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"Truth above all things.’
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1395.
Entered in the Post Office as a Newspaper.
Terse Tales of the Times.
John A. Riggs is visiting friends in
Baltimore.
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Tuxedo at Hoyt’s Theatre to-morrow
night.
Hayes’, 5 Main St.
—Frames made.
Francis D. Austin will hold a birth-
day party to-morrow.‘
David J. Sheehan of the U. S. Patent
office is in town for a few days.
Richard Nesbitt is spending a ‘ few
days with friends in New York.
Ex-Jailer Thomas Alex nder of Dan-
bury, was in town this morning.
Miss Amy Watkins is spending the
holidays at Grace church rectory.
Dr. and Mrs. Page of New York spent
Christmas at Grace church rectory.
Joseph B. Thomas, Jr., of New York
City, is spending the holidays in town.
Clarence Webster who started out to
walk to San Francisco a short time
since, has returned home-
Harry L. Beers of Lewis street left
town yesterday, for‘ his new field of la-
bor 'in New York state.
The Friday Afternoon Whist club is
H ~ meeting at Mrs. Robert Van Buren’s
{on West avenue. this afternoon.
Homer N. Youngs formerlyvof this
.city, and Bertha A. Ulmer were mar-
ried in New York city last evening. '
Insurance agent George W. Lynch
has removed from the Step Rock road
to the Benedict place, near the reser- »
vgoir.
The County Commissioners are in
Danbury to- day hearing remonstrances
against the granting of licenses to cer-
a
The music-pupils of Mrs. George W.
' Bradley presented her as a Christmas
{gift in appreciation of her services a
'handsome reception-chair and piano-
stool. .
‘ SOUTH NOBW AIL-K, CONN.
. The Calvary Baptist: Sunday-school
held happy Christmas exercises last
night. The festivities were joyful and
the scholars were sorry when they
came to a close.
The New York Tribune says that Rev.
George P. Mains, secretary of the
Brooklyn Church society, would prob-
ably accept a call to the Methodist
church of Danbury.
A regular meeting of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R. was held last evening.
The committee having in charge the
public installation ceremonies 'will meet
next Monday evening.
Mayor James T. Hubbell spent last
night in Wilton, and in honor of the
visit Old Boreas knocked in two panes:
of glass from a window of the room in
which his honor was lost'in slumber.
—-New Year’s number of Truth to-
morrow. All newsstands and trains.
The bowl in the toilet room at the
city council chamber became clogged
up last night, and the overflow of water
threatened to deluge the banking
rooms below. It was discovered in
time to prevent serious damage.
Judge Hubbell yesterday afternoon
fined Harry Kerr 85‘ and costs for an
assault on William Horan. He also
fined Horan $2 for breach of the peace
The latter employed Attorney Walsh
to defend him.
SOUTH NORWALK.
W. Bay Marvin of East Norwalk is ill.
Tuxedo at Hoyt’s Theatre to-morrow
night.
Ben F. Andrews will attend a dance
in Danbury this evening.
Miss Dora Nealey is visiting Miss
Eva L. Ferris of West street.
M. B. Myrill of Stamford expects to
remove to Spring street this city.
—-'l‘he finest turkeys in town from 12c
to 15 cents a pound at the Star Market.
Hubert Mitchell will give a party to
his numerous friends Monday evening.
Miss Eva Sheustone arrived to-day
to spend Sunday with Miss Ethel Keep,
of Fairfield avenue. '
—-Yo'u roan buy the best sirloin steak
iorlti cents a pound at the Star Mar-
at.
The funeral of Mrs. David B. Selleck,
who died yesterday, afternson, will be
held from her late home on Crescent
Terrace to-morrow afternoon at 3
o’clock, Revs. Mr. Beard and Dunning
ofliciating.
'of the present structure.
Miss Eva L. Ferris will give a lunch; 1
son, followed by whist, at her home on
West street, this afternoon. 1
Charles B. Cooley, formerly agent of
the Adams Express company in New
London, died at Providence yesterday.
L Governor Cofiiu has reappointed
William E. Morgan of New Havenias.
member of the Soldiers’ hospital board i
for two years, from January 1, 1896.
President Clark of the New York, 1
New Haven _& Hartford Railroad has i
returned from his western trip, during
which‘he has been inspecting terminals
in the large cities. ‘
——Five lbs. choice breakfast bacon for
5) cents at the Star Market.
Joseph King and Daniel Bradley
were arrested last night for creating a
disturbance on Water street. They ap-
peared before Judge Frost this morn-
ing and the case was continued until to-
morrow. ' - '
—Choice country fowls and chickens
for 10cents a pound at the Star Market.
John P. Jones, of New London, a
hrakeman employed on the Consolida-
ted road, fell from his train at Provi-
dence, Christmas day, and several cars
passed over him, cutting his legs off.
He cannot recover.
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—Six pounds extra salt pork for 50c.
at the Star Market
It is reported that the New Yotk, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad company
contemplates the building of a new
railroad bridge over the Connecticut
river at Middletown to take the place
Selectmen Miller and Alexander of
Danbury were in to-day, looking up
matters pertaining to the Brindley fam-
ily who are town charges here but be-
long in Danbury, to which place they
will probably be transferred, .
—-Go to the Star Market, corner
Haviland, and South Main street for
ultry. " .
Miss Mary O’Connor who the watch
at Homer Hoyt’s. It was oflered for
the one that guessed the nearest to the
number of people who went into the
store on the 24th of December. 398
people went in and Miss O‘Connor
guessed 397.
The railroad commissioners will give
a hearing at the city court room, Stam-
ford, on Tuesday, December 31, at? ’11
o'clock a. m , on the petition of 7the
New York, New Haven &. Hartford
Railroad for authority to take land for
additional tracks, turnouts, etc., in
Stamford. There are fourteen pieces
of land to be condemned, owned 'by
twelve different persons. -
Ow.
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SEALED‘BY A SHOT."
A SINGULAR lNClDENT OF THE BAT-
TLE AROUND ANTIETAM.
Cnion Soldiers Almost Famished For Lack
of Water Discover a. Spring—A Confed-
erate. Shot Ended the Struggle For the
Sparkling Liquid.
From the first peep of dawn Hooker,
on the extreme right, having crossed
Antietam creek the previous evening,
had been pounding the Confederates and ~
getting as good in return, and Mansfield
in the center had been seconding Fight-
ing Joe’s endeavors with varying suc-
cess, so that it was fully high noon be-
fore Burnside on the left received any
intimation that his wing of the army
was to have any greater share in the
controversy than that of interested audi—
tors. Though there iitld been some brisk
skirmishing in front of the left. all eyes
in that quarter were turned toward the
center of the stage, and when it was
learned that the gallant Mansfield had
gone down in the conflict there was
many a pang of grief, for Mansfield was
a hero.
While the troops lay massed by bri-
gade in the open fields and broiling sun
. between the creek and the low bluff to
the east of the bridge, they sought to pre-
pare themselves for whatever might
come by keeping their canteens filled
with water. The creek, so near and yet
so far, proved to be a danger line for the
Occupants of both banks of the stream,
for it was almost certain death for
either Federals or Confederates to ap-
proach the stream, so that Burnside’s
men spent their time by reliefs in pro-
curing the coveted liquid wheresoever it
could be found in the rear.
Directly eastward from the famous
stone bridge, and immediately to the
rear of one of the massed brigades, and
scarcely 200 . yards distant from the
creek, was found by some of the eager
searchers a diadem in the shape of a
stream of cool, pure water pouring from
the face of a slaty embankment of scarce-
ly more than ten feet in height.
During all the past time that this
diminutive stream had been making its
egress from the bosom of the earth it
had been permitted to spread itself out
over the adjoining meadow land or find
its way to the creek through the shallow
morass that formed at the base of the
insignificant knoll from which it seeped.
Never, perhaps, since the creation did
such a small trickle of water jump so
suddenly into importance and usefulness
as did the one in question, for the prac-
ticed eyes of the water famished‘Yan-
kees, who had learned by their experi-
ence » on the peninsula to smell water
afar, followed up the moistened water
course t its scarce, and, having found
the hen _,-thereof, it was but a matter of
- a few minutes till they had a solid
stream, 'j the sparkling gem of about
one-half ‘ inch in diameter pouring
through
tmqghwhich had been im- ,
provided from ilisbark of a nearby sap.
ling. .
This improved condition of the little
stream, becoming known to all the
troops lying near by, proved to be the
signal for a general riot, for the strug-
gle for the privilege of holding the can-
teen under the spout became so boister-
ous that the officers were compelled to
place not only a guard, but a cordon, of
troops around it to prevent the contend-
ing soldiers from murdering each other
in their mad endeavor to get just one
taste of the coveted prize. All this, too,
in the face of the fact that the Johnnies
beyond the creek had opened their bat-
teries and musketry on the columns
then moving in the direction of the
bridge, and numerous missiles found
their way to a disagreeable proximity to
the spring. But just as a semblance of
order had been restored the word was
passed to “fall in,” and the life giver
was left to itself and for the time for-
gotten. but as the brigade advanced by
battalion the soldier could not refrain
from casting a. backward glance of re-
gret at the thread of silver dancing in
the afternoon sun.
Half an hour later the battle was on
in all its fury, and every moment add-
ed to the stream of wounded men pour-
ing backward out of the line of danger.
Those who knew the spring made
straightway for it, followed by others, ,
for who of those who ever had the ex-
perience can forget for a moment the
terrible condition of a wounded soldier
with an empty canteen?
If the strife for possession of the
spring previous to the advance had been
furious, it was now a thousand times
worse, for around that bit of moisture
surged" a maddened, frenzied mass of
bleeding humanity in all the conditions
of wounds resulting from the fierce
battle then raging less than half a mile
distant and consequent turmoil. So
fierce was the struggle that they de-
stroyed the spout, and the mad and fam-
ished men would rush forward if only
to get-a hand wet.
.At this supreme moment a Federal
battery took a position on the knoll im-
mediately above the spring and opened
on the enemy. This brought a reply
from a Confederate battery on the high
ground beyond the creek, and about the
first gun from the other side settled the
contention as to the value of the little
stream, for a solid shot struck the em—
bankment about a foot above the outlet
of water, buried itself out of sight and
shut off the water as completely, as a
faucet ever stopped the flow from the
nozzle of a hydrant. Notwithstanding
the excellent practice of the rebel artil—
lery, some of the suffering soldiers hov-
ered about the spdt for a time in the
hope that the water would find another
outlet, but such proved a vain dream
indeed, as the writer, 30 days thereaft-
er, passing that way, sought a sip of"
the coveted nectar and found the only
evidence that a stream ’_ had ever flowed
from the spot to be the dilapidated re-
mains of, the improvised bark spout.—— ! Hood’s-'Pifls
‘Pittsburg Dispatch. ,g ’ ‘ ‘ ‘
“’hereabnuts of Our “'arships.
Wasmxerox. Dec. i'T.——The Maine has
arrived at Hampton Roads from New
York, and is now taking in a supply of
coal. The training ship Lancaster has ar-
rived at Madeira. to the surprise of the
navy department, which expected the ves-
sel to he first heard from at Montevideo.
Famous Shipbuilder Dead.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27,—The flags were at
half mast today on the Whiti- Star line‘s
dock and on the Teutonic by reason of the
death of Sir Edward James Harland,
senior member of the celebrated firm of
Harland & Wolff. shiplmilders of Belfast.
Canadian Copyright Law.
LONDON, Dec. 24. —The Times announces
today that the draft of the Canadian copy-
right act has been reported upon and re-
vised by the house authorities. It was
added that the revision is technical.
Improvement In Vienna.
VIENNA, Dec. 24.—Business on the
boerse here today closed firmer. This was
an account of the calmer manner of the
people of the United States.
W. G. Skinner is one of the best known
men in Wakefield, Mass. He is a war
veteran and everybody’s friend. He says:
“I had rheumatism and was in poor
health a long time. Indications pointed
towards the accumulation of impurities
in the blood and germs of disease I was
constipated and had no appetite. I~ evi-
dent! needed a cod blood purifier and
dicidgd to take ood’s Sarasparilla. - It
- made a'changeall through my system,
gave me an appetite and worked effec-
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Norwalk Chronicler