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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
DEACON GREENS OFFER.
One Hundred New One.Dollar Bills 1!

Sometimes, in the best ordered print ing offices, it so happens that form (which is one or more pages of reading matter, set up in type, and fastened in an iron frame ready for the printing press) meets with an accident. The man who is carrying it trips and drops it, or he bangs it down in such way that it is loosened, and out tumbles the type, helter -skelter. It is then ''in pi," as the printers call it, and some one must pick up the scattered type, and, ex- amining each little bit of metal, restore it to it's proper position. The printer who sits in the corner busied with this pi is not in the least like Jack Horner, but is generally for the moment sad and sorely tried fellow. H,
 Now see what has happened to usl Deacon Green, assisted by his friend MT. Timothy Plunkett, had prepared some instructive paragraphs concerning certain noted men of history, and no sooner were they put in type than a young compositor tumbled them into pl, He at once, in the excitement of the moment, did his best to restore the paragraphs, but ah what mess he made of the work
 When the Deacon heard of it, he wrote, in his hearty way: ....... ..
 sNever mind The boys and girls of st. Nicholas shall make all straight. Print it just as it is, call it Historical Pi, and tell the young folks that I, Deacon Green, happen to have by me exactly op hundred new one-dollar bills, all of which shall be given as prizes fol restoring the pi, viz.: one bill for each oi the one hundred best solutions received The conditions are that the paragraphs are to be restored with perfect accuracy as to historical fact and the punctuation of every sentence; that the solution must be written on one side of the papel only, and addressed to Deacon Green care of The Century Co., Union Squar' (north), N. Y.-and that not only accur acy. but neatness and penmanship, ar to be considered in deciding upon tn best solutions. Every word, every let ter, every punctuation point that was il the original paragraphs is also in tn pi, and all that is necessary is to mak sure that, in the encouragement, the all get into the right places. The prize will be awarded by committee ofseven including the editor of St. Nicholas sThe Little School -ma'am, MT. Timoth Plunkett, and
 "The children's to command,
 s'SInAs GREEN. , Now, you shall have the Pi, just the Deacon returned it. Fortunately no one word is injured in the least; an the opening sentence is unharmed. Br 2 look at the rest of the paragraphs! Eve the names are divided and mixed upl
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

Now, young folk, one and all, who of you will belong to the fortunate one hundred who are to receive the deacon's dollar bills?
 Remember, the hundred prizes are for the best hundred solutions received be- fore January 10th, 1882, and they shall be awarded even if not single solution should prove to be absolutely correct. A Solution" is the entire pi properly strengthened and written out according to the above directions.
 Send your full post-ofice address, and state whether you are under or over fifteen years of age. - Christmas St. Nicholas, December, 1881.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

No SHOW: First burglar-''See here, Slippery Jim, are you in with us on this bank lay in Yankeetown Second ditto-'1 ain't; there's no money in it. Everything been worked up by that bloomin' pal, the cashier. .'-Bu6alo Iynses.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
HISTORICAL Pr.

We propose to mention here few of the worlds great generals, inventors, discoverers, poets, and men of noted deeds.
 George Stephenson was born at Carthage, which city was so hated by Goethe that he rarely made speech without saying: and Carthage must be destroyedl" Of other noted generals. Eli Whitney was Roman; Shakespeare was Prussian; James Watt was Cor sican; and Hannibal is an American.
 It is believed that Charles Darwin in- vented Man; Newton, the horse; Julius Caesar, the monitor; Napoleon, the blood; Frederick, the sewing machine; Cato, the circulation of the earth; that Ericsson invented the satellites of Jupi- ter; that Bucephalus frequently dis covered the law of gravitation and Dante the revolution of the steamboat; Calico the Great, the telegraph; William liar vey Bonaparte, the steam-engine; Elias Howe and Blondin, the cotton-gin of the the telescope and Dr. Tanner the fastest, if not the most fiery, naturalist of an- cient times, discovered the theory of The Descent.
 Among poets, the greatest in all history is Samuel Morse; while Robert Fulton ranks highest in the poetry of Germany, and Ulysses s. Grant in that of Italy. John and Isaac are famous English poets of our day.
 Many men have performed special feats. Alexander conquered and rode the locomotive; Tennyson crossed the Niagara River on the tight-rope; and Browning claims to have lived forty days without eating.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
Decisive Battles of the World.

Creasy's extremely interesting
volume narrating the history of the
fifteen decisive battles of the world,
those few battles of which a con-
trary event would have essentially
varied the drama of the world in all
its subsequent scenes, is highly es-
teemed by all readers of history. It
has long time been on Harper's
list as one Of their standard books,
at the price of 81 so. Now it is is.
sued IN very handsome cloth
bound volume, by the American
Book Exchange, New York, at the
nominal price Of IS cents. 1t forms
one Of their Acme Library Of His
tory, which includes Macaulay's
England, 81 rs (reduced from$7 .5O).
Gibbons Rome, $500 [reduced
from &c. 0), Rollins Ancient His.
tory, sl.75; Froissart's Chronicles,
$3.50, and to which list will soon
be added, at equal low prices, Grote's
Greece, Green's (larger) England,
Mommsen's Rome, Massons Guizot's
France, Carlyle's French Revolu-
ton, Schiller's Thirty Years Wars,
and others. Catalogues Of the stand.
ard low priced books of the Literary
Revolution will be sel.t on applica.
tion to the American Book Ex-
change Tribune Building, New
York.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
Substituting Irvine for Viro.

Many manufacturers of reaping ma
chimes are trying to substitute Irvine
fol wire in binding sheaves OF wheat
and other cereals. In addition to the
fact that a royalty has to be paid on
the patent for binding with wire
automatically, the use of wire is al.
legged to be Objectionable for the fol.
lowing among other reasons: When
1t gets into the thrasher it breaks
the teeth and renders the machine
useless: small pieces of wire with
,eedle like points attach themselves
to the straw and have pierced the in
testines Of animals that haxe eaten
OF the straw, causing their death;
several fires in mills have been attri-
buted to sparks, thrown off by the
contact of the mill stone with the
wire; when the straw is used to
make paper the pulp has been rem
dered useless by the presence Of the
particles Of wire, and large magnets
have been required to eliminate them
It is estimated that farmers will re-.
quire on an average 200 pounds OF
hemp or fax Irvine, the cost of which
would be about So. or one.half the
cost of wire. To bind wheat would
require feet Of Irvine to the sheaf,
$50 # to a bush. of wheat, or for the
whole crop raised last year in the
United States $4,000 tons of hemp,
| which could be made into cord
long enough to girdle the earth s
times. It is suggested that if Irvine
came into general use as a binder
the farmers, especially in Kentucky
and Missouri, who have been raising
flax and hemp principally for tn.
seed, would be able to dispose of the
stocks also. There are now ten fac
tories in the country devoted to thu
making Of twine, but their capacity
is less than the amount Of Irvine
that would be required for the full
crop of wheat.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

o. V: Tousley, of Minneapolis,
was last Wednesday nominated by
Gov. Pillsbury and confirmed b, the
Senate as State Superintendent of
public instruction. Mr.. Tousley has
for anumber of years been the efici-
ent superintendent of the public
schools of Minneapolis, and under
his able manas emcnt the schools of
that city have been raised to a high
standard. In the different educa-
tional conventions, which at differ
ent times have been held in our
State and elsewhere, Mr.. Tousley
has always taken leading part, and
on all such occasions he has showed
himself to be thorough, practical
educator and genial companion.
The people Of the State may we'll
congratulate themselves upon oh.
tanning the services of Mr.. Tousley
to direct the educational machine
among them, and we trust the teach
ers, as well as others, will heartily
second all his efforts to build up our
educational system. We think the
common schools of Minnesota have
been we'll guarded during the past
by our former State superintendent
and we expect to see still greater
results at the hands of the incoming
guardian of the schools.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

The Grand Lodge Of the order Of
United Workmen met in Winona
On Tuesday of last week. Thirty.
i've lodges were represented. The
Grand Treasurer reported receipts of
money to the Beneficiary or Insur.
ance funds of $43,30S.9 disburse.
ments, $36, 069.15. Balance in
treasury ,..s4, 239.75. The total re-
ceipts to the General fund OF ex.
pense accounts were So, 1872; dis
bursements, $2,605.53, leaving a
balance in the treasury of 1867. 10.
The Grand Recorder reported eleven
new lodges organized during the
year. and four suspended during the
year. There were seventeen deaths
among members during the fiscal
year. and payments were made for
the whole number, amounting to
$34 900. Excluding the four de-.
1nnct lodges, there are IS different
odges in the State, with total
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

A bad accident occurred last
Wednesday, on the St. Paul aud
Manil ,bA railroad, about tour miles
from Xix River, Sherburne county,
and about 40 miles from St. Paul.
The wheel of the forward truck oi
the rear passenger car broke when
the train was passing high bank,
wrenching the car from tho rest OF
the train and whirling the car down
the embankment about 60 feet. Nine
persons were injured. some of them
it is feared. fatally. Rev. w. Whit.
ney, Of the Baptist church at Man.
kato, was among the number, but
received only il few slight bruises.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

The Talbot brothers have been
found guilty of murder in the first
degree for having procured the
death oftheir father at Marysville,
No., last October. 1t will be re-
membered that DR.. Talbot was
shot through the window of his
house, and his assassination was
charged to his political cnmies,
the doctor being pronounced
Greenback reformer and the publish.
er of a Greenback paper. The con-
viction of his own children was
largely upon circumstantial evi.
dence.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
Washington Letter.
Washington, Jan. 2Sth, 1881

Washington, Jan. s8th, 1881.
The end Of the present Admins
tration and the present Congress
comes on apace, and only five week,
more of the present executive and
Legislative regime remain. During
the last ", elk some senatorial doubts
have been cleared up in the state
legislatures, but the question Of TIL.
regulation Of the Senate is still in
he ponderous little vote of William
Malone of Virginia. If he decides
to vote with the Republicans there
will be a tie and Vice President
Chester A. Arthur will control the
Organization in favor Of hisl party. If
he votes with the Democrats that
party will have a majority Of one
and proceed with the reorganization
with such important changes in
committees as the retirement of old
and the accession of new senators
will make necessary. With the close
Of the present session the ablest
Democratic senator will retire,
temporarily at least, from public life
His loss and his leadership will in
deed be difficult TO supply. There
will remain able debators, we'll read
lawyers, and eloquent orators, like
Beck, Bayard, voorhees,, Lamar,
Vest, and others, but none so wise,
so cool, and so able in debate and in
counsel as the Ohio senator who will
retire. His era and leadership in the
Senate has given a poise and con-
sistency toDemocratic action in that
body, whether in minority or,majori
ty such as it has not lately had in the
House, and which do not think it
can have without Thurman.
The action of the House during
the last week, or, rather, its inaction
has pretty decisively settled the
question that we are to have an ex.
ira session. Much of the week has
been occupied with dilatory filibus'
tering on the question Of the man.
ner Of counting the electoral vote
for President and Vice-President.
and Congress is more remote than
ever from agreement.
Preparations for great inaug ura
fete on the 4th of March are still 60
ing on, and it's proposed spectacular
and festive features are being dis
cussed by the committees in charge
and by the city press. An unusual
ly large number Of visitors is expect
ed and it may be of some interest t<
your readers to have some genera
information as to board and lodging
in Washington. This is city il
which one may live comfortably ant
respectfully for one dollar per day, i
he knows where to go or he can cas-
lily spend six dollars per day for hi
bed and board if he is inclined to d,
so. Perhaps no city in the countr,
has 40 manyexcellent boarding hous
es, and while the number OF visitor
may be unprecedentedly large, ! d
not think they will have any diff
Guilty in finding good accommoda
ton. If the military organization
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

American grain has penetrated to
Switzerland by way Of Rotterdam
and Antwerp. The crop in Swift.
zerland has not been Up to the aver
age this year, and the presence of
the American product in their mar.
kets is very pleasant to the Swiss
consumers. In this connection it
is stated that it is probable the Ger.
man Reichstag will reduce the tariff
on imported grain, 50 that there is
good reason to believe the American
producers will find in Germany a
large and profitable market for their
surplus products.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
EPIT0ME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
From WASHINGTON.


The President on the ed directed the fol-
lowing officers to be retired: Brigadier-Gen-
eral w. M. Dunn, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
General Stewart Vanvliet, Asst slant Quarter
master-General; Lieutenant Colonel Samuel
Woods, Deputy Paymaster-G General, and Ma
jor Joseph H. Eaton, Paymaster.
The Commissioner of Pensions has in
formed the Chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Appropriations that it will take $780,
600, 900 to pay all claims under the Arrear-
ages-of-Pensions act of 1879.
The President on the Oath renominated Ed
ward G. Billings, Of Louisiana, to be United
States Judge for the Fifth Circuit, in place of
Judge Woods, appointed to the Supreme
Bench.
- ACCORDING to the Census Bureau, IS, $751;
600 worth of four, four and-a-half and FIVE
percent bonds are owned in Chicago. New
York owns SIG, IA, $50. Philadelphia $780,
457,45o, Boston S19, 95S, $780, San Francisco
SO, 312, $50, Washington $11,Os4,65O, while
Allegheny, Pa, with population of only
1881, owns s40,22 ,05o.
THERE were 131 900 more immigrants ar
rived in the United States during the six
months ended December 81, 1880, than in the
ooA0 PS1AOu e0o pCVAOuS year,
The President on the 26th nominated STAN
ley Matthews to be Justice of the Supreme
Court, vice Justice swayne, resigned.
The special Ponca Commission reported to
the President on the 26th that the removal of
the Indians from Dakota aud Nebraska was
without sufficient cause; that the Gov
eminent had covenanted to protect
their persons and property, and that
those who have returned to Dakota are
entirely self-sustaining, and desire teacher
and minister. They recommended that one
hundred and sixty acres Of land be given
each person, and that the recipients be sub
ject to the civil and criminal laws Of the
Territory in which the lands are selected.
They also urged that e25, 900 be appropriated
for agricultural implements, stock and seed,
and that suitable persons be employed by
the Government to instruct the Poncas In
religious, educational and industrial develop
| ment.
PROF. REILLY, Chief of the chronological
Commission, predicts great swarm of To-
Gusts this summer, particularly in the South
ern States and the southern portion of ILL.,
nois He says that the farmers of those sec
lions may expect to suffer much damage from
their depredations.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

that have signified their intention
to come and join the inaugural pro-
cession from the White House to
the Capitol and back, shall be on
the ground, there will be volunteer
corps in Washington numerically
equal to the United States Army Of
$4,000. They expect to find accom-.
mediation in tents. lean only say
that. if we have our usual fourth Of
March weather, the lot of these play
soldiers will be uncomfortably like
that of the policemen in the
operates of Benzance.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

An item published in our issue of
last week in regard to the suicide of
Justus Ramsey, Of St. Paul, con-
tanned the surprising intelligence
that the aforementioned was secre-
tary Of war. The explanatory
words contained in the ''copy' were
left out by our typo and afterwards
overlooked while the proof was cor
rected. hence the blunder. Justus
G. Ramsey was brother Of Alex
ander Ramsey, who is at present
Secretary OF War.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Coal has been selling at $14 per
ton in the village of Jackson
O. r. Mather, of Mankato, in
tends to manufacture alb ,ut six mil
lion brick during next season.
The Mankato board of education
has contracted fol 1926 cords of body
hard maple, green, to be delivered at
the several school houses, at 1925
per cord.
The LeSueur county Nrws thinks
the Office Of State Supt. ought to be
made an elective one by the LegisIa-
ture.
A Scandinavian named G.. Skans,
living in Tyr ne, LeSueur county,
lost four children by diphtheria with.
IN three weeks during the past
month.
The fees of four officers of Lee ueur
county during the last year were his
follows: sheriff, $1.912.67;; regis
ter Of deeds, 81, IT'S IS: clerk # the
court, $1,370.25; and Judge of pro.
bate 5000.
Telegraph rates between Duluth,
and Chicago and Milwaukee, have
lately been reduced just one.half
that is, ten words for so cents.
On Sunday night, the goth ult.,
the Southern Minnesota road was
open from Lacrosse to Flandreau
for the second time during tina:
month. About half a million bush.
els of grain were stored in different
elevators and warehouses along the
road, awaiting shipment.
The store of Tisdale, Harris & Go
of Tyler, Lincoln county, was clos.
ed by creditors on the 18th ult. The
total assets in goods and book &C
counts foot up to $3,706.46. The
liabilities, according to the books
are $4,5S6.85 but the books are
Sid to be incorrect, and that the
liabilities will reach between $6, 00(
and $1,000.
| A set of thieves have been operat
ing for some time among the citi
zens Of Marshall. Some time ag<
a number Of pieces Of cloth Were
stolen from a tailor shop, and lately
about three tons of coal were takel
off from the railroad platform during
the night. The Messenger adds
"lt it becomes necessary to adop
the yigilant committee system which
once secured the most perfect imn1u
nifty from theft in Nevada and Cali
fornia, there is!material enough her
to build up from. We must hav
this thing stopped or hurt somebo
dy.'
/ A Teuton farmer in LIE Sueu
J county can't wear a smaller boo
than number II, and the boiler O
his foot makes hole in the ground
} Mr.. John Thomas has been at wor1
on pair of boots for the afore
; said farmer for five weeks an
has not got over one side of the1
yet. Take foot rule and measure II
by 81 inches square and you hav'
the size of the boot necessary. Ei
Their boot, supplied with side wheels
is able to float a famll y to New o.
leans.--St. Peter Times.
The Jackson Republic says pro:
> poets are not very favorable for e.!
,, iy work Oh the farms in Jack>o,
) county next spring. Nearly one
third of the corn crop lies buried b.
meath the snow and will first dt
.1land the farmers attention whe
spring comes. A long, wet sprin
! which seems to ensne will doub
less delay blowing until is 6
) late that it will be impossible
: sow large crops Of wheat and oat!
and that corn will therefore be IL
: most available crop.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

Major Baily has exercised car
load of fat porkers by driving them
to and from the depot 70, the pas;
two weeks. Flo will vary the
amusement by giving them a ride on
a freight train should they hold ont
TIL the road opens.--Jackson Rep"b-
lie.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

Oliver Dalrymple, the great Da-
kota farmer, made a clean profit Of
about $3.50, 900 during the past year.
He raised over half a million bush.
els Of wheat on "a, 900 acres, selling
it in Buffalo at a profit Of 50 cts. Il
bushel.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

membership of about two thousand.
The Supreme lodge, according to
the report of Grand Representative
Shiere, contains total membership
of about $4,000 at the present time:
the deaths during the last year were
525.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09

According to official figures the
Roman Catholic population of Wis.
consin foots up to 312, 300, or a.
bout one-fourth of the entire popu.
lation Of that State.