Connecticut western news., 1877-12-21
GENERAL ITEMS.
The latest sensation in Dalton, Ga. is female blacksmith,

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 Capt Boyton has been paddling from Amiens to Abbeville, on the Somme. He must wish it were summer.
 A steamship from Boston IS taking our consignment of American robins for acclimatization in Yorkshire, Eng.
 The tramp nuisance has become so serious that conventions are being called to see if something cannot be done to stop it.
 A child at Berlin, Ont, the other evening, was choked to death by mar ble, which it had playfully put in its mouth.
 pr. Walker complains bitterly" of his wrongs iu being compelled to pro- v1de for the wife who gave him start in the world.
 The telephone has been tried be- tween Dover and Calais with perfect satisfaction to the inspectors of the sub- marine cable.
 The amount of sugar annually con- stunned in Great Britain is 5000 tons, being about sixty pounds for every one of the population.
 The Wilmington, Del, Commercial estimates last seasons peach crop at B. 392, ,293 baskets, not including the amount consumed at home.
 The death of Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist Church South, will necessitate the election of three Bishops,by the Gen. eral Conference, which meets in Atlanta.
 A cloth made from the down of birds is coming greatly into favor in Paris. It is waterproof, and estimated to be five times lighter and three times warmer than wool
 A St. Louis clergyman went of on revivM mission, and while he was away from home his housekeeper suspended little girl by her thumbs and whipped her until she was scared from head to foot.
 The Government of Columbia has made contract for $20, ,000.000 with an Englishman for the construction of the Central Railroad. Panama, it is asserted, has promised a subsidy of $250,0 per annum. A brother anl sister, each of whom supposed the other dead, met by accident in Charlotte, N. O., few days ago, after separation of thirty years, only to find they had been living in the same neighborhood all the time. A farmer in Kincardineshire, Scot- land, has been fined for assaulting his servants. He rode through. his house on horseback, even entering the sleeping apartments of the female servants, and laid about them with his whip. When the workingmen of San Fran cisco lately paraded, a conflict with the Chinamen was anticipated and the latter climbed to the roofs of their houses to see the procession in safety. A company of regular artillery was kept ready for any emergency but there was no trouble.
 It must fill with envy some sports men of this region to hear that in Cali fornia wild geese are so thick as to be a scourge to the grain. Several farmers" says the Colusa Su',, "have been talking to us about getting up some concert of action in the matter of poisoning them" that is, the geese.
 Notwithstanding the famine and re- wards, noxious animals multiply in In dia from the religious dislike of Hindoos to killing anything. Cobras, lucky rep tiles, are held by them especially sacred, and with other snakes, managed in 1875 to kill 17,000 persons but 270, 1855 snakes were killed. The loss of cattle from the same cause was very heavy.
 U. P. Schneck, banker of Vevay, Ind, was delighted by the return of his prodigal son, who had been away for many years. The father expressed ex- travagant joy, and gave dinner and ball in honor of the occasion. On the fol- lowing day an officer from New Orleans came to arrest the son for murder. The sudden transition from happiness to mis- cry made MT. Schneck lunatic.
 James Mccoy may be called bank rupt debtor of the State, to which he owes more service than he can possibly pay. After serving three years Ill a sen tence of thirteen years in the Ohio pen ltentiary he escaped by being enclosed in, q barrel. He escaped from Clinton prison when only year of twenty years service had expired. He has also made escapes from three other prisons. Altogether he owes over fifty yeafs.
 Opium eating prevails to a terrible degree in Atlanta, Ga. In answer to the question, Are there many men in At lanta who have become addicted to the use of this drug?" druggist said; "Yes and great many more ladies. The habit is fearfully on the increase. We sell enough every week to kill thousand people. It is taken by persons who are used to it but it does an immense amount of damage"
 The inhabitants of the French colo ny of New Caledonia are suffering from terrible disease called carbuncular ty- phus. This complaint, which almost al ways terminates fatally, is caused by the sting of fly. The person bitten ex- periences at first an intense itching, al- though the part of the body attacked shows no sign of irritation. In a short time a little blister, filled with a black ish liquid appears. Still later a hard tubercle is developed, the skin becomes fiery red, and the victim suffers intense pain. These symptoms are followed by general and rapid prostration, and the patient dies of gangrenous decomposi- tion.
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