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THE LIVE NEWS OF TO- DAY.
Henderson Hoyt, of New London, is
visiting friends in town.
0111' Brothers Lodge worked the!
fir st degree on eleven candidates last
night.
\Iiss Mamie Bannon of IVest VVinsted,
is v isiting Mrs. Bobeit Allen, on Chapel
street. .. ._. _ _ 3+
“Judge’E'Connelly it is now. This
title, it is said. Mike Batchford is re-
sponsible for.
Rufus Mead. formerly of Bidgefield,
and a 17th Regt. veteran, died at Bing;
hampton on the 4th inst. ‘
See 11111. of Teacher wanted. This is
a 1are opportunity for a disengaged
and compentg 0'entlen’i'ani ' .5 ' ,, .. '~' . '
---—EDw Ann STREET offers 2,000
of the 11111icest and best Outing
11015 at 10 cts. per yaid, worth 1: _1.
The regular meetingofPioneer Hook’ _gfl .1
A Ladder Co. takes place Thursday .
c1 ening, for the election of officers. ‘
Pioneer Castle No. 1 'A. O. K of the .=
M. C., will 110111 the thiid degree t,
night. All Sir Knights are request“
to be pi'.esent
Mr.
aged 88 years, is seriously -il_l1vith.-
pneumonia. He is an old batter, and?
Norwalk, . e—
vards _- ",3;
'rlmJ-g‘ ‘v'
Legrand Sturges, of Wilton...
Kabaosa Encampment. I. 0.0. F.,
will meet on Monday evening next for
installation of officers Members are
requested to be present. A collation
will be served after the exercises.
Mr. William Griswold is Iveg01atin r
for. the sale of his 26 acre arm at South
‘Vilton, to Judge Dan Connolly, of
Nor walk. {The price asked is $2, 000,
and it is thought Judge Connolly will
take it. A -;,
Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer are ar-
ranging for _a tiip to Euro ye. They
expect to sail; on the Inman‘leh ine steam-
er City of Chicago some time in May,
1 and will as end two ‘or three months in
Great Britain and; on the Continent. ——
[Houn ‘
Master Frank Allen, of Chestnut
street, is enjOying hims_elf hugely to-
day, being the especial guest of his
grandmother, Mrs. Annie Hall, on
Hoyt street, who gives a party in his
honor to celebrate her birthday
Mi. Stephen Comstock has the plans
for his 11.93% 711131ij be erected on St.
John Place 111th hands of a Bridge-
. rahamville, Fla.,
. "Weier- The fruit
iiges, grape
" rice, which
Also that
‘. 'rwalk scribe
' cut.
ft.
mm M Lloyd oi the Bioad an}, '
district, has been notified that > .
claim for pension; has been allowed;
This giv es John eight dollar'spei month
dating f1 om 1885.
The father of Chief DeFor est ‘died
at his home 111 Stratfoid this morning.
of typhoid pneumonia, aged 83 years.
Funeral will be held to-morrow after-
. “Ni”; ....... .
There is no question thatour borough
crosswalks, as at present looked after,
are in better condition than ever
under any other administration than
that of “Judge” Connolly.
Geo. A, Kinner. of Danbury, owner
of the fast- horse “George A” and
“Priest,” is in town to-day, the guest
of Mr. \Vni. H. Lockwood, manager of
the Fair Ground stables.
~-—You will make a mistake, if you do
not buy some of the choice Outing
F lannels at 10 cts. per yard, that are
being offered by EDwARD STREET.
Mr. Fred Briggs and Miss Edith
lich, of Stamford, were in town yes-
terday afternoon calling on friends,
and also attended the gymnasium ex-
hibition at the Y. M. C. A. hall last
evening.
The steamer John H. Starin of the
Starin line, which plies between New
York and New Haven, was towed back
to New York by four tugs last night-in
a sinking condition after an encounter
with the rocks ofi' Neith Brothers is-
land.
The Consolidated mBailroad expect
scon to put on two trains of Pullman
built cars painted white. which the
road men call the “Ghost train” and
which are to leave Boston and New
York at 3 p. 111. daily.
There is a singular and it is feared
it will be fatal case of hiccoughing at
Birmingham. Miss Alice \Voodward,
a young girl, has suffered for several
days with the malady, and is rapidly
being exhausted. Physicians as yet
have not been able to stop it.
»~~I’. W. Bates at his monumental
works in Water street, has the largest
and finest assortment of finished work
in his wareroom of any establishment
in Connecticut. 1meod‘37.
A horse car horse on the car driven
by Billy Bearse yesterday afternoon,
while coming down the “hollow" fell
down and was shoved along not less
than a car’s length before theicar could
be stopped. The horse was not seri-
ously hurt, although considerably
bruised.
The six year old daughter of a widow,
named Heim, in Danbiu'y, who was
severely bitten by a bulldog last week
is in a critical condition. The calf of
her left leg was completely bitten off.
If the child survives she will be taken
to the Pasteur institute for treatment.’
At a dairyman’s convention, in Hart-
ford, last week, all the prizes for but-
ter were taken by creamery associa-
tions, eight of which scored more than
85 out of a possible 100 points. It was
also claimed that the best pasture were
those that had been longest unplowed.
' fivnyto the South
_ ed Brady is
Eldiiver. They
do say, though, thatsth o'irls on the
cargo peifectly smog {with the con-
duc
Yesterday morning a dog belonging
to a color ed family named Johnson.
was runnin through the yard at 101
Elm stretv w en he struck a ainst the
point of a lightning rod that ay on the
ground. The rod enteied the dog’s
body several inches. He managed to
free himself and 1am off leaving a tr ail
of blood behind him. He bled): to death
in ten minutes —[Danbury News.
The Housatonic Railroad company
are having new and improved mail cars
built at their shops at Falls Village.
The mail compartments will take up
the entire width of the car, and will be
twenty-five feet in length. The boxes
for assorting the mails, will be discard-
ed and racks for pouches substituted.
A prominent shoe dealer urges that
every man purchase two pairs of shoes
at the same time as a matter of econ-
omy. He explains that two pairs worn
alternately will wear as long as .three
pairs would worn every day. The
reason is that no two pairs of shoes fit
the foot the same ; the wear and strain
come on different parts of the shoes.
This is‘ a growing country; and the
Tribune Almanac for 1891, now just
out. shows that that old standard poli-
tiCal reference and text book, is grow-
ing up with the country, as it ought to.
Think of it, 353 pages in the Almanac
for 1891, a volume of itself, and con-
taining all the things a man wants to
refer of a political, financial and statis-
tical character, and a hundred other
things and all for 25 cts.
The track of the sleighin which those
hams stolen from Abigail Fillow’s
smoke house in Branchville on Sunday
night were carried off, was followed as
far as a point near Dr. John Benedict’s
house in Bedding, where it was lost.
The thieves took things coolly, letting
down bars and driving through the
lots in several places. It has been sug-
gested that a thorough search of some
of the shanties of those Bedding ne-
groes, might not be out of order.
Mr. Thomas Kelk, the Silver Mine
correspondent of the Messenger, who
died at his residence on ‘Vednesday,
dictated on Monday, among other
items to his paper, the following allu-
sion to the DAILY GAZETTE:
We am glad to know that the old and
long tried D'Norw alk GAZETTE is taking
iapid strides to the top and we wish it
success, and that Edit01 Kirk will soon
follow 11p as second.
:Senator Ingalls is “said to have had
these offers under consideration: Twen-
ty thOusand dollars from a publishing
company for a book to be called “Twen-
ty Years In Congress; ” $15, 000 to edit
Arkell’s illustrated weekly; $1, 000 from
a review for his views on closure and
the Elections bill, $15, 000 to edit the
Detroit Tribune, and $10, 000 fr om a lit-
erary syndicate to write a satirical um-
01 on Washington lifc.
At the banquet. of the Bridgeport
board of trade last night Senator Hill
of Norwalk, made what might not inapt~
ly be called the speech of the evening,
which was-liberally applauded.
Swindlers are operating in the differ-
ent-cities of the state by forging orders
on a store whose proprietor is known
to be absent, for $5 01' more, signing
his name and giving the order to the
clerk for the cash The trick is an old
one, and not as successful as it used
to be.
The Plainfield Journal says: “A full
fledged Conneticut butterfly with a
terribly mistaken confidence in late
weather predictions, hoisted sail on
Monday, near the lower switch, but the
thermometer was such that he was soon
switched on to a side track by the ee'c-
tion men at work there.”
———EDWARD STREET has opened a
choice line of Plaid Dress Goods for
Spring. at popular prices.
The monckey wrench is not called so
on account of its fancied 01' actual i'e-
semblance tO a monkey, 01' because it
is a handy tool to “monkey” with. but
simply because it is the invention of Mr -
Charles Monckey of Kings county N. Y.
Mr. Mockey sold his p tteut for $5 3.0))
and invested in a homestead in the
above named county.
In a Brooklyn theatre last week elec-
tric canes and umbrellas were carried by
the players in one act. These canes and
umbrellas had small incandescant lamps
in the handle which flashed at given
signals, and produced very novel and
beautiful effects. The lamps were oper-
ated by Nassau capsule batteries con-
cealed in the canes.
—Harnesses and whips of every de.
scription; a full line of trunks and
traveling bags, at reducedprices;black
and white robes, blankets, baby car-
riage robes, etc. at very 101v prices to
close out the season’s stock. Every
article pertaining to a horse, carriage
or stable can be found at Dann’s har-
ness store, No. SOIVall street. tf.24
There is an unlimited amount of
kicking among up passengers on the
Housatonic trains, because, in addition
to the climbing'of the old, unequally
graded and dilapidated stairs, the 10-
comotive is usually stopped just at the
edge of the stairs, and steam, smoke,
soft coal gas and soot, is allowed to fill
the lumgs of those ascending 01' de~
scending the stairs aforesaid. This is
a discomfort that ought to be remedied,
or better still, the depot removed to
Water street. _.__-__~.-
The 7 :50 horse car from South Nor-
walk, last evening, met with an acci-
dent that might have been more serious
than it was. On descending the de-
cline near President Hyatt’s house, one
of the horses, (the team being driven
by Geo. War dwell, Malt Kellogg, con-
ductor ,) being smooth shod, slipped
and fell. The fall frightened the other
horse, which jumped forward, jerking
the car with him, and breaking the
reins. The driver being unable to
check the speed of the team, the car
plunged forward over the body of the
prostrate horse, biu'ising, crunching
and mangling him cruelly. \Vhen the
car was stopped and backed off, Con-
ductor Kellogg, thinking the horse
(which had actually fainted away,) was
dead, telephoned from President
Hyatt’s house, to the stables, for a
fresh horse, and reported the injured
horse dead. When he got back to the
car, however, he found that the poor
beast had staggered to its feet and,
though mangled and bleeding, was
ready to go on with its duties. It was
driven, as it started, in harness with its
mate, and is now in the stables under-
going treatment. It is cruelly bruised
and mangled, but no bones are broken,
and after a season of rest and with
proper treatment, will be as good as
new-in a few weeks.
1‘. .11; c'. i: norms.
As usual, on Y. M. C. A. occasions,
the weather last night was not anything
that could be desired for a publicg o'ath-
ering, but f01 all that 300 people as-
sembled in Y. M. C. A. hall to attend
the 1"egulai bi- monthly meeting of the
Association. The business was the
election of new member, a list of forty
applicants, who were elected. There
are now connected with the Association
500 people, which announcement last
evening was greeted with prolonged ap-
plause. After the business session, In-
structor Manning and his class of 18
from the Stamford and Norwalk Asso-
ciations gave one of the finest exhibi-
tions ever given in the Norwalk gymna—
sium. After the exercises the visitors
from out of town and the members of
the Norwalk class, were banqueted in
the rooms below, which was followed
by several speeches by those present.
The Stamford delegation numbered
about 20, and 4 were present from the
Meriden Association, including Presi- ~
dent‘J. L. Rutherford and general sec-
retary Wilcox, who was warmly wel-
comed by his many Nonwalk friends.
What Miss Spinster Says :
That the bi- monthly meeting of the
Y. M. C.. A. held at their rooms last
evening was a grand success. ‘
That forty new members w ere added
to the membership, which now num-
bers over five hundred.
That_ex~Secretary \Vilcox, of Meri-
den, mas made an honorary member
last evening.
That Master J anies‘ W. Maples’ fancy
club swinging was one of the events of
the evening.
That Mr. E. H. Manning, Physical
Director, is to be congratulated on his
Stamford and Norwalk classes.
That the four years ending of the Y.
M. C. ,- A. is gratifying to President
Wigham and Secretary Simons.
That Secretary Simons is the right
man in the right place.
That this is the same old misfit wea-
ther.
That the Library entertainment at
the Atheneeum last night was a decided
success, and will not soon be forgotten.
That the Athenaeum presented a scene
of great beauty, with its bewildering
array of ladies fair and knights gallant
as in days gone by.
,That- Mrs. Robert Van Buren, in
black silk and lace, assisted by Mrs.
Wm. H. Smith, in black velvet, were
charming at the white and gold table.
That Mrs. Dr. Gregory, in white silk
with ostrich feather trimming, Mrs.
Baxter, in green and black silk, Mrs.
Coolidge. in pale green silk, white lace
trimmings, Miss Cholwell, in white
lace, welcomed all with smiles, at the
French table, with its green and white
floral decorations. Suspended overthis
table was a beautiful ball of white roses
and smilax.
That Mrs. Belden. in black velvet,
point lace and diamonds, presided over
the old New England table, with all the
dignity and charming manner as only
one could who is to the manor born.
Judge Austin, becomingly attired in
knee breeches and powdered wig, was
11. becoming help-meet to Mrs. Belden.
That charming Miss Julia Clark was
becomingly attired in white silk, with
blue,trimmings. The table was hand-
313013181)" decorated with flowers, fine old
candlesticks, blue and white china, and
was a very attractive table.
That Mrs. E. J. Hill, in black lace
and diamonds, at the pink azalea table,
which was thronged with youth and
beauty, and was made doubly attractive
by the military boys.
That Mrs. John Bennett, Mrs. Kate
Hunter and Miss Pinneo, in black lace,
velvet and diamonds, at the rose table,
were brilliant and attractive
That Mrs Jarvis, in black silk, with
her New Y01k friend Miss Julia Glover,
at the red table, graced with large
lillies and smilax, was dignified, and
received all with becoming case.
That Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock and
Mrs. Ira Cole, in black lace and dia-
monds, at the. yellow table, with its
silken cover, hyacinths and ferns,
banked in the centre around the silver
candlelabra, rare china, and rarer
smiles {from the ladies in attendance,
won for them many guests.
That Miss Sarah Woodward, at the
five o’clock tea table, in violet silk, cut
decolette, needed not diamonds, but
simple violets for decoration, as she is
one of the acknowledged belles of Nor-
walk, and both young and old were
fortunate to receive tea from her hand.
That that Russian Samover tea, pro-
mised for the white and gold table last
night, did not materialize on account
of the weather, but that the delicious
decoction is to be brewed for the next
Grace Church banquet.
That Mr. John S. Seymour, becom-
ingly dressed, assisted by Miss Char-
lotte Betts, presided at the candy table
and served sweet smiles, bon bons and
salted almonds.
That Mrs. Horace Hubbell and Miss
Lena Cole had a lovely pink table.
They were dressed in evening costumes
and their table was profusely decorated
with pink.
That Mrs. Stephen Comstock pre-
sided over the cake table, seated under
a large canopy of pink roses.
That the lovely young lady waitresses
served each and every one in a charm-
ing manner.
That Nor walk’ s 400 were out in full
force.
That the table of all tables for the
hungry was in charge of Mrs. Fred
Betts, Mrs. Styles Curtis, Miss Moody
and Miss Curtis, and good chear and
welcome was included in the price of
the good things.
That Mrs. Thomas S. Morison in a
becoming street costume enjoyed
everything.
That Miss Annie Cole and Miss Eva
Woodhull’s banjo playing received an
encore, and justly so, for it was an at-
' tr active fea ulll' c.
That Miss Sallie Betts and Mr. Hop-
son’s duet for piano and violin were
finely rendered and enjoyed by all.
That the tableaux were perfect from
an artistic point of view, and to Mrs.
George W. Cram and Mrs. G. Willis
White their success is due.
That with such noted beauties as
Miss Alice Mallory, the acknowledged
belle. of South Norwalk, Miss Mabel
Miller, Miss Edith Street, Miss Alice
Cram, Miss Agnes Gibbs, tall and state-
ly Miss Grace Millard, (grace by name
and nature) Miss Annie Gregory, a
lovely brunette, all fit to grace our re-
publican court at Washington, that
any tableaux with such an array of
lovlinéss could not fail to be attractive.
That the acknowledged Ward McAl-
listei' of Norwalk, ex-burgess Morison,
Pythagoras.
That Dr. George Baxter was an ideal
bachelor and looked it to perfection.
That Nelson Taylor, the last, is far
from being the least, anywhere or
place. That his few remarks were re-
ceived with satisfaction, and Miss
Spinster’s vote will be thrown for him
as the first Mayor of Norwalk consoli-
dated.
That the committee on the part of
the library are to be congratulated on
their successful entertainment ; that
only want of time and space prevents
0111‘ not naming each and every one
present.
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SLIM/id’s.
The Ladies’ Missionery society will
meet this week on Thursday instead of
to-’morrow.
A meeting of the Church Guild will
be held in the parish room this after-
noon.
Services this week wlll be held as fol-
lows:
To-morrow, Ash IVednesdaymorning
at 10:30 in the church, holy commuion.
Evening prayer in the church at 4:30
Thursday evening prayer in the Sun-
day school room at 4:30.
Friday at 10:30, morning prayer in
the church.
Friday evening at 7:30. ' evening
prayer with sermon in the parish room.
Saturday afternoon at 1 :30, children’s
meeting for Lent Work in the parish
looms. Children’s service same place
at4o’clock.--~-- ~ -
At2 o’clock in the Sunday school
room Satuiday afternoon. meeting of
the Sunday school choir.
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Only 0110. Governor.
Governor Bulkeley this morning re-
ceived a requisition from Governor
Hill of New York for the return of a
prisoner in the Hartford county jail
awaiting his return to New York state,
The requisition was promptly issued
and placed in the hands of the New
York officer detailed to take charge of
the prisoner.
\Ve venture to say that it did not
take Gov. Hill long to decide who the
governor of Connecticut is. The out-
side public has only laughed at the
child’s play of the Cannecticut Sen-
ate in swearing in Mr. Morris. There
may be two governors of this state for
“talk,” but there is only one for “busi-
ness, ” and his name begins with a very
large B. ~—[Hai"tf01 (1 Post.
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Chm ch 1' en.
The ladies of the-Methodist church
have arranged for a most enjoyable
time at the church to-morrow evening.
From 5:30 to S p. m. Supper will be
served, consisting of oysters variously
prepared and other things to match.
At 8 o’clock a pleasant literary pro-
grme will be rendered, and after that, '
ice cream, etc. Admission free. The
ladies will be glad to receive and wait
upon all who can call and take tea
with them, business men and others.
St. Illm'y’s.
The Lenten season and services have
been made much of by the Roman Cath-
olic church throughout the world and
down the ages. At St. Mary’s services
will be held through the. week and on
Sunday next, specially interesting ex-
ercises will be held.
_“——+
Gold Watch Record.
Following is the score, to date, of
the balloting in the contest for the
Gold \Vatch, to be presented by the
DAILY GAZETTE to the most popular
working girl in the town of N oi'walk.
May Brotherton, Union Mfg. 00., 125
Maggie Cavanaugh, R. A: G. shop, > 49
Kate Murray, Boston Store.
Mamie Beers, “
Mary Fahan, Hutchinson,,Cole A; Co.
Anna 1‘. Clune. "
Annie Staab, "'
Maud Nisbett, T. Cousins" factory,
Florence DeForest, Telephone ofiice,
Maggie Sulliv an, Dennis A: Blanchard
Mamie Hyde, “
Nellie Platt, “
Maggie Donnelly, “ “
Lizzie Kelley, Dunning &. Stevens,
Eugenie Wakeman, Weed’s shoe shop,
Annie Billsborough, Buckley rubber shop,
J ulia Delaney.
J orgina Peterson, George Ward Selleck’s
Mrs. Chas. Begardus. Meadow Street, :5. N.
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EunnecticutPassleleglams.
Specially Sent Over the "'51-" (o the
Daily - A'oru'ulk- - Gazette.
Hartford, Feb. 10. —House passed
the bill icorporating'ithe Backus Hos-
pital at Norwich. The bill was trans-
mitted to the Senate and there taken
up and passed. This is the first and
only bill that has passed.
New York, Feb. 10.—Thc Mail and
Express in its first edition this p. 111..
says the story published in the papers
this morning, to the effect that the Clif-
ton Race Course is to be removed to
Norwalk, is untrue. The story was
started several days ago, but kept out
of the papers till to-day.
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chuhltions For Lent.
In all the Catholic Churches in this
diocese the following circular from
Bishop McMahon, presenting the regu~
lations for Lent, was read at the masses
Sunday morning:
“All the week days of Lent from Ash
Wednesday to Easter Sunday are fast
days of precept on one meal, with the
allowence of a moderate collation in
the evening.
“The Churches excuses from the ob-
ligation of fasting (but not of abstin-
ence from flesh meat. except in special
cases of sickness) the infirm, those who
are attaining their growth, those whose
duties areof an exhausting or labori-
ous character, women in pregnancy, or
nursing infants, and those who are en-
feebled by old age.
“The following dispensations are
granted for this diocese by the author-
ity of the Holy See:
“1. The use of flesh meat, as also of
eggs and white meats, is permitted at
every meal on the Sundays of Lent and
at the principal meal on Monday, Tues—
day, Thursday and Saturday, with the
exception of Ember Saturday and Holy
Saturday.
“2. The use of white meats is allow-
ed every day in Lent at the evening
collation, and also at the principal
meal on the days on which the use of
flesh meat is forbidden.
“3. A small piece of bread, with a
cup of coffee, tea or chocolate, can be
taken in the morning.
"‘4. ‘Whei'e it is’ii‘ot‘ cenvenient to
take the principal meal at noon, it is
lawful to invert the order, and take col-
lation in the morning and dinner in the
evening.
“5. Drippings and lard may be used
in the preparation of all kinds of food
which are permitted.
“6. On Sundays there is neither fast
nor abstinence, but fish cannot be used
with flesh meat at the same meal at any
time during the Lent.
‘7. Those who are exempt from the
precept of fasting can partake of flesh
meat at every meal during the day
when by special indult flesh meat is
permitted at the principal meal.
“The time for fulfilling the Easter
precept of communion in the diocese
extends from the first Sunday in Lent
to Trinity Sunday inclusive.”
The public religious exercises during
Lent, consisting of rosary, sermon and
benediction to begin each evening at
7 :30 o’clock,will be held in all Catholic
churches.
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OFF] 01;.
Over 10,000 C'ermssmwl in. lv'iflccn.
Days—Troublesome Inquiries of (Jon-
grrssnwn.
A statement prepared at the Pension
Oflice shows that there were issued dur-
ing the first fifteen days in January
10,377 pension certificates, the larger
pmtion of them being under the De-
pendent Pension Act of June' H7, 1890.
This is said to be the laigest number
ever issued by the Bureau during a like
period.
It was stated that the large number
of inquiries relating to pending cases
daily received fr om members of Cong-
less, all of which have to be answ e1 ed,
is seriously inter'feiiiig with the regu-
lar business of the pension office. 011
one day recently, it is said, the inquir-
ies of this character received amounted
‘ to about 2,086. For this particular day
nearly the entire adjudicating force of
the office, which numbers about 600 ex-
aminers, was detailed for the special
duty of answering these queries. At
the close of the day 311 inquiries re—
mained unanswered.
The number of letters received of
this character each day during a session
of Congress ranges from 600 to 1,500
and often a much larger number. The
accumulation of this work keeps a large
force constantly employed.
_...____.__. ... 4.,__._ .....
Jacob Bauman, of Scranton, Pa,
will arrive in Norwalk, Thursday oven-
ing, to visit members of Phoenix En-
gine company who ,went to “Jake’s” ‘
town some time ago and were most
hospitably entertained at the hands of
the Pennsylvaiiia Dutch, with the priv-
ilege of the city and a trip down into
the bowels of the earth, via a coal mine
shaft.
Norwalk Chronicler