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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

An attempt to fast for forty-two days
Is to be made in Chicago next month by son
Of the late DR.. John Haskins Griscom, Of New
York. It is intended to be scientific test Of
human endurance, and will be supervised by
several medical gentlemen.
It now appears that the purchase Of
the right Of way through Bear Butte canon to
the Black hills had not been contaminated by
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and
the publication Of the matter interfsred with
the negotiations. The Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul people are lnow trying to secure the
road.
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a
bill to make insanity for five years sufficient
ground for divorce.
Some mischievous lads at New Bre-
men, Ohio, blew school-house into fragments
with two kegs Of powder.
Brevet Maj. Gen. Emory Upton, of
the regular army, shot himself dead in bed at
Preside, Cal Aletter left by him for IN off,
Ger expresses fears that his second volume Of
tactics will prove failure.
Made insane by liquor, James Tolan
entered hotel parlor at Marine, Mimi, and
shot his wife through the heart with Win
chester repeating rifle. She sat on sofa, with
an infant In her arms and two other children
by her side.
The Cincinnati Price Current pub
fishes IN extended report on tho winter-wheat
crop, embracing reports from nearly 400 points
in the winter-wheat belt The Price Current
says: "Takins all the evidence into considers
ton, with an indication Of some increase in the
acreage, tho crop may now DO considered gem
orally prsmising, With prospect for yield
not much, II any, less than the preceding year. :"
Six Polish citizens Of Chicago; who
refused to be vaccinated, were fined @6 each.
A marble tablet has been erected on
the site Of the old Fort Dearborn block-house.
Miss Kaylor has obtained verdict Of
$500 damages against tho city Of Elkhartt,
Ind, b. failing q ths ice.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

Moses Rice, travelling salesman
tor H. L: Eisen &c.,, clothing deal.
ers at Milwaukee, tell between the
wheels ola moving train on the
Minneapolis and St. Louis road at
Merriam Junction, last Wednesday
and received injuries from which he
died in two hours after. It appears
that in seeking to board an outgo.
ing train he jumped, and missing
his footing, fell between the cars,
two OF which passed over him, cut
ting his legs off and smashing in
the whole side and breast.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30
AMONG THE AZTECs.
Curious Modes of Agriculture.
Mines and Mining.
A Brilliant L otter from our weseoru
correspondent.

Mesi'la, New Mexico, March, Z, 81.
The denizens Of this strange city
and the surrounding country are a
curious study. This letter will be
devoted to giving your readers some
idea Of their habits Of life and their
modes Of agriculture. The Mesilla
Valley from which this city takes its
name, is one Of the most famous in
New Mexico for its agricultural pro.
ducts: 1t extends along the Rio
.Grande for seventy-6ye miles and
having an elevation Of near 1000 feet
The air is permeated with electricity
and ozone making it "a sapitariiuum1
which is visited by thousands affected
with asthma. bronchial and pulmon
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

Gov. Jackson of West Virginia
takes strong ground against govern:
ment interference in educational
matters, and thinks each State ought
to be left to educate it's people in its
own way. There are some peculiar.
tiles Of southern education which
are developed in the mountains by
moonlight, with a copper still, in
which federal interference is looked
upon as q hardship, and the teachers
and pupils are ready to defend their
system with the shotgun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

In the ten years last past, the col.
ored population of the United States
has increased from 1880, 900 to g.
ST., 497, or. almost thirty.fve per
cent, In Minnesota the increase has
been precisely a hundred per cent,
there having been when tho last
census was taken, 1878 colored .peo.
pie within the limits of this State.
The number is not alarmingly great,
and it will probably be many years
before this will become an African
State.-GLobe.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

Some Rhode Island militia, in
camp last summer at Warnock, de-
stroyed the nest and eggs of setting
hen. The owner had counted a great
deal on the unmatched chickens, and
he has presented to the Legislature
a claim of six hundred dollars.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

Judge Bassett of Fillmore county
has been favorably spoken of as a
candidate for Governor, from South.
ern Minnesota. Mr.. Bassett has
many friends over this way who
would be glad to give him a ''boost'
If necessary.-AustiM Register.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

DR.. Wild, of Canada, predicts fifty
three years Of war after 1882, and
the millennium is to begin in 1885.
Wild appears to have stock enough
for en- equal partnership with Ven.
nor and Tice.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

"Old Abe," Wisconsin's war ca
gle, is dead. The noble bird was
with the Eighth, which was known
as the ''eagle regiment" and was
carried at the head of the regiment
throughout the whole war.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

Total of seven mills. 1850
The capacities of the nineteen
other mills range from 800 to rs bar.
rels q day.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

The tribunal for the ADJUSTMENT of
the railroad bond question has not
yet been formed, and it is under.
stood that four Of the Supreme
Judge have refused to serve.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30
NEW vL16, A61NT
Seventy.tive persons, including
many Of the performers, persisted in
a burning theater at Nice, Italy,
last Wednesday night.

The extra session ghost has van.
ished. President Garfield has in
formed member of Congress that
there will be no extra session, and
the country now breathes easier.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30

The total milling capacity of Min
neapolis, says the Journal, is "a, 275
barrels of -four per day. The follow
Ing are the largest mills, with their
canaoit;os.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-30
IA.ME BACK
Prof. Guilmetted
French Kidney Pad,

WHICH CURES BY ABSORPTION
Ask your druggist for Prof, Guilmette's French
Kidney Pad, and take no other. If he has not got
it, send So 90 and you will receive the Pad by re-
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Great Britain The British Government intends to introduce bill ou oaths to meet Mr. Bradlaughs case.
 Pierre LDrilard's colts were beaten at the EpSom races last week.
 Edward Mlall., one of the English noncon fruist leaders is dead
 John Dillon, M. P. has been arrested at Pnriarlingt"n ln virtue of the Coercion act.
 ca Monday the Commons instructed th. Atty. General to bring in all amendment of the parliamentary oath.
 France. Emile de Girardin, the French journalist. is dead.
 The members If the NJ snetary Conference ,rr still waiting for E glands decision.
 Germany -Thrr.. have been outbreaks in Prussia against the Jews.
 Italy. The DtputIes have passed vote of "ant of c,mtidei e. in ihe government,
 Russia. - IL Is thought that General Meli <nH will become Prime Minister; General ignatitH Minister of ihe Interior, and Prince L'banof Minister of Foreign Affairs,
 The Nihilist Executive Committee has issued ! manifesto.
 Greece. The Greek people are said to be in fav ,r of return [" stale of peace
 The Turks assert that Albania is now tran Inil.
 7'u,ais. .-.French troops defeated the Krou mfrs on Wednesday las, al Ain Isnail they lave also occupied the Island of Taarca.
 South 4 AfficG.-The Baslito War is emled
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
DOMESTIC.

Bills have passed the New York Assembly establishing nnif''r rrte uf teiegrapllc ,nes- sagrs in this State, and req hiring telegraph and telephone wires to be laid underground in New York City.
 The stea ner Chesapeake from P,rtlari. he., for New York; went ashore near New london, "Wednesday, aui flied no life was i.,st.
 William A Tnonas. teller of the First Ma .to Ial Bt,<, of N.Vt'i. vts c,lvlcte at Trenton, Wednes' lay. of having made false entries in the hoIks of the bank.
 Bloom & Brother of New Ynrk failed. last week with liabilities estimated at S100. 600 |; .lie junior member of the firm died suddenly tu a hotel.
 On Thursday Senator Butler, of South Car 'lina, faile,t in his attempt to prove Repub lean bargain with Mir. Malone in reply to M,. Frye's recent speech.
 Four school boys were killed a Louisville, Ky, Thursday, by lightning, while playing ln the street.
 The Lu.ieling murder trial in Louisiana has :eslted in verdict of acqliital.
 The strike of street rail- way employees at St. Louis has ended
 The Girard Point Grain Elevator, near Philadelphia. was burned, Thursday, loss .iore than $6oO.OOO partly covere! by insur- ance
 Excitement has been created at Hnnesdale, i'enn., by the reported discovery of rich oil deposits. Mrs. Christian Koch of Grand Island. Neb killed her three children and herself last week.
 Four citizens of Mount Clemens Mich. iisapiearcd in squali on Lake St. Clair and vere probably lost. The investigator. into the irregn arities in Star 'ute Contracts is being vigorously prose- cuted.
 rhe total loss ny the recent fl ,ais of the Missouri River is estimated at S4 GOO O00
 An alliance is reported between Mr Conk ling and the Democratic Senators to prevent the confirmation of Judge Robertsnn. The annual commencement of the Prince, ,n Theological Seminary was held last week. The Anti Discrimination Railroad hll was defeated in the Penuslyvaaia Assembly fast week.
 The steamship City of Austin has been wrecked on Pelican Shoals, near Fernandiua. Fla. no lives were lost. Congressman O'CDnnOr, of the Charleston l (S. c. District. died last week. s1s,s s.. The New York Union League Club held their first meeting in their new club room on the 26th ult. Prosecution of the Police Commissioners still continues. hutps SuOW WAS uriti UT AN0W 1ttrk IaSG week. The revenue Cutter Cor yin will s,on sail from San Francisco in search of the Jeannette and two missing wi,aiers Ex Senator Dorsey has asken for an inves- igation of his connection with the Star route contracts. .*~ Indctme Is against ilie Police Commission. CTS have been I,resef,ed s'a J W Mintnrn!arf the firm nfGrinnei, Miu.s turn 6 Co., shot himself Sunday. Al
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

nIsTRICT OF CORNWALL, ss, Probate Cour,. 1O April 18th, 1881. = @n.aa 5sfE Estate of Lydia c. Stone, late of Cornwall, in said District, deceased. 'N. The c urt of Probate for the District of Cornwall hath limited and allow. six months from the date hereof fo the Creditors of said Estate represented in>olvent in which to eyhlbt there claims thereto aud has appointed G orge H. ole and Joseph L Whitney, Esqs, Commissioners to receive and ex anime said claims
 Certified by
 siLAS c. BEERS, Judge The Subscribers give notice that they shall meet af the office of Frederick Kellogg, Esq. in said Corn wall the 2nd dty of July and the 18th day of Oc- tober IS8i at two o'clock in the afternoon, eaeh nf said days, for the purpose of attending on tn. business of sa d appointment.
 GEORGE H. CbLE, l,.-. All perso indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immestsat.. payment to F 4-4w FREDERICK KELLOGG, Administrator.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
In EXtremis.

< The run interest ofsaVlsted is .dss0erate. , These men went away from Lichfeld, 8 week since, leaving one of their number be- hind, in Jail. II all probability nothing but the illness of Judge L n,nis saved more of them from the same fate. Tue '.glorious uacertainties'' of the jIry trial have erased to offer them hope, and the State Attorney has refused all attempts at compromise.
 Now comes news from Winsesd of the in- eendiary burning of barn on Sunday morn- ing last belonging to Mir. Rufus E. Holmes, Vice President of the Hurlbut Bank, and of tLe attempt to burn barn of the Rev. s. B. Forbes. These gentlemen have been fore most in the enforcement of the law, and were both in Litchfield week before last. The anilnus of the arson accomplished and of the arson attempted is unmistskabIe. An indig- nation meeting of the citizens was held on Sunday evening and 8 large 'eward offered for the discovery of the villains engaged in this last Outburst of lawl-ssness. Combin ing tue business of barn. n-burniug with the bus iness of ruuselling will not make the latter any more popular in Winsted, and will make it all the easier to bring tile guilty to justice in LitchfeId.
 The eleventh annual Reunion of the Veteran Masons of Connecticut will be holden at Bir-
 W...l.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
O1srK1 T OF CORNWALL ss., Probate Con

nISTRI T OF CORNWALL ss., Probate Court O April 25th, 1881.
 Upon the Petition of Chauncey E. Baldwin, Conser vato of Lucreta dwin, representing that it is the best Interest of the said LucYetia that inter est in the Real Estate If Ithamer Baldwin, lat. O. Cornwall. deceased, be sold and praying for orde to Sell the same
 Theref ,re ordered-That the foregoing petition b. heard at the Probate Office in Cornwall, the 14f da, of May. 1884, at 10 o'clock in the frenoon, and that notice thereof be given the Seecm-n of the own of Cornwall. by causing copy of this order to oe Served upon them. and by publishi g the same ii newspaper published in Litch6eld County. two weeks before the day of hearing.
 Certified by
 saw SIL AS c. BEERS, Judge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
A letter to an English paper rives the f,

letter to an English paper gives the fol. lowing account of the Czar's life at the Castle of Ga,schina, thirty miles from St. Petersburg: The Imperial bedroom has two windows, protected at night by massive iron shutters, shlch can only he reached from the outside by passing throgh three spacious ante cham
 ''ers. in which are pasted eighty Cossacks, ! armed to the teeth They are allowed to speak and to move about in the two outer onms, but in the hall adjoining the Czar's 'tdrO'm perfect silence Is iIain aiEid all night. The General Lon duty for the day sits in au l .asy chair, his Cossacks sitting on the ,livaa which runs around the wh e room. At the General's right hand is the knob of an electric apparatus which rings a bell in every guard muse within tue palace grounds. When the Gmperor is about to retire to rest. before shut | t,ng the dour, he removes the outer handle, x, that no entrance can he etfecied until he ,imself personally opens the dRr from the 1 inside. Unlike his father, he cannot endure lhe presence of an armed soldier in h is bed. .han,b Der.
 The revolutinDists are as busy as eyer. On
 Caster day revolutionary proclat,,atinns were
 ''und in E .ster eggs distributed in the streets
 f Moscow.
 At a London banquet, last week. Lord Hart. ington remarked that the evils CD npiaiGed of II Ireland would never be ended till the mum
 .er ofland owners was increased. The leg station proposed by Mir, Gladstone has that
 .nd in view. The Tories will oppose the bill for that very reason, though their nominal
 ground of opposition is because it ''confuses
 without settling" the relation of landlord and
 .nant. The Irish bishors ask for further
 imitation of ti.e lapdlor.i's p ,wer, and that tenants be given an interest in pespetuity.
 Springfield Qil.) Hotels created sensation,
 ast week; by refusing accommodations to the Fisk Jubilee Singers. TkC President says
 hat if Washington hotels are equally inhos- pitable when they co ne there. he will give them quarters al the White House
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

The reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich 1slands has been of great advantage to bot countries. As a E alter of course it saved th, sugar interest ln the islands. for It gave then the United States for market without pay ment of duties. It has also opened way fm American manufactures into the isande. Another reciprocity treaty ought to be nega dated with Canada. hut trade and intercourse are apparently tending South towards Mexi. co, instead.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
1srR1cr oF CORNWALL ss., Probate cour

.IsrRICT OF CORNWALL ss, Probate Court, U April 18th. 1881.
 Upou the Petition of Chauncey E. Baldwin Conser- vato. of Eecta Baldwin, r.p' esenting that it is for of the said Electa, that interest in the R. al Estate of Ithamer Baldwin late Of Corn H. deceased, be sold. And praying for an order tp Sell the same.
 Therefore Ordered-That the foregoing petition be heard at the Pr 'bate Office In Cornwall. the I4t that notice thereof be given to the Selectmen of th town of Cornwall, by causing copy of this order to be served upon them, and by publishing the same in newspaper, published in Litchfeld Countytwo weets before the day of hearing.
 Certified by
 SILAs 0. BEERS, Judge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

,IsTRICT OF LIT ,HFIELD. ss. Probate Court, | April 18th, 1881.
 Upon the application of Andrew Palmer showing t ths ourt that he is Guardian to Francis DavIs a,d aud that said minors are the owners of the following al etate in Goshen Conn.,. VIZ, certain piece dis. truuted to said Francis from tiie State of William; D wis dece ised and described as "the middle part o Pond Hill It commencing at N. W. corner o, tn I-ce set to Robe A. Davis stake the s uth side O dit h ill the iue of 5. Kmberleys land W. 0. 5 s. stake ill the wall, thence E. 60 N. in line of .ad to stake in the wall the w. of the piec set to Rob Tt A Davis, thence Northery 2765 uks t, tn first bounds. containing 2O acres bou ded N. on Sherm n Kimberley'> land k. by land St to Robert DaVls and South by land of George Johnson anG West by land Set to Marian I. Davis, valued al S390.O0"
 As certain piece disl ibuted to said Marian from said "state. descr bed the West part of Pond Hi so called, 'mmrncing at stake ard stoses in the une of ,. Kimoereys ltnd. tneace W. 0. IS, >. 8ls links t. the center "f old highway, dlscoLtinu q theAct s. 60 W. n center of old highwa> 5U lnk, thence W. a,out 45 links to of Andrew Ba ton! Ia d the s. O 3U w. 23OO luks E. line of said Bal toms land to the N. E. corner of Hall's thence o 30 w. tOa hn6s tn nee E. 6o N 6,,O links to stak
 the wall, thence >ortherly 2320 links t the bouud begun ar Bounded N. on 5. Kimberley 8 land, E. ol i'n., set to an'is Iavis, on Ge rge Johnso F Ia d, w. on Ly man Hall and Andrew Barton and Mr BeAchs land. Also tn west half of the old hi .hwa, on tLe East side of Lym Halls farm extending 22s hnks la iensth and rods wide, in the whole being 22 acres Valutd at S300 CO., and showing just and reason able cause for Hing said real estate praying a "r,er and that he some other meet person be em- powered to sell the same, as per application 6le dated the 18th da, of April l-oi more fully appears Or,erei-That the foregoing application be heard at the Probate Ofee in Litchfed. tn, 2sth day of May, 1881, at o'clock, forenoon and that notic. the place where real lies three weeks sue cessively, before said time assigned.
 Certified by
 GEO. M. wo DRUFF, Judge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

Yale is getting the start of Harvard, with 8 burlesque of E sripides "Medea, !" in the yer nacular, sometime next month. v E
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

RESTRICT OF WASHINGTON ss. Probate Court. U May Srd, 1881.
 Estate of Albert Anson, of woodvills, an 1nsolvent debtor in sad District. = The Court of Probate for the District of Washing ton hath limited and allowed three months from tbr date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate in whic to exhibit their claims thereto; and has appointed Gly .. Ford of Washington, T. Leander Jennings of i-ifchhed and c! rus \. Todd of New Milford Com missioners to receive and decide upon laid claims
 Certified by
 HENRY Fl. MOKEHOUsE Judge The Subscribers g1v notice that they sh , mee1 at the house of Albert Ansn, in Woodville, in sad shingt"n, on the 3rd days of June and Angus lay for the purpose of at ending the business O, "a appointment
 >1UY C. FORD,
 T. LEA DER JENNINGS. ! Commissioner
 CYRUS: ToDB. All persnns indebteo 10 said Estate, are request, to m ke imm, diate payment payne t to
 6-4w GEO. s. COGSWELL, Trustee
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

1ne Dorsey whose name appears so fire quentiy in the Star Route swiudles is broth CT of ex-Senator Dorsey. the gentleman t. whose disinterestsd patriotism and ju,iciou, distribution of public documents, is attribut ed the Republican victory in Indiana, las, Tall. 1t IS now stated that it is the latter wh is real party ia interest, his brother being l'ere dummy. This explains his willingness. to accept subordinate position in the pos, office department ia payment for his tissin guished services on ihe National Republican Committee.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

There are one hundred and fifty -four nomi nations waiting confirmation by the Senate.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05
Que CttebheI0 Guquirer,
 LlTCHfIELD, CONN.
Thursday, May s, 1881

The First Regiment has been designated h the Governor to go to Yorktown.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

An attempt to evict some Irish tenants nea Limerick, Friday, resulted in riot and th baliff who had the process for service darer not execute 1t.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

Ex-Senator Eaton, lt ttis State. has been i. Washington urging Democrats to unite will Conkling for the rejection of Robertson as Collector of New York
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

HAVE WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY always st hand It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whoopipg C"ugh. Group. lntiuen- za. Cnnsumptiun, and all Throat and Lung Complaints. 50 cents anu Si bottle.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

Twelve people were drowned, Thursday, by the sinking of d ferry boat on the Fox River at Elhm. Ill. The bridge at that place had been washed away and the commou council started small scow as a ferry boat. l.. made one trip successfully but started hall full of water on the second and was swalnped in the middle of the stream. Thirty persons were on board at the time of the disaster. That scow ought to make just one uore lrip, with tue Elgin Common Council for cargo.
 Woman's managing capacity is meeting rec oguition even in the most conservative ouar ters. It is only a fortnight ago that the Ep,s copal ladies of this Ducese met iu New Haven, to arrange for their branch of church missions. Pawtucktt Episcopalians have done better yet. They have chosen three vestrywomeu. Unluckily Connecticu. Epis copalians are slut off from allowing women. any voice at church meetings by stupid canon recently adopted
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

Castoria. -F For Sour Stomach. Constipatio aud FIcituhess of children. Pit tasamt, saf aud cneap yuo drops; SS dosss, 30 centA