Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-05
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

Happenings of Interest in Several States
 Briefly Chronicled.
 Strong hopes exist that Mrs Kayser, of Philadelphia, the wife of Anna Klaus mur- derer, may recover from the brutal wounds inflicted by her husband, Ottto,Kayser, before he cut his own throat.
 Gorge Briggs, of Tarrytown, N Y, threat ems to bring suit against the Yale university crew for infringement of his patent of barge i'll use at the gymnasium. He offers, how ever, to sell them the right
 Delegates from the Pennsylvania coal work ers' organization are in session at Indianapolis About 15, GOO miners and $50 coal operators of the Plttsburg district are represented.
 Charles T. Osborn a Newark newsboy, brings suit against the Newark Traction com pany for the loss of leg
 Mrs. John Sabol, a bride of a week. is miss ing from Trenton, and it is feared she has drowned herself False reports circulated by gossips, it is said, unsettled her mind
 Sarah J. Lattimer, of Plainfied, N J., who recently gave S4O, 900 for the erection of a Presbyterian church there is dead She was a millionaire.
 Mayor Strong, of New Brunswick N J., speaks in vigorous terms of the rottenness of the present city government He says the license laws are constantly violated and ap-
 
 to take steps toward purification.
 At Marion, N.J., an attempt was made to fire an old hotel, which is being used as a tenement. Thirty families occupied the structure and a vigorous effort will be made to discover the fire tiends.
 Work has been resumed at nearly all of the coal mines along the Monongahela river. By the starting up of the works nearly 5000 men will be given employment. They resume work at three cents bushel-the same rate in effect before the shut down.
 The strike throughout the Pennsylvania coke region has been a failure. Nearly all the works have started up number of the strikers failed to secure employment as their services were no longer needed
 The number of deaths in Philadelphia last weeks,,were 399 an increase of A from the previous week. Of the number a43 were adults and 156 children.
 Gen. Harrison has accepted the invitation of Mayor Ntler to visit Philadelphia in April next While James Reagan and John Mccormick, employees of Redfield's quarry at Fair Haven, Conn, were crossing the Shore Line road at Poorman's crossing, arm in arm, and so drunk that they could hardly stand, they were struck by train and instantly killed Both leave families Mary H. Fiske, the ''Giddy Gusher'' of The New York Mirror, and one of the most versa tile lady writers in the metropolis, is dead, after long illness Maj. Gen. Wager Swayne will deliver the oration at the Sheridan memorial services in the New York state assembly chamber early in April. Smallpox in its most malignant n'la is spreading among the miners at Nanticoke, Pa About 100 Connecticut editors were given dinner by Col. w. H. Stevenson, at Bridge port, Conn. last evening. This is an annual event, but last nights affair eclipsed all pre- vious ones. John Reynolds, employed in Edson's laboratory at Orange, N. J., betrayed beau tiful girl also employed there, telling her he was single and would marry her. His wife learned of the affair and yesterday laid in wait for her husband, and when he came out of the shop gave him terrible fiogging with rawhide. He retreated to the shop, where he was promptly discharged. It has leaked out in New Britain, Conn.,, that Postmaster Beatty has been found E., 300 short in his accounts with the go,''srnent. l The government inspectors paid ,, a | visit on Saturday, and it was ,y 1 shown that things were not y should be. Mir. Beatty was ch le crime and at once admitted his 1t alleged asa reason that he had 10 of the money collected from b p- posing they were his perquisitcs. Edward Horan, brakema .st bound Pennsylvania train, at put oil couple of tramps at Trel ;ney attacked and threw him from ,..y train, which was running rapidly. He was serious N hOrt The med