Connecticut western news., 1879-04-30
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

on the English turf, is a brown geldlng, six years old, standing sixteen hands, without white marks has very neat and handsome head and neck, good, sloping sho ulders, fine depth of glrth, good but rather light m iddle- piece, excellent hips and quarters, and unexceptionally good legs and feet. He is by imported bennington (son of Faugh-a-Ballagh and 8 daughter of Pantaloon), dam Maiden, winner of the Travers Stake in 1865, by Lexington. The family from which he has desc end, ed is one of the most noted in American turf history. The Cub mare was i'm ported by General Delaney, of New York, prior to the Rev olution. From her descended some of the very best race-horses and stallions in America.
 It is said abroad that the Czar is haunted by perpetual fear amounting to morbid apprehension of bing one day assassinated. Every time some person of eminence falls victim to the Nihil- ists, there is an aggravation of these forebodings and anxieties. Then he has domestic disagreements, for it is said that the heir to the throne holds very different political views from his father, which may be summarized by saying that the CzarWitch is in favor of giving the people more liberty and responsi- bility, whilst the Czar would adhere to the old form of government.
 Eight Boston capitalists have been defrauded out of several hundred thou sand dollars. The attention of the leader of the party was attracted to the San Curiaco gold mine in Brazil, and he becoming convinced that by the introduction of improved hy- draulic machinery it could be worked with enormous profit. Professor Mills, a mining expert, was sent to investigate, and he returned with glowing acco unt of the wealth to be had at San Curiaco. A company was formed, eight men put ting in $40O, 1000, and Mills was con- missioned to investigate second time, and, if still satisfied, to buy the mine. News came frou him confirming the hopes that his first report had raised, and very expensive machinery was for warded. Now, according to the Boston Herald, it turns out that the former owners of the nearly worthless mine de- ceived Mills by device so simple as to be comical. They employed an old and innocent-looking negro to furnish the sample washings upon which the man of science based his favorable opinion. The negro filled his mouth with gold dust, and slyly spat it into the pan while at work, thus giving the impression of wonderful auriferous richness of the soil. It was not until after the money for the mine had been paid, and the ne- gro had grown careless, that the fraud was discovered.
 More than twenty years ago two young men, sitting on 8 rock in the geld fields of California, shook hands and agreed to be partners in business No articles of co-partnership were signed. The contract was between Dominick and Martin O'Malley, broth CTS. Next day Martin started for Aus traIia, Dominick remaining in Callfor mia. Several years passed. Martin set tied at Westport, Wis. A year later he was joined by Dominick. Each hao kept firm account and had drawn the wages agreed upon, paying himself iron the firms funds in his own pocket. The firms earnings were invested ill elgh hundred acres of land. Martin married The firm was continued. Dominlck los an arm. He was sent to Paris at th' firms expense for wooden one. Dom mick married. A houseful of childrel | were born to both. Dominick went tt the Legislature. The children grew up
 Last week the brothers saw that com plications might arise unless the prop
 ertv should be divided before thel
 death, and the partnership was dis
 solved. The vas tate was divided Il
 A few hours, without a word of dispute 1 A curious case has just been tr1et
 in Paris, Me. Mime. Pourcher, yer.
 good-looking woman, was placed at tht
 bar on the charge of cutting and wound
 ing. with intent, etc. It was shown tha
 the prisoner, a laborious, honest woman
 and mother of five children, had an un
 faithful husband. One morning sh
 armed herself with a revolver, an
 awaited her rival at the door of he
 house. When Mile. Augustine saw tn
 injured wife she fled, and darted up tn
 stairs of a neighboring house, hotl
 pursued by Mme. Pourcher, who fireo
 but unfortunately shot man name Chollet instead of her rival. Mmt Pourcher acknowledged her crime, an
 declared "that her intention was to k1 Mile. Augustine, who ate the bread her children. Neither tears nor el !; treaties had any effect on her husband 7 After hearing M. Pourcher and Cholle who had recovered, the Solicitor -Gener rose, and in feeling terms asked tf jury to record verdict "such as mo . ality even more than humbly demanded The judge also took the extraordlna1 F course of demanding the acquittal the prisoner. It is hardly necessary add that Mme. Pourcher was at once r leased, and her husband was condemne . to pay Chollet $20O damages.
 pr. Mieville of Nyon, in Swi tz , land, lately read before the Vaudo Society of Medicine an interesting pap ! on the effects of representation as pra a ticed by him during recent outbres , of smallpox. The first case was tn
 of little girl, whose family consistt 1 of ho,. fnthnr and mother and elp