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Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
Now read Dr. Talmage's Christmas

NOw IeA0 O1. AMm1SoS S01ASsuoS sermon.
 Samuel A. Eddy gives whist party this evening
 The winter term of the village schools opens next Mond,y.
 Mrs Preston, of Sheffield, spent Christmas at Mrs Nelson Ham's.
 Mrs Mary A. Peet has been suffer ing several weeks with dyspepsia and is yet quite poorly.
 Editor VanKeuren of the Winsted Citizen paid flying visit to Canaan last Monday evening.
 Miss Pearl Ham is home from the Normal school at New Britain for the holiday vacation.
 Homer l.. Spaulding returns to Washington. D. O., to-day, after spend ing a ten days vacation at home.
 Miss Minnie Sardam, of Clayton, was the happy recipient of fine parlor organ; Christmas gift from her parents
 Rev E. 0. Starr, of Cornwall, occu pied the Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday, in exchange with Rev D. c. Stone.
 Mrs French, of South Britain, arrived Saturday at her former home. H. B. Stevens She has recently beeu dangerously ill. .-
 Conductor Travers and wife, who have been boarding at Campbell Hall the past three months. have returned to the Warner House.
 We hear from the majority of our correspondents to-day, but aA of oar correspondents will hear from us at the earliest opportunity.
 Two funeral processions arrived simultaneously at the lower cemetery about II o'clock Monday one convey. ing the remains of Mrs Luther Hicks, the other the remains of Edward Boinsy's little son.
 At the next meeting of the Aggasi2 Society (Tuesday Jan. 6) papers will be read on the consultations in January, >pace, and comets A full attendance is desired as some important matters must be talked up.
 It was manicure set in 8 beautiful :xidized case which the scholars of the High school room so adroitly presented rhe principal. Friday afternoon at the close of the Fall term. Many thanks were expressed and truly felt at such g kind remembrance.
 The studies for tine high school de- partment the coming term, as prescribed by members of school board and princi pal, are: For first division, Latin, arithmetic. English grammar, algebra. For second division, Latin, arithmetic, English grammar, physical geography For third division, English grammar arithmetic, physiology, physical geogra phy.
 The quartermaster of David S. Cowles post now asks us to correct the -rror which he made last week in stating that the officers of said post and the Woman's Relief corps would be installed Wednesday evening. Jan. 4th. His date ild not agree with the calendar Suffice to say. the installation will take placf Wednesday evening, Jan. 14th. Glad to discover that intelligent (?) compost tors, do not make all the mistakes in the world.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
NOTICE.

THE Board of Relief of the town of North j. Canaan will meet at the TownOlerk's office ln said town on the first Monday of January, ,(5l 1891, at g o'clock in the forenoon, and will adjourn from time to time till they shall have completed the duties imposed upon them by law.
 Dated North Canaan, Dec 23, 1890.
 GEORGE W. CowDREY, Board
 EDWARD s. ROBERTS, of
 HARLAN P. TRACY. Rel1ei
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A country editor said of his rival: "Aside from his beery flights and tancies his paper Is pretty good as it advocates the use of the economical Brussels soap"
BORN.

FENToN-At Lime Rock, Conn.,, Dec 24th, a daughter to MT Irving R. Fenton. REED-At West Cornwall, December 28th.. a daughter to George Reed, weight pounds. L1NER-At Sharon, Dec 22d, daughter to John Liner.
 Edward Whitney. BALDw1N-At Ct Harrington, Dec 27th, twin sons to Amos Baldwin. KEaLER-In this village, Dec 26th, a son to Clem Kegler.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
Hold ft t0 the Light.

The man who tells you confldentially just what will cure your cold is prescribing Kemp's Balsam this year. In the prepara- tion of this remarkable medicine for coughs and colds no expense is spared to combine the best and purest ingredients. Hold 8 bottle of Kemp's Balsam to the light and look through it; notice the bright, clear look !; then compare with other remedies. Price soc and S1. Sample bottle free,
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
A man who has practiced medicine for 4( years, ought to know salt from sugar read

A man who mas practlced med1c1ne TOT 4O years, ought to know salt from sugar; read what he says:
 Toledo, Ohio, Jan 10, 1887. Messrs F. J. Cheney & Co.-GentIemen: have been in the general practice of medicine for most 40 years, and would say that in all my practice and experience have never seen a preparation that l could prescribe with as much confidence of success as can Halls ~Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it a great many times and it's effect is wonderful. and would Say in conclu- sion that have yet to find case of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would take it
 Yours truly, l.. l.. GoRsUcH, M. D.
 Office, 215 summit St. We will give $1O0 for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
 F,J. CHENEY x O., Props, Toledo. O. sI Sold by druggists, 75c.
 Koch's lymph is now being used in one of the New York hospitals for can Ger. The results so far are encouraging.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS l

Calf. Kip. Grain Leather and Rubber; all new and bought direct of the manufacturers regards price. A large line of waterproof grain Creedmoors, Police and Cork Sole Shoes
 You are invited to call and inspect our stock, whether you purchase or not. AdNo trouble to show goods.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
MARRIED

MARRIED. BRowN-MERCHANT-A Housatonic, Mass, 27.by the Rev MT Butler, E. R. Brown and Miss Sarah Merchant, both of Housatonic. ODE11-G1BBs-At Millerton, N. Y., Dec 16, Mir Clarence M. Odell to Miss Electa J. Gibbs, both of Sharon, Conn. (We wish you happy hfe-C. H.)
 Sheffield, Mass Dec "A, by Rev B. c. War ren, MT John 0. Merwin and Miss Hattie l.. Taft.
Connecticut western news., 1890-12-31
DIED.

WAKEF1E1D-At Sheffield, Dec. 21st., Mrs Clara T. Wakefield, aged 75 years. PorTER-At Naugatuck Dec 25 of pneumonia, Rebecca Potter, widow of Jared Potter, a former resident of Norfolk, aged 7S years. Burial at Norfolk, Dec 26.
 JucKET-At Sharon, Dec 18th, Charles M. Juckett. HART-At New York, city, Dec 27th, of pneu- monia, Harriet A. Hart, wife of E. Burton Hart, and youngest daughter of the late Lee Garfield, of Falls Village, Conn.,, in the 52d year of her age.
 HARvEY-At "The Grove" Canaan, Conn.,, Dec 26th, Sarah Lee Cowles, daughter of the late Rev Pitkin and Fanny s. Cowles, and widow of General Thomas W. Harvey. Wu.Ms-On Canaan Mountain, Dec 26, Fred
 erick Wilms, aged 94 years. H1cKs-In this town. Dec 26, Lonis Rice, wife
 of Luther Hicks, (colored) aged 28 years.
 Bo1NAY-In this town, Dec 26th, Herbert E 1 Boinay, son of Edward Boinay, aged four months.
 HART-At Colebrook, Dec sOth, Timothy Rart
 aged 81 years. --.
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The eNational Iron Bank.

THE Annual meeting of the Stockholders | of this Bank, for the election of Directors for the coming year, will be held at their banking house in Falls Village, Conn.,, on Tuesday. the thirteenth day of January, 1891, from 10 o'clock, a. m. to 12 m.
 DWIGHT B. DEAN, Cashier. Falls Village, Conn. Dec. IT 1891.
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w WANTED /!
POPLAR WOOD WANTEI

We are now ready to buy Poplar Wood, delivered on cars at any station of the Housa- wall Bridge. Parties having it for sale may apply to SMITH PAPER Co.,, Lee, Mass.
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OF ALL KIND
.7ATOB SWITH.

EpORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE fL NATIONAL IRON BANH,>a at Falls Village, in the State of Connecticut at the close of business, December l9th., 1890.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20

KANSAS CITY, Nc, June 19.-The closing
day of the Kansas City jockey club meet
ing was, as is generally the case, a great
day for long horses. The track was slow
and poor time was made in every race
The meeting has been more successful
than any of its predecessors, the attend
ance has been generally large, some very
good races have been run and fair time
made. Much credit is due to Mr.. j.
Burke.
First race, purse $500, six furlongs-Ed
Leonard won, Minnie Edkin second. Time
lis l-5
Second race, selling purse $500, one mile
Hamlet won, Cashier second, Spalding
third. Time 1:43 40
Third race. stock yard stakes. S750added.
one mile heat-Trenier won, Brown Duke
second, F'riendless third. Best time :45 > ).
Fourth race, purse $500, one mile and
seventy yards-Pilgrim won, Nilbourne
second, Kehome third. Time l:53
Fift race, consolidation pOurse of $500,
one and one-siXteenth mileS-Iohn DAILY
won. Osborne second, b. T. third. Time
1.54 -
ST. Louis, No, June l9-The winners
of today's races were; Levett, Hilithgow,
Heron, ireland and Carter 3,
SHEEPsHEAD BAY, y. Y, June 19-The
winners of today'S races: Ambulance
Major, Daley, Judge Morrow, Lountaka,
Fordham and Philosopher.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20
FOREIGN DRY GOODS.

MANCHESTER, June 49, - The Guar
dian, in its review of yesterdays market,
says: THE market is quiet. There is lit
tie fresh inquiry. Full production is pro-
Ceeding in the execution Of abundant con-
tracts now on hand. Producers are receiv-
ing small though sometimes numerous or
ders. The tendency of prices is downward.
Offers were accepted which would have
been refused on Friday. Tho slack
ness is partly due to the
the fact that all concerned are wait
ing the issue of the silver question at
Washington, and to doubts as tOthe main
tenance Of the prices Of cotton, which are
believed to be too high. Export yarn in
active. The tendency is in favor of buyers,
though spinners are rarely anxious TO sell
owing to their extensive engagements.
The home demand is slow. The Mckinley
tariff bill has excited much interest in Bel
fast. Merchants there are hUrrying for
ward shipments of linen to the United
States in order to get their goods on the
market before the advanced duties are en-
forced
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DEAREST MATTE. ! LOVE Yor."

a
ness was that it only appeared when he en-
countered strangers. He was always the
best speaker ct class dinners; he 'knew no
fear when talking TO people with whom
he had even slight acquaintance, no mat
ter how large the gathering, and among
his many friends his witty little speeches
were often heard. Bat let one wholly un-
known face appear among his listeners and
Dessoit's tongue thickened, his cheeks
flushed and his wit fed
Of course he knew that there would be
many people whom he had never seen
among the commencement day spectators,
and be trenbled accordingly. Weeks in
advance he began schooling himself for the
event, but he could not overcome his bash
fulness. When the great morning dawned
he was terribly frightened. His agitation
was really distressing and if he had begged
off, giving sickness as his excuse, his ap-
pearance would have justified the claim.
But he had made up his mind TO do or
die, and of the two he considered doing
preferable His name was among the first
on the programme, and rs he waited for
the signal to 70 on the platform he fairly
quivered with painful excitement. at last
it came, and, wonder OF wonders. with it
came instant and absolute freedom from
embarrassment. Calm, self possessed, his
agitation wholly gone, he stepped forward.
inclined his head toward the faculty and
then toward the audience, and began. He
said 4fterWard that he never felt mora GER
tain that his manner was easy, his smile
natural, his gestures graceful, than at that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
An Interesting Report from Supreme Re-
porter Nelson.

An Interesting Report from Supreme Re-
porter Nelson.
For the four weeks ending April 12 there
were /, ,1Ss applications filed with Supreme
Reporter Nelson, of which Texas furnished
e32; New York, 19O; Indiana, SO; Pennsyl-
vania, "a; Louisiana, So; South Carolina,
81; Mississippi, 43; Massachusetts,, IL; Flori-
da, 80; New Jersey, IS; Missouri, Wiscon-
sin and Arkansas, 81 each; Kentucky, SO;
Illinois, 80; Georgia, 81.
The May assessment circular contained q
list of 167 deaths, 90 of which were from
pneumonia, 90 from consumption, 10 from
heart disease and from la grippe. Five Of
the number were by suicide. The deaths
occurred principally in the following
states: New York, 81; Massachusetts,, 19;
Kentucky, "A five of these being killed by
the cyclone in Louisvilie); Pennsylvania, II;
Illinois, II; Ohio, 10; Tennessee and Indi-
ana, each; Missouri, Z; Arkansas, New
Jersey and Texas, eachi California, 5. The
highest amount paid was 81, ,008, by w. II.
Prewitt, of Nashville, Tenn, who joined
June Is, 1876, at 81 years of age, and died
Nov. %, 1889, Of heart failure; the next
highest were 1914, $S72 and $724, respective
ly, each Of whom were admitted at the age
of 81; one who joined at SO paid $685. and
another at 50 paid s705. Six of the deaths
were of half rate members, one of whom
died by suicide, and had paid s5o2. joining
at the age of "a. The lowest sum paid was
by c. F. Morrison, of Chicago, full rate
member, initiated JAM, 1880, and died
Feb. IS of typhoid pneumonia.
1t will be noticed that four of the above,
who became members at 81 years of age,
paid in total of 50, ,54s, an average of 1851.
Even at the level rate of 81, one-quarter
the amount at which they were assessed,
they would have paid an average of $22175.
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he began to 20 through his silent Imitation
of speaker they were immensely pleased
The presidents was surprised beyond meas
ure. He thought that Dessoit was trying
to make game of the occasion.
Fully twenty-four hours passed before
Dessoit was thoroughly convinced that he
had not sgokeu-he said he had felt the
words pass his lips. But overwhelming G
evidence proved that he was wrong. The
president never thoroughly believed that
Dessoit had really thought that he was
talking
AT another college, where both sexes are
received, an equally fudicrous incident oc-
CURED on a commencement day. One Of
the young men students who, like Dessoit,
was very bashful, had fallen violently in
ovewith enc of the prettiest of the ''co-eds. -
The night before commencement day this
young man was called upon by one of the
professors to help return the essays, which
had been handed IN by the students for a
final examination, to their owners. While
the young man was at work he ran across
the essay written by the girl Of his heart.
He had been unable to muster up sufficient
courage to declare bis love, and as on the
morrow he would leave on a railroad train
Ii,
went in another, expedition was desirable.
Between the different divisions OF her essay
the girl had left blank sheets OF paper, the
whole being bound together with ribbons
at the top, of course.
When the young man saw these blank
sheets brilliant idea occurred to him.
Hastily seizing pen, he wrote on one OF
them declaration of his overpowering
affection, and ended by asking the coed"
to marry him He naturally supposed
that she would 60 through her essay to see
what markings had been made before the
exercises, and thus see his note. But he
was mistaken. For some reason or other
she didn't do it
Whom she stepped on the stage, radiantly
beautiful in white he noticed at once that
she wore the roses which he had sent her
in her corsage. He took this for an affirm
atiVe reply to his note, and was mad with
Joy. Her essay was an argument in favor
of the Independence Of women, and in it
she gave everybody who was unfortunate
enough to be mere man a round ''roast-
ing" Her voice went out into the hall
firmly and distinctly. She had finished the
first argument. He was full of bliss.
Without looking at her manuscript, but
gazing, calm and self possessed, at the audi
ence, she turned page. She paused for
an instant before proceeding Then she
glanced downward, started, flushed, and
read in surprised but very audible tone:
Dearest Matte l love you-passionately,
devotedly. VIII you be my wife? HENRY
HANKER." For a moment she hesitated.
Then the enorrnity Of the thing seemed to
fall on her with crushing force and she
fed from the stage.
1t was q long time before he was able to
explain things satisfactorily, but the fact
that the pretty coed" is now Mrs. Henry
Hanker is reasonably good evidence that
matters were finally arranged.
EDWARD MARSHALL.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20

How truly, by the way, is the day on
which these essays will be read called
commencement day" For it marks the
end of school life, and Of course the begin
ming of the struggles with the outside
world, if those struggles are ever to begin
But commencement day is not the time
to think of the coming struggles; there
will be time and to spare for that after the
delights of the day are over. The friend
ships formed in school or college are often
the best of ell. Later the battle for ex-
istence viii occupy too much time for such
delightful conpanionships to form or for
the old ones to be kept up. School life is a
mine which contains other nuggets than
those of knowledge, and as commencement
day is the time when it's workings will be
closed TO you forever, dig! digl work with
a will, and get as much fun out Of it as
you can.
Speaking of commencement day fun re-
calls an incident which occurred at one of
the New York state colleges few years
ago.
Among the graduates was young man
Il think his name was Dessoit-who was
one of those combinations of bashfulness
and wit which are known so seldom; and
the faculty had consented that instead of
preparing conventional essay he should
write seuii-humorous record of the work
of his class during their four years Of col
lege life. A peculiarity of Dessoit's shy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20
HAVING TROUBLE.
The Cherokee Commissioners Working With
the Pottawatomies.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June ia special
from Shawneetown, l. T., says: The Chero-
| kee commission has done a hard day s
work but with no visible results. For the
| first time the commission has discovered
that instead of negotiating with the Potta-
watoomie Indians they have met :, a
band of people composed principally
of MeXicans and negroes, inter
mingled with whites, who all speak the
| English language This discovery has
created more or less friction between the
| negotiating parties. As it seems ROW, the
| commission is not disposed to offer this so
called tribe of Pottawatomies as good
| deal as was given the Sacs and Foxes.
Today time has been spent IN trying to
define the status of the 800 or 400 absentee
| Shawnees, a portion of the tribe
| now residing in the Cherokee
nation proper, who removed to
this country from Kansas long before
the Pottawatomies were settled here. The
PottawatOmles have been trying to eX-
clude the Shawnees upon the ground that
the title rests in the Pots. The Shawnees
| come here of their own accord, even with
out an order from the president, and were
a worthless, rowing band who had no set
tied plans, only to torment and scalp their
brothers. Today's conferences between
the Shawnees and Pots resulted in
no agreement, each side holding for an
equal division of lands and money. The
commission, however, told the Pots that
an attempt to exclude the Shawnees
would be fruitless, as the government rec
ogniZed their rights TO be just as good as
any other tribe whether located by eXecu-
tive order or not The Pots argued that
this country was held by them un-
der as good a title as the Chero-
KEGS or any of the five civilized tribes;
that they authorized the government to
withhold $3.50 900 of their trust funds as a
consideration for the lands, but that
through mistake of the government all
the funds were exhausted without paying
this amount, which was the stipulated price
as understood by the treaty Of 1868; that
no responsibility attached TO the tribe, but
to the government, and that the govern
ment alone must lose the $4,000.
The commission told the Indians that
the government, as keeper of them as
wards, had no record Ofany amount placed
to the tribes credit, either as purchase
money or for any other purpose; that, up
on the order of the tribe, all their
money had been paid out and not
l cent remained. The commission
further said that no interference
in the present allotment system
would be made: that Shawnees, Potta-
watomies and adopted citizens alike
would be forced to take lands in severalty
and that the residue lands would be
opened to white settlement. Tomorrow
morning the commission Will submit an
offer for the surplus lands, which, it is
thought, will be at the ratio of IS cents
per acre. After each Indian is allowed his
pro rata share only small per cent of
good lands will remain. Present indica-
tiOns are decidedly adverse to a successful
termination of the deal
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Gold in the Canadian Northwest.

Although it is now established that gold
may be found in the rivers of the North
west territory, the washings so far fail to
at Is estimated, - says the Edmonton Bull
letin, ''that last season between IS 900 and
$90, 900 worth of gold dust was ken from
the Saskatchewan, of which about S5, 900
WAS taken f7c-y, the innrne3iate vicinity Of
Fort Saskatchewan. Several hundred dol
lars also were taken from the Macleod
river, tributary of the Athabasca, about
125 miles west of Edmonton. on the trail
to Jasper House. The gold OF Macleod Is
In even lighter fakes and is of lighter yell
low color thah the gold of the Saskatche-
wan The skimmings Of its bars are fairly
rich, but it does Ros promise as permanent
diggings as the Saskatchewan"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-20
Can Meet Man on Equal Terms.

Every little while lovely woman comes
TO the front and demonstrates that in more
senses than one she is match for man.
4 short while since eTexas female thrashed
an attorney and knocked down a judge, be-
cause the administration of justice failed
to satisfy her moral being. Onlythe other
day the amazons of Dahomey acquitted
themselves so valiantly on the tented field
that their French opponents retired, fol-
lowed by the enemy" And now from
Vienna comes the news of duel fought
between girl of 10 and a physician, at the
close of which the gore of the medical man
ran red upon the floor Of hired room in
the suburb. The new era of equality could
not be more dramatically usheredfn; and
as it is recorded that the fair victor re-
Trained from fainting at the sight of blood,
she may be congratulated upon having
overcome even the last infrmity of her fas-
cinating sex
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= compliment of sena.or Pugn

Senator Pugh, of Alabams, has s habit
of talking in such loud tone 70 his COZ
leagues that he can be distinctly heard in
all parts of the chamber. a rather anus
ing incident occurred as q result Of 1,1e
senator's bad habit. Senator Daniel, Of
Virginia, had concluded long speech on
the silver question and was EloppIng the
perspiration from his face while receiving
the congratulations Of his colleagues, Sen
stor Vance had Just commended the speech
inwords Of varulest eulogy. when Mr.. Pugh
anbled over 20 the Virg&aiao's desk and
drawied out his congratulations as follows,
in voice that was distinctly heard by the
occupants Of the gallery. John, ycU sweat
easy, don't you! Washington Letter.