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Norwalk, Conn.,’ Monday Evening, December 28, 1891.
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JOB PRINTING.
Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER. Jn.. 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.
New Year Calls.
The GAZETTE, on Thursday, will pub-
lish a list of all those receiving on New
Year’s day, provided the names are sent
us as early as 11 o’clock Thursday.
Those who intend to receive will con-
fer a favor by sending us their name
and address together with the names of
those who will assist on that occasion.
An illegal Vote.
The vote passed at the town meeting
Saturday appropriating $10, 000 for the
completion of the extension of Osborne
avenue, East N orwalk, was clearly ille-
gal and the Selectmen cannot proceed
under the resolution. Thelaw requires
that the object of the meeting shall be
stated in the call, and as the appropri-
ation of money for the completion of
Osborne avenue was not included in
the call for Saturday’s meeting, it was
clearly illegal to appropriate money for
such purpose.
Feast of Sacred Song.
For weeks past the musical talent of
the churches has been exerting itself
in anticipation Q; the Christmas sea-
son’s festival sacred song. Especi-
ally is this% of the Episcopal and
Catholic 5 urches. Their music on
Christmas day and at yesterday’s Sun-
day services, was of that high order
that not only makes the occasion noted,
but covered a range that made the
feast that attracted and delighted all,
whether regular church goers or not.
But little regard was given to musical
programmes inci ental to the Christ-
mas season, until within the past few'
Now the churches’ best music
has become so marked a feature, that
the utmost resources of the various
choirs are taxed to offer the public
their best. Music is the fitting channel
through which the birth of the Central
Figure of the church is most appropri—
ately celebrated. “Hark! the Herald
Angels sing, unto us a Child is born.
Peace on earth, good-will to men.”
During the years that have elapsed
since the notes of the first Christmas
carol was heard, the theme suggested
by the day has inspired the great musi-
cal composers to their best efforts. The
interpretation of these works by a
trained choir of singers now consti-
tutes an impressive feature in the ser-
vices of the churches.
The glad song of the angelsthat
filled the heavéns on the first Christmas
day was welcomely and most appro-
priately reeechoed in the churches yes-
terday.
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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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A Democratic Paper.
It is reported that E. J. Thomas and
Mr. W A. Tolles, two gentlemen con-
nected with the Evening Sentinel, will
soon start a democratic newspaper.
As both of the gentlemen have always
been earnest and enthusiastic republi-
cans, something extraordinary in the
line of journalism may be looked for.
The name of the new paper is to be the
Fairfield County Democrat, and the
democratic party is to furnish $1,500
for a press and $1,000 in very hard cash,
in order to fill the long felt want.—
Mechanics’ Journal.
—Ib.
—Owing to the inclement weather of
last week the glass and china sale of
Hanlon Brothers at 53 Main street will
be continued until Saturday.
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Temporarily insane.
Henry J. Wallace, a traveling man
of Stamford, Conn, created a sensation
in the dinin room of the Guard
House, Phila elphia, yesterday after-
noon. While the guests were at din-
ner he entered the place, shouting at
the top of his voice. The waiters at-
tempted to eject him, but he so fiercely
opposed them that the police had to be
called. Wallace was taken to his room,
where a physician examined him and
pronounced him temporarily insane.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
' See advertisement pocket book lost.
The grip claimed eleven victims in
New York yesterday.
—‘Silver Novelties at Jackson’s. 253tf
Will the lady who advertised the loss
of a cameo pin please call at this office.
Mass will be held in St. Mary’s
Church on New Year’s day at 5.30 and 8
a. m. ., .
Miss Amy Watkins is visiting her
brother, Rev. S. H. Watkins at Grace
Church rectory. - .
—CHAMBERMAID wanted immediately
at the American House. 254tf
Postmaster Hubbell has a letter for
Miss Minerva Hawks remaining un-
called for at his ofiice.
Concord Division, S. of T.,will elect
officers this evening at their rooms in
the GAZETTE building.
Miss Mamie Gilbert, aged 20, a social
belle of New London, died yesterday
from an attack of grip.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Malkin received
a Christmas gift in the form of a baby
boy, born Sunday morning.
——For ChHstmas presents call at
J ackson’s. ______ 253tf
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Y. M.
C. A. will meet at the room of the as-
sociation to-morrow at 3 p. m.
General George H. Sheridan, the
celebrated orator, dined With Mr. Geo.
Clarke at “Clarke’s Folly” yesterday;
Cyrus Field is slowly improving. He
sat up during a portion of the day yes-
terday, but did not receive any callers.
—A finevstock of Diamonds, Watches
and Jewelry at lowest prices, at Jack
son’s. 253 tf
The round house and repairing shops
of the Sn uehanna Railroad at Wei"-
tendyke, . J .. were destroyed by fire
yesterday.
Proposals are wanted for building
the race track at George Clarke’s new
Norwalk Park, see advertisement in
another column. ' ’ '
Benjamin Birch, who was struck by
a train in South Norwalk Friday night
and removed to the Bridgeport Hospi-
tal, died at that institution Saturday.
The Consolidated road has com-
menced laying ties and rails for a small
freight yard on the Alvord property
near the rectory crossing in Southport.
Representative Holman, chairman of
the appropriations Committee, predicts
that the estimates, as sent in by the
Treasury Department, will be cut down
$100,000,000.
—Any doll, dressed or undressed, for
18 cents at Hanlon Brothers, 53 Main
street.
Silas E. Cheney, 9. brother-in—law of
the late Horace Greeley and a former
resident of Litchfield, is missing from
Asbury Park, N. J ., where he has been
living for the last few years. .
Speaker Crisp is still confined to his
bed, weak. and exhausted from an at-
tack of the grip. He is better than he
was and no serious apprehension is felt
for his safety and speedy recovery.
The condition of Mr. Baldwin, of
Danbury, who has been hiccoughing
for several days past, is considerably
better. His physicians have succeeded
in quieting the irritating cough, and
his complete recovery is looked for.
——Solid .Silver and Plated Ware. A
large Christmas stock at Jackson’s 253tf
Mrs. Christian Diebold, wife of Mich-
ael Diebold, a brass moulder of New
Britain, committed suicide Saturday,
while temporarily insane, by hanging
herself. She had been sick with the
grip, but appeared better in the morn-
ing.
The mails of the steamer Bothnia,
which sailed from Queenstown for New
York yesterday, include those of the
steamer Germanic and amount to 1,757
sacks, the largest quantity of mail mat-
ter that has ever crossed the Atlantic
in one steamer. ‘
The scenery and properties of the
“Fair Rebel” company were destroyed
yesterday morning by the burning of
the Erie Railroad car which contained
them, at_Greycourt, N. Y. Baby, a
horse which figured in the play and
which was the pet of the company, was
burned to death.
Henry Scott, aged 35. an emplo es
of the Brewster silk factory at Din-
bury, cut'his throat Saturday and is in
a yerficritical condition. He quarreled
With _is wife. and picking up a razor.
rushed furiously at her. She managed
to escape from the house, and Scott
then drew the razor across his own
throat.
—A fine line 'of Marble, Iron and
Wood Case Clocks at Jackson’s. 253tf
Bowery freaks were out-done yester-
day when Frederick Secksindorf wan-
dered down that celebrated thorough-
fare clad only ina four-in~hand necktie.
He was heavily laden with Christmas
cheer, which will be disposed of during
his two months s0]ourn on BlackWell’s
-—Diamond and Fancy Stone iRingsi
at Jackson’s. . , 253tf
l
Island,where he went last night cléth‘ed
im a rubber ulster. _
'sixteen years old
The I. O. G. T. of Cranberry Plains
will celebrate their twentieth anniver-
sary on Saturday, Jan. 2.
rI’he funeral of William H. Scofield,
who died in Bridgeport last week, was
held at the Baptist Church this after—
noon.
Kate Callahan, unmarried, sixty-five
years of age, was found drowned in a
canal at Mt. Carmel early Saturday
morning.
General Thomas A. Allcock, the in-
ventor ‘of the famous plaster, died of
apoplexy yesterday, at his residence in
New York.
—Gold-headed canes at Jackson’s.
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The summary of the Weekly Record
for last week shows 8 real estate sales
for Norwalk, and $6,175 real estate
mortgages.
The annual meeting of the society of
the First Congregational Church W111
be held this evening at 7 o’clock, and
the rental of pews at 8 o’clock.
The funerals of five of the persons
killed at the accident on the New York
Central Railroad were held yesterday.
Brakeinan Herrick is still missing.
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—The great glass and china sale of
Hanlon Brothers at 53 Main street Will
continue until Saturday.
The funeral of William Wilson, who
was killed by the cars at Stamford,
Thursday evening, was held yesterday.
The remains were interred at Union
Cemetery.
\Vhile Anson B. Price, a Waterbury
expressman, was on a spree one of his
horses starved to death and the other
was almost dead when their condition
was discovered.
Maggie Lynch, a Brooklyn girl only
, found a burglar in
her father’s house, and in spite of his
efforts to stab her held him-and se-
cured his arrest.‘ ‘
The funeral of Mrs. John Toner,
mother of Deputy Sheriff Toner, was
held from St. Mary’s Church yesterday
afternoon. The interment was in St.
Mary’s Cemetery.
Rev. A. H. Hall, pastor of the Centre
Congregational Church, of Meriden,
and one of the most popular clergy-
men in the state, died on Satur ay
night from Pneumqnia -__..-_ ..=.,
—A fine assortment of Diamond Scarf
pins, at Jackson’s. 253 tf
United States soldiers at Fort Maguire
have been doing a lucrative business
smugglin Chinese over the river from
the Cana 'an side. A boatload was in-
tercepted and a private arrested.
A locomotive on the Sixth avenue
line of the elevated railroad broke
down at the Park place station yester-
day, blocking the road for more than
an hour. Two of the blockaded trains
were in collision, doing slight damage.
Juror Warren of Killingly, who is on
the Daly murder case at Willimantic,
was never on a railroad train until he
was summoned as a juror on the Daly
case last Tuesday. He is apparently
about 35 years of ageand fairly intelli-
gent.
——Our Christmas sale will continue
until Saturday. Hanlon Brothers, 53
Main street. ‘
The Berkshire Hills limited express
trains that leave the Grand Central de-
pot at 3.30 p. m. and Pittsfield at 4 p.
m., will be discontinued for the winter
on Saturday, January 2, 1892. The ex-
press trains will be put in service May
2, 1892. ,
William McGinnis was the only pris~
oner at the bar of justice this morning.
William was drunk and disorderly Sat-
urday evening and arrested. J ustice
Walsh fined him $5 and costs on the
charge and McGinnis will begin the
New Year in jail.
The Christmas Festival of the Sun-
day school of the first Congregational
church will take place Tuesday even-
ing (to-morrow) at 5 o’clock, in the
chapel. There will be refreshments,
served and Christmas trees will be full
of presents for the children, and a royal
good time is expected.
It is now proposed to erect a statue
to the memory of ex-Mayor' Henry G.
Lewis, of New Haven, who died Friday.
He was foremost in advocating the con-
struction of the New Haven and Hart-
ford, the New York and New Haven,
the Shore Line, the Northampton and
Air Line and the Derby railroads, and
worked earnestly for the termination
of the Naugatuck road, at New Haven.
——Gold spectacles and eye lasses
and spectacles of all kinds at J aco ggll’s.
John J. Nathans, one of P. T. Bar-
num’s first partners in the circus busi-
ness, died at his home in New York, of -
pneumonia, on Saturday evening. He
was seventy-seven years old and was
born in Philadelphia. He left Bar-
num’s in 1878 and did practically no
business after that, although2he traded
a little inlanimals with GeOr e W. Bai-
lfy. He eavcsa widow an two ch11-
ren.
Harry Bailwitz was standing in front
of the Post Ofi‘ice Christmas evening,
waiting for a car to come along 'to go
to South N orwalk. ’ When the car
came he started to catch it,and his legs
ave away and he fell to the ground.
He was picked up and taken to. his
home on'Mott avenue, where he laid in
a stupor until this morning, when he
was reported as slightly better. The
. doctor pronounces the case grip.
. Brooklyn, N. Y.
E. M. Field still persists in refusing
to eat. He drank three glasses of whis-'
key yesterday. .
Lieut. Gov. Samuel E. Merwin, of
New Haven, is confined to his house
with the grip. '
The annual meeting of the State Agri-
culturalso'ciety will be held in Mission
Hall, Meriden, Jan. 13, at 11 a. m. .
. General D. N. Couch and Gen. \Vat-
son and stafi attended the funeral of
Col. White in New Haven Saturday.
The engagement is announced of
. Colonel Henry S. Redfield,‘ of Gover—
nor Bulkeley’s staff, to Minis Muller of
Warden-elect Kimmey and the in-
coming Court of Burgesses will meet at
the burgesses’ room on New Year’s day
and take the oath of office.
The big shoe houses of Codding &
Co. and Parker, Holmes 8.: Co., of Bos-
ton, were burned out last night, entail-
inga loss of nearly halfamillion dollars.
Reporter Thomas is authority for the
statement that no democratic paper
will be started in Norwalk in which he
and W. A. Tolles, of South Norwalk,
will be connected.
0. R. Mumford is captain of the
gates at the Water street crossing of
the Housatonic railroad to-day. ’T is
said that “Monk” handles thegates as
well as he does a “stick.”
General Watson authorizes the state-
’men‘t..that 'Cblonel Skinner’s resigna-
tion'is'on business grounds and not on
account of any personal difference With
him, as has been suggested.
Edward W. Kinsley, of Boston, one
of therailroad commissioners of Mass-
achusetts, died Saturday afternoon.
He was a merchant and for a while was
state director of the New York 8: New
England road.
Charles McGowan, mate on the New
Haven steamer Nertham, was probably
fatally hurt in New York Saturday af—
ternoon, aheavy caSting which fell on
himbreaking one of his hips and injur-
ing him internally.
——Souvenir Spdons in a variety of de-
signs at Jackson’s. 253 tf
Postmaster A. J. Smith. of North-
ford, charged with. selling stamps on
hearing next Wednesday. He is the
fifth postmaster arrested on similar
charges.
Henry A. Kifmirc of Meriden, who
swallowed a chicken bone on Thanks-
giving day, died Saturday from hemor-
rhages resulting therefrom. The bone
lodged at the entrance to the stomach.
Mr. Kifmire was forty-five years old.
He leaves a wife and one son.
Miss Almeda Lent of Mill Plain, Ct.,
left home on Thursday, Dec. 17, saying
she was going to make ashort visit to a
girl friend. Nothing was heard from
her until the day before Christmas,
when her parents received a Newburg,
N. Y.. paper containing a notice of her
marz’ia e to Nelson Garrison, formerly
of Dan ury. '
The Rev. Erastus Burr, D. D., a
graduate of Trinity College, Hartford,
in the class of 1830, died at his home in
Portsmouth, Ohio, on the 15th instant,
aged 86 years. Dr. Burr was for thir-
ty-five years rector, and for eighteen
years rector emeritus, of All Saints’
Church, Portsmouth. But two of the
twenty-one members of the class of
1830 now survive—the Rev. Dr. J. A.
Belles, of Cleveland, 0., and Charles
Graham, Esq., of New York.
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- The Dream Came True.
On Friday night a' daughter of
Thomas Kelly, of Ansonia, dreamed
that her father had been struck by a
train on the Derby road and killed.
On Saturday Kelly was walking on the
trestle bridge when alocomotive struck"
and killed him.
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Connecticut Pensions.
Original—Edward M. Hovey, Henry
Wllliams, deceased, Barton Laromey,
William M. Preston, George H. Wil-
liams, Aaron A. Hall, Roger Carrigan.
Original widows, etc. -—H.Adelia Thomp-
son,.Mary A. G. Dunn, mother, Ann
Maria Hoyt. .
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Too Much for his intellect.
Last Thursday we published a bit of
fun about Gus. Franke’s calling on'
John Sayre at Cousins’ shoe factory
and threatening to drop his satchel con-
taining his tonsorial implements upon
the floor if John did not give him
$2,500. It seems that the item was too
much for the intellect of the youth who
sends “fake” reports from Norwalk to
the New York press, and he swallowed
it whole and sent it to the Sunday New
York papers as. a true story from Nor-'
walk. As he is paid a penny-a-line for
his news he reaped just twelve cents
for making himself ridiculous as well
as the New York papers that published it.
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Sentenccd for Ezripery.
PARIS, Dec. 28.—The Englishmen, Walter
Bodnell and John Cooper, charged with 'con-
spiring to obtain by bribery the secret pat-
terns of . the French magazine rifle, have been
convicted at St. Etienne and sentenced,
Bodnell to a .fine of 1,000 francs and two
months’ imprisonment and Cooper to a fine
of 2,000 frames and fifteen months’ imprison-
ment.
Closed by the Sherifl'.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 28.—The store'oi
W. H. Dewitt has been closed by the sherifi
on judgments» in favor of H. M. Dewitt, a
relative. Dewitt is said to be heavily in
debt to New York and Philadelphia parties.
His assets are not known. The judgments
in‘favor of H. M. Dewitt aggregate $8,000.
. . credit and in otlie ' illegal, ways, is un-’
“"d'er‘ five hundré ~- dollar bondsrtora
Bushman.
Terry & Go.'s Meat House Visited
by Burglars.
-‘The Watchman on Hand.
Burglars made two attempts to enter
the beef house of William M. Terry &
00., Christmas night. The first. was
made about 11 o’clock when ihey tried
to get into the place by Way of the
horse shed. They were not successful
and left, but returned again about 2 a.
m. and tried to force an entrance at the
office door. The dog, which_is kept at
the house, barked loud enough to
awaken “ Moxie”. Baker, ,who sleeps at
the place, and he got up and witha
lantern went to see what the trouble
was. When. he opened the door two
men, who were outside, ran down the
track in the direction of South Nor-
walk. These men were probably the
same thieves who went through the
Housatonic railroad freight officethe
same night. The beef house, like the
freight house, *has been visited by bur-
glars before, once when a quantity of
meat was stolen and another time when
an attempt was made to crack the safe,
but which was not successful.
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Says He Was Assaulted.
John W. Fairchild, a German em-
ployed by John H. Remson, the milk-
man, was sent Saturday noon, with a
horse and wagon, to get a. load cf wood
at a lot on the Rocks Road. Some time
later in the afternoon Fairchild re-
turned to :Mr. Remson’s. place in a
dazed condition and with a deep out
about four inches long on the top of
his head. Fairchild’s story is that he
was cutting wood about 1 o’clock, when
he was-set upon by three men who
took his axe away from him and then
assaulted him with a club, beating him
over. the head. He did not know his
assailants but thought they were from
Wilton, where he formerly worked, and
were enemies that he had made while
there. It is hardly probable that Fair-
child’s story is correct as it is said he
was in a bemuddled condition when he
left the house, and a rubber~covered
cap which he. wore on his head was cut
in a way which shows that the blow
could not have been made by a club.
It is~probab1e that Fairchild in some
way or other. caught his foot and fell
on the axe, or that in getting out of the
wagon he lost his balance and fell to
the ground, striking his head on the
axe. Dr. Gregory attended the in-
]ured man, sewed up his wound and he.
‘is again at work this 'mOrning'. ‘ ‘
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A Priest as Detective.
Rev. Dean McNulty, of St. John’s
Roman Catholic Church, Paterson, N;
J. .yesterday morning made the r’ounds
of a number of liquor saloons in sharch
of violations of the Excise law. He en-
.tered the saloon of James McCormick,
the ex-ball tosser, and there found a
number of men drinking.
Among those in the saloon were Al-
dermanT. Rawson and E. Fanning,
the former being president of the Board
of Aldermen. The Dean afterward vis-
ited Franklin Boyle’s saloon, where he
found Policeman Thomas Mullen, who
tried to escape by running tnto an ad-
joming building. The clergyman fol-
lowed the policeman, finally cornering
him and making him promise to prefer
a complaint against Boyle for selling
liquor on Sunday.
Fell Through the Bridge.
A man who gives his name as John
Gamble, and his home Providence, fell
through the railroad bridge over Spring
street, South Norwalk, about 7 o’clOck
last evening. He was accompanied by
a young man who says his name is
Ernest Cody. Both were en route to
Bridgeport in-search of work. Cody:
went to his companion’s assistance who
was taken into a house near by, and
later placed in a coach and. taken to the
stationvhouse and Dr. Baker summoned,
who found no bones . were broken.
Gamble complains of a very lame back. ‘
He will probably be taken to the hos-'_
bite] at Bridgeport for treatment. Both
men claim to be silver chasers.
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Cattle Drowned.
A cattle float in tow of one of John
H. Starin’s tugs was overturned in the
East River, off the foot of‘Ninth street,
.Long Island City. last evening, by.
striking a rock. There were about 200
head of cattle in cars of Delaware,
Lackawanna andWestern Railroad on
the float and‘all were 'drowned, with
the exception of forty-three, which
were rescued'by the crew of the tug
and landed at Long Island City.
.
. No Truth in it.
The report telegraphed from New
Haven on Saturday that the Supreme,
Court had decided ' the Governorship
quo warranto case for Morris, the De-
mocratiocandidate, by three to two, is
pronounced by one of the judges. in
Hartford to be not only unauthorized,
but in every respect untrue.
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Scanlan insane.
W. J. Scanlan, the Irish comedian, is
suffering from incipient paresis; He
broke _ own and became violent after
Christmas night’s performance at the
Fourteenth street theatre, New York;
The doctors have small hopes of his re-
covery.
‘
instantly Kilied.,
Ambrose Ochre, aged about forty
years, was struck and “ instantly killed
at Branford Hill, just this side of Bran -
ford station, shortly after 11 o’clock
Saturday night by the Guilford accom-
modation train.
Next. _ * .
There was another collision between
two freight trains on the New York and
New England road Saturday night near.
Union City, in. which conductor Dyer
injured.
and Br'akeman Hughes were slightly]
\,'
. avgnue,_» East Norwalk.
' Moody in quite an impassioned speech
Town Meeting.
About two hundred voters and~--tax—-
payers of the town of Nerwalk attend-
ed the town meeting at the Town House
Saturday afternoon. - .
John W. Mains was appointed mode-
rator and Herbert Smith secretary.
- The call for the meeting was read and
approved.
The reading of the Selectmen’s re-
port was dispensed with and the report
was accepted. . A state and town tax of
10 mills waslaid for the coming year.
Hon. E. J. Hill offered a resolution
that in the future Selectmen’s reports
the ordersdrawn on the town treasurer
by the police justices shall be itemized,
and not given in a grand total as is the
casein this year’s report. In support
of his resolution Mr. Hill said that'the
tax-payers of the town wanted to know
how their money had been expended,
and he had been told that in a
recent trial, in figuring up the costs
of , the case, mileage had been
charged for forty miles, in going to
Winnipauk, and that it was a frequent
case for a charge of twenty-five miles
being made in going to and from South
Norwalk. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Hill also ofi'ereda resolution di-
recting the Town Treasurer to pay no
more justices’ orders unless they
were approved by the Board of Select-
men. Joseph A. Gray informed the
meeting that this resolution would have
no effect if passed, as the statute pro-
v1ded that the Town Treasurer should
pay all orders drawn by a justice of the
peace. Mr. Hill cited other towns in
which the Selectmen had been author-
ized’bya town meeting to approve all
bills before they could be paid by the
Town Treasurer. The resolution ivas
passed and the Town Clerk was direct-
ed to file a certified copy of the resolu-
tion with the Town Treasurer within
one week.
Gen. Charles Olmstead presented the
report of the Board of School Visitors
which was accepted, and 1000 copies
were ordered printed. An apprbpria-
tion of $35,445 was made for the schools
for the coming year, and it was voted
that the school year should consist of
200 days.
, Five thousand dollars were appro-
priated for highways and repairs'to
highways for the ensuing year, and an
amount sufl‘icient to pay the city, of
South Norwalk and Borough of Nor~
walk their respective proportions of the
highway money was appropriated.
I‘he clause in the call, authorizing
the Selectmen to abate taxes of those
who fail to apply to the _.Board of Re-
lief, was laid on the table.
The 'next question acted on by the
meeting was the acceptance of the lay-
out of the southerly end of Osborne
Mr. W. S.
thought that the layout should not be
approved, and twelve thousand or fif-
teen thousand dollars added to the
town debt ; this improvement would
benefit but a few people, and was
brought forward only in the interests
of certain parties who wanted to sell
real estate in that neighborhood; it
would be a shame and disgrace to car-
ry out the work. Several East N orwalk
gentlemen said that Mr. Moody showed
his ignorance of the matter by his re-
marks, and that East Norwalk was en-
titled to something, she having paid
taxes for twenty-five years and never
received any improvements. General
Charles Olmstead also thought that the
work should be accepted, as ‘no part of
the town was growing as fast as “East
«Norwalk. The layout, after considera-
ble further discussion, [was accepted.
A motion was next made that ten
thousand dollars, or so muchthereof as
may be necessary, be appropriated" for
the completion of the work. .This'mo-
tion set all the local parliamentarians
ff, agoing,” and considerable'doubt was
raised as to whether the meeting could
appropriate the money, as the clause
was not in the call for the meeting.
’ The questionwas put on the passage
of the appropriatibn and it was passed
by an overwhelming majority. '
A resolution was next passed making
it unlawful to dig sand worms on‘ the
shores of the town of Norwalk, under a
penalty of a fine of not less than five
{lollars nor more than twenty-five dol-
ars. ‘ .
As no further business was on the
call to be transacted, the meeting ad-
jOurned.
Attention Comrades.
—The Comrades of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R., are requested to meet
at their Headquarters on Tuesday at
1.30 p. m.,to attend the funeral of
their late Comrade Henry M.,H_obart,
who was one of the older members of
‘ the Post. The interment will beiin the
Soldier’s plot in Riverside cemetery.
A Steamboat on, Fire. ' .
While the passenger steamer City» of
Bridgeport was making
afternoon she was feund to be en“ fife.
About 5.30 fiames’and smoke were seen:
issuing from the upper cabin" and 'an‘
alarm ,was immediately given. The
hundred or .. more passengers became
terrbr stricken and a wild panic ensued;
then all rushed for the boats. " ‘
It was not found necessar, to take to
the beats, however, as the ames were
quickly under control. During the
wild scramble for the boats some of the
passengers were slightly injured, but
it is thought none seriously. The dam-
age to the steamer is estimated at about
$1,000. The_City of—«Bridgeport is an‘
extra steamboat on the New York and- ‘
Bridgeport line and made the trip Sat-
urday in. the place of the steamer. Rose-
dale, which is laid up for repairs. '
Down they go.
—-Boots and Shoes reducedj_'20 per
cent.’ until January 1st, at J ar‘Vis Kel—
logg’s. ___ ' ~ 249tf
Changes in the Hartford “Courant.”
_ William H. Goodrich, who for a
quarter of a century was the business
manager of the Hartford Courant, has
retired'and sold his interest to his as-
sociates—Senator Hawley, Charles
Dudley Warner and CharlesH. Clark.”
, . . her way, to‘
Bridgeport from N 6W"Y0rk Saturday,
MONTT G_li_E_S_l NE
A Purely Social Affair, and Politici‘s ,
N ct Discussed.
CHILI’S NEW GOVERNMENT.
WAsniNGTON, Dec. 28.—-Senor Montt,
Chilian minister to the United States, gave
a dinner last night which has been the ‘sub- { __ ' " "
jcct of more comment than almost any'
event in the national capital for months .
past. Some of; the comment was amusing,
and some of it had a highly dramatic flavor. '
The latter was due to the inflammatory
rumors concerning the Chilian situation
which accompanied almost every refer» '
ence to the dinner itself. The acceptance
of an invitation to the dinner by Secretary
Blaine was widely 9discussed, and in some
quarters criticised. . But this Was due to a.
misapprehension of the conditions under
which the dinner was given. The represen-
tation was made that were the secretary to
attend it would have an unfavorable effect
upon the country. But this view was due
to misinformation as to the character of the - .
occasion and the circumstances surrounding
it. The dinner was given by Senor Montt
in honor of the inauguration in Chili of his .
cousin, Captain Montt, as president of the -
republic. It had no other significance, and
for the secretary to decline an invitation to
it While holding oficial relations with the
host would have been considered as great
an effront by Chili as the refusal of the "
English or German minister of foreign af-
fairs to attend a. Fourth of July dinner
given by the United States minister in Lon— I
don or Berlin would be to this country
A Purely Social Event.
Another story circulated respecting the
affair was that between the sherry and the
champagne Messrs. Blaine and Monti;
would reach a. satisfactory conclusion of the
difficulties existing between the two coun-
tries and agree upon a. basis for a. settlement
of the Whole trouble. But the composition
of he party, if for no other reason, pre-
cluded that greatly desired fact from being
a consequence of the occasion. It was a
dinner at which ladies were present, a
purely social event, where official matters
’WOllld not be discussed. And in any event,
an affair of such importance as the cause of
' difference between the United States and
Chiliis not disposed of around the festal
board. .
Among the guests was cit-Mayor W. R.”
Grace, of N cw York, whose immense busi-
ness interests in Chili make him an author-
ity on the affairs of‘that country, especially ,
as they are related to this country.
To him a United Press reporter put this
question: '
“What do you think is the probable out-
come of the present condition of things?”
“I have never doubted for a minute the
disposition of the Chilian people or authori-
ties to do anything in the matter of the as-
sault upon the Baltimore’s sailors which the .
United States should ask that was right and .. »
proper; and I have never imagined that the
United Stateswould ask anything thatwas
not right and proper.” '
Mr. Grace was positive the dinner had no
other object and contained no other possi-
bility than that mentioned above.
The New President of Chili.
Mr. Grace, speaking of the new Chilian
president, said he was a. man in whom the
whole people had confidence and merited
the trust. He had been a captain in the
navy, not an admiral, and was at the head
of the provisional government junta which
succeeded Balmaceda. Such was the high
regard in which he was hold that his elec-
tion to the presidency was practically unani~
mous. “My information is,” continued Mr.
Grace, “that in this instance it was a. clear
case of the office seeking the man. ' He did”
not want to be president. ‘
“The president and his relative, the min-‘
ister to the United States, come of a family
that is connected with the achievements of
Chilian , statecraft for many years, and
which has loyally served the county. with
distinction and honor.” . -
- The Guests.
The guests present were Secretary and
Miss Blaine, Senator Morgan, Senator Stew-
art, Representative McCreary, Minister and"
Mrs. Romero, ex-Mayor Grace, 'Dr. Vin-
cente G. Onasada, Dr. 'Moralez,.,J. W. Fos- ' ’
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Miguel Suarez, Mr '
Ricardo Trumbull andSenor Del Celine.
Chilian affairs wereTthe subject of a con- '
ference betvveen Préf'sident--.Hari'is<')n and
Secretaries Blaine and Tracy. The confer. ,
once was “general in its datum, and nothing
.was agreed upon'as the result. of it different 1'
from the "policy heretdfore'followed. Up to
abate hour lasteveninglthe state depart- ,
ment had received no repdgt ofrom Chilias -'
to hOw the inauguration‘ongresidcnt.Mo'ntt
had passed off. .There ';wa5‘.'.niiich interest,
felt, for recent‘reports.fr'omnthem indicated
such' a pitch of public xexcitenient that,‘
trouble of a serious nature'might. ":Leily' be *
evolved." ', The preaching, fili‘zi11.‘.=;vi'jng .to ‘. .
persecution, '6f the .Balina‘c’edi .. ‘
'céssfiil’party‘in tlielate'revolt- :--r. 1..
shave been carried to such an cw: i-e
rewulsion of feeling in théirbcb s , a;
itself felt, and it would not be 5m . , - 3
some if the new government of .'
itself confronted with such 3. Cum
mid to.
an‘amicable settlement 'of the controversy.
with the United States whatever might be . ‘
its desire in thejmat‘ten Infect, so strong
is this feeling that'for the first time in soy.
. oral weeks incertain ’qua'i‘ters‘the opinion is
expressed that__there will be a'peaceful and:
sdti'sfactofyconcliision of the whole incident - 713?.- ' a?“ ‘
afi'ived'at in'due time.
Quietly Inaugurated. .
‘ VALPARAISO, Chili, via. GALVESTON, Tex.,
Dec 28,—At the. ina'ugureition céremonies cf ' ' ’
Chili’s new president, Captain; J grge‘Montt,
at Santiago, all of the foreign ministers were
present with the, exception'bf i'the‘Unite‘d
States ’representative,“Mr.‘ Egan. ‘ His ab-
sence caused much comment in diplomatigi . , '
I..\' . {105116,- '
..mon of ‘,
affairs at home as would compel it to make 7.
O
.11
, Circles. .The reason for his noiiappearanceis _
not known. The inauguration took place in
thepresence of avast and enthiisiastio‘ as- ~
semblage. Everything passed off, quietly, -
despite the ugly rumars Prevalent for seme , l, .
. days past that the occasion would-be seized
, upon by the Balmacedjgts 3-5 fifavorablefiop, . ., . .
.portunity for an'outbreak- and an attempt ‘7 i
to assassinate the new chief inagiétrate.- , *
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