Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-31
General state News.
PASTOR SURPRISED.


PASTOR SURPRISED.
The Rev. George W. Banks of the Third
church in Bridgeport was on
Wednesday evening presented by che Society
of Christian Endeavor with handsome gold
watch.
POOR DEER.
A deer which escaped from Mrs. Colts
park in Hartford some time since was shot
on the Wethersfeld meadows Wednesday by
a man from South Glastonbury. The veni-
son is now at the house of Hudson Algsr of
South Glastonbury.
BISHOP M'MAAoN.
The Connecticut Catholic Of this week
says: "Rt. Rev. L. S. Mcmahon, bishop OF
the diocese of Hartford, has returned from
his southern trip greatly improved In health.
He was absent six weeks and was accompa-
MED by Father Joynt of New London u"
STILL BLOCKED WITH SNOW.
The Norwich Bulletin says: ga farmer
who came from an adjoining town to the city
Wednesday had to shovel his way through
snow drifts FIVE feet deep. Several roads in
this town are SO blocked with snow drifts
that nothing on wheels can pass over them"
EXCUSES HIMSELF.
H. F. Royce, ex-treasurer Of the Whitman
tic Savings bank, returned home from New
York Wednesday night. He said his trip
whose paper is held by the bank, and reports
that the obligations will probably be paid in
full. He thinks he mas done nothing wrong
and has not exceeded his powers as treasurer.
DERBY TRoTs.
The third season of the Derby driving park
bids fair to be the most interesting one IN Its
history. Already the managers are at work
arranging for the spring meeting which is to
be held June 10, 10, "A. The midsummer
meeting will last four days, and the dates
fixed are August %, 90, 80 and 81. The mat
ter of purses and classes will be decided at a
future meeting.
HARTFORD KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Yesterday was observed by Washington
commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, of
Hartford, at Masonic Hall, by work upon the
Red Cross in the forenoon, commencing at ten
o'clock, when the degree was conferred upon
three companions. At 1:30 p m. the order
of Knight Templar was conferred upon
Hartford brother. The usual banquet and
speech-making followed the work in the after
Aoen.
DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.
Rev. Hart F. Pease, member of the New
York East conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, died on Wednesday at East
Norwalk. Mr.. Pease became exhausted in
efforts in behalf of his wife, who had been
sick a week. He became Frustrated and
pneumonia developed, which proved fatal.
His wife is not expected to live, she, too,
having pneumonia. The case is a very sad
one.
LANDLORD FREEMAN TO ENLARGE THE DAYTON
HOUSE.
At one time Landlord Freeman of the Day
ton House, Birmingham, did think Of dispes-
mind and will instead build large addition
to the hotel 30 as to give him the sleeping
rooms 80 much needed. The addition will
extend to the south of the main structure and
| will embrace the present L. The lower floor
will be made into stores, for which there is 9
growing demand, as business is forcing Itself
down the street.
TKRRIBLE KXPLOsION OF DYNA.
MITE.
| Five Men Blown to Atoms and HeHsel
Shaken for Miles Around.
The careless man in powder mill, like thu
l senseless idiot who is constantly pointing I'm
| loaded guns at people and unaceountably
| killing or manning them, is always abroad
| The latest horror is a terrible explosion a
Lake Hopatcong, N. j., in the Torcite Dyna
| mite works. The amount of dynamite il
the building was one hundred pounds and i
| wrought terrible destruction. How it ex
ploded is not known, for the four young mel
/ in the building were blown to atoms. Theil
names are: Frederick McDede; aged seven
| teen; John Faneher, eighteen: Henry Todd
/ seventeen; and Philip Myer, twenty-five
| The first three lived at Stanhope, about
/ mile from the works. Myer came from Phil
/ adelphia recently.
The explosion gave rise to great cloud O.
/ smoke, which covered the scene When i
1 lifted it disclosed great rent in tho eartl
| where the building had been. The GROUND
1 for several acres around was strewn with tn
f-a &c af khn hy,iII fhA {fvah -
1 which were splintered as fine as matches, anl
| with minute shreds of human flesh. Abou
| three hundred pounds of this flesh wa
picked up, bat there were only two pieces o
| any considerable size found. One was
head and shoulder picked up three hundret
feet away, bat SO nautilated that it was I'M
recognizable. The other was q leg. From
the foot of this leg the skin was completed.
removed, pieces of clothing and fragments o
/ flesh being picked out of the trees in the vi
| cinity. Immediately after the explosion tn
air was filed with floating fragments of tn
cartridge paper, some of which were wafte'
as far as Drakesville, two miles away.
People wonder after every such horribl
occurrence how men can be found to work il
such terribly dangerous places. But ther
are plenty. Long contact with danger make
1 men careless of it and callous to their ow
| safsty-in fact vereonfdent.
Take it for instance in other things. Two
thirds of us are constantly living over pow
der mine, liable to explode and land us in tn
grave or the insane asylum. And strange {
say, we are constantly lighting the trains an
fuses ourselves and carelessly inviting DANCE
through long contact and over cenfdeno'
James Smith, our neighbor, becomes insane
William Hall commits suicide when sudder
ly deranged, Mrs. Jones hurls herself from
window and is dashed to pieces, Edwar
Robinson drops dead from spasm Of th
heart, or his brother becomes insane or pars
| lyzed for life. The brain and nerves are yer
| tender structures. Heed well the first littl
sparks and save your life, your liberty {
your sanity with Scotch Oats Essence, tn
great tonic, nervine and brain invigorant.
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