Connecticut western news., 1884-02-06
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-
SENATE.

MT. Voorhees introduced the following reso- lution, which was agreed to: That the Com mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads be in- structed to inquire into the propriety and expediency of admitting all newspapers, peri od1ca and other printed reading matter to the United States mails free of postage, said com rnittee to report by bill or otherwise" '"
 The Senate passed the House bill making an appropriation or s, 750,00O, or so much there of as may be necessary to supply deficiencies on account of appropriations for the fiscal year tnding June 80, 1884, in regard to the rebate of tax on tobacco.
 fhe Senate, after an extended debate by a vote of 25 to 27, refused to agree to the rerort of the conference committee on the Greely Re. lief appropriation, resolved to insist on it's amendment and ask for further conference.
 Senator Garland introduced bill to prevent and punish the counterfeiting, within the United States, of notes, bonds or other securi, ties of foreign governments,
 bill was introduced to relieve commercial travellers from license taxes.
 HOUSE.
 Among new bills introduced in the House were the following To prevent the employ ment of operatives on railway trains more than twelve hours out of twenty-four providing for inspection and certihcation of meat products for exportatiOn to reduce the tariff rates on different grades of sugar to reduce the duty on woolen goods, fannels, blankets, womens and children's dress-goois and ready-nade clothing for the sale of rhe Chelsea, Brooklyn and Annapolis navy yards to prevent the adulteratIon of sugar and molasses to author ize the title of newspaper to be copyrighted; providing for the election of Senators by the people to alter the mode of collecting internal revenue tax to prevent the intermari iags of the white and negro races in the District of Columbia.
 Among bills reported were the following' To establish Bureau of Animal industry, and to prevent the spread of contagious disease among domestic animals regulating the rates of postage on second-elass mail matter at letter carrier ofices by making the rate uniform at two cents per pound providing that no erri. tory shall apply for admission as State until 1t contains population equal to that required in 8 Congressional district.
 The House passed the Dill decIarlng forfelt- ure of lands granted to the Texas Pacific Rail road Company under the act of Congress ap- proved March 8, 1871. and acts supplemental thereto, by a vote of 259 to 1 also bll to for felt lands granted to Mississippi under the aot approved Aupust Ii. ls56.
 By @ vote of 1s4 to 79 the House passed the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter.
 FOREIGN rr-PNss
 The commander at Tokar writes:- t'It would be impossible for our condi- tion to be worse The rebels have filled up all the wells outside the town. The water inside is brackish and bad, and the troops are suffering from diarrhna. ."
 Thirteen school teachers have been dismisse+ in Servia for inclting insur- rection.
 Reports of the havoc caused by the late gale in the north of England con. tinue to multiply. Within radius of ten miles of Ayr 100000 trees were blown down, 100, ,000 on the estate of the Marquis of Ailsa.
 Lieutenant G. B. Harber and Master W. H. Schuetze, eseortiDg the bodies of Lieutenant De Long and comrades, of the Jeannette expedition, left Moscow for Hamburg on Wednesday, on their way to America. A solemn procession | followed the collins to the railroad station, where the chief Lutheran pastor of the city delivered an address. Many wreaths were deposited on the collins, including one from the students of the Moscow University.
 The steamer Rhywabons, bound from Holyhead to Cardiff, struck on | group of rocks near Cardiff. The cap- tain and ten men on board the steamer were lost.
 Only emigrants of good character are to be sent from Great Britain to Canada.
 General Wallace has demanded in- dennities from Turkey for the illegal arrest of an American and for recent at- tacks on American travellers.
 Norway has dispatched man-of- war to Mada6 6ascar.
 The Zulu King Cetewayo made his escape from Ekowe last Sunday, but wns recaptured the next day.
 A refugee from Fl Obeid, who has arrived at Khartoum, reports that he saw Major Won Seckendorf stabbed to death while lying in bed in the hospital. Edmund O'Donovan, the correspondent of the Daiiy NeWs, was killed near | General Hicks. The rest of the Euro peans belonging to General Hicks army | he saw lying dead. After tho battle, he says, Fl Mahdi sold large quantities of watches, rings and the like.
 The book libeling the German Elm peror has been seized in France.
 King Humbert publicly thanks the | people for their affectionate demonstra- tion in honor of Victor Emmanuel.
 -Bubear beat Elliott in the Thames rowing match, England.
 The remains of De Long and his perty have arrived at Moscow.
 The funeral of Herr Lasker took place in Berlin with imposing ceremony Monday.
 A confagration has occurred at Laurvig, small manufacturing city on the southern coast of Norway. Many houses Ill the most densely settled quar- ter of the town were destroyed.
 It has now been definitely nscer- tained that all the members of the ship Simla's crew, that were supposed to have | drowned, have been rescued. Thus no lives were lost by the collision of the Simla with the City of Lucknow. | California has given the order for the casting of @ monument to Garfield to a Munich sculptor.
 A Spanish mob attacked an English man in Astorga because he was selling Bibles on the street.
 | MONEY is not God but if shows great