N0. till. F. and A. M. . asoalc Building. Sou i. 1st and lid Tuesday month—July and August en- t.’ s o'.olocit All Master s‘csrdlally invited. Hick-on .. o. w M. _Iptar.N°. MILAJA. in Masonic Building, South street. 2d and sin Tuesdays of bluntly—July and August ex- , w-at 8 o'clock. All Royal Arch . is cordially invited William H. n. If P. RobertM Wilcox. aossa'r M. wstcox. soar. "no ,ssuvlnsi. TELEPHONE cALLs llamas Department :ranen Office. .Nomm m .e mdMunfacmem ,' ~ ’ Association It!!! B’l‘EViill‘l’Bi President g]?! “(film-ear denim ”on ETT. Treasure rer Leeutive Committee LFBOBT W ... ...w_._.............‘..... . as SENATORIAL CONTEST. messman Hill. who is now in ashlngton. says he is “not sum- . eat to discuss it." but, the inter- _er adds. "Mr. Hill is deeply inter- From this. the Bridgeport Farmer tee. it appears that Mr. Hill is tnk- , no active part in the Bulkeley‘. cLean contest. but does not disguise ; preferenlie tor McLean. By the er. in unusual surfacequiet prevails. welcome“. but there is probably , ii subterranean activity. Senator slay is a fighter “to the last ditch." been is probably endeavoring to on Bulkeley encroachmenta upon submit, but the defeat of dose lot governor has made this a some- giflcnlt task The Robson and «subroutines Journal. _ c r W . Robert M. Wilcox. Y‘ , 9 The tiliristlnas smile! good thins " to take shopping with you. and it has a scathing effect upon the girl behind , the sodomy—Norwich Bulletin. “i.“ look out for a mighty interesting , scrimmage in the christian Science ‘ church. new was butane Mrs. Eddy No one else can wieido, her thunder bolts.—-Meriden Journal + if you know of a youngster who can 't adorn the delight of a sled Just buy him one for a Christmas present. it will be as happy in giving. as he is in receiving—Bridgeport Telegram. if Judge Baldwin does make the colonel apologize he will at once be recognized as good timber for the su preme court—Grand Rapids Press. 4...”... iiiillllll Sllllll lll ill llRlllllllii Bridgeport Man Candidate for Assistant pisrkshlp~coniesi: for Speakershlp is Between Scott and ilunilnnton The General Assembly of Connecti- ‘cut convenes at noon on Wednesday, January 4. 1911. The day witnesses the inauguration of the new governor, hears his message and closes with the formalities and festivities of the great ball given by the Foot Guard at their armory. The party caucuses are held the evening of Tuesday. the 3d. when the senators choose their presiding of- floor (president pro tem. l. who names the members of the committees, and the House chooses its speaker. As a rule the assistant clerk of the house becomes the clerk and the old clerk goes up to the Senate and so on. and the only active controversy is over the assistant clerkship of the house. Chap. lains are chosen for each branch and other officials are selected, too For assistant clerk of the House, the real price of each session. there are four entries so for recorded at this odioe. These are Messrs. Charles J. Martin and O’Brien. of New Haven. Buckley. oi Unionville and Turner of Bridgeport. Mr. Martin is a member of the New Haven bar and very popular and well-known lives in Orange. Mr. O’Brien has recently been admitted to the bar and is an active young man. John Buckley was a member of the House at the last session and James A. Turner. of Bridgeport is favorably known in his part of the slate. Each is actively at work and there is a live ly canvass in the House the speakersiiip is un derstood to have simmered down to a .choice between Frederick A. Scott of Plymouth, and Harry A. Huntington. of Windsor. The talk of John 1“. Car l in mnd‘dac‘e' were 1m“ Q0. ”Dan“? runnln‘ amlnfit Mr. Scott (338.5 A. in public estimation, and the ‘ t of the latter is interpreted in quarters as popular disapproval sterner. it would not be strange cBnllteley managers should use is; an argument in their proselyt. labors with professedly McLean ltOl‘i-l. ‘j’pulbly. the defeat of (loodwin is ' ’ use of. Mr. Hill's non-activity in or McLean lie is a close i: of the trend of Public senti- 1 v natal-day. o:mgr u, not v. i’ ' ' whgon which was stolen from B. Raymonds barn some tirae ly. was returned to Stamford turner dimly Side. the lively transistors in New York. into t‘ as best for them not to keep it _Mdison Per or. former editor Hartford Post, ad secretary to main. this state. C sellout. of the Holmes. . & Selleck Company. while at ' "in loading a truck at the store, Inimitable ,rlgbt leg above the that Dr. Cook has contained an to the blew York alderman «rod hiih the income of that plead guilty to admethlng or ’ - ~ yldhlil union. .4... should 0 saunas Hill. at .1 at. chic at so strenuously to ”5’." «Wm "Yankee" on the ‘W1 Where would in. 5:: withopt tile vaults—sew ed some time ago. Mr. Scott has Op- ‘anly declared himself in favor of Mc- Lean and Mr. Huntington is recognized as s. Buckeley man. Representative Chandler, of Rocky Hill. who was en- tioned as a liosslble speaker. pulled out not long ago. AN APPRECIATION. Nature paints in the most striking colors. shades and tints, with so great a delicacy that the artist often dea- pnlrs or finding colors adequate to ex- press her, various moods llpon View in: the thigh now on exhibition in the So'uh' all: Library it is es- llticlully bin that what Mrs. Lin- un expresses is Just these moods of nature. and the strange and beautiful effects of light. “The Roton Hill" sketch shows this familiar scene just before a snow storm: the glare of the sun sinking be- hind a veil of cold moisture, bathea the. whole scene in a shimmer of yellowish light . “The Electric Light" is pa unusual and peculiar aspect of a commonplace accnew-a street a tree or two, a house are the component parts. But in the swirl of the snow storm, with the electric light shining from behind the house the commonplace in merged into something weird and poignant, which seizes and holds'the imagination. in another the gray oyster boat ‘steais down the river in the momma mists, with Just a bloom of pale blue in the city. living promise of clear weather. and two or three clumps of yellow frost touched marsh grass in the shallow whter at the foreground. has the freshness and delicacy of a water color. "'lllls Nocturne" an effect of rising moonlight. painted at two o'clock in the morning, during llol. weather. has unusual depths of tons and atmos- phere. and is iniagluatlve. There are three moosllghta here- "The country Club" by moonlight. seen from the opposite shore of the river. shows the full moon rials! against a clump of trees while the yellow lights on the low shore indicate the whereabouts of the cl.ub the moon. light'thsr while shimmering down on , thaw "Ting“ himhard House and Garden” lint ah: a deed of cold unionist lllllllli liliiii nu detective intake Valve oi Mills on the Gremlins Explode; iii terSuccssaiiil Practise Spin William Gretel. a south Norwalk hay,w who has in the United States Navy for sevsr ears. and who spent the greater part i 1th summer in South Noru'alk. had a narrow escape from death in an accident elf San Die- go, California. a few days ago. lichen held the office of chief electrician on the submarine boat Grampua tot sev- L‘elal years. and was about to be trans- lei-ted to ii more important post at San Francisco. ills successor, who was engaged in learning the duties on board the (irampus. was “Girl! Ley. and the following despatch ti s of the accident which will probably cost Mr. Ley his lite and seriously injured oth- or men: BAN DlEGO Cut. Dec. iO.—-liy the cxploaion‘ of a defective intake valve of the engine on the submarine boat. (irnmpua today, three enlisted mom- hers of the crew were injured, one so badly that it is expected he will die. The accident occurred Just as the boat was puttint alongside the wharf of Coronado after u practice spin in the bay. The injured are: Herman Loy. chief electrician. skull fractured. probably fatally; B‘. B (lookaliadly bruised; P. M. Moul cut and bruised . Ley, who is a native of Colorado and had just qualified for submarine boat service. although but twenty-two years old. sustained the brunt of the explosion. which came when the motor was switched on to start the engine which supplies the motiVe power of the craft. A plea: of defective valve struck him in the face. Previous to the accident the Glam pus had spent more than an hour div- ing in the bay and run-hing on the aura face. illlllili in?“ u Plilllliltis Attorney Eoudhart Declares lu- rles Are Against Drivers in Accident Bases NEW HAVEN. Dearth—4i” an au- tomobilisi a chance when brought be- fore a court of justice on a charge of running down a man? At the close of a case replete with interesting devel- opments Attorney Jacob Goodbart. defending Wallace Schuiliiorn. who is being sued by William Bigelow. a Quinnlplnc avenue inilkniau, who mime heavy damages for having been run down by Schollhorn's automobile. declared in his argument before the jury in the common pleas court yester- day afternoon that nutoista when brought into court. have to suffer for the geneiiai predludice which juries have aga usi flu-m. The remarks mused comidelablo surprise. Prosecutor Woodrulf. for the State. left his their and appealed to Judge Wolfe. interrupting Attorney Goodhurt several times. The. pair- sage at arms between the two attor— neys became so heated that Judge Wolfe interfered. Attorney Goodhnrt. pointed out the fact that Joseph Stor- ey. the star withcss for the plaintiff. testified that. he had seen Scliollhorn shift his general the side of the car, while as a matter of fact, all gears on the car were operated by foot power. That the‘furlner is the man who has no chance was the opinion of Attorney Woodrpii when he opened his argument to answer the attorney for the defense. The prosecutor do- clsred that Attorney floodhnrt had in- directly insulted the jury with his re marks. in fact all juries. The prose- cutor emphasised the fact that form. are are caught unaware»; by “them somerset) wer engines of destruction that go a reaming through the connu try day and night." Mr. Woodruff closed his argument with the remark that eight miles an hour was an ab- surd rate of sliced to he placed as that of the auto driven by Schollhorn. when it struck ilixelow. The prosecu- tor stated that honors testimony was an unfortunate mistake. The case will probably go to the Jury today. “W ‘91—. MR. MURRAY PROMOTED. The many friends of Arthur Murray. of Harriet street. will be more than pleased to learn of his new position. or rather of his advancement in his present position. Mr. Hurray has been employed in the New York branch of the latter Motor Company. in Broad- way for some timeout. having prevb oualy warheddn the locomoblls Works in Bridgeport. He holds the office of superintendent of the mechanical do pertinent of the boil» Motor com- aoy at present, which is certainly a «possible position tor so young a man. His, next position is that of the highest plan in the executive depart meat of the company. with his odl located in Detroit. Michigan. its tell this advanced position bursary 1. WW warn-- FLOOD IlTUATlGN LII. .IMOU‘. ii ROM Des. "Mlle weather was improve today and the flood situation 10d lass ”nous. lithe district of the river Tibra much liaisons has been cloud to die - crops' and titers has been a heavy loss of“ anionic:i ll:;%hjtlle mmvieghia still intan-1 3‘1... s ailments m «amt «truly Dec few-Railway new And when made it is the most delicious of foods. And absol of in absolute ' usos'sv en‘anar'rwoa‘aéw mam Lean Rica. Tenor ~ One of the busiest concert tenure of the lllllii'll Slates la Deon Rico. wide-' ly known as "Anicricn‘s grout church tenor." This this has beenglvuu him because more than liflf of his endosc- mcilfs value from church organisa- lions lie has a roniutliahlc caret-r llcgliv nine in u buy choir in (hands when but seven years of use. he has steadily risen until toils) he is declared by music critics to he one of America's foremost singers. For a number of years he sang in Toronto. Buffalo and Detroit churches. in film he gave a recital at the Bt. bouts world's fair, king his debut as a professional on rt artist. Since that time he as appeared be- fore more than 1.500 audiences in Canada. the United states and ‘iCng‘ land and he has sung in over two iillons purple. This is a wonderful 0rd and one which speaks for itself Last year he spent some than in Marion with William Shakespeare. the famous vocal teacher. returning to America the first of this year. A tin-an months' concert tour of the South followed. and on Aprlll Mr. Rice began his work in New York and the cast. Since April 1 he has ninety-fourso- ssgenfisgs to his. it. and the fall h or press I. fit ream “- visa—mm gm. ,. ’ ‘ Will sins sorry "W “cam .. .. so are on in Mill Norwslk his clue Church. fir. Mauls sum is lei-tuners indeed in. hogang‘m port of such a slant. halos. Coll-smith: toilet}: d .ltaly. his iamniiveimyg‘m ibfibulflym‘ ' m ““7” “omit “. mm. The“ river‘- Pa in this oft Meshes hearth” . 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"it was a manual-ragga; unmet This ‘1me tilts for his shildfl'lid newsprint” militia “MM“ "“mwwtm an aisle limitation can: ciaily on account of Greathcartmwulbock mainly consists of a record of written because Bunyan‘ s children do minded it. its used to read Chris» lion‘s Journey to his wife and children when they visited him in attenuator his regime was not avemricl~and they were uiie diacoawlate at the thousht of hrlatina and the children acupuncturist“ in the City of Dar “William...“ save their rather no rest until its an 91mm!“ to falls theta Oil primes IO. first!” known that Minis (larv roll. the author at "Alice is Wonder-q that he looked Mansion old instill- alatisiaa he was than an entertainer Magi; children. Yet he badtcariiiris child his doings—with aagaclty. his faithful nets. his love. it was only meant to amuse the children. but it h it proved a multimillion which the worl will not willlnsly let dis One of the best known and bust lov- ed of the thousands of hymn‘p sung in our churches in "Clinton" Nwahe." it is dndonbtedly a classic of lhymnplcs (if. and therefore the remarkably in- taunting circurns been under which it was written wil come within the scope of this article. The author of the hymn. Johnny was. had a little girl named ly.w was a special favorite of its: and a few days prior to cum “status towrite her his: iii-ism “the The child 1/ min “nigh
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