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. when completed. . . _
. 'electrOcut‘ed-Aon’Monday, May 8.
f, ‘5 amounts-ea ‘ . nos .
fish‘WALLi'srBfiEl‘. i
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Norwalk,Coungi'ljhurmdy;Evomng,.1iiay 4, 1893. .j '
[or crammsazamsw 'Pbliiical-”--J€f"m 7 ,
Theannouucement of we'll-list straws.
~ berry festival'isaumously awaited-g ' 1
THE FAVORlTE HOME PAPER: .»
_._— .
Intertidal In all thirst-llama] 1n rolling:
The Gazette has the largest cir—
culation of any paper In Norwalk.
and furnishes ~the lowest advertising .-
rates- ‘ . ; .
Objects-Lesson in Patriotism. '
The silent old Liberty Bell in its
journey. to ChiCago has served a most
useful purpose as an object-lesson in
patriotism to the children. By way of
preparation the“ schoOl [ children in
every town through which it was to
pass were taught the story of the bell.
The day of its arrival'was a school holi-
day,~aud the children marched in pro-
cession, carrying flags .and,‘ Singing
patriotic songs, to the scene of'the day’s
ceremonies, to hear Speeches calcu-‘,
lated to cultivate patriotic sentiments.
The old bellAitself with its inscription
suggestive of-its mission was a silent
but most eloquent teacher of reverence
for American institutiOns, and it can
_ be‘ safely asisumedthat never in its
whole career has it Served a more
useful purpose than in the inspirations
it has awakened in the minds of the
American school children" that have_
greeted its triumphal'joiirney to Chi-
cago. ~ , _
, .
Our Experience.
We received a3commuuicatiou from
the executive offices of the Southern
New England Telephone company yes-
terday. stating that the company had
made extensive improvements in their
trunk line services between exchanges
‘in the state, and enclosing a compli-
mentary stamp, requesting a trial of
the service.
we approached the ’phone with fear
and trembling and stated our desire to
talk with Stamford. The response from
Stamford was receivci,1 and our Wants
made known by the Norwalk oflice.
After waiting some time the Stamford
operator inquiredof this end i of the
line if an' answer had been received.
We heard a negative answer from the
local office,.but therewedied. Our cOn- .’
nection was cut off and no word impart-
ed to met a failure tocommuuicate with
the parties, desired. Nerviug ourselves
we called up the Central ofiice and
i asked if we had been cut off. We re-
ceiveda quick, reply stating that we
had. Deigning to question the cause
of our not receiving 'a reply we were
informed that the parties called for
had gone away. Knowing that an er-
ror had been madelin stating that a'
daily newspaper office was closed we
asked for another call, but were shut
off with the information that we mus
wait. ' 7
In view of the outcome-of Our first
trial over the ”extensive improve-
ments” of the telephone, company we
shall not try again. but will retain the
stamp as a memento of those “exten-
sive improvements”.
Thus Saith. “ _
“ The Saturday Contributor ” to the
Waterbury American is a very observ-
ant person and his column always pos-
sesses an interest for every reader.
Last Saturday he called attention to
the fact that the present diabolical
dressmaker’s device of ‘balloon shoul-
ders was denounced as long ago as the
time of Ezekiel, that. prophet havmg.
uttered this solemn warning: ' “. Thus
saith the Lord God: Woe to the women
who sew pillows to all armholes! ” The
doubting can verify this curse by turn-
ing to Ezekiel xii:18. We don’t know
which occasions the greater surprise,
the fact that Ezekiel-could see so far
ahead or that a newspaper man found
time to read his Bible.-Ausonia
Sentinel. '
Norwalk River. . .
The river this morning was the high-
est it has been this year. An immense
volume of water is flowin down over
the rocks under the bri ge, and. the
sight is a very pretty one. A large
telegraph pole - which lodged near
the railroad bridac. ,fioated down
during the night and is now caught in
the rocks under the bridge. Some idea
of the rapidity with Which the water is
running can be gained from the fact
that a young man attached a brick to a
long piece of twine‘and thromng it in:
to the water it refused to sink but float-
ed as if it Were a shingle. , . .' .
That Stolen Horse..
A telegram was received by Chic
Dann this afternoon. fron. ex-s'hei-ifi'
Aaron Sanford, of N ewtown, stating
that a horse answering the description
of the one stolen from Ralph, 'Kellogg
Tuesday
at 2 o’clock last evening. g '
O.
A‘Big‘Search-‘nght. M
‘ The Schuyler Electric Co. 'of. Hart-
ford, are now making what will bethe
largest search light in the world. It
will be 9} feet high and fitted with a
six-foot lens.
:3,
Hasfvpie » ‘: '
‘b
fused to interfere in't . ease of Carlyle
W. Harris,.. and he , 'Will therefore be
”’1.
Having occasion to call _
Stamford on important business to-day.
\
, Works, 14 Knight street.
night went through .that t6wn.
It will be sent to Chicago
- . ., ,. y: - 9 "weather,
‘ : Governor 1. Flowergt is... morning rel,
- ~Hale’sLung Balsam, 250‘ '5i_1'6¥tf . ,1' ,
z The presentbuildingseasonpromises
""1 TERSETALES 0? i.HE?'.;ill'lEs.f ’
to be very-productive of New dwelling
houses?“ — fi______ .-
, iAttOruey JamesHubbellisw‘restl‘iug
with the A. B. C. combinations of a
caligraph. - V . -' ‘ ~ .
The annual meeting of Catholic
» Union Council, K. of C., will be held
on Monday evening. , .
Several Norwalk parties attended-'a
reception held at abusiness college in
Bridgeport, last night. - _
S. B. Wilsonhas securedthe con-
tract to build a house at'Bell Island
for John. Todd,- of Bedding. ' _'
Messrs. F. & P. Fayhan the Main
street saloonists, are going into the
wholesale bottling business.
ing old blue laws—Bridgeport Post.
——N0rth River Roe Shad, Sc.
fish, 12c. People’s Market.
You could sail a boat on Ward street
this morning. In fact the street look
ed more like a canal than it did a street.
. Mr. Fernando VanScoy will remove
his family from their present home on
Main street, to West Norwalk on Sat-
urday. '
The regular meeting of the Connec-
ticut Pré’bate Assembly will be held in
Hartford on Wednesday, May 10th, at
10:30 o’clock, a. in. ~
Justice Bose fined John Otis $1 and
costs yesterday afternoon. . The charge
against J ohn. was intoxication.
paid up and was discharged.
, _Hale’s Lung Balsam relieves colds
caused by the Grip: 16-tf ~
A man named Frederick William
Klingenschmitt has opened a barber
shop in Danbury. A razor’ could, be
used to advantage on his name.
Buckingham Post, G. A. R. will visit
the -Con regational church, Sunday
evening, ay 28th, and listen to a me-
morial sermon by Rev. T. K. Noble.
Contractor Sheldon‘is building. a
sewer on Cedar street. This morning
he found twelve feet of» water inithe
trench and operations were stopped.
'-
' The noise of a basedrum in a build-
ing near the Wall street bridge attract. .
ed considerable attention last night.
Fortunately for the drum it was a
stormy night and there were but few
people on the street. , _
The space between the tramway car
tracks or that section of them which
will run through the little park in
front of S. ,B.‘ Wilson’s residence, is to
be turfed and the tracks w111be hardly
discernable at a distance.
-—Norwa1k Steam Carpet Cleaning
588-tf
Connecticut pensions : —- In crease —
Bradley. Keith.~ Original Widows,
etc.~-— minors of Egbert hapman,.Brld-
get Shane, Harriet Page, Louisa I.
Hoyt, Julia Norton Ellen _Garvey,
Martilla Barret, Sarah B. Davis.
The contract for laying the water
pipes on'Stevens and Warren streets
has not' yet been awarded. So far
there are but two bids, that of_ A. Bach
and William Sheldon. It is under-
stood that Sheldon’s bid is the lowest.
At a» meeting of Buckingham Post,
G. A. 3., held last evening, . eorge
W. Raymond was elected Marshal for
the Memorial day parade. The gen-
.eral committee will. meet next Tues-
day evening at which time the pro-
gramme will be completed. There
will probably be exercises at the Opera
House in the evening. ' " . -
_Hale’s Lung Balsam cures Spring
colds. " ”‘ 16-tf
Manager Hoyt .of the W. U. Tele-
graph ofiice received advices from the
main office “to accept dispatches for
points in South . Carolina,_ Georgia,
Tennessee, Missismppi, Louisiana, Flor-
ida and Southern Texas, only subject
to dela . Mr. Hoyt says that this is
the wi est territory that was ever cov-
ered by similar advices to him, and he
inclines to the belief that the storm
has done a large amount of damage to
the company’s serv1ce. . .1
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, BASEBALL YESTERDAY. "
At Cincinnati: . ' n. n. it.
'Cincinuati.....8 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 5—171? 2
Cleveland ...... 0 0 .5 0 0 l) 4 0 3—1218 8
AtPittsburg: . R. Ht E.
Pittsburg ....... 10010000’x—272
Chicago ......... 000010000—13:3
Other games postponed on account of rain.
At Johnstown: _ R. H n.
Johnstown.....1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-4 6 3
Altoona.-. ....... 0,0 0_00’0011——:265
W— '2
Mr. weeks Dangerously ’Ill.
fiNEW, YoRir,May A—Speculation‘s over
the failure of Francis H. Weeks, the law-
er and deposed president of the West
superior Land and Imprcvement com-”
pany,took another turn when it was.
Mr. Weeks was lying at- his
their Cold Spring Harbor, L. 1., at the
J oifitof death; _';:Mr.’,Weeks7 seriousillness.
” hésléafifiefl'éfinsidfifliblé uneasmesszamonggj
the stl‘lckholdéi's in $115 companylbltti Bye";
ceiver .Wellin’g states that all debtili Willi”
we slowness: .
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Blue-3
7 2 house. . _.
Ha I
4
‘. arrested.
,ér:
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5
New Shells.
I'ceived'thfe‘first of the two ei ht-oared
bhells for use in‘ this year’s fina practice
and the Yale-Harvard race.’ .. ' ,
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_ _, I-Houllhanlil.
' i'COillifij‘.‘
withfabecess, and there is a chance that
thei'afliictmn may yet assume serious
proportions; , ,.
.- _ ' ~ “Their Wages Cut.
Twenty-five employees of the Yost
Writing.:Machine Co., at Bridgeport,
were-laid‘olf last night and 100 others
left-_.‘Tiwiu‘g' to a cut of 25 per cent in
Wages. ’,,The cut is not permanent, but
is intended to bring out a reform.
. - ., v
7. _ g3".Sues For Back Salary.
.rBe‘v. :Ch'arleer. Piper, now affiliated
cud-Baptist church of North Stoning-
ton for $600, the balancelof his salary
asipast‘or since 1887. The property of
several officials has been attached. .
_ -——————-<+>———-——-——-
Was‘l—ie a Highwayman ?
- » --—'-— i 7; ’About 10:30 O’clock last night as Fred
Norwalk ought to be able to find?
something better to do than resurecti"
Brewer was on his way home he 4 was
grabbed by some person. ‘ He‘dealt the,
. fellow a blow knoking him down.
.Brower then ran. The fellow picked
himself up and gave chase, {but Brower
managed _to ' elude him and getinto ' the
' _- ‘—<+ ‘ I >——‘~—‘~—'_“
Burglary at Bridgeport.
At 9 o’clock last night, three masked
men entered the house of Charles
Hough, a retired. wealthy real estate
dealer. The men had ransacked the
house when they were’discovered by a
servant girl, who screamed. The bar-
glars fled, dropping a portion of their
plunder. They carried away several
hundred dollars '-worth' of silverware,
jewelry, money and clOthes.
USE DANA’S SXfissrAnILLAJT’s
‘ THE KIND THATCUBES.”
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. Red Memo, _
The charter applicants for a tribe of.
Improved Order: of. Redeen held, a
preliminary meeting in'South Norwalk
last night and elected the following
officers: James P. Francis,.Prophet;
Harry Rider, Sachem; George Whelp-
ley, Senior.Sagamore;-i F. W. Clark,
Junior Sagamore; W._C. Holmes, Chief
of Records; J. 'FgManey,'Collector of
Wampum; ‘G. 'Howard'King, Keeper of
Wampum; _F. E lReadman, L. H.
Decker and T. B. Hopper," Trustees.
~The following officers were up ointed:
W. F. Brown, let-Sanap ; S, S aphey,
i =2dSanap‘; J. ,C.,Miller and J ohnTryon.
Scouts ; George A. Hoyt, , Prfl. ~Miller,
George S."-Miller and. W. S. Tate, War-
riors ; Ferris, S.; ~_Morehouse, J. L.
SimpsOn, .wJohn J.‘ Nash and F. C.
, Birch, Braves; R. Bland, Guard of the
Wigwam; F. GzBrotherton, Guard of
the Forest. ~, ‘ ~
It was decided to‘ name the new tribe
“Uncas.” Nearly seventy names are
now on the list.‘ Anyone wishing to
join can make, application to either W.
C. Holmes, James P. Francis or J. F.
Maney. -, " ' - -
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USE -~DAN'A;{S SABSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.” _
:An Awful Crime. . »
A tragedygas shocking as any in the
annals" of Connecticut, was brouaht to
light iuMiddletown last night. PPtich-
ard Mead, aged 30,. was found dead.
Mead lived with his stepfather Patrick
Conroy, aged ’70.
Mead had been. dead since Tuesday
night. He 'was killed with an axe. his
body being horribly hacked. There
were numerousugly cuts about the
head. . One exceptionally bad one over
the right eye undoubtedly caused death.
On different parts of the body were
~ cuts showing that they had been done
after death as if the murderer took
fiendish delight in mutilating it. '
'Thewcrime was undoubted y commit-
ted by Conroy. The two men lived
alone. Tli'e'y'were not on the best of
terms and frequently quarreled. It is
said that some time ago Mead tried to
murder his step-father.
It is thought they quarreled and
Conrdy killed Mead. 'The bloody axe
was found in the house. -
The men did not- have any employ-
ment and were not held very highly by
their neighbors. Conroy was arrested;
When questioned he said that they-
qtiiaireled but he only hit Mead With a
a lo .- ‘ . . '
I.
THE ream? EXPEDITICN.
Those Who Will Accompany the Ill:-
» plorerto Greenland.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.—At a meeting of
the Geographical club last evening the
names of the members of the expedition
that will go to Greeland this Summer under
the leadership. of Lieutenant Robert E.
'Peary ..Were announced. The men who
will accompany Lieutenant Peary are:
Dr. F. A. Cook, Edward Astrup, Matthew
HensOn, Lieutenant Peary’s colored ser—
vant; samuel J. Eutrikeu, at present a
' ' teacher in the Manual school at Aiken, S.
0., and Mr. Davisou, LieutenantPeary’s
manager on his present lecture tour. The
_ first three named were members of_Peary’s
formerexpeditiOn. A telegram was re-
ceived from Lieutenant Peary, who is now
at Washington, stating that he had pro”-
‘ .cured a ship to take the party to Green-
- land. 1 , -
. ’Dead from Criminal Practicia
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.——"‘he police of
the TWelfth’ district were notified by Mrs.
E. ,_Hu'go Gutte, of 1006 Marshall street,
that a Servant named Alice Hoffman, had
died Sunday. _An autopsy disclosed that,
the-girl, whowas about 18 years old, had
died from the effects of a. criminal opera-
tion. Mrs. (Gutte’s husbaudjs a student
«has disappeared. _.It is thought ,by the
police-that he has been conducting aregu:
Capt.- IvesMOf theYale crew has re-,
. givenhim by
_ ot
_ , Commissioner Houlihan is ‘
lai’dgup-vat his residence in 'Newtown, "
» iSmith, an 18 year 01
' {to a fortune of $150,000.
with the Methodists, has sued the:.Sec-,
atthe Hahnemanu Medical college and.
--.l'ai' setablishimentevior: the..;pertora1ance’9fs. . tardiness“ uses «will. be = prOvidéd
. Another: Fls‘h story." ' l
A Bridgeport manywho wont to
Washington to get a-:. consulship has
reached-home Withiiitwo gold .fishes
the fish commissioner.
, He got no or bitegjir- . ‘
'. Attempt to’Qi-Kldnap.
Much fexcitementifllas been occas-
gsioned in" Melrose, :Mass” by the at-
;tempt of, relatives tokidnap Harry
dré‘ youth and heir
. . Dr. Clark,
,his-guardian,,has placed .a guard over
theboy. g. -~ :~ ‘-
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‘ f * A Monster Petition.
There - is ' talk among horsemen
. throughoutthc state of presenting a pew
tion .to the legislaturesasking for an-
amendment to the pooli'bill so far as it
relates to trotting races; It‘is said that
there is one now in circulation contain-
ing 35,000 names. ' ' . I ' '
-.
Lost His Finger.
A few days since Pa rick
Greens Farms seriou
while chopping woo _. The injured
member was dressed' jy Dr. Dunham'
and bade "fair to heal 'Quickly‘ but gan-
grene set in and it was 'foundnecessary
to amputate‘ the. finger close to the
knuckle joint. , . . ,
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Quigley of
, Mrs'.,S_aliy Barnum Dead. ' ,
The death of Mrs. Sally Barnum,
widow of the late Philo F. Barnum, oc-
curred at her residence in Bridgeport,
last night. She was 85 years and 3 da s
old. She was the mother of Mrs. .
M. Bead, wife of ex—Sen. D. M. Read.
The late PhiloBarnum was once high
sheriff of Fairfield county and one‘ of
the mofstiilrespected, residents in this
art 0 e state. i -
p' . - ' ..L__._
A Veteraa’Kmed.
Thomas Coleman, 56, an inmate of
the Soldier’s home at Noroton, was
struck by a passenger train outhe New
Canaan branch of the Consolidated
railroad, just below Stamford yester-
day afternoon and instantly killed- He
was walking toward N orotou with John
Bagen, another inmate of the home,
when a passenger train approached
them. - .
Both were confused, but Bagen suc-
ceeded in getting out of the way. Cole-
man was struck squdrely, however,
and hurled about 20? feet. He was,
Jumped out otthe Windows. '
The members of Honnecker-’s' baud
met with .quite‘ an experience last night.
After making life} miserable for Way-
body living within a quarter of a mile
_of the bridge by... practicing *‘in the
rooms over the saloon-formerly con-
ducted by-Charles Adams, they decid-
ed to go home, but were'horrified to
;find egress from the building by the-
way of the stairs cut off. Someone had
cldsed and locked the door, .-.aud in
order to escape, the members. of the
band were forced to dropout of the.
wmddws to the sidewalk. It was rain-
ing quite hard at the time and but few
persons witnessed the daringfeat of
the young men. All escaped injury,
but they left the windows in the” build.
ing open all night.
O
A Great Reunion of Veterans.
The growth of the, Grand. Army of.
the Republic,'siuce its organization in
1866, has been rapid and widespread
beyond the wildest hopes of its ~.origin-..
ators. Ten States were represented in:
the meeting at which it was ff'o'undedfl
To-day, twenty-sevennyear's later,“ it:
comprises forty-five departments; rev:
enty-five hundred posts, and nearly:
half a million members. Within the
last few years, certainly within ten ,or‘
twelve, its Annual Encampments have
grown . to enormous proportions. 'At
the encampment held in Washington
last year, it was estimated that not less
than three, hundred thousand peOplei
were in attendance. The. veterans
seem to realize that there will not be
manynyears left them in which to fight
their battles over again, and so they,
greater numbers than when the organ-.
ization was younger.
This year the encampment"is to be
held in the west and Indianapolis has
been chosen as the City. From a sen-
timental as well. asa utilitarian point .
of view the chemo was a fitting one.
Thousands of veterans remember the
Hoosier capital as a pleasant camping
point going to and returning from the
front. Indianapolis is‘ the birthplace
of theorgauization as well as a conven-
ient railroad center, With large hotel
and boarding accommodations, wide
streets, and in allrespectswell adapted
as a meeting place. ”It-1s within thirty-
five miles of the center of population
of the United States and about the cen-
ter of membership of the G. A. R. It
is near Chicago and fully three-fourths
of the visitors .to the World’s Fair can
pass‘ through it Without going out of
their way. With the exceptionally fav-
orable rates that will_be allowed by all
railways having Indianapolis connec-
tions, the coming encampment. can be
attended by World’s Fair visitors at a
minimumcost. Seven {lies of railway
connect Indianapolis til “Chicago and
the running time between the two cities
is six hours. '
The arrangements for the entertain-
ment and amusement of the veterans
Will be the most liberal that have ever
been made. A fund; of "$150,000 has
been raised by-the citizens of Indian-
apolis for expenses, and the plans are
of a character that assure the old vet-
erans the greatest encampment inthe
history of the Grand Army. ; ‘
Indianapolis has already been sys-
tematically canvassed for boarding
places. Accommodations at a moder-
ate price are 'atpreseut available for
many thousands. Persons who » desire
to be sure of-c'omfortable-quarte’rs are
put in the Way of securingth’em by the
Citizens’ Executive Beardgof the en».
- j camp'me'u't. All who are..u‘nable.a to ,‘se- -~
cure "scoommgodations i111: hotelsa..andg
. the Forepaugh circus.
cut his finger '
‘here on the 3d of June. .
picked up dead. He has relatives in ,
' Birmingham who have been notified.
ceme together once. each year _in .
,A Man Who Pretends to beta Oil‘-
cUs Agent.
Barrows $5 of a Butcher.
r'orepaugh’s circus Will be in Stamford Sat--
'urda , June 3. The advance car. with a force
of bill-posters, ls-expect‘ed to arrive here by
next'Monday. An agent for the circus was in
town this morning and completed gcontracts
with several firms to furnish supplies tothe
circus on the day of its arrival. One local
butcher has an order for 1,900 pounds of meat.
A feed-store has another order for 500 bags of
feed. Bakers and grocerymen have all receiv-
ed large orders. .
- The above is publishediu last night’s
Stamford Advocate. It is not at all
likely that the show Will appear there.
A man came to Norwalk yesterday
and gave itout that he was agent for
. He went to the
Norwalk hotel and wanted to engage
room for sixty people,and then went to
Dann’s livery stable and hired a team
and drove to the NorWalk (park and
made arrangements to lease it for the
circus which he alleged would appear
A GAZETTE reporter. became suspic-
ions that all was not right and proceed-
ed to investigate, at the same time_giv—
ing Chief Darin a one as to the fellows
doings. , ~ ‘ ‘ .
Usually when a circus agent comes
to town one of the first things that he
does is to secure a license. This the
reporter learned he- had not done.
Further inquiry elicited the fact that
he had made a contract “with Keeler
the Water street butcher for $166 worth
of meat to be delivered at the circus
grounds. He gave Keeler an order
which read as follows ;
CIRCUS, MENAGEBIE AND WORLD'S FAIR.
Treasurer pa L. D. Keeler $166, on account
of meat to be elivered to Forepa h show. at
6 a. m. and 6 p. m. at Ground, Sat, finne 3d.
Meat contract: . -
Round at _ -
Roast at
Animal meat at
Duplicate on Sunday.
M. C. Corns. Agent.
He asked a loan of $5 of Mr. Keeler
which was granted, and Keeler is pro-
bably out just that amount. '
The fellow then visited Avison’s mar.
ket and made a similar contract and
asked for the loan of five dollars. but
Mr. Avison refused to let him have it
and he walked off and left the order.
When at the hotel he failed to regis-
ister but inquired for and was given
the names of several grocers and butch-
ers. Mr. Dann says" that he, pail for
the team hired at his stables. '
. It was learned that he visited several
saloons about town but” that he succeed-
ed. in borrowiugany money the report-
er'could not learn. . ._ 5—? .~ , .
There seems to be-rnor-d‘oubtzthat he is.
a fraud. He is, ' not in town today.
He is described as being about 5 ”.10
tall, rather stout, smooth'face and, dark
complexion.
It is an old game and it has been
worked through this section before.
. . Misus’ed a Postal Card.
United States Marshal B. C. Lover-
idge of New Haven, went to Daubury
yesterday and placed under arrest J o-
seph H. Hawley.
Hawley was taken to New Haven and
appeared before United States 'Com-
missioner Wright. He was released on
$300 bonds . until Friday when he will
have a hearing. Hawley is charged
With using the mails in an illegal man-
ner. He sent a postal card containing
Every abusive language to an agent of
'-the Prowdent Fund association of Dan-
bury.
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The Church of Christ.
East Bridgeport is soon to have an
addition to its already long list of hand-
some church edifices. The Chureh of
Christ has purchased the lot on the
southeast corner of Kossuth and Shel-
ton streets. and plaushave already been
prepared for a handsome structure to
be erected upon it. It will be of wood
and will cost not far from $10,000.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES”.
A Bullet in His Brain-
Moses Ballerstein, of Hartford, for
many years a pawn broker and one of
the best known Hebrew ' residents _ of
that city, died yesterday of softening
of the brain. His death is remarkable
from the fact that he had lived for
I(sighteen years with a - bullet in his
rain. .
, Pooiroom Closes Up.
- “Doc” Graham closed his Stamford
poolroom yesterday. ~ It is the last of
three to quit business in a very short
time as a result of the crusade against
such places by the. civic league. Gra-
ham’s resort was hit heavily last .week.
The league will now turn its attention
to the saloons.
—<—o—
Sparrow on Trial.
The trial of Edgar Sparrow, charged
with the murder of George Caswell of
Ledyard in November last, at an
“election-go-round” at Mulholland’s
hotel, near Taftville, was begun in the
superior court at Norwich, yesterday.
USE BET-As SABSAPARILLAJT’S
.“THE KIND. THAT cones."
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Amusements.
OPERA HOUSE. '
John P, Hogan ,and his high class
,vaudeville and Comedy company will
appear at the. Norwalk Opera House
next Monday night, May 8. The com-
pany has made a big-success in New
.York cityand is considered, both by
press aud'public, to be the-best shew
now .on the .road. It contains new,-
novel and original specialties, » such as
John P Hogan, lithe .champion; jig
dancer and song and/dance artist. He
has been with-Tony Pastor,,Hraij rleyfs .
. MnstrelsiiandzPi-‘imroseéfz .West’s Mii:- .
.strels:='-‘vlfii8i=Anerfdrmancssaandgrepute- =
'erlminal—opérationsa Mics...cuete..hasbecn.;.
tin-barracks. ,
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-' IS HE A FRAUD?
At” Hartford;
The House yesterday tobk up the fac-
torlzlng bill which caused an adjourn-
ment Tuesday on account of its oppo-
~ nents vacating and leaving no quorum.
Wood withdrew his motion. for the pre-.
vious question to allow further discus-
sion. Henley repeated his objections
to the bill. He said he‘ knew of one
Hartford lawyer, who before the pres-
ent bill exempting from attachment to
the amount of $50 went into effect,made
between $4,000 and $5,000 a year out of
factorlzing cases. The proposed bill
was all in favor of one class, and would
hear oppressxvely' on the laboring class.
Gunn made a powerful speech against
the bill. fHe said it Would do more to
degrade and debase the legal profes-
sion than any other one thing
and_ would therefore injure the pro-
fessmn as a whole. Crowley, of. Meri-
den, and Pettingil, of Bockvile, also
spoke against the bill. Gunn’s motion
that 'the vote he by yeas and nays was
carried. The vote on the substitute
bill reported by the committee stood
127 yeas, 66 nays. _ .
The bill relative ‘to electric street
railways had been made the special or-
der for 11 0’clOck.but half an hour before
' that time the corridors were crowded
with those interested in the measure,
includlugvprumoters of electric roads
and officials and attorneys of steam
railroads. The talk indicated a belief
that the House would send the bill
possed by the Senate back to that body
‘w1th several important amendments. _
Gunn made a short Speech in favor of
the bill. He said all the amendments
by the Railroad committee had with a
View to liberaliziug the .bill and in the
main were in favor of electric roads.
Many amendments offered by parties
unfriendly to these roads had been re-
Jected. ’
Less, of Westport, said the bill was
misuamed. Instead of being entitled
f‘An act concerning street railways,”
it should be called “An act intending
to obstruct and delay construction of
street railways and to strangle them
when_constructed. ” He intimated that
the bill was the offspring of the Con-
solidated railroad which for years had
controlled legislation and whose agents
and attorneys infested the halls of leg-
islation. - .
. The two sections of the bill he par-v
tlcularly. opposed were those forbid-
ding electric lines to carry freight or
to parallel steam railroads. There was
no language in the charters of the
steam railroads of. this state which
pledged. the Legislature to save them
from fair and honest competition. If
railroads were to receive such protec-
tion why not extend it to other kinds
of business ? ' .
Williams of ' Glastonbury strongly
-. Lurged the exclusion. of the two, sections
referred tb” “by the previous- speaker.-
.Hale _of the same toWu said ‘that in.
adopting these sectibns it. seemed to”
him ‘as if the committee were trying to
entirelycheck progress in this state.
There were as many abandoned factor-
ies as abandoned farms. The reason
why so many manufacturers. sought a
change of location was that they might
secure better freighting facilities. The
committee had reported againsta ma-
jority of the mostdesirable features of
the bill submitted to them.
Rockwell, House chairman of the
Railroad committee, 'made‘ a plea
against the two provisions which the
preceding speakers had denounced and
hoped they would be stricken out.
Gunn replied in a characteristic speech
advocating the bill.
The Senate passed the following mat-
ters on the calendar: Incorporating
Connecticut division, L. A. W.; the
Menresie institute of Norwalk—a Jes-
uit home located on Keyser island all
N orwalk—and the Courtland school,
Bridgeport; act for licensing oyster
boats and providing for the marking
range monuments ; regulating the tak--
ing of fish and eels in Aspetuck river ;
regulating the sale ofmerchandise b
itinerant peddlers ; forbidding the adu -
teration of butter; allowmg the bank
commissioners $500 a year for traveling
expenses. . ' '
The act incorporating the G. H. Por-
ter Lumber company of Bridgeport
was also passed. - ’ ‘ .
On motion of Holcomb all business
at the foot of the calendar not disposed
of by next Wednesday was made the
special order forthat day. ' . -
There was a long debate lasting well
over into the afternoon on the corrupt
practices act which passed the House
several days ago. Fox (Dem.) offered
an. amendment striking out the section
fixing the maximum amount each can-'
didate may contribute at an election
from Governor, 31,500, down to repre-
sentatives, justices of the peace,- school
ofiioers. etc., $300. Several senators
favored the amendment and the bill
entire was . advocated by _Holcomb
(Rep.) and Root. (Dem.), and opposed
by Crandall, Morgan and Pierce,
(Dem.), and Milner'andJones, (Rep.)
Holcomb, while favoring. the bill,
said that the provision allowmg candi-
dates to make expenditures to a defi-
nite amount would permit the candi-
dates of each party at a-state-electiou
to raise a general fund of $1,690,600,
and if there were four parties and each
candidate contributed :the, maximum
amount. $6,762,400 could be; legally .
spent. He, admitted; however, that
there would not be, subscribedby the
didates of the two greatparties over
$75,000 in one election._,_: ' . _ .-'-
, The. «act was finally recomn‘utted.
Mr. Fox, chairman of the Judiciary
committee, promised. to amend-it-in
committee. .
. They .Obllect- .
' The grand Army» of New'Haveu’have
filed a petition with (Mayor Sergeant
praying that he refuse to gant a li-
cense to the Barnum ',
\
alley shew
,which is scheduled'to-play in. that city
May 30,.Memorial day; The. old sol-
. fl assume retailers:
mayor hassnota yet» @3959?
tion
311m" ’jmfi’e'rsi a; .3... ‘
‘ pieces.
out,of,uatural beds with buoys and '
idiots-claim that. "such: ‘a..jperformance; ..
gnolifild'bs adesecration ofvthe day fill: A}
,‘ io 'wnLcomn mumma
The Government Preparing {513559176
Eulalie with Distinguished neuron». .-
WasniNG'rON. May 4.—The state dgpm-
ment-is preparing to receive momenta;-
Eulalie, rwho comes to the United States
asthe representative of the royal house“. ._ .
and throne'of Spain at the World’s fair, ‘
with distinguished honors. Captain Davis;
of the navy, who has been detailed to’ re?
teive the infants and act- as her escort: 4
during her visit, had an ‘liiterview with”
gecretary Gresham in regard to the recep- '
on. . .
Captain Davis speaks . Spanish fluently
and ‘is family with the, cu‘stomsof the
Spanish people. The infanta . is now on
route to Cuba, from whence she will pro-
seed to New York in a Spanish war‘vessel,
with several other ships of war as escort.
She will. arrive in New York on the 20th.. . '
lust., and Captain Davis will met her and
her suite there,.and remainwith her,dur-. ‘ _ '
ing heishtay in the United States-r She '
will be the guest of the nation;
' THREE BLOWN . To . BITS. f
Terrible Effects of a Dynamite Explosion" I ._ 3'
.in Indiana. ‘ , .
. BRAZIL, Ind, May L—News of a horrible
accideutuear Eel River Station, south of.
here, has reached this. city. Three men, ‘ ’
one named Mace, another Johnson and
the other name unknown, had been sink-
ing a small coal shaft. The three men
were at work in their blacksmith shop.
when a piece of the red hot iron flew into
a box containing fifty sticks of dynamite.
Instantly there was an explosion that
shook houses on their foundations .for sev- '
cral hundred yards about the scene. The
shop and shaft houses were wrecked and
the three unfortunate men were blown to
Their remains were gatheredup '
in a basket. - -- ,
3 Looks Like Murder. ‘
- Parsuson’. N. J ., May‘ 4,—A boy about
17 years of age was brought to the General . .
hospital with a. bullet hole between the '
bridge of his nose and his right eye. He
has been unconscious since his arrival at
the hospital, and will probably die. The
youth was found lying by a farm .— fence
about a mile and a quarter south of Ram-
sey’s, Bergen county. There was no weapon
near where he lay, and it is believed that
he has met with foul play.
' “’hcn Choosing a Wife. _
7 If I were asked by a young man are .
young woman how to be guided in the
' choice of a life mate, 1 should, in the'ex-
ercise of a judgment based on wide and
studious observation, say: Choose that
person who, after a reasonable period of
association, proves: to be most compan- _._
ionable. This broad law 'comprehends
nearly all others that can be suggested.
It -.were. infinitely ‘.better..t.o be single , y .35:
through life than marry one. who..wou1¢ i
not answer tothis conditidna. Speaking,-
somewhat narrowly and selfishly, con-
tentment is the most that can be got cut
of life, and when a contented couple is ,
found it will also be discovered that they
exhibit manifestly opposite characteris.
tics of temperament. habit, taste, and .
physique. .. ’ ’ '7 " 4
It is upon this fixed foundation that
happy affinities are formed. It is an im- _ i I I
portant doctrine in medical jurispru-'
deuce that “like cures like”—Which is’
only another way for saying that like
kills like-rand it is equally. true inthe .
social realm that companionship iant
felt between young men and young
women who are closely similar in gen-
eral appearances or disposition. On the '
contrary, it arises and leads to happy. '
unions between persons who are often
widely dissimilar.——J. L. Payne in La-
dies’ Home Journal. ,
Usingvthc Hand - In Counting.
The natiVes of Erroob and some of the
for “one," “two” and “‘three,” but for
‘ffour” they say-"the whole.” .Inwest-
em Australia they have words for '1 .
“one,” "two,” “three n and “four,”
while the word for “five" means “the
fingers being on one hand,” and "ten?
“being on tWO hands.” . ‘ .' -
for. “fifteen" .
One author gives a word ,
—— “mehr-in-belli-belli-gudgir-jura- bau-
ga,” the exact me'aning‘of which is “the -
fingers on the hand on either side and.
half the feet.”
tions have words for “ou'e’-’,ands“two” -
only; for “five” they say “one'hand;”_
for “ten” two'hands.” Very few _Aus-
tralian tribes can count beyond “four,”
their terms for “five” merely implying -.
a large uumber.——Chicago Mail.
. ' Octagonal'Shaf'ts. ' . ‘
Speaking ’of broken shafts, a corre-
spondent suggeststhat- shafts might be
made octagonal and hexagonal linstead '
of round, outside of bearings, and ’ a-
number of sleeves in half section‘s could
be carried to be applied to coverauy
break and bolted together, which would
Cape Yorkers‘of- Australia have words . '4
The Lower Murray nae
I
make a strong joint. The-idea seems ’ '
founded upon solid sense._-fMarineJour—. - .
nal. ’ =
THURSDA; .. MAY. 18. "
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Will visit NorWalk 'on abovedate and will mks
j no charge- to examine. eyes...‘ All glgsses .
' gloaranteed With-prices to s'pitzthc tiniest:
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