Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
NEWS OFTHE DAY.
GENERAL ITEMS

tramp & Sons, Philadelphia. are ahNgt commencing the work of building 5. .OOO-ton steamer for Mir. Huntington. of Pacific Railroad fame. She is to be the pioneer of 8 fleet for service fer frelghsAsnd- passengers on the Pacific The decree prohibiting the importa- uon Of American pork into France will be shortly annulled.
 The, D., S.. Naval Advisory Board recommend the pldipg of thirty eight unarmored cruisers, five steel rams and five torpedo boats, the whole to cost in round numbers $29, 900, 0OO..
 Fire destroSedA they entire business portion of Augusta, Ark, on Monday night. The loss is $209, 900,
 The Steamer. Zealandia from Aus tralia. landed $1, 400, 900 in gold in SaDs sFfanblsco. tsedJ t3'ia 'slz
 -Comnfissioner Raum reports that the internal revenue taxes collected last year amounted to $135. 229, ,912, and estimates that the collections during the current year will reach the enor- nous sum of $157, 900, 900. MT. Rsum IS of opinion that an internal revenne pension hist should be established for wounded and: disabled officers.
 Washington correspondents report that on Saturday specific instructions will be sent to the American Ministers at Lima and Santiago in harmony with the outline of the policy of this country given by General Hurlbut to Admiral Lynch on the 24th of August last. E.
 The Atlanta Cotton Exposition will close onI December 31. @-o- -s.=
 ANfey depositors who lost money by @e suspension of the Danford banks in KARsas.haye- seized Banker Danford and his cashier, and it is feared they wilb6e 4ShcIfeds AS-''S -'
 The Wise County Court H ouse at Decatur. .Hexas, was, burned Tuesday with all sthefeeords and papers.
 The Bank of Prince Edward Island, 8 smah Institution, suspended payment Monday. The cashier, MT. Brecken, who has fled, is said to have permitted worthless overdrawals to the amount of
 -4sfhe aosage City (Kan.) Savings Bank suspended Monday, owing to complications with the Danford banks, which closed on Friday. There is 8 rumor that the principal officers of the Danford banks have been arrested.
 President, Arthur and Secretary Blaine are agreed as to the importance of the issue forced upon this country by the Chilian seizure of President Calderon. of Peru, and steps will be immediately takentc meet this issue in a proper and dlgn4hed manner. .2...4- .,i7-tt-- ,-s-s'- ; 5s-
 -Secretary Fofger has not yet decided what action he will take relative to the outstanding bonds. He has asceftamedss however, that four and four and a half per cents cannot be bought at market rates without loss as compased with M can of three. and half
 Director Bufehard reports that the United States produced last year $78,- 600, 6in gold and silver, of which over SIS, GOO, 900 was consumed by manufac- turers. The production of the world was SIOz. .00e, 900 in gold and $89, ,50O, 900 in silver. -1 -az '=.,.-
 Special Agent Fingle, of the United States Treasury Department, reports that it cost over $6, ,000, ,O00 to collect $2OO, COG, ,000 in customs revenue last year, sthatK twenty two ports of entry did not collect a dollar in duties and that thirty two other ports did not col. lect enough to pay expenses. An in- crease in the sugar duty has resulted in 8 gain .ef5revenue amounting to nearly $2,OOO, 900. - -,
 MT. Scoville closed his opening for the defence in the Gnitean, case We'd nesday, amid, continued interruptions by the prisoner. A number of witnesses testified concerning the mental condi- tion of Gniteau, among them Dr. Rice, of Wisconsin, who pronounced him in-
 At Panama, work on the canal has been suspended since the death of M. Blanchet. M. Dauzats, Chief Engineer of the Suez Canal, is on his way out to continue the work.
 The Pacific National Bank of Boston is to be putt the hande of receiver.
 -Actipg Assistant Surgeon Lamb, who made the autopsy on President Garfelds body, furnishes an account of the finding of the bullet in answer to criticisms that the autopsy was con- ducted in Q careless manner.
 FaI FOREIGN ITEMS.
 s-Thousauds of dollars have been stol- en annually by ring of clerks in the offices ofrthe Philadelphia Tax Receiver and Comptroller. The City Council has apbointed committee to inyesti- gate the almshnuse frauds.
 In ireland sgrrarian outrages are re- ported from Roscommon and Leitrim, 200 cattle on one farm having been mutilated in the former county.
 2 Seven persons were drowned in the Thames by the sinking of the steam yacht Lucerne after a collision with the ship Dppdee near Grayesend-
 Eleven persons have been sen- fenced toimprisonment in England for bribery ,in :Parliame entary elections.
 Arthur Befroy, the Brighton Rail way murderer, wasE hanged ct the Lewes jail at Sussex, England, Tuesday morn ing. He was dropped nine feet and in- stantly kiHedE Hd'- JA - : so-- - '
 -Mrg Forster, Chief Secretary for Ire land has decided to remain in Dublin throughout the winter. 2ulsiIot.l -4,ssT
 -TheaF French Chambers are to be prorogueda immediately after passing the budgets nntil January.i a.4
 -Sareho Bernhardt's carriage has been stoned by anti-Jewish rioters in GermanYspo4a. IsIJ5a5 .os
 The Republicans have been victor ous in the French Senatorial elections.
 Parliament is to reassemble on the 7th of February. l~-S.' - - s---
 The recent storm in England did great damage to shipping. In London forty persons were injured by falling walls and slates. Forty barges were sunk in the Thames and incoming vessels have suffered severely. It is reported that the Calf Rock Lighthouse, Bantry Bay, has been swept away.
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