Connecticut western news., 1878-05-23
GENERAL ITEMS.

There are prospects of a great har- vest this year in California.
 The will of the late Charles Morgan was just four lines long. Hprovides for the disposition of S10, GOO, 900 of prop erty.
 D. W. Thompson wishes to marry his mother-in-law, but they live in Green wood, Miss, and the law of that State forbids such a union.
 The export trade of France for the past year showed decline of $32, 900, : 900 from the previous year. The de- crease of imports amounted to $40, 800, OO0.
 It has been decided to hold the In- ternationaI Congress for the investiga- tion of the history of America before the time of Columbus in Brussels during 1879, instead of in soma American city.
 A newspaper in Eureka, New, de- clares that 8 silk hat draws attention to the wearer in that rude town, a cane gives rise to ominous mutter1ngs, eye glasses cause the gathering of mob, and kid gloves lead at once to lynching.
 The grass throughout Western New York has attained remarkable growth, and should the weather continue favora- ble one of the most abundant hay crops that has ever been harvested M that VI cinity will be secured,
 From 1000 to %, 900 Holsters arc canned daily in the Vinalhaven, Mass. |, lobster factory. About l ,000, 900 Holsters were used in this factory last year, giving employment to twenty girls and about the same number of men.
 Sixty men and women of San Fran cisco have gone into the mountains, un- der the direction of bio Lewis, to live in tents for four months. They will eat plain food, take plenty of exercise, move from place to place, and return home, they hope, in improved health.
 A horse in Cumberland Pa, had such an extraordinary long tooth that it cut the poor beasts tongue whenever he attempted to chew. The result was he refused to eat, and nearly starved A veterinary surgeon cut of the tooth and the horse is himself again.
 There was something of a panic at . funeral in private house in Allentown, Pa, caused by the breaking of a ioisi supporting the floor. And when the coffin had been placed in the hearse the horses obstinately refused to draw it, and it was necessary to carry it by hand to the church.
 =" You may pray till you die, but the Lord will never forgive you for shooting man in the back" said Bowler, on be ing shot by Holiday, in ColliDsbury, La. They were negro farm hands. Rowlel soon died, and Holiday was so i'm. pressed by his words that he has twice tried to kill himself.
 Monkeys are aggravating the suffer ings of the famine stricken in the north western provinces of India. Near Moora- dabad a number of Brahmins keep thou sands of these pests on holy grounds, and allow them to roam at will among ripened fields, which they strip. The eultivators say they are helpless and must submit to fate.
 A rope walker collected seven dol lars from O crowd that had gathered in Catasauqua, Pa., to see him perform. He spent the money in barroom, and was drunk when the time came for his feat. The rope was stretched across @ street from the roofs of two houses. He started unsteadily, reached the centre, and then fell. His recovery is improba- ble.
 The wife of San Francisco ma chlnist became Q performer in a concert saloon, contrary to his wishes, and he decided to kill her. He prepared on explosive box, filled with gunpowder, fuse, matches, nails, bullets, and paper soaked in oil, and sent 1t to her by e1- press. There was no explosion when she opened it, however, the mechanism fail ing to work as intended.
 A span of horses drawing Q carriage ran away in Chicago, and the driver was thrown off. Three women in the car riage screamed for dozen blocks with out bringing nybody to their rescue. Then one of them broke the window in front, crawled through the aperture, reached down to the loose reins, and stopped the horses. Her companions saved her from falling dfer the dash board by holding on to her legs.