Connecticut western news., 1878-02-21
GENERAL ITEMS.

Ten heavy grain firms in Belfast, Ireland, have been obliged to suspend.
 Two hundred different varieties of fruit arc grown successfully in Georgia.
 The unclaimed dividends now lying at the Bank of England amount to e3,- 5O6, ,956. .,...a ... ....05- --...-.
 The Lord case, in New York, has been settled without litigation, the old gentleman and his sons arriving at a mutual understanding.
 Twenty-Five produce and commission houses in Boston have formed secret combination for mutual protection from fraudulent business men.
 A bartender in Richmond, Va, neglected to register glass of ale which he sold, and has been fined $49.30 for the omission.
 England, in the interval between the Revolution of 1888 and Waterloo, spent sixty-Aye yeats in war and sixty two in peace. ~ ...
 They have " mush socials in Cleve- land, and vast quantities of boiled mush, cold mush, fried mush, mush patties, mush omelet, mush pudding, etc.
 Chicago is in bad way. There is no money in the city treasury, and the Supreme Court prohibits borrowing in anticipation of the taxes.
 Henry Young, of New York, arrested for stealing loaf of bread, sad he had been without food for two days, and took the bread because he was starving,
 The Wonsan's Journal declares that dancing is not nearly so dangerous to the morals of the young as the kissing games, such favorites with the young in many sections.
 The overseer of the poor at Geddes, N. r., erected building worth $400 for tramps to lodge in free of cost. On the third night they beat their benefactor most to death, and burned the house.
 In Russia husband may appear as a witness in lawsuit against his wife, but wife is not heard against her hus- band, neither has she any redress against him If he deserts her. 8.... .....
 At Clyde Station, ILL, grown-up son of William Lancaster, farmer, who was deranged, succeeded in eluding his keepers and procured club, with which he beat his fathers brains out wbile the latter was asleep in bed. ...
 When famine exists on the Kingsmill group of islands in the South Seas, the newlyborn children are exposed on the reefs to be carried out to sea by the our rants. Very old people are served in the same manner.
 -Speech-making in Congress on Sat urdays is provided as harmless method of unburdening obscure members of speeches prepared for the use of their constituents at home, and not intended for any use in Washington. !
 The Massachusetts Board of Agri- culture complains that the rural horse trot at county fairs lowers the tone of the exhibition, and fills New England with D class of horses that are of little practical benefit. The cattle show managers, however, say that the trotting is the only paylng feature.
 A Sacramento woman accused her husband of attempting to kill her, and he was sent to prison for two years. Then she begged to be sentenced for the same term. because she could not bear to be parted from him, and, the Judge refus- ing, she went away and tried to hang her self ..a.-.. s#. sN
 In the dressing of the feet, says "Dr. Foote's Health Monthly" those who are troubled with excessive moisture will probably find cotton stockings or hose preferable to woolen; but when there is no more moisture than the or dinary insensible precipitation common to all parts of tho body, woolen goods are preferable to cotton. .....
 Frog culture is the latest Western industry, and is being systematically carried on in Minnesota. It Is simple process, consisting chiefly in the protec- tion of eggs and tadpoles from birds and other enemies by means of wire screens. The product thus far reported amounts to 3, ,OO0 dozen legs, of which thirds have been shipped to St. Louis, where they bring an average of twenty five cents per dozen. .....-....
 The report of the National Depart ment of Agriculture for 1877, now in course of publication, states that the yield of wheat in the United States foI the year was a6O, ,OOO, 900 bushels, or 5o.- GOO, 900 more than was ever before pro duced. Deducting the amount necessary for home consumption in food and seed, upward of no, ,OOO, 900 can be spared fol export. The acreage of winter wheat fol 1878 is greater than that of 1877. The corn product was 1,SOO, GOO, 900 bushels with corresponding yields of oats and potatoes.
 Golden Hair at the Chancel.