Connecticut western news., 1882-03-15

 Hayes's Administration. They say that prosecute their caso ill the courts if they will put 70 per cent. of all their claims in his hands for collection.
 "A report from Captain Lee to Sec retary Lincoln says that the very lowest estimate as to the number of destitute persons by the floods in Mississippi Is placed at Is, 900, distributed as follows: Tunica County, 2,5OO; Coahoma, 5000; Bolivar, 5000; Washington, $500; Qnitman, 1000.
 Mir. Garland introduced in the Senate bill empowering the Missis- sippi River Oommiss ion to construct, repair and keep in order such leyees as shall be deemed of the greatest i'm portance to preserve the channel and prevent breaks and overtlows. Tho bill appropriates $15, 100000 for the purpose.
 The Postmaster General has issued an order providing that after July no allowance for advertising uncalled-for letters will be made to any postmaster, unless upon application to andby special authority of the First Assistant Post uHSLeT. O6u6rals
 A delegation representing the em- pioyees of the State, War and Navy Department building and all the navy yards throughout the country waited upon the President Wednesday and urged the enforcement of the Eight Hour law of 1868. E %a |.,,.
 Military men say that although there can be no sentence of "dis- missal i'll the case of non. commis- stoned officer such as Mason, yet he can be " dishonorably discharged" "drop- ped from the service," or "cashiered. ]" In addition to any of these sentences he can receive the punishment that the civil courts could mfict. 7 '@ "A committee of departmental off. cials was appointed at the instance of | Secretary Folger- to consider a plan for obtaining supplies for the public ser vice on a better system than that now in vogue. "as l' a=.'6 'z'-- E-The value of the exports oi petro- lerlm and petroleum products during January was $2,759.08 and during January, 1881, $2, ,066. 227.s @9F S> a8 Mn. Bliss, of New York, presented in the House 102 petitions from the States of Illinois, Indiana and New York, signed by about 30,000 citizens, praying for the passage of the bill in- troduced by bimseH granting pension to Union soldiers and sailors of the late war who were confined in Confederate | prisons. :3 saj aa}
 | Ut is alleged that important evidence | touching Guiteau's mental condition prior to July 2 has been discovered, and that General Butler will take charge oi the case. -rs .s.,,.7-r sz WsE
 The Secretary of War is taking en. ergetie steps to relieve the sufferers by the Mississippi floods. s4
 A number of Congressman from the Southern States now suffering from the floods met and decided to ask for al additional $400,000 to relieve the dis tress. 1 r 89 ".i 5- "it fs Id. | General, John O. Fremont claims ownership of the Alcatrasees Island il San Francisco Bay, now occupied bJ the United States Government. I FOREIGN ITEMS. I Tn South Africa @ party of Boert and natives, with three guns, attacked Chief Montsiva on the 21st ult. The chief sallied and completely repulseG the attacking party. The latter, whose losses are believed to have been heavy again advanced on the 25th, when they fell into an ambuseade and retreated losing thirty eight, including the com mander. .tfr-s sf <24 I The Wilson Line steamer Apollo fhas been sunk off Ushantgby collision I Six persons were drowned
 It is said that Skobelef,s aatisFed ton speeches were prearranged between himself and Ignatieff. The Czar vii make a public manifestation of ths friendship existing between him auG the Emperor William on the latter birthday. s, e-e a..z -- xv..ae. .-
 The ,would-be assassin, MaoLean has been identified as man who las summer frequented the vicinity O
 Windsor Castle and acted in suspi T cious manner. .
 s1 "A telegram from Tunis reports tha nine Europeans journeying from Tuni
 to Gafss have been murdered between
 Tunis and Kairwan. -.....'., ..faf., \
 A bill has been introduced, in tn
 English House of Lords prohibitin
 atheists from sitting in either Hcuse 0
 Parliament.
 During the months of January an
 February 12 655 ,emigrants left Ham
 burg for the United States.
 -The German press. is indignant a
 Skobeleff's spec oh at Warsaw, in whicl
 he said if there was no Russian garrison there, there would be German one. Tn
 German papers are urging retaliator duties on Russian goods, Russia havin s raised it's tariff against Gernnn goods . Prince Milan was crowned King c , Serbia at Belgrade on Monday. General Skobeleff arrived at Si
 Petersburg recently and was cheered b, : large crowds. %& --f 5ss '@ S / f The Queen received congratulator,
 dispatches from the Secretary of Stat , at Washington, tho Pope, the ltalial Chambers and the European Courts. Especial thanksgiving service was held a g Windsor. "a
 -Rode derick MacLean, who fired at tn a Queen on Thursday, was arraigned be e fore the Windsor magistrates Friday O P the charge of shooting with intent t . murder and remanfled.. In 8 lette 6 written after his arrest ,MacLean say
 he committed the act to draw public a n tention to his impecunious condition MaoLean was discharged from alunati e asylum in September a
 Both Houses of Parliament passe 7, addresses to the Queen congratulatin 8 her upon her encape on Thursda, h Earl Granville has forwarded to NJ n Lowell the Queens thanks for tho col ls gratulations and sympathy of the Pre-
 ident and people of the United State n MacLean, the prisoner, is the same pc
 son who attempted to wreck railws :, train ln 1874, and he was formerly CO ,se fined in the Wells Asylum, but is is u o- true that two doctors of Windsor ht