Connecticut western news., 1878-07-18
GENERAL ifTnNI

of cheese and 1s, ,745, 900 pounds of butter last year. -- ......a ..... .u-.t = ,3 l. The gross earnings of the railroads of the United States during the past year were $472, 1909. 272. c, The divorce lawyers cannot com plain of the hard times, however 1t may be, with, their clients. o. ... .....,.. !. [,s -About 60,0Oo acres of heavily tim bered Virginia land was recently sold by auction for an average of one cent an acre. .. l.. .,8..s. .,f iu,. s-.a ..... -, f,. l5a--Tamanfoo, the capital of Chinese Formosa, was devastated by tornado in May. There was great destruction of property, and several lives were lost.
 "A miner fell into Nevada shaft and would have gone down 400 feet had he not, in the darkness, chanced to grab 8 chain after falling afew yards.
 Tt has cost England $7, 500, 900 to maintain the Queens children since they came of age. These useful young people draw very comfortable salaries.
 Washington Territory is repre- sented by her newspapers as anxious to become q State, but her population still falls short, of 124, GOO, the number on which representation in Congress is based. .r f ,., ..,,,....,..,-- .-..... ,.
 s'-The Cassells, the English publish CTS, have Set apart for the year 1878 $3, 900 out of their profits, and propose to do the same every year, for fund for workmen who remain long in their seerVlce. er taiGG3 tsg ,s@.A -. .... .'".
 "A California law forbids the pur- chase of bricks made by Chinamen for public buildings, although they are much cheaper than others :; but the con- tractors get all the benefit intended for white laborers, for they slyly buy the Chinamen's bricks. c ..u4a -I..+ .ri -Elias Black of New, Britain, Pa, has not sold an ounce of his farm pro- ducts in years. He believes in keeping everything. A field of four acres is covered with stacks of grain, some of which have stood there fifteen years, and are'the homes of yefmin. as '3 ,.... ... | Here are some figures, from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. There were in this country, in 1877, 166, ,0oC liquor dealers licensed by the United States, Government. The amount oi money annually expended for liquor in the United States by consumers is $500, ,00O, ,0oG.I I1 @sh nra w ,.5 s.swu .@. | Hattie Mosler, an orphan, thirteen years of age, being accused. of stealing thirty cents, committed suicide by drown ing in the Oswego and Syracuse canal. farto the uoney has since been found on the floor of the store kept by the man who made the accusation, and the real thief has confessed. st-s .........-e ,, In the house of Devonshire labore1 there were lying in an ordinary sized bed two mothers, two sons, one daugh- ter, one grandmother, one grandson, brother and sister, uncle and nephew, all of whom (eleven) were compre- hended in four persons, viz.: A mother ard her daughter, each with an infant son. ,..+ 3D 31 9Gt jahi .N"a@'-'t
 'j "A risky experiment was tried in & Paris theatre. In the ballet the lead ing danseuse came forward waving an olive branch. Then all the flags of the world were waved by the corps, except that of Germany. Then the premiere dahseuse displayed the German flag. The reception given it by the spectators was very cordial, ..su. a. .... s... '..a Dt "A Belooche Sepoy, in Hyderabad, Scinde, after shooting his mistress whom he believed unfaithful, quietly quit the barracks in the early morning with 100 rounds of ammunition, and deliberately shot every person he met. He was event. ually brought to bay by one of his off, cers, who shot him, but not until he had killed six persons and wounded four others. .-........i,, ..r r....... C. ,? The effects of strychnine, which is asserted to enter so largely into the con- position of the poorer kinds of lager beer, seem uncertain, Tn his testimony at an inquest the house physician of St. Thomas's Hospital, London, stated that "a quarter of a grain might destroy life. though he believed twenty grams had been administered to 0 patient under treatment. "a.4a 's '7 h'r .'''..'--
 ,lA -Dr. D'Unger, the Minneapolis phy- sician whose cinchona, recipe for the cure of drunkards recently attracted atten- tion, is out with this one for consump- tion: One-half pound finely cut up beefsteak (fresh) one drachm pulver- ized charcoal j; four ounces pulverized sugar four ounces rye whisky; onepint boiling water.T Mix all together, let it stand in g cool place over night, and glve from one to two teaspoonfuls liquid and meat-before each meal. ... f-aeI In connection with the Madras famine g painful case is reported from Bellary, n A child aged 7 years was con- victed of murder. The Judge said that the child's little sister, the deceased girl, was at the point of death from lack of nourishment and the mother was prostrated by fever and unable to feed it. At last, distracted by its crying the unfortunate woman put the child into the arms of the accused, who, by the mothers directions, took it out and threw it into well. The Judge recommended B pardon. tsuan,. n7. .y eyt ? r,. At the marriage of the late Queen of Spain her trainbearer stumbled on the steps of the altar. Bad omen, |" said the Duchess of Medina, one of the ladies of honor. At the bull fight the