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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
Little German bands.

Where do the little German bands"
come from? a writer in Blackwood's
Magazine says: INHABITANTS of the
northwest Palatinate generally are Of
a rowing disposition. The shoe hawk
ers Of Pirmasens, the brush dealers Of
Romberg and the showmen and ped
dlers of Karfsberg are to be met with
all over the valley of the Rhine. But
these must yield the palm in numbers
and enterprise to the musikanten, Of
the Hartz mountains, who have made
the whole world their own. They are
not SO often seen on the continent as
they formerly were, but they go to
England, the Cape, Australia, the
states, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and
one band has ventured as far as Chill.
/ have known Of only two bands that
did not come from this district. The
one was from Nassau, the other from
Pforzheim, in Baden"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
AT LAST THE TRUTH
Two Fishing Yarns That Garry Com
victfon Upon First Re-
Iatfon.

They had been speaking of fishinge x-
periences in the New Orleans Times
Democrat. They had just returned
from the Florida coast and each had
his own peculiar tale to tell. 1.-THE fun
niest experience I ever had in my life
while out fishing" said one of the
group, was during my recent trip and
it happened in one of the more noted
fishing places in Florida waters.
was alone. I suppose if / had not been
alone the thing would not have hap
pened at all, and yet if had had com
panion with me would have drowned,
no doubt, because the boat j was in
was barely sufficient to save the life
of one man. l struck a good nest of
fish, and began to pull them out as
fast as could bait my hook and get
it in the water. / became so absorbed
in the work that / took no notice OF
time, forgot my surroundings, forgot
erything except the fish was contin-
ually piling into the boat. Well, sir,
do you know I simply kept piling the
fish into the boat until the weight car
ried me, fish, boat and all, to the bot
tom, all my fish got away and came
near drowning before / could get out
The liberated fish were so thick they
came near smothering me to death be-
fore could get back to the surface of
the water"
Quoth the next man: That's moth
ing. | don't doubt the story at all be-
cause of the extraordinary thing that
happened to me and friend of mine in
Z Florida waters a few weeks ago. We
struck the same kind of luck. never
saw SO many fish in my life. We simply
piled them in one after another, forgot
each other, forgot the world, forgot
everything except the fish. We simply
fished until our arms ached Our boats
were filled with fish. they were piled
up until we could not see each otfvr
and could not see the water out of
which we were pulling the fish. Final
ly from behind a pile of fish my friend
yelled, Suppose we pull out, old man
/ assented. But we couldn't bulge. On
examination we found that we were
aground. Our boats were resting in
six inches of water. We had pulled so
many fish out of the place that the
water had fallen three feet, and, by
the way, it was just about this time
that the report was sent out from
Washington that the water in the. Gulf
of Mexico had fallen three feet, but, of
course"
The other fishermen had fallen
asleep and the Veracity club adj
journed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05

name the whole street Washington
avenue.
Another change of name in the old
streets was that of Quarry street from
Stone street to the city line to Sylvan
avenue This was done on petition or
the residents and so far as anybody
knows had nothing back of it but SEN
timent 1t caused lots of trouble for
a time. but inasmuch as the street
had but few residents and the real es-
tate transfers since the city was in
corporated did not amount to much,
the trouble was not so serious as it
would have. been on street a quart
er of century younger than Quarry
was when it passed away. But has it
passed out of existence? The original
name is still dearer to the old resi-
dents than the new one and if some
of them had known what the young
sters'' were doing when the petition
was presented to the city government
the change would not have been made
without a struggle.
What is now West Grove street
used to be known as Lynch place.
This was before the street was open
ed to North Willow street. The orig
inal name was given to the place as
a mark of respect to one Of the prop
erty owners. Thomas Lynch, a brother
of the late Father Lynch, former
pastor of the Immaculate Conception
parish. Mr. Lynch was for years an
employee of Steele & Johnson's and in
his day and time one Of Waterways
we'll known and highly respected citi-
zens But after the street was opened
to North Willow street the city govern
ment named it West Grove street and
in a short time the old name was lost
sight of. In fact it dropped out Of the
public mind so quickly that none but
the old timers ever give 1t a thought.
Another change. and probably the
most desirable of all, was the changing
Of the name of that portion of South
Riverside street lying between Wash
ington avenue and Porter street to La
fayette street. This part of the street
and the other part which runs to Bank
street had no connection whatever and
people always wondered how they
come to bear the same name, but
things remained that way until the
city started to renumber the houses
when the name Lafayette was applied
to that part of the street south of
Washington avenue. This was prob
ably the most desirable change made
in the street names of Waterbury since
the city was incorporated.
Once in while people suggest that
the old names be obliterated and 9TH
ers used instead, but the city govern
ment has always taken a pretty decid-
ed stand upon this matter and unless
it can be shown that the public is to be
served by a change they invariably
set themselves against. it. Among the
names once familiar to the people of
Waterbury, and now but memory,
none stand out so prominently as that
of Burnham street. The name means
q great deal to this town and while
it might have been all right to erase
it from our street names at the time
such action was taken, it would seem
that it would be nothing more than
courtesy to the family to introduce it
again at the first favorable oppor-
tunity. H.: -ss = m .'. i
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05

identity. Oh, no, they were not the
robbers-they were virtuous young.
men and would not dream of COM
hitting such an atrocity. They were
elsewhere, all Of them, on that night
and they brought witnesses who
swore Cor them a cast-iroH alibi. The.
jury brought in a verdict Of not
guilty. When the defendants were
brought back to the jail for the usual
formula before release Charlie Smith,
one of the bailiffs, who had his own
ideas as to the justice of the verdict,
remarked:
"'Well, you fellows are pretty
lucky
".You bet!' coolly retorted one Of
them. 4 thought we'd get ten years,
anyhow. AS it is-weH, here, you may
give that guy of a saloon keeper his
little old bag.
sAnd he handed over the bag that
had contained the stolen money.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
RETURNED THE BAG.
An incident which Destroyed a Chi
cago Lawyers Faith i'm Human
I&@$ TruthfuIness. % -

s'The glorious uncertainty or in
glorious miscarriage Of the law"
said Attorney Joseph David to a Chi
cago Daily News reporter, "often re-
suits from "a bogus alibi or a wrong
Identification. 7 was interested in
case where three young fellows
were charged with robbing a saloon
in Archer avenue. The saloon keeper
said that one night when he was plac-
ing the receipts of the day in a small
bag the trio came in and with re-
volvers in their hands deprived him
of the bag and it's contents. They de-
clared that it was case of mistaken
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
Honest New Zearanders.

The New Zealander is universally
honest. Nobody tries to steal from
travellers. Hotel room doors are never
locked; many have no locks. Hats,
coats and valises are left around in
discriminatory, and the ownerslalways
find their property where they put it.
Neither does the waiter, nor the bell
boy, nor the chambermaid hold up
thetraveler. They do everything asked
of them, and do it cheerfully. AS there
are no indoor robbers, neither are
there many highway robbers, and the
percentage Of murders is~very small:
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05

How many street names have been
ated half a century ago? Very few,
probably not more than the number
of families that have had their names
changed by legislative attachments in
Waterbury during the same period.
Municipalities have an aversion to
tampering with street nomenclature
SO that once a street is officially desig-
mated and the name placed on record
1t requires something more than SEN
tfment to get it changed. For. some
wears past considerable 1nfence mas
been brought to bear upon the city
fathers to change the name OF East
Main street to Broadway and although
excellent arguments have been
offered in support of the application
and the newspapers have given the
matter some backing, still nothing
has been done in that direction beyond
what a powerful agency can accom-
plish regardless of official sanction.
It was said some time ago that the
granting of the petition to call East
Main street by some other name would
upset the plan of records in the town
clerks Office for the past two hundred
wears and involve other complications
of one kind and another which would
create confusion for the next fifty
years. y .
The records show but few changes
in street names. but Of course there
are several pieces of streets which
people called anything they pleased
until they were accepted by the city
government and given a name to con-
form to the thoroughfaPes which they
formed part of. Probably the most
important changes of this kind that
occurred in Waterbury was on what
is now known as Washington avenue
commencing at South Main street and
continuing westerly to Town plot.
This street was formerly made up of
Burnham street, Dodd street and
Meadow lane. At that time there was
no street from South Main street to
Railroad Hill street. and no bridge over
the river at that point. After the for
nation of ST Patrick's church, the
pastor. the late 7. Fl. Duggan. COM
menced a strong agitation for a
roadway from South Main street to
connect with Burnham street and af-
ter some rebuffs and disappointments
the thing became reality and proved
a big boom to everybody, especially
the great army of people who find it
a convenient way to and from their
places of employment. For many
years there was 9 bitter fight over the
elimination of the grade crossing at
the New England road and the open
ing of a street from South Riverside
street to South Leonard street, but in
time and mainly through the persis-
tent efforts of Father Duggan this was
accomplished and finally people had
an unobstructed way from South Main
street to Bank street. without being
obliged to go around by Meadow street
or Chamber over fences and then. ford
the river. When the job was compile
ted it was decided to relegate the diff
ferent names by which such portions
of the street as had previously been
opened to the grave of oblivion and
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
ROBIN TACKLES HAWK.
Little Redbreast Makes Brave and
Successful Fight to Hibernate
a Chicken

It is well known that the hawk
no matter how fierce and big he may
be, has no terror for the kingbird.
It is common sight in the spring
time, when they are breeding, to see
one of these plucky little chaps mer-
cilessly following, pecking and driv-
ing away great bird of prey a
dozen times its size, reports the New
York Sun. A merchant who was
camping out on the Chelsea Hills
learned that the kingbird is not the
only small bird bold enough to at
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
uome of the ChinchilIn.

The chinchilla, the little animal the
size of a squirrel, is met with only in
the Andes Of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
and northern Chill, and is never found
under height of 5000 or 10000 feet.
The Indians are eager trappers and
hunters of it for its fine fur. The
skins are well seasoned with salt and
made up into small packages for dis
patch to the towns, whence they are
shipped abroad.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
The Czar,u Germ doctors.

Twenty-four physicians guard the
health Of the czar, and among them
are two chiropodists. When the
royal corns persist in aching, the
car leads the conductors a lively
dance, and jaws them until he is red
in the face, and they are as pale as
ashes
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
Garnetn for Bullets.

Bullets made Of precious stones arc
rarities in warfare. But during the
lighting on the Kasnir frontier, when
the British troops defeated the rebel
lious Hunzas, the natives used bullets
of ,garnets incased in lead. The Brit
ish preserved many as curiosities.-
London Chronicle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
The Youngest Gnrtered Dnk..

Not for century has the Garter
been bestowed upon SO young a man
as the duke of Marlborough, Consuelo
Vanderbilt's husband. Four Of his
seven predecessors in the dukedomi
got the Garter, as did six Of the seven,
dukes Of Rutland, six of the II dukes
of Bedford, four of the ten dukes of
Leeds, and all of the eight dukes of
Devonshire.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
De Vets Fkinsn,en.

Gen. De Wet, the Boer leader, con-
tends that the name Of De Witt or De-
witt, so common in this country, orig
inally was the same as his. Therefore,
he claims to have many distant kins-
men in the United States.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
Rnmn Land.

DR.. Robert Bell, who has been making
q study of the west coast of Baffin Land,
reports that the island is 300, 0Oo 1uare
miles in area and the second largest
island in the world, being surpassed
only by Greenland. Geographical
journal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
THE FIGHT FOR BROADWAY.

EVERY NAMES oF
STREETs-yERY CHANGES WATERBURY,
CHANGES STREETS
LONG STANDING UPsETs THINGS GENERAL
LY AND MAKES MANY OTHER CHANGES
NECEssARY-sONE OF
NAMES THAT HAVE
CHANGED IN THIS CITY.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
WOVEN PARTICULAR IN BUYING SHOES

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ON GETTING IT.
AVERAGE WATERBURY 4D-THT
CONTAINED
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
Life OF Railway sIeepes

Wooden sleepers on railroads last
about Is years.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05
II YOU HAVE

AZ u W. A4A IA
something good to tell there is no need to
delude the unWary into reading an appar-
emily interesting story which proves to be
a prelude to an advertisement. The
startling story and the thrilling test
monial 2 do not add TO the merit OF the
article advertised. u If you are troubled
with bad Digestion. impure Blood, inactive
Liver, Sick Headache, Langour, or other
such ailments which arise from dis
ordered Stomach inaperfectly doing its
work, you need not experiment with the
many medicines SO plausibly put before
your take BEECHAM'S PILLS, and
you have a reliable remedy, proved by
thousands Of sufferers to be unequalled
for dispel1ing disorders of the Stomach
and Liver. It is not necessary to bring
BEECHANI'S PILLS before your notice
surreptitiously, as they are openly recon-
mended by those who have found that
Beecham's Pills will do all that is claimed
for them hence they have the Largest
Sale cf any Patent Medicine in the World.
sold At al Drus stores.
The news-herald., 1902-09-13

veyed), Gila and Salt River b. & NJ,
and is bounded on the north by the
Mercury, on the west by the Goldbug
on the South by the Cacti, and on the
east by the Iowa mining claims
VEIN.
The course of the Olympia vein Is S.
52 degrees E.
Notice of location of the above claim
is of record in the Office OF the County
Recorder of said Yavapai county, Ari
zona, in Book SO of Mines at page 269.
Any and all persons holding adverse
claims hereto are required to present
the same before this office within sixty
days of the first publication hereof. or
they will be barred by the provisions ct
the United States statutes.
FEN S. HILDRETq,
Register.
First Publication August 10th. 1902.
The news-herald., 1902-09-13
NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION OF
GENEVIEVE M. MURPHY AND
JAMES T. COCHRAN FOR
A UNITED STATES
PATENT.

Notice is hereby given that in pur'
su;sIce of the act Of congress approved
May 10, 1872, Genevieve M. Murphy and
james T. Cochran, whose postoft1ce is
Wickenburg, Maricopa county, Arizona.
have made application for a United
States patent for 1900 linear feet of the
Rosalind lode claim bearing gold. situ-
ated in the Black Rock Mining district.
Yavapai county, Arizona / erritory, and
described in the official plat and field
notes on file in the office OF the
Register of the Prescott Land District,
Arizona, as follows, to-wit:
MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1923.
ROSALIND LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. l at S. E. cor
ner of claim, a pine post inches
square, 4 feet long, set Is inches In the
ground on bedrock in mound OF stone
and scribed 1853. Whence U. S. L. NJ
No. 1923 brs. N. 80 degrees 80 minutes
W. 139 feet.
A granite boulder in place 3x4 feet, 4
feet above ground, chiseled X-1-1623
r. O.. brs. S. 80 degrees 40 minutes w.
1873 feet.
Loo Cor. a mound OF stone 3x2 feet
high, brs. S. 76 degrees 80 minutes E..
l64 feet.
Thence N. SO degrees 20 minutes w.
1900 feet to corner No. 2.
Thence S. So degrees 20 minutes E.
e0o feet to Corner No. 8.
Thence S. SO degrees 20 minutes E.
ZOO feet to corner No 4.
Thence N. 80 degrees 40 minutes E.
to corner No. /, the place Of beginning
survey of exterior boundaries.
Variation at all corners 13 degrees
"a minutes F..
AREA.
Area of this claim is 2O.66 acres.
LOCATION.
This claim is located on unsurveyed
land approximately in N. E. part OF
township NJ, range 4 W.. G. & S. r. B.
K Ill.,, and is Joined On the N. E. side
by the Cacti and on the S. E. end by
the Brooklyn unsurveyed mining
claims.
VEIN.
The course Of the vein on this claim
taken at the discovery shaft is S. SO
degrees 35 minutes E.
Notice of location of the above claim
is Of record in the Office of the County
Recorder of said Yavapai county, Ari
zona, in Book As of Mines at pages 206-
20S.
Any and all persons holding adverse
claims hereto are required to present
the same before this office within sixty
days of the first publication hereof, or
they, will be barred by the provisions
OF the United States statutes.
FEN S. HILDRETH,
Register.
First Publication, August 18th. 1902.
The news-herald., 1902-09-13
NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION OF
GENEVIEVE M. MURPHY FOR A
limited STATES PATENT

UNITED STATES PATENT.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
sllance of the act of congress approved
May 10, 1872, Genevieve M. Murphy.
whose postoffice is Wickenburg, Mari
copa county, Arizona, has made appli-
1.50O lineal feet of the Olympia lode
claim, bearing gold, situated in the
Black Rock mining district, Yavapai
county, Arizona Territory, and de-
scribed in the official plat and field
notes on file in the office of the Register
of the Prescott Land District. Arizona.
as follows, tO-wit:
MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1924.
OLYMPIA LODE.
Beginning at corner No. / at S. w.
ccrLer of claim, a pine post inches
square, feet long, set 18 inches in
the ground in mound Of stone feet
base, 212 feet high and scribed 1-1624.
whence a paloverde S inches in
diameter brs. N. Sc degrees 05 minutes
W. &c feet, a paloverde 6 inches in
E. 94.6 feet. each blazed and scribed
1-1e24 B. T.
A granite rock in place 3x4 feet, 4
feet above ground, chiseled 1-1624 3. o.
brs N. 43 degrees So minutes E. 35.3
feet. Corner of location a mound OF
stones brs. S. Y degrees As minutes W.
1873 feet. Black Peak, high noun
tain. brs. S. 90 degrees AZ minutes E. 3
miles Mahoney Peak, high conical
hill, brs. N. As degrees 80 minutes E. l
mile U. S. L. M. No. 1923 brs. S. Al
degrees 20 minutes E. 1,l42 feet.
Thence S. So degrees 10 minutes E.
1900 to corner No. on side Of steep
rock N. side of canyon where corner
cannot be set, witness to corner No. z
brs. N. 81 degrees so minutes E. 40
feet on easterly boundary line OF claim.
Thence from true corner N. 81 de-
gress so minutes E. 600 feet to corner
No. 3.
Thence N. So degrees 10 minutes w.
] SEQ feet to corner No. 4.
Thence S. 81 degrees so minutes w.
GOO feet to corner No. /, the place of
beginning survey of exterior boun-
daries.
Variation at all corners 13 degrees IL
minutes e.
AREA.
The area Of this claim is 20.66 acres.
LOCATION.
| This claim is situated section approx
J township NJ, range w. (unsurr-
The news-herald., 1902-09-13
SUMMONS.

. - M MO1NO.
Action brought in the Justice
Court of Wickenburg Precinct, in
and for the County of Maricopa, in
the Territory Of Arizona.
In the name of the Territory OF
Arizona: To Morris Lassen, De-
fendant, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the Justice
Court of Wickenburg Precinct, in
and for the County of Maricopa, in
the Territory of Arizona, and an
swer to the Complaint filed in said
Justice Court, at Wickenburg, in
said County, within five days, ex-
elusive Of the day of service, after
the servcie upon you of this Sum.
mons, if served within this Pre-
cinct; but if served without this
Precinct, but within the County
ten days; if served out of the Coun-
ty, fifteen days; in all other cases
twenty days, or judgement by de.
fault will be taken against you.
Given under my hand at Wick.
enburg this 18th day of August
1902. J. E. Boyd, Justice O.
the Peace Of said Precinct.
The news-herald., 1902-09-13
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Notice of Dissolution OF
CO.Partncrship.

Notice is hereby given that the
co-partnership existing under the
firm name of Murray & Baxter has
by mutual consent of all the part
les been dissolved, r. w. Baxter
retiring.
All debts owing by said firm and
all debts due said firm will be set
tied by ID. L, and w. J. Murray,
under the firm name of Murray Il
Company.
D. L. Murray.
VIM. J. Murray.
r. w. Baxter.
First pub. August IA, 1902.
The news-herald., 1902-09-13

will be sent to any address for
one year for $9.0O-the price of
the Republican alone, thus enabt-
ing you to secure the
The news-herald., 1902-09-13
SUMMONS.

In the Justice Court, Wickenburg
Precinct, County of Maricopa,
Territory of Arizona.
Mathew Garfield, Plaintiff.
VS..
Morris Lassen, Defendant.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-02-21
New Haven.

A very pleasant surprise was given
Mr. David Kurrle on Saturday evening
by load of young people from Owosso.
All enjoyedsI themselves until the wee
hours of the morning and then returned
home with the pleasant thoughts of hav-
ing another evening like that with Mr..
Kurrle's people--Mr and Mrs. Fred
Kurrle spent several days with friends
in Ashley--Miss Libbie Schantz is
working for Mrs. VIM Goodwill for a
few days-Mr. David Kurrle has been
drawing wood from near Chesaning for
school district No. S--Quite a number
of the scholars from district No. ex-
pect to take the 9Th grade examination
next Friday and Saturday-Eugene
Cowell has returned from Bay City
where he has been selling clothing
Miss LibbielSchantz expects to take les
sons on the violin this summer--David
Schantz is working for his brother
Mr.. Fred Brown is suffering from very
severe cold taken while drawing ice
James Dumond is getting material
ready for new barn, as is also Will
Freeman Harry Mcdowell, of New
Haven, died Sunday morning after a
brief illness with pneumonia. He was
SO years of age and leaves wife The
funeral was held Thursday morning
at II o'clock from the house, burial at
Easton-Mrs. Eliza Salisbury, former
ly of New Haven, is very sick at her
home in Elkton; her sister has left to
help take care of her--Miss LAURA
Friegle is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM.
Kirn--Tom Scott visited Joe Drain
over Sunday-The Mate boys have
been drawing saw dust from near Owes
so-Warren Brain2rd soon leaves to
take charge of mail route, which
starts from Chesaning.