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lVOl. I, No. 184.
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"fills—ETALES OFT ETC—)WN.’
Frank Brown returned from the West
last evening.
The Curtis family wagonetted to
Compo yesterday.
Dr. George W Bennett of Brooklyn,
is in town for a few days.
The cafe in the Norwalk Hotel is be-
ing're-painted and renovated.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Dr.
Noble is quite seriously indisposed.
Rev. C. M. Selleck will preach in
Christ church, Westport, to-morrow.
A large procession of gipsey teams
passed through town night beforelast.
—“‘A Little Irish Girl,” the “Duch-
ess” Latest Book. For Sale by Bene-
dict. ‘‘‘‘‘‘ 181 tf
_David Ferriss, of Croton, N. _Y., is
Visiting expressman C. T. Ferriss, of
. Union Place.
Aeronaut George White landed in the
Hudson at Weehawken yesterday, and
was drowned.
C. H. Berry and family of Brush
street, Norwalk, will move to New Ha-
ven next week.
.Men may come and men may go, but
dirt scraping from our borough streets
goes on forever.
Seymour Curtis, Contractor Conley,
et al., gave \Vall street its weekly scrap -
ing this morning.
Capt. Legrand Jennings is pointing
up the walls of the Mathewso '1 property
on Butler street.
Treasurer O’Brien of the Catholic
Knights of America, of Tennessee, is
$30,000 short and is missing.
Edwin B. Curtis, of Brooklyn, who
has been spending a week with rela-
tives in town, returns Monday.
The white Squadron as it sailed do wn
to New York yesterday, was seen by
large numbers of our town’s people.
New Milford has been in intense
autumnal glory all the week on ac count
of its successful agricultural town fair.
Dr. John McLean is back from his
campmeeting visit to Asbury Park.
Mrs. McLean returned also with her
husband.
Charles E. Keith, of Winnipauk, goes
to Ansonia, Monday, to accept a posi-
tion in the New England pharmacy at
that place.
—Broken Stone for Walks, Drives,
Concrete. etc, P. W. BATEs,
181 5t 42 Water street.
Miss McKigney, of LongIsland City,
and Miss McMackeny, of Newark, N.
J ., are visiting Mrs. Thomas Mason, of
Harbor avenue.
William L. Bonnel, ex—superintend-
ent of the Electric Light Company,has
accepted aposition in New York and
will commute daily.
There remain, as unclaimed letters,
at our post Office, one each for Miss
Martha Anderson, Miss Grace E. Haw-
kins and H. K. McHarg.
New Haven is sore. The White
, Squadron passed that city and stopped
at Bridgeport, and Hartford now has
a chance to be facetious.
Engineer Wood was down at East
Norwalk vesterday repairing a break
in the borough water pipe, a few rods
this side of LeCount’s factory.
The Higganum Manufacturing Cor-
poration, agricultural implements, of
Higganum, Conn., has been attached
for $5,000 in favor of Frederick C. Guy.
Owing to the number of letter car'-
riers that have been bitten by dogs the
postmaster of Meriden compels the
ownlers of v1c10us dogs to call for their
mai .
The GAZETTE has been greeted with a
large number of hearty endorsements
of its suggestion to postpone further
costly outlays on our highways until
another year. '
Let the high-note sounding bell on
.top of our Patagonian Town House
be sounded on Tuesday night, to re,-
mind borough citizens of the impor-
tantmeeting to be_ held that evening.
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353'. Sturges, of New York, was in-
town thismorning.
'Dr. S.'W. SChnppan left for Jersey
City this afternoon. ‘_ ' ._
.Mr. Nee, of; Washington, .D. 0., is
visiting his brother-in-law, E; K. Lock-
Esq. . . - _ ' I.
There will be a dance .at the Lawn
Tennis Casino to-night. . Mr. William
G. Thomas, J r., has donated the musm.
Miss Jessie Bennett and Mr. Gould
_D. Jellifl', both of Westport _will be
married early in October; Miss Ben-
nett isa sister .of a former popular den-
tist of Norwalk, Dr.‘ George W. Ben-
nett, now of Brooklyn. . 'x' '
Mr. A. H. Hoyt has given us‘a branch
of a perpetual blooming rose on which
are nearly fifty buds. and blooms. The
flowers are white, .of medium size and
of exceedingly fragrant odor. He says
the bush has been thus loaded with
blooms all Summer. r . "
John Ronk, attired in a new suit of
black broadcloth, a new stove-pipe hat,
and carrying a gold-headed cane, went
to Danbury this morning, to visit his
sister whom he has not seen in two years.
When dressed up John is a fine looking
man.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mallory have
been enjoying a most delightful trip
which has embraced Lake George,Lake -
Champlain, Lake Saranac, in the Adi-
rondacks, and from there across toLen-
ox and vicinity. They are expected
here to-night. , - ‘ , ' .
As the 8.45 passenger train on the
New England road neared the .New
Britain station last night, the engineer
observed something on the track near
the Elm street crossing, which, upon
investigation, proved to be a large bar
of iron wedged into the "frog” of the
switch.
Engineer “Seem” Curtis is hard at
work to-day getting down cross-walks
in front of Grace church, so he can get
to worship to-morrow in case of a heavy
dew falling. But seriously, Cross street
has now become one of the most trav—
eled streets in our borough and ought
to be put into better condition.
Ridgefield Press: Mrs. S. Olmstead
and daughter, Miss Eva, of Norwalk,
spent a few days this week with Mrand
Mrs. Charles S. LockWOod.
Misses Lizzie Lockwood and Flor-
..enceL nes of Norwalk, stopped atthe
Loder
day.
One of the largest blasts ever made
at J. S. Lane’s quarries in Meriden was
touched off yesterday, and 3,000 tons of
solid rock, 120 feet long and 15 feet
deep, was broken into fragments and
sent rolling down the mountain. Be-
tween 400 and 500 pounds of dynamite
were used.
ouse rom a'tii'rdéiy until.v’l‘.iiesei'
The citizens of Deep River, Ct., are
enjoying a genuine sensation, because
of the fact that two of its wealthy citi-
zens are in an angry strife as. to which
one shall be permitted to give the place
a new town hall. Up to date, Nor-walk
has been spared any such affliction, al-
though needing a new town hall far
more than Deep River.
Henry R. Treadwell, at one time a
member of the firm of Tiffany 8: Co.,
New York, and who for a number of
years has been the principal partner in
the firm of Sypher & 00., died at his
country residence in New Milford, Ct.,
on Thursday evening.
Mr. Treadwell was for a number of
years a resident of Westport.
, This morning Col. Roberts and one
of his teachers were out for a horse-
back ride. When opposite the little
park this side of the Methodist church,
the teacher’s horse became unruly and,
as a spectator remarked, executed a
5‘ Song and dance act,” and it was with
difficulty that the rider retained his
seat. After causing considerable amuse-
ment for the crowd, and trouble for the
teacher, thehorse became submisswe
and the riders proceeded. ' ;
Burgess Buxton is entitled to the
gratitude of. all sensible people for his
successful effort in having the name of
the little street, of One block only,
hitherto called by the long, tedious
name of “South-Union avenue” change
ed to simply Union Place, and the
change is made all the more appropri-
ate beCause it runs from Union Park to
Union. factory. Now let Mott avenue
be changed .to Mott Place. It is ridicu-
IOus to‘give the high sounding name of
avenue to a street Of a single square and
of but a few rods extent. .
Selectman Daskam hadgood luck in
New York yesterday. His trip was for
the purpose of getting the Hungarian
authorities to take the Hungarian who
had his leg cut off on the Consolidated
railroad near N‘orwalk. some time ago,
and who has been 'in the ’Bridgleport
hospital for three months, at t e ex-
pense of this town, and put him in-their
wooden leg for him, and he will then
be able tocare for himself. ~
Judge Perry says it was the Baptist
horse sheds and not the church that ,he
was shingling on Labor Day. 'He‘ made
the discrimination because he », didni’t
think his ethereal form would look' will
on top of the church, and he did it On '
Labor Day because he- thought it a
misnomer to :call it “Labor Day”
; when no labor wasibeing done by any-
body. [TheJ udge just nowhas “Bose”.
Turney putting a “Portorico” on the
rear ofhis house and-a ‘ Pizaro” on
the front, then he is going to-construct,
_‘,‘turpentine”‘ walks about his cottage
_ on the MrsParting-tonplan...
hearing of the Itata case.
N orwalk, Conn.,
. BIOrcugh Election.
' It will be ,_ only , . three weeks from
Monday when we’are to. be torn and
rent asunder by another; borough elec-
tion, and may the best man win.
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. After .John Wade._
In last Saturday's Hour John Wade
published a lengthy programme .of the
reunion of the Old Well H. and L. com-
pany, which is to take place Monday
evening next. In the list of speeches,
songs and recitations, John modestly
omitted his part in the programme.
view of this fact the DAILY GAZETTE is
in receipt of a number of letters from
the Old Well members, giving John’s
part in the evening’s entertainment,‘ a
few of which we publish :, - - . .
EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE : Jo-hn Wade"
in his published programme of the' Old
Well Company’s reunion; which takes
place Monday night, omitted his oWn
part in the programme, as follows:
Explanation—Howl rode to Darien with
two girls and brought one back
J mm H. WADE.
EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE: In last Sat-
urday’s Hour John Wade omitted fTOm
the Old Well programme the following :
SONG : My Darien high-toned party. _ .
. JOHN H. WADE. ,
EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE: John Wade
published a portion of the Old Well
programme and then made a break for
the West to get out of harm’s way. In
that publication; he omitted the follow-
ing, which will reveal a long kept secret.
of attempted murder. *
How and Whvi‘I shot Thad.
JOHNH '
RECITATION :
. WADE. '
Guyer.
EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE : "I read'thei‘r. . .. ,. .
‘ {two rang the fire alarm, which brought; -
Old Well programme in lastS'atu'rday’ti
Hour, but why was the following?
omitted : q ' ,1 3
SONG : The boys that drank my liafirumfi ' ‘_
JOHN . WADE. j,
EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE : Last week’s
Hour in its Old Well programme omit- ,
ted the follow1ng.: ‘ '
Prayer—Mabee forgiven for shooting Mr.
Lauder. J OEN H. WADE.
' EDITOR DAILY GAZETTE: The pub-
lished programme of the _Old Well re-
union should have contained the fol-
lowrng, which no doubt was intention-
ally omitted:
Song—Lemol Lemol Five cents a glasso !
J OHN H. WADE.
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Lieut. Gov. .‘Mlklejohn Assaulted.
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 12.——G. D. Mikle-
_.1th, lieutenant governor of Nebraska,
~and«La.v¢yer William E. Healy, of Omaha,
followed Dr. George Keenan, one of the
foremost young physicians of this city,
intoastore. A few words were passed,
when Dr. Keenan made a break for Healy.
To save the latter’Governor Miklejohn
seized the irate doctor, while Healy ran.
Keenan knocked the governor down with
a terrible blow, and dashed after Healy
and pummeled him in a furious manner.
The two victims were pretty badly used
up. They came here in the interest of a
client in Omaha. It seems Keenan and
their client are both endeavoriug to ob-
tain possession of a large and valuable
ranch near Omaha, and the Omaha c1ain‘r— .
ant has been hounding Keenau'with de--
tectives. Keenan is related to Senator ..
Vilas. *
A Bank Closes Its Doors.
Mason», Mich, Sept. 12.—'I‘he Milford;
state bank has failed in business. State;
.Bank Commissioner Sherwood was in,
charge, and spent the day in consultation
with the board of directors and officers-iota
the bank. There had been many rumors,
as to the unsoundness of the bank during
the past year, but after the examination
into its affairs by Commissioner Sherwood
about three weeks ago doubts were in a
measure quieted. , The bank officers are
reticent as to the state of affairs, and the
amount of liabilities cannot be learned.
Unprofitable investments and poorly se-
cured loans are said to be the cause of the
difl‘iculty. The capital stock of the bank
is $50,000. The losses in this place will be
large.
, Daring Attempt at Murder.
RICHMOND, Sept. 12.—A daring attempt
was made last night to murder Arthur
Rooney, a clerk at the Richmond and Al-
legheny railroad. Rooney was at work in
the office where the light was burning
rather dimly, when he was assaulted from
behind by a negro with _a. hatchet. , A des-
perate struggle ensued, during which the
.negro'inflicted ten cuts upon‘ the head,
shoulders and hands of Rooney, after
which he made his escape through a. win-
dow. A negro porter at theoflice has been
charged with the crime. No motive for-
the deed is known. ‘ - '
A Colored Student’s Rash Act.
.BOSTON, Sept. 12.—William H. Colley,
colored, a student at the Howard Medical
School, became enamored of a young col-
ored girl of which his father did not ap-
rove. Last night young Colley came
ome, and on his father asking him if he
" had been to the theater with the girl he
,1 replied that he had. _ The old man peremp4
torily forbade him to have anything more .
to [dowith the girl. Young Colley then,
Without. speaking, produced arevolver and
shot himself inthebreasfithdying in a few
hospital- ’ This they agreed to do, and minutes.
he will be moved without delay. As .
’ soon as expedient they will procure a
_ ‘The Itata Case.
. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12,—The attorney
for the Chilian congressional party in this
city, Mr. Charles Page, has received a dis-
patch from the United States attorney
general asking if he would sign a stipula-
tion agreeing to the postponement of the
Mr. Page re-
plied that. he would if the government
wOuld agree to release the Itata on bonds.
Children Buried in Sand.
BRIDGETON, N. J ., Sept. 12.—-Sadie Shaw,
aged five ‘years, and Johnnie Souders,
about the same. age, were playing on .a pile
:of Sand when it caved in, completely
burying them. They were promptly dug
out, but little Sadie was dead and the boy
«was so badly injured that his recovery is
} doubtful. . "
In,
3.
' ng. Frisbie is confident‘he hit-and
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or .Zéérsuasion, Religious or Political.”—J€17'e,.son,
Saturday ,Evening,i§"September .12, 1891.- .
! A Brave Little Girl. '
, The house of our friend E C. Fris— .
bie, of Hartford, was, en cred. by .a
burglar, early yesterday in rning, who
I presented himself at the bedhide of Mr.
Frisbie’s little daughter,Mi§s Florence,
' (just entering her teens,)_ afidfpistol in'
5 hand, threatened tci kill heriunless she
I got up and procured the 1 ey to her
l father’s safe. The child, with a fortif'
' tude and coolness far beyoti'd her years,
at first thought she would’» not'move, ‘
then she resolved to get up and in some;
way arouse her father,asleepvin anothef
room. " This she did and unfder. pretext.
'of searching for the safe4§;l{ey,.. made:
such "a noise that. her fatherswas aroused
and opening the dOor, was " Confronted;
by the burly burglar, with his pistol at
point,‘h'e having heard Mri'F.’s move—:-
ments; Mr. FriSbie quickly closed
and locked his door, sprang to his ,
bureau drawer and got his revolver,
and re-opened his door to Combat the
would-be murderer. By'this time the
burglar had pushed the child aside, still:
threatening to shoot her deadhif she.
made any outcry and himself descended
Here Mr. Frisbie'opened fire on him.
He had fired two shots when the villain
dashed to the bottom??? the stairs,
dropped his dark lante i and mask,
and thence out of the house. Mr. F.
thenraised his window and shouted for »
the police and help. Noné appearing,
he then fired the remaining chambers
of his revolver out into t e midnight
air. This brought a neigh, or,when‘ the-
out the fire chief and also the police,‘
butthe .evil bird had flown. -
‘ Wounded the burglar, and the circum.
stance of his leaving lantern and mask?
in the hall is corroborative of his be-
lief. Another circumstance leads to
thereasonable hope that the burglar
has been secured at Worcester, as a
man with two wounds, one serious,
came into that city from Hartford, on
the Owl train, which reaches there at 5
a. m., and was sent to the Worcester
, hospital for treatment.
‘ The Courant telephoned to the Wor-
cester Spy and obtained the following
particulars : '
“About 5:30 yesterday, morning a
newspaper man, on ;vhis'_'.way home,
found a wounded man ringing the door—
bell of Dr. Ellis’ office, at 568 Main
street in that city. The man was taken
to the hospital, where at first. he re-
fused to say how he had received his
wounds. After awhile he said his name
was J. Martin and that he had been
playing cards and had been shot by
one of his companions. The Worces-
ter police were unable to find that any
card party had met as the man said,
and could find nothincr about_ any
shooting. The man ha with him a
gentleman’s gold hunting-case watch,
,and“also_$200. The money was in a.
"$100, and {ten $10 bills. _ . _
"Two wounds were found on his body.
. ,One bullethad entered his breast and
“lo'dg’ed in- the back, and the other had
and h’ad’come' out at the elbow.- The.
' ball in the back had not been extracted,
This indicated that the shots were fired
from a point abrive the man, as was the
case with, the Frisbie burglar. The
hospital surgeon said the wounds must
have been made several hours before
the man said they were. The conduc-
tor on the’BostOn & Albany train from
Springfield—the one that makes the
connection with the 2:30 train from
Hartford, said that he found a man
answering the description of. the
wounded man, in a car of his train at
Springfield and the man paid his fare.
in money. He got off at Worces-
ter outside the depot. He was about 5
feet 10 inéhes tall and weighed about.
175 pounds. He wore'a dark cutaway
coat, dark grey trousers, calico blue
checked shirt, and had a mustache of
two or three weeks’ growth, hair re-
cently Cropped close, and was dark
complexioned. He was able to get
-alOng without help when he left the
train.” 1 *
The Courant further says :
“Miss FlOrence has been the recipi-~
ent of many compliments for the pluck
come "down stairs with
the safe.
bed and went with the man, the latter
taking her by the arm. She went as '
far‘as the head of the stairs and .then
go any farther.- It was; then that she
called her father, in spiteof- the man’s
threat to kill her. It. may be further ,
remarked that she was the only mem-
ber of the family who went
after the occurrence.” - .
She is a merry little Misses we wel
circumstances, is certainly phenomenal
and gives us an earnest hope that there
may be other as brave little girls in
Connecticut, though we hope ' they
may never have their courage put to so
terrible a test. It is to be hoped that
Mr. Frisbie’s shots‘were- effective, for
the sooner the carcasses of such mis-
creants are 'made to fertilize the-“grave-
yard, the better. '
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White Brandy.
—For Brandy Peach preserving,
mince pies, etc. ‘
‘tf 183 BETTs 85 FABBINGTON’S.
to about midway of the front stairs. ’
entered the left arm near the shoulder .,
she displayed. The bur lar told herto
1m and open ; of the New London Northern roa , at
She‘ at first refused to do 50: ‘ New London, about half past seven
but on second thought she got out of ' o’clock last night, and collided with the
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to sleep -'
McAUfiLlFFEgtWBINS. -,
The Brooklyn Boys Beats Gibbons
‘ in the Prize Ring. - '
- HOBOKEN, N. J ., ‘September 11,—-
About 17,000 people paid $5 and $10 each
to-mglit, to 8% Jack 'McAulifi‘e,‘ of
Br_ooklyn,-and Austin Gibbons, of.Pat-.
champoinship of the World. Many
others could not get into the hall. The
betting was $500 to $400 on the Brook-.
lyn man.
and let fly two left handers which
caught Gibbons on-the face and stom- ..
ach. Gibbons made a poor defence.
ee times more in the round did Mc-
A-ulifl'e step in and deliver telling head
and body blows, escaping with almost
no returns at all; The second round
'rwasmalmost a. repetition of the first. Mc-
Aulifi‘e placmg himself carefully, hit
Gibbons :as he. pleased, going at him in
.his corner. and, sending in telling. blows .
on bOth sides'of‘his head, banging him
“abOut in" goals you-please fashion.f Gib-
. were futile, .ancl clinching was his only
hope; The PateTSon man only led at
longintervals. never landing when he
did-lead. A slight tinge of blood show-
ed frombeneat Gibbons’ left eye as
the round ended.
.Gibbons did better in the third round,
making a determined rally and actually
coming out of his corner after his Op-
ponent. McAulifi‘e, however, had all
the best of it, punishing his man se-
verely about the body and face. Twice
Gibbons would have been knocked
down had-lie not been so close to the
ropes inhis corner. Gibbons Was even
worse punished in the fourth round,
but took 's trials smilingly. In the
fifth‘roungGibbons made a great ef-.,
fort andrushed McAulifi‘e across the
ring, but was‘..so’on backed into his cor;
nerao‘ain,‘ .wliere the champion cen-
33111116 .torf‘pi'fik” him without receiv—
ing. any-severe return.
' Mchiilifl‘eTtwas fast settling Gibbons,
'5 ' who stilliéltuck to his corner, in the sixth
mound; haviiig 'just landed a tremen-
dous-:ri’ghtfhand body punch, when the
police -,'—_‘orde’red the contest to cease.
-‘Dunn,!‘the "referee, decided in Mc-
Au'lifl'e’sfavor.
There was much excitement over this,
the Gibbons party claiming that it was
a deal and that their man could have
stood the hammering for forty rounds
more. Police Captain Hayes says he
stopped the fight because it was brutal
and both men were bleedil’i’g freely.
Opera House.
Manager Adamswill present at the
Opera House, Tuesday, September 1'7,
“True Irish Hearts.” The Philadel-
phia Herald says of the play : ?
“True Irish Heart.” a picturesque
Irish drama infive acts, by Dan Mc-
Carthy, was presented at the Lyceum
Theatre last evening before a large and
appreciative audience. The piece is a
little out of the general run of Irish
plays, and, we may say, all the better
for it, as there is something like a plot
in it, and it is admirably developed by
an excellent cast, in which Mr. Dan Mc-
Carthy takes the leading role, Lanty
Lanagan, a fun-loving Irishman with a
“true Irish heart.” He is well sup-
portedby a Splendid cast. The singing
and ‘dancing in the second act brought
down the. house by storm, and the won-
derful child artist, Little Bright Eyes,
also came in for a share of the applause.
The acting; dog, “Joe,” is a clever ani-
mal, ahd his fight with the bear, in the
secondact, aroused:the audience to a
storm of applause.
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DissDebarr’s Latest.
At8 o’clock last evening a woman
dressed only in silk underwear and a
black vail, ' barefooted and dishev-
elled hair,.appeared at the Gibson house,
Cincinnati, and asked for a room. She
was refused and was sent to the police
station. There she said she was Miss
Vera Ava, who was abducted in Chica-
he said she was assaulted in the insti-
tution, blindfolded, drugged and
brought here where she was - placed in
a nunnerv. Late this evening shé
knocked down a nun, broke out of a
window and escaped.
An hour after her appearance at the
police station .she was recognized as
Ann O’Delia DiSS Debarr, the spook
priestess who has been missing for sev-
eral months. The last heard of her was
at Hoboken, N.‘ J., where she left a
note saying she had committed suicide.
‘ 4+
. _ A ‘Wlld Engine.
' Alocomotive started from the ard
southward bound passenger train on a
curve about a quarter of a mile north
of the Waterford station. The tender
made up her-’mfind that she Would not ; of the “wild” locomotive was demol-
i ished and the locomotive of'the passen-
-, ger train derailed and overturned. The
recoil sent the wild engine 500 feet
south from the place' of collision. No
one was killed, but Engineer Decker
was. severely hurt andthe passengers
shaken up and tremendously frightened.
A dispatch was sent to Montville to
know, and we are" not surprised that avert the accident, but it was too late.
she could compose herself tosleep after i ' - . ‘ -. -
the harrowing occurence, but her great :
fortitude, under such peculiarly trying '
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Fell Thirty Feet.
Walter Jordan, of Bridgeport, em-
ployed by the electric light company,
while cleaning one of the globes on a
pole on the Congress street bridge yes-
terday, fell to the pavement, a distance
of thirty feet. He was conveyed to the
emergency, where it was foundthat he
had sustained. a sprained ankle, 'both
legs were cut badly, as wasalso hischin
and left arm.
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. The Whlte Squadron. .
The white squadron arrived in New
York from BridgepOrt yesterday and
’ came to anchor in the North river.- Ad-
miral Walker, when asked about his
dispute with.Admiral Gherardi, de-
clined to speak of it. _ -
terson, N. J ., fight forthe lightweight-
At the very start McAulifl'e closed in"
bone tried to Counter, but his attempts.
go, while visiting a Jesuit institution. »
'Kent VAcqult-ted.’
The case of the State] vs:- Augustus
Kent, 1 for cruelty‘to2 an animal, was
tried before.__‘,Justice,» Co'Oh'dge this
morning, and} 'Kent was" vaui‘tted.
Kent’s father was the owner of "a horse
that was sent from New-York on Aug.»
6th, and. which was killed by-Officer w
Morehouse, as agent of the Connecti--
cut Humane Society, a day or two
later, atDann’s stable, where it had ~
been ordered‘sent on the night of its
arrival, by’Hon. J ames W. Hyatt, as
the horse was,clearly-.not able' to, be.
moved .to So.}Wilton, where .Kent, -.sr.
has a farm, and when 'itiwas thought
the horas could get‘well.‘ The eyidence
showed conclusively that Kent, the
owner, knew—of the condition of the
animal when it left New York, but that
‘the son did not, and on this evidence
the prison‘efii’i was”. very properly, ac-
quitted. The charge, if any .should
have been brought, should have-:been
against the father, and. not the son. as
he was merely an agent of the owner.
A Close Call.
Shortly before 9 o’clock last evening,
while the Brid eport depot was
crowded With peop e, says the Union,
a young Dam, named Fennelly, jumped
from the platform of the rear car at-
tached to the 8:50 express while the
trainvwas moving at a rapid rate. The
large crowd, who witnessed the leap,
turned aside in horror as they saw the .
formof tlie young man rolling against
the wheels ‘of the moving train, expect-
ing-after the trainvhad passed to see his
mangledfremains lying on the tracks.
Olficer-‘NVOTcester who was one of the
witnesses rushed over and succeeded
in aSs1stinggFennelly out of his danger-
ous pOSition. It was a close call.
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Music Hall.
Maude Granger, the emotional ac-
tress,presented “ Inherited” to a small
audience at Music Hall, last evening.
The play ofi'ered exceptional opportu-
nities for the kind of acting Miss Gran-
ger makes a specialty of. Her laugh
was enough to freeze one’s blood, and
at the close of the second act when
“Helen’s” madness is first made cer-
tain, the look on Miss Granger’s face,
as the curtain went down, was one that
Will long be remembered. The com-
pany assisting Miss Granger could be
greatly improved upon.
Sheepshead Bay Races.
“' ‘The races at this track yesterday .re-
sulted as follows: ,
Firfit race, Kingstock 1, Folsom 2,
Raw a 3 ; time 1.43 1-5. Second race,
Tenny 1, Madstone 2, Worth3; time
1.27 3-5. Third race, Triangle 1, Rex
2, Zorling 3; time 1.11. Fourth race,
La Tosca 1, Santa Anna 2, Lizzie 3;
time 2.03 2-5. Fifth race, Raceland, 1,
Pessara 2; time 2.05, 2-5. Sixth race,
Watterson 1, Eric 2, Lady Pulsifer 3 ;
time 1.44 3—5.
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Burned to Death.
Mary O’Neil, aged 11, was fatally
burned at her home in Ansonia last
evening. Her clothing caught fire
while she was playing near a stove.
Mary anda younger sister were res-
cued from the Johnstown, Pr... floods
and brought to Ansonia to reside with
a brother. Both her parents were
drowned inthe flood.
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_ , Cheese. _
—-Roquefort, Edam, Brie, Limbur-
ger, Cream, Breet and. 9.11 other kinds
of rich cheese at ,
tf 183 BETTS & FARRINGTON’S.
, Y. M. c. A. NOTES.
A special temperance service will be
held in the rooms to-morrowafternoon
at 4 o’clock. Dr..~ Van Alstyne will make
an address and there will be special
singing conducted by Prof. Ferris.
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Base Ball.
New York 8, Cleveland 2 (first game) ;
NewYork 1,Cleveland 1 (second ame) ;
Boston 5, Cincinnati 3; Philade phia 6,
Chicago 1 ; Brooklyn 5, Pittsburg 3.
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CHURCH SERVICES.
GRACE—Sept. 13th,16th Sunday after
Trinity, S. H. Watkins, Rector,10..30 a.
m., Morning Prayer, Li-tany and ser-
mon. 12 m. Sunday School. 7.30 p. in.
Evening Prayer‘ and sermon. All are
welcome. ‘ . .
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL—Rev. Thos.
K. Noble, pastor. Servmes at 10.30 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. Morningfisubject,
“Returning to our Work.” vening,
“God has a life-work for all. Courteous
ushers will furnish seats. . Everybody
welcome. _ ,
METHODIST.-—Dr. Geo. Van Alstyne
pastor. Services at 10.30 a. m._and 7.30
p. m. Subject of .mornin discourse,
The Light that Saves.’,’ ‘ or evening,
“Some Thoughts UponLabOr Dayand
Laborers.” All wage-earners cordially
invited. ’ Gentlemanly ushers and good
music always. . .
ST. PAUL’S CEUROR.~Rev. S. T. Gra-
ham, rector. 10.30 a. m., divine service
with sermon. Subject: “ Some Ma -
ters Parochial.” 7.30 p.m., divine ser-
vice with sermon. Subject_: “A Clus-
ter of Camphire from the Vineyards of
Engedifi. Sunday school 12.00 in. A
cordial Wellconlp; to all.
Flashinliafiisr—Rev. F. E. Robbins,
pastor. "Services 10.30 a. m. and 7.30
p. m. Subject morning, “God, Gideon
and Victory,” evening, “Followmg
Jesus.” At the evening serv1ce Pastor
Robbins will» administer the ordinance
of Baptism to two young ladies. .. The
public cordially invited to be present
and take part in these services of, this"
church.) All se‘ats‘a’re-free. . ».
_. LEADS in
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Wants, ,1 Cent a WOrd. [1'
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a
. , Price One Cent. _
8H0] BY light CURTIS.
1 He Was Intoxicated at the Time and Haul
Been CAI-rested for Creating 3 Dis- '
tnrbance—Handcufl‘ed When He
Fired the Fatal, Shot.
lice station were startled by a pistol shot
just outside the door. Running outgfihey
' found Policeman Grant lying dead on the
head. A ,man was seen running away,
and ‘on being pursued, and, caught'was
rical Circles as Sam’l of Posen. He had
come to this city from his home in Berke-
ley, and had been drinking all the evening
been creating a disturbance. , ’
station, and then saw the flash of apis-
tol, which they said was held by Curtis,
who dropped it and ran after firing the
shot. Curtis was seen at the police station,
but would not talk. ' He was still under
the influence of liquor.
Curtls’ Career.
M. B. Curtis, who is more generally
known as Sam’l of Posen, was eight years
stock companies. Possessed of consider.
able talent and an exceptionally natural
Hebrew dialect, an unknown author saw
the chance of writing a play, introducing
the stage, Sam’l of Posen.
cess and proved a gold mine to the star.
His success was shown, if in nothing else,
by the diamonds worn by his wife in the
Sam’l to her lair she appeared nightly fair-
ly covered with the costliest sort of gems.
After four years of success he retired, to
live in peace in San Francisco. While
there he put money in several theatrical
ventures, with varying success. Last sea.-
son, with Lewis Morrison, he made his
chen.” The play was acomplete failure
Since that time he has been keeping ve"
quiet and has, until now, not been heard 6 .
The Minister Went to Jail.
CEDAR SRRINGs, Mich, Sept. 12.—Rev.
John Van Wagoner caused the arrest of a
young man for disturbing a. revival meet-
ing. The young man. was not convicte
and brought suit for damages, and securgd
a verdict of thirty-five dollars with sixty-
Seven dollars cost. The pastor refused to
pay and was put in jail. He has hii.II
prayer book and hymnal with him, and it
getting up a revival in jail until his totV
menters get weary of paying hisboard.
A Fast Youngstei‘. - p
N ASHVILLE,‘ Sept. 12,—The 8-year-old bay
filly, Blontonian, owned by Muse & Adams,
of Lewisburg, Tenn, trotted a. mile ova
This is the fastest mile ever trotted by
23-year-old.
Quebec’s New Chief Justice. .‘
MONTREAL, Sept. 12.—Word‘ was re
Mr. Lacoste, speaker of the senate, has
been appointed chief justice Of Quebec. .
' BRIEF MENTION.
Ruvel Sumski, an Austrian steerage pas
senger on the steamship Spaarndam,
York. . ' ,
The department of state at Washington
received a dispatch from the minister at
Pekin, reporting that a riot had occurred
the province of Hoop Fe, and that an es
tablishment of American missionaries h
been destroyed. -
Alexander & Son, corn brokers oi
with liabilities of $9,000,000, and their" as
sets $135,000. The faiure is attributed by
the members of the firm to. losses incurrec'
in grain speculation. ' '
. of the death of the sixty-three victims of
tempting to '2 Bow up steamboats with dyna
mite and nil-10 for wreckinga train in
which several people were killed, was ar-
rested in Eastcu, Pa., for attempting tc
' blow up the express train on the Lehigh
dynamite on the track.
ped their investigation of the Keystone
priation for compensation is'exhaustéd...
,_,',[‘he United States treasurydepartment
has decided to make a~further recallof
depositories. - '
ed that the charges of corrupt use of $175,-
000 subSIdy, granted by the province of
Langelier Hon. F. Langelier J I. Ta. -
teand, Erhest Pecaud. , r
Private advices, received at Washington
say that Baron Fava, late Italian ministei
*sation” by his government, because he
_ applied to his personal use funds allowed
for the rent of a “palace.” - . -
‘AWEMISIENG—f
The Famous Sam.’l of Pes'en_'»Mlirdbrs ,
IN LIQUOR WHEN HE DID IT.-
' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12.—La‘te . last
night the policemen in the Southern po- ,
pavement, with a bullet wound in his
found to have Grant’s handcuffs On his _' _
wrists. On the pavement near the dead]. .1 '
policeman was found a dischargedpistol. '
'.The name gave his name as Maurice,
Curtis and denied shooting Grant. Curtis
is the M. B. Curtis well known in theat‘ .
with some friends. Why he was arrested
is not known, but it is supposed he had
. . Two men saw Curtis and the policeman. '_
havinga struggle in front of the police . .
ago a player of small character parts in'
a. new character to the stage, and Curtis ,
was to play Sam’l, or, as he was called on ,
The play achieved an instantaneous suc- ‘
play. She played the part of an adven-_ .'
turess, and in the act where she decoys ,
reappearance on the stage in. “The Schat -. .‘
and Curtis is supposed to have lost heavily. ~
the Murfreesboro half mile track in 2:228 . '
ceived here from Ottawa that the Hon. u
brought $10,000 in gold with him to New I
Threadneedle street, London, have~ failed .
“Somebody to blame, but we don’t know . .
who,” was practically the verdict of the " I
coroner’s jury who investigated the cause ‘
the Park place disaster in New Yorkiéi’ty’.” """‘ '
. The “Man from Peru,” who has served‘3
several temp of impriSonment for at 7 '
Valley road, near that place, by placing ’
Experts 'Brown and Faunce have-"Stop... .-
bank’s books, as the governmentappro.
32,000,000 frim banks which are federal . I f
The Dominion senate committee report ‘
Quebec to the Baie des Chaleurs Railroad ‘
company, have been proved, and that ‘
among those profiting were Premier Mer: '
eier, Hon. C. A. Pelletier, Hon. Charles
to the United States, is held “under accuv
at Yich, on the Yang Tse Kiang river, in - I I
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