Connecticut western news., 1874-02-06
Items of Interest,


 Evil communications corrupt good manners. / .... t.-ry. s's
 Switzerland is to hold a worlds fair at Geneva in 1875. ..
 According to Punch the best substi- tute for cold is warm weather.
 There are said to be but three copper smelling works in operation in the country.
 What requires more philosophy than taking things as they come? Parting with things as they go.
 monument to the doctors who died there of the recent plague.
 You will not anger a man so much by showing that you hate him as by ex- pressing contempt of him. ...
 A woman was recently sent to prison at Montreal, Canada, for two months, fer collecting money on pretense that she was nun. fu ia H.a ElT @
 One who knows how it is herself says: "The man who is awfully .urbane to his wife before strangers is generally also her bane behind her back l" u. ..,.. ...
 Those who think, said Lord Derby, recently. that they have not time for bodily exercise, will sooner or later have to find time for illness.
 The surrender of Cartagena is said to have been precipitated by tumult of the people, who were convinced of the treachery of the leaders. ,s s
 The Pittsburgh glass manufacturers want to reduce the wages of their en. ployees 25 per cent. The employees claim that the manufacturers are mak- ing high profits. H".- 'f. g.
 Mrs. Jerald, of Jacksonville, H., left bottle of ether uncorked in her room when she went to sleep. It was with difficulty that either her friends or her self became at last convinced that she was not dead. -....
 A short time since memorial was forwarded to the Bishop of Exeter by Lord Fortesque, signed by 12, 216 per sons in the diocese, praying the Bishop to restrain the introduction of comics. sion into the Church of England.all ar.
 The people near Farmersville. Liy- ingston County, Missouri. were scared nearly out of their wits, Q fsw days ago. by the fall of an immense serolite. It now lies embedded in the ground, and is said to be about twenty-five feet in diameter. ,....s .s5.. .u. .,' aH. / Gov. Taylor of Wisconsin was born in Connecticut, left poor orphan in infancy, went to New York at an early age, and thence to Ohio, where he en- gagged in farming and teaching. He settled in Wisconsin in 184S, and has filled various public offices. bf '-a'
 One reason why the workingmen in he bed was thus given by a policeman "You see the Commissioners had held the whole force in reserve for some time on account of these fellows, thus de- priving us of our regular rest, and we were determined to give them head ache for il" ,s & E a.af q. l.
 The Emperor of China has conferred distinction on the memory of Hang Chung, late viceroy of the province of Yunnan. Thls official hanged himself when he found that he was unable to resist the rebels who beleaguered the capital city, and his wife hanged her self with him. -.-G ..tr -aaa. 7.'.
 Notwithstanding all. that has been said about fees and costs eating up bankrupt estates, well-known mer- chant asserts that, if the Court and every officer should act without any compensation whatever, the entire es.. tate surrendered by bankrupt will not, in the average of involuntary cases, pay ten certs on dollar, ..r-s.. ..,... r.....
 A wild steer at Springfield, Mass.,. escaped from herd and took to the woods, going out at night to steal from the haystacks, and hiding in the day time. When finally hunted down he fought like a hero, and only fell when dying. Nine bullets were found in him, his enemies having fired at him at every opportunity during twelve weeks.