“EqaaZ and Exact Justice to all Men 07‘ Whatever St ate; O7- ’Persaaswn, ReZngu/s or PoliticaZ. ”—Jeferson Vol. '1, NO. 100. N crwalk Conn, Wednesday Evening, May 13 1891. Price One Cent. The Daily Gazette Is issued wary week-day (183 P. 111., at ONE CENT PER COPY. . The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and 'IEE LAEGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette, [Combined with Saturday’s Daily. ] Is issued every Scam day at Noon, at THREE CENTS PER COPY, on $1. 50 PER YEAR. The Daily and Weekly. . Served to Local Subscribers at I’EN CENTS PER WEEK, on $5. 00 PER YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON.Proprietor. 0 UR J OBBIlV G DEPARTMENT. Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER, J B of New York, has charge of the GAZETTE s Engraving, Book and Jobbing Department. He is an expert and experienced Job Printer, and no w ork en- trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. This paper has the 1m gest circulation of u- m; paper in the State 10 est of Bmdgeport. TO OUR ADVERTISERS. To insure changes being made' in advei tiss- ments running in this paper the same must be handed 1n not later than 3 p. m. on the preced- ing dav. THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY. ——Fishing tackle at Sutherland’s. Capt. Rase left town in a hack, be- fore six o’clock this morning, with sat- isfaction in his eye. —A fine line of stationery at Suther- land’s. Eben Hill, of the Norwalk Iron Works, has just been grant-ed another patent on air compressors. The Columbia Association held a meeting at their room in the‘GAznTTE building, last evening. —-The finest smoking tobacco in town at Sutherland’s. Pioneer Hook and Ladder company will hold their regular monthly meet- ing tO-morrow evening.- —A good boy wanted in a shoe store; apply to Jarvis Kellogg, 31 Main street. 100 tf George Buttery of Broad Rivei and Miss Emma Freeborn of Easton, are to be married there to-morrow evening. ——Base Ball and Lawn Tennis goods at Pinneo’s. The entertainment for the Y. M. C. A. piano fund will take place at the. Opera House, Friday evening, May 29. —Tennis Rackets, balls, nets and accoutrements at Pinneo’s. Hubert E. Bishop has. taken another: and larger picture Of unique Grace: church. He also took an interior view photo. yesterday. ‘ —"The Slocum” Racket is the proper thing this season. For sale at Pinneo’s book store. At the meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution at Hartford, Mon- day, Hon E. J. Hill was elected. vice- president of the society for the ensuing year. —BICYCLE STOLEN—"And a suitable reward Offered for its recovery. A bi- cycle was stolen Wednesday night from the front stoop of a house on Main street. A suitable reward will be paid for its return to Dr. Winfield H. Bald. win, 64 Wall street. 96tf Mrs. Catherine Cornell of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Helen H. .Stone, widow. of the late‘Prof. Stone of Cooper Insti-. tute, is visiting Mrs. Thomas G. Os- born of Merwin street. E. A. Raymond, 4 Wall street, has a fine stock Of tobaccos, cigars, fishing tackle, tennis and base ball bats, and dog collars. which he is selling at rea- sonable prices. - It is freely predicted that Lieut. Matheis’ dismissal will result in the disbanding of Co. F, asa majority of that company are said to believe his statement to be true and that of his accusers false. _ M1. Y. M. Raymond says the An- drew Smith house at East Norwalk was attempted to be fiied again last night and it is the third time within a few days that the same thing has been attempted. Lawyer Haveland, ”of the firm of Stoddard, Bishop & Haveland (not Sheton as the esteemed Sentinel has it) has been searching‘our town records in the interest of the Consolidated railroad de lands at Whistleville the road de- sir es to purchase. The agent of the Connecticut Humane. society inf01ms us that complaint has been made to him that a family of children living on Franklin avenue, and belonging to parents able to do better, are kept so destitute of decent clothing that they cannot attend school. ' audience. 0. E. Wilson has sold the house and lot‘No. '14 Prospect avenue, to the actor George Clark. ' Mrs. Howell Hoppock from New York city, is visiting Mrs. Mary P. Stone, Of Camp street. Little Miss Marjorie Bishop of Bel- den avenue, is quite ill of slow fevei, to the sore regret of her little playmates. A woman died in Montclair, N. J ., of alcoholism, yesterday, and her eight- year-old son slept each night fora week beside her corpse. Several people from Newtown have been to Burglar Luddington’s house in the last day or two, identifying goods stolen from them. ' Levy Brothers & Co., wholesale clothing manufacturers at 610 Broad- way, N. Y.,were closed up by the Sher- ifl'yesterday,with liabilities Of a million. A special effort should be made to hurry along the West avenue macad- amizing at the pOint of the horse car switches near St. Mary’s church. Great inconvenience is caused teams by the tern‘gip condition of both; sidesfiof that street. - Boroughites weie seen wending their way to the South NOiwalk steamboat dock last evening, basket in hand, to secure a share in the heavily laden skipper’s load of porgies, just arrived there. In the absence of brook trout, porgies can be made to sustain life, if one’s eyesight is only tolerably good. There were but twenty men and three non~commissioned officers at Company F’s drill. Captain Rose read the order dismissing Lieutenant Mathies, also an order to turn out May 27th for the May day parade- The invitation received from Buckingham Post to turn out with the G. A. R. on Decoration day was declined. Yesterday afternoon Constable More- house arrested Thomas Tierney, of Harbor avenue, on the charge of wife beating. fore Justice Mead that gentleman con- cluded that 30 days and costs would be , ,the proper medicine .forA,Tierney,..and he will have a chance to beat carpets instead of women. The entertainment committee of the Lawn Tennis club met yesterday after- noon and made arrangements for an en-, _tertainment to be given at the Norwalk Opera House ~, on the 12th of June. Both New York and local talent will contribute toward the pleasure Of the The names Of the local par- ticipants will be announced later. Mrs. George A. Beers, widow of the late dry goods merchant of South Nor- walk, is stopping for a short time at the Norwalk hotel. Mrs. Beers has been for awhile in California and is at present living in New York. She is here principally to look after some property which she owns in East Nor- walk, and contemplates a trip abroad in the near future. ‘ So many complaints have reached our borough officials respecting the use of many of our sidewalks contrary to the statute made and provided, that nobody need be'surp'rised if some of the law- less ones should be pounced upon at any time by our police officers and com- pelled to walk up to the captain’s office and settle. In the words of the vera- cious local chronicler “The evil is as- suming alarming proportions.” A sensible clergyman, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Dixon, jr., of the Twenty-third Street Baptist church, New York, said in a sermon a short timeago that “the Sunday newspaper is no rival of the pulpit.” The preacher, he declared, “who cannot hold his own against cold type is not called to preach, and the sooner he quits trying the better for him and the cause he represents. ” And he added : “To be quite candid, I would rather myself read a .live newspaper than listen to a dead man try to preach.” It is not the thoroughly alive preachers who have occasion to complain of emp- ty petvs. ____ __ The unwisdom of the “Stai Cham- ber” or secret plan of taking testimony, where any man is accused, was never more conspicuously illustrated than in the late military court held here for the trial of Lieut. Matheis. The Lieu- tenant may have been sworn to be the most abandoned criminal in existence, but such evidence as leaked out to the public showed him to have been an Old, faithful and exceptionally popular offi- cer and the best target marksman in his company and among the best in the 4th regiment. That such a man should have ordered so shallow and silly a falsification as charged, exceeds intel- ligent belief. Moreover, a majority of the members of Co. F are said to be- lieve that he has told the finish and, that his accusers have lied. From what was elicited be- ' says: ‘ Mr. Graham, much to the regret Over~River School. The commencement exercises of thgf J class of ’91 were held in the Opera; l‘ House last evening and proved a most. interesting and enjoyable occasion to: the large number who were present. The stage was transformed into a gar-.- den of beauty by a profusion of flow?“ ers, while many palms'and hydran‘geas gave a tropical appearance to the scene On the platform were seated members of the Board of Education and several of our well known business men, while the clergy were well represented by 5 Rev. Dr. NOble, Dr. Van Alstyne, Rev. Mr. Watkins, Rev. Mr. Selleck, and Rev, Mr. Gumbart of South Norwalk. Last but not least, were the ' members of the graduating class, seven in num- ber, who were seated on the left of the platform. After the Opening selection by members of Sinythe3 s Orchestra from Saugatuck, Miss Florence J en- nings, one _of the fair graduates, gave a few words of greeting to the many who were present as the salutatorian of the evening, chosen by her class; then fol- lowed an address by Dr. Cook, of New Brunswick, N. J. ,' which was full of in- terest and listened to with the deepest attention. His subject was “Habit in Education,” and his remarks were most instructive and helpful. At the close of Dr. Cook’s address, Mr. George Berry, one of the graduates, followed as Valedictorian of ' his class, after which was the awarding of the. diplo- mas by Rev. Mr. Selleck who in a short address spoke beautifully to the class of ’91 and gave them words of encour- agement and help as they were bidding farewell to their school life. Mr. Wig- ham then presented each member of the graduating class with a mysterious white package, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, and which was said to con- tain for each a fountain pen. After an- other pleasing selection of music by the orchestra, the evening’s entertainment closed. Surely the principal and mem- bers of the Over River school have rea- son to congratulate themselves upon the graduating exercises of the class of ’91. CO. —* H. M. S. Pinafore. Numb ers went to Bridgeport from Norwalk, Westport and Fairfield last night to hear the amateur rendition of?" always enjoyed and enjoyable Pinafore given under the personal supervision of Miss Justine Ingersoll, of New Haven, the accomplished daughter of ex-Gov. Ingersoll. A large delegation was also present from the Elm City headed by Hon. C. M. Ingersoll. It was given at Bunnell’s Theater and greeted by one of Bridgeport’s finest audiences, every seat being taken and the enthu- siasm frequently breaking out into tu- multuous applause. At the close of the first act, Miss Ingersoll was called be- fore the curtain and received the warm- est possible manifestations of the audi- ence’s delight. Not less than a wagon load of flowers were presented her and the favorite singers in the opera. In a personal interview with a repre- sentative of the DAILY GAZETTE Miss Ingersoll expressed a willing desire to - have her company give the opera in Norwalk, where she has many friends and several relatives,—her illustrious grandfather, the late Roger Isaacs In- gersoll, having sprung, on his mother’s side, from the Isaacs family of Nor- walk. She thought it possible that a date might be given us within the next two weeks. If so, her troupe would be greeted heie by a packed audience of our best people. - Bridgeport did its best to entertain the Norwalkers who had to wait till long after midnight for a train home, by getdng up a first- class fire for their entertainment, close to the depot, in which the shoe factory Of Dunning & Quintard was pretty thoroughly wrecked. -——-———-<+>— ————— —-—- Rev. Mr. Graham. In the Churchman of April 25th, there appears this notice of Bishop Potter’s visit to St. Ambrose’ s church, wheie he confirmed a large class presented by Rev Mr. Graham the missionary in charge and who is the present Rector of our St. Paul’s. The report further of his associates in the work of the city, has been called to a- parish in the dio- cese of Connecticut. In his departure ' the church in New York' will lose one Of its most valued and efficient cler gy.” + WEST NORWALK. Mrs. H. L. Weed is now convalescent, but her sister, Mrs. LeGrand Johnson, still lies very low. The most amusing thing West Nor- walk has seen in some time was to see H. Burtis moving; he would not move by simply being asked, but the law compelled him to. And now to get square with Mr. Crane, he contem- plates buying the house and compel him to move; but Mr. Crane will not pay, the costs of a lawsuit but will move THE MATHEIS CASE ,.' In a despatch from Norwalk to this 1.3.; .5 iieceived here: to- day, the commission iii Lieut. Henry Matheis of Company E, 4th Regt. C. N. G., of Norwalk, has been revoked and he is dismissed from the service. A further order is also . issued, in which the section relating to the awarding of marksmen" s badges is dhnulled, so far as Company F is con- rned, in the shoot of last fall. Company F is composed of some of , orwalk’s best young men,and when On Feb. 28, Sergt. Latson and Private Rile of that company charged that cei- tain Officers and members did not Ob- lain their sharpshooters’ and marks- men’s badges honestly at the shoot last held, there was considerable excite- ment over the matter. The manner in ‘ hich the shoot was conducted was ex- ‘lained in the Times at that time, and donsisted chiefly in having the markers mark up high scores for the shooters, no matter whether the target was hit or not. i Among those alleged to profit by these tactics was First Lieut. Matheisr Second Lieut. Aiken, Corp. Hunt, and others. Even men who had not been en the range that day received a high iating. Latson and Bile, who had been ‘markers on that day, charged that in- structions to this effect had been given lhem by Lieut. Matheis, who then com- anded the company. it These charges made such a stir that A. court of inquiry was ordered, which sat behind closed doors in the Norwalk trmory taking testimony. Much fric- ion was generated in the company, and even the local newspapers took the mattei up, one even charging that there was a conspiracy against Matheis headed by the Captain of the Company, B. M. Rose, who had been elected as such since the shoot had been held. The court of inquiry took their own ’time in the matter, but now that the ifi‘esult of their labors is apparent in the .order just issued, the excitement is _ébreaking out again, and if it continues ‘it is more thandikely that the company will be disbanded, as Matheis has many fr'iends 1n the organization. ———_——.. THE HOSE QUESTION SETTLED. The Fire Committee has Decuded to Buy the Maltese Cross Hose. After a careful consideration of the merits of the various kinds of hose submitted, it is learned that the fire committee has come to the conclu- sion that it will be for the best interests of the borough to confine its order to one kind, that known as the Maltese Cross, or carbOlized rubber hose. In support Of their action the members of. the committee assert that although the hose ordered costs more‘th‘an that of any other manufacture it is more ex~. tensively used than any other and wherever used has giVen the best of satisfaction. The successful, test of _the E few hundred feet of the MalteseflvCrOss hose owned by Norwalk, enabled the committee to reach a conclusion with- out going .~ to the expense bf visiting other places where it is used, and it is believed that the decision will be gen- erally approved by the citizens and fire- men of the borough. - —-—-ooo— Captured a Thief. Officer John Gormley was at Dan- bury Monday afternoon, at the police station, when the report was brOught in that Billiard Playei Parker ton had rifled the clothing of William Lewis and George Guishard' while the latter were in bathing at Hauclair’s establishment. Oflieer Gormley was sent to look for Parkerton on the 3.10 train, at .Bethel and Bedding, and found his man on the train. ' ‘ Battalion Drill. Orders have been issued for a battal— ion drill at the, Armory ‘next Tuesday evening by Companies D and F, and it is learned that Company C of Stam- ford may also participate. Invitations to witness the drill have been accepted by Warden Keeler and the Court Of Burgesses, as well as by other borough officials, hence the drill will doubtless prove to be one of the real events in our local militia history. Knights of- Columbus, At the regular annual electiOn last Monday evening of Catholic Union Council, No. 46, Knights of Columbus, the following named were chosen offi- cers for the coming year. G. K. Wil- liam McMahon; D. G. K., (not filled;) F. S. BernardC. Feeney;R. S., W. H. Hyland; Treasurer, P. H. Dwyer; Chan- cellor, M. J. Ri01dan; .Warden, T. H. Burns; Chaplain, Rev. Lecturer, Rev. T. M. O’Brien, Guards, G. S. Smith andD. Brennan. The subject of the district parade in Danbury, June 18, came up, and while it was resolvedto participate in Such parade the arrangements for the Same will not be perfected until the next meeting Of the Council, which '- when asked to. * * * will be held on the 25th inst inorning’ s New York Times, the follow-1 ihg statement of the Matheis case is; E§Venz According to orders issued from the Adjutant General’s office at Hartford, :dies’ Guild, at the parish rooms. J. Dugan; ’ PROTECTIVE AGENCY. Norwalk and South Norwalk Mer— . chants wlll Combine for De- _' . n'fenslve Purposes. Last evening Messrs. C. A. Roberts, of Chicago, and J. J. Tierney, of New Haven, representing “The Merchants’ Retail Commercial Agency,” chartered- under the laws of Illinois, and with headquarters in Chicago, met several Norwalk and South Norwalk merchants in the Burgesses Court room, where the purposes, aims and objects of the Agency were Outlined by Mr. Roberts. After Mr. Roberts’ remarks, and the general discussion which followed, a temporary organization was effected by the election of ,_ Mr. George H. Brom- field as president and Mr. Samuel Ray- mond secretary. The meeting then ad- journed to Tuesday evening, June 16, the place of meeting being left to the discretion of President Bromfield. A Runaway. Any one who has Observed Mail Car- rier Bennett’s solemn and funereal looking Bucephalus, (and who has not?) would ever suSpect that anatomy of bone andsinew of any secret or latent purpose of dodging away from its ten- der hearted and all too generous pro- vider and master, the-U. S. mail carri- er. Yet that is just what it did at 8 'O’elocklast evening, just as Bennett had carried his last mail sack from his gorgeous vehicle to the South Norwalk depot platform. Bennett instantly de- tected the old nag’s vicious purpose and made a lightning leap to seize the rein nearest him. He’ succeeded and “builded greater than he knew,” for with one of those superhuman jerks a man will give in great emergencies he pulled the beast half way around and shoved the variegated vehicle full upon himself. down and the wagon went up over him, and the horse went on a dead run for home, where the poor beast no doubt got the idea into its crazy head that some succulent hay tea awaited him. there. But alas, ‘ ‘the best laid schemes O’mice and men” and horses, “gang aft a’glee,” for in Crossing the horse car track—at the turn into »Mnin-» street it ‘ planted its worn out feet too insecurely on the irOn rail and fell “ker-flop,” and sprawled about as ingloriously as Rosinante on being struck with the windmill. Bennett at full speed dashed up behind the fallen foe yelling “who-a- who-a-a” as lustily as the war. whoop of a Comanche savage. But old dob- bin was up and ofl‘ again, just as Ben- nett essayed to leap across his high arched ridge pole, and was not captured until he neared-Dr. Parclee’s. Bennett now makes solemn affidavit that his old black horse shall run his trips inside of an hour if it kills him. County Commissioners. Saturday afternoon at 2 o ’clock a meeting of the Fairfield republican members of the general assembly will be held in the superior court room for the purpose of nominating two county commissioners to succeed Commission- ers Joseph W. Johnson and George M. Olmstead, whose terms expire July 1. The general assembly usually appoints the Commissioners, but owing to the state muddle Gov. Bulkeley will appoint men to fill the vacancies until the Wed nesday Of the third week of the next regular session of the legislature. There are seveial gentlemen aspiring for positions on the board, but the probabilities are that the present com- ~missioneis will be reappointed. O Too True. Mrs. Jonathan Camp who has person- ‘allycalled'at the GAZETTE office, and paid for her subscription for sixty-eight years consecutively, walked down from her home yesterday afternoon to at- tend the cake sale of the St. Paul’s La- Meet- ing a representative of the GAZETTE on 'her way she exclaimed with surprise and energy—' ‘What is the matter of Norwalk—I never saw— the town so full of drunken men and dogs, in all my life.” She probably never did. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The special ticket. cOmmittee ap- pointed on the piano fund entertain- ment are requested to -meet at the rooms to-morrow ‘ evening at 9.15 o ’clOck to receive the tickets for their subscribers. ' All lovers of base ball should not for- get that the SeniOrs will play their first game with an outside club on Saturday afternoon at the fair grounds. The visiting nine will be the K. of C. club of Stamford. The department have issued season tickets which they are selling at one dollar with a guarantee that ten games will be played during the season. These will be on sale that day at the grounds Single admission for each game 15. cents, Bennett went ignominiously ' PRESS TELEGRAMS. Dailv Gazette. Funeral of Cyrus White. ROOKVILLE, CONN., May 13.—Thc fu- neral of Cyrus White, one’of the prom- inent manufacturers of gingham of this country, was hugely attended this af- ternoon. Elm City Blaze. NEW HAVEN, May 13. -——Fire this morn- ing shortly before daylight was discov- ered in the rear of the residence Of L. F. Hinman on Dwight street. The fire undoubtedly'was kindled by inc‘endia- ries. W. C. T. U. ROOKVILLE, CONN., May 13.—~De1- egates from the various towns of Tol- land county are attending the annual convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Tolland county at the Methodist church to-day. Foresters’ Convention. WATEBBURY, Conn, May 13.——The annual state convention of the A. O. F. of A. opened in this city this morn- ing at 10 o’clock. About 100 delegates from New Haven, Hartford, Ansonia, Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk, New London, Norwich, Putnam and Rock- ville were present. Quo Warranto Delay. On account Of the illness of ex-Gov. Ingersoll, who has been confined to his room for nearly a week. the rejoinder by the democrats in the quo warranto proceedings will be delayed. J udgc Stoddard says nothing will be done until Gov. Ingersoll is consulted. Tearlng Up Wall Street. Today a gang of men entered upon the work of tearing up that part of Wall street between the tunnel and the vicinity of St. Mary’s church, prelimi- nary to macadamizing. While the work is in progress double hydrants will be substituted for those at present will improve the Opportunity to make their sewer, gas and water connections so as to do away with the necessity of tearing up the new roadway at some future date. G. A. R. The roster of the Department of Con— necticut shows sixty—nine posts of the the order, all in the best possible con- dition. Many Of these posts number from 300 to 1,000, which is equal to sev- eral ordinary posts. The interest in the affairs Of the order appear to be on the increase, and on the list of the various committees are the names of many Of the leading citi- zens of the state, including several ex- Governors. The complete list of de- partment Officers for this year is: De- partment commander, Henry N. Fan- ton, Danbury; S. V. commander, B. E. Smith, Willimantic; J. V. cOmmander, W. F. Rogers, Meriden; medical direc- tor, Levi Jewett, M. D., Middletown; chaplain, Rev. D. Henry Miller, of Mystic River. - CO A'Plea for a Little Patience. The DAILY GAZETTE invokes a little forbearance from its thousands of readers, because of the constantly growing volume of its advertising pat_ ronage, forcing a diminution of our wonted amount of reading matter. No important item of local or general news is or will be omitted, but we have for several days past been sorely pressed for the space necessary to give our many correspondents’ favors and other miscellaneous reading matter that we desire to publish. We are making ar- rangements, as rapidly as possible, to remedy all this. “There is nothing so successful as success,” and no news. paper» enterprise in Norwalk has ever leaped into such immediate prosperity, and our four months old daily has already outgrown its clothes. “There is always room at the top.” «*D————— Comstock Brothers. A visit to Comstcck Brothers’ estab- lishment is a revelation to the visitor. The store itself is a fine one,‘ and the goods range‘fr'om the choicest down to the capacity Of the slimmest pocket book.‘ This firm have one advantage—— and an important one—in the fact that they manufacture their own stock of men’ s clothing, at New Canaan, where they employ some 300 hands. The factory. Their salesmen are sent out ' as far east as Portland, Maine, south to Richmond, Va., and West to Minneap- olis, Minn. But their trade in New England is greatest. The store is filled with a handsome stock of hats, neglige shirts, in Oxford, 'zephyr, madras, silk and cheviot, and everything in the line of men’ s and boys’ apparel , , Specially Wired to the Norwalk, in use, and the borough Officials ex-' press the hope that the Norwalk Club . store has telephOne connection with the ‘
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