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Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
POSTAL TELEGRAPH,
Senator Cullom to Amend the Press
 Rates in His Bill

Senator Cullom vii! introduce an amend. inent to his Postal Telegraph bill immediately after the reassembling of Congress, changing the rates named in the original bill, more cs- peclally for the transmission of press matter While he believed that Congress ought to pre- scribe rates for the use of Government wires as 1t prescrises rates for the usc of the mails, in stead of leaving it to the discretion of officials yet the rates named in his bill were designed merely as a suggestion to the committee which should have the bill in charge With subse- quent study, and with the information which has come to him from other sources, he has reached the conclusion that there ought to be no difference upon Goyellrcnt lines between service of like character T, ntlercd to evening papers and those to morning papers He says he appreciates the weight of the reason which leads private companies to charge more for day than night seryice-namely ly, the fact that the wires are ill greater demand for commercial messages at comparatively high rates during | the hours fram 10 in the morning till or in the afternoon; but he believes that such reasons should not operate as regards Governmental lines, and that the Government shc uld know no preferred patrons as to rates for like classes of business, or as to order of transmission. | The rates to be named ill his amendment are | based upon unit of 100 word :, or fraction | thereof, and are as follows; For 800 miles or less 45 cents; between 800 and 1000 miles, 30 between 800 and 2,000 miles, 40 cents; be- tween ?, ,OOO and 3 1000 miles, 45 cents and for more than 5000 miles, 50 ccnts. Wien more than one copy of the game despatch is mt | to different newspapers at the same or at diff fcrent offices the Postmaster General 8 to prt | scribe the rates to be charged for the "drcp'' | copi"s.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
Selling Sea.Weed Ill Japan.

While we were there says d letter from a Japanese port to the New Haven Reg aaer, several vessels were loading with sea-weed for Chinese ports, among them two Chinese, one German, and one Eng. fish, steamships. The sea-weed, sent mainly to China, is precisely, or very nearly, the same as the kelp of the New England sea coast. It is gathered and dried, folded and packed into bundles ol convenient size for shipping, and sent to market. The Chinese soak and wash it. cut it into thin strips, not so large as maccaroni, and dry it, when it be- comes as soft and delicate to the touch as silk fringe. It is boiled and then eaten with rice, giving the lattera good relish not unlike the addition of salad of lettuce Other kinds of sea-weed arc gathered and shipped, some of it being like the Irish moss used for jelly.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Their Relation to the Interstate
 Commerce Law.

The formal decision of the Interstate Com. merce Commission upon the question whether the express companies subject to the pro- visions of the act to regulate commerce was announced. The decision written by Commissioner Walker. It says that the ex- press companies, which simply branches of . railroad, organized and operating through its ordinary staff or by an independent bureau, or by combination with other railroad compa- nies, arc found to be covered by the provisions
 of the act. In the case of the independently organized express companies, however, oper- ating under contracts by transportation, the language of the act, as it now stands, is found to be so framed as to not bring them distinct ly within it's provisions. The words 'swholly
 by railroad" in the first section do not we'll de- fine the business of express companies, which use very largely the services of teams, mcssen- gers, stage coaches, and steamboats. The pooling section applies to the pooling of the business of railroads: other sections speak of railroads continually, aid of depots and sta-
 tions, the language not being applicable to the bushes of express companies except under a somewhat strained construction. Upon all these considerations the Commission has thought best to refer the subject to Congress,
 as in any case of doubtful jurisdiction it is far
 better that the legislative body should receive
 the dOubt
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
RUSSIA WANTS PEACE.
The Ambassador at Vienna Says her
 Policy is Friendly.

BERLIN, Dec. 29-The Post publishes a telegram from Vienna saying that Prince Lobanof, the Russian Ambassador there, has assured Count Kalnoky that Russia is pur- suing policy of peace, and that the concentra- tion of Russian troops on the Galician frontier IS not intended as an aggressive movement
 Count Schouvaioff, the Russian Ambassador to Germany, had Q short audience with En- peror William to-day. The Emperor is enjoy ing vigorous health, and took a long walk this afternoon.
 ST. PErERsBURGH, Dec, 29.-The tsnsion be- tween Russia and Austria shows symptoms of relaxing. The Groshdanin declares that an entente is possible, even on the most difficult points in the Bulgarian dispute.
 witz, the German Ambassador, has officially informed Kiamil Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, that Germany will give Austria active military support should Russia prsvoke a war with Austria.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
SOME STRANGE CONFESSIONS.
Several Good Stories Which Convey Very
 NeedfuI Morals,

The Rochester (N. Y.) Union reports having this dialogue with an eminent physician: "Can you cure cold for mo ?" ''l dare say; where is it ~ "Do you treat yourself for colds ," "Ihat depends on how bad they are. had one last week and fixed myself up dose, but I didn't dare take it. kept it over night and gave it to 'deadhead' patient the next day r' "Then you don't dare take your own medi- cine ?"
 "No,;; I don't dare, and have no family phy- A gentleman, short time ago, consulted his physician abouta severe rheumatic attack. As he was leaving the doctor said:
 'Should my prescription afford any relief, let mo know it, as I am suffering from an af- lection similar to yours, and for the last twen- ty years have tried ill vain to cure it." The best physicians now have the frankness to admit that the schools have not yet master ed all there is to know about the causes of diseases, and the best methods of cure. There has been great advance, no doubt, in medi- cal science ill the last fifty years. Doctors themselves do not take their own physic even though they may saturate the sys- tems of their patti nts with poisonous drugs, nor do they bleed, blister, and torture, as for merly.
 Byron died, it is claimed, because of over bleeding by his physicians. Washington met the same fate!
 Scientific investigation shows that most dlluCNlS pIOCGSu lIOul uCIduScllcll Ol ull- mary organs, of which the kidneys are the ostimportant. Every drop of blood cours- ing through the system passes through these organs, and if they are deranged, the blood speedily becomes impure, and carries the seeds of disease to every part of the body. If we keep these organs regulated by the Use of a simple vegetable compound like War ner's safe cure, which Prof. Lattimorc, New York State Board of Health analyst, of the Rochester University, says: ''I find entirely free from mercury and all poisonous and del- eterious bsancas'-there is little danger of Brights diseaso apopleNy, rheumatism, or of any of the common ailments, nearly all of which originate in or are made fatal by dis eased fhough unsuspected) kidneys. This great remedy has the reputation, which seems we'll founded, of curing more diseases than any one other remedy ever known. It restored the son of the Danish vice. Consul Schmidt of 69 Wall street, New York, from Brights disease, and General Christensen, of Drexel, Morgan & Co.,, Bankers, of New York; who knew of the case, pronounced it a wonderful Iemedy.
 As appropriate to the doctors who give to their patients what they will not take them selves, we quote this story:
 ''Oh, MT. Smith, help me out" exclaimed & young lady at a churcl fair. ssI've sold tidy for $15 that only cost 15c. What percentage is the profit"
 'Percentage, madam ?" exclaimed the law yer with merriment. "Ihat transaction Is be- yond percentage-it is simply larceny"
 The professional man who takes one's mon- ey when he can do one no equivalant service wilt understand the moral
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
THE COBBLE DUMPS.
An Occupation Peculiar to Penn
 sylvania Iron Works.

peculiar and not altogether pleasing sight about the iron and steel works says Johns- town, Pa., corr, spondent, IS the groups of men, women, and GU ldren that are constantly and are known as ''cobble pickers." The men are always old and frequently weak and totter- ing. The mark of poverty is on all the wo- men, and the children are abject-looking crea- lures, and range from the ages of to 16.
 Cobbles are bits of iron and steel that re- main among the cinders from the furnaces, and arc dumped with them on the cinder piles. On the gathering of these bits of metal the small army of toilers referred to depend for their living. With hoes and rakes they dig in the cinders as they are dumped, and struggle and push and wrangle for the pos session of the metal as it is uncovered. Each picker has basket in which is placed the result of tho pickings. Over 200 persons delve in the grimy dump, for cobbles-the majority of them young girls and boys. While they will use all manner of means to secure possession of lucky find in the dumps, after picker has filled his basket and empticd it on his "pile," few feet away, there is not ono among the curious and by no means | cobbles in it. Each picker has his pile of cob bles, and the iron company's teams come around at intervals. The driver weighs tho piles, gives each owner voucher for his or hers; and takes the accumulated metal to tho scrap heaps to be melted again.
 The earnings of the pickers range from S10 | to $40 month, and there are women among the pickers who have been on the dumps for years. One women andhcr 12-year-old daugh- ter not only earn enough by cobble picking to keep themselves, but to feed the husband and father of family, who is an employee of the iron works, and earns SlOO month, which he squanders in drink and riotous living as soon as he receives it. There is one old man on the dumps, earning barely enough to keep him from starving who was once worth $50, 900. A widow and her four children are regular cobble pickers, and the five earn on average of $100 8 month on the dumps.
 The work of cobble picking is one of the lowest forms of human occupation, and its de- grading effect on the young gir's and boys had become so apparent few months ago that Father Gallagher of St. John's Catholic Church of the city forbade all female members of his congregation to work on the dumps, but his words did not have the desired effect
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
AT WASHINGTON.
Hon. Congrcssmen Henderson and Tarsney Fought the War Again.

Allan $. Morse, Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of Michigan has just returned to his home from Washington, where a recep ton was given him by an old comrade ill arms now member of the House of Representa-. tives. brief note of this re ,eption appeared ill the telegrapbic despatchs at the time, but the fact that anything unusual had occurred was not known til now. Judge Morse in narratirs the facts to an intimate friend enJolned secrecy, but the story was considered so interesting that the friend to whom it was originally related told it to another friend, and It did not take long for Il the facts to leak out There were present at the reception besides Judge Morse, Congressman Henderson, of North Carolina, and John E. Tarsney of St. Louis. The latter is brotherof Congressman Iarsney, of Michigan, but is a Republican. Judge Morse is Democrat, but has gallant record as soldier ill the Union army, and was wounded in the service. Congressman Hen- derson is a fiery Southern Democrat
 After the cloth had been cleared and the wine flowed freely for some time, speechmak- ing was ill order, and many patriotic sentiments were expressed by members of the party. Con- gressman Henderson then arose ill response to a call. and gave utterance to expressions which caused great excitement on the part of some members of the company. Mir. Henderson, Judge Morse says, told the guests that he glor- jed in the fact that he had been rebel as all those who had fought for Southern freedom were called. From this he went on until he had "oI hcu hIlIsell up 10 SCatc or great cXClte- ment, and finally said:
 ''l am glad to say that represent district, the district of Salisbury, where 3O,O00 Union soldiers routed within the city limits.'
 He went on to say that he gloried in the part that he to during the war and was pro- ceeding further when N[r. Tarsney made rush for the speaker and cutched him by the throat.
 "You scoundre]," shouted Tarsney. ssI was Union soldier, and if no one else here will resent your insults will. I bet you were skulking coward during the war, but now, when danger is past, you vaunt your courage at our expense. Take back what you said about the Union soldiers murdered in your prison pen or I'll choke the life out of you
 The guests interfered and separated the two men. Tarsney had good grip on Henderson's throat and the latter sank to the floor half insensible. Later he apolog;zed to the party, and through the efforts of mutual friends tho sensational outbreak was quieted Judge Morse to his friend that he tn ught bloodshed would surely follow for a few minutes after Henderson had spoken.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

-E. ". Burrage, the defaulting Deputy Postmaster of Troy, is in Hamilton, Ont, where he is agent for an insurance company. Burrages last quarters pension as wounded veteran of the United States Army was receiv- ed by him at Hamilton.
 Ark, for the murder of William Johnson near Trenton, this county, in April last. Peters had twice escaped and was recaptured. The execution was private. The condemned man fell seven feet and his neck was broken.
 Gov. Beaver issued 8 proclamation an- nouncing that the total amount of the State debt of Pennsylvania cancelled for for the year ending Nov. 30, 1887, was S1, ,41S,511. The to- tai debt amounted to S15, ,St0, 471.2S, and the assets of the sinking fund to S10,684 ,262 43. This leaves Pennsylvania with debt of S5, 156, 10S.S5.
 United States Commissioner Hallett of Boston, whose official actions have been severe ly criticised by an agent of the Government, says that he courts the fullest investigation of the conduct of his office if made by an impar- tial person. He makes general denial of all the charges and assumes that they are attrib- utable to malicious intent,
 Capt. Shea of the Emmet Light Artillery, St. Paul, has absconded with $500.
 The Everett House at South Birmingham, Mass, was burned by an incepdiary.
 The bodies of two men frozen to death were found near Big Spring, Tex.
 Mrs. Sarah C.. Ewing was terribly mangled and killed by hogs in her barnyard at Shelby vile, Ind.
 Francis Parrant struck Charles M. White in the forehead with whifietree, at Vest field, Mass, killing him instantly.
 The cigarmakers of Pittsburgh have or ganized to fight the Tenement system" which is carried on extensively there.
 -Merseneau Bros. & Davis, dry goods deal at Peoria, H., have made an assignment. The liabilities are $102, 900; assets $70, 900, William Stance, Sergeant 9th U. s. Cavalry, who was very strict disciplinarian, was am- pushed by soldiers and killed near Crawford, Neb.
 The funeral of the late Congressman Moi fatt took place at the Congregational Church in Traverse City, Mich. It was largely at- tended.
 The clothing of Bernard Moss got caught in the cog-wheels at the distillery in Freeport, Pa, and he was so terribly mangled that he died in few minutes.
 The Philadelphia schooner Samuel Me- Nanemy has been given mp for lost, and there is no longer any doubt that she has foundered at sea with all hands-eight in number.
 President Deane of the National Wool Growers Association has issued circular to the wool growers of the United States calling for organization to resist the abolition of the tariff on wool.
 President Cleveland, Governor Hill and large number of other prominent men attend ed the funeral of the late ex-Secretary Daniel Manning at Albany.
 = A mammoth cave with interesting relics has teen discovered near Bloomfield, Ky.
 A new Cabinet has been formed in Man. itoba.
 It is reported from Ottawa that the scheme to connect Australia, British Columbia and India by an ocean cable has met with grave obstacles.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
Progress of Steam Navigation.

In fifty years steamships have in- creased in tonnage from 67,969 tons to 4,41S, 153 tons, while their proportion to the total registered tonnage of Brit ish ships has increased from 1 to fl to 1 to 2.14. The first Cunarders were only 2O7 feet long and 34 feet 4 inches beam, while the first steamer which piled regularly between Liverpool and New York, the Royal William, measured only 174 feet in length. The steps by which the marine engine has developed have been, first, the screw propeller, then the introduction of iron and steel in the building of ships, then the in- crease of steam pressure in the boiler, then the adoption of surface condensa- tion, followed by the use of compound and duplicate expansion cylinders, and g much larger increase of boiler press ure, rendered possible by the use of mild steel in the construction of boil CTS, have effected in all reduction of 70 per cent in the consumption of coal and an increase of no per cent in sDeed
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
NO MANS LAND.
How the Cherokees Have Come to
 Think it Theirs.

The claim of the Cherokee Nation to the Public Land Strip, or s'No Mans Land," as it has lately been called, is not looked upon as of any great importance by the Indian Office, and it is supposed to grow out of the imperfect records of tue Nation rather than any sub stantial basis. The Cherokees have long been under the impression, as have many Western people of that vicinity, that the Public Land Strip, which is almost parallel ill its boundary lines with what was known as the "Cherokee Outlet" was part of that concession to the Cherokees. By the treaties of 1733 and 1885, the outlet, extending along the entire northern boundary line of what is now Indian Territory. was granted the Cherokees as an outlet to the great hunting grounds and buffalo fanges of the West and Northwest It was patented to them in 1888, but in 1866 they recovered it, together with ether lands, including those which now go to make up the proposed Terri tory of Oklahoma, to be used in settling friend ly tribes of Indians, or the freedmen who may have been slaves among the five civilized tribes. If the Public Land Strip was included in the Cherokee Outlet by the treaty of 1883, it was ceded by the treaties of 1866, but the general opinion is expressed by the authorities Of the Interior Department that this land was never included in the Ire ,ties mentioned
 and that the Cherokees havo through usage gained wrong impression in relation to this i30Q1
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
Signs of White Men Becoming In
 terested in It.

The proposed right of way across the Red Lake Indian reservation in northern Minneso- ta, which a bill to be introduced by MT. Nell son proposes to grant to the Duluth, Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railroad, will be the first railway invasion of that country which has yet been proposed. It is not likely to be the last. Mir. Nelson has not yet determined to introduce his bill of last session re- leasing to the public domain portion of this broad stretch of country, but it is not unlikely that other and stronger pressure will be brought to bear upon the Gov rnment ere long to open this country to the railroads. Quite lat 1y large number of land entries have been flowing into the General Land Office, punched about such unset tied and unsurveyed regions as Pelican Lake. The impression prevails here that either iron or coal has been discovered in and around this region and that the entries are being made to secure large tracts of it. A large number of branch railroads have been projected through these regions, and rights of way over the pub- lie domain asked for. A Minnesotian in Wash ington day or two since ventured the predic- tion that bsfore many years northern Minne- sota would be the richest part of the State, and said that the iron, coal, and lumber de- velopments would soon thickly settle that sec tion The general demand would seem to in- dicate that some legislation regarding these vast Indian reserves would have to be enacted by Congress before the end of the present ses- sion.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
CATTLE MARKETS.

NEW YonK.-Good Steers, 10Ac.; Fair do., 8 to 87sc.; Oxen, 62l to 9Ac.; Dry Cows, live weight, ? to 354e.; Bulls, do., 9 to sac; Sheep. to G.; Lambs, 5al to6Mc:; Vcals, 5
 WATERFOWL, Mass.-Market Beef, choice, S7.00 to S750; extra, S6.50 to S675; 1st quail ity, S6.00 to S625; 2d quality, $500 to $50; Sd quality, S4OO to s4.5O. Swine.-Western fat, live, 51a to 5s4c.; Northern dressed hogs, cents per fb. Sheep and Lambs.-In lots, s2 % to s3 75 each; extra, sl % to s4 75; Spring Lambs, 4sl to 6c, per tb; Veal Calves, 21a to 61sc. per tb.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
Russia's Riotous Students;

Count Scheremetreff, a prominent noble of Moscow, in an audience with the Czar, pro- tested against the manner in which the uni versity students were being treated. He charged the authorities with making grossly untrue reports regarding the situation of af- fairs in the universities. The Czar has given orders that stringent inquiry be made into the charges.
 A large number of seditious handbills print ed on heksograph are in circulation in St. Petersburg. All attempts to discover the source of the handbills on the part of the police have been fruitless. The handbils ap- peal to the students to join the party of lib- erty and to avenge their comrades, < who were murdered in Moscow" 'sThe students grievances" the handbills say, ''are great, but they are nothing compared with the suf- ferinss of the people," The authorities have decided not to reopen the universities until the end of F. bruarY
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
AT LITTLE FALLS.

There was but little doing on the Cheese market, and we hear of but few sales being made. These were of mixed lots of every other and every three days make, prices ranging from Sc 10 1114c, according to quality. Every day stock sold readily at He, with an occasion al lot of ''fancy' at 1114c.
 The transactions amounted to ,34s bxs, the trade stock.
 Sales of Farm Dairy Cheese amounted to 2S4 bxs, prices ranging at from Sc to lie, the bulk going at 1Oc.
 The Butter now coming forward Is of Win ter make of variable quality. We hear of 25 pks being disposed of at from 1Sc O 21c for fair to good grades of Farm Da ry make.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-04
The War Talk,

PEsrH- Dec. 28.-Herr Esernatomy an inti. mate friend of Herr Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, writes to the Nenzet as follows:
 The guiding spirits of the German army are Ill favor of war in order to stop Russian de- signs They apprehend nothing from an at- tack by Francr, and are confident of success in case of war against Russia.
 'If 1t were not tbst Prince Bismarck favors peace the German army would already be fighting the Russians, in company, of course, with the Austrian and Italian armies" In conclusi n, the writer says he expects that peace will be maintained, now that Russia finds that the powers do not fear her.