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Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
COMMUNICATIONS.
Where the Blame Lies.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 I notice in the newspapers of Saturday some severe criticisms upon the action of the Board of Public Works in sending to the Common Council an estimate for so large an amount of money for expenditures in that department during the coming year.
 As a member of the Board of Public Works beg to inform the critics that al- though the amount is twice as large as it was for the present years work, still it is not sufficient to cover the large amount of bridge and other public work already ordered by tte Common Council, together with that immi- nent. And it is the lawful duty of the Board to inform the Common Council during each October, how much money must be raised for expenditure in public works in its depart ment, so that the taxes can be laid sufficient ly high to raise the amount of money re- quired. If the taxpayers do not like a 'raise'' in taxes they must not allow the oc- casion for high taxes to happen.
 J. B. SARGENT.
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4 MORNING. NOVEMBER r. Iss1

of the management of the trust are, accord ing to the same authority, under $500 per annum. The deaths in the Peabody build ings, calculated from sixteen years expert ence, have been at the rate of only sixteen and seven-tenths per thousand per annum, while the general death rate for the metropo- lis during the same period has been twenty three and four-tenths. The death rate in crowded districts surrounding the buildings may be taken at thirty or forty to the thou sand.
 The other afternoon in London a quaint custom was observed at the office of the Queens Remembrancer at the Royal Courts of Justice, where the formal services due to the Grown on behalf of the Corporation of London in respect of certain of their prop erty were duly rendered. Proclamation having been made as follows s'Tenants and occupiers of piece of waste ground called the Moors in the county of Salop, come forth and do your service" the City Solicitor presented himself, and cut one flag ot with hatchet, and another with bill hook: Proclamation was then >made Tenants and occupiers of certain tene- ment called the Forge, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the county of Middlesex, come forth and do your service" The City Solicitor, in answer to that counted six horseshoes and 61 nails, the Queens Remem- brancer saying Good number" With that the proceedings ended.
 Professor Heckelmeyer, of Pennsylvania, has, it is said discovered new bug, the cinaer 0ntl1dcitals, which is eating up the coal deposits. It is only about as large as the top of needle, but it is very numerous. It eats holes in the coal and if it eats long enough completely spells it for use. The professors theory is that the coal oil which is produced in such great quantities is only the juice of these insects which have been crushed. He says that the hissing and cracking of coal when first put upon the fire is caused by the expiring struggles of these cimices, and the reason why one kind of anthracite burns faster than another is that one has more bugs than the other He says the bugs will bore into the flesh and produce white swell lings and eventual death, but that coal miners who drink much whiskey are never annoyed by them. The Springfield Union points out that nature always finds a supply for new wants, and thinks it not unlikely that the cinaer G1at1taacitus has been evolved to give thrifty coal dealers pretext to put up their prices the coming winter.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
FOR REPREsENTAT:vEs.


 A clean, respectable and suitable ticket for representatives has been placed before the voters of this city by the Republican nomi- hating convention.
 Captain Frank W. Tiesing (selected by the committee appointed to fill the vacancy in case Mir. Wilbur F. Day should decline the nomination) is now serving the city as Alder man from the Eighth ward. He has been a member of the city government for several years, and has made good record as Coun- cilman and Alderman. He has been Captain of the City Guard for number of years, and is very popular. He is man of good standing in the community, and is able and upright. He would make good working member of the Legislature.
 MT. Louis H. Bristol is a member of one of the old families of New Haven, and a law yer of high rank. He is largely employed as a committee of the Superior Court in impor- tant cases. He would make an admirable member of the Judiciary committee, being sound and conservative. The interests of New Haven in the Legislature could not be put into safer hands.
 Anybody, Republican or Democrat, can vote for these gentlemen with the certainty that if they are elected New Haven will be we'll represented
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

INCREASED TAXES IN PROSPECT.
 MT. J. B. Sargent comes to the defense of the Board of Public Works, of which he is a member, and informs those who criticise the Board for sending to the Common Council for expenditures in that department during the coming year that although t1e amount ts tariee large as tt aoas for the present year's aoork stiy ft is not saticiezat to co0er tue loaye amount cf bridge and otber pat6Ac qcork d. 1eazy ordered 6y t1e Common Council, to- gether acith thdt imminent. He points out that it is the lawful duty of the Board to in- form the Common Council, during each Octo Der, how much money must be raised for ex- penditure in public works in it's department, so that the taxes can be laid sufficiently high to raise the amount of money required and reminds the taxpayers that if they do not like 'traise" in taxes they must not allow the occasion for high taxes to happen
 In this connection it is interesting to look at the estimates made by some of the city departments for the coming year. The amount asked for by the four principal departments-Public Works, Police, Fire duu heeltA-lS 1fot,Jt LttSt year Go2f,- O5O was asked for by the same departments. Last year the Board of Public Works asked for $l65, 700. This year it asks for $32O,- 750, or nearly twice as much as it asked for last year. The Health department wants $7,358 this year, against $4,9S0 last year, and it is intended to increase the salaries of it's executive officer and clerk.
 It is natural in times like these that the ex- penditure of public money should increase, and it is also natural that more should be spent than there is really any necessity for spending. The taxpayers will have enough to pay without taking upon themselves the burden of an additional debt of $2,000,000 or so in order to buy and improve the water works. Is it, therefore, good policy for any one owning piece of real estate, small house or any taxable property, to vote to have the city assume such 8 burden
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

A Burlington belle, who has several beaux, Wears black and magenta striped heaux, Az her shos small that they pinch her teaux Her lovers, alas deadly feaux. And one has wart the end of his neaux. This Burlington belle the story geaux, Fares not how much her father eaux; If one of her beaux would just propeaux, She thinks is would end her earthly weaux. Perhaps it would Heaven only kneaux
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 IA NJ R." asks this conundrum "Why do the French eat less than any other na- tion ?' Because one egg is always un oeuf for them-Rosto71 Transcript.
 A young clergyman in Ohio recently mar ried couple in the following brief manner :: s'Do you want one another?' ?' Both replied, ''yes" t'Well. then, have one another"
 An advertisement reads: "Wanted-A young man to be partly outdoor and partly behind the counter ;" and the Cleveland Le0der asks ''What will be the result when the door slams ?''
 Pat Muldoon was considerably disappoint- ed after he had bought his ticket for ''Othel- To" at Booths Theater. "Bedad," said he, as he walked down Twenty third street, q thought 1t was 0'Donevan Rossi, so did. !" -P1LFE
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

An increase of taxes is generally expected The city departments want more money thar they have had, and the town will want more If the taxpayers get off with rate of two mills on the dollar they will do well.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

The scent of office seekers is keen. We are informed that gentleman of influence in this city has had applications from no less than fifty persons for his help towards getting an office in the city Water department, if we hoy
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

Mayor Latrobe of Baltimore has signed an order absolutely prohibiting the sale of toy pistols in that city. The large number of deaths by lockjaw last summer prompted the passing of the act
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

One thing is certain, and that is that the real estate ring covers more ground than the water ring.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

The Philadelphia Tunes believes that Cash fer Baldwin left the Newark bank building because it was the only thing which, if stolen, the directors would have missed.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
TAKE THE SAFE SIDE.

If you are undecided how to vote on the Water question take the safe side and vote against the purchase. It is safe to accept the company's offer and it is safe not to add to the cit5's debt. Any other course will be, at best. doubtful experiment
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

4 good deed in naughty world: In 1876 the bursting of dam in Clinton, Mass, swept away the factory of Bryant & King, and ruined them. They turned over all their property to their creditors, and thus paid seventy-five cents on the dollar. The credit ors voted them two and half per cent. to sue the owners of the improperly built dam, and after five years litigation they have re- covered the damages claimed Their first act is to forward to their creditors the full amount due them at the settlement in 1876, with interest up to date, which they were under no compulsion to do.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

1st District-JoHN R. HILLS, of Hartford. Sd District-ARTHUR G. PoMERoY, of Suffield. 4th District-ANDREw s. UPsoN, of Pennington. 5th District-JAhEs s. ELTON, of Waterbury. 7th District J. H. BARTHOLOMEW, of Branford. 9th Dis rict-R1BERT Corr, of New London. 11th District-CHAs. P. SrURrEvANr, of East Lyme. 18th hDistrict-TALLMADGE BAKER. of Norwalk. 18th District-SAs1UEL SHERMAN, of Brookfeld. 17th District-EUGENE S. Boss of Windham. 18th District-LoRIN A. COOKE of Barkhamsted- 18th District-RALPH E. CANFIEID, of New Milford. 21st District-RICHARD P. SPENCER, of Deep River. 23d District-RALPH P. GILBERT, of Hebron. For Representatives From New Haven
 FRANK W. TIEsING,
 LOUIS H. BRISTOL.
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

The original half million sterling given by Mir. George Peabody for the erection of mod el lodging buildings in London has now be- come e72o,Oo This large increase in the capital of the trustees is stated by their sur veyor to be due to the income from the buildings. The occupants of rooms are stated to include all grades of the working classes, from the laborer and washerwoman to the skilled artisan. The entire expenses
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
SenatorfaI Nominations,

Monday Morning, Nov. 2, 1881.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07

The new census of British India has been completed, and the total population of that vast empire is found to be 252, 541. .210. This is the first complete census ever taken, and it is also the first time that any general census has ever been attempted in a single year. The population of provinces which now re- turn almost thirty four million inhabitants is now ascertained for the first time The aggregate population mentioned above is considerably larger than the usual estimates of about 237 millions. The combin ed area of the provinces under direct British admin istration and of native feudatory states is 1,472, 854 square miles, so that the popula- tion averages IT to the square mile. The area of India is very nearly identical with that of the States of the Union-not includ- ing territories-without Texas.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
PACIFIC COAST.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION.
CALIFORNIA.
Items from Sam Francisco.

SAN Francisco, December 2lst.-At the
session of the Grand Council of Chosen
Friends this afternoon the following officers
were elected to fill vacancies in the Grand
offices: Grand Vice-C Commander, C. w. C.
Rowell; Grand Treasurer, III. Fromberg /;
Grand Marshal, G. l.. Stone; Grand War
den, V. l.. Earnshields Grand Guard, R.
Rothenstein; Grand Trustees, John Stande
and J. T. Harris. At the conclusion of the
election the Grand Council adjourned subject
to the call of the Grand Councillor.
James Nolan, substitute foreman for En-
CINE Company No. 6, of the Fire Department,
died suddenly to-day from disease of the
heart.
Judge Finn rendered decision to-day In
the Tittel estate case, involving some $780,
600, ordering distribution of the property
among the heirs, in accordance with the terms
of the will. The Court denied the claims Of
William Siebrecht, as tbs devisee of Tittel's
second wife, to any share in the property.
The case, it is anticipated, will go to the Su-
preme Court ON appeal.
The Board of Trustees of the California
Prison Commission met this afternoon, for
the purpose of renewing the organization for
the year. Owing to the near approach of the
holidays, it was determined to lay most of
the business over until after New Years.
The Trustees agreed to prepare for vigor-
Gus prosecution of ths work of prison vista
tion, and to appoint committees for that pur-
pose.
The Zealandia sailed yesterday for the
Australian Colonies, carrying goods valued
at $50, 600.
Four hundred and seven Chinese arrived
tc- lay on the British steamer Devonshire,
from Hopgkong.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
TIE TEA FARM.

The report of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture on the South Carolina tea farm
experiment is disoouraging, but apparently
not more so than should have been ex-
pected. Those who had the matter in
charge SEEM to have taken pains to pick
out the most unlikely spot for cultivation
they could find. They selected piece of
forest land with thin and sandy soil, in
a situation exposed to frosts, and then
they were surprised that they could not
grow tea at once to compete with that OF
China and Japan. The only wonder is that
they got any plants at all, but If the
Government really wishes to ascertain
whether tea can be grown in any part of
the South it will have to pay more atten-
ton to the preliminary conditions of Guilt
walton. Thus far the experiment has not
been fairly tried.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
OUR CHRISTMAS STORY.

The responses to the RECORD UNIONS
offer of money prize for the best Christ
mas story have been SO numerous as to
indicate that literary talent is being Guilt
waited more generally than ever before on
this coast. We have received up to the
present time no less than thirty seven sto-
ries, and while the larger number of them
have been written in this State or on the
itors ambitious authors who reside in the
Eastern States, and even in Canada. We
are glad to be able to state that the aver
age literary merit of the majority of the
competing stories is decidedly high. While
we have not detected among them any of
really frst-rate ability, we are free to say
that few sink below the standard of the
short stories which are constantly pub
lished in magazines and illustrated weekly
papers. And there is a great variety of
excellence in these efforts, even when they
have not come up to our standard. In
some marked descriptive power is mani
tested in others the analysis of character
is very promising while in others there is
a dramatic skill which, if united with force
Of description and analytical power,
would insure success. Unfortunately this
union is rare among mex perienced writers,
and therefore we have often been COM
PEELED to condemn manuscripts which con-
tanned separate merits of quite high
order. It is inevitable that in a case of
this kind there should be many
disappointed aspirants and but one
thoroughly satisfied, but we de-
rive encouragement from the very
decided improvement in style which
we have noted in these stories, and we de.
sire to assure our competitors that they
have no reason to feel depressed because
they have not all been az fortunate as Mr..
William S. Green, of Colusa, to whose
story, entitled "Mea Culpa," we have
awarded the prize of Fifty Dollars Mr.
Green's tale is of the vicissitudes of Cali.
fornia life, and we do not doubt that the
readers of the RECORD. UNION will enjoy
it. It will appear in our issue of Satur-
day, and in our New Years issue we shall
publish another original story, written for
the occasion by our well-known and always
popular correspondent, "Kate Heath.
We are moved to say, in conclusion, that
three or four of the Christmas stories sent
to US are SO well written that we almost
regretted not having offered four prizes In
stead of one, and the merit of these stories
greatly increased the difficulty of adjudica-
ton. The task which has called out SO
much earnest and conscientious exertion,
however, must not be regarded as having
been wasted, even though it should never
be published. For it is only by discipline
and practice that even the highest literary
ability can be made available, and it
should never be forgotten by those who
possess ambition to shine in authorship
that as has been pertinently observed,
"easy writing is apt to be very hard read
"ing"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
7Hz SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROUTE.

1t is beginning to be understood that the
Southern Pacific Railroad will shortly be
prepared to compete with the ocean route
for the carriage of the wheat crop of CAL
ifornia. Although the certainty of this
has been pointed out long ago in the COL
umns of the RECORD. UNION, and though
its feasibility has never been doubtful
save to such as allowed themselves to be
blinded by prejudice arising out Of what
they imagined to be adverse interests,
the fact has now approached realization SO
nearly that it is mrossible longer to treat
it as merely a contingency. As the case
stands the Southern Pacific will be ready
by next summer to transport large pro-
portion of the crop of 1882. It will not a.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
Gas REpUDIA41oN VICTORY.

Riddleberger has been elected United
States Senator. This is the final triumph
of Malone. The latter has dragged the
honor of the Republican party, nay, even
that of the United States, at his chariot
wheels. He has carried Virginia on a
square reputation programme. He has
elected United States Senator on tie
same issue. He has committed the Adj
ministration and the Republican Senate to
this shameful doctrine. He has literally
forced it down the threats of the men who
for the sake of partisan advantage stopped
to make bargain with this mess unscru-
pulous demagogue. It is a very disagree
able spectacle altogether, and the worst
consequences of the unholy alliance have
not yet begun to appear. But we are very
much mistaken ii the Republican party
does not find in the end thai in adopting
Malone it has fastened milestone round
its neck
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-22
THIS moRsIse,s NEWS.

In Few York Government bonds are quoted at
I1sz for As of 1867; 1l4I for 4as; 1907 for BIS ;
sterling, o. sl@4 So silver bars, 1l2i.
Silver in London, 81 l4-l61 consos, 80 1-16d; 5per
cent United States bonds, extended, 103s Is. 1901
SIS, 117l
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to par Mexican dollars, 91@92e
Mining stocks were weak in San Francisco yester-
day morning, and values were in nearly all cases
lower. though the decline in each was small, all I'M
der the dollar mark.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives yes
terday announced the committees of that body.
Two childrenof Mrs. Evans were burned to death
at Sheridan. Mich, Tuesday.
The Government will not send vessel to the re-
lief OF the crew Of the Jeanette until spring.
serious railroad accident occurred at Chicago
yesterday.
Prominent Southerners scout the idea that JEFF
Davis stole s., 500 oo0in Confederate gold.
Telegraphic communication will soon be estab-
lished between New York and the South American
States by dir-ct wires.
Lee All My, on trial at Nevada City for murder,
has been adiudged not guilty.
The Italian Senate has adopted the clause in the
reform bill giving the right to vote to all who can
read and write.
E. P. upper died in dentists chair at Chicago
Tuesday, while having some teeth drawn.
The weather at Chicago this month has been the
mdest on record for December.
The steamer John S. Hopkins was burned at
Evansville, Ind, Tuesday.
Red Cloud, the trotter, who has record of 2:1s,
died Tuesday at Edinbury, Ind.
The wife of Henry George presided at meeting
OF the Ladies' Land League in Dublin Tuesday.
John Ludwig Kropf the African explorer and mis-
sionary, is dead.
1t is now thought that Edward Butler, found dead
near Napa, Tuesday, was murdered.
Congress adjourned yesterday until January 5tb.
Joseph Koch was found drowned at Chico yester-
day.
Another financial fraud has come to light at
Newark, N j., the city being swindled out OF about
s125,Oo0.
One of the Indians wounded in the fracas near
Nevada City Tuesday killed himself yesterday by
cutting his throat.
William Bidei was found guilty of manslaughter
at Boise City, Idaho, for killing Fred. Him.
Andrew J. Gleason was caved on in mine at Sill
yer City, IDAHO yesterday, and crushed into shape
less mass
Wallace Green was sentenced at Napa yesterday
to three years imprisonment for grand larceny.
Near Knoxville, Napa county, Tuesday, Philip
Mcmahon was killed by blast.
An expedition has left Kingston, Jamaica, for the
coast of Panama. to search for the spols of the buc-
cancer Morgan.