Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12

and studied law ct Harvard College,
 attaining the degree of LII. B. In
 1855 ehe was admitted to the bar
 and began to practice. Fonr years
 later he was made the reporter of the
 supreme Court of New Hampshire. He
 was amember of the State Legislature
 in 1862, 1868 and 1864, and was twice
 elected Speaker. President Lincoln
 made him Judge Advocate General in
 1865, and soon after he was appointed
 First Assistant Secretary of the Treas lury inplace of MT. Harrington. who went I to Switzerland as United States Minister.
 He reorganized the Interior Depart
 ment and inaugurated many reforms. II In 1857 he resigned, and began energetic
 work as secretary o8 the National
 Republican Committee. His campaign diplomacy, in 1868, 1872 and 1876 was looked upon as admirable. E
 William IT. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy, who has been nominated Envoy ExtraDrdinary and Minister sPleni- potentiary, of the United States to Russia, is native of South Carolina,
 who settled in Louisiana in early life.
 He was educated at Yale College, stud jed and practiced law in New Orleans. He gained large practice Tn commer- cial. maritime and. admiralty law. In 1877 he settled at Washington as a law yer. In 1878 he was urged for the post of Collector of New Orleans, but was given instead 8 judgeship in the Court of Claims. He was recommended by. the Bar of Louisiana, without distinction Supreme Court bench efa' in on plaoe soe of Justice Strong, but the prize was awarded to Judge Woods. On Presi. dent 'Gartieldis accession to power he was made Secretary of the Navy, He IS related by marriage to the Living. ston family of Louisiana, originally from New York, and has summer resi- dence in that State on the banks of the I Hudson.
 Henry M. Teller, the newly.ap- pointed Secretary of the Interior. has only recently come forward as public man-7-that IS to say, comparatively, re- | gently. He was Torn m Alleranv County, New York State. Oh the 23d of May, 1880. He studied law and was I admitted to the New York Bar. prac- ticing there until 1858 when he went to Illinois. He remained there ti1I 1ea1 At that time Colorado had orsat attrao. ton fo. men of enterprise. MT. Teller found hlmself seized with longing to E go there, and he went. He busted him. self with the development of the country and took laudable interest in the ad. mission of the great and rich Yerri- tory into the Union He also acquired wealth. He was elected to- the United States Senate as Republican from Col orado in 1876. This was the first office | O oH TT
 at the, top of the tree and was perfectly satisfactory Senator. His term of ser. vice will expire in March, 1888.
 The following nominations were among those sent to the Senate Thurs day., Roland Worthington .to be Col lector of Customs, Adin B. Underwood to be Surveyor and Daniel Hall to be Naval Officer in the District of Boston and Charlestown. S& g E8a 172 The House Committee on Naval AfaireI has agreed to recommend an appropriation of $2,500,O0O to com. |plete the unfinished monitors.
 The Governor of Arizona asks Con- gress to appropriate $15O, GOO to defray the expense of roofing out ruhianism in that Tefritory.o TFS9 SSl e#
 At 9 Cabinet meeting the conclu- sion was reached that the President should take no action in Sergeant Ma sons case pending the Supreme Court proceedings. The Secretary of War made 3 report, sustaining, it is under. stood, the opinion that the sentence is invalid. --s
 Secretary Frelinghuysen has been informed by Minister Lowell that in defefence to President Arthur,s wishes Dr. Eanson, sentenced to death in 1 London for murder. has been granted a reprieye for two weeks, for the hearing | of the testimony sent from this country.
 The Agricultural report says: There | are seven States that produce a surplus of corn. These States together yielded | 1,O46, 900, ,OOO bushels in 1880 and 737 900, 900 in 1881. The percentage of the product. of each State still on hand ! is reported as follows: Ohio, 24: In diana,a 27; Illinois, 26; Iowa. 26; Missouri, 15; Kansas, 16; Nebraska. 28.4 The average is nearly 24 per cent. and. amounts to 175, ,O0O,OOO bushels. The. same States produced 256. GOO. GOO | bushels of wheat in 1880, and i69,- 100000 in 1881. The proportion on hand March 20. as estimated. was: Ohio, 25 per cent: Indiana. IS; Illinois. s19 Iowa, 28 :NM Mis-. sour, $. IT; Kansas, 15; Nebraska, 21: average, 21 per cent, or nearly 36, 0OO,. 900 bushels. The result of this investi- gation indicates comparative shortage of 213, ,000, 900 bushels. or fifty-five per cent. less corn on hand than on March 20, 1881, and also a decrease of 28, 900, 900 bushels of wheat. or forty-four per cent. less than on March 20, 1881, in these seven States, in addi. tion to the shortage of three other sur- plus wheat States-Michigan, Wigeon sin and Minnesota-which are credited with 75, 1000, 900 bushels as the crop of 1884, .s.....zz~ = =
 :. ronrras. x F There is 8 famine in Zululand. owing'to .a failure of the crops caused by, drought &@. As= @7s. R'a-'7
 = It is said that Sweden has engaged to invade Finland In the event of war between Russia and Germany.
 A dispatch to the London Times from Dublin says the citizenship of those suspects who have been released from Irish jails has had nothing whatever to do with their release, the Executive holding that all persons resident in Ire- land are liable to British law and are to be treated as British subjects. zssa c|
 -Three Russian Soldiers have murdeEed 8 Jewish family of nine persons at Sjubetz.
 Sarah Bernhardt was married on Monday at St. Andrews Church, Lon don, to M. Damala, Greek gentleman of position. @s7s
 The race for the championship of the world between Hanlan and Boyd took place at Newcastle-on-Tyne Mon day. Hanlan won by five lengths. Time, Elm. 25s. Boyd was 13 seconds