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The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
ALMANAC MAKERS.
Tho Dabon Family Have Been in this Bush
ness for Century and Quarter.

In Connections there are several old fam
| lilies whose Inheritance, carefully handed
| down from father to son for generations,
consists of of some trade secret or estab-
lished name making the good will of a PROS
erous business. One of these families is
that OF the Dabolls, of Centre Groton, who
are just now preparing to issue the one
hundred and twenty third consecutive
yearly edition of their almanac.
Nathan Daboll published his first ssNew
England Almanac in 1774, although an
other by the same author and a different
publisher antedates this by four years.
Timothy Green, of New London, printed
these almanacs at the Office of the old Con.
necticut Gazette. Nathan Daboll the elder
died in Gr0ton in 1918. His son Nathan wars
was born April "a, 1850. THESE men acquired
the rudiments of an education in the
schools where they lived, and in after
years pursued their learning by freside
and candlelight.
Daboll had wonderfully retentive men,
DRY. and what he read or studied he re-
membered. Before he was twenty-three
years old he could give his tutors points on
teaching. He soon established a reputaxson
as mathematical scholar and teacher,
and at the old whaling port of New London
the mariners sought his services as teacher
of navigation and nautical astronomy. 1t
was due to his teac hing sea men the art of
navigation that New London was able to
furnish SO many privateers in the revolu-
tion,to harass he.British and capture their
merchantmen.
Before the Naval Academy was built Da-
boil was the instructor of junior officers in
tina United States Navy. In 1ell, on invita-
ton of Commodore Rodgers, he instructed
class in navigation ON board the frigate
President. Nathan Daboll was the author
of '.Daboll's Complete Schoolmaster" n1sN
and.s Dabolls Navigator QsOS.
Contemporary with Nathan Daboll lived
Noah Webster Lindley Murray, Prof. Meigs,
of Yale. and Prof. Messor, of Brown Uni
versity, all of whom were friendly to the
navigation and nautical instl uctor.
Following Nathan, Jr., as the successive
publisher of the New England Almanac is
David A. Daboll. his son, .the present "au-
tocrat of nautical calculations, in New
England. David A. Daboll is about seventy
years of age, of stout build and dresses
like a well-to-do farmer. He lives in
plain farmhouse at Centre Groton, and
when not busying himself with his meteor
illogical calculations or surveying gives
the remainder of his time to farming. In
his observatory are all the Instruments
usually required for astronomical work,
including telescope. Every clear nisht
he sits in his room patching the heavenly
bodies and writing down his calculations.
Some years ago Mr.. Daboll received an
appointment In the Government Meteorolo.
gical Bureau at Washington, but the con-
f1nement of life at the Capitol was not con-
genial.to the Connecticut astronomer, and
he resigned his position to take up his coun-
try residence aagin on 'Candlewood HILL"
Centre Groton.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

A3~!re -, = ,c;iaat;rrrs uIiry
are buried il the earth until decomposi-
ton leaves the skeleton bare. The bones
are then taken up, cleaned and placed in
artificial tombA
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

new Assembly. The Legislature will elect
United States Senator to fill vacancy
caused by the failure of the last Legisla-
ture to elect.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Trolley Party.

A trolley party left the corner of Church and Chapel streets Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The car, which was chartered for the occasion belongs to the New Haven Street Railway company and looked fine with its decorations of flags. bunting and Chinese lanterns. The ladies of the party managed this part. The car was under the able management of Superintend- ent Colton of the power house and Conductor Piercy, who are very genial fellows and joined the party in their continuous peals of laughter. They went over the entire route and arrived at starting point at 12 o'clock. The evening was all that could be desired and all who participated are anxious to go again, Those who were fortunate enough to enjoy the pleasure of the evening were: MT. and Mrs. Herbert Clark, MT. and Mrs George W. Lewis, MT. and Mrs. Edward Kelsey, MT. and Mrs. Arthur. Watson, MT. and Mrs. Charles Durant, MT. and Mrs. Theodore Lilja, Mr. and Mrs Ellis Warner of Woodbridge, Mrs Groso. Fire Commis- sioner Charles Andrews, Mrs. Baker, Osborn Thompson, conductor of the Edgewood line, Mrs. Turner, Harvey Pond, Mrs. Hopkins and daughter Ada of Edward street and others. Anyone desiring jolly time should charter a car from this company and do like wise.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
FARMER COBURN'S MURDER.

No Clew as Yet wo Hired M en in Custody.
 Portland, Me, Dec. 14.-At the Coburn homestead in Gorham, where Byron Co., burn was murdered last night. officers are in charge of the barn where the deed was done and are guarding closely the exact spot of the outrage with the hope of finding some clue which has not yet been noticed. Coleman, one of the hired men, who Is held as witness os- tensibly, Is in custody at Gorham, while Lewis; the other hired, man. has been locked up at Waterloo. Hon. Leander Valentine, ex-mayor of Westbrook, a relative of the murdered man, says he does not think robbery could have been the notice. He thinks it the result of a quarrel or that a thief was discovered in the barn, who used the, axe to pre- vent being found out. n VI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
B LY IS NOW IN NEW YORK.
TH DEFAULTING BANK TELLER
 BROUGHT EAST YESTERDAY.

Immediately Arraigned and Committed to
 Ludlow Street Jail-iBond. Were Fixed at
 ssS,000-seely May Receive Ten Years'
 Impris onment.
 New York. Dec. 14.-Samuel c. Seely, the defauting paying teller of the National Shoe and Leather bank, ar rived here this evening from Chicago in custody of United States Marshal Arnold of Chicago. At 7:S0 o'clock Seely was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields The gov ernment was represented by United States Attorney McFarlane. Frank W. Angel appeared as counsel for Seely. Commissioner Shields informed the prisoner that he had been indicted by United States grand jury for em- bezzlement of money belonging to the Shoe and Leather bank. The commis- sioner asked the district attorney what amount of ball he desired the prisoner held in. MT. McFarlane answered "$30, ,O00."
 Lawyer Angel contended that the amount was excessive and rendered 1t practically impossible for defendant to give bail. He argued that there were only three questions to consider in de- termining the amount of bail-the of fence, which was only a misdemeanor, the amount involved, which under the indictment, was only $5,0S0 and the sufficientcy of the bail to ensure the defendants attendance in court. He submitted that s3,OOO was sufficient amount. He could produce practical release from the bank, and the case was really analogous to a civil suit.
 MT. McFarlane replied that the term misdemeanor in this case was mean ingless and that the full penalty pre- scribed by law for the crime alleged was ten years imprisonment.
 Commissioner Shields finally held Seely in s25,OOO bail for triad.
 Seely was then taken to Ludlow street jail and placed in cell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Railroad EmpIoyes Struck.

Washington, Dec. 14.-The employees of the Metropolitan street railroad, which traverses the best residential part of the city and communicates with the capitol, struck at D. m. to-day at the time of heaviest traffic. The strike was due to a notification given the drivers and conductors last night that their wages would be cut from $30S per day to $1.6S. The road remained blocked for several hours. when the cars were returned to the barn.
 Late last night conference was held between the strikers and the railroad officials and an agreement was reached. The line will resume its operations to- morrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
IN THE PRIZE RING.

Bowen Knocked Uut-Boland-P Pierce NH
 No Contest After Thirty-five Rounds.
 New Orleans. Dec. 14.-The fight be- tween the lightweights Lavigne and Bowen was won by the former. Bowen was knocked out in the eighteenth round.
 Washington, Dec. 4.-The fight that was to have taken place last night be- tween Jack Roland of this city and Ed die Pierce of New York, and which was prevented by the sheriff of Alexandria county, Virginia, was pulled off to- night at the Young Athletic club in Maryland, about six miles from this city. It was to have been finish fight. The men fought gamely for twenty-two rounds, but after that until the thirty fifth not blow was struck, both claim ing to have broken hands. The referee declared the event no contest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
AN OPEN LETTER

From President Parmelee of the Fair Has ven and westville Railroad Company. The following letter has been sent by President Parmelee of the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad com- pany to the citys committee on rail- roads and bridges:
 Office of Fair Haven and Westville
 Railroad Company.
 New Haven Conn.,, Dec. IA, 1894. To the Committee on Railroads and
 Bridges of the Court of Common
 Council of the City of New Haven: Gentlemen-I regret that, according to published reports, a grave and ser- iolls misunderstanding exists in re- gard to statements said to have been made by me at meeting of the conn., mittee on railroads and bridges last Wednesday, evening
 I desire to say that 1t was not my intention to show any disrespect or discourtesy toward the court of com- mon council or it's committee, or to defy their lawful authority, and I regret that any such impression should be disseminated.
 As I stated to the committee, the discontinuanoe of the Ellsworth avenue cars was by order of the superintendent without my knowledge, because in his opinion it was impossible to make schedule time with the power then at our command. .- As soon as I discovered this, which was the day before the meeting, or- dered cars run to that point every six minutes. Experience shows that we can continue to do 1t, and we expect to do so.
 The company expects to fulfill every contract which 1t has entered into, or may enter into, with the city as we'll as with other parties.
 Yours respectfully,
 HENRY S. PARMELEE,
 President. V
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
A Tragedy in High Life.

lFfOm Cne CulcdeU Udlly IrlDunel
 It was Sunday evening. They were standing in North Side drug store he and she-apparenrly waiting for a street car. He was attirec in 6 swell suit, with high silk hat. patent leather shoes, and wore large chrysanthe- mum in his buttonhole. She was ar rayed in an elegant suit of-but never mind.
 She stepped up to the counter, bought a little bottle of perfumery, took. a small purse from her pocket, opened it, and then with some embarrassment went back and spoke to the young man. x He smiled 8 ghastly smile and re- piled in an undertone.
 Then he stepped up to the counter again, handed back the little bottle of perfumery. and nobody in the drug store spoke ' word fon,five minutes.
 Who says all theu misery in this world is -confined to the tenement houses?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
EXCLUSION OF ANARCHISTS.
The Bill of Senator Hill Discussed by the
 Committee,


 Committee.
 Washington, Dec. 1.-The bill to pro- vide for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists, which was intro duced in the senate by MT. Hill of New York at the last session, and which passed that body and is now on the calendar of the house. was the subject of consideration at the house Judiciary committee. After some discussion the amendments to the bill were agreed upon. One is that the power of deportation shall be confined to United States courts and only conferred upon state courts where the laws of the state provide for such action.
 The other amendment strikes out sec tion five, which provides for the ap- pointment of a number of emigration commissioners at an annual salary of $2,5OO and requires that their duties shall be performed by the United States consul under regulations proposed by the. secretary of state and the secretary of the treasury and approved by the president. The general expression of opinion was that the United States con- suls could easily perform these duties inasmuch as in many cases the work of their offices is not onerous.
 MT. w. A. Stone of Pennsylvania moved that the consular inspection bill introduced by him last session and which is now in conference should be made an amendment to the Hill bill, but the proposition was defeated. The discussion of the various propositions was general.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
SITES FOR LEWIS MEMORIAL.
Park Commission Hold an Executive ses
 sion and Take Action.

Park Commission Hold an Executive Ses-
 sion and Take Action.
 The members of the park commission held a lengthy executive session last evening at which the reports from the committees of all the parks were re- ceived and ordered on file. The reports showed that satisfactory progress had had been and that 8 slight balance was on hand. The annual report of the commission will be made in January and will contain tabulated accounts of the years expenditures.
 Charles Fleischner. appointed by the selectmen as chairman of the commit tee which is to ask the legislature for permission to put..an elevator up the front of East Rock pa <, appeared be- fore the commission and stated that the committee had wished to consult the park commissioners about the matter but finally decided to let it rest with the East Rock park committee.
 MT. Forbes of Fort Hale park, who is in litigation with the commissioners over some buildings which he had re- fused to remove from the precincts of the park, stated that he had decided to remove them, and consequently the suits against him will be dropped.
 The last thing the commission consid- cred was the matter of the Lewis memo rial. It was decided after considerable debate to allow the citizens Lewis memorial committee to erect the memo rial on any of the city parks under the cimmissioners' jurisdiction. These parks are East and West rock, Fort Hale and Wooster and Edgewood, Bay View and Water street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Post Surgeons,

The following persons have been ap- pointed post surgeons to determine ex- emptions from military duty by the standard of disability prescribed by the surgeon general: :.
 New Haven county Joseph H. Town send of New Haven, john M. Benedict of Waterbury, N Nickerson Of Meri- den, George L. Beardsley of Derby. E. B. Heady of Milford, G. F. Reynolds of Guilford, J. D. McGaughey of Walling- ford, Walter H. Zink of Branford, W. e. Williams of Cheshire. Franklin B. Futile of Naugatuck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
CHURCH NOTES.
pwIaHr PLACE CHURCH.


 At this church tomorrow evening the pastor, Rev pr. Twitehell. will deliver an address under the auspices of the Mems association on the topic Why am I christian?"
 CONNECTICUT BIBLE SOCIETY.
 The depository of the Connecticut Bi- ble society at 92 Crown street has been replenished with several new lines of Bibles, Including international Bibles in compact form, clear type and elegant binding; teachers Bibles. both in th. revised and old versions. also the mos desirable styles of books of the Ameri- can Bible society.
 AT THE Y. N. c. A.
 Sunday afternoon at { o'clock at the meeting Of the Young Mems Christian association Rev J. A. Elder of the Hope Baptist church will give an address. Song service at 345. All men are in- vited.
 Service at the jail at e:s0 Sunday  morning.
 Boys meeting at the rooms at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 Young mems prayer meeting at s o'clock Monday evening.
 THE CITY MISSIONS.
 At the City mission hall. corner of Court and State streets. the morning Sunday school meets at g o'clock. Mir. L. w. Cleavcland is the superintedent. The missionary pastor and the lady missionary are both present and have charge of classes in the school. Mrs. s. M. Finken conducts the children's meeting at D. m. in the large hall, and at the same hour MT. w. G. Skin ner leads the mems Bible class In the upper hall. Meeting for all at o'clock D. m., led by the Rescue Praying band. At the peoples service in the evening MT. H. F. Rall of Yale seminary will make the address, and an after-meet- ing will be held at the close of the reg ular service. All are welcome. Meet ings also every evening of the week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Encountered RouYh Weafh ar.

Bristol, Dec. 1.-The steamer Mic mac, which arrived her yesterday from Boston via Havre, reports that on No- vember 26, in latitude 43 north, longitude 63 west, she encountered gale and snow storm during which her cattle pens were smashed. Thirty-three cattle, 153 sheep and six horses were lost. It Is believed that the vessel is uninjured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Threw 8 Lamp at His Son,

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 14-James Weldon was arrested to-day for causing the death of his nineteen -year-old son John, who died Tuesday from the over- turning of a kerosene lamp. The police claim that they have the testimony of an eye witness. which will show that Weldon threw the lamp at the boy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Danbury,s Electric (,er,.

Danbury, Dec. 14-It Is probable that the electric cars will be running here within a short time. Electrician Hoag- land of the Mather Electric company of Manchester, Conn, has arrived here, and is actively at work putting. the electric equipment of the plant in run ming order.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Boundary Question Settled.

. The boards of selectmen of the towns of New Haven. Hamden and Wood- bridge paid visit to the disputed Ham, den boundary yesterday. The New Ha- ven contingent easily established the iustness of its claims, which were acknowledged by the Hamden select men. The dispute was over several feet of boundary. The stones which will henceforth. mark the new and cor rect boundary were set yesterday after noon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Anti-Psrnellltes A Withdrew.

Cork, Dec. 14-The mayor caused an uproar in the town council to-day by moving that the government be con- demned for refusing to release the Irish political prisoners After heated de- bate the anti-Parnellite members with drew amid jeers and misses and the mo- tion was adopted by vote of IS to Il.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Ran Undressed Through the Streets.

David Carton of 250 Wallace street caused considerable consternation by running amuck last evening clad only in his shirt. Carton has been, it is said, drinking heavily. of late, and is suffer- ing from delirium tremefis. Last sven- ing he ran out of the house dressed only in his shirt, ran down Wallace street to Grand avenue, to East street, to St. John street, where he was caught by Officer Grady, who had been sent out from the precinct after him. Carton was followed by large crowd of men and boys, but no one intercepted his progress until he was captured by Grady.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
BIC SEIZURE Or>LoBsrERS.
Seventeen Barrels wero Dumped Into
 BoAton HAEbor

Boston. Dec. N.-Seventeen barrels containing 3.32s "short' Holsters were dumped Into Boston harbor yesterday afternoon. They were seized at the Providence. station. The Holsters were consigned to New York firm. and probably came from Maine waters. al- though this is not definitely known. The law requires that Holsters, when offered for sale. shall be at least loh inches In length. and every one of the lot captured was below the standard. This Is the largest seizure of the kind ever known in New England.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Police man I horne Indicted,

New York, Dec. 14-The grand jury to-day found two indictments against Policeman August G. Thorne The first indictment charges Thorne with aiding and abetting Captain Stephenson in bribery. In the second indictment Thorne is charged with having commit ted perjury in the trial of Captain Ste- phenson before the police commission CTS. Thorne was wardman under Ste- phenson, Bail was fixed at $7,50O.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
AMICABLE SETTLENfENT.
Step Toward Adjusting Bridgeports Rail- -N road Troubles

road Troubles.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 14.-Mayor Bost- wick this morning communicated with President Clark of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad as to whether the latter's representative had any plans they desired to submit to the common council relative to the elimination of grade crossings in this city. This is the first step taken to amicably adjust the disagreement that has existed between the city and rail- road, and unless another dispute arises over the cost of the work and the share to be borne by the city, the elevation of the tracks is now but a question of but short time. The answer that will be sent to the mayor from the representatives of the road will be awaited with much interest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-15
Earthuuakes in Sicily.

Palermo, Dec. H-Slight earthquakes have been felt in Sicily. almost daily this week.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-14
Wells Item.

Aquiet wedding took place at the
residence Of Mr.. James Steel. Satur.
day evening, August 18th. The con-
tracing parties being Mr.. Louis Burk-
hart and Miss Lena Nicholson both
OF Elko.
The bride looked charming in a
pretty white dress, trimmed with lace,
and carrying in her hand beautiful
bouquet Of sweet peas. The brides
maid, Miss Ethel Steel, was also dress.
ed in white and looked very pretty.
The groom and best man, Mr.. F.. H.
Mason, were attired in the conven-
tlonal black suits.
Alter the ceremony was performed
by Judge Conger refreshments were
served anda very pleasant evening
was enjoyed by all,
We wish the young couple success
through life. o..
A social was given by the members
OF the L. o. G. L. of Wells Saturday
evening. Grand Chief Templar
,VVrrdy of Virginia was present and a
number of the Glover Valley mem
bers. A sumptious lunch was spread
to which all did justice. The evening
was spent in games and music. At l
o'clock the company dispersed pro-
nouncing the event the most enjoy
able Of the season.
...lt2r. - RAzzLE DAZZLE
August Is, 1894.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-08-14
The Wallace Letter.


The Reno Gazsttee publishes Char
ley Wallace's letter which appeared
In the INDEPENDENT Saturday and
says: a.. ..r.. ...... ...,
"The quotation Of whom the gods
would destroy they first make mall
has no application in the present case.
Mr.. Wallace's head has evidently
oeen provided with buzz-saw and it
Is running, too. In order to give
such a choice bit of literature as wide
a circulation rs possible the Gazsttee
cheertully reproduces it. It helps
I'LL an empty cavity too. The letter
as whole strikes the Gazette as a
very remarkable production from a
very remarkable man, but letter writ.
ing ls evidently not Charley's fort.
however, we will let the unbiased
readers OF the Gazette judge for
themselves.