l LOCAL NEWS. A new floor is being laid at the lee' nix Engine house. Mrs. Charles “food of East Norwalk is visiting in High Ridge. George Kelly of Brooklyn. is a guest of P. F. Keating of South Norwalk. Judge A. E. Austin and daughter, have been visitingin Norwich. Miss Florence Wilmott, of Elm street, is visiting in New York city. Mrs. -Robert A. Holmes of Maple street is in Philadelphia. Miss Lillian Watkins of Taylor ave- nue' has been visiting in Bridgeport. ' ,W. S. Sturtevant entertained ever Sunday, S. C. Weilbacher of Water- bury. Byron C. Mead has applied for a li-' sense to sell liquor at N o. 58 Belden avenue. Miss Hattie F. McVeigh and Miss Frances Hanlon have returned from a visit in New York. The erection of two new cottages at Bell Island is to be commenced at an early date. Miss Harriet Olds of Elizabeth street, spent Sunday in New Haven, the guest of friends. 11’. G. Le Count and C. W. Le Count attended the funeral of their uncle, T. R. Le Count in New York, Saturday. The South Norwalk Fire Police will giveaconcert and ball in Arion hall on the evening of March 25th. C The Knights of Columbus will confer the second degree on Thursday, March 17th. In the line of other improvements on West avenue, Mr. J. A. Osborn is put.- ting an addition on his house. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Sullivan, of Center avenue, Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Radie, of Ansonia, are guests of Mrs. M. E. Ra- die, of Main street, Norwalk. Mrs. Frederick Belden has returned from W'ashington, D. 0., where she at- tended the Continental Congress, D. A. R. Miss Lizzie McDonald, who has been visiting Miss Maggie Pender, of Wood street has returned to her home in Brooklyn. George W. Raymond and J. Henry Hoyt have been appointed appraisers of the insolvent estate of Charles H. Tuttle. Seymour Curtis and Harry W. Mer: rill, banking clerks, have purchused E. M. Merritt’s cedar skiff for summer boating. ‘ Frank Becker proposes cutting a street through his East Norwalk prop- erty and erecting one or two houses on the same. Mrs. Joseph Valentine of Fordham. N. Y., is visiting her mother Mrs. Susan Ferris of West street, South Norwalk. Norwalk Knights Tcmplars will at- tend the annual conclave of the Com- mandery in Hartford, on Tuesday March 15th. Eddie, son of Florst and Annie Kuslik died at his home on Glenwood avenue, East Norwalk on Saturday, aged 2 years and 10 months. ' . Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Culver of New York city, were guests over Sunday of Mr. and. Mrs. William H. Smith of Morgan avenue. ' Miss Lillian Kennedy of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has been a guest of Miss Helen Goodeve of South Norwalk, has returned home. Clarence E. Parsons will leave South Norwalk March 14th to go to Alling- ton to reside with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parsons. “Gil” Finch, Stamford’s crack bicy- clist, who has won many races during the past three years, has decided to re- tire and will race no more. The Paulist Fathers, of New York city, will conduct a mission at St. Jo- seph’s church, South Norwalk, for two 1 weeks, beginning March 20. The first week will be for the women of the par- ish and the second week for the men. It is thought that Rev. R. O. Sher- wood of the South Norwalk Baptist church who announced his intention on Sunday last of vacating the pulpit of that church at an early date will no cept a call to a church in Stamford. William H. Bouton died at his home in Long Ridge Saturday morning, last, in the 55th year of his age. Mr. Bou- ton Was a Veteran of the Civil War, having served for one year in Co. A 28th, Reg. Conn. Vol. He participated in the battle of Port Hudson and was a member of the famous hand grenade ' party on June 14, 1863, and as a sol- dier bore an excellent record. By mistake a lamp at the home of William Goodfellow on Clay street, was on Saturday, filled with gasoline instead of kerosene. Saturday night when the lamp‘was lighted there was a sudden flash and the lamp threatened to explode. Fortunately Mr. Goodfel- low was home at the time and at some risk to himself picked the lamp up and threw it out into. the yard. The dam- age done was confined to the lamp which was valued at 810. However, Mr. Goodfellow’s promptness no’ doubt averted a destructive fire: . l \ A Mrs. F. W. ,Darmer is suffering from an attack of tonsolitis. ' Miss Jane M. Mead, of Park street, ' is seriously ill. Miss Ada. Vi’arden of St. John ave- nue, is suffering from mumps. R. L. Taylor, of Norivalk, is confined to his home with the grip. Mrs. T. Clark, of Norwalk, has re- covered from her recent illness. An addition is being constructed to thehouse of Jasper Pryor on River- view Terrace. Thomas O’Donnell has moved from Spring Hill to Danhury. William Saunders has moved from Spring Hill to East Norwalk. Miss M. C. Roberts, of Springfield Mass, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Fox, of West street. Joseph Ells, J r., of N orwalk, celebra- ted the sixteenth anniversary of his birthday on Sunday. Mrs. A. N. Stanton has moved from New York to the Ryder house at the corner of West avenue and Courtlandt place. Mrs. Fred Banks, of Wilton, has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. George W'. Seymour of “Washington street. Mrs. W. O. Merritt is suffering with a very painful abscess which has formed on the ball of her eye. Miss Lulu Frye of New York is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bartram of Ha r riet street. Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Bell 0 Bowayton have returned home after an extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. Harvey M. Kent of Arch street. An additional room is being built on to the Gregory Point hotel which will be used for the keeping of sea food dur- ing the summer months. ‘ The engagement of Miss Florence Wigham, daughter of Horace B. Wig- hum of Elm street and Frederick Dal- ton of the Danbury News is announced. Thomas A. Lake, the newly appoint- ed internal revenue collector for this district, will assume charge of his office on Wednesday, March 9, succeeding John C. Byxbee‘ who on that date will become ex-colle ctor. i The Rev. E. Livingtone Wells of Southport, who was recently ordained in the Episcopal ministry, has accepted a call to become pastor of the church of Christ at Salem, Columbia county, Ohio. Mr. Wells will leave immediate- ly for the scene of his new duties. There will he a meeting in the Coun- cil rooms on Thursday morning, March 10th, at 10 o’clock, by the Board of En- gineer Officers appointed by the Secre- tary of War for the establishment of Harbor Lines in N orwalk harbor. All persons interested are invited to be present. - A dear old woman died a short time since at the Alms House in Bridgeport and after her death it was found that, she had a bank account amounting to ‘ . Something like $500. Surely the town of Bridgeport has little cause to find fault at the ultimatum of the desidera- tum. According to the laws of the State, the recompense may prove com- mensurative with the good will ex- tended to its guest. It is reported that Rev. B. O. Sher- wood is soon to resign his pastorate of the South N orwalk Baptist courch. It would not, the writer thinks, he too much to say that within the history of the society there has never been a clergyman at its head, that was more deserving of recognition for good work done than is Rev. Mr. Sherwood, and. this is no disparagemcnt of his prede- cessors at this church. While the Rev. J. W. Eggleston was preaching in the Methodist church at Mianus, Sunday evening his house ad- joining was ransacked by burglars. After the service was ended Mr. Eg' gleston and his family returned to the parsonage, and, after sitting in the parlor for half an hour, went up and found everything in the rooms upstairs in confusion. Upon investigation they found the silver spoons missing, be- sides two gold watches, two silver watches, gold chains. diamond pins and rings and $20 in cash. Mr. ,Eggleston estimated his loss at $200. There is no clew to the burglars. ' The trade in seed oysters in Long Island sound will begin a good deal earlier this year than before if this mild weather holds. It is probable that seed will be bought next week and taken to the bays of the western end of Long Island to be planted. The growers in that section are anxious to start the work of planting as early as possible and the weather for the last few weeks has been favorable to early planting. The Connecticut fish and game com- mission have arranged to put out “lin- gerling” fish next fall, as follows: 600,000 brook trout, 100,000 lake trout, 100.000 Atlantic salmon, 10,000 land- locked salmon, 25,000 rainbow trout. All of these will be between five and six inches long. “We will put out 'miles of them,” says Commissioner Col- lins, “and all good sportsmen hope to see these miles increase in number, so that good fishing may come to consist of something besides stories.” As has been the former usage the fish will be furnished free of charge on condition that the recipients pay for transporta- tion. . Henry Walker Raymond proprietor of the Maple Grove Milk Dairy was found dead in bed at his home in West Norwalk, Tuesday morning, be- ’ tween6 and 7 o’clock. Mr. Raymond was in the best of health yesterday and worked about the place during the day. 7/" He retired about 9 o’clock and laugh- ed and joked with Mrs. Raymond until the latter advised him that he- would net get much sleep if he did not stop talking. He said he was not sleepy and about midnight he told his wife he was hungry and said he was gomg to get something to eat. He got upvand went into the pantry where he ate some beans, and then went back to bed again. Mrs. Raymond arose about 6 o’clock and as Mr. Raymond appeared to be ' sleeping soundly she thought she would let him sleep for awhile. Shortly before 7 o’clock Mrs. Ray- mond went up stairs and called him, but receiving no response she went up and shook him anddiscovered he was dead. Dr. Higgins was sent for and found that Mr.Raymond had been dead some time The deceased was 50 years of age, and a brother of Thomas Land William T. Raymond of South N orwalk. and some years since married the widow of the late Theodore Price, who survives him. An adjourned meeting of the city council was hcldMonday evening. The Mayor and full board with the excep- tion of Councilman Gregory were pres- ent. Aside from the fixing of the annual appropriations for the several depart- ments the more important matter be- fore the board was the consideration of the library questionu ’ The appropriations fixed upon for for the coming year were as follows: Administrative, 8 5,000 Finance, 14,000 Highway, 4,500 Highway, (extra), 1,000 Light, 7,500 Police, 5,000 Sewers 1,500 Library, 2 400 Mayor Glover gave those who had assembled in the lobby an opportunity to present their grievances, or to be heard on any matter upon which the council could take action. Mr. Jere Donovan was recognized by the Mayor, and spoke in reference to the removal of the library from its present quarters. He thought that he should have been officially notified of such removal from his building, and added that he had been given no op- portunity of having anything to say in the matter. In answer to the question as to whether or not it had been decided to move the library from the present quarters the Mayor stated that he so understood the fact. . Mr. Donovan said that it was his opinion as being advisable for the board of library directors to get along with as little expense as possible. He said that the present quarters had been rented of him in good faith, and as he supposed for a term of years, although it was but a verbal lease of one year. He claimed that it was but an honor- able right as one business man dealing with another should act upon. He stated that expense had been demanded in the fitting up of the present library all of which he had paid. He said that it could be only on a technical ground that the city could deny the contract, and added that he had had in the past dealings with several business men in town on the basis of honor and that this was the first time that he had found that he had made a mistake in that line. . He further said that a claim in refer- ence to the removal had been broached that the present quarters were in an unsanitary condition. This claim he held was not in accord with the facts in that a relative of the health board was content to remain in the building, and asked “would he sacrifice a mem-. ber of his family in the building?” ”If you find fault” said Mr. Donovan, “I am prepared to offer the present quarters free of rent for the expiration of the term of contract upon which the building was rented.” He asked if the board of health had condemned the building as being in an unsanitary condition. He further said that the sum of $800 had been ex- pended in fitting up the store for the library. Dr. J. G. Gregory, a member of the library board of directors was present and explained the situation, and spoke in favor of a change of the same from its present quarters. Corporation counsel John J. Walsh to whom was referred the city library question, made a most exhaustive re- port. Attorney Walsh gave it as his opin- ion, that the city has a library estab; lished under the statute of 1893: that the city has power to regulate and con- trol the same, and that if the libra ry is 'to be maintained, a suitable tax to maintain the same should be laid at the annual city meeting, and should be distinctly specified in the call for said meeting, or included in a separate :ij propriation. Attorney Walsh went still further in his report, and although he was not called upon for an opinion on the ques- tion, he plainly indicated in the report that the recent obnoxious library tax was illegal and that it was not collect- able, for the reason that the council had never created a fund to establish and maintain 'the library, nor had the tax collected been kept separate from other city money as required by the statute providing for the levying of a tax for establishing a public library. The report of the Corporation Coun- scl summed up, allows of no other con- struction than that the library tax was illegal, and that if any tax-payer has failed topay the same,it, in his opinion, cannot legally be collected. ' The usual grist of bills were ordered paid. The library report cited 4,471 and 2,- 510 books given out. The report of the Chief of police chronicled eleven arrGSts for the month of February. The action of the finance committee in borrowing $l,500 on the credit of the city was ratified. The matter of refunding a portion of the city debt was referred for future action, and it was voted to not incor- porate the same in the call for the an— nual city meeting. , Councilman Meeker who is harbor master stated that he had been called upon by the government to report the number of steam craft in the harbor. After some other business not of special importance the Council adjourn- 7 ed. A L' K ; YACHT w MEET. The annual meeting of the N orwalk Yacht club was held in the parlors of the’Mahacxemo hotel Saturday night, and resulted in .a genuine surprise to Commodore P. G. Sanford, Secretary Horace S. Hatch and Messrs. Gilbert Bogart and A. E. Chasmar of the Gov- erning Board, in that a majority of the members of the club by remaining away and declining to send prox1es together with those present at the meeting and voting, indicated plainly that they did not approve of their methods and did not desire them in office. It was something after 8 o’clock when Commodore Sanford called the meeting to\ order and Secretary Hatch called the roll. of the club members present in person and by proxy, Secretary Hatch having succeeded in securing 29 of the latter after considerable hard work. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, after which Treas- urer J. C. Green and assistant Secre- tary Raymond made their reports, which were accepted, and these two worthy officials gracefully retired from office with clean records. This cleared the decks for the elec- tion" of"- officers. The Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Secretary and Treas- urer being members of the Governing Committee the club’s constitution re- quires that they be elected by a ma- jority vote of all the members of the club, present and absent, which has heretofore been done. There being 106 members, a majority necessary to elect was 54.2 ‘ The first ballot taken was for com- modore and resulted as follows: Philip G. Sanford 53 Scattering 9 Mr. Sanford failed of ire-election. The next officer voted for was vice- commodore, and Mr. George A. Jen- nings received the necessary 54 votes and was elected. The rear~commodore followed, and Hon. John H. Ferris was elected with 59 votes to his credit. Treasurer came next and Joseph R. Taylor receiving the necessary 54 was declared elected. The secretary followed and Horace S. Hatch fell outside the breastworks having only 49 votes to his credit. Robert G. Mitchell for assistant sec- ratary received 55 votes and was elect- e . Measurer Orlando I. Allen was de- clared elected with 58 votes. This brought the meeting down to the live additional members of the gov- erning committee. The first to be voted for was Gilbert E. Bogart. He received but 52 votes and was defeated. Commodore Sanford ordered another ballot and again Bo- gart received but 52 and he was passed over. A. E. Chasmar came next and when it was announced that he had received but 50 votes and was defeated, he re- marked, “1 did not know that I was more unpopular than ‘Gil,’ ” and of- fered his resignation, but unfortunate- ly it was not accepted. The next member of the committee was Aurelius J. Meeker and he went through with 55 votes. Herbert A. Mathewson followed and received the necessary 54. The last member was Herbert H. Smith, and after taking four ballots he was declared elected. His vote was as follows; 53, 53, 53, 56. The regatta committee of three mem- bers completed the election, and result- ed as follows: . William F. Acton 59 Frank Nash ' 50 Samuel Lynes 57 The meeting then adjourned. . As there were not sufficient votes and proxies present to elect another commodore, secretary and two members of the governing committee, the con- stitution provides that Messrs. Sanford, Hatch, Bogart and Chasmar hold their respective offices until others are elec- ted, but it is not thought that they will care to remain under the circumstances and that all will resign for the best in- terests of the club. It is contended, however, that Mr. Sanford is ineligible to the office of Commodore under the Constitution, which requires that he shall be owner, in whole or in part, of a yacht, meas- ured and approved by the Measurer and enrolled in the club. Unless Mr. Sanford has complied with this 1equirement of the constitu- tion he is without doubt disqualified and his election would be void. PriOr to the annual meeting the gov- erning committee held a short session, but took no action in regard to the con- tested yacht race between Messrs. Allen and Chasmar, as Chairman Sam- uel Lynes of the regatta committee had not reported. - In all probability the race will have to be sailed over again this summer, as the rules of the Yacht Racing Union under which the race was sailed, pro- vide that, "a member of a regatta com- mittee who is the owner of a yacht sail- ing in a race shall not act upon the committee in the management of such race, ’F and as Mr. Lynes had his “Lit tle Joe” in the race he is disqualified from acting on the committee, and his decision could not be legally accepted under the rules. ~ ' --—-—~—< O->-——————— Col. James Sheridan will next Au- gust complete his 30th year as a mem- ber of the Connecnicut National Guard, and according to the Bridgeport Tele gram, he is reported to have said that he would retire and give way to some- One else. Col. Sheridan is getting old in the service and, as he himself puts it: “When a man serves his country or state for 30 years, it is about time for him to be given a rest.” Col. Sheridan is about the oldest member in years of service in the Con- necticut National Guard; the only man who ranks any way near him is Capt. La Barnes, the inspector of rifle prac- tice, in the Second Regiment. Both officers wear the state decoration for 25 years, being the only men in the service who have that distinction. In the event of Col Sheridan resigning, the momentous question will arise as to who will be his successor as com- mandant of the Fourth regiment. if, as reported, Col. Sheridan retires in August next, his successor will prob- ably be Lieut-Col. C. W. Hendrie, of Stamford. (‘01. Hendrie has risen from the ranks to his present position. and is capable of bringing the regiment up to a standard second to none in the N ation- al Guard. He is very popular with the officers of the regimens and possesses the confidence and respect of every me mber. G AZETT E , There was a majority Grace and. Clarence Whittaker of Maple avenue are confined to their home with the mumps. Frank H. Merrill has been appointed trustee of the insolvent estate of Land- lord Charles H. Tuttle of the Norwalk' hotel. . Mrs. Wyatt, the mother of the lev. A. H. Wyatt, the former pastor of the Methodist church, died Monday at the home of her son, in Brooklyn. The funeral was held in Brooklyn to-day. Miss Julia Burnham of East Norwalk, and Ernest Clark of Vernon Center, will be married at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Charles A. Knight in Vernon Center, Some time the latter part this month. Governor Cooke has confirmed the appointment of Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport and Leonard A. Dickenson of New Haven to be members of the Soldiers’ hospital board, each for two years from March 29, 1898, and to suc- ceed themselves. Mrs. Russell L. Hall died at her home in New Canaan, Sunday, after an ill-\ ness ofnbut one week. The deceased is survived by her husband who has the sincere sympathy of his many friends in his bereavement. Miss Minerva Knapp. and Edward Carpenter of Lemar-s, Iowa, will be married March 29th at the home of the bride in that place. Miss Knapp is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theo: dore Knapp of South Norwalk and re- sided in t0wn for a year or more during which time she made many friends and was quite a society belle. At the praise service next Sunday evening in the First Congregational church, Schnecker’s “Crossing the Bar” and an arrangement of Braza’s “Angel’s Serenade” will be given, with violin obligato by Miss Agnes Littlejohn. There will be a brief ad dress by the pastor on ”Tennyson as a religious teacher. ” March at the dentral Club. ' ' The following is the March‘ program at the Central club: “ Mondays in March, at 9:45 and 10:- 45 a. m., German. Fridays in March, at 10 and 10:45 a. m., French. ‘ Mondays in March. at3p. m., French literary history under Miss Brockway Tuesdays, lst, 15th and 29th at 10:— 30 a. m., current events. Mrs. John S. Seymour will lead March lst. - Wednesdays, 9th and 23rd, at 3:30 p." m., Novel club, “Saint Ives,” by Stevenson, will be read aloud. Those wishing to join are requested to bring their work. Mrs. Gregory will lead March 9th. Thursdays, 10th, 17th, 24th, 3lst, at 10:15 a. m., Miss PierCe, of Hartley House, New York, will give lessons in . the “A rt of Cookery.” Every member of the class will be assessed 25 cents. a lesson for the purchase of material. Those not members of the club, wish» ing to join the class may do so, if prop- erly introduced, and by payment of 50 cents a lesson. , Monday, 7th, at 3:30 p. m., quarterly meeting, when proposed amendments to constitution will be submitted to the club. There will he reports from the committees of philanthropy and civics, by Mrs. Mead and Dr. Pardee. _ Mondays, 14th and 28th, at 2:30 p. m., whist. Monday, 28th, at 8 p. m., round table discussion upon “The Needs of Nor-walk.” Addresses by a number of our leading men, followed by discussion if there is time. The philanthropic committee, Mrs. M. E. Mead, chairman, announce for Tuesday, 15th, at 3:30 p. m., a talk on the “Penn yProvidentSavings Society," by ilrs. Washington Choate, of Green Wic . a... l ~Adver¢ise in THE GAZETTE. GOWN \VITH POINTED FLOUNCE FROM HARPER’S BAZAR Gown With Pointed Flounce. The circular flounced skirts of French gowns promise to be very popular, since they are sheathlike at the top, with a lower circular flare, which gives a pretty fan effect without much full- ness to impede in walking. These flounces rise gracefully toward the back, where they sweep outward froma tiny cluster of gathers below the waist- band. The simpler forms’ of these skirt models are used for crash, pique, and other heavy cotton materials, as well as for silks and wOols, while more elab- orate costumes are composed of several wide flounces, or of a succession of nar- row ones, or, again, of a series gradua- ted in ' width, often reaching to the waist. A Paris foulard gown of dainty sim- plicity, with polka-dots of black on a background of the new tone of ,silver blue, is attractive. The polka-dot re— turns this year as a novelty and in most fascinating combinations of color, the black appearing in a profusion of effects, apparently in accordance with what Paris calls a “black season.” The flounces of this skirt are especial- ly graceful, rippling in airy curves from the pointed apron in front ‘to a slight Watteau efiect behind, which is framed by the broad velvet ribbon sash. Circular flounces are not difficult to make by amateur dress-makers, al- rthough they require some cxrc and pa- tience. If the corresponding divisions of ruffle and skirt are pinned exactly in place, before basting, as indicated in the pattern of this gown furnished by Harper’s Bazar, there is little dan— ger of stretching the edge of the ruffle in putting together. In this model the flounces are at- tached to a seven gored foundation skirt, which may serve besides for a plain foulard, cotton, or wool skirt, as well as for a drop skirt. This seven gored model is one of the most popular for general use. It follows the average width at the present moment—three and three-quarter yards at the foot,thc bottom fiounce having sufficient extra width to fiare easily. The bodice of this gown is very be- comingly designed, with tucks at the neck, and shoulder caps cut in one with it. The addition of a narrow cir- cular rufiie to these caps furnishes a graceful top to the plain tight sleeves which fashion now demands. A little rippled frill trims the sleeve at the hand. Skirt, corsage, and sleeve are boardercd with rows of the new ser- pentine black velvet ribbon—~12. Paris novelty of the season. A wide draped collar of black velvet, always so en- hancing to the complexion, completes the bodice. Quantity of material—— foulard for entire costume, eighteen yards, silk or satin for waist-lining and drop skirt, fourteen yards: velvet r’ib _ hon, two pieces.
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