Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09
(From Our Special CorrespOndent)

the entire country early next year. This census was authorized by con> gress and a number of special agents will be appointed in the principal man. ufacturing centers of the United States. The work will be in charge of the office force of the census bureau at Washington, and it is said it WilA take almost every enplOye of the bnN reau to supervise the work i'll the Na- rIOus states. Under them will be the enumerators, who will be appointed from the localities where the inveStiga- tions are being made These enumer~ ators will be selected, as far as possl. ble, from those who took the census in 1900, but all will have to pass q spe~ ciM examination to show their fitness for the places. They will receive $3 per day and expenses when travelling. It is probable that the whole census will be finished in sixty days
 W. A. Countrynan of Hartford; who has been in the census office for some two or three years, will have charge of the work in Connecticut. He will leave for the state early in January to commence laying out the work and getting his working force in order. He will establish headquarters at Hart ford, and will take with him an office force of five or six clerks from Wash ington. They will examine the various candidates for enUmerators, and MT Countrynoan will be responsible for re- suits, in fact, will have full charge Of the work. The enumeration will prob ably commence some time in February or March.
 There will be twenty enumeratorB aT rr5v s1o fra the present plan of the census bureau, and they will be divided up among the congressional districts. The first dis~ trict will have five, divided among the following towns: Hartford three, New Britain one, and Rockville one. The second district will have six, as fol- lows: New Haven three, Meriden one, Middietpwn one and Waterbury one. The third district is allotted three, onB at New London, Norwich and Willi- mantle. The fourth district is to have six, namely, two at Bridgeport, one at Danbury, one at Ninsted, one at Tor Ftngton and one at South Norwalk.
 Preliminary work has Jalready been comm eneed in the census bureau here, and millions of inquiries have been sent to the nanufac acturers throughout the country. It is StupendOus work,
 
 valuable publication.
 To Consolidate Post Matter.
 Congressman Henry to-day intro. duced In the house bill to consolidate third and fourth class mail matter. This bill was presented to congress at the request of Jthe Postal Progress league of New York, of which Colonel Pope is the president and James L. o(yDr okr,, The bill provides that after it's passage all matter now embraced in the third and fourth classes shall be consolidated and shall go through the mails at 2 cents a pound.
 Pension Bills. l,. % Senator Platt has introduced. for Senator Hawley, bill granting pen~ sion Of $50 per month to Thomas C.. | arish Of Wethersfeld. Parish served in Company E, Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers. Senator Platt also intro duced bill to increase the pension of Nelson F. Smith of New Haven to $50 per month. Smith served ill Company E. 127th New York Volunteers. This bill was also introduced for Senator HaWley.
 ! Mir Lilley, in the house, presented three pension bills, as follows: In be, half Of William Smith of Waterbury, who served in Company K, Seventieth New York Volunteers. at the rate of 80 per month; in behalf or Mrs Ellen R. Graham of West Haven, widow of William N. Graham, of Company 0, Tenth Connecticut Volunteers, Ut the rate Of $40 per month; and in favor of B, Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, at $35 per month. Consul at Palermo. -r l William H. Bishop. formerly profes. Bor of languages at Yale, has been transferred. as consul at Genoa, Italy, to Palermo. Both places pay the same salary, $2,000, but the consulate at Palermo is considered q better place than at Genoa. Prof Bishop has been in the consular service for abOut two years.
 New Lighthouse Tender. r. Congressman Brandegee to-day intro duced, in the house a bill for the com struction of new lighthouse and buoy tender to be used in the third lighthouse district, of which COnnectt- cut is a part. The bill calls for an ap- propriation of not more than $135 900, and authorizes the employment of three temporary draftsmen at Wash ington to draw up the plans. This ! boat is intended to take the place Of the Cactus stationed at New London, which is very old and useo up. Senator Platt introduced the same bin in the senate.
 Postmaster at Southbury. Congressman Sperry to-day recon mended the appointment of Miss Anna $. Osborne to be postmaster of South bury, in place Of Harry H. Brown, who has resigned. MT Brown was elected representative to the legislature this fa alI and So had to resign from the post mastership The office is a fourth class one. ,.s Inaugural Plans.
 l The inaugural committee, who will have charge of ali the arrangements for. the inauguration exercises next Ath- of March, is hard at work, and ap- plfeations :. are being received every day from organizations and military 1'bodies who wish to take part in the parade. The secretary of the commits [ So hat Gn