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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Reid & Hughes 04-1OO Bank St., Waterbury.
KNOWN HERE FORTY YEARS AGO.
Tho Pioneer Commercial Drummer
 still Hustling For Trade.

Tho Ptoncer IOmmerClnl DfuInhSf
 stnl HustlinG For Trade.
 Charles P. Lindley, who has the honor of being the oldest commercial traveller in the United States, will be given tes- timonial soon by his "fellow knights of the road" Mir Lindley was we'll known in Waterbury and Meriden half cen tury ago, and probably some of the old settlers here still remember him.
 Mir Lindley is a native of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. and began his lifelong career as commercial drummer at the age of IS, just fifty-four years ago. He then represented a factory at Meriden, Cenn' and journeyed about with horse and wagon. His samples were packed under the seat, and he put up" where ever night overlook him-sometimes finding shelter at farm house and again at village inn. In those days banking exchange and money orders were yet to be evolved from the brains of financiers, and Mir Lindley paid his current expenses by selling Yankee notions.".
 Leaving Meriden Mir Lindley entered the services of Waterbury firm, and Tn their interest travelled in 1850 from St Joe to Denver in an OK cart. Speaking of his experiences the other day the old gentleman said: "Now I go about in vestibule cars and put up at palatial hotels instead of tenting out or staying in log hut ascend the rivers in magnificent steamers, whereas used to be glad to get keel boat transportation. send telegram and get an answer in an hour. Formerly l had to wait two months for answers to my letters. used to write with quill pens and seal with wax waters. Since have been on the road l have seen the invention or perfection of the railroad, telegraph, the screw propeller, the submarine cable, the telephone and the electric light"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Repa,ring n Wrecked Bridge.

A new plan has been adopted for re- pairing the wrecked railroad bridge across the Housatonic river at Birming- ham. The plan is to build staging on a canal boat and sink the boat under the bridge and then jack up the bridge and repair the pier. It is believed that if the rails are severed at any point that the entire bridge will fall into the river so it becomes necessary to put some SUD- port under the bridge. To drive piling beneath the bridge now is impossible, as a pile driver could not get near it from either side,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Russell sagc Wins & Big Suit.

ST. Paul, Minn., Jan. 15.-A deci sion has been rendered by Judge Nelson of the United States Circuit Court in the case of Russell Sage of New York, against the St. Paul, Saltwater & Taylors Falls Railroad Company. This case involves the title of a land grant of 5000. 900 acres to the Hastings & Dakota Railroad,
 to the rights of which road Russell Sage succeeded, and in whose favor the court rendered the decision. The land is val ued at $l0,000,000. -...s .. 4~F
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Indne TnyIor Dead.

DANBURY, January 15.-Judge of Pro bate J. Howard Tay Tor died from con sumption, at his home here to-day. He was 4S years of age.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Small Fire in wIllimantic.

Wn.LIMANTIc, January 15.-Fire this morning destroyed the small building oc- cupied by the Western Union telegraph company, near the New York & New England station. The loss is $150. Prompt work by the fire department prevented the flames from spreading to the many wooden buildings surroundisg g the depot.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Reid & Hughes Mark Down
 -OF- BLANKETS and COMFOR TIERS
Mark Down

In order to reduce stock prior to inven- tory we shall have series of mark down sales in the various departments. We commence with Blankets and Comfortsrs, and on Thursday and Friday will sell them at the following reductions
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Dlsgustcd W1th the system.

MER1DEN, January 15 HI. F. Watts, superintendent of the Meriden street railroad ,tsndered his resignation to day. He was disgusted with the Daft electric arStppo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
To Whom Ii May Concern.

hereby give notice that have given my son, Wm H. Hill, his time, and shall claim none of his earnings nor pay any bills of his contracting after this date. Witness my hand and seal this 10th day of January, 1891. T. H. HILL.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
Wv. cor HOLMES, MD, Browns bl'l
LOCAI, LINES.

You can buy flour of any kind at LADD'S cheaper than any other place in Conn.
 Have your Watches, Clocks and Jeweiry repaired. Lake, ,6trobel 6r Co. Warranted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15

Da. Q. ". 8. Fnoag, ls7 Bank gs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15
-.- CoMFoRTERS -:.

These quotations are true in every par
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-15

Brennan the Baker, 1O4 South Main
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
COFFEE CORNER FAILS.
Prices Going Down Under Heavy Re-
ceipts at Rio and Santos.

Prices Going Down Under Heavy Re-
ceipts at Rio and Santos.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-"Deacon'
Whites corner in corn has counterpart
on a smaller scale in an effort made by
some of the members of the Coffee Ex-
change to squeeze the market on Septem-
Der coffee. But it is not good time for
corners and the attempt resulted in q
failure. Three or four of the
leading firms in the New York
exchange have been attempting to bull the
market for September coffee for some time.
Unfortunately for them, they ran afoul of
the European bears and big receipts in
Brazil. Coffee began to go down and in
spite of the efforts Of the bull clique, it
kept gong lower. Yesterday there was a
further drop of from so to S. points.
Transactions for the day ran up to $4,000
bags. In Uayre, Hamburg, London, Rio,
and Santos the coffee market has
been going down lately Receipts at
Rio and Santos have been very heavy, and
last Thursday at Rio they were "a, 900 bags,
the highest record there for any one day.
All this, of course, was against the efforts
Of the New Workers to BRING about higher
prices. In week the price of September
coffee has gone down a cent a pound Or
about S1.33 bag.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30

member of the firm Of j. J.. Burnham &
Sons. His two sons, Clinton and John
F., were associated with him in the
business. He was one of Milwaukee's
most substantial citizens.
Thieves entered the residence of S. G..
Herbst, corner of Wellsand Fourteenth
streets, Milwaukee, while the family
were at supper and secured about $500
worth of diamonds. The Jewels were
taken from an apartment on the second
story, and the thieves effected their
escape before the robbery was discov-
cred.
A H1GHwAYMAN held up John Shafer
and Thomas Yelinck, at Prairie du
Chen, and made them give up all their
clothes and money.
IT is said that the death of Dan Dris-
coll at Ashland will occasion the first
test of the Dodge legacy law in the
state. He willed his property to Catho-
lie Church charities within the past three
months. 1t is not known yet what steps
will be taken. Driscoll was unmarried.
FOUNDATIONS have been laid for
new library building at Wauwatosa by
the HARDWOOD Library Association. The
site chosen for the building is a tri-
angular tract Of land north of the
depot. The building will be completed
this fall
CHARLES F. HAAsE, a wood and coal
dealer of Milwaukee, dropped dead of
heart disease in his office on the 23d.
He was about 80 years of age.
The horse which was once the favor
lite steed of Sitting Bull. the Indian
chief, is now kept at La Crosse. 1t Is
the property of Buffalo Bill and DIR.
Frank Powell.
RoLLA SIvYER was run over by wagon
at Eau Claire and instantly killed.
LAND within the city limits of Prairie
du Chen lately sold for $3.50 an acre.
THERE are several cases of typhoid
fever at Sturgeon Bay.
BEAVER DAM business men will lease
the Portage creamery.
On the 18th inst, James Meighan, a
farmer, was murdered under circum-
stances of great cruelty about one and
one-half miles north of Darlington, by
Anton Sieboldt Soon after noon on the
2lst the jail was broken open by mob.
Sieboldt was dragged forth and hanged
to tree.
On the night of the 22d large strip
Of the immense coal docks of the Ohio
Coal Company, located on the bay at
to the bottom of the bay, taking with it
about 1000 tons of hard coal. The
piling under the dock gave way,
and the enormous weight of the
coal could not be held up by
the flooring, which also gave way. The
space which went down is about half
way out on the dock, and is about eighty
feet long by forty feet wide. The dock
is filed with coal, containing in the
neighborhood of 1O0,OO tons, and there
is danger of other parts Of the dock
going down. The loss so far is estlmat-
ed at fully $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
TURKEYS RULER EXPLAINS.
He Tells How Russian Vessels are Ex-
pressly Favored At the Dardanelles.

He Tells How Russian Vessels are Ex-
pressly Favored At the Dardanelles.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Sept 24.-The Porte
has sent circular to the powers in regard to
the passage through the Dardanelles of sew
eral vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet.
In this communication the Porte says that
for several years past vessels of the Rus
sian volunteer fleet have been running be-
tween Odessa and VladivoStock, the port in
tended to be the Eastern terminus Of the
trans-Siberian railroad and situated Oh the
Sea of Japan. These ships being under
the commercial flag OF Russia, were grant
ed free passage Of the straits.
1t has been found, however, that the
Porte's note continues, that the volunteer
vessels were sometimes carrying soldiers,
and these ships were detained. owing to a
mistake as to their real character.
The POrte'S instructions, the note adds,
given to the officers on duty at the Darda-
nelleS, to prevent any further detention of
vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet, have
been wrongly construed by the newspaper
press to be violation of existing treaties.
The note then quotes the instru ;tiOns
given to the Turkish officers on duty at
the DardanelleS, the tenor of which has al
ready been published, and concludes with
the remark that no new measure has been
adopted and that the old ones continue in
foraa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
PREDICTS PEACE IN EUROPE
Chancellor Won Caprivi the War Sem
SationS.


BERLIN, Sept. cS.-Upon the occasion
of the jubilee Of the Seventy eighth In
family Regiment at Osnaburg, Hanover,
Chancellor Won CaprIvi made q long
optimist speech upon the political stu
alton in Europe. He said that the
apprehensions in some quarters as
10 whether the existing state
of things would be maintained
were not warranted Not one of the
sovereigns, he added. wished to disturb
the peace or to provoke a European
war. Even the impeachment be-
tween states, which had recently Oc-
CURED, did not afford ground for alarm.
They were merely the expression Of al
ready existing circumstances. Perhaps
they were nothing more than the estab-
liohment of European equilibrium as
1t formerly existed. No European
government, the Chancellor continued,
desired war, which in its sufferings and
consequences would probably be more
terrible than all previous wars. The
internal affairs to which the Emperor
was devOting special attention would,
he said, also be brought to satisfactory
issue, though the process might extend
over decades. The government, the
Chancellor concluded, had the interests
of the employed and employers at
heart
At the comme1s, given later in the
day to the officers of the Seventy-eighth
Regiment, Chancellor Won Caprivi said
that all the Emperor's efforts would be
directed towards the welfare of the
country and the maintenance of peace.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
SHE LOSES HER CASE.
Sensational Conclusion of the DeY
Will Contest at Eau Claire.

w III CODtesI 8t AIau SA'hAAO'
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. N.-When
County Judge A. &. Larson opened court
this morning the case OF Mrs. Hattie
Burke, who set up the claim
that she was the widow of Ewing
3. De Yarman, was exploded. Her
attorney withdrew her petition, doing so
op the ground that her claim of marriage
could not be sustained. The finding of
the court was filed that Mrs. Bur1e'S claim
was without any foundation. Her attorney
consented to this finding. The lawyers on
the other side had shown him some start
ling evidence they had discovered.
Evidence has been received by
the attorneys for the state to
demonstrate that the marriage ceremony
sworn to by Mrs. Burke and the ''Rev." J.
ii. Burnett never took pace, and it could
be proven that the alleged witnesses whose
names appear on the marriage certificate
were far away from Eau Claire at the date
OF the alleged ceremony. One of them
signed it in barn IN Pepin County.
Mrs. Burke, it is said, has been married
twice, having a son and daughter by her
first husband, after whose deceaSe she
married Mr.. Burke, from whom she was
legally separated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
SUPT. WELLS SALARY.
Interesting Interview with His Predeces-
sor in Office.

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 25.-J. E.
Thayer ex-state superintendent ot
schools, was in the city to-day and was
interviewed on the question Of the
superintendent's salary Il do not be-
lieve," he said, chat the act
giving the state superintendent
the ST 800 for travelling expenses is I'M
constitutional, but I have my doubts
about the validity Of the law giving him
clerk hire unless he presents vouchers
that the amount has been expend-
ed for that purpose. Of course
the secretary of state was authorized
by act of the legislature to draw war
rants for the amounts in favor Of the
state superintendent. These war
rants are sent to the state
treasury and are there receipted
for by the superintendent. The secre-
tarv of state draws these warrants the
same as others, and neither he nor
the person receiving them sits
in Judgment upon the -, consti-
a matter for the courts to decide, and |
believe it is right thatit be decided. AT
best this is poor way Of paying state
officers, and was always distasteful to
me, but what else could be done :?
No man can take the office and live
upon the money which the constitution
allows him. 1t would be simply an i'm
possibility unless he had some other
business and only devoted a small por
ton of his time to the state.
"The work which the state superin-
tendent is asked to do and must do if
he accomplishes anything is as great, if
not greater, than any other of the state
officers. There is absolutely no limit to
vantage in the work. 1t requires
e good Judgment aet's diplomacy c md
some legal training, to be the best kind
of head to the educational department.
of the state. The questions which
arise and must be decided are multi
farious. The advice which must be
gwen should have behind it close
study of the case in hand,
and be given so plainly that there can
be no mistaking it by school officers,
many of whom in the state are not up
in their business.
"Twelve hundred dollars? Why,
there is no reason why the officer
of any state officer, and it is shame
he does not get it. [ called Mr..
| Wells attention to the indirect way
in which the money was received and
told him that while | believed there
was no question about his right to the
81 800 expenses, l thought if the matter
ever came into court the $1,000
clerk-hire might be nulliied unless
vouchers were presented. On the ques-
ton as to the probability of suite to re-
cover the amount paid to the state SUI
perintendent be said: L have not
been in the state long enough
to know exactly the situation of
affairs, but 1 will cheerfully pay over
the money received by me over and
above the amount for which have re-
ceipts as actually expended if the state
obtains judgment against me for the
amount Mr. Wells is in a
peculiar situation. It appears
to be the money that he is going to get
that this suit seeks to shut off, while it
is a different matter when that which
has been paid out according to law
whether that law be valid or invalid-is
Sought to be recovered"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
FOUND ON 4 DAKOTA FARM
The ueiv to an Ola English Tito and Es-
tatc DiscoYared.

tate Discovered.
GRAND Forks, n. D., Sept 2S.--James
S. Sinclair, q farmer living four miles
from the village of Lakota, Nelson
County, has been notified that he is
Earl Of Caithness and inherits all the
honors and acres that go with the title.
Sinclair left England four or five years
ago. His father, d professional man,
was poor, and Sinclair determined to
build up a fortune in this country. The
fifth Earl of Caithness was only about
% wears old, and although the Sinclalrs
were related to the young Earl, there
seemed not the slightest chance that the
branch of the family. A year ago, how
ever, the Earl died. The title lay dor
mant nearly year, when Sinclair's
father was adiudged the next IL line.
The old gentleman became Earl of
Caithness and Jim" Sinclair conse-
quently Lord Berriedale. An effort
was made to inform the Dakota Sim
clair of the luck that had befallen HIM
but it failed. In February last Sinclair
father died, and the young man became
Earl of Caithness. Again efforts were
made to communicate with him, but
without success. ALI letters were adj
dressed James FolnCialT, DcIIloudlo
Farm, near Dakota" and Of course
found their way to the dead letter office.
The officials at Washington spent five
months in an effort to locate "Berrie
dale Farm" and have just succeeded.
For year Sinclair was Lord Berriedale
and for five months Earl of Caithness,
unknown to him.
Sinclair steps into neat thing. He
inherits one of the oldest titles in Great
Britain, seat in Lords, Is 900 acres of
land yielding an income of S25, 900 an
nually, and castle in Caithness Coun-
ty, Scotland His castle was the scene
of the famous spiritual interview" be-
tween the fourteenth Countess Of CATH
ness and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
The old Countess has recently received
notoriety from her claim to the position
of high priestess of the Theosophists,
made vacant by the death of Nine.
Blavatsky.
Sinclair is still on his Dakota farm,
and when his grain Is threshed and the
other crops cared for he will probably
return to England and assume his title
and estates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Result of the Explosion of a Dynamite
Charged Gun in Newark.

NEWARK, N. J. Sept. 25.-Late returns
from the explosion at last nights Itsl-
ian celebration place the number of
killed at six and the wounded at twen-
ty. The killed were frightfully man
gled, and the wounds of those who are
Injured are terrible affairs. The
nature Of the explosion was such
that the havoc was necessarily
frightful. It was due to the prema-
ture explosion of piece of gas-pipe
loaded with dynamite. The Italian
quarters was decorated and the houses
brilliantly lighted in honor of st. Rocas
Day. a lot OF fireworks were set off,
and the dynamite cannon was to have
been one of the features.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
NEW WHISTLE SIGNALS.
Mode of Informing Farmers Concerning
the Weather Outlook.

Before long it is expected to have the
new Weather Bureau code of whistle sig
mails in operation in Wisconsin. The orig
inal intention was to have these signals
given by locomotive whistles, but for the
present they will be sounded only by the
whistles OF mills and factories located in
villages and rural districts.
The signal blasts will be of two sorts.
Those referring to temperature will be
short, and those indicating rain, snow or
fair weather will be long. The warning
signal, to attract attention, will be blast
of from Is to 20 seconds. duration. Fol-
lowing is the code:
One long. Fair weather.
Two long Rain or snow.
khree long ...........-.....-.-. Local rains
One Lower temperature
Two short CHER temperature
Three short. wave.
To give more accurate information.
these signals will be combined, according
to the following arrangement:
One long, aione-fair weather, stationary tenn
perature
Two long alone-rain or snow. stationary
temperature.
One long and one shOrt-fa1r weather, lower
temperature.
Two long and two short-rain or snow, higher
temperature.
one long and three short-fair weather, cold
wave.
Three long and two short-local rains. higher
temperature.
Errors will be avoided by repeating the
various combinations at intervals of ten
seconds.
new code of flag signals is also out.
There is no special change in the flags to
be used, which are six feet square and five
in number, viz: No. /, white flag, clear or
fair weather; No. z, blue. rain or snow;
No. 3. white and blue, LEGAL rains; No. l.
black triangular flag, temperature signal;
No. 5, white flag with black square in CEN
ter. cold wave. They will be combined as
follows:
No. l, with No. 4 above 1t, indicates fair
weather. warmer.
No. J. with No. 4 below 1t, indicates fair
weather. colder.
No. ,. with No above it, indicates warmer
weather, rain or snow.
No ?. with No below it, indicates colder
weather, rain or snow.
No. 8, with No. above it. indicates warmer
weather with local rains.
No. 8. with No. below it, indicates colder
weather with local rains
No !. with No. above 1t, 1nd1actes fair
weather, cold wave
No. 2 with No. 5 above 1t, indicates wet
weather cold wave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-30
RUN INTO A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Nine Men Killed and Many Injured Near
Pittsburg.

PITTsCURG, Pa, Sept. PA wreck oc-
CURED on the Pittsburg & Western Rail-
road at EllWood about eight miles from
Newcastle at 5 O'Clock this morning, in
which nine men were killed outright
AMI many others injured, several, it is
said, fatally. 1t seems that a freight train
ran into work train on which were fifteen
WOrkmen. A number OF cars were COM
pletely wrecked, and the wOrkmen crushed
in the wreck. Their names are not known.
AS soon as the news was received in this
city wreck train with corps of physi-
Grams was at once dispatched to the scene.
At Kern's siding work train with q
force of fifty men engaged in putting
down new track. About 8 o'clock this
morning the work train got out
If the way of freight train 60
hat a second section of the same number
was following five minutes later. The
wreck tram again pulled out on the
main track, and the men were engaged
in throwing off dirt when the sec
Ond section struck the work train with
great force. Cars were piled up III a
ShapeleSS mass. The engines were mass
OF broken iron and wood and the hot steam
and boiling water poured over the unfOr-
tunate ones caught i'll the jam.
Fora moment after the collision there
was silence. Then the air was broken by
the shriekS OF the dying, making the scene
SO terrible that one of the trainmen who had
escaped injury tainted with horror. Train
men and labOrers who We're not injured
began to assist those imprisoned in the
debris. Several arms and legs were found
in several different places, and the
head of an Italian was found
twenty feet from the body. The
engineer, John Houghton, who had
bravely doEe his best to stop his engine
attached to the freight train, was found
Wedged in broken and Shapeless iron.
By IL o'clock the bodies of eight Italian
laborers had been taken from the wreck,
and with the killing of Engineer lloughton
this SWellS the number to nine. There were
at least twenty men injured, several OF
whom cannot recover. All of the bodies
were terribly mangled and disfigured.
Engineer HOughtOn was the only American
killed. His home is SAID to be in ALLIE
gheny.
Assistance was telegraphed for to Eel
ienOple, and in short time physicians
and citizens were at the scene render
ing all the assistance in their pow
er. At this writing the exact
cause OF the disaster cannot be
learned but, as usual, it Is said thata mis-
take was made by the trainmen, who did
not correctly interpret the signal. The
coroner of Butler County has been
sent for, and he will begin the inquest i'm
mediately after his arrival.
All the trains were delayed but, the large
force OF men at work will soon clear the
track.