m: Largest Circulation. res PEOPLE’S PAPER. 1 ETTE LEADS in ADVERTISING; . . Wants, l Cent 3. Word. *3: Vol. I, No. 203. “Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—-Jq7“erson , Norwalk, Conn., Thursday Evening, October 8, 1891. —:— a Price, One Cent. The Daily Gazette 15 issued oer-y week-day at 3 P. H., at ONE CENT PER COPY. The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette. [Combined with Friday 5 Dailv.l .Is issued every Friday at Noon, (ll I'HIBEE CENTS PER COPY, OR $1.50 PER YE \R. The Daily and Weekly. Served, to Local Subscribers at ran GENTS ran WEEK. OR $5.00 rER YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. Else's paper has the largest circulation of =1 paper in the State west of Bridgeport. Y.__ _____ OUR JOBBIL‘G DEPARTMENT. 79in. HARRY M. GARDNER. Jn. Of New York, =4 charge of the GAZETTE'S Engraving. Book =:l Jobbing Department. He is an expert -. :el experienced Job Printer. and no work en fluted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. Special Notice. The DAILY GAZETTE may’be found at Winnipauk every evening at the stores of J. C. Randle, and Miss Aiken’s,noar the upper mill. .9. Poor Parnell. It would have been far better for the fame of Charles Stewart Parnell had he passed forever from the face of the earth a year or two ago. He is by no means the only prominent statesman, who has deliberately destroyed his own hard-earned reputation, clouded his own career, and sold more than his birthright for a miserable mess of pot- tage. Parnell’s moral suicide was the more conspicuous, because he not only sacrificed his position as a prominent political leader, but lost forever the re- gard and reSpect of honorable men. Poor Parnell! remarks the Advertiser. He had broken “the eleventh com- mandment,” which never is forgiven. “He had been found out.” Mr. Earle Demented. Sad indeed is the case of Oscar T. Earle, the well-known inventor of 504 State street. Recently he lost his wife and he was so grieved over that fact that his mind has become unbalanced. Early yesterday morning he was found wandering around the railroad tracks, near the winter quarters. He was carried to his home in the ambulance. Mr. Earle is about 60 years of age.— Bridgeport News. We can readily comprehend the stun- ning blow the death Of Mr. Earle’s de- voted wife must have been to him. In all their married life the two were mo st ardent lovers. Having been closely identified with Mr. Earle in several of his patent causes in Washington, we know whereof we speak. Never a day passed, but either a letter or telegrams passed between them and in his hours of disappointment, loss and depression, her cheering, daily missives, were the one supreme joy and solace of his . checkered life. His case is indeed “sad” as the News tersely expresses it, and knowing his finer and deeper sensi- bilities as we dO,the idolatry of his wor- ship of his equally devoted and loving wife,now in the utter darkness and deso- ation of his domestic life,we shall not be surprised if utter nervousjprostration, or thezgiving away of his mental faculties, should result. -—< o>——«—-— 7v ~ He Withdraws. The Borough Hose Injunction case, which came up yesterday before Judge John H. Perry, at Bridgeport,naturally excited much local interest. The Borough was represented by Mr. War? nei' its counsel and by Burgesses Burr and Buxton. Mr. Maples was present, despite his illness, with his counsel,Mr. . Hurlbutt. Before the case was called, Mr. Hurlbutt requested of Burgess Bharles Burr, Chairman of the Bor- ough Fire Committee, to see the copy of the contract between the Borough and Hose manufacturers. On looking it over Mr. Hurlbutt’s quick eye saw that it had been executed 93nd the hose delivered to the Borough prior to serv_ ing the injunction. ‘ So, to use his own words, “he had no case in court to try,” and the only thing to do was to gather himself and his client together and come home. He thereupon rose and made request of the Court, in behalf of his client, Mr. Maples, that the whole matter be dropped. And so ends, in a roaring farce, a folly that ought never to have been committed. It was Josh Billings, we believe, who said that it was “a brave man who would back square down,when he found he absolute- ly couldn’t carry his point and it was only a fooland coward who would strug- gle and kick under such circumstances.” Mr.Maples’back-out and back-dowu was as obsolute, orderly and complete, as any one could desire. The only serious aspects of the case are the considerable costs to which he has put himself and the borough. Still, “All is well, that ends well.” , TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN. Mr. Hyatt is in Boston tosday’. Rain at last! Let all pray for more rain, now that the spell is broken. An unknown two masted schooner is ashore near Chatham, Mass. 0. W. Burritt is putting gas into his store on Wall street. The steamer Eagle has had new tim- bers put in her side. Thomas Northrop is the father of a bran new boy, born last. night. Mrs. James H. Bailey went to .New Haven this morning on a brief v1s1t. Fire yesterday in the Manhattan dis- tillery at Peoria, 11]., caused a damage of $400, 000. Mrs. Lottie Burr and baby, of Cleve- land, Ohio, is visiting Mrs. Burr’s uncle, Mr. Monson Hoyt. E. S. Wheeler, Jr., of Saugatuck, has been granted a patent on an improved car seal. The second (Ecumenical Methodist Council was held in Washington yes- terday. Not in years has the Sound been so rough as it was yesterday afternoon and evening. A new gas heater has been put into the conductors’ and drivers’ room at the horse car depot. Mr. Cleveland ought to be in favor of protecting our infant industries now, if never before. Secretary Halford, who was taken suddenly ill at the White House Mon- day, is improving. _ Yale’s big foot-ball eleven gave Trin- ity their first defeat of the Season at Hartford, yesterday. Frank Ward was given 15 days in jail this morning by Justice Coolidge, on a charge of drunkenness. Votes sell for 18 cents in Guatemala. ,Here, on Monday, lots of them were given away, and more thrown away. . Ed. McDowell, the genial advance agent of the “She Couldn’t Marry Three” company, was in town tO-day. Mr. Wm. B. Nash is home from Watertown, N. Y., on a visit to his mother and sister on upper Main street. ——WANTED. -—A few secondhand Hose Injunctions. Apply at NO. 24 Centre avenue. _ 208 2t pd. Up in the Ran eley region, the other day, a Mr. Doug ass found a mud tur- tle 3% feet long and weighing 40 pounds. , That traditional and time honored policy “gig” 4-11-44, which made the late Fernando Wood famous,was drawn again yesterday. The firemen’s parade at Middletown to-day will be the best seen there for many years. There will be a dozen associations in line. The postmaster of Philadelphia has ordered his subordinates to stay from the races, so the poor fellows can’t come to the Danbury fair. - Hal Pointer won the third heat in the great pacing match yesterday af- ternoon. Time 2.10%. The score now stands two heats for Hal Pointer and one for Direct. _.__ Chicago has a fine equestrian statue of General Grant, but it is a small afi'alr compared with the gigantic National Monument which New York City Will have———some day. The Spins. case, which was continued yesterday afternoon before Justice Coolidge, resulted in the discharge _Of the prisoner. A suit for false impris- onment is now talked of. Marie Emilie, the eldest daughter of Mr, G A. Franke, and Mr. Herbert O_. Benedict, will be married at the res1- dence of the bride’s father, on Camp street, Wednesday evening, Oct. 21. The New York base ball club is be- ing investigated by the stockholders, to ascertain, if possible, whether the closin games played at Boston _w_ere “croo ed”‘ or not. Public Opinion says they were. While‘coupling cars at Danbury yes-~ terday afternoon, John Buckley, of Bridgeport. an employee of the Housa— tonic road, had his left foot caughtnn- der the wheel of the car, mangling it in a terrible manner. - General F. E. Camp, who was on Governor Bigelow’s staff as qua-rtermas- ter general and later on the staff of Governor Lounsbury as adjutant gen- eral, is dying of consumption at his home in Middletown. Mr. W. R. Hearst, the owner of the steam yacht Vamoose, will not race his rapid steam yacht against time, but will wait six weeks or six months or six years for Mr. Munro to put his N or- wood in complete order so that the two yachts can sail together. John C. Kuster, the New Haven mah whom Dr. Dominick Sullivan assaulted in a saloon on Wednesday, died yester- day, and Dr. Sullivan will now be in- dicted for homicide. He is at present serving a term of imprlsonment for drunkenness. To—day quite a number of uniformed Odd Fellows will go to Meriden to at— tend the state parade there. The grand encampment will meet in Bridgeport October 20. Simon Reynold will represent the Ci- gar Makers Union of Bridgeport, at the convention of the Federation of Labor, which convenes at South Norwalk on Monday next. A special train on which Major Mc- Kinley was riding had a narrow escape from coming in collision with another train near Batavia Junction, Ohio, Tuesday evening. ——Bicycles, Installment plan, $2.00 weekly. NO deposit down. _. P. Whitney, South Norwalk. (Sullivan’s cigar store.) 203 3t The case of the State vs. John Slat- tery, which was to have been tried in the Superior Court, at Bridgeport, yesterday, was postponed until Tues- day next. The recent examination of twenty young men in civil life for appointment to the grade of second lieutenant in the army resulted yesterday in the appoint- ment, among others. of John S. Mur- dock, of Connecticut. John Pope Hennessy, who died yes- terday, was of late a bitter foe of Par: nell in Irish politics. It was rather a coincidence that the death of two such famous Irishmen should be announced on the same day. Postmaster Hubbell has received five letters and a telegram since Sunday last. asking for particulars of a parade which the writers supposed was to be held here some time this week. How the informationgot abroadis not known. The first thing the new board of selectmen should do is to appoint a janitor for the court house This place has not been swept out or cleaned in many months, and if neglected much longer, will soon be in as bad and filthy a condition as the town house. Cars on the Naugatuck road are to be heated this fall until cold weather sets in by taking steam from the elec- tric light company’s boilers at Water- bury. It is claimed that by a storage system the atmosphere in the cars can be kept warm twenty-four hours. ——Funl New! New! New! Come, see and play the interesting Wild West Gun Game. A ame Of pool played with guns, at H. J. & G. S. Grumman’s 43 Main street, Norwalk. 202~4t The street sign that was stolen from the junction of the New Canaan road and Main street, and taken to and nail- ed on a tree at New Canaan, some time ago, was returned this morning to the selectmen by Selectman Samuel Ray— mond of New Canaan. In the civil side of the superior court at New Haven yesterday afternoon an application was filed by State Attorney Doolittle for an order restraning the Consolidated road from using the bridge it has erected over the West river at Guilford. The hearing will be had on Friday. Miss Florence Jones, of Bridgeport, while playing tennis at the regular tournament of the Ladies’ Tennis Club, yesterday, was struck on the temple with a tennis ball and knocked sense- less. Medical aid was unable to bring her to for several hours, and she is now suffering from prostration. Judge Barrett yesterday ordered that a fine of $7,000 be entered against the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad as penalty for violating the law against the use Of car stoves. This is the’rcsult of the suit brought by the Attorney-General growing out of the tunnel accident. Manager R. F. Adams has something pleasant on his mind tO-day, which the DAILY GAZETTE reporter is unable to ascertain. When questioned this morning as to the cause of his hilarity all we could get out of the popular manager was “wait a few hours and you will know. ” Mr. Parnell is gone, and there is no great leader of the Irish National party in view. Let us hope that all the fac- tions which seek the same noble encl— the freedom of Ireland—will settle their differences beside the bier of their dead leader, and stand unitedly hereafter for a great cause. Mr. and Mrs. Edward June, who re- side on Hoyt street, received word yes- terday that Mrs. June’s step-father, Andrew Lent,who resides at Stamford, had been taken suddenly ill, and was not expected to live. They hastened to Stamford and found Mr. Lent a very, sick man, but somewhat better and more comfortable than when word was sent them. George Washington Merritt indulges in tne luxury of a private family cider press. This morning “Wash” essayed to put the useful little article of do- mestic use and comfort into working order, and somehow one of its cogs or cams caught his thumb and chewed it off in terribly cruel, ragged and un~ Workmanlike fashion. He now has a ,very sore hand to nurse, when he so much needed it, to shove the artists’ brush over the painting contracts With which he is crowded. ' , Willie Boone, the young son of the late Bishop Boone of China, whose death we announced yesterday, left, vesterday'immediately on the receipt! by Mr. Selleck of the cabled neitst'of his father’s death on Tuesday night at Shanghai, for Peekskill', to break"‘the news to his sister who is at school there. P. S.—Mr. .Selleck has just received a message from his pupil, that he is in New York City with his sister, and Will accompany her to Norwalk this even- ing. "Cobalt last evening. The barge was " " ,painless removal of elevendecayed and .1 .painful teeth, frOm which I have suf- i .fered. for many years- I cheerfully Mr. ‘Simons Resigns. 4 NORWAnx, Oct. 7, 1891. To the Board of Directors Norwalk Y. M. 0. 11..- i ‘ _ GENTLEMEN :——Near_ly two years ago I received the unanimous call, of the Board then acting, to the office of Gen- eral Secretary of your. association and after ‘consideration’ the? same was ac- cepted and I entered upon m duties here Dec. 9,1889, since whic timeI have tried, faithfully and to the best of my ability to further the interests of this work for youn :men in Norwalk. During this time . have received the support Of the Board in every under- taking, and also from the committees and membership thete has been a re- sponse to the various calls, without which the work would not have shown, the results that it has. Above all has God’s Holy Spirit, and blessing been with and upon us td help and direct our steps, and for the results obtained I feel truly grateful to Him who gives us all that we have. ‘ During the past month there has come to me, entirely unsolicited, the offer of a business position in New York City, which from a pecuniary standpoint will far exceed what I should expect ever to attain were I to remain in this work. To many-the General Secretary- ship is not a life work,owing to the fact that after a man in this work reaches middle life he is not sought after by associations desiring secretaries, and is forced to seek some other vocation,and it sometimes becomesa serious prob- lem for such a one to solve. What' shall he do ? In view of the above reasons and after a long and careful consideration Of the matter, I have reached the con- clusion that it is a duty I owe, not only to myself but my family, that I should make this change,and, therefore I here- by tender to you my resignation as _General Secretary of your association, to take effect Nov. 21, 1891, and in so doing, I assure yourthat as I still shall retain my residence in Norwalk, I do not resign my interest in the associa- tion in the least, but shall continue to serve and work for it in every way that I can. I wish at this time to thank the officers, directors, cOmmittees and members of the ass‘xociation for their support and many kind words during the time I have been with you, an may God’s richest blessing rest upon the association and its work in the years to ‘come. Very sincerely yours, W. N. SIMONs, Gen. Sec’y. Two Precocious Youngsters. Yesterday morning Charles Waters, of West Norwalk, came to Norwalk and hitched his horse on Isaacs street alongside Of Comstcek Bros.’ store, and started away to make some purchases. When he was ready to return home, he could not find hide nor hair of his team. He was informed by Charles Gehebe that he had seen a “tall man and a red- eyed wOman” get into the carria e and drive toward South Norwalk. T e po- lice were notified and after telephon- ing to Stamford, Bridgeport and other surrounding towns, started out to find the thieves. They did not have to search long, as Officer Dann found the team, driven by two small boys going up Main street, about an hour later. One of the party was a boy named Cooke- fur, and was about 8 years of age. He admitted having taken the team, and said he and the other boy, who was his cousin and about the same age, were out for a drive. The team was turned over to the owner and the boys let go. The father of the Cockefur boy is em- ployed at the Danbury fair, and when he comes home Waters intends to make him settle all damages, or he will pros- ecute the boys. Why Gehebe told the story he did, is not known. -———-——¢oo— Fire and Narrow Escape. Capt. Sandy Knapp came as near to the other world= last evening as he wishes to go at the present time. He lives alone in a little one-story hut, above the fourteen acre pond, and last evening reached home about 7 o’clock. He lighted the lamp, stood it on a ta- ble, and proceeded to get supper, when he was taken with a fit and fell against the table upsetting the lamp, which fell to the floor and set fire to the house. Sandy knew that the place was ablaze but could not get up from where he had fal- len, and but for a man who happened to be passing, and who noticed the flames and went in and pulled the Cap- tain out,he would surely have burned to death. The house was entirely con- sumed, and Sandy lost everything in the shape Of clothing, etc. He was brought to NorWalk after the fire and spent the night with a family on Knight street. The blaze was seen in the bor- ough about 8 O’clock, and the night be- ing so dark, was a handsome sight. _.. - - coo ‘ ..... A Great Mile. The mile in 2 :09 made by Nancy Hanks at Richmond, Ind., is the fastest mile trotted by a horse since 1885, and, with one exception, the fastest on rec- ‘ 0rd. Nancy has only to lower her record by half a second-an achieve- ment of which she seems to be entirely capable—to make herself the queen Of the turf. Orange " Blossoms. Norwalk is represented to-day at the wedding in New York City, of Dr. Woolsey Hopkins, who is the son of Col. Woolsey Rogers Hopkins, U. S. A., of Shippan Point, Stamford. Dr. Hopkins is also a great grand-son Of Moses Rogers of ancient Norwalk an- nals. * A Barge Sunk. The steamer City of Springfield Of the Hartford and New York transporta- tion line, collided with a coal barge off cut in two and sunk immediately. injured While Coupling Cars. Patrick Tyman, of Ansonia, while coupling cars in Derby last evening, fell between the cars. The wheel ran 1(aver his right arm just below the el- ow. - FOUNdfllilSl. An Old Statute Discovered Relat- ing to Sidewalks. Of Great importance to Borough Property ovvners. A curious discovery has been made of ;%n_‘ Old Borough statute relating to side- walks, gutters, etc., the existence of which seems to have been entirely for- gotten. Borough Clerk Hubbell, as is his wont, went to work in his quiet, modest and yet thorough way of getting down to the bottom foundations, in search of some legal authority by which the Court of Burgesses could en- force its mandates for the laying of street curbs, gutters and side-walks. In his search he came upon the follow- ing Act, passed in 1873, and applying specially to the Borough of Norwalk, and of the existence of which, it is said, even the Court of Burgesses or its at- torney had any knowledge, prior to its exhumation by Borough Clerk Hubbell. It is of such special and immediate in- terest to such a large number of our Borough property holders that we pub- lish the statute entire. It is as follows : An Act in relation to the Borough of Norwalk. (Vol. 7, p. 621, Special Laws State of Conn.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened. Sec. 1. That whenever the Court of Burgesses of the borough of Norwalk shall cause any sidewalk or gutter to be made. paved, curbed or railed, and shall adjust and liquidate the expense thereof, and shall order such expense to be paid by the owner or owners of the property fronting on such sidewalk or gutter; upon the neglect or default Of such owner or owners of such prop- erty so to make, pave, curb, orrail such sidewalk or gutter, after orders duly made and notice duly given to such owner or owners to make, pave, curb, or rail such sidewalk or gutter, pursu- ant to the charter of said borough and the amendments thereof, said borough shall have a lien upon such property for the amount of such expense so in- curred and liquidated: provided that such lien shall not continue for a long- er period than sixty days after said ex- pense shall have been so adjusted and liquidated and ordered paid as afore- said, unless within that period a certifi- cate of such lien, signed by the Warden of said borough, or clerk Of said court, describing the premises, the amount claimed as a lien thereon, the cause for which the same is claimed, and the name of the owner or owners of such property, if known. shall be lodged for record with the town clerk of the town of Norwalk. Whenever such lien is paid or dis- charged. said warden or clerk shall, at the request and at the expense Of said owner or owners, give a certificate that such lien is discharged. Said town clerk shall record all such certificates in the records of lands of said town. on payment of the legal fees therefor. Such liens may be foreclosed in any proper court in the same manner as mortgages of lands, and the expense of making and recording such certificates shall be chargeable to the owner or owners of such property, and may be added to and collected in the same manner as the original claim. Such expenses of so making, curbing, pav- ing, or railing such sidewalk or gutter, when so adjusted, liquidated, and or- dered paid as aforesaid, may also be collected by warrant under the hand of the lVarden in the same manner as town taxes may by law be collected. Sec. 2. If any person shall neglect or refuse to pay any expense so incurred by said borough, in the manner des- cribed in the preceding section, within 60 days after the same has been so ad- justed, liquidated, and ordered paid as set forth in said section ; * * * * and said borough shall be entitled to add to such expense one per cent. of» the sum so due for each and every calendar month thereafter until such sum or sums shall be paid, which may be col- lected in the same manner as the prin- cipal sum so due, and shall be treated and regarded as a part thereof. Sec. 3. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect from its passage. Approved July 9, 1873. ' .9. Their Cases Continued. The cases against Parks and Flynn, the young men arrested in New Haven for wire tapping to beat the pool rooms, have been continued until tO-morrow. They are to be charged w1thconsp1racy;. The police are looking for another man said to have worked in connection With the accused. Ex-Adjutant-Gen. Camp Dead. Ex-Adjutant-General of the State, Frederick E. Camp, died at his resi- dence in Middletown this morning. Gen. Camp was 60 years of age and un- married. HO. SOUTH NORWALK, Oct. 6, ’91. DR. ESTEBROOKE:~—I cannot refrain efrom-publicly thanking you for the recommend those similarly sufferingto take advantage of your stOp in this City to have their decayed teeth taken out without pain. Yours truly, . 'J. R. RAYMOND, South Norwalk. 202tf (Unsolicited) EX-Governor Bigelow lmprovlnnu Ex-Govcrnor Bigelow is improving daily, and unless he suffers a relapse his recovery is only a question of time. «’»~._.—_ The Minstrels. In Speaking of the Lucier Minstrel Company, which are to appear at the Opera House tO-morrow evening, the New Haven,Conn., Register says: “ Lu- cier’s Minstrels at the Grand Opera house drew a large audience last night. - The company gave a clean and enjoy- able entertainment. ' 4-O-F Mr. Simons. The resignation of Mr. Simon's of his position as secretary of the Y. M. C. A. will be received with surprise and re- gret by large numbers of Our people who are interested in the welfare Of the association in Norwalk. But duty to himself and family seems to invite him elsewhere, and having received, like the ministers, a “higher call” we can only wish him the abundant success he deserves. Said to be an Embezzler. L. B. Booth, who, for 16 years has been town treasurer of Newtown, is in a bad way financially, if all reports are true. Through speculation, 'he has spent several thousand dollars of the town’s money. He has also been trees 4 urer of the Episcopal church, and had control of $12,000 of its funds. much of which he has invested in stocks. Yes- terday his store was attached by the church people. "-49.- -———————- -- W. B. Hall & Co. ——The new six-story building recently erected for the great dry goods firm of W. B. Hall & Co., attracts a great deal of attention, partly from the beauty of its architecture and partly because it is built upon the site of an old land-mark. The Bridgeport Farmer thus describes an incident which is of frequent occur- rence : “Can you inform me where I will find W. B. Hall 85 Company’s dry goods store ? ” “This is W. B. Hall 57. Co.’s, madam; anythin I can do for you ?” answered an afi'ab e gentleman. “My! There must be some mistake about this, sir. I was at W. B. Hall’s dry goods store only a few months ago, but this ain’t the place by a long shot. I live up in Litchfield county, but I’m not so verdant that I don’t know Hall’s. I’ve been there too often, sir! ” and the visitor shifted her reticule to the other arm somewhat spiritedly. “Excuse me, but this-is W. B. Hall & Co.’s.” . “Perhaps you can introduce me to Mr. Hall himself, if that’s the case.” Without the least show Of annoyance, the floor-walker said : “Step right this way. Mr. Hall is in his office and W111 be glad to see you.” Half way down the long avenue of dress goods, laces, ribbons, silks and fancy goods they met the founder and successful engineer of the house of W. B. Hall & Company. . - “Well, well! Howd’y do, Mr. Hall. You must have run upon an Aladdin Lamp to have caused that Dear Old House at Home to melt'into. thin air, and replace it with this gene’wine pal- ace of wonders since I came down last time on one of your family excursion trains. It’s enough to make. one for- git she’s in the land 0’ the living! ” “Yes, Mrs. V————-—t.” replied the smiling W. B. H., “we had to accom- plish the change by night or day work —two sets of hands—and I .must con- fess we’re rather pleased With the re- sults.” “Pleased! My stars! But you ought to be as proud as—as—as I was when I got home and put on that new dress your Mrs. Connors ’tended to last time I come to Bridgeport. Is Mrs. Con- nors here now, Mr. Hall ?” “Oh, yes; take the elevator, please. She has recently returned from Paris where, having an abundant letter of credit from this house she provided for fall and winter fashions abundantly— she wiil be glad to meet you.” .-.-___._.__._.,. oeo _., Charles T. Leonard lost a pocket book last evening, containing nearly $100 in bills, several small checks and a few notes. When Mr. Leonard left his coal Office about 6 O’clock, he put some money in the pocket book and put it, as he supposes, in hisinside vest pocket. He came up Water street to Wall street, stopped at the post Office, and then proceeded down West avenue to his residence. Later in the evening he at- tended a meeting at St. Paul’s parish rooms, and it was here that he first dis- covered his loss. In putting the pocket book inside his vest, he probably did not get it into the pocket, and when he started to walk it slipped down, and fell.out between the vest and trousers. Aliberal reward is offered for its return. .—_—.Q.< The Ferris Concert last evening was seriously interfered with on account of the storm, but praises of its _excel- lence in every particular, are in the mouths of all who had the courage to brave the down-pour of rain. Mr. D. Wallace, of Bridgeport charmed his audience by his pure and sweet tenor voice. The recitations by Mr. Colwell, Baritone solo, vocal duett by Miss Byxbee and Staab, organ duett by Ferris and Ryder, were gems'in their way, and the one universal Wish seems to be that the concert may be again given on some more propitious night. A- __ n..__. <+>—————-— WESTPORT. Christ church, Westport, give a re- ception to their new Rector, Rev. Mr. Wayne, this evening. » » coo-~— Tlic Davis Statue Accepted. JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 8.——The committee appointed to pass on the acceptance of the statue of Jefferson Davis for the monu- ment in this city yesterday finally decided to accept the statue“ The association adopted the report and paid the contractor in full for his work. waur COLORADO mvmnn. A Scheme on Foot to Break the Centen- nial State in Two. DENVER, Oct. 8,—From reports received here a sensation is promised .at the meet- ing of the western Colorado congress at ’ Grand Junction, which is no less than a proposition to divide the state of Colo- " rado. For some time past the towns on the western slope have been dissatisfied with the treatment they have received at the hands of the railroads in‘ the latter’s construction of the intent of the interstate commerce law as compared with the towns on the eastern slope. , This convention will demand the imme- diate change of existing rules and rates, and, in case it is refused, an effort will be. made to have the state divided, the divid- ing line to be the great continental divide. Whether this can be accomplished or not is a question, but there is no doubt about there being a desire for it. A well known politician declared that the Whole thing is simply a scheme Of the west slope poli- ticians, synonymous to going to Washing- ton as representatives of a new state. McKinley’s Narrow Escape. CINCINNATI, Oct. 8.——The special train bearing the Lincoln club excursionists back from Batavia had a narrow escape from disaster. Is seems that orders had been given for the special to stop at Ba- tavia Junction, Where the Little Miami in- tersects, and to sidetrack to let the regular passenger from the city to go by on the main track. Instead Of sidetracking ac- cording to orders, the special continued on its way to the city, but with its speed somewhat slackened. When a short dis- tance this side of But is. Junction the engineer saw the headlight of the ap- proaching train. He whistled a. warning ‘ signal and put on the brakes. The two engines were brought to a standstill with their pilots forty-five feet apart. Major McKinley was on the special train. The train went back to the siding, and finally reached this city. A New Chicago Daily. CHICAGO, Oct. 8.——M1'. Green has long had a hankering to become the proprietor of a big daily paper. A shorutime ago’ his mother, Mrs. Hetty Green, was willing to make an offer for one of the existing papers in this city, but the project was dropped. “We intend to incorporate a company shortly with a capital of $700,- 000,” said Mr. Green yesterday. “Two young millionaires of New York have joined with me in subscribing $500,000 of the stock, which will be equally divided among us. As for the other $200,000, we shall float it in Chicago among our friends.” Twenty-FOur Families in Danger. " NEW YORK, Oct. S.—A fire did, consider- able damagc to property in Water and Rutgers streets, and caused the loss Of’ four horses. The fire started in a stable on Water street in which were quartered tweney-one horses, and spread to neigh- boring tenements, in which lived twenty- four families. There was considerable ex- citement, and many household goods were thrown into the street, but no human lives were lost. ’ Another County Treasurer Short. TOWSON, Md., Oct. 8.-—The report of William F. Rogers, an expert accountant who has, examined the accounts of Ex- County Treasurer Morgan, has been sub- mitted to County Commissioner Magr'u— der. It is to the effect that over $24,000 are unaccounted for. The deficit causes great surprise. The report will be laid be- fore the grand jury at once and proceed- ings commenced against Mr. Morgan’s bondsmen. Drank Poison for Whisky. GALENA, 1118., Oct. 8,—Conrad M. Peters, a. laborer in a quarry,-found a bottle which be supposed contained whisky, but which held poison, and drank deeply. He handed the flask to three companions who only swallowed a little before detecting the mistake. Peters died in terrible agony within an hour. His companions will re- cover. A Doctor Clicked to Death. NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 8.——Dr. William M. Lockwood, formerly of Stamford, Conn., ’was found choked to death on a road near Berkley. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive for the murder, as the de~ ceased was thought to have money. No trace of the murderers could be found. BRIEF MENTION. Miss Elizabeth Bisland, the writer who became widely known because of her rapid trip around the world, was married to Charles W. Wet-more, a. lawyer, in New York. It was rumored in \Vashington that ex- Governor Seney, of New Hampshire, will be appointed the successor of Secretary of War Proctor. The answer in the famous divorce suit of Marie Nevins Blaine versus James G. Blaine, Jr., was served upon Mrs. Blaine» at Sioux Falls, S. D. Mr. Blaine denied . that he deserted his wife, claiming that she deserted him. He pleaded vaerty, and urged that he has an income of but $2,000 a year, which will cease the lst of December next. Mr. Blaine will make a vigorous fight for the custody of the child, which is said to resemble James G. Blaine. The trial at Atlanta of a number of Georgia moonshiners accused of arson re- vealed the existence of an oath bound or- ganization, the members of which are bound to protect each other. They masked themselves and burned the house of John Arken, Of Elligay, not allowing the family to come out until the roof began to fall in. . ' The Presbytery of New York fixed Wed: nesday, Nov. 4, at 10 o’clock a. m., as the ,, time for the beginning of the trial of the Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D. D., on the charge of heresy, and the Scotch church- as the place. The miners entombed in the Richardson colliery near Pottsville, Pa., were not reached by the rescuers, although strenu- ous efforts were made in their behalf. The pliiospects of finding the men alive are vary 5 m. Charles and N ino Lovnowsky, two young children, placed lime in a can at Lansing, Mich, and poured water over it. The can exploded and the children’s eyes were‘ destroyed.
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