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Deeds to Propertyon West
Street, South Norwalk,
Wanted Set Aside.
CLAIM $12000 DAMAGES.
Chief ’Vollmer Left the Papers With Town
Clerk This Morning?
One of the largest attachments made
in Norwalk since the Norwalk Tran.-
way Company’s property was attached
some years ago, was made this morning
by Constable William Vollmer, who
aeting for Attorney John H. Light, at-
tached the Richards property on West
street, South Norwalk, in the sum of
$12.000.
' Mr. Light appears as the attorney for
Henry B. Harrison of Saratoga. N. Y.,
who claims that he secured judgment
against one Stephen H. Richards of
New York, but has failed to have the
same satisfied. _ '
Mr. Harlson furthur claims that in
1897_while his suit was pending, Mr.
Richards deeded a valuable piece of
South Nor-
who later
property on West street,
walk to Henry P.
deeded the pi‘Operty to ‘Nalter H. Rich-
ards, a son of the defendant.
Mr.
set aside, and has attached the property
Price
Harison now wants those deeds
pending suit.
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Insane Institution at Darien.
GovernOr Lounsbury yesterday issued
a license to Dr. J. Reed Topping to con-
duct- an institution for the detention
and t1 eatment of insane persons at Da-
l'lEL“. "
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Hell. '
"lHe l, \Nhat Is It, and yl'here Is It?”
was the subject of a 1ccent discourse by
a Norwalk preacher who is attracting
large and attentive congregations by
his masterly handling of an interesting
series of local subjects. ——New Haven
Palladium.
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Surprise Party.
About. thirty-live of the friends Of
Miss Edna Buttery gave her a surprise
party, at her home on Newtown avenue
last night. Games, mosic, dancing and
refreshments served to while away sev-
eral happy hours.
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Miss Pinneo in Danbury.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Mary Wooster chapter, D. A. R. of
Danbury, this afternoon, Miss Dotha
Stone Pinneo of this city will deliver
an address on the revolutionary hero,
Nathan Hale.
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Attorney Shaw Named.
The county commissioners have ap-
pointed Attorney Samuel C. Shaw
prosecuting liquor agent for ptrt O
Fairfield-connty. The appointment was.
made yesterday and approved by Judge
Silas A. Robinson of the superior court.
Vr'l‘be term is for two yerrs. The terri-
tory which Mr. Shaw will have in
charge will be Redding, Ridgefield,
part of Easton, Branchville, George-
town and vicinity. '
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Burglars at Grace Church Rectory.
Rev. J. McClure Bellows and his
mother, Mrs. Mary Hancock, were
suddenly awakened at 4 o’clock yester
day morning by hear mg a crash at the
tear of Grace church rectory on Bel-
den avenue. They summoned Mr.
Charles W. Hoyt, who lives next door,
and a search of the premises was made
without discovering the ptrties rm)
were trying to effect an entrance.
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F ire in Stamford.
The barn and stables on the Oak ley
S. Barker place on Richmond Hill
were destroyed by fire yesterday morn-
g, and practically all their contents,
which included five horses, several
carriages, and a quanity of hay, were
also destroyed. The cause of the fire
is not known. The flames were first
seen shooting out of the second stOry,
and in a few minutes the entire build-
ing was in a blaze. '
The loss is unknown, but will foot
unto a considerable sum and is not
covered by insurance. The place be-
longs to the Dewey estate, and' IS leas-
ed by Mr. Bartlett. The building was
insured.-
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Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
An Entertaining and I nstmctwe Home Journal Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK CONN. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24- 1899 -—12 PAGES.
ANNUAL ROLL CALL.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of Congregationalisfs
Last Night.
There was alarge and representative
gathering of the First Congregational
church society in the chapel last even-
ing. The occasion which called out
such a number was the annual rollcall.
There was a preliminary meeting Iat
7:30 o’clock. J. C. Randle was elected
moderator. . .
A resolution was - drawn up and
adopted,,inviting the Rev. Thomas K.
Noble, D, D., to become pastor, emer-
itus of the church and the clerk of the
society was instructed to communicate
the action of the church to Dr. Noble.
At 7: 45 a prayer service opened in
the church, Rev. Dr. Noble preSLding.
He was assisted by Revs. D. M. Sew-
ard, Dr. A. F. Beard, Dr. John A.
Hamilton of Boston, a former pastor of
the church, Rev. Charles W. Shelton
and William 0. Curtis, each of whom
gave a short address. The prayers
were most inspiring. At the close of
service the clerk, A. B. Hill conveyed
to N1. Noble the resolution adopted by
the society, by which he was invited
to become pastor emeritus and also
presented him on behalf of the chur ch
with a draft for $380.
The attendance at the roll call which
followed was said to be, by the clerk,
the largest ever held in the church. It
was also said that the meeting seemed
to be inspired with more enthusiasm
than usual, the presence'of so many of
the clergy adding zest to the service.
Refreshments of cake and coffee were
served and a social hour enjoyed at the
conclusion of the roll call.
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Change of Time.
The propellers on the New York
route now leave their wharf in this
city every afternoon at 4 O’clock,
stead Of at 5 as formerly.
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Surprise Party.
A par, tV ofabout forty -fl);e friends sur-
prised Mi s. Charles Barraclou’crh at her
home 1n South Firs t ~t1cet last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pitzer
William Smith and Miss Ethel- Smith
gave selections on the violin and pi-
ano.
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Governor'Lounsbury in Amherst-
Governor Lounsbury and Mrs. Louns-
bury left Hartford yesterday afternoon
for Amherst, on a visit to JOSeph G.
Potwinbf that town, Mrs. Lounsbu'ry’s
father. Mr. Potwin is 88 years Old and
born in East Windsor” He lived in
Hartford for several years in the 40’s
and conducted business there.
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Athletic Club Officers.
At a meeting of the Young Men's
Athletic club lasr. night the. following
officers were elected:
President, Spencer S. Adams.
Vice-president, Harry Davis.
Secretary, Neal Pierce.
Treasurer, LeRoyhTontgomeL-y.
A floor committee and a committee
on entertainment were also appointed.
The club now numbers 47 members.
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Post Office to Close.
The postmaster general has issuedan
order to all postmasters sas follows: '
In honor of the services of Vice Pres-
ident Hobart and in respect for his re-
vered memory, postmaster-s throughout
the United States are directed to close
their respective offices between the
hours of 2 and 4 p. m. .on Saturday,
Nov. 25, the day of the funeral.
In obedience to the above the Nor-
walk post office will be closed between
the hours of 2 and 4 o’clock to-morrow
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,afternoon.
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° Extra Trains.
Notices were posted in all the gate
houses of the New York division of
the- Consolidated road yesterday, that
to-morrow there would be seven and
possibly more extra passengers trains
run between New York and New Ha-
ven. They will begin‘to pass through
South Norwalk about noon and will
carry thousands of spectators to the
great Yale-Princeton football game at
New Haven. It' is believed that 40, 000
people will attend the game.
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Cold Steel or Death.
‘ .Thcrc 15 but one small chance to
save you: life and that is through an
operation.” was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. I. B. Hunt. of Lime Ridge,
Wis, by he1 doctor after vainly trying
to cute her of a frightful case of
stomach trouble ard yellow jaundice.
He didn’t count on the marvelous
power of Electric Bitters to cure
Stomach and Liver troubles, but she
hea1d of it, took seven bottles, was
wholly cured avoided Surgeon’ s knife.
now weighs more and feels bettei than
ever. It’s’positively guaranteed to
tame Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles and neverdisappoints. Price
50C_at.l-. A. Riggs drug store.
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sang and '
HEB MEN SMflKE".
U‘ncas Tribe Entertain Their
Pale Face Brothers.
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AM ,EN'JOYABLE EVENING.-
Pipes,*Songs, Stories and Music ServellfojPass’
' the Time Away.
Uncas Tribe held a very successful
smoker in the Wigwam last nlglit.
The pipe Of peace was smoked with the
pale-faced friends of the Tribe, and all
pale faces were invited to join the tribe.
Members of the Ridgefield Tribe and:
of Cockenoe Tribe of Norwalk were
present.
F. E. Readman presided and an-'
nounced the program. '
The first number was a piano 31510 by
Edward Beers, who was heartily» .tp-
pla11ded.~
Ellis Makin gave‘an expert exhibi-
tion in the swinging of Indian clubs;
and J. A Hislop followed with “‘79,.
cornet solos. '
Fred Hoyt' 1n specialties was well be.»
celv ed. The meed Of praise in the
singing went toRobert A. Kline,whose
solos were received with applause that
made the rafters resound. Harry Mit-
and caused much laughter.
George Hirst’s solo Was also well re-
ceived, and. William Miller gave an in.
vitation to all pale faces to jom the
Tribe and explained the benefits ' of
Redmenship.
A pa1ty of twelve farmers f1om the.
Haymakers Association then gave,
itselectmns on Musical instruments, .1. 6..
Joseph Miller made a: short speech
in Redmenship and James POwers of
the Ridgefield Tribe related a funny
story.
During the evening cards were dis-1
tributed among the guests of the tribe-
and games were played until the meet-
ing broke up.
The tribe pyovided a generous sup-
ply of venison} and gave freely to all,
making the evening one of the pleas-
anteSt, and one to be long remembered.
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Personally Conducted Tours Via Pennsylva-
nia Railroad.
SEASON OF 1899-1900.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces the following Personally-
Conducted Tours for the season of 1899
and 1900. ’
,MExICO AND CALIFORNIA.——A forty-
five-day tour will leave New ' York,
Philadelphia‘ and Harrisburg, Feb-
ruary 12. Fourteen days will be spent
in Mexico and eighteen in California.
The party will travel over the entire
route by the “Mexico and California
Special,” the finest train that crosses
the co ntinent.
FLORIDA.—Fo..r tours to Jackson-
ville will leave New York and Phila-
delphia January 23,Febur-a1y 6 and 20,
and March 6. The firs t three admit of
a stay of two weeks in the “FIOWery
State.” Tickets for the fourth tour will
be good to return by regular trains un-
til May 31, 1900.”
OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND
AND WASHINGTON —Five tours will
leave New York and . Philadelphia De-
cember 28, February 3, March 3 and 31,
April 14 and 28.
OLD POINT COMFQR'l‘.~~Sl.\' tours
will leave New York and Philadelphia
December 28, February 3, March 311ml
31, April 13 and 28.
\VASHINGTON.——Six tours will leave
New York and Philadelphia Decem-
ber28,Janua1-y 18, February 15, March
15, April 10 and May 3.
‘ For detailed information apply
Toutist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New
Y ork; 860 Fulton street, ilCourt street,
Brooklyn; 789 BrOad street, Newark,
N.,J.; or George W. Boyd. AssiStant
General Passenger Agent, Philadel-
phia,
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There is a Class of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed mall
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with-
out distress, and but few can tell it.
from coffee. It does not cost over i as
much. Children may drink it with
great benefit 15 cts. and 2.5 cts. per
package li'v it. Ask for GRAINU
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j , Verity Of the Addie V.
tender John Cole on the Washington
to l
EHEARLY MORNING ROW.
__Captai.1Verily of the AddieV. and Bridgelen- '
der Cole at Odds.
There was a, lively tiff between Capt.
and Bridge—
street bridge; shortly before seven'
o’clock this morning. Capt. Verity who
puts up at a slip on the east side of the
river above the bridge blew for the
bridge to be opened, before headeft the
slip. -
Mr. Cole immediately went out and
prepared to open the bridge. After
everything was: ready, he in accor-
‘—_fdance .with instructions from Select-
man Samuel Lynes, waited for Verity
toiback out from his slip. After ~ wait-
ing for afew minutes he called to know-
if Capt.,,Verity was coming from his
slip.
Some hot words ensued after which
Captain Verity backed out of his slip,
but f01 someasinine reason, refused to
passed after the bridge had been open-
ed for him. As'is known at this time
of-th'e morning a constant stream of
business wagons come along Washing-
ton street and are obliged to cross the
bridge, but these, as they collected,
had no effect on the mind of the cap-
tain of the Addie V. He remained
stubborn. The bridge-tender partly
. closed the draw and this angered the
captain, who came ashore. An alterca-
.tion followed and finally the draw was
again opened and the irate captain al—
lowed to pass through. The bridge-
tender, however, was very indignant
, , , . .. lover the matter and went to the select-
chell’s recitations were entertaining -
men’s Office with his grievance.
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MARRIEDA STRANGER.
Danbury'Girl’s New Husband Claimslto be a
West Pointer-
A few days ago Miss Myrtle Monroe,
Danpuiy, made the acquaintance of a
guangei. _
that he was. Donald D. Baker, of Ohio,
a cadet at W'est Point. After a very
brief acquaintance, Miss Monroe prom-
ised to marry him. He appeared in
that city and told the young woman
that be had. takenFrench leave from the
military academy and risked his cadet-
ship in order to claim her for his bride.-
They drove to Carmel, N. Y., on Sun-
day and were married 'by Rev. Mr.
Van Housen. Baker returned to Dan-
bury with his wife and said that he
must hurry back to West Point. The
young woman confessed her
to her parents yesterday.
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OBITUARY.
M RS. SUSAN ,VAIL GOLDEN.
Mrs. Susan Vail Golden, widow of
John F. Golden, died at the home of
her son, James Golden on Fairfield ave-
‘nue, this morning, in the 82nd year of
her age. She was the mother of Edi-
tor Golden of the Evening Sentinel of
South Norwalk, R. H, Golden, the real
estate dealer, and Mrs. J ulia Lester,
who survive her. Mrs. Golden was
well beloved by many friends in towu,
and though of late years she has been
confined to her home by ailments at-
tendant upm old age, she has , always
been of a cheerful and happy disposi-
tion. .The immediate cause of death
was typhoid fever.
The GAZETTE extends its sympathy
to the bereaved ones in the time of their
sorrow. ‘
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Baker—Brockway.
Chilton Baker and'Miss Anna Br ock-
way were married at the home of the
bride, No. 6'Taylor avenue, South Nor-
walk, by the Rev. William H. Hub-
bard at"5 o’clock last evening.
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Will Attend Vice President’s Funeral.
Col. E. H. Mathewson of Lounsbury
Mathewson & Co.,' 15 a director in two
companies of which Vice-President
Hobart was also a director.
Col. Mathewson has been appointed
is a committee to attend the funeral of
the late vice-president to be held to:
mbrrow afternoon.
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The. brother of Thomas Foley, who
was killed by a train will. come on from
Massachusetts today and the funeral
will be held from St. Mary’s church to-
morrow. '
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Many People Cannot Drink
offcee at night. It spoils their sleep
You can drink Grain-O when you
please abd sleep like a top. For
Grain-O does not stimulate: it now ish-
es, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and
tastes like the best coffee. F 01 1191 v 0115
GrainO is the pe1 feet drink Made
from pure grai s. Get a package from
your gunner to ay.
coffee: 15 and 2511.}
daughter of a well known horseman. in _
The young man told hen
marriage.-
persons. young people and chlldrcnl
Try it in place of .
SUICIDE IN BELL.
Sad End of a Regular Army
Man.
HUNG T0 WATER PIPE-
.T he Old Story, Family Trdubles and Drink the
Cause.
MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 24.——Michael
Fleming, aged 38, .married, who was
under arrest at the police station,
hanged himself in his cell late yester-
day afternoon. Fleming had beenem-
ployed as a polisher at C. Rogers Bros.
factory, but of late had been drinking
heavily which resulted
troubles. ,
He had been warned to keep away
from the house in East Meriden where _
his wife and three children were living
but Monday he went there and took
away one of the , children which was.
but a year old and left it with another
family. He made no provision for it
and about 3 o’clock he was arrested for
abandoning his child and also charged
with drunkenness. Two hours later he
asked Capt. Landrigan to send for his
brother, who is employed in one of the
silver shops, and 15 minutes later when
the brother and the officer went to the
cell Fleming was found hanging from
a water pipe that runs through the cell-
near the top. He had used his sns
Though he
was at once cut down and every effort
penders to end his life.
made to resuscitate him, it proved un-
availing.
Fleming had served five years in the
regular army and until lately, when. he
commenced drinkingheavily, was’Wellj .,
3t'honght'of by his acquaintances.
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AMUSE‘MENTS.
Duffy’s Jubilee,
Considerable interest is being mani-
ifested in the coming engagement. of
that funny play, “Duffy’s Jubilee” at .
Hoyt’s Theatre Saturday afternoon and
evening. It is One of the successes of
this season and the business being done
everywhere by this organization is
simply wonderful. All who intend to
see this production should secure seats
well in advance. One of the laugh-
able features is the Irish Cake Walk,
said to be one of the funniest bits of
stage business ever seen.
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AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE.
To make it apparent, to thousands
who think themsel.es ill, that theyare
not afflicted with any disease, but that
.the system simply needs cleansing, is
to bring comfort home to their hearts,
as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup CO. only,
and sold by all druggists.
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~—Tbe DAIEY GAZETTE goes into ev-
ery home in Norwalk, South Nor-walk
and East Norwalk and gives adver-
tisers advantages 110 other paper in
town possesses.
in family
[$1.00 A Year.
'PRICE TWO CENTS...
FREIGHT TRAINIWRECKED.
Sixteen Cars Derailed But No One Hurt. '
MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Nov, 24.—The ‘
south bound freight train on the Valley
division, due here at 6. 20 p. m., was
badly wrecked near Rocky Hill last
evening owing to a broken rail. Six-W
teen cars loaded with merchandise were
derailed. The rear car was a passen- I
ger caboose, but thei'e were very few
aboard. Nobody was hurt. The wreck-
ing train from Hartford was soon at
the scene and had sufficiently cleared
the tracks so that the passenger \train
due here at 6.36, o’clock was only about
half an hour late. '
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FOR SALE."
OR SALE—One of the best building
lots 1n the city; five minutes wa k
from Bridge. Water and gas on street.
W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N 30 tf
OR SALE—Three fine building lots
on Wilton avenue. 0. E. Wilson,
Insurance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
OR SALE—House at Broad River,
6 rooms and basement; new has
lot" 15x200; chicken house and fruit. W.
H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. M S tf
FOR SALE—House on Franklin ave
and hennery. W. H. Byington, lnsur
ance, GAZETTE Building. MB tf
FOR SALE OR RENT—House on
Camp st1 act; 13 rooms, modem im-
provements; barn and large carriage
house. \V. H. Byington, Insurance,
GAZETTE Building M8 tf
T0 RENT. '
' 'O RENT—House of 8 rooms, 20
Center Avenue. Rent moderate.
Convenient for either one or two fam-
ilies. Two minutes walk to ted ~line
car. 'fInquire 53 West avenue.
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0 RENT—«A small 7 roo‘i‘nc’ottage
on Union Place to rent cheap.
Apply to Chas. Olmstead' or W. H.
Byington, Room 1. GAZETTE Building.
0 RENT—A large hall' 1n the GA-
ZETTE Building. Apply to Charles
Olmstead, Masonic Building. N30 tf
WANTED. ’
ANTED—Contractors to know
that the Fidelity and Deposit
Co, of Maryland furnishes surety. W.
H. Byington, agent GAZETTE Build
ing. N30 tf
ANTED—Houses and Real Estate
to sell. W. H. byington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building.- N30
, Professibnal Card.
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’ street 010 tf
FOR SALE.
Mus: be Said to Close Es-
tate of Ann M. Selleck.
The large and elegant house, No. 3
Camp street, containing all modern
Also, one double car-
improvements.
riage, will be sold for $25. ,
A. J. MEEKER,
ADMINISTRATOR
To Advertisers!
Read What Buxton & Bussi’ng have to say about
‘ the circulation of the EVENING GAZETTE, and
then save money by placing your advertising where
it wiII be read in every home.
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