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Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
The Railroad Commissioners.

Compulsory Legislation for Automatic
 CoupIers Recommend ed.
 The railroad commissioners, whose twen- ty-ninth annual report was submitted to the Legislature yesterday, say they have had the busiest year of it of all the years they have held their offices; yet the duties devolving upon them pertain to practical matters af- fecting comparatively few individuals, single communities, or connecting railroads. Un- like some of the larger States, in the South and Southwest especially, Connecticut has system of railroads which are mostly under home ownership and management; and that ownership is well subdivided through the community. The report says very truly:
 'It will be bad Jay for Connecticut when, If ever, her railroads pass from the ownership, management control of her citizens to that of strangers and increased power for the commissioners will be more imperative, and the exercise of that power more diff fcult."
 The report favors an amendment to the general railroad law, which shall require that all new railroad corporations, on filing with the commissioners their petition for the ap- proval of their location, shall lodge with the State Treasurer a sum equal to Sl5 for each mile of their proposed road in this State, and that such company should be included in the next assessment by the Comptroller.
 The commissioners speak, among other things, of the railroad whistle nuisance. Last year the Legislature passed law giving to the commissioners the power to abate this nuisance, on the application of the local au- thorities of the town, city or village where the evil existed. Under this law, they say, the nuisance has been abated in Hartford, Meriden, New London, Bridgeport, Danbury and Windsor Locks and they add:
 ''We have heard it reported that amendment to this would be asked for st the present session giving to a limited number Of private citizens the same right to call out the commissioners which the law gives to the municipal authorities. We trust no such amendment will be passed In our opinion If the annoyance does not seem to the prop authorities great enough to justify their invoking the interposition of the law the evil cannot be great as to require such unusual remedy"
 The accident record is bsd-75 deaths in all Eighty railroad employees were injur- ed, 30 fatally Twenty-Five were hurt in coupling, and 20 fell from the cars. A total of 162 persons are reported as injured during the year. Of these, 70 were trespassers, of whom 2S were fatally injured; 10 were in- jured at highway crossings, 5 fatally.
 The men are, on the roads chiefly concern ed, overworked. Not compulsorily, but for extra pay. They do too much, and it rsn- ders trains unsafe. Such is the finding of the commissioners.
 The need of the now repealed law on "col- or blindness is maintained in the report, and the testimony of railroad men themselves in its favor is adduced.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
Special Bulletin.

Flour lower. The very best st Lozts and New Process. Buy nov. for, rule. it viii be higher again before spring.
 Fine P. R. AolAsses. S3c. gal.
 Extra hne Ponce, new crop, G. gal Ertra new Syrup, tnez lot inst rsceiFel sse- gal. Extra No. 2 Mackerel. &c., lb-
 Best White oil, a5o test, Iec gal, i've e1loni for T5c
 Fair Cranbexries, Sc qrt. Lard, l4c. lb. berry Jellieg in Ib pAils, 9oc. each
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11

LOST, g2 WHILE riding, probably on Chapel street, K7A between Howe and Park, valuable old gold sSs.s33 open faced WATCH. liberal reward will be paid the finder on leaving it at jail If THIS OFFICE.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
Nanlts-OessnooIs.

NauITS-O6tSpOOIss YENHE attention the public is respectfully called l to the importance or having all vzults and cess pools that were last offensive, may beeoma odenEIve during the next summer, filled with in two rect of the general surface of the ground around them fby city bylaW and by law of the Board of HealthA, which apply to tho whole town, the portion well the old town. emptied during the cold weather.
 All persons viii take especial that they u5ust be clesnsed by licensed person in inspected cArts and a permit must be tssued by this Bozrd
 By order of the Board of Health
 jaf Ct c. R THEDOE, Clerk.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
2td 6stats.

STORE TO LET, ks%S IN Phonix Building Posseszion given ls: tziiif Of April Apply to Eiii jGiO St. M NOULTHRoP, Agent
 Houses and Lots For Sale &eS Firxt-clazs House with Barn, large lot. E9sa on High street; price and terms to s1it- EEq A hrxt-class Hopse in nne order on Col fege street: a small amount O. money required tVFo-fnmfIy House on Prince street for SSsslo- House on Washington street for S2,sCD- A very good Cottage House with Barn. good lOcAton, can be bought for s2-6oo.
 Also Lots in different parts of the city.
 FOR RENT. Anumher of good Hocses- Money 10 loan on city property. 49 Church Street, Room Hosdley Building ia7 L. F. ooMsToCK
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
Look Out,

And engage your Coal now before the price adyAn ces have q cargo of the Best Lehfyh Valley Coal now at my wharf, and you can save money by coming to me for Coal 2cO tubs of the
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
NOTICE.

IkhbEtl4 LOfAIbOs E ENIRST-CLASS Table Board can be obtained at n Ja7 5t' 122 CHAPEL STREET.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11

FOR RENT,
 Space with Power, IzS Third floor of building No. 474 State street. t,iis corner Court divided into three [IY 40xTs. SIKH, 2sxIs, suitable for light manuf acturine. being provided with steady power, steam hea and steam freight elevator May bs leased for term of years. either whole or in part App ply to HENRY r. ENGLISH deIAtf ga Orange Street
 FOR RENT,
 sk@$, SIX ROOMS No Is 6in street. with all Eod- Lit ern improvements Apply to E<IU JACOB HELLER dai5 Room Yale National Bank 5uiIdine.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
FOR REIN
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT,
 AsAS A nice furntshed cottage and barn ct Saytn IF Rock to rent for the seAsoa- Second coor- No Eli 61 Asylum street, s1O; xs9 Congrezs -1veuue, {1I- For eale-k sea shore house and barn. l1rge grounds at SAyfn Rock. HOuBe has 7l in nrHf class order and will be sold cheap Small safe, soda candy jars, ,countsrs marble top tzb3esHhoW cases, awning, ice cream t<hlea- A. ". HOLAESs jelStf Room 6, @ Church Street
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15

men, to reach it with their railroads and
land and mining enterprises; and vest
of the Indian nation lie New Mexico
and southern Colorado; and through a, =
the gates of the new city the traffic and
travel of large portion OF these vast
regions will pass for distribution to the
claimed that the great railroad corpor-
atoms that are striving to secure con-
troll of the commerce OF that vast region
will have much to say about tho loca'
tion of this future commercial center,
but il is also not to be forgotten that
railroads are built where it is supposed
they are most needed, and where they
will consequently find the largest
amount of business. So far, no great
city has been built mp in this country
tbet was not located on an important
water route. Will the future city OF the
prove an exception TO tins
rule ?-American Settler, London.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
The Future City of the South West.

The development of the great South
west, which, during the present revival
of the general business of the country,
has made unprecedented progress pro-
misses to make some radical changes In
the old established landmarks. 1t is
not many years since st. Louis was
very near the western border of civiliz-
alton, and by many persons 1t was re
parded as the future great commercial
center of the continent, which was to
receive and forward the products OF
the unmeasured territory that lay be-
tween the British possessions and Mex
leo. Suddenly, however, and as ii by
magic, Chicago spraDg into prominence
as rival metropolis of the west, and
has outrun its older competitor for
business and notoriety. In this it has
been greatly aided by many natural ad-
yantages, most prominent among which
is the fact that it is On the direct line
between the great grain fields OF the
north west and the seaDoard, with water
communication during one-half OF the
wear between the two points. But the
country is too large and the soil too
fertile TO COnune lue dSCuLAulolAOA VI
its products to one or two IN
terror points. Hence we have Gin
cinnati on the Ohio river, Chicago on
the chain of lakes in the north. st.
Louis on the Mississippi, and Kansas
CITY, which is rapidly taking position
as a great commercial center, on the
Missouri. still further west; and the st.
Louis Republican, In a recent article,
believes we shall have n large city
built up somewhere in the region of
Kansas. Arkansas or Texas, unless 1t
should possibly find location in the
Indian nation" IL
is clear that the Indian nation, one of
the fairest regions on the continent,
and northern Texas, are the most i'm
portant parts Of the magnificent domain
whose exchanges will converge at the fu-
ture mart, and In due time claim a share
in deciding its location. Beyond these
regions lie Southern and Western
Te1As; and beyond these, across the
Rio Grande, lies Mexico, whOseimport-
ance is attested by the extraordinary
effort Just now being made by powerful
orporaiions and distinguished public
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
Texas to the Frent.

A dispatch from New Orleans, dated
June 1st, says: S. 81. Buck & Co. have
complied and will publish tomorrow a
statement of the cotton acreage, of
which the followingis a condensation !:
Replies, dated from the oath to the 31st
of May, shows, as compared with last
year, an increase in Texas of $50 100
per cent. Other states show decrease,
say, Tennessee 13 per cent, Arkansas
Z 5000, Louisiana IL 65-100 per cent,
North Carolina 10 55-100 per cent,
Georgia u per cent, South Carolina
5 75-lOO per cent, Alabama 9 60-1OO
per cent, Mississippi 9 per cent. The
calculation is based on the actual acre
age of plantations in cotton according
to the census Of 1850. S. II. Buck was
formerly secretary of the National Cot
ton Exchange.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
A Deer Hunt in the Rocky Mountains.

The hero of the following adventure
was a middle-aged hunter who trapped
in the Big Horn mountains. He knew
as much about the habits of Indians
and wild animals as any man l ever
met. had accepted an invitation to
visit his camp, and thus found myself
many a mile from civilization on the
third day after leaving the line OF the
Union Pacific railroad. He received
me with all the cordiality of a western
hunter. and after he had hobbled my
mustang and turned him loose to Craze
he told me that he would start for the
foothills in two hours, if were not too
tired TO travel further that day. re-
piled that was not, and IN five hours
from that time we were safely lodged
in a brush hut on one of the long spurs
of the snowy range. Having taken the
precaution to look for Indian signs, we
retired to bed at an early hour. But
our sleep was disturbed so much by the
weird bowling of packs of coyotes that
we might as well have set up all night.
We breakfasted long before dawn by
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
Young Women Inventors.

The other day a patent was recordea1
to young woman OF Louisville anu
another young woman of Cincinnati, for
what was styled and "iron pan" From
the time of Adam and Eve, women-foK
land Chinamen) have used when ironing
clothes, a saucer turned bottom side up,
an old horseshoe, an oyster'can, OF
hundred and one other contrlvances W
place the hot iron upon while turnln9a
garment or while wishing to lay down
the iron for moment. When ironing
boards came into use, handsome IsIl0
stands for the iron soon followed. Duh
as many housewife knows to her sol.
row, these ironing boards cannot %
disturbed without upsetting the iron
and stand, thereby endangerlng among
other things, her toes; and many aOU
dents have thus befallen children
These young ladies hit upon the i iso
of making an iron pan to be sunk Nv Is'
the board, and thus keep stationary, 20
ing of such depth as to hold the iron u
safety while the ironer twists the ooaS
in whatever direction desired. Moueis
we're made and application nleu
Washington, resulting in patent Deips
Immediately issued to them. Ihe lasa
ofathe thing was suggested by na' tEs
witnessed several accidents among 'N'
servants. Roth
The young ladies are cousins Dun
are known for their beauty and accot
plishments. They received an onet e.,
50, 900 for their invention the On. -.
the patent was obtained. Inns 80
fused and concluded an arIangemen-iI
give civ them liberal profit. 1t is an
SIe iron mould, one inch deep T sls-,
inches long and I've inches wide; Lns :
are fiangs running across two sld e ,ss
that one simply has to cut hole - - -,
ironing-board, insert the pan ana - Sts
II fast through the hangs- Inc Oss
is perforated so that it may no. l Osl
over WARM Cincinnati COp'D''''
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
TEXAS TOPICS.
TEXAS

Texas grass steers are selling u
the Chicago market as high as ~
per hundred, the highest figure evei
reached for that class OF beef cattle.
There are more cattle on the trail
this wear than usual. One hundred
and twenty thousand have passed Belle
plain. in Callahan county, already
The cattle, too, are looking unsuaiiy
well.
The $50 medal offered by the Tenn
nerance Council Of Charlottesville, Vir-
D. ainia. for the best debater at the Uni
yersity of Virginia has been awarded
TO George A. Crutchfeld, OF Dallas
Texas.
There were shipped from Denison
for the week ending Sunday evening,
Nav 90, S788 boxes of peaches alone,
making an average of 1855 per day, OF
which about 700 boxes went south. On
Sunday alone the shipment was 2oo9
boxes.
-Anson, the county seat OF Jones
county, is rather prominently located
on a ridge, near the center OF the coun-
tv. on the head of Redmud creek, sur
rounded by as find looking land as we
have seen in Texas, and the few grow
ing crops we saw in riding along the
road looked promising.
Sam Watson and Sam Martin set
tied an old feud on the 29th OF May,
at Itaska. Hill county, by hghtlng
duel. Martin was wounded and watson
was killed. But one party was present
and he, together with his brother Mar,
fin have been arrested. Martin had
a shot gun and Watson had pr 'tol.
Both parties were of good families.
Tom Green Times: Sunday morn
ing. while some of George Williams
men were running cattle on the Buffalo,
about twenty-five miles from town,
they discovered dead man IN an adj
vanced state of decomposition. They
Immediately reported the case to the
authorities, and on Tuesday morning
Justice Nimitz, Jim Spears, Cassius
Carter and others left for the scene, and
rendered n verdict to the effect that
deceased came to his death by means
TO them unknown. From papers and
other articles found on his person 1t
was discovered that his name was An
drew White, late arrival from Scot
land. His remains were buried where
they were found.
Ell Paso Times: While engaged
in improving the ground around the
old Catholic Church in Ysleta, New
Mexico, some parties dug out OF the
ground large silver lamp. lnvestlgat. |
ing the research proved that it had
been brought over to this country from
Spain about 1913 by Cordovan. the
we'll prospeetor and settler: The
lamp is of the very finest silver and very
heavy and valuable. It was sent ty
Santa Fe, New Mexico, where it was
cleaned and FURNISHED and returned to
the church, an object of curiosity as
we'll as a valuable relic and ornament
This church YVES constructed in the
year 1880, auspices of the franciscan
friars
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15

B, WHO runs" a country store,
and employed a number of wood chop
peers. one day met an old debtor. We'll
jones'" said B ARE you out OF
work." Yes, sir, he replied. Would
YOU 20 to work for me, and have it
credited on your old account, / should
make it very easy for you?" inquired
B. Il don't know; how will you
fix it?- inquired Jones. Well. will
tell you," said b. You know L
am paying my choppers dollar day (;
but If You are disposed to work out
YOUR old indebtedness will allow you
four dollars day till the old account
is settled. What say you?' Jones. al
ter meditating a few moments, sudden
ly exclaimed: by COLL Ill do it, If
you'll make it half cash
The way the doctors 60 to work TO
get a billiard ball out of q mans mouth
is to oil his jaws and pull out his front
teeth. II is an operation requiring
great deal Of patience and deep think
ing.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-01
The Ear.

The internal ear is m exceedingly deli
cate and complicated organ, and is there
fore specially susceptible to disturbing in
~luences. Hence ~ear-aehes; assesses of
the ear; th~ickening of the drum, rendering
one hard of hearing; bursting of the drum,
causing deafness, and gatherings within
the ear of solid plugs of wax. The close
connection of the ear with the brain very
often results in an extension of an infiam-
nation from the former to the latter.
Ear troubles begin early. The child is
inclined to put sm.n things into it-such
as beans, coffee-kernels, pebbles, etc. These
~irritate and infinme the ear, and may be-
come sources of most serious mischief.
Older persons are hardly wiser who pick
their ears with the head of Il pin.
The ear-wax should be let alone. except
in cases when removed by an expert ply
stefan. II is needed where it is, 10 prevent
the ingress of small insects and dust. 1t
commonly takes care of ffself.
The b Their too often does himself serious
mischief by allowing water TO enter the
ear. Thousands of bad cases occur yearly
from this cause. The trouble is increased
Il the water is salt, as its absorption leaves
hard, irritating crystals behind. No one
should ever dive; and the onset Of the
surf should always be received at the back.
In cold weather, the steady blowing of a
strong current of mir upon the ear is dan
gerous. IL penetrates TO the blood-wirm
interior, congcsting and infiaming il. II
is not always easy to avoid such a current
and it would be well, when likely to be
exposed, TO wear in the external ear a lit
lie wad of cotton. Excruciating pain and
permanent harm may thus be prevented.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-01
The odd Term in Leases.

The reason for the use of the odd term
in leases, 800 years or 90 years, is given in
the New York Journal Of Commerce. Les
sees and mortgages in possession of real
estate for 100 or 1000 years denised the
same at an annual rental, retaining Il rever-
t.on for the last year of the original term.
object of this was an unwillingness
on the undertenant to become bound to the
riormcnce Of the covenants contained in
the original grant and also the import
ance to the lessor of n r%evisionary interest,
without which, under the old English prac-
tice, he could not recover his rent by dis
tress. Sometimes this reversion was only
for three days, or only for one day, but u.s.
ually in long terms the last year was re-
tanned. Out of this came the popular no.
lion that the law provided this restraint,
and hence leases were made for 90 or 800
years, when there was no reason whatever
for any such odd period of time. In Eng
land there was, in special cases, n restraint
on corporations or ecclesiastical persons,
prohibiting the demise of lands belonging
to them 10 the impoverishment of their
successors for n term beyond 100 years, and
luch leases were made for 90 years.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-01

THE TIMBER OF PUGET SoUNn.-The
fir tree growtlIs of Puget Sound form one
ofthe wonders ofthe American world. They
average POO feet in height, and some speci-
mems have been cut that measured 800 feet
in length and - feet in diameter ut the base,
with II straight aud well proportional log
length Of ninety feet TO the first limb. The
ceda. trees are in like proportion, and are
most valuable for wooden ware of ali
kinds, while the frs are the best for span
and ship timber yet found in any country.
There arc few nations that do not use them
in ship-building. One-fourth the wealth
Of San Francisco was cullod from the frs
of Puget Sound while the government slept,
and to-day all the principal steam mill
owners who saw and prepare for market
100000 to 2OO,000 feet u dry to each mill
and there are thirty or more mills-are
residents of San Francisco, where they in
vest their profits, to the great injury of
re- Tents ofthe Sound. There is, apparent
ly, no exhaustion of the timber, and II CEN
tury will possibly elapse before the Puget
Sound fores's will be cleared of their i'm
mense Of varied tree growths.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-01
Philosophy of Amusements.

Whatever occupies the mind has an In
iluence upon &C which end to good or to
evil and that which affords pleasure will
dwell in Il persons thoughts, sometimes
aflording relief from disagreeable and irri-
tating reflections. If, therefore, the excit-
ing cause Of gratifying sensations be inno-
cent, and it does not divert attention from
proper duties, the effect is to keep the
mind in n healthful condition, and it is
not injurious.
Thinking persons cannot fail to perceive
the moral effect of variety of recreations
and amusements; and they are frequently
brought up for discussion by those who
think they are authorized to indicate to
their fellow men what is proper ard what
is wrong in the use of leisure time.
An assembly of Baptist ministers recently
gave their views upon this subject, and
while condemning popular amusements
generally, they differed greatly in opinion.
Painting, sculpture, poetry, eloquence
and music, when properly used, are very
refining; and we find them more or less in
the houses of the most intelligent people
of every creed. Music is mere recreation /;
yet the most austerc sects have found it
tmpracticable to conduct their worship
without it.
Those who undertake to inculcate cor
w lhAhNiPAo u ANiABioh vi ilblNillg
should recognize the teachings of nature;
for it is true, as a great poet has said,
God and Nature will the same"
Judicious. recreation is essential to mem
tai and physical health and one OF the
good gifts of the benevolent Creator to
man is the ability to laugh, The lower
orders of creation do not laugh and much
of the enjoyment of life is found in the
enlivening conversation and humor which
causes smiles aud laughter. The most ell
Client teachers of religious truth are those
who always wear u cheerful countenance,
and are not afraid to unbend and to laugh
when innocent mirth and genuine wit ex-
cite fantastic ideas.
In the existing condition of our social
circumstances u large majority of the peo-
pie are not religious; and when we consid-
er how powerful is the educating influence
of amusements, and that the people will
have them, it will be wise to provide and
encourage such MS are good and innocent,
rather than to make futile efforts to abol-
ish all of them. Solomon says There is
n time for all things !" and the time spent
in innocont recreation is not incompatible
with the most devoted piety. The youth
of our land should not be led to believe
tbat religion deprives men of all that is
pleasant in our present life,-[T Episco-
pal Register.