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“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious ul‘ Political.”—-Jefersba
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Vol. {IL—Whole No. 518.
Independent. in all things: Henna] in nothing.
The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation (of any paper in Norwalk,
and furnishes the lowest advertising
, rates.
Editorial Comment. >
» 1.
Attornev Hurlbutt is sick—Sentinel.
This is to be regretted, but is no‘sur-
prise to many of the Borough Clerk’s
best friends, who feel that the Issues
Street sheep on the hillsidcfhas over-
strained him. r ,’
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School Fund.
The school fund of, the state suffered
losses last year aggregating 86,593.
The commiflionergn his annual report
to the Governor, makes this statement
relative to another loss: “In August,
1889, the Fairfield County National
bank through loses, reduced its capital
stock. by; which the school fund as a
stockholder sustained a loss Of 32,180.
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gThe Best Yet.‘
The nomination of ex-Senator E. J.
Hill for the U. S. Senatorship by the
Norwalk Hour should electrify every
patriotic citizen of N orwalk. ' In every
way is the nomination a good and
worthy one—«Mechanicsy Journal.
Very true neighbor, but the Hour’s
advocacy ‘kills him as dead as Julius
Caesar. Don’t you know there is no
surcr way of destroying a candidate
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AWonderfui Record.
There are 746,258 people in Connec-
ticut, according to iffhe last census.
Tlis includes meu23WOmen hnd babies,
——-white, black and yellow,——laborers,
bondholders and paupers not taxed.
And there are 331,061 of them who
have deposits in the savings banks of
the state. ’
That is to say, of every nine persons
iulthe entire population of Connecti-
‘ out. four have something laid .by for a
rainy day in the savings banks.
Now don’t skip right along and read
something else, says the Norwich Bul-
letin. Stop a minute and, think ;—-
think what that means. Think what it
implies as to the relative comfort of
the homes of the state ; think what it
implies as to the condition of industry
and the rewards of industry.
Only about 165,000 votes were cast at
the recent election in this state. That
is less than half the number of sav-
ings bank depositors. It means. tl‘f
thousands of women and minors as well
as citizens of voting qualifications are
laying by their little 'over‘plus. . Nor
can the importance of the figures be
weakened by the assertion that there
are many rich men included in the list.
There are but 183 savings bank de-
positors in the whole state with over
$10,003 to zafiir credit. There are
320,111 with less than $2,000.
erage for the entire number of deposi-
tors is $394.75 each.
The gain during 1892 was $8,104,569
in the amount of deposits ; 13,136 in the
number of depositors, $9,553,905. in the‘
assets of the banks ; $115,483 in the
than getting that paper to Buppor’amount of dividends declared and paid ;
ll
him? The Hour’s nominations don’
go in Connecticut.
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A Correction.
In our New Year greeting to the
raders of the WEEKLY GAZETTE (which
we republish by request on the inside
of to-day’s paper) it is erroneously
stated that the First Congregational
and St. Paul’s churches were the only
Norwalk institutions established prior
to the GAZETTE. St. John’s Lodge N o.
6, A. F. &. A. M., was instituted in
1765, and the First M. E. church was
_‘ probably (the records arelost) organ-
ized sometime during the year 1790, or ‘-
some three or four years prior to the
founding of the WEEKLY GAZETTE.
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f,‘
How Ridiculous. '
Messrs. Hurlbutt and ' Liickwood
have no desire to continue in oflice.- -
Last Week.
The superserviceable Isaacs street
adwcate of the above worthies,certainly
leaves them as he alwfiys does, in a
most ridiculous altitude. Can it be
possible that the broadest parts of their
anatomies are gluedg‘so fast to the Bar;
ough clerkship stodls, that they can
only dumbly sit and wait some heroic
pulling oil"? Lacking the wisdom to
take themselves down and out. they
are very likely to be lifted out in a
manner not at all comforting to their
self esteem. Of course the Isaacs
street steerer, is “only too eager to lick
anybody’s boots where thrift may fol-
low fawning.”
A Free Trip to Washington.
The GAZETTE proposes to present to
the most popular person in town a
railroad ticket from N orwalk to Wash-
ington, D. C. and return on the occa-
sion of the inauguration of President
Grover Cleveland, March 4th 1893, the
popularity to be determined by a vote
of the readers of the GAZETTE, the vot-
ing to close at 8 o’clock p. m. Saturday,
February 25th, 1893, and the result to
be announced on Monday, February
27. In order to facilitate the voting
and for the convenience of the voters
an official ballot will be printed in
these columns every day, which is to
he cut out, and the blank lines filled in
by the voter, with the name of the
candidate and his address, and sent to
the GAZETTE office. -
The Gazette'and Mr.‘ Pinneo.
. On Wednesday .the GAZETTE took
nearly a column ‘of its “valuable Space”
to tell a silly lie about J. Arthur Pi)
neo.—Last Week.
“Lie” isa very fiippant word with
blackguards. The GAZETTE ssteems it
a high honor when the most noted
falsifier of theentire Connecticutpress
thus assails it, knowing that such _vile
assaults-of the vicious and vulgar "are
equivalent to the praises Of decent
men. The GAZETTE published the
Pinneo episode precisely "as it was
given it by an intimate friend of Mr.
Pinneo and he was in error only in the
matter of its being covers instead of
the infold that caused the tempest in a
teapot. This friend thought the joke
on Pinneo too good to be kept so re-
vealed it to the GAZETTE. For the
“support your own” morallzing on the
pal’llOf this paper, it has no apology. to
makii. _ s
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Bridgeport newspaper reporters are
to befurnishcd with badges which will
permit of their gmnginsndc the ropes
. at fires. 'A sensible idea.
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and $9.18. in the amount due each de-
positor on the average. -" ‘
And that was the year when a ma-
jority of the people Of the state deci-
ded that they wanted no longer con-
tinuance Of the trade conditions under
for a complete change of governmen-
tal policy!
We do’iTt envy the task of the future
historian when he comes to explain
that tote undemhose circumstances.
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TERSETALES OF THE TIMES.
See adv. fur gloves lost
See adv. for Borough meeting in an-
other column.
Charles Beuedict leaves for Avon
Park= Fla, to-day.
John Mc Ginn is seriously ill at his
home on Union place.
Mr. Taylor, the well known watch
agent, is in town to-day.
The Grand Commandery, K. T., will
visit N orwalfiome time in March.
Thermometers at 7 o’clock, this mOl‘n-
ing, registered 6 degrees abom zero.
There will be a special meeting of
the Norwalk Club to-morrow evening.
The officers of E. D. Pickett Post,
G. A. 1%., were installed Saturday
night. -
The officers of Kabaosa encampment
.will be installed next Thursday even»
ing. '
The different National banking insti-
tutions will hold their annual meetings
to-morrow.
—Perhaps you have tried Hale’s
Lung Balsam. If you havnlt, ask Hale
for a free sample bottle. ' 513t
.Mrs. C. B. De Klyn is spending the
wmter with her sister. Mrs. Fred Hub-
bell, at Galveston, Texas. _ i
The annual banquet Of the Connecti-
cut society Sons of the Revolution will
be held‘ in Meridcn, Feb. 22.»
A case of small pox has appeared in
Brooklyn, a suburb of Waterbury. It
has been quarantined and an epidemic
is not feared. .
The adjutant-general has issued or-
ders acceptinglthe resignation of Chap.
lain-Beverly . Warner of the Fourth
Regiment, C. N. G. ,
The recent entertainment of the
Court of King Christmas in the Opera
Church something over $50.
The damage by fire to the Columbus
hotel at Darren, Will not be in excess
of twenty—five dollars. Covered by in-
surance With Coolidge & Lockwood.
——One hundred and fifty-nine shares
of New York. New Haven and Hart-
ford rail road stock was sold in New
York city Friday at $258 per share.
The annual meeting of the Conn-
ecticut Temperance union will be held
in the Methodist‘church, Middletown.
Jan. 17, opening at 10 a. m.
Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller has
been chosen by the Yale Law school
officials to deliver the annual oration
to the graduating class of law school
next commencement.
Selectman Daskam received notice
this morning that he had been elected a
member of the Connecticut Sons of the
Rewlution. Mr. Daskam’s grandfather
served under Gen. Lafayette and re-
,ceived his discharge from Gen. Wash-
ington.
The av- '
whichthis’ had happened, and voted ;
House, netted the ladies of Grace :has away of making her right foot do
street, Saturday afternoon.
Norwalk, 001111., Monday Evening. January 9, l893.
. Another snow storm has arrived.
Prof. Norman of Musee fame has left
town.
The frame of Mr. Fred. Mead’s new
house is up.
Monson Hovt is out again after a se-
vere Siege of Sickness. . ‘
In the borough clerk game, “J ems”
Hubbell seems to be at the bat.
—Crockery at cost at H. H. Wil-
liams’. __
518“?
Mr. John P. Beatty was in 5m yes-
terday, looking as rosy as a J uue morn-
ing. ,
.—Great sale of Tin Ware at H‘. H.
Williams’. 518‘tf
One way of looking at it is the harm
the lgrade crossing does on the dead
eve . ‘
-—You can buy Crockery and Tin
Ware at cost this week at H. H. Wil-
liams’. 518tf
One of the twin children of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Minor died this morning.
It was the boy.
No alter-dinner sreaker equals in
earnestness a hungry tramp appealing
to a sympathetic woman.
—Jardiniers at cost at H. H. Wil-
liams’. ‘ 518tf
J. Ben. Austin left town this morn-
ing to join the Kendall Kommedians as
assistant advance agent. ~
,Bobert Brundage has gone to Bed-
ford, N. Y., on a few days vacation.
He took a shat-gun with him.
Builder Wilson to-day raised the
third of the cottages he is building for
Mrs. Cunning Jam onLivingston Place.
The trunk of the big tree in front of
the Hoyt residence on Main street was
razed this morning and a local artist
took a photograph Of its huge propor-
tions. - .
“Dan” COnnelly, weight something
like three hundred pounds, was thrown
from his sleigh on Main street, Satur-
day afternoon, but he escaped serious'
injury.
' ,_ According to Statistical reports 20,000
Chicago husbands are supported by
their wives, and that is probably about
the average in wicked Bridgeport.
—All house furnishing gOods ,at cost
at H. H. Williams’. 518tf
The New Orleans Picayune reports
thata man down there vas shotthrough
an augur hole. Served him right.
Any man diminutive enough to be shot-
hbfioilgh an augur hole ought to be
i e .
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Rev. Henry E. Davies, pastor of the
Green’s Farms church, has been ar-
raigned by his congregation for his un-
orthodox views. l'he parson preaches
that there is a purgatory. The final
hearing in the case takes place to-mor;
row.
' Last night was the coldest of the
season. Several water pipes were
frozen up about town, but we do not
hear of any serious damage having
resulted. Just enough damage to glad-
den the heart of plumbers.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
While skating on‘the pond at Winni-
pauk, yesterday, David Louden collid-
ed with another skater and was thrown
to the ice sustaining a fracture to his
left leg below the knee. It will be
some days before he will be able to be
out again. ~
The Boston Store proprietors on
Saturday, loaded their “left over”
Christmas toys in a wagon and sent
them to the Children’s Home, on the
Westport road. The matron of the
Home was happily surprised over the
gift, and wrote the firm a letter of
thanks. .
"Joe” J ohnsou. the champion tin
whistler was in town Saturday night.
He plays a tin whistle in a truly won-
derful manner. One of his tricks is to
attach a small rubber hose to a whistle
and while someone else blows on the
game he fingers out a tune on the whis-
e.
The skirt dancer at the Opera House,
most of the kicking. Brooks “Katy
Did” song brings down the house and
his Negro eccentricities are simply im-
mense. Bert. S. Gilmore the refined
Irish comedian gets a liberal share of
applause.
Report says, the “Boston Store” of
Norwalk, have lease the Jessup build-
ing, corner of Main and State streets,
in this place, and after making exten-
sive alterations, including plate glass
front on both streets. etc., will fill the
entire premises with a stock of goods
similar to those sold at their other
stores—Westporter. a;
The funeral of Bertha, (laughter of
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Buckman, was at;
tended from her late home, on.»Main
The pall
bearers were Fred Bates, Ralph Bray,
Charles and Ollie Stanley. Rev. C. M.
Selieck officiated. Among the floral
offerings were a floral wreath from the
pupils of the Center school, cross from
St. Paul’s Sunday school, pillow, star
and flat boquet of seven white roses
emblematic of her age, and a number
of other-choice cut flowers.
. ignation of Maj. George H.
Vaii'Su’Cceeds Wood. ~ \
flThe Connecticut state'board of man-
agers of theL:World’s Fair have elected
Joseph Hal-Vail, of the Win'stsd Her-
ald, present secretary, 1 to be executive
manager. The offices of executive com-
missioner, recently vacated brthe' res-
Woods,
andithat of secretary are consolidated
under the titlelo’f executive manager.
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Stabbed Husband A Wife.
Two unkown Italians stabbed and
assaulted John McLaughlin and wife
at M.riden [Saturday night. The
couple, both aged, were walking along
a street when pounced upon. They
were too feeble to offer much reels-
tance and were shockingly treated.
The motive for the assault is a mystery.
Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin are not 4‘"
fatally hurt it is believed. ,‘théir
assailants are still at libetry. '
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Sand the SideWalks.
The Meriden Jou jal says you can
tell nowadays whet f a man is leading
a consistent Christian life by noticing
whether ~ he haéé‘zput ashes on the icy
sidewalk inffb‘ut of his residence or
net. We were ' lad to notice that Hale
of the corner (1 ‘ug store,.was on Satur-
day evenng the first convert to the
above practical Christianity, about the
Borough. We are Seeking more con-
verts to-day.
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To be Ahead of All.
4 V President Thomas Clark, of the Nor-
wich and New York Transportation
Company. has contracted with the Bath
Iron Company for a new passenger
steamer for that line that is designed
to excel anything afloat in America.
The boat must be completed in De-
cember, 1893.
No other line is going to outdo
“Thomas,” if his headquarters are in
that somewhat sleepy and fishy town
of New London. :
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The Stove Exploded.
Orville H. Reynolds of New Haven,
was seriously burned Sunday in saving
his house from destruction. A gaSOllne
stove in his house exploded scattering
the burning fluid in all directions.
Reynolds was in the house alone at the
time and attempted to extinguish the
flames unaided. 111s face and hands
Were frightfully burned. The screams
of the poor man summoned help. The
lire was put out, with-difficulty. - Sever-
al of the neighbors who answered his
call were slightly burned. Reynolds
may be fat-ally injured. . _
O.
Oppossum Dinner.
An opossum dinner was served in the
Phoenix Engine company parlors on
Main street, last evenmg. Said Harry
Leobolcl this morning: ”I will never
forget that dinner. It was my first in-
troduction to the succulent oppossum.
I had heard of th delights of ’possum
all my life, but they had been invaria-
bly associated'in my mind With the some
what barbaric tastes of our colored
biethren, and I had long entertained a
prejudice against the rattailed little an-
imals.” All who partook of the feast
say that the oppossum is superior to
the rabbit. It was baked by the Calf
Pasture Delmonico, Frank .Lassen.‘
A committee took a liberal quantity of
the animal to Charles Stokes, who is
laid up with a sprained ankle, and it
was hard to restrain him from execut-
ing a jig when the flavor of the animal
greeted his olfactories.
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First Senatorial Ballott.
The statement which the Hartford
Courant has been making that General
Hawlcy commands the support of a
large majority of the members of the
Legislature is sheer nonsense. Either
the Courant is self-deceived or it is
blufling. _
General Hawley has no majority.
The majority of the members of the
Legislature is againsthis re-election. -
The Post is in a position to state from
as thorough a canvass as could be made
of the sentiments Of the legislators who
were here this week that if either of
the leading candidates secures a ma-
jority on the first ballot it will not be
General Hawley. ‘
Among the other candida‘es who will
receive votes are Patent Commissioner
Simonds, Samuel Fessenden and Con-
greesman Charles A. Russell. --Hart-
ford Post. ‘
Reform School Report.
The annual report of the Stats Re-
form school at Meriden for the- year
ending October. 1892, recommends that
the per capita allowance for the- sup-
port of the boys be advanced from $9.-
50 to $3 per week, which was the old
rate. The reason urged in behalf of
the increase is that expenses for repairs,
etc., amouting to about $6,000 per an-
num have to be paid out of the state
allowance for the support of the boys,
unless provided for, as it sometimes is,
by a special appropriation of the legis-
lature. It is also recommended that
the state provide for the expenses of an
agent to visit discharged b0 3 twice a
year and aspertam their be avior and
condition. Eor the last three or four
ears the number of boys in the school
has averaged about 430—on July 1, 18-
92, there were 421.
Supt. Howe estimates that 70 per
cent of the boyilwho leave the institui
tion make no rther trouble in their
communities. Although all boys sen-
tenced to the school are sentenced dur-
ing thier minority, any boy, by uni.
form good conduct can earn his re-
lease in eleven months. The average
time of detention, however, is twenty-
two months. The report of the 229
boys who have left the institution dur-
ing .the ,year_ shows: Returned to
parents and frlen is 198, placed .Wilh
farmers 23, placed at trades 3, died 3,
boarders dismissed 2. Of 161 boys re-
ceived during the year, there were for
incorrigibility 161, theft 33, burglary
14, vagrancy 12, truancy 8, 'arson 3,
malicious mischief 3. robbery 2, driv-
ing hOrses without permission 2.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT WHEEL” '
Opera House-
Dan. McCarthy, the great New York
success, will appear as the Rambler
fro-m Clare, at the Opera House, on
Friday night. He .will be supported
bya first classcompany, and an even-
ing of rare enjoyment can safely be ex-
pected. Scoure your. seats early and
don’t miss being ‘ ‘in it." .
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New Factory.
.It is stated that a new factory is to be
erected on the property recently pur-
chased by James Stevens on East ave-
nue. The building will be of brick 50
x 150,-four stories high. ' It‘will be oc~
cupied in the manufacture Of ladies’
wraps and cloaks, and quite a large
complement of help will be employed.
A Card.
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to those who were so kind to us
during the sickness and death of our
daughter Bertha ; also to the pupils of
the Centre school and St. Paul’s Sun-
day school, we extend our heartfelt
thanks for their kindly actions.
ME. AND Mus. JOSEPH BUCKNAM.
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Bold Attempt at Burglary.
While the Rev. Dr. Noble and family
were absent at church last evening an
attempt was made to burglarize the
Congregational parsonage. The bur-
glars tried to effect an entrance by cut-
ting out a pane of glass in a Window at
the back of the house. The glass fell
on the inside and caused a noise which
it is thought frightened the burglars
away. It seemed to be the work of
amateurs. .
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJTS’
“THE KIND THAT CURES”.
NorwaiK Building Notes.
M. D. Randall has the contract to
build a new house in East Norwalk for
Mrs. Frank Day. It- will cost‘ $3000.
He is also drawing up plans for a new
house on the east side for E. E. Gor-
ham, the decorator. "
Architect W. S. Knapp is making
plans for a $1200 barn on Elmcrest av-
enue, for J. T. ‘Prowitt. Not let.
President George Lockwood of the
Automatic Switch Company which was
recently formed says that they have re-
ceived orders for seven switches, one
of which is to be put in at Astoria, N.
Y. They are now being manufactured.
—Weekly Record.
Organ Recital.
The first organ recital of the season
will take place at Grace Church, on
Tuesday evening. January 10th, at 8
o’clock. All lovers of music are invited
to be present. NO admission will be
charged. The following programme
has been arranged :
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Prelude and Fugue in A minor. Bach.
Gloria from 2d Mass in , Mozart.
$5 Epherzon Schubert.
Sopr :no Solo, "Illfilljell-ms I heard
the seraphs fair." ,
_ , lines ANNIE E. nALL.
Etude 111 A minor.
T. Faurc.
Rinli.
Funeral March of A.Marionette, Gounod.
Largo. Op. 28, . Beeth lven.
Soprano Solo. “Sion,” Paul Rodney.
' mes HALL.
a. Adante from a Violin Concertodtlendelssohn
h. Allegretto, . nar.
Introduction and chorus. H. Hills, Jr.
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Horse Cur Collision.
Driver Sumner L. Sweet is no longer
in the employ of the Horse Railway
company, he having received his dis-
charge Saturday night. It seems that
on Saturday morning he carelessly run
his car over the switch near Arch street, .
and collided with Driver Blake’s car,
but fortunately without causing serious
damage. Driver Blake saw that a col-
lision was imminent and succeeded in
turning his horses to one side and out
of harm’s way. The passengers in both
cars were considerably shaken up but
escaped injury; One of the horses was
somewhat injured. Another charge
against Sweet is that he pushed a pas-
senger from the our platform a day or
two before because he refused to go in-
side. It is said that at the time of the
collision Sweet was engaged in talking
With some one who was standing on the
platform with him. Mr. Joseph Buck-
man succeeds Sweet as aregular driver.
9.
Obituary.
Giovanni Guarnieri died at his home
on Water street, Saturday night aged
50 years and 4 days. The deceased who
was bormin Italy came to Norwalk in
1875 and started in the peanut busi
neos in a small way in front of the
Mitchell market, on Wall street. A
few years ago he moved into the small
store on the east side Of the GAZETTE
building erected especially for his oc-
cupancy. He did
a good business and
by thrift saved enough to-purchase the
long building property on Water street
belonging to the E. P. Weed estate and
for which he paid cash. He also erec-
ted a large house on Main street near
the Quigley place. He had been sick
for some time and a few months ago
went to Italy hoping to be benefitted
in health, but returned home in worse
health than when he went away and
has since been confined .to his house.
His wife and nine children survive him,
the youngest scarce three weeks old.
The funeral will be attended from St.
Mary’s church. to-morrow morning.
MISS KATE D. SPEBBY.
The painful annOuncement is made of
the death on Saturday at her home in
New Haven, of the estimable daughter
of our very dear friend of fifty years,
'Hon. N. D. Sperry, postmaster of that
city. _ Miss Sperry caught scarlet fever
while_nursing a little cousin, who was
suffering from that malady. She
was warned of the danger of the
contagion, but refused to desert the
bedside of her charge; She was promi-
nent in social circles and an universal
favorite, and her untimely demise will
be a cause of deepest woe to many be-
side her family. Yet what nobler rec-
ord or more exalted example could the
good woman havg leftto friends and
the world, in that she died that another
might live. Such are. the moral heroes
of humanity. May God’s comforting
$11!”ch be 'vouchsafed to our stricken
rienc . ~ ‘ , - _
Billll.E’,3.'_A_E_ll_‘Il_._\I:EHY‘NEAR.
in Attack of Healtf'Failnle
Early Yesterday Morning. _
RESTORATIVES BROUGHT BACK
'A FLUTTER OF LIFE.
A Sad Group'Gathered About His
Bedside.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-—Threo weeks ago
yesterday, on Sunday, December 18,_tho
news spread llkc wild fire about Wash-
ington that James G.‘Blaine way dying.
Physicians were hastily summoned,
restorative: applied, and a fatal termina-
tion of his life was averted. Since that
time Mr. Blaine has been lying in a semi-
conscious state, very ill one day, and
somewhat better the next, but always in
a most critical condition. Early yester-
day morning the patient was attacked
with heart failure and is now at the point '
of death. He has been kept alive by the
various means knows to the medical men,
but may die atjany moment. His wife
and children are at his bedside waiting
for the end, but the sick man is unable to
recognize them. He was thought to be
dead at one time yesterday morning, but
it is now hoped that Mr. Blaine may live
‘ to see the close of today. _
At an early hour in the morning, just
before sunrise, the watchers at the bed-
side of the dying man Were greatly
alarmed by his rapidly sinking condition.
For several minutes it was impossible to.
detect the slightest action of the heart.
The members of the tamiiy, who had
retired after being informed by the doc-
tors that he was not likely to expire dur-
ing the night, were summoned to the sick
room, and Drs. Hyatt and Johnson were
hastily sent for. It was a and group that
stood around the bedside as the first rays
of daylight struggled in at the south win-
dow. Mrs. Blaine, Miss Hattie Blaine,
Mr. James G. Blaine, Jr., and Mrs. Dam<
rosch completed the family circle, and
the doctors, with the nurses and house-
hold servants, were also in attendance.
Mr. Blaine appeared to have passed
away, when suddenly there was a faint
flutter of the heart, which told the
anxious watchers that a ray of hOpe was
still ' left them. Restoratives were
promptly administered to stimulate the
nerves of the heart and increase the
aorterial tension. After minutes, which
seemed like hours to the grief-stricken
family, the palpitations of the heart
slowly became less labored and the crisis
was passed. After the physicians had
labored for more than an hour Mr. Blaine
rallied sufficiently to slowly open his
eyes. His lips moved perceptibly, as if he
would speak to those around him and let
them understand that he was conscious
of what was transpiring. .
As Dr. Johnson was leaving the house,
at about half-past 7 o’clock last night, he
informed a correspondent that Mr. Blaine
was slightly better than he was in the
morning. Further than this the doctor
was not prepared to go. He declinzd to
make any predictions as to the future,
but simply said that he considered the
situation grave enough to require him to
return to the sick room immediately after
going home to his supper.
Father Ducey and Mr. Blaine.
WASHINGTON, D. 0. Jan. 9.——Rev. Father
Ducey’s appearance in \Vashington re-
vives the rumor that he is here to admin-
ister spiritual comfort to Mr. Blaine.
Father Ducey has made frequent visits to
this city during the past three Weeks, but
he has managed to. keep secret his mis-
sion. It is learned that his visits in.
Washington have had no connection with
Mr. Blaine whatever.
EIGHT HANGINGS AT ONCE.
Unless Gov. Brown of Maryland Exerciscl
His Clemency.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-.-Uuless Gov. Brown
interposes, the eight men and boys con-
victed of the murder of Dr. J. M. Hill
will be hanged, at Chestertown on‘ next
Friday afternoon. The work of construct-
ing the gallows began on Friday. It will
be 20 feet long and 8 feet wide. There
will be four traps, on each of which will
stand two persons. These traps will be
operated by a lever, and the drop will be
simultaneous.
Gov. Brown is disturbed over the re-
sponsibility awaiting on him. He has re-
ceived many petitions for and against Ex-
ecutive clemency in four of the eight
cases. It has been represented in many
of these appeals for pardon that five of
the convicted persons are boys under 15
years of age, and that they were nnw i113
ing'ly present when the murder was com-
mitted. The Governor has been asked to
at least suspend the execution of the boys
for'a reasonable time after the hanging of
the men, in order that, if possible, some
confession may be secured at the last
. ment clearing the boys of guilt.
Brice One Cent.
PANIC OF HOTEL GUESTS.
The Fiercest Fire Ever Known in Gouver-
- neur, St. Lawrence County, N. Y.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 9.— At 1.30
o’clock yesterday morning a .fire broke
out in the barroom of the Van Buren
House at Gouverneur, St. Lawrence
county, and the 50 guests of the hotel
barely escaped with their lives, being
compelled to jump from the windows and
fly from their rooms in their night gar-
ments. The entire building went up in
smoke. It was the biggest fire the vil-
lage has ever had and involved a loss of
over $50,000.
The boot and shoestore of J. W. Dr-
miston and the cloth ng stofes of J. J.
Block and Max Tumpowsky, located in
the building, Were also consumed, to-
gether with their contents. j
Eaten by a. Shark.
3’ BALTIMORE, Md.,'Jan. 9.—Capt. Wat-
kins of the bark Countess, tells a thrill-
ing story. He arrived Saturday from
Genoa. On December 15 while Samuel
Coolidge, an apprentice, was aloft reeling
the topsail, the vessel lurched suddenly
and buried the boy into thc‘sca. The
Captain threw him a. life buoy and pre-
pared to lower boats, when to his horror
and dismay a shark attacked Coolidge
‘and drew him under the water. He was
never seen again.
' NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Jen. 9,—‘1‘he
great ice bridge continues to be the great
attraction at the Falls. Hundreds of peo-
ple are pouring in on the New York Cen-
tral trains from all points on the road.
Several special Wagner palace cars with
New Yorkers on board arr ved yesterday.
Enterprising photographers and fakirs
have erected rude shanties on the bridge,
where the visitors have pictures taken.
One (lodge is to have saloons erected in
the middle of the bridge partly on the
Canadian side of the channel. The saloon-
keepers dispense liquor with a liberal
hand and the price of a drink is 25 cents.
You buy your drinks in Canada, step
across the border and drink them. '
NEWS UUNE‘ENSE'D.
Senator Kenna was reported much bet-
ter yesterday. .
The mohter of Vicar- General O’Connor,
of the Catholic diocese of Newark, N. J.,
is dead.
Connecticut’s forestry exhibit at the
Chicago Fair, now at Glastonbury, con—
tuins 102 varieties.
“Connie” Mack may be a Senatorial .
catcher the coming season. Plttsburg
wants $1,500 for him.
Silas Russell, a prominent farmer of
Hartfield, N. Y., committed suicide Sat-
urday night by hanging. ,_
Norseng, the Norwegian skater, has at-
rived in Minneapolis. He will make no
matches for at least four weeks.
The Calvary Episcopal Church at Sum-
mit, N. J ., was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, $45,000; insurance, $37,500.
Charles H. Byrne, now President of the
Brooklyn Base Ball Club, may take a
similar place with the New Yorks. '
Daniel Adams of Columbia, Ind., com-
mitted suicide after his wife secured a
divorce from him on the ground of
cruelty.
Col. POpe, United States Consul at
Toronto, was slighted by not being in-
vited to the Board of Trade banquet ac-
cording to custom.
William Kinsella, a. substitute police
officer, shot and killed Charles Smith,
colored, at Twenty-sixth and State
‘streets, Chicago, late Saturday night.
One hundred men were yesterday
thrown out of employment by the burn-
ing of the Elkland Furniture Factory, I;
Tioga, County, Pa. The loss was $100,000.
There are a score of applicants for the
vacancy in the New York State Railroad
Commission, which will exist on the re-
tirement January 30 of Michael Rickard
of Utica.
No through train from British Co-
' luinbia by the Canadian Pacific Railway
can possibly arrive before a week, owmg
to the heavy snow slides in the Rocky
Mountains. ,
James Phillips, aged 18, and his brother
George, aged 20, died in Baltimore within
two hours of each other of typhoid fever
on Friday and yesterday were buried in
the sum-3 grave.
The funeral of the “girl wife,” Mrs. W.
H. Shattuck, of Albany, who was so
cruelly murdered by her husband on
Thursday alternoon occurred yesterday,
and was private. .. .
A gas well was struck in the heart of
the‘ciiy of Fort Wayne, Ind., yesterday
and i throw-ii; on; a flame 40 feet high.
The well is owned by the Centlivers and
is situated at their brewery.
The twenty-seventh annual Convention
of the B.icklayers and Masons’ Interna-
tional Union will coniiincnce its sessions
today, at Baltimore, in Ford’s Grand
Opera House. It wizlrc‘onlinue for two or
more we; ks. ‘
‘Mrs. Elizabeth Huff, of Coming, N. Y.,
has received a check for $3,600 in settle-
ment of the claim against the New York,
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Com-
pany for the death of her son, Fred Hufl,
. who was killed in the Ravenna disaster.
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