MONDAY DECEMBER 22 1890
From Washington
Saturday was a field day in the Senate;
Senators Ingalls, Spooner, Edmunds and
George spoke on the Federal" Elections bill,
Spanner, who divides honors with Ingalls
as an eloquent and incessive orator spoke
for five hours.
HOUSE orthLAIN
The many Methodist and other friends of
Rev. Dr. Milburn, the eloquent lecturer
_ and preacher and chaplain of the House.
will be glad‘to know that he has nearly» ~
GOODS THAT ARE
ready for the press a book of more than
ordinary interest and value: “The Miss1s-
sippi Valley, its Explorers, Pioneers,
Pseachers and People.” The work will be
historical and reminiscent and will consist
of graphic pen pictures of the people, man-
ners and customs, conditions, etc., of the
west at an early day. ‘ Dr. Milburn has had
the collaboration in the work of a trained
man of'letters, Mr. Charles Burr Todd, of
Redding, Conn. I'The followfng from the
Washington Star is of irterest in this con;
nection:—Nothing impressed Stanley more
than the recital of the Lord’s prayer by the
blind chaplain of the House, Rev. Dr.
Milburn. The opening petition consisted
simply of that prayer and it was, from an elo-
cutionary standpoint, perfection itself. It]
was as musical as the rounded tones of a
. pipe organ and the shading was exquisitely
artistic and heart touching. “That was
beautiful,” was Stanley’s only comment.
NEW LONDON HARBOR.
Colonel Houston has submitted an inter-
esting report to General Casey, the chief of
engineers, regarding the improvement of
Shaw’s cove. in New London harbor. .He
says, and his recommendation has been
submitted to Congress by Secretary Proctor:
“The improvement asked for is a channel
100 feet Wide and 12 feet deep at mean low
water, extending from the drawbx 1dge along
the 1101th and west sides of the cove, a total
length of about 2 ,000 feet, and an anchorage
bend of the channel of the same depth and
about 400 _by 800 feet. The present depth
in these parts of the cove is from 2,1 to 8
feet at mean low water, averaging about 4
feet. No appropriations have been made
for this important harbor,e except for
removal of a part of a shoal lying east of the
New London Northern railroad wharf, in
the upper part of the harbor; the» amount
_ I Duly 1101111111 111110110
Camels‘ Hair Suitings,
60c. and 750. qualities.
DRESS GOODS.
36-inch W001 Stripes, ' -
25 pieces Colored Faille FrancaiSe, 899
We are showing some wonderful
good values in Serges, Henriettas- and
in our 509,
535 Shits now
UQ EFU
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AND SUITABLE FOR
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Right' 1n the height of the busy season me made
the following changes of piice in '1.
S,
' $25 00» >
25 1" ‘1 1500
.22 “ 1400"
20 1250
$15, $15 and 1112.50 Suits, now58.
50 Combinations containing ten yards Cash?
WITHSTED SUITINGS.
--that have never been offered by the
-— .l-jobbersI at less than 4211 cents, and
never 1etailed for less than 50 cents
They are fully 44 inches wide, in
plain colors, both light and dark shade:
and at the low price of
25 cents per yard.
This we guarantee as a bona- fide pur-
chase of a lot of Press: Goods that
cannot be duplicated.
mere, two ydIs. Fancy Silk, for $3 49.
, , ', the Hartford agent
of the ConnecticuLHumane society, had
a case of desmutrorr and entering brought
to his attention Friday, the .ququ of
which for horrible details he cannot re-
member' in his long and wide experience.
He was called to Norwalk by some peo- .
pie to whom the case had become known, -
but who were powerless to render aid
themselves. Arrivrng in the town he Was
"directed to In, house, where atomily were
9 'Sild to be starving. ‘ITne-lpruge from the
outside appeared in the last statics of di-
la'pldation‘, itsWalls were shaky" and. the
wind and ”Weather had 'worn off entrance
of the paint which once must have cov«
ered its nakedness. \Through large
cracks'snd broken window panes it was
open to tthelements on every side and
altogether ' it presented the appearance of
long dcsertion. A faint'curl of'smoke
from‘the chimney, however, 'gave evidence
of some life within and Mr. Thrall cu-
tered.
He was met by a wonan who. arose
from the floor with a babe hangingvat her
breast. The 1ntant had oniy one rag
twisted around-it and three other children
in the room were dressed in a single gar-
ment each. The womah had starvation
stamped upon her face and the babe was
moaning piteously for nourishment. A
glance around the room showed I it to be
furnished with 11 broken chair, a part of a
table and a small stove. fiverything was
In the filthiest conditionimsginablc and
the mother and children were in 11 like
state of dirt and dejectron. A single ray
of sun struggled through the window and
rested upon the floor at the spot from
which the mother had arisen. 1511. had
been trying to infuse a little Warmth from
this single beam, into the infant'shnlf
frozen body._ The window was broken
no a door from the uppcrpart of the
house had been brought down to break
the force and temper of the wind. There
were not a half dotted whole panes of glass
1n the house.
exp ended there was $19, 800, and that work 0 1 o I I a) e
was “mama“? completed' m 1886. n m . m a. g, :5 a , ' . . I 'I f"; . o _ _IAn'1nquirv 01' Mr. Thrall from the head
A conunorrour DEMOCRAT TO THE FRONT. (I) 3 . c8 m 3 5' “5 .m - cg .. . o of the house was answered by one of the
A comprehensive circular, printed in 4 ‘ >1 2 z A m .5 55 , m “Eli i ‘ Cl) 0 I l _ . ' . , children leading the way into an adjoin-
large type, and ornamented by a woodcut, ' , , E a 4.1 g ‘H g " .E 9 m ' o E fa m .' ' Q . E ' mg room. It Was fitted 11pw1th a bunk
announces that “are Connecticut delegation m I Z < a g m 2 '5 g 5 '8 . o a; I (D a m .8 M a - CD .. . 4 . upon which lay a man: “I“, corner m“
of the Fifty-second Congress have United m . f g, 'M O 2 o g a ‘3 U. 1% m L) {0 <1 Z a . O the only Warm place In thehouse, but the
. enthusiaStically to support Hon. George m 0 l I I E Q t g g g "G :I E .3: g I i '8 F: m E l m m; <1 2 g g g % stench was unbeatable. There was no
Sawter, editor and proprietor of the Stam- m _ .M ' v5 1. o , a . . ' , Inea'ns of ventilation and the breath of tho
ford News, as their candidate for the Post- . O :5: H ; § g g E a a 3 :9 S I33 3 O .2? a a 9-4 a j ' ' 3 man and filth of the furnishings raised a
mastership of the next House of Repre- E 2 ; A g :g Q _ o 8 3 I31 -_ 9 I2 2: q; z 3 <1 IP" «I a a B smell which compellcttnc visitor to make
sentatives at Washington.” The circular 2 I > o 0' I m g g ,9 3 ‘ 5 g z .E . '5 . Q m z , . , 1 hurried retreat.
is a unique production, and one—fourth of H ‘ Q % 2‘3 ‘3» +5 '5 a o . HI ‘ '9. b ’8 I Q m The children have been in the habit of
w.-- thcspacc on the first page is devoted to > . I - c Q ,M 3 2-3 3 Q a P: '5' ' Er] ‘ sleeping upon a heap of straw in the attic
1 . flaring headlines, which ‘readas follows: I I a :8 i.” m ' 1-4 .1 '2 . m 3 '.1p -11 upon on ‘ailsrdcs andovcrhead. The
‘ FOR POSTMAST‘ER OF THE HOUSE . Q E-t 5?, ._ I 9;. l r}; 5'4 I. v tother and mother have a record of horng 7.
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Connecticut Delegation will Support
George Sawyter of Stammrd ..Conr1.,
for the Position.
11 PROTEGE 0F HON. WILLIAM H. BARNUM.
His Success Has Been Phenomenal as a
Journalist and Politician-eflow He
Fought His Way in the World
from Poverty to H is P1csent
Position
The circular states that Editor Satvtrr is
known, as 'a firrrstler; ” that he is one of the
most Successful workers in the democratic
party in his state; that, he- has fought his
way from extreme poverty ,to a- comfortable,
competence by the display of business quali-
Ire . pessessed- only by a few; that has vim,
energy and versatility; that " his ,progress
has been phenomenal, 'and'that he is des- .
tined‘tp achieve yet greater results in the
world of literature.
There is ‘queIhmore in the same lauda-
tory strainthat is hardly" worth quoting,
. eXCeptI thatit is stated that when hesecured
the position of freight clerk of the Pacific
MailSteKmship ILine, “much to the dis-
oomfiture of the other applicants,” he had.
“nothing to recommend him save his gen-
» era] . appearance.” - ,The woodcut . portrait
whiéh adorn; thociroularIispIrobably inserted
for ,the purpose of impressing his "general
appearance of the members of the next-
House.”
Ex—Posturaster Dalton, of Indiana, will
7 havetoarise early in the morning to get
ahead of his Connecticut 1ivai.
. I 001.1181 1N ‘ '
Agrip car and 11 hook and- ladder truck
met at 7th and D sheets last night and
- tried to occupy the same space t the same
I t1mew1th the usual result. Bath of the
colliding bodies are formidable to ordinary
vehicles and accustomed to have the right
of way or smash things, Which they did.
- ‘ YELLowsmNE.
A persistent lobby has been working in
Congress to despoil the YelloWsto‘ne Park-
by having a railroad burlt through a section
of it. . , . , _.-.1(3. 13.
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Job 2921131an ‘
We have engaged the services Inf one of
the most thoroughly Competent and artist.
II ,I. .Iically fine book had chb printers to he had
”I in New York, who is to take charge of
0111' Book and Job. Printing Depar,___f,ent. .
The Gszmis‘s jobbing departmentisthe
largest and bestquurpped of any. emce? -
between Bridgeport andNew York. A” . ~
printing entrusted to us, shall be'
promptly and reasonably done.
Iinviteatriai from our friends, of on,
superior facilities for turning out first. I.
-_ - ciass printing of every descnptio
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FIVE HUNDRED PAIRS
LACE CURTAINS
111 lots of three and six pairs.
Bought 111‘. a great sacrifice .to the manufacturag
and will bejsold at an equal sacrifice. _
assortment includes Nottinghams,
Irish Points and Tambours.
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HOLIDAY GOODS
'r‘.’
Cf‘IEiery Kind in I
Silver, Brass and Leather,
Are‘now on Exhibition.
rI‘HE D. M. READ CO.
CARPET DEPARTMENT. :
SomefewI medium lengths in Body
Brussels, 75c. per yard.
Large assortment 0f BOdy Brussels, 5]
per yard.
IMade-up I Carpets, all sizes,~very cheap.
The assortment of Foreign and Demos-
tic Rugs for the Holidays is very
large.
CLOAK AND FU
50 Tailor made Jackets, 52150, were 58.
100 N ewmarkets at 55, were 510. ,
Fine Cloth Wraps, trimmed with braid, 512 were 518.
Seal Plush Sacques, 515, Were 522. I
Seal Plush Wraps, 522, were 30. 00. , - ‘ ‘
Misses’ N ewmarkets, 1n variety of styles, $5 00, $6 00, up to $20. 00
I'Astrachan Capes, $4. 00, 5. 00 and -.6 50
Black Coney Capes, $6. 00
75 Misses’ Jackets, 52, were 56.
Tailor made Cheviot Jackets, 57, were 510
Seal Plush Jackets, 5I15,I were 525
1
French Beaver Capes, $15 00
We have made these prices solely to attract trade to our Cloak Department during
the holiday week, for we know of no more servrceable gift and one that Will be more ap-
preciated than a. good garment. ' '
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what exciting ”names. No. it}, No. 90 and“
dissipated andthcre was eyery reason to
unld this view of therr reputation. Mr.
l‘hrall- asked the father why he did not
get up and work for his family. He
answered that he could get nothing to do.
The mother spam: with seeming pride of
the eldest boy. He is now in the reform .
school. . ,
Mr. Thrall offered to take three of the
children and place them in thelcouuty
tome, so that the mother could go out to
service and earn money for the care of the
other. She replied that if he Would pro-
lucc a certificate that the county home
was a proper place to put them, he could.
When Mr.,Thrail arrived in Hartford, he
had the necessary papers made out and
the children Were taken care of to-day.-—~
Hartford Post.
Fried Italian for Supper.
A heavy and depressing fog obscures the
sunlight of sunny .ltaly—or at least that
portion of it that isooloniZed at the new
upper reservoir. Last Friday afternoon a
messenger came down from there all out of
breath and out of English, and informed
Chief Buttery, in broken Italian, split
ipanish,eracked Dago and violent gesticnlib
tions, that he was Wanted right array at the
new water works, to rescue the purone,
big, fat George Queen, from an infuriated
mob of Italian werkmen who, becoming
impatient because of long delayed wages
I due them, had two days before seized
, Queen, through whom they had hired -
out and by whom they were to be -
paid, and had imprisoned him in a shed
-‘ without food or water, and regardless of his
entreaties and his promise to go at once to
the contractor and get the money due them.
they refused to liberate him. They appear
to have gone crazy with excitement and
rage, and, so reports the messenger, actu-
ally contemplated his murder. and still -
worse, cannibalism, their plans. having been
laid to have an Italian barbecue on Friday
night; when poor Queen, Who rs very fat
and consequently. very juicy, was to have
con served up, and the best part of him
eaten."
. Chief Buttery and Sh'erifl' Toner drove at’
once to therplace and were obliged to draw 7 _
revolvers in order to convince. the 11151.;
dened wretches of their authority to libero I
ate the prisoner. They Ifinelly' ‘queiled, I
however, and Queen was brought forth
trembling with terror and half furnished. I
. He was taken from the place by. the oflicers,
foiiow’ed by. the threitts and imprecations of;
the bottled Inch. - v.
011 information furnished by Queen,
,. warrants Were issued for the sags; of the -
ring leaders, and on Saturday tin-eon! them; .};,I, _- .
were arrested by Buttery and Tonor .1111“ I I
-’ confinedin the New cramp lockup They *
unknown by. the gig euggesting~end some-I»
Norwalk Chronicler