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the last one Henry Barnard, then the
president of the company, loaned the
company $4,000. In 1862, dividends
ceasing, inquiries were made, the
books were inspected and in January,
1868, new officers were elected. Smith
Ely of New York City was elected
president. Captain Pollard, who had
been ousted, was reinstated as mining
boss The product of the mine was
increased until 100 tons were mined
daily. In 1870 the product of the fur
naces was 943, ,461 lbs. of copper and
in 1880 it was 3,1S6,175 lbs. After this
came the Goddard period and
then the ely war" The receiver
ship followed. In 1883 Judge S. NJ,
Gleason, the receiver, sold the proper
ty to F. M. F. Cain, who assigned the
purchase to Otto K. Krause of New
York City, who afterwards conveyed
the property to the Colperfield Mining
and Smelling Co. The new company
expended large sums of money in put
ting the property in thorough working
condition and into improvements until
it had one of the best equipped min
ing and smelling plants in the coun-
try. There was for a few years a
large output of copper and the COM
pany was prosperous, but copper went
down, down, until it sold for but s
cenCs per ID. Mr.. Krause, who owned
the stock, abandoned the mine and
went to Germany, giving to the Brad
ford bank, which had a mortgage upon
the property that with accumulated in
terest amounted to $51, 1000, peaceable
possession of the same. The bank
taking possession requested Mr.. Fred
W. Farnham of West Fairlee, who had
been cashier of the Copperfield Min
ing and Smelling Co., to take charge
of the property and he did So Under
his superintendency mining operations
were continued and going outward
and upward from either side of the
No. 3 drift in the upper part of the
mine, fine bodies of copper ore were
found, on which the men have been
working since.
Ely-Copperfie1d Company's Troubles.
Three years ago a company was or
ganized under the name of the Ely
Coppertield Mining Co. through the
efforts of Elbert o. Leonard, treasurer
of the Bradford bank. This company
capitalists of New York and Boston
with whom We're associated several
Yermonters. Leading mining experts
inspected the mines and reported that
there were within easy reach of the
old workings great bodies of ore that
were fully as valuable as those found
were even more extensive than the old
body of ore from which so many mil
lion tons had been taken. The new
retained Mr.. Farnham as SUI
and mining operations
We're commenced by them August 10,
1896. Some very successful mining
was done up to April l, 1897, when Il
arose between the
officers of the company and work was
Neither party among the
officers would pay the debts of the
and they were petitioned in
to insolvency. Fred W. Farnham and
Hon. E. p. George of West Fairlee
and Gen. w. II. Gilmore of Fairlee
were appointed assignees. Mr.. Farm
which he could sell ana Immediately
negotiations with men rep
ham, the chairman, at once went to
work to get the property out of the
position in which it was
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Orange county hills appear to have
been made repositories of remarkably
large bodies of valuable minerals and
there is now promise of great wealth
to be derived from them. The most
promising of these mineral deposits
today is the vast body of copper ore
in the hills of STAFFORD, Vershire and
Corinth, where is found one of the
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Of L B. Johnson, editor of Herald and News
copper mining. In Washington some
men repairing a piece of highway
found vein of gold-bearing quartz on
the farm of John Fl. Clough A min
ing company has been organized, some
of the ore has been assayed and was
found to carry 500 to the ton. The
vein will be further developed at
once. Washingtons marble quarry
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1NVEIINTV3FII'I
mines for many years and put the pro
duct upon the market marked with a
star and this star brand was famed
for it's value in wire making. The
company jealously guarded the secret
of the source from which they got this
copper, fearing their rivals would out
bid them and obtain the product
should they learn it's source There is
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ORANGE " COUNTY
COPPER.
Great Revival in Mining Interest has Surely Begun.

Sale Of the Extensive Copperh Property Westinghouse Means
Its Early and Complete Development Largest Copper Mines
the East IN Operation South Sraod Veins Being
Opened in Many Localities Present High Prices Are Very
Favorable Profitable Copper Mining --Fun History and
Description of the Various Mines and Plants
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-30
AT THE RAILROAD Y. M. G. A.

Interesting Meeting Yesterday After
noon-Rev Mr.. Cutten the Speaker.
AT the Railroad Y. M. c. A. yesterday
afternoon there was an interesting
meeting, at which Rev George B. Cut
ten, pastor of the Howard avenue Bap-
fist church, was the speaker. 1t was
the regular Sunday meeting at the rail-
road department. and there was an ex
cellent programme, including cornet and
vocal solos. The subject of Rev. Mr.
Cuttens address yesterday was Saved
to Serve and in very interesting dis
course he showed the correct and false
idea of sacrifice for fellow men. The
false idea is that of salvation and the
correct idea, Mr.. Cutten said, was that
of the text. Mr.. Gluten spoke Of hero
and hero worship and the man who sac
rificed himself for others, showing the
beautiful examples placed before us in
the Bible.
Next Sunday afternoon at $3.50 there
will be services to which all railroad
employees and their families are well
come. The speaker will be John Mack
rifle, auditor of freight receipts of the
Consolidated road.
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WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
SATURDAYS COLE MATCH WON BY
THE HOME TENN.
Hamden OH cials Forbid Riding wheels
on Sidepath-PoIO Season Opens i'm
Hibernfan Hall This Evening-As-
scssors VIII be In Session This Week.

The golf match between Wallingtord
and Meriden teams on the east side
links Saturday afternoon resulted in
victory for Walingford, who won by
a score of Is up.
The selectmen of Hamden have post
ed notices against riding on the side
walks through that section OF the town
that extends over between New Haven
and North Haven, both sides OF Scheut-
zen park The selectmen of Hamden
should study up the statutes as to
what comprises by law a sidewalk, be-
fore it's officers make any arrests OF
wheelmen riding on the so-called side
walk as it is said with two exceptions
there is not any part OF the path
through the entire section of the town
of Hamden in that vicinity that comes
within the letter of the law of what
constitutes sidewalk The path in
question would, if the bicycles were
barred out, soon be grown up with
grass as it was before the wheels made
it what it is at present, simply wide
path well worn down by bicycles.
M d. Hayden of Washington street
received word Friday night from
Southington that he was grandpa
that his daughter Eliza (Mrs. kelley
was the mother of a little girl baby.
Hall avenue, from the railroad to
Cherry street, in front of D. j. Lynch's
property, is to have a cobble stone gut
ter on one side at least.
The polo season will open up in Hi
bernan hall this evening with a game
between the Manchesters and Walling-
fords The local team is considered to
be one of the strongest teams in the
league.
Richards and Garfield in Hoyt's "A
Temperance Town" are booked for the
opera house Thursday evening, Novem-
Der &c.
The assessors will be in session Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week from a. m, to 8 p. m. at the
selectmen's office to make out tax
lists,
Center street, Is to have a new cleo
trio car some day.
Co. KS drill season will open Thurs
day evening.
B. A. Treat is home from Alabama.
One new boiler and the smoke stack
for the electric light plant has arrived
and will be placed in position this
week.
Miss Bertha Wildman will leave to-
day for Albany, ~ Y.
The selectmen and assessors will
meet this afternoon at 3 O'Clock as
board of relief to hear and decide APP
peals on the Central school district
grand list.
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OBITUARY NOTES.


Funeral of Isaac Ncpel Held Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock took
place the funeral of Isaac Nepel, whose
death occurred Saturday morning, af-
ter long Illness, from the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Solomon Goldbaum, on
Olive street. Mr.. Nepe was in the
eighty sixth year of his age, and at
the time of his death was the oldest
Israelite in the city. To mourn his loss
he leaves one brother, Jacob Nepel of
New York; one son, Abraham Nepel;
three daughters, Mrs. Becky Goldbaum,
and Jennie and Esther; a number Of
grandchildren and one great-grand-
child Mr.. Nepel at one time was we'll
known hereabouts as goldsmith. New
Haven was the deceaseds home for
over thirty-five years. The funeral
services were performed, both at the
decea sed's late home and at the grave,
by the Rev Louis Alexander of the
congrega ton B'nai Sholom Of Olive
street, of which Mr.. Nepel was sexton
for many years. The burial took place
in the cemetery of the congregation in
Hamden. The pallbearers We're Isaac
Ullman, Marks Jacobs. Hynan Gold
baum and Mr. Snitzky, who for many
years We're close friends of the deceas-
ed.
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ON EDWARDS STREET,

The new residence on Edwards street
The house will be built of North Haven
brick, trimmed with Indiana limestone.
The entrance is through tiled vesti-
bule, which opens into large staircase
hail. on the right of which is the draw
ing-room, and on the left are the library
in front and the dining-room in the
rear, with the kitchen, pantries, ETC.,
back of the drawingroom. The three
rooms on this floor will be provided
with fireplaces. On the second floor are
three chambers, each having fireplace,
with sewing-room, nursery and two
bathrooms. On the third floor are three
rooms and a bathroom Every i'm
provement will be provided, with fur
mace heat.
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AN UNUSUAL DOUBLE FUNERAL
AT EAST HARTLAND,

An unusual funeral was held Sunday,
the 22d, in the Congregational church
in East Hartland, that of Henry A.
Brown and Mrs. Mabel Bunnell, grand
father and granddaughter, MI. Brown
had attained to the advanced age Of
eighty-six years and three months. He
was for many years an employe of the
Gilbert Clock company of Winsted
Many years ago, when a young man,
he drove a stage from Hartford to AL
bany. Mrs. Bunnell died at the Hart
ford hospital after an operation per-
formed upon her for appendicitis.
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DIED In INDIA

Charles Harding, a member of Yale's
famous class of '53, died recently in
India. He had been for fortWthree
years a missionary of the Marathi mis-
sion in India, having been located most
of the time in Sholapur. Rev, Mr.
Harding was born in Whately, Mass,
but lived in Conway and Sunderland.
He was graduated from Yale with high
honors in SO and then went to the Union
Theological seminary, where he was
graduated in Sc. He was one of the
most efficient missionaries who was ever
given a Yale diploma.
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SMALL FIRES YESTERDAY.
One on Oak Street and One on Wash
ington Avenue

One on Oak Street and One on wash
ington Avenue.
An alarm was rung from box IS at
the corner of Oak and Broad streets
about o'clock yesterday afternoon for
a fire in Fl. S. Kugel's furniture store
at 31-33 Oak street. The store was be-
ing cleaned and naphtha was being used
in the cleansing operation. In some
way the naphtha caught fire in the
rear of the store. The fremen respond
ed promptly and the flames were ex-
tinguished quickly, not more than $50
worth of damage resulting.
About GAS last evening an alarm was
sent in from box Is at the corner of
Washington and Columbus avenues.
The fire was in the apartments of
Philip Lindenmeier over his bakery at
PIG Washington avenue. A little girl
dropped a lighted match on the floor.
setting the carpet afire. The fire
spread to a lounge and was burning
with quite blaze when the firemen ar
rived. The damage will amount to
about SIS.
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PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT.

Professor and Mrs. Chittenden gave
reception for the Yale Shelf. freshmen
on Friday afternoon at their Trumbull
street residence. Mrs. Chittenden re-
ceived in a reception toilet of black
combined with pale blue She was as
sisted by Miss Chittenden, who wore
white crepe de chine. The girls with
out hats We're Miss Olive Damn, wear
ing pretty gown of yellow silk; Miss
Bertha Wurts, the Misses Butler, Miss
Ada Butler, wearing all white; Miss
Helen Benedict, wearing pale mode Gre
pom combined with pale blue; Miss Ma
bel Patterson and Miss Elizabeth Sar-
gent. The Misses Monson and their
guest, Miss Helen Bushnell of Plain
field, N. j., and the Misses Wilson were
also among the girls present.
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woMEN's SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

WOMEN'S SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
At the meeting of the Women's
School association held Saturday after
noon at the rooms of the Young Mems
Institute, it was announced that Re-
becca Beach has presented the associa-
ton with the use of very pleasant
room in the Hubinger building during
the year. The question, Supervisors in
the Public Schools" was briefly dis
cussed and committee, composed of
Mrs Schwab, Mrs. De Forest and Mrs.
Blake were selected to consider Mass
Meeting to discuss the question. Mrs.
Rodgers gave an interesting report of
the Relief Committee. Mrs Newton,
Mrs. Platt and Mrs. Nichol reported as
"School Visitors" Mrs. Nichol reported
a very successful Fire Drill In Win
chester school, where, without any pre-
vious warming 900 children in a most
orderly manner vacated the school in
the most systematic manner, and re-
turned and were seated in less than ten
minutes. She highly complimented
Principal Hurd and the management
of the school, the teachers and the jan
itor. A committee composed of Mrs.
Newcomb Mrs. Miller, Mrs, Shelton,
Mrs. Atwater and Mrs. Troup were APP
pointed nominating committee" to
select candidates for officers for the as
sociation the coming year.
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A CHAPTER OF ARRESTS.
Doings Of Some of the Offenders Taken
in Yesterday.

in Yesterday
Thomas Dowd, who lives on Pond
street, was arrested yesterday by Pre-
cinct Detective Ward Of the Grand
Margaret Dowd. Dowd was arrested
Saturday night for being drunk and
was allowed to go yesterday morning.
He Immediately went home and began
to whip his WIFE
John Mccarthy, man who is we'll
known to the police and has but recent
ly been released from Jail, was arrested
about o'clock yesterday morning by
Patrolman Ward for assault upon his
father, who lives on Fillmore street.
Young Mccarthy went to his fathers
house about 2:30 in the morning, routed
the old gentleman out of bed and then
proceeded to beat him severely. He
was locked up, charged with drunk and
breach of the peace.
Early Saturday evening Sergeant Do
herty Of the Grand avenue precinct had
hard tussle with Edward H. Shea,
whom he arrested on Grand avenue for
being drunk and disturbing the peace.
When the sergeant attempted to arrest
Shea, the latter resisted tiercely and
kicked Doherty several times. The ser
geant finally subdued him and took
him to the station house, where he was
locked up. Sergeant Doherty yesterday
had lump about the size of a hens
egg on his head, caused by a kick from
Shea, who is lneman employed by
the Western Union Telegraph company
and halls from Worcester, Mass.
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FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT.

Waterbury, Conn, Oct 2S.-Herbert
Gray, aged twelve years, was shot and
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of COM
panion, Frank Smith, aged fourteen
years, at Wheatons station this after
noon.
The two boys were hunting and in
some unknown manner the gun which
Smith carried was accidentally dis
charged, the charge striking Gray and
resulting in his almost instant death.
The parents of both boys live in Water
Vile.
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N. L. BIRGE OF BRISTOL.

Bristol. Conn, Oct 29.-Nathan l..
Birge, head of the firm of N. L. Birge
& Sons knit goods manufacturers,
died at his home on Bellevue avenue
to-day of heart failure, aged seventy
six years. He is survived by a widow
and three sons, one of whom being ex-
Senator John Birge, The deceased was
a native of Bristol and was one of the
original 49ers' that went to Califor-
MIA He had been of late prominently
identified with many of Bristols bust
ness interests.
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COUNTRY CTIrR HOJTSE

The formal opening of the New Ha-
ven Country club house will soon occur.
A reception will be given from 3 to 6
o clock on Saturday, November 4th.
Mrs. Henry L. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Arthur
Twining Hadley, Mrs. Stephen Whitney,
Mrs. Eli Whitney, Mrs. Franklin B.
Dexter and Mrs. Bruce Fem will re-
ceive. There will be music and tea. In
case of rain the reception will be post
poned until Wednesday, November Sth.
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SUPREME COURT.

Tomorrow morning the supreme
court of errors will take up the case
of the G. NJ Williams company of New
London against William ]. Brennan.
This is New London county case
transferred The New Haven county
case of Garwood M. Woodruff against
Raymond G. Baldwin will be taken up
subsequently. This is the last of the
New Haven county cases.
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MERGENTHALER DEAD.

Inventor of the Linotype Typesetting
Machine Expires in Baltimore.
Baltimore, Oct. 2S.-Ottmar Morgan
thaler, the inventor of the Linotype ma
chine, died to-day of consumption. He
was born in Germany on May 10, 1854.
He had been in failing health with con-
sumption for the last year His Won
derful invention brought him fortune.
He had sought health in the Adiron-
dacks and on the Pacific coast, but in
vain. He leaves a family.
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WILLIAMS WILL PROBABLY AP-
PEAL

Derby, Oct 29.-Justice Howard B.
Peck rendered his decision, Saturday in
the civil suit of John Williams of New
Haven against Frank Champion of
this city. Action was brought to collect
$50 board bill alleged to be due Will
liams, who was formerly proprietor Of
the Birmingham hotel. Judgment for
$21 was given in favor of the plaintiff,
but Williams will have to stand the
costs of court. An appeal will doubt
less be taken, as the decision is unsat-
isfactory to the plaintiff
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MILFORD PROPERTY.

Milford, Oct. 29.-Ex-Judge Robert
son, as a committee of the superior
court, has sold the property of the Grin
nell estate of this town for $4,000, which
consisted of the Beaver Brook farm and
the straw hat factory which Is located
on Factory street. and the sale was APP
proved by the court.
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GIVING A BRIDE-ELEcT A TRIAL.

w. P. Bacon of Derby is holding the
lines over the fast three-year- old filly
Bride-elect, the property Of J. H. Bron-
son of this city. The latter is to sell his
horses at the New York horse sale soon
and allowed Mr.. Bacon to give Bride
elect trial for the purpose of pur-
chasing her if he chooses. The horse
was sired by On Line, with record of
2:04 H.
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DIED IN SOUTH NoRwALK.

South Norwalk, Oct. 2S-"Judge" AL
fred Knapp, aged seventy-eight years,
at one time a prominent business man
of South Norwalk, engaged in hating
and later in the grocery business, died
last night at his home, the Mahackemo
hotel. He was the father of Wallace P
Knapp at one time champion tennis
player of the United States.
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ANNUAL MEETING

Of the City Missionary Association This
Afternoon.
The annual business meeting of the
City Missionary association will be held
at 4 O'Clock this afternoon at English
Hall, corner of Court and State streets
The directors will meet at the same
place one-half hour earlier The annual
supper and public meeting will be held
at one of the churches at later date to
be announced hereafter
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GROWN RUBBER COMPANY

A certificate of organization of the
Crown Rubber company of Hartford
was filed in the town clerks office Sat
urday. The company is capitalized at
$4,000, divided into 100 shares Of the
par value of 100 each.
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Mrs. Margaret Vale, a woman about
twenty-five years of age, who resided
with her parents at AZ Hazel street,
died of typhoid fever at Grace hospital
yesterday afternoon. She had been at
the hospital about a week ago.
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TO STORE CARRIAGES,

Plans have been made for a building
to be erected on Vernon street for Sieg-
fried Hermann, to be used for the
storage of carriages 1t will be 1Sx5S
feet of brick, two stories high, with
gravel roof.
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Health for ten cents. Cascarets make
the bowels and kidneys act naturally,
destroy microbes, cure headache, bilious
ness and constipation. All druggists.
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POSTPONED

The shoot by the Sarsfields for last
Saturday had to be postponed on ac-
count of the bad weather.
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DEATH OF COMMODORE PERKINS.

Long and Honorable War Record-COm-
manded the Gunboat New Haven in
1862
Boston. Oct 2S-Commodore George
H. Perkins (retired), of the United
States navy. died from heart disease
at his home on Commonwealth avenue
this evening. He was taken i'll on We'd
nesday while driving.
George Hamilton Perkins was born
at Hopkinton, N f., on October 20, 1886.
He was raduated from the naval school
in 1856, and in the same year was order
ed on a cruise in the West Indies He
saw service in South American and At
rican waters until the outbreak of the
civil war, and, attached to the Cayuga,
with the rank of master, he passed
Forts Jackson and st. Philip and the
Chalmette batteries, and was in several
skirmishes on the Mississippi after the
capture of New Orleans. For short
time he was executive officer of the
Pensacola. In 1862 he was made lieu
tenant commander, took command of
the gunboat New Haven, then used as
supply and dispatch boat, and success
fully ran the Port Hudson batteries five
times. In the following year he was
appointed to the command Of the Scioto,
doing blockade duty off the Texas coast
AS volunteer for the battle of Mobile
Bay he received an appointment to the
ironclad Chickasaw, and his vessel
played a prominent part in the reduc-
ton of Forts Powell, Gaines and Nor
gan, and in the capture of the Tennes-
see. Shore duty service in the North
Pacific and ordnance service at the Bos-
ton navy yard followed. He was made
a commander in 1871, captain in 1882,
was retired in 1891, and in 1896 was pro-
NOTED to the rank of commodore for his
services in the civil war.