LAKEVILLE.FALLS VILLAGE. TR EAT & STARR,New Mllford, Ct.Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.WALT WHITMANDEAD

THE GOOD GRAY POET'S QUAINTMUSE WILL SING NO MORE.

ABSOLUTELY PURE

THE FHTY-efeCON- O CONGRESS

A D4-e- t of the Proceeding la the Senateand House.

Washington, March 2a The senate wasin a river improvement mood. Anticipatingthe house river and harbor bill, it passedan order appropriating $18,750,000 for theimprovement of the Mississippi river fromits mouth to St. Paul, not more than $3,750,-00- 0

to be expended in any one year.The long anticipated debate on the Bland

free coinage silver bill was begun in thehouse. There was a large attendance inthe galleries and on the floor. After thereading of the Journal the bill was imme-diately taken up, Mr. Bland, of Missouri,opening the debate in favor of the measure.He was followed by Mr. Williams (Dem.), ofMassachusetts, who represented the anti-silv- er

element of the Democratic party.Washington, March 24. For nearly four

hours the senate" discussed the questionwhether Indian agents should be army offi-cers or civilians.

The house continued the discussion of thesilver bilL

Washington, March 25. For an hour thesenate did business for the public eye andear and then retired behind closed doors forthe rest of the session. In that time theyconsidered the Behring sea matter.

The session of the house was devoted tothe discussion of the silver bill, which closedat 5 o'clock. The features of the debatewere the speech of Mr. Hatch, of Missouri,repudiating the mugwumps of Massachu-setts (Williams and Hoar) and that of BurkeCockran, of New York, who is supposed torepresent Senator Hill's views on the ques-tion. He opposed the bill.

Mr. Burrows moved to lay the bill on thetable, and gatly to every one's burprisethe motion failed only by.a tie vote 148to 148.

A motion to reconsider was made by Mr.Johnson, of Ohio, and the house refused149 to 145 to adopt Mr. Bland's motion tolay Mr. Johnson's motion on the table.

The Republicans and anti free silver Dem-ocrats then successfully filibustered tillafter midnight when Mr. Bland was forcedto move an adjournment without comingto a direct vote on the measure. The mo-tion to adjourn was carried, and this killsthe bill for the present.

Washington, March 26. The senate insecret session reached a practical agreementto ratify the Behring sea arbitration treaty.

The house, wearied from its labors on thesilver bill since Tuesday last, devoted threehours to the consideration of hills on theprivate calendar, and, not securing a quo-rum, adjourned.

Washington, March 29. The senate dur-

ing the morning hour discussed, with someslight incidental reference to the Behringsea matter, the proposition to transfer therevenue marine service to the navy, andsubsequently recommitted a bill to give gov-ernment employees in the bureau of engrav-ing and printing and navy yard thirty days'leave of absence with pay, after amendingthe bill out of Bight by tacking onto it astipulation that its provisions should applyto every other person employed by the gov-ernment, whether hired by the year, themonth, the week or the day. Secret sessionon the Behring sea question and the allegedviolation of executive confidences occupiedthe balance of the day.

The house consumed the entire day inconsidering bills reported from the commit-tee on the District of Columbia, several ofwhich were passed and the house then ad-

journed.THE SILVER BILL KILLED.

Arvid Law8on and wife who havebeen working for S. S. Bobbins thepast year, move this week to Aleriden,Conn.

Mrs Wm Wilcox is visiting her mother, Mrs Dr Cleveland.

The E. W. Spurr company receivedlast week a steam saw mill aud movedon to Town Hill where they have a largewood job.

Winkworth and Hubbard are erecting an outbuilding on their premises.

Sam Butcher carted his furniture tothe depot Monday, to be shipped toBotchkissville, Conn , where he now resides. His family went Tuesday toBridgeport to visit friends.

Mrs Milton is quite sick with Erysipelas.

Walter Silvernail is able to be outagain; he has been connned to tuehouse all winter with lung trouble.

Myron Holley starts this week forChicago to visit relatives, and AbramMartin is going at the same time to thewest to buy horses.

Georce A. Andrews of Wallmgford,Conn , visited O. Beuiatnia last week;from here he went to Sheffield, Mass..his native place.

Landlord Southworth moved to t isti- -

er's Island, in Long Island Sound lastweek, where he will run a large hotel.The new landlord at the WononscoHouse is Mr Peabody of New Yorkcity.

ISTF MARLBORO.

The schools in town will begin April4th with few changes in the corps ofteachers.

John Fifzpatrick has moved fromLime Rock to his farm in this place.

T. H. Clark was quite siok last weekbut is better now.

Miss Alice Fuller, ho has been sickduring the winter, is improving underthe care of Dr Sanborn.

S. Joseph Doyle started last Tuesdayfor Grand Forks, North Dak ato, wherehe jexpects to joiu his brother.

UEJFFIKLIt.

W. H. Little & Co are now laying thefoundation for a glass extension frontto their store, which will be a great improvement; already they have madepleasant changes inside Miss Carrie L. Smith of this place and Miss Fan-nie Blush of Bridgeport, Ct. are takinga trip in western New York, in the vicinity of Rochester, and will visit Niagara Falls before they return. . . .Rev B.C. Warren left on Monday to attend theNew York Conference. . ..... .The highschool closed last Friday with a publicexamination for a two weeks' vacation . .

..At the annual town meeting heldlast Monday these officers were elected :

John D. Burtch, clerk and treasurer;school committee for three years, RevB. C. Warren; selectmen, William H.Dresser, William Cropper, Arthur Hew-ing. Voted no license .

UVXIRVULE.

Mrs G. H. Dean returned to her homelast Saturday. She has been with hersister in Bridgeport for the last threeweeks. . .Mr and Mrs Dwight Manvel ofSheffield were at W. H. Blodgett's for ashort time last week . . . .Mrs Guiou ofthe David M. Hunt school spent Suu- -

day with Mrs W. L Millard MissMary Babcock is spending a short timewith relatives in Millerton .... Mrs JuliaDean is gradually failing Mondayafternoon John DeForest met with avery painful accident. While choppingiu the woods a falling tree struck him,breaking his collar bone and fracturinghis right shoulder blade. Dr Skiff wascalled in attendance. At this writingMr DeForest is as comfortable as can beexpected Our public school closedMarch IS. Those that received spelling prizes were: .Belle Jndd, JditnScoviUe, Clifford Hillyer, Myrl Alex-

ander, Mary Hillyer and Lewis Alex-ander. Belle Judd received the writingprize.... All through the winter whileso much sickness and death was abroadin our town we as a commnnitv congratulated ourselves on our comparativeexemption, but our portion has come atlast. Scarcely a home is free from atleast severe colds, while death has eu-ter-

taking two of our oldest citizens.Mr George Ganser died Tuesday, March22, after an illness of several months ofheart disease. On the same day, andat almost the same hour, Mr J. H.Chase, passed awav, having beeu sickscarcely a week, first taking a severecold which suddenly developed intopneumonia A large gathering ofneighbors and friends at the funeral tes-tified to the eskem in which theseneighbors were held Mr Ganset'sfuneral was held Thursday afternoon.Burial at Lower City. Mr Chase wasburied Friday afternoon. Interment atSaudv Hill.

Rev P. R Day is moving back fioniUnionville to his farm in West Avon.

A consultation of physicians was heldon Saturday in case of Mrs ErnestWoodford who is in very feeble henltb.

Howard Thompson has removed hissteam saw mill to Burlington.

Att'y-Ge- n. Taft has jast completedan addition to his dwelling house.

ASHLEY FALLA.

The "social" at Mrs Harvey Decker'slast Friday evening was a success, so-

cially and financially to our pastor tothe amount of about $20.... The sick,Mrs J. H. Turner, Mrs Bowen andKitty Cutting are improving. ,. .MissKate Haaton left home Monday to assume new duties as secretary of aWoman's Christian Association, of whichMrs Harriet Judson is president, inBrooklyn, N. Y. ... Mrs L. D. Moore isslowly improving under the care of DrCarter of i alls Village.

CUAPINVIELE.

A. J. Spurr's health is slowly improving; he is now able to walk out for ashort distance at a time . . . . L. P. Ashman is taking down one of the oldhouses in Hammertown GeorgeGibbs has moved to HammertownDaniel Curtis expects to move to Ham- -

ertown soon L. S. Jndd is movingfrom Hammertown to the new parsonage . . .John Ball has rented the JohnTenter farm and is moving on to thesame. .. .A. Goodman is moving intothe J. J. Landon house, and CharlesMorrison will move from Pine Grove tothe house Gooda.au vacates W. JClark had the misfortune to lose quitea valuable cow a few days ago; anothercow got loose and hooked herand seriously injured another Ournew port-offic- e project ha more friendsthan at first supposed . . . .Report has itthat one of our fair maidens is learningto run an engine in Canaan Thecreamery paid their patrons 25.06 centsper pound for their February butter or.UJo oents per space.

Beware of Olntnseats far Catarrh thisContain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense ofsmell and completely derange the whole sys-tem when entering It through the mucoussurfaces. Such articles should never be usedexcept on prescriptions from reputable phy-sian- s,

as the damage they will do is ten foldto the good you can possibly derive fromthem. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufacturedby F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O,, containsno mercury , and is taken internally, and aotsdirectly upon the blood and mucous surfacesof the system. In buying Hall's CatarrhCure be sure you get the genuine. It is takenInternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by T,3. Cheney Oo. '

AsTfall kf &tttfUtl, 71 teat.

The Hon Fred E. Egleston has beenelected a delegate to the National Pro-hibition Convention to be held in Cin-

cinnati in June.Engine No. 59 which was wrecked in

the disaster on the D. & N. railway iuFebruary has been thoroughly repaired.It was one of the worst broken np ofany that have been in the shops. Ittook its first trip Monday, and looks asgood as new.

Mrs Wm Hay ward was a guest ofCornwall friends a .few days last week.

Wm A. Burkett of Dan bury was intown over Sunday.

Mrs James Williams has gone to Canada to visit friends, and on her returnher mother will accompany her.

Miss Nellie Hall will open a millineryemporium in the rooms over the company store next week.

Miss Agnes Miller was home from titBarrington over Sunday.

The band serenaded Hon DanielBrewster and also the new landlords,Messrs Clark & Kennard, on Tuesdayevening and were properly entertained.

Having a surplus of milk the creamery has been making cheese for a shorttime past.

The drum corps is making good progress. 1) VV. Stone of Jjakeville is giving the drummers lessons and J. C.Wolfe is instructing the filers. Thewhole force will number sixteen, and itis hoped that they will be able to takepart in the services on Decoration day.

Miss Anna Crandall is home daringvacation from the Training school inBridgeport.

A social gathering was held at theMethodist parsonage Friday night.

W. IX McArthur and family of Mill- -erton were guests of the new landlordsover Sunday.

Charles Capron will return to Amenianext Saturday, and Charlie Pnlver willtake his former place at G. V. Capron's.

Kev's D. M. Moore and H. B. Meadwere in town the fore part of the week.

Miss Ella Consadme was at her Hillsdale home over Sunday.

Wallace Van Tassel moves into theMunson house, and James Merrimantakes the rooms he vacates.

Comical Brown has billed the placefor an evening's entertainment nextTuesday evening.

D. K. Golepaugh shipped from hereTuesday te a New York furrier 46 fox,45 raccoon, 32 skunk, 13 mink, and 59muskrat skins.

GREAT BARRINGTON.

Rev W. F. Albrecht rounded out theconference year at the Methodist churchSunday with a missionary service at themorning hour, and in the evening a dis-course on "Modern Babylon." It is uncertain as to whether he will return tothe church for another year as a few ofhis members, who evidently desire toserve two masters, do not like his plainpreaching.

f our children belonging to the destitute family of Charles Decker were com-mitted to the care of the state board ofcharities last Friday.

.Nathaniel Mosley, an insane person,was sent to the asylum at NorthamptonSaturday.

John Benton, the shoe dealer, hasbought the George R. Dodge place onPleasant street where he ha3 residedthe past year.

Charles M. Gibbs opened his newclothing store in the Savings bankbuilding last evening,

A farmers institute of the HousatonioAgricultural society will be held at thetown hall this afternoon at 1 o'clock. T.S. Gould, secretary of the Connecticutstate board of Agriculture, will addressthe meeting on "Pests of small fruitsand flowers. " At four p. m. the 28thannual meeting of the Berkshire coun-ty farmers will be held at the BerkshireHouse. A banquet will be the chieffeature of the occasion.

William Calkins, the miller at See- -konk for several years, removes to Al-fo- rd

this spring.H. C. Warner left town yesterday as

a delegate for the Methodist church atAlford and Egremont, to the conferenceof laymen at New York city.

At the annual town meeting Mondaythese officers were elected for the ensu-ing year: Moderator, Merritt I Wheel-er; clerk, C. J. Burget treasurer, HenryT. Bobbins; selectman, Harvey F. Shu-ftl- t;

assessor, Walter B. Sanford; sohoolcommittee, Edward F, Fitzgerald;Health officer, Dr W. P. Small; collec-tor, O. O. Stead man; constables, E. E.Barnes and L. C. Raifstanger. Appropriations, contingent expenses $1,500;support of the poor and insane, $4,500;support of schools, $12,500; also thetown and state sohool fund and theavails of the dog tax, highways andbridges, $5,500; Memorial day, $100;library, $500; town officers, $2000;police $400; defienoy on the last termof school, $1,500. License to sell in-

toxicating liquors, Yes 332, No, 300.

I'ADI CAXAAH.

Wedding bells this week.Schools commenced the spring term

on Monday.Society meeting of the Congregation

al society Saturday April Z.Our pastor, Rev H.Utterwiok, preach

ed in the chapel in Clayton Sundayaiternoon.

We regret to learn of the poor healthof Mrs John Churchill and hope shewill soon regain strength.

The equinoctial has visited us, thebees are out in full force, the robinschirping in our door-yard- s, wood- -chucks are being slaughtered, it is ev-

ident that spring has come and no timeshould be lost in getting early vegeta-bles started, but look out for latefrosts. o. b. s.

George F. Williams has moved fromN. S. Stevens' farm to South Deerfield,Mass.

WEST CORNWALL.

Alson Sanford of Goshen spent Sunday with his brother, Dr. E. Sanford

David Ross visited friends in NewYork last week.

Chas. Butler has secured a positionin Thomas Smith's clothing store atLatchneld where be goes April 1st.

Misses Minnie Briggs and Lena Roberts of East Canaan visited at Miss Nellie Cartwright's last week.

George C. Harrison has a fine qualityof maple sugar in the market.

David L. Smith is in New York thepresent week, duying a large stock ofseasonable goods. Their tine selectionof wall papers cannot help pleasing themost fastidious.

John Wood is with friends in NewYork this week.

Look ont ipr CM. Hall's advertisement of millinery opening next Thursday, April 7th.

SALISBURY.

Mud and measles are plenty, but newsis scaroe this week.

Miss Julie Landon is visiting relatives in New York this week.

Alice Bonhatal died Monday, agedyears. Her brother, Amos, the boythat was lost in the woods two yearsago, is very sick and is not expected torecover.

Schools close this week. This endsthe winter term, and the children willhave a vacation of one week.

Proper Use of "We."At the recent annual dinner of the

Press Club in New York, General Horace Porter said that "the only threemen who had the right to use the word'we were a king, the editor of a news-paper and the maa with a tapeworm."

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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1892.

With today's issue of the Nxws thesenior editor rounds out nine consecu-tive years of nervioe in the News office.

The continued support by subscribersand advertisers makes us feel in regardto our work as "Dominie Hunt" feelsin regard to his work, viz; "Kind friends.are willing to endure to the full extentof the law." Nuf eed.

The Supreme court of Wisconsinhas recently decided that the late divis-

ion of that State into senate and assem-

bly districts is null and void, becausethe constitutional provisions, that as-

sembly districts shall be "bounded bycounty, precinct, town or ward lines,"and that assembly districts shall not bedivided in the formation of senate dis-

tricts, have been disregarded. Thecourt composed of three democrats andtwo republicans was unanimous.

The branding of Judge Isaac H.nard by the non partisan New York BarAssociation, to which we alluded lastweek, for committing, in the interest ofhis party, a state prison offence, is ahopeful sign of the times. It shows

that, whatever else happens, the charac-ter of the judiciary will be maintainedsuch that the courts canbe relied on torender honest decisions. Whatever theinteresting New York Legislature doesabout it, Maynard will have to stepdown and out.

Lord Salisbury has at last agreed, onthe ratification of the arbitration treaty,to continue the arrangement of last yearby which- - poaching will be prevented inBehring sea until the question of therights of the United States and GreatBritain are determined by arbitration.Our government claims exclusive rightsin those waters. This consent does notcome any too soon, since both nationshave been sending war vessels to Beh-

ring sea and things had a very squallylook. It will "be noted that Uncle Samstood up for his rights just as firmlyin this matter as iu the case of our lit-

tle neighbor Chili.

It is interesting to note the variety ofsentiment aroused by the autocratic ut-

terances coming now and then from theyoung emperor of Germany. Some-times a?8pirit of rebellion is excited;then it is suggested that his claim ofabsolute power is essentially treason-able, since Germany has a constitutionand representative parliament; again itis pointed out that having grown up inthe atmosphere of the military absolu-

tism of the Prussian court, he is waybehind the times; and finally, it is ar-

gued that his malady has anected hisbraiu, that there is insanity in the

family and that he must becrazy.

The seven wonders of America areclassed as follows: Niagara Falls; Yellowstone Park; Mammoth Cave; theCanyons and Gardens of the Gods, Colorado; the giant trees, California; thenatural bridge, Virginia; and the Yosemite valley.

Ponghkeepsie Bridge.An or der from Judge Pratt has been

filed in the Dutchess county clerk'soffice authorizing the receiver of thePonghkeepsie Bridge to issue certificates to the amount of $125,000 to payo urrent expenses.

The Lakeville School.The Yale News says of this school:

"The old systems of instruction are tobe modified in the way of more solidtraining in the English branches, andthe study of the dead languages will bedevoted far more than heretofore totheir literature and not to their gram-mar."

Prof Coy's powers are almost withoutrestriction. The school will fit for theYale academio and scientific departments and for any other college in thecountry.

The Central New England.Last week Judge Pratt authorized

Receiver Sherwood to issue receiver'scertificates to the amount of $125,000and dispose of them at par. The mon

ey raised is to be disposed of as follows:for Iabor,$15,064: Baldwin LocomotiveWorks, balance due $61,580.94: rentdue H.fc C.W.R.R. $12,895: taxes $22000: repairs and betterments, $15,000.On Saturday an application was madeto the court to authorize the receiver toissue certificates for $125,000 to raisemoney for repairs and betterments.The certificates are to become due one

year from issue and bear interest at therate of six per cent payable quarterly.The receiver reports the indebtedness ofthe road at the time he took hold of it

' at $241,018.60 and its assets at80, an excess of liabilities over aasetts at$186,239.30.

It ia said that the office of the engin-eer of the road is soon to be removedfrsdt tfotijakssp! U Hartford

"Leaves of Grass," Which Mad. HimFamous, Received Both Censure andPraise from the Startled Critics lieLived to Find His Genius Appreciated.Camdkn, N. J., March 28. Walt Whit-

man, the "good, gray poet," died at hishome. His end was peaceful, and he wasconscious until the last. The aged bard hadbeen struggling with death since Dec. 17,when he was taken down with pnuemonia.

Few literary men, while yet living, havebeen the subject of such lively controversy

as Walt Whitman.Whitman has beendeified, and againdenounced andridiculed as a falsegod. Those whodeified him wor-shiped him in alltruth as a' greatAmerican poet;those who did notyield to Mm look-ed on him honestlyas a charlatan. Ad-mirers and con-temners were alikesincere. Walter,

walt whitman. . or Walt. Whitman,was born at West Hills, Long Island, May81, 1818. His father, whose name he bore,was a farmer; and the boy, the eldest of thefamily, was brought up with slight knowl-edge of even the few refinements obtainablein the country sixty years ago. After ashort spell in New York and Brooklyn pub-h-e

schools he became a carpenter for a time;then he learned printing, working at thecase in New York and Brooklyn, and edit-ing papers in New Orleans and in Hunting-ton, Long Island.

Whitman's Quaint Career.Up to 1855 he had been known, so far as

he was known, simply as a carpenter print-er of no especial steadiness. In 1855, how-ever, appeared his first and most famousbook, "Leaves of Grass," a volume of rhap-sodical poems, always without rhyme, gen-erally without rhymth, dealing especiallywith the interests involved in Americanlife and progress of the time. The bookcalled forth a great amount of praise and aa still greater amount of blame. No sub-

ject was too small for Whitman; nothing,however secret conventionalism made it,but was revealed. Those who did not ob-

ject to the nudity of the poems were of-

fended at the unconventional form in whichthey were cast; and some were shockedhonestly at the poems themselves. Thefirst edition of this book Whitman setupand printed himself, and for thirty years hehas been revising and adding to the book.

Early in the war his brother George waswounded at Fredericksburg and the poetwent to the front to nurse him. He remained with the army until the close of thewar, afterward giving his experiences intwo volumes, "Drum Tape" (1865) and"Memoranda During the War" (1867). Hismost conventional poem is in "Drum Taps"

"Captain, My Captain" in memory ofLincoln.

"Leaves of Grass" Condemned.At the close of the war he obtained a

clerkship in the interior department, fromwhich he was dismissed when his superiorofficer learned that he was the author of"Leaves of Grass." He obtained a clerk-

ship in the attorney general's office, how-

ever, which he kept until 1874. In Febru-ary, 1873, he had a stroke of paralysis, re-

sulting from the exposure of his army life,and came here.

Before this, while in Washington, he pub-lished "Passage to India" (1870), "After All,Not to Create Only" (1871), "As a StrongBird on Pinions Free" (1872), and a volumeof prose essays, "Democratic Vistas" (1870,republished in 1873 and 1888). In 1881 a newedition of "Leaves of Grass" was publishedin Boston, to the sale of which the Massa-chusetts authorities objected on the groundof immorality. In 1883 Whitman published"Specimen Days and Collect," in 1885 "No-vember Boughs," and in 1888 "Sands at Sev-

enty."In the latter year he had another strokeof paralysis. It crippled him almost en-

tirely, and on his- - seventieth birthday hisfriends gave to him a pony carriage andpony, and the "good, gray poet" drove him-self about Camden enjoying the outdoor lifehe had always loved. He did not enjoy hiscarriage long, however, for his increasinginfirmity made it unsuitable to him, and fortwo years he took his outdoor exercise in awheeled chair.

His infirmity was physical not mental,however, and within a few months he haspublished a farewell volume of poems,,4Good By, My Fancy," wherein he men-tioned with pathetic bitterness that maga-zine writers had refused his poems, andconfessed that his life was hard almost hisonly admission of poverty.

A Poet, Indeed.Of late years the bitter attacks on Whit-

man have ceased and he has been admittedto be indeed a poet. Emerson in 1855 foundbeauties in "Leaves of Grass," even thoughhe disapproved of the book, and since then,especially from England, came commenda-tion. William Roesetti published a selec-tion of the poems in 1868 and Walter Scotthas published two further selections, whileEdward Dowden has made still a fourthselection. Tennyson and George Eliot haveranked Whitman high among Americanpoets, and the poet has spoken gratefully ofthe "friendly mouth'd, just opportune Eng-lish action" which comforted him in histroubles.

Whitman was dependent entirely on thesale of his books, and while never rich, oflate years he has been absolutely poor. Hesteadily refused to accept charity, however.He never was married. It was said that adisappointment in early life was the cause.

To Be Buried Wednesday.Philadelphia, March 28. Thomas B.

Harnard, an old friend of Walt Whitmanand one of bis literary executors, and GeorgeWhitman, a brother of the poet, with otherfriends, have decided that the intermentwill take place at a o'clock on Wednesday.

Overseer Bloomer Dies.Philadelphia, March 26. Overseer John

A. Bloomer, who was stabbed last Sundayafternoon while relegious services were be-

ing conducted in the Eastern penitentiary,by John McCue, one of the most desperateand unruly convicts in the institution, hasdied from the effects of the wounds. ,

A Ku Klux Warning:.Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 26. The oper-

ators of the Milnesville Coal mine have re-ceived the following ku klux notice: "Ifyou do not stop cutting down men's wages,we will without further notice send you tohell."

Left His Creditors to Mourn.Bethlehem, Pa., March 26. Isiah Mar-

tin, slate operator, of Pen Argyle, has dis-

appeared, leaving behind him unpaid billsand notes estimated at $12,000.

General Markets.New York, March 28. COTTON Spot lots

steady; middling uplands, Futures closediteady; March, 6.38c.; April, 6.41c; May, 8.51c

FLOUR Steady; Minnesota extra, $3.90L15; fine, $38; superfine, $2.4o3.4a; city millaxtras, $4.75(5,1.90 for West Indies.

WHEAT Opened weak and c decline andtoll c. more. Toward noon prices rallied c ;receipts, 45,000 bushels; shipments, 95,338 bush-Bi- s;

No 2 red winter, 07!4c. cash; March, 9394c;April, 94c; May, 919c; June, 90c.

CORN Opened steady at unchanged prices;advanced c, and at noon was steady; receipts.11,775 bushels; shipments, 7,323 bushels; No. 2mixed, 49J4c cash; ApriL48)4c; May, 47Hc

OATS Dull; receipts, 60,225 bushels; ship-ments, 140 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 34434 $c:ash; May,

RYE Dull, and barley steady, at 8&391o. forwhole range.

BARLEY Neglected; two-rowe- d state, 53c;state, KlgtJSc

" MOLASSES-Du- ll, with prices unchanged;New Orleans, 803ttc.

SUGAR -- Refined quiet; cut loaf and crushed,l5J$c.; powdered, 4$4J4c; granulated, 496

cCOFFEE Spot lota dull; fair Rio cargoes,

16c.RICE Nominal.PORK Dull; new mess, $USU.50 for new.LARD Quiet; May, $6.68; July, $6.69.BUTTER Moderately active and steady;

lew western extra, 2HcCHEESE-Qu- iet and steady; stats, factory,.

ell creamery, fancy white, IZMa.EGGS Dull and weak; state, fresh, 133

l89c. ; western, do. 13J4cTURPi5)TINE-Du-U at 8737Ko.BfiSIN-Qui- etl straiaaa to rood. iLsSUa

SALISBURY MAKES REPLY.

He Is Willing to Adopt a Modas VlvoaWUI'nder Certain Conditions.

London, March 28. Lord Salisbury, un-der date of March 26, has replied as followsto Sir Julian Paunoefote in response to Mr.Wharton's note of March 3:

"In reply to your telegram of the 23d inst.notice has been given to owners of shipsailing for Behring sea that both agree-ments at present under discussion betweenGreat Britain and the United States thatas to arbitration and that as to an interme-diate arrangement may affect the libertyof sealing in Behring sea. They have there-fore notice of their liability to possible in-

terruption, and will sail subject to that no-tice. The question of time is not, therefore,urgent.

"Inform the president that we concur Inthinking that when the treaty has been rati-fied there will arise a new state of thing.Until it is ratified our conduct Hs govern-ed by the language of your note of the 14thof June, 18(0. But when it is ratified eachparty must admit that contingent rightshave become vested in the other, which bothdesire to protect. We think that the pro-hibition of sealing, if it stands alone, will beunjust to British sealers if the decision ofthe arbitrators should be adverse to theUnited States.

"As an alternative course, we are alsowilling, after the ratification of the treaty,to prohibit sealing In the disputed waters ifvessels be excepted from prohibition whichproduce a certificate that they have givensecurity for such damages as the arbitratorsmay assess in case of a decision adverse toGreat Britain, the arbitrators to receive thenecessary authority on that behalf.

"In this case a restriction of slaughterupon the islands will not in point of equitybe necessary. Her majesty's government iunable to see any other than one of thesetwo methods of restricting seal hunting inthe disputed waters during the arbitrationwhich would be equitable to both parties.'

The Reply Satisfactory.Washington, March 29. President Har-

rison and several members of his cabinetconsidered the reply of Lord Salisbury, andit is said officially that the communicationgives much satisfaction and gratification tothis government. The document was trans-mitted to the senate by the president andwas the principal subject of diacustdon inthe executive session which followed. Thepresident's response to Lord Salisbury willbe presented to the cabinet before it istransmitted to Sir Julian Paunoefote, andIt will probably be delivered tomorrow.

SPRECKELS YIELDS AT LAST.

The Sugar Trust Swallows Vp His BigRefinery Seven Millions the Priee.

Philadelphia, March 28. Claus Sproc-kets' sugar refinery has been formally turnedover to the sugar trust in consideration of$7,000,000 in trust certificates. The trans-action was conducted between TreasurerSearles, of the sugar trust, and Claus Sproc-kets personally.

Mr. Spreckels has repeatedly declared tonewspaper reporters in the most positiveand emphatic language that he would nevergive in to the trust. Some time during thecoming week Mr. Spreckels will leave Phil-

adelphia for San Francisco, where he willremain.

Governor Flower Better.Albany, March 29. Governor Flower's

Illness has assumed a phase which puts anend to all anxiety on the part of his friends.He is free from all dizziness and pains in thehead, and his physician thinks his patientwill take the air on Wednesday, and that hemay be able to do an hour's work if it is ab-

solutely necessary.

Slept Himself to Death.Berlin, March 29. The miner Latos,

who excited the wonder of German medi-cal men by sleeping for four months in thehospital at MyBlowits last fall and winter,has died of the physical exhaustion.

The Hill Farm Mine Victims.Dunbar, Pa., March 26. The twenty-thre- e

victims of the Hill Farm mine explosionfound after a twenty months' search, werecoffined in the mine after they had beenIdentified by their clothing and trinketsfound in their pockets, and were thenbrought to the surface. .Twenty-on- e ofthem were buried in the Catholic cemeteryDear the mine and two in Franklin ceme-

tery. One thousand people attended thetunerol .

At a church fair In Iligh Bridge, N. J.,oyster soup was served to a lady. Altersupping a few spoonfuls she found a val-uable pearl in her mouth. The oysterof which the soup had been made hasnot yet been discovered.

Legal. Notices.

8TA.TE OF CONNECTICUT.a Court of Probate holden at NorthATCanaan within and for the District of

Canaan, on the 21st day of March, A. D. 1893.Present, Jacob 11. Hardenbernrh.Esq. Judge.This Court doth direct William B. Gibson,

Executor on the estate of Joel K. Crofut lateof North Canaan in said district deceased,represented to be Insolvent, to give notice toall persons Interested In the estate of said de-

ceased, to appear If they see cause, beforethe Court ct Probate to be holden at theProbate Office In said District on the5th day of April 1893 at 10 o'clock, in the fore-noon to be heard relative to tbe appointmentof Commissioners on said estate by publish-ing this order twice in the Connecticut West-ern News, a newspaper bavlng a circulationIn said district.

Certified from record,Jacob B. liardenbergh, Judge.

Mary Furlong ) State of Connecticut,vs. Litchfield County, sa.

Thomas Furlong Litchfield. March 13, 1893.o&dxb or notice.

Upon the petition and complaint of MaryFurlong of Bharon praying for a divorce fromthe above named respondent upon the chargeof Intemperance as by by her pUtloa andcomplaint now pending In the SuperiorCourt for said Litchfield County.

It appearing to, and being found by thisCourt that the said respondent was last re-

siding In Millerton Id the state of New York,but Is now residing In parts unknown to thepetitioner, and in abcent from this state.

Therefore, Ordered, That further notice ofthe pendHncy of said petition be given tbesaid renpoDdent, by the petitioner causingthis order of notice to be published In theConn. Western News a newspaper publishedIn Litchfield County, 3 weeks successively,commencing on or before the 25th day ofMarch A. D.. 1893.

By order of the Court,Dwiobt C. Rilbobk, Clerk.

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CONNECTICUT NEWS.

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTSOF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Facts Concerning- - the Important Happen-ings of the Week tn Thi Vicinity andElsewhere Briefly Told for the Benefitof People Whose Time Is Valuable.New Haven, March 28. John C. Beid,

formerly managing editor of the New YorkTimes, will assume charge of the New HavenPalladium.

Wheelmen Making- - Plans.Hartford, March 28. The board of offi-

cers of the Connecticut division, L. A. W.,held their quarterly meeting at the club-roo-

of the Hartford Wheel club. Therewere present representatives from Bridge-port, New Haven, Meriden and WindsorLocks, making, with the Hartford delega-tion from the Hartford, Columbia and Coltclubs, about thirty members. It was de-cided to hold three racing meets in the di-vision this year. The spring meet will beheld at New Haven June o; the midsum-mer events in this city July 4 and 6, undercontrol of the Colt and Columbia cluba, andthe fall meet in this city Sept. Sand 6, underthe management of the Hartford Wheelclub. It was voted to appropriate $250 toeach meet for the entertainment of visitingwheelmen.To Wed Minister Mendonca's Daughter.

New Haven, March 23 The engagementof O. F. McBean, of Yalel, to Miss Men-donc-a,

of Washington, daughter of theBrazilian minister to this country, is an-

nounced.Perkins Re-elect- ed President.

Hartford, March 28. The HartfordCounty Bar association held its annualmeeting in the bar library room. The oldofficers were unanimously d, as fol-

lows: President, Charles E. Perkins; vicepresident, Henry C Robinson; clerk, Wil-liam F. Henney.

Governor Bulkeley's Proclamation.Hartford, March 28. Governor Bulkeley

has issued the following proclamation: "Inaccordance with custom, I hereby appointFriday, the 15th day of April next, as a dayof fasting and prayer, and I recommend thatthis day be observed with suitable religiousexercises, seeking thereby the favor ofAlmighty God that peace and prosperitymay be continued unto this people."

Kx-Hay- or Spragus Assaulted.Hartford, March 28. Ex-May- Joseph

H. Sprague, actuary of the Connecticut in-

surance department, was assaulted androbbed by footpads a block from his homeon Winthrop street. The robbers evi-

dently struck him with a heavy blunt in-

strument, inflicting a three-inc- h scalpwound which cut into the bone over theleft eye. They then stole his wallet, con-

taining papers, and a gold watch and chain.Mr. Sprague was found about an hour afterhe was assaulted, in a pool of blood. Al-

though severely wounded, he will recover.The police have no clew as yet to the rob-bers.

Walton Held for Murder.Danbttry, March 28. Edward Walton,

suspected of having killed William God-

frey at Bedding, has been held withoutbail on a charge of murder for the nextterm of the supreme court. Annie Davisor Baynor is held as a witness.

A Green Goods Man Escapes.Litchfield, March 28. The green goods

man on trial here for the past two days hasbeen discharged for lack of evidence.

A ThleTlng Band Leader.Hartford, March 28. Governor Bulke-

ley has granted a requisition for Francis H.Blake, who has been arrested in New Yorkfor stealing some musical instruments fromthe American band, of Waterbury, of whichhe was the leader.

An Important Customs Decision.Hartford, March 28. Collector of Cus-

toms Bailey has received notice from thetreasury department that the governmentwill not appeal the case in which CharlesSoby, of this city, recently received $3,277.00from the government for excess of dutiescollected on Sumatra wrappers throughJudge Shipman's decision in the case. Similar cases, involving many thousands ofdollars, are pending in other cities, and theywill probably be settled without trial.

Extravagance Drove Him to Forgery.New Haven, March 28. F. W. Thomson,

who was held in the Jefferson Market Po-lice court. New York, Saturday morning,on complaint of the New Haven police, iswanted here for six distinct cases of forgery.He is the son of the late Giles Thomson, ofthe firm of Thomson & Co., safe manufac-turers. His fall is due to extravagance.The Stonlngton and Providence Leased.New Haven, March 28. Vice President

Lucius Tuttle, of the New York, NewHaven and Hartford railroad, confirms arumor that his road has leased the Stoning-to- n

and Providence railroad.Fatal Quarrel Over Fruit.

Bridgeport, March 28. James Tiernanwas fatally stabbed by Steve Pammoni in adispute over some fruit.

Quarrymen on Strike.Middletown, March 27. Workmen to

the number of 1,000 employed in the brown-ston- e

quarries in Portland went out onstrike on the refusal of the MiddlesexBrainerd and Shailer & Hall companies tomake their pay twenty-fiv- e cents per hour.

The Wife Did Not Come.New Haven, March 27. Birmingham has

a novel law case. One Dicarso brings suitagainst Fedoeco to recover fifteen dollars.Dicarso alleges that he gave Fedosco sixtydollars to get him a wife in Italy. Themoney was sent to the defendant's brother,but the wife failed to arrive and Dicarso'smoney was returned less fifteen dollars,probably kept as commission.

Bridgeport's Mayoralty Candidates.Bridgeport, March 27. The Democrats

nominated Daniel N. Morgan for mayor.He has held the office twice. The Repub-licans have renominated Mayor Marigold.

Miss Buell's Remarkable Recovery.Burlington, March 26. Miss Alice

Buell, who lost her hearing, speech andpower to walk, owing to a surgical opera-tion, suddenly recovered these faculties andis now in a fair road to complete recovery.

Foul Play Suspected.Danbcrt, March 25. William Godfrey's

Bead body was found in a bruised condition.Edward Fulton and Annie Davis, withwhom Godfrey lived, bear marks of vio-lence. Fulton was arrested.

Rylands Declared Chief.Bridgeport, March 35. The final decision

in the quo warranto case of John Rylandsagainst J. P. Pinkerman to determine thetitle of chief of police was given by JudgePrentice, and Chief Rylands is declaredchief of police.

Rev. Palmer Reslg-ns-.

Willikantic, March 23. The Rev. A.P. Palmer, formerly of New Bedford, Mass.,has resigned the pastorate of the Methodistchurch in this city and will enter thenorthern New York conference.

Two Grape Seeds Killed Him.Tom's River, N. J., March 29. George

B. Bonnell died here, and a post mortem de-

veloped the fact that two grape seeds badbeen lodged in his intestines. They hadbecome covered by a gristly growth, whichInally grew so large that it completely cutff the passage of the food in the alimentary

The Missouri Sighted.London, March 29. The British steamer

Missouri, which sailed from New York forLibau with a cargo of flour and meal forthe relist of the Russian famine toOim,tTMsifnaUd aft Us BsOy iskMkds,

Very few stores outside the etty carry aline of Minnas Garments t its much cheaper tobuy than to make; Beofers are S1.87 to 17.00each. Blazers come a little later, and justnow me Newmarkets are popular. Thiaweeawe are introducing a new style Ladies gar-ment called the "Mhawt oateH also a newJacket known as the "blazer Heeler." TheGarments this season are Hatln faced, and tbecapes have Hoods of changablo silk ; also as agarniture on Jackwts large Pearl Buttons arenoticible. The Millinery Department open-ed this week, and Flowers. Jets, UaU andBonneU are with us in profusion.

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Traveler Guide.Housatonio I tail road.

(MAI LTNS DIVISION.)

January 8, 1892.PaasenKer trains Inave Canaan, ooiMd) noara9.40 a. m. tor rittaOeld, North Adams els

Albany, via State Line.13.30 p. m. for Pittsfleld, oonnectlnf via. Bute

Line tor Albany.7.11 p. m. for Flttefleld, connecting via. State

line for Albany.10.15 a, m., Sunday Mall for ritUfield.

LKATB 0AM A AN, OOIMO S0UT.9.40 a. m., tor Bridgeport and New York.1.15 p. m., Milk for Bridgeport.2.30 p. bl, for Bridgeport, with through oar.5.35 p. m., for Bridgeport and New York.

Sunday Milk, 8.35 p. m.. for Bridgeport andNew York.Connections are made at Brook field June-tio- n

with trains to and from Dan bury.William H. Btstxxsov,

Vloe-Pres'- t. and Qenl Manager.A. W. rsBa, "

Ueu.raaa.Aa-t-,

Central Neir F.nRiand & West-ern It. It. Co.

Poufhkeepnie Ilrldie Iloate.

Commencing Sunday, Ootober 11, 1891.T BAINS OOIMO BAST.

Leave Mltlerton 8.55 a. in., Canaan 9.40, Nor-folk 10.04; arrive ilarilord 11.50 a. m.

Leave Campbell Hall 8.30 a.m., Canaan 811p.m., Norfolk 4.08 ; arrive Hartford 6.15 p.m.

Leave Campbell Hall 11.55 p. m. Daily Ex-

press from WashlDKton, . Baltimore andPhiladelphia for Boston Canaan 3.4A a.mNorfolk, stops for through passengers only,8.06 j arrive Hartford 4.35 a. m. Bostoa8.20 a, m.

Leave Campbell Hall (8undays only) T.48 a. tm.Canaan 8.5 p. m., Nor.'olk 4.31 j arriveHartford 0.30 p. m.

TBAINS OOIMO WBST.

Leave Hart ford 9.45 a. m.. Norfolk 11.58, Ca-naan 13.30p.m arriveCampbeUUsil 6.M p.as.

Leave Hartford 8.35 p. tn., Norfolk ft.19 Ca-naan 5.43 ; arrive Millerton 30 p. m.

Leave Hartford 9.05 p. m. --Daily Express forPhiladelphia, Baltimore and WasblngtoaNorfolk 1065 p.m., Canaan 11.16 1 arriveCampbell Ball 1 67 a. m.

Leave Hartford (Sundays only) 8.80 a. mHarrive Norfolk 10.35 a. m. Inave 1.00 p. n..Canaan 8 35 p. ra. arrive Campbell Hall6.65 p, m.

OOMMBOTIOMS.

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Division.At Canaan with Housatonio B. B. ! at Miller-

ton and Mt Big with Harlem Division MIOA II It 11 It : at Boeton Corners with lUrlemDivision NYOAUKKU. and N Y A M K B tat PouKhkeermle with NYOAHBKKi athhlneoitS with N Y O A H It K It. by ferryto Itondout with the Ulster A Delaware H B iat May brook with theLeblph A HudsonBlver By. : at Campbell Hall with N T O A W

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Bland Admits It Is Beaten and Gives Upthe Fight.

Washington, March 29. The silver billis dead, and Mr. Bland admits that it isdead.

Speaker Crisp told Mr. Bland franklythat he had decided not to favor the re-

quest for the cloture unless he was assuredby a majority of Democratic members thatthey would give him their earnest supportin attempting to adopt it. This was astartling piece of information to Mr. Bland.He had a long talk with the speaker on thesubject, but did not succeed in making Mr.Crisp change his mind.

. After a consultation with some of hissupporters, Mr. Bland decided to endeavorto get the requisite number of names to apetition to the committee on rules, askingit to set apart time for the consideration ofthe free coinage bill and to bring in a cloturerule. But on further consideration theBland men decided that they would with-draw the petition and give up the fight.

Mr. Bland then said that he had given npthe fight and would make no further at-

tempt to bring the bill to a vote.Speaking for Mr. Bland and the free

silver men Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, said:'We will not push the matter further, but

will let the committee on rules assume theresponsibility for the defeat of the bill be-

fore the people f the country."

Millionaire Fair's Narrow Escape.San Francisco, March '9. It was learned

that Millionaire Fair was almost asphyxi-ated by escaping gas last week. His valetin turning off the gas after his master hadfallen asleep must in some manner haveloosened the stopcock, for when the watch-man at the Lick House passed the door hedetected a strong odor of gas and soontraced it to Mr. Fair's room. The roomwas entered, the windows thrown open,but it was some time before Mr. Fair re-

vived, notwithstanding the vigorous appli-cation of restoratives. In a few minutesmore the millionaire would have be en asphyxiated.

Curtis Out on ITaiLSan Francisco, March 20.-- - Judge Troutt

decided to release Actor Curtis on bail inthe sum of $50,000, and his attorney ap-

peared in court with as many as twenty-fiv- e

bondsmen, all willing to go on the ac-

tor's bond. Mrs. Curtis became a surety,qualifying in the sum of $50,000, and Curtiswas released, his faithful wife walking be-

side him with happy countenance. It is hisintention to secure a new trial speedily.

Another Carnegie Gift.Pittsburg, March 25. Andrew Carnegie

has returned from California and announcedto his Homestead workmen his intention tobuild and present to them a library, publichall and gymnasium at Homestead after theityle of building presented to his Braddockworkmen. The building will cost $100,000.

Ordered His Own Coffin.

Elkton, Md., March 29. John Bailey,kged sixty-seve- n years, a well known farm-er residing near Iron Hill, committed sui-;id-e

by taking poison. Before taking thepoison he ordered a coffin to be made notlater than this morning, saying to the under-taker that he was going to die.

Talmage 'ot to Succeed Hpurfeon.New York, March 29. The Rev. Dr.

Talmage denies the truth of the report tothe effect that he had been requested fromEurope to succeed the late Dr. Spurgeon.

Fast Day Proclaimed.Boston, March 29. The governor issuedproclamation declaring April 7 next asfast day. ,

DR. AGNEW IS DEAD.

He Was the Famous Surgeon Who At-tended President Garfield.

Philadelphia, March 23. Dr. D. HayesAgnew died in his home in this city. Dr.D. Hayes Agnew was born in 1818 in Lancaster county, Pa., graduated at the Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania and practiced medi-cine in the country before going to Philadel-phia. He came into prominence through his

lectures at theSchool of Anato-my, Philadelphia,and it was his skillin operative sur-

gery that broughthim to the bedsideof General Gar-field, whom he at-tended,

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and per-formedD. BATES AGNEW. the opera-tions which pro

longed the president's life. Among the in-

stitutions that Dr. Agnew was connectedwith were the Philadelphia hospital, whichhe entered in 1854, and where he founded apathological museum; the University ofPennsylvania in 1863, as demonstrator ofanatomy and assistant lecturer on clinicalsurgery; the Willis Opthalmic hospital assurgeon ; surgeon of the Pennsylvania hos-

pital in 1835; surgeon in the Orthopedic hos-

pital, of Philadelphia; professor of operativesurgery in the university in 1870, and in thefollowing year professor of clinical surgeryin the University hospital.

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