“Equal. and Exact Justice
Vol. I, No. 59.
to all Men of. W/idteijer State 07‘ PerSuasion, Religious" or." Political.”—Jefl‘ersoa
Nerwalk, Conn., Monday
Evening, March 16, 1891.
Price One Cent.
The Daily Gazette-
Is issued every week-day at 3 P. M., at
ONE CENT PER COPY.
”The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
The Weekly Gazette,
[Combined with Saturday’s Daily. ]
ls issued every Saturday at Noon. at
THREE CENTS PER COPY, OR $1. 50 PER YEAR.
The Daily and Weekly.
Se; ved to Local Subscr we) 3 (11
11; x CENTS PEP. WEEK, on $5. 00 PER YEAR.
A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor.
This paper has the largest circulation. of
1111 _1/ paper in. the state west ofBriclgeporl.
THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
visiting
Miss Sarah Henderson is
friends in New York.
A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs.
C. TV. Many on Saturday.
Senator Hill seems very well satisfied
with the present position of Gov. Hill.
An unusually large number of
“drunks" and “scraps" were seen
around town Saturday night.
«Bicycles by the hour, day, week or
month. Leroy E. Wheeler, 133 Water
street, South Norwalk. tf59
Efforts are being made by English-
men resident in Norwalk, to organize
a local branch of the Order of the
Sons of St. George.
"What is your home to cost?”
‘ Thirty thousand dollars.” “What do
you base your Calculation on. ’ ’ “The
architect’s figures. He says $15,000 will
pay for it. ”
The Cadets Of Temperance are pre-
paring for an entertainment and social
to be held in Sons of Temperance Hall
on Wednesday evening, March 18th,
under the auspices of the“Temperance
Ten,” of the King’s Daughters.
A memorial service in honor of Gen-
eral Sherman was held in Danbury
yesterday, at the First Congregational
church, the Baptist, West street and
Dlsciples’ uniting. James E. Moore
Post attended; and Rev. Dr. Hallock
delivered the address.
Mrs. O’Shea is stronger than Ire-
land. So Parnell admits by leaving
Parliament, even during Balfour’s
graphic narration of the distress in
Ireland, and go1ng 011' to Brighton; by
the sea, where he found the latitudin-
ous beauty, and stayed. His friends
in Ireland are getting mad at his reck-
less course.
—Don’t fail to hear Timothy J. Fox
in his lecture, “St. Patrick and the
Irish Race,” Tuesday evening, March
17, St. Patrick’s Day, at Y. M. C. A.
hall. Miss Kate Finnegan will give
some operatic renditions and St. Mary’s
Church choir will render several selec-
tions suitable to the occasion. 3t
That exuberant early bluebird who
was splintering music solike mad up
Belden avenue last week, was heard
again this morning feebly piping its
lays from one of the tOp branches of a
majestic elm in front of the residence
of Mrs. Wm. K. James. The poor little
fellow’s song sounded, however, as if
he was muffled up in his winter ulster.
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MEI: CILINTS .'
If you want to sell your go‘ods, (my publicity
1‘ 11. the DAILY GAZETTE, no paper 1' N.
town sells its adver tlslng space so low.
“The King's Daughters and Sons”
are invited to attend a meeting to be
held at Trinity ‘Church, South Nor-
walk, .on Friday evening of this week.
It is expected that Mrs. Davis, from
the interior of New York State will be
present and address the meeting. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
“Sons and Daughters of the King” to
be present, as it promises to be an oc-
casion of much interest.
Treasurer Hyatt took 0. E. Wilson
to Boston last week and succeeded in
getting him home again, “clothed and
in his right mind,” but he had no end
of trouble in preventing his getting
all tangled up in the crooked and inex-
plicable streets of the Hub. Ex-War-
den Lee took them down the bay and
over Bunker Hill, and treated them
sumptuously to brown bread, beans,
codfish balls, doughnuts, corn-cake and
cold milk. *‘
Five ways to stop a cold ’:~—l. Bathe
the feet in hot water and take a pint of
hot lemonade. Then sponge with salt
water and remain in a warm room. 2.
Bathe the face in very hot water every
five minutes for an hour. 3. Snuff up
the nostrils hot salt water every three
hours. 4. Inhale ammonia or men-
thol. 5. Take four hours’ active exer-
cise in the air. A ten-grain dose of
quinine will usually break up a cold in
the beginning. Anything that will sea
the blood in active circulation will do
it, whether it be drugs or the use of
a bucksaw.
Miss Carrie M. Smith, daughter of
Hon. Asa Smith, is in town.
Adjourned meeting of the waran
and burgesses to-night.
-—I. Hall, piano and furniture mover.
Ofiice and residence 106 Main st. 48-93
Mr. George Ackerly has gone to
work at his trade in Norwalk—[Green-
wich News. '
The hostilities between the governor
of New York and the governor of'Con-
necticut are still 011.
~. A Georgia editor has posted this no-
tice over his editorial desk : “Hang
grammar ! Print the news I”
\Vc publish tO-day in another column
the names of all veterans entitled to the
$300 bounty voted them by the town at
a recent town meeting.
Senator Seymour’s revised edition of
the New Testament reads somewhat in
this way—“ ("onhfnuc to cast pearls be-
fore the swine. else he will turn and
rend you. "
The President’s second day’s shoot
resulted in the wounding of one duck.
Come,- come, Mr. President, the peo-
ple did much better than this last No-
vember.—[Post.
There will be two special services to-
morrow, St. Patrick’s Day, at St. Mary’s
ehurch. One at7 and the other at 8—
commemorative of Ireland’s patron
saint.
The wind-up of the Chinese new year
festivities at Hong Kong was made live-
ly by the beheading of 300 criminals.
They‘ were thus spared the usual after-
holiday headache.
Six Bridgepm t cOlor ed people demon-
strated the depth of theii religious con-
viction by receiving baptism yesterday
at the foot Of East Main street, in the
presence of fifteen hundred people.
There was one other Daily and two
Weekly papers published here in Nor-
walk on Saturday, yet it was left. for the
GAZETTE alone among them all topub-
lish an account of the million dollar
fire at Syracuse.
The repeated fires all over the coun-
try, the terrible conflagration in Syra-
cuse Saturday, coupled with the high
winds likely to prevail all through the
month Of March should lead to extra
care and caution as to fire. .
E. L. Knowles of East River, as well
as Henry Godfrey, of Five Mile River,
has been appointed to the new ocean
mail service. Godfrey . has served
several years in the navy and is used
to rough seas, while Knowles is a Shore
Line skipper, used to Eastern fishing
squalls. His father is a noted G. A. R.
man of Eastern Connecticut,
Deputy sheriff Toner accompanied
Edward Dibble and \Villiam Hillyer,
charged with participating in a recent
dog-fight, to Darien this morning.
Through some misunderstanding in
reference to the adjournment of the
case by Justice Lounsbury, and a
bringing up of the same before Justice
Koch, the cases were nolled. The pris-
oners, however, were re-arrested and a
hearing before Justice Lounsbury set
down for April 6th.
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111 ERCHANTSI
I f you 11-1111! to sell your goods, Im-y publicity
£11. the DAILY GAZETTE, no paper 1'11
town. sells its advertising space so (011'.
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Rev. Dr. Henry Hubbell, a native of
Wilton and new president of a college
in southwestern Louisiana, occupied
the pulpit of the First COngregational
church yesterday morning for a few
moments, to give a brief account of
the educational needs of that section of
this great country of ours. Mr. Hub-
bell’s hair has bleached out so white
since his last appearance in Norwalk
that many who knew him in his youth
found it difficult to recognize him:
———Hand made harness at very low
prices. Blankets, robes, 'sleighs and
bells, at and below cost. Every kind
of horse equipment and goods, at very
low figures. Trunks, satchels, travel-
ing bags, etc., lower than ever known
before in this or any other market, at
Wm B Dann’s, 50 \Vall street. tf40
The large power press upon which
the GAZETTE weekly is printed, broke
down Saturday when the first side of
the paper was about half off. By ‘dili-
gent exertion on the part of Superin-
tendent Betts, it was fortunately so far
repaired that most of our edition was
gotten out some three hours late. When
such accidents happen to our contem?
poraries, the GAZETTE can and does
receive their forms and run their pa-
pers ofi‘, but as no press in town is large
enough to print the weekly GAZETTE,
our neighbors cannot reciprocate, as
they no doubt would be glad to do.
hunting
WHAT MISS SPINSTEH SAYS'
That Miss Carrie Smith of Lynn,
Mass, is visiting Miss Fannie Heyt of
East avenue. "
That one of our young society girls
has such a perfectly fascinating manner
that hei girl friends have given her the
80111 iquet of “Charmer.’
That the most notable event at Ez‘ister
grows apace. The young society girls
have been working with energy and
vim and with coffers full to overflowing.
The subscription. ball at the Armory
April 3d, is an assured success.
That Mr. Hoyt and Miss Woodward
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earle at
the Park Avenue Hotel, Saturday. "
That we sandalled Spl ing keeps n101-'
ing on.
That the new Grace church baby is
not eligible for the boy choii.
That the school-girl, for conv enieiice’
sake, has 011 her dresser a daintily
made box with the words “Rings and
Things” painted across the cover.
That small things express the man.
That gold is use d in place of steel' in
corsets, for Clasps, eyelets and lacing
tips.
That it 1s the rage to have as much
light as possible for the dinner table,
and besides the candelabra in the cen-
tre of the board, and the single candle-
sticks along the line, pretty little lamps
of cut glass burn under lace covered
globes.
That no other women in the world
can compare with American women‘iu
walking. She seems to scorn a car-
riage ; she walks by preference ; and
when she walks her head is held up,
her shoulders are thrown back and her
step is firm and elastic. Is it any
wonder that she has a fine color and
her lips fresh and her eye clear 1" They
may not know what a blessing their in-
dependence is to them, but their own
beauty and the vigor and healthof
their children in after years are in 11
gr eat measure due to the love of walk-
ing.
That M18. Weed has been confined to
hei house fol a few days with la grippo.
tThat Mr. James L. Stevens is amnest
at the Park avenue Hotel.
That of all the great men in Paris,
six out of ten women stoutly affirm that
there is only one Worth talking about.
That Mr. and Mrs: Bishop are enjoy-
ing life in Florida. sitting on the
veranda with the thermometer in the
eighties, eating delicious strawberries
and cream.
That the Stamp Club will meet at
Master Carl Vogel‘s next Friday even-
ing. The club is progressing finely,
and during the summer months they
propose to devote time to tennis play—
ing, and may become formidable rivals
to our famous tennis club.
That initials, crests and coronets have
taken the place ofmonograms on fanCy
articles.
That the colleges are getting some
handsome windfalls nowadays. Their.
hands are always open for the emer-
gency.
That a woman in New York earns
fiftee dollars a week putting lisle
thread feet in the legs of silk stockings.
That ladies who love odd things are
11p the Old fashioned but
elaborate watch chains worn by the
gentleman of other days and convert-
ing them into bracelets.
s'r. PATRICK’S 11.4.;1'.
—-The Ancient Order of Hibernians
propose to celebrate St. Patrick’s day
in Lockwood’s Hall to-morrow even-
ing. On the stage there will be a num-
ber of prominent citizens of the place.
Among them will be Hon. E. J. Hill,
Hon. James W. Hyatt, Warden E. O.
Keeler, Hon. A. H. Byington, Hon.
Levi Warner, Dr. J. G. Gregory, 0.
E. Wilson, Charles N. Wood, Dr. L.
N. Phinney, Hon. Asa B. Woodward,
Dr. W, J. Tracey, Rev. Father Timo-
thy O‘Brien, Rev. Father Jeremiah
Dugan, Jas. H. O’Reilly, Thomas O’-
Gorman, who will be the guests of the
Society ; and there will also be present
Hon. David M. Read, of Bridgeport;
Hon. Frederick W. Holden, Of Anso-
nia; Hon. Noble E. Pierce, of Bristol,
and Hon. Patrick Garvan, of Hartford,
all of whom are members of the state
Senate.
The address Of the occasion will be
delivered by the Hon. Timothy J. Fox,
of New Haven, whose subject is: “St.
Patrick’s Day and the Irish Race.”
Ladies, of course, will be present,
many of the invited guests being ac-
companied by their wives. It is prob-
able that politics will be avoided as a
subject of formal debate, since Hon.
John S. Seymour has been selected to
preside.
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Sixty-five members of the O. U. A.
M., with the national colors and star-
spangled guidons, attended the Baptist
Church yesterday morning an I listened
to an instructive, timely and eloquent
discourse from the past-or,- Rev. Mr.
Robbins.
BLAZE IN NEW CAN'AAN.’
The Finest Residence in that Town
in Ashes. ‘
At half past seven Saturday evening
the young children Of George L. Dann,
who were being put to bed, saw fire
blazing out from the hard wood man-
tel in their chamber and screamed out
to their father who was below stairs to
run up and put it out. Mr. Dann was
instantly at work fighting the flames,
which had evidently been burning some
considerable time on the inner side of
the mantel, but being unable to extin-
guish them he hurried his children out
in such clothing as they could quickest
don and one unableto dress wrapped
in bedding. His wife, an invalid, was
below stairs and learning of the condi-
tion of things, fainted and had to be
carried out and deposited on the ground,
while Mr. Dann rushed into the now
totally enveloped house and unavailing-
ly tried to save the family clothing. As
there were no means at hand for extin-
guishing the flames, the beautiful home
of the Dann family was soon in ashes.
It was expensively built and finished
off in the rarest hard woods to be found,
Mr. Dann having been deemed almost
a crank 011 the subject of the internal
adornment of his house. It was loca.
ted on the apex of Tallmadge Hill,
about two miles south of New Canaan
borough and cOuld be seen from all the
towns about 'and was cOnsidered one of
the finest lesidences 1n the town. It 13
said to have cost Mr. Dann between
twenty and thirty thousand dollars and
was of course only partially insured,
while his loss on household furniture
and clothing is almost total. The blaze
could be seen from Norwalk, Wilton,
Ridgefield, Bedding, Weston and \Vest-
port, and from Darien, Stamford and
Greenwich. The keenest sympathy will
be felt for and extended to the afflicted
family. Mr. Dann’s theory of the ori
gin of the fire is that sparks from a
wood fire in the room must have
been drawn through some crevice
in the chimney where the mortar had
fallen out from between the bricks
behind the wooden mantel in the
chamber; '
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STILL ANOTHER.
The new house, not yet Completed, of
Frank Selleck, at. Selleck’s Corners,
on the northwestern borders of New
Canaan, was burned down at about
eleven o’clock last night. A11 unsuc-
cessful attempt was made to fire the
same house a week ago Saturday night.
The house was in the course of erection
and the loss was about $2,000. with an
insurance of $750
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The spacious auditOIinm of St. M11-
ry’s Church was crowded yesterday by
an exeptionally attentive congregation.
and in the absence of Father Slocum,
who officiated at New Canaan, the late
mass was celebrated by Father O’Brien,
with Father Dugan in the pulpit. The
sermon was an eloquent appeal for the
awakening of the true, penitential spir~
it duringthe days of the Lenten sea—
son still remaining, aud was listened to
with absorbing attention. The musical
features of the mass were, as usual, of
a high order, and merit unstinted
praise.
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GENTLE SPRING.
The strolling musicians have come,
with the spring, and it is in order,
probably, to publish the usual jokes
about them ; but it seems to the DAILY
GAZETTE. that the public could do
worse than to encourage these musi-
cians. Certainly the sample Norwalk
heard this morning was better harmo-
ny than is listened to nine times out of
ten at around price per head by a
crowd in an over-heated or under-ven-
tilated hall. Give real musicians in
the street a few cents and let them
play. It will make work easier for
you. and give the under dog in the
fight some show.
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--0u T'EMPORA, 0H Nouns.”
Rev. Dr. Noble last evening gave a
discourse from the pulpit of the First
Congregational Church, in his series
on the “Heroes and'Heroi‘nes of the
Bible,” which would have been worthy
a place on the lecture platform of cul-
tured Boston, or any other place. His
theme was Moses, the great and illus-
trious lawgiver, statesman, hero, poet
and prophet of Bible history. “ He re-
duced. Col. Ingersoll’s “Mistakes of
Moses” down to a minimum of one-—
his last act Of disobedience, which re-
sulted in his denial of entrance with
his people into the promised land of
Canaan. '
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One wing of the Democratic party in
Danbury has consented to go into the
special election for Judge of Probate.
On Saturday the Chairman of the Pro-
bate Committee issued a call for a
Probate Convention. It will be held
Tuesday afternoon. GOVernor Bulke-
ley’s call for a special. city election was
also issued Saturday.
OFFICIAL LIST.
Re-Enlisted Veterans Assigned to
_ the Quota of Norwalk, Conn.
We have received from the Adjutant
General Of the State 'the following
complete list of all the re-enlisted vet-
erans borne upon‘the state muster rolls
the $300 bounty offered by this town
for such re-enlistment. This is the
only official list that has been given
to the public.
NAMES.
Henry Joyeue ..1stA1".t1
Joseph D. Pinkhain” .....................
AsaH. Kid ne ............................ '1 'th Regt.
William H. Merrill .......................
JohnH. Watson ......................... "
William Bedient ........................ "
George F. Selleck ...................... f'
James Robinson ........................ “ “
Edwin R. Gilbert ........................ ‘.‘ “
William H. Va-nver st .................... " “
Peter Pelkey ............................ “
John Fry ................................ “
Charles Olmstead ....................... "
Abraham D. Hall
Edwm Benedict .........................
E E..F Gregory
George Gilbert .......................... "
Samuel H. Hoyt ......................... “ “
Thomas Dennis ...... , .................... “ “
Peter Thornlev ..........................
Charles F. Hallock ...................... “ “
Edward Ayers ........................... 7th “
John F. Morris ................. ' ......... “
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Theodore B. eBenedict.................. " “
Philip Fortune .......................... ‘
Samuel K. Ly nes ........................ ‘
George W. Raymond .................... “
Oscar Smith .............................
Albert VanTassel ........................ “ “
(.‘ harles H. Weed ........................
Allen Dauchy ...................... -. ..... 8th "
Charles Tiernan ......................... "
Willllia-m G. Dudley ...................... "'
Jho n Hawkins ........................... “ “
Cyrus Marshall .......................... " “
Francis W aterbury ...................... “ “
John Hi ckev
William G. Crockett .................... “
John D01 an .............................. " "
Calvin A. Smith ......................... “ “
Edgar Allington ........................ " “
James 0. Jennings ...................... “' “
John W. Bout on ........................ " "
George H. Tucker ...................... " “
llartin W. Knowlton .................... " “
William H. Hamilton ................... “ "
Jacob Grant ............................. ‘ “
James E. El ls ............................ “ ‘
Henry M. Ste1 ens ..................... 123111: '
Willizim Malkin ..........................
John O. Mahoney ....................... 9th "
Jacob Roth .............................. 12th “
Jacob G. F011 ler ........................ 10th"
Charles G. Frv .......................... sth ‘
Heniy A. White ......................... 1 >th'
Claik H. Osborn ........................
Eli Northrop ............................ " ‘
John Lambert .......................... “
Ed“ 111 HH Bush .......................... “
James ............................ '
Wimam E. DDauL-hey .................... "'
James W. aDv is .......................... " "
James J. E1 erson .......................
Patrick Foley. .. .. ........................
Patrick Fltzpatrmk ..................... "
Charles F. Gilbert ...... ‘. ............... “ “
Noah H. J ovce ........... _ ' "
Lawrence F cAvoy ...................... ' “
Edward Millenck ........................ “ “
George W. Parketon .................... ‘ “
Patrick Sulliv an ........................ '
Benjamin Stebbins ...................... "
Thomas Shan ey ........................ " "
Giles St. John ........................... “ “
J ohn Tappan ............................ “ "
John Welsh .............................. “
Aaron S. Hull ........................... .. "
Peter Reilly ............................. " “
Joseph H. Ev er ett ...................... " “
John A. Geddes ......................... “ "
Daniel Rioul .111 ........................ “ "
William H. Tubbs ....................... ‘1 . “
John L. Elwood ........................ " “
Jeremiah Sullivan ...................... “ "
Lvman S. Finch ......................... 10th::
Henry E. Hyatt .........................
R- iyniond B1 xbee ....................... "
John M. Baker ...... -. ................... "
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Work will again be commenced on
East avenue, just as soon as the frost is
out of the ground, for the completion
Of the grading and curbing ordered by
the borough. The bill in front of the
Earle mansion is to be cut down some
four feet, so that there will be an easy
grade all the way from East Norwalk
depot to the top of Mill Hill. This
Mill Hill must in the near future also
be cut down, as all the borough freight
carting will be transferred from West
to East avenue, just as soon as the Con-
solidated railroad completes its transfer
of its principal freight depot from
South to East Norwalk, which they ex-
pect to accomplish before the end of
the present year. As was sensibly sug-
gested by our East Norwalk correspon-
dent a few days since, Mill Hill ought
to be cut down to a gentle slope from a
point in front of the east end of the
Town House cemetery down to the
front of the Holmes & Keeler store.
With such a grade not .only heavy
freight trucks but business teams and
pleasure carriages could ascend the hill
without any of the present overstrain-
ing of the poor horses.
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Mrs. Lillian Newkirk, wife of Dr. J.
C. Newkirk, has been engaged as
soprano in the quartette choir of the
Methodist church, South Norwalk.
The committee have under'considera-
tion the propositionvof engaging Miss
Alice Sherwood, sister of Mrs. New-
kirk, as contralto. She has a voice of
much sweetness, and if the plan to en-
gage both is carried out, our Methodist
friends should be congratulated upon
securing two such cultivated singers
whose voices have delighted all whose
good fortune it has been to hear them.
How can some of our churches help
breaking one of the commandments in
envying these goodpeople for having
been so wise as to secure such musical
' talent.
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And now it is Mr. Cleveland who says
he has no recollection of having receiv-
ed a letter from Editor \Vattcrson. Is
it possible that our David Barlow Hill
gobbled Mr. Cleveland’s letters also?
at Hartford, and who are entitled to'
CONN. PRESSJ’LEGRIIMS
Specially Wired to The Norwalk‘
Dally Gazette.
Meriden, Conn., March 16.——A move-
ment is on‘ foot in certain Circles to
bring the Parnellite delegation to Mer-
iden if a hall can be scoured. - Such an
event would most likely lead to a
change amongthe localIrishmen many
of whom are not in sympathy with Par-
nell while a large number of others are
with him. It is notprobable that either
faction will make a date here. .
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Pittsfield, Mass. , March 16. —In afew
days welkmen will begin on the new
electric railroad system in this city.
Everything is in readiness and the ofli-
cials are waiting for good weather.
They are somewhat in doubt as to how
to avoid the grade at Pontoosuc Hill.
This is a very Steep hill, too steep it is
thought, for the electric power, and the\
tracks will probably be run through
side streets, in order .to circumvent the
hill. . >
New York, March 16.—A. Miner Gris-
wold, managing editor of Texas Sift-
ings, died of apoplexy at Sheboygan
Falls, Wis, on Saturday. He was 56
years Old and a native of Westmoreland,
Oneida 00., N. Y. He had been well
known for many years as “The Fat
Contributor.” His home was in this
city.
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New Orleans, Malch 16. —It is pretty
well understood 1n this city that unless
Detective O’Malley, who, it is alleged,
bribed the jury which tried the Hen-
nessey case, leaves the city to-day he
will be lynched. He is said to be defi-
ant and will sell his life dearly. His
friends have pointed out to him how
foolhardy it would be for him to re-
main in the city under the circum-
stances, bnt have not yet succeeded in
prevailing upon him to leave ,the
city. Shortly after the funerals of the
victims yesterday afternoon the grand
jury visited the prison, and with a cam-
era obtained views of the interior.
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WASHINGTON CHAT.
Mr. William St. John, a No1 walk boy,
who is the general agent Of the compa-
ny which lights 'railroad cars by the
Pintsch system, is in the capital city,
as he frequently is. He says his light-
ing company is considering the advisa-
bility of erecting here a large plant.
such as it has in operation in Boston,
Atlanta and other large cities. This
step is rendered necessary by the fact
that the Baltimore and Ohio, the Ches-
apeake and Ohio, and the Richmond
and Danville roads, all of which run
. many trains in and out of ‘Washington,
have adopted the system Of lighting
which he represents. Gas-lighting, he
says, has superseded electricity onnear-
ly all the railroads, and he speaks in
enthusiastic terms of the progress
which is being shown by the Southern
roads in adopting all the latest improve-
ments.
“I see that a party left heie this af-
telnoon,” said Ml. St. John, “ 1'01
Chattanooga. I was there yesterday,
and when they come back here they
will think the streets of Washington
are the most beautiful things they ever
saw. The streets of Chattanooga are in
a terrible condition. It has been rain—
ing there incessantly for weeks, and
many streets are submerged, while oth—
ers are like mortar. , The East Tennes-
see is rising, and I should not wonder
if their train cannot get into the depot.
All that they will be able to see of the
battle—field will.be from the platform of
the electric cars which run out there,
for it will be impossible to walk over
sticky red clay. ”
There is no name in Masonic circles
throughout the country better known
than that of William B. Isaacs, of Rich- ’
mond, Va. Knights Templar know him
as the grand recorder of the grand en-
campment, and in Virginia he holds the
most responsible oflices in the highest
Masonic organizations. He was born
nearly seventy years ago in Norwalk,
on' the site of Masonic Hall, and he is
yet as vigOrous as most men who are
twenty years his junior. He is looking
“forward to a trip to California this sum-
mer to see his grandchildren. Mr.
Isaacs, who is as modest as he is genial,
says that the new Masonic temple in
Richmond, five stories high, will be un-
der roof in a month. He naturally
looks forward with interest to the next
conclave at Denver, and says that he
has heard that the Knights of that hos-.
pitable and flourishing city are raising
a fund of half a million dollars to en—
tertain the thousands who will visit
them. '
0Q. '
Saturday’ s Bridgeport Farmer calls
the Syracuse fi1e a “holocaust.” That
is probably what the able-bodied cock-
roaches and 1ats thought thathappened
to be‘ in it. ”
Norwalk Chronicler