. ,.,.assu..._ . f . Founded in 1800.] .An Entertaining and Instmetive Home Journal, ESpeeially Devoted to Local JVews'and Interests. [$1.00 a Year V OL. Xcvms-No 3 it WAS in AHRE! Mrs. Bridget Mulligan Has a Narrow Escape from Being Burned to Death. ‘1 l 1 She and Her House Rescued from Flames” by John McKeon. Mrs. B1 idget Mulligan of Hoyt place is to-day suffering from severe burns upon her arms, hands and face and con- sidering her age, about 80 years, and the experience she. had yesterday, it is perhaps remarkable that she is alive. Mrs. Mulligan was engaged at her home in ironing, when in some manner her apron caught fire and the flame quickly communicated with her dress and in an instant she was enveloped in flames. .. . Being alone in the house she ran out into the dooryard for assistance, screaming at the bent of her volée. Her cries were heard by Jp’hn Mc- Keon who happened to be near by . and he ran to her assistance and with con- siderable effort succeeded in subduing the flames but not until the dress and some of the woman's und’erclothmg had been destroyed. McKeon then went into the house and with a few well directed pails of. water put out the blaze which threat- ened to destroy the house. Later the nature of Mrs. Mulligan-'5 injuries were seen. and prompt meas- ures used to alleviate her sufferings from the burns. But for the arrival of McKeon the woman would no doubt have suffered fatal injuries and the house have been burned to the ground. :-‘ THIRD ANNIVERSARY Concord Division, S. of T. Paysa Fraternal Visit to Westport Division. A large delegation from Concord Division, Sons of Temperance attended the installiOn of the newly elected offi- cers and the celebration of the third anniversary of Vilestport Division, at that place last night. The programme included a song by Mrs. C. F. Fox; reading by Homer S. Beers address by G. W. P. Charles E. Hubbell; song by Miss Edith Renward and Joseph Platt; remarks by G. G. William, A. R. Haw- lcy; recitation by Miss Susie Kent; re- marks by John R. Chard, C. Elbert Gale and Lewis Hubbell and phono- graph selections by Joseph Fanning. A fine collation was served by the ladies. The visitors left for home on the last electric car, and will long and cheerfully remember the third anni- versary of VVestppr-t Division, S. of T. Boxing at Waterbury. , A very satisfactory boxing exhibi- tion was pulled off at the Auditorium in \Vatel bur y last night before2 ,000 peo- le. The curtain raiser was between Charley Kelly and Willie Barrett of New York, catehweights, but a right hand swing by Kelly, whlch landed un-. der the heart put Barrett out after 2.22 minutes of boxing. The second pre- liminary was between Jack O’Brien of New York and Jack Hannigan of Pitts- bury. 10 rounds and 0 Br len was given the decision. The star attraction 'was between Dan Murphy of Waterbury, the champion middleweight of New England and Tommy West of NeW‘York, which was declared a draw at the end of the 20 rounds. “-‘ V'V Currency Reform. Congressman E. J. Hill who is a member of the Banking and Cu1rcncy committee, has prepared a compaa ative statement of the principal features of the four bills now before Congress for the reform of the currency. These measures are known as the Walker, Fowler, Gage and Monetary Commis- sion Bills, and Mr. Hill’s condensation and comparison makes them quite clean 4.“ Branch Bicycle Store. Fred S. Ambler, the well known bi- cycle agent of Nonwalk, has secured the agency for the Columbia and Hart.— ford bicycles in this city and is at pres- ent making preparation to open a store here, somewhere near the center of the city—Stamford Telegram. <A.> —Advertlse in THE GAZETTE. Q NORWALK CONN, FRIDAY.“ JANUARY 21, 1898.——12 PAGES. ennum ecu CALL. The South Norwalk Baptists Entertain and Enjoy a Supper. The Annual Roll call of the South Norwalk Baptist church was held last night in the church parlors. The church was literally filled with the members and their friends. A program of music and recitations was rendered consisting of addresses by Rev. R. O. Sherwood, Rev. A. S. Kav- anagh and William B. Reed; solo, Mrs. Charles F. Boutwell; recitation, Miss Florence Jennings; solo, Mrs. John Tryon; recitation, Mrs. E. H. Fox; reading, Miss Jennie Guy. Supper was served after this; tables were spread with everything that could tempt the appetite: and everyone pres- ent partook of the hospitality. A cheerful and homelike good feel- ing was manifest and seemed to pre- vail and those who attended enjoyed an evening of unalloycd pleasure. < v’ 7‘ INSANITY HIS PLEA. Murderer Duff Will Doublless Seek by it to Es'capc the Gallows. Edward A. Duff, the man who mur- dered his wife, Nellie Duff and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Maher in New Haven Wednesday evening, was taken into the city court yesterday noon and there charged with murder in the first degree. The court instruct- ed Judge Levi Blydenburgh to appear for the prisoner. Judge Blydenburgh informed the court that Duff was in no condition mentally to plead to the charge or say anything in his own de- fense and he requested a continuance. The court offered no objections and the case was continued until Saturday. Duff was taken back to jail. ' «coop—f; District Division. At the recent meeting of the District Division,“No. 2, S. of T. held in South N orwalk, at- which Greenwich, Roway- ton, South Norwalk, Silvermine, Nor— walk and Westport divisions were rep- resented the following ofi‘icers were elected: Past District Worthy Patriarch—VII. A. R. Hawley, of New Canaan. District W’ort hy Patriarch—F. M. Newell, of Westport. District Worthy ASSCciate—Mrs. _.F J. Joyce, of South Norw alk. District Scribe—Mrs. Mabel Ply',01 of N orwalk District Chaplain—Henry L. \Vood' worth, of South Norwalk. District Conductor—“lillis Nicker- son, of Norwalk. District Sentinel—Mrs. Lizzie Broth— erton, of South Nor-walk. District Superintendent of Young People’s Work- Mrs. Fannie J. Joyce. It was voted to hold temperance rallies in the above mentioned towns this winter, and. a committee was ap- pointed to make arrangements for the same. 4--orw » Masonic Officials. At the annual session of the Con» necticut grand lodge of Masons, held in Hartford on Wednesday, the fol- lowing officers were chosen for the en- suing year: Grand master, Frank W. Havens of Hartford: deputy grand master, George G. McNall of Green— wich; grand senior warden, John O. Rowland of Fair Haven; grand junior warden, Frederick S. Steven of Bridge— port; grand treasurer, Miles Graves of Hartford; grand secretary, John H. Barlow of Shelton; grand senior dea- ‘con, Arthur C. Wheeler of Nor-walk; grand junior deacon, Leon M. VVood- ford of Naugatuck; grand trustees, N. G. Hinckley of Hartford, \X’illiam R. Higby of Blidgcport and Edmund Tweedy of Danbury. «O-I>- A The Boston Store. The recent mild weather has had an effect on the sale of high priced winter jackets, and as they have not gone out as rapidly as desired, the Boston Store proposes to rush them out by cutting the prices in two and create a demand. As we shall have plenty of cold weather before spring opens this will be a great opportunity to secure a high priced garment for half its original selling price. - Read their adv. on Sth. page. i ‘-= <‘v George Ward Selleck’ 3 Funeral. The funeral of George W’ard Selleck will be attended from his late home on Camp street. to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Revs. S. B. Pond and Alexan- der Hamilton officiating. Members of the vestry of St. Paul’s church will act as pall- -bea1ers. The funeral will be private. The remains will be interred in the Nor-walk cemetery. ., —Advertise in the GAZETLL. MR. KIMMEY SUED. David P. Osborn lr., Wants His F ather-in-Law to Pay $50,- 000 for Keeping Mrs. Osborn at , Home. Plaintiff Alleges His Wife's Affections Have Been Alienated. A complaint was filed in the United States Circuit court yesterday by David Platt Osborn,of New York city,against his father-in-law, John D. Kimmcy, of this city, who has extensive interests in New York. The complaint was for alienation of Mrs. Osborn’s affections, and $50,000 damages were asked for. The complaint was served on Mr. Kimmcy at the offices of the Farmers’ Feed company, in Forty-secoud street, on December 27, 1897, he being one of the principal members of that com- pany. The matter was kept a secret until yesterday, when, on an order ob- defendant’s counsel, the file the docu- tained by plaintiff was direct-cdt to ment. ' . Mr. Kimmcy was seen by a reporter at his home on West avenue. where Mrs. Osborn and her three-year-old daughter live. He said the suit was a case of blackmail, and that he would not pay one cent. ‘ Mr. Osborn, who is thirty-two years old, is engaged in the advertising busi- ness at a modest salary. I of his marriage to Adeline Kim ncy, .lune 2?, 1893, he was nightclerk in the railroad ticket office in South Norwalk. The match was opposed by the father of thebride, but the wedding was held in his home, one of the finest residences in Nor-walk, and waaa swell’affair. ' Mr. and Mrs. Osborn went to live under the Kimmcy roof, until, as al— leged in the complaint filed yesterday, a quarrel between Mr. Kimmcy and his son-in-law forced the latter to leave. He took his toe to the home of his . own parents, in Norwalk, where a daughter was born on September 24, 1894. . The complaint alleges that by threats, persuasion and offers of luxurious sup-' port and by wilful misrepresentations Mr. Kimmcy caused his daughter to re- turn to his home on November 20, 1894, and has since forbidden the husband to visit his wife. He has, however, it is allegcd,'communicatcd with her, and it is alleged that she has been prevented from returning to him by fear of bodily harm to him, herself and her child. Osborn sets forth that the opposition to him was originally on account of his position, but that all went well until the quarrel which forced him to take his wife away. He alleges that threats were made of shooting him if he ever again put foot in the Kimmcy home or 'as ever seen in Norwalk. It is alleged by attorneys for the dc.- feudant that there are several errors in dates and names in the complaint, the date of the marriage being as two years prior to the time it took place. Some of Osborn’s friends claim that Mr. Kimmcy had kept Mrs. Osborn un- der constant surveillance, and that on shopping trips to New York, she. had always been accompanied by some per- son to guard against any meeting be tween her and her husband. Young Osborn is well known here in town where he does not bear the best reputation. So'on after his marriage with Miss Kimmcy he was arrested in a questionable transaction regarding the selling of a bicycle which hi; is said to have rented. The matter was hushed up at the time and Osborn was discharged from his position as night ticket agent at the South Norwalk depot. He shortly after left town and has not been seen since. ‘- , Prior to Mrs. Osborn’s return to her former home, it is said that Osborn’s neglect was very marked, behaving remained away from home days ata time, and it isreported that dur‘ug an absence of two weeks in 1894, hit; Wife At the time took her little daughter and returned to the Kimmcy home, where she has since resided. It is believed that against Mr. Osborn’s suit K immcy was brought on account of an action for divorce having been brought by Mrs. Osborn, papers of which were served on Osborn, “Ved- nesday, at the Grand hotel, New York, by Constable J. J. Goodwin, ' of So Eh Norwalk. Desertion is the ground on which the divorce is asked. Osborn’s lawyers are Oppenheim‘tb Severance, of No. “346 Broadway. Mr. Kimmcy slawy els ale B1 11110 S. Hitch- cock. “ =v7 PAST GRAND COMMANDEBS A. C. Golding Elected President at the An- nual Meeting in Meriden. The annual meeting of the Past Grand (.‘ommanders’ Association, Knights Tcmplars of Connecticut, was held at the Winthrop Hotel, Meriden, , yesterday. The election of officers re-. sulted as follows: President, A. C. Golding, Norwalk; vice-president, J. H. Welsh, Danbury; secretary and treas- urer, Eli C. Birdscy, Meriden. At 2 o’clock the past grands sat dOWn to a banquet. The past grands present were: Bridgeport, W. R. Higby and Hugh Sterling; Hartford, John G. R0'1t, Charles E. Billings and S. M. Bronson; Meriden, E. C. Birdsey and Dr. G. Herrick Wilson; Middletow‘n, Henry Woodward; New London, Fred H. Parmelee and Charles B. \Vare; Norwich, Charles W. Carter and Cos- tello Lippitt; W'aterbury, Nelson J. V‘Velton and Fred A. Spencer; Dan- bury, James H. Welsh; New Haven, Fred H. Waldron and Lyman H. John- son; South N orwalk, Christian'Swartz. A Peculiar Situation. When Walter Springstein was ar- raigned before Judge Gregory in the town court yesterday morning, he stated to the court _,thathhe was 20 years of age. Judge Gregory not knowing that Officer Hunt had arrested the ' prisoner, appointed that official Spring- Stein’s guardian. After pleading guilty to two counts and not guilty as to a third, Clerk Hill, who was acting as prosecuting attorney, called Officer ' Hunt to the Wi mess stand and made him testify to the guilt of his 011 n ward. ‘ :-= ‘ Revival Services. The revival serv1ces at the Norwalk Methodist church continue with un- abated interest. The pastor will preach to-night on “The Eternal Wanderer.” Charles Hoyt will sing “Vthre is my wandering boy to-ni‘ght?’,’ and Miss Van Hoosear will sing “Beckoning ‘Hands.” There will also be special music on the Violinccllo by one of the young men of the Columbia band. The. chorus choir and the church choir will leadthe Singing. “-‘ Turkey Supper. If the ladies of St. Mary’s church, having in charge the supper and en- tertainment given by them in the Opera House last night, had, owing to the stormy weather, any doubts as to there being a large attendance at the supper, such doubts were pleasantly put to - flight. The hall was crowded, the sup- per a culinary delight, and the enter- tainment programme interesting. The whole affair reflects much credit upon the ladies of St. Mal v 5 church. ‘A> Father 0’ Donnell’ 3 Funeral. The funeral of the late Father O’Con- nell, pastor of St. Mary’s church, will be attended to-morrow morning. Bish- op Tierney will celebrate the Mass. The deceased succeeded the late Father Byrnc in 1883 and endeared himself to the members of his Bethcl parish, and was a great favorite of the children up- on whom he bestowed many kindly acts. Father O‘Connell also had many friends in Norwalk. He was 51 years of age. ‘ ‘ --= —- <Vv A Runaway. - A horse belonging to Cuneo, the fruit dealer, ran away on Washington street, South Norwalk, this morning. It dashed up the street and to A. Sol- man’s stables where he was stopped Damage, slightly broken harness, step lost from wagon, and severely scratch— ed horse. AA_ ‘vr Adjt. Breckbill Elected Captain. At a special meeting of Co. K in Bridgeport, last night, Adjutant F. J.J Breckbill of Col. Sheridan’s staff was elected captain of that company. AA‘ ‘v' - The Afternoon Musical society [of Danbury has accepted an invitation from the Central club, to give an after- noon recital some time next month. ' South mm THETRAP. Anthony Comstock Arrests George. Morris, an AI- leged Green Goods Operator. Had Corresponded With Bogus Dealer from New Canaan. Anthony Comstock and his inspec- tors arrested in Port Chester yesterday a man whom they accuse of being a green goods operator and a member of a band that has been plucking its vic- tims throughout the rural districts of New England. The prisoner, a big, muscular fellow, wearing a heavy beard of grayish black and a slouch hat, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields, charged with having used the mails in sending out circulars offering spurious greenbacks for sale. The man said his name was George Morris, and that was all the informa- tion he would give. Commissioner Shields held him in $2,500 bail for ex— amination on January 28, and he was taken to the Ludlow street jail. For a long time residents of this city, Norwalk, Stamford, New mum and Westport have been receiv- (ja- goods circulars, and it was finally decided that the dealers had their headquarters near ing green bogus the Connecticut line. With this idea. in View Anthony Com- stock, after months of patient. pursuit. managed to open correspondence with, the swindlers under the name of J. _ H. Rowland, of New Canaan. After several communications had -been.exchanged it. was finally. agreed that one of the members of the band should deliver $13,000W0rth of counter- feit money to the rural correspondent -for'$1,000 inylawful money. The Port Chester Hotel was fixed upon as the place of meeting, and there James Hanse, who been employed by Comstock,representing himself as Row— ‘land, met- Morris in his room yesterday. After 'theyhad talked over the details of the transaction Hanse said he must telegraph to his brother at Stamford for the $1,000, and went downstairs, os- tensibly to do so. Instead he notified the officers who were in waiting, and and they arrested Morris. After securing Morris, the officers went to Pocanico Hills, two and a half miles northeast of Tarrytown, and ar- restestcd John Reedy, station master of the New York and Putnam Railroad and Western Union Telegraph (Tom- pany’s agent, charging him with aid- ing and abetting the games in which the others were the-active players. «GOOD—- AMUSEMENTS Hogan’s Alley. Manager Hoyt will present to his pa- trons on Tuesday evening, January :23, Gilmore and Leonard in their latest New York laughing craze, “Hogan’s Alley, by W. H. Macart, one of the funniest fal ce comedies ever produced, and made famous by the New York World, whose colored supplement has created no end of talk. The manage- ment have placed those well known comedians, Gilmore and Leonard, rec- ognized as “Ireland’s Kings,” at the head of the company, and surrounded comedy and operatic stage as Thomp- son and Burnell, Eddie O’Dell, Will H. Hagan, Cliff Meech, Tony Murphy, Lem Tower, Lillian Shirley, M‘ina Shir- ley, Mazie King, Carrie Rose, Maude and Ella Lepagc, Gladys Arnold, and Alice Leslie. Special attention has been given to the scenic production, and all the latest music, songs, dances, etc; will be seen with this company. Water commissioner Frederick Mead and wife are visiting friends in Ridge- field. The Knights of Columbus hall was crowded last night the occasion being the sociable given by the A.O.H. The attendance was augmented’ by a num- ber who after enjoying the turkey sup- ‘per in the Opera House hoca‘me satis- fied that a little terpsichorean exercise would be the proper caper. them with such brightlights of the' PRICE Two CENTS I EXPRESS DELAYED. A Broken Flange Throws a Truck Off the Rails at Mamaroneck. Passengel s on the Boston enpress on the Shore Line division of the New Y01k. New Haven and Hartford Rail- road, due in New York at 9 p. m., were delayed an hour and ten minutes last night by a breakdown near Mamaro— neck. The train had just passed Ma: maroneck and was going at a rapid rate when the forwaud parlor car began bumping up and doWn. The passen- gers were thrown from their seats, and there was considerable excitement. J. W. Sutton, the colored porter, had jumped for the automatic brake the moment the bumping commenced, but it would not work. The train ran al» most a mile before it could be stopped- It was then found that the flange on one of the rear wheels of the forward truck on the coach just back of the baggage car had broken. This forced the truck off the track. The bumping was caused by the wheels hitting the ties. The ties were badly ripped out .over the whole distance. In three quarters of an hour a local train came along and all tle Shore. Line express passengers were trans- ferred to it and taken to the Grand Central depot. WOODE— 1N OLDEN TIMES People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently overcome- habitual constipation, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a. time, but finally injure- t-he system. Buy the genuine, made by the California Fig Syrup Co. . . ——Best Creamery butter, 241: per“ pound, for Saturday only. W. R. Bates, Cash Grocery, 47 Main street. --r<o.‘oh~~~ —- Gustav Pitzer is in receipt of a ‘5 letter from Buckholz who is in the State prison on the conviction of hav- walk some nineteen years ago. He writes that he is in fairly good health, and is engaged as a nurse in the con- sumption ward. Landlord John Hadden of the Hotel. Preston is that much better of his ill: _, ness that he expects to visit the hotel. dining room for his dinner to- -day. <v= The Weather. Fair to-night and Saturday: colder Saturday morning. __. MARRIAGES. .l ENNINGS—STRICKLAND.——In Bridge- port, Jan. 19, by Rev. Frank Russell, Henry A. Jennings and Miss Nellie Strickland, both of Bridgeport. DEATHS. 4 BROWN. —At Hunting Ridge, Tues- day morning, Jan. 18,SamuelC. Brown, aged 74 years BISHOP. —~In B1idgep01 t, Jan. 17. Georgiana Moody, wife of the late Rev. E Ferris Bishop,’ 1n the 74th yea1 of her age. CLINCH——In Bridgeport, Jan. 20, 1898, Margaret, daughter of John Clinch, aged 20 years, 3 months. GtERIN—In Bridgeport, Jan. 18th, Ann, widow of the late Michael Gucrin. l HAMILTON—In West Norwalk, Jan. 16, Caroline Jolly, wife of Henry Ham- ilton, aged 33 years. HYNEs—In Bridgeport, Jan. 16, Ella T. H ynes, aged 20 years. JENKS—-ID Bridgeport, Jan. 16, El- len A., wife of Curtis V. Jenks, aged 49 years. . KEELElen Nyack, N. Y., Martha Nickerson, wife of Arthur H. Keeler. aged‘25 years, formerly of South N or- walk. 'KEARNS In Stamford, Jan. 20, Julia A. Kearns, aged 13 months, daughter of John J. Kearns. KINNEY—In Danbury, at the resi- dence of hel granddaughter, Mrs. W. J. Stillman. Mrs. Elvira A. Kinney, of Watertown, N. Y., aged 83 years. MEAD—In Blewster, N. Y. Janualy 20, DanielO. Mead, aged (18 years M CKINNEY.—In Bridgeport, Jan. 15, . Paullne, wife of William F. McKinney. NICHOLS. — In Fail-field, Jan. 13, Luella P., wife of Charles H. Nichols, aged 38 years. Q’CONNELL—In Bethe], Jan. 19, Rev. Patrick O’Connell, rector of St. Mary’s church, aged 50 years. O’ROURKE——1u Bridgeport, Jan. James O’Rourke. ' PATCHEN. —In Bethel Jan. 14, Deli- lah Patchen, aged 88 vears. PURDY-——In Danbury,l . .111. 16th, Re- bekah Purdy, aged 70 years. Smith—In Fail-field, Jan. 15, Almira. wife of William" Smith, aged 58 years. SELLECK—In Norwalk. Jan. .19. George Ward Selleck, aged 65 years. ' STONE—111M111 Plain, Danbury, Jan. 15, Sarah J. Stone, aged 65 years. 19, ing murdeled Schulte at South N01— ..
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