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Value of Horses and Cattle.

A GAZETTE representative, a few days
since, meta gentleman from Glaston-
bury, in this state, who was returning
from western Wisconsin, where he had
given special attention to the cattle and
horse market. He says there is a genu-
ine shortage of beef stock at the west,
caused by farmers having gotten rid of
their young cattle in consequence of
their feed crops having failed for two
or three years past. But this diminu;
tion of cattle is so slight, taking the
western country through, that it does
not justify a raise in the price of beef
in our eastern markets of over two
cents per pound, whereas the great
combimes of the west, have conspired
to raise the price to six and eight cents.
He says the only way for the public to
“get even” with the combine, is to eat
less beef and so by diminishing the
sales, defeat their schemes to enrich
themselves out of the necessities of the
people.

Again, a still more interesting and
important bit’of news was imparted to
the GAZETTE man, which is to the effect
that the prices of horses have fallen so
low, that great numbers of people are
now eating horse meat, the same as is
universally done in many parts of Eu-
rope. The Hungarians especially, are
said to prefer horse meat to beef and
they are today consuming large quan-
tities of it in the city of Hartford. A
large sausagefactory is in operation on
Long Island, where tons upon tons of
horse meat are utilized, because it is
cheaper than beef. And there. is no
valid reason why horse meat should not
be eaten. During the siege of Paris
it became a favorite diet among the
wealthiest citizens of the French capi-
tal. The horse is a far more cleanly
and dainty feeder than the bovine and
its flesh is said by those who have used
it, to be more succulent and nutritive
than beef. This being the case, and
the value of the horse having fallen be-
low that of the beef, pound per pound,
it is not unlikely that in the near fu-
ture, horse meat will become a com-
mon article of diet in this country.

Our Glastonbury friend further stat-
ed, that he saw fine two-year-old colts
offered for ten dollas each, in western
Wisconsion, while two-year-old steers,
in good condition, would sell for from
twenty-five to thirty dollars. Horses,
he said, that could trot in less than
three minutes and which readily sold
there two years ago for from $250 to
$300, can now be bought for less than
a hundred. The contract price of
transporting horses from Milwaukie to
Hartford was nine dollars per head, by
the car load. Good work horses that
formerly sold from a hundred to a hun-
dred and fifty each can now be obtained
for from thirty to forty dollars. All
this clearly foreshadows the more gen-
eral use of horse flesh as a meat diet
among the people.

When questioned as to the cause of
this great reduction in the value of
horses, the GAzE'r'rE informant said it
was caused very largely by the old time
demand for the street car horses hav-
ing almost" entirely ceased. The cable
and trolley systems, having done away
with an annual demand for tens of
thousands of horses in this country of
the plain, every-day working sort. The
universal use of the bicycle, particué
larly among young men, has cut off the
demand for the fine grade of roadsters
to an even larger extent than in the
case of ear horses and today, no horse
can be sold for an aforetime high-price,
unless it has such phenominal speed as
gives it an earning value to gamble
with on the race track. The high price

for the horse not posessing this ex-
traordinary speed, is a thing of the
past and horse raisers must hereafter
look to the meat dealers of the country
for a market for their colts and steeds,

 

 

because of the inevitable fact that thus
only can the horse raiser realize, ad-
equate compensation for their raising.

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Good For Annie.

The town of Munice, in the state of
Indiana, has risen spontaneously to a
great occasion. Mrs. Dr. Annie Lem;
on Griffin is to receive a medal award-
ed by several other women of that
town for her valor as leader of the
physical force movement against men.

Annie, it appears, was at the theatre
on the night of April 25, and her seat
was so situated that two young men
would have to pass her when they
wanted to go out to see a" man or to
get some cloves. Between the
they wanted cloves, but they could not
pass Annie unless she stood up, and
Annie would not stand up. Therefore
these young men were I deprived of
cloves, and all the women of the tiwn
propose to honor Annie for thisachieve-

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The Boston Store.

This great Norwalk beehive of mer-
cantile thrift and industry, has taken a
full page to-day in the GAZETTE, in in-
forming the public of the manifold bar-
gains it has to offer in seasonable goods.
The enterprise of this great establish~
ment is of the intelligent sort. It knows
not only how but where to place its ad-
vertisements so as to command the at-
tention of customers. It acts on the
wise axiom that “a man having any-
thing to sell, cannot let too many peo-
ple know it.” Its enormous and varid
stock and prodigious sales,’ are not
alone of advantage to itself. This
store’s extensive methods of informing
the people of its ability to serve them,
is of a general benefit to our town.

They even help the smaller and more

conservative merchants for the reason
that by its extensive advertising the
Boston Store induces large numbers of
buyers from other towns to visit our
city who would not otherwise do so and
when here, they are very likely, in
looking about, to drift into our other
stores in the same lines of trade. Long
live the great Boston Store.

 

Attachment of Liquor Licenses.

The Senate has passed the bill re-
garding the attachment of liquor li-
censes, as follows:

Section 1—The license and all right
and interest therein, of any person
licensed by the county commissioners
of this state to sell intoxicating liquors,
may be attached and taken on execu-
tion; such attachment shall be made
by leavrng a true and attested copy of
the. process and accompanying com-
plaint or declaration with the proper
indorsement thereon of the ofiicer serv-
ing the same, as in other cases with
the defendant, or at his usual place of
abode, if within this state, and a like
true and attested copy with the town
clerk of the town where the business
carried on under said license is located.
Such attached license shall be holden
to respond to execution in the same
manner and for the same length of
time as personal property attached.

._ Section 2—The purchaser of such
license on execution shall, in order to
use the same, comply with all the usual
statutory requirements of a person to
obtain a license for the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors from county commis-
sioners, and the license shall be equally
valid in his hands, as in the hands of
the original licensee for the unexpired
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Complimentary to Mr.~’Reeler.

Mr. Keeler of N orwalk makes no pre-
tensions as a sileaker, though the force
of his utterance tells when he feels it to
be his duty to express himself on any
question, This was patent awhile ago
when there seemed in the House to be
a passion for- putting off action—delay-
ing as long as possible, the pushing of
business. Mr. Keeler strucka note in
the matter which caused the House to
wake up to the need of making a begin-
ning as essential to sometime reaching
the end. He is House chairman of the
committee on banks and has been in-
variably on hand to attend to the re-
quirements. As a young man Mr.
Keeler is old in business, having made
a success of it at his home, and on leg-
islative matters he has sought and not
failed to infuse a business spirit into
affairs at the capitol.—-Bridgeport Post.

That Elopement.

The local press yesterday printed a
story of the elapement of Mrs. Bessie
Wheeler, wife of Sherwood Wheeler,
of Bridgeport, with Arthur Quintard,
who formerly conducted a drug store
in this city.

Mr. Wheeler last night told a Bridge-
port Union reporter that, Mrs. Wheeler
was in New York with Alice O’Brien, a
companion. He said that Quintard was
seen with the women hence the story of
the elopement.

——For Sale.
good condition.
Box A, N orwalk Post Office.

 

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A Ladies’ Bicycle, in
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REQQLLEQTIQN S
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WAR

WGUBRESPUNDENT.

BY THE ,,
Editor Of the Gazette.

Copyrighted 1894.

 

CHAPTER LIV.
General Lee having deliberately and
without molestation, during the fort-

night he was hemmed in at Williams-

port. gotten his entire army back over
the swollen Potomac, General Meade
could do nothing else than fall back
upon the defences of Washington. His
main infantry force was chiefly en-
camped in and about Culpepper and
Warrenton, while Lee confronted
us on the Rapidan, from Barnett’s Ford
to Morton’s Ford, a distance of about
twenty miles.

While in camp at Culpepper, General
Meade was informed of the Withdrawal
of Longstreet’s corps from the army of
Northern Virginia and its being has-
tened to the western department then
so desperately pressed by the forces un-
der General Grant. Meade thereupon
entered resolutely upon the work of
reorganizing his army corps and get-
ting his troops in the best condition
possible for an advance upon Lee’s de-
pleted forces, menancing him in front.
This reorganization and the necessary
recuperation of the Potomac army,
consumed much more time than was
anticipated and it was late in the sea-
son before it was in proper shape for
an aggressive movement. Later on, a
march was made across the Shenan-
doah. as far westward as Todd’s tav-
ern, but only to return again and go
into Winter quarters at the old camp-
ing grounds. Here a long, weary win-
ter of rains snows and Virginia mud,
was passed by our troops, the monot-
ony broken only by a few desultory
skirmish fights and one rather hot in-
fantry fightled by General Warren,
between Brandy and Rappahannock
stations.

The ‘l‘odd’s Tavern,’ or ‘Miue Run,’
campfllgn, as it was termed, of General
Meade, had been deferred so late in‘the
season that on our army coming 111' iv
the enemy and getting into position for
a general battle, the cold became so
intense that neither Meade or Lee had
the nerve to open the fight. This act-
ion was at least humane, as every
wounded man would have surely been
frost-bitten if not frozen stiff. Ice
froze in the runs, two to three inches
thick and one poor rebel picket I saw,
was frozen to death. He was no doubt
ill and half famished when he went out
on duty the night before. Our men
and animals suffered terribly from the
cold, and the latter especially, from an
exhaustion of our supply of forage.
The oldest resident Virginians, could
recall no such terribly cold weather, in
all their uneventful lives. The fifty or
more horses of the army correspond-
ents were cut entirely off from prov-
ender and had to subsist upon the
bark and twigs of trees. My own force
of Tribune men were in consequence
practically disabled, as were those of
all other papers, represented there.
Day after .day passed without the
weather moderating and as General
Meade had cut loose from his base of
supplies when he left Culpepper and
Brandy Station, famine began to threat-
en our men as well as animals and a
retreat became inevitable. I chanced
to be the first reporter to hear of Gen-
eral Meade’s resolve to return to his
old camp again on the west side of the
Bappahannock and hurrying to Gener-
al Patrick’s provost marshal head-
quarters for permission to start for
Washington and give the news to the
country in advance of the army’s re-
turn, Iwas thus encouragingly salu-
ted:—“Young man, (this was thirty
years ago) you’ll stand twenty chances
of going to Richmond to one of getting
to Washington, Our rear is infested
with hordes of rebel guerrillas, picking
up our sick stragglers as prisoners and
such debris as our army dropped on its
march and if you’ve got any sense
you’ll stay in safety where you are.”
I told the bluff old General that unless
he positively forbade my going,
should feel it my duty to the paper I
was servmg, to at least make the effort
to get through. “Well, if you are
d—n fool enough to try it, go ahead,”
was the non—catechism response of the
brave and emphatic Provost Mar-
shal General. I would not ask one of
my men to venture where I dared not
go myself and besides, I was the only
correspondent there, whose horse was
in fit heart and cendition for such a
perilous ride.

Mr. Greeley, upon my engaging to
go to the front for his paper, had an-
thorized me to secure at the Tribune’s
cost, all the necessary safeties and
conveniences I required. He told me
if it became necessary, in order to first
get war news to the Tribune, to buy
or charter a locomotive or steamboat,
and especially to see that all Tribune
men in the army had good fleet horses.
A good horse was from boyhood, my
own strongest weakness, and I never
needed further urging to have the best
saddle horse the Tribune’s money could
buy. My steed was noted for its won-
derful speed and endurance. It had on
one occasion jumped a stream of twen-
ty—two feet width, by measurement,
Without jolting its 'rider from the sad-
dle. I had taught it to feed on hard-
tack like a soldier and as it was no
trouble to procure those in any quan-
tity, my horse was well conditioned,
while all other Tribune animals were
unfit for hard service by reason of
their lack of food. This fact made it
imperative that I should be the one to
start out for Washington. This I at
once essayed, striking across country

 

for Brandy Station. The distance was
about fifty miles and my steed covered
it in a little less than five hours reaching
Brandy Station I saw a train slowly
moving southward. I jumped from the
saddle and caught the rear car, shout-
ing to the telegraph operator, standing
near, to sieze and take the best of care
of my noble horse, until called for and
he should be abundantly paid. I got
to Alexandria about dusk. boarded a
tug and was in Washington and the
news on‘ the wire, that Meade’s Mine
Bun campaign was a dismal failure and
our army hurrying back to its Winter
quarters, without having attempted an
attack upon Lee’s forces.

Again did the Tribune give the coun-
try and President the first and only
news of another Potomac army fiasco.
No other correspondent reached Wash-
ington until a day later and the next
night they convened at Willard’s and
voted.« me a Major General’s commis-
sion, for having made the best time on
retreat, ever accomplished by a report-
er .in the Potomac army. From this
bit of pleasantry. came my almost uni-
versal Washington designation ‘ of
“General.” It has been many times
remarked that this title was as deserv-
edly won as some others which were
officially conferred upon more ambit-
ious men in our armies. .

In February of ’64 Congress passed
an act reviving the grade of Lieutenant-
General and authorizing the President
to assign the officer of that grade to the
command of all the armies of the Unit-
ed States. The enactment was vigor-
ously championed by Congressman
Elihu B. Washburn of Illinois, and with
the clear understanding on his part and
the public’s that General Grant was to
be selected for the high and responsible
position.

On the 9th of March, following,
President Lincoln gave the commission
to General Grant, and he was ass1gned
to the command of our armies. On
the 10th, he came out to General
Meade’s headquarters near Brandy
Station and notified him of his purpose
to make his headquarters With the
Army of the Potomac. General Ba-
deau, in his “Military History of Gen-
eral Grant, ” is supposed to voice Grant’s
own sentiments when stating the reas-
ons for this action to be in these words:
“The transcendent importance of the
issues in Virginia upon which the fate
of both the National and the rebel capi-
tal depend” and thc'fact that the force
opposed to the Army of the Potomac
“was the strongest, the best led and
best appointed, army in the Confed-
erate service.” Also, “unless near the
Capital he could not carry out the plan
that he believed the only one by which
the rebellion could be overthrown,
therefore he must direct in person, the
campaigns of the renowned Army of
the Potomac.”

It is due to General Grant to say that
while attaching himself to the Po-
tomac Army and accompanying Gen.
Meade on the coming movement ich-
mondward, he in no instance attempted
to over-ride or supercede him in his
command. “As far as possible,” he
himself wrote,“I tried to leave General
Meade in independent command of the
Army of the Potomac, my instructions
for that army were all through him, I
leaving the execution of all details to

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On April 9th, General Grant informed
General Meade that Lee’s army was to
be assailed and that Richmond was to
be the Army of the Potomac’s object-
ive point. That the same day he mov-
ed against Lee, Butler was to move the
Army of the James against Richmond
by the south bank of the James. That
if Lee fell back upon Richmond, all
supplies from the north and the south
were to be but oh by these, our two
armies. General Sigel was also dispatch-
ed to the westward;with his command to
destroy as far as possible, alltheir sources
of supply. Richmond, aside from
being the Confederate Capital, was the
most important military depot and
position, anywhere at the South. It
had great iron mills and factories mak-
ing all the munitions of war, beside
being a great railroad center of sup-
plies to the southern people and their
armies. _ .

Upon the reorganization of our army,
April 30, General Hancock, long absent
by reason of his Gettysburg wound,
resumed command of his old 2d Corps.
General G. K. Warren was in command
of the 5th, General Sedgwick retained
command of his 6th Corps and General
Phil. Sheridan was appointed to the
command of the Cavalry Corps. The
total of officers and men of all arms of
the Potomac Army at this date, was but
a few less than one hundred thousand,

On the second of May, the order was
issued for our army to break camp and
on the third, it marched direct for the
Wilderness, where the first fight of the
army of the Potomac, under the gener-
al supervision of Grant, took place,
on May 5th.

 

Reception.

The Paragraph club gave a reception
to the Womans’ club at the home of
Miss Henrietta M. Carter on West ave-
nue, Thursday afternoon. The spaci-
ous parlors and adjoining rooms were
prettily decorated with choice exotics,
ferns, etc., and the scene was an enliv-
ening . Miss Katherine White
gave some recitations that were greatly
enjoyed, as was also the piano music
by Miss Sadie Miller and a banjo and
piano duett by Miss C. St. John Kroger
and Miss Elizabeth Kellogg. Tea and
light refreshments were served and
an afternoon spent that was richly
fraught with pleasure to all. .

Kicked by aiMuetang.

Charles Jennings, of Poplar Plains,
received ugly wounds about his head
andrface last evening, from being kick-
ed by a mustang, He was brought to
this city where his wounds were dress-
ed by a physician, ‘

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The GZAETTF. and Tribune, $1.00.

 

 

 

gnocchi MYSTERY.

Harry WllSOll, Ol Adams Express
Company Missing Since
Wednesday.

His Accounts at the Office Said to
be Straight,

 

The sudden disappearance of Harry
Wilson, a driver for the Adams Express
company, which. occurred on Wednes-
day, is one of the strangest yet re-
corded and is shrouded in mystery.

On Wednesday afternoon he was at
the 061cc and stated that he was going
to move from South Main street, South
Norwalk, to a house in this city.

Arrangements were made for one of
the other employees to drive his wagon
and Wilson walked out of the express

office in the depot and no one has" seen
him since, nor has his mysterious dis-
appearance been explained or can any-
one furnish any reason for his going
away. He has disappeared as thor-
oughly as though the earth had opened
and swallowed him up.

It was at first rumored that there was
a woman in the case, but that has been
exploded, and as far as known there is
no truth in this rumor

A GAZETTE representative called at.
the home of his mother-in-law Mrs.
Imogene Rambo, on Hanford Place"
this morning, and found Mrs. Wilson
there. In response to inquiries, both
ladies stated that theyhad no know-
ledge of his whereabouts or the cause
of his going away. .

Mrs. Rambo stated that he had been
a good husband to iher daughter and
she could not understand his actions,
nor did she known of any reason of his
leaving.

Mrs. Wilson stated that her husband
promised to come to the house with a
wagon and move their furniture to
their new residence in this city, but he
failed to come and she has not seen or
heard from him since. Both Mrs. Wil-
son and her mother stated that there
had been no quarrel and that every-
thing at home was of the pleasantest
nature.

Wilson has been with the Express
company for several years. He :is a
son of William R. Wilson, the painter
and motorman for the Tramway com-
pany. He formerly drove the South
Norwalk wagon, but was changed to
the Norwalk wagon about a year ago.

Before going away he failed to pro-
vide for his wife and Mrs. Wilson is left
penniless with two small children to
care for, and she is nearly overcome
with grief at her husband’s actions.

The GAZETTE representative also
called upon Agent Hunt of the com-
pany, but the latter refused to say any.
thing about the matter beyond the fact
that he had not seen him since Wed-.
nesday, as stated above, and that his
accounts were all straight:

While it cannot be discovered why
Wilson suddenly departed it is is more
than probable that the reason will come
to light and his actions explained.

Will Probably Settle. '

Representatives of the Germania and
Sun Fire Insurance companies were at
the office of Attorney Joseph A. Gray
this morning, doing preliminary work
looking to the adjustment of claims
held by Professor Carl Harstrom, to
the amount of something over 3300, to
cover damages caused by a fire at his
school October 18th, and which amount,
through some mistake in the wording
of the - policy, the companies were at
first not inclined to pay. It is now be-
lieved that everything will be amicably
settled. __

 

More Arrests.

Mrs. Charles Lowe became intoxi-
cated this morning, and created a dis-
turbance on Park street. She was
placed in the station house by Chief
Bradley.

A man giving his name as Mike Sul- .
livan and his home East Norwalk, was
arrested this morning by Chief Bradley
for being drunk and was taken to the
station-house.

 

Roll Call.

The Norwalk Methodist Sunday
school will celebrate its anniversary at
the church, this evening. There will
be a roll call, addresses by the ex-super-
intendents, and a musical programme
of exercises, followed by a collation.
This afternoon, the primary department
of the school will hold a celebration at
the same place.

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Reward Divided.

The reward given by the state for the
capture of horse thieves, has in the
case of “Marty” Savage been divided
between Detective Arnold of Bridge-
port and Supervisor Fred P. Owen of

m In THE K. or r.

the Parent Body Decidedto Wage War
on the Seceders.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3. —At a conference
of the supreme officers of the Knights of
Pythias it was decided to wage war on the
seceders from the order, who have started
the Improved Order Knights of Pythias.
Chancellor Commander Ritchie was in
doubt about the wisdom of bringing on a.
light, but the other supreme officers in-

sisted that no quarter should be given. _

The Improve Order Knights of Pythias
had its origin n the action of the last su-
preme lodge in deciding that hereafter the
ritual of’ the order shall be printed in the
English language only and the English
language only shall be used in the secret
work of the order. The German speaking
members of the order throughout the Unit—
ed States took affront at the action and es-
tablished the opposition order, which au-
thorizes the establishment of both English
speaking and German speaking lodges.
Three lodges of the opposition order have
been organized in this city, and the order.
the founder says, is being organized in all
parts of the United States.

The supreme chancellor commander will
not say What course will be pursued; but
it is understood that suit will be begun to
enjoin the new order from using the name
of the old. ‘

Charges of Bribery at Springfield.

ANNA, Ills, May 3.—Charges that boo-
dle is being used, and that attempts at
bribery are being made at Springfield
among the legislature are alleged by Rep-
resentative Pcckerell, whose home is in
this city. Mr. Pcckerell says a. money
bribe was offered him by a fellow memb’er
if he would keep his mouth shut about an
alleged attempt to bury in senate commit-
tee the bill to regulate and fix the charges
of express companies.

Ex-County Clerk Souder Found.

FORT WAYNE, May 3.—County Clerk
Harry Metzger is in Detroit, Where he
found ex~County Clerk D. W. Souder, who
disappeared from this city four months
ago. Souder left home while suffering
from mental derangement and had gone
to South Africa. He regained his mental
balance at Cape Town, and on March 20
left there for London, thence to Boston
and Detroit.

No Pardon For Edmonds.

WASHINGTON, May 3.—The president
has denied the application of John W.
Edmonds, sentenced to 15 months’ im’
prisonment by the United States district
court of Colorado for counterfeiting. The
president says that he Would not be doing
his duty to the public to pardon, after six
Weeks’ imprisonment, a. man convicted
of this dangerous and apparently increas:
ing crime.

Montfort and Peck Held.

PAWTUCKET, R. I., May 3.——Abram C.
Montfort and William H. Peck, well
known citizens of this city who wore at
the head of the Montfort Stamp and En-
velope company and were tried a fort-
night ago on ‘a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses in their sales of
stock, were today found probably guilty
by Judge Shove and held for the grand
jury.

The New Bishop of Vera Cruz.

CITY or MEXICO, May 3.—The new bish-
op of Vera Cruz, the illustrious Rev. Fa—
ther Pagaza, has been consecrated, with
all the pomp \and display of the church.
Archbishop Alarion, head of the Roman
church in Mexico, pontificated and acted-
as director general of the cerembnles, while
representatives of the governor of Vera.
Cruz acted as sponsors.

The Gray Racing Bill Passed.

ALBANY, May 3. —The senate has passed
the Gray racing bill by the following vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Ahearn, Cantor, Cogge~
shall, Donaldson. Guy, Higgins, Kilhurn.
McMahon, O’Connor, O’Donnel, O’Sullf-
van, Parker. Parsons, Persons. Pound,
Reynolds, Rice, Robertson, Smelzer, Sulli-
van and Wolf. Nays—Messrs. Bradley,
Coffey and Mullin. .

Where Our Men-of-war Are.

WASHINGTON, May 3.—The Machine has
arrived at Chefu. The. navy department
received a telegram today announcing that
the Alert had sailed from Panama for
San Juan del Sur. It is expected that she
will reach that port in three days. , The
Atlanta was still at Key West at last- re-
ports. but it is expected that she will be
under way tonight.

The Ohio Mining Trouble.

COLUMBUS, May 3.—-'l‘he Ohio Miners’
association today by committee informed
the operators that a joint session of oper-
ators and miners cannot be held until to-
morrow. The miners then went‘into se-
dret session. They began work early. They
are very reticent. more so than at the late
conference in January and mere than
usual.

Wagstafl‘ Gets Homeown's seat.

ALBANY, May 3.—The assembly has un-
seated John McKeown from. the first dis-
trict of Kings county and given the seat
to Thomas H. Wagstaff, Jr. Mr. Wagstafl
was immediately sworn in.

 

Amusements.
NORWALK OPERA HOUSE.

The only Edward Harrigan with his
complete company of popular comed-

ians Will open their road season to--

morrow night at Hoyt’s Opera House.
The play selected will be “The Major”
which has had a very successful run of

three months at the Harrigan’s Theatre, ,

New York. Miss Annie Yeamans, John
Wild, Joseph Sparks, Harry Fisher
and Emma. Pollock have all got good
roles in this laughable comedy.
NOBWALK OPERA HOUSE.

The Lyceum Theatre company pre-
sented the “Factory Girl,” last night,
before the largest audience otthe week.
The comedy is one of rare literary
merit and was finely presented. The

parts were all well taken and the audi- -

ence was convulsed with laughteror
moved to tears at the antics of “Toby”
or the sufferings of “Martha.” To-
night “Josephine, the Daughter of the
Regiment,” Will be presented and Sat-
urday afternoon a family matinee will
be given at which the price of admis-

 

he Connecticut school for boys.

sion has been reduced to ten e ,
all parts of the house. . 0 fits to

 

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