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Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09

Trains stop only on signal. or when oonuno- tor ts notired. Daily except sunday
 Additional trains leave Poughkeopaia for utgh- land and New Paltz t7:es, fe'30 a;s<, ioSo tii90. m. I2'sO, EGO s;oO, { o1, 500, tb,si, 800, co pm.
 Poughkeepsie tf,lb, IS IS q.is, IOIh, li.iR d m, i2.l. l.4S 2as Sts, { 4S bts 6tsp. m
 Train No caves Winsted as a m No fotk 6 06, Canaan @, salisbury s S6 Iakevihc co. Arrive at Mlllerton is m. New York il.q5 a m Train No 10 leaves New York SS D m MI. lerton C. 0l, Lakeville s.i1, Salisbury 6it, Canahn esL Norfolk 2 @ Arriye at winsted ! ls ? m. Trains and 10 carry through coach between winsted and Grand Central station, New York. via Millerton and Harlem Division YC
 Trains leave Rhineclin goo R m., aR D m, arrive at Siyernails 10 4s a m., aRi m.
 Trains leave SiivernRils ii q a m q ca D m. arrive at Rhineclin ia h m, a9 D m
 Trains leave PouEhkecpsie for Hopewcu Junction p& A- m, % and h0s D m. sunday Sbs D. m.
 Trains leave Hopowen Jet for PoughRecpsle 10 la a m, bi and ss D. m. sunday M D m, Passengers for Minerton On the ia.Ss D, m. train from Ha. tford will change at state line, arriving at Millerton at is D m
 Western Express, train I, makca direct con- nection at Campbell Hall with fast express via Ontario Western Ky for the West, due Chicago following day A3o D, m. Special attention given to westerntrayel Rates of fare ti Co @ iowcr than any other ttne
 Tickets to all points in the west at reduced rates sold at the Poughkeepsie ofIioe.
 w.J. Martin. Traffio Manager, uJdord. Ut
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
7Ti5jI.'lllas&ol $ ln.le' 2 HESE~A@Sz

During t,:e latter part of the eight eenth century and the early part of the nineteenth tue lodgeroom was furnish. ed with a long table and, where the lcdge was large, with two long tables, extending Tn parallel lines from the east to the wrst. On these tahles We're mot only the eInbianS of AIasc lry, | ct also materials Tor rafreslment. for in those days every section of the lecture had its peculiar tLast or sentiment, and at its conclusion the lodge was called from labor to refreshment by certain ceremonies, and a toast, technically called the charge was drunk In a bumper, with the honors, and not un- frequently accompanied by an appro- priate song. g."-Trestleboard.
 Thomas w. Patton has been elected grand treasurer of the grand lodge of Pennsylvania for the twenty-ninth time.
 Los Angeles council of Royal and Se- lcct Masters has a membership of PTS, making it the largest council in Cali fornia.
 YoungstowD, O., will have a Masonic temple to cost $75,000.
 There are 414 chapters of the Order of Eastern Star in Illinois.
 The square speaks to us of integrity, yes, of that everyday honesty of pur- pose and action without which no man can be a true Mason.
 Thomas J. Shyrock has been re-elect- ed grand master of Maryland, having already served fifteen years in that exalted office.
 Every officer should feel that the work of the lodge could not be per formed unless he was present and per formed his part, says The Masonic Standard.
 There are ninety-three Masonic lodges in Holland.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Promoter of Ps.c. ne,a

Baron Jean de Bloch, councillor of state of Russia, political economist, .ailroad expert and author of '"The War of the Future" died at Warsaw Tuesday. Jean de Bloch was the author of a remarkable book and through it won a fair title to be called the author of the peace conference at The Hague ''The War of the Future" with its ter rible array of facts as to the cost of war in life and material and with theo- ries deduced in the Spencerian method, startled, it is said, the czar, whose min- ister he was, and inspired the ukase which astonished Europe.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Many Reinstatement Tn the UnIforI
 Rank-Helmet GIints.

Mauy he1nstatements In the Uniform
 Rank-Helmet Glints.
 The total number of forfeitures re- ported since the special assessment and up to Oct. were about Il, ,O00. Of this number over 2,000 have already been reinstated. Applications for further reinstatements are coming in every day.
 Two halls in Missouri have been re- gently dedicated to Pythian usages. One is at Noyinger, and is the largest building in that thriving town, and the other Is at Jameson, where in connec- tion with the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias built a hall, each order owning one third interest in 1t.
 The uniform rank is experiencing a lively boom in the grand domain of California.
 On June 1, 1901, the amount of un- paid death claims was S559500. On Oct. 1 the amount of unpaid death claims was $359,O00, thus showing a reduction of liabilities in four months of $2OO.5O0.
 The dramatic order Knights of Kho- rassan includes in its membership some of the brightest, brainiest and most loyal Pythians in the supreme domain
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
WILL REGENERATE FOUL AIR
Novel nnd Important Invention of
 Two French scIentiafa.


 It appears from an article in a recent number of La Nature that some time last year Desgres and Balthazard called attention to a substance which is used in dyeing and which in contact with water becomes decomposed into oxygen and soda. The substance Is called binoxide of sodium, and in some experiments performed at the Faculty of Medicine lately 1t was shown that animals could be kept alive for hours in closed vessels by regenerating thc exhausted air with this chemical. This led to the discovery that by throwing binoxide of sodium in small quantities into water In a dramatically sealed vessel a sufficient quantity of oxygen was disengaged for respiration. while the soda simultaneously formed fixed the expired carbonic acid of the air, and that at the same time destruc- tion by oxidation of the toxins in the gas from the lungs took place.
 Following up these discoveries, Messrs. Desgres and Balthazard have succeeded in devising an apparatus that will insure life in a medium other
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Oldest Bank President Dead.

bank presidents in the United States, died suddenly at Mount Morris, N Y, on Monday. He celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday on Thursday last and danced. MT. Mills was presi- dent of the Genesee River National bank up to his death and had been its president continually since its forma- ton, in 1853. He was one of the .en- gineers of the old Genesee Valley ca nal and helped to lay the rails of the first railroad between Albany and Schenectady.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Knights of Honor.

Upon death of member the order pays to his benefciaries $500. $1,000 or $2,000, as he may elect
 During October there was a large in- crease of new members over any other month the past year.
 It Is just as important to watch the suspensions as it Is to get new mem- bers, and a few words of explanation or encouragement spoken would save many a good member to the order.
 The Knights of Honor charges the exact cost of carrying the protection and no more.
 The Knights of Honor has been do- ing business for twenty-eight years and hes paid every certificate in full.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Don and Wolf

There has been some dispute as to the descent of the dog-whether it Is an improved progeny of the wolf or a distinct variety. That 1t is a different species Is proved by the fact that the dog and the wolf will mate and pro duce offspring. Nevertheless 1t Is prob able that the dog Is merely descended from the same original stock with the wolf
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Yankee. and Russian. Clash

A serious clash has occurred between sailors of the United States ship Vicks- burg and Russian soldiery at New .hwang, China. There have been three lights, and as a result one Russian sol Her is reported wounded. The matter was made the subject of complaint by he Russian ambassador at Peking to United States Minister Conger. and Mir Corger in turn has informed the state department. Secretary Long has ca Oled Commander Berry of the yicks- burg to use every effort to prevent fur .her collisions
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
THE MAN WHO NEVER LAuoHs."

The complaints above named all yield Co the action of Benson's Porous Plastera, and quickly too. Not only those, but colds and coughs, kidney and liver affections, all compositions and muscular strains, diseases of the chest, asthma and all ailments which are open to external treatment It Is ire quently said that Bensons Plaster is Pdia's Master. It cures when others are not svcn able to relieve. For thirty years the lead ing external remedy. The old-style plas- tors, as well ns sslyes, hniments, oils, etc, horse. Ask for Benson's Plaster; take no other. All druggists, or we will prepay postage on any number ordered in the United States on receipt of 25o. each.
 Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N N.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Strong Evidence Against Fitchnm.

W. A. Mason, United States special examiner, has completed the work of reviewing the evidence of Teller Fitch am's embezzlement from the First Ma tional bank of Ballston Spa, N. I. He finds sufficient evidence from the books of the bank depositors to warrant in iictment. The United States district court meets in Albany Feb. II. There will probably be two charges-embez zling $115,256.S7 from the bank and '.ilsify'ng the teller's books in attempt.
 Dg to cover the embezzlement
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Her HNfnrNncNa

Mrs. Hiram-And have you any ref erences?
 Applicant-No, mum; Ol tored 'em upi .- Mrs. Hiram Gin surprise)-Tore them up? How foolIshi
 Applicant-Yez wudn't think SO, mum, if yez had seen 'em.-From "Recollections of Mrs. Minnie E. Leo"
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
No Right to Live.

Beggar-Won't you give me some money, professor? My money is all gone, and I can't live.
 Professor-Iiow cid are you2
 Beggar-Forty years, sir.
 Professor-Forty years! Don't you know that according to the latest mor- tality tables the average age of the male population of Europe reaches only thlrty-four years and five months? Sta. tistically you have no right to live any longer anyway! Meggendorfer Blat- tlr.
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09

in 1898 was elected master workman, in which capacity he Is still serv- ing after an in- terim of sever al years. In t h e gra n d lodge he has been a valua- ble member and has con .a
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Nzzz8E2E@RH1z3

Perry NJ. Thorn of Hamburg, grand overseer of the grand lodge of New York, was made a member of the order in 1885 in Hamburg lodge. For several years he was recorder of his lodge and
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
ONCE IS ENOUGH TO SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait of Dante is worth seeing-once. But once is enough. Some such look you notice on the faces of thoee who have suffered, and still suffer, much physical paini people subject torheumRtizm, gout, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumbs- go, or pain from some old lesion. This pain habit putsits marks on them, as the custom of handling ropes crooks a sailors fingers; or as too much riding of a bicycle stamps a worried expression on certain faces. No wonder people said of the Italian poet Ss be passed along, "There goes
Connecticut western news., 1902-01-09
Preparinx For the Future.

faith in God and the feeling that he will do for you that which Is best, and you will be ready for either sunshine or shadow. The other eleven months of the year 1902 will not al be made up of gladness or of grief. The cup that is all made up of sweetness is insipid.- Between these just opened gates of the year and the closing of those gates there will be many times when you will want God. You will have questions to decide which will need supernatural impulse. There may be illnesses of the body or Perplexitles of mind or spir- ltual eXhauStions to be healed and comforted and strengthened. During the remaining twenty-six days of this month lay in supply of faith and hope and courage for all the days of the eleven months. Start right, and you will be apt to keep right Before the ship captain gets out of the New York Narrows he makes up his mind what sea route he will take. While you are in the Narrows of this month make up your mind which way you will sail and unroll your chart and set your compass and have the lifeboats we'll placed on the davits and be ready for smooth voyage all the way across or the swoop of Caribbean whirl- wind.
 The Monster AbOmination.
 Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for some time In poor health, and to while away the time he wrote preposterous religious romance. One Joseph Smith haI oP haS it was printed and published 1t as revelation of heaven, calling 1t the Book of Mormon" and from that pub lication came Mormonism. the monster AbominAtion of the earth. Rev. Solo,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-24
BRIGHTON.

The farmers are all rejoicing over
the rain which came last Friday, and
puts different appearance to the grass
and small grain. Just a little more
and the pastures will be ready.
Matt Jack1ey hauled a large load of
bran from Kansasvi1le Monday.
Henry Weis and Jake Weber have
been breaking in colts for Ludwig
Bros. the past week.
The Eagle Lake Dramatic club will
give their drama, entitled Hickory
Farm" at Salem Friday evening, the
18th, followed by dance. Admission
Is cents.
John Vanderboom was out riding in
brand new buggy Sunday. He
called on relatives in this neighbor-
hood.
John Englehardt took large load of
hogs to Kansasvi1le Saturday.
A valuable horse belonging to
Rhodes Bros. was kicked last week by
another horse njuring it quite badly.
DR.. Moyle was called from Waterford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rhodes were
Union Grove visitors last Wednesday
evening.
Early seed potatoes are,in great de-
mand as all farmers are wanting to
plant early.
A gang of house movers from Bur-
1ington moved Lewis Rhodes old
house last week. It will now be used
as tool shed.
Will Jones, of Paris called on friends
in the eastern part of town Sunday.
John Heck and family visited with
relatives in Waterford Saturday and
Sunday.
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WHEATLAND.

Joe LEM bought new windmill of
Ben Leach.
William r. Curtis and Miss Hattie E.
Morris and Charles H. Curtis and Miss
Clara B. Morris were united in mar
riage Thursday morning at 9 O'Clock
at the parsonage of Park avenue M.
E. church of Kenosha, by Rev. w. w.
Stevens. We join with their many
friends in wishing them long and
happy married life.
Mr.. Reiski, of Milwaukee, has been
here buying horses recently.
w. F. Worth, of Burlington, had
business here the first of the week.
Peter Sch1ax and wife, of Wilmot,
were the guests of A. Richter and
family Sunday.
c. J.Worth went to Chicago Monday.
P. w. Peterson, of Salem, called
here Saturday.
George Pierce purchased new car
riage Of w. H. Morgan, of Wilmot.
Frances Lukes returned home Thurs
day from Dover, where she had spent
several weeks.
Joe Leach, of Burlington, was down
here one day last week.
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WOODWORTH.

Miss Lizzie Fiddler went to Trevor
on Sunday.
G. R. Shepard, of Racine spent Sun
day with his father and family.
A. E. Tarbell and VIM. Firchow
started last Sunday for California
where they expect to spend some time.
Miss Lillian Scare arrived here from
the Park city on the Sunday evening
train.
M. B. Bowker, of Oshkosh, called on
friends in this neighborhood one day
last week.
C. Curtis and Fred Parker were over
Sunday guests of relatives and friends
near the village.
We are glad to report Mrs. 6. O..
Vincent on the gain.
Ward Rowbottom has been substi-
tuting as teacher for his sister, who
has been suffering from an attack of
the grip.
A. Bush and wife spent the first of
the week with relatives here.
Geo. Shepard has the mumps.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Marsh are visiting
with their son Charles and family.
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Annual Report Of the Moneys Received
and Spent by City Presented
by the City Clerk.
s93s.38 IS ALI THAT IS ON HAND
More Than $156, 900 Spent During the Year
in Carrying on Affairs of the City
Outlook Gloomy one.

The city of Kenosha has a bal
ance of $939.38 with which the new
City Council is starting out it's work
for the year. This fact was shown by
the annual statement of the finances of
the city which was presented to the
City Council Monday evening by the
city clerk. The report of the clerk de-
nlands no comment. 1t shows plainly
where the city funds have come from
and where they have gone. 1t shows
that during the year just past nearly
$157 900 was taken into the exchecquer
of the city, but little of this amount
remains unexpended at the opening of
the new council year. The report of
the clerk is as follows:
Financial Statement.
Statement of receipts and disburse-
ments compiled from the city treas
urer's report for the year ending April
14th, 1902.
RECEIPTS.
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SOnerS.

The third quarterly conference OF
the M. E. church will meet at the
Sylvania church Saturday afternoon
May 8. DR.. D. C. John will occupy
the pulpit Sunday, May 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Danforth Chaffee, of
Racine, spent Tuesday in the village.
Ed. Leet has accepted position at
Corliss.
Adam Rice has been paper hanging
at Franksville the past two weeks.
Chris Jensen, who has served in the
u. S. army for some time, has returned
home.
The sad news was received here last
week Of the death of Mrs. Burdette
Burgess, of Chicago.
Miss Hattie Spence is substituting
for Mrs. Peck in District No. 5, Paris,
on account of illness in Mrs. Peck's
home.
Miss Jennie Burgess and Robert
Burgess were called to Chicago last
week on account of the death of their
brothers. wife.
Mr.. John Lawrence and son, of
Franksville spent Sunday at Mr.. Est
berg's.
Matt Rasmussen spent Sunday with
friends at Berryvi1le.
Miss Sarah Leet has returned from
St. Louis, Mo-, where she spent the
| winter with her brother and his family.
! Miss Edith Smith, of Milwaukee,
spent Sunday with Miss Jennie Bur-
CESS.
! On Friday evening of this week
there will be a social at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward belong for the
benefit of the Sy1vania M. E. church.
All are cordially invited.
Thursday evening, May /, the Meth
odist society will give May social at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bulla-
more. All are most cordially invited.
Mrs. George Longmore will go to a
hospital in Milwaukee on Wednesday,
April 80, to have an operation per-
| formed.
Adam Lyt1e and Ed. Leet were Chi
cago visitors last Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. John Haigh and Mrs. Henry
Lytle visited friends in Racine last
Thursday.
Mrs. w. E. Balm made her father at
Milburn visit Monday last.
A number from Somers attended the
E1ks MINISTRIES. They report good
performance.
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4 SS SM 1NTDv q
Z CORRESPONDENCE.
EAST SOMERS.
\ ~ lSKKNISIS g 10 lSIIKISlSNKlSE
CToo late for last week }

(Too late for last week)
A. T. Decker, of Pleasant Prairie,
was seen on our streets last week.
Jno. zuideweg is employed at car
penter work in Zion City.
Neighbor Johnson equipped his we'll
with fine new pump recently.
Hay from this locality sells readily
in Kenosha at SIS per ton.
Hiram Bradley, of Chicago, called
on old acquaintance in this vicinity
Sunday.
Miss Carrie M. Fonk attended the
High school oratorica1 contest at Bur
1ington Friday night.
If Uncle Phil L. will be kind enough
to call round and settle with friend
zuidweg regarding a certain cow trade
we shall rise and tender him a vote of
thanks. Please don't make any more
such breaks to our Holland friend,
Philip.
Mrs. M. Boswell and mother, of
Somers, were calling on friends and
relatives in our burg last week.
Kenosha Heights is fast becoming a
dourishing suburb. Several new resi-
dences are in the course of erection.
Some early potatoes we're planted
last week, but the ground is too cold
yet to permit any growth.
Miss Shearer resumed her school
duties in Pleasant Prairie Monday.
Neighbor NORM has commenced
work on his Grand Mire property.
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BRISTOL.

Chicken insanity still RACES in this
phase of the mania is upon the death of
one of the feathered pets to place small
memorial windows in the coops in
scribed with the name Of the deceased
fowl and an appropriate epitaph re-
citing its virtues. I noticed one the
other day in which worldliness and
Christian sentiment were queerly
mixed. It ran something like this:
tBiddy, Matched June /, 1900, and died
of the gapes April 4, 1902. She was
good hen without a cussed louise on
her. Not dead only roosting higher
Mr.. Hanse1 has sold his place in the
village to Hon. D. Burgess, Of Salem.
Consideration $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geddings, of Union
Grove, have been spending few days
at the home of w. G. Bacon.
The present dry spell is seriously
menacing the prospects of the farmers
in this county. Feed of all kinds is
very scarce. The pastures were fed
down so close last year that the grass
will not start without good deal of
rain. Another dry season would be
bad blow to the farming interests.
Mrs. F. Ob1inn has sold her small
farm east of the village to John Brown,
of Paris. Consideration $1,000.
The government will start the free
mail delivery in this section July !.
There are two routes laid, one north
and one south of this town.
Miss Alice Stevens has been visiting
friends at Appleton. Wis.
Will Firchow and A. Tarbe1l have
started on trip through California and
Oregon.
The buildings destroyed by fire on
the Kingman and F. Lucas places are
being rebuilt. J. Dixon is the con-
tractor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kingnan are
expected home from California next
week.
1t is reported that twelve oeet Sugd
factories are to be put up in this state.
What is the matter with Kenosha
county farmers trying to get one here?
The matter was agitated in Salem a
few years ago. No better land in the
state for that purpose than there is
right here.
| Word has been received here of the
quite serious illness of Mrs. Lewis
Vanwie, of Lincoln, Neb., we'll known
in this county.
Farmers have gone daft on tele-
phones.
Farm help still continues very
scarce in this section. Small boys are
being drafted il the service.
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EAST SOMERS.

1t is reported that school will reopen
in District No. 10 next Monday.
DR.. Ripley, of Kenosha, was seen on
our streets the past week.
A few of our people took in the Elks
minstrels in Kenosha Friday and
Saturday nights.
John Pedley has commenced work
on his new barn.
Scarlet fever seems to be decreasing,
still there have been few recent cases
in the burg.
Hiram Bohanan is employed at
mason work on the hosiery building.
The recent improvements of West
Kenosha lead us to believe we shall
not long be portion of Somers.
A number of Pleasant Prairie resi-
dents spent Sunday ia our community.
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A PLEASANT EVENT.
Kenosha Society is Entertained at Pleas
ant Dancing Party at Simmons Hall.

One of the most enjoyable events of
the year in Kenosha was the dancing
party given at Simmons hall Tuesday
evening at which Mrs. William Senne
and Misses Kate Kelley, Mollie Su1li-
van, Barbara Faber and Lizzie Pirsch
entertained a large party of their
friends. In honor of the evening the
hall was tastily decorated with plants
and flags.
Dancing was the feature of the
amusement for the evening, the music
being furnished by the Compton or
chestra. At midnight delightful re-
freshments were served in the balcony.
More than two hundred guests were
present at the party and ali report a
very enjoyable time.