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Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
A CAPsIzED SCHOONER.
Story of the Sole Survivor of the Crew of Eight Men-Two Die from Eposurc-FIye Others Drowned.

Story of the Sole Survivor of the
 Crew Of Eight Men-Two Die from
 Eposurc-Flve others Drowned.
 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.-A terrible sto- " of suffering is told by the sole survivor of the crew of eight men of the schooner Lucinda G. Potter, bound from Boston to Norfolk, which capsized about noon Sun day off Barnegat. Five men were probably drowned at once; three were able to gain lodgment on a. portion of the vessels house, but two of them died from exposure. The sole survivor was picked up by men from the schooner A. D. Lamson and brought to this port to-day. Captain Cor nelius Smith of the schooner Lamson says that Con Sunday night about $40 o'clock when fifty miles east of the Five Fathom Bank lightship the lookout reported that he heard shouts to the windward. The wind at the time was blowing strong from the west and the sea was exceeding | ly rough. A boat was launched and Mate Smith, the captains son, took charge, two men going with him. After pulling fully an hour they came within hailing distance of a portion of the crew of the schooner Lucinda G. Potter, which had capsized. On the upper portion | of the vessels house were three men, the captain and two of his crew. One of the men was dead and the other two were scarcely more than alive. They were taken l into the lifeboat as quickly as possible and everything was done for their comfort, but half an hour after we got aboard Captain Evans died. The other man is Charles Wallenberger. The men were on the raft for nearly ten hours with the sea dashing over them and the cold, biting wind pierc- ing them to their very vitals.
 The Lucinda G. Potter, a schooner 15l feet long, of 645 tons register, sailed from Boston December Il for Norfolk without a cargo, the intention being to load at the latter port with coal She was owned by Captain William T. Potter of Greenport L. I. On Christmas day she sprung aleal and made for the Jersey shore, securing 6 safe anchorage. Saturday heavy sea wa! running and the haMsers parted and tn, schooner drifted out to sea. As she wal water-logged it was impossible to contro
 the vessel and she rapidly filled, sinking
 deeper and deeper into the water. In thi
 helpless condition she drifted at the mere,
 of wind and sea all of Saturday night
 About noon Sunday she suddenly careene'
 and a moment later foated bottom up
 wards. Of the crew comprising Captail
 Evans and seven men only three succeede
 in gaining place of temporary safetyto
 the top of the vessels house. The othe
 five men were never seen alive by Waller
 berger, the sole survivor of the catas | trOnha
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
James Garfield, jr., Married,

CHICAGO, H., Dec. 30.-James R. Gar field, the second son of the late president,
 was married tonight to Helen Newell, daughter of President John Newell of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern rail- road. The ceremony, which was strictly private, was performed at s o'clock in President Newell's mansion on Ontario street by Bishop McLaren of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago. After the wedding supper there was brilliant reception, foI which nearly 800 invitations were issued.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
TELRGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

It is announced that Holland has signed the general act of the Congo conference.
 A young man stole jewelry from the store of William B. Morse of Boston yes terday to the amount of S650.
 The Marshall county, Kan, court house was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Loss S50,000, insurance S15, 900.
 Dudley Farlin, general freight agent of the Delaware and Hudson Canal has re- signed, his resignation to take effect Jan uary 1.
 Three unknown Polish laborers walking on the New York Central tracks last night near Buffalo, were struck and killed by a train, their bodies being terribly mangled.
 Mir. Gladstone has sent to the newspa- pers letter in which he expresses his thanks for the innumerable birthday con- gratulations of which he has been the re- cipient, and says he regrets that it is inn possible for him to answer each of his friends and we'll wishers individually
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Attempt to Poison a Family.

ST. JOHN, N. B., Dec. 30.-A diabolical attempt was made last night to poison the family of Hugh Stewart. A yelled woman gave one of the boys of the family a package of poisoned candy of which the boys mother and two other children par, took. as well as the boy himself. All were restored by emetics, except the eldest daughter, who is still in critical condition.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Ferdlinger, contusions.
A Railroad Wrecker Sentenced.

TROY, N, Y., Dec. 3O.-John J. Reed, who was indicted with Cain and Buett for misplacing the Cabbage" switch or the Central Hudson road near Greenbush during the big strike, and who made { confession before the grand jury, was sen fenced this morning in the court of ses sions by Judge Griffith to seven years i'm prisonment in Clinton prison at Danne mora.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Cold Weather England.

LONDON, Dec. 30.-The weather now prevailing throughout England is the severest that has been experienced in this country since the year 1913. In London to-day the thermometer registered 10 degrees above zero. The river Humber is completely frozen over and the Thames partly so. On the continent the weather is equally severe. Reports of intensely cold weather come from Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Frankfort-on-the-M In the last mentioned city seven persons have been found frozen to death in the streets.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
TerribIy Burned, |.

BOSTON, Dec. aO.-Mrs. Mary McKeone, living with her blind husband and family of four children at No. 150 Bowen street, South Boston, accidentally dropped a lighted kerosene lamp at her residence to- night and the flames ignited her clothing. The woman was terribly burned about the body and lies in a critical condition at the hospital. The damage to the house was ahght
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Distress Among London,s Poor.

LONDON, Dec. 31.-General Booth, leader of the Salvation army, writes to the news papers to the effect that, finding the pre- vailing severe weather is causing deepest distress among the poor of the east end he proposes to distribute food gratis and at half the usual price, according to circum- stances, through the Salvation army depots and has already distributed ten thousand tickets for this purpose.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Famine In Colorado.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 30.-The reports received from eastern Colorado tell of awful destitution and famine among the settlers, owing to the lack of rain. Many are dying of starvation, and hundreds will follow if assistance is not soon rem dered
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
Ice in Orange.

George E. Woodruff expects to harvest at least 1,1JO tons of ice from his pond in Orange and yesterday finished filling one of the three houses. The ice now being cut is twelve inches thick and is clear as s piece of crystal
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
GRATEFUL COMFORTING. Epps's Cocoa.

BREAKFAST.
 ssBy thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nu- triton, and by a careful application of the fine provided our breakfast tables with a delcately favored beverage which may save us many such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle wherever there is weak point. We may escape many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for, tifed with pure @ d blood and property nourisned Made simply with boiling water or milk; Sold only in half pound tins, by Grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS 6 CO.,, Homeopathic Chemists,
 d31 wed&th1y London, England.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
We'll NIerited Promotion.

MT. David Grotta, president of the New Haven Building and Loan association, and foreman of the corset factory of I. New man 6 Son, has been given an interest in the firm in recognition of his faithful ser vices to his employers interest in the past.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
BURIED UNDER A ROOF.
Fatal Accident in New York-0 Man Killed and Several Injured

Fatal Accident in New York-0ne
 Man Killed and Several Injured.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-At 1 40 this after noon the roof of the five-story brick build ing at the northwest corner of First ave- nue and Twenty-ninth street fell in. The building was being repaired and twenty five workmen were there at the time. The building was purchased by H. Kehler & Co.,, brewers, who were having it repaired for an icehouse. Fortunately most of the workmen were in the north side of the building and the greater damage was done on the south side. Calls were sent for en- zines and ambulances and the workmen were dug out of the debris. Only one man will die. Eleven men were removed to Bellevue hospital, where six of them will remain. The following are some of the in jured: James Durneen, skull fractured will die; Adam Alderman, confusion of body; Rudolph Doren, ,contusions of body; Thom- as Lahey, contusions; Peter Heidriger, se- were bruises; Louis Webber, severe contu- sions; John Lally, shock and contusions; John Hayes, shock and contusions; Fatuna Ferdlinger, contusions.
 The firemen finally succeeded in extri- eating all of the workmen from the ruins. Of the forty who were at work twelve were injured, one of whom died at the hospital later in the afternoon. No one was killed outright.
 Three foremen of the gangs of workmen have been placed under arrest, charged with being crimily responsible for the ac- cident. They are Joseph Turner, foreman of the bricklayers and masons; William Williams, foreman of the house smiths, and Adam Alderman, foreman of the .,s ,l yU,11ia,,,- laal-a1 up, while Alderman, who is among the 1 injured, is under guard at Bellevue hospi tai. The accident was apparently caused by the carelessness of the builders in fur
 nishing supporters which proved too veal | for the work demanded of them.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31

Mean temperature, 16. Max. temp, 23 min temp, 9. Precipitation, .01 inches. Max. velocity of wind 14-NE- Total excess or deficiency of temperature since January 1, X. degrees. Total excess or deficiency of precipitation since Jan. 1, \. 19 in.
 H. J. COX, Observer. Note.-A minus sign Fl prefxed to thermom- eter readings indicates temporature below zero. A ssT" in connection with rainfall indicates trace of precipitation too small to measure. sSnow is melted and resulting depth of water not known.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31

The mercury registered forty degrees below zero at Richford, Vt, yesterday.
 The winter in that locality has been severe.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.

Another Senator Sworn in From
 Idaho-Mr. Hoar on the Electien ms
 BiIl-Adjournment of the House.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 30.- The vice president laid before the senate the cre- dentials of MT. Frederick T. Dubois as senator from the state of Idaho for the term beginning March 4, 1891. They were referred to the committee on privileges and elections.
 Mr. Reagan gave two amendments to MT. Aldrich's closure resolution.
 Then, the morning hour having expired, the senate resumed consideration of the elections bill. and MT. Hoar continued his speech (commenced yesterday in it's advo- cacy. He quoted from an article in the Charleston News and Courier condemning the eight "box" law of that state and char acterizing it as political trick and sub terfuge intended to get rid of the constitu- tional rights of majority of the citizens of South Carolina" Nothing (Mr. Hoar said) had ever been uttered in the senate by the most extrerIe fanatic imparting one-tenth part of the severity of the state ment of that "gteat leading democratic newspaper, the guide of public sentiment in that state"
 Mr. Hoar recaEed the Copiah massacre in Mississippi, the murder of Fred Mat thews, kindly citizen and an excellent l neighbor in the aet of casting his ballot | and the burning of his widows house and said that within the present Christmas season in the tine of ''peace on earth and good will to men," the widows son, the republican postmaster, young man of twenty-one years, had been shot down in the streets of Carrollton, the home of | Senator George.
 | Mir. Wolcott made an animated speech against the bill.
 | At the close of MT. Wolcott's speech | the elections bill was laid aside infor- mally and the bill reported from the l finance committee was taken up, on which MT. Stewart proceeded to address the | senate.
 After the chaplain had delivered a
 brief prayer Gin which he invoked the
 divine protection over the land for the
 coming year) and after the journal of the
 last days session had been read and ap-
 proved the house adjourned until Friday.
 After long debate further discussion was
 prevented by motion of Mir. Hawley tc
 proceed to executive business. After 2
 brief executive session the senate ad | journed at 4:45 p. m.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31

Lake Place Sewer Assessment.
 ITO the Honorable Court of Common Council
 l of the City of New Haven:
 The Board of Compensation for Assessment Of
 Sewers and Pavements, to whom was referred
 the cost of sewer in Lake Place, for the
 of the cost of said sewer, among the parties in
 terested therein, respectfully report that they have attended to the duty assigned to them. That they caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in the said public i'm proyefnent, in all respects pursuant to the pro-
 visions of the charter of said city, to appear be- fore them and be heard in reference thereto; and they fully heard at the time and place specified | in said notice, all persons who appeared before them.
 They therefore respectfully recommend the adoption of the accompanying order. An of which is respectfully submitted. | MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, SIMEON J, FOX, | 0. B. MATTHEWMAN,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31

Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sewers
 and Pavements.
 City of New Haven, August %, 1890 ORDERED-That the sum of three thousand and thirty-five and 29-1O0ths dollars CS3O35 29) be and is hereby assessed upon the owners of property fronting on Lake Place, from Ashmun street to Dfxwell avenue, being a proportional and reasonable part of the expense of constructing a sewer in said Lake Place.
 The names of each party and the amount of benefit assessed against each being herein par
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
WHY PAY RENT ?
 WHY NOT OWN A HOME?

hh
 Why will you continue, year after year, to give your money to a landlord when 1t will buy you HOME?
 Why not have the satisfaction of being in your own House?
 Why may not you, as well as the capital ist profit by the advance in value of real estate? Why not save while you can and you have your health?
 Are you family man, continually paying rent? Rent eats up a large part of your earn ings and you have nothing to show for it.
 Do you intend to always live in this broad land and never call one foot of it your own?
 Save few dollars every month and buy yourself @ home.
 I have made arrangements with good, reli- able Builders to build single or two-family houses on easy monthly payments.
 WORKINGMEN this is golden oppor- tunity to buy house and trust you will not allow it to slip away from you. It can be done: Try it! Call at my office and will give full particulars.
 Bargains in Real Estate and desirable building lots for sale. Fire Insurance placed in first-class com panies. Money to loan at 5 per cent Desirable Rents always on hand. Special care given to charge of property.
 Farms for sale and exchange.
 Stores for rent
 c. WI PALMER,
 REAL ESTATE BROHR, Open Evenings, No. lO2 O. ange St. easnesa transacted in all parts of the United States
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
1dlairts.

One Cent . word each fnsertfon; nse cents . word for a full week,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
DEATHS.

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Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-31

6SoR the United States army, able bodied un- E married men between the ages of q and 35 years. Good pay, rations, clothing and medical attendance. Applicants must be prepared to furnish satisfactory evidence as to age, charac- ter and habits. Apply at l5S CHURCH STREET,
 def Sm New Haven, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Fou. men recently killed 1000 geese O.
Norman Island, ColuA county, Cal, wheu
their ammunition gave cut
George Ledicker caught . monster Spotted
make near Bellefontaine. O.. 1t . seven fssa
long and playful and hsrmlso - q kitss.-
After having devoted seven months n
training . running dog, . Grardvilis pa
man entered the animal in . racs, aad -
dog would not run a step.
A Meadviile pa man is authority for the
statement that rooster, srved at bis home
the other day, had two fully developed ~
perfectly formed wishbonss
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caught six chicken hawks in sven days 4
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it is set he lays . chicken at tie nd e -
pole. The hawk will ~ the chieha, ~
will invariably settle ~ the pols bscsrs
alight,ng on its intended victm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13

The kennehec Journals proposition
for fractional paper currency Ia this
form Of silver certificates has attracted
very general attention all over the coun-
try Il has already received some very
Scattering endorsements from leading
papers Ia number 81 different States.
We shall publish some OF these
comments In week or two.
They make very Interesting reading,
and show that the desire for more
convenient fractional currency for use
through the mails Ia by no means con
nued 10 this section of the country
The condemnation Of the postal note
system appears to be very general Not
one 81 our contemporaries has n good
word for It. II has got 10 go The
Journals scheme for silver certificates
In fractions NJ n dollar appears to fur
Rish plan upon which all sections OF
TIE country can agree The very gem
erai endorsement which has thus far
been accorded IL, shows that 1t Ia the
most popular plan for meeting this great
need Of III. times, which has yet been
advanced
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13

Two ministers quarreled upon their
knees over doctrinal questious Mt n
Flemington, Ky. prayer meeting Thurs
day night, and succeeded in breaking up
the gathering. This ia most decided
example of theology run mad. tits not
religion, although some newspapers
have thouahtlessly applied that mis-
nemer to 1t. 1t was disgraceful episode
asd shows the parties engaged in it to
have been the narrowest kind Of
intellectual bigots. 1t Is. however, an
excellent example of one phase
Of theological controversy which flour
ishes, TO 4 greater or less extent. even In
tais nineteenth century. 1t will take .
good many people long time to learn
shat religion il not matter of form but
Of spirit. When the era comes In which
men can tolerate difference Of opinion ss
regards religion ia that broad spirit
which Christianity itself so strongly
inculcates, We shall reach plane
where religion will be able to perform
its highest work in pointing out the di-
vine hope Of the hereafter, ami implant,
Ing those ethical truths which do not
form point of controversy between re-
ligious bodies Of different denominations.
and which lie At the basis OF all religious
teaching.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13

Passengers on a Broadway car Tho
other morning witnessed an interesting
scene. The driver WAS q new hand who
had evidently been put TO work in n
emergency and had not received all the
Instructions that new hand requireA
The wind was blowing sharply in his
face and the passengers were glad to see
him put the lines through the handhoEe
in the door through which the conductor
collects fare from the passengsrs ON tAs
platform.
This done the new driver came in the
car himself, closed the door softly and
serenefy and drove his team from the
inside OF the car. He bowed right and
left 70 the passengers as he took up hin
stand in the car and remarked pleasantly
that the weather was q little sharp, bas
thanks for the kindhsArsednas Of ~
company in providing this hols IN ~
door very much sharper weather could
be endured.
He was a sociable sort Of MN md
talked cheerfully to the passenger, ths
chief point Of his observations being that
there was a great deal Of abuse heaped
upon corporations that was undeserved.
II take it IS self evident" he said, ''thax
. corporation cannot be soulles tln< goss
to the expense of cutting holes in sarsss
car door and lining it with bran, simply
that the driver may stand made md
drive" He would have sid moro, ~
Just then the conductor rushed N -
showed him out on the front platform
New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13
4 Trsah I.ease Of Hope.

The Boston Herald goes into eestacies
ever the new organization of the MAJ
sschasetts Democracy. This ia not
strange. The old weather-beateu, bar
aacled hulk was a continual eye-sore to
persons OF even less aesthetic tastes than
those Of the Herald Most ANYTHING,
for . change, ., Lord" they prayed;
and now sheir PRAYER ia answered.
Matters will brighten up at the Head.
quarters for a while now. Some fresh
stories will be told, and probably several
new brands Of cigars will be introduced
The room will be swept out, the
spittocns emptied and matters chirked up
gencrally. Some ne~ headquarters
stationery will probably be provided for
the boys and rainbow predictions OF an
entirely new kind and richer coloring
will be manufactured for time. OF
course all this will be novel and refresh
ing. But ono campaign will change it all.
The dust and cobweb, will have collect
ed once more, the cigars will be gone
the chewing tobacco exhausted Matters
will have resumed all OF their old time
neGngee. Predictions can't be had at
any price, and the tall white hats with
their soobre black bands will be the
only monuments that rear themselves
above the accumulated cigar stubs and
Free Trade tracts to tell of the youthful
buoyancy and hope that once held SWAY
there, but sickened, and paled and pinned.
and passed into iunocuous desustude,
alas so soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13

Do not the facts disclosed by our sssal
statistics cause it to appear that, n tAs
ad justment of our schools, we have gons
too far in our aim for material advance
ment and development Of wealth, aud
that we are correspondingly losing in
the direction of moral growth and cal-
ture? Let us, then, initiate the prudence
of the railway engineer, and. though
seeking to retain the advantages " hich
are already ours, let us not be blind 10
the visible defects and besetting dangers
of our present system. Let us determine
the composition of the training Of our
public schools; let us see if its parts are
well proportianed and the compound
skillfully wrought, and a thorough anal
ysis may prove, as with the Bessemer
steel rail. that, by judicious change in
the nature or proportion of the ingredi-
ents, our rapid increase Of wealth may
suffer trifling diminution, but the
moral balance of education will be re-
stored. and material. political and moral
progress will move forward together.-
Benjamin Reece in Popular Science
Monthly