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Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21
A PerilOus Position.
A REMINIsCENCR OF THE TERRIBLE SIOUX
 MASSACRE OF 1862.

Matilda Boelter, step-daughter oi Michael Boelter, who lives in the town of Holden, Goodhue county, Minn., came to her death by the accidental discharge from a gun. This painful accident re- calls other tragic events in the history oi the family to which she belonged Pre- vious to the Sioux massacre of 1862, the young lady's mother and her step-father lived in one of the counties bordering on the Minnesota river, she having hus- band (who was brother of her present husband) and two children, the youngest but few months old, and he having a wife and two young children.
 The Indians killed his wife, while he and his children escaped and succeeded in making their way to Fort Ridgely, and afterward went to St. Paul. His brother was killed, but his sister-in-law and her two children fled to the woods near her home, where she secreted herself, hoping to find place of safety when the fend- ish Sioux had completed their work, but to her dismay the savages went into camp near her hiding place. During the day time she could see all their movements, as they rode about on the prairies, and often passed near her in going through the woods, and at night she could watch them in their dances and hear their hor- rid yells. Sometimes after they had gone to sleep she would steal back in the darkness to her house and get little food, as long as it lasted, but for the most part of nine long, weary, dreadful weeks, whosa every moment must have been filled with 8 terror worse than death, she subsisted on the scanty SUD- ply of wild grapes, roots, leaves and the bark of trees that her limited range afforded At length the Indians went away, the frost had come and destroyed her subsistence, her breast refused to yield nourishment, and her babe died of gradual starvation. Then she and the remaining child crawled to their old home to die. Some soldiers who were out burying the victims of the massacre found them and they were sent to St. Paul, or some other point, where her brother-in-law, who supposed her to have been killed, found her, and at length married her. They settled on East Prairie, where they have lived until the present time. The young woman whose sad fate is here recorded was the little three-year-old child whose escape from the hands of the bloody Sioux was so marvellous.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21
ONLY 4 SOLDIER"

Unarmed and unattended walks the Czar zs Through Moscow's busy street one winters day. The crowd uncover as his face they see Ssl "God greet the Czar r' they say. < Along his path there moved funeral, Gray spectacle of poverty and woo. sss A wretched sledge, dragged by one weary man, sss ass Slowly across the snow. ..e. And on the sledge, blown by the winter wind, fa j Lay poor coffin, very rude and bare. And he who drew it bent before his load,
 With dull and sullen air. The Emperor stopped and beckoned to theman "Who s't thou bearest to the grave?" he said. .s, ss" Only soldier, sire ]" the short reply, ~, Only D soldier, dead" Z { =ks 0nlya soldier ]" musing, said the Czar;
 ''Only Russian, who was poor and brave. Move on. follow. Such one goes not sg sUnhonored to his graye,s = -SS .., . He bent his head and silent raised his cap
 The Czar of all the Russias pacing slow, Following the cofin as again it went,
 Slowly across the snow.
 The passers of the street, all wondering,
 Looked on that sight, then followed silently ; Peasant and prince, and artisan and clerk, All in one company.
 Stin as they went tho crowd grew ever more,~ Till thousands stood around the friendless
 grave, -s..- z a.r-a.-e sa- Led by that pripcely heart, who, royal, true,
 Honored the poor and brave.
 zzs5.=z AGNES MAcDoNELL.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

BROKEN HEARTRD.-The original Wid- ow Bedott Papers were written by a young lady - afterwards Mrs. B. w.. W, residing in Q village or country town of Central New York. When the "Papers" appeared the neighbors got it into their wise or thin-skinned heads that the characters in the comic series were intended to be caricatures of them. In consequence she became the subject of such social ostracism if not of abso- lute petty persecution that she moved away and died, 50 says city journal.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

No. 1O.-The famous Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River, which was three miles long, and which during the war contained two or three fertile plantations, and on which the Confederates placed three thousand men and erected earth works to obstruct the passage of the Federal gunboats, has been entirely swept away by the river, and the present island is only 8 sand bank overgrown with cotton wood and willows. The land on the shore where the Confederates had their batteries has also been washed AWAY
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21
FREE PASSES BY WHoLEsAIE.-Itis is as

FREE PASSES BY WHoLEsA1E.-Itis is as-
 serted by Western newspapers that dur ing the last session of the Wisconsin Legislature the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad issued 2, 900 free passes to members of the Legislature and their friends, and the Chicago and North western about 800. The former were mostly for short trips, while many of the latter were for considerable distances. A number of Representatives got as many as 100 passes during the session.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

BRUTA1.-An account of recent affray in Prussia shows that the old brutal spirit of Junkerdom has lost little or nothing of its ferocity of late years. It seems that party of German officers took offense because their salutesswas not returned by the civilians in an inn at Georgenbura which they entered. Thereupon one ot the former drew his sabre and ran one of the refractory civilians through the body, by way of giving him a lesson in good manners.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

A SEA DISASTER. details have yet been received of the loss of 19O per sons who went down in the steamship Vingorla between Bombay and Kurra- chee on the 18th of February. Ninety six persons were saved, among whom was the captains wife, Mrs. Stewart.
 He, poor man, was drowned, or rather went to the bottom with his ship, which sank bodily. Some unknown but tre- mendous leak was the cause of this ter rible catastrophe. The hold had already fifteen feet of water when it was discov- cred, and no cause assignable or visible. The 18th of February was the fatal day on which the unlucky ship went down.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

A RoPE:-A rope that has hanged eighteen men is gazed on with awe in a Cleveland museum.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

LONDON. 1.-The death rate of London in the middle of last month was only 2o.5 per 1000.
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21

BEEF. F.-The Sydney Morning Herald says :a "At present prime beef is not wnth more than $3.25 per 100 pounds, aud the average price does not exceed two cents ii the wholesale market"
Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21
Connecticut Western News.
 RvDkxaXKD AT :. sAAAAa, ,llrcHFIELD COUNTY, CT. r ss@ s"' EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, Local News a Speciality.

.N TERMS:
 s1.ss PER YEAR, if paid strictly in advance.
 H not paid at the expiration of three months, @. win be charged. @ ;, Subscribers desiring their papers discontinued must give notice at the EXPIRATION of their subscriptions, any previous notice not being suiiicient; and unless all arrearages are paid, papers will not then be discontinued save at the option of the publisher.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

sisting the phylloxera. This is re-
markable instance Of the blessing in dis
guise--that American industry which
seemed to be "A pure calamity for Euro
pean vineyards is now largely relied
upon MS the chief help in peril.
MIR. PARNELL did rather n neat stroke
at Pittsburg, according TO the Telegraph
of that city. He had been working
hard and was very tired. Accordingly
he had Il arranged so that lio arrived At
the Union Depot on the Cincinnati
Express, at S;1l a. M, was met by a
couple Of gentlemen who were in his
confidence, and proceeded TO hotel,
where he bad his dinner. lie then went
TO the Union Depot again and pretended
that he came in on the Pacific Express,
mt 126 p. m, thus getting several
hours of quietness and rest. Nobody
knew Of this little stratagem except the
gentlemen referred to-.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18
A Brave Lad.

A brave lad has just performed rnre
feat of courage, common sense and
presence of mind in Berlin, in the pres
cnre of very few observers, A milk
cart, containing no one but u little girl
about three years old, was being
dragged along the Muhlenstrasse by a
furious horse, and no one dared TO rush
at the bride of the galloping beast. A
boy apparently not more than thirteen
years old sprang forward and rolled a
large empty tub, which was standing At
shop door, into the center of the
road. This brought the horse TO an
instant pause, and when he tried Ia
pass ut its side the boy seized the bride
and hung on at the same moment
throwing up his legs aud clasping them
tightly around the horse's neck. This
heavy burden in so unusual place
brought the terrified beast TO u full stop,
and the byslanders hurried up and lifted
the little girl ont of the cart. While all
manner of questions and soothing
speeches were being addressed TO her
the hero OF the action quietly slipped
away, no one knowing his name OF
dwelling
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

OF the Gar, wrote to a friend that the
painting and sculpture were the most
costly productions Of all countries. The
large windows command magnificent
view. The suite of apartments termi-
mates In the famous winter garden, which,
while arctic SHOWS are piled without,
enchants the eye with luXuriant tropical
vegetation; the mir is filed with fra
GRANGE Of rare lowers and the music OF
plashing fountains.
Above, In The third story, are the
apartments of the Emperor, very com
fortably but plainly furnished. Here he
treasures his most cherished trophies
and keepSakes, mementoes Of his fro-
quent visits TO the capitals of Western
Europe On the ground floor Of the
palace, in the northeast corner, Is n lit
tic yaultcd room, where the father OF
the present Car, the great Nicholas,
lived, and where he died of Il broken
heart because Of the disastrous result Of
the war brought on by his will The
room has been roligiously left as the
Emperor last saw Il. Here is his little
iron camp bed, with the same sheets,
the coarse Persian shawl and the cloak
with which he covered himself. All the
little toilet articles, the books and maps
Of Scbastopol lie unchanged; even the
old-time slippers which he wore twenty
eight years, and were repeatedly
mended. The almanac, which was set
every day, marks the day of his death,
-- B0SfOU JICTdiH
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

There was trouble in the menagerie
last saturday. II seems that the large
black monkey had got out some way on
other, and climbed up in front Of the big
tank in the aquarium and called the seal
"a blarsted furriner,h and when the
seal retorted by calling him "Sene-
gambian nut cracker the monkey
reached IN over the glass and pulled n
bald spot in her seal-skin sacque, and
then there was row.
"Put up your flippers and lead at
him. shouted the leopard, encourag-
ingly TO the seal.
"Here, you mustn't bite, scratch nor
pull hair, >" said the bear TO the monkey.
"a Fight fair.n
Aud when that rule was applauded
and approved by the crowd, the monkey
quit fighting and sat down and cried,
and said that just barred him clear ont.
CLEAR in, you mean, interrupted the
zebra, "and besides you're not barred
out half so much rs am"
"And every body was down on him,
anyhow the monkey sobbed on,
"and--n
.'There's moro down on me than
there is on you,n said the swan, "and
| don't SWIVEL about it, you Italian
refugee
Il can lick the biggest seal in this
menagerie,n ~ walled the friendless mon
key, TO which the seal scornfully replied
| that he couldn't lick a postage stamp,
and at this taunt the monkey broke out
afresh, and the menagerie reviled and
encouraged him by turns.
"Why don't you bristle upPh the wild
boar asked him.
Yes" shouted the giraffe, "hold
| your head up.h
4" And throw out your chest and have
some style about you, v yelled the pea
cock.
"And hump yourself and have little
backbone ~ said the camel.
"And stand up for your rights, " said
the kangaroo
"And what will he do for his lefts,
you cmb-tailed parabolaPn said the elo'
rhant who had just come into the tent
and every body could see that he was in
4, bad humor. He turned ON the weep
ing monkey. "Get into your cage thi.
minute, you son of n cocoa nut, t,or III hi
you such swipe with this Saratogs
that you'n think whole baggage cal
has run over you"
The animals were all perfectly quie
wondering what had happened andwha
was coming next. The elephant glareC
around Mt the cages and then shook hi
head savagely.
"rd give a bale OF hay, " he said afte
while, "if ] know which one of yoI
, living curiositios and geological wonder
; sent me that bottle of anti-fat. y
And then, children, one wild whool
of laughter went up from all the cages
) which eliminated in shrieks Of dolgh
] when the cnraged elephant sucked al
2 the water out of the seals tank an'
spirited it all over the monkeys. II wa
the worst rain they ever had~in Tn
. menagerio, aud It was lucky thin
somebody didn't get killed AS II was
the little brown monkey with the gra
) face had spasms all night, all three q
. the owls had TO sit up with him, and the
$ were so sleepy the next day they didn
. have 10 show .--B burlington HtWkoge.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18
Reform in Love Letters.

This custom that the papers have of
printing the love letters that are pro.
duced In court as evidence in breach-Of-
promise cases would be- bad enough ii
they would only correct the orth0gra-
ply, but they don't. The editor seems
to take liendish delight in reproducing
such amatory and damaging epistles
just as they were written, with all their
imperfections on their head II the in
fatuatcd lover tells his inamorata that
she " is his dear luv," and he " kneeds
her cvry our,n that is the way il goes
into the paper. II he procures her a
Z" fir cloake," fir cloake it is. And If in
hurried and, as it often proves, an un-
guarded moment, no alludes to her as
his " betrauthed,n the pitiless proof
reader couldn't be induced to substitute
the conventional way OF spelling that
word for mint of money. These
things are particularly narrowing to the
father of the incomplete letter writer,
whose shame at the publication of the
correspondence is swallowed up in his
modification that he has squandered Sc
much money on the young mans educa'
ton. The safest way is not TO write any
love letters, but if you do, il would bC
advisable 20 have them revised and cor.
rected by some expert in grammar, or
biography and punctuation before pass
ing out OF your hands, so that in cas-,
they get into the newspapers, you vii
not he set down as illiterate, however
much you may be suspected of being q
fool Boston Courier,
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18
He Stopped the Car.

William Beury and Captain II. W.
Morgan had occasion to 80 down TO
Schuykill County on business last week,
and got off the Lchigh Valley passenger
train at Mycrsyille. As they were climb
ing the mountain AZ that point, they no.
ticcd frcight-car coming down the
railroad, without any brakeman on the
car. Captain Morgan took in the danger
of the situation at once, and knew If the
car was not captured il would collide
with train that was on the track below.
He therefore started down the mountain
on q run and Intercepted the car; he
caught hold Of the side bars and attempt
ed to mount one of the platforms 50 rs
10 get at the brake, but the car was
going down grade and had gotten under
such headway that it was with difficulty
that the Captain was able to get on, and
he had 10 run some distance and then
bruised his knees badly before he was
able TO swing himself around TO jump on
the bumper. AS soon rs he reached the
platform he applied the brake and
stopped the runaway ear, which was left
standing until taken in charge by the
railroad employees. Where the car camC
from, or how it happened to become
detached from the train, our informant
could not ascertain, but Captain Nor
gan certainly deserves the railroad com
| pany's thanks for risking his life in III,
effort to capture the car. Had the ca
not been stopped, serious collision
I would undoubtedly have occurred whel
/ it met the train on the railroad track a
a point down the line. --ShamoktH Pa.
Times
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

BAREFoor WALKER " is well known
around Columbus, Ga. lie is so called
because he has not worn shoes for forty
years. The other day he died, TO all in
tents aud purposes of old age, and his
frionds made preparations 10 bury tho
old man. just as tho funeral ceremo-
nies We're beginning old Walker sat up
in hH coffin and asked what they were
doing there. The funeral party went
home discouraged.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

MISS KATE FIELD has issued In New
York a prospectus for ladies' cooper
alive millinery establishment, similar to
the London institution, and to be known
rs the " Ladies' Dress Cooperative As
sociation.n - The capital stock is fixed At
$3.50 900, in shares Of S25 each, and II
is said that a large number have already
been sold. This association will sell To
stockholders ladies and children's
dress goods Mt little above cost, and
far below the regular shop prices. The
various departments will be managed
by persons experienced in the trade,
and every thing conducted on strictly
business principles.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18

TUE Supreme Court of Indiana de-
cides that the legal name of person
consists of one Christian name and n
surname. Any person may have as
many middle names, or initials, as are
given him or as he chooses TO take.
They do not affect his legal name, and
may be inserted or not in deed or con-
tract without affecting its validity Nor
does mistake In tho middle initial of
a name, in q deed, In any way affect rs
validity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
A /" Squaw Man."

"Squaw-man" is the name given to
white man who has married one or more
Indian wives, and beenregularly adopted
by their tribe with whom he lives. With
the exception of being of occasional use
as an interpreter, he is an utterly worth
less person. He has completely left his
own race and taken to the ways of the
savage, and is equally despised by the
whites and by his adopted brethren.
Many OF the woodcutters who supply
fuel to steamboats, on the Upper Missouri
marry, or rather buy, Indian wives; but
they do not form part of the tribal fam
lily, us does the ''squaw-man. Often it
is policy for them to take wives from
tribes which are dangerous to their
safety. wife insures protection from
the depredations of her tribe; and when
her lord and master is tired of her, or
wishes to form other business relations.
he simply tells her and her progeny to go
home. These men have the reputation
OF being most active agents in supplying
ammunition to Indians.
All these frontier folks eat. drink and
live, and after their manner enjoy life.
We can perceive that they have oc-
casional hardships, but they have pleas
ures which may not be so easily under
stood by people who live in comfortable
houses, and drive in well hung and well
cushioned carriages, or walk paved
streets. A life in the open air, freedom
from restraint, and vigorous appetite.
generally finding a hearty meal to satisfy
1T, make difficult return to the hum
drum of steady work and comparative
responsibility. They have their place in
the drama OF our national life, for better
or for worse, and their pursuits and char
acter must be recognized and studied by
any one who would comprehend our
great Western country. -Internationa
ReyieD.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
WARRINGTON NOTES.

The Postmaster General has decided
to break up the practice of sending through the
mails advertising cards of various sizes with l.
cent stamps attached. After Oct. no cards
except the regulation postal cards will be trans
mitted at less rate than 3 cents for each half
ounce.
The Hon. J. A. Campbell, ut one time
Governor Of Wyoming, and later Third Assist
ant Secretary Of State, died at Washington tho
other day.
Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, has ac-
cepted the position of First Comptroller of the
Treasury, and entered upon the duties of the
Office
New Brunswick has lately been visit
cd by destructive forest fires.
A forthcoming railway manual will
show that the gross earnings of all railroads
from which reports have been received, cover
ing nearly $4,000 miles. reached in 1879, the
enormous sum of $529OOO,OO being the larg-
est earnings ever reported.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
The Pronunciation of WU.v

Ninety-nine out of every hundred
Northerners will say institoot instead of
institute, dooty for duty-a perfect
rhyme to the word beauty They will
call new and news, moo and noos-and so
on through the dozens and hundreds of
similar words. Not dictionary in the
English language authorizes this. In
student and stupid, the gu" has the
same sound as in cupid, and should not
be pronounced stoodent and stoopid, as
SO many teachers are in the habit of
sounding them.
1t is vulgarism to call door doah
AS we all adi t-isn't it as much of a
vulgaism to call newspapers noospaper?
One v1llgarism is Northern, and the other
Southern, that's the only difference.
When the London Punch wishes to
burlesque the pronunciation of servants,
it makes them call the duke the dock,
the tutor the tooter, and tube toob.
You never find the best Northern speakers.
such as Wendell Phillips, George William
Curtis, Emerson, Holmes, and men of
that class, saying moo for new, Toosday
for Tuesday, avenoo for avenue, or call
ing a dupe doop. IL is fault that
Southerner never falls into. He has
slips enough of another kind, but he
doesn't slip on the long Gu" As many
of our teachers have never had their at
tention called to this, L hope they will
excuse this notice.-Southern Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
A Woman and a Wild Cat.

Here follows story from the Sanford
Fla) Journal, the truth of which that
paper swears to: "About two weeks
since Adm Powers wife, while sitting on
the veranda at their house mile or two
east of Fort Reed, engaged in sewing,
was suddenly Mortified to observe large
wild cat slowly stealing along through
the grass and bushes on one side of the
yard toward her brothers John FOSTER
child, a toddling infant, that was play
ing i'll the yard. Its intention was evil
IDENTIFY to attack the child, and, there
being no men folks at hand, Mrs. Powers
proved equal to the emergency. Selling
a stout piece of board she advanced upon
the cat and began vigorous assault.
For some time the cat would either
dodge the blows or seize the board in
its mouth, but finally it made break
and ran up tree close at hand. Mrs.
Powers then took the child III the house
and sent her little girl to neighbor for
a gun, but by the time it came the cat
had come down and disappeared in the
scrub"