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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
LAUNCHED AND AFLOAT.

Already the Associated press dispatches are being tinged rosy, Republican hue.
 The New York Sun announces that little Josef Hoffman has plenty of night shirts. This is comforting news for those who have worried so much about the dear little fellow.
 Hereafter when you meet a Connecticut reporter YOU must call him "Colonel." This is the title given the guests at Col Steven sons banquet in Bridgeport. Corporals and sergeants are unknown in this army J. w. January of Minonk, Ill, when con fined in Andersonville prison, amputated both his feet with a large pocket knife He has the knife still, and recently found his feet. Dr w. H. Bradley of Philadel phia had them preserved in alcohol.
 Bridgeport, New London and Waterbury have put in applications for some of tht surplus for government buildings, ane Meriden and Danbury are going to do so | Woodbridge has not yet been heard from | -Ansonia Sentinel.
 The Review acknowledges with thank the compliments of MT Daniel Averill ac- companied with shad weighing 6 lb,2 oz There is not another newspaper in Con | necticut ahead of the Review on the shat question Review.
 Congressman Boutelle of Maine mildl, | but firmly declines to be Republican can didate for President. His chances for get ting it were about as good as dead man I but nevertheless he wanted to be in tht declination swim, and he declined in ad vance of the offer.
 The rumor that "Old Red Shirt' is home sick and is preparing to leave the Wilc l West show and return to America neeo cause Buffalo Bill no anxiety. After June John Sherman will be open to engage ments. He has more or less successfully filled the role of "Old Red Shirt" for th' past 20 years, and it would be nothing more than right to give him chance a the position so honorably filled by the Paw nee chieftain.
 While @ native of Fiji was in Washing ton he saw Billy Malone, and marvelet greatly when told of the little Southerner' wonderful vitality and irrepressible ambi ton. Some one asked the ex-cannibal i Malone would be perfectly safe among tn man eaters, and the gentleman from Fiji replied: ''No danger. He no good roast he no good boil, he no raw Don't ca people now in Fiji Couldn't eat him anyhow. Too much head. Very tough.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
N. H. < H. Railroad Time Table,

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows: sunday, i.I5 p. m. ~ P- N'. heturn D. $, a m: l, l. 5.Ss pm
 NC" nIsaNeI-5.S0. sa6. lO5a a. m. 2 za -xrr- Return, 7-i5, s-5s a. n l. eSo. a@5. z so p ra rn-
 day. f. l5 D. m. s '-S'' sun Return S.l5. e56 a m . . ar | AZ = % = =
 sunday, 7.50 a. m ''' P- Ha-' Ansonia-5.30 sa0 1OA n o,o -.,<
 sunday. 4I5 D. m '%'' P' n-' Return, 7.5i. I033 a m a,,s s ss
 sunday. s.e6 d. m ~' N'' p' na's Watertown-6.50. s5s III % n III, m c ,o
 pl.L. m: saturday, sl5 D. m. '" p-
 sLn ~ o-de. aJo, lO.l5 a m.: 2OT ! Ss q 42
 D. m- Saturday, 500 P. m. O''" ihomasion1sis, 1I.l7 a. m.; a57. 7.lo n m. su, Return, 15s. l0.s7 a. m: e.Ia. ss7 Sunday, $50 p. m O'' " Hi-' iorrinston- 11-i7 a. m; s.57. 7.Iop. m. sun- Return, 7.si, 1o.0i a. m; I.4s. ess ID sunday 3.a6 p. m. f- AA' "ihs'ea1Sas 1S Ii-i7 a. m.; s.5s, 7IO p m; Sunday Return 5Is, 9.4O a. m; lso e.Io D. m.; Sun.
 day, 800 P. m. f' -'' '"" U. M- SHEPARD, General Sup.t
 CT. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass. Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

THE returns of the annual school emu meration to the State comptroller, which we print in the news columns, affords an interesting study as showing the result of the operations of the State law concerning compulsory attendance at school. It will be seen by the figures that during the year 1887 there was an increase in the school children of 232 over 1886. The increase has been constant during the previous few years. In some instances parents have de- fled the law and been fined. So long as the State educates it's children it has the school compulsory, and the parents who do not obey the law must suffer the conse quences.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

Mayor Bulkeley of Hartford followed Governor Harrison and said that victory awaited the Re publican party, let the leader be who it may,
 This sighting notice of Mayor Morgan G. Bulkeley's participation in the New Haven Republican league club banquet ap- peared in the Palladium. According to another report, when the Mayor rose to speak he was greeted with enthusiasm. The Palladium's readers are ignorant of this enthusiastic reception given Hartford $ mayor. Gan this have been due to the poor judgment of the reporter or is it the opposition of N. D. Sperry to MT Bulkeley as a probable candidate for governor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1888.
THE UNFORTUNATE COAL MINERS


 The miners in the Lehigh valley have re- turned to their work; but the Congression- al committee is still pursuing the inquiry into the cause of the strike, the condition of the miners, and the relations between the companies and their help. And the farther into the matter the committee goes the more they seem to find to condemn The aim of the companies has always been to keep the miners ground under foot, and once a man located in their territory and put on the miners garb, he might be said to be slave The testimony of D. M. Evans, a member of the Legislature from Luzerne county and a practical miner, shows an alarming condition of affairs. He said that the condition of the men in the coal regions was pitiable in the extreme. They could not, under the store system and the wages paid, secure enough to eat or wear. Some of the miners hardly ever saw dollar and it was difficult for many of them to purchase a calico dress for their wives Hard working miners were always in debt to the company stores. The witness himself, who worked whenever there was anything to do could not earn more than $50 a month The men were compelled to pay for so much coal year whether they used it or not. Each married man was also compelled to pay $9 year for company doctor, and each single man $6 year. The men did not like this, but must sub init or go elsewhere. The operators also owned the houses, and charged $5.25 to $5.75 month for houses which could be built for $25O, and the ground is worth less than $200. In addition to this, when there is birth ill the family the operator took from the mans wages an extra $7 o1 $S for the doctor, which was in addition to $75 cents month taken out, sickness o1 no sickness.
 This has been the state of affairs at the mines for years, and when it is understood that the men were obliged to pay from 10 to 15 per cent more for goods at the com pany stores than they could be bought elsewhere, and that their average wages were not more than $30 a month, it can easily be seen that the companies had an upper hold in the life and death struggle, and showed no mercy, nor even justice to the poor unfortunate miners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
DRAWING ON THE SURPLUS.
Over $2A, ,OOO, ,OOO Wanted for the Free
 tiOn of Public Buildings.

Over SS24, ,OOO, 900 Wanted for the Erec-
 tion of Public Buildings.
 MT Bland of Missouri, speaking in the House Thursday to the bill appropriating $15O, 900 for public building at Duluth, Minn., said:
 "while the Democratic party, by it's President and it's platforms and all it's declarations of principles, favors an econo- mical administration of the Government and the expenditure of the public money only where it is necessary, here in this Democratic House we are passing bill after bill to take the public money from the Treasury and squander it upon measures which the people condemn. It is time to call halt. If we want to reduce taxation, let this Blair bill, these public building bills, these dependent-pensions schemes, and l all other schemes for corrupting the pub lie mind and squandering the. public money be suppressed. It is about time for the Democratic party in this house to set it's foot upon these schemes, and stand ing here to assert the true principles of Democracy and to defend the interests of the people of this country who, under the protective system, are taxed as heavily the poor man with his family-as Jay Gould and the Vanderbilts with their hun hreds of millions. shall do all I can to defeat them. To that end Mir Chairman, I will have printed as part of my remarks | list of these bills, taken from the New York Times, for the erection of public buildings, showing the number of bills, 1 the location, and the amounts proposed to be appropriated, in order that the house may understand these schemes
 The list comprises 150 cities, the amounts asked for ranging from $20,O to S1 ,OOO,- 900. The total amount is $24, ,994, 300. Waterbury, Danbury and many other cities that have very recently presented petitions are not included in the list The New England states ask for $1 ,521 ,OOO, the Mid de states, $3,315, ,OOO, the Western states $11 ,183, 300 and the territories $1 ,18O, ,OOO. The house is slashing into these appropria- tions and cutting them down $25, GOO or $5O, ,OOO Waterbury's bill is liable to be slashed with the others and there is con siderable talk about the president using the veto power on this wholesale raid on the treasury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
PLAYS AND ACTORS.

Boucicault says that $1 is enough to pay for any seat in a theatre. He Is right.
 Charles Coghlan will return to Mrs. Lang try next fall-at least the gossips say that he will.
 "Billy" Florence has been compelled to stop playing for time, on account of a sore throat.
 Barry Sullivan, the Irish tragedian, is coming back to America for 8 tour of five months.
 Miss Rosa Boden, who recently died in London, aged 80 years, was popular actress at Covent Garden theatre forty years ago.
 Fanny Davenport is said to be her own stage manager, and always directs the re- hearsals and performances of her company
 Augustin Daly goes abroad early this year. He and his company sail for England on April IA He will visit London, Paris and Berlin.
 . The "Pittsburg grip" throat disorder that troubled singers in the smoky city for years, has disappeared with the introduction of natural gas.
 Mile. Nikita, the 16-year-old American prima donna discovered by Strakosch, has been engaged to sing at Krolls garden, Ber- lin, next summer.
 Patti is to give forty concerts in South America under MT. Abbey's management. She sails from Lisbon in May and will open in Buenos Ayres in June.
 William Mcfarland, who died in abject poverty in Minneapolis recently, was mem Der of Macready's company when the great English actor was in this country. For her spring season, under H. c. Miner, Mrs. Potter will receive third of the net profits, in addition to her salary of $4OO and her carriage and servants expenses. A Boston "mejum" says that Josef Hof- mann plays under spirit guidance, and that tall and masculine spook has been seen to stand over him, resting his hands on the lit tie fellows head
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

THE bill prohibiting newspapers con- taining lottery advertisements from trans mission through the mails was defeated in the House committee on post-off yes terday. The vote stood seven against the bill and six for it. MT Merriman of New York will make the majority report to the House and MT Lind of Minnesota will pre- pare minority report recommending the passage of the bill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
N.Y.&N.E. Railroad Time Table,

Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows. Boston-5.SO a m, l, 3s0pm heturn s.3O m, 3 nm. rroV'qence-7 so a. m.; loo. 3.sOpm. heturn, l5 a. m.; 30 D. m New York-s.OO a. m.: I.ssn-a Return, S.5s a. m: 3as s n, "orcester-T9O a. m; l,cv, D. m.. Return, 6.45. als2-. s. nl Norwich-7.3O a. r. !: co 8 son N,
 Return SEA lo.is a. m; ss5 pm New LLondSn-5sO a. m; loo, 84Op.m
 Return, 7''S, ioyo5 a m: 900 D. m. Putnam-7.S0 a. m.; loo. S.aOp.m mn Return, SIS, l0.s5 a. m. Willimantic-7.sO a. m.: loo. sG,r Return. a.lo. 1Iss a. m; sss D. m. Sprlngnsld-7:5o 300 a. m: s.s0p.m heturn- 7-s0 a. m; 3s0 p mi NeW idaven-Nia ia Plainvflle -3Oa -1oon m
 helur1l, llns a. m, 400 E. m ~ hartford-7.s0, aeo a. m: 100 40 snonm
 e'~tH "'S' iV so a. m.: l2.s5, aIs G 70 p m New iriiain-I.so 800 a. m; loo. asn. 500 m, mn '"'n o'''. Ii-oi a. m; is,Ss, sss 6.5s pm flanEliie-s.S0. 500 a. m: 100 3 4O & non M, Return, 9.07, II-l5 a. m: l-Os 450 7 os m r, forestNlIle-7.30. 300 a. m: $40 soOnm
 Return '-is, H. 90 a. m.: fI.05, 454. f.. .rsp bristGl1a.SO p-,. goo a. m; loo. $40. soop m. Return, 7-la. i1-aG a. m: LII sesS .isn n, TerTyyie- ESQ 900 a. m; | 0e . sa snor na
 Return 75o, Il-S7 a. R; f.s5 5II 7as p m "aterslle-9-SO a. m; 3.sa seOpm
 heturli' '.4s, lla5 a. m-: 5 2 7.s5 p.m Union Cuy-fs.Q G a. m.: f2us. f5.3spm
 Return, fsis a. m.; fl2 10 f7.ss D. m Iowanfie--fs.o0 a. m: fs Os f5.ss ID. mn
 Return, fs.Ss, fll .52 a. m: f78s nm southiord-soo a, m,; 1.55, a.o5. s.ssp.m m.
 heturn- sss, li.i0 a. m.; 1926, E.si D. m. ha"ieyNllte-s00 a. m.; l.5s. s.05 5ss ID. m.
 Return, 1-5i, 9I5 l1.59 a. m; TOi D. mn. Danbury-S.O0 a. m.: I.55. a0s s3s m mn
 Return, 7i0, BIO, II, ,+S a. m.: 6.50 D. m brewSters-s.oo a. m; 1.55. 2n5pm Return, 6-45, Il.25 a. m: B3O p m flshkill on Hudson-s.00 a. m: 1851 nm Return, loo5 a. m.; sos D. m
 A C. KENDALL Genl Pass l. gent. Boston c. H. PLATT, supt, Hartford,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
WATERBURY FIRE ALARM
LOCATION OF BoxR,

LOCATION OF BOXES. 6-Exchange Place
 l4-East Main Street and wolcott Road. is-cor. Cherry and East Main. sS-lron Bridge. West Main saEWaterbury Brass Go. f1rivafeO 2s-corner Johnson and wafervIle. s6-cosncr Prospect and Grove. sa-Junc North Main. Grove and North Elm. os-tor. Washington and South Main. Ss-M aterbury Buckle Go. usrivate) -Deneulct & Burnham Co. gTwivafel s6-Waierbury Watch Co. grriyn..l ss-cor. Grand and south Main. sis-Corner Meadow and Bank. sls-corner Meadow and Cedar. Ssi-Plume .S Atwood Co tIsrixafeA ssS-Holmes, Booth & Haydens u,riya,e, ss4-No. {, Engine House. is-coFner Union and Franklin. ss-Scovill Mfg. Co. Err1vaieD 4S-Corner Clay and Mill
 s6-No. Engine House
 s'-corner Dublin and Dooliffie Ar,er -s VI "A'eroury Manufacturing Company. rriy. "-e"rher of Doolittle Alley and D1l,,ln =, s-Sorner Willow and West Main S-S-c"rner simon and Burnlaann SIS
 Policemen have kers
 NsTRucTIoxs To kEr Horprns To give an alarm. open the door. null in. h,.,, down once and let go, then close fhe daar "'"a Do not pull inc hook if the fire bell or spsI, h.,' m the box is striking as thar irdiss,s sA5 @ pell has already been given 1li AAAfm ;Is SI partlcusar s to remain al the box unt the ar Si1 sSn i oi an olcer of the Fire DeparTnsnf w.ha VIII reiease the key. or. if cirralnsi~T , Mno nr ,s = manning then the proper officer win rss. 'u,I 1ie Key to the holder as soon as cnnyeni,n, fire. 4 a'"an me box nearest the ,hey Holders upon changing their lae.,sc,,s ,,,, p'e"'se iesANe word with the Chief Engineer. -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

passers by that the well spent life of the phil aathropist was ended.
 William Wilson Corcoran, philanthropist. was born in Georgetown, D. O., on Dec. 27, 179S, eleven years after his father, Thomas Corcoran, had taken up his abode in the little town. MT. Corcoran's father came from Ireland in 17S3, and settled in Baltimore. moving to Georgetown ill 17S7, and became one of its most thrifty tradesmen, and eventu- ally one of it's most prominent citizens. He served as alderman, mayor and postmaster for many years.
 w. W. Corcoran, before he was of age, formed a partnership with his elder brother, and was for some years prosperous as a tradesman In 1894 financial disaster over took the little business enterprise, and the firm suspended. Although an honorable dis charge was granted by the creditors, MT. w. w. Corcoran never relaxed his efforts until, in 1S47, he had paid every dollar of the liabil- ities of the firm, with interest from the date
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

J. F. Hunt, Ya1e's brilliant center-helder, has determined to quit ball playing and try for place in the varsity crew. He is now in training. Dr Francis Bacon says he has great deal of nerV- ous energy and ought to make good man for the crew.-State papers.
 We may have made an olla-podrida of the respected Bacon family, but if Dr Francis is as we believe,a professor in the theologi- cal department of Yale, his position is g novel one. Is he an expounder of muscu. lar christianity?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25

Another Blizzard Victim. Old Grimes is dead. the good old soul, We ne'er shall see him more; He won the love of all mankind He always shut the door.
 --NebraskR State Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

The civil service bureau in the New York custom house has been busy during the last month or more announcing the date for examinations of applicants for posi- tions, and yesterday an unknown wag took a hand at the civil business and distributed hundreds of handbills headed "Civil Ser vice Examination" and asking these among other questions:
 Who was Gains wife?
 Who wrote Beautiful Snowg'
 When will the robbins nest again?
 Of what is a mint julep composed?
 Who reads the Congressional Record?
 What is the best five furlongs record at Sheeps- head Bay?
 What ball tosser had the highest general aver age in the league last season? If herring and half cost penny and a half how much will dozen and a half cost?
 How is it that corned beef and cabbage and sausage and saurkraut always hunt in couples?
 If one hen lays an egg that is matched by an other, which hen is the young chickens mother Define the economic significance and give the derivation of the terms ''bobtail car," ''bobtail nag" and ''bobtail flush ?''
 The author of the revised rules of exam ination, whoever he is, possesses a good head, and is Democrat of the old reliable stock. He thoroughly understands the civil service question and knows that to be faithful letter carrier, clerk or book keeper in the custom house it is not neces- sary to know what size hat was worn by George Washington, who struck Billy Pat terson or half of the other questions asked by the examining officers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-25
AN AMERICAN NOBLEMAN.
END OF A LIFE DEVOTED TO THE
 CAUSE OF HUMANITY.

A Man Whose Charities. Public and Pri-
 vnte. Aggregated S3, 900, ,OOO-A Fitting
 Colleague for His Former Business Part-
 ner, George Peabody.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-Mr. w. W. Corco- ran the widely known philanthropist, died at 6:3o yesterday morning. He passed away quietly and peacefully. There was no marked change in his condition. He remained uncon- scious up to the end. When the last moment came he was surrounded by his relatives and friehds His physician, Dr. Garnett, who had been with the sick man until late hour, and had gone home, returned soon after MT. Corcoran had passed away. A servant was quietly sent for an undertaken, and soon after ward the crape on the door announced to all
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11
HABITS,

No man is allowed to plead bad
habit in excuse for bad conduct. 1t
is no pallation, but rather an aggra-
walton of the offense that it was the
result of habit. No man would think
of pleading the habit of killing peo-
pie as a palliation for the crime Of
murder. No robber, however steep
ell in his sin, would think of going
before a court of jusice, and saying {:
"That have been SO in the habit Of
robbing that it has become second
nature to me, and | cannot help rob-
bing." Yet one says: 81 have form
ed the habit Of swearing, and now |
have lost all self.cOntrol and am no
more responsible for taking the name
of the Lord in vain" This pretend
ed excuse for sin is as false as it is
frequent. 1t is lie and sham.
Habit cannot convert black into
white, nor make sin innocent. Man
is responsible for his habits, and
when they enslave him he is respon-
sible for the crimes to which these
vile habits lead him.
Laws, human and Divine, hold
man responsible for crimes comm nit
ted during a state Of intoxicatiOn,
and no pleading Of the person that
he had become habituated to drunk
enness will ever palliate the otfense
committed against human law.
The responsibility is in the lorma-
tiOn Of the habit. n man may form
the habit of perverting truth until it
is much easier to tell a lie than the
truth, but this facility and disposi-
ton to deal in falsehood cannot be
pleaded as an eXtenuation of the sin.
I once approached a young man
whom had accidentally heard take
the name his great Creator in vain.
He said he had formed the vicious
habit when quite boy, and now he
often swore unconsciously. | be-
sought him to free himself from a
habit so vicious and so unworthy of
gentleman. The question here
arises: WHAT'S the slave ola vicious
habit to do? The answer is by the
help of God free himself. Make no
compromise. Let him declare in
dependence and hold to the declara-
ton: Die orconquer. With a strong
will, a lofty courage, high aim, and
a fixed, unswerving purpose, deter
mine to be a man, free and untram-
meled, with Gods seal on the brow
and his image in the heart.-Centrdl
Methodist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11

DISTURBING INFLUENCES OF "IN-
DUCTION."-The chief practical diff
culties in working the telephone are
due to the fact that when an electric
current is passing along a wire it has
the property of producing a current
of opposite character in any wire in
its vicinity. This is what is known
as induction, and it is owing to this
faculty that the words spoken on one
wire can be overheard on an adjoin-
ing one. If the neighboring wire
should be telegraphic, the feeble cur
rent of the telephone is overpowered
by its stronger neighbor, and it is
difficult, if not impossible, to catch
the transmitted words amid the din
compared to the noise of a pot boil
ing-caused by the telegraph.
Still more fatal to all telephOnic
communication is the presence of an
electric lighting system in the vicin-
ity of telephone wires, the powerful
current necessary for lighting pur-
poses causing san incessant roar that
renders speech an impossibility."
Many plans have been tried for over
coming the unpleasant consequences
of induction, the most successful of
these being that of using an addi-
tional return wire instead of utilizing
the earth for the completion of the
circuit. The two wires are placed in
close proximity, with the result that
the disturbing influence is complete
ly DeutraliZed.-1ron and Steel Trades
Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11
For the YOrkyille Enquirer.
AN EXPERIMENT WITH COTTON.
TO BE CONTINUED.


EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER: At
the solicitation of a number of far
mers, I ask space to give the result
ofan experiment on three acres of
land planted in cotton the past sea-
son. The land was a light, sandy
soil and has been in cultivation at
least thirty. 1t was sowed in peas
the year before, after wheat crop
was harvested from it. In January
the soil was turned over with two
horse Watt G. Call plow. About the
1st Of April the ground was nicely
narrowed and then laid off in rows
81 feet apart. 1t was fertiliZed with
400 pounds Of ground cotton seed and
200 pounds of John Merrynan's high
grade acid, with 200pounds of kainit,
to the acre, bedded on.
About the goth of April the ground
was planted with the Crawford cot
ton seed, and one sack of 1G7 pounds
to the acre of Merryman's ammoni-
mated dissolved bone was applied.
When a good stand was up, it was
side-harrOWed and thinned out.
After that it was cultivated shallow
with straight shovel and bow, the
crop having thus been gone over
three times, and was "laid by" about
the 10th of July. On the 9th Of De-
cember the cotton was ginned. The
following statement shows the yield
and the expense:
CIR.
bales, weighing 1920 pounds
aC ~ IL oV
ll2 bushels seed, at Is cents per
bushel. ..,.........,.......... IL SO