Largest Circulation. THE PEOPLE’S PAPER. Vol.1,No. 243: _ The Daily Gazette Is issued, eery week-day at 3 P. M.. at _ fONE CENT PER corr. . The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and THEZLARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette. [Combined with Friday 5 Daily-l Is issued every Friday at Noon, at mean CENTS PEB corx, on $1.50 PER YEAR. ' The Daily and Weekly. Served to Local Subscribers at TEN GENTS PER WEEK. OB $5.00 PEP. YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. - This paper has the largest circulation of any paper in the State west of Bridgeport. ‘4‘: JOB PRINTING. MR. HARRY M. GARDNER. JR.. formerly of New York City, is the superintendent of our Printing Departments. He is‘ an experienced Book, Job and Newspaper Printer, and all work entrusted to him will be satisfactorily done. Special care and attention given to CHURCH AND SOCIETY PRINTING. TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN. Three weeks mo re and Santa Claus will be with us. Secretary Proctor took final leave of his colleagues yesterday. The Hartford Y. M. C. A. building fund now exceeds $100,000. Mrs. Fenton Pomeroy is quite sick at her residence on Leonard street. The Court of Common Pleas, civil side, opens in Danbury next week. Burgess James H. O’Reilly is the gather of a bouncing boy born yester- ~ ay. Secure your seats for the Aborn ’Opera company early,as they are gOing fast. ' The last regular meeting of the court of burgesses will be held on Monday evening. divorce case has been returned in favor of Earl Russell. Two unknown young men were drowned off Stratford light during the storm yesterday. ‘ .Cornwall loses one of its most up- right citizens by the death of Deacon Robert T. Miner. ’ T. ’1‘. Case was appointed postmaster at West Simsbury yesterday. The of- fice is fourth class. The summary of the Weekly RecOrd for the current Week shows 6 real estate sales and $5,300 mortgages. Heavy rains or snow, with here and there a bowling blizzard, are reported from all over the Northwest. _ Andrew Fagan, an employee of the Consolidated railroad, at Fairfield, had two fingers smashed yesterday. A. J. .Cassatt’s grand race horse, Eurus, died yesterday at the Chester- brook farm,—near Philadelphia. It is believed that Martin D. Loppy, the murderer, will be electrocuted early Tuesday morning at Sing Sing. Cyrus W. Field was out of bed again yesterday. He now takes solid food, and is in a fair state of convalescence. C. A. Allison, a grocer of Middle- town, was fined $100 and costs yester- day for not displaying proper oleomar- garine signs. The County Commissioners got to Danbury today to hear a remonstrance on an application for a saloon near the Opera House. General Charles Olmstead went to New York this morning, where he will meet Mrs. Olmstead, who is on her way home from Detroit. Judge Phelps, of the Connecticut Superior Court, will retire from the bench next month, when he will have reached the age of, seventy. The ferry house and depot of the Penns lvania Railroad at Jersey City, were amaged to the amount of $50,000 by fire early yesterday morning. Clinton Seeley will leave the employ of E. K. Lockwood 85 00., Jan. 1st, and accept a position as city salesman for the Pope M’f’g Co., of Hartford. Mrs. Mary Lane died yesterday at her residence on Merwin street. The funeral will take place Monday morn- ing at 9 O’clock from St. Mary’s Church. George M. Bartholomew of Hartford, who was recently released from jail for embezzlement, has appealed to his brother-in-law, Cyrus ‘W. Field, for a new start in life. The cruisers Chicago, Bennington and Atlanta have been ordered to the South Atlantic station, and Admiral Walker has been ordered to take com- mand of the station. The chances of General James B. Out of Norwich, candidate fer door- keeper of the House, are not such as Will encourage his friends to believe he will be successful. , —Lamps sold at bottom prices at B. Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water street. 240 tf . patience. First Selectman Edward Hawkins of Fairfield died at his home yesterday afternoon at 1.30 of pneumonia, with which disease he had been afflicted only a few days. and a widow survives him. The wind last evening blew the scut- tle off the roof of Mrs. Mary Murray’s house on Franklin avenue, and it landed with a crash in the next door yard, narrowly escaping hitting a little girl whowas coming in the front gate. ,—-COOK (female) WANTED immediate- ly at Collins’ American'Housc. 238tf Edward Brennan has resigned his position as organist at St. Mary’s Church: He will be succeeded by Mr. Hession, of New York, whose father was organist at St. Mary’s in 1867. He will commence his duties here tO-mor- row. A few pairs of the $3.00 Wauken- phast Shoes selling at 32. 50, 4,01; Hoyt’s. 2 -5 The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Fairfield County Agricul— tural Society will be held at the Ma- hackemo Hotel, South Norwalk, on Wednesday, December 16th, at 2 p. m. Directors will be elected and other routine business transacted. éThe largest stock of bar glassware in town at . Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water street. 240 tf There is a dog in Bridgeport that has been the subject of a remarkable surgi- cal operation. It was afflicted with cancer of the stomach, a portion of which was removed and a silver plate inserted. A tube connects the silver plate with the outer world. This tube is kept corked. The dog is lively and verygood-natured.—BridgeportFarmer. —Raymond the Furniture Dealer has on hand the largest stock of handsome Furniture ever shotvn in Norwalk. Call and see it. 49 2t The death of Frederick Cheney at London, England, is announced. Mr. . Cheney was formerly United States Consul at Zanzibar and was for a num- ber of years agent there for the firm of Comstock, Cheney & Co., Of Ivoryton, Conn., of which his brother is the head. He purchased annually two-thirds of the ivory used in the United States and shipped it to this country. ~My stock of lamps and glassware must be closed out by January 1st, in order to make alterations in my busi- 116.520 E. Goldschmidt, 18 Water street. Miss Agnes Bowen who took part in the bazar and supper given at the Opera House Thursday evening, by the ladies of St. Paul’s church, was a guest of Mrs. Samuel Daskam while in town. .Last evening she entertained a few. friends with some of her most chOIce music, and a very pleasant even- ing was passed. Miss Bowen returned to Brooklyn to-day. The dates for the productiou of the “Mikado” by the Dessauer Opera com- pany, of which Miss Justine Ingersoll is the manager, has been decided upon and are set for February 18, 19 and 20, at the Hyperion theatre, New Haven. The rehearsals are finely progressing and Professor Dessauer is satisfied that the. "PinafOI'e" presentation of last season Will be eclipsed and outdone. ~$50,000 worth of dry goods and kitchen furnishings must be sold at the Norwalk Boston Store between now and January 1st, as Mr. O’Gorman re- tires from the business on that date. The prices which they have placed on their goods will convince you that they are determined to reduce their' stock as speedily as possible. 237tf A horse attached to a delivery wagon belonging to Charles C. Betts, was hitched in front of the L. B. & Co. mill at Winnipauk about 11 o’clock this morning, when something fright- ened him and he broke the hitch-line and started for home. Later he came tearing down Main street, around the corner by the Boston store, and up Mill Hill to Mr. Betts’ residence. No damage was done either to the horse or wagon. The marriage of Mr. Harry C. Wood- worth, connected with the Bridgeport National bank, and son of B. L. Wood- worth, cashier of the First National bank, Westport, and Miss M. Emma Cusick, organist of the Westport Con- gregational Church, will take place in that Church at 11:45 a. m., next Tues- day. Rev. Mr. Backus will officiate. The bride is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. J. Underwood. A petition to the Railroad Company- asking that the 9 a. in. express from New York stop at South Norwalk, is receiving the signature of nearly ever business man in Norwalk and South Norwalk. There are quite a number of men who do business here and live in New York who would be greatly ac- commodated by the change, and it would also suit those who want to start for Boston and other points east after 0 and before noon. The petition will probably be granted. Mrs. Jessie Couthoui-Shandrew must have had some very pleasant experi- ences in her travels. She is so popular as a reader that she rarely comes into a town, whether she has been there be- fore or not, that some admirer who has heard her does not beg for some special favorite from her repertory. We have heard two or three persons in Norwalk s eak of first one selectionthen another t ey would so like to hear repeated. We hope the Norwalk people will turn out in full force, and we feel sure that when she has once taken possession of the stage, the only limit to the encores will be the reader’s strength and He was 48 years of age ' “Equal and Exact Justice to all Mm of Wkateiier State or Persuasion, Religious or Pasteur—Jaye...” Norwalk, Conn., Saturday Evening, Becember 5,. 1891. John Dumack, of Fishkill, came near being as hyxiated by gas at the New Englandp Hotel, Danbury, Thursday night. ' A Thomaston man sentanursing bot- tle to Grover Cleveland for Baby Ruth and has received” a letter of acknowl- edgment. ' Next year, 1892, will be leap year, as Will also the year 1896. After that there will be none in eight years, the next one being in 1904. ' Oliver Olcott Smith, a sophomore at Trinity College, died at the age of 19 of typhoid fever yesterday morning at his home in Chicopee, Mass. A Vermont editor has invented anew way for stirring up delinquent sub- scribers. He writes obituary notices of them,assuming that they must be dead, since he does not hear from them. Next Monday night in the vicinity of \Vestport a cooking main for $50 will take place between N orwalk and Bridge- port birds. This will be the first fight of the season of this kind in Fairfield County. _ ——The largest stock of lamps in town, at R. Goldschmidt’s 18 Water street. 240 13f Willie, the six-year-old son Of Daniel Torpey, fell down the cellar stairs in front of Isaac Lee’s place on Main street, last evening. Besides suffering a se- vere shock, the little fellow was quite badly bruised about the head and face. A workman engaged in making sewer and water connections for the new house on Isaac street, ran his pick into the water main this morning, and a stream of water arose high in the air, like a fountain, and continued until the water was shut off. ‘ ~I have secured my stock of Furni- ture for the Holiday trade. Come and see it. Plush and Rug seat Chairs, Couches, Easels, Cabinets and Tables. Geo. H. Raymond, 36 and 38 Main street. 49 2t Charles Klemperch, Of Norwalk, was granted a divorce from his wife, Mary N., in the Superior Court, yesterday, on the ground of desertion. The par- ties were married July 22, 1872, and four “months later the bride left her husband and returned to her mother at Mt. Vernon. <-¢->—————-—— Another Accident. Seven or eight freight cars went off the main line of the Central New Eng- land & Western road at Copake, N. Y., at 11:30, yesterday morning. The cars went down an embankment, but no one was injured, nor were the cars very badly damaged. The track was ripped up somewhat. The accident is at- tributed to the negligence of a switch- man. _ ._.. The Advertiser ls out $500- Patrick White, an elevator boy em- ployed at 363 Pearl street, 'Yew York, was instantly killed yesterday ,after- noon, by falling through the hatchway sixty feet to the floor below. He had one of the coupons of the New York Advertiser in his pocket, as is attested by the Officer who made the search customary under such circum- stances.- White was 19 years of age and the sole support of an aged mother. +.___ A Test Case Missed. Edgar B. Vinton, of Bridgeport, re- cently brought suit against D. . Wood, of Stratford, to recover dam- ages for injury to his bicycle, which one of Wood’s teams upset and drove over. The bicycle had been left stand- ing in the gutter resting against the curb. Mr. Vinton was backed by the L. A. W., and the case was put 111 the hands of Major Burdett. It was hoped ' to carry it to the Supreme Court and make a test case on the lights of bi- cycles in the street. Mr. Wood, how- ever, has settled the case by paying the claim with costs. .00 ~ ~— His Heart on the Wrong Side. George Robinson, a little colored boy aged two years, who is at the G11- bert Home, having been sent there temporarily from Watertown, is appar- ently an anatomical freak. The little fellow is deformed to begin with, the joints of his limbs being out of shape, but the most peculiar thing about him is that his heart appears to be s1tuated on the right side of his body. There the beats can be distinctly felt, while on the left side there is nothing to in- dicate the presence of that important organ. Dr. Pratt, who has seen the boy several times, says that he has never seen but one similar case before. .——Winsted Herald. Senator Platt Explains. A special despatch to the World from Meriden yesterday, has the following of interest to Connecticut readers: United States Senator O. H. Platt, accompanied by Mrs. Platt, left this city today for their winter residence in Washington. The Senator’s attention having been called to the epigram, “It is better to be safe than to be sorry,” the origin of thOh is credited to Mr. Depew, he sai : “That saying has been variously credited to Dr. Depew, Judge Holman and other eminent public men, but _it was, I believe, first used in a public speech by myself in the Senate in 1880 or 1881, and instead of ,being new now it was old then. The epigram did not originate with myself, and in my speech I told where I found it. I was riding along with an old acquaintance years ago, when, as we reached the foot of a hill and before beginning its ascent my friend got out of the wagon and began to examine the harness.- I could not see that anything was out of order and inquired if the harness was not _ all right. ‘Yes,’ was his reply, ‘but it is better to be safe than to be sorry.’ ” M'ay Russell. The rain, which came down in tor- rents last night when the time for go- ing to the theatre came, prevented many from attending the May Russell performance. iThose who braved the storm were well repaid, for the enter- tainment was exceptionally good. Fish and Richnfon in acrobatic comedy and Edward Estus the equilibrist were _ especially fine. The entertainment was one of the best of the season and man- ager Adams deServes credit for his se- lection. ————&:—4*>_- The Knlghts of Columbus. The quarterly meeting of the board of directors'ofgthe Knights of Colum- bus was held in New Haven, Thursday, in the office of Daniel Colwell, the gen- eral secretary, Grand Knight J. J. Phclan, of Bridgeport, presided. The quarterly report of the finances sho’tved the extent of the benefit business dur- ing the past three months to be $20, 000 in a membership Of 6,000. The ar- rangements for the Columbian celebra- tion were discussed. It will probably take place on either October 11 or 12, 1892, with a parade of 8,000 men. A Strange Story. Luman E. Benson. a corset ironer employed at Warner Brothers’ factory, Bridgeport, disappeared from his home on' N oveinber 23, and no trace' of him could be found. - Mrs. Benson has just received a let- ter from him written in Jacksonville, Fla., asking for money with which to pay his fare home. How he reached Jacksonville he says he does not know. He is about twenty-six years old, and lived with his wife and child at No. 2 Summer street. He had been playing the races, and his friends suspect that his mind’is affected. Money has been sent to him. *QM Dom Pedro Dead. Dom Pedro, ex-emperor of Brazil, died at Paris yesterday afternoon of diabetes. He had been ill for some time. His daughter, Isabella, is dan- gerously ill and her recovery is doubt- fu . Dom Pedro came from a family that had ruled Brazil for years. country became a republic he was ban- ished and since has been living quietly in Europe. He loved his country and was held in great esteem by his sub- jects. He made an excellent ruler and it has only lately been hinted that he would be called back. ———-—- ~~ «+>————-‘— — Opera House. The Milton Aborn Comic Opera Com- pany will appear at the- Opera House for two nights; commencing Monday, December 7th, in Richard Stahl’s latest success, Said Pasha, which has had a long run in the West. The music is bright and catchy; the choruses are all effectively written, with good har- mony and strong climaxes, and the cast very strong. On Tuesday evening Solomon’s ever charming and most popular craze, Virginia, with en- tire new costumes and scenery. The company numbers thirty-five artists; the choruses are strong and effective. Reserved seats are now on sale at the usual place. . —-——OOO———-—————- Officers of C. N. G. Receive Checks. The quartermaster-general on Thurs- day mailed checks in payment of over 200 vouchers to officers of the National Guard for compensation for care of state property and annual uniform al- lowance. These are the vouchers which Comptroller Staub declined to pay direct and returned to the officers with an endorsement to the effect that they should be paid by the quarter- master-general. At the annual inspection of the $170,000 worth and more of state _pro- perty in the hands of the National Guard the entire amount Of shortage did not exceed $200. which was de- ducted from the officers’ compensation for care of state property. 00. Important Notlce. —Scofield & Hoyt have the largest stock of Dry Goods, and will sell them cheaper than any house in Norwalk. They do not add 25 per cent. , to their goods and then take it off to fool pur- chasers, but sell at their Norwalk and South Norwalk stores better goods at lower prices than any store in town. BARGAINS TO-NIGHT. Ladies’ fast‘black Hose,regular made, 2 pairs for 25 cents. Children’s ribbed Hose, fast-black, 15 cents per pair. Best Merrimac Prints, 4% cents per yard. Best yard-wide sheeting, 6 cents per yard. Uubleached Canton Flan- nel, 5 cents per yard. Good Cheviot Shirting, 8% cents per yard. New pat- terns of Velvet Carpet, $1 per yard; Slaan’s Moquettes, at 95 cents per yard. Look at our new line of Furniture. Other goods in proportion. We mean business. The Chlef Justice Smiled. At the hearing of the Burr Osborne will case in Bridgeport yesterday an episode occurred. The Bridgeport Farmer says: “Lynde Harrison, the noted politician and lawyer and general ‘adjuster’ of things came into the court room while Mr. Fessenden was cross-examining a witness. Mr. Har- rison walked up to the state attorney and whiSpored in the latter’s ear. Mr. Fessenden turned to Judge Andrews and asked if a five minutes’ recess might not be taken.” _ - ' “Have you finished with the Wit- ness 1’” the chief justice asked. “NO, your honor.” “Then I guess we had better proceed with the case,” said the chief justice dryly. Mr. Fessenden’s embarrass- ment was evident. He wanted to con- tinue examining the witness and he wanted to talk with Mr. Harrison. For several moments he divided his time between asking questions of the .w1t- ness and whispering to "Mr. Harrison. Even the chief justice smiled .at the adroit manner in which he did two things at once. . When that' Judge Blrdsall Dead. Daniel C. Birdsall, formerly of West- port, and‘well known in Norwalk,°died at Hartford yesterday Of Bright’s dis- ease._ ~ He was about fifty-five years old and :quite prominent in democratic politics in this state and New York. Some years a 0 he was the editor of the Hartford . elegram. ‘ ——-—d o—p—— —~7—~-—-. Twenty Lives Lost. Twelve brick barges coming down the Hudson River were struck by a violent wind storm off Croton Point :at nine o’clock last night and were cap- suzed. Twenty lives are reported to have been lost in the wreck. The bodies of ten hadsbeen recovered at midnight. -—eoo~——————-—— Have a Hotel Project in Vlew. W. R. Schneider, who represents the property interests of Bridgeporters in Norwalk, Florida, will to-morrow sail With his wife for Florida on the steam- er_“K_a-nsas City” of the Ocean steam- ship line.- Mr. Schneider is one of a number Of prominent Bridgeport gen- tlemen who have been considering the prOJeot of opening a mammoth tourists’ hotel at Norwalk. The scheme was started by the late W. F. Swords, whose extensive property holdings in Florida were mostly in and about Norwalk.— Bridgeport Farmer. . Cattle Perlsh. Charles French’s barn on Holland Heights in Fairfield, was destroyed by fire about 8 O’clock last night. In the fire were consumed 16 head of valuable live stock, embracing a half dozen horses. About 50 tons of hay and 40 of rye, were also burned. Some farming implements were also de- stroyed. The exact amount of the loss could not be ascertained, but it will reach well up in the thousands. There is some 1nsurance. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incendiary. Mr. French is at a loss to understand who could have been mean enough to fire his barn. «y Quo Warranto. The supreme court judges will meet at New Haven to-day on the Morris- Bulkeley quo warranto case, to consider the ev1dence which they took at Hart- ford. last week. Judge Morris in an in- terv1ew_says that he thinks the supreme court Wlll findthat they have jurisdic- tion in the matter, and that the matter Will be speedily settled,probably before the legislature meets in January. , Samuel Merwin says the people are anxious to have the matter settled. He thinks that should the court not pass upon the question to-day, and should they allow it to go over to the legisla- ture, that body will again adjourn. — —— — ——————--¢.. _—_.___ They Were Mad. From twenty to twenty-five swearing- mad pedestrians were seen wending their weary way to South Norwalk last night at the close of the May Russell entertainment. They had been inform- ed. early in the season that the horse railway would run a car to South Nor- walk after every performance in the Opera House,consequently they braved the storm last evening and came up town. When the entertainment closed and a driver on the road went after a car to take the passengers down he was informed that no car would be run, so the South Norwalkers -had to walk home. Bringing passengers up town to entertainments and allowing them to walk home is wron , and Mr. Hyatt no doubt will see the it does not occur again. .0. The Railroad Dlsaster. The frequency of collisions and wrecks on the New York and New Eng. land road are alarming. Hardly a day passes but that the telegraph ticks us a report of a wreck on this road. Either the method of running trains adopted is wron or else the system of train despatc ing is defective. The wreck at East Thompson yesterday, says the New York Herald, is well calculated to arouse popular indignation, resulting as it. did from the most inexcusable neg- ligence. It comprised three separate and dis- tinct disasters. First there was a col- lision between two freight trains, then a passenger train crashed into them, and finally a second passenger train ' plunged into the whole wreck. The _obvious question arises, Why was neither of these passenger trains Signalled? One of the road Officials seeks to shift the responsibility by sa - ing there was a fog. But this only showed the necessity of greater vigi- lance not only in the running of the trains but also in the matter of signal- ing. Had. due dili ence been exercised the wrecking of t 8 passenger trains at least would have beenprevented. When human life is sacrificed through lack of diligence the public authorities have a duty to perform which cannot be shirked With safety to the community. .09— Killed in a. Collision. PENNINGTON, N. J ., Dec. 5.——Frederick McLaren and Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Phila- delphia, and Michael Maloney, of Trenton, were killed in a collision between the Balti- more and Ohio fast express and a gravel train. The engineer 'of the express train, Frederick Rodriguez, was badly crushed and scalded, and was taken from the wreck in a dying condition. The names of the in- jured are Isaac Marquis, of Philadelphia, three ribs broken, several slight fractures; James Isaacs, of Philadelphia, badly injured about the head; Charles Wilson, of Ger- mantown, artery severed by broken glass; Charles C. Druiding, of Philadelphia, shoul- der fractured and badly out about face and neck. \Vant Adams Reinstated. BOSTON, Dec. 5.——All the leading news papers and publishing houses here have signed apetition for the reinstatement of Mr. John the second class postage department of the Boston postofiice. Quincy Adams in his position in SOUTH NORWALK. The GAZETTE is on sale at the news office of Fred Coleman, J.H.Flynn, W.L.Ather- ton, and II. E. Bodwcll. Advertisements and Orders 7'0.- all kinds of JOB PRINT- IN G received at our brmich oflicc en Ratl- raad Square. The large bill-board in Raymond- street blew down last night. B. Burchard is having his property surveyed for the laying out of build- ing lots. Newsdealer Coleman has put in a new stock of babies, which he will be glad to reduce. Mrs. David E. Disbrow was taken to a New York hospital for treatment, one day this week. Builder Raymond raised the frame for A. Bach’s new house on Spring street yesterday. Mrs. Gaylord, .of Crescent Terrace, who has been quite 111, is reported as being convalescent. . Capt. Chas. Rogers was in receipt of a car load of lumber this morning, which he proposes making up into hat cases. John A. Kidney was showing a “freak” 111'th way of a four-pronged corncob this morning. It outranks the kidney bean. ’ The most marked improvement in this City is the placing in good form of the walks on South Main, Concord and Chestnut streets. Chief Vollmer _will attend church in Newark, N. J .,' tO-morrow, with his family who have been visiting in that city for some time. German service in the lecture room at No. 37,Chestnut-st., this city,to-mor- row. Sunday school at 10.30. Preach- ing at 2 and 7.30 p. m. Two different parties are in hopes of securing the store on Water street, va- cated by Geo. Bromfield. They want it for the sale Of intoxicants. : It is rumored that John Oldenschla- ger’s eigarmakers will attend church in a body to-morrow. Most of them are good looking enough to go to jail. .Mr. B. L. Baker and wife have been sick with the grip for the past week, and being convalescent their son Char- ley has let the disease take hold of him. Wm. H. Hoyt, of the Duncan Iron Works has the contract fOr building something like 350 feet of iron fence for the Congregational society at Fair- field. ‘ R. J. Cutbill was in receipt yester- day, Of Sixty-five barrel of round clams from the Roanoke Islands. He has large invoices of the fruit from that pOint daily. The locomotive on the 10:20 train on the Housatonic road broke down near the gas house, Borough, last night, and another engine was substituted to carry the train through. The high wind last night blew down a large elm tree in front of the resi- dence of the Hon. D. P. Ely on Wash- ington street. It was uprooted and tore out several feet of the sidewalk. Rev. Mr. Burnes of the M. E. church will talk on the subject of temperance to—morrow afternoon at the Union Gos- pel Temperance meeting. The new .music book will be used by the choir. Read advertisement of Will Carle— ton’s lecture in another column. I you wish to enjoy the feast, ’twere bet- ter to secure your seats at once as they are selling with the rapidity of a whirl- wind. ' La grippe being in style the Consoli- dated freight ofiice has “caught on.” At this writing Capt. Bearse of the Of- fice force has yielded to its elusive but painful blandishment, as well as Mort. Roberts and James Maslin, who are adepts at handling freight. Station agent Raymond has supplied their places dur- ing their enforced absence. Fred. Quittman is an inventor with several useful articles to the credit of- his inventive brain. But they are not what we wish to speak of in this para- graph. . The other day he received ad- vices from Germany that his nephew had sailed from the place where West- phalia cheese is supposed to be made. He in company with another nephew went to New York to w'elcome the “im- ported"§nephew, and learned that the steamer would stop at Hoboken'. ’ And so it did, but only to land cabin pas- sengers. Fred. was there onthe steam- er’s arrival,butithe nephew for reasons best known to himself, had chosen a steerage ticket, which would not per- mit of his oing ashore until the vessel arrived in I‘Iew York. And just here was where Fred’s inventive brain be- came useful. In some way he smug- gled the South Norwalk nephew aboard the steamer and the Westphalian nephew ashore, and then the South N orwalk nephew demanded that he be allowed to go ashore, which demand was seceded to. The trio then started for South Norwalk, the nephews’ firm in the belief that their Uncle Fred. was one of the smartest menin the “Yankee kingdom.” Mr. Quittman was some- what nervous for a few days though, when he was told that a New York de- tective was here for the purpose of ar- resting him for his bit of inventive de- ception. . '—<+>-——v-—~———- Cyrus Field’s Condition. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Cyrus W. Field’s condition is unchanged. The story that Cyrus W. Field had disinherited his son, Edward M. Field, by a codicil to his will, is denied by an intimate friend of the family. Assignee Gould said that there was abso- lutely nothing new in the matter of Field, Lindley, Wiechers & CO. In regard to S. V. White’s afl’ah‘s, Mr. Gould said that every- thing was in a promising condition and that he would soon apply for a discharge as as- signee, and as soon as that occurrred Mr. White would resume business. Another Death Chair Victiiu. BROOKLYN, Dec. 5.—Jereim'ali Cotto, the Italian who was convicted of murder in the first degree in the stabbing and killing of Luigi Francolosa at New Utrecht, was to- day Sentenced to death within the week be- ginning On Monday, Jan. 18, 1892. LEAES in 9Wants, l Cent a‘Word.‘ ADVERTISER}, A—- . » i - Price One cent. ' SOME capsular Evidence Concerning the Treat: ment of Policy Holders of the . Connecticut Indemnity Association. NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 17th, 1891. _ I The Connecticut Indemnity Ascocid- tion, Waterbury, 007m. GENTLEMEN:—-Your agent, G. A. 1. Franke, having. just handed me a New ' York draft for $368. 57, I wish to publicly 7,. ,_ , _. thank you for your promptness and , square dealing. _I am satisfied from my experience with you that since I was insured for five thousand dollars, with weekly accident benefits of twenty dollars in 1889, that your company al.- ways will act for the best interests of its policy holders. “Your ready payment of my claim for eighteen weeks and three days con- - firms my good opinion of you. Wishing you the success that you so well deserve, I remain , . Very truly yours, ( Signed) NO. W. BANKS. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 6th, 1890. _' GENTLEMEN :—L et in e thank you most sincerely for yourpromptness inpay- : ing me my claim of $1,000 on the policy issued to my late husband,_Isaac Watts. ' I shall always bless the day that he in- sured his life in your company. You have \done me a great favor by paying the claim before it was due. My hus- band had only paid in $97.76, and I have received such great benefit. Yours very gratefully, (Signed) SARAH A. WATTS. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Jan. 24, 1891. The Connecticut Indemnity Association: Let me thank you for your prompt and courteous treatment. r. W. A. Armstrong. formerly Of Norwich ,Conn. , was insured in your company more than six years ago, and the entire cost to him, at the age of 58, to carry $1,000 * “ insurance, providing $5 per week in case of disability, Was only $101.75, or $16.40 per year. Deducting the bene- fits paid him during his life, the net cost- of his $51,000 insurance was only $11.75. This money will prove a great help to me. Had he invested the same _ money in the savings bank, he would have realized nothing during his disa- bility. and would have left me only $113.16, instead of the $1,000 at death. Old line companies would have paid but $303 insurance for the money paid to your company by my husband. ( Signed) ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG. DANBURY,CONN., J une 16, 1891. I thank you most sincerely for your very prompt payment of the insurance money due under policy 921,0n mylate husband, J. Beardsley. He had been insured in your company since 1884, - and had always found you generous and reliable in your dealings with him as a policy-holder. My thanks are es- " pecially due your cOmpany, because, although Mr. Beardsley, while tempo- rarily deranged, committed suicide, still you in no respect questioned the validity of my claim. The payment was not due me by the terms of the policy till August 27th. You have paid . me seventy days in advance. . MRS EMILY BEARDSLEY. WATERBURY,’ CONN., July 22, 1891. Edward A. W'right, Secretary of the Connecticut Indemnity Association, lVatcrbury, Conn. - DEAR SIR : I hardly know how to ex. . press my thanks to your company for the (great kindness shown me. My hus- ban , Eddie McGuo, insured in your company, April 24, 1891, for $1,000, paying $13.33. He died of typhoid- pneumonia, July 19, and to-day, July 22; your general agent, Mr. Hastings, handed me your check for the full amount of my claim. He made out all papers for me, and kindly brought me your check, thereby savin me much trouble and annoyance. feel that this promptness and attention on your ; part should not be overlooked by me ; therefore I shall be glad to. do any- thing in my power to let my friends and others know how you do business; I think the benefit of your insurance, as shown in my case, should lead many others to insure with you. Yours was the only company in which my husband was insured. Thanking you with all my heart for what you have done for me, I remain Yours very respectfully, BRIDGET McGUO. LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y., July 28, ’91. E. A. WRIGHT, SEGRETARY.: Allow us to express our satisfaction. with the methods of your company in paying death claims. We were appointed ex- ecutors of the estate of the late Samuel M. Arlington, of this city, formerly of Norwalk, who had been insured with you more than five years, haying a pol- icy for $1,000, and we Wish. to thank ' you for your prompt payment in full. 'We acknowledge receipt of your check two months before the claim was actu; ally glue. 113cm? very trrly, . . LBERT . OLEMAN, _ SAMUEL GURNER. ) Executors. .. St. Mary’s Cross Injured. The high wind last evening played . " sad havoc with the large cross, on the steeple of St. Mary’s Church, and this ’ morning early pedestrians on looking ' up at the clock, discovered the cross bent over upon its body. Looking with the naked eye the cross appears .to be. broken off at'the base, and suspended by the lightning rod, but by the use of , strong glasses it was discovered that ,, » the cross is Simply bent, and as far as can be”seen not even a crack is notice- ~ I The force of the wind must have “ .. been terrific in the upper regions last able. evening as the cross is of solid copper, and weighs over 1,000 pounds. Charley," at cons1derable expense, and“ it was supposed would easil withstand any sort of action of the e ements for ages to come. “Steeple Charley” is now at Hartford, repairing the clock on .9 the High School, and he will- be sent ‘ , for as soon as possible to repair the cross. ‘ . . z _ . . It W89 ’ placed in position only a year ago, by r .’ Ru the prince of aerial performers, “Steeple j . '
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