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Our Town Records.
Mr. Bend, the Milford historian and
writer, who has frequent occasion to
search the town records of different 10-
calities in Connecticut, in furtherance
of his hmtorical and biographical liter-
ary labors, particularly in matters re-
lating to the. colonial and revolution-
ary war periods, has expressed his sur-
prise to a GAZETTE scribe that this
town. so rich in such' material, has its
older town records in such a deplora-
ble condition. He says We are far be-
hind other towns about us. In Slam.
ford, Fairfield, Stratford, Milford and
other to wns.thc utmost pains have been
taken to preserve these invaluable rec-
ords of the early settlement and subse-
quent transfers of preperty in the re-
spective towns. He says no town in
Connecticut is more rich in such early
records than Norwalk, but that they
are in such a loose and scattered con-
dition as surely to be lost to the future
if some action be not taken for their
preserwtion. Selectman Daskam’s at-
tention being called to Mr. Pond’s
criticism, admitted its truth and said it
was only the cost of the work that
these. ancient documents had not been
more enduringly arranged. indexed
and cared for. It is awork that cer-
tainly ought to be done.
How is This?
The Borough By-Laws, Sec. 1, Chap-
ter 2, say :— .
The Warden shall call special Meet-
ings of the Borough when and for the
purposes directed by the COurt of Bur-
gesses, and shall do so by publishing
every such call, including therein a
statement of the purposes of the meet-
ing, in the next succeeding issue of a
newspaper of the Borough, and shall ap-
point such meeting to be held within
five days after such publication unless
a longer time be designated by said
Court.
Now, Warden Sloan asserts thatlie
in compliance with the above law, .seut
repeatedly to the borough clerk for the
“ notice,".‘1i‘hich it was the clerk’s duty
to prepare, but could not 'get it; that
at 6 p. in. last night Assistant Clerk
Lockwood came to him with the requi-
site notice for publication and asked for
his signature which was at once attach-
ed; that said Lockwood hurried to the
Hour with this notice, as is evidenced
by its appearance in that paper this
morning,to the surprise of the Warden,
who does not hesitate to express his be-
lief that the delay in giving him the no-
tice, when called for by himself, and
again by Burgess Fillow, was a delib-
erately planned trick on the part of the
acting borough clerk,to keep it back so
that it might be kept from the columns
of the GAZETTE, (where the greatest
florwalk, Colin..b‘auirilay EVElllIlg. January 7, 3893.
l’l'liii‘ Une . will.
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number of Nor'walk readers Would see
it,) and give the pitiful little sop to the
Hour. .
So far as the GAZETTE is concerned
in the matter, it can look serenely on.
It is not without some bowels of com-
passion for a sorely pressed contempor-
ary floundering in the slough of busi-
ness despond, as evidenced by its lean
and starved advertising columns which
today have dwindled to NINE columns,
while yesterday’s WEEKLY GAZETTE
showed full TWENTY COLUMNS. S
for as the unfriendliness of these acting
Borough clerks is concerned, the Gas
ZETTE can smile its most sardonic smile.
It has survived too many battles fierce
and strong with giants, to be ruffled by
the boyishness of little pigmies.
The GAZETTE has survived ninctv-
three years, and will live on to an-
nounce to a regretful world, as we
trust, and in tender terms, the depart-
ure from this vale of tea-rs, of even such
high and mighty officials as Borough
clerks. This paper craves the good
will of all men, but it does not pur-
chase it at the expense of decency, jus-
tice, the public good, or its own’ self
respect. ‘
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The Mystery Solved.
There are dark hints floating around
of portentious changes in some of the
local papers. It is whispered that a
syndicate is being formed to buy up a
certain daily paper, and that a certain
weekly paper is to be discontinued.
We congratulate everybody concerned
in them: transactions, and hope that
they will all make a mint of money out
of each other.~—Mechanics’ Journal.
The murder is out and the following
from this morning’s Last Week, Solves
all there is to the dark mystery. It is
evident the Last week has gotten on
such bare sledding, that something has
got to be done. It says :
The Norwalk Printing Co.. conduct-
ing a successful business that has been
established for more than twenty-one
years, has outlined a plan for a. pint
Stock Company, and will be organized
as such if sufficient stock is taken.
Persons interested can obtain such
information as is desired by calling at
The How: office. where the subscrip—
tion paper may also be found.
A fulleXposition of the ousiness done,
and of the reCeipts and expenses has
been made to representatives of the
seVoral national and savings banks of
the borough, to their satisfaction and
approval. .
The proposed capital stock is thirty
thousand dollars, being three hun-
dred shares of one hundred dollars
each. 1 his 18 an unusual opporuuxty
for a safe and profitable home invest'
ment, and the shares should be prompt~
ly taken.
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The Borough Cierkship.
J. Belden Hurlbutt and Edward M.
LockWood, respectively clerk and as-
sistant clerk of last year’s court of bur-
gesses, claim that their successors were
not legally elected at the meeting of
the new court on Wednesday evening.
l‘hey have possesswn of the books and
records and will refuse to hand them
over until the matter is passed upon by
a competent tribunal. * * *
In the meantime Messrs. Hurlbutt and
LockWOod Will hold the fort and the
records—Last Week.
Other wise, once a borough clerk, al-
ways a clerk. This is a new device for
sucking sustenance from the .borough
treasury, and recalls Chauncey De-
pcw’s narrative of a neighbor’s son who
seemed to have had the instincts of the.
above clerks developed to the same ab-
normal degree. Says Dr. Chauncey :—
“ I once asked a New England cler-
gyman, a classmate of mine, what were
his intentions for the future of a vigor-
ous youngster who was playing on the
lawn. ‘ Well,’ said he. fmy Wife and I
believe in natural selection, and letting
a boy follow the bent of his mind. To
find out what that was, we left ‘him in
the sitting room one day with a Bible, a "
silver dollar and an apple. I said: If when
we come back he is reading the Bible I
shall train him to followlme as a preach-
er ; if he has pocketed the dollar I will _
make a lawyer of him ;,if he is playing
with the apple I will put him on a_ farm.
When we returned he was sitting on
the Bible, eating the apple from one
hand and clutching the dollar in
the other. and I remarked: Wife, this
boy isa hog; we. must make a politi-
cian out of him.’ ” .
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The Weekly GAZETTE boasts that it
was 92 years old yesterday. It looks it.
——Last Week.
Yes, it, does. and no mistake- While
the decrepit Last Week by its own pub-
lished confession has dwindled from 4.-
532 copies in March, ’91 to 4.120 in Oc-
tober, ’02, and from its old-time col-
umns teeming with live and thrifty ads.
down to nine beggarly columns to-day,
while the WEEKLY GAZETTE, still fresh
and vigorous, flourishes in increased
circulation and yesterday had its 20
columns of ads. ‘
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Hatting is Convalescent.
It looks now as if there w6uld soon
be some movement in the factories
here. and work would be resumed at
an early date. One factory has already
gone to work with enough orders to
keep it fairly busy, and others have re-
ceived sufficient to make a start at
laugh Still, we adhere to our opinion
that the spring trade will not get in
motion much before February 1st, al-
though. of course, some orders will,
doubtless. be filled before that date.—
Mechanics’ Journal.
TERSE TALES OF THE nil-Es.
“The South Before the War” at Ma'-
sic Hall to-night.
Attorney J. B. Hurlbutt is on the
not feeling very well.
Merritt Mcrwin, an aged and respec-
ted resident of Bridgeport died at an
early hour this morning.
-——Perheps you have tried Hale’s
Lung Balsam. If you havn’t. ask Hale
for a. free sample bottle. 513tf
That North Carolina. riot liar now has
the right of way over the Norwnlk fake
inventing correspondent.
The officers of Clinton Commandery,
K. 'l‘., were installed last evening by
Christian Swartz of the Grand Lodge:
Congressman R. -E. DeForest, of
Bridgeport, has been admitted to prac-
tice before the U. S. Supreme Court.
The stockholders of the Nor-walk and
South Norwalk Electric Light company
will hold their annual meeting Monday
afternoon.
—We shall meet any price on Car-
pets and go a little better. asxs our cus-
tom, Scofiield Sc Hoyt Norwalk and
South Norwalk. ‘
The summary of the Weekly Record
for the current week shows for Norwalk
7 real estate sales and $1,350 in real es-
tate mortgages.
The new leaf that many turn over
New Year’s Day is like those of the
diaries they start to keep. Later on,
so to speak. they’re turned down.
The subject at the meeting of the
Epworth League in the Methodist
church, tomorrow. will be “Personal
Responsibility.” William A. Ambler,
leader. ' _.
Henry Titus, who is mildly insane,
and who was discharged from the hos-
pital for the the insane, at Middletown,
a few days ”since, was taken back to
that institution to-day.
Miss Agnes Murray of Greenfield
Hill, a wealthy maiden lady well known
because of her many actions at law, is
said to be seriously ill at the St. Den-
nis hotel in New York.
The selectmen received a letter from
the Hospital for the Insane at Middle-
town, containing 5 receipt for $501.48,
the quarterly bill for the care at that
institution of Norwalk patients.
John Norton, 9. Brflgcport clam-dig-
ger, got stuck in the mud at Ash Creek
yesterday, and was in that perilous po-
sition for nearly an hour and was al-
most frozen to death when rescued.
W. R. Mackey while coming from
church, last night. tripped over a wire
and was thrown to the ground, receiv
ing a sprain to his arm which may con-
fine him to the house for some days.
The Stamford school board have been
asked to close tl‘e schools in that place
for ten days or more in view of the
prevalence of scarlet feVeI‘ and diph-
theria in various portions of the town.
Why is it that out of town orchestras
are so frequently employed here for
balls, receptions, sociables, etc, when
there are Several in town able, to fur-
nish equally as good music? “Support
your own.”
A high old roller coming out of a
Main street saloon as the clock struck
the midnight hour, remarked to his
chum :—I wish to goodness they’d pass
a law to make my wife shut up at
twelve o’clock.
The fire gong at the Electric Light
station is now in good working order..
and a new whistle has been placed at
the station. In case of an alarm of fire
there will be four long blasts of the
whistle at intervals of half a minute.
Alexander Bird, 31, a. switchman in
the Naugatuck yard at Bridgeport. fell
from it moving freight our last night,
and injured the lower part of his spine.
Bird'is quite well known in N orwalk.
Prof. Newell’s juvenile class in danc-
ing held a matinee reception in the
Athenaeum yesterday afternoon. The
'little “tots” had a happy time. The
adult class enjoyed themselves in a
similar manner last- evening. An out
of town orchestra furnished music.
It has been proved by the Post and
by other papers in the state that the
great majority of the active Republi-
cans are not in favor. of the selection of
Senator Hawley but that most of them
are enthusiastically; in favor of the elec-
tion of an active ' epublican like Mor-
gan G. Bulkeley.—-Hartford Post.
The bottleis of Bridgeport and New
Haven are uniting in an effort to have
the legislature pass a. law making it a
misdemeanor for one dealer to use
bottles ovined by another. Other
bottlers through the state will co-
operate with them. After February 1
any member of the associatiOns now
existing in the two cities who uses
' other dealers’ bottles will be fined, the
contents of the bottle destroyed and he
himself is liable to expulsion.
Mrs. Harriett Comstock died at the
home of her son-in-lnw, George North-
rop, on Main street, Thursday night
aged 52 years. Mrs. Comstock was a
well known and successful nurse, but
had been ill herself for several months
past. She leaves but one child Mrs.
George Northrop. The funeral will be
held from her late home No. 38 Main
street, at 2 o’clock, to-morrow after-
noon, Rev. C. E. Robbins officiating.
The interment will be in Union cem
tcry.
sick list, and Attorney Lockwood is.
.. 4 .
He was taken home in an ambulance. _
The Knights ‘of Columbus wrll meet ’
next Monday evening.
Gen. William H. Noble is very sick-
at his home in Bridgeport. .
The letter. carriers-of Dunbury are
to give a ball on Thursday evening
Dex , , 5:. . ‘
. The Pastor of the Calvary Baptist
curch-will bid adieu to the seciety to-
merrow.
The funds of Gar Brothers’ Lodge,
I. O. O. F., amount to the handsome
sum of $23,000.
The Y. M. C. A. Song Service to-
morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, will be
led by Mr. A. B. Hill.
_Dwyer’s City of Norwlilk band will
g1Ve a grand sociable in the Athenesum,
on Thursday evening, Feb. 2nd.
Horace Hills, Jr., choirmaster at
Grace church, proposes organizmg a.
choral society In New Canaan. ‘
The pubfic schools are in session to~
day. As there is no skating the young-
sters do not feel particularly sorry.
It is the girl who says she doesn’t be-
lieve in accepting-presents from young
man who is most likely to be popular.
Geo. Hoffman of the Buckley Rubber
factory, is seriously ill at the American
1lIElouse. Dr. Huntington is attending
1m. ‘
The new Colombian postage stamps
are now on sale, and you can buy a full
set for $16.56. No discount to crank
collectors.
——Fifty dozen Children’s Stockingsat
8 cents per pair will be offered to-nighi
at Scofield ck Hoyt/s. Norwalk and
South No; walk. '
Even death does not always rob mer-
it of its praise. How many, speaking'
of the turkcy’s virtues, say there is
good stuff in him? -
The wheelbarrow is now called the
unicycle in Boston, but it’s just as hard
to trundle a Saratoga trunk on it‘as it
was under the old name.
The Columbian half dollar has just
thirtv cents Worth of silver in it. and a.
goodly portion (if that is in in the head
of Columbus and the ships.
Messrs. Cowlcs S; Merrill. the Wall
street insurance agents, have our thanks
for a liberal supply of calendars, blot-
ters, memorandum books, etc.
President Dinz has strong faith in
the future of Mexico. and owns stock
in all her railroad, telegraph. tele-
phone and electric light companies.
A lock of red hair worn in the foot of
the sufi'erer’s smoking is said to be a
sure cure for the toothache. Adozen or
so carpet tacks answer the same purpose.
_ Denmark produces the finest butter
intrewurld. and as its price is low
when judged by its quality, it has
almost closed the English market for
Irish butter.
The Norwalk Preparatory School,
Carl Harstrom, A. M., principal, will
open on Monday next. Mr. Harstrom
was formerly connected with the N.
M. I. See adv.
The biggest load of steerage passen-
gers that ever came into port in this
country on one ship. arrived at New
York Friday from Bremen. She had
2,263. The largest previous number to
arrive on any one ship was 2,094.
“It was in the 30’s not the' 50’s that
the “Big Wind” occurred in Ireland”
says one of our oldest Irish residents
upon whose mind the event was “vivid-
cdly . impressed,” and who read the
devasting” item in reference to the ef-
filir in the "Last Week.” printed to-
ay.
Little boy : I’m going to church to-
mcrrow.
Minister :
don’t you ? ..
Boy: Betcher life I duz. Ma says
she’ll give me two pieces of mince pie
if I’ll go to chui‘ch.
Ydu love to go to church,
A Bridgeport woman, yesterday,
drank some ammonia under the sup-
position that it was water. She found
out her mistake before swallowing
enough to cause fatal. results, although
her tongue and throat were scorched
as much as if she had swallowed Bridge-
port whiskey.
At a meeting of the Fairfield county
bar association held in the law library
at Bridgeport, yesterday, the follow-
ing were elected officers for the en-
suing year : President, Samuel Fessen~
den ; treasurer. Judge A. M. Tallmage;
secretary, W. R. Shelton ; librarian.
Charles S. Evans; library committee,
Lvman D. Brewster, Curtis Thompson,
and G. “7., Wheeler. The meeting
was largely attended and the matter of
having the lia-rary better equipped
was thoroughly discussed, but no defi-
nite action was taken in the matter.
USE DANA’S SARSA‘PARILLAETS’
“THE KIND THAT cones".
The voracious Isaacs street sheep on
the hillside, says it was the Covers for
the orders of dancing that Mr. Pinneo
ordered in New York and that failed
to come, which caused such an excite-
meat. Let it be so. but what has the
"Last Week” to say about Mr. Pinneo,
Without any cause whatever, going out
of his way to urge friends of the GA-
ZETTE to withdraw patronage. from this
office. If he gives his own .work to
the “Last Week” the Lord knows the
GAZETTE is glad of it for it distrebsingly
. needs it.
Clerk Hubbeli Safe.
In view of the fact that the “Last
Week” decides that the election Of
James '1‘. Hubbell as clerk of the
Court of Burgesses is illegal, it is dol-
lars to doughnuts that his election is all
right and will stand.
Talk is Cheap.
Bridgeport is bound‘to be the termi-V
nus of something or other and so capi-
talists downthere are talking of build-
ing a double-tracked electric road be-
tween that city and Norwalk. Talk is
cheap. The initial steps in the new
project would be more like business.—
Meriden Record.
A Medical Practice Bill.
The New Haven Medical association
has voted unanimously to use all its in-
fluence in the enactment of a. medical
practice law by the present Legislature.
The object of the law in question is to
prevent all disqualified persons from
giving medicall advice. Such a law
has been drafted and will be filled in a
few days.
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. USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“' 'HE KIND THAT CURES.”
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' Gaining in Population.
As evidence that Ridgefieldis gaining
in importance is the determination of S.
D. Keeler, who has carried on the gro»
cery business for years here. to open a.
first-class clothing store. He has leased
the room above his present quarters,
hitherto occupied by lodges. which he
gill use for this purpose..—Ridgefield
ress.
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Blew Out the Gas.
Rumor has it, but it is probably not
true, that a. certain clerk in the Nor-s
walk freight ofiice got his head so turn-
ed by a certain young lady, who lives
in New Jersey, 9. country not far from
the United States. that be carelessly
“ blew out the gas ” when he returned
to his hotel, after enjoying a. recent
evening’s tete-a-tete with the damsel.
He was discovered in time, so the story
goes, but‘who can vouch for the truth
of these things ?—Ridgefiefd Press.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES."
Fire‘ at Darlen.
The Columbus hotel at Darien had a
narrow escape from being destroyed
by fire at a late hour last night. The
fire, however, which it is thought
caught from a steam-pipe, was discov-
ered in time to be extinguished with a
few pails of water. Considerable dam-
age was done. Mr. William Stevens
the proprietor, notified Messrs. Cool-
idge & Lockwood, with whom the
building is insured and the loss will
probably be adjusted this afternoon.
CO.
A Decision Rendered.
In the Common Pleas Court, civil
side, yesterday, Judge Perry rendered
a decision in the suit of William Gates
vs. George Booth. He awarded the
plaintiff $75 damages and the costs.
The parties are from Norwalk. The
plaintiff while visiting a resort kept by
the defendant, was attacked and his
hand severely lacerated by the defend—
ant’s dog. He brought suit for $1.000.
damages. The case was heard in the
Common Pleas Court, during the pres-
ent week with the above result.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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The Police Stopped it.
There was to have been a big cock-
ing main in Stamford last night be-
tween birds owned in that town and
Bridgeport birds. The finest feather-
ed fighters had been got together for
the battles.
Early in the evening a big delega-
tion of sports left for the scene of the
fray. . They met the Stamford sports
and were preparing to proceed to a
selected spot for business when the po-
lice notified them that they were onto
the main and Would prevent it, It was
then decided to postpone the contest.
Over fifty birds would have taken part
in the main. '
Y. M. C. A. Contests.
The first contest of the Associations
of this district between N orwalk and
Bridgeport took place at the latter city
last night. Richardson, Millings, Huff.
Cram and McPherson, made up the
team for N orwalk, and Parrott, Clark-
son, O‘Brien, Hebbard. and Lyon for
Bridgeport. . Hebbard took first place
in the high jump and putting the shot.
McPherson first in the broad jump,
Clarkson first in the pole vault with
Cram 9. good second, and O’Brien first
in the quarter mile run with Richard-
son following close. Bridgeport scored
1090 points against Norwalk 809. The
next contest is Stamford vs. Norwalk,
at N orwalk. ‘
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One Fireman Killed.
Sixtv' passengers in the Croton local
train, going‘oward the Grand Central
Depot, were shaken up in a collision at
One, Hundred and Forty-ninth street
and Railroad avenue at 9:05 p. m. yesé
terJay. -
The train had struck engine NO. 973
onthe Harlem Road, at the junctiou
of the two railroads; John Baldwin,
firemen on No. 973, was killed. 313
skull was crushed, both legs cut off
and several ribs broken.
He was thrown out of the cab and
fell under the moving train» The train-
dispatcher says he cannot account for
the collision.
A report that a number of people had
been injured was sent to Police Head-
quarters, and six ambulances were-or-
dered out, two eachfrom the Manhat-
tan, the Harlem and the Fordham
Hospital- ,
The dead-wagon came to the scene
from the Harlem Hospital. It took
away the mangled body of Fireman
Baldwin.
The engineerfiwho was with Baldwin,
Edward Bullock, jumped in time to
save his life. '
.Not by any Means.
The GAZETTE speaks of a ”club” on
Franklin avenue where boys congre-
gate and drink beer. We wonder if
the GAZETTE believes the place to be
the only one of its kind in town. —Mech-
amcs Journal. ’
A Narrow Escape.
Zelma, a little daughter of Stephen
Thayer of Wilton was standing beside
the stove on Thursday when a spark
flew out and ignited her cotton dress,
which flamed up so quickly that the
mother became panic stricken and
called for Mr. Charles E. Morris. :1
near highbor. who rus ed in and
wrapped the child in a woolen blanket.
and thus immediately extinguished the
flames. Although. the child’s dress
was almost entirely consumed, strange
to say , she was only painfully and not
very seriously burned.
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Divorces Cranicl.
Judge Thayer annulled the bane of
marriage in the following cases yester-
ay.
Elmer H. from Mary H. Warner.
both of Bridgeport"! Cause, desertion.
Married June 6, 1888.
Edith A. McClintock of Danbury.
from James H. McClmtock. Cause,
desertion. Married March 13, ’1880.
The custody of two minor children
Were awarded the plaintiff.
Nettle D. Ward Of Bridgeport, from
Jocob J. Ward. parts unknown.
1932:3366, desertion. Married March 1.
John M., from Kitty Peel, both of
Danbuiy.‘ Cause, habitual intemper-
ance. Married Sept. 18. 1886.
Theo. Olsen’s Horse Runs Away.
This morning, William H. Smith,
the mason, drove up from South Nor-
walk With Theodore Olsen’s gray mare
hitched to a sleigh. When near the
Bank of Norwalk Mr. Smith attemp-
ted to turn out for another team. but
one of the runners of the sleigh be-
came caught in the horse railway
tracks and he was thrown out at the
same time losing his hold on the reins.
The mare started ata rapid pace through
Wallstrect to the horse railway depot,
turning at that point into Brook street,
around back of Gregory’s livery stable
where she was stopped by William
Hamilton. There were several teams
standing along the route taken by the
runaway but noneof them were collid-
ed With. A horse car on its way to Win—
nipauk narrowly escaped being struck.
Neither Mr. Smith or the turnout were
in anywise injured.
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CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH.——Rev. S. T.
Graham. Rector. 10:30 a. m., Divine
Servme with Sermon; 7:30 p. m., Di—
v1ne Service with Sermon; Sunday
school 12 in. Free sittings and a cor-
dial welcome to all.
BETHEL A. A1. E. CHURCH—Rev. I.
D. Jacobs, Pastor. Morning service
at,10 a. m. Sunday school at 12.15 p.
m. Prayer meeting at 4.30 p. m. Even-
ing serv1ce and celébration of the
Lord’s Supper at 7.30 p. m. Rally for
the pastor’s salary at the close of the
evening service. All are welcome.
FIRST CONGEEGATIONAL CHURCH—
Rev. Thomas K. Noble, pastor. Ser-
vices at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev.
Wm. H. Holman, of Southport, will
occupy the pulpit both morning and
evening. S. C. E. at 6.30 p. m.
'l hursday evening an adjourned meet-
ing of the church. to hear reports from
every department of‘ its work.. The
nesday.
GRACE CHURCH -Rev. S. H. Watkins.
Rector. lst Sunday after Epiphany.
10.30 a. m. Morning Prayer, Litany
and Sermon. 12 111. Sunday school.
.30 p. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Confirmation Lecture aft-er service.
The rector will ofiiciate. All are wel-
come. Thursday. 8 p. m. Evening
Prayer and Address The Bishop of
the Diocese will visit the parish on
Sunday morning Jan. 15th to adminis.
ter Confirmation.
‘Fmsr BAPTIST Cannon—7F. E. Rob-
bms.pastor. Services, 10.30 a. m., and
7.30 p. m., Y P. S. C. E. 6.30. In
the. morning Pastor Robbins will be.
ass1sted by Rev. D. Osborn, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, who will deliver an ad-
dress on ,“Man, from a Bible Stand-
pomt.” This address is most highly
commended by our best christian schol-
arship—we look for a large attendance.
In the evening Pastor Rbbbins will
preach upon “Putting on Christ in
Baptism,” followed by baptismal ser-
Vice. The/public cordially invited to
attend these meetings. Extra meet-
ings next week: Monday evening at
James Beers‘, 'Unionville: .’l‘uesday
evening. Pastor Robbins will preach
upon “Starving with Bread Within
heachfl’ Wednesday evening, “Build-
ing-Ourselves Up;” Thursday even-
ing, “Servants, Friends, Sons, What?”
Friday evening, “How we may be
Sure.” ‘.‘Now' is the accepted time.
NORWALK METHODIST Cannon—Dr.
George Van Alstyne, pastor. Sabbath
serv1ces at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Epwprth prayer meeting at 6:30 o’clock.
Subject of morning discourse : “Grand
itual Life— How obtained, how kept and
matured.” This last theme will lead us
to consider somewhat the question—Is,
or is not, the church abreast of the age
in the use of spiritual appliances for
itargung and maturing religious charac-
er
_ By reason of the storm last Sabbath
evening, the Christmas music was not
repeated, butwill be at the'service to-
morrow evening. The choir and or-
chestra will be the same as on Christ-
mas. Four evangelistic meetings will
be held in the Methodist church next
week,_commencing with Tuesday even—
ing, when we want a great gathering of
the Sunday sch0ol,the Epworth League
and the church members. The meet-
ing Wlll be specially in the interests of
the school and the Epworth. League.
Set apart these four evenings for the
service of God and the good of the
Church and welfare of the community.~
a
ladies’ meeting at 3.30 p. m. on ch- .
Gifts for Men.” In the evening: "Spir-,
A val any Arum... ,
Oiilculs Indicted 19'1" Spending
Brooklyn’s Money Lavishly.
THE MAYOR’S NAME is ON THE
BLACK lisT.
The Courts Now Take a Hamlin the
Matter.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., J an. 7.——The officials
who managed the Columbus celebration
in Brooklyn spent $60,000 or more on the .
show. The Grand Jury, which has spent
nearly a month in investigating the ex-
penditure made by the city and county
authorities on. the celebration, has de-
clared that all such expenditures were il-
legal, that the bills themselves were cx-"
brave-gent, that suits could be brought
against the Mayor and municipal authori-
ties, as well as the county authorities, for
the recovery of the money, and has also
found indictments against the contractors
Who rendered the bills, the city and
county Auditors who audited them, some
of the Aldermen who managed the city
side of the show, and the Supervisors who
voted to pay the bills after the Super-
visor-at-Large vetoed them.
The Corporation Counsells requested to
bring civil suits against Mayor Boody,
sax-Controller Jackson and the Aldermen
of the city forlillegally spending the city’s
money. The expenditures'ot the Alder-
men and Supervisors are declared to be
in defiance of the law. ,
Twenty-three indictments were handed
up with the presentment, several of them
containing more than one name- All in-
formation as to the persons named there-
in was refused by Judge Moore and by
the District Attorney. At the latter’s
office reporters were informed that suffi-
cient time had not been given for prepar-
ing bail bonds, and that the indicted
officials would not appear in court until
today, when they will give bail.
A HIGH-PRICED KISS.
. Elsie Knoblock Given the Biggest Damage
Verdict for a Poughkeepsie Smack.
PGUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Jan. 7.——Elsie
Knoblock is a bright, blue-eyed, hand-
some German girl recently employed as
a domestic in the family of A. C. Harris,
a widelygknovvn wholesale wine and
liquor dealer of this city. She is 17 years
old and buxom and has flaxen hair.
October last Mr. Harris not being able to
withstand her pretty looks hugged and
squeezed her and kissed her. She had
been married about two months and her
husband is small and does not speak
English. Elsie told Mrs. Harris that the
latter’s husband had kissed her and a row
ensued, when Mr. Harris belabored Elsie
with a washboard.
Mrs. Harris told Elsie’s husband that
he was no man if he allowed such a thing
to pass unnoticed. The husband brood-
ed over the matter and finally, Elsie
brought suit against Harris for damages
and the casewas tried yesterday, all the
parties appearing before Judge Barnard.
After evidence [substantially as above
Judge Barnard rendered a. decision award<
.ing‘ Elsie $75 for the assaut. It was the
heaviest verdict for a kiss ever rendered
in this county.‘
New He Would'Bc Single.
’JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Gecrgcl E.
Crannell, a drug clerk and Miss Ida.
'Woods have been married, Crann'ell con- "
senting to the ceremony under threats of
prosecution for - administering drugs to
aid a criminal operation. Prpm‘ment at-
trirneys have interested themselves and
an action to annul the marriage has been
brought and all the parties interested in-
cluding err-Special County Judge N. H.
Hill will be summoned to appear before
the Grand Jury on charges of conspiracy.
Scarlet Fever in New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, 001111., Jan. 7.-—Scarlet
fever, Which has been. prevalent in this
City for the past two months, has become.
epidemic, and the Board of Health is
holding special meetings with reference
to taking action to stop the spread of the
disease. It is not confined to any special
locality, but is general all over the city.
There were 303 cases of scarlet fever dur-
ing the month of December, and it is
thought that there are 500 cases in the
city now.
A Breach of Promise Suit.
. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 7. —- Miss
Anna Conlan of Waterbury, brought suit
against Truman S. Lewis, also of Water-
bury, in the Superior Court yesterday for
breach of promise and asks for $50,000.
The plaintiff is a young milliner and says ,
that she became engaged to Lewis, who is
a. son of E. C. LeWis, president of the Far-
rell Foundry and Machine Company, and
one of the wealthiest men in Waterbury.
Lewis is now a married man. ‘
.~ .The Storm in New Jersey.
here yesterday to a depth of a foot and a
half. The electric cars are still blocked.
All the early morning trains were behind
time from a. half to one hour. No marine
disasters are reported. A big piece of
wreckage was. driven against the Ocean
Grove fishing pier and demolished 24 of
the ponderous piles from the structure,
causing 8.- loss of $500.
His Mother Thrashed the Professor.
Jonnsrown, Pa, Jan. 7.——S. D. Eirick,
principal of the Seventh ward school,
whipped one of his pupils quite severely
yesterday. The mother of the boy pro-
cured a heavy horsewhip and last evening
attacked the professor savagely and used '
him up so badly that he is still in the
hands of a. surgeon. The matter Will
probably be taken to the courts.
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