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tsOUTH NORWALK.
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Connecticut Public Utilities Com-
mission Denies the Request
For a Reduction
SilliillllN lHii -
BillilllllNlS liliMPiiii
litany Suggestions Contained In
the Finding Prepared
'l‘lie ptiblic utilities commission yea-
terday denied the request llllltlo by l..
s_ Knapp and others of New Canaan
for a finding that the rates and
«barges made by the New (‘anaun
‘Water (lotiipany are. unjust and uti-
reasonable. Though the finding con-
tains certain suggestions. the ration
and charges of the water company will
remain as they are at present.
The New Janaan Water Company
promulgated a new schedule of rates
on Jilly 1, which provide that water
rents were to be paid in advance. and .
the petitioners alleged tltat the new
rates were an ad \‘itilt‘c of so per cent.
over the old rules. if the water rents
remained unpaid for fifteen days after
the hill for payment iii advance was
forwarded. the company reserved tlte
(Continued on eighth page.)
~ANNUAL MEETING HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting: of the Norwalk
Hospital Association will be held at.
the Norwalk (‘lub, Tuesday, October
14th, “tilt. at. S p. m.
(‘li‘liS'l‘lAX SWARTZ.
i ‘ President.
tinnitus
___t_nttttt ilth
Had Ditttculty in Taking Cather-
ine Healey to Middletown
M's—“Atl—
t‘a.ptnlti Thomas lluut. of Norwnl
local humane agent. returned home on
Hillltl‘lllli’ utter a trip to Aliddietown
and other places tip-state. t‘aptnln
ilunt removed bliss Catherine llealey
trout the town farm to the etate use
litut tor the mentally deranged and
had quite an exciting. trip.
Mini: Henley vigorously objected to
‘llita ride and the destination which
Hlit! seemed to sense. null airline-led
the Itt‘eater portion of the.
betvvectt Itrldtzoport and {\iltltiletown.
i'ngitain lluttt. wlto had been rldlnn
itt front with John A. Mills. whose car
was maployed tor the trip. had to net
into the rear seat and ext-hauue places
with hip patient after ltriiilteptiri was
left behind. )lere be ili‘iti onto the
woman and prevented her straddles
i‘rorn onunmlttn danueroua proportions
it was it art-at relief for the officer
when he have his t'illti‘tzt‘ over to the
state untltorltien.
It will be retm-mberetl that when
the local netnctnteu and Hi; tnln tiant
tnventtaated the use they found cash
' glass throughout the, block was
k‘ tered. The grocery store of (‘auilclu
distnuce‘
illillllilllllllls illllilii
ill lWll illilllliili
Lewis R. Hurlbutt, oi Cannons,
Has Axle Broken—Col-
lision in Westnort
The large touring car owned by
Lewis R. llttrlbutt, a. member of the
firm of liounsbury and Mnttltewson,
South Norwnlk, was struck by a car
owned by a Mr. Sanford of Bridge-
port almost in front of Wilton sta-
tioit about 6:30 Friday night. The
ilurlbutt. car, driven by his chauffeur,
Fred Brundage. was on its way to
Mr. llttrlbutt‘s home in Caution Site
that and Mr. Sanford was returning
from the. Danbury Fair. Both cars
were running at moderate speed on
the narrow roadway on the. Dnubury
State road just below the residence
of W. S J. Comstock, and had almost.
passed each other, when Mr. Sanford
who was blinded by the. headlight on
liltc other car, suddenly swerved his
front. wheels against the left rear
:‘l'ili‘l‘l of the llurlbutt car. and bent:
:tlie rear axle so that it will have tol
the replaced. The Bridgeport cat“.
:ran several rods before it could be
fcontroiled. and Mr, Sanford prompt.
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iateerage pushed aside women
.ly ran back to the other car to t1H(‘ttl‘-,
~tnlti the damage. atid have his name.
llioilt cars were able to proreed at‘ier
1::lizrlit repairs. but Mr. llurlbutt git-at;
ed this morning that he would have,
{to lay his car up until the axle could
be replaced. '
A car belonging; to William Aston o.“
. Norwulk. ran into a ll‘(‘(\ on the South-
‘lport road 'l‘ltursday evening. .\lr_ .\s ;
tor was at. the wheel and it is said)
that in trying to get out of the way ot'l
Ianother car he ran his car into the
.tree. The right. side of his automo~
iiliip was torn off its well as the right
iiieadlia’ht. The damaged car which
lcotitaiued three women and two men
iwas able to proceed oti its way to .\'or.
iwallt. Mr. Astor said yesterday morn»
‘lng that he did not know who owned
the car from which he tried to get out
‘ot' the way.
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gNEW Y tilt BLACK
HAND GANG BUSY.
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' .\'l)\\' \‘tiltli, Oct. l:l.~lliesplte the;
recent roundup of italians suspected
.91' being responsible for most of the
bomb outrages committed itt New:
.York. the East Side was disturbed to-i.
itlay by (mo of the moat territlc caplo!
:Hlttiibt itt years. An entire block was
.slialtcned and almost every patio oft
shale
(latto was wrecked. t‘intto said he had
received several black band letters re-
cently, but had ignored them. Two
hundred anti titty persons were driven
from their homes by the explosion. l
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STRIKEBBEAKEBS ARE l
f SENT T0 MERIDEN
”.mv- ,
llsili'l‘b‘ti’lil). October lull.“ Seventy";
live ntrllicbrenltera, men and women,
were transported to Merideu by npw
clnl train on iototuotivc anti two puss:
encei- cottcltuti, this morulnn. learnt):
the union HiltilUIl tit ’izlt'l o'clock. It
atop was made at Merlin and two it)“
three more boarded the train thcre’
and were carried with the others to
u aiding near the Aeolian (“ompany
factory. where they were tit-trained for
work in the factory.
i The special train will hrlntz the.
atrihebreuitern bitch to Hartford this
evening and the railroad operativetn
have receiied orders to rttu the apt».
I
liltiH til-0N
Vii liiRNli Dill
. lilWI liPllNli}
Members at Crew Lost Their
Heads, Rushed the Liteboats
and Then Were Drowned
BiPlMN ilRiW illiN
DRflli llliiilEN BiliiW
Rescue Ship‘s are Expected in
Port Tonight or Tomorrow
LONDON, Oct. 13:“ l‘nnic was the1
first cause. or the great. loss of life.
when the steamship \‘olturno burned
Members of the crew and men of the
with
babies in their arms and sprang into
the. iirst boats. boats
These were
.crushed :‘txnittst the ship‘s side attd all
in them perished. (‘apL lncli terrorized
stokers with his revolver and iinally
cut the lit’eboats' tactile to prt vent
more boats beingr lowered.
(Continued on Sixth l’agel.
Kiliilitlt towns
tttttttttttatan
Eladroate Menu Served at Hotel
Mallackemo, Following Ser-
vice at St. Joseph’s
Church
Columbus Day was tittinpiy obscrtu
ed by South Norwalk Council. Knights
of Columbus, yesterday.
After receiving Communion at the
7:31) o‘clock muss itt i-it. Joseph‘s
Church. the members proceeded to the.
Maliackemo Hotel titid participated iii
a communion breakfast.
The local Knights usually have held
a banquet on t‘olutiibua ltuy. but the
holiday occurring on Sunday. the
breakfast decided on as being
more appropriate. l‘pwnrd of sixty
participated. Following: the serving of
the breakfast (lrund Knight William
1“. 'l‘ntnmany. District Deputy .lohtt l".
McMahon, 1’. it. Knight l). W. lluz‘t‘ortl.
Joseph .I. i.itixwoiier and John ii. in
tieo addressed the Kathi-thin.
The committee lit charge was t‘. .\.
McNamara. John '1‘. ltrynt-r. t‘liaries l-i.
“‘iits'
Williams. W. l'. Ward and Hugh l‘.
t'ntnpbell, Jr.
The Knights upproclatmi the flue
menu which was served and compil-
nicttted i’roprletor Law upon the elit-
clency of his service. The mean was
as follows:
linked Apples with t‘rcnui
Oatmeal
i"i'itltt‘li l“t‘ii‘ti l’ointoea
(“urn .\iutit:i.~t
t‘itznra. .
The tables were neatly decorated
and retlectetl credit upon the "inputte-
niettt attd added much to the pteuaunt-
Mean of the meal.
l‘rmnltient, local Knights of t'oluui-
ililtl plate that this was the tlt‘nt affair
of its nature in this Slate. The. cun-
toin of holding the coniutuaion break-
t-ilrloitt Steult
i‘ttii‘uo
and bank ititlikit. representing $1.5ttttgeiul every morning and nvcnina this font. will ttfnlmbly be Citiltlmlt'd tilt-
in round about. in the house.
will he ntttp’loyed to care for Mine
11il(in‘tii\ brniich of its business to'
. A mu m. our“: mmm.. A good any. woman MAM:
lli‘ttlt‘i‘ Hi the atato institution and ‘iinrtt‘ord whom the music rolln are
in Mal-tit in Maillot! tier ttitttvt'fl (tr-.tiintittfacturctl unit for :1 few weeks
planned child, Dainty Show, to the. ghvh; who did not go on airtko in Men
epileptic home In Mansfield. where idea and wished to continue working.
she. will he treated for hie titoenee. in the roll department have been
It in believed that the worry. and'trnneported to and from Hartford In
cam Of’iim boy was responsible form. automobile hug.
the. unbalanced condition of Mine
iteaiey‘n mind.
whiten (lay Zenolu Mtriittren in norm
lug. Oct. 22, to the So. Norwuik hep-
wMtLLtNERVHDRESBMAKING. an Church {0 give “The Sign of the
"Module etiylea. Mrs. 1H. Holmes. Crone.” Come early to avoid the rush.
I, Monrde street. Tickets lib cents.
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'I‘bitl Knock. ’i‘lie Aeolian Company recentlyi ntlttllt‘ lie-Wetter.
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“THE LENOX MILLINERY.
You will find smoothing new In the
line of inttlluory at. the lienox Mll-
iittttry. 29 50. Main 8t.. So. Norwaitt.
A. Altenbrbttdt, Mgr.
Sentinel Wants are I qutctt. action
and inexpensive means of commune
cation. They word a direct. way of
coming It meetings to the ones who
will be moot interested.
Finders which Sentinel What Me.
for tidings from tours of reinstate
articles. . .
' brought: on an lttack of a malignant
Ntllllttlt Illllilttlt ills W .w w\
M‘“ CE
MAW“ lilfllllllf EttilIlFNXN "“1
Typhoid Fever Score and Other
Troubles Probably Attected Him
Charles H. Brdwn, of 60 Wilton ave—
nue, a well-knotvn mllkman, has dis-
appeared i'rom home, and all efforts
to locate him up to the present writ-
ing. have been fruitless.
Mr. Brown left home on an after-
noon of last week. lie had been in
ill health for some tithe, the strain of
the recent typlioid fever scare and
other business troubles having
disease which his troubled hint lit the
post. On the afternoon of his depar-
ture, llt.‘ left no word of his destina-
Ztlon but .\lrs. lii'own expected hini‘
lbaclt. as usualfl
. livt’try effort has been made to find
3some clue that will lend to the discov-‘
to” of .\!r. lirewn. While the t‘atuill‘l
is not inclined to believe that he niet‘
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“Advertise your bus-i ‘
mess in The Senti-
net and feel safe
"‘3‘. Your business
will grew,
V filo,
BUNIIN
Large island to the North ot Si-
beria Found by Lieut-Comman.
der Wilkitaky
ttttt illicit.
ant Sllllitltll
Remarkable Collections Brought
Back to St. Michael
Mitt Bllllllllil
“Alt An Asset Represent.
"I.
The Setcodi-Secand railing
born, starts nth,
as regards the Son ”a
pa] Electric Light v.
plant is free of debt on anew“.
birthday which occurs (Odtth;
ly after five. o'clock twenty-one are
ago this afternoon, the lights iii L
city were turned on for the first time}
this being done that an inshectionl
might take place before the darknessl
set in.
History anti precedent in municipal
ownership has been recorded by the
South Norwalk Plant. it is known.
from one end of the country to the.\
other and its achievement is known:
to every city of note in the l'nited.’
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Milltltl tint 1*
sident Wilson and Se
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Willi Int
cretary
W am Telegrams to
“'4'! Government
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If Not More Strenuoug...
Our Part is Likely‘
' . - . . . __ , States. it is an example of what of
with nail plat, lilvlf ttt‘t‘ tillililg 110‘ . 'niunicipality can do and stands as at
chances. , S’l‘. MICHAEL. Alaska, Oct. 1:t.~— “minnow mmmmm to H“. cm of. \\'.\Slii.\'ttT().\', ()ct‘ 13,—Alter a
1 .\lr. lirnun is well liil()\\'ll in The ‘
‘.\'orw;i1lis, ltis imputation as a milk-
than is of the li gliest order. lie cott-
ducted his business from his home lti
Wilton am. where he has established
the facilities for lltilliiiilll:
his trade. His many friends are. ttot
a little convertied over the case, but
will continue to hope for the best.
necessary
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Corporation Counsel Tammany
Advises Mayor Burnett That
. New Ordinances Must Be
Passed i
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- Relative to the police and fire de-I
ptirtntenta in the City of Norwalk it
appears front tltc new charter under
which we are now living. that the po-'
lice departments of the two former
cities. and the fire department of the
cities and of the East Norwalk Fire
District. are to be continued until the
council shall. by ordinances, provide
‘ot' the expedition after General
'tzleff was stricken with apoplexy
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i"urthcr report on the Russian polar
expedition which has Just reached so
Michael bringing news of the discov-
ery of a large island or a continent
north of Siberia. was given otit today"
by i.lt‘iiixi‘nlillllzllldi‘l‘ Wilkitsky. lie
said lie sucroeded to the commander
See
in
iteliring ca. General Sergieft‘ return-
ed from l'lover liay on the Russian
cruiser Argouti.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
Ftltt 'PittittE routes?
l'nless a better business was done
on Saturday than is usual. the tltiey'cs
who broke into and robbed the cash‘
box of the pay telephone at the South ‘
Norwalk depot. secured but little re-
compense for their trouble. Because
of the epidemic of pay station liur-‘
gluriea which has been sweeping the
state. practically in and around railf
rand stations, Manager Maurice H.
Nutting. oi' the local division some,
time ago instituted a daily collection
system. Thus the sum the thieves so
cured was small indeed. ‘
The robbery was discovered by the.
collector on his rounds at Stilt)
o‘clock Saturday afternoon. He. had
collected the receipts on the previous
night, and thus it is believed that the.
break occured between four and five,
3 report.
a lit at ...----~
.nlartn system and
South .\'orwalk. although the greater
city has swallowed up the progressive
municipal cortatratlon which dared to
experiment with a pooplecontrolied
institution.
"be plant stands now as an asset
recliotied at smegma, the last five
thousand dollars of the debt having
been plated in the sinking fund on
Saturday niulit at the illilli meeting of
the old commissioners.
’l‘lte olllcials of tho plant have start-
ed work upon the twenty—first annual
which will be submitted to
the titizens of the district some time
next month.
tlcneral Superintendent Albert. E.
\\’incliester, the official who proposed
the plant ownership and who is re-
sponsible in no small way for its errat-
it'yinn' success. was re-elected at the
first. meeting. of the new commission-
ers on Saturday night.
The commissioners met with the
old commissioners and alter the busi-
ness was wound up the new board for.
mally organized. Frederick littnke—
their was chosen president; Thomas
Robius_ treasurer; and new member
Patrick E. l-iropliy, secretary. William
ii. Derringer was selected as cashier
and Robert B. Oliver as assistant. ‘
Superintendent Winchester was al-
so chosen superintendent of the tire3
police telegraph
lines. until other disposition is made
by the new city for the control of the
entire and combined hystems.
BONNER BEGINS A
conference between Secretary Bryan
and President Wilson today, it was an-
nounced at. the White House that tel-
egrams had been dispatched to limit.
.lohti Lind, at Vera Cruz, and Charge
U‘Sliaughnerfiy at Mexico City. to
make rcpresetitations to the Huerta
government that the United States
would look with displeasure upon any
injury to the .\lc.\ii an deputies now
under arrest.
it has been left entirely to Mr.
Liiid‘s discretion whether he should
return to Mexico t‘lty to impress those
views on the Mexican authorities, but
Charge ()‘Shaughnessy has been di-
rected to address himself totlie Idiots.
ter of Foreign Relations and make it
plain that the United States attaches
“the gravest importance" to the arrest
of the deputies and is keenly interest-
ed in what will be their fate.
President Wilson told callers today.
that. with the present state oi affairs,
he did not see how a. constitutional
election could be held in Mexico. So
far as the immediate policy of the
United States is concerned, it was
made plalti by the president that there _
would be no departure from the origi-
nal position that the Mexicans should
settle their own affairs. There {are no
plans for an Increase iii the number 0!
Attierican warships in Mexican waters.
The government here has practical.
iy abandoned all hope of seeing all
election or treating any further with
Huerta as an individual. There is a.
disposition ltt adtiiinistration circles to
.await the course of events with the
‘ hope. that the factiorial lines will be no
i l‘ li"llll\’ drawn as it) brim: about a nat-
ior a police department and a tire de- Saturdav afternoon. (Tue live cent " - '
' ‘ . . ' - '- ' side inter-
pnrttiiont for the Fourth taxing district piece was either overlooked or dropped . wnEcK INVESTIGATlou ‘_‘““ ‘l‘iiuwm‘m without ”m“
of the city. This district includes the into the 'piione. after the robbery. i ' ””01“"
former (Titles of Norwalk and South
Norivalk. and the blunt Norwallt Fire
District.
An ordinance providing for these re-
partmonta must be enacted and pub-
lished and will take effect. ten days at.
ter its passage by the council. Until
the ordinances have become etfcctlve.
the appointment ‘of chief of police attd
chief of the tire department must be
deferred.
it. is understood that. Corporation
cause
the robberies have taken plum“. how-
While the money boxes are quite-
strong they are not iuvulnerable to
the attacks like that of Saturday. lie-
of the frequency with which
ever. the majority of the public pay
stations are opened daily and the re—
ceipts extracted. 'i‘hns none of the
recent tltieverles have proved a loss
of tiny great extent.
mswwum_ ..
FIRST FOOTBALL'
)lll)lll.l‘3'l‘t)\\'.\', Oct. lil.‘-~('oroltcr
Set-veil it, Davis today began his in-
quest into the Wl‘ii'k ou the New
York New Haven and Hartford itali-
rond ut Westt’leld inst l-‘rlday night,
when a colllsien between a lierlttt
train atid a Meritlen trolley. Ralph A.
lilytletibureh. of this city. was iltslttilh
ly killed and several other passengers
badly hurt.
Among. the witnesses summoned
‘wcre William lteuupre. engineer. Wil-
l.;\ltl'2i)().'l‘tix.. Oct. l!i.~—vi*‘iglttlng
between l-‘ederuis and Constitutiona-
llsts which began it‘ritlay. sixty'iiva
miles south of Laredo. continued to-
day. according to reports received at“
Nut-vo Laredo. Sixty-tire. wottztdtux
were brought to hospitals there yes-
tcrdtty.
'.l'he lnterualltniai llrldge
closed to general trutilc.
Nothing has been heard since Said.”
day from that reluneen. uiontly Amort-
liero in
('outisel William l-‘ 'i‘nmmtinv itilH titl' lltlltl M. l'luicrioed. conductor. and cans. who are on the way hither t‘dro‘m
' ' ‘ . , .. .. -~ "i v ‘c‘ititiitit‘ .
vised Mayor Francis l. Burnett that vun-"a '8 D’HARA 'l‘ratnmati Hiltl) Mutts. of tip ittilin itnteou. “till the_ o it. s
the charter requirentctitn are, aubatnn- train. tiespatchcr sullitnn. who has uea.
tltilly an ttito'le set forth. and that no
'nppotutntent. can be made touiultt. of a
chief of police.
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auro Attll oov .
: cornea toot .
Tile automobile of W. i”. ii, t'ltle,
of Norwalk. atrucit Master Henry;
Ht‘lteltim. in North Main atroet, early"
this morning. The lad sustained inure-
‘ea to close the. wound.
William O'Hara. of West avenue. is
the first to suffer from football since
the season opened here. Saturday in
the Staples tilgli vs. Norwaik lilgli
name. O'Hara, who is fullback on the-
iocnl team, felt. striking his forehead.
lie sustained a log analt in tile head
which necessitated taking four ntttoti-
lir. Walter
Hitchcock performed the operation,
and Mr. O‘Hara is doing nicely today.)
charlie of the ruuuluu of steam and
trolley cat's between this city “it'll
Wealth-id. Medical Examiner ('nleb. .i.
.l. McDonald. of the Wcstfieltl district.
brim watt the first to find air. lilyi
denlntrnlt'n body. and Mini At'lhur‘
ltrudiey. oi' the wrecked trolley car]
lirndley 'ltmt been kept at police head:
tptarteru ttlncc Saturday noon. when
he was ordered by the coroner to be.
held without bonds, pending the out~
come of tho lttVt.;ot,igution.
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too tilting: WITH
16 ttlEtt to plasma
Iconiox't‘iitx, Alberta. itttt. tisw'i‘ho
lttulnoti tiny t7ouiptiti.i"a tug primrose.
which pitch on Lake Athabasca. be
tween Fort. i‘hlpewnyun and it‘ottd in
Lao, In roportcd thinning and in believ-
ed to have founder-ed with all on board,
sextet-n in number.
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’Iht i'untttil of ir iiiydtli rurah was The Primrose ML =(,'litpewnyun for
fi-‘ort Font Du Lac about Sept, 17 with
itwo crown. The round trip ttettnlly w
liptires only four days or a week It
POOL. TOURNEV wide-ten. line moot. Twenty-five days how
iy a bruise on his leg. as Dr, Francis HARTSELL MAY BUY. held this afternoon from tho (‘liarch of
i. Iinrneli. who was called to attend, ’I‘opeoy Hartsetl. the former high”. Holy Trinity, a“, rector. m,“ 1.3.
him at. his home later. discovered. league star. in helm; considered as Champion Acheson, officiating.
(thief Pennington investigated the noiouo of the prospective buyers of the;
, .b i did not hold Dr. time. The Waterbury baseball club. i‘lertnolij J _
fight: slid to have run acme the‘mnnuged ”the Toledo club of that Richard tandem. of South Norwnltt, clapped and nothing‘ him been 11“”,
street. directly in front of the car. lAmerttum Association for n time. it tells the deserving tiret prize winner or of the tag. The Home“ 01’ “It!” all
planned to note the Ernst; City club on. the Twin City Aileye‘ pool tournament board are not known item
it form for Cleveland. Just hatched. Mr. Lenders wen every mvw
' ' game he played and showed sreetskili w'rry our retain brew. Fresh en
this Moon. when the South Nor.- NORWALK HIGH WING. In the handling of his one. The new ery Wednesday. Banner nay. it Most-- -
mint Electric Works to snotty twenty- The Norwich: High School defeated and priests being contested for by roe street. y
one new oil mm whim will M130 Studies Him: genetic or Wombat-v Leo ‘J. Genet: and mehud'tvmii, may ‘ -
MOW twenty-om' times. "no. mailman on
use muttemtim its wnrtbithr'ot 25 to o.
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LiDTIN FOR THE WHISTLE.
At nine minutes after five o‘eiot
2,,
Saturday by the more dots-bettmd'tnet tbe’dseidtngqma Good tenants are to, be tied-doe .-
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