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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
Robert Downing.

Last nights entertainment was rare treat for the small audience at the opera qouse. Downing's success as Spartacus was instantaneous, every scene being applauded. MT Downing is fully equal to the aggressive qualities of the charac- ter and his presence is most command ing. His support was strong, Charles Hermann as Phasarius and Miss Nellie Tracy as Sonora being of unusual excel lence.
 Haverly-Cleveland Minstrels.
 The Harverly- Cleveland minstrels be- gan their weeks engagement at the Ac- ademy last evening under the most promising auspices. The house was crowded from pit to dome and every feature was greeted with enthusiastic indications of approval.-N. Y. Journal. At the opera house to morrow-night.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
Kick, Boys. Kick.

How we'll we know that ere long some of our most worthy contemporar- ies would kick because we cut our prices in half and offer you S2.00 for S1.00. Do you believe what we say? If not come and see and be your own judge. We do not feel disposed to take advantage of reasoning people while our reputation for fair dealing and honest principle is so we'll founded. Years of experience have taught us, don't you know, that we have facilities for furnishing cloth ing as cheapif not cheaper than any oth- CT concern in the state of Connecticut. Don't you know that when we say two for one we mean two for one Of course you do and so does everybody else. A call will demonstrate these facts, satis- faction guaranteed or money refunded.
 HIRSH'S TEN PER CENT ONE PRICE CLOTHING O., 72 Bank street, opposite Postoffice. Look for the White Front.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The Alderme on Refuse to Award James sutton the Street sweeping Contract Choice of a Fire Commissioner Matters Pertaining to Fire and Water.
 The board of councilmen at their | monthly meeting held last evening acted upon large number of measures that l came from the road board. In the board | of aldermen James Sutton's contract to | sweep the pavement was brought up for l approval.
 was not lower bid presented by outside parties.
 Mir Chipman said there was, and those parties were taxpayers and engaged in business here.
 l Mir Webster did not favor giving out a | contract to any man who was a higher
 bidder than another after the party be- l came an. authorized bidder and was ac- | cepted as such.
 After considerable discussion upon the 1 advisability of approving the contract an aye and nay vote was taken, resulting in l the rejection of the report and vote to give the contract to the lowest bidder The vote was as follows Aye-Alder- men O'Rourke and Rametti; nay Aldermen Webster, Martin and French. l c. w. Blakeslee & Son of New Haven l were the lowest bidders. When the action of the aldermen was l brought before the councilmen it was unanimously voted not to concur with the upper board in rejecting MT Sutton's contract.
 In the aldermen's chamber a vote was taken for fire commissioners, resulting in the choice of D. J. Mahaney and George Roberts. The councilmen chose D. J. Mahaney and R. c. Manville. The report of the board of compensa- tion on Great brook on North Elm street was accepted and adopted. The reports of the board on the layout of Farm, Laurel and Alden streets were also ac- cepted.
 The majority and minority reports on | fire company for the North End were read.
 Alderman Webster objected to voting
 for a new fire company for the North | End until an appropriation was voted.
 that portion of the city and said it was a
 question which should be acted upon with all due consideration. Mir Webster said that above Grove street the city
 needed better protection, but he was de-
 cidedly opposed to voting for 8 company
 without an appropriation. Both reports
 were placed on file. | The council referred the street num-
 bering petition to the road commission
 CTS. The petition of c. I. Tremaine fol the better disposal of surface water was
 also referred to that board.
 The council voted to give S10O to Johr
 Ensel for the privilege of building 6
 sewer pipe across his South Main stree, property.
 The city clerk reported the ordinance
 against policy playing properly engross.
 ed and it was adopted.
 Alderman Webster introduced reso
 lution instructing the water board to as
 certain the cost of procuring water
 supply from Quassapaug lake, Hop brook
 Lindley brook and Chestnut brook. Th'
 resolution was adopted.
 The board adjourned to their regula
 meeting.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
WHAT BERLiNERS EAT.
Our German Cousins Said to Mix Horse-
 Flesh with Their Sausage.

Our German Cousins Said to Mix Horse-
 Flesh with Their Sausage.
 The amount of animal food disposed of in the German capital is such that, divided up equally among the population of the city, it yields an allowance of two and half pounds of meat a week to every man, woman and child in the place, including infants in arms, members of the Legislature and paupers. In other words, says the London Telegraph, each and every Berliner, irrespective of age, sex or political opinions, Is officially credited with the consumption of Al pounds weight of beef, mutton, veal, pork, lamb and horse-hesh per annum. No fewer than 1000 horses are slaughtered yearly for the Berlin meat market, their flesh being partly sold as ''butcher's meat" in shops specially affected to the retail trade in ''pferde- fleisch," and partly ''worked up'' into sausages, a popular variety of which is hawked ''all hot'' about the streets late in the evening and during the smaller hours of the early morn. Poor Prussians are much addicted to horse-fesh stewed in a savory sauce; nor do the well-to-do disdain it as an occasional viand served under it's own name. In Germany, Italy and even France the flesh of horses and asses is unQuestion- ably "converted into sassengers," like unto the aged hero of one Samuel Weller's most gruesome anecdotes, in vast quantities. and imparts to them close texture, rich color, and aromatic flavor, in particular to Bruns- wick "wurst," ''martadella of Bologna" and "saucisson de Lyon." This bulk of the substance to which these dainties owe their being, however, is pork. fresh or salted l; and in all probability the 470,0OG pigs that | annually pay the debt of nature in tribute to Berlinese appetites find their way to the table in the shape of either sausage or ham | for Prussians rarely eat roast pork or fried bacon, whereas they are never weary of smoked and cured preparations of pig. Be- sides devouring this porcine host, Berlin stands accountant yearly for the violent death of 127 800 head of cattle, 131, 500 calves, and 346, 900 sheep, besides multitude oi minor animals, all of which vanish in due course down her capacious maw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07

Go to LADD's for fine bananas, pine apples, spinach, groceries and fruit of all kinds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
The Training of Children,

The training of children in those matters which mark good-breeding should begin at an early age. A boy five years old is none too young to be taught to take off his hat to lady, not to pass between people who are talking together, to stand until ladies are seated. All such things are acquired far more easily by early drilling than they can ever be afterwards. indeed, it is question. able whether any one who has been brought mp without such training can ever acquire that habitual courtesy which marks the true gentleman or lady.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
Impracticable People.

We may, with very little inquietude, see man persist in project which he has found to be impracticable-live in an incon- venient house because it was contrived by himself, or wear a coat of particular cut ID hopes by perseverance to bring it into fashion. These are indeed follies; but they are only ..follies, and however wild or ri- diculous, can very little affect others. h. deed, the folly of persisting in imprac- ticable ideas is generally visited only on our selves. (
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
WORLD OF SPORTS.

The Waterbury barbers have formed a base ball team and would like to slash their Meriden cousins. A communica- tion to the DEMOCRAT is requested from the Meriden shavers.
 Atlantic league games yesterday Jersey City, IA, New Haven, 4; Hart ford, 4, Newark, 3: Wilkesbarre, IS, Lowell, 12; Worcester, 6, Easton, 4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-07
White Hats ]!

We have just opened a fine line of la dies and children's White Hats in Leg horns and desirable Straws in seasonabl shapes.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
The New French Chamber.

The new French Chamber consists
Of 92 landowners or farmers. Is doc
tors of law, 116 barristers, 81 manu-
fseturers or traders, 40 journalists or
authors. IS doctors, Il engineers, 6
ship-owners, Is ex-magistrates, 2
generals, 2 admirals, u retired Off
GERS. l naval officer, IL ex-prefeets,
L ex-diplomatists, 5 ex-eouncillors
Of state, Z notaries, { druggists, 2
seademieians, u bankers, 5 prOfes-
sOrs, II solicitors, 5 clerks, 6 work
ingmen. 2 contractors. 3 iron-mas-
tiers, 1 railway inspector, bishops, 1
protestant pastor, L tObaeeonist, 1
dentist, painter, l composer, vet
erinsrisn, 1 designer and ! compost
tor. There are also 2 princes, 1 duke,
s msrquises, 10 counts, I viseounts
and 66 mobiles.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24

There Is nothing better for cut
than powdered rosin. Pound II
until fine and put IN an empty clean
pepper box with perforated top, then
you can easily sift it out on the cut,
and put q soft cloth around the IN
iGrsd member; dsmpen 1t with cold
water once now and then. 1t will
prevent Inflammation and soreness.
The projectors Of the fund for q
monument TO John Bright are dis
eonsolate over the smalIness of the
returns Although only $4,000 was
desired and the subscriptions began
with q rush, less than $4,000 has
thus far been received
S.H. Goddard, formerly Grand
Chancellor, knights of Pythias of
Nevada. and Eell-known in Cali
furnis and Colorado as an architect
and contractor, died suddenly at
Santa Fe recently.
The switehmen on all the roads
entering Memphis, Tenn. have Pc
titI0ned the several Superintendent
for an increase OF wages from 3 Is
and 3 . per day TO 3 80
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
GAAENaALGH vs.. BERGER.
A Decision Rendered in Celebrated
Case.


Judge Dole gave his decision Tues
day morning in the appeal case, heard at
Chambers, Of ssSumpsit and set-of the
parties to which being W c. Parke, as
signee, W. Ii. 6raenhalgh, bankrupt vs..
c. o. Berger. ff
The circumstances Of this case, as
gathered from the evidence, are as fol-
lows; The defendant held promissory
note against Graenhalgh dated Oct. 24th,
1855, PAYABLE in thirty days Tor $40. Of
which ISL 80 was paid on the attn day OF
December, 1855, leaving balance due
Of $3.50. About this time Graenhalgh
tailed, and = meeting Of creditors was
held, who authorized {. Bolte, his attor-
ney IN fact. 70 keep his store open. The
defendant WIS at the first meeting OF the
creditors and knew OF Graenhalgh's in
solvency, and afterwards instructed his
wife 70 20 10 Graenhaigh's store and buy
what she could get she purchased on
credit the goods described in the bill of
particulars on the 18th and Ugh Of Dec.
lSSS, amount 70 $3.50 in value, and
the defendant offered the abovemen-
toned promiSSory note in payment.
GraenhAlgh finally went into bankruptcy
and his assignee brought this action to
collect the bill for the goods, and the
defendant pleaded the prOmiSsory note
As set-Of 10 the action. The Police
Court diS&llowed tue Set-of and gave
Judgment for the plaintiff and the
defendant ar)vDa.4lai
Judge Dole said that he considered
that TIE contract Of sale between the
InSolvent Grasnhalgh and the defendant
was void under section Il OF the Bank
rupt Act Being made IN the violation
o. the provisions OF : statute It Is not
vOidable but void and cannot be con-
frmed nor enforced, Wheeler vs.. Rus
sell, Il Mass. go: Czrues vs.. Polk, /
COldw. s. Ad. Contr rs and \. l.
= Therefore, because the, plaintiff may
not enforce l contract that has been pro-
hibited by statute, rather than that the
defendant Is entitled 10 relief, judgment
may be entered for the defendant -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24

have studied almost all my life, Per
haps l could be of some use TO you.
Ii yoa should wish further details
regarding our measures against the
disease l am ever at your service. /
am, dear sur, yours truly.
tSigned G.. ANAUER HANSEN.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24

View % an Eminent Leper Physician.
MR- ED1ToR: The following COM
municstion which viii explain itself
Is thought to be of sufficient general
interest TO warrant its publication in
your columns. The writer of the
letter. Dr., Hansen. Is we'll known in
the medical world as a conscientious
student and Sn authority on skin
diseases, especially leproSy. The
hospital spoken of, from which lepe-s
hSve been sent out cured Is situated
81 Bergen, Norway.
Yours truly,
y. 3. EMERSON.
President B. II.
Dec. Il. 1889.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
CORRESPONDENCE

Ne d zos hols ozrsslvsS r~<pcaSisle Io- the
s-Ess--sEss -1aas. OF opanscHs expressed " cur
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
Enlarged to 48 Pages

Monthly, makes a yearly volume Of
nearly 600 pages, devoted to the agricul-
tural and commercial prosperity OF the
Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24

The attention of the business men Of
Honolulu and Of all persons engaged in
industrial pursuits is called to this per-
iodical as medium for
The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-12-24
MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR.

This popular journal has entered on it
eighth volume, and having been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

will be considered and no more appoint ments made except those already decided upon until after September. He gives as . reason for his determination that all his time for some weeks to come will be taken up in mapping out the work of the special agents of the bureau He says he has already appointed three times as many employees as were appointed at the same period in the last census. Which must be acknowledged even by the hungriest re- publican to be doing quite well.
 MT Porter as superintendent of the census and Mir Porter as republican editor seem to be two entirely different persons. AS the latter Mr Porter had little regard for any system that failed to fill the offices rapidly with republicans; he believed religiously in that theory of the civil service which latter day euphemists term "putting the administration in the hands of it's friends" AS superintendent of the census bureau MT Porter realizes that there may be altogether too much of a good thing. He has had to reckon with a republican hunger of which he had little conception when he used to wax eloquent about the democratic greed for office and contempt for civil service reform. He had very vague if any notions of the terrible, ovsrmastering and resistless persistency
 with which an able bodied republican pursues the bogey of office His experience in the census office has brought him rude awakening.
 Superintendent Porter should stir him. self. The faithful are not to be given gudgeon for bait. They are not to be de- nied the spells for which they stood ill the trenches last fall. They want the super intendent to stand up and proclaim his contempt for reform as manfully as he did in the columns of the New York Press. They want him to put the census in the hands of its friends. He must give prac- tical expression to the faith that was ln
 him when he said, with an eloquence that was musical to republican ears, civil ser vice reform be d-d.
 Superintendent Porter should hustle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

 stern and dignifled, was fearful that some misfortune had occurred.
 Anything wrong, Mir. Bowser5" manage d to ask.
 He halted, folded his hands under his coat-tails, and balancing himself on his heels and toes alternately, he replied:
 "Mrs. Bowser. this is the last straw the very last"
 '.why, what have I doneg"
 II had an invitation to attend ban- quet of the B. N. G. club, and was down to deliver an address. came home to get ready, and, 10 what do Ifind?"
 Robbers in the house?"
 Mot much! No robber with any sense In his head would come to this house! It would take him Q week to find anything! go up stairs to get clean shirt, collar, etc., but nothing of tho sort can be found. I come down and ask in the flour barrel, but she looks in vain. go to the telephone and ask the coal man If he saw them in the basement when he put in that last ton, but he can't re- member. You, of course. have no knowl- edge of them. You can't say whether they are in the oat-bin in the barn, or packed away in the garrett for rats nest"
 "A1r. Bowser, have you been drinking?" "Have I been drinking! That's just like g woman! When she gets cornered she throws out just such insults to hide her own shortcomings. It's @ wonder l haven't been drinkingi It's a wonder I don't come home drunk and wipe out this family. Mrs. -Bowser, I demand to know what you have done with my clothes"
 ''They are upstairs, unless you have sold or given them away"
 'No more insults, please. Come up stairs and show me. for instance. where my shirts are"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12
Dn tho door oe tho clothes cleset Ihad

Ou tho door ol tho clothes cloest | had third stgn. reading:
 s'Your Sunday suit is In this cloeet- first hook to tho left a you enter"
 On each garment was marked the name. ''coat, west, and ''pants," and on tho wall 8 set of instructions, reading:
 Fl. Fling your hat under the bed.
 '2. Kick your pants over behind the lounge.
 ..3. Throw your vsst behind the wash stand and your coat on the floor.
 '4. In removing the buttons from your shirt, jerk and twist them from left to right and back again. This will enlarge the buttonholes.
 ''5. If you drop ono of the buttons, jump up and down and cuss and declare that you have been one button short sll the week.
 .%. If the button holes in your collar are too large. kick over chair and de- clare our desire to murder some one. II too small. kick over two chairs and lay 1t to me-
 ..7 In changing your clothes, get your suspendors twisted, leave your shirt punched up at the shoulders, and snap of as maLy buttons as possible"
 I had Intended those signs for Mr. BOwser's eyes alone. and fully expected Q national calamity when he came down sbAo VHuf HIS lbAcAo 6OO0 AA&0 W0S disappointed. however. Hc looked at me bsnignly. walked up and down for awhile and then oa., r,ed:
 '.sir:,. Bowser. before we were married to 'ns talk with your mother"
 ssYoA.s
 ..... ,.'ld me that you had never been called upon to exercise judgment or re- spon>ibility, and that would find you . very great burden"
 ''Thanks, Mir. Bowser."
 But I agreed to bear with you and be patient. and so shall. Twenty years hence you may know something about housekeeping and wife's duty toward her husbands wardrobe. It's 8 long time to wait. but I will be patient. Per haps this is my mission on earth, and is what the Lord wills mo to do. Go ahead, Mrs. Bowser, and be just as mean as you can, and do everything to hur, my feelings. I shall do my duty and never let the world know how suffer. " Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

MI RIVER RAILROAD
 IN EFFECT APRIL S. 1889
 FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL. Lea Waterbury. New England station, s:s5 m. 12:55, 4:20, G2O D. m ~ '' Leaves Waterbury, Dublin street, 91O a. m, 1:1O. 4,42. 1855 D. m. ' ' FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY. Leave Cromwell, GAO a. m.. 12:13 4sl5 pttm Leave Meriden. West Main street 1ae, D.: n m 12:51, 4:55, 7aOp. III. '~ '' Ills ., All trains arrive at and leave West Main street. Mcriden. " ~ i ''ie'''
 CHAS. M. CRAWFORD, Supt.
 Mcriden, Conn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12
z xlDRxGAE

Now giows zAe sun with Afdor herce in cloudless skieA The airs Ablaxo. Tho bovine herd are harrassed by tie flies Where'eR they sraze; And sos Tho man who has . bald and shining pate. These torrid days. For down his skull the playful insects aha1o, And tickle oft his nose.
 II.
 Today The Sunday school excursion boards tho train For grove or lake. Tho cheery flies. with many . thrilling strain. Tho schoes wake.
 All gay The children are-alas for human joyl- Their hearts will ache, For thunder showers ere evening will destroy Their beautiful array. Delight Comes with the eve when Sol his face has hid Behind the hill. And In the dewy grass chirps Katydid. And brook and Till
 The bright And bcaming face of Cynthia display. And Jack and Jall Swing on the garden gate from twilight gray Until the noon of night.
 Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12
WE WENT TO THE BUREAU.

WE WENT TO THE BUREAU.
 ..very we'll. We shall find them in the second drawer Of your bureau, where they have been kept for the last two years"
 "I'll bet you Q million dollars to . cent"
 "Come on."
 We went upstairs to the bureau and I pulled out the drawer and there lay five clean shirts just where I had placed them as they came from the laundry two days before.
 "But they were not there an hour ago" :" protested Mir. Bowser.
 "But they were. How could they be anywhere else. In this other drawer are your socks, neckties, cuffs and collars. Seer"
 "I see, but that drawer was empty half an hour ago."
 And iii this closet is your Sunday suit. See? Coat, vest and pants. Are you growing blind, MT. Bowser?"
 "There is some dark mystery connected with all this, Mrs. Bowser, and will not rest until I unravel 1t. l spent 8 good half hour looking for my things. but not one single article could find" went into tho spare room, just like lots of other husbands. Of course you did See! Every drawer in the spare room bureau has been pulled out, and tho clothes press door Is wide open!"
 'Mrs. Bowser, don't try to get out of 1t in this way! My eyesight is still good, and when see an empty drawer l know 1t Is not full of shirts. have lost an hour looking for my things. and now cannot go to tho banquet"
 He went downstairs and called up some one by telephone and said:
 II can't be there this evening. My shirts, collars and clothes had been mis- laid by my wife. and only found thom . moment ago. Very sorry. but give my regrets to the boys and tell them how il was. Some wives are like that, and cant help it, you know. Good bye"
 The next evening MT. Bowser brought . friend up with him-the same one he had telephoned to. After a bit he took him up stairs for 8 smoke. and as they reached the head of the stairs they found the following notice on the bedroom door:
 INsIDE THIS ROOM will b0 found
 MR. BOwsER's SHIRTS, COLLARS, CU1yl AND SUNDAY SUIT. Don't make tho mistake of looking h the alley.
 On the bureau had tackled a second sign, reading; '.Firet drawer-Your hair dye, etc.
 Second drawer-C Collars. cuffs and Reckties.
 ''Third druwer-Your shirts."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

GENERAL SHERMAN had only one request to make of this administration, that General Joh nston be retained as commis sioner of railroads. His request was re- fused and the editor of an obscure sheet in Wisconsin given the place. But then neither Sherman nor Johnston is related to Harrison, and neither is an editor. The editors and relatives have to be cared for under this administration.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

THE GEORGIA man who recently laughed himself to death is supposed to have been reading the anti-prize fight proclamations of the southern governors. This is why it was not deemed necessary to hold cor oner's inquest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-12

GOVERNOR FoRAKER is now engaged in sending out pictures to Ohio voters in which he is Autographed alongside of Washington. "The only way can ac- count for this," says General Beatty, a re- publican, "is that the Boss wants the people to see the picture of man who could not tell lie and at the same time 6 picture of man who could"