Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
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 The court of common council will be called upon Monday evening to take action on a recommendation of the road board that Waterville street be made forty-five feet in width instead of forty nine feet as originally laid out. There are no good grounds for making such change and the recommendation should be rejected. Because an engineer made a mistake is no reason why four feet of given to George Tracy. At the poine where Mir Tracy's lawn encroaches on tht highway the street with it's full allow ance of forty nine feet is too narrow. Members of the council should act in this matter exactly as they would if the land in question was their private prop erty. Whenever private citizen dis covers that the city is taking away his land he invariably puts in a claim for substantial damages. This is parallel case. The street should not be mar rowed, but if the council decides that forty-fve feet is sufficient width, MT Tracy should pay well for the four feet which he has appropriated.
 Although grass fed cattle are coming in the market there is no perceptible lowering of prices for meat, and it does not look as if beef would be very much cheaper in the near future. A local dealer says that according to latest re- ports the supply of cattle from Texas will fall short 1000, ,000 head as com pared with last year, while out in Ore gon great herds are heinz bought up in way that looks very like corner.
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 "Why are women so seldom en- ployed in drug stores," asked a we'll known druggist yesterday, and the answer came: Because they find it so difficult to keep a secret. Here it is we learn who paints, who powders, and who is addicted to the opium habit. Then again we learn all about peoples bodily affiictions and weaknesses. Of all abominations loose toDgued gossip about drug store is the worst, and the general impression is that woman will talk, no matter what is at stake" My informant was married man and evi- dently spoke by the book.
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 Sergeant Cox says that with two ex- captions, one in 1884 and the other in 1888, the month just closed was the coolest July since 1872, when the signal station was established ill New Haven, the mercury having averaged three and one-half degrees below the normal temperature for July. Sergeant Cox explains, however, that dense humidity prevailed during the greater part of the month. Many people do not fully un' derstand the meaning of the word humidity. It means that their clothing will stick to their persons and that the air seems too heavy and close to breathe A feeling of languor is present and it i, hard to sleep O nights. That's wha humidity means and there is no antidott for it.
 According to law passed about ter years ago the savings banks are re- | quired each to place on file with tht comptroller a list of all unclaimed de posits which have remained in their hands for over twenty years withou additions or subtractions by the or1gina depositors. Such lists of unclaimed de posits are now on file at the comp troller's office, amounting in the aggre gate to over $60 0,000. Of this amour something over $7,000 remains in th' Waterbury bank. Here are some of th' largest depositors: Ann Workman, .S1, Hannah Hurd, $10S.93; Sarah Alley $64O 10; Helen Beebe, $197.O4; Mar, Frost, $573.4O; Olive w.. Mckee, $212. .94 Eliza Barnes, $183.35; Miles RIgg, S1, 149.53. The principal deposits in tn Pratt street bank of Hartford are Christopher Denham, Hartford, $1 ,543. 66; Joseph Driver, Tariffville, $1, 1894. .65 Julia Grant, Stafford, $297.37; Jame Kief, Hartford, $133,95; Thomas Nc Kay, Tariffville, $254.11; Isaac Perkins Hartford, $113.34; Augusta Schirmer HaZelton, Pa, $73750; Arabella Terry Hartford, $l12:77; John TrumbuIl Hartford. $114S ST.