Connecticut western news., 1880-11-10
FACT AND RUMOR.

The Presbyterians, as the result of eight years work in Mexico, have 3,9O7 communi. cants. They have also l,Os9 in South Amer. ica.
 The tobacco crop in Pennsylvania in 1879 amounted to 3l,O00,00O pounds, the largest crop ever grown up to that tmo in this state The present crop, though amounting to 4o, o,OOO,ooo pounds, will not, perhaps, bring much more than the crop of last year. in con- sequence of the ravages of worms feas etc. White marble statues of Queen Victoria and the prince of Wales are being fashioned for the proposed temple bar memorial at Lon. don, the whole cast of which will be S5O. .O0o
 Barnum and Bailey, the great circus pro. prietors, have pooled issues, and ono com. pany will travel in Europe while the other exhibits in this country. Another baby el. ephant is in expectancy so that with good luck each of the big shows will have it's in fantile wonder.
 MT. U. s. Grant, jr sent to Mrs. Jesse R. Grant, as a wedding present, a conveyance of the furniture. tapestry and works of art of his elegant suit of rooms in fashionable apart. ment house near Madison Square. Queen Victoria, now 62 years old, has gone heavily into life insurance.5
 The seasons drive of Texas cattle, to 1.-the shipping points in Kansas is estimated at about 100000,
 in repairing and altering the White House during the presidents trip to the Pacific coast.
 Bayard Taylor's parents, Joseph and Reb- occa, recently celebrated the 62d anniversary of their wedding at their Kennett Square (Pa ] homo.
 A lunatic went to the White House last Thursday, and demanded the immediate and unconditional surrender" of the premises, as he had been elected president and had come to take possession.
 It is reported that Parnell is going to send again to the United States for mon and means to continue the agitation in Ireland
 The yield of the sugar plantations of Louis- jana is estimated at 200, 900 hogsheads, but it is feared that the entire crop cannot be har- vested in good condition beqauae of lack of help In Texas Louisiana Mississippi, Ar kansas and southern Missouri the cotton.pick. ing goes on slowly for like reason.
 A trapeze performer near Paris, named Ma varre, on Sunday evening made balloon ascension. Rejecting the advice of bystand- CTS to be tied to the trapese which was to servo as car, he hung by his hands thereto and went through several feats. When the balloon reached about 5000 feet from the earth he let go the bar. His body struck the earth withksuch force as to make hole two feet deep and bounded several feet in the air. It was crushed and mangled almost beyond recognition,
 A half-starved boy has been sentenced to l4 days imprisonment at hard labor by the Worthing (Eng,) police court for stealing a tunip to satisfy his hunger,
 John Terrence found the body of his newly buried wife in the dissecting room of the Kansas City (Mo,) medical college the other day, and one of the faculty kindly explained that they did not usually take the bodies of those having friends or relatives in the city.
 The raising of horses in the great Yellow stone valley has become an important and profitable business. Some of the herders have from 500 to l5OO each, and dispose of their three -years-old colts at from $50 to $lo0. The animals feed on grass alone, and the only shelter from the weather IS roughly. built sheds.
 The earnings of tho Central Pacific railroad for October were B. l42,0O the largest in the history of this great line, and $S4G, ,OOO over the same time last year. For the ten months of the year the earnings show total of SIG, ,000, compared with $l4,239 GOO for the corresponding period Of last year.
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