. yet it: is evident several of them would.
A 1.10% accept‘thé} $9.“ and W0”???the,lgfiidi’tunateginebriate was kept out of
Absolutely Independent.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14,1895.
The Daily Gazette, establi’shed in 1890
The Weekly Gazette in 1800.
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POSTAGE I’RE 1PAID-
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Selecting a Water Commissioner.
The untimely death of Water Com-
missioner Coolidge, imposes upon our
city administration a very grave duty.
Probably no event of equally serious
importance to the welfare of this com-
munity, will claim the attention of our
city council during the continuance in
office of its present members. Before
their expiration of service, it is more
than probable, a very large sum of
money will have to be raised and ex-
pended under the direction of the
Water Commissioners for improving our
present storage Reservoirs or construct,
ing a new one, and providing a new
main of sufficient capacity to convey
the water‘to the city. These condi-
tions render the selection of a “thor-
oughly capable and competent succes-
sar toaDrrCoolidge, of the gravest im.
portance. Not every man, willing and
rerhaps anxious to serve the public
gratuitously, is just the person fitted
for the place under these exceptional
circumstances. A man of general in.
telligence, of familiarity with trench-
digging and mason-work, is not only
needed, but also a man of financial ex-
perience and capability, in whom. the
public have ful_l_.confidence. Th gnames .
of the following good citizensni'eifreeé’i
ly mentioned in connectionfwithf'thofi
position, viz: MajnGen. 1). NE. Cofiiéhir;
Gen. Charles Olmstead, Capt. Isa‘ac‘
Selleck, Ex-Burgess Charles P. Turney,
City Councilmen, A. C. Wheeler, Wil~
liam H. Smith, E. L. Boyer, J. A.
Osborn and Dr. Greg. ry. These are
good men and true, every one of them,
position, howévb’ihard" it were urged
upon them ; others named could not, if
they would, because of the exacting
:jiressure' o'if? theirfiwn busineSs.;; :2 ,1: h
The late Mr. 'Moody made a specially
good commissioner for the chief reasons
that he took a deep interest in the neo-
essary'work and had leisure time he
could-devote to a constant personal
supervision of its affairs, and had a
fortune sufficient to enable him to do
it all gratuitously. He moreover, was
conservative in action and especially
prudent and pains-taking in all matters
involving expenditure of the people’s
money. He was familiar with and could
grasp large as well as small financial—
transactions and possessed the perfect
confidence of the public.
We already have two energetic and
faithful Commissioners in Messrs. Mead
and Treadwell, but both these gentle-
men are engrossed and closely confined
by their private business engagements.
They deserve and-should have selected
to work with them, some man who has
added to the other requisites, leisure
time that‘he could afford to give to the
performance of its responsible duties.
No man pressed and overwhelmed with
his own private business, should be
asked to m the the sacrifice of time the
Commissioners-hip necessarily will re-
quire, with no other compensation than
the stinted anduncertain gratitude of
our taxpayers.
The GAZETTE has no favorite and no
candidate to urge. It would be satis-
fied with any one named above. Gen.
Couch is an earth-work engineer by his
military education; Gen. Olmstead is a
man faithful to every trust and of all
around intelligence; Capt. Selleck ad-
ded to his known carefulness, has large
and wide business and financial experi-
ence, and is familiar with such mechan-
ical details of construction as are likely
to be required; Mr. Turney is a
thoroughly practical man, experienced
in carpenter, mason and trenching
work and known to have taken a very
deepinterest in our water system and
to have already Spent a great deal of
time in its invest igation. He has time,
the ability and we think also the
willingness, to serve the public in this
position Were he asked to do so. Any
one of the City Councilmen named,
would admirably till the bill. Perhaps
the ideal one is Mr. Wheeler, for- the
reason hmong others, that during the
summer, he is not rushed by his: own
manufacturing business and could thus
give attention to the duties of Commis-
sioner at the seasiin when most time and
attention are nqnircd. NO man has
taken a deeper interest in the welfare
of our city than Dr. Gregory and could
his time be spared from his large and
exacting practice, he would make a
model Commissioner. There. is no
need of haste in the selection, however, ‘
a . no import int outlays will be attempt.
8d this winter and our City Council can
wisely wait and thoroughly consider
the very important matter, to the end
that he very best man for the place, all
ldeeply annoying and grieving mourn-
*--wnn= spa-irrational; it is“ pi‘Oper
Water Commission, should be properly
paid for the time and expense of being
an active, practical head or Superin-
tendent of the works. He should be
such a man as could tell the people, for
instance, at next Friday evening’s meet—
ing, it our city’s need of more war-er
could not be adequately provided for
by raising the gateway, now several
feet below the line of the dam] at the
Grupe reservoir, so" that the overflow
there should hereaftfir run over the
dam and also if the dam of the upper
reservoir might not be also raised
several feet and at small cost, so that
nearly double our present supply could
be held in reserve in seasons of extreme
drought, and all at a moiety of the cost
of now inaugurating the scheme for
building a third reservoir. 3
City taxpayers would also like to
know. if the work Of completing the
new sixteen inch main of which some
two miles and more has already been
laid, should not be» taken up and pro-
gressed, before any other enterprise
is entered upon. It has been asserted
by competent engineers that when the
water is low in the Grupe reservoir and
the pressure thus taken off, it is im-
possible to run down the water we now
have in our two storage reservoirs and
thus supply the needs of our city. As
a matter of fact, the GAZETTE is assured
on competent authority that this is just
what did happen during the drought of
last summer. .
Messrs. City Councilmen, appoint a
Water Commissioner who can with
unquestioned honesty and accuracy
inform a much abused, long suffering
and tax over-burdened peeple on these
vital questions anent our public water.
Execrable Taste.
The Saturday evening World attempt-
ed a pictorial illustration ofthe mourners
at the Mrs. W. W. Astor funeral,
which was the vilest sort of caricature.
This is scarcely less reprehensible than
the ill-timed and cruel publications in
our own town, on thief-same day. . The
one in',_regard to the despoiling of a de-
ceasedicitizen’s grave was'still further
faked End sent to New York for'wider
publication." .It served'the purpose of
ing friends. The only truth in the
miserable story, we are assured by the
funeral director, was the fact that the
poor creature employed about the
cemetery was on another of his “peri.
pdfiicals.” {sit not about time such an
our cemetery ?
. Dance of the Knobites.
‘ ',..The‘ subscription dance given by the
ladies Of the: Knob Outing club at
Arion Hall last evening, was a very
select and enjoyable affair. There
were twenty numbers on the pro-
gramme, many of which were encored.
Thefmusm was furnished by Moeslin’s
orchestra of New York, and the supper
by caterer Lane. Among those present
and participating in the evening’s
pleasures, were Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Raymond, Mr.'and Mrs. R. H. McDon~
ald, Mr. and'Mrs._George Van Alstyne,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benedict; Jr..
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Byington, Dr.
and Mrs. A; 'N. Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Maggi, Mr." and Mrs. Edward
Russell, Mrs. ’ F. E. Quintard and the
Misses Paxton, Pauline Swords, Emma
Lockwood, J. Pearl Gregory, Naomi
Smith,-Blair Smith, Maudella Shores,
of Bridgeport, and Clara Gregory, of
Orange, N. J., and the Messrs. -rthur
Russell, John Cavanagh, Elbirt Fitch,
W..C. Briggs, Robert G. Mitchell,
Charles Baker, Rutherford Keeler, E.
W. Beard, '11. Joel Lowndes, Homer
M. Bvington, Thomas Cavanagh, Dr.’
H. E. Bates, Stanley Smith, Leslie
Vaughan. Of.ABr1dgeport, and C. E.
Thomas and Eben Hill, Jr., of Yale.
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Will Retain Their Membership.
Although the decree of the authori-
ties of the CathOlic church forbidding-
to Catholics membership in the Knights
of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Sons of
Temperance ,has been officially placed
before the laity by the receiving of a
circular letter from Bishop Tierney in
all the churches of the diocese of Hart-
ford, there js no evidence that the de-
cree will have any apparent effect
among the several hundred Catholics
in Bridgeport, lays the Union, who are
members of the interdicted societies.
Several of these were noticed in atten-
dance at meetings of their respective
lodges last night and evincedno inten-
tion of resigning. A reporter inter--
viewed a number of Catholic members
of secret societies last night and in
each instance the reply was : *
“I will retain my membership and
will also retain my belief in Catholic
doctrines.” .
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A Ch'apter of Accidents. .
Yesterday, in Bridgeport, a clerk
named Meyer slipped on the ice and
broke his arm;-Joseph Ellis had his
left ankle dislocated while wrestling;
Thomas Welch fell down stairs and
broke two fingers on his left hand;
John Appleton fell on a curb and cut a
big gash in his chin and Matthew Daly
cut off his lettindex finger in a press.
-—'--—O O O
Maggie Arrested.
Maggie Hurley, the servant who is
suspected of having about two weeks
ago made several sensational attempts
to burn the house of her employer,
Edward S. Lovell, of Newtown, has
been arrested and placed under $1,000
bonds. 4.» ~
Want: Antl-TO-xlne.
The state board of health has pre-
pared for presentation to the legisla-
ture a petition asking for an appropria-
tion of $15,000 for the establishment of
a laboratory in which may be produced
the new diphtheria cure, anti-toxine.
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'Killed on the Track.
Asa P. Porter, aged 50, of Noun-k,
was struck by a train on the Provrdence
divisiOn» of the Consolidated railroad .
afternoon and killed.
thing! crnsldered,bl3 sele’ct‘eil.
to suggest that one man at least ofgfthe :-
" Italy vs. Germany.. ,_ ,_
Alivelyscrimmage occurred at the
foot of Mill Hill this morning. Chafle‘é
Gehebe drove up Smith street in',hi§
cart and as he" tuftned into 'Watcr streeét
his horse reached out and grabbed hol
of the coat of an'Italian who was work'é
ing on the streets. The horse tore the
man‘s coat and he struck the animal in
the face, which angered Gehebe, and
he struck the Italian with his whip.
The Italian quickly picked up a stone
and hurled it at Gehebe, but the latter
dodged and the missle knocked off his
hat. Chagrined at missing his mark
the Italian picked up" more stones and
made for Gehebe. The latter jumped
off the cart and made tracks down
Smith street with the Italian in hot
vsprinting Gehebe. . .
State Liquor Dealers.
The executive committee of the State
Liquor Dealers’ association met in
' Bridgeport, Monday afternoon. Organ.-
izer P. H..Nolan, Of Port Jervis, N.
Y., was present and addressed the {meet-
mg.
look after the interests of the liquor
dealers in the ‘General Assembly, and
gave instruction to_such committee.
The executive committee‘proposes to
large towns of the state and talk to the
liquor men and organize branches of
the State association. There are now 12
branches and it is intended to have
them all over the state within 30 days.
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Recent Deaths.
Sunday, aged 75 years. He had been
a resident of that city for thirty-five
years. His mother, over 90 years old,
survives him.
Orion H. Arnold died at his home in
Stamford, Saturday night, aged 34
years. , .
Anthony Daly, a Stamford cigar man-
ufacturer, died Sunday, aged 33 years.
Laura, widow of Zacheus Mead, died
in Greenwich, Sunday, aged 90 years.
Anticipated Being Hungry.
A ragged man purchased, 10 - cents
worth of baked beans in one ofthe all
night cafes last night and .had the
waiter dump them into his overcoat
pocket. He said he was going to walk
to South Norivalk and he might feel
hungry before he got there. “I have
seen men put bean soup in a paper
bag,” said the waiter, “but never be-
fore have I seen a man put beans in_ his
pocket.” We live to learn in this
world—BridgeportNews, '
.Defalcatlons' G'ailore.
Defalcations of- state trcasurérs 1816
no novelty, unfortunately. In the past
quarter-century thercmust. have_~,bee~n
do not at this moment-“recall another
instance, however, in which the ‘ treas-
ury of so young a state.-as,Sou_th Dakota
has been cleaned outsosys‘te‘matically,
nimblv and thoroughly;_.—Coutant.
so.
The Norwatlkigtiospltéln .3, f1.
A meeting of the Nut-Walk Hospital
board Of directors was held last night,
nearly_ the full board» being .present.
cussed and routine business transacted.
The building committee was instructed
to get plans for the -'propOsed new
building. '
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Amusements.
uorm’s OPERA HOUSE.
Smiles! Wreathes of smiles! And
gurgling, gleeful laughter, are the con-
comitants to the entertainment to be
furnished by the EmpireCity Stars at
Hoyt's Opera House on Wednesday
evening. ' _
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In the Tolls Again
William Milhurn, who recently
arrested in_Bridgeport-, wh eng'a ged
in purchasmg supplies of t Hubbell,
Wade & Rider Company for a mythical
yacht, and incidentally defrauding peo-
ple, has been sent to jail in New Haven
for a similar Offense. -
- The Bridgeport Way. '
On Monday a Bridgeport woman he-
came enraged at her husband because
he was so slow about lighting a fire,
and struck him on the head with a bil-
let of wood. .He was taken to the hos-
pital where the wound, an ugly one,
was dressed.
To Go to New York. '
Mrs. S. E. Olmstead with her two
daughters, Mrs. C. B. Coolidge and
Mrs. Frank Woodward, contemplate
spending the remainder of the winter
in New York city.
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T’ERSE TALES or THE TIMES.
_'1"he ex-prisoners of war willvmeet to.
night.
Jabez Wheater's condition remains
about the same.
An important city meeting will be
held Friday evening. -' '
in New Haven‘to-morrow.
_Mr. John Taylor is seriously sick at
his home N o. 188 Main street. 2
Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of
St. George, will meet to-night.
A special_meeting of Phoenix Engine
company Will be held tO-night.
Work at the Jones manufkctory on
Hoyt street, was started up to day.
John J. Hanlon leaves for Trenton,
N. J ., on‘ a busmess trip this afternoOn.
{ Rev. J. G. Davenport, of Waterbury,
:s. in favor of individual communion
cups.
Chief Bradley is “taking a day off”
and Officer Kenney is acting in his
place.
William Hanlon, of the firm of Han-
lon Bros, is taking a business trip
through Mass. . , .
Ilev. Father Shortell of Ridgefield,
who is in poor health, will sail for
Europe, Feb. let.
“M
The Second annual sociable of the
while walking on the truck, Mondaleobert Emmett club takes place next
'h
Thursday evening,
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pursuit, but he failed to overtake the 3
A committee was appointed to .
have Mr. Nolan visit all the-cities and .
John Dayton died in Danbury, on-
nearly or quite adozen of them. 'We .
The matter of a new‘hcspital'r was die»
The Masonic Grand Lodge will meet?
Eachm‘ine was frozen stiff. \ {3 , -
Thé‘idf M. details: will be-Eficfiferred'
by P.’"M. David Polland at 'Stf‘John’s
lodge, next Thursday night.~ ' .
-.Our Brothers Lodge, .gI. O. O. F. will
give a musicalentertainment iniOdd
Fellows hall, to-morrow evening. ,
—.Hale’s Lung‘Balsam cures all colds.
sample free. , 3 1019 tf
The Norwalk- Forty~flve club will
Visit Westport and commence a series
of games with alike. club iuthat city. 3
The dam at mud pond, New Canaan,
from .which Stamford gets its water
supply, threatens, it is said, to break
away. .
,A' brand new shaver arrived at the
home of barber William Hess, Monday.
Mallless has decided to keep him dur-
mg 1 c.
It is to be hopedthat the Legislature
will not forget to look into the charges
of drunkenness made against Camp
Bradley. ' - '
Charles F. Loomis, the welkknown
mason, who at present is located in
Waterbury, ,is makinga short visit in
Norwalk,
- V—Pictures framed at Hayes’ Main st.
. ' 1013 U.
There is-t’rouble in the A. O. H.
camp, and it is understood that the
county delegate will be summoned here
to investigate. , .
._Joseph Mossell was sent t.) jail for
Sixty days, yesterday, from Stamford,
for beating his wife. The sentence was
altogether too light. -‘ ~
Mrs. Harriett Selle‘ck, aged 90 years,
mother of Mrs. Genrge W. Raymond,
of this city, is dangerously sick at her
home in New Canaan.
—Money savedjiy buying drugs and
chemicals at Hale’s. 1019tf
Mr. Robert Dick of New York, who
has many relativesandfriends in Nor-
walk, will soon leave for California for
the benefit of his health- .
The Stamford Fire department will
give an entertainment and ball, Jan-
uary 3lst, which‘will'no doubt be at-
tended by Norwalk firemen.
Have you seen’the cactus in Williams’
show window, on Wall street? It is
one of the largest and handsomest‘
plants of the kind in this section.
An electric car caught fire in Dan-
bury, yesterday, and was blazing at a
livety'. rat-e ,yzhe‘n, discovered. The
flames werequickly extinguished.
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Mr. Frank, Woodward and family
leave to-morrow fOrafew weeks stay
in New York city. They will stop at
the llotel'Metropole, 4lst street and
Broadway. .;;a ' '- y . .
~Hale’s Rose Cream for chaps.
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The ladies of the M. P. church of
Silver Mine, will hold a Pove'rty‘Tea in
Guthrie’s hall, to morrow evening. All
persons not dressed according to pov-
erty will be fined. '
There is a leak in the gas pipe leading
into the O’Sullivan block and work-
men were busily engaged this morning
digging down through‘thirty- inches of
frozen earth to locate it.
Samuel Roscoe, who has been em-
ployed for the past nineteen years by
C. DeKlyn of Norwalk, has entered
the employ of Bartow, the baker, and
will soon move his family to New
Canaan.
There are 160 prisoners in the county
jail now, and of those about ' 25 are
bound over to await trial-in the Febru-
ary term of the superior court. The
jail is the largest one in the state, hav-
ing 239 cells.
Frank B. Steele -.of the Waterbury
Herald is rapidly .re'covering from the
effects of-the vitriol thrbwn on him
Fridaynight.
"will be disfigured and a portion of his
car will be lost. '
Chief Deerfoot and his Wife Red-
FioWer, and their papoo’se Withouta.
name, are a great attraction at Hale’s
drugstore. Withoutaname is of cOurse
the greater attraction with the‘sladies
and children. ___,‘- '
——Box stationery, So at Hayes.’ 1025tf
John DeForest, son of Congressman
DeForest, who has been seriously ill
with scarlet fever is now out of danger
and rapidly recovering at his. home in
Bridgeport. Congressman “(DeForest
was" summoned home from Washington
by the illness of his son but will return
to his duties in Congress this week.
There will be a meeting of the stock.
holders 'of the UnjOn Manufacturing
company, at the office of the company,
on Monday, January 21st, at 2 p. m., to
consider the raising of money to pay
the present indebtedness of the com-
.pany, or to take steps, as individuals, to
organize a new company and buy the
old company’s plant. ' '
Owen Harty' - 'was ffrécentlie, awarded
$2,000 damagesjgby the Bridgeport city
council"‘.for? injuries received-by being
throwu.'.-from his wagon, the’infesu‘lt of
carelessness in leaving the street!" on
which he was driving, in g‘dangerous
conditiOn. The. horse which he held
the reins over-at the time. wasthe well.
known. in' NOrWatk, trotter .“Spot.”
Mr. Harty has -ma3hy‘.tfrien‘dsiin Nor-
walk who,'wliil'e.congratulating-“him on
the verdict, will b'e‘s‘orryto' learn that
his condition is precarious. ..
('1 CarltonjComwell, foreman-of theiflmtle,
‘iMiddlefAleN. J., believes that-EChamber-
flain’s Co 15h Remedy‘i'should be'~'~'iii~every
diome. 1};
[remed ;I"can recommend it .to an: I‘have
,‘ ,/
The left side of his face .
a} ,speedyi‘cure. He says; “It is indeed‘a grand ,
DA I. LV-x -. N ORW ARLKGA ZrET r
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Wall street crosswalk, this 3-33
Thing-mackerel Were pickednp on a....,-.’-.-;A 139MB 53321-08191? 1N .‘PABFS' ;
rmng. u Houseyln the'itue Moncedu‘Damag'ed, 1,“!
e”. used it'for a. cold and it effected ‘
-:‘LONDON, Jan. 15.-—Mme; Patti has an ,
l
M? iPARIS, Jani‘lé'._—'A'boxnb" explosion no;
E.
.Héions Hurt:
curred'in frbnticf’65 Rue ‘MO‘n‘ceau and is
believed: to have been the work offianarch—
lets. Nobody was killed, but“ Considerable
damage was done to property.
The bomb was, believed to be charged
with dynamite and gunpowder inclosed in
an English tin cracker box, strengthened
bya. thick band of aluminium. The police
have _no clew yet - to the culprit, although
some policemen on duty in adjacent streets
saw a man running. svviftly away a short
time before the explosion. '
just before midnight, was informed by a
passerby that a. suspicious looking parcel
,had been placed on the'windowledge of
the ground floor. He rushed. to the spot.
and seizing the parcel hurled it into the
middle of the street. A terrific explosion
followed, and all the windows in the vicin-
ity were broken, although they were pro-
tected by wooden shutters.
Following the explosion there was a
panic in the neighborhood. The house at
63 Rue Monceau was formerly the rest-
dence of Prince Victor Napoleon, and its
front "was considerably damaged. The ex-
plosion of the bomb threw several large
- paving stones into the middle of the road-
way and strech the street with broken
glass. Holes were made in the stonework
of several of the houses. , ' '
The police believe that the explosion
was directed a'galnst M. Athalln, the mag-
istrate who conducted the inquiries into
the outrages committed by Ravachol and
other anarchists, who _ lives in the Rue
Verzel'ay, facing the scene Of the explosion;
During the morning the chief of the
municipal laboratory made an examination
'of the scene of' the explosion. It is said
that he is inclined to think that the explo-
sion was a dangerous joke; that the bomb
contained no projectiles and was apparent-
ly only chargedgwith gunpowder. .
. . _ Drowned With Ell/logcue Near.
jSEAT'rLE, .Wash., Jan. 15.—vThe steamer
Utopia, while coming to this city. from
San Juan islands, passed a submerged
island, and saw two men clinging to it.
The steamer was brought around, and
when within 25 feet of the wreck Captain
lines with life buoys attached, but the
sailors were evidently too benumbed with
cold and exposure totake them, and they
. were washed off and drowned.
Those Bogus School Bends.
LONDON, Jan. 15.-—The case of J. T. M.
Pierced; Co.. the firm charged with hav-
ing been engagcd'in floating large quanti-
ties of bogus securities in this country and
in. Ireland. was before the bankruptcy
court today. Debts amounting to £115,780
were cited. chiefly in'respect to worthless
American school bonds. The official re‘
eeiver announced that the bankrupt had
absconded.
The Big Curling Bonspiel.
MILWAUKEE, J an. 15. —The third annual
bonsplelpof the Northwestern Curling as-
.sociatlon began this afternoon and will
continue until the 19th. In addition to
the prominent curlers from all parts of the
United States, there are a large number of
experts from Canada, attracted by the con:
and trophies are worth $4,000.
Billiard Tourney In Philadelphia.
14 Inch balk line'billiard tournament be-
.gan here today. The first prize will be a
handsome emblem presented by‘ Frank RO-
Contestants residing outside of Philadel-
phia. will be allowed hotel and other ex-
penses.
Liege Dynamite Trials Begun.
LIEGE, Belgium, Jan. 15.—The trial of
16 anarchists, including the notorious
J agolchowski, alias Baron Sternberg, who
is now in a Russian prison, was com-
menced here today. The prisoners are
charged with being concerned in the dyna-
mite outrages at Liege in the spring of
1894. '
Governor Morton In New York.
ALBANY, Jan. 15.——-Governor and Mrs.
attended a dinner given this evening by
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
will return in time to attend a reception
to be given tomorrOw evening by Adju-
tant General and Mrs. McAlpin.
'Actress Bitten by a Mastiff. _
MONTREAL, Jan. 15.—Josie Sadlcr, an
' actress, who takes the part of Rose of Yu-
catan in the “Prince Pro Tern,” was so-
verely bitten in the legs and thighs by a
big mastlfi owned by a guest at the Bell?
.moral hotel, where she is stopping. The
wounds had to be cauterizcd.
Not Anxious to Gore‘s New York. ~
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—The Rev. Dr. Frank
said that he will not. go to New YOrk to
church next Sunday as a candidate for its
pastorship. Neither is be anxious to re—
ceive a call. » . .
To Protect Car Drivers.
ALBANY, Jan. 15.—Assemblyman Wil-
cox Wlll introduce in the assembly a bill
compelling all street railroad companies to
protecttheir drivers by having the front
platform of thecars inclosed so that the
driver is protected from the blasts of win-
ter. - ~ '
_ A Schooner Ashore.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 15.——The
three masted schooner Liconia, which was
towed into the lower harbor yesterday dur-
ing the gale, went ashore on' Fishing island
John’s.
Skating Cracks to ltIeet.
MONTREAL, Jan. 15.——Johnson, Rudd,
part in the Canadian speed skating cham-
pionships to be held here Feb. 2. Johnson
will bring his bicyclé skate. .
Highland Hall "Burned.
LYNN, Mass, Jan. 15. —Fire today do-
stroyed Highland Hall, the residence of W.
H. Porter, at Swampscott: The origin it
supposed to havebeen incendiary.
Help For Destltnte PeOple.
DENVER, J an. 15.——The Burlington rail-
road has shipped to the destitute people
Of western Nebraska 75 carlcads of sup-
plies contributed in Colorado.
Cold Wave In_.‘_Texas.__ _ . . ,_ 3 .. .
snowman: were comics"
struck Galveston ‘about 1 O’clock a; in; By
the lowest Milli-3:08?-
,1 1’1““ to Sing In Operaylnlondon. .,
ranged to appear in six operatic perform
knots in thccovent Garden .ehtdr. _
7 . _. ._ . .. , .
fimgigm rains L
l.
' Advertisers medians. .
A porter, on duty at 65. Rue Monceau, ,
schooner, tho Lily and Maud of Deception
O’Brien and one of the crew threw two.
.. test for the Walker tankard. The prizes
’ PnILADELPHIA, J an. 1.5.——A handicap
sotta of Philadelphia and a purse of $200.
Morton left for New York today. They-
Occupy the pulpit of the West Presbyterian;
today. She was bound from Boston to St.’
Nellson and the Donoghues will all take,
8 'O’clook a. in. the temperature fell to 31, -
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:‘ Newsboys WW .- 3; ,2 ,j
lNlll
WM. Gunsaulus,'pa'stor of Plymouth church,. 3'
snot long be delayed, and he decided to
l and all efforts to . gain; an entrancewer'e
and he remained in his :house all day Sat-
‘ater' telegraphed for a United States mar-
' i shal to come here and take Abbott incus-
“It-is ~ said that Aubert speculated exten-
tively stated that: a delegation of Republic-
.pose of a .batch of appointments Which
senate for confirmation. Morrill refused. ”
passenger train on the Midland railroad at
«stantly, and the bridegroom died about an
tor addressed to' Patrick Christie, Eas‘ton,
eremains were badly decomposed andlel‘mll
r.
Suspension of Ills Bank. .
SHORTAGE MAY anemon—
The Defaulter Was 05 course a “Prominent
'_ ,Cltlzen," and He Was Also Treasurer
of Dover—He Declares That the
' City Funds Are Intact.
DOVER, N. H., Jan. 15.-——A notica was.
posted on the doors of the Dover National
bank today announcing the institution
had suspended, and that; by order of the
board of directors the bank’s affairs had
been taken in charge by C. M. Dorr, a
bank examiner. A few hours later Mr.
Dorr said that the accounts Of the cashier,
Isaac F. Abbott, were badly mixed, and '
there was a shortage vvhioh might amount
to between $60, 000 and $90, 000. He could
not say definitely how much the defalca-
tlon would amount to, as the books have
not yet been thoroughly examined. '
Abbott’s Admissions. ”
Mr. Abbott was seen later at his home,
where he has been under surveillance since
Saturday. He admitted that his accounts
were short, but refused to say how much, _
He wouldnot say where the money had
gene or how long the shortage has existed.
To the reporter he said he might have
tided over this examination of._thg bank:
and covered up his stealings for, another"
year, but the amount of his embezzlement
was getting so large that discovery could
“face the music.“ He declared, that he
had purposely arranged .the lock of. the
bankvault so that it could not be opened
until today. He believed that the bank
examiner would discover today that his
accounts were short, so he decided to call
his children to him and inform them of
his disgraCe before they 'could learn it from
the newspapers. ‘ '
“I made up my mind to let them know
what had happened.” he said, ”and won
decide whether I should goito the .sta 0’s
prison orthe cemetery”. '. ‘_ ' .~ '
He declared that his accounts as city
treasurer and as treasurer of the Five Cent
Savings bank Were all right and 'had not
beentampered with.
Vague rumors of a shortage 'in Abbott’s.
accounts gained currency last Friday,
when Bank Examiner Dorr came here to
examine the books of the bank. 'An in-
vestigation of the cash account by the ex-
aminer and the directorson that day con- _
winced them that something was. wrong.
The cxmzfmor went to his home in Som-
ersworrli' mar: night, rind no action was
taken by the tank officials, pending a
further examination of the books.
When Mr .‘Io-Tr returned on Saturday
morning. the vault of the bank, which has
a time lock, could not be‘opened.~. The
mechanism appeared to be out of order,
without result. Mr. Abbott was at once
.placed under the surveillance of the police,
urday and Sunday. This morning the
.vault was opened, and soon afterward the
notice was post-ed that the institution had
suspended. Bank Examiner Dorr immedi-
.tody. . » .
Abbott Is AlsoCity Treasurer. ',
Abbott is treasurer of the city of Dover
and is also connected with the Dover Five
Cent Savings bank, which has Offices in
the same building with the. National bank
on Central avenue. but it is said that nei-
ther the city nor the savings bank will suf-
fer by his defalcation. -
.11‘he bank is about 25 years old and is,
rated as one of the soundest and most sub-
stantial‘in the city. Its president is E. N.
Brewster. Abbott has been its cashier for
about 20 years and is one of the most
prominent residents of the city. He has
been prominently identified with the af—'
fairs of the Free Baptist church, of which
he was an active member, and has held
numerous positions of honor andtrust in
.the city. Three years ago he was elected
city treasurer as a. Republican. He is about
50 of age and is a widower, with a daugh-
ter and two sons Who. are ‘now in school.
He has a‘ handsome new house on Arch
street. He is under heavy bonds. . .
~‘ Abbott has promised to give the direct-
ors . of the bank a. statement as to the
amount 9f money he has taken and what
,he has done with it as soon. as possible.
The directors expect to issue a. statement .
to the depositors then. “ _ .
-The statement of' the Dover National
bank for the year ending Dec. 31 last show-
‘ed asurplus of $20,000; Its capital is
$100,000. - * — ' ' ‘ -
sively through Boston firms.
. 9T9 Hurry Appointments.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15. -—‘A special-to The
Times from Topeka. says: “Itisauthorlta-
an senators 'called upon Governor Elect
Morrill and urged him to take the oath of
ofilce this morning at 8 o’clock, an hour.
before the senate convenes, in order to dis-
'Govern or Lewelling proposes/to send to the
Newly Married Couple Killed.
3' PUEBLO, 0010., Jan. 15.—While a. party
'Of young folks were returning from the.
wedding of Jacob Moss and Miss Mary
Overl‘eese their. sleigh was struck i by a
a grade crossing. The bride was killed in-
hour later. Mr. and Mrs." J. C. McCabe of
Darlington, Ind. ; John Abrams and John
McFadden were badly hurt. -
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Alleged Murder For Insurance.
LONDON, 0nt., Jan. 15. ~William David
Welter and John A. Hendershott have
been committed to stand trial ‘ at St.
Thomas, Ont, for the murder of William
Hendersbott in a. wood near that place.
The crown charges that Hendershott
placed an insurance on the life- of‘ his
nephew of $11,000 and hired Welter, to
kill him to secure the money. ’ ‘ "
_ A Law Against Big Hats.
CARTHAGE, Mo., J an; l5,—A number of
theater goers of this city-are‘preparing a
bill, which they will ask‘thfe legislature to
pass, making it a ‘misdemeanor forladlel
in the theater to wear high bath which Ob-
llteratejthe view of the stage ’from one‘ or
mere persons. The blllis being prepared
ingood faith, and its‘jpassage, ls-de'manu'etl.
The s...“ at... up It: Dead.
NEW YORK, Jan. ‘15.—.The body of an
unknown man, which had washed ashore,
Wildfound at South Amboy, N. J. A let-
Pa.,‘ and'flz were found entire body. The .
«identify been lnthe‘ water a longtime» 3,
seal Gilli} ’
A Cashier In~ Dover, N. "Hgfiauses thefl '3
‘ ll”. John mm that; ‘
All Run”. Down
nhealth “accentuates-tho aim—I wu-
Idvlud' to‘tako Hood's Busaparllla. Hal: 0
lbottlo gave me good sleep and tonal my
nerves. my cough ceased and I gradually gained
flesh. Hood’s Susapadlla uncle’s-Io, ‘n will
Grocer. 498 Cholmslord Street. Lowell, Mass.
flood’ sAll“..Cures
Hood's Pills are pvt—{Ely vegetable”, and do
tot purge, minor gripe. Soul by all drug “in
‘Hcyt’s Opera-House.
"Kill the" “111%,!
{One night only, _ . . , ‘
, '~ Wednesday,ilauaullllll.‘
America’s Gretztest Vaddéuz'lla
. .Sbow! ' '
(Empire! city ”Stills !
Music, mirth, dance and comedya-An or-
culated to. please ladieseand childred. :86? the
galax of fun makers: Ke y 65 St. Clan!
The hour Gondoliers‘ane Stanfordsfitapley.
Ruth and many others in a makings; of mno-'
.centfun. . ; .
Seats on sale at Plaisted's and Gregory’s.
Hue lot Tuned f
- If not. it is time you had.
On that new leaf you will
find this setiténcé. The beet
place in town to buy Crooks _
try. Tinware and Hones Furé'
nishings isat -. .
H-H-WILLIAius,
’ .15 Wall Street. . ._ V
: ‘_ TU BENT. ' . "
HF” inch or legs. 2503a. day or 81.001991“ weer
' 0 BENTZéThejlowei-JHOOr OffilBelden
. avenue. Inquire of 0’BnmN,Tailor,up-
stairs. ' - ; 1014-_t f
'0 REN'rj—Two furnished and my pleas-
_ ant-rooms to let. Call at 130 Mam sage};
_ Nome-E.-
Notice is hereby given, that an adjourned
regular meeting of the Council Of the City of
Norwalk,«to be held in: the Council Room in
said city, January 01st, 1895, the further sum
of Two Hundred (32mm) non... will be at)-
propriated for the highway department of
said city, to be used in defraying the neces~
sary expenses thereof.
Dated at the City of Norwalk, January 15th.
1895.
By order of the Council of said city.
Attest: E. M. LOCKWOOD.
city Clerk.
PLANT Your. AD
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