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Independent 111 all things: Neutral in nothing.
The Gazette has the iarzest cir—
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
rates. ~
An Extra Gazette.
An issue of the DAILY GAZETTE will
shortly be published in the interest of
the town of Norwalk, and is intended
to embrace a complete list of the busi—
ness and professional men, showing
what facilities we have to offer to man-
ufacturing and other industries to lo-
cute in Norwalk. This issue will give
unusual advantages to our business
men to widely circulate their interests.
An authorized agent for the GAZETTE
will call on the business and profession-
al men, and we feel confident they will
give the enterprise their hearty support.
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Reform in the Railway Mail Service.
Hon. Frank Hatton, ex-Postmaster
General and now the able editor of the
Washington Post has the following wise
and sensible observations anent our
overworked and overcrowded mail rail-
way service:
“The present Congress has it in its
power to materially improve one ,of
.the most important branches of the
Post-office Department, by a reclassi-
fication of the Railway Mail Service.
Since the last classification of that ser-
vice by the legislation of 1882 the
country has advanced so rapidly in
wealth and prosperity that the service
has more than doubled in volume. The
constant demand for new lines and in-
creased efficiency on old ones has taxed
the department to its utmost. In its
efforts to meet and accommodate this
ever increasing business it has been
treated by Congress with a niggardli-
ness of appropriations that it is hard to
account for.
The department has resorted to every
expedient, even to the reduction of the
clerks’ salaries, to keep within the ”ap-
propriation, and what is more to the
discredit of Congress, these salaries
have never been restored. . Here is
presented the spectacle of a great na-
tion going down into. the pockets of its
employees and actually robbing them
of thousands of dollars annually in or-
der that Congress may make a show of
economy. 7
But the injustice does not end here.
While straining every nerve to keep
abreast of the ever increasing volume
of business, this same idea of economy
at any cost prevented the department
increasing the working force at the
same ratio. So that while the mail
handled in the postalrcars has more
than doubled in the last ten years, the
the working force has increased less
than 80 per cent. As a consequence
the clerk of to-day must do more work
than formerly and receive less compen-
sation for it. In addition, his work is
more complicated. He must have an
exact knowledge, requiring years to
master, of the location of all post-
ofiices in from one to a dozen States,
and know the time of arrival of trains
at all junction points within that terri-
tory; while their hours of labor on
any heavy railway post-office will aver-
age nearly 10 for 365 days of the year,
as compared to 7 in departmental work
for about 240 days of the year.
An idea of the enormous business
conducted through the mail maybe
gathered from an item that appeared
in the Post a few days ago regarding
the burning of a small amount of rail-
way mail at New Brunswick, N. J.
The item stated that all the mail,
amounting to less than half a ton, was
destroyed. Most of it was what is
called paper mail; that is, second,
third, and fourth class matter. “A
great number of letters contained
drafts, checks, and coupons for collec-
tion representing over a million of
dollars.
This shows, in a faint way, what the
Railway Mail Service is to business
men. Here was less than half a ton of
mail, in which the first-class matter was
so small that it was hardly worth men-
tioning, yet we find it containing 8. vol-
ume of business transactions aggregat-
ing a million of dollars. As showing
the comparative unimportance of this
train there was no postal clerk on it,
the amount of mail carried upon‘it not
justifying it.
If so much business is found to be
contained in less than half a ton of “un-
important ” mail, what must be the ag-
gregate value of the thousands of tons
of important mail daily transported
over our great trunk lines, in charge of
as high a class of experts as are to be
found in any calling? The Post-office
Department has been urging this 'mat-
ter for years, and the recommendation
for relief by the general superintend-
ent of the Railway Mail Service is a
In the face of these facts we fail to
see how any member of Congress can
conscientiously oppose the reorganiza-
tion of this service on modern lines. In
doing so, if not acting directly against
his own personal interests, he is cer.-
tainly acting against those of his con-
stituents, however unimportant a dis
trict he may represent. The business
interests of this country, if no other,
demand that the pending bill be passed.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
Ash Wednesday.
Did you receive a valentine ?
The “divy” has been. postponed.
Drurwist Giles A. Gregory is a vic-
o a“ c
tim of the grip. a -
Dealers report a light trade in valen-
tines this year.
Lenten services have commenced in
good earnest in our local churches.
E. B. Roberts, a well known- Bridge—
port resident, is dead aged 58 years.
—A ten horse-power Engine and
Boiler will be sold cheap for cash.
Apply at Gamma office.
Mr. George W. Raymond is in
Willimantic in attendance at the meet-
ing of the G. A. R. to-day.
Complaint is made of the noise made
at night by the Italians who resrdc 1n
the vicinity of Center avenue.
, The mother who starts to. get a sleepy
boy outiof bed these mornings may be
said to have a rousing time of it.
——A new invoice of sponges just re- -
ceived by Druggist Hale, gomg at spe-
cial low prices. 544tf
Charles E. Squire is doing some
“patchwork” on the walls in the St.
John’s Lodge room and Probate oflice.
Keeler, the Water street butcher, can
do up a soup joint in a way to make a
Board of Trade banqueter shout for
joy.
There are sixty-four lawyers in the
United States Senate. This accounts
for its being called the House of Ob-
structions and Quibbles.
—Hale’s Lung Balsam is prepared
from the prescription of a prominent
physician and is perfectly safe for the
smallest child. 544tf
BishOp Lyman of North Carolina, 78
years of age and qu1te wealthy, was
married the other day to the daughter
‘of 9. Charleston cotton factor.
The fear of a hoop-skirt invasion is
dying away. The Princess of Wales
has decided that she will not wear a
cage skirt, and, of course, nobody else
will do so.
—Fresh fish to-day. Shad, Cod,Weak
and Herring. Long clams open and
in the shell. Everything fresh. No
stale stock. People's Market, Nor-
.walk and South N orwalk.
E. B. Roberts, aged 58, of Bridge-
port, died suddenly last night of heart
failure. He was a respected citizen
and a prominent member of various
secret organizations.
Huge blocks of ice,‘some of them
eight feet thick, are pilled from ten to
twenty-five feet high in front of the
Taftville Railroad station on the banks
of the Shetucket River.
Rhody is down to-day threatening
to sue Bro. Maples for libel in pub-
lishing a cut of the last murderer and
alleging it to be a correct likeness of
the Mayor of Cobble Hill.
Several hundred dollars have been
wagered on the Lane-Brady go which
takes place at Stamford next week. It
is thought that there will be fully 500
persons present at the meeting.
Miss Cassie Power entertained a
number of her young friends at her
home on Union Park, last evening.
She acted the part of hostess in a
charming manner and all who were
present had a delightful time. ‘
Mrs. Charles Mallory of West avenue
- celebrated her 89th birthday yesterday.
Her daughter, Mrs. Nash of New York
and her daughter, were of the com-
pany convened to congratulate good
“Aunt Sally” on her vigorous and
beatiful old age. '
Rev. Samuel Scoville, pastor of the
Congregational church, Stamford, will
conduct a crusade against masquerade
balls. There was much disorder in a
ball of the Stamford Turners, Monday
night,_most of the trouble being caused
by Bridgeport parties.
Four of the bridges over the Farm-
ington River between New Boston and
Colebrook River, one being in the lat-
ter place, are gone, and another one
which is also in Colebrook river has
one end 011’ its abutments. The
damage was done by the breaking up
of the ice in the river. .
The first annual reception of the
Elite Social Club was held at the Ath-
enseum las night, and proved to be a
very pleasing affair. Music for danc-
ing was furnished by Prof. Weideu-
hammer. Mr. Eugene McCann acted
as floor manager, assisted by Messrs.
Harold Glen enning, William Bene-
dict, Edward Kenney and Joseph
strong as words can make it. .
1
Gregory.
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Norwalk, Conn.,Weanesaay leaning, February 15, 1893.
J. P. Malloy, representing the New
York Mercury, is in town to-day.
This~ frame of William Lawlor’s new
house on Belden avenue was raised
yesterday.
Frank I. Gilbert of Ridgefield has
purchased a building lot on Myrtle av-
enue, East Norwalk.
Miss Emma J. Baxter, of West Tis-
bury. M. V., is a guest of Mr. Charles
A. Burr, on Center avenue.
_—Taft Bros. are in receipt of an in-
vome of “nerver rip” trousers which
they are selling as low as $1.00.
The case of the Norwalk Gas Light
Co. vs. the Borough of Norwalk, has
been resumed in the Superior court.
Mr. Maples has his Board of Trade
Banquet fairly launched. To him the
feed is more important thanthe factory.
The funeral of Stephen G. Ferris
will be held at 2:30 o’clock, Thursday
afternoon, from his late home on West
avenue.
‘ Captain James Glennon of Company
E, Goodwin guard. has been presented
with a handsome sword by the mem-
bers of his company.
Mrs. Charles Mallory celebrated her
89th birthday yesterday and to-day is
the birthda of our venerable and hen-
ored friend ev. S. B. S. Bissell.
The record shows that the first pat-
ent granted in this country was issued
July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for
making pot and pearl ashes.
A horse belonging to W. Kent. of
South Wilton, fell on Main street. near
the Boston Store, t1 's noon, and broke
one of the shafts of the wagon. ,
Charles McNeil, assistant postmaster
of Torrington for thirty years, and
postmaster under President Cleveland.
died yesterday morning at the age of
64.
John Johnson cut an unusual figure
by falling in a ditch near the Union
cemetery yesterday. He escaped in-
jury but presented a very sorry spec-
tac e. '
Hezekiah B. Smith yesterday re-
ceived official notification of his ap-
pointment as postmaster of New Lon-
don, his commission bearing the date
of Feb. 6, and having four years to run.
The entertainment and social given
by Pilgrim Council, 0. U. A. M., last
evening, was well attended. Two
farces were presented in an excellent
manner. Dancing was indulged in
and a merry t" as was enjoyed by all.
Edward Ferris in the Bridgeport city
court yesterday confessed to numerous
burglaries committed in that city dur-
ing the past two months. Ferris and
Cunningham, his companion, were
bound over under bonds of $2, 000 each.
Governor Morris has appointed E.
Shelton Cornell of New Haven to rep—
resent Connecticut as an aid on the
staff of General Scofield, the grand
marshal in charge of the inauguration
day ceremonies at Washington on
March 4th.
There was a fair attendance at the
promenade concert given by Company
F at the Armory last evening. There
was a full dress drill by the company,
and avolley of guns fired. Dancing was
indulged in until an early hour this
morning. The affair was a succes.
Mr. Wm. Hamilton Gibson the well
known artist lectured before the
an’s Club in the parlors of the Norwalk
Club Rooms yesterdayvafternoon. His
subject was. “The elcome to the
Flowers.” The lecture was largely at.
tended and proved a most interesting
and delightful occasion.
Mr. George Clarke’s portrayal of
Petruchio in Mr. Daly’s revival _of
“The Taming of the Shrew” 1s a quiet
and effective bit of work that deserves
recognition. Mr. Clarke belongs to
the old school, but his comedy work is
a lesson in neatness and clean cut d1-
rectness to many players who are apt
to sneer at tradition as out of' date.—
N. Y. Herald.
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—Fresh Fish.
Fish, Oysters and Clams, and a1
kinds of meats, received daily at Bay-
mond & Lockwood, 22 Main stregilfif
A Mixed-minim Affair.
NEW HAVEN, Ct., Feb. 15.-Fredcrick
W. Prior and his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Gorham, were in the City Court on
a charge of improper conduct, but were
discharged because of lack of evidence.
The unusual feature of the affair .is that
Mrs. Prior, wife of one of the defendants,
has brought suit against her mother, the
other defendant, for $1,000 damages for
alienation of her husband’s affections.
Suicide of Jockey Martin.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15.—Thomns Mar-
tin, jockey for Hickey Bunn, who form-
erly rode for Senator Stanford in Cali-
fornia, cominitied suicide at a house of
ill- fame on Custom House street last
night. He had been drinking for several
days, and had been despondent for some
time, alleging that all of his friends had
gone baclc on him. He had quarreled
with his employer.
A Sleigh Struck by a Train. '
WATERLOO, In., Feb. 15,—An Illinois
Central train ran into a sleigh at a cross-
ing about three miles north of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Falrchild, the occupants of
the sleigh, were found on the pilot of the
engine after the collision. Mrs, Fair!
child was fatally injured and her hus‘
band seriously hurt. " . ,
Wom- -
Down by The Sea. .
A good sized audience assembled at
Music Hall last evening to witness the
performance of the comedy drama,
“ Down by the Sea,” which was given
by the South Norwalk Dramatic club,
forthe benefit of the new hospital
fund. The young ladies and gentle-
men who participated in the .play, sur-
prised the spectators by showing their
abihty as actresses an actors.
Miss Rose Flynn, as Kate Raymond,
a city belle, was at her best, and elicit-
ed much applause by her clever acting.
Her rendition of the love song, “A1-
ways,” 'was excellent. , ~
Miss Lizzie Harkins, as Kitty Gale,
made a decided hit, and received many
complimentary remarks forxher excel-
lent impersonation of that characterf
Miss Katie Brennan, as Mother Gale,
was, as usual, first-class.
Fred. Hoyt, as. John: Gale, gained
new honors, by his clever rendition of
that character. .
Ed. Sisseron, as Abner Raymond,
showed his ability as a first-class ama-
teur, while Frank Clark, as March
Gale, pleased the audience by his fine
acting. Bert Wilson,;as Captain Dan-
delion, a city yachtsm'an, took his part
in a very pleasing manner.
Thomas F. Welch, "as Mickey Finn,
an old Ir' h peddler. was heartily ap-
plauded or his comical appearance,
and witty sayings. Mr. Welch deser-
ves special credit, as it was his first at-
tempt at acting. H. C. Smith imper-
sonated J a ’-k Gale, and was conceded
by all to have been the star ‘of the
evening. Incidental to act '11, Mr.
James Sengalein rendered an excellent
tenor solo, and was heartily applauded.
The company will realize a neat sum
from the entertainment, which will, as
soon as possible, be turned over to the
treasurer of the hospital corporation.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,ITZS
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Reappointment Not Probable.
Governor Morris nominated last week .
the members of the State Fish com-
mission, but those of the Shell Fish
commissidn, which has designation and
general supervision of the oyster
grounds, are not expected until a week
or two hence. The Bridgeport mem-
ber of the latter board is Editor
George C. _\Valdo, of the Standard.
A strong effort is being made to secure
his reappointment, a petition in his
favor having been numerously signed
by the owners of private grounds.
It has been reported that the ”nat-
ural growers” were also supporting
him, but this a member oftheir asso-
ciation denies. They have no love
for the Shell Fish commission gener-
ally, regarding it as being hostile to
their interests and as a body will do‘
nothing to secure the; continuance .in
office of anyone whom they associate
with previous alleged errors by the
commission. This, the member ex-
plained, is their position. He dis-
claimed any special objection to Mr.
Waldo, but said the natural ground
workers would not lend their influence
towards his reappointment. The im-
pression strongly prevails at Hartford
that his name will not be among those
sent in by the governor.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IPS
"THE KIND THAT CURES”.
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Reduced Rates to Washington.
The annual Continental Congress of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion will be held in Washington for the
week beginning February 21st.
The principal railroads of the coun-
try have agreed to the following ar-
rangement concerning the reduction of
rates for that week to Washington and
return. Any peran wishing to take ad-
vantage of the plan, must pay the full
fare from starting point to Washington,
and secure from the local agent the
printed certificate at least th-‘~-ty min-
utes before train time, and within three
days of the date of starting. On the
presentation of this certificate to the
chairman of the R. R. committee at the
Congress, he will be furnished with a
return ticket to the point'of starting, at
one-third the regular price. These cer-
tificates are not transferrablc, and must
be secured at the local station before
starting, in every instance.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
An increase of Crime.
The annual reports of the various
state attorneys concerning the criminal
business of the courts for the year
ending July 1, 1892, have been com-,
piled by Comptroller Staub and. for-
warded to Governor Morris.
The who‘e number of prosecutions
for difierein crimes was 721, an in-
crease of T00 as compared with the
preceeding year. The total number of
cases disxiosed of was 1,734, an increase
of 522. The convmtions were 118, an
increase of 30. The amount of forfeited
bonds reported was $15,550; the
amount for the proceeding year was
$10,025.
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The Pressy Case Settled.
The case of Isaac N. Pressy vs. the
Housatonic Railroad company, in
which 001. W. H_. Stevenson was ex-
pected to testify in behalf of the de-
fence, came up for trial in the civil
Common Pleas court yesterday. A
satisfactory settlement was announced
and the suit was Withdrawn. Pressy
was employed by Col. Stevenson as
agent at Wilson’s Pomt and when dis-
charged claimw Violation of contract,
and sued to recover damages of sev-
eral hundred dollars.
Special Notice.
The members of Our Brother’s
Lodge,No. 10. I. O. O F., are re-
quested to meet at the Lodge Room,
Thursday afternoon, February 16, at
1:30 o’clock, for the purpose of at-
tending the funeral of our late brother,
William Thompson, at the first Baptist
church.
WILLIAM Burrnax. N. G.
. . Fell From the Switcher. I
- William F. Martin of Willimantic.
‘brakeman on the night switcher, in
jumping from a car sterday struck a
switch and fell un er the car which
passed over his left shoulder. He sus-
tained other severe injuries and_his re-
covery is doubtful. He has a mic and
four children. '
Sentenced for Attempting Suicide.
Patrick Mitchell of Waterbury, who
attempted suicide on Feb. 7 last in the
Compton House, New York, by asphyxi-
ation, pleaded guilty to the offense be.-
fore Judge Cowing in the federal ses-
sions yesterday and was sent to the
penitentiary for six months.
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Defeated the Champion.
George Paul Work of the Larch-
mont Yacht club yesterday defeated
E. D. Fulford, the world’s professional
champion shot, in a match at the club
house. Mr. Work killed 88 birds out
of 100. .Fulford killed 87. It was for
$250 a Slde. The conditions were thirty
yards and sixty yards boundary.
Trinity’s New Choir.
Trinity church of of Southport, isto
have a full vested choir, composed of
young ladies, voung men, and boys.
It will be the nrst choir of its kind in
the state. There will be 14 female
voices in the choir. Each young lady
will be attired in the regulation gown
at every service. The choir will be
one of the features of the services dur-
ing Lent.
The Rev. John E. Searles.
The Rev. John E. Searles, formerly
of New Haven, died Sunday night in
Brooklyn, N. Y., at the home of, his
son, John E. Scarles, secretary of the
sugar trust. Mr. SearIes had preached
in Meriden and New Haven. For near-
1y fifty years, he was a member ofthe
New York Conference and was the old-
efttMethodist clergyman in New York
s a e.
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The "Cussion” Case.
As was foreordained and expected,
the suit of B. W. Maples (by his next
friend Myer Alpert) vs. A. H. Bying-
ton was decided in the plaintiff’s favor.
.Bro. Maples seems to have better luck
in a plain suit for damages, than he
does in injunction cases. The case was
co_nducted_by two of Norwalk’s illus-
trious spri s of the law, Joseph A.
Gray for aples and Borough Clerk
Hubbell for sBymgton. The case was
appealed.
Amusements.
_ OPERA Housn. .
The George A. Hill Theatre compa-
ny last night commenced the fourth
week of its stay 1n Norwalk. The'play
presented was the Serpent’s Sting, all.
the characters being well taken. The
specialties were good, Ray Earle re-
ceivmg great applause in her bow-wow-
wow song. The play announced for to-
night is Kathleen Mavourneen, with
Miss Alice Kemp in the title role.
Another Brakeman Killed.
When . the Harlem River freight
reached its destination last night, the
mangled body of Patrick Mahon was
found under the tender. He was last
seen shortly after the train left New
Haven and, it is supposed, . was swept
from the car by a passing train. In
some manner the body became wedged
between the trucks and there it re-
mained. As the train made no stop the
remains were not discovered. Mahon
lived in New Haven and very little is
known about him.
Connecticut To The Front. ,
“A Hartford Times Washington spe-
cial says that it is stated there that Con-
necticut 1s_to have a place in Mr.Cleve-
land’s Cabinet—that of Secretary of the
Navy—and that ex-Congressman Carlos
French of Seymour, is the man for the
place. '
The. report gives great satisfaction in
Washington. The Connecticut contin-
gent there and all who know Mr.
French express themselves as highly
pleased With the prospect of his becom-
ing a member of Mr. Cleveland’s om-
cial family.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
Y. M. C. A. Contest.
The second of the series of contests
between the Y. M. C. A. teams of
Bridgeport and Norwalk will take
place to-night. In the first contest the
Bridgeport team was victorious by a
score 1090 to 809. The Bridgeport team
defeated the Stamford team. The Nor-
also walk boys expect to Win. The Con-
tests commence at 8 o’clock. No admis-
s10_n Will be charged. The teams are:
Bridgeport—Parrott, Hubbard,O’Brien,
Clarkson and Iryon. N orwalk—Thom-
as Richardson, Edward Robinson, W.
Hafi‘, Dav1d Raymond and George
Cram, The contests are running high
jump, putting the shot, broad jump
pole vault, one-quarter mile run.
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Obituary.
LAUREZT J. LASSEN.
Tl's aged and respected citizen of
our town, who in the Slst year ofhis
age, 1s.to be sepulchred to-morrow, was
born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He
came to New York in 1834 and bein a
cabinet maker, opened there a who 6-
sale furniture store in Maiden Lane.
He had served an apprenticeship as an
interior wood-worker and decorator in
Denmark and was always an expert at
his trade. Later. he went to Chicago,
but in 1868, he moved to Norwalk and;
started the stair and newel carving busi-
ness. He did the interior cabinet and
marquetry work on the first day pal-
ace parlor car ever constructed, which
was the conception of the late LeGrand
Lockwood, and built for and run on
the Lake Shore road. He was the
very soul of honesty and honor and
died respected and revered by all who
knew him. Peace and rest to the aged
and saintly soul.
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“Equal and Exact J wsticc to all Men of Whateucr State or Pcrswaswn, Religious or ~Political.”-—Jefmoa,
At Hartford. _
_ The committee on executive nomina-
tions reported favorably on Gov. Mor-
ris’ appointments of labor,yfactory,
railroad, bank and fish commissioners.
Senator Hall, of Meriden, introduced
a peculiar petition, which asks forqan
not making it criminal libel for a book,
magazine or newspaper to be published
which is made up principally of crimi-
nal news, police reports or accounts of
criminal deeds, or pictures or stories
of deeds of bloodshed, lust or crime,or
matters of a sensational character, or
calculated to debase the morals of the
people or harass their feelings.
During the session Senator Holcomb
of the second district, found fault with
the committee on executive nomina-
tions because they did not give a pub-
lic hearing in the matter of the ‘Gov-
ernor‘s appointments, as he said many
of the labor organizations desired to
protest against the appointment of
Robert J . Vance as labor commission-
er. Senator Fox and Pierce of the
committee said that the custom for the
past seventy years has been not to have
a public hearin in these matters as
the Senate mere y gave its consent to
the Governor’s appointment. Senator
Pierce also said that as many organiza-
tions were in favor of Vance’s as were
protesting against him. The report
was accepted and nominations con-
firmed.
New York and New Haven railroad
were given power to increase their
stock from fifty-five to 100 millions.
Resolutions were introduced amending
charter of city of Norwich fixing
boundary lines. The proposed change
in the charter includes no new terri-
tory, giving poWer to city of Water-
bury to take land for sewers, to take
water from any of the streams, etc., in
New Haven county, to issue water
bonds to amount of $300,000.
Catholics in,,Lent.
To-day begins in the Catholic church
the forty da s fast. The regulations
are material y the same as those an-
nounced two years ago. Last year
the dispensation granted of account of
the grippe, made practically no lent at
all so far as fastin was concerned. In
all the Catholic c urches services will
be held Wednesday and Friday even-
ings. Rosary, sermon and benediction
Wednesday evening; stations of the
cross and benediction on Friday even-
ing. The lenten regulations were rea
at St. Mary’s church Sunday morning.
All the week days of Lent are fast-
ing days of obligation on one meal
only ; custom has authorized thence of
a slight collation in the evening and a
cup of tea or coffee, etc., in the morn-
ing. Flesh meat is allowed at all times
on Sunday, and at the principal meals
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, except the second and last
Saturdays of Lent. Eggs, butter and
cheese permitted at the collation. Be-
sides lard, the fat rendered from any
kind of meat may be used on any day
of Lent. Flesh and fish are not al-
lowed at the same meal, even on Sun-
days. Womcn pregnant and nursing,
the sick, the aged or feeble, children
under twenty-one years old, and those
whose employment is of a laborous or
exhausting character, are excused from
the obligation of fasting. ’
Adams-Sturges-
At 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
Memorial church of the Holy Trinity
in Westport, which had been adorned
with palms, potted plants and flowers,
was filled in every part, the occasion
being the marriage of Miss Emma
Louise, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Sturges, to Dr. Henry F. Ad-
ams of Brooklyn. Before and after the
ceremony, which was performed by the
rector, the Rev. Mr. McKenZie, Dr. J.
H. Norman of Stamford, rendered a
number of selections, including pop-
ular wedding marches. The bride ap-
peared in a white silk, veil of tulle, and
carried a bouquet of white roses. Her
four maids wore gowns of cream color,
two of them carrying bouquets of pink
and two of yellow roses. They was
Miss Jennie Taylor of~ Wilton,
Miss Eva Sturges, niece of the bride,
Miss _Miriam Cole of Westport, and
Miss Laura Smyt e' of Saugatuck, a
bright little lady, Miss Evelyn Sturges
Banks, aged six years, of Easton,
acting as maid of honor. The best man
was Dr. John Adams, a brother of the
groom, of New York.
Free Trip to Washington Record.
Following is the score to date, of the
balloting in the contest for the GA-
zn'rrn’s free railroad ticket to Wash-
ington, D. C., and return, on the occas-
ion of President Cleveland’s inaugura-
10n :
Rhody‘McGinnis 3047
James M, Creag 2335
W. H. J onnson 1300
Isaac Bowe 1200
James T. Hubbell 343
N. Slop. 33!}
James Mitchell 140
live: R. umford 135
allace Dem: 100
Patrick O’Hara. 80
John Ford 50
Eli Northrop 61
Giving to the large number of ballots
handed in we have decided to ublish the
names only of those candidates w 0 have re-
ceived fifty or more votes.
' liars. Hun ‘wniiialllarrirur
, i,MnaINo HALF Hosea: ,
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AT Miran-unusi}
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Price One Cent.
- Kicked Agin Walkln’ Wid Baby.
A vivacious lady. friend of the B. L.
D. walked up from the Bridge Satur-
day evening, behind a brace of thor-
oughly Americanize {,__grand-sons of
Erin and was onvu' d by the follow-
ing coloquy s e~ was forced to-over-
hear. The pair were family men and had
imbibed just enough beer to be in the
best of humor and entirely ‘confiden-
tial as to their family affairs.
“Johnny”, said one to the other
“now I belaves in bein good and kin
and helpin’ about the house for itsa
hard time the poor wife has anyway
and so I brings the coal and helps
about till I goes to work in the mornin’
and at nights I empties the slops and
helps Mary wid the childer and houlds
the baby—oh begorra does yez mind
Mary’s last baby! Will, he’s a houly
terror. He just ates and slapes all the
day an’ evenin’ an’ is as happy Wid
himself as a kitten, till I goes to bed
and thin he begins to howl wurs than a
starved dog in the could woodshed an’
kapes it up all night, till were tired to
death wid him. Ouch, he’s fat an’
ther’s no livin wid him nights and
Mary she makes me jump out 0’ me
warm bed just as I’m going to slaps
an’ in me only garmint walk the flurc
wid him, till I’m near ded, it is. An’
those cold nights last week, whin me
fire wus all out ; fur a poor man can’t
kape fire wid coal at six dollars; I
walked the brat till every tooth in me
on Mary’s piece of oil cloth forninst
the could stove wid me bare fate, I
tho’t iv’ry bone in me body had gone
crazy wid shakin. Did yez’s iver
sthep on a could oil cloth on a frazrn’
night wid yer bare fut ?. 'Shure its
enough to make a Prohibitioner see
shnakes. Why, its colder nor a North
of Ireland dog’s nose in mid-Winter.
I was so near paralyzed by it, I fired
the squawlin’ spalpeen back into bed
with Mary an’ I said says I, Mary take
your dombed brat, for I’ll die before
I’ll walk the flare wid it another night
an’ so I wouldn’t. Thin there was no
slapin’ or liven’ for either of us fur all
the night and fur 1v’ry night an’ he
can just howl himself to deth,1f he
likes, for I’m sint to purgatory afore I
walks the flure another night Wid ’1m, so
I am, tho’ I’m willin’ an’ handy an’
helpin’ to Mary whiniver I can about
the heuse as a ,dacint man should be,
but I’ll be dombed if iver I walk the
fiure another night w1d ’1m.” .
“Hould yer whist, now Tommy till
I enlitens yez,” retorted the compan-
ion. “I know somethin’ csmay help
yez. What does yer Mary ate ?” .‘fWhat
does she ate, share, what the divil is’t
she don’t ate ?” retorted Tom. “Will
thin, when Dora guv me the last child,
it scramed for a year andI_wint to
Docther Bald-e—what the divrl is his
name—an’ he said sez he what does
your wife ate while nursin’the kid?"
‘Come ofi" says I Docther its makm’
fun ye are wid me, for don’tall the
neighbors know’t that Dora came near
atin’ up the house ’an the cow sthable
an’ the uld cow an’ the pig in it,
while fa ing that kid in the natural
way.” ‘_‘Will,”
“does she ate turnips an’ cabbaoes an’
onions ’ai; the likes 0’ that, while _nur.
sin’ the babe?” “Shure she do,” said I,
“an’ plenty uv thim too, for she sames
that devours iv’ry grane thing. ' An’
grane corn an’ barres, she’s divil an’
all fur, Docther, says .I, an’ there’s
no satisfyin’ her crown.” “W111,”
said the Docther, says he, “go_ home
wid ye an’ stop Dora atinOBuch disther-
bin’ and tempestous things an’. ye’ll
have no trouble wid the baby cryin’ an’
sure an’ I did; an’ fur a full wake we
had no more disturbance the night
long an’ the child slept swate as an
angil so it did. Now does yer-Mary
ate sich rarin’ an’ tearin’ things ‘9.”
“Och surezan’ she ates thim all an’ is
crazy for ’im till she devours mor’n the
ould cow iver could.” “Will, now
Tommy, you sthop her as the Docther
sed an’ see if it won’t wurk as it did
wid Dora.” “Sure an’ I Will”_ prom.
ised Tommy with fervor, and it is to be
presumed he cruelly shut off Mary’s
favorite rations, but With what result,
our lady informant, has not learned.
The last she overheard was Tommy s
promise to try it and his thrice repeated
asseveration that whether the experi-
ment stopped the “crying ev11” or not
Tom’s stubborn protestation that ‘ ‘any-
way I’m dombed if I walk the flure
agin’, wid that baby.”
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No More Prizes,
A meeting of :the State Smngerbund
was held in New Haven this wgek to
arrange for the singing festival to take
place in that city in July 1894. A new
constitution and set of by-laws were
drawn up and approved by the conven-
tion. The most important change
made in the by-laws was the abolishing
of prizes at state feasts owmg to the
ill feeling caused by the awarding'of
prizes. Several of the larger societies
withdrew from the band owing t_o_ill
feeling growing out of the competition
for prizes, but are expected to rejom
under the new arrangement.
B.A.LLO'I'.
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CLEVELAND’S INAUGURATION,’
Washington,D.C., Womb 4, 1893,
FOR THE
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fine a baby as ye’d iver wish to see but .
hed wus chatterin an’ whin I sthepped .
says the Docther, -
like 0’ one of thim locusts of Agypt,
”Hit "KC-i.
Norwalk Chronicler