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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
Texnn Fever in f,hicnnn-

The arrival 0. a number of sick cattle hay ing been reported at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, an examination was made by num- Der of veterinarians. They have agreed that the disorder is Texas fever, superinduced by drinking water strongly impregnated with all kali The cattle have been quarantined and isolated. Those in the lot that are unaffected are to be slaughtered, subject to the inspec- ton of the Health Department. Those that are unable to recover are being shot, and those that are dropping will be held in quarantine for further developments. Carloads of cattle are affected, and many are dying on the road. Five hundred have been killed.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
FLOUR MADE OF WOOD.
A New and MysterioHs Industry thnt
 Flourtshes in the CRtsktIl Mountains.

The chief industry in the Catskill re- zion of New York, a local letter says, is producing wood four, kind of cousin to wood pulp. 1t was first manufac- tured in the Catskills about nine years ago, and now over twenty mills are in full blast. The process is exceedingly simple. Any soft-wood tree-poplar is the favorite-is feiled and drawn to the mill The bark and boughs are removed and the trunk put in a machine which k nothing but lead-pencil sharpener on a large scale, with four or more knife edges instead of one. On starting the machine the pencil sharpener revolves with great swiftness, and in few min utes converts the log into a hundred milcs of fine, clean shavings- These are ground and bolted exactly as in -four mill The product is a soft, fine, yellow ish-white four, similar in appearance to a very well-ground corn meal. It pos sesses 8 slight woody smell, and is al. most tasteless. It is put up in large bags and then is dispatched, unmarked, to the buyer.
 tried to find out who purchased the article, but with no success. The wood miller was not very communicative.
 "It makes" he said, "well. I don't know how much exactly. One log may give five bags, and it may give ten. It sells well--that is, pretty tolerable. I reckon clear about eight or nine dol lars day out of it-perhaps more. I never fingered fl up. Whats it good for? Good many things. It's used to stiffen paper, but if you put in too much the paper gets brittle. Paper stock is dearer than poplar four, and that's why they put it in. If you mix the flour with linseed gum and billed oil you get a kind of oilcloth. Some folks mix it with meal to give to pigs and other ami malls. I guess it's good, but never give 1t to my hogs, and even those fel- lows give it to some other fellows crit ters and not their own. Yes, have heard that some bad contractors mixed 1t with meal for army and Indian SUD- plies, but don't take much stock in the story, because they could buy soul meal as cheap as poplar flour. II wouldn't pay to mill pine or cedar ol hemlock they're worth too much at timber. But any wood that isn't used that way can be milled into flour. I use poplar almost altogether, but when TUT short of logs, I grind up buttonball birch, elm, or willow"
 The farmers dislike the new industry, as it promises to play havoc with tho forests, which are both an attraction tC the boarder and protection to agricul ture. The tanneries years ago used uI nearly all the oak and hemlock tht lumbermen have stripped the country practically of pine, cedar and walnut the chair factories are consuming tho hickory and maple and now the wood flour mill promises to grind up wha remaining trees there may be.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
RUM AND DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Two Men Killed by n LocomOtive-Tw
 Arguments for the PrOhibitiOnIsts.

The east bound passenger train on the West ern North Carolina Railroad made an eventful trip Sunday, killing two men within a distance of two miles.
 At Johnson's ferry, near Asheville, there is grog shop by the railroad track. and upon the platform a white man named Levi Pressly was performing a shake down dance as the train approached. The goodly supply of mountain dew that Pressly had imbibed not only tangled his feet, but muddled his brain, and when he saw his mule, which was tied on the opposite side of the track, get frightened at the approaching train he started to jump across the track to catch the animal.
 He gave 8 bound. and in the midst of his leap the engine struck and knocked him for ward. He fell in field fifty feet distant. He was mashed to pulp and every bone in his body was broken. A bottle of whisky fell from his pocket covered with blood, but the bottle was not cracked nor the whisky spilled.
 After the remains had been picked up the train proceeded on it's way and had not gone two miles before the air brakes were ap- piled and it was brought to full stop. A pas senger stuck his head out of window and exclaimed, "Another man killed " And he he spoke truly. The second victim was named Peter Fore. He had been to Asheville on a spree and started to walk home on the track. Being overcome with whisky he fell with his body in the ditch and his head directly across the rail His head was ground and crushed so badly that the particles could not be collected. The body was taken aboard with the other corpse and both were put of at the next sta tion for burial
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of Interest to All,
 At Home and Abroad.
THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE.
Scenes Among the DyinG-WhnI the French Ministers Saw on rheir Tour of Inspec' tIon.

The radical Deputy of Marseiles, NJ. Clovis Hugues, has been all through the hospital and cholera haunted quarters there. graphic pen gives description of the dead and dying whom he saw. The hospital is on the high promontory between the entrance of the port and Corniche, and is kept cool by the sea breezes even at noontide. The restaurants and baths in the neighborhood are deseTted.
 The interior of the Pharo is in the gorgeous style of the Monaco Casino, and is beautifully clean; but it is said the patients are kept too dry. They are not allowed hot water In abundance to drink or hot baths to help arte- rial circulation, which the Asiatic cholera im- pedes. The FOddue's correspondent, who went there with the Ministers, confirms this impression. He says the sea breezes enter freely all the rooms, but the patients are un- conscious of them.
 their final attitudes. Their limbs were parched and dry as sticks, all black and icy. Nothing but the eyes showed life. They were, however, staring and enlarged by the attenuation of the rigid faces but the flickermg flame of dying candle was ill them. They expressed nothing but indifference.
 ''We were profoundly saddened (says the writer) by their aspect, and did not, from fear of disturbing them, breathe freely. We walked on tiptoe. The Ministers took of their hats. NJ. Clovis HuGues went to a bed where boy of twelve, in spasm Of pain, had kicked off the sheet. His eyes were fixed on the dimpled, sun-lighted, blue sea, and he did not turn them to look at tbe visitors. We ap- preached him and pressed his hand, but he made no sign. In the females ward we saw an old woman, black as if carbonized, and beautiful young creature with an amber skin and magnificent physique, breathing her last breath. When she died her bed was wheeled into the disinfecting chamber. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, who showed remark able courage, helped the Sisters of Charity in their lugubrious task. This mortuary chamber is whitewashed, and has vsporizing machines which cast out clouds of phenylized steam SC thick that we were each soon invisible to the other.
 Many people are camping out in tue suburbs of Marseilles. The roads into the country are thronged with vehicles, carrying articles of
 furniture belonging to the poor, who think they are safe outside. On every side you may read on the shop doors, "Shut down on ac- count of absence" The travelling fruit hawkers have almost all disappeared
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
MAUD SIS RECORD BEATEN.
The Little Black Wonder, JRy-Eye-See.
 the King of the Turf.

Jay-Eye-See, the little black wonder of the West, circled the track of Providence, R. l., on Friday, in 2:10 sharp, excelling all previous records by quarter of a second. To warm him up he went around the track in 2.2216.
 When the word was given Jay-Eye-See was of like 8 shot, and the runner, who was sev- eral hundred yards in the rear, had lively time catching up, but lapped Jays wheel at the three-eighths, and there he hung, his pres ence, of course, being continual incentive to the gamy little black to do his best. The quar- ter had been passed in 3316 seconds, and at the half the watches showed 105, remarkable time. Still the little horse trotted as square as die, without lifting his nose, and without the whip being raised. The three-qIarters was passed in 1:S9, and then people began 10 be anxious. Would he be able to keep up the pace2 Would he break at the turn? A thousand watches were held in the palm, and six thousand pairs of eyes were focused down the stretch. Still on and on he sped, rounded the turn without 8 break, and dashed down the homestretch like black streak of lightning. Just before he reached the wire the running horse swung out opposite, and it's driver yelled. Bithers put the whip lightly to the trotter, and he went under the wire in 2:1O-the fastest time in the world The last quarter was done at the rate of 2:04
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
THE DHNANEITERS.
Dramatic Scenes in the English Court at
 Their Sentence.

The conclusion of the trial of John Daly, James Egan, and William Mcdonnell in War wick resulted in a scene of most dramatic in terest. Mcdonnell, who pleaded guilty to the charge of reasonable felony, was released on bail to appear at any time if called upon. James Egan was sentenced to penal servitude for twenty years, and John Daly for life.
 After the verdict Daly was asked whether he had anything to urge why sentence should not be passed upon him. Amid the breathless silence Daly burst out into an impassioned speech. He argued that nothing hal been proved against him, except that he had borne an assumed name. But the Queen moved about under an assumed name. Why had not he as good right? He asked for justice, not mercy. He was gratified that he was on trial before Englishmen. There was no clap-trap, as in Ireland.
 He was, he said, guilty of treason and felony only as every Irishman who dearly loved his country, who prays for her peace and would die for her freedom, is guilty of the same crime. Like every member of his race he was prepared to shed the last drop of his blood for Ireland. The remedy for the hostility of the Irish to the British Crown was not, he said, in repression and prosecution. ''Give ns," he said tour freedom and our own laws; give us our own Parliament and our own Government That, and that alone, will satifE the heart of Ire lands"
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
MURDER AND CREMATION.
A Crime We'll Concealed and It's Perpetrato
 Beyond Pursuit.

The entire community of Bellsire, Ohio, are greatly exercised over the supposed murder and cremation of farmer named John Will jams by his stepson, John A. Webb. A few days after the disappearance of Williams a strong smell of burning clothing was observed by farmer and his wife, and going to the spot from whence the smell originated, they saw Webb standing near a pile of tanbsrk
 When this was burned to the ground, as the story is told, there was a bulge in the centre about six feet long. The farmers suspicion was aroused, and next morning he and neighbor visited the spot again. They found the elevation had disappeared and the ground where the fire had been was raked over and smoothed down. They found parts of bones or ivory buttons in the ashes, and other evidences of 8 body having been burned. Before steps could be taken looking to Webb's arrest, that worthy left for Mexico and is now beyond pursuit
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YoRK MARKET.

NEW IOIhh AAhh6Ls
 The Wholesale New York market quotations show:
 BEASs-Prime, s5OO@s515; fair to good. S2.0O@S280 per busheL
 BUTTER - New York sold at 22@29c. for choice in pails, and 1S@l9c common 10 good Western Creamery sold at 20@2lo, and the common Western at l50l6c
 CHEEsE-Factory fancy, l0@101lc; do. Fair to good, 9CG9s4c.
 Eeos-Quoiations ranged from 17c for or dinary, to lSc. for New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania &3. .S0@S6. 30; extra New York. S3.65t9 t6.0O HAY Shipping. 65G70c.i clover, 45g5So salt. 60c; straw, 9O@95c.
 Hors-New York, 24925c.; Eastern, 2i 923o; yearlings, l6Ca22c; olds, -@- PETRoLEuM- Refined, 7Ssci crude, eIE97Ae in bulk; in barrels, sesc; naphthA, 6s1o in shipping order. and II l1Sf0l2c. in cases PoRK-Clear back. slz259sI775; dressed VT WnE1r Spring No. 8, s7716@ssc., Nil waukee, No. 2 9sc. amber, Sl.S2Gs2A0i CoRs-Ungraded Western Mixed. 5i@6I1soi Steamer Mixed. 5slf@5gc in elevator, 6l 10 delivered; No. q 638f Cd64c. in elevator, b4s CG 65c., delivered White Southern, TOO de- hyered.
 WooI-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, xxx, 45G46c.; K, 42aD44c.; \, 42943o.i No. l, 45647c.. No. 2, 3sd40c common, s39S5c. New York and Western U and \, S99451sc No. 1, 44t045c.
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET. FLouR-State family. q. 4.259S4 50; rye -four. SS.6215@$3.75; wheat State, S-.-a9ec. amber, S1.4Si corn, yellow, 5soi mixed States 62c.
 PETRoLEUM-Refned, 7SEc.; crude, 6Iao. WooL-State and Western N, 46@50ci I, A7@4sc. medium, 50C951c.; coarse, 45o
 BOSTON MARKET
 FLOUR From S2.759SS25 for low and medium. to $4.0095.25 for choice Minnesota Corn, 63067c. for mixed and yellow.
 BUTTER - Common, Sc- @l2c. Vermont dairy, 17C9lSc.; choice creamery, 2l@22o CHEEsK-SlS 09lSc.
 BEANs-s3. 400&345.
 HAY-Choice, S17.5Ot9a1S
 CATTLE MARKErS
 BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality sA90a S660; hogs fair to good, S5.759S5.s5; best $5. 90.
 EAST LIBERTY. PENS.-Best cattle, S6.SoCd S6.60; medium to good, S5. 500S6.00; common to fair, S4.50@S5.00; Hogs Yorkers S5.6Ocg s5,75 Philadelphias, S5.75@s5.SS sheep S5.25ca S550.
 WATERTowN, MAss.--Catte, choice, s- @Sl0.25; extra, $S.00GS9.00; first quality, S7.50@SS.0O; second quality, $5.5O@s1.OOi third quality, $4.5N@S6.O0. Sheep and lamhe wool sheep, S9OOQS6.00; extra, s6.0Ots e7.00j spring lambs, 6,f@so.l Veal eAlvsA Ae@eka W
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Terrible Scenes at the Collision of the
 GiiOn and Lnxham.

The survivors of the British steamer Lax ham, which collided recently with the Spanish steamer Gijon, not far from Corunna, report that on the evening of the collision there was a thick fog. The Laxham was going slow and both steamers were sounding their whistles.
 The Gijon struck the Laxham amidship and the latter was nearly cut asunder. The funDel fell and the steampipe burst. The chief engi- neer, in reversing the engine, was horribly scalded. Most of the Laxham's crew boarded the Gijon. Captain Lothian tied his wife and child to himself and all three were thus hauled aboard the Gijon by rope. The Laxham sank twenty minutes after the collision occurred. It was not long before the Gijon began to settle. Terrible confusion prevailed on board. The Captain stood with revolver in his hand, but he was unable to keep order. The passengers and crew were fighting for their lives. The boats were lowered and filled to the gunwales but they could not &C., commodate half the people. Those who were so fortunate as to secure places in them were obliged to keep off others with knives. The Gijon sank bow first. The quarter deck was crowded with men and women, the captain and officers standing on the bridge. It is esti- mated that 130 persons perished.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
CROPS IN THE NORTHWEST.
45,OOO.OOO Bushels of Wheat In MinnesotA -3OO,OOO,OOO Bushels of Corn in Iowa.

The wheat crop of the Northwest, after es- caping all the other perils, is running the gauntlet of midsummer hailstorms. Beyond doubt great deal of injury has been done within the past few days, but not 30 much rel Atively as might be supposed, because the hailstorms are local and of restricted area. Greater damage will probably be done by the smut which prevails in the soft wheat region of the Hastings and Dako- ta road and the rust aloag the Winona and St. Peters. Estimates of the yield are rather premature, but statistical Agent Young, of Minnesota, finds an acreage of 2,757, 218, and counts upon a total yield of 45, ,O00, 900 bushels in Minnesota There is very little damage by the late storms-certainly not more than one-fourth of one per cent, so that the aggregate will hardly fall below A, GOO, 900 bushels. Oats, barley and rye are also excel lent, and corn is as good as can be expected.
 The estimated yield of corn in Iowa, with favorable weather, is 300, 000 900 bushels; oats, 75,O00, 900 bushels; potatoes, 15 GOO, 900 bush els, spring wheat, 35,000000 bushels. The corn crop is the biggest ever known in the Ekofa
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
UNITED IN SUICIDE.
Two Beautiful Young Sisters Take Their
 Lives on the Same Day.

A sad double suicide of two beautiful young girls took place near Gadesen, Ala, Tuesday night Lucy and Texans Jones were two lovely sisters, living in Etowah county, Ala. Their ages were seventeen and nineteen years. Their parents are we'll to do and they stood high in the community and were dashing ladies in the country so- ciety. On Saturday last young man who had been paying the elder sister devoted at tentions unexpectedly fled the country and the girl seemed very Respondent and suffering great mental agony. She was with her younger sister constantly, and the latter offered her consolation and endeavored to buoy her up.
 Tuesday the elder disclosed her purpose of committing suicide, and repairing to the or chard hung herself to large tree. No sooner had she gone when the younger girl secluded herself in an upper room and hung herself with sheet suspended from ceiling joist. The distracted parents soon returned and found their two daughters cold in death. It is feared they will lose their minds
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
A Sad Incident.

sad incident in connection with the chol- era panic happened recently near Aries, France. A lad at work on farm was seized with vomiting. The farmer refu ed to al low him to enter the house, and the poor fellow died in the field without care and alone. When the father of the lad arrived he was rot permitted to place his sons body in the stable, but was forced to leave it in the open air while he went to town 10 procure coffin. He then conveyed the body on wheelbarrow to the burial authorities who refused to give him assist- ance, and the father was finally compelled to bury the body in the esmstsFy sionss
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
CHINA REFusEs TO PAY.
War with France Believed tO be Inevitable Natives and Foreigners Leaving Foo EhO0.

The London Times has dispatch from Foo Choo, datedJuly 31, which says: "China has refused to pay the indemnity demanded by France. The time granted to China by France to decide has been prolonged beyond Aug. 1. A secret edict has been issued ordering the Chinese not to modest foreigners. French civilians and mandarins, however, assert that the lives of foreigners are not safe. The Eng fish flagship is landing sailors to act in defence of the foreigners in Foo Choo. The China merchant fleet has been sold to an American firm for nearly 5,250, GOO taels-nearly S7, ,3O0,- GOO War to all appearances is imminent"
 later dispatch from Foo Choo to Reuters Telegram Company asserts that the general impression in that city is that war between France and China is inevitable. Both natives and foreigners are leaving the city. Marines landed from the British corvette Champion, assisted by the gunboat Merlin, are guarding the foreign settlement
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
RorIv S,,,. RIoc,tons

Arkansas will elect State officers and Legisla- ture on Monday, Sept. 1.
 Georgia will elect Governor and Legislature on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
 Maine will elect Governor, Legislature and Congressmen Sept. 8.
 West Virginia will elect State officers Legis- lature and Congressmen on Tuesday, Oct. 14 Ohio will elect minor State officers and Con gressmen on Tuesday, Oct. 14
 Vermont will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressman on Tuesday, Sept 2
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

There is no dissent from the decision Of can did and capable dairymen, that the Improved Butter Color of Wells, Richardson < Co, Bur hngton, Vt, is the best in the world. Such men as A. W. Cheever, of Massachusetts, E. D. Mason, Vermont; Francis A. Hoffman, Wis consin, use it, and recommend it as superior to all nfhara
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

HAY-FEvER- have been Hay-Feyer suf- ferer for three years; have often heard Ely's Cream Balm spoken of in the highest terma I used it, and with the most wonderful sucooss T & GEER Syracuse, N. \.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

GENERALLY the party who sings "I would not live always" the loudest is the one who gets between the feather beds during thunder storm.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

HAY-FKvKR. can recommend Ely's Cream Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, t is, in my opinion, sure cure. was afflicted Tor 70 years, and never before found permanent re- heF-W H. HAgKINs MArshfield, Vt
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06
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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-06

LYDIA E. PISKHAM's Vegetable Compound is highly praised by those who are obliged io stand all day in stores, and is genuine bless ing in every such case, well Co the tired-out housekeeper who must be on her feet all day.