Connecticut western news., 1881-07-27
NEWS OFTHE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS

On Friday night the Republicans ok the New York Legislature held a caucus at which Mir. Lapham, receiving amajority of votes, was nominated fo1 Senator in Mir, Conkling's place. The nomination was ratified by joint con- vention and MT. 'Lapham elected. This ends the long siege at Albany. ~
 A State Convention has been called to meet at Harrisburg on September to nominate Republican candidate for State Treasurer.
 .--Ex Senator Conkling sent a telegram of thanks to the members of the New York Legislature who voted for him so
 A statue of General McPherson was unveiled at Clyde, O., Friday. Ex- President Hayes and others spoke and a letter from President Garfield was read.
 Albert and Charles Talbott were hanged at Maryville, Mo-, Friday, for the murder of their father in September last, and John Patterson was hanged at Canton, Mo-, for the murder of J. C.. Clark twelve years ago.
 A yacht containing six young men belonging to South Boston was capsized in Squantum Gut on Wednesday night and all were drowned. Their bodies were recovered.
 A monument to the Confederate dead was unveiled at Culpepper, Va, Thursday.
 The. Washington Bureau of Statis- tics reports that in the fiscal year ended June 30, 600, GOO immigrants arrived in the country, against 457, ,000 last year.
 Captain Hooper, of the United States steamer Corwin, writing from Plover Bay, Siberia, reports that the natives had seen, or said they had seen, crews supposed to be those of the two missing whalers on the St. Michael's coast last November, Captain Hooper dispatched 8 search party overland to make further inquiries. Nothing has been heard of theJeannette.
 Sitting Bull, with 200 of his band, after a long sojourn in Canada, surren- dered to Major Brotherton at Fort Blu fosd, Dak.
 The State Convention, called by the Temperance Reform Convention of Ohio, nominated full State ticket, with 3A.gB. Ludlow for Governor.
 The Massachusetts Greenbackers will hold their State Convention in Hor- ticultural Hall, Worcester, on the 24th of August. ..-,-.--
 "A, Saratoga express and 8 Fitch burg accomm odation collided near Zoar, Mass. .s Two engineers and fireman were killed. .
 -" Billyzfhe Kid notorious ruff fan who Is said to be New Yorker, who has killed fifteen or eighteen men, wasashot and killed by sheriff in New Mezico on Saturday.
 Governor Roberts of Texas has de- clined to appoint day of jubilee for the Recovery of the President on the ground that it is not consistent with his office to direct religious services to be held
 Six of those who escaped death in the New Ulm disaster have become in- sane. The death list is enlarging through new reports from the country and death of the wounded.
 It is estimated that the emigrants from 'Germany to the United States this year will number 250,0O0. Between January 1 and June 30 75,O0O had left Hamburg alone for New York.
 Two children were killed and one probably fatally injured by the falling in of .a deserted house in Jersey City on Monday. .... .s
 Eighty ladies of distinction are forming an association to encourage the use of British goods in preference to for eign goods, it being believed that the woolen trade is depressed because Brit ish woolen goods have been abandoned for foreign fabrics.
 A party of thirty Mexicans were lately attacked and killed by Indians near El Paso.
 The wife and daughter of George Thomas, of Plymouth, Mass, wer drowned Sunday evening.
 President Garfeld's mother is seri- ously i'll with fever and it is feared that she cannot recover. She is over 80 years of age--
 During the seven days from July 10 to July 16 inclusive there were 264 deaths in Cincinnati from sunstroke and 150 from the excessive heat.
 Wallace Ross has challenged Han Ian to race for the cham pionship of America and purse of $4. 1000.
 Miss Jennie Anderson was killed and Rev. John Brook was badly hurt by 8 Hudson River Railroad train Sunday, as they were walking on the track near Fishkii, N Y.
 Shortly before o'clock Friday af- ternoon cyclone ofmost terrific violence struck the town of New Ulm, Minn.. de- molishing- over one hundred buildings and killing or wounding upwards of thirty persons. The loss in property is $500 900, and as there is no insurance the disaster causes much suffering. New Ulm was settled and built up by Scan- dinayians and most of the settlers had accumulated little fortunes for them. Many lose their all by the disaster. The storm lasted only twelve minutes.
 A party of thirty Mexicans were lately attacked and killed by Indians near El Paso.
 sa a ss FOREIGN.
 The English team defeated the Scotch and Irish teams in the Elcho Shield competition at Wimbledon. MT. Frank Hyde, the well known American smaf-bore shot, won the Albert prize.
 This is the hottest summer Paris has experienced for years and there is a scareityso of water. At Berlin the heat was almost intolerable on Tuesday and Wednesday and cases of sunstroke oc- cured.
 -Advices from St. Petersburg report that the Czar still keeps himself i'm mured at Peterhof. The Siberian plague IS ravsging the western and southern districts. Hessy Helfmsn's sentence has been commuted to exile in Siberia for life. Her child is not dead, as re- ported.
 The French report that 400 Arabs were killed at the capture of Sfax. Southern Tunis is much disturbed.
 The sh1pbuilders of Marlborough and Stockton on-Tees, in Yorkshire, havestruck for higher wages.
 Dean Stanley died of erysipelas Monday evening. The sacrament was administered to him by Canon Farrar in the morning and the Archbishop of