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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-02-17
TONTINE PLAN,

upon the principle Of accnmulating profits tor e-
hte periods, which, first introduced by this Socie-
~, and has been recommended aud endorsed by emi.
hent experts in Life Insurance. and by leading busi-
n hess men. Forty -Four per has been earned and
accumulated on the premiums paid on its Tonie Life
Policies, and forty per cent on its Tontlne Endow.
snent Policies issued within the last five ycnrs
The Directors OF tn. Equitable Life Assurance So
eety represent exclusively the interests Of the Policy
holders and in presenting the Society 10 notice they
feel that ii has strong claims upon public confidence,
bec OF the strict and conservative principles by
which its various departments governed. In the
asset. and in the administration OF the society, per-
feet security l. given for the future which l. Of great
importance TO those depending upon their insurance
f policies for the ultimate support Of their families.
q - Il No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
Transactions the Equitable; none Is more prompt
and inst In Its dealings.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19
A Town DESTROYED BY Burning Oil.

The fire which destroyed Red Rock, one OF
the most enterprising towns in the Bradford
oil district, was the most destructive that has
ever occurred in that region. Eighty build
ings we're burned, the district covering over
twelve acres. A well on the side hill lad
been cleaned out preparatory to toIpedoing,
the tubing being left out OF the well. One OF
the hands passing by with lantern the gas
caught, consuming the rig and destroying a
250-barrel tank of oil The fluid ran down the
hill and communicated with tank containing
25,000 barrels OF oil. The monster iron tank
tdrned TO" hours, the blaze being plsinly visi-
bic at b. afford, Pa, distance OF eix miles.
The tank was located in position that COM
manded the heart OF the town. Entertainments
were thrown up and every precaution taken
10 save the place from destruction, but with
out avail.
Between three and four o'clock in the morn
ing the upper bands OF the greet tank fell in
with crash and the tank burst, The burn
ing oil ran out; huge fiery wave jumped
high over the embankments, Ind spreading to
the extent of three hundred feet, swept
through the heart OF the town, which literally
melted away before the hee&. The burning
oil coursed through the Gtreets fully four
feet in depth. A wave F9 fire would bound
against a house, jump over the root, and
in less time than it would take to write de-
scription of the disaster the entire town was in
flames. 1t was truly grand sight Had it
not been tor the alarm founded about mid
night the loss OF life Y I'D have been great.
AS il was people bar y had time 10 escape
with their lives. The burning oil swept
through the town like a tidal wave. Little OF
nothing was saved Not a store or saloon
was lett standing, and over one hundred
antilles were rendered homeless. The loss Is
minated at 100000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

he had eaten flesh from one of his arms in his
agony OF hunger. He died few minutes alter
the arrival of the neighbors.
DIR. E. Welt has been elected president OF
the Swiss confederation for 1880.
Great excitement prevails in st. Petersburg
on account OF the recent attempt to assas-
sinate the czar, and the police forces have
heen largely increased. The revolutionary
committee have issued a proclamation, which
is being distributed daily, and in which they
avow that the late attempt on the czars lie
was made by their order, and, though the at
tempt tailed, they are not disheartened, but
are ready to try again.
At Tangeer, Nova Scotia, dynamite cart
ridge exploded among men who were working
a gold mine. The shalt house was blown to
pieces, and James Ferguson was killed in
stantly. His father and Joseph Ferguson
were terribly mangled, so that their recovery
was considered impossible. A man named
Joseph Mason, who was either in the shaft
house or near it, was also badly injured, and
was thrown across the road by the explosion.
Nearly all the rivers in Pennsylvania and
Hungary have overfowed, causing great
loss OF life and property. Fully 10000 per-
sons were rendered homeless, and many en-
tire families were frozen to death. In. some
cases people were for days on trees and roofs
ofhouses, awaiting rescue
A Cabul dispatch reports battle between
British troops and large force of Afehans, in
which the former were worsted.
Parnell, the leader OF the Irish Home
Rulers, is coming to the United States.
The explosion OF q magazine of nitro-glycer-
inc and mica powder on Fox Island, opposite
Amhertsburgh, Ontario, was heard forty miles
away, shaking the ground like an earthquake,
and making hole sixty feet IN diameter and
fifteen feet deep.
May Williston, daughter of Judge Willis
ton, and jamie Watt, while skating on the
river at Newcastle, N B., broke through the
ice and were drowned.
Lord Lytton, viceroy of India, was fred
upon in Calcutta By q lunatic, but escaped in
jury.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

The /" Candee Rubber Co., of New Haven,
Conn.,, is making new rubber boot, which is
just what out-doo men have long been look.
ing Tor, viz, one that is warranted. These
boots are called the C 95 !" Per Cent Sterling
Rubber Boot. They warrant them three
months, and if your boot cracks or gives way
in that time, you can secure new pair tree
Of charge, provided the boots have had fair
usage.
That there may be no question about the
three months, when oubuy the q So " Boots,
the storekeeper punches the date in the top Of
the leg, in spaces provided for that purpose,
and the warrant begins from that date and
cannot be disputed. These G 95" Per Cent.
Boots are as pure as can be made, and will
last six months hard wear. The exposed
portions are doubled, and the soles are talf an
inch thick, OF solid rubber, and will outwear
three pair of any other rubber boots. Illus.
trated catalogues with full particulars are
supplied by the " Candee company on appli-
cation, or the boots can be seen in most
stores,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

Is impaired to the kidneys and bladder by
Hostetter's Bit,ers' which is most useful in
overcoming torpidity of those organs. Besides
infusing more activity into them, this excellent
tonic endows them with additional vigor and
enables them the better to undergo the wear
and tear of the discharging function imposed
upon them by nature. Moreover, as they are
the channel for the escape of certain impurities
from the blood, it increases their usefulness
by Strengthening and BEAUTIFULLY stimulating
them. In certain morbid conditions of these
important organs, they fall into sluggish
state, which is the usual precursor of disease.
What then can be of greater service than a
medicine which impels them to greater activity
when slothtuli No maladies are more peril
GUS than those which affect the kidneys; and
medicine which averts the peril should be
highly esteemed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

An Old Physician, retired from practice, having had
placed in his hands by East india missionaTy the
formula of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchifis
also positive and radical cure for Nervous DEBILITY
and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
felt his duty TO make 1t known to his suffering
Aetuafed by this motive and desire to relieve human
suffering will send free Of charge to all who desire If
this recipe. in German French, OF English with full
directions Tor preparing and using. Sent By mail bv
aHERARs 10 Powers Block Rochester, NJ <.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

Poor emaciated, bed-ridden invalids,
can be restored to robust and blooming,
health with Hop Bitters, and no one
need be out of health if they will only
use them freely. Ask your druggist or
physician.
The New York Tribune in its market
report short time since, explained why
some butter was sold at low prices. 1t
said Light colored goods are very
hard to dispose of and several lots were
thought well sold at to 10 cents. If
butter makers would get the top price,
they should use the Perfected Butter
Color, made byWells, Richardson & Co.,
Burlington, Vt. It gives pure dande-
lion color and never turns red or rancid,
but improves and preserves the butter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19
All kiOds of G y and Country property
Money to Loan Gu Mortgage.
Battle of the Hyenas.

There was savage fight, n OF long ago
in the hyena den on Col. Burt Robbins
farm, near GAINESVILLE, Wis, q report of
which we find in g local journal,
Robbins winters his circus and me-
nagerie on his farm here, and five hyenas
have passed through the season together,
behaving themselves as becomes good,
peaceable hvenas, until last night, when
they held "highena" carnival among
themselves. They went at each other
with sharpened teeth. glaring eyes, and
bristling hair, and fairly made things,
hideous with their growls of anger. One
of their number had his nose literally
chewed off clear up close to the eyes;
also one forepaw munched off by his
merciless brother and sister hyenas.
The fight is said by all old showmen
that witnessed the bloody affair, to have
been one of the fiercest ever seen in a
menagerie. The hyena having his paw
and nose bitten off kept up the fight as
best as he could with three paws and
minus nose, until I bullet was sent
into him. thus ending at once his misery
and quelling the conflict.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

For one cent purchase postal card and
send your address to DR.. Sanford, l62 Broad.
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by
return mail, from which you can learn whether
your liver is out of order, and ii out of order
or in any way diseased, what is the best thing
in the world to take for it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

What tortures are inflicted by disordered
liver. Pains in the right side and under tn e
right shoulder blade, headache and nausea,
Indigestion, costiveness, unpleasant taste in
the mouth and low spirits, are among its
indicia. Besides, the saffron tinge it imparts
to the skin is the reverse of becoming. But
Or. Motifs Vegetable Liver Pills speedily
dispel the symptoms by remedying tho dis
order which produces them. Sold by all
druggists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19
item works upon the lungs.
JUDGE Tor Yourself:

By sending thirty-five cents, with age, height,
color of eyes and hair, you will receive by re.
turn mail a correct photograph Of your future
husband or wife, with name and date of mar
riage. Address W. Fox, p. o. Drawer 81,
FultonviIle N w. a. lslft5. =
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

NEGLECTED COUGHS AND CoLDs.-Few are
aware of the Importance of checking a cough
or common cold," in its first stage; that
which in the beginning would yield to
Browns Bronchial Troches," if neglected
often works mon tbe Innos
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

Sherman 8 Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at salary Of
300 per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

He said that her hair was dyed, and
when she Indignantly exclaimed, CIT is
false!" he said he presumed so.-Boston
POSt 80
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

The only homework some girls do is
when they begin to dust around after q
beau.- Aaldres0s' Bazaar.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

It is impossible to sell the best article OF any
kind as low as the poorest can be afforded
But the prices of Mason & Hamlin Cabinet
Organs are not much more than those OF very
interior organs; while the differencein quality,
and especially of durability, is very great
Il you wish to save one pair of boots every
year get Lyons Patent Heel Stifener applied
TO theu while they are new.
Young men go west. Learn telegraphy. ADJ
dress r. Valentine, Manager GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

A huge eagle, Tapping off with a
squawking goose, was shot dead at
Union, III.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-19

fsss-a - from washington if
The President has appointed ex-United
States Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, to sue
caed Judge McCrary as secretary of war, and
the Senate IN executive session has unani-.
mously confirmed the nomination. Alexander
Ramsey, the new secretary OF war, is native
OF Pennsylvania, aud is sixty -four years old.
He held the office 81 register of his county
when only thirteen years old. In 1910 he
was secretary OF the electoral college OF Penn
sylvania, and the next year clerk of the Penn-
sylvania eHouse of Representatives. In 1843
he was elected representative in Congress,
and was reelected to second term. He was
appointed by President Taylor, in 1849, to be
territorial governor of Minnesota, holding
that Office until 1868, and assisting in nego-
tiating several treaties with Indian tribes. for
the ex6liction OF the Indian titles. In 1855
he was elected mayor OF st. Paul, and three
yesTs later was made governor of Minnesota,
continuing in the latter office until 1862 He
was elected United States senator in 1868, and
served two terms, retiring in 1876
Mr.. Ramsey, the successor to Judge Nc.
Crary, has formally taken possession Of the
secretary OF wars Office. z
Hon. James NJ Edm unds, city postmaster
of Washington, is dead.
sla Foreign News.
A shocking case OF neglect has come to
igft in Hull, Ontario. A youth of seventeen
years OF age was taken down with smallpox
and his family deserted him. The neighbors,
hearing Of it, went to the house where he was
stopping, with n bowl OF soup. On entering
the room they found the youth covered with
blood and almost at the point OF death. The
soup being placed to his lips, he ravenously
swallowed it. An examination showed that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30

of the sufferers and some Of the
quack doctors who are always ready
to prescribe for the public cry out
for protection, as if we had never
tried it before.
There is no danger of our going
back to protection. The present
trouble will pass away. 1t has
been aggravated by the evil policy
Of our government, and that also
will pass away; and the simple
tons who arc looking for relief to
an exploded doctrine and practice
will relapse into that silence and
obscurity which become them.
1t is a grief to me that your
people do not sec their way to a
more moderate tariff. They are
doing wonders, uncquallcd in the
worlds's history, in paying Off your
national debt. "A more moderate
tariff, ! should think, would give
you o better revenue, and by de-
grccs you might approach u more
civilized system. What can be
more strange than for your great
free country TO build barriers
against that commerce which is
everywhere the handmade Of free
dom and Of civilization.
should dispair of the prospects
of mankind il ! did not believe
that before long the intelligence of
your people would revolt against
the barbarism of your tariff. IT
seems now your one great humll-
iation; the world looks to you for
example III all forms Of frcdoom.
AS TO commerce, the great ciyilizer,
shall it look in vain? Believe me,
very sincerely yours,
JOHN Bright.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30
VIII England Return 10 Pro
lection
4 IETrEl, FROM JOHN pRlGlrr.

4 LETTER FROM JOHN BRlGlfr.
The North American Review pub
fishes the following letter, written
in reply To one from the editor Of
the Review asking Mr.. lIright's
opinion rs To the nature and extent
Of the alleged movement IN ENG
land looking To n re-adoption of the
protective system;
No. 1872, PlcCApnlN, LONDON,
April 10Th, 1879. My DEAR Slit
I have no difficulty IN replying To-
your letter Of the 3lst ult.
] do not think there is any
chance of u return in this country
to the doctrine of protection. We
export everything but agricultural
produce; to protect our manufnc-
lures is manilcstly impossible. Half
our population exists on imported
food; 10 limit this import hy Gus
tom duties, in order to raise the
price of homegrown food, isa prop
oRition that cannot he entertained
for Il moment Such u scheme of
tered to parliament and the country
would destroy amy country and
snd party.
We are passing through a time
ofeommoreial deprcssion its causes
are apparent 10 those who examine
and consider the facts OF recent past
years. But in time of trouble iguo-
rant men sic2e upon unlikely
and impossible propositions, and
schemes for relief. There is no
special medicine for this malady.
Time, patience, the working Of nat
ural laws, the avoidance and cessa-
Of the excitement and half mad
ncss Of the past, and Il general
economy, will bring about u cure
not without some or much suffer
ing, but without failure
We adopted free trade in the
year 1916. But our land owners
and farmers and multitudes of our
people did not comprehend the
aprinciplos We taught, and now new
generation is on the stage, ill
acquainted even with the facts Of
forty years ago. There has been no
great distress since our corn law
was abolished; and now when
trouble has come for time, some
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30

As there has been considerable
talk of late, especially among high
ariff men, about England's con-
templatcd return to protection" a
letter from Hon, John Bright to the
editor of the North American Re
view, which we publish elsewhere,
will be interesting reading. Mr..
Bright does not think there is the
least chance of England returning
to this exploded doctrine, and won
dcrs greatly why this country does
not abolish the present high tariff
laws and make an attempt to zap
proach u moro civilized system"
It is q great wonder and q great
shame that u people as enlightened
and as far advanced rs the people
of the United States should alllict
themselves with such miserable
tariff laws Us those which now dis
grace our statute books. But
greater wonder still, is the fact that
q large majority Of the men repre-
senting the great Northwest in
Congress are men who vote and use
their influence to sustain those laws
which are directly in opposition to
right and justice, and the interests
of the section Of country which they
represent. Altough il docs not OK
Cuse Eastern men for layoring such
ahamcfully unjust laws, to say that
il is to their interests to do 50, it mt
least frees them from any suspicion
of that stupidity which prevents
men from pcrcciving and striving
for their own interest, when that
interest is in accordance with fair
ness and right. But every West
cfn representative who goes to
Congress and lends his aid to the
cause Of protection leaves himself
open to this suspicion, or to TINT
worse one, that he is u buyable
legislator and works for hire from
Eastern corruptionists, and not with
view to the interests of his con-
gtituents. More attention should
be directed 10 this subject in the
West and q prerequisite qualilicn-
ton of every Western Congressman
or Senator should be that he is an
advocate Of free trade. When such
is the case tho West will de itself
justice
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30
From Kansas.

Eos. DEMocRAT:-It may be of
interest to the readers of your paper
to know how old father Time con
tinucs to dcport himself in the cen
trail part of Uncle Sans domain
alias Kansas. Since the Sth ult.
the old man has been doing himself
proud, as since that time he has
been rs prodigal in his distribution
of rain, as he Ind been for seven
months prior to that date parsimo-
NOUS. So that the abundant rains
of the past six weeks alternating
with warm sunshine has done much
to make up for the lateness of the
Spring here, owing to lack of rain.
The winter wheat is nearly all
headed and reminds one that har-
vest is not fir Off; which by the
way, TO II person leaving n country
less than two months ago that was
covered with snow, makes him feel
ms if he was growing old fast
blending winter and summer SO
closely that he has scarcely time to
recognize the connection, especially
where tho thermometers shows one
hundred degrees in the shade, as il
did here ON the 10th inst. Owing
10 the latencss Of the spring rains,
the winter wheat ON the high ground
will be light; but the prospect for
u good crop from spring grains is
eXccllcnL,
But whilo the record is good, in
the main, since last | wrote you,
yet there are n few dark spots to
mar it,
On the 10th alt. we had to record
the first murder known to have
been committed in this county u
most shocking cold-hloodcd muir
der perpctrated by u negro, III our
midst, IN killing Il white man.
Starting from Il point west Of us the
white man agreed To take the negro
to Beloit, cast of us twenty miles,
for hire Upon reaching here they
both drank some during the even
ing, and about 3o'clock next morn
ing pistol shots were heard, two in
number, but no notice was paid
to them till next morning when the
body OF n murdered man was found
III n culvcrt, under n bridge, en- u
road leading out Of the city. Tho
body WAS detected Ivy n large pool
Of blood standing near the bridge
on the road, from which there was
evidence of Il body being dragged,
rs proved 70 be thee The muir
dcrcd man was ut once recognized
ms being the one seen with the
negro the night before. Search was
Immediately instituted. which rc-
suited i'll finding the negro i'll Beloit,
covered up in 4 hay NOV. lie
was arrested and on his person was
found pistol having two empty
chambers, which lie said liz dis
charged nj prairie chickens; yet he
admitted dragging the murdered
man under Il bridge, hut said i
white man did the shooting, When
he reached Cawker about ) i. IN.
five hundred mon were on the