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Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28
A gang of theives at the head of which

A gang of theives at the head of which was Emma Dan6eld, styled their "Queen," occupying hut near Scott's dam, at the junction of the Reading and Norristown Railroad, have been arrested by the Philadelphia police. The gang is composed of four men and two wo- men. They were committed for trial on numerous charges of robbing neigh boriag farmers.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

CROWD ot "horse men," and others, throng the stores in country and town, for Sheriddn's Cdu0l,v Condition Po,o- ders. They understand that horses can not be kept in good condition without them, and with them can be on a much :ss quantity of grain.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

A SMART WoMAN.-A letter from Bath County, Va, furnishes this illustration of practical woman's rights: About twenty miles from the Healing. Springs, in the Alleghany Mountains, there lives most remarkable woman. Her name is Morrison, but she is known all through this county by her maiden name of " Miss Jennie Rucker." She is about 60 years of age, has her hair bobbed like mans, wears mans hat, and rides a horse astride. Hunting is her means of livelihood, and she kills deer, bear, and other game with the skill of forty years experience. Not long since she wound ed deer, but before coming up with it another hunter-a man-had gotten to it and commenced carving it up. The old lady expostulated with no avail, and finally drew bead on him with her rife to enforce her " rights. , The fellow jumped behind tree, but left his heel exposed, at which vulnerable spot the old lady fired and hit. She got her deer. She has nine or ten children, and is said to treat all travellers hospitably who stop at her cabin. She uses tobacco, but never goes further in swearing than " by zounds," which is her favorite ex- pression. If any woman wants her rights let her flee to the Alleghany Mountains.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

ls GRAssHopPERs AND sBuas nN NEw JER- sEK, -The grasshoppers are dannging the crops in Sussex county and the up- per pat of the State. An insect hitherto unknown in that section has greatly dam aged the cherry trees, and all the fruits are being more or less injured by insects.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

A LEGAL DECISION. lady died two years ago in Troy, and left her property to her nephew, with the proviso that if he ever offered the farm for sale, the property should be forfeited to certain church. The place was offered for sale a few months ago, and the church insti- tuted suit, but the courts have decided that the conditions of the will were against "pubGc policy" aud have de- clared the provisions null and void.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

,i THE RELAXING power of ,Johnson'S An- odyme Liniment is truly wonderful Cases are already numerous where bent and stiffened limbs have been limbered and straightened by it. When used for this purpose, the part should be washed and rubbed thoroughly. Apply the liniment cold, and rub it in with the hand.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

A SURE CURE.-A dyspeptic read that by sending dollar by mail he would receive cure for dyspepsia. He sent the money, and received slip with drinking and hoe in the garden" The man was mad at first, then laughed, and finally went to hoeing, and stopped drinking, and is now as well as ever
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

DIDN'T WANT IT.-One of party of Eastern men offered miner a half-dol- lar if he would show him through the Nevada silver mines. He looked at the money moment, and then turning to the Fastener, said "May ask how much you are estimated at home t, be worth ?" About twenty-fiv thousand dollars" was the reply. "Wen,' said the miner, T guess I won't take that half-dollar. I made quarter of mil lion here last month"
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

SUCH A CORN FIE1D.-" You may talk about your fine stock, fine houses, and all that sort of thing" says the Pleasant Hill (Mo.) Reriep, '' but when we tell you that about eight miles from here there are 1900 acres of corn in one en- closure you may start in astonishment. !" This great cornfield belong to MT. Wal lace Berry, who cultivates it with seven teen hands, seventeen cultivators and thirty-four mules. These get over 100 acres day. MT. Berry expects to gath CT 50 bushels per acre, which will make his crop nearly 100, GOO bushels.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28
What War Costs.

Dudley Baxter, an accurate statisti- clan in Europe, makes up the war debts of Christendom. to the day of Sedan. And this is the obstructive tabulation of figures he gives us:
 OTeds DrlSain $5, ,04U,UUU. UUU. Continent of Europe. ...... =. lO,394 O64, ,UOO. America. .................... S,673, 3,536, ,OOO. Afr1ca .......... 19O S44, 900. AuSIEdAasAS ......... 1Il,oI, ,ZUu.
 Now this vast amount doesgnot in dude the H200, 0,0OO, ,00O which France is to pay Germany, nor the debt she has contracted in carrying on the war against that power. To be within the mark, or this side of the actual fact, let us as- sume that the latter debt will not exceed e10O, ,O0O, ,00O, and that the whole aggre- gate debt of France for this war will be e3OO, 100000; and also that what she pays Germany will reimburse that pow CT for all its increased expenses on ac- count of the conflict This is 8 very moderate estimate, and yet it adds to the total we had at the beginning of the war e300,OOO,O ,OOO, raising it to GA, ,21O,- S65, 900, or $20,212, l52, ,0OO. &2E
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

Less than one hundred years ago the Pennsylvania Legislature ordained that .. no member thereof should come to the House barefoot, or eat his bread and cheese on the steps"
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

7 A CoMPosrIoN.-This is a little Rich mond schoolgirls idea of a compost tion on dogs :-"Dogs is usefuller than ''ats. Mice is afeare1 of cats, they bite em. Dogs follows boys and catches a hog by the ear. Hogs rarely bite Sheeps bite people. Peoples eat hogs and not the Jews, as they and other animals that doesn't chew their cud isn't clean ones. Dogs sometimes git hit with bootiacks for barking at night. Sleepy people aits mad and throws at em. Dogs is the best animal for man than grounded hogs or koons or gotes. Gotes smell. The end."
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

THE CANCER CURE.-Whether the Gun durango plant, which has created So much excitement in medical circles,
 proves to be Q certain cure for cancer or not. it has been the means of creating much ba.l feeling between many of the best physicians in Washington, and bids fair to divide or break up the medical societies ot the Territory. Those physi- cians who have tried the alleged specific say very positively that it possesses the virtues claimed for it in Ecuador, while other physicians here pronounce it a humbug, and threaten to take steps to have all the physicians who use the plant expelled from the medical societies on the ground of quackery. As soon as a supply of Cundurango plant arrives from Ecuador, steps will be taken by a number of the most noted physicians to fully test it's alleged efficacy. l
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

"Them soldiers must be an awful dis honest set," said an old lady; ''for not a night seems to pass that some sentinel isn't relieved oi his wat,h p
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

Tho female population of Edinburg exceeds the male by nearly 19,00O. In Glasgow the excess is 16,0O0.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

The best guardian of woman's happi. ness is her husbands love and for her honor her own affection.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

NECESSARY BLESSINGS. Did it ever strike you that there were necessary blessings as well as necessary evils in this world certain good things that we cannot escape any more than we can cer- tain so-called evil things; benefits that we accept with the same lack of respon- sibility, something of the same spirit of resignation, that we do the trouble we are called upon 10 bear '? Sombre in- deed would be the round of the seasons to some of us were 1t not for pleasures that needs must be devised and entered into for the sake of friends and guests beloved and oh, the delicious holidays of convalescence! Are there not those who know the blessed relaxation of some morbid seH-disciphne, through the interposition of master soul :; those who, perplexed and irresolute while duty and d sire debate at the parting of the ways, have ioyfully welc ,med the clear decision that directs them at last into the path leading through the green pas lures and beside the still water l. From (" Ihe Old Cabinet," in Scribner' S.
Connecticut western news., 1871-07-28

A SINGULAR CAsE.- A singular breach of promise case has occupied the judges in the Court of Error. The question ar gued was whether laly to whom 8 promise of marriage has been made can sue upon it before the time has arrived at which it was to be performe7, if her admirer tells her he does not intend to keep his engagement. It arose thus :- The defendant, MT. Frost, 8 farmer, promised to marry the plaintiff, Miss Knight, on the death of h1s father Be- fore that event occurred, however, an arrangement arose between the parties, and the gentleman intimated to the lady that he did not intend to keep his en- gagement with her. Upon this she at once had recourse to an attorney, brought this action, and recovered verdict. The defendant, however, raised the question of law whether he could be liable on the breach of his engagement before the time had arrived for keeping it. The judges, who seemed to favor the defendants s view, took time to consider their judg! ment.-E"glish Poper.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-11-07
1iARRTlriI

In Mddlobury, Nov. 9Th, by Rev. A. f. Bal
ley, Mr. Homer ;. Daggett and Mrs. Elizabeth
Il. kinsley, both Of Middlebury.
In Trinity Church, Rutland Oct. 81. by Rev.
Il. H. Randall, assisted by Rev. WIN. J. Harris
Col. VIM X. Gibson of tho s. A., to Miss Fran
ces u. Thrall, daughter Of Reuben r. Thrall, Esq.
Of Rutland.
At Poultney, Thursday, Oct. 90, by Row. John
Newman, u. D., Mr.. S. A. Patterson of New York
City, and Miss Frances L. Hooker. daughter of
the late Daniel Hooker Of Poultncy
In Christ Church, Montpelier, Oct 25, by Rev.
DR.. Andrew Hull, Henry Il, Ffcld and Frances a.,
Dewey daughter Of Hon. Charles Dewey, all of
Montpelier
In waitsneld Oct %, Ly Rev. J. Boyce, Mr..
Edmund Dumas of Moretown and Miss Myra J.
Billings of Fayston.
In Rochester, Oct. a, by Rcv. George S. Guern-
scy, Mr.. Edward l.. Pierce and Miss Julia L, Ash
10y, all Of Rochester.
In Dandy, Oct 25 by Rcv. j. p Stone Eugene
NJ. Willard and jennie 5. Kirk, both of Dandy.
w. Spencer of Wcstport, N. Y, and Eecta j.
Allen Of Panton.
In Rutland, Nov. 2, by Rev. Z. Mills, Mr.. Geo.
W. Jenkins of Hadey, N Y and Miss Mary b
Murray, of Rutland.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Oct Is, by Rev. J.
L. Dudley, Frank Dillingham;, of Waterbury, and
Kate, daughter of Hon. Ii. L. Page, of Miwau-
kee
At the residence of the brides mother in Utica
n V, Nov. I'd, by Rev Mr.. Lockwood Mr.. Jas.
II. Benson, OF Mddebury VT, and Miss Jennie
Downward. No cards.
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fifteen had been hanged aud nearly as
many more wounded aud killed. the
terrible tide which led to death was
turned and all thereafter caught or ar.
rested were taken to Jail. From the
block during Che early part of the affair
many Cinnamon escaped, taking refuge
in the vineyards, orange groves and the
others beyond the river. In the jail this
morning there lay some ten or twelve
uuwounded prisoners, some six or eight
slightly wounded battered and beaten,
and four or five wounded, of whom one
has since died. In all some twcnty.one
are dead. But at II o'clock last night
all was quiet. A duly detailed guard
held possession Of the Chinese quarters
and surroundings, and respectable citizens
retired to their homes in security and
peace. Meantime, however, fully illus
trativc of the spirit of a crowd, and de-
spite the efforts of the peace officers, the
quarters as well as the bodies of the
Chinese had been despoiled of money and
all portable valuables. This afternoon
the excitement has almost entirely sub
sided. The demons who carried on the
work, satiated with blood and plumber,
have retired to their dens: Cinnamon
walk our streets unmolested, and honest
men have resolved that a like occurrence
shall never disgrace our city again.
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Wlioolebutg 3egister.
The November Elections.

The fall elections have thus far shown
a decided gain for the Republicans. The
party has grown stronger, and its oppon-
ents weaker, every day. We shall cx-
pect therefore that the November cleo.
tons will result in much greater victories
for the Republicans than we have yet
known. To-day will therefore be one of
great interest to every lover of progress,
and reform and honest government. The
result of to-day's vote will show whether
the power of the corruptionists Of New
York is broken or not. The issue in
that regard is one Of momeDtous conse.
quences. But in its effect upon the Presi-
dental election in 1872 is of vastly
greater moment. Were the elections of
to-day to reverse the moral effect of the
elections of the last month, it would be
difficult to predict the result of the next
presidential campaign; on the other hand,
Republican victories will make assurance
doubly sure, and rogues, and thieves and
corruptionists, and rioters, and rings, and
ku klux bands and other scoundrels who
seek and find cover in the Democratic
party would retire to their dens to await
a more favorable opportunity for their
operations. We look for good news to-mor-
row morning from most of the states which
hold their annual elections to-day, and
those which held them yesterday from
which, at this writing, We have not learn
ed the result
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VERMONT LIFE INs. Co.--ITs FIRST
Loss.-On the 18th of October, 1870,
the Vermont Life issued rolicy to
Charles D. Chase of Bethel, for one
thousand dollars, for the benefit of his
mother. He paid the first quarterly pre-
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Considering the fettered condition of
the press in the dominions of the Gar,
the family Of that despot would seem to
be scarcely deserving the cordial admira.
ton of newspaper men, The Chief of
Police of Warsaw was recently enraged
by the appearance at paragraph in the
Warsaw Gazette rejecting on his official
conduct. The unfortunate writer of the
paragraph was dragged to the police
station, logged, and cast into a cell to
reflect for few weeks on bread and
water. A newspaper in Odessa which
derisively Of the public executioncr re.
ceived an official warning, and came out
next morning with an abject apology.
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HEATING OF CITIES BY SrEAM.-Con-
nected with the rebuilding of the of the
burned business district in Chicago comes
up the idea of heating the entire town by
steam-the possibility of doing so being
a thing theoretically admittedly means
of underground pipes leading to every
house from central point, in the same
way that gas is conveyed Steam can be
forced through pipes to an immense dis
lance with slight diminution Of heat, and
in sufficient volume to give warmth to au
immense number Of buildings, and could
be much more cheaply furnished than
coal and wood, besides doing away with
the trouble of making fires. If the coal
interests Of Pennsylvania have no objec-
ton, and no injunction is placed upon the
scheme, it may be tried. Some time ago
we saw proposal made to have steam
pipes laid along city sidewalks, close un-
der the tagging or brick work, with a
view of keeping them free from snow in
the winter season. This could be done
in connection with heating houses by
steam, and is really very excellent asso-
ciate idea.
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DI ED.

In Middlcbury, October %, Benjamin Currier,
aged 60 years.
In Burlington, Oct. 2G, James Mclaughlin,
aged G6 years.
In Townshcnd Oct. 20, of consumption, George
Eddy, aged 40 years.
In Jacksonville, Oct. q, of consumption, VIM.
r. Cobb.
In Londonderry, October 9th, Mrs. Welcome
Mason.
In Claromont, N. H., Oct. 80, Mrs Hattie
Pierce, oldest daughter of f. l.. Goddard, Esq.
In Wells on Saturday morning Oct. %, Lucy.
wife of Robert Parks, ESD, aged 81 years.
In Shoreham, Sept. 4th, Mary wife of Lewis
Trcadway, aged AZ years.
Sept 2Sth, Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Tread
way, aged Sc years.
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