The Press., 1890-01-23
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Died at Pomona Jan. 9th, Wm. N.I Thompson, aged 65. The larger part of Mr. Thompson's active life was spent at I Stafford Springs. He was for several yearsl overseer of the weaving department of the Mineral Springs mill and afterwards en- gagged in trade, first by himself, then for l few years with his brother, and for longl time under the firm name of Thompson < Whiton His health failing him he was advised by his physician to come to Cali l fornia and arrived here six years ago, and for several years was much improved in health, and for nearly three years did business in Pomona under the firm of Thompson S Topliff. He doubtless pro- longed his life by the change of climate. Iu 184S he married Elizabeth Hyde of Staf- fordville, who died in 1851. He afterwards married Martha Brooks of Stafford, who survives him, and of their three children only one is living. He has four brothers and one sister now living in Monson and one sister in Wales. He was an active member of the M E. church and for many years class leader. He was honest and upright in all h1s dealings with his fellow men, and Pope says all honest man IS the noblest work of God. His funeral was at- tended at his late residence by his relatives and friends Chester J. Holmes and wife, fOfmofJy >OI OL&HOEO. NEO HOW Ol ESoulauuSs came over to the funeral.
 The new M. E. church of Pomona, which has just been finished, was dedicated to- day. It is fine structure and cost about S13 GOO, and has sittings for eight or nine hundred The membership is about four hundred andsthe congregations very large. It is rulable in California to lift the debt upon churches before dedication, as they don't consider it the proper thing to give churches to the Lord subject to mortgages, etc. In this case there was deficiency of $6, 600, and in a short time $7, 900 were pledged.
 More rain has fallen thus far this season than has been known for forty years in the same tune, and as snow falls upon the mountains when it rains in the valley there is an immense quantity in view and we are surrounded on every side, except towards the ocean, and there is no grander sight than these chains of mountains glistening in the moonlight under clear sky. There are quite a. good many eastern young orchards of three years standing have been sold at $1, ,O00 an acre. They expect to set about 200, ,OOO trees in the valley this year, and in few years if noth- ing happens the orange business of Po- mona will be something wonderful. Fine large strawberries arc in the market at ff- teen cents pound. G. l.. T.
 As the slang phrase goes, England evi- dently wants to own the earth. A great part of it she already owns by conquest, and she is gradually coming to own the United States by purchase. If things go on as they are HOW going the American will be dependent on the Englishman for every thing he eats and wears and drinks. A great many of the breweries in Amer ica have already been bought up by Eng fish syndicates, and so in this way England willcontrol practically what America drinks. English syndicates are now negotiating for the purchase of some of the principal dls- tilleries of America, and thus the English man will control what the American gets intoxicated on. The big Minneapolis mills are now being syndicated, at about e1 ,60O,- O0O and other four mills are to follow Thus England will control what the Ameri- can eats. 0. B. Ryan, of Ingersoll, Ont. |, is agent of syndicate that has secured options on 300 cheese factories situated all over America. These will be gobbled up, and so the American cannot even have his bit of bread and cneese and the drop of beer that goes with 1t, wlJffOnt confrfbut- Ing to England for these necessities of life. The big English syndicate at Middleton ough, in the Cumberlap Gap, with it's $15, 100000 of capital, will probably con- trol the price of iron, so far as Amerlea is concerned, and perhaps the cruelest stroke of all is the buying up of the patent med icine firms of America by an English syn dicate representing ever 20 many millions. Eugland can therefore underfeed the Americans if it wants to, or dose their pa tent medicines, and so kill out the race. All in all, it is pretty serious business for the future generations of Ameaiesns.
 Springfield Republican,: There is about one lawyer for every 900 persons in the United States, or about twice as many as there is any need of, according to David Dudley Field. The medical profession ts confessedly overcrowded, and yet an enum- eration by the Illinois state board of health shows $500 doctors in that state, OF about one for every $50 persons. Two doctors at least ought to find employment where one lawyer does, but the proportion here would seem to show that either the legal profession was vastly overcrowded or the medical thinly populated. The Massa. chusetts census of 1885 shows one doctor for every SIS persons in the state, or a proportion very similar to that in Illinois. The number of physicians in Chicago has been increased by over 500 in three years. while in 61 rural counties there has been a falling of of 170.
 Willimantic Journal: Three of the dis trict schools in the town of Somers are still without teachers, none of the appli. cants thus far having passed the examina- tions. As consequence the pupils in these schools have already lost considera- ble of their winter schooling This fact demonstrates the wisdom of the last fegis- lature in establishing state normal school in Eastern Connecticut. It is evident that the town of Somers should avail itself of the advantages offered. We would add that new term of the school will be open ed at the rooms in Wlllimantic on the 27th of this month, that tuition is free to all ap- plicants who pass the requisite examina- tion, and that board can be obtained at a reasonable price.
 l A strange operation was performed at the Presbyterial Hospital, Chicago, Thurs day, on 6-year-old Rockford boy. He was paralyzed on Christmas so that he could not move muscle. The spinal col umn was laid bare and a clot of blood re- moved, and it is said he will get well.