THE PEOPLE’S PAPER. Largest Circulation. Vol. I, No. 244. The Daily Gazette Is issued. very week-day at 3.P. M., at §0NE CENT PER COPY. The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and , TEEZLARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette. [Combined with Friday 3 Dailv.l Is issued every Friday at Noon, at PEREE'CENTS PER COPY, 0R $1.50 PER YEAR. _ The Daily and Weekly. Served to Local Subscribers at TEN GENTS PER WEEK. 03. $5.00 PER YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. _ mu:- 4.. ‘3‘ This paper has the largest circulation of an 1] paper in the State west of Bridgeport. _a»x JOB PRINTIN G. 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. Amusements To—Night. Comic Opera at the Opera House. Monthly meeting of Court of Bur- gesses at Borough headquarters. Q “Let Brotherly Love Continue.” Saturday was a peculiarly trying day to the Borough burgesses. There were unusual and extraordinary irritations and exasperations, from several, divers and various causes. The order causing a rope to be placed about the base of St. Mary’s church, lest the broken cross should fall upon some one passing below, when the cross was firmly an- chored to the steeple by the lightning rod, was one caucus belli, but far the hottest scrap was between erratic and mercurial burgessVanderhoef and con- servative, docile, patient and long-suf- fering burgess Buxton. Buxton claimed that it had been agreed that contractor Conley should surface Riverside av-' enue with a coating of grave], but that Vanderhoef had caused him and his force to be withdrawn and set to work on East avenue, when contractor Bach and “his forty men,” were already at work there for no other purpose than to gratify the individual and personal whims or caprice of burgess Vander- hoef. Buxton claimed that Vanderhoef had frequently coaxed and cajole‘d him, against his better judgment, to vote for his East avenue pet schemes and now that he wanted no more of him and could use him no longer, he, Van- derhoef, was averse to carrying out his agreement to have Riverside avenue made passable to the large amount of travel over it, into and out of town, which is ten times greater than that passing over East avenue, and that it was an outrageous and indecent breach of faith, and a man that would so make a foot mat of him, was no better than that great American animal just ad- mitted into France and Germany. As a large crowd were congregating the bellicose burgesses adjourned their curb-stone meeting to further fight it out to—night at the Borough meeting. Missed by the Dailies. Ells’ pie wagon ran away yesterday. —-Hour. Sure. After the Dailies of Friday had gone to press, the Ells’ pie horse took a crusty fit and ran away, thus giving our slow-going neighbor a chance to get in one item not previous- ly published by them. ‘ The success of the St. Paul’s Bazar which closed on Thursday evening was . phenomenal, and confers signal credit on its managers and promoters. The facts of thronged houses and large rev- enues were noteworthy; and still more noteworthy than these, perhaps, was the evidence of thorough interest and unanimity. The devotion of the vener- able cure’s children to their parent, a parent crowned with age and linked sacredly to the past, yet, as the recent delightful occasion attested, ever young in spirit and in vital touch with the present, was truly beautiful. Both pastor and people are to be congratu- lated. . May the tide of those who shall have‘reason to rise and call their grand old spiritual mother blessed, be a con- stantly swelling one. * * * Mr. and Mrs. John H. Treadwell re- turned to Norwalk last evening after a week of shopping and sicrht—seeing in great Gotham. To-day ll 1'. T., accom- panied by Buckingham Lockwood,with his dogs and guns, starts for the Tar Heel State’s great tobacco mart,.Dur- ham, N. C., on his annual South- ern hunting excursion. He ex- pects to _ huntfor “bar,” deer, ’possum, jack rabbits, birds, fleas and wood ticks. The party will have a jolly time, without a doubt, and bag endless quantities of game, while south- ern diet and long tramps a—field, and mule-riding, will reduce the avoirdu- p01s of both Nimrods to an encourag- ing-degree. ‘ —~-Palestine Castle, No. 2, A. O. K. of M. C. will hold their 3d annual so- ciable in their hall on Washington street on Wednesday evening, Dec. 9th. The price of admission will be 500. in- cluding refreshments. All those wish- 11;? tel pass a pleasant evening should a en . “Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever, TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN. A glorious weather breeder was yes- terday. ' Grocer George F. Quintard is visit- ing his brother at ,Poughkeepsie. Said Pasha by the Aborn Opera Com— pany, at the Opera House to-night. ~—The neatest and ’nicest’353.00 Kid Shoes at Hoyt’s, 37 Wall street. Mrs. Harriet Platt of Silver Mine, is sick at the home of her daughter Mrs. Sidney Guthrie. Stephen, the 10 days old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Haight, died last night of spinal trouble. Secretary Proctor takes his seat to- day as the successor of Vermont’s great Senator. Edmonds. —The largest stock of lamps in town, at R. Goldschmidt’s 18 Water street. 240 tf The Y. M. C. A. foot-ball eleven will play a Greenwich eleven on the Fair Grounds Saturday. “There’s agreat art,” says Mickey Dolan, “in knowin’ what not to know whin yez don’t want to know it.” Grace Church Ladies’ Guild are to meet at the house of Mrs. E. P. Weed on Wall street, Wednesday. afternoon. Postmaster General Wanamaker, in; his annual report, insists that New York’s main post office must go up town. —Miss Couthoui is the finest elocu- .tionest on the American stage. Seats on sale at Pinneo’s and Plaisted’s. A stringent prohibition bill passed the South Carolina . House of Repre- sentatives Saturday amid great exmte- ment. John Broderick of Bridgeport, a vet- eran of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers, died at his home in that city yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Smith were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Earle, at the Park Avenue Hotel, during a , portion of their stay in New York. —Do not fail to attend the “i 01f sale” at the Boston store on Tuesday and Wednesday. “ There are nearly tw0 hundred cases of la grippe reported in Newark, N. J ., and the doctors say that it has become epidemic, particularly amongthe work- ing people. The proposals of the New York re- publicans to have the contested elec- tion cases referred to the Court of Ap- peals have been accepted by the demo- crats, but final arrangements have not yet been made. A regimental badge is to be pre- sented to ex-chaplain Rev. Dr. Alexan- der Thompson, at the residence of General Noble, East Bridgeport, on Thursday evening next. —My stock of lamps and glassware must be closed out by January 1st, in order to make alterations in my busi- ness. Rf. Goldschmidt, 18 Water street. 240 t The Rebublican members of the House re-nominated Tom Reed for Speaker and all the former officers of the last House, as their candidates, for a merely complimentary vote. The American piggy is having some little trouble on his travels abroad. Austria has shut the door in his} face again, but France says he may come in. So he will go-to Paris and be happy. It is feared that E. H. Both, a real estate dealer, of Brooklyn, perished in the recent accident to the Oyster Bay and Wilson Point Express, though nothing of his remains can be found. —-Holiday Presents—Satchel Factory, Westport, will retail for the Holidays a few Bags and Satchels. Some styles where sizes are broken, very cheap. 244-3t _The funeral of Mrs. Mary Lane, who died Friday, at her residence on Mer- Wln street, was attended from St. Mary’s Church this morning. The in- terment was in St. Mary’s cemetery. The Senate will meet at Hartford this afternoon at 2.30 o’clock. The session will be exceedingly brief, pro- bably not over five minutes and an ad- journment ’will then be taken to Jan- uary. . While all cod democrats are look- ing_hopefulyforward to the coming session of Congress, it is well to re- member that a big majority in the House isa potent sourCe of danger.-— N. Y. World. —-On account of the storm to-day the “i 011' sale” at the Boston store will be continued on Wednesday. It wasn’t a license to sell intoxicants but a bouncing boy that came to Bur- gess O’Reilly’s Christmas stocking,and when that boy shall have grown up, the really good~hearted O’Reilly would not have rum sold thatboy for all the world. According to the returns on file in the oflice of the Secretary of State, nine votes more :than his three oppo- nents collectively—Republican, Social- ist and Prohibition.. It needs‘the for- mal declaration of the Board of Can- vassers to establish that exactly. The 'total vote cast was more than 1,000,000. Roswell P. Flower had exactly twenty- , l Norwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, Beccmbér 7, 1891. Last regular meeting of the. Court of Burgesses to-night. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mallory, of Jer- sey City, spent Sunday in town. The County Commissioners are granting licenses In Danbury tO-day. To-day the Fifty-second Congress begins making history and republican votes. Mrs. Alexander Quarrier, of Brook- lyn, is a guest of her aunt. Mrs. Wm. F. Bishop. Mrs. Dr. James E. Barbour has left Savannah, Georgia, on account of ill health and returned to Washington for the winter. —Lamps sold at bottom prices at R. Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water street. ‘ 240 tf The Rector, surpliced choir and con- gregation of Grace Church are inv1ted to a song festival, to be given by the Southport church On Friday evening. The Sons of St. George have leased the hall of the American Mechanic,s on Water street and will hold their first meeting in theirnew quarters this even- ing. ——-COOK (female) WANTED immediate— ly at Collins’ American House. 238tf . Yesterday’s N. Y. Sun has an illus- trated article detailing the good work Mrs. Annie Louise Cary-Raymond is doing among New York’s suffering poor. The tying of Xmas greens will com- mence to-morrow, Tuesday evening, in the Sunday School room of St. Paul’s Church, for the decoration in the Church for the Xmas festival. —The largest—Ethel; of bar glassware in town at R. Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water street. 240 tf The upsetting of the barges on the Hudson river at Haverstraw last Fri- day night cost only three lives, instead of twenty or thirty, as at first reported. The men were rescued by tug boats after it was thought many must have been drowned. A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the barn of George Parsons in Tews- bury, Mass. Thirty-two cattle, eight horses, seventy-five tons of hay and some tools were consumed. The loss is about $6,000, upon which there is but little insurance. ' —The “t 011' sale” at the Boston store will be continued, Wednesday .On ac- count of the storm 'to-day. Local society is fast putting on: its winter gaieties; balls and parties are ruling, interspersed with an instructive lecture or pleasing concert every now and then, with to-night and to-morrow night two new and most delightful operas at the Opera House. Murderer Loppy will probably be electrocuted at Sing Sing at daybreak to-morrow morning. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to pre- vent the details of the execution being made public, but the newspapers Wlll get and publish all the details just the same. —Carletoii’s Poems for sale at Pin- neo’s Book store. The terrible fate of the bomb-thrower who undertook to murder Russell Sage may or may not deter other insane men from the commission of similar offenses, for there are few more cun- ning and dangerous enemies of society and of human life than insane persons who are thought to be rational enough to go at large. The head of the bomb throiver has not been identified. William D. South- worth, a lunatic and supposed accom- plice of the dynamiter, was arrested yesterday but said he did not recognize the head. Harry Horne, the museum lecturer, identified Southworth as a crank introduced to him by the man whose head is in the Morgue. Yesterday’s story of the wreck onthe New En land road, so graphically told in our teIegraph columns, is but a con- firmation of the theory so often promul- gated by Joe Howard, that one big ac- cident is always followed by two more. This was the second. Now watch for the third. If Howard is right it is bOilnd to come soon.—--Ansonia Senti- ne . The deep affection and confidence be- tween Mrs. Jessie Couthoui-Shandrew and her talented father is said to be very touching. Mr. Couthoui, though a man of considerable means, when his gifted daughter wished to make use of her genius as a source of income, con- sented because she wished it so deeply, but kept the management of her affairs in his own hands, until called upon to give it up to a husband. Mr. Couthoui is a Frenchman and his daughter gets some of her vivacity and sparkle from him, but her mother comes of a race of good old Puritan stock, her father be- ing a New England divine. Mr. John Treadwell chanced to be immediately opposite Russell Sage’s of- fice on Broadway at the moment of last Thursday’s fearful explosion. He saw the poor clerk that was hurled from the window and who fell into Broadway, striking his head and crushing his skull on the stone pavement. In an instant, Treadwell says, he was jammed on all sides by an excited crowd, .and utterly unable to extricate himself as he stood immediately in front of the drug store where Mr. Sage and the other maimed and bleeding victims were borne._ It was, he says, the most sickening Sight he ever saw, and when. finally, he es- caped from the surging crowd, he --was literally strained and bruised and sore all ove . ,A Bad Fall. Robert Thompson, ’who lives at the corner of Van Zaijdt avenue and; the Fort Point road, met with an accident Saturday evening at the bridge on the Consolidated roa if over the tracks of the Danbury rail ad. He fell from the bridge to thef‘tracks below. His left shoulder bladefwas thrown out, the lower half being fractured, there were several bad cuts on his head, and it is feared that he has received other inju- ries that may prove fatal. He was pick- ed up and placed in a chair by some passers—by who heard his groans, an later placed in a cab and taken to Dr. Bohannan’s who, seeing the seriousness of the injuries, advised that he be taken home, where the wounds were dressed, and poor “ Rosy” made as comfortable as possible. A reporter of the DAILY GAZETTE, who called on him this morn- ing, found him in the best of Spirits. He was suffering no pain. and gave the following account as to how the acci- dent happened; first, however, prefac- ing with the remark, “ Rosy is all right and will be around again in a few days. A Mr. J. owed me some money andtold me to collect a bill in the vicinity of Whistleville. I walked down the tracks from the depot and down the steps to the street. Done my business and came through the ‘hole in the wall’ and up, over and across the tracks and put my right foot out, afid down I went. , I cried out, my God, Rosy, you are gone this time, sure! But 'I was i’t uncon- scious, and here I am. Tell them I’ll be out again in a few days. Doctor told me I might get up to day, but I don’t feel like it.” Mr. Thompson’s good courage may pull him through all right, but he will never be as well a man as before the accident. ‘ Rumors were in circulation this morning that “Rosy” had met with foul play, but his statement does not bear them out. ..,_,___-.-_ - d An Early Morning Hanging. A hanging occurred this morning at Dann’s stable, and for a few minutes the principal actor in the ' drama thought that he dimly beheld the out- lines of the “other shore,” and since he was cut down, is fully convinced that life is indeed sweet. One of the boys e‘nployed at the'stable was given instructions to goup-stairs into the loft and let down a bale of hay, early this morning, and straight way proceeded to carry out the Orders. The hay is let down from the second story of the building by a block and tackle, and two or three persons are necessary to; let the bales down easily. The-boyL thought one was enough this morning, so made the hookon the tackle fast to the bale and she red the hay out, hold- ing on tight to t 9 end of the rope. When the heavy ale f the boy shot out of the door hike a"<‘vclret and- up into the air to the top of the barn, where the joist which holds the block is fastened into the building, and there he hung, swaying to and fro, and bumping into the building, first against his stomach and then against his back. No one beheld his predicamentnnd be- ing afraid to drop from the great dis- tance, he sent up a terrible and piteous yell, which awakened every sleeper in the hotel, close by, and soon a row of heads were sticking out of the windows to learn the cause of the trouble. The workman at the stable also heard the cries for help, and the supply wagon was run out, a ladder procured, and the young man rescued from his perilous position. It is needless to say that since this morning no orders or ofl'ers, however tempting, can be made to in- duce this boy to again attempt to let down another bale of hay. ~—-——-<'+>———.—- Prolong the Christmas Holiday. As Christmas this year comes on Fri- day it would be a graceful act on the part of merchants, manufacturers and employers generally to make the fol- lowing Saturday a holiday. This would not only give a multitude of employed persons a needed respite from toil, but would .afi‘ord thousands whose homes are in the country or other cities an opportunity to spend an enjoyable holi-' day season with their people. To many employees no more welcome Christmas present could be given. Let the holiday season this year ex- tend from Friday to Monday—N. Y. Herald. —————————-cqo—- Exit Cigarette: Enter Pipe. Atobacco dealer in Ne w Haven,whose trade in the main is with Yale'boys, says that the sale of cigarettes ’is falling off. Three years ago he sold 350,000 pack. ages of one brand ; last year he sold 200,000 of all brands. He now sells fifty pipes where he formerly sold one. 00"— Safe Blowers Make a. Haul. ' BELLEFONTAINE, 0., Dec. 7.—The Belle Center bank safe was blown open with dyna- mite and $1,000 in bills and $300 in silver carried off. ___.__.___——_ o s 9 ..._...___._-.-..__ —Do our esteemed contemporaries judge others by themselves? If so we can easily understand why their busi- ness has not been more prosperous. The people of this town are an intelli- gent people and are not so easily de- ceived. We have both been judged by the residents of Norwalk long ago and our growth and increased patronage is sufiicient proof that the verdict has been in our favor. If anyone doubts the genuineness of this “& ofi‘ sale,” all we ask is that they call at our store. examine the goods and the prices, and then judge for themselves. ‘ - “BOSTON STORES.” .9. All should avail themselves of an» op- portunity seldom Offered of meeting many distinguished visitors from abroad at the Feast of Nations to be held in the Congregational Chapel, Tuesday evening, Dec. 8th. An attempt was made last night to burn an old, unoccupied foundry in New Britain. A kerosene oil barrel was found on the premises and there were signs of oil on the roof. The fire department promptly put out the fire. 1.- THE-’DANBURY SEA SERPENT 4 'GAUGHT. Editor Bailey at Home. Telegrams from Danbury announce that the famous Lake Kenosha serpent was caught on Saturday. Whether it is own cousin, uncle or grandfather of our own Winnipauk serpent, editor Bailey~ does not yet inform us, nor does he state which was the last saloon, or the kind or quality of the last drink the captor took, but the following is the serious part of the story sent out Sunday, to a waiting and credulous world: “The famous Lake Kenosha s erpen has been captured, to the joy of the persons who claim to have seen the ser- pent and to the disgust of the un- believers. Yesterday afternoon at about 5 o’clock, Warren C. Baker, of this city, was driving along the shore of the lake when he saw what he supposed was a huge limb of a tree across the road. His horse showed evidences of fright and shied, and it was a long time be- fore he could be induced to go near the object. Mr. Baker at last alighted and then discovered that what 'he took for the limb of atrec was a serpent. It appeared to be badly chilled and lay motionless. Mr. Baker succeeded in getting the serpent into the back part of his carriage and drove rapidly back to this city. He showed the serpent to Dr. Knox, who fora number of years was the vet- erinary surgeon attached to Barnum’s circus, and who has seen a great many reptiles. Dr. Knox bought the serpent and then wrapped it up in fiannels and cotton. The serpent, after lying all night'swathed in warm leankets, this morning got a bath of warm milk, in which it now lies? The serpentis as large around the - body as a man, and is nineteen feet and eight inches in length, It has a flat head and is covered With scales. If it lives, it will be placed on exhibition.” Sprained’His Ankle. When manager John H. Hoyt of the Western Union Telegraph Company, closed his office about 9.30 o’clock Sat- ,,,_iirclay evening and was going out of the :depot door, his attention was called to a man crawling on his hands and knees up the depot stairs. Mr. Hoyt stopped and inquired what the matter was, and learned that the man, who gave his name as John Brophy, and who was once a resident, 9f Norwalk, had in. walking up the platform, slipped and fell onto the track,and in addition to getting a good drenching in the mina- ture river which at wet seasons covers the track,had sustained a badly sprained ankle. He was taken to the lock-up in a hack and remained there until yes— terday morning, when his ankle having gotten better he started for New York. Brophy came from the city Saturday morning to visit some relatives whom he had not seen in nearly thirty years, and in honor of the occasion, did as many another-good man has done be- fore him—imbibed too_freely of Borough bullion—and it was from the effects of this . liquid nourishment that caused Brophy to fall off the platform. 0.. The Cross Secured. Steeple Charley acc'ompa nied by his wife arrived at the City Hotel, South Norwalk, Saturday evening in response to the. urgent request of Father Slo— cum, who journeyed to Hartford after him, so that the injured cross on St. Mary’s Church be secured thatit might not fall from its position upon the head of some passing pedestrian. About 9 o’clock C arley sauntered forth with his paraphernalia, and sometime be- tween that hour and 4 a. in. Sunday morning, he was at the top of the church spire inepecting the cross, which he quickly secured so that there is no pos- sibility of its falling. , To a DAILY GAZETTE reporter he said that the cross was not broken but sim- ply bent over upon its body and that he could soon repair it. He left for Hartford on the 7.15 train last night and will return on Thursday and saw the cross off at the point of the bend. It is then proposed to again place it in position and brace it from the sides. Why not run a steel bar through it? _”-m .-.,__1--.__ Connecticut at Chicago. About 600 former Connecticut men, now residing in Chicago, have formed "The Connecticut State Association” and have prepared a memorial ad- dressed to the Connecticut Legislature, in which they say in conclusion: “Your m‘emorialists pray that you will make adequate provision for giving Con- necticut productions the prominence in the exposition to which their merit entitles them.” The memorial ,is signed by E. C. St. John, president; Frank M. Blair,vice president; Joseph S. Woodruff. chairman executive com- mittee ; Frederick W. Short, chairman finance committee; Charles W. New- ton, secretary. ‘ O. Judges in Session. From half past ten o’clock Saturday morning until about four o’clock in the afternoon, with the exception of a short intermission for dinner, Chief Justice Andrews and Judges Carpenter, Seymour, Torrence and‘Fenn were in conference on the Morris-Bulkeley case. Whether they will meet again for further consideration of the case was not announced. ' 9 —$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 ilS’tatc or Persuasion, Religious ur Politicai.”—Jqferson .1. .‘SOUTH NORWALK. The GAZETTE is on sale at the news office of Fred Coleman, J.H.1Fiynn, lV.L.Ather- ton, and H. E. Bodwell. Advertisements and Orders for all kinds of J 013 PRINT- ING received at our branch office on. Rail- road Square. Baggage expressmaniMorrell is on the Sick list. " Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R., will elect officers this evening. . Miss Mamie, Walsh is sick at her‘ home on Woodward avenue. U. S. Express agent L. C. Raymond spent yesterday in New Haven. Mrs. James M. Warden is conval- escent of a severe attack of the grip. “Harry,” who was reported as being lost, turned up alive and well this morn- ing. Nine persons were taken on proba- ‘tion in the Methodist church at Darien, yesterday. The funeral of Wm. Warren will be held this afternoon, from his late home on Orchard street. .Rufus Raymond and family of Green- w1ch, were the guests of Mrs. Tyler Waters yesterday. Rev. F. H. Marling of New York, preached two excellent sermons in the Congregational church yesterday. There was a good attendance at the union gospel temperance meeting, yes- terday. Three signed the pledge. . When Max Schwab opens his bologna sausage factory on the Washington street bridge,look out for the sign “No whistling allowed here.” “Joe” Johnson and his tin whistles were in town Saturday. What Joe doesn’t know about playing a tin whistle is mighty little. ’ A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Farron Betts, late yesterday afternoon. MessrsF. F. Byxbee and Captain Ad- dison A. Betts are her grandfathers. A party who claims to know whereof he speaks says “\the letter signed Ex- ecutive Board, in Saturday’s Sentinel, is way off from the facts in the matter.” There will be a meeting of the busi- ness men of the town at the City Hotel to-morrow night, to perfect arrange- ments of interest to all men doing bus- mess in town. ’Tis reported that the yacht Daunt: less has the dropsy. The Idlewild left for Long Islahd to recover several bales of hay lost during the first sickness of the Dauntless. ' The handsomest calendars yet shown here are those being given out by coal dealer John H. Ferris. The cartoon is a story in five shades,and is mighty in- teresting, ,Fortunate is he who secures one. An incipient fire in the corner of Mrs. J. C. Warner’s house on Orchard street was put out with a few pails of water before doing much damage. It is stated to have been the work of mis- chievous boys. The Junior Prohibition club of this city will send the following delegates to the State convention to be held at Hartford, Wednesday Dec. 9th: How- ard Wilmot, Clarence Atherton, John H. Daulei‘ and Harry Cooke. ;;Said 9. physician this morning 2 “If it comes off cold after this storm, and people do not take care of themselves there will be an unusually large num- ber of la grippe or malarial cases.” A word to the wise is sufficient. Harry Sheldon, a young man living on Spring street,caused his mother and brothers no little worriment by re- maining away from home last night. He put in an appearance all right this morning. He,was at the house of a Winnipauk friend. ’Tis stated that the mud-digger has about completed her work in this har- bor. A correspondent writes: "Many with whom Supt. Schley has become acquainted regret that he is to leave South Norwalk so soon, and he will al- ways be cordiallylwelcomed here, etc.” Old \Vell Lodge, F. and A. M., will hold a special communication on Thurs- day evening, at 7:30 sharp. The third degree will be conferred. Acacia Lodge No. 85, of Greenwich, will be present- to witness the work. The "FOURTH DEGREE” will then be exem- plified by both lodges. Much complaint is made here, and justly too, on account of the delay at the gas works in turning on the gas for the city consumption. Says a corre— spondent, “During the past seven days some consumers on the ground floors for three nights could get no light, while in the stories above a light about the size of a tallow clip was all that could he obtained, an hour or more hater than should have been a full sup- p y. 7’ Mr. Daniel Hall, engineer at the Volk Hat Co., was not a little surprised yes- terdaytohear thathehadbeen“knocked out” by a locomotive on the Danbury &,,Norwalk road near Pine street. The report reached his son Frank, who was in Port Chester, yesterday. Mr. Hall senior, feared that something of the kind had happened to his son, and on their meeting each other the look of surprise and happiness on the coun- tenance of each was immense. ’Twere better for the rascal who promulgated the story to keep out of sight or he too might believe that he had been hit by a locomotive. —— —-—-<+>—-——— Consolidation Effected. Sixty members of the Bridgeport oyster association went to South Nor- walk Friday night and they were met at the depot by a delegation from the Norwalk Oyster Grower’s association. 'They repaired to a hall, and after an informal talk they entered into an agreement wheieby the two associa- tions have been formed into one. . This amalgamation of the two associations make it one of the strongest in New England. . There has been a slight misunderstanding heretofore between the two associations, but this has been smoothed over and now all is harmony. , -——Bridgeport News. . Price One‘Cent. j ' SOME UWUDICED; Evidence Concerning the Treat- ment of Policy Holders of the Connecticut Indemnity! Association. N ORWALK, CONN.. Nov. 17th, 1891. t The Connecticut Indemnity Ascocz‘a- . tion, W'aterbm'y, Conn. ‘ GENTLEMENz—Your agent, G. A. Franke, having just handed me a New York draft for $368.57, I wish to publicly 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) JNO. W. BANKS. ' NEW HAVEN, CONN, Dec. 6th, 1890. _ GENTLEMEN :—Letm e thank you most sincerely for your promptness in pay- ing me my claim of $1,000 on the policy issued to my late husband,Isaac \Vatts. 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. I., Jan. '24, 1891. The Connecticut Indemnity Association: Let me thank you for your. prompt and courteous treatment. Mr. 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 $1,000 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., June 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. Wright, Secretary of the Connecticut Indemnity Association, lVaterbury, Conn. DEAR SIR : I hardly know how to ex- press my thanks to your company for the great kindness shown me. My hus- band, 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 saving me much trouble and annoyance. I feel that this promptness and attention on your part should not be overlooked by me ; thereforeI 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, SECRETARY : 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, having 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 flue. Ignaz very truly, LBERT . LEMAN, ,_ , SAMUEL GURNER. ) Executors. -__ ..-.__...__ _ Norwalk Opera. The patrons of operatic performances will have an opportunity of enjoying a really meritorious presentation of comic Opera tonight and to-morrow night, at the Opera House. The Mil- ton Aborn Comic Opera Company, who are booked to appear is one of the most thoroughly well organized companies on the road and comprises nearly forty members including the funny and ver— - satile comedian, Milton Aborn, who, during the past few years, has jumped into the front ranks of genuine artists. Mr. Aborn is accompanied by a com: pany of special ability, and the reper- , ‘toire has been selected with great care. This evening the great comic opera craze, Said Pasha, will be presented With entire new scenery and costumes, , and Tuesday evening Solomon’s ever. A charming opera, Virginia, will be pre- sented. Two operas of 'a quality to enlist the greatest possible interest, and are staged in an elabgrate manner. '
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