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The indicator., 1897-03-06
santa Pedro Gets ".

Washington, March The board an.
pointed by the president some months
ago to examine and decide upon the 10
cation Of n deep water harbor for com
merce and of refuge either at San Pc.
dro or at Santa Monica in Southern
California, to-day made its report to the
secretary Of war. It definitely defines
the harbor at San Pedro at an estimat.
ed cost of S2,ool.Tsl. Mr.. Richard r.
Morgan Of the commission did not sign
the report, but by the wording of the
law under which the board acts the
finding Of a majority of its members Is
final
The indicator., 1897-03-06
TiiIman Stirrs Them Up.

Washington, March 1.-Scnator TIL.
man provoked turbulent scene in the
Senate tonight when he charged that
the armor plate manufacturers had
their paid agents in that body, who
were robbing the government.
The charge was resented by Senator
Hawley of Connecticut, whereupon Mr.
Tillman replied that ''ihe CALLED jade
winces." and it looked AS though n per
sonal conflict was imminent until Mr.
Hawley was escorted to the cloak
room.
At the opening Of the evening session
the message of the President. trans.
mitting the correspondence relating to
the Imprisonment Of Charles Scott. IN
American citizen. in Cuba. was laid
before the Senate.
The indicator., 1897-03-06
Seminary Rules Sustained.

Boston. Mass, March 1.-The. Su
preme court today gave decision
against the plaintiff in the case OF
Elizabeth Curry of Ironwood, Michi
gan, against La Sell seminary. The ac
ton was brought to recover dana ges
for alleged breach of contract on the
part of the defendant in refusing to
continue the plaintiffs daughter at the
seminary after an infringement of the
rules of the Institution.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The most expensive book that was
ever published in the world is the of
fetal history Of the war of the rebel
lion. which is now issued by the gov
ernment OF the United States az O cost
up To date Of 81. .334 32s. Of this amount
sl1S4,2gl has been paid for printing
and binding The remainder was eZ-
pended for salaries. rent stationery.
etc. and for the purchase OF records
from private individuals, n Will re-
guire az least three years longer and an
appropriation of perhaps SGoO.g0o 10
complete the work so THAI the total
cost will undoubtedly reach nearly
S3.0DOu00. IL viii consist Of l12 vol
umes.
The indicator., 1897-03-06
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO.
IIrcAS CQIiNTY =

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath tpat h& 4
m. senior partner of the frIp Of ,. Ohe
ncy i Co.. doing business In the Up q
,hat said nrm will pay the sum Of ON1
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each s1d
every case of c,rarrh that cannot D.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to ber4e me and subscribed In
nv presence this 9th day Of necsmbsr.
isa,n '9''' A. W. GLEASON,
'S'' Notary Pubic.
Halrs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
aud acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Send Tor tsstl
H''D +. j. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, I3c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The indicator., 1897-03-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
satur,lay. r.hruary s1th.

Senate.-Air Thomas bill amending
drunkards' law was taken up but de
feated.
The following bills passed second
reading:
Senate bill No. 167. by Seldomridge,
providing that when Il vacancy in the
Senate shall occur the clerk OF the Dis
trict court of the district not repre-
sented shall notify the secretary of
state. who shall issue n notice of such
vacancy and ask that 1t be iilled at the
next general election.
Senate bill No. 216, by Seldomridge.
relates to the law on illegitimacy and
permits the jury In such cases to as
sess damages against the defendant
for the support Of the child.
Senate bill No. 253, by Taylor. proyld-
ing for the giving of judicial and OH
cial bonds by surety companies having
capital of less than S2oO.ooo,
senator Caunon's- bill imposing n
penalty for riding or driving over coun-
~ and state bridges faster than a
walk.
Senate bill No, 4, by Reuter-, fixing
the order In which appropriations shall
be expended IN case the revenues do
not meet the expenses Of the state
passed second reading. The order
shall be as follows;
First the ordinary expenses of the
legislative. judicial and executive de
partments and the interest on the pub
lie debit second. appropriations Tor all
state Institutions; third, all other ap-
preparations out Of the general fund.
The Senate then adjourned until
Monday
Housc-A bill by Hume Lewis TO eN-
cmpt razors from being classed as con
cealcd weapons passed third reading.
\ bill by Mr.. Allen TO permit of the
vice president of the state Agricultural
College acting as president In the ah-
sence OF that officer passed final read
ing.
The House adjourned early to pre-
pare TO visit the soldiers and Sailors
home.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Critics say that Prof Haley, who is
to furnish the music for the Mckinley
inaugural ball, lis good fddIcr and
sometimes plays for the eolorsd pen
pies dances He VIII hang on TO his
job just the same
The indicator., 1897-03-06
s200 90 Reward In Gold !

In the word BEAUTIFUL are nine letters. You
are smart enough to make fourteen words. We fssl
sure: and 4 you do you viii receive reward. Do
word BEAUTIFUL Use only English words. The
Honsehold Publishing md Printing Co.. proprietors
of The Household Companion. will pay DO % In
gold to the person able to make tn. longest list OF
English words from the letters in the word BEAU-
TiFUL: esooo for the second longest 5000 for the
third: $1,000 each for the nye and e5 20 Zach
for the next ten longest lists. The abovs rewards
are given free and solely for the purpose Of attract
ing attention to our handsome ladies' magazine
THE HOUSEHOLD COMPANION Containing
forty eight pages finely Illustrated Latest Fsrhions
artieles on Horticulture Cycling. COOKERY General
household Hints etc. and stories by the best stand
aId authoIs: published monthly price 80 cents
in America. In order to enter the contest II il
necessary for you TO send with your list of words
FOURTEEN 2-cent stamps, 2b cents in silver
which will entitle you to half years sribscrp,ion
to THE HOUSEHOLD COMPANION. In addition
to the above prizes will give everyone sending
Us list OF fourteen or more words a handsome ST.
yer souvenir spoon List. should be sent as soon -
possible and not later than April ad 1897 so that
The names OF successful contestants NAV be pub-
lished in the April issue Of THE HOUsEHOIb
COMPANION. We refer you to any mercantile
agency as to standing.
i"nsehold Publishing & Printing Co.,
on lflcccker st. New York Civ.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

A rumor has gained circulation to
.b. affect that the so-called Cherry
sisters. still in Chicago. are base int
tatjons Of the real ones. The rumor is
wrong. There could be no successful
imitation. These sisters are certainly
the real thing.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Kansas City stands an the head 1'
American cities in rhe estimation of
the women. The city council has gn-
fused to pass an auli-hiEh-hat orll-
nance
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Miss Helen lIussrove Of Cameron
Township, Pennsylvania. died from
blood poisoning which had been caused
by her tongue being laeerGted two
weeks ago while the young woman
was moistening an envelope c0uyain-
ing a letter addressed 10 Herman
Shultz, at Pittsburr asking him % re-
turn; that she had forgiven him for o
lovers quarrel last month.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The new warships are to be painted
olive green. During the rebellion, a
drab vas the favorite color This is
still best for daylight. but the search
lighn pick it out readily at night. 1t
lis ,ound that olive green is least Wis
ibl.. all things considered.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Nathaniel straughn of English, Md.
was born in 1892, and is still with us
nt 1O5 years old. And the only secret
given Of his longevity is that he never
was drunk, never quarreled and never
had a law suit. Why can't we all live
to be 105?
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Girls. You should remember that
who'll. ONE exercise and sweet temper
plan roses in your cheeks
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The woman who does not like TO be
admired Of man is generally successful
In concealing her wishes.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The silk hat. that is neither dry cool
height OF folly.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

There is as much difference between
information and gossip 5- thlrs Us bg-
tween walnut and Eastwood.
The indicator., 1897-03-06
Tuesday March End.

Senate, After the usual routine the
now county debate was taken M in
the Scnatr. A motion by Scnator Nc
Nicely 10 indefinitely postpone cousid-
Grafton Of the bin to create Sylvanite
county was being talked Of by Senator
Carney when rho Senate adjourned the
evening before. He resumed and pro-
ceeded TO quote from pamphlets pub
lished in favor Of the measure.
Senator Moody said 1t would be an
ungener0us thing 10 create more bur
dens for the people and he must vote
against the bill.
Senator Canon thought the weight of
the argument lay with the opponents
Of the bill, and he believed there We're
already too many counties.
senator Wheeler said NIL he could do
would he to preach the funeral sermon
on the bill, and he proceeded to do so.
He spoke of tn" sentiment in favor
OF the measure the great wealth of the
camp aud It's increasing prosperity. and
he believed the people were entitled to
have county but. of course. they
were not going 10 get IT.
Senator Soldomridgc spoke in sun
port of the bill and pointed to the
pledges that had been given by the
representatives from that district and
to the almost unanimous desire for the
county ON the part Of the people. There
had been change of sentiment since
the ection. but no good reason had
been assigned. He valued his political
pledges too highly to change and would
support the bin
The discussion occupied nearly the
whole day. Then the vote was taken
and resulted rs follows:
For the new county-Blakey. Carney.
Evans. FELTON,. Harris, Kennedy. Por-
teriield. Seldomridge. Stratton. Tay-
lor, Thomas. Wheeler
Against the county-Adams. Barela.
Bromley Campbell, Canon, Crosby.
Grove, Gallagher. Gnymon. Gordon,
Locke. Maxwell, Moody. Morton. Nc
| Creery, McNeely. Painter. Reuter-.
Schermerhorn, Sours, Swink. West.
House. House bill No. go. by An
drew Park. of Pueblo. providing pun
| ishment for the breaking Of seals of
| railway cars, was considered and
passed second reading
A bill introduced by MIR. Champion
on behnlf Of constituent. allowing per
sons and corporations to divert and an
ply unappropriated water for mining.
| milling or electric purposes. caused the
| expression of n wide variance of opin-
| ions. 1t passed second reading.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

A Chicago cashier has been fooled
with a skoog counterfeit twenty-dol-
lar bill Mr. Skoog is the man who
made it and It fools even the experts.
Mr.. Skoog is very thorough. and ne
SAYS he finds that it pays 70 do well
whatever he has to do. So it does.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The boundary between laughed % Ur
with is too vague for fBe r9unra-an-
sion Of a vast array or persons who eaa-
slider themselves funny.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

We would all be content if lha imms-
diatc future were sure FOO Dee as pI.l
ant as the remote past now =HamE Lq
have been.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Human nature stlll continues 10 feel
pleased when 1t hears Of misfortune
overtaking somebody.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Education rather Injuries a natural
born loafer. by making him more con
splcuous.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Few things are more conducive to
misery than being expected go sus
something bright ON all orcusI0HE
The indicator., 1897-03-06

When some men get hurt they uba
so much pleasure la rolIHg about 70
that they do mot seem 10 mIHG tho iH-
jury.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

You degrade a man whom g0u compel
him TO accept as charity what bee npsE.
to be able to earn for himself
The indicator., 1897-03-06

1t is possible for people to be bright
enough to dazzle themselves.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The first Idea that follows a wrong
act is a wonder what people will think
The indicator., 1897-03-06

Names record in furnishing one
eleventh Of the governors chosen last
fall In the different states OF the
union cannot probably duplicated
by any other state The row
ernors who are credited with
having Maine as their native
place are LJewellyn Powers in Maine.
Hazen s. Pingree Ia Michigan. Frank
5. Black in New York and John r.
Rogers In Washington.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

We are all too apt to think that bad
people will make an exception in their
conduct towards US.
The indicator., 1897-03-06
1hr Cummil .yille sage.

1t was rather surprising to hear one Of hi,
age asking a question about women ins.esa
OF making an assertion, but the youngest
..Wiiy is ii a beautiful woman never 10 In
tellectualI"
SIN ali probability" replied the Cummins-
Vile sage .'she is; but when a man gets In
the presence of beautiful woman he never
has ssense enough left 10 know whether she
is Intellectual or not."-Cincinnau Enquirer
The indicator., 1897-03-06

"Do You believe the arbitration treaty
would establish universal peace, JullaT u
did but / said 50 to an army officer last
nlght. nnd he got h0ppLng mad"
The indicator., 1897-03-06

"what do you think Of the fighting In
Cretef' "In Srete2 | thought the fight was
to be In Carson Cityr'
The indicator., 1897-03-06

The consular reports made 70 tho
state department have disclosed ono
interesting fact recently. That I= ,luJ
the most expensive manufactured prod
net in the world is the charcoal fla
ment used In incandescent electric
lamps. These threads, which are made
by a secret process in Paris. are so
valuable that a pound Of those Intended
for lamps of thirty-caudle power is
worth $1,000 Even the inventor and
maker Of the flaments keeps his name
a secret. in order chat the valuable in
vention may be still more secure
ly guarded
The indicator., 1897-03-06

One OF tho smaller western colleges
has been suffering from an epidemic Of
..paraIleIlsm Of thought" Three times
in six years the winner OF tla most
coveted orutori.ai prize has been a1u-
victad Bf stealing the orariQE tla. 1o
delivered as hia own IT, Was .u Tho
latest Instance that the committee uf
Investigation substituted the farsr1iuE
euphcmislc expression for rl- bHrBar
word of plagiarism Ono or a1e most
foolish often fes q student eau commit
is 10 ondeavor to palm 0I s4e writing
Of another person as bis aFn. Je .H
almost sure 10 1e caueh- aud 10 rHaa
event the stain on his -apU alton Is
indelible. If he is NOT detected he
starts out In life uuder false eoIors. and
such a start Jig usually q rreaaer mis-
fortune than to be caught and dis-
graced at the outset.
The indicator., 1897-03-06
The Only Afternoon Train

Making the quickest time from Denver to
Kansas City. St Louis and tho East Is the
Union Pacific "Eiectric Special" leaving
Denver daily at 1:20 p. M This elegant
train, carrying Buffet Pullman sleeping
cars and chair cars, makes quicker time 70
Office, g41 Seventeenth street, corner Curtis.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

when bilious or costive eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartlc. cure guaranteed. loc. 2oc.
The indicator., 1897-03-06

"Mrs. Bowker has cured Mr.. Bowker OF
swearing" .Dld she use force or moral
suaslonF' "Nelther; she bought him par
rot
The indicator., 1897-03-06

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Brono Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund tho money il It fails to cure. CSC
The indicator., 1897-03-06

W. N. U.-DENVER.-N NO.1O.-Is0
when writing 10 advertisers. please suy ,i.at
you saw the Advertisement In this paper
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-16
" EST CURN " ALL.

Miss Dell Cochrane has returned from Bridgeport and vicinity where she has been making an extended visit.
 Miss Sarah NJ. Wilkinson, of Shelton, will teach our school the coming year.
 Mrs H. Caulkins has returned home.
 M. Hallock's family, who have been at Adam Yutzler's the past few weeks, have returned to their home in Bridge port.
 Geo. R Smith will run the Goshen store this week while Chas. Green takes an outing.
 James Cochrane went to Vermont Monday to buy cattle.
 Mrs Chas. Wolfe, of Ansonia, was in town last Saturday.
 Our young people had pleasant time Monday evening at the corn roast.
 Rev Mir Small preached the second sermon of his candidacy here Sunday last and we sincerely hope that 1t will be our luck to secure his services here.
 The Lime Rock base ball club after defeating the West Cornwall small boys refuse to play return game on the grounds that the boys here are too pro- fessional at it
 Dwight Rogers and Arthur Van Du- Zen are taking in New Milford fair this week,
 It is question when the gold demo- crats will have a cancus this year.
 Walter Botsford. of New Milford, is staying at Geo. Brewster's, recruiting his health
 O. Louiller was hurt Tuesday by the bursting of an emery wheel. Nothing serious is apprehended.
 D. F. Smith is unloading furniture from car here. Looks as though he were about to become the happy posses sor of wife.
 There are other weddings coming of in the near future.
 H. Wickwire is on the sick list.
 b R. Davison contem plates taking a vacation in the near future. He needs a rest after tie hard summers work he has done.
 Mrs Wm. Preston and Mrs V. c. San- ford expect to visit friends in Danbury soon. From Danbury Mrs Sanford goes to make extended visits to friends in Brooklyn, N. r., and Railway, N. J.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-16
HUN rSvILLE and SOUTH CANAAN

Miss PA. Dean is guest at the home of Mir and Mrs N. J. Dean.
 Mrs Ellen Hanchett has gone to New York, intending to remain there some little time with relatives, in the mean time visiting her brother, Postmaster Hancbett, at Orange. N. J.
 After several weeks tarry here with relatives and friends, Mrs Jane Howe has returned to her home in Unionville.
 Mrs Sidney Morris and son, Sidney, Jr., of Torrington, spent Sunday here abouts.
 Mrs Irene Ensign and dauglter Char lotte, of Winsted, who have been Le,e some little time with friends, have re- turned to their home.
 Miss Mary Babcock has returned home after couple weeks stay with Norfolk friends.
 Miss Edith Scoville has accepted a position as teacher in school at Cole brook River. Mrs Anna Gray, Mrs Levi Ganser and Miss Irene Green have each returned to their old positions as teach CTS in this town; Mrs Gray at the Bar rack, Mrs Ganser at South Canaan and Miss Green under the mountain.
 MT and Mrs Frank Lucas will shortly go to housekeeping in their new resi-. dence just completed. The house is g handsome, roomy structure, built by Contractor Beckley, of Torrington.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-16
FALLS VILLAG

Chas. Wylie is visiting in Hartford with intentions of moving there should he make satisfactory arrangements. o. R. Morris, of Torrington. spent Sunday in town
 Mrs Mary Suydam is visiting in Unionville.
 Miss Lena Finkle is ill with cholera morbus
 Mrs John Readon has been visiting at Henry Kilmer's the past week.
 Rev Mir Moore, of Winsted, preached at the chapel Sunday. Myron Clark, from Salisbury, spent a few days with his sister, Mrs J. H. Bel den, last week.
 Geo. Ayers and bride returned Satur- day evening and commenced housekeep. iug in their new home, which was all ready to receive them.
 Wm. A. Miles from Twin Lakes was in town one day last week. Rev O. W. Hanna returned from his vacation last week not feeling we'll. He has been confined to the house since for several days with severe cold.
 Mrs Geo. W. Hall has been spending a few days in Canaan, visiting Mrs O. w. Camp.
 Fred Bohlman started Saturday for Princeton, N. J., where be has secured a position in preparatory school as in- structor in languages.
 Sidney Reed sent his pacer to New Milford where she will compete in the races at the fair this week. Oliver Goldsmith and wife, of Lafay- cite, Ind. spent Sunday with F. NJ Olin. driving over from Litchfield. Mir Goldsmith was formerly from these parts. His brother was the builder of the canal here
 County Commissioner N l.. Webster and wife spent Saturday in town. They are driving through the country for short pleasure trip.
 A number from here attended the races at Wells Hill Saturday, two horses and l. H. Lyman's Anna O. starting in one of the races. Anna O. got second place with Horace C.-H. Landon' s colt 1st and Cuckoo 3d.
 Miss Anna Thomas, of Thomaston, is visiting at Wm. R Hubbell's.
 Mrs E. w. Spur died Saturday even- ing at 10 o'clock after long severe ill., ness. For the last two or three months she has been great sufferer. requiring ing the constant care of two trained nurses. The funeral took place yester- day at the house. Burial at Salisbury.
 Mrs Van Duzan returned Saturday from two weeks visit with her nephew, Dr Rossman, in Ancram.
 John w. Smith is in New Haven un- dergoing treatment by specialist for trouble with hls ears.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-16
EAST CANAAN.

We all appreciated the cooler weather of Saturday evening and Sunday after the extreme heat of last week.
 MI and Mrs Levi Ganzer. of Hunts vile, were at A. B. Garfeld's, Sunday.
 Mrs Mary B. Webster, who has been spending some weeks visiting friends in this and other towns, returned to Tor rington Friday.
 M. E. Stratton's brother, Burton J Stratton of Montville, Mass, visited him last week, as also did his old friend and schoolmate, Lewis Kellogg of the same place.
 Four of the members of the Y. P. g. O. E attended the convention of the Winsted Union at West Torrington last Wednesday, viz; Misses Hattie E Gar. field and Mary E. Stevens, the presi- dent, Nelson E. Stratton, and Jarvis c. Stevens. MT Stratton reported very interesting meeting. Miss Stevens and her brother Jarvis spent the remainder of the week visiting friends
 Mir and Mrs Levi Giddings, formerly of this place but now of Wethersfeld, visited In town few days last week They returned to Wetherstield Monday morning; Mir Giddings on his wheel and Mrs Giddings via the railroad.
 Mrs T.W. Harvey with her daughter and two sons returned to Orange, N. J., last Friday. They have been staying at Mrs Juliet Fox's during the summer
 Schools began their fall term in Dist No. Tuesday, Sept. 2, with Miss Grace Roraback in the upper depart ment and Miss Nora McCarty, of this place in the lower department. Miss Roraback has made some changes in the classes and in reading, introducing new books which please the pupils very much.
 Mrs Anson A. Lawrence has. hal a severe grippe cold with some malaria She is better now and we hope she will continue to improve. Her cousin, Miss Ellen Murray, of Winsted, has been visiting her.
 We are sorry to know Mrs J. Gillette is sick. She has been threatened with bronchial pneumonia. She is.better.
 Dea. Geo. w. Bottum is painting the Whiting River creamery building.
 Martin Casey, who has suffered fol over year with fstula, was success fully operated on last Saturday by Dr Avis assisted by Dr Kendall of Norfolk