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Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
The English Commander.

Lord Chelmsford, Commander-in- Chief of the British forces at the Cape, is the eldest son of the late nobleman of that name, who was so well known as an ex-Lord Chancellor, and who died only last year. The present holder of the title, who was previously known as the Hon. Frederick Augustus Thesiger, was born in 1927, so that he is now in the ffty-second year of his age. He was educated at Eton, and, adopting a mili- tary profession, he entered the Rifle Brigade in 1944. He became Ensign and Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards, 1845; Iieutenant-C Colonel Ninety-ffth Foot, 1858; Colonel, 1868, and Major General, 1877. He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Crimea from the 31st of May, 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol. He has the Crimean medal and clasp, the Sar- dinian and Turkish war medals, and the Order of the Medjidie. He served in the Indian mutiny with the Ninety fifth Foot, for which he also possesses the Indian medal. He was acting Deputy Adjutant- General of the Bengal army
 1868-7O, and in that capacity was pres
 ent at the capture of Magdala, having been mentioned in official dispatches fol
 "great ability and untiring energy"
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
The Famine in India.

The following telegram has been re- ceived from Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India ''The Lieutenant Governor has just visited great part of the Punjab. He reports that there is no present ap- prehension of famine. The situation of the autumn harvest is fair. Winter rains were very scanty, and spring crop prospects are thereby affected. During the past fortnight rain fell in some parts and will do good, but is still withheld in the Delhi territory and in the central and Western Puniab. Prices are dear throughout the Punjab. Rain in the upper districts will still do good, as the harvest there is late. The main spring crops will be cut in April. An estimate of the expected yield is not available. In the central provinces the spring crop has been cut and exceeds expectations, which is good augury for the crops elsewhere. In Cashmere, where dearth is expected, the Punjab Government have arranged to send four thousand tons of grain. In the northwest pro. vinces the recent rain was more wide. spread, though not sufficiently general. The autumn crop is good, and furnishes the staple food of the poor. Prices are dear. Famine is not apprehended Scarcity will probably be felt in Agre and the adjoining districts D
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
How the Poor are WrOnged.

The Philadelphia Sunday T5noes says: A worthy but not wealthy gentleman was told recently of sad case of distress in the city. He went to the house designated and found man very ill, his wife and children without food, clothing or fuel. He gave them basket of pro- visions and secured physician to attend to the sick man gratuitously. The phy- sician, upon inquiry, found that the sick man worked for gentleman who was 8 communicant in thess same church with himself. The doctor called upon the employer, who controls number of beds in the Pennsylvania Hospital, and re- quested him to give bis workman line in writing, which would have secured his entrance to that institution. The employer refused.
 "Will you not help him in any way?'' asked the doctor.
 "No," said the employer. "He is in very good hands when you are taking care of him."
 "Has he any wages coming to him ?? asked the doctor.
 "I don't know" said the employer. "Can you not see ?' asked the doctor.
 After waiting for one hour and Q hall the foreman was summoned, and it was found that this sick and starving mar had $21 due him from his wealthy em ployer, who actually attended the same | church as himself.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
Unpleasant Proximity.

Ben Butler relates that when he was in command at New Orleans, colonel up in the Red River region made appli- cation for furlough, which was refused him. Soon after the colonel left his command without permission, and went to New Orleans, where he was arrested and put in irons as deserter. Upon an intimation that he wished to make an explanation, Butler had him brought to his headquarters. "Well, sir," said the general, sternly, "what have you to say in explanation of your conduct ?'' "Well, general, there are two fellows up yonder who have some cotton they want to get through my lines. First they offered me $500, which I refused. Then they offered me $1 ,O0O to let them take it through the lines. Then $5,O0C and $25, ,OOO, and at last they offered $1O0,00 :; and I tell you, general, they were getting so near my figures | thought I'd better leave."
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
Premature BuriaIS,
ARE NOT MANY PERSONS PUT IN THE
 GROUND WHILE YET ALIVE?

At a meeting of the New York Medico- Legal Society, Dr. Wooster Beach read a paper on "Inspection of the Dead. ," The sign, or indications of death, he said, are cessation of the respiration, ar rest of the hearts action, loss of animal heat, rigor mortig, and putrefaction. Of these, cessation of the respiration is looked upon by many as the surest in dication. Sir Benjamin Brodie says it may be regarded as the decisive test of the extinction of life; and Taylor says the visible cessation of breathing for period of five minutes furnishes cer- tain proof that the person is really dead. " The latter also says in regard to another sign: "lt is impossible to admit that the heart can remain for even half an hour in state of inaction, and then spontaneously regain it's activity" Yet there are many cases that give the flat denial to these averments. Many tests to prove real death have been proposed, and to most of these there are strong ob- jections. The tests upon which most | dependence can be placed are ausculta- tion, galvanism, and the examination by the ophthalmoscope. These can be used only skilled persons, and it consequent ly follows that there is possibility of a persons being buried alive.
 In 1887 prize of 1,5O0 francs was of fered by Prof. Monni of the University of Rome for the best essay on apparent death. Afterward the Marquis dOuche left 10000 francs to be given for the best means that could lbe applied by common people to detect death 5,OO( francs for the best method to detect req death. In Germany th1s important sub ject has received much attention il England but little. In this country there are no statutory laws governing this matter, except such as allow Board of Health in cities toregulate the burial within the limits of their jurisdiction None of their rules lay down the tim that dead bodies must be kept abov, ground, and the only verifcation o death required by them is the ordinar, burial certificate. Our laws furnish n protection against the danger of buryinl a person while alive.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
New Use of the Magnet.

The wire with which Minnesota farm CTS have lately bound their grain has troubled the millers considerably. Par ticles of it were apt to get into the wheat,
 to the injury of the milestone and blast ing-cloths. They were also liable to strike out sparks in grinding, which might fire the four-dust and destroy the whole mill. The evil had grown to be so serious that millers' conventions have condemned the wire for binding, and there has even been talk of refusing to buy the grain of farmers who use it, un- less at a lower price. An ingenious miller has finally put an end to the whole trouble by device he does not take the trouble to patent. Gangs of horseshoe magnets are placed on the spout through which the wheat passes, which pick up even the smallest particles of the wire,
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

been classified. Hehas also proved that the thoroughbred buffalo is easily do- mesticated and easily kept; that the COWS yield r-ilk that will compare favor ably with that of the best Attorneys, both in quantity and quality and that buffalo fattened upon such food as we give our cattle makes excellent beef. All these facts he has demonstrated at his farm in Mahwah. In his opinion there is profitable business to be done by es- tablishing buffalo ranches on the plains, where calves can be collected, domesti- cated and shipped to the East.
 The Abbe Debaize, sent to Africa by the French Government, was, when last heard of, on the way from Unyan- yemhe to Ujiji. He is an energetic man and quick traveller. It is reported that before reaching Unyanyembe he came intoeollision with some men of an Unyamwezi chief, relation and rival of the present Unyambezi Sultan of Un- yanyembe, much given to highway rob- bery. The Abbe found with these men ten tusks of ivory which they had plum dered from an Arab caravan, and were spying out his position in order to bring down gang of robbers upon him. This ended in the Abbe killing the men and taking the ivory to Unyanyembe. After this party of the Church Missionary Society-apparently under MT. Stokes came up, but having discovered that the chief Myungu was plundering, they took the road by Ituvu, and thereby avoided him. Another church mission. ary party, seemingly under MT. Penrose fell into his hands, and was attacked near lake or pool of water, where the trees gave cover to the enemy. MT. Pen rose was killed. and also sixty-two O. his men, chiefly Unyanwezi porters, bu including ten Zanzibarians. MT. Pen rose is said to have fought bravely, hold ing the robbers in check so long as th' cartridges lasted, killing sixteen witl his own hand before he fell. Every thing was lost; and few days after tn empty packing cases lay on the ground and sixty-three dead bodies were counted including that of white man, supposed to be MT. Penrose.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

FRENCH Co1oN1Es.- returns of the census of French colonies and de- pendencies, taken in December, 1876, show 8 population of 5,498, 900 for the colonies and of 1,569,O ,OoO for the de- pendencies together, 7,O67, ,OOO. Of the colonial population somewhat more than half, or exactly 2,867, ,OOO, were found in Algeria. Yet of these only 194, ,OOO were French. Even of this small number GA ,OOO were born in Al gera, and 37, ,O0O were Jews; so that o1 French people pure, born in France. there were only 93,000 in Algeria, and about halt of these were troops.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

A STRANGE EXPERIMENT The Spring field Republican prints the following from Holyoke, Mass. In trying to save "Big Pete" Aubrey's leg, now in dangerous condition from wound re- ceiyed in the late war, the doctors have recourse to this curious remedy: A cat is securely untitled, as to its head and claws, cut open, the viscera quickly re- moved, and the warm, live body wrap ped around the wounded leg, the life remaining about ten minutes. This IS rather rough on the cats, but 1t may save Aubsey's lsg,
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
WAR's SAcR1F1oE.-The Gazette

WAR's SAcRF1oE.-The Gazette de St. Petersburg, apropos of the cost of the recent campaigns, makes some calculations of the cost in blood and treasure of the wars of the last twenty five years. In the Crimean war, 750, 900 lives were sacrificed; in the Italian war of 1859, 45,0OO; in the Schleswig- Holstein war, 5000; in the Prusso- Austrian war of 1866, 45,O0O; in the ill-starred Mexican campaign, 5000 in the Franco-Prussian war, 215, ,0O0- making total of 1,148,OO0, besides sOO,OOO in our own great war.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
THE ROSAR Y.

One ask'd me where the roses grew, bade him not go seek; But forthwith bade my Julia shew A bud in either cheek. Some ask'd me where tue Enbies grow And nothing did say, But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some ask how pearls did grow, and where; Then spoke to my girl To part her lips, and show them there, The quarrelets of pearl.
 By ROBERT HERRICK, 1900.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

IN TROUBLE Wisconsin having of fered bounty for wolf scalps, wolf rais- ing has become hourishing business in the back counties but not safe busi- ness, for some wolf raisers have just been arrested in Columbia county, and 1t is likely to go hard with them.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

ORANGES have not, for many years, been so cheap and plentiful as they are now. It is said that the Valencia crop alone has been 100000 cases, or OO,O0O, ,OOO oranges, while the crop in Florida has been unusually large,
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
Local News a Speciality.
4 BRA VE MAN.

The heroic conduct of Pilot Wm. c. Un derwood, of the steamer A. c. Donnally standing at his post till he beached the burnin boat, saving every life on board, is deservin of the highest praise.
 Bill Underwood, the pilot2 Say, stranger, Bill is game, He ain't the man to say much, But he's got an honored name. He ewas pilot on the Donnally When she burnt the other night, An he kept his post of duty
 While thar was a life in sight. Thar was men excited-crazy; Thar was husbands huntin' wives, While the Donnally, she was burnin'; Bill was thar to save their lives. So he turned her 'crosS the river All afire in the stream, An the ingineers were busy
 Crowdin' on head of steam, An them ingines kept agoin' Till the bow run out on shore, An' it saved the people on her, Though it crippled three or four. When the fire licked the chimneys, And the hungry tongues did steal All around the texas burning,
 Thar stood Billy at the wheel. 2 < An he never left it either
 Till he rung the signal bell, That the Donnally now was landed, .sss An the fire was hot as hell. Then, you bet, he took it coolly, For he thought of home and wife, So he jumped into the river,
 An' he came out with his life. Talk about your brave men, mister, All that's game in man, or good, You can find it in pilot,
 If he's like Bill Underwood. If it hadn't been for Billy
 Bein' up thar at the wheel, Thars no knowin' how the people Might of sorrow had to feel. For you couldn't tell how many Might have burned or found grave If he'd left her in the river;
 But he didn't-Bill was brave An he filled the bill as pilot;
 As his burnin' steamer crossed From one shore to the other,
 Not single soul was lost. Say, stranger, put his name down, want it understood
 That when you're huntin' brave men You find Bill Underwood. If any man could save her,
 You bet you're life, Bill could.
 WILL S. HAYES.
Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12

HOTEL GUEsTs.-A bill before the Legislature of Pennsylvania is designed to authorize hotel-keepers to post in a conspicuous place lists of guests who leave without paying their bills.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

We understand that some of the residents
of the town of Framness do not favor the
proposed building of the new bridge over
the Pomme de Terre river, on the Glen
wood road, on the south line of town 125,
and have voted to give bonus to the
bridge pro0ided that it is built at the point
where the old one now stands. Now, as
the village and county are to be asked to
aid in the construction of this bridge, and
in sums equal to that donated by the town
of Framness, we for one will oppose the
giving of any moneys for the erection of q
new bridge at the place where the old one
stands, and for these reasons: The Glen
wood road is not legal road, it follows
neither section nor town lines, and conse-
quently crosses or winds through lands
owned by the State and individuals. If the
State or School lands are sold, and they are
liable to be at any time, the owner can and
will object to the road traversing his fields,
and the result will be that the road will
have to be moved elsewhere. Individual
owners of property will have the same OBJ.
1
jections, and eventually the result will be
the same. 1t consequently will only be a
question of time ere the road is on the town
line, and hence it would only be q fragrant
waste of money to erect bridge where
there is liability of its having to bt
moved Then, again, we have no lega
right to construct bridge at any point un
less on legal highway, and should we dt
SO, we are liable to damages. The Villag,
and County, under these circumstances
cannot aid the enterprise, and they will
doubtless so decide. There is another rea
son why the village is interested in having
the bridge on the town line, and that is: i
will draw to this town portion of th
trade of the town of Hodges, which W,
now lose simply because we have NO road
from that direction into the village If til
village is to aid in the construction of thi
J bridge, we have certainly an equal righ
with others to stipulate as to the location
! and the council have duty to perform
furthering the interests of the village, an
seeing that any moneys That may be apprt
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

The following figures, compiled by the
Auditor, from the returns of the county
Assessors, cannot fail to be of great inter
est to our readers, as they Indicate rapid
and remarkable growth and development
of this county during one year, that is truly
surprising. The figures are reliable and
without doubt very nearly correct, and con-
sequently their showing is gratifying and
satisfactory. 1t will be seen that the in
crease, during one year, in the amount of
land under cultivation, is nearly one hun
dred per cent, while the number of farms
has increased over onc-thrd. The total
number of acres under cultivation is how
ever but very small portion of the arabic
lands in the county, it containing 367, $40
acres, of which amount it is estimated 320,
900 is fine tillable land, and as this will
give us four thousand farms of eighty acres
each, it will be seen that we have only
made small beginning, and that there is
yet an immense area uncultivated, and the
number of farms will increase nearly ten
fold. Our future prospects are certainly as
bright as the brightest. We have satisfac-
tory evidence of the rapid progress in the
development of our county, even during
the past three years, it is therefore but rea-
sonable to suppose that the annual increase
under more favorable circumstances will
show most rrntifvinp results.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

1t is officially announced that arrange
ments have been perfected for holding
State Fair, on the grounds of the st. Paul
driving park, in that city, during the first
week in September. President Saml E.
Adams, in letter addressed to the editors
of the Minnesota papers, says:
Please inform the public that the owners
of the st. Paul driving park have rendered
to the society, free of charge, their grounds
and ample buildings, where the annual ex-
hibition will take place during the first
week in September; that last years premi-
ums were fully paid at the end of the year;
that the remaining liabilities have been
liQuidated; better railroad facilities are as
sured, and that the prospects for good
old-fashioned exhibit which shall rebound
to the fame of our rapidly growing State
was never better than now.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

ing advantage of every hour of fine wealth
er. Get your grain into stacks and then it
will be safe, do not trust to luck,-we hear
it said 'Oh! there is no hurry, we have
always had nice dry weather during har.
vest" This, it is true, has been the case
during the past three seasons, but those of
US who were here four years ago remember
the damage done by rain that season. Be-
cause the weather has been dry and favor.
able during the past three harvest seasons,
is no reason why it should be SO this year,
indeed in view of the remarkably change
able weather we are having it is very i'm
probable that there will be any change
until cold weather sets in.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17
MR.. EDITOR.

Mr.. EDITOR
Your issue of last week contained an ar
ticle which, in my opinion, is intended to
convey the idea that the County Commits
sioners are responsible for the resignation
of Justice Harris, of your village. AS one
of the Commissioners, wish to say: that
if the village of Morris has been deprived
of Mr.. Harris invaluable services on ac-
count of anything they may have done, /
as one am very sorry. The Commissioners
in dis FLOWING the bills referred to, were
actuated by no spirit of malice toward Mr..
Harris. They dSd s0hat they regarded to be
their duty, and nothing more; guided in
the matter entirely by the decision of Judge
Brown in the case of the State of Minneso,
ia against Jacob Hurley, which case was of
like nature to the one Mr.. Harris appealed
on. 1t appears to ME, that if Mr.. Harris
services has SO greatly benefited" the vii.
lage of Morris, his "impartiality in admin
istering justice" would prompt him to re.
main guardian until after the case appealed
had been heard, especially as the amount
involved would not make him very poor
or the county very rich, and would deter
mine question which would involve con
siderable expense to the county.
am, respectfully,
| r. j. HALL,
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

In its Market Report, and speaking of
prospects for good prices for wheat, the
Pioneer Press says: "reports from Euro
pean markets are unfavorable for even an
average crop, and the prospects now are
that Europe will want more wheat from
the United States the coming season than
we have sent them the past year. If farm
ers will not be too anxious to sell their
wheat, thus over-crowding the market and
forcing prices down, we see no reason why
good prices cannot be obtained for all ouI
surplus crop the coming year.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

The recent transfer of controlling in
terest in the st. Paul s. Duluth railroad to
Chicago and Milwaukee capitalists is SER
ious matter for the people of this state.
With the exception of that portion of coun-
try tributary to the Northern Pacific, the
whole state is now at the mercy of the lines
of railroads centering in Chicago and Mil
waukee. AS all are aware of the immense
benefits of the Duluth route, in giving and
securing to US cheap rates of transportation,
we need not dwell longer on this point, it is
sufficient to say that as the road has passed
into the hands of parties whose interests
are adverse to ours, we are completely at
their mercy, yes indeed, at the mercy of
soulless grasping corporations. How to
release ourselves from the grasp of this
vampire is the problem now to be solved.
The route from St. Paul via Brainerd and
the Northern Pacific is at present the only
route to our lake port, and it is to that line
we must look for assistance in raising the
blockade. Now more than ever do we in
this vicinity need line to Duluth. We
must mortgage all we possess in order to
complete this line at once, it is our only
chance of escape from almost absolute ruin,
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-17

The intense heat during the first of this
week has apparently done but little injury
to the crops. Doubtless the rank growth
of straw, vigorous roots, and moist ground
are all that saved it from being blighted.
Many fields will soon be ready for harvest.
In many places the wheat is now in the
dough"