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Connecticut western news., 1881-08-17
George w. Stiner.

The funeral services of MT. George W. Stiner, deceased, were held at bis late resi- dence near this village, at 10 o'clock on Fri day morning, the l2th inst, conducted by Rev. W. A. Mackey, of the M. E. church, and consisted in the reading of appropriate selections of Scripture, prayer, 'and short, informal discourse
 F In the line: of his remarks MT. M. said:- Along the journey of life, to the world be. yond, another companion and friend has been stricken down in the midst of his years and of his strength, and at time when the at tachments to the world are strongest, and the cares of life are most numerous and pressing. The event is suggestive of the following facts
 l. This swift flight of years that we call life, is not, in any absolute sense, our own. God, who gave it us without our choice, has a sovereign claim upon it. and an indlsputable right to take it again in His own time.
 2. This being true, it becomes at once our plainest duty and our truest wisdom to make it as perfect as possible, however brief or ex- tended it may be.
 3. The will of God, as revealed to us in His word. is the rule by which the greatest degree of perfection may be attained.
 4. Any life formed by this rule will be a perfect and finished life,' however early or suddenly it may seem broken of.
 In closing, the speaker observed that, lack of ofacquaintance with the decease, and of familiarity with his life, made it impracticable for him to add anything of an obituary or memorial character. For their special con- fort, he commended the bereaved family to God, and His precious word. and the hope of a deathless life beyond the grave.
 Immediately after the close of these servic- es. the remains were taken for interment, to Hartsville, the former residence of tine family.
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grass. The beach is very fine, but too dan. gerous, on account of the surf and breakers, for bathing. It was quite rough while we were there, and it was grand to see the big waves roll in and break on the shore, send. ing the spray far up on the beach. My com. panion becomes quite enthusiastic and poet. ical. l thought heard him repeating-from Tennyson, think Break, break, break, etc.
 We haven't been blue-ishing yet, nor to Wauwinet, nor to Sconset, nor to other noted places, and until then shall have to bid you goodnight, and subscribe myself,
 Nantucket, Aug. 15. SIAsooNsRr.
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SsaNacrlpslom mAccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriber shows the time to which the sub. scription Is paid; thus, R. B. Smith 5Juls0. ipaAtes that Mr.. Smith has paid for his paper to JuE5s aSS0. It Is hoped that subscribers will see to iE that their account, indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct. and when they pay for c renewal of ther subscription, will ob- serve whether their date changed to indicate the proper csedit and ia the event of error. to in- form us for correction at once. No claims for er- in these accounts will hereafter be considered unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the regular receipt of the paper with the date to thereon is prims facie evidence of it's acceptance Rs correct. =
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Florence, the actor, called on the Pope and says he wore stockings of white silk white shoes with golden crosses by way O buckles; long white cassock of fmerino bound with silk of a pale rose color; a cape that reached below his elbows, which was also bordered by rose colored silk and 6 white silk skull-cap with rose-colored bind ing and jewel in ffont. A heavy chain from which depended a large cross set with diamonds and rubies, hung around his neck. which reached to the first joint of his fingers. He wore white belt or sash around his waist.
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R. IF. SEYMOUR.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Casks sts. bur II ial robes and everything pertaining to ths business at the lowest possible prices. deliver. ed at residences without extra charge. Per. sonal attention given to preserving the dead have chemicals and the most approved ice. chest and every facility for keeping bodise. and will take charge of funerals when 'desired, References by permission W. w. WeIch, M p., N; Cowles, J. B. Eldridge, E. L. Gay lord, R. I. Crissey.
 a Samples may be seen at my house or at Sparks Co.'S. store at any time.
 Norfolk Conn. March 1S79 .' <l&
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BERKSHlRE COUNTY.
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Subscribe for the DAILY NRws
 Citizens of Savannah, Georgia, are sum. mering in Berkshire.
 Pittsfield is to be lighted by electricity during thunder storms.
 Frank Andrus of Sheffield will erect a mar. ble shop in Ct. Burlington.
 A Chicago brother of Attorney General MacVeagh is visiting in Pittsheld.
 The Sheffield Methodist Sunday school picnicked at Twin Lakes last Wednesday. A Pitts6eld darkey piccolost was fined $l2.70 for beating time on his sisters head.
 M. L. Worden of North Adams had fit of acute insanity last Thursday, which caused his death,
 Pitts6eld had another runaway last Friday, by which two boys were incapacitated for chopping wood for a while. | The women's Catholic temperance society O. Pitts6eld had dance last Friday night, in honor of their first anniversary. -.'
 The Pittsfeld Methodists are taking up a collection to send their Sabbath School on a picnic to Seaside Park, Bridgeport Sept. Sth. A Pittsfeld gentleman was so pleased when the Germania band stopped playing the other night, that he gave them his check for $20.
 l Liquor called sheriff Streeter of Adams, tc Maple Grove last Friday Journal Too bad, too bad; and he's such a good looking man, too.
 The Briggs marble quarry property in Sheffield, was sold at auction to John l.. Dodge last Friday, for $1,5oo. above the mortgage
 Thomas Hanna of Pittsfeld was courted by his wife last week, and plead guilty to neglect, but promised this honor' that he would look after his family better hereafter.
 H. 0. Warner of Ct. Harrington, cores. pendent of the Pittsfeld Journal sued ex. editor Fowler for back pay, and in the dis trict court the suit was settled upon payment of $35. and costs by Mir. Fowler.
 North Adams has the color blindness epi. demic badly. Two 'cullud gemmen" and two white ladies have been living together for some time past, and were prosecuted for fornicstion last week. One of" the couples was married after their trial, by the clerk.
 Judge James D. Colt of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts shot himself through the i head last Tuesday, in his office in Pittsaeld Aged 6l. He was the judge who presided at John TenEyck's murder trial, and sen. tepced the latter to be hanged, three years ago.
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LOCAL NEWS.

"a We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice.
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G. w. SCOVILLE, Furnishing Undertakar

And dealer in Baskets, Coffins, Burial .Robss. and all kinds of Undertakers' Goods. The most approved methods known to the profss- sion used in preserving the dead.
 Cabinet work, Upholstering, and Repairing promptly and thoroughly done.
 Agent for M. G. Wheeler's out howsrs.
 Residence and shop on the "Gresn," Norfolk, Conn, 96tf
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General Hancock is said to have refused all invitations to private dinners, since the Pres- ident's assa ssination on the ground that it is not proper for him to enter into; festivities while his commander-in chief, er-obicio, is lowering between life and death.
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Notice.

ENOUNDRY at West Cornwall For sSis or 4 Rent, with stock of Flasks, Moulding and Core Sand, and Stock of Iron. Inquire of
 West Cornwall, Conn. Avs
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office,

BROKE INTO THE INCLosURE of the subscriber, Aug. .4th, 1881, a COW, two ' ear lings, and one calf. The owner is requ est ed to call, prove property, pay charges, and take them away. e. N, BREWSTER.
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Cured OR Drinking.

"A young friend of mine was cured of an unsuitable thirst for liquor, which had. SO prostrated him that he was unable to do any business He was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed all that burning thirst took away the appetite for liquor; made his nerves steady, and he has remained sober and steady man for moro than; two years, and has no desire to return to his cups. I know of a number of others that have been cured of drinking by it"-Ffom 6 leading R. R. Official Chicago, M-Zssnes Your D.R.V. G. has cured me of Chronic Dyspepsia and other ails caused by .indiges ton of long standing. Ross R. SpauldinR,
 Wholesale Hardware, Syracuse, N. Y. Guaranteed by all druggists. .. |. :.
 BORN. ...- At Ashley Falls, Aug. 12, daughter to Ray mond B. and Isabella D. ,Canfeld,, and granddaughter to James Russell.
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ON WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, between Canaan and Southfeld, small DIARY, dated 1880. containing about Seventeen Dollars in bills, The undersigneds name is in the inside. 4 liberal reward will be paid any one returning the same to w E, BREWER
 Canaan and Southfeld Stage Route.. Iwss
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ID \ E n,

At his residence in this place, Aug, 10, George W, Stiner, aged 43 years.
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Notice.

ID ROKE INTO THE ENCLOSURE of the U subscriber, July Beth, 1881, .YearlinR Heifer, spotted red and white. The owner is requested to call, prove property, pay eharRes and take her away,
 6tf JAMES B. SHEFFIELD,
 Canaan Camp Grounds, Aug. let, 1881.
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Ct. Harrington.
 The Burlington shirt factory, which started so prosperously last April, has played out, and divided the funds on hand, and are now looking for some one to buy the machinery on hand. There must have been more tail than head, or a lack of backbone.
 French, the dentist, is building large house on the spot where the old Baily house was removed from.
 Billy Hatch has got the job of building the West Stockbridge church. Billy is good workman, and can be depended on every time around.
 Miss Hattie Cone, only daughter of Mir. John Cone dled last Saturday afternoon, MT. Cone's oldest son died about year ago, which leaves only one son of Mr. and Mrs. O's family of children, 2. Sheffield.
 Base ball, Saturday, Aug. 18th, between the Clippers, (sheffield) and Mt Everetts, (Egremont,) resulted in victory for Clippers, 49 to 27. They wont take back seat for
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17


peace; al owing pay for messengers for carry
ing election returns ;alloWing county commits
sioners addi tional compensation while serving
on board OF equalization; memorial to con-
gress for more pensionsA Adjourned.
HOUSE, FEB. IL.
The following bills were introduced
in the house Relating to application to county
commissioners for relief of the poor; to re-
strain cattle in Pine county; to regulate mar
riages; to declare the Minnesota river a legal
fence; to restrain cattle IN Traverse county !;
to appropriate S., 600 to aid building of iron
bridge at Anoka; making one-half measure
legal standard for measuring and Judging
wheat. The House in committee of the whole
transacted q large amount Of business and
adjourned to Monday evening.
SENATE. FEB. l2.
The Senate in Committee Of the
Whole considered the Insolvency bill intro
duced by Mr.. Buck, and unanimously recon-
mended its passage. The bill is entitled can
act to prevent debtors from giving preference
to creditors. and to secure tie equal distribu-
ton of the property of debtors among their
creditors, and for the release Of debts against
debtors.n Among the bills passed are Au-
thorizing the city of st. Paul to erect a high
school building; and authorizing the widen
ing and extension of Fort street from the city
limits to Fort Smelling.
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The State Prison Labor Contract.

The interest in the fight at St. Paul
over the recently let contract for
State Prison labo.,, to the firm of Sey-
mour, Sabin & Co., Of Minneapolis, has
broadened until it embraces the whole
question Of the employment of labor,
both penal and otherwise. It has been
charged that the contract for the con-
vict labor Of the State prison was let
to Seymour, Sabin & Co. in violation Of
law, aslithe bid of sMessrs. Forepaugh &
TarboS was the highest bid received,
and should have been let to that firm.
The matter, has been made the subject
Of Legislative Investigation.
The question Of letting prison labor
in any form has caused a meeting of
workingmen to be Eeld at st. Paul, at
at which the practice was severly con-
demmed, and Il committee appointed
to bring the matter before the present
legislature,
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Counting the Electoral Tote.

The electoral vote of the severa
states was counted in the presence of the Sen
ate and House of Representatives on Februar,
8, in the chamber Of the latter branch. Th.
certificates were opened in the Alphabetical
order of the States by the vice president ant
handed to the tellers, Senators Thurman and
Hamlin and Representatives House and Grow
ley, and by them read and the number of votes
for the several candidates recorded, until Geor
gia was reached, the vote of which having
been cast on the wrong side, the reading ol
the certificate was postponed by the vice-pres
ident till it was formally ascertained whether
it would change the result of the election
Then the process was contin
ued till the votes were recorded ani
counted and the result was alphabetically an
nounced as being 214 for Garfield and Arthur
and 155 for Hancock and English. if the vote
Of Georgia were counted, or for Garfield and
Arthur 214, and for Hancock and English la
if the vote of Georgia was not counted, anG
that III either event Garfield had received
majority of votes. Then the vice presiden,
declared James a. Garfield duly elected presi
dent, and Chester A. Arthur vice-president O.
the United States for four years from the 4tt
of March next. ss
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Minnesota Railroad Bonds.

At a meeting of the committee Of
twenty appointed by the legislature to
consider the claims against the State
on account of the old Minnesota rail
road bonds, it was resolved to accept
the proposition of Mr. Selall Chamber
lain, of Cleveland, and incorporate in
the bill to be reported all claims of
like character, including railway con-
structing. Every member of the COM
mittee but one voted in the affirma-
tive on the proposition. Mr.. Cham
berlain's proposition is to submit the
legal question of the States liability to
the supreme court, and in the event of
the liability of the State being affirmed,
to accept SO per cent. Of the claim in
the form Of new per cent. thirty
year bond, sinking fund to be Great
ed to meet the principal at maturity,
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Washi1a1to1e Under Wale,..

The Potomac river was on the larg-
est kind of boom" during several days
last week, and in consequence all the lower
portions of the city of Washington were un,
der water. Pennsylvania Avenue was flooded
to depth varying from to three feet.
The Washington Market, the Census Bureau
building, Ford's Theatre, and all that portion
of the city was inundated. The street cars
were swept from the tracks and abandoned,
Easements were flooded, and in many cases the
ground floors were covered, entailing consid-
cradle loss. Boats were brought into use on
many of the principal streets. The ice gorged
the river for distance of six miles, reaching
as far as Alexandria. Three spans Of the
Long Bridge were carried away by the force Of
the flood and the accumulated ice against it
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Explosion IN u 1Ei,le.

A frightful explosion in coal mine,
attended with serious loss of life, is reported
from Robinson, Ohio, as having occurred
there a few days since. The explosion was
caused by fire damp. The superintendent of
the mine knowing that certain portions Of the
mine contained fire damp, had just cautioned a
man against going where the fire damp was
known to be, but as that section was dry,
while around the track was filled with water,
the man disobeyed orders, and attempted to
pass through the forbidden locality. with a
lighted lamp in his hat. Immediately ter
rifle explosion occurred. A hole was blown
through fifteen feet of earth composing the
roof, carrying death and destruction all around
About twenty men were at work in the mine,
six of whom were killed outright and mum
Der dangerously wounded. The man through
whose carelessness the explosion occurred.
was badly mutilated and his body burned to a
crisp
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

The Monroe doctrine will be strong
ly reaffirmed by the House committee
on foreign affairs in respect to the
Panama canal scheme of M. de Les
seps. Resolutions will accompany the
report declaring that the construction
by any European government Of any
public work connecting the two oceans
can not be sanctioned by the United
States, and that should canal be ex-
cavated at Panama it shall be frea to
the commerce of the world upon equal
terms. +
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

towards Owanoco at speed of twelve miles
an hour, in order to give the passenger train
free passage. The workmen on the train had
been laying new rails and taking up old ones,
and a fat car full of iron was justin front Of
the oaboose. Twenty five or thirty workmen
were crowded into the caboose. The passenger
train was coming at an unusual rate Of speed,
in order to make up lost time, and the two
collided with fearful shock. The engine of
the passenger train tore through the caboose,
pushing the occupants among the mass Of iron
on the fiat car. It killed three outright and
wounded several others.
The Storm.
The severity Of the recent snow
storm is beyond all previous experiences, and
stamps the present winter as one that win in
future be alluded to as q comparison. In the
west and northwest the snow has rendered
travel almost impossible, while at the East and
South the flooded streams have beeu the source
of vast damage to property. At Mountain
Lake, Mimi, on the 14th, passenger train on
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Railroad, had been showed in for twelve DAYS,
There were about forty people on the train,
and great suffering and Inconvenience to the
passengers was the consequence On all lines
of travel between St. Paul and Chicago, the
trains have been delayed, and in many instan-
ces abandon ed altogether. At milwaukee,
on Feb. 3, twenty inches of snow fell, and all
business suspended The propeller City OF
Ludington, plying between Milwaukee and
the eastern shore Of Lake Michigan, expert
enced an Arctic freeze-up, being fastened in the
drift ice for seventeen days, and then could
notnake the harbor at Milwaukee owing to
large fields of ice.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

"A MORE ungainly, strange and awk-
ward figure than that of Thomas Carr
lyle in the last days orr his life can
hardly be imagined. The stopped and
thick-set frame was attired in rough,
ill-fitting and almost shabby clothes.
His face was rugged and sombre, set
in q bush of graywhite hair and beard.
Beneath the heavy brows, within deep
hOllows lined and worn, shone dull the
bluish-gray eyes. His nose was a
handsome Scotch nose, straight. fine
and bold.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Linseed Oh M;lls DESTROYED.

BY an explosion in the linseed oil
mills of Messrs. Archibald & schurmeier, at
St. Paul few days since, the Superintendent
of the works, John Mucy, and his assistant,
John Petri were instantly killed, and the mill
entirely demolished The explosion occurred
at about o'clock A. NJ, and the two persons
above named, together with the engineer,
were the only persons in the building at the
time, otherwise the loss of life would have
been much greater. There is no positive infor-
nation as to the cause Of the explosion, as
the only persons competent to give the partic-
ulars are killed. The mill had been in opera
ton but four weeks, was valued at $4,000
and is q total loss
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Railroad Extensions.

Jay Gould will add about 900 miles
of new road to the Missouri Pacific system
during the present year. The extension will
embrace about $50 miles in Missouri and Kan
sas, and an equal mileage in Texas, carrying
the system to the Rio Grande at Laredo To
meet the requirements Of these extensions 5O,-
600 tons of steel and 500 tons of iron rails have
been ordered also 40 locomotives, 8, 600 freight
cars, 20 passenger coaches, and 6 baggage
cars. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Co. has contracted for IS new 1ocomo-
tives, 1,750 freight cars and number of pas
senger coaches. The additions to equipment
alone during the present year will call for an
expenditure of upward of So, ,000, 900.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
FerOcioals. Fyeshets.
Reports received from the east al

Reports received from the east and
principal river towns give accounts of the
break up of. the ice in the rivers, and the con-
sequent destruction of vessel property. At
Pittsburg (Pa.) The loss to the river fleet will
be 100000 while at Harrisburg the Susque.
hannah was several feet above its banks,
and had submerged the tracks Of Pannsylva-
mia Central railroad for several miles to a
depth varying from one to ten feet. The
Junitaa river has also oyertlowed and many
bridges have been carried away Considerable
loss of stock is reported. and many families
have been forced to leave their homes in the
valleys for shelter on higher ground. The
iron bridge over the Wabash river at Car
rollton, Ind, has been carried away, together
with one of the piers. The bridge was sos feet
in length.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Coz. Mls7.r0y CenstGrcd.

The president, in an interview with
Delegate Cannon of Utah, assured him that
Gov. Murray, in his late performance in Utah
in connection with deciding upon certificate
of election, in no sense represented the presi-
dent. What he did was entirely upon his own
authority, and the president is very far from
being satisfied with the wisdom and propriety
of the course pursued by the governor.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Rojlr0ad accident.

An express train on the Texas Cen
trail Railroad fell through bridge near
Hempsted, Texas, "a few days since. The Hess &
strakosch opera company was on the wrecked
train, several members of which together
with others, in all eighteen, received severe in
i11ras
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

JOHN FORBES fifty years ago was
the Collector of Taxes for Vermilion
county, Illinois, which then included
the present site of Chicago. Rather
than incur the expense and trouble of
a journey over the prairies from the
county seat to that town, he paid Chi
cago's taxes out of his own pocket.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Il FQlLinH Roof.

A terrible accident occurred at Buff
falo, New York, last week. The arched roof
of the passenger depot of the New York Cen
trail and Michigan Southern railroads, over
weighted with accumulatlons of snow, fell in,
burying beneath its ruins an outgoing passen-
ger train on the Southern road, killing twelve
persons, and seriously injuring as many more.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

The official figures give Pennsyl-
vania population of 4,2S2,7S6, of
which $3.50 are colored. The native
population number 1896, ,253, and the
foreign. born population 1888.