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MiltOn Ellwood is visiting friends in
Orino, Me.
Albert Helm of Danbury. is visiting
in South Norwalk.
Edward Rooney, of Plymouth ave-
nue, is critically ill.
Miss Maud Sherwood of Lynes place
is visiting in New Y 01 k.
Miss Ella Dauchy of Southh
is visiting in Newark, N. J.
Charles Seymour of South Norwalk,
is visiting friends in Pennsylvania.
Willie Vollmer. of Souih Norwalk.
'is visiting relatives in Newark, N. J.
Mrs. T. E. Mower and son of Elm.-
01- walk,
wood avenue, are visiting in Vista-
bury.
Miss Josie Smith of New York is
visiting Mrs. S. W. Velsor of South
Norwalk.
Miss Irene Dibble of Bay-view
nue has returned from a visit in Amity-
ville, L. I.
Julia and Mamie Maher of Brooklyn,
are visiting at the home of Philip
Goodwin on Spring Hill.
Rev. Dr. Rieker of Portchester,
spent Sunday with Rev. Alexander
Hamilton of East avenue.
Thomas Klndilien and daughter
Alice of Brooklyn, are visitlng the
former’s parents in Belden street.
Mrs. Charles F. Dauler, of Bethel,
has been the guest of Mrs. Charles
Williams, of Meadow street.
The Thirteenth Connecticut is to
hold its 28th reunion at “Bartlett’s,”
Mansfield Point, Wednesday, August
31.
George Taylor, who has been spend
ing a few days in town, has returned to
his home in Danbury.
Arthur Doty, of Orange, N. J., is a
guest of his aunt, Mrs. James Finney,
of Main street.
Miss Hazel Cole, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who has been a guest of Ira Cole, of
Norwalk, is now visiting relatives, in
Danbury. '
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main, of
Washington, D. C., and her daughter
Margaret, are guests of Mrs. T. K.
ave-
' NObl 6‘.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cutbill of
South Norwalk, have been visiting in
Danbury.
Charles R. Baker of South Norwalk.
is enjoying a weeks vacation at Great
Barrington, Mass.
Mrs. Frederick Stack, of Newton,
N. J., is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Harry Lcobold, of Main street, Nor-
walk.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stedwell, of
Hackensack, N.J., are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick A. Keyser, of West
Norwalk.
The Misses Marguerite and Christine
Bundle of Danbury, are sojourning at
Bell Island. .
Stephen Comstoek, the well-known
clothier, has been granted a pension of
$6 per month, commencing July 9th,
1897. It was obtained through the
agency of F. W. Perry.
Mrs. William French nee Carrie
Smith of Hartland, Litchfield county,
formerly of this city, is visiting rela-
tives in town. It is over ten years
since her last visit here.
Prof. A. S. Gibson is arranging for
an old folks cencert to be given under
the auspices of the ladies of the Nor-
walk Congregational church in Octo-
her.
The outlook is good for a big tobacco
crop in Connecticut this year. Prices
are satisfactory and now the farmers
are waiting to see if the elements will
permit the crop to be harvested.
Miss Anna E. Baldwin, of South
Norwalk, and Miss Lillian _A. Farrell,
of Elwood place, have returned to their
respective homes after a three weeks
stay as the Hawthorne House, Asbury
Park.
The, members of Goethe Lodge,
Stamford, and Humboldt Lodge, South
Norwalk, S. of H., are making ar-
rangements for a grand picnic and
games at Stroebel’s Grove, Darien,
Sunday, August 21.
The Misses Belle Mallory, Marian
Greeley and Grace Noonan, of Dan-
bury, and the Misses Eva Mackenzie
and Emma Andrews,of Bethel, have re-
turned home after spending a week at
the Haviland House, ‘Bell Island.
George Pakulski, of 33 Balmforth
avenue, is spending a week’s vaca-
tion at Dorlon’s Point, South Norwalk.
Miss Mabel Lake, of 64 West Wooster
street, has returned home after spend-
ing a week with friends in South Nor-
walk.——Danbury News.
The orderfor the rubber coats and
boots voted by the city council has been
placed. Bryant, Besse & Co. have
been awarded the order for the coats at
$3.50 each; the boots will be furnished
11: dozen pair-each by Moses Glover,and
A. H. Hoyt & Co. the former for
Phoenix, the latter for Hope.
Little Sadie McGuinness, of West
avenue, South Norwalk, was playing
in front of her home Saturday, and
while climbing on the iron fence in
front of the same, slipped, and falling,
struck one of the prongs, which pierced
her arm, causing a severe wound,
which. was dressed, and the little one
is now getting along nicely.
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Miss Katherine Thomas of East ave-
nue, is visiting in New York.
Mrs Milford A. Giffin of South\ or-
walk, is visiting in Ba1 Har b01, Me.
Mrs. C. A. Freeman of South Nor
walk, is visiting relatives in Hartford
Mr. Ge .orge Bowman and wife of
Naugatuck, are visiting fxiends in
town.
A new roof is being placed on the
Olmstead house at \litt avenue and
Union Paik.
Mrs. Seymoir Ta'. and son of Long
Island City are visiti .g at the Gusowski
residence on Main street.
The marriage of John J. Kinsella
and Miss: Elizabeth Clougherty, of
l-‘lztttsVille avenue, is announced. The
wedding took place on July 28th.
- Miss Frances Levi and brother, of
New York, .111: guests of Mrs. E. Gus-
mvski, of Main s1._ :-'eet,1Norwalk.
Alfred Paploth, of New York, is vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. August Roettecher,
of North \Iain street.
Augustus Grupe of New York, is
visiting friends in Norwalk and New
Canaan.
Banker William Becker of New
York, was a guest of W. C. Jesse of
Franklin street, yesterday.
Contractor J. R. Raymond, on Satur-
day, completed the building of the
Mrs. Nelson Tuttle residence, on the
turnpike.
The inmates of the Town Farm en-
joyed a clam-bake at Great Marsh, on
Saturday. '
Mrs. Robert Baxter, of Brooklyn, is
visiting at the Corbett residence in
Rowayton.
Harold Bundle of East Norwalk, has
returned home from a three weeks’
vacation trip with relatives at Stan'-
wich. ' '
“Deacon” Alva Hauschildt of Maple
street, left tOWn on Saturday for a visit
with relatives in the eastern part of
the state.
Mrs. Harry Machake of Brooklyn, is
visiting at the home of William E
Sheldon on Cross street.
Governor Cooke has finally decided
that there shall be an encampment of
the state militia at Niantic in August.
He has not fixed the exact date.
“Eddie” Holmes, of Bates’ Main
street grocery, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Holmes, are
visiting friends in New York state.
Miss Cora Riley,0f South Main street,
arrived home Saturday, night from an
eight weeks’ visit in Willimantic and
Shrewsbury, Mass.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Theresa Davis, daughter .of- L
Davis, of South Norwalk, to_ Louis
Fresco, of New York city. .
Thomas Gregory has sub-let his con-
tract for the regrading- of what is
known as the New Canaan road to
Thomas Glynn of Westport.
Thomas Washburn who is a0cused of
assaulting Anna Eritz in Wooster ceme-
ery, Danbury, was bound over for
trialon Saturday 1n $1, 000 bail on the
charge of attempted criminal assault.
The'Arion Singing society to the
number of thirty went to North Beach
on the steamer Belle Horton, Sunday,
and from thence to Shaffer’s pavilion
hotel where they were the guests of
the proprietor.
The choir of St. Paul’s churCh will
have its annual vacation on Sundays
August 14 and‘2l. There will be no
music at either service at this church
on these Sundays. The choir will pic-
nic at Compo Beach ,to-morrow.
The Cranbury church society has
elected the following officers: William
F. Fillow. president; William T. Greg-
ory, c1erk;David A. Fillow, treasurer;
Charles S. Bouton. David A. Fillowq
Frederick ,Bouton and Edward Sturges,
trustees.
The moneyk'order account of former
Postmaster A. Steward, of Bridgeport,
was found to be one cent short by the
postofiice auditors. A demand was
made upon Mr. Steward for payment,
and in liquidating the claim the former
postmaster wrote a facetiously bitter
letter.
Arrangements for a 20 round boxing
exhibition between Tommy Ryan and
“Mysterious” Billy Smith were practi-
cally completed last evening. The ar-
ticles of agreement bear the signature
of Ryan and await that of Smith, who
has promised the club that the ar-
rangements were agreeeble. The meet-
ing is to take place at the Pleasure
Beach colisseum on the evening of La-
bor Day, Monday, Sept. 5. The pre-
liminary go will be between Dan Mur-
phy, of Waterbury, and Jack Burke, of
Boston. ‘
On Saturday night there was some
hard cider flowing in Darien, and
while some of those who indulged were
in a state of glorious indifference to all
things terrestrial, some of them made
time literally fly for the local lamp-
lighter, as, on waking up to a sense of
this world’s doings, he found himself
minus his watch. He made a complaint
and asa aresult two of his companions
in the ozgie were arrested on the
charge of theft. They were discharged
yesterday morning without -. being
brought before the court, as the miss-
ing watch was found where ‘the men
had been drinking, evidently having
'been laid down there by the owner.
Miss Annie McDouald of Norwalk, is
sojourning in the Catskills.
Miss Agnes Littlejohn of this city, is
sojourning in the Catskills.
l‘lis. J. P. Treadwell and family will
1eturnF1 1day from Cornwall Bridge.
The Norwalk Boston store will give
away another bicycle Saturday night.
Miss Emma Noyes of New York, is
a guest of Mrs. H. D. Cornell of this
city.
Miss Bessie Raymond, of New York,
is spending a week’s vacation in Nor-
walk.
Humboldt Lodge, Sons of Hermann,
will picnic at Darien on Sunday, Aug-
ust 2lst.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobsky of New
York. are enjoying a vacation at Ro-
ton Point.
Gemge Pearce of South Norwalk,
has been spending a few days at his
old home in Danbury.
Miss Annie Lucille Smith of Osborn
avenue, 1s entertaining Miss Erma
Weir of Ridgefield.
Mrs.Daniel Driscoll of East Norwalk,
has been entertaining Misses Ellen and
Kathe1 ine Sullivan of Brooklyn.
Judge Asa B. Woodwai d of Elm
street, has been entertaining Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hanford of Camden, N. J.
Mr and Mrs. Alva Longstreet of
East Norwalk, are entertaining Miss
Ethel Longstreet, of New Jersey.
Miss Jessie Smith of Norwalk is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Wilson,
on Washington avenue—Stamford Ad-
vocate.
Miss Pauline Gremier, of New York,
and Miss Ethel Parsons, of Bridgeport,
are the guests of Mrs. Sylvester Grum-
man, of Main street.
Mrs. Theodore B. Nash, of South
Norwalk. left for Lisbon, N. H., Tues-
day, where she will be the guest of
Mrs. Gerald H. Beard.
Miss Irene N. Brown was an honorary
member of the TwinCit-y Wheel Club
and rode a diamond wheel. Harry F.
Sherwood of Westport a member of the
same club, fell in love with -her. It
has now come out that last Wednesday
they rode on a tandem to Port Chester,
N. Y., where they were married. Then
they returned on the wheel and now
are living at Mr. Sherwood’s home.
The farmers in the surrounding
towns are exceedingly worked up over
the ordinance passed by the city coun-
cil regarding peddling, and have
agreed among themselves, that if they
are restricted in selling their produce
here in the city, or have to pay a li-
cense therefor, they will trade else-
where. We believe this ordinance, if
carried out to the letter will injure the
city to a large extent. Now let some-
one in authority ceme forth and .tell
them just what is meant.
Thomas Leonard, a freight brake-
man on the Consolidated road, whose
home is in Stamford, saved a woman
from drowning in a body cf water near
Greenwich, Thursday afternoon. last.
The train was, moving slowly this side
of Greenwich, when Leonard’s atten-
tion was attracted by the woman’s
shrieks. He. at once realized the situa-
tion, and, aft’er calling hisfeliow work:
men’s attention, jumped from the train
and plunged into the water after the
drowning woman. He caught her as
she was going down for the third time,
and when they reached the shore the
woman was unconscious. The incident
caused a number of people from nearby
houses to collect about the shore and
the woman was taken in charge by
them. Leonard did not stop long
enough to inquire the name of the per-
son whose life he saved, but hurried
for the train, which stopped for the
few minutes it required to rescue the
woman and add Leonard’s name to the
list of heroes.
Danbury-‘was treated to two sensa-
tions Monday night when it was
learned that Gifford A. Smith, money
order cle1k in the Danbury post office
had been ar1ested by United S ates
Marshal Bishop on a charge alleging
embezzlement of money orders, and
that George D. Burdick a foreman in
E. A. Mallory & Sears hat factory had
been arrested by United States Deputy
Marshal Clarke for raising pension
vouchers. Both men were taken to
New Haven and are now locked up in
the county jail. Burdick will be given
a hearing before United States Com-
missioner Wright August 15 and
Smith’s hearing is as signed for Aug-
ust 12.
Smith is the son of the assistant post.
master who has been in the office for
the past quarter of a century, is about
30 years of age. married and one of the
best known young men of the city. He
is a prominent member of the Sons of
Veterans as well as connected with
s veral other organizations.
Burdick, who is also a married‘ man,
and has been employed in a very good
position is claimed to have raised a
government voucher $30. His father,
a war veteran. died about 8 years ago,
after having a pension claim pending
for upwards of twenty years. About
six weeks ago it is sald,a special pension
agent waited upon Mr. Burdick and
told him that the pension had been
granted, and that he was entitled to
reimbursement for the funeral expenses
It is alleged that one of the items in
the undertakers’ bill had been altered
by Burdick and the work was so ,crude
that it was readily detected.
hands of some crooks,
' 11133 S. ‘S. Tillotson of Seasidaplace,
has gbne to Danbury to spend a few
days.
MissNell-ie St. John of Mott. avenue.
has b en spending a few days in Tap.
pan, NEY.
The re nionof: the 17th C. V. will
be held- at Ridgefield onSaturday Aug-
ust21th.
The annuil re-union of the 23th C.
V. will be held at Gregory’s Point, on
Saturday, Aug. 271h.
“Selleck’s Norwal ” to the ex tent of
232 pages has been completed in the
tenth number just issued.
Mr. and Mrs. Paulb
Lowe; st1eet, are entertaining
Hattie Dreher of Middletown.
Mr; and Mrs Ernest Hopkins, of
East Norwalk, are entertaining Miss
Minnie Spear, of Newark, N. J.
11155 Edith Baker, of Staten Island,
is visiting her parents, Prof. and Mrs.
James K. Baker, of Wall street.
Mrs. Newton C. Graves, of 25 Mar-
. Schultze of
Miss
shall street, has returned from a
month’s v1sit with her sister in Vernon
Center.
Miss L‘auretta Ainsworth, of Cottage
avenue, East Norwalk, accompanied by
her brother Harry, is visiting at Bell-
port, L. I.‘
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Starr and
daughter of Danbury, are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Seymour of South
Norwalk. _
Creditors of the insolvent esmte of
Frederick Mead are in receipt of
checks for 5 2-10 per cent. on the
amount of their claims. The estate is
now settled.
Grace church in New Canaan has a
225 feet deep artesianwell that fur-
nishes water at the rate of forty gallons
:1 minute, and the‘water is said to be as
clear as crystal.
Manager George B. Bunn ell has
secured the lease of the Park City
theatre, Bridgeport, ”and will hereafter
conduct it in connection with the Hy-
perion theatre in New Haven.
About September 19th, Manager
Bunnell will open the seasonw1th
Maude Adams in “The Little Minister.”
J. H. Stevens conducts a ‘ship chan-
dlery store on Water street, South Nor-
walk. At the rear part of his store
there is on storage a quantity of acids
and chemicals belonging to the Plais-
ted drug store.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Stevens
had i call for muriatic acid. It was in
an uneased carboy at the rear of the
store: and rested on top of an iron-
bound barrel.
In; some way as Mr. Stevensattemped
to thaw the fluid, the carboy slipped
and the bottom striking the iron chime
of the barrel, it was broken and the
contents thrown in all directions.
The fluid struck Mr. gstevens, and
eatingaits way through his clothing,
“peppered” his breast, arms, legs and
feet.
The victim quickly pulled his cloth-
ing off and rushed to a hydrant near by
and deluged himself with water.
He fortunately escaped seriousinjury
but his clothing even to his underwear
was ruined. \
He secured a new suit of clothes and '
was about this morning, apparently
but a little worse ofi for the accident.
On Saturday last John Tschan who
boards at the Eagle hotel in South
Norwalk, had occasion to visit a friend
in Bridgeport, but on arriving there
was unable to find the place where his
friend resided.
. John went to that city on his bicycle,
a ’97 Columbia, model 45, numbered
6,284.
In his dilemma he approached three
men who stood on the sidewalk and
asked for information as to where his
friend lived.
One of the party professed to know
and offered to guide him to the house.
John, thankful for the proffered ser-
vices, asked the party to lubricate at a
saloon near by.
The afiiable spokesman of the party
was agreeable to the invitation, but
recommended that they go to another
saloon kept by a man named Lynch
where he hada friend who was bar-
tender.
And thither they quickly hied. On
going 11310 the saloon, John left his
bicycle standing outside at the entrance ‘ '
to the saloon.
John treated, the affable stranger
treated, the third party treated, and
then John bethought himself of his bi-
cycle and went outside only to find it
missing.
He returned and told of his loss to
the affable stianger, who went out
with him in proposed search for the
wheel, but in some way managed to
“shake” John on getting outside. The
latter then rushed into the saloon only
to find that the third party had also
made himself scarce, going, it is al-
leged, elther through a side or back
door.
John then became of the decided
opinion that he had fallen into the
and failing to
get any satisfaction from the sa100n-
keeper, who claimed that he knew
none of the parties, reported his loss to
the police who promised to use their
best endeavors to recover the wheel.
The abo 18 is substantially the story ‘ taken from Harper’ 5 Bazar—is of the
told to his friends on his return to .latter character
South Norwalk.
Coroner Doten on Tuesday completed '
his investigation of the details sur-
rounding the railroad accident at South
Norwalk last Thursday afternoon, and
returned a finding which will 1-'esult 1n
the arrest of Engineer Olds of the ex-
p1 ess train on a charge of manslaugh-
ter. The arrest will probably be made
bef01e the engineer leaves the hospital
in this city, where he is still confined
011 account of his inju1ies ieceived in
the accident. He will undoubtedly be
bound over to the September term of
the superior court and released on bail.
Coroner Doten delay ed his finding
several days owing to the inability of
Engineer Olds and his fireman, who
was also injured, to be present. It
was his intention to hear the story of
the engineer and his assistant before
closing the inveStigation but he learn-
ed that the engineer practically admit-
ted running by the signals set against
him and concluded that his testimony
could not alter the abundance of evi-
dence already offered against him. He
therefore decided to close the case that
the authorities of N orwalk might take
action in the matter as soon as they
felt disposed.
It is said that the action of Engineer
Olds is as mysterious to himself 'as to
his many friends. He has long been
connected with the road and has al-
w ys been regarded as a careful and
f thful engineer. It is said that al-
though the engineer saw the signals
set against him, he took no notice of
them but went blindly into the switch.
er. He says he does not know why
but he did it and now must take the
responsibility of the death of Brake-
man Isaac Davis of the switching crew.
There are a number of circumstances
connected with the case which may be
brought to hear at the trial and which
A caucus of the voters of the First
and Third voting districts, to elect del-
egates to the State, Congressional,
County, Senatorial and Probate con-
ventions, was held 1n the Opera House
assembly room, Tuesday evening ,was
called to order by. Town Committeev
man B. S. Keith. .
Francis Leonard was elected mod-
erator and E. M. Lockwood clerk.
The first business in order was the
election of delegates to the State com
vention. The names of Senator E. O.
Keeler and Representative J. Belden
Hurlbutt were presented, and they
were elected by acclamation.
The following gentlemen were also
elected in the s.me manner to the
other conventions:
Congressional—W. G. LeCount and
E. E. Gorhzm.
County——Samuel Lynes and S. Smith
L’Hommedieu.
Senatorial—E. M.
Sturges R.andall
Probate——'William A. Curtis
Alonzo W. Wheeler.
It was the sense of the caucus that
the different delegates to the diffetemt
conventions select their own alternates.
Mr. Hurlbutt announced his alter-
nate as beingE. J. Hill, and delegate
Keeler as promptly selected Asa B
Woodward as his alternate. _
Mr. Francis Leonard was elected
town committeeman to succeed B. S.
Keith resigned. Samuel Lyn'es was
elected a member of the committee, as
was also W. G. LeCount.
The meeting then adjourned.
Lockwood and J.
and
Another murderer goes on the long
list in the annals of Fairfield county 1
and the criminal superior court of the
coming September term will have at
least three trials for capital punish.
-may result in either the abandonment
penalty. Old’s good record will stand
keenly.
Louis Weintraub, the fireman who
suffered the fracture of several ribs,
is improving at the hospital and will
be able to leave the institution within
a week.-
Olds left the hospital for his home
in New Rochelle where he will prob'
ably be arrested.
Former High Sheriff Robert L.
Clarkson, of Stratford, has written a
letter to the Bridgeport Farmer stating l
that he is not a candidate for 1enomi-
nation.
It now appears that several' of the
soldiers who claimed to'be here on a
furlough had left camp Without per-
mission and will he called upon to suf-
fer the consequences. The1*e*is‘some-'
what of a difference in being a United
States soldier and a National Guard
of the prosecution or securing a light ’
I last night the self convicted murderer
by him and he has friends in all the gof James Capara, whom he shot down
trainmen and engineers on the Con- (in a street b1 awl on North Washington
solidated road. He feels his positionlavenuea Brldgepo” Sunday evening
ment upon its docket.
John Torani slept at the county jail
’1ast.
Capara died at the Bridgeport hospi-
tal yesterday afternoon at 5.30 o’clock,
having survived his injuries for a.
period of only 43 hours. He was con-
scious up to a short time before the‘
end came.
H. W. Parker, the musician, who
was arrested in Danbury Monday after- ‘
noon at the instance of Woodbury au-
thorities, was taken to Woodbury last
night and given a preliminary hearing
before Justice M. S. Skelly. The
charges against Parker were two in
number, an alleged gross personal mis-
conduct. He was held in bonds of $400
for a continued hearing on Monday,
August 15.
‘ Five car loads of children from the
summer home at Branchville passed
through this city en route to New
velunteer. E
York this morning.
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Seaside Costume.
The Parisian fad this year is to go to
extremes in watering-place costumes,
some of which are made in the most
elabm ate style, befiounced and be-
frilled to a degree that none but an
eye-witness would credit, while on the
other hand there are walking costumes
simple to the verge of austerity. The
seaside castume illustrated herewith—
It is made of dark
blue veiling mounted over black silk.
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fi:‘1RP£I{'S BAZAR
The skirt is of the attached flounce
variety, with tiny folds of black satin
outlining the front and the top of the
flounce. The waist is smoothly fitted
with no trace bf a. blouse. The narrow
crossed-tucked vest of white taffeta is
bordered with buttoned tabs and small
black satin scrolls. The band collar,
which is of the highest choker type,and
the narrow belt are both made of the
dress material with tiny black satin
border lines. '
Norwalk Chronicler