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City Meeting.
Au adjourned special city meeting is
to be held in the Town House. at 7:30
o’clock to-night,tp take such action, or
pass such resolutions as may be deemed
advisable, for the construction of a new
7 reservoir; also to appropriate the money
therefor.
As the matter now stands the tax
payers are called upon to vote a large
amount of money for building a new
reservoir. There is nothing in the call
for the meeting that will allow a vote to
be taken upon repairing or raising the
present reservoir dams, which compet—
ent gentlemen say will give an increas-
ed water supply. Either a new reser—
voir shall be ordered and the money
appropriated or else the meeting must
adjourn.
It would seem that the best thing to
do, this evening, would be to adjourn
the meeting sine die.
ists in the board of Water Commission.
ers and until that is filled it seems
highly improper to vote thousands of
dollars for the construction of a new
reservoir. '
The tax payers are overburdened
now with taxes and to go to work and
expend $100,000 more on another reser-
voir, when the assertion is made that
our present reservoirs are sufficient, if
properly repaired, to give an adequate
water supply, seems pure nonsense.
By all means vote to adjourn.
The Law of Railway Strikes.
The decision of Justice Gaynor, of
the Brooklyn Supreme Court, that the
street railway companies are bound to
run a sufficient number of cars for the
accommodation of the public and are
not excused from their obligation by
the refusal of their employee to accept
what the companies regard as reason-
able wages, is unquestionably sound.
Government by judicial process works
both ways. If an outside organization
can be restrained from interfering with
the business of a corporation, the cor-
poration also can be ordered by man-
‘ damus to perform its public functions.
“If the company cannot get men at a
price that it thinks fair, it is bound to
get them ataprice it may deem ex.
orbitant, because its duty is to run its
road.” ,
It is important to have this principle
of the responsibility of common carriers
distinctly set forth, apart from the par.
ticular circumstances that have caused
the question to be raised. Railway
corporations undertake to perform a
certain public service, and they are
bound to do so or vacate their franchise;
they cannot simply run their cars when
it suits them or when it is profitable,
and cease when it is more convenient
not to run. .
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The Flag Question Settled.
If the Lawson bill which has just
passed the New York assembly by a
vote of 83 to 13, is approved by the
Senate and becomes a law, which is
quite probable, it is to be the old flag
in the Empire state and none other,
from this time on. The bill prov1des
that none but the United States flag
shall be displayed from any public
building in the state, and although
Assemblymen Foley and Dan Finn, of
New York, and Gallagher, of Brooklyn
opposed, it, it went through with a
rush.
No more then is the periodical ques-
tion likely to come up to bother the
civic authorities and vex the shades of
Tammany and turn the city upside
down and threaten all sorts of compli-
cations with foreign nationalities as to
whether or not the German, Italian or
Irish colors, save and excepting “Old
Glory” alone, shall be spread to the
breeze from the city hall or any other
public building. '
As to the propriety of this legisla-
tion there will, of course, be some
diversity of Opinion in cosmopolitan
communities, but inasmuch as some
rule seems to be necessary for the regu-
lation of the question, it is perhaps as
well to have it understood that the
public buildings of the state, peculiar-
ly typical as they are of American in-
stitutions, should float from their flag
poles American emblems only.~ This is
at least an impartial rule of which none
can complain, and a patriotic policy
that all patriots can approve.
The foreign organizations in the
metropolis and other large cities are
granted full liberty to bear their nation-
al colors on parade or in their public
assemblages, and with this it would
seem they oughtito be satisfied.
A vacancy ex-'
RECQLLEQTIONS
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OFA
WAR
WUURRESPUNDENT.
BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894.
CHAPTER XL.
Gen. Couch executed the order of his
Chief in the withdrawal of the Army
back to Its old camping grounds on the
east side of the Rappahannock, With
consummate skill and success. The
major portion of the troops were re-
crossed at United States Ford, the men
being marched alllnight in a pouring
rain. A more thoroughly exhausted,
drenched and dispirited body of sold-
iers were never seen, than when the
brigades deployed to re-erect their tents
next day. The news of our army dis-
aster had spread the country and filled
every loyal heart with renewed fear and
dispondency, while tens ohthousands
mourned for dear ones stain. Our
army had not been so disastrously
beaten and decimated as at Fredericks
burg, but great numbers of our brave
boys had been fruitlessly slain and
thousands more mutilated, married and
forever disabled. It is true that we
had administered terrible punishment
upon Lee’s army. So severe were his
losses also, that he made no effort to
follow up his slight advantage, by
crossing the river to attack us. He
was content to remain in recuperative
rest for nearly two months before again
assuming the aggresswe. . .
It is a pathetic fact, at this time, that
only General Couch and Generals How-
ard and Sickles, are now liv1ng, of all
the great, commanding actors at the
terrible Chancellorsville battle. So
rapidly pass our lives away, as the
years run by and augment the history
of the past. . .
Probably the best detailed record of
the battle of Chancellorsville, is to be
found in the second volume of Greeley’s
“American Conflict.” It is compiled
from the daily records in his N. Y. Tri—
bune sent by his own eye-witnesses of
the struggle. Some months after the
battle, at Mr. Greeley’s request, .1 pre-
pared for this work, a careful .I‘BVIeW of
the struggle, when every important
event connected with it was fresh in
mind. This, my life-long friend, largely
incorporated in his account, as given
in his invaluable history of the war of
the rebellion. A short time after our
troops had gotten comfortably settled
down in camp again, there occurred
one of those needless, cruelvand heart-
rending events, which caused the name
of General Halleck to be execrated
throughout the Potomac army. In the
early morning a telegraphic order came
to headquarters for Gen. Halleck to
have all the wounded men in the hospi-
tal tents loaded into freight cars and
conveyed to Acquia Creek there to be
placed on steamers and brought to
Washington. All day long the lines of
ambulances and men with stretchers
were conveying our poor sufferers to the
several trains of freight cars. In some
a little hay or litter was thrown over
the ill-smelling floors of the cars, upon
which to lay the sick and wounded.
The great majority of them, however,
had nothing but their sailed army
blankets to rest upon. Most of the
wounded had just reached that stage
when their injuries were most inflamed
and fever was devouring their vitality.
It must have been ten o’clock when .all
were thus transferred and the trains
at different points on the road were
about ready to start for the steamboat
landing at the Creek. There was no
way to light the cars, and it wasvery dif-
ficult for the hospital stewards and at-
tendants to pass between the thickly
strewn sick and wounded on the car
floors to attend their wants. Heart-
breaking screeches and groans .filled
the air as the amputated or mutilated
wrecks of humanity were loaded into
the ambulance and then jolted to the
cars and reloaded there, but the pros-
pect of soon being comfortably housed
in Washington helped to cheer and
keep up the courage of the sufferers,
when 10, another telegram from Hal-
leck ordered that the wounded be kept
where they were and not put upon the
steamers till next day ! Here ensueda
night of terrors, which transcended .111
piteous sufferings all the horrors I mt-
nessed throughout the war. I had rid-
den along the railroad tracks from Fal-
mouth to Brooks Station, where the
Sevententh Connecticut were en-
camped, to view this removal of our
wounded. Men who had faced death
in battle without flinching- were now in
consequence of long suffering, as weak
and peevish and impatient of pain as
little children. Their outcries, when-
ever moved or touched, were most plte‘
ous. Only those nearest the shadow-
land, evinced composure. Halleck’s
thoughtless and cruel order had been
kept from the sufferers as long as possi-
ble, but bad news sweeps an army With
the force and celerity of a western
cyclone. When it become known that
they were to lay in the box cars- all
night, the groanings and complainings
that filled the air about every tram
load, was so unbearable I was glad to
flee from its sound and influence, be-
cause I was powerless .to assist or as-
suage the agony of these brave defenders
of Liberty and the Nation’s \unity.
Never did the agents of the Sanitary
and Christian Commission better prove
their claims to public approval and
gratitude, than by their alienating
labors all through that dreadful night.
They built bonfires alongside the stalled
trains to cheer
blaze. They cooked beef teas and cof-
fee, prayed and sang hymns, to cheer
the helpless ones, throughout the night.
When morning at length came, more
quiet prevailed among the Wounded,
for hope revived with the rising of the
sun. But scores of details with their
stretchers came alongside many of the
cars and bore outa body to an unknown
grave beside the track. As many as
fifty or more, had passed beyond the
sufferings of this life to realms of rest
and peace. It was subsequently ex-
plained that the last Halleck order was
giyen because the Washington hospi-
tals were not quite ready to receive so
large a consignment of patients.
There was much sunshine also among
the darker shadows of the soldier’s
life at the front. The camp-fire yarns,
the feasts, the frolics, the eloquent diu‘
cussions of great affairs of the Army
and Nation, the exhileration of some
narrow escape from capture or being
shot, while in camp, gave a. glamour of
joy and happiness to its several experi~
ences. Worse than wounds or even
death, to many, were the attacks of
overwhelming “home-siCImess" the in-
tense desire to see wife and children,
that seized upon the soldier in camps
and oftimes rendered him insane.
But a short time prior to the army
breaking camp to cross to the attack of
Lee at Chancellorsville, “Tim.” Dono-
van, then a lad who had enlisted in the
17th Conn. Vols. from the GAZETTE
ofiice, spied his comrade John Jarvis
also of Norwalk, stretched out on his
back on the ground one day and enjoy-
ing a most profound sleep. Jarvis had
always prided himself upon being a
democrat and enjoyed particularly to
berate what he called “Black Republi-
cans.” It was but the work of a few
moments for Donovan to getalot of
tent pins and ropes and in a jifi'y had
Jarvis pinioned to the ground. Then
he pounded 11p a lot of charcoal from
the embers of his coffee-cooking fire
and besmeared Jarvis’ face and hands
thoroughly with it, and all without
awakening him. Next, on a hardvtack
box lid, were inscribed the words :—
“John Jarvis turnedBlack Republican ”
This was placed at poor Jarvis’ head,
and the whole camp summoned to be-
hold the dark spectacle. Of course he
was awakened but before released was
made to promise to forgive everybody
and forever after be himself, a black
republican. When the Eleventh Corps
was swept from the field at Chancellors-
ville, poor Jarvis and his tormentor,
Tim Donovan, were captured, as was
Captain Burr of Westport, and a host
of others of our Connecticut boys, and
were fond companions in Bell Isle
prison at Richmond.
Captain James E. Dunham of Bridge
port made the most gallant escapee-t
the time of the above capture. '
ambulance driver, mad with fright,
came dashing down towards Dunham,
who raised his sword in front of the
galloping horses and ordered him to
halt. The horses slackened their pace
sufficiently for Dunham to jump aboard
and shout from the rear of the ambu-
lance to the driver in front :-—"Now
run your horses as fast as you can to
the rear, as I"have very important or-
ders to carry to my General.” It is
hardly necessary to add that when the
used-up team and badly terrified and
jolted driver and passenger reached a
safe place at the rear, Captain Dunham
had entirely forgotten the imperative
"orders” which had carried him in
such hot haste from the field. At such
a time, true courage really consisted 111
flight, and self-preservation became
the first law of nature.
I am further indebted to General
William Birney, now of Washington,
for the following new, authoritativeand
most valuable contribution to the his-
tory of the battle of Chancellorsville :
_ WASHINGTON, D. 0,, JAN. 17, 1895.
MR. BYINGTON ;—Your allusron in the Non-
wALx GAZETTE of the 11th inst., to my contra-
diction oi'_ the rumor that General Hooker
was intomcated on Sunday morning of the
battle at Uhancehorsvrlle, is substantially cor-
rect. As I was one of the few eye-witnesses, I
may as well put my knowredge on record.
For some weeks before the opening of the
Chancellonvrlle campaign, the regiment of
which I was Colonel (4th N. J. V.) had been
the guard of Hooker’s headquarters and I had
seen the General several times a. day and often
in [-116 evenings. Whenever I saw him. he was
apparently sober, clear headed and energetic.
There was nethmg in his manner to sugg-st
intemperate habits. On Friday, in obedience
to orders, I reported to General Hooker as a
temporary aide on his staff and remained
with him to the close of the battle. being in
attendance until a late hour Saturday night
and again very early Sunday morning. He
was incessantly employed, but neither his
orders nor manner indicated the use of liquor.
Sunday morning 1 went out to execute an
order and was absent about half an hour. On
my return I saw the staff and other officers
grouped around General Hooker, who, was
lying on the floor in an unconscious condition.
he had been leaning With his hand against a
porch column. This was struck by a rebel
shell and the General was thrown violently to
the floor by the concussion. He soon iev1ved.
although he had evidently received a, severe
nervous shock. After a little, the storm-cen-
ter of the battle approaching the Chancellors-
Ville House, the General with his staff retired
to'an open field a short distance to the rear.
He continued to give orders as they became
necessary. but suddenly relapsed into uncon-
‘scmusness. A surgeon’s tent was pitched near
by, and I aided other members of the staff in
removing him to it , from his horse. and plac-
ing him upon a blanket. A stimulant was
needed to rev1ve him, but there was not a
canteen in the party. I went out. found a
medical man with one, and forced about a.
tablespoonful of whiskey between the Gener-
al’s lips. When he game to himself, he took
no more. _I was With him afterward when he
rode around among the troops, and he used
no liquor. , »
,This rumor against Hooker, has no founda-
tion in fact, an i was supported by no eye-Wit-
nesses. Frequent repetitions by thoughtless
and slanderous persons has transformed it
into a charge, Some patriots have notunder-
stood why, With forces so vastly superior, we
were defeated, at Uhancellorsville, and they
have too readily accepted the untruth. Gen-
eral Hooker’s fatal error was in not can {ing
out the original plan of the campaign, w 19
was to march through Chancellorsvrlle audits
thickets and deploy the army in the open
fields beyond, which afforded abundant room
for infantry, artillery and cavalry. Failure in
that case was impossible. Why he stopped on
Thursday, in the thickets about Chancellors-
ville, I have never understood. Our army was
entangled and had no advantafie from its
superior numbers. In strategy, ooker had
lost the battle of Chancellorsvdle three days
before he is falsely charged With mtcxication.
- Very truly yours,
WILLIAM Brnxar.
Brevst Maj. General. U. 8. Vols. ‘
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Badly Burned.
Mary Anderson, an actress, was badly
burned at Jacques Opera House,
the sufferers by the,
Waterbury, last night, by the explo-
sion of an alcohol lamp. . .
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NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY JANUARY 2.5 1895.
Obituarv
. Til-ins. CAROLINE onionnsrnn.
Mrs. Caroline St. John Chichester,
widow of the late Henry Chichester,
an Edanghter of the late Stephen St.
JO, " . died at her winter residence.
N, {41 Pcrtland avenue, Brooklyn, on
Th. , sday, in the 95th years of her ago.
TI ideceased was born in Norwalk,
J11 8th, 1800, and with the exception
of a; few months stay in Brooklyn, each
wir?er, had always lived iu_N0rwalk.
He‘;_husband died about thirty years
agoglg} She left Norwalk last October in
Emigrant good health, but was taken
sic ‘fabozit a week ago and died as
abo 'e. Three children surv1ve her_—
Outline and Myra Chichester, of this
Gityl‘ifand Mrs. Alfred Morehouse of
Dan '11. A son, Theodore Chicheste r,
die' in November, and a daughter,
Mrs- P. L. Cunningham, died last
Aug- st. She leaves two sisters, Mrs.
L. M. Stevens and Mrs. Harriett Jen-
nings, of this city, and a brother Ed-
wargi St. John, of New York. The
fun :11 will be attended from her late
residence on East avenue, Monday
attefioon, at 2 o’clock, Revs. C. M.
Sell” k and H. N. Dunning officiating.
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ySunday School Workers.
About fifty active Sunday school
workfers of Fairfield county met in
Dari’n, yesterday. The meeting was
held:-'n the Congregational church, of
whic Rev. Mr. Austin is pastor, and
was "rranged for by Rev. Mr. Bey-
noldsj, of Noroton. A discussion on
temperance in the Sunday school was
conducted by C. B. Foote, president of
the Connecticut Sunday school associa-
tion, and was of much interest.
A paper was read by L. B. Silliman,
of Bridgeport, upon the duties and
oppoétuuities of superintendents with
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refe . has to the regular attendance of
scho 'frs. .
A splendid collation was provided by
the lgrlllies of the church, at 12 o’clock.
In e afternoon there were addresses
by Mr. Elwood of Westport and N. B.
Mead of Greenwich. The question
drawer was opened by Rev. Mr. Rhodes
of Stamford, whose bright answers to
the questions were thoroughly enjoyed.
' The meeting was altogether interest-
ing and will doubtless result in much
benefit to Sunday school work in this
section of the county.
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blew York’s Poultry Show.
. 'I‘heimadison Square Garden will be
.a busy‘éplace next week with the Poul-
try and Pigeon Show, under the aus-
pices éfof the New York Poultry and
Pigeon Association, which will Open on
V.,We§1neiday morning next and continue
Lion. unclays. The show will open at
ten‘ clock in the morning and close
at'ten o’clock at night and it ought to
be a success. Entries from every part
of the United States and foreign coun-
tries have been made and there Will be
probable 5,000 birds on exhibition.
All the noted breeds will be largely
displayed and game and fancy birds
will be in immense numbers. The
breeding yards will be especially fine
and the incubators, of which there will
be the largest display ever given in
America, will attract special attention.
The show of pigeons will be fine, and
there are 200 classes in the department,
and special prizes,both for poultry and
pigeons are offered in addition to the
regular premiums.
Meetings of the various clubs will
also be held in the Garden during the
s ow.
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Amusements.
Kerr’s OPERA noose.
Minnie Lester in the character of
“Fanchon the Cricket,” at Hoyt’s
Opera House, last night; made a good
impression and was greeted by a large
audience. Miss Lester is supported by
an excellent company. The matinee
performances are also. well attended.
Manager Hoyt is to be congratulated
in having secured so fine an attraction,
and the public is showing its apprecia-
tion_ by givmg him large houses.
Matinee to-morrow afternoon. To-
night, “Annette, the Dancing Girl.”
Those Shonlifters. ,~
The three women arrested in Bridge-
port for shoplifting, were given a hear.
ing yesterday. The case of Mrs. Wel-
ler was continued until Feb. 2d and
she was released on $135 bonds. J en.
nie Mechlowski was ordered to pay a
fine and costs amounting to $56 and to
serve twenty days in jail. Mary Don-
nellv appeared in court withan infant
in her arms and she got much sympathy
from the Judge and spectators. She
was fined $10 and costs. Both women
took an appeal.
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Short Session.
In the absence of LieutenantGovern-
or Cooke, Senator Ferris, president
pro tem called the body to order at
12:30 yesterday. After the adoption of
resolutions in concurrence with the
House, adjournment was taken atl
o’clock until Tuesday next at 12-30.
information Wanted.
_ S. T. Taturn, of Cascilla, Miss, wants
information of one George T. Sanford,
who was shot and killed in his house
on the night of December 31st, 1894.
The murdered .man claimed that his
father lived in this vicinity.
Defaulters the Cause.
Owing to defalcations the Merchants
bank, the Broome County bank, the
Chenango Valley bank and E. Ross &.
Sons private bank, all of Binghampton,
N, Y., have been closed .to depositors
Within a few days.
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Wants More Time. .
Senator Lounsbury haslintroduced a
bill in the Senate extending the time
for completing the Ridgefield &. New
York Railroad to July 4th 1900.
Mismated. .
There are 39 cases on the short calen-.
dar docket of the superior court for to-
day and Judge Prentice will have a
busy day.
Peril on an Old Hulk.
A party of Americans, under the
leadership of Col. Frank G. Grayson,
of Stamford, who sailed from Carta-
gena Dec. 18 for the port of Quibdo,
on the Gulf of Darien. destined for the
Capio gold mine in Colombia, had a
narrow escape from shipwreck.
'l’hey sailed in the little twin-screw
steamship Atrato, which has a coast
trade With the natives. She was com--
manded by Capt. Renneberg, a Dane,
known in New York. She is owned by
the Colombia Navigation Company,
whose offices in that city are at No. 82
Church street. The Atrato was former-
ly well known in New York, being en-
gaged as a towboat and freighter. She
was very old and in bad condition. She
is now lying on a mud-bank at Carta-
gens, her engines “sealed” by order of
the Collector of that port.
This action was the result of a com-
plaint signed by the Americans and the
crew of the vessel.
Dr. William Brundeth of New York,
was one of the Americans on the craft.
He arrived in that city on Wednesday,
on the Atlas Steamship Alene, from
West Indies and gives a thrilling ac
count of the narrow escape from ship-
wreck off the coast of Colombiafi
Among other things related he says:
“Approaching the shore, one bright
member of our party decided to utilize
sixty-five demijohns which were on
deck as life-preservers. The demi-
johns were emptied into the sea, and
after being tightly corked were lashed
together, making quite a respectable
life raft.
“The miners in the party filled their
rubber sacks, pillows and seats with air
and fastened them about their waists.
Among the Americans who signed the
document with Capt. Renneberg were
William T.Curtis,Daniel Mitchell,Alex-
ander Hill, H. D. Stone, Joseph Alex-
ander. T. B Bryson, Benjamin Steven-
son, Frederick Stevens, Frank Tichenor
J. W. Dryden, E. P. Dowdy, John G.
Coleman and H. I. Haiton.
Mr. Mitchell is a former resident of
this city, and familiarly called “ Dan”
Mitchell by his acquaintances here.
Grocer Bates’ Horse Takes a Run.
There Was a lively runaway on East
avenue, yesterday afternoon. Willis
Kavanagh a clerk at Bates’ grocery
store had been in East Norwalk deliv—
ering goods. On the seat in the wagon
with him was Fred Malkin. As Kava—
nagh was turning the horse around in
front of H M. Prowitt’s residence the
animal bceame frightened at an ap-
proaching trolley car and a locomotive
on the Consolidated tracks. He shied,
overturning the wagon and throwing
the occupants out, and then bolted for
William Osborn’s yard when the wagon
parted company with the horse by com-
ing in contract with a tree. Continuing
on he scalled three fences and finally
landed in Marshall Tolles’ door—yard
were he stopped to rest. In the mean-
time the two young men who had es-
caped injury, came up and soon after
led the horse home. The Wagon was
wrecked, the harness considerably
damaged and the runaway slightly
scratched. He is,however, doing duty
to—day.
Hoyt’s Opera House.
On February 2nd, 1394, I. M. Hoyt
opened his new Opera House on Wash-
ington street Since that time he has
presented a large number of fine at-
tractions, and the public are indebted
to him for his untiring efforts in their
behalf. Mr. Hoyt has overcome ob-
stacles, before and since the opening
night, that would have disheartened
hundreds of other managers. That his
labors are appreciated is evinced by the
patronage that his opera house receives.
The play going public cannot do too
much towards making his house a suc-
cess.
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——They Mean it.
The report that Taft Bros. Clothiers,
on Wall street bridge, are not closing
out theirrbusiness, with the intention
of retiring from Norwalk, is untrue.
They have notified the owner of the
property in which their store is located,
that they will shortlv vacate, and ex-
pect to leave in a short time. They are
oflering their stock at such low prices,
that it will not take much time to dis-
pose of their entire stock. If you are
looking for bargains in men’s and boys’
clothing, hats, shirts, etc., it will pay
to give them a call. .
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For Non-Support.
Constable Thomas Hunt, last night
arrested Giles Seymour, on a complaint
sworn out by his wife, in wnich she
charges that he has failed to provide
for her support. The hearing was
continued until 3 o’clock this afternoon
before Justice Austin, Mr. George
Grumman becoming surety in the
sum of $200 for Mr. Seymour’s appear—
ancc.
Important Decision.
The Supreme Court of Errors handed
down, yesterday, a decision which is of
more than ordinary interest, declaring
as it does that the law which permits
the officers of a municipality in this
state to impose a license upon“tempor-
ary or transient” dealers is in conflict
with the first section of the Bill of
Rights and void.
Pensions.
Pensions for Connecticut : Original,
Woods Later, Greenwrch; Samuel 0.
Hodges, Bridgeport; George H. Young,
New London. Restoration and reissue,
Edward Burgess, Southington. Reis-
sue, Charles A. Smith, (deceased), Suf-
field. Original widow, Ellen J. Smith,
Sufiield. _
. They Smile.
The Latter Day Saints held a meet-
ing in the Broad River school house,
last evening. It is understood that
eleven converts will be “dipped” in‘
freezing cold‘water on Sunday. aA'nd
the’ physicians and undertakers smile.-
no-
' I, ¥Envelopes from 2c to 40 package ,Iof
twenty-five, at Hayes’ 25 Main street,
. . .. 1033 tf
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A Genuine Surprise.
Miss Eveline McAllister was given a
genuine surprise party at the home of
her. parents Mr. and Mrs. James Mc-
Allister, in Winnipauk, last night. It
was her birthday anniversary, Miss
McAllister was visrting friends at Scotts
Corners. Early in the evening her
hostess invited her to take a ride, and
they, to the surprise of one at least,
drove directly to the home of Miss Me-
Allister. On going into the house, she
was still greater surprised to find a
large company of young folks who had
evidently taken possession of the house
but quickly recovering herself, amid
the shower of presents and congratula-
tions, made all welcome and proved
herself to be a charming hostess. Danc-
ing was indulged in, a splendid supper
served and the occasion made one to be
long and pleasantly remembered.
Gone West. ,
W. _L. Ferris, of Silver Mine, left this
morning for Minneapolis, Kansas. Mr.
Ferris was subpoenaed as a witness in
the trial of the burglars who robbed
the Union Pacific station at Delphos
last March.
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TERSE'TALES OF THE TIMES
_Don’t forget the city meeting to-
night.
A man who looks wonderfully like
Dr. Parkhurst, is in town.
There will be an auction sale of gro-
ceries on Main street to morrow.
.Avaluable horse belonging to Wil-
liam Slanker of Clifi' street, died yet-
terday.‘
—-Pictures framed at Hayes’ Main st.
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. John Adt, a well known New Haven
manufacturer, died in that city, yester-
day, in the 626. year of his age.
Au outlet to the pond over the rail-
road tunnel on Wall street has been
made by boring four augur holes.
The marriage of Miss Julia Hanlou
of this city and Gilbert Steyens of New
Canaan, will take place Feburary 19th.
-—Money saved by buying drugs and
chemicals at Hale’s. 1019tf
Miss Counery, of New York, will give
an illustrated lecture, this evening, at
Miss Baird’s Institute on Orchard street.
Reporter B. C. Feeney did the Kelly
slide act on Wall street last evening, in
his haste to catch a “scoop” item from
a trolley car.
—Cups and saucers 5 cents; covered
dishes 29 cents ; large meat platters 25
cents, at Bargain Store, opposite post
office. _____ 4 2t
“Jack” Powell while cutting ice on
Wood’s pond, Thursday afternoon, ac-
cidentally fell into the water, and had
a narrow escape from drowning.
—Boys’ durable shoes that were $1.75,
new $1.50; size 25.- to 5%. D. J. Shee-
han, No. 5 Main street. 1033 3t
A horse belonging to Manager Whit-
ney of the Electric Light station,which
has been sick for some days, was killed
by Dr. Schuppan, this morning, as
there were no chances of its recovery.
An adjourned annual meeting of the
Congregational society was held last
evening at which ths several annual
reports were read, and the old board of
church and Sunday school officers were
re—elected.
A series of match games of basket
ball are beingarranged between teams
representing the various Y. M. A.‘s
in the vicinity of Stamford. The Nor-
walk Y. M. C. A. will probably take
part in the games.
The second degree was conferred on
the following gentlemen at a meeting
of Kabaosa Encamptment, No. 9, 1.10.
O. F. , last night: Eugene Carter, Wil—
liam DeKlyn, Joseph Mathies, J r.,
and John Weidhaus.
——Ladies’ ver-gaiters 25c and up-
ward. D. . Sheehan. No. 5 Main St.
1033 3t
It is learned that Michael Lynch of
Hoyt street, who was found by Captain
Dann in a helpless condition near Grace
church, Wednesday night, suffered in—
jury to one of his legs that wrl be
liable to keep him indoors for several
days.
—For bargains in crockery, china,
glassware, hardware_and Yankee no-
tions go to the Bargain Store, opposrte
post office. 4 2%
Judge Asa B. Woodward, this morn.
ing appointed Selleck Y. St. John ad-
ministrater of the estate of Mary P.
Comstock, late of New Canaan, and
Zalmon Mead administrator of the es-
tate of the late Mrs. Fanny Mead.
Arthur Sherwood, the well known
horseman, is very ill at his residence
on Sherwood’s Island, Greens Farms.
with an attack of acute pneumonia
which be contracted while out in the
recent storm. His‘ recovery is doubt-.
ful.
-—Hale’s Rose Cream for hans. "
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performed on William Cousins, son ' 'Cf'
Thomas Cousins, at the Norwalk, 30,81.
pital, yesterday afternoon. . _ ,
ing that the case was an 'aggravat'ed‘
one, the patient is doing remarkabl
well. He has many friendsjvlrptwr.‘
anxiously await the result with a sincere
{hope for his speedy recoveryg.
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An operation for appendicitisl'was: ‘
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