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Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
Dnrlng Express Robbery.

CHICAGO, March 17.-One of the most dar- ing and bloody express robberies ever porpe- traied in Illinois occurred on the Chicago, train at night between Joliet and Morris. Shortly after the train which leaves here at 12. 45 a. m. had left this city he heard 8 rap at the baggage-car door. Thinking it was the express messenger he opened the door and was met by masked robbers, who covered him with revolvers and demanded the key to the express car. The key was given up, and one robber, who was on top of the baggage car, held revolver on the baggage-man through a transom in the roof of the car while his con federates turned their attention to the ex- press car door and informed the messenger, H.. S. Nichols, that the baggage-man wanted to get in. At any rate the express car door after a desperate struggle, the messenger was murdered. The robbers secured large sum of money, variously estimated from 25,000 to $50, coo and escaped.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
Can Consumption be Cured 2

We have 80 often seen fatal results follow the declaration that it can be cured, that we have unconsciously settled down in the belle that this disease must necessarily prove fatal It is true that occasionally a acommunity has witnessed m isolated case of what may ap- propriately be termed spontaneous recovery, but to what combination of favorable circum- stances this re suit was due none have hitherto been found able to determine.
 We have now the gratifying fact to announce that the process by which nature effects this wonderful change is no longer mystery to the medical profession, aud that the change brought about in the system under favorable circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made as certainty and more expeditiously by the use of the proper remedy. In other words, nature is initiated and assisted.
 Tuberculosis matter is nothing more or less than nourishment imperfectly organized Now, if we can procure the organization of this food material so that through the process of elective affinity 1t may take it's place in the system, we can cure the disease. This is jusi what Piso's Cure for Consumption does. l. arrests at once the progress of the disease by preventing the further supply of tuberculous matter, for while the system is under its in huence all nourishment is organized and as similated. It thus controls cough, expectora tion, night-sweats, hectic fever, and nll othe, characteristic symptoms of Consumption.
 Many physicians are now using this medi- cine, and all write that it comes fully up to its recommendations and makes Consumption on of the diseases they can readily cure.
 The forming stage of a disease is always tn most suspicious for treatment. This fact shoulc induce persons to resort to the use of Pisos Cnrt when the cough is first noticed, whether it ha a consumptivs diathesis for it's cause or not for this remedy cures all kinds of coughs will unequal!ed facility and promptness. In cough from a simple cold two or three doses of th, medicine have been found sufficient to remov, the trouble. So in all diseases of the throa and lungs with symptoms stimulating these of Consumption, Piso's Cure is the only infal Gble remedy.
 The following letter recommending Piso'. Cure for Consumption, is a fair sample of the certificates received daily by the proprietor o this medicine:
 ALBIoN, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1885.
 had a terrible Cough, and two phys' cians said would never get we'll 1 then went to drug store and asked for good cough medicine The druggist gave me Piso's Cure, and it ha, done me more good than any thing over used do not believe could live without it.
 LEONORA VERMILYEA
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
ss,ooo MINERS QUIT WORK.
A General Strike i'm the Bitum nous Coal
 Regions Declared.

A general strike of the miners in the com peting bituminous coal regions was formally declared on Tuesday, and has been swiftly carried into effect. great mass meeting of the strikers of the Cleariield, Cumberland and Broadtop districts, Penn., in conjunction with the members of the Executive B Dard of :he Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers, was held at Houtzdale to determine upon the question of accepting the conditu nal proposi. ton of the operators, offered Monday, or to decide upon continued strike Delegates were prt sent from all the districts in tedera- ton No. 8. including large number from the Pocahontas, Virginia; Elk Garden and Garret, W.st Virginia, and Georges Creek, Marylar q, districts, comprising in all representation of 2S, 900 miners. Notwithstanding it's immense proportions, the meeting was conduc'el quiet ly and orderly, and after & brief discussion concluded in unanimous declaration for genera strike.
 Iu all the districts shipping to the seaboard the miners are now all out, united and deter mined. AS the operators maintain that no ad- vance in wages is possible until coal advances in price, the issue is practically centred be- tween the strikers and the consumers. The general sentiment of the operators is expressed in this sentence delivered by a leading Clear field operator:
 ''The miners have struck and so have we. We can look oNb for ourselves. The present great strike bears as strongly against the mine order system as ill favor of an advance"
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
Two Society womnn Divorced.

Mrs. Adele l.. Stevens, of Newport, R. l., obtained divorce from Frederick W.Stevcns, and also the custody of her two children. No opposition was made by her husband, to whom she was married in 1862.
 NEWPORT, March 16-Mrs. Grace Town send-Turnbull, having acquired legal resi- dence in Rhode Island, has been granted di- vorce, after 8 previous unsuccessful attempts to obtain decree. Early last month her sec ond petition was filed, charging that her hus- band had neglected to provide the necessaries for her subsistence although she declares he was of sufficient ability to do so. Mr.. Turn bull asked for an absolute divorce and the cus- tody of their male child, the only issue of the marriage, Henry Graham rurnbul, aged four years.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
The Rillinrd Nlalcl.

'iard match with Vignaux Saturday night, not Ill as lr' liant style was expected of him, but sufficiently far ahead to demonstrate his sbiuty to come very near dscounting tke Frenchman at that game. The following is the score of the game:
 l5-6OO- 600 60O 500 -6oo.3 00o:
 Schaefer's highest runs--S3. 75. 6l 45. Aver age-21 T; grand average--25 I00-1l6.
 Vignaux-6, 23, 20, 0. 13, 3, 27, 1, s. 55. 24. 1Os, AS, Al, 32, 1,6, 0. 4,0, l. B, 4, 3, 27, ?
 Vgnaux's highest runs-10S, 73, 5s, 55; average, 21 16 27; grand averass, 16 15 115.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
l STEAMER RUN DOWN.
The Ocean Steamer Oregon Sunk by n
 Schooner on Fire Island.

Just before daylight Sunday morning deep- laden three-masted schooner ran into the Cunard steamer Oregon off Fire Island, be- tween the lighthouse and Shinnecock. About eight hours after the collision the Orcgon went to the bottom. From all accounts all the passengers and crew, total of 896 people, were saved. They were transferred to the Ge, man steamship Fu'da, and arrived at Quarantine about three o'clock Monday morn ing.
 The captain of the Oregon saw shortly after the disaster that his vessel would soon sink and that the passengers must leave it at once The pilot boat Phantom, No. II, of New York, was cruising about Ill tho vicinity, and in response to the Orcgon's signal she soon came alongside. schooner also hove in sight and followed the example of the Phan- tom. Then began the work of transferring the passengers to the decks of these two yes sells, which were providcntia ly at hand.
 1.-The ladies m Ist leave frs !! shouted the captain, and the ats were lowered and manued by the crews assigned t, that duty. hung over the steep, dark sides of the Oregon, and were safely landed into the lit 0 boats, which bobbed up and down like cookie shells on the waves. AS soon as one boat was filled another was hauled up, and sturdy arms tugged at tho bars and pulled the boats con tanning their precious freight alongside the pilot boat and the friendly schooner. Once safe on the decks of these craft many fell down on their knees and offered fer vent prayer to Heaven for preserving them from the dangers of the deep Again and again the little boats made their trips, and in gooi time every passenger was transferred from the fast sinking steamer. There was no time to save any of their effects. Indeed, nobody seemed to care about their property, and all were glad enough to escape with their lives.
 Captain Cottier stood by his vessel to the last. If the water had not got into his boiler room and quenched the fires he might have been able to keep her afioat longer, and lie might possibly have run his ship close to the beach. But with his engines stopped he was powerless
 Shortly after the German steamer Fulds came in sight, and the passengers were trans ferred to her. Not 8 lfe was lost and no ac cident occurred. One hundred and eighty five first cabin passenger 66 second and 33s steerage, and 205 crew were safely transferre d. The ~ssengers acted in a very cool manner, encouraged by the officer of the Oregon. Only part of the mail was saved.
 When the list of the Oregou's passenger was checked off at the desk of tho Fuldd, i was found that one passenger was missing This was the Rev. Mir. Waller. an Enslist clergyman, who was reported to have jumped overheard during the fist excitement. His wife and son, as they passed the officers, re ported that he had been drowned. The clergy man had been suffering from ill health, and had taken the trip in order to recruit The death of the Rev. Mir. Waller was the only se rious accident that took place after the colli sion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
A Bold Diamond Robbery.

NEW ORLEANS, March l7.-Effie B. Han kins, of Chicago, & member of the demi monde of that city, arrived here few days ago to enjoy the carnival She had been very con- spicuous on Canal street during these days through her massive and expensive diamonds. One one day she would wear splendid jewels of one pattern; the next day another lot, causing no little talk. Sho brought with her over $35, 1000 worth Of diamonds, but to-day mourns the loss of half of them. Upon her arrival ill this city she took apartments with May Banker, and she was robDed at o'clock in the morning by threo men, who, wt,h re- volvers at her head, accomplished the deed. In a few moments they secured $17.OOO of the jewelry. Hid away in tho room were SIC, 900 more, which they overlooked.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

PROF. MARIA MITCHELL, of Vassar College, is so much in favor of outdoor employment for women that she advises them to take up land-surveying for business. This would be rough work enough in some cases, but in such work as landscape gardening, village im- provement, the care of public parks, why might not the superior aesthetic taste of woman be employed to ad vantage?
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
A BrnYe Woman.

After the explosion of the steamer Ike Bon nam below Vicksburg, by which a number of lives were lost and many persons injured, among whom was the captain, Mrs. Sargent, an employee of the boat, immediately took command, went below, helped to launch tho yawl and commanded those who were able to rescue those in the river. By this time the debris around the boiler had caught fire. and she seized the draw bucket drew water from the river and quenched the flames, after which she took shovel and threw the red-hot furnace brick overheard. Mrs. Sargent by her heroism saved the wreck from burning, and with it the lives of those on board. She was not excited in the least md never lost her presence of mind for minute.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

ENGLISH women who have more plate than the butler can take care of use their queer little salt and pepper cas- ters as foundations for velvet pin cushions, and hide their rings in the hollow. Decanter-stands are~also made to support pincushions, and possibly in time the big salvers will be en- ployed as baby baskets. The cake baskets have already been seized upon and made to do duty as holders for large toilet cushions.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

THE family of the late General Toombs finds among it's heirlooms Q solid silver candlestick, exquisitely wrought in the form of tree and it's branches, at the base of which is 8 fountain from which 8 fox and some deer are drinking. The article weighs twentyfour pounds, and cost $500.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
Phenominal Darkness.

CHICAGO, March 21.-"The most remark able atmospheric phenomenon ever known oc- cured at three p. m., at Oshkosh. Wis. The day had been light, though slightly cloudy, when suddenly at the hour named darkness began settling down, and in five minutes it vas as dark as midnight. General consterna- ton prevailed, people on the streets rushed to and fro, teams dashed along, and women and children beat precipitous retreats into collars. All business operations ceased until the lights could be lighted. Not Nbreath of air was stirring on the surface of tue earth. The darkness lasted from eight to ten min- utes, when it passed off, seemingly from west to east"
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
Soldiers Counties.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Second Comp troller Maynard has decided that the bounty of $100 provided by the act of April P, 1872, to every volunteer soldier who enlisted for three years, prior to July 22, 1861. under the Presidents proclamation of May 3, 1861, and was actually mustered for three years before Aug. 6. 1S61r and who was honorably dis charged. is payable to the heirs of every de ceased soldier who, if living, would be entitled thereto whether he died before or after the passage of the act.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

/ A GENTLEMAN walked into the din. ing-room of one of the Boston clubs, and, there being twelve at the table, he refused to make the thirteenth, hay ing some scruples on the subject. He was the subject of much pleasant ban tering upon the superstition, which he accepted in good part. He took his dinner at side table, and later in the evening drew up to the main table. Of all the gentlemen present he ap- parently had the strongest hold on life. Two days later he died without warming.
 MARKET NOTES.
 NEW YORK MARKET.
 The Wholesale New York market ouotat1on
 BEANs-Prime. s1.5O@s1. 5: fair to good. $l.40@$1.4 .45 per busheL
 BUTTER = New York sold at 32@23o for choice in pails, and 3O@33o. common to good. Western Creamery sold at 30@32c., and the common Western at 24@2Gc.
 CHEESE fancy, 9@1011c; do. fair and to good, 7@9c.
 Eaos-Quotations ranged from 13c. for o, |. dlnary, to 15a for New York. New Jersey Pennsylvania.
 FLoUR R-superfne. $2.s5@s3.4o: Western, S3.2O@s4.25; extra New York. $3. 75j0$425.
 HAY-No. 1. soc. @95c.; No. ?, 8O@55o. straw, 95c@1. 05 for No. 1. and 70@75 for oat.
 HoPs-New York, 1O@1211ac; Eastern, s@12c;
 PORK Prime. s1o.5o @ sls-5o; dressed hogs, 5@55sc. WHEAT = Spring No. 3, s5@s7c; Mill waukee, No. 2 96;
 ConN-Ungraded Western Mixed. 45@47c; Steamer Mixed. 4S@49o. in elevator. 50@51c
 RYE-State, 63@67c. PHILADELPHIA MARKET. FLouR-State family. S3 9O@@4OO rye flo UT s3.10@$3.25; wheat, State 94oOy6c. amber, S0.00 corn. yellow, 47o.; mixed Stat es | 5o@5lc
 PETROLEUM Refined, st09s1c, crude6s507 Woo1-State and Western xx 33@34c; X. 31 @33c. medium, 2S@30c.; coarse, 24@25c BOSTON MARKET FLOUR From $5.25@a4OO for low and medium. to $4 25@$5. % for choice Minnesota Corn. 49@5Oc. for mixed and yellow. BUTTER Common. 32c. 0D33c.; Vermont dairy, 3O@31c. choice creamery, 36o. CHEEsE-y010c. l BEANs-$1.43'@S1.50. 50.
 AY-Choice, $2l@$24 i cATTLK MARKErS BUFFALO = Cattle, good quality. Fl 250 s475; hogs, fair to good, S4.O0@Sl 50 best 46O.
 EAST LIBERTY PENN.-Best cattle, $4. o0@ S4.25 medium to good, &. 5@,S400; common l to fair, $3. 5O0S360; Hogs, Workers, S4 4.25t0 S4 50; PhiladeiphiaA t4 55@tA 75. Sheep ea.45@S.76. l2
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

A DINNER was given at the Hotel Brunswick, New York, recently, of eight covers, that cost 5000, or $75 per head. The pheasants and saddles of mutton came from England, the grouse from Scotland, and the fresh truffles from France. The wines were es- pecially ordered for this dinner at fancy prices for certain good vintages. The menus were all hand-painted, and model in sugar, caricaturing the in- dividual guests, stood in front of every plate.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

The Nineteenth Century Club Is an organ ization that will consist of an equal number of men and women. It is hardly to be expected that they will agree on all subjects; but it can surprise no one to learn that Dr. Pierces "Golden Medical Discovery" is unanimously pronounced the most successful remedy ex- tant, for pulmonary consumption, as has been demonstrated in hundreds of cases; it positive ly arrests this disease and restores health and strength, if administered in it's early stages. By druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

SQUARE MILEs.-New York State contains 49, 179 square miles; England has an area of 50,922 square miles !; Wales has an area of 7,367 square miles :; Scotland contains 30, 462 square miles :; Ireland is trihe larger, having an area of 32, 4S1 square miles. All figures of this kind are approximate. There has been no survey in area sufficiently accu- rate to determine within hundreds of miles.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
NoApPETIrE. LOW SPIRITS. HEADACHE

No APPETITE, LOW SPIRITS, HEADACHE, dlatulency, sleeplessness, languor, con stipation-are these, or any of them, among your ailments2 If so, try DR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs, and tell your sick friends its effects; this is the only advertisement the medicine requires. 1t has spread from house to house, from village to village, all over the land, in this WaY
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

A woman, it is said, is no older than she
 of ders which wear upon the nerves and vitality, and which, if unchecked, are liable to change the most robust woman to weak, broken down invalid. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip- tion" will positively cure every irregularity and weakness peculiar to the sex, and requires but single trial to prove it's surpassng merit. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

Six gold medals have been given to St. Jacobs Oil at Worlds fairs and ex- positions, for being ths best pain-cure. It is, itself, better than gold. It cures rheumatism and every other painful trouble. It never fails.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

GEN. ALBERT PIKE, the head of the Scottish Rite Freemasons in this coun- try, is living in Washington, consider ably over 70 years of age, somewhat in firm, and occasionally sufferer from gout, but his intaEeot is unclouded and his memory good,
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

MAIDEN, Mass, is very proud of it's oldest citizen, Capt. Samuel Packard, who is just 100 years old. He was born in Rowley, Mass, and has lived under every President of the United States, being three years old when Washington was inaugurated. Before he was captain he was shoemaker, but afterward followed the sea and fought in the war of 1912. He was the father of twelve children, of whom ten lived to grow up.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

Miss CLEVELAND is becoming quite famous for her bon mots. In reply to a gentleman, who asked her if she hailed from Buffalo, she said: "Yes, we hail from Buffalo, and we reign there.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
How I Raised Plums,

Seven years ago last spring I procured about thirty plum trees from Geneva nursery, and planted them out in an old garden. They grew very fast. The third year they nearly all blossomed, but the fruit was all stung by curcuzio and dropped off. The next year they were
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

PERRY BELMONT is said to be one of the most particular men in Washington about his food. His dishes must be cooked exactly as he orders them, or he will not touch them.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
M arch April M ay

Are the moI ths in which to purify your blood, and for this purpose there s medicine equal to Hoods Sarsaparilla. It puries vitalizes and enrches the blood. removing all traces of scrofula other dis ease. It creates appetite and imparts new strength and vigor to the whole body It is the ideal spring medicine. Try it this season.
 T take Hoods Sarsaparilla for spring medicine and find 1t just the thing. It tones up my system and makes me feel like different man. My wife takes 1t for dyspepsia and she derives great benefit from 1t. She says 1t is the best medicine she took."-FRANK c. TURNER, Hook Ladder No 1, Friend Street, Boston, Mass.
 "When began taking Hoods Sarsaparfla was dizzy in the morning, had headache, and no appe- tte; but now I can hardly get enough cooked to eat."-EMmA SHEPARD Coral Street, Worcester Mass.
 'I have used Hoods Sarsaparilla in my family and consider it a splendid blood puri1er."-J. P. WILD SMITH, North 7th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Hoods SarSaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5 Prepared by c. HOOD & CO, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
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Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24
VINEGAR BirTERs'

is the great Blood Purifier and LHe7giyinq Principle; Gentle Purgptve and Toncsa peS1s0s Renoyator and Invigorator of the system,
 I'm Vinegar Bittcrs there is vitality pus uo alcoholic or mineral poison.
 Diseases of the Skin, of whatever namS or nature are literally dug up and carried out oS the system in short time by the use of tho Baers~
 Vinegar Bitters allays feverishpess. it se- feves, and in time cures Rheumatasm' Neui sS'~v Gout and similar painful diseases.
 Vinegar Bittors cures Constipation ana prevents Diarrhoea. pounded possessing the power of VINEGAR BIT, TIERS to heal the sick.
 Send for either of our valuable referenco books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism on Intemperanee and Tobacco, which last snoulo be read by every child and youth in the land.
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Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

THERE is one consolation in being bald. When policeman strikes you op the head the doctor doesn't have to waste any time in cutting the hair from the wound
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

ITS FREQUENTLY REcoMMENDEp.--Mr H. c. Mooney, Astoria, Ill.,, writes that Aliens Lung Balsam, which he has sold for fifteen years, sells better than any other cough remedy, and gives satisfaction. Iris recommended by the medical profession hcre. 25c., 5Oc. and S1 per bottle, at Druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

No depressing effects from Red Star Cough Cure. No nausea, no danger of poison. Safe, speedy, sure. Only twenty-five cents
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

A Cur6 or FneUm0nIue
 MT. D. H. Barnaby, of Owego, N. Y., says that his daughter was taken with violent cold which terminated with Pneumonia, and all the best physicians gave tho case up and said she could live but few hours at most. She was in this condition when friend recom- mended DR. VIM. HALLS BAIsAM FOR THR LUNGS, and advised her to try it. She accept cd it as last resort, and was surprised to find that it produced a marked change for the bet ter, and by persevering permanent cure was affected.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

Young or middle-aged men, suffering from nervous debility or kindred affections, should address with 10 cents in stamps for large trea- tise, Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Association, 663 Main street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1886-03-24

When you need friend, select a true one. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is the best friend mankind has for all diseases of the stomach; liver and kidneys. The be5t blood purifier and tonic known. 50 cents