“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever EState 0r Persuasion, Religiotos or Political.”—Jqfersolz~ Vol. 1, No. 96. N orwalk Conn, Thursday Evening, May 7,189]. Price One Cent. The Daily Suzette Is issued every week-day at 3 P. M., at 1 ONE CENT PER COPY. The Cheapest Rates for Advertising. and THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette, [Combined with Saturday’s DailyJ IsZissued every Saturday at Noon, at THREE CENTS PER COPY. on $1.50 PER YEAR. The Daily and Weekly. Ser red to Local Subscribms at ten CENTS PER WEEK, on $5. 00 PER YEAR. A. H. BYINGroN. Proprietor. 0 UR J OBBIN G DEPARTMENT. MB. HAnnx M. GARDNER, J R of New York, has charge‘ of the GAZETTE s Engraving, Book 11d Jobbing Department. He is an expert and experienced Job Printer, and no work en- trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. This paper has the largest circulation of any paper in the State west ofBridgcport. TO OUR ADVERTISERS. To insure changes being made in advertise- ments running in this paper the same must be handed' 1n not later than" 1 p. m on the pi eced- ng d 11'. THE LIVE NEWS OF TO- DAY. See adv. gardener wanted. —Boners Wanted—Apply at the Cor- set Factory of ROTH & Gonpscnmnr. 96- 3t County Commissioner Geo. TV. Olm- stead was flying around town this morning. Rector Watkins is to preach at Grace church this evening. Services to com- mence at 7:30. The furniture of Rev. F. E. Robbins, the new Baptist minister, arrived here this morning. Letter Carrier Healey is off on a four days’ vacation. He will stay over Sun- day in Long Island City. Miss Belle Curry late of New Haven, was in town to-day visiting friends. She was en route for Danbury. There are about seventy-five pupils at Col. Robert’s Military Institute at present, of whom sixty are boarders. Miss Minnie Lockwood has returned from Tremont, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Whitman P. Halleck accompanying her. The new paper company. occupying the James menufactory building is now making daily shipments to New York. __ _ The ,joint committee on Memorial Day observance is hard at work pre- paring for an event which bids fair to be noteworthy. _-__"__ Particular men should read F. Ko- cour’s advertisement in today’s issue. Mr. Kocour is an artist in the tailoring line and knows how to please. “Billy Buxton went by the office of the DAILY GAZETTE early this morning with three monster drummer trunks, each one bigger than a bale of hay. The 182d annual meeting of the Gen- eral Association of Congregational Ministers of Connecticut, will be held at the First church in New London on the 16th of June. Mrs. Charles F. Osborn, Miss Anna B. Smith and Miss Gertrude Peck,went to, Stamford to-day, to attend the con- secration ceremonies of the Governor Miner Memorial chapel, (St. Luke’s.) In May, there is always the old time ‘apple blossom” and “sheep” storm, which usually is noted by cold storms of rain and snow. The past few days would serve for either, of the dry kind. Plumber Burritt has a force of work- men engaged in a thorough overhaul- ing of the Winslow place, Westport, prior to its conversion into an Inebri- ate hospital and reformatorv. , Miss May Adams who has been sick for several weeks at her home on Or- chard street, does not seem to gain in health. She is a sister of ex-Mayor Adams of South Norwalk. Thomas Moore, arrested yesterday by Ofiicers Gormley and Morehouse, was arraigned this morning before J us- tice Coolidge charged with drunken- ness and begging. He was given 31 and costs. The recount in Norwich shows only 233 ballots for Morris. The unofficial count last fall gave him 276 votes. On the recount Morris’ net loss is 44 votes. In Bloomfield Morris received 2 more votesthan at the count last fall. H. W. Gilbert of SuperiOr, Wiscon- sin, president of the Gilbert-Arnold Land Company, has been visiting friends in Wilton. Mr. Gilbert has a gilt-edged opinion of Ed. Banks, for- merly of Norwalk, the city surveyor of Superior. \ Mrs. M. D. Clark, of Wilton, is vis- iting with her daughter Mrs. J. T. Hub- bell, No. 5 Quintard Place. Mrs. William R. Smith and daughter have returned from their winter’s so- journ in Florida, and are again at home 3” at No. 29 West avenue. The registration of dogs at the town clerk’s office proceeds very slowly, al- though there are, presumably, at least five hundred yet to hear from. George Hoyt, a mason, fell from the top of Charles Benedict’s house on Cherry street, New Canaan, yesterday, and sustained severe and it is feared, fatal injur ies. The lawn tennis court was the thea- he of unusual interest last evening. The huge steam roller was employed to run up and down its smooth and level surface, to pack it down to the hardness of a board floor, awork in which it effectually succeeded. ——BICYGLES—The Lovell Diamond Ball bearings, $85, at Louis Potter’s 6 Wall street. 95—1w We have it on the authority of a friend of the interested parties that Mr. Samuel Morehouse, son of Consta- ble Morehouse, is to wed Miss Kate Burtis this month, and that nextmonth Miss Burtis’s sister Annie is to wed Mr. James Hanford, of East Norwalk. —Try the National Steam Dye House. Nickerson & Betts agents. E. R. Sherwood General Agent. 94tf. Last evening the T. U. C. and gen- tlemen friends to the number of eigh- teen, gave Miss Ida Mosher a surprise party. Games and music were indulged in until 11 o’clock, when a fine collation was served, after which games were re- sumed until midnight. Should there be anything in the house furnishing line you are in need of, go to H. H. Williams,15 Wall street, as that is the place where you can find almost any article you are looking for; whether in tin, wood, china, glass or earthen. ware you~eanfindsitthere at » lowest pr ices. W. H. Lockwood will give “Gossip J r.” his first real track exercise of the season to-day. His best time is record- ed as 2.13%, but it is believed he can do still better in the near future. Mr. Lockwood went to Dorlon’s Point to- day after another horse,_ and every stall in'his stables is now occupied. Mr. J. B. Ells, who is acting for par- ties making a very superior quality of India- rubber hose, makes the sensible suggestion that no purchases be made until bids are advertised for and awards made to the lowest bidder, the quality of hose to be considered and deter? mined by experts. A letter received from Dr. Bridges, ,states that he should start for home to- day. He was not quite certain whether he would come by rail or take steamer from Savannah. He was quite home- sick and was resolved to remain south no longer, although friends advised him not to return too soon. The new 250 horse power engine at the Electric Light plant was not started up yesterday, but will be this after- noon. The tests, under supervision of a mechanic from Auburn, N. Y., will be thorough and are likely to continue through the afternoon. If everything goes off satisfactorily the engine will do its first work for Norwalk to-night. Dann’s car load of New York state horses, reached South Norwalk this morning, where they were unloaded and brought up to the Bridge. They comprise a careful selection of the finest animals that could be found in the region most noted for'raising blood- ed horse stock of the best quality, and it will well repay one to visit Dann’s stable to see them. Miss Helen Francis Van Alstyne of Norwich and C. A. Jehnston of this City were married at Norwich yester- day afternoon.—[Hartford Telegram. “N orwalk” would answer better. Such slips of reporter or compositor, if persisted in, will cause the South Norwalk Sentinel to vigorously dislike you Mr Telegram, especially if the wide awake citizens of that thrifty lit— tle city insist on buying a greater num.- ber of your papers than of his. In its new dress and with its changes for the better in general makeup, the Rockville Journal has become one of the prettiest and best weeklies in the state. Its new editor, Mr. Chester D. Fiske has already stamped his indivi- duality upon Rockville and its highly esteemed newspaper mirror, and an appreciative co- ~worker feels justified in saying that in securing Mr. Fisk Rockville has, at once, a fir—st class citizen and an A 1 newspaper man. '\ called on the Norwalk National Banks for a statement of their condition on May 4th. Among the late arrivals at the N01: walk hotel are Levi Cofren andF. L Veasey, Boston; Samuel _L Magic, Mrs C. B. DeKlyn, George E. Curtis, H. C. Smith and C. R. Bean, New York"; E. B. Silliman, Bridgeport. Leading ladies in New Haven are giving amateur renditions of good, old Pinafore. Bunnell is to give it to the one win fame and fortune by giving it again in old Norwalk. 9 . _ ,1; -:£. The will of the late Samuel H. Barnes of Wilton, bequeaths ‘51-, 000 to his wid- ow in addition to an ante-nuptial settle: ment, devises his homesteadtoBradley Gorham, a son of Nelson B. Gorham, and the balance of his estate goes to five of his nephews. ___ _ ‘ Harry Sadia, the Hungarian who was run over by the Housatonic train at South Norwalk, while walking on the track, yesterday morning, had his foot amputated above the ankle, at the Bridgeport hospital, yesterday after- noon. ——BICYCLE STOLEN—And a suitable reward ofi‘ered f01 its 1ecovery. A bi.- cycle was stolen Wednesday night from the front stoop of a house on Main street. A suitable reward will be paid for its return to Dr. Winfield H. Bald; win,‘04 Wall street. 96tf In the case of the indicted dneCtors of the New York, .New Haven and Hartford Railroad company Judge Van‘ Brunt, of New York, yesterday, filed a decision finding that the motion of counsel to set aside counts5 and in- the indictment should be granted. The contracts fOr the Childrens’: Home were awarded, yesterday. The carpenter work was given to M. D. Randall, of East Norwalk, and the ma- sonry work to Edgar \Villis, of New Canaan.~ The Home will be constructed according to the Oliginal plans, and work will be commenced at once. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spaulding has infoi med the collector of customs at Bridgeport, Conn, that a special deputy can make appraisements only in case of the absence or disability of the collector, and that, therefore, the duty imposed by law upOn the collector in regard to appraisements cannot be permanently delegated. _ -_i. In speaking of Miss Ada Dyas’ ren- dition of the character of Mrs. Sea- brook, in Captain Swift,the Pittsburgh Dispatch pays that accomplished lady the following compliment: “There is no reason why Mrs. Seabrook, the mother of Captain Swift. should. not command our pity and respect, but as Miss Ada Dyas embodies the character, its positive demand upon our sympa- thies is simply irresistible. It is an ex- quisite type of the high-born woman that Miss Dyas presents; a woman of acute sensibility and refinement, whose maternal instinct triumphs over every conventional claim the world, caste and family pride prefer, even though it bring the bitterness of shame in the sight of which death loses its sting. In all the niceties of by-play and facial ex- pression“ as well as in the grander strokes ofdramatic action Miss Dyas showed her wonted mastery of art.” __,~ — —»——<+ >——--— -- -— FINANCIAL AND CORIDIERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock _ Exchange. NEW YORK, May 6 —-Money on call loaned at easy rates—vim, 39g@4 per cent. Exchange steady; posted rates, $4. 86@4. 90; actual rates, $4. 85y4@4. 85% for sixty days and 54. 8834694. 89 for I demand. Goveinments quiet; currency 65, 1111 bid; 4%, coupon, 12054 bid; 4%5, do. 101 bid. The stock market was dull and featureless to- day. In the early trading the tone was firm and there was a slight show of strength, but it to sell some of the leading speculatives. Dur- ing the remainder of the morning prices grad- ually declined, and at noon were fractionally below those of yesterday iii most cases, and the decline was even more pronounced in some stocks. The principal trading was in Wheel ing, Lake Erie, St. Paul, Chicago Gas, Union Pacific, Louisville and Nashville, Northern Pa.- Cific p1 efei red, Atchison, Burlington and Rock Island. At the close the man ket was dull. The sales amounted to 128, 000 she: es. Closing prices: West. Union Tel. . 82 Del. & Hudson. . . .135 Adams Express. . .147 Del., Lack. & W. .137% U S. Express ..... 63 Denver ............ 1854 C., (3.. C. & I ...... 65% Erie ...... z ......... 21% N. Y. Central” .10234 Lake Shore. ‘. ..... 111 Illinois Central” 100 Northwest ........ 110 Northern Pacific” 27% Do., pref .......... 136 Do., pref .......... 71% Pacific Mall ....... 38 Central Pacific. .. 31 Reading .......... '. Union Pacific..... 50 St. Paul....‘ ....... 64% Missouri Pacific . . 71%; Wabash ........... 11 " Texas Pacific ...... 14% Bur.& Quincy, . . 89% Alton & T. H ..... 34 010. Ky 12: Nan. .76}4 Canada Southern. 511,5 Oro. <51: Trans ...... Canada Pacific... . 78% Rich. 6:: Terminal. 17% N. Y. & N. E ..... 38% S .‘1gal Trust ....... — General Markets. " NEW YORK, May 6. —FLOUR—Dull and. weak: city mill extras, $5@5. 40 for West Indies; 311' per fine, $3. 60@4. 35; fine, 83. 15@3. 15; Minnesota ext1a,[email protected]. WHEAT— Opened strong, and in the early trading prices advanced 1%0. From this the: was a reaction of age by noon, receipts, 100,81 bushels; shipments, 15, 652 bushels; No.2 rt winter, 9,51 141/4 cash; do. ., May, $1. 11%; do., June, SJ. 10,14; 60., July. $1. 07%; do. August, 51. 05V. ., . 1 The“ Controller of the currencyihas people of Bridgeport. Why won’t some .' 'A- '- is his wont, rode his wheel ' placed on the front stoop and entered soon disappeared when an attempt was made 1 WHAT MISS SPINSTEB SAYS. That Miss Woodward of Elm street . is visiting relatives at Waterbury That Mrs. Walter Hall carried ofi' a , ‘ 5:? by the Flames large share of the boilers of the concert at South Norwalk Tuesday evening.‘ ' That Mrs. Helen Fauntleroy is in New Jersey for a short visit. , \That Miss Eva Cape is at Judge Woodward’s. _ That it is hinted across the water that there is to be a. return to white hosiery. It is to be hoped strapped slippers will not accompany these col- orless stockings as they once didf" In that case life would be‘ hardly worth ' living. That the new Suede gloves are made sweet and attractive with orris root. That loose fitting gloves are the latest. That simplicity in dress will firevail ‘in the street though magnificence runs riot everywhere else. One sees very little of it as yet, but if you should meet a woman in a straight plain little chev- iot, a quiet bonnct and sensible mason-- line-looking gloves, you; must rememe. her that that woman is the swell of the promenade, and that her gay sister in silken gorgeousness, is not ‘ ‘in it” at all. That the rage f01 gold has brought the gold gauze veil to the fore. Its- popularity should be limited to women - who are young, whose complexions are above reproach. . That the newest parasols are creations indeed, things of lace and silk which would defy Old Sol to make even a plain face anything but tolerable be- neath their charming Shade. ' ’ Bicycle Stolen. ‘ Dr. Winfield H. Baldwin, call ed on a Main street friend last evening and as This he the parlor. where he sat down near a window, and not ten feet from his ma- chine, but his mind and attention be- ing diverted 1n some way, he did not hear or see the sneak thief that walked up the stoop and stole his iron horse. Suspicion at present points to a Cobble- hillian. A large footprint was clearly I traced out and into the street A bicy- cle is a hard thing to conceal, and if the thief has any sense he will return it with due apologies. It was worth $135 and a conviction of the thief would send him to state’s prison and for an uncomfortably long period. ' The Gazette “At the Top.” In January, we purchased a new Bal- timore job printing press, to keep up with our rush Of work. The demands on our jobbing department have con- tinued to so constantly inmease since then, that to-day we put in a Boston Prouty Jobber, in 'order to fill our orders for __,job work, one of which is for forty-five thousand envelopes. ., The printing turned out by ,Mr. Gardner, Superintendent of our Job Printing Department, cannot be excelled any- where, and in very few offices in New York or elsewhere, can his work be equalled. .v-We doubt- if another so thoroughly artistic and good a job printer can be found in Connecticut, and the constant jam of work in our jobbing office is evidence that the Nor- walk public appreciate its quality. Next Monday evening Prof. Fair- lamb commences his course of instruc- tion for the St. Paul’s boy choir candi- dates. This is a rare chance for any lad at all musically inclined, to obtain free instruction from one of New York’s b est and most successful teachers. Questions in Probate Law. The regular meeting of the Connecti- cut Probate assembly will be heldat Winthrop hotel, in Mer1den, on \Ved- nesday, May 13, beginning at 11 a..’m '_......_._._s . BASE BALL , - League. Games Boston .. 2. 0 0 o 1'- 0 .4 1 5—13] NewYork 101103002—6 Brooklyn 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 3 x—15 Philadelphia 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0— 5 Chicago 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3—12 Cleveland 000130000—4 Cincinnati 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 12—10 Pittsburg 0 1 O 0 1 2 0 1 0— 5.‘ ' Association Games "~ Boston 101030010—6 Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 Columbus 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1—7 Athletic ‘ 1 0 10 40 0 '00 0—2 Baltimore 100030020000—6 Louisville 1 02200-001 001—7 Washington 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0—3 St.Louis 01000003x—4 _ Eastern Association. NewHaven. 2103'00102—9 Providence 0 2 0 O 0 2 0 4 0—8 Syracuse 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0—6_ Buffalo 101000000—2 Albany 2 3 0 2 6 2 0 0 0—15‘ Rochester 5 21,1 0 0 0 1 0 1—10 Lebanon ..0 0'0’ 1 2 0 5 2 0—10 Troy 000004000—4 ll am ___FlREl Part of Long Island City Swept Up to 3 o’clock This Mornlng the Loss had Exceeded ,One Million Dollars. ; At 11 0 ’Clock last night fire was dis- covered by the night watchman of Don- caster’s foundry, in Long Island City, between the foundry and a lumber pile ,_ in the lumber yard of H. F. Burroughs. , He quickly gave the alarm. and the fire- Smen Were soon On the ground, but seemed to be powerless to cope with the flames. The foundry was soon destroyed and the flames spread to Burroughs lumber yard The streams of water cast by the three steam fire engines, which are all that Long Island City own, seemed on- ly. to quicken the flames, and the fire 'soon crossed to the hay and feed sheds of Clark &'Sampson, the Whiting Lum- ber Company on Newtown Creek, Hummell’s stone yards and Tunis, Sims & Co. The fire burned with almost incr ed- :ible fierceness amid the masses of lum- ber and other inflammable material, and step by step the firemen were driv- en back. Then from other points the men resumed the attack, only to be again forced to retire with blistered hands and _.faces It was; an awful struggle with a terrible fee. I Next the vessels moored to the docks on Newtoivn Creek were threatened, and? the brigant'ine Levi T. Andrews was pulled out jby tugs and towed away to a: place of safety. The brig Teniofl' was next tow e’d out . The flames spread to the lumber yin 535 of McClave & Co, adjoining the Long Island Railroad ,, depot, and the yard of Macintosh, across Vernon ave- nue, near the Greenpoint bridge. The fire is supposed to have been started by a spark from a casting which had been made just before the shop in Doncaster’ s foundry was closed. .. 2 -' _’ At three a. m. the fire was still raging. - Several casualties had been reported and the loss was estimated at fully $1,- 000,000. . Early this morning it seemed as if the whole city must be blazing close at hand. The tall down- town buildings stood out in striking silhouette against a background of crimson. —————<—o—>————-—— , Notice to Musical Composers. Musicians who are residents of this state are requested to send original compositions to the Secretary of the Connecticut Music Teachers’ Associa- tion, box 876, New Haven, Conn, on or before June 1,1891, from which the ex- amining committee will select the six best compositions for public perform- ance at the meeting of the association, June 29 and 30 and July 1. Composers must send name in sealed envelope, accompanied with a private mark agreeing with one on their man- uscript for purpose of identification, in case their composition is agcepted. Compositions may be sacred or seen- lar, vocal or instrumental, but must not require an orchestra, or consume more than ten minutes in performance, and must be written by residents of this state. .0 Competition is the life of trade and when it comes to meet othel houses in style and quality, Comstock Brother s, proprietors of the stores at Nor walk and South Norwalk, beg the public to understand that “they are in it.” Lat- est styles in men’s, youths and boys clothing are received daily. A full and complete stock of gloves, handker- chiefs, collars, cuffs, neckwear, under- weal, dress, fancy and negligee shirts always on hand. See their advertise- ment 1n this iSSue. ———————-—<*>———" Y M G_._ A. NOTES. Tickets are now ready for the special Sunday service in the Opera House when Col. A. S. Bacon will deliver an address to men. He is one of the best platform speakers of the day and should be heard by every man who can possibly attend. The tickets can be had at the association rooms or from members of the association. ' The entertamment committee will hold a meeting this evening at 8 o’clock to elect officers and arrange for an en- tertainment the last of this month to clear up the debt on the piano, the re- quired 300 tickets having been pledged by the members of the Association. The baseball department have leased the diamond at the fair grounds for the season, and the first game will be play- ed on Saturday afternoon of this week between the two nines of the Associa- tion. Every member of the base ball department should report on the grounds by 3 o’clock and play will be called at 3. 30 sharp. . . ‘ PRESS pagans. Specially Wired to the Norwalk Daily Gazette. Train-Wreckers at Work. MIDDLETOWN, May 7.—As the south- bound train on the Valley road was nearing Rocky Hill this morning the engineer discovered a pile of ties on the track. The train was stopped in time to avert an accident, and the ties removed. —.—§-——-———- lncendiarles at Work. MIDDLETOWN, May 7.—Firebugs have resumed operations at Middle Haddam. Last night the barn of Demas Strong, valued a $500, was burned to the ground. This is the fifteenth incendiary fire in that section within the last two months «‘H————‘_ THE BURGLARS JAILED. History of the Operations of a Most Audacious Gang of Criminals. Yesterday afternoon Burglar Luding- ton and his alleged accomplice, Dora Conroy, were taken before Justice Chi- Chester, of Wilton for trial. Each en- tereda plea of not guilty and not hav- ing had an opportunity to engage coun- sel, the preliminary trial was adjourned until Saturday morning, at 10 o’clock, at the same place. Meantime they stand committed to BridgepOrt jail in default of giving bail to the extent of $1,000 for each. It is reported that Counselor Ben Lockwood and other Bridgeport lawyers will be retained by the defense, and the trial promises to be one of the most interesting in Fair- field county court annals. SUCCESSFUL BURGLABIES. For nearly two years a series of bur- glaries have been committed in and around Westport and Wilton which greatly resemble the work of Murty Savage,the noted burglar. These, how- ever, were more cleverly executed. A house left without some one to protect it would be cleaned out even to the car- pets on the floors. Mrs. Hickok, residing near Gould’s mill, had $300 worth of household fur- niture stolen from her place during the ' absence of members of the family. Mr. Banger of Cannon’s Station lost antim- ber 'of articles of furniture, among which were a collection of books, hat rack and a sword, which was a relic of Revolutionary fame, and a quantity of tools. The house of Mr. John Lee, in Red- ding, was among those raided, the thieves escaping with $60 in cash be- sides such portable property as they could conveniently carry away. Sipperly’s mills and Gould’s mills in Easton and Wilton were visited and several hundred dollars’ worth of goods stolen. The local officers and detec- tives were unable to trace thejcrimes, so cleverly were they perpetrated. Mr. Banger of Cannon’s Station in- formed Detective Cronin that among the goods stolen from his place was a silver dollar dated 1797, which had a hole in the face of the figure on the coin. There were also a number of Mexican silver dollars. The officer soon discoveredthat Lud. ington and Brown operated in all of the towns above mentioned and used a wagon to carry the booty away with. They would watch for an opportunity to get in a house while the members of the household had gone out on busi- ness, when they would load their wagon and then depart. Another plan was for Brown to call at the rear door of a I dwelling house and engage the atten- tion of the occupants while his pal di- vested the parlor of its furniture and rode off. On Tuesday last Detective Cronin and Officer Arnold saw a wagon load of stolen goods go into Ludington’s house on the Westport road near Sipperly’s mill, and at 3 o’clock yesterday morn- ing they called at the house and Lud- ington answered their summons. The officers immediately put Ludington under arrest. Brown, however, had escaped. They made a search of the house from top to bottom and found hundreds of dollars’ worth of carpenters’ tools, sev- eral hundred yards of carpet, the stolen books, the sword. the Mexican coin and the mutilated silver dollar, several sets of furniture, clothing of every descrip- tion‘and sufficient to start the clothing business. An immense number of hams and shoulders in the cellar were also found. Ludington - is the ”man who some time ago, when arrested on suspicion of burglary, broke out of the WeStport jail. Another man named Burr, it is thought, is implicated in the thieving. _ He is now serving out a short sentence in the cOunty jail. He was intimate with Ludington. The people of that section can now feel safe» once more. ‘ The house is in charge of a custodian.