6! '_. Special Town-Meeting. A special town, meeting was held in the TownHouseTuesday even’g to take action in the matter of rescinding a vote passed at a town meeting held Sep- tember 16th, instructing the Selectmen “to widen Wall street bridge by build- ing on the south side thereof an addi- tional stone areh‘or arches,” so as to increase the width of said bridge 14 feet; and if said vote he rescinded, to authorize the Selectmen to widen said bridge to the south line of Wall street, being awidening of said bridge ‘of 14 feet, on the easterly end and about 6 feet 0:1 the westerly end, and to use in said widening steel beam or girder, I iron, concrete, and other suitable ma: terials. and to make the necessary ap- propriation therefor; and if said vote, passed Sept. 16, 1897, shall not be re- scinded, then ,to authorize the Select- men to make the necessary appropria- tion therefor; and, if said vote, passed Sept. 16, 1897, shall not be rescinded, then to authorize thei Selectmen to make ,such contracts and’ agreements with Mrs. Julia Wilson as shall be found necessary to secure the right to rest the said stone bridge and its foun- dations upon her lands. ' ' - The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk Smith and Bradley S. Keith was elected moderator. The hall was poorly lighted, cold, and altogether disagreeable. There were perhaps 100 persons preSent. The ball was Set rolling by the pre- sentation of the following resolution by AttorneyiLevi Warner, with the ex- ception as to the amount to be appro- priated. Voted, That the vote passed in the Towm meeting held Sept. 16th, 1897, instructing the Selectmen to widen Wall street bridge by building on the south side thereof, an additional stone arch or arches, so as to increase the width of said bridge 14: feet; and the appropriation made therefor, be and hereby are rescinded; and that the Sc- lectmen be and hereby are directed to ‘widen said Wall street bridge to the south line of Wall street, as said line has been recently established by the City of Norwalk, said widening to be made by using one or more steel beams or girders, iron, concrete, and other suitable materials, and that the sum of $2,500 or so much as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated therefor. ., Mr. Warner remarked on the resolu- tion, that considerable expense would be saved the townnby the adoption of the resolution; and stated that Mrs. Wilson, owner of property needed for the placing of the proposed stone arch, not only wished to be released from the payment of certain rent due by her to the town, but would also ask for remu- neration from the t0wn if the stone arch was built, including a full release for the present privileges she now en- joys on the‘pown property, and her ' building to be leftzin as good condition as at present. He was, under existing circumstances, in, favor of the placing He thought that it would be a large saving to the town. Ex-selectman Isaac Selleck was in favor of a stone arch. Contractor Shel- don also favored the building ofa stone of an iron girder. arch. City Attorney E.M. Lockwood argued better upon which to take action. in favor of a stone arch, and questioned the legality of the wording in the call for the meeting. He dissected the two. : f projects of an iron or stone arch bridge, and also explained the differences be- tween the town and city‘ as upon whom the expense of such improvements should fall. Mayor Wheeler spoke in favor of the building of a stone arch, and said that he did not likea patched up bridge. Attorney Walsh talked in favor of an iron or steel bridge, and thought that if there was a saving of something like $2,000 as between the two, the steel bridge plan ought to be adopted. , Selectman Merrill then spoke as to , the relative cost of the stone arch and the steel girder bridge. He said that the lowest bid for the stone arch bridge was $3,800, and if Portland instead of Rosendale cement was used the“ cost would be increased to $4,000, and this did not include extra work, and inci- dentals which he thought would in- crease the cost about $500. He said that an agent of the Berlin Iron Bridge company had offered to build a steel girder bridge 6 feet at one end and 14 feet at the opposite end, complete in every detail, for a sum not in excess of $2,500. ‘ ' ' W. H. Worden spoke of the arch as being only for a. footpath and thought the iron girder would be preferable. ~, Engineer Wood favored the building t ..WE.EKLY iléNOR‘W LA k - GA ZET‘TE’. of a stone arch, and spoke of the vibra- tion of the present bridge. He was being catechised by different ones as to the merits of the proposed plans, whena motion was made-to adjourn. The chair failed to entertain the mo- tion, remarking, “Mr. Wood is now on the witness stand and has the floor.” John Cotter was in favor of the steel bridge, and said that nine-tenths of the , bridges now-a-days were built of steel and iron. Contractor Sheldon offered to build the stone arch for $3,700 and furnish a bond for the completion of the same. L. H. Brungaugh, a representative of the Berlin Iron Bridge company be- ing present was asked as to what his company would do, and being recog- nized by the chair, gave a detailed plan of the bridge they would build, and answered several questions-put to him in reference to such bridge. His remarks developed the fact that a portion of the iron girder would be anchored to the present structure, which it had previously been claimed was already weak. . After some further discussion dur- ing which a man named Toomey of- fered to build the stone arch for 2,500, Mr. Warner offered an amendment to his original resolution, by adding the amount to be appropriated, and the resolution as it appears in full, above was passed. The committee appointed to take ac- tion in regard to the widening of the street and the construction of the rail- road bridge at Meadow street reported. Ex-selectman Selleck, chairman of the committee, said that the Consolidated railroad company was willing to pay one-half the cost, or $1,500 and the committee thought that the other half ought to be divided equally between the town of Norwalk and the City of South N orwalk. as the Tramway com- pany had practically refused to bear any share of the expense. Hon. E O. Keeler alsoa member of the committee, argued on the same line. Attorney Walsh took exception to the edict of the Tramway Co. and thought the town ought to insist in the payment on the company’s part a just proportion of the expense. He went further “Their rails have no right there aud never would have been placed there only through the negligence of the selectmen. If they take the position they do I would- and said n’t grant them, any more privileges. Councilman Stephen S. Hatch, of South N orwalk, objected to that city’s bearing the portion of the expense asked, and presented figures as to why in his opinion it was wrong, and inapt- ly remarked that in all improvements about town the city of South N or'walk was wrongfully assessed, and he didn’t think it fair. Attorney Gray saw an opening and fired a shot at Mr. Hatch by saying, “Up here we don’t object to voting for appropriations to build stone bridges on your salt meadows, surely you have no'reason to find fault.” . Ex-selectman Raymond was in favor ofzthe adoption of the committee's re- port. He thOught the present time the '. A motion to adopt the report and in- struct the selectmen to carry out the provisions of the same was lost. . And, then the meeting adjourned. —«-o‘ EAST NORWALK. Mrs. Mary Rider is ill at her home on East avenue. William Avery has moved from Van Zandt avenue to Second avenue. John Cromwell has moved from the Evenden house to Mrs. Henry Hoff- man’s house in Betts place. ' A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gamble, of St. John avenue. -._ A“.-. DARIEN. A tar walk is being laid by T. W. Austin in front of his block. A heater is being-placed in T. W. Austin’s new building for the benefit of the Middlesex Club. Rev. Mr. Bonfil, representing the University of Atlanta, will preach in the Congregational Church, Sunday, Nov. 28. In the evening he will use the stereopticon. Arrangements are already in pro- gress for the Congregational Sunday school’s annual Christmas festival.‘ A committee composed of Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Harry Morehouse and Miss Stella Morehouse has been appointed. -->— —Live Merchants keep their names before the Public. A'n Advertisement _in THE GAZETTE will be read. ta LOCAL NEWS. The latest arrival in South Norwalk is a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ferris. . ‘ Miss C. F. Nash and Miss Hildegarde Nash of Boston, are guests of Mrs. J en- nie Littell Nash of South Norwalk. Mrs. Hattie H. Barnes and son, of South Norwalk, have returned from a visit with Brooklyn friends. Miss Kittie Reynolds of Belden street, SouthNorwalk,has been visiting friends in Brooklyn. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kampf of this city. He is, a little “shaver” but a bright one. Hunt & Zeluff have leased the old post-office building in South Norwalk, and will move into the same at an early date. Starr Moulton, a former clerk at the Atlantic hotel Bridgeport" has succeed- ed George W. Bradley as clerk at the Mahackemo hotel South N orwalk. Ladies interested in the formation of a Y. M. C. A. ladies’ auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. G. R. Mc- Gonegal on West avenue, Monday evening. ‘ Deodate S. Davenport of South N or- walk has been appointed trustee of the insolvent estate of Joseph Abraham, the Taylor avenue and Cedar street groceryman. ' The executive committee of the South Norwalk Y. M. C. A. will have improvements made at the meeting rooms of the section, at a cost slightly in excess of $300. Mrs. Sarah Winters and daughter, Bessie, of Newark, N. J., have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Vos burgh, of Livingston place. Henry Ferris of South Norwalk, and Miss Mary White of Portchester, were married in that place on Saturday, Nov. 13. . St. Joseph’s Lyceum will shortly be- gin its course of meetings for the win- ter. The committee will meet in Mu- sic Hall next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock to arrange the program for the season. Congressman E. J. Hill of this dis trict has sent to the Bridgeport public library, as the best depository for such a work, three volumes in Spanish, Portuguese and English, of the Code of Commercial Nomenclature of Amer- ican Republics. The Hungarian Mission Sewing school of the South Norwalk Congre- gational church has been reorganized for the year, in charge of Mrs. Frank J. Bradbury, and the excellent corps of teachers that served last year. The school meets Monday afternoons. Mayor John H. Wade made his an- nual inspection of Companies D and F of the Fourth Regiment, C. N. G., at the A1 mory, Tuesday. Among those present were General Russell Frost, Major Gilbert Fitch of Stamford, Ad- jutant W. A. Pratt, Color Sergeants Hunt and Holt, Commissary J. U. Car- rier and Sergeant Major Walter Hall. Gov. Cooke has accepted the resig- nation of Senator William H. Marigold, state senator for the Fourteenth(Bridge- . pert) district. Mr. Marigold has been appointed ~ postmaster at Bridgeport and cannot, under the United States statutcs, hold a state office. Governor Cooke ad not decided yesterday whether der a new election in the senatorial district. The term of John C. Byxbec, internal revenue collector for the district of Connecticut, has expired, and he is now holding office by the sulferance of the Republicans, who have not yet agreed. upon his successor. The prin- cipal candidates are still excollector John I. Hutchinson, Sheriff Brown of Middlesex county and Senator Wright. The matter will be settled at a cau- cus of the Senators and Representa- tives from Connecticut, which will be held‘as soon as they re-assemble in Washington, early next month. Guiseppe Fuda, the East Norwalk murderer, who will be executed at the state prison December 3, was removed to the death cell in the execution house at the prison Saturday forenoon at 9 o’clock, and a death watch was placed over him. Fuda will not leave this cell until he leaves to take the few paces that will bring him to the auto- matic gallows. Ex-Deputy Sheriff James R. Graham will be Fuda’s death watch during the day, beginning his duties at 6 o’clock in the morning and leaving at the same hour in the even- ing. Officers Francis Reed and Wat- son J. Ellsworth will be the watch dur- ing the night. - At the close of the morning service Sunday the Rev. Mr. Ellis of Danbury surprised his congregation by reading them an unanimous callhe had' just received to the pastorate of the East Norwalk~ Advent church. As he finished reading and asked what ad- viCe the church had to give him, sev- eral prominent members. sprang to their feet and earnestly requested the pastor not to accept the call. The dea- cons of the church then took an of- ficial expression, and the-large audi- ence rose to their feet enmasse .to re- quest Mr. Ellis todecline the call and continue his pastorate of the’ local church. Mr. Ellis has just refused a call to the church at Waterbury. ‘Washington. 1. The followmg paragraph from the Hartford Courant appliesfo Norwalk, as well as to the capital city: ' If this city has 80,000 inhabitants, then probably not less than 25,000 have watches in their vest pockets. It is a low estimate that 15,000 of these pull out their watches to see if they are right every noon when the fire bell rings. What’s the weajr and tear on a vest pocket, involved in thus drawing out and replacing a watch ‘5’ It seems insignificant, but the combined atten- tions to 15,000 watches are equivalent to hauling one watch to and fro without interruption, for forty-eight hours. That would wear out several vest pock- ets; and that proves that every time the fire bell rings masculine wearing apparel suffers serious depreciation and the cause of new clothes gets a lift. A slick insurance swindler got the best of a number of people in Danbury. He represented himself to be the agent of a New York insurance company. He laid before his intended victims a plan to insure them at a cost of a dollar a year. The policy called for $500 at death and $6 a week for six weeks in case of accident. The rate was so absurdly cheap that it would seem that any one who is at all familiar with insurance, would have, been suspicious of the fellow, but it is ‘ said that he “insured” several persons. After he had departed it. was discov- ered that the policies were dated Nov. 19, 1897', and that they were also dated to expire at the same time. In the civil Superior Court Tues- day, Judge Elmer passed judgment on three divorce cases, but neither one furnished a contest. The question in- volved was the matter of alimony, and this was easily adjusted. The first was that of Nellie Chariot against Salvator Chariot, both of South N orwalk. The woman asked for a di- vo 'ce on the grounds of intolerable cruelty. She also asked for alimony and the custody of one child. The couple were married on April 7, 1891. The woman soon found that she had made a bad bargain. Salvator used her in a most shameful manner. Once when she was 1n a delicate condition he struck her and beat her so that she was ill for a long time afterwards. The court told her counsel, Attorney Gregory that she might have a decree with the custody of the child and $300 alimony. Attor- ney Taylor, counsel for the husband made no objection. Gen. William E. Disbrow has been appointed deputy collector of customs at Bridgeport under Collector Frank J. Naramore. Gen. Disbrow was noti- fied of his appointment yesterday and immediately wired his acceptance to The selection of Gen. Disbrow is hailed with satisfaction by his friends and meets the hearty ap- proval of the leading Republicans of this district. Gen. Disbrow is a veter- an of the late war and has always served his party well and is deserving of the honor conferred upon him. He isso well known in Fairfield county that he certainly needs no introduction. Collector Naramore will probably name a successor to Deputy Collector E. B. . Goddard, who has charge of the Static- ford office. before many days. There are several parties from Stamford and N orwalk looking for the place, but just who will be the fortunate one no one . but Mr. N aramore knows, and he won’t tell just yet. , About 5 o’clock Monday afternoon, a barn owned by Miner D.- Randall and located at the lower end of East ave- nue in East Norwalk was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was given to which the fire department responded but too late to save the building, which rapidly burn- ed to the ground. A number cf wagons and carriages were rescued, as well as some imple- ments usually found “in well equipped barns and carriage houses. The loss is estimated at less than $1,000. The blaze was plainly seen from all parts of the town 'and so vivid was it, the impression was gained that East N orwalk was the scene of a con- flagration. There was an insurance of $300 on the barn in the jEtna of Hartford, and $400 on the horses and carriages, the prop- erty of J. Sturges Randaldnin the Mer- chant’s'of Newark, tam-(magi) the agency of J. M. Layton. . As to how the barn caught fire has not at this writing been explained. I The insurance adjusters are expect- ed here soon when the claims will be ad'- justed. .-______, . . , _ A Cliange- 0! O‘Vnern. I Chicago, Nov. 22.—The Inter Ocean yesterday published the announcement that it appeared for the first time un- der the active management of its new owners. It will oppose the Chicago newspaper trust, it declares, and advo- cate giving to all newspapers who de- sire it Associated Press news and any other news which it will be desirable for the people to have. It will remain loyal to the principles of the Republi- can party. Germany and China. Berlin, Nov. 22.—The first-class cruis- er Kaiserin Augusta, having on board the German contingent of the interna- tional army of occupation in Crete, has gone to Port Said, presumably bound for the far East. It is intimated here that the cruiser is to reinforce the Ger- man fleet pow at Kala-Chan, province nt‘ Shaanung, China. . . ' . ‘\ \ . Was a Circus Rider. The big register of the New Haven county jail bears the name of Catherine Morton, and reading across the page you find that she was arrested for va- grancy and for begging and has until February 6 to remain in her prison home. Apparently a common case; a woman, friendless and poor, unable to work, and reduced to asking alms on the street corners. There are many such. In the case of Catherine Morton, there is a difference. For as dismal and dreary and desolute as are the latter years of Kitty Morton’s life, just as contrarily brilliant and dazzling and full of incident was her early life. From the glitter and gleam of the sawdust ring to the dull routine of pris ' And none‘can feel it more clearly than Kitty Morton,for she lived in reality through on life is surely a vast change. every sense of the change. Now, too feeble to work, ,often lonely, she lives it over again in memory. From circus queen to beggar. result of fortune’s tide. In Ireland, sixty-five years ago, there was bern Kitty Adams, pretty, willful, clever and determined, she grew from childhood to young womanhood, with the one ambition that some day she would be a grand dame, garbed in silks and satins, resplendent in jewels, ad- Yet all the child saw was the green fields of Erin with the clear blue'sky overhead, till mired, adored, a leader. one day a circus crossed her path, and she seemed to catch a glimpse of the At once the determination took root in her ambitious mind that she should be a circus rider. What could be grander! How to achieve that end? It was the wondrous world of her dreams. perplexity of the child’s life. Her par- ents wished to keep her within the home circle, to keep her a sweet, lovely, womanly girl, fond of domestic life, happy in her home pursuits. But fate favored the foolish girl. Across the great seas, in Canada, lived a kinswoman of Kitty’s who wrote the praents of the girl, asking that she visit her. The good father and mother deemed it unwise. Letters were sent Kitty in secret and shortly after her sixteenth birthday, she ran away and went to Canada. The circus was her aim, to join the circus. ,Her fresh, sweet beauty, her supple figure won her the opportunity. She learned to ride bare-back. She rouged her dainty cheeks, she drew silken tights over her rounded limbs, she stepped into a mass of tarleton skirts and away she dashed on her fiery steed, around and around the ring. Ah! This was life. To dash about 'the cynosure of all‘eyes, to hear the shouts of the multitude under the tent, to Know that for her there were flow- ers, jewels, admiration. It was the acme of existence. 'Love creeps into all hearts, , and Kitty was not adamant. Neither was the clown who trotted about the ring after her. So these two were wed. and went on leading their circus life together. Then some chil- dren came to their home and they de- cided to- settle down and lead a quiet domestic life. . The clown husband played, the banjo und Sang at. parties, and the= support of the family was easy. When the children 'died; Morton could get no work. Together they left Cincinnati and journeyed eastward to the City of Elms, and after a while sickness seized the husband; he went to Springside and last year he died. It was a struggle for Kitty to keep a roof over her head and life in her body. She had not been taught to do the menial necessities which might earn her a living. But she tried hard. She went hungry and cold. There came a day when she was homeless, yet she fought shy of the almshouse. The old spirit of determination was not wholly broken. In a moment of desperation she asked a policeman for three cents, which, with what she had, would make enough for a night’s lodging. The po- lice know Kitty M orton, and it is really in kindness they sent her to jail. It gives her a good comfortable home. There she is to-day. Scarcely a vestige of the beauty remains. She pares po- Qatoes to help the matron. She sings and dances for the women prisoners. She dreams of 'lifegone by. Her one present ambition is to secure the be- loved banjo of her dead husband, which he took to the almshouse with him. *- 4 GAZETTE ad. win w you, ,11‘ ‘1 That has been the' ' e 019ij“ AIMINISTERQ MRS. BOOTH : She Is Formally Ordained to Preach , the Gospel. - New York, Nov. 23.—Cai'negie Hall was well filled last night at the ordina- tion of Mrs. Balnng’ton Booth, of the Volunteers of America, as an evangel- istic minister of the gospel. Her assumed title is "Minister of the Church of God in General.” It was conferred upon her by Dr. MacArthur, for the Baptists; Dr. Bradford, for the Congregationalists; Dr. Gregg, for the Presbyterians, and Dr. Strong, for the Evangelical Alliance. The meeting was presided over by Chauncey M. Depew, who commented upon the wide scope and self-sacrific- ing nature of the society’s work, and impressed upon his hearers the duty of the public to further financially the in- terests of the organization. ‘ Mr. Depew was followed by Com-j mander Booth, who submitted a report for the last“ year. He pointed out that, although somewhat in debt at the time MRS. BALLINGTON BOOTH. of incorporation, the society had in- creased its liabilities by only $46. As a. result of his appeal for funds almost one thousand dollars was collected from the audience. The ordination of Mrs. Booth was simple and in accordance with the rit- ual of the Volunteers. Commander Booth officiated as the ordaining offl- cer. He was assisted by the Rev. Dr. R. S. MacArthur, the Rev. Dr. Amory H. Bradford, the Rev. Dr. Davis Gregg, ' the Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong, Chaplain Barnes, Brig-Gen. Fielding, Col. J. G. Hallimond and Col. J. hf. Merrill. Dr. Strong invoked a blessing on the ordaining. After his prayer was fin- ished Mrs. Booth took her station in the centre of the stage and Commander Booth stood beside her. He read the instructions and the obligations, which were repeated by the other officers. Then Commander Booth catechised his wife, and she answered all questions in a quiet, firm tone. Then the clergy- men formed a. semi-circle about .Mrs. Tooth as she knelt at a small altar and their hands were placed upon her head and the ritual of Consecration was pronounced. GARY ON POSTAL SAVINGS. National Debt, He Believes, Might Absorb the Deposits. Washington, Nov. 23.——Postmaster- General Gary is receiving many letters regarding the postal savings bank proposition, strongly urged by him in his annual report. In the course of an interview Mr. Gary said: “Only two objections have been seri- ously urged against a. postal savings system. The first is the old contention that the Government ought not ‘to go into the business of collecting and tak- ing care of the savings of the people.’ I think this is an objection which may properly be left to Congress to answer. “The other objection is based upon the generally admitted difficulty Of finding safe and proper methods of put- ting the money accumulations to profit- able uSe. ' . “I deliberately abstained from settin forth a definite plan for the disposition of the savings. I contented myself with a number of suggestions, inviting that critical discussion by the public which has begun already. Perhaps none of those suggestions, nor all of them put together, will prove equal to the task ,- of absorbing profitably the collections- of a postal savings system; but I am convinced that the national debt, as it exists to-day. offers a temporarysoluv ' tion of this difficulty.” cue HhPLY TO bl-fAIN. President McKinley “fill Now- Sub- mit Answers in Spain’s Charges. Washington, Nov. 23.—President Mc- Kinley will submit, at the meeting of the Cabinet to-day, the draft of his reply to the latest note of the Sagasta Ministry. It is'an elaborate summary of the steps taken by the United States to prevent filibustering. It shows what .has been done in this respect, and con- tains. in addition, an exposition of the policy of this country concerning neu- trality obligations. The note embodies the United States laws against filibustering, shows how closely drawniare the lines, and then in detail sets forth what has been done by the Administration to fulfill these obligations. It is a comprehensive reply to the charge that the Cuban cause has been promoted, and its leaders supplied with arms and ammunition by expeditions from the United States, whose leaving was connived at by the authorities. To Deport Allen Laborers. Washington, Nov. 22. ——The forty- stave-cutters arrested by immigrant inspectors in Arkansas and Mississippi for violation of the Alien Contract La- bor law, have arrved at Baltimore and will be’deported to Bremen next Thurs- day. Superintendent Powderly says that the 192 immigrants who landed at Galveston last week have separated, and that most of them disappeared in the Louisiana timber swamps. Those whom the inspectors have found say that they were induced to come to this country by an anonymous advertise- ment which they saw in an Austrian paper. Mr. Powderly says that it will be difficult to make a. case against the» men. . $11,905,000/for Pensions Washington, Nov. 23.—The Interior Department has made a requisition on the Treasury Department for the fol- lowing pension payments: Bo~-‘.on, $1,- 950,000; San Francisco, $990,000; Wash- ington, $2,190,000: Augusta, Get, $825,- 000; Cdlumbus, 01119, $4,100,000; Detroit, 1 Mich.,~ $1,350,000. wow. $11,905,000. ..__——_
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