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Engraving and Book Binding, execu— ted promptly, and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. 15 .00 25.00 .20 LOCAL ITEMS. Nuts, apples and long clams are now being gathered. __ Mr. H. E.‘Bislmp has been ill for the past week. John D. Kimmcy is moving into his new house on West avenue. Noah Wood is putting a slate roof on his residence on East avenue. The Ferrys return to Washington for the winter, the presentweek. The toothsome frost-fish is beginning to run up our harbor in small quantities. The local Y. P. S. C. E. visited their Stamford co-workers on Monday evening. Mrs. Frederick St. John has had a new roof put upon her West avenue residence. Mr. and Mrs. James Cousins have taken rooms at the chney House for the win- ter . ‘ The friends and patrons of Mrs. Mead’s Hillside Seminary are to be given a recep- tion. . The wife of Rev. Mr. VanAlstyne has returned from a six weeks’ visit to friends in Ohio. C. R. Bonton, of the New Haven ticket ofi‘ice of the Derby railroad, was in town Sunday. We regret to learn that Mr. Wm. B. E. Lockwood is confined to his hOiISe by. illness. _ ' The new town barn is a creditable addition to Norwalk’s palatial poor house property. Officer Lory Couch of New Milford ar- rested a couple of pickpockets at the Dan- bury fair. Little Margerie Bishop is to give her playmates a birthday party Thursday, from 3 to 7. About twenty dollars was the net result of the Methodist church entertainment last week. The latest on dit is to the efiect that attorney John J. Walsh is to be our next borough clerk. . Mrs. Wm. Betts, who has been visiting relatives in Cleveland Ohio, is expected home this week. Carmi Hubbell is to put up a house along-side his brother Horace’s, on the Morgan property. Rev. B. B. S. Blue" was out to church Sunday, apparently none the worse for his recent acrobatic fall. The new extension to the Bank of Nor- walk is being rapidly pushed to comple- tion by Builder Denton. General secretary A. H. Wilcox, of the Y. M. C. A. will attend the convention at Waterbury, to-morrow. The engagement of Mrs. William Gruman, nee Sarah Cousins, to a Mr. Dix, of New York, is announced. Charles Prowitt, Esq., who has been visiting his brother Thornton, returns to his Denver home this week. Pioneer hook and ladder company cone template giving another series of sociables during the coming winter. The new board of selectmen have ap— dointed Charles A. Burr military enumer- star for this end of the town. The Sunday night and Monday’s storm played sad havock With the poor coarters around Nantucket and Cape Cod. Carmi Betts has purchased a lot on the Morgan property, between Stephen Com- stock’s and Carmi Hubbell’s lots. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Cowles and Mrs. Stiles Curtis and sister, have been visiting the past week in Boston. Dr. Talmage’s Brooklyn Tabernacle was destroyed by fire Sunday, supposed to have been caused by electric light wires. The annual sociable of Mayflower H. &. L. company, of East Norwalk, will be held in Germania Hall, South Norwalk, Thursday evening. A series of Sunday school conferences are being held in Greenwich, this week. Among the speakers is the Rev. C. E. Torrey, of this place. The various departments of the Nor. walk Lock company’s works are to be lighted with the Norwalk Gas and Elec- tric Light company’s light. The fair of the American Institute, 03d street and 3d avenue, New York, is now in full blast. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. S. Bissell are in attendance at the meeting of the Amer- ican Board of Foreign Missions in New York. Rev. Mr. Hamilton was in town yes- terday. He was on his way to the meeting of the American Board of Miss-ions in New York. The pulpit of the First Congregational church, on Sunday, was very acceptably occupied by Rev. Mr. Ricketts, of Rock- ville, Ct. Builder Charles Reynolds has reccntl invented an improved hanger for a double door, which is superior to anything now in the market. _ Farrier, Gunther is up to his eyes in sable, seal, fox, mink and all manner of skins, trying to make the ladies comforta- ble for winter. Read the notice of the school visitors in another column in reference to 1h: assess- ment list of property in the Over River school district. On Friday of last week there were 22,- 000 people on the Danbnry fair ground, the largest crowd .eVer on the ground in the history of the fair. At Bunnell’s tent show, on the Danbury Fair grounds, last week, was a Japanese baby but three weeks old. This is the youngest Jap in the country. Frank Nearing, of New Milford, who, some months ago, committed rape upon his brother’s wife, was last week scntenr- ed to twelve years in prison. Lockwood 6.7 Lockwood at their Main street market are “hustling” the cscallops every week. For fish of all kinds and first-class meats, they cannot be beaten. 'l‘he grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson, at Concord, Mass, was opened on Saturday night by vandals. The coffin was exposed to View, but the body was left untouched. Rev. Mr. Sellegkfloccupied the pulpit at St. Paul’s church, Sunday nun-nu g, and ,Rev. Mr. Richardson preachednn- clo- qiient and forcible sermon in the evening. At the annual meeting of the horse railway company James W. Hyatt was elected president; Edwin G. Hoyt, super- intendent, and John K. Hyatt, secretary. Mr. George T. Merrill went in Bangor, Me., on Thursday, to attend the Imperial Council of the Order of United Friends, of which order Mr. Merrill is Imperial Mar- shal. ' _ “Will” ll. Banach-ugh. one of our pop- ular Norwalk boys,.who so recentl} buried. his father, is employed inthe hat store of Wm. Banta, jr., 218 Sixth avenue, New York. - .. - Several deaths- have occurred from electric light wires the past week, and Mondayfinight the fire alarm apparatus in Baltimore was destroyed Sby the electric light wires. ‘ Poor Old Teddy Leyden,‘ a harmless but convivial old hatter of South Norwalk was arrested for drunkenness Sunday, morning, and on Monday Judge Knapp fined him $3.00 and costs. A boy named Dixon employed ,at Arnold’s foundry, while out gunning near Peter Guige’s place on llii S' cky Plain road, on Saturday, had his right hand badly mutilated by the explosion of his gun. Postmaster L. M. Monroe, of New Can- aan, called at the Gaza-err: office on Tues- day of last week. He was on his way to lhe Danbnry fair for the first time in his life—and he’s very much older than the fair, too. It is no consolation for the overtaxed denizens of this borough, to be told that there are some thirteen thousand dollars of unused and unneeded money in the borough treasury. which was wrested from the people. The New York World, on Thursday, laid the corner-stone of what will be the finest newspaper office in America or Europe. Our contemporary is to be con- gratulated upon this striking evidence of its prosperity and enterprise. The Danbnry Fair pickpockets went through Jerry Bresncn and stole thirty dollars from him, as he was getting aboard the train for Norwalk Saturday evening. It is also stated that they robbed Julius Partrick in the same manner. “Soup, soup everywhere and not a drop to drink,” was the doleful cry of certain of the defeated candidates on that long and unliquored election day. The idea of keeping the saloons closed until Tuesday morning proved to be an excellent one. —Macy and the Ariel Quartette at Y. M. C. A., Wednesday, Oct. 23d. Course tickets, $1.00. The New Milford Button Company will shut down their factory there permanent- ly, as they cannot compete successfully with foreign manufacturers of vegetable ivory buttons at present prices. It is said that some other form of business will be started by the company. Fred Mead, of Norwalk. fed a fraction of a million people at his eating house on the Danbnry fair ground last week, and Charlie Remsen fed another fraction, making in all two fractions of a million hungry sight sects fed by Norwalk cater- ers. Mr. F. W. Jaqui slipped from a step ladder and severely sprained his ankle last week. It was having both hands em- ployed in holding his cr riches that made him such an easy prey for the Danbnry pick-pockets. ' F. W. Jaqui will have occasion to re- member the Danbury fair of ’89. While he was boarding the 5.10 train at Dan- bury, Thursday, he was robbed of 9. dia- mond shirt-stud valued at $50 and a pocketbook containing papers of value, but no money. No better looking man has been robbed in that town during the w t' ek .—-Record . A year ago there were eleven prize fat women on exhibition in this country, but now there are only six. The others have gone the way of all flesh, whether fat or lean, and will be seen on earth no more. The fat woman market is now firm, with an upward tendency. Col. Stevenson’s last baby wasn’t ex- actly born with a silver spoon in its mouth, but it wasn’t long before it was presented by President Starbuck with a napkin-ring, cup, spoon, knife and fork, all of solid gold, imported especially for the little “fly unswitched” railroadcr. Mrs. Brower, who has passed a delight- ful summer with ~ [lit r, Mrs. S. H. Bailey, on the Church green, Irf! Friday for her winter New York home, together with her two pretty little children and her brother-in-law and sister, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, of Nevada. Burgess-elect Isaac Bowc was given a congratulatory serena c on Tuesday even- ing, the Mutual drum corps being brought out by some of Mr. Bowe’s friends, and a big bonfire blazed merrily in front of his residence on Water street. Isaac treated the boys to refreshments and cigars. At the annual meeting of the Board of Health held on Wednesday last, Selectman Daskam was-electedr- president; Warden “Coolidge, secretary; Dr. James G. Greg; ory, health officer for Norwalk ; and Dr. W. C. Burke for South Norwalk. The town is in pretty good health, thank you. The Ormsby sisters Will give a concert in the Athenaeum on Thursday evening .of this week for the benefit of the Rev. S. P. Shepard. The programme includes an attractive variety of selections, musical ‘ and literary, with accompanying refresh- ments, and Concludes with a dance. Sam Bonner'is manager of the. affair. The City of Paris, the steam‘e'rnpn‘n which Mr. A. S. Cbm'stock and Rev. F. E. ’VHopkins sailed for Europe has arrived in Qu'eenstown, and occupied five days, 23, hours and 54 minutes in makingthe pas~ sage. Tlievessel experienced some very rough Weather near the end of her voy- age, her decks being'swept by heavy seas, and onerwoman and in r. child being swept overboard and drowned—Alessenger. On November lst, David J. Darby Will" remove his shoe shop from Norwalk to New Canaan. Mr. Darby has" been in Nerwalk nearly seven years. and «employs about a dozen men. He makes shoes ex- clusively for the well known firm of Cantrell do 00., New York, and he leaves Norwalk with the best wishes .of all who , know him. Three hundred and ninety-seven years ago last night, Christopher Columbus, sit- ling on the deck of his ship, his face to. the west, his em 3 searehingthe dar' ness ahead, suddenly called out to Pedro Guti- errez that he saw a light. Three hundred and ninety-seven years ago this morning, he set foot on the soil of the New World. —Friday’s Courant. A new department—"Woman’s Work and Wages,” under the editorial manage-' ment of Mrs. Helen Campbell of New York, an author of reputation, and well fitted for the work, will be inaugurated in the first number of the new volume of Good Housekeeping, which commences with the issue for November 9. Pub-v lishcd fortnightly by Clark W. Bryan & 00., Springfield, Mass. At the residence of Mrs. M F. Cook, East Norwalk, ’twixt 6 and 7 o’clock, last Tuesday evening, Rev. C. M. Pegg, in the presence of a happy company, pro- nounced the words that made Lester B. Wheeler and Emma H. Veats man and wife. The bride wore a light brocaded silk and diamond ornaments. There was an unusually fine collection of valuable and useful bridal presents, and a heavy shower of congratulations, under which latter the couple took the 8:40 train east. The fourth annual meeting of the Yale Alumni Association of Fairfield county and vicinity will be held at the residence of Landon Ketchum, Pli. B., Westport, (Saugatuck), Wednesday, October 25th, at 9.30 a. m., at which time the act of in- corporation, constitution and by-laws, will be reported and acted upon by the associ- ation. The association will be entertained by Henry C. Eno, M. D., William C. Eno, Esq., and Landon Ketchum, Pli. B. La- dies accompanying members of the associ- ation will be welcome. 6.5;: - Mrs. Elizabeth Streit, widow of the late Christian Streit. who for many years was leader of the well remembered Streit’s band of New Haven, died at her residence in that city Friday. A little over a week previous Mrs. Streit suffered a stroke of paralysis. She was sixty-four years of age. Five children survive her, one of whom is George Streit, leader of the Wheeler & Wilson band. Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Hannah Selleck Lockwood to George Buckingham St. John, at the residence of the bride, No. 45 North avenue, next Wednesday, October 23d, at half past one, afternoon. It is expected that Rev. Mr. Everest will perform the nuptial cere- mony. There is no truth in the published statement that a cousin of Miss Lockwood was to be married to a New York gentle- man at the same time and place. The merchant who keeps his name and business constantly before the public eye is bound to realize the beneficial effects of so doing. People will feel, in one sense, acquainted with him, and his name natur- ally occurs to them when they need his wares. In these busy times people do not care to hunt up the man who has goods for sale; they prefer, rather, to go where their attention is called, and then if they find the goods as represented, the founda- tion of their future patronage is laid. The billiard match between Daley and Saxton, the expert billiardists, in Music Hall, on Monday night, attracted only a small crowd of spectators. Thirty or moremembers of the Norwalk Club occu- pied reserved seats on the stage. The game was for 300 points, eight inch balk line, and was won easily by Daley, who scored his 300th point before Sexton had made his first 100. Daley’s largest run was 89 points, and Sexton’s 18. At the close of the game Sexton gave an exhib- ition of fancy and difficult shots. Dr. R. G. Nolan, of Bayonne, N. J., formerly of this place, is the recent victim of a practical joker. ANew York paper on Tuesday contained the following :— A gentleman of means desires the acquaint- ance of aladyot educationand culture. Object matrimony. Address in confidence R. G. N ., 48 West 'I'enth street, Bayonne, N. J. Dr. Nolan’s home is at 43 and not 48 Wigs Tenth street, but the letter carriers *unhesitatingly delivered to him the batch of proposals received in each mail. The doctor is making an investigation and promises to make it lively for the joker when he finds him. ——Open’ing concert of Y. M.C. A. course Oct. '23d, by Macy-Ariel combination. Re- served seats at Pinneo’s, Saturday, a. m. The Y. M. C. A. has arranged for a series of entertainments at their hall, to be =opened~ with a concert by the Macy-Ariel ,combination, on Wednesday evening, October 23d. On Wednesday evening, 'fNovembertith, a lecture on “Back-bone,” by Thomas. Dixon,’ jr. Mr. Dixon is creditedyvithbeing “full.,of magnetism” -November 20th, Leland T. Powers will impersonate. characters in the play of ‘.‘.David Garrick.” himself a whole show. December 4th the Boston Rivals Will entertain.with vocal and instrumental music and readings. Four evenings of sensible and instructive pleasure and all for one hundred cents. Returns of. last week’s election from all except one of the 168 towns in Connecti- cut show that the prohibition amendment received 23,045 affirmative and 50,271 nega- tive votes, a majority against the amend- ment of 27,226. Twenty-three towns were carried for the amendment under the local Option law. Eighty-three towns—a gain of three— allow liquor selling within their limits, and 85 exclude saloons. In the town elections the democrats gained seven over last year, the summary being: Re- publican, 66; democratic 63; divided 39. Plump and pretty Fannie Rice of the Casino company, says stage kisses are a hollow mockery. If Fannie wants the Simon pure, genuine kiss, she need not despair so long as she is within a few miles of Stamford or Norwalk.—Ansom'a Sentinel. No, no, Fannie, come up here; don’t stay in New York and put up with prop- erty kisses where you can get the soulful, sighful, blissful article in all its luscious sweetness and thrilling electricity by ap- plying to almost any of our Norwalk lad- dies, in the Club, in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, in the fire companies, or on ad- dressing a postal card to this office. The grand encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States,at Washing- tan, elected the following ‘ofiicers to serve during the next three years: Most eminent grand master, J. P. S. Gobin, of Pennsyl- vania; deputy grand master, Hugh Me- Curdy of Michigan; grand generalissimo, Warren LaRue Thomas of Kentucky; cap- tain general, Reuben H. Lloyd of Califor- nia; senior warden, Henry Bates Stod- dard. of Texas'; junior warden, Nicholas VanSlick of Rhodc Island; grand treasu- rer, H.,Wales Lines of Connecticut. The grand encampment voted to hold the next conclave three years hence at Denver, Col. The vote stood: Denver, 104;. Louis- ville, Ky., 96. and “atypical- southern gentleman)? He is saidto be in NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889. Danbnry Jack, who was arrested here . by Ofiicer Planz, on Tuesday of last week, on suspicion of being the man who "held up” and robbed a wayfarer in that town. was released on being presented to the’ court. It w -- a case of mistaken idantity and Jack was sent hO‘m‘ happy in the consciousness of vindicated inaccence. Jack is prone to ramble aimlessly about, but it is fair to say he i~ not a highway- man nor a robber. ' The malicious effort to slur Attorney John S. Seymour, for receiving fifteen dollars for his professional services as moderator at the town election, will dis- mally fail of its purpose, in the minds of all intelligent and honorable business men. Mr. Seymour Served the town from 6 a. m. till past midnight, and was appointed to see that our new voting system was carried out in accordance with the law. Twenty-five dollars would not have been any more than a reasonable fee for the service rendered, to a lawyer of any standing in his profession. Acommunication from Woodbury says: The temperance people of this place are 7 much disgusted. They have won the fight on the liquor question only to find that they lost. Last year the town voted license but the result was so much drunk- enness that the temperance folks became wroth and vowed to do away with the evil. So they waged vigorous war. Be- fore the clection they got countless tem- perance meters to orate against strong drink and license. hm s they find that they are still in the clutches of the enemy. The temperance enthusiasts were foolish enough to vote in sealed envelopes, when the envelopes were for the town election only. Attorney William C. Cothren, the leading lawyer here, says the vote will be thrown out and the license question re- main es last year. The Y. M C. A. entertainment course will open on Wednesday evening, Oct. 23d, with a concert by the Macy-Ariel combination, Mr. Macy’s success in the past has made him one of the foremost at— tractions in the lyceum field. His songs are: gems of: the buffo school, and his hu- morous recitals are 'uproariously funny. He is well known to many Norwalk peo-' ple and is deservedly popular. The many re-engagcments of the Ariel Quartet in the past tn- success -n' their fifthsea- son a foregone conclusion. They have voices of remarkable purity and beauty, and sing with a clearness of enunciation, a correctness of phrasing, a sincerity and depth of feeling, that carry the thought and sentiment home to the hearts of their audience, and thrill and satisfy every bearer. One of their number acts as pi- anist, another as banjo accompanist,which adds greatly to the charm‘of their singing. No one should miss this n'ist number on the course as it W9 i be the key-note to a series of most enjoyable eVenings under Y. M. C. A. auspices. - Eugene J. Travers, train despatcher of the Danbury and Norwalk division of the- Housatonic system, died at his residence in Danbnry, Friday morning, after an ill- ness of a little less than two weeks. He had been an intense sufferer during his illness. Peritonitis was the cause of his death. Mr. Travers was an expert Opera- tor, and a man :in the prime of life. To all appearances, when he left his desk but a few days ago, he was as well and hearty as any young man of his age. Allhough of a retiring nature he was a favorite with every employee on the road. In his death Superintendent Payne loses a faithful and efficient assistant. There are but few bet- ter men in his profession in this section of the country. Mr. Travers was a native of New Brunswick, N. J ., at which place he was in the employ of the Pennsylvania road as operator. From there he entered into the employ of the New 'York, New Haven and Hartford road as night dis- patcher at the Grand Central office, where he remained three years. From New York he went directly to Danbnry, where he has since remained in the employ of the Housatonic. The employees connect- ed with the oflices in Bridgeport procured a beautiful floral emblem which was for- warded to New Brunswick, N. J ., where the interment took place on Monday.— Standard. The Adams stock dramatic company, i‘which played a successful engagement here last winter will occupy Music Hall every evening next week, in standard drama. The Bethlehem (Pa.) Times says of this company at its recent appearance in that city: Another large audience assembled in the Opera House last evening, to witness the Adams stock company in the familiar old melodrama “Under the Gaslight.” It is doubtful if the play eyer had a better rendition by a road company. It is rather a difficult piece to run as regards scenery, etc., but everything w'orked remarkably smooth. At the point where the hero is tied to the track and the rumble of the approaching train is heard the audience inv )luntarily rose to their feet with ex- citement, which increased until the hero was released and the iron monster dashed across the stage. Miss Burnbam was seen in two parts—Pearl and Peach Blossom— and played them both in the same artistic manner which characterizes all her work. Mr. Adams, as Byke the Villain, was very droll and one could not help but laugh at him. Snorkey, the returned veteran, was capitally played by Wm.A. Lanigan, as was also Bay Tralford by Clarence Bellair and Bermudas by Harry Sargent. The Hillmans, Mary C. and Maude, were very efiective in their parts and are proving strong additions to the company. All the smaller parts were well taken care of, and the singing and dancing well received. l GAZETTE. Two DOLLARS A YEAR NUMBER 42. Even the most bitter enemies of the Hon. John Lawrence Sullivan must concede that he is displaying excellent and unexpected qualities of statesmanship. His refusal to appear at Syracuse in a sparring match in opposition to the Democratic State convens tion indicates quite clearly that he is play- ing for points in his approaching congress- ional bout. The sixteenth annual session of the Grand Chapter, order of the Eastern Star, was held in Bridgeport last Wednesday. Delegates from various chapters in the state to the number of 150 were present. Reports of the secretary and treasurer showed the order to hein a flourishing condition. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Grand matron, Sarah M. Wright of New Haven; grand patron, S. G. Bassett of Seymour; A. G. M., Clarissa B. Curtis cf Stratford; A. G. P.,Eliza B. Parsons of Winsted; C. 8., Frances R. Martin of New Haven; G. T., Mary Wagner of Bridgeport; G. 0., Han- nah Harvey of Bridgeport; A. G. C ,Julia Grannis of Waterbury. The Bridgeport New says: Long Hill is excited over an alleged ghost that is said to appear at different intervals and at different places. On Monday evening a well known doctor in that vicinity had occasion to pass thiough some woods in the early part of the evening, and as he leisurely drove along, he asserts that he saw a kind of shape arise from the path and take the form of a female dre~sed in black, and to all appearances ininus her pedal extremities. He was considerably flustrated and turned homewards, not having the courage to pass the alleged ghost. Several other people in the neigh- borhood also state they have seen the ghost and a number of young people in the vicinity have organized to drive the spectre from its haunts. The third regular monthly meeting of the Norwalk Building and Loan Associa- tion was held last evening at South Nor- walk. We print the following extract which will be found of interest to those who are looking up this and similar insti- x-tntions: ~ Building associations are popular among all people who are familiar With their workings and the wonderful results that have been accomplished by them in this country. They are popular with all those who wish to help themselves and others, all who believe that thrift, economy and secure homes lead to virtue and happi- ness. They, are popular because they are based, as a rule. upon corr ct business principles, backed up by an honest senti- ment, and a laudable desire to better the Conditions of life, and still have some- thing to do with the management of one’s own property. » . Mike Fitzgerald has taken in sail for winter all along the line of the little flower mounds which were given the pub- ‘ he by our generous borough rulers. These little adornments which have em- bellished the several little public nooks, triangles and parks about our borough the past season, have not only beena de~ light to our citizens, but have given grat- ifying evidence to strangers visiting our place, that Norwalk was peopled by re- fined and cultivated citizens, who could see and cherish some other object in life than boarding the almighty dollar. The sensible trimming of the shade trees along the lines of our borough highways, giving the public electric lights and the keeping our public lawns so neatly trimmed and ‘shaven and adorned with beds of flowers, have evoked the public gratitude towards our present borough board of officers .in nnstinted measure, and right well have they deserved it. Their successors in office will do w.- lto fniJOW, and if possi- ble improve upon the example which has proven so pepular with our people. At the court of burgesses meeting last Tuesday evening, permission was granted the horse railway company to remove the water tank at the junction of Main street and North avenue; Ephraim Merritt was granted permissmn to build an addition to his house, and G. F. Scofield was granted a like permission to build a house on Belden avenue. Chief Lockwood reported six arrests for September. One hundred dollars was appropriated for the different fire companies and the fire police. En- gineerAiken reported the repairs neces- sary on the steamer and the fire depart- ment committee was instructed to get estimates of the cost of the proposed re- pairs. The petition for alight on Stuart avenue was not granted. The petitions of E. J. Byxbee and E. L. Miller for side- walks on Westport avenue was referred to highway committee. St. Paul’s society was ordered to lay a sidewalk in front of its property on Berkeley street. Clerk Perry was empowered to settle the claim of the B. C. Grant estate, in which the estate factorized a claim of G. \V. Cram against the borough. The highway com- mittee was instructed to investigate the matter of macadamizing West avenue and report. The chairman of the. sewer com- mittee was ordered to collect the amount fixed upon by them for the connecting of F. E. Quintard’s five houses on Quintard Place with the sewer, (he having refused to pay for but one connection) or cut off the connection. The meeting was an ad journed one.
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