Connecticut western news., 1879-02-05
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

 secution, and that he should receive credit for his gallantry instead of stigma. His trial recalls that of 8 colonel of New York regiment during the late war. Gen. Sturgis organized @ division and it was to rendezvous at Manassas. The first regiment to set out was the 2d New York Artillery, armed as infantry, accompanied by battery. The colonel was a Hungarian, with voice like tornado. He rushed forth with all the pomp and circum- stance of war. About this time Banks, who was in the Valley, took his army down to join the main forces, and not needing his immense wagon train, sent it across the, country to Washington. StuartgFith a force of five thousand cavalry learned of the departure of the train, and prepared to capture it. He followed it up and had nearly overtaken it when he discovered Col. Waagner and his New York regiment. The bold Hungarian was maneuvering as if he had an army. His voice could be heard for miles. He had his regiment on the plains and Stuart had full view of them. He believed it was trap set for him, and he was wary of it. Mean while the train masters expecting every moment to be bounced upon, hurried along, thankful for the diversion in their favor. Stuart worked around, ready at any moment to bounce upon the artillerymen. In waiting, nearly the whole day was passed. At length Stuart made fierce dash and the little troop disappeared before him, and was swept away in 8 very few moments, and there was nothing behind it. Chagrined that he should be thus fooled, Stuart dashed on to overtake the train, but it was by this time beyond Fairfax Court House, and large force had been gathered to pro- tect it. Stuart, crestfallen, was obliged to retire. The Hungarian Colonel was court-martialed and dismissed the service, and through the army much sympathy was expressed for him that he should thus suffer for the crime of saving Banks's wagon train.
 The culture of beets for sugar is now attracting much attention. In France the beet is raised for sugar with much success, and it seems that in this country the only difficulty in the way is 0 want of knowledge of the subject and the proper experiments to make the matter successful. At one time there was prospect that the subject would receive due attention. It is well known that the soil of the immense tracts of timber lands in the Northwest is not available for agricultural purposes, and after the timber is cut off is allowed to go to waste, scrub oak taking the place of the timber. Capt. Ward, the mill ionaire of Detroit, who owned vast tracts of this land, found that the sandy soil was just the thing for the sugar beet, and he prepared to go into the business extensively. He had hundreds of acres cleared and the beet planted. Abun- dantly able to put in the best machinery for the purpose, he was prepared to do so, and there is little question that he would have made success of it. Un- fortunately for the enterprise he died just as his work was under way, and his heirs did not follow it up. Capt. Ward, in his experiments, demonstrated that the pine timber land, good for little else, was good for the growth of the beet-that it gave to the beets an excel lent saccharine quality, and it is to be deplored that some party with enter prise and capital will not carry to suc' cess the work which Capt. Ward com. menced.
 In Paris the other day g young lady went into one of the great draperJ houses to shop with her maid. They keep watchers there, and one of these making sure he had seen something presently tapped the young lady on tho shoulder and asked her to follow him tc the searching-room. "You have just
 put pair of gloves in your pocket mademoiselle don't deny it" "IknoV I have," said the young lady quietly
 "and if you will be good enough te look inside them you will see that, a' they were bought at another house, they
 could hardly have been stolen iron
 this." "That was so," as our cousins
 say. The watcher had simply made . mistake, and he and the whole gang O
 searchers began to grovel in excuses "Now," said the lady, turning to he maid, |" go to the nearest Commissary o Police and tell him that the daughter o Prince Orloff requires his protection. It was the very awkwardest of blunders
 her father was the Russian Ambassador
 The contrite drapery company is offerinI
 thousands to hush it up.
 In Philadelphia, October 23d, Mrs 3 Patrick Gorman went to the door of he , house followed by her little boy. Sh l heard a scream from the child. Turn < ing quickly, she found small Spitz do 8 had seized him by the calf of the le 6 with such stubborn grip that tn i mother was obliged to seize his jaws an s force them open before the child coul f be released. The mother followed an v killed the dog, but was bitten by i = The mother was lately attacked by hy 0 drophobia, and died in the greate' d agony. The child, and a man whom th d dog had previously bitten, are both als j. suffering.
 's The recent appearance of the plagu t in Russia has caused 8 panic, not onl