Connecticut western news., 1875-07-09

to drive him out of Brooklyn" as was the boast Of the c0nspirators that they would
 do?
 A MT. Lewis, a very talented and learned
 man from Brooklyn called ak our 4oficeathe
 other evening, and without knowing his feelings and opiniohs in regard to this trial.
 we asked him to inform us what theintel-
 ligent portion, of Brooklyn thought of MT.
 Beecher's innocenee or guilt in the crime ] for which hehas been on trial, and he re-
 piled as follows:
 T am intimately acquainted with the
 leading scientific men of Brooklyn, (men-
 tioning the names of several as he spoke and with many of the highly educated and most successful merchants and business
 men, and will say that almost without ex- septiop, they, with portion of the clergy; have full confidence in and believe in the
 entire innocence of MT. Beecher-, They. regard him as exceedingly indiscreet in his association with such men as Titon and Moulton have proved themselves to be, but
 entirely innocent of the crime of adultery. or improper proposals. Among those who. are called fast men, and the lower order of intelligence generally scarcely one could
 be found but thought MT, Beecher guilty" MT. Lewis could not account for the con- duct of the clergy in this case, except it be clerical jealousy and which he thought very likely. This information of what is ithought of MT! B. at his home,. where he lis best known, can but strengthen the be- 1 lief in his innocence with all save those
 who have from the very earliest stages of the scandal affected to believe him guilty, and who, 'sthough one should rise from the dead, would still not be conyinced. ''None
 are so blind as those who aoont, sec" e Whatever else may be said by the ene-
 mics of MT. Beecher, they cannot say that he has been proved and adjudged guilty
 by one of the greatest trials the world eyer
 knew and one, which has exhausted the
 protracted and herculean efforts of the
 most learned and skilled lawyers in the
 United States. F-... EBoFes .fi1 isEe5, fsc"''
 Colorado Potato Bug.-The bug or bee
 tie which has so extensively destroyed the
 potato crops of Colorado for few years
 past, has made it's appearance in this re fgion. Large numbers of them have been
 found in numerous fields in Ashley Falls by those whose attention has been called
 to their presence, and who have taken the trouble to search. for them, and they are I found by comparison to be precisely like
 the samples. sent from Colorado. They seem to be increasing with great rapidity
 and fears are entertained of. much damage
 being done here this present season. It is
 not known how these bugs have migrated l here so quickly. unless the suggestion,
 which has been madeSii is correct; viz, that l they were brought here in the cars of grair,
 which are sent from the far west without fbreaking bulk. An interesting article on
 the ravages of this bug and it's remedy, was I copied from the New York -Hera1d on the
 outside of TIE NEWS lasttweek, and on the first page this week will be found the re-
 suits of Prof. McMurtrie's experiments in devising remedy, which will be read with
 especial interest at lhis particular time.
 F. We have seen, specimens of those found | at Ashley Falls. |, The full grown bug is
 about half an inch long and quite plump. On each wing are alternate black and vel
 low stripes The younger ones, which,
 though nearly as long, are not quite, as
 plump, and are without wings; the body Ebeing of a deep salmon color with two rows
 of black dots on each side, and running its
 entire length. They are filthy looking insect, and 1t is to be, hoped an .effectual
 remedy against their depredations will be promptly obtained.ufaa "|i i,aati
 Since the above was in type, e,awe have I seen numerous accounts in our exchanges
 of the simultaneous appearance of these I beetles in other parts of this region. as well
 as in places some distance away but on the I Atlantic coast. They have recently been 53E discovered in large numbers ia Sharon,
 Wassaic, thetfegion, round abont Pough-
 keepsie, etc., etc. Various accounts have
 reached us of the tenacity to life of these
 yermin- We subjoin two or three para
 grapbs clfppssdi! i!1 from , chan geas eencerning mem !;ani3aoo CTR stEsy isgI hns ''''" Eot Affirm in New York Kas lot Of live pe- tato bugs on exhibition as curiosity. The Il tonsnSresas says MT. Deyoe captured them I on his place, at Fordham, which they raid ed some time ego. Their industrpand vp
 racity apparently have no limits, and the plant soon shows the effects of their raya- T ging.) Y" aa'.fa1fi '9 9AAqoaoL1't 5 l ''.il II A New York Herald correspondent, who
 has been travelling among the farmers ot the southern half of New Jersey, gives the ! following accounts of the obdurate vitality 'f of the potato bug, He says ;.,o,,,I,s 2 is Mir. Edward Davis, a farmer living tof 1.-the Bordentown road, gathered about [ peck of these Saturday last, put them or a large bundle of straw. set fire to it, and as the result, not one-fourth were killed Those not killed scrawled slowly forth, look ing like vparched grains of coffee, ant walked leisurely offto complete their sum mer contracts. .o9l7@stat9 =5}d4 '''N FnJoseph R. Flanagan, formerly editor O the Philadelphia Daily Nesos. now Twin, 3 neal. Burlington, tells the toughest story ye : reported. Driven almost to madness B his, nearly intellectual attempts to destro, . the full grown beetle, he threw about ha ei full of them by way of experiment into e fred hot range the larger portion wa ' killed, but many of them dropped dow 8 through the grate. crawled over hot ashe t and outupon the kitchen floor lin no apps n rent need of medical assistance, 5"fH
 d .a5tAi t.0 -----~a-------1----' -''1 4. sheffield. nGs Ie.r4"7aJ5 7 ft7p r. MT. George Walton of the Massachuset