Entered at the Post outcast South
NUM‘BER 1.991. Norwalk as second-class matter.
SOUTH NoitWALK,
do also his brother,loreozo Hoyt. In
his boyhood he came to South Norwalk,
where he apprenticed himself to Foote,
Smith dc Co. The head of the firm was
L. P. Foote. now of Danbury. The
SmithwasHsuryi.8mitb.uowa mem-
ber of the Volt Hat company, of South
Norwalk.
In addition to his large earnings, Hoyt
was at one time in receipt of a considerv
able income from a legacy and owned
property in Bethel. Of lets it has been
said that his expenditures had passed
from liberality to that point where they
were classed as extravagant. But his
friends know he was in receipt of a
generous income and did not suspect his
means were derived from an illegitimate
source.
Last evening the detectives were in
Bethel, and James Davis, alleged to be a
member of the gang, was placed under
arrest. The detectives. also discovered
the scene of operations of the gang,
which isa large farm about four miles
outside of Bethel. Several complete sets
of dies, several of them never having
been used, together with a large amount
of other paraphernalia, was found and
confiscated, and will he used as evidence
against the gang.
HE HllD QUEER HABITS
SECRET SERVICE HEN HEATING
A WEB AROUND HOYT.
'l'hey Snitch a House in loath lorvvnlh
Whore lhoand His Wife had Stopped-
Dias naro laid to love been Found Near
Bethol.
The two secret service men, Detectives
Soaulon land Foquerella, were in South
Norwalk again, yesterday afternoon.
They wentto the residence of William
C. Byxbce, on Lexington avenue, and
searched the house thoroughly, thinking
possibly they might find something of an
incriminating character or that could be
usedas evidence against Russell Hoyt.
nowin Ludlow street jail, charged with
counterfeiting. The oliicers, however,
were unsuccessful in their hunt. Mrs.
Hoyt is the sister of Mr. Byxbee and she
and her husband have been at his house
during their stay here.
Hoyt spent yesterday very quietly in
jail. He refused to see newspaper re-
porters or any one else. He telephoned
to Charlies Keeley, superintendent of
Dunlap‘sl‘hat factory, at Park and Nos-
trnnd avenues, where he was formerly
employed, and asked Mr. Keeley to go
bail for him, but this Mr. Keeley refused
to do. Hoyt’s bail is placed at $10,,000
and he is not at all likely to find any one
who is‘ willing to risk that much money
upon him. From Superintendent Kee-
ley something of Hoyt’s former history
was lsanued by a New York Herald reg-
porter. Mr. Keeley said.
"He has the reputation in the hat
trade of being the most skillful bat
curler in America. He learned the
trade with Crofut & Knapp, in South
Norwalki, Conn.. and while there at-
tracted Robert Dunlap’s attention by his
fine work. Nine years ago Mr. Dun.
lap engaged him at a salaryof $75 a
weekto curl hats in his Brooklyn fac~
tory, where the man remained, off and
on, up to a few months ago. He was a
steady workman, and bad about twenty
curlers under him. This is a branch of
the hat trade which cannot be done by
machinery, requiring, as it does, con.
siderablls personal taste and very skilful
manipulation.
”I have never” continued Mr. Keeley,
"known so skillful a curler as Hoyt. But
he had queer habits. We never could
find out his address for one thing. He
used to tell us he moved around at fre«
quent intervals. At last, about a year
ago, he hurt hisleg and was laid up.
Then he wrote me his address, corner of
Nostranld and Lexington avenues. He
said he lived there in a flat with his
wife, but begged me not to tell anybody
that he» was married. His lamed knee
ARION SINGING SOCIETY.
A Committee Already Arranging for a
Series of lntovtninntonta.
The Atlas Singing society proposes,
during the coming season to give the
best series of entertainments they have
ever before held, and with this intention
lthe committee in charge have at this
early date begun to make arrangements
for the various events. The committee
propose to have everything this year ona
broader and better scale, and with this
object in view will also endeavor to
please the public in so far as possible.
The society has thus for approved the
action of the excellent committee, and it
has been decided to give the opening re
ception on September 17th. The first
grand concert will be held October Nth.
There will be eminent soloist from
abroad, and the best chorus singing and
instrumental music ever heard in town.
The tenth anniversary of the organiz ttion
will be observed Monday, November 5th.
A Delightful Tour to Niagara Falls.
The Hygeia and Recreation Tourist.
company, who have so succemfnlly con
ducted the Saratoga trips, have just
completed arrangements for a grand
personally conducted four days' tour to
Niagara Falls. The train leaves Brook
,tleld Junction at 0:20 a. m., passengers
from this vicinity taking the early trains
to connect, arriving at Niagara the some
evening. The price for this magnificent
trip willbeonly $15.00, which includes
railroad fares, entertainment at gmd
final] w the cause of his giving up .
his joys so at jean he said. We were hotels, ride on the “Maid of the Mist,"
, y to lose him.” inclined railway, double view elevator,
admission to museums, etc. Everyone
should avail themselves of the chance of
a lifetime to visit the greatest of Ameri-
(-u's resorts. People who have patroniz-
ed these trips from (Tonnecticut for the
last four years, speak in the highest
terms of their treatment, and all report
adelightfultime. For the small addiv
tional (barge (if #125, tickets can be
purchased for a sile trip to Toronto,
wliivhgives several hours‘ sail on the
great. luke. We are msitivv the public
in general will appreciate the very low
rate which has been named for this trip
and will decide to join the. party. Call
on the ticket agent at the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad for
information.
August Mervlcmv
The following will be the programme
of services at the First Methodist Episco~
pal church during the mouth of August:
Sunday, August 5, Rev. A. B. Sanford,
associate editor of the Methodist Review,
will preach morning and evening. Sou-
day, August l2,the church will be chm!
for repairs, and no services held. Sun-
day, August ill, Rev. ii. iii. Borneo will
preach morning and evening. .‘iuuday,
August 26, Rev. William Feller, of New
York, will preach morning and evening.
The Epworth League meeting will be
held at 0 o‘clock Sunday eveningeuhe
class meeting on Tuesday night. and the
general prayer meeting on Thursday
night will be held regularly during the
month. Mrs. Halter, will singot the see.
vices on Sunday, August 5.
M
An Afternoon of Hanson.
Mrs. Orlando Allen, of Washington
street, is giving a number of her friends
of the gentler sex a genuine siteraoon of
pleasure, today, by telling them for a
sail on the Sound in Commodore Philip
Elsnford's handsome yacht "i-lwsnna-
nova." The start was made from The
Knob shortly after 2 o’clock. The ladies
were given a splendid opportunity of win
ceasing the finish of the Baton Point im-
provement company' s regatta. Tim who
responded to Mrs. Allen’s hospitable in.
vitatlon were lire. Robert A. McDonald,
hire. 1". El. Quintard. In. Manuel ’1'.
fi.“h, H". J." II. N“, In As”
Clark, Mrs. 1.8.JuiimlraJs-u
Golden,“ A” m ”Clary
Eloy Junior and the Its-a Mb-
ioa, of W
very
zit? he appear to you to be at all
or ed?”
“Well, I rather suspected he was not
as square as he might have been, though
it nevelr once entered my head to suspect
him of counterfeiting or dealing in bad
money. His secrecy about his address
was a suspicious thing. and then he tried
to do one little piece of business with us
that seemed to me a trifle shady.
”Hehada quantity of beaver furs in
his possession and tried hard to sell them
to us. He asked only $3 a pound, when
they were selling in the market at double
that price. ltold him there was some-
thing wrong about the matter. I even
intimated that the lure had been stolen
and warned him that he would get into
trouble if he did any such business. He
seemed a good deal hurt by the remark,
but I said I meant it.
“After he left us he occasionally
brought me checks to cash on the Na-
tional Bank of Norwalk. I cashed them,
and they were always good. He used to
say that as mm as he got money enough
he meant to buy a firm and retire. "
Secret Serviie Olilcers Callahan, Es-
quirelle and Scanlon, the latter two of
whom captured Hoyt. were in Brooklyn
yesterday looking for iloyt's wife. Mr.
Keeley soul that batters employed under
Hoyt had seen the. woman and described
her all blonde and attractive.
Upon Massey'e person when arrested
Tuesdlty were found sixty seven crisp new
ten dollar counterfeit notes of a perfec-
tion of workmanship which would have
battled the sharp eyes of many experts of
experience. The notes were of the series
of 1820. The check letter was B. They
had been copied from Treasury plate No.
2,250, which contains the head of Web-
ster. They showed the signatures of W.
S. Rdleecrnns, register. and James W.
Hyatt, treasurer. It was said yesterday
that the quality of the workmanship on
these bills was such as to lead some ex.
pert lbiiieials to the opinion that the
oonnlbrfeiters had actually got access to
government plates.
Willem the headquarters of the crowd
is,or whether plates and paraphernalia
have been taken by the authorities, is
commuting of whleh the public is at yet
ignonant. No intimation whatever can
bowl of the extent of edicts! informat-
ion on these sebjwts.
liq when in Wolfpibt district.
Bstbl. about forty-two years ago. His
lathe, Rowen Hoyt. died many years
W
«wmmwsmu
lIlIIOIiB DINNER.
onm sears-o at Oyster Shall rout-v f
'li-ely 'l’oyleo.
Yesterday was a great day for thee.-
pioyes of the John Hancock Life Insur-
ance company. At exactly 12 o’clofl
theentlre forcr,beadod by W. IL Ar-
nold, the popular assistant superintend’
cut, boarded a trolley car for East Nur-
walk. Not award wssspokeuby any-
one in the party until they reached All
tin Coekefur's Oyster Shell Point pavil-
ion. llerethey all sat down tonnes-
celleot’ shore dinner, to which every
member of the party did ample justice.
At the conclusion of the repeat.
speeches were in order. The following
toasts were responder! to. every speaker
showing that he wuan orator of no
small ability:
“Why the John Hancock is the
greatest of all industrial lnsur
Companies" W. it. Arnold.
as compared with those of all other
cities.” C. E. Crow.
“Winnipank: its Inhabitants, natural
of its people. " J. Gould Handle.
”Is Webster's dictionary complete and
correct?’ John Franklin Kennedy.
"Are all of nature's works completed
Thomas I". Dunn.
”The hull dog as a stumbling block in
the insurance man's path" P. E. Long
Henry C. Smith was asked for a few
wordson the merits of thetwo bassinll
clubs, but requested his friendsto wait
until after the series.
After a very pleasing social hour the
guts started for home, convinced that
tbeinsurance man's life is often times
a happy one.
unruly or i psi.
The silent Sleaeuger Brings sadness to
fllnny lorwnlk llamas.
Isaac Camp, of Winnipauk, who re-
cently suffered a paralytic stroke, and
was taken to the hospital at the Soldiers
Home, Newton, died there last night
aged seventy'four years. He had been
life-long resident of Norwnlk. lie was E
vewran of the Seventeenth regiment
Connecticut Molnnteerv. The r
will he brought to Norwalk for burial.
JesseSherwood died at his home or
Newtowu avenue. yesterday, age:
seventy-six years. Mr. Sherwood was b
shoemaker by trade and was an old
soldier, being a member of Company C,
twentyceigbth regiment, Connecticut
\foiunteerf. The funeral will be held
Monday afternoon.
Earl, the menmmmonthe- old son of
Charles W. "edge, of ii road River, died
thi+ morning.
An infant of Michael Gray died at the
home of its parents, on Franklin avenue,
this morning.
George Knapp, of Strawberryiiill, died
this afternoon, aged fifty.
Injured Whil- Adjuotlng a Belt.
Clarence Reeves, of Norwalk, engineer
at the Excelsior Steam hundry, was on
a step ladder, yesterday, adjusting a belt
on the shutting, when he slipped, mtch-
ing his armrmapnlley. Hishaud wfi
drawn in as far as the slime. At thh
moment the step ladder fell over and Hi.
Reeves was left hanging five feet from
the floor. He called Gus Kocour, who
happened to be near by, to shut down
the engine, and then reverse the shafting
so as to relate his arnif, This was done.
and be dropped to the floor. His arm
was bully scraped, and one of the small
lumen of the hand were fractured. lie
cousidrrs his escape fromnsore sorbet
injury exceedingly lucky. lie is at work
today.
Some of the Met.
Henry (I. (Toner is seriously ill at his
home on West avenue.
The condition of Mrs. James Bullion,
of Novwalk, continues street the saute,
Ethel Martin, the little daughter of Al»
bert Martin, of Cross street, Norwalk, is
recovering from a severe illness.
llrs. James Brown, of South Main
street, who has been serimisly ill, is now
much improved.
Mrs. Dalian. of Bomb First street. is
motivating from a severe attack of
dysentery.
Miss Julia (Iiiullivsn. of Smith street,
is on the sick list.
Mrs. John Hogan was taken sick last
ms with dysentery. Mr. Hogan, taro
children. Elwin and Nellie. are also
rich.
Hrs. Y. A. Cause. of Hedda. who
bash-sot" at tbehomeof berm
Ir. and In. Jasper Pryce, of W
Hill. isimpvovlna.
Themes (nuns. pitcher for the Nor
.m. nflWflnliminMI,u Wm
bob-rind“ ELI“
‘lheyllt Downtoal'eost of clone nodi
lineal-nah!" and roasts. touching
iv“. mmu'225
llllll Fllllil nuutints ‘ y ”.4“
issuance ass Harare or a .K
“meteorites!”-
Weeniepdlevottnst
n'l
el ' were
1&8
Imadsno further bids, knowing it to
hassle-,uutilthesprlngot 1892, when
eeota written duplicate bid to them-
nissiooan at 39.10 each. That traveled
Agalnintbespringofim my bid
went in at '2 deli. itiadded apersonal
call uponGommissionIet’lfoClavs, making
verbal bid, audio addition Mr. William
“Boathouno notifications requesting
bidsfoethiswcrkhnvsheeusenttoliew
orkmnoufaouirers, though llr. Martin
know-well that home makers will fill
“thsdwgsvsnatméognpreferenos to
ng go too state.
With all r to Commiueiouer
She-ban be has whatever to
do with this matter,” al such sflalrs
are personal with Mr. Martin. Mr. shes
hen takes his ticket "
Now to remove any doubts or quest-
louastom bid for the police helmets
for the comhig season (no notification hav-
ing yet been sent out, though it is only
threeI months beforet ey will be requir-
agree to take he contract, not
only 1for this season, i; for live (5)
years to come, to make the winter and
summer hats for the New York police at
two dollars ($2) each. the hats to be de-
livered in separate boxes costing my box
do rtment eight cents each to make.
'his bid is made for the purpose of
giving work to New York mechanics.
men who are taxpayers and voters in
this city, and who justly think that they
should be benefited in preference to the
unskilled non-union hatmakers of Con
necticut. E. iii. Knox.
"I consider this entire matter a tem-
rn a he,tleapot,” said 01mm
u w seen 1 y e Herald
norm: “1 M- W
ssfully as we can that Mr. Spellmau has
furnished the helmetsto the linemen
since 1887, two years before entered
the Board, and that he supplies them
now at $2.10, as against 23, the price
charged by Mr. Knox in 1883."
ANOTHER BUSINESS BLOCK.
Ilr. Donovan Receives Plans for m- New
Building on Washington Street.
J. Donovan. Jr. received plans from
Architects Lamberttt Bunnell, of Bridge’
port. this morning, for the new building
he proposes to erect on Washington
street, between his two present blocks.
it will be three stories in height, the
third floor ceiling being somewhat higher
than the one in the present building.
The architecture carries out the same
style of buildiugas that of the one re—
cently erected. Plate glass windows will
be used thrmighcut,the front being more
open. The store on the first floor will be
a large double one. seventy feet deep,
and will be occupied by the New York.
Grocery company.
Contractors are now figuring on the
erection of the building. and Mr. Dono~
van intends to rush its construction
along, completing it, if imesible. before
cold weather. Mr. Donovan is also get-
ting eetimates on having steam heat
placed in the entire building. including
the one completed last year.
Onslimnn Regains his Trunks.
Last winter Frank Uunliman's min.
stml combination gave a performance in
lloyt‘s Theatre, the principal portion of
the company stopping at the City Hotel
When they left there was a board bill of
'75 due. and Landlord Hall placed an at
tachment on the memlwrs’ trunks. Mr.
("Juahmnmwho has been filling an en-
gagement at the (lamina Theatre, New
York city, has written several letters
settled the full amount due Mr. Hall,
goods have been sent to New York.
Vaughan's i’retllctlons.
will be on the 8th and 12th of September.
Should those storms fail to bring rain.
prediction 1 make with a certainty.”
log indecent literature.
ultimo bonds.
mittedsoieideathhhone,ysstsrday,by
whey-silencer aurora-ply to Weenies-elf. Be tsdbstndrisklng
assume
‘ mniflm. ”militants. Wil-
nbout the trunks, and on Thursday not
who released the attachment, and the
Says James J. Vaughan. the hotter-
paintcr-prophet: “The outlook for rain
“span very dim. The only disturbance
of the atmosphere that will cause storms
then wait until the lllth of October. This
Christian i". Donnew, of the Water"
bury Globe. was bound over to the Unit-
ed times District court yesterday after.
nocn under bonds of 32,500 for publish-
His business
manager, Harmon B. Vischer, was held
harem Minion, of Danbnry, com-
rite an... saw some or
' . no or ran rvis cirrus.
wam' asnswmspuamnnms
of WW Gnarls W“
berm, ofNorwalk.
lite. lsabella Bodmau. widow of the
whte mvaDIonel D. O. Rodman,
of the Seventh Connecticut, who died
from the effects of a wound received in
the assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston
harbor, 8. 0., is visiting her cousin. Mrs.
Leslie Smith, Elmwood avenue.
H. W. insee, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., is
visiting at the home of LeRoy Adams,
Taylor avenue.
Jacob Linxweiler, of Railroad place
returned home last night from a week’s
visit' in New York state.
Mrs. James Cousins, of Norwalk, is a
guest at Elm Shade cottages.-Mrs.
George M. Holmes, of Norwalk, is pam-
tngsevel'll weeks in this village. She is
stopping at Elm Shade.—Bldgefleld
Press.
lies Sarah Clark. of Norwalk, has
been Visiting friends in Wilton.
Mist Ids Gertrude Cole. stenographer
and typewritist in the office of the Nor-
walkTramway company. on Washing-
ton street, will go to New York city in a
few days to relieve the stenographer in
the Broadway once of the company,
who takes'a three weeks' vacation.
J. B. Jeesup, of Brooklyn, who has
been visiting at A. D. Hazzard’s, Stuart
avenue, returned home this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Blanchard, of West
street, returned home yesterday after-
noon from a stay of several weeks in
Barre, Mass.
Miss Mono 0. Drew, of W. A. Bene-
dict dt Co’s {Lillip‘nnan Bazar, goes to
her home in Providence R. 1., this after.
noon. to spend her vacat on.
D. C. Ruscoe and family, of New Cau-
Ian. areeujoying a couple of weeks in
thdr cottage at "Hickory Bluff.”
.Mrs. John But-chard, of South Nor-
walk, has been visiting for a week with
her sister. Mrs. S. B. Hoyt, on Main
sheen—Norton Benedict, of South Nor-,V
walk, has been visiting his cousin, George
Geddia, on Railroad avenue—New Can-
aan Messenger.
Mrs. J. W. Burlis, of New Canaan, is
the guest of Mrs. B. l". Mead, at "Hick-
ory Bluff.”
Miss Laura Frazier, of Norwalk, will
visit the Baptist party in camp at. Sher~
wood's point. Compo, tomorrow.
Miss Inez Keeler, of Mott avenue, is
the guest of friends in Ansonia.
Mrs. E. Hubbcll llotchkiss, of Arch
street, Miss Inez Keeler, and a small
party of New Haven and Ansonia young
ladies, will sail on the Majestic, at noon,
next Wednesday, for Europe, to be ob
sent about two months.——Hour.
Clarence l'ram and Fred Many, of Nor:
walk, will leave town Monday, to join
the Norwalk boys who are now in camp
at Lake Waccabuc.
Miss Louise Heidorn, of Summer
illrt’t'f.,llml returned from a two weeks’
vacation with friends at Group‘s.
F. . . Ambler, of Norwalk, is at Ocean
(.lrove.
Mrs. Frederick Mead and daughters,
of Union l‘ark, are in ltidgelleld.
Hubert Bishop. John K. Hyatt and
Samuel Lyrics will leave on the yacht
Mabel, next week, for a ten days‘ cruise
down east.
F. J. Dugan is home from the mid-
winter fair.
Mrs. Henrietta Grumman and Mrs.
Edward (,irinnmuu, of Huntington, L 1.,
are guests of Mrs. Noel ll. Stanton, of
Orchard street.
Miss Sally N. Ayrus, of New York, has
been visiting at Mrs. H. il. Rogers’, in
New Canaan.
Mrs. J. W. Mead, of South Norwalk,
is at H. .l. Kellogg‘s. Uranium Lake,
West Mountain, liidgelleltl.
Mrs. Dunning and little son Dick, of
Norwalk. are visiting their mother, Mrs.
(iriswold, in Wilton«li.idgeilcld Press.
Dr. Russell T. Bishop, wife and son,
and Mrs. G. W. Lockwood, of Bridge-
port, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Raymond, at "The Maples."
, Miss Mamie Trainer, of New York, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Maggie Ice, Tay-
lor avenue.
Mrs. Joseph L. Hoyt, of New York
clty,isa guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Herbert VanNees, of Elm street,
Miss Julia Dunn, of Harrison, N. J
who has been the guest of Miss Catherine
Meyerholtz. Spring street, returned
home today.
baboon visiting Dr. and Mrs. A. N.
They are "Charley’s Aunt,”
F. T. Budge, of Tilusville, Fla" who
Clark. left today for:Aubsns. 0hlo,en-
avenue, fortivoiweeks, hunters-d to"
her home in Brooklyn.
HOY'I‘S OPERA HOUSE
'lhs lavoeite German to Open theses,
son on August is.
I. If. «Hoyt, the enterprising manager
of Booth Norwalk’s new theatrs,bss
not been idle during the met '
months. He has been sealously atW
work. completing the draslng rooms,
stage, scenic and inflict-cf the
theatre. The curves 0: the balcony
have been dined and the balmtrads
moved back, thus facilitating the view
of the stage, epabling any and all sitting
in the balcony this comingsemon to .
see every portion of the stage. Mr.
Hoyt, as usual, has been moroughiy
alive to the interest and pleasure of fit ‘
theatre-going poepie of the Norwalks.
He has thus far booked for the coming,
season many of the most popular and
pleasing attractions on the road. The
season will open the twenty-third“ The
present month with the Gormane‘ .80 fav~
orsbly known, in s new farsg’mssr‘hedyeu- '
titled “The Gbooley’s Abroad.” Thetltles
of the other plays speak for themselves.
Edward
Harrigan, “Old Jed Pronty,” “The New
Boy,” “Trip to Chinatown," Robin Hood
Opera 00., Duff‘s Opera company in
"Mikado,” Dockstader’s Minstrels, Kel-
lar, "The Passing Show,” “Paul Kau-
var,” “1492" with the living pictures,
“The Side Show,” “Sowing the
Wind,” and "Shore Acres." Mr. Hoyt
fully deserves on me ‘e patronage.
The people who so doe y enjoyed and
appreciated his efforts to please last sear
son should be as eager to show their at»
precistion this season, as should many
others. The theatre is now a cosy, lu-
viting and altogether delightful little
spot in which to spend evenings at
thorough enjoyment such as Mr. Hoyt
provides.
ALI. even run s '11:.
Information has come ' , Humane
Society that a ' Norwicli’r grocer, w ~
wt: bothered with rats ’abqut his slave.
caught several in a trap the other day.
:He took them in the street near his
place. He saturated them with kero-
sene oil and then set fire to them. The
society’s agent at Norwich has been
notified to presecute the man.
One of the largest bill lieh ever caught
in Essex waters was caught Tuesday near
New Beach lists, by Captain Gilbert
Johnson and Theodore Rose, of that
place, who captured the fish v ith spears
while fire lighting. The fish was three
feet, two inches long. These fish are of
a perfect cigar shape with swurd shaped
jaws six inches in length.
Horace Hopkins, John l. Hyde, and
Edward Kenney, the railroad men who
were arrested in Bridgeport. last week,in
the disturbances at the Main street cros-
sing, forfeited their bonds by not appear-
ing in the my court when their cases
werurulwl 'l‘heumount of bonds for
felted ran: by Hopkins and Kenney,
$35 each, and by Hy do, $60.
The citizens of Ausonia have petitioned
the common council to take action in re-
gard to the blowing of locomotive whis-
tles and the escape of steam. General
Superintendent I’latt, of the New Haven
road, has issued orders forbidding the
blowing of whistles except when it is at-
solutcly necessary and ordered the engin-
eers to prevent the escape of steam in the
city limits.
The marriage of Lieutenant Colonel
Lucien F. Burpee and Mrs. Annie Mor-
ton Driggs, of Waterbury, was no sur-
prise to his friends in Waterbury. In
fact. it was rather expected that after
the husband‘s charges of infidelity against
his wife had been proven without found~
ation, Lieutenant Colonel ilurpeeo and
his client would be wedded. As far to
Colonel iiurpee was concerned, the de-
cision of the Superior Court in the ill.
vorce proceedings was received with
much favor in Waterbury.
While workmen were tearing off the
roof of the Windsor hotel at Warehouse
l’oint recently they found between the
timbers a silver coin of the date of 1780
in a good state of preservation. It i
supposed that the coin was placed in the
garret when the building. which is very
old, was erected.
Bridgeport will won have to decide
whether to accept or decline
the gift of $1,000 oll’ered by P. T. Bar-
num for a statute to Henry llergh. The
gift is conditioned on Bridgeport appro-
priating an equal sum for the purpose.
Mr. Durant, a member of the Board of
9 Finance of New Haven, has openly
charged that several of his colleagues on
the Board have been guilty of violations
of the city’s charter, which forbids menu.
here of the local government doing our»
tract work for the city. Mr. Durant
charges that they have been meptins
roots for his home.
Wander attendances.
Norwalk Chronicler