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Springfield Union) A MONSON MURDER RECALLED.

The recent breach of promise cases in some of the older inhabitants circum- stances that occurred in 1889. It seems at that time young man named James P. Staunton resided in Monson and board a shoemaker, and as he was doing pros porous business had several men working for him who also boarded with the widow.
 In those days the process of trade known as "dicker' was much in vogue, and Staunton was paid for his shoes, to quite an extent, in potatoes, apples and other produce. He let the widow have this merchandise toward the board for himself and men. In this way the most friendly business relations were established be- tween Staunton and the buxom boarding mistress.
 People who knew Staunton at that time say that he was clever, good-hearted young man, and not fellow to use a lone widow unkindly. If he squeezed her hand when he paid her the balance due on board he followed the usual custom when deal ing with widows, and the pressure was no doubt returned.
 About this time Sarah Bascom, one of Connecticut's fairest daughters, came to Monson to work in tailor shop. Staun- l ton met her, and in the course of time they l became engaged. He bought a house | that now stands near the Cushman hotel and made all arrangements for the mar riage.
 But, in the meantime, the widow had become dangerous member of society. She made threats, saying the marriage should never take place, and the new
 house should not be occupied.
 Staunton was taken sick, the doctor I could not understand his trouble. The
 widow had poisoned him. It became evi. dent that the man must die, and the doc.
 tor asked the woman to tell the patient
 that he had but few hours to live. She
 had the face to enter the dying mans
 room and talk with him on religion.
 After the funeral it became known that
 the widow had bought poison at Packard's store. The threats were remembered
 and an examination of the stomach of tn, deceased showed the cause of his death. E Judge Morris of Springfield came t' Monson, and preliminary hearing wal held in the church. The greatest excite
 ment prevailed, and people fiocked to tn hearing for miles around. The evidenc was so conclusive that she was held fo trial for murder.
 When the trial came off in Springfield her neck was saved by a iuryman who di not believe in capital punishment and wh
 would not agree with the rest of the jury
 Nobody in Monson doubted her guilt. Dl s Ely, pastor at that time, spoke of Staur : ton as murdered, and the widows nam !. was taken out of the church book. Sh ' ' went out west where she was not know @ and moved in good society.
 gI In one of the quiet old cemeteries q Monson there is 8 large, thin old-fasl
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toned marble slab that marks the resting place of James Staunton. It shows the observer that his troubles were over fifty three years ago, as he died November 5, 1889, and was twenty seven years of age. Under his name and age the following lines are cut in the marble. A young mans life may well compared be Unto the blossoms of some fruitful tree Which one day seem so pleasing, fair and
 gay,
 And on the morrow fade and die away. So did this youth drop in the midst of
 bloom.
 His days were short, his sun was set at
 nOOn
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

The cold weather has not killed the cholera ,and in Europe, where the cold has been almost as intense as in the United States, the dread scourge claims it's vic- tins without cessation. It is more than probable it will appear in New York har- bor early next summer. Whether it gets farther or not will depend on Dr. Jenkins, New York's health officer, who, backed by Tammany hall, has practically elimi- mated the most essential features of the congressional quarantine bill. It is a menace to the entire nation and an out rage upon every citizen that for the sake of the fees, one man should, backed by a powerful political organization, be per mitted to jeopordize an entire nation.
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A FIREMAN's HEROIC AoT. = On the night of Dec. 5, 1869, Charles T. Hollo- way, superintendent of the fire insurance patrol of Baltimore, performed a dual deed of moral and physical courage never surpassed. A large fire had broken out in a big tobacco war ehouse on South Charles street. The insurance patrol was the first to reach the scene. An hour later when there were a dozen firemen within the burning building, MT. Hollo- way observed that the front portion of the first floor was about to fall in such man. ner that if the flaming timbers were al- lowed to come to the ground they would close the only exit, which was by the front door, Rushing forward he caught the blazing mass upon his shoulders. He was a man of herculean strength and so able to sustain the heavy weight.
 He had just shouted to the men behind him to hurry out when the first floor on the right collapsed, and his brother, Joe Holloway, fell almost at his feet, his clothes on fire. By deserting his post and
 
 probably sacrificing the lives of the men back of him, Superintendent Holloway might have saved his brother, who was calling to him for help, but he never fiinched. He bent his broad shoulders to the burden upon them, spoke cheerily to his brother, and literally held that gate of fire until all the men had passed out. Then his strength gave way, and in the early morning the rescuers dragged the Holloways, scorched and maimed, from the ruins. But the brothers lived, and in token of his almost miraculous deliver ance Superintendent Holloway presented to St. Andrews Episcopal church, Balti- more, the handsome marble altar that stands in the chancel this day.-E. 4.
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w. 1T. U. DEPARTMENT.
Via Japan.
BY REV. J. P. HuTCHINso

 T did not wish to come to Japan, but now feel that the hand of God was in tt."-Lett from Mss Md1'y Allen West.l Oft we are led to go, Whether we will or no, Whether for veal or woe, Out of the light; Leaving the fireside cheer, Leaving the friends so dear, Turning with trembling tear,
 Into the night. Not in the light alone In Gods good guidance known, But in the dark is shown
 More of His grace; Sometimes He takes us out, Where are no friends about, And to remove each doubt
 Shows us His face. Sometimes He has to, wean Us from the sweet and seen, That we on Him may lean,
 And strength be given; , Yielding the joys of yore, We see the bliss before; God shows the Evermore,
 And takes to Heaven. Gods ways are higher far, Than our poor projects are; Iris not for us to mar
 His loving plan; We thought in light she'd roam, Back with rejoicing come; God meant to take her home
 Via Japan,
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Senator Platt of Connecticut has ex- posed scheme to pension ex-confeder- ates through the agency of bills which purport to increase the pensions of vet erans of the Mexican war.
 Such a bill was one which came over from the house to grant an increase Of pension to one Samuel s. Anderson. When the measure came up for consideration, Mr. Platt asked at what date the officer resigned from the United States army, for the report from the house showed that he was graduate from West Point and had served prior to the war, and that his res ignation took effect April 27 1881.
 When this fact was brought out clearly, MT. Platt said: "This is about the date when Fort Sumter was fired upon.. The probability is that he resigned to go into the confederate army. do not see why we should increase the pension of sol dier of the Mexican war who was cap- tain in the United States army and un- doubtedly resigned to go into the confed- crate army; who has been pensioned un- der the law which pensions soldiers of the Mexican war generally at $S month. and who cannot get an increase of pension upon the ground of wounds or disease contracted in the service of the Mexican war, think will object to this case.r Subsequent inquiry at the office where the records are kept shows that this officer graduated at West Point at the expense of the government, resigned to enlist in the confederate army, and so far as the records go, the inference is that his dif : ability was contracted when he was en- gagged in war upon his country.
 Other investigation since MR Platt made this discovery shows that many bills to increase the pensions of soldiers of tie Mexican war are really to increase the pensions of confederate soldiers, the in. ference in several cases being that th. disabilities which warrant the granting OI a pension were incurred while in the con. fedrate service.
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A RE YOU Going to the
 Worlds Fair |? Th' Columbian Fair Excursion Co.

Are now issuing their Certificates which entitle the holder to transportation in Chicago to and from hotel on arrival and departure, seven days board and lodging in one of their new four-story brick and stone hotels, heated by steam and lighted by electricity, and located within short distance of the Fair Grounds; also admissions to the Fair and the free use of their Bureau Of Information, all for
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increasing every moment in enef
 in its scope. How it was kindled cannon be known, for the woman had been care- fully searched and was allowed neither matches nor lamp. The only means of protection were fire pails set in quartets along the corridors, each bucket filled with water. There was no force pump, and the nearest efficient fire apparatus was four miles off by the lonely ice-bound road. Here were upward of AS persons, & third of whom were under lock and key, at the mercy of the fire with which this
 woman was so recklessly frolicking. The keeper succeeded in opening 15 cell doors before he was obliged to fly for his life and escape by jumping from a win AnyU
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$26.oo,

Five dollars of which you pay on taking Certifi- cate, and the balance on or before April 1, and can be paid in monthly installments if desired. :. This Company has six QD First Class Hotels, all new and only stories high, built of brick and stone, and located within easy reach of the Fair Grounds. THE "PoRTLAND" is located on Washington Ave, directly opposite the Ray mond & Whitcomb Grand" and has accommo- dations for 1.6OO guests daily. This is but one sbi6Ak from the entrance to the Fair Grounds. THE "COSTELLO" and THE "EVERETT" are situated on the same avenue. and have accom- modations for 1, ,5OO guests daily.
 Messrs. Cyril Johnson. and James M. Carpenter at their recent visit to Chicago, by special re- quest, examined the facilities afforded by this Company, and heartily recommend them to any who may be intending to visit the Fair, and de- sire good and comfortable accommodations while there.
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OBSERVING PRAIsE.-We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and Elec- tric Bitters, and have never handled rem edies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity. purely on their merits. E. K Taft, Druggist
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Charley Wilcox was in the burg the other day exercising his team of speckled colts. The way the animals happened to be speckled happened in this way While their. mother was at Hat Creek drinking one day, she was seized by the lip by a trout weighing at least twenty pounds. The fish had to be killed with an ax be- fore it would release it's hold, and when the twin colts were born they were speckled like trout. They are an extla fine team and are peculiarly fond of water.-Bu'7aey VglIey ( (Cal. Bulletin.
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"A bill introduced in the general assem- bly,, drafted by the state board of trade and endorsed by the Connecticut agricul- tural society and by the league of Ameri- can wheelmen, provides for the gradual reconstruction of the highways of the state and new roads in every case to be the approved and macadamized kind. The state is to bear the expense of re- which is to be under board of commissioners, one of whom must be an experienced engineer. Towns are to rebuild bridges when necessary, and are to keep the roads in repair after they are built.
 FELL DEAD.-These words are very fla miliar to our readers, as not day passes without the report of the sudden death of some prominent citizen. The explana- tion is "Heart Disease" Therefore be- ware if you have any of the following symptoms: Short Breath, Pain in Side, Smotheling Spells, Swollen Ankles, Asth- matic Breathing, Weak and Hungry Spells, Tenderness in Shoulder or Arm, Fluttering of Heart or Irregular Pulse. l uGS0 SyupGOulS HOult Ntio'1eA0O' The most reliable remedy is Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, which has saved thous- ands of lives. Book of testimonials free at w. D. Heald's Drug Store, who also sells the New Heart Cure.
 How unpleasant it is to see beautiful child's face disfigured with vile humors, bursting through the skin in pimples, biotches and sores, and sadder still, when theyoung and innocent are laughed at and twitted in all such cases. Parents should give them that good and pure remedy Sulphur Bitters which will search and drive out of the blood every particle of humor.-He0lth Gazette. '
 With Ely's Cream Balm child can be treated without pain and with perfect safety. It cures catarrh, hay fever and colds in the head. It is easily applied in to the nostrils and gives immediate re- lief Price 30 cents.
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Pacific Ensign: It is most commend able move of the Salvation Army to de- eide that during the coming year each post in America should have temper ance meeting every Saturday night, to close at nine o'clock, after which the sol diers and officers should go on the street and make personal appeal to drunkards
 This plan for such practical work will surely result in much good. The Salva- tionists displayed good judgment in select ing Saturday night, for that is the time for the greatest harvest for the saloons, and more drunkards can be found at that time than any other. Now, if the church es or some other organization would send out committees early on that evening to persuade men not to become drunkards or to drink, it would be fitting accom- paniment to the work of the Salvationists.
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The attention of baseball players wl,o receive wounds of one kind or another every day, from bat or ball, is directed tn the fact that Salvation Oil is the best al plication in use for cure of cuts, bruisss and sprains. % cents.
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A TERRIBLE AFFAIR.
LUNATros BURNED TO DEAF

FoRTY-FoUR LUNATIos BURNED TO DEATH.
 The county insane asylum, four miles from Dover, New Hampshire, was burned last Thursday night, and of its forty-eight inmates only four got out alive.
 The first discovery that fire was in progress was made by Wilbur Chesley, the night watchman, while making his rounds at 10.1O o'clock in the evening. He had just opened the outside door when a dense volume of smoke rolled out and nearly suffocated him.
 Although partly overcome, he made his way into the corridor with all haste, shouting at the top of his voice, in an ef- fort to arouse the sleeping inmates.
 Before he had proceeded a dozen feet he realized that no earthly power could save the building, and that, in the emer- gency, he should unlock the doors and al- low his charges to go whither they would.
 The cell doors were all fastened with old-style locks, every one of which was of different pattern. To find the proper key for each was consuming too much time, and the watchman, procuring an ax, began battering down the wooden barriers with frantic haste.
 The flames, however, worked faster than the ax of the watchman, and before the means of relief could be furnished the imprisoned victims, their shrieks of ago. nizing pain rose higher than the noise of the flames, which had now asserted their undisputed sway over the entire building. Keeper Driscoll and his family were given the alarm in their rooms in the west wing of the asylum too late for them l to render any assistance whatever in saw ling life, aud with difficulty they suc- ceeded in escaping the devouring clutches of the oncoming sheet of flame. As it was, they were unable to save any of their household effects, their entire atten- tion being required in reaching place of safety, from which they viewed with hor- TOT the progress of death and destruction. Through the raging flames the inmates could be seen pulling madly at the iron gratings of the window. Those whose reason appeared to have been partly re- stored by their awful surroundings press ed their startled faces against the un- yielding bars and implored in pitying tones to be relieved from the horrible fate that threatened them.
 But their pleadings were drowned in the noise of the insatiate demon that was holding high carnival as he advanced to claim their lives.
 l The few who had been released from their cells found further escape cut off by
 the closing of the outside door, which
 fastened itself by means of a spring lock.
 Hae this exit been available the loss of
 life would havesbeen greatly reduced.
 The story of thelfire as told by Kss-l
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PINNEY VS. KEENEY.


 The following extracts from the Hart ford Times relate to evidence given in the. senatorial contest case, chiefly con- cerning disputed ballots in Stafford:
 Judge Eggleston, counsel for Mr. Keen ey, announced that he would show that Samuel Baldwin, 2d, who voted for Mir. Pinney, was not 8 legal voter.
 He then attacked the qualification of Lewis Gunther, Pinney voter in Staff ford. Charles F. Harwood, fire insur- ance agent, testified that Gunther moved to Wales, Mass, in the spring of 1899; i; Frank Baker. agent of a factory at Wales, testified that Gunther rented a house there from May 1, 1892; Judge Chandler, of Stafford, testified that Gunther voted last November, and that he was regarded as 8 democrat, and H. s. Abel, a clothing merchant, testified as to the time of Gunther's removal, and that he was a democrat. However, Abel only knew that Gunther's boy marched in democrat ic processions.
 Registrar Young, of Hartford, testified that Clifford Metro, who voted in Staf- ford, and William Leland, who voted in Union, lived in Hartford at the time oi l the November election, and had voted hOAO HI OhO PLOCCOiuS ClOy oltCblOIi. Nl6- tro had been barkeeper at the Revere l House.
 David Bissett, tax collector of Stafford testified that Silas w. Newell, of Union democrat, and now the town clerk oi Union Succeeding his father, D. w. New. elD, lived in Staffordville until within 6 few months, he having moved there iron Union in 1891. John M. Heck, of Union testified that in July, 1899, Newell tolo him he did not live in Union.
 Counsel for the republican defendant MT. Keeney, have been urging that voters who had been admitted as electors, al though wrongfully, had right to vote Monday afternoon they attempted to shoy that voter for MT. Pinney had no righ to vote because an alien, although h. held certificate of naturalization bearin, the seal of the superior court of Tollan'
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SThere is war in the whisky camp The probability that congress will increase 8he tax on whisky has stimulated the pur- chases in. order to crop the profits on the increase of price sure to follow the in- crease of tax. The whisky trust, taking advantage of this, has within ten days time made three advances on the price of whisky amounting altogether to 15 cents a gallon. The wholesalers in various parts of the country are holding indigna- tion meetings and resolving" to start distilleries of their own. largely, we pre- sume, as a matter of bluff, in order to prevent any further increase. The whis- ky trust controls the situation and has "the trade" at it's mercy. It is one of the biggest monopolies in existence.
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WOman's Ballot,

In England we have that to fight against, of which, thank God, in America you know nothing. We have one aspect of this course which weighs us down, which bows our heads in shame and breaks our hearts. We have a drunken and when the mothers of the land are steeped in the vile poisons lhat destroy body and soul, it is time for that nation to rise with all the might and majesty which they possess in order to arrest this most deathly evil. But I be- lieve the truest protection will come when we have been given that which has been so ably defended already tonight, and when the women have it in their hands to to protect the free homes, deeply as 1 be- lieve in outlawing the liquor traffic, be- lieve that the quickest path to that desir- able end is through the womau's ballot
 We stand, think, on verge of attaining that great privilege in England, and as my time is short tonight will not speak upon this subject, but will only just refer to the fact that during the last parliament when the bill was brought before the house of commons 1t was only thrown out
 by twenty-two votes in the whole of that great assembly. I believe that women
 will do more to wrench the cuIse from the land of this nation than any other
 power, and the w. c. T. U. will yet stand
 in it's might great army, having freed
 America from her greatest sfcessssEods
 Henry Somerset, at De,soes. Gcnre,stsoss.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

~ HI. KING, Attorney and Counsel
 Os sellor at Law. Special attention given to tensions. Office over Leach's Clothing Store.
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Y LESSONS on Organ, Piano or Violin A given by Walter R. Carpenter. Rooms fitted for that purpose in Mrs. Spellman's building on Main-St Terms reasonable.
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w. CHANDLER, Insurance and O Real Estate Agency, Stafford Springs. Of flee at residence on Westford Avenue.
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CURTIS x JOHNSON, Archi- N tects. Plans and specifications for Residence es Blocks, Factories, Public Buildings, etc. Esti mates furnished. 284 Asylum St., Room 4, Hart ford Conn. T. A. Curtis Wm. D. Johnson.
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~ EO. ID. SHAW Stafford, agent for M Brown Brothers & co. Nursery Stock. 6m
The evening world., 1893-10-23

Learning to dance on the toes Is even
worse. ! remember when i commenced
my toes bled SO that my dancing slip
pers were full of blood. but = ~persevered:
in fact, my lover made me persevere. or
I could never have advanced In my art.
Sometimes we batne u feet In alum
water and sometimes In whiskey. They
are both pretty good to tougher the
skin, and we need pretty tough toes, you
know. ] practise from two to four
hours every day. and expect to all my
l,fe. Why. while I was In Bresiau /
pract!sed with : lady who was seventy
two years old. and even at that age she
was n of the most graceful dancers
I have ever seen. our profession may
be an arduous one. but you see II gives
us good health ar" long life.
"You always any ballet skirts arc
thin. light. transparent and don't amount
to anything. That's a mistake. You'd
be surprised to know how much the
ballet outfit OF a premiere danseuse
weighs. Let me give you the figures:
ca, 9eir Of silk tights. 0 ounces; evs bal
The evening world., 1893-10-23
BRITISH FLEET AT SPEZzIA.
Enthusiastically Received by the
Italian.

SPEXZIA, oct. 23.-Thc vessels com
prlsing the British squadron that had
been visiting at laramie arrived here at
10 O'Clock this morning and were received
with much enthusiasm. The wharvcs and
the Italian vessels in the port were line
ly decorated. Thirty italian warships
met the Brit sh fleet and saluted 1t.
Salutea were also fired from the forts on
the hills adjacent to the city.
Vice-Admirai the Duke OF Genoa met
Admira' Sir Michael Cu!me-Seymour.
Comnandcr-in-Chief OF the British Medi-
terrannan Squadron. whose flagship. the
sans PareIi. came into port at the head
of the fleet The British squadron. be
sides the flagship. consists OF the battle
ships Nile. lnfeSib.e and Drendnaught.
and the cruisers Hawke and Edgar.
1t Is reported that King Humbert in
tends to come to Spezzia to honor the
British fleet. 1t Is said that orders
have been received ut the Hotel Croce di
Malta to prepare rooms for His Majesty.