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Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

The most celebrated Of the fossil forests of which we have any record arc those of Egypt near Cairo, of Nubia, of silesia, and of tho island of Autigua in the West Indies. Other aecumulations of silicifed wood arc known to occur in Chin, New Zealand and Abyssinla. It is also true that in the interior of our own continent, in Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, as great and remarkable collections of slliol- fed troe trunks exist as any found in other parts of the world. On the banks of tho Little Colorado in Arizona not less than one thou sand cords of slliclncd wood may be seen piled mp In one locality. Hero we find trunks of all sizes up to six feet in diameter, most perfectly and beautifully preserved. In the drift depos- its of Southern Ohio is found an old soil in many places thickly strewed with interlaeod prostrate trunks of trees which grew upon it; and in few cases these are found buried erect. This old forest was plainly submerged by the sinking of land surface or the elevation of the water level over t,resultlng In its burial beneath many feet of gravel and sand. As hundreds of cases, considered hopeless, have been permanently cured by Plsos Cure. If you have pemonitory symptoms of consumption, such as cough. difficulty of breathing, etc., don't delay, but use Piso's Cure immediately. yet the trees arc not mineralizcd, and have the appearance of partially decayed wood; but fl the subsistence had been ocoasionod by vol canic action, and hot water had been poured out freely, we should undoubtedly have found | the trees siliciaed as we do at the Cascades oi the Columbia, where a volcanic outburst at much later date buried quantities of trees ant changed them to masses of silica.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
A Dead Soldiers Pension.

The Supreme Court of inc United States, in Washington, affirmed the decree Of the Court tf Claims in the case Of Hattie A. Burnett widow of the late General Ward B. Burnett
 against the United States Mrs Burnett, sub. sequent to the death of her husband, filed an application for widows pension and was al. lowed pension of $30 per month She claimed to be entitled to $72 per month, the rate uf pension her husband was receiving al the time of lis death. The Commissioner Of Pensions refused to allow her that amount
 and shs app, alsd to the Secretary of the h. terior. The latter officer transmitted the mat
 ter to the Court Of Claims for adjudication
 and that Court held that the degree of dis. ability by whi'h her husbands pension was rated made no difference with her right; that after dea Il all degrees of disability, irrespec- tive Of the real facts, are considered by law total disability" and the rate Of pension given to hat grade becomes the rate of pen sion for the willow. Opinion by Justice Harlan.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
Fatal COlIiery Explosion.

IoSD1 IN, Dec. g, 1SS5.-A terrible coliiery explosion has occurred at the Ferndale Pit, near Pont-y y-Plild. Wales. Four hundred niacrs were imprisoned below. Twelve dead bodies have Teen taken out of the pit this evening, and thirty miners have been rescued. II ! ail more CT less injured. It is believed that the remainder oF the men who were in the mine st the time of the explosion are .af..
 The explosion occurred in the upper of the two Gas. There were 750 men iu the mine at the time of the explosion. The majority were in the lower seam. otherwise the death iist would have bsen much larger. At least fifty men were killed in the upper seam and scores were terribly burned. The i3jured were carried to places of safely by their more fortunate companions who had not been
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
A Wandering. Sheen.

 Recently, in Sunday-school not far from Springfield, Mass, the superin- tendent had given out to be sung hymn No. 6 in the Gospel Hymns, when an impulsive singer started off with solo of No. 6 in the Sunday school Quarter ty, which reads:
 "I was wandering sheep,
 did not love the fold" Finding himself alone at the end of the second line he subsided, when the school, with as much sobriety as possi- ble. took up the song given out, as fol- lows: There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter Of tho fold; But one was out oo the hills away, Far olf,'' etc.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
An Inscription.

The Dublin MaU recently published the following communication from correspondent "I enclose a copy of an inscription in medieval Latin from stone discovered during the excava- tions now proceeding at Cork Hill, near which stood a church dedicated to saint and missionary known to the chroniclers by the name of Unca- tus Ambulans. The inscription is as follows
 "I, 'SABILLI-HERES AGO
 'FoKTIBUs' Es IN, ARo
 NOsCEs MARI 'THEBE 'TRux
 'VoTis 'INNEM M....PEs IAN DUx.'" Upon this the Freemdn'S Journal observes that, though not versed in antiquarian lore, it offers translation which may suit all purposes. Here it is:
 '1 say, Billy, here's go,
 Forty 'busscs in a TOW.
 No, says Mary, they be trucks.
 What is in 'em? Peas md ducks"
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
The Dragging Minutes.

Bobby (to young Featherly)-"M Featherly, sixty minutes make an hour, don't they?"
 Featherly-"Certainly."
 Bobby-"Ain't some hours more than sixty minutes:"
 Feather,y-"No, Bobby, they're all alike. What put that idea into your head?"
 Bobby-"Sister. She told ma that the hour she spent with you in the parlor last nigh was the longest she ever experienced"
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

AN enterprising Supervisor of Schools in Maine coast town canvassed the town just before the March meeting, packed his party caucus, secured tho nomination for tho Supervisorship, and was elected. He hired himself to teach the best paying school against the wishes of the people of tho village and hired his daughter to teach the school nearest his house. The inhabitants of the town talk or going back 10 the old district system.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

Does.-The Columbus Enquir'-" wants to exterminate worthless -ogs in Georgia. If our brother will talk with Col. Tom Howard for about tel min utes, says an Atlanta paper, he will learn that many thousand pine woods Georgilns prefer one mangy dog to a flock of sheep and wooden factory.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

MANY PooR SUFFERER has expended hundreds of dollars in the purchase of costly medicines put up in prescription" form for the cure of rheumatism or golt, and without any benefit. If all such would but drop drugs and attack blood impurities with VINEGAR BrTTERs, they would find that nature had provided at least one remedy for these terrible afflic- fiona
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

IN the sto -uach of a thirty-seven pound codfish sold in the fish market of of Hjoerring, Denmark, one day in No vember, were found another cod fifteen inches long, and very large and fat duck, perfectly fresh, and apparently swallowed alive and whole. Except for a bite on the neck it was uninjured.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
"said Aaron to Moses


 Aaron must have been a sufferer from ca- tarrh. The desperation which catarrh pro- duces is often sufficient to make people say and do many rash things and many continue suf- tertng just as if no such cure as Dr. Sage's Ca- tarrh Remedy existed. It cures every case from the simplest to the mosfcomplicated, and all the consequences of catarrh. A person once cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will not be apt to take cold again, as it leaves the mucous membranes healthy and strong. By druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
A Burning Christmas Tree.

A huge Christmas tree bearing all kinds of gifts for the patients and attendants of the County Hospital in Chicago, and lavishly illu- minated with Wax candles, caught fire while hundred or more people were packed closely about it. The tree and it's contents blazed so fercely that the clothing of some twenty per- sons standing nearest to it caught fire.
 At least one hundred persons were injured, the greater part receiving bruises by being trampled on by their panic stricken neighbors. A number of children patients had been they could be removed several suffered from the smoke and fright and one or two were slightly burned.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
HANDS are largely worn in the pockets now

TIE purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver ol int he world, manufactured from fresh, healthy flyers, upon the seashore. Itis absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it pre- fer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in the market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,, New York.
 CnAPPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswel, Hazard & Co.,, New York.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
Only twenty-five cents. Red Star Cough Cure. No opiates or poison.

IT is believed that in ten years Yank- ton, D. T., will be an inland town. In front of the city, where the river ran twenty feet deep five years ago, there are now 100 acres of land six feet above high water mark.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

TIE physicians of Sanford, Florida, have signed an agreement not to visit any patients who will not pay their bills on the first of each month. Those fail ing will not be attended until the bill is settled
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
sos sell in Panama for 30 cents apiece.
"I Don't Know What All, me-,

frightfully; am troubled with headache and dizziness; have lost my appetite; there is \ bad taste in my mouth constantly. What is the matter with me2n We will tell you; you are "bliious." Get a bottle of pr. Pierce,s Golden Medical Discovery" use it faithfully, and you will soon be new man again. All druggists have it.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who ans nounces that he is now in perfect health" we have the following: "One year ago l was, to all appearance, in the last stages of Consumption. Our best physicians gave my case up. finally got so low that our doctor said could only live twenty-four hours. My friends then purchased bottle of DR. WM HALLS BALsAM TOR THE LUHG's, which considerably benefited me. continued until took nine bottles, and l am now in perfect health"
 IF cough disturbs your sleep, take Piaoi Cure for Consumption, and rest well.
 FoR SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this pa po apply to the publisher of the paper. Uo2
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
V ViNEGAR BiTTERs

is tho great Blood Purifier and Lfc-eiylng Principle, Gentle fuiEatikc and lunlei perteet Ronoyntor and lnygothiuf ul tle system In vinegar Hfittorn thore is vitality but no alcoholic or mineral poison.
 Diseases oT the skin, Of whatever nnrne or nature are literally dug up and carried out or thesystcm in short tmc by the unc of the Httore.
 Vinegar Btttcrs alays feverithness. lt rc- heves, and in time cures Rheumatism NeutakiA Gout, and similar painful disonses.
 Vinegar Htttcrs cures Constipation and prevents Iiarrhuca.
 Never before hns medicine been com pounded peaaeHnlng thc power or VINEGAR DIT rEUs to heal the flrlt,
 send for either Of onr valuable reference books for ltdics, for fBtdntfT for mcrchnntay our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Cntcchisin on IntempefRncc nnd Tobacco, which last should be read by every child aud youth tn the land.
 Any two of the above books mailed free on receipt of four cents Tor rfRistfatiun fcen. m. MeDonaldD Drug Co.,, bs2 washingtonst.. NY.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
Fossil Forests.

So unlike all others, after using tho Hop For. possess real merit and never fail. Only 2sc.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

You will { more comfort for 2sc in Lyons Heel Stiffen .rs than in any other article you
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

TIE choice of a wife or husband is the most serious that man or woman has to decide upon.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

A MINISTER, having with him some old scr- mons, wa asked what he had in his package. " Dried tongue" was the reply.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
Tw.ptv-four uour.to Live.

lr afflicted with SOTO eyes use pr. Isaac Thompson's Eve Water Druggists sell it 2bc.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads arr made of zinc and leather. Tru them.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

Use the surest remedy for catarrh. Dr. Sages
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30

IAN artst in black "A designing widow.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-30
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

made them great. common resting
place for our dead presidents would be a
spot Of solemn interest 20 the American
people, whose love aud reverence for
their great men could center there and
unite there in one indissolublc bond OF
love for the Union. \ spot could moi but
be hallowcd TO southern memories that
held the ashes OF Washington, Of Jcffcr-
son, Madison, Monroe and jackson, while
the love of the North for the two Adamscs,
Lincoln and Grant would meet u hearty
response.
Washington CITY is The most ht place
10 bury Gen. Grant, and those that come
after him as chief magistrate OF the re-
public 1t is the seat of government, the
center of power, the goal of ambition,
the height Of aspiration. 1t is meet that
they who have iilled the station OF chief
there, should still abide there, honUred
In death
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

4 NJ unER OF Mexican editors have been
travelling over the United States for some
weeks, gathering Information concerning
our methods of social aud industrial cN-
istcncc. They have visited the principal
cities and centcrs OF manufacture, have
inspected the operation of our school sys-
tenn, examined the principles Of our gov
eminent, and If they are capable Of ac-
qurng learning doubtless they will re-
turn to their homes much richer in knowl.
edge and full of zeal for the instruction
OF their people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

WE MOP our pcrsplring brows and agree
with the man who opens conversation by
informing Ms that It's hot" When the
thermometer tells tale of 100 degrees
and over in the shade, there's no denying
that we have warm climate here i'm
Texas. But we are not the worst off,
even compared with Northern attitudes
New York and Chicago, thousand miles
to the north of MS, appear to suffer more
The humid atmosphere of those regions,
lesscning evaporation, causes 80 degrees
of heat to be felt with greater discomfort
than 100 degrees In the dry, breezy air OF
Texas. In each of those cities n score of
victims of sunstrokc are daily announced.
such an occurrence is rare event in
TcXas-so rare, indeed, that but two have
been reported throughout the entire state
this summer, The heated season lasts
longer with us, but probably we suffer
less from May 10 October than the inhab-
ltants Of the Northern states do In the term
from June TO September.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

TnE Philadelphia Press has discovered
that Texas Is afflicted with series of
plaques, among which it classes Il "beast-
ly" Democratic majority and an invasion
of frogs. The first created no dissatis-
faction here except with the small minor
ity OF Republican voters; the second has
never reached any further than the mind
of the editor of the Press, Texas is do
ing pretty well. She expects To gather
the largest crop ever made this fall and
at the next presidential election will give
u Democratic majority Of 100000
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

WHEN senator Gordon of Georgia va
Gated his scat in the United States senate
five or six years ago, he went into rail-
road building aud speculation, declaring
that he could not support his family on
the mcagcr pay Of a United States sena.
tor. He was lucky ia his investments,
and was soon rcPuied to be worth half n
million or more. With the beginning OF
the late financial depression reycrscS
came, aud now Gen. Gordon is poorer
than when he went out of congress.
Gould got his money
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28
4 RES7ING-PLACE FOR OER nov.
DEED DEAD.

The contention of different places for
the honor OF furnishing place of inter-
ment for the remains of Gen. Grant has
called attention TO one thing that we
lack--a national mausocum. The ashes
of our statesmen, our military heroes, our
sageS, our poets and all whose lives have
reflected luster upon the nation, are scat
tered from sea TO sea, their resting places
unknown and unexpected, OF those who
read this, how many can name the place
where the mortal remains of the seven
teen dead presidents Hep 1t is common his
tory that Washington was buried at Mount
Vernon, that jefferson lies at Monticello
and jackson at the Hermitage, but be-
yond these three there is general ignor-
anoc as TO where our rulers have been put.
And while we know so little of our own.
who among Americans cannot instantly
name the spot where rcpose the ashes of
England'S illustrious deadg Westminster
Abbey, that holds the mortal part of the
kings and queens of that country, with
It's eminent men in every walk OF honor,
Is consecrated spot that receives the
tribute of al who esteem the virtues that
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28
TEXAS TOPICS.
Comments and Opinions Of the State
Press

Tho law department conducted 10y Prof.
Gould aud toy. hobcrtr y, gcnctaily SPEAK
inv n snrccss. Judge could i q thorough law
vpr AN accomplished teacher and gentlcnhn.-
liastrop Advertiser.
what's the matter with the "Old Al
caldc" that never u reference is made 10
him. An ex-governor and an cX-chici
Justice ofthc supreme court, is he neither
a "lawyer, teacher or Il gentleman ~
Dearly ~ We love those who bore the brunt
In those terrible fines, We do not think lhNi
men should be selected on Their war record
alone. What We want now j. men tn success
fully grapplc With the question OF to-day
Terrell star.
TitE GAzETrE Is not alone in It's opinion
that the war record OF 1866 gives II man
no claim, per sc, upon II party for office In
1883.
There are three or four "lcnding daily pa
ucrs % issued from the principal business
mart of Texas, that are doing more to dye the
morals Of the rising generation of Texas
black than all the holes of vice In the state.
10 infnmou. deiiauchcry. NJ Christian parent
ought to allow them brought into their houscs.--
lGordOn Courier.
As one OF those "lcading daily papers,
TuE GAzETTE denies the impeachment
and challenges the Courier or any other
paper to point TO Il single item or extract
4 that has ever appeared in its columns
which will sustain the charge
/ ON the subject of execution of criminal law
| the CRYING need Of the day II a few Judges aud
jurlcs who are specialists. Every man IN the
state will tell you that criminals should be pun
/ lshed. and that severely. But put them on the
Jury and they allow their sympathies TO over
ride their Judgment. We need Il few men who
will -uy that II John smith murders u man,
John smith shall hung Honey Grove simeon.
The above exactly covers the ground.
II is high time Texas had juries that will
enforce the law and punish the criminal,
no matter how "highly connected" he may
be. There has been too much "sickly
scntimentality" shown in TcXas-pro-
vided the killer has been rich.
J If the News aud the lIErald Imagine that they
will control the newspaper field of Northern
Z TcNas they viii lind n lively contemporary In
THE GNlErrE, and one that viii keep wen up
with the proccsslon.-Sa san Antonio Light.
| The GNzETrE hobs up Scrcncly, and,
par parcnthesis, would remark that IL pro-
poses 10 waltz at the head Of the set.
| II the 'bcrtcs of the people are to be
I guarded, IL corruption In high places Is to be
made known. II vice, dcbauchery and crime are
to he denounced. then the press must be UNI
trammclcd in its ulleranccs. - L1cNurkana
states.
The unanmity Of the press of the state
in its demands Tor Il repeal or modiica-
ton of the present libel law is most
marked, There are but two states in the
Union, Texas and Pennsylvania, which re-
tain this relic OF barbariSm on their statute
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

GES. Torrance OF Chicago says that
the next Republican slate IS already made
np aud that Il has Logan's name at the
top, with both William NJ, Eyarts and
Joseph b. Carr as possibilities for the
bottom. The general may rest assured
that Mr., Eyarts is not longing for such
honors. lie has heard OF one man who
attempted TO swap of senatorshlp for
the yico-presideney aud the experience
2aas moi OF kind suited to Eyart's iovial
aurn Of mind,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28

TuH Georgia legislature is in session.
The members are cast In a more heroic
mold than legislators here in Texas ii the
halls of legislation can ilud a quorum
when boer-gardens are open, with the
temperature 100 In The shade and Stlll
climbing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28
.SUBSylyyIl7y0y PEprSyD


The Clarksyillc Standard asserted,
upon the authority of private CORE
spondcnt, that money had been freely
spent among the correspondents at Austin
by the capitol syndicate, The GAZETTE
called for the names of the corrupted par
ties and the authority for the charge. In
reply, the Standard says 1t knows from eN
percncc that newspaper men are not in
ialllble from temptation, and declines tn
give the name Of its Informant.
If the Standard is content with such Il
disposition of the case, the correspond
ents can certainly stand IL. The man who
charges bribery upon collective num-
Der of gentlemen engaged IN his
own profession, and then refuses TO speci.
iy the guilty party, or To reveal the source
of his Information, does not lnjure them;
he simply lays himself open to the Suspi.
con Of manufacturing stories to crafty
his own malice; or, worse stlll, of sub
vcrtlng his columns TO the will Of a polt-
ical master, who would hanch before an
honest gaze. Assaults on the reputation
of honorable men, made upon the basis of
anonymous destinations, cannot fail To re-.
turn TO plague their inventor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-28
A Great Opium Eater.

In the Gazette Medlcale dc France
some details are given of the life of the
great opium eater, DIR, Charles dies Etangs
lie used the drug for the forty years pre-
ceding his death, and as long ago rs 1868
was able TO take three and onc-quarter
ounces of the drug at one dose. He wrote
several medical works and some highly
sensational political papers.