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N ORWALK, CONN., Surgeon,- JANUARY 17, 1891.
NUMBER 3.
Special Notice.
OUR COMBINED DAILY AND WEEKLY
‘ TO-DAY.
This first page, of to-day’s GAZETTE, gives all
the local and general news of to-day up to 2 p-
m., and constitutes what regularly appears in
each day’s DAILY. In addition to the above,
we give our usual weekly correspondence from
near-by towns, editorials, general news of the
world, miscellany, literature, etc. In our sup.
Moment, (which goes with the WEEKLY,) we
give New York retail market reports, Sunday-
school lessons, sermon and other Sunday read-
ing. We make these detailed explanationsfor
the reason that many of our patrons do not
seem to understand the DAILY and WEEKLY
“combination” on Saturday. It will become
fully understood and appreciated, we are con-
fident, as this “combine” becomes better un-
‘derstood. Price of DAiLr, from Monday to
Friday inclusive, one cent. Price of WEEKLY
and DAILY combined, 3 cents.
V Non-mkam.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, ism.-w
LOCAL ITEMS.
Stamford com—Fades will attend Bro.
'Staab’s funeral to-morrow.
Mrs..W K. Lewis has returned from
her visit to New Jersey.
Supt. W. R. Bunnell of the electric
light station is visiting at his old home
in Elizabeth. N. J.
The old yarn of a consolidation of
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford with the New England road is
abroad again. ____fl__ ,
The Norwalk Columbian association,
a new club, was organized last week,
and will hold regular meetings in room
number 8, GAZETTE building.
Capt. Benjamin E. Brown of the
New Haven Grays has yielded to the
unanimous request of all the members
and officers and withdraws his resigna-
tion recently given.
Mrs. E. P. Weed has notified the
Norwalk club that they must vacate
the premises they now occupy by April
1 st. —-{Sentinel.
" ‘And thereby hangs a tale.”
The quartette choir at the funeral of
Conrad Staab, to-morrow, will be Miss
Lena Taylor. Mrs. Huntington, E. E.
Crowe and... Everett Noyes. William
Clarke, 10f Stamford, will act as or-
ganist. WWW..-”
A. H. Byington has factorized the
claim of B. J. Sturges against the town
of Norwalk.——Sentinel. '
No, he hasn’t, but is informed that
his much sharper attorney, who claims
to better know the “critter,” have.
' Brother Dwyer’s band is to be named
“The City of Norwalk Banc , ” in honor
of the inevitable consolidation of all
sects and sections of our beautiful town
‘into one grand harmonious municipal-
ity.
J. Belden Hurlbutt was before the elec-
tions committee of the House at Hart-
ford yesterday, as counsel for Mr. Chi-
chester of Wilton, in the seat contest
of Chiehester vs Merwin, a full report
of which is elsewhere.
——Auhueser-Busch beer bottled for
familyuse—Goldschmidt7s, 18 Water St-
The charter which Willimantic will
present to the General Assembly to
become a city has been indorsed by
the court of burgesses and a committee
has been appointed to look out for its
interests in the present session.
The Hartford theological seminary
' was offered a department of physical
culture some time ago by Gen. Charles
. T. Hillyer, and the semi-annual meet-
ing of the trustees Wednesday accept-
ed the gift. Dr. M. Storrs of Hartford
has been appointed instructor and the
ectures will begin next week.
Congressman Miles has been request—
ed to have a post-office established at
Hurlbutt street, Wilton.
Methodist Church—Services to-mor-
row at the usual hours, 10:30 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Morning subject : God’s
Image and Man’s Dominion. The ser4
mon which was to have been delivered
last Sunday evening, but was deferred
by reason of the storm, will be deliv-
ered to-morrow evening. Subject :
Euchre, West Avenue and Heaven.
Good music and a welcome for all.
eAnheuser-Busch lager on tap at R.
Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water street.
Walter Leigh, who is renowned for
being one of the loudest talking demo-
cratic politicians in New Haven, is cred-
ited with having told Senator Foster
that $25,000 would secure the election
of Mayor Joseph B. Sargent of that
city to the United States senatorship in
place of Hon. Orville H. Platt the pres-
ent and future incumbent of that office.
Mr. Leigh should look out cautiously
and keep clear of the heavy club of the
fool-killer. ' _ . ,
Strug 1e toughens the mind, until
ly-andégy we do not mind theatruggle
on need not toughen the ‘body y a
struggle with a cough when you have
Dr. ull’s Cough Syrup. ’ .
,highest regard of his colleagues.
(Mead is not a great-speaker, but his
level, practical, business ideas, made
The funeral of Conrad Staab who
died Thursday noon, will be held'from
St.Paul’s church, at 2 p. m., on Sun-
day. There will be in attendance the
Thomas Wildey Canton, Patriarchs
Militant, I. O. O. F, of Stamford; also
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F., of
Norwalk. Heine’s band, of which de-
ceased was i‘ -rmerly a member, will be
present and discourse funeral ,dirges,
and the prospwct is that poor Conrad’s
funeral will bu one of the largest dem-
onstrations ever held in this town.
—Sparerib 10 cts. a pound, at Lyon’s
market, No. 6. Water street.
At Christmas time, P. C. Cummings
visited his son, Sherwood, at Norwalk.
In the hat shop where Sherwood is em-
plo' ed they use a straw or grass bread
which comes from China. One day
Sherwood found some small, round,
black seeds among the braid and he
gave them to his father and asked him
to plant them when he returned home.
Mr. Cummin s planted the seeds Jan,
1, in a. small ower jar which stands on
the window sill in his room. Withln
11 days from the time the seeds were
planted the jar was full of two-leaved
plants, six inches high. The plants are
quite a curiosity not only on account
' of their rapid growth but also because
no one yet knows what variety of plant,
shrub or tree they will prove to be.
Perhaps this plant will soon begin to
sing “M name Ah Sin, come flom
China.”—[Canaan News.
—_Coal at John H. Ferris’, $5 a ton,
delivered. All sizes, Egg, Stove and
Nut. 1w
om: SEXA TORS
From the Hartford Post’s legislative
supplement we take the following
notices of the senators from the Far-
field county district.
District No. 12~Benjamin P. Mead
of New Canaan, again elected by the
voters of the 12th Senatorial district, is
a republican with a record to be proud
of. For fifteen times he has been
before the people as a candidate for
their sum-ages, and every time he has
been elected. He served as-town clerk
of the town of New Canaan, and as a
selectman for seven consecutive years.
Two years ago he was elected senator
from the Twelth district, and his sound
sense and keen judgment while a mem-
ber of the senate, won for him the
Mr.
him a very valuable member of the
senate. He was born in Bridgeport,
Sept. 20, 1847, and educated in the
academy. He served in the house of
1883, and was successful in securing the
passage of five bills that he introduced.
One was of more than'usual importance,
being a bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor and gambling on agricultural
fair grounds. He was also inthehouse
in 1887, serving as chairman of the com-
mittee on fisheries before which there
were many important measures. He is
a merchant.
District No. 13—~John S. Seymour of
Norwalk, the senator from the Thir-
teenth district, is a democrat of the
tariff reform, Grover Cleveland type.
He was elected upon the declaration
for an inland railroad through the
southern part of the state from east to
west to be built by any responsible
company, or by the Consolidated road,
or if both these methods of getting it
are impossible, then by the state. Mr.
Seymour is a lawyer and has practiced
in Norwalk ever since his graduation
from the Yale law school in 1878. He
graduated from Yale College (academic)
in 1875. He was born at Whiting’s-
Point, New York, Sept. 28, 1848. He
has occupied many local offices and
others of aprofessional character. Mr.
Seymour was a delegate to the last
state convention in charge of Hon.
James \V. Hyatt’s canvass for governor
and acted on the committee on platform
and resolutions.
——Save one-third living expenses by
buying your meats and vegetables at
Lyon’s market, No. 6 Water street.
Lisi ofI’atents.
List of Patents issued from the U. S. Patent
Office, January 13th,;1891. for the State of
Connecticut. furnished us from the office of
EAan & Samoan, Solicitors of Patents. 868
,Chapel Street, New Haven.
W. A. Anthon , Manchester. electric motor.
N. E. Austin, anhury, drill chuck.
A. Bannytine, assrgnor to Waterbury Clock
00., clock pinion. .
C. M. Burgess, assr or to Russell & Erwin
Co., New Britam. kno shank
G. M. Clark, Higganum. disk harrow.
E. E. Clausen assignor to H. _H. Walker.
trustee, Hartford. fiaper bag machine.
_E. Hill South orwalk, stuffing box for
piston r0 3. - _
H..K. J ones. Hartford, assrgnor to Russell &
Ermefg. 00:. New Britain, die for swaging
the pomts of gimlet pomted screws. .
W. A. Lorenz. Hartford, assignor to A. H.
Walker, trustee. pa er bag machine.
Same an E. E. C aussen, assignor to A. H.
Walker, trustee, paper bag mac me. _
J. C. Shull, asslgnor 1-2 to A. H. Jones, Meri-
den, hose coughing.
E. J. Toof', ew Haven, attachment holder
for sewmg machines.
‘ tickle-it’s Arhica Salve. .
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains-
corns, and all skin eruptions, and pOSi.
tn 1. no pay required
It is guaranteed to «five perfect satis-
faction or mone refunded. Price 25
cents per box. or sale by H. R. Hale.
"i
Wilton’s Representatirl.
Remarkable Animus of Henry 3.
Stages. ' , =
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The Chichester-Merwin Contested -
tion Case Depends on the “ For ’?‘_
Ballots.
The hearing yesterday afternoon b6»;
fore the House committee on contested 2
elections at the capitol was principally
of interest because of' two affidavits
from the same man, submitted, the
first by the democratic and the second
by the republican counsel. ,
The case itself stands practically just
where it was before the hearing. The
whole thing turns on the disposition to
be made of the “for” ballots. The
originallreturn of the moderator :'
Wilton, which was before the commit—
tee yesterday, showed that 176 votes
were cast for Henry E. Chichester, the
republican candidate for representa-
tive, and 175 votes for Augustus W
Merwin, the'democratic candidate. '-All
the ballots cast for Mr. Chichester
were "for” ballots, that is they lite-adtu
For Representative, .
Henry E. Chichester. ;,
All these ballots were rejected for
having “excessive words” and the re»
sult left Mr. Merwin the winning can-
didate, according to the decision of
the moderator. 1‘ ,
It will be remembered thatMr. Mer-
win wrote to Governor Bulkeley after
the election, saying that he' did not
wish to take the office on a technicality
when his opponent really had a major-
ity of the votes cast. This, he said
later, he intended to be a resignation
of his office. But he appeared in the
legislature, nevertheless, and made a
statement in which he said that he had
been advised, since writing the letter,
that enough votes had been corruptly
secured for his opponent to more than
offset the majority of one in the latter’s
favor if all the ‘ ‘for” votes were counted _'._
and, since his letter had no legal effect
in taking“ away his seat, he would stand
on his rights and take the,.oflice. ,1,»
In a statement yesterday; beats ”the
committee by Frank E. Hyde, attor-
ney for Mr. Merwin, an affidavit was
produced from Henry B. Sturges, of
Wilton, in which the latter declared
under oath that he had started for the
polls on the day of the election; that
he had it in mind when he started, to
vote for Mr. Merwin, the democratic
candidate; that near the town hall 'he
was approached by Charles S. Ambler,
of the town of \Vilton, who offered him
the sum of $5 if he would vote for Mr.
Chichester, the republican candidate;
that he did vote for Mr. Chichester,
and that he received the sum of $5 on
the same day.
Mr. Hyde said that if the committee
would give him time he could offer sim-
ilar affidavits from several other per-
sons, which would show more than
enough votes thus corruptly secured to
invalidate the election-of Mr. Chiches-
ter, even if the “for” ballots were ’al-
lowed. This was sufficient, however,
to destroy the majority of one for Mr.
Chichester, on the assumption that the
“for” ballots would be counted.
Mr. Hyde had no sooner taken his
seat when J. Belden Hurlbutt of Nor-
walk, one of Mr. Chichester’s lawyers,
arose to read a second affidavit from
this same Henry B. Sturges. In this
second statement, under oath, Mr.
Sturges declared that he had sworn
falsely in his former affidavit; that the
statement contained therein to the ef-
fect that he had been bribed by Charles
S. Ambler for the sum of $5 was false ;
that before he made the original affida-
vit he had been treated by certain per-
sons with spirituous liquors until,-al-
though not drunk, he was in such a
frame of mind that he was induced=to
make by affidavit certain statements
that he now declared to be false; that
furthermore, he had been paid $10 for
making the original affidavit.
Mr. Hurlbutt then produced an affi-
davit from Charles S. Ambler, inwhich
he denied in toto the statement made
by Sturges in his original affidavit that
he (Ambler) had bribed Sturges to vote
the republican ticket. ‘
At the hearing yesterday the counsel
for Mr. Chichester were George P. Mc-
Lean and Austin Brainard of Hartford,
and J. Belden Hurlbutt of Norwalk,
Frank E. Hyde represented ‘Mr. Mer-
win.‘ All waived any discussion or the
legality of the “for” ballots, whichhad
been so widely treated by able attor-
neys and in the columns of the public
press. Mr. Mc Lean, however, called
attention to the fact that the House had
already qualified seven members, six. _
democrats and one republican, who had
been elected. by the “for” ”ballots, and
that consistency required the qualifica-
tion of Mr. Chichester;
' Affidavits were submitted from three
counters, two republicans and one pro-
hibitionist, containing a sample “for”
ballot, similar to which, they, claimed,
were all the ballots for Mr. Chichester.
Despite the testimony as to bribery,
both sides admit that the whole ques-
tion hinges on the construction to be
put on the “for” ballots.
After taking a short executive ses-
sion the committee adjourned. '
U r. .11. c. .itvwonrs.
Let every young man plan to attend
the song service to-morrow afternoon at
4 o’clock, for it will be a service of un—
usual interest. Mr. A. Ladner, the as.
sistant state Secretary of Conn., will de-
liver an address at this service, upon the
subject, 'fA PhilistinesuAdvice, and no
one should fail to hear him. The Asso-
ciation Orchestra will have charge of
the music.
The Workers’ Training Class will meet
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. and
the lesson will be the same as that ar-
ranged for last Sunday.
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—Auheuser-Busch lager on tap at R.
Goldschmldt’s, 18 “later street.
Congregational. Ch m-ch .
The eighteenth annual anniversary
meeting of the Ladies’ Association was
held at the chapel yesterday afternoon.
. Reports were read of the various ”work
that had been accomplished during the
past year, and a very interesting letter
was read from the Rev. Frederick Cur-
ltis,.of Japan, giving an account of his
labors in that distant country. A beau-
tiful selection was read by Miss Fannie
Stanley, followed by the singing of a
piece entitled “The Reapers,” which
was pleasingly rendered by several
young ladies of the church. Miss Fan-
chon, who has been appointed Dean of
the “Constantinople" College,” was
present and addressed the ladies.
She gave an account of the working of
this college in a charming and most
interesting way, and spoke of the good
accomplished .through its influence.
There were many present who will not
soon forget the words of this noble
Christian woman from that far off land
of Turkey.
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SCIENCE AIDS H 0 USE WI 1'): S.
Good Work by Food. Counuissions.
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‘ The Shientific American, in a recent.
issue, published an exhaustive article
on baking powders, the liberal extracts
from which given below will be of
especial interest to housewives. After
pointing out that the adulterants com-
monly used in‘ baking powders are
ammonia and slum and giving the tes-
timony showing the injurious effects of
ammonia, the Scientific American says:
“In the face of such testimony, quan-
tities of ammonia are used, one com-
pany, it is estimated, us1ng every year
in the manufacture of their baking
powder two hundred and fifty .thousan
(250,000) pounds. It is a common right
of the people to know what food com-
pounds contain. There is, however,
no law to that effect at present, and for
the: protection of the_ public we have
compiled a 11st of baking powders con-
tainina ammonia and alum, from five
officialreports, viz : Unlted States De-
partment of _Agr1culture, Bulletin No.
13; Ohio Dairy and Food Commission,
New Jersey Dairy Commission, and the
Massachusetts State Board of Health.
It is a list worth preserving. ”
AMMONIA AND ALUM BAKING POWEER.
Compiled from Official Reports.
Powders marked With a star seem to
have a general sale, as they are men-
tioned in at least two of the official re-
ports. .'
(Those most prominently sold in this
State are here given).
Aunt Sally, Hygenic,
Brooks A: McGeorge. International.
Burnett’s Perfect, "Kenton,
Capitol, . Lincoln,
Centennial, London,
Coral, Miles.
Cottage New Era.
Crown. Old Colony,
Crystal, One Spoon,
Daisy. Oriole.
’Davis 0. K. ’Patapsco,
Dooley’s, Perfection.
Dr _ Yeast. Peerless,
Ec 1pse, Purity,
Empirex j'Royal,
Enterprise, Silver S oon.
Eureka, _ “Silver . tar,
Feather Weight. Sovereign,
Fleur de.Lis, State
Forest City, Standard,
Gem, _ Sterling,
Geo. Washington. Washington.
gzolden Sheaf, Welcome,
, Eeqkela White Star,
Higgins, Windsor.
“One prominent powder is reported
by all authorities as free from any.-
thing that could be considerd an adul-
terant. Cleveland’s Baking Powder is
reported as a pure cream of tartar pow-
der, yielding a large amount of carbon-
10 acid gas. On this latter factor de-
pends its sirength, or leavening power.
According to the four authoritles men-
tioned, Cleveland’s powder gives the
followmg percentage of carbonic acid
gas: Ohio, 12'80 per cent. ; New Jersey,
13'57 per cent; United States, 12'58per
cent.; Canada, 12'57 per cent.; whichis
an average of 12'87 per cent., a high
average, equaled by no other cream” of
tartar powder examined.”
“Allthings considered, it may fairly
be said that Cleveland’s Baking Pow-
makes the best showing in the reports
of these four authorities. ‘ Its absolute
freedom from anything in the nature
of an adulterant cannot be too strongly
emphasized.”
7-Miss Ina W. Overton, a recent
graduate of the Merrill Business Col-
lege, Stamford, has just been accepted
to fill afine position with a law firm in
Riverhead, L. I. ~ Amer
. SO UTIf-NOR WALK
Three candidates were initiated in
Old Well Lodge, F. and A. M., Thurs-
day night.
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Mr. Andrew Thompson and family
are spending thewinter months in New
York city.
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The epidemic of marriage has broken
out afresh. Two of the young ladies,
of the hat- shop have led the van and
there are more to follow.
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The movement of local freights by
the Housatonic Co. is quite lively, and
the presnt indications point to an unu-
sually heavy business during the com-
ing season.
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The meeting of the Gospel Temper-
to-morrow afternoon, is to be of unu-
sual interest. Speakers from out of
town have been invited.
The U. G. T. R.A. meeting last‘ even-
ing was well attended and the exercises
were unusually interesting. Evidently
the new board of officials mean busi-
ness and are determined to transact it.
-x- -:+ as
Frank Becker’s lost dog found him-
self and returned home. He is now
incarcerated in a dismal dungeon un-
der the barn to prevent him from hop-
ping up street and scaring John Olden-
schlager’s wooden Indian.
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The new double building belonging
to \V. C. Jesse, near Germania Hall,
is the handsomest structure yet erected
in that vicinity, and it is hOped that
future builders will do likewise instead
of constructing any more diminutive
and unsightly rookeries in that neigh-
borhood.
Some three or four hundred skaters
disported themselves on the pond near
the east end of the carriage bridge last
night. The water there is only about
a foot'deep and is now frozen from top
to bottom, which precludes the possibil-
ity of breaking through and finding a
watery grave.
It now appears that Steeple Jones did
not climb the flag pole yesterday morn-
ing after all. His spunk weakened at
the last moment, and he delegated the
job to a valiant substitute. Mr. Jones
says he is now too old to monkey with
any more J ack-and-thebeanstalk en-
terprises.
Some of the bounty beneficiaries, we
regret to state, are “blowing in” their
wealth at a lively rate, neglecting their
work and their families, and utterly
forgetful of the fact that such a policy
is quite likely to bring them to the
poor house, provided they live long
enough to get there. Such men are not
worthy of admission to the Soldiers’
Home, and it would be a good thing if
a law were enacted debarring them ref-
uge therein.
Charlie Rogers was presented with a
new hat by admiring friends yesterday
as a recognition of his faithfulness in
wearing his last previous one during the
past thirteen years. Arrayed in all the
glory of the new head-gear, Charlie
“took in” the dance at Music Hall and
was the most conspicuous figure in the
gallery. He was also'adorned with a
big flashy-colored sash, a gift of the
shop ladies, which he had wound about
his person in every conceivable direc-
tion from his head to his heels—
The ladies of the trimming room of
J. C. \Vilson & Co’s. hat factory gave
an enjoyable dance at Music Hall, last
evening. Under the sweet strains of
music from Smythe’s orchestra, the
merry party danced until early this
morning. During the intermission a
bountiful spread, which had been pro-
vided by the ladies, was served. The
success of the evening’s pleasure wasin
a great measure due to the skilful
management of Miss Nellie Partrick,
chairman of committee, and floor
manager James Blake, who filled their
positions admirably. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs. John
Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Bucknam, Mr. and
Mrs. LeRoy Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Grumman, Mr. and Mrs. John Brum-
mer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Stevens, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Pelton, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Way, Mr. and Mrs. Dauchy, Mr. and
Mrs. Gould Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hardy, Mr. and
Mrs. J .,|K. Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Beecher, Mrs.
Susie Caney, Mrs. and Miss Sterling,
Mrs. Many, Mrs. Lounsbury, Mrs. A.
Coley, Grace Force, Lena White, Bes-
sie Pelton, Edith Harris, Kitty Moore,
Carrie Simonds, Amelia Matheis, Eva
Richards, Minnie Taylor, Annie Gor-
ham, Mena Ambler, Carrie Taylor,
Meta. Adams, Minnie Bettinger, Lillie
Tooker, ‘Mary Heine, Lillian Partrick,
Alice Griffin, Dolly Seymour, ’ Mary
lDreyfussfiKate Balser, Nellie Berry.
ance society at their hall on the ’bridge
Alice Christenson, Agnes Strang. J en-
nie Reynolds, Grace Bailey. Rose
Flynn, Frankie Bucknam, Mary Leib,
Annie Hartford, Alice Griffin; Messrs.
John C. Wilson, Seymour, Dreyfuss,
Hoyt, Merritt, Coley, McChesney,
Flynn, Wehle, G. Pelton, Spemllove,
R, Pierson, Sr.. Davis, Donovan, ,Wil-
cox, Northrop, Hunt, Farrell. l triflin.
Jennings, Knapp. Goodwin, Board.
Whitney, Remington. Sullivan. (fihi.
chestcr, Pomeroy, Smith. Keyworth, ‘
R. Pierson, Jr., Pierce. Ashworth.
Allen, and Nelson Meserve. Out of
town was represented by Messrs. Rob-
inson. Olmstead and Malling, Stamford -'
and C. H. Velie of Danbury.
CO.
CnnnecticutPtessTelegrams.
Hartford. Jan. 17. -~ Tired-M's
sent. to day to all Republican members .
of the House and Senate to meet in tin-
Senate chamber Monday evening. The
circular says matters of importer ce are
to be considered which are of interest
to every member of the party. It then
calls to the attention of members that
on Tuesday each house will vote by roll
call on the election of a United States
Senator. The Dem-)crats of both
houses will meet on Monday evening in
the Supreme Court Mom to nominatea
candidate for United States Senator.
The name of err-Congressman Carlos
French is most prominently mentioned.
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“all.“
The Courant knows about that offer
of the Senate democrats to comprom-
ise by letting out Judge Morris from
the farce. What we have said on the
subject may be depended on. and we
have nothing to take back. The Times
professes to know, what was said at the
. conference in the governor’s room; but
the Courant does know. That is the
difference.
The Hartford Times’ criticism on
Governor Bulkeley for hiSrcourse at
the capitol last Tuesday is altogether
unfair. The governor stood not only
for his own self-respect but for the
good name of Connecticut, and public
sentiment sustained him regardless of
party.—[Courant.
Eli Manchester has been appointed
trustee of the insolvent estate of Henry
.L. Hill a 00., the ‘ bankers of New
Haven. who recently assigned. He
gave abond of $10.),000.
BASE BA LL WA It ENIIE I).
The Players Base Ball League
has been absorbed by the other two
associations, the National League and
the American Association, and a board
of three has been appointed to control
the workings of the association.
Other important changes have been
made all looking to the establishment
of harmonious relations.
Fire on (lollender's Point.
About six o’clock Friday morning
one of the large barns belonging toa
summer cottager on Collender’s Point.
was entirely destroyed by fire. It was
filled with carriages and other stable
furnishings, most of which were saved.
A quantity of hay was burned.
Assembly/man Demon-est ome-kland 4‘0. X.
1'. G nifty of Forgery.
Nyack, N. Y. Jan. 17.~The demo-
crats in this vicinity, and in fact
throughout the state, are greatly .ex-
cited over the arrest of Frank P. Demo-
rest the democratic member of assem-
bly for the Rockland county district
for forgery. This is now his third term
and he is also a promising young law-
yer of 38 years. As such he has been
counsel for the Riverfiteamboat Com—
pany and has been in the habit of set—
tling their taxes with the town collec-
tor. The true bill as rendered by him
was $690.84, and Demorest raised it to
$1,145.34. He also settled two other
bills, and in all he pocketed $1,816.98.
When his dishonesty was exposed he
settled up and is now at large on his
own recognizance. The tax collector
has expressed his determination to
prosecute Demorest.
News from Albany is to the effect
that Gov. Hill can hardly believe 'that
Demorest is guilty.. It is also said that
Mr. Gunther, democratic member
from Erie county is very low and may
not recover. This causes anxiety
among the democrats because ofthe
coming senatorial election and they
fear that the republicans may carry off
the prize after all. It is not likely that
any trouble will be made for Demorest
until after the senatorial election, and
he does not stay at his home for-fear-of
arrest.
Nine Persons Killed.
Girard, Iowa, Jan. 1.7. ——A passenger
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad collided with a freight
train near this city last night, and nine
persons are reported killed and three
fatally injured. Caused by failure of
an operator to deliver an order.
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——Anheuser-Bu;c_h Vbeer bottled- for
family use -—Goldschmidt’s,18 Water St ,1
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