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NUMBER 1.
_ IIII NORWALKi Com. SATWDdhi‘JANUARY 3’ 1891'
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~""AiHappy New Year to all.
The Connecticut legislature. meets
next Wednesday. ,
I James Larmer Sr., will spend Sun-
. 'rg'dfiywith. his ,fajther apd mother. .
3‘ ,' . f .g- 5w.,r'..__—T-' . .
Mr. manages is seriously. ill with
pneumonialat ,liisho‘ih‘c’ in East Nor-
; Qiiite 'a‘lbliby‘freshet was born. of the
yesterday’s rain sterm,‘ in , the VNorwalk
' river. -
Mr. and Mrs. B. S._Blascer have re
to Norwalk. We hope perman-
turned
ently. .
e.Merino,' for stabbing Mich-
Pasqual J
ael Leonetto, was fined 33 and costs,
and paid up.
The Bounty Questio; is to be further .
considered at the adjourned town meet-
ing next Saturday.’
Miss Bertha Marquardt, teacher of
German in Mrs. Mcad’s school, is
away spending her vacation.
Mr.~ and Mrs. Joseph Hofl'man, of
New York, are visiting at Mr. and Mrs.
Brown’s, on Wilton avenue.
Mr. P. H. Dwyer is organizing, a
- brass band, to be made up of members
éggatholic-Union Council, K. of C.
s‘y‘ill‘g ' “trains“ *fb'r his hours
orddel
this morning. ,
The Norwalk Savings Society will
pay or credit four per cent. interest to
depositors from and after January 1st.
Fire Inspector Slattery deservesare-
appointment from the new borough
‘board, as he has been a faithful and
conscientious officer.
Miss Grace Hine, of the George Van
Horn branch of the VVoman’s Belief
Corps, at MilfOrd, attended the instal-
lations in South Norwalk last night.
W..— .
Miss B. Burchard returned to Lasscll
Seminary, Where she will complete her
studies. She was accompanied by her
guest, Miss Parsons, of Northamptonl
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Engineer George Dexter of the. Dink...
bury and Norwalk road, has resigned.
He has taken a position as engineer in
a Brooklvn manufacturing establish-
ment. __
Now do stick to that “good resolu-
tion” and not flunk on it before the
week is out, as you did last year.
clerk at
riled from
J. \V. Travis, prescription
Baxter‘s drug store, has retu
a visit at his home in Cohoes, N. Y.
The VVestporter starts this week on
its twenty-first volume. It has at-
tained the voting age and grows better
as the years come upon it.
George and James Williams went to
New York city last evening to see the
“Old Homestead.”
~—Nevcr accept an electric bell with
only one cell of battery ; it’s like send-
ing a boy to do a man’s work.
The funeral of Claude A. 'Poyvez’
will be attended from his late home,
No. it Orchard street, Monday morn
i’ng at 11 o’clock.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional Society elected as follows : Com-
mittee. E. O. Keeler, J. C. Bundle,
John P. Treadwcll; clerk and treasurer.
George. B. St. John; music committee,
Ira Cole, F. St. John Lockwood.
The horse our people have had the
steps of the cars covered with rubber
matting, to prevent slipping.
The Gaznrrn extends to all the chil-
- dren, big and little, in all the many
hundreds of households which it enters
its most sincere and earnest Wishes that
this year may be to them, one and all,
a “Happy New Year” indeed.
The ctokinole tournament will be
continued this evening, the players
in the series being Wilbur Hubbell,
Victor Selleck, Clarence Slauson and
Charles McPherson. The playing W111
commence at
men are invited to witness it.
The body of a. man frozen to death
was found, Wednesday, in a shed be-
.longing to Charles Sturges in Wilton.
The unfortunate man was a laborer be.
longing in Branchville, and it is sup.
posed he had been dead three days be-
fore being found.
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-.-The winter' term of the Merrill
Business College, Stamford, will open
Monday Jan. 5th, 1891.
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At the First Congregational church
to-morrow, services will be» held at
10:30 am. and 7:30 p. in. In the morn-
ing, Holy Communion, Baptism and
reception of 'members. In the evemng:
“Our First Anniversary as Pastor and
'People. Looking Backward and For-
ward.” The public'cordially invited.
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Mrs. E. W. Stuart is able to. be out
again. She has been confined to the
‘. house with pneumonia.
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8 o’clock and all young
Senator Hill had his family photo?
graphed in a group this morning.
nesday, was a soldier in the
1812. . ' . ' . ..
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hoyt gave a tea
_ war eff;
‘ to a party of friends on New Years
evening, at their
street. ,
The “Big Four”. 10f the incoming
court of burgesses held a pow-wow the
other ”night and divided the spoils.
"Few changes, if any, it is said, will be
‘made among the borough appointees.
home, No. 21' Arch
Some graceless scamp has cut down
a sycamore maple in Seaside Park
Bridgeport, which had grown to be
nearly ten feet high. Tho'tree was an
.imported one and was very valuable.
Three other imported tree-s werecut
down at the same time and the authori-
ties are mystified.
—Classes in bookkeeping, penman;
ship, telegraphy, shorthand, typewrit-
ing, etc, will form at the beginning of
the new year, at the Merrill Business
College, Stamford.
John A. Bartlett, - who for over 30
years, was boss bridge builder of the
Housatonic railroad, dropped dead on
the street in Bridgeport last week. Less
than a year ago his wife died, and only
a. few weeks since a son also died. Mr;
a
Bartlett was We a Freda
' Bartlett, 'Esd.,y'a'lawycr' and newspaper
man in Bridgeport.
The Bishop of China‘s «laughter,
Miss Phebe Boone, is spending a por-
tion of the holidays with her brother at
Rev. C. M. Selleck’s residence.
Thomas Morrison, the clever base
ball player, who covered short stop and
pitcher, for the Bridgeport base ball
team in 1885, is dead. . Aft-er a lingering
illness he. died of consumption a short
time ago, at the residence of his parents
in Holyoke, Mass. Few base ball play-
ers were ever more popular in cities
where they played than was Morrison,
Good Father Slocum has company. A
sacriligious thief got into the. basement
of the Methodist church" recently, and
stblechorgawW. 'Sefleéklsmbos't Sunday-
go-to-mceting overcoat, which he hung
on a peg in the vestibule. The worst of
it is friend Selleck doesn’t seem to know
which one of the brethren he ought to
lay under suspicion.
The best investment, and wisest
resolution you can make for the new
year, is to enter the Merrill Business
College and. educate yourself for busi-
ness. ”a”--.
The death of General Spinner, which
occurred in Florida on Tuesday, at the
advanced age of 89, removes one who,
though long gone from public life, was
conspicuous «luring the \Var period
and the subsequent decade. He held
the office of Treasurer of the United
States for fourteen years, from 1861 to
1875. For all that time his singular-
features, and autograph which appear-
ed upon the governm ent’spaper money,
made him widely known.
The lommercial College, located
on the next floor of this building, is
now recognized by the people of this
and the surrounding towns, as the
most complete in the state. It is a
. business school, conducted on business
principles and by persons having had
business experience. “’0 would ad-
vise our readers to call and see it in
session, and can assure you that you
will be cordially welcomed by Mr. Rus-
coe, and shown the workings of the
school in its details.
' The death of Mrs. Harriet I’. Lally
occurred yesterday afternoon at her
residence, No. 530 Second avenue,
Lansingburgll, after an illness of less
than a week. Mrs. Lally, while out
riding with her son, Frederick Lally,
last Saturday was thrown from the
sleigh by a runaway horse dashing
into the cutter in which she was riding.
While Mrs. Dally sustained no appar-
ently serious injuries the fright caused
by the accident was such as to make
her unconscious, and she did not re-
cover her vital energy. Mrs. Lally
was about sixty years of age. She was
the widow of George A. Lally, of‘ Lan-
singburgh, and formerly of N orwalk
Conn., whose death occurred severa
years ago. Mrs. Lall was a hfelong
resident of Lansin . urgh being a
daughter of Capt. ichard Hanford,
who for many ears was well-known in
the village. he deceased was a lady
of wide culture, and by her charming
character had gained a.w1de circle of
friends. Of Trinity Episcopal church
she had been for man years a mem-
ber. She is survive 3y two sons,
George A. Lall of-Chicago and Fred-
erick Lally of ansingburmh. Levi C.
Hanford, of Norwalk, Conn., .13 a
brother of the deceased—{Troy Times,
Dec. 27th.
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Bars WANTED.-
Twenty more good, faithful boys
from 10 to 15 years old, to deliver the
Guarani Tat Nerwalk and South ‘Nor
Walk. To reliable boys a good salary
will be given. Apply to J ms Surn-
BBLAND, Norwalk; BEN. M. Dnnrruss,
Cliver Davis, who was buried wed-g. .-'
TINUES. ' .3, m
Window. stops thelRepaynwtiu of
Oven-charged Duties.
, __ Secretary Windom has sent a letterto
Secretdry _
; :CdllectOr Erhardt directing him to stop
at once the payment. of all refunds, to
silnportors and othersiggffialleged claims
zdnnthe famous hat ‘igaterial decisiOn.
“Iii"Cbllector 13013011286113 time ,he deci-
déd that, undeij,,tli‘d3'act of March 8d,
1888-, silkrrbbmused as hat material
must pay a dutygof 50 per cent.‘ "as man-
called upon to pay only 20 per cent. up-
on ribboili as trimmings.
brought suit against the Secretary of
the Treasury, claiming that the, duty on
imported ribbons for hat materials
should be at the rate of 20 per-‘Cent. In
this suit a refund of the differences-be-
tween the 20 per cent. and, the 50 per
cent duties was demanded. No settle-.
ment was reached and with the advent
of the Harrison administration Mr. W‘s--
namaker renewed hisclaim.
Finally the case reached the United
States SupremeiCmp't, and-by a major-
ity. opinion a decision was rendered in
favor of Mr. Wanamaker. At the tiling],
of the decision duties amounting to
' 1 8,002,130 had been paid, and altogeth-l
"Git; ‘ l _.<fai' a! ..
use . if. Romancing?!
duty amo,__ I .. gt'og25percenti of that
amount. his all told, when sifted
down thoroughly, would amount to
about $15,000,000 in refunds due to ink.
porters. Under the decision of the sat .
preme Court about $5,000,000 of these.
refunds have been paid since February
last. At the New York Custom House,
$1,595,000 have been paid in refunds. A.
Secretary VVindom now directs that
the payments be stopped. In his ofli-
cial letter no reason is given for his de-
cision, but it was learned that the legal
advisers of the Administration ‘have
come to the conclusion that the attor-
neys for the Government made certain
concessions to the importerswhich they
had no right to make. For instance,
the admission by certain attorneys for
the Government thatvgibbons coéldsbe‘
accepted as trimmingsiis not believed
to have been warranted by the statute
governing the duties on manufactures
of silk and ribbons. It is said that Mr.
Miller and his associates will go over
the ground again and will eliminate
the concessions made to importers and
will oppose the new suits which. inevit-
ably must be brought because of the
complication.
There was very general interest atthe
Custom House and among the import-
ers yesterday when the decision of Sec-
retary VVindon-i was made known. All
reliquidations were immediately stop-
ped, and importers who had been look-
ing forward to the refunds were greatly
disappointed.
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1213111.!“ Po ISONED.
Look- Out for A lum Baking Powders.
A special dispatch from _Carrolton,
Ohio, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, states
John Cameron, Wife and four sons,
whose ages run from_ four to twelve,
are lying very low with a mysterious
case of poison. The attending phys1-
Clans claim it was caused by eating a
pudding and biscuits l'rlade With an
alum baking powder.
\Vhy can’t we have, in this state, a law
similar to that ill Minnesota, requiring
every alumn baking powder to be dis-
tinctly labeled , “This Baking Powder
contains Aluin;” then if people wish to
purchase “Alum,” “prize” or other cheap
powders, they do so at their own risk.
COJIBINEI) WEEKLY AND D111 LY.
On Saturday we shall issue the com—
bined edition of our WEEKLY and
DAILY GAZETTE. It will be a ten page
paper and sold for three cents. T 6
Supplement will contain the retail
market reports for the week, the Sun-
day School lesson for Sunday, ascr-
mon and much other appropriate read-
inov. The first page of the WEEKLY
will be filled with the local news up .to
the hour of going to press. The other
seven pages will be filled with general
news, miscellany, agricultural, archi-
and instructive matter.
Advertisements for the WEEKLY
should be sent in on Friday when pos-
sible, and none can be inserted later
than 11 a. m., Saturday. We hope to
have the WEEKLY ready for delivery by
2 o’clock.
Sold by all newsmen and newsboys,
price three cents.
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1..~700 SCHOOL TEACHERS.
.4"- Shake Hands with Mr. and Mrs. Harri-
son at the White House.
VVASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The President
and Mrs. Harrison yesterday shook
hands with fifteen. hundred school
teachers from New York, Brooklyn
and New England cities. The lady vis-
- item were especially charmed with
. Mrs. Harrison” and many murmurs of-
admiration escaped their lips on retir-
ing from the \Vhite House. In the. af-g
ternOon Secretary Tracy, too, had Ia
hand-shaking bee, as several hundred
Brooklyn school mistresses at the Navy
department. The party returned to
New York at night.
South Norwalk.
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11H: HAT MATERIAL FIG-HT coir sf“
During Mr. Magone’s time, John-
Wanamaker, now Postmaster-General,'
.s
ufacturcs of silk and ribbons. - The im-
porters claimed that they should be-
teetural, literary and other interesting _
s ,5 lCONGREGATIoNAL on 17120111
to of the disagreeable weather,
, ,e than disagreeable walking
. ye ".ji‘fi‘ay afternoon, the invitation ex-
tende‘giby Dr. Noble to be present at
the filler and roll call in the chapel
wasv largely responded to. Not-
with aiding the unfavorable weather
the gq‘od doctor’s numerous family
contiflfi’edxto arrive and partake of the
bounty: most generously provided and
a mqfidelightful and social time was
enjoyig, lintil, promptly at 7 o’clock
began’tlie calling of the roll by Mr.
H: BaWigham, many responding in
person, fihile numerous - messages and
I greetiiigs"‘"from-rathose unable to be
preseht' were also made. Several of the
L-a.I,icie,ii,;t§§".‘nhut-in’’ members sent greet-'
rings}? émong them “Aunt Juliette”
Bettajjrho 69 years ago united with the
;chufch§nd who tenderly expreSsed her
love foiimll iu the hymn beginning, “I
Lovejfltlhy Kingdom, Lord.” Another ?
imorefagicient member, Mrs. Rebecca
.Mallony, sent a bountiful message
' of greeting. A letter was read from
Miss . Fl - Julia A. Lockwood,
who, I when nine years of
age, together with the mother of the
Editorfbf. the GAZETTE, became a mem-
ber of- the choir of this church, far
Qbackiii, the early days of this century,
"expressing her regret that she was un-
bid; . be present, and suggesting that
e wills of the hymn, “Blest Be the
Tie‘ll A . Binds,” might not be inappro-
priate; The hymn was then sung.
many. ’gther greetings were also read
from tlibse in town and out of town.
Mr. Percy St. Mead, son of Mr. Mel-
ville EfiMead, sent a number of greet-
ings from Boston, where he is at pres-
ent studying in the School of Technol-
ogy, in charge of Walker, formerly
profesébr in Yale, college; also Dr.
Bridges, who has been obliged to go to
Aikeii,}S. C., on account of illness, but
who sphke of gaining in health and of
his regret in not being with the church
at their gathering, that though absent
"in body he was present in spirit.”
After,,the many addresses had been
read, (Dr. Noble made a short address.
in which he said it might not be known
to all that from our church had gone
isters. He urged that this should in-
cite all to greater zeal and faithfulness
in the work of another year, and that
if: God should spare our lives this hap.
py family reunion and roll call should
be repeated. After a short prayer and
the singing of the Doxology all ad-
journed into the church, where the an-
nual sale of seats was held. The bid-
ding was rapid and few seats remained
unsold. The evening from beginning
to its close was an occasion long to be
remembered and in every way a most
gratifying success.
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i". 31.0. 1.. NOTES.
There will be. a New Year’s service in
the association rooms Sunday after-
noon at 4 o’clock, which will be led by
the general secretary, assisted by the
Devotional committee, and all young
men should attend it. The New Year’s
day decorations will remain in their
place until after this service and all are
invited to come and see them.
The \Vorkcrs’ training class will
meet to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock
for the first lesson in their course on
Personal Work.
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JUSTICE BR0 "’3'.
President Harrison has again turned
to the class of ’56 in Yale and has call-
ed upon Judge Henry B. Brown.
Judge-Brown was a member of this
class, also the late John Mason Brown,
who was considered for the vacancy
caused by Justice Matthew-'5’ death.
It is understood that the other justices
of the court were consulted and warm-
ly recommended Judge Brown, who is
undoubtedly a man of solid, if not bril-
liant attainments. He is in his fifty-
fourth year, and will be the youngest
man on the bench except Associate
Justice Brewer, who is over a year
younger than he is.
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BEAT)! or GEO. B. MIDDLEBROOK
George B. Middlebrook. died Thurs-
day at the residence of his son, at
NGW‘ Canaan, aged 84 years and three
months. He had been in failing health
for a long time, and about a year or so
ago, sustained a paralytic stroke. He
spent the ‘ past winter in Washington
with his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Barbour.
He was born in Wilton, but had resided
in Norwalk, New York and else-
where and had always been an active
and upright business, man. He was
the father of, Mrs. Charles Betts of
Pueblo, formerly Mrs. Joseph Foote.
DEATH 01" GENERAL SPINNER.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 2.'—Gener-
al F. ‘E. Spinner, ex-treasurcr of the
United States, died at 8.30 Wednesday
evening. General Spinner was . born
in 1802. He was an active republican.
from the formation of the party and
was made treasurer during the Lincoln
administration. balding office from
March 16, 1861, to June 30, 1.975.
in German Flats (now Mohawk, N. Y.) '
SOUTH NOR WALK.
John McDonnell was fined $3.00 and
costs for drunkenness, before Judge
Knapp this morning. '
Edward Seymour and Flora B. El-
wood, both of this city, were united in
marriage, on Dec. 27th, at Port Chest-
er, N. Y., Rev. Mr. Wakefield officia-
ting.
The gigantic fog of last night per-
formed the‘kind- act of clearing the ice
off the sidewalks and removing a huge
burden fron the august minds of the
street c’ommitteemen.
Manager Hoyt has booked for J anuo
ary 19th,- .the celebrated Wilson Min-
strels. George Wilson,the proprietor,
is a celebrated minstrel, and was form‘
erly with'Barlow, Primrose & West.
. The bounty claimants will have to
fork over $8 apiece to requite the ser-
vices of certain enterprising persons
who did nothingrin connection with the
matter that the claimants could not
have done for themselves. ‘
H. L. Jacoby, formely with Geo. H.
Bromfield & Co., has been appointed
manager of the Postal Telegraph Com-
pany in this city, through the efforts of
G'. W. Blackwood. Mr. Jaeoby is well
versed in electricity and will make an
efiicient manager. It is said that a pri-
vate wire will soon be strung through
the city, connecting with the borough.
The installation'ot' oflicers for the
current year both of Douglas Fowler
Post, G. A. R., and its faithful and ef-
ficient-auxiliary,the W. R. 0., occurred
last night at their hall in the presence
of a large number of guests. The new
Post officials are: Commander, F. L.
Tuttle; Sen. V. 0., Samuel Mott; Jun.
V. 0., Clark Dickens; Sui-g, James
Stevens; Chan. C. H. Bennett; 0. D.,
Fred. Keating; 0. G.. George Platt;
Adjt., Fred. Arnold: Sci-gt. Maj. C. V.
Arnold; Q. M. Sergt, F. Lassen. The
new officers of the W. R. C. are: Free,
Mrs. F. J. Joyce; Sen. V, P., Mrs. A.
Brown; Jun. V. P., Mrs. Sarah Betta;
Sec, Lizzie Brotherton; Trees, Ida
Merriam; Chap, Mrs. C. Hendricks;
Cond., Annie Rrotherton; Guard, Ra-
chel Hendricks. At the close of the
interesting ceremonies, the ladies of
the Corps loaded two tables running
“eight daughter churches” and 1.7.an 4,9,qu the entire lr-nn-th 0,. the large
hall with a great variety of seasonable
eatables, and all present who desired
sat down to the feast of good things
and unanimously voted it the greatest
success of the year. V'
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AN 0st U.-i LL)’ 1mm: WINTER.
Levi Beebe of Barrington, Mass, in
response to a request from Waterbury
ice dealers, who have great faith in his
predictions, has sent his forecast of the
weather for the next few months. He
says this will be an unusually hard
winter. Ice will be abundant and the
snow in New England will be deep,
coming on about January 1 and lasting
until late in the spring, giving parts of
Connecticut and Massachusetts about
ninety days of sleighing. There will
be much more snow in both these states
than for five years previous and the
entire New England coast will see snow
two feet deep before February 1. The
winter will be more severe on account
of the high winds. The mercury will
often go below zero. Shipping on the
Atlantic coast will be greatly imperiled
and steamsliips coming from Europe
will be especially endangered as they
approach them: slmres. The waves will
run higher than they have in many de-
cades.
1'11 051-: .‘VAMELESS BA “.0135.
Th? esteemed Courant is informed
from trustworthy sources that in the
following towns for a certainty (beside
a good many others not yet positively
stated) the democratic ballots were
printed with no name'of any candidate
in the judge of probate place. The
towns and their votes are as follows :
Town. Votes for Morris.
Bedding 128
Weston ’79
Westport 353
Canaan 98
Sharon 2’0
Total in five towns 928
This is worth the immediate attention
of the democrats who are so earnest
now to have the ballot boxes opened
and the illegal ballots everywhere
thrown out. ’ _
Colonel cm... 11. Ferris Dead.
Colonel Ferris died on Wednesday
at his home on the old Westport
road. He has long been in poor health,
but wasnot thought seriously ill until
quite recently. Colonel Ferris came to
Nerwalk ‘several years ago from Salem,
N. Y., where he had been for many
years a justice of the peace. He has,
been a prominent character throughout
his long and eventful life.
STANLEY LECTURE
Henry M. Stanley is to lecture at the
Town Hall, Stamford, Friday evening,
January 23d, at 8 o’clock. Reserved ~
seats are now selling at $2 each, and a
large audience of Stamford’s best peo-
ple is anticipated.
great impartiality.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Election Bu! Diactmion.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 2.——The aiL
ternoon session of the Senate yesterday
was given up to a discussion of the
Elections bill. Mr. George of Missis-
sippi spoke for four hours against the:
bill.
He got along pretty well until he at-
tempted to compare the constitution of
Mississippi with those of Connecticut-
and Vermont to the disparagement of
the latter. 'Then it was that the St.
Jerome of the Senate and the old war-
rior from the Nutmeg state, turned
upon the Missiissippiaii, , (l‘reneral Have
ley had sat for a half-hour listening to
a mass of misstatements concerning the
qualifications of voters in Connecticut.
In the midst of a savage attack upon
the constitution of Connecticut, George
was interrupted by General Hawle'v.
who said:
“The senator has become so accus-
tomed to the habit of slavcholders
alone voting in the South that he
seems to be ignorant of what the term
freeman means. (’Lalightei‘.) He
lcharges that none but freemen can
vote in New England. Well, the term
freeman with us is synonymous with
voter: it excludes no citizen from vot-
iiivr.”
Mr. George finally dropped the free-.—
man argument and gave his attention
to the state law, whereby, unless a
Connecticut governor is elected by a
majority over all, the legislature
chooses that oflicer.
“This bill provides that. elections
shall be decided by a majority of the
people of Connecticut as well as Missis-
sippi, ”but said Gen. Hawley: “Wouldn’t
that seem strange in your state?”
Senator George then turned toward
Senator Edmunds and tried to crush
the constitution of Vermont, as he had
hoped to smash that of Connecticut,
but the Green Mountain statesman did
his antagonist up in short ordo-r.
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The (Hailed States Gal-cranium! and {r'e‘fi‘v-
"wily Contract for M.
Mr. Sancho, the director of the posts
and telegraphs of the German ennui-e,
and Captain Brooks, smierintendent of
foreign mails of the post office depart-
ment, have concluded with the approv-
al of the postmaster general, an infor—
mal agreement for the establishment
of a sea postoifice service on all vessels
of the German lines playing between
New York and Breman and Hamburg. '
The agreement has been forwarded for
approval. It provides that each gov—
ernment shall furnish a postal clerk for
service on each vessel whose duty it
shall be to assert all mails passing be.—
tween the two countries have already
been made whereby accommodations
for the clerks and space for asserting
the mails have been secured, the e:-
pense for the same to be divided equal;
1y between the two countries. Th
new arrangement will go into effect on
April 1 on vessels leaving German ports
on that date and on April 15 on out—
bound vessels from New York. Capt.
Brooks expressed the belief that by
the new arrangement the delivery of
mails to addresses both in this country
and Germany will be so expedited that
the scheme will ultimately be adopted
on all trans-Atlantic steamers.
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A Question rb'i- lien Who nice.
The clever woman is out again with
another conundrum. “Why,” she says,
“do you men when a. woman is standing in
a car blush and look unhappy if you get
up after a painful pause and offer her your
seat. And why do you blush furiously
and long if she politely declines the seat?
Nine times out of ten when this does hap-
pen (I admit that womcn do not often do-
cline to take a man’s seat) she has only a
short distance to ride or is not tired and
has no objections to standing when she '
might deprive some tired man of his seat.
She does not decline it because she is in— _
dignant. Besides a woman appears to bet-
ter advantage in a car when she is stand
ing than a man. She rests easily and com—
fortably on her feet, looks composed and is
patient Your man hangs to his strap,
twists and turns as he watches for a seat
into which he may dive and wears a grieved
expression as if all the world were wrong-
ing hiui. \Vhy is this?” “Thy is it if it. .
be. soil—New York Tribune. ' , '
d! ‘0‘ . - b . _._ .
Which ’Was Aheiid'.‘
A young Augusta financier who had-a
job of grinding on an old hand mill distin-
guished himself the other day by offering
to let another boy turn the crank for him
an hour if he would give him twenty-five
cents. After boy No. ‘3 had about half fin— -
ished the job he concluded he was getting.
too much for his money, and flatly refused»
to finish it or pay the quarter r for the fun"
he had had. Both boys will get on, but
which will get on top?-‘—Lewiston Journal.
- 'rlie ‘Gmt' ‘Geyser officials].
’11: Iceland, the water of thegreat geyser .
holds a. considerable quanty of flint or.
silica in solution. Bya most curious pro~'
cessfof evaporation this silica, as shown by,
Bunsen, has been so depositedas to enable"
whatwasatflrsta simple spflngtobufld=
up, gradually. the wonderful tube of the: '
geyser, which is seventy-tour feet deep and! -
unfeetacmss, with a smoothbasinsixtyl .,
test Wide“ at the top—Youthfs. Com” palm 1 .
0n the plantation of Capt. John L. Mat-r.
pin, near Washington, Ga, there' Ina pine?
tree that bears acorns and pine cones with!
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