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Council Favors Making; the Cities of Street Commissioner a
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-’ [As 'was promised in an item in The
7 Sentinel, on Saturday, surprises were
In store for those who were present at
the meeting of the Norwalir City Conn.
lcli. last evening. Perhaps the most
general surprise was that which came
in the resignation of City Treasurer
and Treasurer of the Water Fund How- -
sud A. Montgomery, who claimed the
swessure of other business to interfere
seriously with his duties. No success- ‘
tor has as yet been appointed, and it
twillbe necessary for the city council
ito hold a special meeting for the pur-
pose.
artist-ole crowns
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[M the masses 01 St. Joseph;
idhuitoil, SundaY. the pastor Rev. Rich
had. J. Car-roll read the annual report
(rue showing made during the year
'iiust closing is 'most satisfactory, and
links members of the church commented
Ivory favorably on the detailed state-
meat submitted by the pastor show-
lag how great a work had been accom-
7 pliohed during 1912.
" 'l‘hie parochial properties are today
encumbered with a debt of only $25-
!)00, the mortgage being held by the
Derby Savings Bank, with interest of
only four and ouehali per cent
iiivery bill against the parish has
ibeen paid and there is a working bai-
auco in the treasury of about $1,000.
It is anticipated that during the com-
ing year the mortgage will be redno
led several thousand dollars.
. Father Carroll said the receipts for
’ the year amounted to 8'10. 500 and the
expenses 35, 000.00
During the year the magnificent new
school was built and equipped through
out in unto-date manner; the convent
was practically rebuilt and complete-
lly furnished; a. substantial iron fence
lives erected around the school and
. convent and many other necessary irn
provemeuto were made.
It. Mary's Church Report.
The annual report of St. Mary's
parish was also presented Sunday by
the pastor. ltev. Thomas J. ii‘in. it
showed receipts for the year to have
, dill. Part of the mortgage on the prop-
» arty recently acquired by the church
macrporation, in Main street. was paid
7 and other important work wan done.
, . including the “furnishing and repair»
log or the parochial solvent The report
‘ was pleasing. as showing the parish
‘ in a sound financial and reunions can.
MI TO GUIDPIR.
, snowball» which ii and on
iron «I ,. here now named in put-
‘the sinking on the over head c
Another sweeping surprise was that '
75M. BITlllILfll PARISH“ .
' (I been “£850 and expenditures of tits
' thick. to not: it true
militant grads oi! Wailhinitteu shred
{mi Permanent One and Will Seek Charter Change
sprung upon the meeting by Council-
men Cahill and Milne about: the change
in the city charter in order to create a
permanent position of street commie?
sioner, where the charter now pro
video for an appointive oiilce it was
voted that the necessary steps be is-
ken in this direction and the council
will consider the matter further at the
next meeting.
Councilman Milne, in this connection,
stated that the present salary of the
commissioner to not remunerative
enough and that $26 a week is not. too
out—.—
(Continued on Second PmJ
GOLFAII EIGQIPIEIT D
At the meeting at Gotta: Encamp-
ment, No. 31. I. 0 0.1"" that lives held
last evening. the following officers
were elected Itor the ensuing term:
0. P.-—-Juniua Brown.
S. W.—Otto Lindstmm.
J. ilk—«A. L.‘ Benedict “
lH. P.—-J. Melvin Hill.
Scribe—«Cial'ence Brown.
Treasurtharles Gehrman.
First Watch—ii. Gazer.
Second Watch—~Wiiliam Jess .
Third Watdh—-C. Raymond.
Fourth Watchu'i‘homas {’owen.
First Guard of the Tent-aloha Peta"
arson.
Second Guard of the Tent-James
Wilimott.
The abovn named officers will be
installed on January 20th by D. D. (i.
P. Oscar Benedict and staff. of Siam-
ford.
BOARDING Billllllll. AT
ILIGK "All. In“!!!
savnnoox, Jan. 8.-~“i'hs Black
Hull Boarding school, at Black iiali.
wag burned to the around today. No
one was injured so tar as known. The
lire is said to have started in the gym»
Motors. The cause has not. yet been
determined. These were ill While at
the school.
.Iinvv vaun- Moves.
"Bculh Norwulk was truatcd‘io an ax-
tample in trucklny which it does not
enjoy every «lay of the year when Ere
pressmuu Hall and his monmovod the
«in: fifteen/ion steel door, designed tor
the death Namath having; Bank‘s
vault, The his door was loaded on it
heavy tmoiri‘sttoched to which were
six horses. in coming down North
main street, the heavily lauded truck
mired and it tool: the combined
strength of all six hordes mi an auto-
in; minimum
first two learns were hitched to the,
, front with mariner in the roar bullion
bani: on then one team won. tattoo oil!
the front the momentum brink I
orient to can» the titles to it
liesuiitiititrorlon;
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Banquet soiurdey flight Caused
Ptomalne Poieoninn
were reeling far from well, and a goon-
oolor as a result of the annual turkey
supper, held last Saturday evening.
About a hundred were fed at tile din
ner and with a very few exceptions all
were busy Sunday and yesterday tak-
L ling medicine for severe stomach pains.
Although turkey was not the bnly
article of me which graced that fee-‘
tive board the trolleymen popularly
believe that itiwas the turkey which
turned the world upside down for
them. The more fortunate, - those
whom the dinner did ,th’trouble, were
busy the past two days extending sym-
pathy to’thoae who suffered. .
' Superintendent Charles A. Copley
and Manager J. B. rather were affect-
ed according to the report though not
as seriously as some of their ‘ men.
probably the worst case of all ends
rash has broken out upon him as the
result. Frau-k Raymond was another
whose troubles were as laugha‘fie as
they new serious. for Mr. Raymond is
a big man and the terrible pains took
hold Oi. him severely.
dangerously affected by the banquet,
but at one time Sunday it looked as
it all who had attended had contracted
ptomaina poisoning. ‘i‘hln would have
beam serious consequence of the din-
ner indeed but. all are pleased to learn
that no fatalities are likely to take
place among the many~dinora
Ninety rounds of turkey was pro-
”Chitin for the' dinner; but. some tickled
at this must have been all right be-
taken iii after their meal. Vacations
are nulnerous among the ranks of the
trolleymsn who are recuperating from
the iii-effects produced in so strange
and unexpected a manner. The lax-key
was supposed to be the nest-hut evi-
dently someone erred to bonding to
the street our mouths product and
gave them something in the way of a
bird that had been decreased some time.
' .It is not pleasant though and many‘
will never eat turkey again as a result
of their illness One could hardly
blame them when they tell of their suf-
(cringe.
uneven MOHR'B BiRTHDAV.
IA party was given Master Richard
‘Mohr in honor of his seventh birthday
anniversary at his home. 67 Meadow
street. List evening. A Breat‘many of
his little friend- were present. Miss
Myrtle Mills recited some school and
church poems which were very nice.
Vocal solos were rendered by Elmer
Bennett whcb were plea-n; to hear.
tPiano selections were rendered, by
Kenneth Bennett which, were well
liked by all. The little folks were also
entertained with moving N‘llll‘fll.
Masher Richard moor metals from
(is. iteircdhments were served and the
guests departed, wishing Master Rich
ard many more happy returns at “is
day. Those present were: Myrtle
Mills. Noimu Taylor. mater beacon.
Mrs. A. Bar; and Master 'ltirhord
Kenneth Weed Alfred nosrum l‘h'dmr
as Reilly. Kenneth hennsth Lillie
Suburb. Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Oarl bailouts
'Mrti. A. Berg and Master Richard
Moor.
dPliciAh mt TOMOIIIOW.
13in tabs] catsup. lam also. 19c;
small also. 12o. . 7
heat .floua baa. lilo mantis hour.
ii toi- iilitr -
And other sfiéslslo t L. isostatic.
it Normw itch: at.
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Believed That Turkey at AhmIIII : of:
All day Sunday and all. any vector
day some titty Norwallc trolloymoa ,
ly number are yet feeling a little on. ‘
Harry Bartram, or Harriet. street has '
As far as can be learned none was ‘
cause of the foot that some were not ,
booth Norwelk New York and Atlanta. .
I‘m MIMI“ «the sound ill?
"if you want to 7 p’ Connecticut in
the Democratic tanks give us incredu-
ed protection on I
essary to their In
and Jeremiah Donovan nit» resign
and this district will be disputation
for 20 years to some."
«erosional to... harm
Worth Have Cartoonist! 7 ~
in Bridgeport
Some time ago Edward Brotherwn.
of Main street, Norwaik, lost a kit of
brand new carpenters’ tools 7 which
war. stolen mithmlacsilsusous others
than property in the vicinity of Ward
street. This morning Mr. Bmtbertou
was notified horn Bridgeport that the
police there had discovered some one
attempting to pawn a suit case of
tools, which they thought answered
the description given of Brother-touts
$1099?”
for shaman not could not be locnt~
ed up to noon today. it is therefore
not known whether there was any
luck in the trip.
The other commuters suggested that
Brotherton return with the prisoner
promise a hoapitsI sentence instead
if they so}. hold of the omit.
Ill KILLS IIITIIEI
' All) NIT! TlillIilT
NEW YORK. Jan. ’lfithn hilt
mother refused to let. him have his
mandolin today. Harry Harrison, a
your; musical genius in Brooklyn,
jumped out of bed sud slashed her to
death with a raiser. Then he looked
himself in washroom at their snarl.
meat-sad out his thrust. the cannot
WWI ,
Notations-s said that Harrison. who
in it yuan: out. was chested ivy oral»
study and cubical to tits on insanity.
lie ms solicitor hora one of than
litmus am. Homeundio
demand ibis Mandolin and dire. liar
linen colonialism“ not have it.
Mireille “Dublin“ Club :6
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Mr. Brotherton took a morning train .
to save him a Jail sentence. and they,
the today and his mother had induced ‘
* Report of interstate onions
Commission Etonerotes New
Haven hood
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WASHINGTON Jain? ’Lw'l‘ho breeds
1 m of an odometer bar of the forward
.7 truck of the dining oar, musing the
truck to breakdowngmtheosuse of
the. derailment of a train. on the New
V rm, new. 'Haven and Hartford asu- '
road at Greens rm. Conn. on Nov.
it). according to a rebirth of the Inter-
, State Commerce Commission“ made
public “‘37- ,
The accident testified in the injury
of 27 "mum The train was rare
hing sixty ration an hour on a stretch
of perfectly straight and sound track.
diceted that the chitin-sires were in good
condition; having been iosted only a
few minutes before the derailment.
Ohio! Inspector Bclknap says in his
report that the shoestring of the equal-
liar Ibar allowed “the spring to come
out and the truck to break down, and,
by the equaliser bar or
g in the
crossover ‘,swttch throwing the rails
aunt of alignment and allowing the
wheels to drop off the rails. Them-um
a defect in this equalizer bar. but. it
was so slight that it could not have
been discovered by diligent inspection.
It was impossible to determine what
goes the‘im‘mediate cause of its free
tore at. this time."
SGIIILET FEVER
HARM”. Jsa.‘
lever sithstioa in this city is assum-
ing alarminx millimetre. according to
the superintendent of the Board of
Health, laden. 'I‘boremre 'i’l familial.
to. which are 100 cases. under quaran—
tine. ln many instances, diphtheria
has developed in connection with the
fever and there have been several
deaths from this cause. The outbreak
was first noticed in unusual proper
tions about the time of the opening of
thoptvbilc schools in September. it
was confined mostly to the southwest
era section of the city until recently.
but is now gelding ground in the west-
ern and hill sectidns.
NORWALK MINISTERS QRBANIZE
iN A menu CLUB.
At the meeting of the ministers of
Namath and SouthNorwslk, held yes-
terday, at the Norwaih ‘Hotol, it was
voted to organize an a social organiza-
tion, which shall include all the a pile
tors of the town of Norwaik. The
name or the organisation will he the
“Jolly Friars' Club." and the meetings
will obs held on the first Monday of
each month. As otlicsrs tor the first
’ year Rev. J. 3. Werner. motor at Grace
Episcopal Church, was elected abbot
and M. John moisten. pastor of the
li‘lrst‘thonmntiousl Church. of south
Namath. was elected scribe. The im-
list meeting of the club ova-“taken
up with a discussion of plans for the
year‘s meetings and social into course.
The am meeting will be iieid FfiIii'
pry ii, at which thus itsv. Brown rec:
tor of Christ church iidst Norwaiit.
will hi the host. ,
WVSIAL “ROI TDMOMIOW. .
huts Label estrus. torso use. the;
small rise. tile. ~
first flour. has, its; Mucous flour.
ii tor lite
ham-other will: at h. Jossiod‘v.
'tit harsh main or. . ‘ 7
or one», No. lull 4.4m; at
Milan in nest on whorsdsy orient
'7 in: males the plans tor the admins
“ ’hitld will its the am at flint
At that point no speed restrictions.
were operative. The evidence taken in- -
, those who were present at the meet-
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7?.w'i‘hs‘ scarlet :
‘ the hurrah of Foreign and Domestic
. your; there drool Porto titled. it
At a lengthy session of the South
.Norwalir some of Councilmen nelo‘
"isat evening it was internally decided
that steps should be taken to have
.‘the city charter amended so as to
make the positions of street commis-
sioner, city engineer and. line chief
permaact. Corporation Dounsei' .‘i‘o-
seph R. Taylrir was requested to oral
more ms an amendment to be pre
seated in the next echelon of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
Contrary to the expectations of
lag nothing was said concerning the
proposed investigation of the water
TB MIL PM EIFE
‘BRIDGEPORT; Jan. 7.-—William
Hoy. of Dan‘bury, convicted by a jury
in the criminal Superior Court yester-
day of murder In the second degree,
was sentenced today to state prison
for life. Mrs. Nettie Palmer, also at
Danbury. who was found, guilty‘ of
manslaughter. was you a prison sen-
tence of one to three years. Counsel
for Hay made a motion to set aside
the verdict and for a new trial, but
Judge Case denied it.
Hay and Mrs. Palmer were tried
for causing the death of their infant
child last October. They were chars-
ed with ill-at degree murder.
Cordelius Connolly. a dormer inmate
oi the Soldiers' Home at Nototon.
pleaded guilty to a charge or man
slaughter“ and was sentenced to six
months in. iatl.‘ Last September, Dan-
iel W. Albée, a Civil War veteran and
night watchman at the Soldiers' Home.
attempted to arrest ConnoIly. then at
the horns. when the latter begun to
make a disturbance. Connolly at first
started to so quietly with Albee. but
when they had reached the head at a
stairway. gave the watchman a Now
which sent him reeling down the
stairs. no dice truth the arm of it.
BUGAR CONCUMPTION liil ‘THE
UNLTID STATIC.
The sonar consumption of the" Unit-
od States in the your which ends with
this month will exceed 8 billion;
pounds. against 4% billion in 1900 ii
billion in 1890. ii billion in tree. and a
little over 1 billion in 1370 libretto,
countries our own islands, and our!
(two fields have respectively increased
their contributions to the suns: sup
lily of the United titties. The Mal
imports from torsion countries during;
this year will. accordion to the latent
More. of the stallions! Division or
headroom. “florets iii. billion
pounds, against a little over 4 billion
pounds but your. The rsnsiptli train
hermit will approximate 1m million»
pounds, assinst 1.136 militia: last.
ed to present their case. Not
3!. Wolfe has Ibeeniled Ito
'lion in 1890. ‘
current year was from our oval?
Imiiiion dollars for that. press '
’and to this must be added the
department“, The water Bernoulli i ~
ere were present. armed with "
dor- answering questions and
was heard, however, and it .
ed by all present that ltayor
rol- of his was and has d
matter. 7 .
The meeting was the lo «
:by the present board anon” age '
log a number of hearings c
movements, the Council tool:
narydtaps towa‘gvis the trap
(Continued an eighth p ,
pounds, against 1.350 to
year about 1,900 million in 191 1.
than 485 million in tiles lee '
in 1900, 45 million In 1895, and. me
About one- fourth of the am one.
named in the United States in '
nearly another one-toured coins
Hawaii and Porto Rico. and tilt:
mainder from foreign countrl "
iy Cuba.
The total sugar consumptioill‘
19i2 will presumably exceed M
any earlier your. Certainly the , .
brought into the country. plu’ “it
produced in the United States 7.
aggregate more than in any ‘
your. while the quantity .,
forms so small a percentage of.” _ .
brought in as to Justify the W
that the sugar consumption of
year will be larger than ever
and will amount to about 87
per capita aninst BC pounds 9‘
its in 1910, till phone. no: c
1900,51 ounds per unite in
8954 pounds per capita in l
32% pounds our capital in little
the quantity consumed W
a none more one doubled at
the total quantity curtail
more than champion ..
The m o the Simmer,
more mull? Milton was
consumed in the United ,
iiilh will approximm
‘doilars. The value in lit
whence imported was: that
also oountriun about 1130 Int
tars; that flow Nowell. an!)
hi it million; and that. m
Rico, approximately so until
inn II total of production of a
sills oi continuum United
Mid. and the cm of retinitis
tributiou. This in complicit
the value of the best and can.
produced in the united stated
brings the cost to the i
upprmimntely toll mtllioa dot
an avdtm ct more than a
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