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The Press., 1890-01-30
Philadelphia Times.) THE CRUELTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS

An exception to the usual dullness of public documents is found in the report of the commissioner of labor on marriages and divorees for 1889. This can be said of only portion of the volume, for part of it is devoted to 6 reproduction of the laws of the various states relating to mar riage and divorce, and there is nothing more devoid of interest to the average reader than book of statutes, unless it be treatise on theology.
 That portion of the volume, however, which treats of the peculiar kinds of cruelty practiced by 45,731 husbands against their wives and by 6,122 wives against their husbands is of consuming in- terest. One women was granted Q divorce because her husband persisted in coming home at 10 o'clock at night and keeping her awake talking. This she called men, tai anguish and the court agreed with her. Another woman secured 8 divorce because her husband cut off her bangs by force, and still another because her spouse re- fused to cut his toe nails. One wife's feelings were lacerated to the point of legal separation because her husband would not wash himself, thus causing her great men, wife were outraged past cure because her husband said her sister was thief.
 Some of the cases of cruelty practiced by wives upon their husbands were equally heart-rending. One wife cruelty refused to sew on her husbands buttons, wit ness testifying to having seen him with but one button to his vest. To add to his anguish and the sympathy of the court this cruel wife restrained her loving hus- band from going to fires at night. An other wife charged her husband with be- ing no man at all, which so wrung his heartstrings that nothing short of a divorce would allay his anguish. A wife who pulled her husband out of bed by his whiskers was adjudged by the court fit only to travel in single harness unless she could find an- other man who didn't mind having his whiskers pulled. A wife who weighed 19O pounds broke her husbands ribs with stovelid, and another lost her husband because she cruelty and maliciously beat him with her hustle.
 These specimens of marital cruelty will lead the average reader to cease wondering that marriage is a failure in so many in- stanc s. Their publication will also con- vince the public that department reports may serve some other use than to 0eE- onstrate to constituents that the congress men who distribute them are great men. If the reports on marriage and divorce that follow maintain the thrilling interest of the first number, sensational newspapers may as well go out of business at once. No one will read divorce case in the newspapers who can get whole volume of divorce cases for nothing.
The Press., 1890-01-30

Prudence Crandall Philleo, to whom the state of Connecticut, not very long ago, did tardy act of justice, died on Tues day, of the grip, at her home in Elk Falls. Kansas. She was driven from the state years ago for trying to teach negro school in the town of Canterbury. The legislature, in 1886, after much discussion and delay, voted her pension, and this action was due chiefly to the efforts of the late Stephen A. Hubbard, of the Hartford Courant, who became thoroughly familiar with the case, presented it forcibly, and interested others in it's support.
The Press., 1890-01-30

Maine newspapers on Friday and Satur- day report the ice men along the Kennebec and Penobscot feeling and looking happy. The Ice is thickening satisfactorily, and orders are pouring in by mail and tele : graph. The disposition now is to cut and house as much ice as possible, on the chance that the Hudson River ice men and other competitors may get left "Nearly all the companies" notes the Kennebec Journal, sare holding their ice at $1.5O per ton in the houses and the others are not making prices, thinking that the out look justi6es better fgure.'
The Press., 1890-01-30

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 The only question is: Do you want the Kabo kind of a corset3
 We have a primer. on Cor sets for you at the store.
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The Press., 1890-01-30

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The Press., 1890-01-30

Once upon time James Russel Lowell wrote to Harriet Beecher Stowe: "As' to orthodoxy be at cage. Whatever is well done the world finds orthodox at last, in spite of all the Fakir journals, whose only notion of orthodoxy seems to be the power of standing in one position till you lose all use of your limbs. * * Go on just as you have begun, and make it appear in as many ways as you like,-that, whatever creed may be true, it is not true, and nev. CT will be, that man can be saved by ma chinery."
The Press., 1890-01-30

Prohibition delegates from towns in Holland county held convention yesterday afternoon. All towns reported progress except Stafford Springs. J. T. Melbourne, B. A. Cleaveland and F. N. Crane of Staf- ford were chosen a county committee, and J. T. Melbourne of Stafford, Rev. O. W. Scott and w. B. Martin of Rockville mem bers of the state committee. Prof. Samuel Dickie, chairman of the national executive committee, was to have addressed mass meeting last evening, but was prevented by a severe attack of the influenza.
The Press., 1890-01-30

Considerable mention has been made of late in the newspapers of the sale to an English syndicate of the famous ''PIlls- bury mills'' in Minneapolis. Our readers will notice from the advertisement in this issue that the management remains in the same hands, and that the quality of the Pillsbury's best four, now so widely known, will never be anything but the best, so long as Charles A. Pillsbury is at the head. The out turn of these mills is over 10000 barrels daily.
The Press., 1890-01-30
Died.

Coventry, 18th, Thomas B. Walker, 50; 27th, Elijah M. Norcott, 72.
 Hartford, 18th, Eliza A., 72, widow of the Rockville.
 Dayville, 24th, George Dawson, 53. Burial at Stafford Springs cemetery.
 Stafford Springs, 24th, John W. Fitzpatrick 61.
 Ellington, Dec. 22d, Eunice filling, 77 Jan. 17th, Eliza Goodell, S5. Willimantic, 25th, Mary, widow of the late Peter Ashton, and sister to George A. Lucas of Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1890-01-30

ST. LOUIS wants the worlds fair, but above all things does not want Chicago to have It. Senator, Vest is reported to have said, ''If the contest were between Hades and Chicago, I would gladly vote for Hades." This sort of feeling, if expressed with that sort oi frankness, will not help to materialize worlds fair for any place.
The Press., 1890-01-30

ANY unusual excellence in this weeks issue ia accounted for by the absence of the senior from the office since Thursday last. Not the grip, but plain, every day, old fashioned cold. without frills or trimming, or any dis +;non;shinp feature, save its unusual size.
The Press., 1890-01-30

At meeting of the executive commit tee of the State Temperance Union. held in Hartford, Monday. Rev. J. H. James was appointed secretary, to assume the du. ties of the office in April next, on the com pletion of his years pastorate of the church in Plymouth, Mass. It is expected that MT. James will again make it his home in Rockville, very much to the grat. ification of his many friends in that city.
The Press., 1890-01-30

The congressional worlds fair commit. tee committee consists of nine, of which two are pledged to each of the contesting cities. The Chairman, Candler, of Mass. has not expressed himself in favor of any particular place. He has the sympathy oi all people who have barely escaped being talked to death.
The Press., 1890-01-30

Some of the women temperance workers who believe that their effort should be non-partisan, and moral rather than politi- cal, have organized at Cleveland a Wo- mans Christian Temperance League, which will work on the lines originally followed by the W. 0. T. U. before it dropped into politics.
The Press., 1890-01-30

Cor. HENRY M. PHnLPs, republican, has been appointed postmaster at Springfield, in place of Col. John l.. Rice, who displaced 8 republican postmaster four years ago.
The Press., 1890-01-30

ENOUND-A Buffalo Robe, which the owner N may have by proving property and paying charges. by calling at J. O. TOWARDS Livery Sta ble, Stafford Springs. Sw
The Press., 1890-01-30

"Jubal Early will not accept national bank note bearing the portrait of General Grant," remarks the Jefferson Jimplicute. Neither will he accept confederate money in full payment for the services he renders the great lottery swindle but he will, for a financial consideration, lend his name to a scheme which is daily carrying misery into inc homes of thousands of people, who, but for him and General Beauregard would not pour the fruits of their hard toll into the unsuitable nav of the Louis jana Robbery company. Houston (1e1. Tribune
The Press., 1890-01-30

JAnEsMcLAUaHL1N 6 soN, ,PUBLIsHERs. .15o per year. $1.25 when paid strictly in advance
The Press., 1890-01-30

GTORE TO RENT.-Room formerly occu- O pied by the Mineral Springs Co.'s Office.
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The Press., 1890-01-30
EOR SALE!

My Residence, FAIRvIEw, with land sufficient for 10 Building Lots A valuable property and will be sold cheap. Call and look at it.
 ". F. NEEOHAM, 2sjan4w Stafford Springs, Conn.
The Press., 1890-01-30

(Notices of births, marriages and deaths inserted free when sent in by friends Obituaries, in prose or verse, beyond notices of death, at half ad- vertisipg rates.) Stafford Springs, 20th, daughter to A. F. Bemis
The Press., 1890-01-30

Hartford Courant: A recent decision of the supreme court of this state in regard to the liability of towns, which neglect to erect and maintain guide-posts, as required by law, is of such general interest that an outline of the case IS presented It is the only one under this law that has ever come before the court. The opinion is given by Judge Beardsley, all of the other judges concurring.
 N. $. Bronson brought action to recover penalty of the town of Washington for neglecting to erect and maintain guide post at a certain and convenient place, as required by law, and continuing such neg lect for the space of one year from a speci- fled date.
 The defense of the town was
 First-That the law does not require the town to erect or maintain such guide-posts, mated by vote of the town or by appropriate court held that the designation of sites by the towns under the old law was uncon. ditionally repealed and the new and com. paratively simple law substituted for it. and that the selectmen were to go forward and erect such posts without prior direc tions from the town.
 M punished except for wilful neglect, or re fusal of action on due request, neither which was alleged. As to this, the cour held that the law made the town liable fol simple neglect, and saw no reason why i should be alleged that it did both. Third-That the town could not be law fully punished for the neglect of the select men. The court held that the town is thu responsible agent, and the statutes mak' it liable, and not the selectmen.
 Fourth-That the complaint nowhere al leges that the selectmen did not erect guide-post at the place mentioned. Tn court held that the allegation is, in effect involved in the one charging the tow with neglect. The town could not b guilty of neglect if the selectmen ha' erected sufficient post. ...
 It,will be seen by the above that, ol each point raised by the town, the decis ion of the court is against it, and any towl that simply negleets to erect and maintain guide posts, as required by law, is liabl to an annual forfeit of five dollars for eac case of nevlt ct How many selectmen ii the state can say {: My town is safe 2
The Press., 1890-01-30
THE ELYTON LAND COMPA-

NY, (of Birmingham, Ala ) was incor- porated in 1870 with cash capital of $1OO,- GOO, which was expended in land. The capital stock was then fixed at $2oO, ,OOo In the year 1883 dividend of $2OO, ,oOO, or 100 per cent. on the capital stock, was declared. Since that time dividends have been pa d as follows:
 1884, 95 Ter Cent. 1885, 45 |"
 1886. $40 |"
 1887, 2.2O5
 1888, 100 .s :"
 Amounting in the aggregate to $5, ,57O, ,O0O paid on stock in six years upon an investment of $1oO,000. The property now owned by the company is worth probably $5, GOO, 900. The Stock of the company sold few years ago at $4 900 share. It sold in 1876 at $17 share. Florence, Ala, with very favorable physical conditions, with population of some 5000, a growth from less than 2,OOO in | 1887, with diversified manufactories in suc- cessful operati n. The foundation for the largest cotton mill in the south (53, ,OOO spin dles) nearly completed. The first iron fur mace began operations in October. Its daily profits are not less than $3OO Its second iron furnace and a rolling mill will be in operation as soon as men and money can con- struct and operate them. These industries l alone will call for several thousand new peo- pie, and are only a beginning of what the near future will develop. Philadelphia cap italsts have recently invested more than one million dollars in real estate and other enter prises in Florence. I am offering limited number of shares of Florence Land Syndi- cate Stock, par value $1O0, at $25 per share, non assessib e. The Syndicate own 700 acres of land, nearly 5000 lots within the limits of the city of Florence. Read what the Elyton Land Company have done, remembering there are many who are thoroughly acquainted with thej condition of both cities who fully | believe the city of Florence has superior ad. vantages, and that ind cations point to grand CT results for her than even that achieved by Birmingham.
The Press., 1890-01-30

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The Press., 1890-01-30

YsHE Legislature of Connecticut says ;-
 \ Trustees Conservators, Administrators, Exec ntors or Guardians may purchase with trust funds the Middlesex Banking CompanFs per cent. Dt. benture Bond free from taxation (upon the payment of mills a year), the amount of issue limited by law. For sale by J. J.F.CHAMBERLlN.
The Press., 1890-01-30

THE firm of J. c. Wightman & Son is this 1 day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons acconntS. The business win he continued by John C.. Wightman. Thanking tile public for past favors, and soliciting continuance of the same, we remain
 Stafford, Oonn J. 0. WIGHTMAN,
 Jan. 8, 1890. J. G. WIGHTMAN.
The Press., 1890-01-30
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TOR SALE-A few Choice Building Lots N on East- -Main-st. T. F. NEEDlAM
, 1890-02-23

A prominent railroad official stated
the other day that but for the TACT thai
t~wo-thirds of them use passes the men OF
wealth and prominence in the nations
affairs would be among the best patrons
of the roads.
"As it is" he added, '.they are the
most frequent passengers. Some of them
spend as many hours in railroad cars as
they do at their hones and journey all
the way from twenty 10 forty thousand
miles a year"
The registers of all the well known ho-
tells reveal the names of men who come
here every week or two, travelling hun
dreds of miles and thinking little or moth
ing Of the trip.
In fact, Mr.. George Pullmsn has he
come 50 popular as a host that many men
do a large part OF their dictation and cor
r~espondence while in his charge and take
their secretaries along with them for
that purpose.
a rapidly growing tendency, too, is
for a man to nave his own car, request
the railroad president to dead head it
over his line and branches, and thus he
brings his family and all his friends
along. When an, express train is be-
hind time ask the condudor the reason
FOR h delay, and nine chances out OF
ten he will answer:
I'VE had to hitch on Mr.. So-and-So's
car. He's making the trip with u.s."
But there are still a great many people
who cannot indulge in the luxury of a
10000 house on wheels, and il you can
put that amount of money into one there
, 1890-02-23

Prof. E. Clarke, the world famous taxi
dermist and f%urrier, has Just received the
last Of the electrical machinery for the
mounting of animals. birds etc, which
y! will give him results ah never nsvsan before pr attained med
send them or call and zee it 70 through
West Sixteenth street and don't you for
get the electrical process.
, 1890-02-23

A middle aged colored man entered a
Brooklyn car the other evening with a
basket containing wine in his hand, evil
IDENTIFY sent to make a delivery. He man
aged to get a seat, and when the conduc-
tor came around to collect his fare he
never bothered about pockets or pocket
books, but simply placed his hand m one
of his capacious ears and drew forth the
shining nickel. To say that conductor
and passengers were surprised puts it
mildly. The conductor, on recovering
himself, ~thereupon remarked: "Why do
carry your money there, captain
Cause it's handy. sir" replied the son
of Ham, and the passengers all laughed
at the wrinkle in money pouches. 1t was
observed that he carried another nickel
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Pure Lard.
Pork Sausage, Bologna
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-11

The pedler is abroad in the lznd.
Farmers and town people both shonh
look we'll to what they purchase Of
him. To buy of pedler is like buying
D "pig in . poke, you do not know
what yoH are getting IN nine cases
cut of ten. The business OF the ped
Ter Is to make the most Of the present
deal. You may lever see him again.
and he conducts ilimself accordingly.
Your local merchant Is responsible:
he must sell SO as to hold your trads,
and consequently he gives you fair
dealing. If his prices appear higher.
it Is only in appearance. WheR you
count the short weight and measure
eff the petllers or freight To- be added
tO bis goels, you will End 1t more
proft&ble, anil satisfactory, 10 deal
with Jour own merchant. An0.her
argument In favor 0s local patronage
l.. all moIley spent at home will help
tlle town, aud this viii have am in
auence on the country: but the ped.
lsE takes il ali away with him.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-11
THE GREAT THREsAER TRusT,

The country has been stirred up
for some years by the action of
wealthy manufacturers and others in
their effOltS to concentrate capital
for the purpose Of controlling pr ces
and wages. During the recent politi.
Cal campaign this racket was worked
for all it was worth-and indeed we
are indebted to opposition political
parties for much that would neuer
otherwise come to the light.
The last and greatest of these com
oimations is the Thresher Trust.
And some of our cOnteMorarieS of
the republican persuasion are unkind
enough 10 charge this trust to the
success of the democratic party in
the recent elections. Now these ed
itors are no ignoramuses; they know
they are simply going beside the
truth for the purpose of misleading
their readers. And their unkindness
is not 10 the democratic party, but
their readers, by surprising them to
be ignorant enough to believe that
the men elected in November last
have had anything to do with COM
bines, or any other legislation.
If we were at all inclined to take a
political view of this matter, We
wVEM say that capitalists are show
ing undue haste to have everything
on the earth combined and cOnsOli-
dated befOr the democrats can get
into power to block their little game.
No, it is foreign to the nature and
principles Of the democrats to en-
courage monopOlies Of any kind. The
only one that we remember as com.
Ing to head prior to republican
rule was the United States Bank, and
General Jackson knocked that out in
the first round.
We have made some inquiry about
this Thresber Trust among those who
ought to know, and 10 does not seem
such Il formidable monopoly az some
would have it. IL. C. Fegel, Of Still
water, General Manager Of the
Minnesota Thresher Co., says there
is nothing that savors of trust about
the consolidation, but the design il
to save the companies from waists in
selling, and in protection from irres-
ponsible purchasers. The head Of an
other large establishment says The
principal object to be attained viii
! be to restrain local dealers from eat
ting prices below what is legitimate.
If this is all that is intended by the
consolidation, il would be more of q
benefit than loss to purchasers; for
where an article is sold at, or below
cost another article must be sold pro
pOrtiOnately higher to even up.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-11
m. c.lsfofn.. Na.lena, r.rls.

In regard to the bill which has pass
ed Congress creating national park,
70 be known as Sequota Park. the San
Francisco call remarks: The Land to
be inclOsed In he park win cover so,
600 acres. It embraces nearly the
whole Of the tract which IL we'll known
to the people Of Tulare as the region
Of the Big Trees; is situated some
forty-ivc miles northeast OF Vasalia,
at an elevation OF from 6, 900 TO 1000
feet and spreads almost without
break from Kings River to Kahweah
River. In Mariposa. Calaveraa and
Humboldt she giant sequolas occur in
In clumps In the MIDST OF forests OF
other growths. In Tuiare they are
almost continuous. the trveler can
journey all day ON horseback withoue
ever losing sight Of them. They are
nearly, IL not quite. the most gigantic
OF the sequoias; trees have been seen
which measured 100 feet and over In
circumference ut the base and over
800 feet In height