wnnxnr - nonwAL'K - GAZE 'I'T n LOCAL NEWS. I The city has sold eight lam p-posts at $2 each. - Mr's. Joseph Ells of Camp street} 5 visiting in Waterbury. ’Miss Jessie Smith, of Bethel, is visiting friends in East Norwalk. I The first trip byitrolley from Stam- ford to New Canaan was made on Sun- day. Lloyd Jennings, of West street, has gone to New Haven to spend several days Frank Merrill, of New York, is spending his vacation at his home in Norwalk. Mrs. Irene Hurlbutt of Port Chester was the guest of Mrs. L. D. Keeler, on Sunday. Miss Lettie Atkinson of Brooklyn, is a guest of Mrs. E. J. Thomas of Berke- ley street. ‘_ ' Miss Kittie Brotherton of Merwin street, has gone to Southington to spend three weeks. , The Grace church Sunday school will hold its annual picnic at Roton Point next Tuesday. Councilman,Cotter is trying to regain renewed health ‘at' his summer cottage on Bell Island. ' Mr. and Mrs. George DeForest of Stamford spent Sunday with his broth- er in South Norwalk. Mrs. William Vollmer and children, have returned home from a visit with relatives in Newark, N. J. The Misses Gussie and Belle Cooper have returned to Brooklynafter a visit with Mrs. Laramie of Westport avenue. Mrs. F. D. Lawton and family of Bay- view avenue are _visiting in Stony Creek. 1: Mrs. Albertson of Stamford spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Samuel Stevens in South Norwalk. N. E. Peck has returned home from a vacation trip at Banksville and other points of interest to him in New York state. ' Russell Hudders of New York, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Norton at Rock Cliifcottage. Mrs. Fogg, of Waterbury, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas G. Mower, ‘of Elmwood avenue. Miss Edna Callaway, of Westfield, N. J., is the guestof Miss Daisy Scud- der, of West street. William Stevens of Summerville, N. J., is a guest of his brother J. H. Stevens at Bell Island. The Misses Millie and Ethel Wilcox, of Arch street, have gone to Crescent Beach, R. L, to spend several weeks. ,Mrs. Charles L. St. John and infant son, of Fairview Terrace, are sojourn- ing at the Pioneer House, Lake Hopta- tcong N. J. Edward Mitchell, of Hartford, is a guest of Mrs. J. W. Mains, of East Norwalk. Mrs. Mitchell is spending the summer there. Miss Mabel Dunning of South Nor- walk, is a guest of her cousinMiss Maud Keeler of Brooklyn. Miss Gypsy Earl, of Dunnelien, N.J., is visiting her uncle and‘aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Parshall, of 5 Chest- nut street. Miss Mary E. Smith has returned to her home in Bayview avenue, from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Burnes, of Greenwich. ‘ Miss Lena Waters and Miss Minnie Mather, of West Norwalk, have been spending several days with relatives in Long Ridge. Mrs. Eliza Cotter-Britton of New York, and her daughter Minnie are the guests of Mr. Frank Foster on Wil- ton avenue. Annie Marie, the infant daughter of Antone and Karen Stabell of South Norwalk died Saturday. Contractor Ephraim Thomes is driv- ing spiles for the foundatibn of the proposed new Podmore building on the Washington street bridge. ' ’ William Griffin and wife, of South Norwalk, who have been the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Emeline Griffin, of Bethel, returned home Sdnday after a pleasant two weeks’ visit. A, daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton, Of New Bri- tain. Mrs. Hamilton was Miss Olive Heine, daughter of ProfessOr and Mrs. A. Heine, of Clay street. The steamer Belle Horton will make an excursion trip to North Beach next Sunday, leaving her wharf at South Norwalk at 10 a. m. Leave North Beach at 4 p. 'm. The fare for the round trip will be fifty cents. _ Rev. J. L. Guernsey of Bridgeport, occupied the pulpit of the South Nor- walk Methodist church Sunday. He will continue to do so'during' the absence of the pastor, Rev. A. S. Kavanagh who is sojourning at Cottage City, Martha’s Vineyard for a few weeks. Next Sunday, the Arion Singing societies of South Norwalk and New Haven will go to Bridgeport on invita- tion of the local Society by way of the trolley. On arrival they will be met by the Bridgeport society with cars and a ride taken over the different lines, of the city, ending at North Bridgeport, where ’busses will be taken t Staedtler’s park. ‘- E. C. Waite of Leiniste, Mass, is visiting friends in town. Miss Irene Merrill of South Norwalk is visiting friends in New York. ‘Miss Carrie Platt, of Wilton avenue, is visiting friends in New London. Charles M. Hatch and Otto C. Heim, of Danbury, spent Sunday in N orwalk. .Miss Carrie Gorham of Maple street, is visiting friends in Pittsfield, Mass. Rev. F. E. Robbins and Maurice Raymond are sojourning at Niagara Falls. Miss Alice Lyon, of Knight street? will visit friends in Branford next week. Miss adith Peel, of Brooklyn, was a guest of friends in South Norwalk, Sunday. Work on the Isolation hospital at the County Children’s Home is already under way. Mr. and Mrs. Bird, of'South Nor- walk, have returned home after a week’s visit with William Horan, of Danbury. Mrs. Colson, of Stamford, spent Sun: day with her sister, Mrs. Richards, in South Norwalk. Miss Lottie Riley of Bridgeport, is avenue, this city. The Misses Alice and Emma Bradley of New York, are visiting Miss Jennie Dixon of this city. Mrs. Emma L. Smith, of Danbury,; is at Bell Island chaperoning a party of N orwalk young ladies. An anniversary mass fog- the late Mrs. Rose Farrell will be held at St. Mary’s church Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin White of Danbury, who have been visiting Mrs. Mary Force, of West avenue have re- turned home. Arrangements are being made for a grand outing to be given by the Blos- som club on August 7th. It will in- clude a Rhode Island clam-bake. The Altair bicycle club of Danbury, are now in their new quarters and will be glad to welcome all N orwalk riders whenever in that city. Nathaniel Barnum, of Danbury who has been staying at Bell Island, for some time, has returned home to re- main two weeks, when he will go to the Island for the remainder of the summer. Lieutenant Henry H. Carroll and family, of Danbury W111 spend the month of August at the Hull cottage, Bell Island. Mrs. E. S. Waterbury and daughter, of Stamford, are. spending a week at Hickory Bluff. Chief Thomas Bradley has been ap- pointed an aide on the staff of Depart- ment Commander William E. Simonds of the Grand Army of the Republic. A valuable bird dog belonging to “Ed” Meeker which recently suffered a fracture to one of his legs has been killed to relieve him of his suffering. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert H. Wheeler, of Danbury will occupy the Overlook Cottage at Bell Island, during August Rev. H. S. Barnum, the missionary, will soon return to his labors in Con- stantinople, Turkey. ' Charles L. Holmes of South Norwalk, has accepted a position as clerk with Holbrook & McNamara of Bridgeport. The base ball scores are bulletined at the Norwalk Hotel every evening at 8:30 o’clock. The South Norwalk Y. M. C. A. base ball team and the Stamford A. C. team will play amatch game on the Baxter grounds Saturday afternoon. Miss Bessie Corbett and Miss Effie Mason of Rowayton, are visiting Miss Beulah Wilcox of Brooklyn. Miss Jennie Seelig, of Branchville, is aguest of Miss Agnes Bryant, of East avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leibundgut of New York, are guests at the C. P. Tocque residence in Broad River. Chester Selleck of the Fairfield County National bank is having his annual vacation. Miss Addie Lawrence, of School street, Norwalk, is spending a few weeks with friends in Albany, N. Y. St. Paul’s Sunday school and the East Norwalk Mission School will pic- nic at Roton Point Tuesday, Aug 2. The party will be conveyed by special trolley cars. Thirty young lady friends of the Catholic club are to present a minstrel performance at the lawn party of the club next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Miss Edna Grumman, Miss Margaret Deppler, Miss Belle Hyatt, Miss Flor- ence Baldwin, Miss Gertrude Onstead and Eiss Cook occupy the Rose cottage, at Bell Island, this week. Mrs. Emma L. Smith of Danbury, is their chap- erone. ' The lady’s Geneva bicycle which was stolen from Roton Point Friday and which was owned by Miss Flora Fairty of New Canaan, has been recovered. It was found by Bagney Lee of Crown avenue, South Norwalk, at the rear of his home in some bushes. The find was reported to the police who took it to the police station, where the owner claimed it this morning. The guilty party has not been captured. visitingMissKatieFlaherty on Prospect" Miss Daisy Williams of Elm street, is visiting in Southport. Richard Daly, of Poughkeepsie, is visiting old friends in Norwalk. Mrs. Josephine Gregory, of Bethel is at Bell Island for a week’s stay. Arthur Ferry of Bethel' is at South Norwalk for a several days’ visit. Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith will start on his vacation next month. Mrs. J. W. Studwell, of South Nor- walk, is sojourning at Asbury Park. Frank Farrell, of Elwood place, has returned from a visit to New Haven. Miss Minnie McDonald, of Norwalk, has been visiting Mrs. John Pooley, of Darien. Miss Sarah H. Keith, of South Nor- walk, is visiting friends at Carlton Hill, N. Y. Mrs. D. M. Fillow, of Cranbury, has been entertaining Mrs. James ‘Whit- ney, of Darien. ‘ Dr. C. F. Boutwell and family have returned home from a two weeks’ so- journ in the Berkshires. Mrs. Myrtle Evans, of New Haven, is a guest of Miss Clara Jennings, of West Main street. Chester F. Tolles, J r., of Ansonia, spent Tuesday with his father in South Norwalk. , , ~ George M. Holmes and George E. Miller are spending the week at Sara- toga. - A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reardon of Lowe street, South N orwalk. If the world were made up of Marys only, with no Marthas to wash and cook, poetry would soon cease to appear attractive. The Government is believed to have received assurances that no unfriendly action in the Philippines is intended by Germany. C. M. Brundage has returned from his vacation at Banksville, N. Y. where he visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brundage. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Curtis, Miss Maud and Lulu Gregory and the Misses Shumway are spending the week at Bell Island. Men may declare that they are not vain, but they more frequently use their photos on their business adver- tisements than do women. The three-story factory on Grand street, Danbury, owned by the Honora Henley estate and occupied by Butler & Dexter, hat formers, and Merritt & Knox batters, was entirely destroyed by fire Shortly before 8 o’clock last night, entailing a loss of nearly $15,000 with $6,500 insurance. The fire started in the drying room over the boilers and it is believed to be due to spontaneous combustion among the wool. business last week. They employed about 30 hands and their loss is about $1,000 with no insurance. Butler & Dexter’s loss is $8,000 with $3,000 in- surance, while the loss to the building is about $5,000, insurance $2,500. A meeting of 00. D, C. N. G. was held Tuesday even’g to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Capfin Gorman. There were seemingly but two candi- dates in the field, i. e., Sergeant Moore of the company, and Captain Mitchell of General Frost’s staff. The vote resulted in the selection of Mr. Mitchell and stood: Mitchell, 26 Moore, 16 The captain elect has been for some years identified in the state militia, and has won the approbation of promi- nent commissioned officers including that of Gen. Frost. The members of Co. D are to be con- gratulated as is also their captain elect The board of management of the Fairfield County home whichis com- posed of the board of county commis- sioners, Dr. N. E. Wordin- of Bridge- port and C. P. Kellogg of the state board of charities, held its quarterly meeting at the county court house Tuesday. The resignation of MissSadie A. Parsells, who has served as teacher at the county home for several years, was accepted. Miss Ellen Merrill of Norwalk was appointed subject to an examination by the state board of education. The only matter of interest discussed by the board was in relation to the disL position of the custody of Madeline Claudius, an eight-year old girl who is now in the Beulah home in Bridgeport. The girl has been there for several years and some time ago her father, William F. Claudius, who resides in New York state, made application for her return to him. ‘ He maintains that the Beulah home which is maintained for the purpose of aiding and uplifting fallen women, is not the proper place fer the child and says that he will carry the case. to the courts. _ The county commissioners and their colleagues on the home management board are of the opinion that the child is better off where she is and will keep ‘her there. If 'the father seeks to go to court over possession of the girl, they will be ready to defend their actions in deciding to keep her. Merritt & Knox had only started in . Councils Meet. One of the shortest sessions of the present city council was that held Mon- day even’g,at which the Mayor and full board with the exception of Council- man Cotter were present. A small grist of bills were ordered paid. One for 25c for the estate of J. A. Pinneo was referred to the finance committee with power. A health ordinance was presented and after having been fully explained by city attorney Walsh, who stated that he had conferred with leading state talent as to the legality of the same, it was adopted and ordered print- ed- The ordinance was substantially the same as considered at a previous meet- ing of the board other than that it does not become Operative until August 1st. The Norwalk City band was granted the use of the “pagoda” on the Green. The .matter of placing an electric light on the Isaacs street extension was referred to the light committee with power. And a motion to adjourn prevailed. Nearly two hundred citizens attend- ed the.South Norwalk special city meet:- ing at ArionHallMonday even’g,called to take such action as may be deemed advisable upon a vote of the Council of said city recommending and asking an appropriation of ten thousand dollars to defray the expense of extending the brick pavmg of South Main street from Munroe street to the southerly side of Woodward avenue. It was 8.15 o’clock when Mayor Bo- hannan called the meeting to order, and Clerk Joseph R. Taylor read the call for the meeting. Councilman S. S. Hatch moved that $10,000 be appropriated for the work, which motion was promptly seconded. Street commissioners Reed and Mc- Mahon advocated the appropriation on the score of economy and their re- marks were applauded. Engineer 0. N. Wood gave the esti mated cost of the work at $10.935, of which amount the Tramway company’s.~ share would be $2.323, leaving the net amount for the city to pay at $8,603. N 0 one appearing in opposition M ess.-s. Hatch, Scofield and Smith were appointed tellers and announced the following vote: Whole No. of'votes 166. Yes 113. No 53. . The announcement was received with loud applause, and the meeting ad- journed. Vvv 7 Agricultural Fairs in Connecticut, I898. New London County, Norwich, Sept. 5-7. ’ Windham County, Brooklyn, Sept. 13-15. Berlin, Berlin, Sept. 21. Branford, Branford, September. Chester, Chester, Sept. 28. Danbury, Danbury, Oct. 3-8. East Granby, East Granby, October. Farmington Valley, Collinsville, Sept. 7-8. Granby, Granby, September. Guilford, Guilford, September. Harwinton, Harwinton, Oct. 4. Killingworth, Killingworth, October. Meriden, Meriden, September. New Milford, New Milford, Sept. 6-8. Newtown, Newtown, Sept. 27-29. Rockville Fair Association, Rock- ville, Sept. 20-22. Simsbury, Simsbury, October. . Stafford Springs, Stafford Springs, Oct. 4-6. Sufiield, Suflield, Sept. 21-22. Union (Monroe, etc.), Huntington, Sept. 21-22. Union (Somers, etc), Enfield, Sept. 28. Wallingford, VVallingford, Sept. 29- 30. .mantic, Sept. 27-29. . Woodstock, South Woodstock, Sept. 19-21. Wolcott, Wolcott, Oct. 12. 7‘ What Lightning Did. A barn owned by J. ,G. Scnwink, located on the east side of Meriden, was struck by lightning yesterday morning and destroyed. Another barn near by was struck and its roof badly burned. Two Jersey cows and a horse in it were killed. Loss, $2,000; insur- ance, $1,400. A barn owned by Mrs. F. G. Glover, of Newtown, was struck by lightning early yesterday morning and totally destroyed by the fire that followed. The loss is about $500, with no in- surance. The residence of Solomon S. Mead in North Greenwich was struck by light- ning and set afire in three places yes- terday morning. None of the occu- pants were injured, however. Through the efforts of neighbors who gathered the fire was extlnguished before it had assumed serious proportions. Light- ning also. entered the residence of Charles Berry through an open win- dow, put the occupants escaped un- harmed. There were several horses killed in the pastures. AA; And . now many a good woman is positively stewing herself to death in her endeavor to save a penny a can on peaches and other fruit that she thinks she is doing up, but which in reality is doing her up. Willimantic Fair Association, Willi- Eloped on Bicycles. Society circles in Mount Vernon were greatly surprised to learn on Saturday that Miss Evelyn C. Graham, daughter of the Rev. S. T. Graham, rector of Trinity church, that city and formerly rector of St. Paul’s church, Norwalk, had slipped away from her home and quietly married Mr. Ralph C. Briggs, who sang in the choir of her father’s church. No one was more surprised than the rector himself when he receiv- ed a brief letter from his daughter dated at Binghamton, stating she was married to Mr. Briggs, was happy and didn’t know when she would be home. Mr. Graham supposed his daughter was visiting friends near Binghamton. He said: “I was more than surprised and shocked to think Evelyn would act in that manner. She was old enough, and I gave her credit for having too much sense to go off and get married in such a way.” While Mr. Graham was in ignorance of the close friendship of Mr. Briggs and Miss Evelyn, it was only a few days ago that it was rumored around Mount Vernon that Miss Graham and Mr. Briggs were seen leaving town on their wheels, dressed in bicycle cos tumes. Some say the pair had an- nounced they were going to New Hamp- shire on'a bicycle trip. The time of Miss Graham’s acquaint- ance with Mr. Briggs dates back to the first performance of “Snow Drops,” an amateur minstrel show, which was given under the auspices of Trinity church last January for the benefit of the organ fund. The novel feature of the show was the array of young wom- en from Trinity who appeared in shortened skirts with their features concealed by burnt cork. The per- formance was denounced by many per- sons, and some of the parishioners wrote letters to Bishop Potter denounc- ing the performance as immodest. Bishop Potter wrote Rector Graham about the matter. Miss Graham and Mr. Briggs were very prominent in the first performance of “Snow Drops.” Mr. Briggs, who is a musician, wrote several songs for the piece. From that time on Mr. Briggs was very at- tentive to Miss‘Graham,although itwas said that the rectorwas strongly Opposed to the young musician’s actions. But. in spite of this opposition, they found many opportunities of being together Mr. Briggs still continued in the choir of the church where he and Miss Gra- ham sang every Sunday. The rector’s daughter at the time of leaving her home last week, ostensibly to visit friends in the country, was sec- retary of the Society of Daughters of the King, leader of the infant class in the Sunday school and prominent in the church choir. Miss Graham is a tall, stately blonde of very attractive! presence. She is twenty-three years” old. Mr. Briggs is a year her junior. E Mr. Graham said he had forgivenhis 7. daughter, although he very much re-5 gretted that she had taken such a seri- ous step without his consent. ! TAKEN IN NORWALK.” The photographs of Commodore Schley taken in full uniform, which. are now 'on exhibition in shop windows and for sale at book stores, says the N ew. York Sun, are a cause of anguish to his family and friends, who are unanimous in saying that they are the ‘ worst likenesses of the Commodore ex- tant. They were taken last-summer‘in a little Connecticut village \nearpwhich the Schleys had a summer cottage, and were the result of a family pilgrimage to the local photographer for the pur- pose of getting a picture of the Com- modore’s comparatively new grand child. When the youngster had been duly taken the suggestion was made -..hat the grandfather take his turn in the chair. and the wily photograph man amended this with an appeal to the Commodore to come some other day in full uniform, As the family had no picture of him in uniform of recegi date they supported this amendment, and Commodore Schley, after some resistance, for he has little courage be- fore the raking fire of the camera, gave in. A few days later the photographs were taken, and When they were sent home there was a choru’s' of \Xtr‘iticism from the family. Even the baby” Wt- it is said, upon being confronted with the counterfeit presentment. As for the original, he contented himself with saying, “I told you so,” and thought no more about it. But it turned out a great piece of business for the photographer, for as soon as the war broke out pictures of the principal naval officers were large- ly in demand. The photographer, be- ing an honest person, wrote to Mrs. Schley for permission to use the like- ness, and she forwarded the letter to her husband, but it did not reach him for a fortnight, and meantime the shrewd Yankee up in Connecticut, ‘ fearing that somebody might get in ahead of him with another picture, put . his on the market and profited greatly thereby. Now it confronts the Schleys and their friends on all hands, while the Commodore, fighting at the front, little dreams to what distressful glories he is about to return. There is one fairly good likeness of the Commodore in circulation, but it represents him in civilian’s clothes. One of the family was at a book store in this city a few days ago, and the salesman showed her both pictures. “Why don’t you put away those dreadful pictures of the Commodore,” she said, pointing to the Connecticut article, “and sell the good ones ‘9” “The one in plain clothes ?” said the salesman. “Nobody would buy it. The public wants its heroes in costume. We sell twenty of that picture for ' every one of the other.” ' V sfi\fl 3, m \ ' ,x) (fill fo‘: /5:» (1.1,..1 .25) «a» o 9 I O IA J. f \/ y \ 1 " /.. y/ L4 (vl/ ESQ, FRENCH COSTUME. or ECRU Ecru Linen Costume. gowns, even although the so-called wash costumes are not all precisely adapted in their makeup to an actual passage through the processes of the laundry. Ecru grass linen is the ma- terial’ of the dainty gOWn shown in our illustration taken from Harper’s Bazar. Two kinds of linen are com- bined in the gown, the one a striped skirt and waist and the‘sleeves, the ther a plain. linen covered with all- over embroidery in shades of white and This is emphatically a season of wash . linen which forms the body of the' x. M v). ‘2) SA $0 °i b l N t H' LINEN FROM HARPER’S BAZAP The striped material of the skirt is arranged so that the stripes meet in points in a seam down the front»,- The embroideredfl-plain material forms a circular flounce which is quite narrow at the front, but slopes-up rapidly to- ward the back, and there reaches mid way to the top of the skirt. On the embroidered fabric forms a short bolero jacket, opening on a shirred vest of ,white silk mull. The belt, collar, and breast-knot are of poppy-red satin rib- hon. The white straw hat is trimmed with white tulle, poppies, and spa.-ed quills. . , ' .tan. a.
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