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The state chronicle., 1893-06-07

We the undersigned merchants
OF the city Of Raleigh, agree 10
close their places OF business every
evening At Z o'clock (Saturlavs ex-
cepted) commencing June l5.h and
terminating August 3Ist 1893.
Rosenthal Clothing Co, Whiting
Bros, Wcollcott and Sons. :. AMI
d. Berwanger, Norris Dry Goods
Store, |. Rosenthpl Maggie Reese,
" II. !; Il. 5 Tucker and Co. Mrs.
L Besssn, Cross aui Lirshan. B. F.
Chestham.
Raleigh, June 6, 1888.
While some of the other mer-
chants decline to sign the above.
some say they VII! close rp ~ soon
as hers do. We hope ;:..t the
clerks will have q goo. sho gilg IN
the matter, for the days age getting
long and iit.le rest is needed
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07
..zA q.

When one really Zee nes con-
veried The distance q church is
shortened 10y one-haif
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07
fine Livery.

,r,. 4' urn Of Lee & Dunn wish to an
s.s.. % tA' public that they have the
III l.EeTy teams in town, connected
4. :. .',.f 'arge boarding and sale sta.
Wf,:. NOS. I23, l2l and l27 South
"u.iogto1 street.
LEE S- DUNN,
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07
House and Lot fer Sale.


~ virtue Of authority conferred In a
cerSia mortlage, executed by S. n. Vass,
az duly recorded in book 113, page coz,
ID Ee- s-er Of Deeds office of Wake coun.
m G., ill. OF Saturday, the lst day
Gjulv, ,a3. sell to the highest bidder, for
ca b, &C - O'clcck NJ, 1T the Court House
ioo- IA the city OF Raleigh, the house and
G land wh,Teou the said Vass now re-
;lss, situated on South Plourt sire ct. end
a1.y described q the said II rtgage.
Terms Of sale, cash
5. S, HATCaELOR,
CLOS Mortgegee
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07

A gray, unsized blotting paper
was sold in England, according to
Rogers IN his history, SO far back
as 1865.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07
T D0EsT'T GO F4R EEOrGH

For 80 cents. at anv druggist. Won c,,, t,,,-,
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy No matter bC-y
bad your cas- or Of how long standing. this
VIII permanently cure your Catarrh
The state chronicle., 1893-06-07
Col. Eurgwyn Appointed Bank Ex.
aminer.

WASHINGTON, June 6.--The comp
troller Of the currency has appoint
ed w. Fl. S. Burgwyn of Henderson
n. c. National bank examiner.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03

1t will be seen that Waterbury raises
but a trife more by taxation than the
smallest of these cities, while Salem with
population of nearly the same as ours
raised by taxation more than two and one
half times as much as Waterbury. Few of
these cities are more wealthy than ours
per capita.
Most of our taxpayers desire reasona-
BILE amount expended yearly in public
improvements, but because of high rate
which falls proportionately heaviest on
smaller taxpayers, the last council in max
decided that such improvements be
brought nearly to a standstill until the
burden be more evenly distributed; with
which cannot wholly disagree, much as
1 desire the improvement of the streets
and the extension of water mains and
sewers.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03


tion-a race for life with the elements.
l had got down the canyon to place
where it was widening and the stream
spread out in width, losing somewhat
of it's depth, but still it seemed to press
on like some hideous monster intent
upon its prey and fec rful lest it. sho'Yl1
be baffled. l was gaining on the side
hill, but the current was gaining on me.
Moment by moment it came nearer. 1t
was now but few feet distant. II
could but force my poor beast few
feet higher up the mountain we should
be above it's force and be safe. l
thrust the rowels deep in his side, and
he gave a mad plunge. The water had
reached us, and l felt him carried off
his feet. l grasped an overhanging
bush and he was swept away in the
torrent. leaving me suspended, my feet
just touching the surface of the water.
hung to that bush for my life, and
despite the strongest eXertions on my
part it was all could do to keep from
being carried away by the mysterious
torrent.
"In a few moments the fury of the
storm had passed, the water abated
sufficiently to permit me to obtain a
footing, and forced my way higher up
the mountain to place of safety,
where, drenched to the skin, l awaited
the subsistence of tn ewaters.
The storm cleared almost as sud-
denly as it had begun, the whole time
occupied having been little more than 1
have taken in the telling, but in those
few moments a dry canyon had been
converted into q raging torrent, the
thousands upon thousands of tons of
earth and rock had been carried to the
valley below, and the whole face of
the country had been changed. The
clouds had expended their force and in a
few moments resolved themselves again
into fleece and then disappeared
The sun shone bright and clear, the
torrent had rolled away and nothing
was left to tell the awful cataclysm
b ut the scene of devastation left be-
hind. A mark on the mountain side,
far above the level of the canyon, told
it's depth. Trees uprooted and scattered
marked its course. Immense powders,
which had been carried far from their
original resting place and left in its
course, showed its power, while the
desolation around me proved its de-
structiveness.
LAS soon as l could safely descend
from my place of refuge l went into
the canyon below and made a thorough
search for poor Brown, but could not
find the least sign of him. The mules
we had ridden had also utterly disap-
peared and not vestige of our camp
remained.
after great hardships from hunger,
thirst and cold. for the storm had car
ried away all that 1 had, 1 made my
way back to civilization; but 1 have
never recovered from the terror oil
those few minutes in cloudburst, and
never want another such experience. A
year or SO afterward some prospectors
in the same neighborhood found por.
tions of a human skeleton wedged under
a log some miles down the canyon
Were they the remains of poor Georgef
Who can tell?'-San Francisco Chrou.
icle,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

I am convinced after years connection
with the different boards that the estab-
liehment of board of public works
would be for the interest of the city, and
chiefly for the reason that, if the distribu-
ton of the public funds were entirely in
the hands of one board, such funds
would be more apt to be used where most
needed.
Men connected with but one board are
liable to attach undue importance to the
affairs of that board as compared with
the city at large, with the result that
money is often secured and expended in
one department when it is more needed
elsewhere. Money might be saved by
placing the entire purchasing power in
the hands of this board, requiring it to
purchase coal, grain and other supplies
of which the city uses considerable
quantities, of the lowest bidder.
The past year has been one of prosperity
in the city. Buildings have multiplied,
factories have been busy and there has
been little enforced idleness. I trust you
have individually shared in the prosper
ity and wish you all Happy New Year
DANIEL F. WEBSTER.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03

of transit may be possible from one Sec
ton to another, and to one or more ad-
joining towns, and that the time is near
when we can ride as easily over the hills
as we now ride up and down our valleys,
when resorts like Quassapaug and Bantam
will be within easy reach of all. Its eff
feet elsewhere has been to create wealth
where it did not exist before, without de
probation to other property; to enable
manufacturers to locate and build where
it..was formerly impossible because of the
inability to secure help to enable en-
ployes to secure land and homes, and to
stimulate them to do SO by placing such
homes within easier reach. Most of all, 1
believe it will benefit people of small
means, by placing more desirable and less
crowded habitations within easier reach
and by providing an additional means of
wholesome recreation. 1t will surely
come, and when it has been thoroughly
tried we shall wish we had tried it before
TAX REVISION.
The grand list of the city in 1881 was
1884, ISL, and in the year 1891 SO, 175, 1876,
an increase during tenyears of 81, Gal ,545.
In 1890 it was SO 203, 1857, decrease in
mittee of the council found our list should
be about $2S, 10000
Much has been said and written on this
subject and every one seems convinced
there ought to be change and it remains
now to take such action as will secure
such change. The first step necessary is
to secure special legislation, for think it
is generally conceded grand list cannot
be properly made in the limited time now
allowed bv law. That such egislation be
securtd, I would suggest the appoint
oSo rh0 oho11 CO..
with the selectmen and with a committee
of the board of trade, and join with them
in preparing draft of an act for presents
ton to the general assembly and in secur-
ing its passage.
In case the town will not act with you
and the necessary legislation cannot be
secured, there remains but one course for
you to follow, viz !: to exercise the
authority given you by charter, and pass
ordinances for the making of city grand
list separate and independent of that of
the town. The latter course would make
an extra expense, but advantages might
follow more than compromising for such
expense, but of which 1 will not speak
here.
Our trouble is not 80 much that the
city has expended money too lavishly, but
that the burden has not been fairly distri-
buted, now falling most heavily on smaller
taxpayers in proportion to their property.
If our grand list were what the special
committee found it should be two years
ago, a tax of less than eight mills would
have paid expenses last year, and We
should have pointed with pride to the fact
we were the lowest taxed city in the
country.
1 wish to call your attention to few
cities in Massachusetts, showing thei1
population, grand list and rate of tax.
NAME. POPI,N. GRAND LIST. RATF
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03

do you know the value of an
oath?" asked the judge of an old darby
who was to be the next witness. Eyes,
sab, l does. One OBJ desc yeah lawyers
done glib me foah dollars for to swear to
suffin. OATS de value of an oath. Foah
dollars, sab" And then there was con-
sternation in the courtroom.-St. Jo-
seph News.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
IN A CLOUDBURST.
Terrible Experience Of Two Pros
pectOr5.
A DCluEe In n Canyon-A Miner Witnesses
tho sad Fate of His Comradc-Hls
own Narrow Escape from
DCath.

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P"''''S ms ~
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nNlnS P'VS'V" ~ c',''e ms "a l'e' 'V'iIe'
'''o colo''ol eot.llluc'', ~ vas IA ''le
""iii'iiTt VI TO- N"unS lclloN
ii"ui." UN0 % ~" - anu "'i' PCS
tec'i'9 III vIi0 'i"''' '''" mum JUS III
W." I'm t'"' "'i'N -"
N''l''S ', ','iN' anu -
ca Minis vs.
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'''c NO"O'O 't'1c Vi mining game an"
"Vl> ".oIhH "u' ociN'S aE"lllSI PosSlole
u''rcHS vi Al'ueHCS' WI" were oa' AT
V.'"t 'iiiic we ii"u ''cch o"C rom CIV
i'1"'ioli '''Uu' slN NrcNs' anu iNu tiiaue
SOM SIi',l "iSeoNcileS, put hotnlne
"'"'' justly 10 IL,
WorklhS III tilaU 'llhe' SO we PuSheu
lurtner up inc Hlo"htdlnS, IolloWlnS up
canyon Us lar rs we cOulu go Win our
lSah' ana "heh we could take our
wagon no luFtltr we lla|'e camp anu
each Gay prosPeeteu the country around
IT, packing our TOOLS ana water on our
mules.
I'VE had started out early one
morning on one OF these expeditions
The air was remarkably calm; not
breath stirred, nor was there cloud
IN the SKY. Inc sun came up clear and
nov anu irioN'h i'lii'' Ne' " i'i'' aS we
'oiic'' up INC marrow canyon 'lid' we
WHY SUI va n'lc "'o ~ any rue we
rr9chcu inc scene Oh our operations
about hlne clock III the morning. and
tying our mules to n clump OF bushes
proceeded on our climb up the hills.
We had not Eon" far when the air be-
came intensely sultry and n mass OF
light he"cy clouds began to gather
overhead apparently the vanguard OF
two d"nS"r masses which We're FORM
ing north and south of us. Then few
drops of rain fell and the cloud masses
thlrken"d, became blackcr and seemed
to rapidly approach each other.
Seeing that storm was upon us,
Brown and l started down the p!oun-
tam Tor our mulrS' the clouds above IN
the meantime coming together the
darkness increasing ahu crops as large
apparently us Sa"r"rS 1alllnE around
MS W" rHd""hl"d our speed ana gained
our mules as tlr wv" cloud masses met.
IL was now almost as dark as midnight
and the ralnurops increased IN SIZE and
raplaltT untll IL seemed as thouSh the
CLOUDS hao VeFitaoly BURST ana there
was rush OF water Ike Il Niagara
coming Gown from the heavens
| we mad reached our mules and We're
| SpurrlnE down the canyon Tor our lives
Ihe hlllSldeS we&e raging cataract OF
water. Great trees were washed out
ny the roots; huge powders were
ro'led down lhto the canyon nc
water pouring down Ine hll!sldeS lounC
small "e PresSl"nS ana III &c" 'n'n u'es
'ore ,"ein ou1 70 wines III places we
Iou1u Heo VIC SUI 10 ''e' 'le'n " :le
oeurocN' anu 'ile "Iote Ln'IsS Uuih oAlnE
mo Tue canS o4l I'LL Il WHICH we were
F4uinS'
| ~ was ivy 40. l'Ie pehlnu IL
was sol4o van " water MY Zee
nlsi' coming VIII vi, Tue roar Vi 'lou
san" Ii'at Us nc ,ioiSe Vas uea &c II
ing III 'ne iaGe 0! 'hlS wan Oh WaUe
vas " mass Vi NC VI iiolG trees 'uili
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
TROLLEY SYSTEM.

The determined opposition to the intro
the part of so many, is hard to under
stand, but hope, before the close of this
year, a quicker and more extended means
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
JOSEPH 4, JACKSON, ARCHITECT,

Lilley's Block. Waterbury, Conn,
And Az West I25th St, New York.
Plans and superintendence:for all classes of
Many years successful experience enables me
TO secure for clients the best results with the
astexpenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03

"A woman with a wart on her n ose
always hates the looking glass.
Horn.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
SEWERS.

One of the most important matters that
you may be called to act upon is the dis.
posal of city sewage, otherwise than by
turning it into the Naugatuck river. That
such change will soon be necessary is
probable, and the different methods or
plans for its disposal ought to be under
stood by you, SO that, when the time
comes that change is necessary, intelli
gent action may be promptly taken. 1
would suggest the appointment of COM
miutee, consisting of the city engineer and
two others, or more, at once, who shall
give this matter early consideration and
report such plans as they deem feasible.
This committee should be authorized to
visit other cities having other systems in
use, but need be at no other expense, ex-
cept under your express authority.
Residents in the southern part of the city
are complaining of the stencil from
the river, and a petition has been
brought, and will be before
you asking that he city shall
discharge its sewage considerable dis
lance further down the river, at or below
the city line. No estimate of the expense
has ever been reported by the engineer,
but 1t will be considerable. 1t is not
probable there are sufficient funds at your
disposal to do the work the present year,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
MAYORS MESSAGE.
A SUMMING UP OF THE WORK OF
THE YEAR JUST CLOSED.

The Hop Brook Scheme of the Water
Board RecOmmended-The Trolley Sys-
tenn Finds a Friend in the Mayor.
To the honorable court of common council
of the City of Waterbury:
desire, b,iehy as possible, to call your
attention to some of the matters that will
require your consideration the present
year, to speak as well of the means that
will be at your disposal and the expendi-
lures of the past year.
The total amount of appropriations for
the year 1892 was $267 ,344; all of which
was provided for by taxation and the
other sources of income. 1 cannot give
you the exact sums spent under each par
ticular appropriation, the bills for Decem-
Der being not yet audited, but, it is safe to
say, the expenses of the year will not ex-
coed the amounts raised, and have been
sufficiently within to make up any deficit
caused by the abatement of taxes.
Taking the several appropriations as a
basis, our interest account on bonds and
temporary loans required 1913, $50
Redemption of bonds, 1880
Redemption of temporary loans, 10000
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
$65,75O

SUUy UN
The city was also obliged to pay
bills contracted by the committee
on additional water supply, 1894
And a judgment for damages caused
by the overflow of g eat brook,
about 1,45C
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-03
A POINTED REBUkE.
The Rustic Hits Back at the Humorousiy-
Inclined Chief.


Functionaries in public Offices in
great cities, who do not always have
work enough to keep tn m out of mis-
chief, sometimes conspire to play a joke
upon some person from the country
who comes in on business; and it is
cheerful to learn that occasionally they
get more than they bargain for, as the
common saying is, from these same
simple minded" country people. Dur
ing the recent excitement over dyna-
mite explosions in Paris, when anar-
chists were causing disasters under the
very noses of the police and many were
escaping detection, policeman one
day found upon the street q pocketbook
containing thirty thousand francs.
He took it to the central police office
and gave it to his chief, who examined
and made note of its contents.
A few minutes later a rich farmer
from Normandy arrived at the office,
and declared that he had lost pocket
book containing thirty thousand francs.
He described the contents of the pocket
book with so much detail that the
superintendent of the Office was salts
fed that the pocketbook already in the
Office belonged to the farmer. This
was indeed the case.
The superintendent, noting the coun-
trified air of the applicant, resolved to
amuse himself at his expense. Calling
clerk, who had overheard the CONVEX
sation, he said to him, impressively:
Il give you just five minutes to go
out upon the streets and find this man
pocketbool1. If you do not come back
with it in tnat time l shall discharge
you"
The clerk saw through the joke, and
pretended to be terrified. He pleaded
for mercy with clasped hands, and put
| on such an air of dismay that the
| farmer interceded for him and begged
the chief not to require an impossibility
of the man.
But the chief was inexorable. He
sent the clerk out whining and trem-
ling.
At the end of three minutes the clerk
rushed in, apparently out of breath,
and threw down the pocketbooll, which
he had simply picked up in the next
| room.
For n moment the farmer was stupe'
fed. Then he put the pocketbooll in
his pocket, and remarked, as he went
| out:
"Well, we'll! If you fellows could
find dynamiters half as easily as yor
can pocketboolxs, it would be great
benefit to the publicw-Youth's Com
panion.
The evening world., 1893-12-20
NOW FOR GOOD SKATING.
Van COrtlandt Park Lake Thrown
Open This Morning.

The cold snap has already had its effect
upon the park ponds. There is skating
to-day on Var Cortlandt Lake, the Park
officials up there having con-
sidered the ice strong enough. ,
At $40 the lake was thrown open and
an army of skaters was quickly gliding
on the surface.
The lake in Central Park is not yet
ready. but II the present weather keeps
up the Ice may be strong enough by
Sunday. .
Weather F~orecaster Dunn does not
wish to commit himself for that length
Of time, but he does promise that there
will be no diminution of the cold snap
until tomorrow noon.
After that" says Mr., Dunn. the
weather will grow slightly warmer, but
not sufficiently to melt the ice already
formed. The weather will be fair all
of to-day and tomorrow,
The temperature here at 8 o'clock this
morning was a degrees above zero. At
White River, Canada. 1t was % degrees
below. That was the coolest point in
North America,
The coolest point In the United States
was st. Paul, Mimi. where 1t reached
8 degrees below zero.
The coolest place in New York State
was Albany-l6 degrees above zero.
The evening world., 1893-12-20
2 MASKED BURGLARS.
They Ransack the Wallace Cot.
tage in Laurel Hill, L. I.
Miss Wallace Awakened by Their
Voices in Her Room.
Too Frightened to Scream, She Lets
Them Escape.

LAUREL HILL, l.. l., Dec. 3.-Police
of Long Island City have been asked
TO loo for two burglars who early this
morning gained an entrance into Archi-
bale Wallace's cottage In an isolated
part of this village.
Mr.. Wallace, who is q hardware mer-
chant in New York City. lives with his
two sisters In the cottage.
The burglars gained an entrance by
forcing a window on the ground floor
in the rear. They used a ladder to climb
through the window. They took n lamp
on the kitchen table, which was lighted.
They proceeded into the parlor, which
is on the ground floor.
They ransacked this room thoroughly,
but took nothing. Then they went into
the dining-room, also on the same floor,
but found nothing that they cared to
take away.
Then they went to MIR. Wallace's bed
room. He was lying asleep on a lounge.
They ransacked the room thoroughly, but
did not awaken Mr.. Wallace. They Sc
cured u pair Of gold sleeve buttons and
81 siao in no sasS' 0 Th NJ. t WsIla fSgnd vest in 'R Mhi IN,
was hanging on a chair.
Next they went into the sleeping
apartment of Mr.. Wallace's sisters.
Their loud talking aroused Miss Elmira
| Wallace. Both men wore mask made
of white cloth.
She was frightened almost out of her
senses and dared not stir or say a word.
The robbers transacted her bureau and
| searched her clothing, which they threw
into the hallway. They found no money
and went away.
lace rushed into her brothers room and
aroused him. He was thoroughly sur
prised. for he hadn't heard a word. He
| hurried to the windows, loked out, but
tho robbers had made their escape.
Miss Wallace says that both were Of
slight build and short. but their mask,
80 entirely concealed their faces that sh,
again. -
The POLES think these two burglar
belong to the same gang that enteret
house Il few nights ago. These men wer,
also maskci.