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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

MY daughter, let us HE to the dug out of
our daddies. ''Expound, mother" "The
fracture of the pipe is compound one, me
daughter the plumbers apprentice has
brought with him three drachms of solder,
and even now is telephoning for thirty reams
of wire-wove foolscap.n Wherefore the
paper ?" ITO make out his bill on, my
child Woe is me! Chaos lurketh in the
cleaning %
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

Balance Net Assets, Dec 81, 1881 .$4s 778 O93 81
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS.
Loans upon Real Estate, first lien. .S18 0S7 2O1 IL
Loans upon Stocks and Bonds. ........ 4O1,303 %
Premium Notes on Policies in force. 3347, 800 At
Cost of Real Estate owned by the Comply 12657974 80
Cost of United States Registered Bonds. 4618S53 10
Cost of State Bonds ................ 619,9O0 90
Cost of City Bonds. Observation-Disclosures. 2572, 300 "a
Cost of other Bonds. 3407, 49O 90
Cost of Bank Stock. ................- 122, 761 90
Cost of Railroad Stock. ..:........... $4,000 90
Cash in Bank 29sS,sl9 so
Balance due from agents. secured 80. 33,399 IA
s4s77s,Os3 81
Interest due and accrued. .$925, 583 SO
Rents accrued. ............... 14,373 SO
Market value of stocks and
bonds over cost. ........... 497,676 %
Net premiums in of
collection-NoNE.
Net deferred quarterly and
semi-annual premiums. 43.o58 0S
81. 4sO, 691 4s
Gross Assets December 81, 1881. $50, 25s, 784 s5
Liabilities:
Amount required to rein
sure all outstanding poll
cies, net assuming per
cent. interest. ......... .s45, $40, 598 90
A other liabilities. 1,060,61 81
---- 46, ST., 212 81
Surplus by Conn. Standard, per cent. $SSS7,571 90
Surplus by N. Y Standard, ~ per cent,
about. $4,000 90
Ratio of expense of management to receipts ~
in $50 per cent.
Policies in force Dec 81, 1881, 1913, in
Surfing s159, os9, 1857 SO
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18


DIR. 8. w. FTSKE.
CIafrvOyant Physician and Magnetic
Healer, Business and Test Medium,
nFFICE No 270 Chapel street, New Haven, Conn,
" where he be consulted regularly every
month"; from the morning Of the 10th until the 3d. at
p. m.
Office hours from a. m. to p.
The Doctor has visited New Haven regularly every
month for six years, and is highly recommended
by the people and the press the great Healer and
Physician If you sick need valuable advice do
not fail to consult him. Dr. Fske has had 81 years
experence in the practice of medicine and has made
thousands of the most astonishing OF all chron
ic and long standing diseases of whatever
ture The Doctor has the gift to describe every pain
and secret disease at sight.
His prices are reasonable that rich and poor
alike can be restored to health.
The Doctor also gives valuable advice on business
Matters and all the affairs of life, both social and
financial including Journeys lawsuits, gains, losses,
absent friends and great success in selecting lucky
numbers.
Sittinge for business affairs examination of the
sick, ST. Communications by letter upon business
or health must contain So, age, sex, lock of
hair and stanap. Address Lock Box 253 Norwich, o.
For further particulars send stamp and get circu
lar.
TAKE NOTICE-Dr. Fiske will be at the Byxbee
House, Meriden three days, commencing Feb. go, and
at Smiths Hotel, Waterbury, Conn., four days, COM
mencing Feb. 9th.
Use Dr.. W. FIsKEs VALUABLE EMINENT.
For sale by all Druggists. ja14 d&w
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

Discussed IN 1881.
To Policy holders:
For claims by
death and
tured endow-
ments. ....... So, 718,646 81
Surplus returned
to policy hold
ers............ 1924 $40 SO
Lapsed and Sur
rendered Poll
cies.. ....... 1851 4sl
Total to Policy-holders.. 80. 6,O84, 224 21
Expenses:
Commissions to
Agents. S2S6,797 O5
Salaries of Off
Gers, clerks,an
all others
ployed sal
afy 1uS,o4L 10
Medical Examin-
ers' fees....... 1o,54O Is
Printing, Advent
sing ,Lega1, Real
Estate, and all
other expenses 276,607 81
$677, 4S7 OF
Taxes. ........... ............ 454,590 06
---- $7,216,sO1 "a
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

MY sweet secret secret shall be no long
er !" dreamiIy remarked Cal to the ambient
air. Mother, l am loved ~ "Wha at !!
Has the milkman proposed ?" Never
Listen, mother! O'Hara calls me hand
painted Meringue-'sh ~ "BIiss JOY
Surcease of cheap restaurants Did /
ever think my daughter would marry a
plumbers apprentice Hardly never !"
''Hold! Calendola! What's O'Hara's dizzy ~
"Mother, you are Just too transcendentally
numismatic Know, then, that he has dou-
bic trap to put in the Tabor block, a pipe to
fix at the Mint. and q duplex connection to
sink at the Opera House" Enough, my
child I'll order a coupe to day and seal
skin trail ~ Curtain.-Dea1er NeloS.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

STS RnR ~ FnR A YEAR and expenses to agents
- 4 outat free. Address p. o.
Vtckery, Augusta, Me.
Newspaper Advertising Bureau, No. 10
Spruce street, N. Y. ja19 eod1m
TEA m I'D q Send your address for our Gaia
IA I'd . .logue and ''Direotions for form
ing Tea Clubs" French China Tea Sets, Moss Rose
Tea Sets, Stone China Dinner Sets Watches etc Civ
away. Extra Inducements offered until April 1st
CELESTIAL TEA CO.,
ja7 d&w3m 237 Westminster st., Providence,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

pies, while great quantities of blueberries
and other small fruits are put up at the vari-
Gus establishments throughout the State dur
ing the summer season.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-02-18

For sale by E. A. Whittlesey, 23S Chapel street,
E. A. Gessner &Co., 3O8 Chapel street.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
Mother swans Worm syrup.

lniallible, tastcless, harmless, cathartic;
Tor feverishness, restlessness, worms, con-
stipation. 90 cents.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
An OLD ,runnrn.
The Story Told by a Convict of Crime
Ten Years Ago.


The Frenehman, Henri DE Boisnvs. wbs
is In the Essex county, N. T., iaiI on The
eharge oil numbering his wife, who was A
WIDOW named Betsy Wells when he made
ner acquaintance Inst spring, has told the
Essex authorities strange story about the
mysterious disappearance from Essex 10
years ago of a resident named Iemaire. He
claims that he overheard a conversation be-
tween Lemalre's boarding-house keeper and
vile In which the woman threatened to be.
tray a murder. De Boisnys asserts that
when he found an opportunity to talk to
tue woman about Lemaire she turned pale
anu SAID that II there had been murder Il
would never be found out. The ESSEX
county authorities have decided 10 make an
investigation. Dc Boisnys Is seid to have
made frequent attempts recently to escape
from jail. lie was resident OF this city
ior TWO years until March last, when his
WIG Celestine died, her funeral expenses
aud doctors bill being paid by the French
Benevolent Society.
DE Boisnys induced colored woman
named Elizabeth Brown, nicknamed French
LIZ, 10 accompany him TO Lake Champlain.
n. T., on q small yacht. The colored
woman was for time regarded as another
yicum, but reached this city safely. Then
De boisnys, drifting about the neighbor-
noou OF Troy, n. T., fell In with Betsy
Wells, who had been left widow with a
snug farm and dwelling. The wooing was
brief and Dc Boisnys, a vagabond and prob
able French convict, walked in and hung
up his hat as master. On August he went
riding with his wife, but did not return
home, going instead to a town called Whal-
lensburg, Essex county, where his wife's
iarfi was. Her corpse was found in the
woods, almost nude, with bullet wounds In
the breast and head. Her garments and
pistol were found In De Boisyns' wagon
when he was arrested on the following dav'
The theory Is that he had tired of her and
murdered her because she refused to trans
Ter her possessions to him, as he desired.
DE BoisnYs' abode while In Philadelphia
was in miserable shauty on South Front
street, near Greenwich Point.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
iah LARGEST RETAIL STOCK OF DRY
GOODS.
~. srRAN9RIDGE 81 CLoTHIER,
'LALEks IN DRY GooDs EXCLUSIVELY,
EIGHTH and MAHKgT STREETS.
Celestial omclals in ph,,ads,ph,a

wCnnng Tsao Ju, Chi Chin Yang and D.
t',I ~ bartlett, of the Chinese Embassy, regis
Ssi, Su at the Continental Hotel, Philadel-
r-a, iast evening. The Chinese Govern
msa ,iI having in contemplation a steam rail-
fSIa. 1a system throughout the Empire the
p,"s,a p,Iese Minister recently suggested to
sSi. Si,ugnt g Arthur his desire TO VISIT Pepnsyl
s,,l. %1la Tor the purpose of making on inyosti-
p,sIao pIl oi Tue resources of the State. The
bsnn b',leat expressed great qualification at
Vhts,dlo aoie TO promote tho wishes of the
~sleI, S, and requested Attorney. General
SIe ''er TO escort the diplomatic party.
lemor. ow they will visit Baldwin's Loco
motive WolrSs, then proceed to Altoona to
ltpect the shors Of the Pennsylvania rail-
ioad. The party VIII then go to Johnstown.
where the Cab. bria Iron Works will be tho
s,pycial object OF heir visit. Pittsburg will
4. Sue Western terminSs of the trip, where
vii, many many great iron mannia, turing interests
Ts Ts 'gcelSe pse the attention of the Minister.
ieDao,e5a % or,ee5ana,syivania Railroad Company MS
Glpisbeou,' GIeu The use of special car ,luxuriously
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
czorHzzu.
"NEws FROM THE CORNERS. .

Oyercoats seem to be the
leading topic these DAYS and
we are always ready to inform
the people where to find the
best stock to select from. Prices
are lower ON many grades than
last year and the variety OF
styles surpasses all of our pre-
vious efforts to give the Will
mingtonians something to
please them. Now just drop
in at any time and especially
during this week and see what
we have. 1t may be Of interest
to you to know such a stock of
goods is kept in our city and
unless you call you will never
know. Our Fifteen Dollar
Overcoats are taking the lead
yet many cheaper and some
higher in price are at the Will
mington Clothing House,
Fourth and Market streets.
JNo. w. DIEFENDoRF & Co.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
''ROugIl on Rats. %

bdbnna. Out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants,
cents skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
zffsCELL4xE0tts.
HOUsEKEEPERS
BEDS! BEDS!

U.s. "yandii" Sd N r. 10TH 1872
Commodore Earl English u s. NJ RaHid
nit herewith the statements LIEUT. WILDE Executive
officer of this 0
PATENT ELASTIC FELT MATTRESSES and PILLOWS
This statement made accordance said
articles issued to this ship approval OF he
THE FELT MATTRESSES PILLOWS
therefore,
undergone trial Of something moro than eight months.
The present condition OF Mattresses Pillows
elasticity
having
lie
moisture either from the body remained
sweet and pure and free from the slightest Objectionable
mophwe.
g The Mattresses and Pillows
were also found be In
despite all efforts
As qualities make the following report
wide,
inches weighing
OF the Felt possible chain shackl
the model which then placed
side The model was still above the
taken from weigh four
pounds gross weight the greater
had absorbed The water had
90
81
PATENT ELASTIC FELT MATTRESSES and PILLOWS
for the use of Officers the Navy
oe and durable substance for the
ana sa most efficient Life
using these Mattresses with
OF these Mattresses and Pillows
Very respectfully ervan
signedl RICHARD W. MEADE, s.
CoMMANDANrs OFFICE NAVY YARD, N Y,
sgnedl W. W. QUEEN, Captain Commanding
United States
DEAR SIR gives pleasure
bon recently held Berlin
of Life Bolsrs
and Pillows respectfully,
F. isionero d Fisheie
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
The Larest Returns

best and al simpson is elected one of tho
lsrpc" M most reliable tailors of the city.
select fsnu sla varied assortment OF styles to
out sny oul ~, and q perfect at every time with
OVereosta Iteration. Try him for q stylish
,lotSS'a ,ltoat and pair Of pants, or fino suit of
RuldSI,n,, Second story Morning News
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
Ready for Fan nn.,n....

,loie. IN IN Stock of hats and caps now In
Aais We ve svs. most elegant stock Of Derby
" loves, ,sr !, mad made up. Prices as usual,
no, No an ~ me city. e. II. Rumford =
,V4 Market street..
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
Men

p6ysIss.,% % oid suffering from nervous or
70 Pror 9Neoility or impotence should send
York 'V; e. MarstOu, 19S Fulton street, New
hood '9l S complete treatise on lost man.
sent under cover, free. tts,w
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
. -
Bird Mamma

Keeps canarics in constant song, and cures
diseases. 10 cents at drug store. Bird
Food Co., Camden, N. j.
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15
NOVEMBER No DRAWING.
WHOLE TICKETS, so. HALF TICKET
n Tickets, $50; IS Tickets, sl00.

xan,it Money or Bank Draft In Letter, OF seho
nv E4press. Don Il Send by Registered Letter or
Fosf oiIce Order. Orders Of g and upMarn ps ~ pH
eraers II, III HI B0AHDMAN, Gonrtersy onFnsel 3 n
sain Lesasnns LosissyIlls NJ W., Ycat. 81 s siy.s a
The daily gazette., 1882-11-15

Dr. Picrcc's "Favorite Prescription" for all
those weaknesses peculiar to women is an un.
equalled remedy. Distressing backache and
"bearlng-doTn" sensations yield to its strength.
giving properties. BY druggists WIS
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15
A Smile of Satisfaction.

This from the Cleveland iOhi0) Pen.
my Press, carries it's own suggestions:
Recently meeting Mr.. H. G.. Keffer,
treasurer of the Cleveland Herald,
our representative inquired of that
gentleman, after stating his mission,
if he personally knew anything about
the Great German remedy, st. Jacobs
Oil. Asmile played across Mr.. Kef.
fer's expressive face and his eyes
twinkled merrily ashe replied in the
affirmative, I will not refuse to state
my experience with it, and you may
use it as you think best. Four years
ago I sprained one of my ankles, an &C.
cident which, as you are aware, en-.
tails much suffering and sometimes
leaves the lint in a condition to re-
mind one frequently of the old hurt.
Unfortunately this result ensued.
Whenever the weather became damp
or my system absorbed the slightest
cold my ankles panied me. This went
on at intervals for over three years,
and I could not obtain relief. last
winter applied the St. Jacobs Oil and
it completely cured me. / have not
since felt a return of the pain.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

The House Chinese bill which
passed the U. S. Senate last week,
by vote Of 80 to Is, and only needs
the Presidents signature to become
a law, provides that from and after
the expiration of 80 days after the
passage of the act, and until the ex-
piration of 20 years after it's passage,
the coming of Chinese laborers to
the United States shall be suspended,
and prescrlbes the penalty of impris-
onment to not exceed one year and
a fine of not more than $500 against
the master of any vessel who brings
any Chinese laborers to this country
during that period. 1t further pro-
yides that classes of Chinese excepted
by treaty from such prohibition,
such as merchants, teachers, stu
dents, travellers and diplomatic
agents, and Chinese ]aborers who
were in the United States on the
18th of November, 1880, shall be re.
quired, as condition for their ad.
mission, to produce passports from
the government of China, personally
identifying them and showing that
they individually belong to one OF
the permitted classes which passports
must have been endorsed by the dip
lomatic representative of the United
States IN China, or by the United
States consul at the point of depart.
ure. It also provides elaborate ma.
chinery for carrying out the purposes
of the act, and additional sections
prohibit the admission of Chinese to
citizenship by the United States OF
State courts, and construes the
words ''Chinese laborers'' to mean
skilled and unskilled laborers, and
Chinese employed in mining.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Fergus Falls has already ordered
its machinery for the electric lights
from the East and expects to. be the
first city in the State to adopt it in
stead Of gas for lighting up the
streets.
John Miller, of Minneapolis, a
young man some "a years of age,
committed suicide by hanging Thurs:
day morning. He had been quar-
reling with his wife and other rela-
tons.
On Thursdsy, Jonathan Estes, one
of the old settlers of Minneapolis,
whi4e sitting quietly chatting fell sud.
deny forward upon his face, and
when his friends raised him was al.
ready cold in death.
Capt. P. S. Davidson is building a
new steamer at La Crosse to be used
on Lake Minnetonka the coming
summer. It will have three decks
and room for 1900 people. 1t will
cost 100000 and be the handsomest
craft in the northwest.
Charles Ahez Of Saltwater nearly
lost his eyes through joke perpetrat.
ed by a friend of his named Edward
Dow: Dow filled a pipe half full Of
powder, put tobacco on top, and then
gave it to Ahez to smoke. The
pipe exploded, filling his face with
powder and probably binding him.
A sad accident occurred at Anoka
last week, which resulted in the death
Of Gorgie Woods, son of Mr.. J. M.
Woods. A neighbours colt escaped
from his stall and was playing in the
street. The boy succeeded in catch.
ing him, when the colt suddenly
wheeled and kicked. him with such
violence as to break his neck. His
death has greatly shocked his com.
lnunity. 8, s
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

Col. James George, soldier of
the Mexican war and Colonel of the
Second MINI. Vol. regiment, died
very suddenly at his residence in
ochester last week Tuesday. The
cause of his death was rheumatism
of the heart. The Rochester Post
says the deceased had an interesting
and varied experience. In active
and honorable service in two wars,
his devotion to the honor and best
interests of his country shone with
distinguished splen6or on the field
Of mortal strife, while all civil
trusts committed to him have been
discharged with singular fidelity and
ability. Generous, large hearted,
social, and endowed with rare con-
versational powers, he was an agree.
able associate and companion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

According to the British statistics the
enormous number of 2,O39 shipwrecks
took place throughout the world in 1881,
or, on an average, six day. The value
Of the property lost is estimated at ST.
4O0,000,OOO. This was an increase of
$50 vessels over 1880, and of about $780,
100000 in property. The loss of life also
was very great, the figures being 4,134
persons, which include officers. seamen.
and passengers Great Britain was, Of
course, the severest sufferer, more than
1000 of her vessels having been destroy
ed, nearly 200 of which were steamers.
The year just closed was one of the
most tempestuous ever experienced on
the ocean, particularly in European wa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15
NEW ULM REVIEW, WEDNESDAY; MARCH Is, 1891
Mr.. Andrew Nelson Of Marshell, has

Mr.. Andrew Nelson Of Marshell, has
lost 5 children with scarlet fever. He
has only one left. Mr.. Chapman lost a
child last week from the effects of
scarlet fever. Mr.. T. J. Clark.s chill
dren, several of whom have been
sick with scarlet fever, are getting
better.
Treasurer Kittelson states that the
total expenses on account Of the i'm.
parchment trial up to noon of the 9Th
amounted to $23,274.52, being 81
274,52 in excess Of the appropriation
made at extra session, but less than
has been estimated in public COM
ments upon the trial.
Since Donnelly has entered the
literary field with such apparent
success it is not likely that he will
trouble the people of Minnesota to
send him to Congress next fall.
There is consolation in this. -Hastings
New Era.
A correspondent Of the Albert Lea
Enterprise says that Bath, Freeborn
county, has one of the Coolest inhab-
itants'' in the person Of William Shea,
whose locks have not been very much
whitened by the frosts of 115 winters.
He can be seen any day cI,opping at
the wood pile. All his senses appear
perfect, and he is quite smart for 50
old man.
At Greenfield, Wabasha county,
recently, a tramp crank was taken
in out Of chariety. He amused him.
self by driving the whole household
out Of doors and demolishing things
generally. He held the fort until
morning. When captured he had on
seven shirts, knit blouse, two un-
dercoats, and two overcoats, and in
consequence laughed at Mr.. Gaul
when he fired at him with shot gun
at ten feet distance.
At last use has been found for
whiskey. At Minneota Lyon county,
Mimi, the other day, a man named
Cushner partook of raw pork filled
with trichinae and died. At the
post examination, which
was very thorough, it was shown that
there had been seventeen casses of
trichinae poisoning in town within
the past few weeks, and all who drank
whiskey had recovered, those drink
ing the most recovering the soonest.
Cushner, the man who died, was a
temperance man, scorning the debas-
ing cup, and refusing to put an
enemy into his mouth to steal his
worms.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

The German. papers decline to
credit the story that Skobelof was
drunk when he made that famous
speech. They prefer to believe
that it was premeditated insult by
a high Russian official to Germany.
According to late cablegrams Aus
tria and Russia are now engaged in
making faces, and may come to
blows at no distant day. Altogether
the European atmosphere is becom-
ing badly impregnated with gun
powder, and newspaper readers
should get the old world maps and
gazetteers convenient for reference.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

The overflow on the lower Mis-
sissippi has not materially abated.
Thirty counties of Louisiana, COM
prising the best cotton lands of the
world, are under water. The Bayou
Sara levee is breaking fast, the gap,
at last accounts, being 1000 feet
wide and ten feet deep, and rapidly
widening and deepening Hundreds
of families are living on RATS, and
thousands are'destitute of the neces-
saries Of lite. The situation has be-
come desperate in some localities,
and now the only question IS, pro-
visions or early starvation to both
human beings and stock.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15

Sergt. Mason, who shot at Gui.
teau, has been sentenced by the
court marshal to be discharged from
the army with the loss of all pay
and all arrears and be confined at
hard labor in the Albany penitentla.
ry. The findings are subject to
the approval of the Secretary of
War, and we hope he will mitigate
the Sergeant's punishment to dis.
missal from the army. If this is
not done, every hamlet and city in
the United States should petition
the President to pardon the luckless
Sergeant.