Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24
GENERAL ITEMS.


 run by machinery. , Extra endeavors have been made ir Germany to overcome the growing de- mand for American machinery. 14l MT. and Mrs. w. H. Sargent and their two children -the entire family-of Lanesville, Miss, have died within Q year. e .,. .t - ''.' -' ; '' -..... tiy' l-
 The number of assertions from the British army was last year l, ,751, as a re- suit of which 1,740 soldiers were com mitted to hard labor. .aq .aep7ol ;s... i
 Last year the people of Ohio were taxed for school purposes over $11 ,000,- 600, and 490 buildings were added to the accommodations for pupils.
 "A Sing Sing prisoner was sentenced to solitary confinement for five weeks be- cause he would not tell where he got a newspaper he was caught reading.
 Mrs. Martha Angel Dorsett IS the first woman admitted to practlce at the Minnesota bar. She passed good ex- animation, although but 23 years of age --Old Age is not friend wish to neet;
 And if some day to see me he should come, I'd lock the door as he walk'd up the street,
 And cry, "Most honored sir I'm not at
 home!" -..s .'i'.r '..r .-
 A school house lot in New Hamp- shire district stands in three towns, so that the pupils sit III Rindge, the teacher in New Ipswich, and recess is taken ih Ashburham, Mass. '''''~J 'ar4.. <. ...
 --Residing near York, Pa., is farmer who has kept a record of the number of tramps visiting his premises. From April 1, 1877, to Nov. IS, there were 545, or an average of sixteen per week.
 Sir Henry Thompson, the eminent English surgeon, IS said to perform the operation of ithotomy ninety times a year on an average. His fees range from 200 to 500 guineas, and amount to about $750, 900 per aunum. n
 -Horseaesh is now becoming so com mon an article of food in Paris that a thousand beasts are consumed every month. They are not killed until they become useless for work through age or lameness. The meat is but half the price of beef. ,ssf vs.i taf,gy' ...,, ss.,.i
 Among the acts of the British Par lament which took effect on Jan. 1, was one to secure to married women in Scot land their property and earnings. With regard to husbands, they are only to be liable for ante-nuptial debts on the prop erty der1ved from their wives. -'-> ~ Tt is said of Joseph Jefferson, the actor, that his most vital personal trait is love of truth once upon a time he was heard to exclaim ''The blessed truth! I tell my children, For Gods sake, tell the truth r-the greatest armor 8 man ever put on him. '' "--.'' ..-.', The Rochester Express says the mystery about the ex-soldier who was supposed to have been killed at Ashta- bula, and was found alive at the Sol diers' Home in Wisconsin, has been solved by the intelligence that his trunk was on the fated train! H2 a. Y Y ".I s It is remarkable that every day of the week is by different nations devoted to the public celebration of religious services. Sunday by the Christians, Monday by the Greeks, Tuesday by the Persians. Wednesday by the Assyrians, Thursday by the Egyptians, Friday by the Turks, Saturday by the Jews.o =
 At .Grotta- Minarda, in the province of Avellino, Italy, country girl going on an errand left her little boy, two years old, alone in 8 cradle. A SOW that was tethereda in @ corner of the cabin broke loose, bounded on the cradle, and devoured the baby. On her return the bewildered mother found little left oi | her child. a5 '..7 ..',r %'ss t.it.a~a1i
 A Chinaman, wild from opium, climbed recklessly over large steam en- zine in Nevada ore. mill. The walking beam rose under him, and he had a per ilous ride astraddle it, to the consterna- 1 ton of the spectators, but to his own en- | ioyment. He even drew a knife, and threatened to kill whoever interfered with his amusement. --,9
 l The Galt, Ontario Refo,maer says ".Mr. and Mrs. D. Utter, of Burford, were, few days since, surrounded by a happy family of eight children, bat dur ing that time five have succumbed to that terrible disease, diphtheria. On one day three coffins and their little oc- cupants were carried out in one funeral cortege. The other three children are prostrated with the same disease.
 The destitution in South Wales is SC great that relief committees have been formed. Of the three vast iron works near Merthyr, but one is in operation, and at the score of neighboring collieries there is work but two or three days 6 week. The worst of the matter is that there is not even a remote prospect of | improvement, and the resource formerly offered of emigration to this country are at an end. ~,i, .-- 1o- -' o--..- l "A pet monkey in Atlanta was care 1 fully trained to watch @ baby, and rock it's cradle when it cried. He was con- sidered very trustworthy and useful brute, but one day, being left alone with the infant, and finding himself unable to stop it's crying, he jumped into the era. dle, scratched the child's face, bit its ears and nose, tore of it's clothes, and, when discovered, was stnfing the bits oi cloth into it's mouth. He is no longer employed as nurse.
 The foolish extravagance of Ameri- cans in Europe is commented upon se