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Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
Wf1ted Down.

Ask the man who complains of "wilting down" in tor rld weather what he has done system under the extra strain imposed hs vitality He may tell you that he has tried variety of catharcs purify blood and brighten his spirits Under such treatment course his strength has given way and his energies have become exhausted. What he requires is a restorative not depletant His blood is thn his nerves have lost their natural tension and nature demands to be reno vated and reinforced The within the reach of al For nearly of years, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been building up broken constitutions, bracing and strengthening attenuated frames, and ahording comfort ease, and hope to thousands As Q preventive of the epdemcs which make such havoc with the health of the inhabitants of settlements this famous tonic is certainly without rival Perhaps the principal portion of its world wide fame is attributable to it's astonishing of dyspepsia and all forms of indigestion But these not moiey of its triumphs All the types of bousness yield to its persistent use It is regulating medicine of the highest order and it's effect upon the secretions when irregular most sau tary. L%' # s# E as .I r+s' Tt E
 Imposition of the character is sought to be practced upon the community by vendors who recom- mend under the of bitters fiery compounds of dangerous character which they attempt to substitute for the great national tonc Shun all such nostrums and see that you have the Hostetters Stomach Bters properly authenticated by label name and stamp and sold in bottles only
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
The Code in South America,

The citizens of Lima, the capital of Peru, have been defrauded out of first class sensation-one that would have made their Republic famous throughout the world. A venturous newsman pub- ished some very severe strictures upon the administration, which so incensed President Balta, that he caused the un- fortunate author to be imprisoned. Af- ter time the courts took the matter in hand, and finding the prisoner had com mited no offense against the laws order ed his release. This action of the ju- dietary added fuel to the ire of the Pre- sident, who sent for the offending official and upbraided him for interfering with the course of justice. The interview was spirited if not consoling. President Balta's wrath found its counterpart in that of the judges; uncomplimentary expressions were interchanged, and the conference ended by the judge assuring the President that as soon as he vacated the Executive chair a personal satisfac- tion would be demanded. Balta is i'm petuous and plucky, if not discreet and considerate, and within ten hours after the occurrence, in order to give the judge an opportunity to avenge his wounded honor, signed decree resign ing his office and calling the Vice Presi- dent to the chair. Here. was lesson in chivalry without parallel in history and great was the rejoicings of the Limanos thereat. Of course no affair of honol would be complete without 8 woman being in the case, and President Balta's exciting episode was no exception to this universal rule. The Presidents counsel. lors saw the dangers which threatened their republic should he resign and leave the chief magistracy in the hands of SC inexperienced person as the Vice Pre-
 sident, and accordingly besought him tc reconsider his determination; but Balts was memorable, and no consideration could induce sh1m to forego the pleasure of meeting out satisfaction to his op
 ponent. At length the aged mother o1 the President appeared upon the scene
 and to her tears and entreaties the spun
 ky Balta succumbed, and agreed to defer the combat till further notice. s:....
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
The COrean Trouble.

Latest reports say that in the second battle between the Coreans and the American squadron, the former had six thousand men armed with gingals, and their bullets fell short, while the deadly fire of the American rifles told fearfully on the enemy. %
 Under the cover of the rank vegeta- tion and behind the shoulder of a hill the Americans advanced within one hun dred and twenty yards of the forts be- fore they came within range of the Co., rean musketry. The Coreans resisted desperately to the last. Lieutenant Me- Kee was killed as he entered the en- trenchments. When the Americans reached the intrenchments the Coreans succumbed.
 A number of prisoners were taken, in- cluding the officer s;cond in command, who was badly wounded, the Command erin Chief having been killed. On the 10th of June the American force bivouacked ill the forts, and next day demolished the forts and spiked all the guns.
 The fleet returned to the Boize an chorage two days later. The Coleans sent on board a. letter filled with the
  which no reply was made.
 Admiral Rodgers, however, sent to the | Coreans to know what he should do with the prisoners.
 The Coreans answered that he might do with them as he pleased Two days later he set them at liberty, and sent two messages ashore, but the local authority refused to receive them, saying that it | 1ic 40 send them, and it was no use to attempt to communicate further with the court
 MT. Low, the American Minister, then sent formal protest that his mission was peaceful, and that the American at l tack was not for a refusal to negotiate but because the Coreans had treache- rously fired on the boats.
 The steamer Millet was then despatch ed to Shanghai with despatches for Washington The Monoccacy and the docked, and the rest of the squadron willreturn to Chefoo and await instruc- tions. One hundred thousand rations were sent to Chefoo.
 The Coreans fought like men. The !, weapons used by them are wretched old fire-locks, and their cutlasses made of so soft iron that they bent like old hoops. They were dressed in armor of nine thicknesses, cotton padded, so that only rifle balls could penetrate them. Swords produced no effect upon them.
 Documents captured show that the Coreans had planned the surprise of the American fleet, and were astonished at the failure of the Corean forts to an nihilate the foreign vessels at the first fire.
 The expedition has accomplished no change in the relations of the two coun- tries and Minister Low and Admiral Rodgers will await instructions from Washington before proceeding to further hostiities
 Twelve native Christians came along side the Admiral's flagship in junk and begged to be taken to Shanghai, and that their junk be burned to prevent, its falling into the hands of the native aJl- thorities, who would thereby discover from what village they came and punish their relatives. The request was granted. . r a -
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
Are Sunday Weddings Yoid9

There is, we heard an eminent lawyer allege few days since, no marriage le- gal which is celebrated on the Sabbath day. There are, no doubt, twenty thous- and couples in this State alone for whom the marriage ceremony was performed on the Sabbath-many of them in the evening of that day. A note drawn and signed on the Sabbath is illegal, or any other legal agreement between parties. <.
 Marriage is legal contract, which, if performed out of the legal time, neces- sarily must be void and claiming this, the sons and daughters of a recently de- ceased millionaire mean to contest his will because in that large portion of his estate was willed to the children of their stepmother, who was welded to their father on the Sabbath, in 8 church in the city of Rochester in this State. If the question is to be decided that such marriages are illegal, another long cata- logue of vexatious suits will be brought into our courts by parties similarly re- lated to the one above mentioned. The decision lately rendered by learned Judge of our courts, that marriages of minors are illegal, and divorce for such not necessary in order that they can separate and remarry legally, since it was carired into immediate practice by the parties for whom the decision was rendered, is proving haneful to society. The harm that this decision does to our social system is temporary only, and if the entire marrying population bnt learn of this decision, the future will witness less elopements of young couples, and less number of cases where guile full and designing men entice young ladies from home in order to wed them. That the ceremony of marriage perform ed for minors on any and all days of the week, or for a couple where one is a minor and the other an admit, should be pronounced illegal and non-effective, is strange. But in the face O.. long -practis, ed customs, that Sabbath day weddings are illegal will strike thousands with feel ings akin to 'consternation. With all our laws and codes it is, indeed, strange that those legal enactments which most concern our personal welfare and happi- ness are least known and least under stood by the general public, including our most intelligent people.-NeaO Fork | SOcieLa
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
The WeStileld Explosion.

The members of the Board of Inquiry in the Westfeld case have not made any statement. as to their conclusions; but the general drift of their report may be summarized as follows:
 l. There was sufficiency of water in the boiler; fires were "good," and fur mace doors closed.
 2. The pressure of steam was increas- ing during the ten minutes previous to explosion, and was at least two pounds above legal limit.
 3. There was an old rupture under the, side of the boiler, caused by unequal expansion; s Ei.EEf az ta..5. 2
 4. At the joint in the middle section of the shell, opposite the centre of the lower range of fues on the "port side there was Assure in the iron, created, or at least increased, by the bellows-like action of the shell in alternately round ing and fattening under the varying pressure.
 5. The boiler had received its last supply of water at Quarantine, an hour previous to the explosion, and, while at the slip, the water had become quies- cent, the air had been entirely expelled, and great amount of heat had been absorbed, which, however, did not evolve the usual amount of steam.
 6. The explosion occurred the moment the engineer sounded the whistle, be- cause that produced an agitation of the water sufficient to cause extraordinary masses of steam to be devolved; the water, when the air was "boiled out :" of it, became reservoir of heat, which absorbed the rapid accumulation from the furnace, without being converted in- to steam, until stirred up; the pressure then instantly increased to a point be- yond the capacity of the safety-valves to counteract it, caused the shell to yield at the point already weakened by the rupture, flaw, or Assure, and the perrera- tions made in riveting.
 7. Engineers should be better educat- ed. Inspectors should search more care fully for ruptures and flaws, and engi- neers and firemen must be especially careful as to the condition of their boil CTS just before starting.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
FINANCIAL.
Investment securities.

JAY COOKE Co.,, are now selling. and recommend ss profitable and safe investment for all classes the First Mortgage 7-3O Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Three-Tenths per cent gold interest ore than cent currency and secured by first and only mortgage on the entire Road and equipments and on more than ss 900 Acre. of Land every mile of track 500 Acres of Land each 1000 Bond The highest current price will be paid for U. s. Fve-Twentes and all other marketable Securities received in exchange Pamphlets. maps ant full information well the bonds themselves, will b.
 furnished application by JAY COOKE & Co.,, Phils delphia. New York and Washington, and by most Bank and Bankers throughout the country.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

THE FINEST TowN IN SIBERIA.-The finest town in Siberia is Ekaterienburg, the frontier town between European and Asiatic Russia, position which gives it many advantages, and in respect of which 1t possesses certain trading privi- leges. It is the chief centre of the gov ernment mining department, and is in near proximity to many valuable metal lurgical undertakings, from which cir zcumstances it derives much importance and an increased population. Irkutsk is also nice town, but Ekaterienburg has the superiority in several respects. It contains population of 25,00O souls, and is handsomely built, possessing several fine churches, and great num- Der of brick and stone houses,- among which some deserve to be called rather palaces; also a mint and large mechani- cal works belonging to the government. It has also theatre, club, and two really good hotels; and on the whole is as unlike city on the outside borders of civilization and in the close. neigh borhood of Asiatic barbarism as it is possible to imagine. When eating the 'tdinner Ia carte," supplied by M. Plotnikof at the best hotel, the travel CT will find himself as closely surrounded by the externals of civilization as he could be in any European city. There is plenty of refined society to be met with in all Siberian towns, and the time of ones sojourn there always glides away pleasantly; the regularity and eveness of the climate being an addition to the enjoyment of life.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
A Kentucky Romance.

An old lady of Kentucky has TO- nance connected with her second mar riage. It is as follows When her mother was young lady, Colonel Boone, the nephew of Daniel, was very much in love with her, and asked her, on one oc- casion, to marry him. She told him she was engaged to Morgan Bryan, and that they were to be married in 8 few days. Col. Boone went away and married an- other young woman. Afterward he, with his wife, visited the other young married couple, when their first child (now in her fifth score of years) was but very few days old, and seeing the baby, he laughed, and said to her mother: .ssNow Milly, as youswouldn't have me yourself, you'll give me the girl for my second wife, won't you ?'' Whether any testing promise was made am not informed :; but the baby grew up, and at twenty seven she was married, had several chi1- dren, became widow after nine years, and remained one for long time, when Colonel Boone's first wife having died previously, she really became, in her own middle life, the wife of her mothers early lover, who had claimed her in her cradle. Thegood old lady is accustomed, in relating this to her sons and neices,
 to speak of 1t as Zone of the most re- markable things that ever happened. " I think so too, and it is true story.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

AN ORIGINAL MEDIoINE.-The ingredl- ents of DR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs differ from those of every other tonic or corrective in use. Unlike the tine lures of the pharmacopiea this remedy contains no alcohol Botanical research has brought to light in our Pacific Terri tory, herbs, roots and plants of surpass- ing potency as alternatives, nervines, and invigorants, and of these the Bitters are mainly composed. A long series of cures, embracing dyspepsia in all it's forms, and bilious and nervous disorders of every phase, are the vouchers of this inestimable medicine. ~'
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

THE INDIANS. Sherman does not think the need for troops in the West will diminish within the next few years. On the contrary, he believes it will increase, owing to the necessity of guarding the construction and surveying parties on the Northern and Southern
 Pacific Railroads. The Northern Road,
 from the point where it crosses the Red River of the North to the settlements in
 Montana, traverses 8 region, inhabited,
 he says. by hostile Indians, chiefly the warlike Sioux, who will have to be fought of the line of the road at almost every mile of it's progress. The Southern Road, when it gets into the Apache country, will meet with the same diff culty, the Apaches being the worst In dians to deal with in the country. Both of these roads will eventually be great peace-makers,' as the Union Pacific has been but while they are building, the General believes that large force oi troops will be required to guard the la borers and protect the track and stations.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
,32,s29,s12.61

In consequence of the change made by the law of July 8, 1870, whereby the payment of pensions was made quarterly instead of ssemi-annually, the payments of the past year have been increased about $8, ,OOO,OOO by the payment of an extra quarters pension falling due within the year. ]. The receipts from miseella- neous sources include $S, ,892, ,S29. 95 from premiums The expenditures for civil and miscellaneous purposes include s. O16, 79474 for premiums. Indians and pensions show special expenditures for Indians of $7,767, ,5O2 9 :; leaving the expenditure on the pension account at S34 ,1O3i i390.09.i s. H. i..' ! e
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

CHAPPED HANDS, efac, rough skin, pim- pies, ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin made soft and smooth, by using the JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made by CAswEL1, HAZARD & Co.,, New York. It is more convenient and easily applied than other remedies, avoiding the trouble of the greasy compounds now in use.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
ANOTHER LOTTEl

a Free, City Library. s1oo, ,ooo in Cash Cash Prizes will be distributed legally by chance, Sept. 20th, by the Mutual Aid Association, at Omaha, Nebraska. They charge $2 each for tickets. Here is an instance where it seems the profits bene- fit the public instead of going into the pockets of sharpers.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
A PrOYerb.

There is proverb in heathen tongue Which often strikes us as much more sublime Than sayings which wiser day had sung, And well to be remembered in our time. Iris this: !" All persons carry two huge sacks, One is behind, in front the other rests; One holds their olcn faults this is on their
 backs;
 One hold their neighbors'-this lies on their
 breasts. ~- $s F.t **@s ' So they look down and see each neighbours i'll, And cry, This foul!' but all the while are
 blind
 To their own faults, which, growing daily, fill That baser burden which rests on behind"
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of the state, who was about having his leg amputated on account of its being bent at right angles and stiff at the knee, heard of JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE L1N1MFNT. After using it short time, his leg be- came straight, and Is now as serviceable as the others.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

PENSIONS. The Commissioner of Pen sions estimates that there are at least forty thousand people, soldiers and
 widows of the war of 1912, who will be entitled to pensions under the act of February IA, 1871. This number will require the sum of $4,00O,0OO annually. When the bill was under discussion last winter the maximum number of these pensioners living was supposed to be only 5000, but the estimate of the Con- missioner is not likely to be correct.
 This will require an appropriation for pensions next year of fully $35, GOO, 900. The total number of applications for 1872 pensions to date is 30, $40. .l.gI ,S .sS
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

A GREAT many people have asked us of late, How do you keep your horse looking so sleek and glossy ?" We tell them, it's the easiest thing in the world j; give SHERIDAN's CAVALRY CONDITION POWDERS two or three times week.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

The tobacco crop according to the fig-. ures furnished by the Louisville Demo cra, amounted last year to 272, 800, 900 pounds, valued at $32, 206, ,325. Of this crop the Southern States produced all but 61, 300, coo pounds, which were grown in New England Middle and Western States. zsg ,Esz sszaggsa
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

ABOUT MILK. There were 1, 700 sam ples of milk inspected in Boston last year, of which 610 were more or less adulterated. The whole number of complaints made for the year were 2O6. The number of gallons daily supplied the city of Boston for the year ending on the 1st of April, 1871, Was 28, 316 :; daily cost to consumers, $7,927. A ; yearly cost to consumers, $2, 893, 515. 6O
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

A DISPATCH from Rome reports that King Victor Emanuel has had. narrow escape from death while hunting wild bOars .- ss s=5*
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25

Wanted Picture Agents. Whitney & Co., Norwich, Ct WEwant reliable General Agent in every County sCocoon Bobbins for Sewing Machines Arrangements can now be made for permanent sEd profitable busi- ness. Address U. S. BoBBIN Co., Middletown, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
WantGd--- --OnG Million Intelligent Women
 USE THE Universal Clothes Washer.

It time clothes and health The pr cess is smi- lar to hand washing excepting that almost boiling hot studs used making the work essier and saving the furnishing goods. J. K DUGDALE, Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, White Water, Wayne Co., Indiana. Send stamp for Descriptive Circular.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
How M11oH THERE Ts-An Eno1;s

How MUCH THERE Is.---An English writer has been engaged in estimating the amount of gold in the world in bulk. He says it could--:melted into a lump be contained in cellar twenty-four feet square by sixteen feet in depth. Says, too, that all the boasted wealth taken from the gold mines of California and Australia could be melted and put into an il on safe nine feet high and nine feet square. A small lump indeed to cause as much labor and sacrifice as it has to obtain it. gt+., ......
 A charcoal man and his wife, who be- longed to the Commune, escaped the vigilance of the police by the happy device of thorough washing. The dis guise was too perfect unluckily, for they have been looking for each ever since.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
Infant Mortality.

Infant Mortality and the Necessity of Founding Hospital in Philadel- phia," is the title of paper by John s. Parry, read at one of the meetings of the Social Science Association in that city. According to returns of the Board of Health of Philadelphia for five years ending 3lst Dec. 1870, there were born in that city 95,957 living infants, and 1888 dead. The deaths between birth and the age of five among children born alive numbered 31, ,642, mortality of a little more than 36.3 .33 per cent. In the first year of life the deaths were 19, ,227 1 death rate of 22.36 per cent, in the second year 6, 409 deaths; an amount for the two years of 25, 630. mortality of a fraction more than 29.S2 per cent. This high death rate the author shows to be chiefly among the crowded unwholesome localities, and says that a vast propor- tion of these deaths could be prevented by proper care and the diffusion of pro- per information. More than 50 per cent. of them are the results of igno- rance or of carelessness.
 Directing next his special attention to the class of llegitimate children, he makes an estimate, from rather imper- feet data, of 700 as the number of child ren born out of wedlock in that city in 1870. We are told that in Glasgow few of this class survive the first year, and Dr. Parry is convinced that 75 per cent of those born alive in Philadelphia die during the first year after their birth. l, FThe cause of these fearful death rates, lDr. Parry infers, are chiefly: First. want of mothers milk OF other natural nutri- ment; second, the aggregation of many infants in one or more confined apart ments. A conjunction of the two causes gives rise to the heavy mortality in foundling hospitals, the. erection of which, Dr. Parry says, "is strongly to be reprobated, and we cannot better in sure the speedy death of f-the abandoned children of Philadelphia, than by es- tabhshing such an institution in our midst" ~ : fss