The Press., 1893-03-16

REPRESENTATIVE HALE, of Glastonbury, has introduced constitutional amendments l giving to each town in the state one rep resentative, and one only, also giving to each county in the state three senators, increasing the number in the larger coun- ties to one for every 15,000 inhabitants. Each county is single district, and each voter may vote for two out of every three to which the county may be entitled.
 THE switchmen on the Chicago roads have decided not to strike. It is pre- sumed that it was because of the knowl- edge that it would be an unpopular move to embarrass travel during worlds fair time, also because of the knowledge that the roads were organized for resistance, pledged to stand by each other, and hav- ing ready a set of men to put at once in the places of strikers.
 HARTFORD has met with a great loss in the death of Frederick Freeman Barrows, for 43 years principal of the Brown school in that city. Mir. Barrows was born in Mansfield in 1891, and before going to Hartford was engaged in teach ing at Willimantic and Springfield. He made the Brown school, !, located among the poorer classes of Hartford residents one of the most noted schools of the city, giving to the poorer people the best the city afforded in free educational advan- tages.
 AN understanding has been arrived at between the Consolidated and Boston and Maine railroad companies, whereby the former is to keep hands off from all roads north of the Boston and Albany road, and the latter not to invade the territory south of that line. The Boston and Albany, if ever acquired by either road, will fall to the consolidated system. This leaves the N. Y and N. E. isolated unless the Consolidated needs it, and the new ar rangement must reduce it's previous low vaIue to that system. However, by a Reading connection, it may become inde- pendent of other connecting lines.
 H. H. CoHLsAAT, trustee of Gov. Me Kinley, has received enough money to pay all of the governors debts, and
 
 by the end of this month. Over 4 4,00( contributors have supplied the money Not a cent of the governors or his wife's property will be used, and no man will ever be able to say he was asked to help. The money came from nearly every sec tion of the country. When the scheme to raise this money was broached Gov. Mckinley vetoed it, but the people would do it. The trustees consented to receive the money, and the matter was takeI from the governors control. It is most marvellous performance, all being a fret will offering. The outcome attests in { striking way the feelings of the people O the nation toward Gov. Mckinley. Nc Kinleyism is not dead.
 THE recently adjourned New Jersey leg islature made more unsavory reputation than has any like body for many years It was controlled by men who favored tn largest license in gambling and like eS cesses upon race tracks, the speaker elect ed being notoriously prominent in tha t:profesh.'' Statutes that abridged gam bling privileges were ruthlessly swep away, and the governors veto overridden Indignation meetings were held, one c the largest being upon a Saturday in tn representatives, hall, the keeper of tn state house ignoring the speakers inter diction of it's use for that purpose.
 A correspondent of The Philadelphi Record says that racetrack slang is prev alent in Trenton. 'Has de bell rung yet is the query of statesman when he want to know if the house has been called order. "What's de row in de stand is asked when there is delay. The page speak of weighing in" when they repol to the sergeant-at-arms, and when the are tardy in doing an errand they sa they ''got into pocket" or ''into tn ruck."
 .'Where is the assembly chamber asked a mild old Quaker the other day ( page.
 ''Any of dem gates to the right" tt boy replied.
 Doors are gates at the capitol this vii ter.
 ''Is the house in session now ?' inquire the Quaker.
 Nav, dey'se only sprinklin the track
 "What did thee say, my little man?"
 "Dey'se sprinklin' the track. De be won't ring for half hour yet"
 The Quaker "caught on" in lit while.
 BOSTON is again the victim of a gre' ], fire, the biggest since Thanksgiving da 1889, and the total loss is not less ths 4,000, ,0O0, and not less than four persol were burned to death, besides nearly thir persons injured, some very seriously, leaping from the windows. Under u circumstances the smallness of the loss life is surprise. The fire began at u corner of Lincoln and Essex streets,