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Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
A Destructive Fire.

At Point-a-Pitre, Island of Guade-. loupe, nearly the whole town was de- stroyed by fire, and 300, ,OOO persons left without shelter The only buildings that escaped were the church, theatre, Tribunal buildings, and the hospital. Many wharves were burned, and all the sugar ready for shipping was destroyed. The fire commenced in the middle of the town, and the wind being very high, the flames spread in all directions. The town was rebuilt entirely of wood, after its destruction by an earthquake on February 8, 1843. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Guadeloupe, the most important of the French West India Islands, has at pres ent population of about 150, ,0OO. It is of volcanic origin, and is traversed by a mountain range whose highest summit is volcano. In that region, the at mosphere is hot and unhealthy, and hurricanes are frequent and destructive. Point-a-Pitre, or Saint Louis, the finest city on the island, and one time one of the finest in the Antilles, seems to have been subjected to strange fatality. On the 9th of February, 1843, the island was visited by a violent earthquake, which made sad havoc particularly at Point-a-Pitre, where goods were dam aged to the value of $6, 900, QUO, and the value of the houses destroyed was $8,- OOO,O besides out of population of less than 10, ,OOO persons, 4,OO0 perished. The city was rebuilt, but this time the houses were constructed of wood to pre- vent devastation from earthquakes simi- lar, to that of 1843. In May, 1851, there was another less ruinous earthquake. But the precaution taken against one destructive force of nature only furnish ed fuel for another. In 1850 portion of the city was laid in ashes by a great fire, supposed to be the work of the negroes and accounts are received of what is almost equivalent to the total de- struction of the city by another con- fiagration,
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eldest boy. The eldest boy was killed and is now at the Morgue, the youngest boy is lost, and as no tidings have been received is no doubt drowned the little girl, whom the neighbors all speak of in the highest terms, is placed beside her brother, while the father and mother are both in the hospital scalded in fright full manner.
 THE BOY WHO SAVED HIS MOTHER.
 Close by lay another coffin containing the body of a little girl, one of the Elsas- ser family. The lid was removed in order that her grandfather and her little brother might identify her before remov- ing her. The head of the corpse was so terribly scalded that the least touch would have caused the whole scalp to drop off. On Sunday the whole family, consisting of the mother and five chil- dren started for Staten Island In the explosion four of the children were killed outright and the mother was blown into the water. The only child left alive, a little boy twelve years old, had the re- markable courage and presence of mind to seize plank and run it into the water where his mother was struggling. She caught hold of it, the boy drew her in, and she was saved. The old grandfather could not suppress his grief, and the tears ran in streams down on the cover of the rude little coffin. Then he would clasp his little grandson to his breast, crying, "Oh, my dear boy, my good little boy, he saved his mothers life. What would have become of me if he and his mother had gone too"
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
The Beautiful Gate.

Lord, open the door, for falter;
 faint in this stifled air, In dust and straitness lose my breath ;~-. This life ofselfis living dearh: Let me into thy pastures broad and fair, To the sun and the wlnd from thy mountains
 free; Lord, open the door to me There is a holier life, and truer
 Than ever my heart has found;s There is nobler work than IS wrought-with-
 in
 These walls so charred by the fires of sin, Where toll like captive blind and bound = An open door-to a freer task In Thy nearer smile I ask. Yet the world is Thy field, Thy garden ;A-.a On earth art Thou still at home EE3ls& When thou bendest hither Thy hallowing eye My narrow work-room seems vast and high It's dingy ceiiing-a rainbow dome
 Stand ever thus by my narrow door, And toll will be toil-no more. Through the rosy portals of morning,
 Now the times of sunshine flow Over the earth and the giistening sea,
 The praise Thou inspirest rolls back to Thee It's tones through the infinite arches go1;o
 Yet crippled and dumb behold me wait, Dear Lordr at the beautiful gate.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

RAINING F1sH.-It seems recently to have rained fish in Scotland. A Scotch paper says that an unusually large num- Der of herrings were lately observed swimming near the shore in Granton harbor. Their presence was attributed to heavy ssea driven shoreward by a strong easterly wind. Next, however, great quantities were found washed on the beach and the harbor bulwark, where they attracted focks of sea birds and crows. Finally, hundreds of these small herrings were found lying on the roads near the coast. One gentleman found several in his garden. The phenomenon is attributed to waterspout which oc- cured just previously, and is supposed to have lifted the fish from the sea high into the air, whence they were conveyed to the land by the easterly wind which prevailed at the time. t"szs1e
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For Dyspepsia,

Indigestion, depression of spirits, and general debility in their various forms /; also, as preventive against fever and and ague, and other intermittent levers,
 the |" Ferro Phosphorated Elixir of Gal isaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,,
 New York, and sold by druggists, is the best tonic, and as tonic for patients recovering from fever or other sickness,
 it has no equal. '.-. j
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

CARRIER PIGEONS. Carrier pigeons, like navy, are not to be created sudden 1y. They have to be trained in a very particular manner, accustomed by de- grees to fly back to their homes from 8 distance, and so on, till at last they find their way safely over space of one hun dred and two hundred miles.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

The tobacco crop according to the fig ures furnished by the Louisville Demo cro, amounted last year to 272, 2,9OO, GOO pounds, valued at S32, ,206, 1925. Of this crop the Southern States produced all but 61, 300, ,O00 pounds, which were grown in New England Middle and Western States. is. sA
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

TIE 1sG6sa1o G6orn of Patagonian OK has been forwarded to Baltimore. It is sixty-five iIteAgs bnk; se e$eateens inches in circum- ference at the base, and will hold seven quarts,
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS who served in the army, physicians and surgeons, and eminent men and women everywhere, join in recommending Jobnson's Anodyne Liniment to be the best external and in ternal family medicine ever invented. That's our experience. ID
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES if they did, anathemas against the depicting lancet, the drastic purge, and the terrible sali- wants of the materia medica, would arise from every graveyard. The Motto of modern medical science is Fs Preser0e aad Regulate, dnd not destroy," and no remedy of our day is so entirely in har- mony with this philanthropic logic as Dr. Walter's Vegetable Viaaegor BiHers. In this powerful, yet harmless restora- tive, dyspepsia, bilious complaints, and all diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels and nerves, encounter an irresistible antidote.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

STATISTICS show that two-thirds of the women in lunatic asylums are wives of rmers-overworked wives, whose ner- vous systems succumbed after 8 few years of strain and tention.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

ALL the year round, Sheridan's Ca0al- ry Condition Founders should be given to horses that are "kept up." To horses and cattle that graze in the summer, they should only be given in winter and spring.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

A dividend is the surplus: the result, the end of a transaction, divided among the shareholders-hence the word di- vide-ends. An apothecary originally car ried his medicine about in jars-he was 8 pot-carrier the word a-pot-he
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

THE Count de Paris, expresses the opinion that the Count de Chambord will be the future King of France.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

SHARP BoY.-A correspondent of the Boston TraUeler records the following "A bright little boy about four years of age, son of a clergyman, was at your cor respondents house one evening with his parent, and I gave him a couple of five cent pieces. He laid them on the table, and putting his finger on one said :: This one I am going to give to the heathen, and the other one I am going to keep myself He played with them awhile, till one of them finally rolled away and he could not find it. Well, , said I, my lad, which one have you lost ? 'Oh,' said he, I have lost the one Twas going to give to the heathen. '"
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

THE New Hamburg disaster cost the Hudson River Railroad $15O, GOO to settle the personal claims.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

A SURE CURE.-A dyspeptic read that by sending a dollar by mail he would receive a cure for dyspepsia He sent the money, and received slip with the following printed on it t: "Stop drinking and hoe in the garden The man was mad at first, then laughed, and finally went to hoeing, and stopped drinking, and is now as well as ever.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
NATURES REMEDY.> |YE&EYINEE9l HE GREAI BLOOD PyR!HERl

Ia valuable Indian compound for restoring the health, and for the of all diseases arising from impurities of the blood, such as A 3r Scr'Ofula, ScrOfulOus Humor, Cancer, Cam cerous HumOr, ErysipeIas, Canker, Salt, Kheum, Pimples and Humors on the
 Face, Ulcers, Coughs, Catarrh,
 Bronchitis, Neuralgia, Rheu.
 matism, Pains i'm the Side,
 DyspePsia, Constipation,
 COst1veness, Piles, Headache, Dizziness, NervOusness, Faint ness at the stomach, Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints, Female Weak
 ness, and General Debility. This preparation is scientifically and chemically oom- bined and strongly concentrated from roots herbs and bars that it's good effects realized immediately after commencing to take it. There disease of the human system for which the VEGETNE cannot be used with PERFECT SAFETY it does not contain any metallic ompound. For eradicating the system of all impurities of the blood it has equal It has failed to effect giving tone and strength to the system debtated by disease Its wonderful effects upon these complaints surprising to al Many have been cured by the VEGETINE that have tried many other remedies It can well be called
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both blown into the river by the explo- sion, and the child, on being rescued, ran home to his uncle, and exclaimed, Mothers killed !" It was too true i; the child escaped unharmed; the mother, in whose lap he was sitting, was wounded mortally.
 There on the slabs of the Morgue, with lights around them, and the jets of pure water sprinkling their mangled and scalded bodies, lay thirteen corpses. There was no room for more Nearest the entrance was d highly respectable young woman, p or 23 years of age, with clear cut, handsome features, dress ed in black, who had been drowned. But for the pallor on her face, she might have been thought asleep. A woman lay next to her. This poor woman was so near her confinement that, when her body was brought in, her child was half born. Lying half way between and half upon these two women was little child about eighteen months old, fearfully scalded, and with her body distended with sea-water. In the dead-house ad- joining and in the courtyard were rows and rows of rough pine cofins some containing those drowned or killed on the spot, others those who had died in the hospitals and who, when stripped of their clothes, presented sickening spectacle. In this court-y yard 8 man ap- peared with small bundle in his arms, and said, "Here's another poor little baby" A man sprang forward, crying, "Let me look at it ; he groaned as though his heart would burst, and turn ing to the hospital man, said <: ''May take her away? when did she die ? "About five minutes ago, "'repied the man ''Pm very sorry, but you cant take her away tonight" The poor fel low turned away, saying, Perhaps I'd better not. It might kill her mother il her present state'' The mother, too was terribly scalded.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
VEGETINE E
Binousness and Indigestion.

Is composed of Roots, Barks and Herbs. It is vel pleasant to take; every child likes it.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
OPINION OF AN ENGINEER.

We give below the opinion of an old engineer of thirty years experience. He has thoroughly examined the exploded boiler. He finds the iron to be in very good condition, free from scale, and capable of sustaining double the amount of pressure stated by the engineer at the time of the explosion. He would ask, "Was the engineer hurt ? Were any of the fremen killed or wounded ?" The engineer says he was in the boiler room a few minutes before the explosion, tried the water, and found three cocks. He also says he asked the fireman how the water was. He replied, "All right. " Our informant contends that no living being could have been in the tire-room at the time of the explosion without be- ing torn to shreds with the enormous pressure required to rend boiler as this one is torn. His candid opinion is that there was but little water in the boiler, and that when the pump was put on, the natural consequence was tre- mendous pressure of gas generated far beyond the strength of the metal. If he had the three cocks of water, and had more steam than was necessary, where was his safety valve to carry off the ex- cess ? Report says the valve did not work. If so, he was doubly culpable In not removing the difficulty.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11
THE BOILER OF THE BOAT.

dinary strength would tear a rotten fabric. One of the edges had this ap- pearance much more marked than the other, and awakened the awe of the un- learned and experts alike at the tre- mendous power which had been exerted to rend it from the boiler. This edge is difficulty to describe. If the reader has ever torn cotton fabric, and noticed the ragged edge which he caused, he can form some idea of the appearance of this fragment. And it was the general testimony of the experts who examined lt that the boiler had been made of good iron, was in proper condition for service when 1t exploded, and that the extremely thin part at the seam, which has been mentioned, was not responsible for the disaster, as if the boiler had first given way there, which it was claimed it had not, it would only have leaked, causing some annoyance, but no danger. The inference which these experts seemed to draw, and which some of them dis tinctly did draw, was that the explosion was due to negligence, or, in plain words, to lack of water. One engineer of long experience declared that he is no believer in dispensations of Providence in connection with steam-boilers. In almost every case, he said, an explosion is due to allowing the water to get too low and suddenly forcing in new supply, and he believed that such had been the fact in this instance. Engineers, he continued, rarely are brave enough to accept the risk due to their negligence. If they allow the water to get low they will take the chance of forcing in SUD- ply of cold water rather than take the hazard of a discharge by admitting their fault, and insisting on the delay necessary for the boilers to cool.
Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

MISFoRTUNES OF AN EXCURSION PARTY.
 Mayor Francis c. Carroll, City Clerk Samuel w. Sherlock, Alderman Jacob Levi, Wm. Philipson, and Bradley, and Philip Echel, Chief Engineer, all of Syracuse, N. Y., were recently appoint ed Committee to select 8 new steam fire-engine for the Fire Department of that city. After stopping at several places, they left Hudson on Saturday morning, reaching N Y, in the afternoon, and taking rooms at the Grand Central Hotel. The party visited Brooklyn and several places in the city, and were shown specimens of the engines in use On Sunday they intended to visit Long Branch, but as there was no boat, they concluded to take sail to Staten Island All of the party, with the exception of Alderman Bradley, who wished to visit some friends in Brooklyn, went on board the boat. MT. Sherlock states that the Mayor, Alderman Levi, and Chief-En- gineer Echel were on the promenade deck looking out of the forward cabin windows. Alderman Phihpson and Sher- lock were seated further back. Suddenly there was dreadful crash, resembling 8 peal of thunder, and then MT. Sherlock felt himself going upward in the dark ness, and soon became uncOnSc1OuS When he recovered he found himself in the water, but there was weight resting on his head and body that prevented him from rising to the surface. He thinks that 1t was portion of the deck that was blown overheard, but 1t may have been portions of the wreck which were scat tered thickly around. Finding that he would drown unless he exerted himself, he dived, and swimming under water some little distance, had the satisfaction of coming to the surface. In his struggles he had sprained his ankle and received Q severe cut on the head, but otherwise is now uninjured. A short distance from him was Alderman Philip son. Both were taken out of the water by some boatmen and landed at the Battery. They soon secured carriage, and were conveyed to their hotel, where they have since been under medical treatment.
 It is now known that seventy persons lost their lives by the sad disaster, and that the injured will number fully 125. AwHoLE FAMILY SHATTERED.
 George Elsaesser, his wife and four children, three boys aged respectively 16 years, 12 years, 9 years, and little girl aged 5 years, occupy apartments in 8 l tenement-house at "A First avenue. They all started for StatenIsland Sunday, and were unfortunate in catching the fatal boat. But one out of this whole family escaped uninjured; that is the second
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QnQ1ng that several or ms paG1enGS must surely die, sent volunteer messenger for Catholic priest, and soon two were on the spot administering to the sui ferers the consolation of religion. This duty was a very sad one, as the priests admonitions were often interrupted by the shrieks of the children and the groans of adults.
 SCENES AT THE MoRGUE.
 Around the dead-house, the great ex- citement reached its elimination. Scarce ly had the first ambulance wagon with it's sad freight of mutilated humanity, reached the hospital gates when the quickly increasing crowd made rush for the Morgue, pushing and crowd1ng for front place to view the horrifying spectacle. But there were those there who were drawn thither by the dread necessity of looking for those dear mis- sing ones for whom they had searched eagerly elsewhere before daring to think of the Morgue. That was possibility they would not allow themselves to con template.
 One poor fellow appealingly informed the Warden that they were party of seven on the boat, all his own family |; that his wife was dying at home, one child dead at home, and he was search ing for the others. In moment MT. Brennan took his arm and led him around to inspect the terrible array, now amount ing to thirty corpses. My God" ex- claimed the poor fellow, "there's my little lilly, pointing to child about eighteen months old For while MT. Brennan stood holding his hand, and after " ticketing" the poor little thing silently drew him away to look for his other lost ones. Another poor fellow was almost maddened as he searched among the bodies for his sister, whose husband had only been dead three months. She had been seated in the ladies' cabin, with her only child, boy five years old, on her lap. They were
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-18

THE exposure OF the Democratic fraud
In the Connecticut election is complete
and the proof overwhelming. Five hun
dred and seventy nine citizens of the
Fourth Ward of New-Haven have ap-
peared before the Legislative Committee
investigating the frauds, and sworn that
they voted for the Republican candidate
for Governor, thus establishing beyond
question or cavil the fact that package
of one hundred Republican tickets has
been abstracted from the ballot-box OF
that poll These and other changes In
the figures show that Mr. Jewell was fair
ly elected by a majority over all of Sc
votes; and will fully justify the passage
by the Legislature of a resolution declar-
ing him entitled to the office of Governor,
The resignation of the Democratic Assem-
blymen is threatened, but they will not
dare supplement- the villainy of the Dem
ocratic agents at the polls by thus public
ly refusing to rectify their frauds. Con-
necticut Democracy is already unde,
grave suspicion and charges, Such ac-
ton by its representatives in the Leglsla
ture would be positive conviction.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-18
THE TREATY.

The easy settlement with England as
now proposed by the pending treaty can
not be but highly gratifying to that coun
try, for, in the first place, it secures
what is ten times of more importance
than any indemnity it may have to pdg
on account of the Alabama robberies-
the complete REIMBURSEMENT by the
United States of any reta2idto,y meas
urers fer the oft repeated insults OF Eng
land during the rebellion. This fear
that at any future war, in which England
may participate, the United states
might act equally neutral towards that
country as England did towards the
United States, has rested like night
mare on the breast of English statesmen
and that load is removed at once and
forever by the present agreement.
Then the promise to accord indem-
MITIGATION to English subjects for damages
suffered in the south,is a retraction by the
United States from the position they
have heretofore held in reference to this
question, which may prove an act of the
most injurious consequences, fit should
be used as good cause for renewing the
naturalization claims of all "loy all
inhabitants Of the South, for it will be
very difficult to prove,it just, that only
Englishmen, but not all loyal Ameri
cans who were living in the South dur
ing the war, should be indemnifed for
their losses, and open the doors at once
to their loyal war-claims which hundre Dis OF
millions of dollars will not suffice to sat
isfy.
The most important point of tie whole
treaty however, and especially to US in
the west, is the scuring ofthe free navi-
CATION on the ST. Lawrence and on the
Canadian canals; for now.our western
Lake Cities will become actually sea
ports and thus the great centers of our
immense Northwestern trade with
Europe; and thus we can we'll afford to
forget our sorrow at the many points
conceded to England in the pending
treaty,