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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Births. Marriages and Deaths.

Town Clerk A. w. Kane of Naugatuck late yesterday afternoon completed his annual report of births, marriages and deaths that have occurred in Naugatuck during the past year. The total number of births during the year was 162, of which so were white males, so white fe- males. 1 colored female, and 1 whose sex was not stated. There were 66 mar riages, 4 widows were remarked, and widowers followed their example. The total number of deaths was 113, of which 65 were males and AS were females. The number of deaths each month was January s. February 10, March s, April s, May 9, June 5, July 13, August 13 September g. October 12, November s December 10. In the table giving the cause of death lung diseases have the lead, there being over 30 deaths from consumption and other lung diseases There were two deaths from poison, one accidental and the other suicide. There were two deaths from drowning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Good Advice.
On the street car


 First Lady-"Going to buy piano, are you?"
 Second Lady-''Yes, and I can hardly make up my mind which kind to get
 First Lady-"Well, if you listen to those piano men they will make you believe anything, but my experience has been that if you want a piano for actual use and not for show only, the Shonin- ger piano is the best. I have had my Shoninger piano in use for five years and it is as good as new to-day. My cousin, Mrs Ford, thought she had a splendid high-priced piano, but the tone got so wiry that she sent it to an auction room and bought Shoninger instead. l could tell you of ever so many more who have bought Shoninger's pianos, and if you get one you will never want to change it."
 Second Lady-s'I have heard the Shoninger pianos very highly spoken of before. think I will take your advice. By the way, where is their warerooms.
 First Lady-"I don't remember. Oh, yes 161 Bank street."
 Second Lady-''Thanks.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Rev Edward J. Murray Dead.

The Rev Edward J. Murray died at the parochial residence in Danbury at 9:15yes- terdav morning, the cause of death being consumption. Father Murray was born in Newtown in 1859, and was consequent lv 2S years and Il months old at the time of his death. He was ordained ir June, 1885, by Bishop Ryan, of Buffalo and was soon afterward assigned to the church at Thomaston as assistant rector He next filled the office of assistant al St. Marvs church, New Haven, and from thence wept to St. John's church in the same city where he assisted the Rev Father Cooney.' He went to Dan bury last July as assistant rector of St. Peters church.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
HARMONY SHOULD PREVAIL.
Board of Trade officers to be Elected
 by Ballot.

 Board of Trade officers to be Elected
 by Ballot.
 It being generally known that the action of the meeting a week ago in electing officers of the board of trade by a committee report had caused dissatis> faction and much unfavorable comment. the officers held a meeting last night and after discussing the matter unanimously passed the following vote:
 Voted, That a meeting of the signers of the agreement for the board of trade be held on Tuesday, February 9th, at s o'clock p. m., in Music hall, to elect by ballot officers for the present year to take the place of those temporarily appointed at the meeting held January 16th and to further perfect the organization of said board of trade"
 A subsequent motion that was passed provided that if, owing to previous en- gagement of Music hall it could not be secured for that night, the president and secretary be authorized to select some other available date near the one men, toned.
 The committee appointed to secure signatures to the agreement for board of trade have not yet completed then canvass. Thus far about 175 signatures have been placed upon the paper. The paper reads as follows:
 ''We, the undersigned citizens of the city and town of Waterbury, hereby agree to become members of the board oi trade about to be organized in this city and agree to subscribe to the conStitu tion and by laws of said board as adopted at the meeting held in Music hall on the evening of the 16th of January; and hereby agree to pay the entrance fee and dues as provided in said bylaws.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
INVESTED IN A BLAZE.
Several Business Blocks Reduced to Ashes This Mornfng-Tenants Es- cape in Their Night Clothes.

Several Business Blocks Reduced to
 Ashes This Mornfng-Tenants Es-
 cape in Their Night Clothes.
 About o'clock this morning Winsted was visited by one of the most destruc- tive fires it has witnessed in many years, which spread with such rapidity that over S25 ,000 worth of valuable property was destroyed. The several buildings that graced Main street. West Winsted, ing to the Beardsley house, are in mass of ruins.
 The fire was discovered in William s. Rising's bargain store, two-story wooden building, and spread rapidly to | George w. Lees drug store and spent its | fury on the handsome Camp block, a l three-story brick structure, the ground floor of which was occupied by Camp & Clark as dry goods store and by Will liam Kirk, jeweler. The Winsted fire department battled bravely with the fire, but it was found necessary to send to l Torrington for a steamer, and a special train was provided in charge of Con- ductor Dickerman of the Naugatuck l division who lives in Winsted.
 Over Rising's store lived a family named O'Brien, who barely escaped with their lives For some time it was feared that one of the children, lad of seven years, had perished in the flames, but late this morning the boy was found comfortably housed at the home of a relative at the further end of the town where he had run in his night clothes. The upper portions of all the buildings were rented as tenements and the occu- pants lost their furniture and barely had time to save enough clothing to protect them from the cold. The origin of the fire is mystery, but it is thought to have originated from a defect in the furnace located in the cellar of Rising's | store.
 Bert Griswold, a fireman, was badly frost bitten, and William Fitzpatrick narrowly escaped being hit on the head by falling window frame.
 The stock of Camp & Clark is insured for S11 ,000 in the following companies Etna, S3,5O0; Continental, $2,OOO; Con. necticut, S2,000, and the German-Amer. ican, S3, 800. G. w. Lees block is in. sured for S4 ,00O and his stock for $1 ,0OO Rising's variety store is insured for $2, ,5O( in the Phoenix of New York and the Continental of Philadelphia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.

Patrick Casey of Branford devoured twenty-nine raw eggs Tuesday night in two minutes on wager.
 Mary Coffin of Hartford swallowed strychnine Tuesday afternoon with sui cidal intent. She will live.
 Felice McGuirk, aged twenty-one, and Lizzie Gallagher, aged eighteen, of Bridgeport, are missing and are sup posed to be in New York.
 The lead mine on William Aliens farm ta Carmel hill, Woodbury has been leased to Isbell & Co. MT Isbell has reopened the old mine on his property near by.
 The employees of the Howe Machine company of Bridgeport quit work Tues day. as two weeks pay was duo them Yesterday one weeks pay was paid and they will probably return to work to-day.
 The Consolidated road is getting high | toned. Yesterday brakeman on a freight train going west wore plug hat, an ulster and rose in the button hole of the aforesaid garment.
 A Bridgeport lady in private box at a theatrical entertainment the other night fell asleep at the start of the per formance and continued in the arms of Morpheus until her husband aroused her at the end of the exciting play.
 The people of Shelton were suddenly deprived of water yesterday afternoon, and had a fire broken out the tiremen would have been practically helpless. There was bad break in the main pipe on the hill and nearly six hours was oc- cupied in making temporary repairs.
 A young son of Terry Potter of Say brook Point was found drowned in a pond near his home Tuesday evening, having broken through the ice while sliding.
 Mrs Charles $. Jamison, who recently died at the house of friend in New Haven was respondent in divorce suit the papers in which were served while she was on her death bed by order o1 her husband who lives at New London
 Thomas McDermott, a brakeman or the Derby railroad, slipped on the ic, yesterday and fell under the cars neal the Ansonia station. He was coupling some freight cars and the wheels of on, crushed one leg below the knee. H. was brought to the New Haven hospital
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEILL,S BILL
He Would Make Corporations Pay the Whole State Tax.

the Whole State Tax.
 HARTFORD, Jan A.-Governor Bulk eley in his message to the legislature eX- pressed the hope that in the course of time the state might be able to pay eX- penses without the imposition of a tax upon the towns. Representative ONeill of Waterbury is earnestly trying to bring about an early realization of that hope. In many states Ill the Union no such tax is imposed. With that tax abolished. there will be no occasion for the towns trying to dodge the state tax, and assessments will rise, while the tax rate will go down, and the whole ar engagement will be more equitable:
 In order to do away with the tax on towns, increased revenue must be obtained from other sources. That was Mir O'Neills object in and telegraph companies. He followed up these bills with one to lay tax of one-quarter of one per cent on the sur plus in savings banks. In Mir O'NeilPs legal workshop are bills to tax telephone companies and collateral inheritances, to increase the taxes on railroads and cn
 joint stock companies and to require that five per cent of the gate money at race tracks be turned over to the state.
 MT O'Neill is also looking for other things to tax, and to this end is studying the tax laws of other states. He says that he has communicated his scheme to the farmer representatives, and that it has met with much favor. It may be remarked that it will not meet with equal favor from the corporations, and that if the measures are pressed the cap ital corridors will throng with earnest people who will outnumber the present large railroad lobby.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
BORING FOR TREASUR
Southbury Supposed to Contain Gold
 Silver, Lead and Oil.

Southbury Supposed to Contain Gold,
 Silver, Lead and Oil.
 The work at the Southbury oil we'll is being pushed with renewed zeal. The well was started last fall by a Waterbury syndicate after favorable prospecting, with ex-Mayor Henry A. Matthews at the head. The site was close by an old shaft sunk for coal forty years ago. The shaft was abandoned when it myste- riously caught fire and burned for several days. Coal and gas beneath the surface were un- heard of. but the recent discoveries in the west put the Waterbury capitalists to thinking. with these results. The well has now reached depth of about 300 feet, and there have been traces of oil. But the new impetus is given by the finding of unmistakable evidences of gold, and the corporation which has been formed will have the specimens aSsayed.
 Silver, lead and gold have also been found in small quantities on the farm of William Allen. not far away, and the proprietor of the farm has a gang of men at work.
 Some lead has been found which will run from ,500 to 1 ,600 pounds to the ton. In some ore taken out a day or two ago was found silver enough to average about twenty-seven ounces to the ton. In many places the ore was heavily streaked with gold.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
DR. c. w. s. FROST, l37 Bank stree

DR. c. w. $. FROST, l37 Bank street See ''Miss Bretherton' in the DEMO- GRAF.
 Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures malaria and indigestion.
 Figs, nuts, bananas, lemons, and fine Florida fruit at Ladd's.
 Waterbury Medical Institute, 52 Bank street, electric and magnetic treatments Lake, Strobel & Co., successors to D. C. Calender, have this day received fifty silver watches. Give us a call and we will show you what we can give you rom $10 to SIS. and 3 Exchange place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
ssThe Paymaster.

''The Paymaster" is an Irish play, full of stirring scenes and exciting incidents, and is enlivened with amusing dialogues and Irish humor. It has great deal of "go" in it. and is likely to please the popular taste. The tank which repre- sents the river is about forty feet long, twenty wide and nine deep, and the pay masters first plunge is from height of about fourteen feet above the water MT Harrison, who was the hero of the play. Is vigorous actor, and his person ation, while robust, as the nature of the part requires, is characterized by artistic feeling and power.-Baltimor Sun. Al the opera house Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Time Soon Up.

In few weeks Hirsh, the manufac- turing clothier, must vacate. The leas- ing of the store over his head has com pelled him to fairly slaughter S35, ,00O worth of fine clothing. The bargains are great and as the time is nearly up Waterbury can save money by going at once to 135t Bank street.
 Hirsh's Ten Per Cent Clothing com pany, 135a Bank street. LOOK FOR THE WHITE FRONT.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
No Oil Pipes for Connecticut,

The Standard Oil company denies the report that it was to extend its pipe line across the Poughkeepsie bridge and into Connecticut for the purpose of supply ing oil for fuel purposes, from the oil fields in Lima, o. The company will establish distributing stations in the state where oil;may be stored in large tanks and distributed through the cities in small tank carts, thus doing away with the present system of shipping in bar: rels.-New Haven Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

A suit has been brought against Depu. ty Sheriff Arthur Merwin of Durham by Minnie Carey, Middletown domestic charging him with betrayal. He ap peared before Justice Calef in Middle town Tuesday accompanied by his law. yers, Silas A. Robinson and Harry C. Newton, and denied the charge. The girl has previously borne good repu tation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Connecticut Pensions.

Original, John c. Anderson, Ansonia Andrew Bell, Danbury; Joseph w. Miller, New Haven; increase, Edward w. Pierce, East Granby: Henry Fretts, Fred Dickerson, Middletown; William E. Bailey, Willimantic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic can be used with perfect safety az it contains nc deleterious matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

Another charming serial will be com menced in the DEMOCRAT shortly. B sure and read it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

A short and interesting story is Mrs Humphrey Wards Miss Bretherton. 3 Watch for the opening chapters in this paper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

''Miss Bretherton" will make the ac quaintance of the readers of the DEMO GRAF in few days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24

Watch for the opening chapters of Miss Bretherton.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
Death From Natural Causes.

Death From Natural Causes.
 Medical Examiner Downs held an autopsy yesterday afternoon on the body of Mary Delaney, found dead in Bridge port tenement house yesterday morning, and gave certificate that death was caus, ed by congestion of the lungs, brought on by exposure No marks were found on the body to indicate foul play.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-24
SOCIETY AND CLUB MEETINGS.

Miss Bretherton" is charmer. Bt sure and cultivate her acquaintance.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16
Friday, August 18th, 1883.
Supplement to The Daily Bulletin

passports to some of them leaving
the kingdom-will in time deplete
the country of these people and
thus in itself settle the whole ques-
tion--in other words, the continued
total exclusion of Chinese and the
refusal of return passports to part
of them is the solution offered by
members of the pro-Chinese party.
just how genuine this offer is will
he apparent when one considers that
the same men who make il, so far
from consenting when in the legis-
lature to law which would secure
this total exclusion they affect to
favor, they opposed even a Restric-
ton Act introduced by the Ministry
as too stringent, and came within an
| ace of ousting them before assent
ing to the Restriction Act that was
finally passed. Furthermore pro-
minent members of the same party
have since made efforts under this
Act to get the Ministry to let in
more Chinese at the very time that
their political associates were quiet
ing the country with the assurance
of a gradual diminuton of Chinese
which they know can only be brought
about by shutting the door for good
against them. The truth is those
! depending on cheap labor, in justice
to their own interests, can never
assent to the permanent total exclu-
sion of Chinese. The diplomatic
uncertainties connected with the
japanese, the expense of other
forms of labor and the extreme ups
and downs of the sugar industry
make it unsafe to close the door for
good to the most reliable form of
labor they have. The fault one has
to find is that instead of coming out
like men and saying so, the public
is treated to dialngenuous and mis-
leading promises of relief never in
tended to be fulfilled even by this
party of high moral purposes and
which will conveniently be forgotten
when tagging or diverted public
sentiment and a servile Ministry
present an opportunity to slip in a
few fresh cargoes of the sold rciia-
BILE" and thus by single act elm
mate whatever relief might have
come from months or even years of
exclusion. Even if Chinese were
shut out in good faith for number
of years and return passports re,
fused to those leaving, there would
be hut slight relief at the point
where the shoe really pinches, for
the Chinese will naturally leave the
better paid occupations which are the
bone of contention last. The occa.
sional vacancy occurring there will
naturally be filled by some other
Chnaman who now in the lower
ranks of common labor is simply
waiting like everybody else to bette
his condition. There are say from
2OOO to 1000 places now filed by
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-16

Chinese which are or could he made
remunerative enough to support that
number of white and native families,
and there are say 10000 Chinese in
the country. To attempt to wait
until enough of them have gone so
that vacancies will commence to
occur in the better paid occupations
will result only in rapid depletion
of the Chinese labor market to the
benefit of no one, and with but
slight diminution in the ranks of
those coolies who are really doing
the mischief, and long before ever
their numbers commenced to be
depleted so as to give any practical
relief there would be n stringency
in the labor market that would sim
ply force the doors open to the Chi
nese again whether or no. This
is already being illustrated by
two years trial of such a policy by
the present Ministry. The planters,
Notwithstanding four shiploads of
japanese and another expected, al
ready feel slight stringency in the
Chinese labor market, yet as far as
the towns are concerned Chinese in
apparently increasing numbers are
not only holding all the ground once
covered by them but are still quietly
pursuing the process of roofing out
still more of the whites and natives.
The whole idea of looking to the
gradual depletion of the Chinese for
relief is delusion and snare. The
foreigners now stand on the eve of
an important election, divided
against themselves but all conscious
of the necessity of united action.
One wing has just come out of an
unprecedented year of prosperity,
the other while suffering no actual
hardships has had to deplete its own
ranks to make the work 90 round
and comes out of the past two years
with very little accumulated, and q
diminishing confidence in what the
future has in store for them. One
side has in the day of its prosperity
seen fit to set its face against any
concession or compromise whatso-
ever. The other while demanding
self-protection has recognized aud
conceded the industrial necessities
of its opponents. Under such cir
cumstances it seems surprising and
yet perhaps not so that the pro-Chi.
'nese party should now ask their fell
low whites to drop the Chinese ques-
ton this election and that many OF
them should apparently have taken
offense because their proposition
does not seem to meet with much
enthusiasm.
The idea of now calling the legis,
Iature together and submitting q
Chinese constitutional amendment
to the people, thus bringing the for.
elgners together this election, is evi
IDENTITY concession they still frowr
upon. w. A. KINNEY.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
Never Too Late to Learn.

Socrates, ut IN extreme old age,
learned to play OH musical instru-
ments.
Cato, at eighty years of age, began to
study the Greek language.
Plutarch, when between seventy aud
eighty, commenced the study of Latin.
Boccaccio was thirty-tive years of
nge when he commenced his studies in
light litcraturc; yet he became
one of the greatest masters of the Tus-
can dialect, Dante and Plutarch being
the other two.
Sir Henry Spellman neglected the
sciences in his youth, but commenced
the study of them when ho was between
fifty and sixty years of age. After this
time he became most learned anti
uuarian and lawyer.
DR.. johnson applied himself to the
Dutch Language but few years before
his death.
Ludovoico Monaldesco, Mt the great
nge of 115 years, wrote the memoirs of
his own times.
< 0gilby, tire translator Of Homer and
Virgil, was unaluaintcd with Latin aud
Greek till he was past fifty.
FRANKLIN di1 not commence his phi
losorhical pursuits till he had reached
his fifticth year.
Dryden. in his sixty eighth year, com
menced the translation of the IEneid,
his most pleasing production.