Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-26

tofore, unless the number of days the letter is to be held is printed on the en- velope. Generally speaking a letter that cannot be delivered in five days, or ten days at most, cannot be delivered at all. People who wish to be assured of the prompt delivery of their letters, or an early notice of the failure to find the party addressed, should either write or have printed on the envelope the address of the sender and the number of days | allowed postal clerks to find the one for whom the letter is intended.
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 THE scarcity of small bills would in- | dIcate that it is the poorer people who | are taking a great deal of money out of | circulation in these troublous times, by | storing away their small earnings. A DEMOCRAT man while in Birmingham the other day, rendered a ten dollar bill l in payment for a railroad ticket to this | city. The station agent was plainly | astonished at the sight of such a large bill and after taking inventory regret | fully acknowledged that he could not change it. Two stores were visited. but neither could "break" the bill and as a last resort the Waterburian, who be- gan to regard himself as a man of con siderable means, with a friend visited saloon and called for cigais. When he laid the bill on the counter the bar | tender declared that he couldn't touch it," but refused to take back the cigars, telling the stranger to smoke once on him. The bill was finally changed in another store.
 THE Connecticut statutes provide that when a dead body is discovered the finder must forward a report to the \ medical examiner in the town where II tha hOIu ic fOun5 Or m hiS ahsapca tpI the nearest one in another town as soon as possible. There are other laws con | cerning the finding of dead bodies which most people know nothing about Many people think they should apply to the medical examiner for pay for find ing the body. The medical examiner is not authorized to pay any such reward, pay the sum of $5 or any part of it that he thinks right.
 | AND now Horace Johnson rises to re mark that he predicted the big storm of Thursday and warned the owners oi craft to get under cover. Horace, il will be remembered, predicted the blizzard of 1888.
 THE report comes from Camp Morris that at a gathering of officers the other Ievening Colonel Doherty dropped few
 remarks intimating that this would be
 his last year in the state militia. To a reporter the colonel would say nothing. except that when the time comes for
 him to resign he shall do so. but that he \ certainly has not said that he intended
 to resign. It would not surprise Water.
 bury people if Colonel Doherty severed his connection with the military
 Several months ago the rumor reached
 the DEMOCRAT that this would be the ] coloners last encampment. It could !. not be confirmed, however. Colonel Doherty is a stickler for military eti. , Iquette and when he finally concludes to
 resign he will not take the public into
 contidence until his intentions are de
 clared to his superior officer. Colonel IDoherty stands in line of promotion and ? it is hoped that he will remain with the
 Second regiment until he is called tc the head of the brigade.
 TRULY these are trying days for Ed IManwaring, the popular ticket agent al
 the New England station. The Isabels Iexpress is doing the lions share of the ? Worlds fair business from Waterbury
 and the questions that the agent is
 called upon to answer daily are legion.
 For instance a lady who looks like 2
 school teacher approaches the office
 window and wants to know if the trair
 will be on time.
 Five minutes late" answers Nil
 Manwaring without looking up from
 his work.
 twill it be run in two sections :" r Yes"
 "I want to go in the first section"
 You must take the second if yOl
 stop over at Niagara Falls.
 70 dear, the second section will b, Ia- aAT,au-hara
 "On the contrary, madame says thu Iagent. "it will reach Niagara Fall t about the same time the first trail
 does"
 0 How nice; where does it overtake tn d first train :"
 t By this time MT Manwarings patienc, E. is getting exhausted, but with tn diplomacy that is one of his stroni t points he disposes of his tormentor an, }. | waits for the next.
 IT is generally believed that Rev Nj e ITierney of New Britain will be the nex s bishop of the Hartford diocese. It O understood that the names selected b. b the diocesan consultors and irremovabl pastors were Father Tierney, Fathe a Frederick of Hartford and Father Harty |, formerly of this city, who is now lC n cated at St Joseph's cathedral. Tn sS ! Hartford diocese has never had blShO n selected from among it's own priests l. Father Tierney, however, is such a o able and well-versed theologian an t. good financier. and is so popular anon Il the priests of the diocese, that it is ger
 erally believed he will be Bishop Mo
 Mahon's successor.
 K The superintendent of the western d Il vision of the New England road and hi d assistants are to be congratulated upo Id the successful manner in which the Ie managed things during Thursdays bi d storm. Photographic communication wa as cut of between nearly all points on Ih 8. western division until 5:45 Thursday al
 ternoon. Poles were down at the Mer
 den junction, Union City, TowantiC
 Southford and Danbury. The official
 in the East Hertford office early in tn
 game anticipated the damage that tn '. storm would do and had the trains i n. such shape that they were enabled { o- keep close to the schedule time. Som uv orders were sent by passenger train a :" xWrt