Norwalk gazette, Friday, May 19, 1899 · page 12

 

 

 

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The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Norwalk city council was called
to order by Mayor Glover . t 8:10 o’clock
Monday night with all the members
present.

The reading of the minutes of the
last meeting were dispensed with and
bills amounting to $471.70 ordered paid.
The bills were distributed among the
several departments as follows: High-
way, $736.25; sewers. $38.20; police,
$155.95; administrative, $111.75; fir'e,
$29.55.

Chairman Meeker of the highway
committee reported that he had re-
ceived $40 from the Norwalk Tramway
company for removing snow from their
premises. He turned the same over to
the mayor.

Councilman Goold Hoyt presented
the bond of city tax collector A. A.
:Bet-ts and moved its acceptance.

The bond was given by the Aetna
Indemnity company of Hartford, to the

amount of $10,000 with $35 as premium.
The Mayor read the bond and was

about to put Mr. Hoyt’s motion, when
Clerk Hurlbutt interrupted and re-
marked that he had some doubts about
the bond being good. He said the
statutes provides one thing while the
bond apparently contained mere than
was prescribed by the statutes, which
would also make the whole bond void.
He also thought that it would beagood
idea to have the collector sign the
bond, that official etudently having
overlooked that important act, as an
inspection of the bond showed.

The bond was referred to the city at-
torney for his examination and report.

Councilman Avison of the sewer com-
mittee reported that all of the city
catch basins, 155 in number had been
thoroughly cleaned at an average cost
of 81 cents each.

No more committees having business
to report, city attorney Hurlbutt said
he was ready to report upon the claim
of Charles Adams against the city for
injury received by falling upon an icy

. sidewalk, but desired to make his re-
port in private. The council thereupon
went into executive session, heard the
"report and adjourned until June 5

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South Norwalk Council.

 

Mayor Coburn also called« the meet-
ing of the South Norwalk city council
to order Monday night, with four of
the councilmgn in their seats, those
absent being George F. Waters and
Dr. TV. B. Bean. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.

The matter of grading and improv-
ing Golden Hill street from Summit
street to Taylor avenue was taken up.
A petition signed by Adolph Keisler,
John VVeiseit and fifty-one others was
presented. '

Mr. VVeiseit said that the city had
made some improvements several years
ago but had stopped before the street
was.finished.

Street commissioner Reed said. that
the street needed repairing and would
not cost much. The matter was re-

ferred to the committee on streets.

At this juncture .Dr. Bean entered
and was asked for his report.

He said in regard to a petition for a
sewer on Bouton and Hoyt streets and
on Lexington and Ely avenues, that he
and Dr. Kendall had gone over the
ground together.

He thought that the sewers should
be put in and requested the street com-
missioners to find the cost of sewers
and reportat some future meeting. He
said people were drinking water from
a well within four feet ofa. very shallow
basin. Councilman Ferris wanted to
know if the sewer would be carried
over or under the Spring street rail-‘
road brldgc. .

Street Commissioner Reed said that
the sewer could be run under the
bridge to Ely avenue. He said that
thelseworage from Lexington avenue
now runs into the meadows.

Councilman Bean moved that the
street commissioners be requested to
bring in the price of a sewer, investi-
gate the matter and submit plans, which
was ordered.

Councilman Bean then reported on
the matter of the old lamp. posts. He
etid he had sold the twenty-six lamp
posts to A. Harris for 50c eéch, and

' had turned the money into the city
treasury. ~

Commissioner Reed asked Dr. Bean
'if Harris had contracted to place” the

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sidewalks around the lamp-posts in as
good a condition as he found them in
land Bean said he had.

Councilman Smith reported on the
matter of the damage done to police-
man Reardon's coat in making an arrest
and said $3 should be awarded him. It
was so voted. _

Mr. Smith then moved that the street
commissioners be instructed to pur-
chase two loads ofcrushcd stone which
was voted.

The matter of the repair of city Side-
walks was then taken up. ’

The clerk was instructed to notify
all property owners to repair such
walks as needed repairing within 60
days from May 17th, or by July 17th,
or it would be done by the street com-
missioners at the expense of such
property owners.

Councilman Morgan moved that the
clerk be instructed to draw an order
for the amount of the city gas bill.
The clerk was so 1nstructed..

Mr. Porter then appeared and asked
for an abatement of $309 on the estate
of Gen. Guyer.

Frederick Quintard presented a peti-
tion for an abatement of $4000 on the
list'of Daniel F. Benedict, saying that
it should have read, money at interest
$500 inst-cad of $4500.

Referred to the committee on assess-
ment.

The council then adjOurned.

NEWCTIME TABLE.

And New Rules for Employees on the Con-
solidated Railroad.

The summer time-table will go into
effect May 21 on the Consolid ited rail-
road. At the same time there will go
into effect a new set of rules governing
employees of the road. Under these
new rules, all employees will'be obliged
to undergo examinations at certain in-

positions they hold. A green employee
will first be instructed 'in the duties of
his position, after which he must prove
his efficiency before filling it perma-
nently. He must then keep abreast of
the times in matters pertaining to the
duties of the position he fills in order
that he may be prepared for examina-
tion at any time. All of the present
employees are: now busily preparing
themselves for examination.

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Musical Afternoon.

The Central club is to have a most
delightful musical afternoon on Satur-
day. The entertainment is to be en-
tirely by gentlemen, and in the main
is to consist of a programme by Mr.
Harvey Loomis the composer and
pianist already favorably known toNor-
walk audiences and Mr. Edwin Star
Belknap, his colleague, who has been
for some time teacher of pantomime in
the Sargent school of acting, and who
is the-especial exponent of the art of
pantomime with musical background.
These talented men compose most of
the numbers upon their ,remarkably
varied programme. The special'pro-
gramme they are to give here will be
published later. Refreshments Will
be served at the close of the afternoon.
Outsiders admitted upon the usual
understanding, a club member intro-
ducing those not members of the club,
and being responsible for their fee.

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Sudden Death of Edwin Clark.
Edwin Clark, a cotton broker, died
suddenly while sitting in his chair at
his home on Elm street shortly after 3
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, of‘ double
pneumonia. Deceased came to Nor-
waik from Newtown some twelve year
ago, and made many friends in town
during his residence jhere. He was a
p: ominent member of the Norwalk club.
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Musicale.
Eureka Rebekah Lodge No. 42 will
hold a musical and literary entertain~
ment in I. O. O. F. hall on Monlay
evening, May 22d, at 8 o’clock. ers.
Lillian Sherwood-Newkirk and Robert
Shaw will be the vocalists and Miss
Maude Wolfe of Stamford the elocu-
tionist. The Jerome M‘ay Banjo club
will furnish selections.

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William H. Mosher Dead.
William H. Mosher died at his home
on Union avenue at 4 o’clock Saturday
afternoon of paralysis after an illness
of over four months. '

Mr. Mosher was 73 years of age and
a cabinet maker. He leaves a wife and
several sons.

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No Monument for Norolon.

‘The Appropriation Committee has
reportrd unfavorably upon the appro-
priation of $5,000 for a soldiers’ and
sailors’ monument in Spring Grove
Cemetery, Darien. Senator Lounsbury
spoke of the need of a monument, but
Said that,_in view of the condition of
the finances of the State, he would not
press the matter at this time, and the
bill was rejected. ‘

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George W. Cram has leased the reel-
dence of the latecMiss J ulia Lockwood
on East Wall street. \ , .

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. The place where the accident happen-

tervals to determine their fitness for the ,

'neariy one-half. The figures for

'Zeltner Brewing Company of

JUMPEDllll. THAEK.

Passengers Get a Severe
Shaking Up on a Trol-
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ley Car.

' A NARROW ESCAPE.

A Futile Attempt Made to Pull the Car Back

Upon the Track. 3

As car No. (50, on the Nestport trol-
ley line, was passing through Greens
Farms towards Bridgeport Sunday ai-
ternoon, at a fair rate of speed, it was
thrown from the track.

The car was crowded as is usual on
The
passengers received quite a shaking up‘

this line on pleasmt Sundays.

and one lady narrowly escaped serious
injury. The car went- quite a distance
into the roadway, the wheels sinking
up to the hubs in the soft dirt. As
soon as another car came up an attempt
was made to pull No. 00 on to the tracks.
After several unsuccessful trials the
plan was given up and the passengers
rode to Bridgeport on the other car.
The car completely blocked the line,
being obliquely accross the tracks.
The Traction company sent a force of
men to the, scene of the accident and
had the line open again before 6 o’clock.

ed was a bad one and had the car gone
in the. opposite direction there would
probably have been a different story to
tell.

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WAS A SIZING‘SHOP.

Flames Caused by the Explosion of Kerosene
Lamp.

 

 

A fire caused by the explosion of a
lamp broke out in an out building at
the rear of G. N.
No: 3 Hamilton street, about 9 o'clock

Fischer’s house at
Sunday night. The building was used
as a hat sizing shop.

Mr.
the shop about 9 o’clock and went out

Fischer had taken a lamp into

again leaving the lamp which eXplOdCd
in his absence. Chief Baker discover-
el the fire and turned in the alarm
from the electric light station.

The building was entirely destroyed
and was torn down by the fire company.
There was no damage to anything else
on the place. '

THE couhfv TAX.

Norwalk Pays vas Her Shire $4,126-74.

 

 

Clerk Shelton of the Superior court

has notified the officials of the county
towns of the amount of the county tax,
payable June 1. The total grand list of
the county is $13,839,621, upon which
three-tenths of a mill tax will raise $38,-
351.88. - .-
. Of this Bridgeport pays $l7,682. 50 or
the
other towns are as. follows; Bethel,
$422.24;,Brookfield, $137.79; Danbury,
$2,82- 2 2; Darien, $709.89; Easton, $132.-
93; Fairfield, $972.22; Greenwich, $2,-
504.23; Huntington, $1188.56; Monroe,
$111.26; New Canaan, $582.2 ;New Fair-
field, $101.00; Newtown, $471.51; No:-
walk, $4,126. 74; Redding $157.52; Ridge-
field, $575.84; Sherman, $99.71; Stam-
ford, $4.894. 90; Stratford, $400.47;
Trumbull, $194.18 ; Weston, $98.70 ;
VVestport, $729.99; Wilton._$253.48.

SPORTS AT VASSAR. ‘

MnssJulia B. Lockwood Wins the Hurdle
'Race.

The annual field day of sports was
held at Vassar college, Poughkeepsie,
on Saturday last. ' '
In the 120-yard hurdle race Miss
Julia B. Lockwood, daughter of Col. F.
St. John Lockwood of this city, came
in first in 21 seconds. In throwing the
base ball Miss Lockwood was second
with a throw of 160 feet.
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D. A; R.
At the annual conference of the Con-
necticut. Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, to be held in the
Burlington Arcade. Stamford, on Tues-
day next, papers are to be read by Mrs.
Luzon B. Morris of New Haven, in the
morning, and by Miss M. K. Alcott of
Hartford, in the afternoon.

Foreclosure Case Settled.

The foreclosure case of the Henry
New
York, against John Hadden of Nor-
walk, has been settled by Judge Alfred
E. Austin. The claim was $1,246, and
was on the property at ‘the corner of
Wall and River streets.

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Miss Florence Blown of Hartford, is

 

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visiting her aunt Mrs. E. Millspaugh

' Antigua.

Bitten By a Vicious
Horse. "

HE FAINTED AWAY.

The' Animal Was'About to Kill Him lWhen
Rescued.

S. Warren Clark of Nomvalk, who is
employed by Mrs. Samuel J. Miller at
Cannon, came within an ace of being
killed by a vicious horse on Saturday
last.

The horse, a big gray animal, was
standing with'his mate hitched to a
wagon when unconsciously Clark turn—
ed his back to speak to oneof the men.

He had no sooner turned than the
beast madea plunge forward and buried
his teeth in his shoulder and arm,
lacerating the flesh terribly and cans-
ing Clark to sink to the ground un-
conscious from the pain and shock.

Clark had no sooner fallen than the
vicious brute reared up and was in the
act of trampling him to death when
one of the farm hands rushed to his
rescue and dragged him to a place of
safety.

The wounded man'was taken to, a
doctor’s where his wounds were cared
for, but it will be some time before he
will 11 ave recovred from his injuries.

Clark was in town Monday carrying
his arm in a sing and recounting his
close call.

 

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The graduating exercises of the Over
River school will be held in the high
school room, Wednesday evening,

 

The Gaming- Conference.

THE HAGUE, May 16.—It is under-
stood that the Americans and British
are meeting with some success in their
efforts to get the question of interna-
tional arbitration, which is now the
eighth article of the programme, ad—
vanced to the first place. Acting upon
an order from the papal secretary of
. state, Cardinal Rampolla, the papal in-
ternuncio, left The Hague yesterday as
_a protest against the omission of the
government of The Netherlands, acting
on behalf of Russia, to invite the Vati-
can to send a representative.

 

Ear’tluf-‘Liako in Cfinh'cctlc‘nt.

HARTFORD, May 17.—Hartford and
other places along the Connecticut river
experienced a slight earthquake shock
shortly before 8:15 o’clock last night.
Residences in the elevated portions of
the city were perceptibly shaken, dishes
rattled on shelves and a rumbling noise
suggestive of heavy explosion was
distinctly heard. Reports of like occur-
rences come from Middletown, East
Hampton and other points along the
river as far as Saybrook. At Middle-
ton'n and East Hampton many eople
rushed frou'rtheir homes thoroughly
frightened. .

Pottery Plant to Start.
TIFFIN. 0.. May 16.——The Brewer
pottery plant, which has been idle for
over two years, will soon be put in up-
cration by the W'estern Pottery com-
pany. One hundred and fifty men will
be given employment.

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Railroad Hands Strike.
PITTSBURG. May lit—Two hu'ndred
section hands on the Pittsburg division
of the Panhandle railroad have struck
for an advance in wages of 15 cents a.
day. They are now getting $1.20 a day
and want $1.35.

 

A Centenarian Dchd.‘
. LANCASTER, Pan May 17.—Mrs.
Margaret Linton, aged 100 years, died
yesterday at her home in Drumore
township. She “resided all her life with
in two miles of the plate of her death.

 

 

“'I’NA INSURANCE (10., of Hartford,
.1 .IncorporatedlSlz. Charter perpetua .
Uapitalnnd Assots,$s,9o2.272.64.

lusuresagainsllossanddamageby FIRE
terms adapted to the hazard andconsistqe
wathchelawsofcom ensation ,
LES a MERRILL
Soleazentsfor Non-walk and Vicinitv

ADAM . EXPRESS COMPANY
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Main Oflicenlepm south Norwalk.
L. HUNT. hunt.

The Hawaii FIFE Insurance (In

Has nowcomnleted ta -
33d SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR ,

And has not_outstanding a dollar of nnnai
losses orclmms for losses. Jlo sown can.
pang. insures for less

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ETEBL. GUIGE. Florist andNUt-sery
man Union Avenue. north of Union
Gemtery Norwalk, Conn. Dealer in area;
House, Hot Houscand Bedding and Vega
ablePlants. _Frmt and Ornam ntal Trent
nnbbery. mes. Cut Flower}. always 0
a nd.and all sorts of designs in down: ar
anged to order. . '
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Furniture Dealers and ‘
Genera] Funeral Direct are
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Tuxedo Short-Waisls.

A great variety of shirt-waist de-
signs have been displayed this season.
They are to be had with rounded. point-
ed and scolloped yokes, and gathered,
side-pleated, and box-pleated lower
parts. This week’s illustration which
is taken from Harper’s Bazar adds to
the list of waist patterns a very pretty
and exclusive design of a. madras shirt-
waist, with pointed front yOke and a.
slightly rounded back yoke. There
an e three box-pleats in the lower part
of the bodice, which measure one and
one-eighth of an inch at the top, and
slope into narrower dimensions at 'the
waist, where a double row of stitching
secures them. The line for this stitch-
is marked on the pattern.

The front of the bodice has two box-
pleats, on each side of the opening, and

 

TUXEDO SHIRT WAIST FROM HARPER'S BAZAR

a removable band, which reaches from
collar to waist,simnlates a center pleat.
A shaped collar-band accompanies the
pattern, but white collar pattern is not
included. The sleeves are narrower
than any shown with previous patterns,
and are finished with rounded turned-
back cuffs. The narrow velvet belt is
fastened with a filigree buckle. This
design may be effectively used for
white fabrics in combination with “all-
over” embroidery and stripes of inser-
s10n between the pleats. French flan-
nel, or the variety of figured flannel,
known as “Finnette,” if made with

bias and straight effects, will prove de-
sirable mediums for this pretty model.

To make the garment for a person of
standard size will» require 4 yards of
madrasygingham, French or Finnette
flannel 27 inches wide, or 111- yards of
nainsook and 2-3 yards of “all over”
‘embroidery.

 

 

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