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Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
A Village Destroyed.

Williamson, Wisconsin settlement, five miles from the shore of Little Stur- geon Bay, was burned by the fire. The proprietor, John Williamson, with his wife and two children-his entire family are burned to death, and about 53 other persons in the same settlement perished. Scarce , soul is left to tell the tale. There were 12 families about the mill, and 52 men in and about the mill. Of all these people, but two were saved uninjured, ard 10 injured persons still living were found, and were sent on Monday by the tug Ozaukee to Big Sur geon Bay for medical treatment. Every other individual ir the settlement is dead Mir. Gardner sent 25 men to chop through the woods to this settlement. They found the remains of six persons in one house and piled the partly -charred re- mains of 55 bodies of men, women, and children. Twenty-nine human bodies lay on spot about 10 feet square-some with arms and legs burned off, and all with clothing gone. A few rods off on every side were others, and man and child were found dead ill well. They found 55 dead bodies, and think the total number must be from 6U to 70.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
The Fire in the Lumber Regions.

Horrible indeed are the reports which come to us from the burning regions of the Northwest. The openings in the dense forests were dotted with villages, settlements and isolated farm-houses. F r, came so SUI lde nly and SO comple; ;ely surrounded the buildings that Ill many cases there was no escape.
 The settlers were roasted alive in their houses, overtaken in their frantic efforts to escape, were consumed and found stampedes of elk were made as they rushed shrieking in countless numbers from before the ver.crowding fire and strove to reach the clearings The ami mals swept through the farms with the speed of the whirlwind, while behind them came, the fire like a hurricane. Everything was swept away before them; men and women and helpless children were trampled and crushed, mangled and bleeding into the earth. And far away to the northward the buffaloes ran bel lowing and tearing up the ground with hoofs and horns eagles whiling in mid- air far above the trees, fell to the ground, scorched, wingless with the fervant heat. The rocking pines tossed their helpless branches to the sky and then were wrapped in flame and fell laundering to the earth. The very earth was burned. To fire these woods was like firing a haystack, so dense were the trees and SC abundant the crisp and dry underbush. In Minnesota, numbers of villages and cities were swept from the face of the earth, notwithstanding all that foresight and sagacity could do to save them Men by the hundred were stationed about their outskirts with the purpose of fighting the irresistible elements, anc every precaution that human ingenuity could suggest was used-in some cases with some slight success, but generally ill vain. Glencoe, ,Leseni Maukato New Ulm, and other towns and hamlet were completely swept out of existence in the tremendous war of the elemen, S At least three hundred and fifty farms with all their houses, fences, utensils ane livestock, were consumed. More thai two hundred people were burned alive and the pecuniary loss Is estimated a
 between two and three millions of dol lars. At the present time the fires ar
 reported to have nearly died out, ant the path of the storm is marked only b. ruined houses aLd the remains of wh;l
 was once the noble forest and prairi
 land of the State of Minnesota
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

improved land for rent, buy you @ good span of horses, and rent at least eighty aopes of titled land. The last of March or first of April SOW thirty acres to wheat and ten with oats ;; blow your forty acres and mark off for corn. Plant your corn, then harrow it, and buy a good two-horse corn-plow, and blow it well twice each way. You can do all this and find time to break twenty acres on your own land. Now, if you have $50, hire some man to break twenty acres more see that your breaking is all done ln May and June. By the first of July your corn laid by and you are ready for harvesting. If you have done all this well, don't buy any reaper, for you will always find some one who is ready to cut your grain if you will bind for him !; and in this way cut, bind and stack your grain. You can now cut your hay on your own land and stack it there, dig well and make stable for your horses | and COW. You may ask how much money a man ought to have to do as have slg- gested. Five hundred dollars but $35O will do. Suppose he has not got that, what can he do? will tell We will suppose that every man at the age of A0, WHO naS W1Io c9D, aICer paylnS all he owes, buy two tickets to Iowa. If he can, and they are both willing to work, he is all right. Thousands of us farmers are glad to see him. One came out just that way one year ago last spring. He hired out for S20 month, and his wife at the same place at $2.50 per week. Last winter he bought span of Jour- year-old horses, one-half cash, the bal
 nce this fall, ono good COW and one hog. He has worked 11O acres of corn, oats and wheat this summer, and the other day he asked me about the 16C acre lot up between me and the town, saying he would like to buy it. A few words to men with money If you have Sl5, 900 to fool away, go and buy steam blow. If one wants to plow his land at g cost not exceeding fifty cents per acre, ] will tell you how. I have three gang blows and niIe yoke of oxen, and three ,lrivers. The blows cost about S9( each, and the oxen $125 per yoke, tht drivers labor and board S1 per day
 They can average four acres per day each. My oxen are good for the money at any time.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
The Means of Escape.


 The fall has many pers for the weak and feeble and sudden atmospheric changes trying to the oon- sttutions of the robust. The chilling temperature of the nights, as compared with the almost summer warmth of the days ssary exercises an unhealthy influence all who exposed to it. Hence dysentery
 diarrhea. intermittent fevers bilious attacks and de- ransements of all the secretons, common at this season. The true way to escape them is to meet the causes with protective and invieorating medicine. Hosetters Stomach Btters designed this exi- gency. This powerful vegetable specific relieves the system of all aorid humors pures the fluids tones the secretve promotes healthy evaporation through the pores the activity of the digestive tons cheers the spirits and regulates the To do this to make the whole body vigorous and render
 it proof against the vicssitudes of temperature and against malaria of the great tonic and stera-
 tive is therefore in all advisable preventive this I the other hand, the mischief is ready done and intermittent remittent fever
 ally present. the liver, bowels stomach dsordered
 there is medicine so certain to effect quick and thorough this harmless and agreeable prepara
 tiou.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
A Desperate Riot.

The City of Mexico has just been the scene of sangrinary instruction. A corps of gensdarmes and part of the 18th Regiment of cavalry. numbering in all 400 men, surprised the citadel, and forti- fled themselves therein by the aid of 800 prisoners whom they had released from the Belon Jail. The leaders of the revolt were Gems. Negrete, Toleda, Rive ras and Echavarria. The remainder of the city garrison proved loyal and under command of Gems. Rocha, Alatorne, Alejandro Garcia, promptly attacked the insurgents, and at midnight the national troops under Gen. Rocha carried the citadel by assault. The four leaders of the revolt had left before the attack, and escaped. Indiscrimate slaughter follow ed the fall of the citadel. All the officers aud sergeants of the insurgent force were killed, and also the ringleaders ot the released prisoners. 250 insurgents have been shot. Gov. Castro was killed by Rivera, whom he was pursuing.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

THE PEsHTeo FRE.-We had hoped that the reports of loss of life at Peshtigo were greatly exaggerated, but later re- ports say the story was not half told. The loss of life in the nelghborhood will reach over 1,200. Fifteen per cent. of those injured cannot recover. A mem- ber of the Relief Committee sent from Milwaukee with supplies, says the only survivors were those who were fortunate enough to reach the water, many throw ing themselv 8 into mill ponds, clinging to floating logs. A number of these were drowned by being thrown from the logs by maddened horses and cattle that rushed into the water. The fire swept over tract of country eight or ten miles wide. Every building, fence, and all the timber were completely destroyed. The population of Peshtigo numberd g. GOO, one-thiru of whom perished that fearful night. Reports from the east shore of Green Bay place the loss of life as high as at Peshtigo. The same ac
 count states that the immediate wants of the people are supplied, but large amounts of provisions and clothing vii
 be required for the coming Winter
 Appeals for aid are made.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
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 New York Dry Goods Market.

A New ofK cOminefclai paper g1VeS the following items relative to the dry goods marketi in that city /: -5s ts;G
 Blenchcd sheetings and shirtings are in good demand, and the prices are steady i; but the sales are less active than in unbleached goods.
 Printing cloths have advanced and prices are firm. Sales Lave been made of 64 standards, first quality. in the gray, at 8 1-3 cts. for immediate delivery, and contracts up to January at 8 cts.
 1t is represented that the business in prints for the last week has been restrict ed by the small amount of desirable styles in first hands. This is remark able circumstance at this. season of the year and it is very natural that prices should not be merely firm, but tending upward. There is an abundant supply of inferior styles, which will l-prevent a large advance.
 Ginghams are without quotable change. There is fair demand for the favorite makes, but without special activity.
 Cotton fannels are selling more freely, the demand being mostly for medium and low grades Prices are steady. 1 Corset jeans are not so active as they | were, but there is moderately large business doing in them at steady prices.
 Cambrirs continue firm in price, and are likely to do so while the high price of gray cloths continues.
 Rolled iaconets are in better supply, but prices remain unchanged.
 Silesias are in steady demand, and prices remain unchanged ff {.
 In otlser departments of domestic cot ton fabrics there, is steady business tin progress, fully up to the usual business of the season, and prices are steadily maintained at the quotations.
 Muslin de laines are selling freely, the aggregate business of the week being Every large. Prices are unchanged.
 Linseys are in limited demand. The sales of. the week were -unexpectedly smaA, but quotations have undergone nc revision. @ s.s--i''''
 The business inswooien shawls is active but irregular. The demand for striped patterns, which are the rage this year gives animation to the trade, but in less desirable styles prieesare lower.
 Cloths, overcoatings, and doeskins are in rather better demand, but there is no much animation, and prices are barely sustained for the favorite makes. ,] There has been considerable activity il fancy cassimeres, and some large sale have been effected, but at reduced rates The market is somewhat unsettled, an( prices are undergoing the process of re vision to considerable extent. Satinets are not in active demand but prices are unchanged for desirabl . grades. .-...-
 Blankets are selling freely for the sea , son, but without special activity. Tn
 demand is principally for the finer quail ties.
 Flannels are in less demand, but price , are firm and unchanged since our lates quotations. @ Foreign goods are without any materia change. The supply is fully equal to tn demand in every description of standar( j goods of British and Continental produe tion. But in the line of dress-goods fancy silks, and millinery articles ther is an active de mand for rything i'm ported of a desirable style, and price
 are well sustained,
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

A JUST APPRECIATION OF THE VALUE OF THE COUNTRY PREss.-The following testimonial from J. B. Dinsmore, Esq, will be read with interest, as based upon a varied experience in advertising
 'sM My opinion of the relative value of city and country newspapers as advertis- ing mediums, is decidedly in favor of the country papers, price and circulation being equal.
 I should prefer to have my advertise ment inserted in @ country paper having 500 circulation rather than have it in 500 copies of 8 city daily paper. The coun- try readers have fewer papers and more leisure, and consequently read their ps- pers more thoroughly and take better care of them, while daily paper after being glanced at is thought no more of than last years almanac. My opinion is based on twelve years study and expert ence in the business"
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
A Singular Court-Martial.

The cnurt-martial of France charged with the trial of communist prisoners went through delectable farce not long since, in that it tried and passed sentence on members of the ''Corps of Fighting Infants" who ranged in age from six 10 eleven years, cnndemning some to return home, and others to confinement for the rest of their minority in @ house of correction. Seven judges sat behind a big table, dressed in gorgeous military array, the judge advocate on their right and the registrar on their left-all in uniform. Below them were two rows of gendarms with fixed bayonets guarding fifteen little fellows whose heads hardly reached up to the prisoners bar. Eight of these gamins were between six and eleven years of age, and fourteen had, as was fully proven, shouldered rifles and fought at the barricades, some of them having remained there to be wounded and knocked over long after their older comrades in arms had run away. They had belonged to les Pup1tles, or Les Eta- fants de Aa Conamune; been regularly enrolled, and furnished with uniform of kepis and stri ped trousers. The poor 1 little fellows, successors of Gavfoche, were born, like yhim, to Nretchedness and vagabondage, and many were or phans, illegitimate or abandoned chil- dren, and pleaded in excuse for having taken up arms that they were driven to do so by hunger and want At the trial the parents of those who had parents generally asked the government to dc what they would with them, and they were left, like lost parcels, in the hands of their finders. sls ee,e,E
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

IN THE HANDS OF SCIENCE all things become valuable by adaptnc'at and salu- tary by their application. Thus DR. J. WALKER has obtained from certain vege. table products of California, that have been trampled upon for centuries by the ignorant, the invaluable curative known as the CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, a medicine which is exciting the wonder of the community by its beneficial operation in the worst cases of Rheumatism, Pull monary Disease, General Debility. Con gestion of the Liver. Constipation, Scro- fula and Malarious Fevers.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
General News Summary.

JUAREz has been reelected President of Mexico.
 THE official vote of California is 12O,- O96. In 1860, it was 118,840.
 THE deaths from cholera in Constan- tinople average Oper pay.
 Two steamers came in collision on the river Tyne, and five persons were drown ed.
 THE North American Insurance Con- pany of Hartford has made an assign ment of its property.
 DISASTROUS floods have occurred in China, and many marine disasters have occurred on that coast.
 A SERIOUS railway accident has oc- cured in Scotland, two persons being killed and 15 wounded.
 TIE workingmen of England have issued an address demanding the separ- ation of Church and State.
 NEARLY all the senior class of Bow doin College have been suspended for dissenting themselves from recitations.
 A MAN in Concord, N. H., has been scnterced to three months imprison- ment for selling liquor without paying the Government tax.
 A TERRIBLE typhoon has eccurred at Hong Kong, and many marine disasters are reported. It is estimated that a thousand Chinese have been drowned.
 DETAILS received of the recent storms and floods in China represent tue loss of life and property to have been very great. At least 5000 persons are said to have per1shed.
 THE President has followed his proc lamatlon of warning in the case of the South Carolina Kuklux, by one suspend. Ing the writ of habeas corpus in the nine counties enumerated.
 ADv1cEs from Odessa, Russia, state that 800 buildings in the town of Bogm slovsk have been burned by incendiary fires. believed to be the work of the fa- natical oppressors of the Jews. A great proportion of the inhabitants of the town were of the Jewish faith.
 ACCOUNTS from Northern Kansas sa, 5hat destructive fires have been raging in Deer Creek and Harrison Creek Val leys, extending to Jefferson County, Ne | braska. Several houses,. barns, larg quantities of grain, hay, and other crops md many miles of fences, have beer burned.
 APPEALS for aid for the victims of tn fires in Northern Michigan and Wiscon sin are becoming more earnest. The are generously responded to, but thei need is greater than has hitherto bee supposed. A population of over 600 persons are destitute in a region wher employment cannot be obtained.
 PRIVATE letters from Chicago stat that many of the women of that city whose sons, brothers, husbands, were or ty few days ago men of wealth, al sending to New York, for sale, the rem nants of their rich wardrobes, and walt able jewelry, to raise money to reliey the wants of the sufferers at home.
 AMONG the villages of Wisconsin an Michigan, either wholly or in part de- troyed by the fire, are enumerated Green Bay, Humboldt, Casgo, Sed Rive Brussels, Rosiere, Robinsonville, Thirt Daames, Glenmore, Hubhard's Mil Bersey Mill, New Franklen, Oak Orchar Coullard Bridge, Williamsonville, Mel ekaunee. Marinette, Birch Creek, Unio Town, Pesh'igo, Tie Sugar Bush, Me siere, Dyckesville, Ahnepee, Pierc Kewaunee, and many others.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
 sole proprietor of Dr. Sage's Cskarrh
 Remedy, whose name is printed on the wrapper of the genuine, has for over three years offered, through nearly every newspaper in the United States, stand ing reward of $500 for d case of Catarrh in the head which he can not cure. That he has treated thousands of cases and had no claims presented for the reward, from any one who has made thorough use of his means of cure, is strong and conclusive evidence that he possesses sure means of curing this loathsome dis ease. The Catarrh Remedy is sold by all druggists or sent by mail on receipt of sixty cents. 56s
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

SALT LAKES. interesting descrip- tion of the salt lakes of Australia is given by writer in the Sydney Empire, who, speaking of the salt lakes and mineral springs on the Paroo, says: "These wells are real curiosity to many, if not to all. Mounds of earth rise about ten or fifteen feet over the surface no doubt thrown up by the force of the water, they form a kind of oasis in the wilderness, and have saved the lives of many weary wanderers. These mounds can be seen for miles. The water is clear and soft. It is impregnated with magresia, soda and alum It is very palatable 10 drink :, and I think very wholesome. The water does not flow after touching the surface but as soon as the fort-like basin sinks into the earth. The alum and se1aa ereols under your feet as you walk around these wells like frozen snow."
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

REPUTED CURE FOR SNAKE BITES Mir. Hetiodoro Ruiz, of Opin in Colom- bia (New Granada, reports to his gov ernment the successful treatment of snake bites by cauterization. That country abounds in venomous snakes, and their bites are quite frequent. In all, this gentleman had treated some seventy cases. His method is to drop melted sealing-wax on all the fang marks, and he looks upon the result as due not so much to the cauterant action of the hot wax as to the complete exclu. sion of the air which the adhesion of the wax secures. At first the wax was given internally as well as applied to the wound, but that part of the treatment has since been abandoned as useless.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
FINANCIAL.
investment Securities

JAY COOKE & Co.,, now selling, and recommend as
 profitable and safe investment for all classes, the First Mortgage s-3O Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Three-Tenths per gold interest than per cent currency and secured by first and only mortgage the entire Road and equipments and more than 23, 900 Acres of Land to every mile of track or 800 Acres Of Land to each $l,ooo Bond The highest current price will be paid for U S. Fve-Twenties and all other marketable Securities received in exchange Pamphlets maps and full information we'll the bonds themselves. will be furnished on application by JAY COOKE Co.,, Phila- delphia New York and Washington and by most Banks and Bankers throughout the COT ntrv
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

FR1eHrFU1. A frightful accident har- pened in Brussels in the Rue Brederode, in one of the houses opposite to the roy al palace. The Chevalier du Bois de Bianco, a wealthy Belgian proprietor, was, found by his servants dead and nearly ' carbonized in his bed, while the room itself was in flames. The sad ac- cidept is attributed to the deceased's habit of going to bed with lighted ,ci- gar in his mouth. Probably sleep over- took him before he had finished it, and after falling from his mouth it commu- nicated the fire to the bedding.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

The season for coughs and colds is rapidly approaching, and every one should be prepared to check the first symptoms, as cough contracted between now and Christmas frequently lasts all winter. There is no better remedy than "JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LIN1MENT. For all diseases of the throat and lungs, it should be used internally and externally.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH In the Epis- copal Convention in Baltimore, new canon authorizing the appointment of a clerical and lay delegate from mission ary jurisdiction, without vote, was dis cnssed without action. The Joint Com mittee on Theological Education report ed as the only effectnal means of reach ing the desired end, revision of the canons of candidates for holy orders, of admitted candidates and so on. ~
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27
My,I0ye of Long Ago.

The rose has faded from thy cheek, And furrow'd is thy brow; Thy sparkling eyes that seemed to speak, Are dull and heavy now. The locks on thy beloved head, That orce were like to golden thread, Are white as Winter snow; Yet is my love for thee not dead,
 My love of long ago. too am old. but at thy voice
 burn with youthful fire; Its music makes my heart rejoice,
 And throb with fierce desire. Its tones seem echoes of the time When we were both in life's glad prime Sweet sounds. though faint and low, Like some far distant wedding chime
 My love of long ago.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

THE PUREsT and sweetest Cod-Liver Oil in the W ,rld is Hazard & Caswell's, made on the sea-shore from fresh, se- lected Ivers, by Cusaoeu, Hazard & Co.,. of New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken 1t prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

Western whisky is now raised to proof with oil of fvitriol, to accommodate the growing callousness of the Western palate. The difficulty experienced by the distillers is said to be that when the liquor is made sufficiently piquant for their customers throats is burns all the slaves out of the barrels.
Connecticut western news., 1871-10-27

The mortality among the very young children ill Chicago was very great. Hundreds of little children have died in consequence of the extreme exposure to which there was no other alternative than to subject them.