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Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
The Execution of RIeI.

Louis David Riel was hanged at Regina,
Northwest Territory, at twenty-three minutes
past eight o'clock Monday morning. He met
his fate bravely, speaking calmly and gently
to those about him at the extreme moment,
and manifesting neither bravado nor desire to
pose as a martyr. He was informed at nine
O'Clock on Sunday evening that the special
messenger bearing his death warrant had ar
rived, and lie manifested relief at the an
nouncement. He spent almost the entire
night in prayer. When summoned to the
scaffold his step was firm and his features
were composed. He spoke frequently to the
Sheriff and tho priest with occasionally a
quaint picturesqueness Of expression, break
ing into French when his feelings were most
stirred. It was feared that an atempt at res
cue might be made, and pickeis were placed
as far away AS a mile from the barracks where
the execution took place. But up to the last
moment his friends apparently entertained
hopes of repreve, and the news Of his
death, though it was known long before, that
the warrant Of execution was on the way,
seems TO have come to the French people OF
the Dominion like an unexpected shock. The
excitement, especially in the province Of Que
bee, was intense, but lead to no breach Of the
peace.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
CLIPPINGS FOR TaE,OURIOUs.


A German statistician finds that
there are 100000 blind persons in
the world.
A Denver man has found a snake
with three heads, and has refused
Sl75 for the curiosity.
A pair Of boots made by a Garfield,
Ohio, shoemaker for boy aged seven
teen, measured IA inchesiin length by
IL in width.
There is a tree in Java the juice of
which is used by tho natives for black
ing shoes. 1t is said to be better than
any Of the manufactured blacking.
In Cannon Ball creek, Dakota, are
millions of curious stones rounded by
the wear Of the water so that they
look like bombs. Some Of these can
non shot from natures foundry would
weigh ton.
a Spanish doctor, named Forino,
has calculated that, suppOsing 800 ci-
gars are rolled in a day, the movement
of the fingers is repeated 274, 500 times
in a year of 200 working days. This
often causes professional cramp, So
called cigar-roller's cramp.
In the last century they really
turned criminals to some practical ac-
count in England. In 1867 John Ben
ham, under sentence of death for bur
glary, was pardoned on condition of
undergoing the amputation of limb"
to test the efficacy Of Mr.. Pisrce's
styptics." The limb off, John was
considered free.
The term handkerchief is not
found earlier than the fifteenth cen
tury, when in the wardrobe accounts
of Edward ". of England "V dozen
hand converchieffes" are named as
having been made by one Alice Shap-
ster, to whom a payment had been
made. A handkerchief was formerly
the square of fine linen employed by
women for covering the head.
A forcible illustration Of the weight
of the atmosphere was recently given
by a lecturer in London, who said that
the air, which scarcely appears to be
matter at all, is so enormous in mass
that it really presses with nearly ton
to each square foot, so that the weight
of all the buildings in the worlds
metropolis, for instance, is less than
that Of the air above them.
The origin of the two old names of
Cavalier and Roundhead so prominent
in English history, is not more curious
than that Of the more modern names
of Wings and Tories. The Cavaliers
got their name from their habit Of be-
ing almost constantly on horseback,
and the Roundheads from the close
cut of their hair. In 1860 Cavaliers
came to be called Tories, an Irish word
for a robber, and the ROundheads got
the Scotch name Of Whig, which
means buttermilk.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
rnlltIr. Ton nfnch For IIIm.


Alady on Fifth Avenue, New York, quickly
summoned a doctors -
''Oh, doctor, my husband Is nearly aes.l, ,s9.
He attended a caucus last night. de male
iour speeches and promised 70 be with ms
lellow citizens again to-day. Butch, DOCTOR
he looks nearly dead.
HAS he been in politics longF g.
'sNo, only last year He worked nara iol
tJames McCauays election.
"He will get we'll madaml He mas
stomach for any disease, if he worked lor
Political life Of short or long duration, Is
very exhausting, as is evident from the grea'
mortality which prevails among pubic men. men
Fx. U. S. Senator B. K. Bruce, who has Dseh
long in public life, says; o,
iThe other day, when stepping into car
at a crossing, l found Dr. - within, VINO
eved me up and down in a surprised way
remarking: -,
q why, Senator, how well you lookF d,
"'WeiI, / feel pretty we'll, answered
The doctor uttered an incredulous reply
when the Senator frankly tod him, IN an
swer to an inquiry that it was Warmers saIe "a.
cure which accomplished for him what inc
profession had failed to do. Senator Bruce
says his friends are very much astonished az
this revelation of power.-1he GLOBE.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
About AurOras.

The extent of the auroral displays
over the world is not uniform, the
United States being the most favored,
while Siberia, opposite to us across
the pole, but much further north, is
the least. New York city has about
the same frequency of auroral displays
as st. Petersburg and London, and
also as Siberia, more than half way up
the Behring Sea coast, fully 1,500 to
1000 miles nearer the pole. They are
seen as far south as Cuba, Yucatan,
Central Mexico and Cape st. Lucas on
the American continent, while in Asia
they are unknown in Pekin, and
almost so in the japanese Islands,
Southern Europe, on the latitude of
New York city, being just within the
limits of visibility. In general, it is
seen about 400 miles further south
on the Western Continent side than It
is on the Eastern, or just the distance
the magnet pole is from the true or
geographical one, pulled over the same
side, so to speak, it being just north
of our continent. It thus plainly
shows that the magnetic pole is a
central point from which the aUroral
force in some unknown way is depend
ent. The magnetic pole, approximate
ly speaking. is on longitude 100 de-
grees west from Greenwich, and on
that meridian the displays are more
frequent than at other points of the
same latitude.-Ltett. Schsoatka.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
LOUIS RIEL,s HISTORY.
The Career Of the Famous Leader of the
Metis.


Louis Riel, the Canadian rebel who was
hanged, was born within five miles Of the Fort
Garry settlement in 1874 He was half
breed, but had fair hair and light blue eyes,
and usual passed for full blood European.
He was educated for a priest, but when he
presented himself for hoy orders ordination
was refused him.
When the half breeds resolved, in 1863, to
resist the invasion Of Canadians, Iiiel put him
self at the head of the rebels, and with his
force., descended upon the Hudson Bay
Company's fort seized it, and set up
q provisional government of his own and
issued a bill Of rights demanding representa-
ton in the Dominion Government and a
series of public improvements. lie had Sc
cured an abundance Of arms aud ammunition,
and he summariy crushed the efforts Of the
little colony Of English settlers who stroye to
resist him, and took all the prominent Cana
dian residents prisoners. To terrify the set
tiers further he had their leader, Thomas
Scott, of Ontario, shot
General WOlseley was chosen to lead the ex-
pedition against the rebels The moment that
Wolseley, backed by 1000 regulars and militia,
set his foot in Fort Garry settlement, Rlel dis
banded his government and fed to the United
States.
The Canadian Parliament banished Riel for
five years. The half-breeds we're quieted for
a time by grant Of 200 acres Of land to each
one OF them living in Manitoba as a compen-
sation for disturbing the old river frontage
system. Riel was more popular than ever
with the half-breeds when he got back TO Man
itoba after his exile, but be now played the
part Of a loyalist and offered to aid General
Archibald to resist the Fenian invaders, who,
under O'Donahue, proposed to sweep down on
the province Of Manitoba Immediately after
ward in 1873, he was elected Representative in
the Dominion Parliament from the Province,
and went to Ottawa and was sworn into Office
by the clerk while the building was deserted.
News got abroad among the people that Riel,
the man who had ordered Scott to be shot,
was in town, and hearing of the threats Of in
furiated loyalsts to shoot him in revenge if he
attempted to take his seat in Parliament, he
fed from the city and never again entered it.
His seat was declared vacant the next day,
and he Travelled in the United States until, in
1884 mutterings Of a fresh outbreak among
The half-breeds in the Northwest led him back
10 his birthplace, and again he was chosen
leader. this time by bis dissatisfied fellows at
Prince Albert settlement Then came the sec
ond rising, which was put down by General
Middleton, aud the surrender Of Riel and his
trial. conviction and execution.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
A Ball OF Fire.

Captain Hanson, of the bark Paul
inc, from, Cardiff, at Quebec. recounts
a strange phenomenon. In latitude 55
degrees north, longitude 46 degrees
west, during a rainstorm. a brilliant
bali of fire lodged on the deck, and for
a few minutes played about from the
cabin to the forecastle, prostrating the
captain and two seamen. With a loud
report the fery visitor disappeared as
suddenly as it appeared, without dam
aging the vessel.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

GsraaefuI Thousands proclaim VINEGAR
ptF-rrRs the most wonderful InvigOrant that ever
sustained the sinking system.
Wade from California roots and herbs, iree
from Alcoholic Stimulants. A Pursativo
and Tonic. ,,-,..
This Eftters cures Female Complaints
Tnflammatory and Chronic A6heunaatialn,
Gout. Bilious, Remittent and intermittent te
vers. Blood, Liver and kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or knotg estlOn5 headaehe,
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs. IRhtness of the
chest dizziness. Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue,
Billions Attacks, Palpitation of The Heart, lneu-
monia. and Pain in the regions OF the Kidneys,
are ctlfsd by the use Of the Bitters.
WOr skin Diseases, Eruptions, BolG,
Trvsipelas, Scrofula. Discolorations, Humors0nd
diseases OF the skin of whatever name or ma
ture. are literally dug up and carried OUT OF the
system in a short time by the use OF une bltlers.
EfTnVimOPales she stomach, and slim
,llates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rem
dor IT Of unegualed efficiency in cleansing the
blood IF all impurities, and impartng new life
and vigor TO the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitters and remain
long unwell. -.- -
DESTROYED and removed from the system.
cleanse the Vittated BLOOD whenever
it is foul your feelings VIII tel you When' heep
tbe blood pure, and the health of the system
IN concIuslon Give the Bittcrs trial It
will sneak for itself. One bottle will prove bet
ter guarantee Of its merits than a lengthy aa-
vertisemeut. D,.-
R.H. Mcdonald Drug Co., Proprietors,
San Frauoisco Cal and 52s. $50 N 53 washington 81
Cor Charlton St, New York
Solt.'Iyv all Dealers and DrDs s'gists'
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
The Thanksgiving Turkey.

A gentleman tells this story:-At
Thanksgiving fine turkey was always.
sent to an old servant of the family
This year illness in the family caused
the near approach of the festival to be
overlooked, and it was not until the
morning of the day before Thanksgiving
that it was remembered that old POlly's
turkey had not been ordered. The
oldest daughter of the house made good
the omission by going herself to market
and selecting a plump tcn-pounder.
The poultry dealer said it wOuld'be i'm
possible to send the fowl until evening,
whereupon the young girl promptly said !:
Il will take it to Aunt Polly myself.
Cut off the head and feet and wrap it up
snuglv and / shall have no difficulty
about it." The neat parcel in due time
was handed to the aged crone with
"Mother sends you this turkey, and
hopes YOU will have pleasant Thanks
giving" "Dis yere the turkey, Miss
Caline? Mighty little un; yer ma done
send me allus a heap bigger I'm dan dat
ar eYeing the neat brown parcel with
undisguised dissatisfaction. But Aunt
Polly, Ihad the head and feet cut off;
and that is the reason it looks small; it
weighs ten pounds, and think it ought
to be large enough the turkeys this year
are not very heavy" What, Miss Caline, "
the old woman exclaimed, ''yOu done
had dc feet and head cut of? I'd ruther
hab no turkey tall dan wun like dat;
and swaying to and fro i'll her chair, she
looked the very picture of disap-
pointment Why Aunt Polly, 1t will
save YOU the trouble Of cutting them off; !;
of what possible use can the head and
legs be to you?" On Miss Caline," was
the grieved rejoinder >" WANTED them
to fro in de ash-bar'l so de neighbors 'ud
know had turkey ; now dey won't
know nuthin' tail about it; / needn't
to had no turkey" And the old
woman refused to be comfOrted.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
Facts for Families.

In order to cook your hare, you must
always first catch it.
It is much easier to catch a cold than
to catch hare.
To get rid of cold, always use Red
Star Cough Cure.
To get Red Star Cough Cure, only re-
quires twenty-five cents.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
TnE value Of ton Of silver is s37, ,7148L.

The proprietors Of Ely's Cream Balm do not
claim it to be a cure-all, but sure remedy OF
Catarrh. Colds in the Head and Hay Fever. 1t
is not a lfuuid or a snuff, but is easily applied
with the finger 1t gives relief at once. sold
by all druggists Price 50 cents. BY mai OJ
cents. Ely Bros, OwegO, n. Y.
IsufTered for more than ten years with that
dreadful disease catarrh, and used every avail
able medicine which was recommended to me
cannot thank you enough for the relief which
your Cream Balm has afforded me.-Emanuel
Movers. Winfield, l.. /.
was troubled with catarrh for seven years
nrevious to commencing the use Of Ely's Cream
Balm. some five months ago. 1t has done for
me what other sO-called cures failed to do
cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed ike
magic,-Clarence l.. HUFF, BiddefOrd, Me.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

HEART DISEASE Is supposed to be
purely a nervous disease, and yet intelli-
gent physicians admit that about half
the fatal cases of heart disease result
from long-continued abuse of the stom-
ach and digestive organs, by liquor and
tobacco, which weaken and destroy the
nervous system and produce over-excite-
ment, causing death. VINEGAR BITTERs
is a sure corrective of such disorders.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

,.,.,,.,.. IN scrofulous faint in the blood. Hence
1rn1 ~ rDsr method BY which to cure eatarrh' is 70
p"ys rsv si he blood It's many dsasreeabe sys1bS at
anu ,,, ny sa.ai disease consumption are entirely re-
moved bv Hoods sarsaparilla. which cures ea.n
bv purifying the blood and also tones up ,s = hose
and greatly improves the general ns'''''
who take IT, ,.,,t,,,, caused in
mart nv cstarrh and humors. Hoods sarsapai,na ~.
pa, r-oved a inst the thing needed derived an I'M
s,o,,t Of benent. ."-H E. MILLBTT, Boston
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

Some one has told you that your catarrh /;
incurable. 1t is not so. DR.. Sage's Catarr1
Remedy will cure it. 1t is pleasant TO use ano
ii ALWAYS does its work thoroughly. We have
vet TO hear of a case in which it did not accom-
plish a cure when faithfully used. Catarrh i
a disease which it is dangerous to neglect. a
certain remedy is at your command. Avail
Yourself of it before the complaint assumes a
more serious form. All druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

A r1ous CITIZEN of Buffalo proposes
to chain Bible to each telephone in
the country, so that while waiting for
replies the telephoners will have some
thing to read of nature to repress pro
family
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

In speech at Kilmarnock the other
day Kord Roseberry told a good story
about his little girl. She had been told
by her nurse that if she did not think so
much by day she would dream less at
night but can't help thinking, " She
told her father. s'FoI you know, = she
added, pathetically, i cannot make my
mind sit down
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

YYhen you visit OF leave New YuIk city, save i-Egsse
u xnrUssaee and So carr * E're, ami stop st the Grand
IJ5ion IISiel. opposite Grand Central depUt.
GW elegtu rooiis fttsi mp zt cost Of ono miiiilA
iolars Sl and upwari pcr day. European plan. Lie
vstor Restaurant supplied with tue st Horse cars
stagss aud elsyated rarosi % all dephs tanilles
an live bsttor for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at auy o.her rstclass hotel in the city.
For SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this pap3r
pply to the publisher of the paper. u41.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

There are innumerable instances where cures have
been effeeted by Scovilrs Sarsapara, or Blood and
Liver syrup for all diseases Of tho blood, when the
patient had been given up by physicians. Il Is one
Of the best remedies ever offered the puolc' anu
a. ftis nrpnared with the greatest care as q specific
for certain diseases it is wonder that II shouo oe
more effectual than hastily written and careiessE
prepared prescriptions. Take Scovilps BLOOD ana
liver svrup for all disorders arising from impure
bIood 1t endorsed by all leading professional men
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

It is purely vegetable, and meets a
want never before furnished to the
public, and the utmost reliance may
be placed in it,
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
The Youth's Companion.

In our homo the day of its arrival is
known as youths Companion day" and the
only bad effect we have ever known to arise
from its coming is that all the children, and
fine older folks. too, for that matter, want it at
the same time The publishers are out with a
new announcement showing increased attrac-
tious for the new year. If Sl.I5 is sent now' II
will pay Tor the COMPANION TO January, 1881
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

Scrofula, manifesting itself in blOtches pimp-
les. eruptions, salt-rheum, and other blemlshes
of the skin, is but too apt by and by 70 lnIeet
the delicate tissues of the lungs also, ana result
in liberation thus ending in consumption. Ut,
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will meet
and vanquish the enemy in its stronghold OF
the blood and cast it out Of the system All
druggists,
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

THE best thing Josh Billings ever
wrote: ''Any man who accepts the office
of First Lieutenant in his own home
need not look for promotion"
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
G0MTAGIOUS!

lam native Of England and while was In that
country contracted terrible blood poison, and foI
two wears was under treatment as an outdoor pa.
fenf al NOTTINGHAM Hospital, England, but was not
cured suffered the most agOnizing pains in my
homes and was covered with sores al over my body
and limbs Finally / completely lost all hope In
that country, and sailed for America, and was
treated at Roosevelt in this city, as well as by
prominent physician in New York having no con
nection with the hospitals. -
determined to give It a trial. took six bottles and
Tcen saw with great Joy that they have cured me
entirely 1 am as sound and well rs I ever was In
INV life L. FREl. HALFORD.
New York City, June 18th, 1855
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
..Ii,tle. hui Oh NJ,

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are
scarcely larger than mustard seeds, but they
have no equal as cathartic. In all disorders
Of the liver, stomach and bowels they act like
a charm Purely vegetable, sugar-cOated, and
inclosed IN glass vials. Pleasant, safe and sure.
By druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

THE COMING EASTER will fall on the
25th of April. This has not occurred
before since 1874, and will not happen
again until 1943.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

AfENsMAH's PEPTONIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preDaratiOn of beef containing its entire fl!ari-
INNS 17r0DeTties It contains blOOd-maklng
force. Generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general deblllIyi
also in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
resnlt of exhaustion, nervous prOstration, over
work or acute disease, particularly # resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard q
Co., PropretOrs, New York. Sold oy druggls1s'
Pop c,rn is the best Appreciated deieaey at
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
RELIABLE WORDS.
"He who lives after nature shall never bo poor"
4 Clergynlnn.

Rev. Charles like. Of Watcrl ury, Conn, says !;
,sT contracted a weakness Of the kidneys, which
was made worse by drinking water in the different
pp.'r,.hosed A bottle Of HUNTS kidney and Liverl
REMFDY, with the guarantee that it would help me,
az IL afterWQrd did
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

II cures Female complaints and by
its use monthly sickness Is rendered
painless,
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
'.In an orderly house, all soon roady.'


0Thfs is to certify that have used HUNTS lhld-
nev and Livcrl REMEDY for the kidneys and other
troubles with very satisfactory results, ana W2ulu
recommend the same to those afflicted as / was.
Gratefully Mrs. d. f. Peck, AnsOnia, CT
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
catarrh in the Head

''For many years. beginning so far back don,tro-
member when. I had the oatarrh in my head IT con
sisted Of an excessive flow from my nose ripsi,.
and bursting noises In my cars, and pains on the ~
OF my head. The hawking and splitting were mos,
excessive in the morning when the back part OF nv
tongue would be thick with a white III and tha,.
would be a bad taste in my mouth. Ny hearing ~,
affected in my left car Five years ago began !.
use Hoods sarsaparilla- was helped right ausv
but I continued to use till I felt myself cured n,
general health has been good ever since the catrb
ieft me. ''-MRs. E. H. CAUIFIELD, Lowell.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
Overwhelmingly Defeated.

TIE TeREDo is proving very destrue.
tive at Laguna, Cal, destroying wharf
piles in a year or two.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
Endorsed BY Physicians
BY the use Q o +
HUNTS REMEDY

the mach and Bowels will regain
their strength, and the blood will be
perfectly purifeS.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
AFInt ContrndIc.ion.

COCAINE is prepared from the leaf of a bush
native to Peru.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

The best cough medicine is Pisos Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for
shoes straight.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
"Out o. debt ont Of danger."
nTr NIIrc,a 1Infl.nr.

My Wige'a MOtt0rs 80
MI Charles W. Morris, Eagle Omce, Pittshed,
Mass, writes My wifc's mother had been in o
very precarious condition with drOpsy, or Bright 9
disease Of the kidneys. HUNTS Kidney and
Liver REMEDY has worked miracle in her,"
Price 81. .25. Send for illustrated Pamphlet to
HUNTS REMEDY CO.. Providence. r. ].
So by all druggists
r n caITTEMTOJ Ganaral Adent New York
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
Frnzcr AnIc Gsrense.
-. 1s,f,b tu PhvsIcInus.

Ono rrensing will last two weeks al DINERS
two 10 three days. Try it. II received first
premium at the Centennial and Paris EXposi-
lions
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

T suffered three years with oatarn' anu @ soo
eral health was poor in consequence. -a-,,esy
looa mo- ootorrb is Welding, as Hoods sarsaparia Is
cleansing my blood and the general tone OF my sys
tenn Is improving Ny case is of such long s.nt,s
tbat 7 did not expect to be cured in an Instant
FpAsK wAsHBuRS, Rochester, n. Y.
81 surered with catarrh fifteen years tried an 'o
..tarrb remedies without benefit and was aoou1 -
trv change OF climate, when took Hooa -.
parilla. would not take any money ~
,ea,,,led apv with eatarrh"-I W. LHLIs' chicago