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iiiepeiiem in all mugs: fauna] lll nailing.
The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
John H. Keyser.
The “Humanity and Health" maga-
zine, in its July number, gives quite an
extended biography of our old friend,
J ohn H. Keyser, the veteran inventor
. and stove manufa .
years since purchased and so beautified
the spacious island in our harbor,
which still bears his name, that “Ca-
lypso and all her nymphs” might be
charmed “gith it, while shrubbery and
flowers bloom there that Shenstone, if
alive, would envy. “Uncle” John Key.
Bar was the oldest stove mnaufacturer
in New York, when he closed his bus1~
Aness career there on the first of July of
the present year. . ,
“He was born in _Westport, in 1818,
and commenced business in 1837. He
is the inventor of thirty-two patents
for stoves and furnaces,.and_at one
time employed 200 men With his foun-
dry at Greenpoint, With large branches
at ‘Chicago and St. Louis, and was very
prosperous. He went . down in t e
crash of 1857, and again _in 18:3, but
was soon on is feet again. He lost
$65,000 by the Chicago lire_of 1871,
and again in 1873 lost heavilv by a
foundry fire at Greenpoint, L. 1., since
which he has done busmessuin a mod.
erate way. But the interesting part of
his long business life was the extent,
variety and prodigality of his charities.
In the line of practical and merciful
charities, Mr. Keyser was most at home.
When Judge Edmonds Visited Black-
well’s'Island, in 1844, while organiz-
ing theNew York Prison Association,
they found Mr. Key'ser, then ayoung
man, a Prison Assocxation by himself,
ministering to the wants of the prison-
ers, and he became one of its ardent
workers. During his many year s ser-
vice in that society, he took many hun-
dred prisonersfrom the various prisons
of the state‘aiid country, tand procured
ave them emp oymen . _
orWith John D. Russ, the philanthro.
pist, Mr. Keyser formed the Juvenile
Asvlum, which has become one of the
great recognized charities of the city
I e York.
OfWIitliv Mrs. Richmond, he formed the
Juvenile Asylum, which has become. one
of the largest institutions of the me-
tropolis. Mr. Keyser was amongthe
original corporators of the Samaritan
Home, for the aged of .both sexes, of
all or no creeds, and this, too, has be-
come one of our standard charities. '
During all this upbuilding of chari-
ties, Mr. Keyser’s sympathies were ever
reaching out among the poor and help.
less, in every field of humanitary effort.
In 1868. he purchased and built the
property known as the Strangers’ Rest,
which sheltered, cleansed and fed 9,000
friendless men and some women at an
expense of $12,000 per annum, for five
years, at his personal cost, and without
price to the beneficiary. In 1870, he
purchased and personally sustained the
Strangers’ Hospital, in which some four
hundred patients were gratuitously
treated annually. He also purchased
a farm of 1,200 acres at Aiken, S. 0.,
where indigent consumptive invalids'
gratuitously sue-o
might be sent and . ~ . .
tained. During the distress prevailing
in the panic of 1873, he fed an average
of 1.000 hungry men and women two
meals a day in a dining hall fitted up in
his back yard. Again in the panic of
1888 he, with some moneyed assrstance
.from': friends, fed 2,000 two meals per
(19. , of New York’s starvmg poor.
In 1851 Mr. Keyser purchased the
rough and rocky island in Norwalk
Harbor, and moulded it into a place of
artistic beauty and comeliness, through
years of indefatigable and lov1ng labor.
He gave unremitting _attention to a
large business in the.c1ty through the
day, and the moonlight nights were
. spent in. laying out the grounds and
planting trees and shrubbery to beau-
tify the landscape. Mr.- Keyser was
Very fond of horses and built an ex-
icellent track on the salt meadows
around his island home, which, like
everything else, became public proper-
ty by invitation. He was compelled to
part with this island owing to reverses
and this nearly broke his heart.
:: But _one of his mottcesus, “accept
and make friends with the ineVitable,”
and he has reluctantly done so. .
Mr. Keyser retired from busmess at
Seventy-six in apparently full health
and vigor, and expects to make his
home at Hartford. He says that his
deepest regret is that he must leavehis
field of loving labor among the abject
poor, where he is so familiary known.
Thursday’s Ball Games.
New York, 13; St. Louis, 3.
Chicago, 3;Brooklyn, 1.
Boaton, 6; Pittsburgh, 4..
Baltimore, 15rCincinnati, 6.
Philadelphia, 17; LouisVille, 3.
Washington, 6; Cleveland, 2.
Corn Roast.
A corn roast was held last evening at
the residence of Prof. Harstrom, which
was enjoyed by quite a party 'of ladies
and gentlemen. The roast was followed
by a barn dance. The entire affair was
unique and conducive of great pleasure.
President Passes Norwaik.
President Cleveland, on board the
Light House lender John Rodgers,
passed, Norwalk Light about 5 p. in.
yesterday.
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ct-urer, and who a few ‘
-with.’ ~ I was amazed," said the Judge.
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REQQLLEGTIONS
OFA i
WAR
MGURBESPONDENT.
. BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 189;.
CHAPTER XVII.
The stunning blow of our Bull Run
defeat fell upon the President and Con-
gress with paralyzing efi'ect._ All the
loyal Nation awoke as from a startled
slumber, from its fallacious dream of a
short and decisive putting down of the
slaveholders’ rebellion. N o more “On
to Richmond” cries were heard from
the pulpits, the rostrums and press of
the land. We suddenly arose to a real-
ization that a long, desperate and mur-
derous struggle was before us if the
Union was to be saved.
The loss of prestige resulting from
our repulse, among men of doubtful
loyalty at the North and in the border
states, was a far more serious disaster
than the loss of men and material sac-
rificed in battle. Never was President
Lincoln so overcome with gloomy fore-
bodings. In the silence of his chamber
and alone in the executive office he
wept and mourned over the unexpected
disaster, and as he was a man of deep'
religious feeling, no doubt prayed. for-
vently to the God of battles that the
Right might prevail. Judge Bingham
of Ohio, 9. close friend of. our Orris S.
Ferry, when in Congress, told ‘me this
story of his interview with the Presi-
dent just before day-break of the Tues-
day morning following the battle.
Washington was swarming with tat-
tered and battered, foot-sore and dis-
heartened soldiers, who but a few days
previous, had gaily marched through
its streets. to the front, full of exultant
confidence of easily and at once, anni-
hilating the Nation’s enemies. The
Administration, Congress, and the peo~
ple of the loyal North, had never on-
tertained a doubt but that the first real
struggle would result in an easy and
quick victory for our arms. And here
we were, in the deepest depths of gloom
and apprehension lest the victorious
and exultant enemy should march in
and capture the capital! The President
was quick to see that a long, bloody
War was to be fought to a finish, and
that it was no purile insurrection to be
put down. How deeply Mr. Lincoln
felt the disgrace of the situation and
the reversal of all his bright hopes, no
one will ever know. That he sought
by every device to conceal his sorrow
and depression from all comers, is a
matter of history. To all who called,
he maintained a brave surface exterior
of fencing talk and manner, but now
and then a deep drawn sigh, coming
from his very boots, attested his over-
welming burden of sorrow. Said Con-
gressman Bingham: “I was so used up
with disappointment and fear I could
not sleep a wink all. that Tuesday night.
I paced my room, threw myself alter-
nately upon my bed and then on the
lounge; every few moments I would
stretch myself out of the window and
strain my eyes and ears to see or hear
something to appease my nervous ten-
sion; but it was constantly the same
sights and sounds outside; the click of
the iron shoes _of the cavalrymen’s or
orderlies’ homes as they dashed past
my hotel, or the desultory tramp,
tramp of the demoralized,‘foot-sore sol-
diers, who marched the city streets be-
cause, poorfellows, they too could not
sleep. And so I waited and tossed about
and worried,” said the Judge, “until I
could stay inside no' longer and seizing
my walking stick, went out and marched-
up and down Pennsylvania avenue
from the Treasury to the Capitol. At
last, as the first streak of the dawn be-
gan to presage the coming day,
tramped up in front of the White
House. There I saw the feeble flicker
of a turned down light shining through
a second story window. I instantly left
the avenue and marched up to the big
front door under the driveway and
knocked vigoroulsy. The sleepy watch-
man, rubbing his eyes, opened the door
and I demanded to know if the Presi-
dent was still about. ‘Yes. he has been
sitting up all night,’ said the door-
keeper. ‘They can’t get him to go to
bed; he’s up in his office, go up and see
him, he’ll be glad to see you.’ “I went
up into the executive office,” continued
Bingham, “and there sat Lincoln in
his shirt sleeves, close up to the fire
place in which a log had burned in two,
and with one leg over the top of the
fender, he every few moments was giv-
ing the butt of one of the sticks a nerv-
ous kick with the toe of his boot. He
did not rise, but recognizing me as I
passed through the office door, his sad
face lit up with a smile and he said with
his invariable cordiality, ‘Come in,
Bingham; come in; I am so glad tosee
you; I’ve been here all alone since
after midnight and do on know I’ve
been hoping some goo fellow would
come in here that I could swap stories
“I told him I was so absolutely fright-
ened at the situation that I couldn’t
sleep and didn’t know but I was going
crazy with abject cowardice. ‘Oh, that
won’t do; no use feeling that way Bing-
ham; we shall come out of this bad
business all right. Do you know Bing-
ham, you make me think of a little
story about a dog that used to go scur-
rying about after bones out there in
Springfield when I first went there to
live.’ Do or say what I might,“ I could
not get the fun out of the fellow,” con-
‘clear and distinct to this Nation as it
tinned Judge Bingham, “and he kept-
me there for more than an hour, telling ,
the funniest story I ever heard, about a
.An Entertaining and I nstmctivc Home J aniline/l, Especially Devoted to L0
N ORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY AUGUST 47, 1894.
measlcy ‘valler’ dog. We both laughed
till we cried; and I hadn’t been out 0
his room two seconds,” added the
Judge, “before I felt heartily ashamed
of myself for such unseemly levity in
the presence of such a disaster, and I
presume Lincoln felt about it just as I
did the moment I left him.”
Judge Bingham did not then know
or realize that Lincoln’s Creator had
placed this element of intense love of
the ludicrous in the great and good
heart of the President, as a safety-
valve, which lifted him up out. of the
deepest depths of grief and despond-
ency with a quick and marvelous elas-
ticity, and served to elevate his pur-
poses and aims on the highest pinacles
of courageous endeavor.
While the Administration and all its
loyal supporters, humbled by the dis-
aster to our cause, were frankly admit-
ting the full and terribly disappointing .-
result. our enemies were exulting over
us with the most boastful exaggeration.
The dispatches sent from the field all
the fore part of the day and up to 2
o’clock p. m., by Southern correSpond-
cuts, were of the gloomiest and most
foreboding character. These doleful
reports, upon our rout.were at once sub-
stituted by others stilted up to the ab-
surdcst falsification, with that of the
lying Jefferson Davis dispatch leading
all the rest.
Devout men and women soon began
to see and believe that our reverse was
not an unmixed evil. The war on our
part had been undertaken to uphold
and maintain the American Union.
Our ignominious defeat set loyal people
to grave and serious thinking. The
question was on everyone’s tongue :—
" Why are the Southern-people so im—
placably hostile and .bitter towards the
government, which for eighty years
they have practically dominated and
controlled, and to the Northern-people,
who have yielded them‘ everything, to
the extremest verge of their faith in
God and His eternal justice?” The
one answer came to all—Slavery .' We
were fighting for Nationality, for the
Consti‘ution and the Union that the
fathers’ purchased with their blood.
The South fought for human slavery,
accursed of God and all good men. It
was “the brutality of slavery” that
caused and continued our fratricidal
war. I remember to have heard the
senior Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, pastor
of New Haven's Center, Church, at a
Yale commencement speech, in the
month following this disaster, voice
this sentiment with the fidelity of in-
spired prophecy, as after events con-
clusively proved. Said he, “I am not
a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, yet
I think I can see God’s purposes in the
bloody conflict of war. in which this
nation is engaged, and I think we have
only to read God’s dealings with Pha-
raoh in his treatment with the slave
children of Israel in Egypt, if we would
see the end from the beginning of our
present struggle. To me, the Lord’s
command, ‘Let my people go,’ is as
was to Pharaoh, and if we Will not let
them go, we, too, may have to yield up
our first-born in thus hardening our
hearts, and the same wail go up over
our (lead, that was heard centuries ago
in proud and haughty Egypt.” It was
clear from his further remarks, that Dr.
Bacon considered the North and the
South about equally culpable for the ex-
istence of the foul blot of slavery, but
now that the serpent had risen up to
destroy the Nation with its poisonous
fangs, that it was the duty of the North
to destroy this cause of the rebellion.
No one felt this more keenly than Pres-
ident Lincoln, or was moreimpatient
for the arrival of what he thought
would be the best time for proclaiming
the freedom of the slaves. I remem-
ber to have sought an interview with
him, in the interests of the Tribune, as
soon as Gen. F remont’s proclamation
of freedom to all slaves whose owners
were found in arms against the govern-
ment, or who permitted their human
chattels to assist in any way the carry-
ing on of the rebellion. “ Fremont is
all right,” said he, “in his theory, but
this is not just the time to issue such a
proclamation, and I reckon I will have
to modify the General’s order a bit.
We owe a duty to a great many Union-s
loving slave owners who have been
forced to do this against their wills.
When the right time comes, I reckon I
had better have a hand in it,” ending
in telling his accustomed “little story”
in further illustration of his position.
The wise statesman, Hon. George S.
Boutwell, still an honored resident in
Washington, sought the President after
several disasters to our armies, to urge
him to issue such a proclamation, ar-
guing that we could not hope for suc-.
cess until we set the slaves free. Said
Mr. Lincoln—“Yes, but you would not
have it done just yet, would you ?
Hadn’t we better _wait for something
like a victory, and then I should feel
that I could let them hare it.” Again
he quaintly phrased it, “ you must not
expect me to give up this government
without playing my best card.”
~Our own Senator. Dixon, who was so
strongly pro-slavery that he went over
to the democracy at the conclusion of.
the war, said in debate in the Senate—
“If the war should be persisted in, and
it should turn out that either the gov-
ernment or slavery must be destroyed,
then the people of the N orth—the icon-
servative people of the North would
say, ‘rather than let the government
perish, let’ slavery perish.’ ” “ But for
slavery,” said Senator Browning, of-
Ills, in the same debate, “ there never
would have been a disloyal heart to the .
American Constitution upon the Ameri-
can continent.” , '
Were ever words more confirmative
of his view of slavery, or more pathetic,
uttered, than those by President Lin-
coln, in his last inaugural, in which the
shadows of his own impending, tragic
death, seem to have solemnized all his
thoughts, as he said: “All knew this
interest (slavery) was the cause of the
war. . . . It may seem strange that
any men should dare to ask a just God’s
assistance in wringing their bread from
the sweat of other men’s faces. ‘. . .
Fondly we hope, fervently d) we pray,
that this mighty scourge of war may
speedily pass away. ~Yet if God wills
that it continue until all the wealth_
piled by the bondsmau's 250‘years of
f unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until
every drop of blood drawn with the
lastly-shall be paid by another drawn
with the sword, as it was said 3.000
years ago, so still it must be said, ‘ the
judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.’ ”
Obituary.
After an illness of seven. weeks Miss
Myra F. Hanford, formerly of this city,
died at her home in Bridgeport on
Monday, aged 56 years. The funeral
was attended from the home of her
brother-in-law William N. Middle-
brook, Wednesday afternoon. 'Ihe re-
mains werebrought to this city for
interment in the Union cemetery.
Charles Farrow, a colored man who
came here from Blackstone, Va", about
one year ago, died while sitting in a
chair at the Norwalk hospital, Saturday
evening, aged about 40 years. He was
taken to the hospital about ten days
ago suffering from an attack of pleu.
risy. About a. month ago he _was mar-
ried to a Norwalk colored girl by At-
torney E. M. Lockwood.
Mrs. Mary A.Godfrey, wife of J .Burr
Betts. died at her home on Wall street,
late Tuesday afternoon, aged 56 years,
6 months and 25 days. Her death was
unexpected and a surprise to the com.
munity. The deceased was born in
Georgetown,and for a number _of years
carried on the millinery busmess on
Main street.
George E. Botsford, {ll years old, a
prominent resident of B sford, and a
democratic member of , House_of
Representatives, from Newton, died
Sunday afternoon after a short illness,
of typhoid fever. He was in the car-
riage making business for many years.
At the camp meeting at Plainville
Saturday Rev. W. I’. Arbuckle, pastor
of the Methodist church at Shelton,
died. He preached an impresswe ser-
mon Tuesday night and was active in
the services during the week. -
Mrs. :fiuuice Webb, wife of Seth
Webbj‘. ied very suddenly at her home
at Chaflnut Hill, Monday afternoon.
Up to the moment of her death she
was apparently in her usual health.
John O'Leary, employed at Hanford’s
Floral Hall, died at,»_his home in Had-
den’s block, on Monday. He had been
sick for some days with the dysentery.
James Wilson, of Bethel. died on
Tuesday, in the 76th year of his age.
He was a hatter and quite well known
among the hat trade of this city.
Mary Sturges, widow of William
Hubbell, died at her home in South-
port, Saturday, in the 84th year of her
age.
Charlies, son of Henry C. and~ Mary
L. Paxton, died at his home in South
Norwalk, yesterday, aged 3 years and
8 months.
Eliza J. Kerr, wife of William Lou-
den, died at her home in Winnipauk,
Saturday, aged 65 years and 3 months.
John J., infant son of James Hamil-
ton, clied at his _home on Marshall
street, Sunday night, aged 11 days.
Elizabeth, wife of Patrick Goldrick,
died at her home on Leonard street,
Sunday, aged about 56 years.
Joseph A., the two months old son of
John and Catherine Smith, died at his
home on the turnpike, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ann A. Smith died at thehome
of Charles V. Arnold, in Winnipauk,
Wednesday, aged 07 years.
Herbert, son of Z ilmon Fillow, died
at his home in Bedding, Wednesday,
aged 26 years. .
Nathan B. Wells died in Stratford
last Saturday, aged 76 years.
Oof
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube is in-
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is theresult,
and unless the inflamaticn can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nor-
mal condition, hearing will be ' des-
troyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces. ‘
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by ca-
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Se d for circulars; free.
I". J. CHENE , & 00., Toledo, 0.
cream by Druggists, 75c
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~ The First Accident.
Charley Williams has placed. to his
own credit the first accident to occur
on the Street Railway line since the in.
troduction of electricity. Yesterday he
boarded one of the cars to ride as far
as Chapel street, he standing on a rear
platform. Charley has been a conduc-
tor on the horse cars for a number of
years and was quite expert in getting
on and off a car while it_was in motion.
As the electric car arrived at Chapel
street he stepped off not waiting to have
the car stop. He landed on his feet all
right but lost his balance and fell, quite
severely bruising his arm and leg. He
is able'to be out to-day, although pretty
sore. Next time he will wait for the
car to stop. ‘
He’s a Hustler!
Theodore Olsen has “gobbled up ”
the stock of another of our city shoe
stores, and is now running it off at his
marvelous “slaughter prices.” Crowds
of people go from New Canaan, Wilton,
Silver Mine, Winnipauk, Broad River,
Westport, Saugatuck, Five Mile River,
etc., to his South Nurwalk store, and
get abundantly paid for the trip.
Gazu'r'rl: reporter was in there a few
moments to-day, and the entire clerical
force of his large and amply equipped
store was on the jump, waiting upon
the crowd of customers congregated
there, securing bargains. Don’t fail to
read his adv. in to day’s GAZETTE.
/
A SHORT noun row.
A Street. Cdl‘ Misunderstandine.
Dynamos and Some Men’s Tem—
Ders Unsaid
Yesterday the local officers of the
Tramway and the West avenue Rail-
way Company got mixed up as to fur-
nishing, power for their tracks over
Wall street. '
Some year and a half ago the Tram-
way Company were “injuncted” by the
Street Railway Company and yester-
day’s short scrap is generally attributed
by the public to a purpose on the part
of the Tramway to get even. Through
Wall street the two companies use the
same tracks and the same trolley wires.
When the Street Railway company
started to run its electric cars each
company had its own dynamos at the
Electric“ Light station. The question
arose. as to which should furnish the
electricity for the run through Wall
street, and it was finally arranged that
each should furnish the power over the
common, wires for six months, but
which should furnish it for the first six
months Was not agreed upon.
President E. J. Hill of the Street
Railway company telephoned to the
Tramway Company notifying them that
the Street Railway company had start-
ed its electric cars, and that the Tram-
way company would be expected to
furnish power for six months. The
Tramway company objected, but their
own cars had to run through \Vall
street. SoO‘n after noon an electrician
climbed the pole in front of the Fair-
lield County Bank and put a cut-off on
the heavy feed cables, when W. F. Ac-
ton, of the Street Railway company,
came along.
‘-‘ What are you doing?” he said.
“I’m putting on a meter just to see
how much of “our electricity you are
usmg,” responded the workman.
. Act-on thought the black box looked
like a meter, and passed on. The Tram-
way company’s cars would come into
Wall street, followed by a Street Rail-
way car. The Tramway car would run
rapidly up to the Belden avenue corner,
where it reaches its own lines. Then
the man in front of the Bank would
reach up with a screw driver and push
a lever in the cutoff and the street rail-
way car would stop. In a few minutes,
when the Tramway car came back, the
current would be, turned on and the
Street Railway car could go ahead.
The Street Railway officials were puz-
zled for some time: Finally“ Acton
ton thought of the box, and the scheme
was apparent. He cut the Winnipauk
feed cable, cut and brought together
the end of the Winnipauk 'cable and the
main line. When the Tramway shut
off its power in _Wall street, he joined
the wires to give his company power
from the branch wire. But this brought
together at. the power house two cur-
rents running in Opposite directions,
and the dynamos began to burn out.
The Street Railway company own the
expenswe dynamos which were being
ruined. After a little a messenger ar-
rived from the Tramway company with
orders to supply the Tramway’s elec-
tricity until further notice.
It is not doubted but that a fair and
equitable adjustment of the misunder-
standing Will be reached, as it would
be the very worst of business policy as
well. as of sense for these companies to
get into an angry contest in the matter
of running their cars. -
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Bethei Counterfeiter’s Trial.
United states Commissioner Wright
of New Haven, said last evening. that,
in his opinion the ccunterfeiters, Miller ,
"alias ‘Murphy’ and the Hoyts would be
tried in this district at the next term of
the United States court. Judge Town-
send will return from Colorado Springs
by September and court will doubtless
sit early in the month. In explanation
of the preliminary trials now eing
h‘eld on the three prisoners in New
York the commissioner explained why
they were not given a preliminary hear-
ing in this state, the place where the
crime was committed. The rule of the
United States courts is that in order to
avoid possible entanglements the pris-
oners are usually first tried in the place
where the arrest is made and if cause is
found they are turned over to the
United States marshal of the district
where the crime was committed and the
final trial is hold.
This is' done" in a measure to save
trouble and expense to the prisoner
providing he is proven innocent.
The commissioner cited as an illus-
tration the case of a man arrested in
New Haven for forgery of United
States notes some time ago.
The crime was committed in Vir-
ginia and instead of beingjtaken to Vir-
ginia immediately he was given a pre-
liminary hearing in New Haven, and
the facts warranted his transfer to the
United States marshal of Virginia. Had
the man been taken to Virginia at once,
and found innocent of the charge he
would have been subjected to a great
expense for which the government
would not make any recompense.
This explains in a measure why the
counterfeiters were not taken to New
Haven immediately after their appre-
hension: and given a hearing before
Commissioner Wright. _ .
The charges placed against the trio
in New York is‘the “making and pass-
ing counterfeit money.” Commissioner
Wright does not expect that they will
be brought before him at all, as the
hearing in New York will be an exhaus-
tive and thorough one. 'They Wlll be
bound Over to the district court of Con-
necticut and will be tried before Judge
Townsend early in September.
. Attempted Suicide.
A Mrs. Flannagan of Sharon, Conn,
attempted suicide yesterday, by slash.
ing her stomach and abdomen, while in
bed, with a razor. She is not expected
to live.
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. Forewarned.
' In these columns, on Thursday, there
appeared an account of the swindling
operations of a street fakir in Danbury
who cheateda number of the citizens '
of that place out of their hard earned
dollars. We gave considerable space
to explaining the fakir’s manner of
swindling, thinking that possibly he
would visitthis city and that our citi-
zens would thus be put on guard against
the wiles of the glib-tongued swindler.
Sure enough,~he was here last night,
but he did not reap a very rich harvest
as our readers were “onto his game.”
He managed to capture a few dollars,
however, five or six perhaps, two of
them from the pocket of an ex-burgess
who does not live very far from Union
Park. In evident disgust. the fakir
after a while gathered up his traps and
Suddenly vanished.
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- Sixth C. V. Reunion.
The Sixth C. V. held its annual re.
union atBndgeport, on Thursday, the
busmess meeting at G. A R. hall at
am... . .
10:30 being followed by an outing and , .
shore dinner at Pleasure beach. About
fifty of the survivors and their families
partook of the dinner. The meeting
was called to order by Prest. Boudren
and after the reading of reports for the
past year ' by Sec. and Treas. W. F.
Smith, the following officers were elect-
ed for the ensuing year:
President, W. H. Bougliton. New
Haven; vice-president, Col. L. Meeker,
Stamford ;secretary and treasurer, W.
F. Smith. New Haven; historian, Chas.
K. Codwell, New Haven; musician,
Henry Gussman, New Haven.
Ninth Regiment, C.V.
The annual reunion of the Ninth regi-
ment, Connecticut Volunteers, was held
at the Sea View house, Savin Rock,
yesterday. At the business meeting a
letter of regret was read from Captain
Wright of New Orleans. also one from
Mrs. May Elliot M. Curtiss o‘f Titionte,
Pa., whose husband was a prominent
member who died during the past year.
The old list of officers was re-elected.
It is as follows: President, Captain John
J. Curtiss of Bridgeport; vice president,
Patrick Cronan of Naugatuck; treas-
urer Michael F. Carr of Naugatuck ;
secretary, Captain William Gleeson of
New Haven.
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Six Ho‘urs Behind.
Edward Gregory who started from
Boston to break the record between
that city and New York, (in a bicycle,
reached Norwalk at 10:10 o’clock, last
night, six hours behind the schedule
time. He seemed to be pretty well
tuckered out but pluckily kept on his
way to New York.
After leaving Boston he met with
an accident by which one of his legs
. was severely cut, this in a great measure
handicapping him for fast riding.
USE DANA’S’SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE _KIND THAT CURES.”
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Ruinous Reputation;
In all soberness, the governor of the
state or other authorities of the Nutmeg
National Guard, should try to suppress
the current pictorial outbiehk in the
daily newsriaper over the border. The ‘
cuts, which purport to depict life in
camp at Niantic, are enough to ruin the
reputation of Connecticut’s militiamen.
—Springfield Republican.
Sisters of Mercy.
Sister Mary Agnes has been re-elected
reverned mother superioress of the Sis~
ters of Mercy at St.Joseph’s, Hartford,
f his being her fourth election, each
term being three years. .
Bishop Tierney presided and 215
votes were cast.
Sister Mary Cyril was elected assist-
ant, Sister Mary Bernard, purser, and
Mother Raymond mistress of novices. .
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New Depot.
Vice-President John BL: Hall and
General Superintendent Charles H.
Platt of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford road were in Danbury, this
week and a News reporter learned that
the work of building a new depot in
that city this fall, was in contemplation.
It is to be located on White street. It
will take several months to change the
tracks and make the necessary altera-
tions in the yards. When that is com-
pleted the Danbury division will have
continuous tracks from. Brcokfield
junction to Wilson Point.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. "
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Reception to. Go‘v. Morris.
A reception was given Thursday
evening, to Governor. Morris and the
members of his staff at the Fort Griswold
house, New- London, by the guests at
the. hotel. There was a banquet and
many people participated in dancing.
Tho1 tparty returned to Niantic at mid- ‘
nig .
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USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA,IT’B
“ THE KIND 'I‘HAT CUBES.’ ” .
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Charter Oak Races.
The Charter Oak and National Asso
elation of Trotting Horse Breeders will
come together a week from Monday,
continuing five days. More than 140
horses Wlll meet meet. there.
The opening day will be given up ex-
clusively to the trotting horse breeders.
Gets a Charge.
Rev. Christopher T. McCann, formerly
assistant pastor at the Sacred Heart
church at Bridgeport, and later at
Meriden, has been assigned to the .
charge of a parish at Montville. '
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.” /
Veterans at the Shore.
The annual reunion and dinner. of_ the
Connecticut Odd Fellows’association,
was held at South End New Haven,
yesterday. A fine shore dinner was
served, followed by speeches. .
Norwalk Chronicler