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Connecticut western news., 1883-11-14
EAST CANAAN.

George Goodwin is building an addi- tion to his barn.
 James Tierney is making some re- pairs on his dwelling house.
 Mrs Charles Lewis and Lyman Lewis visited friends in Van Deusenville last week.
 Mrs B. R. Lorrain returned Saturday from weeks visit with friends in Leb- anon and Pittsfeld.
 Henry Beardsley has painted the dwelling house of Mrs Betsey Ives and improved very much it's appearance.
 The first blizzard of the season struck this village on Monday and to use the expression of an old gentleman it was a regular ''snorter." AJAX. LAKEVILLE. The temperance school was postpon- ed until next Saturday. It will be held in the Methodist church.
 Telephones have been furnished late ly to the following subscribers in this village:-Bank,E B. W. Spur, Dr Knight, Dr Bissell, A. F. Roberts, Wononsco hotel and convent.
 The funeral of Mrs Joseph Knight was attended on Sunday afternoon at the Congregational churce at Salisbury. Her two sons, Henry and Kirk Knight of Minneapolis, were present.
 Dr R. P. Knight had @ valuable horse stolen from shed at Millerton on the night of election day. The thief drove the horse nearly to Lakeville, then over Bird hill past Phoenix furnace to Win chell mountain, there he abandoned 1t. It would have been difficult for him to have disposed of the horse, as the sur rounding region was appraised of the theft very early the next morning, both by telephone and advertisement.
 TAupET
Connecticut western news., 1883-11-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
subscriptIon Account.-rhe date on the

8. c. RECKLEY, Editor and Prop.r.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
THE GOODY GOOD MAN.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Church work and church meetings
will run smoothly enough as long
as every member is willing to admit
that he is a sinner The very minute,
however, that either man or woman
becomes sinless, you are bound to
have trouble. No one can 80 quickly
get first class row in church as a
man who is so awful good that he
oughth 10 have gone to heaven ten
years ago. He is harder to keep qui
ct than a swarm of hornets with a
fire under their nest. 1t seems par
adox but it is nevertheless true, that
when man gets too much religion
he is good deal worse than though
he had none at all. So as he knows
he ought to go to the bottomless pit
he can be easily handled and util-
lied, but the very minute he gets an
idea that heaven isn't quite good
enough for him, he tries to "boss"
the minister and the congregation,
and is 80 self-conceited and intoler-
able that mysterious dispensation
of Providence would be received with
resignation, if not hailed as a 'long
felt want"
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The advertisement of the New York
Sun which commences this week in our
columns will be continued for three
months. The SUN states that the circu.
lation of its several editions last year
was $685. ,03O, against 50,236,9 ,919 the
year previous. THE Sun, while it fur
nishes live and generally acceptable
newspaper at very low rate, expends a
great deal of money to advertise the fact.
This is one OF the secrets OF its success.
The SUN believes that every man should
subscribe for and liberally support his
local newspaper first and foremost.
Having done this conscientiously and
faithfully, it advises all those who may
wish to supplement their town or county
paper with metropolitan Journal, to
give The Sun trial.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

the removal of Alderman J.C. Wicks,
be held at the same time and place.
3rd. BE 1t further Ordained,
That previous to said election there
shall be a new registration of the
voters of said city, made and con-
Quoted according to law, and the
ordinances in that behalf, and that
S. w. Gregg, j. c. McFarlane and
F. G. Bumpass, be and they are here
by appointed registrars, and that said
Registrars, shall be it session from
Monday the End day of April until
Friday the 9th day of April 1888,
inclusive, for the purpose of register
ing voters, and that j. c. Wicks,S.A.
Dalton and Peter Kennedy, be and
they are hereby appointed judges of
said election, and that WI. James
and r. A. Sale, be and they are here
by appointed clerks of said election,
and that said registrars, judges and
clerks, each receive two dollars per
day, as compensation, and that said
judges make. returns of said election
to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
at the next regular meeting Of the
City Council after said election.
w. E. LOVE, Mayor.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
THE SITUATION.

This morning opened as beautiful
bright and clear morning as you
ever saw. Small pools Of water were
skinned over with thin covering of
ice,and the atmosphere was crisp and
bracing. The river has declined about
ten inches and the decline is readily
and rapidly increasing. The back
water is also decliningtat an encour-
aging rate. At our mark at the Ga
zette Office it has fallen 10 inches, and
the street in front which was covered
with water is now getting dry; every
body feels hopeful and encouraged at
the cheerful prospect of a speedy re-
covery from this food. Sensational
telegraphic dispatches about the
great devastation in this county
were greatly overdrawn and exagera,
ted, and no very serious damage has
been inflicted.
We have but very little water ne VS.
from the interior of the county.
They are everywhere under water and
we don't hear from them. They seem
to be in better condition to stand the
overflow than they were last year,
and the fact that the water is now
steadily declining gives hopes to the
belief that there is food and provis,
ions enough in the county to last the
people through this trouble. Large
quantities Of supplies are being re-
ceived here and shipped to different
points in the county, and all the
planters we have interviewed say that
they will supply all their people, and
expect the flood to pass off in time
to commence pitching their crops by
the end of this month.
Point Gazette, 10th.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
A Necessity Ofthe Day.

Few minor inventions have been so
readily appreciated and come SO quickly
into general use as the stylographic pen.
None who have used one will ever be
contented with any less convenient appa-
ratus for writing, and in a short time
there will be few who have occasion to
write at all who have not adopted it..
The general principle of the stylographic
pen is so familiar as to require no ex
planatlon. We have made trial of
various kinds, but have found none to
equal the improved Livermore Style.
graphic Pen, which combines all the
advantages Of other makes. 1t is con-
veEient to use, writes with any kind Of
good ink, and is practically indestructi-
BILE. Sold at first for So each, the price
has recently been reduced to 81 for plain
pens. with fifty cents extra for gold
mounted. By sen ling that amount to
Louis E. Dunlap, Manager Sty lographic
Pen Company, 300 Washington Street,
Boston. pen, together with packag,
OF superior ink, will be sent by return
mail, and the money will be at once re
funded if they do not prove TO be per.
feet in every respect.-Morninq Mml
LoUeA. Mass.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
j. M BURR.
Ex>member Co. A. S9th Ind. Vol

Thursday morning last an excursion
train left the depot of the NJ S. Il B
Railroad for Victoria. 1S miles distant.
Maj, Hoskius, ono of the contractors,
with about twenty of our citizens, form
ed the party. The excursionists were
entertained by Capt. A. @. Withers in
princely style and expressed themselves
highly pleased with their trip On their
way back Capt. Jos. Coke was called to
the chair and Col. F. A. Tyler appointed
Secretary, when Rev. DR.. Craig offered
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks Of all as
sembled be returned to Maj. HoskIns
for his courtesy in furnishing the means
OF a most agreeable excursion.
Resolved, That the thanks of all be
teudered to Capt. Withers for his lavish
hospitality to many guests with the ex-
preston of their hearty wishes for the
prosperity of himself and his house,
hold. .-HoHy Springs Reporter.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
About two years ago a Mrs Schultz,
residing on Ellis street, near Leaven.
worth, Iost from her jewel case an
unset diamond of considerable value.
A Chinese domestic in her employ
was arrested on suspicion of having
stolen the jewel. The pagan strongly
protested his innocence, aud for lack
OF evidence he was discharged from
custody. Mrs Schultz abandoned
ali hope of ever seeing the lost stone
again and the matter was forgotten.
The strange part of the story occur
red a few nights ago. The family
had retired for the night when they
were disturbed by a loud scratching
noise in the bath room, as if some
one were at work cutting through
the windows The male portion Of
the household were aroused, and,
armed to the teeth, they prepared to
march on what they supposed to be
burglars. The bathroom door was
cautiously opened and a tallow>dip,
carried by one of the fa,nily,was thrust
through the partly opened door and
a sickly glare of light cast over the
apartment. 1t was strong enough,
however, TO disclose to the searchers,
not robber, but huge rat, which
had in some manner got into the
bath tub and was vainly endeavoring
to climb out over the slippery, zinc-
lined sides. The scratching of bis
claws against the metal made the
noise that had awakened tho family.
The house dog, q Scotch terrier, was
called in to dispatch the rodent and
made short work of him. In killing
the rat the dog mangled its body
frightfully, cutting it opan so that
the entrails protruded. The faucet
was turned on to clean out the tub
and scintillating spark in the debris
Of the dead rat attracted attention.
1t was picked up and proved to be
the diamond which Mrs. Schultz had
lost two years ago. .rr..
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The competition in the English
markets between wheat from America
and India promises to be very AMI
mated in the near future, the advanN
tage in favor of the American wheat
consisting in the greater facilities
that exist for getting it to the sea-
board This difficulty, however, the
British government is determined to
overcome by the building of addi-
tional railroads in India and the re-
duction of the rates Of freight now
charged on those that she controls
The increase in the wheat product of
the East Indies since the opening of
the Suez Canal has been enormous
and is annually advancing, while the
natural desire to provide her own
bread supply and thus be indepen-
dent of America and Russia in this
particular in the event OF war,
aud at the same time assure remuner
alive occupation to the millions OF
willing laborers in her Asiatic EN-
pire, are incentives that will prompt
the British Government to exert its
enormous resources and energies to
the utmost in stimulating and en-
couraging this important industry.
An encouraging feature to the
Sonth, in this connection, is the fact
that the lands that have heretofore
been devoted to cotton culture are
being largely converted into wheat
fields, for the reason that cotton
plan ting in India was only profitable
while the blockade of the Confeder-
ate ports forced England to lock
elsewherse for her raw material. Now
that her machinery has been re-
adjusted to the consumption of the
American staple, India cottons for
admixture command very low prices,
and The government that before and
during the war gave every enseur-
agement to the growers is now in
ducing them to SOW their fields in
grain.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN DIV SlnN
A. 3 ,ssOr Notice.

Owing to my earnest desire to make n
just and correct assessment of the reaI
and personal property of M onroe county
have tried through the means Of an.
appointments to see i,i pe,so,t, each tax
payer and obtain from him his as.e.s.
ment. Some have failed to meet me
owing perhaps, to the Inconvenience nj
The location of my former list of appointa
ments to certain localities, and / have
concluded in the interest of my county
and for the convenience of the people To
make another list. The very unsatisfac
tory custom of leaving blanks should be
avoided, as they are often misplaced. and
in the assessment of lands especially / de-
sire that they be rendered to me directly
from the owners. The extent of the
work will prevent Inc from hunting the
farmers up when tltey are in the field
and as l will have no deputy at Aber,
deem (the pay of my Office not iustifying
same) it is very pecessary that thew ne,.i
me. So i herewith submit the foIiIowinn.. uiuu.
list OF appointments. ""s
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
The Farmers Clauses IN the
Revenue Bill.

We call the particular attention of
farmers to those paragraphs in the
new Revenue Bill, that were incor-
porated for their especial benefit
In the first place every producer
of tobacco is hereafter authorized to
sell at the place of production, any
tobacco of his own raising, at retail
to consumers, to any amount not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars worth
annually. This virtuallys make every
one of our small producers, of either
race, retail dealer without having
to take out a license, to the full
extent of his crop; for very few of
them produce as much as hundred
dollars worth.
The removal of this embargo upon
farm sales and of the general revenue
espionage that has existed ever since
the war, will we believe greatly stim-
ulate the culture of this valuable crop
in Mississippi, for hereafter every
producer will feel perfectly secure in
selling, trading or giving away his
little crop to consumers.
The second farmers clause is found
in section 3 of the new law, which
provides that thereafter the special
tax as dealer in manufactured to-
hacco shall not be required from any
farmer, planter or lumberman who
furnishes such tobacco as rations or
supplies to his laborers Or employees
in the manner that other supplies are
furnished by him to them, provided
that the aggregate of the supplies of
tobacco furnished by him shall not
exceed in quantity one hundred
pounds in any one special tax year;
that is, from the first of May in one
year to the Both of April in the next;
and provided further, that such party
furnishing tobacco shall not be at the
time engaged in the general business
of selling dry goods, groceries, or
other supplies, in the manner of a
merchant, to others than his own
employees or laborers."
While this privilege is not broad
enough to meet the necessities of
large employers it will be great
convenience to the majority of plan
ters and saw mill men, enabling them
to buy all the tobacco needed in job
lots, as they do bacon and other sup
plies, and advance it to their employees
and tenants upon the same terms and
conditions that govern other advan-
ces required in making a crop.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
Vice President nt IL Handsome
SALARY.
Special TO Baltimore Sun.

Special to Baltimore Sun.
RICHMOND March 14.-It is under
stood that Col. A. L. Rives, general
manager of the Mobile ard Ohio Rail
Roads, to be made second vice press
ident of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad, with a salary of $14,O0O a
year. In addition to being vice pres
ident of the Richmond and Danville,
he is to be vice president of each of
the roads embraced in the Danville
system. Much interest is reported
among railraod officials as to the
proposed change. Col. Rives is a son
of the late Hon. VIM. G. Rives, and
was at one time associated with Col.
Whitcomb, of the Chesapeake and
Ohio road. He is said to be an ac-
complished engineer and railroad
manager
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

CONGRESS at its recent session
appropriated two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for the completion
of the Washington Monument. This
will probably be enough to finish the
walls of this lofty shaft, though it is
quite likely that another quarter of a
million will be required for the inte-
rior, and to complete the great stair
way and the elevator to enable visi
tors to take "a birds eye view" of the
country from the summit of the
loftiest creation of human genius,
energy and muscle, in the world.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
The Mexican Veterans.

''S' WY POhSiOi idWo Df INCREASING
the pay Of the Union soldiers of the
late war who lost an arm or leg, Mr..
Call Of Florida offered to amend as
follows:
That pension of $3.50 per month
is hereby granted to all the survivors
of the soldiers of the Mexican and In
dian wars, up to the year 1856.
1t was rejected.
Subsequently, Mr.. George offered
an amendment, granting to the sur
viving soldiers of the Mexican war 50
per month, provided it should not
apply to those who have means of
support without resorting to manual
labor" After debate, even this pit
tance was denied to the soldiers who
achieved for their country the proud
est and richest empire ever won by
armies of any nation.-Jachson Clar-
ION.
The voters upon these amendments
afforded no indication whatever as to
the sense of the Senate upon the
question of pensioning the Mexican
veterans. The amendments were i'll
timed; they were proposed in the last
hours Of Congress to House bill in
which almost every member of Con-
gress from a Northern or Western
State felt a deep interest, and it was
generally conceded that if such an
amendment was attached to it in the
Senate it would kill the bill for the
session, hence the amsSdments were
opposed by some of the Senators who
have been distinguished in the 47th
Congress and every preceding one
of which they have been members, as
among the most active and enthusi-
astic champions of the claims of the
Mexican veterans.
Senator Voorhees, has made the
Mexican soldiers fight in every Con-
gress where he had voice or vote,
and so have Pendleton, Logan and
others; but these Senators could not
see in their failure to secure action on
the bill for the relief of the veterans
of lS47, any good reason why they
should interpose in the last hours of
the session, antagonizing the claims
of one class of soldiers by those of
another, and in the endeavor kill
bill that had passed the other House,
and that they believed was designed
to benefit and relieve large and
deserving class of their constituents.
If a Mexican war pension bill is to
be passed, we want such a one as
was upon the calenders of the two
Houses when they adjourned-a bill
giving apension of eight dollars
month to every honorably discharged
soldier of that war who may apply
for its benefits, without requiring him
to take the paupers oath in order to
avail himself of its provisions. In
other words we hope for action that
will do even handed justice without
pretense of administering charity or,
bestowing aims. And we are per-
fectly willing that it shall contain
paragraph limiting its application to
those who are not disqualified by
either of the Constitutional Amend
ments, for we are confident that those
who are still in this position are ready
and anxious to make the waiver in
behalf of their more needy and less
distinguished comrades.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22
Do mt Like Hogs.

An exchange don't like hogs. Hear
him: Oh the hog, the beautiful hog,
curling his tail as he watches the dog;
defying the law for his bread and meat;
roaming at large through woods and
street; hunting, grunting, nosing around,
till the open front gate is sure to be
found with its hinges broken and ruin
ed quite, by the lovers that hung there
Sunday night; it won't stay shut, it
won't hang level; IN walks the hog and
raises the--Old Nick with the flower
beds and other things.-Jackson State
Ledqer.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

Special to N. o. Timcs-Democrat.

Special to N. o. Timcs-DemOcrat.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 15.--Col.
g. Jordan, vice president and gener.
al manager of the Houston and
Texas Central, passed Montgomery
tonight en- route from New York to
Houston. In conversation with the
T. d. correspondent he admitted
that it was more than likely that he
would accept the position rendered
him as vice president and general
manager of the Mobile and Ohio, and
if he does so he will take charge on
the fifteenth proximo.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

U. S Judge Hoover, of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona, has been
suspended by the President to await
the investigation of charges against
him of taking bribes. Corruption
penetrates and permeats in every
branch and department of Rsdical
administration, and there is no cure
for the evil except in hustling the
whole assortment from Cabinet off
GERS down to mail agents, into the
street, and having "a new deal" 1t
has been twenty years since a man
took charge of any important bureau
or branch of the government who
was not deedly interested in covering
up the tracks Of his predecessors.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

THE Indians in Arizona are suffer-
ing from smallpox and starvation.
Not being on regular reservation there
has been no provisions made for their
support by Congress, and if not fed
by the military authorities terrible
suffering is likely to ensue.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

1t is estimated that there are over
sixty thousand laborers out Of en-
ployment in the city of Paris. The
Government is considering plan for
employing them on public works.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

Two hundred and fourteen bran
new doctors were graduated by the
Philadelphia and New York Medical
Colleges on the 18th inst f62 OF these
graduates we're furnished by single
college in New York, and it was not
much Of day for finishing up doc
tors, either
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The Arkansas Legislature has
passed bill changing the name of
Dorsey county to De Soto. She is
determined to obliterate every trace
of the carpet>bag regime.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

Hon. Thomas S. Flournoy, of Vir-
ginia, who has been prominent in
State and National politics for the
last forty years, died suddenly at his
home in Halifax county, on the 18th.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

TIE lroquois Club, a Democratic
organization of Chicago, will give
grand banquet on the 18th of April,
to which over five hunderd prominent
Democrats, representing all portions
of the country, have been invited.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The Legislature of Maine passed q
law at the present session to forbid
the killing of birds or other game on
Sunday, but voted down PROPOSE
ton to forbid fishing.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

THE stone masons of Boston have
determined to have four dollars day
after May lst, or quit work.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

SECRETARY Folger, of the Treasu-
ry Department, has been on the sick
list ever since the New York election.
His physician now advises him to try
sea voyage.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

Capt. J. g. Mann, Chief Engineer
Of the Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville
Railroad, advertises for 1856, 600 cross
ties to be delivered between Aber.
deem ard Kosc,usko immediately
&aykyiHe Citizen.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

TIE rumor that Senator Fair of
Nevada intends resigning, is entirely
without foundation. His term does
not expire until 1887 and he has no
idea of abreviating it by any volun-
tary act.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The public is solicited to inspect my
large and varied assortment of
FANCY AND SHELF GOODS,
| guarantee as low prices as any other
dealer and that the goods cannot be SUR
passed for excellence in this or any other
market. ISAAC DORTCH,
Post Office Block.
Der. 22>tf,
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

The military organization of Mary
land propose to have three days
encampment at the Fair grounds in
Frederick, during the month of May.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

Philadelphia has Medical college
for females, and last week graduated
thirty-fv doctresses.
The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

A man can change his religion ;but
the shape of his nose stays with him
forever.-N o. Pic0Ul,e,