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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-08
WISTAR'S BALSAM
WTSTAR'S BALSAM
OF WILD CHERRY.
OF WILD CHERRY.
FROM BENJAMIN WHEELER, STATION AGENT Al
SOUTH R0YALSTON, MASS,

FKUM EFNJAMIN WTIFELEK, STATION AGENT AT
SOUTH R0YALST0N, MASS.
~ was most severely afflicted with hard, dry cough
with its usual accompaniment of night sweats COM
pleeIy prostaing my nervous system, and producing
such debitated state of health thai, after irving
medical aid to no purpose had given up ali hopes OF
ever recovering, AS had also my friends. At this stage
of matters was prevailed upon, through the influence
of neghbor, to try WISTAR'S BALSAM, though with
no belief whatever in its truly wonderful curative pro-
pertes, and before using two bottles the effect was
most magical. My cough entirely left me, the night
sweats deserted me, hope more elevated my de
pressed spirits, and soon l had attained my wonted
strength and vigor Thus has this Basam rs has often
been remarked by persons cOnversant with the above
facts IN this vicinity, literally snatched from the
grave You are AT liberty to this for the benefit of
the aiflirInd.n
Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31

stronger than wood bridges. Think 1t neg ligent on the part of railroad company 10 allow Q bridge to remain uncovered seven years.
 SAMUEL GREER called: Have been in the employ of the Connecticut Western railroad six and one half years. Am at present road master and have charge of the track. have no supervision of the bridges. Had just gore to bed at Winsted on the. night of the acci- dent, when received dispatch from the superintendent to come to Tsriffvile. In my opinion the iron and the timber appear perfectly sound, with the exception of sap rot. which would not affect it's strength. There have been no short pieces of the tim Der sawed of. am positive about this. No rotten ends have been sawed off.
 Q. (By MT. Phelps) If two or more of the jury swore positively that they had seen ends of the timber sawed off. wouldn't you have believed us A. don't thlnk l should sir.
 Q. Then we understand our position with you, when we are under oath, This thing has been talked about and that is why we asked the question, A. Or course you are at liberty to ask me any question sir.
 Q. We most certainly should take that liberty.
 The witness stated positively that no tim Der had been sawed, except to clear away the wreck.
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Don't be Deceived.

Mary persons say II haven't got the Consumptionn when asked to cure their Cough with Shiloh's ConsumDtion Cure. Do they not know that CouQhs lead to Consumption and a remedy that will cure Consumption will certainly and surely cure cough or any Jung or throat trouble. We know it will cure when all ottets fail, and our faltb in it is so positive that we will refund the price paid if you receive no benefiG. Is not thus fair proposlt,on Price 10 cents, 50 cents and $1 00 per bottle. For lame chest, back or side, use Shilob's Porous Plaster Price g cents. Sold bv J. l.. Camp. Druggist; elsewhere by dealera generally.
 Why will you suffer with Dyspepsia and liver coDpialnt. Constipation, and general debility when you can get at our store Shi- loh's System Vital ger which we sell on 8 positive guarantee to cure you. Price 10 cents and 75 cents. For sale by J. l.. Camp. Drugglst elsewhere by dealers Rener ally |.
 "HACKMETACK" a popular and fra, gTanr perfume. Sold by l. Camp, QrUgS pist elsewhere by dealers generally.
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TARIFFVILLE.
The Coroner's Inquest.

The inquest upon the Tariffyille disaster was commenced at the Thurston House in Tariffville Tuesday of last week.
 PRESIDENT 0. J. CAMP
 was first called: Reside in West Winsted. Am the president of the Connecticut Vest ern railroad, which office have held since the 18th of May last. The general over- sight of the road IS largely committed to the superintendent. have nothing to do with the running of the trains. William H. road. l was upon tue train on Tuesday evening when the accident occurred. My attention has never been called to the fact that the bridge was in dangerous condi tion. have general oversight of the affairs of the road but not in detail. Mil Kean has charge of the bridges. The section masters as understand it, have nothing to do with the bridges beyond the care of the track passing over them. ] am not aware of any fixed time for the examina- ton of the bridges. It is the business of the bridge master to know all about them My attention has not been called to the ne- cessity of covering these bridges. Ilemem- Der a conversation with Springfield bridge builder ip which he alluded to the fact that these bridges were not covered. and re- garded it as matter to be attended to at an early day.
 had no connection with the road pre- vious to taking the position of president. l had no conversation with the superintend- ent in regard to the running of that excur 1 sion train, except in regard to the large number that would have tQ be accommo- dated. At first he thought of running only one engine don't think that he spoke of dividing the train. think he said that the bridges were all right. left the matter wholly to him No established rule has been made by the officers of the road with regard to the running, of two engines on one train l.. am not aware of any such rules on other roads. An ordinary train of freight cars, ] should think, would have as much or more weight upon the bridge span as was upon it on the night of the accident.
 ITO Jurorl-I never said that if my ad- vice had been taken this accident would not have happened. l do not know wheth CT it is a custom on this road to run two engines on one train, but know that il has been done; I think l have seen three, no, Infrequently.
 l J. F. JONES
 called: Am superintendent of the Connec- ticut Western railroad. My occupation previous to my appointment was general mechanical engineering. Have been en gagged in that occupation ten or twelve years, My duties are the general supervis- ion of the management of the road in all it's details: moving of trains, the track. .road'
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ROR N.

At Sharon, Jan. 20. son to Erastus Dem. ing. At Sharon Valley, Jan.' 19. 8 daughter to George Walton.
 I've would be happy to chronicle the event of the birth of pair of twins at Lakeville, Jan. 28. to Mir. Somebody of that place, but n his excess,ve jov, the "nappy daddy" dldn't write his name plainly. However. It looks like "Osman P sha."-DEvlL.l
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Subscri ptiO on AccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of tho sub scriber shows the time to which the sup scriptiOm Is paid; thus. R. B. smith 5J Jul11,
 indicates that MT Smith has paid for his paper t0 July 9th, 1S77 It is hoped that subscribers will see to it that their account, as indicated oy the date their papers, is always correct, ana when they pay for renewal of their suosGrlpton, VII observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit, and in the event of an error inform us for correction at once. No claims TOT errors in these accounts will hereafter De conslu- days after the payment is claimed to have been made az the regular receipt ot the paper with the printed thereon, is prima face evidence of it's ac- ceptance as correct. J. L.F TEASE.
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pL E D..

At Sharon, Jan. 27. Hubie F. Brown, aged 5years ant 8 months. Jan. 28, Mira l.. Brown, aged y-ars and months, chil' dren of Luthur and Emma Brown. At Mill River. Jan. 2s, Mrs. Lizzie F. Ad. ans. aged 24 years, wife ot J. w. Adams. and daughter of Dr. Seth Pease. formerly of Canaan. Ct. At Mill River, Jan. 26 Ellen Shehan, aged 19 years daughter of Cornelius Shehan, At West Hurley, Ulster Co.,. N. Y, Jan, a. Rev. Wm. Hall, formerly pastor of tha M. E. church in thls place and Ashley Falls. aged AS years
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Thursday Morn'g. Jan. 31. 1878
The Matthews Resolution.

The Matthews Resolution which has been before Congress for some time, and has been pretty thoroughly discussed through out the country, passed the senate last Fri day on vote of 4s to 22. We are glad to find both our Connecticut senators, Barnum and Eaton, on the side of honesty, voting squarely in the negative. thus opposing bill that would make ninety cents dollar, simply by calling it dollar. As passed. the resolution reads as follows:
 "Reso1ced, By the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring therein) that all the bonds of the United Statess issued or authorized to be issued, under said acts of Congress, hereinbefore recited, are pay able-principal and interest-at the option of the government of the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States. containing 412 grains each of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such silver coin as legal tender in payment of said bonds-principal and in terest-is not in violation of public faith. nor in derogation of the rights of public credit"
 LATER.
 The House has passed the Matthews resolu tioh by much more than Q two-thlrds vote and without debate. The vote was 1s ayes to 79 nays. Now for the Bland s1lVe bill to complete the Nat!on's disgrace.
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The Dog Question. to the Hartford C0uTant people in that region are thoroughly frightened at the prevalence of hydrophobia, and it says ''s majority of people almost fear to pass dogs in the street" and urges the thorough enforce ment by towns of the statute law on dogs, which It quotes as follows:
 Any two Justices of the Peace in any town may, ct Gny time maze such rules tor confning or destroying dogs therein. ss they shall judge reasonable for the security of the inhabitants or their property, and such rules shall be advertised by publishing them in 8 newspaper published ln such town, if any there be, and by posting the same on the sign posts in such town. And all dogs which shall be found mad, or just ly suspected to be mad, or found doing or attempting to do mischief when not under the care of any person. may be killed"
 'tAny town may exercise the power con- ferred upon the two justices of the peace by the preceding section, and may offer a bounty for the destruction of any dog not kept in conformity with all legal regula- tons for keeping, taxing, licensing and re- straining dogs"
 The Boston Journal, speaking of the dan ger from mad dogs, says:
 s"There is reason in all things, and to ex- terminate dogs altogether, as one person suggests in letter to newspaper, might prove in itself, to be an unwise proceeding. A better suggestion, made by the same per son. is to fix the price of dog licenses at such figure as to make the keeping of worthless CUTS an impossibillty. It is unde- niable that there are too many dogs, half fed and generally half cared for, on the streets, and 1t might be we'll to have them out of the way. It is possible, too. that there are certain breeds of dogs that are more dangerous than others, and the keep ing of such should be prohibited, The matter is one that is worthy of some very careful and systematic investigation, which would be all the better, were it conducted by scientific men; and if but one life year should be all that would be saved by such measures as the investigation might result in, the work would be justified. The Cis- ease of hydrophobia is one of such dread fui character that something should be done to ascertain it's cause, and means for its prevention"
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M AR RE Q.

At the house of Fi'eh Landon. Sharon, Jan 30. by the Rev. H. C. Humphrey Charles Mallory to Mss Anna Calissa all of Soar on,
 At the residence of Edmund Ward, South heid, Jan. 23, bN Rev. John Marsland, J0- seph Gibbs of Hartland. Conu., to Mrs. Ellen Gorham of Mill River, Masn.
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Aotue 8ews.

.*. We shallfeel greatly obliged to any of ou friends in the county, elsewhere, who will send usparticulars ofany sofinterestwhich may come under their notice.
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A CA R ID,

MR. EDITOR :-Our family wish to thank through the columns of your paper, the friends who have been so kind to us in this. our time of great afflicuon and distress.
 Yours Truly,
 E. H. JONES. Lakeville, Conn.,, Jan. 22nd 1878.
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,owino named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEws, and they did not notify us ot tnelr III amounts placed parallel with their names we pub
 fish their only address known to us, and II any oi
 m readers know of the whereabouts or any O. Ihem they will do us favor by informing us- Is it exactly HONEST trestment. to receive news paper till several dollars are due. and then leave
 he postmaster to inform us the paper Is not re- ceived and the subscriber gone, nobody knows wherel The following have done this: DOCS .n,,lNodv IOnU where theV are2
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His Experience.-ED. NEWS :-1 have taken the liberty to give you my experience at the Tariffville disaster: About ten or fifteen minutes before the crash. I left la dy friend in the next to last Car that went down. and went forward to the baggage car to meet Mir. Charles Morse of Norfolk. We sat down m the front left hand corner next the engine. and after a few moments conversation, without any warning, found ourselves struggling in the water next the engine, amid flying pieces of wreck, tim bers, etc. Mir. Morse soon got foot-hold out of the water somehow, and then got hold of me and drew me out of the runs to eplsce of safety on the wreck, where 1 waited, think three-fourths of an hour, hatless, and wet as wet could be-; the wind blowing gale nearly freezing me to death, besides the suffering from my injurles; add to that the screams and grosns of the vic tims. and the tLought for that long 45 mln- utes (more or less) that my friend, whom 1 had left but few moments before in good health and spir ts, was perhaps mangled and cead amid the ruins; altogether caused an agony of mind almost beyond endurance and certainly thought my reason had or would leave me. But at the end of that time was helped off the ruins and across the rrver to the Car, meeting there my friend. alive but considerably bruised anu frightened, she having crawled out of the top of the car in which she went down, ul the side of the Car which hung by the coup ling, and so across the top ot Cars on the bridge, 10 place of safety. wish tl tender my heartfelt thanks to Mr.Lswrenct of Colebrook for kind assistance, anC Mir Abel Camp of Norfolk for his tender care of me on the road home-But above all tC Charlie Morse 1 owe debt of gratitude that shall never feel is entirely paid; bu for him, should have been among the lis of killed. As it is. ar suffering from se were il juries in my back ard ankles. Al Lakeville the people were very kind, anc did all in their power to make us comfort able, and providing conveyance to Sharon which was as far on the way home as have been aLle to get as yet.
 Resp'y Y urs, GEO. H. PECK.
 Sharon, Jan 2l, 1878.
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LATER.
Maine vs massachusetts.

Senator Blaine of Maine, while euloglz- ing in the Senate the life and doings ot Wm. King, one of the early governors of the state of Name, on the occasion of pre- . senting to the Statuary Hall in the Capitol . statue of the venerable Governor, improv- ed the opportunity to unfathom from histo- " few of the errors committed by the state of Massachusetts. and to hurl them in the face of Senators Dawes and Hale of that state. It seems indeed strange that a learned Senator, and one who bid for the nomination to the presidency in the last campaign. should find it necessary to prop erly impress his hearers with the wonderful virtues and statesmanlike qualities of man scarcely ever before heard of, (for who ev- CT heard anybody say anything about the King of Maine), to dig from the early his tory ot neighboriDg state, some of it's er- TOT, and hurl it broad cast over the Senate like 30 much mud. States, like individuals make mistakes: Massachusetts has, during her long and varIed career as 8 state, fire quen&ly exercised poor judgment and hal committed error; but her motives are un- question d, and in the main her conduc and record as state stands among the mos honored of the family of states; and fo Senator Blaine to rise in his seat in the Uni ted States Senate. and with no provocstior whatever, hurl his invective, his utterly un called-for abuse upon the state of Massa- chusetts. as he dld Tuesday of last week, il utterly inexplicable. Senator Blaine ha been one of the most brilliant statesmen
 h,,& duct as that we have mentioned above, cer tainly denotes decay in intellect it is tn good fortune of the nation to not have il the ''Hlghest office in the gift of the peo ple." Senator Blaine will never be Presi dent.
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Connecticut Western News.

Connecticut western NoWSs
 Extra Copies of the NEWS can be o0talneo at Eggleston Deacon, Mlner'on crohom,s Drno Store. Salisbury ,1 IF Marh,o New Hartford. f,ou,au E. uov+,s .tore Lakeville J. Turner, H4ns 'Li"se W. A. Deans AAAe A'ooN Humphrey Drug Store oanaaA p q Taft,s store. Ashley Falls. post Office West Cornwall. s. c. Conn store, henI' E Er 1rlette Sharon The Emporium" West W1nsteo'
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Geo. Weed, Great Bend, Pa. $4 Mrs Theo. Sweet, Union Grove, Wis, hoo E. Snedeker, Marketable. Conn.,, R. J. Arnold, Otsego, N. Y, H. E. Howe, Huntsville, Conn.,, D NJ. Stevens, Chapinville, Conn.,,
 McClerrin. Chapinville, Conn, : Mrs. W. Bissell.. Wakeman, Ohio, Q Wm. Hunt, 10 John St., Worcester, Mass, 9 s, Silvernail Elkhart. Ind.
Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31

The inquest upon the Tariffyille disaster was commenced at the Thurston House in Tarffville Tuesday of last week.
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Left over from last week.
 Sharon.-The fearful railroad scclcent has been the topic for conversation the past week. A party of six went from here on Tuesday morn, and at Lakeville took pas 8 ge on the excursion train bound for Hart ford. The anxiety was intens after re- ceiying telegram merely stating that such an accident had occurred until later dis
 patch brought the welcome news that the Sharon people had escaped with slight in iuries: and while our hearts bled for the | bereaved ard suffering ones, they went out | in thankfulness to the Good Father that in his mercy he had spared our loved ones. ... The meetings in the M. E. church have been discontinued for the present. The pas tor needs rest, and the dark, rainy nights and bad travelling are not favorable......On Friday night of last week we had a series of thefts A horse was stolen from the bafn of Henry Reed, blanket from the stable of E. Hartwell, a wagon from John Lloyd and harness from Sol Blerce. No clue as vet. .George Peck of Ellsworth, one of the Tariffville sufferers, is lying in criti- cal situation at the house of T. N. Lucas. His injuries are internal, Rowley attended the Grand Lodge Tn Hartford last week The dramatic entertainment given in the town hall on Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings of last week was a success. The hall was filled both evenings and all pronounced it good. We hope to hear from this society again these things are pleas ant and profitable as we'll. calling together and comminging different societies which heretofore have said, '"Thus far shalt thou come and no farther. D.. A. k. Woodward and wife are boarding at Mrs. Harris for a time. .. Many changes will be made in town this Spring. but none are really decided as yet. MT Vail and family have taken board at Mrs. Hart's for the coming year. ........ Dwight Eggleston is building new barn on the place recently purchased hy Lawyer l Hukhs. ARoANuMs
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JAMES MopERMoTT,


 crawled out on his hands and knees. He said he was scaded to death. I went to procure tea.n, ,and when Ireturned, I found that Hatch had been carried to the station. The humping which felt on the engiue was an up and down motion. don't train owing to. the Miller platform, My opinion was that the forward engine was off the track. Sometimes locomo- i've leaves the track aud the cause cannot ne ascertained. don't think that an ex- ra rail would be any practical advantage thInk guard rail is useful on curve or where there are frogs etc. The officers oi the road have not talked to me about this matter. don't think it is common to have guard rails. It seems to me that the engine ran about the length Of two cars before go- ing down. If the forward engine bad beeu pulled off she would have lad right on our engine. She must have role d light oyer. GEORGE W. SHELBY
 6 Northampton road; bridges op that road are constructed of white pine. Consider it better than southern pine; it is easier to handle and better adapted to the weather. Our bridges are covered; our longest bridges are Howe trusses with arch beam; have one 0, l92 feet span with arch span; soulh- ern pine decays first in the sap, aRd the change is noticed in the color. Think s Howe truss bridge built of southern pine ~ad exposed to tue weather seven years would be safe; there might be signs of de- csy, but nothing detrimental to the safety of the bridge. Think the rods broke ald caused the disaster; anything else seems ln.: probable. My opinion is that the btst ma terial is not always used in the constr uc'ion of bridge rods. Flaws in iron can be d.s- covered by tension tests. Am not prepal- ed to remark on the quality e, iron in the broken bridge. Have looked at the broken chold but did not fiud it in very bad coudi tion. Some spots are decayed cut there was 'nothil g to materially weaken it. The .asiest way to tamper with tie bridgr would be to remove spikes from the Tails and turn off some of the nuts where the rails join. It could be done by man in an hour. could do it in half an hour, l should reaylre a crowbar and wrench. Dissected the broken chord with Mir. Keane. IL WAS decayed, bat not sufficiently to in jure 1t. Do not consider iron bridges
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spread or broke. l saw no evidence that such was the case at this time. l am firmly of the opinion that the engine did not leave the track. We first shut off steam about sixty or seventy rods this sit of the bridge, and were not using any steam at the time of the accident. Have neve' had any fears about running two engines over that bridge. Generally carry about three to three and half tons ot coal. I.do not know how much the water would weigh. knew nothing about the bridge,uand had never heard anything said about ii by MT, Hatch or any other person I am of the opinion that the second engine pulled ours back.
 A. Fl. WRIGHT
 called; Am bridge builder. was not on the train at the time of the accident, ,bu, viewed the bridge on Friday. I tried to satisfy myself as to the cause of the acci- dent. The bridge is heavier than nine tenths of the bridges in New England; I mean in iron and timber. The iron could not have been strained over IS GOO pounds to the square inch at the time of the acci- dent, and am unable to see how it could have occurred unless the train left the track. That bridge should have been sble to carry twice the weight placed upon il that night, provided It was all right. We may judge from the remaining span tha, it was all right, as That seems to be in per feet condition. All the decayed timber l can find ID the broken span is near the end where It rested upon 8 bolster of wood, which boister seemed to be sound. This rotted because the bolster held the water which ran into the cracks, but this was nothing to injure the strength of the tim Der. The iron used about bridges is rolled, or malleable iron. If any of the rods had flaws in them they might have broken. Tn, y are more likely 10 brsak when they are screwed into the bolts. We never cal culate to use any iron of less breaking strain than 60, 900 pounds. The rules are calculated upon thestrength ot good pound