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Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
nu.ins.. and rhsolosY.

The congregation of church in Scot land finding itself unable to pay the saln -ry of its minister, a soap firm offered L. pay $500 year for five years, on oondi ton that Its advertisement be hung iil front of the gallery of the church. Int offer was accepted. And now the oongre- gation can learn how to be morally and physioally clean as tho satps ti@s. --Nsw yosb TsibAR% sA--~
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Death From the Current.

AMSTERDAM, N. Y.. Doc a7.-LivinG- ston M. Combes, a lineman employed by the Amsterdam Arc Light company. was instantly killed while fixing light used for street lighting. The current which was very strong. passed through his body. A slight soar on the chin was the only mark. All efforts to resusoitatc the man proved fruitlesa
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rn.,n.., runl., Get. . Medal.

BUFFALO, Dec. e7.-william Turkey, the Lake Shore engineer who was at the throttle from Erie. Pa, to Buffalo when the worlds record was broken in the famous run of Oct. s4 last has received q very handsome silver medal from W. K. Vanderbilt and Dr. Seward Webb. The medal is a solid silver disc, A inches in diameter. and very heavy. It is hand. somely set in plush frame with an oak case, and Is suitably engraved.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
NATURES FREAKS.

Record of Cyclones, Floods, Blikxards and
 Earthquakes.
 JANUARY. B. Storm struck Galveston, capsixing several sloops; many lives lost. Blizzard in Oklahoma.
 FEBRUARY. 2. A genuine blizzard throughout the country '5. Heavy earthquake shocks in Italy and Aus. tria. 1. Tornado in Kansas; 10 deaths. a Sioux City. Ia.. and other towns swept by . tornado; over 250 killed .t4aa lt JUNE. !2. Destructive storms and tornadoes in Min. nesota and Oklahoma 1 it f.st '. Hurricanes, cyclones and tornatloes pre- vailed in Iowa, Nebraaka and Kansas.
 a l' JULY. | @ deaths in the region west of and adjoin ing the Mississippi by eloudbursts, torna does and lightning. T. Terrific storm at Chicago and on Lake Mich igan; many deaths reported. o. Fort Scott, Tex, flooded by sudden precip itation of rain. tfg ssss ..s4tt ,. Tornado and lightning storm along tn,
 sEPTRHBER. l. Earthquake shock in the eastern states. ,. Remarkably cold wave in the northwest.
 OCTOBER. 3. 10 inches of snow fell at Negaunee, Mich.
 NOVEMBER. 1. Destructive earthquake shocks at Rome.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Enrn.n.. shnt naxn

NEwcAsTLE Pa, Dec. Bi.-All of the furnaces of this oity are closing down as a result of the demands on the part of the employees for pay for time and half on Sundays and corresponding increase on holidays. Manufacturers oIaim that they cannot pay the increase demanded.
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Mm Property Damaged by . rieea.

TuSKHAsSooK. Pa, Jan. l.-The flood in Falls creek has carried away the dam and portion of the trunk supplying wa. ter to Browns millA The Lehigh Valley Railroad oompany's dam was also swept away and the house of e family named Detrick undermined. The family were obliged to abandon the house The loss to bridges and roads throughout the ooun- ty will reach thousands of dollars.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Jail pelix.rr at I.ouisxills.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. o6-Eight county prisoners borrowed Q saw and. cutting a hole through the jail roof, made their es. cape The delivery had been carefully planned and was not discovered for half hour after the mon had disappeared. Among the escaping prisoners was Bill Ryder, tho notorious outlaw, awaiting trial for murder aE45
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
The Reason.

Heres your money, dolt. Now tell me why your sooundrelly master wrote me Is letters about that oontemptible sumt said an exasperated debtor.
 "I'm sure, sir, can't tell, sir; but # you'll excuse me, sir, think 1t were be- cause IT letters didn't fetch itl'-~London it Anrwsrs,
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Didn.t Wan. to Appear In Court.

wEsTcHKsTRR, Pa, Jan. l.-Rather than appear in court as a defendant in an ai- legged shooting case Lewis R. Clayton, a popular young farmer of Thornbury town ship, committed suicide by shooting him self in the head. Clayton had been arrest cd at the instance of George Sharpless,
 charged with attempting to shoot the lat ter few weeks ago Clayton brooded over his arrest and had often told his parents of people teasing him about the case. His trial was to have taken place narf ranIih
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
THE RECORD OF CRIME.
JAN UARY.

JANUARY. Arrest and confession of Quigiey, the bond forger. in New York: amount involved S1A,000. {. Two masked men held up a train on the Cotton Belt road near McNeil, Ark, ant plundered the express car of s2h000.
 FEBRUARY. Madge To: he (Margaret Drysdale). actress murdered h Philadelphia by James B, Gentry.
 APRIL 1. Wells Fargo xpress wagon robbed of sl5,00 in Colorado; the messenger fatally wounC ed. Gr=ts f.a,
 JULY. {. postofaoe burglars-Killoran. Allen ans Russell-broke out of Ludlow Street jaii New York. 1. Durant convicted of the murder of Blanoh Lamont at San Francisco. !. Holmes convicted of the murder of Piteze
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
sn,o,a. VII. pr,..,o Ao,a.

BUFFALO, Dec e7.-Edward F. Kueb- Ter. . prosperous tea merchant of Genesee street and the son of wealthy parents committed suicide by drinking prussic acid at his home He drank the poison deliberately ip the presence of his father and mother, saying as he did so; "Good- by, father. I'm going. Goodby." De- spondsnoy, caused by i'll health, induced the self destruction
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Twentr.tro Live, Lost.

ST. JOINS, N. F., Doc. 2e.-Twenty. two persons lost their lives on the schooner Victoria, Captain Bridbury, believed to have foundered. with all on board, of Cabot island on the Newfoundland coast few days ago. Among them were a family named Noseworthy-husbnnd and wife and five children. The stem of the Victoria has been picked up at Horse is- land
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Try,nu to Br.aE . wiIr.

-PRovIpKscR, Dec. sf.-The will of the lsto Judge Xii Aylesworth is being con tested in the superior court. Over $500. 900 is involved, and no less than six diff. erent attempts to break the will will be made. Many of the judges relatives were not remembered in the will. Unsound mind is alleged when the will was made.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
A c,n,.n.,l.n n..a

NASHUA, N. H., Dec. 26.-Mra Hannah Lovett died here, aged loe. She was born in Fillmore, county Kerry, Ireland She was the mother of l2 children. A brother died in Merrimac, Mass, a few years ago, aged l0b, and of her bothers and sisters all but one, who was killed. lived to bs oyvr oo
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Coal ca. o.u... Death,

HUMMRLsTowS Pa, Dec. a6--John H. Baulsbaugh and his wife, who reside near Swatara, were found dead in their rooms from the effects of coal gas from defect i've stove pipe. a #a-.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
THREE MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES BY
 THE BURSTING OF BOILERS.

The Accident Occurred at a Coal Mine
 Near wukosbarre-A N..t of Boilers
 Burst With Scarcely . Moments wsrn-
 inr-oniy Two Men Escape. .....
 wILKRsBARRR, Pa, Jan. 1.-Thres men were killed by the explosion of nest of boilers at the Law shaft of the Pennsyi- yania Coal company in Avooa, near here. They were:
 Thomas McDonald, msohinist os years old. a
 Cortland Rolls carpenter. 90 years old.
 Alexander Young, pump runner, Ss yearr old. aa a#a m a..a. u.a+
 The Injured were;
 Thomas Bottwick, engineer; head badly ,ut.
 John T. Bleas. fireman; cut about the head.
 A terrific explosion startled the reel ients of the town, and houses shook upon their foundations. Windows wore broken, and the people ran out of their houses They saw a cloud of dust and steam near the shaft, where they found the six boil. CTS which had been used to furnish steam for the engines. scattered m pieces.
 One of the pieces had passed lengthwise through the engine room, tearing away
 
 itself in tho ground goo feet away. Just before the explosion Young. Mo Donald and the engineer, Thomas Bott- wick were in the engine house. The first two were there to remove pump from the engine house and were preparing to commence work. Bottwiok was standing at his post-one hand on the throttle and another on the reverse levsr--awaiting a signal from the men whom s moment be- fore be had lowered to the bottom of the shaft. Ran For Their Lives. Suddenly the door leading from the nreroom to the engine house was opened, and the fireman, John T. Bleas, ran in, Apd in an e.oited manner yelled: There ismomething tho matter with the boilerM boys Run for your iivesr And ks dashed out of side door. Bottwiot quickly made after him, and the other two jumped up to follow Then there was a loud report and the noise of escaping steam. The fireman was found with slight out on his head a few yards away. and in an inooherent | manner told of his companions. A hurried search was instituted, and | the engineer was soon found In one cor | nor of the engine room, with an ugly gash | in his forehead. At first 1t was thought he was dead, but he was removed to his home, where surgeons attended him and restored consciousness.
 At the opposite side of the engine room from that where the engineer was picked | up the bodies of Young and McDonnld | were found. Rolls who had been at work about 100 feet away from the hreroom, was found whore he,was struck down by | a flying timber. Ills skull was crushed. | All the dead men were married and leave | widows and families.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Ro,h I.e. Amnn,.t.d.

PROVIDENCE, Dec 2o,--.Tohn P. Jones, S5 years old. of New London, Conn, . brakeman on the Consolidated railroad, had both legs cut on by a freight train. Ho cannot recover,
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Helped rh.m..iv.. to tn. Cash.

NKw LONDON, Conn, Dec a6-Bur- slars bisw-open the big safe In Huber 6 Chittendon's dry goods store and helped themselves to several hundred dollars in cash.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Proh,hI,,on N.t,on.I Convention.

CHICAGO. Dec 12-Pittsburg has been selected as the place for holding the na- tional Prohibition convention next year. May a7 was fixed upon as the date
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
Two Kiiied as Crossing.

BUFFALO, Doc. 9s--MR c. E Hall and Miss Ida Hopkins were run over and ip- stantly killed by an Erie train while crossing the Erie tracks in buggy at ths East Ferry strest cressisg.
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
worh of 1. Brutai r.th.r,

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. a7. = Belinda Lynn, aged II years was smothersd to death in fire which almost destroyed her parents' house on Hem.ook street. Ed ward Lynn. the father, steel worker. is under arrest on auspioion of having fired the house He was intoxicated and had driver his wife and babe from the house
Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
ANNALS OF THE YEAR
SUMMARY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
 EVENTS OF 1895.
PERSONAL MATTERS.

VGNSolN%L WA GNOs Including Two Marriages of Title and
 Wealth. .. ....
 JANUARY. Is, President Casimir-Perier of France resign i7. Francois Felix Faure elected President of
 FEBRUARY. 2. Gen. John M. schofeld made lientanant general. r-sf4s-.r .=f..f-f. 2a Gen. Matt V. Ransom, senator from North Carolina, appointed minister to Mexico.
 MARCH.
 ( Anna Gould, youngest daughter of the late Jay Gould, married Count de Castellane of France. sa . 20. Gen. Neal Dow, the apostle of prohibition. celebrated his ninety first birthday.
 APRIL
 24. Brig Gen. wesley Merritt appointed major general by the president; Cols. Zenos R. Bliss and John J. Coppinger were promot- ed to be brigadier generals. aul
 Fa MAT. tti. 10. Col. ". P. Craighill appointed brisadier general to succeed Gen. T. L. Casey. retir. a. Queen Victoria knishted Henry Irving. Lewis Morris and Walter Besant. iS. Harriet Beecher Stowe celebrated her eighty fourth birthday at Hartford.
 anPTEMBER. 4 t5 2. Maj Gen. Miles ordered to command the army in place of Lieut.. Gen. schoheld. re- < Hrsd.s>s.,s H M..l .Iu4 sEns5l4. eiAs ls 2 NOvEMBHR.
 6. Duke of Marlborough married to Consuelo Vanderbilt in New York. sx t3sr l2. The eightieth birthday of Elizabeth Cady Stanton celebrated by large gathering in New York. fss t.4ts .al s.s.55aI  B. Rufus ". Peckham appointed justice of the U. B. supreme court.
 s. Ahlwardt, the anti.Semite agitator. arrived in New York from Bremen. Q. W. E. H. Lecky, the historian. elected to the house of commons for the Dublin uni. yeraity, se- -t5t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10

that stilled body. The skin was cold
to the touch and it seemed clammy.
The hand of the sleeper appeared
like that of mummy. 1t was shrivel-
ed and dried and the bones showed
clearly through the scant covering of
flesh. Mother Bouyenval raised the
arm and it remained contracted in that
position. Then she raised the bed
clothes, exposing the skeleton form
Of the girl. The bones showed clearly
just as they did in the hand. The
skin was like parchment. and was so
dry that it seemed as if the bones
must crack through. When the finger
tips were placed on the pulse in the
wrist a faint beating could be felt, and
that was the only sign of life.
The malady of the girl is easily told
but not so easily explained. Thirteen
years ago she was attacked by a spell
of sickness. It seemed to be an or
binary fever, but the girl developed a
nervous fit. Then she fell asleep and
her mother imagined and so did the
doctor that she was on the road to re-
covery. But she has never awakened
from that sleep.
In time her teeth became closed like
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10

was accentuated by the black dress
bristling with jet, which she were, and
by the rubicund tone Of Mrs. Graham's
honest fast arms and shoulders.
Mrs. Cumberland sat down on a ca
pacious sofa and motioned the new ar
rival, the flor the first time in his life)
embarrassed young man, to seat him
self beside her. Then she opened fire.
Have you got the specials billet for
the Daily Electrifyer? Pardon me for
seeming to be so curious. bur Maggie
told me of Your application for it and
reused my interest. Have you got It?
Are you going? How I wish I wasn't a
woman so that could go, too. It must
be such glorious life. You haven't
1t on your conscience that you're try
to kill any of your fellow-creatures
and yet you are IN as much danger and
run just as great risks of being cut
down or stopping a shot as the fight
ing men do. | envy you you career.
Mr.. Graham. I shall watch il with
such pride, now that I have met you"
I didn't get the post after all. CHe
shrunk from telling her that he had
withdrawn his application for it, II
try not to feel aggrieved at having
been cut out by another fellow" he az
ded, with laugh, for he needs the
dollars; he will need it more than do.
as he is handicapped with an ailing
mother and a penniless sister
You resigned in his favor. I feel
sure you did. How noble of your' she
said. looking at him thoughtfully. with
the eyes that looked black in the shade
and violet in the light, and he made a
praiseworthy effort to look and feel as
noble as she thought him.
Cleaning UP to them at this moment
came golden-haired, blue-eyed and
blue-robed Maggie
ooh, see you two know each other
already" she cried in her clear. metal
lie tones. 81 am satisfied
But | should be better satisfied if
the young lady who is going to be
Sholto's wife was with us now, Mrs.
David Graham said heartily f-ri
Sholto thanked her-verbally.
CTo be continuedf
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10

ground, as tho somber tone and luster-
less surface form striking contrast
TO the brilliant ornamentation.
One Of the prettiest ideas in the line
of jewelry now to be seen is the
dragon fly pin. These pins are small
and are of tinted gold in imitation OF
the real insects cleaning armor. The
wings and body are sometimes set
with precious stones.
Blue and green and purple are used
in immense quantities, both in solid
colors and changeable effects. The
blue employed is of a deep, strong
shade, and the purple is royal purple.
There are charming silk plaids in
these colors which are employed for
bodices and blouses.
Today's cut shows a princess gown
of green and black striped silk. The
tablier is Enclosed by coquilles OF
plated black satin inside a band OF
black fox fur. The front of the bodice
is separate from the skirt, opening
over a pastron Of black embroidery on
a green ground and falling in two tabs
upon the skirt. These tabs are
adorned with large buttons. The
plastron is bordered by fur, and
coquilles of black plated satin are
carried down the middle. The belt is
also Of black satin. The close sleeves
of striped silk have butterflies of black
satin at the top and the black satin
collar is bordered with fur.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10
aLOYER Of The DRY.
Continued

Already Sholto Graham had re-
solved hat Lady Gwenaps brother
must have his local habitation in some
higher and more enn0blng region than
that of Bayswater. So now he said,
with careful carelessness:
I've been hanging on, more out of
laziness than anything else, in West
bourne terrace for some time. But /
find it too far out. l am thinking of
a set of bachelor chambers in Embark
ment flats. They're central and cap
italy appointed"
"Ah, yes. 1 know them: I lived there
before my"
He paused, and Sholto asked, with
some curiosity:
Before your WHAT"
Before | went to Chichester street,
Paddington," Thorburn laughed out I
tell you what, Graham, they're capital
quarters for bachelor, but you won t
be able to take your wife there
II haven't taken the wife yet" Shot,
to Graham said haughtily. Uncon-
sciously he was annoyed that Thor
burns sister and his own Patrice
should be friends. Thorburn himself
was all very we'll as he was. and would
probably make his mark as a jour-
nalist, and so be better still. But the
brother Of the future Lady Gwenap was
beginning to feel already that the fe-
male relations of a man who lived
with them in Chichester street would
hardly be in touch with his sisters
set, to which, of course, Patrice would
at once belong. He got up, lighted a
cigarette and just as he was about to
leave he asked suddenly:
by the way, do you know Miss
Laugherne?"
Very slightly" the other man said.
coldly, as again the red blood worked
up to the roots of his golden hair,
without apparently sufficient cause.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10

Paris, Dec. SIN one of the little
the dividing line between Germany
and in a country made historic by the
quick succession of terrific battles of
the Franco-Prussian war, lives med
tcal curiosity. The village is Thenel-
les, picturesque place, with an abund-
ance of poverty, but interesting, never
theless. Aside from it's possession of
this medical wonder the fame of The
nelles rests in the fact that 1t is only
about ten miles from the city of St.
Quentin and quite close to the manu-
featuring town of Origny-Sainte-Be-
noite
The tiny population of Thenelles is
proud of it's territorial relationship to
St Quentin and of it's proximity to
Origny-Saint-B enoite but it has moth
ing but abuse for it's medical phenom
enon.
Yet this latter is the greatest single
mainstay of Thenelles in the posses
sion of the place. People have jour
neyed a thousand miles to witness it,
Great physicians and scientists have
come down from Paris time and again
to study it. The two innkeepers of
Thenelles are almost on the verge of
aff1uence as a result of these visits by
grand people, yet they, like their
townspeople, openly condemn the
cause of their prosperity.
The medical curiosity is a twenty
eight-year-old girl named Marie Bou-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10
NINGPO WORK BAG.

Have you a Ningpo fan among your
summer toggery? If so, you will ap-
preciate the frivolous little work bag
which can be fashioned from the rustic
wind wooer. The fans are quite mex
pensive, twenty cents being the price
for the gayest designs in scarlet and
orange. Let us suppose you have Sc
lected one as vivid in it's coloring as
the heart of Jack rose. Now, all you
have to do is to prepare a bag of silk,
leaving the bottom open, so the edges
may be fastened to the edge of the fan.
When the drawing strings are brought
into place the pliable straw will curl
upward, forming on each side of the
silk bag quite a substantial guard for
its contents. The handle, which is
left on the fan gives you fine grip.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10

yenyal For thirteen years she has
been asleeT and the physicians say
that she may sleep for forty, or even
fifty years longer, and again she may
die at any time. People live to a green
old age in Thenelles, Tut that can
hardly be advanced as a reason for
iCrgevity in the case of Marie BOuyen-
val Her case is absolutely unpre-
ceGented in the annals of medicine.
OF course there are many cases Of
trance sleepers on record, but none of
them approach this French peasant
girl in the matter of time.
The home of this wonderful sleeper
is humble enough and the evidences
Of poverty are plentiful. Right inside
the doorway is the bed on which the
g4rl is sleeping, the same bed on which
She has slept since 1883. The only
otha occupant of the cottage, or hut,
is the mother of the afflicted girl.
Nine. Bouyenval is fat, frowsy and not
p.easant looking. Her life is &lmOEt
as solitary and as emotionless as that
Of her unconscious daughter. The VII
lago folk have nothing to DO with her.
for that is part OF their hatred for the
Bouyenvals The single reason for
his is Stat mother Bouyenval accepts
any money that is offered her by lie
doctors or curiosity seekers who see
TIE girl. While it is true that she
lives by the malady of her daughter,
the living is poor enough, and it would
lie q stony-hearted stranger who could
visit that hut without placing a piece
Of silver into the hands of the old
mother.
The village folk are not content with
quietly ignoring the old woman and
stunning the Bouyenval cottage: they
GO out of their way to tell weird stories
to strangers about her. They say that
she is witch, or a magnetiZer. who
purposely keeps the girl asleep that
she may make money by exhibiting her
Poor old mother Bouyenval knows of
all these stories, and they have done
much to give her face the distrustful
look it always bears.
But these fables of the peasants are
the veriest bosh. Since the first day
that the girl fell into her wonderful
sleep she has been under the care of
the village physician, good and
honest man. who has done much to-
ward interesting the great scientists
of Europe in the case in the hope OF