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Dowry and Marriage. _
The renewed agitation of the dowry
~ idea in England and the United States
has a significance which deserves gen-
eral recognition.
I The idea is that fathers should lay
aside and invest for each of their daugh-
ters a certain sum—as large as conveni-
ently possible —— which shall be the
daughters’ own money and marriage.
portion, with a view to helping support
her future family. This is the custom
in France and some other countr1es,and
a very sensible custom it is. _
The old ldea,in'this country,has been
that the whole pecuniary support of the
family must be assumed by the husband,
the wife doing her full share ’of the
work in taking care of the house and
hildren.
mil: doubt she does thus do her full
share,and even more than her full share
of the work. But if she had some money
besides the work would be lighter, the
home would be more comfortable and
happier and the husband would be “re-
lieved of a great deal of the burden
which,no matter how willing he may be
to bear it, is often heavier than he can
endure. .
The married woman with a_ dowry,too,
would feel more self-respect and less
like a dependent and merely ornamental
appendage to the domestic establish-
ment. It is galling to many a ‘woman
of spirit to reflect that one of the argu-
ments in favor of her marrying 18 that,
that is the only practicable way for her
to get a living.
As it is, the main thing that prevents
men from marrying nowadays is the
cold fact that they cannot afi‘ord it. To
say that a man whose income barely
' supports himself comfortably can just as
wellTsupport a wife in addition, is to
talk the wildest kind of nonsense; and to
maintain that it is his duty to marry is
little short of lunacy.
If the custom of endowing daughters
should be adopted in this country, the
demand for marriage licenses would
soon be enormously increased.
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' For the Old Flag.
In verv many. social and governmen-
tal matters there are radical differences
of opinion between Americans and
Englishmen and'there has been, save
in one particular, but little of relation-
ship in the methods employed to make
the respective nations great. The one
point of resemblance—a parallel for
many years—was as to state depart-
ment policy. Administrations came and
went, but the line was unbroken by
partisan interference until some seven
years ago. That departure from sen-
sible precedent was the first severance
of the continuity of administration in
what is probably the most important
branch of this nation’s executive force.
Butthat first breach is of no present
interest. What was done by Secretary
Bayard as to the fisheries trouble is a
topic of minor importance ; the subject
deserving present attention and arous-
ing international interest is what has
been done by President Cleveland and
Secretary Gresham as to Hawaii. The
policy of the present administration
has been in this matter to reverse and
discredit every act of the administration
which it politically supplanted. That
such an unpatriotic and partisan pro-
cedure shOuld be fruitful of blunders
and culminate in failure is not surpris-
ing ; it deserves no better fate. In-
feriority marks many of the features of
' Great Britain’s government, but it can-
not be denied that British diplomacy is
a success. Great Britain has invariably
secured all it ever went for in a diplo-
matic way and while exception could
- occasionally be taken to some of the
methods employed, the general result
has been civilizingly and commercially.
beneficial to all the parties concerned.
Had the successive premiers of Victoria’s
' realm endeavored to becloud the acts
of predecessors there would be no Brit.
ish empire such as today, challenges
admiration. The United States has no
schemes of conquest, is not afflicted
with:bunger for new territory, but it
may, nevertheless, learn a valuable les-
son from the experience of the mother
country.
Tea and Coffee.
Coffee and tea have been held to re-
sponsibility for the creation and aggre-
2 vation of human ills, while, on the
' other hand, these popular beverages
' have been freely lauded as =the,posses-
ff. , sets of many healthful qualities.‘ Many
, people will have nothing whatever to
, this morning.
' do with coffee because they have been
.A n Entertaining and I nstmctivc Home Journal, . ESpccially Devoted to :Local News and Interests.
N ORWALK, CQNN.,.FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 1894.
informed that steady indulgence in it
is most harmful, and for the same rea-
son, but to a lesser extent, (in this
country at least), many persons abstain
from the consumption of tea. The
truth appears to be that neither of the
preparations, is hurtful when properly
made, and that both are when the con-~
coctor of the drinks is thoughtless or
unskillful. A German scientist has giv-
en considerable attention to this 'ex-
tremely interesting and vitally import-
ant topic. Discussing the active prin-
ciples of coffee, Dr. Falkenhorst says
that the most important of these is caf-
fein, a small quantity acts as a stimulus
but which is poisonous when taken in
excess. Another important feature is
the aromatic substance, which, operat-
ing principally on the nerves, is an
stimulus. The third and least desirable
component part is tannin, to which
coffee owes its bitter taste, and which
is by no means an aid to digestion.
The action of these principal substances
depends mainly on the method of prep-
aration. If the coffee is simply infused
in water at the boiling point and al-
lowed to cool at once, we get a little
cafi’ein, a great deal of aroma and
scarcely a trace of tannin. If we
allow the coffee to boil for a time the
aroma is dissapatcd, passing off with
the steam; we get more cafi'ein, and
the longer it is boiled the more tannin
is dissolved out. Long-boiled coffee,
therefore, predjudices digestion, while
a simple infusion facilitates it. That
truth should be impressed in every
home. The constituents of tea bear
considerable resemblance to those of
cofi'ee—theine (another name for cafi'ein)
aromatic substances and tannin. They
operate precisely as they do in coffee
and work evil whenever the tea is al-
lowed to boil for any length of time.
Tannin is a very undesirable addition
to the daily bill of fare, and is one
of the most potent causes of nervous
disorder. If those good but chemically
ignorant people who insist upon keep-
ing the tea-pot or coffee-pot ’or both on
the stove all day long will cease the
practice there would surely ensue con-
siderable improvement in the national
health. #a ._>_____“
TERSE—TALES or THE TIMES.
There will be a battalion drill at the
Armory, to-night.
The officers of the 0. U. G. C. will
be installed this evening.
——Bead Hoyt’s shoe'advertisement.
‘ 7S2-6t
There was a good attendance at the
A. O. H. ball, Thursday night.
Mrs. Howard Doty has returned
home greatly improved in health.
A ten pound son was born to_Rev.and
Mrs. F. E. Robbins, early this morn-
ing.'
—All shoes $2.50 and $5.00,, at 50
cents per pair discountiat oyt‘s. 782-6t
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Connecticut Pensions: Original wid-
ows, etc., Margaret Slasson, Water-
bury.
vFactory inspector E. Burrows Brown
has our thanks for a copy of ills annual
report.
———Read Hoyt’s shoe advertisement.
Money saved. 782-613
Charles Kellogg, brother-in-law of
Reporter Thomas of the Sentinel, is on
the sick list.
Norwalk weavers will attend the ball
of the Elastic Web Weavers in Bridge—
port to-night. _ .
~Turkeys 1231.0; People’s Market.
781-tf
Several Norwalk parties will_attend
the “subscription” ball to be given 1n
New Haven, tonight.
The secretaries of the_ Y._ M. C. A.
societies of New England wrll meet in
Waterbury February 6 and 8. -
~Handy to have in the house, Hale’s
Lung Balsam. 774-tf
The case of the State vs. John Slat-
tery, set down for trial at Westport, on
Thursday, was adjourned until next
week Thursday. - : '
The “funny” editor of an exchange
says that “one reason why a man’s
stockings cost less than his wife’s is be-
cause they do not come so high.”
——Seef the $3.50 shoes at $1.90 at
Hoyt’s. 782-61;
The Ram’s Horn man is right when
he says that it is about as wise to sit on
the limb of a tree and saw it off as it is
to worry about things we cannot help.
If the income tax goes through Con-
gress Collector_Byxbee’s office will in-
crease greatly in Importance. 'By the
same token the deputies’ duties will be
added to conmderably and so will the
earnings.
__Samples of Hale’s Lung Balsam
free. 774‘tf T
The Messrs. Grumman Bros. horse
was thought to he better ofgts sickness
Mr. A. Aylson seeing
no chance of saving the sick horsehe
had, the animal was killed to, put it out
of misery." ,
The Alpha Wheel club minstrels’ will
hold a full rehearsal to-night.
There was a dance in the blacksmith
shop at Broad River, on Thursday
evening. »
Sergt. O. Cossum has been elected a
lieutenant of Co. C, Stamford, vice
Toms resigned. .
A sociable will be held at the home
of Mr. F. H. Merrill, at Broad River,
Friday evening, Feb. 2d. »-
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper gave, a “re-
ception” at her home on Harbor ave-
nue, Thursday evening.
Miss Lee, a graduate of the Bridge-
port hospital, has been engaged as a
nurse at the Norwalk hospital.
Edward \Velch was sent to jail for
thirty days, this morning, by Justice
Coolidge. The charge against him was
vagrancy. '
The Norwalk City Council and Board
of Fire Engineers will inspect the work-
ings 01f1 tthe Stamford Fire department
o-nlg >. ‘
——All shoes $2.50 to $5. 00, 50c. a pair
discount. 30 days sale at Boyt’s. 4. 5t
Anah A. St. John died at the resi-
dence of Mr. A. B Hill, on Camp
street, at an early 'hour this morning,
in the 82d year of her age.
——Turkeys 12:}c. People’s Market.
. 781-tt'.
There will be no short calendar ses-
sion of the superior court to-day, the
court having adjourned the first of the
week to next Tuesday morning at 10
. o’clock.
—Boy’s rubber boots $1.90 worth
$2.50, mens’ rubber boots $2.00 worth
$3. 00. 30 days only at Hoyt’s. 4 St
The oyster crop on the western side
of Deleware bay has been so small thus
far this season, that seventy-five oyster
boats have been laid up and many
oystermen are out of work.
Mr. Benjamin B. Banks will take the
poor debtor’s oath before Justice Peck,
at Bridgeport, to-morrow morning.
Attorney Hurlbutt appears for Banks,
the Town of Norwalk and the British
counsel.
Said a thinly clad little boy to a citi-
zen on Water street, Thursday evening:
“Mister will you please give me' five
cents to buy some bread; I’m awfully
hungry, and so 18 me brother. Corbett
litcliried Mitchell didn’t he? He’s the
s u .”
~75 pr. hand turned shoes $1.75
worth $4.49 at Hoyt’s. 4 5t
Aeoording to the annual report of St.
John’s R.- 0. church, Stamford, there
were in that society 282 baptisms and
44 marriages. The church debt has
. been reduced $1,919.35; the liabilities
of the parish are $67,750 less the amount
in the treasury of $6,434.55.
—100 pr. men’s calf shoes, good style
regular price 9.52.25, sale price $1.59, 200
pair ladies’ cloth top shoes, very fine
$3.50 grade at $1.90. Great bargains,
Hoyt’s 37 Wall street. 4 5t
The following officers of Kabaosa
Encampment, I. O. O. F., were in-
stalled by D. D. G. P. Charles Sher-
man, Thursday evening: S. B. Wil-
son, 0. P.; A. A. Betts, H. P.; F. E.
Lockwood, H. W.; St. Johh Merrill.
§.;WB. S. Keith, '12; 'F. A. Gregory,
The Connecticut Commercial Travel-
ers’ association held its midwinter meet-
ing, at the Atlantic Hotel, Bridgeport,
Thursday night. Secretary Bates was
presented. with a gold headed cane. A
banquet was served. Among the speak-
ers present was Mayor E. O. Keeler. of
this city. The following officers were
elected: Presidents, G. M. Baldwin of
Bridgeport; vice presidents, F.O.Brew-
er of Hartford and F. E. Lewis of New
Haven; secretary and treasurer, L. H.
Bates of New Haven.
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—150 pr. ladies’ shoes at $1.00 worth
$52. 00 and $3.00 at'Hoyt’s. 4 lit
The funeral of Charles Barrett was
largely attended from his late home on
Main street, this afternoon, Rev. Chas.
M. Selleck officiating. There was sweet
singing of appropriate music by a
quarteite composed of Miss Annie
Staab, Miss Ella Byxbee, and Messrs.
Hoyt and Morehouse. The pall bear-
ers were Messrs. George Bailwitz,
Smith Northrop, John .Lowth, George
Grumman, Oscar Miller and George
Allen. The funeral was under the di-
rection of Undertaker ‘Floyd Benton,
of Georgetown.
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Washington Notes. ‘
Ex-Senator William W. and Mrs. Ea-
ton, of Hartford, have arrivedin the
city for the season and are located at
916 Seventeenth street northwest.
The wife of U. S. Treasurer Morgan
is afflicted with a severe lameness, re-
sultant upon long . standing at the
“coming out” tea given her daughter
at the Elsmere.
Mrs. Cpllyer Married.
There wasa report in toWn says the
Stamford Advocate; that Mrs. Collycr
of Contentment Island, Darien, was
married Wednesday afternoon,in Grace
Church Chantry, New York city. It
was impossible to verify. the story, but
there seems to be every _reason to be-
lieve it is true. The bridegroom, Ed-
ward Weed, is something lesthan
twentyJive years of age, or about one-‘
half as old as Mrs. Collyer- It-is stated-
that soon after the ceremony - they, . . y _
g . :nasrum this evening. -
started 'on a wedding trip.
ARRESTED FORFRllUD. ’
‘RobePtReynolds of, East Norwalk
Captured by a U. SpPost '
Office Inspector.
He Uses Uricle Sam’s Mail Under
the Names of Different Women.
For some time past the attention of
Postmaster Hubbell has been attracted
to mail matter coming to his office ad-
dressed to Carrie B. Seaman, which
was called for and delivered to a young
man. Becoming suspicious he kept
watch of the young fellow and-finally
traced him to his home in East 'Nor-
walk where he learned that his name
was Robert Reynolds and that his fath-
er was George R. Reynolds, 9.- carpen-
ter living at 46 Van Zant avenue.
About the time that the postmaster’s
attention was directed to the quantity
of letters being received he was called
upon by Rev. Mr. Wyatt of the Meth-
odist church. who had received a letter
from Rev. Mr. Moffitt of Long Island
requesting him to ascertain who Carrie
B. Seaman was. as he suspected that she
was a fraud. Mr. Moffitt enclosed the
letter received from Miss Seaman which
stated that her father had recently died
and left a valuable library and had re-
quested her to send Mr. Moffitt a cer
taiu book, which she would do upon rc-
ceipt of $1.00.
.. As soon as Postmaster Hubbell ob-
tained this letter‘he at once forwarded
it to headquarters in Boston. Yester-
day a United States Inspector put in an
appearance at the post office here and
with Mr.Hubbell they visited East Nor.
walk and gathered all the facts obtain-
able. It was learned that Reynolds had
been using the South Norwalk office un-
der the name of Hattie A. Wells and
had called for and obtained several let-
ters. At East Norwalk he first used
the name of Hattie A. Wells, but when
he found that something was wrong
with his mail at the Norwalk office he
changedlto Carrie B.Seaman,East Nor-
walk, a (1 yesterday had two postal
notes ca ‘ ed at that office, signing the
name Frank B. Roberts to them.
After the inspector had located Rey-
nolds and obtained 'all the facts be de-
parted, llut returned last evening with
the U. . Marshal and a. writ for . Rey-
nolds a est. Having ascertained that
Reynolds came to the. East Norwalk
post office for his mail at 6:30 each even-
ing the Inspector and Marshal laid in
wait for him. Shortly before seven
o’clock Reynolds called and the mar-
shal at once placed him under arrest.
He was taken into the rear room at the
post office and his father sent for. Young
Reynolds broke completely down when
confronted with his. wrong doings and
made a. clean confession of his guilt.
He was taken to New Haven last night
on the 9:41 train and locked up.
Beynold’s method was to write to
ministers in Massachusetts and on Long
Island, under'the name of Seaman, or
Wells, telling them that her father.
who was a. minister, had died and left a
valuable library, and that before dying
had requested her to send one of the
volu ’es, which was named in the let-
ter, to him, which she Would do upon _
feceipt of eighty-five cents or one dol-
at.
As quite a number of letters were
delivered to, Beynold’s at the South
and East Norwalk offices it is suSpected
that he obtained quite an amount of
money by his scheme. Afew letters
were delivered at the Norwalk ofiice
but as soon as Postmaster Hubbell be-
came suspicious of the matter’all mail
addressed to Carrie B. Seaman was re-
tained at the office where it now re-
inalilns together with a money order s at
0 er.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
‘ "THE KIND THAT CURES”
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The Whistles Tooted.
After waiting nearly nine weeks the
Danbury hat manufacturers on Thurs—
day, made an attempt to open their
factories 1ndependent of trade unions,
and in the morning eight of the
eighteen factories blew“ their whistles.
This was the understood signal to all
former employees to respond to work if
they so desired. The tooling of the
whistles was unusually long and loud
and it awoke the slumbering com-
munity. Many persons on hearing the
noise, scrambled out of bed and hurried
towards the big factories in expectation
of witnessing some excitement.’ There
was no undue agitation visible, how-j
ev‘rer. ‘
There was a picket guard around
every factory, and the names of those
who entered were noted on, a book and
reported later to headquarters. Less
than a. hundred, persons, all told, re-
spOnded, although the trade asserts
that less than a score entered the fac-
tories. ,
The distress among many of the hat-
ters is pitiful, and is increasing every
day. The manufacturers promise to
protect those who enter their employ,
and predictthat the individual work-
men will be better paid in the end and
the town will prosper. Should local
workman fail to respond they will im-
port help. -
The Y. M. C. A. Banner.
The banner which is to be contested
for in the athletic contests in Stamford,
Bridgeport, Danbury and Norwalk be-
tween teams from ”Young Men’s Chris-
tian Associations is at the Stamford Y.
M. C. A. building. It is of blue silk.
trimmed on the lower end with gilt
fringe. The followmg words are prmt-
ed upon ii: in gold letters; “Champion-
‘ship All-round Indoor Athletic Con-
test. First District Young Men’s Chris-
tian Ass’n'1894.”- It 18 'a prize worth
striving for. The first contest takes
ON THE AVENUE.
A bridegroom looks the first week. of
is marriage like a boy caught in a
melon patch. 4 - '
Al‘man is always more truthful in his
opinion of his second. baby than of his
first. Women call it more brutal.
Everywoman should keep a box of
charcoal tablets in her room and take a
tablet once a day whenever the com-
plexton begins to get a little dingy.
For pimples on the face bathe it oc-
casronally 1n_a soothing lotion composed
of a weak solution of borax and warm
water. At night use very warm water
on the face. Dry, and rub Into the
pores an Ointment made of flower of
sulpher and lard. ‘
The hue and cry raised about women
carrying their pocket-books in their
hands leads to the question,where shall
they carry them? If in the pocket of a
cqrt they are just as much a temptation
to the.dlshonest, passer-by, and if put
down 1n the pocket of a gown, a woman
could-not get at them. Some people
say fasten them inside the frock, but
imagme the embarrasment that would
cause a busy shopper. for, unless she
sent home everything C. O. D., or had
her purchases charged, she would have
to retire every few minutes to drag out
the h1dden receptacle, of, her pennies.
Where, oh, where, shall we women
carry our pocket-books?
_ A pretty young married woman said.
1n our hearing the other day :
.‘nLorraine is such an old-fashioned
Wife.”
“And what.” we queried,
“do you
mean by that?”
“Oh,” laughedthe gay little matron
as she settled herself in the big arm;
chair and reflectively sipped her tea
from'a pale pink cup.” "she has such
queer notIOns about her duty to her
husband and her home. Why, she de-
cllnes all invitations unless he _is in-
cluded, and never, under any circum-
stances, 1s away from home when he
returns at night. Then she always gets
up to breakfast with him, and even goes
so far as to prepare herself certain
favorite dishes for him, instead of leav-
ing such fussiness to the ecok.
She doesn’t go away in the summer
until he 1s able to go too, and in fact
she fusses over him in the most absurd
fashion. I don’t believe in that sort of
thing myself. I think it spoils a man.
My husband knows that I am too tired
to get up at 7 for the sake of sitting op-
posrte him at the table, and I pay my
servants enough to make them wait on
him satisfactorily. As for staylng at
home whenever he cannot accompany
me I s1mply would never get out ;there-
fore I go my Way, he goes his and we
are very well pleased with the arrange-
ment.”
After the pretty creature had vanish-
ed to 30m a party of friends at dinner,
a reflect1ve mood stole over us, and in
the twilight we thought how much
happier many a household would be if
there were more old-fashioned wives
instead of the type which we had just
hada chance to study.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARITJLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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STATE SHOTS.
Miss Sarah F. Bradley is dead in
New Haven, aged 83 years.
So far four deaths have resulted from
the smallpox epidemic in Winsted.
Prominent members of the New Ha-
ven Harbor commission are confident
there will be no River or Harbor bill
this year.
Belden 8.: Co., silk manufacturers in
Rockville, employing 400 hands, will
begin Monday on full time,w1th a re-
duction of wages.
John Meek, a resident of Saugatuck,
who has been an employee at Benham.
Ray d: Hawley’s factory at Bridgeport
for some time, lost two fingers while
operating a circular saw Thursday.
While skating on Booth’s pond at
Meriden Thursday night the ice broke
and Mabel Yauch, a normal school pu-
pil, Frederick Schrader and Henry
Loefler,all young people, were drowned.
In the police court at Hartford Thurs-
day Grover H. Abbe Was fined $550 and
costs for selling policy tickets. Police-
man Dunn, who testified in the case
when asked whether he had had any ex-
perience in the game. said that he had
“$200 worth” and explained its mys-
teries.
Julia Ford, a young woman,was killed
by a switch engine on the trestle work
of the Berkshire division Thursday
morning. The engineer did not see
her and her body was found later by a
railroad man. She was walking from
Ansonia to her home in 'Shelton when
the accident occurred.
John H. Collins who was run over
Oct. 29 by a train on the Consolidated
road while attempting to board it at
Bedding and had his left leg cut off,
has sued the company for $20,000. In
company with Collins at the‘time of thc’ ‘
accident was Michael Donnelly, who ,
was killed. Donnelly’s relatives will
also sue.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
fivA‘
Ancient Butter.
. A few days ago a Norwalk citizen cut
into a pound of butter which he had
purchased. at a grocery store whose
proprietor does not advertise,and found .
- therein a small tlh box, which contained
a piece of paper bearing the following,
written in a neat feminine hand:
“Iamagirl 18 years old, good-lacking and
an excellent house-keeper. Should t is be
found 1) some unmarried-Christian gentle-
rinan, wflt be please wr1te;_.to__ the following ad-
ress: e c '
Thefinder.’ being a bachelor, decided.
to unravel the affair, and succeeded
only to destroy the romance. The girl
who_.had written the note had died, V
many years ago, leaving an aged- hus-
place in the Stamford Y.’ M. C.‘ A.‘ gym-,1
band an
'd at'grown family, y'
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PRICE Two CENTS.
BISMARCK AND KAISER.
They Will Meet Again .To-Day After
"a. Long Parting.
. BERLIN, _J an. 26.—It was learned this
morning that Emperor William will not
go to the railway station, as was expected,
, to meet Prince Bismarck. He is to meet
. the king of Saxony at. the Anhalt station, .
and would not have time to reach-Lehrte _
station before the arrival of the prince’s V
train. Bismarck will leave Berlin for
Friedrichsruhe at 7:19 this evening and
Will be accompanied to the station by the
emperor.
Soon after Bismarck’s arrival at the
royal palace to~da y the emperor will give
in his honor a luncheon, at which the
kings of Saxonyand W’urtemberg and all
the princes will be present. Subsequently
Bismarck will receive intimate friends
and statesmen in his apartments.
~ The Prussian landtag voted down a.
motion to adjourn until Saturday in Bis
marck’s honor.
A Pennsylvania Mystery Solved.
anrsnl‘no, Pa, Jan, 26.-—Fivo years
ago the mutilated and lifeless body of
Charles Hines was found in a. field near
Shamokin Darn, a small village opnosite
Sunbury, just over the line from Union
county. The body was riddled with bul-
lets, and that Hines had been lured to the
isolated spot and murdered has always
been the common belief. The case has
been one of the mysteries of this part of
the state, and the numerous detectives
employed. by the boy’s father and the
commissioners of Snyder county have
never been able to find :i clew or establish
a. motive for the foul act. But all the
mystery surrounding the affair will soon
be cleared away, as it is authentically re-
ported that the district-attorney of Sny-
der county has in his hands a confession
which will be made public as Soon as sev«
eral arrests are made.
Murder Mystery.
BOSTON, Jan. fill—The town of Lincoln
is much excited over the finding of the
dead body of a man in a. brook on the
Farrar estate, the surro‘undin gs indicating
that he was murdered. The body is that
of a man about 55 years old, weighing 150
or 160 pounds, and was lying face up in
{$1.00. area-f ‘ '
aoout a foot of water. , It had evidently -
been in the water six to eight weeks, and
the head bore marks as if it had been
beaten with a. cudgel. The man was in
his shirt sleeves, with no shoes and but
one stocking, and, as no portion of his ap-
parel was found near by, it is believed
by many that he was murdered and car-
ried to the brook. An invesitgation is in
progress.
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Amusements-
nnsrc HALL. ’
Keller, the magician, will appear at .
Music Hall next Saturday evening,
with an absolutely new performance,
in which he will exhibit here for the . ~
first time the same marvels which dur-
ing a long and triumphant summer sea-
son at Daly’s Theatre in New York
City delighted the most critical of, met-
ropolitan audiences and conclusively
established Kellar’s claim to the title
of “Prince of Magicians.” Some of
these are to be “Flyto,” “Karmos,” in
which his beatiful and accomplished
wife assists him in an exhibition of mind
reading; never equalled anywhere un-
der any circumstances; “Astarte, the
Maid of the Moon” who walks upon air
and dances upon emptiness, “Caglisos—
tro, or the Cassadago Propaganda,”
the Davenport seance, “Out of Sight,
or the Phantom Bride” and most won-
derful of all, “Oh,” in which this mas-
ter of the mysterious causes before
your very eyes a living, breathing
human being to vanish into thin air.”
norr’s OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Byron will apJ
pear at Hoyt’s Opera House, South
NorWalk, Feb. 2d and 36,. with matinee
Saturday afternoon. Friday evening
“The Heart of Africa” will be present.
ed and on Saturday evening, “The
Plunger.”
The players of Oliver Byron’s sensa-
tional comedy-drama, “The Heart of
Africa,” all wear diamonds. They dig
them out of the play every night. The
principal scenes are laid in the wander—
ful diamond fields of South Africa. .
The mine itself at Kimberly is graphic-
ally pictured by the scenic artist. From
one of these mines the gentlemen of
the company extract blazing kohinoors
and after replenishing their stock. which
has run low under the inroads of pawn
tickets they give the surplus to the
ladies. who are not built for handling
pick and shovel. The, heavy villian
hypnotizes the man who gets the big-
gest diamond and takes it away from
him and sends it to the advance
agent. The whole cr‘owd set out to find
the missing stones, making desperate
love to each other on the road. hen
the villain hypnotizes the prettiest
woman and tries to take her, but some-
how or other the love scheme doesn’t
work, whereupon the lazy and wicked
wretch tries his satanic powers on an-
other fellow. -
USE DANA'S‘ SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
' “THE KIND THAT CURES.”
DIED.
ST. J OER—In Norwalk. Jan. 28th,‘ ANAH A,
S . J ans. aged 81 years and 7 months.
The
29th.
Mr. A. B. H111. 39 Camp street.
convenience of friends.
TO RENT.
Half inch or less,'.250 a day or $1.00 per we Is
To RENT.—A neat and_convenient cottage
, . of seven rooms, public water etc.. near
Union Park. but three minutes walk of the
post-'ofiice. Bent $12.50 per month. Inquire
of GEN. CHAS. OLMsrnAn. 4
To RENT.—-First floor of No.4 Elm street.
olso barn. Apply 1200. E. Wrnson. 684.
FOR SALE, .
uneral will be held Monday, January
at 10 o’clock. from the residence of”
Burial at
on SALE—A Phoenix 00. Piano Box End '
Spring Buggy. Has been used. Will sell
cheap or would exchange for a. sail boat in good . - . I
sea-tr .. - -
condition.
_ WANTED.
ANTEng—Afew experienced operators.
on sewmg machines.
. LOST.
, receive a'suitable reward o
turning it to Gonna Horn. ’93 Ea
Even“ _v~ 5 '_
. Apply at once. . -
Manon C. Warmest. 13 Butler street. r81_1w
'LOS’I‘.’—_A yellow and yhite Com, ‘Tlie‘findf: ~. '
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