Founded in1800.] VOL. “Keno—No 3 «1n. Entertaining and Instmctive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK CONN. FRIDAY. JANUARY 20. 1899 e12 PAGES. NORWALK \ M. [$1.00 a Yea PRICETVVO CENT WIFE or A STAMFORD PHYSI— CIAN STRIKES A HIGHWAY — vMAN WITH A WHIP WHEN HELD .UP ON THE ROAD. Dr. S. M. Shirk and Mrs. Shirk, of tamford, had an exciting experience vith a couple of highwaymen near ~pringdale, Tuesday night, when Mrs. -hirk demonstrated that she is 3. WO- man of pluck and nerve. Dr. Shirk had received a call to attend a patient in Sprin’gdale, and was accompanied on the journey by his wife. When they reached a point about a quarter ofa mile from the Spring-dale station, two nen sprang out from the darkness of he roadside. One of them seized the ridle of the horse and demanded that hey halt. Mrs. Shirk’s coolness immediately lisplayed itself. The doctor’s hands vere engaged holding the lines. “Doctor, take out your pistol,” said I'Irs. Shirk, at the same time reaching ver and seizing the whip, with which .he dealt the highwayman a blow bout the head which caused him to rop his hold and stagger back. Dr. Shirk supposed the fellow was runk, and so expressed his opinion to is wife. when the man replied : " No, I ain’t drunk. You know very v'ell what I’m after.” 20 or 30 feet away and the incident trans- pired in such a brief space that he had no time to approach the buggy. Dr. Shirk whipped. up the horse and soon left the pair in the road far he- hind. ' An amusing point in the affair is that the doctor did not have a pistol at the time but Mrs. Shirk’s bluff worked just the same. The second highwayman was The doctor made his call and in- cidentally borrowed a revolver, anti- cipating that they would be interfered with on their return. His anticipation was realized, for the highwaymen were in the same spot when they drove by on their way home. The docter held the lines and Mrs. Shirk at her own request, held the re- volver. She held it in sight, too, and her fore finger rested gently on the trigger. The revolver glistcned in the starlight and the would-be robbers stood aside and gave the carriage a wide berth. I i watched until a safe distance was reached- Dr. characters as young men. They were Shirk describes the desperate They made Humans. early Reports of the Congre- gational Churches Read and Officers Elected. 'A GOOD ATTENDANCE. rked Success Evident at Both of the Churches. NORVVALK CONGREGATIONA L. The annual meeting of the Norwalk ongregational church was held last ight, in the chapel, there being 8. 00d attendance. , Rev. T. K. Noble presided, the meet- ng being opened by singing. The re- arts of the different societies connect- d with the church were read, and in- luded that of the clerk,_ Arthur B. 'ill; treasurer, E. L. Boyer; behev- ence committee, E. L. Boyer: super- - tendent of the Sunday school, Charles . Curtis; Sunday school treasurer, F. Miss ' eorgia W. Taylor; prudential com- qittee. Rev. T. K. Noble; deacons’ i nd, Charles A. Tucker; the Young En- leavor, President Andrew V.‘ Heath; adies’ Benevolent association, Mrs. ‘ .' B. Hill. : The election of officers resulted 'as Curtis; parish missionary, cople’s Society of Christian llows: l Clerk—Arthur B. Hill. 3 Treasurer— E.” L, Boyer. l: Deacons, for three years—George 'R. . arnum, Charles A. Tucker, Josiah R. arvin. ' Superintendent of Sunday school—— I arles E. Curtis. - i Associate superintendent and super- : tendent of primary intermediate— ins Charlotte E. Raymond. Assistant superintendent and secre- ~ r y'———J . Wallace Marvin. Treasurer of Sunday school—F. J. urtis. Librarians—A. J. Meeker, E. 0. color, George B. St. J obn, F. J. Our- 8. ' Choirster of Sunday school— Charles '. Tucker. Church auditor—V‘Villiam A. Curtis. Parish missionary—Miss Georgia Taylor. . Benevolent committee——Mrs. J. W. Wilson, secretary; E. L. Boyer, treas- urer; Mrs. A. B. Hill, William A. Cur- tis, W. E. Marvin, Ira Cole, Miss C. E. Raymond, Andrew V. Heath. Prudential committee—J. E. Wixon, Josiah R. Marvin, Matthew W. Starr, Melville E. Mead, George B. St. John, Charles A. Tucker, Mrs. Thomas K.. Noble, Mrs. George B. St. John, Mrs. Charles W. Shelton, and the superin- tendent of the Sunday school and pres- ident of the Christian Endeavor society. SOUTH NORWALK CONGREGATIONAL. After the regular mid~week prayer service at the South Nor-walk Congre- gational church last evening, the an- nual meeting of the society was held. The election resulted in the choice of Nelson Dickerman as clerk and Edward Beard, treasurer. The benevolent offerings for one Sunday in each month were fixed as follows: February—~H0me contingent fund. March-Congregational church build- ing fund. ' April Home Sunday school. May-wCongregational Home Mission- ary society. J une—Norwalk Hospital. J ul y—Connecticut Te m'peranee Union. August——Church contingent fund. September—Congregational Educa- tional society. 'October—American missionary so- ciety. . ' Nevember—Americanv Board. ”December—Sunday SchOUl Christmas fund. _ January-«National minister’s fund. ——————‘o-ob-—-v Application In Insolvency. . Benjamin Harris, filed an application for insolvency with Referee J. W. Banks'yesterday. The liabilities are $19,940. The assets are scheduled at $17,280. They are liable to shrinkage as the real estate is subject to a mort- gage of $6,900, and another item of the assets is a book account. Runaway. A horse driven by Hyatt Gregory ran away on the New Canaan road yes- terdaybut was stopped before having done any, material damage, other than 1 to a picket fence against which in his ‘ madness he ran. r SHE HAD LOTS or PLUCK! no effort to disguise themselves. Both were well dressed and did not look like tramps and evidently are not local men. Dr. Shirk had considerable money with him and a gold watch. Mrs. Shirk left all her jewelry at home. The doctor urged her not to accompany him owing to the lateness of the hour, but she would go. Probably neither she nor her husband regrets it now. —-——————-—<zo-c>——~— HAll_WlI_ll_EllllNE. Rowayton Property Owners Object to an Extension of the Street Railway Line. DECISION RESERVED. The Meeting Held in the Town Court Room and Was Well Attended. ‘ A bearing upon the petition of the Street Railway company, fora layout fora proposed extension of its tracks to Bell Island and Roton Point, was held before the Selectmen yesterday afternoon and met with unexpected opposition on the part of Rowayton residents. The full board of selectmen was pres- ent, Ephraim Themes acting as 'chair- man of the meeting. the Railway com- pany being represented by President Hill and General Manager Acton, and . »; the Tramway companyhy—GT-‘N. Mans- field. Among‘» the property owners along the proposed line of extensiOn present were George Sharrott, A. F. Ferris, Edward Godfrey, V‘Villiam Youngs, Ed- ward Tuttle, Joesph A. Judge, (for the John H. Crockett interests) and others. The first speech was in opposition to the layout being granted and was made by Joseph A. Judge. He said that the Street Railway company had previous- ly been granted a layout to Roton Point which they had failed to take ad- He said further : The only time the Tramway pays is in the If you give the Street Rail- vantage of. summer. way company the right to extend their line to Roton Point you will give them the right to take away the profits of the Tramway company, and on the other hand, if you do not give them the right you will give the Tramway com- pany the right to pay for the other nine months of the year, and will rob the people of Row-ayton of their pres- ent convenient service on the Tramway line, and the people of Rowayton look ‘ at the Situation in the same light as myself. y . Mr. Sharsot said that he was opposed to the granting of the franchise. Frank Hollies was of the opinion that the Tramway accommodations were ample for the people of ltowayton, and that if the petitition of the Street Bail- way line was granted there would be no accommodations at all. Mr. Tuttle was satisfied with the con- ditions that at present prevail. Mr. Mansfield of the Tramway line said that he Was-present to make a for- mal protest against the granting _of the petition on the ground that an extension of such line was not a public necessity, and that the Tramway line I met all the needs of traffic to Rota-n- Point, the only ones that perhaps were' benefitted being people living on West avenue or on the line of the Winnipauk _ extension. He said that his company had offered the Street Railway com- pany trafilc rates for its cars and that if the companies could not agree as to terms, were willing to leave it to ur- bitration by an impartial committee. Mr. H:ll aiid : for a fruncnise, we have already been granted that by the" Legislature; all we ask now is a layout to the. Point.” 9dr. Mansfield in reply said : "I be- “ We are not asking lievethat the granting of a layout by the selectmen would be a town’fran- chisev and I am opposed to it.” Mr. Judge then rose and said : “We wish to have you remember one thing, and that is that the Norwalk Street Railivay company is lookingdor a dead cinch in this matter.” After some further discussion as to the location of the tracks, which loca- tion was explained by Mr. Acton, the meeting adjourned, the selectmen re- serving their decision. 4“ Flint ATV STAMFORD. Dwelling House Destroyed Early This Morn— mg. Fire broke out at 1 o’clock this morning in the residence occupied by F. A. Hall, at- 11 Greenwood street, in Stamford. The dwelling was totally destroyfifil, and an adjourning house caught‘lglfe but was saved from tota- destruction by the efforts of the depart- ment. Lees'about $3,000. -————-—-<o.o>—-—- The Weather. Partly cloudyweather to-night, and Saturday warmer. ninth ALIVE. Residents Meet and Decide to Oppose the Trolley Extension. 1 LAWYER WALSH SELECTED Atorney Will Go to Hartford and Oppose Charter Extension. The little hamlet of Cranbury was l all‘cxcitcment last night, when fifty of ' the residents met at the store of E. L. Gregory to discuss the matter of the extensionpf the Norwalk Street Rail- way company‘s charter to four years, as called for by the petition made to the I . i legislature. James Toner was elected chairman and Clark Ely secretary while Benja- min E. Allen was appointed collector to solicit subscriptions with which to carry on the fight. Upon taking the chair Mr Toner made an eloquent address upon the \___-‘ state of affairs, and was followed by a. number of ‘other residents. Opposition was the watchword, and it was decided to employ the services of Attorney John J. Walsh to go to Hartford and present the views of the Cranbury residents. , ' Collector Allen reported that he had secured pledges to the amount of $100 with which to carry on the fight, while a number of N orwalk and 'South Nor- walk friends had signified their willing- ness to subscribe a further sum. —-————————<o.o>— Hyatt-Wright. Harry M. Hyatt, of Norwalk, now of New Haven, the youngest son of ex« United States Treasurer James W. Hyatt, of this city, was married in New Haven Jan. 14. The bride is Miss Mary A. Wright, of Bridgeport. The Rev. ' Watson L. Philips, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, performed the ceremony at the parL sonage. ' DIED. COUSINS—In New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, James Cousins, J r., second son , of James and Emma Cousins, 1 Funeral services at the residence of George M. Holmes, 144 Main street, . Norwalk, at 2:30 p. m., Saturday, Rev. T. K. Noble officiating. Winter Underwear Must All Go! on All. Jackets Reduced. BOSTON STORE. NORWALK’-S 'BUSIEST STORE. OPENING OF OUR ANNUAL HITE FAIR- _ ”realeslllisp ayolllluslinllnderwear 50 Dozen Corset Covers. 50 Dozen Pairs of Drawers. 50 Dozen Night Gowns. 50 Dozen Skirts. Trimmed Skirts. attending the sale arly. of Muslin Underwear. There is a choice in everything. ~ The display will dutshine anything we ever attemptedvin the way There are a great many pieces for this sale alone that cannot be duplicated later in the season. Some like Hamburged Night Robes. You can have your choice of trImmings in all the different garments by Others like Lace Corset Covers. 350 high neck corset covers, 90 each. 250 V necked corset covers, Ham— burgh trimmed, 190. 250 V and square neck corset covers: lace and Hamburgh trimmed, 250. 200 corset covers, lace, Hambuzgh and insertions, 39c to 750. ' = a Night Gowns. Wonderful variety from 39c to $1.75. 100 night gowns made of good muss lin 390. 200 night gums. empire and high neck, trimmed with Hamburgh and insertion, 75c. Drawers. '150 pairs drawers with three tucks, 19c. 175. pairs drawers made of the Fruit of the Loom muslin 25c, 50 pairs Umbrella drawers 25c. 100 pairs Hamburg trimmed drawers 29c. 125' pairs of Hamburg and Lice trim- med drawers 39c to 75c. 4?. 150 night gowns tucked and Ham- , bur-glued 49c. I ~ ' Aid , in. Our Muslin Underwear is now manufactured for us by M. Martin &; 00.. Broadway, N. Y. They are the manufacturers for the Scotch svndicate of dry goods. We are the only ones carrying their line in this part of New England. They only man- ulncture the best grades of underwea ' -—made full, and p‘enty of, room in their gowns andskirts. All the seams in their garments are locked stitched and will not rip. , ' : stir-.2.ADJACKETS-AND CAPES AT HALF PRICE. 200 night gowns, trimmed with lace. Hamburgh and insertion, 980. ’ 150 fine gowns from $1.25 to 31,75. 100 skirts made of good muslin, 39c. 100 skirts, Hamburgh trimmed and tucks, 75c. 150 skirts, hemstitched and tucked, 89c. , 150 fine umbrella skirts, Hamburgh ‘ and lace trimmeda980. 100 skirts trimmed with lace, inser- tion and embrbilery, $1.75, $1.50 to $2.98. ' ’ I fl
Norwalk Chronicler