The examiner., 1886-07-17
WATERBURY,.

t WATERBURY.
The horse railroad is coming. We bid it
welcome But why should we have to wait
= ninety nine years more for the hospital
: Why do not the rich land owners give a
site on Waterville avenue :? and then the
! ''plain people" would put up the building.
It's a tough fght-that of the City against
the railroad in the Burnham street cross
ing. But we predict that the people will
win in the long run. The courts begin to
, feel the power of the voters and viii not be
as ready to do the bidding of the great cor
porations in future as they have been in the
, past.
THE EXAMINERS proposition to let the
children play on the Green is commended
by all humanitarians. The families who
live in the center over the stores and offices
have absolutely no play ground for their
little ones, and the hot weather bears very
hard upon them. Fresh air and green grass
are as necessary for a child as water for
duckhng, and we say save the children
even if the grass in the park is little the
worse for wear in consequence.
The grand old maple tree on corner of
North Main and Abbot Avenues, is still a
bone of contention. The Councilmen voted
Monday evening that it should be cut down;
the Aldermen thought it should stand. We
trust that the upper and wiser board will
prevail and that the woodman will spare
that tree for half another century at least.
Shade is the poor mans blessing this hot
weather; and eternal shame to him who
would rob our dusty streets of what few
shade trees we yet possess.
The meeting of the Labor societies last
Sunday afternoon was a decided success.
Edward King OF New York was announced
as speaker, but was unavoidably detained.
Ex-Mayor Kendrick, however, was called
| from he audionco and diSousSpd fhoSo liv.
ing questions for an hour in his cool, logi-
zeal and eloquent manner. Every one was
pleased to hear him, and he was received
with unbounded applause. Henry g.
Baldwin of Naugatuck was present as
announced, and evidently he struck chord
of sympathy in the audience. His wit, his
figures, his facts, his way of putting the
points ELECTED deserved applause Fully
1900 were present. The next meeting will
be held Sunday, July Goth. 80
| At the corner of East Main street and
North Elm street, contractor Gaffney has
contract to cover Great Brook. His super
intendent in charge of the workmen is
James. w. Colley, many years ago street
Inspector Close to the spot where the work
is going on are the offices of Drs. Barber
and Neville. Dr. Naville says that this
warm weather, when his office windows are
open, the air is blue and full of electricity
by the oaths which Colley uses in swearing
at the men under him. 1t Is not surprising
that the doctor complains of this, for it is
no pleasant experience, when you have
your ear to the heart of handsome lady
patient, or are in the midst of ausculting
the lungs, to find yourself unable to count
the beats of the former or the f1utterings of
the latter by reason of oaths under your
window which shake the building. Swear
ing on our streets should stop.
We have three Chinese laundries in
Waterbury. They seem to thrive. Why
should the workingmen and women of
/ Waterbury, it's intelligent young men, yes
even its dudes-patronize these establish
ments when so many poor widows live in
our midst and need what little help washing
will bring them. The EXAMINER man
saw last week several of the clerks in our
dry goods stores, (for whom we are doing
our best to secure early closing) carry their
own laundry to these Chinese. They should
stop it. If you do not wish to hire some
poor washerwoman in our midst, whose
husband died in the war for freedom, and
is herself white, for so cents per day,
better, far better, take your collars, cuffs,
| etc. to d. j. Casey, agent for a white mans
| laundry rather than encourage the curse
of cheap labor in your midst. When
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration,
saying call men are free and equal, he did
not include China or Japan, for both were
closed at that time to Christendom. He
referred only to ''those we knew"
The town has been for the past two
years overrun by life insurance agents
They have been at times thicker than the
grasshoppers in time of plague, more per-
tinacious than the mosquitoes on Mantauk
Point, and more brassy than the lightning
rod men. They have worked the commu-
nifty to fever heat. Every thoughtful
man had expected to die sometime and the
tables of the Tontine, the Mutual, the
Equitable and other ssplans' have told him
how much more he can get by investing a
few cents per week than by putting mil
lions" in Wall street. Every new plan of
insurance bewilders the Candidate" and
each glIbly figures its competitor TOUT of
time" No wonder then that some six
months ago, seduced by this show of dollars
and cents, James Lunny and Robert
Somers, both intelligent men, concluded to
''embark in the enterprise, to quote from
the late Hon. j. 6. Blaine. They had
'Fold liners" Each was to insure the life
of the other for his own benefit Lunny
kept his contract, insured Somers, paid his
premiums. Somers was short of cash at
the time and neglected to insure Lunny,
although daily intending to do so. Before
this happy contamination was reached,
however, Mr.. Somers died, and Lunny
agreed. The insurance company promptly
paid Lunny $125-all he was entitled to
on the unfortunate death of his friend, for
which sum Lunny had paid ten cents per
week for six months past. The insurance
company now want their ''orange peel
back" They arrested last Tuesday DIR.
O'Hara, the physician, who examined
Somers, and DR.. Mcdonald, who certified
that he died from chronic consumption.
Fraud in the transaction is freely whistled
about James Lunny is in New York,
and, as claimed co-conspirator, the au-
thorities are seeking of Gov. Hill at Alba
nv, requisition. When we go to press,
we are assumed that the governor Of New
York has not yet been found by the aver
age policeman from Waterbury. He may,
however, be hit later on, when he has
finished his more important business with
Secretary Manning and arranged for his
chances to succeed President Cleveland.
He might, perhaps, if pressed, give the
"Knight of the club" from Waterbury, Gf
he knows where the place isl guberna-
torial "free pass" down the Hudson by day
light. Anyhow, law and order are going
to be indicated, cost what it may. No
ax,o,, tho oovaruor of New Works