a Elualto the» Best. ? w. a. Karma ee., lam? Goons, '» . BRIDGEPORT, CONN. i A. R. LOGIE. HARD TIMES PRICES. \_ j tahinel Photographs, $2.50 ferllnzen. EWIS, I PHOTOGRAPHER, ‘ . 1]. MAIN STREET, NORWALK Hard Porcelain Finish on all Photographs. inning LIONS. PORTFOLIOS , ONE. TWO. THREE FOUR AND FI—VE,’ ’ assume? .dAflDANfl-WEDBING mvnmnus heave vour orders at MUON, -, 50 CENTS; T’E GAZETTE. OFFICE. , " Read the Guam! _,.,.,l.' A Terrible Struggle In the Dark With Untamed “Tame” Beasts. , ELECTRIC LIGHTS FAILED. When They Did, Three Huge Specimens of «the King or Boasts” Fell Upon the ' Attendant and Nearly Devoured Him-.A Gallant Rescue. SAN FRANCISCO,Feb. 15.-—-Carlo Thieman, attendant at Colonel Daniel Boone’s ani- mal show at the Midwinter fair, was at- tacked by three lions and sohorribly mau- gled that he may 'die. The evening per- formance had been in progress in Boone’s arena for about - half. an hour, and the cir- cular inclosure was filled with people. Three huge beasts—Parnell, Romeo and Commodore-were led into the cage by Thieman, preparatory to Boone’s en trance. Suddenly the electric lights went out. There was a short interval of silence, when suddenly a’shriek of agony came from the cage, followed by: the crunching of ter- rible jaws and the groans of the man in the cage. The l _ e crowd of spectators became panic stricken and started for the doors. Women shrieked and fainted, but ~the crowd was finally induced to remain seated by attendants. A Gallant Rescue. in the cage lay Thlemau with three lions clawing and munching his prostrate form. Colonel Boone seized an iron bar and en- tered the cage. With shouts and blows he drove the beasts from their prey and dragged the unfortunate man from the cage. The big crowd cheered the brave act. ‘ Thieman was taken to the receiving hos- pital, where his. wounds, 43 in number, were examined. By one blow frog; 8. lion’s paw he had been scalped from the forehead to the nape of the neck. Under each arm there were tbrrible bites, where the lions had attempted to reach a vital spot. One of them nearly succeeded, for he just missed a large artery. The man’s legs, thighs and buttocks were also bitten and scratched. At the hospital he recovered consciousness. ~ Colonel Boone in speaking of the afiair said, "It has always been my custom to have lanterns and lamps about the'arena in case the electric lights should go out, as it is well known that wild animals, no matter how well trained, will attack a man in the dark.” Thedoctors think there is a possibility of Thieman’s recovery un- less blood poisoning ensues. reixoto Snspects'Lima. BUENOS Areas, Feb. 15. -—"Advices reached here from Pernambuco that Colo- nel Mariano, the autonomist, who was re- cently arrested, has escaped and will now aid the insurgents in the state of Parahiba. It is added that President Peixoto suspects Governor Lima of Pernambuco of intend- ing to secure the separation of the north- ern states from the republic and of setting up a new government, with himself as ernor Lima be arrested at the first sign of disloyalty. Brecklnridge to Resign. of this city, Congressman \V. C. P. Breck- inridge’s lawyer, has been busy collecting testimony for the Pollard-Breckinridge trial. The defense have subpoenaed 75 witnesses who know Miss Pollard’s gen- .eral character and reputation. The polit- ical part of the programme seems to be for Breckinridge to be nominated for congress and resign in favor of W. C. Owens, ,who will then be nominated. , - A Missouri Stage Robbed. PIERCE CITY, Mo., Feb. 15.-——Two masked men held up and robbed the mail stage at Briceville. They covered the driver, Sam Allen, with two winchesters and demand- ed that he turn over the mailbags and a large sum of money which he was bring- ing from Rocky Comfort to deposit in a bank for the merchants of that place. They made Allen open the mail pouches and tool: the registered packages. A posse is in pursuit. To Hit the Lottery Company. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Postmastcr Gen- eral Bissell will issue orders to postmas- ters at the principal American cities along the Canada line prohibiting them from certifying money orders payable to any of the officers of the Honduras Lottery com- pany and requiring them to return to send- ers registered letters. The latter will be stamped as fraudulent. Prohibition Revives In Kansas. EMPORIA, Kain, Feb. 15.——Charles VVil- liams, convicted of violating the Murray prohibition law, was sentenced to nine inson, convicted of the same offense, was given 60 days and $300 fine. The temper- ance people are jubilant, as these are the first cases for the violation of the liquor law that have been successfully prosecuted for a long time. ‘ All Quiet at Hayti. - NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The steamer George W. ‘Clyde, which arrived from Hayti and San Domingo, brings no special news from the various ports of departure. All 'was remarkably quiet. President Hippolyte holds everything well in hand in the Haytian capital. No insurrection is looked for. “’ilhelm Talks About Canals. , BERLIN,-Feb. 15.-—Emperor William was present at Chancellor von Caprivi’s par- . liamentary dinner. The emperor dwelt upon the necessity of providing Germany with a network of canals and thereby dis- pensing with the sliding scale tariffs of the railroads. ' Judge Magee’a Wife Dead. ELIZABETH, N. J ., Feb. Iii—Mrs. William J. Magee, wife of Judge Magee of the New Jersey supreme court, died of paralysis at her home, 556 North Broad street, aged 61. She was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Elizabeth. Crushed by His Horses. , NEW YORK, Feb. its—Patrick Hughes, a truck driver of 451 West Fifty-sixth street, was crushed by his team against the Wall 3f the stable and hurt so badly that he may re. , . Big Blaze, In an Oil Warehouse. . NEWARK, N. J .,, Feb. 15. —Au oil fire did $40,000 worth of damage in the oil ware- house of T. J. Pge'stonrsz‘Co: " ' Is Prince Colonnn Coming? . PARIS, Feb. iii—Prince Colonna has left Paris, It is thought that The may take pas- sage for New York. ' , 'A Brave Set of Men Who Would Not Finally lanterns were brought, and there. the hurricane of Jan. 80 and 81. president. Peixoto has ordered that Gov-- CINCINNATI. Feb. 15,—Attorney Hinkle years in jail and to pay $300. ' James Rob» mansion DEEP Recent Accidents to Those-Who Go Down to the Sea In Ships. MADE PAST TO THE BIGGING. Leave Their Ship Because the Crip- pled Captain Could No: Be Taken Off—Other Marine Casualties. SCITUATE, Mass, Feb. 15,—Captain St. John and the seven members of the crew of the three master Minnie Rowan. which went ashore off First Cliff point, were safely landed. about 9:30 p. m. by Captain Stanley and the life saving crew of the Fourth Cliff station. They were badly frostbitten and terribly exhausted after their experience of the previous 18 hours, having spent the greater part of that time in the rigging. Four separate attempts at rescue were made, but until last all proved unsuccessful, the high sea and wind baffling the heroic efiorts of the life savers. During one attempt their own boat was dashed upon the beach and smashed. It was seen that nothing could ,be done until wind and sea moderated, and after mak- ing three attempts early in the evening it was decided to wait for more favorable con- ditions. A Noble Crew. . Once the rescuers could have brought of! the crew, but they refused to leave the captain behind. He had broken his leg some days previous and had been lashed to the rigging by the crew. It was impos- sible at that time to get him into the life boat. and the latter returned to the shut wit out the sailors. A ut 9 o’clock the weather had moder- ated considerably, and the rescuers again set out for the disabled vessel. It was a long, hard pull, but the men worked brave- ly and at last succeeded in reaching the schooner. It was a difficult task to get Captain St. John into the boat, and the first attempt failed, and he went overboard. He was finally pulled aboard, and after taking in file seven members of the crew a landing was effected at Fourth Clifl and the men received shelter at the life saving station. The schooner is in a very danger- ous position and will probably go to pieces. The Robert 1’. Chandler Wrecked. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Captain Davies of the steamship North Anglia reports pass- ing the wrecked schooner Robert P. Chan- dler on the morning of Feb. 4 in latitude 35.15, longitude 51.20. The vessel was filled with water. Her sails and part of her houses were torn away, and only her fore- mast and bowsprit remained standi . The vessel had evidently been wrecked Captain Davies made a close inspection of the derelict. but discovered no sign of life aboard. He is of the opinion that the crew were washed overboard and drowned or perhaps lost their lives in endeavorlng to escape from the wrecked Vessel in the lifeboats. The Chandler was built in Bath, Me, in 1892. She was 131 feet long, with a net tonnage of 267.28. Schooner and Crew Lost. TACOMA, Feb. 15.—A letter received here from Mate Sturgis of the schooner Jose- phine, which left this city early in Decem- ber last, relates the loss of ' an unknown vessel while bound for Honolulu. The let- ter gives no description of her nor the ex— not place where she sank. Mate Sturgis says the unknown vessel was seen to fly rockets early in the evening, signaling that she was in distress, but before the Josephine could reach the strange schooner she had sunk, and all on board were lost. The New London Emma Is Safe. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.——The fishing smack New London Emma, which it was reported had foundered in the heavy gale of Mon- day, has been heard from. The crew of t e Tidy Adley reported that they had seen t 0 Emma off Block island. She was all right and her crew safe. Parade of the Unemployed. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 15,—Three hun- red unemployed men marchedthrcugh t e streets demanding work. They went to county selectmen, who employ workmen on joint city and county buildings, and complained that men of property who had no need of work were given jobs, and work was refused needy men. The council re- solved to employ 200 men for five consecu- tive weeks at an expense not to exceed $1,200 per week. Gresham Gives Up His Pension. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. ——Secretary Gresh- am has given up his pension. He drew 080 per month pension for more than 20 years for a very severe wound in the leg, Which he received July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, but he voluntarily relinquished it. When ask- ed for an explanation, Judge Gresham re- plied, “I have made up my mind that the public is not interested in the matter.” Chicago In Partial. Darkness. CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—For a time today the city was in darkness. The 70 and 80 miles an hour gales of the blizzard had given place to almost absolute stillness in the atmosphere. The smoke which poured out of chimneys seemed to settle in the streéts, shutting out light and making gas and electrical illumination a necessity. Artist Matthews Supposed to Be Crazy. N EW YORK. Feb. 15.-—Charles Matthews, aged 23, an artist, was committed at the Yorkvillepolice court today for examina— tion as to his sanity. Last night he assaulted his father at their home with a pair of scissors. He then ran out in the street and led Policeman Hughes a lively chase before he was caught. A Prominent Lawyer Dead ‘ DENVER, Feb. 14.—Wm. J. Sherman, one of the most prominent lawyers of this city, died at the Albany hotel of pneu- monia. The deceased lived in St. Louis for many years, where he was a partner of General John A. Noble, ex—secretary o the interior. ‘ ‘ A Bigamist Sentenced. . UTICA, Feb. 14.—Edward Edwards, a Welsh sailor, pleaded guilty to bigamy in the court of sessions here today and was sentenced to Auburn prison for three years at hard labor. He intended to make a stout defense, but finally weakened. A Itage’ Across Lake Champlain. , ,,PLArranBG, N. Y., Feb. 14.—A small sized blizzard prevails here. The New York and Montreal train was five hours behind time. 'A daily stage line across Lake Champlain, between here and Burlington, Vt., commenced running today. i Reed 1511.9 Saturn}. '1 magnum. f 01. TliiBY'S TOOlS. Left at;eraht's Shop With a Re;- quest That-They be Returned. , - ' —. At the time of the robbery of Henry Tilley’s carriagefactory at South Nor- .walk on February 5, and the subse- quent arrest and release of Frank Int-l tiefair, the Adams Express company night clerk, as chromcled 1n the GA- zur'rn, the whole story of the robbery was not told, the pohce hoping to be able to put» their hands on the guilty party and fasten the crime upon him. -On the morning of the robberyvand after the arrest of Littlefalr, Mr. lley made an examination of his factory and discovered that a number of tools not contained in the bag that the bur lar dropped when accosted by Ofiicer G ad- stone were missing. The fact was kept quiet in hopes that the gmlty party would try and dispose of them, but this was never done and no trace could be obtained of the missing tools. Qn Mon- day morning when Luther Wright ar- rived at his factory on Madison street he found a package done up 1n wrap- ping paper with a request written on the wrapper that. they be returned to Henry Tilley. , . When the package was opened it was" found to contain the missing tools. They were turned over to Chief Voll- mer who returned them to the owner. From these facts it would appear that whoever committed the burglary made two trips to 'l‘illey’s factory and was detected by Officer Gladstone on the second visit, or else there was more than one concerned in the robbery. From the story told by the gentleman who while passing heard a door pushed in and saw a man skulking 1n the rear of the building it would appear as though some one made two visits to the factory the night of the robberv. ‘ ————-———v-¢+>—3———— 1. Favorite Remedy fbr La Grippc. “During the epidemic of la grippe Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy took the lead here and was much_ better liked than other cough medicine.” H. M. Bangs, druggist, Chatsworth, Ill. The grip is much the same use very severh cold and requires precisely- the same treatment. This remedy is prompt and efi‘ectual and will prevent any tendency of the di‘ vase toward pneumonia. For sale by Gregory & Co., druggists. Hartford’s military enrollment 8,790. ‘ Bucklln’s Arnlca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Cute Bruises, Sores, Ulcers Salt Rheum "um, Sores Tetter, Chopped Hands chaplains, orns and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or .no Payrequircd. Itis guaranteed to ve is ‘perfectsatisfaction, or money refun ed Price 25 cents per box. For Sale 1 . B. Hale ,, The State Plumbers’ association is in session at Hartford to-day. ‘ See the World’s Fair for Fifteen Cents. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps,_ we w111 mail you prepaid our Souvenir Port- folio ,of the World’s Columblan Ex- position the regular price is fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominala You will find it a work of art and a thmgito be priz- ed. It contains full page views 'of the great buildings, with_ description of same, and is executedhn highest style of art. If not satisfied With 1t, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E. Bucklen it 00.. Chicago, Ill. Bernard Judge, an old resident of Bridgeport, died Wednesday. ’ , All Free. Those who have used Dr. Kim’s New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportun- ity to try it Free. Call on the adver- tised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle Free. Send your name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chlcago, and geta sample box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household In- structor, Free. All of which 1s guaran- teed to do you good and cost you noth- ing. H. R. Hale’s drug store. _ John Beck, of the Tremont hotel, Bridgeport, made an ass1gnment Wed- nesday. Dr. Bale'sflomnold Ointment. 15 the finest remedy in the world. It absolutely cures Catarrh. It cures Neuralgia and Rheumatism. Cures Piles like magic. Cures Salt Rheum in the meet soothing man er. Cures [nflamed and Granulate Eyelids. Cures Coughs and Colds. Can be taken internally. A positive _ specific for Pneumonia. Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Chilblains, Sores of long standing. Corns. and Bumons are cared quickly different from all else; superior to a else; it has no equal. 25 and 50c. boxes. Large size cheapest. Sold at El. 3. Hale’s drugstore. Anthony M. Sutton, a veteran of the late war is dead in Danbury, aged 66 years. 0. N. Rogers, Of Adams, N. Y., ate nothing but dry bread for three years on account of that terrible disease, Dyspepsia. He states that he was entiely cured by Dr. Halels Household Tea and can now eat anything. This greatest medicine known is sold at 25 and 50 cents per package at H. R. Hale’s drug store. Monsignor Satolli will be unable to be present at the consecration of Bush- op Tierney. , Five members left the Bridgeport Surface RaiIWuy association Wednesday night, and two were, expelled. ' There seems to be lots of postmaster- ship plums about to-fall‘in Connecticut just now,~and there is great scrambling to see who shall catch the fruit. . The nominations of George T. Jones as postmaster at Wallingford and A. T. Hale, collectOr of customs of the dis- trict of New London, were confirmed by the senate Wednesday. ‘ fl ,. litres 41. a, 1mm,- , of Millford, ~Ne'b.-, says- she suffered greatly from a complication of diseases of- female weakness and liver ' and , kld- ney troubles. 'H‘er health was- «fully restored by using Dr. Hale’s House- hold Tea, the most "pleasant and most. efiective medicine kn wn. 25c- and 5069‘" The Thl'ief-Returnsthe Remainder . mm m... 01...... Tucson" am...“ up...” ,. Some. ', ‘ «'tlonaot0anada. * . leignloriea Near-Quebec Still union“. I'. I’rinclplos ma Down, in' m m '~ centuries Ago and Repealed as Long‘ Ago II therrench Revolution. Parkman and others have told us all; about the mild,» feudal system whick} prevailed in French Canada down to; - 1854. The seignior received 'a grant of, , wild land from the king on couditionl that he should put settlers upon it. He} had topreservethe oak timber for ship-i building, and the red pine fur the mom? _ ufacture of. tar, and to notify the king’s agents if he found minerals ou- the seigniory. He had to go through.- the form of paying. homage and faulty. to the king’s representative at Quebec when he entered on - possession, some- - times oftener, and to pay a fifth of the purchase money if he sold the estate. to the royal cofiers, though He was al- lOwed a rebate of, two-thirds for cash. down. The censitaire or habitant, who} held the land under' the seignior, had to, pay the. annual cens et rentes, often. a sol (cent), or half a sol, with half a pint of wheat or'a few live capons or eggs for each arpent. The land of the censataire passed to his. heirs,;but, in case he sold during his lifetime, the: lods et ventes came into play, and one- twelfth of the purchase money went to the seignior. oBy the droit de re~' trait the seignior could compel a puro' chaser within forty days of the sale to. transfer the property to him at the}, price paid if he thought it had not; fetched enough. «a The censitaire had to get his wheat ground at the seignior’s mill, and on? some seigniories to have his breadi baked at the seignior’s oven, paying a} toll in each case; to give a tithe of that fish he caught to the seignior, to do corvee or road work, and to get out . stone and timber for public purposes; Seigniors who could afford to support. a local magistrate were empowered to administer superior, mean and inferior , justice on their estates, but as a class they were very poor and this right fell, into desuetude. .5, In 1854. says the New York Post. the parliament of Canada bought. out the scigniors. There were 160 of them, in possession of 220 fiefs, embracing 6,000,- 000 acres of cultivated land. The censitaire was given his choice of two things—the cens et routes were capi- talized, and he could either pay the, capital sum to the seignior, in which case, of course, he got a. clear title to his holding, or continue on as a. tenant at a rental equal to 6 per cent. of the capitalization. The tenant I came: across, or his father before him, had,= like many more, chosen the latter course. The other seigniorial rights ' were settled by the government at I? costof about $5,000,000. The system "would have been abolished before 1854 only the Roman Catholic church was' afraid that in the debacle, as timid: souls called it, the tithes and fabrique’ taxes which she collected by authority of law might be abolished, too. The landlord of whom I have spoken was good enough to let me look at a. batch of old papers and books in which the doings of ‘ his predecessOrs in the seigniory and of their eensitaires are ’ recorded for 150 years. These papers enabled one to form a. tolerably good idea of the sort of life the people led. First as to prices; In 1667, as other documents show, wheat sold in the markets of Quebec at 80 cents per bush? e1. A creditor was bound to accept it at that price. Beef sold for 8 cents and pork for6 cents per pound, the four- pound loaf for 10 cents. Prices had dropped a. little by 1738. Wheat was then worth 62 cents. In 174-2 it fell to, 40 cents. There had been a good crop' in the region east of Quebec on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, which ' was regarded as the granary of New France. Canons sold for 10 cents each in 1746, but when paid as cens et rentes their conventional price 'was 20 cents. Most of the deeds called for “good fat capons of the brood of 'the month of May." In 1740 carpenters and blacksmiths got from 60,to 80 cents a. day, unskilled laborers .40 cents. Cloth of all kinds except homespun was dear. The for- eign trade of . the colony was confined to France and French possessions, but there was a good‘ deal of smuggling by land and water from New England and New York. Twenty yards of “fine woolen cloth” cost 62% cents a. yard in 1746. The censitaires and the common people generally clothed themselves in homespun, l’etofie ’du pays. made boots ‘out of green beef hides, g0“. = ': -:.. sugar from the maple, and had, as .2. rule, plenty of game and fish. Most of them had a‘ vegetable patch. They ex- changed timber or furs for store goods as they required. The well-to-do seig- niors imported wine, brandy, velvet, , lace, jewelry, etc. An all-velvet suit with a. dress-sword, ruflies, buckles and a gilt snufi box thrown in, cost $52 in 1770. The poorer seigniors lived much as their censitaires lived. Their wives. and daughters were forced to work in the fields to save the cost of hired la— » bar, which was scarce. Just before the, ,BritiSh conquest the colony was flooded with depreciated paper money, and the crops failing at the same time the price of wheat ran up to $1.90. > There were no backs save among the clergy an ’sei‘gniors; printing; was not introduced until nearly a. century and a. half after" the first printing press had been set up in New England. ,There, were no schools in the rural parishes and no semblance of munic- ipal government. either in town _or country. Public meetings were not allowed lest they stir up sedition. —w. Gillan, of Brooklynyza blind man, is'a. successful checker-player. He . depends upon the sense of touch and ' memory of position. The board usedby _ .him has the'r‘squares used in checkers}: , depressed, but othervvise the piecesjdq not differ from the ordinary. Whil6 playing Mr. Gillan ’moves' his fingers, "overt-.113 b03111. touching the} pieces: nervously, apparently following . the. position updn a mental beard, and keep, ‘ .n 1 per package at H. R. ,ale’sdrug store. . ’ . '4 } - I}, .inggthe. black and Whih'”98mfi m: .
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