Connecticut western news., 1882-05-03

worth of security, were arrested and remanded to the custody of the sheriff. A mob of masked men, at Greens burg, Ind, took from the jail at night . man who had been acquitted of com plicity in 8 murder and hanged him to 6 tree,
 The troops attacked the Indians Sunday. Three soldiers and four friend men were killed on the Gila River the same day by Indians.
 A cyclone passed through Georgia and Alabama Saturday evening, killed many persons and destroyed much prop erty.
 The American Electric Lighting Company, of Massachusetts, has failed after selling 8, 900 shares of stock. It owes $15, 900 and has no assets.s The storm along the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, de- stroyed the town of Monticello. Only three houses in the entire place were left standing. Ten persons were killed instantly-five whites and five colored. Out of population of 150 very few es- capped without some injury. Between fifteen and twenty persons were seri- ously injured, some it is thought fatally. The track of the cyclone is estimed at half mile. The people are left entire ly destitute. Citizens of New Orleans have subscribed literally toward their relief. @g 2
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 The call for bonds issued by the Treasury Department is for $11 1000, 900, which will redeem all of the continued sizes of July and August, 1861, now un- called. The next call will begin upon the continued sizes under act of March 3, 1868, of which there are out. standing nearly $48,000,00O.
 Mir. Belmont has written letter to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and while in no way desir- ing to modify his opinion of MT. Blaine, as expressed during the examination, he expresses regret that he made use of unparliamentary language.za He salso expresses his intention of dropping the matter.s es asz ass z sss.
 The vouchers for expenses of the Garfield funeral excursion are said to be too disgraceful for publication.
 The House adopted the report of the conference committee on the bill to promote the efficiency of the life saving service. It provides for the payment of two years wages to any member of the service disabled in the performance of his duties. % Mi. Sherman introduced a bill in the Senate, which was referred to the Committee on Finance, to regulate the coinage of the standard silver dollar. It repeals. so much of the act of February 28, 1873, authorizing the coinagefof the standard silver dollar and restoring it's legal tender character as directs the purchase and coinage into standard sill yer dollars of not less than $2, COG, 900 worth of silver bullion in May. The bill then directs the purchase of bullion from time to time and it's coinage only when, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the further coinage of such dollars is demanded for public use and convenience. i
 President Arthur sent message to Congress Thursday setting forth that bands of cowboys were committing depredations in Arizona which the au. thorities were unable to repress. He recommends that the law prohibiting the use of troops as posse coneitat,ts be repealed so far as regards the Terri. tories. Gen. Sherman joined in the re- quest and said that such action was necessity. He described the state of affairs in Arizona as deplorable.
 In the Senate Thursday there was a heated political discussion, and the Chi nese bll was considered and laid over.
 Tine House on Tuesday adopted the resolution calling on the Presid4nt to continue his efforts for the releAse of the American citizens imprisoned in Ireland.
 The Lowell Bankruptcy bill before the House provides that any creditor whose claim has been allowed may, up- on his affidavit, be entitled to an order from the judge summoning the bank rupt-at any time before a discharge has been granted--to appear before the judge and be examined touching all matters affecting the settlement of his estate, and in the case of corporations, this provision shall apply to it's officers. 1t further provides that any creditor whose claim has been allowed. may. upon giving proper bond, bring an action in the name of the trustee and for the benefit of the estate to expunge the proof of any debt which may. have been allowed, or to set aside any trans. fer of property made in fraud of this bankrupt act. 8a
 -Ex-Secretary Blaine was before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Mondav, He stated in substance that he never saw or knew of the letters in the State llnnQrtT,0 mi introduced to him (Blaine) by Senator Blair. Until then he had never seen the man, nor heard of him until the 25sh of July. MT. Blaine explained the method of disposing of papers in the State Department, which would ac- count for his previous statement, and added: Such trashy matters as the, Smpherd letters would never be called to the attention of the head of a great department, as they were scarcely fit the waste-basket." MT. Blaine then produced what he stated was the entire correspondence between himself and Mir. Hurlbut during his administration at Lima. '.,.-'.-
 Mir. Blaine denied that Shipherd ever told him about the offer of $25O.- 600 of stock to Hurlbut, and presented a letter from Senator Blair, who. ac. cordlng to Shipherd, was present at the time, also denying Shipherd's assertion, He denied that he had written "Go in, Steve" on the margin of dis patch to Hurlbut, and declared his be. lief that Gen. Garfield never heard of the Cochet claim, and that the alleped conference between Shipherd and Hurl- but never took place. MT. Blaine de- clared Shfpherd to be a peliurer, but shrewdly added that he was probably irresponsible by reason of mental un- soundness.. '