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Senatorial. .
The Legislature convened at noon
to-day and will proceed at once to the
election of U. S. Senator. The demo~
crate have complimented Hon. Carlos
French by their nomination, but as
the republicans have fourteen majority
in the body they will'elect General
Joseph R. Hawley for a third term of
six years. The Senate and House vote
separately to-day at noon and then
meet in joint convention to-morrow,
Wednesday noon.
In the New York Legislature to-day
the same ceremonies are to be gone
through with. The democratic nomi-
nee, Mr. Murphy, the Troy brewer,
will be elected, although strongly
against the expressed opposition of
President-elect Cleveland. Murphy will
succeed Hiscock. republican, in the
Senate. I
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The Other Side.
Anent the interesting. Borough Clerk
controversy, which has so engaged the
public attention, it transpires that it is
not because of the apparent contradic-
tion betwaen'the Borough charter and
Borough by-law in regard to the meth-
od of electing this officer, as has bpen
generally supposed, but the contention
is based on the peculiar wording of the
resolution by which the election of
Mr. Hubbell‘was presumed to have
been carried. The resolve which is in
possession of asst. clerk, E. M. Lock.
wood, is in these words :
“Resolved—That J smes T. Hubbell
be and he hereby is appointed clerk of
the Court of Burgesses.”
Sec. 3, page 10 of the Borough char-
ter specifically eays that the Clerk-of
the “Borough,” shall be chosen by the
Burgesses, etc. So that the hair split-
ting falls on the—words “Clerk of the
Court of Burgesses.” which should
have read, the contestants say, “Clerk
of the Borough." The intent to elect
Mr. Hubbell is clear enough and the
power to elect him by the method
adopted, seems to be admitted, but on
a legal technicality, Messrs. Hurlbutt
and Lockwood claim the board failed
to execute the powers conferred by the
charter by reason of the error in the
Wording of the resolution. They fur-
ther assert that no “official” or legal
notice has been served on them that
their successors have been appointed;
that they continue in possession of all
the bOoks and records of the Borough
appertaining to their clerkly duties and
that no demand has been made upon
them for a delivery of‘the same to any
other party, as clerk or otherwise.
This is the position of the old clerks as
stated to the GAZETTE, and it is plain to
see that from their standpoint there is
enough in it to hinge quite a lawyerly
contention. The broad, general prin-
ple involved, however, is not substam
tially affected, or changed, that four is
a majority over three and can, as the
four Democratic members of the Bon-
ough board believe, they already have
chosen Messrs. Hubbell and Weed as
Borough Clerk and Assistant Clerk.
Nor Will the ethics ’ of, the situation be
altered in the average popular mind,
that few men would want to force
themselves up to a dinner table to
which they were not invited, and es-
pecially where the party raided upon
is known to be determinedly hostile to
the invasi‘n. Nevertheless we shall
see what we shall see.
Election at Middletown.
At the Middletown city election yes-
terdav the Democrats succeeded in
electing clerk, treasurer, five council-
men and two alderman. The Republi-
cans elect collector and one councilman.
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Blennial City Elections.
In the Bridgeport citv council last
night Councilman Kelley ofi’ered' a
resolution calling for biennial city
elections. and, it was passed. Council-
man Otis offered a resolution placing
all city boards under the control of
the council. Both motions Wlll go be-
forezthe legislature.
C..-
The Pole Broke.
A party of twenty-six ladies and gen-
tlemen went 'to Stamfordlast night for
a sleigh-ride. The “barge” Wellington
was placed on runners and four horses
attached to the same. The party start-
ed shortly after 7 o’clock in great glee.
Arriving at Stamford they enjoyed a
. gupper, and about 12f.30 o’clock started
' or
home. _ As they were coming up
Noroto‘n Hill, the pole horsesehied and
succeeded in breaking the pole It
could not be repaired then, and the
party were forced to walk back to Stam-
ford, where they put up at a hotel for
the rest of the night, returning home
TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
home on Wilton avenue.
Four degrees below zero at 7 o’ clock
this morning, on Wall street.
In Danbury they call fish markets af-
ter the Boston style. sea food stores.
William Taylor . of Danbury, was
calling on friends in town, yesterday.
Mrs. J ohn W. Crew of Brooklyn, is
a guest at William Mitchell’s “Rock
Cottage.”
The Borough meeting last night was
one of the largest ever held in the
Town House.
Miss Ruth Allen of Norwalk, is the
guest of Miss Alice Morgan, of York
street, New Haven. .
The Phoenix boys were out on their
double-ripper again yesterday. Thev
were armed with fish horns. '
The trotterswere out on the avenue
yesterday afternoon. The “ king of
all" was driven by Woodhull. -
——35 Hanging Lamps reduced to
$4.99, $3.50 Lamps reduced to 33.43.
H. H. Williams, 15 Wall street. 524-tf
Jeremiah Foley is (lead at Stamford
aged 67 years. He was a philosopher,
posit and clam-digger, and never mar-
rie .
—Now get the Delineator for Febru-
ary at Benedict’s. . 5
The Danbury News electric clock
froze Sunday night, and no wonder for
the mercury denoted 12 degrees below
zero.
——Toilet Paper at Benedict’s. Yes!
and a good box of Writing Paper for
100 can be found there. 524-21:
Suit against Wm. E. Street of Darien
has been commenced by F. Clark _of
Norwalk, who some time ago was bit-
ten bv Street's dog.
Isaac Pressy, of Stamford, father of
Capt. I. N. Pressy of this place, and
being somewhat better. ,
A young man was arrested last night
for creating a disturbance in “Saw-
dust” Price’s restaurant. He will be
tried 'to-morrow’morning. ' " "
One hundred and eighty-seven years
ago to-day Benjamin Franklin. printer,
electrician, philosopher and patriot
leader, Was‘born in Boston.
A number of Danbury society people
will attend the promenade concert of
the Knob Outing club, in South Nor-
walk, Wednesday night. ——N ews. ‘
Happy is the coal dealer this zero
weather, and happier far is the poor
man whose credit is still solid with the
dispenser of the black diamonds.
A few copies of the DAlLY GAZETTE
of December 10th, 1892, containing a
condensed history of Catholicism in
Norwalk, can be obtained at this office
Thomas Farr, who was injured by a
buzz-saw at the Corsetzfactory the oth-
er day, is getting along nicely. Mr.
Far:l is in the employ of Builder Sher-
woo . . '
Dr. H. A. Fox, of Danbury, while
suffering from a temporary derange-
ment jumped out of the window of his
ofl‘icein the second story, yesterday,
fracturing his thigh. _
sleighing parties to-night. ~0ne a West-
port party whose objective point is
Brid eport and the other a party from
the nion‘" ills who propose going to
Stamford.
An adjourned meeting of the First
Congregational church will be held in
the Chapel on Thursday evening, at 8
o’clock to hear reperts of what has been
done the past year in its various de-
partments of work.
Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Thomas, a former
Norwalk M. E. divme, pronounceda
lowmgeulogy upon Gen. B. F. But-
er at St, Paul’s church, Lowell, Sun-
day evening. Mr. Thomas was a chap-
lain in the Army of the James.
The United States Coast and Geo-
detic Survey for December, in its
chart corrections contain tWo on Long
Island Sound; the change in Cornfield
Point Light vessel, and the new black
can buoy at the entrance to Bridge-
' port harbor.
Senatorial electionsw' occur to day
in the following states': . assachusetts.
Connecticut, Minnesota, Maine, Dela-
ware, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
California election was held Jan. 10
and New Jersey, Kansas and West
Virginia will hold their senatorial elec-
tion on Jan. 24. _In-Florida the elec-
tion is not held -until April .18, and
Senator Pasco will hold over until his
successor is elected. ~ ,
—The place, A. H. Hoyt 8t Son, 37
Wall street; Occasion, annual sale, odd
lots. Ladies French kid hand and
machine sewed shoes from $3 to 35
regular price. -Wc are going to. clean
them out “$1.50. Also lot're’gular
price from $2 to 33.50 are going for
January 15th we will make our yearly
reduction of 50c on every pair. of shoes
selling at $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00,
lines. well-known by our custome'rszA.
on an early morning train.
Mr. Z. C. Bush is very sick at his.
who has been very sick is reported as ‘
I Liveryman Dann will take out two
$1.25. Also for 30 days commencing
$4.50 and $5.00. These are regular.
Hope Hose Company. will hold. a so-
ciable at their house next Thursday
-evcning.
Fields and Hanson’s famous Vander-
ville show at Music Hall, South Nor-
walk, to-night.
Err-President R. B. Hayes had ‘a
serious attack ,of neuralgia of the
heart, yesterday.
It is stated that a young man living
in Rowayton will wed 9. Norwalk
widow are many weeks.
Reports from ‘Washington say that
the backbone of the cold wave is broken
and that warm weather Will follow
soon.
Grumman Long, who some years
ago enjoyed the distinction .of being
the “boss fiddler” in this section of the
county was in town this morning.
Messrs. J. K. Raymond and Alva
Lockwood, have purchased the Adams
market on Main street, The firm
name will be Raymond & Lockwood.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CUR‘ES.”
Parson Davies of the Greens’ Farms
Congregational church will make a
statement to the congregatiOn. If itis
not satisfactory it is understood he Will
leave the pulpit.
The First Congregational church so-
ciety has engaged the quartette choir
of the South Norwalk Methodist
church. The present choir will be dis-
banded May 1st. ’
—-Hale’s Lung Balsam is prepared
from a prescription of a leading phy-
sician and Contains-nothing injurious,
is perfectly safe for the youngest
child. Samples free. 524 tf
Remember the meeting in the Meth-
odist church this evening at 7:45 o’clock.
Fine singing by the chorus choir. from
the “ Finest of the Wheat.” Young
people and Sunday-school workers spec-
ially invited. '
—The stock of Tobacco and Cigars is
always complete at Benedict’s News
depot ; hence the large trade he enjoys
in that line. A word to the wise‘ is suf-
ficient. 524-‘9t .
The Rev. Samuel Scoville of the
Congregational church at Stamford, a
son-in-law of the late Henry Ward
Beecher, is making a crusade against
the saloons and gambling establish-
.ments in that town.
Cheshire has neither a lawyer nor a
saloon. The next meeting of the
Cheshire-Debating club will discuss
the grave question : “Shall we import
alawyer to attract a saloon, or opens.
saloon to attract a lawyer?” 4
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT OURES".
Err-Senator D. M. Read, Captain
John Mc Neil and E. N. Sperry of
Bridgeport left yesterday for Washing-
ton, D. C., as delegates from Bridge-
, port of the national board of trade, to
be held to-day at the Shoreham hotel.
A Wise Precaution. -“Oi never see
Mamie goin’ to school without her rub—
bers on, Missus Flannigan.
“No; she has to cross the electric
railwav thrack, and her fayther thinks
it would be the safest for to wear insu-
lathors.”—~Harper’s Bazar.
The Grand Lodge of the state of
Connecticut meets to-morrow in New
Haven and Mr. Maples’ case is to come
up for consideration on charges of
conduct unbecoming a Mason, while
a member of St. John’s Lodge.
Officer Martin found Martin Mulli-
gan stretched out- in the snow'back of
E. K. Lookwood’s store, this morn-
ing, and placing him under arrest took
him to the station-house to thaw out
and recover his equilibrium.
A telegram was received by Dr. Van
Alstyne yesterday forenoon announc-
ing the serious and probably fatal ill-
ness of Mrs. Van Alstyne’s mother,Mrs.
Amy Dana, living at Waterloo, Iowa.
Mrs. V. left at 2:30 p. in. in order, if
possible, to see her mother before she
might pass away.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,I'I"S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Q.
Co—lnsurance. ' .
A meeting of the local board of fire
underwriters was held at the office of
Clarence B. Coolidge yesterday after-
noon, to take action on the co- neur-
ance clause which was put in operation
January lst by the New England Ex-
change. The full board was present.
Acommittee consisting of Clarence B.
(Coolidge and Richard H. Golden was
appointed to confer with other boards
in Fairfield'County, and report at a
meeting to be held at the same hour
and place next Monday afternoon.
An illustration of the working of
the system'is as follows: ’
Suppose a piece of property valued at
$10,000 is insured. for $8,000, 80 per
eent. of its value. In case of any loss,
whether partial or total, it is paid in
full by the companies up to the face of
the policy. If the property is insured
for $5.000, 50 per cent. of its value. in
by. the companies, and the assured re-
ceives no indemnity for the remaining
%'Of the lost. If the same property is
insured for $1.000; 10 {per cent. of its
value,‘in case of partial- ‘loss fit of the
loss is paid by the companies, and the
assured receives no indemnity for the
remaining} of the loss. In each of
the above cases if the loss is total. the
companies pay full face values of the
HI. Hoyt &_Son. , j _ 52 3t,
policies. _ .
case of partial loss 43 of the loss is paid.
The Oysterfmd'efn ITO;.Act~.~
' ' The Oysterme‘n,’s-Erpfiéctire' associa-
tion will meetrat Nor‘walkthis evening
to consider therep‘ort‘bf afcoinmittee
which will :rec'ommendjtheregistering
and numberingjo‘f allaboatsx'tvorking on
the state natural. beds, and also the
establishment "of; aimless V-s'é'ascn,‘ .. to
allow the young Oystersto; g'e't‘ 'ai'start.
These moves will:be._o'f great advantage
to the oystermen and} williprob’ablyjagbe
recommended to‘ }th’e’; Legislature .for
action. . . .- .. . . 1 '
Mq.*p_x—.;_.__. .
The Police roasfegj _' "
' ~, eld; cc jty cases
that are to come u‘ :heforetliqsupreme
opens to-day, is ‘ 39y _
Rylands of Bridge"" .tfaga’ms'tex-‘Ca'p-
tain John P. Pixiermanrfll‘he ‘case
will be argued or} El'uesday of? next
week and a decision-{wil ‘ be».,'r.e‘nde'red
probably within. ale-nor jtimes‘after-
ward. ‘ ’ _-
l‘he motion of thn Hawley’,ithe,Bjr-
migham murderer}: for chewing».
also to come up. if” "i " ‘-
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When everybodyfigwho wadintere'sted
in the matter supposéd that a ‘récfi'rd'of
the vote of the_.CounecticutLpreisiden‘tial
electors was well .on its Waywoj Wash:
ington, State Secretary Phélon‘receiwed
notice that if the wanted theijfnited'
States Senate to lie in‘form'edibf:‘hbw
Connecticut.- voted-ii he vhadfbétterggct:
some stamps on a otter 'then-Llyinggin"; _ ,
' ‘ ,tothe manufacture of sound, solid, un-
the Hartford postgofiice.‘ lThe—etampf;
were at'once speedhdiddwn towuls‘and
the letter which had _be.él.1~posteg.ffilinf
stamped was prope’gilv‘fpr’e'pared fer the
mails. Nobody confesses to being 'to
blame for the mistake.——Courant. . "
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Obituary» . i‘ .'2
Mr. Erastus R. Phelps diedf'at five
o’clock yesterday a ternoon at the,home
of his daughter Mr, .' Julia Wilson, No.
8 Arch street, in the 87th'year of his
age. Deceased was born 'in Hebron,
but until the death of his wife some
six years ago had lived in New Haven,
since which time he .had resided with
his daughter. He Was a membvr of a
New, Haven lodge: of Odd Fellows.
The remains will be taken to New Ha-
ven, Thursday morning for interment.
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Grade Crossings.
The laws of Connecticut require that
the number of railroad crossings at
grade in that state shall be decreased
gradually, but the report of the rail-
road commissi‘oners shows that the
num'ner of such crossings on one road
was increased last year by the addition
of 11. It is true that the whole num-
her in the state .has fallen from 1,157 to
1,140, but while certain companies have
complied with the statute, atleast one
corporation has been permitted. to vio-
late its provisions. Some years ago
the Connecticut commissmners at-
tempted to defend their action in per-
mitting the construction of new and
dangerous crossing at grades by saying
the company-so offending was poor and
ought to be assisted in order that it
might meet the competition of wealthy
rivals. That defense did not commend
the wisdom of the commissioners to
the people. If the commissioners can-
not reduce the number of existing
grade-crossing traps, surely they ought
to prevent the construction of new
ones—New York Times.
USE DANA’S SARSAPABILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Musical Notes.
A call for a meeting to consider the
pOSSibility of organizing a choral so-
ciety is a move in the right direction.
There are plenty of good voices in
Norwalk, and why should they not or—
ganize and work together for the ad-
vancement of music. The choral so-
ciety, which is a later growth of the
old fashioned singing school, is a bene-
fit to any city or - town where it ex1ets.
Witness the Oratorio Society of Stam-
ford, which has done excellent work
for some years past. In N oroton there
is a choral society, small indeed but
flourishing. The music loving people
of Mount Vernon have recently organ-
ized a society,-which is well under way.
A movement is now on foot for the
same purpose in New Canaan, and Sil-
ver Mine is demanding a class in sight
sin ing. _
A 1 this goes to prove that our'corner
of New England is alive to the advan-
tages of music as a means of education,
culture and refinement, and though all
these efforts may not be equally suc-
cessful, yetsome good will surely re-
sult.
There is a curious story told in musi-
sical history concerning the well known
tune “We won’t go home till mornin .”
In 1799, when the army of the first a-
poleon was in Egypt, his, camp was at
one time near the pyramids. In the
afternoons when the band .pl ed the
natives gathered around to listen to
the music. (It seems that a brass band
can drawsa crowd even in the desert.)
The people were orderly enough until
one afternoon when the musicians
struck up the tune just mentioned. In
”an instant the Bedouine began the
wildest"demonstrations of joy. They
shouted, danced, and embraced each
other in a perfect delirium of pleasure.
An investigation revealed the fact that
this music Was a great' favorite With
them and the oldest tune of these peo-
ple of the desert.‘ ' ~
It seems that the origin of the tune-
is a complete mystery, but that in the
Eleventh century it was taken by the
Crusaders from Europe to Africa, and
had lived separately in both countries
for over 700 years. A ‘
“Surely if't-age is - a standard, “We
won? 1; go :home till ..morning”-._should .be
considered classical. music ofkvasvery-
high—order. 4 _ ILL-11. m. ,_
V A Verdict for Six- Cents. _
PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 17.——_'1‘he juryin
the. Haines-Herrick libel case came in}
last night with a verdict of six cent!
damages, forthe plaintiff. .' < , -,
A Good One 'on "Scots.”
There has long existed a good no.-
tured yet earnest rivalry between two
neighbors residing on near, yet quiet
and sedate, Belden avenue, as to which
should secure the finest and choicest
brands of cider. This competition ran-
morelfierce the past fall than us-
ual, for the reason "chiefly we presume.
that the last apple crop was a failure
and'ergo, cider, scarce and high, and
With a. chronic tendency towards being
reduced by illicit contact with the hon-
est farmere’ cooling wells or springs of
water. By way of a clearer designa-
tion we will denominate one of these
rivals the east-sider and the other the
west-cider. Now, it eventuated early
in the Autumn, that the West-sider got
a really superior though very small,
installment from patriotic and thrifty
“Comstock Hill” that :was‘ conceded a
little ahead of anything shown. on Bel- *
den avenue up to that date. This ex-
cited the spirit of commercial rivalry
in the breast of the East-sider at once.
Ho resolved to beat Comstock Hill’s .
product, or perish in the endeavor. So
7 he scoured Darien, Stamford; North
. .Stamford and White Oak Shade; got
—' divers “samples,” but all proved to be
below grade-
At length he heard of
an hond'stjl‘euton. a man from the ro-
.manti9 and. legendery wine producing
'land‘vof the Rhone and the Rhine, who
,havmg come to America and settled on
high,zs1ghtly and salubrious Belden
,Hill,,had cséayed to throw. all the in-
fherited skill and talent of his wine
_making ancestors for teii centuries, in-
impeached and unimpeachable Con-
necticut apple juice. The friend from
the Faderland had carefully hand
picked his Roxbury Russets at the
latest period of safety. Had piled them
high on the cool barn fioor. covered
with clean rye straw—so that they
might there sweat, and mellow and
ripen, to the exact point of perfect
juice—or so he said he did. East-side
was not long in urging his coal black
steedsup to the good German’s house.
The v1s1tation was rapidly explained,
and the enthusiastic Rhinelander, flat-
tered at such unexpected attention,
efi'usively protested thathe had ‘ ‘Ciders
dat was so petter ash good ash never
vas ;” and forthwith hurried for a test-
111;: sample in his wife’s choicest bric-
a-brac milk pitcher. “‘Now you tastes
and you schmelles dat ciders and you see
dot it-_1s ish so potter as lager-peer.
Yahs, it is so petter ‘ as' all do Rhine
wines as‘ ish' made; do. Zinfandel. La-
rose, Medoc, Lafite, Yquem,‘Bougeot,
Chablis. Beaujolais, Qa‘utent, Johan-
nieburg, Marcobrunner, ,‘ Reedeschei-
mer, Steinwin, Leibfraumlich; Niere-
teiouer. Laubeuheimer, Bo'denheimer',
Hocheimer,” a‘nd”a ‘ dozen; other ,Dutch ’
‘ ‘Heimers” which Teuton [rolled ofi'jn
such hurried gutteral, as nearly took
East-side’s breath away. He drank of
the olden—once, twice and thrice—
.then confessed it was apleasanter bev-
erage than any Rhine wine he had
‘ever sampled, whether made in Ger-
many, rance or New Jersey: An or-
der was promptly given for a forty-
five gallon cask of the melliflious apple
juice. It was to be delivered at once.‘
It came. West-side was invited over
to taste. and submit to humiliation and
defeat. But somehow, it had apeculiar
dead and insipid flavor, and left a dark,
brown taste in the mouth. East-side
admitted the soft and sweet impeach-
ment; in fact he remarked his sus-
picions that the bull-frog croaking
Dutchman, had doctored it- with silicic"
acid, toprevent fementation and keep
it‘sweet and if he could’nt "Sprackins
Deitcher” he could and would give
Mr. Rhinelander a piece of his mind.
Up to this date, however. honors were
about cyen between the tWO rivals.
l‘hen_came an overtopping, a master-
ful triumph to West-side. The night
before Christmas. George Ed. Com-
stock,‘ he of the Four Corners, swooped
dowuupon him and brought a royal
demijohn of his choicest russet juice,
for West-Side to sustain life with over
the trying holiday period. This so un-
questionably broke the'entire'cider
record that West-side in triumph had
East-Side at once sample it and then
defiantly demanded an unconditional
surrender. But East-side wanted a
few days trial ; he had seen Teuton who
swore there had been no doctoring
done to his cider; that its fiat taste all
'came from his having put his big bar-
rel close up to his house-heating fur-
nace, and if he would carry it outside
he’would soon find the ‘ ‘nip” he craved,
would‘return to it. But East-side is a
prudent man and caution suggested
that he cool it off by smaller install-
ments: so he took an afternoon of,
gathered up all the empty and dejec-
ted champagne bottles he could find ;
rinsed them thoroughly, hied him
down to the drug store, bought new
corks, got boiling water and ‘soaked
’em; jammed a lump of cut sugar and
a raism into eachbottle. then pressed
in the corks, carefully wiring each one
and then deftly carried all by the arm-
t‘ull_ out the cellar and removing the
lattice underneath his back stoop he
hid them there in seried ranks like a
platoon of soldiers on guard. _ All this
time, he was muttering to himself that
he would show West-side a thing'or
two in the ciderline that would hum-
ble his pride and fill him with m‘orti-
fication and dismay; He’would let the
bottles stay there till the cider had a
chance to ripen, mellow and grow oily
and smooth by the freezin process
and then he would send fer . est-side,
uncork a bottle and‘cover him with
confusmn- The cold snap accommo-
dated East-side by coming promptly.
In fact. coming down to zero it came if
not a little to promptly at least a good
deal too strong, for when he got down
his back stoop lattice again, and es-
sayed to withdraw his cider -bot-
tlee, 19, what did his— eager: -.eyes and
watering palate, behold}.- Hisbottles,
68:116. expresSedit, ‘-‘-all;busted” and his
cider all, ffrappe.” :Itris‘n’t safe to speak .'
of frozcncidergto ‘ East,sider_.'.now, .un-_ , '
. lads your lines of-rotreat are opem- ‘ - - -
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001d.
5 The thermometer at the residence of
Mr. ~ Charles Arnold on Camp street
registered at half past seven this morn-,
ing twelve belOw zero. ’
, tax.
Bdroughlifleetlngs.
urnnxoox.’
' A fire was started in the building
known as the Town House, yesterday
morning," but the place was aschilly as
a freshly filled ice house when some
thirty odd yoters assembled for the pur-
pose of laying a tax to'provide for the.
necessary expenses of the borough Vau-
ring the ensuing year. .
Warden Sloan called the meeting to
order, at the same time thoughtfully
suggesting that asit was decidedly chil- .
1y those assembled keep their hats on.
The call for the meeting as promul-
,.gated through the columns of the press
was read by Clerk Hubbell. He had
however scarcely finished before ex-
assistantborough clerk Leckwood arose
and questioned the legality of the doc-
ument‘as read and asked if the warden
had a certified copy .of the same. ‘
Winfield S. Moody stated that he
hadread the call as published and
. thought it tabs in conformity with the
law in the premises. '
_ Mr. Lockwood then said I-am here
in the absence of Mr. Hurlbutt. and as
‘his assistant, to perform the duties as
clerk, and have a certified copy of the
'call in my possession.
He was courteously listened to after
which the Warden asked if there was
any remarks to be made on the subject
of the call. ‘ .
John J. Walsh asked as to the in—
debtedness of the borough.
A suggestion was made that a 15
mill tax Would be sufficient.
William Sheldon thought that an 18
mill tax ought to be voted. N 0 court
of burgesses, with but one exception
had ever been able to get through with
a ten mill tax and that six mills of the
proposed tax had already been appro- .
priated for macadamizingMain street.
Thomas McMullen made a motion
that a 15 mill tax be laid, which was
seconded by Mr. Moody. ‘
Alfred E. Austin thought the bor-
ough should' be more economical.
Considered the Macdamizing of Main
street an unnecessary expense, but as
it had been voted, of course it should
be paid for; thought that in view of
the fact that it would take a six mill tax
to pay for the macadam a fifteen mill
tax was-not extravagant. The motion
that a tax of 15 mills be laid prevailed
with but one dissenting vote.
A motion to adjourn then prevailed,
and the “sarcophagus” was quickly
emptied of the thirty odd voters who
stepped out chilled to the marrow but
with the proud satisfaction of a faith-
ful performance of,an imperious duty.
Strangely enough, though, no date
was decided upon for theievyingiof the
EVENING.
-.A red hot stove greeted __the‘-‘l'argé _
.number of votere‘who aseembledjn the.
evening, and the room was quite com-
fortable, something that had not been
the case in many moons. -
The meeting was called to order by
Warden Sloan, and the call for the
meeting, which was to approve or dis
approve of a certain by-law passed by
the Court of Burgesses December. 5th,
1892, was read bv~clerk Hubbell.
Mr. John J. Walsh them presented
the followmg resolution : _
Resolved, That this meeting disap-
prove of the By-Law passed by the
Coturt of Burgesses, Dec. 5th, 1892, to-
WI :. . '- .
Be it ordained .b the Court of Burgesses of
the Borough of orwalk: That Section one
(1) of Chapter VII of the By-Laws of the Bor-
ough of Norwalk, is hereby amended to read
as follows: ' .
SEQ MON 1. The Court of Burgesses shall
appomt not less than two nor more than six
members of a regular police force. each of
whom shall hold officeduring good behavior.
That no member of said police force shall be
removed from office except for a0 (1 cause
shown at a public hearing had during a law-
ful meeting of said Court, and that any mem-
ber of said» force who is accused of misbehavior
shall be allowed to be present at such hearin
and he card in his own’ behalf.
Court of Burgesses shall appomt not more
than twenty-five special policemen,‘which lat-
ter shall act only as herein directed, and with-
out pay exce ting as herein expressly al-
lowed ; ands all also appointsuch officersof
the two forces. from the members thereof re-
spectl‘ully-as it may from time to time deem
proper.
Borough of Norwalk. Conn., December 5th,
189- ' Approved Dec. 5t 1892. .
JOHN D. lMMEY,
Warden.
The resolution was seconded by Mr.
Bernard C. Feeney.
The only one to. remark on the reso-
lution was Alfred E. Austin, who said
in substance that it was a shame that
any’ such by-law had been passed at
the time it was; it was not in good
taste or justice; if passed at all it
should have been done at the begin-
ning of the year; it was not right
either to the voters of the Borough or
the. present incumbents of the police
force; he hoped the resolution offered
by Mr. Walsh would prevail. "
,Th'e ayes and noes were then called
for by Warden Sloan and the vote was
unanimous for the resolution.
'lhe meeting then adjourned, and the
much talked of meeting Was a thing of
the past. ‘ ’
0-»—
To Skate To Stamford.
J'oe Donoghue, A.‘ 8. Franklin and
John Ennis of New York agreed yester-
day to skate 100 miles at Stamford,
. Conn‘.,‘ for gldry. They have been'trye
ing fog sometime to make a match for
money, but could not arrange it.
And sai .
Council Meetlng.
,An adjourned meetin of the Board
of Councilmen was‘held ast evening at '
the council chamber ' on Haviland
street. Mayor George Lockwood pro?~
sided and the full board was present.
Bills to the amount'of $93.48 were pre—
sented. ' .
Petitions for the position of Street
Commissroncr were received from C.
L. James and Wm. H. Wilcox. Tabled.
Petition was received from residents
of Stuart saline for an electric light
to be p‘laod at the corner of Valley
Place and Stuart avenue. Referred to
proper committee. '
_ The next business before the meet-
ing was the balloting for a Chief Engi-
neer of the fire department. The re-
sult. of the ballot showed five votes
against Samuel McGowan’s confirma-
tion and one. in favor. The clerk was
then instructed to communicate with
thesecretary of the'fire department,
asking that he call a meeting of the de-
partment and have them, if they so
desired, present another name for the
consideration of the council before the
next meeting to be held Friday even-
ing, January 20th. 6
Nelson Taylor’s resignation as one
of the electric light commissioners was
received, read, and” accepted with a
vote_of thanks to Mr. Ta, [or for the
efficient services he ha ' rendered.
Councilman Volk exolained that Mr.
Taylor had accepted the position with
the understanding that he should re-
. sign as soon as the new plant was com-
pleted.
The meeting then adjourned until
Friday evening, January 20th, 1893, at
_ 7.30 o’clock.
‘D—
Amusements.
MUSIC HALL.
. The attraction at Music Hall to-night
‘is a new one, just placed on .theroad
this season but in the language of the
town'small boy its a bully good show;
Singing, Dancing, Novelty and Sen-
sation and uproariously funny comedy
all have part "in the excellent pro-
gramme and it is a foregone conclus—
ion that iu Fields & Hausons Drawmg
Cards we are to have a genuine treat,
Kellar, the Pido-Man‘ual Phenomenon
of Berlin is one feature alone worth
the admission.
O.
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
Kernel 1.0111, the Murderer of Mrs. Dem-
acsek in the Death Chair. '
Dannam‘ons, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Kornel
Lcth, a Hungarian, 26 years of age, met
death by electricity in Clinton prison at ' .
11.51yesterdayghorniug; , ‘ a" ' ' .. 1-
.‘:frl1f5‘f§glcfigl time 'of execution was as
- follows: Entry into death cell, 11.40 1.-5
a. 111.; time occupied in strapping, 32
Seconds; length of first contact, 50 sec-
onds; interva: between contacts, 5 Sec-
onds; length of second contact, 3seconds;
entire ti ne victim was in death chamber
until death was announced,'2 minutes 55
seconds. , - ‘
The apparatus used was the same as that
in the other State prisons, and the same
as used in the case of Wood last summer
at this prison. The only innovation was
the introduction of the diminishing cur.
rent, \‘Sl‘: ch the State electrician believes
prev: n13 any muscular or nervous reac-
tion. Lcth had no friends and his body
will be buried in quick lime in the prison
burial plot. ,_
The Farmers May Retaiiute.
Rocgasrnn, N. Y., Jan. 17.—’l‘he black-
smiths in Lyons, Alloway and other
places in Wayne county, have effected a
chmbinat-io'n, and one of the first things
to attract. attention January 1, when the
combination went into effect, was an in—
crease in the price of re-setting from 12-1/2
cents to 15 cents and for setting new shoes
from 25 cents to 30 cents. The black-
smitlis in Phelaps did not enter this com-
bination and now the farmers are driving
several miles out of their way to reach a
non-alliance shop. Farmers talk of boy-
cotting the alliance. '
”\Vinter Cholera in Albany. ' .
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 17.—I'r. isststed by
the physicians at the City Hospital that
there is an unusual amount of sickness in ,
this city at the present , time and the hos-
pital is crowded. The majority of the
cases are of winter cholera and some of
them have resulted fatally.
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'Free Trip to Washington Record.
Following is the score to date, of the
balloting in the contest for the, GA-
znrrn’s free railroad ticket to Wash- ,
ington, D. 'C., and return, on the occas-
ion of President Cleveland’s inaugural:
tion :
Rhody McGinnis 153
‘ James M. Creagh . 55
iii“ sii’aifi £7 rd it
ver um 0
James T. Hubbell 3}
Isaac Bowe 1"
Frank Street . 1.:
Thomas Ward Jr 1~
James Mitchell 10
Owin to the large number of singleballots
handedgin we have decided to ublish the
names only of those candidates w 0 have re-
ccived ten or more votes. - _
Miami's EXCURSION mm
. , _ . T0 - ' _ ,
.CLEVELAND’S INAUGURAUTION,
Washington.D.C.. WW 4.11893." i
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