Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

-Fourteen prominent Italians have al
ready refused to accept the Office of Behr-
ing Sea Arbitrator.
1T has been discovered that the persons
who died at Salisbury Beach, Mass. were
poisoned by paris green.
The French Transatlantic Companv
has revived thu project for chain Of
ightships connected by telegraph at in
tervals of POO miles across the Atlantic.
NO rain has fallen in the southern por-
ton of Bengal for several weeks The
crops are in a critical condition
Representative McMillin, of Tennessee.
who Is in Washington, expresses the
opinion that the riots and warfare in
tennessee will result finally in the aboli-
ton OF the convict contract system
Harry Hare, brakeman, fell from a
car while switching at Conesus, N. Y,
yesterday. Three cars and a caboose
passed over him, cutting off both legs
and his right arm. He died two hours
later.
The whole army of students, and prac-
ticaily the whole population of Germany,
Will soon have grievance, as an extra
tax is about to be imposed on beer in Or
der to meet the demands of the Army
Dill. This will result in a marked in
crease in the price of this beverage.
The Knights and Ladies of Columbia.
an endowment organization of Boston.
has petitioned the Supreme Court to ap-
point receiver to wind up it's affairs. In
the hands of the State Treasurer is So
OOO, which represents the assets of the
concern.
Major John H. Cook, auditor at the
Boston custom house, is dead, aged 81.
he had been connected with the customs
service there for over % years. He en-
listed in 1861 and vas discharged on &C
count of his wounds in 1864
The Democrats of the Oath Congression-
al district of Pennsylvania at Waynes-
burg nominated w. A. Sipe for Congress.
Mr. Slpe was also nominated for the nm
expired term left vacant by the death of
Congressman Craig.
Because the food served did not shit
him German employed on the farm OF
Walter Deacon near Burlington, N. j.,
endeavored to eXterminate the whole fam
lily with a pistol. He was driven from
the place by Deacon armed with q loaded
shotgun.
Smallpox has broken out at the sum
mer boarding house of Elijah Utter al
East Durham, N. Y, in the Catskills
There are about 20 guests at the house,
all of whom have been quarantined by
OIOer VI Lne uedICn O1uCer. All have been
vaccinated.
AS William Merritt and John Gillian
were fishing in the Hudson river, neal
Nyack, N. Y, yesterday afternoon, the
boat upset and Gillian was drowned HI
leaves wife and child.
-Supt Newton of the Empire Construc
tlon Company at Orange, N. j., which
has stopped work on its contract to build
the city sewers, yesterday notified the
Mayor that no more work would be done
until the bill, amounting to 81, 900, fol-
pumping out the water trenches, had been
paid.
Islanders is SO prevalent in London thai
the authorities recommend the complete
isolation of horses THAT are suspected Of
being infected with the disease, and the
slaughter of every animal that is known
to be suffering from it. The publ.
drinking troughs have been closed, anC
against this many protest on account o.
the hot weather.
A successor to Consul Ryder of Copen.
hagen, Denmark. has been named Hi
| Is William Harrison Bradley of Chicago
the present Consul at Nice, France The
new appointee is a brother-in- law of Vic
tor F. Lawson, publisher of the Chicago
DAILY News" and is highly reco mmend
ed and highly spoken of at the State De
| partment.