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Connecticut western news., 1879-12-03
C0NN. WESTERN RAILROAD.
Commencing Oct. 4, 1879.

Commencing Oct. 4, 1879.
 GOING WEST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. l2,40 a. m. Connecting from pittsfeld, at Mill
 lerton for pouShketpsie Rhinebeck and
 for ti-hkill.
 Leaves salisbury at 12.5s and LakevilI(
 at I.O2 ?. m. 3.58 p. m. Connecting from Pittsfeld. At Mill
 lritonior New York, arriving atS.45 D. nj. Leaves salisbury tt APO and Lakeville
 Ht E&G p, m. 0.45 r. m. C"nnec1ing from pittsfield. At Mil
 iultnn With Exprt ss Tor Albany and the West.
 Leaves Salisbury at 7.o3 and Lakeville st TOT D. m. 3.0l p. m. Milk Train, connecting at Btillerton for New YoIk. arrivin; at 8 p. m. Runs Sundays only,
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@. ". sCOVHLLE.


 IyURNTTURE AND UNDERTAKING. Up N Sholstering in all it's branches. Undertak- ing,A speciality. I am prepared to furnish Cas- kets sind Cofdns of all kinds and styles at pri- ees that defy competition. Robes, Flowers, 0loses and everything requisite for burial pur- posas furnished ct shortest notice and lowest psieas possible. The dead prepared for burial and ice or chemicals used when needed, free of charge. Refers, by permission, to Rev. J. F. Gleason, Hon. Robbins Battell, J. N. Cowles, |. L. Whiting, Joseph Selden and Welch < Johnson of norfolk also to H. c. Allyn of East gnsaan. Residence and shop on the Green. i" near R. B. bridge, Norfolk, Conn. 1y42volS sz~se q.
 RsP. SEYMOUR,
 FURNISHING UNDERTAKER, Caskets, bur iaf robes and everything pertaining to the business at the lowest possible prices. deliver a at residences without extra charge. Per sonal attention given to preserving the dead. have chemicals and the most approved ice chest and every facility for keeping bodies, and will take .chagge of funerals when desired. Bsxafsnces by permission. W. W. Welch, M. D., J. N. Cowles, J. B. Eldridge, E. L. Gay tOed, B. I. Crissey.
 Samples may be seen at my house or st 1pefks < Cos. store 1t any time.
 r .Eexfplk Conn. March 1879. Alt
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IrauclzerS Guide.
H0USATONEC RAILROAD.

shortest, Quickest and Cheapest Route to No. Adams, Aibany, Troy, South Norwalk, Stam- l9rd, Chatham, hudson, Saratoga, Utica, nome, Syracuse, Auburn, Geneva, RocA- "stef, Dutalo, Suspension Bridge, Ei- .'a aSara Falls, Cleveand, Detroit, Tole- do, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chl-
 caSo, St. Lotus. Through Tickets Sold and Baggage Checked Tor above points at UnIon Depot, Canaan. Also tor Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Purchase Tickets
 via nousatonic Line.
 SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
 TRAINS LEAVE BRIDGEPORT, VIE: 800 a. m. Freight Train (passenger accom-. modatlons) for Harrington Monday, We'd nesday and Friday.
 Leave Canaan 10 D. m. t0.l0 q. m Passenger Train for Pittsfeld, sr- livlhg at 22o p. m. With Through Car leaving New l0rK at S.05 &. n.) Leave New Haven at 9.33 a. m., with through car from Bridgeport tor Albany, arriving at 25u ? m. Train arrives at Saratoga at 645 m. Connecting at Albany with 3.lo P. nl. popular Chicago and St 1sou.n express, arriving ill Chicago Ut 500 the next p. m.
 Leave Canaan at 12.42 D. m. 4.55 p. m Passenger Train for Pittsfield, arriv. ing at 9.05 p: m. With Through Cae leaving New York at 3.00p. m.) Leave New haven at ,. .45 D. m. Connecting at State Line for Albany and the West. ar- rlvlng at Albany at lu.o5 p. m., saratoga al l230 midnight,
 Leave Canaan Ht 7.31 p. m.
 FROM FALLS VILLAGE. j.i5 m. Special Passenger Train for ritts- il id. arriving a. TAT E. m., Albany, y,55 Il. m.
 Leave Canaan at e@c B. m.
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fSOned) w. a. GRIFFIN,
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r,,sd Tec. 10. 1879 Jury COm'rs
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
1xpectancy.

"A belated pedestrian going up Front
street east at 4 late nour the other night
thought she. saw Z figure .crouching ia
the latticed porch covering . front door,
The matter had . suspicious look, and
he halted and locked over the fence, =
''"Go on, nowi" called the voice of q
female through the gloom :.aa .9safs j..
"1Do you live theref' inquired the
cH "f.aa =! ;ao,n ,:t"@.a @'ts5i:f@1 II : i
j"Can't you ret in1'' ,-'.!|rs> 1"f ii
~" "Indeed I can" ;'Ss" .!2<@%f:1S= lid 1t
10y Well, Whist are you waiting forf'
he asked after pauee. /, IVA I.us Iy..<, nj:
What for32 she demanded. Would
4 respectable woman be crooked over
here At TIL. hou.rof the night with ! club
in her hand H. .he didn Z expecther hus.
band every minute!' :s&;i &id s4f31a<- Il
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Disastrous Bl01oU

2 At Qsincyrinspn thss7th inst svsst 4
sAvdry staklS. ~ Academy Of
Music, two brick blocks, and several frame
structures were consumed by fire. The loss
ID estimated At $125,00o. Henry Locke VA
killed by falling walls.
The opera house atspringville, N. Y, TO-
gether with several adjoining buildings,
were burned on the 9Th inst Loss $4,000.
Another great FIRE has occurred at Sera-
jevs Til sti4eI in ,aha .tHl { quarter
Before The flames werss eitfnsuiahed, six
Turs ish houses burned +.>s,,.. -,
The Orchard City mills aud Olmsted and
Camsron's elevator at Burlington, lows,
were burned On the 1st inst. The mill wal :
fue structure and we'll appointed in al
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
sFopREa haa. haar hoeo

: ARCHIBALD FORBES has been before
parliament, Sir Henry Havelock asking
the chancellor of the exchequer whether
he~ would take into consideration the
desirability of extending some mark of
favor to the Daily Mews correspondent
" in recognition, of the public services
performed by himin being tho bearer Of
the dispatches of the succeaaful action ut tat
Ulundi, under circumstances :::of j con-
siderableS personal hazard, fatigue and
endassaess en- he chancellor 'Pli q the 4
have besn referred to the secretary of
wah.The United St,v;ce Gazette points;
out shat there) IL ample precedent for
giving the Victoria Cross to . civilian
for services performed in civil .capac.
ity, and points out that Mr.. Forbes il
the first special correspondent that has
been mentioned in dispatches. .,~ .. ,>--
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11

NEW YORK, September $500 p. H.
Cotton-Strong at 1910. Flour-Rather
more steady: receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 49,
600 bbls; $4.20@4.60 for common 70 extra
state and western; $4.26@575 for round
hoop rye "hour unchanged. Wheat
Spring firm; winter A@Hc better; quiet;
reoeipts 26s, 600 bus; sales Sc, 900 bus; No:
3 red seller September at $l.1OH. Rye
Steady and unchanged. !Corn-Quiet; re-.
celpts $1,000 bus: sales &. .00o rms at 45H@
t$% 81 Rs2a Ss: ::.: 3 0st:% sn1 qssss s:ssiR:
%i2ed xsst:rn S7@sSc for NJ White. 1.fSS Port@ to-
Firm At $500. Beef-Steady,. Lard.
Steady at $6,15. Butter-At 6@20c. Cheese
---At 2@6c.. Whisky-Ar 91.05k. Sugar
At 6H@7c. Eggs-At 13@16c, Petroleum
Crude 1t 2kc; refined 1t 67Sc. Tallow-'
Ats 1850. Coal-Very firm. Leather
Quite strong. Wool-Fairly active.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
respects. Tho elevator works had Just been
put in at q cost Of about $500 Loss over
500, 900; insured,
Destructive HQrr1can<


A terrible storm ragged around Morgan
City, La, and along the Teche river on the
I'd inst. Tho steamboats, Sammie and AL.
breta were sunk, = portion of Morgan's
whalf and an ice house blown down and
dwellings lifted from their foundations.
The gale was sofurious that. it carried plates
.tromthe iron warehouse on Morgan wharf
clear across the bay, into Berwick City.
The Teche warehouse was carried across
Front street and smashed in the fronts
of stores, carrying away galleries, etc.
At Berwick City = saw mill and = round
house, the Prssbyterixn church and school
house were demolished. The damage to
crops aiongeths ~Teehe il immense. Sugar
houses are entirely blown down or damaged;
in fact scarcely . place has escaped be
tween Morgan City and New Iberia. The
loss by the destruction Of cane and fruit is
enormous, larger than ever known by any
previous storm In the location. Forty five
coal boats moored above the city, sank
during the storm. The loss il esti-
mated At 100000; NO insurance. Many
trees, fences and chimneys were blown
down and several houses unroofed. The
only loss Of life reported is Geo. s. Kuntz
pumper on the coal feet.
Later--The following additional casual
ties are reported: Steamer Trenton, laden
With cotton and live stock, capsized and
sunk eight miles below Baton Rouge: no
lives lost. The lighthouse at Tichefurneta
river was destroyed. The Mississippi val.
ley transportation company of st. Louis,
loses heavily. John Gilmore, was
caught with five bsrges, at Mulatto
Bend, hundred miles above New
Orleans; three: barges were sunk
md one of the pilots was blown out of the
pilot house and killed. It was estimated
hat there was at least 5000 bushels of
wheat in tho barges sunk. The loss to the
company is about $50, 900, and to the insur.
'nce companies holding risks on the cargo
,earlY 100000. ....-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Killed hy the Carr.


A freight on the Wabash road, owing to a
mistake in signals, plunged off the end of a
side track into a twenty feet deep gul]ey. on
the 9TH instant, while going at the rate of
sixteen miles an hour. The wreck was CON-
p'ete. John Cochrsue, engineer, aud Chss.
Niemeyer, brakeman; were killed. Jaines
E'zsimmons, fireman, was dangerously
hurt. -:
Charles A. Van Schaick, lieutenant Of
company F, First regiment Illinois state
militia, while attempting to jump from 4
moving train at the camp grounds, near
Chicago, on the 4th inst, was instantly
ta's%; ''Sssiksl Ii R.,onlsnd,. osdi Missouri r.eis.
brakeman, wsS caught between bumpers
and almost instantly killed at st. Louis, on
the 4th inst. g.
An old man named Charles Morris, was
run over by the cars at Indianapolis on the
4th instant and killed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11

s1R ROWLAND HILL, the founder of
the penny post, who just. died in Eng
land at the age of "a, had lived in re-
tirem ent 50 long that many supposed
him no longer in tho land of the living,
and it is said that Spiritualist conven.
tion in London three years ago had a
communication" from "the spirit of
the late Sir Rowland Hill" /" recommend
ing half-penny postage. The adoption
of uniform cheap postage in this coun-
try is directly tracaable to the labors Of
Mr.. Hill In 1916, and for many years
afterwards, the rates of United States
postage varied from eight to twenty-five
cents, according to distance. In 1845,
moved BY the success of the new British
system, q law was passed reducing rates
to five and ten cents; and finally, in
1855, the uniform three-cent came in.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Sh0olxlne Calamity.

While party of girls and young men
were crossing White river at Morgau's
ferry, twenty miles south of Vincennes,
Ind, on the 4th inst, the horses became
frightened and backed off the ferry boat.
Alice Cottrell, aged II, Ellen Dellinger,
aged is, and Jebn Hummel, aged %, were
drowned, rs were also the horses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Fafal Rxnl0ahnms-

An explosion! of gas in the sCremorne
gardens, New York, on the 20 inst, proba.
bly, fatally burned Frederick Hughes, .,ro.
prietor, and Chas. Thompson, bar.ke aper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
From tho,Arctle Rerf0n.

A telegram has been received from Prof,
Nordenskjold, Swedish Arctic explorer,
dated Yokohama 3, as follows: "All arc
we'll. We left winter quarters on the 18th
and doubled the East Cape on the 10th of
July, proceeded thence! to lawrence Bay,
Pert Claielcs and asRahrings Isiands Have
had no sickness and no scurvy. The Vega
is in excellent condition." This practically
solves the northeast passage question.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11

TIE amount of gold in existe nee q
the beginning of the Christian era ia sesti-
mated to have bean nd coo; al ths
time Of the discovery of America it had
fallen to ELI, ,400, 900; it then gradually
increased till in 1000 it reached Ell.
5000; in 100, 10000, 900; in 1900,
s226, 900, 900; in 1919, 200 900 goo, and
in 1853, 8600, ,0O0, ,000.'> AZ the present
time it is estimated at FL, 200, ,000, 900,
which welded into one mass could be
contained in = cube of twenty-six, feet.
Of this amount :. $500, 100000 are.
rechoned 70 be- ooinsand bullion, s2oo,-
600 in Watches and the, srenainder:: in
jewelry, plate, ETC. /. "a cubic inch of
gold 1t ss It's 10ld per ioqnceii is worth
E42; Z cubic foct, s72, $50; : cubic yard.
E1, 1853, ,552 z !: ~. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Welcomed

On the sth inst. the steamer Helvetia ar.
rived at New York from Liverpool, with
large load OF passengers: Included in the
number are eighty English farmers e., route
Tor Texas to settle. They, are from .York.
shire, and are said to be industrious and of
steady hahita
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
-, Maxnlaoont .Beouesta

- Thomas Wilson, the wealthy Baltimorean,
who died recently, left $5co,0oo for the en-.
dowment of the Thomas Wilson Sanitarium
for the Children Of the: Poor, and $2ooO0O
for the endowment Of the Thomas Wilson
Fuel Saving Society, to aid the poor. A
half million is given to nephews and nieces.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
Postal Matfara.

The postmaster general has ordered an
actual daily count in all postofices from
the 1st to the ,7th Of Nevember of~elllet-
ters, packages, postal cards, ete. Ths pub.
fishers of newspapers are requested to fur
nish postmasters with the number of papers
mailed the same time.
The free postal delivery system begins at
Topeka, Kansas, October 1.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11
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=. .NuWAUKIH, September $500 r. ~
Flour Tame but steady; 3a.6O(9s IS for
shipping extras; choice spring st 1000
425. Wheat t-IrreRular !or futures; No. 3
seller October .st ssx@s8kc;', seller No
xember at 9Sk@SS1{c; No: I cash at Ole;
MOI hard q 9se; Nc: 2 q; Sshc; No: 8 At
Rye-Dull but firm tat 49H@499{c. Barley;
-Qaistat 68066]l for cash and seller .Qc.
tober. Pork-Firmer at $8371< for cash.
Lard-Firm ct $780, for cash. Hogs-Dull
at $315@3 40 t,g....S .......:: ..-,-.-..st ;,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-11

An explosion Of fre.damp in the coal
mines at Bonchamp, department of Hsute,
saone, killed fifteen persons. A large mum.