\ as PEOPLE’S PAPER. Largest Circulation. .-.\sss£‘v§ftll _ ». . , -< ““ \w.‘ '. r” .v— T 6 “Equal and Exact J ustice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—qu'ferson LEABS in ADVERTISING. ' ‘ j Wants, I Cent a WOrd. ‘9‘". V01. '1, N0. 222. . Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday Evening, November 4, 1891.- Price One Cent. The Daily Gazette Is issued very week-day at 3 P. 111.. at ONE CENT PER COPY. The Cheapest Rates for Advertising. and THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette. [Combined with Friday 8 Dailv.l Is issued every Friday at Noon. at mean CENTS PER corr, on $1.50 ran YEAR. The Daily and Weekly.§ Served. to Local Subscribers at TEN GENTS PER WEEK. on 35.00 mm YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor This paper has the largest circulation of any paper in the Slate west of Bridgeport. r 0 UR J OBBIL‘ 6- DEPARTMENT. Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER. J n. of New York, has charge of the GAZETTE'S Engraving. Book and Jobbing Department. He is an expert and experienced Job Printer. and no work an trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. The Elections. Yesterday was a glorious day for the elections. In New York Flower is ap- parently elected by 40,000 plurality. The independent papers charge. that tax-Senator Warner Miller’s friends knifed Mr. Platt’s candidate, Fassett, and thus largely reduced his vote in the interior of the State. The New York Sun, this morning, is so ecstatic in its joy over the result in the Empire State that it comes out with the first word in the principal head of the paper upside down. From an entirely independent and disinterested view of the situation and result in New York. the vote indicates that large numbers of Democrats were fearful of the further spread and as- cendancy of Tammany’s power and that- many Republicans were equally op- posed to Mr. Platt’s increased domina- tion in their party organization. This spirit of revolt in both parties, clearly shows a growing hostility to ' ‘bossism” in party management. In Massachusetts the gubernatorial struggle is so close as to leave the re- sult in doubt, with apparent chances in favor of Allen, Republican. The same may be said of this morning’s situation in Iowa. The event that will make high tariff Republicans and Democrats alike,most hilarious is the sure election of Me- Kinley in Ohio. district was so gerrymandered as to His Congressional prevent any possibility of his re-elec- tion to Congress, and now he has gone up to the higher honor of Governor of the great State of Ohio.which distinctly meausthat if both Harrisonfland Blaine should decline, that McKinley will be the next Republican candidate for President of the United States. v—~~———-——————<+ >_._ TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN. Read advertise ment dog lost. The Flowers that bloom in the~fall, tra 1a. ‘ —BOABD, Reasonable, at 15 Franklin avenue. ' 221-313 The total costfor_;eiiairing the Hon- gggonic dam up to date has been $128,- 1 -.__ —_.__._. Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a nephew of the first Napoleon, is dead, aged 78 years. .The corner-stone of the new Metho- dist church in Seymour will be laid this afternoon. The enrollment of school children in the town of Hartford shows the num— ber to be 10,571. Builder Rowe is putting up a new house for Thomas Parkinson on the Step H111 road, near the reservoir. A very satisfactory rehearsal of the programme for the Japanese Fete, was had at Mrs. Van Burcn’s last evening. . It is estimated that the double track- ing of the Danbury and Norwalk divi- 81011 of the Housatonic road will cost $150,000. Joseph Turcotte, aged 28, was killed by a freight train at Moosup, Monday. he was somewhat deaf, and did not hear the train until too late. The county commissioners granted a half dozen liquor licenses yesterday, princmally to Westport parties. They are in South N orwalk to-day. Miss Warner, of Brooklyn, who has been spending the summer with friends on Lewis street, leaves today for her home in the City of Churches. solidated road and Miss Rose Kier- nan, daughter of John Kiernan of New" Haven Will be married November 11. —-Rib Roasts 12%0 per 1b., at Keeler’s market. The funeral of John R. Brown will take place from the ‘ First Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. Clinton Seeley has received the $50 French marble clock won byhim at the ten mile bicycle race,at New Haven,on Friday last. Miss Carrie Root, of New Canaan, is in danger of dying, a sash having fallen on her back while she was leaning out the window. The big flower worn by George Hon- necker to-day on the left lappel of his coat, simply signifies that he has been i§adlingthe election returns from New or . And now the water commissioners are going to put meters on the water motors used about the Borough. Next, those rotten, leaking pasteboard mains should be either replaced or“metered.” Governor Page of Vermont, yester- day issued a proclamation formally an- nouncing the appointment of the Hon. Redfield Proctor as United States Sena- tor, to succeed the Hon George F. Ed— munds, resigned. In yesterday’s notice of the starting of a hat shop in the former Shepherd carriage factory, our reporter omitted to state that it was Messrs. N. and M. H. & CO. who had proffered its use one year free of rent. —Readman leads them all. No such pictures ever made in N orwalk before. Come and see them at the Gallery in GAZETTE Building before going else- where, and you will be Convinced of their superiority. Attorney E. M. Lockwood appeared before the county commissioners this morning at South Norwalk, in behalf of residents on Main street, and filed Objections to the granting of a license to James H. O’Reilly. —-A meeting of the “Non-secret En- dowment Order” will be held to-night in Randall’s Hall, East Norwalk, at 8 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of insti- tuting a local branch. Everybody is invited to come. It The Alpha Wheel Club at their meet— ing last evening, elected Frederick Brady.color bearer, in place 0' George Curtis, resigned, and appointed Jackson a delegate to attend the meet- ing of the L. A. W., at Hartford. Brig. Gen. T. L. Watson has been elected a member ofthe Military Ser- vice Institution, the headquarters of which are at Governor’s Island, aid also ap‘member of the Connecticut SO- ciety, Sons of the American Revolution. At a meeting of Pioneer Hook & Lad- der Company held last evening, acom- mittee was appointed to arrange for a grand masquerade ball, to be held in the near future. The committee will spare no pains to make the ball the finest of the season. Palo Alto lowered his record half a second at Stockton, Cal., yesterday, trotting a mile in 2. 09%, coming within a quarter of a second of the world’s stallion record, held by Allerton. He made two breaks, or he would have broken the record. Engineer Ford of the Danbury and N orwalk road has been placed in charge of the Long Island milk train. En- gineer Morgan, of Wilson Point, takes 1: ord’s place on the switcher in the Dan- bury yard, and Fireman Beyers is pro. moted to engineer of the Wilson Point switcher. Connecticut pension: Original—Al- bert A. Clark, Robert T. Harris, Wm. Hallihan, Samuel S. Ladd, Dexter M. Latham. Additional—Cyrus M. Ben- jamin. Increase—Stephen Roper, Goez Bachert. Widows—Mary Walter. Rose Kennady, Ellen Maria Gallemore, Rox- anna Wood. Adams Express messenger, Henry M. Jennings, had the misfortune to drop two ten dollar bills yesterday, which he supposed he brought out of the Central National Bank with\_ him. He can illy afford to lose the $20. and it is to be hoped that whoever picked it up. will return the money to the worthy owner. ' Mr. S. V. Karmarkar, the young Brahmin, who was expected to give an address in the Congregational Chapel tO-morrow night on ‘ ‘ Home Life Among the Hindoos,” is ill and his physician has forbidden him to speak for the pre- sent. He hopes, however, to be at the next missionary concert, of which due notice will be given. . The Electric Light Co. in its efforts to keep its dynamos sparkling out light for the town and at the same time to reorganize and reinfore its works. with- out diminution of light or impairment Of its efficiency, must prove as trying as the late Mr. Greeley’s famous de- scription of the democratic procession marching up Broadway and trying to keep step to the music of the band and at the same time dodge the omnibuses. ~—A————<+>———— The Criminal Com'mon Pleas. The first case taken up by the No- vember term of the criminal Common Pleas court, which convened here yes- terday morning, was that of Mrs. Au- gusta Becker, of Greens Farms. ac- cused of breach of the peace and as— sault upon J oth. Alvord. Mrs. Becker was tried upon the same charges'at the October term, but the jury disagreed. Alvord built afence acrossa road- way which 1. rs. Becker had used and which she claimed was a public high- way. Mrs. Becker thrashed him sound- 1y with a horsewhip and he caused her arrest. After being out for nearly an hour the jury returned a verdict _ of guilty of assault. Judge Walsh 1m- poseda fine of $10, and costs of one trial. Mrs. Becker was defended by Attorney J. D. Toomey, Jr. Grand Concert. The 6th annual grand concert and re- ception of Norwalk Lodge, No. 2881, G. U. 0. of O. F., will take place this evening at the Opera House. Heine’s band will furnish music and the hall will be open all night for the conveni- ence of out of town visitors. When this lodge undertakes to give a recep- . tion or ball it is an assured success, and to-night’s afi'air Will be no exception. Wilton’s Forest Fire. The fire that has devasted nearly the whole area of Huckleberry Hills woods has about exhausted itself. It is ascer- tained to have been caused by boys kindling a fire to burn squirrels out of their hole. spread over from two to three thousand acres. and is the most extensive and destructive forest conflagration ever known in Fairfield county. ~ The dam- age to cord wood. and young timber has amounted to a large sum. ~—’l‘he nicest, neatest $3.00 kid shoes in Norwalk, at Hoyt’s. 3t 221 ,- . __ 4.- ._______.__ A Mysterious Explosion. An explosion occurred about 4o’clock yesterday afternoon in the cupola at Meeker’s foundry. The men were all at work in the room when the explosion occurred. but no one was injured, al- though all were more or less frighten- ed. It is not known what was the cause of the explosion, whether it occurred from a generation of gases from the furnace, or whether a dynamite car- tridge had in some manner become mixed with the coal and thrown into the fire and exploded. A peculiar thing about the explosion was that the report and shock were felt more in the Bridge than at the foundry. , - .__,,._<,,___._-._._-.. —Sperry dc Barnes’ Hams 125 cents at People’s Market. 222tf Beer in a Bag. Henry Dagan. better known as “Sil- ver,” and John Gaffney, were marshal- ling their forces yesterday afternoon, preparatory to celebrating the victory in New York, when Ofiicer Morehouse fell on them and spoiled their game. A car load of beer arrived at the freight house yesterday, consigned to the Ori- ental Bottling Works. It was counted on its arrival and found correct, but a short time afterwards, when counted again, one keg of beer was missing. Dagan and Gafi'ney had been seen loitering around the place and were at once suspected. They were watched and about 2 o’clock were seen to take something in a bag across the river in a yawl boat. When they reached the other side, their burden was deposited on the dock, and from appearances it looked wonderfully like a keg of beer. Agent Gould and Officer Morehouse traced the two men and later found them in the rear of a saloon on Main street, with the keg on a truck. Both were arrested and this morning plead guilty to a charge of theft and were fined 35 and costs apiece. Dagan paid up, but G fi'ney is now celebrating at Bridgeport. . .. . Fever- Adds to Russia’s Misery. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 4.—Typhus fever Is spreading among the famine stricken Inhabitants of several provinces in the government of Kazan. Stringent meas- urcs have been adopted to cone With the disease. It is reported that in spite of the prohibition placed upon the exportation of oil cake, this article will be. allowed to be exported after the home demand has been satisfied. - choked to Death with Hls Chain. ~ WEBSTER, Mass, Nov. 4.——Harry Jones, an operative in the W'est Dudley paper mill, were a large silver chain about his neck. It caught in a nut on a. shaft. When the shaft was stopped he was black in the face, choked to death. Ives Smotc the “lizard. l‘IIADISON, Wis, N ov, 4.—Ives and Schne- ier played an exhibition game of 300 points here last evening. Schacfer had 'made 111 when Ives finished. Their average was 80 and 21 2—9. Ives’ best run was 101, Schae- Eer’s 77. - \VOllLD’S FAIR NOTES. The great imitation coast line battle. ship, which is to constitute and contain the government’s naval exhibit, is in an advanced state of construction. It will be all inclosed before winter weather sets in, and all of the interior work will be com- pletcd by spring. A W orld’s fair transportation company has been organized by a number of mon. eyed men in Maine for the purpose of transporting New Englanders to and from the exposition and paying their expenses while in Chicago. It issues certificates payable in installments, and these, when paid up, are transferable for round trip tickets to the exposition, including all necessary expenses. The Carriage Builders’ National associa- tion, at its recent session in Cincinnati, appointed an influential committee to supervise the collection and preparation of a creditable exhibit of vehicles, and to cooperate with Chief Smith, of the trans- portation department. ' The state board of commerce, of Oregon, has employed canvassers to raise $25,000 to be turned in to the state’s World’s fair fund. ' E. R. L. Gould, the American delegate to the International Statistical institute, re- cently held in Paris, writes to Chief Fearn saying that the congress has accepted an invitation to meet in Chicago in 1893. ' Thomas A. Painter, of Putnam, Coun., who was sent some time ago to Peru by Colonel Beebe for the purpose of collect- - in g some curios and other articles of inter- est to be found in that country, has re- turned. He reports that his mission was highly'successful. - These articles are to be included in the Peruvian exhibit at the \Vorld’s Columbiun fair in Chicago. Mr. Beebe is one of the gentlemen who is to have charge of the Peruvian exhibit at the fair. He will act under the supervision of Professor Putnam, of Harvard college. It is estimated to have ‘ .or an Italian. - Wedding Bells. Cards are out for gthe marriage of May Louise, daughter of Mrs. Mary M. Wayland of Bridgeport, and Mr. Lester Hyatt, of the well known dry goods firm of Tristam & Hyatt. ——«—————<+ Horsewhipped. Mr. McDermott, a. nephew of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, yesterday publicly- horsewhipped’, Mr. Timothy Healy, M. P. in Dublin, on account of a speech by Mr. Haal‘y at Longford on Sunday last, when the anti-Parnell leader referred in a slightin manner to the widow of the late Char es Stew- art Parnell. ; ————-——--—OOO—+———— Had No Licensa. United States‘Mai‘Hhal Strong was in Westport, yesterdayfin search of the owners of the barge Hebe, which rounded while pas 'ing through the draw at that place last Wednesday morning. The barge lies in such a position that the draw cannot be closed and communication between the centres on each side is made by boat. Marshal Strong learned that Captain Greenwood, the owner, was unlicensed and will probably cause his arrest. The barge was bound from New York with 200 tons of coal for Westport parties. Death of Mgr. Preston. The Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas S. Preston, Vicar-Gene al of the Roman Catholic diocese, of biew York, died at the pastoral residene of St. Ann’s Church. in East Twelfth street, afew _ minutes before 1 0’01 ’01: this morning. Mgr. Preston was born in Hartford, on July 23, 1824. His father, Zaphan- iah Preston, Vice President of the Con- , necticut Mutual LifeInsui-ance Com- pany, was an Episcopalian. In 1843 young Preston was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, and three years later he entered the Episcopal ministry. After his ordination he was attached to the church of the Rev. Dr. Seabury, grandson of the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church. and subse- quently he was stationed at old St. Luke’s Church in Hudson street, New York. His term of service as an Episco- pal clergyman lasted only three years, for in 1849 he became" converted to Catholicism. ‘ ———————-<-r Oyster-men Organize. The recently organized Oystermen’s association held another meeting in Bridgeport last night, and elected the followmg ofiicers: President, Capt. McGuinness, of Stamford; vice presi- dent, C. J. Nash, of Black Rock; sec- retary, William A. Bowie, of Bridge- port; treasurer, Benjamin Wilmot, of Greenwich ; exacutive committee Capt. Lawson, of Norwalk, Benjamin . Palmer, of Sound Beech, C. J. Nash, of Bridgeport, Gilbert Hopkins, of Mianus, John McNeil, of New Haven. Every large oyster growing town in the state is represented in the board of officers. At the meeting last evening a com- munication was read fromthe Shell-fish Commissioners intimating their desire to be present at the next meeting. A committee was appointed to meet the Commissioners at the train and escort them to the hall. Meetings will soon be started in Nor- 1wall; and every oysterman should et- en . I ~————<+->——~-———. .- ' Serious Accident. Mrs. Daniel S. Osterbanks, who re- sides on Henry street. met with a seri- ous and painful injury at her home yes- tesday afternoon. Mrs. Osterbanks, who is a lady 71 years of age, went down cellar about 2 o’clock, carrying a step-ladder with her, with which to reach something in the cellar. She had returned, put the step-ladder in its place and stood at the head of the cel- lar stairs trying to reach for a mop, which is kept behind the door, when she was taken with a dizzy turn, lost her balance and'fell headlong down the stairs. The family were all up-stairs at the time, and the noise of the fall was not heard. .Mrs. Osterbanks crawled to the top of the stairs where her screams were heard by Mrs. Warren Osterbanks, Mrs. William McCormick and Mrs. Brown, who were up-stairs, and hastened to her aid and picked her up. She was tenderly cared for, and put to bed, and Dr. Dexter Hitchcock summoned, who found that her left wrist was broken. her hip badly bruised and her head injured. As Mrs. Oster- banks has been poorly for some time, it was feared that the shock of the acci- dent might terminate. fatally, but at this writing she is a little more comfort- a e. -————-——-OOI———-——‘ it was Pugilist Downs. The identity of the man killed by the cars about a mile this side of the Stratford depot, Monday afternoon will in all probability forever remain undiscovered. From his appearance it is thought he is either a Hungarian Yesterday Dr. Cogg 8- well. m’edical examiner of the town of Stratford, reported his finding in the case to Coroner Doten and turned the remains over to the town authorities for interment The medical examiner finds that the man was struck by the train while walking on the track and never regained cOusciousness. He de- scribes the body as follows : A white man about 30 years old, hair and eyes brown; wore a blue gray coat and vest, gray mixed pants, brown and red woolen shirt, gray undershirt, red and white suspenders, gray cotton un- derwear, laced shoes, white stockings and black derby hat with initials E. K. K. inside it. In the pockets of the man’s clothes were found a bottle of medicine labelled C. W. Church, Ar- cade, Bridgeport. No. of prescription, 139,209, dated Oct. 21, 1892; also a red necktie, a policy ticket, and postal and advertising cards. . ‘ . Later—The body was positively iden- tified last evening as that of William Downs, the half—breed pugilist, who was thelosing contestant in the recent prize fight with Smith,which took place last week at Meadows End. FLOWEIlEEClED. Flower has been Elected Governor of New York by 37,388 Plu- . rallty and the Entire Dem- ocratic States Ticket is Elected. Miller’s Friends Knife Platt’s Young Man. Fighting Fassett is beaten 1 “Slaughtered by his friends” should be his epitaph. Throughout the counties where War- ner Miller is loved the knife was plied against Mr. Platt’s young man with a. strength that let out his heart’s blood. There is no denying this. The full and accurate returns from the great Republican counties tell the story. The Miller men stayed at home and sulked. The vote was registered but it did not come out. ROSWELL P. FLOWER. Roswell P. Flower is the Governor elect of New York. The Democratic State ticket has carried the State by about 15,000 majority. The result is ’due wholly to a heavy falling of: in the Republican Country vote. New York city gives Flower 145,038; Fassett, 87,708; Democratic plurality, 57.330. In 1888 Governor Hill received 69,102 plurality; Democratic loss, 11,772. The total vote of. New York city for Governor fell from 267,806 in 1888 to 232,756 yesterday. _, Brooklyn, 579 districts, with only 68 to hear from yet, give Flower 71,417; Fassett, 56,445; Democratic plurality, 14,972. In 1888 Gov. Hill received 14,185. ' The country districts reverse this and show corresponding Republican loss. In the State outside of New York city and Brooklyn the total vote cast for Gov- ernor fell from about 820,000 in 1888 to about 600,000 yesterday. The Republi- cans sustain about 60 per cent. of this loss and the Democrats only 40 per cent. The returns are more surprising to both parties than the result. It was a clean sweep all through the State for the Democratic party. New York city alone failed to fulfil the hopes of the most enthusiastic Democrats, its majority falling far below that given for Governor Hill in 1888. Yet it is more than Mr. Cleveland received in that same year. -sgyrsse \\ \. \ ~ §\§§S T i: \l WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN. Mr. Sheehan and the entire Demo- cratic State ticketare elected with Mr. Flower. Mr. Sheehan in New York and in Erie counties, as well as in other places, but not enough to prevent his election. All the talk about Democratic disaf- fection in Kings county seems to have been idle. The Democrats there did their duty nobly, and the result isa ma- jority larger than conservative Demo- crats had hoped for —much larger than that given for Mr. Cleveland, and right up alongside that given for Gov. Hill. Brooklyn, too, elects its Mayor by a very heavy majority, and makes a clean sweep of ‘ its local tiCket. The Dutch did not capture Holland with Mr. Meyer. ' O —Great Bargains in MILLINERY. All goods at tWOéthirds their value, at the Boston store for the next ten days. 215-31? There was some cutting of_ . MASSACHUSETTS. , All indications Point to Russell’s Election. The .vote in Massachusetts is very close. 270 out of 350 toWns, 5 cities re- maining to be heard from, indicate that Russell has been re-elected by about 3,000 plurality. ‘ W. E. RUSSELL. At 9 o’clock this morning the Boston Journal conceded the election of Bus- sell by 4,000. With the exception of Governor the remainder of the Repub- lican ticket is elected. o 4 o-—_._.._._._...-___ NEW JERSEY. The Democrats will have a majority in both branches of the Legislature. At political headquarters of the Demo- crats the claim is made that Democratic Senators have been elected in Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex and Sussex counties. The Democrats also claim to have elected forty Assemblymen in the State. Upon the result of the contest in this State depends the election of a suc- cessor to United States Senator Rufus Blodgett. ...--_______—_ I PENNSYLVANIA. An Indicated Republican Majority of 50.000. The returns from thirty-three coun- ties indicate that the Republican ticket in Pennsylvania will have a majority of 50.000. Gregg, for Auditor-General, will have that majority, according to the estimate at Democratic headquar- ters. ..,>_._...—..————. IOWA. Heavy Vote and Late Returns- At 3.30 a. m. both committees claim- ed the election of Governor. At 9 a. HORACE BOISE. H. 0. WHEELER. m. a special dispatch says that the Re- publicans concede the election of Boies over Wheeler by 8,000 plurality. -_. -.-_.__<’>____--_._—_. COLORADO. Undoubtedly Carried by the Re- publicans. Partial returns from fifteen precincts in the county out of 153 give the straight Republican ticket a majority of 800. Chairman Coe, of the County Central Committee, claims the election of the entire ticket by 2,500. 'No complete returns from outside towns have been received, but Helm’s election to be Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court is claimed ’by the chair- man of the State Republican Commit- tee by over 5,000. At the Democratic headquarters no estimates are made. .0. MICHIGAN. A Republican Congressman Re— turned. Estimates based on returns thus far received, indicate. that Belknap, repub- lican candidate for Congress in the Fifth District, will be returned by from 1,200 to 1,500 majority. The late Con— gressman Ford carried the district by 2,600 last fall. - .0.- Southern Elections. Maryland, Virginia, and Mississippi have given their usual Democratic majorities. ' Western Elections. In South Dakota a Republican con- greasmanis elected, while in Nebraska the returns are coming in slow and the result is in doubt. M’KINIQLWINS. HiS Election Gonoeded by the Dem- ocratic State Committee. The. Legislature also Is Republican. McKinley’s Majority Will Prob- ably Reach 20,000. Major McKinley is elected Governor of Ohio, and his plurality over Camp- bell is estimated at from 15,000 to 20, 000. 23‘. M’KINLEY, .19. This great victory speaks for the prin- ciples of protection advocated by the man who made such a successful can- vass. . It was generally admitted that the de- feat of McKinley would mean that the people did not , view the tariff law through his eyes, but the victory in the Buckeye State satisfies all beyond a doubt that the law advocated and push- ed to a passage by Major McKinley is the law the people want. 9 KANSAS. Dispatches from various counties in " Kansas show that the Alliance did not hold its own at yesterday’s election. The counties show almost invariably republican victories or gains. In the judicial district the returns indicate that the Alliance met wholesale defeat. Republicans and democrats combined against Alliance candidates for judges. 00 CHICAGO. The republicans made a clean sweep in the local election in this city and county with the exception of a drainage trustee and superintendent of schools.- For the first time in years the republi- cans have secured exclusive control of the county school board. ——————-¢—o—>—- To the Masons of Norwalk. We take pleasure in commending to you the best book upon Masonic His- tory that was ever published. In re- viewing the work carefully, we find .11: to be entirely unprecedented both in compactness, detail, and price. It fur- nishes a large amount of inestimable value to the craft. The corps of editv ors consists of nineteen of the most prominent writers in the world, assist- ed by sixty-five additional contributors. They have brought into one volume an immense amount of facts, many of them not known to the Fraternity fifteen years ago. The book is entitled, “ The History of Freemasonry, and Concord— ant Orders.” and is commended. to you by all prominent Masons. including Mr. J. K. Wheeler, our Grand Secretary, and Mr. Edmund Tweedy of Danbury. It is sold by subscription and an a cut will call to take your orders. t is sold only to Masons. The book was out of press last May, and 113- is publish- ed by the “ Fraternity Publishing Co. ” of Boston and London. We tender to the editors our warmest admiration of the handSOme volume produced under their auspices. You have given us a book which no Mason should be wit/rout. :3 9 Soldiers’ Home. General Fanton, Commander Depart- ment of Connecticut, G. A. R., has is- sued a circular to Post Commanders recommending that 'each post send a delegate to the Soldiers’ Home, Noro_- ton. to make full inquiry and investi- gation into its aims, requirements and, in fact, learn all about the Home so that the next department encampment may act intelligently should any changes be deemed necessary. One other matter is suggested : There is. in all probability, not a member of this department who has not a book or magazine which he could spare ; and the department commander Would ask each post to appoint a Committee to col- lect anything of the above—no matter if the heck is soiled or covers torn-— and send it along. The inmates of the Home number at the present time 276, and this number will Soon be increased. As they have no employment, their idle- ness becomes necessarily irksome, and the want of reading matter is seriously felt. The prompt attention of every comrade in the department is earnestly called to this matter, and your com- mander hopes that the effort will be cheerfully made to carry out this sug- ’ gestion to a successful issue. .0 Should be Remedled. The ladies and children in the. wait- ing-room of the Housatonic depot here sufi‘ered considerably from the cold yesterday, owing to the fact that the janitor had neither Wood nor coal with" 'which to build a fire in the waiting- room stove. _
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