One Cent. DAILY - NORW_ALK-'GAZETTE. One Cent. Absolutely Independent. FRIDAY, APRIL 17. \891. Electric Motive Power. There seems to be no reason to doubt that electricity will be the motive power of the future, and that the re- sults attained by this subtle and power- ful force, at a comparatively trifling outlay, will cause the scientific world to wonder why its substitution for steam and other forces at present em- ployed, had been delayed so long. A few years ago the writer was being shown over the Cunarder Etruria, (then the finest ship of the entire transatlantic fleet) and was astounded when informed by Chief Engineer Vass that over two thousand tons of 00131 were stowed away in the dark recesses of her inter- ior before starting on each trip across the ocean. With electricity as a motive power this valuable space could be saved for cargo, which to steamship owners in general would mean increased dividends 1 and reduced expenses, Steam has long. been the world’s most wonderful force for moving com- merce and stimulating manufactures, and a recounting of the services it has rendered mankind would fill volumes, but today another agent has supplanted it in many lines, and from the present indications it looks as if in a few years electricity will have the field to itself. As an illuminating agency it is rapidly taking the place of all other forms, and in view of the fact that in this line it is but in its infancy it- is impossible to‘ imagine what it will be twenty years hence. According to statistics recently pub- lished regarding the employment of electricity as an illuminating and motor agency, the following compari- sons are interesting. The number of electric lighting stations in this country on January 1, 1891, as compared with January 1, 1890, was as follows : Jan. 1, 1890. Jan. 1, 1891. United States, ,' ()5 1,543 Cana a, 74 220 Merico. 7 10 Total, 1,346 1,673 The progress in applying electricity to street-car traction has been equally as well marked. On January 1, 1890, there were 102 reads operated wholly or in part by this motive power, while on January 1, 1891, the number of elec- tric roads was 281, an increase of ’74 per cent. in one year. As the increase in street-car companies (111 ‘1' period was only abor figures show th have changed The applica rine architectur ting subject of thought. aking one of our war vessels as an example, we find there are as many as sixty auxiliary engines in different parts of the ship, used for ventilating, heating, lighting, hoisting, elevating guns, handling am- munition, etc., the space occupied by these engines and their connection being very great. By placing one electric plant deep in the hold of a man- of—war, all these auxiliary engines could be supplied by means of wires, which, if broken by a shot, could be repaired in a moment by the electrician, thus doing away with the danger of broken steam pipes and escaping steam. We could enumerate thousands of in- stances where this force can be applied, and we think the day is not far distant when our fastest express trains will be driven by this power of electricity transmitted through a bit of wire no larger than an lady’s ordinary hair-pin. Truly this power is destined to play a great part in the development of future civilization. Stanley’s Railroad Interests. Before leaving New York Wednesday for England, where he is to begina series Of lectures in June, Mr. Stanley said that he had received no official confirmation of the rumor that he had been appointed goverdor of the Congo state. . Mr. Stanley’s interest in the construc- tion of the Congo railway, 240 miles long, from the basin of the Lower Congo on the sea level to the Upper Congo, 1,200 feet above it, led him to give an interesting talk on the possi- bilities of the road. He said that the distance from the mouth of the river on the Atlautie to Mataddi, where the ocean steamers stop, is 110 miles, and that it takes a steamer from New York or Liverpool twenty-five days to reach there. The Congo railway starts from there and ends 240 miles up the river on Stanley Pool. From there there is an unobstructed waterway of over one thousand miles to Stanley Falls. Ten miles of this road have been built on a narrow gauge at a cost of $25,000 per mile. The work goes on slowly, as only 256 men are employed. The road will be valuable because in the basin of the Upper Congo there are 8,000 miles of navigable water and a population of 800,000 living in a country rich with tropical products. Everything imported into this coun- try or taken from it must pass over this Congo railway. Trezza Must Die. BROOKLYN, April 17.—Judge Pratt, of the supreme court, has handed down his decision denying the application made by ex-Judgc Dailey for a stay of execution in the case of Nicola Trezza, the young Ital- ian condemned to pay the death penalty during the week beginning April 20, for the murder of Alexander Salvano, his countryman. AVERY SMMII CASE. ' Actress Evelyn Wins Her Suit Against Journalist Hurlbert. AWARDED. £100, DAMAGES. _ Mr. Hurlbert Claims That He Wasn’t the Man at All, but That It Was an Em- ploye of His Named Murray—The Jury Thought Differently. LONDON, April 17.—A most extraordi- nary case has just been concluded here be fore Justice Cane and a special jury. Miss Gladys Evelyn, the fine looking and dash— _ ing actress, sued Mr. William Hen- ry Hurlbert, the American j 0 u r nalist, for $50,000 for betrayal under promise of mar- riage. She testi- fied that she met him first in a ’bus 0.: in 1887; that he fascinated her and introduced him— self to her as Mr. Wilfred Murrry; that he supplied w. H. IIURLRURT. her with money and promised to marry her, and had written letters to her in which he had renewed the promise. Later on he disappeared, and after her return from a trip to the Continent she had found the desk in her apartments broken open and all her letters stolen. A General Denial. She stated that she afterward met Wil- fred Murray under the name of William Henry Hurlbert, and discovered that he was a married man, and that he had con- fessed that he had deceived her, and of- fered her $4,000 down and 8650 a year, which she had accepted, but afterward brought suit for damages. Mr. Hurlbert in his defense stated that he had resided in England since 1886, and that his wife had resided with him since their marriage in 1884. He admitted that he had seen Miss Evelyn twice, but at the request of a man named Wilfred Murray, who was in his employ as a writer and gatherer of information, who was anxious to get Miss Evelyn a theatrical position. He denied that he had masqueraded as Wilfred Murray or that he had written letters to Miss Evelyn, and testified that he had frequently noticed the great simi- larity between Murray’s handwriting and his own. Against Hurlbert. In fact, Murray was very proud of his capacity to imitate his handwriting. He could not say if Murray was an American, but he believed he was born in Jamaica. Murray was fifty years of age and he was sixty-three, and they were both about the same height. In “ he saw Murray in Paris, and was intimate with Boulangist party, but nce 1890. He said that Murray asked him to pay ce order for £2 10s., which tended for Miss Evelyn. e mysterious Wilfred Murray, the d impersonator of William Henry bert, could notbe produced in court, 'ury evidently gave evidence to Miss Evelyn’s story and brought in a verdict awarding the buxom actress £100 damages. Pennsylvania and the Fair. HARRISBURG, April 17.-—The World’s fair bill was amended-in the house Thursday so that the governor and lieutenant gov- ernor are included in the commission which is to represent the state at the ex- position. This makes t-he number of per- sons on the commission thirteen in all. An amendment was offered reducing the appropriation from $300,000 to $200,000, but it was defeated. The bill was then read a third time. The measure as it now stands appropriates $300,000, and provides for the classifying and arranging of the products of the state for exhibition at the fair. Lincoln’s Death Anniversary. SPRINGFIELD, 1115., April 17.—Memorial services were held at the Lincoln monu- ment \Vednesday, the occasion being the twenty—sixth anniversary of the death 01 Abraham Lincoln. These consisted oi singing and prayers, and addresses by Rev. M. F. Troxell, of this city, and J. H. Porter, a Chicago colored man. The mon- ument was tastefully decorated and the attendance was large. Can Be Buried Together Now. PURDY STATION, N. Y., April 17.—Jesse Lockwood, the old man who, while insane from the grip, clubbed his aged wife tc death, and who had been confined to his home under the charge of a deputy sher- iff, committed suicide during the tem- porary absence of his keeper by swallow in g a mixture of kerosene oil, red peppei and alcohol. The old couple will now be buried together. A Big Death Rate. NEW YORK, April 17.——For the twenty. four hours ending at noon Thursday 22'. deaths were reported. This is the largesl number for any one day this year. Twen- ty—five deaths resulted from la grippe symptoms. Of this number but one was from la grippe exclusively. This makes 313 deaths credited to la grippe. The num- ber of policemen on the sick list was 190. Bismarck Not Yet Elected. BERLIN, April 17.——Returns received 111 to 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon, covering seventy-four out of the ninety-one electior districts of Geestemunde, give Bismarck 6,050 votes; Schmalfield (socialist), 3,602 Adolfi (Freisinnige), 2,096; Plate (Guelph) 2,589. It requires a mafiority of all vote: cast to elect. Brazil Is All Right. RIO DE J ANEIRO, April 17.—The com mittee of bankers who have, at the requeSI of the government, been investigating thI financial situation of the country haw made a report in which they state, as th( result of a thorough inquiry, that no dan ger of a commercial or financial crisis in Brazil exists. A Firebug Sentenced. ROCKVILLE, Conn., April 17.—Guy J Brewster has been sentenced by the su perior court at ’l‘olland to seven years’ im prisonment for setting fire to and burn ing the barns belonging to his uncle Henry Brewster, who resides at Somers The property destroyed was valued 3.1 $1,500. . De Oro Challenges Powers. CHICAGO, April 17.-—A'lfrcdo De Oro, WhI recently defeated Charles Verner in Chi cago at continuous pool, issued a chal lenge to Albert Powers to play for th« Champi )llSlllp and $500 a side. Harry R0 maine, l’owers’ backer, says Powers wil-v accept the Cuban’s challenge. ' FINANCIAL A ND COMDIERCIAL.- ,Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. . NEW YORK, April 16,—Money on call loaned at easy rates, viz., @5934 per cent. Exchange steady: posted rates, [email protected]%; actual rates, samurai for sixty days, and $4.88}{[email protected]}§ for demand. Governments steady; currency $521112 bid; 4s, coupons, 122 bid; this, do., 101% l . Trading on the Stock exchange this morning was even on a smaller scale than that of yes- terday during the same hours, The sales amounted to only 96,000 shares. Speculators were not inclined to trade to any extent. Prices were irregular, but the fluctuations in no in- stance exceeded a fractiIm. Apprehensions of further gold engagements and tighter money, together with the fact that the Bank of Eng land advanced its rate of discount from 3 to 3% per cent, all contributed to the prevailing dullness. In most cases, however, prices were steady and at noon showed fractional improve- ments. At the close the market was dull. Closing bids: . West. Union Tel.. 8154 Adams Express. . .143 Del. & Hudson. . . .132” Del, Lack. & W..135;4 U. S. Express ..... 67 Denver ............ 1 0., C., C. & I ...... 62%; Erie ................ 20% N. Y. Central ..... 102%, Lake Shore ........ 111 Illinois Central... 96 Northwest ........ 108 Northern Pacific. 25% DO., pref .......... 13% Do., pref .......... 68% Pacific Mail ....... 38 Central Pacific... 29 Reading ........... 32%; Union Pacific ..... 47% St. Paul ........... 61% Missouri Pacific... 69% Wabash ........... 9’ Bur. & Quincy. . . . 86% Ore. R‘y & Nav.. . 76 Ore. & Trans ...... 4— Rich. & Terminal. 17% Sugar Trust ....... — Texas Pacific ...... Alton & T. H... 31%, Canada Southern. 50% Canada Pacific. 79% N. Y. & N. E ..... 37% General Markets. NEW YORK, April 16.—FLOUR—Fairly active and stronger; Minnesota extra, [email protected]; city mill extras, [email protected] for West Indies; fine, [email protected]; superfine, [email protected]. WHEAT—Opened strong and advanced on _ fairly active buying throughout the morning. At noon the market was strong and Me. higher; receipts, 49,800 bushels; shipments, 170,032 bush- els; No. 2 red winter, $1.22, cash; do., May, $1.16; do., June, 851.13%; do., July, 81.11%. CORN—Opened strong at lc. advance, and further improved %c. by noon; receipts, 29,300 bushels; shipments, 24,742 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 82%ch cash; do., May, 7854c; do., June, 7594c. OATS—Quiet but firm; receipts, 55,000 bush- els; shipments, 140 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 61}g@ 620., cash; do., May, 62c; do., July, 61%(3. RYE— -Nominal. PORK——Dull but firm; mess, $13.50@14 for new. LARD—Quiet; May, $7.03; July, 7.35. MOLASSES—Firmly held; 50 test, 13%,c. TURFENTINE—‘Weak at 39}§c. ROSIN—In good demand, but difl‘icult to ob- tain; strained to good, [email protected]. PETROLEUM—Nominally unchanged. FREIGHTS—Dull. BUTTER—Quiet; new western creamery, fancy, 26mm. CHEESE—Dull but steady; western flat, 8% ~@11}§c. ;. EGGS—Quiet: state, fresh, 14%@15c.; west- ern, 13%@140. SUGAR—Refined quiet; cut loaf and crushed, 5C.; granulated, 45c; mold A, 4%. TALLOW—Dull and nominal; prime city, 5 @5 1—16c. RICE—Nominal. COFFEE—Spot lots steady; fair Rio. 2014c. pAPER HANGING, , GLAZINII - ANI] - KALSUMINING. —..___._ The subscribers are ready to fill all orders in the above line .in the best manner and at the LOWEST PRICES. Special attention paid to the painting of tin gutters and cementing metal roofs. All orders left at Sloan’s on Wall street. will receive prompt attention. tf79 Murray & Merritt. MEN’S ’6 :BLUE FLANNEL SUITS " $5.00. Black Cheviot Suits $7.50. Flat Top Hats, $l.50. —-—A T— FTAFT -=- 3305., 23 \VALL STREET, NORWALK. Formerly Blascer‘s Store. 3m45 GOOD NEWS. Societies, Clubs, Balls, Picnics and Families supplied Wit 1 CLAN GHOIWDER . 200. Per Quart, 756. Per Gallon. GIVE MZE A CALL, W5. E. COLLINS, 3m78 55 FRANKLIN AVENUE. Orders solicited and delivered. JARVIS KEIIRRR, FINE OOIS and SHOGS, Leather and Findings. Everything In the Shoe Line! PRICES THE LOWEST ! REPAIRING A SPECIALTY! .1... 3| Main Street, Norwalk. OPENING Of my NE‘V PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS will take place on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1891, From 2 to 8 p. m. WThe public are cordially inv1ted. . t 72 C. A. BLACKMAN, 53 Wall Street. JOHN ALLEN Carpet Cleaning, Carpet Making, Carpet—Laying. All kinds of Car et Work. Carpets Taken Up and Cleaned ant Relaid. New Carpets Made and Laid “Short Notice. .KHJI ~.-. - . :2 Old Carpets Repaired In the Best Manner. Qrders left at F. F. BerEE’s RESTAURANT, Railroad Place. and J. J COONEY’s, 77 Wash- ington street, South Norwalk' and SUTHER- LAND’s CIGAR STORE, GAZETTE Building, Nor- walk, will receive prompt attention. 311180 Notice. PURSUANT to an order of. the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk. au- thorizing me thereto. I Wlll .sell at Public Auction at the store, No. 47 Main street, 111 the Borough of Norwalk, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, - 1891, at .2 O’clock in the afternoon. the stock of Groceries and the Store Fixtures owued by MORRIS HELLER at the tune of his decease. Dated at Norwalk April 13, 1891. . . 1w78 a. B. COOLIDGE. Administrator. FOR SALE. OODBURY MANSION FURNITURE.— Everything contained therein at a GREAT SACRIF CE. Bedroom Setsin Solid Mahogany and Black Walnut: Folding Bed With plate glass front; Carpets, Draperies, China, Silverware, Kitchen and Dining Room Furniture. CALL AT ONCE. 5t1 Boarding House for Sale. BOARDING HOUSE in good locality for _ sale; fifteen rooms; domg a successful busmess; cause of selling, death in the family. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 1w80 FAIRFIELD COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, 51 WALL STREET, NORWALK, Conn., March 19th, 1891. NTEREST at the rate of four (4) per cent. . er annum, for the current six months, W111 ecredited to depos1tors, April Ist, 1891, and. paid to them on and after April 10th, 1891. 2w68 JAMES H. BAILEY. Treasurer. LECTRIC—-— BURGLAR————- . BELLS. ,————ALARMS. Annuncrators,.Automatic Gas Lighting and Electric Wiring in all its branches and satis- faction guaranteed. DOOR BELLS, $4.00 Ur Samples may be seen at, A. STOMMELL'S. . or w. H. SMITH a coxs or address} mo CHARLES RILEY. Norwalk. NEW HARNESS MAKING AND REPAIRING SHOP. Wm. EDann Has added to his—— HARNESS, SADDLE AND STABLE OUTFITTING SALESROOMS, —A Department (If—— Harness Making and Heparin. Having secured FIRST-CLAss WORRMRN, nothing but first-class work will be turned outpf this new manufacturing branch of his business, and only the most REASONABLE PRICES Will be charged therefor. tf79 Of course there are few changes among the Staple Groceries for they remain about the same from year to year. With the Fancy Groceries, however, the case is somewhat different, constant additions being made to the list. We keep pace with every advance made _by human ingenuity in the preparation of deheames, but we charge no fancy prices for fancy brands. Our stock of CANNED GOODS Is the largest in town, including every kind and variety in the shape of Fruits and Vegetables. Also a fine 1111c of DRIIED CALIFORNIA FRUITS. Ghoice’ Seed. Potatoes. Nickersun & Bells. RIENTAL BUTTLING WORKS, l3 Wall Street, Norwalk. THE FINEST Ale, Lager and Porter, Including the CELEBRATED HOFFMAN BREWING COMPANY’S MONOPOLE LAGEB bottled for home consumption. A SPECIALTY. Goods delivered on short notice in any part of N orwalk, South Norwalk, Darien, Sauga- tuck, Westport and New Canaan. tf80 W. D. HANLON, Proprietor. JACOB HERRMAN,‘ Manager. FAMILY -:- BOTTLINC 0 A It.“ MIL -IN RYAUPNING. III . . AW ————WILL EXHIBIT ON-—-—- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 14, 15, 16 AT HER NEW STORE, 17 MAIN ”STREET, NORWALK, THE FINEST ARRAY OF PATTERN HATS and, BONNETS To be found hereabouts. All the latest styles in combinations beautiful and tasteful. A full line of >I<|MPORTED FINEST GOODS. MILLINERY,>:< BEST STYLES. ARTISTIC WORKMANSHIP WThe Ladies of Norwalk and vicinity are invited to attend this opening and inspect our goods. Ladies’ Hair Dressing. Parlors. A FULL LINE OF Articles for the Toilet. WELD WERS and FEATHERS for Parties and Receptions at reasonable Prices. UNNELLSfl—ém RIDGEPORT THEATRE. >I<>I< TELEPHONE CALL 230. one Night Duly, April 15, . DEAR .. IRISH .. BOY! Matinee at 2:l5. lillllllll‘fl flllll HIS Wflllllfll‘llll ON MAY 2d, Evening at 8:l5’. Band llllll Gfllllflll Ufllllllllll With Campanini, Spigaroli, Sartori, Natali, Ida Klien, Mlle. Mantell, Miss Maud Powell, violinist, and some 50 others. @SEATS ORDERED BY TELEPHONE HELD UNTIL 8 r. M. Also grand chorus. \ :. :é't—EA’ GEO. E. NOTHNAGLE & SON, Manufacturers of FINE PARLOR SUITS and Extensive Dealers in all kinds of Furniture, WARE ROOMS: 423, 425, 427 MAIN STREET. «=——_—.—BUT (IF THE MAKER. Pay only one profit and get your a: ——‘.+__->'<__ _A-++_se e:- URNITUR *_*—*_e<-—*_%_.I__.x Fresh and perfect and direct from the - workshop. E. ,K. LOCKWOOD. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. FRANK I JONES E. K. LOCKWOOD a CO, Plumbing, Steam and ; Hot Air Engineering, FULL LINE OF HOUSE FURNISHED GOODS, NORWALK, CONN THE VIRGIL PRACTICE RLAVIER,I $500 REWARD.I A silent piano for technical use, also the Celebrated IVERS & POND 1’IANO,ZW1t11 :11 their patents, including soft stop attachment, can be seen by calling on or. addressmg N. K. FERRIS. Organist of the Norwalk M. E.. Church and 3 TEACHER or THE PIANO. ORGAN AND HARMONY. Residence—30 West avenue, Norwalk, Conn.; P. O. Box 131. At home Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a. m. to 12 in. 311147!) REWARD of Five Hundred; Dollars wi , be paid by the Selectmen of the Town 0 Norwalk for the arrest and convrction of the arty 9r parties setting any of the recent incendiary fires in said town, or any such that — may occur hereafter. 40 SAMUEL DASKAM,‘ Selectmen of NELSON J. t 6 Town OSCAR w. RAYMOND, of Norwalk. Dated at N orwalk February 16th, 1891.
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