Connecticut western news., 1881-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY

.scme protection. l command the peace peace, peace, peace.
 Martin Flanigan, the convicted mur ssEA derer of John Kairns, was sentenced bJ Judge Beckwith at Buffalo, N. Y, to bt Il hanged on July 8.
 John Tucker, of Jay, Vt., who dieG recently, made confession on his deatt bed to the effect that he and John Ross az his brother -in- law, set fire to large woolen mill at Stanbridge, Que, two years ago, at the instance of William 2 s' Ross, of Jay. John Ross has been ar- suaF rested. Ss' The fast stallion, Monroe Chief, was sold in Chicago on Friday to San Fran. CISCO persons, whose names are kept secret, for SIS, 5000.
 General William Fl. French, U. s. A. ss~s Cretired), died in Washington, Friday morning, of apoplexy.
 s-On Friday in the United States Sen ate, by Q vote of 24 nays to 19 yeas, the nomination of MT. Chandler to be So- hcitor General was defeated, and the Senate adjourned sine die. s. zs "A disaster in the Golden Terra mine, in Dakota Territory, took place on Thursday evening. Some sixty men : were buried in the mine and ten of them sa-were killed.
 The United States Senate Judiciary -s Committee reported back without rec :ta ommendation the nomination of Wm 7. s'. E. Chandler to be Solicitor General
 James A. Hedden, the cashier of the First National Bank of Newark, N. Is, J., was on Thursday sentenced to seven ,gg years in the State prison. His wife made , a strong appeal to Judge Nixon, but without effect.
 The President has renominated Dis trict-Attorneys Woodford and Penney, and nominated among others Henry E. Knox to be Marshal for the Southern "'' District of New York o. D. McDougall to be Marshal for the Northern District; c. A. Gould, Collector at Buffalo Dr. Loring, in place of Agricultural Con- missioner Le Due, who resigned by re- (ts quest; G. w. Schofeld to be Judge of the Court of Claims, and ex-Senator ..z Bruce, of Mississippi, to be Register of the Treasury.
 In Honey Creek township, Ind, sss Alexander McPheters, Jr., killed his re wife and his sister-in law, Ellen Bloxom, Hss shot at his mother-in-law, and then killed himself Domestic troubles and dissipation led to the deed. Both Mo < sPheters' family and his wife's are prom. inent and respected people.
 The United States Senate Judiciary a Committee reported back without rec s- omnnendation the nomination of Wm. B. Chandler to be Solicitor General. t--In the United States Senate We'd VA. snesday, the resolution asserting the Monroe doctrine, in view of projected ship canals across the Isthmus, was postponed until December.
 Ss1 There arrived in the United States during April 95, 390 immigrants; ?, 769 .r citizens returned from abroad and l, 793 s's saliens not intending to remain. The total number of immigrants arrived dur ing the ten months ended April 30 was 446,812.
 The body of the woman found mur- dered in the Guttenburg Wood, Hobo ken, N. J., has been identified as that . lOf, Mena, who was married on May 3, to Louis Kettler, although she had hus- band in New York city, and was to have s' ssailed the next day for Europe. Kettler is. supposed to have sailed and an order for his arrest has been telegraphed to S France. The army worm has appeared in !. Northern New York and is doing great 1a damage. ,ss>~.-At Albany Wednesday there was great excitement in the Senate and As- e sembly when the news of Senator Rob- Ssertson's confirmation was received, and no business of importance was done in either chamber. A salute of 100 guns .a1Was fired in honor of the confirmation and Senator Robertson was serenaded. MT. Robertson made speech in which she briefly referred to the Presidents s..triumph.
 .Sa IA fve-year-old son of MT. Samuel ..eB. Cunningham, living near Hunter, N. ,Y., has died of hydrophobia. He was bitten by rabid dog about month ago. ' The nominations of Mr. Robertson, General Badeau and General Merritt were favorably reported to the Senate Tuesday and came up for confirmation Wednesday. MT. Chandler's nomina- tion will probably be deferred for action until the next session. Robertson was confirmed as Collector of the Port of New York without 8 roll call
 F A resolution was referred to con- mlttee of Democrats in the Pennsylvania Legislature approving the action of Messrs. Conkling and Platt of New York and asking the United States Senators from that State to resign.
 e. Four weeks ago at Wiesport, Pa., William shannon received from Wash ington pension arrears of $1, 200 Last week he was sent to the poorhouse, having none of the money left. !, >,e-~Gen. Howard has abolished band music at Sunday parades at West Point He believes that no exercises should occur on the grounds on the Sabbath which would in any way attract visitors from along the river on that day.
 -Messrs. Conkling and Platt, Sena- tors from New York State, have re- signed, their letters of resignation being accompanied by joint explanatory let ter. The letter reviews the circum- stances connected with Judge Robert sons nomination to the New York Col lectorship and maintains that he is un- worthy of the office. A Republican caucus was held at Washington after the resignation of the two Senators had been made public. It was resolved to take action on the Robertson nomina- tion forthwith and secure an early ad- journment of the Senate. At Albany the news created considerable excitement. Silence followed the reading of the two letters to the Senate announcing the resignations. and the Senate held itself In readiness to hear the announcement aof the resignation of Vice-President Ar t. UT himself, but when it became evi- dent that it was not forthcoming there was perfect Babel on the floor. Sen- ators wheeled their chairs together for