Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-20
SIG E.ory of n Famous Duei.

Withnut icubt the most tragic duel over fought in the vicinity Of New York City was the deadly contest be- tween Ale &a.dnr Hamilton and Aaron Burr. lis ,ric as it Is. stories not given in tho books gre being retailcd about 1t. Fitz Green Washington, 8 great-grand- nephew # tao f4ther of bis country. has an account of tho affair frnT his Crandfatnti, C. otain Fitz Hughes. The Captain luarlcd .:,Hc the start where the fl Fighting g.u,.. i i,ad been located, and was; TON cd TOSS the North river by n ce.,,l.. ct sta"cs When he arrived the ant.cunl,,. Id taken positions Hamilton and Burr were 10 fro twice or thrice. At tho word of command Hamilton fired at Burr and Burr fired in tho air. At the second firing amil- ton fired ia .l. air and Burr shot Ham itcn. Naui.i:&n thCu:5tet it,.et ,EA 'l.' to kill him, gi ho merHt |" ! il E,:r but when he saw tho discharge in ths air he changed, his tactics, IS did Eurr. and with fatal results. This is sa t. be tho true history of the j,:Nl tonaht by these two great mel
 THE English criminal authorities are seriously discussing the advisability of adopting the French system of identify ing criminals by anthropometricel meas urementS
 TIE Royal Niger Company has been so successful in suppressing the liquor traffic in it's territory in Africa that very little liquor is sold ih the interior. Cannibalisw is also declining. 1 STEAM surface cars, or dummies, are used by the street railroad companies of Birmingham, f.ng.. and last year they l carried 9,Goo, GOO passengers with only two fatal and forty-one minor accidents.
 TIE Panama Canal is reported com pletely finished and navigable between the Atlantic and Eohio-Soldaho, distance of twcnty-eight French kilometers. The average depth is twonty-seven 1 feet
 A SECOND consignment of nine tons of mummified cats from the great Egyp- ton cat cemetery. vas recently sold at auction at Liverpool. Tho bulk of it brought G5 IFS Cd per ton, but some single pieces went for fancy prices, such IS 4Cs Cd fer q head and IS Cd for t per feet body without .he head.
 ENuI.!slI stoats and weascls arc being exported to New Zealand from England in largo numbers to kill off the rabbits, and the rats, which have been food fol the stoats and weasels in England, are increasing enormously in some districts | There is talk Of q movement to prevent the exportation of any mora rat de stroycrs.
 IT is reported from Con stantinoplt that the Sultan has finally prohibited the sale of black slaves within his dom;nions. This will be serious blow to the slavers of the African east coast and is probably one Of the results O. Cardinal Lavigerio's efforts. But the Sultan has not yet made up his mind tl abolish the sale of the white CircassiaI beauties.
 WHEN the new Forth bridge wa tested the load put upon the structure was more than double what will eve be upon 1t at any one time when il practical use. In . heavy gale recent. the wind gauges pressure of thirty seven pounds to the square foot, but tn
 maximum lateral movement of the cen tral cantilever was less than one incl under this pressure
 | IN Western Turkestan, where thel are no schools, the Russian Governmc1. has fitted up some railway carriages, t which teachers have been appointed These carriages make brief sojourns a at various stations. The children ac gathered and given lessons in reading writing and grammar, after whic J school-house and teacher are conveye
 to the next station.
 A NEW swindle has appeared in Eu
 ropo. Prominen. persons receive le
 ,crs dated at the military prison i
 Iiadrid, purporting to come fro,
 the late secretary of the Egyptia
 Mahdi, who knows where 100000
 francs are concealed. He asks sma
 sum with which 1o satisfy the creditor
 who keep him in prison, in return fe 1 Il 4,.on