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Naugatuck Railroad.

sommencing June 12thS 1876, trains will leave O1AAOhFIELD STATION as follows TVS A. M.-Freight Train for Bridgeport. T.z5 A. M.-Passsnger train for Brideeport. and New Haven (through car), connect- s s- tug BriGgeport with local E1lfets s Tain to New York; at Watefl uTy 'l.z9 #. M.--Passenger train for Iridcep, If a7 connecting with Lightning Exrross fstr tram fol New York ArriviI q at b4s
 P: m connecting at Derby for New
 Haven (through caf). 4-4O N'-Mllk traIh will iassel gI cal atiatL d connecting al BIiCgtIolt Nith n.
 press train to New York, al.o NLL
 steamboat leaving DiIdgrl urt at n ?. m. tSaturjaIS tACtlttG) On Sundays, milk train leaves iIiLet-
 port far Winsted at 700 a. n re.
 turning leave WiEstcd ai Go Lit, l. {. field 435 b. m.
 Tickets sold and baggage checked to Canaan. and Albany via WiLs:ed.
 1O.5S A. M.-Milk train for " ihhtcd >ri,I na,s.,.
 ger car attached, connecting at Ms
 te,bury with train iron, Hartford at
 Wlnsted, for Canaan, Mil. rtui, sl,,l -. Albany.
 12.37 P. M.-For Winsted.
 4.46 P. M.-Freight train for winsted. 40 P. M.-For Winstel Ef.
 wATERTowN & WATERBURY +. Trains leave Watcrtown at 7.:O A. M,. apd i 70 ?. M, connecting with passenger trains tn N,w York and Hartford.
 Leave Waterbur. al II 60 s. rl. aud 6.5 Y. 10 |, on arrival of trains from New luIk Fenn's stage to and from litclfcld coll cts with all passenger trains at LitrlHs Id siRth is Thomas stage for Bethlehem aud MGIrs leaves WatortOWn daily.
 Stages for Woodbury, Barwintun, Otis. Col [. brook. and Goshen connect Wl,h 10 lo n tram from Bridgeport Discount of cents made to PaHaony,r. ,,s, chasing Tickets at the ofice, i"'
 GEO. W. BEACH. .SuperinteDa., Bridgeport. June 10th. 1876.
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. The Illustrations

Which are introduced for the first time in the present edition have been added for the sake of pictorial
 ees but to give greater lucty and force to the ex- panations in the text. They embrace all branches of science and of natural history, and depict the most famous and features of scenery architec
 ture and art as well as the various processes of chanics and manufactures. Although intended for instruction rather than eInbe kment no pains have been spared to insure their ~
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Artistic Excellence,

The cost of their execution enormous and it is be.
 eved they will find welcome reception as an admi- rable feature of the Cycopda and worthy of it's high character.
 This work is sold to subscribers only. payable on delivery of each volume. It will be complete in Six. teen Large OctavO Volumes, each containing about 300 pages, fully illustrated with several thou sand Wood Enaravings, and with numerous colored Photographic Maps. E8sE
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Geographical Knowledge

Have been made by the indefatigable explorers of Africa.
 The great political revolutions of the last decade with the natural result of the lapse of time have brought into public view a multitude of new men, whose names are in every ones mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious to know the particulars Great battles have been fought and important sieges maintained of which the details yet preserved only in the newspapers in the transient of the which ought now take their pace in
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Political and Historical Events.

The work has been begun after long and careful
 preliminary labor, and with the most ample for carrying it on to a successful termination.
 None of the original stereotype plates have been uaad. huf every uaun has hean .
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Printed on New Type,

Forming in fact Cyclopgdia, with the same plan and compnss it's predecessor but with far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such improvements in its composition have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knoWIedpe
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Permanent and Authentic History.

In ing the present edition for the press accordingly been the aim of the editors bring down the information of the latest possible dates and furnish accurate account of the most recent dscov
 cries in science of every fresh production in lera- ture and of the newest inventions in the practical arts, well to give succinct and original record ofthe progress of NE ".
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TO MAKE MONEY


 ADVISE TO THE WISE.
 We will state that the surest best and speedest way to multiply and increasev is to call at No l2 WALL ST., New York, and consult with
 ALEX. ROCKINGHAM & co. ! These gentlemen, who have long been identified with the history and affairs of Wall Street. are unusu. ally skilled in monetary affairs, and in everything ap- and proficiency It may also be said that of the many Brokers in that city they not only the most pOr ar put also the most successful best patronized and Street. "
 Among the customers of the house of Alex. Froth- ingham Co.,, are some of our leading and represen atye citizens, who mainly indebted to the labors of this firm fer much of the wealth they now enioy
 During the long and successful experience of Messrs Alex: Frothngham Co. in this city they nave earned for themselves envable reputation for honesty integrity and good faith. and enjoy busi. ness almost colossal in it's proportions in fact the amount of business done this house in the year is something wonderful and often forms the subject orlcomment. It needs but visit to their spacious oces in Wall Street to prove the truth of
 How they manage to $1O to S2O $2O into s40 gu into $o and so on, is secret which they alone gan sxpIaln: put that they succeed in doing is Iact 100 well known to admit of doubt If you would eaIely and protabiy invest your money do not hesi- tate to favor this firm with your cash and nas Dy so oolng you will reap an abundant reward tne e1perience of thousands of best ctizans at The necessity of taking such course in these times of totering banks and financial strinQency must seryer.Es @i *e ass4s5 Ss9-"- '
 Messrs. Alex. Frothinghapa Co. are prepared to invest money to nyanount in the best snd in every transaction in which they may be engaged sntire satisfaction to those who honor them with their patronage.
 ssnd for their Explanatory Circular and Weekly Reports, which they mail to ali who desire them rom ". T. Metvoposss, April 16, 1876. 5a sEK .asssg 4es .9szfaff.f,..# lily . Wb5te Dsips ossd NO. Il Nesc
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>HEPAUG RAILROAD.

. d
 Commencing Monday, August 7th, Is7o, Trains will run as follows: -DOwNwARD- 1.2O A. M.-Passenger Train from lnchfeid for
 South Norwalk, without change: con.
 meeting at bRwle. vile wi b lis atop. ..lt lc R. K North at II Is A. M.,sEd south
 ut 10 P. M.) and at South NUrwalk for
 New York and New Haven. SSO P. M.-Mixed Train from IItchhcld, come. |.
 ing Ut HawleyNille with Hau,st, rIe Train for Bridgeport and New Yotk s also TOT New Milford, and at Bethel
 With D. < N. Train for South NOrwaik 4.46 F. M.-Sunday Milk Train from I5tcba.ld
 connecting at HaSleyNiIle for Bltslae. port, and at Bethel for South NorNsih
 and New York.
 UPWARD 1.SO A. M.-Mixed Trsin from Danbury, arriving
 at Litchheld at 100 P. M. 4.4S F. M.-PasseDger Train from South NorUaIk
 on arrival of 3.l5 F. M. Express Train
 rom New IoIk, connecting st Hawley. ..' ulle with Housatonic Train leaving
 Bridgeport at 4.SS P. M., connecting from New Haven at 3.S5 P. M and sr.
 irving at Lltchheld at Os P M S@tHroaSs'-An additional Train win leave Bethel
 at 7.25 P. M., arrival Of GIG P w '- Tram from South Norwalk, connecting with Train leaving New York at G40 P. M., arriving at Iatchneld at lOO0
 PM. ''0" CENTENNIAL EXCURSION TICKETS. good for thirty days from date of issue fO, sale .s follows:
 Ltchfeld, SseS washinotoD soy New Preston, -. Sl5 Roxbury, aSs Transfer Tickets sold and baggage checAed through Passengers taking the 720 a. m. train from Ii,rh. field arrive fin Philadelphia at GOO ?. m. Litchaeld, Aug. 4th, 1876. 'Vf ttt
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-10-05

A little five-year old of Dorchester some what surprised his mother few days ago with the remark. "God is everywhere; and he is all over me; and when you spank me you spank God"
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 to one address for S12,e0. Four copies of tho four Reviews and Blackwood, for s4S, and 90 on.
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THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA

Within the last ten years the progress of discovery in every department of knowledge has made Q new work of reference an imperative want. *# I
 The movement of political affairs has kept pace with the discoveries of science, and their fruitful applica ton to the industrial and useful arts the fence and refinement f social life. Great wars and consequent revolutions have occurred, involving na- tOnal changes of peculiar moment. The civil war of our own country, which was at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been ended and new course of commercial aud in- dustrial activity has been commenced. Large access sions to our
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New subscribers (applying early) for the yens 1876 may have, without charge, the numbers for the last quarter of 1875 of such periodicals as they may subscribe for. a. a7
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 Circulars with further particulars may be had on application. ksrls'.i a'ssi31i7liz7-' 1.-THE LEONARD SCOTT pURfTsHrEo co
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. R. H. EDDY, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
For Inventions, Trade Marks, or De.iaps

For Inventions, Trade Marks, or De.iRns. No. 76 STATE ST., oPPosTTR KIunv sr., nosroS. A TIER an extepsive practice of upwards of A thirty years, continues to secure Patents in the United States; also in Great Britain, France and other foreign countries. Caveats, Specifca- tons, Assignments, and all papers for Patents ex- ecuted on reasonable terms with dispatch. Ee- searches made to determine the validity and utili- ty of Patents of Inventions, and legal and other advice rendered in all matters touching the same Copies of the claims of any patent furnished by remitting one dollar Assignments recorded in Washington.
 No Agency in the United States possesses supe- rior facilities for obtaining Patents, or ascertain ing the patentability of inventions.
 All necessity of Journey to Washington to pro. cure patent, and the usual great delay there are here saved inventors.
 TESTIMONIALS.
 q regard Mir. Eddy as one of the most succesa- full practitioners with whom have had official in- tercourse.
 CHARLES MASON, Commissioner of Patents. {" Fl have no hesitation in assuring inventors that they cannot employ man more competent and trustworthy, and more capable of putting thsir ap- plcations in form to secure for them an early and favorable consideration ct the Patent Office
 EDMUND BURKE,
 Late Commissioner of Patenta." "Mr R. Fl. Eddy has made for me over THIRTY applications for Patents, having been successful in almost every case. Such unmistakable proof of great talent and ability on his part, leads me to recommend all inventors to apply to him to pro- cure their patents, as they may Dc sure of having the most faithful attention bestowed on their ca. ses, and ct very reasonable charges.
 Boston, Jan l, 1876. JOHN TAG0ART."
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TC0rresp0Bdence N. Y. Evening Post.1
 Am OLD MouMTAlM TOWN.

A CONNECTICUT ELYsTUM ON A HILLTOP. WHo Go THERE AND WHY THEY Go-' SUMNER RECRRATIoNs-REMN OF rHR GOULD LAW ScHooL-AcERBI- TIES or EARLY PoLITIcs-ANECDoTEs OF DocroR LYMAN BREcHRR-A LOCAL AR- TsROcRACT AND ITS TRATrs-A TALE OF CAT.
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Work was resumed in the THoMAsToN clock factories. Monday, on elght hours a day; few hands have been discharged. Sunday morning, Chas Norton lost hls horse, valuable animal. Cleveland received a severe cut on the wrist while splitting kindlings Monday night. t.-Farmers are selling potatoes for ninety cents, and one dollar bushel.- Cider is very plenty and selling at $1, 50 to $2.00 per barrel. MT. Noises block is now two stories high.-G George Gillette has lost an only child, six years old, by typhoid fever.-C. E. Foster and Miss Anna Woodward were married Wednes- day evening.
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sRUGT receiyed ak es l498sI49# 8s.sa " 4tl3 :. ~ Sept 28, 1875. 9fess D. hcNElIs k CO. .R,
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That the sickness of his child should help presidential candidate to q good many thousands of votes, possibly, enough to decide close election, would seem rather absurd, yet we have no hesitation in saying that Gov. Hayes is .'in" good many ballotts by reason of his eldest sons serious illness, on account of which, Mrs Hayes writes Mrs. Grant, the pro- prosed Long Branch visit will have to be indefinitely postponed. "- Sprinafeld Republic0n.
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTs.
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A Kxw KSGLAAND ARzsTocRAOY.

The glimpsea of Litchfield society in th1sa days. which we obtain from the old people of the village make up Q qnAsa3 and amusing picture. Before the era of railroads, and when the hundred WiAes between Litchfield and New York was a three days journey by stage coach, 1t was natural that here, as in other New kn@iand villages, society, m it's forms and | fencEi0ns should be more complete than n1W. In Latchfeld, moreover the com. parakive antiquity and the size of the town caused society more readily to strat. 14E. Ihas there sprang up e silk stock. ed aziss0orAcy, which in the social and peliElcal affairs of the town maintained n1e1slaGive an ascendency as ever did the cd families of an English county. The Aaech@ald Obllgarchs, as we learn of them Sr0m tAeir more Democratic descendants, were rather dOgmatic in utterance, aus. 3ers ln bearing. and imperious and rigid fn matters ofsopinions. Yet we who be- ho1R Co an age of what we call liberality oo1ld well learn to initiate the solid vir- aneS Of these forefathers of the town kAear sturdy integrity, their hatred of vlee. their straight forW ardness and keen sense of honor and honesty in their rela- 9f0ns t0 men.
 @0 kssSAAe@SSs o3 suOcc unYS OtAug OuS Ill 4srnng relelf the temperament oi 8Ae men of the time. About the year 1S00 as the local historian tells us. the hostility of the Federalists and the Dem. ucraks waxed exceedingly bitter and con hnned thus for many years. s.Prominenj nea living in the same neighborhood re. tased e0 recognize each other when they msts Eederalists ladies refused to call upon uheir DenOcratic neighbors and the cAiEdren of Federalists were forbidden tc nsa@osaRe with those of the hated Demo. ena1n. RArson Champion, the pastor ol
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ADVISE TO THE WISE. We will state that the surest best and speediest way to multiply and increasev is to call at Mo- 12 WALL ST., New York, and consult with
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Suits and Garments.

In this Department will be found not only the rich garments which We have heretofore made speciality
 but also excellent house and street dresses from S20 upwards made in equally good style "
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THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING co. .aaalea lo 1sd dgA1 Barclay Street. New York
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30

They did get most Of their Indians off,
and supplied themselves with negroes in
their place. The shameless inhumanity
with which the blacks were used made
slavery in Massachusetts, :" the sum of all
villainy" In the letter of Downing, al
ready referred to, he says: "You know
very well we shall mayntayue twenty
Moore cheaper than one Englishe ser
want" Think Of reducing West India
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30
FOREIGN.

Herr krupp calculates that his latest
gun will penetrate the twenty.four inch ar.
NOR Of the English Ironclad Inhexible at
distance Of 1000 metres, or will go through
iourteen-inch armor five or six miles off
and throw a projectile weighing five hun,
dred aud twenty klogrammes completely
over London.
From the tenor of the latest news
from Europe there can be no doubt that
Russia is intriguing in the aid of Seryia,
furnishing diplomatic force, and with it
both soldiers and money. The proposed
cessation OF hostlites is only postpone
ment of question that will ultimately be
decided against the Turks
The biggest thing yet attempted in
the line OF heavy artillery is the hundred.
ton gun, Just completed at Woolwich, Eng
land, for the Italian navy, for which seven
other pieces of the like size are to be manu-
factured. This tremendous engine OF death
has base of thirty and a half feet in length,
seventeen inches in diameter in the clear
and it is estimated has prsjectile force of
10000 tons-that is, the dynamic effect of its
discharge will be equal to lifting 10000
tons one foot or Que ton about six miles
For the charge four hundred pounds Of
powder will be required, and the shell pre-
icclile will weigh $500 pounds. The mon
ser will be worked by hydraulic gear, and
swabbed aud loaded by machinery, and with
it, ton shells will be able to sink any craft
ahoat, aud make a break in any masonry ever
.nnstruato,I
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30
LATEST NEWS.
S"sTh Ann Mr~r

mon''. n@sallnah had received sl7,o22 in
money up to Tuesday. !"
Texas planters are Offering , do,,,
'""'ed for cotton picking.
o'''on' oil Texas and Louisiana are
Suherlng from severe droutb
memphis and New Orleans oycon,;or
"o'y healihy for this season of the wear
ARKANSAS pays seventy-fve cents per
INJURED ", pounds, for cotton picking.
worms are doing great DAMAGE ,o mi,
,on IN portions of Alabama, Mississirpi
Louisiana and Texas. ~
A skiff upset with five Jewish voutbs
at Montgomery, Ala, Tuesday drovuinc
Tour of them.
ruh returns from the late state cleo
ooh IN Alabama give Houston 9s SIG . Wood.
'h 'o''So' Houston's majority 1859.
lhree cargoes Of leaf tobacco were
shipped from Richmond last week for Euro.
pean markets.
Mitchell Pearson has just been csn-
vc'ed, IN Bedford county, Tenn, of killing
"m' Greek in 1865, and sent to the peniten.
hary for ten years.
H. c. Sneed, connected with Swift's
mon an steel works Of Cincinnati, is in Chat.
'ihooga, making arrangements for being
supplied with 81 900 tors Of ore per annum.
Yellow fever in Savannah is having
one good eiiect--sll the other cite, and
towns subject to the plague are cleaning up
their streets
The health committee of Savannah
recommend the burning of tar, resin and
"rpeniine all over the city, and also the
burning OF large numbers of coal kilns Of
pine wood.
During the season 60, $50 bales of cot
ton were received in Charleston. The aver.
age weight Of the bale is four hundred and
sNty-tive pounds, and the average price II
cents. Money value, $S,o7e,672 80, de-
crease of iIsi,9s7.5S.
New Orleans Democrat: At last we
near That operations are to be resumed at
'he New Orleans mint at an early date. The
n'fector OF the mint DIR. LindeTman, has
gwen instructions to open the mint during
hie ensuing month for the reception of de.
posts OF bullion TO be converted into bars,
which will be assayed and stamped in such
manner as to indicate the weight aud legal
value. The coinage can not bc resu med, as
congress failed TO provide the necessary
means.
Savannah News: of the negro popu-
iation, amounting to about ten thousand,
hne thrdumoer or 'aPpcanrsDeIng increased
by the influx of destitute negroes from the
country, who, hearing of the aid extended
TO their people in the city, are coming in for
their share. Added to this there are about five
thousand destitute white people, making
total Of some 1900 persons who have to be
looked after and aided according to their
necessities.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30
OsCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

negro in that intensely cold climate to
the one twentieth part of the food and
clothing which white mental was in
the habit of getting. They must have
been frozen and starved TO death in great
numbers. When that happened it was
but the loss Of an animal. The harbor-
ing OF slave woman was, In l646, pro-
nounced by the highest authority to be
the same injury as the unlawful deten-
ton of beast. In l7l6. Sewell, the
chief justice of the colony, said that ne.
groes were rated with horses and hogs
DIR. Belknap tells us that afterward
when the stock enlarged and the market
became dull, young negroes and mulat
toes were sometimes giver away like
puppies. This is the kina of freedom,
this the equality of the races, which you
learned from the ancient colonists.
But they taught you more than that.
Their precept and example established
the slavery of white persons as well as
Indians and negroes. As their remorse-
less tyranny spared no age and no sex,
50 ii made no distinction of color. Be
sides the cargoes of white heretics which
were captured and shipped to them by
their brethren in England, they took
special delight in fastening their yoke
on all who were suspected of heterodOxy.
One instance is worthy yofspeciala attention.
Lawrence Southwick and his wife were
Quakers, and accused at the same time
with many others Of attending Quaker
meetings, of sydlng with Quakers" and
"absenting themselves FROM the publick
ordinances" The Southwicks had pre-
viously suffered so much in their persons
and estates from this kind of persecu-
to. that they could no longer work or
PANCHOR LIN i1.
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

The following is special dispatch
from Madrid: cleaning that the COM
mandcr of the United States ship Franklin,
homeward bound, consents to delever Will
liam N. Tweed to the American authorities,
instead of sending him back to Gen. Jovel-
ar, the order for Twecds departure from
Corunna has been countermsnded. The
Franklin, which is now at uibraltar, pro-
ceeds TO Vigo to take Tweed, who is now
closely confined in fortress CASTILLO del
Castro, on board.her deck
The secretary of the treasury has called
in for redemption si0,OOo,Oo0 in $40 bonds
of 1865, May and November, upon which in-
terest will cease on the twenty-hrst of De-
cember next They are as follows: Coupon
bonds for S50-No. 65l to No. us, both in
elusive; for 500. No. s60l to No. l2,i06,
both inclusive; for s5O0-No 1901 to No.
10000, both inclusive; for si0O0-No. 35,25l
TO No. 1850, both inclusive; total coupon
bonds, S7,O00,0O0. Registered bonds-for
$50 No. | to No. 80, both inclusive; for
SlO0-No. l10l to No. 1850, both inclusive
for SSOo-No. 1i0l to No. 1910, both inclu.
sive; for SiO00-No. 270i to $3.50, both in
elusive; for s5000-No. 220l to No. 2900, beth
'-- or so Ooo-N- Sol to No. 39j0
kistered bonds,
The Osceola times., 1876-09-30
u. s. Mail Stearlers:

uryoturIrNA CITY ofviCKSBURG
GRAND TOWER, BELLn MhM "'''
, CITY of CHESTER, 81 JoSErh'
IA, 's,s..y-. nn ADAM JACOBS,
good price in the save market. 1he
were taken from the parents
and ordered TO be sold in the WesL In
dies. 1t happened, however, that there
was not a shipmaster in any port of
the colony who weuld consent to
become the agent of their sxporta-
ton and sale. The authorities, being
thus baulked in their views of the
main chance, were fain to be satisfied
in another way; they ordered the girl to
be whipped; she was lashed accordingly,
in company with several other Quaker
ladies, and then committed to prison, to
be further proceeded against. History