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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Major Holmes is able to be out of
doors.
Miss Eversley, of Brooklyn, is visit-
ing relatives in town.
Mr. Henry Johnson, Of Atlanta, Ga,
is visiting friends in town.
Mr. Robert Beatty, of Newark, N.
J ., spent Sunday in town.
Miss May Dunlap, of Belden avenue,
is visiting friends in Lowell, Mass. ‘
Miss Dortha Pinneo left Saturday
{gr g two weeks’ sojourn at White Lake,
Mrs. Alexander Quarrier was a guest
at Mrs. W. F. Bishop’s during the last
week.
Oscar _JOhnson, a . Swede, was
drowned in the Quinnipiac river, yes-
terday.
Mr. Geo. W. Cram, of East avenue,
is seriously ill with an attack of bowel
inflammation. __ -.
, Miss Ida Alvord, of Talcotville, spent
Sunday at her uncle’s, J. E. Larmerjn
on Wilton avenue.
Miss May Clark, daughter of Gen.
William T. Clark, is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. S. K. Stanley.
Mr. Richard Stone, of New _York,
was the guest Of his friend, Dr. William
Acton, Of West avenue, over Sunday.
The annual reunion of the Fifteenth
re iment, Connecticut Volunteers,
wil be held to-morrow, at Savin
Rock. -
The Connecticut hay crop is of ex-
cellent quality, while all through the
valley the tobacco crop is in first-class
shape.
Miss Daisy Selleck, of West Haven,
Ct., is spending a few days with her
friend Miss Charlotte Betts, Of East
Avenue.
General Alger will deliver an address
at the Grand Army reunion for e-
braska, to be held at Grand Island,
August 31st.
F. H. Nash, formerly connected with
several Norwalk and BridgepOrt news-
papers, is now connected with the
Stamford Advocate.
Miss Eleanor Peck and Mr. James
Deweal Of New Haven were the guests
of Miss Gertrude Peck Of East avenue,
Norwalk, yesterday.
The Norwalk butchers are getting
ready for the State Convention of the
Retail Butchers’ Association, which is
tO be held here on September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Ingraham, of
Waterbury, have been a-visiting at
printer Brown’s the past week. Mr.
Ingraham returned home this morn-
ing.
Engineer Wood’s assistants were
measuring Main street on Saturday to
Obtain data from which to compute the .
cost of paving and macadamizing that
important thoroughfare.
Mr. D. E. Culver spent Sunday in
town. Mrs. Culver, who hasbeen here
several weeks, leaves town to-day for
Lake Hopatcong where she will join
her son, Dr. E. M. Culver and wife.
By the death of Mrs. Polk, Mrs
Granfland Mrs. Garfield become the
only surviving WldOWS Of Presidents.
Mrs. T ler, the second wife of Presi-
(11:8? yler, died in Richmond in July
Senator Se mour may have doubts
about Gov. ulkeley being a governor
“in good and regular standing,” but
when Morgan G. plays the host, the
Senator thinks he does it up like a
prince. "
Notwithstanding that the yachting
season is well spent, Prof. Hendee has
scraped and reset the mast to his yacht
and it is thought that if nothing hin-
ders him, he may enjoy a good sail
Thanksgivmg day.
The very small “snapper-s” who came
up the harbor Saturday had hard sled-
ding. Not only were they pursued and
eaten by their larger brethren, but a
squadron of Count Gehebe’s ducks fol--
lowed closely and can ht hundreds of
The Misses Mary and Alice Selleck
returned Saturday from their Block
Island trip. .
Mr. and Mrs. mos K. Hobby, of
. Brooklyn, N.
Mrs. C. D. Bede 1.
The Shumway sisters, of West ave-
nue, who have been visiting friends at
Atlantic Highlands, have returned
home after a pleasant two weeks’ visit.
Our genial friend 001. J. B. Austin,
press agent for Sell’s Bros. circus, ar-
rived home from San Francisco. Sat-
urday, looking as fine as ever. He ex-
pect]: to remain in Norwalk about two
wee s.
The mad King Of Bavaria sometimes
smokes as many as 100 cigarettes aday.
For each cigarette he uses an entire
box Of matches, touching Off the others
to see them burn after he uses one to
secure a light. He has two new suits
every week.
If the DAILY GAZETTE were to follow
the questionable taste of the Mail and
Express, there would be no fitter text
to head its columns to-day than: “Thou,
O God, didst send a plentiful rain
whereby thou didst confirm thine in-
keritange when it was weary.”—Psa.
xvni: . .
Mr. Frederick Wm. Trippe, Of NO.
128, West 71st street, who was killed at
the New Y_0rk accident, was the hus-
band Of Miss Mary White, daughter of
the late Charles B. White, Of Norwalk.
He owned the ruined drug store. He
leaves a wife and three sons, one of
Evhom was at Col. Roberts’ school last
erm.
The welcome rain of last night ex-
tended all the way np country, at
Ridgefield, Ridgebury, Danbury and
contiguous New York state towns, the
down pour was even greater than here
at Norwalk. The news from the bor-
ough reservoir at Lewisborough will
be Of a very reassuring character. That
from the Grupe reservoir will not ma-
terially vary from past conditions for it
will not hold water above one-third of
its intended capacity, because Of leaks.
But the filling and running of all the
streams feeding it will help out amaz-
ingly.
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For a Pleasure Trlp.
Gen. Watson and staff, instead of re-
turning with the militia Saturday,
started in the yacht Phyche from New
London for Newport, where they will
geniain until Friday. “
Peach Festival.
—There will bea Peach Festival at
the West Norwalk Union .Chapel, Wed-
nesday evening,Au0'ust 26, for the ben-
efit Of the Sunday chool. Recitations
and Readings will be given. Admis-
sion 10 cents.
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Without Means.
A women with three small children
excited considerale sympathy at the
Bridgeport depot Saturday night, says
the ews. She was bound for New
Canaan, where she had friends. She
arrived on the boat and had no money
left. Ofiicer Webb purchased eatables
for her and the children and reported
it to Superintendent Bunnell who ad-
vanced her the necessary money to
reach her destination.
.5.
Prize Flght.
Two Mile Island, in the Housatonic
river,about three miles below Ansonia,
was the scene Of a rattling prize fight
for a purse Of $100 yesterday morning
at daybreak. The contestants were
Tom Miller and Billy O’Neil, both em-
ployed in the mills at Ansonia. Four
Ounce gloves were used. O’Neil was
twenty pounds heavier than Miller.
Fifty men from Ansonia, Birmingham,
Bridgeport. and New Haven, witnessed
the fight. In the fourth round Miller
struck O’Neil under the jaw, sending
him flat on his back, where he la un-
able to rise. The fight was awar ed to-
Miller by the referee.
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Better Light.
For some time past the light in use
in many of the light houses along the
sound has not been giving the best of
satisfaction and it is proposed to ex-
periment with various Oils in view of
ascertaining which is the best. For
this purpose the U. S. steamer Mistle-
toe will proceed tO the east end of Long
Island Sound, where experiments will
be made with the oils. Buoys will be
placed at intervals of a half mile or so.
On these lights will be placed in differ-
ent colored_lanterns and the oils tested
to learn which gives the best light. Af-
ter a thorough test has been made a
report will be made to the proper com-
mittee, which it is expected will be
adopted.
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A True Sonambulist.’
Henry Wagner, Of Bridgeport, a ton-
sorial artist, who worked at Camp Wat-
son last week. arrived home about 51x
O’clock Saturday night and being tired
after his week’s wor , he retired early
and was soon sound asleep. During
the early mornin hours of yesterday
he got up in his s cop, and, like a true
sonambulist, walked through an Open
window. He struck on his head and
right hand. ‘
Tl‘he fall did not disturb his sleep and
one Of the barbers missed him from the
room, and on making a search found
him lying on the ground. With ’the
assistance Of another barber they man-
aged tO get him to his room where he
lay in a profound stupor. Henry when
he awoke yesterday, thought, owing to
the pains which shot through his body,
that he had contracted rheumatism at
camp. He was informed Of his lofty
tumble but he claims no knowledge of
it. ’
Last evening medical attendance
was summoned and» it was learned, on
examination, that Henry had sustained
a broken wrist, several bodily bruises
and a severefstrain of the cords of his
them, and that too wit out any “bait. ”
neck.
Y.i spent , Sunday with,
of black broadcloth made for him twice ,
Drowned.
A young man, about 21 years of age,
Was drowned in the Oil Mill pond, at
Danbury, yesterday afternoon. I
O.
. Drowned at Fire Island.
Herbert Mapes, the famous Colum-
bia college athlete, was drowned before
his mother’s eyes while bathing in the
surf at Fire Island yesterday.
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Heavy Raln.
A heavy rain storm passed over Nor-
walk last night about 8:30 O’clock, last-
ing several hours. Pedestrians and
church goers were caught out in large
numbers and Sought shelter wherever
possible. The horse cars were crowded
both on the main and Winnipauk lines.
NO damage from the lightning has
been reported. ,_ .- l. .
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7 The"Storm on the Sound.
The City of Albany encountered last
night’s storm just outside of Hell Gate.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in getting up the sound and many pas-
sengers were sea-sick. ' Just Ofl" Green-
wich the Albany struck a sunken barge,
which almost createdva panic ‘On board,
but by the coolness of the Officers the
passengers were quieted and the boat
reached South Norwalk at 11 o’clock
without further difficulty.
.9.
Tennis Tournament.
The entries for the Fairfield County
Tennis tournament, which opens here
Wednesday, closed Saturday night.
The following are the entries:
Singles, Bridgeport club—Wm. Tom-
linson, Mallory, E. S. Belknap, John
W. Wheeler, Geo. W. Hawley; Bell
Haven club-W. M. Copp, E. E. Cono-
over, R. W. Ralhbone 2nd, George P.
Sheldon, A. M. McClave, W. E. Car-
hart, Jr., R. B. Kerr, Danbury club—
A. E. Tweedy, H. W. Frazier, Win-
throp, Beal ; Norwalk club—Ross
Burchard, F. A. Lockwood. Dr. Wm.
F. Acton, Arthur B. Russell, James H.
Knapp, J r., Albert Mossman.
Doubles, Bridgeport club—Mallory
and Belknap, Tomlinson and G. Haw-
ley, Horr and Wheeler. Bassick andS.
Hawley; Bell Haven club—Copp and
‘Conowrrfiat‘hbone' and Sheldon, 'Me-r
Clave and Carhart, Kerr and Ellsworth;
Danbury club—Tweedy and Frazier,
Beal and Merker ; Norwalk club—
Burchard and Russell.
A Camp Scene.
Just prior to Company F leaving Ni-
antic on Saturday, the captain’s tent
was the scene Of what might have been
a regular Sullivan-Kilrain mill. Mu-
sician Carrier was seated on a camp-
stOOl making out his report, when Cap-
tain Rose accosted him about the good
time the boys had had Friday night, at
the same time saying that their frolic
had cost him $2, and the boys had loud-
1y cheered Capt. Betts, Lieutenants Ai-
_ ken and Matheis, Quartermaster-Sergt.
Buxton, Amzi Waters and the DAILY
GAZETTE scribe, and had hissed him.
TO this Carrier stated that the captain’s
name :had not been mentioned, and
that he supposed that Lieutenant Ai-
ken had furnished the claret to make
the punch in honor of his having been
nominated for first lieutenant. This so
incensed the captain that he roared :
“~—— —~—, if you say that I lie, I will
smash you in the nose! ” At these
words Carrier arose from the camp-
stool and pointing his finger at Rose,
said: “Captain Rose, when you get
home to Norwalk and get that uniform
Off, I will see you about smashing
noses.” After this war Of words Lieut.
Aiken was called out and the matter
explained to him, when he acknowl-
edged that Rose had paid for half of
the claret, but Aiken at Once put his
hand inhis pocket and drew forth $2
which he deposited-in the captain’s lap,
so that Rose now has his $2 and the
boys have had a good celebration at
Lieut. Aiken’s' expense.
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Charter Oak Races.
The Charter Oak races open tO-mor-
row. Belle Hamlin and Justina, Mr.
C. J. Hamlin’s fast double team, will
give an exhibition mile to beat their
ouble team record of 2.13.
The $10,000 stake race for 2.20 trot-
ters will be called Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The field presented this year is un-
rivaled by any heretofore, in pOint Of
speed and number. Among others the
Pleasanton Stock Farm, from Califor-
nia, sends the name Of Little Albert,
while Marcus Daly, the Montana Cop-
'per King, names'Prodigal, 2.17%, a .full
brother to Patron, who won the Char-
ter 08k in 1887.52" .
On Thursday, August 27, the Insur-
ance stake of $4,000 for the side-wheel-
ers, will bring together a fast and rec-
ord.smashing field. ‘
The last day Will find no “let-up.”
On that day, Friday, Aug.: 28,, the free-
for-all trot,with such extremely speed
horses as Rosalind Wilkes, ’McDoe ,
Mambrino Maid and Ryland‘ T. :w111 go
for the purse. J Ohnstone, Yolo Maid
and Hal Pointer will start in the free-
for-all pace,and miles close to 2.10 may
be looked for. Belle Hamlin, Globe
and Justina hitched abreast, will also
attempt to break their present record
Of 2.14, hitched in that manner. ' '
Altogether this promises to be the
languid—M.
Millions of Gallons oltWater Spurt-
‘ing from Holes in the RGSGP-
voir Dam.
The ' Waiter ’wested, b'utnot all by
- ' ' Consumer's. ' I
t
In company“ with Burgess Buxton,
yesterday, a’DAiLr GAZETTE scribe fol.
lowed the line of the Norwalk 'River
and Silver Mine branch up to .the
Grupe or lower reserijir. At the
Union Co.’s pond at_.10T:30:a. m., it was
found 'tO be abOut' tw’ othirds full, a
large body of waterbe’, g reservoired
in its pond and the stream as far back
as the Riverside cemetery. On our
return, four hours lateifi, this pond was
full and water at the top of the dam-
At the Davis pond at Broad River,
the water was to within four feet Of the
top Of the dam, and a slow stream was
easily seen to be moving down into it,”
up as far as Guthrie’s lit, Silver Mine.
From Guthrie’s,thc several ponds were
about half filled, the water having
been drawn off on Saturday by the run-
nings of the various ihills up to the
Daniel’s place, where oiir new iron six-
teen inch main termimites. All along
the route, every little ispring, rivulet
and brook that ordinarily helps to fill
this branch Of the NO walk river, was
totally dry, so that node gallon Of wa-
ter fed the stream from Davis’ pond
to Grupe’s. Notwithstanding this there
was water enough coursing down the
river bed to probably fill a four inch
pipe. Where did this water come from
was the one important query ? On ar-
rival at the Grupe reservoir, the ex-
planation was instantly furnished ,, for
while the body of water in the reser-
voir was but about sevlen feet above the
mouth Of the sixteen-inch pipe sending
it to the Borough, there were some
half dozen leaks at the base of the stone
dam, which were Spurting out water
enough into the Old river bed, to sup-
ply a hundred families. This showed
what it was that was sending a current
«Blown- to the "Uniontxliflot’s «pond, and:
where the vast quantity Of water stored
by the Borough had gone to. Nor was
this all. Last Friday Burgess Buxton
was up to the Lewisborough reservoir.
That then held about two to three day’s
supply,having been drawn upon for the
first time since it was built, ten years
ago, to help to fill the Grupe reservoir.
At that time there was not any more
water running into this upperreservoir,
Burgess Buxton says, than would fill a
two-inch pipe. That same Friday
night there were copious showers all
about that section of Westchester
County, Where our upper storage reser-
voir is located, and the stream running
into it was greatly increased, and yes-
terday a stream was running into it
fully large enough to fill a four inch
pipe, as we were assured by Mr. Grupe,
who had just returned from there when
we reached his house. He had found
yesterdaymorning that a large supply
of-water was running into his reservoir
from the upper one, but that it was all
being wasted by running out through
cracks in the dam, above the seven foot
level, which he stated to be far larger
and worse than the ones at the bottom
of the dam, which are constantly run-
ning. SO he promptly sped up the
four miles to the upper reservoir and
shut down the gate,as it was worse than
a crime to let it thus waste. He shut
the gate down so that not quite as
large a quantity should run down into
his reservoir as was running into the
upper one. SO here is a plain and sim-
ple explanation Of our threatened wa—
ter famine, and Of where our vast stor-
age Of water has disappeared to.
Simply the Borough was outrageous-
ly swindled by the contractors,,who put
up the stone dam- at 'Grupe’s. It was
not properly grouted and laid solid in
Cement, as the contract required. It
will be remembered that the _ engineer
employed by the Borough to superin-
tend that work, compelled them to take
up some $2000 worth Of their work,
thus defectively laid, but this did not
begin to get at the depth Of their de-
fective Work, for the dam has always
leaked, and now 'not even so bad as
formerly, but this is an exceptionally
dry time,and as the small feeders to our
reservoir are all dry, the heavy loss is
made, for the first time, alarmingly
manifest. ‘v Another singular fact is also
developed'by‘ this large and constant
leakage. The parties who were paid
by the Borough for loss of water in
their ponds, between Grupe’s and the
Davis mills, have been supplied with
vastly more water than they otherwise
could have had. But for this storage
leakage, not a water wheel could have
been turned during all this un-
precedentedly dry spell; whereas, these
little mills have been able to run some
portion of everyday, their ponds be-
I
greatest meeting- ever=_giyen by. the;
Charter Oak Park Association.
coming filled again during nights and
Sundays. . .
! Mr. Grupe made the careful estimate
" that there was a two weeks’ supply in
the seven foot storage in his reservoir.
yesterday, provided there should be no
. rain and the same plan adopted of
Q shutting off nights be continued. Then
l he estimates that. with the fourteen
j inches already in the upper reservoir,
and a continuance __ of,” the present
I amount Of- water=riihning into it, an-
f other week’s supply could be squeezed
_' from that source, making a total of
. three weeks’ supply, in event Of nO fires
or other extra drains upon the two res-
ervoirs, and this in spite of the present
heavy leakage at- the bottom of his
dam. ' . ‘ , -
What the actual results of last night’s
heavy rainwill be, can ionly be deter-
mined after the lapse Of time, but it is
certainly safe to predict that at least
another week’s supply has been added
,by last night’s showers. .390 that, even
if the terrible drought "be not now-
broken, and the fall rains still four
weeks Off, we need not greatly suffer
for water for a month more to come.
But the one alarming fact remains,
the main or Grupe reservoir dam is so
defective that it will not hold the water
that runs into it seven feet above the
supply pipe and fully a four inch pipe’s
supply is constantly spurting from the
base of the dam.
These are the grave and absolute
facts Of our situation : The borough
has storage and stream resources of
pure, good water, probably four times
greater than South'Norwalk, yet South
Norwalk, with ten times our consumpt-
ion Of water for steam engines, manu-
facturing and mechanical purposes, has
had an unrestricted supply during all
the present drought, severe as it has
been. Why ? Simply because the
borough water has been permitted to
waste in unlimited quantity out of the
Grupe reservoir dam. All these weeks
of dry weather have passed by and no
effort has been made to stop this leak-
age in the only way possible, by re-
pairing the defective dam. Had no
water been permitted to run to waste
by its perculation through the granite
walls of the Grupe reservoir dam, the
honing-E would have had, all “through
D e ' y'Ti‘vzehthei',‘ water" abundantly
sufficient for the borough and city, and
indeed, all Norwalk. This condition
of things must have been well known
to our board of Water Commissioners.
To think Otherwise, would be to con-
vict them Of incapacity or a censurable
neglect Of their plainest duty. The
question then arises, Why has no effort
or move towards such imperatively
needed repair been attempted ?
We are confronted by a most serious
“condition,” not a “theory,” and why
the dry weather and the dried-up
stream period was not seized upon to
inaugurate the work of repairing this
Grupe reservoir, is a question for the
Water Commissioners to answer. That
a public meeting should be called with-
out another ,day’s delay, to vote that
this imperative work be comme need
forthwith, would seem to be the dictate
of the plainest and commonest common
sense.
WATER NOTEs. '
Water Commissioner Prowitt drove
to the Lewisborough reservoir yester-‘
day, and on learning the condition Of
things there, on his return home, con-
siderately ordered the water turned on
here, so that the electric light boilers
could be fed. and the motors attached
to the organs in the borough churches
could be run. As the rain fall was so
heavy during the night, there was no
loss Of water in the reservoirs resulting
therefrom. 4
Owing tO an error made in shutting
ofi' ' the feed pipe furnishing the boilers
of the electric light station, Saturday
night, the engines had to be stopped
and the lightsythus permitted to go out.
They are working like beavers at the
station to have everything in complete
Order and equal to any emergency.
The mill pends from and .. including
the Union Co.’s up toDaniel’s, were
all full this morning. , ,
The rain has started many of the
little brooks that feed into our lower
reservoir, but no matter how much
wwater runs into that reservoir unless it
_is.continuous,,it will all run' through
the cracks in the dam above the seven
foot level. The dam must be repaired
to have it keep full, unless as large and
as constant a. supply runs into it as runs
out of the leaky structure. .
Mrs. Grape says they have lived on
their place for forty years and never
had their well run dry before.
The Osborne well is lowered about
three feet,'but3is not yet dry. ’ A large
number ‘Of wells in Silver Mine and
above, as dry. ‘
Sidney Guthrie has a never failing
well of soft, cold water, clear as crystal
which is about two feet lower than the
river bed, but has an abundance of
water still. Guthrie says that about
'way, a short distance above Selectman
average, being down to a level ’with the
20 or 22 years ago, we had a similarly
lgng and severe drought.
Parties were digging at two places
on the Silver Mine road, yesterday, to
find heavy leaks in the South Norwalk
mains. One was found at 3 O’clock,
and another considerable leak in the
city main was noticed beside the high-
James’ residence.
The borough distributing reservoir,
on top of Spring Hill, is capable Of a
three day’s supply, as at present dis-
tributed. '
The Water Commissioners very kind-
ly suffered the water not to be shut 011',
Friday night, so the Hour and South
Norwalk Mechanics’ Journal could be
run Ofi', and no loss to our supply has
resulted.
The laying of the city main down the
SilverMine highway,‘has resulted in a
much improved road bed.
When the Grupe reservoir dam is
cemented so as to hold water, it could,
at a small cost, be raised two feet
higher, and thus add many millions of
gallons to our storage.
The Lewisborough reservoir could
be raised eight to ten feet at a small
cost for cheap land and the necessary
stone masonry.
An interview with Engineer Wood
and Water Commissioner Prowitt, sub-
stantiates the GAzETTE's views, as
above expressed, of the situation, but
they give the further statement that the
reservoir leaks can not be repaired
during a dry time. It must be done
wh en the streams are running full and
the water abundant, so as to supply the
borough. Had this summer’s drought
been anticipated, it would have been
'done last spring. When there is no
scarcity, these leakages, large as they
are, do not seriously efl‘ect our supply.
It is when the supply fails to replenish
the drains upon the reservoirs, that the
enormous wastage becomes of serious
account. Engineer Wood’s idea would
be to commence early in the coming
spring to properly grout and puddle
the Grupe reservoir dam, and if need
be raise it one or two feet higher. In
the early spring, enough water can be
supplied the borough by the Lewis-
borough reservoir to permit the draw-
ing Off of that at Grupe’s. SO it would
seem that we must trust in the Lord for
needed rains, prevent all the wastes
possible in our daily uses Of the water,
and go on till next spring.
The good housewives will gratefully
thank the Water Commissioners, as
well as the God above us, for supplying
water enough for the family washing
today.
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A Charming Performance.
If the members of the G. A. R. corps
do not turn out en masse to show their
appreciation Of the patriotic, artistic
and musical performance‘of the Muses
Melvile and Stetson of the Boston
Howard Atheneeum Star Specialty Co.,
at the Opera House Saturday evening,
appreciation of the beautiful and the
patriotic will be at a discount. The
performance iven by these young
ladies is entire y new 'to the stage. It
is without a doubt the soul of song. In
the charming garb of allegory .lt ap-
peals to all the noble qualities in the
patriotic and the musmal; it tells the
sad story Of a veteran who hBVIIlU lost
a limb in defence of the _flag he oves,
has been forsaken by his country an
left a charge upon the public charity,
instead of ;being rewarded for his
bravery, sacrifices and honorable ser-
vices on the field. The refrain of the
song is astirrin appeal, and the sad
question aske b . these beauti-
ful singers, “ What 1d his countr . do
for him? ” expresses a world of fee ing,
one to be long remembered ; the battle
scene and dissolving views showmg
what the battle-scarred veteran endur-
ed, follow each verse Of'the song, and
are selected with a beautiful sense of
appropriateness to give realistic color-
ing te the saddened tale Of the desert-
,ed soldier.
Manager Adams has secured this cel-
brated company at considerable ex-
pense, and they will appear at the Cp-
era House, Saturday night.
Burglars at Rockvllle.
Burglars visited the general store - of.
Fuller & Needham at Rockville last
night and blew open the safe and stole
a quantity of stamps and envelopes be-
longing to the Government. A reward
of $200 has’been Offered for their cap-
’ chased in England by F. W.
A Credltable Shownlg.
With the view Of making known the
resources, productions and extent of
the different states, the bureau Of sta-
tistic Of the national treasury 'depart-
ment, has putbut some interesting facts
and figures. The followmg relative to
Connecticut will be found of interest: ,
The area of Connecticut is given as
4,750 square miles, or 3,040,000 acres,
and the home of 746,258 people. But
two states are of less extent—Rhoda
Island andDelaware. At the time of
the first census, in 1790, Connecticut
ranked as the eight state in population:
now it is the twenty-ninth. .‘
Connecticut has ‘three 'theolo cal
schools, a medical college, a law so 001
and three colleges of liberal arts, but
no female college.
Of the agricu tural lands 563,156 acres
are devoted to hey, the production be-
ing 574,419 tons and having a home val-
us of $8,443,959. 9 _ A ..
The area in tobacco is 6,136 acres,
with a product valued at $1,248,369. _
Corn takes up 56,407 acres, which
produce 4,396,000 bushels, valuedgat
$2,857,694. _ _
The number of farm animals in tlie
state is as follows: ,
Horses—Number 51,376; value $5,-
280,652. ,
0Milch cows—134,897; value, $4,316,-
7 4. .
Oxen and other cattle—101,122;
value, $2,896, 129.
Sheep—45,824; value,$189,308.
Swine—55,042; value, $498,128.
There are no mules reported from
Connecticut. In 1880 the number was
given at 539 for the state. _
The indebtedness of both counties
and state are being gradually Wiped
sinking fund, amounted to $4,967,600,
and in 1890 this had been reduced more
than a million, the figures standing at
$3,740,200. . .
The county debt, excluswe Of munic-
ipal and town indebtedness. less sink-
ing fund was in 1880, $101,300; in 1890
$30,547. _
- Total debt, less sinkin
$5,069,0005 1890, $3,670.17. . -
Debt, less Sinking fund, per capita,
in 1880, $14; 1890, $5.05,. , .
There were 176 commercial failures
in the state last year Out Of 18,281 bus1-
ness concerns, or :96 per cent. The to-
tal liabilities amounted to $1,447, 617. '1
Connecticut has 1,010 miles Of rail-
road in Operation. _
The pig iron industry of the state is
about at a standstill, or, if anything,
slightly losing ground. There is one
less furnace than ten years ago, and
the production was more than a thous-
and tons less in 1890 than for the pre-
vious year. The product last year
amounted to 20,136 tons. .
. NO better indication of the prosper-
ity Of_the state can be given than is
contained in the statement that the y, lo-
cal savmgs banks have 294,896 deposi-
tors, or over 7,000 more than the pre-
vious year. These depositors have in
the banks $110,370,962, which shows a
months, and an average to each deposi-
tor Of $374.27, as against $367.82 in 1889.
The average to each depositor is larger
in New England only in Rhode, Island
and New Hampshire. '
There are 3,319 persons in the state
engaged-iii the liquor traffic. This in-
cludes distilleries, brewers and the or-
dinary liquor dealers. -
Taken altogether, this is a fair pre-
sentation for the state. ‘ ' , . .
and had seventeen rattles. -
Hill Now in the Race.
HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 24.—
t e
on
it was decided unanimously and a . -
~ greatest excitement to favor Hill or
governor.
Vanderbilt Must Pay Duty.
department has decided that a no t -
and by him brought to New York is dub
file under a. fair intendment of the t6
aw. '
Wintry Western Weather.
MINNEAPOLIs, Aug. 24.-——Specials to The
Journal from Water-town, S. D., say a
fall of 50 do 8. in temperature 0 curred
last night. C' in was not injuf'ed. ovl‘es
temperature, 35 degs. . ‘ '
Shot 1; Blackguarde
youngfilady, shot an fat 11y injured _
lam a ilton, a negro, coause he
insulted er. - '
DENvEn Au .24.—
of the De ver gaseba (fl I) ha. ‘ relieved
George Tebea from t 9 ma ement nd
captaincy an appointed Calla Board to
the vacancy. ‘
Teheau éllgved. '
Farmers’ Encampment Closed.
LEBANON, Pa, A . ‘ '
the closing day of t‘fii
ment at Mount first a.
regular programme an
e was no
‘ver ' visitors.
Killed by Electricity. .
NEW You, A . eel—name Mad 6 7
81 emplo e of Pllfer’s West End casTfill:
oney 15;; d, W3 killed by'c mills in
contact will One the electric li ht wires.
Eastern Yacht Club’s Cru to.
MA 3 HEAD Mass. Aug. 24.- h t-'
ern Tao. t cl t Slaug’dron left wiggl-
nfglcruise. e rst race ismth‘e Isle
o oals. ‘ ‘ ~
. Blather Early for Snow.’ . _
PUEBLO, (3.010,, Aug. 24.—Snow igll in the.
The Weather. . ,
ucli co‘oler, and Tuesday also
:- and
cool and pleasafit.» . ,
F
.9135 s to
'ture.
-.SAY- TEE: : "
out. In 1880 the total state debt, less
Elana, in1880, " ’
growth of nearly five millions in twelve .
A Monster Rattler. "
Cyprian Kennell, in East Hampton, .,
killed a monstrous rattlesnake’yeSterr’~7
day afternoon, on Clarke hill. The-5’3
snake measured eight feet in ‘length‘ "
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democratic district convention at Ad is 11,-
ernor and Charles F. Peck for, lieuten nt ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-—-The t asu .
andetlllllls“
BARDSTOWN, Ky, Aug. 24."— iss JO? 9 '
Bent, a milliner ang highly r’gbeetééj'
h. F
Oardo directors
figures "
Y
pla‘ 8 east Of this city. In town :3. df of
(0 egg. in temperature was noted Within .
an o r. , -
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