davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

Unpleasant Weather, Small Congrega-
 tions and a Small Contribution.
 Yesterday was Hospital Sunday and the day was not such an one as was wished for. The rain prevented many from getting out and the result was very small congregs- tions in the churches. Many Churches deferred the collection to another Sunday The announcement of a collection at the Church of the Immaculate Conception had not been made from the altar and compar- atively few were fully prepared. The col lection at St Patrick s and the Sacred Heart Churches will be taken up at some future time. The same course will be taken by St Johns, Trinity, Baptist and Methodist. Yesterdays collection amounted to SEA- 76 of which S111.75 was contributed by the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sl01.02 by the Second Congregational church and S59.99 by the First Church. A number pledged themselves to make con trbution at a later day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.

The Connecticut Rubber Company start ed their works this morning after being idle two weeks.
 Two Waterbury youths were before the court this morning for abusing horse.
 The Board of Relief will hold meeting in the Selectmen's room this evening. ,
 The largest audience of the season filled the Gem Opera House Saturday evening to see Captain Jack Crawford in ssDaniel Boone, or On the Trail" It pronounced by all to be the best show of the kind ever seen here.
 The Flavia Colis Company open for week in the Main St Theatre this evening with "Post Wilson" southern drama. ss the attraction. Seats on sale at Hain's drug store.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
THE ClGARMAKERS.
President Strasser Says the Workers Car
 Stand 8 Long Fight.

President Strasser Says the Workers Can
 Stand 8 Long Fight.
 BUFFALO. Jan. g. President Adolph Strasser, of the International Cigarmakers' union, said yesterday that only oae New York factory was on strike, and the applica- tions of two others were being considered
 II expect more applications for leave to strike in to-morrow's mail" he said to a correspondent, ''and they will be laid before the unions at once. There is no truth in the manufacturers story that they are forced to reduce wages. I cannot tell whether there is going to be a general strike or not. This whole thing may be game of bluff on the part of the manufacturers As read it in the papers. none of the large manuf acturers have come out in their true colors. It's only a few that are always kicking, and would like to break up our union. They will keep on kicking until they kick themselves out of the trade. We are on the defensive now, and never were in better condition to main tain strike. There is between S225, ,0O0 and $250, 0,0OO in the treasury, and not a single assessment would have to be made.n
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
shara saff,s Little Game.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-When farty-two Arab immigrants were about,to land at this port recently it was intended to ship them back to Bordeaux, lest they became paupers here. John Abd-el- Horn, a noted ''boss' among people of his race here, andwho is a prosperous pedler, cama forward At this juncture with H. W. 0. Edye, Of Punch, Edye & Co.,, steamship agents, and gave $25, ,OOO security that the ArabS would be self-supporting. The immigrants then landed. It has been discoveredsthat after ward Shara Saff, lieutenant Of Abd-el- Horn, went to the immigrants and dsucceeded in getting $S each from thirty-eigxt of them, on the ground that they would haSe had to go back but for Abd- el- Horns actton Four of them would not pay, and reRorted the matter at Castle Garden, whose o4acials are now hunting for Shara Saff.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Surrounded by Armed HostiIes,

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 9.-The large and fashionable congregation of the Touro Synagogue was greatls excited Saturday afternoon as it poured from that edifice. A prominent member of the congregation is E. S. Loeb, who keeps large wholesale clothing store. As he stepped from the synagogue he was encountered by three women. Each of them drew from the folds of her dress a small cowhide and began be- laboring him. So sudden was the attack that the man was unable 10 escape his as- sailants. Wherever he turned he was con- fronted by one of the women, who stopped him and struck him several times. They kept this up for several minutes, infiicting severe wounds upon Loeb, and finally be. coming weary, they abruptly left the scene. The women were Mrs. Wertheimer and her daughters, and the act was the result of a hitter feud.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
CONDENSED NEWS.

It seems to be definitely settled that Fred Pfeffer will play with the Chicago club this year.
 Ronamy Price, the English economist, is dead. He was in the 81st year of his age.
 Dr. Cross, the prominent Cork physician who was convicted of having murdered his wife in order that he might marry his chil- dren's governess, will be hanged on Tuesday.
 The chromo idea has worked into the coffin business at Buffalo, the agents of Cleve- land firm offering prizes to secure business
 Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has written long letter to constituent giving reasons why MT. Lamar should be confirmed.
 Thalberg Biedenfeld, druggist of No. 8 Second avenue, New York, died from the effects of blow which he said was delivered by finders Holm, his clerk. Holm was ar rested.
 Rev. Samuel G. Smith, D. D., late of the Methodist church, has established peoples church in St Paul, Minn. Its government will be by laymen entirely.
 Coal and salt were found on Saturnay while boring for natural gas at Winfield, Kan.
 I. G. Rawlins was thrown by his horse near Versailles Mo, on Saturday and in- stantly killed.
 The river is falling again at Pittsburg, but more coal will be shipped before it is too low for navigation.
 A stage coach was upset near Shaw's Cor ner, Mass, and thrown into ditch. Twelve passengers were thrown out, three of whom were injured.
 Edward Wetlach, well known citizen of Allegheny City, Pa., committed suicide at his home yesterday by cutting his throat with small penknife.
 During fight between colored boys in Philadelphia, Edward Smith plunged knife into the side of John French.
 Clarence Hamilton, chief city tax collector of Halifax, N. s., was drowned in Dart mouth lake on Saturday night while skating.
 The Corean government has engaged tbree military instructors from America.
 A tramp who had been sick for three days in the lookup at Birmingham, Conn.,, wnsi discovered to be suffering from smallpox.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Bitten by Vicious Dogs

CAMDEN, N. J., Jan. e. Thomas H. No. AZ York street. his wife, and Jennie Young, aged years, the child of a neigh ber, were all frightfully bitten by two huge dogs yesterday afternoon. The animals, which were of unusual size, were perfectly dociIe, the children frequently romping with them. Yesterday, however, while Jennie playing with them, one of the dogs fastened his teeth in her arm. Her screams brought MT. and Mrs. French to the rescue, when they were attacked and frightfully bitten in the face and limbs. The dogs were finally driven off, when it was found that the wounds inflicted were very painful and serious, though not sup posed to be fatal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
MARRIED AND VANISHED,
A New Brunswick Blue Blood Who ,NIar
 ried His Fathers Servant.

A New Brunswick Blue Blood Who Mar
 ried His Fathers Servant.
 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Jan. 9-It has just become known that John Patterson, a son of Ezekiel Patterson, a millionaire of this city, was married Thursday to girl named Kelley, a servant in his fathers house. John was put on the bark Elinor Vennor and sailed for Australia S, turday. MT. Patterson has two children-Joh and a daughter Mary. Tine two have quarreled frequently, and John has been arrested sev- eral times on complaint of his sister. Some thing over year ago she charged him with theft. and Mir. Patterson employed ex-Sena- tor @Sehenck and Judge Patterson, of the court of errors, to defend his son. The trial was very sensational, and John was ac. quilted. On Wednesday he was again ar rested, his sister charging him with drunk enress. His father pail his fine after he had been in jail an hour. It is supposed Johns marriage is the cause of his banish- ment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
FILLING BRITISH PRISONS !
MR. WlLFRED BLUNT THE LATEST
 VICTIM OF COERCION.

Ex-Cabinet Minister Lefevre Vigorously
 Denounces the Act of the Government,
 and May Himself Become a Candidate
 for Prison Honors.
 DUBLIN, Jan. 9-The confirmation of the sea.erce on MT. Wilfred Blunt and his prompt arrest and subsequent removal to Galway, have aroused great interest and a feeling of indignation throughout the coun- try. Lady Blunt was permitted to accom-. pany her husband to Galway, where, of course, they separated. Among the mes- sages of sympathy receivei by L,dy Blunt was one from the Marquis of Ripon, at Galway.
 A collision between the people and police was averted by the intervention of Dr. Tan ner, M. F. At allinasloe an address from tue priests and people, Bishop Duggan being in attendance, was presented to Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre, an ex-cabinet minister, in which he was cordially congratulated on the active sympathy he had exhibited for Mr. Blunt.
 In reply, MT. Lefevre delivered telling speech, in which he warmly condemned the action of the government in sending Mir. Blunt to prison. He said if he had been in Ireland at the time he would have acted pre- cisely as MT. Blunt had done. MT. Lefevre asserted that the action of the government was in the interest If Lord Clanricarde, whose oppressson of his tenants had been widely exposed. It is believed by many that Mr. Lefevre himself may before long be a victim of the coercion act.
 Before going to the court in the morning MT. Bluut himself was presented with an address by the people of Portumna, and de livered a manly reply.
 The Freemans Journal of to-day inauger- ates Blunt defense fund, which will elicit in practical form the feelings of the people of England and Scotland as we'll as Ireland, and perhaps take in even @ much wider field.
 MT. Blunt, on being taken to jail, donned the prison garb under protest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Practical Cooperation.


 No one who knows anything about co-op- eration in principle and practice disputes the fact that it pays. A fresh and interesting proof of this has just come to me- A young grocery clerk in a wholesale house found himself out of job some time ago. He lived in Harlem, in neighborhood tenanted chiefly by people of limited means like him. self. Knowing the value of produce he had often remarked to his wife on the advance price charged up town by purveyors of the necessities of life, and when he found he had nothing else to occupy his time with he com menced to buy the family supplies down town and carry them home in a basket. A neighbor in the house suggested that he should do the marketing for her, too, because she fancied the goods he purchased were bet ter than those she got from her grocer and butcher. She paid him the up town price for them, so that he not only got his own SUD- plies at bottom figures, but had the expense of bringing them up town more than paid for.
 This suggested an idea to him. He made out price list, charging an advance on cost and still less than the local scale, secured the support of some more neighbors and com menced to market for them daily in wagon that he hired by the month. In this way he got his own food supply for nothing. Then some of his customers proposed to form a regular association, pay him a salary for do. ing the business and enjoy the benefit of the savings themselves. He readily agreed to this, and is now purveyor general to some twenty families, gets bigger salary than he received through his clerkship and hopes to build the society up into strong co-opera- tive club, with it's own store and staff. Al fred Trumbla in New York News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
lit May Cost Him His Life.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 9.-Frank Fal- ioure, prominent citizen and large holder of real estate, was arrested yesterday on a charge of setting fire to dwelling in the night, an offence which is one of the three punishable under the statutes of this state with death. The prisoner owns large block of real estate, including several store rooms.
 Yesterday the drug store of R. B. Burt 6 O. was discovered to be in flames. The son of Falloure owns @ rival drug store, and there has been considerable bitterness be- tween the two houses. It is believed the prisoner set fire to the building in spirit of revenge. The case against him is very strong.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.
A Session Marked by Many New Project.
 for Reform.

A Session Marked by Many New Projects
 for Reform.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-There will be a great deal of committee work, but very few finishing touches in congress this week. The house is already flooded with bills. The bill clerks were at work all of yesterday putting them ia order. In the house alone there have been introduced In this session 3,263 bills, against Il, ,526 during the life of the last congress. According to the average percentage of the work done at different stages of congress, there will be about 15,O0O bills introduced in the lower branch of this congress while the senate will swell the grand total to the neighborhood of Is, 900 or 20O0o.
 In the house of the Forty y-seventh con- gress, only six years ago, the total number of bills was about 1000, and in both houses of that congress there were scarcely 5000 measures proposed. Now the number promises to be doubled. In the last house there were nearly 4,OO0 b Ills referred to each of the committees on war claims and in- valid tensions. The number for the former committee, it is estimated, will in this house be brought up to about 5000, while those for the latter committee may reach, 5000, not withstanding the impression that there is not to Le great deal of pension legislation
 In the house to-day there will be another call of the states and territories for the in- tro,;uction of bills. The committee on rules may submit report which will occupy con- siderable time in debate.
 Friday will be private bill day and tho prospects gre that, with the intervening time for committee work, there will be an abundance of m tier reported for final con- siderat O. The committee on accounts is expected to report unanimously in favor of the passage of resolution to place Thomas Coakley, of New York, the doorkeepers' roll, he having been dropped in the reorgan- ization. The p, inciple this involves wi ' likely bring about sharp debate.
 Mr. Blair says he intends to push the COZ sideration of his educational bill in the sen ate this week, and expects it to consume most of the time each day after the morning hour. MT. Brown, of Georgia, wants t talk o3 tie internal revenue system. H. wants tie internal tax abolished.
 The committee on territories will probably report with favorable recommendation the bill to divide Dakota on an east and west line admit the southern half to statehood and name the northern half Dakota and the southern half South Dakota. The commit. on Indian affairs will also probably report tfa bi to untn thu Sioux Indian reservation i. Dakota.
 seriators are divided in their opinions as to whether caueuses will be held on the nom. ination of Mr. Lamar and as to the time a report will Do made by the committee on ju. dietary. It is not generally expected that a report will be made this week or that . caucus will be held by either party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Killed by an Angry Husband.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-Harry L. Ed wards, well-known attorney, Saturday night shot and killed Dr. L. l.. Kuykendoll, and then shot his wife, Mrs. Nina Edwards, at the boarding house No. 190 Julia street. Up to week ago MT. Edwards, his wife and 9-year-old son, Willie, resided in cottage in Euterpe street, but, owing to domestic troubles, Mrs. Edwards left with her son and took up her abode with her sisters, Misses Lulu and Kate Lewis, who are boarding in the house where the tragedy oc- cured. He doubtless suspected Dr. Kuy- kendoll of intimacy with Mrs. Edwards, though as matter of fact they were barely acquainted, the doctor being a suitor for the hand of Miss Kate Lewis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09

Dying of an Almost Forgotten Wound.
 PITTsBURG, Jan. 9.-Mrs E. Hook, of this city, is dying from gunshot wound received twenty years rgo. Boys shooting at a mark wounded her. The doctors at that time found that a bullet had entered her right side between the third and fourth ribs They probed for it, but were unsuccessful, and concluded that it had entered the liver, an the woman was given up to die She recov- cred, however, and has never had a day's ill health since until Sunday week ago, when she fell on the street from sharp pain in her side. The doctors now find that the bullet has shifted it's position and that she will die,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09

Senator Beck's Unanimous Reelection.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Senator Beck ar. rived here from Kentucky Saturday. his face beaming with smiles of satisfaction on account of the very handsome compliment paid him by the Kentucky state legislature in having unanimously selected him to serve another term of six years in the national sen- ate. Not only the unamity was pleasing to MT. Beck, but he has the satisfaction of knowing that so highly was he esteemed by the members of the legislature that they did not even throw a few complimentary votes for other distinguished aspiring statesmen, as is usual on similar occasions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Testing the Great Telescope,

SAN JOSE, Cal, Jan. 9-The great tele- scope at the Lick observatory was tested for the first time under satisfactory conditions Saturday night, the sky being clear and the weather cool. The observation was highly gratifying to the astronomers. Though only medium power was used, the nebula in Orion was outlined with greater clearness than perhaps ever before. Saturn was also observed very satisfactorily
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
A Settlement Expected.

NEW YORK, Jan 9.-Private dispatches from Philadelphia and Reading strongly indicate that the same settlement of the great strike will be reached during the present week. The annual meeting of the Reading stockholders will be held to-day in Philadelphia and the strike will un- doubted, be exhaustively discussed, and some plan of negotiation or compromise be suggested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Young Dodge Has it Bad.

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 9-Walter Phelps Dodge, the scapegrace of bogus marriage advertisements, seems to have been in just such scrapes before. A gentleman who is in position to know, and has known of Dodge's tricks for some years, says that while he was abroad studying under his tutor, William l.. Cushing, he fell deeply in love with young lady, and when he found he could not win her he determined upon suicide. He, however changed his mind, and only shot himself in the leg, infiicting a flesh wound. He did this in the hope that the young lady's mother would nurse him, and that in this way the sympathy aud love of the girl he loved might be gained.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
The Presidents Gift to the Pope.

BUFFALO, Jan. 9.-During the sermon of Bishop Coxe last evening he referred to the presidents gift to the pope of an embossed copy of the constitution of the United States. de said: "All Americans, all Italy, all the enlightened universe will applaud the gift. It is worth all the gew-gaws and trinkets with which pretty princes and royal idiots have encumbered the Hobbies of the vatican; gifts every one of which, like other lobbyists, mean businessI"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
The Case of Thomas c. Platt.

ALBANY, Jan. 9.-Thomas c. Platt, with his son, Frank Platt, and his counsel, w. w. Mcfarland, came up from New York at 10 o'clock last night, and went imme- diately to the Kenmore. MT. Platt is here at the behest of the state of New York to stand trial in the case to oust him from the office of quarantine commissioner. The case is being tried before Justice Mayham, of the supreme court, and began this afternoon at Attorney General O'Brien and Attorney General Tabor. MT. Platt's counsel are Mir. Mcfarland, Hamilton Harris and N. c. Moak, of Albany.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Speaker Coles Probable Appointees.

ALBANY. Jan. 9.-As nearly as can be as- certained the chairmanships of the principal committes will be distributed as follows: Ways and means, Mir. Ainsworth; appro priations, Mir. Husted; judiciary, MT. Sax ton; general laws, Mir. Hamilton; canals, MT. Gallagher; cities, MT. Crosby; railroads, MT. Youngman; insurance, Mir. Curtis, and banks, Mir. Brundage. It is now reasonably certain that James K. Apgar, of West chester, ex-Speaker Husted's clerk, will re- turn to the desk in the same capacity for the new speaker.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Probably the Rig Raft,

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-The British brig Kildonan, Capt. Grant, arrived in this port yesterday. She reports that in the gull stream, latitude 3S degrees north, longitude 6S degrees 30 minutes west, she passed through six miles of floating timber, which Capt. Grant took to be telegraph poles. It may be, however, that the timber was a DOT tion of the great raft which broke away from the steamship Miranda.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Cars Demolished and Travel Obstru

Cars Demolished and Travel Obstructed.
 TRENTON, Jan. 9.-Extra freight train No. ran into the rear end of another freight train which had broken in two at Hlmilton Mills, on the New York division of the Pennsylvania railroad yesterday morning. Several cars were demolished and tr lvel ob- structed Conductor Roberts is, it is thought very fatally injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
A Cattle Kings Attempted Murder.

ANTHONY, Kan, Jan. 9.-Walter E. Tread well, the great cattle king, shot Charles c. Clark, his old partner in business, Saturday, wounding him badly. The affair occurred in Clark's room at the Burnett house. One shot entered his body four inches below the heart, another broke the left thigh six inches below the joint. The origin of the difficulty IS not known. Treadwell gave himself up to tba sheriff
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
Robert Hamilton,s Watch Recovered,

LONG BRANCH, Jan. 9.-The gold watch presented to Robert Hamilton by his em. ployer, Anthony J. Drexel, which had been missing since the night of the murder, is in the hands of the authorities. Constable Clay Woolly recovered it yesterday morning in the house of Annie Smith, the colored wo- man who was arrested several days ago as a witness. Charles Sexton, Elmer Perine, Augustus Hankins and Frank Lane, white men, and two sisters of Annie Smith were arrested. The watch is covered with blood stains. Even the works have blood upon them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
The Coolest in TwentY-three Years.

BELGRADE, M. T., Jan. 9.--The spirit thermometer now registers 52 degs below zero, which is the coldest since 1865. Stock is suffering severely, and should the present cold snap continue losses will be heavy. All freight trains are abandoned. Passenger trains going west are from twenty-four to thirty-six hours late.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09

IT0VeNL OdrSs
 CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The judiciary commit tee of the city council will tonight present an ordinance relating to the overcrowding of street cars. The ordinance provides against cars carrying over ten persons in excess of the number that can be seated, and also that each car when filled should be placarded as "full," and thereafter any per- son attempting to get on the same should be liable to fine of $5 to $1OO for each offence.