One Cent. (DAILY -.NORWALK- GAZETTE. One Cent. Absolutely Independent. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1891. Nicaragua Canal. The latest reports from the scene of operations in Nicaragua, indicate that the great international water-way dug by United States capital, will prove a complete success. In a letter recently received at the office of the Nicaragua Canal company from Hon. Warner Miller, president, he gives the results of his first inspection of the canal work at Greytown, and says: “I shall not at this writing go into particulars about what I have seen, but will simply re- mark that yesterday I made a trip around the harbor to the various camps, to the dredging of the canal, to the railroad yards, to the machine shops, to the breakwater and to the hospital. I have been pleased beyond expecta— tion with the condltion of affairs as I have found them. The location of the company’s headquarters and the hospi- tal on the sea beach is everything that can be desired. The climate is not op- pressive, the temperature never going above eighty-two degrees, and a most refreshing sea breeze is constantly coming in. Our party is delighted with everything so far. My visit to the works yesterday shows that we have an excellent set of men, including officers, mechanics and laborers. All of our dredgers are in far better condition than I had expected to find them, and in fact several of them seem to be quite as good as new, and are doing very re- markable work on the canal line and on the bar. The latter is in a satisfactory condition at the present, there being not less than fourteen feet of water above it. As soon as we get a smooth sea it will be possible to send a dredge out to the outer bar and to secure a uniform depth throughout. We can- not, however, expectto greatly increase this depth and to maintain it until we have the material to extend the pier 1,000 feet further, and, of course, this cannot be done until we have extended the railroad about two miles to the rock quarry, and we are able to bring ballast from there.” Railroads Consolidate. . YORK, Pa, May 6.——At the annual meet- in g of the York and Peachbottom Railway company an agreement of consolidation and merger between the road and Mary- land Central and the Baltimore and Le- high Valley railroad was agreed to. The Pelican Fired On. HALIFAX, N. S., May 6.—-It has been cur- rently reported here that the British war ship Pelican, now in Newfoundland war ters, has been fired upon by the N ewfou'nd- land bait catchers in Fortune bay. Ten Years for llIurder. SALEM, Mass, May 6.-—Michael J. Calla— han was sentenced in the supreme court to imprisonment for the term of ten years. He was found guilty of killing James W. Lane in December last. Death Ended His Agony. TROY, N. Y., May 6.—Frank Van Bries- kie, one of the three men injured by the overturning of a. ladle of molten iron a few days ago, died at the hospital Tuesday mornin g. Assemblyman Demarest’s Case. NYACK, N. Y., May 6.—The forgery case against Assemblyman Frank P. Demarest was set down by the court Tuesday for Monday, May 11, at New City. The Weather. Fair and frosts with no change in tem- perature; northwest winds. FINANCIAL AND COMDIERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK, May 5.—Money loaned at 3y,,@4 per cent. Exchange steady; posted rates, $4.86 @490; actual rates, Si.85}[email protected]}{3 for sixty days and $4.8894@~l.89 for demand. Governments quiet; currency 65, 113 bid; 456‘s do., coupon, 101 bid; 4s, do., 120% bid. . we... The stock market was very dull this morn- ing, but prices were firm with the principal dealings in Northern Pacific preferred, Wheel- ing, Lake Erie preferred, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, Burlington, St. Paul, Union Pacific, Atchison and Chicago Gas. Prices opened practically higher and advanced steadily to noon, when they were % to % per cent. higher than they closed yesterday. The dealings were wholly without feature. At the close the market was dull and slightly easier. The sales for the morning amounted. to only 112,000 shares. Closing prices: West. Union Tel. . 81% Adams Express. . .148 Del. & Hudson... .1334 Del., Lack. &W. .137lé U. S. Express ..... 63 Denver..... ..... .. 13% C.,C..C.&I ...... Erie ........ ........21% N. Y. Central. . .. 102% Lake Shore ....... 111% Illinois Central. . .100 Northwest ........ 109% Do., pref........ ' . .13o% Northern Pacific. 26% 71 Do., pref .......... 5,15 Pacific Mail.. Central Pacific. . . . 31% Reading. . . . Union Pacific ..... 49% St. Paul. . . . . . 63% Missouri Pacific . . 71 Wabash ........... 10% Texas Pacific. 14% Bur. 85 Quincy... . 83% Alton & T. H ..... 34 Ore. R‘y & Nav.. . 77 Canada Southern. 51% Ore. & Trans ...... ——- Canada Pacific. . . 78% Rich. & Terminal. 17% N. Y. & N. E ..... 38%, Sugar Trust. . . — General llIarkets. ~ NEW YORK, May 5.—FLOUR—Closed quiet and weak; city mill extras, [email protected] for West Indies; Minnesota. extra, $4.25@4.‘l'5; superfine, $3. "$4.30; fine, [email protected]. WHEAT—Opened strong and advanced 1%0. in the early trading. From this there was a. re- action of Vac; receipts, 151,200 bushels; ship- ments, 18,400 bushels; No. 2 red winter, $1.16 cash; do., lay, 151.12%; do., June, $1.11; do., July, 51.08%. CORN —Opened weak and declined ~34c. by noon; receipts, 14,300 bushels; shipments, 6,254 bushels; No. 2 mixed, 75c. cash; do., May, 7194c; do., June, 68%c.; do., July, 67c. OATS-Dull and weak; receipts, 113,000 bush— els; shipments, 23G bushels; No. 2 mixed, 57c. cash; do., May, 57%c.; do., July, 54%c. PORK—Dull; mess, [email protected] for new. LARD—Quiet; July, $7.05; August, $7.17. MOLASSES—Firm at 13%c. for 50 test. TURPENTINE—Quiet at 39@39%c. ROSIN—Dull; strained to good, [email protected]. FREIGHTS~Quiet; grain to London, May shipments, 2%d. BUTTER—Dull but firm; western creamery, fancy, 300. , CHEESE—Dull; western flat, 11@111,§c. EGGS—Firm; state, fresh, 160.; western, 16c SUGAR—Refined dull; cut loaf and crushed, 5}./1c.; granulated, 4%c.: mold A, 4%0. TALLOW—Dull; prime city, 5 5-160. COFFEE—Spot lots steady; fair Rio cargoes 1994c. CHARLES PRATT DEAD. The Millionaire Philanthropist Passes Away in His Office. NEW YORK, May 6.——Charles Pratt, phi- lanthropist, millionaire and Standard oil magnate, died at his Office, 26 Broadway, of heart failure. He lived long enough after he was stricken down to enable his family and physicians to surround his couch in the office before he passed away. Mr. Pratt’s fortune will approach very near to $20,000,000, although he started in life without a. dollar to his name. He was born in Watertown, Mass, Oct. 2, 1830. For the last half dozen years Mr. Pratt gave his principal attention to the devel- opment of his comprehensive ideas in tech- nical and industrial education. He built the institution in Brooklyn, where he lived, which bears his name, and gradually he enlarged and elaborated its scope and plans. He spent more than a million dol lars in its development, and his intimate associates know that he had plans in mind which called for the expenditure of an im- mense sum in addition. A part of the plan called for the erection of new build- in gs within a year or two that would have cost more than a million. The Pratt institute provides something more than ordinary academic education in addition to thorough training in all or- dinary trades and occupations. It is a trades university, where everything is taught, from the baking of bread to the designing of a cathedral. It has not been a. self supporting institution. It was not intended to be. The rates of tuition have been scarcely more than nominal, and the privileges of all the departments have been available to the people of Brooklyn. of all classes. The number of pupils in all departments is about 2,000. Mr. Pratt was one of the founders of the Adelphi academy in Brooklyn, and he served continuously as president of the board of trustees of the institution. His successive gifts to the institution amount to $200,000 or $800,000. Mr. Pratt was al- ways a most liberal contributor to the various benevolent and charitable institu- tions in Brooklyn, and it is estimated that his total gifts to educational and other en- terprises amount to more than $2,000,000. , Judge Veazcy’s Explanation. WASHINGTON, May 6.—Judge Veazey, oi the interstate commerce commission, who has just returned from a. long trip through the west, denies that he said, as quoted by an Ohio paper, that in the event of Secre- tary Proctor’s withdrawal from the cabi- net, the place would be filled by the ap- pointment of General Ager. SVhat he did , say was that General Alger’s appointment would give general satisfaction. In re- gard to the succession to Senator Ed- munds Judge Veazey said he was not a candidate. He would not say that he did not want the senatorship, but owing to his personal relations to Secretary Proc- tor, who is a candidate for the senate; Judge Veazey would not ask for the place. The judge says he has no idea, whc the governor will select to succeed Senatm Edmunds. An Anti-Bowman Victory. EASTON, Pa. , May 6.—Judge Schuyler has handed down the first legal opinion in this state upon the Bishop Bowman troubles. II was in the suit Of the anti-Bowmanites tc oust Rev. Mr. VVieand from the BangOI church, to which he had been appointed by the Bowman conference. The judge finds that Bishop Bowman’s trial was regu- lar, and that the Chicago conference found him guilty and suspended him. He then goes on to show that the Bowman confer. ence was composed of seceders and that its appointees were illegal. The opinion closes with an order on Rev. Mr. Wieand to vacate the parsonage within twenty days. The Snooks Poisoning Case. LOUISVILLE, May 6. —The grand jury was instructed yesterday to make a full investi- gation of the poisoned Snooks-Herr wed- ding feast. Dr. Hobson, who has attended ten of the victims, says that the poisoning was caused by arsenic that was put in water. He also says that it was a deliber- ate plan to murder the whole party. The police are investigating the case, and hope to get at the bottom of the affair by which six people lost their lives. An Inauspicious Canal Opening. BUFFALO, May 6.——Thc Brie canal has been formally opened for the season of 1891, but it cannot be said that the open- ing was auspicious. The rate on wheat yesterday to New York was 2% cents, and not enough loads were offered to supply the boatmcn that were willing to take that very low price. XVith good luck a. boat cannot come out even on that rate. The season’s outlook at present is not encour- aging. MENTION. Seventeen hundred journeymen cigar makers employed in Chicago went on strike for an increase of pay. About one- half of the manufacturers conceded the demands of the union. It is feared that the cherry crop all over Litchfield county, Conn., has been badly damaged by the frost, which was strong enough to form ice on the pools. Reports from many sections of New York state say that snow and sharp frosts prevailed, and fears are entertained that the fruit crop will be a failure in some places. The farmers are praying for a warm wave. Samuel G. Arnold, a. veteran journalist, died in Washington, in his eighty-sixth year. He was born in 'Utica, N. Y. His first paper was the West Chester Spy, which he edited at West Chester, N. Y. He was afterward connected with the Brook- lyn (N. Y.) News, The Post, of NewarkJN. J ., the True American, of Trenton, the Syracuse Chronicle and the Toledo Blade. Miss Melvina Knapp committed suicide at Warren, Pa., because the man to whom she was engaged married another girl. United States Minister Lincoln, speak- ing at the British Foreign Sailors’ Aid society, in London, said he felt sure that the Behring sea matter would be settled amicably and honorably. While the last telegram from Premier Rudini was sent to Marquis Imperiali for his perusal only, its publication in this country led Secretary Blaine to take offi- cial notice of one clause, and he cabled tc Minister Porter, at Rome, regarding what he calls a“tota1 error” on Premier Ru- dini’s part and calls on the former to make it evident to the Italian government that Rudini erred in claiming that Mr. Blaine had made public a telegram sent to him in strict confidence. The Delaware house of representatives passed the Wolcott ballot bill, which is b 1modified form of the Australian ballot i 1. In the house of lords the motion of the Earl of Kimberly that the house should not go into committee on the final passage of the Kn utsford—ilewfoundlanAl coercion bill was defeated by a vote of 113 to 30 - The bill then passed the comlni ltec. BRIEF IH I]. MB III] CUMPIINY. Bridgeport. 100 PIECES PURE ENGLISH MOHAIR, 40 inches wide, colors, 25 cent. 50 BLAZERS, in'sizes 14 and 16-years, blue and drab, $1 98. 35 PIECES EXTRA-VALUE 'BODY BRUSSELS, good" pat terns, at $1.00 per yard. These we sell for cash only. ' 33 of our FINEST PATTERN DRESSES that have been selling from $12.50 to $20.00, are now $9.69. all Ladies’ Jackets and Reefers.’ The promised fair weather is approaching. ‘Here and there a bud or a blossom, soon the blue birds and the robins—and with them the joy of spring. It is time to buy. ’ SPRING GARMENTS. .. j Reefers or Jackets or anything else in th long line of seasonable ‘garments for women and misses. Fit never counted more in these things than it does to-day. An easy touch all ov No straining, no bagging—that’s the way all tight-fitting garments are to set. See if they don’t Youngsters of from 4 to ‘10 take decidedly to Right stuffs and colors, of course. Fichues and Small Shawls. MATTIN GS AND MATTALIN E. LACE CURTAINS AND SHADES. .THE D. M. READ co. W.B.HaII&Co., BRIDGEPORT. Special : Announcement! From to-day and until further notice we will present . to every customer purchasing for cash ,to the amount of $20.00 or more, a year’s subscription to “The American Queen,” Bridgeport’s monthly magazine. Included in the most opportune and overpowering aggrega- tion of bargains ever presented to the Bridgeport people, are Irish Point Curtains, Chenille and Real Swiss Curtains, Fine Cashmere and Serge Cloths, Pineapple Tissues, Woven Crape Cloths, Black Brilliantmes, Lace Striped Grenadines, Real Scotch Ginghams, Lace for Over Dresses, Handsome Dress Trimmings, Gents’ Neglegee Shirts, Gents‘ White Shirts, Ladies’ and Misses’ Black Hosiery, Ribbons, Collars and Ruchings, Jewelry, Soaps and Perfumery, Buttons, Orna- ments and Art Goods, Jackets, Reefers and Capes. W. E HALL o- 00. on or THE MAKER. Pay only one profit and get your ll] *——*———'X-——-X-—-X'——*-——*———* URNITURE *———*———*———%f——*—-*——-*———* (I. l \ gill? Fresh and perfect and direct from the workshop. GEO. E. N6THNAGLE& SON Manufacturers of FINE PARLOR SUITS and Extensive Dealers in all kinds of Furniture, ' WARE ROOMS: 423, 425, 427 MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT. CONN. Ill” E. K. LOCKWOOD. E. K. LOCKWOOD a Go. Plumbing, Steam and Hot All Engineering, FULL LINE OF HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, N ORWALK, CONN " FRANK I. JONES Wm. Sheldon, Stone, Book and Sewer Contractor. Curbing, Flagging and House Connections. tf25 Lock Box 36, Norwalk. PAINTING. PAPER HANGING, BLAZING - ANIl - KALSOMINING. _—...—_—— NEW HARNESS MAKING AND REPAIRING SHOP. Wm. EDann ——Has added to his—— HARNESS, ISADDLE AND STABLE OUTFITTING SALESROOMS, ——A Department of—~ Harooss Making and Repairing. Having l'secured Finer-CLASS WOEKMEN. nothing but first-class work W111 be turned out of this new manufacturing branch of his business, and only the most. REASONABLE PRICES the 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. tf‘79 Murray & Merritt. Will be charged therefor. -—TYPE METAL .— FOR SALE. ‘ EVERAL Hundred Pounds of O]d_Type f0 1. Sale. at 10 cents per pound, at this Office the Reefers with Sailor Collars; some Flannels and Serges with Wide, flat binding; others in foreign Homespuns, neatly braided. PRICES RANGE FROM $1.98 to $5. 59. The tide of Women’s Jackets of all kinds is at its flood. Home of the sorts have been scarce. They may be again. Choosing will nevu' i4.- easier than now. PRICES RANGE FROM $1.98 TO $20.00. Dress G—oods. At this time the importations for the season are practically all in the store, and the aggregate of attractions, representing the best products of the world’s best makers in each branch of tex- tures, is simply overwhelming. From far and near the country over, 'come observers and buyers to this great exhibit of Industry and Art in Textures for Ladies’ Dress! We are justly proud of this exhibit, of the constantly increasing sales, and, more than all, of the satisfaction and pride our patrons have in it, and the distinction which Norwalk rightly gains thereby in business circles throughout the two continents. Seasonable Millinery. You might just as well get the latest while you are about it. If you get anything else you save nothing and you lose the satisfaction of being up to date. It costs us no more to be in the style than out of it, and what it may cost you if you cling to the old fashion you can never tell. People are judged by appearances in this world. Perhaps you can afford to snap your fingers a . popular judgment, but the chances are you cannot. f Whether you can or not you make no’ mistake in pur- chasing your Hat or Bonnet of us, as our stock is replete with handsomely finished, stylish shapes. In case we should not happen to have in stock a combination al- ready trimmed to suit a particular costume, our expert designer will cheerfully aid you in the selection of the required material from our great assortment of Straw Goods, Bonnet Frames, Millinery Laces, Gilt Goods, Jet Goods, French Flower S, Novelty Trimmings, Ribbons, etc. FLOWERs,—Artificial, but such exact counterparts of nature that it is hard to realize that they are not natural. We have them in almost endless variety, from the simplest to the finest French goods. 'I'ea Gowns- Do you worry and fret over the making of your new Spring Tea Gown? There’s no need to, as they are here ready made. and for bout what the wrapper would cost you. A presentable wrapper for 49 cents, and a rich and lovely tea gown for $5. Almost anything you care for between. More kinds and more of a kind than you can see anywhere else in town. 'Il/ // :O:-—- ‘ SBIITIIH GINRHAMS. Weeks ago we thought we had reached the ne plus ultra in Ginghams; then we got more Ging- hams and another ne plus ultra; then still more, and at last concluded that we never would know when the Gingham limit was reached. The latest step in the (great retailing came with the advent of 150 pieces of inghams opened yesterday at 25 cents. Of course you are skeptical of the story told of them. It is tough but true. They DO equal the 40-cent quality. They ABE of excellent styles. The width is extraordinary. The presentation—a whole _ ,4. Q counterful—quite remarkable. The wonder will grow when you see them. There is a cause for this which we‘do not state. You care for effects, not causes. The affair in Ginghams is a consistent incident of the Greatest Dress Goods Business—greatest in Connecticut. w III l I I The Boston Dry Goods Store,- I I I I I"I I I I | A cor. Main and Wall Sls.,Norwalk. ;
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