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VOL. ICON—No. 9.
.A n Entertaining and I nstmctive 'Horne‘ J owrnal, Echecially ‘ Devoted to “Local .Newswnd IntereSts.
N ORWALK, CONN, FRIDAY MARCH 2, 1894..
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THE FAVORITE HOME‘PAPER.
nun—ninth annals: Neural n lotllll.
The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
- rates-
Camp Followers to the Front.
' The numerous unpleasant complica-
tions with which the present adminis-
tration has met have caused a corre-
sponding illumination of the Republi-
can sky. One year ago the Republican
party was in anything but a promismg
condition. By an overwhelming vote
its control of the executive branch of
the government had been wrested from
it and the Democracy placed in com.
plete charge of the Senate, thus giving
that party the executive and legislative
branches. But with this advantage '
came responsibilities, and, by reason of
serious differences of opinion among
{Democratic leaders, the party in power .
has, to say the very least, not been for-
tunate or happy, and recent elections
have foreshadowed defeat in the future.
This, very naturally, has had the effect
of imparting a more promising tint to
the Republican horizon.
But it would seem that the Demo-
cratic discomfiture has . also had the
effect of starting premature Presiden-
tial booms in the Republican ranks,
and premature Presidential booms do
not tend to strengthen political parties.
On all sides we are hearing from Re-
publican politicians who have plans to
exploit, and we are daily being in-
formed. as to how certain would-be
managers intend to conduct the affairs
of the Republican party in future cam-
paigns. The representation in Repub- _
lican conventions is to be overhauled
and reformed, and there are various
plans for conducting campaigns pro-
posed. The great danger to the Re.
publican party comes from these gen-
tlemen who are so anxious to press
themselves to the front and pose as
leaders; '
In the State of New York, forin-
stance, is to be seen a practical illus-
tration of this fact. Soon. after the
Republican ground swell of last No-
' vemher the Republican politicians in.
augurated a campaign for control of
the New York Republican machine;
It has been conducted with much
warmth, and to-day finds the party
badly split over the contention. Two
factions are claiming control of the
Republican machine in New York city,
and the Democratic factions have about
ceased hostilities in order that they
may enjoy the fight now in progress in
the Republican ranks. Unless some-
thing is done to harmonize the Repub-
lican factions the New York Democracy
will soon hold an advantage that be-
longed to the New York Republicans
but a few months ago. What has hap.
pened in New York, observes the Wash-
ington Post, may happen in every state
in the Union. Prospect of success
always sharpens theappetites of the
political barnacles, and they make ef-
forts to secure a firmer hold on the
throat of the party that is expected to
profit. The Republican party is in im-
minent danger of being pulled down
by its camp followers.
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Connecticut Children’s Aid Society .
During the past year this society has
provided family homes for 59 homeless
children, and has relocated 14 previ-
ously placed in families in 38 different
towns, representing every county in
' the state.
The society has placed 22 children as
boarders in respectable familiesat the
expense of institutions, and parents
temporarily unable. to care for t cm.
A number of mothers also have con
provided with, places for housework
with their children. .
'In addition to this, correspondence
has been entered into in the case of 70
young people who have passed out
- of the guardianship of institutions or
, ' estate. . _ g - _
friends, at an age when they are in
need of protection, and an effort has
been made to extend to them needed
oversight“ Of this number 30 have
been provided with situations, and the
society holds the bank books of ten
. of-these young people, who are en-
couraged to put aside their earnings.
The smallest amount on these books
is $1.25 and the largest $9400. Mrs.
Alice St. John Hill {of this city, is a
member of the society.
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A Happy Time.
One of the largest if not the largest
parties ever held in town was that given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred ’Wlfit-
lock on Union avenue, Thursday night.
/‘ There were 150 guests present, among
the number being friends from Stamé
ford, New Canaan and Wilton. The
festivities commenced at 8 o’clock and
were kept up until 4 o’clock this morn-
ing. A happier party never assembled.
A splendid collation was served. Prof.
Ofi'en of Stamford furnished the music
for dancing.
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Messrs. John A. Osborne and John
E. Light, commissioners- on the insol-
vent estate of Taylor & 00. .met this
morning for. the purpose of considering
mattersrelative to the settlement of the
TERSE This or .THE was.
ial meeting io-morrow.
F. P. Godfrey is now in the employ
' of Butcher Fred. Smith. .
Concord Division, S. 'of T. initiated
two new members Thursday night.
' Mr. William R. Lockwood has our
thanks for Jacksonville, Fla, papers.
William Day is quite sick at the home
of his father-in-law, LeGrand J cnnii gs
Mrs. Rose of Chapel street, present-
ed her husband with a pretty girl baby
this morning, . ,
There is a bad break in the water
pipe at the corner of Summer and
School streets. _
Rev. S. H. WatkiL s, of Grace church
will preach this evening at Christ
church, Stratford.
S. B. Wilson and family who have
been sick for some days are now much
improved in health.
"- Samuel H. Richmond of this city has
been granteda patent for a sectional
ventilating chimney.
The funeral of the late Katherine
Monohan was attended from St. Mary’s
church this morning. .
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Services will be held at the Church
of Our Holy Saviour on Berkeley
street. this afternoon.
turkeys 14; People’s
. 9-2t
—Chickens 1221;;
Market.
The Boston Daily Traveller will give
a reception to the newspaper men of
New England to-morrow.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, of
Broad River, are the proud possessors
of a brand new boy baby.
-Until further notice I shall sell
shoes at cost. Jarvis Kellogg. 786-tf
Mrs. Alonzo Kelly, who attempted
suicide, was taken to the Westport san-
itarium, Thursday evening.
——Repair your shoes nicely._ Done
when promised or while you wait, good
work, prices low at Hoyt’s. ‘ . ‘
Reporter Thomas reported for duty
this morning, and reports himself as
being much better of his sickness.
—Youths’ shoes 80c Boys’ 90 Hoyt‘s.
The large elm tree in front of the B.
L. Fillow property on Main street, is
being razed by Builder Osborne.
Reporter Thomas’ kitchen on Berke-
ley street was flooded .by the bursting
of a pipe connecting With his range.
.Mr. E. F. Baldwin'hac. opened a mar-
ket on Henry street. Mr. Baldwin
proposes establishing a peddling route.
———Five styles of the finest $2.00 kid
shoes in the world at Hoyt’s. 1t
It is understood that arrangements
are being perfected to the end that the
street lights be kept burning until3
o’clock a. m. -
——See the 31 kid shoes at Hoyt’s. 1t
The Pelican club met Thursday night
and decided to change the date of their
proposed ball to Thursday evening,
.March 29th.
The Central Circle of K. D. will hold
its regular monthly meeting to-morrow
afternoon, at 4 o’clock, in the Congre-
gational chapel. '
—Extra. We, are closing out men’s
and boys’ suits and overcoats 85 per cent
discount from former prices. Taft Bros.
Stiles H. Whiting died at his home
in Bridgeport Thursday night, aged 44
years. He had several relatives and
friends in this city.
A horse belonging to H. E. Hubbell
ran away on Water street Thursday
afternoon. He was stopped before
having done- any damage. '
The funeral of the infant child of‘llllrj
and Mrs. Edward Gregory was held in
Wilton, this morning. The remains
were interred in Weston.
—-The Hoyt’s' have the finest $3.00
kid shoes. Stylish and reliable. 1t
The county commissioners were in
Danbury yesterday engaged in hearing
one of the several remonstrances en-
tered against Hatting town applicants
for licenses.
Several Norwalk men have gone to
Stamford today, to witness and take
part in the races at Cove pond. Among
the party are J. E. Woodhull, W. E.
Dann and Thomas Gregory.
—-Don’t miss this chance, we offer a
fine fur stiff hat, latest style, Union
made, $1 Taft Bros:
The market of Thomas E. Sheehan,
On Water street, has been closed. , The
father of the young man didn’t like the
way his son was conducting the busi-
nessand closed the store.
The remains of the son of Samuel
Ruscoe, whOise death was announced
in these columns, were taken tO/LBWiB-
boro, N.Y.. this morning for interment,
by funeral director Raymond. _
The Painters Unidnflwillholda spec- ;
EDITORIAL LETTER..-
WASHING-ION, MARCH 2, 1804.
DEAR GAZETTEz—Tlle matter mos?
talked about the past week, in and
about the capitol, was the strange de-
parture of the President on a junket-
ing trip down the Potomac, with an al«
leged bringing up in the dismal swamp
country bordering on , Virginia and
North Carolina. . , '» .
He left here on Sunday in a blind-
ing snow storm and the nearest a
cyclone of any weather experienced
hereabouts this winter, and he went, as
his friends aver, “loaded for 'b’ar.”
{The government transport on which he
and his secretary of state embarked,
floated down below Alexandria and then
rode out the‘ gale at anchor, it is said,
because the storm was so furious and
the snow so thick, it was impossible to
see the length of the vessel. The pe-
culiarity of the sudden departure at
this juncture, is that his pic counter is
henchmen in Congress, who are eager
to draw and realize upon them at the
earliest possible moment. Then, too,
the Tariff measure is ripping and tear-
ing his party friends in the Senate into
passionate divisions and tatters and his
personal influence and' coercive power
is desperately needed by those of his
friends having its provisions in their
keeping. One story is, that the Presi-
dent was tired, worn and worried out.
Another, that he was utterly disgusted
with his Congressional team got wild
horses, while several administration
Congressmen report that the President
is more easily irritated now than dur-
ing his first term, and what With his
humiliating defeat in the Senate in his
pugilistic encounter with Hill, and the
terribly mortifying miscarriage of his
Hawaiian schemes; the democratic bolt
in New York, by which Tammany let a
republican Congressman be elected,
land last, the election of “Galush”
Grow in Pennsylvania by nearly two
hundred thousand majority, with the
split in his party in Congress on the
silver and tariff questions, he is mad
clear through and in a fit of disgust,
fled the scene, eager to getsomewhere
where a newspaper, telegram, or sound
or sight of Congress could not reach
him for a week. His closest friends in-
sist that his health'wa's never more ro-
bust and all his appetites for the good
things of this life keener. . It is known
that he has been exasperated beyond
endurance, at the constant fake dis.
patches sent forth from here to the
effect that he is still suffering from an
incurable malady of a cancerous or
scrofulous nature which is eating away
at his vitals and for which there is re.-
sponsibly said to inflict the least loans.
dation in fact. . '
TARIFF BILL.
The Senate Finance Committee, or.
rather the democratic portion of them,
are still struggling with the tariff bill
as it came from the House. Such di-
vergent views were found to exist
among democrats in the Senate that
several part-y caucuses have been held
with the purpose of securing unanimity.
Whenever the proposed Senate bill
can be agreed upon in caucus among
the administration Senators, it will then
be submitted to the republicans on the
committce, for their approval or rejec-
tion, it matters not which, only the
formal submission is made for de-
cency’s sake. About a dozen demo-
cratic Senators-are. certain that the
passage of the bill With the income tax
attachment will prove the death-knell
of whatever party is responsible for it,
while it is known that the great major-
ity of democrats o oth houses, from
the south and soul. west, favor that
measure. The Presi at and Secretary
of the Treasury are also quoted as
favoring the measure. ‘ ‘
SILVER IN THE HOUSE.
The efforts to force a vote upon the
Bland Bill in the House, has kept that
body in a constant state of fillibuster-
ing irruption for more than a week.
It has been next to impossiLle to
maintain a quorum, and deputy ser-
geant-atarms have been kept scur-
rying all over the country at an ex-
pense of thousands of dollars, to arrest
and bring back absentees, who, when
brought before the bar of the House,
could not be forced to answer to their
names. ’ This has made scores of radi-
cal democrats announce their approval
of ex-Speaker Reed’s ruling of count-
ing every member present, for the pur-
poses of a quorum, whether voting
or not. Of course, Reed and other
republican leaders have had no end
of mischief and amusement at the
expense of their badly demoralized
opponents. Why Congressman Bland
should so persistently insist on press-
ing his silver bill to a vote, is'a mystery
to most of his democratic colleagues,
as he has been assured from sources
very close to the President. that were
ii to pass Congress it would meet with
a veto at the end. ..
NOTABLE \VOMEN.
The third annual congress of’ the-
Daughters of the American Revolution
have had an interesting and exciting
sessmn here. Mrs. Vice President
Stevenson was re-elected president of
the association which now numbers in
the states over four thousand of Ameri-
ca’s fairest daughter. There were pres-
ent from Norwalk, Mrs. E. J. Hill and
from Connecticut Mesdames Gregory!
Keim and Vice President for Connecti-
cut, Mrs. Margarette Dickens. Mrs.
De B. Randolph Keim, state regent of
Connecticut, reported ours to be the~
banner state; that during the-past year,
the society in the state had increased
from .7 chapters, 11 retreats, and, 200
members to 17 chapters, 23 regents and
‘625 members. ‘
run PATENT OFFICE INQUIRY,
The Senate inquiry into the methods
of the award of the contract for the pat-
ent office printing has been interrupted
by the democratic caucus, and it is not
certain just when it will be resumed.
The meetingischeduled for Wednesday
had. to be postponed. Mr. Gorman,
chairman of the committee on printing,
says he will call a meeting justcas 180071
. asthe sessions of the caucuslfave‘xbecnfig
still loaded with prizes for his faithful.
that is conducting the investigation,‘
concluded. It is understood that the
inquiry will take a much wider scope .
than was originally foreseen, and sea-
sations may be the order of the day
when the'committee finally get down to
work.‘ Correspondent Curtis will take
the stand at the earliest opportunity to
say that he has authority to give the
names of those from whom he obtained
his that information connecting J osi'ah
Quincy with the contract. He will
name Correspondent Wm.McBride and
and Proprietor John R. McLean of the
Cincinnati Enquirer,both of whom will'
be summonned as witnesses.
CONGRESS on ELECTRICIANS.
Local interest in the assemblage here
of a body of the most eminent electri- .
ciansin the world, exceeds that taken
in the proceedings of the two houses of
Congress. Many novel devices and
treatides in photography, illumination,
heating and cooking and production of
power. were given. That of street car,
propulsion, most deeply interested the
people of Washington, who now have
two systems in Operation, that of over-
head Or trolley, and the underground
currents. Prof. John H. Vail,the New
York electrical expert, read an able pa-
per on the damages to gas and water
pipes in streets and danger from fires,
inseparable from the imperfect con-
struction of electric street railways and
quoted the caso of the narrow escape
from destruction by fire of the home of
J amen Sutherland of Norwalk, last De-
cember, by reason of the electric cur-
rent from the street car' tracks follow-
ing his water and gas pipes into his
house. He claims that recent inven-
tions render such accidents impossible
and £180 prevent the underground elec-
tric currents from rotting water or gas
'pipes. The subjects discussed at this
convention of electrical experts are of
such engrossing interest to Norwalk
citizens just now, that a special article
on the subject will be prepared and sent
to the GAZETTE for publication on the
adjournment of this august body.
CIVIL SERVICE .
The annual report of the Civil Ser-
vice Commission was submitted to the
Senate yesterday. The commission se-
verely berates Secretaries Carlisle and
Smith and Postmaster General Bissell
for rcmovals of clerks and employees
solely on political grounds. The com-
missiOn also says that it has under way
an investigation of the recent removals
in the Pension Office, and the alleged
violation of the law by Walter God-
dard, collector of customs at Bridge-
port, .Conn., who is charged with at-
tempting to collect campaign assess-
ments. ,- The gross impropriety of the
errors] that was issued, the commis-
rsionsa s, can not be questioned.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The District Sons of the Revolution
met on Washington’s Birth-day, when
Chaplain Rev. Dr. Childs opened the
session with a fervent and patriotic
prayer. One delegation from the Wash-
ington Chapter proceeded to Alexandria
and attended services at Washington’s
old church and sat in his pew, still well
preserved. Another made a pilgrim-
age to Mount Vernon and decorated
Washington’s tomb. The Senate held
a brief session and Washington’s Fare-
well address was read, or rather stum-
bled and mumbled over by a Kansas
Senator, who at least didn’t know how
to read as well as the average public
school graduate and thev are none too
well taught in this regard in these
modern days. In the House the pro-
ceedings were simply scandalous, so
“that about everybody was chagrin‘ed
that Congress had not adjourned ’over
the holiday.
Most Rev. Francis Satolli, archbishop
of Lepanto‘ and apostolic delegate to
the United States, was accorded a right
royal reception by the Alumni St.
John’s college, here.
TO swan: IN GALUSHA eaow.
Pennsylvania Congressmen are en-
deavoring to arrange to have Repre-
sentative—elect Galusha Grow of Penn-
sylvania sworn in on Monday, March
5th, next, as member, it being the 313i;
anniversary of his retirement from the
Congress in which he took such a con-
spicuous part. ’ He is now here.
PERSONALS.
Washington society has been graced
the past few days with. numbers of
Norwalk people. Beginning with Mrs.
E. J. Hill, delegate to the congress of
the Daughters of the Revolution, ex-
Congressman Levi Warner and wife,
ex-Burgess T. S. Vanderhoef, wife and
daughter, and Major and Mrs. G. M.
Holmesand daughter and child.
Miss Kate Field, so well known as a
former East Avenue summer resident,
has been invited by the leaders of
Washington official society, to deliver
a course of lectures at the Shoreham
banquet hall, which she has consented
to do. As ever. B.
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USE DAN-A’s SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ” ,
Look Out For Him.
Some Connecticut farmers may read
a warning in the experience of farmers
in central New York, who have been
swindled by a plausible young man who
professed to be the advance agent of a
traveling show. This glib-spoken per-
son rents space on farm buildings and
fences to be used for the posting of the
bills of the alleged show. He pays the
farmer $2 for the privilege, and then
produces a printed blank which he says
is a vocher that he has paid the money,
and which the farmer unhesitatingly
slgnSn ' ‘ '
A few days later the farmer receives
notice from ,a third party that he holds
a note against him for $200, which. he
will please call and pay at, his earliest
Convenience. The astonished farmer
investigates, and finds that the note is
the supposed $2 voucher that he signed
at the request of the slick fraud show
agent. x
The “holder of the note is an innocent
plarty in law and the farmer has to set-
: e. ‘ »
j—Samples of Hale’s Lung Balsam
frees ..-".-:"'r,77lf'
.. valry between
Washburn—Bartram. _
The marriage of Miss J essie,daughter
of .Mr. ,_and Mrs. F. A. Bartram, to
Uriah Fields Washhburn of Jersey City,
took place at the home of the bride in
Bridgeport, on Thursday evening. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. R.
G. S. McNeille. ‘Miss Minnie Walters
was bridesmaid and Lou Washburn best
man. The couple stood under a canopy
of mermet roses. . The groom’s gift to
the bride was a pendant of diamonds.
The array of bridal gifts was magnifi-
cent. Among those present at the cere- .
many were. Mr. D. S. Bartram and
daughter Miss Kittie Bartram 'of this
city.
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Health Officers to Meet.
A meeting of the county health Offi-
cers of the state will be held in New
Haven to-morrow morning for the pur-
pose of discussing matters in connec— '
tion with, their duties. A plan is also
on foot to form a state association of
town health officers, and a meeting for
that purpose will be held in that city
next week. ‘
The object of the association will be
to have the town health oflicers in-
structed in their official duties by Dr.
C. A. Lindsley, secretary of the state
board of health and" also to secure in-
formation in reference to the sanitary
laws and the manner in which they
should be carried out. '
They Wanted Money. 4
\Vord was telephonedoto police head
quarter last evening from a-rcsident
on Summer street, that two suspicious-
looking characters, a man and woman,
were canvassing for money at dwellings
in that locality. Ofiicer Hickey went
up and found that almost all of the
dwellings on Summer street had been
visited by the pair, who had been beg-
ging for money to take them out- of
town. The officer later saw them‘ at
the depot and saw them depart on the
10.44 train. The man gave his name as
Scofield. Ho formerly resided in
Stamford for a short time. The
woman’s name was Edwards. She be-
longs in Norwalk—Stamford Advocate.
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A Peculiar Case.
The trial of Benjamin Harris,charged
with theft, occupied the attention of
the superior court Thursday. He was
charged With stealing a deed of a cer-
tain piece of property-in Ridgefield
from Michael Short. The latter claimed
that Harris promised to buy the prop-
erty for $1,000. He had the deed made
out in N orwalk. . _
His lawyer told him to keep it till he
got-his money. When he awoke the
next morning the deed was gone.
afterward learned that it had been re-
corded by Harris and ‘the property
stood in the latter’s name. He caused
the arrest of Harris at once. The lat-
ter claims he gave Short the $1,000.
Short is a dwarf. :He created much
amusement in court while giving his
testimony. A settlement was effected
and the case was nolled.
Advancement and Protection.
A part who signs himself as “ One
of the
the Stamford Advocate : ,
“ The Liquor - Dealers Association
held a meeting last night. The asso-
ciation new numbers about forty, and
includes all of the most prominent
saloon-keepers of Stamford. The ob-
ject of the association is. the advance-
ment and protection of those who take
out a license and run a respectable
place. They are preparing to take a
part in the coming city election, and
to use their influence to elect men who
are willing to give them justice—men
who will not allow petty lawyers from
Norwalk and surrounding towns to
prosecute them on the word of tramps
and jail-birds, who would swear a man’s
life away for a ten dollar bill.”
Prophet Vaughan.
Says weather observer, J .J .Vaughan:
This month promises to be the severest
of this Winter. It will begin in a mod-
erate way the first week or more. Then
the storms will commence, increasing
in volume in their turn, until the 23rd
and 28th will bring two great storms of
the first magnitude. They will extend
from Texas to the great lakes, and will
move eastward to the Atlantic coast,
then the winter may be considered
passed.
The following days dated for storms
in this section, are :—1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21,
23, 28, 30. ' _ _
The spring will begin early in April
with exceedingly fine weather, but sor-
ry to state, the fine weather will be
followed closely by a drought, extend-
ing westward from the Atlantic coast,
over two-thirds of the United States.
It may be advisable, and a benefit to
the country that I would sug est that
all planting be done on lap s of low
elevation.
USE DAN A’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES ”
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Races at Stamford.
The Advocate of Thursday has the
following, of local interest. "‘The fol-
lowing entries have been made for the
horse race on the Cove pond tomorrow
afternoon. This list will, it is expected,
be materially increased. before ten
o’clock to-morr w morning, when en-
tries close: Geo ge Foote, Greenwich, .
Bunboe; Sam. Allen, Greenwich, no
name; Arthur Fitzroy, .Coscob, no
name; Dr. Hexamer, Stamford, ‘Red;
H. S. Provost, Stamford, E. W.; J. D.
Dorsie, Stamford, Jim; J. C., Nor-
walk, You Bet; Dr. Palmer, Stamford,
Steam Roller; William H. Lockwood,
Norwalk, Daisy ; Sam. Burns, Nor-
walk, Fred. , q ,
The following had entered for the
skating race up to noon to-day : Ernest
Wood, Andrew Wood and Chas. Rich-
ardson,‘ Stamford; Stephen Minor,
Rowayton; Martin Healy, Norwalk...
Some of the horsemen tested the ice
to-day. They foundit' ten inches thick '
on the track and expressed the opinion
that it will be perfectly safe for horses
to-morro'w. \A f goo , cal. of interest
has been shoWn-‘in the coming contests,
both because, ,of their ~ novelty and n-
‘the contestants. _~
av
He~
embers,” writes as follows to
Mr..and Mrs. George W; Adams, of
Winnipauk have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter «Bertha
L.. and Mr.‘George F. Caufield, of
Wilton. This interesting event will"
take place at the bride’s residence, on
Wednesday, March 14, at 3 P. M.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,EIT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.” .
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STAlE SHOTS.
The family 'Of Sandy 'Garrigan,’ col-
ored, were nearly suffocated by coal
gas in New Haven last night.
The Candee Rubber factory will close
down March 15, and the 1,800 employee
have not been notified when it will start
up again.
At the cocking main in Litchfield ,
Wednesday night, Massachusetts birds
captured the hrst'battle and Connecti-
cut birds the second. "
The lighthouse at Gardiner’s island
has not been washed away, and the keep-
er is still there. The lighthouse is,
however, in a shaky condition.
As a result of the Law and Order
league’s crusade, in 'New Haven Capt.
Winn of police headquarters notified
all patrolmen that they would be per-
sonally accountable for all violation of
law on their beats which were not re-
ported.
Mrs.._James asmn, nineteen years
old, livmg at Br stol, made her third
attempt at suicide by taking laudanum .
and cutting her throat with a bread
kmfe‘ When detected by friends in the
act of writing a farewell letter she swal-
lowed the boison and gushed her throat.
——Handy to have in the house, Hale’s
Lung Balsam. ,6 774-tf
Amusements. ‘
nor'r’s OPERA HOUSE.
“Monte Carlo,” a new departure in
musrcal comedies, will appear at Hoyt’s
Opera House next Saturday evening.
It comes to us direct from the metrop-
olis Of the country with a reputation
for merit and originality second to
none. The story of the play is spoken.
of as being.amusingly interesting and
well told by a large company of clever
players. . -
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND 'l‘H'AT CURES.”
' . The Marriage Questioned.
"* Herbert W. Knight, Master in Chan
cery of the Court of New Jersey was in
town this mormng taking the deposi.
tionspf witnesses in the matter of the
marriage of Geore Luckey to Mamie
McMahon. ~Miss McMahon gave birth
to a child and it was claimed that the
father of the child was a man named
Lucky. He, Lucky, ’tis said “skipped”
out of town.. Later he married another
woman. Miss McMahon followed suit
' and married a man named Low, living
in MorristOwn, N ._ J. Low died leav-
somc property. His brother is contest-
ing the legality of the marriage.
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BLT’IL‘E WITH RANDI'I‘S.
A Mayor, is Policeman and Eight of the
Outlaws \Vuro Billed.
OAXAQA, Mexico, Marchi2.——The author-
ities here have been notified of abloody
battle between a band of lu-igands and the
police of the town of Iztlahuaca. The
bandits, led by a desperate man named
Moriira, made an attack upon the toWn
for the purpose of pillaging the stores and
private residences. The police offered th‘ém
resistance, and a fight took place between
the two forces which resulted in the jefe
politco, or mayor of the town, and one of
the police and eight of the bandits being
killed and several others on both sides
wounded.
An Opera. House Burned.
NORTH BALTIMORE, 0., March 2.——Fire
broke out on the stage of Henry’s Opera
House and spread with great rapidity. The
opera house and the whole block, with all
contents, were entirely consumed. Loss,
8100.000, divided up as follows: Dr. Henry,
860,000; Orville McDowvll, $15,000; Bush-
ong-& Spitler, $735,000. Insurance, $30,000
on the whole property.“ *
Horseman Filliins Dead.
SYRACUSE, March 2,——Hen'ry E. Flikins,
one of the best known horsemen in central
New York, died at his home here. Pneu-
monia was the cause of his death. Mr.
Filkins was a member of the firm of H11 -
lick & Filklns, pool sellers, who be
leased several tracks in the central N
York trotting circuit.
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AFTER THE FAIR-
The Work of Cloaln‘g Up the Great Show
, Is About Completed.
CHICAGO, March 2.—Nearly all the em-
ployment the World’s fair at Jackson park
have been discharged. The working force '
has been reduced from time to time during
the last six weeks until nobody was left
but the clerks in General Manager Gra-
ham’s oflice, three companies of the Co- ‘
lumbian guards and several hundred men .
in the mechanical department and a lot of
clerks who were selling furniture and 0th.-
cr salvage—perhaps 500 in all. All are
dropped but General Manager Graham’s
men and the Columbian guards. '
“The work is all over, and the big book ~
is about to be closed,” said President Hig-
lnbotham, as be signed the payrolls laid
before him. “We are eady to abandon
Jackson park, the scene of our labors for
three years, and bring the few people still
on our salary list up town and concentrate
our efforts in the direction of settling the
odds and, ends of the great exposition.
“Mr. Graham will remain at the park a
short time. His clerks will attend to what
salvage is left—very little, I am told, he
most of our floating property has been dis- .
posed of. In a few Weeks at the utmost
Eve will finally. close the records of our lot-
“I am‘ more than gratified,” said Mr.‘
Higinbotham, f‘by the reenlts of the luv
remarkable in its way than the Success of
transient." ,
.r , _',..,
four months? WOl'k. The success in set-v - v1. 1‘
tling the affairs of the exposition in no loss: ‘ __ i :7
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