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" TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Mrs. Albert Morehouse of Danbury
was in town yesterday.
.Mrs. Jane Fury of Freeland, Pa.,
died yesterday, aged 108.
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Moody, Jr.,
were in town for Christmas.
—Gold—headed canes at Jackson’s.
1.-.. . 253tf
A large number of Christmas “loads”
were carried home yesterday.
The mother of deputysheriff James
Toner died at half past eight yesterday
morning.
Richard Aube, Esq., of New York,
ate dinner with Chapel street friends,
yesterday.
~CHAMBERMAID wanted immediately
at the American House. 254tf
The stores in the Borough all report
a good Christmas trade notwithstand-
ing the rain.
Mrs.
Mr. and Buckingham Hoyt
spent Christmas at the old homestead
on East avenue. ' .
John Sheehan, Thomas Clune and
Thomas Murray are home from college
for the Holidays.
——Largest line of Meerschaum Pipes
and Cigar Cases in town at Lock-
wood’s. 255 3t
Miss Ida Buckingham, of New York,
is spending a few days with Miss Ella
Betts, of Main street.
Miss Clark of Elm street, who has
been visiting in New York city, re-
turned to her home Christmas Eve.
John A. Camp has been promoted to
the position of manager of the shoe
%epzi.rtment of» Best 6:: Co’s. store, New
or {.
—Silver Novelties at Jackson’s. 253tf
Grumman Brothers presented their
customers w1th police clubs yesterday,
Wzlfilf Mike Ratchford gave away
“ 0 us.”
A tastefully printed and handsomely
arranged almanac and reference book
for 1892 has been issued by the Meri-
den Republican.
—-For Christmas presents call at
Jackson’s. 253tf
Mr. Edwin M. Stanton, of Provi-
dence R. I., and Miss Blakney are
spending afew days with H. B. Stan-
ton, 25 Orchard street.
W. R. Laidlaw, who claims he was
used as a shield against the bomb
thrower by Russell Sage, will sue Mr.
Sage for $100,000 damages.
“We play no house but Music
Hall,” Harry Kernell.
But it cost a “C” to do it. B. F.
Adams.
Driver Jennings of the Adams Ex-
press company, did not get throu h
delivering express packages in t e
Borough until 5 a. m. Christmas morn-
ing.
The Detroit Free Press is authority
for the statement that a whale that was
@recently captured was found to have a
. five-gallon demijohn of whiskey in his
stomach tightly corked and sealed up.
—Solid Silver Match Safes and To-
bacco Boxes at Lockwood’s. 255 St
The Sunday school Christmas cele-
bration of Grace church will take place
at the church Monday evening, Dec.
28, at 7 O’clock, followed by 23. Christ-
mas tree and other pleasures at Lock-
wood’s Hall.
John J. Wogan, manager of “Tom”
Gould’s notorious underground dive at
Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street,
New York, was shot and killed .by
Joseph Selling, a sporting man, Christ-
mas morning.
“We play no house but Music
Hall.” Harry Kernell.
Glad you did not. It costs money to
open Theatres. R. F. Adams.
Four more victims of the rear end
collis1on at'Hastings on the Hudson
have died in the Yonkers hospitals.
Thisbrings up the total dead to eleven.
All the blame is laid upon reartrain-
man Harrick, who has disappeared-
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of W hat-cue?“ State or PcrsucSicic, Religious or P0litical.”—Jq?‘erson.
Perley H. Glincs and wife,of Toronto,
are in town for the holidays.
——\Over $500 worth of Pipes at Lock-
wood’s cigar store. 255 3t
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
will elect officers on Monday evening.
—25 cigars in a fancy box from $1.00
up at LOOkwood’s. 255 St
Albert DeForest and family spent
Christmas with friends in Jersey City.
Dr. and Mrs. Page, of New York,
’spent Christmas at Grace church par-
sonage.
—Solid Silver and Plated Ware. A
large Christmas stock at Jackson’s 253tf
Mrs. Wooster, wife of Colonel Wil-
liam B. Wooster, of Birmingham, is
critically ill. __
——Cigar Cases from 250 to $5.00 at
Lockwood’s, South Norwalk. 255 3t
The Christmas music rendered by the
boy choir at Grace, church, yesterday,
will be repeated to-morrow.
———A fine line of Marble, Iron and
Wood’Case Clocks at Jackson’s. 253tf
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Allen of New
York, spent Xmas with Mr. and Mrs.
George Allen of Chestnut street.
~—Meerschaum Pipes from $1.50 up at
Lockwood’s. ' 255 3b
Mr. George Moore, of East Hamp-
ton, Mass.,spent Christmas w1th friends
in town.
—-Gold spectacles and eye glasses
and spectacles of all kinds at J acksolpf’s.
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Benjamin Hamilton paid_$3 and costs
this morning for assaulting Charles
Beers yesterday.
“We play no house but Music
Hall.” Harry Kernell.
Can Mr. Kernell run his Show for $4
per day? R. F. Adams. '
David Welsh while drunk yesterday,
assaulted his father. This morning he
was charged $1 and costs for the fun.
~Souvenir Spoons in a variety of de-
s1gns at Jackson’s. 253 tf
The flag on the armory is at half-
niast to-day as a mark of respect to the
memory of the late Col. White, Assist—
ant Adjutant General.
Gov. Hill has granted a pardon to
John A. Davis. the defaulting city
treasurer of ‘Rochester, sentenced to
five years in March, 1890.
Ex—Governor Cornell, of New York,
declares Governor Hill’s pardon of Sn-
pervisor Welch to be an unwarranted
assumption of executive power.
“We play no house but Music
Hall.” Harry Kernell.
Alittle more careful in the future
Mr. Kernell. R. F. Adams.
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The authorities have released from
custody Mrs. Hawley, arrested because
suspected of the murder of Mrs. Mun-
son, but her husband is still held.
William Blakeman, a West Haven
groceryman, was sand-bagged and rob-
bed of his watch and chain and $200 in
money in that city Thursday night.
—A fine assortment of Diamond Scarf
pins, at Jackson’s. 253 tf
The ladies in the laundry of Hutch-
inson, Cole & Co.’s shirt factory pre-
pented Alfred A. Chinery, Jr., with
two handsome presents Thursday.
R. P. Foss, the owner of the wrecked
Clinton dynamite works, gave a Christ-
mas present of $1,000 each to the four
widows who lost their husbands in the
disaster.
—A fine stock of Diamonds, Watches
and Jewelry at lowest prices, at Jack
son’s. - - 253 tf
. H.rM. Hobart, a member of Buck-
ingham Post, G. A. B., died this morn-
ing _at the Noroton Soldiers’ Home.
During the war he was a member of
'Co. B, 25th’Conn. Vol’s.
John George Roth, who attempted to
shootlDr. John Hall on November 29,
was found not guilty Thursday, on ac-
count _of his being insane. Roth was
committed to the State Lunatic Asy-
lum for Criminals at Albany by Judge
Martine.
The residents of upper Winnipauk
are wondering what became of that
nice, fat 18-pound goose that Maurice
McGrath had hanging on a pole in
front of his place Thursday. Did it fly
away or did some Winnipauker have
goose for his Christmas dinner ?
Miss Mary Foster of Wilton avenue
was taken suddenly ill last evening, and
when the doctor arrived her tempera-
ture had risen to 102 degrees. The doc-
tor pronounced the trouble 9. bad case
of grip. and administered medicines,
and this morning Miss Foster’s condi~
tion is a little improved.
Charles Lowe was before Justice
Coolidge this morning, char ed with
assaulting Mr. and Mrs. J osep Barnes
Xmas eve. Lowe called on Mrs. Barnes
at her house on Smith street, and while
there he and Mr. Barnes became in-
volved in a dispute. A three-cornered
fight was the result and at the end
Lowe was the champion. Barnes had
him arrested yesterday and a fine of
one dollar and costs was the result. .
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- Norwalk, 001111., Saturday Evening, December 26, 1891.
From the amount of gore spread over
the knob of a door in close prox1m1ty
to police headquarters, in the GAZETTE
building, considerable blood must have
been spilled yesterday.
At the semi-annual meeting of Ka-
baosa Encampment, . F., on
Thursday evening,the followmg officers
were elected: C. R, Frank Williams;
H. R, James D. Jennings; S. W.,
Charles HOdges ; J. W.,Joseph Storey;
Scribe, John H. Jones ; Treas., B .
Keith.
The exercises at the Methodist Church
last evening, were greatly enjoyed by
all present, especially the children.
Just prior to the presents being dis-
tributed, Superintendent Simons of the
Sunday School, in behalf of the Ep-
worth League, presented Rev. Mr. Van
Alstynelwith a handsome Rogers’ statue, .
entitled the “Neighboring Pews.”
Among other Christmas presents re-
ceived by Mr. George Ward Selleck
yesterday, was a souvenir spoon from
friends at Alexandria, Va. In the bowl
of the spoon is an engraving of. old
Christ Church at Alexandria. This is
the church which George Washington
attended, and in which he occupied
pew No. 5, paying £5 yearly rental for
the same. '
Many of the “ dispensers of liquid
fluid” were surprised this morning on
receiving their mail to find among the
letters a large envolope bearing the in-
scription “Light,” and supposing it to
be a copy of Parson Bobbins’ new
church paper they handled it very gin-
gerly, but when opened they breathed
a sigh of relief upon discovering it was
nothing but an advertisement of a West-
ern cash register company.
GOVERNOR HILL ATTACKBD.
Ear-Governor Cornell Says “’elch Wan
Illegally Pardoned.
ALBANY, Dec. 26.—Ex-Governor Alonzo
B. Cornell denies Governor Hill’s right to
release Supervisor Welch, of Syracuse, from
sentence for contempt of Judge Kennedy’s
court. Mr. Cornell makes this argument:
"The governor may grant reprieves, com-
mutations and pardons after conviction for
all offenses except treason and cases of im-
peachment. His jurisdiction of clemency
is limited to the cases of those who have
been duly convicted, and he is not compe-
tent to extend pardon to persons under pun-
ishment by the supreme court for contempt
of the official mandates.
“The supreme court existed long before the
state or the constitution and was possessed
of all requisite power, rights and preroga-
tives to maintain its authority and enforce
its mandates. The supreme court has never
been divested of its legal authority‘and
jurisdiction, but has been preserved as an
independent branch of the state govern-
ment. Ability to enforce its lawful man—
dates is an essential element of its powers
and duties. The right to punish for neglect
or contempt of its processes is the only effect-
ive weapon in which the force and author-
ity of the court can be appropriately mani-
fested and maintained.
“The governor has never been invested
with jurisdiction over cases of punishment
for contempt of court, and it is of vital im—
portance to the independence of the judi-
ciary and the freedom and liberty of the
people that he should not be authorized to
exercise clemency or in any manner inter-
fere with the custody of persons under pun—
ishment for indifferenr or refusal to ob-
serve the mandates of Llib‘ supreme court.
“By issuing under his official scale. docu-
ment purporting to grant pardon to an On—
ondaga county supervisor, held under pro-
cess of contempt from the supreme court,
the governor has obviously committed a
grave error. His action is wholly void for
lack of constitutional or legal authority, and
must be regard as a flagrant afiront and an
unwarranted attempt at interference with
the powers and duties of a cO-ordinate branch
of the state government.”
Deceived the Czar About the Famine.
;. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2.6—It appears that
the czar has been grossly deceived as to the
actual facts of the famine by officers who
stated that destitution existed only in iso-
lated places and that the situation was im-
proving owing to the quantity Of wheat and
other provisions distributed. The object of
this misrepresentation is said to be the de-
sire of high officials to cover their own neg-
lect in not preparing promptly to meet the
failure of harvest.
Dead with a Lamp in His Hand.
LOCKPORT, N. Y., Dec. 26.—The Rev.
George W. Kittinger, a well known Metho-
dist divine, dropped dead in his music store
”' here as he was carrying a lighted lamp. The
oil ignited and set fire to the store. People
observed the flames, rushed in and extin-
guished them, and found Kittinger’s body
on the floor.
No Sleep for Three ‘Veeks.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.-John P. Roberts, a
farmer who is in the hospital here, has not
slept a. wink for three weeks. The man
does not appear sick. His appetite is good,
and he has an enormously strong constitu-
tion, as is evidenced by the fact that he has
not broken down under the strain of hi
long waking.
Charles Emory Smith Applauded.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.—At the meet
ing of the Anglo-American Colony here
Charles Emoi'y Smith, United States min-
ister,_ made an address, which was warmly
applauded. The meeting was for the pur-
pose of taking steps to foundan internation
a1 sailors’ home. The czar will become its
patron. '
Superintendent Bradley’s New Oflice.
BITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—-Mr. F. C. Bradley,
superintendent of telegraph of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west of Pittsburg, has resigned
and will accept the position of generaliman—
ager of John W. Mackay’s postal telegraph
company, the greatest rival Jay Gould’s
Western Union has ever had.
Campo a. htorphine Fiend.
PANAMA, Dec. 26.-“Campo, poor fellow!
was a morphine fiend; this accounts for it
all.” Such is the editorial comment of the
Panama Star and Herald upon the story of
the late arrest of a. distinguished Colombian
general of the war of 1885, in New York city,
on the charge of theft.
-W.~“~ _........--. ..._.. . .—
Gen. Watson on Thursday. Had C
”Hall. ’ ’
, Comihg This Way.
At an early hour yesterday morning
some unknown person broke into the
postcffice at Southport, but was scared
away by a woman who resides over the
office before lie succeeded in getting
any plunder. _ ‘
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Accidjpnt at Darlen.
A heavily laden freight car broke
down near the parien depot Thursday
night and threw several other cars from
the track. blocking the east-bound
track until nearly-four o’clock yesterday
morning. N o gins was injured.
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—“VV e play inc house but Music
Hall.” Harry Kernell.
Just as well gsatisfied Mr. Kernell,
come again. R. F. Adams.
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AA lCurlosity.
Mr. George RGregory, in digging his
collar on Issues; street,has come upon a
ledge ,of rock: whose upper ”surface
shows the polish it was subjected to in
past ages, wheji great floods rushed
over its face masses of boulders and
gravel, brought- down probably from
the distantNorth. Geological students
should look at this reck before Shel-
don,with his ruthless dynamite, gets in
his work. ' 5::
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Dovyn they go. ,
——-Boots and {Shoes reduced'20 per
cent. until January 1st, at J arVis Kel-
logg’s. ; ' 24 .
w>—n— ————— ~—
His Book—keeping was Bad.
For more that two years George S.
Bissell, ex—Fir
Windsor, has _en accused of misap-
propriating to-., ' A special in—
vestigation has just been completed by
experts, who report that his book-keep-
ing was bad, but that there is no evi-
dence to show that he was dishonest.
A town meeting; held Wednesday exo-
nerated Mr. stsell of the charge of
dishonesty. '
—Briar Pipesifrom 250 to $9.00 leach
at Lockwood’s cigar store, South Nor-
walk. 255 3t
Colonel Skinner Resigns-.
Col. Skinner of the Fourth regiment
C. N. G., tendered his resignation tlo
0 _
Onel Skinner’s term been lengthened
until the first of February, 1892,
he would have completed 20 years of
military duty. The pressure of busi-
ness and his inability to devote the
time to drills is the reason given for
Colonel Skinner‘s resignation. .
Col. Skinner resides in 'Winsted and
ranks among the well-known military
men of the state. There are many can-
didates in the field willing to succeed
him, but it is too early to predict who
. his successor will be.
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—Any person calling at the office of
the Singer Sewing Machine Co., No.
49 Main street, during the Holiday sea-
son, will be given one of the latest pop-
ular songs with piano accompaniment
beautifully lithographed. 254-1w
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Ex—Mayor Lewis Dead.
Henry G. Lewis, ex-Mayor of New
Haven, died in that city last evening of
pneumonia, following an attack of the
grip. Mr. Lewis was seventy-one years
old and leaves a widow and two daugh-
ters. He was born in Cornwall, Conn,
and went to New Haven in 1835. In
1841 he entered the Yale Law School
and graduated with the class of 1844.
After he was admitted to the bar Mr.
Lewis became prosecuting attorney,
clerk of the citypcounty, Superior and
Supreme courts. In 1853 he acquired
an interest in the New Haven Wheel
Company and was its president until
1882. He was once a member of the
House of Representatives and Mayor
of New Haven from 1870 to 1876 and
again served a term in 1883-4. In poli-
tics Mr. Lewis was a democrat.
‘0.
We play - no house but Music
Harry Kernell.
, Guess you will next time if contract
calls for it. B. F. Adams.
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Instantly Killed.
‘ William Wilson, for many years in
charge of the Southport Mills, was in-
stantly killed at the Stamford depot,
on Thursday evening, by the first sec-
tion of the Naugatuck express. Since
November he has had charge of the
grist mill at Millport. He left New Ca—
naan on the 4.05 train, having pur-
chased a ticket for Darien. While wait-
ing for the train at Stamford he step-
ped under the gates at the Atlantic
street crossing and was struck by the
express.
Mr. Wilson was about sixty years old
and a member of Corinthian Lodge, A.
F. and A. M., of Bridgeport. Mrs.
Charles N.‘Arnold, of 12 Camp street,
Norwalk, is his daughter, and he has a
son living in Bridgeport and another
in Philadelphia. '
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- 4Diamond and Fancy Stone Rings
at J ackson"s. . 253tf
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Struck by a Train. -
Early last evening there was found
on Water street, South Norwalk, at a
point where the railroad crosses that
street, a man in a semi-conscious con-
dition. He was placed on a stretcher
and taken to the baggage roomand
Dr. Bohannan summoned, who found
that the poor fellow’s frontal bone had
been crushed in. To inquiries he said
that he hailed from Fishkill, N. Y., and
was “on the road.” He had been seen
about South Norwalk for two or three
days. It is‘not known as to which train
struck him, but it is supposed to have
been the 6.44.- - From appearances he is
about 70 years of age. After consider-
able delay he was placed on a train and
taken to the Emergency hOSpital‘ at
Bridgeport, at which place, it is stated,
his tongue dropped from his mouth.
__If he survives his injuries it will be
miraculous. His name 15 Benjamin
Birch. ' "
t Selectman of East—
5 THE SAFE CRACKED.
The . Housatonjc Railroad Freight
Office Entered Last Night.
.The Thieves Diseppolnted.
When, the clerk at the Norwalk
frei ht bffice of the Housatonic Rail-
roag opened the Office this morning the
door of the safe was standing open and
papers of every description were scat
tered over the floor.
The cash drawer of the safe was lying
were in a state of general confusion.
An investigation was at once made
and it was found that thieves had en-
tered the place by way of the west win-
dow and broken open the'safe.
The safe is an old one of the vintage
of 1800, with no combination'to it, and
is only secured by means of an iron
bar, which fits over a clasp, and held in
place by a common padlock. '
It is used simply as a receptacle for
the office books, papers, way-bills, etc.,
and no money or valuables are ever
placed in it. ~
The thieves entered the office by pry.-
ing open the blind on the west side of
the building and raising the window,
which is held by a common catch.
After forcing an entrance ' to the
office the thieves, by the use of a chisel
or jimmy, broke the padlock on the
safe, and opened the safe door.
They then used the chisel on the cash
drawer, prying the lock down, and re-
moved the drawer. ’
This they took over to the window by
which they had forced an entrance and
examined the contents, throwing the
papers and letters on the floor as they
proceeded.
The‘only thing Of any value to the
thieves, in the drawer, was about fifty
cents worth of postage stamps, which
were inside of an envelope. These they
overlooked and they were found 011 the
floor this morning. ‘ ,
The key to the lock of the safe was
‘lying on a desk alongside of it, and had
the thieves taken the trouble to look
around the Office, they certainly would
have seen it. , - _ .
The job was probably the work of
local talent, and" undoubtedly done
the office save the contents of the safe
was disturbed}. and as fur as can be
ascertained, not a thing was taken.
The office was broken open about
five years a'go, and the safe blown open
by a charge of powder. The-inside of
the office was totally wrecked at that
time; but the thieves had no’ better suc-
cess than 'did their-brothers last night,
and nothing was taken.
Something Dropped.
Some time during the last summer an
agent representing Harry Kernell, sup-
posed ‘to be a first-class Vaudeville
company, made a contract with Mana-
er R. F. Adams to play at the Opera
Ilonse this evening, and Mr. Adams so
advertised it. Last week an agent ap-
peared in South Norwalk and billed
that city for Christmas eve. The cour-
tesy of a letter notifying Manager Ad-
ams of the breaking of his contract was
omitted, and no explanation of any
kind was made, consequently. Deputy
Sheriff ‘ Toner went to Musm n Hall,
,Thursday evening, and attached one
hundred dollars of the receipts in an
action for damages brought by ‘Mana-
ger Adams.
From all the reports we hear of 'the
play and company we are led to believe
that it was the worst that ever came to
town, and the play-gl'iers of the Bor-
ough here can congratulate themselves
that the company failed to keep their
contract for the Opera House.
BRIEF MENTION.
At New York ‘3.— provisional bond of $15,-
000, given by Charles \V. Gould as assignee
of Field, Lindley, \Veichers & 00., has been
approved.
Lowell D. Allen, the well known sketch-
maker at the Manchester" (N. H.) Print
works, was found dead in his room.
J Oseph Green, a. veteran bandmaster, died
at Providence, R. I., aged eighty—two years.
In 1837 he organized a brass band at Boston,
which was the foundation of the American
band.
At Ellendale, S. D., the Farmers and Met.
chants’ bank closed its doors.
The grand jury found an indictment for
murder in the case of Wallace W. Holmes,
of Chicopee, Mass, charged with the mur-
der of his wife.
The Boston chamber of commerce passed
resolutions recommending the passage of
the bill to transfer the revenue marine
service from the treasury to the navy de-
pertinent.
iEdna Rutzen, a beautiful girl, was fatally
shot by Thomas Dasson, her lover, at Lib-
ertyville, Ills. 3 '
The president has signed the commission
of Mr. Stephen B. Elkins as secretary of war
and subsequently Mr. Elkins took the oath
of Office.
Governor Hill has gra°nted a pardon to
John A. Davis, Rochester’s defaulting city
treasurer, who was sentenced to five years
imprisonment by Judge Adams in March,
1890. -
* Killed on a. Cable Car. .
PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—A car on the Citi-
beer wagon at Penn avenue andThirtieth
street. The car was wrecked and two pas-
sengers fatally hurt. They are Benjamin
Wiss, thirty—five years old, and Abner Ed-
wards, a. boy. “
llIurder on a Train.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. 0., Dec. 26.—0n a
southbound excursion train afree fight oc-
curred,’ in which one negro was shot and
instantly killed and several others were
seriously cut. The murderer escaped.
Charged with Stealing $30,000.
BOSTON, Dec. 26.—-Alvan L. Greenwood
has been held in $25,000 bail, charged with
embezzling $30,000 from the ’Mutual One
Year Benefit Order, for which a temporary
receiver has been appointed.
on the desk by the window, and things,
early in the evening. Not a thing. .in-
zens’ Traction Cable railway ran into a. heavy
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Editorial Letter.
WASHINGTON, Dec.- 25th, 1891.
DEAR GAZETTE :—Christmas here is
always a novelty to a northerner.
Tin horns, fire-crackers, rockets, pistol
and gun firing, similar to the ushering
in of Fourth of July at home, renders
the Southern Christmas eve’ a pande-
monium. A more pleasing character-
istic of the Washington Christmas
time is the trooping into the city from
all the adjacent regions of Maryland
and Virginia, of hundreds of colored
people, loaded down with evergreens
wrought into all sorts of forms. Some
of the better to do come inamule cart,
with rope harness and saplin shafts,
but the great majority, male and female,
trudge in ten, twenty and even thirty
miles on foot, carrying their Christmas
greens on heads and shoulders. There
could not have been less than from
fifteen hundred to two thousand of
these poor sable-hued children of pov-
erty and toil, camped around Center
Market Wednesday night, all day
Thursday in the pouring rain, and. late
into the night last night, selling their
wreaths, stars and strings of Princes
Pine, holly and mistletoe boughs. The
finest specimens ever seen here, and
the most abundant displays of the lat-
ter, were brought in this year.
Yesterday the rain poured down in
sheets and deluged the streets till they
became rivers of water, to the dismay
of the Christmas goods merchants.
Yet the ladies by the tens of thousands
braved the storm and the flooded
streets, with the cOurage and audacity
of 'a Coney Island sea bather, in their
eagerness to buy a present for their
dear ones. , '
Much more is, made of Christmas
here also, than at home, in the matter
of music in the churches of all denomis
nations, although this old-time south-
ern feature is now rapidly gaining
ground at the north. .
~ The annual holiday exodus of Con-
gressmen having taken place,Washing-
ton is now as quiet and uninteresting
as Bedding or Wilton in their periods
of absolute repose.‘ Senators Platt
and Hawley remain here, while all of
our Connecticut Representatives have
left forhome. _ _, _, .fl. '- ,
Yesterday Hon. S. B. Elkins was in
town just long enough to take his oath
of oflice, call on the President and then
rush Off to spend Christmas ,Wlth his
family in West Virginia.
P. M. Gen. Wanamaker and wife
left for their Pa. home. The President
and other Cabinet ministers remained
quietly in town.
The sudden death of Hon. J. A. J.
Cresswell coming so soon after the-
death of Senator Plumb, deepened the
prevailing gloom in Washington circles.
He was General Grant’s P. M. General.
a predecessor of our own beloved and
revered Marshall Jewell, in that high
office and a familliar figure at the Capi-
tol. It is a singular coincidence that
both Jewell and Cresswell were carried
off by pneumonia.
Thomas, the bright young son of
Gen. Wm. T. Clark, is taking a course
in Civil Engineering at Cornell Uni-
versity, and acquitting himself with
credit.
As ever, B.
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CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.~—RGY. S. T. Gra-
ham, rector. 10.30 a. m. Divine Service
with sermon, subject, “The Saving
Name.” . m., Divine service
w1th sermon, subject, “No Room in the
Inn.” Sunday School 12 m. Free
Sittings and a cordial welcome to all.
GRACE—Rev. S. H. Watkins, Rector.
The Sunday after Christmas, Dec. '27.
10.30 a. m., Morning Prayer and Ser-
mon.. 12 m. Sunday school.. 7.30 p. in.
evening prayer and sermon. The Rec-
tor w111 preach. All are welcome. On
Monday, The Innocents’ Day, the
Children’s Festival will be held in the
church at 7 p. m. The Christmas Party
Will take place in Lockwood’s Hall im-
mediately after the service. On Thurs-
day, in place of the usual evening pray-
or, there will be a New Year’s service
with full choir at 11.30 p. m. All wel-
come.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.—Rev. Thos
K. Noble, pastor. Servmes at 10.30 a.
m. and 7.00 p. m. Morning subject:
“The-New Era,” a sermon for Christ-
mas time. The followng musical pro-
gram will be rendered at the morning
service:
CABOL—" ’Twas in the Winter Cold " Barnby.
GLORIA— , Oxford Chant.
ANTHEM—“Drop Down Ye Heavens.” Barnby.
HYMN—“Oh, Come all ye Faithful,”
Adeste Fideles.
RESPONSE—“Lord Have Mercy,” ours
OrrEBTonY—“That Glorious S 112: of Old."
' 0y .
Hum—“While Shepherds watched their flocks
ynig t.” an e .
HYMN~O Thou, who by a Star 'Did’st Guide,"
- _ . ason.
In the evening's. dehghtful four-page
program of music, songs, reeltations,
responsive readings, w1th an address
by the Pastor has been arranged for the
young folks. Everybody welcomed.
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James Taylor, of Van Zandt avenue,
was perhaps the happiest man in East
Norwalk, yesterday, and all because his
dear good wife presented him with a
handsome boy shipped direct from the
heavenly regions. There are Christ-
mas presents and Christmas presents,
but jtis not every one who can make a.
Christmas present like unto this one. ’
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grass a Message.
TEN DAYS‘TO TELL THE TALE
JAWR CLGID.‘
President Harrison Soon to Send 0011-, ,
Belief in Washington That the _ New Conr ~ ' '
, gress’ First Work “Till Be to Pass Upon 7
the President’s Recommendation
That Saucy Chili Be Punished.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—When congress
comes together on Jan. 5 its first business,
unless the unexpected happens, Will be to .
consider a message from the president of
very grave importance. The Chilian'con-
troversy has reached a stage so serious that
the maintenance of peace seems to hang by Z
a thread, and there are no signs as yet 'of-
any break in the cloud which has been hang-
ing over the relations between our govern»
ment and the southern republic, and which '
seems now to be gathering strength.
The dispatches which have been received
by the state department Within the last ten ’ ‘
days, and concerning the contents of which
it is impossible to obtain a hint directly ’
from official sources, have been of a most
exasperating nature.
No .Reports Too Sensational. .
The condition of affairs at Santiago as_re—
vealed by Minister Egan is most remark-
able, and it cannot be stated positively that
even the most sensationahneports which
have been printed in regard to his dispatches .
have fallen short of the real truth.
Our legation has been subjected to treat-
ment which would discredit even a. semi-' —
civilized nation. Our minister, his family
and the attaches of the legation have been
subjected to incivilities and insults of a very
aggravating character.
- In addition to all this it is understood that
the dispatches received directly by our gov-
ernment from the Chilian minister of for- _
eign afiairs have been, to say the least, un-‘
There has not bee‘n . »
friendly in their tenor.
the slightest indication of a desire to har-
monize the existing differences. The new
Chilian president was inaugurated to-day,
and the United States will wait little longer
for a reply. .,
The Preparations for War.
The naval preparations continue in the
meantime and there are five vessels of the
navy now in the Pacific and Admiral Walker
was spoken at Santa Lucia three days ago.
Within six weeks ten American ships will be
flying our flag off Valparaiso. But the dan-
ger all along has been from the Capitan.
Pratt, which is almost ready for launching
in'France and which could in a very short
time swoop down upon the Atlantic sea~
board at present almost unprotected. The
Chilians understand this situation as well as
our own naval officers, and this, it is be-
lieved, accounts for the aggressive tone of
their dispatches. It is not true that the de-
partment has been entering into negOtia-
tions for tugs and vessels to be used as trans- '
ports and cruisers for the very ample reason
that negotiations are unnecessary. -
The United States already has the power
to take for its uses in time of war such
private vessels as may be needed, and the ‘
naval officers have simply been looking over
the field to find just What vessels will be
available.
A Very Warlike Outlook.
The patent facts of the massing of the .
new navy in Chilian waters, the steady him:
of preparation at the navy yards, the grad-
ual concentration of troops on the Pacific
coast and the shipping of gun carriages,
soon to be followed by 10—inch guns, all form »
a part of the general programme which the
secretary of the navy has adopted to put
the United States in a safe position for any-
thing that may come. -
Chili wad the President’s Speech.
LONnogJaDec. 26.——A dispatch to The
Times fem; Santiago, Chili, says that the
speech of President Harrison at the recep-
tion of the Chilian minister produced an ex-
cellent impression.
' The judge of crimes’ report in the matter
of’the attack on the Baltimore sailors is to
the effect that the Chilian police did their
duty, and that two Chilians who were
guilty in connection with the affair are to
be punished by imprisonment.
A Decision Soon, to Be Reached.
VALPAnAiso, via GALVESTON, Dec. 26.
—The United States cruiser Boston arrived
here yesterday. Your corresponeut is as-
sured upon high authority that a decision'in
the Baltimore case will be rendered immedi-
ately by the supreme court of Chili, and
that the’ government will at once proceed"
to settle with the United States.
There is scarcely any doubt that Gomez
and Rodri uez, who respectively admitted
stabbing cal Heaver Turnbull and Boat-
swain’s Mate Rig-gin, of the Baltimore, who /
died of their wounds, will be punished to
the utmost legal limit.
For the past few nights there has been
unwonted activity aboard the Chilian war- -
ships in this harbor. The crews have been .
roused from their quarters, electric lights
have been thrown on the forts and the sail-
ors have all been armed with Mannlicher
rifles.
A Murderer Declared Insane.
DEDHAM, Mass, Dec. 26.-—George Nagle,
who last July murdered his wife with an
ax, has been adjudged insane. He was
taken to the Taunton Insane asylum. '
Gladstone and Miorley Honored. ,
LONDON, Dec. 26,—Mr. William Mather, a
member of the house of commons, one of
Mr. Gladstone’s warmest supporters, has re- ’
ceived a dispatch from Biarritz saying that
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Morley have been
unanimoust elected members of the British
club at that place, thus reversing the first ,
vote by which the club refused to extend its
courtesy to the two distinguished English-
men.
Dr. Simon T. Clark Dead. .
LOCKPORT, N. Y., Dec. 26.——Simon Tucker‘
Clark, A. M., M. D., died in this city, last
night aged fifty—five years. Dr. Clark was
one of the most prominent physicians“ in the
state and was also famous as a poet and
literateur. He occupied the chair of medi- 7 ._
cal jurisprudence in the Niagara university
at Buffalo for thepast six years.
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