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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS . j I
Boys wanted to sell the EVENING
GAZETTE.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the East Avenue Methodist, church
was held last night, Elder Beach pre-
siding.
The Norwich Morning Post has sus-
pended publication as the field was not
large enough to support three papers.
I
Richard S. Neithercut fell ‘to the
sidewalk in Bridgeport yesterday and
instantly expired.
St. John’s Lodge, F. &.A. M., will
meet to-morrow night.
Old W'ell Lodge, F. 6; A. M.. con-
ferred the first degree on two candi-
dates, last night.
.The schooner Eva L. Ferris is at
Wilson Point with 1,000 tons of Poca-
hontas coal consigned to John H. Fer-
ris.
A collection for the coal supply will
be taken at St Mary’s church on Sun- .
day.
The committee of arrangements for I
the Mayflower H. & L. company ball
is: Howard Merritt, W. B. Naphey,‘,
L. M. Smith and Henry Wolf.
A resolution was offered in the senate .
yesterday, for the reappointment of Dr_ I
J. G. Gregory of Nor-walk as trustee of 3
the hospital for the insane at Middle-
town.
——Clean your wheel before the rush,
Cleaning and repairing in first class
style, J. T. Prowitt.
LITTLE BIRDS AND BIG ONES.
'111 trir Supposed hietlmd of Crossing From
One Country t-oAnotlxcr. ' /
flow over the little birds contrive to
get. across such vas: (Expansrs of the
sat iu'thcir annual migrations is a
puzzle. says: the i’ittsbur: Dr‘s-patch.
’i'hai thry (to i: is unquestionable; ii
is ailzzxit'md by tho most competent.
observers that they so-metiiucs got
ovar strt-‘tchrs of billowy brine that
for a thousand miles afford no perch
for their weary little claws to clutch
on. That such an cxt‘rndod'flight is
too much for them is not only cvidcnt
in itself. but is proved by the fact
that: these too vcnturcsotnc songstcrs
sometimes alight
ships in such a state of exhaustion
that. when disturbed, thcy arc unable
to fly the length of t'hc vessel and or-
casionally even fall helpless upon the
deck.
An English travellcr who was con-
sidrmbly interested in the birds hap-
pened to be passing the autu-m in "the
island of Crete. in the Mediterranean.
and he often noticed a sound like the
twitter of small birds when the sand
cranes were passing overhead on
their way southward. As the only
fowl in sight were the cranes. this
aroused his curii'isity. and he mention-
ed the matter to a friend. who was a
native of the island. suggesting that
possbly the noise was caused by the
whirling of the feathers of those great
birds. \I‘llfl friend. however. said no;
the noise. he declared. was made by
some birds that were ridingr on the
backs of the cranes, and he further as-
serted that thc saucy little follows
came all the way from the coast of,
Europe with their good—natured com-I
not a helping.
panions, who lcnt. if
hand, a helping- back. which was much
more serviceable. as often needed.
ALFRED NOBLI; AND DYNAMITE.
,' The Inventor ol‘the Powerful Destructive
Governor Lounsbury yesterday sent,
0 the senate the nominations of Judge '
Frederick E. Hall for associate justice
of the supreme court. and A. T. Rora- .
back for judge of the superior court. I
James A. Neal of Bridgeport died ,
suddenly of heart disease yesterday.
Endeavor, of the Norwalk Congrega:
tional church, will hold a sociable in
“Whit” Bates, of Darien, while chop-
ping down a tree yesterday found two :
raccoons in it. He succeeded in killing :
. both. The larger weighed twenty-two "
pounds.
. —-‘—— l
Harry Bartram, son of Oflicer Wil-'
liain gBartram, was able to be out yes- ‘
terday.
Catholic Union Council, K. C., will
confer the first and second degrees at '
an adjourned meeting, Sunday at 3 p. m. I
Miss Susan Morehouse, of Main 5
street, has been entertaining Miss Lena. ‘
Strohmeyer, of New York.
Neander C. Becker, salesman for
the South Norwalk Beef Company, has
resigned his position.
Mrs. James H. Bundle, of Van Zandt
avenue, has returned from a visit with I
relatives in Stamford.
The Library Club held a social at the 3
Central Club-house, Monday evening. I
There Was music, games and refresh-
ments. These social meetings will be
held hereafter once a month.
Miss Christie Jones, a Studen t in the
South N orwalk High School, is confin-
ed to her home in Ridgefield, of an at-
-—Have your wheel cleaned and put
in shape before the season opens, J. T. l
Prowitt. '
Mr. Charles E. Steele and daughter
Dorothy, who have been guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Swords, of South Main
street, have returned to their home' in ‘
Torrington. ‘
Mrs. Charles F. Osborn, of Arch§
street, will leave at an early date for!
Southern California to spend several
weeks.
E. J. Grumman has so far recovered
from the effects of a broken leg that he
is again able to walk around.
A. ‘
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Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Phila. Pa., was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
" I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow,eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite—gradually grow-
ing weaker day by day. Three physi-
cians had given me up. Fortunately,
a friend advised trying 'Electrlc Bit-
ters;’ and to my great joy and surp fine,
the first. bottle made a decided imp. ove-
ment. Icontinued theirluse for tnree
weeks, and am now a well man. I
know they saved my life and robbed
the grave of another victim." No one
should fail to try them. Only 50
em, guaranteed at John A. Riggs’
drug store, 11 Mom street. .
l . . . .
' mg ot: the pictures around him.
‘ Agent.
This great inventor, the son of a
Swedish invcnztor. was a man of dar-
ing and extreme sensitivcn-ess. due. it
is believed. to physical ill—health.
While his dynamite was distrusted he
’ did the most'reeklcss thing's with it.
digging a quantity" of the dangerous
substance. for instance, out of a cask ~
‘ with a' knife; yet “he was particularly
The Intermediate Society of Christian 1 '
i~ bringing “nitroglycerine‘
susceptible 'to';;hcadachcs; causal by
‘ into. contact
with the skin; they affected Mm so vi-
olently: that hefwasoftcu obliged to lie;
dovvn On the ground in the mine Ob
quam'y in which he was experiment-
ing.” Hewas. dump of vast reading
. and much poetic feeling, being, more-
over, so fastidious that he never could
find -'a Wife whom he thought up to his
intellectual level.
He was deeplydisappointed by not
being made a Fellow of the Royal So-
ciety, and had. evidently. In his na-
ture an elenu‘rnt. of whimsicality which
his great Wraith. not all made from
dynamite, for he was at Baku a great
petroleum dealer. enabled him to
gratify. “ .eing very nervous. and tir-
he
had made an arrangement With on..-
of the largest picture dealers in Part:
by which he could select anypicturt-x
. he liked and have them hung on his
walls. As soon as he was tired of one
set he sent them back to tho do-alrr
and selected others in their Ste-tut." lie
was the inventor of co-rditc. and died
in 1896' at the age of 63. lcnving his '
large fortune for the diffusion of sci-
entific insmtction—London Specta—
l
tor. '
7':- o ..-, ‘F .______.___
r ' At the Public. Expense.
It is stated that one morning rc-
cently a young fellow who had just
' secured a clerkship in a Governt-n-cnt
office was, considerably startled by a
little scene which he witnessed. An
elderly man. one of. the senior clerks
in a room. suddenly, rose from his
desk, dragged the comfortable -chair
on which he had been sit-ting into the
middle of the room, seized a. poke-r,
and, attacking the chair with gm:
vigor, succeeding in breaking one of
its legs. When 'lit was done the 0th.
clal gave a sigh of relief, and flung
the choir into a corner of thereon).
The budding junio-r’s first though:
was that his senior had suddenlv
taken leave of his senses,“ and ho.
almost expected that his colleagues
,woulduhenceforth put him under ro-
“taint. But. to his astoniShment.
the other clerks hardly raised their
eyes While the work of destruction was
kl progress.‘ Before the office work
mas over the new-comer sought infor-
mation from one of lilsvfellow-clerks.
“Can you tell me,” said be, “why Mr.
Dosh carried on in that extraordinary
iashlon? I mean, of course, when he
Onoke a perfectly sound log. off the
chair in which he had been sitting."
“Oh,-that was all right!” replicdtlw
other. with a meaning kiug‘h. “A
caster had-come off one of the legs
or the chair, and, you know, ‘vmy lords’
will not provide us with new casters;
thev will attend to nothing less than
a broken lcg. So Dash had to break
one of the legs in order to get his
chair put right at the public exp-:3” "
THE MODERN MOTHER
Has found that her little ones are im~
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need of the laxative ef
fect of a gentle remedy, than by any
other. Children enjoy it and it benefits
them. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs
is manufactured by the California 3th
Syrup Co. only. -
on the rigging of
_er_nment' still considers
COURT-MARTIAL FOR EAGAN.
The President’s Decision Announced-men-
' Miles’ Attitude.
Washington,
dent McKinley announced to the cabi~
net at its regular meeting yesterday
that he had determined to court mar:
tial General Eagan.
Secretary Algerwas not present at
the cabinet meeting, but with Adjutant
General Corbin had been in conference
with the president on the subject prior
to the cabinet session.
Just prior to the cabinet meeting
General Miles made a. rather unusual ‘
call upon two members of the cabinet,
Secretaries Hay and Long. He had
just returned to_the city from New
York and when spoken’ to with refer-
ence to the _Eagan case adhered to
his original declaration that this was
not a time for him to act, if at all.
leaving the implication
commissioners did not act, or the ad—
ministration, it would then be time for
him to take some step.
The details of the court martial were '
left to the srcretary of war, who with-
drewjust prior to the beginning of the
sesston.
The personnel of the court was not
taken up, .but a cabinet official said
that he would not be surprised if Gen-_
eral Wesley Merritt presided over the
court.
Its specific charge against General
Eagan will be that of conduct unbe—
coming an officer and a gentleman.
Locomotive’s Axle Broke.
Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 18.-—An acci-
dent occurred to Royal Blue train No.
534 on the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, bound east, Monday night, that
created a panic among the passengers
and badly wrecked the locomotive. The
train was going at the rate of fifty
miles an hour, when at Fanwood an
axle on the locomotive broke, letting
the locomotive down on the tracks.
It ploughed its way along the road-
bed for a considerable distance, but the
accident in some way caused the air
brakes to act, bringing the train to a
stop. '
The disabled train was, after a long
delay, towed to Jersey City by a freight
locomotive.
No one was injured, though the past-
seng‘ers were badly shaken up.
British Reserve Fleet.
London, Jan. 18.--It is announced
that the Portsmouth reserve fleet is
not to he disbanded, as has been sur-
mised from recent orders. The ships
comprising the fleet are to return to
their respective ports in order that the
crews of the vessels may obtain shore
leave, after which they will reassemble
at Portland in the latter partof Febru-
ary. .
This will enable the channel squad--
ron to make a short cruise and engage
in manoeuvring practice. ,This action
is regarded as evidence that the gov-,
Situation very strained.
’ , Cayuga Indian Claiin. . J
Albany, N. Y., Jan. ism-Governor
Rebsevelt transmitted to the Assembly;
yesterday a. communication from}; the. ,
stat department «of the United States,» ‘ .
s‘e'ntl'by kSlr Julian Pauncefote, relat-
ing to the claims of the Cayuga lindi- -
ans residing in Canada for a portion
of the annuity paid to the tribe by the w " ‘ -
state of New York.
He asks that the state look into the
justice of such claims.
The governor believes the claims to
be of doubtful validity.
Dog Helped Highwaymen.
Chicago, Jan. 18.4-Tw0 masked men
held up and robbed Dr. J. F. Cooper of
San Francisco Monday night. The
robbers were assisted‘by a great Dare
dog, which sprang: upon Cooper, but
did not bite'him. and ceased its attack
as soon as he threw up his hands in
response to the command of the rob-
bers.
Dr. Cooper thinks that the dog must
have becn trained for the part it act-
ed. After robbing him of $50 the high—
waymon disappeared.
Boers Caused the Trouble.
Johannesburg, Jan. 18.--The Johan-
nesburg Star declares that the distur-
bance which occurred last Saturday
upon the occasion of the public meet
ing of British subjects to protest
against the arrest of' the chairman and
Secretary of the Uitlanders’ League and
to indorse a petition to the queen re-
garding the ease of the Englishman
Edgar, who was recently murdered by
a Boer policeman, was organized by
the Boer authorities.
To Impeach Austrian Ministry.
' Vienna, Jan. ISL-In the reiclisrath
yesterday Herr Funke moved the ime
regarding the provisional budget and
the Austro-Hungfiarian compact; ’
‘ The German element in the Chamber
at once began {campaign of obSti-uc-
tion, which had been agreed upon at
Monday’s conference of the German
deputies again‘St' all «the government
proposals. . - -
mam. the autism. ‘
Queenstown, Jan.‘18.~;'l‘he
rived here yesterday. - .. . “
~Sht'n'tlynatfter leaving New York‘ a
large fire was discovered in her three
castle, whichwas subdued with great
difficulty. ' ’ ~ . . :~
One of the crew, Henry Murray, s...
burned- to death. - ~ ' '
Lower Bageof Interest. -
Albany, N. Y.,Jan. 1'8.--Mr. Mile-.5 of
St. Lawrence, introduced a mu m the
Senate yesterday making the legal rate
of interest in New York state five not"
cent.
It was introduced by request of the.
agricultural societies and gmngors o!
northern New York. . ' ‘
W
Manila Censorship in Blgld.
London, Jan. 18.-~Tho censorship es"
mbllshed at Manila over telegraphic
communications, applies to telegrams
treating of matters of a political chai-
‘ aoter, both- incoming and outgoing.
The Reichsbunk Bed-noes It: Baton.
’B'erlln, Jan. '18.--'Tlie' ’Relchab’aukf'has
reduced its rate of discount from six
to five per cent, and its rate of infers
eat on advances from seven to nine per
“at
s
D. 0., Jan. 18.--Presi—
than; if the .
the political i'
g , British ’
steamer Heathfleld from New York" at:
.A REPUTATION TO SUSTAIN.
He—Might I beg of you, .Miss (13
Montgomerencie, the extinguished
honor and pleasure of your company at
the assembly of the Sons of the Patri-
arch Servitors of the First Families of
Virginia at Claret’s next Washington’s
birthday?
She—At Claret’s?
lie—Yes, Miss de Montgomerencie.
Your name has been passed favorably
uponby the Committee on Genealogy,
and approved by the Inner Chamber of
Supreme. Regents. ‘
She—Me go to Claret’s! Aminidab
Epaphroditus Skegg, dey is limits. I
is no Egyptian skirt dancerl—Truth.
‘ AT A FIVE O’CLOCE TEA,
Willing? ‘ -' -' T515 .
.‘M‘lllétf lib Ii
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uh. "' M. 2w".3
Mrs.
Pinchers (indignantly)——Why
are you moving those umbrellas; do
you think the guests would steal them?
Mrs. Pinchers—No. But they might
recognize them.
HIS ‘ CANDID FRIEND .
”Candid Friend—By'Jove, old man-Z.
That’s the, best thing\you’ve ever done.
The Artist (modestly)-—Oh, I‘don't
think it’s at all good. ‘ p - '
C. F.——I didn’t say it was, did I?
DIDN’T LIKE IT.
. -l M.“ :- J.,..-
Little ‘Villie (proudly)——Oh! we live
on the fat of the land.
Little May (disdainfully)——Huh_! we
always throw away the fat up to our
house—Truth."
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