Connecticut western news., 1885-05-20
-seoretary Manning has directed that the

issue of $1 and $2 notes be discontinued for the present. It is aaid by non-oficials that this action has been taken for the purpose o1 forcing the subsidiary coin into circulation, but this is denied by the Treasury Department. It ia stated that the discontinuanoe became necessary by reason of the excessive issue of these notes of late and because they are con- ing back to the Treasury for redemption in about as good condition as when first issued, which adds very considerable item to the ex- pense account of the department.
 Four colored men were drowned in the Potomac while crossing the river in boat.
 Mi. Edward O. Graves, Assistant Treas urer of the United States, will become Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the 1st day of June, vice Captain Burrill, who has been asked to tender his resignation.
 The returns from the recent census of Washington taken by the Police Department are not yet complete, but from such portions mainder the conclusion is arrived at by the police officials that Washington has now 8 population of 3200,00
 A number of Cubans have been in Wash ington for several days, and it is stated that they have interested 8 number of Senators and Representatives in scheme for the purchase of Cuba by the United States The party visited New York to confer with number of capitalists on the subject.
 
 has been appointed Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, in the place of Mir, Beardsley, re- signed.
 The count of the moneys and securities in the United States Treasury has been con- pleted, and everything was found in satisfac- tory condition, and the reports of ex-Treasurer Wyman were proved in every instance. Even the alleged discrepancy of two cents, reported in the count of the cash room, was shown on 8 recount to be incorrect. The missing pennies were subsequently, found on the floor, where they had dropped during the count.
 The contract for stone work on the Brook lyn Post-office building was awarded to the Bodwell Granite Company, of Maine, at it's bid of $94,00O.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 A dispatch to the London Standard from Shanghai says that the native officials there have received news from Pekin that the nego- tiations between France and China for a treaty of peace have come to 8 deadlock, France having made demands which China is unable to concede.
 Minister Phelps has arrived in London At Southampton an address was presented to him by the Mayor.
 The British steamer Numida, from London for New York, collided of Durleston Head with the steamer Messina. Ten members of the latter's crew were drowned.
 A farmer of sBallinasloe, Ireland, had been put of his holding under circumstances which increased his rage the more he thought of tho affair. Finally he became desperate and de- cided upon revenge. He visited the bailiff who had performed the act of eviction and piled him with liquor until he was stone drunk. The farmer then took the helpless bailiff and held him over the fire until he was fatally burned.
 The debate in the English House of Con- mons over the annuity to be paid to Princess ofrio ha,. a,,5 sharp. The Government had an easy and de- cisive victory, the grant of $30,000 per year being made by vote of 337 against only 38.
 The Czar of Russia, intending to raise the state of seize and to stop transportation for political offences, asked M. Durnowo, who is acting Minister of the Interior during the ill., ness of Count TolSt1i, to report on the state of the country. NJ. Durnowo reports an active revival of Nihilisin and the matching of new plots at Geneva and London. The Czar has consequently decided to maintain the existip 2 measures for the suppression of Nihilism.
 American colonists in Paris presented the municipality with reduced copy of Bartholdis "Statue of Liberty"
 A bitter riot occurred in Trafalgar square, London, growing out of the proposed increase of tax on spirits and beer. The bar keepers led 1t.
 A report of the Berlin Statistical Bureau for Germans abroad estimates the number of persons born in Germany now resident in America at l, 1866, TAB.
 Earl Granville is said to have signed an agreement on the scope of the proposed arbi- tration, which leaves matters between England and Russia open for settlement without refer ence to an arbitrator.
 The German Reichstag decided to increase the duty on oats and barley from one mark to a mark and half and on malt from two marks forty pfennig to three marks.
 The latest advices from Iceland show that the first reports of the April avalanche were not exaggerated. Fifteen dwellings,, with their inhabitants, were swept into the sea, and twenty-four persons were thus drowned. The avalanche destroyed fifty fishing boats. The logs in one village alone reached $20, ,000
 The English Government bas drafted 8 bill for the relief of the Scotch orofters It in- cludes the principles of fair rent and ixity of tenure, but not of free sale.
 There is fearful amount of sickness among the British and Egyptian troops at Suakim. The sick bays in all the ships are crowded with patients, and additional hos pitals are being erected on shore.
 An Anglo-Turkish alliance has not been completed. This is attributed to Granyille's withdrawal of terms on the prospect of peace with Russia. The negotiations have led to a closer entente with the Porte on the Gladstone policy.
 A small riot took place in London on Sat urday, the result of a police raid upon 8 so- cialist club in search of gamblers.