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VOL 111. JSO.
WATERBURT, CONN., '-HON DAY.. DECEMBER 23 1889.
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Every Undertaker uses a pqiaoa
ous fluid for the face in eating
for the dead, and for the inf dr
matiori of the public (as wefre
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sonal explanation) we state that
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friends, you may feel Perfect
ly Safe, as we use only our own
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to be perfectly safe and reliable.
Our great success in this depart
ment is due to the special study
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i '
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. Hatter and Furrier,
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"jEXCHANGE PLACE.
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CHRISTMAS!
pbR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS buy use
ful things. They will bring more enjoy
ment than any trinkets you can buy. : In
clothing we have
Smoking Jackets,
Dressing Gowns,
Bath Robes,
Besides a . full line of OVERCOATS,
REEFERS and SUITS for Men and Boys;
GARMENTS that are well made and
give good satisfaction to the wearer.
In FURNISHING GOODS there are so
many useful articles that it is impossible
to enumerate all.
HANDKERCHIEFS,
MUFFLERS, NECKTIES,
GLOVES, UMBRELLAS,
CANES, SCARF-PINS,
SLEE VE BUTTONS,
UNDERWEAR, HOSE,
Are a few among many that will be sure
to make the one that receives them happy
In FURS we have about every small
article that is fashionable,
1 COLLARS, ' - 'iV-
MUFFS, Etc,, f
For Children asjtllos Ladies'.
In Leather Goods
TRUNKS, BAGS, )l
POCKETBOOKS,
TOILET CASES,
SHAVING SETS,
BLACKING SETS,
COLLAR and
CUFF BOXES.
You will find an endless variety of use
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for presents at
J. B. Mailings,
Nos Gi and 65 BANK STREET.
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patrons every advantage, not only on price but
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Button Hole arid Manicure.
And the IRON TOYS,
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WATERBURY, CONN
DON'T WORRY!
ABOUT what you shall buy f r a present, for
you can relieve your mind and delight the
eye by inspecting a Jbeahtif ulline of
HOLIDAYING VELTIES.
MEERSCHAUM GOODS, .
m .SMOKER'S ARTICLES,
U ; IMPORTED CIGARS,
All of whic are entirely 'new.' V
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105 bakkt. and 10 GRA
STREET.
Goods!
' IN" A GREAT VARIETY.
An Elefeaht Line of 'Prayer Books in Nice
EU NICE FOR PRESENT.'
See them bef orti nrchaiing at
Martin 1- Betgin's.
62 South Main Street.
hrisima:
WASHINGTON TOPICS
4 Christmas Tree at the White
. House.
A HOLIDAY FOR THE PRESIDENT.
He Will Enjoy a Family Dinner and an
Old-Fashioned Tea by Candlelight.
Perfcctins Arrangements for the RMtp
. tidii Now Yaar'a- liny Mn. Uarrlion
Will Not Anlit tha President in Ke-celTlnc-Tho
Coontess Ol Montercola '1
Ita the National CpUf.
Washington, Dec. 23. Mrs. Harrison
ba1leen in despair for several days
tryirijj io "get the President long enough
in a family council to arrange not only
the Christmas plans but the dates for
the official hospitalities of the coming
season. They no sooner begin to dis
cuss the subject than he is called away
to some urgent business at bis . desk.
Christmas Day will he a quiet one,
however, with the White Bouse family.
For the first time in the past two
decades there is to be a Christmas - tree
at the White House. A fair share of
the holiday preparations of 'Mrs. Har
rison and Mrs. McKee - is the .thought
they have given to its details, the past
few days. It; was only yesterday they
decided that Benjamin Harrison McKee
should. enjoy his first Christmas tree
and air its attendant, festivities. The
next thought was -where to locate the
tree so that its decoration could bo
accomplished without the little fellow-
knowing anything about it. Mrs.
McKee decided to have it in' the Blue
ChamJeri; which is at present unoc
cupied.' It used to be President
Arthur's bedroom, and was fixed up,
in the autumn by new wall paper on
the side walls and a general brushing
up. ' - i . . . - -v i
The;,private appartments up stairs
will be liberally decked with Christmas
greens and holly. The President will
make it a holiday from his desk and
give more than his usual holiday atten
tion to the babies. There will be a
family dinner at about 2 o'clock and an
old fashioned tea by candlelight. The
household will not be much increased
from what.it is at present, excepting
that Major -and Mi's: Parker and Mrs.
Dimmick, the two ladies, daughters
of the late Mrs. Lord, will spend the
day. Mr. Russell Harrison expects to
spend the holidays wath his wife out in
Omaha, as the latter does not intend to
come here until later in the gay season.
Mrs. McKee's mother-in-law, who
is a guest at the White House, will re
turn to her Indianapolis homo before
Christmas, and 15aby McKee's father,
owing to a stress of business, will not bo
able to join his family at the White
House. - '
CThQ, arrangements for the reception
on Kew Xe"ar's Day are not essentially
different from other years. Mrs. Har
rison, howeA'er, will not assist the Pres
ident that day in receiving, but will
be represented by Mrs. McKee, who is
not wearing mourning. At all the
other events of the winter Mrs. Har
rison expects to bo present if her
health permits. While she is by no
means delicate, she is not able to stand
a great amount of fatigue.
'either the President nor Mrs. Har
rison expects to accept invitations out
side of the Cabinet houses, following in
this the custom esta"bl ished by Presi
dent Cleveland, -Ho kept it strictly un
til last winter, when Mrs. Cleveland,
wanting to see the inside of more houses
than the limited half dozen or so, ac
cepted both dinner and party invita
tions. Mrs. McKee will however, go
out, having so many old friends here
who delight to do her honor.
. ,. , TIib tountem Dl Sloptercole.
Washington, Dec.' 83. Mrs. Knox.
of Pittsburg, and her daughter.
Countess di Montercole. have arrived
here from their Virginia plantation
and are- stopping at the Noimandie.
They are accompanied by Mrs. Barker,
of Pittsburg. It is not known exactly
whether they will remain here for the
season or go to Pittsburg, but the
chances are in favor of this city. It 's
rumored here that negotiations are
pending between the two families look
ing to .a reconciliation between the
Count and his bride. ; '' ' -
Jumped luto the Water.'
Washington, Deo. 22 James A. Par
ker, a real estate agent of Kansas City,
Mo., committed suicide by jumping, in
to the river here. His body was re
covered. From a letter found in his
overcoat pocket, it is inferred that
financial difficulties caused him to com
mit suicide.
BEQUEST TO A CHURCH.
The Kwedenborglans May Get Millionaire
Hopkins' Money.
Hackensack, ff. J., Dec. 23. The
will of the mlllionarie philanthropist,
David A. Hopkins of Park Ridge, has
not been offered for probate here yet.
Surrogate Pell says scores of curious
people have called to see the document.
Friends of the family say that nearly
all of the wealth of the deceased has
been bequeathed to the New Jerusalem
(Swedenborgianj Church, 114 East 35th
Btreet,,New York. . Mr Hopkins. left a
wife and four children,-three daughters
and one son. "One daughter married
Robert Worcester of Waltham,Mass ,
the son -of one of the leaders of the
Swedenborgiah faith in " the "'United
States
It is said the only son of the deceased
will receive only. $1,000. These same
friends declare that an effort will be
made to break the will, which was made
about two months aeo. Daring bis life
Mr. Hopkins gave about Vi50,000 to
charitable objects. He was editor and
proprietor of the" "American Sentry." a
New York Greenback paper. He manu
factured a patented railroad article that
he Invented himself.
. ; "Tornado In Nw Hampshire.
-. .Nashua, N. H',Detw 23.--A hailstorm
struck this region at 2 o'clock yester
day, and lasted half, an hour. Hail
stones as large as birds' eggs and borne
ri a terrific, tornado filled the air so as
to obscure .vision. Men and women
were driven under the nearest shelter,
horses were stampeded on the streets
and did great damage to vehicles. thov
sands of window panes were shattered,
and in some instances domestic ani
mals were killed.
. Fooseca Not Sertoasly III. .
London, Dec. 83. The- Brazilian le
fatiP here announces that theNllness
of President Da Fonseca is not serioua.
BRUTAL TREATMrf; .
A Family of Fly Forced to .! on l.!to
, ' . For Week.
V-Indiana, Pa., Deo. 23. At the trial
Just ended of Washington Butler and
P.- M.- Hodge, overseers of; the poor,
tharged with neglecting their duty, a
terrible story was told byVitnesses
under oath.
Fire years ago Edward Wisherman
became sick and was removed to a
home owned by his wife in Burrell
township. His father-in-law was also
quartered in the same place and both
men being unable to work were allowed
$3 per week by the overseers. In 18ST.
the father-in-law died and the allow-.
anoe for the family was reduced to SI. JO
a week. In the meantime Washerman's
body became a mass of corruption, with
running sore, and he was unable to do
any kind of work. .
The allowance wars reduced to $1.25
per week for a family of five, another
child having arrivod. The clothing
was of the scantiest, the neighbors .tes
tifying that they were ashamed to look
at Mrs. Wisherman, on account of the
scarcity of her apparel, which was the
same winter and summer. Fuel was so
scarce in the winter that logs were
used by resting one end on a chair with
the other in the fire. At the same, time
the children were without shoes. - The
food consisted of cornmeal one week
and flour the next, with some rice and
tea. All five had to sleep in one bed to
keep warm. ;'
Whil-M Butler was overseer Mrs.
Wisherman was confined twice, and in
neither case did she have medical aid,
and none at all except that of her hus-r
band.-' Mrs. Wisherman : hacr to go two -.f
miles
away iu Evt uoi cvi uuioiii uu.
to
flour and ctrry it home. On one of
child and carried it borne in her apron.
The child was buried by an overseer,
but Mrs. Wisherman received no med
ical attention.
The defence claimed that no order of
relief had been taken out before two
justioes in Wisherman's behalf and that
consequently the - paupers were not
legally on the township. The defend
ants were discharged.'.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
A Storm In Buffalo Does Cireat Dumaga
to Small Ilulldlngs. !
Buffalo, N. Y., Deo. 23. This city
was visited by the singular phenomenon
of a mid-winter - thunder storm. It
started about 3 a. m. and continued an
hour, during which the thunder peals
were terrific, and tao lightning' almost
continuous.
The storm was accompanied by a high
wind, which blew at the rate of oo miles
an hour. Signs were torn down, win
dows aud wires broken, and several
buildings partially collapsed. The
white-caps on the lake were the highesr
seen in a long time.
Bought a Township.
. Lancaster, N. H., Dec. '23. David
II. Beattie & Sons, of Lancaster, have
sold to George Van Dyke, aLsi of this
place, the township of Beattie, Maine,
consisting of 8,500 acres o land, on
which there is a village containing a
custom-house, postofhee, saw mill,
store, and four dwellings. The price
paid is 570,000 for realty and 30,000 for
personal property. Mr. Van Dyke also
owns '.25,000 acres of timber land in other
parts of northern New England and
southern Canada.' Ho is president of
the Connecticut River Lumber Com
pany. A KougU Passage.
New York. Dec. 23. The steamer
Britannic arrived here to-day from Liv
erpool with 60 cabin and - 173 steerage
passengers; She had an unusually
rough passage, and for livo days was
surrounded by storms which caused the
waves to wash over her decks. The
bridge was washed away and two life
boats were stove in. A sailor had one
of his legs broken and several ther
men suffered slight injuriesr 'The storm'
caused great alarm among' the steerage
passengers. r
Burled In Cneonsecrated (irouuil,
Hobobien, N. J., Dec. 23. Beeholder
John Kenny, whose funeral 'the Rev.
Father Corrigon of St. Mary's Catholic
Church refused to. conduct because he
was to be buried in the fireman's plot
in the Hoboken cemetery instead of
the Catholic cemetery, was buried yes
terday without ecclesiastical ceremony.
Ihe services were, held in Odd, Fellows'
Hall, father Corrigon having, also
refusedlhe use of the church.
. Got. HIM Invited to Boston.
Boston, Dec.:23. Gov." Hill has lbeen
invited to make a speech at the dinner
to be given by the Massachusetts De
mocracy on January s to commemorate
the anniversary of "Jackson's victory at
New Orleans. It is said that the Gov
ernor will take advantage of the oppor
tunity offered to offset the boom for
Cleveland, which was born of the lat
ter's recent visit and speech.
Bank Failure.
Omaha, Neb., Deo. 3 -The failure
is announced of the Nebraska State
Bank, at Pawnee City. . F. Hemp
stead, president of the bank, is also
president of the. Electric Light Com
pany. He has turned over to his credit
ors all his property including his stock
in the Electric Light Company, amounting-
in all to about $40,000.
'The Single Scall Championship. ..
Boston," Deo.' 23. --Letters have'been
received from Jake Gaudaur and John
Teemer announcing their willingness
to contest for Mr. Chanes H. Thayer's
$5,000 purse and the single scull cham
pionship of the world. "It is probable
that Mr. Thayer will allow expenses to
Kemp and -Stansbury, the Australians,
should theyideslre to enter.
'A "Mate In Irons.
New York, Dec. 23. The .mate of
the ship Robert . B, Beiknp,.,which
arrived In the harbor yjeste.rday from
San Francisco, tls in. Irons. -charged with
having knocked. , one tof .the . seamen
overboard and caused his ..death. Ho
was turned over to the . United States
Marshal here to-day.
Itenrard OOered for Lynchers.
Uppkk Marlboro, Md., Dec. At
a special meeting the county commis
sioners ordered thai $o00'be offered as a
reward for any evidence leading to the
arrest and conviction ot 'the persons
connected with the lynching of Joe
Vermillion 6u the' morning of Decem
ber 3. '."'"..' ' ' :
An Aged Woman ;Stabs Hcraelf.
KRnnifi.rv. ' Die. "3. Marv Sullivan
aged 96 years,' wh"d 'stabbed herself some
time ago, died in the hospital yester
day,' Poverty lea to ta suicide. :
WIPED OPT BY FIRE
The Business Portion of retro
;.lia Destroyed.
ONCE A PROSPEROUS OIL TOWN.
The -People Will Probably Emigrate . tc
Some Other Place. '; - V. v-
Over ;porty Buildings Destroyed Tho
, oton1c and (ill Exchange lluruel.
The Iiwiuco Very ' Light -Tlie Build-".
fags Wete All' Frame Aflalra Tito Fire
Department FoWerles.
Butler, Pa., Dec 23.. The little
town of Petrolia, 15 .miles north; 'ot.
here, once the scene of the - liviest oiL.
happenings in the country, was deso-?
lated by a fire which broke out yester
day morning and raged fiercely, helped
by a high wind, until the entire busi
ness portion nof the town was destroyed.
- The blow Is one from which the place
will doubtless never recover, and its
seven hundred inhabitants will prob
ably remove to some other oil town.
The fire originated in Klingensmith's
store and, swept up Main street cousum-.
ing the frame buildings on both sides
and reaching back to the side streets,
making a clean sweep of ruin .among
xhe stores, dwellings, and hotels.
'in, a
A.
lown has a fire department but
the
water pipes, were clogged up-
(1 the,
until
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f"3 u .-.b . -
u HI' . . t li -
The buildings were aU., fratoe affairs.
twois Stories, the lower floor--used for
business while the upper was used for
dwellings, and of the whole business
portion there, are now left but two
stores, a bank and hotel. Owing to the
inflammable 'material in the buildings,
the rate-of. insurance is. high and the,
owners in Only ofi6 or two instances
had ' insurance, so that the loss, which
will reach between $85,000 and $100,000.
is a total one, and the majority of the
sufferers . lose their all. No lives were
lost, nor are any injuries reported.
The heaviest losers are: C. M, Burnet,
Central Hotel, $7,000; J. M. Hawk, two
buildings, $4,000; E. I Chesbros' store,
810,000 insurance,'.5,000; II. A. Kling
ensmith's store, $6,000, insurance, Hi,-'
400; Foster's drug store, .$3,000, insur
ance, $1,000; Jamison's store, $8,000;
partly insured; Borchert's store, $6,000,
small insurance; Masonic 11 all, $5,000,
fully insured; Campbell & Byers' livery
stable, $:i,000, insurance, $500.
Among the 40 or more buildings de
stroyed were the (Episcopal Church,
postofhee. Western Union and National
Transit Telegraph ollices and Oil Ex
change. MUTRIE DESERTS DAY.
lie is Reported to Have Signed a Broth
erhood Contract.
New York, Dec. 23. The first genu
ine excitement in baseball circles since
the commencement of the fight be
tween the Players' League and tho
League magnates resulted from the an
nouncement made last night, to tho
effect that James Mutrie, or 'Smiling"
James, had signed a contract to manage
the Brotherhood team.
By some it is alleged that the paper
was signed as a huge joke, under the
impression that such a document
siffned on Sunday would be invalid. It
has since been asserted by those versed
in the law that complications may arise
out of the sigrning'tof this contract
which will likely result in a more
wholesome regard, on the part of Mr.
Mutrie, for acts performed on the
Sabbath day. ' - ;
If the contract is artlrmed to-day no'
question will be raised as to its valid
ity; but, on tho other hand, is is an
open issue whether the Brotherhood
team by this "alleged- joke have not
placed "smiling James" in a position
much more open to legal quibble than
any construction which Mr. Day's law
yers may place on the "reserve" clause.
It is said the salary promised Air.
Mutrie is $5,000 per year. ..The agree
ment reads:
L James Mutrie. do hereby agree to
resign from the employment ol John B.,
Day. .and agree to manage the New York
Players' League Club for the season of
istfo ax the stated salary ot $5. 000.. , This
agreement is final and decisive
.. .(Signed), James Mutme.'.
'Witnesses:- ;f.-. .., .
1 Edwakd Evertt Bell,'
George F. Gore, ; :.
Nick Exgel... 1V
VIsner Signs TttliHthe Brotherhood.
' Pittsburo, Deo. 23. Manager Han
Ion, of the Pittsburg Players' League,
entered into negotiations Saturday
with Visner, of the.Brooklyn National
League club. Theniesults were so sat
isfactory that Visna? consented to play
in Pittsburg next season, and Manager
Hanlon sent him a rcheck for $300 ad
vance money, which he accepted.
Sold to an English
Syndicate.
23. Recently a
Richmon'p, Ind., Dec.
sensation was created by the report that
Garr, Scott & Co. the largest manufac
turers here, workln'g several hnndred
hands in making ctairines, threshers,
etc.. bad sold out to. an English syndi
cate. To deny this-the company pub
lished a card, saying they had declined
the tempting offer.-.- Saturday it was ru
mored that the syndicate had again
dffered them $1,000,000 for the - plant,
pending the purchase of several othor
large concerns of -the kind, and. they
have decided to accept the offer, which
is practically $5 for every one they Usve
invested. y
Hurled Lamp at" Her Daughter.
OsHKOSUi Wis., Dec. 22. Mrs. Mary
Goodwin, -while intoxicated, hurled a
lighted lamp at her 16-year-old daugh
ter, strkmg her on "the head and in
flicting a bad wound. The.-oil fromhe
4am pvwas scattered oves. the girl's cloth
ing sand speedily ignited. . Bef.qre.Lhe
nataea could be extinguished, ;he;girl
was terribly burned about . the jiace. and
back; a, ad .will probab..y die. Her mother
is, in ja.Hsr - skuvr "
A Val" FresUuiao Klope. rf:
New Havex, Conn., Dec. 23. rRlch
ard Harvey Johnson,-1 of Boise City,
Idaho, a Yale Freshman, has eloped
with Miss "KltUe-Ahdowo, of 41 Dix
well avenue, '-They journeyed to Wall
ingford' and' wer made one by Justice
Morse;' '' ' ' -" -
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: , .Struck Willi an Aic.
FoTTSviLLKVPa.,, Dec. 23. At a rail
road contractor's shanty near Orwig3
burg laatS'-night Ludwegia Monasteni
was struck On the head with an axe by
Gottlieb Finck, and died soon after
ward. Finck is in jail.
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FIVE THROATS CUT.
Wholesale and Bloody Butchery at s
Family. ;
' " Nilks, Ohio, Decr 23,rrThis commun
ity was thunderstruck last evening by
the discovery of one of the most whole
tale and bloody butcheries that has
ever occurred in this section of the
State. The victims, five in number,
are Charles Sheler, wife and three
Children, and the crime-is supposed to
have taken place . during the early
morning. ... -.. , , .
' When the inhuman deed was discov
ered at about 5 o'clock last evening, all
five bodies were stiff and cold in death
.with their throats cut from ear to ear.
-Sheler and his wife were lying together
across the foot of the bed. The three
children were on the floor in different
E arts of the house. Sheler was a. mill
and and had steady employment, but
of late drank heavily, and it is rumored
that he and hiswifedid not live happily
together. . . .-,
The theory advanced is that Shelerih,
a fit of madness cut the throats of his
wife and children and then his own.
The weapon used was a razor, and' was
purchased by Sheler ' of "a bard ware
dealer Saturday evening.' The street
in front of the house has been densely
packed all day and .evening with an ex
cited populace, all eager to get a glance
t the ghastly specaolo. ' ; .
BURNED TO DEATH..
A XJttlo Girl Knveloped lu u Sheet ot
Flames.
. Indiana, Pa., Dec. 23. Last evening
a party of little folks were popping
corn in the kitchen of Mrs. Fred
Wegley, of this place, and in their
sport -the lamp was knocked off the
table.
The burning oil fell upon a little
four-year-old girl of Mrs. Wegley's. and
in an r. instant she was enveloped in a
sheet of flames. She ran out of the
door, the flames reaching three feet
above her head. Water was thrown on
the little one and she was rolled in
blankets but she was so badly burned
that she died this morning after suffer
ing horrible agony.
Policemen at Church.
New Jersey, N. J., Dec. 23. There
is trouble in St. Anthony's Polish Cath
olic Church, and yesterday three police
men were called in at the morning
service to preserve order. The church
was established two years ago and the
Rev. Father Alexander Michanowski
was placed in charge of it. It is the
only Polish church in the city. Some
of the congregation want a new priest
and are rebelling and holding back
money from the present pastor.
A rottoffice Employe Arrrsteil.
Buffalo, N. Y.,Dec. 23. There have
been complaints for monthspastby lead
ing merchants here that letters to and
from them containing money have been
lost, and as. a result of investigation by
detectives, V. F. Hedstorni. a mailing
clerk in the postoftice. has just been ar
rested as the guilty man. Letters stolen
by him were found on his person, and
he confessed. The exact amount of his
peculation cannot bo learned.
Knights Frame a Ballot Reform Bill.
Newark. N. J., Dec. 23. The State
Legislative Committee of tho Knights
of Labor, ot New Jersey, met here yes
terday afternoon and framed a ballot
reform bill similar to that introduced
by Assemblyman Kane last year. The
committee resolved to endeavor tp ob
tain the passage of a bill compelling
manufacturers and corporations to pay
wages to employes weekly instead .of
monthly.
Au Old Couple Klop. '
Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 23. B. C.
Keigwin.' aged 75, a book agent, has
eloped with Mrs. P. L. Rufus, aged 4fi.
whose husband is 72 years old. . Kufus
has obtained a -, writ of habeas corpus,
and will go to Norwich after his wife
to-day. Rufus was confined to his bed
by illness during Keigwin's brief flirta
tion - with . .the woman, preceding the
elopomeut.' Mrs. Rufus took her son
with her when she left.
Accident at a Church Dedication.
Pittsburg, Dec. 23. Yesterday ...dur
ing the dedicatory services of the new
St. Francis de-r Sales Church at Char
tiers, a pillar under . the. building gave
way, allowing the floor to drop about
four inches. The church was crowded
and a. general rush was .made for the
doorsetf'Tbe congregation? escaped with
out serious, injury to any of its mem
bers. ;.' Bead Bnt Not -Drowned.
Trenton, N. .1., Dec. 23 Henry Hill,
aged sixty-three years, the watchman
at Lacy's" Pottery, was found drd'tvned
in the Canal basin, near the pottery,
under suspicious circumstances Cor
oner .'Abbott says he thinks the "man
was- murdered. The lips were badly
swollen, and the right jaw looked as if
it had been dislocated by a blow. A
pocketbook was iound in his trousers
pocket, but it was open and empty.
. Henry W. Grady Dying.
Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 23. Henry W.
Grady's illness has assumed a decidedly
serious';' turn, and the physicians .in
chaVjre say that his recovery ; is well
nignhdpeless. Everything; that medi
cal science can suggest is being, done tc
save the life of the well-known editor,
but it is feared that nothing short of
miracle will accomplish it.
Jall Birds Escape, r
Providence. R. l - Decv'-23. Fred.
Rockwood. George M.orrisi and .Daniel
Donohue, prisoners awaiting action .by
the Grand Jury, broke out of Kent
County Jail, EastuGreenwich, yesterday
evening, .making, a breach in the . wall
with - an . iron .- bar wrenched from th
bedstead. . They : have not been recap
tured. .
Summer Hotel Burned.
Pjitsburo,'. Va.. ' Dec 23. A .larg
summer resort hotel located at Alpville
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
twenty miles from this city, was totally
destroyed by fire yesterday The hote.
was occupied by permanant tenenta an
was owned by the. Donnelly estate o"
Pittsburg.
Three More Johnstown Flood Victims.
Johnstown, Pa.. Dec 23. The patro
on the Conemaugh found three bodies
victims ol the May flood near Coopers
tale. They were all lying along tht
river bank near together, partiallj
covered with mud. The bodies wen
all ot female. Only the trunk remain
of one . ,
THAT ADVERTISING PAYS
Has been fully proven by the
Immense andlConstant Increase
in our business since we got
. - .." ' so much
Free,Advertisingw
From would-be competitors Iwhctolv
- jected to .our.
Low Priceo.
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The Boycott
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- A FAILURE
Because . the HoaseVeepers of
Waterbury stood by us in
"." our efforts to give a
Prime Article
At Fair PRICES!
, If there are any families
who have not taken ; advan
tage of our popular , prices,
they should call at once.
They will be surprised how
much they can save.
IW Don't mistake the place.
C- R. B. CO.
Corner of
Union & South Main Sts.
Theo Oliver,
MANAGER.
A SURGICAL SEANCE
-AT THE-
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121 South Main Street, .
The Knife HaSfiooe in To The Hilt
And High Prices Have Followed
McGinty To The Bottom
f Of The Sea.
We Have Ripped Rent and Raztle
Dazzled Everything In Stock. Our :
Good Friends In Waterbury
Are Invited : To Feast On
The Fruits Of The
Slaughter.'
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40 Per Cent Off
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ON EVERY PURCHASE MADE THE
NEXT WEEK AT THE
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Standard Shoe House,
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1 2 1 -S o u th-: - W! ai n -Str e et.
Jok l Splain, Prop.
mmSm House
Out Goes the Bottom
Prices Have Fallen f hrongb,
IT IS A FACT THAT WITH THS
CONSTANT ARRIVAL OF NEW
GOODS PEICES HAVE DROPPID.
We Will Not Be Dsdersoli
Our Aim is to Constantly Improve A
Quantity and Quality of Our Stock.
Don't fail to see the
NEW GOODS
In EVERY DEPARTMENT, tM' &h -Kitchen
through the Dining Room" kC
Parlor to the Chamber Room jomwKt
find NEW GOODS and NEW PMCO...
Also in the , " .-"5 --
Carpet; and
- Shade Department.
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Undertaking Department
Is under the personal supervision ef
w. t. l UKK and is as complete as can
bo found in this vicinity. All calls will
receive prompt and careful attention,
Elkins & Wake,
Furniture, Carpels and Undertaking,
1 23 and i27 South Main Street
Nigbt Galls Win Be Answered Bj
W. F. York, 23 Central avenue.
W. S. R. Wake, 54 South Elm Si,
W. W. Wallace, 24 1-2 Walnut Sk
L. E. Lewis, rear 239 So. Main, Of
The District Telegraph Office, or
Any Telephone Office.
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tror; Artificial Teeth that look aaftatt aa
Call and Sex" Tcstim out ac4 I '
If yon wish tosth sxtraeUd wllhoal tarltt
Tur Ji tpUntered .
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Every time. Gasamd thr (Wca -with pert
safety.
WihfBdHcl LicjUdfiT
Our purpose for the .holidays ti to gin
-. everybody an opportunity to buy .
GOOD- LIQUORS .
' AT LOW FIGURES. "
IN QUANTITES TO SUIT-
And for ourselves to sen a" laree qnanti-
iy 01 gooos 1 or casn, on smau pronts, -
New York Liquor Warehouse,
7 Grand Strset, Waterbubt.
tSF" Sign of the Big Demijohn,
CALL FOR PRICE LIST.
Shoninger Pianos
aomes of "Waterbury's best families. It
is no idle boast to assert that during the
last two years more bave been sold than
uny other one make. The present
management believes in the product of
the Shoninger factory to the fullest ex
tent and has always labored to impress
its customers with the fact that a immk
direct from the manufactory, leasfthe
dealer's commissions, was the instru
ment for rch and poor alike to buy. If
1. A.
yos are aoout to purcnase, we invite a
close examination, hoping to reach the
musical portion of your nature and at
the same time your pocketbook for the
smallest price possible consistent with
first equality and high standard of the
Shoninger piano.
B. SHONINGER & CO.
1C1 BAKE 8TRKJCT.
GEORGE L. PELHAlf, Uuu&r
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