Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-24
THE TIDE OF EVENTS.

THE Indiana Supreme Court lately decid- ed that shaving on Sunday is not a work of necessity.
 THERE is plan on foot to erect in New York great mausoleum capable of holding the remalns of 30,0OO people.
 IT Is announced that two prominent in- surance companies lost $520,000 by the deaths from the flood in Conemaugh Valley.
 A CHINESE leper was discovered in the Sacramento jail recently. He had been sent there from Folsom for refusing to pay poll tax.
 AMONG the degrees conferred by Prince ton College at it's recent commencement was that of Doctor of Laws upon President. Harrison.
 IT has been found necessary to turn the City Hall at Walla Walla, W. T., into tenn porary home for immigrants, the rush into | the Territory is so great.
 A NORTHERN syndicate is buying up the | historic lands at Appomattox, Va, where General Lee surrendered to Grant. Over 1,5OO acres have already been secured. | SECRETARY TRACY has ordered that all flags now in service as ensigps and uniour jacks on board the ships of the navy and at l the navy-yards be called in, and new ones, having forty-tw stars on the blue union, l be issued.
 THE largest plne tree ever cutin Michigan was felled recently near Hobart. It meas ured at the butt six feet in diameter and scaled 1O,331 feet of mercantile lumber. In the fall the top was broken, destroying about 800 feet of choice lumber.
 "REDUcE your gas bills seventy-dve per cent. Secret, one dollar," read an adver- tisement which a Brooklyn man answered. He received this terse reply by return mail: 'Burn kerosene" It was printed in double pica full-face type on small card.
 NEW studies are introduced, from time to time, into the curriculum of educational institutions. In circular issued by sue cessful private New York school 1t is an- nounced that, besides the course of study in the ordinary branches, instruction will be given in describing and classifying plants," and the following words gre indic- ative of the range of teaching in this line: Administrations features of their growth and development noted; 8 study of tree blossoms and common flowers"
 PRESIDENT HARRISON recently received from William Candy, 8 stouemason of Mel bourne, Australia photograph of 2 beautt- ful and imposing monument to the memory of the late President Garfield which Candy erected in his front yard. The monument is of unique design, being a summer house with suitable inscriptions on the stone front. A bust of Garfield ornaments niche over the door. Candy says that he h an Englishman, but has great love for Americans. He was always an admirer o1 Garfield and knows some of his speeches by
 heart.
 THE postoflce at Jackson, Mich, is pug. zled over the travels of photograph mailed to Sturgis, Mich., last December. Ii left for it's destination promptly, it was sup
 posed; at least it disappeared, and a few days ago it was returned to Jackson from , the dead letter office at Washington. The
 address was plain, but it had meantime been to New York, thence to England, and from there to Bombay, where 1t went to the dead letter office February 4, 1889, and was 7 returned to Washington. From the latter
 place 1t was, through the address of the photographer printed on the card, sent bacl . to Jackson