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Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15

A LITTLE AMOUNT OvER1ooKED.-In the inventory of the Mark Hopkins es- tate in San Francisco, United States bonds to the value of about $5, ,0OO,O and $3O0, 900 in gold to the credit of MT. Hopkins in the Treasury at Washington were overlooked. They will be included in the inventory as soon as practicable. The heirs were considerably surprised to find themselves $5, 900, GOO richer than they supposed they were.
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15

PLANNING FOR HUNT. William E. Clark and David Connors, each fourteen years old, two runaway boys from Pe- tersburg, Va, were arrested in New York city and locked up at Police Headquar- ters. They had pair of guns and a hunters outfit. They ran away from home they said to hunt Texan steers in the streets of New York. Their parents were notified,
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15

A college student, in rendering to his father an account of his term ex- penses, inserted: "To charity, thirty dollars" His father wrote back "I fear charity covers a multitude of sins, ?
Connecticut western news., 1879-10-15
Connecticut Western News.
 PuBAIEEMD AT sAnAAN, LiTcHFIELD COUNTY, CT. NYERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, J. B. HARDRNBRRGH, Editor aud Prop'r. Local News a Speciality.
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For TIE BLOOMFIELD TIMES.

LIVERPOOL, May 30. 1879.
MIR. EDITOR: - Your correspondent has been
waiting for some time for something to turn mp to
write about, and at last something did turn up. A
party of young folks, consisting OF seven. young
heads that they would have good time and a lit
tie sport. They chartered two boats from our ac
eommodating ferryman. Israel Ritter tfamiliarly
known as Deutch). One OF the boats was large
canoe, the other skif. After fastening the boats
together. they started up the. :. raging canawl' for
Pixies Peak--nOt the Pixies Peak of Golden fame,
but place called by that name about three miles
North of Liverpool Everything was lively, and in
due time they reached their destination, where
the day; but as generally is the case all things
must come to an end. SO did the picnic, and the
party made to to he de-
within about half Il mile of town an accldenthap-
pened which might have, proved very disastrous,
but didn't In passing a boat, the captain OF said
boat ordered his driver to drive on, and in so
doing the tow line caught between the excursion
boats and tore them apart and nearly upset the
Misses Davis and p. u. Owens. The boat mme-
diately filled with water and for time 1t seemed
as though 1t must sink, but through the presence
of mind OF Miss Anna Davis bypushlng the tow
line under, managed to keep the boat from sink
ing in about six feet of water Mr.. Owens with
the oars walked towards the shore, then threw
out the oars and Mr.. Higgins Mr. Detrick and
Mr.. Holly assisted in landing them safely on terra
,frnld. Two OF the young gentlemen in the other
move, but sat there as marble statues. You bet
they were mad party and II they could have got
n0lu Oh the captain tnere would nave Deen SOHe-
body hurt. They were badly scared party, but
with the exception of wet feet and soiled CLOTH
ing, there was no serious damage DONE The boat
had the oar blocks torn off.
Last week party crossed over the river to pic
nlc on Mt. P0p0catapetel, opposite town. From
what ca II learn they very nice time, and plant
ed flag on the highest peak, which still waves
something less than tive hundred feet above the
tree tops.
Two more young men, Eli and w. A. Zeigler,
left us this week to seek their fortunes In Mis-
souri, Success follow them. ZEPHYR.
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MARRrAaua.

McBRIDE-SUToH On the 22nd OF May, 1879, in
Harrisburg, Pa, at the United States Hotel. by
Rev. Mr. COlver Mr.. Samuel s. Mcbride to Miss
Maggie, daughter OF Mr.. Thomas Sutch, all of
this borough.
FRITz-TREssLER - On the 29th of May, 1879;
by Rev. j. p. Sheeder Mr.. Chas L. Fritz, OF Car
Isle, to Miss Maggie Tresser, OF Centre town.
ship, this county.
BRUBAKER-HoPPLE--On the Goth OF May, 1879;
by Rev. r. Mcpherson, Mr.. Charles W. Brubaker
OF Lykens, Pa, to Miss Mary Hopple, Of Millers
town.
MFARLANr--B --BRowN.-On the 18th ult., at the
residence of the brides mother, in Newport, by
Rev. w. g. Coulter, ThOs, L. M'Farland. of New
port. formerly of Marietta, Pa to Ellie j. Brown.
GARDNER -BITTING.--On the 18th ult., on Mil
lerstown, by Rev. N. w. Colburn, Mr.. John G.
town.
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THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD. Pa JUNE 8, 1879.

and a quarter of town, at the buildings
of the Yoder farm, they got among the
tools In an out t-house, and rummaged
the contents of the building thoroughly.
AT the last place mentioned, 1t is believ-
ed, they re-arranged the load in the
wagon, for where 1t stood, they left a
number of light cakes and jug of
molasses that they had stolen from the
Adams cellar.-Sentinel.
Mr.. Geo. A. Anderson, of Fermanagh
township, lost his COW some time ago,
and as he had but recently bought her,
supposed she had only strayed away I;
but In hunting for her, found that she
had got into bog along the ridge, and
had died there. 1t Is a great loss to Mr..
Anderson, who is poor man, and had
no use yet of the COW.
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For THE TIMES.
EL11oTTsBURe. Nav %. 1877,

ELLIoTTsBURG, May 20, 1879.
Mr.. EDITOR I'VE see communications in
your valuable paper from other parts of the
county almost weekly, but do not often see any
from Eliottsburg. We can count popula-
tion of about 155 and are all quiet and peacabe
citizens. We have no need of Esquire or Con-
stable or any other officers of the law, but live
in harmony and peace. There's being some i'm
provements made in the way of building.
Jacob Dunn has put up very good stable on
the northeast corner of Water street, and A.
@. Hollenbaugh has under way a very fine out
building.
The farmers in this vincinty are in predica-
ment, as our two blacksmiths are both sick
they have bad cold and cannot work.
More again. ANON.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03
Eleventh Annual S. S. Convention.

The eleventh annual Sunday School conven-
tion of Perry county was held at Blain on the
27th and 2sth of May, 1879. There was a
large attendance at all the sessions of the con-
vention. The convention was called to order
at 10H A. NJ. by President Linderman. De-
votlonal exercises, hymn, "All hail the power
of Jesus name," prayer by the Rev. j. w.
Cleaver. On motion, a committee on organi-
zation, consisting of Rev. Cleaver, w. w.
Mcclure, e. A. Flickinger, Milton Gibson and
j. e. Ballor we're appointed Rev. M. g.
Piper, of Blain, delivered the address of well
come, to which Rev. Davenport, of Landis-
burg, responded.
= The following statistics are appended to the
proceedings:
Number of schools reported in the county n
Number represented at the convention. 81
Number of scholars ars.m,..................... 5,633
Average attendance. ce.................,...... 4,117
Number of officers and teachers...".... S57
Number Of schools kept open all the year 40
Number &C " &c part of year SO
Number using the International Lessons. ~
Number not using the lesson Leaf ....... 5
J. FRAZIER, President.
D. MICKEY, Secretary.
The proceedings which are lengthy, were not
furnished us in time to publish in full
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The Railroad project is again revived by
some enterprising, responsible railroad
contractors, who propose, If the citizens
interested will back them properly, to
take hold of the matter and build the
road. The proposition they make is
such that no loss can be sustained,
and success is certain. Those interested
in having railroad up this valley,
should investigate the proposition made
by these contractors, and see if this is
not the opportunity to get what is so
badly needed to properly develop the
resources of this county-which is n
railroad.
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Philadelphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA. May 81, 1879
Flour unsettled; extras 81 50@4 81: Pennsyl-
vania family, S4.75 a 500; Minnesota do, S4500
s4.75; patent and high grades S@S00
Rye -four S275602S5.
COrnmeal $3.50
Wheat. red, 1lT@l1S; amber, 116 q III; white
116@l17.
Corn quiet and easy; yellow, 4S044c. mixed,
42GD44c.
Oats quiet; Pennsylvania and western white,
33@0Ac.; western mixed ,35G35.
Rye56060c.
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v More lall Birds. - On Sunday night
aweek a party of tramps, consisting of
two men and one woman, stole spring
wagon from Wesley Hays, i'm Penn twp,
and then loaded the wagon with carpet,
books, &C., which they stole from Pen
nel's Church, in Wheatfield twp. The
party were followed as far as Lewistown
where they were arrested and brought
back to Newport. After an interview
with Esquire Zinn, they were brought
to this place and placed in the custody
of Sheriff Gray. The horse is supposed
to be stolen property, and the animal re-
mains in the care of the Miffiin county
officers awaiting an owner. The morals
OF the country must soon improve, or the
size of the Jail will have to be increased,
as 1t is loaded to its full capacity now.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Post Office New Bloomfield, Perry
Co., Pa, June 1st 1870.
John w. Hemerley, Mr.. Frank Louf-
man, and Frank Zeigler.
Persons calling for the above letters
please say they were advertised.
SAMUEL RoATH, p. NJ.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

communication of the death sentence to
imprisonment for life, in the case of
Peter Swlngler, convicted of murder In
Franklin county, and sentenced to he
hanged June 5th. The board approved
the sentence of the court below, and re-
fused to interfere. Swlngler will ac-
cordingly be hanged on the day desig-
mated.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

Accident to a Horse.--Mr. e. G. Gault,
of Rye township, lost valuable horse a
few days since, In singular manner
He let the animal out of the stable,
when it began to run and play, but sud
denly stopped and dropped dead. Upon
examination it was found that the
horse had ruptured his bladder.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

. Accident from Reckless Driving. - On
Tuesday last as Mr.. Henry Meyers was
driving down to Newport in spring
wagon, he was startled by Butcher"
Jones coming behind him at rapid
rate, and in another moment his hind
wheel was struck by the wheel of
jones' wagon. The collision upset Mr..
Meyers vehicle, throwing him and
his son who was With him out. His
horse was badly frightened and started
to run, pursued by the boy, as Mr.. M.
was partly stunned by the fall. After
running some distance the horse was
stopped by running against tree. For
tunately no serious injury was caused to
any person, but the wagon was badly
broken. Jones drove on to Newport
after the accident, in the same reckless
manner.
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DIATES.

STAMBAUGH-On the 18th ult., In Fulton, Gallo
way county, Mo-, of Consumption, Mary A.. S..
daughter OF Alexander Stambaugh, aged IS years,
II months and 20 days.
SIEG-On the 21st ult.. in Penn twp, Mrs Mary
E. Sieg aged 80 years, 6 months and 21 days.
SMITH--On the 2Sth ut., near Cera Gorda, Piatt
county ILL.,. James H. Smith, (brot.er OF Daniel
II. Smith Of Spring twp.,) of Consumption, aged
about 25 years.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

Iuniata County We copy the follow
ing from the Juniata county papers of
last week.
On last Friday night thieves commit
ted depredations at four different places
along the road that leads from this place
TO Van Vert. At the latter place
mentioned they took the curtains off
the top of "covered'' spring wagon
that is owned by VIM. Kurtz. They
had wagon. From the Kurtz place
they came this way to the residence of
Jacob Adams, whose cellar they robbed
of fresh baxing,' &c. Still nearer
town, at the Cedar Spring" farm they
stole bag of wheat. Within mile
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03
Church Notices. .

Presbyterian Church-Preaching next
Sabbath at IL A. M. and 8 p. M. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at s
o'clock. Sunday School at 81 A. M.
Preaching at the NJ. E. Church next
Sunday at 10t A. M. Sunday School 8
A. NJ. Prayer meeting, Sunday and
Thursday evenings. Also, preaching at
Mount Gilead p p. NJ, Landisburg
p. M.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

q Horse Thief Captured.-On Tuesday last
a fellow named Samuel Reed, of Dau-
phin county, was brought here and
lodged in Jail, on the charge of stealing
a horse belonging to e. G. Gault, of
Rye township. The horse was stolen
on the night of the Goth ult., and was
taken to Harrisburg and traded off. The
thief was arrested when he came for
the horse he had traded for. He had
first taken gray mare that was lame,
but finding that out he had brought her
back and had taken sorrel horse. He
also took saddle and bride.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

VNSTATE NOTICE. -Noticeis hereby giY-
~ en- that Letters of Administration on the
Estate of Susan Heiser, late of Rye township,
Perry Co. Pa, have been granted to the under
signed of said township
All persons Indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment and those having
claims willpresent them duly authenticated Tor
settlement to
LEVI d. RIDER Administrator.
w. II. SPONSLER
Attorney for Administrator tJune 3, 1879.
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@ The Old Pistol was Loaded. = Mr.. Ad-

~ The Old Pistol was Loaded. - Mr.. Ad-
drew Whltekettle, of Markelville, is the
owner of an old-fashioned horse-plstol of
large size, which has the appearance of
q relic of the last century more than the
look of the dangerous weapon 1t Is. This
pistol he kept In his sleeping room. A
short time since DIR. H, of York, ac-
companied by friend, stopped with Mr..
w. over night and were put in the room
where the pistol was allowed to remain.
Early in the morning the doctor discov-
cred this pistol and examined it as a
curiosity, and thinking it good joke on
his friend to awaken him by pointing 1t
at him and swapping the flint, did so.--
The first snap did not arouse him and so
he repeated it several times, without sue
cess. He then placed the pistol In such
manner that the lock came close to the
sleeping mans ear and snapped it again,
when, to his horror, and to the terror of
his friend, the weapon was discharged
with deafening report, the charge
passing down through the bed clothes,
tearing large hole clear through the
mattress. The only damage done to
either gentlemen was to scare them half
to death and to affect the hearing of the
man whose head was so close to the pistol,
so much SO that he has not yet recover
ed from its effect. The escape of the doc
tors friend from death is the more re-
markable, as Mr.. Whitekettle says he
never knew the pistol to miss fire before
and, that it should then miss several
times in succession seemed like a special
interposition of Providence. 1t is an
other instance proving the danger of
pointing gun or pistol at person.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

FISH, SALT, LIME AND COAL
u all kinds always on hand and for sale at the
Lowest Market Rates.
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Fell Off Train.-On Tuesday morning,
the number of emigrants to go West
necessitated two sections of Way Pas
senger, the second consisting of eleven
cars filled with people. When the train
was near Vandyke station, (three miles
west of Thompsontown,) five-year
old child fell from the platform to the
side of the track. Flagman, G. Steiner,
who was at his post at the rear end of
the train, noticed the little waif and pull
ed the bell cord, signaling the engineer to
stop. When the train came to stand,
he ran back and met the child running
towards him. The little thing received
no hurts except a bump upon its head.
Ledger.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

Two Men Kiled.-At an early hour on
Wednesday morning two young men
were struck by the Pacific Express going
West, when near Baily's, and were in
stantly killed, their bodies being badly
mangled. The men were on the track
and stepped from one track to avoid a
coming freight train, only to get in front
of train going in an opposite direc-
ton. The men proved to be Fillmore
Dutton and David Berger, of Chambers
burg. Their remains were taken to
Baily's and placed in charge of the fore
man there and were subsequently sent
to Newport, where an inquest was held.
They were cigar makers and had been
in search of employment.
The bodies were afterward sent to their
friends in Chambersburg.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-03

Something New. - H. MARY G.. SHEE-
DER having opened store of NOTIONS
and FANCY GOODS, in Mrs. Gallatin's 3
house on West Main Street, New Bloom
field, wishes her friends to call and see
her selection of goods. [may % At
An assortment of Domestic Paper
patterns will be found for sale at the
store of +. MORTIMER. If.
As- Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
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THE ST. ELMO HOTEL,
317 6 319 ARCH STREET
PHILADELPHIA.
has reduced Eisrates to
81 PER DAN.

The high reputation Of the house will be main.
tanned In all respects, and the travelling public
VIII stll hnd the same liberal provision for their
The house been recently reitted, and is com.
plete In all its appointments. Located in the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of the large centres Of business
ana OF places OF amusement, and accessible to an
Railroad depots and other parts 81 the CITY by
street ears constantly passing its dOers, t offers
special Inducements 10 those visiting the City on
business or pleasure. n
JOS. NJ. FEGER, Proprietor.
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Local Department..

PENNSYLVANIA R. R.-MIDDLE DIVISION.
ON and after May I9th, Trains run as follows
The daily gazette., 1879-08-16
watering In y Dry Time.

In the summer droughts which now
and then occur it is common to see per-
sons everywhere at work watering the
garden to keep things alive till the regu-
lar rains come. 1t is, however, the ex-
perience Of all, that the more the garden
is watered the more it wants and thus
on the whole it does little good. Yet
water can be so given as to be free from
this objection. 1t is the hardening of
the surface which causes the evil, and a
hard, compact surface always dries out
faster than loose one. The proper way
is to take the earth away for few inches
around the plant to be watered, so as to
make sort of basin, and into this pour
the water, letting it gradually soak away.
After it has all disappeared and the sur
face gets little dry, then draw the
earth back again which has been dis
placed to make the basin. This will
make loose surface over the watered
part, which will preserve it from drying
out rapidly. Tomatoes, egg plants, cab
bages, and other things of this charac-
ter, watered in this way, will need nc
renewal of water for several weeks. 1t
is slow way of getting such work done,
but it is the only SUI way of doing it.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-16
sheep Better than Cattle.

There are two sides to all disputed
questions, and both must be examined
il we would ascertain the truth. As to
which are more prOfitable-sheep or
cattle--location, soil and other consider
ations must be taken into accout In de-
termining. A. Hyde, in the Country
Gentleman, gives some advantages the
shepherd possess over the herdsman as
follows:
ain the first place, sock Of sheep
costs less than one of cattle. A farm
which will carry twenty cows will carry
about eight times as many -eheep, and to
stock farm with 20 cows and cores
ponding fixtures will require an outlay
of $1,000. An equivalent number of
sheep (say 1909 can be purchased for
about half this snm. A flock Of sheep
demands less than herd Of cows. The
latter must be MIXED daily, and butter
and cheese making is constant and la
borious. Then sheep will live and
thrive where cows would make poor re-
returns. Almost every herb that grows
down TO the Canada thistle, suflice'
sheep for food. Pastures are greatl,
benefited by being cropped by sheep
They not only keep down the weeds
but have more feitilizing materials II
their dropplnss than have cows. In tn
milk of the latter much phosphate o
lime and other saline, as well as nitro
genous matter, is removed, but sheeI
carry nothing off but their wool. !
flock Of sheep also multiplies more ra
pidly than herd of cows. Sheep ais
fatten much more easily than cattle, All
when slaughtered furnish not only mea
but wool.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-16
ECOND EDITION
THE WALLACE INVESTIGATION.

THE WALLACE INVESTlGATloN.
BosroN, August 14.-This forenoon
the Wallace Investigating Committee
resumed the hearing Of evidence. But
few were present. Commissioner Hal
let completed his testimony by stating,
at the request of Senator MDowail.
that Of 2l6 special marsha's, appointed
for Boston 10 1878, 1870 were Republicans,
So Democrats, 1SGreeabackers and 10 cal
led themselves Independents. In Lowell,
7 were Republicans and o Democrats.
In 1870 tn re were III deputy ma shals
and 81 supervisors in Boston, III super
yisors In Worcester and 3 in Revere.
His books contained no evidence " show
their party affiliations. No scrutiny OF
the vo ing lists of Worcester was asked
for until 1873.
Ex-Msyor Jas. N. Whightman testified
that he was and had beeu for three yeats
chairman of the registers Of voters /; that
the duties ere to prepare cOrrecs lis's of
the voters of Boston that appointments
to the Board were made BY the The Mayor
and the sa ares of the members are paid
by the municipality.
Witness opinion was that, on the day
OF election last fall, there were very few
nsmes on the voting lists that should not
have been there; the whole number OF
cases prescnle ed last year was $50, OF
these S33 were abandoned for removals
344 persons who were charged with not
being able to read and write, proved that
they could do 90 % died lO3 Shove d
they were legally citizens there were
thus left 81 cases TO be proceeded with
and but three were convicted OF fraud.
The witness thought that this showing,
with $4,000 names on the list subject tt
the scrutiny Of supervisors, young ke'
publicans and others, proved that the
list was free from errors.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-16
For. Ign TeleErsphIc SUN mary

Parliament has been prorogued. -
Count Andrassy Is reported to have re-
GREETED the acceptance Of his resignation
and Count Ksrolys is mentioned as his
successor.--The death Uf Mrs. Sartoris,
daughter of General Grant, Is reported
from England.-Another crisis Is threat
ened In Turkey.-King Cetewayo still
shows fght.-James McHenry has failed.
Excitement continues on the Greek
frontier.-Dr. Mosely, a promising young
physician In Boston, fell while ascending
the Matterhorn and was kIlled.--Rowel
and Brown, the English pedestrians, have
sailed for the United States.-The Lon
don Tunes Paris correspondent says that
NJ. Lutre is as well as usual.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-16

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Money
was 7 per cent, with frequently bonus
added, and down to 3 per cent. on stocks
yesterday, and from o TO 4 on Govern
ments. Sterling exchange was quiet and
steady. Stocks showed further weak
ness In the morning, but recovered and
closed In many cases higher than ON
Thursday. Governments were better,
particularly the A per cents. Railroad
bonds were quiet and steadier.