. our people.
. N. Wood: and 'Dr. George Baxterare
out in" a boat today after fish. Look
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.21 n Entertaining and I nstractwe Home Jozirncil, Especially Devoted to Local .News and Interests.
[$1.00 aYear. .’
VoL. XCIII.—No. 19.
House-Cleaning Time.
With the approach of warm weather
the importance of ' thorough house-
cleaningj—‘from garret to cellar and from
the front door to the back-yard gate
cannot be too strongly impressed upon
The municipal‘ authorities can do
much and will have all they can do in
looking after the garbage and the
refuse andin . keeping the streets, al-
leys, and vacant dumping grounds in
proper condition, but in order to make
the sanitary ordinances of full avail
the work’of the authorities must be
vigorously supplemented by that of
citizens generally in seeing that their
private residences and premises are
carefully safe-guarded against the visi-
tation of germs of disease.
Cleanliness, as is sometimes said of
charity, begins at home, and like char-
ity it covers a multitude of sins. Clean
up your houses and keep them clean is
an admonition in the interest of the
public health that cannot be too care-
fully observed, and especially so as re-
gards cellars, sewer connections, gar-
bage heaps and decaying matters in
the back-yards, privy vaults, cess-pools
‘ etc. We shall be exceedingly lucky if
this country escapes cholera epidemic
this summer and a vigilant attention to
all sanitary conditions will be the surest
preventive. ’
Better aLockout Than a Freeze-out.
Aniong the Republican newspapers
uthat are joining with others in raising
such a clamor about what they ~ call
"President Cleveland’s “ukase” barring
the doors of the White House against
the office-seekers who have been occu-
pying the greater part of his time for
the last two months, not a few are the
same partisan organs, says the Washing-
ton Post, that were wont to bowl about
President Harrison’s cold and cavalier
treatment of visitors at the Executive
Mansion. , .
They seem to have an idea that it is
not only the duty of the President to
keep open house, but to wait upon his
guests with all the ceremony of polite
society, set fem out alunch, and forage
every other demand upon his attention
for the sole purpose'of‘ lavishing upon
them the hospitalities of the season and
making them feel at home. '
Mr. Cleveland is entitled to the
thanks of the country for disabusing
them of this notion and administering
a long-deserved rebuke to people and
partisans who come within this cate-
gory.
Setting _aside all questions, if there
were any to set aside, as to the reason-,
ableness and good, sense of Mr. Cleve-
land’s action, there is at least a possi-
bility that it is based to some extent
upon the apprehension that he, too.
like his illustrious predecessor, might
by sheer force of similarly aggravating
circumstances become amenable to sim—
ilar charges of discourtesy.
And is it not better, after all, to
keep the applicants for office out of
the White House altogether, with their
thrice told tales and consuming perti-
nacity than to be driven to the neces-
sity of repelling their visits ' by doWn-
right rudeness and incivility; better to
lock 'em out than to bounce ’em out ?
Mr. Harrison, who got himself round-
. ,ly abused for lack of obsequious devo-
tion to his visitors and giving them
at ti mes an exceedingly cold shoul-
der, no doubt felt, onmany an oc-
casion like 'doing exactly what Mr.
Cleveland has done, and it probably
would have been better for his peace
of mind and the patronage beggars who
beset him hadhe set the same sturdy
example. .
Nobody disputes the right of an
American citizen to seek office. There
are numerous offices to be filled, and
American citizens must fill them. Un-
der the previous administration they
were filled by . Republicans principally,
and properly'enough. Under this ad-
ministration they will in due time be
filled by Democrats,” they properly
should be. , But the office-seekers, what-
ever their other rights may be, have no
right to drive the President to distrac-
tion in their eagerness for the distribu-
tion.
Nothing is to be gaihed, on the con-
trary Mr. Cleveland intimates that
much may be lost, by badgering him .
with applicationsland solicitations and
supplications that he has no time to lis-
ten to, and which he could not remem-
ber if he had. This is a lesson the
office-seekers should have been taught
long ago. They will soon come to see
that by standing in the way of other
public business and going to the White
House day after day only to come away
with a sense " of having been turned
down, they have really been standing
-. in. their own light, doing themselves no
good and doing the President great in-_
justice. _
Messrs. James Sutherland, Charles
out for some big fish stories to-night.
‘ venture’s
,1 TERSE TALES or THE TIMES.
—Lustrine for‘Nickel.
Dan J nan St. Carlos is in town again.
Mrs. Clara Wixon 'is dead in Dan-
bury aged 90 years.
Mr. Jackson, an electric light mag-
nate, was in town to-day.
—Long Island Bluefish Sc lb. People’s
Market.
Mrs. M. J .. Dunnigan of Belden ave-
nue, is spending a few days in Westport.
——Go to Jarvis Kellogg’s for your
Shoes. 2t
Miss Annie Hines, of Scofield &
Hoyts’, has accepted aposition at the
Boston store.
Representative E. O. Keeler will
celebrate his silver wedding anniver-
sary to-morrow. \
Thermometers registered 90 degrees
above zero this morning. Where the
sun'shone on them.
Several lads were seen in bathing
near Pine Island, and the cemetery in
plain view Thursday. ""
-—Native Roe Shad 12§c lb. People’s
Market. v
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are spending a
few weeks with their son, E. J. Wad-
hams of this town.
Three unknown men are caged in
Stamford jail, charged with raping a
girl at Long Ridge.
——Go to Jarvis Kellogg’s for your
Shoes. 2t
Tristram & Hyatt have an adv. in
another column to-day, that will be of
especial interest to ladies.
Who says that this is not growin
weather ? There is corn half an inc
high on the Josiah Kellogg farm.
—Norwalk Steam Carpet Cleaning
Works, 14 Knight street. 588-tf
Thomas Lannigan and Lottie Weed
went to Port Chester, Thursday, and da
were married by Rev. Mr. McCall._
.‘ Missflarrie Adams. has resigned-liar
position at the Boston store, and will
soon accept a position in Bridgeport.
—Don’t for et the Congregational
all”? cake sa etc-morrow at 33 Main
s ree .
A Humpty Dumpty company is being
organized. The paraphernalia so far
gonsists of four red trunks and a don-
eyI'
.Residents in New Haven are com-
plaining of a peeper who pries open
blinds, and even attempts to open win-
' dows. ‘
-—Wanted—An experienced waiter.
White person preferred. Also a-kitchen
girl. Apply at the AmericanHouse. 19tf
There are eleven divorce cases on
the short calendar docket for trial be-
fore Judge F.-B. Hall in the Superior
Court, to-day.
Connecticut pensions :—Additional——
James McLaughlin. Reissue—Hamlin
Stannard. Original widows’, etc.—
Mary FitzMaurice, Charlotte Bangert.
Madam Ross, a well known clairvoy-
ant, has taken rooms at the Old Well
hotel, where she can be consulted. on
busmess matters or anything you wish
to know. '
—Go-to Jarvis» Kellogg’s for your
Shoes. 2t
A new restaurant will be opened a
what is now known as the New York
butter house. It will be conducted in
a first-olass_manner, and will be opened
to the public some time next month.
Chief Dann went to Hartford Thurs-
day and secured a requisition for the re-
moval from New Jersey to this State of
Rockwell. the man wanted here for
stealing Ralph Kellogg’s horse. The
ogrisoner Will be brought here Satur-
ay.
. —20 large Messiua Lemons 25c.
Large Havana Pineapples 100 each.
15 Messina Oranges 25c. Largest dis-
play of meats, fresh'fish, fruits and
vegetables in town. People’s Market,
N orwalk. and South N orwalk.
John Sheehan and Thomas Clune
compose the battery of the St Bona-
college base ball nine.
The other day. theyplayed a game
‘ with the Niagara University .nine and
shut the latter club out with a score of
9 to 0.
——Call and see what a nice Ladies’
Oxford-you can get for a little money
atJarvis Kellogg’s. ' 2t
Thomas Hefi‘ernan has about com-‘
pleted the refitting of the refectory near
the Wall street bridge, and Will have a
grand opening to-morrow night.- He
18 well known, popul and -Wlll no
ar
doubt do his best to conduct the place .
in a first-class manner.
The borough -. committee .on high-
ways is inqucting the .Belgian pave-
ment .On Main street. . After some mine
or repairs have been made in theme
the street will probably. be accepted
and the'final payment made to the con»
tractors, Messrs. Blakesleedzfion. .
use Dana’s sXfishmmnuanrrs
“THE KIND THAT scans. '
‘ will never drink againan
jden ; grand secretary, George W.
Gone'with the Money.
John L. Lamb, grand treasurer. of
the International Order of. Machinists.
has disappeared from Indianapolis With
$5,000 belonging to the order.
Roller Skates Given Away.
—Every purchaser'ofa‘ boy’s suit at
the Boston store,Norwalk,g_ets a pair of
roller skates free. The quantity of skates
is limited, so don’t delay. 602-3t .
Shad. _,
The first catch of Housiatonic shad
has made its appearance in the market
in Shelton. The fish are very late in
making their appearance, for in former
years Housatonic shad were in the mar-
ket by the 20th of April.
Had Lost at Cards.
The Coroner’s investigation into the
cause of the suicide of Alvin F. Grant
of Springfield which occurred in New
Haven Wednesday night revealed the
fact that Grant had been gambling at
cards and had lost heavily.
G’Selle Acquitted. ‘_
Charles J. G’Selle charged with steal-
ing a horse from Patrick Marron, was
tried in the Criminal Superior Court at
Bridgeport Thursday. The jury heard
the evidence and after _a short delibera-
tion brought in a verdict for acquittal.
vv
Ten Mile Race.
A very exciting ten mile race took -
place at the armory in Stamford, Thurs-
day night, between Peter Hegelman of
New York and Ralph C. Chadsey of
Stamford, for $50 a side and gate re--
ceipts. Hegelman won by two feet, in
59 minutes.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
‘ THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Collision.'
Two heavy freight trains on the New
Eu land division of the Reading road
col ided west of Pine Plains station
Thursday. ‘ The engineers and firemen
Jumped, but Engineer. Brady was badly
hurt on the, shoulder, and a firemen
was severely bruised, -_~ . . .
A Shoemaker-’5 Suicide.
Theodore E. Conant, aged about 75
years, committed suicide” at his home
near Chafl'eeville. He Was a'shoemaker
and hung himself I in his shop. '.The
body was found about 3 o’clock Thurs-
y. Hewas a Widower andithe, father
of De Loss yConan "superintendent of
the Tollandsilk mill. “'5’ i. {ff-'3 35¢ -
E
Several Carsfimashed.
Two freight trains;s:rashsd.zstogether
half a mile west of the: Manchester sta-
tion Thursday. A cabooservwasdele-
scoped, a- grain car was 'wzeckedgmndall
the bumpers on one trainwereasmashed.
Conductor McGarret .had :.his'.;hand
broken and a brakcman was "badly
scratchedby being thrown through a
barbed Wire fence. Most of "the noon
jumped from thetrains.
USE DANA’S ssnsammflmnris
“THE KIND THAT’CURES”. ,
Pensions for Ministers. , ,
At the diocesan convention 'in.:Hart-
ford next month, one of the principal
subjects to be discussed “will :tbe Lthe
prOJectfor pensioning allelderly cler-
gymen in the diocese who have-served
in the Connecticut churches through
a fixed term of years. .At the present
time the aged clergyman in the diocese
who maybe in need are cared for from '
the proceeds of funds that have been
set apart for that. object. The new
idea will be to pensmn all of the aged
ministers of the church, whether ' they
are in need or not.
Anthony Comstock’s Complaint.
Anthony Comstock .of New York, ac-
companied by Deputy Marshal Love-
ridge, arrested Zephaniah L. Ayres of
Stamford, Thursday night on a warrant
charging him With sen 'ng..an obscene
communication throughthe mail. Ayres
was taken before Commissioner Wright
at New Haven, .who held . ' under
$500 bonds for an examination on Sat-
urday, Attorney Asher appeared for
Ayres, who was unable to give bonds
and was obliged to.go to jail; Attor-
ney Asher was busy attempting to
secure a bondsman. Ayres comes of a
wealthy family and it is expectedthat
he Will secure bonds. '
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT sunrise
Sparrow Not Guilty.
The jury in the Sparrowmuider case
came in at Norwich, shortly .after 4
o’clock Thursday afternoon and ran-
dered a verdict of “ not guilty.”
Sparrow was chargedwithmurder in
the second degree in killing Geo: e
Caswell, a middle aged man, at the " i-
antonomah hotel in. Norwich on the
night of Nov. 19 last. The..=men Twith
several others became involved in a
drunken fi lit injvhich Sparrow-stabbed
Caswell. e died from . the wounds
shortly after. Sparrow .sa s .that he
will .go; to
Ledyard where he has securedemploy:
ment on a farm. He is 29 yearsof age
and has no relatives. .
Foresters. ‘
The Foresters’ convention, 'w
has been In session in Danburyvsince
Wednesday, came to a close Thursday
afternoon at 5 o’clock. The “will! W.“
a most interesting as well as an enjoy-
able one. Much business. was disposed
of “ all for the good of theorder. The
to lowmg officers were elected: ' '
‘ Grand Chief Banger, James T. Smith
of Ansonia' ' grand sub chief ranger
Thomas 11 ill of New Haven? an
treasurer, David Dickinson of ' Bs'ri-
n.
dall of Rockville--»grand;recording sec-
retagy, George .E. Melina of ».Bridge-
por . .. '.' . ' ,
. The next convention Will/beheld in '
Nerwich. -
3011- 3.
D
- ~ Assigned.
i William M. Bemis proprietor of the
City hotel, Hartford, has made an as-
signment. His statement shows assets
’of 8800 and indebtedness of $3,000.
v7
' Fire in Hartford.
Fire in Hartford Thursday destroyed
the factory on Sheldon street occupied
by AndreWs & Peck. manufacturers of
doors, sashes and blinds, and A. W.
Scoville, wood turner. Loss $10,000.
Gypsy Dick Williams.
Dick Williams, son of Prince Wil-
liams, the most noted gypsy in the state,
started from East Hartford Thursday
on his annual tour. The wagon which
they took cost $2,000. All the metal
wprk is silver plated, andthe vehicle is
handsomely decorated With gold leaf.
e party took 20 horses With them.
4-
’ T.he Booth Case.
, The case of George W. Booth who
was bound over on the charge of adul-
tery, bigamy, desertion, etc., was
brought up'in the Superior Court to-
day. Booth was found guilty of aban-
donment and desertion, and was sen-
tenced to six months in jail.
The case of Mrs. Annie Mead his par-
a‘mour was continued for one month.
Attorney Walsh appeared for the de-
fense in both cases, and Gray for the
prosecution.
Crawled under the Gates.
Forrell F. McDobern, an elderly
man on Thursday attempted to cross
the Essex street' crossing of the Boston
& Maine at Hartford after the gates
were down, and was struck by an engine
and instantly killed. The gatetender,
Michael Donovan, attempted to save
the man, but was himself caught in the
wheels. One "of his legs was completely
crushed near the ankleand must be
amputated. The other leg was also
badly cut.
_ Garnisheed.
Thomas F Hefl'ernan appeared be-
t . the County commissioners Thurs-
.da to" procure a transfer to himself of
it ‘ license- recently granted C. and ‘A.
A. , dams, of this place, and was served
by i Sheriff Fenelon with garnishee
pagers in' two suits for $200 and $300 re-
s tively. -
fie mlft ]£301: (#200 is tinffavfir of F.f E.
,e ,o _ ri gepor , or iquor‘s ur-
milled and the second suit isin favor
onSchmnt & Schwa'nenflugel, of New
York. Hefl'ernan recently urchased
the saloon,'but has not turns over the
moneyfon ..it,...and cannot do
thathe has been garnisheed. "
"l Am So Tired ”
Is a common exclamation at this sea-
sen. There is a certain bracing effect
in cold air which is lost when the weath-
er grows warmer; and when Nature is
renewing her youth, her admirers feel
dull, sluggish and tired. This condi-
tion is owing mainly to the impure con-
dition of the blood, and its failure to
:supply healthy tissue to the various or-
. guns of the body. It is remarkable how
succeptible the system is to the help to
be_ derived from a good medicine at
this season. Possessing just those puri-
fying, buildin -up qualities which the
body craves, ood’s Sarsaparilla soon
overcomes that tired feeling, restores
the appetite, purifies the blood, and, in
short, imparts vi orous health. Its
thousands of frien s as with. one voice
declare : “It Makes the Weak Strong.”
. Two Men Burned to Death.
Matthew O’Brien was burned to death
and William Whalen so badly burned
that he will probably die, by a fire
which destroyed a boarding house on
Main_street, New Rochelle, Thursday
morning. The fire started about three
o’clock in a restaurant on the first
floor. .
O’Brien, who .was sleeping in a
butcher shop adjoming the restaurant,
was awakened by the smoke. He hur-
riedly ran up stairs to give the alarm
to those asleep in ~ the boardin ‘ house.
He succeeded in awakening t em all,
but was overcome by thevsmoke and
his body Was afterwards found in the
ruins. All of the boarders escaped_ex-
cept Whalen. O’Brien was at one time
employed at I. Lee’s boarding house
on Main street, Norwalk. '
BASES—AIL YESTERDAY.
’ National League.
At Philadelphia: R. 11.11.
NewYork ...... l. 3. 2 1 5 0 2 1 0—15 20-3.
Philadelphia... -1 l 0 0 5 0 2 3 0—916 3
At Brooklyn: R H. a.
Boston ............ 10025001 995
Brooklyn ...... ..1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0—810 1
At Baltimore: R. a. a.
Washington... 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 x—6 8 2
Baltimore....... 0 0 0 l 0 0 2 1 0—3 3 4
At Pittsburg: ' n. n. in.
Louisville ...... 1 1 2 0 0 0 l 1 0—613 2
Pittsburg ....... 000100210—4 115
:At7Chlcago—The Chicago-Cincinnati game
waspostponed; rain.
At St. Louis—The St. Louis-Cleveland game
was postponed: rain.
' Pennsylvania State League.
At Easton-Easto'n. 14: Danville, 6. .
At Harrisburg—Harrisburg, 21: Altoona. 7-
At York—Johnstown, 16; YOrk. 7; ‘
. At Allentown—Allentown. liliScrantonoi
- Eastern League. ,
At Troy—Troy, ll; Buffalo. 6. '
At Springfield—Springfield. l2; Wilkesbarre,
At Providence—Providence, 10; Bingha'mton.
Cornell Defeata' Pennsylvania.
Pmnannrmafiay 12.-Cornell defeated
Pennsylvania yesterday by the sabre of 5
to 8 in one of the best played college ball
games ever seen here.
To Loon Alter Brdken Bunni- "_
Wasnmcros. May" 12. — Comptroller
Eckels hasdesignatcd ‘ D. A.. Cook, bank
examiner for‘lllinois, outside of the city of
Chicago, to take charge of the Columbia
Nation'al‘bank. of Chicago. He has also
' telegraphed Hugh Young,~bank ex'an'iiner~
for Western. Pennsylvania, residing at
Pittsburg. to'pruceed at once to Indian.
apolis and take charge of the Capital Nap
Hamil in: m. m‘ aliasciov. .
so. now:
\NORWALK,CCNN., FRIDAY, MM 12, 1893.
: »At Hartford.
The act providing for normal schools
in Bridgeport and New Haven and
appropriating $200,000 to build them
went through the Senate Thursday
without opposition. As it has been
passed by the House the schools are
now assured. Cleveland explained the
bill in a speech highly commendatory
of the measure, Other Speeches of
like étrain were made by Fox, Morgan,
Houlihan, Holden, Jones and Ferris.
No one spoke on the other Side and the
bill received an unanimous vote.
The bill‘allowin‘g‘Women to vote at
school meetings and school elections
was the speciaforder of the day in the
House at 11 a. In. Representative Hicks
of Tolland, made the only speech de-
livered on the measure. It was a strong
argument in favor of the bill and evok-
ed frcquent applause. '
Barlow’s motion that a yea and nay
vote be taken on the bill’was lost, and
on a viva vece vote it secured passage
by an overwhelming majority. By a
yea and nay vote of 108 to 28 it was im-
mediately transmitted to the Senate,
which body tabledit for calendar and
printing. ‘ ' ‘ ' . . .
Next came 11 the medical practice
act, which the enate passed. Rock-
well moved that it be made the s ecial
order of the day for next. Tues. ay at
12 m.. Wood and Hotchkiss objected,
urging‘,1~immediate action. Rockwell’s
motion was'lost, and Wood and Stod-
dard "then explained the act, and also
the Senate amendments grafted upon
it. Rockwell. ofi‘ered another amend-.
ment providing that every physician
and surgeon practicing under the act
should write their rescription, in En-
glish, a failure'to 0 so being punish-
able with a fine of $10 in each instance.
Callahan stou‘tly' protested and said
his objection to the bill as it _came from
the Senate that it was not strict enough.
Latin was the lan uage of. the medical
profession the wor d. over, and for this
reason anyone having _a prescription
written here could get it filled In any
civilized part of the globe. Dr. Mc-
Knight, of East Hartford, and Peck of
Derby, also spoke 1.:against the amend-
ment. . -
Hotchkiss proposed a substitute pro-
viding that when requested a physi-
cian should write 'a duplicate of his
Latin prescription in English. This
was adopted, as were also the Senate
amendments, and in this form the bill
was passed after a . motion calling for
the eas and nays'had been defeated.
. T 0 House also quickly passed what
may be termed a companion measure—
the act regulating the practice 7 of den-
tistry, and creating an examining board
Who .‘shall issue certificates to those
whom the -fi ”togbecompe
The Ba r‘o _ _ _ _
relieved from further consideration of
the petition asking for an investigation
ofthe lease ofthe Heusatonic railroad
by the Consolidated. . House Chair-
man Rockwell of the committee said
no one had appeared before them to
throw any light on the subject. The
House. however, declined to grant the
committee’s request.
These matters were passed : Author-
izing the Bridgeport Horse Railroad
company to lay tracks across the Hous-
atonic railroad atI-‘grade at Congress
street. Authorizing‘the town of Stam-
ford to issue,‘-1',$100,000_ of school and
bridge bonds. Providing that in fu-
ture the House conduct theelection of
judges with closed doors. _
The Otis amendment placing all mu-
nicipal boards in Bridgeport, except
the board of Education, under con-
currence. Fr0m the j Senate was re-
ceived the report .of its favorable ac-
tion on the incorporation of the D. M.
Re ad Co. . .
The committee on Roads and Bridges
reported unfavorably the bill requiring
the tires of drought wagons to be at
least three inches wide. . _
A resolution was passed providing for
the purchase of a portrait of Governor
Morris to hang in the library room at
the Capitol. . . .
Hale offered a resolution that in fu—
ture members not in their seats when
the roll-call is read at 12 o’clock shall
forfeit 35 for each case of absence, un-
less excused by vote of the House. It
’was referred. f
It has been discovered that the
woman suffrage bill passedomakes a
residence of 21 years in this state a
necessary ualification for those votiiig
under it. or this reason the bill Will
probably be recalled and amended. .
The resolution providing for build-
ing 1,700 feet of road at the state pris-
on, at an expense of $4,000 was reject-
ed, members considering the amount
extravagant. _
-In the House, the committee on Roads
and Brid es reported a substitute bill
to compo selectmen to clear roads
blocked with snow. . .
These matters were passed: Provid-
ing for the labeling of commercial fer-
tilizers; that all conditional sales of
personal prOperty must be madein
writing and recorded in the town in
which the purchaser. resides. .
~Matters passed. in the Senate: . Bill
that any person in jail who is afflicted
with. a venereal :disease shall not be re.
leased from custody until cnred; bill
changing date of joint meetings of se-
. lectmen and school visitors to the third
Tuesday in J une; .amending charter of
the Sharon Electric Light Co. . .
The bill providing that in all ClVll a_c_.
tions demanding damages only, and in
all hearings in‘ damages after default
or demurrer overruled, the trial ‘or
hearing shall be had before a jury at
the request of either party, was reject-
edby7tol3."" ‘ . .
Cattle-horn Fiend. ' .
Mystic has a cattle-horn fiend. Lurk-
ingsomewhere in that neighborhood is
a man Who during the past year has
cut ofl‘ the horpsgfiofover 1,200. cattle.
For some time-ftheifiend has been con-
fining his efl'ortjsjto a, fine herd in Mys-
tie and .now nearly. all of the poor
beasts are minus ‘rtheir horns. The
work of dehorniug . is very neatly done
andityOulda‘ppear that the 0 station
was erforme‘ f by moons of ears of
grea, purchase, " requiring .but one
stroke to.dof;jt_he work. An investiga-
tion-isbemg: ‘ 1 . , _
made to corner-the fiend.
committee askedto be.
madeandnan shirt will be"
PRICE TWO CENTS.
THE, iL'EV__E_E_ BREAKS
Causing Great Damage in a Rich Cotton
Producing Country. '
MEMPHIS, May 12.—-The levee broke on '
_' the Arkansas front at Lake Port, twelve
miles below Granville, and on the next
place below, Sunnyside Landing. The
crevasse was 200 feet wide when the first
news came here from Greenville, Miss.
The levee that has given away was con-
ttructed during the past winter season and
for the build...g of. which such supplies
and material required was shipped from- '
this point. This levee broke, flooding the
lower port‘mn of Chicet county, Arkansas,
' in whichcounty the cotton production an-
nually averages 25,000 bales. The back
portion of the county is already flooded by
the water out of the lower Arkansas pass-
ing over the county and backing up from
the rear. The break may also flood up the -
upper portion of Carroll parish, a rich
cotton producing region, lying in the
Arkansas basin between the Mississippi
river and the Baypu Macon. The over-
flowed land will not be relieved of water
in time to make a. cotton crop this year.
Parties from above this city interested
in cotton plantations, report large areas
under water about Centennial islands and
around Bradleys, twenty miles or more
above this city. It means no crop of cotton -
for the lands flooded and nearly all subject
to inundation is now under water up that
way. “‘ .
It is reported Arkansas city will soon be
under water, as they say the levees in front
of the city cannot hold. The outlook is
not flattering for any immediate relief as
.the rise is expected to continue for two or
three days yet.
For the Coal Convention.
HARRISBURG. May 12.——The governor has
appointed the following persons to re pre-
sent Pennsylvania at Chicago in the con-
vention to be held in that city June ,5 and
6~to consider the question of combinations
to raise the price of coal: Daniel Agnew,
Beaver; A. J. Cassatt, Philadelphia; Gen-
eral Richard Coulter, Greensburg; General
John Patton, Curwensville; Dewitt C. De-
witt, Towanda; J. B. Corry Pittsburg;
Charles Brodhead, Bethlehem, and Thomas
H. Walker, Pottsville. Two others are to
be appointed.
Scotch-Irish Society in Session. .
SPRINGFIELD, 0., May lit—The Scotch-
lrish Society of America convened here
yesterday. The openin exercises were
held in the city hall, W icli~ was beauti-
fully decorated with designs of the sham-
rock and thistle for the occasion. There
wasalarge attendance and the program
. was heartily enjoyed. Governor McKinley
on behalf of the state, warmly welcomed
the visitors. The society befOIe adjourning,
will adopt . resolutions? favoring, if not de-
manding,“hoihc:i'ule for Ireland.
SOUTH sonwnxf‘
an?“ ad. of Madam Ross, the Clairvoy
——Boys wanted to sell the Gaznr'r
in Sonth'Norwalk. ' E
' The decision in the Hardy-Wilson
dog-poisoning case will be rendered
the afternoon.
Com any G, of Daubury and Com-
pany _ of this city, will have a batal-
lion drill at the Norwalk armory to-
night.
The funeral of C. W. Le Count’was
largely attended from his late residence
in East N orwalk, Thursday afternoon.
Rev. C. M. Pegg ofliciated. . ,
7Mrs. Stevens & James have opened
Millinery and Dressmaking Parlors 117
ashington street, where all, desiring
the latest styles and prompt attention,
Will be sure of being suited. 602-1w
The many friends of Editor J. M.
Ellsndorf oft thle Mechfalhic’s Journal,
WI regre o earn 0 is present ill
health. Mr. Ellendorf has been in a
very feeble condition, and we regret
to say, he does not improve. -
Chief Vollmer left for New Jersey
this morning armed with a requisition
from Governor 'Morris for the horse
thief Rockwell, who stole Ralph Kel-
log’s home,- The chief hopes to be able
to return with his man Saturday after-
noon.
J. C. Lynch, one of the convicts who
- escaped from the 'Charlestown state
prison some months ago, passedthrough.
this city Thursday on the Gilt Edge in
charge of Boston oflicers on his way
back to the prison. He made his way
to' England where he was found but a
short time ago. '
A gentleman walking down the rail-
road tracks night before last, heard
groans coming from under the Spri
street bridge. Investigating, he. foun
a _woman had fallen, through the
bridge to the ground below. He helped
the woman to her, feet, and after a few
moments, she was able to go on her
way, severely , bruised and badly
shaken up. ,
Old 'Well H. & L. Company was out
last night for a practice run. They
proceeded to Edward H. Knapp’s box
.factory on. Water street, where they
practiced putting up their ladders.
Arrivingback to the truck house, they .
practiced running the extension ladder
to the top of‘Lonnsbury & Matthew-
son’s shoe factory.
with. Hallock’s “kick,” in yesterday’s .
esteemed Sentinel, regarding the dump-
ing of refuse along Water street was
an entirely justifiableone. . The stench
along that thoroughfare is something
terriblc’and should receive the atten-
tion of the health authorities at once.
In view of the fact that the Cholera,
has gained a foothold on our shores;
every precaution should be taken to
prevent its spread. .,
John Hanlon and Tim Howard went
out for a drive yesterday afternoon,
With H. S. Whitlock’s .horse 8 t.
When on Water' street, this city, ow-
ard dropped-one of the rains and the
horse started to run, throwmg the oc- ‘
cupants of the carriage to the ground.
Howard was uninjured, but his cum.
panion .was less fortunate. Hanlon
was thrown on a stone, severely cut-
tingand.‘ bruising his .h ,_ > . .
He Was taken into ,Frank Becker’s“-
loan. where restorativeswere’admin- .»
istered.‘ After being unconsciousabout '
fifteen minutes;she recovered; and pro- '
ceeded-on his ways " «
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