Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lawrence Barrett, the actor, Is serl- ously ill in Boston.
 Both Houses of Congress adjourned yesterday until Monday.
 The printers are on strike at a num- Der of places in Germany and Switzer- land.
 The American Evolutionary Squad ron is expected to pass Christmas at Lisbon.
 Major Wissmann, German Imperial Commissioner to East Africa, is sick with asthma.
 Mir. Parnell is recovering from his cold, and hopes to be able to speak al Nottingham on Tuesday.
 It is reported that Jackson, the col ored pugilist, will marry white wo- man on his return from England.
 Edward Bradley, whose writings as ''Cuth bert Bede'' have gained him worldwide celebrity, is dead.
 Prof. w. R. Harper, of Yale College, has declined tho presidency of tine South Dakota State University.
 The American Legation at Cons tanti- nople has decided to demand the trial of Moussa Bey for tke murder of mis- slonary.
 The jury in the roted murder case oi H. E. Gibbs at Portland, Oregon, re. turned a verdict of murder in the second degree.
 All the bodies of the victims of the theatre panic at JohnStown, Pa, have been removed from the morgue and most of them buried.
 The Rev. Dr. Joseph Ward, President | of Yankton College, man of high re pu tation and great usefulness, is dead | at Iankton, $. D.
 | Ellis Powell writes from Santa Fe 1 Springs, Gala, offering to guarantee l $50, ,OOO for fight between Sullivan and Jackson at his place.
 A cave-in occurred at Rundy's coal bank mile South of Butler, Pa, llilling g one man, name unknown, and fatally injuring Frank Hautf
 Baum Brothers. tailors and clothiers of Binghamton, N. I., were closed by 1 the sheriff on S1O, ,O0O judgment. They will probably assign.
 Prominent physicians say the epi demic of influenza which IS now raging in Paris and other cities of Europe is expected in New York soon.
 Mir. E. N. Dickerson, the great paten' | lawyer, and lately the leading counsel for the Bell Telephone Company, i: dead at his residence in New York.
 Paul Cook, catcher of the Louisvilles, signed a Brotherhood contract and re ceived $500 advance money. He will play with the Brooklyn Players club
 Dr. Reilly, Treasurer of the Irish Ma tional League, has cabled $l5.o0o to Dr. | Kenny, Treasurer of the Irish League, for tho use of the Tenants Defense Fund.
 man captured at Dodgeville, Wis. a month ago. on suspicion of burglary and sentenced to four months imprison ment, is now believed to be Cooney "The Fox" wanted in Chicago. District-A ttorney Neville, of Purvis Miss, says he thinks the trial of Jake kllrain will last well into next week | unless some unforeseen movo is made b, the defence to hurry things up.
 Laura Stivers, a seven-year-old girl was outrageously assaulted near Cleve land, Tenn., by white man named Will Cardin. A posse of citizens caugh him late at night and lynched him.
 There is a great snowstorm through all central Germany; All the Ihurlng ian railways, as well as those in tht Rhine provinces, are so obstructed tha travel is for the time at and end. MT. Dalzeil Pa) introduced a join resolution in tho House for the appoint mont of Gen. A. l.. Pierson as one o the managers of the Soldiers Home, t. fill the vacancy caused by the death o Gen. Hartranft.
 Mario Van Zandt, the American prima donna, made her appearance at th' Opera House in Barcelona last nigh and created veritable sensation. The audience were enthusiastic throughou her performance.
 Mrs. William Frank, of 627 Thirt avenue, Elizabeth, N. J., has gon away, leaving behind her husband ant four children. She is alleged to have eloped with Julius Pettius, young machilist, who was steady customer of her husbands saloon.
 Moses A. Shaw, for whom the author itles of Bradford and Tioga counties Pa, as we'll as several New York m CT chants, have been searching for th past three months, was arrested il Washington, D. C., and is held on charge of swindling to the extent O several hundred thousand dollars. T. H. HA ES, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign an