The Press., 1894-09-06
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Thursday Evening, August 30. 1894.
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The public debt statement shows net

The public debt statement shows net | decrease less cash in the treasury during August of $8, ,174 ,642. ''THE yellow day of September, 1884," has had many imitators, (but no equals), one of which was last Sunday. Smoke from forest fires was the cause. The pe- culiar atmosphere of last Sunday also suggested some impending phenomenon of nature. But no earthquakes, or cy- clones, not even plain ld-fashoned thun- der shower, responded to expectation. THE premium lists of the Stafford Springs Agricultural Society are being distributed. Any one wishing copies can get them by calling upon or writing to the secretary, c. F. Beckwith, or at the office of President Dennis, or at The Press of flee.
 VERMoNTs election on Tuesday result ed in majority of 30, ,OOO for the republi- can ticket, the largest given since war times. This result is of course interpreted by the mugwump element as a verdict of dissatisfaction over the delay of congress to reduce the tariff.
 THE democratic state convention is called to meet at the Hyperion theater in New Haven Sept. %. Each town in Tol- land county is entitled to two delegates, with exception of Vernon, which may send five. Caucuses to choose delegates must be held at least seven days before the convention.
 WE are proud that the word "Connecti- cut'' Is part of the name of the issue of the Connecticut Farmer that came to us last week. The new form is sixteen pages of handsome print, on good paper, with tinted cover. Illustrated articles are giv- en, and if the number is a sample of what is to follow other agricultural journals of New England are to have formidable rival in the Hartford publication, one in fact that will 'set 8 pace" for them.
 AN excursion from Hartford to Watch Hill on Sunday proved to be a gloomy oc- casion. Soon after the boat left her dock the body of man was seen in the river, and little later that of woman. Beer flowed freely, and a son of Legislator Ryan of Hartford fooled "with girl and a broken bottle" and got two of his fingers nearly cut off, presumably by the bottle, so that landing must be made to leave him in the hands of a doctor. Later the boat got aground, and was so much de- layed that on reaching New London the trip was given up and the boat turned back, making the home journey up the river by night, reaching Middletown at p. m., and Hartford after daylight.
 THE Rockville Journal publishes long article upon the tribulations of noted lecturer, who received an invitation from bureau in that city to come there and lecture. The lecturer was puzzed to know where to locate the town, as no state was mentioned, and he could find no person or gazetteer that could give him knowl- edge of the place. Finally he committed a letter to the mails addressed simply to Rockville, which good luck carried safely to the place. Now the version we had heard of the story was that the inquirer did finally get from a party the informa- tion that Rockville was located about 12 miles southwest from Stafford Springs; which information at once and satisfac- torily located the place. :.
 
 ONE of the best balloonists in the cOun- try is secured for the three days of the Stafford Springs fair. About $500 in value of prizes will be contested for by bicyclists on the first day, and other at fractions now nearly ready for announce