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The Sea Catastrophe. 5
Re orts differ as to the number of
perso s lost on the Elbe. By one
account it is given as 304, by another
it is 374, a discrepancy due, perhaps,
‘to‘ the difference between passenger
‘lists’for'New York and for Southampton.

-It appears now, however, that all on
board save twenty~two went to the bot‘
ope that another boat

tom. There was ah -
which was launched might have been

picked up, but the sea was running so
that it could hardly have lived through
twenty-four hours. Reports from the
Crathie, the steamer which rammed the
Elbe, do net throw any light upon that

part of the case which is the most difii .

cult to comprehend—that is, how two
such ships, properly lighted, properly
navigated and with the Ordinary watch
on duty, could have got afoul of one an-
other on a clear night. The second of-'
ficer of the Crathie, whose watch it was
on deck when the collision occurred,
only says, “It was impossible to escape
a collision,” because apparently the
time between his sighting the Elbe and
the collision was too short for anything
to be done. Unless the ordinary sys-
tem of ship lights is worthless—and we
do not believe it is—it is to be feared
that the calamity was the result of

criminal negligence
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”Turning to the Sell.”

A prominent manufacturer, in the
course of a disquisition on the rapid
increase of labor-saving machinery,
remaiks' that he does not see what the
“artisan class” can do in the way of
meeting the changed conditions, unless
.manybf them turn to4‘t'h'ersoilgfor eni-
irflb'y‘ihent and a livelihgod. (Tins opin-
éicin ‘obtains' to a very conhiderable ex-
tent,amengspersonsgwhow are more or
leksés prbminent'in.social reform move-
of'these‘claim that

is strohgl‘y'supported‘ by'a
'édent report fromthecommissioner of
iibt‘htdr‘tiiéSdttitiizriigingan. ~ .,
Thatfofiidial made‘h canvass of 5.600
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past year was 13 per cent. It is claimed
—-—and is probably true—that, if we take
as they come 5,600 artisans or common
laborers in any city in the United
States and ask them what was the aver-
age decrease in their wages during the
same period we shall find that it was
much more than 13 per cent. The
average wage of the farm hands was
92 cents by the day, or $17.84 by the
month. It is said that this is about
equal to the average earnings of the
skilled workmen in cities during 1894,
and, of course, far in excess of the in-
come of coal miners and common
laborers. Of the 5,600 farm workmen
in question 2,500 earned more than
they spent, the aggregate of their sav-
ings being $196,891. Less than one--
fifth of these men owned their
homes and there wereincumbrances
on half of the homes owned. Consid-
ering that 1894 was a year of great de-
pression in agriculture, as in almost
every other business, these facts and
figures from Michigan tell a cheerful
story. They prove that men whose
only capital is their ability to work can,
even under adverse conditions, get a
living and something more out of the
soil. '

But if the figures we have cited were
ten times more optimistic than they are

I they would not prove that “turning to

the soil is a panacea, or even a simple
remedy for industrial ills. In agricul-
ture, as well as in manufactures, the
prices of labor depend on the relations
between demand and supply. Farm
whges are low at present because the
supply of labor is abundant. Let the
supply be increased by a general move-
ment of the unemployed in that direct-
ion and the wages will go down to much
lower figures. The great staples of
agriculture —wheat and cotton—are
selling at rates which scantily cover
the cost of production, because the
supply is greater than the demand. If
more labor were to be expended in
farming, more of these staples and
other farm products would be the re-
sult, and prices would go down.
Writers on this subject assume that

the unemployed in the cities are suit-

able material for profitable employment
on farms; that they have only to be
taken into the country and sent into
the fields and they will plow and hoe
and reap and mow, either by hand or
horse power, about as well as if they
had been raised on farms. This as-
sumption is very far removed from any
solid basis. Most of the unemployed
in cities are neither acquainted with,
adapted to, nor fit for, life on a farm,

- If it were desirable to increase the

number of farmers—and that is doubt-
ful just now—a general exodus from
the towns would be a bad way of secur-
ing the increase. '

 

REQQLLEQIIONS

OFA

WAR

Mauritanian.

BY THE

Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 15:44.

CHAPTER XLI.

Connecticut had five regiments en-
gaged in the battle of Chancellorsville.
The Fourteenth and Twenty-seventh
were in Gen. Couch’s second corps;
the Seventeenth in Gen. Howard’s
eleventh corps; and the Fifth and
Twentieth were in the Twelfth corps.
The Fourteenth and Seventeenth regi-
ments were in the hottest of the fight
and of course suffered more severely
than the other three from our state.
00]. Noble had an artery severed in his
arm,’~while gallantly, rallying his men,
his horse, was riddled‘ with bullets and
died-on’thefield. '

The‘i'death'of Lieut. Col._Walter was
anotherterrible diSaster to=the Seven-
teenth. "$116 was born in Denmark but
had long,_;lived in Bridgeport, was a
highly educated d’hd polished gentle-
man, bra‘veias alion and beloved by
every man andxofiicer in}, the regiment.
He had just steppedjout of the door of
the old Chancellor'hous‘e, where he had
been in conference With Gen. Devens,
and was looking to see from what direc-
tion the sudden and unexpected rebel
assault came, when a bullet pierced his
forehead.“ A half heur later his body
lay where he fell rifled of all the outer
clothing, including a valuable gold
watch, a Masonic seal, and heavy ring.
His new uniform and jewelry no doubt
adorned that night, some half clad
Confederate officer or soldier, who
stripped him as they did hundreds more
of ourjUnion dead. Lieutenant Colo-
nel Walter‘wasj'on‘ Genera'h-Tyler’s stafi‘
at" the first "Bull“Run fight; andin' con-

sequenceofhis daring. bravery, was .

captured and taken to Richmond, and
kept in Libby prison nearly, ayear be-
fore he“ was released. Upon the failure

.Of,-;iinY.‘»fla’ suffitrnée, .QXpédition‘ ato.,._r,‘ -.._ ..
,:~ . ;sssa%mwfiisasnnesacmn§t . W

in camp'at Brook’s Station and gave
expression to the following sentiments,
which were sent to his family in Bridge-
port, and to the Connecticut press for
publication :

“With deep sorrow and regret we
have left Comrade Walter behind, in
ground which needs no holier consecra-
tion than to entomb the remains of
such a noble patriot.”

Corporal Thomas Brown, of South
Norwalk, was one of the mortally
wounded Seventeenth boys, who had
been rescued and brought from the
battle-field and placed in the hastily
improvised field hospital at Brooks’
Station. He did not have long to en-
dure his pain, as death soon came to
his release, but in his demise there was
that “one touch of nature, which makes
the whole world kin.” The morning
his company left NorWalk for Bridge
port and the front, its members had
attended his wedding, the young bride
being left at home to watch and wait,
in hope and tears, the return of her
espoused; a day. alas, that never came.
His comrades in the field and friends
at home, had the solace of knowing
that he was faithfully attended by Dr.
Hubbard, one of the ablest and best
physxcians and surgeons of any in the

war. ..

.The Fifth regiment had only one
killed outright, eighteen wounded, and
forty captured; the Fourteenth had
thirty-eight killed and wounded and
nineteen captured ; the Seventeenth
two killed, thirty-four wounded, nine
of whom soon died, and eighty-four
captured ; the Twentieth lost one hun-
dred and eight and the Twenty-Seventh
two hundred and eighty-two, by cap-
ture. Lee captured in all, about eight
thousand of our officers and men, five
hundred and thirty-three of whom be-
longed to our Connecticut regiments.
These poor captives, foot-sore and ex-
hausted, were put in line and marched
to Richmond. They were three days
on the tramp in the rain, mud and the
hot sun, faint and more than half fam-
ished from being deliberately starved.
They were robbed of their hats, blouses,
sho as, money, pocket-knives, and trink-
ets, and even the little food saved by
some in their haversacks, by their rebel
guards. When Richmond was reached,
they were taunted, insulted, and jeered,
by both men and women, and were

really thankful when the doors of the.

vile Libby prison and the wild-onion
fields _of Belle Isle were opened for
their incarceration. Fortunately, the
most of these poor felloWs were sent
down to City Point but a short time
after, where an exchange of prisoners
had been effected, so that no one of
them had to endure the living death
and horrors of Salisbury, or more ter-
rible still, those of Andersonville.
From the McClellan era, the Tri-
bune had been especially tabood by
the pro-slavery West Point officers of
the Potomac Army; but among the
rank and file of subordinate oflicers
and the men, it wasa favorite news-
paper. Still, from the known opposi-
tion to the paper on the part of the
higher officers, its circulation in the
army was very greatly restricted. As
it seemed probable that our army Would
remain quiet for weeks and perhaps
months in camp, I wired Mr. Samuel
Sinclair, the then publisher and busi-
ness manager of the Tribune, to send
me by Adams Express, to Aquia Creek,

a portable house, not less than eighteen.

by thirty-six feet in size, together with

 

ten thousand Tribunes, daily, until

 

further-Lords“. i-h'vf'yl‘he .b‘fiilding came in
a few daysgssand was in size somewhat
larger than Ihad ordered. This was

reached bya ladder-,5, ad on the
floor of the new an novel Tr'
house. Permission was granted to‘.’ ,
it up on an elevation fronting the
steamer landing. A large painted sign
“NT" Y. Tribune Headquarters, All
Friends Welcome.”

This was one of the most conspicuous,
it indeed not one'of the most popular,
establishments about the Creek. Hun-

permitted to roll themselves in their

night, or in severe storms, and no
trains to convey them out to the'ifront.
On the arrival of the papers cacti day,
a most exciting scene ensued. ”The
noisy venders, som‘e mountedksome on
foot and some taking the train for Fal-

liouse. as crazy to get their papers and
be' off, as at any great city office.
Every corps, Division, Brigade, and
Regiment, in the Potomac army, was
scoured by these newsboys. The Tri-
bunes sold like hot cakes for five cents
a copy, and a majority of the boys
made honest returns of the money.
Others would purposely get in arrears
and then slip off to Washington, carry-
ing the few dollars they had made with
them. It 'cost‘fully all the money that
was received, to pay and feed this small
army of news merchants. but the enter-
prise was kept up and actively going,
until»Ho'oker moved his army north-
ward in pursuit of Lee, when he start-
ed upon his purposed free state invas-
ion. The Tribune sank in all, some
twenty-five hundred dollars in the
enterprise; but-the Potomac army was
never so thoroughly saturated with
any newspaper as it was with Tribunes,
and this factgwas more gratifying to
Mr. Greeleythanavould have been an
even larger amount ofwmoney . cleared,
and I seemed to have won' his. lasting
gratitude, for-my share in causmg this
heavy loss of cash.

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Later in the fall, following 5
tle of Gettysburg,1 cur portable,
headquarters was shipped to
Monroe and erected betweenttta
of the wharf and the fort, where, _,
mained during- the pendency of;
command of General Butler there;

 

 
 

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Few have'any idea of the enorm
expenses incurred by the lead"-.
newspapers of the country in obtainin'

 

, j - urinjiethewar,~ Th .

ork ribune and Herald, then special
rivals, probably paid out double .that
of any other newspapers, and the an-
nual expenses of either in this service
could not have been less than fifty
thousand dollars. To illustrate; the
Tribune had at times, when a battle
was imminent, thirty or more corres~
pondents and messengers in the army
of the Potomac alone. Each man re-
quired one horse, and some of them
two or three. The messengers were
paid from ten to twenty dollars a
week, according to their experience
and efficiency. The correspondents
were paid from twenty-five to one hun-
dred dollars per week, according to
their estimated ability. To all‘ this
were added the enormous telegraph
tolls of those days. At the battle of
Gettysburg the Herald paid one thous-
and dollars per day for four day’s ex-
clusive use of one wire from Baltimore
to its office in New York. When the
army was at rest in camp and no active
campaign in view, these newspaper
forces were reduced to, perhaps, one
reporter and messenger to each divis-
ion, under the direction of a Corres-
pondent in Chief.

After our army’s return to its old
Falmouth and Aquia Creek camping
ground. I had many chances to see and
“interview” General Hooker. He was
suave and very gracious to all reporters
whose papers had shown friendliness
to him, and the reverse to those corres-
pondents whose papers had criticised
him. He was» brave and gallant
and an unquestionably able soldier.
He was, nevertheless, proud, ambi-
tious, jealous of rivals, andsevere of
speech and arrogant, to all whom he
disliked. But a dissipated man, (the
accusation so often made,) he was not.
He delighted to boast of the courage
shown by the Tribune correspondent
George W. Smalley, when he had ap-
pointed him a volunteer aid on his staff
at the Antietam fight. Smalley has
then a young man just out of college.
He had never witnessed a battle, and
having a mission to report for the Tri-
bune,he thoughtit a brilliant scheme
to. get placed upon Hooker’s staff and
Win his-confidence. The result was,
that havmg gained a complete know-
ledge of the entire action from his
General, no finer report of a battle, or
better specimen of descriptive writing,
was given during the war, than Smal-
ley’s report in the Tribune of the bat-
tle of Antietam. Waxing enthusiastic
over Smalley's daring on that occasion,
Hooker, in conversation with me one
day, expressed himself in these words:
“ . d——-n it, when bullets were
flying about our heads like hailstones,
and I could not get a man on my staff,
nor an orderly to move, that young
Tribune reporter would dash here,
there, and everywhere,into the thick
est of the fight, wherever I wished to
send a message, and be back again as
soon as his horse’s legs could bring
him. If the fight had lasted an hour
longer he, would have used up every
horse at headquarters.” Smalley 18
now the able and long-time resident
London editor of the Trlbnne.

 

 

Want Rates Reduced.

_George Sanford of Bridgeport is
circulating a petition to the general as-
sembly to have the telephone rates re-
duced by law. The petitions are in
circulation in other cities in the state
and the promoters ask that the price of
telephones for residences be made 325
peflyear and for offices, etc., $50.

 

fortunate, as I had, meantime, had the.
Tribune’s Washington office send'me “ ‘
down twenty experienced newsman and, 1'; 5;?
. boys. These, and others,-I‘Zwere giveul,

xc 11 nt sle in u rters 'n th 1 1. in]?
e e 6 ep gqa, ‘ l egg“lifftl‘gd‘474years.

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adorned its fro at peak, with the words: ~

dreds in all, and mostly efficeis, were?

army blankets and sleep on its floor-gala,"-
when arriving from Washington in the? ‘ . ‘

mouth, would crowd about the Tribune

until after Lee’s surrender at Afipp
. . 355$" ‘ ‘

and" maintaining their ; army horfe'gi,g,;. .
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Recent Deaths.

Cladius R. Haywood. a well known
contractor, died in Bridgeport, 'l‘hurs-
. ‘ aged 8) years. He had been a
cut of that city for forty years.

exander Reid one of the best known
, in Bridgeport, died yesterday,

 
 

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Judge E. R. Hoar, brother of Senathr
Hoar, died last night at Concord, Mass.
aged 78 years.

Miss Marguerite Shepard, daughter
of the late Elliott F. Shepard, of the
Mail and Express, died in New York
yeSterday, aged 15 years. She was the
granddaughter of Mrs. W. H. Vander-

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" Ward McAllistcr, the well-known
New,,'York society man, died at his
.Q‘Jin that city. last night, aged

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afimt 60 years. The move that made
Mrs ‘cAllistera public character was
'his rmation of New York’s fashiona-

ble sliciety into a coterie of 400 persons.
He was also the author of “Society as
I Found It."

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5 ~ Almost a Collision. ,

_But for prompt action on the part of
Motorman “Ed” Blake, of the Tram-
.vvay'company, there would have been a
collision on East avenue, yesterday
afternoon. He was running his car
along, at a. moderate rate of speed. A
few hundred yards ahead of the car
and on the west side of the avenue was
a 'c'ai‘riage which was being dragged
along at a slow pace by a horse. Mr.
Blake rang the alarm gong, and gave
the‘b’rake a turn or two. For some
reason or other the driver guided his
horse directly across the track and not
two‘feet from the front platform of the
car. Just in time to avert a collision
Mr. Blake brought the car to a. stop.
The ’party in the carriage drove on
fiPDM-gntly unaware of the narrow es-
cape tlgey had experienced. Mr. Blake
said that it was the third time during
the day that he had stopped the car
to‘ avert a collision with vehicles.

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_ W. C. T. U. Anniversarv.
. Miss Frances E. Willard, President
of: .the World’s and National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Unions. and
L'dy Henry Somerset of England,
P sident of the British Woman’s Tem-
"‘ .. we association, are to speak in
d, Feb. 12th, at the Twentieth
-,:..:ar of the W. C. T. U. of Con-
“;," Elaborate arrangements are
.si-lmde for the meetings, both
, “"‘au and evening in the Foot
-: rmory. These ladies will ad-
‘ for: meetings, and this will be
a y opportunity that‘ Connecticut
‘ . B will have to hear such renowned
.- s, as Lady Somerset sails for
I'.-;"-.'.;March 6th, and both will, ere
" "start on their journey around the
world, to present the ’Polyglot petition
to all the governments of the ciVilized
woild, beginning at Washington, Feb.
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Fire in Bridgeport. .

There was a 85,000 fire in Bridgeport,
yesterday afternoon. The building in
which the fire started was at No. 7
State street, owned by August Liebrum
who occupies the three upper floors as
a. furniture wareroom. One of the
stores on the first floor is occupied by
Gustav Broch as a grocery. Broch’s
son was engaged in filling lamps. He
threw a lighted match on the floor
which ignited some oil that he .had
spilled. He attempted to put the blaze
out with a blanket, but the flames
reached an 011 tank, and it exploded
scattering the burning oil about the
store. After an hour’s hard work the
fiemen succeeded in getting the fire
under control. The loss was covered
by insurance.

Pleasant Reminiscences.

The death of Mrs. Caroline Chiches-
ter of N orwalk, at her residence in
Brooklyn, brings to the minds of some
of _our oldest inhabitants, pleasant
reminiscences of her girlhood, much of
which was spent in this town, with her
uncles Philip and Moses, and her aunt
Salina Betts, who were important per-
sonages in Wilton society nearly ‘ a
century ago. They lived in the house
now occupied by Frederick Banks
which has the reputation of being one
of the colonial houses in town—Wilton
Cor. Danbury Dispatch.
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——They Mean It. .

The report that Taft Bros, clothiers,
on. Wall street bridge, are not closing
out their business. 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 shortly vacate, and ex--
pact to leave in a short time. They are
offering 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.

 

 

 

Wesleyan University.

The annual catalogue of Wesleyan
University is out. Among the names
in the Freshman class we find these of
Benjamin Francis Andrews of South
Norwalk; Charles Everitt Benedict, of
East Norwalk ; Robert Denniston Mil-
ner, of Winnipauk and William Abbott
Wyatt, of Norwalk. Messrs. Andrews
and Benedict are taking classical
courses and Messrs. Wyatt and Milner
scientific courses. The mid-year ex-
aminations take place Feb. 12th. The
number of students enrolled is 288, and
the Freshman class numbers 91.

 

Petition to ,Dlsbar Murphy.

The petition of James E. Walsh of
Danbury, for the disbarment of attor-
ney Charles W. Murphy, of the same
01W, has been presented to the griev-
ance committee of the Fairfield county
bar and is now in the hands of attorney
Chamberlain of Bridgeport, a member
of that committee.
of the committee is Speaker Fessenden,
of the House of Representatives. The
petition alleges that Murphy has been

 

. guilty of unprofessional conduct.

f

The other member-

Fatal Street Crosslng Accldent.

The engineer of the west bound train
due at South Norwalk, shortly after
one o’clock, reported at the depot in
Bridgeport, this' morning, that the
body of a, man was lying on the east
bound tracks near Noble avenue in that
‘city. The body was found to be that
of an Irish laborer, about 5 feet 8
inches in height, with light hair and
mustache, slightly bald, features emaci-
ated, weight about 140 pounds, dressed
in dark clothes, striped trousers and
beaver overcoat. The tattooed initials
“C. F. M.” and a bead rosary were the
only clues to his identity.

The body was terribly mangled and
had been dragged under the wheels for
150 feet. ~ -

It is supposed that he was struck at
the Sterling street crossing by the
12:17 east bound train.

 

A Serious Fall.

Uriah Hendricks. aged about 90
years, slipped and fell on the ice on
Newtown avenue, yesterday afternoon.
He struck on his head and received a
gash that bled profusely. Mr. Isaac
Wardwell happened to be drivmg along
at the time, and with the assistance of
George B. Gregory, the unfortunate
man was picked up and placed in the
wagon in an unconscious condition and
taken to his home in Cranberry Plains,
where he now lies in a precarious con-
dition. _

Death of Miss Caroline Chichester.

Miss Caroline Chichester, daughter of
Mrs. Caroline St. John Chichester, who
died in Brooklyn on Thursday, and
whose funeral was attended on Monday
afternoonlast, died at her home on St.
John place, this morning, aged about
'70 years She resided with her sister
in the Hubbell place, recently purchas—
ed by them and had been sick but a few
days. Three sisters survive her, Myra
Chichester of this city, Mrs. Alfred
Morehouse, of Darien, and Mrs. M.
Camp, of Brooklyn, N' Y.

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Known in Norwalk.

First engineer, A. Neussell, of the
ill-fated steamer Elbe, was a personal
friend of George I. Buxton of this
city. He was among the 20 who were
saved. The Elbe was one of the first
steamers to use the new popular lubri-
cating oil manufactured by Buxton_&
Hines, and was supplied with a quantity
of it some fourteen years ago. It is
now used by the entire fleet of eight
steamers.

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A Coming Event.

Mr. LeGrand Raymond of; the firm “of
Raymond & Sons, this city, and Miss.
Sallie N. Ayres, of New York, are. to
be married in the latter city, at high,
noon, next Thursday, February 7th.
It will be a quiet wedding. The cere-
mony will be performed by Rev. DaVid
L. Ferris, of Horse Heads, N. Y., and
formerly of Norwalk. The GAZETTE
extends congratulations in advance.

 

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Short Calendar-

A short calendar session of the super-
ior court opened in Bridgeport, to-day,
with Judge Prentice preSiding.
Twenty-eight cases are down for hear-
ings. Of that number the followmg
are divorces: Ingrahan vs. Ingraham,
McNamara vs. McNamara, Judson vs.
Judson, Chandler vs. Chandler, Mer-
ritt vs. Merritt, Cole vs. Cole. Williams
vs. Williams.

 

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Don’t Like The Old Name.

A mass meeting of the citizens ' of
Cranberry Plains was held last evening
at which it was unanimously voted to
petition fora change in the name of
that settlement to “Cranberry,” and
also to petition for the location of a
postoffice there.

Burglary in Sharon.

Sharon was visited by burglars early
yesterday morning. The postoflice was
entered and the safe blown open and
$100 in _
At the store of Card & Merwm the safe
was blown open and $150 in money
stolen.

 

 

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Amusements.

 

‘ Horr’s OPERA Hones.

With a New York run of . 656 consecu-
tive performances, atriumph in every
city which it has Visited, Hoyt’s “A
Trip to Chinatown” comes to_ Hoyt’s
Opera House, next Monday night, for
an engagement of one night only. The
success of this play is marvellous. ‘It
is now in its fifth year, and is as'popu—
lar with the people as ever. With no
pretensions to plot, but constructed
simply to amuse, it more than fulfils its
mission. “Whatever the play may be
it is all that is claimed for it,” is the
manner in which the author is pleased
to herald it.

' HOYT’S OPERA HOUSE.

Lincoln J. Carter’s new scenic melo-
drama, “The Tornado,” _will be pre-
sented at Hoyt’s Opera House, this
evening. With a rushing roaringtorna.
do uprooting trees and carrying away
houses; with two vessels colliding in
mid ocean; with a greer. sea tossing a
drowning, man high on its great crests
and with a shadowy corpse with golden
hair lying on a dissecting table, there
will be enough to satisfy the most ard-
ent admirer of the realistic.

nox'r’s OPERA nousn.

The reputation of “Prince Pro Tem,”
which will be presented at Hoyt’s next
Thursday evening, has preceded it, and
the amusement loving people W111 have
reason to feel satisfied that this enter-
tainment which has been heralded as
one of thh operatic events of the season
will prove as such. Perhaps that in-
imitable comedian, _Mr. Fred Lennox
as Tommy Tompkins and charming
Miss Sadler have more opportunity to
make fun in their respective characters
than the other members of the com~
pany, but they avail themselves of
every opportunity, with the result that
their presence on the stage gives un-
geasing cause for considerable cachina-

ion.

—-Hale’s Rose Cream forjchaps.
1019

 

stamps and $5 in cash taken. '

 

TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES

'l'he annual town report is out and is
being distributed.

Don’t forget “The Tornado” at Hoyt’s
Opera House, to-night.

Harry‘Gage is recovering frcim a
severe attack of the grip.

Charles Finch will re-open his saloon
on Water street, to-morrow. . .

The railroad station in this city is
being Wired for incandescent lights.

Store.

The Finch brothers who have been
very Sick are reported as convalescent.

—Jones’ Flour $4.00 barrel, N. Y.
:1039 2t

Benjamin Nash of Syracuse, formerly
pf this city, is calling on friends in
own. ,

A select sociable will be held at Bou-
ton’s_ hall, Georgetown, next Friday
evening.

The Thursday evening Whist club
will meet at the residence of Professor
Carl Harstrom to-night.

_—-Tomatoes 7c can; Corn 7c; Peas 6c.
N. Y. Store. 1039 2t

The old Gem theatre in Bridgeport
wul be opened next Wednesday as a
Salvation Army barracks.

—If your hair falls out get it singed
at Emil Durbeck’s,,6 Knight street.
1038 3t

To-morrow will be Candlemas day,
and according to a German legend, as
is the day, so will the summer be—wet
or dry.

Roger Gormley, formerly employed
at the Boston Store, left for New Or-
leans, last night, hoping to be benefit-
ted in health.

Members of the local Web Weavers
association will attend the fourth an-
nual concert and soiree of the Web
Weavers in Bridgeport, to-night. -

Landlord Garrison of the American
House denies the truth of a published
report to the effect that 9. Bridgeport
party is negotiating for the place.

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——Mo‘ney saved by buying drugs a‘nd
chemicals at Hale’s. 1019tf

As we go to press a special town
meeting is being held in the Town
House. To-nignt. a special city meet-
ing will be held at the same house.

Last night was one of the coldest of.
the season. Thermometers at 7 o’clock
this morning, registered 2 above zero,
and in some instances, below that
point.

Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band will
hold a fair for one week, in the Opera
House, immediately after Easter Sun-
day. Some splendid attractions are
promised.

Butcher Fred Smith out ice yester-
day on the Union factory pond, 18
inches thick. On Monday he will com-
mence filling the ice houses of the beef
company at South Norwalk.

- —Best rice 5 lb. 250; good prunes 6
lb. 250, N. Y. Store. 1039 2t

The Adams avenue Euchre club held
a seance one night this week, in which
Vet Taylor and Harry Bailwitz won
seven of eleven games of euchre played
with Dan Evans and George Bailwitz
as partners.

 

Mary Shannon of Hoyt street, was
attacked with a severe fit of insanity,
yesterday, and was taken to the Town
Farm, from which institution she will
probably be transferred to“ the asylum
for the insane at Middletown.

 
 
 

[$1.00 aYear

Some of the tables from Potter’s bil- .

liard parlors have been removed to
New Canaan, where Mr. Potter is to
open a branch. He will, however, con~
tinue in business in the Weed building
until April lat—Stamford Advocate.

 

Another anonymous communication
found its way into our waste-basket,
yesterday afternoon. It was signed
“A Reader.” If the author of the letter
is a reader he .ought to know anony-
mous communications never appear in
print.

 

st.

-—_Pictures framed at Hayes’ Main
. 1013

 

Norwalk, which is many years behind
the age in some things, has grown tired
of- the old-fashioned justice system of
punishing its offenders against the laws.
and is to have a town court modeled
spatter Danbury’s city court.—-Danbury

ews.

Representative Wakeman yesterday,
presented to the General Assembly, the
petition of the Westport and Saugatuck
Street Railway company, for authority
to change its motive power from horse
to electricity and extend its limits to

Fairfield.

James A. Rodemeyer, at one time an
apprentice in this ofice has opened a
harness store in Bethel. If he is as
nimble at stitching as he was in type-
setting, Bethel people will have no
occasion to wait for their work, in the
harness line.

 

 

Constable Thomas Hunt stopped .a
runaway horse on Main street, this
morning. The animal. belonged to.
Barber, “the horse-radish man.” A
small boy was in the wagon who was
unable to control the horse, and but.
for the timely rescue of_ . r. Hunt
would probably have been injured.

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