Connecticut western news., 1882-01-18
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MISS Loulsa Ballman, two other vic tlms, are thought to be dying. They belong in Shanesville.
 The captain, crew and two lad, passengers of the bark Mary Rldeout abandoned at sea, were rescued by tn, bark Mediator.
 The Western Nail Association ha. advanced the card rate from g.. .25 tt $40 per keg.
 Gov. Cornell, of New York, in hi. annual message, says the aggregate bal ances in the treasury of all the funds October l, 1880, were 3,448,2 ,215. 38 aggregate receipts during the fisca year ending September 30, 1881, S14,. $40, 403. .90; total, SIS. .3S8, ,619.2S; de, duct payments during the year, S12,, S56, 760. 57; leaving balance in the treas ury September 30, 1881, S5, 53I, 1858. II. On the 30th September, 1881, the tota funded debt was $9, ,109, ,054.S7. The revenues of the canals for the yeal ended September 30, 1881, were SS1S,. 264. 6l, and the expenses $1. 023, ,9O7, ,O6 showing loss of $2O5, ,642. .O6.
 The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention has been called to meet al hNrsDuIS on may 1U.
 General Terry says: "The Indian outlook in Northern Montana is unfav. orable. Buffalo are rapidly diminish. ing, the Indians are making raids on the cattle, and the ranchmen are organizing for protection"
 -72. 276, 312 bushels of grain were shipped to Europe last year, not one bushel of which went in an American ship -s-.-.
 Three persons were killed and two fatally and twelve seriously injured at Syracuse by the fall of two walls upon a restaurant
 s-Havemeyers & Elders sugar refin- cry, at Williamsburg, N. r., was de- stroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is about $1, 800, GOO.
 Malignant diphtheria rages in Nor folk, St. Lawrence County, NY. In one family seven children were stricken three fatally. .s
 The reported massacre of Chinese railroad laborers by Indians or dis Ruised white men on the Southern Pacific Railroad is authoritatively de- nl0d. rr-rs'
 Two more women who were in- lured in the Shanesyille, Ohio, disaster have died. =.
 The revenue of the Dominion of Canada for the half year ending De cember 31 was $16, 167, ,624 and the ex- penditnres S1 [, ,322, ,O74.
 Three boys, all aged about twelve years, were drowned while playing on the ice on @ pond at Charlestovn. Mass. Saturday.
 "A fre-damp explosion occurred at Iansford, Pa, Saturday afternoon. kill ing one man and injuring nine miners, some of them fatally.
 The disastrous effect of the drought last summer is shown by the report on the corn crop furnished bv the State Department of Agriculture of Illinois. The total yield is 174, 996, GOO bushels for the year 1881, or 70 per cent. of the crop of 1880. and only 50 per cent. of the crop of 1879.
 WASHINGTON NOTES.
 1.-The bill introducedin the House on Thursday by Representative Browne. ot Indiana, for the issue and exchange of fractional Treasury notes of the Uni ted States, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue such Treasury notes, payable to bearer on demand. in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. and the aggregate sum thereof to be SIG, ,000, GOO, the notes to be exchange able at par for other currency in suns of $1OO or any multiple thereof, and to be legal tender for all debts not exceed ing s. '-Ihe House Committee on Naval Affairs had conference with the Score tary Of the. Navy in reference to inn proving the navy. It was agreed that sub committees should be appointed to examine into the different plans con- sidered by the Advisory Board.
 The Senate Committee on Patents has assigned Thursday, Januar,,- 26. for ahearing of all parties who n ay wish to appear before the committee in regard to Senator Ferry's resolution and Sena- tor Voorhees's bill looking to the pro- lection of innocent users of patented inventions from vexatious and lneouita- blet suits for infringement.
 The State Department is informed rom St. Petersburg that Lieutenant DaD enhauer and five of the Jeannette's crew have arrived at Yakutsk and are well provided for. Engineer Melville and SIX men are expected there soon.
 Some time ago Secretary Hunt is- sued a general order calling attention to the naval regulations against the ex- fravagant useof pilots on United States vessels, and as the order seems to have failed of its purpose the Secretary, on Wednesday, in a recent case of the kind ordered the expense of the pilotaee to be charged against the officer who re- ceived it.
 It Is believed among army officers that Lieutenant Fipper, of the Tenth Infantry, who is the only colored officer In the service, and who was tried on charges of embezzlement, has been found guilty and dismissed the service.
 FOREIGN.
 It is said the bodies of a Countv Mayo process-server and his nephew nave been found chained together in Lough Mask, but the Press Association denies the report.
 -Omclal returns of the French viut age give only little more than 34 OOO.- UUO hectolitres (about 900, 900, GOO gal Ions, wine measure), showing 8 dimin- lshed production.
 -A storm has greatly damaged the French military camps in Tunis and stopped communication with the coast A famine is threatened.
 An explosion occurred at the torpedo arsenal at Constantinople. Two per- sons were killed and thirty injured.
 The census of Paris, taken on De- cember IS, gives population of 2, ,225,- 500, against 1888 800 in 1876.
 .a-Large quantities of Irish potatoes are being exported to the United States.