Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-03
CHRONICLE OF EVENTS.

A CHICAGO man was lately fined five dol. lars for snoring iu church.
 A CHICAGO baby born recently smilingiy exhibited at birth a nice upper row of six front teeth and four perfect ones on the lower gum.
 THE costliest stable in the world has been built in Syracuse, N. Y, for D. Edgar Grouse, the millionaire horseman. When 1t is completed it will represent an outlay of at least t500, ,00O.
 WONDERFUL ice cave, according to the Bakima Herald, was discovered recently near Trout Lake. Kliclkitat County, w. T. It is of great size, but can not be explored on account of the intense cold.
 A FRAGMENT of meteor which recently fell in Chicago was analysed, and found to contain 73 per cent. of iron, 21 of nickel. 3 of manganese and small quantities of alumni mum, cobalt, tin, copper, arsenic, etc.
 HpNa YEN CHANG, the only Chinese law yer in the Empire State, pleaded and won his nrst case in 8 Brooklyn court one day lately. He was dressed in Caucasian cloth ing of fashionable cut, and spoke English f1uently.
 A CHURCH in Southern Illinois is about to have fair in which one of the features will be the pigs in clover with real pigs. A large fac-simile of the toy will be built in sAAS who pens the porkers.
 PEOPLE of Walla Walla, W. T., were much interested the other day in very pictur- esque party of English gypsies that passed through that town. One young woman was riding genuine Shetland pony, which she said cost her $250 in Scotland.
 Ex-GovERNoR Crittenden, of Missour who took such an active hand in the break Ing up of tho Jesse James gang of despera- does, lately represented Jesse James, ,Jr., in successful suit for damages against brew ing company, oneof whose employees, by the careless handling of barrel, broke the child's leg.
 PORTLAND, Ore, man refused Chinaman ten cents, due for washing. The Mongolian closed the door and gave his de- lnquent customer severe drubbing, a la kilrain. When the police arrived all the satisfaction they gave the white man was to advise him to pay his wash bills here after. He will probably do so.
 THE youngest couple ever married in West Virginia were made man and wife the other night at Keyser, Mineral County. Their names are Chloe Poland, aged thir- teen, and Joe Snow, aged fourteen. They had been lovers for four years, and after frequent entreaties received parental con- sent to marry. The bride was attired in short dress.
 DURING recent heavy rain and thunder storm at Gonzales, Tex, 0 flock of wild geese flying over the town was struck by lightning and seventy-eight were killed. They were picked up by boys and sold on the streets for ten cents each. Some of the geese were badly torn up by the electric current. The incident was subject of uni versal comment
 TIE Great Eastern has cleared profit at last Her last owners recently sold the hull and fittings, realizing over s215,OoO, tho copper bringing s13,450 the brass s19,9Oo, gun metal S32, 400, lead S2O, ,925, outer iron plates s62,5OO, inner Iron plates, rivets and beams s6l, ,150, the anchors about S1,50O This will give the owners profit of over s1O0,0 900, and is probably the only time the ship ever made any money for its owners.