Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-24
I. F. HUDSON.
PRESS rLU'lCEP.

FoRTf-SENES thuualnl of tho 76,O0. plupvrs in the %rw N1"l State aims, houses are of Io".'i rn birth.
 IT is estimated that thcro are 3,O0O, 900 orange anl lemon trees in California, mostly in the southern section.
 ROBERT F.. G!,'N, although serving out life sentence in Joliet prison, acts as tho warlcn's coachman and trusted mes. scngcr.
 ABOUT .l0A, 000, ,O00 people use opium, while 15O, coo arc confirmed opium-eat CTS: and ot thCsc, 95,0C0 1.-Two in the United States.
 SURGEON GENERAL JOHN B. HAMILTON says tlrat not one-third of our popula. ton of a military age can pass the OK animation of q recruit.
 WHILE one of rittSburghs mounted policemen was chasing criminal his horse suddenly lay down. The police. man got off, and so dil the fugitive.
 DIsrANC&. i' continually being abridged. By the new route via British America it will ho possible to go from London to Yokohama in twcnty-three days.
 A SENSATION has been created among New York gastronomers over tho al. lrged discovery that they have been eat ing black squirrel hash, done in old sherry, at diamond tcrrapin prices.
 TIE superintendent of the Michigan Military Academy broke through the ice when skating the other day, and the cadets showed their discipline by sing ing Down Went McGinty" with mill. tary prompLncss and precision.
 FROM tho year the Patent Oflicc was established up to the present time $500 patents have been granted to females. The first woman patentee was Mary Kecs, who invented a machine for weav- ing mixture of silk and thread. A MADISoE Nlirh.) widow kills three birds with O." stpan by inserting in tho same issue of the Adrian Times her hus- bands obituary notice, a card of thanks and notice that she will auction of her late partners personal effects. A MAN at Ann Arbpr. Mich. has se- cured a divorce on tAa grouni of eX- trcme cruelty. He alleged that his wife fed him on bread and milk, refused to SOW buttons on his clothing, nagged him for expensive trappings for herself | and twice actually assaulted him. The wife did not dHny th" accusations. SOME smart person ll5 been studying the cvolutions of popular songs and favoritc hymns." It seems that all tho trihcs of tho day wc"" stolen from the | great corp Ns"rs. IL ia suspected that | the arrangement called "Whcro Did You Get That IIat?' is identical with ''The Pilgrims Chorus" in Tam hauscr.'
 NEARLY all the voyages of European steamers to the westward during recent | months have been troubled by tremen | dous s2as and by constant storm, and | fog in places where mono is usually met with. But tho opinion is confirmed by all this bad weather that the modern steamers are practically proof against | tho worst that the Atlantic Ocean can do; they havo only collisions with other 1 steamers, or with ice, to fear A LARGE class of applicants for teach CTS positions assembled in tho rooms of | tho Santa Clara (Cal.) school superin- tendent last week. They were set to work on tho examination papers, and every thing went smoothly until this question cropped up in the history di vision: "What was the name of the head steward of Stanleys exploring party, and was he any relation to the Ameer of Swat?" The whole class silently left the room, and walked out into the driZZlinp rain to cool of