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Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28

The example Of the United States in
recognizing the flag Of the international
Association, now the Independent State
Of Congo, was followed by all the pow
ers cf Europe, arr under this name.
with tie asselo Of the Belgian govern
meat, It entered into the family Of na-
ti0ns. and ia illustriOus founder is car
rying on effectively a model government
in the interests Of civilization and free
dom. Several Belgian companies have
been organized and are developing its
resources, the principal one Of which 4
q railroad company with 5000, 900 cap
ital. now engaged in building q railroad
around the cat8raCts a distance ~ aoout
ESQ miles. from Matadi 10 Stanley Pool
As The American flag. borne 10y SFn-
lev. was the first ono displayed % the
natives IN his voyage # exploration
down that river. so the American fag
was the frst displayed on the waters Of
the Upper Congo, leading the vanguard
# ooIEmeroe. The Sanford exploring
expedition, organized the 2th u June,
1856, lsuuched tho Florida. the first co-a-
merclal steamer on the waters # the
Congo. after 2 year q laborious effort N
Transporting Il, mostly u sixty pound
parcels, oa The hesds of some two thou-
send poTteTs. This was followed BY the
little steamer New York. and AZ the ex-
pirstsoa q ifs term f two ard half
years vas taken over By the Belgian
Company Z Commerce on the Upper
Congo On the 9Th e Jul7, 1887, was
formed TIE Belgian Company IF Com
meToe and Industry. Which Is TIRE parent,
80 70 say. q The FIVE OF az Re gsR
Coneo connsnies. ali successfully wCTs-
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28

ing there. To show the growing popu-
larity of Congo enterprises, held in such
disfavor when the Sanford exploring ex-
petition was formed that only one-third
Of its little capital of 30o, 900 francs could
be obtained from Belgians, it may be
stated that at recent increase Of capi-
tai of the Haut Congo company to {, ,00o,-
eco francs the public subscription was
covered ninefold.-Col. Henry Sanford
i,l Eoy11yY1
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28

"Gcod-by. husband, YCu7l take roo6
csrs of yourself, won't you, tl yoa come
back
Il viii. dear. In wearing that rex
shirt you made for ne Iwouldn't 1s
found vita thst shirs ca ~ body.
Mara. for tbeasSIl y arids- Chicago
Iri6une
The Press., 1890-01-09

F. WAYLAND PRESTON, .. AUCTIONEER
 A UCTION.-Farm, Wood Lot, Personal "A Property will sell at auction (to close the tate) the following described property the prem lses. Saturday, Jan. 1S 1890, at 10 o'clock Farm of 90 acres situated in the north part of Wilngton known the Clark R. Mt rse place. is in good state of cultivation, good story and < house with l. paint ed and binded wood house, carriage and tool house,
 large barn and sheds all in good repair good pasture and well watered moving can mostly be done with machine, also adjoining the above described property 29 acres well covered with heavy wood and timber situated good road and can draw full load from any part of the lot. Personal: One good farrow Cow 10 tons good Hay, quantity second quality Hay, Rye Straw and Corn Fodder, good Ox-Cart, Ox-Sled, l 1-horse farm wagon, nearly new, Buggy Wagon, row, Cutting Machine, Harrow, several Forks and Chains, Saws, Chisels Grindstone, 3 sleighs bushe Rye. Household Goods, consisting of good Cook Stove, etc. 10 Swarms Bees and other things too numerous to mention. Terms made known day of sale. ANNETTE MORSE, Executrix.
 Wilmington, Conn.,, Jan. 8, 1890.
The Press., 1890-01-09

FASHION decrees for 1890 small bonnets and large hats. Let it further decree that the bon net and not the hat is to be worn to the the theater.
The Press., 1890-01-09

WE have been highly favored in the degree of mildness with which the grip has treated it's victims in this vicinity. In some places business has been seriously interfered with by the epidemic, and fatalities have ensued from pneumonia or other complications re- sulting from it's attacks.
The Press., 1890-01-09

HoN. N. D. SHERRY has been put back in his old place as postmaster of New Haven. Under his former management it was regard ed as the model office of the country.
The Press., 1890-01-09

OPINIONS have been expressed that in place of our winters we are now getting the rainy season of the tropics. But where did the compensating dry season come in?
The Press., 1890-01-09

THE Hartford correspondent of the Spring field Sunday republican has received sufficient prophetic light to mark ex-Congressman Carlos French as the democratic candidate for gov ernor in go, and has named Hon. LII. Fuller of Putnam as ieutenant-governor and Geo. P. Mclean of simsbury secretary of state on the republican ticket.
The Press., 1890-01-09

NEXT weeks state grange meeting at Wllll- mantle will draw to that borough many of the grangers of eastern Connecticut, as well as delegates from all the state granges.
The Press., 1890-01-09

THs morning there is light coating of snow upon the ground, and Boreas is 'hustl- ing" The weather seems quite out of sea- son, quite like that that we have been reading of as prevailing in Kansas, Texas, and Geor-
The Press., 1890-01-09

LEADING congressman are predicting that the present session will be ended by the mid de of July. If anything defeats this purpose it will be long contests oyer disputed seats.
The Press., 1890-01-09

The International copyright bill will probably be reported very promptly to the house by the committee on patents. This subject has always been considered by the committee on patents in the senate, but it has hitherto been considered by the judic- iary committee in the house. So on Tues day Speaker Reed referred the bill intro dnced by W. c. P. Breckinridge to the judiciary committee, in spite of the sug- gestion of MT. Simonds ot Connecticut that it ought to go to the patents commit tee. Subsequently Mir. Simonds intro duced the same bill and had it referred to the patents committee, from which it will be reported formally, promptly, and by which it will be pressed as it has never been by the judiciary committee.
The Press., 1890-01-09

Willimantic; 3d, by Rev. K. B. Glidden of Mansfield, pr. J. D. Bentley of Willimantic and Gertrude Barnsdell of Mansfield.
 Willington, 3d, at the Baptist parsonage, by Rev. Wilson R Terry, Louis A. Baker and Mary J. Walker, both of Willingten.
 South Coventry, 9th, by Rev. John Pearse, lbert Richmond and Mrs. Roxy Dutton.
The Press., 1890-01-09

TEE different state legislatures are now al work. In Ohio democratic senator is to be chosen to succeed Senator Payne, who seems to be out of the contest himself. Calvin s. Brice, chairman of the national democratic committee, seems likely to get the office, tho for many years he has been voter in New York. The new state of Montana has chosen four senators, two of each party, there being two legislatures sitting, each claiming to be the "only true one," and one recognized by the democratic governor, the other by the balance of the state officers and the local courts, which are republican. The contest ing senators will carry their fight into the senate chamber at Washington
The Press., 1890-01-09
ID led .

New York City, 9th, Franklin w. Patten, 37 years, months.
 Wilmington (village HilD, Dec. 26th, Leroy l.. Blair, 19 years, months.
The Press., 1890-01-09

Amos Munroe, who has kept the Brim- field hotel some % years, has sold 1t to John Bacon. Mir. Munroe has bought the place formerly owned by Silas o. Herring.
The Press., 1890-01-09

found the other day by Miss Fannie Boulay of Putnam. Upon cutting one open in the interior were to be seen two snakes, measuring three inches in length. There appeared to be no orifice whereby they could have gotten inside.
The Press., 1890-01-09

AUTUMN, lingering, warms the lap of win ter, and icemen are beginning to feel anxious.
The Press., 1890-01-09
To THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM.

TNO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM. 1 MISSIONERS FOR HOLLAND COUNTY: hereby apply for License to sell Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and Cider at No II Msin-st, Town of Stafford direct line of Church Edifce or Public School. house. .t+ @
 Dated at Stafford this 26th day of November, 1889.
 T.J. CHALK. We, the undersigned, electors and tax payers ot the Town of Stafford. hereby endorse the application of the above named Thomas Chalk for such license And we hereby certify that have not endorsed the application of any other person.
 Dated at Stafford this 26th day of November, 1889. .e -... LEVI GARY, .. MICHAEL J. CORCORAN, JOHN ROCKWELL,
 GILBERT CHAPTER, ABNER NEEDHAM, Hereby Certify that the above-named endorserl electors and tax payers. defined by law, of the town of Stafford. W. H. BLACK, Town Clerk. Dated at Stafford this 9th day of January, 1890.
The Press., 1890-01-09

The illness of Judge Kelley, of Phila- delphia, of the national house of repre-. sentatives, the father of the house, is se- rious affair, but he is not in danger of i'm mediate death. He was operated upon by tho late Professor Gross, of Philadelphia, in 1883, for cancer of the tongue. Tha, trouble has reappeared with complica. tion of catarrhal and consumptive symp. toms. Mir. Kelley is seventy five years ol age, and his condition is therefore grave but not alarming. He believes that he will be able to take his seat again, but his friends do not share in this hope.
The Press., 1890-01-09

TIE national debt was reduced during De- cember $3, ,128, ,093.
The Press., 1890-01-09
Thursday Evening, Jaa. 9, 1890.

4f1 JAMEsMcLAUeHLIN lS 'SoN PUBLISHERS. I 50 per year. s1.25 when paid strictly in advance
The Press., 1890-01-09
THE souTH's FUTURE.

No one can study the condition of the South today without being amazed at the prospects for the future. No language can adequately describe the possibilities of this section, nor exaggerate the wonderful period of prosperity which it has now CT tered upon. With the largest crops ever produced for three consecutive years, 1887 exceeding in corn ard cotton ever made up to that time, 1888 snrpassing lSs7 and 1889 reaching to still higher figures and all bringing good prices, tue south would be considered wonderfully favored if these big crops alone were all the blessings which had been recently given to it. But to these are to be added the greatest in- dustri.l development which the world has ever seen, furnishing profitable employ ment for every man who wants to work !; the building of railroads, nearly one half of all the new mileage constructed in the whole country, since the first of the year having been in tie south, the heavy traffic now yielding large profits to southern roads, the marked advance in iron making a very profitable market for every ton of iron which the southern furnaces can pro- duce, these are some of the blessings which the south HOW en1oys. And they come at time when the whole world is making a great advance movement, when the de- velopmei4t of the South American trade, the construction of. the Nlcarauguan canal, the certainty of increased ship building in tere sts in this country, all find the south inst r. ady 10 secure the greatest share of all the bent fit that must arise from this remarkable combination of circumstances, What about Florence, Alabama Perhaps l can interest you.
 Call and see. ,:
The Press., 1890-01-09

Hartford Courant Thirty years ago . young brakeman used to make daily tnps on the solitary freight train over the New London, Wiliimantic & Palmer railroad. then in it's infancy. Last week the same person, now fine portly gentleman, took his seat in the Massachusetts legislature, and the gentlemanly character of the faith quarter of a century is too we'll known to the travelling public to need any further mention of Representative Horace H. Saunders.
The Press., 1890-01-09
M aFFfed c

Notices of births, marriages and deaths inserted free, when sent in by friends Obituaries, in prost verse, beyond mere notices of death, at half ad
 vcrtising rates)
The Press., 1890-01-09

N. Y. Mail and Express At present, according to the most reliable estimates, the population of New York City is not far from 1,6OO.0OO. The total reported number of deaths from all causes last week was 1,2O2-a large total certainly, but still one that represents only one death to ev. cry 1880 people in the city. Thus the baselessness of the hysterical fright into which some of our esteemed contempo. raries have been thrown is readily seen. The ludicrously wild assertion of one oi these that t''more than thirty nine out o1 every thousand people in New York per. ished last week" is proof of the way in which fear of the ''grip" makes some peo pie lose their grip on the commonest rules and principles of mathematics.
The Press., 1890-01-09

eff you know of any one who has New London Northern Railroad stock to sell, !, send him to me-" said a prominent New London citizen Saturday, II tell you, !" he continued, there's something in the wind. I don't know what it is exactly, but broker has authorized me to buy all the stock that is offered and to pay as high as 14O or 15O for it. The first mortgage bonds of the road pay per cent. and for 2 number of years past the stock has been quoted at 120 or whereabouts. The fact that some one is willing to pay 40 or 15O for the stock indicates that there is some powerful motive behind the movement. "The actual paying value of the stock would not warrant its purchase at 40, , said New London Northern official Sat- urday. The New London Northern was built in 1s47 and extended only to Willi- mantle. By extensions and purchases it reached in 1857 to Millers Falls, and in 1880 to Brattleboro, Vt., a distance of 121 miles. In 1871 the road was leased for twenty years by the Central Vermont Company. The annual rental is $15O, ,00O and $15, 900 additional for every $l00, 900 of earning above $51O, ,0O0. The officers of the company say that if any stock is want ed it is probably only by individuals for investment. The lease to the Vermont Central expires December 1, 1891. The Vermont Central wants to renew the New York and New England needs the road and the Boston and Albany wants the section between Palmer and New London very badly. .-Hartord Times.
The Press., 1890-01-09

s Captain Henry F. Picking, the hydro grapher of the navy department at Wash ington, writing of the remarkable change in the climate, summarily disposes of the gulf stream theory. He says: "We have no reports of observations to show that the course of the gulf stream has for 8 considerable length of time differed great ly from its mean position, and we should have received such reports had there been such a change. This direct evidence that the mild weather along the coast is not caused by a change in the course of the gulf stream is supplemented by the fact that continuous mild weather prevailed far in the interior to the westward of the Alleghanies, where the effect on the wealth CT of even considerable change in the course of the gulf stream must be inap- preciable." -
The Press., 1890-01-09

An extraordinary number of cold wave have run of the track on their way iron the west this season. When the next on' is announced to have started, Genera Greedy would do well to spike the switche and see if he can't land it safely in Nev York.-Zribune.
The Press., 1890-01-09

Alonzo Williams, colored lad about 20 years old, living in Harrisville, near Put. nam, while handling pistol last Monday morning was cautioned by his mother. to be careful. He replied that it was moi loaded, when the pistol was discharged, the ball entering the head of his baby brother aged year and 8 half. The child died an hour later.
The Press., 1890-01-09
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blg Sprlngi WIS, Jan. l, lSSO.
 This spring is in the southern end of Adams County and between the two rivers Wisconsin and Fox. It Is in valley where there is good deal of clay soil, white and red. the latter of which, especially, is of a quality to make mud both deep and sticky. The red clay mud is about as pure an article as l have seen among the clay soils. It soon forms, adheres firmly and dries up slowly. It holds water well. Big Spring pours out stream whi.h speedily forms 8 pond and then river, on which, in short distances, are good water powers, which are utilized in part for milling pur- poses. Flour and feed mills are the class most common. A great amount of buck wheat is ground here for home consump- tion and also for distant markets. Big Spring is in region of considerable tim Der wood fuel is abundant and cheap ; water is plenty and good farms are usual. ly productive. Right here considerable hay is made, but back on what IS called the Divide there is less grass land and less water. Some farmers never feed hay, but straw and stalks instead.
 Usually there is a good body of snow the winter through, but up to the present time there has been none to speak of. December is now past and the ground is bare of snow, but wet and muddy. All through the monthIthe weather was varia- ble. With the exception of one or two brief cold waves the temperature was spring like. Considerable rain fell. The little snow that did come soon melted.
 Farmers have been doing spring work, such as ploughing, fence making and get ting out manure, all the month Still they are not happy. Crops were bounti- full, but prices are low. However, this is true all through the country. Farmers are not getting enough for grains or stock to pay for the trouble of marketing. This is the fact, and it is true where the mar kets are in reasonable distances. The cause of it somebody ought 10 search out. Over production we do not believe to be the cause, because the market takes all that is offered at the present rates, and ii is disposed of. The farmer puts price on nothing. He goes to the market with his grain or beef and is not asked what he will take, but is told what he can get. If he wishes to buy he is not asked what he will give, but is given prices which he must give or go without No account is made of the cost to him of bushel of wheat or corn, or of his pound of beef ol pork. The farmer is entitled to little more consideration. This is beautiful section of country and there are many fine farms, but the farmers labor is not ad equately renumerated. Who can help the farmer? o. P. CHAMPLIN.
The Press., 1890-01-09

0R DOLLARS Reward will be paid for Ac information that will convict the person or persons that have taken trout from the cemetery pond. GEO. o. CLEAvELAND, Superintendent for Stafford Springs Cemetery Association. THE Board of Relief for the town of Staff ford will hold meetings at Borough Hall, Staf- ford Springs, Saturday, Jan. 11th; West Stafford post ofce Tuesday. Jan. 14th at town hall, Staf- ford Saturday, Jan. 18th, at 10 R. each of said days t ~...3y. . A. D. CADY. E. ! Board
 HENRY J. woRTHINGTON, of
 J. M. LORD, Relief. Stafford, Conn.,, Jan. 9th, 1890.
The Press., 1890-01-09

MT. George W. Cable was recently at Nashville the dinner-guest of gentleman of African descent, a gentleman of means,
 who is, according to writer in ''The Nashville American" "honest and intel igent, leader of his race, and thoroughly respectful and respected" According to the same writer, however, MT. Cables act in sitting down at the table was thorough ly wrong ;'' it was Gan insult to the white citizens of Nashville and an outrage upon an honest mans sense of decency ;" and, in brief, "Mr. Gable committed crime, and 1t is no wonder that he is referred to by southern critics as renegade and 'traitor'" This is white mans country, by gahd, sah /!
The Press., 1890-01-09

The third annual convention of the Con- necticut fruit growers Cider and Cider Vinegar Makers Association will be held at the capitol building, Hartford, Conn.,, Tuesday, Jan IA. ll'-I
The Press., 1890-01-09

FIRsx NATIONAL BANK OF STAFFORD STRINGS. !
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, Dec. 3l, 1888. TNHE annual meeting of the stockholders of \ the First National Bank of Stafford Springs for the choice of directors and for the transaction of any other proper business will be held at their banking rooms on Tuesday, the 14th day of January, A. D. 1890, at 10 o'clock Q. Tn.
 VIM. M. CoRBIN, Cashier.
The Press., 1890-01-09

The oldest man in Iowa died at his home in Lansing last week. His name was La Pointe, and in less than three months more he would have been Ill. He emil grated from Montreal, (his birthplace) to Iowa about seventy-tive years ago." says the St. Louis Republic. ''He served thro' the Black Hawk war, and for sixteen years afterward under the British government. He went twice to California in the very early days, and visited St. Paul when the entire place was comprised in one small log hnt''
The Press., 1890-01-09

It is quite possible that the, N. Y. con- mission which has been looking for new site for Sing Sing prison may select one at Jonesborough, mile outside the city of Hudson. There is an ineAhaustible vein of marble at that place which it is proposed to have the prisoners q1arry, and thus do away with their competition with outside labor.
 If all the men are sent to the new prison who deserve to be eJonesborough will quick ly become bigger place than New York.
The Press., 1890-01-09

"New Years night" the Memphis Com mercial tells us, 'the M. B. church st Missionary Ridge, three miles east of Chat tanooga, gave strawberry festival to the general public. The strawberries, large, luscious and ripe, were gathered from the fields of J. w. Garber, near the church. This is the first instance on record here of a strawberry festival supplied with local berries on January l."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-19
WESTERN HOTEL,
CITY HOTEL

rNHE LEADING HOUSE OF SACRAMENTO,
Il Cal. Meals, 20 cents. VIM. LAND, Propri.
etor. Free Bus to aud from hotel 4ptf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-19
November 26. 1889, and it was reduced az
cordingly.
EXCITING RUNAwAYs.
Lively Incidents of the Excursion
Placeryille Yesterday

Lively Incidents of the Excursion to
Placerville Yesterday.
The e1cursionists to Placerville yester-
day were treated to an exciting incident
not down in the bills. The Pilot Hill stage
dashed up to the depot there, with two
men on the box, when the four horses at
tached to it took fright at the locomotive
and suddenly wheeled, upsetting the coach
and throwing the driver and his compan-
ion violently to the ground. The former
held to his lines, however, and when the
cloud of dust had blown away he was seen
to have control of the affrighted steeds.
Fortunately there were no passengers in
the coach, but the men on the box were
badly bruised.
Just then the locomotive blew a shrill
whistle, and the horses again started,
throwing the driver and his companion
over an embankment, and, getting away,
dashed off at terrific speed.
1t was afterward learned that in their
mad career they encountered two vehicles
filled with women and children. The
horses attached to these successfully took
fright and ran away, upsetting the vehicles
and throwing their occupants out. 1t was
stated that nobody was seriously injured,
but that several received painful bruises.