Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-09
NEWS OF THE DAY. .s

Baron Hirsch has increased by $2, 500,- 900 his gift to aid Hebrew immigrants S in America.
 ExChief Justice Appleton of Maine died suddenly at Bangor He was S7 years old.
 The differences between the Canadian Pacific Railway and it's trainmen have been amicably arranged.
 Night Watchman Owen Carroll was killed by an express train near Sing Sing, N. Y. He was walking the tracks.
 The extensive railroad shops of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Rail- road in Susquehanna, Pa, have been placed on eight hours time.
 Major Henry P. Clare, the wealthy cat tie raiser of Fort Thomas, who was re- ported missing has been located at Ryan's Hotel, Elizabeth, N. J. He is ill.
 Ex-Congressman William Gottschalk of Doylestown, Pa, is dead. He was 73 years old, and one of the best known men in that section of Pennsylvania.
 While John Heaton, who lived near Pennington, N. J., was walking on the tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad he was struck and killed by a train.
 The weavers in the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Mass, have been mo- tified of an increase of wages of from 5 to 10 per cent. There are about 500 weavers employed.
 In Tenney's hat shop in Methune, Mass, cut down in wages has been an nounced of 25 per cent, with the under standing that the old wages will be re- sumed in the spring.
 Business men uf Sing Sing, N. Y., are trying to raise $l2,0O0 to be given to manufacturers as an inducement to lo- cate in that village. Five thousand dol lars has been subscribed.
 The Social Democratic Federation has refused to supply money to enable Avel- ing, the Socialist, to stand for the seat in the House of Commons made vacant by the death ot Mir. Bradlaugh.
 The unemployed workingmen of Berlin are assuming dangerous attitude. They threaten to hold q mass meeting to pro test against the action of the municl pal authorities in refusing to start relief works.
 Charles Lampe, % years old, is miss ing from his home at Jersey avenue, Jer- sey City. As he was Respondent it is feared that he has committed suicide. He was employed by the Dixon Crucible Company.
 The London Board of Trade re- turns show that during the month of January the imports decreased 94, 400, ,O0O and that the exports decreased 91, 729, QUO as compared with those of the corre- spending month last year.
 Samuel c. Luby, United States Con- sul in Belfast, Ireland, has just com pleted the examination of number of residents of County Antrim who claim to be related to the late A. T. Stew art, the New York millionaire.
 The strike at the Hargraves mill at Fall River, Mass, has been settled, and the operators have voted to return to work. The basis of settlement is a compromise by which the agent agrees to remove the objectionable cloths from looms within few days after work has been resumed.
 The Watertown Steam Engine Com pany of Watertown, N. Y., is making an experiment. in profit-sharing with it's employees. It has just declared divi- dend of ? 12 per cent. to stockholders and the same to its journeymen employees on the basis of their rate of wages. The experiment will be continued during the current year, the same dividend to be paid to the employees as to the stockhold- CTS.