” 'lars outside the
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Attorneys HurlbUtt &Gregory
Get Judgment Against
the Beltons.
GET OVER $400 AND COSTS
Decision Rendered by Judge Curtis in Common
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Pleas Court.
Judge Curtis of the court ofCommon
pleas on Wednesday rendered a- deci-
sion in the case of Hurlbutt St Gregory
of this city against John Belton and
wife of Georgetown in favor of the at-
torneys to recover $51.09 and costs.
The Beltons were at one time involv-
ed in a law suit. They had builta new
house but had not paid. the carpenter.
The carpenter put a mechanic’s lien
on the house and when he started to
if )reclose it Mr. and Mrs. Belton plac-
ed their side of the case in'tthe hands
of Hurlbutt &. Gregory. Whether it
was Mr. Belt-on or Mrs. Belton who
placed the matter with the lawyers
there wasa discrepency in the testi-
mony.
This was an important point in the
case because Mr. Belton owns no prop-
erty and Mrs. Belton does. A similar
point came up in the case between the
Beltons and their carpenter and was
what won them the case. Both Mr.
Hurlbutt and Mr. Gregory testified
that they had spent much time and
labor on the case, that its trial took
up four days and that their bill which
amounted to about four hundred dol-
court fees was as
reasonable as they could make it un-
der the circumstances. The case was
tried in the Superior Court at Bridge-
port and decided in favor of the Bel-
tons. An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court by the other side but
it was not prosecuted.
The case of Attorneys Hurlbutt &.
Gregory against the Beltons was tried
before the Common pleas courtin Dan-
bury on ‘ Tuesday, December 19, at
which time Attorney John J. Walsh
appeared for the lawyers while Belton
acted as hisown attorney.
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T0 ACT AS USHERS.
Firemen to Have Charge of the Seating at the
Musical Festival.
Chief Usher George H5 Allen has
completed his arrangements for seating
peOple at the Armory on the occasion
of the Musical Festival, January I and
2 for the benefit of toe hospital. The
ushers are all members of the Fire De-
partment in this city and are as fol-
lows:
Phoenix Engine Company—F. C. Cas-
tle, G. S. Grumman, T. S. Murray, J.
W. Greenwood, S. F. Foster. W. H. Se?
cor, F. H. Merrill, Lambert Shutsky,
A. G. Burt, GLL. Northrop.
Hope Hose Company—J. B. Costello,
G. P. Hands, E. F. Duffy, J. F. O‘Brien,
J. T. McManus, E. G. Matthews. {J. J.
Clune, P. F. Slattery, John Sheehan,
W. P. Petrie. »
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
——J. N. WOod, W. J. Powell, T. J. Sterl-
ing, Frederick Brower, Peter Slatter,J.
UH. Blake, J. A. Foster, H. C. Mitchell,
Edward Brower, I. H. Reed. ’
Members of the Fire police will have
charge of the hall and other points
where police protection is needed.
A meeting of the ushers will be held
at the Armory Sunday, at 2 p. m.
Companies D and F have appointed
committees to decorate the Armory for
the festival.
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A Correction.
We attempted to congratulate the
venerable Robert Guthrie of Silver
Mine on Wednesday in having reach-
ed the ripe age of 97 years on that day,
and stated that he was probably the
oldest man in Norwalk, but the “fiend”
of a compositor who always revises our
'cOpy took thirty years from Mr. Guth-
rie’s age and announced him as cele-
brating his 67th birthday.
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Present For The Postmaster. .
Dr. G. W. Benedict, postmaster in
South Norwalk, received a handsome
Christmas gift from the employees of
the office. It wasa gold-headed silk
umbrella inscribed with his name,
“from the em loyees of the S. N. office, ‘
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December, 1899. ”
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South Norwalk Club, Dance.
About 150 attended the subscription
~dance given by the South Norwalk club
Wednesday night. Weidenhammer of
Bridgeport furnished music. Refresh-
, ments were served.
Tairfield CduntyNational Bank.
The directors of the Fairfleld County
' National Bank have declared a divi-
Aufte rt January 2nd,. 1900,.
George P. Smith Thrashed
By Mrs. Kraft, Formerly
‘ of'Wilton. "
NEW CANAAN EXCITED.
The Woman’s Husband Held Smith While Wife
Applied Lash.
George P. Smith had his countenance
disfiguredWednesday afternoon in New
Canaan, and the implement used for
that purpose was in the hands (if, a
woman. a.
Smith for some time past has been ,a
resident of New Canaan, where he has
a wife and children. He is about
thirty-five years of age. I
is a famous place for gossip, and it is
said that Smith acquired the habit
that has getten so many of the people
in that village in trouble. It is said
that he has been saying things about
Mrs. Kraft, the wife of a physician
who formerly lived in Wilton. but who
now has a summer home near Vista.
Dr. Kraft and his wife went to New
Canaan Wednesday and visited Kins-
cella 8.: Smallhorn’s grocery. Smith
was standing upon the sidewalk when
they left the store. The doctor walk-
ed up to the man and seized him, hold»
ing his arms against his side.
“Now is your chance!” exclaimed the
doctor to his wife.
The woman drew from beneath the
folds of her wrap a rawhide, and pro«
ceeded to strike the struggling painter
over the face.
He howled with pain and rage, but
the time had come when all the pent-
up indignation of the woman found
opportunity to vent itself, and she used
the whip With all her strength. Marks
of the lash were left all over the face
of her victim.
When she considered that he was
punished enough, the doctor released
him, and then gave him a couple of
blows straight from the shoulder that
laid him out on the sidewalk.
Smith gathered himself together and
went to look for something to ease his
pain.
The doctor-and his wife, with the air
of a couple who had just finished a
good job, went to the depot and board-
ed a train. They are supposed to have
gone immediately to their winter home
in Br00klyn.
And New Canaan has something new
to talk about.
Butler Lodge, I- 0- 0- F.
Butler Lodge, I. O. 0. F. elected the
following officers Wednesday night :-
N. G.-——D. Burr Beach.
V. G.—-Samue1 Baker.
R. S.——F. E. Carr.
Twas—Milton Elwood.
Trustee—J. H. Batterson.
These officers hold.oflice for the next
six months. They will be installed at
the meeting Wednesday evening, Jan-
uary 3rd.
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Nominated Officers.
Division No. 13, N. A. S. E. nominat-
ed the following officers Wednesday
night:
President—S. R. Fancher.
Vice-Pres.—.\/I. J. Meserve.
Secretary—Levi J. Jones.
Treasurer—H. Pickering.
Conductor—Frank Caffery.
Doorkeeper—Henry Howard.
Trustees—William Johnson, C. C.)-
well. P. Hennessey.
Deputy—Levi J. Jones.
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Ebenezer Coley Injured.
Ebenezer Coley and a hired man who
reside at Chestnut hill, were thrown
from their wagon, Wednesday morning
by a pair of runaway horses.
Mr. Coley was picked up unconscious
and found to be suffering from a bad
cut on the head.
with a few bruises.
The horses continued on"their wil (1
career after clearing themselves ofi‘the
wagon but were finally captured. The
animals were badly cut.
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Central National Bank.
_ The directors of the Central National
Bank have declared a dividend of three
per cent., payable on and after Jan. 2nd,
1900. ‘
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:\ stomach pois-
onous refuse.
Hostetter’s
Stomach Bit-
ters will
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annulus rain.
The Eva L. 'Ferris and Jacob
S. Winslow Come To-_ .
gether.
FERRIS LITTLE DAMAGED.
Captain Clark Sails His Vessel for Newport
News.
The big four-masted schooner Eva
L. Ferris of South N orwalk, command-
ed by Captain c. w. Clark, collided
Tuesday night near Cape Henry with
the schooner Jacob S. Winslow. I
' The Eva L. Ferris was bound from
New Haven to Newport News, and the
Winslow was from Port Royal en route
to Baltimore.
( The collisiOn was caused by the Fer-
ris attempting to' cross the Winslow’s
bow and drifting into her.
The force of the collision carried
away the bowsprit and main and mizzen
rigging of the Winslow and set her to
leaking. She arrived safely at Nor-
folk, Va., Wednesday, however.
The Ferris was more fortunate than
the Winslow, her sail and rigging be-
ing but slightly damaged, and Captain
Clark set sail for Newport News where
he arrived safely and notified John H.
Ferris by telegraph of the accident.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
ThatCCntain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu~
factured by F. J. Cheney do 00., Toledo,
0., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tem. 1n buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. It is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio.
by E. J. Cheney 8; Co. Teetimonials
free. . ,
Sold by Druggists, price 750 per
bortle. '
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
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GERMAN FINANCES.
Statement of the Reichsbank the
\Vorst In Its History. , _ _
BERLIN, Dec. 28. — The rcichsbank
statement, issued last evening. is regard—
ed in German business circles as highly
unfavorable. It shows 71,000,000 marks
less metal in stock than a your ago, 34,-
000,000 marks in notes in circulation and
241,000,000 in discounts in excess of last
year’s figures. Herr Koch, president of
the bank, admitted that the final state-
ment at the end of the year would be the
worst in the bank’s history. The usual.
relaxation in January will be less marked
than in former years owing to London
conditions, where a further advance in
the money rate is expected.
An illustration of the severity of the
cold throughout Germany is the fact that
communication between Scherrebek and
the island of Poem is now had exclusive-
ly over a frozen arm of the North sea, a
condition which had not previously ex-
isted for 20 years.
A horrible wholesale murder has just.
been committed in Osiek, near Kalisch,
Poland. Nine members of the family of
a wealthy landed proprietor named Ko-
walski were killed'after frightful torture.
The house was robbed of everything val-
uable. The mutilated corpses were dis-
covered yesterday, but there is no clcw to’
the murderers.
Drowned In a Pond. .
CRAIGSVILLE, N. Y., Dec. 28.——Pe
ter Mackler, a German and manager of
the Blooming Grove Dairy company, was
found drowned in a small pond near the
dairy yesterday. Macklcr had been miss~
' ing since Saturday night and was found
by a party of citizens who had been
searching for him for some days. Mack-
ler’s body was found sticking in the mud
head downward in about two feet of
water. He had been despondcnt for some.
time. and this, together with a shortage
in his accounts, is said to be the cause for
the suicide. -
' Seeking New Cool Veins.
SHAMOKIN, Pa,
Stickney of New York, vice president and
general manager of the Union Coal com-
pany, and John L. Williams, who re-
signed the superintendency of the compu-
force of; men at work yesterday opening
new veins near Hickory Ridge, and they
will sink slopes at once. A modern break-
er will be, constructed, and work will. be'
given to 600 men and boys. The veins
are expected to yield coal for 25 years.
Another Torpedo Bout.
RICHMOND, Dec. 28.—Despite the
fact that it was snowing heavily a large-
crowd assembled at. the Trigg shipyard
yesterday afternoon to witness the
launching of the torpedo boat Stockton.
The Stockton is a sister boat to the Shu-
brick, which was launéhed at the Trigg
'yard some weeks ago. Miss Katharine,
Stockton, the oldest unmarried daughter
of the oldest son of Commodore Stockton,
ofi without the slightest; hitch.
Death on a. Trestle.
ANDERSON, S. 0.. Dec. 28.——W_’hile
James Jones, his wife, two children and
brother-in-law ,were walking on “a high
trestle near here a train suddenly came
upon them. Mrs. Jones was killed, her
body being horribly mangled. Mr‘.’ Jones,
with one of the children. jumped head-
long into the swamp below. The brother-
Dcc. 28:—Joseph '
ny’s collieries at this place, started a ’
christened the boat, and the aflfair went
in-law also jumped, and the other child
fell through the trestle. All were badly
injured, but it is thought they will re-
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‘Tl-IE . PANAMA CANAL:
A Company, With Thirty Million-
Cupitol Ihéorp'orated.
TRENTON, Dec. 28.—-The Panama
Canal Company of America, with an au-
thorized capital of $30,000,000, was in-
corporated here late yesterday. The ob-
ject of the company as 'shown by the “ar-
ticles of incorporation is to acquire by
purchase the ship canal of the Compagnie
Nonvelle dn Canal de Panama and. the
railway across the isthmus of Panama;
also to construct, equip and operate said-
canal and railway and the various enter-
prises connected therewith. The compa—
ny is further empowered to operate ships
and steamship lines, carry mails, passen-
gers and merchandise, operate telegraph
' and telephone lines, maintain wharfs,
warehouses and generally to engage in
any business advantageous to fhecome
pany’s business. ' "
The articles also empower the compa-
ny to enter into arrangements with any
government that may seem conducive to
the company’s object, including the ob-
taining of rights, privileges and grants.
The capital stock is divided into $5,<
000,000 first preferred stock, with 5 pet
cent noncumulative dividend; $15,000,000
second preferred stock. with 8 per cent
noncumulative dividend, and $10,000,000
common, stock.
‘_ The incorporators are: William P.
Chapman, Jr., 310 West Forty-fifth
street, New York; Henry W. Clark, 239
West Seventy-fourth street, New York,
and Francis D. Pollak of Summit, N. J.
'BIG TAX FEES.
County Treasurer. Get Large Sum-
For Doing Nothing.
ALBANY, Dec. 28.-——The fees of the
comptroller of New York city for the col-
lection of the collateral inheritance tax
for 1898 were $15,222; county treasurer
of Kings, $5,701; county treasurer of Al-
bany, $3,488; county treasurer of .Erie,
53,371; county treasurer of Westchester,
$3,189; county treasurer of Queens, $2,-
616; county treasurer of Orange, $2,324;
zounty treasurer of Columbia, $1,170:
county treasurer of Dutchess, $1,332;
:ounty treasurer of Rensselaer, $1,082;
:ounty treasurer of Onondaga, $1,610,
and other county treasurers a total of
517,000.,
An active attempt will be made at the
session of the legislature which begins
iext \Vednesday to cut 0E these immense
fees now obtained by the comptroller of
New York and the county treasurers of
the other large counties in the state. The
direction in which the fee cutting is to be
lone is the doing away with that portion
of the collateral inheritance tax law
which allows to these officials from 2 to 5
per cent on all their collections of that
tax, in which collection they have no real
part and are charged with no expense.
In New York city particularly it is
pointed out that with the decease in any
one year of several wealthy persons the
comptroller would get in fees $20,000 or
more in addition to his salary, while the
officials employed in his office are paid
out of the money collected by the state.
The inheritance tax collected by the
state for the past year has exceeded $2,:
000,000, an increase over last year of
more than $100,000. In 1898 it cost
$300,907 to collect $1,900,000, and this
included the fees of. county treasurers
and the comptroller of New York, which
amounted to a sixth of that cost.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
A fire in Fort “’ayne, Ind., destroyed
$200,000 worth of property.
The postofiice safe at lVatkins, N. Y.,
was blown open and robbed.
Edward C. Hodges & 00., Boston,
bankers and brokers, suspended business.
A disastrous flood was reported along
the Nooksack river, in Washington state.
The subscriptions to the Lawton home
fund from all sources have reached $31,-
405.45.
' The new bonthouse of Harvard college
oarsmen, just nearing completion, was
burned.
The Norunmore, which arrived at Nor-
folk, reported the loss at sea of an un-
known bark with 15 persons on board.
The plague was reported to be raging
in New Caledonia. ”The governments of
‘Australia have taken elaborate precau- -
"'tions.
V Small supply of \Vool.
BOSTON. Dec. 28I—Th‘e American
Wool and Cotton Reporter made public
today its annual review of the wool mar-
ket. It estimates the total supply of
wool in the United States at the close of
the year, exclusive of manufacturers’
holdings, at 157,398,879 pounds against
339,033,853 a year ago. '
Negroes Threaten a Town.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 28.,—
There is much excitement at Fort TVhite,
:1 town 30 miles from here, over the
threats of the negro population to burn
the town. The negroes are excited be-
cause of the killing of Tom \Vhitc. who
resisted arrest by the town marshal. The
marshal, it is claimed, acted in self de-
fense. The white people have armed
themselves and are on their guard.
he Famine In India.
' LONDON '. Dec. 28.——The viceroy of In-
dia, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, tele-
. graphs from Calcutta that there has been
no increase of rain and that 2,451,000
natives suffering from famine are now
receiving relief.
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