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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
VDODMONT BY TJfE SEA.

The Proposed New Road From the Dvpot
 to the Shore.
 The new road committee. who were appointed at meeting of the free holders of Woodmont in July, to make survey and map for a new road from the depot 10 the shore to accommodate the most people over the shortest route with, the least grades, made their re- port Saturday evening at an adjourned meeting at the Bonsilene hotel. The committee, who are representative men, had a careful survey made by compe- tent engineers. also an experts certif- cate of the correctness of the map. and an opinion from MT. Brinsmade of Bir- mingham as to the route surveyed by the engineers handed in their report. and MT. Schneider of Ansonia. well known manufacturer and public spir- ited citizen. who by the way is an ex- pert engineer. gave the report with his opinion.
 MT. Wooster, who lives in the lower part of Woodmont, wished road that started nearer his section than the road reported by the committee. He intro- duced a resolution addressed to the se- lectmen of Milford asking them to lay out q road which in their opinion would be the best for all concerned. which was adopted. The, meeting then accepted the committees report and the map and certificate and experts report The committee were then by resolution discharged, -t. The meeting then passed resolution that a committee, to be appointed by the chairman. Mir. Chap be instruct ed to''present the Wooster resolution, the committees repoEt survey and all the papers and a petition of twenty-six taxpayers who must be residents of Milford, asking the selectmen to build road from the depot to the shore. leaving it to the judgment of the se- lectmen which route to adopt The committee think the road offered by them is the most direct. shortest least grade and one that will give view of the shore from the depot One thing is very evident to all, that new road is necessary. and no doubt the selectmen will decide to build one this fall
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
WILL BE STRENG TIT EhE ED,
A New Pier to be Placed Under tf
 Whalley Avenue Bridge.

A New Pier to be Placed Under the
 Whalley Avenue Bridge.
 At a special meeting of the joint comittee on railroads and bridges of the city and town yesterday afternoon the contract for strengthening the Whalley avenue bridge over West river was awarded to John r. Buddington al S719. There was only one other bid re- ceived, that being from the Yale Safe and Iron company for $1,02S. Those present at the meeting were Commis- sioners ohnson, Maley and McGann of the board of public works: Selectman Gilbert, representing the town, and President Parmelee, representing the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company.
 The expenses of repairing the bridge will be borne jointly by the city. town and railroad company, each party pay ing one third. Work on the improvement will be commenced at once. The strengthening will be done by placing a new pier under the bridge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
REpUBAIcAS STATE CONTENTION
The Official Notification of the ESent-fri
 maries in the Several Towns.

The Official Notification of the EVent-fH-
 maries in tise Several Towns. To the republican electors Of the siate
 Of Connecticut;
 A republican state convention for the nomination of candidates Tor state ofT 6ces will be held in Foot Guard ar mory hall at Hartford, on Tuesday anu Wednesday, the 18th and leth days or September, 1894.
 The opening session will be held on Tuesday. Sept. 18th. at s p. m.. for the presentation of credentials and tempo rary organization.
 The second days session will begin at 10 a. m. and will be devoted to the nomination of candidates for state of- fees. the adoption of party platform. and the transaction of such other busi- ness as may be properly brought be- fore the convention,
 All electors. without regard 10 past party utilization. who believe that the welfare Of the state and nation will be most surely promoted by republican success at the polls next November. and who intend to support the republican state ticket this year. are cordially in- vited 10 participate in the primaries for the selection of delegates to this con vention.
 Each town is entitled to twice as many delegates in the convention as 1t has representatives In the lower house of the general assembly.
 In accordance with the rules of the party, the following additional notices are given:
 l. All primaries in the several towns for the appointment of delegates to any convention shall be held at least five days before the meeting of said con vention. upon at least two days notice but if any town committee shall fail to call primaries upon the provisions of this rule. the members of the state for the ristrIct in which such town committee resides shall call the necessary primaries upon reasonable notice.
 2. It shall be the duty of the chair man of each town committee to send copy of the credentials of the delegates of his town to the secretary of the Re publican State Central committee at least four days before the convention.
 Per order of the Republican State Central committee,
 Herbert E. Benton, Chairman.
 Austin Brainard, Secretary.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22

several days but Is now gradually inns proving.
 All the local elefgymen were out or town yesterday and il was eonsidefa- Die difiieuity to secure supply 10 offie' late at n funeral.
 Mrs, T. <. Smith of Harpers Ferry ar rived yesterday on visit to her daugh' ter. Mrs. William Il. Moore.
 Rev. J. H. Hand and family are en- toying few days of camp life at Light house point.
 Mrs. l.. r. Barnes entertained ten friends from Massachusetts yesterday. MT. and Mrs. T. G. w. Jefferson and daughter, F. A. Rose and family, MT, and Mrs. l.. P. Mallory and daughter, MT and Mrs, E. P. Goodsell and daugh- ter. MT. and Mrs. Horatio Pond. Mir. and Mrs. George M Baldwin. George A. Llndsley, Luzerne Ludington, and Mrs William Rowe, were among those who went on the excursion to Watch Hiil and Bloek island on Monday.
 The funeral Of Freeman IL. Grannis was held from his late home, 20i Front street. yesterday afternoon. Louis J. Bamberg. a divinity student. conducted the services. The interment was In the Fair Haven cemetery
 William A. Warner and family leave tomorrow for Watertown, to remain ten days.
 Mrs. s. J. Bennett of Georgetown is visiting friends in Fair Haven.
 Miss Lulu Rentze Is spending her va cation In Bridgeport and New York,
 Rev. Father Mulholland left yester- day to attend the anniversary exercises of Bishop Tlerney. Three priests who had visited him. including one from Providence. accompanied him.
 MT. Clark of Baltimore, who started the local lodge of tbe Order of Hepta- sophs, has twenty signatures for new lodge at Ansonia.
 Burton Fl. Strickland is spending few days with friends In the Catskills.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
FAIR HAVEN NE WS,
Many Notes of Interest-Personals-M
 Graniss Funeral

Many Notes of nals-Mr.
 Graniss Funeral.
 Harry Gum of 25 Clinton avenue, a pattern maker at the railroad shops, will remove to West Haven next month, His family are to leave for England soon, to remain several mouths.
 Mr.Albert Bishop and wife left yester- day for Fort Wayne, Ind, Mr. Bishop is an artist on the Scientific American and is to make series of pictures at Fort Wayne and Chicago. He made many sketches of the worlds fair,
 Mrs. Samuel Bishop and Mrs. James H. Woodhouse went to Springfield yes terday to remain week. During Mrs. Bishops absence her millinery store will be closed. i, Mrs. c. Q. Travers has been i'll for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
Encamp,npnt Cost Nearly SiOO ,0o0

The pay of the troops for camp week at Mantle including over $l ,6O0 for the attendance of the governor'sstaff, will amount to from s70.00O to s75,0OO.
 Transportation. forage. ice, pay ot quartermasters men, medical supplies and the numerous incidentals. will probably amount to $1O.o00. The com missary general will eXpend about s9,- GOO as the states share, one-half of the food supplied the men. The total cost of the encampment to the state will be $9O. .00O to S95. 900, perhaps a little more.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
Mir. Bishop omewhat Improved.

The condition of Lawyer James Bishop who has been seriously i'll at Stony Creek and was removed to his home on George street, this city, a few days ago, is, his physician, Dr.. Anderson, says, materially improved and the prospects of his recovery are quite bright. He has at no time been considered danger ously ill but is prostrated owing to having suffered much intense pain from intiammatory rheumatism. Mir. Bishop hns suffered several attacks Of similar ma mre in years past
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
TRAVELS A LONG DISTANCE;

Who would have thought that the Carlsbad sprudsl Springs can be brought from Eure.'e to America; and yet you can obtain Carlsbad Sprudel Salt here at every drug store, which contains all the solid constituents of the water, Best taken. when out door exercise can be had. Do not be imposed upon by unscrup- ulous dealers. Insist ppoa the genuine imported article.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
A WeddinR.

The marriage of MT. Baehr. the Grand avenue barber, to the daughter of Mrs. Dietz of 70 Arch street, took place Monday night. The wedding was held at the brides home. After the cer-
 emony a very tasty collation. was served. The couple took the night boat for New York, where they will spend a few days, and when they return they vii reside with the brides family at 70 Arch street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
Sale of Notions.

Kleinert's all silk feather weight dress Shields, regular price 25c, Thursday 11c.
 Seamless Stockinet Dress Shields, 15o quality, 5c.
 Coats Spool Cotton, black and white,
 all numbers, at Sc. Kings 200 yds machine Cotton at 1e.
 King's large 500 yds spool Cotton;
 every spool warranted 800 yds, at 3c!' Good spool Silk, 100 yds on a spool, 80. Seamless Stockenet Shields, Dc. 50c dog. Pure rubber-lined Dress Shields, 15c
 quality, at 7c.
 English pins, best quality, % paper. Milward's best Needles, 2c paper. Fast black Darning Cotton, 12 cards 6o Silk Elastic Garter Web, 25c quality, Sc yard. Ivory Dress Buttons, 9 dozen for 5o. Pearl Dress Buttons, 5c dozen. Turkish Wash Cloth 1c. ,@4& Velvet Facing 5c piece. ~,1 Fancy Silk Betting 5c yd. ; "" De Long Hook and Eyes at Go card. 10c Hair-curlers at Sc. Leather Purses at 5c. Leather Pocketb0oks at 15c. >s .. Large bottles Witch Hazel at 10c. ,s 4-oz Cakes Anchor Bath Soap, worth 10c, Thursday at lc. - Pint bottles Bay Rum at 10c. 12-oz bottles Triple Extract, worth 60c, Thursday at 25c. Blue. Seal Yaseline at Sc. Fine Tooth. Brushes, 20c quality, 5c Heavy Rubber Combs, 5c.
 Large Hair Brlshes, 4oc quality, l9c, p S-0ur store will clnsa eyary Fridorl afternoon during month of August. ::
The Forrest City times., 1894-01-26
KNOWLEDGE

DrnSs CoIuIOIs ana improvement unu sends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the worlds best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs
 Its excellence is due to its presen. ing 1n the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshin and truly beneficial properties of Q erfect lax ative; effectually cleansing he system dispelling colds. headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because 1t acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weaken ing them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in soc and q bottles, but it is man ufac.ured by the California Fig Syrup Go. only, whose name Is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed. you will not accept any substitute if offered.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
UNEQUAL PUNISHMENT.
Different States Treat Criminals with Va
 rying Degrees of Severity.

Dine7S1t SCSteS TrC2C Cr1mtnalS with Va
 rying Degrees of Severity.
 Probably few people are aware, says the Springfield (Mass.) Union, of the great difference in the severity of pun ishment for the same crime which ex- iSts in different states, but the matter has been fully discussed in paper by Fred ". Wines, which was read at the meeting of the National Prison associa- ton at St. Paul. Mir. Wines claims that the existing penal system is un- just in some respect in almost every state, and the facts given in support of his statement are decidedly interest ing. In some states there is no capital punishment for murder, while in others the death penalty is inflicted for what in comparison are minor crimes. If it is right to spare the life of a man who commits a brutal mur- der in Michigan, it is certainly wrong to hang a wretch who has been caught setting fire to a dwelling at night, as is done in Montana. Nearly all the south ern states punish arson with death, and in some burglary is a capital crime. In Missouri the punishment for perjury is death, while in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Ken lucky the maximum sentence for per- jury is five years. In Maine, Mississippi and Iowa, however, the perjurer may 1 be sent to prison fer life, while in Del aware for the offense is justifable by fine. The severest punishment in- ficted in Delaware for incest is fine of one hundred dollars, in Virginia six months in jail, and in Louisiana the death penalty is exacted.
 It Is clear that when the punishment for given crime varies from the exac- tion of small fine to hanging, great injustice is done somewhere, and it is we'll that men are studying the ques- ton with view to correcting the evil.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
STRONG MEN OF OLD.
In the Good Old Days There Were Lots O
 Brawn and Muscle to Be Found.

In the Good Old Days There Were Lots of
 Brawn and Muscle to Be Found.
 Philip, count of Kirchberg, was SO strong that he could drive Q nail into the wall with one of his fingers, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A Span iard named Pedro, who emigrated to Naples in 1855, drove nails into the wall with his forehead. Potowlla, g Polish colonel, mashed horseshoes witb his hand. Valentine Einsiedcl, count of Schwarzenberg, and Curtof Leut- zow, q Mecklenburg nobleman, did the same thing with case. The latter could carry tun of wine and throw silver coins with such force against an oak tree that the edge imbedded itself in the bark Frederick of Hazstein, who lived at Limburg in 1863, could lift an aum Cforty English gallons) of wine and drink from the bunghole. Johann, count of Ziegenhain of Hessia Q455), pushed aside six aums of wine, wagon and all, which obstructed the road over which he was riding. Count Siegmund of Burgstall, carried seven adults on his shoulders and walked about with them for several minutes.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
A DOLLAR IN THE WALLET.
It Is an Influence That Lends 8 Charm
 to Life.


 The stars they shine serener and with greater luminosity when fellow isn't struggling with his impecuniosity. The lofty sky is bluer and the meadow grass is greener, and the ills of life are fewer, and our life itself serener; and we feel a glorious courage and the fates cannot appan it when we feel the solid backing of dollar in our wallet.
 Oh, the quiet air of twilight is more brightly luminiferous, and the incense from the flowers is more sweet and odoriferous; and the zephyrs blow more sweetly and our food is more nutritious, and we're conscious more completely that our breakfast is de- hcious; and we feel that life's no fzzle, as the pessimists miscall it, when we have the satisf3ction of a dollar in our wallet.
 All our woes are less appalling and our joys are less ambiguous, and all life's happy meadows are so lush-like and irriguous; for glass of pure, cold phospha tastes as sweet as balm of Gilead, and brown bread is like am- brosia Homer tells of in the ''Iliad:' and we feel that life's a poem mauger what the cynics call it, and we feel su- premely blessed with dollar in our wallet
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
HOOKED A BEE MARTEN.
He Was Fishing for Trout, But Got Bite
 of Another Sort,


 GA strange thing happened to me when I was trout fishing last year up in northern New York" said Andrew Bishop, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, to a Washington Star man. ''The fish were very wary, the stream was narrow, and the pools were but lightly bordered with bushes or cover of any kind, con seqrently when I would reach a prom ising looking spot I would get as far from the bank as possible, and at the same time De able to drop my fly over in the water. had followed this plan with poor success, getting only one CT two strikes in as many hours, when sud- denly my line began to run out with a whirr. No trout had ever carried off fly for me in such way before, and was nonplussed, but in a moment I saw that 1t was not a fish that was making my reel sing. Rising from the surface of the stream and flying above it was a bee marten which had gobbled my fly as l cast it over the bank, and he was making away with it. The bird soon had nearly all my line out, and not caring to lose it, I began to play him as 1 would play fish He struggled gamely, l tell you, but the hook had caught in his beak and held him firmly. At last, after full hour of fighting, the bird futtered helplessly to the ground, and Ireleased him. You may think that's fish story, but it's true"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
Irish Bulls.

A recent number of London Truth has compiled the following specimens of Irish bulls: Irish Professor in Chem istry-''The substance you see in this vial is the most deadly of all poisons 4 single drop placed upon the tongue of g cat is enough to kill the strongest man." A lady, invited to a very re- cherche musical party, had met with an accident to her front teeth which there was no time to repair. She said: II will come, and as dare not open my mouth, you must tell your friends I am deaf and dumb, but appreciate mu- sic" A young lieutenant going out to India with his regiment, writing home about the country, says; ''The climate is magnificent, but lot of young fel- lows come out here and drink and cat and 'eat and drink, and die, and then write home and say it was the climate that did it.;
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
NUMBER NINE IN MYTHOLOGY.
What German Professor Has to Say Of
 Three Times Three.

What a German Professor Has to Say Of
 Three Times Three.
 It is not often that single figure has enjoyed the distinction of being the subject of long study and investi- gation on the part of German univer- sity professor. But ''The Number Nine'' is the title of long and learned article ia recent edition of Am Ur- queu," by Prof. Reinhold, at present rector of the University of Berlin. ''In early times" writes the professor, ''the first uneven number (5) and its null tiple @ were considered of especial importance, likewise all numbers which contained 9. Heathen phiIoso- phers, CT Christian mystic writers, the legends of nations, the religions of modern peoples, all go to prove the holiness or sanctity of the number Q. In ancient Germanic life, in poetry, in religion and law, the number is met everywhere. It still has it's influence in German customs and German belief In the Scandinavian mythology we find groups of nine walkyries, nine discs, nine giant nermaids or women of the SSd, uIIC IiOIAtiS O1 tiic f5OI nine virgins of the Menglod-Freyja and nine dwarfs. In the middle ages nine heroes were usually grouped together, as is to be seen on the beautiful foun- tain at Nuremburg and the Hanse salon of the Cologne city hall. In the poetry of the fifteenth century groups of nine are favored. Proofs of this are to be found in the festival plays, Nos. 3S and fl of the Keller collection, and in the poem: The Nine Poor Wander CTS of Hans Sachs. There were nine judges in 1celandic and Germanic law, known as the nines.' In Lucerne there existed until 1795 the nine men who sat in judgment on ordinary police cases. Nine children were formerly looked on as the ideal number for family x x x Even animals are named in old tales in groups of nine. In a German fairy tale nine birds quarrel over the wishing clock. They say in Tysol: When nine parents meet there is witch among them We also find nine favored number for those people who make q sacrifice of human beings and animals" "
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
TAX COLLECTORS hOlICE

Notice is hereby given: First, That the duplicate assessment roll of Apache County, Arizona, for the year 1894, is now in my possession for the collection of taxes levied.
 Second, That taxes will be delinquent on the Third Monday of December, 1894, and unless paid on that day, or prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof as penalty. Third, Taxes may be paid at my office in the court house in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona, at any time within of flee hours from this date until the Third Monday in December, 1894.
 ". II. GIBBONS.
 Tax Collector. St. Johns, Sept. r, 1894.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
SACRIFICES TO THE SEA.
Mystic Rites of Indians in Population of
 the Great Spirit Of the Waters.

Mystic Rites of Indians in Propitiation Oi
 the Great Spirit Of the Waters.
 To the adventurous globe trotter who has climbed the rock path to the sailors church of Notre Dame de ia Garde, dominating the Fhenician port of Marseilles, the potent influence of sacrifices and offerings for perils passed and to come must be no old story, says Lieut.. J. D. Jerrold Kelley, in describing ''The Expectations of the Sea" in the Century.
 There is a pathos, even for the world ly, in the quaint ships and galleons, in the rusting marlinspiles and shattered tiller heads, swinging to the mistral, in reverential offering before the shrines. These graccs after danger, these insurances against evil to come, circle the world. No people have es- capped the influence of such hopes and thanks. Our Indians were fettered by them, and no ceremoniouS offerings were more common than those which went to appease the angry Spirit of the Waters. On the upper tributaries of the Mississippi, the Indians, with Oc- cult rites, gave tribute of tobacco from beetling cliff to the Great Spirit of the River, and to the winds that smote the waters with blasts from the cav erns of the jealous gods. Algonquins in the north, Aztecs, sons of Atahualpa and Marco Capac, in the south-all blew incense out of their pipes, and strewed upon the currents and tide ways just such offerings of tobacco as, in our more subjective days, we give with lost meanings to the minor gods who rule the mans hour in our feasts.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-01
Papers and Periodicals.

In the United States there are 1855 daily newspapers, 31 papers published every other day, 227 published twice a week, and 14,017 weekly newspapers. Eighty-five newspapers are published every two weeks, 249 are published twice a month, 3,125 every month, and }07 published every two months and every three months. There are 20,O06 papers and periodicals in the United States,