Connecticut western news., 1882-03-01

The President of the New York State Senate has made up his ommittees. Recognizing the fact that the Senate is Democratic, he said he had taken pains that each committee should be Demo- cratic in its make up, the Republican members falling into such allotments as are due to the minority.
 The upper portion of the Kings County Insane Asylum, which is located at Flatbush, N. Y., took fire on Tuesday morning. The inmates, 800 in number, were taken ont safely, with the excep- ton of one man burned to death. Some startling scenes occurred.
 At Albany the Tammany Senators voted with the Republicans and elected Vrooman (Rep.) as Clerk of the Senate.
 The terms of settlement in the Sprague case in Rhode Island are as fol- lows Mrs. Sprague is to withdraw all the accusations of adultery, cruelty, habitual drunkenness, etc., made in her bill. Then Gov. Sprague is to withdraw wholly his cross bill, with all of its par ticulars. Mrs. Sprague is then to have a decree of divorce on the ground of de- sertion and non-support.
 A story comes from Buenos Ayres by way of London to the effect that Peruvians under Colonel Mas have mur- dered 300 foreigners, including the French Consul, at Pisco.
 Five masked burglars broke into the farm house of Michael Ulrich, near Harrisburg, Saturday night, over powered Mir. Ulrich and his wife and with drawn pistols compelled them to tell where their money was concealed. They took 1000.
 Miles Thompson was hanged on Saturday at Belleville, Tex. .....
 At Littleton, Va, J. W. Adams, 8 merchant, stabbed Thomas Swain, ex- postmaster, in quarrel over politics.
 The campaign of the Virginia au- thorities against the oyster pirates has closed with the capture of seven vessels and sixty -one men.
 The Mississippi has overfowed it's banks in Arkansas and Tennessee and caused incalculable damage in some of the large cotton growing counties. The flood extends fifteen miles inland from either bank. Reports from the Ohio valley show that there is some danger of general flood throughout that region.
 The opinion of insurance men in Boston is that the loss by the Haverhill fire will fall almost entirely upon the insurance companies and upon the workmen thrown out of employment. It is not believed that the net loss to the burned-out firms will exceed $250, GOO. The less is said to be $2, 800, 900, with an insurance of g, 900, ,000.
 WASHINGTON NOTES. The House Committee on Invalid Pensions yesterday received petition asking that Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of President Polk, be put on the pen sion rolls. It sets forth that the appli cant is in very needy circumstances.
 -Ex- Governor John M. Palmer, O Illinois, says the report that he has re ceived 8 proposition from Mir. Tilde1 to become the candidate for Vice-P dent on the ticket with him in 1884 i purely sensational.
 | First Assistant Postmaster Genera Hatton has decided that magazine in tended for campaign circulation anG containing advertisements must pay postage at the rate of cents an ounce unless it appears that the actual sub scription list would support the maga zine without such adver rtisements. II this event the publication would fal within the second class of mail matter
 Both branches of Congress passed resolutions ordering an inquiry into al the matters connected with the Peruvian companies, and of the relations, if any borne by the State Department and tn American Ministers 1n South Americ to those companies.
 President Arthur on Friday nomi mated Roscoe Conkling, of New York for the seat on the Supreme Court bencl rendered vacant by the retirement o MT. Justice Hunt. In executive ses sion Senator Hoar attacked MT. Oonk ling and the nomination was referred ss also that Of ex-Sanator Sargent, c California, as Minister to Germany.
 The House Naval Committee ha
 agreed upon 8 bill for the reconstructio
 of the navy.
 It is stated that Senator Edmund
 will be nominated to fill the vacancy o
 the Supreme Bench.
 Business men in large numbers al urging the passage of the Interstat Commerce Bill.
 :. The report of the Committee on tt Utah election case is favorable to Cal , non, aside from the fact of his being . polygamist.
 f The bill to place General Grant c ] the army retired list was passed by u \ Senate.
 } The Senate passed bill approp1 3 ating $100, 900 for the relief of the su 4 . sippi Valley. . l General D. H. Rucker, lately a s pointed Quartermaster- General Unit, 9 States Army, has been placed on the T
 tired list, and General Rufus Ingalls, W g appointed to the vacancy.
 !, MT. Warner, of Tennessee, recent 3 introduced bill in the House of Rep1 d sentatives proposing to reduce the ss !, ary of the President to $50, ,00O, of u l heads of departments to $7,000, of u : Speaker to $7,000, of Members of Go h gross to $4,000, of Judges of the s :. preme Court to 5000, and of certa
 other officials proportionately. IT blll was referred and killed in comm 2 2 tee.
 | The Committee on. Pubic Heal A has appointed 8 sub committee to GO d sider all bills relating to the adulterati
 of food. The House will be asked O have all bills of this kind withdrawn a J referred to this committee with the vit V of securing a full investigation of t # Y subject matter and proper legislatio
 Senator Fair has introduced b l. which provides that ten per cent. of t a silver certificates hereafter issued fire
 the Treasury shall be of the denomir .s tion of one dollar, ten per cent. of t. h dollar aud twenty per cent. of five d. 's lar certificates.
 1t The House Committee on EIectio
 voted to-day to dismiss without pre-