A was some good hafiet balf'
. at the Norwnlk artillery last
.slthom the scheduled game
Team .7 and the New Raven
tic club did hill. materialize.
the New Haven lentil having the min.
[Millie to miss the train. Instead.
morpuyeogphmta‘aet .lo~
M's and the second? team, each
team playing one twenty-minute half
“The opening game was between the
sarondrtsam aadtheilt. Joseph's. it
wag decidedly lively. the St. Joseph
being the most'sgile and doing
better team work, which counted in
th‘clrfavor. The scorswss‘lioz.
m and Steegmullsr. of the St.
Joseph's. out up an unusually sood
. the good throwing from the
$1.0” being a feature. The
St. Josephs
r. f, Cassassa
l. f. Lynch
, p. O'Brien
r. g Ladrigan
Brown. 1. g. Steegmnller
Score: First balk-St. Joseph' s. 3;
' Gemini Team P. 1. Second halinst.
Joseph's. 4; Second Team 1'. . Total.
3“in. Joseph's. 7: Second Team 1". 2.
Goals were thrown from the held in
the ilrst half by Owens. and from
. the foul line by Steegmuller and Hodg»
es. in the second half Cassassa threw
goals from the field and Bloom from
the foul line.
in the half between Team i-‘ and the
second team. the score stood 12 to 0
in favor of Team P. Goals were
thrown as follows: Lockwood. 3;
Ranch. 2; Ghiottofl.
' The second half was between Team
P and St. Joseph the score being ii
to l in favor of Team P. Two goals
were thrown from the held by Lock-
wood. two by Ranch, one by Payne and
uonc from the foul line by Ghiouo and
Steegmuller.
it is expected that the basket ball
season will end in April. Team P will
try and have some rattling good
games before it ends.
The Democratic club. by fallingto
appear. forfeited the game to the l"
team by a score of 2 to 0. and a report
to that eiiect will go to the Amateur
Athletic union.
The practice games with the second
‘ team and the T. A. B.’ s do not count in
Team P's record
snot wmsnvauso.
AnAccidsnttoloardinglchool Boys
which thsywiil not Explain.
Charles Johnson and Waddle Was—
son. New York lads. aged about 15
years each, who are pupils at l’rof
Whitlork's boarding school in Wilton.
were the victims of a hunting accident
yesterday afternoon. though neither
boy was seriously injured. Johnson
received a charge of sixteen email shot
in his leg and Wesson had six strike
him in the leg. The boys were out
hunting in the vicinity of Chestnut
Hill. but will not telll how they came
. to he'shot. farther than the gun of
another member of the party was acid—
destslly discharged. The doctors were
. able to pleh out all the shot. and it is
expected that the lads will be out again
in a few days.
be P
w “M’slhthdaylnrpdu
Thirty friends of bliss Bessie Inger.
gersoll Lyon gave bar a surprise: last
Tuesday night. at her home in liighi
W. 300th Norwllk. The (attention
_ was the anniversary of her birth. An
Mani, highly polished table and a
silver jewel case were presented to her
by the guests ’ss a reminder of the
happy day. During the evening piano
selections were rendered by the hostess
and hits- Annle lather. The highest
semen in the games which followed
were sands by that Edythe 8. Gates
and Robert Slice-s. A line collation
was served.
if the contemplated plans of Mana-
. gar O'Rourke. or the Bridgeport base»
, tail team. culminate mmiaiiy that
city will have one of the iinest hall
kids in the state The new held will
b laid out on Manageroltourke's
import! in the last nan, located on
Infield avenue. it is raid the dis.
bond will be “filled by the early
M of mi month. The field will he
Minuet ”mauislnttashori
We trots ins sorser oi titratiord
ans lsnyiew stresses. The arm is
My level and will need but little
M to as» incest ens-oar
rsaraastaatnmnmsytse
titanium thesists.oiwhieh
)ssidtha‘tswsiloondueindtaihstprso'
not sap-social estimati- nai—
lsrlnhaoyrvs‘sectltosaava’isnasge-
atsnt'. Everything is made shinshspr.
decks are oieaml. and the UM pre—
cantons are tam as in am out»
tests: and there is full as-
sarnmthhtnh stay will appear, the
decks present a warlike appearance.
and soon after the exercises have be-
gun the ship rotstnbies anything but
a pleasure craft.
To the novice the discharge of a big
gun is a startling thing. and may be
followed by' unpleasut results unless
the usual precautions are taken.
men brace themselves for the shock
which follows the discharge of a big
gun by holding the arms rigid and the
arms weh sway from the body, to give
the lungs free play. They also keep
the mouth open, ‘and by that means
equalise the pressure on the Magi.“
head and eardrum.
”it is a question that admits of some
argument." said the naval reserve
man. "whether the discomfort comes
from outward pressure in consequence
of the concussion or from the vacuum
created after the shock. The fact that
men who use cotton in their cars ex-
perience more trouble than those who
use no external protection shows that
there is much to fear fiom vacuum and
the natural pressure from within
Burned esrilrutns and ruptured blood
vessels are lens’llksly to follow the
discharge of big guns when those who
stand near by keep their mouths open
and their ’arms extended from the
body. "
The noise made by the discharging
of heavy pieces is le- painful to the
sense of hearing than that produced by
smaller arms. “The roar seems to en.
velop one." said the enthusiast, "and
the man who stands in the turret.
which shields him to some extent. be-
comes oblivious to it. The excitement
connected with handlim the guns or
passing the charges does not maltc one
forget the noise, and the smell of the
burning powoer has an intoxicating
eflect which mat a charm to the situ-
ation. A man who has charge of on
sl-lnch gun is allowed about three min-
utes to load and tire his piece. and he
and those who form the gun's crew are
kept constantly busy. lsmaller guns
are fired more rapidly. and l have sees
it Much gun shoot at a target two
miles away so rs iy that live shots
were in the air fore the tint one
struck. That is work over which any
one will get his surroundings.
"But the surroundings change as
soon as the first shot is tired. immedi-
ately after the smoke item the tlrst
shot has cleared away all the exposed
brass we on boprd the ship. which
a few him more was is bright as
i new dollar, turns green and gives the
ship it businuslike appearance. But
.he change becomes greater as the
thootlng continues immediately after
1 piece has bccmdiachnrgcd a man
illellll the breech which belrhos smoke
ind root. and when this has neared
may the whole inside appears covered
with a rhd masstwhicb looks like so
much clotted blood. This is the re-
iltllllllll of the burnt powder. Small
rartlcles of slowohurning pon’ili'r are
table to be left in the breech-loading
nechaniom. and to extinguish these
ind i'lcan away the red mass it man
itands ready with a swab, with which.
lilil liberal quantities of water. he
uroocmls to clean the gun. The dirty
water runs back upon tho tlel'll.
it spotters the men. and this operation
nids another element to the tough ap-
pearance of men and ship. The more
unolte, the more noise, the more dirty
water on the deck. the lean the men
heed the noise. The powder fumes do
certainly add much to the spirit of
abandon which comes to all men who
‘nhale them on board a war vane
The powder smoke which: comes
'mm a ship's china? W not only
the bright metal on shipboard. but
other things. A man who is well
known in yachting circles came aboard
i cruiser last summer with several
blends, and they were on deck while
more of the guns were discharged. The
non wore neat white straw hate when
they more on board. but the color of
these had changed to a cross between
tray and green by the time they went
iwsy.»New York Tribune.
The Taking of Trent.
(ionic question having arisen among
readers oi The Sentinel regarding the
Wislon of the trout law, it is printed
below for the information of those who
are in dottht about the matter.
Every person who shall catch any
brook trout or brown trout esrept with
a hook and line.“ shall sell.expose for
sale. purchase. catch. or have in his
possession any their trust. except from
the first day of April to the ilftoenih
day of Jun. shall be lined not more
than fifty dollars and costs or impris-
oned nothsnrs than thirty days. or
both: provided. however. that any per-
son may tans such trout in waters
owned and enclosed by hint for the
purpose of stocking other waters. or
take and sail any limit flared by bun
is such new waters.
"l'm thiahisg of mains for govern
nor..lnns."ssid thecitiasaoioneoi
his endorse Winnie. "an i want
you to help as out“
The old men lashed thonktiei and
then said:
"All right. liaise Tots: but i wants
ssyaa indis’ question.”
atom b it?“
‘ ' when
minnow-n
Thev
llillllll
The lmhsssllng Attorney Brought
lackhylhcrlflisllla.
Edward M. Closscy. the alleged em-
bezzling attorney. who was arroemd at
the home of his brother near Water—
bury. Vt. was brought to Winsted. yes-
terday afternoon by Sheriff [-3. A. Nel—
lie. and later taken to the county jail
at Litchiield. Clmacy's arrest and ex-
pected 'arrival. was generally knbwn
so that when the train from Hartford
reached Winstcd shortly before 2
o'clock. there was a large crowd about
the station to get a glimpse of the pri-
soncr.
Blarney admitted to Shoriil Nellie
that he had not fared well since his
sudden flight and his appearance pinin-
iy indicated it. He appeared to be worn
out and was dressed very shabbily. His
face also presented a sorry sight being
partially covered with'blood from the
cuts he sustained in his deeporsie at~
tempt to escape from the Vermont of«
linerszhe was also badly bruised by his
fall when fleeing from the oiliccrs.
Closcy stated to the shrriff that . he
went direct to his brother's after leav-
ing Winulcd. He seemed to be or
trcmcly downheartcd slur» lilh arrest
and it is very probable that in will
plead guilty when arraigmd in «out
Judge Rornbatlt will open a ebori
term of the Superior ('nurt in Winstwl
next Monday and it is. probable. that
money will than be arraigned and have
hie rasc continued until the blur hum
of the Superior Court in Litehlicld.
COLD WAVE TO-DAY
Yearning Weather radiated for at
Least“ flours
Weather (limervcr Torr last
night that tho lililli’ailuits puiuivd to n
cold wave for thin section many and
tomorrow. if the promotions of llir
government weather oilico ut Wauhiug-
too are fulfilled, the temperature will
drop to 2.3 degrees almve zero and r...
main at that pull)! ior at least 2i
hours.
The spell of will weather dm- here
today comes from the Western stolen.
in the Mississippi valley the tempera-
ture is particularly low for this N’illlifll
of the year. Observer Tarr told a Pub
Indium reporter last night that New
Haven would eecspe the worst of the
late wave. lie said that if lluh weather
conditions did not changc materially
the cxlrmnr low temperature would
push north of this section.
said
To Award the lichols Inward
Mary P. Nichols. sister of flu-urge
Alarms Nichols. has applied to the tin—
perior (four! for the appointment oi a
commission to hear evidence and rio-
ride to whom the rewsrd oi $2,500 or.
[creed by her for tho arrest not! «anvil»
lion of the murderers of her bother.
should be paid. The action is taken
under a special statute in regard to re-
wards. ’liie reward of the town of
”.000 and by the state of £1,000 more
were paid to iiuperintcniicnt ilirminp
ham. Detectives Arnold and Cronan.
but the private reward of Miss Nichols
could not be made without time pro-
ceedings, although she is sail-riled that
the three men are entitled to it. The
hearing will re very format. as ll is
not anticipated any one will present a
claim for it other than the three on-
cers mentioned.
ins
Manors-sows.
The (lrsnd Commandery of Continua
icut. United firdcr of the Golden (miss
held its tenth annual session in South
inaion yesterday. with about to debt
gates in attendance.
“The morning session was devoted
wholly lo the reports of the arand at
cars. At the afternoon session the
Minn of ulcers took place». as fol-
lowa: Grand commander. i’. (has, Wit»
limaaiie; vice grand humans»,
Themes iiiiiss. Wltefhury. grand are-
late Annie ll. Melinda itioslsgtoa;
grand keeper of records W ii. illness
nmsik: grass lmrer. fl. it. liar»
It herbs: grand iterate 1' Kaela.
m; mnewsrdesoiihnostsrpte.
W. it. Edwards. initiation; grand
worries of the inner gate. .l. Inns.
them.
menswear
. if
. aLeo
at
$3.43
‘4
Our Gents’ Enamel, Russet and Box Calf Shoes,
izz Washington Street,
South florist-lie.
"Show ” not!
hi. Knight’s
fieadtuu'mldlmm and (’Aoek
Store in the 3mm elites.
wing Stock oi
Skirts anhWaExs’ts.
We have the \ergest assortment in thin rite.
Gut- dresses are e\\ \a'uor mhhe.
K. Kruger.
Machine Keith flock.
Do you want
a Tin Pail?
it Cents
12 Cents
20 Cents
25 Cents
2 Quart, i
3 “ i
6 “ i
8 “ i
DAll-Y
IIWIIN
PROFILLIR;
Freight Line
innn nan lllllliillls’ shoes.
—---M. H. GLOVER’S,
Enables urgent-blah“ invited to inspect our
South Korea“. Conn.
These are not cheap goods, but are such as would
ushally cost you fifty per cent. more than we ask for
They are made of one and two cross polished tilt.
with wood bundles and knobs on the lids.
NASH & VAN SGOY,
Corner North Main and West Sis.
NORWALK. SOUTH NORWALK
AND NEW YORK.
Q. m “I!“ asserts 0 him.
DLHUGHES
shianohl‘ of his Danbu
gwmsrnm 07mm,” in
HITCH”
WAIJ
Wilma
nmronm m
0’ 7m,
nutty. Iilltttt! tit Mill!
0' EACH Vim.
Bloodlesnourswillhs from Inm.tolp.m
All [stud-Tag itgdefeetivs vial?“I should
more a re r estssted proper
gin-saluted. ey
mammals
Cures lnsmnnia, ,Vsrtifizflalineinations. Epi-
lepsy, stomach Tron Nervous and flick
cedar henna other maladies ,espocially when
of a nervouo complexion
With the aid of the lstestirn
veil electric
imi'rnmenis of America's
Europe'shes
oenlistkmheisemblod totest yonreyeslgh t
liltiJlltllSllttLIlfllll.
lio nsddlsrs orsgutts emplorsd.
Moving Ahead!
Our New Goods Are Now
in Stock.
We have paid special attention
to the new mil-rs and have a
large variety of «lotions in Red,
tin-en. Blue and Brown.
You are mnlially invited to
coil and see them.
l’ninteru’ supplies,
Glues, eta.
Painting. luperltuugiug
and (lemming.
E. E. Gorham,
it first tutu. lint limit.
IHEE'TAR RANGE
Is a grant tling all through.
Milli! it till.
Period laid.
lupin tr ninth anti.
lulu-t unlit.
hilltliltilimli.
We also have a num-
ber of hargnlnn in hot
air furnaces.
llomli Patient it Ill, 00.,
an Washington street. liouth .‘iorwaik.
WW... -
J. 0. JENNINGS,
«roe lists, ensue. unto..-
osatas or
Wall Papers» and Borders
1 aosrn ltAlli mas-r.
Booth Norwslk.
lei-pin looks of latest I!!!“ of
Papers Borders and (tilt lonldings
‘lakss to bosses for inspection. on so-
tiss by penal. Intimates awfully
gives. me
William C.Jesse.
I. WMINMON man.
leis Agent h!
emu... our.
$.00 PER CASE-
' ged in only by the most reckless and
WT sates Moreen...“ .. .. a... a
Gityoillomlk, Vulcan and me. i
“harass harbor” ' " .
sins-satin! them as them!”
no is of alligators," shill
than who lived for several
Cuban capital, ",and although
sorry enough thing to have to up
i cannot llelieve that Mr oi
bodies of the poor fellow! who bl.
their lives in the Maine disaster will
hermuponthe beach. Asideim.
Willa big man-cits" that infest theft!- .
born of the islands in the South Plait-v X
to. close to the line, i don’t W the "
waters of the whole world hold any
more ravenous or ferocious sharks
than those that make sunbathing in
Havana harbor a luxury that is indul-
ioolhardy men. The ”called inane
esters of northern waters. big and t...
ly as they look are generally an that.
cowards of the sea as coyotes are at
the land and a whole school of sharks
of the temperate none will scoot from
a level headed man who seen." up a”
steady kicking and splashing lit the
water. like a pack of relenaed M. '
scurrying from a terrier. But the '
sharks of Havana harbor have got h
taste of human blood—4m scarcely a
week passes that some silly Havana
man or boy does not get himself gobs ’
gied up by the 'man—estcrswand the “
fact is no longer disputed by see—fab
lug men that once a shark acquires hit ’
appetite for human beings. he will ‘4’
risk anything afterwards to appease
that appetite.
When the city of Havana was esl-
ebrating. some sis years ago. the til-v
niversary of the birth of the young *
King of Spain, the next biggest fes- .
lure of the blowontraftcr the hull _
lights was a balloon ascension by a'
Spanish areonaut named Roman Her-
gnlles. l was spending the holiday on
an electric launch with a party, of
friends. and in the afternoon We
watched for the ascension. Along
about four o'clock we saw the baton ,
shoot into the air from one of the 81-7 ,-
nor plazas, with Marguiles. dusted in
gymnasts tights. hanging by his lss
from the trapeze suspended alder- _.
heath the basket. The air was very f
still. and the aeronaut had apparet‘itiy
ilgured on making a reasonably high
straight—up ascent. and then. by pni~
King the escape valve, to descend with-
in the city or on its outskirts. ‘ As he
muri have known how thickly inflict!
the, harbor was with sharks he could
certainly not have seriously entertain.
ed the thought of letting his balloon
descend in the harbor.
"At any rate, when his balloon reach-
rd an altitude of about half a mile. we
mum see that it has swam into a cur—
rent of air that plainly began to carry
it over the harmr. With the aid of our
glasses we could perceive the acronaut
climbing from the trapeze into the has-
;tet and a moment or so after he like
appeared from view. it became appar- .
cut to us that he had pnlled‘ths coupe *
valve. for the balloon began to rapidly
descend. but by the time the valve was
opened the upper sir current had
carried the balloon over the wales of
he bay The engineer of our launch.
at my dim-mun started four bells for
ahe- spot in the water where we fig-
ured the balloon would descend. forwo
ill knew that the svronsut would not
u- long in the water before the sharks
mold gl'l alts-r him. The balloon
some down too swiftly. howfler. for
the launch to be of any linoleum to
Mfllfllllléi. We were two hundred
vards away when the basket struck the
water. Just before the basket touched
the water Mommies appeared on its
also and thril head that into the luv-
=ior, in order. apparently. to prevent
its becoming entangled in the basket
li'iilllg. We saw his head bob up once
and we put on all power to reach hill
with the launch. But when we saw a
tun-n big manor-men has cleaving the
water straight for the spot where (lie
unfortunate aeronaui’s head had ap'
neared. we knew that it was all up
with him. ii:- rlld not show at the sitv~ ‘
face again. and when we reached the '_ g
toot where he had lumped in. we aw
nothing but little eddies of blood on
be surface of the water. The sharks '
and turn him to pmm.~wulllm
Star.
amnesns ”D m.
Boston. March ZiwA number of well
known representatives oi the railroad
internals of the Matt were at the huh
log before the legislative committee on
railroads yesterday. it dealt with
matters contained in the report of the
railroad t‘timlflliliilitli”?! concerning the
operation of steam railroads by siste-
irir power i'olonei 1 ll. m
mussel for the New Yorlt. New Ilsvsa
and Hartford railroad thought M It
was clear that it would be M
thumb to gather umber all the var-
ious laws applying to steam
and so modify them by legislaiilh *-
«talent as to enable the M W
on: parts or their missus by stable
viewer to conform to the ism
warm but sinned to obviate this
llrslty by enabling the ultra-
inissioaera to suspend or Indy
general law that may not be _'
hie to the electric. W of
liavAttornef tinny-rel NW ‘
addresses the committee. its 7
surprise that such a hill
W with the . . .
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