V crummfi carom
M
fulfil-amou-
g “on '
' ‘ ”elem-s;
per i. is t~ nose
‘fim. ever-ac cost per lamb
‘fint. 19 cents.
.. ‘ year. average cost per lamb
,,1M18‘mfliiI-fi ’
litany-or. sew-earn“ nor lam
night. 11 4-10 m .
_ ,ahove ”include interest
um depreciation on never
an m adult and
,_ at “I!!!" enpanaea It is
' to state. the , cen-
ei below
'5libdzdhhwzggyeg
cost per lamp
' " test that tsunami
, . . may
I W , . , ll .
& tents owned by the publle that
are new in existence.’
, During the past year thegiamps were
W ace nights. or nine viights lees
th- a year ago. at a candia power nev-
er lees than 1.200 and at times as high
as 1.600. on an average of seven hours
drown
The cost of operating the tire alarm
W has also been lower during the
; mt year than for many years pre-
’ Violin since the system became apart
at thin department. and though it is in
“tent condition. improvements are
being constantly added to it to lo-
creaae its anciency.
It may be of interest to state that
‘ mt only have the electric light and
‘ to alarm systems been operated dur-
ing the year within the appropriation
men only to cover the upenees oi
Will! this department. but auch
new construction as has. been neces»
‘ easy ice making changes and eaten-
little has also been included. and yet
3 M still remains 3868.11 uneapended
‘, oi the net'- urcrocristiou. ‘
‘ A, Mutation of the upenses for
m the electric light system
fl the fiscal year ending October 12.
' , {makes the following showing:
.' construction ..... i 7568
.. . ............. .. . . 230 hi
and equipment 788
eapenm ..... 1.23! it
..... ............ ....2.00W
M expenditures for year mm 08
. for new construction.
at. and for supplies on hand.
. I. e total of mm. which forms
: l M iii the investment. being includv
Jade tits inventory. leaves the actual
. ting «causes for the year. ”a
m The interest on the appropri-
honds was taco. end on "It.“
' entrusted oi service. tum 1-10.
depreciation c 7 easiest all
and tile lsubieet to
and tear. including new con-
. ie 018:.“ MO. mailing the
coat of operation IBM.“ 5-10.
unease tor maintaining the
‘ system tor the. year was
divided as helium: New cou-
_.aod repairs. HM: running
_ “in: eaiarlu. We.
«report wee accepted and will be
in conflict m tor diatri~
tieamiaslceer Winchester re~
m ea the commercial
”elem. Ioiae of the pleas
and figures are being ob-
\ Kendall introduced an
requiring miihtaea to rev
'irreeliiagettwitais the
OC-
llr. Light said the law antelo-
pisted that all road taxes should be as-
eeeaed townivlse. The statutes pro-
vided. that bridges should be built by
the town. He could see no good re»
eonwhythetowuabouldnotpayior
thewidenlngwhatwasnotborneby
the railroad company. The cities
would be taxed their proportion under
the town grand list.
The appointing of a committee to
circulate a petition calling for a town
meeting to appropriate 81,800 for the
work waa etugested. but Electric
Light Commissioner Volt said such a
petition was already In circulation. it
having been presented to him to sign
Iaet flaturday. .
With a query by Councilman Ken-
dall. “Why can’t we have a town meet-
inget thieendoithetowaonceln a
while?" the Council passed to other
in thew» oi nuances. hills amount-
ing lama were Mum. An
order "drown in layer “the llec~
trio Light Oommlaeioners It lice and
an erdorhrm in favor atthe Street
We.
The W present “pauses in
unread-with the communal light.
“the warm one at the
coinmiaeioaera. ' ‘
The Board of Water Commissioners
reported-48.481.“ on hand. Lute had
been drawn with this result: Lewis
ii. Noah. threeyears: Charles 8. Trow-
bridge, two years: stephen Hatch. one .
year. Three hundred feet of water
pipe were reported laid to Summer
street. last Not-walk. and this action
was ratified by the Council.
The Council adjourned at just 10
o'clock until December 20.
POST F0 .. LER OFFICERS.
Idiot-ted at the Annual Meeting of the
(i. A. ll. Last Night.
The annual meeting of Doiigiue
Fowler Pout. (i. A. it. was held last
night. The following oilicers were
elected:
Commander. l). P. Mort-ell.
Senior vice commander. George A.
Bradley.
Junior vice commander. Benjamin
lieuhile.
surgeon. Stephen ll. Wilcox.
Quartermaster. Frederick Knitting.
Chaplain, ii. I.. Tuttle.
Oilicer oi the day. laieb Wood.
,Oiiiccr oi the guard. ltoberi Harris.
Delegate to the state department
encampment in May. James ll. Stev-
cne: alternate. Henry Webb.
Trustee to serve three yars. Thom~
us McQuIllau.
The officers will be installed Monday
night. January 3rd.
EPWORTIUANB ENTERTAINEI).
iiixty Members of the Society Meet
With Mr. and Mrs. Foote.
Mr. and Mrs. William (3. Fooic en-
tertained sixty members of the Ep-
worth League oi the First Methodiiit
Episcopal chart... last night. at their
reeideocr in South Main direct. A de—
lightful social time was enioyed by all
and the host and hostess were hearti-
ly thanked for their hoapltalliy. loch
pleasure was alorded the Ipworthb
ans during the evening by the reader
ingot the following programme:
l‘iaao duet. Ire. .laaies Golden and
tire. Garage VsoAlstyae: readies.
Ilsa theatre Nash; vocal solo. lites
lama Alaswortli: reading. tilt.
floater iv. Banning: vocal auto. Fred
1. litres: piano solo. Ilse Idrtlic
llaat.
titer the eoeciualoa of tits «cruises
light refreshments: were served.
atom CLUB antenna
The annual meeting oi the Robert
mast club washeld iaetaight. wine
the following enacts were eluted:
m
heeded» his» Shoulder, but the
Dmurhmmuutmimmu
m Biotin
arrival oi‘the'f H
dimmer 7'-
With“.
selection: ‘ .
Thebridewsattirafl
of will"? hue-aeration.
turn to match. were a
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ccsirocc ENGULFS- A nurse.
‘ Genre W. Gerrls‘h. son of George fiézfifigm
Gerrish. of Stung avenue. met. with a Y R. 1).”: i
severe accident is morning while at. °" ' 3W3-
hie work in the South Norwallt Hat. ‘1’“ 9;,” - v
comm"?- iaetory. in Day street. tie it“, fawn." Y
was piacingaenaeofhatsonthe ole-cm ”In“ (Ive .
ance and plunged headlong down the 3““ the ehurca. ‘
elevator shaft to the ground door. tinticail '.
three storiea' below. Heoetrnek on so a do ’ m‘ M“
abouliier andwas stunned tor a the 3th faith”
minutes. A physician who was sent h Renown ‘.
for.aaoerialiledlhatuobonla were 2:,” ‘ “m ~
m m «w- .. w ..... 2”” i». ..........
rlIh on able to go home. it. will I "We. rs 4 .
probably be some days before he will hi it w“ ' ~ ‘
feel like working again. orwa ' ‘ .
The many friends at -
Mm“ ‘ *i 'r
mesa sateen their? . \j
HORSE m A onscreen
A remarkable accident occurred ut
the yard at W. F. DeKll'ii. in Mott , 1 -
avenue. yesterday. lieelter Brothers 0' “an.” “9
having during his . ..
had dellveredaiosdofcoal to the i built al ‘
house. While the bounce were aland- on up "We '
ilgmv
innar-
lien
Vl‘t .
m in the yard they “um up. and an excellent tenor singer ane'haa or
at many on , ie ll
one of them passed over on old reee- M “W
pool which Iir. De Klyn did not. know 1‘3"“ 2 ‘h’Nd2':";: “' ”'5' ”a
was locahd In the yard. The horse um' "i argumh III ‘ ‘
began to sink and was quickly uu- "k“dTh” hularlt oi “1 MIG
hitched from the other one. so that :2: .attesredwlin . ’u , "a“
mu: monotony-.3; ..... ....... .. ......... .. ......
the top of his head puppets" “9“ melanin they received.
W ”" “" “W ’
the driver. A rope was'iied around return will "”1“” Barton.
lair. Osborn's waist and made fast to
the corner of the house so that he
could not fell into the hole. For half
an hour he crouched on his knees on n
feather pillow. holding the horse's
head up while the other men dug a
passage for the horae to get out. The
horse wan one of the moot powerful
mien owned by Meeker Brothers. it Miss Bertha Meilish. who mysteriously
escuped without a scratch. diaappearieo from Mount Holyoke rol-
- Iege the week before Thanksgiving.
FELL THROUGH THE CEILING. and of whom no trace has since been
William Beers was engaged Yell!!!“ found. was interviewed by a represen-
iluy in putting the Young Men's Chrla- tatlve of The Associated Prone in con-
uan association rooms in Elisabeth nection with the report to the effect
street to rights. when he made a mla- that an important clue had been ob—
step and put. his foot through the cell» mined and is now being followed up.
ing of the gymnasium. knocking oiia hlr. hieliish stated that on Wednes~
section of hie plaster. Shortly after- day of last weelt a telegram reached
word. while he wait at work about the the family from Jacksonville. Florida.
vicinity. he fell through the ceiling to the eifect that three peraons were
ugelu. The aperture was covered with detained in that city and that one of
muelin and painted. so that it was hot the three utrongiy bore the description
very noticeable last night. of the minding college girl. According~
iy on Thursday night Miss Florence
Molllah. a sister of the missing girl. do.
mmpuuied by”Dr. i.. 1}. Hammond. oi
(lillccrs Elected for the Year and Ro— Iinyvillc. left on the boat train on
froshmcutii ilerved. their way to Jacksonville.
m" . urday night the Rev. Mr. Mellish roe
I’utuum lioue company. at its mcct- ccivcd front his daughter the inflow-
lug Iaat night, elected these oiliccrs lug telegram: "i‘oming home, disap-
ior the ensuing year: pointed."
Captain—A. 8. Merritt. Mr Melllsii has heard nothing ulncc
I’lrst ”encroach-P. L. Wheeler. and the whereabouts of the inhaling
dammit Lieutenuniwli. W. Clark. girl are on much of ii mystery as ever.
tierretary~tieorge Fooie. W
Assistant tieruetarywArthur Donnie.
Treasurer-wit. L. Wheeler.
'I‘rusteeemii. W. Bogardus, A.
iireyiuss and Frank Clerk.
liisemc COLLEGE GIRL.
Mire Melllsh not in Florida. and her
threabouts Still a Mystery.
Killingly. Conn. Dec. 7-—liev.v.l. N.
leillah. of Dayville. whosedaughier.
.—e—-
curs ANNUAL Micm‘mo.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Why the Semi-Centennial May Not be
Held in Middletown.
W.
Plans for the thumb apiiivcraary oi
the organienilon of the New York lilaiii
Conierchco of the Melbodtat ltpleoo.
pal church bare been aomewhat in-
terfered with in a rather unexpected
manner. it wee promised to havo the
muference anniversary Ill the First
church in itiddleiowu. Conn" in
which city the am session of the
conference was held. The entertain-
ment committee. of which the lies.
Arthur ll. floodeooigh is chairmen.
is placed in a wholly unusual and em-
barraaeiag position by the fact that
the present paetov oi the church is the
Dr. J. W. Johanna. who we- pastor of
Iii. John's church. emu». where the
conference wee held in April last. To
entertain between too and too then for
e weeli is no small undertaking. and it
is «soldered doubtful whether it is
right to ask any minteter. no matter
how large hearted. togethrough it
two years wgetlier. The event to be
celebrated is the semi-centennial of
of the organisation of the audience.
WITH.
“Matthew
mu Tiliiliilli 8Wilf'r'l PAltilON.
A petition has been forwarded to
Washington for the pardon oi Ildwln
ii. swift. who is serving a four years‘
term in the New Haven leii. iiwiit
was teller oi the Birmingham National
back when arreeted in ma by Deputy
Marshal Loveridge for embelaiill
$10,000. which he confessed he lied
spent in gambling. lie is at years old.
touflucricur FAiLillilI.
ilradatreet's commercial agency re-
ports the business failures in connect»
icut during November to have beea II
in number. with assets of “7.000 and
liabilities oi 0141.400. During the, cow
responding month of last year the
Cmmticut failures numbered 38.
with assets oi ”8.400 and liabilities
union.
iii FAVOR or Tiiil PLAill’l'lm.
'l‘hecaseoii. L. lasivlsadlleorge
W. MW. of New York. easiest
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A communication was received from
A. it. Austin. asking that certain taxes
against him be abated. The matter
was referred to the corporation coun-
sel. with power.
Mayor Wheeler submitted a resolu-
iioi‘i prepared by Menice De F. Loch~
wood's attorney. asking permission to
rest a building on the arch of the east
end of the Wall street bridge. hir.
Loclurood presented a map. explaining
the situation. .
Councilmen Smith objected to the
resolution coming from an outside
party. He thought the Council was
capable of passing a resolution to iii
the circumstances of the cane.
Mr. Lockwood said ii there was any
doubt about the permanence of the
privilege the Council was to give him.
he did not desire to build. as he did
not wlali to be told to get out after he
had been ilirrc awhile.
Mayor Wheeler expreuued himself as
willing to toured the proposed imm-
ilon and pass the requests of the poll-
iloucr.
Attorney Lockwood raid that he had
read the proposed resolution several
timeu and could not ascertain from it
what action thc city would be taking
in ratio the Council passed the revolu-
lion.
(‘oimriithuu lioycr moved that tlic
matter be referred to the mayor and
corporation counsel to report at ii iii-
turc meeting. The motion was passed.
A communication signed by several
taxpayers for it board walk from the
Daubury and Norwaiii railroad track
to York atreel. was laid upon the iii-
blr.
A report signed by the paving com«
mittee was read regarding the paving
of Wall street.
It was voted to hold a hearing to as-
sess damages and benefits arising from
the Wall street improvements. on ile-
cetuber ii. at 7:30 in the evening.
it was voted that.“ be appropri-
ated for the use of the tire department.
1‘. ii Waters naked million to
mutt-uni a frame building at i iter-
win street. to be used as a mill: house.
The muster was granted.
0. it. Cheddar. of Port Chester. asti-
ed permission to erect a photograph
gallery lesiial test high on the lloyt
property on Iiaia etreet. The petition
was reterred to the Ire committee
with power.
A petition was read setting for the
privilege of removing a building to
list-win street and building additions
to ii. The privilm was granted.
councilman lisat asked for an ad-
it
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Fruit. ;._ .
At the conclusion at“! m ’
toaata were mound. lav: m Fl.
hard presiding as We. lie
was thorouhiy at home in this capac-
ity. his announcements being in a par6
ticulariy happy vein. The iii-in
were also interesting. They were It
follows:
Welcome ........Clarenno 3. Penn.
Response ............... h 0. Smith.
Our Es-President‘e...0has~. It. Helmet
Honorary MembernJiavgaret B. Weed
Associate Members...iienry O. Bailey
Our Church ......... Hon. J. H. Ferris
The Lndiee .......... Jacob Ii. Layton
The iientiemen...Anna L. Dickerman
Our Juniors ....... Natalie B. Diabrow
The Norwnlit Union
............. Rev. R. 0. Sherwood
Prophecy ............... W. J. Leland
WHERE THE WOIBN HIST.
Anuoum-emcnia of the Central Club of
Not-walk ior December.
Mondays. German. as in November.
except that lirul class will be held at
9:45.
Fridays. i-‘rench. no in November.
Monday. 20th. at 2:30. whisi accord’
lug to former announcement.
Priduyu, 10th and Hill. at 2 9. ill..
Airs. Iii. ll. iimlih will teach the malt-
ing of Christmas novelties. such as
handkerchief boxes. flowers. lamp
shades. etc. in tissue paper.
Tuesday. 7th. at it p. in.. the Friday
Afternoon club announces the ilret of
a series of eotertainmente to be given
in turn by the women's clubs of Nor~
walk. The Friday Afternoon club
will be the hostess of the lily. invitv
log all the other clubs. 'i‘aaaarvad at
the close of the literary claret-ea.
January l. i to 10 p. in. New Year's
day reception.
Each member of the club is to be
allowed during the year two cards for
inviting guests to social .eutertain-
merits. Cards may be obtained upon
application of the secretary.
—a
ANNIVERSARY EXERCIBIQB.
Thirteenth anniversary of Rising titer
Division. Bolts of Temperance.
Eighteen members of Ooaoyrd divie~
ion. lines of Tet-pm . went to
Rowavton last night and attended the
thirteenth annivereary exercises of
timing liar Division.
Therewaaslongmnatealandllter-
ary piegrainm sad an address by tile
grand worthy march. Charles I.
Hubheil. of liraihird. Alter the ener-
class tetreehmeuie‘were served.
The younger members of tho-vies
enjoyed a social hour after the older
ones had gone hm
“All”! HiLLIAN 00'9“".
' meal “or. ;. . '
VIOLIN TEACH“. , .
- Jr ‘e r. ‘ . _
For terms apply at 8! ‘ “
one. Nerwata. Gena. ‘ 7.9a!
REFORM SCHOOL HA , V
fit.
Inveutigatlon into the “Mu-The
Price Paid for Cloth .
The Meriden Republican
investigation into the
State Reboot for .Boya iii . ,
that the trustees are lncli “ “‘ C
Superintendent Coburn
of syutem here.
ileved that any man of W
board of intuition at that new
permit such loose MW
fairs.
Senator Converse. a
cloth that ea~Truetee Bird.
sold to the school in 8.00.-
seventy-live cents a yard. ,
had taken a sample oi the .
of the most competent
lecturers In the country
examine the cloth liter lil ’
alvo an estimate as to
per yard of making it. H.
that It coidd be made tor , “m
cunts a yard. fifty-MM , _
The cloth bouilt direct it
by the School for lion was ,
waived-loch width so that
tee Bird's prolt wee really-1
cents u yard. as it coat iii. _
sell the goods. denator i ‘
that was a preposterous .
According to the books at g ‘
N. 1.. Bradley wee credited
iho reiuructaneecseed ..
said that it was not the .
s also named Newton L.
canon varmtia'
Willisis o. Hewitt.
Other M
cum .
ana'eaiome
sinusitis-salsa . _,
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