The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-28

HARTFORD, Dec. 26 1915.
Christmas Carols and Carousals-Ifartfo,da and Nee
Hacea RaRroad-dcident-M Magnetic Telegraph
--IVeathsr.
Yesterday was observed by some as emery
Christmas" and by some as happy Christmas
All our banks, excepting the Old Hartford,') for
the first time, closed their doors, upon this occasion
Ii was observed in various ways. The churchmen
had their churches trimmed with evergreens and tried
70 forget Mammon and this world in hearing preaching,
and afterwards in feasting. The Catholics kept it ac
cording to their custompot exactly from the founda-
ton Of the world, but from tirnemmemoral custom.
Their priest however, would not allow them to trim
their church edifce within The Pesby celebra
tedit as usual buying and selling merchandise, SC.
The Baptists after having done their worldly abors,
celebrated by the marriage lin one of their churche
accomplished Miss B daughter OF Z. B.. Esq The
devotees Of Terpsichore trpped to their hearts, and
heels and toes content at Union Hall. The disciples
Of Bacchus performed their parts promptly-nsomuch
So that Of them surveyed Main street on both
sides ohancetant homewards The little boys and girls
spent the day 10 running from store to store crying out
+" Wish you merry Christmas, for roll OF candy
" Wish you merry Christmas for picture book
/" Wish YOU merry Christmas for a sugar kiss'-and
many Of the fair little made the clerks desire TO
wish them merry Christmas for kiss also-but XII
from their rosy, poung lips Santa Claus had great
many hundred stockings to fill five were to judge from
the way which the variety stores" AID candy shops
have been emptied
The four cents mile extortoners (Hartford and New
Haven Railroad Co.. met the other day with an accident
The engine off the track causing the detention of
the hour and of the freight passen-
ger train half day No other DAMAGE except the rling
Of pond By the way why does not this soullcss cor
poraton" passenger trains, instead of uniting
Passenger train with the freight train would az
all to the freight train foe IL they travel
ling between this city and New Haven they will be from
81 to hours going the SO mles-slmos equal to the old
stage line speedand will have to 81 so for the
privilege of being thus detained And bet ween this city
and Springfield 2e miles you can go it" in two and
half to three hours Strange it may appear it Is even
dangerous from the wonderful velocity with which these
neutrality-suspicious. move-about ten miles an
hourfor recently the passenger car was twice set on
fire, probably by the great swiftness with which they
moved. The President says they cannot afford to
two passenger trains.
The stock for tho magnetic telegraph is taken, with.
out the aid OF the 600 corporations who tried hard
to hug il to death On Tuesday the pole were all up
for the wires between this city and Boston and Buffalo,
and to-day they nre set below erden EDWARDS to the
Herald Office ssncium in the Empire city of the Empire
State and in the Empire nation OF the world. But as
Characteristic of the President of the II. and ~ Fl
Railroad Co.. he sent his superintendent on to the tele
graphic commissioners Tuesday last, forbiddmg
dig any holes for their posts their land
And he had before agreed to let them go on the same
should the Western road But the Geographic
commissioners nothing daunted have kept to work. not
withstending the storm from the Pond and II ne moests
their works under their contract with HIM they w give
bin shock" with their batteries lightning like, even
before they get their wires strung.
The weather Tor the two pat days has been COOL AMI
the mosphere has been constantly filed with falling
It is from eight TO twelve Inches deep and I
still increasing The livery stable look smiling and
happy at their anticipated profits for whilst the
greases their sleigh runners also is the OF filling
their pockets.
FIRE in ST Lours-About half past three o'clock
Yesterday morning fire broke out In the second |
story Of the bti ding occupied by Doan King Co, on
Main street. the bank SO rapid was the progress
OF the flames Hoyt and Bgeiow who had their lodg
ing the upper story had barely tine to escape
through the scute without their clothes They passed
to the Of the adjoining building in the b. ock The
pulling five stories high s burnt out entirely from the
roof TO the basement Portions of the walls have fallen,
and building may be considered total loss was
owned By MIR. James Glasgow, and was insured for
$4,000 The entfe stock Of Doan, King Co, Wholesale
in dry goods destroyed. II was valued at
So. oo0 and ives fully Insured in Hartford Conn and
New York The books Of the firm, which were In the |
SALE have been recovered unipjured. The books belong
ing to the old fem of Warburton s. King we're in
jnfed. The basement on Commercial steet was occn.
ed by Edward Gay whose stock of goods was saved,
with the exception OF lot OF tobacco. His property
fully Insured this city. The second story where tho
originated occupied by the Etna Protection In
surancs Company most whose papers and books were
saved The stock Of II. Crtenden paper DEALER IN tho
adjoining store, was much damaged by water U was
insured Hartford and in this city for 500 ooo
OF which was effected on Monday iast-S LOUIS rep
Dec. IS.