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YOUNG; LADS’ SAD END.
Shortly after the GAZETTE had gone
to press Wednesday afternoon word
was received over the telephone that
another body had been found at Cedar
Hammock, and that both bodies had
been identified as those. of Albin Moran,
son of William Moran of the Barthel
Hat company, and Melville Scudder, a
brother of Miss Dais‘r Scudder,a teacher
in the Ridgefield district School.
Both were school boys of about 17
years of age, young Scudder being a
member of the graduating class of the
South Norwalk High school and among
those who were to graduate in about
three weeks
Young Moran resided-in South Main
street with his parents and Seuddcr
lived with his sister at on Wed street.
Both boys were at school on ’l‘uesday,
and owing to the severe snow storm
but one session was held and both we“;
happy over that fact as it would allow
of their going down the harbor after
ducks.
As soon as school was dismissed the
boys procured their guns, and going
down to Village’s creek secured alittle
eight foot skiff and started off.
The parents and relatives were
greatly alarmed at their absence, and
early \Vednesday morning Mr. Moran
Went down the harbor looking for
them, but it remained for Charles Hen-
dricks and his sons to {accidentally
make the discovery while clamluing.
Hen—
dricks, he gives the GAZETTE the best
In an interview with Charles
solution of the terrible accident and
mystery. '
Mr. Hendricks is of the opinion that
“the boys anchored their skiff at low
tide 'and went ashore on the Hammock,
and while there the tide came in leav-
ing the boat some distance from shore.
Upon making the discovery he thinks
.young Moran attempted to swim to the
skiff, but upon trying to get into it
‘the boat was capsized. Scudder who
was on shore with the guns, then tried
to reach his companion, but having on
a heavy coat and boots became exhaust-
ed and went down.
As soon as Moran saw that Sc'udder
had drowned he abandoned the skiff
and started for the Hammock, which
he reachedébut being exhausted and
benumbed, lay down and was frozen to
death.
This it is thought is the best solution
of the mystery.
The bodies were brought ashore
Wednesday afternoon and taken to
Raymond’s morgue from where they
were removed to their respective
homes.
Court Decisions.
Judge Frost of'the Town Court has
handed down the following decisions:
A. W. Kellogg vs.~H. Shepard. Judg-
ment by default, the plaintiff to recover
$148.93. The costs were taxed at $19.93
Mrs. Sarah E. Loekweod vs. Fred-
erick Walters. Judgment for plaintiff
to recover $75. Costs $10.55.
Coleman Bates, et. 'ux. vs. Antone
Nagg. Plaintiffs to recover $35. The
Costs were fixed at the same amount. .
Henry Vulte vs. Fred W. Rogers.
Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum
«of $96.31. Costs, $3.31.
Oysters High-
No oysters are being shipped by the
Rowland Oyster ( Iomptny. The buyers
want the price brought down ten cents
to where it was before the recent bliz-
Captain Rowland contends that
the oysters 00st him more than they
did, and that he cannot sell them at the
«old priCe. While the disagreement
continues about a score of East Norwalk
:men are out of employment.
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Death of Robert Benedict.
Robert, 'son of Arthur N. Benedict
died at his home on Beldnn Hill Wed
nesday afternoon, aged 18 years. The
cause of his death was blood poisoning.
«He was a teacher in the ’ Bald Hill
:school district, and'greatly liked by all
who knew him.
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"‘ Deafness cannot be cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Therejs only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is Caused by an inflamed con—
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
'can be taken out and this tube restored
toits normal condition, hearing will
'be destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an in flamed condition of
”the mucous surfaces.
We will give One. Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & C0., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 5c.
.Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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“The South Norwalk Council
Increases Popular Chief’s
' Salary.
All the councilmen were in their
seats when Mayor 'Coburn called the
South Norwalk city council to order
at 8:20 o’clock last night.
Clerk Taylor called the roll, after
which the new councilman Goerge F.
VVaters,who succeeds William S. Smith,
resigned, stood up and was sworn In by
the clerk. ~ ‘
The minutes of the last meeting ’were
read and approved, and bills amount-
ing to $1,199.2l ordered paid
A license was granted Manager I.
M.’ Hoyt for his theatre for the ensuing
year at the old price of $25. ‘
A petition from Vg. B Guyerrequest-
ing permission to build an addition to
his printing office on “later street, was
referred to the committee on fire
department.
A communication from Chief Baker
recommending an ordinance regulating
the use of acetylene gas was referred
to the same committee.
A resolution increasing the pay of
Chief of Police William Vollmer to
$3 per day was passed unanimously, one
councilman remarking, “you can’t
pay him too much.”
Councrlman Bean reported on the
matter of renumbering Woodward ave—
nue, but that and the Ely avenue matter
was laid on the table. '
The committee on fire department
submitted an adverse report on the
Desisa petition, which was accepted.
Councilman Smith resigned from the
committee on finaDCe, assessment and
abatements and Councilman Waters
was appointed to succeed him.
The question of the petition of the
Norwalk Street Railway for a layout
was informally discussed, but was.
finally laid over until the next meet-
ing.
The council then adjourned until
Monday evening, March 20.
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New Books at Norwalk Library.
Cut this out and use it for reference.
Books of especial interest, either for
literary interest, or timeliness, marked
with an X.-
TRAVEL.
Hearn, Lafcadio
Exotics and Retrospectives. X
HISTORY.
Vibart, Col. Edward
Sepoy Mutiny. X
Earle, Alice Morse
Home Life in Colonial Days.
Fiske, Amos Kidder '
Story of the Philippines. X
POETRYAND DRAMA.
Field, Eugene
Little Book of Western Verse. X
Second Book of Verse. X
Rostand, Edmund
Cyrano de Bergerac (Hall translation)X
ESSAYS; '
Barr, Amelia E.
Maids, Wives and Bachelors.
Shaylor, Joseph, ccompiler,
Pleasures'of Literatureland the
' Solace of Books. X
' SOCIOLOGY.
Harris, Mrs. Burtou
Well-bred. Girl in Society. X
SCIENCE.
Russell, 1. C.
Rivers of North America. X
FICTION.
Altsheler, Joseph A.
Herald of the West.
Blundell, M rs. Francis
Duenna of a Genius. X '
Brady, Cyrus Townsend
For Love of Country.
Deland, Margaret
Old Chester Tales.
Lee,>Albert ,
Key of the Holy House.
Merriman, H. S.
. Young Mistley.
Roberts, C. G. D.
Sister to Evangeline.
Slosson, Annie Trumbull
Dumb Foxglove & Other Stories.
Sergeant, Adeline
Margaret Wynne.
Wilkins, Mary E.-
People of Our Neighborhood.
JUVENILE.
Coolidge, Susan '
Mischief’s Thanksgiving.
Plenty, G. A.
At Aboukir and Acre.
Both Sides the Border.
Under Wellington’s Command.
Kingsley, Charles
Water Babies. X
MacdonaldyGeorge
Light Princess & Other Fairy Tales. X
M other Goose BOok Of Nursery
Rhymes (for Little Children.)
Munroe. Kirk
Copper Princess. X
Richards, L. E.
Margaret Montfort. X
Stevenson, R. L. .
Child’s Garden of Verses. X
Trowhridge, J. T.
Two Biddicut Boys, X
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COURT HOUSE SOLD
Danb‘ury’s Old Building Brings 8100 at
Auction.
The sale of the Old Danbury court
house took place at auction yesterday.
There was a large croin present, but
the bidding was not very spirited, and
the articles sold brought very low
prices. ,
The furniture was first sold. The
bar of justice brought $2. Some. of the
carpets were sold for $5. City Treas-
urer Booth bought the judge’s desk,
and Deputy Sheriff Crofutt secured the
s‘icriff’s desk. ,
Mayor Kerr of Danbury purchased
the court house building for $100. He
will remove it across the street and
will fit it up as a factory for the mak-
ing of patent medicines. .
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Heav Traffic on the Consolidated.
The freight traffic on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford road is the
heaviest that it has been for ,some
time. The cause is due mostly to the
early spring trade, which has just be-
gun. The railroad officials think this
is a sign of prosperity throughout the
country. . All their empty car‘, which
were on sidings, have now been putin-
to Service.
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First Congregational K- D. Notes.
.At the meeting of the Central Union
next Saturday at 3:30 p. m. in the chap-
el, Mr. Frank A. Ferris will speak upon
“Hospital Work.” All interested are
cordially invited.
The ministering circle will meet at
3p. 111. next Saturday in the church
study.
The Kind Word circle will meet at 3
p. m. next Saturday in the ladies’ par-
lor. Officers will be elected for the
ensuing year. ‘
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Meet Saturday Night;
A meeting of the committee on con-
solidation will be held at the Norwalk
club rooms at 8 p. in. Saturday.
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A Collin Hardware Trust.
NEW HAVEN. March 9.-~According
to a statement made by the head of the
Strong Manufacturing ccmpany of
VVinsted, the oldest and largest manu-
facturers of coffin trimmings and un-
dertakers’ dry goods in this country,
steps are being taken by the leading
coffin hardware manufacturers in the
United States to organize an interna-
tional trust. Over 60 concerns, repre-
senting fully 80 per cent of the output,
will be absorbed, and the capital stock
represented will be between $7,000,000
and $10,000,000. The trust will have its
headquarters in New York and will
control the major part of the coffin
hardware business in the United States.
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The Bliss Slander Gone.
PITTSFIELD, Muss, March 9.—In the
trial of the suit of Susan F. Hopkins of
Great Barrington against Rev. Leon D.
Bliss. pastor of the Congregational
church of that town, for $5,000 damages
for alleged slander yesterday, W. D. B.
Mead of Pittsfield stated that while a
guest of Rev. Mr. Bliss on the evening
of Sept. 17, 1897, from a. window in the
defendant’s house he saw Mrs. Hopkins
place an anonymous letter under the
doormat. Mrs. Hopkins later showed
that the first finger— of her right hand
was formed in such a manner that she
could not write letters such as had been
attributed to her by experts.
The Toulon Explosion.
TOULON, March 9.—It turns out that
the 12 dynamite cartridges found behind
the Toulon arsenal are of foreign man-
ufacture. M. Lockroy, minister of ma-
rine, in an interview regarding the ex-
plosion of the naval powder magazine
at La. Goubran, between La Seyne and
Toulon, early Sunday morning, inti-
mates that the experts now have very
little doubt that it was due to foul play.
He thinks it was possibly caused by
some clockwork arrangement, provided
with a detonator. hidden in a powder
keg.
Fenders For Street Cars.
,ALBANY, Mart-h 9.—The assembly
committee on railroads has decided to
report favorably Mr. Rogers‘ bill com-
. pelling all cable and electric street rail-
way companies in the state to have all
their cars equipped by Jan. 1, 1000, with
fenders or guauls which shall have been
approved by the state board of railroad
commissioners. The penalty for a vio-
lation is to be a line of $50 a day for
each car which Is: 2 at so equipped after
the law goes into effect.
, Snovv Hurricanes.
The buran, or snow hurricane, of the
_I’amirs is a. meteorological phenome-
non of great interest. Even in midsum-
mer the temperature during a snow
buraln frequently falls to. 14 degrees
Fahrenheit, while in the winter of 1892-
93 it dropped to 45 degrees below zero
at the end of January. The buran
comes with startling suddenness, the
atmosphere growing dark with whirl-
in g snow-flakes where scarcely a minute
before the sky was perfectly clear.
Splitting a. Human Hair.
A Parisian has invented a. machine
by which, among other things, he can
split a human hair lengthwise into 32
strips. ‘ .
At Bedtime ‘
Take a. dose of Hostetters
Stomach Bitters. and
_ your eyes will soon
close in peaceful, refreshing slumber
Another dose in the morning will make
your breakfast taste good, and put you
in fine fettle for the day’s work ahead.
may“ \ llostetter’s
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$5.?! 3.2,, Stomach
$3.333?” , Bitters.
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OF NEW‘ YORK.
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RIGHARD A. Moon-5m, 1 President.
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Meant for the Year Ending Dec.3l,’98
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
IN QQMEO
Received for Premiums . . n . .
From all other Sources . . .' . , .
$42.3 18.748 5 .
12,687,880 9
355:0069629 4
DISBUESEMENTSQ
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death . . . 513,265,908 0.
T0 Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 1 1,485,751 3 —
For all other Accounts . . . . . 10,493,379 5
$35,245,038 8
ASSETS.
United States Bonds and other Securities . - . $160,956,141 3
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . ‘ . . 68,503,580 9.
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . . 9,396,619 0
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value . . . 20,604,649 6
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . 11,621,377 3
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,434,957 1
$277,517,325 3.
LIABILITIES.
Policly Reserves, etc., . . . , , 233,058,6 40 6
Contingent Guarantee Fund, , . . , , 42.238,684 6:.
Divisible Surplus . . . . ,4 , $2,230,000 0
’ ‘ 27 .51 . 2. 3
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . . $971,711,997 7
Ihave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor
From the Surplus a. dividend will be apportioned as nsua
Board of Trustees-
ADRIAN IsnLn .ln
GEORGE S. Bowoou
WILLIAM C. W mama:
W ILLIAu ROCKEFELLLB
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR .
ELBRIDGE T GERRY
JAMES Srnvnn,
HENRY H. Rooms
Jno. W Aucnmonoss
THEODORE MOBFOBD
WILLIAM BABcocx
STUYVF-SANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
'WALTEB R GILLETTE
H. WALTER W EBB I
FREDEBIO CROMWELL
SAMUEL D. BABCOCIA i
J ULIEN T. DAVIES 1
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RIotIARD A MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON P081 l
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE, F. BAKED
Donner OLCO'I‘T
A. N. WATERHOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIGK
WM. 1’. "men
ROBERT A. GRANJN'ISB
I Grocer. G. HAVEN
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
W ALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
tSAAL‘, I". LLOYD,2d, Vice-President. DUE“ du-P. BREUK, Gorrespon ‘ing Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMI‘LOTH, Assistant Secretary
FBEDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FUNDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMI SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM l’. SAN US, Cashier. EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MoCLlNTOUK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLUCK, .13., Assistant Actuary. .
CHARLE‘ A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W . RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. GLIB'FUIIU ORE I‘SIN GER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY .3. BROWN, Assistant Comptrollel
JOHN C. ELLIOT, tauper' tendent of Domestic Agencies.
’2 ') N All!) LYMAN HOB/1‘. General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
ham.» .1. MARSH, M 1r uuANVILLE 11 WHITE. M D
U. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
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N‘IOHOLS a. cicadas. sensual Agents.
A, g, onus, Local Agent.
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