Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-19
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Judge Phelps of the superior court 10
aging and does not care to sit in the
nurky recesses Of the local court room
'or an indefinite length of time. He
aas ordered the Waterbury docket to
20 be brought before him in the palatial
quarters in New Haven next week.
Judge Phelps is one of the most popu-
lar members of the bench and he is
1uite as courteous to-day as he was
when a congressman from the second
district.
DR. Godfroi Dubuc oil the Brooklyn
district is believed to be one of the legal
heirs to an immense fortune in the form
Of real estate in the heart of the city of
Dubuque, Iowa. The city was settled in
1888 by Julian Dubuque, a French trad
er. and land that he owned is now worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, Du-
buuue having become the chief depot of
the q eat lead region of Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Iowa. DIR Dubuc has every
reason to believe that he is descendert
of the founder of the city that bears his
name though spelled differently.
The Catholic young men of the east
ern section of the city received a we'll
merited rebuke from Rev Father
Treanor of the Sacred Heart church last
Sunday. Father Treanor could not I'M
derstand why so many young men from
other parts of the city went among his
flock to choose wives while he was
scarcely ever called upon to officiate at
the nuptials of any of the bachelors OF
the parish AS the girls were in every
way worthy the only conclusion that
could be arrived at was that the young
men were no great bargains.
81 never pay for anything l purchase
at a store, but have it sent collect" said
a lady to me the other day. II find by
experience that the charge system
works well, particularly if you are in a
hurry The goods are sure to be sent
without delay, and then, besides. il
saves good deal of time waiting at the
counters for change. simply say what
l want, give my name and address AND
walk off. To wait for change is g
nuisance
Prospective census enumerators viii
not enjoy such soft snap after all. The
enumeration must be completed in 8
very few weeks and the prices are an
nounced as follows: For each person
&c each death, &c; farm, 15c factory
etc, 2Oc war veteran or widow thereof
Sc. These are the usual figures, but ir
districts where enumeration is difficult
the rates are Each person, Sc; farm
2Oc factory, etc, soc. Where reguias
daily pay is allowed it will range from
So to IS per day of ten hours. Travelling
expenses will not be allowed except in
"extrems cases." and then only or
authority previously granted by. the
superintendent of the census. any
supervisor, after appointment, sinai
neglect or refuse to perform his dutie:
Of 5000. Also to a similar fine for dis
closing any informai,oG he has gathered
except to his superior officers: The pen
atty is fine and imprisonment for max
ing false returns of his canvass.
Labor Commissioner Hotchkiss, in his
annual report just issued, goes more
into practical matters ihan did his
predecessor, Arthur I. Hadley, and tbs
report covers a wide variety of subjects
and statistical information of real, in
tefest to the employers and the working
people of the state. The general tenor
of the report IN 1icatss q fairly prosper,
Gus condition of the manufacturing in
.dustries. The percentages of net profits
OF val1S of goods manufactured in some
of the larger industries are thus given
Brass, : carriages, 9.46: clocks, 2.53
corsets, 6.34 cotton, 11.9 cutlery, Alp
general hardware, 1882 hats, 500; iron
foundries, a.es; knit goods, 11.76 ma
chine shops, l4.s4i paper boxes, 1913
paper mills, 1a.2l; printing snd publish,
ing, 7.7S; rubber goods, 40; shoes,
3, 10; silk, 11.76; silver plating, S.s6
wooiisn goods, including carpets, 7.5S.
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John G. Thompson, the kesper-to be
Of the almshouse made his first visit 70
the town farm Thursday. After look
arrived at the conclusion that the posi-
ton was not exactly sinecure, and
when he takes possession May 1, his
sleeves will be rolled back to the shout
der. Like everybody else who visits the
settlement for the first tim sMr Thomp-
son was disappointed in the house. It is
a rickety structure and altogether toe
small.
The legal definition Of the word ped
dler is given by Justice Williams of tn
Pennsylvania supreme court as follows
The peddler is transient with no fixed
place OF business, who sees customers by
invading their homes and makes sales
by persuading people to buy what they
do not need, and who, by the time he is
wante d to answer for his representations
and engagements, is out Of sight. 1t is
this matter of tracking a laboring man
or woman into the house, and laying
siege to him or her, by an inscriptions
and self-possessed stranger who is after
money, and has no delicate scruples
about the manner in which lie gets it,
that has made the peddler dread in the
country and in the villages.
1t is rarely nowadays that one sees a
''shin plaster" in circulation, yet three
is about SIS ZOO, 900 of fractional paper
currency that has never been presented
for redemption. Some may have been
kept for souvenir purposes, and the rest
been worn out and destroyed.