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Norwalk, Conn, Thursday Evening, November 12, 1891.
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Is issued very week-day (133 1’. M., at
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The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
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0 UR J OBBI A G DEPARTMIENT.
Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER. J11. of New York,
has charge of the zen'r'rn's Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer, and no work en
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
“~ We May be Happy Yet.”
The esteemed Sentinel man had an-
other of his nasty days yesterday.
Somehow the cheery and phenomenally
successful “bright little DAILY GA-
ZETTE,” excites his envy and jealousy
to such an extent that even his liver.
won’t work. Yesterday he worked him-
self up into as ridiculous a frenzy over
a bit of our 'pleasantry as a bob-tailed
bull in fiy—time. This, we are satisfied,
“ isa condition and not a theory,” and
excites our tenderest compassion for
the sufferer. When a man, whose sweet~
ness of temper and loving, unselfish
and aimable disposition, is “on the
tongues of men,” thus becomes the
victim of such a foul stomach and makes
him expectorate or void such a mean-
ingless mass of “forcible-feeble” bil-
lingsgate as he did yesterday, it is a
case for pity rather than contempt and
reproach. It is painful to us that we
cannot conduct, what he himself was
pleased to christen “the bright little
DAILY iGAZETTE,” in a manner more
. pleasing to him, but we fear we never
shall be able to do so until we consent
to come down from the top and leave
the perch alone to him. We have re-
peatedly urged him to “ come up high-
er ” and sit beside us, like the sweet
thing he is, and sit and sing with us
like adear, precious love bird on the
topmost perch, and let us tenderly
throw the mantle of charity over his
distressing and pity—exciting weak-
nesses, and now again we assure him
there is plenty of “room at the top”
and entreat him to “come up higher.”
If he only will, “we may be happy yet.”
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WHAT Miss PINSTER SAYS".
That it is said that old stockings are
being extensively used again as savings
banks.
That Master Arthur Way, of Hart-
ford, is visiting his grandfather on East
avenue.
That Miss Fowler, of Brooklyn, was
an able assistant in the tea store at the
Japanese Fete.
That a fortunate few are invited to
meet Mrs. Calmer, ex-president of
Wellesley College, on Friday evening,
at Mrs. Mead’s, Hillside.
That “ At Home” cards have been
issued for November 20th, by Mr. and
Mrs. William Lockwood, Elm street.
More than ordinary interest attaches to
this affair, as it is the fifteenth anniver-
sary of their wedding.
That as soon as the Borough is ready
to complete the East avenue improve-
ments, there is a probability that some
decision will be reached with regard to
the great scheme of building the East
avenue tramway, which has been under
discussion for the last few years.
That the entertainment last evening
at the Japanese Fete was furnished by
Mr. Robert Van Buren, and was a
source of unmixed pleasure to those
present; much was promised, but it
went far beyond the expectation of the
most sanguine. The spectators were
delighted with the exhibition of skill
and a vote of thanks ought to be pass-
ed to Mr. Van Buren for his untiring
zeal to please the public.
That in town one church fair is no
sooner settled than another pops up.
This will make life in our quiet town
full of excitement. The supply of fairs
is inexhaustible, so the generous public
is always sure of having something
ready at hand to get rid of their surplus
cash. There are, indeed, a few Nor-
walk. people who have no desire to go
to fairs, just as there are a few degener-
ate Americans who do not read the
baseball column in the papers. To such
the worship of some nice fad comes as
a vocation and av ocation.
fad _is like a mathematical point, it has
pOSlthll, but neither length, breadth
nor thickness. And yet by skillful ex-
ploding it can be so distended that it
Will look bigger to the eye than all the
rest of creation. When we are wrest-
hng With a fad we are too earnest to be
strictly beautiful. When we are nurs-
ing a fad we are a picture of zesthetic
beauty. . The fad for this winter is to
be dancing for the young married peo-
ple and the debutantes, and the ever
enjoyable whist parties for the chape-
tones. ‘ '
A Norwalk ,
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Don’t forget Arlington’s Minstrels at
the Opera House fo-night.
Luther G. Riggs, formerly editor of
the Meriden Recorder, is dead.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
E. Duncan, in New York, Sunday.
——Ven-ison at Peoples’ Market on Sat-
urday. 227
Diphtheria and scarlet fever are rag-
ing in Bridgeport, Bradford, Williman-
tie and Middletown.
The World’s Convention of the W0-
men’s Christian Temperance Union was
opened yesterday at Boston.
Court Narruk, A. O. F., holda regu-
lar meetingthisevening, at their lodge
room in the GAZETTE building. «
The new Club House is now taking
on its terra cotta brick cornices over
the iron trusses above the first story.
Of the great two million carpet sale
in New York, the Press says that the
goods sold brought all they were worth.
The stockholders of the United States
Express Company have decided to pass
the regular semi-annual dividend due
on the 15th inst.
The Bridgeport Wheel Club will at-
tend the minstrel performance to be
given by the N orwalk Bicycle club next
Tuesday evening.
Yesterday morning a freight train
got derailed at Metipol, in the Crimea.
The cars took fire and all the train
hands were burned to death.
The declared balance in the treasury
is $35,096,253, of which $15,000,900 is
subsidiary coin and $14,217,809 is on
deposit with National banks.
Charles Spener of Middletown, has
been arrested, charged with trying to
kill his landlord, Frank A. Clarke,
when the latter tried to collect his rent.
Dr. William Clarence Brownson of
New Canaan has been appointed a post
surgeon for Fairfield county, vice Dr.
William Brownson, his father, resigned.
The first annual convention of the
National Federation of Women’s Press
Clubs began in Boston yesterday. Mrs.
Bah? Lockwood, of Washington, , pre-
s1 ec.
J. P. Marr and Miss Holmes, who
have been managing the Cooley house
in Waterbury, have skipped out, and it
is now found that they are an eloping
couple.
George R. Lawrence, a Pittsburg
lawyer, thirty-two years old, commit-
ted suicide at the Everett House by
shooting himself in the right temple,
yesterday.
On the Illinois Central yesterday
near Medina, Tenn, 9. passenger train
collided with a freight. Both engines
were demolished and four trainmen
were killed.
Democratic members from the West
and Northwest are declaring against
the passage of a free silver coinage bill,
and the silver dollar cause appears to
be losing ground.
The New York Supreme Court heard
argument and reserved decision yester—
day upon the appeal of Dr. Henry G.
McGonegal, who was convicted of caus-
ing the death of Annie Goodwin.
Suits to recover 10,000 shares of
Southern Express Company stock and
$240,468.56 have been brought against
John Hoey, at Trenton, by President
Sanford, of the Adams Express Com-
pany.
“Swipes the Newsboy” was married in
New York yesterday by Judge McGown
to Miss Minnie Rosenblatt, a pretty
young woman. “Swipes” had to whip
fibsfilt a dozen rivals before he won his
r1 6.
The Cantata, “The Holy City,” to be
given Friday evening, Nov. 20th in the
First Congregational Church, by the
Norwalk Choral Union, assisted by
outside talent, will be a treat that no
one should miss.
The Fire Department will attend
services at the First Baptist Church,
Sunday evening. The Chief Engineer
has notified the members to assemble
in full uniform at Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Company’s rooms, at 6:45 p. m.
The Columbus Club (Catholic) of
Chicago, has appointed a committee to
demand the resignation of Solicitor-
General Butterworth, of the World’s
Fair National Commission, on account
of certain remarks construed by them
as derogatory to their faith.
Charles L. Nettleton, keeper of the
Meadows’ End hotel, was arrested yes-
terday and placed under $500 bonds,
for aiding and abetting prize fighting.
He was also charged with keeping a
disorderly house and placed under $100
bonds to appear at the Milford town
hall on Saturday morning.
Rev. George Ashworth, pastor-of the
McDougal street church, New York.
has accepted the unanimous call of the
First Baptist church of Putnam. Mr.
Ashworth received $3,000 a year in
New York, but goes to Putnam for
$51,800. He was forced to make a
change on account of his health,
—-Remember you can get its 'GA-
ZETTE for nothing if you purchftie any-
thing in his line amounting to 5 cts'.’ or
more at Benedict’s 227 'tf
Mr. Eli S. Quintard is in town to-day.
A State Sunday School Institute is
being held in Middletown.
Assistant Adjutant General, George
M. White, is daily growing weaker.
Christopher Gahan was fined $1 and
costs, this morning, for drunkenness.
—For that cold. try Smith Brothers’
Cough Drops; Benedict sells thgigi’i tf
The Arlington Minstrels made a pa-
rade through the principal streets thIS
morning.
John Keppy, the veteran engineer of
the Bridgeport fire department,1_sdy1ng
of Bright’s disease at his home in that
city.
Manager Adams has placed an are
light in the Opera House, to be used
in case of emergency; also one over
the entrance. »
Mr." James Scofield. of Scofield &
Hoyt’s, goes to New York, this after.-
noon, to attend the great two million
dollar carpet auction.
The total receipts of the Japanese
Fete amount to $652. It is not as yet
known what the not proceeds Wlll be
but probably from three to four hun-
drcd dollars.
Borough Treasurer-elect Pinneo and
Treasurer Bailey, of the Savings Bank,
are running a good-natured race as to
which of the two shall the sooner have
whiskers of Pefi'eriau amplitude.
Mrs. Lucretia Reed, relict of the late
Mathew Reed, died at her home at W11-
ton, yesterday, aged 70 years. The
funeral will take place from the South
Wilton Methodist church, Saturday af-
ternoon at 1 o’clock.
Otto Kronmiller gavega “DutchCob-
web” party to a number of his friends
and the Germania Singing Society,
last evening, at his bottling works on
Wall street. Singing, dancmg, etc.,
was kept up until a late hour.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac for 1892
has been received, and it is a centen-
nial number. It contains, in addition
to the valuable information weather-
wise, aportrait and life sketch of its
founder, Robert Bailey Thomas.
. . H. Huss, representing Huss’
Grand Central Depot, was in town to-1
day negotiating with the Norwalk Pot-
tery for a large lot of pots for serving
baked beans in'his NewYork restaurant.
He 'will also send a sample lot of these
new restaurant fads to Washington.
An eel, 14% inches in length and an
inch and a half thick, has been carried
in the stomach of a three-year-old mare
belonGing to John W. Burton, of New-
ark, . J., up to a few days ago. The
eel died shortly after it gained its free-
dom. The mare has been sick for
some time.
'lhe entertainment of the ladies at
the Methodist Church last evening was
a splendid success. The attendance was
large and all parts of the programme
were fine, especially the representation
of the Parable of the Ten Virgins. But
best of all, was the net cash result—
something over $100.
At the convention of Connecticut
Judges of Probate held at Hartford
yesterday, Judge Finch asked the as-
sembly to hold their May meeting at
Stamford, as there would be an anni—
versary celebration there at that time,
with the laying of the corner-stone of
a soldiers’ monument.
Erie passenger train No. 8was wreck-
ed five miles this side of Canisteo, N
Y., at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
The whole train left the track. and En-
gineer James Stickney,jof Hornellsville,
was killed. Several passengers were
'hurt,but none seriously. The baggage
and smoker combined was burned.
Charles Boehm, a German claiming
to come of noble family and highly edu-
cated, elopedfrom Bridgeport six weeks
ago with Dora and Emma Schell, the
former of whom he married. He has
since made his wife support him, and
yesterday she had him arrested charg-
ing him with forging an order for her
salary. His wife is to bring suit for di-
vorce.
' The Connecticut Indemnity Associa-
tion, of Waterbury, have refused to
pay the policy of $2,000, held by Mrs.
George Low on the life of her late hus-
band, claiming that there was an irreg-
ularity in the issuing of the same. Mrs.
Low will probably employ counsel and
test the legality of the refusal, as the
premiums paid by Mr. Low.
Pilgrim Council, 0. U. A. M., held
an “open meeting” last evening at their
hall on Water street. Several out of
town visitors, who were expected to be
present, did not attend, probably on
account of the storm, but the meeting
was a success in every way. Speeches
were made by State Organizer T. F.
Gilmore of New Haven, and Rev. F.
E. Robbins, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Quite a number of proposi-
tions for membership in the Council
were read.
Two gentlemen, the proprietors of
tho Teroleuin Manufacturing Company,
of New York city, were in town yester-
day looking over sites, with a view to
locating their factory here. The gen-
tlemen expressed themselves as very
much pleased with Norwalk and Nor-
walk peoplo,.aud promised to return
and state definitely whether or not
'they would locate here. The firm are
chemists, and manufacture veterinary
and stable specialties and pharmaceutix
'cal products. The '- emplo about
twenty-five hands. ‘37 ‘ _ y. '
company never refusedvto accept the ‘
THE METER GOES ON.
A Full Compliance 9 with Mr.
Maples’ Requirements, and He.
Withdraws all Objections.
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The War Over.
Yesterday afternoon the Water Com-
missioners, with Mr. Maples’ eordial
assent, caused the meter about which
there was such a spiritg'id contention,
to be attached to the Hour’s
water motor. It seemgthat on Tues-
day night, Commission 'rs Street and
Mead met “officially/’land voted to
place meters on the following custom-
ers using Borough water’lfor motors,viz :
Norwalk Gaznr'rn, Norwalk Hour,
Duplex Supply Co., Cline. L. Werner,
C. De Klyn & Son, Silas W. Gregory,
Frederick Mead, Nor-walk Hotel, Ar-
thur C. \Vheeler‘s Straw Factory, and
Hutchinson, Cole & Cog,
This, for the pui‘posé, as the Com-
missioners announce, 6f determining
the amount of water Ensed by each.
This, everyone will concede. is an en-
tirely proper thing to (T9.
Mr. Prowitt was not". present at the
meeting of the other two Commission-
ers, and the two passed and had re-
corded, avoto instructing their clerk
to notify Mr. Maplessin writing, on
Saturday Nov. 14th, lof their action.
Mr. Mead meeting Mr. Maples, in-'
formed him of the official action of
himself and Mr. Streetfin regard to the
Hour meter, and of the special consid-
eration given him alone, of ordering a
formal notice served Ion him by the
clerk. Mr. Maples’ prompt reply was,
that inasmuch as they' had now taken
formal and official actifon in the matter,
and had concluded t9 include all the
users of motors, all his objections were
removed and they need not wait a mo-
ment, but send their Z'plumber ‘over at
once to attach the mister. This they
did yesterday afternocjnnnd now every-
thing is lovely again :hnd all is "quiet
on the Potomac.” {
It has been charge lthat the Gamma
was upholding Mr. 7. W. Maples in
this controversy wrtlgthe Water Com-
missioners. We did not uphold Mr.
Maples except so far as we believed
him to be right. We do think, however,
that if the Water Commission has made
a contract with Mr. Maples, or anyone
else, to furnish water in a certain way,
for a certain time, at a certain price,
common sense and fairness demand
that the Water Commission live up to
its agreements. However, the Water
Commissioners are having lots of fun,
and are likely to have more, and are
also finding out that their “pet editor”
is a mighty fine fellow to go with when
you are going his way.
oer,
—Great Bargains in MILLINERY. All
goods at two-thirds their value, at the
Boston store for the next ten days.
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Wind—up of the Fair.
The Grace Church ladies have abund-
ant reason to be gratified with the con-
spicuous successof their Japanese Fete.
Last night’s exercises were varied and
exceedingly interesting throughout.
The music by the Mayo Banjo Club
was worth more than the full price of
admission. The slight-of-hand per-
formance, last evening,was exceedingly
clever, and delighted all. The humor-
ous recitations and solo singing first-
class, and all in all, the exhibition, as a
mere matter of entertainment, was su-
perior to anything of the kind yet at-
tempted in Norwalk. The booths were
reasonably well patronized, and the au-
diences both evenings were large, de-
spite the storm, and although the ex-
penses must nesessarily have been
large, it is hoped that from three to five
hundred dollars may be netted in aid
of the Church fund.
The large picture of Grace Church,
taken and contributed by Mr. Hubert
Bishop, was purchased and presented
to Mrs. Van Buren, as an expression
of gratitude for her zealous efforts in
aid of the fete. As a specimen of ama-
teur skill the picture is exceptionally
meritorious.
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Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
Prof. A. D. Ferris conducts the sing-
ing at the meetings for men Only,
which are being held every evening
this week at Y. M. C. A. rooms. Meet.
ing begins at 9 o’clock. All young
men are invited this evening to hear
Rev. Archibald Wheaton, who will
make an address.
The class in book-keeping and com-
mercial arithmetic will be comme need
Friday evening of this week, at 8
(trclock, Mr. Henry Chasman, instruc-
or.
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More Water Wasted.
A leak was discovered this morning
in the water pipe near the corner of
\Vall fiand Mechanic streets. We are
informed that the pipe has beenleaking
for two years and that the waste has
been at least 500 gallons a day. This
would make a total leakage of 365,000
gallons! What a shame that the Water
Commissioners couldn’t have had a
meter attached to the ruptured pipe, so
as to know the extent of the loss.
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—-With every 25 cents worth of Ci-
gars, Benedict gives a box of Matches.
¢-' ’ 227 tf
Connecticut Republican Papers.
A correspondent of the New Haven
lNews quotes Governor Bulkeley as fol-
ows : .
'_ Mr. Bulkeley—“The fact is Connec-
ticut, and, for that matter, New Eng-
land, hasn’t any republican papers of
any aggressive stamp.”
Reporter—How about the Hartford
Courant ? ”
Mr. Bulkeley—“ The Courant doesn’t
amount to anything, so far as ag res-
s1veness goes. It isn’t a‘fighter. ow
the democratic press? throughout the
state is alive, active and all the time
aggresswe. ”
A representative of the Courant call-
ed on the Governor yesterday and ask-
ed him if this was .a correct report, es-
pecially as to what he is alleged to have
said of this paper. The Governor re-
plied that the reporter had no pencil
and only wrote from memory, but that
In his opinion there was no aggressive
republican paper in Connecticut.
This shows that Gov. Bulkeley un—
derstands some other things much bet-
ter than the art of editing a republican
newspaper, which, we may add, is
something not to be learned in a day.
In that section of the democratic party
which is able to read, the majority have
such respect for the printed word that
they accept with child-like credulity
whatever they can spell out and under-
stand. We are proud to believe that
this is not so with the republican party.
Its members think, criticise and decide
for themselves. You can convince
them, but you can’t drive them. They
love leaders, but revolt from bosses.
That sort of every-day “aggressive-
ness,” which would win over here and
there a waverer, would alienate the
men who give the party its character
and true direction. Republicans de-
mand fairness and intelligence in their
press, and those republican journals
that try to follow sensationalism, mis-
representation and bull-dozing depend
for their support, not upon a loyal con-
stituency, but upon pap and patronage
and personal favor. None of these are
found among the republican papers of
this state, which, in our opinion, com-
pare most favorably in honesty, ability
and vigor with the republican press of
any state in the Union. Republicans
will not tolerate concealment or per-
version of facts or the substitution of
blackguardism for argument, nor will
they take black for white, no matter
who tells them to. ‘ .
This is the republican party as the
Courant knows it, and we have been
with it, in it, and of it, ever since itbc-
gun to be. Itis upon such a creed that
the Courant is conducted, and conscr
quently when this paper tells the peo-
ple of Connecticut that anything is a
they know it to be true. The confidence
of our thousands of readers is a trust
that we shall always respect. This pa-
per does not cry fire every time the sun
rises, for it has seen a good many sun‘s
rise, and set, too; but when it does
sound an alarm, then the people of
Connecticut know that something is the
mutton—Hartford Courant.
The House Adjourns.
The Connecticut House of Repre-
sentatives met at 1 p. m. yesterday, and
after a session of twenty minutes, ad-
journed to January 6, at one p. 111.
Speaker Paige had no sooner called the
House to order than Representative
Greene of Norwich made a motion to
adjourn until,“ January 6, as had been
pre-arranged at the caucus held a short
time before the House re-convened.
This motion brought Representative
Walker (dem) of Waterbury to his feet
in opposition, he being of the opinion
that a long adjournment was uncalled
for. Messrs. Walker (dem.) of Hart
ford, Callahan (dom.) of New Haven,
also favored a short adjournment until
to-morrow, but the question was called
for, and on an aye and nay vote re-
sulted in the passage of the motion to
adjourn until January by a vote of 129
to 106.
The only exciting issue of the day
was when Mr. Buckley (rep.) of Fair-
field refused to vote with the republi-
cans and cast his ballot with the demo-
cratic side of the House, saying that he
considered all the democratic ofiicers
except Morris, fairly elected.
Mr. Buckley’s withdrawal from the
republican ranks brought forth loud
applause from the democrats present.
The fact that the House adjourned
instead of again taking a recess, and
thus finishing the second day of the
session, caused considerable surprise
on the part of the democrats, who deem
it a republican trick to cheat them out
of the governor no matter what the
courts may decide. They consider that
by taking an adjournment they thus
close the second day, which, under the
constitution, is the day on which the
General Assembly must declare the
state officers as elected, or lose the
chance of doing so.
Representative Judson (rep.).of Strat-
ford says, however, that the adjourn-
ment makes no difference in this re-
spect, as the wording of this article of
the constitution is not mandatory, but
directory, and they may declare the
officers properly elected, even if not on
the second day of the session.
Shepaug’s Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Shepaug,
Litchfield and Northern railroad was
held yesterday at the offices of_ the
Housatonic railroad company 111 Bridge-
port. At the stockholders’ meeting the
following were elected directors: John
L. McCaulay, William H. Starbuck, E.
V. Carey, of New York; F. H. Prince,
of Boston; William H. Stevenson, of
Bridgeport ; Alexander McNeil, Philip
P. Hubbard,and J. D.Perkins,of Litch~
field, and Samuel E. Merwin, of New
Haven. The report of the stockholders
showed that the business of the com-
pany is on the increase and the pros-
pects for the coming year are bright.
Improvements have been made since
the road fell into the hands of the Hon-
satonic magnates and further improve-
ments were ordered. . =
At the meeting of the directors, John
L. McCaulay was elected president and
Col. William H. Stevenson was re
elected vice-president. The other offi-
’core are E V. Carey, secretary ;. P
McNeil, general superintendent.
P. Hubbard, treasurer, and Alexandh'l: ,
Humane Society Work.
The annual $2,000 appropriation to
theEConnecticut Humane Society which
18 some time overdue on account of the
State Legislative muddle, has been ad-
vanced by Acting Governor Bulkeley.
rI_‘he annual solicitation for subscrip-
tions is also being made by authorized
delegates of the society. Miss C. M.’
Barnum,_ who. had charge of this branch
of work in this city last year, will also
solicit subscriptions this year. Miss
Barnum arrived here from Hartford
yesterday, and expects to remain
about. three weeks. During that time
she Will visit all old members for a re-
newal of their annual fee and will also
endeavor to secure many new members.
.She will visit Norwalk, South Norwalk,
Stamford, Greenwich, Ridgefield, Mil-
ford, Stratford, Danbury and other
places.-—Br1dgeport Farmer.
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Mary Leimer, of Danbury, has en-
tered suit against Raymond Leimer, a
hatter, employed at South Norwalk,
for divorce on the ground of adultery.
Among-the Arlington Minstrels, who
were wa ing through'the borough mud
this morning, we recognized our old
fr1end, “ Donneker ” Stiles, late of
Souhh Norwalk.
The musical entertainment, which
was to have been given at Phoenix En-
gine company’s house, last evening,
was postponed until to-night as the
Wilton musicians were unable to be
present. -
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Ho Flea to Canada.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 12.—Wa1ton J.
Osborne, a prominent member of the
Frank street M. E. church, a. well known .
lumber dealer and once a candidate for
the assembly on the Prohibition ticket,
has gone to Canada. He has transferred
all of his property and is largely in debt
to divers persons. He is charged with
making way with some of the funds of the
Spencer Ripley Memorial M. E. church, of
whose building fund he was treasurer.
His friends are reticent, and the pastor of
the church refused to talk for publication.
He is to be tried by an ecclesiastical coun-
cil of the church.
Sullivan llIeaus Business.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—John L. Sullivan’s
backer, Charley J ohnstdn, by authority of
the big fellow, has placed with the New
York Herald :2. forfeit of $2,000 for a. match
with Frank P. Slavic, the Australian
champion; the fight to take place the last
of September or early part of October for
the biggest amount Slavin can put up and
the largest purse offered by any of the
sporting clubs. Slavin must now either
put up or shut up.
Slept Herself to Death.
MONTAGUE, Mich, Nov. 12.—George A.
Wiard, who went to sleep May 1 and did
not awake thereafter, is dead. His slumber
followed a. very obstinate attack of grip.
About the lst of August he moved slightly
and uttered a few words, but he did not
regain consciousness. Before this singular
ufliiction Wiard was a powerful young
man, weighing 170 pounds. At his death
he weighed 50 pounds.
Returned \Vliat He Couldn’t Use.
BOSTON, Nov. l2.—Banker J. C. Davis
received by mail papers stolen from his
office by a. thief and which represented a
personal value of $200. The $600 in money
and other papers were not returned.
Victims of Influenza. _
LONDON, Nov. 12.——Dispatches received
here from Montevideo state that an epi-
demic of influenza has reappeared in that
city, and that 2,000 persons are already af-
fected by the disease.
An Oil W'ell in Flames..
PITTSBURG, N 0v. 12.—-Tlie Butler oil
well in the McDonald field is on fire and
burning fiercely. The blazing oil flowed
down the creek. The indications point to
a' big loss.
Mayor Grant Sails for Europe.
_ NEW YORK, Nov. 12,—Mayor Grant sailed
for Queenstown on the City of Paris. He
has been hastily summoned to Newry, Ire- ,
land, where his aunt is seriously ill.
W ORLD’S FAIR. NOTES.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—Ben Butterworth is
in hot water and may lose his position as
secretary and solicitor general of the
World’s fair. In a speech delivered at the
Standard club he is reported to have said:
“Italy is suffering from overtaxation.
What the church leaves the army takes. ‘
If I owned Italy I’d hold an auction and
invite all America, and I’d sell 10,000 cruci-
fixes and 1,000 Madonnas and 1,000
churches, and I’d establish schools in
their stead. The power of the weak old
man—I speak it as reverently as I can—is
waning.” By the “weak old man,” the
Catholics say that Mr. Butterworth
mean the pope, While the crucifixes and
the Madonnas that he proposed to sell are
the souvenirs given the pope on each
birthday by the powers of Europe. It is
owing to this allusion that the Catholics
are indignant, and that they may demand
Mr. Butterworth’s resignation from the
World’s fair officials. Secretary Butter-
worth claims that he was misquoted and
denies that he said anything in his speech
that could cause offense to Catholics or
anybody else.
The National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution has secured
a very ample space in the Women’s build-
ing of the Columbian quadricentennial
celebration at Chicago, in which they will
make an exhibit of very great historical
interest in connection with American his-
tory. The society is an offshoot of the
Sons of American Revolution, and at the
time of the organization of the Sons on
Centennial Day their membership con-
sisted of both men and women. Later it
was decided that they could accomplish
more and work to better advantage in
separate organizations. Under the lead-
ership of Mrs. President Harrison, Mrs.
William D. Cabell, Miss Eugenia. Wash-
ington, Miss, Mary Deslia, Mrs. Roger A.
Pryor and other representative women all
over America, who have taken an earnest
interest in the work, their society has
grown to an influence and marked out a
line of work in which they set an example
‘ ell worthy. of being followed by the
'Sb‘ns. '- '
day. Yesterday’s rain will help them
’out a few days, but if no more falls
l Platt ;
The Welcome Raln. '
Rain has seldom been more welcomo‘ .-'
than yesterday. Engineer Wood tells 7
us it Will give us a full week’s supply . '
slight as it was hereabouts. In New
York it alSo came as a divine benedic-
tion. The rain therefore sgould inepire
our gratitude to the kin , protecting
Providence that sent it.
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A Warning to Book Agents.
Farmer Barrett, living five miles
south of Lincoln, Neb., is in jail at his ,
own request. He killed, yesterday, a ‘
book agent named Hayes, who tried to
make him pay for a book his brother-
in-law bought. The agent attacked
him with a cane, which Barrett wrested
from him, and a blow fractured the _
agent’s skull. '
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The Oldest Freemason.
Hon. Samuel Chipman of Halifax, N.
S., celebrated the anniversary of his
101st birthday on Oct. 18. Yesterday
he died. He was distinguished as the
oldest Freemason in the world, having
been made a Master Mason in Virgin
Lodge of Halifax in December 1813.
The fraternity is preparing to give him
an imposing Masonic funeral.
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Water Famlne at New Rochelle.
The reservoirs which supply New
Rochelle with water from Hutchinson
Creek have run dry, and the village
trustees have been compelled to apply
to the Mount Vernon water works for a
supply of 100,000 gallons of water per
soon, the New Rochelle people wilI
have a chance to feel and show as much
and as sincere a gratitude to their Mt.
Vernon neighbors, as every decent and
self-respecting man in Norwalk Bor-
ough has and does to 'our South Nor-
walk neighbors, who have saved us
from an almost appalling distress and
disaster growing out of our water des-
titution.
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Banquet at New Haven.
The banquet of the New Haven
Chamber of Commerce occurred last
evening in Warner Hall and was the
most elaborate affair of the kind yet
given by that body. The principal
guests were United States Senators
Platt and Hawley, Lieutenant Ferns-
worth, U. S. N., and Lieutenant-Com-
mander Soley, U. S. N., of Boston. In
the list of toasts were the following:
“The State of Connecticut,” Senator
”The Sons of Connecticut,"
Senator Hawley; “The City of New
Haven,” Mayor Sargent; “Rapid
Steam Transit," President Clark of the;
New York and New Haven road,
"Rapid Street Transit,” by ex-Govern—
or 'I‘. M. Waller, and “ The Naval Ree
serve,” Lieutenant-Commander Soley .
of Boston. "
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Amusements.
Arlington’s' Minstrel performance at
the Opera House last evening was a
new and excellent entertainment. The
stage setting and costumes were the
finest ever seen here, and the show
throughout was funny beyond compare.
A crowded house will greet them
should they return next season. —ants-
ville Times. ’
' Niobe, which was produced at the
Bijou last night for the first time in
New York, would make a horse laugh.
It reduced last evening’s audience to a
condition of continuous uproar. We
do not remember ever before to have
heard an audience in such an almost
continuous guffaw. Shout upon shout
of laughter went up all through the
evening, and scene after scene was ap—
plauded at its close until the final cur-
tain sent the people home exhausted
with merriment. ‘ ‘ The story
is ridiculously funny. * * * Where
there is not a convulsing situation
there are lines of dialogue that are as
good as anything written in years. ‘
f * The play goes like wildfire all
the time, and there seems to be no
likelihood that its career will be our—
tailed before the approach of spring.
* * * Niobe is put on in perfect
taste, and Mr. Teal’s stage manage-
ment is without a flaw. He and his
partner, Mr. Abbott, have a fortune in
this play, and they have produced it
both liberally and in an artistic spirit.
—New York Dramatic News.
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The G. A. R. Encampment.
The national council of administrav
tion G. A. R. met in Washington yes-
terday. There were present General
John M. Palmer, commander-in-chief,
Adjutant Fred. Physterer, Colonel
Raymond, Colonel R. F. Knappe, Col.
H. L.Luther, Colonel James R. Milner,
Colonel William M. Olin and Colonel
George W. Blodgett. .
Fixing the date of the encampment
is one of the first things to be done.
The west wants the meeting to take
place not later than the last week in
September, while General Palmer pre-
fers the first week in October. The ,,
council will meet again to-morrow when ' '
the time will probably be fixed.
“We are going to have a great en-
campment,” said General Palmer, “I
imagined we reached flood—tide in Bos-
ton ——in fact, I said at Boston that we
should never again see so many Grand
Army men in line, but I want to take
that back; The Washington. encamp-
ment is going to eclipse all others.
Washington is the mecca of the Union
Veteran, and when we meet there will
be the greatest assembly of Union Vet-
erans since the close of the war.”
Asked about his Confederate flag or-
der the general said : . “To me it is in.”
explicable that the rebel flag should
have been displayed at the unveiling of
the Grady monument. Grady was a
broad-minded man who would never
have countenanced such foolishness.
The war settled forever the question of
which flag was to wave in this country
and the southern men, who were most
immediately interested accepted the
ultimatum. This latter-day sentiment
rs the work of thoughtless boys and
foolish women, assisted by a few men
who, though old enough to know bet-
ter; are rebels 37a. The .r’ebEll’i‘o 1 a -
over. Let us hear no more of we tips
111 cue country.”
Norwalk Chronicler