Connecticut western news., 1885-01-28
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

BEN: PERLEY PooRE is reported to have once declared that he could produce one thousand speeches of his own-but they had bsen delivered by some ono else.
 ENGLISH towns of less than 10, 900 in- habitants have scarcely grown at all in the last decade. Tho increase of ports and seaboard towns is much greater than that of those inland.
 LILAC postal notes, which have been turned out by Uncle Sam at the rate of about 1000, 900 a month, and will be in- creased hereafter 20 per cent, are hand led by 35 persons and are counted forty times.
 HousEBUILDERs have found that me- chanies and the poor of our city do not rent houses in the suburbs. The ques- ton of fares to the city is very serious with them, and the wives complain of the lonesomeness of suburban life.
 A BosroN physician advises everybody to ascertain what diseases have carried of his ancestors, with view to guard ing himself against inherited tendencies by adopting the requisite manner of life, place of residence and general self treatment.
 IT is said that nobody seems to be do- ing any business in Santa Fe except the Mexican wood-dealers; and as soon as they dispose of their little burro-loads at twenty-five cents each, they turn their animals loose, knock of1 for the day and gamble until they lose all their money.
 A YOUNG married woman of "upper Manhattan" says the Mail and E'r- press, who has been addicted to painting her lips as well as her checks and eye. lashes, is now under medical treatment to reduce the size of her lips, which have become "horribly enlarged" by chemical poison.
 THE growth of the oyster industry in Connecticut has been remarkable. The first steamer that was used in this trade was put on less than ten years ago, and now there are forty steamers, with an aggregate capacity of SC, 720 bushels 6 day. Four more large new steamers are building for the spring.
 A WALL STREET man says that to his knowledge not less than S2,000, 900 oi Norwich, Conn, money has been squan. dered in the street in the last two years Nearly every business man who had c dollar set it whirling on the margin of z railroad or mining stock. Men sold theil estates and even personal property tC keep up their margins.
 TIE Earl of Aylesford, the Texas COW boy, in fifteen years squandered ovel 8, 000, 900, including his debts, an, killed himself by drink. The societ, papers only say, "Poor Joe He hat no enemy but himself" He was 8, brutal that his wife left him and took uI with the Earl of Marlborough, who vii no doubt now marry her.
 THERE has been no official publication of the votes cast for Butler and St John in tie late election. The Bostol Globe made very careful inquiry an, ascertained Buffers total vote to be 23i. S43, and St. Johns 14s,698. The Leocl Es'ander says that after careful fgurinl it makes the result as follows: Butler 274, 7S5 St. John, 150, 633.
 AN English ship, the Daphne, cap sized when launched, and many persons were killed. She was raised and re named the Rose, but only to be sunk a her anchor in harbor. Again raised she ran ashore, was got off with diff culty and named afresh the Ianthe, an, month ago, GU route to Smyrna, sh, struck a rock on the Irish coast and i laid up for repairs.
 THE camel has twice the carrying power of an OK. With an ordinary loa, of 400 pounds he can travel twelve t fourteen days without water, going four teen miles a day. They are fit to worl at five years old, but their strength be gins to decline at twenty-five, although they live usually until forty. They ar often fattened at thirty for food, tn, flesh tasting like beef.
 TEE approaching completion of th' Indiana State House has developed startling condition of things. Th' original appropriation for building thu structure was s2. .0O0, ,000, but the pros pect is that the cost will be SI 36, ool less than this amount. It is though that there must be some mistake. for nc architect or contractor in the possession of his senses would deliberately com, short of his estimates and thus demor alize the business.