wEEKLY - NonwnLki-s GAZETTE.
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. News
D. A. Richards of New York, was in
”town to-day. . a
A. Landry, of Hartford, is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. Henry Green is quite ill at her
home on Elm street.
Mrs. James Golden. of South Nor:
walk, is visiting in Brooklyn.
A new register has been placed in
the police station at South Norwalk.
Mrs. Annie Simons, of Union street,
is visiting frrends in New York City.
Miss Julia LOunsburyL y’of New
Haven. is spending a week in Norwalk.
The Boston Store has the sole agency
for the Butterick’s patterns in this
town.
Mrs. D. G. Robinson, of Patchogue
L. 1., is visiting relatives in South
Norwalk.
Frank Gregory has been appointed
administrator of the estate of Frederick
Bouton.
A. E. Austin and C. L. Glover are
appraisers on the insolvent estate of
Hugh Donnelly.
Dr. J. Milton Coburn is talked of as
the republican nominee for mayor of
South N orwalk.
George F. Bearse, of the South Nor-
walk Savings Bank, has returned from
a visit in Boston.
“Bert" Knight of Vernon Center. is
visiting Mrs. Dr. Emily v. D. Pardee
of South Norwalk. , "
Thursday evening October 13th.,wil
be “ladies night” at the rooms of thel
Uncas Tribe, 1. o. R. M.
The First Methodist church society
will give a grand concert on Wednes-
day evening, October 5th.
Mrs. Dorsett, ofAcademy street, is
entertaining Mrs. A. M. Barkley and
daughter, of Brocklyn.
Eugene A. Osborn, of Chicago, 111.,
is a guest of his brother, John A.
Osborn, of West avenue.
There is an epidemic of typhoid at
Camp Meade, where Company L, of
Norwalk, is encamped.
George R. Van Alstyne will shortly
open a steam laundry in the Craw
building on Water street.
Mr. and M1“. Charles Platt will cele-
brate the tenth anniversary of their
marriage, Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Mrs. Addie Warren of New Haven,
spent Sunday the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kellogg of this
city. ...I-_,__,_I_,,,g_w, ,
Misses Josephine and Emma Dis-
brow, of. New York, are the guests of
their cousins, Misses Disbrow, West
avenue.
Mrs. George Van Alstyne of Brook-
lyn, who has been visiting her son on
High street, South N orwalk, has re-
turned home. ‘
James Ruscoe, of Norwalk, and Miss
Addie Clock, of Darien, will be mar-
ried in the Darien Methodist church
next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Asher Havens and two
children, of Banksville, were guests
Sunday, of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Oster-
banks, Main street.
Crushed stone is being placed on
'West avenue to fill up the ruts, and
there is hardly a bicycle rlder in town
but that has noted the fact.
Sunday next will be Rally Sunday at
the South Norwalk Congregational
church. Sunday evening the members
of the Sunday school‘ will give a con-
cert. .-
“Tommy” Smith, a former GAZETTE
newsboy, but now a sailor on the
Topeka,spentsunday in town. “Tommy”
was present during the sea fight at
Santiago.
An attempt was made to ’burglarize
the residence of George Stevens at
Rowayton Saturday night. The would—
be burglars were frightened away
before gaining an entrance by the
awakening 0% member of the family.
Mrs. Carmody, of Franklin avenue,
has frequently complained of the steal-
ing of her chickens. On Friday she
had three left out- of fifty, and on Sat-
urday morning she decapitated one of
the three and some one Stole the other
tWO. '
It is said Bridgeport Traction com-
pany’s 'cars will, on and after October
lst., run no farther west than South-
port and that the Westport cars will
cover the line from Southport to Sauga-
tuck. Cars to Cedar Point will cease
about the same time.
At a meeting of Concord Division S.
of T. held last evening, the following
officers were elected: W. P., John A.
Ward; W. A., S. Louise Sutton; R. 8.,
Fred Hoyt;A. R. 8., Miss Ella Warden;
F. S., W. A. Kellogg; Treas, Lewis
Hubbell;~Chep., Mrs.A. E. Pryer;Con.,
Miss Carrie Dixon; A. C.,Fred Benger;
I. S., W. A. Pryer; O. S., N. E. Peck;
P. W. P., Willis N ickerson.
In the case of the State vs. J. P.
Morrissey, an employee of the Southern
New England Telephone company,
Morrissey was fined $10 and costs in
the Town Court, Saturday afternoon.
His partner, Hindley, was discharged.
The complaint was caused by the cut-
ting down of a limb from in. front of
the N prwalk Hotel, for the progress of
telephone wires. An appeal was taken
from the decision of the judge.
Mrs. H. A. Sturges spent Tuesday
in Bridgeport.
There was a large attendance at the
St. Joseph’s fair Saturday evening.
Rem-Mr. Rittgars of New Canaan,
preached in the West Norwalk chapel
Sunday.
The canopy awning at the Donovan
building, South Norwalk is being re-
painted.
Mrs. John Birchard of Spring street,
is visiting her daughter Mrs. Theodore
C. Camp of New York.
A. report that the Fair ground prop-
erty has been 'sold is denied by the
local agent of the premises.
Miss Amy Wood of West avenue,
spent Tuesday in Greenwich, the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Burnes.
Governor Cooke on Saturday author-
ized the admission of Jennie Chinery
of Norwalk to the American school for
the Deal in Hartford.
Charles U. Tuck, a former employee
of the Street Railway line, was in town
today. Mr’. Tuck is located at Port
Antone, Jamaica. He is accompanied
home by his wife.
A. B. Mygatt, president of the Na-
tional bank at New Milford, and who
has been for 16 years examiner of
banks under the Republican adminis-
tration, called the Democratic caucus
to order at New Milford Saturday after-
noon.
Major J. Milton Thompson, who has
acted as inspector of Connecticut’s
military forces for some time, has
returned to his regiment, the Twenty-
Fourth Infantry, now at Montauk
Point. There are many among the
military men of the State who are glad
that Major Thompson has gone, and
they would be sorry for his return. He
has made a number of enemies since
his sojourn in COnnecticut.—Bridge-
port Union.
The Democratic Congressional con-
vention for the nomination of a candi-
date for Congress in the Fourth
District will be held in the town hall
of Danbury, October 11. The number
of delegates attending the State
Convention is the number entitled to
the Congressional. The call is issued
by Isaac N. Bartram, chairman Con-
gressional Committee, and Christian
Swartz, secretary, of South N orwalk.
During the coming month VVeStport
will be afforded an unusual spectacle
» in Memorial church of the Holy Trini-
ty, a double marriage, the brides, two
bright and accomplished young ladies,
daughters of Mr. Arthur Sherwood, of
Sherwood’s island, Misses Alice May,
and Harriet ‘Edn‘a ' Sherwoddf’t’he
grooms, Messrs. Louis H. Arnold, of
New York, and Vernon H. Yarnell of
Boston, Mass. Society is on tip toe to
know what the details of the affair are
to be, but it can be said in a general
way, they will be elaborate.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held Monday evening, the
more important business being the
voting of a sum of money to the li-
brary.
The council was not aunit in the
matter as shown at the last meeting of
the board.
The motion to appropriate $1,000
being placed before the council for
action, Councilman Meeker stated that
he had secured figures from the direc-
tors to show that $660 would suffice to
run the library to January 1. He
thereupon moved to amend by substi-
tuting $660 for $1,000, which was op-
posed by P. W. Bates, who desired to
appropriate the entire $1,000.
The amendment of Mr. Meeker was
carried, but when the original motion
as amended was put Messrs. Burr and
P. W. Bates voted against it and the
entire resolution was defeated.
Upon being advised by Mayor Glover
of the result of their action, a motion to
rescind was at once carried and the
$660 voted the library.
After passing the library bills the
meeting adjourned.
The town meeting held Monday to
passa resolution authorizing and di-
recting the selectmen to fund the town
debt, resulted in another failure, the
call being entirely illegal.
Levi Warner presided and Frank
Leonard acted as clerk.
When the resolution was read
Attorney Gray questioned the legality
of the meeting on the ground that
under Section 33 of the General
Statutes the call did not specify the
objects for which the meeting was held,
but instead simply called for the
passage of a resolution.
His second and best claim was that
the selectmen had not individually
signed the warning placed upon the
sign posts, as required by the Statutes,
but that their names had all been
written by one and the same party.
Mr. Gray also attempted to amend
the resolution, but found that it could
not be amended under the call. .
General Olmstead, Attorney Lock-
wood and several others took part in
the discussion and the resolution was
finally passed.
Mr. Gray’s first objection is not con-
sidered tenable to lawyers, but his
second claim relative to the warning
of the meeting placed :upon the sign
posts not having been signed' by the
selectmen personally, which is true, is
held to be a fatal defect under the
Statutes, and makes the aetion of last
night’s meeting clearly illegal.
Mrs. Edelbert Osterbanks is visiting
in Banksville. ’
A. A. Raymond, Jr., has moved from
Elmgrove place, to Roton Hill.
John Beecraft of Philadelphia, is
visiting A. Avison of this city.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
"William Wennrich of this city.
It is reported that E. N. Sloan will
head the democratic city ticket.
William Rose of Long Island, is the
guest of relatives in East Norwalk.
Willis H. Selleck who has been ill
with malarial fever, is convalescing.
Two bay cobs are the latest addition
to the Nutting stables at Winnipauk.
Percy‘Barnum of France street has
secured a situation at Comstock Bros.
George Buttery of Bedford, Mass, is
visiting at the home of his parents in
this City.
Harry Culver of New York city, is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith of
Morgan avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Seymour of
Peekskill, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Seymour of West street.
Rev. M. Day will preach in the
Silvermine Methodist chapel on Sun-
day next. He will return to college
next week.
The nomination of Captain “Ike”
Selleck for Mayor of Norwalk places a
strong candidate in the field.
Albert Morehouse, J r., of Danbury,
a brother of policeman R. N. Morehouse,
of Norwalk, will go to Porto Rico,next
week, in charge of army stores on
board a tran5port.
«Monday marked the fortieth anni-
versary of the formation of the Second
Methodist Sunday school and it was
splendidly celebrated at the church in
the morning.
The members of the school proceeded
to the auditorium of the church in a
body and were accorded seats of honor.
The exercises were of an interesting
characner, the chief of which was the
reading by Rev. Garrett Haulenbeck,
the first superintendent of the school, a
history of the school from the time that
it first held its Sessions in Lockwood’s
hall to the present time.
It was an interesting talk and showed
the speaker to have almost at his
tongue’s end the progress of the school
from its inception.
Valuable figures as to attendance
from year to year were given in detail,
so much for the school were not
omitted.
Rev. Dr. Simons, a former pastor of
the church also addressed the meeting,
and pertinently called attention to the
fact that in the present conference
district the Sunday school of this
church, with its roll of 611 scholars was
only within two of being at the head of
the list, the second one being the school
at Stamfordnvhich by the way included
two mission schools. He also gave the
school other deserved compliments.
A sermon especially for the young
people was preached in the evening
and greatly enjoyed by a large congre-
gation.
Some months since several hundred
“mite” boxes, the proceeds of the same
to be used in refurnishing the Sunday
school rooms, were given out to the
scholars. Monday 192 of the boxes
were opened and found to contain
nearly $240. The others will be opened
as soon as returned.
A death under suspicious circum-
stances was reported to Coroner Doten
on Monday from Westport, and is be-
ing investigated» by Deputy Sheriff
Kemper of that town. Charles Brown,
aged 45 years, a resident of the town,
was found late Saturday night, lying
unconscious behind a fence in the yard
of Mrs. H. H. Belden, in Main street.
He was taken to the lock up in a per-
fectly helpless condition which was at-
tributed to intoxication.
Sunday morning he recovered from
his stupor, but his limbs were para-
lyzed. Brown in his weakened condi-
tion, was barely able to talk, but he
told the authorities that he was thrown
over the fence by someone. He was
too drunk to remember anything more
about It, but he stuck positively to the
story that some men assailed him and
cast him violently over the fence. He
died early Monday morning from his
injuries.
After working all day on the mystery
Deputy Sheriff Kemper expressed his
opinion that Brown was the victim of
foul play. The officer saw several par-
ties that were able to give him consid-
erable information relative to Brown’s
movements on Saturday night.
Miss Mollie Mason, who lives with
Mrs. Belden, and in whose yard Brown
was found, states that late Saturday
night she heard loud voices and then
apparently a wagon stopped and a
scuffle ensued and soon afterwards
there was a heavy thud as of someone
falling in the yard, and soon after-
wards she heard a man groaning and
the groaning was continued frequently
during the night. Mrs. Seymour
Bulkeley, who lives in the house ad-
joining Mrs. Belden, corroborates Miss
Mason relative to hearing the scuffle
and some loud words.
Brown is a brother of William A.
Brown, the South N orwalk batter, and
inan ante-mortem statement claimed
that he had been assaulted and robbed
, and thrown over the-fence. '
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and the names of those who had done.
News has at length been received of
George McCabe, who has been missing
from Mt. Kisco for several weeks.
Arthur Slater of Mt. Kisco drove to
Stamford again yesterday to see old
friends, and also made a. visit to Nor-
walk. There he met Butcher Bates,
who informed him that McCabe had
been in that city during the past week.
McCabe has a sister living in N orwalk.
A Stamford man saw McCabe in New
Yo.-k some nine or ten days after his
disappearance from Mt. Kisco, just
previous to the news of his disappear-
ance in the newspapers. He was talk-
ing to a policeman at the time—Stam-
ford Advocate.
The community was shockchednes-
day by the report that George H.
Bartram had committed suicide by cut-
ting his throat, at the residence of his
father, D. S. Bartram on High street.
The rumor was soon verified by
Docter Tracey, the acting Medical
Examiner, who visited the scene and
after hearing the facts gave permission
for the undertaker to take charge of
the remains.
It is not known at what time the
deed was committed, but it was some
time after6 o’clock, as he was heard
moving about in his room at that hour.
The deceased was prgparing to go to
Boston this morning, and at breakfast
time his sister called him. Not re-
ceiving a response she went into his
room and found him on the bed with
his throat cut.
Word was instantly despatched for
Dr. J. G. Gregory, and he responded
promptly, but saw that George was
dead, his jugular having been severed
with a carving knife. He thereupon
notified Dr. Tracey.
The deceased was 51 years of age and
was born in Redding. He has resided
in Bridgeport for a number of years,
having been engaged in the pork
packing business w1th his uncle F. A.
Bartram. He has, however, been visit-
ing with his father on High street
since June. '
N 0 reason can be a5signed for the
rash act other than that the deceased
has been despondent of late and has
acted queerly for some time. It is the
opinion of Medical Examiner Tracey
that the cutting was done during tem-
porary aberration.
The Second district republicans held
their caucus to nominate cafididates for
town officers at Arion ifill, Menday
evenlng.
Over 100 voters gathered in the hall,
and it was one of the quickest and most
harmonious caucuses ever held, the
meeting not lasting over thirty minutes
Therewere no contests of any kind,
and every thing went through with a
rush.
TownCommitteeman Crowe called the
meeting to order, and John H. Ferris
was elected chairman, with Charles
A. Walters clerk.
After reading the call an informal
ballot was taken for first selectman,
and 111 votes were cast. Ephraim
Themes, the present incumbent,_ re-
ceiving 90 of these, the ballot was at
once made formal and unanimous and
Mr. Thomes declared the candidate for
first selectman. ,
Constables J. J. Goodwin and Edward
J. Larrigan and grand juror Charles F.
Hallock were nominated by acclama-
tion.
Avote was taken for assessor and
Andrew J. Hutchinson nominated.
This was the last ballot taken, and
Henry Seymour for board of relief,
George F. Bearse for auditor of town
accounts, Charles W. Stow for registrar
and Frank A. Ferris for school visitor
were respectively nominated by ac
clamation and the caucus adjourned
after taking up a collection amounting
to $6.70. , '
The Republican town ticket as com-
pleted is as follows:
_ SELECTMEN,
Ephraim Thomes, Samuel Lynes.
TREASURER,
William A. Curtis.
COLLECTOR,
George B. St. John.
CONSTABLES,
Robert N. Morehouse, Lewis D. Keeler,
John J. Goodwin, Edward Larrigan.
_ GRAND JURORs,
James L’Hommedieu, George '1‘. Brady,
Charles F. Hallock.
ASSESSORS,
J. Sturges Randall,
Andrew J. Hutchinson.
_ BOARD OF RELIEF,
Jarv1s‘ Kellogg, Henry Seymour.
SCHOOL VISITORS,
Marshall H. Tolles, Frank A. Ferris.
REGISTRARS,
First District, Francis Leonard,
Second District, Charles W. Stow,
Third District, Edward E. Gorham.
Edgar A. Toms, a member of Hobbie
Post, G. A. 3., is missin ;‘ from his
home in Stamford and has been for a
day or two.
The supposition is that Mr. Toms is
in Philadelphia as he left word with
his son in New York that the Quaker
city was his destination. Mr. Toms
has been collecting articles and money
for the past week or two for the an-
nual fair of‘Hobbie Post. The articles
he had simply been promised and had
not collected but some of the money he
had.
According to collectors’ book which
Mr. Toms left behind him about $37
had been received from parties in
Stamford to be turned into the fair
fund. Before going away Mr. Toms
left a note for his wife informing her
that: he was bound for another place
and that she‘ would receiVe word from
him later. ’He said nothing about the
money he had'collected.
A stranger, whose name on the reg-
ister is Charles White, was found dead
in a room of George Wagner’s hotel on
Water street, Bridgeport, Tuesday
morning. Death was caused -by as-
phyxiation and evidently it was acci-
dental.
The last seen of the man alive was
when he retired for the night the
evening before. He did not make his '
appearance in the morning and one of
the chamber girls on making her
rounds noticed the odor of gas in the
upper part of the house. She notified -
the clerk of the hotel and an investiga-
tion was made. The stranger’s door.
was locked, and an entrance to the
room was gained by breaking in the
door. White lay on his bed, apparent
ly asleep. An examination was made .
and it was found that the man was.
stone dead. 5
The police were immediately notified I
and atelephone message was sent to
Medical Examiner Downs, who gave a
death certificate to the effect that the
man had come to his death by inhaling
the deadly gas.
Nothing is known of the dead man.
He entered the hotel shortly after 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon. He had
been drinking slightly. The deceased
is about 45 years of agetand apparently
aworking man. A search was made
of the man’s clothing for a. clue to his
identity. Ten dollars in cash were
found in one of his pockets, but little
else. He had registered as coming
from Portland, where a. telegram was
sent by Coroner Doten. The chief
' it had been twisted by
" Bo'ad Bed 0111: or Sight.
Matteawan. N. 31“., Sept. 26.-~A tres-
tle twenty-five feet high, spanning
part of a. swamp traversed by the Phil-
adelphia, ‘Reading’ and New England
railroad, a. mile west of Pine Plains,
near here, has sunk completely out of ‘
' sight in the bog.
In another part of the swamp a tele-
graph pole alongside the track has dis-
appeared completely.
Sixty men are at work with construc- -
tion and gravel trains, piling 120 car
loads of gravel and stone a day upon
the road bed, which sinks faster than
filled in. On Wednesday night the
road bed was fourteen inches lower
than on Tuesday. Saturday it gradu-
ally sunk out of sight.
A piece of pipe used for sounding
‘ was driven one hundred and twenty-
five feet into this hog and no bottom
was found. The road bed looks as if
an earth-
quake. 4;.
. nrlmh Fleet Sails suddenly. ”
VVei-Hai-Wei, Sept. 26.—The British
battleship Centurion, flagship of Vice
Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, the
commander of the British fleet in Chi-
nese waters. sailed suddenly Friday
under sealed orders, accompanied,
from Ghee-Foo, by the battleship Vic-
torious, the first class cruiser Narcis-
sus, the second class cruiser Hermione,
the torpedo boat destroyer Fame, the
torpedo boat destroyer Hart, and the
dispatch boat Alacrity.
It is supposed that the destination
of the fleet is Ta-Ku,aat the entrance
of the river leading to Tlen-Tsin. the
port of Pekin, for the purpose of male-
ing a naval demonstration there. 5‘
Mr. Adee secretary of State.
Washington, Sept. 26.—Mr. Adee is
noW' actually secretary of state, the
president having issued a. special com-
of police of that city replied that he
was not known in Portland.
The deceased is smooth shaven and
was in good health. He weighed about
190 pounds. His clothing would indi-
cate that in life. he was a mechanic.
The body was removed to the morgue.
Chief Vollmer this morning accom-
panied half a dozen children to the
County Home. Their names were
Howard and Alice J. Hall, and Walter,
Howard, Mabel and Louis Hendricks,
aged respectively 10, 9, 6 and 4 years.
Their mother lives on Union street,
South N orWalk.
Jennie, the ten year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chinery. will go
to the American school for the deaf at
Hartford on Saturday.
The state convention of Young Peo-
ple’s societies of Christian Endeavor.
will be held in Waterbury, Oct. 4and 5.
It is reported that a N orwalk man is
to make a $30,000 purchase of property
mission to him as secretary of state ad
interim, the first time since the incum-
bency of Mr. Hunter. ‘
, The law provides that in the absence
of the secretary the assistant secretary
shall act as secretary of state, but
makes no provision for such a. case as
existed when Secretary Day and As-
sistant Secretary Moore retired simul-
taneously, therefore it was necessary
to issue a special commission
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larracks in Large Cities.
Boston, Mass, Sept. 26.—Col. Hyde
of the United States quartermaster's
department, for Boston, has received
orders from the quartermaster general
to secure suitable winter quarters for
nearly five thousand soldiers. The bar-
racks will be built by the government
instead of buying a building outright.
Two Your Old Pacing Record.
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 26,—At the races
here Saturday Martha B. broke the
record for two-year-olds pacing, mak-
ing a. half mile in 1.04; previous rec-
ord, 1.04 1-2.
0. B. DeKlyn will close his cottage
at Roton Point this week and return
within the environments of Bridgeport.
to his home in Danbury.
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'Paris Autumn Costume. '
A gown of light weight mixed wool in
a small checked pattern of fawn, very
fashionable for tailor gowns this.
autumn, is trimmed with velvet bands
strapped again in the centre with
lady’s cloth of a paler tint, so closely
that very little of the velvet sh’ows
between. The illustration, which is
reproduced from Harper’s Bazar, and
for which cut paper patterns can be
secured, gives an idea of the cut of the
gown. ' .
The circular skirt is attached in the
back Without any visible fullness just
at the waist line, hanging lower down
in easy graceful folds and perfectly
straight in front, where the band
trimming is curved apron-fashion in
double rows. The width of the skirt:
at the hem is four; and shelf yard-s; the '
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lining and outside are cut the same
form, and are seamed and faced in the
usual manner.
The jacket in the style of a Zouave is
cut away sharply in front, just above '
the waist line. The double revere,
rather wide and pointed, roll back
over a chemisette of cream-colored
silk muslin, pleated and finished with a
great soft bow at the neck The jacket,
in the back, is fitted closely to the
figure and finished with double basque:
open behind and curving to the front,
the belt of black velvet with. gilt
buckle concealing the seams.
. A high flaring medici collar is 'the
finish at the neck, and the decorations.
of the jacket are bands similar tothose .
of the skirt, with groups of cameo. ‘- .
buttons, that'appear also on the skirt ~ ,
front.
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