N ORWALK Founded in1800.] .21 n Entertaining! and Instraciive Home J carnal, Especially Devoted to Local News and I nierests. [$1.00 a Yea. VOL. Keno—No 14 ' NORWALK CONN. FRIDAY. APRIL 7. 1899 —12 PAGES. 5 PRICE Two CENT i PISSIBLIIIIIUII Ridiculous Errors. and Per- haps Ballot Box Tampering in Bridgeport Election. THERE MAY BE A RECOUNT Patrick Coughlin Wants Recount in all of the Districts. BRIDGEPORT, April election has produced many complica- tions that are apt to change the aspect 7.—~Monday’s of matters materially. A recount of all the ballots cast may . be the result. Attorney Daniel Daven- port, representing Patrick Coughlin, has decided to apply to the superior court for a recount in all the districts. It was his original intention to ask for a recount in the twelfth district only, but as he can advance strong argu- ments in favor of a general recount he will apply accordingly. The vote on the aldermanic vote in the tenth district seems flagrantly er- roneous. This is the condition of affairs in the tenth district as shown by the registra- tion and the face of the returns: The total of the aldermanic vote returned to Town Clerk Weber as the official count of the district is 17,999. This is the result of adding the vote of all the '20 candidates. As each elector can have voted for but ten of the candi— dates Lhe number of persons voting would necessarily have to be found by dividing the total vote by 10, the result being 1,799. This without count- ing the socialistic vote and theincom- plete aldermanic tickets which would bring the total a trifle above this fig- ure. It could not be less. Now the check lists show that 1,177 voted in the district. The total registration is 1, TI". So the returns call for 622 more aldermanic tickets than could have been voted and 32:3 more than the en- tire registration of the district. The returns of the tenth district are then manifestly erroneous. It is a mathe- matical impossibility that they can be anywhere near right. There is another feature that will enter into the contest. The claim will be made that the ballot box of the Twelfth district has been tampered with since it was put in the town clerk’s of- fice, the night of election and the ap- pearance of the box will go far towards substantiating the claim. The seal of the box appears to have been broken, but this might have been caused by , aceident. The lid also shows a careless state of affairs if nothing worse. It is also said that boxes from other districts are not in the condition they should lie; that they show evidences of either careless sealing or having been tampered with since electionvnight. Town Clerk VV'eber says he can swear that the ballot boxes have not been tampered with to his knowledge, but he could not go beyond that and swear positively that thcy have not been tam- peredwith. The boxes are piled up in aback room of the town clerk’s of fice where anyone can go to them in the day time and besides there are 1'.’ keys of the office out, held by those who have occasion to search records at times when neither the town clerk or any of his assistants are in the of- fice. Who the holders of these keys are, the town clerk does not know. ’ ‘—~—-»—‘o-o>—-i~v- Robbed the Grave. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Phila. Pa., was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: “I was in a most dreadful condition. 2 My skin was almost yellw,eyes sunken, ' tongue coated, pain contlnually in back and sides, no appetite—gradually grow ‘ lug weaker day by day. Three physi- . clans had given me up. Fortunately, - a. friend advised trying ‘Electric Bit- ters;’ and to my great joy and surp ~ise, the first bottle made a. decided imp ove- ment. I centiuued "their use for three Weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life and robbed the grave of another Victim.” No one should fail to try them. Only 50 eta, guaranteed at. John A. Riggs’ drug store, 11 Main street. -‘_ -—Advertise InfTHE’GAZETrn. \_- Imp up Charles Bouton Thrown From Wagon and Rendered Unconscious. HIS HEAD BADLY CUI Taken to Hospital But Refused to be Treated, Having Regained Consciousness. A man named William Bouton. who lives at George Van Tassell’s on upper Main street. was quite badly injured yesterday afternoon about 5:15 o’clock by being thrown from a carriage. Bou- ton, was driving along in a top buggy, on Main street at a lively speed. A wagon belonging to a man named Coles, who hails from Georgetown, was standing in front of John Bouton-'5, on Mrs. Coles was sitting in the wagon holding the reins and Coles was just preparing to get in when Bouton’s turnout, which it is thought belonged to a man named Charles Corbin of New York, crashed the corner of Center avenue. into it. Bouton was thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious. Upon being picked up it was found that his head was badly cut. Dr. Hitchcock, who fortunately happened to be passing at the time was called and examining the man said that he should be taken to the hospital. Orrin K. Scofield, the grocer on the opposite corner vol— unteered the use of his delivery wagon and removed the man to the hospital but arriving there Bouton regained consciousness and refused to go in. After vainly protesting Scofield was obliged to return with him to his store and Bouton then proceeded home. The wheel of Coles’ wagon was badly dam aged but after some difficulty the wheel was adjusted and he was enabled to drive to his home. ~<o.¢>—-— Frank Curtis’ Horse Runs Away. A horse belonging to Frank J.Curtis, the Main street tin-ware and crockery dealer, caused considerable excitement yesterday afternoon by running away. Patrick Goldrick, the man of all work at the store, had driven the horse to the Matthews residence on West avenue but had neglected to take a hitching line with him. As Patrick dumped a lot of tools into the wagon, the jingling noise caused the horse to run out ofthc yard on to the avenue.- The runaway continued on up the avenue to the Methodist church where he made a short turn into Mott avenue and in so doing upset the wagon. He then ran to his stable on the latter ave- nue, where he stopped. The wagon was badly wrecked and the horse con- siderably injured about the right hind foot. -~- 40..» »- Don’t Fish Here. The law which permits the taking of trout in Connecticut waters does not apply to Stamford, Greenwich, Darien 0r New Canaan. This is owing to a special bill presented by ex-Representa- tive Charles E. Howell and passed by the Legislature last term. The bill pro- hibits trout fishing in any waters in the above named towns until 1900. and heavy penalties are provided for each violation. - --<o-o>:————~——-———— Mrs. Singer Surprised. A surprise party was given W'ednes- day night, to Mrs. George Singer. 'of Prospect avenue, by her friends of the Germanic. Saengcrbund and of the Ladies’ Singing society. A large num- ber of her friends were present and she was remembered with several very handsome presents. A supper was served. A-A‘_ ‘v' 7 Norwalk Club’s Election. The annual meeting of the Nor-walk club will be held Monday evening. Polls will open at 7:30 p. m. The or- .ganization’has 151 members. just the same as one year ago. During the year eighteen members joined. seven- teen resigned and one died. Ernst—~Paddock. George G. Ernst, president and junior partner of the Graham-Ernst Cigar Company, was married in Philadelphia at high noon Thursday, the bride being Miss Juliet Paddock. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst will arrive in South Norwalk on Saturday,to make thistown their future home. IS NUW ILIII. . Wall Street Paving Free From lts Coat of Mud and Filth. MERCHANTS'TO ACT. Will Agree to Pay for the Work if Not Done by Council. ' The matter of the unsanitary con- dition of Wall street, which has occas- ioned considerable talk for some time past, has now been taken in hand by the merchants who propose to have the evil abated and the street kept clean. That such a desired result may be brought about, if the city council fails to act in the matter. a petition or me- morial will be circulated for signatures. in which the signers agree to pay what- ever expense may be necessary to keep Wall street in a clean and wholesome condition. Apropos of this action was that of the board. of health at its meeting Wednesday night, at which time the unsanitary condition of the streets re- ceived due attention and health officer Tracey was authorized to lay the mat- ter beforeathe council. This morning street commissioner Kellogg had a gang of men at work cleaning the street and by night it will probably be in a fairly presentable condition. ' Ho-o YOUNG l-NCEN DIARY. Five Year-Old Sets Fire to Barn to See FIre- men Come. The desire of a five-year—old Danbury boy to see firemen at work caused a loss of'$10,000 yesterday in that city and make four families homeless. Eddie Hampson set. fire to a barn on his father’s premises. Running to a neighbor’s he said: “A little boy has set fire to the barn in our yard and you had better ring the bell for the fire- men.” By the firemen arriv- ed the flames had spread to neighbor- ing buildings and three dwellings were burned before the fire could be checked. —<' COW Broke a Shaft. The shaft 0n the delivery wagon of Wardwell and Lockwood, driven by this morning. The wagon was stand- ing in front of the residence of J. Bel- den Hurlbutc on Main street and the driver had gone into the house, when along came Gruycr’s milk avagon at a rapid speed and with great force crash- ed 1nto the market wagon breaking the shaft off. Young Mott managed a CO!)- trivance by which he was enabled to proceed to the market. ~—<000>-;~ insurance Commission. Governor Lounsbury yesterday sent to the Senate for'thc second time the nomination of Edwin L. Schofield, of Stamford, to be insurance commission- er for a term of four years. The first nomination was through an advertence not confirmed by the senate within the statutory number of days and that ne- cessitated a second nomination. ~-<o.o>—- Have Run Away. Three young lads named Percy Head; ricks, James Dougherty and Christy Angelo, are missing from their respec- tive homes, in this city, and it is thought that they have gone to New York. The last- seen of them here was yesterday afternoon. An effort is be- ing made for their detection in New York. , ‘.-‘.’ ._..... ____ ..-.__ Fell Overboard. As the propeller City of Norwalk was leaving her wharf this morning, Henry Deagan attempted to jump aboard, but miscalculated the distance and landed in the water. Mate Peter Williams witnessed the mishap and jumping overboard rescued Deagan, who escaped with a thorough wetting. V—v‘ V _ Surprise Party. A genuine surprise party was giv. n to Fred Pitzer at his home in Stuart avenue. last night. About twenty lfriends were present and had a very enjoyable time. EVerything which goes to make up a. pleasant. evening had been prepared. Charles Mott was badly broken early A STRA W. fimflms’asomemwmfimm 9M WWewezcfi/sfi 23/553, oases.“ wmsO/rs; WSW >wmwsmmmm a * : A W’ant advertisement was inserted in the GAZETTE ’8 Want column one day last week and the next morning the advert/lenient was answered by a party who stated that they read it in the Gazette. , A similar advertisement was placed in. the Want column of another d local paper for a week with no response, ‘ Moral :——A “Gazette”_arlv. brings results every time. ii 5E THOUGHT EACH DEAD. Fred Bullen Learns That His Mother and Sisters are Alive. Fred Bullcn, the well known Bridge- port restauranteur, is in receipt of let- ters from two of his sisters living in London from whom he has not heard in thirty years. Both sisters supposed he was dead, and Fred was also under the impres- sion that his relatives were also dead. One of the letters contained the infor- mation that his mother was also alive. Fred came to America when a small boy and soon after lost all trace of‘ his relatives abroad. He wrote several letters home but failed to receive an answer and some thirty years ago gave them up as being dead. When detective Cronan went to Europe after Dr. Nancy Guilford he was requested by Fred to ascertain, if pos- sible, whether any members of his fam- ily were alive. Detective Cronan dis- covered a cousin and by that means the sisters were informed that Fred was alive and living in Bridgeport. Fred was delighted to learn that his mother and sisters were still alive and is completing arrangements to go abroad in June to make them a short vistt; - QUEER AITMTSSION. W. B. Penney Says Everybody Steals Melons in Southport. The trial of R. Fred Dunham. pub- lisher of the Southport Chronicle, for libel in publishmg an article in his paper alleged to be injurious to Her: bert P. Beers, was continued in the civil superior court yesterday and lin- ishcd, Jddge Ralph Wheeler taking the papers. The plaintiff put on \Villiam B. Pen- . ney as an expert in this line. Mr. Penney did not think the plaintiff’s visit to the melon patch reflected at all on his honesty. “Everybody down that way has stolen melons,” said Mr. Penney apd there was a general laugh- Mr. Penney added that since the trial had commenced the good people of Southport and Greens Farms had beendiscussing the melon episode and had come to the conclusion that 1t did not amount to much, anyway, as most of them had been on similar expeditions in the earlier years of their existence. ‘ A ‘ TheOyster Syndicate. The assertion made by a prominent oyster grower, that the plans of the company being formed by Andrew Ra- del for the handling ofan immense oys- ter business were impracticable, was probably due to a misapprehension, as the concern does not propose to pur- chase the whole of the Atlantic ocean oreven all of the oyster business of Long island Sound and Rhode Island waters. Its purpose is to secure the greatest part of the seed and European export branches and to do a general oyster business. The concern will be organized in due time, and when its plans are put in operation there will be no question of their practicability. There never has been,and is not. now,‘an intention on the part of Mr. Radel and . his associates in the enterprise to form an oyster monopoly, and the criticisms ofthe venture from the viewpoint of those who are of the belief that a mo- nopoly was contemplated are not well founded—Bridgeport Standard. —————————-<o.o>-- Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the King’s Daughters of the Congregational church will be held" tofmos'row after- noon, at which time officers will be elected and a tea enjoyed. To-Night and To-morrow Night, And each day and night during this week, you can get at. any druggist’s, Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat and Lungs acknowledged to be the most successful remedy ever sold for Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Aethma and (.‘on- sumptlon. Get it bottle today and keep it always in the house, so you can check your cold at once. Price 250 and 500. Sample bottle tree. ~———-—‘-.—-———-’—_ The Weather. Rain to-night; ' rain, followed by clearing Saturday; warmer to-night. THE WHEEL CONTEST. The Positions of the Several Candidates Re- mains Unchanged To-day. In the contest for the Rambler wheel, the positions of the several candidates remain unchanged. The ballot at noon to-day was as fol- lows : lrving H. Reed, Pioneer 1932 J. J. Goodwin, Old Well 1151 J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 890 Smith Northrop, Phoenix 227 ”Elbert W. Clark, PutnamuHose 158 D.Hart Weeks, Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, » 72 Leo Davis, Old Well 68 Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 15 F. W. Darmer, Old Well 15 H. D. Cornell, FirezPolice 2 .L. M. Smith, Mayflower 2 D. W. Harford, Old Well 2 Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D. 1 Patrick F. Slattery, Hope: Hose, 1 E. V. Baker, Old Well 1 Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer 1 Harry Mitchell, Pioneer -1 Fred Weiseit 1 Howard L.Lowndes, Old Well 1 Geo. F. Foote, Old Well 1 John Yost, Putnam Hose 1. ‘0-0>——-—-__.— CRANBURY. Rev. F. A. Scofield preached in the chapel Sunday afternoon. There was special Easter music at the chapel Sunday'night, which was listened to by a large and. delighted audience. Some of our fishermen are in search of the wary trout but. no big catches have yet been proven. - There was a large attendance at the dance given in Washington Lodge l hall, last night, by Messrs. N. W. Jones and E. L. Gregory. The success of the same warrants a repetition. Dayton Bouton who is employed at Fancher’s shoe manufactory, in New Canaan, expects to remove to that place at an early date. -—~—‘-—<o- .p...n Veteran Newspaper Men. Senior Editor Burr of the Hartford Times, continues to be the marvel of the newspaper craft of Connecticut. Although considerably over' 80 years of age, he is hale and hearty and makes his daily visit to the Times office and contributes his full share to the edi- torial columns, and the writings of this staunch old Democratic war-horse and Nestor of Democratic journalism are as full of vigor and philosophy as ever, and exert a political influence in deter- mining the policy of the paper’s con. stituency in the party. Another veteran of Connecticutjour- nalism is the Hon. A. H. Byington of the Norwalk Gazette, at present filling most acceptably the post of United States consul at Naples, Italy. Mr. By- ington has been engaged in active jour- nalism for more than half a century, and, next to Mr. Burr, is the oldest newspaper worker in the state in point of either age or service, He, too, is apparently in the full vigor of his prime, and to all appearances has many years of active and useful life yet be- fore him.—New Havgn Palladium. ‘-A ‘ ‘v .Bachelori Will Entertain. The Committee on arrangements in connection with the Bachelor-5’ club grand concert,” entertainment and so- ciable to be given this evening in Arion hall, has spared no pains to make this occasion a grand succ.;ss. They have secured some of the best local and out of town talent to take part. The concert will begin with two selections by the orchestra. The en- tertainment will consist of Thomas Cole, in popular songs: Chat-lesbians- tieid. in banjo Selections; H. C. Smith, baritone solos; classical selections by the Oriental Mandolin club of Dan- oury;*Fred For ~, Norwalk’s well- known tenor; Joseph-'McMahoa, 0 Boston, baritone, and Miss Brush, on. of Dmbury’s sweet contrnltos. Danc- ing will follow anl a v.ry fine dance program has been prepared. ‘ ‘A.‘ V'— Governor George E. Lounsbury is in town to—day. .. 1 the treatment of the doctors. IIHIWIIIiIIIPIIIII Tendered the Retiring Pas- tor of St. Joseph’s Church. HALL CROWDED. Speeches by Frank A. Ferris, Dr. Maher and Father Winters. ’ ' A farewell reception was tendered the Rev. J. T. Winters, for four years pastor of St. Joseph’s R. C. church at. South Norwalk, last night, in Music hall. The hall was crowded with the many friends of the retiring pastor, . who has so successfully organized the parish. which he is about to leave. In the assemblage were many promi- non-Catholics, shaking the hand of the reverend gen- nent all of whom in tleman expressed their sincere regret at his departure. The summons elsewhere came with short notice that it could be He had been looked upon as a fixture in South Norwalk, where during his short pas- torate he had gained hosts of friends by his genial manner and liberal mind. Among the speakers on the occasion such hardly realized by-his friends. were the Rev. Dr. Maher, his successor and most esteemed friend and Mr.Frank A. Ferris who made a very fitting ad- dress expressing his friendship and high regard for Father Winters and his regret. at his departure. '1' Father Winters responded in his usual thoughtful way which made a profound impression on his hearers. He naturally felt sorrow and regret for being thus suddenly obliged to leave friends whom he loved with a'" pastor’s love, but as the bishop called him elsewhere his obedience must be The address was full of comforting words for his given to his superior. parishoners. Rev. Dr. Maher his successor is quite well known in South Norwalk, having lectured there several times, and by his cordiality and the sincerity of his words he [won the esteem of his new parish. ,m'After the speeches there were solos by John VVhele and Thomas Cole and singing by the choir of the church. Refreshments were served by the young ladies of the parish. Mo-op—-———.———— SICK Iunon IMPROVED. Mr. Gregory May be Able to Resume His Seat Next Week. Those who are interested in the trial of Dr. Nancy A. Guilford for murder have just now turned their attention to Juror Gregory, of Darien, who was suddenly taken ill Wednesday, and was removed to the home of Sheriff Hawley, at the County jail for treatment. The sudden illness of the juror caused a postponement of the trial till Tuesday next. The accounts of the sick man's condition were so discouraging that some concern wasfioccasioned that the trial would be further continued. It was feared that Mr. Gregory would have pneumonia. His temperature was very high, and his pulse 120. The reports from the sick room to- day are encouraging. He has the con- stant attention of several physicians and a couple of nurses, and everything that medical science can do to allevi- ate the condition of the sick juror is done. Sherilf Hawley reports that Mr. Gregory is very much better, and his . threatened illness is yielding to Mr. Gregory’s temperature is much lower, and his condition better in every way. Sheriff Hawley is of opinion that quiet and rest. will bring Mr. Gregory out. of his trouble all right. The only question now is whether he will be strong enough by Tuesday to resume his seat in the jury box. - . .y ————————-<0-0>————— When Traveling Whether on pleasure bent or business, take-on eVery trip a bottle of syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleastntly and ef- fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug-. gists; ‘Manufactu‘rel by the California Fig Syrup 00. only.
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