Connecticut western news., 1881-04-20
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS
-Ranl Boyton is Q prisoner of war in

-Ine Sm1tdsand Dove Manufacturing Company's flax mill, near Andover, Mass. ,5swas: burned Thursday loss, $75,000.
 The late Stephen ". Stoekweu, of Boston, made public bequests amount ing to $13, ,000, divided among nine re- ligious and benevolent institutions.
 Alexander Jones, of Watertown, Ont, took n gun to a blacksmith for re- pairs, assuring tho smith that 1t wns not loaded. When the barrel was put into the fire the charge exploded, kill ing Jones'
 The Pennsylvania Republican State Conyantion Mil be held in Harrisburg on Thursday, September s.
 James OBrien. alias Robert Lind say, who in tho famous Mercy letter investigation before, Judge Davis con- fessed that he had falsely sworn that ho knew H. l.. Morey, to whom 1t was "Chinese letter." was sentenced in New York by Judge Cowing to State prison for eight years. He plead guilty to perjury on November 24, and has been kept in the Tombs since that time.
 Miss Mary A. Murray has secured verdict of $5,000 against General D. B. Tyler, Postmaster of Baltimore, for alleged indecent assault while the plain tiff was an employee in the post-oflice. Colonel Flatters, commander of the Trans Sahara expedition, and some of his men escaped the massacre in which their colleagues fell and are prisoners in the hands of the Kadours of Quar- gla. TheSKadours intend to demand on exchapgeof prisoners, they surrender ing Colonel Flatters and the other memberssof the expedition provided the French surrender some of their women and children who are confined in Algeria. -S-.....
 An advance in the price of nails from s to s. 15 was unanimously agreed upon in 2 meeting of the trade at Pitts burg. zsG sr
 There is report in New York that the body of A. T. Stewart has been , recovered and placed in the vault of the cathedral at Garden City.
 The zsufarings in Dakota by the floods have been so great that the Governor of the Territory has issued all < 0PHOtsA AOA tsto 1OA t1C ouhSLC4os
 On Wednesday there was @ field day in the United States Senate. Mir. Dawes charged that the Democrats had made overtures to Mahone but declined, when pressed, to give his authority. A personal controversy took place be- tween Messrs. Hill and Malone in which the latter declared that if MT. Hill meant to convey that his vote was sold, he had said what was foul, false, and worthy only of one who was less than coward. MT. Hill replied that he had charged as he felt, and declared that the. Senator from Virginia could not insult him.
 Cadet Buck, of Texas, on trial at Newburg, N. Y, charged with shooting student named Thompson, was ac- quilted. The defense was that Buck was subjected to all sorts of hazing and defended himself by shooting.
 A collision, Tuesday, occurred on the Erie road, near Port Jervis. Several cars were wrecked and Frank Ellis, the oil man, was killed.
 At Albany Senator Astor presented petitions praying for the passage of an efficient street-cleaning bill for New York City. In the Assembly the Rail- road Commission bill was read first time on division.
 A number of national banks are said to have telegraphed to Secretary Windom their concurrence in his policy regarding the maturing bonds. It is reported that New York syndicate is forming to purchase 6s, in the belief that they will sell at premium after July 1.
 Secretary Win{fom has called in all the outstanding sixes of 1861 and 1863, amounting to $195, 690, 400, which ma- ture in July next, and has offered to holdersthe option of taking 3! per cent. interest on their bonds. The sixes known as the Oregon War Debt have also been called in.
 Hattie Duell died at Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday after abstaining from food forty-seven days.
 The average loss on stock in the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone val leys by the weather will hardly be 1C per cent. Much of this is chargeable to the floods.
 The United States Treasurer now holds at the. New York Assay Office an6 the Philadelphia Mint nearly $9O, ,O0O,. 900 of gold bullion. It is estimated that the importation of foreign golG bullion and com during the current fiscal year will reach $100,OOO,OOO.
 FOREIGN NEWS.
 The famous anti-Jewish petition was sent to Prince Bismarck on Wed nesday. It consists of twenty-six vol umes. comprising 14,000 sheets, with 255, 900 signatures, including those o1 noblemen, retired generals and other officials.
 -Dr. Carver, the American marks. man, has challenged ten of the best shots in the Birmingham Club and the Gun Club of London to pigeon shoot ing match for e500, the doctor shooting 1000 pigeons to his opponents 1O( each. . r.-
 The English steamer James Harris from Middle borough for Grangemouth was sunk in 8 collision with the Anda lusia on Wednesday and fourteen per sons were drowned.
 All the Russian Nihilists exeep Hessy Helfmann, who is enceinte, anG whose execution will be delayed unti after her confinement, were hanged a 9 o'clock on Friday morning in Som enoff square, St. Petersburg.
 At St. Petersburg number of Nj hilists attacked the troops guarding tn, prison in which the condemned Nihilist were detained, and twenty were cap tured with bombs in their possession.
 -Laterreports give US terribly tragi story of the work of the earthquake il Scio. It is now officially stated tha 5000 persons were killed and 10. OOt injured. The locality which suffered