Connecticut western news., 1876-01-14
Items of Interest.

A bill providing for the abolition of the death penalty and the substitution of imprisonment for life has passed two readings in the Mexican Senate.
 There is dog on the frontier of Da- kota Territory which singly and alone carries the mail over route of sixty miles, through all weathers, as straight as die, and none dare molest him.
 The wife of Houston, the chief engi- neer of the steamship Pacific, who lost his life while trying to save the women passengers of the il-fated vessel, has become insane from grief at the death of her husband.
 Conflict of ideas. A New Orleans paper, which prints long editorial headed "The treasure of wickedness profits nothing," has its first page en- tirely occupied with the advertisement of huge lottery swindle.
 Little Smarty Adams, boy who lives in Boston and reads the practical jokes in the newspapers, pulled away his sis ter's chair as she was about to seat her self, and the poor girls spine was seri ously injured by the cruel fall which followed.
 The Paris theaters have been com plaining of hard times, but it turns out that their receipts for the year will amount to $5, 900, 900, against $4, ,000, 900 in 1878, and $3, TAO, 900 in 1872, in fact, considerably larger than they have ever been before. -.,
 Thirty Chinese students who lately reached this country with the purpose of being educated in New England col | Ia k<,I I@n a11 r., study They have the promise of high offices under their government when they return home. ...r a...T ...
 There is lady out in California one hundred and forty years old, who is the only woman in the entire State who squarely acknowledges her age when asked. in fact, it is said that she shows tendency to rather overstate than un- ] derestimate her years. s31,i.
 When General, Sherman said that | there is room in America for 10000, 900 people who may be willing to toll in the country instead of lingering as clerks around cities he told truth that ought to be needed. If his remark will aid to distribute some of the middle men of cities, to the Western prairies the grangers may have their theory fulfilled. A young man in Rockford, H., promised to marry Emma, and then be- came involved with Mary, who had him arrested. " You will be sent to the pen itentiary if you do not marry her." said the judge, referring to Mary. There upon, Emma stepped up to the prisoner and, advised him not to mind about her, but to save himself by marrying Mary; which he did, 7"
 To remove stumps from g field, all that is necessary is to have one ot more sheet iron chimneys, some four or five feet high. Set fire to the stump and place the chimney over it, so as to give the requisite amount of draught ct the bot tom. It will draw like Q stove. The stump will soon be consumed. With several such chimneys of different sizes, the removal of stumps may be accom- plished at merely nominal labor and ex- pense.
 A negro's cabin was burned in Sum- ter, s. O., and his family were within when the fire began. Their escape by the door and single window was cut off, and he broke a hole in the roof through which to descend to their rescue. He could only get one out at @ time. His wife and two children were taken out, leaving one child behind. The negro in his last descent was badly burned by the spreading flames, but he bravely tried again, and was burned to death with the child. W . ,u95a.-'a ..
 h Grace Greenwood, writing from Paris, gives the following anecdote: A gentle man, calling on distinguished foreign minister short time ago, was told that mo visitors were received that day, "But, you see," he said to the domes- tic, 1T have 8 Jettre q fa,Edlteroce, and l come on matter of importance" "I am very sorry, monsieur, but 1t is quite impossible to admit you. His excellen- cy is burying his mother n-law day, and when his excellency buries his mother-in-laSw, he does not like to be