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This paper has the largest circulation of
any] paper in the State west of Bridgeport.
. 0 U R JOB-BIN G DEPARTMENT.

Mn. HAnnr M. GARDNER, J 11., of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE’S Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer. and no work en-

ted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.

THE ‘L'IVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.

Plymouth church Of Brooklyn picnic
at Roton tO-day.

The Charter Oak races at Hartford,
begin next Tuesday.

—Free art exhibition to-day, at the
Norwalk Boston store.

Mr. and Mrs. Abijah M. Jones of
Wilton, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of their marriage on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

—Prime Roast Beef at G. H. IWaid-
well & 00. ’s 12 MainS

The Pennsylvania Legislature has
voted to increase the liquor license fee
from $500 to $1, 000 in cities of the fir st
and second class.

——Split Bambo Fishing Rods I.$3 50 at
Sutherland’s. '___

James Blackard, of Colchester,
stepped on a nail three weeks ago.
Lockjaw has set in and his condition is
critical.

——Briar Pipes from 10 centS‘ up 'at '

Sutherland’s.

Mr. George A. Honnecker left town
this morning for Jersey City where he
will remain over Sunday. George
never goes on a bicycle.

~Benedict’s line Of Cigars lay over
anything in town. 122tf

 

The street work in front of Mr. C.
M. 'Selleck’s premises will be [com-
pleted by tO- night, it is expected, and
the debris cleared away.

—Latcst Music at Benedict’s News
Emporium. 122tf

Another freight train on the New
England road was badly wrecked and
five cars burned yesterday near Brew-
ster’s Station.

—-The finest Line of Smoking Tobac
co in town at Sutherland’s.

William Terry Bartlett of Bridgeport, ‘
gets the salutatory at the Yale college
commencement, and Nathan Glicks-
man gets the valedictory

—Benedict 1s opening and will dis-
play a fine line of fireworks. 125tf-

 

A dozen or more of the pupils of Mr.
Wigham’ s department of the Over-
River school went to New YOrk to- day,
intending to have an outing in Cen-
tralpark. -

—A. H. Hoyt & Son are giving away
coupons on the $500 Shoninger Piajno,
on exhibition in' Nickerson & Bet-ts’
window.

The stockholders who were backing
the Waterbury team of the state league,
which disbanded Monday,lost $1,000 by
their investment in base ball this sea-
son. ‘ .

———The Norwalk Boston store are ex-
hibiting George Platt’s $10, 000 master-
piece, “Vanishing Glories.” Admis-
sion free. 1

 

Awriter in the New Orleans Times
Democrat says that surveys made in
1851 and. 1882 show that the Gulf of
Mexico has risen over one foot since
the first named period. . .

——Call at the Norwalk BOStOH store
and examine the coOl,cO1_nfortable,
stylish, outing suits they are Selling for
980. Special price for to-‘day

—All lovers Of fine art are invited to
attend the exhibition of the greatest
masterpiece Of modern times. ‘ Vanish-
ing Glories,” at the Norwalk Boston
store...

Miss Emeline M. Con, daughter Of.
' Joseph COx, Of Roto‘n H111, South Nor-.
walk, is to be married on Wednesday
next, June24, to James Wood, J.,r of
New York city. The ceremony will be
performed 111 Trinity church. 5 ~ .—

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The Brooklyn Eagle, (dem. ), says,al-'
ready, “Ohio 18 naturally a republican
state,” and the New York Sun of togday
remarks. “It-is a melancholy Sbs‘grvam

I tional church July 6th.

California, in 1876.

I‘ 13nd 1n dispute.
- in South NOrwalk at the time and until

I Chris. E. ‘Mrller sails from New Yerk
today for Germany. :- if} - f3

The Butler street straw factory {iyvill
' probably be shut down for the" SeaSOI‘l
next Wednesday.

. Miss Fannie Stanley is to {wed Dr
Winfield H. Baldwin at the Congrega~

 

The valuable Jersey cow of James J.
Scofield of i2 Belden avenue, is very
sick, and it IS feared will die.

' —All kinds Of fresh ‘FiSh at G. H.
VIVardWcIl 8; Co.’ 5 12 Main Sit-'1'

There was no decision in the Bring-
port police muddle yesterday, the mat-
ter going over until Tuesday.

—-Call at G. H. Wardwell & CO. 12
Main St. and order your lobsters.

W. B. E. LOOkwood, Jr., has pur-
chased the trotter, Walton Boy, who
yesterday trotted a mile in 2.34%.

The most complete, carefully pre-
pared and accurate report of the Schcele
execution that we have seen anywhere,
was that in the Ansonia Sentinel.

Anton Stommel'l received his second
pane of plate glass this morning in
place of the one that came broken, and
is now completing the Ed. Street store
front. ' '

HIon. Samuel Tweedy of Danbury
and George S. Adams ”Of Westport',
commissioners on the Nelson Crossman
estate, met at the law office of James
T. Hubbell this morning.

What 1n the world Is the matter with
letter Carrier Nickerson now? He
called at the DAILY GAZETTE office this
morning and wanted to know if he
could get some milk tickets already
milked.

As Artemas Ward says, it is better to
know a few things than to know so
many things that are not so. —Hour.

Blundering as usual when it attempts
to play school master over its neigh-
bors. It was not Artemas Ward but
Mr. Shaw, otherwise “Josh Billings ”
who uttered the above and the DAILY
GAZETTE affectionately and earnestly
commend the sentiments to the lumber-
ing Hour.

‘ —:Toilet Paper at Benedict’s News
Ofl‘lce. =. ; .- ' 122-tf ;

Hon. Nicholas Staub is having a good
time as presiding officer at the fire-
men’ s state convention at New Britain
YeSterday he replied to an address Of
welcome and to -day was with the boys
pei spiring in the parade. The comp-
troller is entitled to credit for what he
has done for the firemen in the smaller
towns.
in the legislature frequently, obtaining
for them a recognition they might not
otherwise ' have secured—Hartford
Post.

——Buy your story papers of Benedict

and get your GAZETTE for: nothing. 122f

Nobody has all his desires satisfied
in this world, nor are very many Of us
given the full measure of prosperity
and wealth which 'our modest self-ap-
preciatiOH leads us to consider-Our due.
But the world is steadily growing bet-
ter and labor is securing a steadily' 1n-
creasing share of the comforts and lux- ,
uries of life. It 1s only indigestion or
demagogucry which seeks to make out

{that the times are growing evil and the

world getting worse. —[Norwich Bulle-
tin. »

-—The breezy GAZETTE and a choice
cigar for 5c at Benedict’sto- night. .122tf

The city of Bridgeport 1S likely to be
made a defendant in a series of .8uits
which are being brought by the Bragg
'Ma‘nufacturing company to recover
damages for alleged violations of a
patent taken out by Robert Bran" gg of
The device 1S that
by which horses are automatically re-
leased frOm their stalls in chainehouses
and which has been used {Or a number
of years in Bridgeport. Judgment
was recovered against the city. Of. Terre'
-,Haute Ind, after a three years battle
and. now B1 ooklyn and New YOrk cities
are to be sued. . . . . .

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. Riverside Avenue. .f;
It will be remembered that. at the
last meeting of the Court Of Burgesses
thehighway. committee was empowered
to arrive at some sort-Of an --'amic‘able
settlement Of the points at issue, be-
tween Mr. John Greenwood and the
borough This mormng, shortly after

 

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Wood, drove over Rivermde avenue;
and made a careful examinatlon of the
M'r.G1eenWood was

he, Or his legal adviser Attorney Hurl-
butt, can be’ s'e'en it will be 1mpossrble
to arrive at a determination“ of the,»
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tion, but there appears to be no flies on
the republican eagle in Ohio.”

that a satisfactory agreement will be
reached tO-day.

 

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1.; :33; Hlnalde. '7'

The commencement exercises Of Mrs.
Mead’s school laSt evening, I were, (as
wasstated .111 the DAILY GAZETTE, they
would be ,)Of a very high and exception-
The follOw-
ing was the programme The Carni-
val march, Orchestra; Illusions, Anna
VVilliston Pierson , Overture, “Silver
“CfOss”; Companion Pictures, Emily
Richards Nicoll; Waltz—“The Bird’s
Festival, ” Oichestra , Address, Think-
ing, Hon. John S. Seymour; Gavotte—
‘fEtta,” orchestra , Valedictory, The
Force of Ideas, Sarah Elizabeth Ran-
1131]; Presentation of Diplomas, Mrs
Mead; Closing remarks .and benedic-._
tiOn, Rev. T. K. Noble, Galop, Orches-
tra. Music by- Wheeler 85 Wilson or-
ohcstra.

The address of Senator Seymour was
the sparkling gem of the evening, so
good indeed, that we propose giving it
in full on Monday- ”IlluSiOns,” “Com-
panion Pictures,” thc- valedictorv and
the music. all won the plaudits and
praises they so richly deserved. Dr.
Noble ended the delightful session with
a short address and benediction.

In the afternOon, Mrs. Mead invited
all her scholars, past and present, to

. meet her, and a most enjoyable recep-

.tion it was to all. LIight 1"ef1eshmcnts
were served.

 

 

CHURCH SERVICES.
.ICALvARY BAPTIST CHURCH. _—Praise
service at 3 p. -_'m. Preaching at, 7: 45 by
.'Rev. C. W. Allen. "'

GEACE CHURCH.—FOurth Siihday- af-
ter Trinity, June 21st. Holy commun-
ion 9:30. Morning prayer, Litan-y and
sermon, 10:30. Sunday-school at 12 m.
Eveningprayer and sermon, 7:30 p. In.
All are welcome.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.~—F. E. Rob-
bins pastIor. Services at 10: 30 a. m. and
7: 30 pi; m: In the morning thé pastor
will pieach upon “The Author and
Means Of Sanctification. ” In the even-
ing the subject will be. “Unequally
Yoked. ’-’ The public cordially invited.

Seats free. .

METHODIST CHUECH. —At 10' 30 a. m.

Rev. Harvey Burns, of South Norwalk,
will preach in exchange with thé pas-
tor. In the evening at. 7:30 the two
councils of the Order of United Amer-
ican Mechanics in Norwalk .and South

k'Norwalk will be present 1n 3' body. Ad—

.. dress by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Van
Alstyne. ,
ST. PAIUI.’ Is CHURCH. —_-Rev. S. T.
Graham, rector 10: 30 a, . m, Divine
service with sermon. 5 IvSubject, “The
Preaching Demanded by God.” 7:30

p. m. Divine service with sermon.
Special Service for young men. The
Brotherhood Of St. Andrew will be- for-
mally admitted to the order. Subject
of seimon, “One Thing that a Young
Man can do for Other Young Men. ” A
cOrdial welcome to all. ,

FIRST CONCRECATIONAL CHORCH. —~
Servicesat 10: 30 a. m, and 7; 30 p. m. .,
Y. P. S. C. E. at6::30p. 111. Rev. Thos.
K. Noble, pastor MOrning subject:

the Christ?” In the evening the third
discourse on ”Congregationalism—Its
Renaissance in Europe and America.”
The public are cordially invited Next
Tuesday afternOon and evening the la-
dies will hold a fete. on the grounds Of
the church. ' '

Rev. 'Mr. Berry 3the new 'pa'stor of
the A. M. E. Zion church will preach
his first sermon in that church, tO-m'or-
row morning.

.Rev. E. W. Allen of Hartford will
pr each for: the colored Baptists tO-mor-
row evening. Praise service at 3
0I10IlOClI.

 

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2 Five of the Sin‘vny Party Drowned.

2 WASHINGTON, June . '20.—'l‘h‘e geological
survey Friday morning received informa-
tion from I. C. Russell, of that bureau,
Who left here a month ago to explore the
glaciers of Mount St. Elias. The telegram
was very brief and to the ea'é'ct that the
phrty had landed at Icy bay on June 8, and
in landing M120 0; Moore; a heutenant
and four seamen were drowned. ‘

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A Feud That Ended. in Death-

 

Perkins and his son were shOt by; a. neigh-
bOr named Dow. The elder Perkins was
instantly killed and his son- probably
fatally 'wounded All' parties reside in
Halo, Pike county. The shooting was the
résult of a feud. . Dow was arrested-

3 .' :- Died froni .N‘atui‘al 0311963.;

Juvenile asylum case was concluded Fri-l
day.
dorf’s death was 'due tO natural Oau888,'

congestIiOn Of. the brain and heart failure, -
brought on by' the boy running a: foot}
race' 1n the asylum yard ‘ . '

l .A Freight 'TraIln' Derailed. . 3.
Ew HAMBURG, N.: Y., June sot—Several,
c r's_ Of a freight 1213111 011 the Hudson River .'-
r ierad were derailed south of here Fri.»
d y inert; mg by abroken trucks: Nd 0118':
is injured All passenger trains were
d railed; (iv ' j 1,

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A; Journalistic Excursion. .

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1'. emennsylvania railroad On an excur‘SiOn’

 

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E the rafioad company.

“What shall I dO with Jesus who is ‘

ZGAI'NESVILLE, Tex, June sop-Captain ‘

3NEW YORK, June 2.0. —-The.- inquest 111.7119. '
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AETIMOEE, June 20. —'-A 'carload of'jouf 1 5.

WHAT MISS SPINSTER SAYS

That Miss Brown,of East avenue. has
been the guest of Mrs Randle this
weekat Winnipauk. . ' '
. That’the rain storm was rather de-
moralizing to straw. hats but it is ‘ a
great boon to vegetation in this vicin-
ity. You can see him blades of grass
glisten now where one was all wrinkled
and shr ivelled before.

That the only correct flag after the
Fourth Of J ulwa1ll bear 44 stars.

That the .Y. M. C. A. boys started for
Hartford this morning, all ready to
Capture a few medals.

That Mr. Wigham and a number of
his scholars started on the City of Al-
bany this morning for a day’s outing
and' will visit the Metr opOlitan museum
of art and other places of interest at
Central park. A

That perhaps it' 15 only a fancy, but I
seem to notice lines of care and worri-
ment increasing upon the once smooth
and smiling face of our Warden. During

his term of Office he has had to hustle.
to keep pace with the wonderful march
of progress in our little tOwn, and it

have an anxious thought. '

That a young woman in town is go-
ing to build her. own room and so make
itlwhat she pleases, how to treat such a
case was a problem well worth solving,
but with an alcove for her brass bed,
and two deep cushioned windows to be-
gin with, her possibilities were great.
Most Of us are afraid of color, but this
youngwoman knows what a charming
thing it is whenharmoniously arranged,
and how excruciating it is when dis-
cordant, so her artistic longing for
sOmething positive, and with an eye to
the beauty of effect, her chosen apple
green for colOring and apple blossoms
for garniture. The result will be a
room, which at all events will be com-
fortable, and all In all, an ideal room
fOr the asthetic yOung woman who will
occupy it. '

 

Canadian Sharpers.
I Several weeks ago Connecticut, New
York and a few other states were flOod-
ed with allur mg‘promises by the Queen
Magazine Company, with headquarters
in Toronto, Canada, and the result,
from a financial standpoint, must be
peculiarly gratifying to the swindling
publishers. Their favorite bait, it ap-
pears, (and there .are people in Nor-
walk who" swallowed it), was to Offer a
prize of a silver tea set, worth $30 or
more to the person who could make
the largest number of English Words
out of the letters of a word given by
the publishers. Each of the persons

.who sent on a list which in each in-

stance was made up with considerable
labor, was notified that he, or she as
the case might be, had won the prize,
and here is where the swindle came
in.. TO One person the publish-
er would say that before
sending the prize it would be necessary
for the winner to send on a year’s sub-
scription to the Queen and on receipt
of it the prize would be promptly for- -
warded. To another they would write,
“send us four individual subscriptions
and we will send the prize.” It 1s need-
less to say thatin everyinstance, so far as
known, the sum called for was sent and
in return each victim received a toy
tea set worth conSiderably less than
one dollar at the largest calculation.
Thus far it seems impossible to reach
the Swindlers by law, but it really
seems amusing to think that “blar stcd
Britishcrs" et 31., could, in any possi-
ble manner, swindle their Yankee
cousins.

 

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South Norwalk Post Office.

'In the general classifying of the post
offices of the 2d class, Norwalk stands
well. The business of the South Nor-
walk office shows a large increase, and

from April 1, ’90 to April 1, ’91, was as

follows:

Cash on hand, - $500. 56
Domestic M. O. issued, 22, 914.18 ~

' Foreign “ _ , 3, 248. 41_
Postal Notes ’ “ “‘I ' ' ' I1 ,808. 93_
Fees, -' ‘ 292.- 80

' ~ . . , _ $28,.76488
'Dome‘stic M. O. paid, -. ». , $12,581.83

‘ Forei 11 ‘ “ “ “. ' ~ 2.1224
Posts. Notes - “ ' 1, 218. 54

, Postmaster, N. Y. ‘f 14', 542.12
I. I Balance On hand 7 ‘ 210 15
, — . - $23,764.83
Receipts, Sales of stamps, $12,025L66 '

‘ This is an increase of 40 per cent in
the money order business; and about

.-,$2 000. per 'y'ear in the- sales of stamps,
, , etc: ., as compared with two years ago,
.. ' 5 and; QShO'ws? that Po‘stmaster DOty.’ S.

management has been a successful one.
There are 28 mails sent Out each day

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—Boy- wanted who understandS job

 

Office.

would be passing strange if he did not ‘

and 23 received There ai'c-_; also 7 .
business and 3 general dehvenes by
.5 rcarriers, whichI is a pretty good serif.

Ye Olden Times.

: 001. Grant Fitch, son and successor of
the late Banker Fitch Of the northwest,
has accepted Rev. Mr. Sellecks invita-

- tion to accompany him over his ances- '

tral Old Norwalk haunts upon the OO-
casion'of his eastern visit to ' his class
reuniOn in New Haven next week. .

The tomb of one of Mr. Fitch’s fore-
fathers has within-a short time since
been found, still legibly marked, in
the East Norwalk cemetery.

'Mr. William Haynes, an Englsih gen-

},ry immigrant.and supposcdzto be of the

same blood Of Gov. John Haynes, the

was possibly attracted to Norwalk by
the picturesqueness Of our early scen-
cry. He here selected for his residence
the magnificent ridge, which until a
comparatively modern date has borne
his name, the same now covered by the
handsome Parker, Rogers and Bright
and other estates in New Canaan,
where his daughters, perhaps "all of
them, were wooed and won. Mary,
who was born in 1699, was sought by
one of the Buckinghams of early Say-
brook note. His suit was successful,
but the youth’s'brilliant prospects were
soon cut 011' by death. He left a little
boy to bear his name and a widow in
almost the dew Of life. This lady’s
hand was anon sought by one of Lord
George’s Connecticutjusticcs, James,
the youngest brother of Gov. Thomas
Fitch Of Norwalk. The two were marl
ried, and established themselves in a
home which was situated not a great
distance from the residence afterward
Of Jonathan Fitch, the father of the
present revered Mrs. James Mallory.
It is from these two worthies—Mr. and
Mrs.'.lames Fitch, that the Milwaukee
financier‘s family sprang. Mary Hay-
nes’ sister Elizabeth, married John
Bartlett, of Bartlett ridge, New Ca-
naan, and from their daughter Rebecca
who married John Belden has been
given to us such old time celebrities as
Mrs. Mary Esther St. John, the home

site of whom is still happily reserved

on the green, and Mrs. Sarah Cannon,
the great-grandmother of the talented
young Harry Cannon, who was recent-
ly wedded In New York city, and Har-
ry Belden, the father of the two sisters

Of blessed memory, the Misses Amelia

and Margaret Belden. A few feet from
the graves of Mr. and Mrs. William
Haynes,lie two Knickerbocker sleepers
who having taken their sailing vessel
and passed from their home on Man-
hattan Island up the East river and
through the sound as far as the mouth
of the Saugatuck were drawn by the
beauty of the location to land inside
Westport harbor in the near vicinity of
the present Enos and Ketchum proper-
ties. They herc purchased a site for
building, and thereafter lived and died.
Two of their grandchildren, Mrs.

Jonathan Camp and her sister Mrs.

Williams, now cherished and venerable
residents Of our town, together with
their Brooklyn sister, survive.

The East Norwalk cemetery is re-
plete with historic interest, and every
ancient mound in it deserves to be
pathed and preserved and remounded
and remarked. The eastern bank now
rough and shamefully neglected should
be turfed and the whole enclosure
properly walled.

 

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Ringing Truth.

Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Ha-

ven and a classmate of Norwalk’s Rev.

'Dr. Noble, poured out a broad-side of

practical common sense in his address
before the meeting of Congregational
ministers at New London. He may
have 'had Norwalk borough in mind in
a part of his remarks. Among many
other good and bright things he re-
marked as follows: ——

all things, but the question is what
church. IS any one church able to say-
we can put Christianity before the
whole American people. How then
are we to develop our churches to be
equal to this task. What future growth

:of the church shall be equal to the ed-
vacation of the children. Are we equal

to the task of giving a religious educa-
tion to all our children. Our answer
to the Roman Catholics on the public
schOol question is not complete. The
Roman Catholic church has our Prot-

‘estant position at a disadvantage and

their claims have some justice on that
question so long as our scheme goes on
one wheel and gives a secular education
with Only a partial religious education.
Can we not 'make something like a
great Protestant trust for securing a

the church to be simplyr an institute of
divinity and not of humanity. He
Wanted to see the church with a title of
the ‘Church of all things, for all men,
for the people.’

“The christian nation should be

nation where all things are' arran ed

'and organized for the good of he
social question has been defined as the
inner dismtegration Of Society; There

._ is altogether too much social waste.

The condition of society resembles
that ocean steamship that got into port
with a mouldering fire in her hold.

2 “At the bottom of all things were

ter b simply pouring it into another

vesse.
throw itself, as the Christian church

 

pressesjand type setting“: Apply at this

can, into the widening breach Of soci-

ety.

first colonial governor of Connecticut, ‘

articles before the court.

“Our ancestors put the church befOre ,

christian nation? It is not enough for,

. selfishness, greed and lust and pure '
water Could not be made of 1mpure wa-

The Christian church must

 

While we should start from the
church In working moral reforms yet
we should not leta go our allegiance to
the stat 11.9
“Our politics tO-day he thOught cen-
tered on local affairs. Making good
local s'elf-governmcnt in all communi-
ties is the unsolved problem of Amer-
ican politics. There are two classes,
the evil and the indifferent on thO
wrong side of the question, especially
do the latter, thou h OOd men, who
take no interest In ocaj politics, count
on the wrong side. here are many in
Connecticut who willT never do anything
g'ood in a hurry unless they die sudden-
is ome day. To him it seemed that
ngs had come to an era of deadlocks
and deals. An invitation to corruption.
It was time to look facts in the face.
He deprecated the admission of the
kind of men who nowadays,a o‘Ot into the
city councils and matters of: public in-
terest were settled on purely personal
grounds. Politics stood in the way of
everything and hampered good works
Of every kind. It is the duty of good
men almost to stand out of politics, and
he had come to think every good man

' ought to vOte at elections against the

party thatPhad won at the previous
election ublic opinion seemed to be
like a great sleepy giant. Occasionally
it- arouses and with its club sweeps ev-
erything away. Then it goes to sleep
again and' Is harder to awake next time.
The danger to the American govern-
ment is not from some great evil that
may come at once, but lather the
plague Of the fleas and the lice. We
had no especial fly paper to rid us of
the pests, but one must adhere to our
loyalty to Christ and the kingdom of
God and that would lead us to the right
way. Moral power is still power even
in New England.”

 

 

The Government Loses the ‘Hat
Case.

The jury in the case of Meyer &
Dickinson of Philadelphia, against the
Government to recover excess Of duties
levied on material used as hat trim-
mings yesterday morning returned a
verdict of $632.40 for the plaintiff's.
The Government will appeal to the Su-
preme Court. By the verdict in this
case the Government is made liable for
from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 that it
has collected in duties from importers
of millinery materials in various parts
of the country. The suit Of Meyer &
Dickinson was a suit to test the right
of the Government to collect the duties
on the goods in dispute.

Taking the suits altogether, the im-
porters claim the goods In question to
be hat trimmings and to be dutiable at
20 per cent. ad valorem under the
clause of the act of March 3d, 1883,
which provides for hats, etc,, materials,
braids, plaits. laces, trimmings, willow
sheets and squares used for making and
ornamenting hats, bonnets and goods
composed of straw, chip, grass, palm
leaf, willow hair, whalebone or any
other substance or material not specially
enumerated or provided for.

The government claims they are du-
tiable at 50 per cent. ad valorem under
the clause of all goods, wares and
manufactures of silk, or Of which silk is
the component material of chief value.
The question arose by reason Of the
omission in the act Of March 3d, 1883,
of the word “vegetable” from the hat
material clause in the former act, and
was first brought before the court in
this jurisdiction on April 6, 1886, in the
case Of Langfeldt vs. Hartranft, in
which cotton black ribbons were the
It was de-
cided by Judge McKennan that the
chief use to which the ribbons were put
was for trimming hats, bonnets and
hoods, then it was subject to the 20 per
cent. duty.

The jury found in favor of the im-
porters, and Judge McKennan’ s ruling
was affirmed by the Supreme Court
Under this decision $6, 000, 000 was re-
funded. Afterwards in the New York
jurisdiction 3 similar question was de-
cided in the case of Edelhofl‘ vs. the
Collector, in which the articles import-
ed were used as hat bands, and in that
case also the decision was in favor of
the impOIter as its chief use was for
trimming hats and the decision was af-
firmed by the Supreme Court.

,__._.._..,__________
: Yesterday’s Trotting.
Despite unpropitiOus skies and a
more or less heavy track the atten-
dance upon yesterday? s races was fair

 

and the trotting greatly enjoyed. In .
the 2. 37 class, purse $200, Little Sport
; won fir St money in three straight heats,

time 2: 341,2 :35i: and 2: 33;. Sarah Coin
took second money and Baron third.
The contest in the 2: 24 class, purse
$300, was more exciting and was some-

'wha't spli up, although WaltOn Boy

toOk first money, by winning the first,

third and fifth heats, time 2' 233, 2:24
and" 2: 25:} Soto took second money
and Nellie third. In the 2:48 class,-
'a. purse $200, Prince R won inthr'ee _

straight heats, time 2:33, 2: 323,- and
2: 34%. Dreamland took second money
and Happy-'go-Lucky third '

 

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The Gazette Would Like to Know
Where the 6: 10 Wmmpauk car was
this morning?. I ' ‘ -
Why Col. Crows is So anxious to get
new lieutenants for company F? ' ,
Why George 'I'. Keeler said go and at

NEARLY KILLED!

Jack'Rice Frightfully Beaten.

 

Hls Injuries May Prove Fatal.

A GAZETTE reporter spent some
time this morning in hunting up the
particulars of the assault committed on
Jack Rice last night, and heard various
statements—nearly every person, the
police included, who was interviewed,
seeming disposed to be non-committal.
The most reliable and coherent in-
formation embraces ‘the following
points :
On Thursday evening Rice entered
the saloon Of Hanlon Bros. , Wall street,
looking for a fight, and was accommo-
dated, the ruction taking place outside,
some of the pOlice being aware Of the
matter, but not interfering. Last night
the battle was renewed, the partici-
pants'meeting at a point on East ave-
nue for the purpose of having it out.
The result was that Rice was worsted,
being terribly kicked and beaten, and
for aught his assailants knew, left for
dead, where he was subsequently dis—
covered and taken home. After ward,
one of the Hanlons was seen returning
down Mill hill, in the language of our
informant with
“HIS FISTS COVERED WITH BLOOD.”
Rice, it is said, was badly ruptured,
and had been kicked where the rupture
was located, which caused great swell-
ing and inflammation of the injured
parts. He now lies 1n 3 very critical
condition and his recovery is regarded
as doubtful. ‘ He was attended nearly
the whole of last night by a physician
and priest. Rice has a family and for
SOme time past has made great effort to
forsake evil associations and habit.

I HE RECOVERS HIS SENSES.
At this writing, 1 p. m., Rice regain-
ed consciousness, and tells his wife that
he was assaulted by William Hanlon,
which is probable, as Rice assaulted
Hanlon only a few evenings since with-
out provocation.

 

O.

OBITUARY.

. To-day’s New York Churchman con-

tains the following obituary notice:

In New York city, on Thursday,
June 11, 1891, Emma Frances Rogers,
widow of the Rev. Smith Pyne, D. D.,
in the 88th year Of her age.

The deceased was one of the most
charming of women. She was the
daughter of Henry Rogers Esq., one of
the early merchantfprinces of New York,
andaman’ of great worth, who was
born April 12, 1753,, in his father Nehe-
miah Rogers’ house, which stood in
East Norwalk, on the east side of East
avenue, almost exactly where the New
Haven railroad intersects said avenue.
Henry Rogers, the brother of-Fitch,
Moses and Nehemiah, Jr., married for
his second wife Miss Frances Moore,
daughter of Charles Moore Esq., of
Mount Tiryeh, Fayetteville, N. C., and
to them was born the departed, Emma
Francis (Mrs. Dr. Pyne), on the 2lst
day of March 1804. At the age Of 22
Emma Rogers was married to the Rev.
Smith Pyne D. D., Rector at one time
of Calvary Church, N. Y., and from
1844 to 1864' of St. John’s church,
Washington, D. C. Dr. Pyne was born
in'Ireland, and was-one of the great
preachers in the Episcopal church.
During the late civil war Secretary
Stanton ordered one of his sermons to
be printed at the ammo Of the gov-
ernment, and to be read at the head of
every regiment in the Union Army,
while Admiral Dupont commanded it
to be read also on board the United
States vessels of war. His quecnly
widow has survived him for sixteen
years, during which time she has lived
blessed and a blessing, in the metropo-
lis. Like her honored father and
grandfather, the latter of whom sleeps
in the East Norwalk cemetery, she
was a person of. great solidity as well as
beauty and harmony of character and
a remarkable presence-pOWer.

She loved to inquire, Of one who has
in late years been proud to pay her his
respects, about the'dear old people of
St. Paul’s Norwalk church of her an.
cestors, the integrity of whom was a
delightful remembrance to her. Two
isons, both of whom . are clergymen of
the church, and one an assistant editor
of the Churchman,xsurvive her: also
her daughter,1 Miss Susan Augusta
Pyne, with whom the venerated de-

Iéparted has now for several years re-
”Sided.

BROADOORWER’.

Our carriage and blacksmith shops

" , ' are still closed.

The festival at the Chapel proved a
moderate financial success despite the

~ storm.

The temperance meeting to be held
tOI-mOrrow. evening at the Chapel by
the Band of HOpe' 1S to be addressed by

 

the Same time rang the bell for the

horses to return at the races yesterday9"

an 910qiient speaker from New Haven -
a Mr. Warner. .