ESTABLISHED 1800 VOLUME XC. . viii, z: a, An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1890; ETTE. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR NUMBER 28. Norwalk Gazette. TERMS D F SUBSGRIPTIBN . ’ - l :3: 25? Two Dollars per year, in. advance. sea RATES FOR ADVERTISIIGAND JOB PRINTING nislied on a lication at the Office. _ glidinary and EL'EHSIGDE advs., 1 inch, . Week, $1.90 Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, .90 Half inch, half of above rates. _ .- 9 One column, ordinary adv., one tune, - 1.3.0. One column. reading matter, one time, . -a.g0 LOCALS in reading matter columns, per line. ._0 Births. Marriages and Deaths inserted free. 0 Advertising of Funeral Notices, - - , 120 Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly adi er tis- ers, and ten per cent. discount on all advs. pre-I paid for three months or over. . THE C AZET'I‘E J on PRINTING DEPARTMENT is equipped with the best facilities for turning out First Class Work of every description. _ All orders for Printing, Engraving and Book Binding. execu- ted promptly, and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. LOCAL I TEALS'. Miss Hattie Olliver, of Bethel, is visiting friends in town. A son was born to Mr. and Northrop on Sunday. Shoedealer F. E. Smith has gone to the White Mountains. The Over River and Centre schools have each a new teacher. South Norwalk is gagging over her nasty drinking water. Mrs. Smith Dr. Bridges is reported to be improving, at his Norwalk residence. J. Belden Hurlbutt, Esq., isconfincd to his home with sickness. Customs Collector Ednionds, of Bridge— port, was in town on Monday. Mrs. C. F. Osborn and Son have just returned from a visit in Canada. A party of Bethehtes encamped on an island down the harbor last week. Hon. E. A. Woodward and family, are summer-ing in the White Mountains. “Billy” Bishop, formerly of Norwalk, is making a periodical call on his uncle. Frank Beatty, now of New York, came to Norwalk to shoot his fire crackers. Carmi Hubbell. the newly appointed postmaster, will have a salary of $2,200. The Phoenix firemen celebrated the eve of the Fourth in great style at their house. The latest advices from the West Nor- walk church matter—haven’t arrived yet. Miss Lottie Grumman, grand-daughter of Landlord John Collins, is visiting friends in Boston. Fred Ambler has purchased the interest of his partner, Howard Bell, in theextract business. . The printers hepe to make the base ball field a Waterloo for the companyF soldiers next Saturday. James W. Storey and Miss Elizabeth Benedict were married on Tuesday last at Union Vale, N. Y. Michael Tierney, a trackman on the Housatonic road, was killed by an excur- sion train on Saturday. The local Y. M. C. A. team were beaten July 4th by the Waterbury Y. M. C. A. boys, with the score of 13 to 7. Mr. A. B. Harris, recently of Chicago: who has purchased the Woodbury place, is moving into his new purchase. “Captain Jack” James, late catcher for the Easton base ball club, has arrived in Norwalk, his club having disbanded. The YnNI. C. A. base ball team has been reorganized with John Pierce, late of the Independents, as captain and man- tiger. The mercury registered 1:20 in the sun yesterday according to an Orchard street thermometer. It was ll-liu the shade at HOOD. Charles T. Snili’en, the handsome ex— proprietor of the Norwalk Hotel cafe, now of Brooklyn, is visiting friends here and in Danbury. Joseph Ward Lewis, editor of the Pitts— field Journal was married on Tuesday last week, his bride being Miss Zilla Ronald; of Middletown. A couple of bay windows are being built in the front of the Bishop house on Wall street which has been leased by DentistBaldwin. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Norwalk Fire Insurance Company will be held on Thursday morning, 24th inst. at ten o’clock. The first batch of returns indicate that the “poisoned ice cream” and the “red lemonade” got in more real effectual work than the fireworks. Among the applicants for the position of assistant principal at the Bridgeport High school is F. H. Baldwin, of Fair-field, formerly of Norwalk.» Already there is considerable interest manifested in the summer erecting of the Gentleman’s Driving Association, which takes place next month. The newspaper beauty contest lays be- tween Ellendorf and Jennings. In this contest the old saw has no application, that beauty is skin deep. Metcalf, the - horse thief arrested by Sheriff Toner last week, has been liberated, the owner of the stolen horse being happy and satisfied to get the animal back. The Hungarian picnic on Herman Quitner’s grounds, on the Fourth, was a great success, There was plenty to eat and drink and no Hungary man went away hungry. The Y. M. C. A. have a very pretty an- nual in the hands of the printers. It will contain the annual reports of the associa- tion and the announcements of ourleading business men. ‘ The Fourth was celebrated hereabouts in the usual patriotic manner. There was no public demonstration here, but consid- erable private enthusiasm. No casualties are reported. Monroe Bramble, watchman at the Housatonic freight house in South Nor— walk, died Monday night, of consumption: He had been confined to his house for some months. His age was 24. Andrew Jackson, a twenty-five cent New York baggage express man, has come out victorious in a suit by which the great Consolidated railroad and Dodd’s forty cent express sought to crush him. Danbury News: George E. Hanford. is visiting friends in Norwalk—Miss Annie Lake 18 visiting the Misses Rider, of Nor- walk—Miss Clarissa Brown is the guest of Mrs. Henry Seymour in Norwalk. Mrs. Dr. Van Alstyne chaperoned a wagonette load of her Sunday school class to Seaside Park, Bridgeport, yesterday, where a delightful lunch was partaken of and shore resort enjoyments indulged in. On Sunday morning last Mrs. Will Read- man presented to her husband ten pounds of the prettiest son ever produced on Spring Hill. They do say it is as hand- some as any picture its grandfather ever made. The World’s Fair site has already be— come very much of a side issue with Chi~ cage. The East Side, the West Side. the North Side, and the South Side are en- gaged in a great hair-pulling match for the prize. A barn, with contents, belonging to Andrew Johnson, in West Norwalk, was destroyed by fire at~--about 1.1wo’cloc1r Sunday night. [Insured for $900 in Wm. Lockwood’s agency of the Spring Garden Company, A western city has offered a Danbury batting firm $50,000 to locate there. Dan— bury always gives willingly of its hospital— ity, but will certainly “kick” on letting go of any of its industries, especially of one worth the above figure to comparative strangers. Young Ryan, who works at Dann’s stables, rides a bicycle, excepting when, as he did on Sunday afternoon on the bridge at the depot, he runs it into a team and upsets, breaks his machine, scares the horses, hurts his knee, and—stops riding. Bridgeport News: R. Atkins, of this city, is covering the town records of Nor- walk with canvas in order to preserve them. They were covered about ten years ago, but the covers of some of the books have worn out. A late railroad rumor is that the Con— solidated road folks are buying up the New England road. This rumor, how— ever, is not so late as another rumor to the effect that the Consolidated folks say it’s no such thing. An Ansonia woman charged Arthur Leahy with criminal assault Friday, when her two brothers-iu-law gave him a severe pounding. Leahy claims that he is inno— cent and has caused the arrest of the two men who assaulted him. Henry Haefer, a hatter living in this city, visited his family in Norwalk, Fri- day, returning lrome in the evening. Shortly after he stepped from the train he was handed a despatch calling him back to Norwalk,his ten-year-old son having been injured by an explosion.-—Danburg News. Thomas Hunt of Stamford was found dead in aback yard in that town yester- day morning and Dominick Harrity is under arrest as his suspected murderer. Both men were known to- be drunk on Monday and they had a quarrel. The complete census returns for the first district of Connecticut are as follows: New Haven county, 201,881, increase 45,- 358 ; Fairfield county, 143,704, increase 31,752; Litchfield county, 52,817. inCiease 773; total increase in three counties, 77,883. The Ohio Prohibitionists. are reaching out for votes in a manner calculated to cause the Republicans and Democrats to revise their former bids. The Buckeye cold-water platform declares for “a tariff for revenue only, free coinage of silver, and a service pension.” The old barn belonging to Gould Eey— mour, neir the South Norwalk Methodist church, was burned to the ground Sunday evening. I; was filled Willi new hay which is :urposcd to have been fired by spontaneous combustion. .\ horse and some cattle were rescued. The barn and contents were fully insured. Bernard McGinnis’s house on Cobble Hill, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The building wasinsurcd for $300 chrough O. E. Wilson’s agency. ,.The story that the insurance had expired a few days before was not true. The residents of Southport are happy over the successful outcome of the big fair which they held last week and which close dat midnight Saturday. The fair netted $1.500 over all expenses. This money will go to a fund for village im- provements. Tire lawn supper given at the residence of Mrs. Frederick Keyser, Tuesday even- ing, was largely attended and heartily enjoyed. Nearly three hundred tickets were sold and about $50 was netted for the Union Chapel fund. This part of the town was well represented. The nude statues in the DetroitAcademy of Art are to appear in store clothes in the future. The Detroit people are great ad- mirers of art, but they cannot go the “original package” variety—Post. The Detroit managers no doubt took theircue from the veiling of Judge Andrew Selleck’s statue of Venus. The Society of the Army of the Potomac had a rainy morning for the opening of their annual reunion in Portland Thurs- day. Gcn.’s Sherman, Howard, F. A. Walker, Fitz John Porter and Horatio King, Secretary of War Proctor and Han- niball Hamlin were among the notables. Joe Walz is now the sole proprietor of the Mahackemo Hotel at South Norwalk, Mr. Newcomb retiring. Joe understands the business thoroughly, is popular with the public, and will succeed. He is making radical improvements in the house and will make it one of the best in the state. ______ A delegation from St. John's Lodge, No. 2, F. and A. M., of Middletown, came to Norwalk Friday to inspect St. John’s Lodge rooms in this town. Their visit was made so that they could report upon the beauty of its decorations and furnish- ings and get ideas for re-decorating their own lodge room. John E. Smith, the well known grocer in South Norwalk, died at his residence on Thursday morning, after a long illness, Mason and a member of Clinton Com- mandery, and his funeral, which occurred on Sunday, was attended by the Com- mandery. in a body. A representative of the New York Sun came up to Dorlon’s Point one day last week and was evidently used pretty well by the affable and genial Landlord Powers, for when he got back he wrote up the hotel and its surroundings in glowing terms, and gave away all the good points about Mr. Powers, as they deserved. The celebration of Fourth of July at Henry C. Bowen’s residence, Roselaud Park, at Woodstock, was characterized by a great gathering of Sunday school child- ren. Rev. Dr. Wayland delivered an address on “Talk is cheap,” in which he criticised Fourth of July orators for not attacking the dangers of the present. Colonel Osborn, of the New Haven Register, propounds the following mathe— matical problem :——If 5,790 democrats in Fairfield county are entitled to eighty— four votes in democratic conventions, how many votes are the 0,958 democrats in New Haven town entitled to? They now have four. Speak out, don’t be afraid. The heavy trucking team belonging to D. M. Finch took fright near Hubbell’ lumber yard yesterday noon and ran, with the truck, out on Water street and down around the horse car depot to a spot near Gregory’s stable where they were stopped. One wheel of the wagon was demolished and the harnesses were more or less damaged, but the horses were unliurt. The early ebullitions of patriotism caused a fire in an unoccupied building near Leonarr ’s coal yard at 2 o’clock on the morning of the 4th, and the building was considerably damaged, notwithstand- ing prompt action on the part of the fire- men, many of whom remained in their fire houses nearly all night in anticipation of just such an emergency. —-Carriages and harnesses of every de— scription, trunks, traveling bags. etc., at reduced rates, at W. E. Dann’s, No. 50 Wall street. th7 The editor got back from Boston and the convention of the National Editorial Association Saturday, but he hasn’t yet got straightened out so that he can tell what a good time it was.-— Winsted Herald. Brother Vai‘l must have taken a dider- cnt route for home from that taken by our Norwalk delegates to the same convention, who needed no “straightening out” on their return. Brother \Tai‘l surprises us. The people of the First church, of Bri‘lgeport, are annious to have the Rev. Dr. W. W. Clark go back I to preach to them. The good Doctor was there in I‘lor’i‘: j to return to Bridgeport, and the confer- ence will probably gratify the mutual 2 desire by sending him there in April next. at the age of 5}). He was a prominent. Methodist . alk until twoyears ago, when 3 he wasltrausferred to Danbury, where he l nowis. He has signified his willingness The Rev. F. B. Cunz, of South Nor walk, who is selling a history of the Johnstown flood, is meeting with excel- lent success in his canvassing. A‘fcw' days ago he preached in a German Lu— theran church in Bridgeton, N. J., and spent ten days in Atlantic City, where he sold nearly 100 copies of his book and waspromised many more orders, to be filledlater. Of the celebration in Bridgeport, Thurs day, in commemoration of Rev. Father Rogers’ silver jubilee the Farmer saysf: “.Rev. Father Slocum, of Norwalk, deliv- eréd an eloquent address on the priest- hood, aud closed by eulogizing briefly but very appreciatively the life of Father Rligers since he was ordained a priest.’ Father Rogers was presented with a purse of £2,000. Thirty priests were present. ’1 (2n Monday evening a large delegation of “members of Phoenix engine company embarked in a big carryall and went to Westport to accept an invitation to par- take of the hospitality of the Pioneer hook and ladder company of that place. They were handsomely received and royally en- tertained, and it was well along toward time for the cock to crow when they returned home, well pleased with their Visit. Ex—Judge F, W. Perry has just ob— tained for Nephi Whitlock, of Ridgefleld, back pension on a re-rating, amounting to $3,400 and $72 per month from March 4th, 1890, which is the largest pension the goyernment grants any soldier. Mr. Whitlock suffers from “wound of left leg, severe deafness of both ears, resulting in nearly total'deafness ot same, and disease ofbyes.” He was drawing the insignifi- caht sum of $6 per month, when Judge Perry advised him to apply for a re—rating and increase.— Sentinel. Jennings, of the Post, says this: Chief McGowan rescued an infant at the fire Sunday evening and feels proud of his ex- ploit. He has fitted up a place for it at his fireside and will shortly invite a few personal friends to the christening. He will name it “Chief Tom." The mother made her appearance at the house Monday morning and exhibited every evidence of delight at the recovery of the little one. .——Everything pertaining to horse fur- nishings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc- lelwilcesi at W. E. Dann’s, 50 WallStsl’Z Much surprise was expressed that the estimated value of the estate which the late George B. Waller left Mrs. Alexander Hawley, his daughter. should be only $100,000, as he was reputed to be worth two or three times that sum. During his life-time, however. Mr. Waller deeded to Mrs. Hawley property in Water street and elsewhere worth probably $150,000 or $200,000, so that the general estimate placed on his Wealth was not greatly out of the way—Brilgeport Farmer. The Ridgefield Press printed, last w cek a portrait and sketch of Charlie Comstock, the good looking but awfully shy conduc- tor ef the Pittsfield express. The portrait doesn’t flatter him, but the biography uses him handsomely. From it we learn that Charlie is 28 years old ; that he used to run away from school, and that he is “popular with the public for his courteous demeanor, not sacrificing the interests of the company, however, to secure pepular favor.” Independence Day was celebrated by Tammany Hall, New York. The orator of the day,Representative Bynum,arraign- ed Speaker Reed and the republican party, especially condemning the federal election bill and advocating armed resis- tance. All the speakers and cx-Prcsidcnt Cleveland in his letter took a hand in attacking the same party. On the fourth, at Columbus, GEL, one of the pleasures for the excursionists over a new railroad was a mammoth chicken pic 7 feet long, 5 feet wide and containing be- tween its crusts ten dozen cliinkcns. For a quarter the hungry excursionist *as allowed to fill up from this huge pastry. What a feast was that for Beach, and yet we do not learn that he was there. —Carriages, carts and wagons of all dc- scriptions and at reduced prices at W. E. Dann’s, 50 Wall street. tf17 Coroner Doten, of Bridgeport, was sum- moned Saturday afternobn to view the body of a man by the name of Dickenson who died from the effects of a fit at the boarding house of James McCauly early Saturday morning. Mrs. McCauly first discovered Dickenson lying in the base- ment and on trying to arouse him found him unconscious. Doctors Clark and Bohannan were summoned. 0n etplana- tion they discovered bruises on the face and head, probably received from a fall. Coroner Doten decided that an autopsy was not necessary. The deceased was a ecusmof Undertaker Reynolds, of Bridge- port. The body was taken to that city Monday—Norwalk cor. Post. . Huge cakes of ice, clear as a crystal, are now being sold in Easton, Pa, at fifty ,cents per liundredwciglit. The Easton 'artiticial ice plant is now turning out twelve tons of ice per day. The water used for freezing is drawn from the Dela- :ware river, boiled and filtered, and is, when congealed, as clear as glass. New Jersey towns and cities along the line of the Central railroad are clamoring to be supplied with the commodity, which is now sold in these places at sums ranging -‘ from $1 tot} 1.50 per hundredweight retail; L A special meeting of the voters of the borough has been called for next Monday afternoon, to take action in the matter of laying a new water main from the upper reservoir to the distributing reservoir, the present pipe being of insufficient capacity to keep the lower basin full. The distance between the two reservoirs is about eight miles, and the pipe at present in use is only twelve inches in diameter, while the service main is sixteen inches. We are authorized to make the interest~ ing statement that Harry Van Wagner has implicit confidence in his ability to eat two and one-half dozen of eggs, one pound of pork chops, and one quart of boiled vege— tables; the feast to be irrigated with three schooners of lager beer, and all to be swallowed within thirty minutes. He would like to prove by ocular and tangible demonstration, his possession of these accomplishments, on a wager of ten dol— lars. The court of burgesses met on Monday evening and transacted the usual amount of routine business. The most important matter discussed was the report of the committee appointed to consrder the ad- visability of purchasing a steam road roller in accordance With the vote passed at a recent borough meeting. The com— mittee reported that we don’t need a roller and the court so voted. The matter of abating the taxes of Scofield d: Hoyt was laid over till the next meeting. The New Haven Register learnedlv dis— cusses the adulteration of beer, and says that pure beer, made from barley only would result in an increased demand for that grain and consequently would be an aid to the farmer. On the other hand it is claimed that adulteration reduces the per cent. of alcohol in beer, while it does not decrease its healtlifulness or nutritious properties. If this is true perhaps, after all, adulteration is the more advisable. So long as men will drink beer the less alcohol there is in it the better. Why cannot adulteration be carried so far as to eliminate the alcohol altogether'P—Anso- m'a Sentinel. It can, but it will spoil the beer. The Bridgeport 81m, which freely and frankly owns up to being “the only entirely original, wide-awake, truthful and independent paper in Connecticut," asks:—-“By the way, where is Rodemeyer, the cantankerous squibist of the city that t‘"’fi“t"'lihe a b'i'illu'iei‘riei'" for""tlié”'COunty Scat ?” He stands where he stood when the battle raged, from when it began until when it was done; but not too absorbingly engaged, to shoot back the balls from your gun of the Sun. Say, can you fellows over there play ball? J. W. Rockwell, Esq, proprietor of the pepular “Elm Shade cottages” at truly rural and grand old Ridgefield, has his illustrated adv. in the chsatonic Rail- road’s attractive summer tourist’s guide “Over the Berkshire Hills via the House— tonic Railroad.” No more restful or enjoyable place for a summer sojourn can be found 'than at our friend Rockwell’s hostelries at Ridgefield, the scene of Wooster’s patriotic devotion and the home of “Peter Parley” of ye olden times and now the home of ex—Governor Louns— bury and hosts of other good people. Grand Juror Miinson Hoyt, who chanced to see Foreman Ed. Burr driving rapidly to the fire near Leonard’s coal yard early on the morning of the Fourth, summoned chief Buttery and ordered him to arrest the foreman for fast driving. The Chief communicated the order to Ofiicer Gorin— ley who arrested Mr. Burr while he was directing his men in the cxtinguishment of the flames. The horse was taken to Dann’s stables. 0n the matter being explained, of course the foreman was very promptly and properly liberated, and nothing more was done about the case. Editor Allen G. Betts, of the Ricard accompanied by his son Fred, started yesterday afternoon for St. Johns, New Brunswick. They left New York at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon by the steamer Valencia of the New York Steamship Company’s line, and will arrive at St. Johns Thursday night at midnight. Re- turning, they will leave on Friday night and arrive home Sunday night. The editor will probably give his readers a description of his trip and experiences when he arrives home. The Recrrrl this Taylor. Ridgefield Prelim—Some sort of railroad is gomg to be built, or the writer of the following verbatim letter has missed his guess. The English and orthography isn’t copied after the Norwalk “schoolmarms,” llO‘WCVCT. We print below: NOR‘. '."K, JUNE, 30th 00. Dear PRESS Some quer Things occur. in This world of ours, for instance iff you should see, say one day last week Thurs. day a carriage paryty composed of Two directors of The consolidated Road. the engineer of Partcl’zesler (if Rz'rlgefield and one of The contractors shore line division a riding Between New Canaan 6c Ridge- field 6:. two of the party leavrng the carri- age about 3 miles north of N. C. and ac- cending a hill gust This of vista. viewing The country and returning to cairage oecuping about an hours time. Then re- turning This way to Norwalk. it would look rather odd or strange would it not. They may have in View a summer home of course. shure If you dont smell a good sized Hat by This Time Then i will never guess again Yours truly Norwalk __ Fridaymorning while George E.Young- erman, a New Haven butcher. was at work just outsidh of his store he heard some one moving around in his office. Thinking that the milkman was looking for the morning paper as was his usual custom, he said, “Help yourself.” The same moment there was a. sound of falling coins. Mr. Youngerman entered just in time to see a young man running for :11 he was worth. Going £03,:th door Mr. Youngerman saw three men making oft together. One of them had been robbing the till:but supposing that he had been discovered had dropped the money and fled. John L. Sullivan, the champion fighter of the world, was, says the Bridgeport Post, at Bowen’s place adjoining the thea— tre at the park yesterday afternoon, where be displayed the patience hardly expected from a saint. John L. was drinking at the bar when a big, burly fellow, almost the same in size as Sullivan, came up and said he would like to take a round Out of the champion, and he knew he could do him up in one round with a gun. The famous fighter stood this kind of talk for" fully three—quarters of an hour and never once said fight. This only tends to Show that Sullivan is not quite as bad as he is painted and that he is actually driven to action in similar cases. However, he took this man’s threats in good part and treated him besides. ' Roton Point was a busy place on the glorious fourth. There were pleasure seekers present from all parts of the civil— ized and uncivilized world and Danbury besides. The little steamer Medea made her trips from the South Norwalk dock to the Point at frequent and regular intervals, carryingafull load each trip. The day was spent in merry making, clam eating, beer drinking, bathing, visiting, sparking, etc. Manager Knubel had an interesting programme of sports arranged for his guests, including swimming exhibitions, etc, by Steve Brodie, the great bridge jumper, and Gene Mereadier, the trick swimmer. Everything passed off without a hitch or jar, and the excellent reputation of the Point as a desirable pleasure resort was fully sustained. thaw—Kg: = Rev..G.-. Haulenbeelw of.i this place,~‘hnd _- John W. Pcunell of West Norwalk, are both engagcd'iu writing uptlie religious history of ii est Norwalk. They fail to agree on certain points but that makes it all the more interesting reading. Mr. Haulenbcek says: “I have preached several times at the chapel,” and then unwittingly makes the query: “Will Mr. Pennell name one conversion that has occurred in the chapel Since it was built?” and sug~ gestsithat he,_ (Mr. P.,) “have respect enough for himself to tell the truth.” Mr. Pennell will probably put in his answer.‘ The first chapter of his part of the history appeared under the caption, “West Norwalk Convalescent,” while that of. Mr. Haulenbeek is headed, “Sonic Mistakes Corrected.” ’Tis said ’twas Houston who sowed the seeds of discord, and that it took root in good ground "is shown from the large crop of contention nowherng reaped, and we regret to say that it promises to be a continuous one.— Record. The habeas corpus case brought by Attorney Olmstead recently, in behalf of Thomas F. Halloran, the Stamford saloon keeper who was indicted for murder in keeper, who was indicted for murder in the first degree, has been decided by Judge E. W. Seymour. The conclusion of the decision reads: “And now upon the evidence as presented the court finds that the proof that the petitioner is guilty of a capital offence, viz., of murderin the first degree, is not evident, nor the pre- sumption great, whereupon it is and is adjudged that the applicant is entitled to be admitted to bail and the amount of said bail is fixed at the sum of $6,000.“ The case has attracted widespread interest throughout the state, as it is the first of this kind ever brought before the courts of Connecticut. A notice of appeal to the supreme court of errors has been filed by State Attorney Fessenden. The local council of the order of united American mechanics was instituted on Tuesday evening in the Athcnteum by the state officers of the order. There were present delegations from a number of state councils. The officers of the Nor— week will be edited by Fred (“Fritz”l\\walk council are, Councillor, “.1 M. Stevens; vice—councillor, F. E. Pratt; S. E., Morris Buttery; J. E., N. E. Peck; Ind., L. Merritt; E., H. D. Brown; L. P., H. S. Leobold; O. P., Charles Owens; R. S., C. H. Taylor; A. 8., S. H. Rich-- mend; F. S., C. J. Betts; T., Elbert Ostcrbank. Prior to the institution of the new council there was a parade in which nearly 100 visiting American mechanics marched from South Norwalk to the borough, a large number of spectators coming out to see the column, which, in the uniform of the order, made a fine appearance. As they marched through the borough the American band, which headed the procession, made heroic at- tempts to play “Marching Through Georgia.” The American band wear a beautiful uniform and some of the mem- bers are good looking men. It was a late hour when all the festivities ended. but the affair was described as a most enjoys. lc time.
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