a‘ carpets, at the Boston “Equal and Exact Jttsttce to all Men of Whatever State or PersaaSton, Religious or P0litical.”—Jeferson. H vol. I. No.30. Norwalk, 001111., Monday Evening, February 2, 1891. L Price One Cent. The Daily. Gazette Is issued every week-(lay (rt 3 P. 31., at ONE cnxr PER COPY. The Cheapest. Rates for .‘lavertr‘sing, and THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette, [Combined with Saturday’s Daily.) ‘ 1s issued every Saturday at Noon. (It THREE CENTS man corv. on $1.50 PER YEAR. The Daily and Weekly. Served (0 Local Subscribers of res csxrs run WEEK, on $5.00 PER YEAR. A. H. Brrxorox. Proprietor. THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY. Miss Etta Belden is visiting friends in Hartford. __ ' ~~Save money by buying your meat at Lyon’s market, No. (i WVater St. tf25 The Court of Burgesscs will hold a meeting this evening. —Prime Rib Roast, 14 cts. pound, at Lyon’s market, No. (5 “Tater street. tf. Chris Miller, it is reported. contem- plates opening a saloon in \Villlmuntlc. ——Spare—Rib, 1—0 cts. pound, at Lyon’s ' market. No. 0 Water street. tf. Miss C. Hall, of Newark, N. J. is visiting her sister, Mrs. George H. Allen, on Chestnut street. —A newline of spring colorings in Store, walk. ___h _ tf25 Dana C. Bissell was in town Friday. ‘v. He reports business booming'at his new market in Bridgeport. Widow Mary McLaughlin died at the Alms House this morning, aged 82. She formerly lived in rear of Dann’s Stables. , . Rev. Dr. Cobb, of New York, secre- tary of the American Congregational Society, occupied Dr. Noble’s pulpit yesterday morning. Thomas Toole took possession of'the Allen House, on Chapel street, to-day. He conducted business at this same Chief of Police DeForest received word this morning to look out for a horse stolen from Driscoll’s livery sta- ble, Westport, yesterday. John P. \Vebber is making great im- provements in the interior of his market on Main street, putting in new meat benches, etc. If poor Emma Abbott had been. pres— ent at Dr. VanAlstyne’s church last evening, and listened to his sermon on theatres. things would have been lively for a few minutes. In Darien, yesterday afternoon, the aged father of Mrs. Henry Chasmar, of 7 Maple street, while eating his din- ner, was seized with a fit of apoplexy and died in a very few minutes. Juan Gonzalez, who for some months has had charge of Chris Miller’sbilliard rooms on Main street, will leave soon, "' (the place having changed hands,) to open a saloon in Ansonia. The ladies’ Wednesday afternoon ‘ prayer meeting will be ommitted this week on account of the “Rose Supper,” to be given by the Y. P. S. C. E. \Ved- nesday evening, at the Congregational chapel. >_“__m___ There will be a most enjoyable so- ciable at the residence of Sherman Morehouse in \Vilton on Thursday evening. It is always safe to count on a good time at Mr. Morehouse’s, and lucky will they be who receive invita- tions. . There is to be a jubilee on Fair street to-night in honor of the fact that Patsy Gallagher has got a baby. A keg of beer is to be tapped, and an invitation for all the boys to be present has been extended. Coolidge & Lockwood have sold to B. F. Day, a lot on the newly opened East avenue, property, next. adjoining the lot recently purchased by ex-Post- master Golding. The price paid was $1,200. Mr. Day intends to build in the spring. ' ' - Dr. George Baxter’s handsome and intelligent setter dog, “Jim,” is getting well, after a severe illness. Jim has crossed the ocean several times, in company with his master, and has prob- ably seen more of this world, and been nearer to the next, than any other do in Norwalk. , Conrad Engel, whose purchase of Chris Miller’s barber " shop" was an- nounced in the GAZETTE a couple of weeks ago, and denied in the Sentinel the next day, took full possession of his purchase to-day, according to the terms agreed-upon, and as stated in the GAZETTE at the time. i ‘ In Bridgeport Friday Judge Pren- ticc granted a divorce to Martha E. Battcrson, of Norwalk, from Aaron B. Batterson, on the ground of deser- tion. was marriedSeptember 20, 1877,, and her husband deserted ,hergFeb. 10,1873, and went to Bridgeport fwith ‘ another woman. ‘ i- ‘ ‘ Nor- ,_ Mrs. Batterson testified that She . The Child Recovered. 'Flossie Dailey'Takcn from W. 1. Peat, a Farmer Norwalk Restau- ' rant Keeper. , ‘ [Bridgeport Standard] A peculiar case in which a mother sought to recover possession of her child was brought to light yesterday, when Deputy Sheriff Leonard visited the house of W. T. Peat on Fairfield avenue, and secured the little girl. Some time ago Mrs. Dailey, a worthy woman, who was then out of employ- ment, gave her child into the custody of W. T. Peat’s family in Norwalk, an agreement between the parties being drawn byAttorney Gray. Mrs. Dailey came to this city and obtained employ- ment as a servant in Mrs. P. C. Ca1- houn’s family. She had not seen her four years old daughter, Flossie, for many weeks, until a few days ago, she saw the child on the street. Mrs. Dailey, having a motherly af- fection for her ofl'spring. was desirous of regaining the little one, and she im- mediately took steps to ascertain where the Peat family lived. She soon learn- ed that they had moved to this city, and that'they Were residing on Fair- field avenue. Wishing to rightfully secure the custody of the child, she consulted Attorneys DeForest Sr. Klein, and after inquiring into the facts the lawyers concluded that the papers drawn by the Norwalk lawyer were not binding. Accordingly. Deputy Sheriff Leonard, accompanied by Mrs. Dailey, visited Mr. Peat’s residence yesterday, and when they departed the child went with them. Mr. Peat was formerly a restaurant keeper in Norwalk and has only lived here a short time. Mrs. Dailey is a woman of Scotch descent. There is a possibility that legal action will be taken by the family to obtain the child again. . ~—————-———<+»————-———~— Articles of agreement have been signed for a fight to a finish between two of our local experts in the “manly art of self defense.” The men have agreed to weigh in at 128 pounds, and the fight is to come off within twenty: five miles of, N orwalk. The picture of Robert Louis Steven- son, the novelist, .which appeared in the Sun yesterday, resembled a jack lantern made of one of those prize package squashes that the shoe dealers place on ethbition in order that a mathematical public may speculate on the number of germs in their anatomy for a sewing machine or a piano. George S. Grumman and Geo. Allen will take “Ray,” Mr. Grumman’s big St. Bernard dog, weighing 184 pounds, to the New York bench show next month, just to stand him up for com- parison. beside “Sir. Bedivere,” weigh- ing 220 pounds, which came over from England yesterday for a Massachusetts man who purchased the noble animal for $12,500, or $57 per pound. A dog weighing thirty-six pounds more than Ray Grumman, is a giant indeed. A large congregation listened to Dr. VanAlstyne’s sermon on “Three Nor- walks and a Theatre,” last evening. The good doctor made many breezy statements and pitched into theatres, actors and actresses in a lively manner. He said little about our three Nor- walks, but undoubtedly he held to the opinion that one big city of 18,000 is preferable to three or four little ham- lets. ~ Robert Adams, our popular sport, while in New Orleans, a short time since, formed an acquaintance with Jim Corbett, the California boxing phenomenon, who is now matched to fight Peter J ackson, the dusky nugilis- tic champion of the Antipodes. Mr. Adams received a letter, Saturday evening, accepting the verbal invitation for a visit to Nor-walk from Mr. Cor- bett, and it is expected that the latter will visit this town in a few days as a guest of the former. George Wendling serenaded a num- ber of his friends on Main street Satur- day night, with mellow music. by what hc was pleased to style the Company F band. It consisted of George himself as’conductor and bass drumster, and two ,swarthy .Italians whom he had inischievously engaged for his crusade, one playing on a tin whistle and the other a round triangle. A number of wet goods dispensaries were favored with a visit from the combination and the sweetly sad music was liberally re- ceived and irrigated. ‘ '- -—Harnesses and whips of every de- scription; a full line of trunks and traveling bags, at reducedprices;black and white robes, blankets, baby car- riage robes, etc. at very low prices to close out thes'eason’sa stock. Every-t article pertaining "to alrorse, carriage or stable ejan be? found at Dana’s har- ness store, ‘l‘Not-f‘ 00 Wall street. tf.24 Accident at Wilton. A Brakeman on the D. 8:. N. Struck by a Bridge and Killed. George Clark, head brakeman 011 Conductor Beeman’s mixed train on the D. & N. division, was kllled this morn- ing in a frightful manner. The train was approaching South Wilton on its downward trip, and Clark, who was sitting on the forward end of the roof of a high stock car, failed to stoop suf- ficiently to clear the small foot bridge that crosses above the track a few hun- dred yards above the South 'Wilton station. He was struck on the fore- head, presumably by a bolt on the 'un~ der side of the bridge as the train went under, and was knocked over on his back on the car roof, where he lay un- til the South VVilton depot was reached, when his accident was first made known to the rest of the train hands. He was taken off the train at South \Vilton and, although gasping faintly at the time, all signs of life were gone almost before a doctor from Monroe could be telegraphed for. Wound in his head, where the bolt crushed it in, and his brains oozed out. On the roof of the car was a pool of blood, and blood trickled down the side Clark was a recent acquisition to the train of the car, a sickening sight. service, and was a young man about 30 years of age and belonged in Danbury. This is only one of a series of similar accidents that have occurred at this same bridge within the memory of many of the residents in the neighbor- hood. ' The remains were taken from \Vilton to the home of deceased in Danbury, on the noon train, in charge of Medical Examiner Burke. ' Miss Minnie Peiter spent Sunday in town. _ Chas. F. Loomis, Jr., has left Nor- walk for Waterbury. “Ed” Murphy, who used to be with Earle & Smith, when they were the leading dry goods men here, was in town Sunday. Ex-Warden Smith has specimen win- dows of beautiful stained glass for Grace church at his store 011 “Tater street. ' Concord Division, S. of T., meet to- night to initiate four or five new mem- bers, also to make arrangements for attending the anniversary of Westport Division No. 29, next Friday evening. Eugene Reynolds, Henry Deegan and Johnnie Cahill, were arrested on Sunday. charged with stealing cider from a barrel in the rear of Hanlon’s saloon on Wall street, by means of an ingenious contrivance of siphon pipe, hose, etc., which enabled them to ex— tract the apple juice in quantity to suit and at leisure. Cahill was discharged; Reynolds paid a fine of $3,and costs, aggregating about $9, and Deegan, who was also found guilty and fined the same as Reynolds, gave bonds for settlement within two weeks. Hart \Veeks is devoting his time, at- tention and muscle to the work of stocking up his new store, the Buckeye, and the vigor with which he wrestles a barrel of flour or sugar makes spec- tators stand aghast. _A sort of dedica- tory reception was given on the premis— es a few days ago to the charter mem- bers of the Society Club and a few in- timate friends. It was an auspicious affair and the next day several of the participants were around buying new hats, including Puckachee Banker, of the Boweries, whose head-dress of eagle feathers was knocked into an uncooked hat. The conundrum was also openly propounded, as to who should be held responsible for the dis- appearance of certain fence pickets. A meeting of Norwalk carpenters was held in the rooms of Concord Division, Saturday evening, for the purpose of organizing a Carpenters’ Union in this end of the town. Reso- lutions were passed instructing the secretary, R. W. Reid, to apply to the Philadelphia Union for a charter. As soon as the charter is received an elec- tion of officers will be had. —The following letter speaks for itself: Sournponr, Jan. 28th, 1891. Mr. Rmdmau. . DEAR SIB:—'—It gives me pleasure to say that the lar e crayon you made for us of our father, Deacon Hyde. 1s very satisfactory, and it grows'in favor With us every day. We are greatly obliged to you. Yours. etc., Miss Loursn HYDE. There was a horrible - , d Narrow Escape. A Norwalk Lawyer, called Upon to Prevent Suicide, is Deserted by His Brother, His Son-in-Law, and a Government Official. On Monday evening Postmaster Harry Rider, of East Norwalk. call- ed by appointment, at the residence of J. Belden Hurlbutt, Esq., on Main street, for the purpose of holding a conference on matters relating to the Indian question, the ghost dances of the hostiles on the Band Lands of the South Norwalk reservation, and to de' cide as to the advisability of pressing his Siouxt for a free delivery. etc. The deliberations had progressed as far as the East Norwalk census enumeration and the end of the first bottle of Apol- linaris, when, at the front door sud- denly there came a tapping, as of some one gently trying to batter the door down with a pile driver, and before either gentlemen had time to curl his moustache, the door flew open and a woman rushed excitedly into the room, with no bonnet on, her breath flying loosely over her shoulders, and her hair coming in short gasps, who, as soon as her second wind arrived, in- formed her astonished listeners that her husband, John Owens, had just come home drunk and shot himself, and was at that moment dying on his bed in his house across the street. This direful intelligence, coupled with the evident harrowing distress of the poor woman, was an irresistible appeal to the chivalrousnature of the gentlemen, and simultaneously both acted upon a common impulse, and “standing not upon the order of their going,” they went. The lawyer took the lead, and his lusty pace made the bobbing tassel of his smoking cap keep livelv time to the flapping of the skirts of his dressing gown. Rider took up the pace set by the ’squire, grabbing wildly at the hat rack as he sprang through the door, and, hecding not that he missed his own Derby and clutched the jaunty jockey belonging to the hired girl, which he perched on his classic. brow, ’hind side before, followed frantically on the fly- ing heels of the leader who was streak- it for Owens’ house with a vigor of stroke that impressed the puffing Rider more forcibly than ever with the power of attorney. Meantime, Mr. Hurlbutt’s brother Lewis, and his son-in-law, John Cur- now, who had been deeply engrossed in a tiddledy-wink tournament in the kitchen, and who had heard the woman’s tale of Woe, hastily counted rip the score, and followed the runners to the scene of misery, preceded by the woman. The lawyer and postmaster rushed into the bedroom of the suicide, after having carefully rolled up their trousers legs to prevent. them being soaked in the blood through which they expected to wade. To their surprise they found John‘ lying on his bed in a drunken stupor, snoring like a fog horn, and not a trace of gore in sight. Hurlbutt went to the bedside and poked the sup- posed suicide in the ribs, eliciting a pronounced and unmistakable grunt. Then he rolled him over and felt for wounds, but, finding none, he turned to Rider, and with an expression of countenance indicative at once of dis- appointment and disgust, remarked that although he could find no evidence that the deceased was shot, it was pain— fully apparent that he was more than “half shot,” and he was about to move for an adjournment of the inquest when senses had been partially aroused by his overhauling, opened his bleary eyes and, spying Rider near the door, ejac- ulated. “Hel(hic)lo, Harry!” and, struggling to get up, disclosed the fact that he had a pistol in his hip pocket. Hurlbutt gave Harry the wink to ab- stract the pistol while he engaged the attention of its owner in a disquisition on the Force bill and the deadlock at Hartford. Harry sidled up to the bed, and, under pretext of shaking hands with the patient, dexterously snatched back. Owens detected the motion, however, and his rage gave him strength to rouse up and get off the bed. Harry, thinking he was about to be as- saulted by an infuriated drunken man- iac, sprang to the door and rushed headlong out into the street. At the door he encountered Lewis Hulbutt and Curnow, who, seeing him emerge in such precipitate haste. at once con— cluded that Owens was running amuck with his gun and must be in pursuit, and, instantly ,actuated by the instinct of self-preservation, they took to their heels and wildly followed Harry out of the yard, Curnow diving under the low railing that marks the boundary of the Owens premises, and Lewis jumping over it, each taking a difi'er'ent direc- the animate corpse, whose befuddled the pistol from his pocket and stepped ' tion when he struck the street, andboth ignorant of the fact that the pistol, from which they expected every min- ute to get a bullet in the back, was in the pocket of Rider, whom they were trying to follow, and who was just then a far more dangerous man for them to encounter than their supposed pursuer, at whose mercy they had all left the lawyer. The lawyer, however, finding himself deserted in the hour of peril, at once took the offensive, and, drawing from his pocket a roll of manuscript, faced the foe and with characteriStic gestru'e and inflection, proceeded to read a dissertation on the advantages of municipal Consolidation. Under the soporific influence of this attack, the enemy yielded gracefully and soon fell back upon his couch with a dull, sick- ening thud, after which the victor walked leisurely out the door to the street, and in a voice of command called for Captain Curnow and Lieu- tenant Lewis Hurlbutt of the Invisi- bles, and Captain Rider of the Outpost. But no response came. Even the echoes of their pattering footsteps had (lied away in the distance like the hope of happiness born of a fleeting dream. So Hurlbutt went home. ~- -'-~ - .44... 1924 ST ' YVOIL’ liC’lLlf. The new MethodiSt church will prob- ably be dedicated March 1st. Free delivery from our post office and better sidewalks are the things we want here. 1: 'X‘ 9(- There will be no improvements made about the railroad station in this place until spring, when ground will be broken for the new depot. It is suggested-that the old Methodist church be purchased, removed to the lot opposite Capt. Hanford’s store and converted into a borough hall, when we shall have succeeded in getting our new borough charter. A petition containing a large number of names for a free delivery here was seen by your reporter this morning. The names embraced a large portion of our monied and business men who have the interests of East ~—11ea-rt. " ' '" "‘ " Builder Raymond has signed the contract for a three story house to be erected at the junction of Riverside and Pleasant avenues and the Fort Point road. The building is to be three stories with tower and modern improvements. It is owned by Mrs. Daniel Kehoe, and the first floor will be utilized for business purposes. A Consolidation meeting will be held at the house of the Mayflower Hook and Ladder company this evening. It promises to be the largest gathering of our citizens ever assembled, indeed one enthusiast predicts an adjournment to Randall’s hall for want of room. The DAILY GAZETTE will have a full re- port of the proceedings, to-morrow. The call for the meeting is signed by representative men having a large amount of capital invested here. >4... .1. l’r'otr'r-‘f From East .Voru-m'lc. En. GAZETTE—This is for the benefit of those living on Stony Hill road run- ning to Fitch’s crossing and also on what is now known as Maple avenue. XV. S. Hanford had nothing whatever to do with opening the street called Maple avenue. The land belonged to Henry Smith, Phoebe Fitch and Hiram Fitch. The town bought the right of way over Henry Smith’s and Phoebe Fitch’s land, and I gave mine. If there is any individual credit I claim it. A committee of South Norvalk- gen- tlemen are engaged in naming our streets for us, which is so kind of them, and I hope they will designate Stony Hill road from the wWestport line to East avenue, Saugatuck avenue, inas- much as our VVestport neighbors so call it from Saugatuck to the Norwalk line, and when this South N orwalk commit- tee fix all the names of our streets for 11s and get good and used to the busi- ness, I hope they will not quit work but go up to Winnipauk, Silver Mine and West N orwalk and name their streets for them. Hmam FITCH. 4..- 1’. M. o. .1. NOTES. The attendance at the song service Sunday afternoon was unusually large and the meeting consisted of a testi- mony service led by the General See- retary, owing to the fact that Rev. C. J. North was out of town. The classes in German and penman- ship will meet as usual this evening, at 8 o’clock. Any young man desiring to join the penmanship class this evening can do so. --~—- -.- -—«-—<—0<>——————- Chief DeForest was out yesterday in his new suit, bright, gold-washed but- tons and all. It just made Capt. Rose look disgusted with his misfit suit. Norrie at. tonneciicuiPressTelegrams. Specially Sent Over the Wire lo llro Daily - Norrmrlk - Gazette. WINDOJI’S svconssorr. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2,—Information reaches here by way of Indiana, that John C. New will be re-called from the London Consulate to becOme Secretary of the Treasury. ——~ coo-w— Socrctury "‘imlom’s Funeral. Washington, Feb. 2.—Mr. \Vindom’s funeral took place at noon to—day, services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Hamlin of the church of the Covenant, of which church the dead secretary was a communicant. His fellow mem- bere of the cabinet acted as pall-bearers. He was laid to rest in the beautiful Rock Creek cemetery. - coo »—-—- - (Jase Continued. Meriden, Feb. 2—The case against Mrs. Cahill, for stealing two gold watches from friends whom she was visiting, was continued in the police court this morning. t is thought the charge will be withdrawn. "4 o >~~~~ ~77»— Tlrc New l)ul.'o Dying. London, Feb. 2.—The Duke of Bed- ford, who has just succeeded to the Dukedom by the tragic death of his father, is seriously ill and gradually sinking. He is 40 years of age. Desperado Shot. Albino, Tex, Feb. 2.—Finney Gil" liard, a desperado who shot and killed H. H. Howe, on January 2:}, was shot to death by Deputy Sheriff Cook and a man named Putnam last night. The horses of both Cook and Putnam were killed, and Sheriff Cook desperately wounded before Gilliard was killed by a bullet in the head. 5.. Home No Leg/(It 'Iy'J'r'str-rrcv. Following is an abstract of the socrrnd half of the report of the railroad com- missioners which has just been issued: Not only has there been no new rail- road building (hiring the year, except that of double and quadruple tracking, but at ,the. time we write-none of the corporations which, under various names, have been organized during the last score or more of years to build a “parallel” road between New York. New Haven, and perhaps Hartford or Boston. have apparently any legal ex- istence. The time , granted to “the Hartford and Harlem” in which to complete its road, provided it made the required expenditure before December 30, 1888, expired on May 19 last, and the New York. Bridgeport and Eastern. the last lineal descendant of “the Olm- stead Parallel,” has been declared by the Superior Court to have no legal existence. h. --~——~~~eoo——»— . Better ’l‘r'uurs. ' In the month of January, 1890, 338 “tie-hoppers,” or “national tourists,” were entertained at the Hotel Gehebe, to 187 during the past month of 1891. This proves the times to be 141 better now than last year. In January, 1890: there were only 12. prisoners in our lockup. In January, 1891, there were 21, showing an increased sale of beer and whiskey of 0. 000-- 0 I" 00 (YES 1'} IT [)0 ES .' Messrs. Scofield and Hoyt, stated to us this morning with an earnestness that certainly was gratifying, that their advertisements in the DAILY GAZETTE had brought thorn larger and quicker returns than any or all the advertising they have ever done That is perfectly natural. and enthusiasm in Norwalk. The DAILY GAZETTE is bright newsy and friendly. and is read by and everybody, and all for ONE CENT. .. __.n___..n_ V. .g...” Michael Quinn. who owned up that he hailed from New Haven, is now lan— guishing in jail at Bridgeport, whence he will not emerge until the robins be- gin to think of nesting again. He was arrested by Constable Morehouse for begging of pedestrians; and also for i11- toxication, and on his plea of guilty he was given 30 days in jail and$l fine and costs, all of which will have. to be worked out in jail. The Norwalk Club are discussing the purchase of a building lot south of Mrs. VVeed’s, formerly of the Charles Isaacs garden, and the erection of a $25,000 club house thereon. It is understood that $8,000 worth of stock has been subscribed. We are authorized to deny the cur— rent rumor that the South Norwalk Boston Store contemplates removing to Bridgeport. There is no truthwhat- ever in the absurd report, say those who certainly know. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J 0- seph London, at Silver Mine, yester day.
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