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COURT OF BURGESSES.
’ Burgess McMulten- Makes the See-
SiOil a Lively 006.
Bonds 'Representing $17,101.71
‘Bnrned.
A regular meeting of the Court of
Burgesses was held Monda evening,
the Warden and full board eing pres-
ent with the exception of Burgess Fll-I
low. The meeting was called to order
at 8:20 o’clock. . . _
An opportunity was given the vISitors
present to be heard on any matter up-
on which they wished to present to the
Court. , _
Alfred E. Austin appearing for the
Michael Barber estate stated that a
sidewalk curb and gutter was laid by
the borough in front of property be-
longing to the estate on Harbor avenue
as per order of the Court Dec. 21st,
1889, and alien for $60.99 was placed on
the property to pay for the same. He
said that Barber had since died and
the estate was in process of settlement.
He had his doubts about the borough
being able to collect the amount. The
matter was referred to the borough at-
torney with power. , .
Arthur 0. Wheeler urged the im-
" ‘portance of Commencing the seweron ,
Butler street ordered to be-con‘strucfited
at a borough meeting held some time
since. He said that the partieswhom
he represents, were alike with himself,
anxious to have the sewer completed,
as improvements were bein made
about the straw factory and t e plans
would have to be materially changed
if the sewer was not constructed. Said
that at present all of the sewage emp-
tied into a cesspool and and was .con-
veyed to the creek through a private
pipe. which had outlasted its usefulness
and was now in a broken and com-
Eiratively unserviceable condition.
ad understood that the reason it was
not built was because the borough had
been unable to borrow the money nec-
essary to complete it. If this was a
fact he would guarantee to get the loan
if the sewer would at once he construct-
ed. Said he had given considerable
property for the improvement of the
grade of the street. No action was taken
in the matter by the court.
The following bills having been
signed as being correct were ordered
paid: WilliamSheldon, See; Blakeslee
& Son, $1347.47 ; William Sheldon,
$715.47; Norwalk Gas Light 00., $7.35;
Charles N. Wood, $167.10; B. Tully, et.
al. $30; Norwalk Printin 00., $8.50 ;
B. C. Feeney, $10; John . Wade, $10;
John H. Hoyt,$19; R. G. Hanford, $30;
C. P. Addison, $8 ;John Cahil, $14.55 ;
James Hanlon, 1.50; Owen Shannon,
$8.25 ; D. S. Curtis, $60 ; James Kelly,
$6; D. Sheehan,$29.40; P. Carney, $28.-
85; W. H. Smith & Co. $1.36; John Ma-
her $4.50; E. K. Lockwood & Co.,$7.50;
P. w. Bates, $6.50; R. N. Kellogg so.-
25; B. Feeney, $1.50‘ Owen Winn $15 ;
M. Kensella, $7.50; John Clarity, $13.-
50; M. Heel, $16.80; M. O’Donnell, $4.-
50; W. H. Van Wagner, $9; D. Connel-
lg, $87.72 ; J. T. Prow1tt, $7.07 ; W. H.
odshon A: 00., $12.46 ; D. Deering,
$16.80; B. McGinnis, 7.20; Nolan, $18.-
75; George Otham, $8 - Nickerson &
Bette, $3 .90; W. H. Van Wagoner, $17.-
50; E. J. Hill, 750; M. Whalen, $24.75 ;
William Ryan, $16.80; Thomas McMul-
len, 321; John Edmonds, $1.60; Meeker
Foundry 00., $14.44; W. McMullen,$5;
J. T. Prowitt 8: 00., $5.25; Phoenix En-
gine 00., $27; Wallace Dann, $40;.Levi
Burdick, 82; L. R. June,$6; George L.
Torthrop, $32- A. A. Martin, $32; T. J.
Howard, $30; W. M. Lincoln, 35.
A bill from the Norwalk and South
Norwalk Electric Light company for
$715.47 for street lights, was referred
to the chairman on. lights, it being
stated that the police had reported
thirty-two lights as being out during
the month.
The bill of W. M. Lincoln for S5,
was for carting fruit etc., and burying
the same, (from the house at Cobble
Hill where there was contagious dis-
ease,) by order of Health Inspector Mc-
Keon, was questioned by Burgess Mc-
Mullen, who asked if the fruit was sick
With diphtheria, and asked the health
officer if he had seen the stud" buried.
The bill was ordered paid. _
A communication from Mrs. Fanny
Combs, asking that. Eversley avenue
be freed of weeds, etc., and be placed
in a decent condition, was read. It
was the sense of the Court that the
avenue had not yet been accepted by
the borough and the communic‘ation
was laid on the table.
A petition was received from Walter
Hoyt and others for an extension of the
water main on Pitt street, 170 feet at a
cost of $150, was presented as approved
by the Water Commissioners, and the
CommisSioners were given permission
to extend the pipe if they have the
money on hand to pay for such exten-
men.
A communication was read from Chas.
E. St. John claiming $300 damages for
the loss of the trees in front of his
place caused by the macadamizing and
change of grade of Main street. It
was tabled.
A statutory notice was served on the
borough by Edward Sheehan, through
Attorney .Walsh, stating that lie sus-
tained injuries on the night of July
12th, 1893, at 12 o’clock, by falling
through an excavation that had been
left unguarded on Main street. The
matter was referred to the chairman of
the highway committee.
The Chief of police reported eight
arrests, two of which were of women ;
the amount of fees paid over to the bor-
ough was $22.79.
The following petition was presented
by res1dents of East avenue :
To the Honorable the Warden and
Court of Burgesses, Borough of Nor-
walk. Conn. .-
GnNrnEMEN—We the undersigned
reSidents and tax-payers on East ave-
nue respectfully petition and request
your honorable body to enforce the or.
der .as passed by the honorable court,
April 6th, 1891, regarding the layin
and making of sidewalks andcurba an
gutters. on said East avenue, not yet
completed. .
We further petition your honorable
body that immediate action be taken
to have the injunctions removed now
existing on certain properties on said
avenue. ,
Whereas, The Tramway company are
now running on their track in the cen-
ter of said avenue according to the new
layout, thereby closing up oneshalf of
said evenue, in parts, that it is for the
best interests of the borough and pro-
perty holders on said East avenue, re-
quire the regulating and grading of
said avenue be completed at once.
It was referred to the Borough at-
torney. , .- I
Mr. George'W. Cram said that if the
borough would act in the matter it
would be of great advantage to the
public. Improvem‘entswoul'd} be made
byproperty owners on East'and Evers-
ley avenues and new hOuSes built.
There wasat present a great amount of
travel over the avenue and it would in-
crease- Would agree» to do the-grad-
ing for $250 and takiethe- surplusmaé
teria1-. .Had furnished planks to put
the ' sidewalk” in’ a passable condition.
Had complained to Tramway company
of stone left on the avenue. Strange
there had been no serious accidents by
reason of the condition of the street.
A petition from property oWners
for an electric light on the Step
Rock road was referred to chairman of
committee on lights, McMullen, to in-
vestigate and report. MeMullenthere-
upon said, “If I do report you won’t
pay any attention to it; ”
The borough clerk was ordered 'to
notify the Tramway company to re-
move all obstructionsfor which they
were responsible on East avenue.
Burgess Squire of the highway com-
mittee said that repairs ought to be
made'on the street near the Children’s
Home ; be estimated the cost would not
be in excess of $3; also at Cobble Hill,
at a cost of about $25 ; cobbles were
scattered about streets in the borough ;
the streets in the business part of the
borough ought to be cleaned, etc. He
was instructed to employ three men
and a cart and have the work done.
The bids for the repairing of the side-
walks on Main street were read as fol-
lows: John Edmonds 6c afoot; F. F.
Clark 9.1m; D. Connelly, 70; W. L.
James, 10c. The contract was awarded
to Edmonds.
Burgess Glover stated that he had
$17,101.72 of canceled bonds, and he
was instructed to burn the same. and
being furnished with a match by the
War en he quickly converted the bonds
into ashes.
The Borough Attorney, to whom the
report of the commission appointed to
assess damages and benefits by the
change in the grade of Butler street
was referred, reported that he thought
the awards for damages too high and
the matter was referred back to the
commission.
' Burgess McMullen then made a mo-
tion to adjourn, and on being asked by
the Warden as to what date an adj ourn-
ment be taken, answered “ I don’t care
if you adjourn until to-morrow night.”
On motion of Burgess Sutherland an
adjournment until Aug. 22d prevailed.
The session was a very lively one,
made so by the frequent interruptions
of Burgess McMullen, who at times
was not very gentlemanly in his re-
marks about the way the borough af-
fairs were being conducted, as viewed
by himself. For instance, in the mat-
ter of carting the fruit, etc., from the
house where diphtheria was prevalent
he questioned whether it had been
properly done and suggested that the
health oflicer was as liable to have his
hand in some rascality as well as any-
one else. He was of the opinion that
we couldn't have a city government any
too soon. He said there were a goo
many things going on that ought not
to be. He wanted everyone to under-
stand that he was put there by the tax-
payers, and he should talk just as much
as he wanted to. He asked for a
change of the men who work the high-
ways. . Wanted fair play but had never
seen it since he had been a member
of the board. Borough had no more
right to touch the sidewalk in front
of the Union school than they had to
take his pocketbook. The work was
done for some political purpose. Want-
ed someone on the board to show
where the screw was loose and he was
there to do it. There was robbery and
it was nothing else. Wanted no more
“concave walks" and did not want to
”debate the tax.” Others had just as
good eyesight as the burgesses. Asked
the Court if any one of them had any
brains, etc.
He was amusing, aggressive and alto-
gether out of order. The surprise to
man was that the Warden did not
“cal him down.”
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Mother Gray’s Sweet I‘D-rm Powders
Mother Gray, a nurse in. the Chil-
dren’s Home in New York, has for
years treated children successfully with
a remedy, now prepared and placed in
the drug stores, called Mother Gray’s
Sweet Worm Powders. They are sold
by druggists at 25c a package. They re-
move all worms, are harmless as milk,
pleasant to take and never fail. Valu-
able for feverishness, constipation and
headache, even if no worms are pres-
ent. Ask your druggist.
New Teachers.
The following teachers have been en-
gaged at the Over River school for the
next term : H. B. Wigham, Principal;
Miss Susan Curtis. Assistant; Miss
Bertha Allen, Grade 6; Mrs. . J.
Camp, Grade 5; Mrs. Reba W. Taylor,
Grade 4; Mrs. J. W. Hunt, Grade 3;
Miss Marv E. Leverick, Grade 2; Miss
Addie J. Bouton, Grade 1.
25 Cents Will Buy a Wife
or mother a bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure at any drug store. Mrs. S. W.
Merrill, of Fairdale, N. Y., says: “Dr.
Hand’s Colic Cure is far in advance of
any remedy of the kind I ever used.
It Will quiet baby when she is scream-
ing with pain.” Ask some mother who
has used this remedy about it. When
your baby is cross and fretful while
teething apply Dr. Hand’s Teething
Lotion to the gums. Sold by all drug-
gists. 25 cents. .
The Hyatt Place Said.
The James W. Hyatt place on West
avenue has been purchased by Alexan-
der Semple, the new superintendent at
the N orwalk Mills. Mr. Semple cxa
pects to occupy the place on or about
the 1st of September.
Beware ofotutmenta for Oatarrh That Con-
' rains Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they Will do is ten fold
to the good fiou can possibly derive
from them. all’s Catarrh Cure, man-
ufactured by F. J. Cheney 8;: 00., To-
ledo, 9., contains no mercury and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
WSold by druggists, price 75c pert
bottle.
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The Line to bMded to Stam-
tord, New Canaan, westport,
Five Mite'River and Darien.
To Run Downv’We'st Avenue.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
N orwalk Tramway company was held
Tuesday afternoon in the Boron h
Court of Burgesaes’ room, Fairlie d
County Bank building. Nearly all the
stockholders and officers of the road
were present. It was voted that G. F.
McKibben. of Norwalk, be elected
President in place of W. G. Bushnell
of New Haven, withdrawn from the
company. The Board of Directors
chosen were Messrs. McKibben,Pierce,
John S. Se mour, E. J. Hill and E. O.
Keeler. of orwalk, Reed-of Stamford,
in place of Bushnell retired, and Mans-
field of Boston. Mr. Mansfield was
chosen Secretary and Treasurer. The
capital stock was fixed at $70,000. The
following layouts for the extended lines
of the road were also adopted, viz.:
From East N orwalk to a junction with
the Westport street railway at San-
gatuck depot ' also a direct line to
Westport Via the turnpike, to terminate
500 feet east side of Westport bridge.
From present terminus .of track at
Junction of_ Belden and Riverside ave-
nues via Silver Mine to a point oppo-
site the post office in the borough of
New Canaan. Also from its present
line on Belden. avenue, via Franklin
avenue to Armory, thence by the turn-
pike to the Town House in the city of
Stamford. From its line on Franklin
avenue easterly to West avenue via
Union Park and Mott avenue, to West
avenue, in front of the M. E. church,
thence down West avenue to the depot
of the New York 8: New Haven rail-
road. From the terminus of its pres-
ent line_on the Wilson Point road,
down said road, past the “Knob” and
Point, thence westerly to Bell Island,
across to Roton Point and thence to
Five Mile River landing, thence to
Five Mile River depot, thence to Da-
rien depot and a junction With its main
line via turnpike from Norwalk to
Stamford. ‘
The financial success of the road has
far laid down and operated was report-
ed far beyond expectation and the lines
are to be extended as fast as the mone-
tary conditions of the country will Jus-
tify. The company has four years with-
in which to complete its entire layout.
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so wel .
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song' of
praise.——A purer medicine does not exist
and is guaranteed to do all that is claim-
ed. Electric Bitters will eure all dis-
eases of_ the Liver and Kidneys, will re-
move Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum, and
other affections caused by impure
blood—Will drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as well as care all
Malarial fevers.——For cure of Head-
ache, Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters—Entire satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded—Price
51(3) cts. and $1.00 at H. R. Hale’s drug
s ore.
Cabbage (fiercely). “It is very dis-
couraging to a man to have to carry a
shrieking baby around the room all
night and then to reflect that of such
is the kingdom of heaven.”
Wife (meekly). “How can that pos-
sibly affect you, dear ?”——Puck.
It Should be in Every House.
J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharps-
burg. Pa., says he will not be without
Dr. King’s New Discover for Con-’
sumption, Coughs and 00 ds, that it
cured his wife who was threatened with‘
Pneumonia after an attack of "La
Grippe,” when various other remedies
and several physicians had done her no
good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport,
Pa., claims Dr. King’s New Discovery
has done him more good than anything
he ever used for Lung Trouble. Noth-
ing like it. Try it. Free Trial Bottles
at R. B. Hale’s drug store. Large
bottles, 50c. and $1.00.
Mr. Charles Bessey, of New York,
and years ago a reSident of Norwalk,
is visiting friends in town.
La Grippe.
During the prevalence of La Gnippe
the past seasons it was a noticeable
fact that_those _who depended upon Dr.
King’s New Discovery, not only had a
speedy recovery, but escaped all of the
troub esome after effects of the malady.
This remedy seems to have a peculiar
power in effecting rapid cures not only
in cases of La Grippe, but in all Dis-
eases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and
has cured cases of Asthma and Hay
Fever of long standing. Try it and be
convinced. t won’t disappoint. Free
Trial Bottles at H. R. Hale’s drug store
—._.——
Mr. David W.Ra mond has returned
from a VlSlt. to the bite city, as chip-
per and active as before he left town.
Strength and Health.
If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If “La
Grippe” has left you weak and weary
use Electric Bitters. This remedy acts
directly on Liver, Stomach and Kid.
neys, gently aiding those organs to
perform their functions. If you are
afllicted With Sick Headache, you will
find speedy and permanent relief b
taking Electric Bitters. _One trial wi l
convince you that this is the remedy
you need. Large bottles only 50c. at
H. R. Hale’s drug store.
Dr. Hale’s amulet Ointment.
ls the finest remedy in the world. It
absolutely cures Catarrh. It cures
Neuralgla and Rheumatism. Cures
Piles like magic. Cures Salt Rheum
in the most soothing manner. Cures
Inflame and Granulated Eyelids.
Cures Coughs and Colds. Can be taken
internally. A positive . specific for
Pneumcma. Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Chilblains, Sores of long standing.
Corns and Bunions are cared quickly
different from all else; superior to a
else; it has no equal. 25 and 50c.
boxes. _ arge size cheapest. Sold at
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H. B. Hale’s drugstore.
Buckltn's Arnlca salvo.
The Best Salve in the world for Cute
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever . res Tetter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, orns .and all Skin Erup
tions, and posrtively cures Piles, or .110
payrequired. It is guarante edto vs
nerfectsatisfaction, or money refun ed
Price 25 cents per box. For Sale by
a. B. Hale.
In in. evcEE nun?
THAT IS WHAT'S wrwrso BEFORE
THE FLYING mourns. '
The Bicycle No Longer Sotloflol the Long-
ing of Mankind For Free Movement.
WeWantto'l‘rnvolaatheBltdl Dmbut
Must Loam Essential Masons first.
The Frenchman who covered the dead
walls of Paris with calls for subscriptions
to a Society of Aviation, to start with a
capital of 500,000 francs, may have been
lacking in the highest qualities of public
spirit. He was placed in jail for taking
money for his little private flying ina-
chines, costing from $500 to $2,000, which
he failed to deliver. But his merit lies
in discovering the want that fills, the
breasts of a large number of men today.
It is only the somewhat headlong method
of gratifying that yearning which‘ has
interfered for a firm with his loco-
motion. Had be but had the foret ught
to invent, to beg of to borrow a airly
efficient flying machine, nothing short of
a cag'ewould now prevent him from tak-
mmve as French as himself.
h he should languish for the rest
of his day in prison, M. Delprat will
have the g ory of the discovery that the
bicycle no longer satisfies the longing of
mankind toward a freer movement over
the face of land mid water. If we are
to believe the evolutionists, man is the
result of gradual aspiration, from the
worm that walloweth on a portion of its
anatomy unsul to ears polite, through
the many footed, four footed and. four
handed beasts, up to the naturallord of
creation who runs perpendicular on two
feet. The present century has seen man
becomeed What macads would have
term the “ ‘ ° one foot.” Why
should npt this progress continue and
the next century find man rising from
that single pied a tone into more or less
sustained aviation?
t The flying machine still holding to
earth by one wheel has already appeared
sporadically in England, according to
Engineering. Mr. Philippe published
the results of his trial of a machine rest-
ing on a light car and claims that he
flow, but the front wheel of the car nev-
er left the ground. This is quite as it
should be. We creep beh‘e we walk,
we graduate tom tricycle to bicycle,
andnowweareattheunicycleage.
,Who is the man to lift as finally clearof
the earth?
The principle of the balloon, useful as
it is in overcoming gravity, has mrried
generations of inventors into a fool’s
paradise.
Birds are lighter than beasts, but they
are not soap bubbles. And to the bird
we have, to return indirectly or directly
for lessons in the navigation of the air.
The aeroplane, in which our able aviat-
Ore are now reposing so much confi-
dence, but upon which they take care.
notwto repose their otvnbrittle bodies, is
the result of a study of the soaring of
birds. Latterly it has been reasoned
out that individual feathers have a
moi-ml influence in supporting the
in air. 80 the aeroplanes are made
not solid, but with, slats, and in some
cases jointed in sections, so that while
one portion is in one plane another may
befilted up or down togebthelifting
power of a change of angle. This power
is so great that our leading aviators,
like Hiram Mam'm and Professor Lang-
ley, expect to obtain great velocities if
the can once got their airships under
We; and under bontrol.
; The torney spent by these inventors
and investigators is mounting to a great
sum, but who shall say it-is wasted, con-
sidering the benefits to accrue? The re-
mark attributed to Gitfard when dying,
that he wouldnot reveal the secret of his
airship because f ‘he thought he saw the
air ensanguined by war as the seas have
been, and the earth,” need. not disturb
us. If he did say that, he was tempora-
rily in a state of weakness, for the fly-
in: machine will do morethan anything
ye invented to break down the preju-
dices of one nation for another. Wars
are the result of such prejudices care-
fully inflamed by ambitious men, and
while the aviation is not going to stop
all wars it will surely reduce them to a
mimmum.
More important than such machinesas
lieutenants Renard and Krebs success
fully steered from Mendon to,the walls
of Paris and back a ain arethe‘small
flying machines dove oped from the bi-
cycle, which seem now about to make
their appearance. The bicycle with elec-
tric motor is invented. Now comes the
turn of a combination of bicycle and
aviator which shall permit the rider to
leave earth and skim along for 100 yards
or so without detriment to himself or
his machine. By way of these inven-
tions will come the dis'covery, step by
step, of means and methods of sustain-
ing flight for longer periods and also
the actual training in motion through
the air which is now wanting to man-
The inventors who are constructing
ompaper or in actuality great flying ma-
es‘ are like men of an inland race
who have for the first time seen a broad
piece of water. Before learning to pad-
dle a canoe they are already building a
hi to; before understanding the prin-
ci e of thest engine they meet-
ting to work to make an ocean steamer.
What is wanted is a popular air cycle,
an “air safety,” to lead the way tolarger
air wagons with sustained flight. Who
will invent Opel—New York Times.
An om Pacific Coast Engine.
Perhaps few of the people know that a
v ’antique engine is lying useless be-
h' the station at Long Beach, Los
Angela county. This engine was used
in the early part of the last decade;and
when the fireman wanted to put in any
fuelthetrainhad to be stopped while
the firemen put in wood at the front of
theengine, as thedoor of the furnaceis
situated there. This engine ran between
Lps Angelee and Long Beach before the
Southern Pacific extended its line to
that place. The cars are like street cars
of today, only about twice as long.
Sometimes. the passengers had to get 931:
Ind pus—hi, as the egg-irate was not viry
Read the Gamma.
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‘ Served Him Right.
The Hartford Courant of Saturday
reports that a Danielscnville man went
to a- Putnam bank one day recently
and drew out his money due him,
amounting to $1,300, and was paid in
silver dollars. They ”were placed in a
bag and weighed nearly 100 pounds.
He carried the load home On his'back.
. A somewhat similar case is reported
to have occurred in town. The story
runs that. a Chestnut Hill farmer came
to the Fairfield County bank on Frida
and desued currency on a $662 chec
on a New York bank. The cashier po-
litel informed the party that usually
the ankhad been able to cash all such
checks Without inconvenience, but that
at present, currency was so scarce, it
was impossible to thus accommodate
any but depositors and regular custom-
ers; that he should go to the bank
where ke kept his depOSits, for the bills
he desired. To this the party replied
that he had never kept any bank ac-
count anywhere, although reputed to
be the wealthiest money lender in the
town of Wilton. It was explained to
him that it _would be unjust to the
bank’s depositors to pay out currency
to outSiders, when it was so difficult to
fully supply the wants of its customers.
To this Chestnut Hill, who is reputed
to be up to financial ways that are
sharp and tricks that are the same,
asked if he could get bills as he wanted
them if he were to open an account by
the deposit of his New York check,
and draw therefrom betimes. With
possible visions of a new and plethoric
deposit account Cashier Green With his
blandest smile replied, “ Why, certain-
ly.” The New York .check was then
passed through the Wicker, a bank de-
posit book dul made out and handed
to Chestnut Hi 1, who pocketed it, with
a sinister smile illuminating his sorrel
countenance.
Early next day, Saturday, a young .
man presented himself before the bank
teller, with a check duly made out and
signed by Chestnut Hill for the entire
amount of the prev10us afternoon’s de-
posit and requesting. payment thereon.
A hurried consultation took place be-
hind the bank screens, when the cash-
ier appeared on the scene and inquired
where the party was who had sent in
the check. “Oh, he is standing out-
side,” quoth the lad. “ He sent me in
to get the money and bring it to him.”
“All right,” quoth Green. A fat. stout,
canvas bag, containing 1,000 bright sil-
ver dollars of the dads, was instantly
jerked from the vault and landed on
the paying teller’s desk, and in less
time than it takes to -tell it, six hun-
dred and sixty-two of them, or nearly
a peck measure full, were shoved out
before the astonished lad. “Mr. Fi—
(Chestnut Hill) don’t want Silver, he
wantsbills, ” stammered the lad. “Sorry
but can’t help it,” replied the ever
courteous teller. “ We haven’t the
bills that we can spare, and the check
is paid and cancelled and the account
closed, tell Mr. Fi—, (Chestnut Hill)
please.” “But how in the world can I
carry all these dollars out to the wagon?”
persisted the perplexed messenger.
“Oh, tie them up in your handker-
chief; put them in your hat; take out
a hundred pounds or so at a time and
then come back for the rest; any way
to get them there; but please any
and dont’ block the passage for our
customers ; good day. .
The next seen of Chestnut H111. was
his appearance at the Central National
bank, with great bulges projecting from
his coat, vest and pants, like huge tu.
mors upon chest, aides and abdomen,
where he was overheard imploring the
oflicials of that bank to exchange his
silver dollars for bills of any denomi-
nation. Being told that the bank was
short of bills but had more silver al-
ready than it could use, and that silver
was a nuisance anyway and every bank
more than glad to get rid of it, Chest-
nut Hill mounted his vehicle and start-
ed for his airy and showy reSidence, a
wiser but a sadder man, and every one
who has heard the story which has
overspread the town, Joms the univers-
al refrain—“ served him right.”
But more seriously, is there not an
element of the gravest danger, in times
like the present, when the country is
filled with tramps, thieves, burglars
and' cut-throats, any one of whom
would murder for ten dollars, for any
man to keep in his hou’se or about his
person, money of any considerable
amount ? Especially is.the danger in-
creased by persons taking money out
of the banks for the purposes of hoard-
ing, who live in remote and unprotecb
ed neighborhoods in the country. A
reputation of such folly is sure to fol-
low such action and is a special incen-
tive to the criminal classes to perpe-
trate crime-and robbery. Ergo, keep
your money in banks if you have any.
Thrown From a Buckboard.
John W. Naphey met with an acci-
dent Tuesday evening which may prove
of a serious nature. In company With
his daughter, Mrs. Burr Gregory, he
was driving through Cross street on a
buckboard. A trace to the harness be
came unhitched and Mr. Nuplac)’ lean-
ed over the dash of the wagon to fix it.
As he did so the horse shied and ran
away, the backboard striking a pile of
stones, one of the wheels was wrecked
and Naphey thrown out. Mrs. Greg-
ory managed to retain her seat in the
wagon. The horse freeing himself
from the buckboard ran in front of a
passing train on the Danbury branch
of the Consolidated road and narrowly
escaped being struck by the locomotive.
He continue on down .through Cross
street and across the- iron bridge to
West avenue where he was stopped.
Mr. Naphey was picked up and
carrried to‘ the. porch of the house of
the heuse of Michael Reagan, near by
where the accident occurred.
Dr. Huntington was summoned. An
examination showed that Naphey had
sustained a severe, contusion on his-
head, and suffered a shock, which on
account of his age, about 75 years, it is
feared will prove of a serious nature.
Mrs. Gregory escaped. injury. Mr.
Naphey was taken home in a coach. A
young man named Cahill, who saw the
accident and went after the physician,
on his return to the scene fainted away,
but revived after being pretty thorough.
1y drenched With a bucket of water.
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Stolen Horse.
Chief Dann has been notified b F.
C. Peckhan & 00., of Branfor , to
look out for a dapple ray horse, 10
years old, weight 1200 w te mane and
tail, heel calk on both hind feet, hitched
to a new Concord bugq, ainted dark
green, open bridle an g as rosettes
with letter P. The team was stolenb
a man named Louis Gray, 22 years 01 ,
about 5 feet '10 inches high, stout, dark
moustache, and wore a light suit and
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light hat. I...
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