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Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
CONNECTICUT OYSTERS.
S5, ,6O7 Acres Uuder Cultivation
 Along the Sound.

The oyster growers have had better season this year than ever before, and foreign ship ments are running later than last winter. Bridgeport and Stratford shippers are among the largest on the coast. The whole number of acres under cultivation is S5,507, and thirty-two applications are now pending before the Commissioners for an aggregate of l ,0S1 acres. The oyster indus try has been built up mainly within the last twelve or fifteen years, and notwithstanding the rayages of starfiSh and other enemies of the oyster. some of tue principal growers have become rich. The Connecticut laws reserve as public grounds all oyster beds within & mile of the mainland, and any resident of the State may gather shell fish upon these grounds. Private beds extend for ten miles out into the Sound, and large fleet of small steamers Is kept constantly at work upon them the year round. In the spring the beds are covered with shells to replace the oysters that have been taken up, aud later in the sea- destroying starfish and changing young stock from one bed to another. Dredgers begin their operations in the fall and then the grower reaps his harvest. Beginning at this time of year, the whole force of steamers again tackle the tarfish. The oysters are taken up in dredges, culed over, all the stars, wrinkles, and and d ills picked out by hand, and the oysters put back on new ground. If steamer and its crew of five hands gather three bushels of stars in day, it is considered profitable em- plOyment ana some or tne boats are now tax ing up more than fifty bushels daily.
 Oysters grow to marketable size in three or four years, according to whether they are for foreign or home consumption. English peo- pie prefer larger oyster than American epi- cures. Oystermen while dredging of Bridge port and Black Rock harbors have often run afeul of Instructions which, upon examina- ton, have proved to be sunken vessels, and wi hin two years no less than seven sunken cargoes of coal have been found and marked of Bridgeport. Five of these were known to have gone down, and the rest are cargoes which were never reported there as being loSt
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
A VETERANS BODY.
The Indecent Treatment it Received
 in Washington.

The death of Capt. Amos Gift, member of Gen. Sheridans staff during the war, has been followed by sensation and scandal in Wash ingtQn.s Capt. Gift was clerk in the Pension Dhice, and, becoming i'll about week ago, was taken to Providence Hospital, where he died. Although his name and address appear in the City Directory, no effort was made by the sis ters of the hospital to communicate with his friends. and his body Was hurriedly taken to the potter's field. In the meantime some Grand Army friends of the man. on calling at tHellospital to learn his condition, were told ofs his death, and they immediately prepared to give their comrade decent burial. To their surprise, however, the grave ill the pauper burying ground had been opened, and the body was missing. With the aid of the police every dissecting room ill the District was searched, and the remains, fortunately un- mutilated, were discovered on table i'll the Georgetown Medical College The dean of the college was glad enough to surrender the body, and it was taken charge of by Mayor J. B. Burke, Commander of the Department of the Potomac, and committee which had been ap- pointed to investigate the affair.
 The committee has been at work, and the result of their inquiry promises to develop some curious facts regarding the indecent haste on the part of the hospital and poor house authorities to furnish subjects to the colleges. It is even charged that Capt. Gifts body was never buried, but this is denied by SuperinteA lent Stoutenburgh of the poor house. Arrangements have been made to in- ter the remains in Arlington Cemetery, and it is certain that the grave there will not be dis turbed.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
A QUEER MESSAGE.
Mayor Haynes Would Like to See
 Some Funerals.

he annual message of Mayor Haynes, of Newark, N. J., is unique ono. In the course of it, after complaining that suit of the city against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest ern Railroad Company had been settled on terms too advantageous to the comp any, he says:
 "A few first class funerals, the subjects fur nished from among the officers and Board of Directors of the D. l.. & W. R. R. Co.,, would make room for a reasonable Board, one that will not treat a city of 165,Oo0 inhabitants, that pays them hundreds of thousands of dol lars annually for freight and passengers that they treat worse than any country village from Hoboken to Buffalo. It becomes us on all oc- casions to be reconciled to the will of the Lord. If in his wisdom he should see fit to remove some of the directors of this road the city of Newark would be perfectly reconciled to His merciful dispensation.
 Hecloses ths message with this reference to the recent death of his son:
 s'Met at the threshold of the new year by an aff1iction thati is almost overwhelming with no joyful anticipations for the future, the clouds have no silver lining, and naught remains for me but to continue to labor and wait, trusting that as my intentions to redeem the only pledge or promise l have ever made to the people of Newark, to dc all in my power to secure all honest, efficient, and economical government for this city is not realized by all the present generation, but that ill future years the recti- tude of my intentions will be understood by all. approach my labor for the year 1885,
 'sJosEPH E. HAYNES, Mayor.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
They Both Felt Injured, Somehow.
A c,,rio,1s and anrsinp incident

A curious and amusing incident oc- cured yesterday on Clay-st. hill, between Stockton and Powell streets. An elder ly gentleman, whose aldermanic girth and forid countenance bespoke love for the good things of this life, was toll ing slowly up the ascent. The day was rather warm, and the exertion caused the old gentleman to perspire freely. He had got at least quarter of block up the hill when Chinese appeared at the corner, of Prospect place wheeling one of Fairbanks patent :.scales before him. As ill-luck would have it, he had just rounded the corner, when he placed his ! $, foot on banana peel, slipped and fell to the earth, letting the machine go as he fell. The scales started down hill. The elderly gentleman startled by the rumbling noise, looked up and for 8 moment was paralyzed with terror. The machine was coming straight for him. Then he tried to dodge it. He jumped to the edge of the sidewalk. The ma chine jumped too. He skipped to the wall and so did the scales. Back he went, but his foe still headed off. He jumped and skipped and panted and perspired, but never once thought of getting off the sidewalk into the middle of the street. The machine was almost upon him. His hat fell off. The few struggling hairs which ornamented the old gentlemans scalp stood straight up and every pore proved fountain of precipitation. Nearer and nearer came the machine. Ha he would run for it. He turned, but alas too late.
 The deadly machine caught him about the ankles. Up went his feet, and the old gentleman made the acquaintance a posteriori of the rapidly-moving scales. Down the hill they went together, the old gentleman's arms whirling like a windmill, and the wheels of the machine creaking out unearthly sounds. To- bogganning was nothing to it. On Stockton street crossing they came to a full stop. The old gentleman jumped to his feet unhurt and glared around fierce ly. He received the smiling countenance of the innocent heathen, who extended his hand with smile of cllildlike sim, plicity, and said
 'You alice same big Melican man. My machine no made wayee big man same you. Him blakee two places. Suppose you payee me ten dolla fol mend himl'
 "You scoundrel!" cried the old gent, leman, purple with rage. "How dare you make such proposit;ona I'll sue you for damages, sir. How dare you let that machine go2 By thunder !"-Denre' Ncns.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
THE PIONEER LAPIDARY,
Death of HI. D. Morse, the We'll
 Known ID aler in Diamonds.

BOSTON, Jan 5th.-Henry D. Morse, the pio- neer of the diamond cutting industry in this country, died at h,s residence at Jamaica Plain, Boston, at the age of 63. In early life he learned the engrayer's trade. and afterward became a jeweler. He turned his attention to diamond cutting ill 1881, shortly after the great yield of the South African diamond fields had been disclosed. Mir. B.. $. Pray of this city was then engaged in African trade, and drought some rough stones to this country with the idea of competing with foreign coun- tries. MT. Morse became asso lated with Mr. Pray, and with the formers ski and the lat ters money the business of diamond cutting was reality in America before the year was ended The undertaking was a bold one, and the importers and dealers in precious stones a l over the country lo,ked upon the expcri- mental industry with dstrust and alarm. The business was starte l under tho name of the Morse Diamond Cutting Conlrany, Mir. Morse experimenting all the work. It was necessary to employ Dutch experts at first ill the work of cutting and polishing, and whenever they were secured they maintained the same secrecy respecting their art as in their own country, and the same dictatorial spirit toward their employers and the world in general Mr. Morse learned the secrets of the art and taught 1t to American boys surrertitiously in an ad- joining suburb, and when the foreigners struck Mir. Morse was ready to fill their places with hands who, together with himscf, were enabled to continue the business without any serious interruption.
 In the year 1869 Mir. Mors, established his fame as the greatest diamond cutter of his time by his skill in the case of 5O-carat stone found in Manchester, nearly opposite Rich mond, Va. Lapidaries, who worked at it in the rough, expressed the opinion that it would be almost Impossible to obtain first-water stone of any size whatever from the original gem, but that it would be better to cut it into smaller fragmentary crystals. Mir. Morse was interested with the work of cutting it and by skillful and adroit m ,npulation and study of the l,ws of light and geometrical relations he produced one of the most brilliant twelve-carat diamonds. It was owaed by John Morrissey when he died, aud s,hs 'qu ntly it came into the possession of the late Alvin Adams of the Adams Express Company. Mir. Morse also in- vented cutting and polishing machine which did away in great measure with the tedious ness and inaccuracy of tho old manual process. The tirn of Crosby, Morse & Foss, jewcys and diamond cutters, was formed but in 1875 the firm dissolved, and Mir. Morse established himself as dealer in diamonds and gems and diamond cutter. Last year Mr. Morse engaged in business again with his old partner, Mr. c. ID. EOSS.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
A TELEPHONE POINT.
A Company's Liability to Furnish In.
 StrumentS on Hire.

Judge Vinton, sitting in the Circuit Court oi Lafayette, Ind, has decided that telephone companies doing general telephone business are compelled by the statute to furnish instru- ments at the legal rate of S3 month whether they wish to do so or not. The case came mp on an application of the Policy Hardware Company for writ of mandate requiring the Central Union Telephone Company to place an instrument in its building at S3 month. The court held good the demurrers to the com panys answers, and decided that under the statutes the company was bound to furnish every applicant with q complete outfit of in struments and connections. The company en deavored to show that it not furnishing private wires or private telephones, but that il established public stations throughout the city, at which each person, upon tie payment ot cents, could be placed ill communication with all portions of the system. The court held that the company engaged in general telephone business and was bound to furnish all persons applying for service with telephones and telephonic connections an facilities at their place of business or store room for the sum of &3 month. The company will ap. peal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
THE RIGHT TO FOOD.
Cardinal Manning's Recent Anti
 Poverty Utterance.

Dr. McGlynn read at meeting of the New York Anti-Poverty Society cable despatch, reporting what Cardinal Manning had written for the FOrtni9hty The words occur in lit tie article sent in answer to some recent stric- ture by the London Times on recent utter ances of his Eminence. The Cardinal devotes his three pages to a demonstration that the recognition of the right to property involves and rests on the admission of the right to live.
 The exact words of the passage are: s'I an- swer that the obligation to feed the hungry springs from the natural right of every man to life and to the food necessary for the susten- anco of life. So strict is this natural right that it prevails over all positive laws of proper ty. Necessity has no law and a starving man las natural right to his neighbours bread"
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
A Stamp for Union Coal.

At meeting of the Central Labor Union, oi New York City, this resolution of sympathy for the Reading miners was introduced and passed:
 Resolued, That the Central Labor Union does hereby denouuce the action of the Reading Railroad Company in causing this strike at this season of the year, especially as it causes great distress among workingmen throughout the country, and we believe it is only scheme of said company to advance the price of coal We tender our sympathy to tine miners and other workingmen forced out of employment by the unjust action of this company.
 At the request. of the Miscellaneous Section a stamp has been adopted to be used in the delivery of all union coal. It is to be given out to all who employ union men in the yards in loading, unloading, or delivering coal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
CATTLE MARKETS.

NEW YoRK.-Good Steers, 1Ossc.; Fair do., s to S1sc.; Oxen, 63l to 9Ac.; Dry Cows, live weight, ? to 3slc.; Bulls, do., to 4ssc.; ito S11sc.; Hogs, live weisht61S to 714c per fb.
 WATERTowN, Mass.-Market Beef, choice, S7.00 to S7.5o; extra, $6.!O to $6.75; 1st quail ity, $500 to S6.25; 2d quality, $500 to $55O; Sd quality, S400 to S4.50. Swine.-Wcstern 714 cents per ID. Sheep and Lambs.-In lots, S2.50, $500 to 400 each; extra, S425 to e475; Spring Lambs, 5 to 64c, per fb; Veal Calves, 31s to 6lSc per fb.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
The Lad,es, Fayorite,

The newest fashion in ladies' hats will doubt less cause a flutter of plsasurable excitement among the fair sex. Ladies are always sus- ceptable to the changes of a fashion plates and the more startling the departure, the more earnest the gossip over the new mode. pr. cure for the ills which afflict females and make their lives miserable. This sovereign panacea all functional heterogeneous. 1t builds up the poor, .haggard and dragged-out victim. and gives her renewed hope and a fresh lease of life. It Is the only medicine for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfac tion in every case, or money refunded. Read printed guarantee on bottle wrapper.
 A new and useful watch charm for gentle men who play billiards is a cube or bal, so ar- ranged and hinged that 1t can hold piece of billiard chalk
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
Blown from a Train.

While west bound express on the Lake Shore Railway was running at high rate of speed about 25 miles east of Erie, boy, who started to go from the sleeper to the dining car, was blown from the platform y the gale tben prevailing. The train was stopped and the boy was picked up, but he had been so in- jured that he died before Erie was reached The unfortunate youth was the son of Dr. J. NJ. Gassowsy of Portland, Me, surgeon of the United Stales Navy, who was on his way to Cairo under orders
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
Condition of Winter Wheat.

The Farmers Rerie,o of Chicago says that the present condition of the winter wheat crop is better than could have been hoped for be- fore the breaking of the drought ill the fall This is attributable to late rains just before the setting in of winters and the snow mantle which has quite generally covered the grow ing wheat since. Correspondents give the fol. lowing percentages of condition as compared with an average: Ohio, 77 per cent; Indiana, S2S; Illinois, 90: Missouri, SS.6; Kansas, lO5; Wisconsin, 95.5; Michigan, SS.3; Kentucky, S7.2
 These figures indicate an average condition of S7 per cent. ill the winter wheat States of the central West.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
BY RAIL TO MEXICO,
Another Rail Route that Shortens
 the Journey.

The Mexican International Railway is com pleted to Lerdo, on the Mexican Central line, thus closing the gap between Lerdo and Eagle Pass, the American terminus of the Interna. tional road. This completes the second all. rail route to the city of Mexico, and shortens the distance from the Texas border over 200 miles as against the Fl Paso route, while the total shortening of the distance from the in. terior of Mexico to New York and the East is about 700 miles. The International line is part of the Southern Pacific system, and gives San Antonio direct connection with the city of Mexico. The distance is 1 TOO miles.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

form have become trade mark, and the good he has done is illustrated in the follow ing marvellous instance: Jan. 17, 1883. George c. Osgood & Co., druggists, Lowell, Mass, wrote: "Mr. Lewis Dennis, No. 1S6 Moody st., desires to recommend st. Jacohe Oil to any afflicted with rheumatism, and desires especially to say that Orrin Robinsonr of Grantvlle, Mass, a boy of l2 years, came, to his house in the summer of 1881 walking upon crutches, his left leg having been bent at the knee for over two months and could not be bent back. He could not walk upon it. Mir Dennis had some St. Jacobs Oil in the house and gave it to him to rub on his knee In six days he had no use for his crutches and went home well without them, and he has been we'll since St Jacobs Oil cured him." In July, 1887, inquiry was made of the Messrs. Osgood to ascertain the condition of the little cripple, which brought the follow ing response: "Lowcll, Mass, July 9, lSS7:-. The poor cripple on crutches, Orrin Robin son, cured by St. Jacobs Oil in 1881, has re- mained cured. The young man has been and is now at work every day at manual labor. Dr. George c. Osgood, M. D.' NO other remedy can make the same showing.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
cot. Growers Escape.

Col. J. Holmes Grover narrowly escaped instant death at Prospect, Ohio. Before leav- ing hls hotel room to go out he donned his hat, when almost tine entire ceiling above gave way and fell with such weight upon him that the chair upon which he sat was crushed to the floor. The hat, which undoubtedly s,ved his life, was crushed to his head. Three large gashes were cut in the skull, from which the blood ran profuse)y,
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
The Lick TelescOpe.

The announcement that the gigantic Lick telescope on Mount Hamilton in California is at last ready for it's work of exploring the heavens will interest many people besides the astronomers. This is the greatest refracting telescope in the world, and now that it's maker, Alvan Clark, is dead, there is very little prob ability that it will ever have & rival, unless soms unexpected discovery should greatly ad- vases the sxt of telescope making.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
New York State Finances.

The condition of the finances of the State nas improved during the fiscal year. The debt has been reduced Sl, 73O, POO by the pay ment of S10o,p00 Niagara Reservation bond, and Si ,66 ',2J0 canal bonds
 On the Soth day of Sept. mber, 1884, the total funded debt was S7, ,557, GOA ST, classified as follows: "e Indian annuiti (general fund). $ 122 2644S7 S:nAi ueDs- .-.-:---.---.--.--... 6,64i, ,3lO.OO NisSArs reservation bonds.-.. S)O,OO). .0O
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
Consumption eure1y cured.

To the Editor:-Please inform your readers that l have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By it's timely use thousands ot hopeless cases have been permanently cured. shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your readers who have con- sumption if they will send me their Express and P. o. address Respectfully,
 IT A SLOCIIM MIG. 1S1 Pearl St.. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
Tho HOmeliest Man in Town,

As well as the handsomest and others are invited to call on any druggist and get Jree a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling entirely upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma Bronchitis and Consumption. Largo bottles 5O csnts and $l.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
The Czar's Justice.

A telegram from the Russian frontier states that the eight Nihilists, including the Cossack Tschneroff, who were condemned to death for making an attempt upon the life of the Czar during his visit to the Don Cossack country, were hanged at St. Petersburg on Jan. 2
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
Tho Cutest Little Things.

"Cute!' he echoed: Well I don't know as just that connection. But if you mean that they do their work thoroughly, let make no fuss about it; cause no pain or weakness; and, in short, gre everything that a pill ought to be, and nothing that it ought not then agree that Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets arc about the cuteSt little thingsYoingl
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

a railroad car entirely of wood pulp. He claims that it will be indes tructible either by fire or by shock. Such a,car is needed.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

Mrs. Mary Gallagher of South Bethlehem, Pa., is very active woman for her age, which is 104 years. The other evening she went to party and danced an Irish jig to the music of
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

German family named Cleve recently cele- | brated the 2)Oth anniversary of the date when one of their ancestors was first selected as a postal clerk, place tht has been handed down in the family since.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
, S1,567, ,G04S7 Aggregate sinking fund 4,O6l 'ISS S4

Total debt unprovided for. ... S35 5 5SI6 O3 This favorable exhibit shows that the State of New York is practically out of debt
 The tax rate for the current fiscal year is swo and seven-tenths mills, which on the pre- J. snt assessed valuation will yield So, 075, ,O46 OS
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

By means of . solution and an instrument called a NebuliZer the worst case of Catarrh can be quickly and pleasantly cured. For par ticulars address City Hall Pharmacy, 26A B'way, New York Free pamphlet.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

Is that Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured thousands of people who suffered severely with rheumatism. It neutralizes the tactic acid in the blood which causes those terrible pains and aches and also vfalzes and enriches the blood thus preventing the recurrence of the disease. These facts warrant us in urging you, if you suffer with rheumatism, to give Hoods Sarsaparilla a trial
 Having been troubled with inhammatory rheu matism for many years, my favorable attention was called to Hoods Sarsaparilla. have now used three bottles and can already testify beneficial results highly recommend it as . great blood purifier J. c. AYERS, West Bloomfield, N. Y.
 Hoods SarSaparilla Sold by all druggists. q six for s. Prepared oaJ by c. I. HOOD & CO, Apothecar1es. Lowell Mass.
 100 Doses One Dollar
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

'RoYAL GLUE" mends anything! Broken China, Glass, Wood. Free vials at Drugs & Gro.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11

Mild, soothing and healing is Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-11
HIS PHOTO.

The venerable beno- factor of mankind, intent upon his good works, is known as we sec him hero. His familiar face and