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CHURCH AND SOCIETY PRINTING.
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
The Aborn Opera Troupe play at
Middletown tO-night.
Dr. Welti has resigned the Presi-
d ency Of Switzerland.
The gunboat Machias was launched
yesterday at Bath, Me.
——100 Fancy Chairs for the Holidays
at Scofield 8.: Hoyt’s Norwalk store. it
Secretary Foster is able to sit up and
now eats quite heartily. ‘
The funeral of D. C. Birdsall occur-
red yesterday at Hartford.
Grocer (%uintard has returned from
his trip to oughkeepsie.
Yale closes Wednesday,the sixteenth ;
in the meantime, examinations.
Henry Lewis shot a large silver fox
in the Silver Mine woods yesterday.
. George Ayres the oyster hand clam
merchant is quite seriously indisposed.
—Lamps sold at bottom prices at R.
Goldschmidt’s, 18 “Tater street. 240 ti
Work was commenced this morning
on the horse-railway switch near :Mer-
win street.
Pilgrim Council, 0. U. A. M., will
'work the second degree on five candi—
dates this evening.
The New York Court of Appeals de-
nied the motion for re-argument of the
Tildeu will ease yesterday.
The trial of Dr. Graves, of Provi-
dence, for the murder of Mrs. Barnaby
was begun in Denver yesterday.
George J anes, an inmate of the Nor-
walk almshouse, died last night aged
85. Funeral to-morrow at 10:30.
-—COOK (female) WANTED immediate-
ly at Collins’ American House. 238tf
Darwin J. Meserole admits having
killed Theodore Larbig in self-defence
in Davie Comatock’s fiat last J 11116.
The Connecticut River Railroad Com-
pany has declared the usual quarterly
dividend of 2 per cent, payable Jan. 1.
Mr. Charles Pardee, of Chestnut
street, had the misfortune to cut his
ileft hand quite badly at the new Club
ouse.
An entertainment prepared by the
W. R. C., will be given at the Soldiers’
Home, Noroton on the evening of
Dec. 16th. 4
—My stock of lamps and glassware
must be closed out by January 1st, in
order to make alterations in my busi-
118.520 g. Goldschmidt, 18 Water street.
The Y. M. C. A. Vocal Music class
will meet this evening, from 7 to 8
o’clock instead of 9 to 10. Members
W111 please note the change.
The new postal cards, series A and C,
Will be issued to the public December
15. The contractors at Shelton have
received notice to that effect.
Orders of arrest in a cfiil action for
the members of the suspended firm of
Field, Lindley, Wieohers & Co., were
placed in the sheriff’s hands yesterday.
Real Estate Agent 0. E. Wilson yes-
terday sold four lots on Glenwood ave-
nue. to Sarah L. Hoyt, and one lot on
Clinton avenue to Mrs. Mary Meader.
The inventory of the propert of the
late Hon. Monson Hawley, Of ridge-
port, shows that he was worth $243,000.
£1053 of this was invested in stocks and
on 3.
George Roth. who shot at Rev. Dr.
Hall on Sunday week, has been indicted
by the grand jur for assault in the
first degree. Rot is now in the insane
asylum on Ward’s Island. He will be
brought to court to answer to the in-
dictment.
——Holiday Presents—Satchel Factory,
Westport, will retail for the Holidays a
few Bags and Satchels. Some styles
where sizes are broken, very cheap.
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How'trueuit is that inflictions travel
in pairs. They have the hog Cholera
and a new weather prophet in IlliROis'.
When ,-the Boston express over the
Shore line arrived at Bridgeport early
' this morning the engine broke down.
Another was procured and the train
proceeded after a short delay.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians'of
Norwalk,are to give their many friends
' a rich treat on Friday evening, Dec. 18,
when they will present the- ever popu-
lar “Colleen Bawn.” at the Opera
House.
Bishop O’Farrell confirmed a class of
sixty-eight convicts in the state prison
at Trenton, N. J ., last Sunday. They
were permitted to put on white shirts
and (unstriped) black trousers for the
ceremony.
Justice Lawrence, of the New York
Supreme Court, declares that the be-
quest Of $500,000, by Jose Sevilla, a
wealthy Peruvian, for the . establish-
ment of a home—for poor girls in this
city is invalid.
—-The largest stock of lamps in town,
at R. Goldschmidt’s 18 Water street.
240 tf
Colonel William W. Clapp, for more
than twenty-five years editor of the
Boston Journal, and who retired from
that position the first of last July, died
suddenly last night at the Vendome,
his winter residence. Colonel Clapp
was born in 1826. ‘
William E. Stevens, clerk at the Nor-
walk Hotel, and one of the actors with
the Aborn Opera Company, ran a foot
race at the Fair Grounds yesterday for
a purse of $20. Stevents was easily do—
feated and that is the cause of his wear—
ing that dejected air tO-day.
“Senator Voorhees, of Indiana,”
notes the Washington Democrat, “is
charged with smoking the worst cigars
of any prominent man in the country.
When any of the other senators get
boxes of cigars as presents from their
gives, they hand them over to Voor-
ees. ’
A goodly number of the members of
Sherman Commandery, No. 470, O. U.
G. C. of this town, paid avisit to Alpha
Commandery Of New Haven, last even-
ing. The boys were elegantly enter-
tained and enjoyed a very pleasant
evening. They returned on the owl
train this morning.
The capitol at Hartford will soon con-
tain two valuable additions to its group
of statues of Connecticut heroes, that
of John Davenport being now put in
position and that of Thomas Hooker
being almost ready. The occasion
should set Norwalk to thinking on the
subject of having an appropriate statue
of our Governor Thomas Fitch.
Hanlon Brothers have opened the
store at 53 Main street with $11,000
worth of crockery, glassware, etc.,
and no article in their store is sold at a
higher price than 25 cents. They are
selling coffee mills for 19 cents which
are worth 75 cents, and other valuable
articles in the same manner. How they
can do this we fail to understand, but.
give them a call and they will explain.
——$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
France and Germany allow the Amer-
ican pig to enter their ports again, and
as turn about is fair play, Werner, the
Main street confectioner. has imported
a large invoice of German pigs. He
has little pigs, medium pigs and big
pigs, all colors, ready for the holidays,
which he will fill with the finest French
candy at a price that will surprise you.
If you are looking for a Christmas pig
give Werner a call.
Mr. Kamarkar, an educated Brah-
min who has been converted to Chris-
tianity. will lecture, Thursday evening,
in the chapel of the Congregational
church upon “Home Life in India.”
He will also exhibit idols and costumes
and sing Hindoo lyrics with musical
accompaniments. Admission free and
everybody welcome. A collection will
be taken at the close of the lecture to
aid Mr. Kamarkar in completing his
theological studies.
The Gas Company had agents hunt-
ing all about South Norwalk yesterday
to ascertain where the difficulties in
getting gas light were located, but
strangely enough, only two places
could be found where the gas would
not flow, one at the residence Of Mr.
Henry Seymour and the other that of
Mrs. Eben Hill. These two defects
were caused, the gas people say, by
reason of a disturbance of their pipes
and drips by the recent digging up and
changes in the horse railway tracks.
Mrs. Jessie Couthoui-Shandrew has
artistic ideas upon the matter Of dress
and stage setting. She has traveled
much in the west, reading in all sorts
of bare halls, and she was enterprising
enough to take with her an extra trunk
in which she carried the frame work of
aJapanese screen and several different
kinds of pretty silk. This silk she
chose to blend with the beautiful even-
ing dress she Wore, and with one or
two other additions from the wonder-
ful trunk, such as a pretty little white
and gold chair, she was able to trans-
form the plainest stage, and give it the
effect every pretty woman should have
as a background.
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Piggy Still on the War Path.
—Pork and Sausage 10 cts. a pound
at Keeler’s Market. 1t
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“Equal and EmuCt J usticc to all Men of W’hutéier Static I or" Persuasion, Religious or Politically—Jefferson
Norwalk, Conn, Wednedday Evening, December 9, 1891.
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The members of Company F are talk-
ing of giving a benefit ball some time
this winter.
Congressman 'De Forest of this dis-
trict, cast his vote for Mills each time
for Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives. '
The U. G. T. R. A. will have an oys-
ter supper and entertainment in their
hall this evening. Last night the
dramatic club rehearsed “The Danger
Signal.
Miss Mary Howe, the well-known
soprano singer of Brattleboro, Vt. , was
' married at Cleveland, 0.,November 29,
to William J. Lavin, the tenor, of De-
troit, Mich. ..
Owing to the prevalence of the grip
among the employee of the New Haven
post-ofiice, every available substitute
in the carriers’ and clerks’ department
is employed.
The Aborn opera company were
taken to the depot this morning in one
of Dann’s carryalls and the large two-
story,’ picnic wagon. The company
plays at Middletown to-night.
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Corporal A. E. Aisthorpe was elected
Financial Secretary of Company F last
evening, in place of musician Joseph
Carier, who has served five years in the
service and received his discharge.
Judge Torrance of the Superior
Court is to make the annual 'address
before the Caledonian club of New
Haven, on the anniversary of the birth-
day of Robert Burns on January 25th.
Waterbury has voted to build a new
alms-house, to cost $30,000, on the site
of the present one. A one-mill tax was
laid to defray the expenses. The work
of building will be begun in the spring.
Minnehaha Division S. of T., ,will
have a lunch basket sociable next Mon-
day evening. The Division has re-
ceived and accepted an invitation to
attend an anniversary meeting of
{Iriendly Greeting Division at Silver
ine.
L. J. Robertson, a Hartford fruit
dealer, had. a carload of 160 barrels of
apples roasted in the fire at the East
Thompson accident on the New York
& New England road. He had shipped
them to Boston. The railroad company
pays the loss.
Joseph Kable, an apprentice to
Charles E. Miller, the blacksmith, died
at Mr. Miller’s residence, NO. 12 Grand
street, this morning, of pneumonia.
Young Kable has only been in Mr.
Miller’s employ for two months and
came to this town from New Canaan.
His father resides in Brooklyn.
David S. Barry of New Haven, ap-
peared before Judge Shipman in the
United States court at Hartford yester-
day, and was fined $500 and costs for
taking letters from the mail. Barry
was bound over to the December term
of this court from New Haven, where
he was a letter carrier. Judge Ship-
man gave the maximum fine.
NathanielB. Selleck, first selectman
Of Danbury in the years 1883, ’84 and
’85, died last Saturday of pneumonia.
He was in the hatting trade for several
years, then went West, where he en-
gaged in the lumber business in Wis-
consin, came East again on the death
of his father and settled on the family
estate near Danbury. He was a demo-
crat in politics and prominent in town
affairs.
A South Bethlehem, Pa., telegram
says: The first ingot Of nickel steel to
be used in the manufacture of armor—
plate for the United States navy was
cast in the open-hearth department of
the Bethlehem Iron Works on Saturday
afternoon. The weight of the ingot is
90,000 pounds. It is forty-seven inches
thick and ninety inches wide. The
mould in which it was cast weighs fifty-
six tons. This armor-plate will be used
on the Maine, now building at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
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—The larfiest stock of bar glassware
in town at Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water
street. 240 tf
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_FUN ‘_‘IN IT.”
Parson Hardshell—I hopes, Bre’r
Amos, dat you ain't gwineter do nufiin
wid dat pole dis Lawd’s day.
Amos—Oh, no,I hain’t gwine ter use
hit. I j es’ gwine ter hold it in mer
hand, down by der ribber. If any fool
fish get cotched on de udder and ob de
string, sarve dem right fer‘bein’ snoop-
in’round on de Lawd’s day.
When your wife writes a letter all kisses
and honey,
Look out for the postscript: “I’m all
out Of money!” "
Tommy—“Mother what is an angel ?”
. Mother—‘ ‘An angel is a being that
flies. ”
Tommy—~‘ ‘But papa calls my gover-
ness an angel.” _
Mother—Then she is going to fly im-
mediately.”—Brooklyn Life. '
My love for Erin is so true
I linger at the shore,
And long to cross the ocean blue .
To dwell forever more.
But that is needless, for I know
My countrymen so dear,
If I but wait a year or so,
Will all be over here.
—N. Y. Herald.
COO—u—
A New Departure-
——W. M. Bates, 5 Water street, does
not propose to be undersold by any
market in town, and to that end he
quotes the following cash prices:
Round Steak 12 cents, Shoulder Steak
9 cents or 3 pounds for a quarter, Corn
Beef from 4 to 12 cents, Pot .Roast
pieces from 4 to 12 cents,Spare Rib and
Sausage 11 cents. Whole Hams 12%
cents per pound. A full line of Fish
at the lowest market price. Goods de-
livered to any part of the Borough
free of charge.
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. President’s Message.
The Presidtnt’sa message, containing
' eighteen thousand words, was present-
ed toland read in both Houses of Con-
gress this afternoon.
COO——
BuCkingham Post.
—Attention.comrades: Emanuel Van
Clief died on Monday, Dec. 7, and all
who can are requested to meet at the
Pest Rooms on Thursday at 1 :30 p. m.
to attend the funeral.
- . THOSbBRADI-Eg,
. - omman er.
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C hught at Last.
Keeler, th ,’ man who was indicted
for an attempt on the life of ,Martin
Hanford,;,_a’.t Lewisboro, Westchester
County, N. Y., December, 1889, was
captured at Ridgefield. Monday night.
The credit of his capture belongs to
Deputy Sheriff White, who has tele-
graphed the sherifi' at White Pains to
send on requisition papers.
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May Be Lost.
The steamer May Queen which car-
ries coal between Perth Amboy and
Derby lost her consort ina storm Mon-
day night near Stamford. She was
soon lost sight of and nothing has been
heard from her since.
It is now believed that the boat has
gone down and the crew consigned to
a watery grave. The owners are in
grave fear for the boat’s safety.
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.Cyrus W. Field Gaining.
Cyrus W. Field seems [to be gaining
strength. He was up and dressed yes-
terday, and well enough to walk around
his room and,out into the hallway. The
doctor thinks? he will be able to come
down stairs iii a day or two.
His daughter’s—Mrs. Lindley—con-
dition is still pritical, and she requires
constant attention. Her husband did
not leave her _;fbed_side yesterday.
4.0-4: ~O-b— -— A
Congress Yesterday.
Both houses were in session yester~
day, and Se’ ators Call and Dubois
were sworni .— After the election of
Mr. Crisp as peaker and installing the
other under flicers of the House, the
usual drawin of seats by the members
was gone th ugh with. Henceforth
this session '11' be mainly run by the
leaders of b «th parties with an eye
single to the apture of the glittering
prize of the xt Presidency. ’ .
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An En ne off‘the‘ Track:
An engine ‘ n the. New “England’road
jumped the track while backing at
Hancock, 8/ w miles west‘of'Terry-
ville, soona eraaoon yesterday. and;
as heavy blo king had'to' behent-fori.
the track w ‘r‘bbstruhtndgfofigw .
hours. The 12.50 train from is City
brought back the passengers from the
express due here soon after 2 o’clock.
The express arrived at 4.55 and the
track was entirely clear at 5.10.
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101 Years Old.
Mrs. Theodosia Lampson, familiarly
known as “Aunt ’Dosia, died at her
residence in Stratford Monday evening.
She celebrated her 101st birthday on
June 17 last, and was the oldest person
in the town and one of the oldest in the
state.
Mrs. Lampson was born in Stratford.
She leaves a brother, Charles O'Neil,
of New Haven, who is ninety-one years
of age, besides three nieces and one
nephew,all living,and who have reached ,
advanced ages.
East Avenue.
It is apparent that our good East
avenue residents, after their terrible
experience of cutting and slashing of
the trees, hillocks, grades and gradients
on that beautiful avenue, are never to
pe supremely happy again in this world,
unless Mill Hill is out down to an easy
grade and the electric or some other
kind of surface cars are put down the
entire stretch of their street from Wall
street to South Norwalk depot, via the
East Norwalk bridge,and this tramway
is sure to come.
Now For Christmas.
W. B. Hall Sr 00., of Bridgeport,
have never, till this year, been able to
meet their patrons in a way truly to
suit them. In a new and grand store,—
a store filled in every part with goods
selected for their desirability from the
best merchants on both sides of the
ocean, they can do so now. Shoppers
will find it is not too early to begin
their pleasant work. If they seek books,
engravin 51, works of art, bric-a-brac,
and anything which is desirable as it
is beautiful for a Christmas gift, they
can find it with Hall & Co. The seal
goods, the furs, the dress silks, and all
else in these lines speak for themselves.
There is no end to seal this year, and
prices are right.
Tried to “’reck a. Train.
TERRE HAUTE, Dec. 9.—-A determined at
tempt was made to wreck the Indianapolis
accommodation train, on the Vandalia. road,
ten miles east of here, about 6 o’clock last
evening. A farmer found several men fas-
tening ties between the rails, and when he
opposed their action the men drove him
away. He got a lantern and ran to meet
the train. He signaled it, but not in time
to wholly check its speed before the firetrtie
was struck. The cowcatchei' was broken,
but the engine remained on the track. The
men who placed the ties on the track es-'
caped, but they are known. It is said that
they had a grudge against the company.
Convicted of Forgery,
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.——-Anton Burnan, for-
merly secretary of Liberty lodge, N 0. 567, of
the Order of Knights and Ladies of Honor,
was convicted in general sessions of forgery
in the second degree. He forged the indorse:
ment of Mrs. Nora Kohen to a Check for
$1,000, a sum given to her by the grand
lodge Of'thc order as the beneficiary of her
husband. .The prisoner was remanded for
sentence. . ‘
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IS IT IINOIIEII IIIISIIIKE
Has MI’. Maples Drawn the COUPI'.
OI Bu‘rgesses Into AHOtI’IBI’
Blunder ?
Their Act Said to be Illegal.
Some time ago the DAILY GAZETTE
published an item to the effect that Mr.
FrankHyatt proposed to build two tone-
ment hbuses on his property on Ma-
ples street. This publication caused
considerable talk at the time, and it is
said that Mr. Maples, who owns the ad-
joining property and Dr. Hyatt .met
on West avenue and had quite a heated
argument over the matter at the time.
A few days ago the Doctor received his
plans from the architect and since has
been making arrangements to com-
mence building. Whether this fact be-
came known to Mr. Maples we do not
know, but on Monday evening he ap-
peared before the Court of Burgesses
and presented a petition, signed by the
Lynes Place, asking that building lines
be established on those streets, and in
explanation of the petition stated that
it was threatened that two tenement
houses were soon to be erected on Ma-
ple street, that would be flush with the
street line, thus shutting Off the view Of
all houses above them.
After Mr. Maples’ explanation the
Court passed a vote that no house be
erected on Maple street, less than 31
feet from the curb line, and no house
on Lynes Place less than 20 feet from
the curb line. .
Now, the question comes in as to the
legality of the vote, » and inquiry is
made as to where and how the Court of
Burgesses get their, authority for pass-
ing such a resolution. In Vol. 7,Specia1
Laws of Connecticut, page 7,secs. 7 and
8, we find the following:
‘f Before the court Of burgesses shall deter-
mine to lay out, alter, extend, enlarge, discon-
tinue. or exchange any highway, street pub-
lic walk, public avenue,or public landing place
in said borough. or to designate (my line be-
tween. which and the highway.“ shall not be
lawful to (mild, they shall cause a notice, sign-
ed by the warden of said borough or the clerk
of said court, describing in general terms such
' * *
proposed la out, alteration, or line .
to be ublis ed not less than twme in a paper
.publis ed in the borough. *_ * ‘2.”
Sec. 8—“ If, after said hearing, said court of
burgesses shall resolve to la out, alter,extend,
enlarge, discontinue, or exc ange such street.
highway, walk, avenue. landing place, or des-
ignate such line, they shall appomt a commit-
tee. whose dfltyfii shall be to make such lay-
‘Guta‘allfimitwnrotvdésmMackinac, and re-
port in writing their dOings to said court of
burgesses, which report shall embody a sur-
vey and particular description of such street,
highway, walk, avenue. landing place, altera-
‘l' * *7)
tion thereof or line. .
In view of the fact that the law, as
laid down in the above sections,has not
been complied with, it looks as though
the Court of Burgesses had “ put their
foot in it” and passed an illegal reso-
lution.
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Obituary Notes.
Right Rev. John N. Calleher, D. D.,
Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Lou-
isiana, died Monday night of heart
failure, aged fifty-two years.
Dr. C. A. Bachman, a celebrated
Philadelphia physician, who went to
Pueblo, COL, specially to treat State
Treasurer Carlisle for heart disease,
died suddenly there yesterday morning
of pneumonia. _
~ M. L. Stearns, ex—Governor of Flori-
da, dropped dead last evening of heart
failure _at the residence of his wife’s
mother, Mrs. H. D. Walker, at Pala-
tine Bridge, N. Y. Governor Stearns
was born in Lovell, Me., fifty-two years
ago. He entered the army in 1861 as a
private, was promoted to first lieuten-
ant, and lost his right arm in the bat-
tle of Winchester. He held appoint-
ments under Presidents Grant and
Hayes. He was elected to the legisla-
ture of Florida, served four years as
Speaker of the Assembly and was Gov-
ernor of the State three years. His
body will be taken to Lovell, where the
funeral will take place.
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Another;Murderous Madman.
A fourth lunatic on murder bent
he made an attack upon Edward Mur-
phy, J r., the well-known democratic
politician. His weapon was a hatchet,
‘but he did not handle it skillfully and
Mr. Murphy escaped with a trifling in-
jury. The man was discharged from the
insane asylum at Poughkeepsie less
than a month ago, being pronounce
cured. There is no doubt of a strong
purpose on his part‘to do Mr. Murphy
an injury, as he waited for him half a
day in the vicinity of the latter’s house.
Evidently there is more than one luna-
tic going at large as cured or as harm-
less, who will bear close watching.
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WHAT- MISS SPINSTER SAYS:
That Rev. Mr. Richardson and Mrs.
Richardson, of Newburyport, Mass,
are to .be. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Cready, Of Compo, the latter part of
this month.
That Bishop Williams will be at
Westport the 20th of this month and
will be the guest of Mr.‘ and Mrs. Mc-
Cready. ~
That NorWalk has been shaken from
centre to circumference, that is, from
tree to tree, and in the lives of some
of our very much alive Borough offi-
cers there has been literally not a
dull page. '
That a'writer observes that the news-
paper most talked about, most praised,
most blamed, most quoted. and most
widely read by all parties, is the best
newspaper.‘ We think we recognize
the picture and modestly tip our castor
and incline our heads. , “
property owners on Maples street and
turned up yesterday, in Troy, where.
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Feast of Nations.
The Feast of Nations so liberally ad-
vertised in these columns during the
past several days, and which came off
last night, proved as an enjoyable as it
was a novel entertainment. Among
the many pleasant and notable people
present were Rev. Dr. Noble, Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. S. Bissell, Rev.- and
Mrs. S. H. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Cole, Warden and Mrs. E. O. Keeler,
Mrs. Robert Van Buren and Mrs. E. P.
Weed, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sheffield,
Hon. and Mrs. E. J. Hill, Dr. and Mrs.
C. B. Coolidge, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H.
Smith, Mrs. Geo. W. and Miss Alice
Cram, Miss May Fauntleroy, Judge
Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Belden,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wilson, Hon. John
S. and Mrs. Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Willis White, Miss Woodward, Mr. and
Mrs. G. R. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. James
T. Hubbell, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. and
the Misses Bette and others. ‘
The good ladies had their tempting
tables loaded with viands, arranged
under the banners and colors of the na-
tions des1gned to be represented. They
included the broad and incomparably
beautiful stars and stripes, the tri-
colors of sunny Italy, la belle France,
and broad and princely Germany, with
‘the Japanese and the Royal Jack Of
England. Mrs. Seymour and Mrs.
Wm. A. Curtis sold candies under the
starry banner of the free. The French
table was under the direction of Mrs.
Dr. Gregory and Miss Sarah Wood-
ward; the Japanese, Miss Kittie Bar-
tram and Mrs. Emma Wheeler; the
Italian, Mrs. Frank Curtis and Miss
Keeler; English, Mrs. Frederick Bel-
den and Mrs. Wm. H. Byington; Ger-
man, Mrs. Edwin Clark and Miss Sadie
Lewns. The cooks and carvers and
“pretty waiter girls” all vied with each
other to make the feast a memora-
ble one. Indeed, we imagine several
chronic dyspeptics remember the tempt-
Ing suppenwith a distinct recollection.
About eight o’clock “some strange
visitors” were announced to supper..
The guests from Germany were Master
Carl Vogel and Miss Alyse Gregory,
the former reciting most acceptably in
German. The next visitor was from
sunny; Italy, who proved upon closer
acquaintance to be Miss Eva Woodhull
who sang very sweetly. The next visi-
tors were African friends, who from
under their disguise proved to be Miss
Elizabeth Lockwood and Miss Anna
Cole, who furnished very characteristic
negro melodies upon the banjo.
were so_ admirably disguised it was easy
to imagine them to be a genuine African
delegation. England was charmingly
represented by Miss May Pungelt of
South Norwalk, who delighted all with
her Singing. Up to this point all had
been_most hospitably received by Mrs.
Mattison, who represented the United
States. Then poor Japan and China
came (With none to welcome them) in
the person of Mrs. Fred Bennett and
Mr. George Nash, both of whom dis-
tinguished themselves‘as usual. Before
partaking of supper all united in sing-
ing “My Country ’tis of Thee.”
The gross amount realized from
the entertainment was about two hun-
dred dollars, which, when all the ex-
penses are paid, will leave quite a good-
ly sum to add to the last thousand dol-
lars the ladies are now working so hard
to raise for the total extinction of their
ten thousand dollar church debt.
NEW YORK ELECTION DISPUTES.
Nine Appeals to Be Heard Friday by the
I Court of Appeals.
ALBANY, Dec. 9.—Iii the appeals taken in
the four orders granted by Judges Kennedy
and O’Brien, at Syracuse, with reference to
the counting of the 1,252 transposed ballots
alleged to have been voted for Rufus T.
Peck, the Republican candidate for senator
in the Onondaga district, the decisions of
the lower court were affirmed here by the
general term. Further appeals were im-
mediately taken to the court of appeals, be—
fore whom Matthew Hale, of the Republican
counsel, and Delos McCurdy, of the Demo-
cratic counsel, appeared. They succeeded
in having Friday set- down as the day for
arguments in the nine appeals arising from
the four senatorial district disputes, viz., the
appeals from the five orders of Judge Ed—
'wards, granted yesterday, and the appeals
from the four orders of Judges Kennedy and
O’Brien,
The general opinion among the politicians
and lawyers assembled here is that the
assembly will be 65 and 63, the Demo—
crats in the majority. The senate will
either be tied or Republican by one maj or—
ity. This opinion is obtained from unbi-
ased observers and is considered excellent.
THE DEDIOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The National Committee to Act On It
Jim. 21.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.——The executive com-
mittee of the national Democratic commit-
tee met at the Arlington hotel Tuesday and
decided to call a meeting of the full commit-
tee in Washington on Jan. 21 to determine
upon the time and place for holding the
national Democratic convention in 1892.
The meeting of the executive committee
was attended by Senators Gorman, Brice
and Barbour. No other business was trans-
acted.
An Army Officer Accused.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 9.—Much excitement
was caused here by the announcement that
Major L. Cooper Overman, who has been in
‘ charge of the government works in this dis-
trict since 1882, and has recently been super-
seded by Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Smith,
has been ordered to Fort McHenry under
arrest charged with serious irregularities.
It is charged that discrepancies exist be-
tween the bills rendered for materials and
the. entries on his books, and that con-
tractors have been requested to send in]
,Overman’s Checks, for services rendered
which had already been paid for by the gOv-
ernment. Misappropriation of government
funds is also alleged. Major Overman was
'very highly esteemed, here sociale and was
on intimate terms with many of the wealth-
iest and most influential people in the city.
A Schooner Sunk. .
BANGOR,‘ Me, Dec. 9.—During a gale a
large three masted schooner loaded with
plaster for New York struck a ledge ofl
Cranberry island and sunk. Only the top
masts are visible at low tide. The crew
escaped in boats.
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GENTLEMEN:-—Y0u1“ agent, G. >A.
Franke, having just handed mea New
York draftfor $368. 57, Iwish topublicly :7;
thank you for your promptness and
square dealing. I am satisfied from
was insured for five thousand dollars,
with weekly accident benefits of twenatly
dollars in 1889, that your company - -'
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) J NO. 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 I. .
issued to my late husband,Isaac Watts.
I shall always bless the day that he m-
sured his life in your company. You
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,my experience with you that since: -I. ;_ i
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. Mr. W. A. '
Armstrong , formerly of Norwich , Conn. ,
was insured in your company more T
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. _
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. ,' ‘
Deducting the bene- .
Old line companies would have (paid ,_ . I i
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’ yourdealings 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.
WATERBUBY, CONN., July 22, 1891,
Edward A, W'right, Secretary of the
Connecticut Indemnity Association,
Waterbury, Conn.
DEAR SIR : I hardly know how to ex-
press my thanks to your company for
the reat 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 saving 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,
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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 th-
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 Wits.
you more than five years, havmg a p91- .'
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. :ngés very “lily,
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New Trial in the Hat Trimming .'
Case. _
Judge Acheson filed an Opinion in
the UnitedStatesCircuitCourt at Phila: ’ " r
_ _ a new ~ ‘-
the last hat trimming case in .
delphia yesterday, granting
trial in . _ .
which the Government was victorious.
The new trial was granted because pub. 4 '
lications were made in several mormng
newspapers, most of them despatches
from Washington, which, it was held,
precluded the chance of er-fain,tgia~1,'..
and were calculated to prejudice $1157”??-
minds of the jury. g
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shoulder ,3‘ pounds for 25;\prime r
roast 1292-, pot roast and corn beef. fro ‘
ouse _
4 to 12%, pork and sausage 10 auteur-"22
13 pounds for $1. Prime chickens to
day 12% cents, turkeys 16. Cents. Good
first Class and. satisfaction guarantee
in all cases. . - . . WADHAMS,
Prop. People’s Market, 21, Wallet.
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