Connecticut western news., 1878-03-07
GENERAL ITEMS.

Taxes were paid in Great Britain last year upon 1899, ,330 dogs.
 A one-legged man was arrested in Pittsburg for kicking boy.
 Benjamin Franklin, in 1799, left $5,- 900 for fund to make loans to young | The fund Is now $200,000.
 A farmer near Cedar Falls, Iowa, has | made, this season, 4,O00 gallons of sorg- hum, which is sold for sixty-five cents a gallon. The stock of whisky in the United States is estimated at 45, ,000, ,000 gallons. This is small quantity compared with other years.
 The general government of Turkey prohibited amputation where it would save a soldier who might no longer fight, but might want to eat. Because the ingredients were strictly pure, Boston oonfectioner testified that his candies were strictly pure; but he subsequently admitted that chromate of lead was an ingredient.
 At Fort Defiance, New Mexico, an Indian who stole few handfuls of corn from horse trough was given twenty five lashes with mule drivers whip, every blow of which cut the flesh.
 There were at the last census 428,- 759 more men than women in the United States; but of the native population there were IT, S98 more women than men. In New England the excess of females is much greater.
 The biggest petition of the season made its appearance in the United States House, conveying to that body the prayer of 50,000 citizens for & change in the laws relating to the mails. There were 700 yards of it.
 The Farmers Club of western Mass achusetts, excited by recent cases of hydrophobia, have resolved that a tax of $50 year ought to be imposed on the owner of every dog, and bonds exacted for the payment of possible damages.
 The so-called accident to passenger train of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, resulted in the killing and maiming of passengers and the destruction of property, was caused by the use of 6 worn out coupling, worth less than dollar.
 Gen. John A. Sutter, the original discoverer of gold in California, instead of becoming rich by his good fortune, lost his land to the American Govern ment on a flaw in his Mexican title, be- fore he could get any one to dig the gold for him, and has for thirteen years past been trying to get some compensation for it from the Government.
 A mourning husband of Mount Washington, Ohio, went to the grave of his wife, who had recently died. He found the grave dispoiled. Obtaining information that the body was at Gin cinnati medical college he tried to recover it, but red tape thwarted him. Finally he agreed to compromise, and six weeks afterward he received few bones
 When Alfonso of Spain was at Bar celona working tailor commenced his harangue with these words: eff work man may address King" Alfonso XII, interrupting him, said: !" Why not ? We are both workmen you make clothes, and make order but do not forget that my work permits you to enjoy the fruit of yours"
 A California paper says: MT. Eb- erhardt, q tanner, who received all but two votes in the town of Santa Clara for the office of School Trustee, and who at the close of last years business divided the sum of $1, ,500-the excess of profits over his calculations his work men, was defeated in the Labor Conven- ton, because, as is said, he is capitalist and has no sympathy with labor."
 The language of Chief Justice Beas- ley of New Jersey, in sentencing Jacob R. Freese, formerly of the State Savings Bank, was, "You are charged" said the Judge, "with embedding the money of the savings bank and with conspiring to defraud that institution. You were lm- parted Q trust, and you betrayed it. You have been trusted by people, many of whom were poor and incapable of taking care of themselves. This is no ordinary theft" And then he sentenced Freese to five years Imprisonment at hard labor
 William Kendrick and John Filing ton played poker in Dalton, Ky. Filing ton thought that Kendrick cheated, and stabbed him in the arm; but, after a satisfactory explanation, the cut was plastered up, and the game resumed. Soon Kendrick accused Ellington of cheating, knocked him off his chair, and stamped out three of his teeth. There was another explanation, after which the play was continued amicably for awhile. At length Ellington was unmistakably caught at stocking the cards, and Ken drick shot him through the shoulder. That ended the game.
 The active army of Germany, in- cluding the baggage train and admins tration, consists of 17,310 officers, 6S7, 954 men of the rank and file, 1,S00 pieces of cannon, and 233, 095 horses The re- serve contains 4, 426 officers. 243, ,095 men, 426 pieces of cannon, and 37, 1851 horses. The troops for garrisoning the fertresses, including the landwehr, count 10, 107 of ficers, 353, 102 men, 124 pieces of cannon, and 3O,5 ,590 horses. The war effective therefore, which could at once be made available may be valued at 31 ,S43 officers, i ,2S3, 791 men, 301, ,596 horses, and 42s field batteries with 2,550 guns.
 
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