Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-22


 by Waterbury man on learning of the death, recently, of the wife of an ac- uuaintance. The lady was an estimable wife and mother and the remark sounded | strangely cruel to those who heard it | and did not understand. 1 turned to a | friend and from him learned that the | speaker was cursed with a drunken wife | and could not restrain the involuntary | exclamation that escaped from his lips | | Once the poor creature who ruined his | | life moved in respectable society. The l fatal vice crept upon her by degrees and to-day she is its slave.
 The report of the state board of educa- tion for 1889 shows that during the year S6SO, ,OOO was raised in the eleven cities of
 the state for school purposes, divided as
 follows: New Haven s23s, ,765, liar ford SlSS, ,479, Waterbury SS9.732 Bridge
 port SS7, ,3O7, Norwich $67 ,666, Meriden
 S55. TO, Norwalk S36.0l1, New Britain
 S32 ,4S6, Danbury S3l ,491. New London
 S3O,s ,s5s, Middletown S27, ,24O. Judging
 from the above figures the managers of
 the school fund in Bridgeport must un-
 derstand the true principals of economy.
 or else the children of that town are sadly neglected.
 The theory that goat can eat and di- gest anything from Belgian paving block to a red hot stove has so long pre-
 vailed that it has become an axiom. It ; was known that goat could luxuriate , on circus bills. grow fat on old tin cans and cultivate generous double chin on a diet of scrap iron. A discovery has
 been made, however, that there is an article. which will pail even upon the stomach of goat. The article in ques- tion is live electric wire and an ex- pertinent which ended disastrously to the goat was tried last week. It happen ed at Newark. A live electric wire had 2 fallen upon the street and was being respectfully regarded by crowd of
 along strong in the acknowledged power
 of his digestive organs. He snuffed the
 uncanny thing and seemed inclined to n retire from the contest, but he heard a
 sound which appeared to him like a @ dare from the assemblage about. Then Q he walked up to the wire, placed his Q tongue upon it, and keeled over dead. = Ice dealers in this state are to hold a Il convention for the purpose of fixing the IS the prices for that commodity, which $ are to rule the coming summer. If they | adopt an expensive rate they will find u u that they have cast a boomerang, for T such action will surely be followed by
 the manufacture of artificial ice. Ii ***
 V If you want to see a look of disgu t d spread over a shopman's face, go into his 5. place of business on an unpleasant Sat e urday and ask him how business is.
 Storekeepers count on doing more busi-
 ness on Saturday than on any two days
 in the week, and when the day is stormy
 their feelings are often too deep for eX- = pression. Many people put off their
 shopping until the last day of the week d and if their wants are not very pressing Il they will not go out should the day be n stormy. The stores which lose most by n the bad weather are the dry goods and n notion stores although other stores feel
 it in lesser degree.
 . A we'll known real estate man tells me I, that there is patch" ol nearly every
 house in certain districts of this thriving n town. Among land agents the word Il patch" is regarded as an abbreviation of
 mortgage" Asked why this state of :. affairs eXiste in such prosperous town - my informant said that it was all owing i. to the high rents charged in Waterbury 2 If a man owns little plot of ground he }: can erect a big house, paying five or six , per cent interest for the money required = which he an readily su ure. If he is a $. half shrewd tinancier his venture will
 yield from seven to ten per cent and
 year by year the patch upon the house
 grow smaller and finally drops off alto
 gether.
 f One of the saloon keepers who was q called on to settle case for violation of e the screen law. by Agent Colley during @ the month of February, according to the h figures on file paid Sl5 to have the :, charge nolled. To-da. the dealer de u clared that he paid over double tha, Il amount to get out of the scrape, anG | backed up his statement by producing s ,. receipt for the amount paid, signed by U Agent COlley.
 The Hartford Times appears in its new
 dress for the first time this afternoon
 and has quite metropolitan aspect s From six columns it has chan yed tt l. seven, the page being slightly increases j. in size. The heading has been changed l, to plain Roman letters and the first issu. d presents a very attractive appearance l. The Times has shown its accustomed en ] terprise, as it is no light undertaking to IT change the entire machinery in the e printing and stereotyping departments l. and, at bound, to almost double tn. Il capacity of the paper. The press is $
 Hoe oft he latest improved pattern anc
 turns out 24 900 complete papers in al
 hour Friends of Hon A. E. Burr, tho A veteran newspaper man, who not many It months ago celebrated the fiftieth ami d. versary of his editorship, are congratu s lating him on the new venture.
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 is The wheels of government in the post e. office are moving just as steadily sine, :. Col Doherty took hold of the reins. a 4 they did before and the official axe Ina.
 not yet been sharpened. The new post
 master finds conscientious instructo
 in Clerk Fitzpatrick, and in fact ever, - employe of the office is endeavoring tt T make it as pleasant as possible for th' 'i colonel. Four years ago when the otfic' 'S was turned over to the democrats thing Io were different.
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