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The New York herald., 1875-10-25
NEW YORK CITY.

The police arrested ], sos persons during the week
Mollie Smith, aged twentyone years, living at No 81
Sullivan street. attempted suicide last night by taking
laudanum. She attended by Police Surgeon
Walker
Harman Hubbingberg aged thirty five years. living
In Jersey CITY, while carrying baggage from the steamer
Celtic pier 81 North River yesterday fell and broke
his leg He taken TO Bellevue Hospital
Charles Nanglc alias Benson Charles Kingsley, John
Brewer and Laurence Hefner, the young men who
Saturday for completely in the robbery
Of j. W. Bell tailor Of Fifth avenue, OF large guam
tity OF CLOTH &c. yesterday taken to the Tombs
Police Court and held to answer in default OF $4,000
hufI
The New York herald., 1875-10-25
A FUGITIVE RECAPTURED.

Last spring IN the Lawrence (Mass.) courts Dennis
Martin tried and found guilty the charge Of
maintaining in Lynn disreputablc institutional
whiskey nuisancen and disordcrly house Be
fore the tme for sentence came Dennis
fed the State, leaving Mr. James Williams
OF Lynn, his bondsman, to answer in 81, 600
70 the Court Martin has relatives residing in New
ark and thithcr he after tracked and there
arrested but was found that the papers carried by
Massachusetts, officers not sufficient to hold the
fugitive and he released He then left Newark but
last week returned and on Saturday was arrested
second time document held by the Massachu
setts officers aud known IA bail piece, y paper
rendering gubernaorial requsition unnecessary. Yes
terday afternoon Dennis took hls departure New
ark Tor Lynn, accompanied by the officer He will
probably be sent Tor q year two to State Prison.
The New York herald., 1875-10-25
nI.INrnN,s MnIG nIrCn. y


AS we have said, the Erie Canal to which our great
est New York statesman De Witt Clinton, devoted his
life and made his proudest monument, checked or
rather retarded the Western rush in the counties
through which the ''bg dtchn wound Its tortuous
way, rapidly developed, Notwithstanding the
crude and laborious methods OF agriculture in those
days When the firing of line OF cannon
placed within hearing distance OF each other
along the line from Buffalo to Albany in
the summer OF 1926, announced the completion OF the
canal the echoes also assured the OF New
York city the commercial metropolis OF the Conti-
IL would require too much space TO detail tine
effect OF the canal upon the general prospsrisy aud
cia tortunes of The State For neHriy hRh
century has annually poured into the city Its millions
and millions of OF grain and other produce nlng
the empty garncrs OF England and on more than one
supplying the starving mouths OF unfortunate
Ireland OF late years the grand old canal has assumed
three four times its original proportions and steam
works its fleets instead OF slow, ploddtng horses
Wonderful railways with four tracks along its very
border compete for its business but II still stands as
the important and valuable work OF the State and
is at this momentnot for the first tmo in its history
by any means-the object and centre of political
The New York herald., 1875-10-25
THE KHAN's LETTER TO GENERAL KAuFMANN.

AUGUST I, 1875.
The Khan has just written letter to General Kauf
mann, in which he says
The I'd OF Redjeh resolved to leave my capital and
to await the field OF battle the insurgents who were
marching Khokand. My dear guests, well as
Mira Hakim departed with me ana have remained by
me, Notwithstanding the repeated attacks OF the
rebels and their fire against us Only Russians could
show themselves capable of such noble action.
At moment when my own attendants betrayed me
and took to flight the Russians persisted in following
me; and without them II would have been impossible
for me to reach the Russian frontier These officers
sent to by destiny and shall never forget the
service that the Russians have rendered me- We have
arrived Hodent and live in tho most complete tran
quity under the powerful protection OF the great
white Gar have firm hope that you, our old
friend will not refuse me your help in such moment
God is mercifu! He will soon arrange an interview.
The Khanate OF Khokand and in your hands
and in your power.
The New York herald., 1875-10-25

A FIGHTING LEGISLATOR.

The town Of Harrison, N. j., considerably excited
on Saturday. In consequence of an assault made upon
G. Toclcase, local newspaper writer by Mr. Il.
H. Mcdonald, member Of the recent Legisla-
turc. low days ago Mr.. Mcdonald was
nominated, and Toccaso, II Is alleged attacked him in
his paper charging him with being brIhe- -takcr &c.,
IN that he took 5000 from the authorities to fur
ther lhe passage Of what was known the Harrison
and kearncy Annexation bill This money, Mr. Nc.
Donald claims, lawfully expended for necessary ex-
ponses Toclease threatens legal proceedingA
The New York herald., 1875-10-25

upon turned face and went up small hill TO let the
epemy see our white caps and uniforms that they
could know that we were not afraid Of them. after
which we went slowly on, singing Tho had then
been in the saddle for thrtysx hours during six Of
which we had been under FIRE
THE PURSUIT CEASES.
We were not pursued after this and arrived without
accident at Makhram which had been abandoned by
the Bek
Up TO this time the Khan had been hopeful He
seemed to think that the people OF the villages and the
neighboring beks would join his party, and had even
hoped that when reached the Russian frontier he
might with the Of the Russian troops march
back 10 Khokand But here Weinberg told him that
we could do for him. that we had protected
him up to his last fortress and that he must decide
whether TO remain there alone or to continue with us
10 Hodjent All hope having left him, tor instead of
gaining in strength his followers had been deserting
him at every step, he decided to accompany US
We left Makhram at noon and after riding several
miles through q very desolate and sandy region ar
rived about sunset at the Russian village OF Ispessar
near which met troop of sharpshootors that had
boon mounted and sent 10 our aid
ARRIVED HoDJEST
We passed the night at Ispcssar, which is only eight
miles from Hodjent, and arrived hero yesterday after
noon very sired after ride Of 100 miles but de-
lighted to be safely home. fr
We had two djigts killed aud one missing,
while of the Khans escort eight killed and nine
wounded. With the Khan, beside Mira Hakm, tho
Envoy, his younger son. Urman Bek, Alta Bck, an
old man and his chief adviser, Mulah Maaruf the Bek
of sokh and about $50 armed men There arc, beside,
about 800 moro, women and servants
scoboleG went of to Tashkent this morning and
shall go tomorrow or next day, accompanying the
Khan, who is too Ill to travel Rascal he is, he
bears himself very well in his msfortuness To be sure
he has had experience enough this is the third time
he has been deposed.
All ask now is that shall march back to Kho-
kand and give those natives good lesson.
The New York herald., 1875-10-25
STATEN ISLAND.

viii convene at the Court House in Richmond TO-
morrow Judge Metcalle presiding
The Rev Mr. Franche, Of Brooklyn, who received
all to take charge of st. Johns Lutheran Church n
lort Richmond will soon enter upon his new charge.
The New York herald., 1875-10-25

And there's your land Of Blue Lave,
Where deacons cut your hair,
For fear your locks and tenets
should not exactly square;
Where beer that works Sunday
penalty must pay,
While all Is free and easy
Ia Mich-i -gani-a
What the effect Of the NJ ch gan fever was upon NeN
York is shown In the census returns. From 81, o5s
white residents In Michigan in 1880, the number rose
to 2I2 26T ls40a gain OF nearly 600 per cent from
1910 to 1850 the gain 1885, 3s7-neary 30 per cent
BY the census Of 1860 we nd that Michigan had sent
10 other States only 80, 1886 and had received from
other States 303 5S2 Inhabitants or those from other
States 1911 lbs we're from New York alone 13 779 from
Vermont, n 327 from other Eastern States, and 50 on
Ten years later 1870 there In Michigan 81 Ooz
whites, 435 colored and nine Indians born IN New
York. Besides this Michigan emigration, other West
States took largely from New York In 1870 there
were found in the Union 405l, 34S persons born In
three eourths resided in the State To other parts OF
the Union New York had sent OF her children the fol-
lowing numbers
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
A Base Counterfeit.

Everything is counterfeited, nowa- days. If the counterfeit can serve the same purpose as the genuine, whether that purpose be good or bad, the base imitation is immediately produced. Of course, bonds, deeds, money, and all sorts of representatives of real value, have been always counterfeited; but spurious limitations of various lawful en- terprises, and even current news,sare of modern inventions For example, it is found necessary to warn charitable peo- pie against impostors who now go about soliciting aims for sufferers by the Vest ern grasshopper scourge. The fact that these insect pests had devastated con siderable portion of Kansas and Nebraska was at once seized upon by designing persons, who travelled the country beg ging for money for the starving people. There was an unseemly and unfortunate misunderstanding among some of the 1 volunteer associations engaged in col I lecting funds, one of the home organiza- tions having actually advertised certain men as unauthorized to solicit subscrip- tions for this purpose. Whatever may have been the merits of that dispute the advertisement was replied to with bitterness tit is now charged that the Kansas grasshoppers have been used as a means of imposition. The: Chicago Tribune, in the most positive manner, I sets forth that the country is swarming with beggars from that State, who mag nifty the accounts of privation, and who collect amounts of money in proportion to the size of their stories. The 11'i6auae points out that only one county has availed itself of the special legislative authorization to issue bonds for the re- lief of the people who have been impov- erished by the grasshopper plague; and that Kansas is abundantly able to take care of it's own sufferers without outside aid. This is sorry damper to generous people who have contributed of their small means to help those whom they thought were in great distress. And, worse than this, it will make everybody suspicious of future appeals for assist ance, to the great injury of those who may be really needy.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
Will Wonders Never Cease.

When Dr. Walker proclaimed that he had produced from the medicinal herbs of California an elixir that would regen- crate the sinking system and cure every form of disease not organic, the incredu- lous shook their heads. Yet his Vine gar Bitters is now the standard restora- tive of the Western world. Under the operation of the new remedy, dyspeptics regain their health; the bilious and con stipated re relieved ofsevery distressing symptom; the consumptiye and rheu- matic rapidly recover; intermittent and remittent levers are broken; the heredi- tray taint of scrofula is eradicated Skepticism is routed, and this wonderful preparation is to-day the most popular tonic, alternative, and blood depurent ever advertised 1iu, America We don't sell rum. under the guise of medicine. We advertise and sell a pure medicine which will stand analysis by any chemist in the country .-Coma.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
She Had a Heart After AL

An old woman died in lone house in Detroit No one knew it until the door was burst in and they found the old woman dead. She had lived there for years and years. People knew her, yet no one knew her.s Soma called her ss0ld | Nan, and some thought her witch
 She never left her yard, never spoke to any one except to snarl and growl, and 8 lone sailor drifting about on the ocean could not have been more distant from love and sympathy. She did not die in her bed. She might have been ill for three or four days, but she did not call oat and ask for assistance. Perhaps she felt that her time had come, and that no human hand could aid her, and as she felt the weight of it's shadow she was a woman again. There were longings in her heart, new feelings in her soul, and no one can say that she did not weep. She crept off the bed, made her way to an old chest, and from it's depths she pulled up an old and tattered Testament
 Between it's leaves were two cards. On one was pinned a. lock of hair, tied with faded ribbon--a brown, curly lock, such as you might clip from the head of boy of five. In quaint old hand was writ ten on the card the words: My boy Jamie's hair" On the other card was pinned three or four violets, so old and faded that they: looked like paper. She sat in a. chair holding the book in her lap. and her stiffened fingers held those cards up to her blind eyes. Thus they found her-a card in either hand and the holy book lying open in her lap The men, women and children who had crowded in with the officer saw how 1t was and some of them wept. She must have been a mother once, and had a mothers tender feeling. No doubt she was loved and happy when she severed that brown curl from its mates and WI ote on the card: My boy Jannie's hair !' They removed the precious relics very tenderly, and when they came to look into the face they saw that it almost wore 8 smile, and that the hard lines had all been rubbed out by the tenderness which flowed into her heart as death was laying it's hand upon her. Who culled those violets 2 Wherei is Jamie Truly
 the greatest mystery oflife is-ife.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
Johnny's Essay on {" The Tode.,'

" Todes is like frogs, but more dignity,
 and wen you come to think of it, frogs is wetter. The warts wich, ,todes is noted for can't be cured, for they is croniek, but if I couldent git we'll Ide stay in the house. My grandfather knew tode wich some body had tanned til it was folks. Wen it's master wissled it would come for flies. They cetches 'em with there tong, wich is some like a long red worm, but more like litenin,
 only 1itenin haint got no gum onto it..
 The fiji will be a standing rubbin its hind legs to gether and a thinkih wat a fine fiji it is, and the tode settin some distance away like itgwas 8 sleep. Vile you are seein the hias >plane'as you ever see any, thing, all at once it aint there. Then the todes he looks up at you solfem, out of his eyes, like. he said wat's s become of thatsh 2 but you kno he ct it.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
A Singular Duel.

A duel, arising out of the war of se- cession, has lately been fought in San Francisco between Northern man, whose s' brother was hanged as a spy by the Confederates, and an ex-rebel officer. By some strange accident the officer who arrested the alleged spy and the Union soldiers brother met on the Pacific slope. All the vengeful memo ries of the civil strife were called into life by the unlooked-for meeting. The Northern man denounced the ex-Con- federate as murderer and assassin. As 8 consequence challenge was sent and accepted: Both men were brave, and at the first fire the Southern man was wounded, slightly, however. For some unknown reason he fired in the air and then insisted on continuing the combat. The Northern man properly refused to fire on a man who would not defend himself, and the friends of both having decided that the duel could not go on the Southern champion turned his weapon against himself. Fortunately it did not explode, and the man was dis armed and taken in charge by his friends
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
The Horrors of the Asylums.

The millennium will have been brought nearer to us by great many thousand years when the people who are paid for the performance of public duties are selected by no other standard than their own qualifications for performing them faithfully and successfully. That the selection of the fittest does not now pre- vail in this department of human economy is fact that the people of the United States have had thrust upon their attention with wearisome iteration in the past ten or twelve years. It. has rarely been thrust upon the attention of anybody with more sickening details than in the two stories of cruel incompe- tence in the care of the insane An old man undergoing treatment in the Kings County Asylum was murdered in pure wantonness by 8 lunatic whom nurse allowed to take plasterers adze to amuse himself with. The murderer of course is filter object for pity than his victim; but what shall be said of the nurse whose indecision of character or ignorance of the duties belonging to his position is responsible for this painful catastrophe Above all, what shall be said of the system under which it was possible for so incompetent man to get into a position where the results of in competence are liable at all times to be so appalling? The case may be an ex- treme on, for there are few duties which require for their performance more peculiar fitness both of natural parts and special training than do those connected with the care of the insane. But where special qualifications are needed the precautions against incompetence and unftness require to be made all the more stringent; and it is to be hoped that this saving truth has been doubly impressed upon the guardians of the Kings County Asylum and of similar institutions else where by the deplorable incident which has followed it's neglect. The story which comes to us from Quebec is far more narrowing in it's accumulation of painful details. Through lack of proper precaution in guarding the acts of a woman of known violent propensities an asylum near the Canadian city was set on fire, and the four hundred and thirty odd demented women who were her fellow prisoners in the building were thrown into panic which may be more easily and wildly imagined than de- scribed. Three of them perished with the burning building. That no more than three perished where more than four hundred were rushing in every direction away from safety rather than towards it, may be accepted as sufficier t proof that the officers of the institution did all that lay in human power to do to snatch these poor dazed creatures from the jaws of destruction. But few ounces of prevention would have beel far more eticacious than all these many pounds of attempted cure. The patients who survive that wild scene will be all the worse for their night of high-strung terror. One act of neglect has for them undone years of work in intelligent and conscientious treatment tiff, indeed, the inmates of the destroyed asylum were accustomed to receive intelligent and conscientious treatment at the hands ot their faithless guardians.-N. F. World.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
United States Post-office Expenditures


 The House Committee on Appropria- tions in their report on the post-office bill say the cost of carrying inland mails consists in payments for steamboat ser vice, railroad service, and to contractors other than those for steamboats and railroads. Service of the last-named class is known as ''Star " service, and is designated otherwise, in the department, as service performed with "celerity, cer- tainty, and security" By the provisions zof the post office appropriation act for the year ending June 30, 1874, the manner of compensating railroads is provided for. Readiustment of pay on four hundred and sixtysix railroads, accord ing to the provisions of this act, was completed at the close of last year, show ing an increase in their pay of $1, 254, ,- 327. 46. The cost of inland transporta- tion for the years named is as follows: For 1872, $12, ,264; for 1873, $13,- 635, 5,341; increase of 8.45 per cent; for 1874, $15, 925, 5S4; increase of 1879 per cent. for 1875, appropri ation, SIG, 40O,- 1000; increase, 2.97 per cent. The un- usual increase of 1874 over 1873 was occasioned by the readjustment of pay to railroads under the law previously cited. For a series of years back the increase of cost in this service has been nearly eight per cent, sometimes more and some- ] times less, but averaging about eight per cent. Inquiries at the department elicit the fact that the $16, 400, 900 appropria ted for the current year will probably about pay the cost, no reliable figures Eyet having been made. The committee, therefore, add seven per cent. to the last appropriation, to cover natural increase, and recommend for next year $17, ,548, 900, reduction from the estimates of S514 796
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
A Wrong Custom Corrected.

It is quite generally the custom to take strong liver stimulants for the cure of liver complaint, and both the mineral and vegetable kingdoms have been diligently searched to pro cure the most drrstic and poisonous purgatives, in order to produce powerful effect upon the liver, and arouse the tagging and enfeebled organ. This system of treatment is on the same principle as that of giving weak and de bilitated man large portions of brandy to enable him to do certain amount of work. Wher the stimulant is withheld, the organ, like the system, gradually relapses into a more torpid or sluggish or weakened condition than before What then is wanted? Medicines which while they cause the bile to flow freely fom the liver, as that organ is toned into action, will not overwork and thus debilitate it, but will, when their use is discontinued, leave the liver strengthened and healthy Such remedies are found in Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Dis covery and Purgative Pellets. @+s
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
Good Reasoning.

A subscriber to newspaper got angry because the editor had an opinion of his own, and wrote, " stop my paper. The editor. was, sensible, and declared the subscriber was not so bad fellow after all: he had paid for the paper in ad- vance, and that showed sense. "We are convinced, the editor says, .,H ct that the mans folly, is only temporary; and as nothing can do so much to get him out of it as the continued reading of our pa- per, weshan continue for this philan7 thropfc reason to send it to his address until the subscription has expired.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
FROM THE NOTED SCOUT "BUFFALo BILL. J

HOLLAND HOUSE, Rockford, H., April 20 "A. Dr. R. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Si,'-I have now taken four bottles of your Golden Medical Discovery in connection with your pellets, and must say that nothing I haveFever taken for my liver has done me as much good
 derful medicine. w. F. Copy, C. Buffalo Bill'O.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12

WANT FUNDS. return rife match between Ireland and America will take place in June, and the National Associa- tion has issued an address to patriotic citizens. Funds are needed, to insure the international contest, and, as the amount is comparatively small, it will no doubt be speedily supplied.
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12

TRADE MARKS. Merchants and manu- lecturers are greatly interested in United States House bill No. 4,O65, relating to trade marks and other emblems of com merce. It has passed two readings, and is before:the Committee on Patents. It proposes to give full protection to marks, stamps, brands, and labels at much low CT rate of fees for registration than at present. The Label act of last year is pronounced failure. @ & #
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
A CURE OF LIVER DISEASE.
RIJSK. Texas. May 10th.

RUsK, Texas, May 10th, 1873. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.:
 Dear Sir-NIy wife last year at this time w&s confined to her bed with chronic liver disease had one of the best doctors to see her, and he gave her up to die, when I came upon some oi your medicine. I bought one bottle and com. menced giving it. She then weighed 82 lbs. now she weighs 40 tbs., and is robust an6 hearty. She has taken eight bottles in all sc you see I am an advocate for your medicines.
 WILLIAM MEAzEI..
Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12

Many people, particularly children, suffer with the earache and for the benefit of such we give a sure but simple remedy. Put in two or three drops of Johaason's Anodyne Linin,ent, stop the ear with undressed wool bathe the feet ill warm water before going to bed, and keep the head warm at night.-C on,