Connecticut western news., 1883-02-07
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 The charge of murder against Frank James has been withdrawn at Kansas City, Mo-, and bail in the robbery case is fixed at $3, 300.
 Advices from MT Henry Gay, banker, of West Winsted, who went abroad re- gently for his health, report that he was much benefited by the sea voyage.
 MT w. Watson, Jr, of Kent has ar- ranged his wagon shop for tobacco warehouse and commenced business. MT L.. Eaton also has about 30 at work.
 The Coroner's jury Investigating the Newhall house disaster have found the proprietor guilty of culpable negligence in not employing sufficient number of watchmen to guard against fire and to awaken the inmates in time to save all the lives possible.
 Walter c. Dart, clerk in the Hart ford post office, has been arrested for stealing from the mails. He waived an examination acknowledging his guilt and was bound over to the next term of the United States district court. His stealings are alleged to cover large amount.
 H. B. Graves of Litchfeld says re- garding the black and bordered ballots that the critical test of their legality or illegality depends upon whether, when folded, their real character would be discovered when being polled-if it could be and was, they were legal, oth- erwise not.
 Lacey & Downs fur hat factory in Danbury was burned very early Thursday morning loss $20, ,0OO, partly insured. Byron Dexter, whose hat shop was in the same build ing, loses $5000; insured for $2900. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
 William H. Vanderbilt is said to have obtained absolute control of the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroad company. The line of road is about 500 miles in length, extending from Weehawken, opposite New York city, via Utica and Syracuse to Buffalo. It is capitalized at $40, ,OOO, ,OOO, and bond ed for $50, ,O0O,O in first mortgage bonds bearing 5 per cent interest. l Two young and very promising horses | 1~~- M-.V oe yer Mine were recently attacked by a strange disease and one of them has since died, The other is said to be inn proving The horses were attended by Prof McElliny, 8 veterinary surgeon of considerable experience, who pronounc- ed the disease inward mango. The glands of the throat swell and the horse finally chokes to death. Many horse owners fear an epidemic.
 Miner of Madison is no longer alone in Legislative matters. He has com panion on his empyrean height of fame in the person of Doyle of Litchfeld. Doyle is eminently patriotic. He offers bill to impose fine of $25 and a months imprisonment on anybody who shall 'sshoot, snare or kill' that noble bird, the American eagle. Nothing is said about American turkey -buzzards o1 owls; even that noble native American fowl, the wild turkey (which was selected
 owing to it's cleanly and non-predatory habits by Ben Franklin for the emblem. atic national bird), is ignored by Doyle, in his laudable purpose to save the ac- cepted Bird O Freedom from being shot, snared and killed. This is well.
 We are evidently coming back to the good old ringtailed-roarer style o1 Fourth of-July patriotism of the earlier, better days. Soon, let us hope, under the inspiring leadership of such states as Miner and Doyle, we can say of every true American, be he of the Dorsey o1 the Madison Wells type of patriot, "He } may have erred-but so did Tweed he
 may be rude, but so ar our bars he may be rough, but so ar our buffers } but, feller citizens, he is Child o } Freedom! and his home is in the bright
 settin' of the sun. ."-HarJord Times. Rev J. Dewitt Miller gave this as his prayer at the opening of the New Jersey assembly =.
 ''May the members of this House not , neglect the exacting and often unpleas , ant duties of the committee room tc
 seek publicity in noisy championship O
 popular measures on the floor of tht House. May they not ask themselves How shall I curry favor with tht bosses? nor, How shall line the ves
 of some editor, and so make myself the subject of editorial squibs, dripping witt
 sweetness?' but may they ask them
 selves continually: How shall conduc myself so as to win the endorsement O
 my own conscience, the approval of my constituents, and the favorable judg :. ment of Almighty God?' May these Assemblymen so act as to escape thu necessity of explaining to an inquisitlv' constituency how, leaving home poor
 on the meagre salary of $500, they re : turn rich" Here is another by the chap l lain of the Indiana legislature. Afte the usual supplications to spare thei lives and bring them to better state o g mind, the chaplain goes on: 'Hastel - them to their homes where they ma, @ direct their attention to good works ant e general usefulness among their familie Q and neighbors. May the people keel them there, and in future elect men o
 sound morals and temperate habits, s' a that rond may hereafter result from leg