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Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
THE PILGRIMS, MONUMENT.

A Noble Memorial To the Pilgrim
 Fathers Dedicated With Appropriate
 Ceremonies At Plymouth, mass.-A
 Grand Procession Followed By Q
 Feast.
 PLYMOUTH, Mess., Aug. 1.-The grand na- tional monument erected in honor of the Pil- grims, was dedicated to-day. The sons and daughters of Plymouth were here in great numbers, also visitors from far and near. The weather ot the early morning was un- propitious and it was necessary to view the parade from beneath umbrellas, heavy shower prevailing. The celebration began at sunrise with salute by Battery and the ringing of the bells. The morning trains brought vast numbers of strangers and a great throng surrounded the new monument at s:3O o'clock, when the dedicatory exercis- es were carried out by the Masonic Grand lodge according to the ritual of their order. These exercises were very interesting.
 The band rendered choral by John K. Paine, following which the gong of praise, written by R. W. Thomas Power, was sung by the Temple quartette.
 Following the song came the request of the president of the Pilgrim society, ex- Governor Long; the response of the grand master, Henry Endicott; proclamation by the grand marshal, George H. Rhodes; reading of the Scripture selections by Grand Chaplain Rev. Charles A. Skinner; prayer by the grand chaplain; report on the examination of the monument and ibations of corn and wine by the junior and senior grand wardens respectively. The libations of oil by Deputy Grand Master Samuel Wells was followed by the invocation of the grand chaplain. Grand Master Henry Endicott then delivered an address. The en- tire assembly then sung an appropriate clos ing hymn by R. w. Thomas Powers, to the tune of America" The exercises con- oluded with proclamation by the grand benediction by the grand chaplain and the Pilgrim chorus by the band.
 Meantime the procession had been forming and at il o'clock moved over the extensive route in seven divisions. At the completion of the parade the officers and members of the Pilgrim society, with the orator, poet and in- vited guests, took their places in the great dining tent, and the feast provided for the occasion was discussed for an hour. Then ex. Governor Long introduced the orator of the day. Mir. Breckenridge arose and amid applause delivered an eloquent oration. John Boyle O'Reilly, the poet of the occasion, was then introduced and read his poem.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Ye.terday,s Races.

CLEVELAND, O., Aug There were three events on the card at the grand circuit races to-day-the 2:2O class postponed from yestsr- day, the 2:24 class and the 2:1S class, besides the specials. The attendance was big, nearly ten thousand persons being on the ground. Axtelle, the wonderful three e-year, old, went 8 mile for $2,500 to beat his own record ,2:1511a, made at Minneapolis. He trotted the mile to a running rate without 8 skip in 2:14 3-4, the time by the quarter being: 33 1-2, 1:O7 IA, 141 and 2:14 3-4 Guy went an exhibition mile for a cup to beat his own record of 2:12 There was great difficulty in getting him started, but once he we1 off he moved like clock work covering the last quar- ter within one-quarter of second es fast fs the first. The time by quarters is: 32 IA, 1:O5 1-2, 1:3S 1-4 and 2:10 3-4.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

Firm of Leather Dealers in Boston
 Goes Under.
 BosToN, Aug. INV. F. Johnson & Co.,, leather dealers, doing business at PA Pur- chase street, Boston, have failed. It is said at the office of the firm that the liabilities will be under s25O,000.
 The firm has assigned to Mir. Theophilus King, of Bryant & King, 57 South street. The direct liabilities are given at s225, ,000, with contingent liabilities of $15O,O0 the latter said to be amply secured.
 The cause of the failure is the general con dition of the leather business for the past three years, the caution of the banks since the recent failures in the trade, and the con- sequent tightening of money. J. B. Case is co-assignee with MT. King.
 The report of the assignment of William F. Johnson & Go. is premature. Assignees have not yet been appointed, but it is under- stood that they will be MT. King, of Bryant & King, and MT. Csse, president of the Re- demption bank.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
SUMMARIES. The 2.2O class ,oi ing pn~se $2 CD,
ime -2:2016, 2:l9, 2:1cN, 2:s0, 2:19A. :lS cle $, trotting: purse S2,0Cl.
A sa5O,oeO FAILURE.
A Firm of Leather Dealers in BOstoE
 Cnoa UJnhar

LOh me -2:1714, 2:16Ls, BY.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Washington Nofes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-President Har- rison, accompanied by Private Secretary Halford, returned to Washington this after noon. He arrived at the Baltimore and Ohio depot at 5:1O p. ID. and went at cncs to the executive mansion.
 O. A. Kenaston of the geological survey, has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior 0 special commissioner of the de- partment to visit France for the purpose of studying the irrigating systems of that coun- try with view to the improvement of our own.
 Connecticut pensions: Original, William A. Tickner, Alnon R. Chandler, Adel, mother of Edward Morse, Mary, widow of George s. Derby, Emma, widow of James Emmons.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
TheTampered Letter.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-Thomas Sexton, lord mayor of Dublin, has written to the United States legation with reference to the letter received by him from President Harrison. He reaeserts that the letter had been wilfully opened and defaced before 1t reached his hands. The seal, he says, had been melted and gum was scattered over the outside of the envelope. The gum used by the person who opened the letter and the gum originally on the envelope were palpably different.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

CHICAGO, Aug. Mrs. Henrietta Shell. widow of the late Amos J. Shell, will pay $50, 900 reward for the arrest and detention until identification by the authorities of the city of Chicago of William B. Tascott, the supposed murderer of her husband. The above reward will hold good for twelve months from this date. All communications to be sent to Dewitt o. Cregsr, mayor of the city of Chicago, or A.. J. Stone, No. 544 West Madison street.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
A Ra,Iroaa Wreck at New Brltain.

HARTFORD, Aug. 1.--The passenger train at New Britain at g pm. was late owing to a wsshout near Danbury. The freight train going the other way was ignorant that it was late. The trains collided, both engineers and fremen jumping after shutting oil steam. ana messenger of the Adams Express. The acci- dent was caused by failure of someone to mo- tify the conductor of the freight that the passenger trai1 Was late.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
The Commercial Gazette Presents Ills
 Claims to Ohio ReRUbltcans.

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 1.-The Commer- cial Gazette to-day nominates Murat Hal stead for the Senate. In double-leaded editorial over the signature of Richard Smith, Halstead's partner, 1t says "Mr. Halstead will bs home in few days. It now remains for us to say, in his absence, that the Republicans of Ohio should elect him to take the place of Payne in the United States Senate. He would fill the chair we'll. It is fair to add that this is what the Repub- lioans of Ohio, and even what the people of Ohio, irrespective of party, desire. For ob- vious reasons this paper cannot, at this late date, take part in the contest. We nomi- nate Mir. Halstead for the United States Sen- ate to take the seat misrspresented by Henry D. Favnen
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Ocean Steamers.

LONDON, August 1.-The steamer Pales- tine, from Boston for Liverpool, passed Kin sale to-day. Steamer Trave, from New York, has arrived at Southampton. Steamer Augusta Victoria, from New York, passed Scilly to-day.
 NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-Arrived: Steamer Hermann Winter. Boston.
 LONDON, Aug. 1. .- Arrived: Steamers Chittagong, Chatham, N. B., at Greenook.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Camp Meeting at Ocean Groys.

OCEAN GROVE, N. J., Aug. This WI 5 the second day of the temperance camp meeting. Professor Sweeney, assisted by the choir, sang temperance songs. Rev. Dr. A. G. Lawson, of Boston, discussed "the Proverbs of Progress" He advocated total abstinence for the individual and constitu- tional amendment for the nation, and ad- vised the letting go of all side issues. Miss Julia Coleman, of New York, spoke on Educational Aspectssand the Money Ques- ton; Can we Afford the Waste!" This even ing Mary A. Livermore lectured on "The Boy of To-day" There were frequent and heavy rains throughout the day.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
The Illegal Fishers Fined.

TRANSFERABLE, Mass, Aug. IA hearing was had to day before Joseph Hopkins in the case of the crews of steamers Seaoonnett and A. T. Serrill, charged with illegal fishing in Buzzard Bay. The court found both crews guilty, and fined each $lO0. An appeal was taken and bonds were furnished for their ap- pearance in the Supreme court at Bal nstable in October.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

II Mean daily dew point. GAO. Mean daily relative humidity S3.4. Prevailing direction of wind south. Total movement of wind 531l. Highest velocity, of wind and direction, 29-S ' on 18th. | Total precipitation l7.09. Number of days on which .01 inch or more of rain snow fell, IS. | Depth of unmelted snow on ground end of month, inches
 Total precipitation Gin inches and hundredths) for ,ia axsakax4 4l la
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Meteorological. The following is the meteorological sum. mary for the month of July:
FEitA11Ith tftCIplL8t0n ATE. in inches and
 Mean. Maximum. Minimum, hundredths
SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.
 Mean barometer, go oS6. Highest barometer. 30.279 date l7. Lowest barometer, 29. 649 date 20. Monthly range of barometer, .630. Mean temperature, TOO. Highest temperature, S8 date 8. Lowest temperature, 55 date 16
 Monthly range of temperature, 33.
 Greatest daily range of temperature g, on z, 8.
 Least daily range of temperature 5, on 8, 10, 27.
 Mean daily range of temperature, l5O.
 Mean maximum, ITS. Mean minimum, 625.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

. Number of foggy days O. Number of cloudIess days 10. Number of partly cloudy days. Number of fair days s. Number cloudy days, 13. Dates of auroras O., Dates of solar halos %. Dates lunar hnloB 0. Dates of frOsts-iight 0, killing 0. Dates of thunder storms 1, 12, 17, g, 20, 30. Mean temp, 2.3 deg. below normal.
 SERGEANT COX,
 Of U. S. Signal Corps. U s. Army.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
ENR RENT

4hn6lN The first floor of No. 6s Pearl street six I:J rooms, S20.
 lll The first floor of No Il Pleasant street, six rooms, S20.
 The second floor of No. 15 Pearl street, Ave rooms, slb.
 MERwIN's REAL ESTATE OFFICE, -on fyy,s QxraaA
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Beulanger Confident.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-Gen. Boulanger has is. sued manifesto in which he attributes his defeat in the elections for the councils gen. ersl of Sunday last to the ambitions of local candidates. He declares that he is confident of the result of the elections in France for members of the Chamber of Deputies.
 PABIs, Aug. 1.-Politioal circles here re- gard the manifesto of Gen. Boulanger as weak and as not likely to improve his posi- kion
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
RIs Flood In she Danv,lle River,

DANvAlLE, Va, Aug. 1.-The recent rains have made the biggest flood in the Danville river and it's tributaries since 1873, and they are still rising. All the buildings on the river front are flooded. Lowlands in the lower part of the city are submerged The
 Atlantic 6r Danville railroad track for six
 miles is under water, and thousands of cross ties awaiting rails have been washed away. The roadbed is greatly damaged. There
 are seven washouts on the Virginia Midland
 road between here and Lynchburg, ,and travel ,s suspended.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
soggy Tennis Courts Yesterday.

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 Ho1EL WENTWORTH, N. H., Aug. 1.- Play was resumed this afternoon in the un- finished match bt,tween c. A. Chese of Chi cago and c. W. Lee of Harvard. Chase beat Lee, 6-8. 6-3, taking first and third sets. Hovey beat Tallant, 1-6, 6.3, 6-2. These two matches were the only ones played to-day, owing to the soggy condition of the courts. The c. A. R. Encampment a Failure.
 MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1.-The encampment situation is rapidly growing worse. To-day it is apparent that nothing much short of a miracle can prevent the eucampment as an encampment from being failure. The last hope of getting a rate of cent mile to bring large crowds to Milwaukee is gone. Twenty business men of Milwaukee held a conference this forenoon with President Mill CT of the St. Paul road and John F. George of the Chicago and Northwestern, and made strenuous attempts to induce the representa-. lives of the two roads to favor cent rate President Miller stated positively that he could not do anything toward securing the cent rate,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Sixty Mules and Horses and Sever
 Street Cars Rurned.

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 1. The City Rail-
 way stables were struck by lightning this
 morning and burned. Sixty mules and horses together with seven street cs.5 were consum- ed. The loss will be heavy
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
Tho Schuylkill Became Raging Tor
 rent-Biggest Floods in Years.

PuILADELPHrA, Aug. 1.-The heavy rains which Set in early Tuesday evening and con- tinued until noon yesterday resulted in one of the heaviest floods which has visited the city in years. The Schuylkill was converted into raging torrent, and the flood gradually rose until 7:30 o'clock last night.
 The Fairmount water works were stopped yesterday afternoon, but the machinery he1 not been damaged beyond coating of mud.
 At Manayunk the water rose to point eighteen feet above low water mark, which Is higher than 1t has been since 1869. At noon the mills along the river were stopped. Twenty-two mills were flooded, but the prin- cipal damage done will be through the en- forced stoppage of tho mills.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
OTHER IMPORTS

HARTFORD, Aug. 1.-Thousa1ds of dollars have been lost by floods in the State, prinoi- pally by the washing of roads and the dam age to the crops. The Naugatuok valley has suffered severely. The mills at Shelton have been obliged to suspend. Damage to high ways in Winsted is estimated at $2, 900. Sev- eral tons of coal were carried away from w. J. Munson's mill at Watertown. The Nor- walk river js unusually high and Iushes along mad torrent.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
FIRE, FLOOD AND LIGHTNING.

Hundreds of Tons Of Hay and Thou
 sands of Bushels Of Wheat Des-
 trOycd.
 BALTIMORE, Aug. 1.--Despatches received last night from all over the State show that the rains of the past few days have done much damage. In addition to the destruc- tion already reported in the peninsula coun- ties, Talbot county suffers severely in the loss of hundreds of tons of hay and thou sands of bushels of wheat Apprehension Is felt about the tomato crops.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
l WARRANTED. |
DR. PlERcE'S PELLETS
Purely vegetable
 Perfectly Harmless ! uNEQuALED AS A LIVER PILL,

smallest, Cheapest, Easiest to take. One tiny, Sugar coated Pellet a dose. Cures Sick Headache Bilious Headache, Constipa- ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all de- rangements of the Stomach and Bowels. 25 cents A vial by druppists
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
THE DAM SAFE.

CoLLINsvILLE, Aug. 1.-The heavy rain- fall of the last thirteen hours has swollen the Pennington river to unusual proportions and alarmed people along the valley. The re- port that the New Hartford dam is unsafe ts unfounded.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
CURSIoN TURNS pAoK,

ANsoNIA, Aug. 1.-As the passenger train which leaves Shelton just before 10 o'clock up the extension was approaching Round Hill brook this morning fagman wes met and the train was stopped. He informed Conductor Bradley, who had charge of the about one hundred feet in length had settled about six feet. The train returned here and the conductor telephoned to New Haven for instI actions. The reply we1 to take his train over to Derby, put 1t on siding and await further orders An excursion train from New Haven with load of colored people under charge of Conductor Phillips arrived on their way to Parlor Rock, and they had to give it up and return
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
FOR SALE,

knoA House and Barn, centrally located; price
 iu low and terms easy.
 Also several low priced houses and lots on installments,
 A few of the finest building sites In the city, on Prospect street and Highland Park and Winchester avenue and the adjoining streets. Beautiful. healthful and within easy walking distance of the iected and certain to be built at an early day, reaching to their immediate vicinity. Apply to
 J. SHELDON, i7 Exchange Building. or
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 Aug 1st, A. D., 1889. YNSTATE of FRANCIS A. WEIR, late of New tl Haven, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the district of New Ha- ven hath limited and allowed six months from tho date hereof for the creditors of said estate to hibit their claims for settlement. Those who neg lect to present their accounts, properly ettested, within said time will be debarred @ recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 LEVERETr F. GOODYEAR, no
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02

TWISTED, Aug. 1.-The lightning struck hollow tree In George w. Eston's pasture and killed family of forty seven black snakes that had made their home in the tree. The lightning also struck in the yard of Hosea Green, killing eight chickens which were huddled together. It broke the nscks of some and the legs of others.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02


 MIDDLETowN, Aug. 1.-The rain has rushed down the hills with such force as to wash all the earth away from tho Valley railroad track at Maromas, tho first station below Middletown, leaving the bare trestle standing and no trains have been through from Say brook. Trains between Hartford and Mid- dletown are running all right.
 Trains on the Air Line are all tied up, owing to a washout near Middle6eld, and the Boston and New York express trains over this line will not get through till Q late hour.
 The small dam at Baileyfeld, in the Mid. dlefeld district could not withstand the un- usual pressure and has been completely washed away, and the flood will do consider able damage to property below them.
 WILLIMANTIc, Aug. 1.-The small dam at Rogers & Hubbard's has given away, also the dam at the Wringer company's in Middle- field. Russell & Co.'s dam is very weak and people are getting out of the way. Two dams hav6 been washed away at Dailey vile. There is bad washout on the Valley road. oN THE DrBpy uYTENcyoN-A Nuu IT AvrN nv.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-02
FROM ALL QUARTERS. CONNECTICUT FLOODS Merci|ess Rains Cause Sad
 Havoc Near Home. TRAINS DELAYED BY THE FLOODS, The Pilgrims Monument Dedicated At Plymouth. RAILWAY WRECK AT NEW BRITAIN. Sullivan On The Way To
 New Orleans.
RAILWAY WRECK AT NEW BRITAIN.
CONNECTICUT FLOODS.

Damage IR All Parts of the State-NO
 Trains On the Air L1ne-Several
 Dams Give Way-Stoppage On She
 Derby Standardization Work.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 1.-The severe rainfall of the past few days has done great deal of damage in the State. The reports from all parts of the State show that the roads throughout the State are badly washed and in many places well nigh impas sable. The Connecticut river at Hartford is ele ven feet above high water mark. Middleto wn has suffered considerably, and railroad traffic on the Valley road below this city and on the Air Line, between that oity and this, is sus- pended.
 WnL1MANT1o, Aug. LA house in pro- cess of erection, belonging to Emerson A. Morse, was struck by lightning this morning and nearly demolished. Showers have been heavy and streams are badly swollen. The Air Line train has not arrived, and 1t Is res ported that bridge at Middlefeld is gone.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-12
NOT WISE LEGISLATION.

The Ohio Legislature is very strongly set
in the direction of legislative prescription of
charges for public services; and the meas
ures it is considering are certainly radical
enough in their reductions. Bills are before
it reducing railway passenger charges to two
cents a mile, and telephone charges to three
dollars per month. The first rate is not more
radical than the majority of the railroads
could stand, while the second is a very
sweeping cut on the present rates for
telephones.
The vital error of all such bills is that
they do not take into account the fact that
Just charges vary with circumstances. Two
cents mile may be fair enough on through
lines of railway; but on a local road running
into new section, five cents mile may not
be more than will pay expenses. Thirty-six
dollars year may be profitable for many
telephone circuits, but there may be many
cases where twice or thrice that charge on a
few instruments will not more than paw ex-
penses, and yield a profit on the cost of
lines and instruments. Those who need
telephones under such cases might save hun
dreds of dollars by them; but such q law
would forbid them from it. Hard cases
make bad laws,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-12
THE REGULAR THING

The decision which is announced as hav.
ing been arrived at with regard to the new
Government library building strictly fol-
lows the precedents with regard to public
buildings at Washington. This structure
was originally authorized with the cost lin
tied to 1000, 600; and people looking at our
new s., ,OO0, 600 Court House will agree that
this sum ought to furnish an adequate IL
brary building. But the architects and con-
tractors did not think SO, and proceeded to
start the structure on ten million scale.
This created a row and work was stopped.
Congress now appears to have come to the
conclusion that it is necessary to compromise
with the fellows who set aside the legal
limitation, and it is announced that work is
to 60 ahead on Sc, ,OOO,O limit. This sue
cess of the first violation of the limit may
probably induce the expansionists to amend
their plans so as to make the building cost
so, 10000 After the cost has been doubled
q few times more, there will be no necessity
of troubling anyone about that surplus.