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7- TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Ho for the races to-day.
.—StraWberriesl Nice strawberriesl
The’Daskam trees are being felled
to-day. . _,
How about perfect days in August, as
well as June ?
Giles A. Gregory is on duty at his
drug store again. _
¥Do you want a nice crop of Straw—
berries in 1892 ? . . 165 3t :
Miss Gertrude Camp and Miss May
Adams returned from Block Island last
evening.
Mr. Platt Price is able to ride out,
though not entirely free from his rheu‘
matic twinges. ._
Henry Cornell, in his sailor suit of
blue and marine cap, looks like a ver-
itable commodore in the navy.
If neither the Bush meeting nor the
Races can bring down-the much hoped
for rain, pray tell us what will?
The hearing in the Lane- brothers’
shooting case was adjourned this morn-
ing until Thursday morning at 8
o’clock.
The children and teachers of St.
Paul’s .Sundayscho'ol— are having a-vhl-
larious time at their picnic today at
Betts’ woods. ' .
It seems “like Old times come again”
to see Anton Stommel'. around and at-
tending to his well established and rap-
idly growing business once more.
——Extra Fine Chewing Tobacco, H ar—
vey’s Best. 1w163.
A little after five yesterday afternoon
the fire bell rang twice in succession.
It is snppoSed to have been caused by
. the crossing of a telegraph or telephone
w1re.
There is to be a meeting of the Non
walk Board Of Trade some evening this
week, not yet agreed upon, to consider
a proposition to locate a new manufac-
turing industry here.
Burgess O’Reill stated last night,
that the Borough ire Committee and
the Fire Engineers would meet tonight
and settle the Pioneer Hook and Lad-
der internecine war.
—Chew Harvey’s Best Fine Out To-
bacco. 1w163.
Mr. Robert Brown, of Main street.
while at work at his carpentering trade,
had the misfortune to send a nail clear
through his hand, making a painful, if
not dangerous wound.
The Misses Margaret and Annie Peck
entertained about twenty guests at their
residence, 162 Main street, last even-
ing in honor of Miss Lu Knight, of
Brooklyn, who is visiting there.
Miss Annie T. Pardee, Of Chestnut
street and Miss Emma Van Tassell, of
Main street, have returned from their
Canada trip and report having had a
good time up among the Canucks.
The Alpha Wheel club, of Norwalk,
will hold an important meeting tonight
at the residence of E. M. Jackson,- No.
20 Elm street. Preceding the meeting
:here will be a short club run about
own
Quidlip says the hardest manual la-
bor now done anywhere about town is
performed on the lawn tennis grounds.
But, then, Quidlip alwayswas a croaker
and a kicker. Bovs will be boys, and,
ergo, girls will be girls. '
—George C. Comstock [will furnish
you choice strawberry plants, all fast
runners, strongly rooted, which, if set
now, will produce a satisfactory crop
next June. Now is your time. Ad—
dress Box 363, Norwalk, Ct. " 165 3t
It is reported that the supply of ice,
stored durmg last winter by two of our
ice men, has already been exhausted.
The old rehable “Plymouth Rock” still
holds out and ,w1ll supply its customers
till we comes again, however.
i A
Miss draceLiman’Enwsokicif Greene
wich,'who"is on her' wa to visit her
cousnzs, Mrs. Rev. Fre erick Wilson,
of Andover, Mass, and Mrs. Dr. Ger-
rish, of Exeter, .N. EL, is stopping over
for a few days With her father, the Rev.
13;. Mt ElleQd, at his home on ,"Kellogg
sree. ' . ‘
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Gen. Charles Olmstead went'to Ni-
antic today. ‘ '
~—Fancy Chewing Tobacco, Harvey’s
Best. _ . 1w163.
The W. C. T. U. ofConnecticut‘will
hold a mass meeting today on the
camp ground at Niantic.
The Frank I. Frayne “Boy Ranger”
company arrived intown this morning
and are stopping at the Norwalk Hotel.
“Sile” Gregory has followed “Horry”
Dunn’s good example and been, and
gone, and got, one of those nobby‘ New
Haven Buck Board Co’s Cape May
carts with reversible seats. :
Rev. Dr. Oliver, of the Nebraska Di-
vinity School, a former delegate to the
P. E. General Convention, and the old:
friend of Dr. William Cooper Mead, is
a visitor in Norwalk for a brief period.
John Cox, who was thrown or fell
from a New York train, will have a
clock raffle at R. F. Adams’ this even-
ing. at which time it ishoped a good
Sifizfd sum will be realized for his ben-
e . . .
John Ryan, of Cannons, became un-
der the influence last night and spread
his form out on the propeller dock to
enjoy a fragrant Havana, from which
luxury Oflicer~ Morehouse removed
him to the hotel Gehebe. This morn—
ing Judge Coolidge gave him‘ a valen-
tine of $1 and costs. -
'—Harvey’s Best Tobacco, only five
cents. ' ' 1w163
Aparty Of three Belden avenue la-
dies were disappointed ‘from going to
Saratoga yesterday, by reason of not
securing their tickets in advance.
.When they went to the Danbury depot
ticket office for them, the learned, to
their dismay, that all t e' excursion
tioléets allotted to Norwalk had been
so . » ' '
Rev. Bro. Berry desires to return his
thanks and to express his gratitude to
the large numbers of white people who
have attended his Bush meetings and
shown so respectful an appreciation
of the colored. people’s efforts to im-
prove their spiritual and temporal con-
ditions, as well as for their generous
contributions. ‘ " ‘
Apoor Italian at work digging the
trenches for the new water main on
Spring Hill, was badly injured yester-
day by being‘struck with flying stones
from an improperly covered rock blast.
Builder John Rowe’s team was pro-_
cured and he was sent down to his
boarding place at , Whistleville. Resi-
dents on the hill complain that their
houses and yards are frequently show-
ered by stones, hurled into the air from
these improperly covered blast.
The Consolidated railroad in its four.
tracking Operations at‘Five Mile River,
has managed to set on fire a large bog
marsh, which proves to be a rich de-.
posit of peat and which is so fiercely
burning in consequence of the drought,
that all efl'orts to extinguish the fire
have thus far proved unavailing. The
heavy showers of Saturday morning.
made no impression on the flames. .The
pungent odor of the smoke is now
spreading over all the near-by towns
and is quite. annoying to those out
o’evenings.
Beats Them All.
_ Capt. J. Henry Hoyt caught a weak-
fish down the harbor yesterday that
weighed plump four and a half pounds.
This beats the record thus far for 1891.
Detained Over an Hour.
’ The Danbury train down last night
was detained over an hour by reason of
an “obstruction” train which occupied
the track near Bethel.
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Sllver Mine.
A picnic will be held in Beers’ woods
for the benefit of the M. P. church, on
Friday, August 21st. Refreshments
will be served from 3’clock in the after-
noon until 9 in the evening. ‘
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Ball Games Yesterday.
National league—Boston 3, New York
0, Philadelphia 8, Brooklyn 4; Cleve-
land 2, Cincinnati 3; Chicago 2, Pitts-
burg 1. American Association—Boston
9, Baltimore 3; Washington 9, Athletic
8; Louisville 11, Columbus 7. Eastern
AssociatiOn—Troy 9, Albany 2; Buffalo
8, Rochester 1. , .
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Alleged Fraud. '
Frank L. Rodgers, of Fairfield, the
republican candidate for state senator .
at the last election, who ran against
John S. Seymour of this place, was '
served yesterday with papers in a suit
of $2, 000 brought by Maria K. Wheeler
through Attorney Chamberlain, of,
Bridgeport. The complainant alleges
fraud in the settlement of the Marietta
Knapp estate. . . .
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Engineers Have an Outlhz. I
St. John Council of Engineers, of
Bridgeport, together with argood num-
ber Of members of Norwalk and Dan-
bury councils, took an outing on"the
isound Sunday, on the steamer Active.
The party landed at Shippan Point and
arrlved home in the evening, and
report having had a pleasant. time and-
enjoyed the cool sea breezes to their
fullest extent. ' *
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Earthquake? - .- _ ‘
At twenty-six minutes past three ‘this
morning, a very distinct‘shock, of - an
earthquake, lasting several seconds,
was felt. A few seconds later, a Isligh-
ter tremor followed." Houses were very
preceptibly shaken and windoWs vi-
brated and several persons awakened
out of their sleep by the unusual tre-
mor...«vFrom. Wilton and Darien, we
earn the shock was feltwithpqual dis-
m°tn°§5- " . ‘ ° k
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; : Nerwalk, Gena. TuesdayVEvenilngglsAugust 18,, .1891: ,
Streets to ‘be‘Paved and Macadam-
ized--Important Resolutions .
Introduced.
The Investigating ' COmmlttee Re-
' ‘ ‘ port. .
Warden Keeler called the‘ Court to
order promptly at 8 o’clock last eve-
ning, all the members being pres-V
em; ‘The minutes of the last meeting
were read by Clerk Hubbell and ap-
proved, and the following bills ordered
paid, A. Bach $132.42, Wallace Dann
$14, Charles Adams $30, Tim Howard
$30, J. H. Gorm‘ley $30, R. N. More-
house $28, George S. Aiken, Engineer
Phoenix Steamer, $50,. Pat Kearney
$40.50, Dan Sheehan $3, D. B. Con.
nelly $15.50, Mike Whalen $17, DIS.»
Curtis $7.90, W. E. Montgomery $25,
Levi Warner $70, D. B. Connolly
$200.46, J. S. Seymour $225, Water
Commissioners $148.75, A. Bach
$331.60 balance on Riverside avenue
contract and W. E. Daniels $77.76.
Gen. Charles Olmstead appeared be-
fore the Court and made a statement
as One Of the assessors who had assessed
B. .J. 'Sturges $400 on two building lots,
which .had since been discovered to be
an injustice, as Mr. Sturges did not
own but one lot at the time, and his
tax shouldhave been $1.20 «instead of
$4.80. ~The matter was ordered placed
with others of a similar, nature. to be
acted upon ata future date. ‘
A communication was read from Her-
bert-R. Smith, Registrar of Voters, an-
nouncing the appointment of William
F. Acton as deputy. The appointment
was ratified. »
. Mr. Daniels again appeared before
the Court and called attention to the
condition of Chestnut street. Burgess
Bowe stated that the matter was under
advisement, and would be looked af-
ter as soon as possible.
A communication from Connor Bros,
asking for. the payment of the money,
which has been retained according to
contract, was read, and it was voted to
invite thec'ontractor over here to in‘
spect the road and consult with Engi-
neer Wood and report to the Court at
their next meeting. Burgess Bowe,
Chairman of Highway Committee,
said they had received three bids for
grading Belden avenue; that one of
the bids had beendirected to Engineer
Wood and Opened by him, that the bid
did’not contain the necessary deposit
of $50, while the others were in proper
form. When the committee met and
opened the, other bids the question
arose as to whether they had better re-
ject all bids and advertise over again,
but the matter had'finall'y been ”left to
the Borough attorney, who advised the
rejection of the informal bid and giv-'
ing contract to next lowest bidder. As
the informal bid was $135 lower than
the next lowest bidder the Committee
had concluded to leave the matter with
the Court. On motion of Burgess Bux-
ton, the contract was given to William
Lawlor, the nextulowest bidder.
The three bids were as follows:
A. BACH.
950 yds. Earth at .40' $380.00
25 ds Rock at $2.00 50.00
> 2 recs, “ 15.00 30.00
, Total $460.00
,V'VIL'LIAM LAwLOR. ;
950 yds. of Earth 9.6.38 , $361.00
25 yds. Rock at $2.25 56.25
2 Trees, “ 10.00. 20.00
Total $437.25
E. MAGNER. ,
950 yds. Earth at .27 $256.60
25 (18. Rock “ $1.10 27.50
2 recs, “ 9.00 18.00
Total $302.10
‘ . The approximated esitimaté of Engi»
neer Wood, was as follows:
1056 cu. yards Earth at .35 $369.60
25 “ “ Rock “ $2.50 62.50
2 Trees, “ 20.00 40.00
' Total‘ ' $472.10
A petition with fifty signers, residents
and property owners on Main street,
was. read, requesting some action be
taken in regard to the condition of that
street. It was finally voted to instruct
the Engineer to prepare plans and es;
timates for paving Wall street to Mill
Hill, Main street from Wall :to-lHoyt
street and for macadamizing iMain
t tf H t 'tt th 'dence: . . .. .
5 rec rom 0y stiee O eres1 - ly act1ve 1n politics, may be said to be
of Mrs. William R. Nash,‘and report at
next meeting. _ The Smith street 1ay-"
. out as marked on the map prepared by 2
Engineer 'Wood was adopted.
The: recording and destroying of the
old Borough notes, which have. been .
replacedby others. was, deferred. until.
the next meeting.
Burgess O’Reilly as chairman of the
committee appointed at the last meet-
ing to investigate the bill of D. Con-
nelly‘and the 'work pf the Highway
Committee, made the’following report,
whichfi,was , accepted? and placed on file:
"NOBwALK, CONN, Aug. 17, ’91.
' Your Committee, to whom was re-
ferred, for investigation, the last; bill
'J-.: “"u_';‘!
"of D. Connelly,.for wail: on" the—high-
ways, together with an. quiry into cer-
tain charges . that private individuals
were having filling donla at the expense
Ofv-the-Borou h, also ,to the mgnage-
ment: of the ghways‘agenerallfii.7ng
leave to report :——lst. That‘a‘coihpari-
son of the bill of D. Go],
on the highways betwe.
61.1{51 fa: Edit
'31; 31201211 and
August lst., withthe', ,mo‘éboqkjof 'D.
S. Curtis, the ofii‘c’ia ’.°tir"ne",‘- keeper,
showed the bill tobe'g reef, as totime,
‘ and -' as ,ituappeared, in s \ rdef;-1,_ii- -.o‘ther
' respects, was app'fov'e ;: for 1;,payment.
2nd. Asto the chargesgth t a
of this Giant, and 58:3; ert‘ai
wer’e":getti_ng filling? d“,ne ”b. t . ,
rofl-ghtefims tot-the oss pf tnequgcgggh,
we 1 'nd that suchnhargesg area'eiitirely
unfOunded, .based;}only‘on thiezfaetithat
land 'of the persons referred..t6';ihas
been used as a handyhdumpmgfplace
for coarse material, unfltefor useMOnthe
highways, and which Would otherwise
have been carted a longer distance at
considerable more expense to the B0-
rough. Because“ of an incidental bene-
fit to a private individual would be a
very poor reason for making greater
- expense to the Borough. We also find
that no offer, as alleged, for this filling
material, which would equal .the ex-
penses of cartage, has ever been made.
3rd. As to the general management of
the highways, we bel'eve thatfault
always has been and lways w1ll be
found under 'the- pres nt system of
doing the work. We t ink the mem-
bers of the present COmmittee have
given to the Borough all the t1me they
could well spare from their own busi-
ness, and have looked after its afl‘alrs
to the best of their ability. If there
has been Just cause of complaint, 1t .1s
the fault of the system, which has been
1n operation a number of years, and
whmh, in our Opinion. is open to great
improvement. We believe that all new
and extensive work should be done by
contract with the lowest responsible
bldder, for in that way only can the
work be done satisfactorily and eco-
nomically to the Borough tax-payers.
JAMES H. O’REILLY,
GEORGE I. BUXTON,
CHARLES A. Buns.
Burgess Rowe was authorized to pro-
cure carriages for the use of the Court
on Labor Day and the Clerk and As-
sistant Clerk were invited to attend the
parade with the Court. .
Burgess Burr reported that the Fir
Committee had met with the Fire En.
gineers over the Pioneer trouble, but
had come to no definite conclusion as
yet. ' j -
Burgess Buxton complained of the
condition i'of the crosswalks on West
avenue and offered the following reso-
lution, which was adopted :
Imove that the Chairman of the
Highway Committee be empowered to
employ or deta11 from other work, a
man at wages not to exceed $1.50 per
day, _who shall, under his personal su-
perv1sion, and subject to his orders
only, keep the cross- walks on West ave-
nue clean at all times. Beginning at
the corner near the Armory, keeping
the crossmgs at every corner, also in
front of the residence of Mrs. E. P.
‘Weed, and the Masonic building, clean
to the Railroad tunnel. Should this
not occupy his entire time, the man
should be required to keep clean‘all
the cross-walks in the center of the
Borough and when that is . thoroughly
done, shall be employed on other work
of cleaning, as may be directed by the
Chairman of the Highway Committee.
BurgessBuxton also called attention
to the filthy condition of the river and
offered the following resolutmn whiCh
was adOpted. .
Voted—That a . Committee be ap-
pomted to inquire into the feasibflity
Of constructing a low dam across the
river just above the stone bridge, in
order that the bed of the stream may
be flooded at all times to a short dis-
tance above the stores, and be empow-
ered to make such surveys as may be
nesessary to arrive at an aproximate es-
timate of the cost of same, to report at
”our‘next meeting. ' "
The Court then adjourned to Monday
. evening, Sept. 7.
O
More'Norwalker’s over 80.
Ex-Representative Brady has fur-
nished the following additional list of
residents of our town, now over eighty
years of age :
Capt. Burr ‘Nash‘83, Deacon Stephen
G. Ferris 81, Mrs. Albert Morehouse
81, Mrs. Horris Canfield 86, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Hubbell 92, Mrs. William Hub-
bell 80, Mrs. William St. John 81.
Of the above Capt. Burr Nash and
Deacon Stephen G. Ferris, are worthy
of more than the above passing notice,for
they have for more than half a century
been preeminent in our. social,business
and religious circles.‘ Capt. Burr was
prominent in our old-time Whig poli-
tics and became an earnest republican '~
on the birth of that political organiza-
tion., He has held many town ofiices
.Of trust and responsibility and honor,
while Deacon Ferris, never promin ent-
the father of South Norwalk’s large
and prosperous Congregational church,
and both honored and beloved in the
evening of their lives and esteemed by
all, as models of noble manhood.
What Meaneth lt ?
A large lot Of boxes arrived here
yesterday consigned to our old friend
Al. Relyea. Whether it means that he
is going to spend one of. his «luxuriOus
vacationshere, or has resolved to cast
3011' the dustfrom this wicked adminis- .
’tration from his garments and perman- '
ently vacate his washington office,
deponent saith not. ' ‘
. very stinted supply.
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. -:' ' .IWOmen‘ae-filexellsts-i
The N, Y. Tribune-Alike most other
put by women, as in other parts of the
world, notably in England and France:
Itsays;‘ - ': - ' 3..“
NO recent developments 'of our-insti-T
tutlons is more si nific’ant than what;
has been called t e. ”female bicycle
craze.” It Outdoes ‘theV'dress' reform
craze and: the craze forwomani’sufi'rage
1n w1de and sudden. popularityas Well
as in effective results. .; . .A year ago we-
men nders Of- the wheel 'Were almost
unknown, except in magazines,_and a
we'll-bred damsel would as soon] have
thought of starting out-on a twenty;
mile, spines Of driving. a street-car or a
beer-truck. Now we have changedrall
that. In this city, cobblestones and
Belgian blocks have prevented a dupli-
cation of the wheeled legions that in—,
fest the smooth asphalt streets Of Paris,
the London .macadam, and the ’broad
thoroughfares of Washington and Buf-'
falo. ut in Central Park, in all the
suburbs, and throughout the rest of the
settled part of the country . flashing
spokes and fluttering skirts are as com?
mon as habited amazons were once in
Kentucky. . '
The craze has even penetrated to
Minneapolis where 200 misses and mat-
rons know all about wrenches} and
cranks and oil-cans. and have organ-
1zed themselves into a league. One
daughter of the Flour City has achieved
miles in 2% hours. ,A young mother
glides about with her baby swinging
the remote wilds of Dakota. It seems
of the exercise to be questioned. B1sh-_
Op Coxe, Of' Western New .York
the other day, likened women
bicyclists to “weird“ sisters” " Oil
broomsticks. Miss Frances Willard
offers the contrary suggestion of “For‘
tuna and her wheel,” or “Aurora frOm.
the smiling circle' of the hours,”; and
this will naturally bepreferred by all
well-regulated champions of the sex.
An impartial critic pertinentl ob-
servesthat if ladies doubtedthe coor-
um Of bicycling they would never have
practiced it. This perhaps ought to
preclude further discussion of that
As an aid to health, physicians gener-
ally recommend it, although its abuse
is so easy as to point to perilous possi-
bilities. But its supercession of the
horse as an object of feminine domm-
ion, .wonld mark a lamentable degrada-
tion Of Sportive ideals. '
In no way is this more apparent than
in the matter of costume. The bicy-
cle seems doomed to spread grotesque
fashions in raiment. Among male riders
it has revived and made permanent the
cap and knickerbockers of the charity
school, and nobody who has been pain-
ed by the unsymmetrical abbreviation
of the draperies of- the “woman wheel-
er” and her positively odious i'taste in
hats will regret if Bishop “Coxe’s slur
should initiate a referm. Until this
happens there will still'remain a certain
justness in his stricture.
Frank I. Frayne, Jr.‘
Although scarcely out ‘of his teens,
the subject of this short sketch has
been from infancy to July 27th, 1891,
the supposed son of Frank I. and Clara
Butler Frayne, the world-renowned
rifle shots. -But, as has already been
extensively announced - through "the
prominent papers of the Umted States,
the lad was taken from aconvent, when
but two years Old,lwhose inmates had
been scattered far and wide during the
terrible Chicago fire, adopted and
placed upon the stage by Frayne, Sr.,
and after his death the history of the
boy’s parentage was found among his
private papers. ' ' , , _
The career of this young “star”; has
been" an interesting and eventful fone‘.
From his firs‘t appearance .m. chlld
speaking parts, when only two years of,
age, he as rapidly advanced through
the various intricate lines of the dram-
atic profession, until now, after filling
many positions requiringl great. histri-
onic talent and ability, c has nearly
reached the top of the ladder in his
chosen profession, and bids fair to take
a foremost rank among. the best actors
'- of the ‘day. -
Man'ager' Adams will present Mr.
Frayne to the people of Norwalk' on
celebrated play, “The Boy Rangerfi’ at
which time Mr. Frayne will ride the
handsome Indian pony “Sitting Bull,”
from whose back the famous old chief
Sitting Bull was shot dead while trying
to make his escape. ' V » ' ‘
Stamfordqets Another Reser'VOIr.
The Stamford Water authorities have
purchased the Old “Tom Mead” or
‘ ‘Mud Pond,” as it is called,in the ‘nOrth
west of Vista.
'pond, but. nearly'a mile in length, and
\ékcept’ii‘i dry timet, is pretty well filled
with water. It is to be used as a stor-
age reservoir tosupplement Stamford’s
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Y. M. c. A.~ NOTES. f
sail to-morrow night should secure
rooms or J. A Pinneo’s store. Any
One wishinga shore dinner should not;
vary the General‘Secretary'thisevening.
. t. The base ball department will hold a
meeting on Friday evening to act upon
- important businessand every member
' should not fail to begpr'esent.
the creditable amateur record of 27 =
rather late in the day for the propriety
phaso of the exercise, .but its graceful:
ness may be legitimately. considered.-
'All planning to go on the moonlight
their tickets at either the association»
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papersup with- the «17111163.: is; taking a .
lively interest in the interesting} Amer- ,
icon awEkening .to}the uses and delights . '
to‘ which the modern» bicycle is being . i ‘
in a basket from the handle-bar. A col- ,
lege professor and his wife. have left to
“do” Europe on wheels, and a lone -
matron has astonished the natives in:
wes’t'end of New Canaan and a little 5
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"7”GAMP’WMSON.'
The’SeoOnd Day‘ in Camp.
The Governor Arrives. ,
‘ (Special to the GAZETTE.)
" CAMP WATSON, 'NIArfrIC, Aug. 17,——
‘The second morning‘at camp opened
bright, and clear. and although rather
warm .we have been favored with a
rgobd breeze from the'northwest.
' A full day’s duty was performed to-
day besides any amount of fun.
‘ The: Governor’s staff in full dress,
General Watson and stafi‘, together with
the other staff ofiicers in camp rode
down to the station this afternoon to
receive the Governor. A salute of
seventeen guns was fired by the battery
as he entered the camp. Lieut. Aiken
is out on duty to-day, leaving us with.
out a lieutenant in camp. The boys
miss Hen. Matheis and Billy Buxton
from the company and wish they could
be with us again.
The DAILY GAZETTE’S arrived .in
camp and were eagerly sought after by
the boys, who wished to learn what was
goingon at home.
A private Of Company. K, Stratford,
attempted to run the guard last night,
and ran into a bayonet. He now stands
up while sitting down. Some of ' the
bOys have succeeded in running the
guard, but the utmost'caution' is re-
quired as our guards this year are more
alert than ever. The boys are all well
and enjoying. themselves immensely.
‘Sergt. Hunt is ina dangerous predica-
ment, having two girls in love with him
at the same time.” It is7 surprising how
nicely the married men of F company
can pass themselves off as being single
and they seem to cut the other fellows
out every time. Scotty says he missed
his Grove House Clambake, Sunday
night,.but will make up for it when he
returns The boys all miss Alexander
Leslie Austin as well as the rest of the
Old boys who used to make camp life
hilarious. X
A Horse Thief.
James F. Baker, alias James J ones'of
Hartford, was arrested at Peekskill yes-
terday on a. Charge of horse stealing.
On Wednesday night last Baker ap-
peared at the livery stables kept by
John Kipp in Peekskill and said he
wanted to put up his horse and buggy
for the night. At the Eagle Hotel he
registered as James Jones of Hartford.
’Mr. Kipp had previously received
.word that a valuable team of horses
had been stolen from the stables of A.
M. Goodyear in New Haven. The horse
which Baker had proved to be one of
the stolen animals. He finally confess-
ed that he had sold the other horse to
a man named Findlay, at Lake Maho-'
pac, for $40. Findlay was notified, and
he came to Peekskill and identified the
defendant as the man who had sold him
the horse. Baker was committed to
the lockup, and will be taken to New
Haven for trial.
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Japanese Fete.
At a meeting of the ladies of Grace
Church, held at the residence of Mrs.
E. P. Weed, this morning, it was de-
cided to hold a “Japanese Fete”in Sep-
itember,on Mrs. F. E. Bishop’s lawn.
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Regatta at Washington.
The big regatta at Washington opens
to-day, when some great contests are
expected; The best amateur oarsmen
in the country will compete and . the1r
struggles for the supremacy Will be
witnessed. by thousands. Ever large
athletic club has its representatwes, fit
and trained to the minute. The N _ew
Yorks have taken special pains With
their men and hope to bring back more
. . . 11018.11 one souvenir of their triumphs.
Thursday evening, August 20th,. 1n the j . ~
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_ 7 Will be Heard To—day.
The hearing of the injunogionR case
against the N. Y., N. H. &
Co. restraining the company from con-
' structing and maintaining a permanent
bridge over
West" River ”at Guilford,
takes place in the Superior Court at
' New Haven to-day. The case W111 be
before Judge Torrance and will be hot-
contested. The" case is attractm
1
the attention of the general pubhc an
will be. a test case. Geo. R. Cooley
and James H. Cook are the attorneys
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for the public.
Mileage Books Called ln.
Instructions have been issued from
the eneral passenger. agent’soflice Of
the ousatonic, road to conductors and
agentsto return all five hundred mile-
age books to the office at Brid eport at ,
tevenson i
“The only reason for ,
is because f
the priv1l- f. a
9368 ‘ given. them by t e compan . .
Once. .General Manager
Said last night:
the calling in Of the. books
the purchasers are abusin
They sell the books and dispose of .t 6
coupons, and we have called them in to
protect the company. .In the future
{She 1oompany will only 1ssue 1,000-m11e
00 s.” - - _
. Fenton Pomeroy will be greatly
missed on the City of Albany to-day.
He iSn’t there. _
Price Qfle'iielltil
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THE LAKE In:”'jrnE' 1113814333,"
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The» Water Slowly but, Surelyy Rising
and Has Comehto Stay. _ .55.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18,—That, thi
desert lake in southern» Californiawill be
permanent, there is no longer , ariydoubt.
The latest reports from Salton are that
the water is slowly butsurely. rising, at a
rate of about three-fourths of an inch pei
day. This makes the amount: of watel
now in the Salton basin 4,460,544,000 cubi<
feet. It is forty-eight days since the fiooc‘
was first noticed. In March, 1878,, .th(
Colorado river at Yuma had an averag¢
overflow of 6,680 cubic feet per second, ; as
measured by the gayernment engineers
For several months past its flow has not
been less than 100,000' cubic : feet pen
second, the bulk of which has flowed tc
the gulf, but a large portion has found its
way-to the desert. ‘ _ .: . . _
When the , river stood at the, nineteen
foot water mark at Yuma, water has al-
ways fiowed in the New river, which floods
the Indian wells region. The river a1
Yuma is not yet below the twenty fool
mark. Besides this the channel of th(
great break below Elric is cut so deep that
the water hereafter will flow into the des-
ert at the lowest stages of the river. . This
insures the permanency of the water sup
ply of the lake at Salton. Even allowing.
as it is claimed, that the evaporation wili
equal the inflow from this on, if this state
of things continues until next winter’s
rains there will then be a still greater rise
at Salton, and the entire basin, embracing
an area of 3,900 square miles below sea
level and over 200 feet ,below the Coloradc
river, will continue to fill.
THE YELLOW FEVER ' SCOIIRGE.
The Dread Disease Turns Vera. Cruz Int;
a. Veritable Morgue. .
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—The Ward line
passenger steamer City of'Washington has
arrived here from Mexican ports and Ha-
vana, and, as a. precautionary measure,
was detained for thorough inspection and
fumigation‘by the health officer at Quart
antine. The steamer will not be allowed
to come up to the city until tomorrow.
The City of Washington left Vera Cruz
early in August, and then yellow feve1
was prevalent to an alarming extent it
that city. The hospitals were filled, and
though the healthauthorities were striv-
ing to check the spread of the disease
their efforts were apparently unavailing.
Their first attempt were to isolate the pa-
tients as soon as the malady made its ap-
pearance, but the disease spread so rapidly
hat it was impossible to cope with it.
Many deaths have occurred during the
1 st six weeks, and it was a common sight
t e officers of the vessel say, to see a string
of funerals half a mile long, stretching
from the gates of the city to the cemetery,
each funeral party waiting patiently for a
chance to bury its dead.
It Wiped the Road Out. ‘
MANITOU SPRINGS, 001., Aug. 18.—Th
famous wagon and Carriage road from
Manitou up the pass is no more. Th<
little stream, Que Bouille, was turned intc
a raging torrent last night, tearing u;
bridges, uprooting trees, cutting new
channels and sweeping away horses and
cattle. The work of the stream was done
in half an hour, and the waters receded al-
most as rapidly as they came up. A horse
on buggy came whirling down the stream,
on a rumor was soon on the streets thai
two girls had been in the buggy and were
drowned. A force of men will be put on
make a temporary road with fords in-
5 ad of the briges. A party of California
ound emigrants narrowly escaped death
ey lost all they possessed.
lpped Things Up in Fearful Style.
ENVER Aug. 18.—A bolt of lightning
struck in Burn’s brickyard, doing fearful
damage. Jean Cunning was instantlj
lled. The body was terribly burned
aniel Fitzpatrick’s-shoes were burned-
from his feet, while Daniel EdWards, Mike
Jonnels %nd ‘John Tuck were knocked
down. he bolt plowed a furrow in 17116
earth, ripped the bark ofl trees and split
oats and poles for a distanCe‘ of s 23
100? s. The air was electrified half a mi 2
awe; -
Gathered at the Shrine.
IESVILLE, ,N- Y., Aug. 18.—Between
and 4,000 CatholiCs, principally from
0y and Albany, made a. pilgrimage to
t eshrine of Our Lady of Mart rs Sun-
, Religious services were held at the
me until noon. The shrine bids fair tc
come historic, and it, is yearly attract
ing increasing numbers to the spot made
sacred to the memory of Fathers J oquiél
And Gpufiel, missionary priests, who were
slain there by Indians in 1642.
The Rainfiiakers.
MIDLAND, Tex., Aug. 18.--It is probable
that the rainmakers will not be ready to
make a test before Thursday. About fifty
balloons, inflated with explosive gas, as
many kites with dynamite tails, and On
terra firma mortars. of rendrock will be dis:
charged, not simultaneously, but in rapi'
succofsiori, while scientific observation;
1‘ 6 taken b balloonists in midair and
neral Dyre rth and staff on earth,
cannected by telephone. '
Killed msku’e and Himself.
BEDFORD, Ind, Au . 18.—-Dr. W. Judah
shot and fatally wo nded his wife and
n killed himself in his bedroom at the
venue hotel, where he was proprietor.
is .son, a crip le, fourteen years old,
can ht the revo ver, and the first shot ~
wen_ through the ceiling. ' The next shol
struck Mrs. Judah in the neck, the nexi
one in her right side. ' He then placed the
rfizolver a ainsthis temple and sent a ball
is ough h brain. .. .
They-Didn’t Put Him Out.
SIELBYVILLE,_Ind., Aug. 18.—Dick and
Rue Phares made a bet with Carey Caste]
that they could put the latter out 'of the
house; In the fight which ensued Caste]
rew his knife and "carved his opponents
until they sank to the floor» exhausted
from loss of blood. Caster claims;s'eli
defense. All the parties had been drink-
ing. . . -
Bank Failure in Australia. ,
MELBOUENE, Aug. 18.—The'-_suspension
of the British Bank of Australia is an.
nounced- liabilities,.$800,000. _ Half of thfl
amount is , ‘ '- "
owing in England- "__ .
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