Connecticut western news., 1871-08-04
GENERAL NEWS.

MT. Ohuu OI AoWa, IS tn6 'Oau OI nlne. teen children-eight pairs and three aces.
 The French government is negotiating with the Germans for the restoration of 400 railroad cars seized during the war.
 It has come out that Rochefort and Clu- seret fought duel in the Hotel de Vile during the last days of the commune.
 Ttusvillisns express value in terms of oil barrels. Thus they speak of fashion able young lady as wearing an eighty.six barrel opera suit.
 Considerable envy is felt by the citizens of many much governed cities, at the con dition of Florida municipalities. where the Aldermen meet semiannually, and then don't transact any business.
 At Duluth, on Saturday week, sort of tidal wave suddenly broke from the lake into the canal sweeping away pier and crib-work and scattering timber rafts in every direction. The current ran in at the rate of fifteen miles an hour for half an hour, then turned and ran out with like 
 an oscillation to and fro all lhe morning, alternately carrying raf,s and cribs out to sea and bringing them back again. No ex- plana.ion has been given of the phenome- non.
 A juice extracted from a shrub which abounds in Guinea under the name of boleta, is found, according to report, to be supe- rior for many purposes 10 gutta-percha. The juice coagulates quickly when exposed to the air, and is without any disagreeable ordor. When worked up it is more flexible than gutta-percha, while it appears to pos sess equal strength and durability.
 Senor Roberts, Minister 70 Washington, has been appointed as the Spanish member of the Commission provided for by the Treaty of Washington to settle the claims of American citizens against Great Britain, for the Alabama depredations.
 This is emphatically the age of lightning, and new uses are almost daily being found for the electric fluid. The latest is it's suc- cessful application as detector of crime an unlucky law student in Pit:sburg being caught yesterday-by means of a wire laid fer the purpose and connected with bat tery-ln the act of opening his employers safe. Now if some method could be de vised for using electricity as conscience, to smite the would be-criminal and preoent crime it would be blessed thing indeed.
 A woman, almost too drunk to keep hel feel, with child in her arms not more than month old, and with her dress all loose, shamelessly exposing her body, was one ol the sad and horrible street sights of Mon day. Will some one furnish us the name of the wretch who sold her the liquor she got drunk upon. We'll give him an adver tisement free.-PittgieId Eagle.
 The New York viaduct railway, when il is completed, will make direct connection with the New Haven railroad, and vii carry passengers and freight to the City Hall.
 The next New England Fair will be helt in Lowell, Mass, on the 5th, esh, ztla ant 9th days of September. The grounds em bracs about forty acres and are admirably adapted for the pupose intended. There i . commodious exhibition building on th grounds, two stories high, with basemen under the whole building, giving nor than 27, 900 square feet of available spac tor exhibitors. The stalls for horses an, cattle, and the pens for sheep and swine ,wsu ho .v,rl,, ,,,<ac;ov& f1r %ho ocoov~c,,o dation of all exhibitors of stock. The rail roads will land passengers within few fee of one of the main entrances, and stocl will be unloaded from the cars within tn enclosure. The premiums and the expense of the Fair will amount in the aggregate | $25, 900.
 Catherine Batcheler, pretty murderess has been initiating the Borgias in Spence county, Ky. Employed by wealthy citizen James Sharp, she poisoned his wife an married him. Having left her all his pror erty in will, he died suddenly. Then sh married another man and poisoned him Sharp's relatives now have her in prison.
 The regular express peach trains fror Delaware have commenced to run. O. Monday the regular trains carried thirt carloads of fruit-an approximately larg shipment 30 early in the season. Tn fruit is not yet really frst-class, but tn yield promises to be so immense that th growers are anxious to get all they can market as soon as possible.
 
 There is going to be big war betwee the Jerseyites and Staten Islanders. Tn Islanders complain that the wind whic blows from Jersey brings over clouds c mosquitoes. while the Jerseyites swear ths the festive breezes which come from th Island are loaded with fever and ague. each party don't keep the products of il native soil at home there is going to be deadly encounter.
 The only amusement of the citizens C Calhoun, Ga., is that of tying tinware i the tails of the village dogs. The dogs al 90 we'll trained that whenever one of thel sees an oyster-can in the street he backs U and waits for some one to tie it on.
 Mr. R. D. Munson, an old resident ( Williston, Vt. has just completed 8 wol derful musical calendar clock, which hs attracted visitors from far and near. It every detail his hsndiwork, the old farme having spent his spare hours in workin upon it for the past eight years. He hs produced an eight-day clock, whose dil marks the second, minute, hour, day ( the week, day of the month, month an year; thermometer rests against it's per dulum. giving the state of temperature; th ball of the pendulum contains . miniatur time piece, which derives it's motive powe solely from its vibrations, and keeps acct rate time. There is also cylinder muslcs attachment, which may be set to play an