4 tusohately Independent.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895.
'l‘iie Daily gazette, established in 1890
Elm Weekly Gazette in 1800..
BIJJL S UBS CRIPTIONS.
Daily, one year. $3; six months, $175; three
months. $1.00; one month 300. _
Wee/rig, one year. in advance. $1.00.
monts, 00c. three months. 350.,
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.Railroad Laws.
It is the law of the State of New
York that any person who destroys any
portion of a railroad, horse or steam;
or “places any obstruction upon the
track,” or shoots or throws a stonegit
a car standing or moving upon any rail-
way is punishable by imprisonment for
ten years if life is endangered by such
acts, or by imprisonment for three
years in every other case. The strikers
in Brooklyn will do well to remember
this. They will will see that things
which they are very likely to do in the
heat of passion, having really no very
definite intent-ion at the time, may
when looked upon cooly, when the row
is over, have ll.‘ very unpleasant aSpect.
Stones have been thrown a good deal
in this disturbance, and cars have
been damaged and tracks obstructed.
These things do not help the men to
get what they want; they really pre-
judice their case, and they may have to
be accounted for in court. The strikers
will be wise if they restrain the impulse
that leads to such acts.
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The Strlke.
As the situation now stands in Brook-
lyn, the ordinary passenger traflic of a
city of one million inhabitants is para-
lyzed in consequence of a dispute about
Wages between several railroad com-
panies and their employees; the reign
of law and order has ceased; the streets
are held by wandering groups of men,
who are determined that no trolley cars
shall be riiu,sav'e’"by themselves, and
by them only on their own terms. This
insurgent element is confronted by 7,000
men of the State militia, called out,
apparently, rather to protect property
than to assert more actively the su-
premacy of the law, but under orders
which contemplateal‘ree use of their
arms in certain contingencies.
It is evident that the militia and the
strikers thus confronted will not stand
and glare at one another indefinitely.
Indeed, the proclamation of the Mayor
of Brooklyn against the assemblages of
men in the streets practically makes
those gatherings unlawful, and we sup-
pose the force in hand will presently
be used to disperse them. The men
should not put the authorities to the
necessity of doing this. By Wisely
avoiding any opportunity to strike them
they will improve the only chance they
have left to win, which is the incapacity
of the companies to do without them.
A Vv'edding Surprise.
Reporters as .a- rule. are seldom sur-
prised at any bit of information that
they may bear, but this morning was
the exception, when the followmg
notice was handed one of them by the
good dominie who performed the cere-
mony:
BliOWER:CRAl_\‘.——Last evening at the bride’s
residence in Unionville, lianvnr I. Bnowsn and
Plus. LILLIE A. DRAW were united in marriage
byltev. I". E. Bobbins. of the First Baptist
church.
According to the marriage license
granted at the Town Clerk’s office, the
bride has seen 77 summers and the
groom (37 winters. It is the former’s
fourth venture on the matrimonial sea.
She looked charmingr last eVening in a
gown Of rich, brown silk, and the bash-
iul groom was beecmiuglyattired in a
suit of black broadcloth. A dainty sup-
per was served after the knot had been
securely tied, “until death do them
part.” There was no wedding tour the
weather being so unpropitious.
The bride was the third wife of the
late Martin S. Craw who died at the
age of 87 years, the 18th of last August,
he havmg married her the January
preVIous. _ . - .
Hearty will be the congratulations
received by Mr. and Mrs. Brower, ac-
companied With the-Wish that all their
“sorrows” will be little ones. '
Mi Brewer was, it is said, one of his
bride’s gallants over forty years ago.
And the little ceremony of last night
goes far to prove that everything comes
to him who waits.
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At the Risk of Llfe.
Four baptisms were made by a society
styling itself the “Latter Day Saints,”
at Broad River, last Sunday. The bap-
tisms were Made in a convenient pool,
out of doors, and it is said that one of
the converts, a young girl, shivered as
if attacked With the aguc while stand-
ing on the edge of the pool. No one
has a right to risk life in this manner,
and it should be seen to that these bap-
tisms are modified to the extent at least
of usxng ninth-mid); warm water.
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And He Came Back.
Chief Bradley went to Stamford this
morning, in response to a telephone
message from Chief Bowman of that
city, stating that he had Walter Spring-
stein in custody. Springstein is wanted
here for complicity in the burglary at
the propeller wharf last. August. He
was brought here and isnow lodged in
the station-house. lie claims that since
his sudden departure from here he has
become a bcuedist. ‘
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Burglary.
The B ,slou dry goods store, at Nor-
wich. was burglarized early Monday
. morning, and $800 in specie and several
rolls of silk stolen.
A NotableFebruarv Bridal.
I That part of Osborn avenue just con-
structed under the Consolidated road -
by ContractorCi-amfimarks the home
lot corner of a Norwa‘lk‘ founder, who
after the fall of “Rochelle, proud city
of the waters,” came to the western
world and built and bided in our
ancient town. This good man’s great
grandson chose for his homestead the
vicinity of the present Standard Oil
company’s works at Wilson Point,
where was reared his daughter Phebe
who anon married a young man from
Roton Hill. To this pair was born a
son concerning whose great grand-
daughter the London Telegraph in a
recent issue thus writes:
“The marriage between Lillian,
widow of the late duke of Marlborough,
and Lord William Beresford, V. C., is
arranged to i take place early next
month. Lord William, who for nearly
ten years served as aid-de-camp and
Military Secretary to several successive
governors general of India, greatlydis-
tinguished himself in action and gained
his Victoria Cross in 1879 during the
Zulu war. He is a brother to the Mar-
quis of Waterford and to Lord Charles
Beresford.”
Facts are stranger than fiction, and
Lady Blenheim and now Lady-elect
Beresford’s Belden Point ancestor, who
was once met on the high waters by a
distinguished military and naval com-
mander and assured, in a certain con-
tingency, of distinction, never, how-
eVer, probably dreamed as he sat beside
his hearthstone, the old chimney of
which at the head of Wilson Cove is
well remembered to-day, that his grand-
daughter Eliza was tO be the grand-
mother of one destined first to fall
heiress to the wealth of an American
oppulent Magnate, and secondly to the
emoluments of a foreign dukedom, and
finally to be the diSpenser of tho digni-
ties of another lordly British establish-
ment.
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To Reorganlze.
A meeting of the stockeolders of the
Union Manufacturing company was
held'yesterday. Fifteen stockholders
were present, and the matters pertain-
ing to the straightened condition of the
affairs of the company were freely dis—
cussed.
lt was shown that the company’s lia-
bilities were over $55,000, and cash
assets $17,000, leaving an indebtedness
of about $38, 000.
It is proposed to reorganize the com-
pany with a. capital of $100,000 and
Messrs. W. F. Bishop. F. St. John Lock-
wood, William H. Olmstead and Chas.
A. Quintard were appointed to devise
a way of bringing about such a result
and also to get the best possible price
for the existing plant, and to settle
with tnc trustees of the company on a
equitable basis.
It will not require the payment of
the full $100,000 when the company is
organized, as the plant can be placed
on a firm basis with perhaps half that
sum. '
A new set of officers will be elected,
and when the mills start up, if such be
the ultimatum,it will be under a favor-
able condition of affairs with an out-
look for a successful business.
The committee will hold a meeting
this afternoon to devise means for
bringing about the wished for result.
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Amusements.
Hor'r’s OPERA HOUSE.
The Minnie Lester company opened
a week’s engagement at Hoyt’s Opera
House, last night. The play presented
was “The Silver Ledge,” and it was
cordially greeted by a large audience
which frequently manifested its pleas-
ure by spontaneous applause. Minnie
Lester as Bessie, the Little Gambler.
was immense. In fact the whole cast
was good. The company is accompan-
ied by an orchestra of rare excellence.
It is a feature of the performance. TO-
night “Killaruey” is billed and a full
house can safely be predicted.
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Would Prevent Matrimony.
A petition is being circulated in the
shops at Hartford, where women are
employed, praying that the General
Assembly enact a statute requiring that
unmarried women be given the prefer-
ence in shops and factories where wom-
en are employed. The object of the
proposed legislation is to prevent mar-
iied women, whose husbands earn good
wages, from working in shops to the
exclusion of single women who have
to support themselves and frequently
relatives, too.
Some Flght Talk.
Dan. O’Keefe of Greenwich, claims
to be the featherweight champion of
Connecticut and wishes to meet any
125-pound man in the state for the
largest purse Offered by any club.
O’Keefe writes that he will fight in
private for $300 a side. He prefers to
meet Fred McGirr, of Bridgeport.
Charlie Matthews of Danbury is ex-
pected to visit Bridgeport, to-day, and
cover the forfeit of Fred McGirr. '
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Recent Deaths.
Horace Peck died suddenly at his
home in North Stamford, Saturday
afternoon, in the (34th year of his age.
Mrs. Margaret Vessaux, aged 87 years,
died in New York, Sunday night. She
was the mother of Mrs. M. 0. Clark of
No. 4 Belden avenue. 'l‘he interment
Will take place at ltowayton, Wednes-
day morning. '
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Mlddletown’s Election.
The annual election of the city offi—
cers in Middlet’own, yesterday, resulted
in the election of three republican
councilmen, city collector, and two
members of the board of assessors.
The democrats elected their city clerk.
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Teachers’ Examlna’clon.
Examinations for the ‘state teachers’
certificates and for entrance to the nor
mal schools at New Britain, Williman-
tie and New Haven will be held in the
Franklin street school building, South
Norwalk, on August 7 and 8. All can-
dictates must present themselves on the
first day. ~ '
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Declines a Call.
Rev. J. A. Davenport, pastor of the
first Congregational church, in Water-
bury, aud well known in this city,-has
declined a call from the First Congre-
gational church of Passadena, 0111.,
which is one of the largest churches on
the Pacific slope.
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DAILY- NORWALKEGAZETTE’.
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C'llYGO.Illl_,CE_MEEllNG.'
The Walter Commissioners Report
’ a Surplus of $2,500.’ ' '
A Health Board Elected.
An adjourned meeting of the City
Council was held Monday evening,
Mayor Hubbell and the full board being
present.
Bills to the amount of $388.50 were
ordered paid.
fi ’Iéhe election of the officers was rati-
e .
Attorneys Hurlbutt 8r. Gregory pre-
sented four documents setting forth in
an explicit manner the falling on Main
street near Lamb’s blacksmith shop of
Mrs. Ann Ryan, on Jan. 3d, 1894, the
said Mrs. Ryan having received injur-
ies to her internal organs, head, fingers
and legs.
They were referred to the Corpora-
tion counsel to investigate. He stated
that he had already made an investiga-
tion, but was not yet ready to report.
Councilman Smith called attention'to
the fact that a board of health had not
yet been appointed and the council, by
ballot, then elected the following board:
Dr. W. J. Tracey, Dr. S. H. Hunting-
ton, Dr. Walter Hitchcock, F. T. Jones
and Charles F. Tristram.
The board is the same as last year,
with the exception of Chas. Fj'l‘ristram
who was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of C. B. Coolidge.
Water Commissioner Treadwell re-
ported an excess of cash to the amount
of $2,500 in the hands of the Commis-
sioners. By vote of the Council, the
Commissioners were instructed to' use
the money in taking up a note for $2,-
500 held by the Fairfield County Savings
Society and dated April 2d, 1894.
A vacancy in the board of \Vater
Commissioner caused by the death of
C. B. Coolidge, was legally declared by
the Council. .
When the matter of electing a Com-
missioner to fill the vacancy came up,
the name of Dr. James G. Gregory was
presented, and he‘ would have been
unanimously elected had not Council-,
man Pinneo said that Dr. Gregory had
positively declined to be a candidate,
for the reason that his present practice
would not permit of his devoting his
time to the duties of the Office. As the
names of no other candidates were pro
sented, the matter was deferred until a
future meeting of the Council.
The clerk was lnstructed to publish
the proper notices for the appropria-
tion of $250 to the light department,
and $200 to the police department.
The sum of $200 was appropriated to
the highway department.
Victor Selleck was elected assistant
city clerk, his salary to be paid from
that Of the clerk.
City Clerk Lockwood reported that
he had had the resolutions passed by
the Council on the death Of C. B. 0001-
idge printed in the neWSpapers, and
had sent an engrossed copy to the
family of the deceased. -
Considerable discussion was had in
reference to the placing of telephone
poles in the city limits, but no action
was taken. . .
City Clerk Lockwood reported.that
he had investigated the matter of plac-
ing a tax lien for $8, the amount of
the taxes assessed to Roger McGinnis,
and had found that the property was
not owned by said Roger McGinnis, but
by the estate of the late Mary McGin-
nis. It was decided to abate the tax,
after it having been learned that the
property was properly taxed this year.
Councilman Chinery reported that
the Pioneer Hook and Ladder company
as reorganized was a credit to the city,
and stated that the company needed
seven new uniforms and five pairs of
trousers. Councilman Pinneo also
spoke a good word for the company.
The matter was referred to the fire
committee with power.
Section I, Chaper XXII of the city
ordinances was amended to read as fol.
lows:
t shall be the duty of commissioners
of streets and sidewalks, under the d13-
7'cction of the chairman of the hithay
cmnntittcc of the Council of said city,
to cause to be made, repaired, cleaned
and kept open and safe for public use
and travel,and;free from encroachments
and obstructions, the streets, highways,
sidewalks, gutters and public grounds
in said city, etc.
The council then adjourned to meet
the first Monday in February
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TERSE TALES OF T HE TIMES
The Pelican club will meet to~night.
t B. W. Maples has gone to Washing-
on.
The Sons of St. George will meet to-
night.
The Painters’ Union will meet this
evening.
. Show is twenty feet deep on the level,
In AriZona.
Col. “Sam” Daskam was in Bridge.
port, yesterday.
Thomas Stout of the city Board 0
Relief is on the sick list. »
Horace Staples of Westport, will be
93 years old, January 3lst.
There are no cases aSSigned for trial
in the Superior court, this week-
It cost just $1.30 to clean the town
house out for the last city meeting.
Reports from Colorado indicate that
a blizzard is working rapidly eastward.
—Hale’s Rose Cieaiffor chaps.
The West Avenue Whist club Will
meet rat the home of Miss Julia Clark
to-nig t.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Sloan, of Cross street, early this
morning.
The Phoenix Engine company socia-
ble takes place to-mcrrow evening, at '
the Engine House.
The rain'last night caused a post-
ponement of the proposed sleighri'de
of the St. Mary’s church choir.
.“Mag” Connors was fined $330 and
sent to jail for six months at Bridge-
port, yesterday, for keeping an im-
moral resort.
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Miss Mai Curtis, daughter-cf Cashier
William A. Curtis, of the Central bank,
was taken sick at»Elmira,~cN’. Y., and is
expected hometosday. ,' ,_; '
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» .. af-Thel“Ladies’*Mason’ic s‘ocisty” met
at the home of Mrs.'Sherwood Cum-
mings, on Orchard street, last night.
One new candidate was initiated.
A party of Norwalk Pelicans took a
sleighride to Stamford Sunday, and
made a friendly call upon their brother
Pelicans in, this city.—Advocate.
—The second annual sociable of the
A. O. H. will be held at the Athenaeum.
Jan. 24- 1030 ti
A New York jury returned a verdict
of $50 damages for the death of a boy.
The judge, in granting a new trial re-
marked that this was the price of a
poodle dog.
The Law and Order League of
Bridgeport has determined to permit
no more intoxicants to be soldat pub-
lic balls, dances and other similar
gatherings in that city. ‘
“Vet” Taylor has become disgusted
with the game of dominoes and will
hereafter devote his spare time in
shooting rabbits, at which latter sport
he is bound to get a gameoccasionally.
The Minnie Lester band visited Win.
nipauk, yesterday, on a Street Railway
car. It is needless to say that the good
people of that claSsic suburb were
greatly surprised and delighted.
There were those who expected that
the city council at its meeting last night
would elect a. Water Commissioner and
a Commissioner of Streets and Side-
walks. .But they were doomed to dis-
appointment. -_ - . - - .
—Money saved by buying drugs and
chemicals at Hale’s. ' 1010.tf
Frank Ferriss celebrated his ninth
birthday at his home No. 38 Harriett
street yesterday afternoon, by enter-
taining about twenty of his young
friends. Games were indulged in and
refreshments served. ,
Mrs. E. G. Helmesuivho for some
weeks has been stopping with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs.‘ Martin Kellogg, on
Wall street, has secured rooms in the
Ambler house on Union Park, and will
go to housekeeping.
A surprise party was given “Ed”
Mills at his home in Broad River last
night. There were about twenty-five
present, who enjoyed themselves in
games and dancing until 4 o’clock this
morning.
The case of A. Dibble-vs. the Town
of Norwalk, which was to have been
heard in the Common Pleas court, this
morning, was continued untih. next
week. Mr. Dibble claims ownership in
land at Rowayton which it is also
claimed belongs to. the town.
Main st.
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At‘a meeting (if the Gdifnecticut Edi-
torial association, conSisting of editors
-—-Pictures framed at Hayes’
of weekly newspapers, held in Hartford .
yesterday, John S. Jones of the West-
porter, was elected one of the Vice
presidents. It was the eighth annual
meeting of the association. ’ '
It is hinted that in the forthcoming
new deal in Westport & Saugatuck,
Horse Railway Manager Frank M.Ray-
mond, who assisted his principal in se-
curing a controlling interest in the
stock of the road, will be its presulent.
This paragraph has for its basis simple
current mason—Bridgeport Standard.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Cockefur cele-
brated their 10th wedding anniversary
at their home on Hendrick avenue, last
night. About forty of their friends
gave them a surprise party and the oc-
casion was made a. joyous one. They
were in receipt of several handsome
presents in the tinware line. '
The Garment Cutting school at Ware,
in which Messrs. Norton and McCand-_
less of this town areinterested, recently
gave their pupils an entertainment
which was highly enjoyed by all. Read-
ings, recitations and music, in which
the pupils assisted, occupied the early
hours of the evening which were fol-
lowed by a dance-in the school roomsto
music furnished by Dcane’s orchestra.
The school in Were is now being man-
aged by Mrs. G. H. M. Smith and is
very successful. Messrs. Norton and
McCandless are contemplating opening
their school in Norwalk, Conn, about
February 1.:—East_ Hampton, Mass,
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The Buchanan Murder Appeal.
ALBANY, J an. 22.—-Ai-guments were be-
gun today before the court of appeals in
the appeal of Robert Buchanan from a
conviction of murder in the first degree.
The case will occupy a portion of tomor-
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Fire In a. Silk Factory.
BOSTON, Jan. 22.—Thc tlirce'stcry silk
and Worsted factory .of Alfred Zelgler, in
Roxbury, was damaged to the extent of
$35. 000 by fire today. The fire was caused
by a. gas jet igniting some silk on a loom.
A Liberal Succeed: Banfiy.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 22.—Dr. Deslderlus dc
Szllagyl, Liberal, formerly minister of
justice, has been elected president of the
chamber of deputies in succession to Baron
Banfi‘y, who is now premier of Hungary.
/ Two Mills Resume Operations.
PHILLIPSBURG, N. J., Jan. 22.-—-The
Delaware rolling mill of this place re- .
sumed operations today after an idleness
of nearly a year. The American sheet
iron' mill also resumed work today.
Bourgeois Give. It Up.
PARIS, Jan. 22.—M. Bourgeois has re-
nounced the task of attempting to form a
new ministry.
Famous English Jockey Dead.
NEWMARKET, England, Jan. 22.-—Fred
Barrett, tho jockey. is dead.
. Chamberlain’fls
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is the .best medicine in the world for
bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can
always be depended upon. When reduced
With water it is pleasant to take. Try it,
and like many. others you will-recommend it .
to~your friends. 25 and50 cents er bottle.
For sale by Gregory & Co. P
Refreshments were served.‘
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’THLSUNS measles.
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$GREATEZR‘ VARIETY AND RICHLERMAf
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The New Material Called “lilolrc "Scintil-
late.” A Chapter on Trimmings. Em-
brolderies Studded with Mock JeWels.
Fancy Walsts Still in High Favor. ‘
This is what may be called it well-
dressed season, for there was never a.
time when greater variety in dress or
richer materials prevailed. Everything
between cheap serge and the richest
velvets and thinnest gauze is used for
gowns and wraps.
Furs in every form are worn, and all
sorts and‘conditions of trimmings'which
ingenuity and artistic taste can devise
are to be had for a price which unfortu-
nately is not often it low one. One of the
noveltiesir among dress decorations is
velvet cut out in floral patterns and em-
broid‘ered in [gold studded with sequins
and turquoise. Another embroidery has
coral mixed in with paillertes of irri-
descent colors.
Embroideries are studded with mock
jewels, which makes them very effective,
and a fine cloth of gold embroidered
with black and white pearls is used for
dress trimming.
,But the woman who can buy every-
thing her fancy dictates is not the one
who is searching everywhere for- ideas
which may help her to solve the perplex-
ing problem of how to make the gown do
service at receptions and dinners, church
and the opera. It is the happy medium
in dress which is so hard to strike, and
fortunately simple gowns are quite as
good fashion as the more elaborate crea-
tious.
Fancy waists, which .are- still in high
favor, are a boon to the woman of few
gowns, as they afford a greater variety in
dress than any other fashion could possi-
bly produce. The only novelty in these
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waists is in the beautiful material and
colors of which they are made. Silks,
satin brocadcs, with gay flowering vel-
vets, plain and ribbed, and every variety
of chiffon, goes into their construction,
and they are either high or low in the
neck, as the occasion requires.
“Moire scintillate” is a new material
this season which is used for skirts
which are to be used with odd waists.
It comes in all colors, and is used for
entire dresses as well. It is the complete
ngn, with waist, skirt and sleeves of
one material which specially attracts at-
tention now.
Astylisli calling dress is of the new
.“moire scintillate,” in one of the shades
Of dull red, trimmed on the skirt"with
black feather trimming. The round-fit?
ting bodice is of Velvet in the same shade,
adorned with handsome cream white
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guipure, which forms revere, and a wide
collar across the back. Four handsome
buttons finish it at the waist, and the
collar of velvet has a tuft of feathers at
each side.
Most all skirts which are trimmed at
all have very narrow, unassuming deco-
rations, which is akind of dispensation
of fashion, since she decrees that they
must be so voluminous that. five and
sometimes eight. yards are needed.
Something odd in sleeves is shown in
which two different. materials may be
Straight pieces of the cloth
like the skirt and gored pieces of silk in
a contrasting color are sewn together.
And then the sleeve is cut out as though
it were all one piece... The wide pieces
are platted at. the top Over the .fancy
pieces to hide the seams, and the éleeve
is gathered at the bottonr‘into‘ sauna,
below which is a fall of lace. .—N. X. Sun.
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Sonic pcOple never learn how: to keep
out. of debt. until after they lose their
mverlit. .mlhtlvoutnn Klaus” A. ' '
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' ,Russiau court finally appealed.
RUSSIA’S YOUNG EMPEROR.
“Holmes 2‘V31.9lll'9‘3§¥'9°1'!8»by thefl'honglfi
39f. ,tlio.--li'eiglity:£l‘asl€ Before,- film, . . . .1
Th’sé‘stpry of the sudden evolution of an
Emperor ivhi'ch wasp relight backto Loiié'
don by the witnesses of the Russian page
antsof grief and joy is. one of the strangr
est in the personal histories of'great rulers.
The members of the British court and the
English correspondents who followed the
funeral party from leadla to St. Peters.
burg saw and heard some interesting
things Which it was not possible to de‘
scribe in the despatches which were sent
home.
It is learned that for several days after
the death of Alexander III. the members
of the Russian court were reduced to de
spair and distraction by the behavior of
the young Czar. He was completely un-
nerved, not so much by grief at , his
father’s death as by his sudden encounter
with the vast responsibilities of the posi-
tion. He became for some days a. shrink-
ing, cowering weakling. It was almost
impossible to coax or spur him into the
exercise of any of his imperial functions.
Those whose duty it was to prompt him
regarding the proper state and other
formalities were at their wits’ end,
and the situation caused the greatest
alarm in the court. When some simple
course was urged upon him the young
Emperor shrank back and begged that
he be let alone. He even whimpered when
the necessity of action was pressed upon
him as imperative. He more than once
burst. into tears, and acted mere like a.
terrified 'child than the ruler of an em-'
pire. ' ’ .'
This continued for several days after
the arrival of the Prince of Wales, and
it. was to him that the officials of the
The
Prince was equal to the occasion, and in
the last three weeks he has done more for
England than the whOle British foreign
office would be able to accomplish in-a.
generation. He remained constantly by
the young Emperor’s side. He put heart
and courage into him. Before the Czar
reached St. Petersburg he was trans-
formed. He not only became a man, but
began to acquire some of the dignity of
his rank. He soon astonished his advisers
by displaying a genuinely intelligent
comprehension of public affairs, with
sound if not brilliant powers of judge
meut.
then the wedding day arrived he had
developed an originality and indepen-
dence of opinion which further amazed
those around him. In other words, the
attack of blue funk which at first caused
the gravest fears for his capacity to gov-
ern has been completely conquered.
WASHINGTON’S‘ BODY GUARD.
A Colored Maxi \Vlio Has Been That for
53 Years and is Still.
Visitors to Mount Vernon and the tomb
of \Vashington will remember the gray
headed colored man who watches in front
of the iron grating behind which repose
the remains of the first Presidene of: the
country, together with those of his wife.
The name of this colored man is Edmond
Parker. He was born a slave of John
Augustus \Vashington, and for 53 years
he has been one of the fixtures of the
Washingtbn homestead. Except for
about two years service in the Union
army, this man since 1841 has been a con-
stant and faithful servant about the spot
which 'is clear to the heart of every Amer-
ican. ~ ' ~
After the Mount Vernon estate passed
into the hands _ of the present. owners,
Parkerwas designated to watch the tomb
and during, all, these years he has kept
this vigil as faithfully as the Virgins
guarded the sacred fires on the altar of
Vesta.
He has watched the coming and going
of the thousands of visitors to this patri~
otic shrine, and he remembers with dis«
tinctness many notable incidents which
have there occurred, including visits of
noted personages, both native and foreign
among them the Emperor of Brazil, the
Prince of \Vales, the Princess Louise, the
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, Charles
Stewart Parnell, the Princess Eulalia of
Spain, and also the various representa-
tives of foreign countries who have from
time to time been stationed at ‘lVashing-
ton. ' \Vith much laquacity in native
Virginia darkey dialect he tells Of these
events, and delights to recall how he dug
the .hole where the Emperor of Brazil
planted a. tree near the tomb.
Recently .while at. Mount Vernon, the
writer asked Parker if he remembered
the visits of any of the Presidents since
the war, and he said he did not remember
to have ever seen General Grant there, but
did remember that Mrs. Grant and her
daughter had been there on more than
one occasion, and each time took much
interest in the surroundings, always hav-
ing a pleasant word for him.
President Hayes aiid'Wife‘were there
several times, and once, about the time
of the annual meeting of the ladies’ asso-
ciation, they remained all night. He
remembered to have. seen Mr. ’Arthur
there once, at. least, and agrees with
every one who speaks concerning him
that no more elegant gentleman ever
paid a visit there.
Speaking of Mr. Cleveland, he said he
visited there twice during his first
term, and each time stood with uncover-
ed head in presence of the exposed mar.
ble sarcophagus. Sherman, Sheridan,
Logan, Butler, Banks and Burnside of
the Union army, Geus. Lee, Joe Johnston
Gordon, and Buckner of the Confederate
cause, he recalls as visitors—TWashingo
ton Post.
Love In the Oil Regions.
Years ago a. mushroom oil town called
Sawyer City sprang up iiia. few weeks
during the petroleum excitement. in the
Bradford oil region. .
One day a barb peeler and his bride
from the backwoods were taking a.
twenty niile wedding journey on the
railroad that traversed that section of the
country. They were very happy, and
caressed each other freely, unmindful of
the smiles of their fellow passengers. '
As the train pulled into Sawyer City,
and the bridegroom imprinted his one
hundred and ninety-ninth kiss upon the
fair one’s lips, a. brakeman opened the
car door and shouted, “Sawyer.”
, “Don’t care of ye did!” retorted the hap-
py groom.‘
Then turning triumphantly to his
bride, he made it an even two hundred.
Hopcd So For His Sake.
“I understand,” said Miss Fledgling,
“that the Baron dc Faigue has lost his
reputation.” _ ,
“Indeed!” replied Miss Ohibu‘rd. “Well
forbis sake I 'sin' eiely hope so.”—Dallas
Times-Herald.
\
True Poetry.
“Envy,” said Uncle Eben, “am dc brier
dat huh’ts er man dat manages ter grab
hol’ ob do 'i-ose of success—Washington
Starfi
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.A-Ho Isisu
. bonds will exceed $500,000?” ‘1
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'omcLEx MAINTAINS SILENCE.
Story of His Forgcrlcs.
_, ,NESIHYOBK, Jan. tea—Edwin O. Quig—
Icy, the ‘bond.,for-ger, when licenfioday: all. .
the city prison; wadstill- unwilling to {tell-fl E
the whole story of his forgcrles. He said
he had made no statement even to his law-
yer, Mr. Caldwall, as to --_the- banks, other
than the, Mercantile National; which were. V
the losers by his peculations.
”Don’t ask me about that,” he would
say each time that ‘ the subject was ap- "
proached. '
“It is said that. the amount of
forged
“But you must 'un'derstand,’.’. said he...
“that I had a large amount of bonds print-
ed that were genuine. I gave up my key
to the safe \ in my oficc. and it ‘will be .
found, when that is opened, that a large
amount has never been negotiated. ”
“But does the aggregate amount equal
$400,000 ?” _ ,
This he did not answer directly. .
“I have never, ” lfli replied after a mo-
ment’s thought,- “sold a sin glc bond which
was not genuine. It is only the bonds on
which I have obtained money in loans that
are bad. And I got this money all the '
time, expecting to be able to repay the loan
and take up the collateral.
“If ' I could only have had a. little more
time, I do believe that my friends would
have come forWard and, saved me from
this, but as for myself I can do nothing, '
as I have not; a'dollar in the world.”
Then he changed the subject and asked:
“Whatdo the people say about me? What
do you hear? Do they seem to consider
that I never intended to wrong any one, .
but always expected to pay the money 1
back? Do they seem to know that I could
have sold $2,000.000—ycs, $3,000,000—
worth of bonds just as well as those which
I did? It was only the other day» that!
received 'a. $50,000 check on bonds which I
sold. The bonds were all right, and they
were never questioned. Why", I ,had the . .
biggest bond business of~rany.oné-:On Wall
street.” . - ~ 1 ' ' 73 ~ f
.“Were any of the Davenport (Ia. )'-bOn"’ds .
which you had spurious?” ' '
‘ ‘Don’t; ask me about that.
about it.” - :' - ‘ 4 ,
“ Can youtell me what other bankstban
- the Mercantile National have been- loscrs -
by your forgerles?” ' _ .4 ' '- _ -' ;
“I have not even told my‘lavvyers maul ' —'
I cannot tell you that now.”' j
In speaking further about the possibll‘
ity of his friends paying up a. partat least ‘
of the money he, had taken, :Quigley said
that he expected a couplcl'of'frien'ds to '
call on him. ' , . - ,
' He was looking much better today than
he did Friday afternoon when he Was tak-
en‘to the district attOrney’s oflicei’“. _ . ‘ ,
His wife and a ,Mr. Downs, bis‘brother‘
ln-law, visited him at the Tombs. . »
Ican’t speak _ __
w . .
‘Var on Virginia. Race Tracks.
. WASHINGTON, J an. 22.——Judgei-Nortcn
of the Alexandria county bench'and Unit'-
ed States Commissioner For V 1rglnia Bun-
dy are securing affidavits from members
.of the police detective force and others in
this city for use in the pending trial in
Richmond of the injunction against the
Old Dominion Jockey club, now conduct-
ing racing on Alexander island. The afll-
davits‘set forth that the racing has become
a public nuisance, and that thieves and
desperate characters congregate in the vi-
"cinity.
Major Henry Goodspeed Dead.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 22.—Ma.jor Hen-
ry Goodspeed, who came to this city in
‘1860, died today. He was born on Cape
Cod, Mass, in 1833. With the assistance
of Mr. John Deere, the millionaire of Mo-
line, he established Hammond Hall, an
institution in Salt ,Lake City founded to
counteract the Mormon doctrines by its
educational influences. During his long
residence in Utah he directed the expendi-
ture of over $3,000,000 in the development
of successful mines.
Says He \Vas Sliangbaicd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Richard Eugene
George has been brought to this city. Both
hands and feet were badly frost bitten.
George says that he was ” Shanghaled” at
Baltimore and taken aboard an oyster
sloop, Where he was cruelly treated and
obliged to work at the point- of. a pistol
after his feet and hands were frost bitten
and were streaming with blood.
Treasurer Scott Was Lyncli‘ed.
O’NEILL, Ncb., Jan. 22.—The" body of
Barrett Scott, Holt, county’s defaulting
treasurer, who was taken from here by a
party of disguised men on thenlght of
Dec. 31, has been found in the » Nlobram
river, with a rope around his neck. The
man had undoubtedly been banged by his» .
captors and the body thrown. into the
river. 2 -.
Railroad Station Robbed.
LARCHMONT, N. Y., Jan. 22.—The New _
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
ticket office has been robbed. Eighty-seven
dollars and 20 cents were stolen from the
Safe. None of the railroad tickets was dis-
turbed. It is supposed that the robbers
blew open the safe while a. heavy freight
train was passing.
' Death of Millionaire John Stevens. ;
HOBOKEN, N. J ., Jan. 22.—John Ste-
vens, amillionaire, aged 39, and a member
of the well known Stevens family.who re.
side at Castle Point, in Hoboken, died to-
day of heart disease. He leaves a. widow
and two children.
Mrs. J. G. Clark
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Fainting Spells
based by heart failure, sleeplessness and um
lrcadfii! tired feeling. and ‘plles, made h
life misery. Captain Clark urged me to take
Hood’s Sarsaparllla and it has built up my whole
.Iystem. The pllesare gone and I am able to .
work hard and sleep soundly all: night. P353“ ‘
Iver praise 1~Hood’s Sarsaparilla. "MRS. J. G.
CLARK, Ash Point, Maine. Remember .
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