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Norwalk, Conn, WedueSday Evening, August 23, 1893.,
»‘quual and Exact Justice ‘to all Men :of ’Whotever State 5r PersuasiOn,” Religious or Politico .”-—Jefl'erson'
wagons-oat.
1‘1 :‘THE FAVORITE HOME PAPKER.’
l'llltltlllltlll lll all llllllES 2 Ntllllfll lll nouns
The Gazette has the largest ctr-4 *
oulatlon' of any paper. In 'Norwalk,
and furnlshes the lowest advertising
rates- '
Settles It! . ,
We are a City and not a borough.
The vexed question was settled last
night biz; fiofonsht-nO. we deadwo—
Clerk Hubbell, who reported aflirma-
tively and categorically to the categoria .
cal (magi-0% As it was not a paid :will take place at Seaside Park next
opinioiiy'tjhef chances are that it will
stand, although‘it is apprehended that 4,
Attorney Gray; could be induced to,
give an opinid‘i‘rf‘right, the other way—-
for a consideration. For further par?
visiting friends in town.
ticulars-read‘report of Court of “City”
' Burgesses’ meeting last night. a »‘
,at Bogardus’ market can now be foun
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For a New Water“ Resecvolr.
The Court ‘of Burgesses, at their .
meeting last ”evening, in response to a
E'petition therefor from a majority of our
' ~Water Commissioners, ordered a call
for 'a Borough meeting, to} be held at
the Town House, on Wednesday, Aug.
30th, at eight o’clock in the evening, to
act in the matter of the construction of
'a‘ new reservoir.- That more water is
needed, all are agreed. As to what
, would be wisest and best to do at
the. present juncture, is what divides,
our best citizens in their opinions. The '
question is a serious one, and should
uses by every tax-payer prior to said
meeting, Then the Commissioners
'shouldgbe able to furnish accurate data
upon all the questions on which our
citizens areto abecalled tovote.
Allegedj Cost of Water;
. lSenti'nel Exclusive] .
A. H. Camp, secretary of the Beard of Water
Commissioners. gives the following from a ,
sworn report of the Board. It shows the cost
of'repairs to the borough system of water
works. including the salary 'of the superin—.
tendent: : _ ' ‘ "
' septfeinber 30, 1887,
Year ' $685.26
Year . opus... er , . 827.03
Your September 30, 1889. 713.02
Year September 30, 1890. 763.40
' Year uptember 30, 1891, 723.90
, Year September 30, 1892. 816.17
Total for six years, ‘ 4,559.78
Average per year, _ 759.95
' It is 'just such insincjére and deceptive
statements as the abov‘e.;-that destroy
all public confidence in official or
” sworn reports.” -.The- GAZETTE was
discussing the question of the entire or
total cost ~of the Borough water system
and compared it with the reported far
less cost of the South Norwalk system.‘
Now let us see how fair and honest
the above figures are. Mr. Camp’s own
salary isi$850 per year; his “superin- ,
. tendent’s” salary last year: Was $512.90, -
and his helpers were paid $160.23, new
materials, freights, cartages, etc., cost
$173.04 more; $157 wasps-id for horse
hire, used along awater, pipelines and
so on. So, leaving out Secretary Camp’s
hard earned salary, we have a total
paid by the Borough, outside of the
$846.17 paid by the Water Commission.
ers, of $1,003.17. Here is no record of _
engineer and the many other expenses,
such ,as shutting off and turning on
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water, care of: reservorrs, etc., g-which
we will wager Sécretafy Camp a shore .
dinner (and that will cost something)
together with his Board of Water Com-
missioners, will aggregate nearly the
1 sum total delusively given out to the
Sentinel asthe whole of durwatdr sys-
tem expense for last-flyear. I 7,-
Why is it not wiser.to deal. honestly
' with the public? Surely the ‘BorOugh
tax payer has a right to know what his
agents are about and how his money is
disbursed by them, without quibble or
evasion. You can’t deceive‘the people
if you would, and justnow our Borough
. tax-payersare'zin no'mood ’to be plied
with :“cooked” statistics. ' Too much .of
. that sort of thing has been indulged in
already. , _ , .
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. Weatheripi'Ophet ‘ J. i J. Vaughn-pre-
:- dicts a severe storm for‘Thursdaynnight
or Friday morning. It Willib'e followed
""oy-'Oblfdeif?s weather. He will
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finishes ali‘crayon portrail' of a certain
ne‘vlrspaper Teporter. .‘Mr. Naughn, be
-it;;._gknow‘n3,~is an artist as well as a
_ prophet,
troubles. ‘
2 "Charles
softer he"
' restaurauteur; ‘ fl
TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
_ Miss Anna Burr is visiting friends in
Bethe]. -
A valuable colt b‘elonging to Julius
Lang died last night.
Mr' George. Hunter left town
morning for Saratoga.
Nearly. 45 boundover prisoners are
awaiting trial now at the county Jail.
—-Hale’s Cordial 250., cures all bowel
3315f
Chief of police Dann is taking a
week’s-vacation. He will not go fish.
mg. .
The Bassett-Price case was again ad-
journed this morning, until next Satur-
day. -
The annual reunion of the 28th C. V.
Monday.
Mr. John F. Buxton has returned
from his vacation in the northern part
,of the State. -
Mr. and-Mrs. John Brundage, Of
New York, formerly of Norwalk, are
Jesse Brundage, formerly employed
at the People's market. , »
Mrs. F. B. Cook, who has been visit-
ing friends ‘in town, returned to her
home in Ansonia, to-day.
Samuel Denny was fined $1 and costs
Tuesday evening by Justice Austin for
keeping an unlicensed dog. ' .
Mrs. D.A. Newcomb and Mrs.George
Knapp are expected home from the
Catskill mountains, to-day.
» There is watermelon vine growing in
.the street near the Boston store.
Who
says that we are not a city?
-.—Little neck clams and oysters on
the half shell, at W. ‘F. Lockwood’s
'market, No. 7 Main street.
be considered withEintelligent serious- '
Miss Mamie Beers will_act as cashier
at the People’s Market in South Nor-
walk, commencing on Monday next. ~
FatherDuggan'Of St. Mary’s church,
left for the White city on Sunday or .
pecting to be absent about two weeks.
. Miss Jennie Pearl Gregory, who
.went to the White city with her aunt,
.Mrs. Ludlam, of Brooklyn, is expected
home this week.
Officer Martin arrested Ellison Wil-
liams, Tuesda ni ht for an assault .on
John Showel . his morning Justice
Honnecker fined him $1 and costs.
The general fund of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
amounted to $37,558.32 last month, and.
, there" was $29,347.70 in the protective
fund. . . ,
Behind many a handsome lawn there,
is a back yard filled with piles of
garbage, and yet the head of the house
wonders why his doctor bills are so
large.
The county commissioners werein
Trumbull Tuesday inspecting a new
road ordered constructed by the Supe-
rior court to the; approval of the com-
missioners. __ ,
:. “Hen”. Hoyt. and “Al” DeFores't
have gone fishing to-day. Both are
Isaak Waltons, and it is safe to say that
they will catch mOre-‘fish than they
will bring home.
E. .Leroy, Glover, foreman of the
brimming room of C H. Merritt &
Co.’s hat factory, Danbury, was found
dead in his room at the Wooster House
Tuesday morning. 4
Q . How our esteemed two Norwalk contempor-
aries. the Sentinel and GAZETTE, do “scrap.” ‘
It is very tiresome. Let up neighbors-«Bridge-
port Pos , -
We are not f‘scrapping” neighbor,
'simply furnishing the esteemed Senti-
,nel fresh news. . , ,
To Stamford people the moon through
a telescope looks like a ball of ice. The
people of that city have also sighted a
sea serpent seventy-five feetlong, and
are chasing it. They saw that through
a glass also.
Theodore Coleman started to run a
wheel of fortune game at the Machin- '
ists’ and Toolmakers’ picnic at Bridge-
port last night. He was arrested by
'Oflicer Cunningham and was later re-
leased on a $5 bond. -
_It is urged that barbers should wash
With ammonia their machines known as
“clippers” thoroughly after each custo-
mer. . The New YOrk board of health
has discovered that many serious scalp
'dgseases'are directly traceable to the
dirty condition of these implements. '
General. and Mrs. Charles Olmstead,
acoompanied by Mrs. Whittemore, left
this morning for their annual “hay
fever” campaign at the White Moun-
tains, They are to be domiciled at the
Alpine House, Bethlehem, where Mrs.
T. Leonard and daughter are
guests. ' '-
Mr. John Lockwood of.Weston, will
be presented ‘with a fine crayon picture
of himself some day next week. The
..~presentation speech will be made by
George Wardwell." There will be' a
mammoth clamJI'oast. as it is expected“
that about. one hundred N orwalk’Apeo?’
ple will drive to WestOn 'and'Mr, Iioc'ltvI
‘wo'od’s ‘reSIdencedonutliat day.z .«Theia
likeyouv'erymuchgclub- willfu‘rnish the
music and the clams, and the soft stuff
will be provided for by a'Main street
this
' CAPE common
South Norw'alk and Meriden Heirs
Looking Up Old Records.
Gray Gables Threatened.
Many years ago the great. grandfather
of‘Theodore and Francis F. Byxbee, of
South Norwalk, and ex-Sherifi' John
Byxbee, of' Meriden, became angered
over a family dispute, and while in
great temper destroyed a number of
deeds to properties held by him, in
order» that the relatives should not
-know of his real estate holdings. It
has lately been discovered that among
the old gentleman’s properties was the
town of Cape God, in Massachusetts,
also that some record of this ownership
was recorded in one of the Fairfield
County towns between Norwalk and
Bridgeport. It is said that Theodore
Byxbee and John Byxbee are now hard
at work going over these town records,
to ascertain if some clue cannot be
found to establish the ownership of
their grandfather to Cape God. If the
record is found, as it is expected it mil
be, , the heirs will at once file their
claim and endeavor to'O‘ust the town of
Cape God, or compel the parties settled
thereon to settle with them.
In the event of the heirs being suc-
cessful in their search and suit, Presi.
dent Cleveland will become one of the
defendants, as his cottage, “Gray Ga-
bles,” is situated upon Cape Cod pomt.
Joseph J efl'ersou, the famous actor,
also has a cottage near that of Pres1-
dent Cleveland.
On the Diamond..
At New York—New York 17, Chicago
7; at Brooklyn—Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg
1; at Philadelphia—Philadelphia 12,
Cleveland 5; at Boston—Boston 7, 0m-
cinnati 4; at WashingtonTLouISVille S,
Washington 2 ; at Baltimore—Balti-
more 2. St. Louis 1. .
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To Take $50,000 of Bonds.
President Walter Large, of New Bo-
chelle, yesterday received formal notice
from Moan and Company, bankers, of
$50,000 in bonds of the uiilage. This
is a great relief to the officials, as they
had been unable to float them before.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Birth clay Party. .
Alice ‘Edith Tocque will celebrate
her thirteenth birthday at her home in
Silver Mine, to-night. There will be
"amateur theatricals, vocal and instru—
mental music, dancing and refresh-
ments. A number of friends .from'
New York and Brooklyn, W111, it Is ex-
pected, be present. '
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A Well-Known Clothier Dead.
Henry S. Brooks, formerly of Brooks
Brothers, clothing dealers, New York,
who was passing the season at Saratoga,
died unexpectedly yesterday morning
of gastritis. He was fifty-four years
old, and is survived by his widow. Mr.
Brooks was a relative of the late Bry-
ant family, the most ancient residents
on Butler street.
Daughters of ’St. George.
'The annual session of the supreme
lodge‘,Independent Order of the Daugh-
ters of St. George, convened in Bridge-
port Tuesday,Worthy Grand President
Mrs. Esther Greenwood presiding.
About sixty delegates were present from
‘Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsyl-
vania, New .York, Illinois. Ohio and
other states. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook of
Cleveland, 0., financial secretary, left
important papers in New York and the
day. +
USE DA—N-A’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
"I‘HE- KIND THAT CURES.
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Ralded at Branchvllle.
Prosecuting agent Honnecker went
to Branchville last night and in com-
pany with Deputy Sheriff White raided
a place kept by John Monohan, near
the depot. Two cases of beer and a
demijohn of whiskey was confiscated.
The prisoner was brought before Jus-
tice Gilbert; and the case was contin-
ued until next week Thursday. -
There are several places about Nor-
walk that ought to and probably Will
receive the attention of Mr. Honnecker-
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Wh at H orns ?
[Published exclusively inthe Sentinel.]
“Chief Trumpeter Coleman, of Col. Frost’s
staff, examined the horns .of the buglers Of
the regiment this afternoon. and reported
them to be in first-class condition.”
And thus is curiosity excited, tanta-
lized and unsatisfied, for who may tell
whether they were of the “short-horn,”
“no horn”or “Texas-steer-horn” breed.
It is to be presumed,-of course, that
our gallant Col: Frost would tolerate
no short horns or anti-prohibition horns,
but why not be a little more explicit,
esteemed Sentinel ? .
USE‘DANA’S SABSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CUBES."
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Patent Picnic.
The Seymour Compo Beach outing
party, to the number of thirty or more,
were transportedin Dunn’s monster
omnibus “Excelsior,” leaving Norwalk
on Tuesday at 3 p. m. and Compo at 9,
after a sumptuous shore tea and a rap-
turous view of the moonlit waters of
the Sound-Ln""Mn“Seymour took the
carjrstfori-NewYoizk In season. to catch
‘r‘tfietlmidrnight: train :for.,,Washmgton,
fluid-2:18,." to-day,rplodding-. away at his
desk atthe,~head of the PatentCfiice;
refreshed/and invigorated by‘his: brief.
respite ,Irom ofiicial cares "and labors.’
'gesses- G10ver,_Squire,' Chinery, Suth-
New York, that‘they would take the I
. Would be hard target the money“ with
the Court ifvthey didn’t think there
‘ ing or boating at the water reservoir
i was adopted. The full text of the or-'
.Ludlam and McCormack, which were
session therefore adjourned until to- ‘
' the crosswalk near
‘ fih‘é"'8§§h0n. ’
All pronounceidthe outing the best of
Court ofB'urgesses. ‘
An adjourned'meeting of ‘the Court
of Burgesses was. held last evening.
Warden Slean m the chair, and Bur-
erland anndMul-hn
ive chairs.” ' ‘ ._ ,-
The following bills Were ordered
paid :- M. Whalenyf$13.;~r=D. Connolly,
$40. 35; John 031111], $7.50 ; Owen Duf.
fy, $3.45; M. Kensella, $13; D. Deer-
ing, $14.25 ; J ohn. Clarity, $1.50; Owen
Winn, $6; Owen , Shannon, $4.50; B.
Feeney, $9.90; W. H.- Van Wagner,
$3.30; D. Sheehau, $4.50; T. J. How-
ard, $30 ; Wallace Darin, $37.50; A. A.
Martin, 830; L. RsJune, $13 ; G. L.
N orthrop. $23 . L.” Burdick, $13 ; John
Tully, $6; W. J. Baxter, $6 ° Norwalk
Printing Co. $7 ; W. H. Hodshon &,
Co., $4.90 ; C. Callahan & 00., $104.
Manager I. M. Hoyt asked for a
license to open the Opera House for en-
tertainments, and the Warden was in-
structed to issue the same “at as low a
figure as he could give.” '
A petition asking for a fire alarm box
at the corner of Plattsville avenue and
the New Canaan road was read. Bur-
gess McMullen asked if it would not be
advisable to remove the fire-box at
Catherine street to that point, and said
“If we go in for extravagance the way
ive-have since I have sit here, I’m will-
ing.” Burgess Chinery , was of the
opinion that a cheap. box ought not to
be put in. On motion of Burgess
Glover the prayer of the petitioners
was granted.
The following petition was presented
to the Court of Burigesses of the Bor-
ough of N orwalk : Gentlemen—We beg'
to call attention of your honorable body
to the necessity of eome immediate ac-
tion by the citizens of the borough, au-
thorizing us to the building of a new.
reservoir in connection with our water
works, and a. suitable appropriation
therefor: We are today nearly out of
a supply of water for our people, and
needs must soon ask the city of South
Norwalk for water. The demand for
water is yearly increasing and our works
are inadequate. We beg to inform you
that a site has been selected and land
purchased to build a reservoir. as per
special committee’s report to the bor-
ough dated November 1st, 1892., We
therefore ask your consideration of a
meeting of the borough'to be called
to consider this importantt question.
FRANK STREET
0. B. Coompén
Water Commissioners of the Borough.
Burgess McMullen said we haven’t
suffered for water yet, and we have got
through the hottest summer months all
right, and now ought to have water
enough as it was coming on winter to
last us until next summer. Said it
in their respect-
which to build’the reservoir, and asked
was a woodchuck in the fence some-‘
where. »
Onmotiou of Burgess Chinery it was
voted to call a special borough meeting
for Wednesday,August 30th at 8 o’clock,
p. m. .
A cityordinance relative to the fish-
dinance will be found in our advertis-
ing columns.
A bill for $20 for goods belonging to '
destroyed by order of the health officer
was presented and on motion of Bur-
gess Chinery ordered paid.
Burgess McMullen reported favor-
ably on the petition for an electric
light on the Step Rock road, but as no
one presented a resolution ordering the
same nothing was done in the matter.
Burgess McMullen said that he saw a
piece in the paper that some of the mem-
bers of- the Board had money in their
possession belonging to the borough”
and if it was so hewanted to know it,
and asked each one to speak out hon.
estly about the matter, as he did. Said
that an Irishman was generally, poor
and he did not want to be accused of
having money that did not belong to
1m.
It was ordered that the Electric Light
cOmpany,Burr Smith, Mrs. Fitzmaurice
and James Burns curb and gutter the
street in front of their respective prop-
erties on Wilton avenue.
The question was asked as to whether
the court was acting under a city or
borough charter. Clerk Hubbell stated
that “ we are a city.” Burgess McMul-
len said “If you are sure of it go ahead,
if not you'had better go'slow.”
It was ordered that the gutter and
the grade ofthe street near the Metho-
dist church be repaired so that the sur-
face water would not run onto and over
the Methodist
church. - . 4 ,
The meeting then ad10urned.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
' ‘ THE KIND THAT CURES."
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Ladies Win at the Polls.
One ,of the most exciting school
elections ever held 1n the town of New
Rochelle was that of last evening,
when an attempt_ was made to oust
trustees representing an element that
has controlled the schools for twenty
years“ or moreyand brought them up
to the highest standard of efficiency.
More ladies voted than ever before.
It is estimated that their vote almost .
equalled that of the men. They made
a house to house canvass in favor of
the old ticket, and putting every wom-
an and. man entitled to vote into car-
riages, drove them to the polls. There
were 674 votes polled, and the old trus-
tees were elected by 250 majority. ~ ‘
The ladies celebrated their victory
by shaking hands all round and a free
exchange of congratulations.
At Port Chester last evening the
election of School District No. 4 re-
sulted in the selection of Miss Lavina
M. Horton, Edward D. Kelly,.Jerome
tA. Peck and J. Andrew Kirby ‘as trus-
ees. .
.Br’oke Her Arm. ’
‘Mi‘Fra‘nces Oulleir the three year old
daughter; of! Mrs: Mary Cullen,‘_fell from
atric cle at her: home 011 Maple, street,
Tues a' evening, and sustaine‘dalfrac-
tune to, or left arm, above the elbow.
She is underthecare of Dr..'Tracey.
State Shots. ‘
_ Herbert E. Phelps died at his home
in Bridgeport Tuesday, aged forty-two.
The deceased for over twenty years had
worked in the Wheeler & Wilson fac-
toryand was highly respected.
Vice-President Tuttle of the Consoli-
dated-railroad, returned from Boston
Tuesday night and announced that he
had been tendered the presidency of
the Boston & Maine roadand would
accept the position. -
. John Fagan, Jr. while driving a cart
in Birmingham uesday, was ' struck
by a trolley mm which was snapped by
the falling of a, tree. He was rendered
unconscious for ten minutes, but his in-
Juries are not serious.
The coiidition of President A. C
Randall of the National Iron bank of
Falls Village, remains critical and "his
recovery is considered very doubtful.
He was taken suddenly ill about three
weeks ago With vertigo, and has not im-
proved since.
The colored people of Bridgeport
are talking voodoo. They say that
some of the negroes who have come up
from the south in recent years are ex-
erting their powers of witchcraft over
their fellows. A calamity to the col'-
ored people is lookedfor any day.
The kilns of the Canaan Lime com-
pany were almost entirely destroyed by
fire Tuesday night. The flames were
discovered about 6:30 o’clock and spread
rapidly. There is no fire brigade in
town and but little could be done to
save the buildings. Loss, $3,000.- .
Charles Whelan of Bristol, went to
Concy Island Wednesda with the team
from Hose Company 0. 1 and was
seen'to get on the New Haven boat to
return home. Since then he has not
been seen and his friends are worried
at his non-appearance. It is feared that
Whelan fell overboard and was lost.
Two_young'girls,Tiny Wark aged 14
and Ll 1y Spillane, the same age, were
drowned while bathing in the Quinni—
piac river_ Tuesday afternoon. With
another girl a few years younger the
two were wadingin the river. One of
them suddenly stepped out beyond her
depth, The other rushed to her assis-
tance and went down with her. '
George German, a Waterbury boy,f
aged 4 years, fell three stories Monday
and_ has Just One chance of recovery.
Emil Marggrafi‘, another Waterbury
boy, aged 9 years, fell through a New
England .road trestle Monday and re-
ceived injuries which may prove fatal.
Still another Waterbur' lad, John
Moore, aged 14, had a fal on the same
day. He tumbled out of a tree. Both
arms were broken and his forehead was
badly gushed. . ‘ '- ‘
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A Nérrow Escape.
Miss Griswold, the pretty soubrette
of Aaron H. Woodhul-l’s company, was
badly frightened by the boiler“ explo-
sion in Act 2 in “Uncle Hiram” a few
nights ago. Too large _a charge of
powder was used in the battery. It
burst and one. of the flying pieces
struck Miss Griswold, inflicting a scalp
wound. She was badly. singed by the
powder, but pluckily finished the per.-
formance. . The master machinist, Peter
Creigg, was also badly cut by the circu-
lar saw in the sameact the night 'be-
fore. They’ll kill a man after a while
for the sake of realism. . The company
w111 appear at Music Hall next Satur-
day evening. ' ,
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Sold Out. '
Mr. Thomas Cousins has sold out his
retail shoe business on Wall street, to
Mr. Theodore Olsen, of boot and shoe
fame at both ends of the town. 4
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Germany Sending, Us Gold.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 19.—The Columbia,
from Hamburg, sailed hence for New York
with $1,440,000 gold for American houses.
To Leave Gray Gables.
BUzzARD’S BAY, Aug. 23.——President and
Mrs. Cleveland will return to Washington
the latter part. of this month. ;
Killed His Son by a Blow. -
PADUCAH, Ky.,-Aug. 28.—In a. drunken
row W. F. Woods killed his son, aged 19
years, by a blow with a beer glass.
Counterfeit Silver Certificates. -
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 23,—Severa1 hun—
dred counterfeit 35 silver certificates were
discovered in circulation here.
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A Nashville Bank Resumes.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 23.—The City Savings
bank, which suspended two weeks ago,
has resumed.
Tried to Burn the Town.
DENISON, Tex, Aug. 23.‘—Five incendl‘
W ary fires have occurred within a week, and
Sunday night the firebugs attempted to
burn the town, as several fires Were started
at the same time. Last night a mass meet-
ing was held to arrange for- the capture of
the miscreants.
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The Crowds In the Midway.
Referring to. the crowds in Midway
.plaisance in Jackson park, 9. correspond-
ent writes to the Paris Figaro: “They
move along like a procession of Quakers.
They have no jokes, no frolics, no shouts,
no fun. The dead silence that marks
"their promenade makes one think'of the
processions of the pupils of some deaf
and dumb institution,” etc.
This is not strictly true—not so' truth-
ful as it would be for us to say that the
Parisian idea of fun and frolic involves '
barricades, riots, murder, arson and
Queen killing. . ‘ . .
We are grateful for sérviceable sug-
gestions,'hut we must beg to be excused
from practicing that kind .of sport which
appears to be so popular in Paris and
which has made Paris ' infamous in his-
tory.' Wears proud. that we have re-‘
"mained; in. spite' of all;temptations, so.
*thirei‘ish as‘w regardwithnermauiag;
.iévéuifufi.’ théiubacionsjokemhq bawdy
phase _and- the 'lic‘eutlous fivollcs which
the obi-respondent of We’fuefully fails; '
to find measurement maid-In cm:
cagO‘NewssRecoi-d..' _ .
unwise:- .. - ..
mung, Bloodshed and Wild Excite-
iiientat Gilberton, Pa.
TWO MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Bevan-a1 Others Injured, Some Fatally, In I
Battle Between Railroad Men and
Citizens—The Fighting Started
by e notheadea Mllltlaman.
the citizens of this place tore up the tracks
of the Schuylkill Traction company be?
cause that company failed to comply with
the borough ordinance, and their action
resulted today in a Wild scene of rioting,
bloodshed. and excitement.
When the company officials heard of the
action of the Gilberton people, they im-
mediately sent a force of men to try to
effect an amicable settlement. When the
break in the road was 'reached, President
R. E. Jones of the Traction company, with
Richard Amour of Shenandoah, chief of
the company’s police, got off the car and
in a few moments had effected a settle-
ment, and the work of tearing up tracks
was stopped. 7
- Fired Into the Crowd.
In the car were a number of men taken
on at Girardville—members of the nations
e1 guard who had with them rifles belong-
ing to the company. While the railway
officials were engaged in conversing with
the borough iofiicers, some of the crowd
taunted the men on board the car and call-
til ?o,ut, “Where is the Glrardville mili-
a
A man named John Briggs of Girard-
ville stepped out and said, "Here we are,"
accompanying his salutatlon with an oath,
and leveling his rifle fired into the crowd,
killing Richard Paifitt, aged 25, single, a
spectator. Chief Amour and Professor
Jones had settled the trouble, and Briggs
shot over Amour’s shoulders. This immedi-
ately enraged the people, and stones were
thrown; then shots from the car became
general, and for awhile a most terrific bat-
tle ensued. - '
Chief Amour tried to subdue the trouble
and while in the act of stopping his men
was shot in the breast and may die. It is
supposed he was shot by. one of his own
men. .
Two Killed Outright.
The battle raged for an hour or more
until the cooler headed people of Gilberton
prevailed upon the crowd to disperse. and
the dead and injured .were then looked
- after.
In addition to Paifitt, William Hughes,
aged .19, ,of GilbertOn, an onlooker, was
shot and instantly killed; Richard Con-
nors was shot in the hand and leg, not dan-
gerous; Evan David, shot in the leg, which
will have to be amputated. James Hulll—
han had his skull fractured by a‘ stone and
may die. Briggs, who started the riot,
was shot by a companion accidentally and
received a scalp wound, and Was also
wounded in his leg..
When .the trouble had quieted down.
Bniggs' escaped, and running toward Me-
hanoy Plane hid in abarn but was cap-
tured, and together with Arthur Wiville,
also‘ a member of the Girardville militia.
was taken to the Pottsville jail.
Picked Up to Fight. .
The people about Gilberton were infuri-
ated by the action of the railway men,
none of whom, they claim, was an official of
the company. Some were employees; 0th..
ers were outsiders picked up solely for the
purpose of fighting. This is shown in the
fact that rifles were borrowed from mem-
bers Of the Girardville militia.
Amour, when he saw trouble arising,
tried his utmost to prevent bloodshed and
is now sorry he allowed his men to be
armed. Had there been no weapons in the
posse’s hands no trouble would have arisen.-
Everything quieted down when the, rail—
road’s force was withdrawn, and outside
of an excited populace talking over the
disturbance nothing has transpired to
cause any repetition of the trouble.
. An Attack on Catchings.
VICKSBURG. Miss., Aug. 23.—The Com-
mercial Herald today contains a strong ar-
raignment of Congressman'Catchings for
his opposition to free silver. The article
says that he ' misrepresents his district
and calls upon him to explain why he and
other southern congressmen have gone
contrary to the known wishes of their con-
sa‘tuents. ‘
E" H Fancy Stock Burned.
POTTSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 23.—Two barns.
and several outbuildings on the model
farm of Hon. James Focht. located in Pan-
ther valley, were destroyed by fire. Twen-
ty-three head of cattle, three mules, 10 pigs
and several hundred fancy bred chickens
perished in the flames. ‘ .
Nebraska Sues Hill.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 23.—There was
filed in the supreme court yesterday the
case of Nebraska versus ex-State . Treasur-
er J. E. Hill and others, a. case wherein
Mr. Hill and his bo’ndsmen are sued for
3%,000 absorbed by the wrecked Capitol
National bank. '
The, Mont‘ereysughtly Damaged.
VALLEJO, Cal, Aug. 23'.-—-The United
. States, coast defense monitor Montereylwas
docked "yesterday.
was comparatively [free from fouling, but
' badly in need (if- aim. The port propeller
wagslightly damaged.
Five Men Burned.
plosion occurred here last evening, and
Jesse Dentinger, T. C. Wreuck, John Nel-
son, Fred Robins and Rube Flynn were
seriously burned. _ .
Miss Pullman to wed a Prince.
NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug; 23.--The engage-
Miss 1FlOi-ence Pullman, daughter of'ithe‘”
_ hicggo 'paI'ce *ca'r 'mfiliouaimf‘hafbeenv
. .'~ "or? :
;
I» .‘ILIO'NVIL'IZE: Pai, Aug. 28,—.Pres'ton .3113-
E'ser was killed, and his brother Harry was
. ,fatally injuredjby a praying-9m blast. - a,
/':;,
GILBEnTON, Pa, Aug. 23.—Last‘ night
The monitor’s hull‘ '
MORRISTOWN, Ind, Aug. 28.—A gas ex- T
ment of PrinceIsenberg'von Birn'stcin and ,
i I made brammtmlflm-i .3 .
. Mr. J. Crawford, 'afiwell knownresi-
dent of Managua, has just 00mpleted 3’
ur covering about 12,000 ' uare miles
0 territo
Mr. Cra 0rd reports that the uninhab?
lted central mountainous part 'ofjthe :
country is' ,vefy‘rlch, in Toni 13
lands, excellent for raising-co ee.to .
co, grapes, almonds, com, spam
digo, 'plantalns, ‘ mangoes,
limes, lemons, «bananas, “eta—«In the
forests are to be found mahogany, oe-
nispero, guanacasca, etc. It's lodes are
rich in gold and silver, while large de-
site of marblb, granite and magneslau
”limestone are ‘to‘ be fOund.—‘—Panama,
Star. ‘
An Easter Surprise For the Czar. .
Emperor Alexander found' a short 7
.time since in a. photographic album on
his writiii’g table a picture of the famous
nihilist countess Sophie Perovskaia, who
was hanged with the murderers of Alex4
~ ander II. . It is now stated that at Eas-
ter the czarreceived another disagreeable
surprisefiv'rln his room at, Livadia he '
Ibund an exquisitely painted Easter egg.
Inside it was' a small silver dagger. two
ivory carved. death’s heads and a slip of
£13): on which were: these . words:
'st is risen. We also shall rise
again!” In spite of all endeavors the
secret police have not-succeeded in find-
ing out where either the portrait or the
egg came from—London News.
Not Entirely Definite.
James McCrabb, a. resident of . F6534
bank, left a will when he died which wan
remarkably brief, but not clear enough
to avoid'litigation. ' One bequest of $700
was left to "James Kelly of somewhere
near New York. ” The master in or-
dinary has ordered to advertise and'dls-
cover if possible the man for whom the
money is intended—Toronto Mail.
All nnrlllfi'fi III- I . cg”
Slorrs Agricultural - School. '
COURSES in Chemistry. Agriculture. Hor-
' ticulture. Veterinary, Science. Domestic
Science _Mathematics, English Botany,'Zool-
ogy. M itary Drill, etc. A complete. education
at moderate costq Examinations Will be held
at City Court Room, Danbury, September oth,
at 10 o’clock, a. m.; State Experiment Station.
New Haven. Sept. 7th. Fall term 0 ens Sept.
25th, 1893. For particulars. address .F.KooNs.
Stoors, Conn. v ' 1
raccoons NUTIUE.
DI OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons
liable to pay taxes to the town of Nor-
walk. inthe counti of Fairfield and, State of
.Connecticut. on t e assessment list of 1892.
the following times and places to wit:
Down Town).on Wednesday, August 30th.1893.
mm 10 o’clock forenoon, until 12:30 .o’clock
afternoon. ~- _
At the store of J. C. Bandle. at Winuipauk;
on the afternoon of Wednesday. August '30th,
1893. from 3 O'clock until 4:30 ofclock. , ~ '
. _At the store of Alphonzo Dibble, at ,South
Five Mile River, on. the evening of Wednes-
day. August 30th. 1893, from 7:00 o'clock until
8:30 o clock. ‘
At the office of the Collector. Boom No.1 Myr-
sonic Building. in t- o Boron h of Norwalk. in
said Town of Norwalk. on ursday, August
3Tst, 1893, from 9 o’clock forenoon, unt .8
o clock afternoon, and from 7 until 8 o’clock
In the evening. . '
Mr. H. D. Smith, at the Collector’s . office,
Norwalk, and Mr. .M. Layton, at his ofiice.
Railroad Place, South Norwalk,are authorize
to receive taxes for me. '
On all taxes which shall remain unpaid af-
ter the 30th day of September, 1893, interest at
the rate of nine per cent. will «be? charged
from the 3151: day of August, 1893, until the
same shall be paid._ . '
. GEORGE B. ST. JOHN.
Collector in and for said town of Norwalk.
\On the list 01.1892. »
Dated at Norwalk. Conn., August'l, 1893.?”3 if
PIANO LESSONS.
1‘Ias. GEORGE w. BRADLEY (daughter
1, ofthe late Mr. WmJS. Nash.) gives effi-
cient and satisfactory instructions on the
NOTICE.
QTICE is hereby given to all persons inter-
, . ested in the change of grade of the public
Vighway known as Butler street. that "the un-
dersigned mll meetat the Court of Burgesses’
room, in Norwalk. on ,the‘25th'day ofztzAugust.
1893, at 2 oclock afternoon,’for the purpose of
Bull further hearing any-person or persons who
ma desire to be heard in relation to the benefits
or amage‘s as the: case ma «be, resulting or
accruin , by reason of the ast change of the
grade 0 said highway, adopted by the Court
of Burgesses ot- the Boroug of Norwalk.
Norwalk, August 16th. 1893. -
BENJAMIN L.‘ mew.
ALvnED E. AusTIN, '
DANIEL J. Susana. '.
. noanpnns WANTED.
. OARD.-—Moss Hill Villa will be colon Fall
. and: Winter for boarders. Tro ey can ,
pass the house;_terms reasonable. 675 1w
SIT U4 TIONS WANTED.
Disinterested
. Freeholders.
‘ ried man. work of any kmdzjcapable of
care of horses or dnving or anythinglfor em-
ployment. A dress or call at No.5 North ave-
nue, Norwalk. ‘9 . . 674-
- TO BENZ .
Halt inch or 14283.35 cos a dauortimper wees.
~ second floor,ratvNo. 5 Camp‘streét. Apply
to C. '1‘. CORNEALL. , . - 81 ti
0 RENT.-‘— Four rooms in the Haddeii
building, corner ofrWall and River streets.
nt, $7. Inquire on the pgeniises. - 655 tf
‘ 0 RENE—The desirable suite of rooms
Looxwoon. Trustee.»
also barn. Apply to O- E. WILsON. '634 t
o RENE—The jsail boat, “Three Broth-
ers,” for :parties; also rdw boats. No
charge for fishing knee and bait, CAPT.
MLZMmeIRMe... ‘ - ,
»..\ ~-
0 0
.4
tires walkto «and De t..
“Price $2,500. .91 ,ofv'wliich “uranium rgi'oay
,. Stool! mamas. .
nemlyrend Only. 'uir‘ed to he. " clown
of therepublico Nicaragua. ‘
that 'I will meet them to receive said taxes, at -
Piano ather home. No. 193 Main Street. ft4 -
”WANTEfiE—Bya steady industrious mar-
m...n.....:.a€s;.i;.sig.,as......
vegetables, sugar Canaries, cocoa, 'tn- ‘ '
Oranges, -— , ‘
, rosewood, walnut, indie rubber, . l
9
At the store of W. S.Hanfor . East Norwalk, .
o It E N TAPleasant suite _of teens "on I
‘ .
inJames’Block.‘ Apply to F. ST. Joan
‘ , . 638 tf. ,
r o RENE—First floor of No.4'Elinstreetif . ‘
Half issuer to, fission 7.5.4,...ggmmfgga, :
'18 '1‘;' , ......!. .m,‘ _\ ‘. 1!.) > . _. .
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