Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
NEWS IN BREEe.s o7y

in her treasury, and .0ou'tlOWe dollar. In the Naples Conservatory of Mu- sic are 5000 autographs of musical composers. 'Fs".- t@.' @ |'"1'' Milwaukee has population of nearly 123, ,0O0. So much for making good lager. '' +1..- 1 t,.r'',.,'., ,-,.., v, u There was not single marriage in Moore county, North Carolina during the year 1876. .na",n 2, g --The Sahara or Burning Desert .of North Africa is 5000 miles long and 1000 in width. ~--"----------
 The city of Richmond, Va, has over $40 factories. that give employment to l ll,QQO persons. sa.. ,ni,sI stIoiigIIa.. | "A New Hampshire couple weigh 449 pounds, but the wife alone weighs only 90 pounds. , ,laiaq 7iasi uo 9fss | -fn Galveston, Texas, they 9Afe making war on .catsI nIn ono month lAS tabbies were killed. 1ol sr m1oint
 1.-The Chin csc, laborers .employed at theeutlery works at Beaver Falls, ,%Penn- | sylvania, have all left. eaI 'n :oni"
 The receipt of indirect taxes .l France the first six months of 5lS77.ex- ceed the estimate by $5,000,0 ,000.
 A lady died in Brunswick, Me-, who | hou bSSh otOh AOk bWCuby~Uu 1CdIn 0Llu most of the time confined 'to her bed,
 ll Hon, Charles ,Francisa Adams sHss again been elected Presidents iOf lshe Board of Overseers of Harvard College. | --In one group picture at Sprin gfleld, Mass, six generations are represented -oldest, 91 youngest 8 weeks--all fe- males. 5o' ae1g .afI.".'as a.i lHl Asglg,
 The Flemish language Is dying out, to the regret of Flemings, both in Bel gium and France, and of philoIogi9s generally. 'i@1 rG, 5gi"s . .2.gn .i,,'. FE | Tom Thumbs house at Bridgeport, Conn.,, was recently entered and robbed of nearly alEthe lead pipe and gas hx- lures 1t contained. .myEEa .is.z.d " .tlE The first contract for railroad Iron to be delivered at Rio Janeiro, since the revival of trade in Brazil, has been re- ceived by an American house. ositR1
 -a-:Truman Ives, of Lansingb1rg,o N. Y., reports that two thousand tomato plants set out by him were eaten up by the potato bugs i'll one night. '''s sl-The London conference of British librarians will be held October 25, MT. Winter Jones, Librarian of the British Museum delivering the inaugural yad- dress. llss# Ffaa1 "lj ni '7g4Goo ,s"ya1O
 It is conceded by experts in rail- way management that one cent per ton per mile is the minimum rate at which railways can fprofitably transport frelght.whI ,.lpqra 10 ..Tsp Latl)r.n
 ---The official trial of the English ironclad Temeraire is stated to have been a perfect success. Six runs were made, the average speed being between 141a and 15 knots. ii 'H't .0L 'Eou'
 The financial depression seems to have little effect upon American tour ists abFoad.i More than$ $45 900, 900 have been issued by New York banks in let ters of credit this season. I'd .5sruos To
 It is estimated by authoritv that in Lurope person in every I,5A7 Is deaf and dumb; in Ireland,r in 1,7l4; in the United States l in 2,500 while in Switzerland the average is lin 50S. . l"
 There are now in the oil regions Of Western Pennsylvania eleven pipe lines for the transportation of petroleum, with an aggregate capacity for continu- ous delivery of 30. 900 barrels daily!
 There is publishing house at Stet- tin, Germany which has existed for 300 years. 1t is that of the Hessenlands, which was established in lb77, and q history of which has just appeared ob Eg-George Francis Train has received thirty-six cents for an article on pea nuts, his fayorite theme. Upon this he remarks: "This is the first aud only money ever paid me for literary labor."
 Buffalo, N. Y., is enjoying public investigation, instituted to ascertain whether or not the president of her Con- mon Council packed the School Com- | Oofffa0 n tho in nf a ah ho oft foxr books. .-. .gt-Haa .'', ,...t '-... lt t.u Near Forestville, N. O., is curios- ity in the shape of balanced rock. It Is about twelve feet in diameter, and Is so nicely poised that child can move it readily, but a giant could not over. throw it. st rrf .. .t .# s.E !.ro h s A curious phenomenon noted in the N vicinity of Petersburg, Va, after re- cent warm rain-storm, was the sudden \ appearance of myriads of the tiniest of frogs that hopped out brief existence and then died. ...a- ...,...- ...... | --J. R. Young, of Norfolk, Va, claims to be the champion strawberry grower, having gathered 375, GOO quarts from l25 acres during the past season. One day he had seventeen hundred pickers at work. ....., .... ..,-....- | A half-sister of Charlotte Cushman has just died at Lynnfield, Mass. She was Mrs. Isabella Weld, widow of James Weld, and previously the widow of Samuel A. Eaton, well known Bosr ton watchmaker. ......., .-...... .i
 The Eureka Sentinel says: Messrs. Flood & O'Brien own 360,000 shares of bonanza stocks, which at the current rates are worth about $11 ,000 ,000. The monthly dividends from this stock give them an income of $7s0, ,O00. "
 The total expense of the schools in New York last year was $3,371 694; fin Boston, $2,0S1, ,643; in Philadelphia, $l ,634 ,653; in St. Louis, l,17l ,093; in Chicago, S59, ,303; in San Francisco, $70O, l47; in Baltimore, $677.9S6. p, .. ,.T
 Under a strange Canadian law, a man going on board a vessel in harbor without leave is liable to get two years in the. penitentiary. The last victim was Norwegian boy of seventeen, at Quebec, who was after drink ot water.
 In Durango, Mexico, there is tim bearing district more than. twenty miles in extent, which has 600 veins and 300 drifts of steam tin. The supply is SO great that metallic tin can be pro- duced at a cost of two cents a pound.n
 MT. George Dawson, of the Albany Jouyndl, can edit newspaper, write 8 charming book on angling, and preach an instructive sermon. He now and then fills the pulpit of some Baptist church around Albany of a Sunday evening. la .....,... .e r, .rS.r
 Sheep raising pays. MT. Ross, of London, Ohio, bought 235 selected grade ewes for 5000, from which he raised 23S lambs. Lambs and wool sold for $l ,246, realizing a handsome profit over the cost of keeping, with the sheep on hand and the manure extra. .r ,,,......, l, ,..
 The late period of life at which