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WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, D. C., June IA, 1884.
 Apparently congress is working again. That is it holds daily and even nightly ses sions, and it ought to dispose of a great deal of business in the breathing spell be- tween the two Chicago conventions. The indications are, however, that it will not improve this opportunity. Its mind is too much occupied in electing the next president to spend time in the transaction of the business it is paid to look after.
 The house proposes to adjourn on the to second the motion. As the senate is several years ahead of the house in legisla- tion, it could afford to take a summers jaunt by itself. leaving the unfaithful house to struggle through it's neglected work alone, as idle boys are kept after school. It is pretty clear that the senate will not agree to the proposed adjournment, for it wants to act upon the electoral count bill. the shipping bill, the postal telegraph bill. and others before it votes to go.
 If congress does not adjourn before the holding of the democratic national conven- ton, the chances are that the session will be prolonged until August During that convention very many democrats will he absent, and after the democratic ticket shall have been made there will be such :. fine opening for political speeches ip oon gress on both sides, that many ts',n the temptation to consume a wee, K ar two in this way will not be resisted oi '"o Ill ;s ;n tha baas4 s ,ea " snT republican party s n, an 'as neal' ~ ~ IaO'I The platform for sAs thaussfsn .la c,as es is prosperity, steady ,ande,stlo woa, anu gss pay, and it's meaning is "lasIseooa An.the workshop.
 a; III 'ns senate the Mexican veterans D, an e hoy |, p.M through in some shape. In the n onse the river and harboE bill is the a;st1y,.t,;,,s, 7, element Every member wapts his river attended to in the name of nat;ona5 worI epr1sen.aalss hnt ,'nsaaaa May bury made glowing s,r;o t;ns, Saa .t e1ee9s to have the appro- E Ennaras..aon aoa sAe D ,troit river increased. sturdy and use' asa .D o+tano,'t [ +a m e,at an ;n crease a ,l tte amount named for the raging Wabash. Another member spoke in be- half of thr, Guyandotte, the importance of improving which the house failed to re- alize. Several other similar motions were eloquer,tly argued, and as mercilessly voted down, when member arose to say that the system of appropriating public moneys for the alleged improvement of little creeks. that could never be made nayigable, was wasteful, extravagant and inexcusable. Its only purpose was to ssboom" the members, securing them when they asked for second term.
 The bill requiring the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to relinquish their title tc the Red Lake reservation for the compen sation of $1.25 an acre, was opposed by Representatives Throckmorton, Buchanan and Blout as an outrage upon the Indians in point of justice and humanity. MT Relford made a characteristic speech il which he ridiculed sentimentalism towardl the Indians whom, he contended, should not be permitted to remain where the, could impede American progress.
 General Butler accepts the greenbacl
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JOAQUIN MILLER has built him littl @ hut in grove on the heights, just out of Washington's city limits, but near enough to attract attention. Here he lives her init life, and so long as people keep up a lively interest in his eccentricities, and let him think that they think he is sincere in expression of annoyance at their interest, he is happy.
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By the act of congress approved June g the rate of postage on newspapers and pe- riodical publications of the second class, when sent by mail by others than the pub- fishers or news agents, will hereafter be one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed. The rate on such publications, when so sent, has heretofore been one cent for each two ounces. Books, catalogues, circulars, engravings, maps, cards, hand bills and similar articles of printed mat ter," remain in the s'third class" and must be prepaid at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, as heretofore.
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TIE current was Hartford-wise yester

TIE current was Hartford-wise yester- day. Few old veterans were left in Tol- land county. Gov. Buckingham, the grand old war executive, deserved all the honors paid him, and it has. fallen to the lot of few men to receive such signal recogni- ton of their virtues and patriotism as were accorded him at the unveiling of his statue at the state capitol on Wednesday.
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PRospEcrs are blue for farmers thi

PROSPECTS are blue for farmers this year. After successive years of drouth, and short hay crops, promising spring is followed by late frosts, which again ruin prospects. Grass, thinned by the dry, parching heat of past summers, gets a further set back, it being quite generally thought that the frost Cor rather freeze) of May 25th, materially retarded its growth. Last Saturday and Sunday nights frost did further damage in many places here abouts.
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THE New York democratic convention meets to-day. Gov. Cleveland is conceded to have secured the delegation to Chicago.
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JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, PUBLISHER. SI.5O per year. Postage prepaid by the pub lisher discount of 9 cents made when payment is made STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
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WE'LL KNOWN BUSINESS STAND TO w RENT. The store for many yee,s known as the BLUE FRONT CLOTAINxA HIORE. and the COUNTY, is to rent from August 1st, Has 86 feet front on Main,s and can be adapted any business Location excellent good chanc.. for anyone wish and growing village. A1'ress
 JULIUS coNVE'.sE, Stafford Springs, Conn.
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ROrm .

ROfms
 Vernon Depot, May 25th, daughter to Ed win D. Wolcott, TT South Coventry, 18th, a son to Michael
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Married.

MRrfte0s Hartford, 9th, by Rev. N. J. Burton, Sam uel J. Willis of Rockville and Jennie E. Holt sizer of Windermere.
 Monson, 18th, by Rev. E. s. Best, William, 5. Best of Boston and Sarah M. Squiers.
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Rie6.

Died. Monson, 7th, Serge George R. Moultc,n, 25. Stanord Springs, 1st, Mariette, A, wife of Edwin R. Fisk. Holland, 9th, David Williams. "A. Rockville, 9th, Merritt Doane. 69. 9th John H. Fisher, S5; 11th, Austin Root, Bs.
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CHAMBERLAIN.

NOTICE.-Just received-a large lot of IN Fertilizers, including E. F. Goes, Bradley's, Preston's, and Mapes' also Bradley's Lawn Dress ing which will make your lawn Green and Beautiful also large lot of Grass Seeds, all of which shall sell at bottom prices. B. O.. DENNIS
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The democrats seem to be active in look ing into records of their candidates in ad- vance. Southern democrats have called attention to speech of Rayard in the sen- ate on the funding bill, delivered March ', 1870, in the course of which he attacks the republican party for not paying for the slaves. The southern men who crit icise it, do so, not because they dissent from its positions, but for the reason that they fear it would damage him through out the north as candidate,
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Springfield Republican Connecticut takes great pride in her veteran and militia organizations. A state that sent nearly one-half of her able-bodied men into the field during the late war can we'll be proud of its soldiery. Yesterday was an Scca. sion of peculiar interest. Men wbo rarely leave their farms and work-eI,hops were seen at Hartford. They b" d come to the capital to do honor to tttlle war governor of the state and the cause he represented. The state horse will have no spot more vis- tied by the public than the now ns ted bat tle-hag corridor.
 Governor Cleveland, of New York, has signed the bill that orders electric wires to be put underground, whether telegraph, telephone, signal system, or lighting. The bill applies only to cities of 500, ,O0O inhabitants, of which there are but two in that state, New York and Brooklyn. It says all new wires must go under the sur face all wires now out must go under by November, 1885, the city must itself put under such as then are out, and there must be no monopoly of the underground wire ways.
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INTEREST again begins to center in Chi cago. Tilden's declination takes the coun- try by surprise, and various candidates are assumed to be his heirs to the succession. New York will be divided between Cleve- land and Tower. Bayard is opposed for his war record, an old speech made in the early days of secession being unearthed, which some, however, claim will not hurt him. The independents" generally de mand Cleveland's nomination, as the price of their support, threatening to run third ticket if their dictation gets the same treatment that it did at the republican convention. Mcdonald of Indiana, Butler of Massachusetts, Payne and Thurman of Ohio. and Carlisle of Kentucky each have possibilities of nomination, and Randall of Pennsylvania would have also if not pro- tectionist.
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On the first ballot at Chicago MT, Blaine received votes from all but five of the states, and on the fourth ballot three states only failed to contribute to his nomination. The latter states were Connecticut, Georeia and Vermont.
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EVERY newspaper man knows that En- glish money is yearly expended in the dis semination of free trade literature in America, as newspaper offices have had especial attention in this line. Itis not so easy to understand how free traders have been 80 successful in getting control of the professorships in many colleges, but it is a fact that they have. Englishmen are now controlling the New York Times, and have turned its batteries on the doctrines taught by it's founders. Students, fresh from ''free trade" classics, go to the control of our New England newspapers and advo- cate doctrines at variance with the inter- ests of the capitalists and operatives who create the prosperity on which these pub lications thrive. We submit that the working class of New England, and those whose all is risked in the establishments which employ them, are the best judges of advantages and disadvantages to come from abolition of protection. Real revenue reform is well enough, there are inequali. ties and incongruities in the tariff sche- du1e, but it is notorious that it is the free traders who are shrieking loudest for tariff reform, that all their efforts are in the di. rection of reduction, absolute free trade being their ultimate object.
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Some Bridgeport boys threw broke,, telephone wire, found dangling from z pole, over an eleotric-ight wire last waeb and entieed one of their number, Charles Schulthuss, eight years old, to take hold of the suspended end, and he was instant ly killed
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General Butler accepts the greenback nomination.
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The eloquent Matthew Simpson. bishop in the Methodist Episcopal church, died in Philadelphia yesterday morning. lacIx ing but two days of completing hie, 7sd year.
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Yhe gress.
HLIN. PUBLISHER

'rhursday Evening, June ls. 1884.
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ALL PHOTOGRAPH are made A by Instantaneous process, at Burr's Photograph Rooms, Stafford Springs. Pictures framed to order All work must be paid for when ordered.
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FNHE Celebrated Trotting and Stock Horse 1 "MORRILL BOY" will make the season of 1882 at Monson House stables. For pedigree and further particulars, call on the subscriber,
 22mytf J. T. STEVENS, MOnson, Mass.
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DUTTERFTELD Wood Yard, ID South-st., Stafford Springs. Best of Hard Wood always on hand, four feet length, or cut to any sizE and delivered in any quantity Pine Kind 1fmgs always in stock.
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AT w. A. COMINS' can be found A New Buggies from S55 to S1lOs of his own make; new Democrat Wagons, 2-seated, from &0O to 8135; New and Stylish Dog Carts, &6O. NEW SYSTEM for Cutting Dresses and all 1N other Garments-simple and reliable. Price of system and instructions S5e Call or addres Mrs. Crabtree, at E. L. Burrs.
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EsOR SALE-A good work or team horse. II H. P. JOHNSON, Buff Cap, Conn.

4 NEW MILCH COW for sale. Inquire A of subscriber, A: L. CUTLER, West Stafford.
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JOTTIyGS ABOUT TOWN

A calf died in nsld on Washington Heights on Fri.
day, Three Italians skinned II aud cut 1t up were
carrying the meat home when they were arrested.
Judge Barrett has granted decree OF absolute
in favor OF John o. Frank, a musical artist from his
wife to whom he was married in September. 1872.
John II Dialogue OF Camden. who the iron ship
contract to build steel ghtsp tender for san
Francisco.
day NJ the reputed age OF 100 yesa months and rs
days She came 10 this country from Germany twenty
fye years ago. ''
be given At Chickering all on "Wednesday Dec IL She
W DC s.sstsd ey some Of her pupils and several dis
woman suffrage party in this country has sent the
ssrvs,ys party Of England for Its friendly attitude on
Thomas Ambrose of 1877 East Fiftyfourth street who
f.l into the street from the Eghtynnth street
Presbyterian Hospital "
station at fist and NnessntS street fell from
lie was taken to Bellevue ospSi for ,rssmsSS, injured
EG:s G nd p:ddl.r Of 9s IVES,
popguns Union square Ross said he had peImi,,nn
store and Justice o'Rsilly discharged him " "''
motion to James Meviesr from Arrest or e
s sIm, nim to bail In small amount. Mov.car shot and
hcNlcN alleges, was attacking him with knife
William Demorsst has brought sui. In the Court OF
,n Pleas 70 restrain paen feshteer. tenants
xn,cf'rSssEsT Indingst Film sysnas and Foatts.n,s
uminkry injunction.
=! November 1858 when III. Excise board revoked hs
sieSsnse ram siege. that Policemen Eastwood Miller
shn Alison drove him out OF the business and he
followed the three policemen about on post mud ANNOYED
'em' heWS arrested yesterday and pat under bonds
for S"a s ~a ..y's a, N or .sti liz
street. 10 the nronsr plAes to 80 to.-'Aas
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mast on which tho people depend to iat.en
burned over and cabin. and barns svsnt out
Isolated ms out wsVs . Sas , sHis
Ing out while Greeting new. houses; With
Soods Of three Sr onr nehbo
among the people They do not seem t" reaIs sS
the extent OF the ravages OF the plague and
talk talk. about Il vaguely as a dispensaton Of God
They are. what their friends call essy.eoins. .
but all tho rest Of the world call them lazy.
read or wro Thsy know Itle " or p noh lin sa Of
me world beyond the mountains and. II offered
accept the oiIer WY
dry and Was doubtless lie here result Of asss
water thnt was impure. The few physicians
here say that the water contained mineral mol
and and f the Sv s%e
that ores OF copper and arsenites abound in
the mountains. The, scarcity OF educated
the Hsro 'n %sdo the n" asssss
i m9rG fatal. When once nee member OF
follow and ibis Was das msr Many n eSses
to q lack OF proper care for the sick and to a
failure to properly dispose Of the excreta. The
variety Of patent Iostrums, the favorite rene
hogs grease mi ed with burnt mulled) brandy
decoc,lons OF tobacco and of blackberry roots
and I'll sorts OF herb teas. and at all stages OF
the disease whiskey. There are not over fifteen
physicians in the eight counties. but If there
had been hundred tho people In many sec
ttons would not have hired Thorn. In 1854
similar but less virulent plague ragged
through these mountains. There were more
physicians then. but they knew less OF medi-
cso@s cs .'h Ssr som 1Hs
dies. and the consequent deaths created a not
unnatural prejudice in the minds OF the people,
MANY OF the peoplo arc absolutely destitute
The crops have been short for two seasons. and
there would have been hard times during the
winter II the plague had not come Relief COM
mittecs have been organized In tho larger VIII
l9ges beyond the mountains. but tho only out
side relic received so far was 81 200 from tho
cnttlcmen's convention at St. Louis. Tho
things most needed are clothing. medicine
and competent physicians and nurses
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SCANDALS CONCERNING PRIESTS.
The Pope said to Have Ordered n Searching
Inquiry Arter Mcnrinz tho 81 orIrs.

The Pope said to Have Ordered n Searching
Inquiry After Hearing the stories.
LONDON, Dec. 6.-All Italy is talking of the
numerous scandals concerning priests which
have recently come to light. Nearly every day
the details OF some shockin. occurrence are
published in which a priest is concerned.
Among others are these: At Merccllina, a
small village near Rivoli and Turin. a sacrs tan
named Progetti fatally stabbed priest with a
dagger for clipping with his wife and on appeal
refusing to surrender her.
At Pozzone. near Cassrta. seventeen miles
from Naples, the Mayor of the village stabbed a
cure for seducng his sister.
AZ Marinella near Ciyita Vecchia, captain
In the navy named Cell, discovered that Grim
inal relations existed between his wife and
daughter. and the village priest. Cell killed
his wife with stiletto, but did not modest her
betrayer. He was tried for murder and sem
tenccd to five years imprisonment
In tho Via Lungara at Rome, priest named
Angelo Sardi. 10 years OF age. has been arrest
ed for stabbng maiden who rejected his ad-
vances.
1t is authoritatiyely stated that a Cardinal
has finally. but with great d iiiiculty succeeded
in BRING ng the matter of these scandals to the
notice OF the Pope. who showed intense con-
Germ and modification ut tho details which
were laid before h IN. He at once ordered a
priestiy purity, and asked that nothing be left
undone that would tend to relieve the Church
OF tho odium which had been cast upon her by
unworthy sons.
Italian FREQ thinkers are gloatng over those
corica! miSuemeanOrS,
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WANTED TO BE PUNISHED,
Harper ThreatenA to Commit Arson n They
DONE Arrest Him for Theft.

Harper IhrentenA to Commit Arson n They
Done Arrest Him for Theft.
Judson Miller owns Wholesale cigar store
on Main street Yonkcrs Charles Harper. an
Australian. about 40 years Of age was his clerk
until week ago. Then he disappeared, and it
was alleged that a small amount OF money dis
appeared also. Harper was known to be in this
city, but Mr. Miller refused to have him arrested
Late on Friday evening Miller received a let
ter from Harper in which no demanded to be
arrested, saying he was guilty, and deserved
punishment. He concluded by saying:
will he in Yonkers tonight (friday) and win stand
III front OF the Post Otice from O'Clock till and IL
burn your house down. "
Nv Miller informed tho police. Roundsman
Woodruff found Harper standing in front OF the
Post Office with his arms folded. waiting to be
made prisoner. He said he had been SO wor-
ried over his theft that he had not been able to
sleep wink. 1t was the first time no had ever
stolen cont. and no knew no deserved punish
ment, and could not feel satisfied until he got
II. He hoped he would be punished. SO as to
teach him a lesson.
He was erraiened fore Justice Pentz yester-
day morning and discharged with reprimand
NO complainant appeared.
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PARIs REPORrERs ARRESTED.
The Penalty for Getting Ahead OF the Police
in the Fronch Capital

In the French Capital
LONDON, Dec. 6.-The Partisan papers have
recently had taste of some thing like the
censorship TINT was 30 vigorously practised
under the Second empire. There have been
many Anarchist meetings In France OF late,
ana thoy have been looked after by both the
mag!stracy and the press. The officials In
most cases failed to learn anything OF conse-
Quence in any Of the meetings to which they
obtained access in violation OF tho laws.
The greater intelligence and industry OF
tho reporters, however, enabled them to gain
admittancc to many more OF the Anarchist
meetings than the police succeeded I'm invnd-
ing nnu the result was that the papers pub
nsneu u, the aetniis OF many unlawful proceed:
70 ascertain. This greatly incensed the au-
hor.ties responsiile for the lapses OF the Of
ncers, ana In thoir Indignation they took the
step Of arresting the reporters. 1t was easy
enough to ascertain the names ,and domiciles
arrested BY order OF NJ Bcnoi st. one OF the the, ma.
gs,ra'cs. few who escaped arrest afterwnrd
sprrondSred and joined their comrades in Jail.
Benoist no demanded that they should give to
they had obtained tho Information which they
had caused to be printed, The reporters had
forward ana said that he believed information
gwen TO him Tor the sake OF the public. and
under the seal of secrecy was as sacred as
thousn 1t were given in confession in the
ChNrrn. which France had recognized in her
This little speech had no effect upon the
masistrate. who promptly fined the reporters
100 francs each for contumacy. The reporters
newspaper reports Of statements are privileged
ccmnunic1ttpns. and that they should not DO
held. personal y or necuniar!y; responsible for
tho Vaxaries OF the persons whose words they
report. The reporters have been released on
bail, but they will not pay their fines. and
fund Is bein. raised TO carry the Case to the
appellate court,
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END OF THE PLENARY COUNCIL,
Some Features or the Work Accomplished by
the Roman Catholic Pr-late..

the Noman Catholic Pr-iate..
BALTIMORE Dec. -Four weeks ago the
third Pienary Council OF tho Catholic Church
In tho United States was opened in the cathe-
dral OF this city with a splendid procession
through the streets from the Archbishop's res
ldence to the cathedral. Since that day the
House of Bishops and the College OF Theolo-
CLANS have discussed and completed the
scheme arranged during the visit OF the Amer
lean prolntes to Rome. Although the sessions
were secret somo facts about the work Of tho
Council have been learned through interviews
with its leading members.
Tho most important business before the body
was the introduction Of canon law. The great
objection to this was the fact that the Church
is not sufficiently organized In some provinces
to receive the canon law. This is particularly
The case in the Western and Northwestern
ndopt these laws in the, provinces that are
thoroughly Organized. and go much Of them as
This decision involved a great amount of la.
Dor. and it WAS on that account principally that
1t was necessary to continue the sessions one
will hereafter be an organized body governed
ssy except in states and TsTriso
81 f the eSanc q isss
onu " - ukoiy iilht poOplo VIII Do reminded
OF tho fact In tho pastoral letter which will be
read in the churches as soon as tho Bishops
and priests return to their parishes.
His letter will also recommend that drinking
be not allowed at picnics and excursions and
Will probably request that lotteries be done
away wit h at church fairs.
Since the cable Despatch from Rome was re-
ceived announcing that tho Pope had created
nine Card nails, and only named eight. it has
appoint another American Cardinal. MANY
members OF the Council believe the honor will
fall to Archbishop Gibbons.
The closing sacret session OF the Council was
hold to-day. Tho principal business was the
completion OF the pastoral letter. which will be
read In all the churches in the United States
two weeks from tomorrow. Tho last solemn
public sess ion will be held to- morrow. High
mass will DO celebrated at the Cathedral BY
Bishop Corrigan of New York Bishop Rior-
dan Of San Francisco will preach on the Per
petuity OF tho Church."