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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898. THE VERMONT BRATTLEBORO, BELLOWS FALLS NEWS. Another Startling Fatality. Metireen Knocked from the Thomas A Bridge into the Canal by Ratiread Body Recovered in a Mutilated Condition. Bellows Falls seems to be having, a sacof startling, and in cases facession Thomas McGreen, one of the older citital, accidents during the past few weeks.

lost his life Friday afzens of the village, ternoon in a terrible manner. He left his residence on Atkinson street o'clock to go to the depot. In doabout 1 ing mill on Green street, and this he went around through the old yard Canal streets, to Rutthrough railroad iron bridge across the i head Rockingham and land of the canal. This has been a route much him for a long time. While frequented bridge between the tracks he by overtaken by the mail train from Rutcrossing the was little deaf he evidently did land.

Being a until it within not hear the train of him. The train was not movfew feet having stopped and whistled ing the crossing but a few rods The rapidly, for who saw him, expected he would off the track until it was ton engineer, get The large snow plow on the pilot of late. the locomotive struck him and threw him off the bridge on the upper side into the canal. The accident was witnessed by a who gave the alarm. He number of people immediately rose to the surface and floated the whole length of the canal In a nearly crowd, upright the current being so rapid he could position, followed by an increasing not be rescued.

It is probable the injury from the train, and the fall, caused death than drowning. Effort was made rather to shut the head gates in the canal above the mills before the body went through, but it was impossible until it had been minutes. When this was missing some and men went into the canal below done, them, only a few parts of the body were recovered. Evidently it was caught in the gates as they descended and somewhat mutilated. Effort was made all the afternoon to recover it by raising and lowering the gates, examining closely each time drawn off, but with little the water was success, the main parts of the body re maining undiscovered until Sunday morning.

Saturday the family arranged to have a diver come from Boston and if the body not found when the gates were shut was Sunday morning have him examine above the gates. This was not needed, as when the water was shut out the body was found caught upon a cross rod which held the side of the canal together just below the boiler house. It had come from the gates after they were opened the last time. All of the body were recovered. The parts funeral was held from St.

Charles's church Tuesday morning. and old Catholic cemetery in the family lot. Mr. McGreen was born in Ireland and was 74 years old. He came bere in 1848, about a year after he emigrated to this country, and has lived here since.

He was employed the most of his life by the Vermont Valley, and the Cheshire railroads. For the past 15 years he has not bee 1 actively in business, having accumulated some property. His wife died five years ago, since which time the only members of his family were four daughters, who had lovingly cared for him. had also four sons, all of whom are living and have families of their own. An additional sad circumstance connected with the death is that it is supposed by the family that he had upon his person at the time of the accident quite a large sum of money of which no trace has been found.

He had a deposit in the Bellows Falls Savings Institution previous to the slight run upon it two years ago. He drew this money out at that time, returning a part later, and has since carried him an excessively large amount. It is supposed it was in a wallet in his vest pocket, and although the clothing was mostly recovered no trace of it is discovered. Mr. McGreen was a man higbly esteemed by all who knew him, strictly honest all his dealings, earnestly opposed to intemperance in all its forms, a quiet, genial Dature that will long be missed in the community.

Col. Charles B. Stoughton. His Death and of His Brilliant War Service and His Family History. Col.

Charles B. Stoughton, who died at the Soldiers' Home on Monday, was buried on Wednesday in the churchyard of Immanuel church in the Stoughton family lot, by the side of his brother, Gen. E. W. Stoughton, and his parents.

Col. Stoughton was born in Chester Oct. 31, 1841, and was the second son of the late H. E. and Laura Clark Stoughton.

When a lad his family came to Bellows Falls, which was their home for several years, when they removed to New York city, where Hon. H. E. Stoughton was associated in the practice of the law with his brother, the late Hon. E.

W. Stoughton, who was later foreign minister to Russia. Charles B. graduated at Norwich military academy, and when Company A of the Third Vermont regiment was mustered into service he was the drill master, which was the first service he rendered the Union army. At the age of 19 he went out as adjutant of the Fourth regiment, which had for its colonel his brother, the late Gen.

Edwin H. Stoughton. The esteem in which he was held as a brave, daring, intrepid soldier was shown in his rapid promotion, which has few parallels. His record was that of an ideal soldier noted for his courage and dash. He went out as adjutant September, 1861, was promoted to major in January, 1862, to lieutenant colonel in September and colonel in November of the satue year.

was wounded July 10, 1863, at Funkstown, five days after the last day's fight at Gettysburg. The wound caused him the loss of one eye. After the war he entered the law office of his uncle, Hon. E. W.

Stoughton, in New York, where he studied and practiced law for several years, and then in his profession in New Haven, Conn. The Stoughton family had a wide reputation, even nationa', the elder as lawyers, and the younger as soldiers. The family of H. E. Stoughton consisted of Gen.

Edwin Col. Charles Mrs. A. D. S.

Bell (Sue Stoughton), and Mrs. William Hooper (Louie). Mrs. Bell, now of Cambridge, is the only surviving member of the family, one child having died in infancy and all the others within a few years. Col.

Stoughton married Ada Hooper of Dorchester, who, with one son and three daughters, survives him. Col. Stoughton died of consumption in the Soldiers' Home at Bennington, where he had been but about two weeks. His sister, Mrs. Bell, and other friends were with him when he died.

His body was brought here on Wednesday for burial, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Bell and two sons of Cambridge, Bradley Stoughton and Miss Mildred, son and daughter of the colonel, of New Haven, Conn. Rev. C.

S. Hale of Claremont, N. who was personal friend of the family, read the committal service at the grave. The pall bearers were all members of the Fourth regiment: H. W.

Spofford of Rutland, H. E. Taylor of Brattleboro, John W. Graves of Saxtons River, Geo. M.

Rogers of Alstead, N. H. W. Hutchins and B. M.

Smith of Bellows Falls. The services were in charge of Adjutant Barney Cannon, and 40 veterans were in line as escort. The Corporation Meeting. It Will Be Held Next Monday Evening -Total Village Expenditures of 801 During the Year---What the Reports Show. The annual report of the officers of the Bellows Falls village corporation has been distributed this week in anticipation of the annual meeting of the voters next Monday evening.

The treasurer's report shows expenditures in the different departments 88 follows: Streets, $6223; lighting, $3319; fire department, $2668; water department, $2106; police, $907; health, $141, and miscellaneous, $1524; total, $16,891. The total expenditures in 1896 were $16,112. The principal increase was in the fire, light and miscellaneous departments, the latter having been increased about $1200, caused largely by the settlement of two suits at law (for personal damages against the corporation) which were compromised. The indebtedness of the corporation is $54,629. This has increased from $54,373 since the last annual report.

The fire department has been called out six times daring the year, at only two of which was there any loss, in the basement of the opera house and the barn of George Sabin. Probably $3500 will cover all fire loss to property in the corporation during the past year. The board of bealth report 51 deaths in the village compared with 57 in 1896. There have been a total of 61 cases of diphtheria reported, only one of which was fatal. The largest number have died from the ing causes: bronchitis 6, heart disease 5, consumption 5, accidents 5.

The contract for street lighting expires next August and will probably cause some discussion at the Monday evening meeting. The report of the water commissioners shows no profit during the past year, caused by the excessively low rates charged. An increase is strongly recommended, as has been advised for a number of years. This should certainly be done this year. report of Chief-of-Police Thompson shows that be has seven assistants, and that 76 arrests have been made during the 56 of which were for simple breach vear, of the peace and nine for intoxication.

Two bundred and four tramps have been lodged at a cost of $51. The reports are very complete and in detail. They cate the affairs of the village to be in a perous condition, with promise of its continuance. A tax of 30 cents upon the grand list is suggested as necessary for the coming year. The meeting Monday night should be fully attended, and every citizen should take a personal interest in the details of our government and its administration, instead of avoiding this duty, and then finding fault that things don't go as they think they should.

This is often owing to an entire lack of knowledge of circumstances which are fully discussed and voted upon at the annual meetings. Dr. 0. S. Davis of Springfield is to de liver a lecture in the Congregational church next Thursday evening upon "'The Slums of East London." The pulpit of the Congregational church was supplied Sunday by Rev.

John H. Reed of Newburyport, and he preached at the union service held at the Methodist church Sunday evening. In 1897 there were 117 births recorded in the town of Rockingham as against 156 in 1896. There were 72 deaths as compared. with 94 in 1896.

There just marriages recorded in town last year. N. A. Wheeler has this week moved his the north store in the new Maynard block stock from his drug store in Walpole into on Rockingham street, and is ready for business. This makes a fourth drug store in the village.

The January catalogue of the New England Telpbone and Telegraph company, which has been distributed this week, shows subscribers to the Bellows Falls exchange to number 133, and the number of public offices outside 32. The C. W. Osgood Bible class connected last year celebrated its 25th anniversary of with the Congregational church, which organization, has this week issued a printed call for a "rally Sunday" on the coming Sunday. There are now about 90 members, and an average attendance of about 45.

Rev. Thomas Dixon's lecture at the opera house last Friday evening more than fulfilled the expectations of those who beard him. It was the fourth entertainment of the Bellows Falls lecture course. The next is not until March 4, the "Rogers-Grilley -musical and reading. "My Friend from India," by Smyth de Rice's comedians, is to hold the boards at the opera house this evening, and the reputation of the company is such that all theatre goers are promised a rich treat.

The troupe come here under the management of J. E. Brosnahan, and the sale of tickets has been at his insurance office. The case of Wm. H.

Smith vs. John Parker Bagley, which was tried recently in the Windsor county court for a third time, is of local interest, Smith having worked here as a plumber. He sued for $10,000 damages, claiming that Bagley had alienated Mrs. Smith's affections. The verdict was for $1000 and costs.

A part of the defence was the claim that Mrs. Smith's coolness toward her husband was because of his alleged wrong-doings while living here. The case will go to the supreme court on exceptions. Last Saturday the firm of Alexander, Smith Co. of Saxtons River filed a schedule of their assets, which consist of little but the woolen mill plant for which they have parties ready to pay about 000 as soon as a clear title can be given, and $2000 to $3000 in personal property.

Their schedule of liabilities shows a total of only $11,435, substantiating the statement made a few weeks ago when the petition in insolvency was asked for, that if the trade was allowed to be consummated the firm could pay all indebtedness and have a balance left. The mill could then be started ot once. An assignee is to be appointed at a meeting called for Jan. 25. The Connecticut River Savings bank at.

Charlestown, in which some of our citizens had deposits when it failed two years ago, began Tuesday of this week paying its first dividend, amounting to 10 per cent of the deposits. It is being paid at the national bank in Charlestown, The assignee is F. C. Faulkner of Keene, who has shown discretion in handling the serious tangle and winding up the affairs of the unfortunate bank. It is probable that a still further division of the funds will be made at a later date, dependent upon the realization of cash upon some slow western investments.

The past prosperous year, throughout the West, has added a large amount to the assets above 1 the prospect one year ago. Dr. Kirkland was greeted by a house full of young men at the Y. M. C.

A. rooms Monday evening, there being 87 to hear his practical talk upon "An Unseen World, or Some Things We See in a Microscope." He fully illustrated his lecture by pictures thrown upon the screen by a stereopticon operated by E. G. Osgood. An evening of much interest and instruction was enjoyed.

Various forms of animal and vegetable life, seen only by the microscope, were shown and fully explained. This was the eleventh of these Monday evening talks, the average attendance Best dinner: tion, cure constipation. prevent vegetable: distress, do aid not diges- gripe Pills Purely or canse pain. Sold by all druggists. 25 centa.

Prepared only by C. L. Hood Lowell, Mass. to which has been a fraction over 90. Next Monday evening the educational committee, having acceded to numerous requests, will have the practical talk given in Union hall to better accommodate the large number who wish to attend.

It will be open to ladies, no admission fee being charged, but the audience will be asked to contribute at least enough to pay for the hall, as they pass out. The subject is "Personal Experiences in Andersonville by Deputy Collector of United States A. S. Fleury, who had an experience of 11 months in various Southern prisons and tells his story in the most graphic manner ever heard here. He told it to a few personal friends here a year ago, from which a large amount of interest has grown to have our citizens all have an opportunity to hear it complete.

It is hoped that the hall will be filled. BAXTONS RIVER. Alexander, Smith Schedule. An assignee of the insolvent firm of Alexander, Smith Co. will be chosen at meeting of the creditors Jan.

25. The following is the schedule of assets and liabilities: Description of property: Real estate woolen factory with machinery, dye house, and stock houses in Saxtons River; four dwelling houses and lots in Saxtons River: wood lot, 30 or 40 acres, in Saxtons River: all the buildings above mentioned are situated on one pounds fleece colored ing 45 acres. Personal, property: 5000 and white wool, scoured: 1000 pounds colored waste: yarn, book accounts, claim in a law suit pending in Los Angeles, etc. Schedule of Creditors: John A. Farnsworth, Saxtons River, note $5500, due $3200, Hannah B.

Perry, Saxtons River, note $4000, due $2865.39: same note $1246, due $1558.93: Charlotte A. Anderson, Waterbury, note $1025, due Mary C. Alexander, Saxtons kiver. note $1834.54, due $1959.59: Harriet A. Scollay, Saxtons River, note, $100, due $109: John H.

Baker, Saxtons River, $400, due $428: Mrs. Irene Holmes, Saxtons River, note $75, due $12; W. W. Cory, Saxtons River, account about $20. The wood and log teams are active, improving the fine sledding.

Henry Davis bas just bought for his own use a superb new sleigh. Henry Wiley long an invalid slowly declines in mind and body. He is now very weak. Mr. Cory is disposing of handsome sleighs under the inducement of splendid sleighing.

Mrs. Holmes has for several weeks been confined to her bed. She suffers from spinal weakness. Steady progress has been made from week to week in the stone work and in grading for the new bridge. The marks of fire upon the Milliken house are well covered.

A neat porch takes the place of the old shed which was burned, so that the place is improved in looks. The thaw of last week caused the ice in river to break and go out. These late cold days have nearly made ready another crop of ice for the further supply of the community. Dr. Campbell is very feeble and takes very little food.

It is difficult for him to talk yet he retains his consciousness and quietly awaits the close of life. His children are constantly in attendance at, his bedside. Union services continue this week with unabated profit. Sunday and Wednesday evenings large numbers from Vermont Academy shared in the village meetings. The followers of Christ are glad to find themselves again and again "all with accord in one CAMBRIDG EPORT.

Leon Bowker has moved into the house with E. L. Burnham. The friends of Robert Parker gave him a surprise party Tuesday evening. Miss Cudworth of San Franciseo, visited her cousin, R.

N. Marsh, the first of the week. At the ladies' benevolent meeting held last week with the Misses Harwood, Mrs. Dana Fairbanks and Mrs. Cushing won the prizes in the cookie contest.

The series of cottage prayer meetings begun during the week of prayer have been continued, the appointments for this week being as follows: On Tuesday ing with Mrs. Wyman; Wednesday, Dea. E. H. Howard; Thursday, S.

J. Weaver: Friday, R. H. Hall. GRAFTON Mrs.

S. D. Brown left Monday to visit her daugbter in Cambridge, Mass. J. Fred Watrous died Saturday afternoon, Jan.

15, at his horse in this village aged 58 years. Sunday services at the Congregational church will be at 1 P. M. for the remainder of the winter. Gerry Prouty has improved his staging outfit, making it very comfortable for passengers and convenient for baggage.

The timely discovery of a chimney burning out prevented what might have proved a serious fire at the house of Mrs. E. S. Hall on Tuesday. Willard Lindsey, 65, a native of this town, fell dead from heart disease Dec.

31 on L. A. Roby's farm on the Dunstable road near Nashua, N. where he had been superintendent the past 15 -years. Mr.

Lindsey went to Nashua when about 21 years old, and is remembered only by the older residents of this town. He leaves a wife and son. WESTMINSTER. Mrs. F.

B. Hyde was very ill a part of last week, but is recovering. Sidney A. Spencer is very ill, but was more comfortable at last account. Rev.

and Mrs. Locke of Alstead visited at Mrs. B. F. Sleeper's this week.

B. F. Sleeper is closing out his goods, and will close his store soon. The delivery team was taken off the road last week. Baxter Bros.

are guaranteeing the farmers $12 per ton for sweet corn for ADother season, and if prices go higher the growers are to receive more accordingly. Lewis Wright of the firm of Wright Brothers, Chauncy street, Boston, WAS here Tuesday and Wednesday and bought of H. F. Bond his season's collection of raw furs. The whist club are to have a sleighride to Bellows Falls today.

They will attend the play at the opera house, after which a turkey supper will be served for them by Landlord Dunham at Town's hotel. Mrs. Ann M. Ellis, widow of John Ellis, died last Saturday in her 80th year. She leaves nine children, of whom five, John James Wesley Ruth and Matilda, all live in this town.

The daughter, last named, lived with her mother and cared for her in her last sickness. The children living in other places are Herbert A. of Bellows Falls, Mrs. Corcoran of Kansas City, Mrs. Jennie Wood of Putney and Mrs.

Clara Richardson of Keene, N. H. One son died in the war of the rebellion. SPORTING. W.

E. Ayer of Putney has been elected captain of the Goddard seminary base ball team. Reynolds, formerly pitcher for the Claremont team, is a student in the engineering department at the University of Vermont. He is expected to cover third base for the 'varsity team. M.

B. Yaw, Knosburgh Falls boy, has signed to catch for the Springfield base ball team of the Eastern league. Yaw and Leroy Beeman, the latter son of Rev J. D. Beeman of Brattleboro, were the battery for the Montpelier seminary team in their college preparatory days, and when at Wesleyan they became known as two of the best men in their positions in the college ranks.

Mr. Yaw and Myra Augusta Scribner were married at Enosburgh Falls last summer. Mr. Yaw has been teaching in a school at Stamford, since his graduation from college, and his friends are surprised at his determination to become a professional base ballist. GRANGE NEWS.

Windham County Pomona grange will hold its first meeting of the year with West River grange in Townshend next Tuesday. A large number are expecting to attend and are anticipating an interesting meeting. In the afternoon the question will be "To what extent would the single tax law benefit the farmer." It is expected that District Deputy G. W. Pierce will also tell us about "The Future of the Grange." grange Wednesday evening several appliAt regular meeting of Protective the.

cations were two were ballotted upon and accepted. At the lecturer's hour Mrs. May Edwards gave a reading and the question for discussion, "The Postal Savings Bank System," was then taken up. Mrs. A.

S. Ranger read an excellent paper on this subject, giving an account of its origin in Eagland and Canada. Those selected to talk upon the subject being absent the lecturer called upon different members. C. S.

Hopkins thought favorably of it. Dr. Hamilton C. D. Whitman were of the opinion that this was a serious question and should be investigated thoroughly.

As the members were not posted sufficiently to talk upon the matter it was suggested that this same question be taken up at a later date. FUGITIVE ARRESTED. the Springfield Republican of this morn John Sullivan of Brattleboro succeeded in October, 1896, in wringing from the American wringer company $80 worth of goods while acing as their agent in Brattleboro, and left for parts unknown. He was not again heard from until yesterday, when he was located by the wagon manager of the company, B. J.

Delaney, in Northampton. Later he was arrested on a warrant which has been waiting for him in Brattleboro for over a year. He pleaded to be allowed to come to this city and settle the claim against him, and was granted the privilege, spending a part of the afternoon with L. G. Hess, the local manager, at the company's office at 30 Dwight street.

At 5:30 o'clock it was found that negotiations were about fail. and the office boy was dispatched for a policeman. Sullivan immediately took the hint and started out of the office, and for some moments played hare and hounds with Hess and Delaney on the moist sidewalks and back dooryards of Dwight street. He was finally captured, however, and sat upon till the officers arrived. The charge placed against him was being a fugitive from justice, and the Brattleboro officers will come to this city for him today.

"Sullivan" was brought to Brattleboro this morning by Chief of Police Hall accompanied by the managers of the American Wringer company. A hearing will probably be held this afternoon. Murdered His Family and Killed self. A case believed to be a triple murder and suicide was discovered at New York Monday. The bodies of John Matthews, wife and two children were found in Matthews' home on Columbus avenue, under circumstances that would indicate the man murdered his family and then committed suicide.

Matthews did his murderous work with a hatchet and then shot himself with a pistol. The mother and children were asleep at the time. Matthews was a retail grocer and is believed to have been despondent over pecuniary difficulties. From letters left by him it is evident not only that he had long contemplated the act, but had the cooperation of his wife, who often urged him to kill the family and then himself. A vessel to be named the Oceanic, which is now being built for the White Star line passenger service, will be the largest ever launched.

Her length will be 704 feet, 25 feet longer than the Great Eastern and 55 feet longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. It is expected that she will be able to maintain a sea speed of 20 knots, and her coal capacity will be so great that she will be capable of steaming 23,000 knots without coaling. ARE YOU AFRAID of weak lungs? Have you pains in your chest? Are you a little short of breath? Are your bowels disar-. ranged? Do you sometimes have a night sweat? Is there a tendency to weak lungs in your family? Then take our advice and take ANCIER'S P. EMULSION ETROLEUM With Hypophosphites.

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Electric Railroads in Vermont. One Hundred and Nine Miles Built and Projected and $1,350,000 in Capital Invested. (From the The growth of electric railways in Vermont has been remarkable since the trolley system was introduced. Previous to the year 1894 there were but two street railways in the state, and these were operated by horses. These roads were in Burlington and Rutland.

The close of the year 1897 finds seven electric railways in operation with 50 miles of track and an equipwith 14 miles of track completed, 11 ment of 48 cars; two roads being, built in process of building: and two roads projected with a mileage of 34 miles. This aggregates 109 miles of electric railway built, in process of construction and projected. The investment on electric roads already built amounts in round numbers to $1,350,000. Roads partly built, or projected, call for An issue of over $1,335,000 in stocks and bonds. Here then is an enterprise representing an investment, made or contemplated, aggregating more than 500,000.

The first electric road in Vermont, and the most successful one to date, is that of the Burlington Traction company. It was originally operated as a horse railway, but was changed to the trolley system in 1893. The line runs from Burlington to Winooski, and comprises 10 miles of track, with an equipment of 18 cars. The capital stock is $200,000, and the road is bonded for $125,000. Elias Lyman is president and W.

F. Hendee treasurer. The Military Post railway was built as a trolley road in 1895, and runs between Winooski and Essex Junction, via 'Fort Ethan Allen. There are five miles of track, and the company owns six cars. The capital stock is $80,000, and bonds issued amount to $75,000.

F. C. Kennedy is president and J. J. Flynn treasurer.

The Rutland street railway was changed from a horse road in 1894. It runs from Rutland to West Rutland and has 10 miles of track and nine cars. The capital stock is $125,000 and the bonded debt $81,000. John W. Cramton is president and Newman Chaffee treasurer.

The Brattleboro street railway was built 88 an electric road in 1804. It extends four miles of track three cars. The from Brattleboro to West. Brattleboro; has capital stock is $48,500. There is no funded debt.

The Bennington and Woodford electric railway was built in 1896, and has in operation nine miles of track between Bennington and Woodford. The capital stock is $100,000, and the line is operated only during the summer season. The Springfield railway was built in 1896 and connects Springfield, with Charlestown, N. H. The road is seven and a quarter miles long and the equipment consists of five cars.

The capital stock is $125,000, and the bonds represent $100,000. The Barre and Montpelier Traction and Power company has in process of construction a line between Montpelier and Barre, by way of Berlin. The length of the track is nine miles, and the company owns 10 cars. The president is J. S.

Pierson and the treasurer A. O. Humphrey. The Mount Mansfield electric railway was built in 1896, and run between Waterbury and Stowe, 10 miles. The capital stock is $300,000.

A. D. Pike is president. The Bennington street railway has been merged into and consolidated with the Hoosick Valley Street Railway company. The line runs from Bennington to North Bennington and thence to Hoosick Falls.

The road will be 16 miles long, five miles of which are now built. The capital stock is bonded debt $300,000. In addition to the above electric railways several more are projected, and will probably be built in 1898. The latest proposed road will be built by the Western. Vermont Railway company, and is survey.

I ed to run from Middletown Springs to East Poultney, thence to Poultney and Hampton, N. Y. The line then runs past 16 large slate quarries to Fair Haven, Hydeville, Lake Bomoseen, Castleton and Ira, terminating at West Rutland. There will be five miles of track and 15 cars. The capital stock is $430,000.

J. S. Pierson is president and J. J. Flynn treasurer.

Another electric railway is projected to run from St. Johnsbury to Lyndonville, nine miles. The capital stock is fixed at $200,000 and the bonds at $125,000. F. C.

Kennedy is president and J. J. Flynn treasurer of the company. Tags on Codfish. The government is having a lot of codfish tagged at Wood's Holl, to be released in southern New England waters this winter.

The tag is fastened by wire to one of the fins, the fish first being stripped of When a cod having such a tag comes into the bands of a fisherman, dealer, or other person, he is urgently requested to remove the tag and send it by mail to the United States Fish Commissioner, Washington, or to the United States Fish Commission station, Wood's Holl, together with the following information concerning the fish: Date when caught; on what grounds taken; weight before being dressed; total length, measured from nose to tip of tail; also the position of the tag, and what other information they can give. It is expected that the inquiry will prove of practical interest by showing, among other things, the rate of growth of the cod, the frequency of its spawning, and the extent to which individual fish migrate. -Hartford Courant. tell me, professor, that you have mastered all the modern He "All but two--my wife's and her mother's -Judge. Last Words of Imprisoned Miners, How Bravely They Can Die.

Showing do men feel when about to dieHow not after being wasted and weakened by disease, nor when the blood is heated by the strife of battle, but where they see inevitable death approaching and know that in certain number of minutes it will a seize them? There was a colliery disaster in one of the Scranton (Pa) mines reand one of its ten victims seems to cently, have demonstrated how a miner can face the certain approach of deatb, for with fortitude he wrote with a steady hand in his grimy notebook words of consolation. advice and cheer to his wife and children the moment the band of death was up to upon him, and his message from a living tomb was ended with a quavering scrawl. The question is answered also by a most remarkable record preserved by all old Lackawanna miner, a native of Saxony. By the disaster, which was at colliery in Saxony, many miners lost their lives. Of those who were not killed outright by the explosion, but were preserved for the more terrible death of suffocation, one wrote to their friends.

None of the messages reveals bitterness against the messages fate that the men could not avert. The old Lackawanna miner is a survivor of that casualty, and has copies of those meswhich were found in notebooks and sages on scraps of paper on the bodies of the doomed men when they were at last recovered. There is a strange pathos in some of the lines scrawled by these deathbesieged men in the gloom of their narrow prison. A youth, Janetz, had pinned to his coat a leaf from his notebook on which were written these last words to his sweetheart: "Darling Rika: My last thought was of thee. Thy name shall be the last word my lips shall speak.

Farewell." Lying next to young Janetz a miner named Moretz was found. On a paper in his cap was written: "Janetz has just died. Reiche is dying and says: my family I leave them with Farewell, dear wife. Farewell, dear el children. May God keep you The miner Reiche, when his body was found, clutched in his hand a scrap of paper.

On it was written: "Dear sister: Meyer in the village owes me ten thalers. It is yours. I hope my face will not be distorted when they find us. I might have been better to you. Good by." The absence of all selfishness is apparent in all the messages.

dear relatives," wrote the miner Schmidt, "while seeing death before me I remember you. Farewell until we meet again in happiness." The miners who died by suffocation had been driven from one place of refuge to another, according to the entry in the notebook of one named Bahr. is the last place where we have taken refuge," it read. "I have given up all hope, because the ventilation has been destroyed in three separate places. May God take me and relatives and dear friends who must die with me, as well as our families, under his "Dear wife," wrote Moller, "take good care of Mary.

In a book in the bedroom you will find a thaler. Farewell, dear mother, till we meet Mary was the miner's only child, who was blind. A miner named Jaehn wrote to his brother, who was a miner, but had been unable to work that day: God for His goodness, brother. Thou art safe." "No more toil in wrote Freitch. "Kind wife, rear our unborn babe to fear God.

Bless thee! Farewell There are other messages breathing the same spirit. The uniform strain of piety running through them all is explained by the custodian of the records. The miners of Saxony are reared in a strict religious school. On entering a mine they petition heaven for protection through the day, and on leaving it at night they return thanks to God for guarding them and bringing them safely through the dangers of their toil. "I never read the simple messages of those doomed miners without wet eyes," said the old Lackawanna miner.

can picture to myself the scene of the roughhanded but soft-hearted men spending their last moments, not in raging against fate, not in wild cries for mercy and screams of remorse, but in writing these farewell messages to their loved ones, who were even then bewailing them as dead." A beech tree, 12 feet in height, is growing on the tower of the church at Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, England. When a man owns blooded horse he is always careful of Its health. He looks after its diet and is particular that be the feeding shall regular and right. While he is doing this it is likely as not that he is himself suffering from some disease or disorder. When the trouble gets so bad that he cannot work, he will begin to give himself the care he gave the horse at the start.

Good pure, rich, red blood is the best insurance against disease of any kind. Almost alt blood. diseases come from impure or impoverished and discase Keep can the find blood pure and strong no foothold. That is the principle on which Golden Medical Discovery Doctor It Pierce's cleanses, purifies and works, puts and keeps the enriches the blood, order; makes whole body in perfect strong, assimilation appetite good, digestion perfect. -It brings ruddy, virile health.

It builds up solid, whole. some reduced flesh below (not fat) when, from the healthy standard cause, any Messages from the Dead. The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of gold in California wil begin inion Francisco next Monday. Ir connection with the jubilee a mining fair be held, which promises to be the will most complete exposition of the kind ever known in the West. Rev.

B. W. Jones, 30, pastor of the Universalist church of Barre, died Wednesday from typhoid ferer. He was a native of lowa, graduated from the theoDubuque, logical department of Lombard university Galesburg. in 1802, and after a two at years' pastorate in Waterloo came to Barre He leaves a wife and daughter.

Luther Swift, 60, of North Pawlet, was instantly killed in Granville, N. Wed. nesday. He was in a sleigh in front of a grist -mill when the noon whistle WAS sounded from the electric light plant. His team; one of which was a young colt, got frightened and swerving rapidly around threw Swift from the sleigh against a trestle with such force as to crush his head.

At the late national Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention it was said of medal contest work that "the temperance cause has no greater ally." The banner state for holding the most contests in proportion to membership is Missouri, which has had a contest for every twentieth member. Orders for medals and sup. plies have been sent from New Zealand and Alaska. A number of contests have been held in Ontario and Manitoba-Canada. Supplies may be had at any time of Mrs.

E. A. Kenyon, Townshend. Rules for these contests are not as hard to be followed as for the Demorests, while the medals are much alike. Some six years ago the discovery was made that glycerine added to vaccine lymph not only lessened the pain and flammation of those inoculated, but enhanced the efficacy of the lymph by destroying the microbes," and thus purifying it.

The Germans quickly adopted this new style of virus, and the glycerine-stored lymph displaced the old kind. Experiments recently made show that even the tubercle bacilli cannot exist in this new preparation of lymph. This latest discovery leaves the anti-vaccinationists almost no ground for keeping up their fight. In England Dr. Monkton Copeman, inspector of the English local government board, had remarkable resuits in experimenting with this sterilized lymph.

The matter is to be brought before Parliament with a view to securing legislation whereby the people can have the benefit of this discovery. The most striking success in English journalism of late years is that of the London Daily Mail, which was founded in May, 1896, and in less than two years has attained a circulation of 380,000. It is the property and the idea of Alfred Harmsworth, who is 32 years old, a millionaire (in pounds) and one of six brothers who among them own 18 weekly papers, a monthly, and four dailies. The Bookman asked Mr. Harmsworth for his journalistic creed, and in the course of 'his reply be said: "I believe that half the journalistic notions of what the public want to read are wrong; I believe the public is far better critic than is usually imagined; I believe the public does not care an iota about size -if anything a small journal is preferred to a big one; I believe that price has little to do with the success of a publica- very tion; I believe that the attractions of illustrated journalism are enormously overrated; I believe party journalism to be practically dead; I believe in independence.

A Card. their all these who have so kindly given to us help and sympathy in our recent and great affliction. we wish in this manner to our Father gratitude and appreciation, and express richly bias and comfort them in all trials may our through which they may be called to pass. ELIZABETH KENNY, CHAS. E.

NEWELL, MRS. ALBERT W. ROCKWELL FAMILY. Brattleboro, Jan. 90.

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