OPENING THE CONGRESS.
'MNES IN AND ABOUT THE NA‘
TIONAL CAPITOL
It. W's Speech on Aseulnlagthls
Speaker's Chair in the Boner-Kellen
Cola-d Randall Got Their Old Seats
Dy Courtney
incentives. Die s—m fiftieth cen-
gr. wu opened yen-day morning in
thep‘resence of animmenee throng of poo
plat
The galleries at both ends of the building
We crowded with visitors long before noon.
Ivan 'the diplomatic gallery of the senate
was full to overflowing, Hrs. Cleveland. ac
paiedbyhermotherendeev’eral ’ladiee. ar~
rived early andtook marred seats in the
senate gallery.
OldCapt. Benetthasheenthegnardienof
the dignity and secrecy of the senate for
fifty-six years. but he says that he never
w such a display of fiowers'ee that in the
kl. yesterday morning. Baskets of roses
designs of every conceivable shape were
hatter-d about on the decks of senators. and
but very few were forgotten
Just as theponderoushandeof the-errata
met at the hour of noon President In-
etepped to the their and his gavelde
sc‘dcd. 'l'hebebel of voices and confused“
aolsm ceased instantly. and every senator
rose to his feet. The senate of the Fiftieth
congress was in semion. and with bowed
heads the senators listened to prayer by the
displein. Rev. Dr. Butler. President Ingelh
thenaroseeaddlrecsedtheclerk tore-lathe
certificatm of election. appointments and
other papers received by the president pro
'l‘hefoliowing papers were submitted end
as senator from Nan li {.1887 until
Jonce; certificate of the governor of Florida
Jersey of the election of Rufus Blodgott;
L
Holman. the great objector. took a mu ..
asareehecouldgstte tneoee be held ms
melon ilelmendanotohaagea bltfmm
year to year. lie has theeeme rough. ans!»
ler race. the mine Minx voice. and triullrnr
editlm of the same suit of clothes with
which he came to congress. He always
wears a slouch hat and a black. string neck-
tie. and his suit is a business one.
Alter the roll call. to which 318 members
answered to their names. the house proceeded
to elrct a speaker. Hon. J. G. Carlisle we
nominated by It. Cofo. Y.).aad Ir. Olin
non (Ilia) nominated hir Thomas B. Reed.
of Maine.
News. Randall. Mills. Longand McKinley
were selected as tally keepers by the clerk.
and the vote resulted as follows: Carlisle.
163: Reed, 148; Brumm. a The last. two
\ mes were cast by the Independent members.
Nicholls (N. C.) and Smith (Wis)
Mr. Carlisle was then escormd to his desk
l-y Hears Cox end Reed amid hearty ap
plause. Mr. Kelly (Pin) having administered
the oath. thespeaker brought the house to
order with a tsp of the gavel. end made a
brief speech. He thanked the gentlemen for
the honor they had conferred upon him. and
dwelt upon the apprehension he felt in assum-
ing the duties of speaker for the third time.
THE KNIGHTS or LAeon.‘
Aeoessfuas to the Order.
A reporter who searched for him to ask his
Demeter-y Litchman and Secretary of the
Executive Board Hayes. Mr thclinisn.
afterreading the circular. talked freely on
bl. .
“There is no longer any necessity.“
the fact of his membership in the order a
secret. Nor is there any necessity foritueee’
men who pretend to have great strength in
lle asked for their consideration and forbear-
anwnn his efluru to do hlsduty; Continuing.
he said:
‘1 nvl‘t‘ has namely ever been a time in our bia-
Kory when the continued prosperity of our coun
try depended so largely upon legislation in con‘
which at this tun.- threaten the commercial and
industrial intewstv of the peoile are the direct
results of lam a bi. h conga-is alone can modify
of repeal.
it must be evident to every one who has taken
evenapertial survey of public affairs that the
time has come when a "Vlfiltlll of our revenue
laws and a’ reduction of taxation are absolutely
necessary In order to prevent a large and danger-
ous accumulation of money in the ll't‘llul'y.
“‘brtherthh ought or ought not when be it
done before is a question which it would be use-
lcm now to discusm it Is sufficient for us to know
that the financial t‘t-lidonll of the government
and the private bunnies of the people alike de~
mend the prompt consideration of the subjeoux
and the smelly enactment of some substantial
iiieestirw of relief. Unfortunately. we an~ mete
acrd by dangers from oppoaite directions. While
sooner or later in serious injury to the country.
we cannot be unmiudful of the fact that lihty;
and inconsiderate legllll‘llun on subjects more
or less afiertillg large nnaui ial and industrial up
tampons since the adjournment of the last
u-ion.
I‘d: Certificate of the governor of Florida
temporary eppomtment of J J.
goal-la lure should fill the vacancy caused
expiration of the term of Senator
of the election by the legislature of Samuel
Pesto; certificate of the governor of New
certificate of the governor of W est \' lrgmili
of the appointment by him of Danth B.
Lucas to fill the vacancy caused by the ex- l.
piratiou of the term of Senator (‘;aniden
certificate of the governor of \\ est \ Irginia
ofesummary of the proceedings by which
the legislature. in special ol-ssmn. elected
Charlch. Faulkner as senator to fill the
vacancy; credentials of William E. Chand-
-. ler as senator from the state of New liarrip- “mm" ““0“" ”"O‘Ny
shire.
The protest of Daniel B. Lucas against the
administration of the oath of ofilce to Daniel
J. Faulkner was ordered printed in The?
Round. The privileges of the door were
given to Mr Faulkner pending the decision l:
of the niiitest. Mr Hoar presented a me~
movie] of ll Winter and others in rrepect tu'
_the seat if Senator Turpin. of Indiana.
which was referred to the committee on
privileges and election. Ir. Turple was
sworn in. however. and Ir hulkner is the ‘
only senator who Is not esyetqualifiedto‘
vote upsii any‘qaesthie coining before the?
Mk
senate It k that Mr. Faulkner
will take his seat before the holiday recess.
It wasintersating to study the new end
oldsenatorsasthey strolled into the them ;
her just before ill o’clock. Each had already,
chosenaveat. andwent w it at once—the
old senators with an air of easy indiflerence.
and the new Gum with more
dignity. 'l be new senator from Indiana. lllr.
Tux-pie. attracted as much attention as any.
He came in early. and took a mat beside Mr.
\ oorhees Both had baskets of flowen sent
than Your-hoes handled his. inhaled their
fragrance. and seemed pleased when he saw
the name of the donor.
oualy avoided looking at his flowers " at
all. He is a good looking ~mau.
large. strongly built. with a
shaped heed Hie seedy gray board. which
covers all his face. is clipped short. and he
has a good crop of heir of the same color.
“’ere be thinner and a few years older he
would look not unlike John Sherman. Faulk~
nor. of “hot \irginia. egood looking. stal-
wart young man. sat on the outer row of the
Democratic side. nervously toying with his
watch them. Behind him almost hidden in
a big armchair. Was a little square built E
men. with large mustache. thick iron-gray .
hair. and urlous face. He wore a light
oven-oat. and carried s summer style derby ‘7
hat. This was Mr. Lucas. whom the gov
other of West Virginia appointed as senator.
but who wlll probably not be seated.
The new senator from Pennsylvania. M. 8.
Quay. is a. handsome man. He has curly
Nlrl‘ k hair. carefully kept muslin he to
match. correct features end a toth
belly. weighing about 300 pounds He wore
a Loyal league badge in his buttonhole yes-
terday. lind kept very quiet. only coca-slow
ally whispering a word to his neighbor. A.
S. Paddock. the since-or of the peculiar
.Van W yck. Paddock looks very much as he
did when a senator before. the only change
being that be has cut short his iron gray hair.
Pasco. of luorlda. the summer of Jones.
of Detroit. looks like a country preacher.
He sat waiting his turn to be sworn without
moving even his eyelids. He is a small» men.
with a sallow complexion and jet black hair
end chm whiskers. He wore .a suit of old
time shiny broadcloth. end looked very
solemn.
The biggest men physically who stood up
to bi sworn were Reagan and Coke. of
Texans. Hiscuck. of New York. and the new
llic igan senator. Stockbridge. The latter
is large in every way. has a general Fal-
staflisii air, a huge grey beard. thick. bushy
heir of the same color. and when he laughs
be shaken all over.
When all the senators had been sworn in
Hr. Insulin. the presiding officer. shook
hands gravely with each. as though he had
never met them before.
The scenes in the house were a repetition
of those in the senate. There are four-times
as many repmsentatives es senators. end the
confusion. handshaking, noises and flowers
weenie a fourfold ratio. Dense crowds of
jostling people elbowed one another in the
corridors and on the stair-ways. and choked
upthedoorways toall the galleries foran
hour before the gavel fell. Within the lull
dthehonsetheme-bers who-had not‘yet
been sworn in. and who not entitled to emu.
wands-ed about. new members in tow ofold
«asunder-mil“ the ordeal of introduction
and or strolling elf into the
cloak room to join the uokingand laughing
groups. There were flowers everywhere on
Mr. Tut-pie etulll~ l
well '
tel-est: might proliaze. temporarily at least. ills-
turbancee and .mwulehu which a more
pnlderlt i‘oum would entirely avoid.
investments made end labor employed in the
, numerous end valuable industries nhlch have
grown up under our present system of taxation
ought not to he rudely disturbed by sudden and
radii al changes in the policy to whlv b they have
a justr-d throne-vine but the just demand of an
overused people and We obvious requirements
. of the- financial situation iannot be entirely
imperilling much
greater and more widely extended interests than
“V mu mum Mb” h. “‘1“?quth ‘3“ I“ :“They say they will not bay the per cliplts 3
lby a moderate and a reasonable Nut Inn of
gdutiea No part of our peopb are more home
dietely or null: interested an the cunulluliiicc
of financial prosperity then those who labor ior
wages. l‘ port them and their families must
always fall the moat disastrous consequence of
a monetary orient end they. too are always the
last to realize the benefit of a rvlurnlo pron
perous tunes 'lhcir pages are always the
first to fall when the crisis comes. and the last to
9 run when it pales-away. Our elm-t should be
iii-Ron! the wry selhf to all without lu-
jury to the interests of any. and therefore that
course of lexlahtion should he pamoed which
. mitihl uie paraly xing effects of e geiiersl and
" proluugrel fllleui‘ld depression. and at the same
line not lnt‘ertere with their steady employment
or deprive tin-m of any part of the Just reward
of their toll u this can be done—and l beileve
it can if our dot-harem are (3031!th with the l
medium and patriotuun which the gravity of the
m i situll’iou demands—this cougrwlu Will have value
'to congratulate itself on an achievement Wllli‘h
‘ pruilllsrs peace and Wty to the country for
many years to come.
Them lemurs may be maid-red launievrhu
out of the \l-lll course. and perham not entirely
pertinealwthe occaaliimbstt l belieie \ou will ’
gelt use. them. gentlemen. beiause they relate to
uppermost in the minds of all the people. On the
I correct solution of the questions it lilt‘ll theis- sub -
necessarily involve may depend the fees
mt only of pullllt‘nl parties. but what ill far more
important. the permanent welfare of thegrealut '
, and most elillghlened constituencies in the world,
Again 1 thank you. gentlemen. for the conflic-
uuue and honorable place to which you have
' assigned me
i The speaker. was loudly applauded. and
:the new members were summoned to hie
. desk in bodies of twelve and. havnig quali~
‘.fied took the oath of oflice
The house wives then called by states. and
the oath of office administered. The Illinois
men occupied the door by themselves, as did
the New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio dele
E geuons. The other states were sworn in
'groupe of four or live each hill hignu and
' Minnesota were sworn together
The Moose ol electing unicorn of the
how was much as usual. Mr. Clix offering
the resolution embodying the names adopted
by the Democratic caucus. and Mr. Cannon
offering an amendment to substitute the
names selected by the Republican caucus.
Bruumi. who was elected asa Republican.
created some surprise by offering a resolu-
tion to substitute a. list of one." headed by
Robert Schilling. of Milwaukee. for clerk.
The amendments Were voted down \vlthout
division and the Denim ratio officers elected.
They came forward and the oath of value
was administered. Doneleon. the defeated
doorkeeper, was the first to take his sues
ocular. Mr. Hurt, by the hand and congrat-
ulate him.
in the drawing of seats in the house the
. first chosen was that occupied by Gen. Ger-
: field during his lust term in the house. It
l is fourth in the second aisle on the Repub-
lican side, just behind that always reserved
for Judge Kelley. the father of the house.
It was chosen by Kr. Davis. of Manchu-
aette, who was lucky enough to get; the first
choice. The} scenes were amusing. as is
usual at thes’e biennial violations of the die—
trlct. gambling laws. For three days the
reading clerks have been busy counting and
arranging the little 4va marbles with
which this game of chance is played. Some
have been lost. and from some the numbers
have become defaced. Some were dupli-
cates and some were blanks. When they
wereallcluinel, counted and proved they
were put into the little mahogany box. from
which the little blindfolded page draws them
one by one.
Jnnstaoclock the battle of the marble-
in the box awakened anxiety in the breasts
of the new members. who were anxious to
getawallpleesd ill the wart as pmsible.
All the desks were oblige- he be vacated. and
the members stoodemwded together his
semicircle back of the lobby. By unanimous
consent Judge Kelley and Ir. Cox were
permittedto retain their old sale These
wantheonly onesso favored. but an inti-
mefion from some one fitting ne'er wu all
that VII
onlsaraiag
whoseltwasbuasdaddsaedteuk'aheek
mmflaum u.
umh—Wfl nae-w.
gm“ me now. for the reason that the dangers l
a policy of non‘ecuon must inevitably result}
l in l guarantee the laboring people of the country .
lubjm‘lfll'llltll. eaweemeliible here lodev are ,
this city to keep their identity a secret. No
Zthe public is not ready to accept the unv
§qualified statement of persons who decline
.to let their identity be known. If the
men whoare at the head of this movement.
‘were delegates to the general assembly
lthey know that the general ext-rutlvei
board was in no way responsible for the;
large expenditure of money last year. , They,
must know that the expenditure w is made;
by order of the general asseiliuly itself. The
payment of over 8300.000 for settling bad:
strikes was ordered by the general assert»?
.hly. and the general executive board wan
i not consulted in the matter at all. Not only:
lives the fund set apart for eui-b purposvlj
thus expanded. but $l50.lm of the general?
fund went in the same direction." 7
Mr. Litcliman characterized the reports that;
the order was going to pieces as ridiculous
and untrue. “We are getting hundreds of
letters daily from all sections of the country
assuring us that the movement against. tlm
administration is getting no foothill! in other:
districta Chicago and Philadelphia are the
‘ circles in Whit h the movement is Itroiigett;
lend if the order was to go all to plea-s
in those too places the Knights u:
Labor would scarcely feel it. it is
S but a drop in the bucket.“
produced ncords up to July 1. allowmg that
on that date there were Mule“: members iii
.good standing in the order. The number
now be estimated at not less than 550.000. lu' ‘
round figures. Strive July 683 new local
ammblies have been organised. ll lapsed
locale have been reorganized. and over 1.009
have been reinstated they having been sue—i ‘
pended for various causes
ln corirlusimi Secretary lrlwbman said:
l tax. and yet they doi lure the work against
‘ its shall be done within the order. Jan. l
the usual notice of taxes due will be neat to
every ameinby in the order. Ar was done
last year. this will be accompanied by a
notice that unless the money In pnld mthlll
forty days the assembly Wlll be susgsinilod:
I give them tell tiliysuver the tint - given by
the constitution. Therefore. if they don‘t
pay up the war upon us will have to be lnnde'
outside of the order. and it will not take the
; member: long to recognise this fact."
Superior Marksmanship.
i Doritos. Div. ll «F. F. Bennett. the ex-
pert revolver shut. yesterday commenced lna'
Chevalier l’aine‘s moon! of N1 points in six
days. lie w.ll continue to tire l\KlIh0\vi a
day for six consecutive days. to settle a
,heevy wager. Bis score yesterday aggre-
‘gatml 886 point-i. ‘5 points higher than Mr.
Pslue‘s. and it points higher then his best
previous record He secured 83 bull‘s-eyes «
A \nuthful l-‘lwnd.
Jxasxv Ci'rr Dec 6 —l-‘rederlck Rib-y.
‘ it) years old. all liinilile of the Home
; of the Six-tars of thli Peace. was arrested lust
night for cruelly torturing dyeurold Thomas
Jones. another inmate of the institution. It
after rrniuvuig his clothes. forced him down
one Ml but above. Joni. was rescuzd by
‘Blster Evalmgellst. lie is terribly burned.
and may \llt‘. ltlluy was always regarded
as a vicious fellow.
National Republican (‘luh Delegates.
Wlisnlsuros. Doe. G.-—‘l‘lm National Re
public.“ club. of this city. last night selected
the following delegates to the national con
Vcnllull of Republican clubs called to meet.
in New York city on Dec. 15: A. M. Clapp,
president; Hon. Samuel Sliellllhlinrer. Col.
William P. Csuaday. Ms). A. i‘. Richards.
Hon. Charles Pelham and H. W. Crowley.
Alternates: Frank Aldru ll. ‘6. P. Brown.
Clinton Rica. Matt Trinible and F. G. Bar-
badoep.
Death of a Veteran I-‘lnancler.
Mourns-rows. N. J.. Dec. ti. «Gen. Samuel
l. Hunt died of apoplexy yesterday in this
city. aged 95 years; He was major general
of the First division. New York State
militia. many years ago. He was enotod
financier, and has for forty years been a
dlrector in the 'i‘radelsman‘li National bank
of New York.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED.
John L. Sullivan is drawing large and
profitable houses in England.
Judge Cowiug. of the New York court of
general sessions. postponed peuiiig sentence
on John Most. the Anarchist. until Thurs-
day. when application for a new trial will be
madr.
Twenty persons were injured in Temwater.
out. While attending an auction sale of
furniture a floor gave way and seventy peo-
ple. together with a quantity of goods. were
precipitated into a cellar nine feet below.
“Mistsiok him for a bear and killed him.”
This is what Thomas Nephew. of Superior.
Win. told the sheriff on delivering himself
up. He was looking for game. Hessw an
object and tired. Then he discovered he had
shot a young woodemen.
Theodore Babesky. a 'Hungerian laborer.
is declared to have been robbed and mur-
dered in the Hoeslc mountains. north of
Scranton. Pa. where hlsbody waefonnd on
Sunday afterunon.
Hrs. Phelps. of mud: Ilk. blew her brains
out in the-presence hsrchlldren. No
cause was aligned forth. desperate dead.
A saloon owned by Stevenson Brothers in
on Sunday morning
heenputinoyetereane
Jaeob'l'errmatitliedin
l“tron.nightwear aoluhbingl «misled-«l
nun. about a week“
by Oscar Isaaaou,e
use m " WW
Robert JM alias Nacho-germ
plleeof Harry M’thetnurdersr. and
lob-rt Wlhea; Were-ruptured
in Ranger-k 1‘ “thing Ola-mined I
“I. . . v i '
m as lugs m‘ villas rapid
wreukthebuk.
HALF A MILLION MEM mils:
é a man who Walled roi- Nearly roar
THE RECENT DISAFFECTION AMONG}
mum“. Dee. n—Genaral Mater
Workman Powderly was not at the head-i
quarters of the Knights of Labor yesterday. :
views on the circular issued by the “Pro-u
visionel committee“ of the malcontaats of‘
the order. laid the matter before General.
the subject of its sflect on the order and its,
said;
lie. “for a member of the Kn glue to keep:
names are attached to this cl cular. and
A LONG TRAMP ENDED.
Years Without Ceaslrlg.
Wuasu. lud.. Dec. tL—Jolin Snyder. the
2 famous walking man of Blackford county.
5 died at his home at Mill Grove Sunday night.
An Interview with, General Secretary;
thchrnan—flle Opinion of the Malcon-g
tents—The Revolt Insignificant-Large:
: slept. while on h‘u console. tramp. and he
Snyder bad beensfibeted with a nervous
disease. which hindered it impossible fla-
him to remain quiet. save when he slept.
For nearly four years he ate. and sometimes
literally walked himself to death. It is said
that he walked when miles-on his long tramp.
His ease utterly bellied thephysiciene. wuo
contented themselves with predicting that
he would not survive .fhe year. Until
recently Snyder had been in excellent health
and bouyant spirits. 8.2 months ago, how
ever. he began to fail. slid during the past
few weeks his step legged. he grew pale and
haggard and refused to talk. His limbo began
to swell last mouth and lie was troubled with
varicose veins.
Another and last efiort to prevent him
from walking was made. but it proved
unsuccessiui. be growing, trantic wuan
restrained. He weakened very rapidly dun
in): the past week. but retained the usual
bis limbs almost. to the lust.
Snyder was perlech conscious at his
death. and recognized his friends. Until he
began realising on his infirmity he was very
poor. but his dime museum engagemenh
netted him nearly 312000.
A Big [deal by Burglars.
BANGOR, Me. Dec. d—Pewr Bennett. a
wealthy and miserly farmer. resides at New-
pur . and with him lives his granddaughter
and her husband. Mr. Bennett is 80 years
old and is reported to be worth some 375.000.
and towing distrust of savings banks has
house. Sunday night Bennett‘s grand-
dsughter‘s husband was ruined by the report
of a pistol. Heetily dressing. he got out of a
window and ran to the residence of Mr.
Bennett‘s eon. half a mile away. Amusing
young Bennett. they returned to the house.
lie their *
trial llllill h of shooting loll shots a day with ‘
an army revolver. at “alumni“. to limit :
is alleged that Riley gagged Jones and than, V
Cutler. 1nd. 1'- New ‘1?th MPO“ '
' hsvkpluive hall
where they found the elder Bennett lying on
the floor in a pool of blood. Bennett was
restored to consciousnelm. when it was learned
. that robbers had beaten him and escaped
with 833.000 in bills sud gold.
The Old. Old Story.
DUBLIN. Dec. fi—Eigh persons whowere
present at the famous midnight meeting at
“‘oodfonl were tried and sentenced at this
iplsce yesterday to terms of imprisonment
varying in duration. Hr. Bee'les. counsel
for the defendants, characterized the pro-
t«mediums as farclml. whereupon he was
ejected from the court. After his expulsion
he adillmsed a large crowd which assembled
in the street. and refused to dcslst when
ordered to do so by the iolice. T‘ v con-
fsrabulary then charged ul-ou the crowd.
:uflllg their batons freely. and dispersed it.
Several persons were badly but t.
To Reply to Cardinal Gibbon.-
BALTIMORE. Dec. til—The Presbyterian
'tnilluters of lllIS't‘lfy at their meeting yes-
telday. dllt‘usst‘tl the article \puhlishcd in the
otltlllt‘l‘ number of The. North American
‘Review by (animal Gibbons. in which he
says that the public school system of
Alumna is so Viciouli as to endanger the
stabll u of the government. The cardinal
wnsiiianlo the subject of no complimentary
)l‘t‘llllirkh‘. Finally. Rev. Andrew D Croat
, l was appointed to prepare a paper in reply to
the \ lews and opiiiiuiie of Cardinal Gibbons
as r eprmzd by him in the above nlontlxinad
article
Reducing Proditctlon In Reading.
RIADIN“. l‘n. Del. ll.-C2\lmlllt!ll0lu. this
week the production of the Reading stove
3 works is reduced one~third. thereby throwing
a number of hands out of employment. The
largest lapweld furnace in the pipe will of
the Reading iron works has shut down. sus-
_ pending fifty more men indefinitely. making
i a total of 200 hands discharged within a few
gdays. Only half Lime is being made at
I present at hitllvain & Sona‘ large boiler
plate works. and other manufacturinges-
l tablisbmente ili this city have had their oper~
‘stions tut-tailed. owing to the dullness of
trade.
} At Sea “'lthout a Navigator.
: Rahfllohn. Dev. (in—The schooner Will-
:iem hi. Hines. which was thought to have
3 been lost at sea. arrived in port yesterday.
g She left Rarscoa Nov. 11 for Baltimore. On
l Nov. l9 her cnptaiu. Robert H. Clarke. died
, .at sea and was buried on No Name Key. one
of the small islands of the Bahama group.
2 The mate who engaged for the trip having
deserted, the death of the captain left her
without any one acquainted with naviga-
tiou. and it was only by sheer good luck that
Andrew time]. a Norwegian. one of the
icrew of six men. succeeded in making this
port.
Great Britain's Deed Diplomat.
Losnon. Dec. (”t—Richard Bickerton
Parnell Lyons. whose death has been looked
for for sortie time part. died yesterday. He
was the only surviving son of the first Lord
Li one. who was ram-d to the peerage fur
gallpntry while commanding Great Britain 3
naval forces at the storming of Sebeetapol.
The dead diplomat was a bachelor. and the
title dies with him. Lord Lyons had been
in the foreign serviu of Great Britain for
nearly half a century. He will probably be
buried in the Aruiidel family vault at Amn-
del Castle. Sumex. the seat of the Duke of
Norfolk.
Killed by an Electric Shock.
Lvoxs, N. Y.. Dec. d—leer E. Wood.
manager of the Cunendelgue Electric Light
company. was killed by an electric shock in
that village Sunday evening. Noticing that
an electric lamp on the street did not burn
clearly. be attempted to fix the carbon. His
kid glove was wet. and. coming in contact
with the magnetized part of the lamp. be re-
ceived a terrible shock. He dropped on
conscious upon the ground. where he was
picked up a moment later and breathed his
last. The only mark upon him was a small
hole in his thumb.
A llallclous "Little Wanderer."
Boston. Dec. lt—Charles Bailey, a ill-year-
old orphan. who was sent by the managers
of the Home for Little Wanderers, by which
institution be had been sheltered for some
time previous. to the farm of fisnry Brown,
in Greeterfielil. timber been returned by
Mr. Brownbeceuse of the malicious cher-
ectarof the led. Hr. Brain‘s residence and
an adjoining barn were burned. «using a
loan! 85,“.sndtheboyconfe-adthe
crime.
'A Morons Colorado lob.
Grunt. Colo. Dec. d—The citieens of
.fliieplaoewersereuIedSundsybythe
eonndsof pistolshotsand the tramping of
bosses. Upon theetteettheyfound
4 reaching
:about nfty armed lane is poms-ion, who
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minteheldlefertwewsska
always kept. a large amount of money in the .
in: will;
‘ Lilll .. ", GFNTS’ and CHILDREN’S
MBRIM UNDERWEAR .
IN ALL SIZES,
__ AT—
POPULIilLPRICES.‘ ,
A. DICKEHMAN & sell;
39 Washington \lrm-t. South Norwslk.
gents end she;
Buns and Skill
0. H. HARVEY
Would most respectislly invite mince—er h
public to one «the
Best and Cheapest Line of
Goods Ever Olefin.
I
We“;
v. um» m 65‘
Hill [ill 3!
We lure this year an uI-ueeue ly extensive emos
sf hendmmrly deeilrued erllclt-B sultlblr for presents
at wry loi- p ices
FOB INSTANCE
Antique Fanrv Wood Plush cov-
ere l‘hairs.
m
** BEING sum wrru CARE AND
ll nulls-Ionic poliLlllell Oak (3 berry STRICTLY 305031 you 0‘33
'l at us.
AT LARGE DISCOUNT. AND
EXPENSES BEING LIGHT,
TELLS THE STORY.
ll
\ large assortmentof Rattan
and Reed Rockers. .
Also in Mark a large 1an of
Parlor Suits Easy I hairs, Di- Come and BMW?
vans an odd Chairs. * Goods “fol-gm.
W liliiiit. flak. cherry. Ash and lug £1.0me
Antique t hambcr Suite. E
At very LOW PRICES for CASH
David Stow,
in, so and at Main on ;
[VP STAINS ‘
l
‘COME ONE COME ALL AND SECURE
THE BARGAINS.
c. H. HARVEY:—
|2 Main Street.
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flouting. guts. C‘l‘.
Peoples’ Market.
CALL AND LOOK AT THE
Turkeys and Chickens
can":- :31: BIA'!‘ IN ail-sine wows.
HUME DRESSED BEEF l SPEcIlLlI:
When doing your trading Saturday call and see what i can one: you in the way of
Poultry, Meats and Vegetable
-—-OF ALL Kl‘im.——-—-
A. R. TYLER.
51 Main Street.
fish. {mils and ilegrfeblrs.
CHRISTLIAS WILL SOON BE HERE.
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HIS PRICES quLL BE REASONABLE.
Choice Fruits 8: Vegetables
of all kinds are also to be had at his market.
Observe Christmas day prowrly by purchasing your Turkeys and Poultry at
BEMSON’S MARKET. MAIN STREET.
gins, fires: guilds, 03c.
W. B. HALL & CO.
VLARGEST DEALERS IN
SEAL GLO ,. ,
Fine Dress Goods,
HUSIBI'Y, Underwear, Dress Whigs
curtain Hoods & upholstery.
ARE LOCATED
6n the Main. Street,
CORNER CAN NON.
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