Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-09
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 ' GENIAL Tom Davis, manager of 1.-The company, which played here this week, says he is almost pestered to death by professional bur. glars, who want to do de safe crackln act" Mir Davis has, within the past three months, received applications from more than a score of people seek ing employment as stage cracksmen. These parties are, or have been, profes- sional criminals and submit references | as to their capability in their peculiar l line. Among these curious documents are court records of their confinement for safe robberies, newspaper clippings telling of hair breadth escapes from the clutches of the police, evidences of their having "done time" in various5 prisons and of the skill with which the crimes were committed. All of the applicants are careful to declare that sthey do not belong to the common herd of house. breakers, but are genuine eXperts.' MT Davis has unique collection of these letters and testimonials.
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 l HOUSEWIVES and all others interested will regret to learn that at d meeting of the principal broom makers of the country in Chicago, Thursday, the price of brooms was raised still further at the l | the second advance, amounting to $1 in | all, that has been made in these useful | household articles since the first of November last.
 "CLEAN the snow off yer walk, boss ?" said man armed with shovel, to the owner of a corner lot, this morning "Tll do a good job for dollar"
 "A dollar Do you take me for a millionaire? I'd rather do it myself than pay more than fifty cents," re- sponded the owner of the house.
 You'd better not try it, boss. You work. Now just look what it will cost you if you tackle that walk: Porous plaster for lame back, twenty five cents: liniment, twenty-five cents; doctor, for the grip, three visits, $500; medicine, two dollars: three days time lost, nine dollars, to say nothin' about pain and sutferin.' Better gimme the job for a dollar"
 His ready wit secured for him the job.
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 NEARLY every newspaper in the state has had something to say about the work of the tax revision committee, and the unanimous verdict is that the example set by Waterbury is worthy of ! emulation. The New Britain Herald ! says: Waterbury is not the only place where a study of the basis furs, taxation , reveals queer things, but they are not as carefully looked into elsewhere, per . haps. The grand list there was in, r creasing very slowly, and, as the growth of the city Was very rapid, the ; disparity was very noticeable. The
 mayor suggested the appointment of s
 committee by the city to act with the
 selectmen to investigate the matter anC ! make new list, or, as he put it, 'ar
 inventory of the property of the town. Q This was done, the committee took uI t the task in a thorough manner and tht y result of their slabors has astonisheC s Waterbury and: set people in severa s other cities thinking.
 MEMBERS of the Knights of Columbu U and other beneficiary orders should pro U fit by the decision of Judge Thaye x given this week at New Haven. Johl o O'Grady. a member of the Knights O " Columbus, was suspended. ipso factO for not paying his assessments. On tn day before his death his sister paid tn i arrearages, the money being received b, u tiue secretary in violation of the consti : tuition. The order resisted payment O i the endowment and is sustained by tn S court. Probably not single memne ' of the order but would willingly pay tn
 small assessment on O'Gradys death
 but as it would establish a dangerOu precedent, the supreme council coul, ' not in justice to it's members recogniz ' the claim.
 THERE was glare of ice on the side X walk in front of a local drug store yester . day morning after the operation of win n dow washing had been successfully per /. formed. 4 sharp clerk, having an ey e to business, placed a pair of crutches a q the entrance to the store. Fortunately l, however, the sun melted the ice befor d anyone was disabled.