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VOL. XCV11.—No 37
NORWALK CONN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1897.-12 PAGES-
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WHAT THEY 3n.
Norwalk’s Oldest Citizens Dis.
cuss the Wadhams. Build.
ing Situation.
Ex-Representative George T. Brady Gives
the Gazette His Recollections.
The publication in yesterday’s GA-
ZETTE, that Attorney John J. Walsh
representing Terry & Co. would con-
test the tearing down of the W'adhams
market unless the city reached some
agreement with his clients; also that
the land upon which the building
stood was the property of the city and
not the Lockwoods, caused consider-
. able excitement about town as soon as
the paper appeared upon thestreets.
At 6 o’clock this morning there was
quite a crowd of old citizens congregat-
ed in front of the building earnestly
discussing the matter.
The GAZETTE reporter interviewed
Commodore Thomas Cooney upon his
recollections, and the Commodore said
that there had always been a driveway
down to the dock at this point, and
that when the steamboat landed there
wagons drovedown this roadway and
passed in the rear of E. K. Lockwood’s
store and came up between that and
the Mallory building. The commodore
also stated that there was a passage-
way at the rear leading to the back en-
trance of the old Merrill building.
Hiram Nash, probably one of the
oldest fishermen in Norwalk, and who
has passed up and down the harbor
more times than any other living man,
was next interviewed by the GAZETTE
scribe.
Mr. Nash, although quite well along
in years, has a remarkable recollection
of the old docks and happenings in
Norwalk in years past. He informed
the reporter that the present site of
the Wadhams building was formerly a
public driveway leading down to the
dock, and that there was also apassage-
way between the old Merrill and the
Gruman building through which he
and, other fishermen' used to pass to
reach their fish traps set in the water
at the rear of the Merrill building.
He, too, stated that wagons going to
the wharf drove along the dock at the
rear of E. K. Lockwoodr’s and came up
between that and the Mallory building.
Mr. Nash further remarked that an at-
tempt had been made several times to
close the driveway between the Mal-
lory and Lockwood: building, but that
the gate which was erected had always
been found floating in the harbor next
morning.
Eli-Representative George T. Brady
was next seen and he gave the reporter
what is probably the best solution of
the whole matter. Mr. Brady is about
. the best posted man in town on olden
times and his statements are usually
found correct and reliable.
Mr. Brady said that the ground upon
which the Wadhams market is built
was a driveway leading to the dock;
that there was also another between
the E. K. Lockwood building and the
Mallory building and still another at
the east of the latter building upon
which a portion of Lockwood’s hall
now stands, and a fourth between
Shepard’s building and Lockwood’s
halls
Mr. Brady~ states that it was always
understood that the property belonged
to the Lockwood and St. John families,
and that when the Lockwoods ran their
packets to the West Indies they left
these driveways open for the accommo-
dation of the public in reaching the
wharf where their boats] landed.
When the old bridge and mill were
washed away Mr. Brady states the
town erected a bridge across the har-
bor at this point'over which teams and
pedestrians passed, but is of the opinion
that consent was obtained of the Lock-
‘wood’s. 'He-has no doubt whatever
but that the property belongs to the
Lockwoods and will be so decided ,if
the case ever comes before the courts.
sun: NEWS.
Pinkerton' Detectives on
Nichols Murder Case
Called In.
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The Consolidated Railqoad Charges Ten
Cents a Day for Bicycle Storage.
The state of Connecticut has decided
that it can spend no more money to
hunt doan the murderers of George
Marcus Nichols, who was killed at Dan-
iels Farms more than six weeks ago
and orders were sent to the Pinkerton
men to return to New York, as the au-
thorities had become satisfied that it
was useless to spend any more money.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad has issued the fol—
lowing circular to its depot maSters and
baggagemen:
Whenever a bicycle without check 15
left with you fo1 storage, a charge f01v
the same should be made at the rate of
10 cents fo1 the, 111st tVV enty -fou1 houls
o1 fraction thereof, and an additional
charge of 10 cents f01 eV e1y twenty-
foul hours or f1 action the1e0f ther eaf—
te1. Storage charge will begin from
the time the blC\ cle is left in the bag-
gage 100m.
John B. Miller, one of Stratford’s
best known residents, died at his home
in that place Wednesday evening at
10 o’clock. He for a number of years
has been employed in a large sugar re—
finery in San Domingo. He was a
brother-in-law of H. J. Lewis, the well
known oyster dealer. He has been
ailing for about a year with stomach
trouble and his death was not alto-
gether unexpected. He was 46 years
of’age and leaves a wife and four chil-
dren, Maud, Leigh, Emma and Ira.
The funeral will be held from his late
home Saturday, at 2:30 P. M.
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THE GAZETTE WOULD LIKE lfl SEE
Plenty of candidates for the October
election.
Water street given a thorough clean-
ing.
Mayor Bohannan’s complaint against
the street sprinkler resurrected.
Prosecuting Attorneys Ferris and
Taylor prosecute each other for violat-
ing the Sunday law.
Josiah Dodge show symptoms of the
bicycle craze.
The present fine weather continue
for an indefinite period.
The oldest inhabitant communicate
to the GAZETTE his recollections of the
disputed land between the old fish mar-
ket and Cholwell Gruman store.
Attorney John J. Walsh renominated
and elected registrar of voters.
Ex-Sheriff Toner a candidate for
Mayor of Dry Hill.
The candidates for postmaster begin
to line up in time for the ice wagon.
Assistant postmaster Harry Mitchell
begin to send out those wedding invi-
tations.
The shore resorts remain open dur-
ing the continuance'of this fine weath-
er.
Town clerk Smith begin to show
signs of departing from bachelordom.
Mayor Wheeler strike the first pick
on the new Wall street improvements.
Commodore Cooney elected Mayor of
Battle Row.
A large oyster trade this season.
Merchants vie with each other in
making business hustle.
Ex-Mayor Hubbell Write a. poem on
the tearing down of the Wadham’s
building.
The price reduced for floaters at the
coming October election.
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—EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re-
duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug
Store. j 15 tf
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An Incipient Blaze.
An electric light wire set fire to an
ice-box in ' Adams Bros. market last
evening. An ineffectual attempt was
made to extinguish the blaze with wa-
ter from a garden hose.
Charles Riley shut the current off and
the blaze was extinguished. There
was a flurry of excitement and a strong
smell of smoke.
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Granted a Pension.
The wife of thevlate Captain Enos
Kellogg has been granted a back pen-
sion amounting to. something over $1.-
300, andaregular pension of $20 per
month. '
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-—Leg of Lamb, not Mutton. 10 cents
at Smith’s market. S9 2t
Finally Capt. ..
UNITED -HATTERS.
Interesting Figures From the
Last Report or the
Organization.
Norwalk Consumed I5D,DDD Union Labels
in Six Months.
According to the last report of the
United Hatters of North America,
which is just from the press, N orwalk
consumed from December 1,1896 to
June 1, 1897, 150,000 union labels.
Danbury, however, consumed nearly
one-half of all the labels used in North
America.
' The figures follow:
Amount of union labels distributed
from December lst, 1896 to June lst,
1897.
Bethel, 300,000
Bloomfield, 50,000
Boston, 175,000
Brooklyn, . 130,000
Chicago, 65,000
Danbury, 1,450,000
Hamilton, 10,000
Milburn, 20,000
Newark, 500,000
N orwalk, 150,000
Orange, 150,000
Philadelphia, 100,000
St. Louis, 10,000
Yonkers, 10,000
Total, 3,120,000
The report gives the following table
of deaths by districts:
Districts. Makers.
Bethel 3
Bloomfield
Boston
Brooklyn 2
Chicago
Danbury I)
Hamilton
Milburn
Newark 3 7 .
N orwalk 6 . 4
Orange 5 6
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Yonkers
Finishers.
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Total 25 24
Causes of death:
Consumption 1
Pneumonia
Bright’s Disease
Drowned
Inflammation of Kidneys
La Grippe
Paralysis
Apoplexy
Accident
Abscess of Lungs
Blood Poisoning
Complication of Diseases
Congestive Chill
Epilepsy
General Debility
Heart Failure
Hemorrhages .
Liver Trouble
Old Age
Shock
Spinal Meningitis
Typhoid Fever
Unknown
Total 49
Average age of Makers, forty-nine
years and six months.
Average age of Finishers,
years and three months.
Average age of both combined, forty-
five years and nine months.
Number of journeymen and appren-
tices in the different districts:
forty-two
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Boston Makers, 86 3
Boston Finishers, 139 8
Brooklyn Makers, 205 10
Brooklyn Finishers, 320 18
Chicago Finishers, 53 8
Danbury Makers, 846 _ 69
Danbury Finishers, 887 66
Hamilton Finishers, 8 1
Milburn Finishers, ‘ 13 .
Newark Makers, 451 11
Newark Finishers, 398 26
Norwalk Makers, 285 ' 17
Norwalk Finishers, 222 19
Orange Association, 1,072 54
Philadelphia Makers, 33 4
Phila. Finishers, 92 11
St. Louis Finishers, 1?) 1
Yonkers Finishers, 28 1
Total, 5,683 374
Decrease of journeymen since last
report, l-IO
Decrease of apprentices since last
report, 28
Decrease of makers (journeymen),
six districts, '
Increase of makers (journeymcn),
Decrease of finishers (journeymen),
seven districts,
Increase of finishers (journeymen),
five districts, 5
130
65
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'Net decrease of makers (journey-
men), 130
Net decrease of finishers (journey-
men), 10
Total net de01 ease of makers and
finishers (journeymen), ——
140
Decrease of apprentices (makers,
four district-s, 25
Increase of apprentices (maker),
two districts, 6
Decrease of apprentices (finishers),
four districts, 11
Increase of apprentices (finishers),
two districts, 2
Net decrease of apprentices (Mak-
ers), ‘ 19
Net decrease of apprentices (finish-
ers), * 9
(makers and finishers), 28
' Total decrease of J ourneymen and
Apprentices, 168
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“ A Peach of a Party. ”
A number of the Cockenoe tribe of
Red Men gave F. F. Clark of Cranbury
a “surprise” visit at his home last
night. “It was a peach of a party. ”
Peaches were served in the shell, in
dumplings, in pies, peeled, quartered,
halved, with and without suga1, pickled,
stee a,med preserved, canned, etc. Othe1
1ef1eshments play ed an actiVe pa1 t in
the feast, but peaches predominated.
It was a season of enjoyment from
which the participants reluctantly de-
parted at a late hour.
$9,900 for Ihe Noroton Soldiers’ Home.
Gov. Cooke has received from Capt.
J. M. Birmingham, general treasurer of
the National Home for disabled Volun-
teer Soldiers, $9,900, the government
allowance at $100 per capita per year
for veterans supported by the State at
Fitch’s Home for Soldiers, at Noroton.
The amount is for the quarter ending
Sept. 30, and is based on the number of
inmates June 30. The amount was
turned into the State treasury.
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_ The Boston Store.
On the eigth page of this issue will
be found the Boston Store special sale
for the coming week. It includes near-
ly every department, and unheard of
bargains are offered the purchasing
public. A large number of “shoppers”
will no doubt take advantage of the
sacrifice of goods. Read the advertise-
ment and see if there is not something
offered that you are in need of.
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The Weather.
Fair to-night and Saturday.
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, —-All the successful Merchants of
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
gworn communal.
Contractors Cain 8:. Kinnear
Start the Wall Street
Improvements.
The Commencement Starts at a Lively
Pace and Cobble Stones Fly.
This morning Messrs. Cain & Kin-
near, to which firm was awarded the
contract for the repaving of Wall
street, commenced work on the same.
They put a gang of twenty men at
work ripping up the old cobbles on the
north side of the electric railway tracks
from a point near the Hadden building
to the corner of Main street.
In less than three hours there was
not a cobble that had not been turned
over by the picks of the workmen. The
stone is being carted away as rapidly
as possible.
The contractors informed a. GAZETTE
reporter that probably by Monday next
they would have from fifty to sixty men
at work, and that as needed they would
employ local help.
Of the gang at work with picks to-
day, eighteen of them are colored men,
a majority of whom, said Mr. Kinnear,
are experts in street paving, and are at
work as now rather than remain idle.
Mr. Cain said that the stone, sand,
cement, etc., used would so far as
possible be purchased of local firms to
say nothing of the many extras that
will be required before the work is
completed.
William Sheldon is representing the
city’s interest as inspector of the work,
and Engineer Charles N. Wood and
the City Council are very much in
evidence.
Messrs. Cain & Kinnear also have
the contract for the extension of the
sewer at the east end of the bridge and
expect to commence the preliminary
_ work at once.
PLENTIFUL CROP 0F FRUIT.
Housewives Can Put Up Their" Preserves
at Small Cost This Year.
The wise housewife, if she has her
wits about her, will begin her annual
work of “putting up,” as she calls it,
the supply of canned fruits for the win-
ter’s household use without delay. The
wet summer, while damaging to hay,
corn and other heavy crops grOan on the
farm, has been beneficial to fruit trees,
so that where one farmer has lost an-
other has gained, exemplifying the aph-
orism, “ It is an ill wind that blows
nobody any good, ” to its fullest extent,
and the crop of pears, peaches, quinces
and plums in this vicinity, and all over
,the State, will be enormous. The trees
fairly groan under them weight of fruit.
The only kind that will not be plentiful
is apples, but an average crop of these
will be gathered. The yield is so large
that the farmers having fruit trees are
not pleased, for in an inverse ratio the
prices received are fixed. But this is
of benefit to the housewife, for she can
“put up” a good winter’s supply for a
very little cost. The farmers are bring-
ing the fruit into the market now, and
for a few days fine lOcal-grown peaches
and Bartlett pears can be bought at from
50 to 75 cents a basket at any of the
fruit or grocery stores in town. The
price may go a little lower, but it is
doubtful, for it neither pays the produc—
er nor seller to handle fruit for less than
the price quoted. The low prices pre
vailing here almost drives the Califor-
nia fruit from the market, the home
productions being considered of much
better flavor.
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Bethel Makers, 187 16
Bethel Finishers, 289 28
Bloomfield Makers, 21
Bloomfield Finishers, 33 3
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MARRIED__ AT EAST.
A Courtship Begun Forty
Years Ago Consum:
mated Last Night. .
Lived and Loved in New Canaan in Their
Early Days.
A wedding with a decided tinge of
: romance took place' 1n Willimantic last
night, and as all the wor ld loves a lover,
the affair created much interest. . The
bridegroom is George E. Raymond, a
very successful business man of Brook'-
lyn, N. Y., and formerly of Dayton, 0., .
and the bride is Mrs. Ellen Trow-bridge
who is well-known for her activity in
woman suffrage and W. C. T. U. mat-
ters.
The marriage was the consummation
'of a courtship begun 40 years ago. The
newly wedded couple who are now
verging on 60 years of age, lived in
their early days in New Canaan. They .
loved one another and a proposal of _..
marriage was made, but the parents of
both objected, owing to the youth of
the parties. The ~match was, broken-
ofl' and Raymond went west. He was
married later: His present wife was
also married. She became avwidow 10
years ago, and he became a widower
three years ago. Recently their early
courtship was renewed and it culminat-
ed in last night’s marriage.
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Mr. Stephen Comstock went to New
York on the steamer Belle Horton this
morning.
MARRIAGES.
DREW—LEIGH—In Mill Plain, Sept.
8, John Drew and Miss Many Giace
Leigh.
ENWRIGHT—HALL—In Stam 1'01 d Sept.
6, by Rev. T. J Kenna, James Enw1ight
and Miss Fanny Hall, both of Stamford.
KELLEY—SHAVV-—In Stamfmd, Sept.
5, by Rev. T. J. Kenna, William Kelley
and Miss Mary Shaw, both of Stamford.
NOSKO—HALAS—In Danbury, Satur-
day, September 4, by the Rev. W. A.
Fischer, John Nosko and Katie Halas,
both of Danbury. '
DEATHS.
BEARDSLEY.—In Easton, Sept 9th,
Wheeler Judson Beardsley, aged 56
years. '
BORSTELMANN. — In BridgepOIt,
September 8th, 1897, Isabella A., wife
of Jacob B01 stelmann, aged 53 yeais.
BURKE.——- In Bridgeport, September
8th, at the residence of his parents, 104
Park avenue, Daniel R., son of William
and Joanna Burke, aged 23 years.
BEACON—In Rowayton, Sept.
garet Beacon, aged 88 years.
BELL—In Stamford, Sept-6, Edward
Bell, aged 16 years.
BILLER—In Danbury, Sept. 6, Mrs.
Katherine Biller, aged 55 years.
CHASE—In Danbury, Sept. 5, Rey-
nold L., son of George C. and Idella M.
Chase, aged 7 years.
DUNN.—- In Bridgeport, September
8th, at his late residence, No. 58 Black
Rock avenue, William H. Dunn, aged
32 years.
FRENCH—In Trumbull, Sept. 5,
Maria B. wife of Rufus M. French,
aged 57 years.
GANUNG.— In Danbury, September
8th, Armilla Dean, wife of Addison
Ganung, aged 85 years.
GRAHAM—In Stratford, Sept. 5, Ma-
riah A., widow of the late David K.
Graham, aged 83 years and 7 months.
GRANT—In Bridgeport, Sept. 4, Wil-
11am S. Grant, aged 49 years.
GOODALE—In Danbury, Sept. 5, Har-
riett L., wife of Charles E. Goodale,
aged 69 yea1s.
MEAD-InN01-walk,‘ Sept. 5th, An-
nie P., wife of Peter Mead, aged 55
years.
MONAHAN—In Bridgeport, Sept. 6,
\iary,wid0w of the late Lawi ence Mon-
ahan, aged 65 yeais.
MOORE. —In South Norwalk, Sept. 9,
Frank D., son of William and Lot-tie
Moore, aged 18 years.
MILLER. —It Stratford, Sept. 8, John
B. Mille1, aged 45 years
MINER. —— In Danbur y, September 8,
W. Howard Minei, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Miner, aged 3 years.
Nxs'HOLS—In Nichols, Sept 5th, Elsie
E., daughter of Charles B. and Han-
nah E. Nichols aged 24 years.
SAUER—In Danbury, Sept. 4th, Ed-
die, infant son of Eugene and Augusta.
Sauer, aged two months.
STEEN—In South N orwalk Sept. 6,
Sarah L. Cook, widow of the late J aco
Steen, aged 70 years.
WILLIAMS—In Brookfield, Sept. 6
Chat les G. Williams, aged 49 years.
WILLIAMS—In Ithaca, N. Y., Sept.
3, Sarah Hubbell, wife of Prof. Wil-
liams, of Cornell University, and
youngest sister Of Anson Hubbell, son-
in-law of the late William Montgomery ‘
of Danbury.
WINSHIP. —-_n Bedding, Sept. 8th,
Mrs. Huldah E.Winsh1p, aged 67
years. -
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