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Vol I, No. 117.
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‘ . ,, ~ Norwalk, Conn.,- Monday Evening, June 8,1891
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THE LIVE NEWS OF TO- DAY
Children’s Day Is to be observed next
Sunday at the Congregational church.
Postmaster Hubbell’s new house is
already sheathed
- —Honnecker’ 8 pure ice cream at
wholesale and retail.
The horse railroad summer time ta-
bles Were distributed to- day.
——Buy your Tobacco of Sutherland.
Clarence Smith of New York, for-
merly with Smith Brothers, was in
town over Sunday.
—Buy your Magazines of: Sutherland.
Col. Roberts’ school attendedz'wor-
.ship at Grace church last night in full
uniform.
Stephen Comstock’s cellar wall and
underpinnings are about ready for the
superstructure. .
Contractor Bach is making commen-
dable progress with the Riverside
avenue improvement. ‘
—When§you clean house have your
carpets cleaned at the Nor walk Cal pet
Cleaning works, 14.- Knight street. 715111
Commodore Burritt’s new yacht was
the center of attraction in Bridgeport
harbor yesterday
~Picture Frames at J. T. Prowitt’s.
Good work at low, prices, W. P. Whit-
ney in charge. No. 45 Main street.'103tf
Mr. and Mrs, John Spencer have
landed safely on the other side of the
Atlantic.
The Ladies’ Guild of Grace church
are to meet at the house of Mrs. . Greg-
ory, No. 38 France ' street, on Wednes-
day evening.
Poor and everywhere popular “Tom-
my” Doty 1s hopelessly ill at his home
at Tarrytown with cancer of the stom-
ach.
There is to be a dress parade this
evening of 001. Roberts’ cadets prepar-
' story to the interesting exercises of to-fi
mOIIJOW
Messrs. E. M. Jackson, George Cur-
tis and Edward J. Thomas went to New
Haven this noon to attend the Wheel-
men’s meeting.
Regular meeting this evening-of Our
Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F. Two can-
didates will be initiated into the mys-
teries of the first degree.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ward Selleck
have one of the most beautiful “fringe
trees” in their front yard, that we have
ever seen. It is very large and very
fragrant. ,,
The Yale baseball club worsted the
Norwalk Y. M. C. A.’s Saturday at the
fair grounds, which will in a measure
atone for Yale’s humiliating defeat at,
Princeton, Saturday.
Our police officers declare that un-
less the reprehensible practice be
stopped of sweeping and throwing
waste paper into the roadway, an ex-
ample will speedily be made of the
offenders.
Nickerson & Bette have purchased to
~ replace the one; they lost, that beautiful
black Canadian horse that Dann and
Morison broughtihome with the,; lot of
.~ Northern New York breed horses re-
cently purchased by them.
Dr. John McLean bashed 9. real
serious time after all, in trying 'to re-
duce his snapping turtle to the palatal-1
ble consistency of the far-famed dia-
mond brooch terrapin stew, which as a
dish, when properly compounded, fit
for the gods.
In a. fit of coughing early Sunday
morning, Mr. John Buxton ruptured a
blood vessel in his throat and had 9. so;
yore hemmrhago in consequence. Al-
though not exactly dangerousflit was,
nevertheless, very exhaustlng to his
strength. '
Edwlird Bisselh of" Philadelphia, is 1
' ' spent Sunday at the old homestead.
visiting his father 4E. 1’0. Bissell. '
—Don’t fail to try Honnecker’ 8 pure
ice cream. No. 2 Wall Street:
The ladies of the First Congregation-
' a1 church are preparing for a lawn fete
to be given on the afternoon and even—
ing of Tuesday, J 11116 23d. The pro-
ceeds are to go toward the chapeldebt.
—Buy your Cigars of Sutherland.
Jacob Scheele » has only one more
Sunday to spend on earth. ’ Yesterday
he passed the day quietly, reading and
in conversation with the guards. The
gallows has been removed to the jail,
and will be put 'up ina few days. It
will be thoroughly tested before the
day of execution.
' —Buy your Blank Books of Suther-
land.
The doctors attending Mr. Vogel are
now of the opinion that the small bone
of his leg was not broken, as at first
supposed, but was badly bruised and
sprained, which is quite likely to keep
him housed as long, if not even longer,‘
than a fracture would have done. He
bears his pain and imprisonment very
heroically.
—The thing to do is to go to the Ten-
nis Club Concert and "so ass1st the
members in making a success of their
venture. 116-tf
We are informed that Captain Rose
is going to write to the Adjutant Gen-
eral to ascertain how it is that the
DAILY GAZETTE geto all of the military
orders before they are received by the
would-be captain. {All right Reuben,
go ahead, and the DAILY GAZETTE will
continue to give you all the latest news
for only ONE CENT.
-——Secure youl seats for the Norwalk
Lawn Tennis Club Benefit Concert un-
der the auspices of the lady members
of the club. 116-tf
The Hartford Times thinks Connectii-
"out is without a brigadier general, and
that the National Guard is destined to
go into camp this year ~ without-the
leadership of Gens. Watson or_ Graham.
It says that who really is general is a
puzzling question. Since the senate’s
action Graham has made no effort to
secure command.
—The Chart for reserved seats at
Pinneo’ s and Plaisted’s for Tennis Club
ConCert. No extra charge for check-
ing. ' 116-tf ’
Dora Conroy, the woman who figured
so conspicuously with Henry Ludding.
ton, the burglar, is no longer incarcer—
ated, in the county jail. She has been
given , her liberty on , an order from
State Attorney Fessenden. She is
stopping in Bridgeport and is frequent-
ly seen on the streets. Two boys, her
children, always accompany her in her.
walks. She dresses as gaudily as ever
and does not seem to mind notoriety.
——Wanted. A clerk in a grocery
store. One who can come well recom-
mended, and has a knowledge of the
business. Address Box 458, SouthNor-
walk, Conn. '1161w
Last Tuesday evening, the date of
the fine entertainment given by the
Over River school, also marked the an-
niversary of the organization of the O.
U. A. M. of Norwalk. In recognition
of‘ this factfthe Mechanics will present
to the school a handsome United States
flag, 20x10, which will be raised at the
school on July 4. next. In response to
a 111 etty general request the school
will repeat its entertainment some
evening early next fall.
—Special for Tuesday on the “Bar-
gain Table” at the Norwalk Boston
Store, 10 yds.'fine quality challie for
290. also 10 yds. cheaper grade challie
for‘19c. Sale'commences at2 p. 'm.
Builder Hart Benton has arranged a
pretty little mound in the shape of a
star in the little grassy triangle on
Franklin avenue at the head of Maple
street and Florist Hanford has set it
with flowers and foliage plants, so as
-tog1adden the eyes of all beholders.
:Anothor attractivoi feature is the plac-
,mg of a Inigo? rustic vase at each point
iofithe star Outlines and which are filled
with bright ge‘raniums,- myrtle, petun-
ias, etc. Hart Denton" 1s a publicbene-
factor. '- 3
Saturday evening Joe. Kennédy,a. .
10ca1 wheel-man, had quite an adven-
ture at the intersection of Chapel street
and West avenue, which might have
had a fatal ending. Turning the cor-
nor be met rairig“ being driven rapidly
. and triedto avoid a collision, but to no-
purpoSe: He was crowded into tho
gutter, thrown ofif his wheel and
dragged several yards, clinging to the
forward axletroe of the wgon with his
back to the horse.
over by the wagon kand pretty,badly
1.
wrecked. . . . ‘1 .
By a miracle he
escaped injury but his wheel was run
John Doty and son, of New York,
. ' The rabbit is said to endure cold bet-
ter than any other animal. ‘
Mrs. Carmi Betts is visiting Mr. Car-'
mi Grumman at Glen Cove, L. I.
——Good tapestry carpet worth 800
can be bought at the Norwalk Boston
Store for 650.
It 1s now stated that Latson wrote the
postal cards sent out by Captain Rose,
which accounts for their crookodness.
Try a luncheon of lettuce for insom-
nia. It is said to be just the thing for
tho sleepless.
A deficit of 10,000,000 francs has to...
discovered in the Peter’s pence fund by“
the pOpe’s committee of cardinals.
—Boy wanted to learn the dry goods
business. Address box 0, Norwalk
post office. 117 tf‘.
President Taylor deliveled the bac-
calaureate address at Vassar College
yesterday.
A Greek historian who bore the name
of Constantine Baparrhegopontos has
recently died of something else.
He went 11p like a rocket.
And came down like a stick.
‘ Henry Mathcis.
—Buy Brussels carpet worth $1. 25
reduced to 980 at Norwalk Boston
Store.
Mrs. Frederic W. Wood is home ona
visit to her father, 'N. B. Stanton, after
a four months’ trip to Providence, Bos-
ton and the East.
Capt. J. Henry Hoyt went to New
York to- day to attend a reunion of his
old regiment, the 88d N. Y. Vols. A
banquet is to be held this evening.
Two new horses have been added to
the horse railway company’s stock, and
as soon as Doctor Healy puts them
through a civil service examination
they will be put on the road.
The Epworth League, of the Metho-
dist church will hold a special meeting
this evening in their newly refitted ‘
room. The League .now numbers 118
members and is doing splendid work.
F. H. Merrill’s horse took fright Sat—
urday afternoon at the corner .of Bel-
».den and Franklin avenues and ran a
_mile or a mile and a half before he
slowed up sufficiently to be caught.
No damage done.
Mrs. John W. Mains fell down a
fiight of stairs this morning at her
home on Hoyt street, East Norwalk,
and was rendered unconscious for an
hour.
nature.
A The Hour gives our local gas company
the followingfeelingandtimelypointer:
Certain Gas companies, (outside of
-Norwalk, by tho way), are voluntarily
reducing’ the price of gas from $1. 50 to
$1. 25 a thousand feet. Here we- are
charged $2. 50 less 20 per cent.. if the
bill is paid within ten da s, making the ,
not price $2 per thousan.
A short time ago an article appeared
in a Bridgeport'paper. reflecting more
or less severely upon Andrew Haley
and his family, and it was surmised
that John Cox inspired the calumny.
Saturday evening Haley and Cox met
in Ratchford’s place (and got' into an
argument- which terminated in blews
after they had adjourned to the side—
Walk, in which Cox got the worst of it.
Haley was arrested by Chief DeForest
and this morning Was before Justice
Coolidge on the charges of assault and
battery and abusive language, but the
case was continued to Saturday morn-
ing at 9 o’clock under bonds of $50.
Special Sale. ,
—-Tristran_1 & Hyatt, No. a GAsETTE’
Building, commence Saturday, J 11116
6th, a Special sale of Loomer’ s oteam
molded corsets; do. Tailor Madei; do.
Improved Cutaway Hip , do. Summer
Cutaway , do. Mode Bust. These goods
will be sold subject to very slight im-. 7
perfections at less than one-half of the ‘
regular retail price. Tristram & Hyatt, ,
No. B GAzETTE Bulldog, Norwalk. tf
V ' " 'l'ofl‘?
Our usually good tempered friend of -
the Mechanics’ Journal-letshisrhotoric' . ~
foam like a soapod steam boiler,be-
cause our Grecer friends, Betts 4t Far-
ring'ton, across from the GAZETTE Build- » ,
the will case, are before 'Judge WOOd-
ing, sou u'Wet Groceries,” and possi-
bly, because they do not adgurtlsa
, their liquid refreshments' in the Hour-
11111, as We notice that a Dunbar}, man
'- has a thirst cataloging advertisoment in
that paper set in boldaface‘ type, in
{which appear such lines as “Alb, La-'
gar and Porter,” “Grape, Port and
Sherry Wines, " "Wbiskies, Bréildies,
etc.” But then it' 15- human to go:
‘ ‘Easy on sins for which we have a mi ,
By curing thoSe to which we 'ro not ined. "
3
Her injuries are not of a serious .
WHAT MISS SPINSTER SAYS'
That Mr. Clarence Osborn, of New
York, was in town Sunday.
That M1. and Mrs. She man. of New
York are guests of Col. charts at the
Military schOOI. I
That- the Chicago people ought to gift”
the Itata f0}; an excurslon boat during
the fair. ' 1
That so. long as the thermometer
ranges agll the way. from the ferties to
the nineties, it' .5199, good idea to always
be prepared for. the lower figure.
That Lieutenant Peary and his party
have set sail for Greenland in the Kite.
The inevitable jokes that will be hitch- '
i "1 I
numberless;. 1 0;,
That we need a society for American
freedom, for Americans do need free-
dom from fads, gushes, and crude un-
digested isms. Nevcr was there wilder,
weirder straining after the unattaina-
ble than now. . 1 ~
ed to the tail of this expedition will be
That all the churches seem to be at ‘
Work revising Mid liberalizing their
creeds. ’T is well ; but the good peo-
ple who have already secured entrance .
into Pal adise must look back with feel-
ings akin to disgust at the trouble they
took to get there.
That visitors to Norwalk nowadays
see much to excite their admiling com-
ment. But perhaps the most noticea-
ble feature of the scenery is the per-
vading evidence of the continued spread
of the bicycle fever. The bicycles near-
ly outnumber all the other vehicles on
the smooth roads, and they beat the
equestrians ten to one. The charm
about the bicycle is that it never gets
off its feed, and rarelygoes lame. Still
the horse with all his faults, has .his
champions, and he deserves them.
i That “The Bugle” makes its intro-
ductory bow to the public to-day. Its
managers have entered upon the some-
what arduous task of establishing a
school paper, and have not only a con-
viction that such a paper is needed but,
what is perhaps a .better omen of suc-
cess, the courage of their convictions.
~The only high road to popular favor is
to deserve it, and, when in all respects
deserving, there is no class of, enter-
prise which so quickly attracts public
attention and wins desired results.
Miss Splnster can wish "the boys good
luck in their venture, and the DAILY
GAZETTE will show no hesitation in ac-
knowledging whatever of vigor and
originality they may display.
«cor-—
Reception.
‘ Miss Baird is to give a card reception
’ to the patrons and friends of her popu-
lar school on Thursday evening of the
present week.
Pilgrim Council 54-, O. U. A. M.
Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne has extended
an invitation to the above Norwalk and
the South Norwalk Council, to attend
a meeting at his church on Sunday eve-
ning, June 21, which both Councils
have accepted.
St. Mary’s.
Father Slocum has had prepared by
an architect skilled in interior church
decoration, plans for an elaborate and
beautiful altar, to be constructed of
the purest of white statuary . marble.
Its cost will be five thousand dollars,
and-if the good priest’s desires are car-.
ried out in regard to it, it will excel
anything of the kind in the state.
The "Emily.”
——The mystery is explained. It,
seems that the “Emily” which has been'
the joke of the borough wags for sev- ,
oral days past has no reference to A. H.
Hoyt’s bicycle, or any other fellow’ s
best girl, but refers sole—1y to a new
and popular brand :of Oxford shoes on
sale by A. H. Hoyt & Soil, and which
go off so fast that Hoyt has resolved
that if he ever does buy a bicycle, he
will name it “Emily.”
The Gazette Would Like to Know
What did Harry Mitchell leave in
Rochester?
Why “Chris”Miller bought that cap?
Why the sidewalk in front of Bob
Adams’ is not raised? ,
Why the cross-walks are not cleaned
‘——-——————<‘>——~————
' The Barneswm cose.
and Judge Brewster for the other heirs
of ‘-_‘.Hub’fBarnes, inthe. probating of
ward to- day, examining witnesses‘in
reference thereto. Theodore Rodgers
Esq. swore to the drawing of the will
to Mr .Baraeeexecuting the same and
' appointing Nelson B. Gorham and Wil! .
liam H. Starr as executors thereof, etc.
The drift of the attorneys questions and
answers drawn from witnesses indicate
one line or attack to be Mr. Barnes? ex-
treme feebleness and incompetent con-
dition, when he executed the said will
experienced; while,
them, so dangerous 8. distance from.
HoniSamuelFessenden for the widow ,
-1 NARR_O_ll__ ESCAPE.
South Norwalk’s Water Main
BUPStS.
Two Italians Nearly Drownod. (
About four o’clock Saturday after-
noon, as a gang, of Italian laborers
were digging in a trench for the new
main of. the South Norwalk water
works, on the Silvor Mine road, and on
the crest of the first hill beyond the‘
fork of the road to Silver Mine and to
Comstock Hill, they excavated to with-
in about a foot of the old iron main,
when a piece of the pipe burst out and
in an instant filled the new trench with
rocks, earth and water. All ofth'o
gang got out save three, and one of
these soon escaped with a bad ducking
in muddy water and a. few bruises.
One of the other two was soon after
' hauled out by his countrymen getting
a rope under his arms and lifting him
from his perilous position, but not till
the water and mud had risen nearly to
his arm pits. He was badly bruised
and strained by the suction of the mud
and the rapidly falling gravel and
stones about him. The last of the
three seemed hopelessly fastened. His
comrades nearly pulled him in too, and.
cut his body quite severely in their ef-
forts to pull him out, They jerked and
hauled on his arms and at the rope un-
availingly, as the water had gotten up
to his chin and his death seemed inevi~.
table, when, providentially, the flow of
water was shut off, and he was then
soon dug Out and properly cared for.
The poor fellow’s escape from drown‘
ing was almost a miracle.
On examination it was found that an
old break, all rusted up in the seam,
had existed for a long time, probably
from the time the pipe was first. put
down, and as soon as the support sup-
plied by tho earth packed about it
caved away, it burst out and caused
this deluging of the new trenches and
roadway, all about. After the water
was shut off, workmen succeeded in re-
pairing the broken- main at about 10
o’clock that night.
At about daybreak Sunday morning,
a lead packing blew out of the old main
at the fork of the roads this side of the
first break and that poured all day
into the long line of new trench and
over the roadways, but no one was in?
jured and little damage was done.
Workman on the new line say the first
main was very insecurely packed and
laid, and would have been liable to dis-
aster at any time.
South Norwalk meantime was con-
nected with the borough mains, and
our sister city thus supphed not only
with its usual supply of Sunday water,
but water of a far better quality than.
that they are accustomed to use.
A resident near the scene of the disas-
'ter remarked to the DAILY GAZETTE re-
porter that there was “never no great
loss without some small gain,” for he
said, “it was probably the first time in
the whole lives of these Italian trench-
diggers that they ever took a bath.”
The looks of the poor fellows certainly
justified this view of their case.
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Those wide-awake post office attaches
Messrs. Harry Mitchell and Percy
Glendening, returned home from their
western trip Saturday p. m. and are
full ofmarvelous stories of the strange
and extraordinary things they saw and
as it seemed to
home. Percy seems to have taken on
fat, despite the fact of the barber Bhop'
swindle, and Harry seems a good deal
absent minded. Mail Carrier Bennett,
says he has kept humming- “The, Girl I
Left Behind Me, ” ever since he got
back. But then Bennett no doubt is
prejudiced as it is known that both Har-
ry and Percy angrily accused him of
having concealed from them an impor-
tant domestic event which had tran-
spired 1n his family and which they felt
frdm their relations of close intimacy,
they ought to have been made acquaint-
”ed with, but which they saw for ' the
first'tim‘e in' Saturday’s DAILY GAZETTE-
“Things are working” and the3 pub:
he may expect. soon to learn of imper-
tant, developments? 'as Bennett is
bound to‘keep both eyes on these frolic»
some boys.
'uoc --~-—— ——
The Donor of Yale' s New Dormitory.
The name cf the donor of the new
dormitory which is being erected on
the Yale campus was made known Sat-
urday It is Pierce N. Wclgh, of New
Haven, son cf the late Harmanus M.
which, who left a fortune of 111, 50.0 000. '
Of this estate Pierce inhori-ted $700:~ 000
and has aprivate fortune of $500, 000. ‘
Young- Mr. Welch is not a Yale gradu-
ate, and although he has a family ‘con-
sisting of a wife and several children,
he says he will have property enough
to make them all comfortable for life.
The dormitory will cost $189, 000and be. -
finished in about a year.
..Mlll Hill and East Avenue.
The anxiety on the part of many of
our best citizens to have Mill Hill cut
dewn and East avenue graded, guttered
and side- walked, culminated Saturday
afternoon inthe entire Court of Bur-
gesses, headed by the Mayor and
flanked by the borough Engineers, by
Attorney Hurlbutt for the property
owners, and a crowd of miscellaneous
citizens, who -marched over the dis-
putedterritory‘and after viewing the
same, gave careful observatiOns as to
the best methods, in their official and
individualtopinion, for making the im-
provements calledfor with least cost to
the taxpayers and least injury to pri-
vate property. Fully an hour was
spent on Mill Hill, and the question Of
'how'best to improve that section of
the entrance to and upon East avenue,
was debated from every possible side.
'The opinion as to this improvement
seemed to be about unanimous that
there was but one thing possible to do,
if this approach to the “Bridge” was
to be made really any better than it
now is, and that was to start just
east of the stone steps to Miss Julia
Lockwood’s residence and cut to at
least 13 feet into the knob or ball of
her door-yard lawn, where it projects
most into the street at the bend in the
roadway. Thence to widen the hill
roadbed down to the Honnecker bak-
ery and set back that building, the
Flatt-Price building and cutoff from.
the brick Quintard building on the
corner about fifteen feet. In this
way only can this narrow throat or fun;
nel of roadway at the foot of the hill
be made of a width adequate to the
public needs. There were various
views as to the grade, but a majority
seemed to think that a regular and
even grade should‘be made up from
the foot of the hill to the juncture with
East avenue in front of the new and
beautiful villa of Dr. Baxter.
The crowd then passed on to the dis-
puted spot known as the “Daskam line
of trees.” Here the borough authori-
ties and engineer, with several adjacent
residents, were decided as to the ne-
cessity of the outer or double row be-
ing‘cut down. Others as strenuously
expressed the belief that sufficient
width would be left to the roadway if
the curbstones were set close to the
bodies of this pretty and thrifty line of
trees which are so interlaced above as
to form a complete arbor over the side-
walk. So no definite conclusion was
reached as to these, but so far as the
borough oficials were concerned, they
seemingly left as they came, with the
fixed purpose for their destruction 'in
the interest of a wider and- straighter
avenue.
The next and last and most hotly
contested point, was that in front of
what is known as the Van Zandt prop-
erty and the Bennett place adjoining
it on the south. The old Van Zandt
homestead lot was divided up by the
late Mr. Barnes into whose hands it
fell, and he sold the first or north-side
lot adjoining the Vanderhoef estate to
Mr. Geo. W. Cram. Mr. Cram desires
that the hill here should be cut down
and a gutter and sidewalk set at grade.
Two years ago he got such a grade es-
tablished, but nothing was done until
the latter part of last week towards
having this done. He had the full
force of the borough contractor’s men,
carts and teams vigorously at work
cutting into the bank at the time of
this visitation on Saturday, and the
work was being superintended by Bur-
gess Burr and Engineer Wood. It was
this act that Attorney Hurlbutt acting
for the remonstrants, denounced as a
breach of good faith on the part of '
such of the berough officials as. were
engaged in it, as a vote had been
passed at the last meeting of the Court
of Burgesses not to commence opera-
tions on this hill until he and'the bor-
ough officials should personally inspect
the same in theview and with the pur-
pose of making such concessions and
friendly arguments as would save, at
least, the long and beautiful row of trees
in front of the Bennett residence and
the property south of it. . A long and
fruitless argument was here held, Dr.
Coolidge, Postmaster - Hubbell, the
Warden and Burgesses, Mr. Cram; Mr.
Bennett, Mr. Hunter and others par
ticipating and at times, with a good
deal of earnestness and heat.
No _ satisfactory conclusion was
reached as to this most hotly contested
part of the proposed improvement and
the crowd left as they came, about
equally divided. while the borough of-
ficials seemed to be fixed" 1n their idea
that they “could not make fish of one
and flesh of another; ” that they had
cutMr. Osborn’s and others’ trees and
must show no partiality; that the pub-
lic needs required a greater width here,
that the owners of property here were
divided'in sentiment among themselves
etc., etc. etc. and there they retired.
As to Mill Hill, Mr. Wood will be di-
’ rooted to makers map and submit it to
the court and also to a borough meet-x
,to be called, showing the proposed
wi ening and grading and giving the
estimated cost thereof
II 10113391131311.
A Masked Burglar Holds Una
Little Girl on Plymouth
Avenue.
No Clue to His Identity.
This forenoon one of the boldest rob-
beries occurred over recOrded in Nor-
walk history. Patrick Kearney, astone
mason, works for William Lawlor and
lives at No. 7 Plymouth avenue. He
had saved the sum of $53 which he in-
tended using for the payment of bills. '
Shortly before 10 o ’clock this morning
a short man, poorly dressed and weal-
ing a slouch hat and ablack mask en-
tered the house and pointing a pistol at
the head of Lizzie Kearney, Patrick’s
thirteen years old daughter, demanded
the money which he knew to be in the
house th1eatening to kill hei if she (lid
not comply with his demand. Thor-
oughly frightened, the poor child sank
to the floor but recovered herself,
handed the robber Mr. Kearney’s sav-
ings, amounting to $53 and the scOun-
drel made good his escape.
LATER—AN ARREST MADE.
Just before going to press the grati-
fying intelligence is received from
Chief DeForest of the arrest cf the sup-
posed robber in, what are known as
poor house woods, on the Westport
road, and he is now in the lockup.
Hat Trimmings Cases on Trial. I“
Solicitor-General Taft and United
States Attorney Read have finished
their preparation of the government’s
side of the hat trimmings cases._ The
cases are set down for trial to-day be-
fore Judge Acheson in the United
States Court in Philadelphia. The
amount involved in the cases to be
tried is comparatively small, but as all
the hat trimmings cases in New York
and Boston will depend on the result,
there is something like $20,000,000
really depending on the verdict. It is
understood that the plaintiffs will be
represented by Rufus Cheats and Ly-
man Tremaine-of New York and F. P.
Prichard of Philadelphia.
Another Blank Order.
On Saturday we published a literal
copy of a postal card issued by tempor—
arily acting commander R. M. Rose,
for the election of a First Lieutenant
of Company F. We now give an exact
copy of another postal card order, as
follows:
LOCKWOOD RIFLES
00. F, 4TH REGIMENT, c. N. G.
Company Order No.
NORWALK, CONN., June 5th 1801
To the ilIembcI 9 of this Company.
You are hereby legally warned to
appear at the Armory of this Company
on———the—day-————-of———1 8- —-—at——
o ’.clock————m ,——~in———uniform.
Call at 17 camp St at 8 P M this day
to Sign pay Role,
Capt R M Rose
° Comdy Co
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v. M. c. A. NOTES.
The song serviceyesterday was con-
ducted by Mr..A. H. Wilcox.
The devotional committee held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and de-
cided to have the meeting next Sun-
day in the Opera House.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the association will be held this even-
ing at 8'0’010ck.
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BROAD RIVER.
A circle of the “King’s Daughters”
Will be organized at the Chapel next
Thursday afternoon at5 o ’.clock
The Programme being prepared by
the entertainment committee for the
Strawberry Festival on June 17th and
18th Will be one of unusual attraction.
On Saturday, near Harry Payne So
while the trench was being prepared
for receiving the new water pipe, the
bank caved, causing the old pipe to
crowd in. Two Italians narrowly es-
caped death from being crushed or
drowned, as the pipe burst and soon
filled the trench with water.- Both
were thoroughly soaked and badly
bruised, and looked the picture of
fright and misery as they slowly wond-
od their way to Hotel “dé ItaIY” near
by
Mr. Frank P. Kellogg having left
the employ of Jeweler Spencer. takes
a position with a wholesale firm, in the
same line, in New York.
The recent rains have been very ben-
eficial to the strawberry crop, 110“ only
increasing the size of the berries but
extending the season. William Joyce
is about the first into market this year,
with sixteen quarts of fine fruit on Sat-
urday. Edgar Buttery has a fine plan-
tation of “Yale, ” “Sharpless” and “Bel-
mont’_’ ‘ which premise well. Eddie
Lycett will have some very large ber-
ries, many of which will weigh a pound
and will have to be sliced to be eaten.
Norwalk Chronicler