the House bill placing Gen. Grant on the retired list is reported against the Senate bill
 
 large number of important bills were present ed.
 MRS. MARY w. LEwIs. s.-The death of Mrs. Mary w. Lewis recorded in another column will be mourned by wide circle of friends and scquaintances. She was the widow of the late Hon. John Calhoun Lewis of Terryville, brother of the Hon. Henry G. Lewis of this city. Mir. Lewis was the founder of the Eagle Lock company of Terryville and a prominent politician in his day, serving one term as speaker of the state house of represen- tatives. After the death of her husband which occurred in 1S49, Mrs Lewis continued to reside in Terryvllle until, 1868 when at the solicitation of a much esteemed brother, the late Gaius F. Warmer, she removed to this city where she has since resided. Mrs. Lewis was.a faithful and consistent member of the College street church and was highly esteem- ed in the social circle in which she moved. Four children survive to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, one son, Thomas C. Lewis of this city, and three daughters, one the wife of Dr. F. J. Whittemore, another the wife of General George H. Ford, and another resid- ing out of the city. Mrs. Lewis was born in 1906 and was consequently in her seventy fifth year at the time of her death. The ar- engagements for her burial had not been com. pleted last evening and will be announced hereafter. .-Neao Hacen Palladium.
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