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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-14
CR ESHTRE.

March 13.-Rev. J. F. Sexton, who has been laid up for the past two or three weeks with grip and muscular rheu- matism, is once more able to discourse to his parishoners.
 Miss Susan Trythall, teacher in the school at West Cheshire, has been under the doctors care for some days. Miss | Florence, her sister, had charge of the school for some days. Now the school has closed for short vacation. MT Frank Wallace, well known res ident, died at his home in West Cheshire last Saturday
 Mr. Dennis Coleman, who had been sick for a few days with pneumonia, died Monday morning.
 E. P. Owen and family, who have been spending the winter in Canada, have returned to their home here.
 The number of births recorded in the town clerks office for the year 1894 is 29, the number of marriages IA and the number of deaths 29.
 One hundred and fifty new chairs have been placed in the new Odd Eel lows hall
 MT. Jordan, the evangelist, gave a fine discourse in the Congregational church last Sunday both morning and evening. At the service in the evening the M, F. church united with the Con- gregational. On Monday Mr. Jordan visited in the Brookvale district and held a service in the evening. Tuesday evening he held union meeting in the M. E. church. Wednesday he called on families in the east district and held a meeting in the evening in the school house. On Thursday he will call on the families in the southeast district and hold meeting in the school house in the evening. On Friday evening he will conduct the service in the regular weekly prayer meeting in the chapel of the Congregational church. Saturday he will call on the families in the Union district, and hold service in the school house in the evening. On Sunday he will preach in the Congregational church, morning and evening.
 The state board of agriculture will meet in the grange hall on Wednesday, March 20
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DECISION IS REsERKEn.
Motion For an Injunction in the Bay st
 Gas Company Case.

Motion For an Injunction in the Bay State
 Gas Company Case.
 New York, March 13.-Roger A. Pry- or, jr, made a motion in the supreme court to-day before Judge Patterson for an injunction restraining Clark, Ward & Co, from buying any more of the stock of the Bay State Gas company under a pool agreement, and also re- straining them from selling out certain stock of T. D. Hooper & Co. on the stock exchange under the rule. It ap- pears from the papers that an agree ment was entered into some time ago between the plaintiffs, T. D. Hooper & Co, and the defendants, Clark, Ward & Co, to enter into pool for the purchase of Bay State Gas stock, and a pool agreement was signed by which each of the parties were to be managers of the pool so that each could get customers for the stock, both of them to confer as to purchases. It is alleged that Clark went to Boston recently and bought r. 600 shares of the stock, which, it is claimed, was contrary to the agreement and a violation of the contract. On March last Clark rendered to the plaintiffs 2,670 shares of the stock, stat ing that he bought them for the pool Hooper refused to take them, and it is said that this tender means that they will sell Hooper out under the rule
 MT Pryor stated that the Hooper firm was entirely able to take the stock, but the grounds of the refusal was because it had been purchased in violation of the pool agreement.
 Mir Wellman opposed the motion, claiming that there was no intention on the part of the defendants to sell Hoop CT out under the rule.
 Judge Patterson reserved his decis- ion
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deceased. Senator Douglass was heapti- ly congratulated by scores of his friends who welcomed him to the circle of law makers with sincere pleasure. The senate club of the Twenty-second dis trct presented Senator Douglass with magnificent basket of roses and rare flowers.
 A petition of the Fair Haven and Wsetville road for additional powers was reported favorably. It provides for the building of single track electric line through Derby avenue, from Mar tin street to Chapel street, and a line from Yale field through the highway along by West river to Chapel street. It also provides for a line on East street from Grand avenue to Water street and for a line from Forest street in Vest vile through private land to the high est point of land near Maltby lake. It provides also for line through private land to the residence of Donald C.. Mitchell; another line through Ham den to the top of West Rock, starting at a point near Springside avenue, over West Rock and out to Wintergreen lake.
 The senate rejected the bill provid- ing for the election of the county com missioners by the people.
 The committee on constitutional amendments, Senator Johnson chair man, heard those in favor of appoint ing a commission to prepare new constitution and other bills relating to the election of state officers and the pay of members of the general assem- bly,
 In the senate this morning Senator Coffey, chairman of the railroad com mittee, submitted an unfavorable report on the resolution calling for a reduction of fares on the Savin Rock branch of the Winchester avenue road. The re- port was accepted and the petitioners given leave to withdraw.
 The judiciary committee has reported favorably a bill releasing the New York and New Haven railroad from double taxation, caused by taxation of the same stock in both Massachusetts and Connecticut in connection with the ex- change of stock in the Old Colony mer- ger
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BANK TELLER GOES WRONG.

A Shortage of Ten Thousand Dollars Dis
 covered-was Trusted OficiaI-An Ex-
 President of the Hartford Wheel Club.
 Hartford, Conn.,, March 13.--Banking circles here have been startled by an other serious defalcation to-day Louis A. Tracy. the secretary and acting teller of the Security company, is un- der arrest for embezzlement. The ar rest was made at the bank on Pearl street about Il o'clock this forenoon, and MT. Tracy occupies a cell at the police station, bonds having not yet been secured. The amount of his short age is said to be between $9,OOO and $1O,- 900. MT. Tracy has been in the Secur- ity company for a number of years and was supposed to be one of its most trusted officers. He has been president of the Hartford Wheel club and is well known in society. A cor respondent interviewed Tracy in his cell at the police station this afternoon. He refused to have anything to say about the amount of his shortage or what he had done with the money. He said the bank had not given him any opportunity to make good his shortage, that he offered to give up to them every cent of property he owned and make good the balance, but they would not listen to it. Judge w. F. Henney has been retained as his counsel.
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THE LADY WON HER CASE.
AWARDED DAMAGES FROM THE
 TELEPHONE COMPANY.

Case Will be Taken to Supreme Court
 Foreclosure Granted in City COurt-Con-
 tinuation of the Isbell Contested Will
 Case-ConsoIidated Railroad Sued.
 In the superior court late yesterday afternoon the jury which has been try ing the case of Mrs. Caroline Bradley against the Southern New England Tel ephone company returned shortly after o'clock with verdict for the plaintiff to recover $350 and costs. The suit was brought to recover $1,OOO damages on account of the Telephone company hay ing cut down six shade trees in front of her property on the East Haven turn pike.
 It is said that the case will be ap- pealed to the supreme court of errors, as the company intends to test the street railroad law which gives the selectmen the right to grant permission to rail- road and telephone companies to cut down trees that obstruct their lines.
 RAILROAD SUED FOR $1,O0O
 The Consolidated Railroad company was yesterday sued by the Winchester Repeating Arms company to recover $1, ,000 damages for the loss of property in the freight house fire on July s, 1898. The Arms company lost thousands of cartridges in the fire and the suit was brought, as no terms of settlement could be agreed upon. The papers in the case were served by Sheriff Tomlinson and are returnable to the present term of the common pleas court.
 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
 In the city court, civil side, yesterday afternoon Judge Callahan granted an order of foreclosure of a mortgage in the case of Betsy Ann Perkins of this city against William H. Johnson ct al. Time for redemption was limited to June 13
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BIRTHDAY MEETING
At the clty Mlsslon Han Yesterda

AL the Clty Mission Hall Yesterday.
 Nearly hundred members of the mothers meeting, with their little chil- dren, and also some of the members of the woman's department of the City Missionary association, met yesterday afternoon at the large mission hall to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Mrs Eleanor Shepard of 80 Clark street. For number of years past Mrs Shep- ard has been very helpful in this part of the New Haven mission work, being also on special duty as hospital visitor. Light refreshments were served to all by ladies of the department, and in token of their love and remembrance was the gift to Mrs. Shepard of two vases of choice cut flowers from the mothers present through Mrs. Sturgess and Miss Hume. By vote of the meet ing flowers were. also sent to Mrs. Han nah D. Hume and Mrs. A. P. Lines, who were unable to be present on ac- count of serious sickness.
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City Court-Criminal Side--Judge Callahan.
 Edward F. Quigley, policy playing continued until March 20; John Crow. ley, burglary, bound over under $5( bonds; Ricardo Gillandanp, non SUD- port, continued until April Il; Alfonso Baulli and Pasquale Volandi, injury to property, continued until March IA; B. Guy Seaver, begging, thirty days in jail, $6.24 costs; William E. Lewis, begging, thirty days in jail, $624 costs; John E, Neff, breach of the peace, six months in jail, drunk, $10 fine, $7SS costs; Mary Felice, drunk, judgment suspended, keeping house of i'll fame, discharged Peter Felice, keeping house of i'll fame, $25 fine, $9.52 costs; William J. Froelich, drunk, $3 fine, $7.52 costs, breach of the peace, nolle; Thomas Grady, reform school complaint, con- tinued until March IA; Terrence Lynch, reform school complaint, continued un- til April 30.
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Parkhnrst Men Arrested.

New York, March 13.-Agents Whit ney and Dennett of the Parkhurst so- ciety were arrested to-day on charges of conspiracy to prosecute Detectives Jacobs and McManus. Warrants are also out for Samuel Cohen, who figured in the cases. Burglar Liss, who helped to arrest Jacobs and McManus, was also arrested
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Six Italians Killed.

Cuchara Junction, Col, March 1S.-A mob entered the Walsenburg jail early to-day and killed two more of the Ital- ians charged with the murder of A. J. Hickson. In all six Italians have been killed.
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A Case Settled.

Bridgeport, March 13.-Beach Holger, Miss Julia Sebastian, settled the case yesterday by marrying her Miss Se- bastian wanted Holger for $500.
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To-day our Italian residents celebrate the birthday Humbert l.. King Of Italy.
 To-day the Presidents acknowledg- ments are to be extended to King George of Greece, in recognition of the Greek governments action in allowing American residents at Athens to con- duct their school there wholly free from state control. The King visits the U. s, legation at Athens personally to receive our national thanks.
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SPECIAL SALE

O1ly Ol
 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
 800 pieces No 1 Satin (Baby) Ribbon, regular price 15c, for 1Oc, piece of 10 yards.
 200 pieces extra quality All Silk Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, all best shades, No g, 1 3-4 inches wide, at Sc, sold eve rywhere for 10c.
 Oxldized Garter Buckles, a great bar gain, 5c pair
 Ladies' Medium Weight Ribbed Pants, never offered before less than 25c, at only 15c.
 Mems Outing Flannel Shirts. new spring styles and colors, never sold un- der 3Sc, at only 20c each.
 Genuine Celluloid Collars 10c.
 Genuine Celluloid Cuffs 19c.
 Ladies' Drawers of fine muslin, with cluster tucks, Hamburg insertion and ruffle of fine embroidery, a soc value, at only 29c.
 Fine Lining Cambrics 2 S-4c yard. La Parisienne Glycerine Soap regular 1Oc, at 6c.
 Genuine Comfort Powder 94c.
 The above Special Values only FRI DAY AND SATURDAY.
 Friday we display the latest Spring Wraps, Capes, Suits. Separate Skirts, silk Waists and Children's Reefers at our lslIal low prices.
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Conn, Glutltime Gp,
TO-DAY IN THE PAST.

March IA, 1854 spencer's philosophy taught at Oxford.
 March IA. 1869 Jubilee of Mahomet in Arabia.
 March A. 1894 ; President Peixoto pro- claims Brazilian war ended
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THE SENATE.

In the senate this morning Hon. John M. Douglass of Nfiddletown accepted the oath as senator from the Twenty second district, succeeding Senator Pickering,
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This graceful action on the part of the Greek King indicates q liberal, pro- gressive spirit on his part and the les- son it teaches should be taken to heart by some of the less liberal of the for eign rulers.
 We conduct our Clothing business al- ways on liberal, progressive plan liberal, because our goods are sold on the closest margin of profit progress i've, because our stock embraces all of the up-to-date fabrics and styles, and our business is done on plan consist ent with the times we are living in.
 Only few days more and the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-02

the total number of points Streeker made
the best record. Again, in the man target
match, at the same time he made score
of SO out of a possible 100, but was headed
by 0. P. Young, with 90.
His latest exploit had for its scene Shell
Mound Park, the event being shoot to
determine who was to secure the free
ticket to New York offered by the Exam
liner. Thirteen men competed. He won
with score of 347 out of a possible 900.
with 200 shots at the point target. Second
place was taken by D. Mclaughlin, with a
score Of 800.
At the shooting festival held at Mil
waukee, from June 10 to 90 inclusive
Strecker demonstrated that he had lost
none of his old-time nerve, delicacy oil
touch, strength and accuracy of eye.
In the standard-target shoot the task
was to score $50 with the fewest number OF
shots, five being scored for bullseye.
Strecker reached the limit with sixty-one
shots fired in fifty-fve minutes. The COM
petitor coming nearest to his score had to
fire f01 shots and occupied two hours in
the task.
At the man target Strecker scored 81 out
of possible 100 in five shots and carried
off the first prize.
There was team shoot during this fes-
tival in which eleven cities were repre-
sented. Strecker was in the team, entered
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cacy of touch he possesses. The strength
in his neither limbs he attributes to his
habit of standing erect while engaged in
his vocation, and his sensitive touch to the
frequent use of soap and hot water, which
keeps the epidermis of most delicate
texture.
His favorite weapon is 32-caliber Win
chester rifle with hair trigger, and he is
credited with being one of the very few
men who can touch hair trigger without
releasing it. This attribute is said to
greatly aid in accuracy in firing. Strecker
molds his own bullets and fills his own
shells, using As grains of powder for each
charge. He pays particular attention to
seeing that his shells are perfectly clean
before loading them, boiling them and
then thoroughly drying them. He prac-
tees nearly every Sunday at San Rafael or
Shell Mound Park.
The targets most in use for 200-yard
shooting are the point, ring and man.
The first named is black disk II inches in
diameter, divided into three parts by fine
white circles. The center is 81 inches in
diameter and scores three points. The
middle ring is ~ inches in width and
scores two, while the outer has a width of
2L inches and scores only one point. This
is the target generally used in deciding
who is entitled to be king Of the shooting
festival.
The ring target is divided into % circles,
each being three-fourtbs of an inch wide,
and are numbered from to %, the marks
man being credited with the number of
the ring he hits. The portion of the target
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will also meet in Dallas some evening dur
ing the week in which Corbett and Fitz-
simmons will settle their istic dispute.
1t will therefore be seen that great pro-
gramme of fistic sport is being arranged
and that the championships of the world
between the famous feather, light and
heavy weight pugilists will be decided.
In case George Dixon cannot manage to
get to the feather-weight line his place can
be readily filled by Anthony, the little
chunky Australian, who easily whipped
Mahoney at the Colma Club few evenings
ago. Anthony is only too anxious to meet
the best man among the feathers.
1t is said that the next steamer from
Australia will land fighter here named
Tut Ryan, who is reported as being q Won
derful heavyweight. He may be matched
against Joe McAuliffe, Barney Farley S
champion for twenty-round contest, and
if he should whip the Mission wonder he
may safely go East and challenge the win
ner of the Corbett and Fitzsimmons battle.
Farley says that McAuliffe has improved
so much since he whipped Professor
Bergen that he will surprise everybody
when he will next appear in the ring.
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zenbund of the United States which be-
gan Sunday at Schuetzen Park, Glendale,
L. l. His scores were: 46 out of a possible
so at the standard target, 70 out of posi-
BILE rs at the ring target and 81 out of a
possible 100 at the man target. AT the
ring and man targets he carried off the
first prizes, while at the standard he was
tied by two other marksmen, one of them
also Californian, E. Blondau.
Strecker is the acknowledged champion
shot of the world at 200 yards. His best
score, which is the worlds record, was
made last August at Schuetzen Park, San
Rafael, when he scored 366 points out of a
possible 800 in 200 shots at the point target.
He has also figured to great advantage in
many other contests with the rife.
He first came into prominence in 1874,
when he won the King medal from list
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of competitors numbering LOO at Balti-
more. He again came well to the front in
1876, when he was beaten at Philadelphia
by William Hayes at six-day bullseye
match by small margin. His defeat, his
friends claim, was due to the fact that Just
before the contest he had been confined to
bed by illness for a period of nearly five
months. Since then he has not been in
any matches in the East except the recent
one at Milwaukee, but has done a great
deal of clever work in this vicinity.
His forte is shooting at 200 yards, but
several years ago he Shot against Milton
Farrow OF West Virginia, at Alameda, at
500 yards, and though his opponent re-
sorted to reclining positions and Strecker
fired standing the latter came away the
victor.
AT the Midwinter Fair shoot, although
he failed to carry off any first prizes, his
failure to do SO was attributed to lack of
practice. AT the pcint-target match, in
which only centers or red flags counted,
he scored % in 100 shots, while his success
full rival, Mr.. Ehret, secured q. But in
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from San Francisco, and while his team
failed to win, he made the largest indivi-
dual score of the ffty-five men comprising
the various teams. The shooting was at
the ring target, and Strecker scored z22
points out of a possible $50, ten shots be-
ing fired.
In the individual ring-target shoot, how
ever, he was beaten by one point by Max
Rosenthal of Milwaukee, who scored "a
out of possible 100. =
Streeker is now in the prime of manhood,
and within the next few years he and his
rifle will be frequently heard from. He
will round out his forty-third year on the
4th of July. He is married and has two
children. For the past twenty years he
has been the senior member of the firm of
Strecker & Kern. BARRIERS, on Post street,
near Kearny. He is a member of the
Colum bia Pistol and Rifle Club of this City,
and also of the California Schuetzcn Club.
His partner, Mr.. Kern, although not an
expert shot himself, is great admirer of
the champion, and takes the keenest inter-
est in his success.
Strecker's success, he says, is due to the
possession of remarkably steady nerves,
a clear and strong eye, to the abnormal
strength in his legs, and to the great deli
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DeadIx Statistics.

A distinguished specialist has carefully
noted the difference between II families
of drinkers and IL families of temperate
persons during IL years. with the result
that he found that the Il drinking families
produced In those years 81 children, while
the temperate ones were accountable for 81.
Of the drinkers 25 children died in the
first week of life, as against six on the
other side. The latter deaths were from
weakness, while the former were attribu-
table to weakness, convulsive attacks, or
oedema of the brain and membranes. To
this cheerful record is added five who
were idiots; 5 were so stunted in growth
as really to be dwarfs; when older be-
came epileptics; one, a boy, had grave
chorea ending in idiocy; more were dis
eased and deformed, and of the epileptics
became by inheritance drinkers. fen only
of the 81 showed during life normal dis
position and DEVELOPMENT of body and
perate families were normal in every way.
American Practitioner.
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ROUGH ON THE oYOLIsF.
How q Practical Joker Made a Mess. OF
Tr0HhTe


An elaborate practical joke has been
playeh on a Belgian cyclist. While taking
his usual afternoon ride along the central
boulevard of Brussels he entered one OF
the cafes for some refreshments, leaving
his machine against lamp-post, says an
exchange.
A joker seated outside on terrace
pinned his trousers in the orthodox cy-
Clist's style, as If he were a genuine bicy-
clist, and taking hold of the machine as if
he had Just dismounted, halted one of
those long white bloused street commits
sioners to be met with at nearly every
street corner in Brussels.
my man, just you look after my BIZ
cycle and see that no one takes it during
my absence, for there are so many bicycle
thieves about the city you cannot be too
careful, so keep sharp lookout and here S
franc for your trouble"
The Joker then crossed the road, taking
up his post at a cafe opposite to enjoy the
result of the francs investment. Out came
the unsuspecting victim and taking the
machine was about to start.
"Hold, there, old chappie, we know your
measure, so off with you" said the while
bloused one, at the same time gently fore
ing the astonished cyclist back.
At first he thought the man was drunk,
and expostulated quietly with him, but ali
to no purpose, the trusty guardian simply
replying that she knew what he was
about" Finding persuasion useless, Mr..
x lost his temper, and the discussion
soon grew to angry menaces on both sides.
Meanwhile large crowd had assembled,
highly amused at the prospects of a
pugilistic encounter. The appearance of
policeman put a stop to any fighting,
and he took both the belligerents to the
station, escorted by an immense crowd of
spectators.
The unfortunate bicyclist soon recol-
lected that he had in his pocket his license,
on which was recorded the number of his
machine. In consideration of this testi-
mony the machine was handed over to the
rightful owner.