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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
PUT OUT HIS SIGN.


arities of w. E. Brooks.
 When Henry O'Neill, got home late Sat nIday night he was met by his wife who informed him that William B. Brooks, who is connected with the Waterbury Manu- featuring company had been at the house little before o'clock Saturday evening and nailed sign on the fence. She didn't know what it was but she saw the crowd coming home from work stop and look at it and set up roar of laughter. MT O'Neill proceeded to investigate and found that the sign read:
 "NoTIcE-No repairs to be made on this house unless ordered by w. B. BROOKS.
 Henry tore the sign down and coming down town secured dark lantern, screw driver and a number of screws, and pro- ceeding to MT Brooks residence on Gen. tral avenue screwed the sign to the front of his new residence. He stood guard un- til 5 a. m. to see that no policeman tore it down. When daylight broke the neigh bors all saw the sign, and those who knew the inside laughed until they were sore.
 There is quite a little story behind all this, which very we'll illustrates how people foolishly sign contracts whose meaning is rather doubtful. Two years ago Henry bought house on North Main street from Brooks and the contract, after describing the property, read:
 "The said premises are to stand charged to the said O'Neill as they now are at -, free from all incumbrance; said Brooks to furnish said O'Neill sufficient money to make all needed repairs, to pay for all improvements to be made on the property, to pay for all taxes or assessments here after to be assessed or laid on the property and these are to be charged to the said O'Neill and he is to pay interest on the said several sums from the time of their ad vancement. The said O'Neill is to have the rents and profits arising out of said property. The said O'Neill agrees to assign and set over to said Brooks all wages to grow due to him from July 1, 1886, until said promises are fully paid for. x -.. When $500 shall be paid the said Brooks shall give the deed above mentioned and take a mortgage on the property, the mort gage note to be made payable in twenty years, but the said ONeill is to have the option of paying any sums at any time, &c.
 If for any reason the agreement is not carried out no forfeitures to be incur red but the parties are to account to each other, &c. Signed,
 w. B. BROOKS,
 HENRY DWELL
 Henry has been making improvements right along on the property, for all of which Brooks had to pay, but the latter drew the line when Henry had the house, barn and fences painted and the painters presented him with the bill. Brooks fought the painter in court but he was beaten last Saturday H6 then made up his mind there would be no more improve ments, hence the sign.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
The Whole Family Poisoned.

Sr LOUIS, June 4S.-James Ahern a me- chanic, and his wife and two children were poisoned last night by jimson weed, with which Mrs. Ahern had made tea in the pellet that it was genuine root. Ahern has been in the habit of buying iimson weed at the cor ner drug store and smoking it in his pipe as :, cure for asthma, and the weed was given to him in this case for the genuine root by mistake. The children may die.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Fortune Floating Free.

BOSTON, June 1S-Zacharih G. Wiley. while walking on the beach last Friday at Marble head Neck. observed a peculiar substance floating in the scl. He succeeded in bring ing it ashore, aud brought it to Lynn. where it was discovered upon analysis by chemists to be genuine ambergris. The lump weighed l4H pounds, and at tho preseE. market quotation is valued at s 200.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
In Memory, of Unser Fritz,

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Mcmorial services torthc i:,ta German Emperor will be held at t!i:,fi"In:an I4uthcral Church in this city to- attend have been ext >ndcd to tho President md Cabinet, tho Diplomatic Corps, Justices of the Supreme Court Senators and Repre- stntatiyes, etc, and heir ladies. The ser vic-., Niil he similal 10 those recently held at the same church il memory of Emperor William.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Batlstones Like Pigeons Eggs,

PRINCETON, x. T Tune 1S.--A furious thun- dcrstorm. accompanied by hail. passed over tkis town on Saturday, Haiistones as large as pigeons eggs wore driven with force suf- lcient to break windows. The ncN cage oi tho College Baseball Association was com pletely wrecked blythe wind and other dam. gro was done,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
SEIcS WITH 4 R4BBII"S EYE. The Transpla IatinS Operation has n L;ast been Successful.


 Last been Successful. BALTIMORE, June, IS. - The operation of ti;.i.splanting 8 clear piece of a rabbits cor into the blind eyt of a patient, performed tan days ago at the P .esbyterian Eye and Far Charity Hospital, has proved q success. At the end of a week the bandages were removed aad the eye exposed 10 the light. The piece ot the rabbt'SNornI was completely uniNd b the human eyemlG had grown to the edge of the lole made in tie blind eye opposite the rupil.
 The clear graft became cloudy in the pro- :ess of uniting to he human eye Already, however, it has conn lenced to clear up, and the man is beginning to see. This he has not done for three years, when the eyes were de- ltroyed by lime. Thc operation of transplant a:s in the left eye was so satisfactory that two ."rs since pr. Chisoiln made a similar opera titn on the right eye. .--f# (hurg ing q Candidate With Bribery. SHARON P;., June -8.-Thc Republicans of si4' rWen:y-fifth Con yresSional District, com posed of Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties, nominated by one vote, Charles D. Townsend, of Beaver County, at Newcastle. last weel:, for Congress. There was q suspicion that tho nomination was se- c;.rad by corrupt means. Yesterday the New .,stlc DAILY CURRENT, the party organ of Iaawrence County, in d column editorial, c'iyv- t',lt thc non ination was bought, and nt;n,'S persons who received money and the .;iourt used. The editorial scores several .,-' ';.jnmt Rapubiicsa n politicians who, it is | '~r"!. w.'ro ;.ccomI lices in the deal The i:r kind of a transaction resulted in the l,,',at of Dr. Roberts two years ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
The Jury Called it n Murder.

VALENTINE, Ncb., Juno 1s.-Sergt. Nolan and Private Taylor, of Fort Niobrari, got into a quarrel late last night over a woman named
 Carrie Reed, during which both drew revol- vers and began firing. Nolan was fatally wounded and died at noon to-day. The woman was also shot and is in a critical con- ditian. Taylor gave himself up, claiming ti.., he acted in self-defence. but eoroner's iury decided that he shot with felonious in.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Very Like Logic.

PRoFEssoR-"M Eaubrian you may dem- onstrate to the class that smoking cigarettes is not injurious
 MT. Eaubrian-'' Smoking cigarettes kills; those who smoke them are of no earthly use and ought to be killed the good or bad any thing. does must be judged from the effect it has on the greatest number; therefore, since cigarettes rid the community at large of those who are useless to it, smoking them is not only not inj urious but beneficial
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
yt,.intn to he Honored.

NAsuTNorcN. June 1S.-The President has decided tc attend tha exercise at the Univer- sit, of Virginia, Tlelr Charlottesville, on Juun 27 X commit Q will call at thu N hi,e Hou4r next week and formally invite hai, and l,ter wilt drive 10 Oak View aud cXicni th. invitation to N rs Cleveland.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
This Chinsm.n Wn n.s to Vote.

NEW BEpFoRD.Mass.' June ls.-Gcorge Johns. a Chinaman, applied in 'he Third Dis. trict Court on Saturday. T"- n-iuralization papers, having filed his preliminary paper in the Superior Court in l680. '.ae Judge took the matfAr under advisement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
ns,iea Isa-usele Ear syan. none.

CHICAGO, June IS--A well dressed mau snici..eI yesterday morning near the gov- clllnent building, lust opposite the Grand f,,c.iic Hotel A mni. ',naa of Robert l.. Kennedy, showing iePo,', of SSi0 in tho Peoples Bank ol New Yor., city, was found i;, ,i,.. poc.satS.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
LONELY WITHOUT HIS VIEE. - But She, Being Chinese, Must Come fl --- aA If He had IaYer Keen Here.


 WASHINGTON, Juna Slip Lung, q China- man, residing at No. BOT South Clark street, Chicago, wrote to Il @ Secretary of State on Jnne 5, stating that he was about to visit China and desired il formation in regard to bringing back his " fe, who had never been in t'iis country. a.
 The letter was referred to Assistant Score tary Maynard of the Treasury, who has inc informed Hip Lung that, while there will bs no legal objections to his re-entry into the United States, it will oe necessary to prove to the Collector of Gus tcms at the port of re-en- try theifact of his previous residence in this country, which cah be done by obtaining re- turn certifcpte bef23e departure for China. 'In the case of you. wife, states MT. May hard, ,.tit will be nete ssary to produce u cer- ttieute from the Chm ese Government stating that she is not 8 laboler, as the solo evidence permissible on the Ia't of any Chinese person co:.iu, for the first me to the United States 70 establish q right of entrv.' ta.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Blown to Eternity.

THREE RIVERS, Me, June Hive French Canadians working in Lewiston quarries were blown into eternity yester- day by the explosion of dynamite through carelessness. The quarry was owned by 8 New Yorker named F. c. Bowles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
To Mark the Place of his Death.

WASHINGTON, June 18-Architect Clarke, of the Capitol, has prepared bronze tablet which will be inlaid in the marble floor of the old Hall of the House of Representatives, to mark the exact place where John Quincy Adams was stricken by death. It bears the insorlp- ton "John Quincy Adam, Fab. al. lS4S- Hprp"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
NEw roRk MARK FITS.
Prices at the Close of Business Satur. day Afternoon.

WHEAT s1h; CORN. 69@6o: OATS. Ungradod mixed. 3s@4o; FLOUR. patents. A.65@s5.2o' sx,ras sxtra s3. 25(9S4. 50: LARD sS.75: BUTTER creamery. is@2o. dairy, 170lg; cHEZsx. cream. A0a7: skim. 29s; Eggs. 16k0a6,s.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
s...y r.nic.. p..a of m.a.,...

yAKLA~., Seh.. tune lS,-The schools al t,t n Indian Agency have b~er closed , ;..cvnnt T the measles Fort, ,s,nooses nave c:~d within short period One under, talk in Dacatu. s,oid twentv-eight coftins |. one week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18

BRUSSELS, June 1S.-Letters from the Con- go confirm the fears that trouble has befallsn the Stanley expedition. Tue Nord has re- ccived bad news regarding Stonley.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Struck by a Team and Killed.

NORTH ADAMS, June 18.-John Rouse, a carpenter, aged 50, was struck by a team and the shaft passed through his right lung to-day. He died in three hours.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
Sentenced For Six Months

NEW YORK, June 18.-Gen and Mme Diss DeBar were sentenced this morning to six months each in the penitentiary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
The Sick General.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Gen Sheridans
 condition continues favorable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
ASSOCIATION GAMES.
LEAGUE GAMES.

How the Ball Clubs Stand.
 The baseball clubs in the National League and the American Association, including games played on June 16, stand as follows:
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
Ford yyorhelcy on. Con. leo.

And lastly, let,Ine glance at Gen. lee.
Lec's strategy wiien,ho ,fcanshtia defense
of the southern sapltal, and threatened
and finally STRUCK at that Of the United
States, MARKS himas one of the greatest
captai,Is Of this or Of any other age No
man hs ever fought anup hill andl a
losing game with greater flrmncss, OF
ever displayed u Higher order Of true
military genius thIn he did when in
command of the Confederate army. The
knowledge of hisprofessiyn displayed2by
Gen. Mcclellan was considerable, and his
strategic conceptions worsadmirable, but
he lacked one attribute as general,
without which norman san ever succeed
in war-he was;ncver' able to estimate
with any accuracy the reunbers opp sed
to him. 1t was the presence in Leo Of
that intuitive genius, which Mcclellan
lacked, which again and again gave him
victory, even when he was altogether
outnatched in nnmborsl-Lord Wolseley
in Fortnightly Rayiew.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
University Dots.

An attempt is being made to or
ganize a military company in the
University, 10. Wilson is at the
head of it.
McNeily is sick.
The new officers of w. I. L. S.
were accidentally omitted in our Sat
urday dots. They are Pres. W. r.
Craig. Vice Pres J. M. Wells.
Sec'y. G.. G. Wexford. Supervisor
r. A. Haden.
DR.. Lyon has trimmed his beard,
much to his improvement in appear.
ance.
Clemmie, little daughter Of Rev.
j. G. Patton of Nashville, gram
daughter of DR.. Herring, fell out the
door at DIR. Herring's last Friday,
and broke her leg. Little Clemmie
is a favorite with all who know her,
and her many friends will be grieved
to learn of the accident.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
Inc Old cenerns,s Tale.

There is an old general in this town,
married to young and handsome wife,.
who delights in entertaining an after
dinner company with stories Of his Prov
ess, sagacity and foresight during the
war whenevey the opportunity presents
ITSELF To listsn to him, one would i'm
agine' that tine ultimate sdccess of the
Union arms YVES all due to hin, and that
the share Grams or Sherman or Sheridan
had in the matter was comparatively
small one, One Of his stories always
beginss
when / wasseICwn in the Wilderness
with Grant in 'G4'T-
That's, usually the signal fer half the
company to leavs' the room, BUTT doesn't
interrupt the oidS general III the EeaSt. He
would go on talking and finishing bis
story, were no one present and only the
four walls there tor listen to his wonder
full tale.
Mamma" saiG tire little 7;sear-old
daughter Of the general tho other day
after having listenetJ ON the stairS' to the
old story which her father had Inst con-
cluded in the dining room to csn1pany
of guests, ''Mamnm, wasn't there any
body to help papa ntIt down the rebellion9
There must have been some awfully mean
men in these days Washingtona Cor.
to New York Tribune.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
An old Marriage Custom.

q curious oldmarriage custom, which
is still widely preyalent in Brittany, was
recently interpreted in novel and anus
ing manner. According to this custom
the bridegroom. Immediately after The
priest has welded tho couple, strikes his
wife in the face saying, "This Is how
you will fare III you mako me angry"
and then, kissing her, he says, "And this
is how you will fare If you treat me
WELL" A short tiTae agoa young Breton
married German girl, and after the
ceremony was. over began at once to
practice the first part Of the time hon
ored custom. The bride, who was igno-
rant of the Inner meaning" of what
she considered On insult, turned round on,
her lord and master and returned the
stroke, saying, in broad Suahian dialect,
''Look here, / do not approve Of such
behavior after which the husband is
said to have performed the second part
of the ceremony with more than usual
affection. Pail Mall Gazette.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
THE BoLrERs.

The same old set met again in the
Court House Saturday evening. The
same old set who were in the County
Convention, except not so many Of
them, who made so much noise and
proclaimed they were the people and
had everything in their hands, and
yet when it came to voting had but
ten out of fifty-one votes. 1t is the
same old crowd that fused and fumed
and swore they would not support
Corban on their own platform upon
which he pledged himself to stand,
the same old crowd who in the Flo
terial Convention refrained from vot-
ing when a resolution was offered
pledging the delegates to vote for the
nominees of the convention, always
in the conventions trying to nominate
their candidates, and yet unwilling
to abide by the action of the conven-
ton and support the nominees unless
their candidates were nominated.
They are not kickers-not boilers.
Oh no; they are the simon pure, moss
back Democratic party of the county
and also "the people" The Demo
crat was in full force, editor, pro-
prietor and reporter, who always
stand by principles and the party and
not men, and yet has been kicking
against everything the convention
and committee of the party has done
this year, even as far back as the CON
vention that appointed delegates to
the Gubernatorial Convention at
Nashville, and instructed them for
the Hon. VIM. M. Daniel.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15

One Of The gross Disbursements of our
streets is the waste paper THAT filters the
sidewalks and the roadwayv - news
papers, circulars, scraps Or every kind,
all OF them filthy, blown here end there
by every breeze, an offense to the eye,
and often the means, no doubt, Of carry
ing the seeds of disease. Is there no way
of stopping this9 Dirty streets are bad
enough, but when there is added 10 the
ordinary dirt. to which we have been acc
customed from time immemorial, this
muck of dirty paper, the combination is
utterly vile. 1t ought TO be possible for
people to devise some means to keep the
streets of its cities clear Of filthy paper.
Scavengers might be appointed whose
sole duty it should be to remove papers,
just as there are men on one or two
streets who keep on the tracks Of the
horses.
One way of diminishing ths evil would
be for merchants to give up the practice
of distributing circulars, wlich are now
universally regarded in the light Of a
nuisance, and advertise in the news
papers. The average man feels that he
has grudge against the dealer who
forces a circular upon him. Their day
is past. This condition of thing excites
the surprise of foreigners who conce here.
1t may be more of an aesthetic chan
sanitary consideration but it has rs ina
portance from both puints of view
New York Tribune.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15
THE LEADING SENATOR.

Saturday morning we read these
head lines in a Nashville daily: "The
Day in Congress, ""The Tariff Debate
Continued in the Senate" AT
the very moment we read these lines
Senator Harris was discussing the
tariff issue just opposite our window
in Elders Opera House. We are told
that he is the leading Democrat in
the Senate, and that his influence is
very great not only with the Demo
Gratis but with the Republicans, so
great that both Democratic and Re
publican senators deemed it necessary
to give him certificate Of character
to the people of Tennessee, When
General Hood charged Cheatham with
a failure to obey orders, and after
wards wrote a note to him exonerat-
ing him from all blame, Cheatham
tells us that he was not in the habit
Of carrying certificates of good char
acter in his pocket and lost it, as he
deemed it of little value. Not so
with Harris. He had his published
in all the papers. The tariffquestion,
let it be remembered, is the one issue
in this great campaign, made so by
President Cleveland and the Demo-
cratic party, and the great tariff battle
is now being fought in the Senate.
Was the Senator at his post of duty ?
If the leading Senator, he is supposed
to be in command. Who ever heard
of great commander leaving his
army in the very midst of battle and
trusting all to his subordinateS. 1t
will not Go to say that the election
for Senator is near at hand, and he
was justified in making canvass for
re. election. The best canvass a man
can make for any Office is by remain
ing at his post of duty. The election
for Senator under the Constitution
does not come off until next year !;
the candidates for the Legislature
have already been nominated, and
all he can do now is to create dissen-
sion in the Democratic party, which
seems to have been his purpose, judg-
ing from the meeting of his friends
at the Court House in the afternoon.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15

/ am told that society is about to be
started in Pisris for the purpose Of insti-
tuting crusade against BARRIERS drugs,
hair restorers and such like nostrunls.
The association is to becanel ''Le Genou''
Tor ''The Knee" which is tho French
slang expression for ''asi bare as the back
of ones handy. None but members
''thin on the sop" will,So admitted, and
the presidency will no doubt be Offered
to M. Theodore de BAnviIle, the poet,
who, you are aware, is as bald as coDt.
The object in view is tcoTace tho loss of
hair to- its true causes. The secrets of
nature will be investigated. The physio-
logical action of remedis%wil be learned.
OF course, the promoters DO not for q
moment entertain the idem that they will
ever make hair grow on - bald pate any
moro than tho best physicians can raise
tho detld Tho day is still far distant
when flies will be constrained to seek
other skating Kinks than the hair
less human skull. But the science of
keeping your hair on" has great
future before it.-Efoils Nouveaa in
Philadelphia Tinses.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15

Yesterday afternoon a festive crowd
of young men went over the river
on the ferry, for frolic and ramble
in the woods. They did not pay
fare going over, and upon their re-
turn all walked the bridge but two.
Just as the ferry landed on this
side with the two; the others of
the party passed down the river
front, and shouted at their balated
companions, which caused the ferry
man to recognize them. The delin-
quent gentlemen went on down to
the steamer Dover, then lying at the
wharfboat. "There"! said the ferry
man, "I'll just go down and collect
my money from those fellows" so
gathering his account book, he was
quickly aboard the steamer, and after
a hearty roar Of laugh at their own
predicament, the young men ponied
up nickle each.
Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-15

The annual conference Of the Meth
odist church, South will convene at
Fayetteville next Wednesday, Octo-
Der 18th, and will be presided over
by Bishop Keener. The delegates
from GAINESVILLE District are G. ID.
Roberts, S. d. Ogburn, r.. III. PICK err
ing and w. L. Melville. B. w.
Macrae and S. A. Caldwell will at
tend, Mr.. Macrae is treasurer OF Il g
Board of Church Extention, and Mr..
Caldwell is member Of the Board of
Finance. They will leave Tuesday
morning.