Connecticut western news., 1872-05-03
Items 0f Interest


 THERE were four suicides at Chicago within three days.
 THE Ten-hour law has been defeated in the Massachusetts Senate.
 THE Treasurer of Massachusetts is henceforth to have salary of $5, 900, the same as the Governors.
 THE French have obtained satisfaction from Madagascar, and the intended bom- bardment is abandoned.
 THE monument to Gen. Thomas is to be placed either in the Capitol grounds at Washington or at West Point.
 PoU1TRYMEN say that chickens will be very poor this Spring. They attribute it to the backwardness of the season.
 IT is reported that the Pope is about to create new batch of cardinals, the Eng fish Archbishop Manning among them.
 A MORMON from Salt Lake City, tray cling with three wives in Hungary, has been arrested at Debretzin as 0 polyga- mist.
 FRIDAY, April 26, was observed by the Odd Fellows of the United States as the anniversary of the foundation of their Order.
 A SHOEMAKER named Nichols, living with his family in the suburb of London, murdered all his four children and then committed suicide.
 THE Louisiana Democratic State Con- veLtion has adjourned to June 3, and postponed the nomination of the State ticket till that time.
 NEXT to Rothschild, the wealthiest banker ill Vienna is man who in his youth started as an errand boy at sal ary of one forin week.
 Two new lines of Atlantic steamers are proposed, one to run between Glasgow and New York, and the other between Liverpool and New Orleans.
 Mss RYE is now on her way from England in charge of 115 em1grants for Canada sent out by the Society for the Relief of the Poor by repatriation.
 THE Rhode Island House refused, by vote of 10 to IT, to restore the death penalty, but adopted provision that a life prisoner who committed murder shall be hanged.
 IN list of claims presented to the ref erees in New Hampshire town recently was this 1: |" For time spent in Wilton in coaxing MT. to go home when drunk, $5."
 WHILE the snow pleaghs were in use at one end of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad, the farm CTS were sowing wheat at the other end. The road is 220 miles long.
 ACCORDING to tho prospectus of the new American Atlantic Telegraph Con- pany" issued in England, the rate for messages will be about one-third of the tariff of the present monopoly.
 THE Pennsylvania Fish Commission CTS, created under the new bill which passed at the late session of the Legisla- ture, intend to erect large matching houses in the vicinity of Harrisburg.
 A MAN who has been confined in the Rhode Island State Prison on life sen- tence since June, 1863, under conviction of murder, was pardoned last week, ii having been shown that he was innocent.
 AN earthquake shock was felt at Meri- dian, Miss. It lasted half minute, cracked some clustering and broke some glass. No other damage was done. The shock passed from northeast to south west, taking in York, Ala., and Enter prise, Miss.
 IT is stated that the 1aborers in mines directly underneath the scene of the re- cent earthquake in California felt noth ing of the shocks which were SO severe on the earth's surface. Scientists are already beginning to speculate upon the alleged fact.
 A RUSSIAN printer has invented type setting machine which, the St. Petersburg papers assert, far surpasses all similar machines that have hitherto been pro duced. It sets in an hour thirty thou sand letters it costs five thousand ru bles, and one thousand letters set there by cost only five cents.
 AN English gentleman has leased { water lot in Palatka, Fla, for ten years with the design of putting up moss and paper factory. The moss will b, manipulated into such things as hair cloth, etc. The paper mill is intended to manufacture paper out of the sag, palmetto. Paper made of this matez ia is now used by the Bank of England for banknotes.
 AN Indian Prince, the Maharajah O Bullorampore, has given orders that al paupers in his dominions who apply tt him for food, etc., shall be taught tt read and write, and that, where the children of poor people are studying and the parents lose by the withdrawa of the children from labor, the loss shal be made up by the State.
 WENDELL PHILLIPS delivered an ad dress before the International Grand Lodge of the Knights of St. Crispen on the labor question, lauding the effort. of the working-men to organize, prom ising them if they stood by each other faithfully that they could elect the Pres ident in 1876. He wanted to see the f. nancial condition of the country so re constructed that money could be had al 3 per cent instead of 10, and gardens anc books and beautiful things given to the working classes, who in his opinion ought never to work more than eigh | h011rs a dov