v
, Governor Reminds Them State
'I taken by the engineers and iiremcn oi
s11. “-JsK‘rmo'xJ. min 1,5, m, we
we «of ”yaw W Mu: M,” an:
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society to which they '
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foundation upon whichit “ ‘
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your business it you
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lRAlNMEN’S
Uirrrrrrrr
Says Taking Strike Vote in Ad-
vance Look Like in-
timidation
ru riirrrrr rr
., irrrrrr unlit
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and Nation Has Say
in Matter
BOSTON, Oct, ti.~-A strike under-
surtate commission
‘WiiII III PRISHII
iIIiIIiIiH-IIiBiIIIIIi
Sulzer’s Investigator Did Every-
thing But he Electrocuted‘
at Auburn
AUBURN, Oct. fir—Thomas Mott Os.
borne, chairman of the New York
on prison reform,
after spending a week iiiptuburu pris-
on'as an inmate for the purpose of
studying the prison system from first
hand sources ended his Sell-imposed
term this afternoon,
Mr. Osborne was pale and tired
and showed the marks of his ordenls.
but he was enthusiastic. over the sue
cess of his experiment, which included
a trite oi? every experience that is
possible for n11 initiate to undergo
aside. from electrocution. He. even
committed iriisdeeds yesterday of suf-
ficient moment to cause his incarcer-
ation in the “dungeon" cells and he
lay on his back on the board iloor in
the prison jgiil from 3 o'clock until ti
o'clock this morning, his ration cori-
sisting of three. gallons ot’ water and
1
Non iifl‘t‘il & llzrr“'tlor(l'
lituilrond with the rule of scni'tritii
as the issue "willItorupci this corn~ I
rrionwcalth to adopt suitable measures;
for the protection of its citizens. " Gov-i
cr'riOi' l‘oss again dcrl .11 cd in an open.
letter last nialrt. This comiiiunicatioriI
w as in answer to one addressed to him
by oti‘rrials of the railroad empiovoesI
last Friday stating their atlitirdr3 ic-
;:ar'rliirtz' a strike tote bcirig tal11'ir on
the. New Haven road.
Not a Private Calling.
The governor told the union oiiicirrls
that their letter was written “upon
the New York.
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IiiiHIiIl RIIIiiiiII III
$Ifi,flflii_iiili_i0RiNO0N
Stonlngton Man Held Up at Point
oi Sun by Two Masked Men
STONINGTON, Oct. d.-—~Cnrl A.
More“), cashier oi the American Vel-
vet Company, was held up at the point
t
of a gun and robbed of $113,000 this],
t‘orenoon, by two mashed men, as he:
was driving with the money l'rorri’tlie
First National Bank to tho mill. At'
tor securing the rrioney, the robbers
disappeared iii a northerly direction.
Searching parties have started in pur-
suit.
The holdup occurred on llrry'vicw|
avenue, and was par‘thUlarly' hold be~I
cause there are occupied houses all
alone, ' the street The money was in
11 tarp c vnlise which the cashlcr hold
on his knees as he was being driven
to the mill in an cxpress wagon. At
the point where tho holdup occurred.
there. are some vacant lots, and a turn
in the lrlrrhwaj, and the robbers hid
around the bend until the wagon was
almost upon them, when they jumped
into the road and cow-rim: lilv cash-
lci' and the drlier t‘hrir'lcs lrynu with
their r'erolyers ('lllililllliitii‘ti ttrr-nr to‘I
atop. As the wngon halted onc oi
the. men held the tililti with his r1"
voiver while thc other, r'cvolicr in
, day
’t'onlcssiorr last night. oi‘ llonry Sport-I
‘ccr that ho is the murderer ol‘ sixteen-I
three Siit‘t‘s of br',cad
Today he declared that this part
of his experience ioolr him into thc
“innermost circle of irri""crno and hr. ”.507 and the operating t'vpcuscs to srlr ‘rorrr his perilous situation.
is positive that the traits of his week 5
slay in prison \\ill be very valuable LO.
the 1omrnission in the work it has.
ht Itil‘t.’ it.
"I am more
iii my previous
con firmed I
he said,I
than ever
opinion '
urrtuteilif'ent irietiet'tivc and cruel. 1111.
many respects the materrirl weltnr‘oI
ot‘ the convicts is well looked after."
INIltSlllliit
31 NB rs
or on
Police Today Began Search for
Evidence to Suhstantiate His
Statements
BIN IIIINIIRIII [IIIIII .
"III Milli onus
Modern Blueheard Add cled to
Use ot Opium
‘r’l‘lro policp to .
lnvcsiiuaiion oi‘ the
t‘llll‘.\li(). 001. ii.--
began their
tin-inert, Possessing cvidontc to sup
por'i his admission that he killed Mrs I
Mildred Allison lluxr'orri the dancing
IllSllHilf‘lOl' on 813111.23, the authorities,
are 1":oirilrrtcd that ho will In 11 short
time confirm Spcrrr-‘cr's nuiit oi imam) I
ii’ not all. the. crlnrus of hill 1'rir'cor'.t
it"ollouinr: his ru"~itsi last night tor
Mitt
RtPllRlSHthS
in 1 our
Annual Statement Shows a De-
ficit in General Income Ao-
count at $4.127,632.64
ilIIIIII BIiMiS [IPiiIIIiIIIIi
ANII HIIiHiII IIIIIBiS
President Also Explains That
Series of Wrecks Helped
The annual report of the New York,
New ilavcn and l-lai'tl'ord
system for the year ending June
151113, made public today, shows it d13-
ii1:it in the. general income account or
$l,127,tl:l2.d-i.
oi the st \tcrn umounrcd
It o
to Wi3,ibb
do
was
$tl'.l.tli,.1li'1'.0.'l‘ho irct reicnuc
l‘i\t‘li from outside. operations
$ti1ii,otii.3 , making the not
for the system $31l,l.'i7,t1oit.a‘7.
’l‘uxcs paid during the war
Mountain). leaving an operating in-
The income
dcr'iicd from other soruccs. such as
dividends, interest, rentals, etc.
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IlISIiII IIIItIIiII ASSIIIIIS
HIS BfliIIIlIIIIi IIIISIIIESS
Rultin Slightly Wounds Emma
Johnson, Firing Four Revol-
ver Shots
After an argument, sold to have
arisen over money matters, lieuncy
Ruthn, an oyster opener, of 9111:; ima-
ington avenue, pulled it revolver from
his pocket and murderously assaulted
Emma Johnson. his boarding rriistreSs
This happened about nine o'clock on
Saturday night, but by the time the l1)-
cnl police oillclnis had reached the
scene, ltuiilu lrrid dcpnrlcd.
cnpe was complete and his
abouts are unknown.
The landlady sustained merely a
slight scalp wound, one of the bullets
where-
graying the left sldc or Ilt'l‘ head She;
trrtuscd assistant c and would not c\-
‘plniu the trouble to the police. 11 our
ballot is new probably ilr'rvd from the
hob-s iii the wrrll ot the house found
by ihc police.
ittliiiil‘wili ho pursucd and brought
to justicc.
FBBMEB BBWAYTBN
MAN HA8 BAD FALL
lloruct-t),)lillh,ior'irrcl'ly ot‘ ltmvuy-
too but new uuuuracr or the A, J. P1)-
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'IiIIiIIKlIII I. SBIIH
ltuilroudi
.I the open space,
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’llro operation reverirics'i
rcvonuc‘
w cr'c. ‘
Witch
llis es-I
is. 11111er111 rirurrr
Prominent Local'liesident Falls
Between New York Subway
Train and Plattorm
Franklin A. Smith root with quite
a painful accident in the New York
subway last Saturday about noon time,
which might. have resulted very ser-
iously except for the prompt action of
a. subway guard. 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith
boarded a srrbwaihlocal train at Thir-
-ty~third street end at Fourteenth
street changed tog take a through ex-
press train for Brooklyn. When the.
express came in. the side door which
is midway of the tar, stopped directly
in fraud of where they worn stand-
inu. "l‘he tracks at this joint arc on a
curve and a space bciWecu tho erlrrc
aboard the train and stepped forward
to follow but in o doiiio; just. lrtissori
the doorway our; slipped down into
no of rho piriiior'r'rii
by and seeing him
Inuards stood clos
full, quickly so zed him by th
lei! si‘iouldor. uliilo M1 C<mirh with
big rinbt til'lli hr-lpcd to c\tri1.r (3 him-
Mr
Smith stares thatI there was no fault
,on rho part or the irairrmcn but [in
blamc i‘ttss wih the coiripany to.- ob
Mowing: such a terrible menace to tho
firm: of thc rravelinr: public to exist.
.\li'. Sririilr states that its the position
of iIit‘ car and doorway stood on Sat
irrday he should think that the space
was iwclvc. or fourteen inches hi»—
tween the platform and the. doorway.
At least. there was sufficient space
for a person io~ fall through. For
children and elderly people it is aI'
most dangerous condition.
Mr. and Mrs, Smith continued onI
their way to limoklyn to make. an
afternoon call and when starting toii
return the injured let: had commenc
to stiffen up so that it was difficult 2%)
walk. \rrlving ar the Grand Central
Station it was hardly possible for Mr.
Smith to get up the subway stairs.
When the train reached South Nor
walk “1', Smith was taken in hirsI
borne on \\ est street and the l‘nmllyI
physician was called. Up to this.
time Mr. Smith had not. looked to seeI
how badly he had been hurt. On thoI
left ankle the sharp edge of some-I
thing had cut through the sock and
made a bad flesh wound. the left knee.
and muscles or the leg were bridlyI
retrained. The right arm and elbow
had rocolvel bruises and flesh wounds
as well. The doctor dressed the in.
Iiurles making Mr. Smith as comforta-
Ibic as possible.
Mr. Smith stated that. he should no-
ilfy the company of the accident but
would await results of the lniury ht.-
fore further at'ilon
it is not exported that an" perma-
rrcut trouble will result trim the irr‘
iur'ics. although Mr. Smith is sulfcrhirr
'Mr'rrii'iirtliri: pain.
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TBBLLEV SERVICE TO
BE ABBREVIATEB
.ii‘or the next lltlr-cn rltiys iIlt‘ patrons
of the t‘onucr-rtcui t'rrrirpriny locally
must iitu't‘ piilIt'trt'u' ’i‘iirorrub roadi-
tlous ublclr rirrinot ho chnuncd it is til
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hand ..........,....1 to snatch mm, tit" IIli' llcxr'oal mrri'dcr', which “as made ucll catnip at Stair» I,,lni- ,\lr1s1,lrurii.,.. ,,,...,..,.,....~_.- 1.. mononrpmp an H...
tattoo lioirr Koclb. The latter hold on
and he was dragged ironi his soul rrrrdI
at tho homo ol‘ a Woman who had notlfl
tied the police or his coruhot, dolor:
across the roudwa)‘ bcl'or'o Iir- \v'risiIIVI"q WWII I“ HI‘NWWIH i‘ill‘m. “'Ill'i‘i‘
ilriully coriipelled to relinquish M1 thcy found ”in rattan suitcase that.
hold by a shot from tho robbcr‘s 1c ”M“
rrilvet‘, which L’Irirrccd over the midi
of his hand. With the roller In their
(t‘ontluncil on ’l‘r-nth Page.)
a narrow cru'apc i‘i'oui smiouu irririry.'
,ttlltI possible death, last Saturday nitri-
noon. Hit was standing hour the top
or Iti‘iillli’iinlil. hiddr-i', plclrluu apples
oil it true on the pr'opr-r'ly_ when uild-
dciily he lost his balance. iriiliim biir'lo
Ward to the Iaround with a crash, A
turn until the expiration of ”IO
Wealth.
[t has been found necessary to dis»
ut-lllhlo the lingo cunlnr- in the Meadow
street powr-r house for the purpose of?
repairs, Home few weeks rrrro tho
two
oi’ the, platform and the door was '
loft, Tilr. Smith aesisrr-d his wife
L corps rrrusic,
‘ink‘.
, lirrnkcrs'
,brinkors an opportunity
Iccr'lnin i‘crilnrcu which apply peculiar
IIR. BIIIIII
SP IKS III
NIIIIWI
Big Demonstration Attends Po-
litical Visit oi People’s Party
Candidate tor Mayor
rrrrzris' run
11er 1111111
Bands Galore Furnish Music and
Excitement in Town
in a grand finale of band and drum
red fire and speech mak.
battle
brunt. bl torrn end Saturday owning, in
the local political
Norwalie, when the
Fusion and People‘s parties marit- tihcir
last stand before thr voters of thuI
town prior to the ballerinar wiiirlr is
on today. the rallies in South \or-
walk curlicr in thr eventiiv undoul 1t-
ciliy furnished members o: the gather
inks which crowded the rtrects oi theI
upper s13" tion or‘ the town until after
it} o‘rlock when the speech rnairinaI
ceased. 'lht- i-‘nsionisrs spoke l"‘10m
the band stand at the corner of Main
and Wall streets and music for this
(Continuedmn Second Page.)
“SAVED av I‘rHE ENEMY."
Two reel Edison Civil War drarnn
at Rex Theatre today.
._...__._...—
IIIIIIIIIIIIY BIIIIIiIIS Will
IIISIIIISS IIIIIIIIiIIIIi
important Prelude to American
Bankers’ Association
' public for a term of five years by a
BHIIIA iiiflii , ,
PRESIDINI Illilii
President Yuan, Shi-Kai Leads
All Other Candidates on
First Ballot
T’EKING, China, Oct. tic—Provision
al President Yuan vSht’Kni was elect-
ed today president of the Chinese Ro-
nrnjority oi’ twothirds it the members
of. the houses of the Chinese Parlia-
ment in Joint nsserrrbly in Peking.
When the united houses of Parlla~
merit came together this morning, the
register recorded that 759 represents-
tives of the people were present to
take part in the historic proceedings.
The first ballot took a considerable
time, owing to the fact that the depth
ties and senators were not familiar
with the proceedings. When the wt
in}: was concluded, it was found that
HEAVY IIIIIE
PII IIEIIIIIY
iHISMIIIIIIIIIIi
First Election Under New Regime I
Presents Many Interesting I
Departures
IIIII PIIIIIIIIII
IIIIIIIIIY iIIRIiIIIIiII
Dems. and Reps. Mingle Freely
Provisional l’rcsident Yuan Slit-Kai
irrrd iii votes and Tea-Yuan Hang.
'(‘hiucsc Minister at \\'a.~’liiuaton,
was '
adherents or the.
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17.3, while twenty other candidates, iii-I
eluding iir. \\'u Ting-Fang, former.
and I
the leader of Repub-
had each received a
lir, Sun Yat Sen.
licnu rrrori-mrril,
l'cu' votes.
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:rious municipalities.
IIIIPIIIIII II
I
an iris
. but
John Long Falls From Harris 81
Sans Dock Saturday Night— I
Was Found Yesterday I
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.rrrwrrir rrrrrrrr a I
HAVE an irritant
1
I places.
and Work Like Trojans
Election day in Norwalk
bright and fair.
dawned
it was as it‘ the heav-
:ens smiled down upon the new city in
,its first poll since a new
state was
made by the amalgamation of the va-
Tlie clear day
was also betokened as favorable to
Burnett.
lint the satire old sun shone down.
011 all parties and factions and polling
It favored none with its glory.
nor (lid its disappearance dishearten
any particular party when the clouds
came to hide it from View in the rnid~
idle oi‘ the morning.
Bright and early the workers were
,I..out \utornobiles in great numbers,
each with an objective point, hurried
here and there, gathering in the early
(Continued on Sixth Page)
III iii iiIlWII iiiBIIIIIIS
IIIE Hill] IIIDII
Constitutional Amendment is Im-I
portant Issues in Many Places
\iZ \\ HAVEN ()Ct. 6.—-Eiecti0nfl
Cunvemion WIIe 0' Deceased Advances are being held in all of the towns of
Til E I - D A“ .ICoririerticut today. Every town in
Bury XD ammg Ba Ivoting on a proposed constitutional
MOSTON, ()ct. n.-—.1\
country bankers late this
in connection with the thirti‘diintlr an-
ririui convention of the American
Association. which has
meeting ot'I
afternoon 1
W‘WI" ”I” 5‘9 III“ “PM important. 8WmIed between a barge rind the dock nitrom $300 to $51k), but every town
Floating face downward and wedg-
.of Harris & (inns in Water street, the
John Long, captain of the
of the Red Star
body ol‘
barge “North Star."
brouizht rrcnrly live thousand bunkers Towing t'orrrpzrny, was found 1,. 7:31.
from all parts of the country to llos-
ion.
number of country bunkcrs for the
purpose of discussing the currcricy bill
now before t‘trngrcss,
"Thus far," said Gordon Jones, prce-
ldcrrt of the First National ltanlr ol’
iritrlcton, Colorado, and our.- of the
Sinners of tho call, “the bill has been
Ir'onsldcrcd mainly from the viewpoint
ol‘ the large banks in the reserve cit
it is dr-sircd to give the courrtr'y
to
it's.
I,v to ilicii‘ onrr business. ty country
banks to mount the small bunks, Ihorw
“1' $230,000 capital and lens, the I‘IIII'
Ir'ilritv'rt iii ”iv 11111.- nrrd two and ilrrrw
hulilt townu but on ”W
and illlillHll‘Iili llr'lrr,r iIuo.
compose nt taunt 71'. per t'r'irl, of all the
buuhu of tho l‘nltttd Status.
(“olialdcrilllorr of tho t‘ill‘t‘“ilt"y
This meeting was called by 11‘
consider:
auricullural'
Hitch Illililtir'
Isilnbt
bill '
o'l'lock yesterday morning by t‘aptaln
Paul H, lictckc, oi" the hurt-1c “A, (l.
)lr't‘lcllau”, of the Mct‘lcnrran 'i‘rnns‘
por'tution I‘orupairy. Death was prol»
ably dirt» to accidental drowning,
1.111111. who was scverrtN~tlircc years
or arm and rounded, was last open
about 1 tab o‘clock Saturday ninht.
\vcndlni: his way toward llrirrls .t‘r‘
(lune dork, lit» had spent tbs~ curly
part oi’ the owning iii his“ own cabin.
((‘orillnued on Eighth Page)
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JUBBE BBEBBBY’B
MB III ABBIBENT
.IllIILtI‘ Henry W, tircnory, oi the
Norwallt Probate i‘uurt. was In it
automobile accident yesterday
party
the nitric at large,
Vpurly huuh'ut
Ilil't'ltrtit’r‘ titrivoiuout,
rmll‘llliti out
‘nrricndment to increase the compen»
sation of members 11! the legislature
is
not voting on either of its local Offi-
cers or the license question. (it the
iliit towns, 2'11 have before them the
question or license or ire-license. The
others did not tnhc up the rpication an
an issue. Towns which have not con-
solidated their uorcrriuicnr with that
of cities within their borders are elect~
int: other-1's, and rrinklni: appropria-
tions and transacting ouch Other busi-
ness as called for in the warrant for
the mention. I
From the standpoint of politics an
rcprr-sr-nrr-il by parties, thr- term elec~
lions urt- litii, looked upon as of any
slurrltlr'aru'v. The issues are
mainly local and how no bearing upon '
lrr liw opinion of
years ago, the political
licrrr‘liiu of the “lIlrlc town" ttIllt'iith
\vns trrlmri as indicator of train or
ions for 1-ltlrcr Republicans or tremo-
crate. In the last Titw yearn the till.-
lat-n, the Fusion and now tho i‘rtr
lurn carried away
Illlliu and trunnion
\
party
‘lu expected to he the dominant fen»
rri‘lcr'rroou on the Muck Swamp detour. ucltlc their own town rit‘l’nira without.
A 3;”... York .1.” 11.... mm tho roar ”it much regard to what the plate ibliiiltt.
it Is doubtful if any town clet‘llon
t‘ilkllw have out Mill temporary rinlturc ol' the regular scallion?! 0i IIII’Ihhs lililI'Ililln turd brolic l\ tire a ulrrluit.I
I finllw onshore more. ‘ 1 ‘
purist-union, the lrlghwnymoii jumpcd
over the fence at the side of the road
and started north through the vacant
lots, with Koolb running after them. As
they started across the fields, they
fired two shots, but whether to give
the alarm to corilederutos who might
be in waiting with on untomonlle or
team, or to scare back pursuers, is
not known. A trolley our name by be-
fore the men disappeared and crew
and passengers gave stress, but nonn-
donod it when there seemedmo chance
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(Continued on twoltth page.)
W-
wear repair port sunsets is made,
. enjoyed.
FIBEMEN’B FAIB _
EXTENDB OVER
The fair or the Not‘Walk Tl‘lre lie.
pnrtment. in the Town Assembly Hall,
Norwnlk, will be continued tonight.
owing to the large attendance. and in-
tempt taken in the affair the past few
nights. There was another record
breaking crowd in attendance Satur-
day night. The program included vo-
cal selections by John Nooney and
John til. Stevens. which Were much
A tattoo, another or nine--
1,,ble articles will the disposed of Milo
event“.
1.
large stone lay about. 11 foot from
where he struck, and it. scorned mir
uculouu tiirit he wart able to avoid it.
Mr, «Mills fell squarely on his back
and for n minute or two was render~
ed almost unconscious, One of his
helpers come quickly to bin assistance,
and after rubbing the parts that had
become numbed by the full, noon had
him able to leave the place [or iii!
home, some distance away. Mr, Mills
right arm and both hands, together
with other parts of his book, Were
quit. badly bruised but with the ex-
ception of the injury to his arm, he to
nurturing; no strut incremented“. and
was his to be Ibout his duties 1w
'. terrier, as usual.-
.palru were cl‘fct'lcd. This line Ijl‘t‘llI
aritllrlcnt. up to the present time but}
an a suitable time to make the per»
murmur, repairs
Because of the luck of power the
ions of the big engine will
curtail all the extra our service.
maintained.
L AV'IOIT THI'NW “IOTAURANT
WOIIMNM‘W .'
association. which open \tVertneday
Mectingn oi‘ Important
the (lily
This evening there will be a writer
hrmgjtiflfliivai and fireworks display on the
about. it hue'lieen found essential to Cherie» River hasln.
It be given over chiefly to meetings of
to hopedthutviiy Saturday. October the trust company section,
25.the regulur'ocheduiee may he again bank section, clearing house section
Tomorrow will
savings
and state secretnrlon' section.
. wish your neighbor wiry: he has tot»
new open «commenter. 2% who” mine. has it you haven't
[Millions Midi; Meier lee-41M «‘1'» inset. m or the» W sawtooth.
use» in touch-"by: telephone
Inuit bout a iriurltturrr'd
"""IIIIIIIW‘H man whose name could not be learn
new that there is a lull in Ii‘llfflt‘ ongof the association occupied the bitten H. "mm"... with Judgv Gregory .mtown tho prospects were for hntdn
some of the lines it has been chosen tion or many of the delegates during ifilICIiWilillIN uttrage,wl1erehe‘I'tnnde ar. fought bottles "1...... m...- “19.3%”
I“ ‘IIIIIIIII’II III" "III““I’” WW" runzoiuentn to time the damaged mn-
entertained with automobile rirleaichhm "19..."... at this mp9,,“
1 ho New York
and
then continued on his wily borne.
hwy—Wm“
,Bentlnot Want sun. will introduced
some people to each other today who
ought to hem known each otherwise“
“at
«#754! LEHDX MILLINE‘HV..
You will'nnduuuiothm new-lather
line on “Blind”? It the 1m lib
inlet)“. 129 8° “tilt Myifior NW1
day in tlic past has seen so many live-
ly locnl contents. in two third» "' tilt!
or over some other omi-e or issue.
Most, if not all oi’ the towns, charm I.
fall ticket. Under a recent state in!
towns wore able to elect to!!!) elm-kit
and treasurers for n twu your term.
but this in the year forflotitlg on u
complete titthet.
tin the titrlliorri probate district u
‘ stage of probate in being elected to,
m
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