. . ... . ~..._.__..._.____ W. .. . “W E f‘ KlY NURWALK GrAZVE '1‘ TE Local News. Hon. Samuel Fessenden was in town 011 Monday. Miss Mary Horton of \‘Vilton avenue is seriously ill. Miss Dotha Stone I’inneo spent Tucs- day in Waterbury. John H. Knapp and J. R. at the La. keside Inn, Bantam Lake. Ba} 11. end A. Catlin of Litchiicld has seemed a position with F1ancis 31 Co. , clmhiers. Miss Jennie Cameron of Cove street has been visiting Miss Nellie Goodeve Marvin are of Darien. Rev. T. De Witt Talmadge Van Dor- en will preach in the Cranbury chapel on Sunday next. 1 Miss Blanche Dunning of Brooklyn has been the guest of Miss Ethel Hen- derson of Camp street. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lester of Bay view avenue, have been in Boston, Mass , spending a few days. Mrs. Susan E. Mather has moved from the Flynn block in Washington treet to Connecticut avenue. Mrs. IohnC‘ C.Wolif, of Cedar street, has been entertaining her siste1, Miss Bertha .l 111 gens, of Jersey City. Amceting of the South Norwalk Council will be held in the Council rooms next Monday evening. Howard Hegeman of Brooklyn spent Sundayand the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie, of Woodward ave- nuc.‘ Paul Cutbill of Spring stiect has re- turned home from the South 11he1e he has been f01 several months. Professor Arthur B. Russell of the P1 inceton Pre eparator y school spent the holiday at his home in West ave— nus. Miss Katherine Lamb of Brooklyn ascent Sunday and the holiday with the 4,;issesb B1acken of Livingston place. :‘,§$\l1.lane Dudley widow ole. T. . '» . udlevdied at hei home on Memin ‘ , street Monday afternoon. Miss Buelah Jarvis of “Test street as been spending a few days in ’ ‘ ,B1idgepo1t. l ‘V _-,’ - 2111s. Robelt Van Bu1en won the p11/e at the whist games of the Pine Ledge club held at the home of Mrs. W. A. C111 tis on West avenue Monday. P. C. Lounsbury Lodge, N. E. O. P., held a sociable in Mystic Chain hall, Washington street, Tuesday evening. Dancing and smoking was enjoyed. Rev. Gerald H. Beard of the South Norwalk Congregational church and Rev.W. H. Hubbard of the Baptist chuich exchanged pulpits Sunday mowing ' ~ - Atthe Central club next Saturday afternoon a musicale will be the attrac- tion. Mrs. Imogene Ross and Robert A. Shaw will be among the vocalists. Charles Wilson of South Norwalk and Miss Katherine Blackburn of Dan- bury were married in the latter city last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A.§Semnle,of West ave- . *1e, have returned home after a three . weeks’ visit to friends in Boston, Sa- , E gem and Worcester) Seth Remington, of South). ornalk, and a delegation from his class, visited Charles E. Miller’s noon class, Sunday. They sung oldfashioned hymns and had an old-time class meeting. Fred T.Lyon and wife sailed Tuesday for the South. They will go first to Norfolk, thence to Newbern N. C. and to Southern Pines, where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Saunders. Mrs. Lyon and Mrs. Saun— ders are sisters. The next meeting of the Friday A f- ternoon club will be held with Mrs. John H. Ferris of West street on Feb- ; ruary 23d. Mrs. Isaac S. Jennings will - read a paper on Vanity Fair. The general discussion will be a continua- . 1: tion on Thackeray and Browning. The. first of a series of house parties j; to be given by the juniox choir of St. Joseph’s church was held at the home “of Miss Maty E. Mockler, \londay af- J ter::.oon. The interior of the house . was decorated with hunting and potted - plants. All present had a pleasant ' time. . The sad news of the death ofSpencer, '} ‘- youngest son of William Eugene and ‘ '. Carolina Taft Hahn, in Providence, R. l 2 1., on Sunday, has reached this city. l. Mrs. Hahn 1s a sistel of Rev. S. H. Watkins and it will be remembered ' 4' was married at Grace church rectory a few years ago. The many friends of , .- the lady will learn with sorrow of the ' 6 death of her young son. . Rev. John B. Lawrence conducted the meeting of the Young People’s So- ”:[ciety of Christian Endeavor in the South Norwalk Congregational church - 1 Sunday afternoon. The subject was 1 The Things That Endure. The mem- ‘l hem of the Young Men 5 Christian As- : l sociation attended the service. ' Frank H. Merrill has p1 esentcd a receipted bill to the Norwalk hosp tal for $550. worth of' ice delivered to that institution during the last seven years. -:-Bills had never been rendered to the hospital for the' ice during that period Mr. Merrill was given a vote of thanks 3 72?. 1 at the directors meetlng Monday even- Sing and made a life director of the hospital. , 1111 1111111113. The annual masquerade ball of the Arion Singing society wav‘held in their cozy hall in Madison street Monday night, and notwithstanding the down- pourof rain nearly five hundred mem- bers and guests attended. The floor was in excellent condition for dancing, and in order to make more room thc'stage was removed and Freeman’s orchest. a was stationed in the gallery, where they rendered the choicest of dance music for the gay dancers, who enjoyed themselves until the early morning hours. Prior to the dancing orchestra. rendered the following con- Freeman’s cert music. Merely—”Grotesque, ” Fungle. Grand Selections~"Bohemian Girl.” Balfe. Medley Overture—“High Flyer,” DeWitt. At the conclusion of the concert the man Malmo and followed by some twenty-five couples. The liner com- mittee were arrayed in handsome cos- tumes, and the picture presented as the procession marched and counter- .marched was one long to be remem- bered. . Following the march came four dance numbers and then the cake walk. The first couple to take the floor was Joseph Quittner and his six year-old siSter Cecelia. They were received with great applause. Then John Ca- hill and Miss Julia l-Iyland came on. Tom McGarry, one of the best of Nor- Walk walkers, was unable to secure a ptrtner until be secured Cecelia Quitt- her who was walking with her brother. When they appeared 011 the floor they took the audience by storm and the ap- plause hardly ceased until after a de- cision had been given in their favor, they receiving ten dollars in gold as the prize. Thejudges for the cake R. G. Mitchell, Frank Parker and Leo walk Were Davis. A waltz followed the walk and then “masks off.” V After the twelfth number there was an intermission, and then followed twelve more numbers before “Home, Sweet Home.’ The committees having the ball in charge were: Executive: Albert Berg chairman, H. E. Malmo, ’t. Noack, A. Probst, S. S. Maisch, G. Lange, J. Schaub. Re- ception: R. Noack, A. Probst, Wm. Meeker, G. Lange, A. Berg, P. Berg, H. Froeb, J. Shaub. Floor Directors: Herman Malmo, George Scheer. Aids: H.Denninger, P. Sturrn, S. Maisch, A. Ellenbach, H. Kriete, G. Weiss. Death of David Vail. DavidVail, aged seventy-three years, died suddenly at his home in Elm street at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning, of rheumatism of the heart. He was up- town Saturday evening, and arose Sun- day morning feeling pretty well. Af- ter dinner he had a poor spell from which he never rallied. A widow and two sons survive him. <_._ V: Thimble and Charade Tea. A Thimble and Charade teawas giv- en at the Central club house Saturday afternoon, in charge of Miss Alice B. Cram. Those who took part. were: Misses Mai 0. Curtis, Louise B. \Vood- ward, Alice Cole and Frances Har- strom, Edward Manville, Edward Sel- leck and Eric Harstrom. ' W. M. S. Club. The W. M. S. club were entertained at the home of Miss Marian Vernam on East avenue Monday night. - Miss Grace Byington and Miss Vera Wood won the ladies’ prizes and Benjamin Andrews and 1, Howard Mossman won the gentlemen’s awards. —‘ Connecticut Pensions. Original:.fohn W. _Brewster, New London, $6, increase; Lucius R. Aus- tin Killingly. $6 to $8; Edward D. White, Hartford, $9 to $10; Andreas P. M illspaugh, Darien, $10 to $12. Fanl-House- John W. Fant of South Norwalk and Miss Gertrude House, formerly of that city, but now of Bridgeport will be married on Wednesday, March 14th, at the home of the bride. Iv Adjourned Tax Sale City tax collector A. A. Betts has ad- journed'the tax sale of Euphemiu. W. Turner, which was to have taken place on February 12, to Monday, March 5. . Charles G. Ixes is moving his piano store from the Lockwood building to 51 Main street to-day. , F. E. Lockwood will occupy half of the store with so v- ing machines and bicycles. ' Grand March was'started led by I-Ie-r- . ' ALL lllllllS Hillilllll. The coal barges “Blossom” and “Alice Tryon” foundered of Port Ches- ter Tuesday morning and went to the bottom with all on board. On the Blossom were the captain’s brother, Charles H. Lacey, and adeck- hand named Aaron Wisner.‘ On board the Tryon were the captain, his wife and two children, names unknown. The Blossom left Jersey City in tow of the tug Flushing of the Red Star Towing & Transportation Company Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. She had 308 tons of soft coal consigned to the coal On board Irving Lockwood 3; Co., dealers at South Nor-walk. were Captain J. A. Lacey, his brother Charles Hand deckhandAaronWisner. After leaving Jersey City the tug went to Newtown Creek where the Alice Tryon, also loaded with coal,was taken in tow with the Blossom. ‘ The Flushing left_ Newtowa Creek about 6 o’clock Saturday night and started up the sound. She encounter- ed rough weather and early Sunday morning she towedthe two barges in- sfde the breakwater at Port Chester and left them at anchor. When the wind shifted to the South Tuesday morning a big sea broke en- tirely over the two barges and they were at the mercy ,of the storm. As the storm increased Captain Lacey of the Blossom decided to make an attempt to reach shore in an old skifi' on board the Blossom, secure a boat and return for those on the two barges. He pushed off and although he made ~mgallant effort to reach shore the fierce gale and heavy sea defeated his attempts to reach Port Chester and he was dashed on the shore olf Greenwich harbor; Soozrafter leaving his barge Ciptain Lacey saw a huge wave engulf his boat and down she went with his brother and the deckhand aboard. As the Blossom was made fast to the Tryon the latterboa-t also fou'ndered, carrying down with her the Captain, his wife and two children. Asa terrific gale was blowing and the sea was rolling in from the south in gigantic waves, no effort to rescue the doomed ones could be attempted and all perished. The captain of the Flushing came to South Norwalk and reported the acci- dent to Irving Lockwood & Co., and then steamed back to New York. It is not known to what port the Tryon was consigned, nor the name of her captain. ._._.—._.._4. .~————— CATHOLIC CLUB BANQUET The Catholic club held its annual banquet in the club house Monday night. There was a large attendance of club members and the dinner Was much enjoyed. John J. Cavanagh acted as tpastmas- ter and the following were the toasts rse ponded t0: . “The Chulch, Rev. William \Iaher, D. D, of South Norwalk. “Abraham Lincoln.” Attorney James 1‘. Lynch, cf Bridgeport. “The Boer War.” Hon. Cummings, of Stamford. “Medicine,” Dr. W. J. Tracey of Norwalk, president of the club. “Societies,”Edward Barrett of South Norwa-,lk vice- p1 esidcnt of the club. Hairy Pepper and Robert A. Shaw sang selections at intervals during the evening. ‘1 A. B. CORBU'éiEfihEAD. Alfred B. Corbusier died at his home in Bridgeport Tuesday morning at the advanced age of 76 years, 11 months. Homer S. Heleurvived by, a. widow and too, daughters. Mr. Corbusier was the pioneer danc-. ing teacher in Norwalk, conducting classes in the Twin cities for many years, and a great many of the promi- nent people of the town received their first lessons 1n dancing from him. He retired from teaching many years ago, andfor a number of years has conducted a cigar store on South avenue, Bridge- port. -..__._.<-» . Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Taylor of High street, South Norwalk, have been en- tertaining W. Smith of Chicago, Ill. Theo. Misses Amy and Louise M. Wood of West avenue are visiting friends in Port Chester, N. Y. Churchill Hungerford, a former South Norwalk boy is in town the guest of Reed H. Flynn. One of the sisters at St. Mary’s con- vent, on Chapel street, is suffering from a very mild form of measles. Ed ward Street will vacate the store in the GAZETTE building now occupied l ‘ by him on March 1. . nothing. llllll ' lllllHllll Hill. The South Norwalk ’l‘eachers’ Asso- ciation enjoyed the reading of two very interesting papers by Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo, at its regular monthly meeting in Franklin street school Tuesday even- ing. Miss May Kelly opened the meeting with a. piano solo and Miss Pinneo read ,herflrst paper, on “Nathan Hale—A Patriotic Pilgrimage.” She gave a history of his life and the influences that led him to such patriotism, and gave many interesting facts which have never been put before the public, be- ing gained from, his correspondence. The paper showed much careful re search. LeighWhittaker ended the first half of the program with a vocal solo. The second part of the program was - commenced by Mr. Whittaker singing a solo. Miss Pinneo then read a forty minute paper on "The Fiction of To: day.” She gave an interesting com par- isonbctfimed’ the‘fv'novel's ofs'Dickens, Scott and others. of the older school, with those of the present date and told of the influence fiction had on' its read- ers. Mr. Whittaker ended witha song. Refreshments were served consisting of cakes in the shape of hearts and. The : committee for the evening was, Miss Marie Keith, Miss Sadie Hull and Miss Minnie Bell. The next meeting will be held Tues- day evening, March l3,when Dr. Emily "Loose Leaves lemonade. Pardee will read on, from ATeacher’sDiax-y.” The Execu- tive committee will be, Miss Weed Miss Sadie Campbell and Miss Dicker- man. $10115 HORS'EVAND GIRL. Chief-of—police Wheeler is searching fora man who calls himself Charles Wright, who seems to have stolen a horse and a girl, and he sent a. full description to Chief Bradley of this city requesting his assistance in loca- ting the fugitives. Wright hired a horse of Willis White of Colebrook, a lumberman, for whom he was working, last Friday. He did not return and when White ins vestigated he found the man had driv- en to the house of Richard Parsons in Sandisfield and on Saturday night had driven away again, taking with him Pa1son’s daughter Lena, aged 15 yeal 5. Nothing fu1 ther has been heard from the couple. The man is described as 27 years old, five feet eight or nine in- ches tall, sandy hair and mustache and blue eyes. The girl is said-to have tak- en money belonging to her pirents. She is described as having black hair, black eyes, rosy checks, two large teeth in front. She wore spectacles. EARTHQUAKE. INSURANCE. Owners of Vineyards Could Protect Themselves Againsl Damage by Storms. Dr. Barrata has advocated in the Ital- ian parliament a compulsory insurance against earthquakes, says the Scientific American. Owners of vineyards and others protect themselves in this way against hall and, therefore, why not against another calamity even more destructive, as they average about 750 shocks :1 yehr, and certain parts of Italy have occasionztll y suffered terribly. The idea of the insurance is a shrewd one. from the point of view of public economy. It. shifts the burden from the exchequer to private purses. The busi- ness would be of a peculiarly risky na- ture, for such an epidemic of earth- quakes as has devastated Calabria be— tween 1783 and 1786 might easily bring any ordinary company to bankruptcy. The risk would have to be widely spread, and actuaries would be buzzled to calculate the premiums for different places. Some! parts of the peninsula enjoy practical immunity. The great plain of Veneiia has never suffered. Rome and Naples are occasionally shaken, al— though as a. rule not seriously, but dis- aster frequently occurs in volcanic dis- tricts, as in Ischia in 1881 and 1853. when the loss both of life and property was serious. Calabria is far the worst as an earthquake region. Over 1,400 people perished in one locality in the period mentioned above- Carefully Addressed. “America is a good country,” wrote I Hungarian watchmaker to a friend at his birthplace. "I have only been six months here, yet I have established my- self in business. You will find my ad- dresson. the card inclosed herein.” A few weeks later the Hungarian received a letter, whose address read as follows: “Sigmund Barney, dealer in watches, clocks. jewelry; watches repaired and made better than new. Good prices fox old gold. Jewelry appraised almost for Diamonds set. A large as- sortment of watch chains, finer than .gold ones. Weekly installments taken. No. -— Avenue B,’ in the middle of the block.” net Deal-est Friends. “She’s as homely as a. mud fence. but I can ‘t see that she looks sickly. Yet you think she'll never live to see her fortieth birthday. do you ?" “I didn’t say she‘d never live to see it. I said she’d never see it.”—Chicago Tribune. 1311 11113 1111. The citizens of Westport are all stirred up and angry over the. trolley companies charging an extra fare to ride over the State street bridge in that town. They think it a piece of imposition and trouble may yet ensue between tho companies and the town. 011 Tuesday selectman Wakeman, , Smith and Coley went to Bridgeport and had a conference with Superinten— dent Radcl of the Bridgeport Traction company and Superintendent K. W. Mansfield of the Norwalk Tramway company. . The selectmen informed the trolley officials what the citizens of Westport desired, namely, to be able to ride across the bridge when coming or go- ing to Norwalk without paying another fare for crossing the State street bridge After some deliberation they agreed to make the fare to and from Norwalk six cents for passengers desiring to crossthe bridge. Superintendent Mansfield would. like to have his company’s cars cross the bridge. but objects to paying the enger for the privilege, thus reducing his fare to Norwalk to four cents. It is a warm fight between the citi— zens of Westport and the trolley com- panies, and the end is not yet. -—-—-————.—o MAJORITY FOR WARNER. A despatch from New Haven tells of an estimate made by Speaker Frank B. Brandegee in regard to the probable strength Donald T. Warner will have for Governor on the first ballott in the convention. Brandegee claims that his computation is founded on information sent to him by reliable and painst 1k- ing agents, and he is willing to bank on it. His total for Warner is 274 votes, which is quite suliicie’nt if ap- proximately accurate. The Warner leaders, at any rate, place a good deal of creditin the calculation and have circulated it around so industriously and with such unconcealed satisfaction that the backers of George P. McLean, who is opposing Warner, couldn't miSs hearing of it. Brandegee’s figures give Warner over 40 delegates in New London County, which is his own county, and he says he has no doubt that he is pretty near right. The McLean men report that they haVe at least half of New London County, and will gain more be“ fore the convention is held. They say they have no estimate as to the number of delegates to make public, but are very well pleased with the general sit- uation. - ---——-——c 0 >—-——-W OYSTER BRUSH ANCHOR. A. B. Hendryx of New Haven has patented an anchor for oyster brush. Some time ago Mr. Hendryx patented the idea of growing oysters on brush, the idea being that the brush anchored. on the bottom of a harbor or river would be useful for the oysters to form on. This brush has hitherto been held in place or anchored by means of rocks and heavy weights attached to the brush, but by means of the new inven- tion these things which were liable to prove ca bother and are useless are dis- pensed with. The anchor patented by .\I1".Hendlvx consists of a. bag of sand which is placed in a mould and then covered with a covering of cement. When this has hardened the whole removed from the mould and by means of wires which are moulded into the cement the anchor is fastened to the brush. After the anchors have been. in the water a. certain length of time, the cement dis- integrates and the sand then disposes of itself. Thus nothing more is left of the anchor and it can be of no danger to steamers in any way. These anchors weigh anywhere from 15 to 20 pounds and may be made any- where, as all that is needed is a sand heap, a barrel of cement and the moulds. ’ is "Ob— Crops 1n 1899. The statistician of the department of agriculture has made public his esti- mates of the acreage production in value of the crops of 1899. The wheat acreage was 44,592,519, producing 547,- 303,846 bushels, having a value of 8319.- 545,259, the average yield being 12 3 bushels. the average farm price per bushel being 58.4 cents. Corn acreage was 82,108,387, produc- ing 2,078,143,953 bushels, the value be- ing $692,210,110, the average yield per acre being 25.3 bushels and the-average price 30.3 cents. Acreage in oats was 26.341.380, the production was 786,177,713 bushels and the-value $198,167,975, the average yield per acre 30.2 bushels and the average price- 24. 9 cents. The barlev crop is estimated at 73 - 381,563 bushels, the 1ye crop at 123, - 961, 741 bushels, the potato crop at 228. - 783 2.32 bushels and the hay crop at Bridgeport company one cent a pass-- 11111111 11111111? 'l‘he'County representatives met Mou- day morning in the commissioners"e court room at Bridgeport and laid a tax of three-tenths of a mill upon the last grand list; Senator E. O. Keeler of Norwalk presided over the meeting and Assistant Clerk F. W. Tracy of the Superior court olficiateyl as clerk. Senator Lounsbury offered the reso- lution laying a tax of three-tenths of a. mill, as recommended by theCoumy commissioners, payable J une l, 1900. Secretary Lee, of the County commis- sioners, explained that the tax would be payable upon the grand list of last - year, because the new list would not he completed until June 1. The resolu- tion passed without comment. The representatives then made the following appropriations in accordance with the estimate presented by the commissioners. RECEIPTS. . Labor of prisoners, 8 1.200“ State board of prisoners. 20,“!!- State board of children, 10,000 Liquor licenses, 10,0“) All other sources, 4.00 3-10 mill tax will raise about "uiv 39,000 $80,613 EXPENSES. Bridgeport and Danbury Jails. Provisions, $8,000 Clothing, 1,200 Bedding, 300 Fuel, 1,400 Light. 700 Medicines, 300 Medical attendance, 400 Building and repairs, 2,000 Furniture, 200 Bo 1rd of sick prisoners, 100 Water and ice, 800 Telephone, 200 Transportation. 150 *Stationery and stamps, 100 Sundries and supplies, 3,000 Stable expenses, 100 Insurance, 500 Miscellaneous, 100 Salary chaplain Bridge- port jail and jailer, fire- men and assistants, ' Court House. 7,030 Repairs, 2.500 Furniture, 1,500 Law libraay, 1,000 Law library librarian, 500 Law library, insurance, 2,000 Telephone, 175 Supplies, 1,000 Janitor and engineer, 1,80.) Elevator expenses, 420 Court common pleas. 50 Salary and mileage Coun- ty commissmners, Coun- ty auditors,County treas- urer, attorneys’ fees and clerks’ fees, violation of liquor 131v, 1,003 Stationery, blanks and stamps. 500 'Ineidenta‘l office ex penses, 200 One-half maintanance of bridges, 3,000 Interest on bonds, 4,000 --.Repairs Babbitt’s bridge, 200 N e wcourthouse, Dan bury,26,000 $77,395 Expenses County home, $12,000 Total, 89,385 .The meeting then adjourned, after Senator Keeler had extended the invi— tation from the commissioners and the A. special trolley car was in waiting at Main street and Golden Hill at 12. The Senators Keeler of Norwalk and Lounsbury of Darien; Representatives Godfrey and Stirling of Bridgeport; Luke of Dan— bury, Bell of Darien; Edwards of Eas- ton; Jennings and Sherwood of Fair- fiell: Mead of Greenwich; Perry of Huntington; Nichols of Monroe; Hoyt ofNew Ianaan; Keating and Houli~ ban of Newtdwn; Light of Norwalk‘ Gorham of Bedding; Hoyt of Ridge- field: Kenealy and Rice of Stamford; Nichols of Trumbull. Sturges Vv hitlock, the only absen . Senator, is in Florida for the winter The other absentees were Taylor of Danbury; Porter ofBethel; Green of Brookfield; N. A. Knapp ofGrccuwich; E. E. Knapp, of New Fail-field; Osborn of Norwalk; Todd of Radding; Keeler of Ridgefield; Hall of Stratford; Fan- ton of Weston; Jennings of Westport sheriff to take dinner at the jail. re presen tatives present were‘ Skidmore, of Bridgeport; and Brown of Wilton. Prof- Sykes and the Poets. Prof. Sykes lectured 0n Rossetti, Swinburne and Morris at the Franklin street school Monday in the third at the series of lectures of the University extension course. In spite of the rain there was a good attendance. After the lecture Miss Harriet Heath sang and lantern slides of scenes of the haunts of and paintings by the school t 1 which Morris and the Others belong~ 1 ed were shown.
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