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Year: 1872

OF late, notwithstanding large number
Of our men have been unemployed, acci-
dental death in the mines Of the Anthra-
cite Region has been of more frequent Oc-
currence than ever heretofore. Our col
umns have contained most fearful record
in this connection, in contemplating which
ones cheek naturally blanches and the
question is asked by every one who gives
the subject thought, why these deaths !
Why this terrible maimingl We have a
ventilation law, drafted by men skilled in
the practice Of mining coal, containing pro
visions that, if rigidly enforced, ought to
be an ample safeguard against most Of the
dangers OF the mine. In many instances
the law is not enforced as it ought to be.
Carelessness of its requirements il too com
mon but for the most part it il carried
out in its principal features to the best of
the ability Of the men appointed TO enforce
it. We cannot, and ought not, TO be blind
to the fact that . very large percentage Of
the accidents of the mines il due to the
recklessness of the men themselves and not
to any remissness Of the inspectors. Naked
lamps are too frequently and too carelessly
used, ''propping" is not rightly attended
tO, the caution of the Fire B0es" il too
often permitted to 60 unheeded, men are
too thoughtless Of the value of their lives,
too callous 10 danger and while this reck-
lessne@ il the natural growth of constant
association with the devils OF the coal
Dit" there Ia neither sense nor right in it..
It has been truthfully said, that "man 3
body il not given him to abuse or be
abused" The poor mans duty TO his fam
ily imperatively demands Of him that he
should look carefully to his health and safe
ty. He is the only source from whence they
can hope to derive material sustenance
The world has little compassion for the
poor mans family, and too often the Wild
owed and fatherless are permitted to 20
uncared for, hungry and cold. This is not
right, but it il the fact and because it Ia
the fact, there In no excuse for that poor
man whose heedlesaness costa him his life
and his family their means of support.





THERE in no change in toll on coal from
Maueh Chunk TO tide, a. the Lehigh Ex-
change did not alter their prices Of coal


THE coal fields Of Russia are said to be
very large, but a. yet only partially devel-
oped its superficial area is $40 square
miles.


PENNSYLVANIA Coal COmpAny's rAtes for
May advanced ten cents on lump and
steamer broken, egg and stove advanced
five cents, and chestnut twenty cents.


A coRREsPoSDKSr Of the Guardian
says that it would not Be profitable 10 use
powder in the coal mines, a. the extra h.
Dor in loading would counterbalance the
remuneration for the larger amount of coA
extracted, and also be source Of great dan.
ger.
Year: 1872

New York is not contented with the magnif.
cent bridge which is to connect the shores Of the


East River. This tremendous structure which
will form highway under which the tallest
masted ships may sail without obstruction, is
rapidly progressing. When completed New
York and Brooklyn will be in effect one city,
The papers are now urging the erection of
bridges to Biackwell's Island and thence to
Long Island. 1t is said that bridges would
be great relief to the upper part Of the city as
we'll as to the farmers Of Long Island, and
could be built without either the difficulties Of
engineering or the immense expense which
attend the building Of the Brooklyn bridge.
Moreover, II Blackwells Island were thus con-
necled with the New York shore the value of
property on that island would be trebled at once;
and New York would be known hereafter as
the city Of bridges.
Year: 1872

Lime Rock.

 There is to be no more liquor, ale or any thing intoxicating sold in our village: Not even a place where (" a little for medicine can be obtained, and it will be useless for any ''hole in the waN grocery" to move into the place, unless it comes on wheels, and then they would not have time to un- hitch tn cir team before the citizens would march them out. Will not the neighbor' ing villages in town go and do likewise Our esteemed landlord, MT. H. w. Thorp, who knows how to keep first class hotel, will continue to supply the wants of the travelling public with everything, (except those who are seeking the ardent,'D and his tables will be so we'll supplied with good things, that those in the habit of taking an appetizer" will not need it to do justice to good square meal.
Year: 1872

Kent.

 The pleasant weather of the past week has kept all farmers who are given to labor, at home, as the readers of the NEWS all know we are an industrious people, they can imagine that this place has been, as usual, unusually du11, the spell only being broken by the firm of Fuller & Co.,, who have advertised thoroughly that they are selling at cost to close the concern, on ac- count of the continued illness of MT. Fuller. Can write no more until it storms so hard we cont stay in the shop, then our people will circulate more freely and will have more news. XzYMENUs.
Year: 1872

To Our SubscqSbers.-The first year of the publication of the NEWS will end July 9th, and all of our subscribers who sub scribed at the commencement and received the first number of the NEWS, will re- ceiye that day the last number of their first years subscription. While can vassDg for subscribers, before We com mtnced the publication of our journal, we were asked by so many of those who sub. scribed, |" to stop the paper when the time was out,' that we concluded to try the ex pertinent of adopting that plan with all, instead of charging $2. were we not That thIs plan of stopping at the expiration advantage of subscriber as we'll as publish CT, there is not question. Among the many reasons why it is to their advantage are, firstly; q subscriber is liable to forget to renew his subscription as soon as it ex- pires. and time unconsciously passes on, and as he continues to take the paper from the post office, he is obliged to pay for it, and his bill will soon come 10 him, at the rate of $2.50 per year, thus paying 50 cents for the use of $2.OO for short time This is pretty steep interest to pay for the use of money. Another reason why the stop plan is for their interest is, that if they do not choose to take the paper an other year. they are not obliged to write three or four times to choke the unWelcome journal off. It must be clear to all, that it is not for our interest to get our subscribers provoked at us because we stop their paper, and we hope none will be sen sitive on that point, as we shall treat aU a5ske in that matter, and in doing SO are trying to do what we think is for the inter- >E Ill n,.,. opened for renewal of the subscriptions of our original subscribers, and all who are satisfied with our efforts thus far in making newspaper to represent the interests of Western Litchfeld county, we shall gladly welcome with renewal of their subscrip- tions before the expiration of the year, July 9th, and thus have no {" stopping of their paper. For the generous and unex- pected patronage of the year so nearly past, we have to say to our patrons: we thank you most heartily: You hoUs made as LrP
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
PROSPECT hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1872

All quiet on the Shepaug. 4 random whistle heard occasionally A stray paddy with a shovel on his back seen at lonQ ill- tervals vending his way homeward weari- ly. AS. " R. R. official with an anxious brow passing the depot hurriedly. A sol itary horseman in quest of meal visiting the mills alternately. A man with car pet bag swearing at the railroad generally. Freight wanted and nothing to be had anyway. Always excepting Tuesdays. Let us be thankful and pray that they may come every day in the week, Sundays ex- cepted. General Mcclellan said the army must be drilled General Directors say trains must not be run because iack-frost has got mortgage on the road and may foreclose on car full of passengers. Of fensiye operations ceased on the lssh March. Big ice freshet spoke for. A ct didn't come. Greenhorns thought if trains were kept on, every part of the road would be thus carefully watched, and all places where washing ont commenced, ar rested at once. But railroad men, great men. They know. Poor outside public don't know. Poor outside public do know they want the use of road but cant have it. Frost must be out, for frogs are pip ing away like mad. They are not to be switched off track because the s. V. R. R. hou ak ax,orx, cfaf:1x, a ,,ako,,%o1 .,x,.:9 ak which is isfather-in-law to the patented frog. One old big fellow tipped us the wink that he should holler h-u-m-b-u-gl hum bug! h-u-m-b-u-gl in a short time. We threw handful of gravel at him and he went under ker-chug.

 We were told that the R. R. Company had purchased the land on the north side of the depot, and g highway was to be laid out thereto prevent crossing the. main and side tracks at the upper end of the dugway. When cars are being switched of at that end, teams have had to drive up around by Nr. Titus blacksmith shop and down. So we have been told. s It would seem to be for the convenience of both the public and company to have the road put through. Does any know whose business it Is to see to it.

 Watson Frisbie while at work with a buzz-saw, caught the sleeve of his cssrdi- gan jacket on the teeth, which drew his left wrist into line and struck it nearly of. It is stated that the blood spurted from the arteries and struck at distance of seventeen feet from where he stood. Dr. Brown is in hopes that he can save the hand. A few days will decide.

 A boy living at Orestss Hickox fell in the barn few days since and broke his left arm at the elbow.
Year: 1872

On Thursday of last week, the Missis- sippi steamer Oceanus blew up near Brooks Point, thirty miles above Cairo. The whole of her upper works were blown of; the wreck immediately took fire and burnt to the waters edge. Of 100 people on board the Oceanus only about thirty are known to have been saved. There seems to have been no difficulty with the boilers that any one could discover before hand. All were new and in good condi- tion. The best opinion seems to be that when the boat struck on bar some of the machinery was disarranged occasioning the disaster.
Year: 1872

One of the first and most important du- ties of the incoming legislature will be to choose an United States Senator. The 1 choice seems at present to lie between Senator Ferry and ex-Gov. Hawley. For year or two past the former has been disabled by sickness, but he has recover ed sufficiently to take part both in the bu- siness of the Senate and in that of the re- cent political campaign. Whether his health IS such as to give reasonable hope of continued vigor and. usefulness, is of course an important point. The State cannot Tn fairness be asked to run any risk in such a matter. Of Mir. Ferry's entire integrity and great ability there is no question. Weregard him as one of the very few original thinkers, as we'll as one of the most eloquent and independent men, in the Senate. He is sometimes 6 trife crochety, that may not be peculiar ity altogether out of place in the United States Senate.

 Nevertheless, all things considered, es- pecially the doubt that seems to hang over Senator Ferry's health, we incline to the choice of Gen. Hawley. He has been long and we think justly regarded as the soundest, pluckiest and ablest of the Con- necticut Republicans engaged in political life. He is one of the first speakers not only of the State but of the nation and, above all, years of trial have developed in him that combination of shrewd sense, keen insight, and uncompromising hones- ty that made the Press, and since that the Courant,. the leading papers of the State. a<~,. -ax fyalasj-s-

 If the legislature will only choose be- tween Messrs. Ferry and Hawley, they are sure to give us good Senator. Our on- ly fear is of compromise between the friends of the weaker of the two chief can didates, and the corporals guard some third man may control, for the choice of the latter. We trust that the friends of Messrs. Hawley and Ferry will remember that the people of the State at large want one of those two, and no compromise candidate"
Year: 1872

himself from such perpetual annoyance, and
that is to act independently for the public
good, and to carry out the principle of civil
service reform by keeping in and appointing
to Office the best men, irrespective of political
opinions. It is gratifying to SEQ by our Wash
ington correspondence that the President is
taking such stand, and has, consequently,
created CONSERVATION among the Pennsylvania
politicians by his frmness in the matter of the
Philadelphia Post Office. If he will stick to
this policy he will be sustained by the people
everywhere, and he need not fear the ire of
either the small or leading politicians.
Year: 1872

labor in competition with our own free
labor; of raising no hand to release four hun
dred thousand neighboring negroes from the
most cruel bondage. Let US see whether
President Grant will suffer the Spanish gov
ernment to trife with us on the subject Of
Cuban slavery for another four years, or
whether he will boldly take the initiatory in
carrying into practice the policy which his
present Secretary of State has been for the
last three years SO bold to avow and SO incom-
petent to enforce.
Year: 1872

Cameron and the Cameronians and the other
Office hunting and ofiice-holding politicians Of
Pennsylvania are giving the President great
deal Of trouble. The Philadelphia Post Office
is the subject Of discordance and annoyance
just now; but it is the old struggle over again,
and General Grant may expect to have fire.
quent repetitions of it from one set or another
and from different localities. There are no
more hungry or Unsuitable people than the
small partisan and ofice-hunting politicians,
and no more troublesome and presumptuous
men than the leading partisan politicians.
There is but one way for the President to save
Year: 1872

THE STEAMSHIP ARIZONA, it is feared, may
have foundered in q storm on the Pacific. But
as she was good, strong ship, and well off,
cered, we adhere to the opinion that she has
only been disabled in her machinery, or
delayed by head winds and heavy SEAS and
will yet come in with her full list OF passen-
GERS and without serious loss of property.
Year: 1872

The scourge that has been prostrating our
horses for the past six weeks in the shape of
influenza is now assuming more fatal charac-
ter in the form Of dropsy, and in some stables
farcy and glanders have followed the epizootic
symptoms. There is no question but that
private horses have been more free from the
disease than those that have been overworked
on railroads, stages and carts; but those who
have had palaces for homes have not been
exempt from the plague and have had all the
various stages Of the disease to the last and
fatal one Of dropsy. Veterinary science has
been all abroad about the diagnosis of the
scourge. Mr.. Dunbar does not believe that the
disease was atmospherically infectious, while
Professor Taylor declares that it is contagious,
and too much caution cannot be used to keep
diseased horses away from well ones. 1t was
argued by some scientific gentlemen when the
disease first broke out that there was no
danger whatever, except relapse by exposure, to
the well-conditioned horse; but we have seen
during the last few days that the reverse is the
case, and dropsy, farcy and glanders are now
ending the miseries of many horses that were
receiving the greatest care and were supposed
to be improving week ago. We hope that we
have seen the worst of this horse disease, and
that the clear atmosphere which we are now
enjoying may stay the ravages of the scourge
in our stables and that the debilitated animals
may recuperate rapidly; but we advise care in
keeping the diseased animals away from the
well ones and where farcy or glanders is dis
covered to destroy the horse at once.


Is IT THE HORSE DISEASE AMONG THE
POULTRY ?-We have bad news for Thanks
giving Day. Up the Hudson and from the
highlands and lowlands of this river back to
the Susquehanna, and how much further we
know not terrible disease has broken out
among the poultry. Chickens are dying from
it by hundreds, and ducks, geese and turkeys
in the market are said to betray evidences of
the same malady. 1t appears to resemble the
epizooty; the fowl affected has running at the
nose. But, in addition to this symptom of
swells and it soon dies as of cerebro-spinal
meningitis. In another part of this paper we
give the latest information on the subject, and,
from the facts presented, it appears that this
disease is really assuming the form of q de-
structive pestilence among our domestic fowls.
Should this pestilence continue to spread as
rapidly as it has been developed we can only
hope that at least our beef, pork and mutton
will be spared for Thanksgiving Day.


THE STEAMSHIP ARIZONA, it is feared, may
have foundered in O storm on the Pacific. But
Year: 1872

crop OF moIasSeS. This slave-labor sugar,


under our present tariff, comes in direct con-
fict with our free labor, and realizes to the
Cubans larger profit than our own citizens can
secure. On the other hand Spain affords us no
facilities or advantages in the Cuban markets,


Her tariff discriminates against American i'm
ports, and the enormous duties are prohibitory
ofa great part of our products. Machinery and
few articles that cannot well be procured from
home ore the only things on which the
Spanish tariff allows us fair market in Cuba.
Our government thus directly encourages the
manufacture Of slave products in our
immediate neighborhood, and gives life
to the system Of slave labor.
If we were to place duty Of one hundred per
cent on the slave-labor sugars of Cuba we
should at once do much to loosen the hold of
Spain upon the island and to strike the fetters
from the limbs Of the slaves. The loss of the
American markets would be fatal to the pres
ent condition of affairs, and it would not be
long before the island obtained its freedom or
voluntarily sought an asylum within the
Union. At all events, it is o policy
which should commend itself to republicans,


unless their concern for the liberty of the
negro has ceased with the enfranchisement of
those of the race whose ballots are cast in the
United States. At present the party which
for the sake of abolition provoked the war of
the rebellion stands in the position of
encouraging slavery on territory lying at our
verv threshold; Of placing foreign slave
Year: 1872

opportunity for sweeping away the evil Of
of accomplishing that professed object; but so
much time has been wasted over unsatisfactory
propositions for gradual emancipation and so
many difficulties have constantly appeared in
the way of action that all faith in the sincerity
of the movement has been destroyed.


Intervention with Spain for the liberation of
the Cuban slaves is no new proposition to
Congress or the administration. Neither
has been idle in this direction, so far as SEN
timent is concerned. President Grant has
alluded to the subject time and again Con-
gress has resolved and memorialized, and
Secretary Fish has been as strong in words
and as weak in action as usual Congress
long since adopted resolution declaring that
the existence Of slavery in Cuba would have
an important bearing on the diplomatic and
commercial relations of the two countries, and
notice to that effect is supposed to have been
given by our Secretary of State to the Spanish
government. We have plenty Of evidence to
show that the powers at Ma drid stand pledged
to our government to abolish slavery on the
island, promise which they have as yet
shown no sincere intention of redeeming. In
january, 1870, Secretary Fish, writing to the
United States Minister in Spain, said,
This government regards the govern
ment of Madrid as committed to the
abolition of slavery in Cuba;" and
the Secretary went on to instruct
the Minister that if it should appear that the
Cuban insurrection was regarded by the
Spanish authorities as finally and completely
Year: 1872

It will be remembered that two

 weeks ago, we gave few points of 6

 case in the Yuma District Court

 wherein one I. Reavis, acting as

 Judge, arbitrarily disbarred Clarence

 Gray from practice in all the courts in this Territory, and we intimated that he could with as much right and justice have suspended him from practice in all other courts of the world without hearing, and op- portunely the proof comes to our hand from the Supreme Court of the United States. A Washington dispatch of March 9, announces decision in what is known as the Bradley-Fisher suit In this case Bradley sued Fisher for damages because the latter, as Judge of the Court in the district, had dis barred Bradley for alleged contempt Justice Field delivered the opinion of the Court.

 In alluding to the merits of the case, Justice Field said that Judge Fisher had no right to disbar Bradley without first giving him hearing.

 As matter of course, anything the august tribunal of the United States would say, would be poor law in Court run by I. Reavis- and vice versa. We only cite this instance to show how ashamed Judge Field and associates will feel should the Reavis' order and incidents thereto, in the Gray case, ever be seen and heard by them. The Supreme Court of the United States can easily show that its decision ill the Bradley Fish CT case was not intended as contempt of Reavis' Court, because 1t was ren- dered nearly month before the noble Reavis made his imperishable but imbecile record in the Gray mat ter. Judge Porter's arrival and quail ification, save the Supreme Court some trouble-no one knows how much. | The power of the Reavis' Court was exercised as if 1t were omnipresent and omnipotent.
Year: 1872

EARLY this week, an order was sent With extraordinary dispatch for one whitman to return to Grant from his forced retirement at Crittenden. If anything he says were entitled to be- hef, we might give reason for this last hasty change.
Year: 1872

A very remarkable case of lethargy
occurred at Winterport, Maine, a few
days since. A daughter of Howes Mayo
went into the yard on Tuesday, May z,
to bring in little child, which had un-
awares got out of the house. While
Miss Mayo was STOPPING over the child
she became suddenly dizzy, and COM
planned of it to her mother, who put
her TO bed. The girl fell into a pro-
found sleep almost Immediately and her
mother, upon trying to awaken her in
season for her supper, was surprised to
find her efforts unavailing. After the
family had eaten supper they again
tried to awaken the girl, but still with
out avail. The family becoming Sc
riouslv alarmed, the neighbors were
called in, but they could not suggest
any method by which the fair sleeper
could be aroused. A physician was also
summoned, and he called in three other
medical men, who, among other methods,
sat the girl in n chair, and poured water
from few feet above upon her head
and shoulders, but even this failed, and
the still sleeping girl was put TO bed.
Except when she was disturbed, her
breathing was slow and regular and her
pulse healthy. At o'clock on the fol-
lowing Sunday afternoon she turned
over in her bed and, waking, called to
her mother, asking if supper wasn't
ready yet, and further said that she was
real hungry. She then got up and ate
hearty meal, and has been in excel
lent health ever since. Tho case excited
great interest in the town, and the re-
covery of the sleeper was a theme OF
much wonderment.