Connecticut western news., 1881-03-23

able known throughout this region and his ward for the quality of the goods he sells is always deemed sufficient.
 A man stepped into Norwalk saloon the other day, and called for his grog, whereupou number of loafers gatherSsa about him in the hope of "takin' suthin'" on him. Instead of treating, the gentleman asked the bartend. CT for piece of fish wire saying he 'thought i! he could catch nice string of suckers this morning"
 A queer sentence was that received by Kinghorn. the Hartford wife murderer. It provides for imprisonment for life, and the costs of the trial, amounting to $241, are to be worked out at the expiration of the term :; so Mir. Kinghorn has the prospect of job to start of on, in the next world-which prob, ably will not be shoveling snow.
 The Young America clothing house at Winsted comes to the front this week with a new ad. which tells about immense bargains in clothing. The genial Ulrich knows just what, how aud when to buy, in order to give the best satisfaction to bis numerous patrons, and as consequence has remarkably large business. which square dealing can always command.
 Rev. Mir. Marsland. who disappeared SC suddenly and so mysteriously from Central Village few months ago, and was found by his wife in New York state grist mill, i. getting into hot water again Att recent re quest to have his salary raised from $700 t l$l,O ,OOO some of his flock got mad and asked him to resign, but he refused, saying that h' should stay as long as he has one majority il the church. Other remarks of his have rilet the brethren, and a meeting is soon to be helt to see about dismissing him.
 The death of Gen. Emory Upton, at on' time connected with the 2d Conn. Heav, Artillery. committed suicide at Presidio, Cal On the 18th inst, is thus reported by asso ciated press. dispatch: .....
 Brevet Major-Gen. Emory Upton, U. S. A ] was found dead in his bed at Prssidio, thi morning, having shot himself through tn head some time during tho night. Gen Up :. ton retired at about his usual hour last night ! naVln& SpOut Iuo 0V0uluK HI SOCldI COufcESe The first intimation of the tragedy was obtain , ed this morning between eight and min o'clock, when his orderly went to call tn l General. Receiving no answer to his knock the orderly opened the door and found tn General dead in bed An alarm was instant : ly given, and several officers of the regimen having hastened to the room, it was discover ed that the General had committed suicide
 A revolver was still grasped in his hand, an ] bullet wound through his mouth into tn brain told the history of his death plainly The body was cold and stiff, and life had evi dently been extinct several hours, probabl :, since midnight. No papers or anything tha x might serve to indicate the cause of the ac
 have as yet been discovered. The gensrs impression, however, seems to be that grie 9 at the loss of his wife prompted suicide. Fror |. the appearance of Gen. Upton's room he mus
 have set up until late the night before, writ ing and destroying manuscript and many pa :. pers. He left two letters, one to his sister g dated the 18th, in which he intimated tha Something might happen; the other, whic
 was unfinished, addressed to Capt. Dyer, i g which Gen Upton expressed his opinion ths
 his Revised Tactics" would be failure
 Among the army friends of the General hi
 suicide is attributed to fear that by the fai
 ure of his work on tactics he would lose rel utation.