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NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY nvENINC, OCTOBER 9.1897.
Q Recognized as the
family paper the Gazette’s
advertising Columns wil
prove its value to you.
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WENT TO JAIL.
Three, Umbrella Agents Ar-
rested,.and Without
Friends to Pay
Their Fines. '
They Go to the County Institution at Bridge-
port. L
I Yesterday afternoon word came from
the N orwalk hospital, that three men
were making themselves obnoxious in
that neighborhood, and that they all
appeared to be under the influence Cf in-
toxicants.
Chief Bradley accompanied by Cap-
tain Dann and Officer Morehouse visit-
ed the scene and in short order they
landed the wrongdoers in the station
house on Smith street.
They were “umbrella agents” and
seemed inclined to resent their ari est,
claiming that they had done nothing
wrong. All three were m01e 01 less'
under the influence of drink, in fact
were drunk.
The one selected by Officer More-
house seemed} inclined to be abusive,
but- met with little satisfaction by the
manner in which he unfolded his tale
of woe, and his feet were kept on a
move with a pace that was in accord
with his tongue. ‘
This morning they were arraigned
before Judge Gregory in the Town
Court on the charge of intoxication.
. They gave their names as James Smith,
George Ennis and L. H. Moore, the
two former were fined $3 and costs each
and the latter $5 and costs.
In default of the same they were
. taken to the Bridgeport jail.
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FRATERNAL NEWS.
Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections’of officers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed 'in' this rolumn. The
names of officers should be brought in
-on the evening of their election and
.all Other news With equal promptncss.
Pioneer Castle, K. of M. C. held the .
first of, a series" of danceslast night,
which they propose giving at intervals
this winter. .
Grace Chapter Brotherhood of St.
Andrew will be represented at the
Brotherhood convention in Buffalo,
next week by Rev. J. McC. Bellows.
Court Narruk did degree work last
night. The lodge is rapidly increas-
ing in numbers. ~
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Railroad Officials TrIp.
The directors and officials of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
‘ Co. will start‘ on Tuesday from New
Haven for a four days’ trip and detailed
examinationof the road.
This is the first trip since many im-
portant improvements, have been made.
The trip will be ' made in President
Clark’s private car, which -is undergo-
ing an extensive overhauling.
Died at the'HospitaI.
John McManus, of New Haven, who
fell from a Consolidated railroad train
at or near Glenbrook, Thursday morn-
ing and Who was brought to the hospi-
‘tal in th1s city,died last from his injur-
His remains were taken charge.
of by Funeral director D. W. Raymond
' and will be sent’ to New Haven this af-
ternoon.
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AN ‘ INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE
OF THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY
IS THE CON STANTLY AND RAP-
IDLY INCREASING CIRCULATION
OF THEEVENING GAZETTE.
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Horse and Buggy Stolen.
Henry M. Blackman’s horse and yel-
low running gear buggy was stolen
yesterday noon from in front of his of.
fice on Middle street, Bridgeport." The
animal is a bay pacer and weighs about
900 pounds.
Body Found.
The body of John Lyman, the missing
deck hand of the steamer Rosedale, was
found floating in the Bridgeport harbor
' at the foot of Wall street yesterday af-
ternoon.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. May Youngs and daughter
Louise, of Orchard street, are visiting
the mother of the former in New York
city.
Mrs. Fred Griffin of Yonkers, is a.
guest of William Weed on Orchard
street.
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Pictures of the H. D. Cornell corps
of painters are on exhibition in the
:orner drug-store windows.
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TNIEVES AT DANBUBY.
Shut Out from the Fair Grounds They
Make Raids on the Citizens.
Thieves descended upon Danbury to
make money. from the crowds at the
fair. They were excluded from the
grounds. At 7 o’clock last evening
thieves entered the residence of Mel-
ville Bigelow on Fairview avenue while
the family were at supper by climbing
a post on the front piazza and opening
a second-story window. They .ran-
sacked the rooms upstairs and secured
jewelry.
‘D. A. Parker, a jeweler, was held up
just as he was leaving his store on
Main street at half past six. The street
was filled at the time. The thief or-
dered Mr. Parker to go back and open
up the store. The jeweler refused and
the highwayman grabbed Mr. Parker’s
watch anda roll of money which he
carried in his pocket. The jeweler
kicked the robber in the abdomen and
disabled him. Before he could be over-
.powered he darted into the passing
crowd and disappeared.
Barnes—Pennoyer.
A very pretty and quiet wedding took
place in New Canaan Wednesday even-
ing, at the home of the bride’s parents,
when at exactly eight o’clock, Mary
Alice, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Pennoyer was married to Mr.
Walter Barnes of New York, by Rev.
C. M. Selleck of Norwalk. The officia-
ting clergyman met the bridal party at
the doorway of the parlor which was dec
orated very prettily with autumn leaves
hydrangeas, smilax, etc., and there the
solemn words were pronounced which
made them man and wife. The bride
was dressed in white dotted swiss,
trimmed with white satin ribbon, and
carried a bouquet of white carnations:
Miss Sadie Brown, who acted as brides-
maid, was dressed in white dotted swiss
and carried a bouqikt of white carna—
tions. Mr. George Barnes of New
York, b1 other of the groom was best
man. Mr. William Blascer ofNorwalk,
a cousin of the bride, gave her away.
After the ceremony. a reception was
held and all enjoyed themselves ' im-
mensely. The bridal party started at
9:45 for South Norwalk, amid a shower
of rice and good‘ wishes, to" take the
train for New Haven, where they will
spend a week’s honeymoon.
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A Fiendish Assa‘iIlt.
Frederick Ferguson of Waterbury,
was arrested at Beacon Falls last even-
ing charged with feloniously assaulting
Mrs. Edward L. Matthews of Nauga-
tuck. The woman was about 30 years
of age and was gathering chestnuts in
the woods about a mile above Nauga-
tuck at the time. 'Mrs. Matthews made
a desparate struggle and when Fergu-
son assaulted her, both fell over a 20-
foot embankment. The woman was re-
ported seriously injured and as soon
as she could reach home the affair was
reported to the police. A thorough
search of N augatuck was made .by the
police, but a short time after the man
was captured in Beacon Falls just as he
was about to board a train for Ansonia.
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Mound Around Shafting.
Joseph Kelley, 16, was terribly in-
jured at the factories of the Keating
Wheel Co. in Middletown yesterday
afternoon. While adjusting a belt his
clothing was caught in apulley. He
was wound about a shafting and hurled
10 feet against a wall. He was picked
up unconscious and it was found that
one leg was broken in two places and
he sustained frightful injuiies about
the head and body. His home is in
Helyoke, Mass.
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0n the Football Field.
George Beck proposes to offer a $25
trophy for the champion amateur foot-
ball eleven of Fairfield County. Teams
desiring to compete are requested to
send in their names, and all games must
be played in Stamford. The winning
team will have the choice of $25 cash or
a. trophy.
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Fell From a Train. .
A man supposed to be C. Morrison, a
carpenter of New Haven, fell from a
rear platform of a passenger train
which was crossing a trestle in Danbury
at 12 o’clock yesterday and was inter-
nally injured. Morrison. was enroute
to the Danbury fair.
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Attached the Church. ’
Rev. William Dixon, until recently
pastor of the Ferry Street Congrega-
tional church in New Haven, has placed
an attachment on the church property
for $2,000 in a suit to recover $900 back
salary which he alleges is due him.
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-A GAZETTEmd. Will Day you.
A FATAL FALL
George Hobbmets 'with'a
Fatal Accident at a,
.Bidgefield.
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Thrown from His Bicycle Within Sight 0
Home.
,,Thursday, George Hobby, a young
man aged 17 went to the Danbury.fair
on his bicycle, and returning to his
home in Ridgefield late in the afternoon
he met-with an accident that resulted
in his death.
There are two stories as, to the cause
of the accident either one of which
would apparently appear to be the cor-
r ect version.
The fi1 st one is that he was run down
by a team and thrown into the street
by a collision with the same resulting
in injuries that proved fatal.
The other as related by a lady who
~ claims to have been an eye-witness of
the same, does not agree with the
above. She says that the young man
was speeding along the street as if in
a hurry to reach home, and when near
what is known'as the “corner store” in .
Ridgefield pitched headlong into the
street from his wheel.
Other witnesses of the accident went
to his rescue and he was taken to his
home where he died yesterday.
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EAST NORWALK.
The monthly business meeting of the
Mayflower H. &.I L. Co. will be held
Monday evening in the truck house.
William Keyser and family, who have
been spending thesummer at the Key-
ser place, on Marvin’s h-ill, have gone
south for the winter. Mr. and Mrs.
John Keyser will remain.
Invitations areout to the marriage
of Miss Evelyn Hawkins of Seaside
place and Henry Hoyt Cf the firm of
Hoyt & Wolthausen of South N orwalk.
The event will take place on Wednes-
day, October 20, at the home of the
bride. Rev. A. J. Smith will officiate.
Commencing to-morrow. the services
at the East avenue M. E. church in the
eVening, will begin at 7 o 'cloCk instead ‘
of 7. '30.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Jackson are visiting
in Danbury.
Arthur Waldron and David M. FinCh
are at the Danbury fair to-day.
Frederick Thompson is suffering f1 om
injuries received In a. bicycle accident
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Allen Wood is ill at-her home
on Pleasant avenue.
J. S. Morgan and Ernest Morgan at-
tended the funeral yesterday of their
mother, Mrs. Curtis Morgan who died
in High Ridge 011' Wednesday, aged 76
years.
It is a matter of great rejoicing to
the East Norwalkers to hear that the
“pest hole” which has been a menace
to the health of the community at large,
is to befilled in. . The health officer in
his last report dwelt particularly on
this subject and referred to it as a “bac-
tereological laboratory for the culture
of gei ms of immense proportions.”
Joseph Fowler and family 311 e mov-
ing from Captain Nathan Roberts"
house to that of C. T. Fopter, on First
avenue.
Mr. O’Brien and fami y are moving
from South Norwalk i to the Keogh
block, on Riverside ave ue.
Churcheg.
FIRST CONGREGATIQENAL CBURCH.-—
Thomas K. Noble, pastor. Services at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The pastor
will preach in the morning upon “The
Gospel of Christ the Pomer of God.”
In the evening there will be 8. Praise
Service with the story of the hymns
su11g,told by the pastor. . Sunday school
at 12 m. Junior C. E. at 5 pm. Senior
C. E. at 6:30 p. m.
GRACE CHURCH—Sunday service‘s.
Holy Communion 8 a. In. Morning
prayer and sermon, 10: 30. Sunday
school 12.15 p. m. Evenso1'1g 7: 30, Rev.
J. McClure Bellows will officiate
It was a little girI that arrived at
the home of Conductor C' arles Wil-
liams last Sunday night, an. of which
he felt so proud that he did not advise
his friends of the fact.
The heating apparatus in the several
fire department houses are to-day be
ing placed in first class order for the
approaching winter season.
There will be a special meeting of the
A. O. H.‘ and .the Ladies’ Auxiliary of
the “same order to-morrow, ' '
new souno OYSTER sen.
Lonb Injsnders Strike a Klondike in the
Bivalve Line.
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A Greenport dispatch says another
bed of natural-growth oysters of enor-
mous size has just been discovered on
the Sound coast directly north of Ar-
shamomogue, the brick-making district.
The bed covered an area of about two
miles long and one-half n. ile wide. The
oysters caught are splendid for seed
purposes, as a majority, being about
half size and nicely formed, and are in
a Very healthy condition. Twenty-five
cents per bushel 13 the price paid the
baymen for their catches of seed, while
the edible size of oysters captured and .
which excel any quality ever captured
in these waters bring not less than $1
per bushel. A big fleet of sloops is at
work on'the new beds day and night.
AMUSFMFNTS.
loe Cit.
“The Stat Gazer” with the “only”
“Joe” Ott and his merry company will
be the attractiOn at Hoyt’ 5 Theatre to-
night. “The Star Gazer was written
with but one object in view, namely, to
proVide an evening of honest, whole-
some fun. That the object was attained
is evident by its ever inCI easing popu-
larity. Mr. Ott has kept up with the
times, by adding many new songs and
high class specialties to this already
popular play.
Pretty girls, handsome costumes, un-
adulterated fun and appropriate stage
settings are promised. _
The Sunshine of Paradise Alley.
In {The Sunshine of Paradise Alley”
which is to have its first local presenta-
tion on Friday evening next, at Hoyt’s
Theatre, Denman Thompson and Geo.
W. Ryei have a sweet and clean pic-
ture of certain phases of New York life.
The new play has had a long and pros-
perous iun in New York and Boston,
where the clergy and officers of various
reform, organizations wrote the authors
strpng letters about the moral value of
the play. It will be. seen here in its
entirety, witlrthe original cast, effects
and scenery.
NOBOTON.
The veterans of the Soldiei 5’ Home
were agreeably entertained Thursday
evening by a number of New Haven
young men, who ‘cam‘e’down and gave
them a musical ”and. literary entertain-
ment.
there was a comet soloWby H. Sher-
holze, a violin solo by W. Williams, a
piano solo by W. S. Williams and a
flute solo by J. K. Morgan. Messrs.
Isabel and Morris contributed recita-
tions. The old fellows enjoyed it im-
mensely. Most of the men who have
been off on their annual furlough have
returned.
, —-EASTMAN’S POCKET KOADAK’S re
duced. from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drufi
Store. ‘ jl5 tf
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I Norivalk People at the Danbury FaIr.
Mr. and Mrs._ William Osterbanks
spent Friday there.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tolles, Mr. and
' Mrs Clarence Brush of South Norwalk,
and Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of
Long Island, spent yesterday at the
Fair and drove home in the evening.
George Collard and Elbert Oster-
banks of Main street were in Danbury
yesterday. ,
Edward German and John Mu1 ray of
.1 South N01walk, are spending a vaca-
tion at Danbury.
Landlord Tuttle of the Norwalk Ho-
tel, Lewis C. Green and H. W. Bates
were at the Danbury fair Thursday.
John J. Warren and Lars Johnson of
South Nor walk, me attending. the Faii
to-day.
Post Office Clerk Suspended.
Yesterday afternoon, Vincent Wade,
a young clerk who has been in the
stamp department of the Bridgeport
post office, was.suspended by Postmas-
ter Aurelius Steward pending an inves'
tigation into his accounts. -
the Skull Fractured.
I Philo Bailey, a resident of. South
Norfolk, was struck by a train on the
Philadelphia, Reading & New England
road, near Norfolk yesterday. His
skull was fractured, and he will proba-
bly die.
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Hanged Himself. -
John Yetter hanged himself in acell
at the second precinct station, Bridge-
port, last night and was cut down by
Officer Dailey just in time to prevent
suicide. - ,
Besides orchestral selections,
‘ Post OFFICEROBBED.
The Robbers Thought to Have
- .Boarded the .Pittsfield
Express,
They May 'be‘Dete'eled and funded in-
Jail. "
The police were in receipt of a tele-
gram from Bethel this morning stating
that“ the post office in that place had
been bui'glarized. ‘
They, the police, were asked to ap-
prehend a colored man who in com-
pany with a white man had been eject-
ed'at Cannon’s station from a car on
the Pittsfield express, for trying to
evade the payment of their fares.
. It is thought that they are the par-
ties who committed the‘ burglary, and
they will be arrested on suspicion of
having been implicated in the robbery.
CBANBURY.
Miss Lottie Adams has resigned her
clerkship at Starr’s confectionery and
is visiting relatives in this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Adams of
Bridgeport are guests of Mrs. Minnie
Gregory. ‘
Fred Hawkes of Bridgeport and
Helen Adams who are soon to wed are
visiting friends in this hamlet. /
New Clerk.
Miss Clara Rider has been engaged
on trial as the successor of Miss Jane
M. Hyatt as clerk of the beam (1 of select-
men.
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NEW CANAAN.
The three oldest inhabitants of Scott
Corners are women by the name of
Smith and are all related—Mrs. Cha1 -
lotte Smith, aged 97; Mrs. Amanda
Smith; aged 961;M1‘S£Réuben: Smith; , "
aged 94.
Herman Selleck, aged 73 years, died
at his residence in‘ “White Oak Shade,”
Thursday evening, of heart trouble.
Funeral services will be held at his late
home, Monday afternoon. '
Rev. B. H. Neide has been enjoying
his vacation for the past two weeks.
He will return next Tuesday from Eric,
Pa.. '
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Comstock of Brooklyn, died last Fri-
day, and the remains were brought to
this town for burial on Monday.
The engagement of Miss Edith M.
Humphreys,-of this town, and Mr. U.
Clark Conway, of Peekskill, N. Y., is
announced.
Miss Carrie B. Montfort, of Yonkers,
N. Y., returned to her home, Monday,
after spending a week in town, the
guest of Miss M. E. Armstrong.
A week ago last Tuesday Mrs. Ste-
phen Hoyt received a fall and has since
been in a serious condition. Her ex-
treme old age is against her. rapid re-
- covery.
The annual meeting, for the election
of officers of the Hannah Benedict Car-
ter Chapter, Daughters of the Amer i-
can Revolution, will be held at the
home of the Regent on Wednesday,
October 13th at 3 o ’clock p. In.
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A certain young man had a narrow
escape from being mistaken and shot as.
a robber 011 Chapel street one night
this week, by a woman who discovered
him prowling about the yard. Fortu-
nately for him he was recognized and
given a chance to get out of fatal shoot-.
ing distance. ,Being rather tall he
scaled the fences with celerity. The
party who he expected to find at home
’ has not lived in the house for some
days. A A ‘
WilliamMainsworth was arrested on
the charge of intoxication by Chief ‘
Bradley yesterday afternoon. This
morning, in the town court, he was
fined $3 which he paid and was dis-
charged.
The selectmen are making an official
visit at the Town Farm to—day.
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The Weather.
Generally fair to-night and Sunday
cooler, frosts in interior Sunday morn-
ing.
BIRTHS.
BICKFORD.—In Norwalk, Oct. 7, a
son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bickford.
DEATHS.
SELLECK—In New: Canaan, Dot. 7,
-Herman Selleck, aged 73 years. ,
gbusiness success.
.HIs LAUGH HIS reasons...
It, Won Him Friend-I and meeting-carted
His Es. elude". V
"Ever. hear of a man Who made a
fortune out of his laugh?" said a guest
of the St. Charles to a-New Orleans
Times-Democrat reporter. ,4 “I once
knew a man whose laugh" was ‘posis
lively, his fortune. His name was
John D. Adams, and he was a. ,typi*
cal steamboatman of Arkansas, and
in addition to his steamboating he was
a planter of extensive interests, and
was connected with other business en-
terprises. He was the first man to run
a. steamboat up the Arkansas River,
and his name in that State to-day is a
synonym for genialty, courage and
' He was very sue-3
casein], and his friends used to at-
tribute his success to his wondrous
laugh. It was not boisterous, yet, loud
and was so musical and jolly that one
could imagine .old Kris Kringle was
personified in him. Other river men
would" say that his laugh got him all
the government mail contracts. He
would go to Washington, get ac-
quainted with the man who had charge
of the contracts, and he, like allcof'
Adam’s new acquaintances, would
soon come under the infection of his
magnetic laugh, and form a genuine
admiration for the grizzled old steam-
boatman.
Amazing tales weré told of his cour-
age _and his steamboat experiences.
On one occasion, when an accident
happened to his boat and the passen-
gers became panic-stricken, he calmed
them as if by- magic by calling them
children, and laughing at their fear-—
his famous 1augh.compelling confi-
dence and mirth by its very melody
and jollity. He even used his laugh
when very much angered, but it was
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of a different character, and death ’
lurked behind it. In a steamboat
quarrel with three desperadoes, once,
he denounced them with a laughing
accompaniment, a cynical, chilling,
dangerous kind of a. laugh, his eyes
glittering like a snake’s, and his fore~
finger on his revolver, ready to dash
out the life of the first one who made
a move. One of the desperadoes said
afterward, in speaking. of the occur-
rence, that he never felt So queer]! '
before in his life. He said he felt at;
though the very marrow in his bone
was being frozen.
’ costar BALLAST. .
l'lim- GnM‘ of Rich" Wm
Elihu“ m
Five hundred dollar: ore‘ is not com-
monly used for repairing railroad.-
grades, but $40, 000 wort‘h Was dumped
on the Gulf track near 'the Arkansas
in three earloads consigned: to the-
Pueblo smelter from Creede, and was
turned over to the Philadelphia smelt—
er because the former plant was un—
dergoing repairs.
cars of ore were hauled out on the
Gulf tracks, and a sect-ion foreman,
mistaking the entire four for refuse,
proceeded to strew it- along the right
of way. A day or'two elapsed before
the loss of the ore was discovered, and
the excitement that resulted ~may be
readily imagined. When it was found
that the ore had been put on high
ground and that water 'had fortunate-
ly not reached it and washed it away,
the rejoicing of the railroad and smelt-
er men was pleasing to behold-
was‘gathered up and saved. '
Puzzles for Natw:lllur'
One of the most. extraordinary
puzzles that confront naturalists is
the remarkable ,effect Climate, soil
food, or surroundings have upon ani-
mals. Bull- finches fed on hempseed
turn quite black; Belgian horses kept
in coal-mines for several years lose
their natural coat, and become cover»
ed with soft, thick fur like a mole.
highlands is protected from the cold“
by heavy wool, loses it on being.
brought down to the plains. ‘ .
Willing to Obllge.
Lady (for the sixteenth tlme)—N'ow
be sure and make my mouth as small
as possible.
Artist (wearily)—Now, see here,’
madam, I’ve scaledyour mguth down
about all it will stand, but I’ll leave it
gust entirely, if you say so.fTrutlI.
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The St. Paul’s industrial school re
sumed its regular sessions this after-
noon.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Osterbanks of Chestnut street
this morning. .
The funeral of the late Thomas Farr
will take place this evening. The re-
N. Y. to-morrow.
The condition of Charles S. Lock-
wood is rep01 ted as about the same to-
day, little or no hopes being enter-
tained of his recovery.
Station-agent David Gould has gone
to Chicago.
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River, near Pueblo, a short time ago, _
says the Denver Post, The ore was - ‘
A carload of Cinders and these three '
Practically all of the valuable stuff. .,
The Thibet mastiff,- who in his native '
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He expects to be absent
about a week. “ '
mains will be taken to North Castle,
Norwalk Chronicler