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Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Trains Arrive In
 New Haven.
New York Division.

From New York and Way Stations
 From New York not stopping until ar rival st New Haven, l0.s5, ll:SO, A. m.. f.4O, $40 p. m, 5.4sT D. m.
 From New York and Bridgeport only, 2:5O l4.O7 D. m- Via Harlem liver, .4S, 6:5ON p. ID. Sunday only 4;5O. p.m.) From New York, Stamford and Bridge port 1:10 A mF
 From New York, So. NorwAlk and Bridgeport only l;55t and 2.O5t &. ID.
 From New York, Stamford, So. NorvRlk and Bridgeport, 100, 200 p. m
 Via Harlem River. Stamford So. Norvslk and Bridgeport, 2:20,+ uO.O5 from New Rochelle also 11:OO and lls55 a. m.
 From New York, Portchestsr, Green wich, Stamford and way stations l5:35 D. ID. including Riverside) 6.42 and TAO D. m.
 From New York and all stations, S.45.s 9:55 a. m, 12:50, 800, 4.55, $50 and lO;5O p. m tS.45 and 10:20 a. ID: SundHyD
 From Stamford, South NorwAlk and way stations, 7:20 a. ID.
 From Bridgeport and way stations 6;35 &. h.
 From Naugntuck Junction and way eta tons, 6:l0 p. m.
 From New York, Portchester, Green wich Stamford, South NcrwAlk, Bridge port and Milford, S.15 D. ID.
 From New York and all way stations eT- cepting, Greens Farms, NsugRtuck Junc- iioD, Woodmont and West Haven, 1925 s. m.
 From New York, Stamford and way ststions. Sunday only, SEQ P. ID.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
MANY IMPROVEMENT Made at the Episcopal Academy In
 Cheshire.

The Episcopal academy at Cheshire opens next Wednesday. During the sum- mer many Improvements have been made in and about the school buildings. A new laundry and servants rooms have been provided. New school desks, new beds snd mattresses have been put in. A we'll, which will give an ample water supply, has been dug. Other changes for the i'm provement of the property will be ob- served by the returning boys.
 The academy is now we'll equipped for it's work and is rounding out it's first cen tury in prosperity. Rev. MT. Stoddsrd, the principal, reports the number of ap- plications for admission as encouraging and is espe cially pleased with the chsrac- ter of the boys who are coming.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Juvenile TempIars Elect Officers.

At the meeting of the Juvenile Temple held yesterday afternoon, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensu- ing term: Charles Otis, chief templar; Charles Chapel, vice templar; Charles Douglas, chaplain; secretary, Jacob Simon; assistant secretary, Edward V. Hall; Walter Miller, guard; Charles Mans. field, guard; Paul Whistler, past chief tenn plar; Harry Salerno, marshal; James salerno, treasurer: Tommy Kilbride; Mrs. Whistler, superintendent.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Health in old Age.

Edward Collinson, Queens, N. Y., asys:
 "I commenced using Brandreth's Pills over fifty-6ve years ago. I first bought them in London, and have continued using them since came to this country in 1886 am now over seventy-fve years old, hale and hearty, and attribute my wonderful health to the persistent use of Brsndreth's Pills. Occasionally I have bad cold or severe attack of rheumatism, indigestion or biliousness, but four out of five doses of Brandreth's Pills always cure me. Whenever my children have been sick with scarlet fever, measles, acid stomachs, dis ordered digestion or costiveness, a few doses of Brsndreth's Pills restored their health at once"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Saugatuck Division.

From Winsted and way stations via Nan gstuck Junction, s:45, 9:55A n. z.55, ,7;s0 p. 10.
 Via Derby Junction, 9:41, ll.5e 6. m 4:4S, 7:10 p m. Sundays 5:32 p. m.
 From Waterbury and way stations x,. Derby Junction, 7:10 a. m., a.z2 D. m
 Via Nsugatuck Junction, 500, 6:iOnn
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
pr. Phillips Recovering.

The large number of friends of Dr. John P. Phillips will be glad to learn that he has recovered from his sickness and will be out In few days,
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Northampton Division.

From Northampton and way stations. 9.22 B. m
 From Shelburne Falls and way stations. 1:2Sr 4:2l, S.O5 p. m.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Jolly Five Association.

JOI1Y F1V6 AGgOcI8tIOhe
 The Jolly Five association of this city will give concert and ball at Masonic hall in Westville on Tuesday, October 10 A special car will leave Westville for Fail Haven after the ball. It Is intended te make the occasion one of the most elabo rate of the social events of the season.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
Air Line Division,

From WiliimAntic and way stations, 500 a. m, 1:2l, 800 p. ID.
 os5O p. 70. stops At MiddlStown only.
 Sundays TOO P. u- stops st Middietovu only.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
N. Bristol &SOlS,
 S54 Chapel Street.

District of New Haven, ss- Probate Court, September I5, 1888 FSTATE of MARY ATWATER, late of New E Haven, in said district, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the district of Sez Haven hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors Of said es ta.e to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time will be debarred a re- covery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 HARRIET NJ ATwATER SIS dlHt Administratrtx-
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
For over Fifty Years

For over Fifty Years MRS. VERSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP bas been used for children teethng It soothes the child softeEs the gums, allays all pain cures wind collie and is the best remedy for Darrhoea; 25 cents bottle Sold by all druggists throughout the world.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18

"Penny wise and Pound foolish. are those who think it economy to use cheap rosin and soda soaps, or washing powders of any kind, instead of the good old Dobbins' Elec- tric Soap for sale by all gro- cers since 1869, and used dur ing all that time by millions of intelligent economical wo- men who KNOW its merits and therefore use it. All who use it praise it as the best, cheap est, and most economical soap made, but if you will try it, even just once, it will tell a much stronger tale of its mer- its ITSELF. Ask your grocer for Dobbins' Electric Soap, take nothing else.
 UNSCRUPU- ,nss,:a2shs men make et o9ssp ss p
 LOUS best articles :;
 other unscrupu- lous men seek to palm them off on their customers as the genuine, for the sake of the additional profit made by the deceit. There are lots of limitations of Dobbins' Electric Soap. Every one of them will ruin and rot clothes. See that our name Is on every wrapper.
 DOBBIWS SOAP MFG. CO,
 Successors to I. L. Craain 6 Co.,,
 Philadelphia Pa.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18
RerB shire Division,

From Pittsfeld and way stations, HOO a. m, 4:43, S.05 p. ID.
 From Derby Junction, 7:i0, 9s4l, ll.5s a. m, 2:42, 7:i0, p. m-
 5:S2, p. m. 7:45 &. ID. Sundays.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18

Government Bonds. Following are the quotations for United States bonds at the call to-day:
 Y2.dS n m
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18

Express Trai-s- +LocAI Express.
 o. IT. HRMPsTRAD,G Gen. REHsenEer;l
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-18

sDAny.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
nRig.taiIed" Sheep OF Persia.

Mr.. John w. Northrup, of the State
Agricultural Board of California, Is
making arrangements to secure a con
signment OF the famous "big.tailed'
sheep of Persia. This lot OF sheep
will be imported by the State Of Cali
fornia, at great expense, previous
effort to import and breed them made
10y the United States Government when
Jerry Rusk was Secretary OF Agricul-
ture having failed, as ont of the fifteen
big-tails" imported only four are
now alive.
"These sheep imported by Secretary
Rusk came from Bushire, Persia, said
Mr.. Norhrup at the Gilsey House.
"They were shipped by Mr.. Truxton
Beale, the United States Minister, AMI
were treated in a royal manner. From
the time that they were selected from
the great focks of 'big-tails in the
Persian agricultural districts until
they arrived at their final destination
in tho balmy climate Of California
they received attention similar to that
accorded 300, 900 race-horse. Only
the handsomest and strongest animals
were selected
"In England the 'big-tails' were
placed aboard the Helyetia in padded
compartments kept at an even temper
ature while on the ocean. They
reached this country in safety, but in
a much weakened condition.
"When they arrived in Lower Cali
fornia they were so weak it was impos-
sible for them to stand. They were
fed carefully on prepared fodder and
nursed along, but they dropped of
one by one.
"But California is bound to have
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
A Rnaf For Land and Mater.

A correspondent of the Marine Re-
view. writing from Kingston, Canada,
gives the following description of a
boat constructed for use in towing
Canadian lumber RATS, that will also
travel on land:
A peculiar kind of tug passed
through here recently for the lakes ad'
iacent to the Bonne Chene River, in
the back country. 1t is called an al
ligator tug, because it is able to travel
upon land as well as in the water.
The boat was turned out of the shops
of West & Peachey, Simcoe, and is pat
ented by the firm in Canada and in
the United States. 1t has proved a
great success in the numbering bust
ness. The firm has completed six of
them. They are thirty-seyen feet long
and ten feet beam and decked all over.
They are built scow-shaped, with steel
shod runners for working portages.
In water the boat is propelled at the
rate of six miles an hour, either for
ward or backward, by an engine OF
twenty-five horse power. On land it
is propelled by having cable drum
on which is coiled five-eighths of a
mile of steel wire cable, which lie
fastened to pulleys on trees in front,
the boat moving as the wire is coiled
up. The roller is hung on an axle,
and can be kept level in going up or
down hill. McLachen Brothers, of
Eganville, have secured two for i'm
mediate use, the one just decribed be-
ing the first to turn up here.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
Foreign.

Iy his annual report the Hungarian MIN
ister Of Agriculture estimates the world 5
production of wheat this year at 2,2I9,OOO.- :
900 bushels. against the official average OF
3. 2s0. 900 900 annually for the last ten years.
The deficits TO be filed by the importing
countries will require 379,OOO.OOO bushels.
The surplus available in exporting countries
to satisfy this demand is 375.65i, % bushels.
Ara concert in San Sebastian. Spain, the
band refused 70 play the B1sque hymn
riot followed. the military were called out
and two rioters were killed before order was
restored. Saragossa. Spain. was also the
scene of a riot, spectators at a Duh nght
being dissatisfied with the performance.
Is the British House OF Commons several
sneakers criticised the construction OF war
shiDs of the Victoria type. and Lord George
Hamilton charged the Government with not
maintaining the efficiency OF the navy.
TEX persons died in Lichtenstein, Ger
many. from the effects OF having eaten pol
sonous fungi. which they mistook for mush-
rooms.
AN1cfro GARCIA and NicanOr Horta were
executed in Havana, Cuba, for Kidnapping.
SOLDIERS were called out 70 fight immense
forest fires near Flgnieres, France. one OF
them was burned to death, and several others
were injured.
DURING heavy storm the British steam
shin Justin. which has arrived at Barbados.
West Indies, lost six Of her crew overheard
Mon. than 6OOO) miners have resumed
work i'm South Wales. Their return TO the
mines means practically the collap'e OF the
strike in South Wales and Monmouthshire.
During their absence from work all but
twenty O. the 204 collieries in these two DIS
trlcts have been shut down.
Az epidemic at Grlmsby. the English sea
mort has been declared 10 be Asiatic cholera.
MANY fresh eases OF cholera and numerous
deaths are reported in Hungary.
LUcY VI. HOOPER, a well-known writer.
and wife Of ex-Consul-Gen Hooper, died
in Paris
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08

was three cents for every half-ounce.
In October, 1883, the rate was reduced
to two cents. The total receipts for
the last year of three-cent postage
were S45, ,334, $50. The first year of
the two-cent rate dropped receipts to
S42, $50, ,S44, but the figures crawled
up SO rapidly that last year they
amounted to $40, $50, ATS. General
Hazen was firm advocate of cheaper
postage. He believed that the slight
decrease in receipts would be made MP
rapidly and he also predicted that the
sale of postal cards would suffer. The
figures bear him out. Postal cards
were first issued in 1874, and the first
full year 81, ,079, 600 were issued. In
the last year of three-cent postage
379, 576, $50 cards were sold, but the first
year of two-cent postage dropped the
total to 339, 416, 500. 1t took five years
for the postal cards to regain their
original figures. The magnitude Of
the postal service of the United States
as compared with that of three other
leading administrations of the inter
nal postal union is placarded in a way
to delight the enthusiastic young Ameri-
cans. The figures are taken from the
reports of the fiscal year ending June
80, 1892. They read as follows:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08

( perform the service daily. In 1877 the
old coach was captured by Indians,
and after a hot pursuit by General O..
O. Howard was recaptured. Before
General Garfield became President he
rode on the coach through the Yellow
stone country, President Arthur sat on
the boot with its driver in 1888 and
General Sherman in 1877 male trip
on the ancient vehicle.
Near the old-timer is tho modern
yellow-bodied open coach used in the
Yellowstone Park for carrying tourists
and mail. 1t has usurped the proud
position once held by the stage coach,
which Indians used to capture. The
post rider, mounted on his spirited
broncho, armed with revolvers and
booted and spurred, tells of the letters
carried over alkali plains, broad
prairies and wild western lands. This
mounted group is the admiration of
the small boys, who gaze on it with
wide-open eyes. The pony express
was the original letter-carrier across
the plains, and to-day 1000 mail routes
use ponies and bronchos. The Indian
question was most serious one to the
men who carried mail-bags through a
country swarming with redskins. In
the dead-letter exhibit is a mail-pouch
stained with the blood of post rider
and slashed by the keen blade of the
Indian murderer
From these exhibits, around which
people gather in wondering groups, to
the mail car, mail-deliyery and mail
collecting wagons, the special-deliyery
messenger astride the bicycle, and the
familiar city carrier and railway postal
clerk, is coming from the romantic to
the realistic commonplace.
Statistics are usually dry, but the
large tabulated postal statistics from
1775 to 1898 are always the center of
an interested group. The totals reach
almost incredible figures and demon
strate the enormous business trans
acted by the Postofice Department
Benjamin Franklin was the first post
master general. He was appointed by
the Continental Congress July 26,
1775, and apparently made no report
ofthe work done in his department
Samuel Osgood, appointed September
26, 1889, who was the first postmaster
general of the United States to hand
down reports, had seyenty-fve post
Offices to look after in 1889, and 2275
miles of post routes. The gross revenue
for the year amounted to S75lO, and
postmasters were paid 1867 for sal
aries. The total number of mail
pieces of all kind handled was 500, 900,
evidently an estimate.
At the close of the fiscal year, 1892.
there we're 67, ll9 postoffices in this
country. The extent of post routes
aggregated 447, 591 miles, the miles of
mail service performed reached the
amazing total Of 1853, 0S7, 695, the gross
receipts were $40, $50, 475 and the post
Offices cost $40, $50, SAC. There were
2,5l3, 27O, 21O ordinary postage stamps
issued, 59S, 6S4, 700 stamped envelopes
and wrappers, 511, 433, 500 postal
cards. OF registered letters 15,260,-
094 were carried and 6, 7S1, 1870 pieces
went to the dead-letter Office. The
domestic money orders issued
amounted to S12O, ,O66, sol and s15,-
12O,271 were sent by international
money orders. During the year the
Postoeice handled 4, 776, 575, ,076 pieces
Of mail matter Of all kinds.
From 1851 to 1888 the postal rate
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
Recalling a Mailed Letter.

To recall letter once mailed is al
most as difficult task as TO take back
an assertion once uttered. The send
er must appear at the postofiice and
is handed q blank to fill out In this
he must state when and where he
mailed the letter, how it was all
dressed, must describe the envelope,
state the amount of postage prepaid,
and testify THAT the above mentioned
letter was written by me, or by my
authority and desire to recall it for
the following reason" then state
the reason, which is usually. "mailed
by mistake" He must then sign his
name, so that the handwriting may be
compared with that on the letter, and
sign a receipt Ii the address cannot
be shown to be in his handwriting, or
printed or typewritten, he must de-
scribe some peculiarities of the en-
velope sufficient to identify it. If he
is unable to do this the letter is re-
fused unless the postmaster knows the
npplicant and is satisfied concerning
his good intentions. If he is satisfied
he asks for a statement concerning
the contents, and the applicant is then
obliged to open the letter and read
portions of it in the postmaster's pres
ence to prove that it is the one he
described.
But if the letter has been sent away
the process of recalling it is still moro
difficult. A similar blank has to be
filed out. and a minute description
telegraphed at the sender's expense to
the postmaster at the Office Of its des-
tination. If discovered in time the
letter is then intercepted aud sent to
the department at Washington with a
statement of the case. Why should
any one want TO recall letter so much
as to take this trouble? Well, there
was one case at the local Office recent
" where a valuable deed was mailed
and the sender received information
that satisfied him that the sale should
not be made. In another case an i'm
portant contract was sent, and infor-
nation received Immediately after
made it imperative that it should be
rsrnked. Springfield Republican.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
The Dollar OF Our Daddies.

The silver dollar seems to have had n
lot of trouble in its day and genera
ton, and it is now getting back at the
United States Treasury with alarming
persistency. Some of the facts con-
corning it are of immediate interest
and will bear summing up. Here is
the chronological history of the silver
dollar:
Authorized to be coined, act OF
April 2, 1892; weight, 41G grains
fneness, 1924.
Weight changed, act OF January Is,
1897, to 412l grains.
Fineness changed, act of January
IS, 1887, to 900
Coinage discontinued, act of Febru-
ary -, 1873.
Total amount coined to February
70, 1887, sS,O3l, ,2Ss.
Coinage reauthorized, act February
2S, 1878.
Amount coined from March ], 1873,
to December 81. 1887, s2S3, 295, 357
Including S1s37 recoinedl.
Total amount coined to December
81, 1889, 1857, ,969, 299.
The first silver dollar was put in cir.
culation in 1874.
cit was crude design" says Il
historian. "On the diverse or face Of
the coin was imprinted the head Of n
young lady facing to the right. Her
hair was flowing to such al extent that
she looked as if taken in gale Of
wind"
In 1896 Congress stepped in to the
aid of the typical damsel and tied her
hair up with bit of ribbon
The fifteen stars were after this re-
duced to the original thirteen in recog-
milton Of the number Of States.
In 1886 the design Was again
changed, and the silver dollar bore the
full figure of a neatly-dressed woman
in flowing garment The designer
forgot, however, to put in the thirteen
stars and the coin WAS soon called IN.
Any person now in possession OF one
of these dollars has valuable souvenir.
The new design had the lady sur
rounded by the stars. 1t was improve
ment on its predecessor, but the air OF
the female figure was defiant and stiff.
The dollar Of 1888 was the first ar
tistic piece of silver coined by the
United States mint.
On April %, 1864, the first dollar
having the legend, 'In God We
Trust, was coined.
In 1878 the era Of the trade dollar
of 900 fneness began. That trouble
some dollar ran its erratic course in
just five years.
In 1878 the liberty dollar made its
appearance. Miss Anna W. Williams,
a teacher in the Girls Normal School
at Philadelphia, sat for the portrait,
her profile being then considered the
most perfect obtainable. Her classic
features still decorate the silver dol
lar.-Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08

dress are on the envelope will receive
the letter Few of them, however, APP
preciate the fact that the stamp places
the United States Government under
cast-iron contract toplace that letter
in right hands at the earliest possible
moment, even though the hands are
telling trees in the almost inaccessible
depths of an upper Michigan pine for
est, or working in the tangles of a
Florida everglade. To do this the
Government uses human legs, wagons,
bicycles, railroads, steamboats,, dog
sleds, horses, ponies, ocean vessels,
river boats and anything else that will
carry the letter over land or water,
mountains or plains, swamps or snow
drifts, in summer or in winter, at all
times and any time.
Lives have been sacrificed that let
ter might go forward, millions of dol
lars have been spent preparing the
way for other letters and yet people
place the two-cent stamps on their en-
velopes and drop the letters into the
red boxes on the street corners with no
appreciation of what they are doing.
A visit to the Postofice exhibit in the
Government Buildingis apt to increase
ones respect for the little postage
stamp. There are displayed all the
means used for transporting mail, as
we'll as thousand other interesting
things which might keep a visitor busy
half day.
General Hazen, who was Third As
sistant Postmaster General under Pres
idents Hayes and Harrison, took a
great deal of interest in assembling the
exhibits, and is on the ground daily
for he is a member of the Government
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-08
Washington.

CONTROLLER EcKELs. OF the Treasury De-
partment, has issued a statement showing
that thirty-four suspen lei National banks
had resumed, and that there were prospects
for the resumption Of about sixty more
banSs.
The Ways and Means Committee OF the
House decided 10 prepare a tariff bill and to
grant hearings to persons who may desire TO
communicates facts and information and sub
nit arguments bearing on the subject oftariif
revision.
TIE new Chinese Minister. with his wife
and three children, the members OF his ofl-
cial suite and servants. numbering hity-seyen
in all. has arrived in Washington.
President CLEVELAND and family have re-
turned TO the White House from their coun"
try residence on Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
Az operation has been performed on MI
Cleveland's mouth, but the assertion that II
was for cancer Is denied. The President
has been suffering from an liberated tooth.
CHAUNcEY McKEEyER, the senior Assistant
Adjutant-G General OF the Army. has been
placed on the retired list on account ot age.