Local News. ‘
Grace church will be consecrated by
shop Brewster on June 15.
Mrs. Elizabeth Betts of Main street,
8 returned home irom a several
eks’ visit in New York.
I reddie Fay. who had a leg taken off i
the hospital a weekgago. is getting
Ing nicely.
I‘ev. F. S. Ainsworth of East Nor-
lk, u ill preach at the Advent church
Vl’allingford next Sunday.
4. \‘v’. Bruggerhoff and family of
-w York are occupying their summer
idence 1n Noroton.
irs. Milton Peck has returned to
r h‘fllle in Brooklyn after a two
exs’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Solo-
n Peck of Main street. "
Iliss Anna B. Smith, who resides
th Mrs. Peck on East avenue; was
icken with paralysis Sunday. She
an aunt of Clarence F. Osborn.
Gen. Charles Olmstead has been ap-
inted administrator with the Will an-
xed, of. the estate of Eli B. Bennett,
succeed the late John F. Bennett.
St. Peter’s society has abandoned
e old Congregational church on
rth Main street, and will meet here-
er in e1ther Germania or Arion hall.
Mrs. Thomas Cousins died at her
me in brooklyn, Friday night. The
ceased was the wife of Thomas cous-
, of the shoe manufacturing firm of
& T. Cousins. '
I . P. Sibley, of New York, is spend-
.-_ a few days imtown.
‘he Ladies Association of the First
-thodist church met Monday night.
In Monday, at Derby, between twen-
and thirty of the dye room employes
,the A. H. & C. B. Alling woolen
11s, went out on strike because of the
usal by the management of a raise in
eir wages amounting to about ten
nts per day.
liss Lulu Hazard, of Seymour, who
5 been visiting Miss Mary Trounson.
Cove street, has returned home.
7hile playing on Sanford’s lot in
idgeport, Sunday afternoon, boys
.covered the decomposed body of an
ant'wrapped in an old white petti
t.
Iames W. Howard was in town Sat-
ay and Sunday, and spent the time
h his family in Washington street;
l rs. John Troy of Harbor avenue
urned Sunday from a visit in New
rk. '
‘ lfred Hopkins and Howard Welsh
ited f1 iends in Bridgeport Sunday.
amuel Watkins spent Sunday in
rien.
illiam B. Guyer, of West street,'is
2 lired Morehouse of Darien is hav-
extensive improvements made on
: property.
red Merritt and wife of Dover, N.
are visiting Mr. Merritt’s father, E.
Merritt.
Iohn Reardon of Ansonia has secur-
employment in a South N orwalk
cery store. ’
rs. William Vollmer and sons,
2. llace and William, returned Satur-
r from a visit in Newark, N. J.
red Brundage of East Norwalk spent
nday in Ridgefield.
«rank Layton returned Saturday
_ht from a week’s visit in New York.
'ishop Brewster confirmed a class of
ven at St.Paul’s church, yesterday
rning.
I he Street Railway company will
er its tracks in Winnipauk two
hes, to conform to the new grade.
‘he Men’s Sunday Evening club
.oects to hold a sociable May 10th.
Irs. Elsie Ann, widow of the late
son Benedict, died on Sunday, aged
ears. The deceased was also the
ther of Nelson Benedict.
‘ t the Baptist church, Sunday, Rev.
.- VanDoren paid his respects to the
kers in his congregatiop. His re-
rks were quite warm in reference to
anonymous scribblers and were
ened to by a large congregation.
ev. J. J. Foust and family have
en up their residence at the Metho-
parsonage in East Norwalk.
he will of the late Ann E. Lock—
od leaves a bequest of about $3,000
he NorwalkTHospital and $1,000 to
'Darien Congregational church.
iss Angeline Scott, of the South
~walk library, is Spending several
3 in Washington, D. C.
ev. Asher. Anderson of Meriden,
plain of the Second regiment, C. N.
has resigned and has been honora-
discharged from the military ser-
- of the state. ‘
he proposed bicycle race of Barth~
: hat factory employees will take
e Saturday afternoon, May 27th,
r a new five mile course, starting
at Gregory’s Point.
here were 1,935 insane persons con-
-d in the Connecticut Hospital for
Insane April '1, a gain of 10 during
month. _ Thirty-seven were ad-
ted, 14 died and 13 were discharged,
eon trial. ' _‘
ndlord Alvah Tuthill of Hickory
if has just completed a windmill
h which to draw water for his ten-
s. A house is being built now and
y soon a number of new bath houses
I be erected.
MUSIC lLllilZIililflll
The Marion Short Recital at
Congregational Church '
' aSuccess.
Vocal and Instrumental Music by Norwalk Ar-
tists and Recitalions by Miss Short.
The First Congregational church
was crowded, Tuesday night, at the»
recital of Miss {Marion Short. The
young artist is one of unusual ability
and charmed her audience with her
eiocutionary powers. Each of her well
selected and interesting recitations
received the approval of the assemblage
with much applause.
The program was as follows :
Piano solo, Minuet, Grieg
'Miss Sadie Miller.
Vocal solo, “ The Ferry for Shadow—
. town,” ' DeKoven
‘Albert Mossman.
Recitation,
Miss Marion Short.
Contralto solo, (a) When thou art Near
(b) A Dream.
Miss Agnes R. Gibbs.
Violin solo, Ballade et Polonaise,
Vieuxtemps
Miss Agnes Littlejohn.
Miss. Amy Wood, accompanist.
Tenor solo, “The Heart of a Sailor,”
Adams
Mr. R. Shaw.
Recitation, ‘
Miss Marion Short.
Soprano splo,
Miss Vera M. W’ood.
Tenor solo, Memoria, Lynes
Mr. Shaw.
Piano, Woodland Sketches, McDowell
Miss Miller.
The solos by Mr. Mossman and Mr.
Shaw were well received and heartily
appreciated.
Miss Wood sang very sweetly and
Miss Gibbs’ ballads were delight-
ful. The piano renditions by Miss Mil-
ler and the violin selections by Miss
Littlejohn were also deserving of men—
tion.
The Catholic club will hold a smoker
next Tuesday evening.
Henry C. Keeler of Lewisboro was
buried in South Salem on Sunday.
T. S. Osborn, of Academy street, con-
templates removing to Long Island.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
David Flaherty, of Prospect avenue.
Mrs. Joseph O’Brien of Crescent
Terrace has been visiting in Derby.
Miss Margaret Cavanagh, of South
Norwalk is visiting with relatives in
Derby.
Mrs. Grace McChesney of West ave-
nue has returned from a visit in Naug-
atuck.
Lieut. W. W. Bloom of Company F,
C. N. G., having removed to Stamford,
talks of resigning. ,
The price of gas has been reduced
from $1.90 to $1.75 a thousand by the
Norwich Gas Company.
Mrs. James M.'Seeley and daughter,
Mrs. Theodore Ferris. of Spring street,
have moved to Brooklyn,
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Connors, of
West street are entertaining Miss Han-
nah Connors of Milford.
Mrs. Wray Bedient is moving into
rooms in the residence of Mrs. James
M. Seeley on Spring street.
The Westport driving club has fixed
the date for the coming races at the
Norwalk Fair Grounds for May 17.
, Miss Alice Mead of New Canaan, is
spending a week with friends in Elm
street.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Benedict of West-
port, spent Sunday with Norwalk
friends.
The old Lichtblau bakery on Wash-
ington street is to be reopened by a
New York baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis of Nor- .
walk spent, Sunday with Mrs. Seymour
Bulkley in Westport. .
Harry Fox of East Norwalk, who has
been the gueSt or Mr. and Mrs. Robert
L. Shephard, of Southport, has return-
ed home. ’
Mrs. James Stevens of Franklin
street, contemplates leasing the Havi-
land House, at Bell Island, for the com-
in g season.
The Crofut & Knapp company have
an order for 800 dozen hats for the New
York police force and 400 dozen for the
letter carriers. .
'l‘heLadies Aid society of the First
Methodist church met Monday night
to arrange for a reception to be tender.
ed the Rev. and Mrs. James Montgom-
ery on Friday evening, May 5.
Senator Hawley, who has been in
Hartford for the past fortnight, left
ye sterday on his return toWashington.
Mrs. Hawlcy and the children are still
in Washington, but will sail for Eng.
' land early in June. > .
nu EASESNULLED.
Evidence is insufficient and
ProsecutOr Light Will Not ,
DAR'IEN, PAYS THE BILL.
End of the Cases Against the Wee Burn Golf-
ers.
The famous “golf case” in which
three prominent members of the Wee
Burn Golf Club were arrested and fined
for playing golf (on Sunday, last De-
cember, is now practically settled, and
the town of Darien will have to pay the
cost of Grand Juror Dauchy’s sortie,
some $40, and the subsequent trial in
the Darien town hall before" Justice
Schildknecht.
This case has attracted attention in
golfing circles throughout the country.
The members of the Wee Burn club
had been in the habit of going over
the links on Sunday whenever they
felt so disposed. It was known that
some of the residents looked askance at
this practice, but no one believed any-
thing serious would come out ofit until
one Sunday Grand Juror Nathan
Dauchy and a companion appeared up-
on the links and got what they consid-
ered sufficient evidence to prove that
the Sabbath laws were broken. They
also scared off a number of young
women who were about to play. A
short time after this, warrants were
served on Wilson L. Baldwin, cashier
of the Stamford NatiOnal Bank and.
treasurer of the WeeBurn club; Attor-
ney James S. Jenkins, and Marion
Phelps, charging them with breaking
the laws by playing the “game of golf”
on Sunday.
The case came up for trial in the Da-
rien Town Hall, several features of the
trial were amusing. Mr. Kenealy ap-
peared for the accused, and Mr. Dau-
chy handled the prosecuting end. The
point raised by Mr. Kenealy was that
the men had not played the “game of
golf,” as charged, but had merely gone
over the links, knocking balls as they
went, and that they thereby sought
_recreation rather than sport. Mr. Dau-
chy tried to show how this couldn’t be.’
and had a hard time doing so. Mr.
Jenkins explained to the Justice the
manner of playing the game of golf
and of doing what he was doing on the
Sunday in question. Nevertheless the
Justice found the three men guilty and
fined them each $2 and cost, amount-
ing to about $10.
It has been agreed to nolle the case,
and the only thing that remains to be
done before the ban of Sabbath-
breaking placed over the three golfers
by the good people of Darien is ire-
moved, is the official entry of the nolle
by William F. Havila’nd, clerk of the
Attorney John
H. Light, prosecuting attorney for the
Court of Common Pleas, went over the
Common Pleas Court.
evidence and came to th: conclusion
that the State had no case, and that
Justice Schildknecht was in error when
he found the men guilty.
‘ FIRST MT E CHURCH.
I Meeting of the Official Board Last Night.
The Official Board of the First M.
E. church met Monday. night.
Officers and committees were elect-
ed and the Treasurers report read. The
‘ officers of the Official Board are as
followstPresident, Rev. James Mont-
gomery; secretary, B. M. Andrews;
finiancial secretary, Charles H. Downs;
treasurer, Charles E. Seymour; chair
man of financial committee, T. I. Ray-
mond. .
_ The committees were as follows:
1 Welcome committee-‘All the mem-
bers of the official board with their
wives. ' ‘
_ Parsons committee—Dr. W. B. Bean,
Mrs. B. M.-Andrews, Mrs. T. I. Ray-
mond, Mrs. J. C. Crowe. '
Pulpit committee—.T. I. Raymond.
Dr. W. B. Bean. .
The Treasurers report showed all
debts of the church paid and $155 in
the treasury. -
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Lieut. Pennington Out.
In general orders issued from the
adjutant general’s office "at Hartford,
Saturday, Captain Frederick J. Breck-
bill, of Co. K, and Second Lieutenant
Charles Pennington, of Co. D, Fourth
regiment, are among the officers re-
ported as having failed to pass a satis-
factory examination in regard to “mil—
itary, moral and general capacity,
qualifications and efficiency,” and their
appointments are revoked and they are.-
discharged from further military set-i
_' use of theAstate from date. .
' suuunlms. ’
First Run Made Yesterday
and Patronage Was
Geod.
HEAVY TRAVEL.
Big Loads of Passengers Take Advantage of
the New Schedule.
There was heavy travel on nearly all
the trains through South Norwalk
Sunday. The new trains ran for the
first time, leaving New York and Bos-
ton at 10:03, came in heavily loaded in
both directions, and there was about
the same amount of local traffic as pat-
ronizes the same trains on week days.
The 12:05 train going to Boston carried
10 cars and the 2:30 train for New
York had seven ears.
The regular train leaving New York
at .3 o’clock in the afternoon was most
heavily patronized, however. It came
in with 12 cars and another was added
at New Haven. There was four- thea-
tre companies going through from New
York to Boston on this train.
, 84th RlRTl-l DAY.
Col. Charles A. Converse Celebrates at His
' Norwich Home.
Col. Charles Augustus COnverse, who
reached his eighty-fourth birthday on
Sunday, observed the event by a din-
ner party at his residence on Washing-
ton street, Norwich. The table was
handsomely decorated with flowers of
various hues, and in the center was a
large birthday cake, on which were
burning eighty-four tapers. There
were present Judge Alfred E. Austin
and Miss Elizabeth Austin of Norwalk,
his son-in-law and grand-daughter,
Miss Mary Codverse of Providence,
sister of the colonel, Mrs. A. T. Con-
verse and William F. Converse, his-
sister-in-law and nephew, and his son,
Edward A. Converse. The affair was
arranged as a surprise to the colonel,
so was all the more enjoyed by him.
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AN OLD‘DvOCUMENT.
Settlement Between the Towns of Norwalk and
' .Wesipori Made in 1855... . _, __ ..
We, Benjamin Isaacs & A. E. Beard,
selectmen of the Town of Norwalk,
have this day signed with Thomas F.
Rowland & Taylor Hurlbutt, selectmen
of the Town of Westport, and have
this day settled all accounts between
the said two towns, and have found due
the town of Westport, the sum of
Twenty-five Dollars cash, and an un-
divided half of a certain note of hand
against Eliphalet Coley'of Weston, for
the sum of one hundred and thirteen
dollars and thirty-two cents, on inter-
est, and dated June 22, 1832, and is a
complete settlement between the two
towns up to this date, Norwalk, De-
cember lst, 1855. .
BENJ. ISAACS l Selectmen
A. E. BEARD of Norwalk.
THOS. F. ROWLAND i Selectmen
TAYLOR HURLBUTT f of Westport
MR. PORT-ER. TO STAY.
No Foundation for Reported Retirement.
There is absolutely no foundation for
the report that Hon.John Addison Por-
ter has resigned his position as secre-
tary to the President. The subject
has never been mentioned or consider-
ed. Secretary Porter’s health is
improving slowly and he will resume
his duties when he has fully recovered.
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Wants a Divorce.
Constable John’J. Goodwin on Tues-
day served papers in divorce proceed-
ings on Thomas F. Sweeney, of Dan-
bury.
The plaintiff is Bella A. Sweeney,
formerly Bella A. Gregory, of South
Norwalk. The couple were married
November 28th, 1888, and intemperance
and intolerable cruelty are alleged as
grounds for the action. .
The case is returnable to the Super-
ior Court, Bridgeport, the first Tues-
day in May. ‘
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New Tandem Record.
A new tandem record from New Ha-
ven'to Meriden was made Saturday by
A. M. Curtis and Albert Underwood of
thevMeriden Wheel club; From Ferry
street in New Haven to the club rooms
in Meriden, a distance of a little over
eighteen miles, they covered in fifty-i
oneminutes flat, breaking the tandem 5'
record established by a Meriden team
last year of fifty-four minutes.
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Took a Header. ‘
While riding dowu West avenue
Saturday-afternoon Fred Scam took a
header from his wheel, and was quite
severely injured. Dr..A. N. Clark took
two stitches in Scam’s chin to close one
of the wounds he received-in his fall.
we: a KLY ’- 9N o R WA LK GA z E TT E.
S’NAKEUNHEHWHEEL.
a Young Danbury Girl’s
Bicycle.
RODE THROUGH STREETS.
Her Male Escort Was Afraid to Touch the
Reptile. ‘
The following snake story comes
from Monday’s Danbury News :
“A young woman who had evxden’tly
been bicycling in the country, with her
escom. rave an exhibition of nerve yes-
terday afternoon, which made people
who saw it shudder. She wheeled down
West street and up Main street, with
a huge black snake dangling from the
handle-bars of her machine. The rep-
tile looked like a blacksnake, and a big
one at that. -
The couple went to Ridgefield yester-
day afternoon. On the way home the
young woman discovered the snake
sunning itself on a rook by the road-
side. It looked so big and repulsive
that the young man gave his pedals
an extra push and hurried by. But his
companion stopped and picking up a
club, killed the reptile.
“It seemed to me to be‘about six feet
long and as big as your arm,” said the
young man, as he told about the inci-
dentin a Main street drug store-"last
night.
After the youngr woman had dis-
patched the snake she suggested toher
escort that it would be a fine idea to
carry the snake home. It's skin would
make a beautiful belt.
“But it may be a rattlesnake,” said
the young man, who did not like the
idea of riding home with the repulsive
looking thing near him. He presumed
that the young woman .would ask him
to carry it to town.
“But a dead rattlesnake is no worse
than any other kind of a snake so long
as it is dead,” returned his companion
with emphasis. “You hold it and I
will tie it on td the bars with this
string.”
The young man protested that it was
not ladylike to carry a snake through
the streets in that manner. V '
I’ll do it myself,” she returned, and,
suiting her action to her words, she
picked the reptile up and slung it
across the handle-bars, and festooned
it about the metal, holding it with one
hand while she wound the string with
the other. . '
“ I felt like scouting for town and
leaving her to get home with the ugly
thing the best way she could,” said the
young man in telling about it. “ But.
afterwards I saw the humor of the
thing. Everybody we met looked and
wondered.”
The young man in the affair was
wondering last evening whether his
fair friend skinned the snake herself
in'order to get its hide for her belt, or
whether she Will hire some one to do
the job. Because of his uncertanity as
to the point and his fear that he might
be called upon to assist in the job he
sent a box of chocolates and an excuse
around to the house last evening, in-
stead of presenting himself for the
usual Sunday evening call.”
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Connecticut Pensions.
Restoration, Hurlburt C. Hayes,
West Torrington, $6. Increase—Wil-
liam J. Ross, East Lynne, $8 to $10.
Re-issue and Increrse—Samuel J. Gris-
wold, Guilford, $6 to $8. War with
Spain (Widow’s, etc.,)—Angeline M.
Belden, Plain ville, $12.
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Bug Seizure of Cigars.
Deputy collector of Internal Revenue
S. S. Ambler, who recently searched
in Norwalk for cigars bearing the coun-
terfeit revenue stamps, has seized 10,-
000 cigars in Danbury.
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Jumped.~ F165; ii ”False.
LOWELL, Mass, April 26.—-A man
walked to the middle of the Centralvllle
bridge here yesterday afternoon and.
after writing "D. Hoolihan", on the top
rail with a lead pencil, shouted “Here
goes!" and jumped into the river. Sev-
eral persons saw the man, but did 110!
anticipate a suicide. None of them
knew the victim. - ,
A New Grain Elevator.
ST. PAUL, April 26.-+The Great
Northern has awarded the contract for
the steel superstructure of its West Su-
perior $2,000,000 grain, elevator to the
Blur-Conley Manufacturing company
Of Pittsburs. '
thhnor 'l‘nx Receipt-a .
ALBANY, April 26'.—Reports received
at the state, department of excise show
that $1,200,000 has been received as ad-
vance payment. of liquor taxes for thl
Year beginnin! May 1. 13,99. ’ '
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Verdict Rendered in the Gaff-
ney-Tammany Suit In
Waterbury.
MUST PAY HER $900.
Attorney Light Scares Father Martin on His
.-Teslimony.
The case of John W.Gaffnuy vs Joseph
Tammany and wife of South Norwalk,
begun before the Waterbury district
court last Friday was continued Mon-
day afternoon before Judge Bradstreet.
Attorney J ohn, O’Niell appeared for
the plaintiff and John H. Light of South
Norwalk for the defendants.
The ball was set rolling by Mr.
O’Neill’s address to the jury. He said
pendent on the Tammanys for support,
preferred to live in her own rooms for
one year on account of the crankiness
of her son-in-law, Joseph Tammany,
that he was boisterous and qharrel-
some and made the home unpleasant
for her. .
Aftera year she went to the hduse
of her other daughter, Mrs. Martin,
where she stayed four years during
whole time Mrs. Martin cared for he:
wants, and later when she returned to
the Tammanys, Mrs. Martin took care
of her there also, coming in each day
and superintending her personal needs.
Then Mrs. Gilhuly was taken sick and.
was confilled to her bed for several
weeks and later Mrs. Martin was- also
taken sick and could not attend her
mother. Mr. O’Neill claimed that dur-
ing Mrs. Martin’s sickness, Mrs. Gilhuly
was neglected. He closed his argu.
ment saying that since the Tammanys
made a contract to support Mrs. Gil-
hul y, it was their'duty to support her
wherever she was, if she was com-
pelled by their conduct to leave their
home.
Attorney Light replied making a
Strong plea, eulogizing Mrs. Gilhuly,
and condemning the Martin witnesses,
Father Martin in particular, who he
thought had violated the sanctity of
his office by testifying in court against
a brother-in-laiw.
Attorney O’Neill then made his last
address. He reviewed the 14 years of
Mrs. Gilhuly’s life during which she
was supported alternately by the Tam-
manys and the Martins, as follows:
November 1, 1882, she began living
with Mrs. Tammany. February, 1883,
then returned to the Tammanys for a
while and in 1884 again went to the
Martins, this time staying till the time
of her death in 1896.
had supported her for only a. few
months, while the Martins had cared
for her 11 long years and had paid her
funeral expenses. He said that the
support and care of Mrs. Gilhuly was
worth $1 per day and that 11 years of
365 days at $1 per day amounted to a
sum of $4,000, to which ought to be ad-
ded $300 for funeral expenses, all of
The Tammanys
Martins.
' The judge then made his charge to
the jury, after which they filed into
the juryroom. ‘
After much deliberation a decision
was reached shortly after ‘7 o’clock in
the sum the Tammanys should pay her.
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The Late John T. Wait.
Funeral service o'er the remains of
Ex-Congressman John Turner Wait“.
were held in Norwich Tuesday after-
noon. Prayers were sai:l at the late
residence of the deceased at 3:31) and
at 4 p. m. a public service was held at
Christ Episcopal church. VRev. Wm.
Stanley Emery, rector of the church,
officiated. The New London county
,bar association of which the ex-con—
gressman was president for many years,
attend ed the church services in a body.
Many other friends and relatives were
present. The pallbearers were: Con-
gressman Charles A. Russell, Hon. Jos.
Pierce, Gen. Edward Harland, Gardin-
er Greene, Wm. Alfred Jones and
John Bliss, all of Norwich. Interment
was in Yantic cemetery. .
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To Increase Capital Stock.
Owing to an increase of orders the
Norwalk Iron Works company has
o’clock Saturday afternoon, at which
time a. vote‘will be taken on increas-
ing the capital stock of the‘company. ‘
Plllllllli Will. . ‘
n the course of his remarks that Mrs.
Gilhuly, although by agreement de--
she went to the Martins for a year and
which should by ”right he paid to the,
favor of the plaintiff, naming $900 as ,
called a meeting of stockholders for 2 "
Norwalk Chronicler