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"Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday ,Evépning, April 7.,- 11891.
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and experienced Job Printer, and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
This paper has the largest circulation of
an y paper in the State. west ofBridgeporl.
THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
Mr. Joseph Nagle is now clerking at
the Allen House.
—I. Hall, piano and furniture mover.
Office and residence 106 Main street.
John K. Hyatt leaves for Tallapoosa,
Georgia, to-day.
Hon. James W. Hyatt returned from
Georgia last evening.
Moses Burr, Weston’s oldest citizen,
died on Monday Of pneumonia, aged 85.
The Q. Y. Banjo club met last night
with the Misses Cole on Union Park.
Miss Kate Mallory of Jersey City
was in town yesterday.
Mrs. D. E. Culver, of New York, is
visiting her mother Mrs. James Mallory.
There are now ten bodies in the
Riverside cemetery vault, awaiting
burial.
Charles Holsgood of Prospect avenue
has accepted a clerkship in Kellogg &
Horton’s store.
Robert Dix and wife expect to go to
Europe next month,fora six months so-
journ.
Mrs. Charles Williams remains quite
low and fears that she may not recover
are expressed.
North American Endowment Asso—
ciation meeting tO°mOlTOW evening in
O. U. A. M. hall. _ “'
The Knights of Columbus will meet
to-morrow evening to take action re-
specting the death of Mark McDonald.
Mr. Gerald \Vhelan has purchased
the new1y erected cottage of Contract-
or John Rowe, near Step Rock road.
The first concert and ball of the N or-
walk Hat Makers’ Association will be
held at Music Hall. South Norwalk, '
this evening. _.... __ __v
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Staley ex-
pect to remove to Wallingford shortly,
where Mr. .Staley will take a situation
in the store of E. M. Hall.
The annual meeting of the Board of:
Vestrymen Of St. Paul’s church is to be ‘
held in the Sunday school room this af-
ternoon at 4 O’clock.
The venerable Mrs. James Mallory
celebrated her 88th birthday yesterday;
her children, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren were with her to wish
her from their hearts many happy re-
turns of the day.
Cards areout for the marriage of Dr.
Everett Mallory Culver, of New York,
to Miss Mary J oaquina Charlotte Clark
of the same city, on Tuesday, April
21st, at St. Thomas’ church. Dr. Cul-
ver is a grandson of the venerable Mrs.
James Mallory of Norwalk.
The engineers were out yesterday
making a survey of the new Club House
lot, which is the easterly end of the
Charles Isaacs homestead garden, and
adjoining the westerly line of Mrs E.
P. Weed’s residence. It has been de-
cided to adopt the Bridgeport plan for
the building. '
—Don’t fail to hear Madame Con-
stance Howard in her Wagner Musical
Lectures at the Congregational Chapel,
the 7th, 10th and 14th, of April, at 2:30
and 8:00 p. m. Tickets for sale at Pin-
neo’s. 70-3t
The names of young men and boys
are being received at St. Paul’s church
for the formation of a boy choir. The
instruction and training is to be given
by a firstfclass choir trainer from one
of the leading Episcopal churches in
New York, and the supervision of the
whole will be under the direction of.
Rev. Mr. Graham, who is a mnsician
and has had much experience in direct-
ing boy choirs.
—_Waitcr wanted at the American
House. None buta competent waiter
need apply. 74tf
BUSY BUR_G_ESSE8.
Last Evening—s Meeting suiiii
clently Lively to Keep
Everybody Awake.
The Court of Burgesses was called tO
order last evening at 7.45 by Warden
Keeler. Present: Burgesses Bowe,
Kent, Vanderhoef, Burr, O’Reilly and
Buxton. The minutes of the adjOurn-
ed meeting of March 16th were read
and approved.
The police report for March was re-
ceived and ordered filed. ,
Chairman Bowe, of the highway
committee, reported respecting desired
improvements on Stewart avenue that,
the same were not required.
A property owner present said that if
the borough would expend $15 for the
work he would contribute a like sum.
Chairman Bowe said that according
to the second'survey by Surveyor Wood
the sum of at least $400 would- be re-
quired to grade that street in accord-
ance with the wishes of the petitioners.
He thought if the borough undertook
to please all of the property owners in
that thoroughfare somebody’s hands
would be full. His motion that the
Court of Burgesses and Engineer Wood
visit Stewart avenue at an early day and
see what could be done, was carried.
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid: Norwalk GasCompany,
$12.15; J. Donovan, $18.75; S. M. Tay-
lor, $3; D. S.Curtis,$60; Rob’t McGin-
nis, $92.40; D.-S. Curtis, $18.60; J. Ar-
thur Pinneo,<"$6; Charles Addis, $8;
Wm. E. Montgomery, $50 ; Norwalk and
South Norwalk Electric Light Compa-
ny, $475.50; Wm. A. Scofield, $5; Levi
Warner, $125; George S. Aiken, $50;
C. N. Wood, $28.90; Wm. A. Scofield,
$3; Mike Whalen, $6; T. O’Hearn, $12;
E. M. Tolles, $8; Albert De For-
est, $62; Robert N. Morehouse, $6;
John Gormley, $62; Charles Adams,
$62;D.Conley, $301.10. Total, $1,475.40,
A petition was presented by A. C-
Golding and others praying for the ex-
tension of the sewer about 250 feet on
East avenue. On motion of Burgess
Bowe the petitionwas referred to the
sewer committee to report.
Wm. O. Olmstead brought up the Old
story respecting the Belden avenue
sidewalks which, goodness knows,
ought to be attended to. One gentle-
man cited the case Of an Old resident
who was recently injured by a project-
ing tree root and whose doctor’s bill
will be likely to awaken considerable
interest in the matter by the borough
board. Warden Keeler said‘that the
complaints would be heeded at an early,
day. v
A communication was received from
Chief Prowitt recommending the pur-
chase of two Perfection nozzles, etc.,'
one for each fire company, at a cost of
$35 each. The gentleman, Mr. Robin-
son, who exhibited the same here a few
- weeks ago, was present and answered
various questions pertaining to the use
of the nozzle and holder.
Burgess O’Reilly thought it was a
gOOd thing but believed it was not worth
$35. On motion of Burgess Burr the
matter was tabled for further consider-
ation.
F. E. Quintard and others petitioned
for. more light at the intersection of
Harriet street and Quintard place. Bur-
gess O’Reilly was of the opinion that
the borough ought not to be niggardly
in such matters, and moved that the
prayer of the petitioners be granted.
The motion was carried.
A petition for road work was present-
ed by William Thomas and was refer-
red tO the highway committee. -
Chief Prowitt presented the appoint-
ment of J. H. Hoyt as Superintendent
of the fire alarm telegraph. A ballot
was ordered on Burgess O’Reilly’s mo-
tion to table which resulted ayes, 3;
noes, 3. Warden Keeler cast the de-
ciding vote against tabling. ’
Burgess Kent moved that the nomin-
ation of Mr. Hoyt be ratified by the
board. Burgess Burr couldn’t see how
Mr. Hoyt’s name could be brought be-
fore the board again,’ having been re-
jected and withdrawn heretofore.
After a running fusilade with sky-
rockets flying in every direction for
Sunday, and everybody’s head in dan-
ger, Burgess O’Reilly moved to amend
Burgess Kent’s motion by reference to
the fire committee. Burgess Burr
moved to-proceed to ballot, the result
being ayes, 2; noes, 4 on the question
of the ratification of the Hoytnomina-
tion. Burgess O’Reilly moved that the
appointment be vested in the chairman
of the fire committee with power.
Warden Keeler ruled this out Of or-
der, thereupon Burgess Bowe moved
that further consideration be postponed
till the next regular meeting.
Water Commissioner Street preSent-
ed a petition of Robert Van Burch and
others for an extension of the water
main on Franklin avenue. On motion
of Burgess Bowe the Water Commis- .
sioners were given power to do thowork
Mr. Street also presented a petition
of residents On Maple avenue for an ex-
tension of water pipe, etc. , costing
most $1,300. .
On motion of Burgess O’Reilly the
Warden was requested to call a special
borough meeting to consider this mat-
ter. . ‘
South N orwalk petitioned for permis-
sion to lay water mains through Stew-
art avenue. On motion ’of BurgessBux-
ton such permissiOn was granted.
Burgess O’Reilly moved that Chief
Engineer Prowitt be requested tO'bring.
in the name of Charles Riley as Sn;
graph. ‘The motion was lost.
On motion of Burgess O’Reilly, the
chairman of the finance committee was
instructed to borrow $2,516.04 on the
credit of the borough. A ,
Chairman O’Reilly was authorized to
police. v
On motion of Burgess Buxton the.
highway committee was appointed to
consult with Engineer Wood respecting
the Smith street layout.
Burgess Buxton brought up the Riv-
erside avenue improvement, and gave
reasons ,why it should be put in repair.
Dr. George Baxter and other East
avenue residents petitioned for certain
curbing, gutters, concrete walks, etc.,
on that street, and the work was order-
ed by unanimous vote.
Burgess Buxton moved that when the
court adjourns it be till the third Mon-
day of this month, the 20th inst. Car-
ried unanimously. j -
Burgess Bowe introduced the subject
Of necessary repairs on River street,
back of Dann’s livery stable, caused by
a wholesale cave-in. The whole matter
was Esent to the highway committee
with power, on motion of Burgess Bux-Z
ton.
On motion of Burgess Burr adjourn-
ment was taken.
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Lieut. Matheis’ Court oflnqulry.
Some time ago Mr. B. \V. Maples
filed a series of charges against Lieu-
tenant Matheis, with the Adjutant
General at Hartford, to the effect that
Matheis had been guilty of fraud in a
competitive target practice. That
these charges may be duly examined
the following special order, No. 35, has
been promulgated:
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, l_
ADJT.-GENEBAL’S OFFICE, )
HARTFORD, April 6th, 1891.
Special Orders, No. 85.
I.—A Court of Inquiry is hereby ap-
pointed to examine into the propriety
of conduct of First Lieutenant Henry
Matheis, Company F, Fourth Regi-
ment, C N. G., upon the occasion of
qualifications for marksmen’s badges
1 October 30, 1890, and. report to the
Commander-in-Chief' the finding as to
the truth or untruth of charges made
in public print and by members of the
company, with recommendations.
II.——’l‘he Court will consist of Major
William F. Bidwell, Third Regiment;
Captain George 0. McLean, First Reg.
iment; Second Lieutenant Theodore H.
Macdonald, Second Regiment.
III.—Major Bidwell will convene the
Court at the quarters of Company F,
Fourth Regiment, C. N. G., on the 15th
instant, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, and will summon such witness-
es as may be required. Lieutenant
Macdonald will act as recorder.
IV.———Captain Reuben M. Rose, Com-
pany F, Fourth Regiment, ' C. N. G.,
will detail an orderly for duty on the
Court at the request of the President
thereof.
V.—SO much of G. O. NO. 4, A-G. 0.,
February 25, 1891, as relates to the
qualification for the State decorations
by members in Company F, Fourth
Regiment, C. N. G., is hereby sus-
pended until the report Of’the Court Of
Inquiry is submitted.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
GEORGE M. WHITE,
_ Ass’t Adjutant-General. ' .
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AMIJSEMENTS.
“The Clemenceau Case.”
This famous play to be given at the
Opera housein Norwalk Thursday ove-
ning, April 9, received a long, and com-
mendatory notice from the Chicago
Evening Post, from which we extract
the following: “There is scarcely a
week in the theatrical season when
there is not a tentimes’more suggestive
display of the female form made by
dozens of women on the local stages.
And yet the sensation monger—those
who gloat over the imaginary salacious-
ness Of this scene and those who affect
to be horribly shocked thereat—have
built up around ‘The Clemenceau
Case’ a sensational interest which the
present season will scarcely wear out.”
“English Folly.”
Of this company, which is to appear
in the Opera House, Saturday evening,
April 11,‘the New YorkSun says : Rose
Hill’s English Folly Company opened
at the London last night and. made a
decided hit. The entire programme
was a success. ‘ '
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Sittings at Grace Church.
_ —Sittings may be engaged in Grace
Church by applying to Mr. A. C. Gold-
will be daily, with a diagram of the
asked for.
pews.
csti.
perintendent 'Of the “ fire alarm tele;
procure a summer equipment for-the ’
speeches were rendered.
ing, at the Church building, where he”
a? . »
B ucgngnam Post?“ ,2, {Elites Its
‘ 25th Year oii‘orgamfition
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The "mammalian; _
founding of the Veteran Association, Of
theG. A. R. was held last-evening by
all Posts thrOuglh’out‘the United States.
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mmufit’fifmw
That’of Buckingham Post convened in
the" Y. M. C. A. hall where an interest-
ing programme, consisting of religious
exercises; music, recitations and
' .Rev. Dr.
Noble, Rev. Mr. Haulenbeek,.ex-Sen‘:
atorlHill, and a large number Of army
veterans occupied the stage. The gen-
eral Orders calling for this commemo-
rativje gathering were read. The Co.
F Glee Club, consisting of Corporals
Austen and Stanley, ex-COrporal Nash
and Drum Major Carrier, gave several
delightful songs and were loudly en-
cored every time they, sang. Comrade
Hill made a short and patriotic ad-
dress, and read a letter written by the
latch. T. Stewart, which Was cut from
the Memphis Appeal and which the ex-
Senator said had never appeared in a
northern paper and which we hOpe to
find’ room for in to-morrow’s DAILY GA-
ZETTE. Miss Dennis gave a very de-
lightful piano solo, when Miss Burr,
daughter of Comrade Horace Burr, ad-
mirably recited a fine G. A. R. poem.
Comrade Andrew White. then read, in
‘a altar and distinct manner,..the follow-
ing historical address prepared by Post
Commander George I. Buxton, who
was unable to be present:
ConfitADEs AND FRIENDs:—It is fitting
on this occasion when we meet to com-
memorate the founding Of the G. A. R.
that a brief sketch of the history of our
own Post be given: -
The early history of the Grand Army
of the. Republic in N orWalk is enshroud-
ed in considerable obscurity, those sur-
viving who took part in the first at-
tempts at organization, difi'er consider-
ablyin their recollections of the matter,
but as nearly as can be ascertained
fron’rthe records which .have been pre-
served, quiet early in the year 1867,1ess
than a year after the foundation of the
order in Illinois, a number of ex-sold-
iers of Norwalk applied for 'a charter
to organize a Post, which being grant-
‘ed, ten comrades assembled in the
sanctum of the N orwalk GAZETTE, and
organized what was known as Post N o.
2, District of Housatonic, Department
of Connecticut G. A. R., and elected
James L. Ambler as its first ' command-
er. The Post subsequently established
its headquarters in the Sons .of Tem-
perance Hall, GAZETTE building, and
increased in membership to some fifty
or more. , _ _
At that time the State was div1ded
into 4 districts, one for each Congress-
ional district, with District Command-
ers. General Wm. H. Noble of Bridge-
port, was the first commander ‘_of this
division. Subsequently the dlstrict sub-
division‘of the‘ order was abandoned,
leaving as at present,the Post as a umt,
Departments. representing States, and
one National Organization.
It appears, for some reason not shown,
that the name of this Post was soon
after organization, changed to No. 12,
District of the Housatonic, and con-
., tinned in existance during. the years
1867’and 1868, but was disbanded early”
in 1869, a fatewhich befel'nearly every
Poslt; in the State for the want" of sup-
por . ‘ ,.
It was the‘custom at, that period to
elect officers semi-annually," and the
following comrades served as com-
manders of the Postz—James L. Am-
bier, Charles F. Loomis, J Os. P. Cross-
man and William A. Kellogg, all pres-
ent members of Buckingham Post.
The two former have since served as
its commander by election, and the
two latter were reinstated to the honors
of Past Post Commander in this De-
partment, by vote of the Encampment
at Meriden in February last. _
The first memorial day servmes, and
decoration of soldiers’ graves, in ac-
cordance with the original order Of
General Logan, were conducted _by
this Post in May 1868 and according
to the report of the Norwalk GAZETTE,
then the only paper published in N or-
walk, which gave a full list of all the
graves decorated, there were but two
in St. Paul’s church yard, three in St.
Mary’s, and fourteen in Union ceme-
tery, whereas we now decorate six
graves. in St. Paul’s, thirty in St. Mary’s,
and more than seventy in Union Ceme-
tery, besides ten in the new Riverside
cemetery. An increase of about 100,
or more, that '500 percent, figures which
furnish food ’for sad and serious re-
flections. .
During the decade from 1870 to 1880,
._ ,- no further. attempts at organization ap-
pear to have been made, but In the
N orwalk GAZETTE of February 3d, 1880,
.the followmg call was issued:
1 NOTICE. ; ‘ p . ,
p “All old soldiers and sailors of the late
war, residents of Norwalk, who maybe
~ment. this
her with a name.
voted ‘to take the No, 12, and name the
O
desirousvof forming a Post of G. A. R.
at Norwalk Brid ‘e, are requested to
meet with the fo lowing comrades at
the GAZETTE office, on Wednesday
evening; Feb. 4th, 1880.” Signed—~R.
L. Ells, Wm. .A. Kellogg, Jere B.
Rusco, C. C.-Platt, Edwin NOrthrup,
George W. Smith, Thomas H. Gibson,
Jesse Pollard, B. S. Keith, Fletcher
61' cises. 9 f the Pierce; Frank Pollard, Wm. B. New--
comb," George H. Ra mond, J 0s. P.
CrOssman and James . Ambler.
In response to this call 13 comrades
met and effected a temporaryorganiza—
itlon. They were encouraged in their
efforts to? organizeia Post by the pres-
ence;of a delegation fro n) Douglas Fow-
lerjPostuNo. ,48,r-of South Norwalk,
which had been_.organized a short time
' previously; This meeting resulted in'
the appointment jof'a committee to per-
fect arran ements 'fo‘r/ rganization,
and [was ~'f owed by the“ “ " ’tron.
of the present Post, Feb.
A
”1880 in
. the halter Concord DivisidhgaSonsl of
Temperance, in the GAZETTE ‘Bnilding.
Nineteen comrades weremustered into
the G. A. R. in the form prescribed by
Senior .’Vice-Dept'. .. Commander A. B.
Beers, of'Bri , eport,.and COmmander
Bradley S.’ Keith, ‘withthe other Ofii-
cers-elect were installed.
It was stated .by‘Post Department
Commander Charles E. Fowler who
was present, that as the original Nor-
walk Post had no other name but N O.
12, which had not since been appropri—
ated by an other Post of the Depart-
ost could adopt that num-
Itwas accordingly
Post in honor 'of our great and noble
war governor, “Buckingham. ”
For two or three years after organi-
zation, the Post in common with many
others, had a hard struggle for exis-
tence, and there were many times
when it seemed on the verge of follow-
in its predecessor: But changes had
ta on place in the character and man-
agement of the order, and gradually
becOming. known to the veterans that
that‘it was entirely without politics as
an organization, together with the
growing spirit of comradship, and bond
of interest ,Whl'c time alone could pro-
duce, members ip began to increase
and soon placed the Post on a firm foot-
ing. For the past half dozen years it
has increased very regularly in num-
bers, and character of its membership,
until it ranks among the first in the
state. ' ' _
The Post has had in the '11 years of
its existence, 175 members, represent-
ing every branch of the service. In-
fantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Enngineers,
Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
and "colored troops. Many have died,
and a few moved away and become
members ofothér'posts; It now num:
bers 140 members in good standing, and
hashad 10 Commanders, as follows:
Bradley S. Keith, 1880-1-2; Frank Vv’.
Perry, ’83 ; Edwin Northrop, ’84; J.
L. Ambler, ’85; James Scofield, ’86;
Wm. A. ' Ambler, ’87; Charles
Loomis, ’88; George I. Buxton, ’80;
A. A. Hauschildt, ’90; Thomas Brad-
ley, ’91.
The Post also includes in its mem-
bership two Past Commanders of other
Posts, who joined by transfer. W'illiam
S. Knapp, a Past Commander of Doug-
las Fowler Post, N o. 48 South Norwalk,
and Edward Anderson, Past Comman-
der of J. M. Wells Post, No. 451, De-
partment of Ohio, who after bCCOming
a member of this Post also served as
Department Chaplain and Chaplain-in
Chief of the order.
The Post has yet a few members who
are under 50'years of age, men who
entered the army very young, and a
few over 70, but the average is consid-
erably above 50. .
\Vith nomew field for recruits, like
other organizations, the tine must'soon
come when the Post will enter upon
the down hillside, never to ascend
again, when all must “sleep beneath
that low, green tent whOSe curtain
never outwards swings. ” '
, Following the above, Rev. Dr. Noble
gave a stirring address, followed by a
song by the Glee Club, when Rev. Mr.
Haulenbeek took the stand and revived
the war memories of 1861, when from
this same platform Ferry and others el-
oquently and successfully urged the
men of Norwalk to come forward and
enlist for the defence Of the imperiled
Union, and when he and others pres-
ent, had seen hundreds march upon
the platform and enroll themselves into
the first great, grand Army of- the Re-
public. ’ -
Rev. Dr. Noble then pronounced th
benediction and the large and well
pleased audience dispersed.
P. T. Barnum Resting Quietly.
The amusement lovers. of America
will be glad to know that the reports
of P. T. Barnum’s sinking condition
are unfounded. Mr. Barnum was
troubled with a little nausea Sunday
night, which was an unusual thing for
him, as his stomach has stood by him
.well during his long illness, but he was
resting comfortably last evening. His
mind is as clear as ever, but those who
are nearest the great showman, how-
ever, regret to see that he does not re-
cover his lost strength with his usual
readiness, and, unless there is a change
for the better with the warmer weather,
they are apprehensive of a serious ter-
mination Of the illness. Mr. Barnum
himself has faced this possible alterna~
tive with the greatest calmness, and
has given full directions as to the char-
acter of his funeral. ,
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——A special meeting of the Catholic
Union Counei1,.NO. 46, K. of C.,will be
held on Wednesday evening, April 8,
at 8'o’clock, to 'makc arrangements to
attend the funeral of our deceased
brother, Mark McDonald. A full at-
tendance is requested. Per order of
74 2t JAMES UOSIELLO, G. K.
WON III-[Ola ROUNDS.
Two Norwalk Pugilists Battle For.
‘ Supremacy in a Twelve- »
FootRing. '
At 10 o’clock last night the Duty
GAZETTE reporter received a tip from a
lOcal sport that two Norwalk fighters
who had met several time before, ‘were‘ .
going to meet for a finish fight, and
that it was to be forblood. Quick-
ly proceeding to the place of meeting,
which by the way was through ‘woOds
and mud, the reporter found :himself '
. ‘hefore a twelvetfootring,‘around which
{were grouped about 50 sports from the
Norwalks, Bridgeport, Stamford and
Darien, and all eager for the fight to
conimence. Some delay was caused by
the principals refusing to dress until
the stake money, $25, had'been put up.
This was quickly done, and both
stripped for the fray. When they
entered the ring and took their pos1-
tion on their seconds knee, one appear-
ed to weigh about 138 pounds, and the
other 120, but the lighter fighter ap-
peared to be in much the better con-‘-
dition, and bets were freely made and
taken that he would win. Selecting a
well known local sport for referee the
two met in the center of the ring and
shook hands. The fight by rounds was
as follows: ' ’
Roundl. Both pugilists sparred for
an Opening, and the heavyweight landed
on his opponents’. face and received a
rib roaster in return. The round ended -
In a clinch.
Round 2. The lightweight Opened
the round by smashing the heavyweight
1n the face, but received a whack in the
ribs that madehim wince. Some heavy
Infightmg was indulged in and the
round like the first, ended in a clinch.
. Round 3. It was the evident inten-
tion of the lightweight to finish his man
in this round for he sailed in and
smashed the heavyweight right and
left, getting away without a return.
Some wicked infighting then occurred,
which ended in a beautiful upper-cut
by the lightweight, which brought the
claret from his adversary. First blood
was claimed and allowed.
_ Round 4. At the call of time the
lightweight sprangfrom his corner and
opened right'and lefto'n his opponents
face, getting away without a' return.
Starting 1n again he rained blow after
blow in quick succession upon his. an-
tagonist and ended the round w1tha
corking right hander that sent the
heavyweight to grass. ”
When time was called for the fifth
round the lightweight jumped nimbly
to the center of the ring, but the
heavyweight refused to fight and his
second threw up the sponge, giving the
fight and purse to the lightweight.
After the fight many remarks were
heard characterizing the affair as a
“fake,” and from the manner in which
the principals tapped each other it cer-
tainly had a suspicious look, but it
must be said for the lightweight, that
he did some very effectivework ina
scientific manner. .
Previous to the above fight seven
rattling rounds were fought between a
well known fighter and his trainer,
which resulted in thei trainer being
knocked completely out.
-.O.'
UNIQUE CONSPIRACY.
In Which a Former Norwalk Man
Plays aPart.
In the latter part of last October,
Byron M. Cohen, formerly residing in
Norwalk, James Daskam, an alleged
real estate broker in Stamford and
Edward L. Studwell, a master carpen-
ter living in New York, met in Cohen’s
office at 156 Broadway and'fell to talk-
ing about the death of Millionaire Irv-
ing A. Robertson and the fact that he
had left no will to dispose Of his great
propertyu From one to another it was
suggested. that it-WOuld be easy for
anybody to get this property or the -
most of it if a woman should appear
who should claim to be Mr. Robertson‘s.
widow by a civil marriage. , _ ' _ j
Summed up as tersely as'possiblethe
story runs thus: To think'was to act,
with this precious trio, and having
found a pliable female named Helen
Cassie Brooks, the *COntest with the
legitimate heirs by‘ the bogus widow
and her backers began. As usual, how-
ever, _these rogues “fell out,” and were
arrested, and the story of the swindle
appears in full in to-day’s GAZETTE
with a picture of the woman in? the
case. ' ’ ' ‘ .
Knowing that Cohen, One of the chief
swindlers, was in ’ Levi Warner’s law
office a dozen years ago, a DAILY GA-
ZETTE representative called on Mr.
Warner this morning. To interroga-
taries respecting Cohen Mr. Warner
smilingly replied : “I don’t like to say
anything against a man when I can find
nothing to say in his favor. Cohen was
with me only thre'e'or four months; be-
fore his admission to the bar, but he
was altogether too smart (i. e. unprin-
cipled) for this town." ‘ .
It has also leaked out that Daskam
some years ago married a Miss Searles
of Norwalk, although but little is
known here respecting him.
Norwalk Chronicler