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NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY. APRIL 19, 1895.
Local .News and Interests."
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Town Court Bill a Law.
The passage of the Norwalk Town
Court Bill yesterday by the unanimous
vote of the Senate without the sub-
mission clause and just as it had passed
the House withl only two dissenting
votes, make its approval by the Gov—
ernor a certainty and the new court
system is to be put upon trial for the
approval or disapproval of our people.
Wherever tried, it has beenzadjudged
a great advance upon the old time,
efiete and too often, corrupt, justice
system. Should it prove otherwise
here and Norwalk become the only ex-
ception to its satisfactory workings, it
can easily be repealed, but no one be-
lieves it will fail to prove a most satis-
factory measure.
ITo "Representative Keeler, for his
courageous and_‘manly defense of the
bill in the House and to Senator For-
ris‘,’Whose better judgment convinced
him of its need herein Norwalk and of
the overwhelming preponderance of
our best people, who desired its enact-
ment, and thus was led to withdraw his
opposition and permit its passage in the
Senate as it came from the House, are
we indebted for this. wise, just and
carefully drawn law.
It is to be regretted thatl'the esteemed
Sentinel should have so far lost its tem-
per asto so: 'iinjustly, ungentlemanly
and inexciisably» muggy Kit?!“ for!
the solegreason that oug'ZRenizesentativei
could not see his way cleatito- oppose
thewishes, of a very large mpjoritth .
“his constituants in order to gratify an
unreasonable whim,V.-(ito «till it by no
severer name) of the editor 'of'the Sen-
tinel; ‘ S ' ' I ;
The vicious fling at Representative
Lounsbury oi Darien, was: equally uri-
worthy the Sentinel’s editor, and we
have no doubt now that he. has had
time to cool off, he regrets {his loss of
temper as sincerely as do his best
friends. Mr. Lounsbury was right and;
his action strictly ill the line of his
public duty in what he did for the . bill,
and he too, has won the thanks of this
community.
The one fact, that the entire legisla-
ture, composed certainly of disinter-
ested men, as well as men of honesty
and intelligence, Were unanimously in
favor of enacting the law bereft of the
submission to a vote of the maple
clause, so conspicuously proves the wis
dom and justifies the position taken by"
Representative Keeler, that the sple-
netic abuse of the Sentinel must fall
futile and harmless, and result only in
emphathizing the sense of gratitude felt
by this community for Mr. Kceler in
that he dared to do right.
But let by-gones be by-gones, and all
resolve to give the new enactment a
fair and honest test. If for any cause
it shall prove not to be an improvement
upon our old time justice court system,
the Gaznrrn will not be exceeded by
the esteemed Sentinel in its zeal for its
efl'acement from the statute book.
Finally, the Gazarra begs to extend
to its friends “Jim” and “Jerry,” and
all other honest opposers of the bill,
the assurance of its most distinguished
consideration.
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The Great Rise in Beef. ,
The secretary of agriculture,- has
caused an examination to be made into
the conditions causing the great and
sudden rise in the price of beef. Dr.
Salmon, the chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, has_presented to the
Secretary a statement of the prices in
the Chicago market of dressed beef and
shipping steers since January 1, 1895;
This statement shows the extremes of
prices for this class of cattle to have
been for J anuary,$4 and $5 25; for:Feb-
ruary, $4 10'and $5 50; for March, 84 60
and so 20; for April (first half), 34 75 and
$6. Commenting on these figures, Dr. '
Salmon sayszw‘
foot are approaching paying figures for
growers and feeders. But they do not
warrant any such sensational rise in
the price of dressed beef to butchers
by the great slaughtering establish-
ments, or an advance such as has been
reported on the part of the retail deal-
ers in meat to consumers.
rise in the wholesale price of dressed
beef and in the retail prices should be
only in proportion to the rise indicated
for beef on foot.” ‘
The prices ruling in New York yes—
terday wera:
Porterhouse, 28 cents a pound; sir-
loin, 22 cents; round, 18 cents; chuck,
14 cents; soup meat, 12 cents.
0n the finer cuts these prices are an
advance of four or five cents, and on
the cheaper cuts prices are just
doubled.
These New York prices {do not vary
much from those ruling in Norwalk.
The hardship is'bearing so heavily up-
0 the poorer classes as to greatly
diminish their consumption of beef and
this fact is working hardships to all
small dealers,
Mrs.'FranK Selleck Dead.
Miss Nettie Sherwood, wife or Frank
Selleck, died at her home on Belden
avenue, about 2 o’clock, this afternoon,
aged 26 years. She leaves a husband
and infant child. Mr. and Mrs. Selleck
were married June 5th, 1894.
Clean Your Cellar.
It is important if you wish to pre-
serve your own and your neighbors’
health that you thoroughly cleanse your
cellars of all impurities, and this is just
the season of the year to do it.
Have Compromlsed.
Judge Hopkins has dismissed the in-
solvent proceedings of the Andrews,
McKenzie hatting firm of Bethel. The
firm has co‘mprdfmised with its creditors
foriflfty-five cents on the dollar, paya-
bie'in one, three and six months.
Smashed a error.
' A man named William Knox, went
into McAllister’s ' saloon on White
- street, Danbury, yesterday, and becom-
ing angered at something, picked up a
bottle and hurled it through a $200
and costs.
As Others See It.
Representative Rowan, of Norwalk,
who is posing as the funny man of the
House, has “done” another monologue
turn, taking as his text the Norwalk
town court bill, which passed the House
with Mr. Rowan’s pet tail-piece, the
popular vote amendment, pulled out.
Mr. Rowan’s theme, in urging the sub-
mission of the measure to the people of
N orwalk for a popular vote, was, “The
voice of the people is the voice of God.”
As the press of Norwalk have been em-
phatic; and persistent in proclaiming
that the “popular vote” proposition
was urged principally by a wholesale
rumseller and a lot of habitual crimi-
nals who thrive under the prevailing
justice system of administering injus-
tice, it would seem as if Brother Rowan
may be slightly mistaken about the
primary source of the “voice.”—Dan-
bury Dispatch. ‘
Thought to be Insane.
Norris Hatch of New Fairfield, came
to Norwalk, this morning, having in
his custody a man named Manson Haw-
ley, who it is claimed is insane. Haw-
ley is a carriage-maker, and had up to
two Weeks ago, and for the past twelve
years, been employed at his trade in
New‘Canaan.
His employer speaks of him as a faith-
ful, sober and industrious man, and
was surprised to hear by telephone
from this office that he was under
duress. He left New Canaan about
two weeks ago with his wife and (laughs
ter to visit friends in Fairfleld.
Mr. Hatch, who has Hawley hand-
cuffed and under his charge, says that
the first signs of insanity developed
shortly after his arrival in New Fair-
field, but that at no time had it assum-
ed a violent form. ., .
A telephone message from New Can-
aan, says that Hawley was arrested and
handcuffed at his home in New Canaan,
by Hatch, and started for Norwalk.
Hatch states that he took charge of
Hawley at the request of Mrs. Haw-
ley, who believes her husband to be
insane. '
An examination as to his sanity will
be made by Narwalk physicians and a
hearing _ in the matter of his being
committed to the asylum at Middletown
will be ° held at the Probate office
to-day. 1
Mr. Hawley is a fine appearing man,
and while showing no disposition to
These prices show. that cattle on
being violent seemed to feel his posi-
tion keenly. ~
A normal
mirror. He was arrested and fined $53
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WAR
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BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894.
CHAPTER LII.
From my halt at Hagerstown I next
day followed on after the retreating
rebels by the main highway traversed
by the chief body of them. This was
easy to do, as the road was not only
terribly cut up, but footsore and used
up stragglers and discarded animals,
with cast-away soldiers‘ foot-gear and
garments, distinctly defined their line
of retreat all the way from Gettysburg
to Williamsport. Somewhre about
the middle of the afternoon of Tues-
day, I chanced to fall in with a detach-
ment of cavalry under the command of
Generals Kilpatrick and Custer. Kil-
patrick was very emphatic in his dec-
laration, that if Pleasanton were only
within supporting distance, our cavalry
could capture and destroy the entire
supply trains of the enemy and that
would end the career of Lee, if not of
the Confederacy; because another such
a transportation outfit could never
again be created by them, and Without
it Lee’s army would be powerless, and
forced to a surrender or irreparable
disintegration. As it was, all our' few
cavalrymen could hope to do was to
harass the enemy and make small and
unimportant captures. ' '
A little before dark my road wound
up over a high elevation overlooking
the surrounding country, near a place
called St. James College and with. a
field-glass I could see the main body of
the enem huddled within the river’s
bend at illiamsport, and apparently
as effectually “bottled up” there, as
Grant described Butler to be at Ber-
muda Hundred. It was plainly discern-
able that for some reason or other, Lee
had not been able to cross .his army
over the Potomac into Virginia.
At this point a countryman came
driving up the road from, Williamsportfi
with a two-horse team,_wlth his wife and
children and some articles of wearing
apparel, in an ordinary farm wagon?"
at once halted him for an-iinterview.
V ' He said that he ownedaplace in the
horseshoe pocket of the river, where;
the rebels had taken possession; that-
all the buildings thereabouts had been
taken for hospitals; .that there was a
terrible freshet, which had carried
away their rope ferry and all the pon-
toon bridges the rebels hadleft when
they came across from Virginia; that
the river was twelve feet above usual
high-water, was rapidly_ raising and
crossing was now impossible; that the
rebel officers had ordered him to get
his family out of his house at once, as
they expected every moment that the
Union forces would attack them and the
lives of his family would be in peril.
For that reason the poor fellow had
abandoned everything and was on his
way to visit a relation at or near Gettys-
burg. He pointed out to me his mod-
est little farmhouse and outbuildings.
He expected to reach Gettysburg next
day. and finding that he was entirely,
out of money, I gave him a few dollars
on condition that he would proceed at
once to General Meade’s headquarters,
and there repeat in full the account he
had given me. So entirely honest and
candid did the man appear, I never
doubted that he faithfully carried out
his agreement, as certain it was, Gener-
al Meade was fully informed of the sit-
uation at ,Williamsport, prior to his
moving our army, southward to Em-
mitsburg, Frederick, and Point of
Rocks.
Rain again set in and continued to
pour during Tuesday afternoon and all
day Wednesday, July 7th and 8th. I
halted for the night at Boonsborougb,
where squadrons of Buford’s and Kil-
patrick’s cavalry were dashing about,
and small detachments of the First and
Eleventh corp_ had arrived. Wednes-
day was spent in hourly expectation of
the arrival of. more of our infantry such
as would warrant a determined attack
upon the enemy in force. No more
Union troops came, however,and as no
guns were heardhit was evident that
Lee was left uhdistiirbed for another
dag, to iortify himself.
. ews reached Boonsborough that
night that .Sedgwick with _ his six
corps wage in camp ‘at Middletown.
Early Thursday morning the 9th, pass-
ing through Turner’s g? in South
Mountain,jI rodeto Mi letown. A
detachment of the Third corps had that
morning reached there and was receiv-
ing supplies and by night ,had =,crossed
the mountain and generate camp at
Booneborough. At Middletown was a
telegraph station from which I sent
bulletins of the situation. to the Tri-
bune and to Washln 3011 and further
awaited the expect j battle. Friday
the 10th, 3 seed without action or.in—.
cident. n Saturday, the 11th, Meade
ordered a “forward reconnaisance to
feel the eiiemy,’..’ resolvin , as he after-
wards - said, _to attack ee- with his
whole army, if any promise of success
was reported. Sunday. the 12th,'Meade,
it was reported,“ had announced his
purpose to assault Lee on Monday.
All hearts beat high and officers and
men were elate with the sure prospect
(as they thought) of an end of the. war
and their return to home and the avoca-
tions of peace. I telegraphed the Tri-
bune_that Meade had at last got Lee in
the vice that would surely crush him
and that the annihilation of his army
might surely be expected on Monday,
the __13th. I repeated this exultant
message to Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Welles
hijough. General Eckert’s War office
ere. ,_No one doubted our success.
How could they? Monday came, but
no attack was attempted. Gen. Meade
claimed that the delay was for a more
critical examination of the enemy’s
position; he then‘issued orders for a
. combined attack of the whole army
next dav, Tuesday, the 14th. Tuesday
came. but Meade’s bird had flown !
Monday, Lee was still hemmed in on
the eastern three-quarter circle of the
Potomac banks. During Monday
night, by means 4 of an- improvmed
bridge, rafts," and swimming of his
men and animals, ‘Lee with the wretch-
ed rcmnant of his grand army of West-
ern Virginia, was on Tuesday morning
' safely across {the river on the sacred
soil of Virginia!
On July 4th, the President having
received the intelligence of the Union
triumph at Gettysburg and prior to get-
ting the news of Grant’s capture of
Vicksburg, had issued an enthusiastic
and congratulatory proclamation to the
country. The escape of Lee’s army
now-completely shrouded in humilia-
tion and‘gloom all the exultation the
Gettysburg victory had caused. All
sorts of excuses fer the tardiness have
been given. .Thel ast one is possibly
the best, given by a warm personal
friend, to the effect that being a very
nervous and‘sensitive man, the manner
of his appointment to the command of
the army of the Potomac and the dis
placement of Hooker; the peremptory
order to assume command made by the
President and seconded by Secretary
Stanton and General Hallock and de-
livered to him by a special messenger
from the War Department who inter-
cepted him,.,at Frederick while he was
marching with his corps to overtake
Lee; the fact that the Gettysburg fight
hadraged all one day before he had
reached the field; his entire want of
information asto the country at and
about the battle-field; his tremendous
and overwhelming sense of responsibili-
ty;"-his entire loss of mental and physi-
cal rest and sleep for many days and
nights, resulted in temporarily para—
lyzing his brain, so that his mental
powers were affected to a degree that
his normally alert mind would not
work. Be the cause of Meade’s inertia
what it may, the fatal error was in not
immediately attacking the enemy the
moment his effort to steal away became
known. A determined assault upon
Lee’s demoralized and disorganized
troops any day within a week after his
retreat, by our army in force, must have
resulted in his utter rout. Bottled up
as he was; deficient in both artillery
and rifle ammunition; the Potomac a
raging flood on three sides of his army;
it is not a reasonable probability that
,Lee could have'averted destruction at
Williams-port on any day for a whole
week that we might have, attacked him
and prior to his ,having , received re-_
. :p’lenishment of ammunition and stores,
brought up from Winchester and fer-
ried across the river to him, the mom-
ent the freshet had subsided.
On the 14th of July, Gen. Hallock
telegraphed Gen. Meade in these words:
“I need hardly say to you that the es-
caping of L'ee’s army without another
battle has caused great dissatisfaction
in the mind of the President.”
In an unofficial letter written by Hal-
lock to Meade, under date of July 28,
he further says: “The President’s
proclamation of July 4th, showed how
much he appreciated your success, but
he thought Lee’s defeat so certain, that
he felt no little impatience at his es-
cape.”
Four thousand Union prisoners had
been forced across the Potomac prior
to the 9th and put on their weary,
muddy march to Winchester. A very
small cavalry force could have been
crossed at Falling Waters or Harper’s
Ferry and dashed out and easily have
recaptured them with their rebel
guards and destroyed the enemy’s
supply train accompanying them.
Even this easy efi‘ort. devoid of alltrisk
of disaster, was neglected. DevOut
lovers of the American Union, who be-
lieve that God rules in the affairs of
nations as well as those of men,. are
disposed to view- these sadly disap-
pointing events as not havmg been in
accordance with the purpose of an
over—ruling Providence. Still, no one,
however devout, has been known to
express the belief that with Grant or
Sheridan in command, Lee’s army
.wOuld thus have been given more than
a week of undisturbed peace and quiet
in which to effect an escape.
The moment that Lee’s escape was
assured. I With a heavy heart wired the
disappointing news to the Tribune and
to the President. Then, turning my
faithful steed over to a headquarters
hostler, I started for New York yla
Washington. Calling at the White-
House. it was in a measure comforting
to find the President even more deeply
vexed and saddened than I was. Call-
ing at the War Department, General
Eckert told me as a joke greatly en-
joyed by Mr. Lincoln, his read'
th aloud in reply from Hanover to a
“daddy elles,” who, it seems, was
present on the occasion. This made
my thoughtless levity still more deeply
embarrassing, and passing on to the
Navy Department I paid my respects
to Secretary Welles and frankly told
him what General Eckert had reported
to me of the regretable occurrence and
expressed my mortification over ‘ it.
Mr. Welles kindly replied that he was
too egger to get my news of the battle
to be in the least ann‘h‘yed by anything
of that character, an , -' he continued,
{‘as it. seemed to afford the President
amonient of pleasurable merrlment (as
andything of a ludicrous nature always
di ,) he hoped I would not regret it as
he did not. Hefurther stated, that on
getting my dispatchthat Lee had as-
caped across the Potomac, he never saw
the President so cast down and so deep-
ly depressed b any previous disaster
to our arms. 9 showed more intenes
isappomtment and sufl’ering, Mr.
_ elles went on to say, than heard over
our defeat at the second Bull Run
. fight
'At' a' subsequent interview, Mr.
‘Welles told me that he chanced to be
at the White House when Gen. Meade
made his first call after‘ the battle, to
pay. his respects to the President. and
.Mr. Lincoln after thanking him most
heartily for the great victOry he had
won at Gettysburg, followed up his
grateful expressions by adding : ."Gen-'
eral, do you know that when you let
Gen. Lee’s 'army get away from you
there at Williamsport, you made me
think of an old women I used to see
out in Ilhnois, trying to shoo her ducks
across the river ? ” Then laughing so
heartily at the satirical fun in his little
story,. he soon had Gen. Meade shaking
his sides in_ a merriment that took
away any sting lurking in the simile.
Ever after, when reference was made
to the Secrets _ of the Navy in my
presence, Mr. incoln’s favorite ex-
pression was f‘your friend Daddy
Welles.” The inconsiderate jibe had
touched his comical rib and made a
permanent impression upon his mem-
ory. -
Sale of the Union Mfg. Co. Plant.
The sale of Norwalk’s once greatest
and most profitable manufactory was
consummated according to law, yester-
day afternoon. It was bid off in its en.
tirety at, auction, by Mr. William H.
Olmstead for a total of only $38,500.
There were but two other bidders, 'Mr.
Eben Hill of South Norwalk and a Mr.
W. J. Einguerhouser from eastern Con-
necticut.
It is understood that Mr. Olmstead’s
purchase was in the interest of the
company’s heaviest creditors and as
debts exceed the amount bid for the
property the interests of the old
stockholders would seem to be en-
tirely wiped out. This is a severe blow
to many old N orwalk families who have
until a few years past, had a large and
regular dividends from this great hive
of industry.
The plant in former times, was deemed
worth a full million of dollars and at
the close of the war had in addition, a
million of surplus. Losses, death, of
former managers and inexperience of
new ones, with a constant decline in
prices of the fabrics it produced, have
wrought this sad ruin of our largest
local manufactory.
It is now hoped that under its new
auspices, the great factory may again
be put into operation and its former
large. force of needy and deserving op-
eratives, again given employment that
shall prove beneficial to them, to the
new owxiers and the whole town of
Norwalk.
With all our local hives of industry-
in successful operation and our afore.
time'one hundred thousand. dollars. par-s1
month paid out to their grand army
of operatives, Norwalk would, again
bud and blossom as the rose.
. Struck By a Freight Train.
Yesterday afternoon at about 3:30
o’clock, as two freight trains were
about to pass, going in opposite direci
tions, just below West Haven, a man
attempted to board the south bound
train but slipped and before he could
regain his feet he was struck by the
north bound train. His skull was frac-
tured and he was otherwise bruiseé The
man was dressed in overalls and jacket,
was smooth faced and weighs about 160
pounds. On his clothing was found
the name of Edward Nichols. He was
taken to the hospital in an unconscious
condition, and it was thought he can-
not recover.
Norwalk’s Justice System.
The beauty of the justice system, as
systematized in Norwalk, is illustrated
by an incident related by Represen-
tative Gunn. He stated that a certain
Grand Juror in N orwalk owed a Justice
of the Peace 8100. Not having the
money with which to pay the bill, he in
settlement gave the justice one hun-
dred warrant blanks properly signed.
The justice system that is worked for
what there is in it, cannot properly be
called a farcical system; it is organized
blackmail. —Danbury Dispatch.
Chance for Lane and McGirr.
Frank Patterson and Billy Ernst, of
Brooklyn, are very anxious to meet
Fred McGirr and Harry Lane, of
Bridgeport, before the Sufi‘olk club, of"
Boston, 'or any other club for a purse
and side bet. Patterson offers to meet
McGirr at 118 and Ernst will meet
Lane at 135 pounds. This quartette
would make an exhibition worth going
miles to see, and Manager Sharps, of
Bridgeport, would do well to communi-
cate with Prof. George Yoerger, of
this city, relative to making a match.
Blsho Williams.
The venerable ishop Williams is to
be the guest of Rev. Mr. Pond from
Saturday to_Sunday a. m. next. After
confirmation service at St. Paul’s in
the morning, the Bishop is to be con-
veyed to St. Matthew’s in Wilton and
following his confimation service there,
he returns here to Grace church, where
a private confirmation of two person's
is to take place, when the Bishop will
proceed to Trinity at South Norwalk
for andther confirmation service and
will be the guest of Rev. Mr. Hallock
until Monday.
Y. M. C. A. Conventions.
The Slat international convention of
the Young Men’s Christian associations
will be held at Springfield, Mass, May
8 to 12 and the 25th annual conference
of general secretaries of the Y. M. C. A.
1 will be held at Hartford ng 13 to 16.
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MRS. Clllll_l_l§ not? .3,
She Batt'es With an Insane WO-
man Who Wanted to Kill Her.
Her Cheek Bitten and Her Face
Scratched. r]
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Mrs. Patrick J. Cahill, who lives on
Hoyt street, it will be remembered met
with a thrilling experience on Tuesday,
April 8th, in jumping into the river to
save her child, who had fallen into the
water from an embankment, but it was
not to be compared with her experience
yesterday, with a neighbor named Mrs.
John White, who moved from Winni-
pauk to apartments on Hoyt street a
few months since.
Mrs. White complained of being in
poor health, and at different times Mrs.
Cahill had assisted her in her house-
hold work, doing the same out of a
kindly feeling for Mrs. White who has
five children.
Yesterday, Mrs. White sent- her old-
est child to Mrs. Cahill’s With the re-
guest that she come over and comb her
hair, as she was sick and unable to do it
herself.
Mrs. Cahill willingly complied with
the request and found Mrs. White in
bed, and apparently very sick.’ S
proceeded to wash the sick woman 8
face and had commenced combing ' Per
hair, when Mrs. White sent her f ttle‘
girl out of the mm on some pretekt or ;
other, the two women thus being left
"alone. No sooner had the child one
out than Mrs. White leaped out of Led
and rushing to the door locked it. .
‘ She then grabbed Mrs. Cahill by. the
shoulders and before the pinion’ed
woman could hardly realize what she
was doing had sunk her teeth. deep in
her right cheek and releafil'ig one hand .
gave her an ugly scratch on the other
side of the face. '
Mrs. White followed the-bite up with
the remark, “They wanted to kill me
last night, but they didn’t do it, and
now I am going to kill you.” Mrs.
Cahill became aware that she had a
cragy woman to contend with, and
‘shrieked for help. She made everyha
effort to get out ofthe clutches of the
woman, and, also tried uto get neara .1 ' '
window in order that she might break
it and call for assistance. In this she
was unsuccessful. '
After wrestling about the room for
some time with the now thoroughly
crazed woman,.Mrs. Cahill managed to
get to the door leading down staiis and
out of the room, and opening the same
left a portion of her clothing in the
grasp of the insane woman and made
her escape out of the house.
Mrs. White did not offer tofollow.
Several women in the neighborhood
had in the meantime appeared on the
scene, but none dared enter the house.
Mr. White was finally sent for and
succeeded in quieting his wife. ‘
Mrs. White, it is understood, is sub;
ject to fits of insanity but they seldom
develop into violence, as in this case.
While living in Winnipauk she left her
home one night in scanty attire and
was found in a piece of woods. near by
almost frozen to death.
Much sympathy is felt for her hus-
band, who is said to be a hard-working
man,‘and his family of children.
His Head Sawed Open.
. Frank Starr, 34, a resident of Som-
ers, Ct., was instantly killed while at
work Wednesday afternoon in the Cur-
tis saw-mill of that town. His clothing
came in contact with the saw and before
the machinery could be stopped his
head was sawed open and his body
otherwise badly mutilated.
The Street Sprinkler.
The new street sprinkler of the Street
Railway company was out for a prac-1
tice run, yesterday, and did the work
in an entirely satisfactory manner. As
previously stated in these columns, one
of the old horse-cars has been utilized
in which to enclose the water tank, but
it has been so greatly and artistically
embellished as to be hardly recogniz-
able.
Penslons.
The following Connecticut pensions
have been granted: Restoration and
additional, Patrick Dunlevey, deceased,
South Norwalk; restoration and re-
issue, Robert Montgomery, deceased,
Shelton; original widow’s, Emily
Wooster, Naugatuck; Ann Dulevey...‘
South Norwalk. . ’ ~
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uorr’s ornaa Bones.
The sale of seats for Rice’s engage- ‘
ment at Hoyt’s, all next week, is now
open and has started well, and all who
intend seeing the Monday evening per-
formance should secure seats at once.
The company is a large one and is com-
posed ‘of good talent. The specialties
are first-class. The company garrles .
Wlth it a hand and orchestra which size . v
prominent features” For the music
alone the company 18’ deserving of .a
liberal patronage. -
Norwalk Chronicler