Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-12
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 To give force to its attack on Garbage Collector Sutton, for alleged neglect of duty, the Republican executes a flank movement and says Sutton attempted and loose with the road board in the matter of street sweeping" Permit me to add And the road board fired him and refused to approve of his bills. And it came to pass that they ordered the work performed by the hour under the supervision of the street inspector. Is everything lovely now? Nay, not so. On the contrary there is more dissatis- faction expressed to-day than there was when Sweeper Sutton was at his worst. *#~
 Sunday is said by clergymen' to be a bad day for the sick because all the friends improve that leisure time to call to express their sympathy by trying in turn to talk the sick to death. And when this is done the physician is blamed for not having saved the life of the patient.
 Similar to the above is a case which came under my observation yesterday | when I made the above remark to physician. He said he had just been called to a patient who had not made satisfactory progress under the family physician and so he was dismissed for the new one. On his arrival he heard what resembled the babel of a women's convention and his first instruction was, not to the patient, but to the crowd, to "get ouU." The poor family physician had been blamed when hardly any medicine could take effect on a patient whose system was racked by a confusion of tongues, which would have driven a sane man out of his wits.
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 Mayor Baldwin is respectfully re- ouested to keep his weather eye on that Liberty street extension matter. There is need of a steady hand just now 10 hold the lines and Oe on the alert for kicking over the traces, and Mayor Baldwin is just the man to inspire awe and command respect. It has been sug- gested that a compromise be entered into with the railroad company, by which Jewelry street instead of Liberty, be extended. So far as appears on the surface this latter street would fully answer all purposes. But-before any l compromise Is entertained, l would suggest that the recently awarded dam ages be paid by the city so that there will be no question as to the legality of a compromise. The cost of extending Liberty street would be much less than the proposed plan, as the land damages would be nominal as wouldsthe expense of bridging the tracks at the former point.
 The inability of one of our merchants | to believe that the casino prima donna was male cost him SEQ. A city re- porter on first seeing Herbert Crowley did uot recognize in him the great fe- male impersonator, and wondered when Herbert would appear. He left the casino, as he thought, before Crowley appeared. But he was sharp enough being a newspaper man-not to tell of his ignorance until the SEQ bet was made public and the laugh was on another.
 There were 134 failures in the United States, reported to Bradstreet's during the week, against 102 in the preceding week, and 21S, 152, 146 and 1S9 in the corresponding weeks of 1889, 1888, 1887 and 1886 respectively. The total num- Der of failures in the United States Jan- uary 1 to date, is 5,702, against 6,s55 in 1ss9
 The prevalence of typhoid fever may cause one to think of no other disease I | theria at this season may be caused by neglect of proper precautions, As a matter of caution I mention the impor- tance of not allowing any connection of the waste pipe of a refrigerator with the sewer pipes. Catch the drippings in 8 pan and frequently empty the pan. Ex-Mayor Prince of Boston lost three children from diphtheria and many called it a visitation of Providence. The I -4nSrN NAI A1NAN xN,~ sewer gas thrOug h the pipes had entered the refrigerator and poisoned the food, from eating of which death ensued.
 Hugh Coyle, the brother of the late Patrick CoyIe, who is now stopping in the city, is not '49er ,as he went to Cal ifornia in 1852, though he left Water bury in 1S46. Like Gov Hill MT Coyle says, 1 am a democrat, and he does it with all the vim with which he went to the Pacific coast to put in practice the advice of the deceased brother, Make money if you die in the attempt. Mir Coyle is fine specimen of the well pre- served gentleman and delights ill recit- ing his early experiences in California in behalf of the democratic party, being on intimate terms with the ill-fated Frederick, Judge Terry and others, in the days when excitement ran high and blood flowed freely. Mir COyle was in the state senate and help send good dem- ocratic senators to Washington. When he passed this office and saw the sign of the DEMOCRAT he came in as though 1t was a second nature.
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 The early closing movement is being sgitated by the journeymen barbers, who claim that they work eighty-five hours a week. When the Sunday clos. ing movement went into effect the week. ly half day allowed to the shavers was discontinued. It is for the return of this favor that the barbers are working.
 AN ORIGINAL PACKAGE CASE.