Connecticut western news., 1877-03-23
NEWS IN BRIEF

when they WILL sail TOT Europe.
 There are in Boston 6,329 licensed dogs, and 2,000 more that are un- licensed.
 There are about 5000 producing oil wells in Pennsylvania, and the daily average production is 5.6 barrels.
 The daily consumption of water in New York amounts to 100000 gal Ions, or ninety-five gallons per capita.
 One of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's daughters has begun the study of medi- cine in New York.
 By the dismissal of the music teach CTS in the schools of Brooklyn, that city is saving $13,00O year.
 Inducements are offered by the Land Department of Florida for 50,0O0 wealthy Mennonites to emigrate to the orange groves.
 The State tax in Maine is only third of a cent on a dollar of assessed valuation, or about sixth of one per cent. on real value.
 The striking engineers of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad paid as high as $500 to bay off new men. Not much want among these men.
 MT. Hamilton c. Williams, who was President Folks private secretary, has just died in Maryland at the age of sev- enty. He was a Tennesseean.
 Rat skins have become an impor- tant article of commerce at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where one dealer has bought 36,- 900 pelts, within a few months.
 The King of Sweden and Don Al. fonso are the only sovereigns in Europe who are of French descent; nearly all the others are of German origin.
 The Anglo-American company's total cable receipts for the last half year were $1,30S,S ,S60, of which only $216,565 were needed for working ex- penses.
 The question of having John A. Elder paint portrait of General Joseph E. Johnston for the Virginia State Li- brary is under consideration by Legis- lative Committee.
 It is understood that the governor of Illinois will appoint Robert T. Lin coin, son of the late President, on the new board of railroad and warehouse commissioners in that State.
 The New York street cars carry 165, ,000 passengers year. It would be pleasant to know how many of the un- fortunates had seats and how many hung on to the straps.
 The Springfield, Illinois, Iron Con- pany is now rolling rails of 60 feet in length and 35 pounds weight per yard. It is said that the like was never done before.
 The French Government asks for an appropriation of SIC, 400, ,000 for public instruction in 1878. For 1877 there was appropriated $9,s0O,OOO. and for 1876, $7 ,sO0,O0O.
 There lives in Stonington, Connec- ticut, a native of the Island of St. Helena who was in the employment of the En- peror Napoleon during his captivity there. -
 The English Society for the Proven tion of Cruelty to Animals obtained during the year 1876, 2,46S convictions. This does not include convictions ob- tained by the police.
 As the gold crop of Australia de- creases, the wool crop grows more valu- able. Last year the wool product of that country was SEQ, ,000, ,000, more than four times as much as it's gold product.
 -Lavinia Goodell has recently been elected clerk of the Congregational Church in Janesville, Wisconsin; the first time that office has been held by woman. 'rt. The American heirs of the Jennings estate in England recently met in Bridgeport, Conn.,, and formed an asso- citation to prosecute the claim to the property, valued at $s0, 0,0O0,0
 Jones, glittering representative from New Hampshire, has had 1,700 copies of the Congressional Directory make gilt-edged for favorite constit, : ents, at an expense of $500.
 The fleets of Europe comprise 2,039 vessels, including 209 ironclads, and 11O others, of which 56 are ironclads, were in process of construction on the 1st of January. The crews number 290, ,000 men, and the vessels carry l5,00o guns.
 -The Westinghouse Air Brake Com pany recently received an order from England for brakes to be placed on three hundred locomotives and one thousand cars. The order amounted in value to $250,00O.
 Onions in New Mexico grow to the size of an ordinary water pail, and one is sufficient for several meals. Turnips hdRo uooH SIoWu GuoIo WSlkuluS CWeu- | ty-five pounds. What paradise for Colonel Sellers!
 It came out in trial at New York recently, that chromos comprising twenty-seven colors, and printed on as many different plates, can be furnished at ten cents per copy. Picture dealers charge from $l to $3 for them.
 Ten thousand men are engaged upon the Paris Exhibition building. The authorities reckon upon a daily average of from thirty to forty thousand visitors to make the exhibition a finan- cial success.
 Mrs. Sarah c. Mcintosh, of Joliet, Ill.,, has been elected, by the voters of Will county, Iu., superintendent of schools. Her predecessor in the office was man, but she proves thoroughly capable of filling the position. The fourth centenary of the birth of Raphael will occur March 29, 1883. A commission has been appointed to or ganize grand festival, and a subscrip- tion has been opened for the erection of a monument to his memory, on that day in his native city, Urbino.
 Captain Thomas Desmond has re- ceived in San Francisco gifts of gold watch and chain and of $500 in gold, in recognition of his services in the Irish national cause, and especially for the part he took in the release of the Fenian prisoners in Australia.
 -Pittsburg has surplus of $12, ,OOO remaining from the Chicago relief fund, which surplus has been at interest for some years, under the control of board of trustees. The interest on this sur plus, amounting to $l5,0 ,000, has been ju- diciously distributed among hospitals, and other charities in that city.
 A monument to Hans Christian Andersen Is to be erected at Odense, the city of his birth, as soon as sufficient funds shall have been collected from his admirers throughout the world. Hassel- kris, the sculptor, will construct the ] AIGLaa5- n,aailssL,