The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
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 s'done nobly" in the recent skirmish drill; and of course the colored troops are grin ming in ecstacy over the compliment.
 Wilfred Geer. of Seyms street. lad of years of age, was drowned in the Con- necticut river Monday while bathing. He swim
 It is announced that Gov Bulkele and staff went to see the recent great sham battle of the ships off Fishers Island. |. Gov. Hill was also announced to be there, and several other notorious shams from different parts of the country
 The session of the court of inquiry into the character and doings of some of the officers of the Hillyer Guard, will give cit izens and taxpayers an idea of the kind of material found in the Connecticut militia, and what they are paying military tax for.
 Miss Ella Ormsby, secretary of the Ma tionalist club, is rusticating with relatives at North Blandon, Mass. But she can't keep qniet even there,-not while Manu- facturer Cheney of Meriden has anything to say refecting on Nationalism.
 The water corporation that has been having it's eyes on the proposed East Hart ford water works, has finally succeeded against those who strove to have the town do its own business, and who had been successful in few of the primary contests. The people are not yet willy enough for the manipulators, and some of them are venial.
 The Pratt & Whitney company dedicat- ed its new building Tuesday evening. The employees of the small tools department, who are to occupy the building, are an nounced as defraying all expenses. Sup. erintendent Whitney and lady led the grand march; and several of the contract ors are permitted to behold their names in the papers.
 The Hartford city government is still toying with that socialistic problem of watering the city streets. The soions are not yet satisfied that the people in their corporate capacity have the right to do something that one of the people ip his in- dividual capacity has the right to do for all. So the question is again referred, for more light, or-until the watering season is over.
 Friends of the family of MrAC. H: Dres- ser of North Main street who may be con- templating social call, are advised that Mrs. D. and the children are in Canada for few weeks. MT. Dresser assures us that his holding the treasury portfolio of the Nationalist club has nothing to do with it; and the gentleman is down in the directory as manufacturing wood turner, and not bank cashier.
 1t was an actual occurrence that Hart ford common councilman rose in his seat last Monday evening to move that the Hartford Telegram-BirdsalPs paper, be permitted to give sacred concert on the park some Sunday evening with the funds raised for the purpose. We are not em- phasizing the holding of the concert on Sunday evening, but the idea of the auspices being the Hartford Telegram. Yet, we have heard of the devil quoting scripture.
 Some of the members of the Conn. Ma tlonal Guard are now hunting around for old copies cf the Post to cut out the ssvotesn therein to prove their favorites '.the most popular military officer in Connecticut. Why not where it costs nothings At this writing, however, the fellow who couldn't pass muster is still ahead by long odds. while such a Hpopular" patriot as ssCol." U. C. Birdsall (it used to be s.judge') is re- membered by only one vote, and Major Jimmy Doyle has no vote at all.
 One of our local Republican, dailies says that "Jerry Simpson has turned his at- tention to John Sherman's record as secre- tary of the treasury; and Jerry must smile when he thinks soberly of his attempts to show. up the master of finance.n And Jerry might say in return that he never thinks any other way of such things but "soberly;" and all he need do to show m John Sherman's record to prove him the biggest fraud and conspirator that ever handled the United States finances, was to compare that record before and after the time he gave himself to the service of shylock.
 Some of the Hartford dailies are dilating ! on "the fast failing Alliance" Well. there IS method in it. It will discourage the hayseeders' of the East from following in the footsteps of their Western brethren. and thus give the politicians and the mon ey changers longer lease of power. For the farmers of the East are not suspected of being readers of Western papers, and so will believe all the lying press of the East will tell them, notwithstanding the fact that new alliances are still sprineinp