t1
. best.
‘ certain ways and publish in' one paper
, start from the basis of the pocket, to
' we are gratified by the favor with which
ATS, CAPS
HEAVY UsDERWEAR!
AT MITCHELL’S, '
WALL STREET.
“Equal and Exact J ustice to all 'Men of ' Whatever State of Persuasion, Religious or Political.”-4Jeflerson I - ,
Vol. lit—Whole No. 515.
Independent 111 all things : Hamil. in nothing.
The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper In Norwalk.
A GREAT OFFER.
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On and after lannary mi,
1893, we will ofi‘er’ to all sub-
scribers, tlze WEE K L Y Gu‘l-
ZETTE and the NEW YORK
WEEKLY T‘RIBUUYE for
oneyear for $1.00, toe price of
the GAZETTE‘alone. Tlre
:WEEKLY GAZETTE gives
all the news of Town, County
and State and as much Nation-
at news as any other paper of
its class. THE NEW YORK
I/l/EEKLY TRIBUéNE is a
NJ] TlONcfl L EAMIL YPA-
PER, and give; an the general
news of tbe,-Unzted States and
the world: 'Its “c/Igrtcultural”
department has no superior in
the country. [ts “c‘Market Re-
ports” are 'recognzired authority
in all parts of the land. .It has
separate departments for tire
“Family Circle,” and “Our
Young Folks,” and its “Home
and Society ’ columns are of tlre
Subscriptions may begin” at
any time.
Wflddress all orders to tbe
GAZETTE, Nor-walk, Conn,
The Ways of Advertisers»
Why advertisers select certain sca-
sons of theycar. prepare their copy in
or another—someiimes‘ in many and
often-in one only -—is afi'mystcry .to some
people. But the advertisers themselves
understand the matter perfectly. They
which they frequently return to test
their theories. There is but one pur-
pose in hdvertising, and the advertiser
alone" can discover where, in what inan-
ner and how far he can be aided by
printer’s ink. We cannot deny that
advertisers seem to regard the GAZETTE.
As we have already said, the advertis-
crs know best why they thus specially
favor the GAZETTE. They also know
that it is not because of “cut rates,”
for in this respect, the GAZETTE never
attempts to compete with those who
are accommodating enough to take ad-
vertising at the bare cost of setting the
type.
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Value of the Telephone.
Every day we learn to appreciate
more and more the great value of the
telephone. It saves us much time and
a great deal of travel. Recently a New
Jersey man was called up at his place
of business and told to hurry home. He
ICSpondecl and found a son awaiting
his arrival. He returned to the store
and a few minutls later was sent for
again. On reaching home a second son
was presented to him. Feeling highly
tickled he went again to his work and
had hardly resumed his occupation be-
fore thc third son was announced.
Hanging the receiver in the hook he
turned away witha weary air, only to
be called up again in a few moments to
receive the gratifying intelligence that
a fourth had been added to his house-
hold. His disgust was so emphatic
that he ordered his clerks not to an.
swer that telephone again if it rang all
day. If it had not been for the instru-
ment, however, imagine the shock in
his nerves when he arrived home to the
usual course of events to find all four
of those babies ready to welcome him.
This is .why we say the telephone
should be appreciated, for no man
knowetn in what day or hour. some
cverblessrsd Norwalk patert’amiles, may
be called up by telephone. to have a.
similar over-joyous message sweetly
whispered into his eager and expec-
tant car. So we say, support the Nor-
walk branch of the telephone system.
OODV
Mr. E. T. Whitney of West avenue,
who has been laid up the past tWo
weeks with an agonizing attack of heart
Norwalk, Coma, Wednesday Evening. January 4, .1893.
STIFF nu ALL anion
' $2.00 HeteforLSO ;: $2.50 and.
$3. Hats arise.
AT MITCHELL’S, -
WALL STREET.
Price One Cent.
I TERSE TALES 09an TIMES.
Congress meets today.
Mr. Blaine was better last evening.
The chief rabbi of Jerusalem is
dead. _
The Court of Burgesses will meet to-
night.
.Twelve new cases of typhus in Ne
York yesterday. ~
Mrs. George Reed is quite sick at
her home on Orchard street. '
Miss Esther ‘L. Smith is very sick
at her home on West avenue.
The officers of Buckingham Post will
be “mustered in”. this evening.
Nelson Morris, 61, a well-known Wa-
terbury business man, died Sunday.
G. S. Whiting, formerly a hard ware
merchant in Hartford is dead, aged‘70.
Mr. Charles W. Hoyt of Scoficid J's
Hoyt, is housed with an attack of the
gri . ,
The thermometer registered 8 de-
grees above zero this morning at. 7
o’clock.
On. next Sunday evening at Grace
church, the Christmas music will be re-
posted.
0. E. Wilson has sold the George F.
Scofield house, No. 24 Belden avenue.
to David Miller.
A’ Kindergarten will he introduced
in the. primary department of the
Over-River schoool.
The Beardsley Block in Winsted,
was damaged by fire yesterday to
E__._.._
Prof. Hills first organ recital of the
season will be given in Grace churc
on Tuesday evening. next.
'Thc Danbury Creamery cOmpany
will soone‘xtend their business by loca-
ting a creamcry in Redding.
. .- The Ladies societydof the Congrega-
tional church are holding an important
business meeting, this after noon.
John ”Gourn'oud," 'of Stamford, was
thrown from a. carriage at Bridgeport
yesterday morning and had his left
arm broken.
The number of hats shipped from
Danbury in 1884. was 103,085 cases;
last year the shipments amounted to
133,472 cases. _____
Miss Georgia W. Taylor will this
evening present a prettily framed pic-
ture of an Easel monument to Buck-
ingham Post.
Charlie Foun, a Danbury Chinaman,
has been arrested for using a sling
shot on a customer who refus‘ed to pay
a bill of four cents.
‘ Chairman Carter of the Republican
national committee concedes the con-
trol of the United States senate to the
Democrats after March 4.
— Perhaps you have tried Hale’s
Lung Balsam. If you havn’t, ask Hale
for a free sample bottle. 513-tf
In Danbury. where they make stiff
hats, business is very dull; in Orange,
N. J., where they make soft hats, they
are Working day and night.
The officers of St. John’s Lodge, F.
d: A. M., and those of Kabaosa En-
campment, I. O. O. F., will be 1n-
stalled to-morrow evening.
The annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut State Agricultural society Wlll be
held on Wednesday, January 11th at 11
a. m., at the town hall, Meriden.
Chief DeForest is in receipt of a let-'
far from H. J. Grosset, of Toronto,
asking him to apprehend if posmble
three men wanted in that place for
burglary. '
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
handed down a decision confirming the
legality of the old blue law of 1794
prohibiting the publication of Sunday
newspapers.
Miss Fanny Clark is acting as sub-
stithte teacher for Miss Leveredge, of
the Over-River school, who has been
called home on account of the illness
of her father.
Taxidermist Fred Lockwoodhas just
completed a handsome specimen of
what he can do in that line. It is. a
horned owl and has a remarkably life
like appearance.
The Alpha Wheel club last night elec-
ted M. Elwood. president; W. Gregory.
secretary; F. E. Brady, treasurer, and
Fred Ambler, captain; Jules Hor-
nung, color bearer. .
Chief Do Forest is in receipt of a
communication from J. Bertschman.
Consul of Switzerland, asking for in-
formation of Arnold Stuessy, who has
been missing since Nov. 6th. .
The entertainments at the Opera
House attract good audiences every
evening. The price of admission has
been placed at the lowest notcn and
a fine programme is presented.
Report says that Robert Bonner will
have a covered track built at once at
his Tarrytown Farm. It is 'probable
that Maud S. will be worked_there this
Winter. It would be a rich Joke 1f the
cmqueen should capture Mr. Forbe’s
trouble, is _much .better to-day, his
many old friends Wlll be glad to now.
$6,000 prize next season.
W
the amount 0f $15000. _ I.
The different bank meetings will take
place on the 10th of this month.
Miss Grace Cobb, and, a lady friend,
are the guests of Mrs. Stephen K-
Stanley.
Hope Hose Co. will‘hold the third of
a series of soc ables, at their parlors,
to-morrow night.
An opossum will be served for sup-
per at the Phoenix Engine company’s
headquarters to-night.
The game of- “basket ball” will be
introduced by Prof. Carin at the Y. M-
C. A. Gymnasium Class, this evening.
Miss Margaret Bailwitz. of this place,
and Mr. Frank Smith of Brocklyn, N.
Y.. are to be married this evening at 8
o’clock.
The newly elected officers of Hope
Hose company, treated the members
of the company to refreshments last
- night.
Mr. James Stevens is credited with
the purchase of George R. Cowles’
place, on East avenue, opposite the
Vanderhoef place.
it is expected that work in the cam-
phor factory at Glenbrook, recently
damaged by fire. will be resumed on
Wednesday night.
The remains of the late Henry Mills-
paugh were taken to Orange County,
N.Y,, for interment, this morning. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
The conduct of George \Vallace of
New Haven, conductor on the Consoli-
dated, is such that it is thought he is
insane. Three charges of theft stand
against him.
-Mr. Howard Bogardus, of Stam’i'
ford, one of the Merrill Business Col-
lege students, has been accepted to fill
a position as bookkeeper with :the
Stamford Savings Bank.
The suit of William Gates vs. George
W. Booth, of this place, is being tried
before the Court at Bridgeport. Gates
sues to recover damages for a bite in-
flicted by the defendant’s dog.
'lhe new Columbus postal stamps are
now out and sold at the leading post-
ofiices of the country. They are now
quite a novelty but will soon be so
plentiful that the average citizen will
prefer the old kind, as requiring less
severe ‘ lickings'” .
The funeral of Mrs. Johanna L. St.
John, will take place at her New York
residence 102 West 64th street to-mor-
grow, Thursday. at 10 o’clock a. m. and
" her remains will be brought to Nor walk
on 12 m. express, arrivmg here soon
after one p. m.
The Bank of Norwalk is ahead, as
usual, in the receipt of the Columbian
Exposition souvenir coins. All our
sharp financiers who want to pay 8. doi-
lar for the newly coined. bright silver
pieces can now step up to the captain’s
ofiice and procure the novel coins.
The number of tramps giving lodg-
ing at the station-house last year is
2,175, the year before the number
amounted to 1,771. During the year
1891 there were 211 prisoners placed in
the station-house, and during the year
1892 the number amounted to 196.
The following officers were installed
at a regular meeting of the Carpenter’s
Union held last night. T. F. Farr,
President; W. B. Richards, Vice-Presi-
dent; R. W. Reid. Recording Secre-
tary; E. L. Griswold, Financial Secre-
tary ; C. H. Fitch, Treasurer; J. W.
Britto, Conductor; E. Burns, Warden.
John W. Green. of Danbury, has se-
cured the right to make all the fans
for sale at the World’s Fair other than
the palm leaf. There will be three
kinds or grades .of souvenir fans, and
the first order received is for one mil-
hon. This will give employment to
fifty hands, improved machinery doing
the rest. __
Deputy-sheriff Toner went to Dan-
bury, yesterday. to serve a capias on a
reluctant witness in the bastardy suit
of Mary Heal, of Norwalk, now on
trial in the civil Common Pleas court.
Powers. who is a brukeman on the
Danbury &. Norwalk Division of the
Consolidated railroad, denies the pa-
ternity of the plaintiff’s child. now two
years old. Powers is under $1,000 bonds.
The vote for no license in New Ca-
naan. last October, is claimed to be il-
legal, as ballots were peddled in the
hallway, within a few feet of the box.
The law says that ballots shall not be
peddled within 100 feet of the polls,
and at this election people were im-
portuned by having tickets handed to
them when c1039 to the box. Licenses
will be applied for by some of the sa-
loon keepers.
At a meeting of Co. F. held last
evening, the following civil officers were
elected: William Bloom, secretary;
A. E. Aisthorpc, financial secretary;
Capt. R. M. Rose, treasurer; Lieut.
Albert J. Wilcoxson, Sergeant H. O.
Benedict, Corporal A. T. Perry, Priv-
ates Wm. Woodworth, John Parks,
Court Martial; Lieut. J.-W. Latson,
Sergeant W. E. James, Private Calvin
Purdy, Finance Commitee; Ptivates
James Cullen, Wm. Vail], Fred Hal-
lock, recruiting committee.
Luzon B. Morris of New Haven will
to-day be inaugurated the fifty-fifth
governor of Connecticut. Seven of his
predecessors 1n the office are still liv-
ing, viz: Senator Joseph R. Hawlev,
the Hon. Charles R. Ingersoll, New
Haven; Chief Justice 0. B. Andrews of
Litchfield; the Hon. Thomas M. Wal-
ler of New London, ex-consul-general
of the United States at London; the
Hon. Henry B. Harrison of New Elat-
ven ; the Hon. Phineas C Lounsbury
of’Ridgeficld and Morgan G. Bulkelcy.
. xonn own.”
A.-Good One on Pinneo.
The job printing fonfithe annual Lawn
Tennis club‘s ballWiisentrusted to Our
genial friend“, J. Arithur Pinneo. who
affects to bo.esthctic‘, and especially the
esthetic percentages imprinting. Now
there are in the town that supports Pin-
neo’s own business, five different places
where he could have had his Orders of
dancing neatly, quickly and rcasonaa
bl y printed, and at least two job print-
ing offices where the work would have
been done as well, and; more cheaply,
than in any place he could find in New
York—but he probably didn’t know ‘
this—the knowledge ofzysome people is
limited-and so the ordhr for dancing
cards was sent dowp_t%New York by
Messenger Lockwood“ o be echuted
there. Orr-Saturday Lockwood called
fOr them but they were’not finished.
Not being able to call "'again he arrang-
ed to have them sent to him at the
Grand Central Depot, by special mes-
senger, a few moments prior to his
train leaving for, Norwalk, but the
printing failed to connect with him at
the New York depot as arranged.
Thinking they must have been sent di-
rect to Norwalk by Adams Express, as
he had at first advised J .Arthur to have
it done, Loclfiod took his trainand in
due time repo ed here late Saturday
night, minus the Ball orders of danc-
cing. Well, to say that J. Arthur turned
scarlet to the roots of his hair, isstating
it mildly; stillhe hoped against fear,
that by Monday morning they would
turn up here by mail, by express or
somehow. Monday morning came with
its genial and glorious - sunshine, but it
was all lost on Pinneo. He hied him
after Lockwood and had him hasten to
Gotham and return on the first possi-
ble train with the derelict printing. In
vain Messenger LookWood protested
that all New York was shut up and the
great city qr}. Hitlgalized holiday.~ bend:
eg..,,Go=h'e‘- must and go he did, and as
"Alié’expected, found the printing oflice
locked as securely as the Tombs. Lock-
wood hied him then to the nearest drug
store, and consulted the directory to
find where this exasperating printer
might reside, determined to chase him
to his lair, for, was not the ball to come
off that Very night? But the 'elusive
jobber in ink was so inconsequential
that his name and residence had no
place in New York’s great directory.
So back home poor Lockwood wended
ills weary way, in a mood by no means
pleasant. lie had . lost his holiday,
missed his New Year’s dinner with his
family and, most semisperating of all,
had rushed to the train under the lash
of J. Arthur’s imperative commands, in
his Sundav clothes, and left his com-
mutation ticket nt home in his evegyy
day suit and had’been forced to pay his"
lull single trip fares down and up, to
his utter disgust and loss of temper.
He reached Norwalk late Monday af-
ternoon. l‘he tennis show was to come
off in u. few-brief hours at the great Ar-
mory enclosure and no programmes and
orders of dancing printed! Here was
afix. But J. Arthur thinks quick—
when forced to -and he then rushed af-
ter one and then another of the Hour
ofiice lorce,—1ts printers were sent for
and double-quicked to the job mom
and the type was soon set, the form
dumped on the press and the orders
went flying from its paper-devouring
maw like snowflakes in a equal], but,
sadly for Pinneo, at holiday, double
rates for the labor. The “thing was
did,” however, and he agony own.
The three days’ fearful perspiration’b‘e-
gun to dry on J. Arthur’s broad and ex-
pansive brow, extending us it does from
eyebrows to the nape of the neck. Had
his better angel of good sense made
one of those “few and far-between”
visits to his cranium and at the outset
suggested taking his printing to the
Hour office, he would have saved
several dollars in cash and himself
the narrowest escape of his life from
mental paralysis and physical neIVous
pro‘stration. But it is not every book-
seller and dispenser of cards and slate
pencils, any more than other people,
who can always “ be Wise in time ” and
thus save the resulting vexations sure
to follow upon egregious blundering.
Thus much by way of the " joke ” over
which all the town is roaring in deri-
sive laughter. But is there not a seri-
ous side to the misfit exploit? Con-
nected with the five printing offices
here, that could have satisfactorily
printed his orders, where Mr. Plnneo
lives and tries to do business, there
must be all told, not less than one
hundred persons. How Would he
fare should all these people adopt
Mr. Pinneo’s code of business princi-
ples and conduct, and whenever they de-
sired to purchase a book, cards or sta-
tionery, hould boycott the Pinneo
store and send by messengers to New
York for all such supplies, and worse
even than that,as we are told,should fol-
low his example in advising others not
to have their printing done in N orwalk
offices? Should this example, thus
thoughtlessl set by Mr. Piuneo, as we
would fain elieve, be followed, how
soon would it be before a red flag and
the shutters. would be put up in front
of his pretty little store? N o, no, young
friend, “ support your own ;” your
own town’s merchants and mechanics
and citizens, in all the requirements of
our daily life is the wisest philosophy
and the best business morals. Try it,
and tesfit for yourself, young friend,
and you will never regret the change in
your suicidal course. And not to Mr.
Pinneo alone, but to every other citi-
zen of Norwalk who thus inconsiderate-
ly acts, but desires to prOSper himself
and see his town prosper and business
boom and our tradesmen thrive, we say,
adopt and practice the doctrine in all
local business concerns Of—“SUPPORT
Tom King is Dead.
Thompson 0. King, the famous
horseman and secretary of the Charter
Oak association, Hartford, died Fri-
day night after an operation for remov-
ing a malignant tumor.
in Enfield in 1846. After a life as a
farmer’s boy and tobacco buyeruhe be-
came secretary of the Charter Oak as-
sociation nine years ago,'an.d has done
gent work for the association, making
it one of the most famous in the country.
He was born '
Dead, Dead.
Both branches of the legislature of
3891 met yesterday and adjourned sine
1e. . ' ‘
O‘
The Dairy Com mlsslonership.
J. C Johnson, of Monroe, and J. S.
Kirkham, of New Britain, are candi.
dates for the office of state dairy. com-
missmner. Both are Democrats, and a
Democrat will doubtless succeed Mr.
Winslow, the present incumbent.
Manufacturing Statistics. "
~ “The manufacturing statistics in the
report of the Connecticut Bureau of
Labor. Statistics for 1891 represent
forty lines of industry, having an in-
yest-ed capital of $‘34.652,000, produc-
ing goodsvalued at $159,888,000 and
affording employment in productive
labor to 90,850 people, to whom 3539.-
500.000 were paid in wages during the
year. .
0‘.
USE plums SABSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT corms.” ‘
Sensible Party.
Edward Le Grand Wilson who is
foreman of his father’s extensive steam-
sawmg, planing and building ent’er-
prises gave a banquetflto all his corps
of workmen, at the residence of his fa.-
ther, corner of Wall street and Belden
avenue, last evening. The time was
spent in free social enjoyment, and the
liberal collation of all the delicacies
Council Meeting.
The first meeting of the new Board
of-Couucil‘men was held ‘at the council
chamber 011' Haviland street last even-
ing. His Honor, Mayor George Lock-
wood premded and, Councilmen Fox,
,Volk, McMahon, Trow'bridge, Judson
and Knapp were preSent.' After the
reading and approval of the records of
the preceeding .meeting, the board
proceeded—to busmess. ’
The ballot for senior councilmen re-
sulted in the choice of Henry D. Fox;
second, Joseph A. Volk; third, George
S. Trowbridge; fourth John F. Mc-
Mahon; fifth, Edward F. Knapp; sixth,
Amos G. Judson. -
The reading of Mayor Lockwood’s
message then followed. On motion of
Councrlman Knapp. the message was
received with thanks and placed on
e.
The board then proceeded to a. ballot
for City Clerk. The ballot resulted in
the chorce of Robert M. Wilcox.
Michael O’Berne, James E. Smith
and Henry R. Fitch, petitioned for the
office of Street Commissioner, but. no-
appointment was made. John S. Light
was appomtcd Oily Attorney. City
‘Surveyor. Ferris S. Morehouse. Fire
Marshal. C. S. Trowbridge.
Acommunication was received from
A. J. .Crossman, Secretary of the Fire
Department, notif ing them of the
election of_the new card of Engineers.
The council then proceeded to confirm
those officers as follows :' Chief engi-
neer, Samuel McGowan ; lst assistant,
D W. Harford; 2nd assistant, John
of the season was most heartily enjoy; Wehle.
ed by the grand army of the Knight
of the saw and Jack-plane.
A Lone: Run.
This morning, Theodore Stone, deliv-
ery clerk, for George Raymond, the.
groceryman, drove up in front of the‘
store, and jumping out of the wagon
went into the store leaving the horse
unhitchcd. He had. scarcely stepped
into the store before the horse became
frightened and ran up Main street at a
rapid pace, and did not stop until Ells’
ice-house was reached some distance
beyond Joseph Randle’s store. Strange-
liv enough' no damage whatever was
c one.
r...*
T. G. L. C.
A quaint little member of the above
club desires us to say that at the meet-
ing held on Westavenue,Saturday even-
1ng in honor of the birthday of one of its
young members, there was no Wheeler
& Wilson band and no Sunday morning
revelries, as stated in last night’s Sen-
ffifiél?‘ The little company convened at
‘six o’clock and dissolved at a few min-
utes after nine. It was an extremely
sweet and orderly gathering of child-
ren who are not indulged in midnight
car ousals.
Relay Foot Race.
The New Haven Y. M. C. A. Athletic
club is about to arrange for a relay foot
race from that city to New York. It is
intended that the race shall be on simi-
lar lines to the relay bicycle race held
last summer, when letters were carried
to the post offices of Boston and New
York. The runners, however, will car-
ry messages to the Y. M. C. A. rooms in
the cities through which they pass.
The stages will be five miles for each
carrier. The co-operation of Stamford,
Norwalk and Greenwich Young Men’s
associations as main stages will be
looked for to make a success of the
affair. *
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
"THE KIND THAT CURES”.
__.___.,. _
The New Legislature.
The members of the next general as-
embly met in Hartford last night.
The Republicans had a general caucus.
Hon. Isaac W. Brooks of Torrington,
was nominated for speiker. There
was no opposition to Speak of. . '
For clerk Andrew F. Gates'received
the nomination. Mr. Gates has been
assistant clerk of the house for the past
two terms.
For assistant clerk the choice was
George A. Kellogg. He is a young law-
yer.
The democrats nominated George M.
Gunn. of Milford for speaker of the
house. That means that he will no the
leader on the democratic side. '
In the senate the democrats nomina-
ted Senator F. W. Holdemof Ansonia,
for president of the senate. George
M, Comstock, the present :lerk of the
senate was re-nomin'ated.
Judge M. B. Beardsley was caucus
committeeman for Fairfield county.
09——
Fire Department Elections.
PHCENIX ENGINE.
Phoenix Engine Company last even-
ing elected the following officers: .
A. Chinery, captain; Charles M. Smith,
first lieutenant; D. Hart Weeks, sec-
ond lieutenant; John Greenwood. re-
cording secretary; Willis Cavanagh,
financial secretary; Charles A. Burr.
treasurer ; George S. Grumman, Fred.
E. Lockwood and William Bartram,
finance committee; Smith Northrop,
Frederick Castle and Edward Burr, in-
vestigating committee. -
HOPE HOSE.
The officers elected by Hope Hose
Company last evening are: Patrick
Slattery, captain; William Petrie, first
lieutenant; William Powell, second
lieutenant; Joseph Nagle, treasurer;
William Mullen, Jr., financial secre-
tary ; D.“ J. Gormley, recording scribe.
The executive committre will be elected
at the next meeting of the company.
PIONEERS.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
met last evening and elected oficers as
follows: Art Wheater. captain; F.
L._ Merritt, t lieutenant; W. J.
Nickcrsou, second lieutenant; Fred.
Engel, financial secretary ; W. G. Mer—
ritt, treasurer ; Thomas McGann, J as.
Ortell, finance committee.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,I]."S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.” ;
Betts. recording secretary- Conrad
_ The council disapproved of the elec-
tron of Samuel McGowan as Chief en-
gineer, and the City Clerk was instruc-
ted to so inform the Secretary'of the
Department. D. Harford’s ap-
pomtment was confirmed, as was also
that of John Wehle.
Nelson J: Craw, Dennis Donovan
and Franklin A. Folles were appointed
Assessors.
Matthew Corbett and Henry 1). Fox
were appointed as the Board of Belief.
A petition for a license for Music
Hall was received from William H.
Knapp. Alicense was granted at the
old price.
Councilman Volk suggested that the
fire alarm apparatus, consisting of bat-
teries, etc. be removed to the electric
light station as this could be done at
a smaller cost. On motion of Council-
man Knapp, the clerk was instructed
to order the Electric Light Commis-
sioners to have this done. and to have
the fire alarm wires placed on the elec-
tric light poles. ’
Several small bills were received and
referred to the Committee on supplies,
for investigation.
Mayor Lockwood’ appointed the
standing committeesas follows : Street
and Sidewalks and Public Health,
Henry D. Fox; Lamps and Gas, Water
and Assessments, Joseph A. Volk ;Fire
and. Printing, George S. Trowbridge ;
Police, Library and City Hall, John
F. McMahon; Finance and Ordinances,
Edward F. Knapp; Sewers and Sup—
plies. Amos G. Judson.
Pctitiou was received from Richard
H. Golden asking for an abatement of
his sewer assessment on Madison street,
as he could not use that sewer and was
obliged to use the sewer on State
street. Referred to committee.
On motion of Councilman McMahon,
the Clerk was authorized to draw an
order for $150.00 in favor of the Chief
of Police when requested so to do.
It was voted to draw an order for
$100.00 in favor of the Committee on
Streets.
The meeting then adjourned until
Monday evening, January 17th, 1893 at
eight o’clock.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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An OId-Tfiné Abolitio'nist Dena.
BOSTON, Jan. 4.—Gilbert Pigsbury, one
of the old-time Abolition lenders, died
yesterday at North Abingdon, Mass.,
.agcd 80 years. He graduated from Dart—
mouth College in 1840, taught school a.
while in the north and then went south
to assist in teaching the negroes. During
the reconstruction period he assisted in
framing the constitution of South Caro-
lina and was mayor of Charleston during
the most exciting era in its history, cov-
ering a period of three years.
Insanity in Ills Family.
BOSTON, Jan. 4.-It has been learned
that Dr. Eugene White of Boston, who
committed suicide in London, England,
recently, had frequently been subject to
fit- of temporary insanity. His father
died in a. private lunatic asylum in Phila-
delphia. The son inherited the mental
weakness. It was firs apparent about
nine years ago. After a lvely evening he
become despondent and asked what was
the easiest and best way for I. man to die.
This Wife is Only Thirteen.
DINVER, Jan. 4.——A dispatch last week
announced the marriage of S. M. Morgan,
I well-known lawyer, aged 43, to Bessie
Montgomery, aged 13. Morgan has
brought an action against his child-wife
for deliverance from the bonds of matri-
mony. In his petition Morgan alleges
that the entire affair was a conspiracy.
An Ice Bridge Formed at Niagara.
~ NIAGARA FALLS, Jan. 4.—An ice bridge
formed in a gorge below the Falls late
yoltorday morning. Its foundation is
not so mountainous. as in past years, and
a! yet it cannot be said whether it will
hold fast for any length of time.
lice-Boots Coming Out Again.
RED BANK, N. J., Jan. 4.—-The weather
has been very cold here and. the wind has
been blowing a gale from the northwest.
All the holes that made the ice dangerous
are frozen over and the big ice- boats
will be out again today. -
Natural Gas in Oswego.
OSWEGO, J is. 4.—A large vein of natural
gas was struck in well No. 12 at Sandy
Creek yesterday. The tools were thrown
in the air, and the.drillers ran for their
lives. The noise of the escaping gas was
heard t‘womlles. .-
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Her Explains Why the Gallia;
Didn’t Help the Umbria.
THE DISABLED VESSEL NOT IN ~
{GREAT DANGER ‘
And Her Sister Ship Told of Her
Position. .
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The official statement
issued to the Cunard Company by Capt.
Ferguson of the Gallia, regarding the
charge of desertlng the Umbria while in
distress, states that on approaching the
Umbria he saw a steamer near by blowing
offsteam and the Umbria lying on the
water like a duck, while his own ship
was rolling heavily.
0n reading the signal, “shaft broken,”
he consulted with his own chief engineer,
who, knowing the appliances on board
the Umbrin, and being, intimately ac-
quainted with Chief Engineer Tomlinson,
as indeed the captain was himself, having
sailed with him in the Mediterranean, he
felt satisfied, from the next signal,
“ready to proceed tomorrow,” that the
Umbria was in no danger whatever, es-
pecially as he knew that there were pro-
visions on board enough to last some
weeks longer both for passengers and
crew.
Captain Ferguson had then to consider
his own position, with the prospect of
easterly weather leaving him short of coal
should he expend a considerable] part of
what he had standing by the Umbria for
one, or possibly two, days. Alto consid-
ering that the Umbrla had been broken
down since the previous Friday, and yet
that there was no danger apparent, he
considered that she was in a fair way to
meet all the steamers crossing to or from
New York, and as the weather, although
unfit at that moment for the transfer of
passengers without risk, still showed
signs of moderating, he decided that "it
was his duty to hold on his course and to
inform all westbound vessels of the posi-
tion of the Umbria. He sighted one of
these vessels within the next 10 hours
and gave her the position of the Umbria.
Capt. Ferguson’s provisions of the
weather was justified, for within 300-120
400 miles of the Irish coast he encounter-
er a severe gale from the eastward, with a
head sea, and was thus delayed 20 hours
before reaching Queenstown.
The directors of the Cunard company
hold Capt. Ferguson quite free from
blame and say he was thoroughly justified
in his action.
N0 WAR ON THE—BORDER.
Gen. Bayes Says Reports from There are ‘
Exaggerated.
MGRTEREY, Mex., Jan. 4.~Gen. Bern-
ardo Rayes, Governor of the State of
Nuevo Leon, said last night that the re-
ports sent out from San Antonio and
Laredo about the doings of a few border
rufiians outlawed by both the United
States and Mexico are sensational. He
says there is no revolution on the border,
nor is there the slightest cause for ap-
prehension. Mexico is busily engaged in
developing its great natural resources
and new industrial enterprises are spring-
ing up throughout the country, especial-
ly in the frontier States. Gen Reyes as-
sures the public that life and property
are perfectly safe in Mexico.
FORTY-SIX KILLED.
Serious Engagement Between Dcrvishel
and Egyptfan Troops.
CAIRO, Jan 4.——The body of dervishes
which recently attacked Gemai, near
Wady-Halfa,tvas overtaken near Ambigol
by a detachment of Egyptian “camelry,”
and a fierce battle ensued. The dervishes,
who greatly outnumbered the Egyptians,
made several furious onslaug hts on the
Government troops, but were finally re-‘
pulsed with heavy loss. Many dervishes
were slain.
Capt. Pyne, of the British staff, and 45
Egyptians, including an officer, wero
killed, and many others were wounded.
Suicide of n. Detective.
OTTAWA, Jan. 4.—Detectivc Montgom-
ery wasfound hanging by a. rope in a.
shed. His father made a will which con‘-
siderably decreased the amount Mont-
gomery expected to receive from the
estate. Moptgomery had done some good
work for the Pinkertons, and was one of
the leadingdetectives in bringing to jus-
tice Whalen, who was hanged for the
murder of the Hon. Thomas D’Arcey
Magoo. -
A CALIFORNIA MYSTERY. i
A Woman Station Agent’s Murder—Biza-
mous Husband Suspected.
SAN FRANCISCO, 0:31., Jan, 4. ——The
death of Miss E. O. Ayres, the station
agent at Brighton, near Sacramento, is
. the most remarkable criminal mystery
California has known for years. The fact
that nearly all her money and jewelry was
found in the burned ruins of her house
led to the theory that in a despondent
mood she had committed suicide. The
railroad detectives, however, adhere to
the moi-der’theory and have arrested in
Oakland Southern Pacific Engineer Geo.
Jefleris, who was married to Miss Ayrcs
last July, although he has a wife and two
children in Oakland.
It seems he spent one night with his
wife and the next with‘ the Brighton sta-
tion agent, thus having a girl on each and
of his run. There are several suspicious
circumstances Connecting him with the
murder but not positive evidence. It is
known that Jefferis and Miss Ayres had
frequent quarrels and that the day before
she was murdered she receivedadispatoh,
presumably from Jefleris, that worried
' her greatly. She told several friends that
she wasnfraid of Jeffc‘ris.
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