Connecticut western news., 1878-05-30
GENERAL ITEMS.

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 @ --The German Protectionists are agi- tating to put an end to the Hause towns as free ports. ,..i.s .'i.' .-,. in The incomes of the various religious and benevolent societies in Great Brit ain for the last year amounted to $S,- 14S, S,O35. r'n.rron Tr ..s .. The London -LsUe Stock Journal says that young crocodiles are the fash ionable pets among the officers in the Straits settlements. zit of t..ut Two men were smuggling whisky in a skiff at Bismarck, Dakotas when their vessel careened, and passengers and cargo went to the bottom. |. .t.r s 'a.
 In the Gasconade river, Missouri, the fish are dying by thousands, from eating the worms that drop from the overhanging maple trees. t' >sl u.
 The fact came out in trial in San Francisco the other day that woman had carried $2O, 400 in greenbacks in her hustle for nearly six months. l'.*a '' Gould has purchased the trot- ting stallion Joker from W. W. Smith, of Mechanicsville, N. Y., for $4, ,000 Joker is a trotter of considerable repu- tation. .'~ f#|
 John Bright said in 8 recent speech that one third of the whole land of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, being no less than 23,OOO,O0O acres belong to 9S5 men. .-,..,.,... .-rg.t a.,,, C., A number of colored men in Ala bama have successfully laid the founda-, tion for what promises to be an import ant Southern industry--namely, the cul- tivation of raw silk. rr .s.srel. loga
 South Carolina supplies nearly half the rice produced in this country. Georgia is next, or nearly seven million pounds ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all our rice comes from these three States.
 When disguised in liquor the Rus sians are never quarrelsome. They go through an sffectionate phase, during which, they want to hug their neigh bors. This is followed by stohd, apa- thetic idiocy. .. ..-l..y. - y The Paterson Press, on the author ity of Q scientific confectioner, says that candies can be purchased in New York at less than the price of sugar, terra alba, at 8 cost of three cents per pound, being used. .t.a, ... ..s i" |nF. .s'G4 2,
 Among the curious exhibits at the Paris Exposition are those of Norway. She presents various tanned fish skins for gloves that of the eel prepared for harness, and machinery bands sixty feet long from that of the whale. 7-e ~fss 56
 Says a. New York book publishing house, ., We have tried almost every sort of medium in advertising, and long ago became convinced that the results were LARGELY in, FAVOR of the fresh and varied columns of the NEWSPAPER" " #n
 The Czar has attained his sixtieth birthday, and has thus broken the spell which was supposed to doom every Ro- manoff to death before that age. It would be curlous if his reign ended as it began, during war with England. r,'5 1, During the past two months agents of the British Government have pur- chased upward of 5000 horses in the farming districts of the northern part of Vermont and New York. The horses are evidently selected for cavalry duties.
 Akron, Ohio, with & population of 17,O0O, owes not dollar. No debt and light taxes insure prosperity, and Akron is growing rapidly. Older and larger municipalities would do we'll to initiate the financial example of this thrifty young city. ta e"".@..- There died in an asylum near Lon- don, the other day, lunatio In whose stomach 1, ,S41 indigestible articles We're found, namely, twenty buckles, fourteen bits of glass, ten pebbles. four pieces of string, piece of copper, fish hook, pin, nine brass buttons, and l, 7S2 tacks and nails.
 A grand wedding was to be held in the Roman Catholic Church at Westheld, Mass. but the large assembly, after wait ing two hours, dispersed without wit messing any ceremony. The bride was ready, but the bridegroom had been coD- vinced by his mother that he had made mistake in his choice. "nr# ot
 A curious partnership is related as existing at Chelsea, Mass. where 8 tur- key and partridge arc sharing nest. The turkey continues to deposit her egg daily, although the partridge began to set after laying thirteen. During the occupation of the nest by the turkey the partridge attends to feeding. .'.a .e'
 The Duchess of Medina Coeli has founded a society in Barcelonia, Spain, for testing improved methods of agricul- ture, and the introduction of new fruits and vegetables in that unprogressive country also for the establishment of model farms and farming machinery, and the promotion of agricultural fairs.
 The Russian fly has made such sad havoc among the wheat fields in North ampton county, Pa, that many farmers have commenced ploughing up their wheat fields with the intention of plant ing them with corn. In many places large fields have been cut down and @ very slim crop is expected throughout the county. ..t.,. -s.....r
 A disturbance took place at mar riage in Methodist chapel at Hanley, in England, the other day. An old man of seventy, with several grown up chil- dren and grand children, had arranged