w“ ‘sonrrr NORWALK usruonrsrs ‘ Ira. Iranian mu Arm. to Duplicate 2 and elected officers for the current year: ' for instructions. The society unani- ‘NUMBER 1.955. umermmasor SOUTH NORWALIi. CONN, IlRIDAY. JUNE 22.1394. ACCEPTED urn ones. ‘wrti. nurrn A transaction. “1 Funds Inland by the Society Outside of has Own fatally Until the Amount ‘ Reaches Thirty Thousand Dollars. The trustees of the First Methodist church met last evening at the pastor’s President. E. Hill; secretary. Charles Smith, and treasurer, Charles E. Sey— ,mour. Areport was received from the com- mittee, E. Bill, T. 1. Raymond, Charles . F. Bullock and Henry 1. Smith, regard. ing anew church building. , The report waaunanimously approved and wasre‘ ferred to a meeting of the society which was held at 8:30 in the audience room of the church. ‘ The report was in substance as follows: Mrs. Hannah Hill had offered for the purpose of building a new church to duplicate any funds raised by the socis ety from any source outside of her own family, until such fund amounted to $30,000. The trustees agree to not make a contract for a church until $30,000 or more is actually in hand, and not to run in debt more than $5,000, on account of the new church edifice. , The agreement has been carefully drawn and fully considered for several weeks by the officers of the church. T. 1. Raymond explained the matter to the society, and the president of the board of trustee» on behalf of the board, asked mously voted that the trustees accept the offer of Mrs. Hill and that they pro- coed forthwith to raise funds for a new church and in due time erect the church. The trustees will meet again'llionday night to perfect their arrangement for carrying into effect the instructions of the society. ' ______ OLIVE BRANCH'S VISITORS. l'lfry Bridgeport Knightalof Pythlaa Pay Then: a Fraternal Watt. About fifty members of Joseph Dow- dall Lodge, No. 40, of Bridgeport, paid a fraternal visit, last night, to Olive Branch Lodge, No. 10, Knights of' Pythias. The visitors were met at the depot by a delegation from Olive Branch Lodge and escorted to the lodge head- quarters in the Swartz & Corbett block. The team of Dowdall lodge worked the amplified rank on William Henry Hull. This is considered'the leading team in the state. and the work was very credit- ably performed. A very fine drill was afterward given. Then the members of Olive Branch and their guests were served to an elab- orate supper under the direction of Vio- cent Fabritis. The feast finished, a re— turn was made to the hall. where a reception and social time followed until it was necessary for the visitors to de- part. There was speech-making, ' singing and recitations during the evening. The Bridgeport men expressed great pleasure at their t'cntment hereand hop- ed to return again soon. midrib it... 5.....1; a." soils. The Rev. James H. Smith, who passed quietly away T useday morning, in Nor. walk, had closed his fortyvfour years as a prominent ,colored minister. lie was sixty-seven years old. bill was loved and respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife. (our daughters and three sons. The funeral was largely attended from the Knight Street A. M. E. church. yesterday afternoon. The Rev. 1. S. Sands officiated, assisted by the Rev. Allen Walker, of l’oughkeepsie. N. Y.; ltev. Mr. Thor'nas, of New Rochelle. and Rev. Garret llaulsubeck. There was singing by the church choir. The burial was at Riverside. One of the sons of the deceasedflis Oswald R. Smith, proprietor of Smith'Ntesaenger Agency, Norwalk. a versatile newspaper correspondent. and another son holds a responsible [mitten in the New York office of the Equitable Assurance company. ~Gat a gmwdwshore dinner at’the lm- perial cafe, Railroad place. Carl Schaub. Sergeant Chase [lasted a Menuaant. The members of Company F held a special meeting at the armory,last night, to choose a successor to Second Lieuten- ant John W. Latmn, resigned. The elec- tioureaulted in the choice of Sergeant John 11. Chase. There were fiftyuthree members present,hnt by some strange W counted, it was found that fifty-four votes had been cast. Afters heated dis- miss another ballot was taken, result ing as follows: Votes cast. lid; Barnum J. H.0hasa.fl;m Sergeant William Battery, 11; Private Thomas Hunt, is. After the election was announced, lfr. Chase served refreshments to mesons- Want. when the ballots were my], Itwaaalsovotedthar tbssociety KDEPBAUDBD HIS PARTNER. Arreswd Just as lie was About to Board the city of Albany. Constable Edward Allen. of Westport. came to South Norwalk, last night, looking for Martin Faldman. a peddler. who. it was claimed, had defrauded his partnerfilfatthew Lelhner,of $85 worth of goods. Sometime ago. the latter claimed, Feldman, who liad been selling his wares in Stamford, told Leihner he had been robbed of his entire stock. and had no idea where it was. Yesterday the two men decided to dissolve their co-partnersbip, and each went his way. During the afternoon Leibner visited a house and there found Feldman and another peddler, and the former, Leihner claims,_was trying to dispose of certain goods which he said had been stolen from him. Before Feldmau could be arrested. he left town. The officers searched many; houses in Springwood, last night. b t were unable to find their man. Th' morning Chief of Police Vollmer, who was watching the steamer City of Albany. arrested Feldman just as he was about to step oh board. He was turned over to Constable Allen and taken to Westport, where he was given a hearing. The prisoner was brought before Justice George B. Smith. He retained as counsel Attorney Joseph Taylor, of South Norwalk. Both sides of the case were heard, and the justice decided that Feldman had an equal interest with Leibner in the goods and that he had a perfect right to. sell them, and he was consequently acquitted. rnsrrr rrasr class. The Norwalka fleet the Allegany Nine In a Well Contested Game. The Norwaik Park Baseball club had an ideal day for the opening of their new grounds yesterday. The weather was excellent, the attendance good, and the game was a scientific exhibition of the national game. Heine’s band led the players from the Norwalk House to the grounds, and during the game enlivened the hearts of the enthusiasts with their inspiring strains. Mayor Keeler and the City Council were in attendance and his Honor opened the game with a neat and appropriate speech. The visitors, after their four hundred mile trip, put up a nice game of baseball. It was not the regular Allegsuy..nine, but the reputation of the house suffered nothing in the hands of those who wielded their clubs for her yesterday. Close and Sheehan, two Norwalk boys, were the battery. They will be with the No'rwalks for the rest of the season. The Norwalks played a good game, considering that it was their first game. McAllister showed that his rest of a few years has not hurt his pitching arm, and “Capt. Jack" backed him up in grand style. Thomas Ward umpired. The score: Norwalks ............. o o 0 o 0 l o 0 3—4 Allegany..............'_' ii I ll 1 u 1 3 o._3 Tomorrow the Park club will play a team frOm St. Joseph's society, of Bridge' port. TAYLOR AVENUE SEWER. What Englaner Brigg- brra to Say irr Ile— gard to the Estimate. City Engineer Briggs, in reply to “Tax- payer's" queries relative to the appropria- tion for the Taylor avenue sewer, printed in Tru-z Ssx'rra'rzr. yesterday, says the bid of the man who received the contract is erceptlouallylow, as he is likely to find out before the work is completed. If this bidhsd been thrown out the next lowest bid would have been,in round figures. ”.500, and Mr. Sheldon‘s bid was about 82,800. The figures, Mr. Brrgga says, do not include the tots expense of constructing the newer: than are some things the city will be obliged to furnish. He says he was informed In the street, and that he was advised by competent authority to make his ostl mate 01.000 over rather than .100 under what the construction would cost. lint-d a Delegate to Olavolnld. At a business meeting of the Norwalk Congregational Y. P. S. C. 16.. last night. it was voted to send lira. Andrew V. Heath, of West Main street. as a dele- gatetothe international convention of the order in Cleveland. Ohio. in July. An invitation was received from a wealthyand prominent citrus of that city. throush Dr. Noble, to entertain the delegate elected during berstay «Cleve- psy its shareof the expense of sending H. 0. Bailey. president of the Union. to the convention. ‘ WM Independents lien ulcers. The independent Social club held a business meeting and the semi-annual em of officers. last night, at the hoarse! Benoit Drsyfnm. on Elisabeth street. Theatretionresnltadas follows: M HMS. W: W- : harm and W. that there is a great amount of bardpan 8000 CENTER SCHODLIFFAIRS} true assert. neuritic or To nrsrarc'r new rasr mom: .’ Only Seventeen Voters Present. and ueb Complaint lads of the Laci- uterus! of Taxpayers aid Parents-Encouraging Reports by Committee and Principal. The annual meeting of the Center school district was held last night in the district school house. Although but seventeen voters were'present. the meet- ing was, nevertheless, a very earnest one. The meeting was called to order by Charles H. Arnold, clerk of the dis— trict. William H. Seymour was elected chairman. In answer to the call for the com- mittea’ report. Committeemau George B. St. John stated that all the improvements ordered at the last meeting had been completed. There was no other items of the committees’ report. ' When the treasurer‘s report was called for, it was read by Chrles L. Glover and accepted. It was as follows: HlCliPlS. Balance last report .................... .3 266.13 From Town of Norwalk ................. 0,008 90 Loans .................................. 2,150.“) From collector ........................... 5m} Total........ . ...... ...ssmss ESI’KN DITURIH Teachers' salaries ...................... “moi Janiwr ................................... 3101 Georg-J B. Sturges ....................... .26 E. K. Lockwood dz Co ................... 1.820.!!! A. R. Malkln (c Co ...................... 7i.l7 H. L. Spicer ............................. 25.00 MeekerCoalCo....,.. . 2443i C. A. Burr .............................. 123.33 Hodson a. Cu. ................ 32 50 Walk in freon. l8.“ J. A. Pluneo ................ . . fill 27 interest .................... 2 .............. 581.92 lncldentals ............................. lit! to Total ............................... “$86.36 Balance on hand ........................... 351.54 Following the laying aside of the treasurer‘s report. Charles A. Tucker, principal of the school, reported that the aggregate attendance of the school was 52,470; average attendance, 2,877; perl cent. of attendance, .82; aggregate tardi- ness, 212, which is fifty-six less than last year. Then cruise the election of officers. which resulted as follows: Committee. men,.'elson iiuhbell,George B. St. John and Charles A. Quintnrd; treasurer, , Louis XIV‘s great and vain war- min- ing his coat of arms carved side by man's design by having the body re touvms raise fro. sr macs-m. is: the on» mu sort-a Illa mu an , Each Occasion. Very few people are aware that later, Louvois, under whom the Ho- tel des Invalides was built, was aux. ions to immortalize himself by haw aide with those of the "Roi Soleil,” but that the king on learning of it had them effaced. Foiled 'in this, Louvois left a secret clause in his will, ordering that his remains be de- posited in the vault of the lnvalides, which order was complied With by the then curate, M. do Mauroy. Again the king frustrated the proud moved. . As though he had had a presenti- ment of this posthumous mtracism, Louvois had taken other measures to leave an enduring, souvenir of him- self in connection with the historical edfice. He prevailed upon a sculp— tor, who stood too much in awe of the powerful'rninister to dare refuse, to carve the crests of five of the (Bil do hoeuf mnnsardes on the eastern wing, overlooking the Coeur d'Hon- neur, in the following fashion: On the head of a wolf (loop, rest— ;ing on his paws and looking down into the yard, thus making: the play of the words on his moire “harps v0it;" the other four representing a panache of ()fiil'lttll phones. the at- tributes of a grand wigucur; upow— der barrel in the act of r'xpltxlllrg, as a symbol of war; rm owl and 0. but, the two latter the emblems of vigi- lance-:tvrrtue that was his special boast: Those souvenirs, carved in stone, are there tmluyruul may in- terest marry a visitor. When, after Louvois’ death, the king heard of this petty combination of vanity, lie is said to have uttered, with a shrug of his shoulders. “Poor follow, that is just like him.”«—American Regis- ter, Paris. Attending Ono's Own l-‘rrneralr An east end man told me he has attended his own funeral at number of titties in his dreams. He laughing- ly remarked, if experience had any- thing to do with it, that he. was bet-- ter qualified to superintend the ar- rangements for his own funeral than any underwear thatmight be called. 0n five different occasions . this gen- Charles L. Glover; clerk, Charles N. Ar- nold: collector, Charles A. Burr. , The committee were authorized to hot: row money to meet the currhnt 9W of the district. It was also voted that the old closets on the school ground he removed. ' Treasurer Charles L. Glover made S few remarks in regard to the small attenv kance at the meeting and the lack of in‘ terest taken by the voters of tin district in the affairs of the school. The. followed an interesting speech by Charles A. Tucker. principal of the school, in which he spoke of the apparent little in." forest of the parents of the scholars. as indicated by the very few visits to the school. He said the school was, perhaps, more attractive on the inside than on the exterior. He spoke in high terms of the helpful scientific features connected with the cabinet of curiosities, the intro— duction of which was chiefly due to the generous assistance of ‘Charles A. Quirk lard, and also the laboratory, which has now become quite extensive. What the Progressive Merchants of the Norwalka are Offering. On Saturday the New York Grocery company will give the greatest bargains ever known in butter, and will continue to present purchasers of tenand coil. with large and useful presents. L. ll. Décker is giving a discount of 10 per cent. on all grades of gilt papers and borders. He bass. large stock and mm sell it in order to make way for new a. , Tristram lit llyntt are taking entrai- dinary measures to keep business at high water mark and they quote prices on wash rlresa goods. . . . The unusual big sale of last weak cleaned out the Nervulk Boston m stock so completely that they were gn- abled to take advantage of the marhdt. and, as a result, have secured some won- derfully rare bargains. which arson) merated ina new advertiasmdrt fro-day. You can get a decorated cup' and add- cerwith one-half poandof in or fl pound of coffee at the CentralCash Clo. eery; or four Mason’s fruit jars with are pound of the best tea. r William Podnrore's assertion that ‘he has over-yt‘llrnlr‘rugm for everybody in tin shape of bold goods, tie dorm m to the full “duration of an mmle who visit his well-stowed ‘ mouthiiorthitalatstrest. : ' “Maturation ‘ . . Pmteenhnndredyeanheforschli! mental-await intopnblic to adswllva salable artislesor 7% “fr! . ‘i- , Miranda-named that be was fair ingpnrt lubiai‘dwn funeral services ‘ ' "hymns and chartering f‘amens" to the prayers. The serv- ices are alwayri the same, the hymns sung and the prayers repented never diflering. A certain peculiarity of the casket in which his remains are supposed to lie has been noted in each dream as being identical. The dream is so vivid that the man has noticed the streets passed over in going to the cemetery. and they have always been the name. He says ,‘he invariably awakens just as the handful of earth is thrown upon the coffin, the hollow noise seeming to cause him to come to his senses in a second. ~~Piitsburg Dispatch. - What We Pay For shown. It is estimator] there are as many as 1,000 traveling theatrical compa- nies in the United States. This in. eludes everything that can becousid- cred strictly professional companies, to any nothing of the countless nuns tour organizations. (if the strictly theatrical organizations, it is safe to presume that the average rcr ceipts per night for the 1,000 corn parties is two each. At seven per ‘formuur'cs porvvcck for each com- pany the Weekly average, as 'will be seen, would be $2,800. The average theatrical season is 40 weeks. The entire 1,000 companies, with aver- age nightly receipts of $400, would produce weekly receipts at seven performances per Week amounting to $2,800,000. This multiplied by 40, the number of weeks in a season, would yield gm receipts amounting to til2,l.)00,000.~l.miisville Commer- cial. 'l'lae Admiral's Beverage. Admiral Blake, when captain, was sent with a small squadron to the West ladies on a seaet expedition against the Spanish settlements. It happened in an engagement that one of the ships blew up, which dumped the spirits of the crew, but Blake, who was not to be subdued by one unnrocessful occurrence, called outto his men, “Well, my lads, you have seen an English ship blow up, and nowlet m seewhatafigureafipan- iah one will make in the same sites» tintr.” This well timed harangue raised their spirits immediately. and latest than an hour-he set his an-. on fire. ."There, my lads," aaidhe, "I knewmeshould haveour revenge soon :"uesu’. Journal. WWI. lental tie-aslbyif. 'finlssflnlon’tobethe trussesretof work “oidansand‘hslpsm _, con» in? of fa- or REFUSE T0 llEllEW THEM sores roarss'r run NORWALK unscrew “our COMPANY. , ‘tnta'Sult and Close up the Business. Today, before Judge Thayer. in the Superior Court, the application of Hor- receiver over the affairs of the Norwalk instituted through a channel that is so uncommon in such cases that the follow- II us. from the Bridgeport Standard, will be read with interest. By an error the Nor- walk Gas Light company was mentioned in The Standard with the Electric Light compfllly. thus placing the Gas Light company in a wrong light. This concern extent of holding a second mortgage of $15,000 against it: "It has been understood by those on the inside that the Electric Light com- pany has been gradually running be. bind. and recently the General Electric company of Boston, which holds notes to new them. They demanded immediate payment on them and if it was not forth- coming. threatened to institute suit and close up the business. mThis state of affairs ‘oul-l have re- sulted most seriously as company has big contracts out. It furnishes the N. Y. pany to run its cars. To close up the plant would therefore leave the towns party‘s business. Messrs. Boardman and Camp, as trustees of the bondholders, came to the relief with the application for a receiver. The record of the company shows that on July 1. '59. the company desired to get some ready money and issued eighty bonds of $500 each, with interest ateti per cent..payable per annum. In the mortgage side. company would lay aside $4,000 each year as a sinking fund. The concern paid the interest on the loads regularly, but neglected to carry out the sinking proceedings, it was decided to ask for the appointment of a receiver on the “my.” ground that the company harknot carried out the agreement in the first mortgages, “The real issue, however, is that the company is insolvent. bond mortgages of $40,000, the Norwalk Gas Light company has a mortgage of 315,000 on their plant; the General Elec- trict company is carrying a timing in- debtednees of about $90,000. ” “The Electric Light company was founded by the Schuyler Electric com- pany, of Middletown, and its principal stockholders are in that place. Schuyler company carried its iridebted- nesstfor a 'while and later trnniferred it to the (lateral Electrical company. The lattercompauy has refused to re— new their notes and want a settlement. "The company has overprtal stock of about of $60,000." The application came up this morning and was adjourned for one week, as the parties could not agree on a trustee. The bondholders wanted Edward T. walls. l’leaaaut turns a bolt . ale amt-lat Iris-fie. Miss Rosa Suntan. who. new ing to thiaconntrythrne‘yestl, ‘ m 'beenlivlng at the horns of g . . ‘lbo (ieneral Liectric Companynemnded Ed'.fd Quinn”, cm of a” M Immediate Payment, and as it was not quknu gm finallju”, 1.“ ‘ ’ Forthcoming they Threatened to luatl- steamer Afi‘ugn VIM '19; M home in Pressburg, Hungary. Paul Berg. Jr.‘, has returned from the American Asylum , , ace L. Boardman and BerbcrtL. Camp, to spend his summer vacation db ii“ of Middletown. for the appointment of a home on the Woodward place. Howard Earle, of New York sly In S and South ,Norwalk Electric Light com- “up“ at the residence of his mm Hg. pony will beheard. The action is one ma rm. William H. Earle. aniline-”s- , , _ Mrs. William 01mm. or log history of the proceedings. reprinted street, Norwalk. is spending ‘ . ‘9” with relatives in New York city, 1 a B. E. Pears, of Washington street, ae- ‘ turned yesterday afternoon from a it weeks’ trip through the west. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wilson, offin-2 ' is many times solvent and is connected ”on?“ “f9 3‘1“” 0‘ h” M I.“ L . with the insolvent company only to the Jul” Wilson, on Arch stieet. ._ ‘, Dr. and Mrs. T.‘ K. Noble left townie- day to attend the commencementone!c cises at Bowdoin college. was Florence Selleck, of West Haven, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Ho Bailey, of The Green. ‘ \lr. and Mrs. J. D. Jenni of. Elm the extent of about $20.000Jefused to re- strieet, are guests of relativesnfiz"Ammia, L. F. Kellogg. of New Haven, is 'a ' guest of O. E. Wilson, of West avenuev Mrs. Henery S. Bissell is traveling in Southern California. . Mrs. F. E. Williams and daughter, of power for the Norwnlk Tramway com- Chestnut street. Norwnlk, 8” Vim Mrs. Williams’ parents in St. Albans. Vermont. She will be joined by hair in darkness and stop the Tramway com- husband on Sunday. Mrs. Dr. w. H. Smith and eonClrarles, ”it was at this stage of affairs that god Miss Bertha Halsey, of flichimm visiting Miss M. J. Raymond, of Brook- Miss J ennle Pearl Gregor-Lot “feature- one, is a guest of her aunt in Brooklyn Miss Mary Maples, 6: Norwalk, iaa guest of sin. Oliver Keith, in Westport. 2. , lilrs. Frank B. Stratum and family ‘ wasa provision to the effect that the have ”will“ t0 their home on North. Main street from a‘ visit t.. the Park City. . , . um “Woo: no 2 .- , Newsoomp‘oeing room. has‘ fund provision. Therefore when the inghls grandfameriu Nor-walk. General Electric company WW w)frs..Caarles ’ F. Rider, of Nor-walk, was a guest of friends in Weatport, yer-... W WEST NORWALK. An entertainment under the auspiceav Ber-lid“ the 0f the Methodist Minion, maid in “I" nlshiug their beautlfnl chapel, warm Wednesday night, on the premises of , Mr. De )lott. A large and commodiens l barn was tastefully arranged by Miss 1" Lavina Chasnrar, who was assisted in the production of an attractive pro— gramme by Miss Annie Pardee, of Nor- Among those who took part in ' ”f The the exercises wasacarryall loadof merry ‘ happy-hearted boys and girls from the Center school, presenting under the dia reaction of Mia-res Pardee and Chasmar. the famous “Rag Doll Doll Drill." Space ,4 forbi-ir- ortemletl mention of the numer- / w: ' relatives in a, , "r i one no 2 tliuns, solos, piano duets, chorus song-, not tableaux. The last of these , entitled "Rock of Ages,” was rendered , in a beautiful and realistic manner by Miss Chasmar. The effect was heightenv j , ed by atouchin; song from Miss Ella” i wished one of their own men. ASTESALUON LEAGUE. Trains in Every Legitimate Way. received by several young men in to yesterday: My Dear Sir: i understand that i believe heartily in the suppression law of all liquor saloons as a public mnnity. if this is your conviction, I invite tomestwit are and several lugton street. South Norwalk. Wed walk. 2 consolidation of the already strong, so far unorganissd. anti-saloou' nature and influence of the if Jackson, of Middleton-n, president of the ““85“". A “if M 500mm? ‘ Norwalk and South Norwallt Electric with close attention-admit! 9W} ‘ Light company, and the Schuyler people 9'"! numbarfmsntod. Although tit-fl Its (ibJer-t the Suppression of the ”your The following is the copy of a letter Julia Btoweis filling the m Sormr FORWALK. Conn..Juns20.18%% n sauce—«chad cause of ill-health.“ ness and vice in the individual and of poverty, disorder and crime in theeom- Midlands Clavan, ofOIIbl 1&ka- . I . ,. the Knights of Pythias Hall, 102 wm- Helen Caner. teacher ofGr-do amp... 2 " 1 day svealng, June 21th, at 8 o'clock, for of forming a Younglen’s Theobject of the Magus will bathe loch; the’inereaae‘of‘ the no license vote and the suppression of saloons in grep l dtewn . ‘ ' , oTh‘rlnhuls‘oicov‘operotiuu will be these, happyhenrssl or threatened ni kept many away. a sun} sum will he added to‘ the. [Ufa treasury. \ News of the Schofircw lilies Emma B. Smith, teacherin .- i B. Franklin‘street school. an. Q ""22 cancy. 2, . 2 lilies Edythe s. cm. mm he y“ ‘kiuderganen at Kaudasn’a Ball. _ in? 2i: rth a 2 3y fined to her home on (imam slight illness. S ,9: . lira. o. w. sensors-snowed tor ti ll street school,yesterday,'and today ,2! 1m: a g in the same capacity for d nes- street school. Acting School Visitor John )1. m v ..' “.r Alli gum 1mm 0' “it Tgwn 0f Nor- visited Md inspected the ”Infill! MY :3 2 2 school yesterday. but Thesshooi parade, on Tneadayyaaa? meat; the allocation of citizens as to the schools, in" “"5" will no" illi- ss- from any of the other mums. p n ... in. W of arm. One of the Women on a train“ i; only: interwar“ ”to ths‘é'onth Nor-walk ,i s h . , . " i. Name midis. liquor sys- police, tilt morning; “1*" man '“ .1 tamlnthla washout!“ rrollbfi W2W2m aaartlrs; . 9 . m 1 l