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Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
Wednsd'y Morn, Oct. 3, 1878,
-Boston has Ss, ,9S2 registered voters this year, 15, ,490 less than last year.

Two packers report the finding of the main camp of the robbers who infest the Black Hills stage line. 65 miles north of Hot Creek, Wyoming. There were four teen men and two women in mems clothes.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
aREENBAcK TICKET.

GREENBAcK TICKET. For Governor-Charles Atwater of New Ha- ven. For Lieutenant Governor Henry Manches ter of Danbury.
 For Secretary of state-Lucion V. Pinr ey of Winchester. $Ss9r Ireasurer-Loron F. Judd of New Brit ain.
 For Comptroller Charles J. Winters of Nor wich.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
Gen. Howard has leen cnllooti.a .o n

-Gen. Howard has been collecting bands of surrendered Indians at Camp Dermc'
 Oregon. The whole of them, ae~- ost, about thousand, are beinS r. ,legating Camp Henry. They arr .ansferred to The county is nov a held as prisoners. utes. cleared of all hostile Pi-
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02

"BRoKE THROUGH THE BOTTOM. "-An immense lot of Blankets. Robes, Trunks, Satchels, etc., which will be sold below bottom prices, at the Salisbury Harness and Trunk Emporium, 444 Centennial Ave. Lakevile, Ct. J. NJ. MILLER.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
CONNECTICUT STATE TICKETS.
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOV. 5.
REPUBLICAN, TICKET

REPUBLICAN TICKET For Governor Charles B. Andrews of LitcL- field.
 For Lieutenant Governor-David Gallup of Plainfeld. For Secretary of State--David Torrance of Derby. For rTreasurer-Ta Talmadge Baker of Norwalk. For Comptroller Chaunccy Howard of Gov entry.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02

At the Annual meeting of the Falls Village Savings Bank, Wednesday, Sept. 25th, 1878, the following named gentlemen were elected as officers ofthe Bank for tho ensuing year, wig: DANIEL BREWSTER, President URIEL H. MINER, Vice Prt sident. 0. NJ. BIlINTON, Secretary. U. H. MINER, Treasurer.
 DANIEL BREWSTER, U. H. MINER,
 Q. NJ. BENTON,
 II. E. WETHEhELL, JAMES H. BARNUM, P. c. STORM,
 CORNELIUS BROWN.
 TRUSTEES.
 M. B. RICHARDSON, H. c. GAYLORD,
 ATIDITORS
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
PROHIBITION TIoKE~.

For Governor--Jesse Baldwin of Midt.e- town
 For Lieutenant Covcrnor-George r. R CTS of New London.
 For Secretary of State--A. s. Beardsley of Plymouth.
 For Treasurer w. s. Williams of Glaston- bury.
 For Comptroller-Ed Smith of Meri- den.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
AUDITORS.

MT M. A. Dean having presented his resig- nation as Treasurer, and the same having been accepted, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted
 Resolued, 1st, That a lote of thanks be ten dered to MT. Dean, for the very able and efficient manner in which he has conducted the affairs of tho Bank during his term of office having performed his duties with ideli- ty, honesty, and accuracy, and to the entire satisfaction of the Trustees thereof. Resolped, 2d, That while we sincerely regret to lose his valuable services as an officer of this institution, we heartily commend him to the confidence of the people of any communi- ty in which he may locate, as gentleman of the strictest integrity, high moral character, good business qualifications, and every way worthy to fill any position of trust that may be confided to him.
 Resotued Sd, that he has our best, and kind est wishes for his future welfare. and we hope to learn of his success in any new field of la Dor he may select
 Attest, o. M. BRINToN, Secretary.
 Falls Village, Conn, Oct. l, 1878.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.

"** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our i, friends in the county, or elsewhere, Tno will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice,
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
M AR REED.

In Coboes, N. Y., Sept. 26 by Rev. l.. s. Johnson, Mir. Sanford A. Waterman of Co- hoes, to Miss Addie Rodemeyer. formerly of Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
CORRESPONDENCE.
New MilfOrd.-

New Milford
 The agricultural fair was better than any held here for several years. The display of stock. as well as fruit, and fancy arti-- cles, was said to be remarkably good, whilst the attendance each of the three days was full as large as expected......Amy Stone had full house on Wednesday night of the same week, to see the play of Lied Astray." and Murray's circus which exhio- ited one day of the fair was also we'll pat ronized. This all goes to prove that money is not nearly as tight" as many imagine. ......The Cong. society held their annual meeting on Monday last. During the past year, the society has paid mostly by sub scriptiop, debt of $l, ,72l, and now have small balance in the treasury. .Antho ny 6 Nc Mahan's new warehouse is well on the road to completion.
Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02

-Tramps are being sorely persecuted throughout the country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

Old bachelors who never smoke LII.
psoDIs WIN will suffer from chronic mar
%rastion. constipation and torpid liver OF
Z b;Iiousness." when DR.. Pierce's uoluen
Medical Discovery and Pleasant PargatlSu
pellets are known TO be reliable ana SPECIFY
remedies for these diseases.
Old maids who do not love cats
people who have catarrh, annoying anu
disgusting every one around them, When VI
Sagejs C9,arrh Remedy is known to DC Il
potent remedy for this disease.
! Women who do not love babies
Women who will suffer from all those
n%aipful diseases to which the sex IS he'!,
when DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS
admitted by every lady who uses 1t TO oe an
efficient remedy for these maladies. ,
People who believe their prOgehitors were
apes. uuo1or,s
Rabies. > and "That Husband OF Mine, ana
"That Wife of Nine" and "sThat Mother'lh,
law If Mine.D and "That Son.in>Law OF
Mine" and yet fail to read about themselves
in The Peoples Common Sense Meulo''
Adviser"
Christians quarreling with each other Oh
their way to Heaven. ,,.L,
People who will seek health at tashionaDl'
watering places, ~smothering at Saratoga or
Long Branch, or sacrificing themselves 70
"Grabam diet" at Water Cures and Health
Institutes, when the magnificent lnyalids
Hotel, at Buffalo, offers all the eiegan'
comforts of the finest hotels, combined wlll
the best sanitary advantages, Russian
Turkish, and plunge baths, gymnasium, e,c.
and it is situated in and near some Of 'h'
finest natural scenery in the Empire state
The most peculiar Of all are the peoPe!'
who read these paragraphs and fail to prom
by them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

The Sioux is generally a mild polyga-
mist. The young squaw is valued by
her father according to her youth and
comeliness, an available one being worth
all the way from six to fifteen ponies.
The squaw is the most abject slave of her
c%onnubial partner. She is compelled to
draw and prepare the wood for fuel,
besides cooking the ~rations and taking
care of her offspring. The lastonamed
duty is, however, not a very onerous
one. The Indian is as fond of a joke or
a game as his brother-inslaw (the squaw
many or his white superior. Ha-ka-ka,
or Indian billiards, is one of his amuse.
ments. The game consists in pitching
the anchor'shaped ha-ka,ka through a
small ring while the latter is swiftly
rolling, the various players taking their
regular turn at pitching, while the whole
group swiftly follow the rolling ring or
hoop, and dart their ha ka kas at a time
when they think it will do the most
good. Gambling is an old vice with
Indians, and the young braves will stake
their all on a game of ha-ka.ka. The
squaws are also inveterate gamblers
Dakota Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

Soon after Bob Toombs had made his
famous speech on "SIavery" a. Boston,
an anti-slavery New Highlander APP
preached him in a great crowd at the
Revere house, and thinking to cause the
sanator to betray himself asked
"You are Senator ToOmbs?"
al am" said the great Bob.
81 have no doubt that your eminent
position will compel you to give a true
answer to a question, even it it should
criminate your section ~
CRY me-" said Bob, with a twinkling
in his eyes,
"Sir," said the long faced and long
haired philanthropist, 81 an informed
that in Georgia, your own state, they
actually work negroes to the pillow in the
place of horses, and | rely upon you to
substantiate or contradict it."
Toombs s&id--"I will answer you
Yankee-tashion by asking another ques'
ton EDO you know what a likely negro
boy or mar costs p
ooh, yes" said Philo, 81 am informed
of your dreadful customs, and the price
| Of human blood is from 5000 to 81, 500.'
"Will you take $1,000 as fair? sale
Toomts.
Yes, sir" said the man in search o
his brother.
well" said Toombs, "a fair plov
team is two mules with us. How man,
NEGRO mon do Won think il would take +
do the work of two good mules?'
The man pondered. lie thought her
was confusion. He said
al should say about ten to a mule 0
twenty to a team"
Toombs said! GA mule costs iror
500 to $3.50. A team, say 5000. You
negro team will cost just $40, 600. Don
you think that is rather high blowing ?
The man gave an angry jam of his ha
over his ears, and went out, circulating
81 might have known it wss a lie :"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

The successful lifeof Mr.. Jacob Straw,
the prince of American farmers, is attri-
buted to the close observation of the
following maxims, originated by him
self:
Make your fences high and strong SO
they will keep cattle and pigs out. If
you have brush make your lots strong
and secure and keep the hogs from the
corn.
BE sure to get hands to bed by seven
O'Clock; they will rise early by force OF
circumstances.
Pay a hand, if he is a poor hand, all
you promise him if he is a good one pay
him a little more it will encourage him
to do still better.
Always feed your hands as we'll IS you
feed yourselves, for the laboring men are
the bone and siRew of the land and ought
to be we'll tr5Ated.
lam satisfied that getting up early,
industry and regular habits are the best
medicine prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes SO
you can't work out Of doors, cut, split
and pile your wood, make your racks,
fix your fences or gate, and patch the
roof of your house or barn.
Study your own interest closely and do
not spend your time in e~lecting presi-
dents, governors and other smaller off.
GERS, or talk of hard times, and spend your
time in whiting store boxes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
Origin of Slang Phrases.

1t is very curious and interesting to
hunt up the origin of slang phrases, or,
more properly, phrases that have passed
from mouth to mouth every day, and are
as familiar as household words, In this
onnection we reprint the following
from the current number of Harper's
Weekly:
In The phrase of Getting the cat out
OF the bag" we are reminded of its
thievish ancestry. at was formerly a
trick among country folks to substitute a
cat for a sucking pig, and bring it in a bag
to market. II any greenhorn chose :
buy a pig in a poke (that is, a blind bar
gain, without examining the contents of
the sack, 'he let the cat out Of the bag
and the trick was discovered" And so
the phrase passed into common use as
applying to any one who let out a secret.
" Who will bell the cat?" became an
other popular phrase, and is taken from
the fable of the cunning old mouse who
suggested that they should hang a bell
round the cats neck, 80 that due warning
might be had of her approach. The idea
was approved Of by all the mice assem-.
bled; there was only one drawback to it
who was to hang the bell round the
cats neck? or, in sholt, who was to bell
the cat? Not one of them was found
ready to run the risk of sacrificing his
own lite for the safety of Others, which is
now the recognized meaning of the
proverb.
II have a bone to pick with YOU" is
a phrase that is uncomplimentaty to the
ladies at starting, 1t means, as is we'll
known, having an unpleasant matter to
settle with you and this is the origin of
:he phrase "At the marriage banquets
OF the Sicilian poor, the brides father,
after the meal, used to hand the bride.
groom q bone, saying Pick this bone,
for you have taken in hand a much
harder task" "The gray mare is the
better morse" comes well after this last
aspersion upon the fair sex, to show that
woman is paramount. The origin of this
proverb was that a man wished to buv A
horse, but his wife took a fancy to- r
mare. and so ~pertinaciously insisted that
the gray mare was the better horse that
her husband was obliged TO yield the
point. But then, no doubt, he saw that
she was right in the end, and in all prob
ehlitx Aoasted afterwar9 Of h~isHelaGtion j
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
Gold Mining In Montana.

An Independent reporter saw a golden
brick at the banking house Of L. Il.
Hershield Il Bro. yesterday. It was a
huge pile Of gold retort, piled up in an
Indifferent manner, as thought it was an
every day occurrence and the old flush
days we're upon us, pouring their golden
flood through the banks and business
houses OF Helena. The retort was wsrth
wei $4,000, and is the first clean up
from the Snow Drift lode. MI. Hersh.
field informs US there was a daily flow of
gold, which is steadily increasing, from
the new district, and the yellow, shining
pile convinced US that there is "plenty
of gold" in the mountains of Silver
Creek. 1t is not generally known that
the new Silver Greek quartz mines,
distant about twenty-five miles from
Helena, are turning out the richest gold
cam yet discovered in Montana. The
mountain Il said to be scanned with
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
Iuon 70 pLslinguisl, " ushroo,n..

The London Garden gives the follow
ing as the Distinguishing features of the
edible mushrooms-several cases of poi
soning are recorded from a mistake in
selecting the wrong species: "The true
mushrooms, ag1ricus campesfrjS, is invari-
ably foung among grass, in rich, open
pastures, and never on or about stumps
or in woods. Another point is the pecu-
liar, intense purple Grown color of the
spores analogous seeds). The ripe and
tully.matured mushroom derives the
intense purple brown color (almost black)
of it's gills from the presence of these
innumerab!e colOred spores. 1t always
gross in pastures, always has dark purple
brown spores, always has a perfect
encircling clothy collar, and always gills
that do not touch the stem, and a top
with an overlapping edge"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
The Statue for BedlOe's Island.

The colossal statue of Liberty Lighting
the World, erected by France and Amer
lea in remembrance of their old friend,
ship, is coming out little by little from
the immense workshops established ex-
pressly for its construction in the Rue de
Chazelles, No. rs, near Morceaux park.
The arm and hand holding the torch are
already in America, and at present the
sculptor, Bartholdi, is flushing the
principal portion OF the head.
The plaster model is nearly completed.
In a few days it will be stripped of the
scafolding which surrounds it and upon
which several gangs of men are at work.
The first sentiment inspired by this
enormous head, nearly thirty feet high,
is almost terror. It's gigantic dimensions
are Supplying; but by degrees the eye
becomes accustomed to the colossal form,
and the mind reconciles itself to the
extent of those great lines, and we dis
cover in the midst OF them the majesty
and the light which the author has
endeavored to give to the features.
DuH euo PuUllC Wall bOou nave MI
opportunity to see the beauty of this
work, for the head of the statue of
Liberty is to be exhibited at the Univer-
sal exposition. Nevertheless we strongly
advise every one beforehand to visit the
establishment on the Rue de Chazelle
and see how the different portions Of
this head are prepared, worked and
adjusted.
Mr.. Bsrtholdi is making copies in
plaster of his statue of Liberty. Two
hundred of them only will DO executed,
numbered and registered with the name
Of the purchaser, who may in this way
preserve a souvenir of this magnificent
monument commemorative of the cen.
tennial anniversary of the independence
Of the United States, and destined to
renew and e%nliven the old friendship
between France and America.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

II our farmers would do as they do in
The apple growing section of New York,
only plant those varieties that succeed
best in our climate, and such as are good
market varieties, their orchards would
prove far more profitable. There are
few varieties that suit a commercial or
chard, and these few grow as we'll in
Kentucky, and are as profitable, SIS
Greetings aud Baldwins aIe north. For
a strong soil we would recommend Ben
Favis, Rome Beatty, Smiths Cider and
Winesap, For thinner soils. Ben Davis
and Rome Beauty. These always sell
and bring the best prices, and are good
bearers, The Winesap requiring age before
coming into bearing. We know an Or
chard Of one hundred trees, twenty.six
are Ben Davis, and the balance of differ.
ent varieties. In six years the twenty,
six Ben Davis trees brought in over six
hundred dollars; the balance OF the or
chard has not, during the SAM time
brought in fifty dollars Louisville
Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

The American export trade is assum.
ing larger proportions with each sue
ceeding month, and is destined to set our
financial matters all right in spite of the
Congressional wranglers, Among the
piano exports to Europe and the South
American states the popular firm OF Geo.
Steck & Co., of New York, figures large
ly, because their instruments have gained
the reputation of standing the most Sc
we're climate better than those of their
competitors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
The Silver Market.

The New York correspondent OF the
New Orleans Picayune writes; 1T Is
now evident that the great silver kings
of the Pacific slope are to encounter OPP
position in this silver business. The bill
had no sooner passed than one foreign
house in this city offered the treasury
$4,000, 900, to be bought in London or
Germany, and delivered therefrom to the
United States at a lower figure than the
bonanza people had engaged to sell for
That 81, 900. 900, or %thereabouts, has been
purchased in London for the United
States treasury account shows that this
offer, or some other foreign offer, was
accepted. The European houses will
| buv simply on a COMMISSIONER and this
brings the thing down to a pretty tine
point. At present, there is not silver
enough in our w markets to compete
with the supply abroad, and London has
this week, as a result, undersold us.
There are limitations that the owners
of the American silver mines may take
to coming their bars into trade dollars,
and dispose of them to the Chinese. But
this could only be lone where silver was
worth 575 and SD, the Chinese dollar
being of APO grains. The operation
would be a perfectly legitimate one, the
United States not refusing the coinageo OF
American money as a mere article OF
merchandise, provided it is issued solely
in foreign countries" A London journal
very naturally thinks it a singular coin,
cidence that on the same day, Saturday
last, $500, 900 of silver should be shipped
from Liverpool to New York, and $3.50
900 from New York to liverpool. The
larger amount isunderst0od to have been
destined for the United States govern
ment, while the lesser was leaving the
market in which the government might
naturally be expected to buy. The
explanation appears to be that the bull
lion dealers on this side, finding the gov
eminent had to buy, put up silver to an
abnormally high price when the secre'
taryof the treasury applied to the Roths
childs for a price, and, on receiving al
offer below the terms of the home dealers
purchased 50, 0Q0,0 900 from the Londol
bankers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30
EncournremeDt for tho Feeble.

Debility, whether it be inherent, or caused
by Oyertaxed strength, or prOtracted illness,
has q most depressing influence upon the
mind, breeding an abject melancholy nearly
akin to despair, and enforcing the abandonS
ment OF cherished projects and high hopes.
Happily, the enfeebled system, even in ex,
IRENE cases, is susceptible OF inauguration.
1t is proved by incontrovertible evidence
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is an I'm.
failing strengthened Of the weak, and that,
in addition to vitalizing the physical organi.
%zation, it establishes regularity among those
organs upon whose efficient discharge of the
duties imposed on them by nature, contin'
ued vigor and health depend. Thousands oil
instances might be cited to show the regen,
Grating influence Of this healthgiving agent
in cases of debility, liver disease, dyspepsia
nervous ailments, constipation, intermittent
fever, urinary and uterine troubles, govt and
rheumatism, and other maladies. ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

veins, running hither and thither, and
the quartz in some of them literally
sparkling with the precious and yellow
dust. The Snow Drift has a shaft down
thirty-ive feet, with a vein of decOm-
posed quartz t~hirty-fve feet, and increas-
ing in richness as they sink. In the new
district there is one tive>stamP mill and
three arastras working steadily and the
miners are rapidly developing the leads,
The prospects are unusually encouraging
for one of the richest and most perma'
nent gold camps in the mountains -
TFrom the Helena Independent,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

GEORGE HARDING writes from our sister
republic; "MexicO is probably a quiet
now as it ever has been or wei will be.
But we see many things that testify to
the uncertain tenure OF life and property,
An escort Of soldiers accompanies each
train, The white arms of crosses erected
at intervals along the roadside mark the
spots where the bones of murdered men
are crumbling to dust, and at each
station a squad of cavalry, mounted on
richly-caparisoned horses, with carbines
in holsters and sabres at their sides, are
drawn up along the platform"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

"LUcINDA's not a stylish woman"
said Creagle, describing his wife to a
long absent friend; "she'sas plain as the
handle of a jug, and there amt fat
enough about her to grease a watch, but
she can make biscuits that taste like in
SEPARATION, and has a steaming breakfast
ready every morning before she dreams
of disturbing my slumbers, ] tell you
she's a woman that knOwsho to make a
mar happy and comfortable, if she don't
look like a turtle dove in q chromO.D
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

MORE than three,quarters Of a century
has elapsed since JohnsOn's Anodyne Llnl'
ment was invented, aud it is to-day the most
widely known as well as the most valuable
internal and external remedy in the world.
No family should be without it aday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

Mothers! Mothers 4 Motherslli Don't fail 10
procure Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup for all
diseases Incident to the period Of teething in
children. 1t relieves the child from pain cures
wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving
relief and healthtO the child,gives rest to the
mother. 1t is an old and well'tried remedy,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

INTERMITTENT fever or fever and ague
is a common and sometimes fatal complaint
oa bottom lands, and we strongly advise to
those living in such localities HOME SToM'
ACH BIrrERs. Prepared by the Home Bltters
M 81. Lnnia. Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

It is a pleasure to commend an article OF a
thoroughly reliable character, and we do not
hesitate to do 80 in speaking of DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER, which an experience OF over
ten years c~onylnccs' us is the best and most
reliable baking powder in the market.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

IT is said by reliable persons that
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders fed
spsrinvly to LAYING hens will increase the
quantity of eggs twO'fOld. Try it. 1t won't
cnst much.