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Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Scene in a Menagerie.

A letter from Turin states that a scene of great excitement was witnessed on Feb. 7, at the menagerie in the Piazzi d'Armi. M. Bidel, a tanner of wild beasts, had been accustomed to collect lions, ionesses, bears, and hysenas in the same den with a lamb and to make them caress the latter without doing it any injury On this occasion he had thrust the head of the little animal into the mouth of the lion, when suddenly the king of beasts was seen to close it's jaws, from which blood at once flowed in abundance. The spectators were in consternation and uttered loud cries, supposing that the exhibitor himself would be devoured the next moment. Bidel, however, struck the beast smart blow on the head with his closed hand and the dead body of the lamb fell from its mouth The lion roared, but at the order of the tanner went sullenly to lie down in corner of the cage. At that moment ioness rushed on the exhibi- tor, but fortunately only tore the sleeve of his shirt. Bidel then retreated to another corner and ordered, by 8 ges- ture, his terrible pupils to withdraw in- to another compartment. They all obeyed, and the man then profted by that moment to make his escape from the cage.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Italian Minstrel Boys.

Few people are aware of the cruel trade in Italian boys by which the ranks of our little street harpists and violinists are recruited. The recruiting agent is generally a person of pleasant address, who, by means of fair promises of for tune and good treatment, induces poor parents to part with their children. Once in his power, and with the ocean between them and their home, their trials begin. They are subjected to the most cruel treatment, scantily clothed, half starved, beaten and abused, and deprived of all their earnings.
 The Italian government has endeav- ored to put stop to this trade in flesh and blood, but hitherto without much success. The most stringent laws pro- hibit, under severe penalties, the de- portation of children from Italian sea- ports, but the agents evade these laws and penalties by enticing the children over the border into Switzerland or France. They are then taken to some seaport town and shipped to England or America. Why should not the gov ernments of these countries cooperate with the Italian authorities in repress- ing this atrocious cruelty? The men who bring these children to our shores make large sums of money out of their misery and wretchednesss. The poor little fellows do not know how to pro- tect themselves. They can not speak our language. They have no homes but the miserable garrets where their masters lodge them. If they run away they have no better place to run to, and many poor little fellow, unused to our hard winters, has found the grave the only haven of rest from his wretchedness. Such things ought not to be tolerated in Christian lands.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
A Ticket Ring.

About three months since J. B. Eli son, superintendent of the line between Cincinnati and Columbus, and Col. O'Brian, general passenger agent, were informed by conductor who had passed safely through all the spotting tests, that there were something wrong in the tickets for passage from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. The frequency with which old tickets were handed in by passen- gers did not allow of any doubt that there was fraud in the business some where. These officers immediately em- ployed detective to work up the case. They supplied him with money, and he had tickets purchased of the agents in Cincinnati by various parties. ...
 Out of twenty-five thus procured in one week, twenty-one were of back dates. It was found that the conduc- tors implicated between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh took up the through tickets without tearing off the coupons or punching them, and gave their checks for the next conductor to take up. They then sold the tickets back to vendors and agents in Cincinnati, Columbus and Pittsburgh, at about half their value. This has been going on for at least two years, and at the rate at which it was being done during the time occupied by the defective in the investigation the daily average along the line must have been over one hundred dollars. On Thursday one of the conductors (W. M. RusselD charged with this busi- ness was arrested on 8 warrant for en- bezzlement and taken to the Hammond street station by the detective.
 Other arrests will be made soon, and quite squad of employees will be dis charged. Some have already been sent adrift. One of the Columbus men inn plicated, an agent named Hunter, came to Cincinnati on Tuesday at Col. O'Bri. ans request. He had been told that he was wanted in regard to some printing. When he was ushered into Col. O'Bri. ans office, in the presence of the detec. tive, and informed that all had been discovered, he tainted dead away. He had nine tickets in his pockets. He is supposed to have been doing the busi. ness for the conductors in Columbus The managers of the road have an ides that this practice has not been confined to their line alone, and that there will be general stirring up on many roads in the same way.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Dead Minna.


 As Mays first morning rose in pride, The village maiden, Minna, died. Her friends--the kinsmen of her race, Mourned round her 8 little space; Then left her in her death-robe dressed, With one white lily on her breast. But when the hour of night was near, And moonlight soft suffused the bier, There came the Prince of all the land. And, weeping, kissed her small, cold hand; And brought 8 jewelled circlet rare, To glimmer round the maiden's hair, And brought pearl-lt star to rest Upon the crowned maiden's breast. Still bore her brow the moons soft ray; It tinged the lily where it lay. He cast the circled gems aside "God's crown is best, my queen, my bride ? He cast the pearls beneath his feet Gods lily is thy breast-hower sweet!" Then, kneeling, wept with passionate pain, And showered wild kisses down like rain, And fingered till the moon sank low, And all it's soft and smiling glow Paled slowly from the pallid face, s- And darkness rose around the place zt Then left her in her death-robe dressed, s .t With no white lily on her breast. sl
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Too Anxious to be Thought a MuH'
 derer.

London has new diversion. An in dividual, anxious for sport, gets drunk and then hands himself over to the.po- lice as the perpetrator of some shocking murder, recently committed, in which tho murderer has heretofore been un- discovered. After giving the police and newspaper reporters much trouble, the amateur murderer regains sobriety, declares his innocence and is discharg- ed. This joke is ghastly, but on sev- eral occasions it was successfully prac- tised, although the last attempt at it will probably cause it to be abandoned.
 A little girl named Harriet Buswell was recently murdered in Great Coram street, and there was much excitement over it, and an unsuccessful search for the murderer, until MT. George Cooper presented himself at the police station, declared that he was the murderer, and that he had done the deed for friend of his in consideration of $500. He was kept in jail over night, and next morning arraigned in Bow street, where upon he calmly announced that his whole story was 8 falsehood, his only excuse for telling it having been that he had been drinking whiskey and old ale for week, and had touch of delirium tremens." He expected to be discharged, as previous iokers of the same sort had been, but the magistrate thought proper to look at the matter in different light, and he remanded Cooper to hard labor for month pend ing further inquiries. The magistrate said he did not suppose that Cooper really was the murderer, but the whole affair justified his being remanded in custody, and, besides, little hard work and total abstinence from "whis- key and old ale" would do him no harm.
 So the crestfallen joker was taken back to jail, and the popular but ghastly diversion has received merited re- Jbuke.-Philadelohta Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
A Hens Guard.

A correspondent of the Brunswick (Me.) Telegraph relates the following |: A hen and Q large flock of chickens were in the habit of coming round our north back door, and were rather troublesome. One day Miss c. put out favorite cat, saying, "There, Julia, if you can catch one of these chickens you shall have the whole of it." No sooner said than done-the whole chick en was caught and eaten. The hen came as usual next day with her chick ems, but never after that day did she come without the company of another hen, which invariably took her position between the hen and chickens and the house-door, and marched like any faith full sentinel back and forward in the space. If the cat made her appearance, she would fly at her, and drive her away with such vigor that the cat was glad to run. "Julia never got another of those chickens. Now how did this mo- ther hen communicate and make the other hen comprehend her loss and the service she required? This is simple fact. ..s. l1
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
A Very Old Church-Bell.

Everybody who has been to New York knows the old Middle Dutch Church, on the corner of Nassau and Liberty streets, which is now used as the city postofice. The bell hung in the tower of this church for over 8 century.
 It was made in Amsterdam in 1731, the year before that in which George Washington was born. That it ante dates the birth of Washington does not impress us so much as that Col. Abra- ham de Peyster, a prominent citizen of New York, who presented the bell to the church, was born in 1857. His older brother, had he been an English man instead of Dutchman, might very well have seen Charles I executed.
 The bell is thought to be a very beautiful one. Tradition says that the citizens of Amsterdam, previous to it's casting, threw quantities of silver coin into the bell metal. From the appear ance and tone of the bell, it is not un- likely that this may be true. Near the top it is surrounded by a band of exquisite scroll-work. In these days we should think cupids scarcely in place on church-bell, but on Col de Pey- ster's gift they are dancing all about, and playing on harps, drums, flutes, etc. The Whole frieze is in high re- lief, and very delicate and sharp. I'm of the maker, etc.
 Me fecerunt De Grave ct N. Muller, Amsterdam. Anno 1731. (De Grave and N. Muller made me, etc., This line is succeeded by another delicate scroll of leaves, below which we read the name, etc.. of the donor ; | Abraham de Peyster, Geboren born] den 8 July, 1857.
 GestorYen [died] den Augustus, 172s. Legaat aan de Nederdysche Kerk te Nieuw York van Coll.
 GA legacy to the Low Dutch Church in New York;
 Early in the Revolutionary War, when the British converted the Middle Dutch Church into riding school for the cavalry, a member of the church, named Oothout, got permission from Gen. Howe, the Commander-in-Ch Chief of the British forces, to remove the bell. He stored it at his country-seat, which was on what is now Twenty ] third street. Some years after the British had evacuated the city, when the church had been repaired for wor- ship, the bell was restored to it's old place. There it remained until 1S44, when the church was leased to the Government for it's present use.
 It was then, taken to the church in Ninth street, and thence to Lafayette Place church, where it was in service until the spire was removed. It is not now in use, but next year it will prob ably find room in the belfry of a new church which is building far uptown. l-M r. Paper. -a,
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Slate, and How Was it Formed?

That slate may have been once mud is made probable by the simple fact that it can be turned into mud again. " If you grind up slate, and then analyze it, you will find its mineral constituents to be exactly those of very fine, rich and tenacious clay. Wherever the top of the slate beds and the soil upon it are laid bare, the black layers of slate may be seen gradually melting-if I may use the word," says the Rev. Charles Kings ley in Town Geology" under the in fuence of rain and frost, into a rich tenacious clay, which is now not black, like it's parent slate, but red, from the oxidation of the iron which it contains. But, granting this, how did the first change take place? It must be allowed at starting that time enough has elapsed and events enough have happened since our supposed mud began first to become slate to allow of many strange transfor- nations. For these states are found in the oldest beds of rock, save one series, in the known world and it is notorious that the older and lower the beds in which the states are found, the better that is, the more perfectly elaborate-is the slate. The best states of Snowdon q must confine myself to the districts which I know personally are found ill the so-called Cambrian beds. Below these beds but one series of beds is as yet known in the world, called the Laurentian. They occur to thickness of some eighty thousand feet in Labra- dor, Canada and the Adirondack Noun tains of New York but their represent atives in Europe are, as far as known, only to be found in the northwest high lands of Scotland and in the island of Lewis, which consists entirely of them and it is to be remembered, as 8 proof of their inconceivable antiquity, that they have been upheayed and shifted long before the Cambrian rocks were laid down uncomfortable, on their worn and broken edges"
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21

The puddlers in the Oxford (N. J.) Iron Company's rolling mill have now been on strike for six weeks, the differ ence betwixt the company and the men being thirty-one cents per ton on pud- dled iron. The mill has been ruled by Boonton prices, and as workmen there are paid $6: S1, the Oxford men demand the same rate. They have been offered
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21

Henry Ward Beecher, in speaking oi the moral strength which culture gives, says :-"In the great conflict between Germany and France, it was the school house which overthrow France. There were ninety-eight per cent. of the Ger man army who could read and write. There were forty eight percent. of the French army who could read and write. Of course they went down.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21

This table of wages is computed in most trades upon basis of eight or nine hours of work. Men in the build ing trade, for instance, work eight hours, while others in other ahnes are employed nine and a few ten hours. A percentage of discount should also be made for lost time, careful inquiry among employers eliciting the fact that in most avocations the men lose on an average one day out of the six from one cause or another.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21

G11r FRAMEs.-Boil three or four onions in pint of water, then with 8 clean paint-brush wash over your frames, and the flies will not alight on them. No injury will result to the frames. This renders unnecessary the unsightly drapings of gauge.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Connecticut Ntstetn Ae,rs.
Advertising Rates :

Special notices, unusual designs, and adver- tisements set in double column, or to occupy fixed places, 25 per cent. additional to regular rates.
 Advertisements must be plainly marked the length of time desired, or they will be contin- ued and charged for until ordered out.
 Notices of Marriages and Deaths free of charge. All additions to ordinary announce ments 10 cents per line.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-21
Table of Comparative Wages.

The following table of comparative weekly wages paid in 1869, 1872, and since January, 1873, in the City of New York, is of special interest now in view of the threatened strike to take place this spring:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02

1t has been widely supposed that
central and western, if not eastern
Kansas suffered from dry climate.
Like many other ideas relative TO the
western parts of the great Missouri
Valley, we need hardly say, this, so far
as the eastern and central parts of the
state are concerned, is exploded. If
springs and water-courses in whose
channels aquatic plants, needing for
their existence constant moisture; if
notwithstanding streams; if rains
frequently occurring ar / copiously de-
scerding; if I'll tAese ere proofs, then
there is rbr- do te,tiaoay that all
thrcus,, e.GSy = Is ample rain
liza Il ..cf, cl;>: ell :: has bee
WI Sc L.. -. t L
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02
From the Newton kansan


The Congregations church Sedg-
wick will be dedicated on Sunday,
September 28t. Services at 1890 a. III.
and O'Clock p. IN. Sermons by the
Rev. S. ID. Storrs, missionary agent OF
Quindaro.
Yesterday and to-day, the two days
of our county fair. the weather was
not Of the most pleasant, but on the
contrary was very windy and blustery.
Notwithstanding all this, the attendance
upon the grounds both days was very
large. to-day the number present being
nearly three thousand persons; and
the entries for exhibition exceeded by
far all expectations. In the corn, oats,
wheat, rye, Irish and swec. potatoes
and tomato line. the exhibition was
very large and the quality such as to
surprise the most expectant. Never
have we seen better, and in many
things not as good even in older coun-
tries. Over $50 entries, single and i'll
lot, were booked by to-day noon, while
beside this perhaps half as many more
arrived too late for entry, or were
brought simply for exhibition. In
all the departments, except horses and
sheep, the classes were represented
even beyond any expectations. In
stock the showing was very large. and
in quality frst-class. The swine de-
partment, which was perhaps the larg-
est stock representation of any, COM
priscd hogs of perhaps all the choice
breeds, imported from various eastern
points. In domestic cattle, all the de-
partments were largely represented by
the choicest stock. Ihe tine-art hall,
some sixty feet in length, was filled
with little of everything, and shows
that the ladies, too, took great interest
in the cause.
The first animal exhibition of the
Harvey county Agricultural and Me-
chanical association was grand sue
cess, and those who have labored amid
apparent discouragements are made
glad to see such encouraging results.
Some three hundred shares OF the stock
have been taken and paid for; the
incomes have been reasonably large
enough at least, we should judge, 70
allow for considerable improvement!
for future operations.
Hon. Il. NJ. REYNOLDS. of Mobile, Al
ALBANIA. and Hon. Ia. Il. Ensign, OF this
county addressed the people at : O'Clock
in short an appropriate remarks.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02
ter of all this valley REGION is abundant

ter Of all this valley region is abundant
and pure. 1t is without doubt the best
watered portion of Kansas. On the
bottoms "drive wells or tube wells
are universally used. They consist of
a tube of galvanized iron, with a steel
point, the lower end of the tube having
heles on the sides. around which is
! wrapped a piece Of wire gauze for a
straincr. this pipe is driven into the
ground, through Il hole in The kitchen
floor if desired, or wherever indication
dictates. and water is reached at n
depth of from six to fifteen feet. 4
pump is placed upon the pipe and in
an hours time boundless supply Of
pure, cold, healthy water is obtained.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02

Never pu; your horse TO hard work
upon full stomach.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02
DRY GOODS.

N u w GOODS!
THE LARGEST AND MOST
COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY
At J. Karatofsky's,
EAGLE BLOCK.
A full line OF
Fall and Winter Dress Goods, Casa
meres, Repelants, Western Jesns, Opera
Flannels in all colors. Flannel all colors.
BLANKETS,
SHAWIS,
LADIES KNIT SACKS,
NUBEAS, HOODS.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
STAPLE DRY GOODS !
The finest assortment Of
RIBBONSI
CARPETS Oil Cloths and Window Hollands.
The greatest variety Of
N O TT O N 81
Such a Ladies' and Gents Gloves, Thompson q
Glove, Fitting and Common Corseis, Wool and
Cotton Hosiery, Edgings, Lawns, Buttons, etc
The largest assortment Of Ladies' and ChildreA's
Shoes ever brought TO this market.
am sole agent for
sAUsER. DANGLER & cos
PHILADELPHIA SHOES
Thsy are The bes; and nsstsst shoes made.
All al the
LOWEST CASH PRICE.
~ Cal and see the goOds before you pur-
chase elsewhere.
j. KARATOFSKY.
Wichita, 1873.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-02
NEWS OF THE VALLEY.


Frora the Arkansas CITY Traveller.
DR.. Gray has splendid crop of pea
nuts on his farm, northwest Of town.
The Emporia Ne,cs, Emporia Ledger
and Wichita EAGLE contain more news
of Southern Kansas, and have larger
circulation in this section than any pa
per published outside of the county.
Jacob Keffer returned from buffalo
hunt yesterday, and reports buffalo on
Pond creek, about six miles above
Scwcll's ranch. The party. consisting
of several visitors from Illinois, were
very successful. The buiiiio are in
moderate condition.
DR.. Brooks tells us that TIE farmers
must burn the corn stalks If they with
TO rid themselves Of he chinch bug
next year. 1t seems the bugs find she.-
ter in the stalks, and if not disturbed
will multiply at a fearful rate. Take
warning in time and destroy them.
From the Augusta Republican
The ground is becoming quite dry
again, and the roads are very dusty.
For The last two weeks the nights
have been cool and pleasant. Neither
have the days been excessively hot.
About twenty-three acres of cotton
is growing in the Whitewater valley
near Towanda. 1t is looking well.
We are reliably informed that the
county commissioners have concluded
to raise the bonds of the county treas
urer for the next term from $4,000 TO
100000. 1t looks to us like there is q
screw loose somewhere.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-06-03

sold mp to the last of June. It is
notifying to think that oil the pro-
hts OF this very profitable and in
creasiDg business go into the hands
of foreigners whom it is the pre-
tended object Of our protective tar-
riff to discriminate against. The
q 900 first-class passengers who go
across the ocean and return this
summer win pay s6,3O0,000 in
passage money, and the whole sum
paid for passage this year by Amer
lean tourists in Europe will not be
less than 100000. These Amer
leans will go in European steamers
there are no American steamers
to take them-and their passage
money viii go to build up the Eng
lish, German and French lines that
have driven our commerce from the
ocean. And yet the Republican
party will not permit our citizens
to buy steamers abroad, to earn the
profits of this passenger trade, be
cause to do so would discourage
American bodybuilding.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-06-03
Another Boston Fire.

On Friday morning last another
destructive fire broke out in Bos-
ton, and for time the situation
was very critical one. The fire
broke out in Haley, Morse d Co.'S
furniture house on Washington
street, and spread with great rapid
ity, there being strong wind at the
time. 1t was necessary to send for
the fire departments of the adjoin-
ing cities to assist in conquering
the fiery elements. About noon on
Friday the fire was got under COM
plete control, having destroyed the
west side of Washington street
from Avery to Boyleston streets,
and on the east side from Haywood
Place to Essex street. The loss
is estimated at about S1,250,000,
and the insurance is about $685.
500. Five fremen were killed by
falling walls.