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Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
Double Murder in Maine.
Tho Murderer Captured by Citizens and
 SummarilY LyMched.

Ihe NAuruerer captured ny CAtAZeus Nhu
 Summarily LyMched.
 Full particulars of the double murder in Aroostook county received at Bangor show it. to be one of the most cold blooded and brutal crimes ever com mitted in Maine, and it causes great ex- citement throughout the county in which it occurred. It seems that one James Cullen, a native of New Bruns- wick, broke into D. Dudley's store, in Presque Isle, and stole pair of boots and several other small articles. The crime was traced to Cullen, who took to the woods, and warrant was issued for his arrest, which Granville A. Hayden, of Presque Isle, Deputy Sheriff, under took to serve.
 Knowing Cullen to be hard charac- ter, Hayden took three men with him and started in pursuit. They came up with Cullen in Chapman plantation, about four miles from Presque Isle, and seeing that resistance was useless, he surrendered himself. They started to return, but, night coming on, concluded to remain till morning in numbering camp, where, as they supposed, they had securely fastened their prisoner, and went to sleep. During the night Cullen managed to loose his bonds, and, find ing an axe in camp, crept stealthily be- hind Hayden and one of his assistants named Thomas Hubbard, and dashed their brains out with the implement. Swanbeck and Bird, the other men with the Sheriff, were awakened by the noise, and, on seeing Cullen at his murderous work, were so mortified that they sprung up and, being near the door, made their escape, leaving their companions to their fate. Cullen chased them some distance, brandishing the axe, but they, being unarmed, ran only the faster. Upon reaching the settlements they gave the alarm, and party, led by Mir. B. J. Hughes, started from Balls Mill and went to the lumber camp, only to find a mass of smoking ashes covering the charred bodies of Cullen's victims. The discovery created the most intense ex- citement and indignation throughout the community, and parties started ln pursuit of the murderer.
 Cullen was found secreted in the eel lar of his house at Mapleton, town ad- joining Presque Isle, and the party who arrested him bound him securely with ropes and started to return. On their way to Presque Isle they were met by party from that village, who took possession of the prisoner, dragged him under a lofty tree, put one end of arope they had brought around his neck, and throwing the other end over conve' nient branch, hung him. No steps have been taknn to bring to justice the lynching party. MT. Hayden was wide ly known and much respected. He leaves @ wife and one child. Hubbard was unmarried. Cullen had lived il Mapleton about two years, and has borne hard name. He leaves wife and one child.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
An Indians Revenge,

The nearest approach to the heroic coloring given to Indian character by the pale-face poets of other days has just been told to Virginia City editor by one of the participators in a little squabble with one of the bone-picking Bannacks who haunt that vicinity.
 One day last week, while Geo. Gohn and George Smith were killing beef at their slaughter-house up the gulch, Q Bannack Indian, accompanied by three or four squaws, came upon the scene in search of wood and the legitimate plum der of the slaughter -house-the refuse. The lordly child of the forest undigni- fiedly stretched himselfupon the ground, and calmly smiled upon his industrious wives as they gathered the trophies.
 Happening to pass his way, Smith accidentally or otherwise touched the big Injun's foot with his boot, when big Iniun resented the fancied insult by laying hold of clapboard and swat ting George over the back. More pleased than angry, Smith retaliated by squeezing the red mans windpipe and showing him one side, supposing this would settle it. Not so, however, for "Lo had been insulted, and his dig nifty must be appeased. He according ly went for Smith, and in a ten-minute rough and tumble fight came out second best.
 Now right here is where @ sensible white man would have quit, and where the traditional heroism of the red as- serted itself. He had been grossly in suited in the presence of his sunburnt loves, and then ignominiously thrashed. It was too much and with voice hum bled with shame and bosom barred to the skies he approached MT. Gohn with "Me licked; me big Injun, and me nc want to live. You shootee me, George you killum me quick-me no want tc live"
 George demonstrated, but in vain that warrior was disgraced, and wanted to be gathered to his fathers, and in sisted on being killed as he stood smiting his brave, brown bosom before the humane slayer of kine. Failing tc convince him that many white mar got whipped and then had the audacity to want to live, Gohn had to lead hin away.
 On Smith returning to town and cabi1 in the evening, the noble Bannacl again came and insisted on being killed and finally persuaded Smith to perform the bloody deed with @ "little axe. Stoically stood the chief under tn, shadow of the blade, ready for the sac rifice, and as it descended with crasl MT. Indian sprang one side, and yol couldn't. have seen his heels for tn, dust as he struck out for his "wakiup.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
The Slaughter of U. s. Troops.
The NIOdOcs have n Success.

The Modoc war has some strange as we'll as startling phases, and the troops seem to be fighting under the most singular disadvantages. The reconnoi- tering party, composed of some seventy troops under command of Capt. Thomas, were ambushed by the willy savages, the slaughter was completed, the hor- rible work accomplished, and the de- moralized remnant of the little band went flying back to camp glad to escape with their lives. Out of the small de tachment, twenty men were killed and twenty-five wounded, both lists in cluding number of officers. Not more than three or four of the Modocs-if indeed as many-were killed, and these were shot by party of friendly Indians who were also accommodating.
 During the engagement, @ portion o1 Batteries A and K, Fourth Artillery, and Company B, Twelfth Infantry, finding themselves in danger of being outfanked, took shelter in hollow spot affording partial cover. No soon CT had they done so than the Indians who knew and commanded every egress from the cavity at that point, number ing twenty-one warriors, detached sever of their number on one side, fourteen remaining on the other, and they open ed cross fire on the poor fellows who could not show head or hand without certainly being struck. Very few es capped injury. The rest were either killed or wounded.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
Affairs in. Spain.
The Government Congratulated by the
 United States.

The Government Congratulated by the
 United States.
 United States Minister Sickles, ac- companied by the officers of the Lega- ton, was received by the members of the Spanish government, with great ceremony, at public audience on the occasion of his presenting the American Congressional resolutions congratula- ting the executive of the nation on the establishment of the Republic in Spain and the abolition of slavery in the colony of Porto Rico.
 The cortege arrived at the Palace of the Ministry and was received with a grand ceremonial of state. A guard of honor was drawn up at the entrance to the Palace, and the soldiers presented arms as the Legation passed. In the courtyard band played the national airs of Spain and of the United States. General Sickles was met and saluted by President Figueras and all the mem bers of the Spanish government. General Sickles and President Figue- ras, each in turn ,fead lengthy speeches of address and reply. Minister Sickles concluded his official oration thus :- "I'he United States of America, de- string the happiness of the communi- ties with which the government of the American Republic has intimate inter course, cannot be indifferent to what ever concerns the welfare of the Antilles. In abolishing slavery the Spanish Re- public provides the surest guarantees for the pacifcation and loyalty of the American colonies of Spain"
 President Figueras thanked the American nation and the United States Congress for the resolutions which had just been presented to the Spanish government. He said, in conclusions: -t The Republic of Spain, in its legis- lation and administration on the slavery question:, meaned and desired the ex- tension of equal rights to all citizens of the Spanish nation and also the integrity of the Spanish territory. No sacrifice would be deemed too great to secure those ends."
 The speech of the Spanish President was, at other points, full of allusions to the integrity of the territory of the Republic.
 A FAMILY FRIEND.-No family should be without Perry Davis PAIN-KILLER. It can be given to the infant for the Collie and to the adult for Rheumatism. It contains no delcterious drug, but may be used for various ailments of mankind. Mothers will find the PAIN KILLER invaluable in the nursery and it should always be kept near at hand l in case of accident.-COn1.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
About Advertising.

Will it pay? With the great share of liberal and progressive men, who are enterprising and thrifty in their busi- ness, this query has been settled in the most practical way. They adver- tise and get rich by it; but there is right and a wrong way to advertise. If man is to advertise in paper he wants to know several things: Is the paper read. It is material what class of peo- pie read paper as well as how many. Many man who wants to advertise fails to see this point clearly, and there fore, misapprehends the economical or profitable aspects of the case. If 8 man says to dry goods dealer, What do you ask for broadcloth? and the an- swer is six dollars, the inquirer proves nothing by saying, "It is too much; I can. buy cloth for four-and-a-half dollars" What is the quality? That is the test. Very likely the six dollar cloth is the cheapest. A lady goes into store and wishes to see silks; they are three, four or ten dollars yard. "I can buy them cheaper" she says. Is it any reason why the seller should reduce his prices? There is very likely to be great difference in value, as we'll as price, between dealers. It is just so in advertising.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
From the Old World.
Berthold Auerbach's Dispatch to hi
 COuntrymen in America.

Berthold Auerbach's Dispatch to his
 Countrymen i'm America.
 A May greeting to the New World, from Gernsbach, in the Black Forest, comes from Berthold Auerbach, relative to the Vienna Exposition:
 What will be your feelings, dear countrymen, when you revisit Germany this summer for the Worlds Exposi- tion ! Germany is your Fatherland, America your childland You come again under the parental roof, like sons and daughters who have married abroad :; you are free and independent, but in your hearts dwells yet an inward re- membrance, and you will find in the old home new beauty and will go back to freshed. Welcome
 But I cannot visit the turbulent, busy scenes wonder; and if I could what would be single voice there? The more delightful is it, that it has been allowed me to send a message from my May-fresh home-valley
 "Alle Waesserlein auf Erden
 Die haben ihren lauf"
 ("Every streamlet upon earth,
 Every streamlet has it's course,'O is sungin the road. Before my window roars the mill-driving, raft-bearing Murch it flows into the Rhine, which pours itself into the sea. And so the sea of thought, into which every thought is pouring to-day, is the Worlds Epo- sition at Vienna. "Cuckoo calls the bird from the leafy height. "Look, look," is it's meaning, when the spring awakes and all the buds are bursting forth. And there, too, in the Exposition all the buds of the human mind are ,unfolded, and there, too is "Look Look !" the word. But then, too, be- think thee and consider. No voice from without calls that to thee; it is the voice within thee. Look well, if thou canst not lay thy finger now upon the pulse of the present
 To the great Worlds Exposition has the black forest also sent strong proofs of its industry, it's knowledge, and its art. But what will they signify in the great collection. And yet it will form tone, chord in the great symphony For all the hissing of steam, all the digging, boring, hammering, chiseling down to the scarcely audible sound O. the scholars pen, and down to the in audible tracing of the art1st's brush, al makes one single harmony and is called l
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

THE BACK PAY.-The Mutton, speak ing of the back pay business, draws attention to the fact that when the first ten amendments to the Constitution were ratified, another was passed by Congress and submitted to the States, in these terms "No law varying the compensation of senators and represen- tatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have inter- vened." This proposed article was agreed to by only five States--Dela- ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Car olina and South Carolina :; but as there is nothing in the organic law to prevent these notifications being now counted as binding, the assent of twenty five States more would form the three fourths vote necessary for adoption.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., first advocated constitutional as well as local treatment as being necessary for the cure of Catarrh, and so successful has hls Golden Medical Discovery proven as a constitutional treatment, when accompanied with the use of ,Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. applied locally by means of Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only method of reaching the upper and back cham bers of the head that he has long offered $500 reward for a case that he can not cure. Both medicines with instrument for $2, by all Druggists. 630
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
A Sad Accident.
A Bridge Falls, Killing sOme Sixty Men,
 Women, nnd Children.

"A brAttSe FNIisS hAlAAlnS sOHhO SlNty Mch1
 Women, and Children.
 A terrible accident, resulting in the loss of many lives and injury to a large number of persons, occurred in Dixon, Ill. Several converts to the Baptist faith were to be baptized, and the north bank of Rock River, in which stream they were to be immersed, was lined with people. The baptism took place near the fve-span trestle bridge, and several hundred people occupied avail able positions upon it. After two of the converts had been baptized, the span of the bridge nearest the shore suddenly gave way, precipitating about two hundred men, women, and children into the water. Quite number were buried and others were drowned by being pulled down by the weak. The water was about five feet deep, and hence it was difficult to rescue those who were rendered unconscious by coming in contact with their friends in falling. The greatest excitement prevailed. Men and women screamed and seemed in capable of doing anything to help one another. The going down was so sud- den that all lost their presence of mind. Those on the shore realized the situa- tion at once and did all in their power to rescue the unfortunates. Through their efforts over one hundred were saved, many men swimming ashore. Sixty bodies were recovered. There were Q dozen miraculous escapes, chil- dren being pulled out by the hair. The bridge is but year or two old, and was thought strong enough to sustain almost any weight. It had never been sub- jected to such strain before, and thence the contractors are condemned for care lessness in its construction. It was similar in material and build to the Elgin bridge which fell some years ago while crowd were viewing a boat race. The accident causes grief in many | households in Illinois.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
The Utilization of Coal Dust.

Dr. J. R. Hays, of Washington, D. O., has recently published a paper on q means of using up the dust coal which lies in heaps near the shafts of most coal pits. He mixes the coat dust with clay and coal tar, and estimates that the cost of these, together with labor, will not exceed $1.O0 per ton; and if the waste coal can be delivered in the cities at $2. % per ton, fuel of great excel lence can be easily prepared at $500 per ton, which will be an economical improvement of great importance to the nOOr
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
BLEACHING LINEN.-The best method

BLEACHING LINEN.-The best method of bleaching or restoring whiteness to discolored linen is to let it lie on the grass, day and nig Int, so long as it is necessary, exposed to the dews and winds. There may occur cases, how ever, when this will be difficult to ac- complish, and when quicker process may be desirable. In these cases the linen must be first steeped for twelve hours in ley formed of one pound of soda to @ gallon of soft boiling water :; it must then be boiled for half an hour in the same liquid. A mixture must then be made of chloride of lime with eight times it's quantity of water, which must be we'll shaken in stone jar for three days, then allowed to settle; and being drawn off clear, the linen must be steeped in it for thirty-six hours, and then washed out in the ordinary man. ner. To expedite the whitening of lin en in ordinary cases, @ little of the same solution of chloride of lime may be put into the water in which the clothes are steeped but in the employment of this powerful agent great care must be ex- ercised, otherwise the linen will be in jured.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

INDIsPENsABLE.-T are some sim pie remedies indispensable in any family. Among these, the experience of years assures us, should be recorded Perry Davis VEGETABLE PAIN-KILLER For both internal and external applica- tion, we have found it of great value :; especially can we recommend 1t for colds, rheumatism, or fresh wounds and brrlises.-COnl.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

The Midnight Horror-Croup !-Is instantly and etfectually allayed by giving Dr. Syrup. The lives of many suffering children have been saved by administering this valuable remedy in attacks of Group. All families where there are children should keep it in the house. Price only 35 cents.-Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16
What Is Your Life Worth 2

No estimate can be made of the value of human life. Itis beyond appraisement. The wealth of the world weighed against it would kick the beam. Yet how many precious lives are thrown away unwit- tingly. The laws of health are simple enough, but they are not generally understood and even when understood are too often disregarded. At this season. for example, when it is expedient that tho physical system should be toned, regulated and purified to enable it to endure without injury the intense heats of summer, how many thousands, even of the feeble and delicate neglect to fortify themselve in this way against a known danger. Who is ignorant not. to be aware that Hostel ters Stomach Bitters, if when taken regularly, a protection against intermittents, remit tents, and all epidemics engendered by the vapor- laden atmosphere of springP Who does not know that the same wholesome tonic and alterative, if taken at proper intervals throughout the summer will prevent levers, bilious attacks, headache, collie, nervous debility, indi gestion, and all tn
 long catalogue of ills to which heat and malaria give rise Whoever wants clean bill of health for the most enervating of the year. should take time by the foreock and commence Q course of this uneQualed vegetable invigorant now.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Corn and flour are staple articles but not moro so than Joknson's Anodyne Lini- naent, where known. It is good for children or adults, for any internal soreness of the chest or bowels, and the best Pain Killer prepared under whatever name.-Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

For loss ot Appetite, Dyspepsia, In digestion, Depression of Spirits and Genera pHoRATED ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAswELL HAZARD & Co.,, New York, and sold by all drug gist, is the best tonic. As stimu1ant tonic for patients, recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal If taken during the season it prevents fever and ague and other intermittent fevers.-Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

THE BROWNS AND BLACKS produced by that sterling preparation, CRIsTADoRo's EXCEL s1oR HAIR DYE, cannot be excelled by Nature !; it's tints challenge comparison with Natures most favored productions and defy detection.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

F1Aaa's INSTANT RELIEF. Warranted to relieve all Rheumatic Affections, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc. The best, the surest, and the quickest remedy for all Bowel Complaints. Re- lief guaranteed or the money refunded.-C Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

The all-gone feeling which people sometimes speak of, is caused by want of proper action of the liver and heart. These may be assisted, and the bowels regulated, by PdrSon'S P,rgdtiue Pills in small doses Com.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Dr. Miller's Magnetic Balm.-Does it contain electricity? It cures as if by mag netic influence Neuralgia and all pain, and is therefore being properly called Magnetic Balm.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Orders have been received from Germany for Elmwood Collars. We should not wonder if the Emperor William wore them, they are nice.
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Coughs and Colds.-Those who are suffering from Coughs, Colds Hoarseness, Sore Throat, &c., should try |" Bro,on's Bron- chidL T1Oches "-COn1
Connecticut western news., 1873-05-16

Nothing condemns more powerfully the violence of the wicked than the moderation of the good,