Connecticut western news., 1883-02-14
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Major Thomas B. Dewers has been ordered from Fort Reno by General Pope to prevent any parties from settling on ceded lands in Oklohafna. Two par ties, one of which is Captain Payne's, have started for the Territory.
 Mine lives were lost by the wreck of the steamer Tacoma on the coast of the Pacific.
 The smallpox is spreading in South western Virginia, and the people are be- coming excited.
 General Ketchum was confirmed as Appraiser of the Port of New York on Saturday.
 The internal revenue collections in Kentucky for January were the largest ever made. The total was $681, ,O16, of which $594, 462 were for whisky stamps.
 John Kenny, the Brooklyn murderer and suicide, was buried in plot of un- consecrated ground in Flatbush, adjoin- ing the Cemetery of the Holy Cross.
 In Newark, N. J., on Saturday, a man, name unknown, saturated himself with benzine, set fire to it and was burned to death.
 Judge Donohue. in the Supreme Court Chambers of New York, decided in the matter of Mace and Shade, the prize fighters, that the evidence in the case did not show any violation of the law, and they were discharged. They will uow go on with the match and pound each other as much as they please.
 A desperate fight took place Satur- lay near Salinas, seven leagues north of the City of Mexico, between Custom House guard and smugglers. Several lays ago @ seizure of contraband was made near Lampazos on the border ot Free Zone, and the goods seized were taken southward toward Salinas under guard of ten men. About forty snug | ylers attacked the convoy, killing four | if the Contrera's guards outright and wounding several more, and getting oil | with the recaptured contraband into the mountains. No smugglers were killed. At Titusville, Pa, during the flood on Sunday, the Franklin street bridge, heavy iron structure, was washed away. 4 large crowd of spectators of the deluge | were standing on the bridge and three | young men were swept away and l drowned.
 | WASH1NGTOG NOTEEs | Miss Brewster, daughter of the Attorney General, was married to MT. 1 Rooms. and Miss Blaine, daughter of the ex-Secretary, to Colonel F. Coppinger, of the army, on Tuesday.
 The House Committee on Military Affairs at their meeting recently, practi. cally agreed upon the terms of the bill to place General Grant upon the retired list of the army with the rank of General The chairman was instructed to prepare a report in favor of the bill to be sub. mitted to the committee.
 The River and Harbor bill has beer practically completed. The whole amount called for by the bill will b, about $6, 900, ,000, exclusive of the Miss issippi River appropriation. l lin the House an effort was made b, the majority to obtain suspension o the rules in order to pass certain i'm portant measures, but without success
 The House Coinage Comn1itte adopted resolution that 1t would be i1 expedient at this time to suspend tn coinage of silver as now authorized b. law.
 FOREIGN TTKlEA
 A schooner has been wrecked nea Portaferry, Ireland, and another nea; Shetland Islands, Scotland. In the frs instance five sailors lost their lives, anC in the latter the whole crew was drowned
 -Messrs. Davitt. Healy and Quinr were arrested and taken to Kilmainhan Jail, Thursday, to begin their imprison ment for six months, having refused tc | give bail for good behavior.
 The sale of Sarah Bernhardt's jew els took place in Paris on Thursday The persons in attendance were princi pally dealers and representatives of tn, demi-monde. A necklace of rose dia monds sold for "A, 00Of., and two brace lets fetched 8,000f. each.
 The Spanish Ministry has decided to treat as freemen O,000 Cuban slave whom the planters hoped to keep il slavery by not entering on the census a required by law.
 Two schooners have been wrecked on the British coasts and their crew were drowned.
 The Lord Mayor of London has an nouneed that he is willing to receive con tributions for Irish relief, and, if tn amount justified it, to open fund.
 Bowling was convicted of the mu1 der of Policeman Cox in Dublin, an, was sentenced to penal servitude for life
 Lord Derby says that England ha no idea of annexing the New Hebridet
 The Castle line steamer Kenmur Castle from London to Shanghai, four dered in the Bay of Biscay, drownin thirty-two of the crew.
 Returns of the British trade for las month show that the increase of import , over exports as compared with last yes was about s3,000,000.
 The Czar has issued manifest giving notice of his coronation at Mosco l on the 27th of May. He says:--" w , determined in our heart not to perforr this sacred rite until the feelings @ cited by the crime to which the benefacte of the people fell victim had time calm"
 John G. Buchan-Hepburn, so | of Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, Sec
 tish baronet, was murdered by mlne1 on Sunday in Pinos Altos, Chihuahu' , Five of the murderers were tried an
 shot on the following day. 7 The Russian government has grante to the Finnish Senate power to sell lar : to foreigners.
 MT. Parnell is spoken of as cand
 date for Parliament from Dublin count 8 in case reliable candidate will take tl F seat for Cork which he now holds. D Spanish aboitionists demand a mo 6 speedy freeing of the slaves in Cuba.
 During trial in Dublin exiden' :. was given to show that member of u . corporation had hired room for ti 2 purpose of drilling conspirators, and tn it contained a perfect military arsenal. g At the investigation of the charg n against the Irish conspirators 8 little gi