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Crlusading Against Bossism. .
The local elections on Long Island
Tuesday resulted in a cOmplete routof
the petty bosses who have been domin-
ating the politics of the small towns.
Perhaps the most notable contest of
the day was had at Gravesend, the
town that John Y. McKane thought he
had so effectually fortified against pop.
ular local government. Gravcscnd
was completely in the hands of the
McKane henchmen, but on Tuesday
~ the ticket Of the anti-McKane element
was successful, and the Gravesend sec-
tion of Long Island is to be subjected
to a much needed political fumigation.
The political boss is always cowardly
when he realizes the people are thor-
oughly aroused. McKane’s election
provisions were of such a nature that
it was thought that the people of
Gravesend would never be able to
throw off the domination of himself
and his friends. The election districts
were so gerrymandered that all of the
voting was done at the Gravesend Town
Hall, directly under the supervision of
McKane and his henchmen. With this
powerful advantage the bosses were
able to carry elections with but little
inconvenience, and majorities were
made to suit the occasions. It was
this practice that was broken up when
the law seized McKane and 'sent him to
Sing Sing. .
At the election on Tuesday the Mc-
Kane machinery was intact, but the
McKaneites who survived the recent
prosecutions lacked the courage to
operate it. The election was fair, and
the MoKane ticket was snowed under
by over 200 majority. Notwithstand-
ing the interest that attached to this
contest less than 2,000 votes were cast.
Yet, for the November election last
year McKane had registered over 6,000
voters, and would undoubtedly have
made returns based upon this fraudu-
lent registration had not the law over-
taken him. The people of Long Is-
land are to be congratulated upon the
practical reform they accomplished on
.Tuesday. In order to preserve the
good results it will be necessary for
them to be vigilant and guard against
all future attempts at bossism. _
COO——
County Tax Laid.
In the office of the county commis-
sioners in Bridgeport, Thursday, the
representatives of the county, in the
state legislature met for the purpose of
levying a county tax. City Attorney
Davenport was present in the interest
of Bridgeport, and Attorney J. B.
Klein, counsel for the countycommis-
sioners was present. A question arose
as to the right of the representatives to
levy a tax on the new grand list of
$54,000,000 Of that city. After a lengthy
discussion it was decided that the tax
laid last December was illegal as the
list was not completed and the board of
relief did not meet until January. A
tax of 5-10 of a. mill .was laid and
Bridgeport’s portion Will be $2?,000.
The sum of $15,000 was. appropriated
for additional cell room in the county
jail and $10,000 for a new work shop.
The need for. more room at the jail
was apparent some time ago. With
the appropriation the present work
shop will he refitted for cell room
and a separate structure erected for
a. work shop.
The following statement of the pur-
poses for which the money is to be used
was submitted by County Commission-
er Houlihan: Estimates running ex-
penses of the county for the year 1884,
$15,000; Bennett’s bridge, $12,500;
County Home school building, $5,000 ;
for completion of Washington bridge,
dredging, fenders,.etc., $5,000; work
shop, at County jail, $10,000 ;’ 512 new
cells at County jail, $15,000; interest
on Washington bridge bonds,.$900 ;
balance due contract on Washington
bridge, 31,900; total, $65,300. The sum
of $17,947 on deposit in the South Nor-
.walk National bank added to the
amount which will be raised by the tax
will furnish the amount needed for the
purposes specified.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT cones.”
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War of 181 2 Men.
A small party of gentlemen who me_
in a parlor of the Atlantic hotel Bridge
port, Thursday, organized the Society
of the War Of 1812. They were repre.
sentatives of the general society which
is located in Pennsylvania although all
of them are residents of this state. The
society is composed of descendants of
those who fought in the second war for
American- independence. The follow-
ing are the charter members of the Con-
necticut society. .
Charles P. er, Bridgeport; J essup
Wak eman,Cyrus S. Bradley, Southport;
William T.Andrews, A. Floyd Delafield;
W. E. French, John C. Turner, Noro-
- ton ; E.,J. H. and Setterlee Swartout
and Gen. W. W. Skiddy, Stamford;
Ch arles H. and H. W. Wessels, Litch-
field; W. W. Van Deusen, Middletown;
Alexander Hamilton, Lyons Plains; J.
E._ Heston, ,
Bliss Sanford, U. S. A.,_and C-hief En-
gineer Lewis J. Allen, U. S. A.
New Haven; Col. George
EDITORIAL LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April 0, 1894.
DEAR GAZETTEZ—The attempt to pass
the seigniorage bill over the President’s
veto was defeated in the House on
Wednesday by the votes of republican
members. Only fifty-five democrats
voted to sustain the President and but
for the republicans coming to therea-
cue of these fifty-five faithful adminis-
tration men, the bill would have been
carried over the veto.
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
In the Senate the tariff debate has
been continued by Senators Allison and
Pefl'er. Senator Allison showed the
utter lack of business intelligence in
the bill submitted by the democratic
members of the finance committee and
from the sessions of which committee
the republican members were excluded
while the bill was under revision. Sen-
ator Allison uttered one bold statement
with intense earnestness and defied any
one to successfully controvert it, which
was that every time a protective policy
had prevailed in this country, busmess
prosperity had prevailed; the people of
the nation rejoicing in abundance and
growing in wealth and power; and that
whenever the free trade .policy had
been attempted, busmess disaster, lack
Of employment for the working masses,
lack of means for carrying on the gov-
ernmcnt and universal destitution, loss
and. distress prevailed. This he said
had been our experience without a
single exception. The debate seems
likely to run on for months to come.
THE POLLABD-BRECKINRIDGE TRIAL,
The dreary suit of Miss Pollard
against Congressman Breckinridge has
dragged its weary, repulsive length
along through another week, but with
a reasonable expectation of. all the tes-
timony being submitted this week and
the arguments of council to conclude
the case” by the middle or end of next.
Judge Bradley is known to be thor-
oughly disgusted with the loathsome
details narrated by the implicated Con-
gressman and on several occasions has
turned his back square on the witness
while testifying in his own defence.
He also administered a. severe rebuke
to‘ the reporters, and. upon the press of
the country for giving so full details Of
its most revolting features. The local
press has given no fuller details of the
trial andusually not as full, as the out-‘
side papers Of New York. Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville, but several
editorials on the case have appeared in
papers here, that would hardly pass
without criticism if put into print in
northern and eastern journals. At the
end of Wednesday’s session Judge
Bradley administered a well deserved
rebuke to those who day after day had
crowded their way into the court room
to listen to the disgusting testimony.
At the two first sessions large numbers
of ladies forced themselves into the
room, when Judge Bradley in sheer re.
gard for decency, ordered them to re-
tire, which they did with indignant and
half audible mutterings. This is the
Judge’s spirited rebuke: “I want to
say something right here about the dis-
gusting curiosity that has been exhibit-
ed by spectators since this trial began.
The corridors have been crowded, the
means of egress and access to the court
room have been filled with the prurient
who come here day after day, and I
understand that the ‘crowds have as-
sembled before the office of counsel
across the way (Miss Pollard’s lawyers -
have an office just opposite the court
house), and in every way this morbid
curiosity has been manifested. Now,
we don’t hold a court here for the grati:
fication of spectators. Many seem to
forget that. there are others on trial he-
sides the parties to this cause, and the
other parties on trial are the spectators,
on trial for common-sense and decency,
and I am ashamed to say that the trial
has resulted in a verdict of guilty of
indecency. Some people come here
with nothing but the meanest sort of
prurient curiosity. They remind me
of buzzards sitting on a. fence corner
waiting for an opportunity to pick up a
little carrion Of a horse that is about to
die” Turning to the crier, he said,
"Adjourn the court.” '
NEW ronx’s CLAIM FOR $1,000,000.
The Third Auditor has- sent to the
House Committee on War Claims a his-
tory Of the claim introduced in the
House by Mr. Cummings to reimburse
the city of New York for money ex-
pended in arming and equipping militia
during the war of the rebellion. The
Auditor says that there is no formal
claim by the city of this kind pending
in his office. It appears, however, that
in 1861 the Mayor Of the city of New
York addressed a communication to
the Treasury inviting attention to an
expenditure by the city Of $750,000,
which sum was used in supplying arms
and supplies for troops.
A BOULEVARD ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Mr. Dunphy, Of New York, intro-
duced in the House yesterday a- bill
authorizing the President to appoint a
commission of four persons, one each
from the War, Agriculture, Post Office,
and Interior Departments to examine
into and report upon the feasibility and
desirability of constructing a boule-
vard from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean. The bill was introduced at the
request of Dr. John T. N agle, the chief
of the bureau of vital statistics of New
York. The commission, -Mr. Dunphy
says, is to report upon the cost of the
boulevard, the character of the road-
bed and the several states through
which it will run from New York to the
Pdcific Slope. Dr. Nagle’s idea is to
make the proposed boulevard similar
to that of the Western boulevard in
New York city, with a roadway on eith-
er side and a promenade through the
center shaded by trees. Mr. Dunphy
roughly estimates the cost at $100,000,-
000. Aside from the utility of the road-
way, it would afi‘ord employment for
idle men, which haregards as one of
the chief considerations of the plan.
BUSINESS IN CONNECTICUT.
“ Since last July,” said W. F. Rock-
well, of Meriden, at ‘the Arlington,
“the manufacturing establishments of
Connecticut have been domg a greatly
reduced business, and on an average all
over the state it is a fair {estimate to
say that the sums paid for labor have
been only about 50 per cent. of what
was paid prior to that time. This means
the loss of many hundreds of thour
sands of dollars, and the people are in
bad humor over it. The effect will be
seen in the elections this fall, and all
indications point to the biggest republi-
can victory in the history of the state.”
As ever, .
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Looking After the Cows.
A number of cows belonging to farm-
ers in Huntington district are suspected
of having tuberculosis. Dr. Henry W.
Eliot, a veterinary, examined several of
the cows which were suspected. of being
infected with the disease, and he order-
ed one of the animals killed by its owner.
It is believed that when the other cases
have been diagnosed it will reveal more
cases. ,Wag
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Common Pleas Court.
In the common pleas court, criminal
side, Thursday, Michael Fitzgerald was
found guilty of violation of the liquor
law and fined $60 and costs.
The case against Joseph Bunoil', of
Bridgeport, charged with keeping a.
place where liquor was sold on Sunday,
was nolled on payment of costs.
Oscar Saunders and John Smith of
Norwalk charged with dealing in a pol-
icy game, were each fined $7 and costs.
Both men pleaded guilty.
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New York East Conference.
The New York East Conference con-
tinued its labors before a large audience
Thursday. Dr..Paulson of Jamaica of-
fereréprayer at the opening. The Rev.
Dr. harles S. Wing, president of the
South Long Island district, read the re-
port. Presiding Elder Crandall read
the report of the New Haven district.
The report of the New York district was
presented Presiding Elder John W..
Beach. Dr. Mains reported several
questions from the general conference,
which that body desired the present con-
ference to pass upon. r. . W. Ham-
ilton reported a falling OE of $10,000 in
the funds of the Freedman’s Ald society.
”The Wooster House Sold.
The Wooster House, Danbury, was
sold under the hammer Thursday by
Edward B. Beecher for $100 to Charles
Robertson. It was a quick transaction,
occupying about ten minutes. The
terms of the sale, save the News, were
stated before bids were asked. The buy-
er had sixty days to take the building
away and the bid was subjectto the de-
clination of the owners within twenty-
four hours. '
The first bid Offered was 325, the sec-
ond 820 and the third $100. The last
was from Charles Robertson. Then
bids stopped , the reservation of the own-
ers perhaps having something to do with
it. After the house was knocked‘flown
to the bidder a reporter asked'Mrr/Ro‘b-
ertson what were his‘ihtenti’bns regard-
ing it. He replied that all he wanted of
it was the windows, doors and blinds
and any one could have the rest. ‘
The impression is that the owners Will
not accept Mr. Robertson’s offer.
Dragged EhevAnciior.
~ Mr. James Barrett, of New York, is
visiting friends in this city. On Thurs-
day he decided to go down the harbor
on a fishing excursion. Engaging "Jim— .
my” .Hyatt to accompany him as_ a
guide be secured a boat, and getting
into it picked up a pair of oars and
Jimmy did the same. It 'was'a long
pull and a hard pull. As the tide was
going out they were at a loss to account
for the disposition of the boat to hold
back. On reachin the railroad_bridgo
Mr. Barret decide to make an investi-
gation with the result that he found
that he had dragged theanchor, a piece
of railroad iron weighing about fifty
pounds, the entire distance through
the mud. What- Mr. Barrett said on
making the discovery was. more em-
phatic than beautiful. “Jimmy” was
mad. enough to drown himself and
would probably have done so had the
water been warmer.
w—HfllmNotice.
WE MEET ALL PRICES, BEAR
THIS IN MIND. WE WILL NOT
BE UNDERSOLD.
HALE, THE“ DRUGGI§€i
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Deserved Recognition.
There are several beautiful windows,
memorial and otherwise, in the chapel
of Our Holy Saviour, on Berkeley
street, but none which wrll attract more
deserved attention and thought than
the one placed on the right of the
chancel, Thursday afternoon. . _
Rev. C. M. Selleck was asked to visit
the chapel Thursday afternoon, and as
in every case where church affairs are
Concerned, he cheerfully accepted the
invitation, and presented himself at the
hour mentioned, without even the
faintest idea of why he had been called.
He found quite an assemblage, and
was cordially greeted by each and every
one present; He, however, seemed
somewhat puzzled as to why he had
been called upon to be present at the
meeting, until a letter .was placed in his.
hands, the text of which was the dona-
tion of a window to his memory by
members of the parish in slight recog-
nition of his services to the parish and
church. This all occurred in the base-
ment parlors of the church. Mr. Sel-
leck responded in a manner that was
full of gratefulness and esteemnfor the
donors, and unbounded love 101‘ the
entire parish. .
Mr. Selleck was then accompanied to
the church room proper and shown the
window, which is a symphony-of colors
beautiful. The delight in Viewmg it
was universal. The organist rendered
music especially fitting for the occasions
The window is one of the most at-
tractive in the edifice, and bears the
inscription, “In grateful commemor-
ation for the years of love and devotion
by the Rev. C. M. Selleck, to St. Paul,s
parish.” .
The same was presented, in happy
remarks, by A. E. Austin, who, we un-
derstana, was the father of the_move-
meat. The expense of the Windows
complete, was something over $350. '
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HEISON PIIROIE.
A Member of Companv F., G. N. G.,
Hails From the Elmira
Reformatory.
Has a Mania For Carriage Riding.
On Wednesday afternoon a young
man called at the livery stable of V. A.
Scofield, at South Norwalk, and se-
cured a horse and carriage on the rep-
resentation that Luther Wright, the
carriage manufacturer, would settle for
it. Thursday morning he went to the
stable of A. Solmans and-endeavored
to get a team on the same representa-
tion. Here he was requested to bring
an order from Mr. Wright, and left for
that purpose. He returned in a few
minutes with an order, but when a mes—
senger was dispatched to Mr. Wright’s
to ascertain if it was all right he skip-
ped out. The police'were informed of
the matter and notified the other livery
stables to be on the look out. About
two o’clock in the afternoon a young
man dressed in the uniform of Com-
pany F called at Baker’s livery stable
and engaged a horse and carriage to go
to New Canaan to get a young lady
who was to attend the company’s socia-
ble last night. Mr. Baker entered into
conversation with him and as he was
driving away inquired as to where he
was employed, and the young man told
him he was working at Wright’s. Mr.
Baker then became suspicious and in-
formed the police and ofiicer Maney
secured a. team and started after him.
When the officer reached Broad River
he met his man and a friend returning.
The Officer got into the carriage and
placed him under arrest and drove to
South Norwaik. Mr. Baker’s son driv-
ing home the officer’s horse.
The prisoner was taken to police
headquarters and examined by Chief
Vollmer. .
He stated that his name was Charles
Hicks and that he had formerly worked
in the blacksmith shop of W. P. Eng-
lish on Mechanic street, this city. He
said he jOined company F about a week
after he came to town and wore his
uniform yesterday on account of the
sociable to be given in the evening.
When questioned about military, mat-
ters he said that he formerly belonged
to CO. C, 22nd N. Y. regiment, and that
Capt. Rose had written to his colonel
and ascertained that he had been dis.
charged before taking him into 00. F.
Captain Rose this morning denied the
statement and said there was no truth
in it. He was then looked up. Hicks
havrng stated that he had been em-
ployed by Mr. English a GAZETTE rep-
;esentative called there this morning
talcum more ab’but him. Mr. English
said that he did not know anyone by
the name of Charles Hicks, but said
he did have a young man at work for
him in March by the name of Charles
H. Wiley, who had come from the
New York state: reformatory at Elmira
on parole. Mr. English then showed
the GAZETTE representative the follow-
1119: letter from Superintendent Brock-
way of that institution :
New York State Reformatory
At Elmira.
Elmira, N. Y. March 14th 189-1.
Wm. 1'. English, Esq. '
Norwalk. Conn.
Dear Sir: ( h H '
was paroled to work for you lindehas 0‘1“de
have when _he left the institution his parole
papers. which if you will take the trouble to
ask him to show vou, on will readily be able
to ascertain whet er t e description as given
on the papers tallies with that of the man as
he appears to vou. * * * Wiley should remain
With you, if satisfactory. all the time he is on
parole.
Yours truly.
{4.12. Brockway,
Gen’l Supt.
Mr. English explained that he had
written for a man and had been in-
formed that Wiley had been sent, but
as Wiley had not shown his parole he
was in doubt about him.
After reading Mr. Brockway’s letter
the GAZETTE representative interviewed
Wiley at the South Norwalk station
house. He admitted that he went by
the name of Wiley, but that his right
name was Charles Hicks, but as he has
F. H. in India ink on his arm it is evi-
dent-his nameis not Charles. He also
admitted that he was on parole from
Elmira, where he had been sent for
five years for grand larceny at Roches-
ter, N. Y. He exhibited his parole pa-
pers which showed that he was sen-
tenced on June 17, 1889.
When his case was called before J us-
tice Barrett this morning it was ad-
journed until 3 O’clock this afternoon;
at which time Wiley plead guilty and
was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
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Stock Farms.
Qur William H. Lockwood, the horse
trainer with a record, will go to Dan-
bury to—day and “take a squint” at the
royally bred trotters to be found at the
Hill Top Stock farm owned by William
Beckerlee. This farm is a domain of
over 300 acres, well watered, shaded
and. adjacent to the city limits. The
horses are in fine condition and will
soon be placed in active training. The
strongest combination of speed in the
country is represented at this farm.
He W111 also visit the Ridgewood farm in
the. same city, the home of the great
sure of trottors Quartermaster, with a
national reputation. This farm isowned
by Messrs. Bundle and White and like
Quartermaster has a grand geod repu-
tation. Mr. Lockwood loves a good
gorse and he will meet lots of ’em to-
ay.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPABILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND 'I' HAT CURES.” .
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Proper Assessment.
The Stamford board of city assessors
propose assessing property in that city
at its actual value as provided for in the
city charter. They realize that it is
no small task they have on hand, but
are determined to perform it to the best
of their ability,,and with fairness to all.
v TERSE This or THE TIMES.
Seventysfive firms in Chicago have
locked out 3,000 striking painters.
There was a family row on Smith
street Thursday night. It was quieted
by the police.
The King’s Daughters of the Congre-
gational church will celebrate their
fourth anniversary to-morrow.
That defect in the pavement on Wall
street, to which attention was called by
the GAZETTE has been placed in repair.
-——Handy to have in the house, Hale’s
Lung Balsam. 774-tf
Mr. Jesse Sherwood is dangerously
sick at his home on Newtown avenue,
and it is feared that he cannot loug
survive: .
-—-Samplesllof Hale’s Lung Balsam
free. 774-tf
The Matinee Whist club was enter-
tained by Miss Alice Loraine Chewell
at her home on High street, Thursday
afternoon.
—Until further notice I shall sell
shoes at cost. Jarvis Kellogg. 736 tf
The white robin and its red-breasted
mate are nesting in a hickory nut tree
at the home Of Mr. L. P. Mott, ~NO. 21
Elm street.
«Cup, saucer and plate with 11b. of
Tea, at the N. Y.'Store. 1t
Messrs. George Allen, Stanley Ray-
m‘ond and William Olmstead attended
an entertainment given by the South-
port Dramatic association, Thursday
night. .
—-Shoulders, 9c. N. Y. Store. 1t
Michael Heal received a fine and costs
amounting to $28 in the Common Pleas
Court, on Thursday. In default of the
same he is rusticating in jail.
——Fresh eggs, 14c., N. Y. Store. If;
Connecticut pensions: Original—Wil-
liam J. P. Buck, Ansonia. Additional—
David McBath, Soutthritain. Origi-
nal widows, etc. Elizabeth L. .Ifoon,
Hartford.
——Sp'edial low price sale this week.
Men’s and boy’s suits at reduced prices.
Men’s and Youth’s never rip pants, 31.
Men’s fine suits $5, single or double
breasted. Try us for bargains. Taft
Bros, 23 Wall St.
lady desires_position as
stenographer and type writer. Apply
at this office. I
The civil cases of Raymond & Merri-
am vs. Mrs.Jacob Van Buskirk, and W.
S. Wade vs. the same, are set down for
trial before Justice Austin. to-morrow.
Attorney Walsh for plainzifi‘s; Attorneys
Hurlbutt & Gregory for the defense.
-—A young
-— For the next few davs, we will offer
a fine Union made fur hat at 75 cents.
Taft Bros.
Mrs. William. De Kl'yn is nursing a
very sore thumb. In closing the door
to the large iron safe at her husband’s
store Thursday she severely jammed
the thumb, but fortunately there was
not momentum enough to the door to
completely sever the same.
, —Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only
by J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, 11 Main
street, Norwalk. 10-1yr
Mr. and Mrs. William Glasse, of the
“lodge,” West avenue, expect to sail
next month for their former home in
“Merrie England,” where Mr. Glasse
hopes to regain his health. Mr. Glasse
has been superintendent of Mrs. Mat-
thews’ property, “Elmenworth.” for a
long time, and in knowledge and suc-
cessful practice of floriculture and viti-
culture is excelled by no one. The news
of their intended departure will be
regretfully received by their many
friends.
a- ,
. Anxious to Sell.
Since it hasbeen generally known
that the Norwalk Street Railway com-
pany proposed making extensrve chang-
es in their road, bidders for the work
on the same bob up like crocuses.
They are all, however, gentlemen, and
are doing their “level best” for the
firms they represent. Among the cal-
lers so far at the company’s office are
Mr. Wallace, representing the Wallace
.t Smith Electric supply company:
Francis Trimble, firm‘of car builders ;
Mr. Cook, a vice presrdent of the Mo-
Guire Truck Co., a representative of
the Westinghouse company, Charles C.
Wilson of the Electric Construction
company, N. Y. and others all anxious
to bid for supplies of the firms repre-
sented. Secretary Acton greets them
all cordially and extends to them the
gratifying assurance some one will get
the contract.
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Amusements.
Horr’s OPERA HOUSE.
Mr. Dixey_ is a peculiarity when he
is not a‘genius. He has poems in his
legs and musicin his voice. He has sort
of cachinatory annex following him all
round, and it seems to be catching all
the way through. Mr. Dixey cannot
be improved upon in his particular
line, and his imitation of Irving is a
revelation. The walk, the accent, the
mannerism, that peculiar nasal intona-
tion, in fact everything is a picture to
the life, so natural that it would have
been taken seriatim, if not known to
be mere mimicry. In fact, Dixey is
Dixey and is a better remedy for indi.
gestion than any number of patent
pills. Mr. Rice’s company is a good
one. Mr. Dixey will appear at Hoyt’s
Opera HOuse, tomorrow evening.
STATE SHOTS.
There is living in Hartford a centen-
arian in the person of Mrs. Hanna
Henry, 104 years old. 'Her daughter
wfih whom she lives is over 80 years
0 .
Judge Townsend of the U. S. court,
has awarded to Mrs. Kinney, of Hart‘
ford, WldOW of the late Major Kinney,
the sum of $1,000 in lieu of'Major Kin—
ney’s salary as U. S. marshal.
Arrangements have just been com-
pleted for a championship contest for a
large purse to take place near New Hav-
en in a few weeks between Thomas Ryan
of Chicago, and Maurice Lane.
The executive committee of the Con-
necticut Press association met in Hart-
ford Thursday, and decided to hold the
annual meeting and banduet of the
association on Saturday, May 5th.
The line of carriages which formed
the funeralprocession on Wednesdav
afternoon of the late Isaac Lockwood
was the largest ever seen in Brookfield.
SO large was the procession that scarce-
ly a third of the line could enter the
cemetery at once. He was 91 years of
age and had retained his faculties to
Within a few hours of his death.
Daniel Halasey, 68, was almost in-
-stantly_killed at Norw1ch on Thursday,
while riding on a lumber truck. As the
large truck on which he was riding turn-
ed a corner the old man was jolted Off.
He fell to the ground and under the
wheels. The truck which was heavily
loaded with lumber, passed over his
head, causing death. He leaves a wife
and four children.
Died \Vitli Her Children.
,ABEiuisisx, Mia-3.9 April 6.——Mrs. Wil-
liam Raymond, wife of a. rich planter,
started to this place in a. buggy with her
three children. \Vhile crossing the bridge
over the H atchach ubbe river the horse be-
came frightened and jumped against the
railing Of the bridge. Therailing broke,
and the horse, buggy andoccupants fell
into the river below. Mrs. Raymond and
her three children were drowned.
A Heavyweight Long Distance Match.
HAiiiiiscriic. April 6.—Miss Alipe G.
Yingst of San Beach, Dauphin county,
Pa, who is 3.50 years Old and weighs 338
pounds, started for Coeur d’Alene, Ida, tc
meet her prospective husband, whom she
has never seen. Miss Yingst answered an
advertisement signed by Harry Gratzei
which she saw' in a Chicago matrimonial
journal about five months ago, and the
engagement resulted.
:isliop O’B‘arreil's Funeral.
TREXTOX, April 6.—-'l‘he funeral of Right
Rev. Bishop O’Furrell of the Catholic die
cese of Trenton took place today. The
cathedral was thronged with friends of
the (lead bishop, and many were unable tc
gain admission. Among the church dig-
nitaries present were Archbishop Corrigan
of New York and Archbishop Ryan of
Philadelphia.
A Packing Combine Again.
CHICAGO, April 0.—The sale of the Aller-
ton packing plant for $294,000, which has
been consummated here, is taken as an in—
dication of the resumption of Operations by ‘
the packing combine. The plant was pur-
chased by K. II. Moran of Chicago, who i.
said to represent a number of Scotch cap-
italists. '
Chicago Has a Park'hurst Society.
CHICAGO, April 6. —A society for the pre-
vention of crime, modeled after the Park-
hurst society of New York, has been 01'-
ganized here, with Rev. Dr. \V. G. Clarke.
a. Presbyterian divine, as president. The
same course in attempting to suppress vice
will be adopted.
Fire In Iancaste'r, N. 1'.
LANCASTER, April 6.—“:. disastrous-lire
visited Lancaster and wiped out a great
portion of the business section. Over a
dozen business blocks and private houses
were destroyed, and the tota’b‘loss is esti-
mated at over $100,000, pi'obz‘lb'ly only One-
third insured. ‘
A Post Election Accident.
PROVIDENCE, April 6.——Louis Goboille, a
new artilleryman Of the United Train of
Artillery, was terribly injured by the pre-
mature explosion Of powder While the bat-
tery was firing a salute in honor Of Gov-
ernor Brown today. '
She Came Back to Life.
LOWELL, Mass.,»April 6.—-The young wo
man who was found apparently dead, and
who, after being placed on a slab in the
morgue, showed signs of life, regained con
sciousness today and says that her mum
is Ivor-a Farlnnd Of New York city. Shf
was suffering from a cataleptic fit.
To Resume After Long Idleness.
Plill..~\l)ELl'lllA, April 6.—The famous olc
Lanark mills in Frankford, which haw
stood idle for Li years. will resume opera-
tions about May 1. James Baird’s Sons
are the owners, and they will conduct the
business of manufacturing- ribbed under
wear for uranium.
A rcobis‘nop of Catania Dead.
ROME. April 6. ——Cardinal Giuseppe Bene
detto Dusmet, archbishop of Catania, ii
dead. Cardinal Dusmet was born at Pa
lermo Aug. 15, 1818, and was Created a. car-
dinal on Feb. 11, 1889.
Chicago Painters' Strike.
CHICAGO, April 6.——The associated mas-
ter painters have decided to take aggres-
sive measures against the pending strike
and agreed to a general lockout, by which
3,000 men are thrown out of employment. '
Seventy-seven firms signed an agreement
to suspend operations for the present.
'Littie Tommy Tucker Signs;
BOSTON, April 6.-—-It is announced today
that Tom Tucker, first baseman for The
Boston League club for the past four years.
has finally signed a Boston contract and.
will be a member of the nine this season.
“'etinore “Fill Be Senator.
PROVIDENCE, April 6.-—'l.‘he next. Unite}
States senator will be a Republican, and
as George Peabody \‘l’ctinore was tlf‘l'I:};i.:'ri
by the convention his election may be min
to be assured.
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