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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 18,1897.

 

 

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WAsmmngll NEWS.

The White House Crowded
with Anxious Office Seekers.

Senator Hawley Doubts Action on Hawaii
Annexation this Season.

 

GAE. ETTE BUREAU
1235 NEW YORK AVENUE,
WASHINGTON July 12. i

A crowd of perspiring patriots, all
anxious to serve their country for their
country’s good, crowded the corridors
of the White House to-day anxious to
see the President, in which desire all
failed.

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Senator Hawley had a brieftalk with
the President concerning some minor
appointments.

Before leaving the White House the
Senator informed a press representa-
tive that he did not believe that the
Senate would during the present ses-
sion act on the treaty. of annexation
with Hawaii, unless Japan should com-
mit some overt action which would
render necessary immediate ratifica-
tion. Senator Hawley said he be-
lieved, however, that there were votes
enough in the Senate at present to
ratify the treaty if it was found desir-
able to do so without further delay.

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It was officially announced that the
currency message would not be sent to
the Senate to-day. It. is not known
when this document will be sent to the
Capitol, but it is safe to say that it will
not be done until all possible doubt of
its interfering with the tariff bill is re-
moved.

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There is a strong probability that
former Congressman Snyder, of Minne-
apolis, Minn., will be appointed minis.-
ter to China, to succeed Minister
Charles Denby, who has filled the Pek-
ing mission for twelve consecutive

years.
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The republican conferees have not
yet permitted their democratic asso-
ciates to enter the committee room, in-
dicating that all the diflel ences in‘
their own party have not yet been
fully adjusted.

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The House was in sessiomnot over
five minutes this morning. Immediate-
ly after the reading of the Journal,
Judge Moon of Tennessee, called the
attention of the House to the death of
Senator Harris, and moved that. as a
mark of respect, the house suspend its
business until. noon to-morrow.

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Mr. Woodford, the. “United States
minister to Spain, was at the State De-
partment to-day conferring with Secre-
tary Sherman and Assistant Secretary
Day in regard to the relations between
the United States and Spain. He has
been given a copy of the brief in the
Ruiz case, prepared at the State De-
partment which he is to present to
the Madrid authorities in support of
the claim for Indemnity. Mr. Wood-
ford has several social engagements in
this city next week, including dinners
with the President and Mr. De Lome,
the Spanish minister. He will sail for
Madrid on the steamer leaving New
York on the 28th instant.

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The venerable Dr. Gatlin of Hart-
ford is here.

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Casper Goodrich of Pomfret was to-
day appointed a cadet at Annapolis
and Mason H. Sheffield of Mystic an
alternate, to represent the Third dis-
trict.

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W. W. Gillespie, editor of the “Stam-

,. ford Advocate,” was at the Capitol to-

day. He is interested in the action of
the conference committee on fuller’s
earth.

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Wakeman Genealogy.

Robert P. Wakeman of Southport, is
compiling a Wakeman genealogy, and
all persons of this name are requested
to correspond with him. Mr. Wake-
man has the history of the original an-
cestors in England, and although he

‘ has been at work on it for several years,

it will not be completed until next

year. .

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Desertion and Cruelty.

Sheriff Doolan served divorce
papers yesterday upon Minnie L.
Steere, who resides in Southport. Her
husband, Frank A. Steere of Bridge-
port seeks separation on the grounds of
intolerable cruelty and 'desertion. He
alleges that she left him Feb.” 1, 1894.

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—All, the aSuccessful Merchants at
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.

 

TOWN GDURT GASES.

The Police of the Twin Cities
Have-a Number of Law
Breakers.

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Judge Frost Will Mete Out Punishment to
.the Offenders.

Yesterday was quite an active one
with the pOLice of the Twin cities, but.
a major part of the harvest was gar-“
nered by the bluescoated guardians of
the peace at South N orwalk.

A summary of the cases develops the
following named lawbreakers: Michael
Sullivan, Oscar Anderson, Fred Hen-
dricks, Joseph Bardoes and Carlo Ca-
pollo. '

Michael Sullivan was arrested yes-
terday afternoon on Main street. Mike
had but a few hours before been dis-
charged from the jail at Bridgeport.
He proceeded to get full of intoxicants
as soon as he reached N orwalk, with
the result that he was landed in the
Smith street station by Chief Bradley.

The charge against him on the blot-
ter was intoxication. He was taken
before Judge Frost this morning and
was sentenced to thirty days in jail.

The other cases will be heard this
afternoon at the court room in South
N orwalk. .

Oscar Anderson is charged with hav-
ing assaulted his wife, Lena Anderson.
It is not an aggravated case, so far as
yet knoWn, but the evidence at the
trial may change the complexion of
things. -

Fred Hendricks is held on the seri—
ous charge of non-support of his wife
and family of five children, agde re-
spectively 8, 7, 4, 2 and one year. It is
thought that thg evidence in this case
will be of an interesting nature.

Carlo Capollo is held for an alleged
assault on William Callahan. The lat-
ter claims that the former stabbed him,
but the appearance of the wound does
not warrant such belief, it looking more
as if "caused by a blunt instrument.

Joseph Bardoes is accused of an as-
sault on William Kulsco1. There is a
woman in the case, and the cause of the
quarrel was jealousy.

Over River School Meeting.

The third attempt to vote an appro-
priation for an addition to the Over
River School building will be made
this evening.

The voters of the district have on
two previous occasions decided that
they do not wish to increase the pres-
ent high debt of the district, espec-
ially at this time when business is dull
and money hard to get, and a number
have expressed themselves quite forci-
bly upon the matter.

The general . opinion among those
who are opposed to any increase of the
district debt, is that there is plenty of
room in the building if properly util-
ized for all the needs of the coming
year, and to go deeper into debt and in-
crease the taxes of the poor of the dis-
trict will be a hardship that should be
deferred until times are better.

Stricken from the Docket.

At a special session of the Town Court
yesterday, the following cases were
stricken from the docket, but Judge
Frost set Saturday July 19th for any
hearing there might be wished for to
restore the same on the list of cases to
be tried: J. R. Raymond vs. Mrs.
Annie C. Haviland; W. S. Smith vs.
Mrs. Annie C. Haviland; Barrett vs.
Hodges; Reed vs. 'Hawley; Schuppan
vs. Lewis; Smith vs. Reynolds; Larri-
gan vs. Bach; Ayres vs. Hecker; Ma-
lone vs. Boeiner; Cooney vs. Bates;
Sherwood vs. Betts; Golden vs. Swimm;
Sheldon vs. Sheldon; Wells vs. Hawx-
hurst.

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sent you The EVENING GAZETTE to

keep you in touch with the daily hap-
penings in your city. The GA ZETTE will
to send any address in the United States
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one month, 25 cents; for one week, 6
cents. Address changed as often as
desired. You cannot afford to be away
without your home paper and you can-
not get the events of the day and night
more completely chronicled than in
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Boy Has Lockjaulb
Harry M cSherra, fifteen years old,
the son of Miles McSherra, of 6 Foster
street, Danbury is critically ill with
lockjaw: The physicians who are at-
tending him hope to pull him th1ough
but his case is very serious.

 

TRAGKOWNERSKIGK.

They Threaten to Break With
the'L. A. W. 4'

Irresponsible Parties Cause Loss to the
Track Owners.

A big Split is threatening between
the League of American Wheelmen
and the National Track association. It
will come ve1 y soon unless there is a.
radical change in the methods pur-
sued by the lacing board of the L. A.
W. The Track association is stronger
than the L. A. W. and it has thousands
of dollars invested in the 20 tracks com-
prised in the combination. The Track

association has but to deliver the,

ultimatum, “There shall be no more
races on these tracks,” and it will
break up bicycle racing all over the
country.

The dispute which now exists be-
tween the association and the L. A. W.
arose from the fight between the own-
ers of the Charles River track at Bos—
ton and the Associated Cycle clubs of
Boston. The latter leased the Charles
River track for Independence day. H.
E. Ducker, the owner of the track, re-
fused another meet in order to accom-
modate the associated cyclers and at
the last minute they went to Walton,
taking their sanction from the L. A. W.
with them. M1. Ducke1 had spent $3, -
000 1n adve1tising the meet and when
it did not take place on his t1 ack he
p1 omptly brought suit against the L.
A. W.

That organization gave him a sane-
tion for an athletic exent and he had
enterprise enough to get Bald, Cooper
.and many of the other cracks to go to
his track. According to the rules of
the L. A. W. he could not pay appear-
ance money to -these fiyers but there
was nothing to stop him from paying
them 1a1 ge sums for exhibition miles
and that was what he did. The result
was that when Chairman Mott of the
racing board hea1d what was to take

' place he reVOked the sanction.

This led to ill feeling. The owner of
the tracks got their heads together
and they made up their minds that
they would not be dictated to by a man
who did not have one cent interested
in the p1 omotion Of cycling. They
held a meeting at the Eve1ett House
in New York city on Satu1 day night
last. Every one of the thi1 teen cement
tracks in the country were represented
either by their owners or by proxy. L.
M. Rich representing Pleasure Beach,
Bridgeport. In addition to that seven
of the dirt tracks that are constructed
on a grade were represented. Formal
complaints were made by Managers

Ducker and N eyfus of the Charles Riv-'

er and Jersey City tracks, against the
L. A. W. and the injury that organiza-
tion was working against their prop-
erty by refusing sanctions for trivial
reasons. The secretary of the ‘Track
association was instructed to ask for a
bunch of sanctions for this next month.
If they are refused the association will
cut loose from all connection with the
L. A. W. and run meets in opposition
to the national ci1 cuit.

Dr. Rose’s Sanitarium.

In to-day’s issue we publish the ad?
vertisement of Dr. Rose’s Sanitarium
at South Windham, Conn. As we un-
derstand it, this institution’s methods
are far different to the Keeley Cure, or
any other. Dr. I'Rose’s institution gives
a written contract, agreeing to cure
the patient. This Sanitarium is loca-
ted in one of the most delightful spots
in Connecticut, and makes a desirable
summer -resort, where one may view
the beauties of nature while being
cured—Boston News Bureau.

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Road Will Appeal.

An appeal is to be filed to the Su-
preme court in the case of Mary Nolan
administratrix against the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad. This
is the case from which Judge G. W.
Wheeler assessed the damages at $5,-
OOOfor the death of Jerry Nolan, an
employee who was killed in the col-
lision at Kent Furnace in March, 1896.

 

Hat Makers’ Difficulties.

A special meeting of the Danbury
Hat Finisher’s association will be held
to-night to arrive at ‘a settlement in
the present difficulties existing in the
unionizing of the factories of Beckerle
& Co.

—Malaria Can Shake

and shackle the strongest constitution.
Riggs’ Malaria Cure can smite and
smother malaria. Will you take it in
time, or will you shake and ache and.
feel twenty years older? The cure is
the same then, only slower.

 

 

Ark/SLICK SWINDLER.

His time Though Did Not
Work to any Extent
in Norwalk. '

 

He Nerrowly Escapes Being Locked Up in
the Smith Street Station.

Last Friday evening as Grocer Geor ge
W. Raymond was enjoying himself
with a rest in a chair on the lawn at
his home Union place, a tall and not
altogether unprepossessing man
strolled leisurely into the yard with a
“Good evening, is this Mr. Raymond?”

On being answered in the affirmative
he dropped into a convenient rocker
with the remark. “ My name '15 Ray-
mond too, and I hail from New Mexico.
I met your uncle at Five Mile River
yesterday. I’m a G. A. R. man. ”

Mr. Raymond had previously noticed
that the man wore a Grand Army in-
signia, and asked his visitor as to what
he could do for him.

“ I am just from New Mexico, and
have some specimens of quartz that
might prove of interest to you. It is
more than worth your inspection. I
was a commissioner to the World’s

Fair from New Mexico, and belonged ’

to the 1213t New York Mounted Rifles. ”

He then took two or three specimens
of quartz from his pocket, one of which
he passed to Mr. Raymond, and imme-
diately proceeded to show the possibil-
ities of gaining riches by the forma-
tion of a mining company, to “w 01k”
the qua1tz.

George patiently listened and then
said “I doubt very much that you will
find anyone who cares to invest.”

The visitor told Mr. Raymond that
he would make him a present of the
specimen he held in his hand. At this
juncture Raymond’s son a little lad
came up and the chunk of quartz was
given to him.

It was later confidentially told by the
visitor; that he was in hard luck but

‘ would‘bealt rightas soon as he reached

Bethel where ’he had some relatives
living. ‘

He‘ was provided with lOdging .at
Mrs. Benedict’s boarding-house on
Main street. Evidently he came to
the conclusion that Raymond was not
to be easily worked as he failed to
trOuble him any more only to the ex-
tent of saying, “ I have a lot of petri-
fied animals in New York together

with valuable mineral specimens which '

I will have shipped to you only asking
that you pay the express charges. I
do this in return for your kindness
towards. me. ” It is perhaps needless

to say that the box has not yet arrived:

It is now learned that the fellow
worked on the sympathies of several
other persons in town, posing as a tem-
perance advocate, church man, etc. and
he was getting‘along nicely, until in
an unlucky moment he stole a washing
check from a fellow boarder and Visit-
ing the laundry secured the “wash”
and selected from the same a shirt
which he exchanged for his gwn. On
the discovery of the theft a watch wa

set fo1 the man, but he managed to
keep out of sight.

Last evening, however, Mr. Ray-
mond, who had been informed of the
fellow’s doings, espied him walking
near the Methodist church and hailing

him said: “§Here, .I want to see you. ”,

The fellow stopped and Raymond sug-
gested that he take a walk to Wall
street with " him. The aswindler dis-
claimed having ever before met Ray-
mond, who nevertheless was inexorable
and insisted on keeping him company
with the result that he was landed in
the hands of the police.

As no complaints were preferred, the
fellow was allowed to leave town.

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Common Pleas Cases.

A number of decisions were rendered
by Judge Curtis of the common pleas
court Saturday which had been‘ heard
during the past two months.

Samuel E. Elwood was awarded $125
and costs in his action against John B.
Mills and Samuel H. Gamphers of West-
port for trespass and assault.

James Price recove1 ed $78 in his suit
fo1 $200 brought against 0. L. Bassett
and wife of Norwalk.

In the ease of Millard, F. Osborn of
New Canaan against Solomon M. Lock-
wood the defendant‘s demurrer is sus-
tained. ‘

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Unclaimed.

The following letters remain un-
claimed at the N01walk post office

July 13,1897:
Julia A Hayes, H. O. Pierson, Jo-~

seph Williams.
W. H. MALONE, P. M.

 

SIDDONS AND WEBSTER;

Did Not Battle On Account of the Storm
Last Evening.

The finish fight between George Sid-
dons and Lew Webster which was to
have taken place on one of the islands
near Milford last night, did not come
off owing to the storm A number of
disappointed N01 walk sports returned
this morning with theiI feelings con-

, siderably dampened.

THE GAZETTE-WOULD LIKE TOSEEJ

Commodore. Walsh sail the yacht
Blackstone on a stormy night.

Sponges and towels furnished Tram-
way conductors on rainy days to make
the car seats fit to occupy.

The weather clerk stop the unneces-
sary flow of water.

The N orwalk democrats get together
for the coming election.

Street commissioner Kellogg milk
his new cow with Mike Ratchford ref-
eree.

The board of school commissioners
get together and elect a secretary.

John Buxton exhibit symptoms of get-
ting married.

Ike Lee tackle a bicycle.

Coroner Roach purchase mail carrier
Spicer’s pouy for‘a saddle horse.

William Mesebuig challenge Eph
Merritt to a boat race.

The paving of Wall stieet com-
menced.
Bidgefield Excited Again.

Historic old Ridgefield, where the
Revolutionary war was fought, had an-
other stirring experience a few days
ago, which excited the town‘ almost as
much as when the Revolutionary war
was fought there. A man’s barn caught
fire and the alarm was given by the
neighbors. The people of the town
started for the scene of conflagration.
The new fire department hunted up
the key to the house where the water
pails are kept, and‘rushed to'the point
of danger, and it was a memorable
rush, for, on the way, according to the
log~book kept by the secretary of the
firedepartment, from. which we quote,
“Winfield Scott was in a wagon on his
way to the fire, when the vehicle broke
down, and Mr. Scott had his left leg
severely wrenched, Mrs. H. J. Kellogg
was thrown from her carriage. A
member of the. fire department was
knocked insensible, and Editor Bross’
wheel broke down, bruising its rider. ”

But notwithstanding these casualties,
the survivors did valiant service at the
fire, for although the barn burned
down, they succeeded in saving several
rods of barb-wire fence that encircled
the spot in a lot on the other side of
the street, whe1e the Revolutionary
war was fought. ——New Haven Palla-
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Will Have a Good Front.
9 The new police station, unless the
reporter has been misinformed, will
soon present a metropolitan appear-
ance. The front is to be made dis-
tinctive by the use of pigments and
signs, and the identity of, the same
made so palpably plain that a four year

'old youngster can find it and perhaps

be a means of preventing a burglary,
or murder.

Aside from all this it will be pleas-
ant, according to the disposition, of all
who may be forcibly or otherwise com-
pelled to accept of its hospitality.

‘Tis well ventilated, the plumbing. is
up to date, the cages will be strong,
clean, airy, and at the same time con-
tain windows that will let sunshine in
during the early morning hours and af-
fords a view of the harbor that cannot
help but prove of pleasure to the
prisoner, provided the judge does not
shut him off from the enjoyment of the
same with a thirty days sentence in
the gloomy and wearisome details cf a
life in jail at Bridgeport.

However, All hail our new police
station. and its cage, the joys of which
no one seeks outside of the police
force. '

 

EAST NORWAIzK.

Miss Lauretta Ainsworth of Cottage
avenue who has been spending a week’s
vacation in Springfield, Mass, returned
home yesterday.

The weekly class meeting of the
East avenue Methodist church will be
held this evening in the church par-
lor. I

Lewis M ullings, the little son of Mrs.
Charles Mullings of Van Zandt avenue
suffered a sun stroke yesterday and is
quite ill.

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Her 87th Anniversary.

Peibaps there we 5 a happier woman
on Merwin street yesterday than was
MIss Julia Ann Jennings, but it is
doubted. Surely there was not a hap-
pier maiden lady who had reached al
most four score and ten years of life as
had Miss Jennings. It was her 87th
birthday anniversary, and it was made
specially happy by a number of her
friends who gathered at her home and
made merry besides enjoying a feast of
the palate pleasing food they had
brought. AmOng the interested callers
was Rev. Charles M. Selleck. One lit-

tle tot present said, “Mamma isn’t it to
bad“) keep the poorg crirl up so late?”

1512951 the force of the

Others
recog «aptly bade their

question and reluc
hostess good-night.

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Reunion ofthe Second Heavies.
It has been decided to hold the re-
union of the SecondConnecticut Heavy
Artillery in Thomaston, September 14.

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The Good Roads Movement.

The towns of Bloomfield, Ridgefield
and Seymour have filed applications in‘
the state highway commissioner’ s office
for a share of the state appiopriations
for 1897.

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DARIEN.
Miss Leek of N orwalk, is sojourning
with Miss Lapham.

Ernest Wagner contemplates moving
to Rowayton early this week.

Miss Rose Gillette of East Haddam,
is visiting her brother, R. L. Gillette.

Misses Carrie and Mary McClellan ‘
left for Northampton, Mass, this morn-
ing. .
The Congregational Y. P. S. C. E. is
discussing a trolley ride some evening
this week.

Invitations are out for the marriage
of Alfred Bell of Denver, 001., son of
Thaddeus Bell to Grace Dauchy, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo A. Smith, in
Denver, July 20.

Constable Keeler is “breathing out
threatenings and slaughter ’ agains
bicyclists who ride on the sidewalks o1E
Darien after next Thursday, when the
State law goes into effect.

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PERSONAL NOTES.

-‘- Mrs; Fred J. Force and family, have
returned from a visit in, Danbury.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedden and
son Wesley, of New Jersey, are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund‘Zelufl'.

Miss Nina Zeluff has returned f1 om a
few weeks’ stay at Danbury.

Mrs. E. L. Pardee of Sing Sing is
spending the summer at J. H. Stevens
in East N orwalk

J. Irving Dibble and family have
gone to Babylon, L. I. for a two week’s.
sojourn. _

Louis Price is enjoying an outing at
Calf Pasture, for a few days.

Mrs. ,S. E. Olmstead and Mrs. Charles
F. Osborn are at the White Mountains.

Miss Etta Gates, of Annapolis, Md.,is
visiting friends in town.

Mrs. B. L. Abbey, of Milford, Mass,
is visiting Mrs. Thomas Bradley on
Franklin avenue.

Rev. F. A. Scofield left for New York
to-day, where he will to-morrow be
joined by his. wife and Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Selleck and daughter Mary
and Miss Minnie Austin, and the party
will then proceed to Toronto. .

Among those from out of town who
were in town yesterday were: A. B
Riley, of Tuckahoe, N. Y., M. W. Wil-
liamson, of Philadelphia, AL. G. Wal-
lace, M. R. Belden, and Harry Hay-
dock, of New York, W. W. Rogers, of
Philadelphia, E. J. Burke, of Washing-
ton, J. W. Bussing, of Amsterdam, N.
Y., and Charles E. Killenbeck of the
same city.

Inspector John McGuire and wife of .
New York are the guests of Mrs. Mc-
Guire’s sister Mrs. M. Ratchford at
Winnipauk. ~ "

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A meeting of the directors of theNor- ’
walk MillsC 0 was held yesterday. I

Town Clerk Smith is busily engaged
in checking off the dog list. . Up to
date less than 925 have been registered.

 

 

DEATHS. '

SKIFF. -—In Danbury, July 10th, Ann
Skiff, aged 77 years. _

ERWIN.——In ‘Bridgewater,
William Erwin, aged 61 years.

CHAPPUIS. —-In Warren, July 1, Si-
mon Chappuis, aged 72 years.

CURRY.-—In Merwinsville,
Silas Curry; aged 65 years.

LYMAN —In Warren. J my 5, Edward
P.Lyma11, aged 41 yeats.

GOULD. —In Bridgeport. July 12,
Mary E, 1: _wife of Henry B. Gou‘ d, agéi’d
74 years.

July 7

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