WEEKLY ENORWALK' - GAZETTE. I r AMORNINRRLAZE. Shortly after. 8 Thursday morning as Will Tocque of Broard River was . coming down Wilton avenue he discov- I ered a blaze issuing from the three- gable house, N o. 24 Wilton avenue. The fire was also discovered at about the same time by Fred Church of Or- chard street, who was at work in a house a few doors away. Both ran to the Electric Light Station and the engineer blew the whistle as an alarm of fire, but as no alarm was sent in from the fire alarm bell the firemen did notat first respond. The noise of the whistle attracted the attention of Assistant Engineer Smith and a Gaza-rm reporter who stood opposite the fire department houses on Main street. The former then gave orders to run out the fire apparatus, and both the hose carriage and truck were quickly on the way to the scene. Before the engine boys reached the fire “Ed” Burr came to their assistance and helped drag the hose-carriage through Hoyt street, closely followed by the'truck company. Hope Hose company went by the way of River street. In the: meantime an attempt had been made to send in an alarm from Box 58 at the corner of Catherine and Fair streets, but the box failed to work for the reason that Box 15 had been opened and a general alarm was being sent in. Connections with hydrants ' were quickly made but as repairs were be- ing made on the water main, there was not pressure enough to throw the water with any force on the flames which had by this time enveloped the entire roof. A connection was made with a hydrant several hundred feet away with but lit.- tle better results. A line of hose was then run down the embankment at the rear of the house and across the rail- road tracks to Chestnut street and a fairly goOd pressure of water was had. As the flames threatened to com- municatc with adjacent buildings, Chief Prowitt ordered out the steamer which on the way to 'the fire became stalled at the foot of the hill on- Wilton avenue, Expressman Ferris hitched his team ahead of the steamer horses and it was soon hauled up the hill. On the arrival of the steamer a strong stream was thrown on the flames and they were quickly drowned out. The first floor of the house was occu- pied by John Chambers, and the second story was vacant the family having moral .out a few weeks since. Cham- bers succeeded in saving nearly all of his household belongings including a , piano, with the exception of a lot of bed clothes, bedding, etc. which was stored in the garret. Mr. Chambers has an insurance of $500 on his house- hold goods with Taylor & Golden. The house was built for Sydney Wil- ‘ liams but he exchanged it for other As property some time ago. It is now owned by Walter S. Chopin of Gard- ner, Mass. There is an insurance of $2,000 on the house through the agency of O. E. Wilson. :The loss will proba- bly reach $1,000. ‘ The entire roof of the house was burned and one of the chimneys fell with a crash during the progress of the fire. The cause of the fire was evidently a a defective flue. -_._._.._.‘ 0- Death of Rev. W. E. Manley. One of the early founders of the Uni- versalist church in this country, Rev. W. E. Manley, died in Denver, Col., Sept. 29th, aged 84. He was born here in Norwalk in 1812, and was a noted theoligian. He established St. Paul’s Universalist church in Chicago in 1842, and has lived in Denver the past seven- teen years, with a married daughter. The propeller City of Norwalk, Cap- tain Moses Wilson, has resumed its regular trips between this city and New York. x__ Gun=Shot Wounds. » Major E. A. Garlington was shot through the arm at the battle of "' Wounded Knee," December 29, 1890, the last fight between the Indians and our troops. It is not often that a. regular army officer ' [certifies to the value of a proprietary remedy, but this is what Major Garliugton says about SALVA-CEA: ”WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2:, 1895. “I have used SALVA-CEA for soreness or rheumatic pains in the muscles of my arm, whichis dis- abled from a gun-shot wound involv- ing the elbow joint ; relief was quick . and complete. E. A. GARLINGTON, Major and Inspector General, U. S. A." Not many people suffer from gnu-shot wounds, to be sure, but lots of us do suffer from piles, local skin irrita- tion, chafings, colds and nasal catarrh, and Suva-can is just as efficacious in all of these as in gun-shot wounds. Two sizes 25 and 0 cents per ho . At druggistsfor by mail. 2 for Jeri-seated air: and rfieumarfrm of the Joint: are So viz-cm, “ Extra Strong." Sold in that at 75 cent: (ac/r. Tim Emma Co., 274 Canal Street, N. Y. Q belong to~the city. He said be under- II WISE DECISION-I A GITY MEETING VOTESIO meR AND RE- PAVE WALL STREET AND MAKES THE PROPER APPROPRIATIONS. ’ Work to be Done Under the Supervision of the City Council. ” On September 28th a city meeting was held at the “barracks” called the Town House, for the purpose of consid- ering the matter of widening and pav- ing Wall street. An adjournment was taken until Oct- ober 7th in order that an approximate estimate of the cost might be secured by the city engineer. The adjourned meeting was held Wednesday afternoon and in the Opera House. Something over 100 voters and taxpayers were present,and the changed surroundings seemed to have exerted a good influence, as the matters brought forward were calmly and intelligently discussed. , Mayor Wheeler presided and he too seemed to have caught the infection of good cheer that prevailed. The meeting was called to order fol- lowed by the reading of the call. A .large map showing the proposed changes on Wall street was in evidence and the situation was fully explained by Engineer Wood. In reference to the damage that such proposed improvements would entail, he said that William B. E. Lockwood placedhis damages at $4,000. Michael Ratchford wanted $7,000 as his build- ing would be practically ruined. He gave $4,500 for the property and had expended $600 in repairs. If wanted for city improvements he would sell for $6,000. As to the damages wanted on the Wilson property Mr. Wood stated that he had been unable to get an esti- mate. - Charles Olmstead asked if the portion of the walk wanted by the city in front of the Wilson building did not already stood that the owner of the building paid a yearly rental of $12 to the city or town for the privilege of restinga portion of the same on the arch of the bridge. A. H. Byidgton said that it was with- in his memory when the portion of the walk. spoken of was a gravel pathway, but could not say as t6 whether it was private or public property. Engineer wood explained that the cost of the change aside from property damages would approximate, 81,100. 0. E. Wilson explained that the owner of the building at the time it was erected agreed to pay 312 a year for a term of twenty-five years for the privilege of resting a corner of the same on the arch but that the time had I expired and nothing had been paid of late. Isaac Selleck asked for an approxi- mate estimate of the cost of the pro- posed widening and was informed that it would be about $12,000. The matter of repaving Wall street was then brought before the meeting. A. H. Byington started the ball rolling by asking if it were practicable and wise to cover with asphalt the present cobble pavement. Engineer Wood stated that the cob- bles would make a good foundation for asphalt. A suggestion also came from this source that before the street was repaved it would be advisable to take up about 350 feet of old cement and sheet iron water-pipe, and substitute iron which would necessitate an expen-T diture of about $650. After some further discussion on the matters before the meeting, Hon E. O. Keeler presented the following resolu- tion: - RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Council of the City of Norwalk be and they are hereby instructed to cause Wall street in said city easterly of the corner of Wall and Water streets to be widened by taking the neces- saryland therefore southerly of said Wall street_at such points and of such a wrdth as said Mayor and Council — may determine uponall to be done accord, ing to. the provrsions of the. charter of said city in such case made’and pro- vrded. , The resolution prevailed by an al- most unanimous viva voce vote. The following resolution was then presented and passed. ~_ RESOLVED. That there be and there is hereby appropriated from the city treasury whatever money may be necessary to pay as damages in the widening of said Wall street as di- rected at this meeting after the assess- ment and payment of benefits accord- ing to the law. The chair appointed ‘Messrs. Samuel Lynes,Joseph A.Gray and E. J . Thomas as tellers. The resolution was carried by a vote of 92 to 22. A resolution calling for the repaving of Wall street with vitrified brick pro- voked considerable discussion. Engineer Wood said an approximate estimate of the cost of repaving it with vitrified brick would. be about 86.000 and with granite blocks $4,940. This however did not inc‘ude 100 feet on Mill Hill which would increase the cost, brick pavement, $1,375; granite, $1,237. , B. W. Maples said that the specifying that brick be used surprised him and he moved to amend by substituting the word “granite” in place of brick. A. H. Byington was in favor of a brick pavement. He said “there are bricks and bricks,” and stated that he had seen the better class of brick put to severe use in Washington as well as in New Haven and it was preferable to granite blocks. He thought it also less expensive to keep in repair. He inci- dentally asked as to what portion of the cost the electric railways would hear. Truckman Charles J. Ferries said that he was in‘favor of the brick pavement and that it had been his experience that it was much better for both horses and vehicles. Granite blocks he said were apt to wear smooth and become danger- ous to travel over in winter time. Mr. Maples remarked that Mr. By- in‘gton had failed to state that in Wash- ington the horses did not wear calks and hence there was not liable to be as much wear on the pavement. He then offered to amend by making the resolu- tiOn read granite or brick as the coun- cil might determine. Mr. Byington, replied to the first part of Mr. Maples’ remarks by saying that while in Washington he had his horse calked and believo at that there were many other horses that wore calks there. Mr. Ferries called attention to two cities in New Jersey where the brick pavement wasgivinz the best of satis- faction. B. W. Maples thought it would be advisa'de to authorize the Water Com- misw nets to place the water pipes in ordc r :Tefore any work was done in the way .. repaving the street. As the matter was not incorporated in the call for the meeting no action was taken, but it was understood that the Water Commissioners would attend to the matter. Isaac Selleck thought it would be advisable to postpone any action in the matter until spring or until the Mill Hill imprnvements were completed. William McMullen spoke up and shot the following question at Mr. Selleck, “Do you expect a poor man can fast for three months?” Mr. Keeler said that the council was an intelligent and capable one, as proven by their past work and thought the city would lose nothing by leaving the matter entirely in their hands to act upon as they thought to be for the best interests of the city. The following resolution was passed: RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Council of the city of N orwalk be and they are hereby authorized and instruct- ed to pave Wall street in said city with vitrified brick or granite blocks as the council shall determine upon, from the present macadam on the west side of the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad Com- pany’s bridge, easterly to east grade of Wall and Smith street all to be done agreeably to the provisions of the city charter in such case made and provided. After some further discussion the fol- lowing resolution was passed by a vote of 93 to 11. _ RESOLVED, That there be and there is hereby appropriated from the city treasury whatever money may be nec- essary to pay for the paving of said Wall street, between the points above named in the last resolution, after the assessment and payment of benefits ac- cording to law. Charles Olmstead remarked that the council had. wisely employed towns- people on the work being done about the city and on the Mill Hill improve. ments. He was, he said, in favor of going ahead with the work as early as practicable. , . , The past action of the Council was warmly commended by Messrs. Keeler, Gray and others. Mr. Byington asked what part of the proposed improvements the street railways would pay in the condemna- tion proceedings. He also congratula- ted the Mayor. and council for having convened the meeting in such a pleas- ant place instead of at the Town House barracks. The city attorney said that he could not give the amount, but that the citi- zens might feel assured the Mayor and Council would do their duty in the premises. Mayor Wheeler in behalf of himself and the council thanked the citizens for the confidence they seemed to have in the doings of that body, And then he adjourned one of the pleasantest, most important and har- monious city meetings ever held in Norwalk. EARLY CALIFORNIA SHIPS. ~ Bow Commerce Grow in the Youth of the Golden State. The first European .vessel to enter ' San Francisco, of which there is a record, was the Eagle, in 1816, com- manded “by Capt. William H. Davis. She sailed from Boston via the Sand- wich Islands and Alaska. She brought an assortment of goods ‘which was a revelation to the natives, and their garments of skins and hides were substituted by the clothing of. civilization. Payments were made in hides, tallow, soap and fish. The Ea- gle then became engaged in the sea otter trade, and was very successful, ‘as otters were plentiful in this bay and all along the coast. She made three trips, netting about 325.000 on each trip. This stimulated others, and this discovery, no doubt, gave impe- tus to commerce, which made this port known to the world, says the “Overland Monthly.” Commerce in these days of manna was carried on in what might be termed a “free-and-easy” manner. On many articles the duty was 100 per cent, which' practically amounted to confiscation, or made smuggling nec- essary in self-defense. The Mexican ofllcials generally opened the door. Frequently vessels were permitted to pass Montrey—the port of entry— coming to Xerba Buena, and after selling as much of the cargo as pos- sible, return to Monterey for entry and dispose of the remainder. The shippers were not sworn as to the value of the cargo; they gave fic- titious invoices, and by this means would get off on the payment of $5,- 000 on a $20,000 cargo. .. It became so customary to swindle the government as to scarcely excite comment, except in cases where goods were c’oncealed in false linings of the vessels, and the government officials were outwitted. ' Mother; Have You. (1 Bo by :1 If so, get from your druggist to day for 25C 9. bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Every baby often has distressmg .colic. 'Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure gives immediate relief by removing wind from. the stomach and‘quieting the nerves, givrng restful sleep. Mother, think of the worry and anxiety this saves you. If your baby is teething Dr. Hand’s Teeth- ing Lotion for 25¢ soothes and relieves all pain. Sold by all druggists. The annual inspection of Bucking- ham Post, G. A. R. will take place October 21st. Mother's Find Nothing Equal to Dr.Hand’s Colic Can-e:t WATERBURY Conn., 4-2-’96—Hand Medicine Co:-—Dear Sirs:—“I am using Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing to equal them. They work like magic. Lwould not be without them in .my house. The little ones love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure aud cry for it; it relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-, gists, 25. Mr. and Mrs. .F._J. Mallory of Jersey' City Heights are spending a few days in town. Two Lives sgved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, III. was told by her doctors she had Con' sumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completelycured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach- ing Consumption; tried without result everything else,'then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank- ful. It is such results, of which these are samples, tnat prove the wonderful eflicacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘8.- naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Mr. Sewall’e latest contribution to the Democratic c. . inpaign fund is said to be $20,000. Old People, Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxi- cant, but acts as a. tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength andgiving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exact- ly what they need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 per bottle at E. 'P. Weed’s Drug Store Norwalk and Monroe‘s New Ca~ naan. The Fairfield County Medical society will meet in the hall of Hobbie Post at Stamford next Tuesday. Bette] in M Ham-s. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis- eases relieved in siz hours by the “New GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur- prise on account of its exceeding prompt, ness in relieving pain in the bladder kidneys, back and every part of the urin-~ ary passages in male or female. It. re- lieves retention of water and pain in pass- ing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. N orwalk, onn. An employee at Boyts’ Sons nur- series in New Canaan, lost a bay mare at Winnipauk last night. ' Bucklln’s Arnlca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Outs Bruises, Sores, Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corps and all Skin Emp tions, and positivelycures Piles. or no Pay required. It is guaranteed to give perf eotsatist'autionmr money refunded Price-25 cents per box. For Sale by E.P. Weed, N orwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. , The-cars on the Street Railway line will be running over Mill Hill and to l NUWiS ‘ , ime To Send in Your Advertisements .IS TIIE IIIOIIT MEOIO!_THROOOH thlOll TO IIEIOII TIIEIIIEAOIIIO POOLIO. The Only Eight-Page One-Cent Paper in-the Norwalks. a Value of ailivtilisemenl v v'vv 6 OEPEIIOS ON THE POOKETS OF TIIE PEOPLE WHO IIEAO IT. AOVEBTISEIEITS III THE EVENING OIZETTE IRE IIEIO BY THOSE VIIIO IIAVE IOIIEY TO Cannon street, on Saturday. . u i
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