w n: EK LY NURW A LA GAZETTE var . .-..~:- Wang-:4: sun-w. .~: nu, ,. «avm camel. ,. chm-Anus... ». 49*-“1 LOCAL—NEWS. "I. ; " ——- t . ,J. J. Everette of Washington is visit- Vfriends in town. . “Frank N. Ferris. is taking a two weeks’ vacation. -Mrs. Thomas I. Raymond is visiting her parents at .Oneonta, N. Y. . > Miss Jessie McKay of Union Park, is visiting friends in New York. Contractor Ephraim Thomes is mak- ing repairs to the Bell Island bridge. « Mrs. Platt Price is reported as being seriously ill at her home on West ave- nue. . . Mason Ballard, of Franconia, in the White Mountains, is visiting friends in town. , . Ferd Hayes has traded his gray horse for a more satisfactory bay horse. ~ Antone Storkavish, employed at Ferd Hayes’, has resigned, but expects to return next fall. A. Preston Sherwood "and Miss Emily Gerbish are soon to be married at Bridgeport. ’ ' . Letter carrier H. O. Bailey of South Norwalk, and his wife are taking a week’s vacation- . wuim Becker and daughter, of New York. spent, Sunday with relatives in South Norwalk. ' ‘ Mrs. Charles G. Ives has returned ' home from a two weeks’ visit with friends in Brooklyn. J. ’J'.’ Havens, formerly of the Tram- way line, has secured a situation on the steamer Belle Horton. . Conductor and Mrs. Howard Wilmot of Cross street are happy over the ar- rival of a young daughter. Miss Marie Kelly, cf the GAZETTE, is enjoying a week’s vaCation with rel- atives in New Haven and Brooklyn. William M. Saunders, wife and son Arthur, are expected home on July 2 from a two years’ stay in Southern Pines. ' There was a bad break in the water main on School street, saturday, which has since been placed in repair by Cor- oner Roach. Messrs. John H. Ferris, J. R. Mar- vin and R. ‘H. Rowan took a sail on the launch .Eva L». to Long Island and back, on Saturday. ' For assaulting Hausman on the track during the Alpha Wheel club. races,‘ Sam Wheeler, of Danbury, has been suspended for thirty days. _ Dr. W. B. Bean has purchased the Tompkins place at the corner of West . avenue and Pine streets, .which'he has Occupied ever since he came to South Norwalk. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Seymour are home from a few days stay in New York state. Mr. Seymour who is in poor of rheumatism. . The Reed & Houseman wharf is be- ing placed in thorough repair by Con- tractor Thomes. The city council will meet Monday evening and probably adjourn until Wednesday night. Ralph Bray, of’ the Street Railway line, has returned home from a vaca- tion trip to Massachusetts. " Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. will take part in the Independence day cel- ebration at Stamford next Monday. Beginning July let an additional charge of two cents Will be made on all money orders by the local postoffices. An addition to the Craw steam laun- dry supply plant on Water street, South Norwalk, is being covered with iro shingles. At a special session of the superior court. Judge Robinson, Charles E. Jen- nings, Jr., of South Norwalk, was ad- mitted to practice. . Contractor Sheldon is laying a curb and gutter in front of the L’Homme- ldieu, Murphy and Bohannan buildings in East Norwaik. Captain John Cabano expects to launch his new yacht some time next month, and is hurrying the work along on her to that. end. The local post offices have receiVed _ a notice from the Postmaster General ,to disc )atinue the use 0: newspaper and periodical stamps. C01, Henry Peate, well-known in G. A. R. circles throughout the state, died at his home in Norwich on Sunday of heart failure, aged 75. Mr. LeGrand Raymond, of the firm of Raymond & Son, will accompany the remains of the late Dr. Glines to Marietta, Ohio, to-morrow. The many friends of John Rodemeyer Jr., will be pained to learn that his mother died at her home in Canaan on Saturday'last and was buried on Mon- day. _ ‘ The Norwalk Tramway company, has issued a very. neat and attractive sum- mer folder deseriptive and illustrative line. > .. _ ‘ ‘ Mrs. M. Ratchford Will, this week, open a new ice cream saloon in VVest- port. It is located near the terminus of the Norwalk Tramway. line and has been fitted up in an note-date manner. Mr. George H. Frew, secretary and treasurer of the New York and N 0r walk Steamboat company, will occupy the Belden residence on the Green for the Summer, and .is movinginto the same. " ' -.-._.‘_.,_, ’ 0n and after July 5th, Bates-the Mainflstreet cash grocer, and other health is of the belief that the trip was , beneficial to him. ' H. T. Sheffield, teller at the Central , National bank, is in receipt of a small section of the ill fated Maine, which he prizes very highly, even though it . is but a piece of copper. At a meeting of the directors of the I Fairfield County National Bank, the ! Central National Bank and thetNation- [ al Bank of Norwalk on Monday after- noon, dividends of three per cent. were declared. 2 Miss Barry of Stevens street ran into the carriage of Capt. W. H. Hoyt on Monroe street, Monday morning, and was thrown from her wheel against the iron bridge sustaining a bad gash over , one of her eyes. Clerk of the Town Court George H. Vosburgh, J r., visited the Yacht club on Saturday to witness the yacht races. He was unfortunate, however, in taking an unexpected plunge into the briny deep with his best clothes on. Samuel Porter Hyatt died at the Norwalk hos pitalTuesda ymorning, aged 70 year‘. The deceased was a well- known carpenter and suffered an acci- "dent by a fall from an electric car. Three children, a son and two daugh- ters. suruive him. " S. Treat Stanley who was one of those examined recently for admissmn to West Point, is in receipt of a com- plimentary letter from Congressman E. J. Hill for the creditable manner in which he passed the examination and conveying the further but not so pleas- ing news that he was not adjudged to rank with the first. At the election of officers of Our Brothers’ Lodge,I.0.0.F. held Monday ' evening, the following gentlemen were grocers who have been in the habit of keeping their stores open until 9 o’clock, will close at 7 o’clock, Mon- days and Saturdays excepted. Smith&Priest,the well knownBridge- port cigar and tobacco dealers, with headq uarters at 40 Fairfield avenue have made an assignment in insolvency to William H. Longdon. The liabilities are about $9,000 and the assets about, $5,000. Nathan S. Miller, of Danbury, com- mited suicide by hanging himself in Wright’s woods in Sandy Hill, N - Y., Saturday night He was 77 years old and a veteran of the civil war. He leaves a wife and four children living in Connecticut. He has been residing in Sandy Hill for the past year. Mrs Caroline R., wife of Alfred E. Austin, died at her home on West ave- nue this morning after a long and pain- ful illness. ’ The deceased was a daughter of Col. Charles A. Converse, of Norwich, and during her stay in Norwalk by her lovable disposition and many charitable and kindly. acts had endeared herself to a large circle of appreciative friends and acquaintances. Her husband and one child survive her. A number of the chess players of the Norwalk Chess and Checker club went to Bridgeport Tuesday night and were defeated by a score of 6 to 4 at their favorite game. There were ten men on each ‘side. The Bridgeport club entered the con- test with a faultless intent to win. At tne end of the battle the score was as follows: BRIDGEPORT. Gotthardt, Cate, Challenger, elected: N. G.—Fletcher VanHoosear. IV. G.——James C. Forbush. Secretary—B. S. Keith. Treasurer—A. A. Betts. F. S.———St. John Merrill. For Mr. Merrill this is his twenty- third annual election, and Mr. Keith his forty-first semi-annual election. On and after July 1, all who purchase a domestic m0ney order at the post- office will have to pay two cents more for it than they do at present. This is owing to the war tax, that causes a two cent stamp to be affixed to the ‘1 note. This will affect those who have been in the habit of sending money in small sums, where the cost was but three cents for the order. The stamp . is the same in larger amounts, so that it will scarcely be felt on the large orders. Rogers, ' Beach, Cogswell, F. Adams, Bull, Northrop, Bradstreet, c>| HOl-‘HOOl-‘Ol—‘l-l Total, N ORWALK. Baldwin, J. Baker, Mulvihill, Moran, C. Baker, Kling, E. S. Adams, R. W. Adams, Avision, A. Adams, VF] OHOOHHOHOO Total, G. Louis Priceis takinga week’s var 1' cation hoping to put to flight an attack W. C._ of points -' Of interest on the company’s ‘ vr‘pOI‘Ch.. .: :to awfront window, andintime to The Norwalk and New York. steam- boat company has chartered the fa- vorite little steamer Belle Horton to run on the route between South Nor- walk and New York. She is the same boat that gave such eminent satisfaction last season, and her resumption on theline was hailed with delight. She came up Saturday nightfor the first time this season with a fair per- centage of passengers. This morning a flattering number boarded her for New York, and all in all the season opensauspiciously. The boat is manned as follows: Moses Wilson, captain; Peter Williams, mate; Dewitt C. Barrett, pilot; A. A. Betts. purser; Jacob Jones, engineer, and J. J. Havens, Porter. And an able crew has also been engaged. The leaving time of the boat is: South Norwalk, 7:30 a.' m. Beekman street, New York, 2:15 p. m. East 31st street, 2:40 p. m. Saturdays: Beekman street, 1:30' p. m. and East 31st street, 2:00 p. m. An alarm of fire was sent in from Box 3, at South Norwalk, yesterday afternoon, which was promptly re- sponded to by the department. It proved to be a barn at the rear of the residence of Theodore Knapp, on Union street. The fire was extinguish- ed before the building had been entire- ly obliterated, and as a matter of fact before other than the upper story had been burned. . The fire caused considerable excite- ment and adjoining property owners quickly moved their belongings to a safer neighborhood. ' ‘ The barn was leased by August Roetegcher, the North Main, street; grocer, to whom most of the contents of the same belonged.“ His loss was fully covered by insurance. ’ ' ‘ - The loss to the owner of the barn was fully covered by insurance. _ During the progress of the fire ad- joining property holders, including Dr. Allen, removed their horses,, car- riages, etc, to places of safety. , The fire is thought to have been caused by a spark from a bonfire kindled in the rear of“ the Woodward residence. . A Very late Saturday night Mrs. ‘Robert A. McDohald,’ who lives on CresCent terrace, sawtwo ‘men acting in a suspicious manner in. a neighbor- ing yard. _' . - Thinking. that the men‘were thieves, she went to the back door other home to see if everything was secure. As she reached the screen dbor, the other beingopen, she saw a man run off the She .quihkly lockedthe door and ran I _ see two men go out of the yard to the street, where they were joined by two other men, and the party walked away. Mr. McDonald soon after-returned home, but thought that his wifes’ fears were unfounded, and 'ascribed the call to some one who had mistaken the house for another, but changed his mind somewhat when he, the next morning, learned that the Trinity Episcopal church, not far from his home, had been. burglarized. When the janitor of the church went to the same yesterday morning he found that the place had been visited by some one and three of the set col- lection boxes, including the poor box, had been despoiled of their contents. The burglars gained an entrance through a window. It is not believed that they secured much coin as the boxes htd been relieved of their con- tents by those in authority. ‘ Thepolice were not notified of the burglary until Sunday evening, and the thieves had plenty of time to‘escape. The board of directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road have approved of plans for the reorganization of the property of the corporation including the newly ac- quired Eew England railroad and the proprietary steamboat lines, which plans will become operative July 1, next. The entire properties at that time, for the purpose of operating, are to" be divided into three districts to be known as the Marine, the Eastern and the Western districts. ' The Marine district will include the Long Island Sound lines and floating property now owned or controlled by the railroad. The Western district will include 1,000 miles of railroad west of New London and Willimantic. The Eastern district Will include 1,000 miles of railroad east of New London and Willimantic. _ ' Captain S. A. Gardner, of New Lon- don, for a long time superintendent of the Fall River and Norwich lines of steamboats, will be the general super- intendent of the Marine district, with headquarters in New York city. Charles H. Platt, for years general superintendent of what has been known as the New Haven division, will be the general superintendent of the Western district. The present general manager of the New England railroad, C. Peter Clark, will become general superintendent of the Eastern district. The advance in rates caused by the stamps on domestic orders does not affect the foreign money orders, as the charges on those to a number of places has been reduced. Honnec‘ker-Pearson. , With all honors vouchsafed to those who plight their troth for weal or woe, Mr. Vincent M. Honnecker and Miss Minnie M. Pearson were united in wedlock at St. Joseph’s church, South Norwalk,Tuesdaymorning, in presence of a large number of the friends of the contracting couple. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. T. Winters, and was celebrated with a high nuptial mass. ' Mr. Robert Eadie of Bridgeport was best man, and Miss Agnes M. Sullivan, of New York, bridesmaid._ The paiges were Joseph Cuneen and Anna Pear- son. The bride was prettily. attired in a costume of white mulle with rich silk trimmings, and of course was the cynosure of the eyes of all those present. As usual, the groom was of secondary ' con51deration, but he gracefully carried out his part of the programme. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride on Elizabeth street, and Mr. and Mrs. Honnecker were in receipt of a deluge of congralutations to say nothing of the manyvaluable as well as useful presents. The ushers were MessrsGeorge Mig- nery of Danbury, Dr. John T. Kennedy, Themes McMahon and W. F. Tammany of South N orwalk. Among the guests present at the reception, for which Prof. Smythe’s orchestra furnished music, were James Hughes, of Hartford; Mr. and Mrs. James Cuneen, of Red Bank, N. J.; the: Misses McFadden and Agnes Pearson, of New Brunswick; Mrs. Sul- livan, of New York, and Mrs. Eadie and daughters, of Bridgeport. The happy couple left on the Coloni a1 express, at 1:50 pm , for a wedding tour to W'ashington and other southern cities. A V Judge Curt-is of the court of common Pleas handed down a large'number of decisions Monday, covering cases that have been tried for weeks past. One of considerable importance was that of the case of Aaron G. Sherwood against Sarah N. Alby, judgment is given for the defendant to recover her costs. The parties in this case were much married, Mr. Sherwood having taken lawful wives four or five times. One of those was the defendant, who her- self had been a bride so often it was no novelty. She lived with Mr. Sherwood and his first wife, who was a near relative of hers. The parties were divorced. Sarah Alby, upon learning that Mr. Sherwood contemplated dis- missing her from his household, brought suit to recover her services. A settlement was made between them, Mr. Sherwood conveying to her one half interest in certain property in A-‘ v V 'Cra‘nbury Plains. About the same time' Mr. Sherwood proposed marriage to her and 1 After they dwelt in harmony some time and there was no longer peace in the family he claimed to have discover- ed she had been married and not di- vorced. They separated, Mr. Sher- wood claiming their marriage was not legal. Later he brought the present suit, asking that she be compelled to reconvey the property to him, and also claiming $700 damages. Judge Curtis, in a memorandum, says that from the testimony of Mr. Seymour, who was one of the defendant’s counsel, the contract for the release of Mrs. Alby’s claim against the plaintiff, in consid- eration of a conveyance to her of a one-half interest in the property, was a separate and distinct transaction from. the marriage agreement. This settle- ment was made at Mr. Sherwood’s suggestion, and was kept distinct from the marriage agreement which also took place at his suggestion. The marriage may have been a method of avoiding the effect of the transaction which suggested itself to him. In the case of Johannah O’Brien of Norwalk against Sylvester B. Wilson, the defendant is given judgment to re- cover costs. It was a boundary line dispute. In the case of Annie R. Quirk against J. Sturges Randall of Norwalk, the plaintiff was given judgment to recove $50 and costs. The suit grew out of real estate transaction. The defendant is given judgment to recover his costs in the case of Mary Ann Mulvey against Thomas Walker; . an action brougnt to compel the defen- dant to support the plaintiff’s child she claiming he was its father. The parties belong in Norwalk. Edgar Willet of Norwalk is given judgment to recover $200 and costs from James M. Herring. October 7,, 1893, the defendant assaulted the plain- tiff, blackening his eyes, breaking one finger, and otherwise injuring him. The men were laborers engaged on a piece of work, lVillet asked for $1,000. ‘v" A Washington dispatch says that Mrs. John Addison Porter, who has joined the Red Cross Society and is personally to assist Miss Clara Barton, was in Washington Saturday, having just returned from Key West and a conference with Miss Barton. She will return immediately to the South on the Red Cross Ship Relief to a point not far from Santiago, which will be theheadquarters of the society’s activ- ities on Cuban soil for the present, she blushingly accepted.» nonunion Death of Rev. Edwin Hall. The following obituary found in the Auburn, N. Y. Bulletin, of Friday, June 24th,,has been received in Nor- walk. The subject of the notice was a Norwalk youth of unblemished in- tegrity, and one whose life since child- hood has been irreproachable. His father, beside Whom he is now laid, was long the faithful and beloved pas- tor of the FirstOCongregational church in this town, and one to whose memory this ancient settlement may indeed do homage. His fondly remembered son, Edwin, was buried, Monday, in the family plot in the lovely cemetery at Auburn. Close by the Hall grounds rest the remains of New Canaan’s dis- tinguished son, Rev. Dr. James Richards, and a little distance further on the form of Gov'. Wm. H. Seward’s nephew, little Charlie Bostwick, who was one of the three school boys who were drowned in Norwalk harbor on the evening of June 7, 1873. “"l‘ he sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust ’ “lev. Edwin Hall, of No. 6 Park avenue, died, Thursday afternoon, after five years of failing health and partial blindness, the cause of death being acute nephritis. He was the eldest son of the late Dr. Edwin Hall, who was for many years professor of theology in Auburn Theo- logical seminary. He was born in Middlebury, Vermont, in 1829 and was graduated from Yale college and East Windsor (now Hartford) Theological seminary and during his seminary course was called to the pastorate of the Congregational church at New Hartford Centre, Conn., where he was pastor for 16 years. After that he was pastor of the Rosendale, Wis , Congre- gational church and the Presbyterian church in Charleston, W. Va. The breaking down of his health compelled him to give up, five years ago, the last charge which he had at the Presby- terian church of Conewango, Cattar- augus county, in this State. His» life was distinguished by unsel- try and care for the» welfare of others which continued even when feeble health obliged him to give up pastoral work. ' ~ Besides his’ wife he leaves surviving him one brother, Lyman Hall, of Skan- eateles and two sisters, Mrs; Frances CAROLINE CONVERSE AUSTIN. tin of West avenue loses to this city fish devotion to the work of the minis- ‘ H. Pierce, and Miss Mary R. Hall, of l . this city.” one of its most attractive adopted daughters: Bringing, at; her bridal, to Norwalk society the culture and cord- iality which had birth in a home of refinement and 'of, large and lofty sympathies, Mrs. Austin’s acquire- ments and fine feelings, sentiments and manners have attached her to a choice circle of friends. She belonged to one of the best households of New London county, the family seat of which in old Norwich is a lovely spot. Of late years she has been an invalid but tenderministrations have greatly soothed lifes suffering close and she has quickly followed a dear parent 'to the spirit world. She was a communi- cant of St. Paul’s church, the rector of which officiated at her funeral Wed- nesday eVening. ‘ --‘ ‘7' ' Danbury Newslets. Miss Lena Parker, of 1 VVhitlock street, has gone to Norwalk for a visit .of two weeks. . , Miss Lizzie McNaughtou and Frank McNaughton, of Norwalk, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rotherforth, of Padanaram. Miss Marion Pickett, of Norwalk,» is spendihg two weeks at the home of her parents in Miry Brook. ' Paul Cutbill, of South Norwalk, has returned home after spending several days at the home of Mrs. Joseph Reda~ vats, of 72 Garfield avenue. Ex-Prcsident Edward Barrett, of the United Hatters of North America, and Charles Williams, of South Norwalk, who have been spending a week as guests of Thomas Heiferan, Chestnut street, returned home Saturday night. ————-<.».o>——-—— New Canaan Banker Locked Up. Charles C. Osborn, a. banker of New Canaan, got into a fight with his brother-in-law, Walter D. Birdsall, who says he 1s doing business at 1619 Broadway, New York, in the Grand Central depot, at7 o’clock last evening. They came to blows, and Osborn hit Birdsall on the nose. Birdsallhad him arrested and made a charge of assault against him in the sub-station house in the depot». " The sergeant at the station house tried to get Birdsall to withdraw his complaint and patch up his difference with his relative, but Birdsall declided to do so, and Osborn was locked up. Neither 'man would say what he had quarrelled about. There is no Walter D. Birdsell in the .New York directory and no Birdsall doing business at 1610 Broadway. The individual who insists upon tak- The decease of Mrs. Alfred Ely Aus- ; ing up two places in the street car ought to ride in the open sort' and let ' half of him hang outside. ' g- :5" T. 'r"~ Plain and Embroidered Batiste Gown. A French batiste dress for morning wear, of pale biscuit color, is a simple model, whose beauty lies in its ex- quisite texture and quaint simplicity. The seven-gored skirt, long and beautifully hung in the back, is made to fit the figure closely about the hips. The ruffle at the foot, slightly full, is of white batiste, with large eyelets wrought with heavy silk in mauve; this also makes the ruffle on the broad bertha. The rufiies are headed by three narrow milliner’s folds of a'paler tint of mauve. ' The open bodice discloses a chem- isette of~turquoise blue, which, with «1 PLAIN AND EMBROIDERED BAxarsi’E (3193?? FROM. HARPER’S BAZA? mauve, forms one of the favorite French color combinations. The vest is tucked at the neck, and gathered full below the yoke and into a narrow belt of the same material, which is a feature of summer fashions. The sleeves are tight and long, with needle-work frills at the wrist, and the collar is a high, straight band'of the embroidery. The proper cut of this gown can be ob- tained only from the cut paper patterns published by Harper’s Bazar, where it appears. Quantity ofmaterial for gown—Plain batiste", 8 yards; embroidered batiste , 211: yards, colored batiste for vest, f yardi b atiste for folds, 2 yards. .
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