,nf-mrs‘rKk—‘L‘N-Zw z. «3“,. “?777"-':.";FI«‘27" .:-.4M_._1-”‘ _\ .- , ”15:" > it ' work entrusted to him will be satisfactorily - competent maker. Founded in 1800.] . .472. Entertaining and Instinctive Home J oarnal, Especially D evotecl to Local News and Interests. VOL. Ken—No. .1 6. The Daily Gazette :3 issues were week-day at 3 P. M... at ONE cam: run corv. I’M Cheapest Rates for Advertising. and ‘ rm; monsr cmcurnrios. The Weekly Gaaette. [Combined with Friday's Dailv.l .‘s issued. every Friday at Noon. at in? J or's'rs can com. on $1.00 PER rm 1:. ' ii‘he Daily and Weekly. Sewer! to Local Subscribers «11 ran cafvrs run WEEK. 0R $4.00 Par. run. A. H. Brmo'ron. Proprietor- JOB PRINTING. MB. HARRY M. Gannxnn. JR“ formerly of New York City. is the superintendent of our Printing Departments. He is an experienced Book. .101) and Newspaper Printer. and all done. Special care and attention given to Chl'RCll AND SOCIETY PRINTING. a: For the accommodation oj’ou-r patrons, the business office of the Daily Gazette will be open every evening from. 7 till 9 p. m. Another Reservoir Must be Built. Our Water Commissioners are fully of the opinion that the construction of another water storage reservoir is imperatively required. That already apprehension is felt that the Borough is sure to have another water famine this summer, unless the season shall prove an unusually wet one, and that the work on a new storage basin can- not be too soon determined on and the work of its construction commenced. It is the purpose of the Water Com- ~missioners to have a Borough meeting called within a short time and the Whole ease presented to our citizens. The fact that our consumption of water is more than double what it was when our present storage reservoirs were constructed, and that this consumption is steadily on the increase, makes the matter one of imminent importance to every citizen of the Borough. The unfortunate use of the sheet ironand cement covered mains 'has been and will continue to be sources of frequent, spasmodic, but in the aggregate of enormous waste, while the soaking into the earth and evaporation of the water stored at the upper, or Hoyt reservoir, as it runs its long course down to our main reservoir, render less than half the contents of that small basin available for use. Both reservoirs too, are now so filled with earth washings from the hills and streams running in to them, as to di- minish to a large degree their former capacities for storage and supply, and our engineer is of opinion that it would cost nearly, or quite as much, to remove this deposit in the beds of . our two reservoirs as it' will to construct a new one, which shall be of greater ca- pacity than the two now in use. There are several available locations for the constructionof such a new reservoir, but the one most in favor by the en- gineer and the Water Commissioners is the valley just above the upper end of the present Grupe Pond. Here a reservoir can be constructed to hold all the water likely to be required by us, for the next fifteen or twenty years and at a very reasonable cost. But all these details will be given at the gen’ eral Borough meeting at which the matter is to be submitted for action. A new storage reservoir would seem to be imperatively needed anda matter of immediate necessity, andif it is to be built, it is evident it cannot be done too quickly. Something New for Bridgeport. ——Messrs. W. B. Hall & Co., ever on the alert to serve the public faithfully, have taken another step in advance. It will interest every lady in Bridge- port to learn that the firm have just opened acustom fur and seal depart- ment in connection with their business, under the direction of a thoroughly 'l'hey propose to make seal garments to order from skins they will carry in stock and also give special attention to repairing seal garments on the premises. In the manufacturing of seal gar- ments in their own establishment the firm take a step in advance, as there is no house in the state as yet who have made such a departure. The advan- tages of the new business must appear obvxous to everybody. Ladies can select their own seal for and secure the same advanta es in the way of price that the New ork maker enjoys. Hurry Up the Park. The merchants of Wall and Main streets are very anxious for the com- plotion of George Clarke’snew N orwalk Park. Their anxiety is all occasioned by the fact that :‘ Mose” Glover and John Riggs have just purchased two of Gregory Bros.’ new Victor bicycles with expanded tires, and have chal- ienged each other for a 50-mile race on the new track for a purse -of $4. . It has been agreed by. the two. bicyclists that they shall faithfully tram for the event. and that Riggs shall stop whistling, go home early nights and furnish the sponges,~ luster and vase- line for the event, w 11c “ Mose” Will furnish the training Shoes and leather seats. for their racing-trunks. - of this kind. . TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES. Business places will be generally closed to-morrow. . . —Miss Stevens’ school will reopen Monday, the 24th. 16-2t Mitchell’s Hat and Furnishing store will be closed to-morrow. Superintendent Hoyt of the Town Farm is not so wellto-day. A defalcation of $32,000 was discov- ered yesterday in the United States National Bank. \Our lady. readers should read the new advertisement of Scofield 6t Hoyt in tOvday’s issue. Stamford has twenty-five signers to a muster-roll for the formation of a new military company. Ex.Speaker Reed addressed the Re- publican State Convention at Montpe- lier, Vt., yesterday. Rev. F. E. Robbins, pastor of the First Baptist Church, is visiting in Waterbury this week. Prof. Geo. A. Treadwell of New York, was a guest of Mr. John P. Treadwell yesterday. Rev. Mr. Coley, of Westport, is to administer the Holy Communion to- night at Grace Church. . United States troops were ordered out yesterday to quell the cowboys’ dis- turbances in Wyoming. ' Miss_Helen Pryer, of Holyoke, Mass, is v1s1t1ng her cousin, Miss Edith Nick- erson, on \Vest Main street. Bishop Goodsell. a fermer pastor of the South Norwalk M. E. Church, is visiting friends in New Haven. The usual services appertaining to Good Friday, will be observed at St. Mary’s to-morrow morning and even- ing. t The parties who started the “Old Col-' ony” brewery in New Haven are nego- tiating for land in Norwalk on which to erect a distillery. There was a meeting 'of the artisan? Minstrels last night, to complete ar- rangements for their entertainment at West-port April 30. ——Good Friday to-morrow. Get your bluefish 0r shad at the People’s Market. A fresh lot will arrive this evening, only 12% cents per pound. \ A Norwalk coal dealer predicts as a result of the recent railroad combines in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, that the price of coal is sure to advance. Rev. Dr. Samuel J. Spaulding, for many years agent of the American Seamen’s Friend society, died at New- berryport, Mass, last week, aged 72. The members of the Alpha Wheel Club will start to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock sharp for a run to Bridgeport. Ahll bicycle riders are invited to join t em. The old crosswalk in front of C. N. Wood’s residence on East avenue, is being removed down to the corner of St. John Place, in front of Dr. Baxter’s cottage. . Judge Townsend, of New Haven,the newly appointed Judge of the U. S. District Court, made his first appear— ance upon the bench in Bridgeport yesterday. W. W. Hefi‘elfinger, Yale’s giant foot ball rusher, left college permanently yesterday to enter the service of the Union Pacific railroad company, as a civil engineer. To-morrow (Good Friday) there will be Divine Service, with sermons by the Rector, at St. Paul’s Church, at 10.30 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. The public are most cordially invited. The Receiver of the defunct Charter Oak Life Insurance Co., of Hartford. has issued notices to policy holders that he will be in readiness to pay a ‘ first dividend to them in May. Connecticut pensions ;—Original— Robert Doughert , Frederick H. Fan— ning. Edwm L. rady. Additional-— George R. Baker, Oliver Gunn. Origi- nal widows, etc.-—Emily C. Snow. Wagoner Lee,Redding’s faithful and half century Norwalk market.man,was down yesterday with his dairy and ag- ricultural products and went up loaded with shirt goods and store orders, be- hind only a single horse. . A horse belonging to Timothy How- 'ard, which was hitched in front of R. G. Mitchell’s store, became frightened by a Housatonic train rushing through the tunnel yesterday afternoon . and jumped himself out of his harness. A monster forest fire broke out on the mountains northeast of Winsted yesterday and raged so furiously as to threaten many houses and barns. A volunter force of some four hundred meagrom the factories, went out and fou'g t the flames until the danger Was over. " ‘ ' The Bridgeport Post says that the al- ~ leged “ White Cap ” scare at Sauga- tuck has, as the Post indicated that it would, diedout, and theparty insti a- ting it, who is well known, has fa on lower in the estimate of good people, than ever. Jealousy-and suspicion do not form good backing for funny tricks l ”Hotel. Yesterday, inv‘violation of "a - in the bag. ny 0., J - l The celebrated Whitlockdivorce case ’ is being tried at Bridgeport to-day. ' J. B. Hurlbutt is in Bridgeport to- day attending a meeting 01 the Bar As- sociation. . To-morrow being Good Friday, the po st-ofiice will close for the day at 109.. m. The carriers will make an 8. a. m. delivery only. At the meeting of Kabaosa Encamp- ment to be held to-night. the question of a removal to South Norwalk is to be considered. William Bouton, who is employed by iceman Merrill, cut one of his fingers quite badly this morning by the falling of the steelyards as he was weighing a block of ice. A council of the officers of the Fourth regiment was held at the Armory last night. The subject of discussion was the new drill regulations, more partic- ularly those in reference to platoon. movements and inspections. Among those present were 001. Frost, Lt.-_Col. Crowe, Major Sheridan, Capt. Rider, of Danbury, Capt. Ilendrie and Lieut. Fitch of Stamford and Capt. Doty of South Norwalk. The council adjourned to meet in Bridgeport two weeks hence. Elaborate arrangements for a music service in the morning and a festival of sacred song. in the evening, have been completed for the Easter service at the First Congregational Church on Sun- day. The choir is to consist of a ‘double quartette composed of Miss Minnie P. Fritz and Mrs. Emma Wheeler, so- prano; Mrs. L. DeKlyn and Mrs. A. J. Meeker, contralto; F. Force and J. P. Treadwell, tenor ;,J. H. Main and C. A. Tucker. basso. Rev. Mr. Watkins’ friends now deem it quite certain that he has passed the critical period and his recovery may... be looked for with confident hepe. This is the fifth day since the operation and his temperature and pulse are still normal. Drs. Wier and Paige are to be‘ up from New York this evening to see him and serve him if necessary. Mrs. Paige came up yesterday and find- ing the patient’s condition so encour- aging and he so comfortable, she re- turned to her New York home again in the afternoon. Master Willie is a comical little at-. traction and appendage to the Norwalk» parental injunction not to go up and play with Harry Dann’s little boy, Willie received the customary maternal tattoo on the broadest part of his anat- omy. Then, with the tender solicitude a half repentant mother can only feel, Willie was asked if he was not sorry for his act of disobedience and promptly and honestly replied that he “wasn’t sorry he went up to play with the little Dann boy, but he was very sorry that he got whipped for it.” The remains of Clarence E. Henry will, in. compliance with his ownre- quest, be sepulchred in Newbern, N. C. The poor fellow, with a tender and thoughtful regard for the very limited means of his family and not wishing to impose any burdens on his friends be- fore leaving here for the South, gave expression to the desire to be buried wherever he might die, should death overtake him, and this wish he repeat- ed just before passing away,and, there- fore, his considerate and thoughtful de- sire in this regard is to be respected. Mr. Henry leaves a widow and one child, Reed, a bright little lad of some three years of age, who are the recipi- ents of the tenderest sympathies of all who know their terrible grief and the painful circumstances surrounding their bereavement. Arrested for Shoplifting. Detective Cutts, who is employed at Ridley’s New York Grand street store to look out for shoplifters, yesterday af- ternoon saw a fine-looking, gray-haired woman pick up a large paper bag from the floor and after straightening it out, walk through the middle aisle with the empty bag in her hand. The woman was dressed in heavy silk according to the latest spring style. pair of heavy diamonds were in her ears and a fine diamond pin held the lace drapery at her neck together. The, woman picked up three packages of hatornaments and quickly throwing them into the paper bag walked to the next table, at which jewelry was sold. There she took five pins and hid them At the next counter she stole a lace collar, and then picking up an empty paper box took three balls of‘ darning cotton from another table and hid them in the box. - She was ‘about to. leave the store when Cut-ts arrested her. ‘ The woman at first refused to give her name, but later broke down: and cried pfteously. She offered to pay for 'the goods she had stolen—valued at $15 —if she were allowed to go. She then gave her name as Emily Lawrence and claimed to have come from Norwalk where her husband owned a largehat factory. She said she was on a visit to her mother in Brooklyn and was unable to resist the temptation of picking up the pretty things‘sho ’saw displayed in the store. ' _ She would not give her mother’s name or address, so Cutts took her to Essex Market Court and arrai ed her before Justice Kilbreth wheres eplead- ed guilt to the char e of larceny, and Justice llbreth be] her forxtrial in default of $300‘bail. Declined a Ike-appointment. J o_hn K. Lawrence, of Stamford has declined the position of Hospital Stew-' ard tendered him 1) Col. Frost. Mr” Lawrence has ac as Hospital Stew- ard on the staff of COLWataon-and that of Col. Skinner. He has held the place for five years and before his promotion was for two years a member of Compa- ‘Bnd sport Far Cooking Main. '- There was a cocking main in North Bridgeport lastnight between Bridge- port and Nor-walk birds, in which Bridgeport captured the battle and the $35 purse. “*fi . Decoration Day. Biickingham ‘Post, G. A. R:, at its meeting last evening,after securing the names of fifty comrades who pledged themselves to attend the National 'En- ampment at Washington next Septem- er, appointed its committees to ar- range: a programe‘f‘or a suitable obser; vanes of Decoration Day. Old Well Opera. The'lollowing is the programme of the grand scalchi operatic concert, to be given under'th‘e auspices of the Old Wé‘ll Hook and 'Ladderfi'Company. at Music Hall, Monday evening, April 18 : Dueft from “ La Forza del Destinofi Verdi ‘Signori Spigaroli and Vismi. Violin S‘olo,Ballade and_Polonaise. Vieuxtemps ~‘ ? . Ml e. Big'nardi. - Bedouin Love Song .' ‘ Mr: Stanley. Recitative and Aria from Semirami de. liessini Aime. Scale 1. Aria-e“ Il Balen ”—Trovatore. Verdi '. , Sig. Vismi. Piano Solo—Fantasia on Bali‘e's ‘ Bohemian Girl." _ . _ (horns. ' Sig. (horza. “ Jewel Song" from Faust, Gounod " Mlle. Gonzalez. Romauza from Martha, . Flzitow , '4: " '- - Sig. Spigaroli. Grahd-‘duet‘t from “ Semiramide.“ Rossmi ‘- -. Mesdames Gonzalez and Scalchi. Violin Sallie—The celebrated Scotch Fanta- . sia, , Vieuxtemps y . Mlle. Bignardi. ' Ballad—J' Lenning." ' '5? ' Mr. Stanley._ ‘ .. . . Tliegreat quartette from " Rigmetto.“_ Verdi , MesdamesGonzalez an .Scalcln. " Signori Spigaroli and Vismi. Rubinstein 4' ’l‘ he Famous Hayden Murder Case. The name of Herbert H. Hayden, formerly a Methodist lay preacher, has stood at the head of the docket of the Superior Court foneverv term for the past 12 years or more. *lach succeed- ing term the warrant has been placed alongwith the other cases and has been written in the docket by the clerk. No exception was made at the present April term of the court. Hayden is charged with murdering Mary Stan- 'nard, a servant girl, at work in his household. Hayden was tried for the crime and after a trial, which has only b‘eep equalled in interest by the Jennie Cramer case, the jury were unable to agree on a verdict and Hayden was givenhis liberty on furnishing a bond,- his case, however, being liable to come ' up again at any time. State Attorney Doolittle was asked this morning why he still kept the case on the docket. He replied: “The Hayden case has been kept on the docket because .we expect to get hold of certain evidence which is a matter of fact, but as yet unproved. When that evidence is obtained the case will be tried again in this court. You can say that we are expecting to get that evidence and that there is a probability that the case may be tried at no distant date. ” Rev. Mr. Hayden lived in Rockland in North Madison about 13 years ago, the time when Mary Stannard died un- der such mysterious circumstances. Hayden is no.'v living in this city.— New Haven Register. 9.. ———-»—_—-- Commodore Burritt’s New Yacht. Yachtsmen far and near will be in- terested in the launching of the new 27- foot boat which is the latest product of Commodore Francis Burritt’s skill as a designer and constructor. The placing of the spars in the craft has just been completed, and she now only awaits the fitting of the canvas, or sail- ing ri This concluding feature of the equipment is expected to be finished so that the new yacht will be ready for a trial sail in the early part of next week. The boat has been named the “ Com- modore.” Probably no craft ever con- structed here will be watched with as much interest. Commodore Burritt has built over twenty boats, but in a talk with the writer to-day said that upon none of them did he expend as much thought and labor as on this one, and that the materials throughout which enter into her make-up are superior in quality to those he ever previously em- ployed. Down to the smallest detail A‘ they are the very best which money can buy. The new boat is of the “same length and general dimensions of the Champion, also designed, built and, ownedrby Mr. Burritt, and which made such a brilliant record last season—her maiden one. The Champion was regarded as a wonder and ' sufficient for any yacht builder to rest his reputation upon. She was entered in three events last season, and fairly ran away from all competing crafts in her class. As great a sailor as * she has shown herself to be, Commo- dore Burritt will be disappointed if the new boat does not prove her superior. ” How did you come to - build the Commodore ? ” he was asked to-day. “ Principally, I suppose. because the. time being rather heavy on my hands, and partly because I wanted . to see Whether I had reached my limit in boat- designing capability. After the season closed last fall, I turned my ingenuity to the construction of two models, both of them intended as improvements of anything I had done or knew of. When they were finished I rejected one of them as worthless. In the other I saw points worth following out and from this the Commodore is constructed. If she does not show herself to be aworld- beater I shall be mistaken, but about these things no one can :tell With any positiveness. Until put to a practical test the Qualities of a boat are as uncer- tain as the success of ,a’ new play, or the future of a new-born infant. If the ’ Commodore does not justify my expect- ations my‘ brother yachtsmen will‘of course laugh at me, and I shall be obliged to acknowledge with such grace as I can command thatI have . made a mistake. However, I can invite all the critics to come forward with the boats the wish to pit against the Champion on. this will' be some consolation.”— r . . A NORWALK, CONN, FRIDAY, APRIL 11:, 1‘092. THE 'n'EArunR. The weather to-day promises to be generally, from fair to partly cloudy till noon, and slightly warmer, followed by increasing cloudiness and by rain. To- ' morrow it promises to be generally from cloudy to partly cloudy and slightly warmer, preceded by rain. ~«———< o->v———--—~~ —-- SOUTH NORWALK. ° Th : “.1 Z ET'l'l'} is on sale at the news wane" ~ 0] Iv red (lawman, J. H.1v‘lynn, ll’.L.;-lther- ton, amt II. E. Bodwell. Advertiseiuonfi and Orders forall kinds of o, 013 PR] N ’1'- ! 2W} received at. our branch office on Rail, rnml Square. ' Attorney Russell Frost is in Hartford to-day. The barber shops will close at noon, to-morrow. Charles Gangwere leaves to—day fora visit with friends in Newark, N. J. Wm. Yule is painting an eighteen foot sign for cxpressman John Finch. H. P. Morgan has been granted a pagent for a new and improved fishing ro . Bev. W. S. Jones, of Fairfield, preached in Trinity Church, last even- ing. ’ An addition is being put on the Mrs. Gould Benedict place on \Vashington street. in Douglas Fowler Post, rooms to- night. - . . Miss Ruth Oliver of Rahway, N. J ., is visiting Miss Elsie Raymond at “Hill- side,” this city. : Several members of the Wheel Club will take a “spin” to Bridgeport, to- morrow afternoon. . There was a good attendance at the Mission meeting held in the Baptist Church last evening. Bear in mind that to-inorrow will be a fast day, not a feast day, and govern yourself accordingly. ' Charles R. Bennett, the old time dry goods man in this city, was in town yesterday afternoon. A car load of machinery arrived yes- terday, for the Martin Bates Co’s fac- tory at Silver Mine. ' The funeral will be held from the residence of R. M. Hoyt, N o. 31 West street at 2 o‘clock, Saturday afternoon. The Junior Prohibition society gave an appreciable entertainment last even- ing. The program was splendidly pre- sented. _ Two surprise parties are to be held in. East Norwalk to-night. The result Will be chronicled in this column on Saturday. Three crates of handsome wood man- for the H. S. Lockwood mansion on Elmwood avenue. , The post office will close at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning, for the remainder of the day. There will be one general delivery, and that-in the morning. J. F. Riley, mention of whose sick- ness was made in this column yesterday, was furnished with a ticket for Meri- den, where he claims to have friends. He left for that city on an afternoon train. W. H. Devlin with an arm in a sling and his head in a bandage, was arrested last evening for vagrancy. He is on his way to Bridgeport jail while the fact of his arriva and departure is be- ing printed. . It is Mrs. Wm. T. Crew, of Brook- lyn. not Mrs. Wm. N. Craw. of this city, who is dangerously ill. Mrs. Wm. T. Craw suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Wm. N. Craw has been dead for several years. ’ ' “Gene” got the dyspepsia ? \Vell. we should say not. A man that can eat four slices of bread and twice that number of eggs. for breakfast, is no dyspeptic, although he may be some day, if he keeps up the practice. Yesterday was “Bert” Freeman’s birthday anda number of his friends surprised him last- eveninO‘ at his home on Burbank avenue. Music and re- freshnents were the order of the even- ing, and a jolly good time was had. A special convocation of Butler Chap- ter, No. 38, R. A. M., will be held to- morrow evening. The M. M. and P. M. degrees will be conferred. After labor, “refreshments. P. S.—“ Russ,” “Flatt” and “ (zene ” will wear their silk hats. “China” the hack driver ran over a live bicycle on Railroad Square, last night. The two colored damsels seated in the coach jumped out that frightened that they paled, but after some per- suasion were prevailed upon to enter it and proceed to their destination. - James A. Wheeler died at his home, No. 17 Concord street, last night, aged 67 years. He had been ill for several months. He leaves a wife and two sons, Alfred Wheeler, of New York, and Philip Wheeler of tliis city. He was a son of Mrs. L. D. Wheeler, who survives him at the age of 87 years, and a brother of Mr. E. M. Wheeler, Mrs. Enoch Wood, Mrs. R. M. Hoyt and Mrs. Smith Keeler, of this place. Michael Sullivan, a driver in the em- ploy of expressman Cavanagh, was ar- rested this morning for a violation of a cit ordinance in reference to fast driving. A hearing before Justice Townsend was had at 11 o’clock, and owingI to the absence of the city attor- ney t e trial was adjourned to Wednes- day next. The fast driving ocCurred last night on Railroad Square . and ’North .Main street with a pair of horses attached to a truck. A,“dummy”_ rigged up by the city ing one of their number, was set _up near. the post office by some practical jokers and attracted consrderable at- tention this morning. :In one pocket was 'a'bottle of amber, in the other a halo hook, and in another a deck of cards. 0n the head was a straw- hat of the vin e of ’61 and in the mouth a two $91? ve cigar.‘ wash-thrill .when’he discovered it. PRICE: TWO CENTS. ' the number Wasthe , rial} published at *Oyster‘ Bay. A_' ban; The Women’s Relief Corps will meet— tels and thirty-six cases of tiling, etc., ‘ expressmen, and as alleged represent- .. [$1.00 a. Year. )— Arthur Ferris, the jeweler, is not putting time pieces in running or‘der to-day. He is spending his time telling people that his‘wife presented him with a thirteen pound boy, yesterday after- noon. He, the boy, is the. main-spring. of Arthur’safi'ections fora while any- ~ how. \ On the invitation of Steward Veile‘a party of some twenty or more came over from Oyster Bay on the steamer Cape Charles, yesterday, and were shown about our beautiful city. Among itor of the J our- quet was served on fhc_.Gape C previous to the re turn trip. ' The water pipes at Wilson Point be- cameclogged up and yesterday detect- ives were put on the case and after a while succeeded in unearthing the “ guilty oues,”which in this case proved to be two monstrous eels, weighing per- haps five pounds each. They were “ snaked ” out of their stronghold, and the water again rippled merrily on through the pipe. The annual meeting of the Hat Fin- ishers’ Association was held last night. There was a good attendance. The secretary ’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted. It was shown that the society was in a most healthy con- dition, having a gatd bank account be- sides considerable money loaned to other societies. The election of officers resulted as follows: Michael F. O’Reil- ly, pres1dent; Frederick Arnold, vice- president; John W. Scully. secretary; James Day, treasurer; John Tierney, Edward McChesney, trustees. Mr. ' Tammany, who has been secretary of the society for the past two years de- clined a re-nOmination. , The meeting adjourned to next Wednesday evening at which time delegates to the National convention will be elected. "Billy” Bouton claims that within twenty years’he has seen 18 inches of snow on the ground in this. place. on the 18th day of May. “Billy” has many _ friends who will believe the statement, but many more who wont. Mr." Bouton claims to have shaken hands with that prince" of liars Ananias, and if that party Were in town to-da ' he would no doubt swear to the truth of whatever Mr. Benton had to say in reference to the matter. There was years and years ago a firm in this city named Munchausen & Bouton, engaged in the retail oyster and clam busmess, said firm building up quite a trade by guaranteeing that in every peck of oysters sold for 25 cents could be found. a pearl valued at $2.50, and when a customer found fault at not finding the pearl would say. “My dear friend that is what the wholesaler guaranteed us ; _ you must have swallowed the pearl or lost it opening the oysters,” and as the. customer went out with another peek of the bivalves the members of the firm gave each other the wink. i ._ _.____._‘...i>_._ harles. The Little Merriemaker. Louise Hamilton the light fOoted, Winsome little danseuse is playing to crowded houses throughout the State. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, April 19 and 20, she will appear at the Norwalk Opera House. . .. .__‘-,__---_C__..__ Union Service. The Union Fast Day and Good Fri- day service which was to have been held in the Methodist Church, on ac- count of the continued illness of Dr. Van Alstyne will be held in the Chapel of the First Congregational Church on Friday evening at 8 o’clock. A cordial invitation to all. ~-—#~.>— The Treasury Vaults Insecure. WASHINGTON, April 1.4.——Professor Thur- ston, of Cornell, and Pratt, of Yale, and‘Mr. Ely, of Altoona, experts who examined the treasury vaults under authority of congress, report them insecure. Kidnaped and Tied to a Tree. ANNISTON, Ala, April 14.—-The son of Joseph Swayne, a wealthy resident, was stolen by a tramp and taken to the moun- tains. He was there found by hunters tied to a tree. BRIEF MENTION. Lucky Baldwin, the millionaire, has for given his daughter Anita fer eloping with her cousin. The reconciliation is complete. The Republican national league conven- tion will be held at Buffalo the last Week in . June. - ' A feud growing out of an attempted elopement in Monroe county, Tenn, has re- sulted in the killing of the girl’s father and two other men. The contractors who were to erect a lighthouse at Black Diamond shoals, near Cape Hatteras, have been compelled to give up the attempt owing to the violence of the sea. - ’ Robert Kreiner, aged fourteen, of Potts- ville, Pa, has been missing from home for. four days. It is supposed he was abducted by a. tramp. . Superintendent Murray was retired by the New York police board on a pension of $3,000 a year. . Inspector Byrnes , was made superintendent inhis place. Mrs. Henry Schlepphage, of Jersey City. who has been married one ~month, accuses her husband of desertion. His friends he liev‘e he has sailed for Germany. X . While playing with companions close to a burning brush heap near Elberon,- N. J., . Russell Worth’s clothes took fire and he was burned to death. . ~ Howell Osborne is credited with. having made over $200,000 on Wall street since his return from Europe a few' weeks ago. Dr. Talmage, blessed the' provisions to be sent from New York for the relief of Rus- sian peasants on the steamship Conemau’gh. The legislature of the Brazilian state of Motto Grosso declared thatjstate to be inde- pendent of the republic of Brazil. In discussing the naval bill Jerry Simpson expressed the opinion that this Country did ‘ not need a navy. -. ' _' The posse 'which left Somerset, Pa., in search of Bill Pritts, one of the alleged mur- derers of old man Hochstetter, has failed to capture. him.‘ , " ‘ - Mrs. JohneFacemine, of Scaville,N. J.) at - Perhaps “Willi" 7 tempted wage .br “kins. hamm- .‘D’, .. s
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