The Press., 1890-05-08


 PUBLIC debt reduction during April $7, ,ess,soi. zs " ss4s ---z---2- \ THE Singer sewing machine works at Elizabeth port, N. J., were burned on Tuesday night. Two acres of building and employing 5000 hands. IT is reported that the Norwich democratic paper is to change hands to be consolidated with Cooleys Weekly as weekly and daily, independent in po'- tics In this democratic daily is to be es- tablished we told This is as 1t should be- These independent newspapers are too blamed partisan.
 
 LuNATro asylum at Longue Pointe, P. o burned last Tuesday and 100 patients pcrished The victims resisted all efforts tt get them out of the building. some of them geefuly watching the approach of the flames. Of the 1900 inmates only 1l00 are accounted for, but many are known to have escaped to the woods.
 SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky, died suddenly of heart disease in the Baltimore and Potomac depot at Washington on Saturday. He had just returned from trip to New York, walked from the to the gen eral waiting in the depot, and was then over come by faint from which he did not rally, death ensuing in few minutes. sad E. TIE decision of the U $. Supreme court, Chief Justice Fuller being with the majority, that liquors in packages may be transported into or through any state sold if sold without breaking bulk, de- spite any local restrictions may be good law but if so the law should be changed. It is not logical or reasonable state of things.
 THE strike of the building trades for eight hours bids fair to succeed in New York and Chicago There little resistance the part of contractors to whom it is not an important matter. They have only to get better prices themselves, and the burden of the increased cost will fall upon the owners and lessses of buildings.
 
 Tas snake editor of Cooley's Weekly is doing some good work this season. He says: ''From pond at Holland snapping turtle taken some years since and so powerful the beast that with POO pound man on its back it walked off as easily as horse could have done, The turtles head, which was as big as bootleg, was severed and nailed to Holland barn, where it remained for number of yearsn This is equal to the best efforts of the Con- necticut correspondents of the New York Sunday papers. es. 3lf. arr
 TIE tariff changes under consideration in congress will no noubt be made. The change is in the direction of increase, except in cases of "raw ma eriaL' SC verdi of which put upon the free list. Sugar growing will be encouraged by bounty, in stead of by protection as heretofore. On first class wools there is change. On second class increase of cent per pound on third class increase of cent per pound. Agricultural products have increased measure of protection. The law will not suit all, not even all protectionists. perfect tariff law is an inn possible thing but the poorest better than none It cannot fit all cases but it is better to pinch the few to give greater to the many, than to pinch the many for the comfort of the few. The importers are wagng hot war against the bill under conside ration
 Any one interested in the sck-beneft, funeral-aid, and death-benefciary associations of the United States can help make the statistics of their organiza tions for the forthcoming census more complete and disseminate the knewedge of fl the good work tney @ are may know of and the addresses of their principal of
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 The twelfth serni-annual meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Teachers Association will be held in Danielsonville May 16. Topics: Religion in Public Schools, MT. F. H. Beede, Willimantic; Busy Work in Ungraded Schools, Miss Georgiana A. Hodgkins, Springfield, Mass Devices in Geography, Miss Stella Hall, Somerville, Mass. Language and Lit erature in the common schools, Miss Alice Reynolds, New Britain; Drawing-its Place in Education, Miss E. A. Dunn, New London Normal School Methods, Mir. A. B. Merrill, Willimantic. The New York and New Eng land and New London Northern IsYroads will issue return certificates at one cent per mile to all those paying full fare on coming to the meeting.
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 As the time draws near for the visit of one of the 40, 900 enumerators to each farm In the United States, farmers who above all others are most interested in correct returns should be thinking over and preparing the figures. A little time spent in jotting down the num- ber of acres of each crop grown upon the farm in 1889, with the yield in pounds, bush els, barrels or tons the amount sold, and value of the same, will help greatly in giving prompt and correct answers to the questions of the enumerator when he comes along in June. Remember an effort has been made to get more information about agriculture in this than in any former census.
 You don't know what economical soap is until you try Brussels.
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 John Burns, the famous London socialist, is quoted as predicting that the next five years will see the eight hour workday estab- lished by law or custom throughout the civ, ilized world.
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