.. NUMBER 2.031.
Entered at the Post Office at South
Norwalk as second-class matter.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.
TWO CENTS
‘ ICOMMEBCIAL svsrrn.
WHY SOUTH NORWALK SHOULD
VOTE PAVOBABLY FOR A PLANT.
lone In“ that will [stable Oltlleneto III-
telllgently Understand the Conditions—
The Commissioners Ready to Answer All
Questions-A Fund of Information.
Although the problem of commercial
electric lighting has been under discussion
to a large extent ever since the city’s plant
started, yet apparently there are quite a
number of citizens among those who will
- be called on to vote on the question at the
coming crty election who, though inter-
ested and undoubtedly favorable to the
principle, yet do not deem themselves
sufficiently familiar with the technicali
ties to know how to vote intelligently on
the subject, upon which they are anxious
for enlightenment. Therefore it is be-
' lieved that any information that will aid
' them to a fuller understanding of the
oondifions will be appreciated, and it is
for this purpose that the following facts
are presented: _ _
It is a common error in the minds of
many, probably inspired by a miscon-
struction of the law on the subject, that
if a favorable vote be cast it will be nec-
essary to at once establish a commercial
system. Such is not the case, however,
as the plant could not be built without
an appropriation, regarding which the
matter of voting has no connection. The
purpose of the vote is simply to comply
with the final process of the law that
must be fulfilled before the city can have
permission, or, practically speaking, a
charter to establish a commercial electric
light plant, the question of when or how
the plant shall be established being anoth-
er matter entirely for future considera-
tion; butif an unfavorable vote be cast
now, it Will shutout any further action
by the city untill the next election, and
possibly iorchr, as it is more than likely
that the next legislature, under the strong
influence of electric light corporations,
will enact even more stringent measures
against municipal ownership of electric
plants than now exist. In view of these
facts it is believed to be for the best inter-
est of the city to vote favorable, as then
the city will have the perpetual right to
own a commercial electric plant if it
cheeses to, whether it be at once or ten
years hence, with nothing to fear from
future legislation.
There also appears to be considerable
anxiety in the minufl'of some who fear,
if a favorable vote is cast, that the city
will be required, within a given time, to
purchase such part of the existing elec-
tric light plant in Norwalk as is used to
supply customers in South Norwalk. To
refute such an impression the following
is quoted from the law, as it applies di-
rectly to that point:
Public mu‘s of the state of Connecticut,
Chapter C(.'.\'XXI.,1)art of SL"'licrr 12.
“When any city, town or borough
shall decide, as herein provided, to estab-
lish a plant, and any corporation incor-
porated by the general assomhly, for the
purpose of furnishing gas or electric
light, heat or power, shall at the time of
the first vote required for such decision,
beengnged in the business of making,
generating or distributing gas or else-
tricity, for sale for lighting purposes to
consumers in such city,town or borough,
such city, town or borough shall, if such
corporation shall elect to sell and comply
with this art, before establishing its
plant, purchase of such corporation such
portion of its plant for l l * "’ electric
lighting, and property suitable and need
for such business or in connection there
with if such city, town or borough shall
have decided to establish an electric
lighting plant as shall have at the time
of the first vote, been engaged in or ac.
quired for such business.“
From this it can be readily seen that
no complications can Prise until an actual
attempt has been made to establish a
commercial plant.
TOPlCtl‘blllfl whel‘ior or not the field
lea good one to support such aplant
as the city proposes to operate, it is
only necessary to makea few inqo rise
on the subject among the st atekeepers in
the city, who, wrthout aslngie exception,
are enthusiastic over the project.
At present the cost of light'ng tho
streets of the city is between 15 percent.
and 20 per cent of the total cost of the
the city’s expenses, and as has been
proven, the rates would be much higher
if the lights were supplied under con-
tract from a private corporation. Now,
if this expense could be slmlnated or re-
duced in part, the saving to the taxpay-
erswould be considerable. To sccom~
push this end it is llroposed to erect
accmmerclal plant for the purpose of
deriving an income, which it is thought
will bosuflicient to meet the entire ex.
penssof operating the street lamps and
podslbly provide for a sinking (and to
cover theinvsstnrent.
The Electric Light Comm-toners
have carefully considered the subject
and are ready and willing to answer all
questions. having a fund of Information
“Mittens-l. It is understood that
they assumed as most notable for the
my a low union direction“ shuttle
_ m, a on a mm mm
vs lib. Ifl‘wflh from cosmos:
and also electric motors. The commer-
cial plant would consist of an additional
boiler to the present plant. duplicate
engines and dynamos, electrical appar-
atus and circuits. The electric, light
station was designed to accommodate
the above, therefore no changes will be
necessary to the building, and as the
present city poles extend through nearly
every street, very few new ones will have
. to be set to early the new wires.
Taking all things into consideration it
does not seem as though conditions could
be more favorable or desirable for a suc-
cessful commercial plant anywhere than
those at our very door, and it seems as
though every advantage should be taken
of them.
saw clunttso scusnn
Introduced by n Norwalk Man In the
chked City of Bridgeport.
Says the Bridgeport News: “The dice-
box has been done away with in a great
many saloons here and files have taken
their places. If you enter a saloon and
have a friend who wants to throw dice,
you tell himthat it is gambling. Then
you ask for some matches. These are
placed on the bar and you select some
while your friend selects the remainder.
The bartender chases all the flies in the
place to the bar. You wait a minute and
the flies begin their march towards the
matches. The first match crossed by a
fly settles the question of whose turn it
is to treat. If it was yourzmatch you are
stuck. If the bartender wants to he can
make one man pay for any yound of
drinks by dipping a match in stale beer.
Flies will scent the beer and they will
hustle for the match which has been set-
urated with it. Sometimes you have to
wait fifteeen minutes before a fly crosses
any of the matches if none of them have
been beered. A fly will crawl up to a
match and perch itself on the top of it,
and when you think it isgoing to get off
on the other side it changes its mind and
gets off on the side itclimhed up on. You
don't lose until the fly has crossed over
the match. A Norwalk man introduced
the game here. It may be fast enough
for Norwalk people. but it isn‘t fast
enough for Bridgeport sports."
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TWIN CITY FOLKS.
Pleasant Paragraphs About Norwaik Peo-
Dle and Their Friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Athoood, of Elim-
beth street, attended the reunion of the
Second regiment, Connecticut Volun-
teers, in Milford, yesterday.
James Humphrey, electrician at the
Norws'k Street Railway company's de-
pot, has returned from a ..ip to Dedbam
Mass.
Mrs. C. T. Leonard and daughter
Louise, of West avenue, have returned
from the White mountains.
Mrs. William Podmore, of North Main
street, is entertaining Miss Lizzie Savage,
of Brooklyn.
Allan B. Emory, of Boston, is visiting
his brothtr—in-law, W. 0. Evans, of tier-
erd Place.
Dr. Bryan Shr 3dy, of Bridgeport, is a
go ll. of his p'renn on upper Main street.
Nor .vr'k.
Dr. and Mrs. L N. l’hinnr-y arrived
home, la ll night.
Daniel Taft has loft Norwalk and gone
to Buffalo.
’l'nolt Fright at n Trolley Car.
The hostlr-r employed by Dr. Dexter
Hitchcock was out exercising one of We
colts, this morning. When he utiemp.‘
ed to pom n trolley car near the Nurwvlk
Methodist Episcopal church, the colt took
f1 ight and backed into the car. Motor-
man Smith new the horse was frightened
and slows] his car before the collision
tr )k place. The two wireetr'd gig to
which the horse wm harm :sed wre
wrecked and the driver thrown out. The
animal slam-d to run, larviugihoveuicle
in thoguli 'r. The driver pluctily held
on the twins r'rd followtd the horse in
his mid dash around the parsonage. In
coming up the bill by the side of the
houwtbc driver gained conu‘ol of the
horse and soon subdued him.
nanbuu No License Campaign.
A ”no licerse" campaign has bran
started in Danbnry, and those who are
prominently identified with the issue are
the Roman Catholics of the city. A de-
termined effort is to be made to secure a
large “no license" vote at the coming
election. Rev, Father Lynch is promi-
nently identified with the movement,
and Sunday evening there will be the
first of a number of meetings at his
church which will be continued during
the campaign.
lllr. Hurley is in the lace.
BldneytE. Hartley, ex-deputy inter-
nal menus collector and a candidate for
sheriff of the county of Fairfleld, has
not withdrawn from the race for the
nomination for sheath of Fairlield county
in favor of Emory F. Strong, of this
city. The report was circulated tom
extent within a dayor two. but when
seen in Hartford Ir. Hawlsy most
emphatically denied the report and said
to wash thereon for the warm
Bridgeport Calm. ' .
CUFFIN FDR ll LEADER.
CHOSEN T0 READ THE EEPU-BLI-
CAN STATE TICKET.
He Bscelvu 180 Votes on the Fourth
Formal Ballot. and His Nomination is
Made Unanimous Amid Gust lathnu.
arm—Other state Officers named.
When the Republican state convention
assembled in Foot Guard armory, at
Hartford, yesterday morning, not a
trace was apparent of the previous night’s
bot light before the credentials committee
over the contesting delegates from that
city.
fix-Congressman W. E Simondl of
Canton, as chairman, rapped the delegates
boarder, 504 in number, and Chairman
Samuel Fesssndsn of the credentials oom-
mlttee submitted the report on the con-
testing Hartford delegations. giving lion.
H. C. Robinson. who was on both tickets,
one vote and each of the six others half a
vote.
lion. Henry C. Robinson led off the
nominations for govol'llul' by counties with
a ringing speech for i‘olou-tl Frank W.
Cheney of l-Zouth Manchester. Frederick
L. Fnrnsworth of New Haven nominated
(funeral H. it). Morwin of that city.
Charles 10. Sunrise of Putnam named Erl-
ltor John Addison Porter of Hartford,
and J nilgo William '1'. Elmer of Middle-
town spoke for 0. Vincent Collin of that
city.
On the informal ballot out of 492 votes
Morwin received 140, Cheney 105M, Collin
136, Porter s7 9;, scattering «l.
The first formal ballot showed no mo
serial change, but the Hartford split bore
fruit in the nexn‘whsn the Porter men
broke for Coffin, who gained steadily till
the fourth ballot, when he received 980
votes, giving him the nomination.
Pix-Lieutenant Governor Lorrin A.
Cook was named for lieutenant governor
by acclamation, and the other places were
filled by ballot as follows:
Secretary, Colonel M. A. )iowbrny of
Norwich; treasurer. Senator George W.
liodgo of Wind-or; nornptrollcr, Benin
min P. Mead of New Cotton.
Mr. Collin has twlco boon state senator,
mayor of Middletown and has been prom-
inently mnntimml for the nomination for
governor in several campaigns.
During tho evening a moss ratification
meeting was held at tho armory and do.
volopud great enthusiasm. A street pr
rado was prevented by rain.
MR. CUP“. "3 CA llEER.
.\ Duchess Countv Man who Rose to D].-
tinctlon In (lonncctlcut.
Senator Collin Was born at Mansfield.
Dutcbess county, New York, June 30,
1836, and is a lineal descendant in the
seventh generation of Tristraim Coffin.
who came from England about 16-12 and
was afterward governor of Nantucket
and Tuckernucket. He was educated in
the Cortland academy and the Charlotte-
ville seminary, New York. Tucson of a
farmer he passed his boyhood in farm
work. He taught school when sixteen
and was salesman for a wholesale mer-
cantile concern in New York when seven~
teen. From nineteen to twenty-five he
was the New York representative of a
prominent firm of Connecticut manu-
facture-rs and sullstquently became a
special partner in sucwssflil busi-
ness enterprises in New York.
In 1850 he marsh-d the dotighter of the
late Linus Line of Middletown and wont
to that city to reside in lblil. Although
excluded by the authorities from military
service in the war of mom, he chose to
render what service he could in furnish-
ing a sulmtitute and in other ways. He
was a nicmlmr of the New York commit-
tee of the United States Christian com-
mission and president of the Brooklyn,
N. Y., Young Men's Christian B‘lOOl‘lBtlon
during a considerable portion of the years
in which those organizations were most
prominent in field hospital work for the
army of the union.
Alter settling in Middletown Mr. Cuf-
lin became the active executive officer of
the l'artncrs' and Mecbanlm‘savinga bank
and held that position fourteen years,
until lfillfmhcn ill health obliged him to
retire from active work. Six years latvr
his health being restored be bmarnr» twai-
(lent of the Middlesex Fire I 0911"quth
company, a position he now holds. lie
was president of the Middlesex county
Agricultural society in 1875, has been
mayor of Middletown for two years, di-
rector and vice president of the First Na-
tional bank, director, secretary and trees.
urnr of the railroad company, was presi—
dent four years of the Middletown Young
Men’s Christian association and has held
over a score of other positions of a more
or less public character.
Mr. Coffin has never harm a seeker for
positions. He became a candidate for
senator In the district which had given a
llepimllcan majority for senator only
twice in about thirty years and was twice
elected.
Connecticut Pate-to.
The following plants were issued
Sept. 18. List furnished from offices of A.
ll. Wooster, patent lawyer and solicitor.
Bridgeport:
U. W. Griswold, New Haven, making
knives; F. A. Phelps. New Haven, door
intern 2" 2,... W
i . svv even cotton
harvester; it, o. from. chum,
depth”. . W.
feedwaterbsatudbg ,w ’.
'Cbsrlss
“FANCHON’S” FANG] ES.
(litany Paragraphs From a lorwalk Girl
In low York.
New YORK, Septembsr19.—Rev. Dr.
Parlhurst resumes his pulpit, after a
three months’ vacation spent in Europe,
next Sunday morning. He is undoubt-
edly one of the smartest ministers in the
city, and it will pay to hear him. Last
evening he gave a very spirited talk to
acrowded house,at the Park Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church, to the City
Vigilance fugue. He talks to the peo-
ple of the fearful consequences of Tam-
many Hall's continued reign over New
York city, and hopes to have great effect
over the election in November. The
meetings are to be held four times each
week for seven weeks ; that is, until elec-
tion day. Let us hope his efforts will be
fruitful, as we have all seen enough of
Democratic rule.
Norwalk people will be pleased to learn
that Dr. Arthur Pierson is filling the pul-
pit at the Fourth avenue and Twenty-
srcond street Presbyterian church. for the
month of September, and is drawing
large congregations. Mr Pierson needs
no recommend to Norwalk, because he
has preached there. It will he remem-
bered that be filled Spurgeon’s place in
London, at the time of his death.
Miss Kate Bartram, of High street,
Norwalk, has just returned from a two
weeks’ visit with her cousins, Richard
Washburu's family, at Saugerties in the
Catskills. liir. Washburn is president of
the First National Bank. of Jersey City.
His rrsidence at Saugerties cost $75,000.
stcnox.
SONGS AN ll RECI'I‘ATIUNS.
Programme» of Exercises to he'neudarcd
at the Public Schools Tomorrow.
The following programme will be given
at the Concord street school, Friday at
2:15: Chorus, “A Smiling Facvz" ”A
Little (,ill’l’il Sprech," Lena Alpert; “The
Looking Glass Girl," Stella I onto; reciv
tatlou, “Only," Phoebe Ln Croix; "Be
Polite," Leopold Anderson; “What the
Apple Said," Vera Whitney; chorus,
“EchoSong:”“A Little Boy's Swat-h."
Harry Alexander: “Little Lizette," Susie
Urzingor; “Who," Cornelius Gladstone;
“Kindness," Osain Harris; “Frogs at
School,“ Clifford Arnold: chorus, “1 Love
the Merry, Merry Sunshine."
Thisprogrsmme will be rendrrrd at
the Franklin street school hall, Friday,
at 21:5 p. m.: Piano solo, Anna Steeg~
muller, Grade 7; recitation, "A Merry
lirart,"Gussie Dibble, Grade 6: recita-
tion, "Golden Rod," Edna Baker, Grade
6: piano solo, "The Waves of the Dan-
ube," Joseph Linxweiler, Grade 5: reci-
tation, “Whittlrr‘a School lhys," Bessie
Rood; recitation, “The Brook," Lloyd
Jennings, (irade 3: recitation, "Little
Miss Apple," Nellie Lydon, Grade 2.
POPULAR A M USE)! ENTS.
Dramaticai and Musical Events In Which
Nurwnllr People Are Interested.
About two hundred and fifty people
braved the storm, last night, to see
“Uflf‘lt‘ Jethro" performed at lioyt’s
Opera House, by the liubb (form-«ly com-
pany. The play was well pronoun-d, the
orchestra rendered delightful llllllfliC, and
thonudmuco were highly pleased. To—
night the company wrll present “The
Mob .tnin ilaisy. ' Tomorrow afternoon
than wilI be a matinee performance of
“Ten Nights inn Barrootu'.” Saturday
afternoon, “Uncle Tom's Cabin," for
which tio- admission Will be 10 and 20
cents. At each of these porfm‘mnnces a
lady’s silver watch will be given away.
and Saturday evening a fine llemorest
sewing machine, with all attachments'
will be disposed of in the some way,
Sunday evening the orchesil'a will give
assured con nrtnnd pra’sc service, for
which an appropriate progrmnme is ar-
rsogml. The manager has givrn those
concerts for two screams and they,
tmmgh opposed by some before they
were given, have received the highest
praise by those who attended them. The
cont-m w ill commune 3 at 8:30.
flu» Williams, who appears at tho
Norwslk Opera House, Satordny eve-n-
l'rg,is one of the most popular conic-
diam in Alumina. Hm latrat succme.
“April Fool,"has been it marvelous hit
and this scrmn the company pr eating
it with Mr. Williams is said to to even
stronger than over. Mr. Williams has
continued to amuse our fun-loving pm
pie since the days of the war, when he
wave drummer boy in a regimental
band and his comedy today is as bright
and wholesomessever. Josephine Fem
ten, the operatic singer: Josie Cohan,
Nellie F. Cohan and George Cohan, the
funny specialty boy: Jerry Cohen and
blsdanclng dolls; Julia Barton, Lenora
Darceyandfleorge Brier will assist in
the fun making and an entertainment of
extraordinary merit is pro mined. lovers
of mam-sent will not miss it.
Mitch-We were greatly pleased with
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TOWNS NEAR llllllWlLll.
EVENTS 1" NOTE AMONG OUR
‘ NIGHBOBS.
Ill-nil lean larvae an Attach-rue on
the Colonel Items-n Raymond luau In
‘rnvor ole South lorry-1k Dry Goods
Merchant—Accident to a loroton Man.
Sheriff Toner was in town Monday, and
attached the interest of Mrs. Fannie L.
Vanderbilt, of Westport, in the estate of
her father, the late Colonel Stephen Ray-
mond, of Dsrten. The suit was brought
by Minot S. Smith, of South Norwalk. to
recover a dry-goods bill, A hearing in
the case will take place on September 29,
in the South Nor-walk justice's court,
The iron band on the grinder in Mrs.
A. D. Ward’s cider mill abet-corona.
broke yesterday and wrecked the wood—
work so that the apparatus had to be
taken out and repaired.
Charles R. Roe, of New York, was
visiting in town last week.
DA [HEN AND NUROTON.
Monday afternoon, Clarence Scofield,
of Noroton, met with a slight accident
on Main street. Stamford. He was driv-
ing along by the head of Pacific street,
when a boy, riding horseback, came
rapidly up Pacific street. The boy did
not see Mr. Scofield in time to get out of
his way and so collided. 'l he rear wheels
of Mr. Scofield's wagon broke down, and
he was thrown out, but not injured.
The boy was also thrown off. He soon
mounted and got away from the scene as
rapidly as pcwsible, notwithstanding the
fact that his horse was somewhat in-
jnred.
The barn in the rear of Dr. J. J, Kin-
dred's sanitarium was broken into last
night. and the doctor’s white horse
stolen. He started off to find the animal
this morning, and while going over the
crossing west of the depot was nearly
run over by the train due here at 0123
John Carl, a veteran of the Seventeenth
Connecticut Volunteers, died at the Sol~
(liers' Home, Tuesday morning. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon.
The interment was at Spring Grove
cemetery.
lvanhoe Castle, No. 7, K. (i. E , will
work the second and th‘rd degrees to—
morrow evening. A full attendance is
requested.
The Republican caucus for the nomin-
ation of town officers will take place in
the Town ”all, next Tuesday evening, at
8 o'clock.
The Democrats will hold their caucus
for the nomination of town officers in the
Town Hall, next Thurs lay evening. at s
o'clock.
Homer ll. lilrcharrl will out be trans-
ferred from the Norotnn iowo r, as at
first reported.
NEW CANAAN.
lion. Benjamin I’. Need. of New
Canaan, the Republican nominee for
comptroller, was born in Bridgeport,
September 2|), 1‘17, and after an min
cation in the academy, went into busi-
ness. He was drawn wide into politics
and, while still retaining his interests as
a merchant, morn .l to New Canaan, was
elected town clerk and for sm‘on con.
sccutlve years was chosen a selectman.
For more than fifteen times he has boon
chosen to offices of distinction in 1%?)
and 1.“? Mr. Mead was in the Home. In
1837 he was [louse chairman of the com-
mittee on fisheries. Mr. blend was sena-
tor from the Twelfth district in lsr‘lland
again in lolll, the year of the deadlock.
The former year be was chairman of the
committee on cities and boroughs.
IIASBUH’.
flu. "in, in»: at pr tent, is having
ssvhaboonrn» it hrs not 0;; ohms l
in acouple ofyer s, at least. Ami it is
a most welcome boom, coming M it
does on the heels of a ;, Mind of brainrsa
deprt 'sion that [“1 not bro-n t-rp‘m'lr'i in
yec'r. in a few factories limo ‘sn com-
plaint ofalittlc let up in ll“li'.¢“l, but
it is only a few. Thoothmsnm. '" ”1
{Wood many of them win mom; rllfll'
vu’ty in keeping pars with their «inlaid.
le. “ENHHCT TALKS.
Says He Is at the Service of the Datum-re t
"I Count file”.
The Bridgeport Union prints an inter-
view with E. C. Benedict at his borne in
Greenwich. Mr. Benedict denies that he
would not accept the gubernatorial nomi-
nation because President Cleveland
wished him to be nominated for Con-
gress. When asked if he would accept
the Democratic nomination for governor,
Mr. Benedict replied that he had been
consulted about the matter by prominent
Democrats in the northwestern pailof
the note. "I will say," be continued,
"that l have always been a Democrat.
and] am at their service now as l have
away-been. lknowitiagoingto be a
hard year for tbsp-fly in this state, but
if! scald holpft to win by giving tbk
hand i would do so.”
Ir. Bundles. bespoke held up his
”“0 m“ m by .m
it» he assists with; to have em
denture“ his“
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Journal of the Annual Convention
field at Bridgeport In June.
The journal of the annual convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church in the
diocese of Connecticut, held at Bridge-
port in June last. has just been published
in its usual handsome shape by the. see-
rstary, the Rev. Melville K. Bailey. It _
contains beside the journal proper,
full lists of the officers of' the din-
cese and members of its several
boards, reports of officers and boards
of trustees and directors, reports of
parishes and of non-parochial clergy-
men, with the constitution and canons.
The whole number of clerymen on the
roll in June was 206, including one bish-
op, 187 presbyters and eighteen deacons.
Of these twenty-three were non-resident
and twenty-six others were without set-
fled cures, though not all of them were
without regular duties. The oldest
clergyman in order of canonical resi-
dence is the Rev. B. M. Yarrington, or-
dained in 1838, and rector of Christ
church, Greenwich, since 1639; the oldest
in ordination is the Rev. Samuel Fuller,
D D , of Middletown, ordained by Bish-
op Hobart Julv 1, 1827.
The whole number of parishes en.
titled to representation in the conven-
tion is 146. for whom 243 delegates were
on the roll. Of these the largest are
Christ church, Hartford, reporting
909 registered communicants; Trinity
church, New Haven, reporting 785; St.
Paul’s, New Haven, reporting 784; St.
John's, Stamford, reporting 722: St.
John’s, Waterbury, reporting 720; St,
Paul’s church, New Haven, has the
largest number of Sunday scholars, 625,
with fifty-six teachers.
The summary of parochial reports for
the year shows the number of baptiems
to be 2,230 (1,843 infants and 387 adults):
confirmations, 1,273; marriages, 619; bur-
ial-i, l 000. The whole number of regis-
tered communicants is given as 29,324,
and the whole number of Sunday schol-
ars as 17,142, the teachers numbering 1,-
919. The total of contributions for the
year was $501,000, besides $29.000income
from property. Of this sum $281,000
was given in one way or another; for
parochial support, and $130,000 for paro-
chial endowment and improvement of
property, etc, leaving $110,000 of contri-
butions for charitable purposes: and of
this amount, $50,000 Was given for paro-
chial work,$20,0t0 for diocesan work»
325,000 for domestic church work, $5,000
for foreign mission, and $4,000 for other
charities.
Tnc treasurer of the diocese received
about $1,500 from assessments on the
parishes. and had a large balance on
hand. The trustees of the bishop's fund
reported an income from investments al.
most exactly equaling the amount of the
bishop's salary, and the convention, in
view of possible depreciation of property
or diminution of the rilbf‘ of interest, vot-
ed that an effort be made (or a consider-
able increase of the fund. [he trustees
of the fund for aged and infirm clergy
and widows and orphans of clergyman,
reported an income of $3,200, from which
Monty-sown Loos-F ‘riarios were rwsisted ;
and the Church Scholarship society loan-
ed nearly $1,900 to students for the min-
istry. The appropriations of the Mission-
ary society of tho diocwo, paid to fifty-
oneparishus and missions, were about
$11,700, Uthor matters specially cona
sidenn in the connection were a general
pension fund for the clergy, the securing
of an onoowrnent for the Episcopal Aca-
demy at Clusliire, which is now entering
up m us second century: the provision
of scholarshim for daughters of the
clergy at St. Margaret's school, the dis-
tribution of the prayt-rbook, and the pre-
servation of ancient parochial records.
()n latch of bllf’Bl‘ P'Illjevl'l u commission
or a committee was nppointml to report
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Natural (letter Itms.
Tire close when“ for oyster fishing on
the nnturnl buds of the static having been
off a wm'k yesterday has given the fisher-
men an opportunity of mmuratoly deter-
mining the I not r million of this year's
set. The indications are that the present
season will yield the greatest hnrvost in
the history of Connecticut oyster grow-
ing. According to the report of lingl.
river Sanford, of tire Stale Hln-lliish Cum-
mjsslon, who has made a tour of the
natural llf‘llfl, sued oysters are particular-
ly plentiful and the harvest will rmcced
the phenomenal one of infill when 1,000,-
000 bushels were caught. The price
that Md brings this year is correspond-
ingly low. Bend are selling for twenty
cents a bushel while for the last five
years the average price has been liftycents.
Clerk liotsford has issued so far this sea»
son 250 licenses for persons to fish on the
natural beds, or nearly 100 more than
were issued last year.
i.2i3‘63§...in... Meeting.
immediately after the adjournment of
the Hartford convention, yesterday af-
ternoon, the state central committee
met at the Allyn House. No organisa-
tionwsspsrfcctsd, as Mr. Collin, the
candidate for governor, in accordance
with the ususlwurtssy, had been con-
sultsd,and in dsfm tohls request
tinmlttssadjourasdtomutat the
Allyn new, am Holiday aftsrnoon at
D snout.
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