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NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAYgFEBRUARY 15, 1895.

 

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Short Lobster Law.

The fishermen along the Connecticut
shore have no reason to complain of
the short lobster law, says the Norwich
Bulletin. It is a law three inches
shorter than the laws of adjoining states
and permits capture and sale before
the lobsters have attained the the egg-
laying stage, which is, according to the
report ofrth'e United States fish com-
missioners, wheh they have reached a
length of from eight to eight and three-
quarter inches, which is a half inch
larger than the smallest lobster allowed
to be taken in Connecticut waters. As
to the lobsters with eggs, he lobster-
men know how to use a brush and give
them a legal look. The law simply
aids in the extermination of these
crustaceans, and offers an inducement
to the fishermen of other states,to vio-
late law because they can find a market
for illegal lobsters in this state.

 

 

The City and the Country. '

Recent gatherings of organized farm-
ers in a number of states have been
occasions for the delivery of numerous
carefully prepared addresses on various
topics touching the business and social
interests of agriculturists. Most of
these deliverances have exhibited good
taste in avoiding subjects on which
farmers, as well as men in other call-
ings, are apt to get unpleasantly ex-
cited. The old-time abuse of railroad
companies and money-lenders is no
longer a staple of these meetings. It
is now quietly conceded that a railroad
is not inevitably an enemy to the farm-
er, and that even a money-lender may
be a useful citizen, and, at‘times, help-
ful to the tillers of the soil. The grange
has been one of the most potential
agencies in effecting. that great im-

provement in the social and home life!
of agricultural sections that the last'

half century has witnessed. We be-
lieve this change is one of the most
beneficent movements of the age. The
homes of the farmers of to-day present
a striking and happy contrast With the
homes of the farmers a generation ago.
Incessant drudgery and sordid sur-
roundings are now exceptional condi-
tions; they were formerly the rule.
Labor-saving machinery in the fields
and in the dwellings has given time for
recreation. Good books, newspapers,
magazines, music, pictures, and other
refining and embellishing influences
are now found in the average farmer’s
home. The country has kept pace with
the city in the grand march of social
progress.

But there is one feature of theSe ad-
dresses—one idea that is prominently
advanced by nearly all the speakers—
to§which some opposition seems in or-
der. We do not believe with these
speakers that life in the country is
more likely to nurture goodness and
greatness than life in the city. Admit-
ting thatfthe country presents fewer

Vtemptation‘s to vicious practices than

are found in towns, it does not, by any
means, follow that this difference is an
unmixed blessing, If one could grow
from infancy to manhood without be-

[jug confronted bya single allurement

to evil, one would be but a grown-up
infant. Strong muscles can only be
obtained asa result of physical exer-
tion. Strong characters result from
resisting evil influences. A very large
proportion of those who “go wrong” in
cities are raised on farms. They come
to town with good morals, but yield to
bad influences because their power of
resistance has not been strengthened
by exercise.

The educational advantages of city
life are very great. The schools,
libraries, art collections. musical 'enter~
tainments and many other educational
facilities of town life are incomparably
superior to anything of the kind that
the country affords. The churchesand
Sunday-schools and other religious
organizations are better sustained, more
attractive and more influential in cities
than in rural regions. The country
has its advantages; it brings the mind
into close communion with nature, the
great teacher, it has purer air for the
lungs, and fresher fruits for the table.
But the fact that boys and girls may
grow up without seeing or being tempt-
ed by the evil things of life is not a
condition favorable to the production
of the strongest and best characters.

 

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REQQLLEQTIQNS
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WAR

MGURRESPUNDENT.

BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.

Copyrighted 1894.

 

CHAPTER XLIII.

Those disloyal organizations known
as “Knights of the Goirl ~11 Circle” and
the “Peace Party,” we: e i.i particular-
ly active operation throughout the
north and west during the fall of 1862,
and the winter and spring of 1863.
They embraced large numbers, had
their signs, grips, and pass-words, the
same as other secret Organizations.
Their “Castles” or lodges were known
to exist in all the larger cities of the
north and west. New England was
practically free from their treaSUnable
influences, as in Boston. only, was 9.
Castle known to exist. In New York
city, however. there were several of

‘ them, and emissaries from these, made

frequent missionary incursions into the
larger towns of Connecticut and Rhode
Island. Their special object seemed to
be to discourage enlistments,and to thus
force the Government to let our “er-
ring sister States depart in peace” from
the Union. .Ex-Mayor Fernando Wood,
of New York city, and even Governor
Horatio Seymour, of that State, were
widely accused and quite generally be-
lieved to be leaders high up in this
organization. The rank and file in
New York city and throughout that
State and the west, were largely com-
posed of citizens of foreign birth, and
wholly of voters styling themselves
“anti-war democrats.” So pernicious
had this organization become that the
Government saw the necessity of throt-
tling it.‘ Large numbers of its detec-
tives became members of the order and
from them was learned the fact that
this fraternity was in constant commu-
nication with the rebel government at
the south; that a daily mail-was dis-
patched from Washington to Richmond
and that every act of the Government,
and the divided feeling of the people of
the north. were fully made known to
our enemies. One of the gravest ac-
cusations laid to the charge of this or-

ganization was a recommendation to*

the rebels to invade the north. Their
plan, outlined and reported by the
Government’s detectives, was that if
Lee would march his army, into Penn-
sylvania, he could easily swoop down
with one division and capture Balti-
more, and thus force the surrender of
our Capital, Washington, and with
another division he could march upon
Philadelphia, and after its occu-
pation, move on to New York city
and capture that chief emporium of the
western world. Thus, it was plausibly
argued and believed, that at a small
loss to the rebel army and with a rich
recompense for all it expenditures, the
Confederacy could triumph, end the
war, dictate its own terms of separation
of the states, and establish a lasting
peace.“ Among the extravagant assur-
ances, said to have been given the
rebels by this treasonable brotherhood,
were, that nine-tenths of the peOple of
Baltimore, halfthe male population of
Philadelphia, and a hundred thousand
men in New York city, would fly to
their aid the moment Lee’s army
should menace either city. Be these
various charges true or false, certain it
was that Gen. Lee, from the moment
that he was put in command of the
army of Northern Virginia, became
enamoured of the brilliant, if illusory,
scheme. It was his pet hobby from the
outset. The fact was made known to
President Lincoln and Secretary Stan-
ton, and it was this knowledge that
made them insist upon a large force
being maintained at, or near Harper’s
Ferry, with a guard along the Potomac
so that'both Washington and Baltimore
might be kept safe from surprise, as-
sault and capture.

Gen. Hooker fully understood the
President’s anxieties and desires as to
his moving forward and again attacking
Lee. He soon had his forces again re-
inforced, reorganized, splendidly drill-
ed, and in the best of trim, for another
battle, and was getting ready tomove
upon and attack Lee, when to his sur-
prise he learned that the rebel com-
mander had stolen a march on him,
and his advance, was already a week
ahead of us, in his race for the invasion
of Pennsylvania. To Hooker’s credit
be it said, that he had his army up and
after his adversary in the shortest possi-
ble Space of time. Nevertheless, Lee’s
advance forces had struck Gen. Mil-
roy’s division of the Union army at
Winchester and fairly pulverized it.
Consternation and almost panic, seized
the people of the beleaguered states,
and largely the north, as soon as Lee’s
whereabouts and the gravity of his pur-
poses were thus made apparent. On
the 15th of June President Lincoln is-
sued a proclamation, still more widely
increasing the alarm. In it he stated
that Maryland, West Virginia, Penn-
sylvania, and Ohio were threatened
with invasion and that we required an
immediate addition to our military
forces. He called for one hundred
thousand militia from these states to
serve for * six months. This roused up
Gov. Seymour to hurry forward fifteen
thousandstroops, from New York, and
Gov. Parke-r followed with a large
force from New Jersey. By the 20th of
J 11116, rebel detachments occupied
western Maryland, and by the end of
the month, many of the southwestern
counties of Pennsylvania were being
overrun by Stewart’s rebel cavalry and
held by Lee’s infantry, all engaged in
pillaging, levying tribute and commit-
ting depredations upon the defenceless
inhabitants.

During the last week of our army’s

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Seventeenth Connecticut had camped

 

stay at Falmouth, I had slipped away
for a trip home to N orwalk. .My‘chief-

of-staft‘, Mr. T. 0. Gray, wired me to .

hasten back the moment a move of the
army was revealed. Hurrying to Wash:
ington, I found at the Tribune Bureau
a dispatch stating that if I could reach
Chantilly, by a day named; I would
there intercept him and the headquar-

‘ter hostler, who had my horses in.his

charge. I at once started for Alexan-
dria, boarded an outgoing train bound
for Culpepper. On running out some
twenty miles our train was halted and
could go no farther. Fortunately, a
detachment of cavalry was at hand, and
making for the headquarters of Gener-
al Meade then at Goose Creek. As
they had several empty saddles, I had
no difliculty in accompanying them.
On reaching Chantilly, we found that
the headquarters train had left there
some ten hours before, also, that the

there the night before, but at daylight
had marched on towards Harper’s Fer-
ry. Going on to Mead’s headquarters,
he advised me to return to Washington
with some disabled cavalry he was dis-
patching thither, and to hurry by rail
to Harper’s Ferry,-where I would be'
pretty sure to intercept what I was
seeking. He kindly wrote me an order
for the use of a horse and subsistance
en route to Alexandria... I asked Gen-
eral Mead if he couldih'n detail me a
horse to be delivered-s, fithe head-
quarters quartermaster, "so‘ that I
might follow on afte if r, army from
there, and-thus'mo 8,11,. gandquickly
overtake them. H‘ ‘tvf'é‘ ‘ " d, that this

 

would be entirely too unsa‘f‘e,as the _

country between him and the Ferry.”
was infested with rebel guerrillas and
that morning he had two of his scouts
shot and their horses stolen and run off
by them. I left his quarters about two

o’clock, p. m.. with the cavalry escort “

and , we rode until eight, when we
camped in a thicket of pines. At day-
break we again started for Alexandria,
and late that night I reached Washing-
ton, only to leave in the earliest morn-
ing train over the B. & 0. road, for
Harper’s Ferry. Luckily Gen. “Bob”
Tyler; of Connecticut was in the same
car and on the same errand as myself.
Tyler informed me that he was under
orders to report to Gen. Hooker at the
Ferry, and on arriving at his head~
quarters there, we wended our way.
We found the General in an ill-temper-
ed hufi', which Tyler soon ascertained.
was caused _by an angry quarrel over
the wires, With Halleck at the War De-
partment. , Hooker had telegraphed
Halleck that Lee was radidly moving‘
his entire army to the north and west
of him and had left no troopsbehind
him, so that Washington was entirelv,
safe, and asked that our ten thousand
men at Bolivar Heights, be reliév‘ed . of
their idleness there, added to his forces
and sent to follow up Lee; This re-.
quest Halleck curtly refused, when
Hooker in his spunky way, telegraphed
him to this effect: '
j‘You expect me to engage the enemy and
Win a battle, yet you refuse me these ten
thousand men who are entirely useless here.
If you are unwilling to furnish me the men
necessary to do what is demanded of me. you
had better place the command of the army in
eitgiIermands, and I wrlltender you my resigna-

This was just what Halleck most de-
sired Hooker to do. Poor “Fighting
Joe,” he unwittingly fell into the trap
that Halleck had deliberately set for
him. Hooker’s resignation was accept.
ed as quick as the lightning could flash
it over the wire. and the command of
the army of the Potomac was turned
over to Gen. George G. Mead just two
days prior to the opening engagement
at Gettysburg. This was an honor and
responsibility little dreamed of by Gen.
Mead, at the time I had badhim good~
bye at Goose Creek.

At Hooker’s headquarters I learned
that my steeds had passed Harper’s
Ferry about daylight that morning
and that my only way to overtake them
was to return to Baltimore, and take
the railroad from there to York, Penn.
Owing to Gen. Hooker’s displacement,
my friend Gen. Tyler returned to Bal-
timore with me, there to await further
orders from the War Department. On
the train back, Gen. Tyler took my
pocket war map and drew «a blue-pencil
circle around the locality, within which
he thought the two armies would meet
in ‘ Pennsylvania: Singularly, Gettys-.
burgiwas very nearlv'in the center of the
ring. Arriving at Baltimore, Ihurried
over to the Northern Central depot,
and caught a train just leaving for
York. We ran out some ten miles and
halted at a small station at which the
conductor received a telegraphic order
from Havover, Penn., to return his
train to Baltimore; that rebel cavalry
had destroyed the bridges and sections
of the road there abouts, and that he
must not proceed. This order was
from the Superintendent of the road,
with whom I had a singular and almost
grotesque experience on the following
Tuesday.

Here was another disappointment,
begetting a feeling that the fates
were conspiring against my rejoining
the Army of the Potomac. I was made
to feel the more uncomfortable from
the fact that a great battle was imminent
and the Tribune was without its usual
force of reporters for the engagement.
Before getting to Baltimore, I learned
from the conductor that Icould take
the New York train due there from
Washington at nine o’clock that night,
go on to Philadelphia and from there
take the Lancaster train over the Cham-
bersburg road, get off at Columbia and
from there get to York by a short
drive.

Railroad trains in those days did not
run with our present speed, and it was
daylight when we reached the Quaker
City. At six a. m., I left en*route for
York. On arriving at the Lancaster
depot the passengers were all agog in
looking at Ex-Pesident James Buchanan
who was passing down the street to_a
bank, with a good sized tin box in his
hand, which I afterward learned con-
tained his valuables, that he was re-
moving from his residence to the vault
of his bank, he having just learned of
“J eb” Stewart’s audacious raid and
looting at York and Columbia. Another
sight of Buchanan. was of little moment

. bunc’s service.

5 enghgement.

good luck of seeing standing on the
depot platform,J. R, Sypher, Esq., a
former and exceptionally able Tribune
cerrespondent. I hailed him at once
and pressed him again into the Tri-
, The people of Lan-
cfidtél‘. he said, owing to the wi:es be-

ing.‘ Ethad just learned of the invasion
Offklr State, and were wild with ex-
0' e, ,.nt. He promised to follow me

o , the next train, I assuring him that a
g feat battle was to be fought, probably
near York, the locality of which he
cbuld determine by the sound of the
guns, he to report to headquarters on
reaching the army, where ever it might
b 7 This proved a most fortunate en-
g “ement as aided by Sypher, the Tri-
b e was enabled to give the most com-
pl to report of the several days fighting
of ,. any newspaper, and not only the
best, but what was then of more import-
ance, the first news, of that sanguinary

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Fatally Hurt.

Mrs. Frank Norton was;caught be-
tween the elevator carriage in the Unity
building at Hartford, last night, and
fatally inj ured.

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‘ Breaking Up.

The ice in the Sound in the vicinity
of Execution light is breaking up.
Three freight steamers which have been
fast in the ice at that point have been
released and proceeded on their way.

 

insane Retreat Trustees.
Senator Ferris yesterday offered a
resolution appointing Dr. James G.
.. "gory, of Norwalk, Dr. Bissell, of
_hsfry and H. D. Munson, of New
; ".‘E'Itr'ustges of the Connecticut In.
Retreat for four years from July

 
 
 

 

Will Dis cuss Milk.

The Connecticut Dairymens’ associ-
ation will meet in New Haven, next
Wednesday, morning and afternoon,
with papers and discussions of “Feeding
and Care of Cows for _Milk,” “The Sale
of Milk” and “Composition and Supply
of Milk.”

interrupted MasonicMIork.

While the consistory degree was be-
ing worked by the New Haven com-
mandery last night, fire started in the
preparatory room. The members ran
for their lives while the department was
summoned. The fire was extinguished

with a small less.

Wants them Uniformed.

Senator Cofi'ey yesterday introduced
an act providing that all sherifi's, their
deputies and jailers, when in attendance
at court, shall wear a uniform to be
furnished by,the county. Also an act
that the sheriff's of counties shall pur-
chase and provide all food and clothing
for all jails in their counties.

, Fire.

Box 15 was pulled at 8:15 o’clock last
night for afire in Burr Glover’s car-
riage shop on Brook street, caused by
a stove setting fire to some shavings
near it. Vincent Hounecker and one
of his men from the bakery pulled the
fire out into the snow. The depart-
ment was promply on hand and two
streams of water soon extinguished
every vestige of fire.

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Gold Bonds Opposed.

A Washington dispatch reads : The
House at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon
took a vote on the thirdreading of the
gold bond resolution. " «

 

 

 

The vote1 resulted :- ,
Ayes ..... ..... ._ ....... . ...... 125
Nays ....................... . ...... . ............... 165

This practically kills the measure,
which called for the issuance of 365,-
000,000 of 3-per cent gold bonds.

St. Valentine Day.

The pest-office carriers were the pur-
veyors, yesterday, of a large amount of
Cupids missles or “afl'ection’s offer-
ings.” They were of the modern type
of valentine, artisticand comparatively
cheap. . The skewered heart was “not
in it” to any great extent. Of course
there were oddities and the “comic” re-
ceived certain amount of attention.
The prices ranged from one cent to one
dollar. Bashful lovers and frolicking
boys were the principal purchasers.
Newsman Hayes reports the largest
sales in that line of goods he ever experi-
enced.

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Now is the Time.

The benefit to be derived from a good
medicine in early spring is undoubted,
but many people neglect taking any
until the approach of warmer weather
when they wilt like a tender flower in a
hot sun. Something must be done to
purify the blood, overcome that tired
feeling and give necessary strength.
Vacation is earnestly longed for, but
many weeks, perhaps months, must
elapse before rest can be indulged in.
To impart strength, and to give a feel-
ing of health and vigor throughout the
system, there is nothing equel to Hood s
Sarsaparilla. It seems perfectly adapt-
ed to overcome that prostration caused
by change of season, climate or life,
and while it tones and sustains the sys-
tem it purifies and renovates the blood.

 

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to me, compared with the remarkable

 

Avdertise in the GAZETTE.

,Wdhian’s Relief Corps.
The annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut Woman’s Relief Corps will be held
at Mystic during the first week in
March. .. _ .

_ '_ Gas Fly.

Danbury has a natural gas fly in its
bonnet, and has advised the General
Assembly of' Cennecticut of the fact.

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Only Temporary.
SpeakerFeSse‘nden of the House has
temporarily retired in favor of Judge
Elmer ofMiddletownn as he will act
for theatate in the February term of
the Superior Court of this county.

A, A‘

.~ Committed suicide.

Mrs. Patrick Stark, 30 years old,
committed‘s‘uicide at her home in Water-
bury, Thursday, by taking carbolic
acid. She quarreled with her husband
before he Went to work, and after he
had gone took the poison and sent word

, to him of her rash act.

Friday/(Sessions Tabooed.
From present indications, the Legis-
lature will bfé‘in session only three
days a week hereafter. Both Houses
adjourned yesterday until next Tues-
day, and from the remarks of many
members of the House, the general

feeling is against Friday sessions.

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clairvoyant.

Madam Ross, the clairvoyant,is mak-
ing airetur-n‘ visit to Norwalk and is
located atthe’Old Well Hotel, South
Norwalk. She is well-known in town
and always receives a large share 'of
patronage while here. Recently at
Newburg, she succeeded in locating a
valuable horse that had been stolen.
Read her advertisement in another
column.

 

A Surprise.

. Half a hundred or more young ladies
and gentlemen treated “Ben” Hotch-
kiss to asurprise party last night, at
his home on Seymour Place. "Ben”
withstood the avalanche of “Good
Evenings” which descended upon him
and the company was quickly “at
home.” All that goes to make such
gatherings enjoyable was had, and the
evening of February 14th, 1895, will
long be remembered by “Ben” and his
friends. ‘

 

 

 

Caught a Pike.

The members of Hope Hose company
placed themselves on record last night
as fishermen. On returning from the
fire they noticed a peculiarity in the
nozzle. On investigation they found
that they had caught a pike weighing
perhaps two pounds and fourteen inches
in length, Whether it came from the
South Norwalk or Norwalk reservoir
is yetaconundrum, which will prob-
ably reinain unsolved as Thomas Mc-
Ilhoney ate the fish for his breakfast
this morning.

Early Closing For Saioons.

In the House, yesterday, representa-
tive Watrous, of Hartford, introduced
an act requiring all saloons to close at
6 o’clock on Saturday night and to re-
main closed till 6 o’clock Monday
morning. It providesa fine of from
$10 to $500 and and imprisonment from
10 days to,6 months or both for each
violation ofr this ,act. . The act, it is

 

- ,jelaiined, is ihtrbduced in behalf of the

workingmen. If the saloons are closed
on Saturday night, many men who now
spend their earnings in saloons, will go
home with their wages, it is claimed.
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And it is Azg’ravating.

As a rule most people are intensely
exasperated when, after wading through
some exciting story in the newspaper
which they have devoured With breath.
less interest, to find at the finish it is
only a trap to advertise _some wonder-
ful soap or patent medicine. Of course
its disappointing, but just consuder how
cleverly its done, and, by the way,
what a wonderful industry has .been
developed in this modeof advertising.
Some ofthe great medicine_ firms pay
their advertising agent as high as ten
thousand dollars a year, and a certain
manufacturer of soap, pays his adver-
tiser twenty-five thousand. .Just think
of it, and while you are thinking just
remember that “She Couldn’t Marry
Three” is the best Show on the road.

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State Convention.

The State Conventions of the Young
Men’s Christian Associations of Con-
necticut wilbbe held at Danbury, Feb-
ruary 22, 24, 1895. The hour for the
opening session is 11.15 a. m., Febru-
ary 22. The programme arranged in-
dicates a very interesting Convention.
We notice that some very prominent
men have been secured as speakers,
and that the music is also to be of an
interesting character. A banquet is to
be held at 5.15 p. m. of the first day.
Special railroad and hotel rates have
been secured. Persons desirous . of
learning more about the Convention
can inquire of lecal Secretaries of A55
sociations or of E. T. Bates, State Sec-

 

 

 

retary, 82 Church street, New Haven.

 

Hyatt-Van'Zeirn.

Miss Nettie G. Hyatt, niece of ex-

Qnited States Treasurer Hyatt, of this
cjty, and Mr. J. Louis Van Zelm were

married at the residence of S. G.

Hyatt, Rochelle Park, last evening, by
the Rev. W. B. Waller of the First
Presbyterian Church. Miss Elsie Cur-
rier, Miss Ethel Stiles, Miss Susie Far--
ley and Miss Alice Sowdon held white
ribbons which formed an aisle for the
bridal party. The bride was attended
by her sister, Miss Hattie M. Hyatt,
and the best man was John A. Van
Zelm. The ushers were Irving Todd,
Walter Myers, Henri J. Van Zelm, all
of New Rochelle, and Charles H. Clark
of New York. Among the guests pres-

' ent were Mrs. Noah Barnum and daugh-

ter Millie, Mrs. Louise Brady, and

Mrs. Frank T. Hyatt and daughter

Miss Mamie Osborn.
Scofield—Giendenning.

Perhaps one of the prettiest home
weddings that ever occurred in Nor-
walk was that at the reSidence of Mr.
and Mrs. D. S. Bartram on High street
last night. The contracting parties
were Percy H. Glendenning and Miss
Mary R. Scofield, daughter of Mrs. W.
H. Scofield, and the ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Thomas K. Noble.

The room where the nuptial knot was
tied was artistically decorated with
ferns, palms and exotics, and, was
_redolent with perfume and good cheer.
The bride was becomingly attired in a
gown of white silk, (her graduating
dress at school,) and in her hand was a
beautiful boquet of carnaticns and hya-
cinths, her favorite flowers.

Miss Maud Gregory was a charming
bridesmaid gowned in white silk and
Harold Glendenning acted as best man.
There was aperfeCt hurricane of con-
gratulations and presents:

The wedding feast followed and it.
was a symphony of enticing edible”
The wedding cake made by the bride , '
was a feast of itself.

An informal reception followed the
marital ceremonies, guests being pres-
ent from different cities in New York
New, Jersey and the far west.

Shortly after 9 o’clock Mr. and Mrs.
Glendenning bade their guests good
night and entering a coach were con-
veyed their new home on Newtown
avenue. -

 

Branched Out.

Chauncey Platt has branched out into
the painting business for himself. He
is to-day beautifying the front of the
store on Main street soon to be occupied
by W. A. Benedict & Co.

The Blizzard.

Here are a few names given the last
storm by weekly correspondents:

Mr. Blizzard.

Sampson Blizzard.

Gen. Blizzard. ,

Terrible Blizzard.

Monster Blizzard.
o‘-

Roval Purple.

The “Royal purple” delegates are
alive this morning. ‘ Will DeKlvn walks
a trifle lame and Joseph ' Matheis has
more respect for his right arm than
formerly. A call at the undertakers
failed to find any deaths as a result of
last night’s operations at the meeting
of Kaboosa Encampment. '

 

 

 

 

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‘Norvvaik Repregentfi‘d. ‘

A number of yo‘jungi'ladies and- gen-
tlemen from this city were a "t of
the aggregation that gave a Stsfiiford
young man a surprise party last even-
ing. The Norwalk contingent returned .
home at an early hour this morning
with every appearance of having had a
gladsome time.

Amusements.

 

 

 

MUSIC HALL.

'The Mathews comedy company will
give another_ double bill on Saturday
night at Music Hall, on which occasion
they Will open with the laughable farce
entitled, “My Boy Willie.” This will
be followed by specialties, concluding
with the side splitting farce, “Life in a
Tenement House.” The Japanese will
present their break away ladder and
perch act. On Saturday afternoon a’
children’s matinee will be given, the
admission to which will be only 5 cents.

‘ ____l__

The attraction at Hoyt’s Opera House
next Monday evening will be “The
Captain’s Mate,” a sensational drama
presented in a manner that will warrant
a good house. There will be new
scenery, great mechanical effects, thril-
ling situations, exciting tableaux, etc.
Florence Bindley is the .bright particu-
lar star, and is spoken of as well deserv-
ing the title of “A Comedy Sunbeam.”

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‘ Sweeney’s New Record.

WORCESTER, Mass. , Feb. 15. —The world’s
indoor high jump record was beaten by
M. F. Sweeney of the Xavier A. C. of
New York—height, 6 feet 3% inches.

_ The Dover Deadlock. ,

Devan, Del., Feb. 15.—-—The forty-third ~
ballot taken for United States senator to-
day showed no change from the roteeof

 

. vesterday.

 

 

 

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