Evening sentinel, Friday, September 7, 1894 · page 1

 

 

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_ NUMBER 2.020.

Entered at th PostOfllccat South
Nor-walk as aground-class matter.

SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1894..

TWO ' CENTS, l

 

cuuonous lvutuls.

rear error a DAY’S norms or
arms ISLAND.

 

 

Where they Consumed rm Bushcis of
(flame, Two Bushala or Ontors. Two
Hundred Ears of Corn, Three Bushsla or

'lwost Potatoes and Other Good Things.

Upon the invitation of Captain B. J.
Cathill, who furnished the clams and
oysters. a portion of Elisa Howe Post. of
Danbury. Buckingham Pool, of Norwalk,

, and others from Douglas Fowler Post, of

South NorWalk. about thirty veterans of
the late war, went to Bette Island yester-
day afternoon, and a social good time
was enjoyed, recounting and living over
their campaigns and marches by day and
their" bivouac at night, and the merry
ring of laughter; could be heard over the
waters of the bay.

There were no noted speechmakers
among them, yet every soldier who had
af'my experiences brought to remem-
brance some incident of hardship or
jolly merriment over laughable exploits,
until Comrade Byington declared them
to be the most clamorous set of fellows
he had ever met, a sally upon the veracity
of thirty hungry men.who had only con-
sumed five bushels of clams, two bushels
of deep-sea oysters. two hundred ears of
corn and three bushels of sweet potatoes.
This, however, was excusable on his part.
as most of his military service had been
in the reporter’s field, supplying home
journals with exaggerated statements of
army life.

The bake was prepared by Professor
Allen and was without fault.

A naphtha launch and a sleep convey-
ed the jelly crowd to and from the island
with safety. and all returned home fully
satisfied with the day’s outing.

NATURAL SHOWERS INTERESTED.

The Question is the "Rambler" Seizure
One of Importance.

The qur 3tion in the case of the seizure
of H. P. Morgan‘s oyster boat, the
“Rambler," which will probably be tried
in the Stamford city court, Monday. is
of great importance to the class of oys~
termen known as the natural growthers.

A gentleman who is familiar with the
case, said this morning: "For forty or
fifty years the ground which Oliver
Cook now claims, has been used by oys-
termen as a natural bed, and many of
them have depended upon it, largely for
their occupation in fishing and selling
oysters and clams. It is one of the most
prolific beds in the state and many oys-
termen have relied upon it for the support
of their families. The time when the boats
were upon the ground was last May and
June, and none of them was seized from
that time until within a week or ten
days before the close season was over.
when the oystermen had the right to be—
gin fishing on the natural beds. It is a
significant fact that the day of hearing
for this case was fixed on the first day
when the oystermen had the right to be-
gin taking oysters from these natural
beds. If private individuals are allowed
to take these natural beds and keep off
the men who have been fishing there for
half a century or less the prospect for the
natural growthers is not very bright."

Attorney Frost represents Mr. Morgan
in the case, and George E. Hill and
Judge J. H. Perry appear for other
oystermen.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Warrantee Deeds Recorded In the (mine
of the Town Clerk.

James Evenden, Jr., to Henry A
Bteegmuller, land and buildinrscn Fort
Point Road.

Stephen G I’artrick and Esther F.
Partrick, of Bridgeport. to Albert A.
Bette, a building lot on Newtown avenue.

John (1. Hornung and Wilhelmeniu
Hornung, to .l. llelden ifurlbnrt. land
and building on Jarvis street.

Charles T. Lowndes to Ephraim
Themes,apiece dock property. at Five
Mile River.

 

Ohoksd and Poisoned Himself.

The dead body of William C. Judson,
aged fifty-nine. of Bridgeport. was found
yesterday afternoon hanging from bushes
in Stratford by William Rogers. Judson
had been missing since Monday and
threatened suicide. He had tried to
choke himself to death with his suspend~
ers and afterwards drank two ounces of
Iaudanum. the empty vial being found
beside him.

llorly Identified.

The body found floating off Pleasure
Beach, Bridgeport, was indentllled by A.
W. Penflsld, as that of his cousin. Ernest
A. Penileld of Meriden. The deceased
was out of employment and while de-
spcndsot probably jumped off the wharf.
The man was seen to fall overboard by
Henry Rowland, a nephew of Captalnzll.
Rowland, of Rowayfon.

Which is worse. Imprisonment for life
or a lffsalong dlscsss.llke scrofula, for
ample? The former, certainly, would
be preferable were it not thst Aysr’s
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DOCTORS DINE TOGETHER.

Health Officers of Falrfield County Ilsct
at Gregory's Point.

The health officers of Fairfleld county
met at Gregory’s Point. yesterday. and
discussed medical and health subjects
over a sumptuous shore dinner. The
officers elected were County Health Offi-
cer George E. Hill. of Bridgeport, presi-
dent ;3Dr.; L. :T. Day, of Westport. secre-
tary. Dr. C.‘ A. Lindsley, secretary of
the State Board of Health, read an inter-
esting and valuable paper upon " Proper
Method's of Disinfection." This was
discussed by Dr. F. A. Rogers, of Stam-
ford, in an able and humorous manner
Dr. Day, of Westport, followed. Dr. N.
E. Wordln. of Bridgeport, of the State
Board of Health. read a paper upon
“ Rules and Regulations of Quarantine,”
which contained many valuable hints
and suggestions. This was discussed by
Dr. L. P. Jones, of Greenwich, and Dr.
W. J. Tracey, Norwalk.’

It was voted that Doctors Tracey and
Jones constiuted a committee to draw up
a set of rules and regulations upon this
latter subject. A discussion on general
topics of health followed, and it was
voted to hold meetings quarterly. The
dinner was highly spoken of by the doc-
tors and before adjourning they expres
sed their appreciation of the spread.

BUTCII ERS IN CONVENTION.

 

The Men Who Sell You float Assemble
In the Capital City.

The annual convention of the Connec-
ticut Retail Butchers’ Protective asso-
ciation was held in Hartford, yesterday
afternoon. There were about forty dele-
gates prssrnt, representing Norwalk
Stamford, Bridgeport,jNew Haven, Meri-
den, New Britain, Danbury, Waterbury,
Bethel, Winsted and Hartford. The
president of the association, E. S.Adams.
of Norwalk, presided at the business
meeting, Royal W. Adams, also of Nor—
walk, acting as secretary. Various
plans for increasing the scope and use-
fulness of the association were discussed
and other business transacted.

At the adjournment of the convention,
the delegates went to West Hartford,
where they took the electric care to
Farmington and enjoyed a dinner at the
Elm Tree Inn.

The association voted to join the
National Butchers' Protective association
which was formed in June according to
the ideas of the Connecticut association.

The officers elected were: President,
George F. Kellogs. Hartford; first vice-
presideut, F. G. Wallace, Meriden: sec-
ond vice-president, C. Richards, New
Haven; recording secretary, D. F. Burns,
Hartford: financial secretary. J. E.
Wixon. Norwalk; treasurer,(3. J. Wis-
sert, New Haven.

THERE WAS NO ATTACHMENT.

Tile Facts in the Stevens and Lowndcs
Oyster Uses.

The statement that one of Captain W.
1. Stevens‘ oyster steamers, the “Mabel
L. Stevens," has been attached by Theo.
dore Lowndes for the sum of $10,000 is
entirely erroneous, as are: various other
assertions.

The facts of the case are that Messrs.
Stevens and Lowndes own grounds ad-
joining in the Sound. Last winter Mr.
Lowndes heard that the steamer “Kato
C. Stevens.” Captain W. 1. Stevens, Jr..
was taking oysters from his beds. Mr.
Lowndcs stated to a SENTINEI. reporter,
this morning, that he had no intention
of attaching either of Captain Stevens”
boats, but when questioned further re-
ferred the interviewer to his attorney,
John [1. Light.

Mr. Light said that the first thing that
would be done in the matter would be to
establish the boundary lines between the
beds of Messrs. Stevens and Lowndcs,
and then if it was found that trespassslng
bad boon done the matter would be car-
ried f urther.

WHERE AND WHAT TO BUY.

What the Progressive Merchants of the
Nor-walks are Offering.

To be comfortably yet becomingly at-
tired is one of the chief delights of we-
mankind. Triatram 6: Hyatt have just
opened and placed on sale about 150 of
the choicest and best lots of fine import-
ad dress paterns. and as no two are alike.
the ladies of Norwalk will no doubt find
something to please their individual
funny.

The Norwnlk Boston Store announces
that their stock of fall and winter
goods was never more complete or prices
lower than this season. in the dress
goods department, in particular, they
are showing the largest and choicest as-
sortrnent of everything that is new and
desirable.

Prudent buyers should avail them
selves of the opportunity afford this week
by the South Norwalk Boston store to se-
cure somecxoeptlnnally rare bargains in
the various departments of their store.

Oomsuick Brothers’ stock of fall and
winter clothing is the most complete
they hairs mahown, and thyme!-
rsrlagitatprleasvsry materially lower
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VIEWS OF OTHER PEOPLE

PUBLICLY EXPRESSED OPINIONS
ON VARIOUS LOCAL TOPICS.

The Washington Street Bridge and Some
Suggestions Regarding its Acceptance
by the State—Hr. lumen lays he will
not Burt a Sanitarium.

Editor of The Sentinel—Dana Bra:
Considerable interest is now being felt
by citizens generally about the condition
of our carriage bridge and the need of
widening it. In the opinion of the writer
nothing should bedone with it at pres-
ent, unless absolutely necessary, but
every effort should be made at the com-
ing session of theLegislature to induce the
state to accept it, because the state, hav-
ing assumed the right to give nearly one-
half of it to the Electric Railway com-
pany, thereby narrowing the roadway so
as to render wagon travel unsafe. isn’t it
the plain duty of the state to replace
what they have taken? Also, if there is
ever any taxes paid by this railway com-
pany. the state, not the town. gets the
money. Again, the repairs upon this
bridge for all time to come will be ren-
dered more difficult and consequently
much more expensive in consequence of
the rails of said company being an ob-
struction in the way of those repairs.
Further. the bridge was not designed for
such heavy traffic as this railway is put-
ting upon it. and as a consequence it is
being worn out at a much greater rate
than heretofore,whlch will necessitateits
entire rebuilding in the near future. If
there is any one object upon which the
people of this town ought to bench.-
ed, it is fun great effort to induce the
state to assume charge of this bridge, or
at the least, to replace by widening what
they have given away. I think it would
ban fair estimate that this bridge has
cost the town 75,000. The injustice
done us by the state in giving a portion
of it to this railway company without
the payment by them of one dollar to the
town, must be apparent to anyone, and
the only fair thing for the state to do is
to assume charge of it, as they have done
in other cases when no such obligation
existed as there does here.

Respectfully,
W. W. (I.
Will Not Start a Sanitarium.

To the Editor of the Sentinel: Through
the oolums of your paper I would like to
inform the readers that I have not had
the slightest intention of starting a Sani-
tarium, neither do i know of any one
that has. My family enjoy your
beautiful city very much, and if nothing
happens to prevent, will be glad to be-
come permanent residents.

Respectfully,
Rom. Sunnis.

I’OI’L LAR A .‘IIU SEMENI‘S.

 

Dramutlcai and Musical Events In Which
Norwaik People are Interested.

Mr. Thomas Keene, the eminent tra-
gediau,willbe seen in “Louis XI." an
adaptation from Sir Walter Sc )tt‘s novel
"Quentin Durward." at lioyt's Opera
House, next Saturday evening. The bis-
torianhas depicted L)uis Xi as one of
the most despicable characters to be met
within all history,——“suspicious. faith-
lese, cruel and superstitious."—-and the
adapters. Messrs Edwin Arden and Ar-
den Smith. have drawn the characters
in tbeplay, it is said. exactly on these
lines. They have taken for the period
of the action of the play the last days Of

 

the royal iiond‘s life, when, pursued by

the haunting fear that murder awaited
him on every hand, be shut himself up
in the fortress of l’lessis-leev'l‘ours, and
surrounded himself with soldiers and in~
strumeuts of his cruel will. It is said
that Mr. Keene has taken in Louis Xi a
role to which he imparts his greatest
powers, and that his succeseis beyond
doubt. The general excellence of Mr.
Keane’s supporting company is every-
where commeodcd. and the Opportunity
of witnessing the historical drama is an
uncommon one, and should not be missed
by the lovers of the artistic in the clnssl~
cal drama.

Superb ballets, marches and evolutions,
magnificent transformation scenes, bril-
liant singing, bright cornedy, funny pan-
tomime, clover specialties, and an
elaborate series of the famous Living
Pictures. all help to make M. B. leavitt’s
gorgeous spectacle, "Spider and Fly,"
the most attractive production of the
your. The text of the play has been on-
tirsly rc-wrltteu, and every feature is
new. In fact, it is said that the "Spider
and Fly" has more genuine novelties this
season than any organization traveling.
It will be presenter! at ifoyt’s theatre,
Tumday. September, 11.

City Lil's. published in New York city,
characterizes ”A Crazy Lol"as one of
the best attractions of the present season.
I‘betrloks and scenery are a great for»
provsrnent to the company, the set in the
second act entitled “Patriot Hall of
Statutes," where all the novel specialties
are introduced, is a grand paintinggas
alerts the beautiful trick transformation
some.“ the and of Aotlfl..called
“m of the fairies.”

Minutes.

 

 

OYSTERMEN JUBILANT.

 

A Phenomenal "Set" and the Best Prov
arrests for Ysars.

Monday next, September 10.11. begins
another year on the natural oyster beds
of this Connecticut waters. On that data
the "close season" which began on July
20th ends and the public beds will again
be open for dredging.

Not in many years If ever before. 53!!
the Bridgeport Farmer, have the oyster-
men had such good prospects. The beds
fairly swarm with “set,” the oldest
workers not remembering anything like
it in the past. The set is also unusually
healthy and well developed and should
the unfortunate experiences of last year
not be repeated these who depend for a
living on what they dredge Will be more
than repaid for the losses sustained from
last year's storms. Millions of bushels of
oysters are literally within sight.

Besides the phenomenally favorable cou-
ditione which the young oysters seem to
have met with in their own element as
well as the freedom from destructive
storms, two other causes have contribu-
tedlargely to the immense production.
Ons is‘tbe lengthening of the “close sea-
son" and the other the license law passed
by the last Legislature. The latter law
put an effectual stop to the piracy by
oystermen from other states and more
than anything which has hitherto been
tried preserved to the native oystermen
their right.

Last year's licenses have now expired
and in order to save prosecution and a
heavy penalty those who wish to work
the beds must secure a renewal of their
licenses before next Monday.

The Farmer thinks the appointment of
William A Lewis, himself being one of
the most prominent oystermen in these
parts, as deputy United States marshal
was a good thing for the oyster interests,
as he will have an excellent opportunity
to see that the laws are properly en~
forced. All of the legitimate oystermen
realize the value to them of the license
law and there is little probability of
many violations being reported.

 

YALE ATHLETES RESTRICTED

Hereafter Each Can Talus Part to But
One Branch of Sport.

A new rule has been agreed upon by
the leading Yale athletic directors which
is to make a startling innovation in the
composition of Yale teams in the future.
The work of training has been found to be
soexacting that it has been deemed a
practical impossibility for a student to be
a member of more than one athletic
team, and keep the required place in his
studies.

They have agreed that hereafter an
applicant forateam must make up his
mind to be a member of that team sim-
ply, and abandon his intentions for other
organizations of the university. Bob
Cook especially has been an ardent ml-
hercnt of that doctrine and later be has
been re-cnforcod by Walter Camp and
George Aden. They have not waited
for action by the faculty, but have de—
creed that the composition of the teams
shall be limited and the Yale captains
will take notice accordingly. This will
lose three good players to the Yale foot-

ball team, possibly four. Captain
Armstrong, of the crew. who
played half back last year. vs ill

now give his undivided attention to
rowing. Harry Holcomb of the 'varsily
crew, will not try for the football eleven
this fall,and Saulori,tlrc runner, and
Murphy, the baseball second baseman,
will be obliged to choose between their
favorite sports and the football team.

The action of the athletic advisers was
heartily recommended by President Eliot
of Harvard last spring, but the rule has
not before been adopted in any American
university.

llarper'a Weekly for September.

Harper's Weekly for September let
covers a wide range of subjects. An
article of (our pages, copiously illustrat'
ed. on the great canal which is building
toconncct the Lakes with the llulf of
Mexico, will attract universal attention.
Here in America. through all the troub'
lom times, a work that is second to no
work of lunul excavation in the world
has been carried forward. Ten thousand
men have been employed, and millions
of yards of elephant] earth have been re-
moved. The canal is larger time any
other, and will, when the work is com—
pleted, float vessels drawing fourteen feet
of water. In the some number of the
Weekly the encampment of the National
Guard of the State of Pennsylvania re-
calves a great deal of notice. The text is
by Owen Winter and the illustrations by
Frederic Remington. There is a page of
illustrations of the Japanese army. show-
ingtha various costumes of the officers
and privates in the different branches of
the service, redrawn by T. ds Thulstrup
from sketches by Japanese artists. A
dmcripllon and drawing of the new
building of the Bloomingdale Lunatic
Asylum, and a picture of the old one; a
timely illustrated article on Riker’s
Island; and a page of sketches of the
New York Harbor traffic, with many
othu-fatura.gotosborrthatths
Wuklrdnflllh lbw-um m- or
lwlhyhicamrkun more thoroughly

SUMMER DAYS IRE 0'EB

PEOPLE OF THE TWIN CITIES
FLOCKING BACK TO TOWN.

 

 

Where and new They nave‘Spsnt Their
Vacations—Out-of-Town Guests Who
are Enjoying the Hospitality of Nor.
walk and South lerwnlh Homes.

Mrs. Arthur H. Barnes and baby Ar-
thur are spending two months with Mrs.
Barnes‘ cousin, Mrs. Charles E. Remson,
at Annapolis, Maryland. On their re-
turn north, they will visit Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia.

John Sheehau, formerly catcher for
the Norwalk Parks. now with the Elmi-
ra. N. Y.. Baseball club, is a guest of his
parents in Winnipaulr. He will return
to the diamond about the 15th inst.

Rev. H. E. Bur-nee and family have re-
turned from their summer home in
Pound Ridge to Brooklyn. They were
the guests last night of Mrs. Hannah
Bill.

Douglas Stuart, of Philadelphia, is a
guest at the home of Mrs. Edward Sims,
on High street. Norwallr, as is also Riel-
ard Bebrens, of Bergen Heights, N. J.

Dr. William Wakeman. who holds a
government position in Kentucky. and
has been at his former home in Green’s
Farms, was in South Norwaik today.

Mrs. E. S. McGee, of New Haven, and
Mrs. E. Warden, of Brooklyn, formerly
of South Norwalk, are spending a few
days in Norwalk.

Albert and Howard Mossman, who
have been spending their vacation in
Norwalk, returned to Amherst college,
yesterday.

Mrs. Martha A. Hirst. of Mid dletown,
N. J., came yesterday to live with her
brother, J. Burr Betta. 90 Wall street.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheehan returned
from their bridal tour, last evening, and
are now residing in Graniteville.

Frank and Robert VanBuren, of Nor-
walk, are playing in the Stamford Yacht
club's tennis tourney, today.

Miss Lillian Kampff, of New York, is a
guest of Mrs. S. ll. Huntington, of Main
street, Norlvalk.

Mrs. Frank Angeline, of Brooklyn, is a
guestnf Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dnskamv
of East avenue.

“'iiliaru Merrill, of Stratford.is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Wolf, Wood~
ward avenue.

W. E. Willelts, of Brooklyn. is visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. George Way. 17 Taylor
avenue.

William Belts and a party of friends
spent yesterday afternoon at Compo.

O. L. Bassett and wife, of Wilton, will
leave town Saturday for Pitlsfield.

Mrs. J. V. Luster went to Glen Cove to-
day, to visit her brother.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L
rusticsting in Canaan.

llilWAY’I‘ON.

Mrs. Mitchell and daughter, who have
been visitingthe past few days at the
residence of G. W. Bryan, returned to
their home in Brooklyn. yesterday after-
noon.

Jolm Feller and bride arrived yester-
day afternoon. on the 4:13 train, and are
at the Fuller cottage here.

Henry Godfrey ishnme from another
ocean voyage, and will remain until
Saturday.

Miss Emma Hoyt returned home. yes-
terday afternoon, from a visit in Redford,
N. Y.

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’ilnn ullll In ’ilw Inquilvwrnlliu the
other day it Mulmill'litul rmlruml ”indulge
in “live and llgurm llmt “I‘I'I' a \l‘ul‘k
of art. The llulm-s wri‘u so olmriyund
in'ltllflflllly l'nrmml llmt llu'yi'uuld riutlull
In I‘xcllu remark from any \I'IIUSIIW llu'm.
.\ short ill.~llllll‘l‘ away rlwy appears-d to
have been rmulo by more inmuhnlrul proc-
o-m. While all llw “gurus wrm lwnullful
llu' llllml l'fl‘ill‘ uml la-riwt wuslhn figure l.
Many l'lcf‘kn lmllm a little somlrirrio mm
a cross nu it for u l. llllnvre make mum'-
llilng llurt may be (lullllllli‘l‘ll with on
muully iuully mmlu- ll. but the claimant
I'l'Ii‘I'I'l'iI lullcrnonel mind that the way ulmvu
nil Ways of making a ll Is to "mine it as
they lm' lll‘lllll'fl. llrirlimimr with llw low
or horizontal stroke llrst. moving flw pm
from right lo llfl. making u porn-cl right
unglml triangle with llu- two lu-ulv unulvs,
llli‘ “guru in i'llllllilr‘ll', leaving the lime
vxlrmlllm lmynml llw lrilmgio n-xlwtly flu-
Hillllll lllsllllim'. l‘i‘i‘l‘l'y N‘fllulnllly Hillrlii.
in lvm'h himself in mniw 4‘s that way.
There is a Hindi mlury waiting for any boy
who mm in: lkl' figure a nu clear as that.—
l’llllmll lpllla Illqlllh‘l‘

Ill-nib 1 ram Fright.

l'vrlmps llu numt n murkulilu death
from four that line over lli'l‘ll filiil‘l‘il on m:-
nrrl was that of the Dutch pointer I’cnb
mun, who llrml in the scwnlm-ulli i‘i‘lllll‘
ry. lbw day ln- l‘illf'l‘l‘li lhonnnmmlcal
room of lil'l'll'lll‘flli'll Ilulch cullcgowlili
tho inlvmluu nf skull-hing s-mn- skulls
and Pkf’f"'f"flr it r if pl: fill‘l‘ ho was llllmlf.
in point. llv hull been will, the night be.
fore. and, lwuuning tlruwuy, full nslwp
nlnnng tlw ghastly stclnn'us.

Ho was nunkmn-d by It loud union, and
upon ripening fllll l'yl‘s behold the skulls
dancing mm" the slmlt’rs and . no skele—
tons suspornlrd fnnn lhu coilin clashing
tholrlmncs in annual. tlm-a nlug man-
nor. in a m. of horror ho throw himself
out at the window. but did not mrlvn the
slightest lulury from that wurcc. A few
momenta later be was informed that an
earthquake bad enters] the commotion in
the Mouse. but the explanation did
notuuul his nerves. Afew hours later
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BABIEN AND NORO'I‘ON.
One day recently, Idonal Fairchild was

driving to town with his'lumber has ‘

wagon well/filled Just as he reached
the residence of Ja as H. Chasmsr part
of the heroes gave way. which frightn
sued the horse and he started to run, but -
Mr. Fairchild stopped him before any
great damage was done. There were
three very much frightened young ladies,
however, just ahead of the team on their
bicycles. The horseran in between them,
just grazing the dress of one of the
ladies. It was somelittle time before
they recovered their composure and pro-
ceeded on their journey.

Last evening the workmen employed
on the four tracking operations were sit-
ting on the depot platform waiting for
the train that leaves here at 5:37 to take
them home. Just as the train arrived at
the depot two of the men bad words with
each other and quickly came to blows.
For about two minutes there was as
lively a rough and tumble fight as was
ever witnessed. It was ended by one of
the men losing his train and having his
dinner pail smashed. The affair was,
witnessed by a large number of people.

The Consolidated railroad company
has notified Station Agent Hoyt to dis-
pose of the building occupied by John
Filsinger as a saloon, at once. in order to
further the four-tracking operations.
\Xaterbury dc Scofield and others are do;
sirious of securing the building, and
moving it to their properties The new
rails will be used for the first time for
passenger trains, Sunday.

Welcome Division. No. 15, Sons of
Temperance, will hold a "hard time"
social, in their half on Railroad avenue,
next week Friday evening. An interest-
ing programme is promised, and refesh-
ments will be served.

The Misses Maud, Agnes and Bertha
Everett and Master William Everett,
who have been visiting at Mrs. William
Everett’s, returned to their home in
Orange, N. J., this morning.

The platform for the new depot was
begun this morning.

CRANBERRY PLAINS.

Frank Blake, who has been seriously
ill with typhoid ever, is able to be out
once more. H is hairline and nearly
deaf.

Mrs. E. F. Taylor, of Cranberry Plains,
who is ill in the Bridgeport Hospital, is
better today.

Mrs. Sidney Andrews and children are
visiting Mrs. Thomas Gregory'

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Taylor spent Sun-
day in Bridgeport.

Frank Gregory and wife spent Sunday
in Weston.

NEW CANAAN.

Mrs. Henry Burtis. of West Norwalk,
who separated from her husband recent-
ly, removed. yesterday to this town, oc-
cupying the Burtis place. on Burris ave-
nue, where she will act in the capacity of
housekeeper for her brother, John Van
Tassel. who is foreman in the painting
department of Johnson‘s carriage works.

While Frank Brooks was returning
from High Ridge. last evening, in corn-
pauy with an East avenue fair daughter,
he (,‘OIIliIL‘d with an unknown vehicle,
and b uh were thrown out. With the

. assimwu- . of several nearby farmers, Mr.

Bm do ~lll'l'emll-(I in getting home with
no r i'l-ms irrjury~only a broken
vehicle.

The NonSccret society. whose failure
caused considerable alarm among a darn.
her in this town. has paid this week,
the sum of 70 2 :3 cents on the dollar to
uromlmrs. Notwithsuuniing this fact,
the members are out nearly $10.00 each.

Charles Sccurd died suddenly of heart
disciw, Thursday morning, in the fifty-
sevcntb year of his age. The funeral
services will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal church, Sunday at 2 p. m.,
Rev. A. V. lirower officiating.

Sheriff liolelor. of Stamford, attached
the wcllalruown saloon of Charles lircwn,
on first avenue, Wednesday evening.
Brown, it is rcporiml, has several liquor
bills unpaid, hence the attachment.

A twelvr-ycnr-old son off). i’. Downer
out his foot aovurely, Tyranny. llr. Soc
ville was called. and alter a surgical
operation was performed the young man
was more comfortable.

The (luild Chronicle, under the man-
agement of John I". Hearsam, will be
issued next week. This is an enterprise
of St. Mark’s church.

Mr. Morgan, of New York, the new
purchaser of the Smith place on the
Nor-walk road, took precession Tuesday.

Miss lens Reynolds, who has been
seriously ill for several weeks, is new con-
sidered out ofdnnger and will recover.

Engineer Salaries will attend to his
duties on the branch, Monday, after a
two weeks‘ absence.

Miss Nellie Osborn, of Nor-walk. has
been the guest of her sister, lira. C. E.
Brisker-bod this week.

The third degree will be conferred la
the Grange this waning.

W. S. Lockwood and family are at
Hickory Bind thh week.

may Purdyfs olerkhrgat EA. flicker-
graham m ,,