Connecticut western news., 1878-04-18
GENERAL ITEMS.


 grangers in Texas.
 Ten Texas stock raisers own l, ,023- 900 head of cattle.
 It is believed by many in New York that Madame Restell was murdered, and did not commit suicide.
 Over 25O,000 American stoves are now distributed over Great Britain and Ireland. They are considered excellent in every respect.
 A negro hod-carrier fell from lad der in Richmond, Va., distance of 20 feet, and struck upon his head. An hour later he was at work.
 A Coldspring youth was relieved of the dead body of large horse-hy which he had carried, with much discomfort, for two years in his right ear.
 Somebody estimates that every man who lives to be sixty years old has spent seven months buttoning his shirt collar. Thirty years more should be added for hunting up the collar button.
 -Thurlow Weed says "If a young man in whose welfare take an interest should consult me about ofice-holding, I should tell him it was one of the worst ways of commencing life."
 Taking into account her native troops, England pays annually an army of 2SO,OO men, 120,000 of whom are British troops. Besides thls she has a force of 15O,0OO militia and 200, ,O0O vol unteers.
 Mrs. Catherine Dempsey advertises in the San Francisco CaU that as her husband, James, has left her bed and board without just cause or provocation, she will no longer be accountable for any of his debts.
 The Mexican authorities on the Rio Grande recently returned herd of stolen cattle to their Texas owners, and took steps to punish the thieves, and it looks as if there was really to be re- form in that quarter.
 The Prince of Wales, when asked to take the chair at public dinner for a charitable institution, is supposed to head the subscription list by forking out handsomely, which he invariably does to the extent of one hundred guineas.
 The West intends to stick to "cow butter," declaring emphatically that those who wish axle-grease butter ' may eat it. The East Is of the same opinion, and if axle-grease butter sold at five cents pound it would be eaten only by those who did not know what it was.
 A bill before the Kentucky Legisla- ture provides that a man convicted of having beaten his wife shall be sen- fenced to work upon the streets or high ways not less than five nor more than sixty days, and that the usual wages paid for such work shall be paid to the wife.
 At Bucharest not long ago three gypsies, being sentenced to penal servi- tude for life, committed suicide in the dock with knife, which one of them snatched from woman in court-a tragic scene recalling that which took place at the condemnation of the Girondists dur ing the Reign of Terror.
 A piece of lemon bound on corn will relieve it in a day or so. It should be renewed night and morning. The free use of lemon juice and sugar will always relieve cough, A lemon eaten before breakfast every day for week ol two will prevent the feeling of lassitude peculiar to the approach of spring.
 TWO BABES IN BED. "Think of the Baby at homc," said;-
 "(How pretty he is to Kiss )
 It is white and warm in his little bed, It is dark and cold in this"
 He laughed and said, with his hand in tho dew Of the sweet small grave close by,
 Where the grass of the lonesomest Summer grew:
 "7his Baby does not cry" A farmer in northern Iowa owned what he regarded as a fine place for { summer resort. There was rugged mountain, green valley, placid lake and only mineral spring was lacking He endeavored to supply the want by in troducing various ingredients, through { hidden pipe, into clear spring. The1 he built hotel, and advertised. Tn, first boarder was a prying fellow, wh' straightway discovered the fraud, ant broke up the enterprise.
 Tire statistics of the Roman Cathoi Church in the United States, according to Sadlier's Almanac, are as follows Archbishops, II bishops, 54; priests 5,55s; churches, 5,634; chapels and sta tions, 11,777; theological seminaries 21; ecclesiastical students, ,121 col leges, "A; academies and select schools 519; parish schools, 2,130 asylums PAS; hospitals, 1O2. There are no exac statistics of the Catholic population c tho United States it is estimated g from 5000, 900 to 5000, 1000. It is likely that the old style ( placer mining will be extensively re
 vived in California this season. Ther are 10000 idle men in San Francisc without prospect of soon getting en ployment at living wages. An immens fall of rain Tn the mountains has made
 possible to work many gulches not usr
 ally available. The unemployed me are going to these places in large nun :, bers, and by summer the entire 10,0C will be scattered in abandoned and ne diggings. They can make by hand fro
 $2 to $5 a day-a remuneration that tho
 scorned in flush times, but now regal as very acceptable.
 . How MUCH ToBAcco. o.-TLe entire ma