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THE LIVE NEWS 0E TO DAY.
Mr. Webster Belden returned from
the South. ,-,__ -.._
Dr. and Mrs. James Newkirk spent
Sunday in Portchester.
——Benedict is opening and will dis-
play a fine line of fireworks. 125tf
' Mr. William R. Beers of New York,
was in town yesterday.
Bishop-elect Phillips Brooks married
twenty-three couples last week.
Mr. John Cotter of Mt. Holly, N. J.,
has been spending a few days 1n town.
—The finest Line of SmokingToba'c
co in town at Suthel'land’s.
. A large number of Norwalkers are at
Bridgeport to- day witnessing the haan—'
ing of Scheele.
A. E. Kroger 1s already in receipt of
applications for Vspace at the October
Danbury fair -
—Stone Masons Wanted. Apply. to
Wm. Sheldon. .___ 3t123
The welcome and much needed rain
yesterday brought the thermometer
down with a jump.
I , During the recent hot Spell Grum.
man Bros. sold 240 gallons daily of their
celebrated Old—Time Root Beer.
——Latest Music at Benedict’s News
Emporium.122tf
The officers and teachers of St. Paul’s
Sunday school will hold a meeting at
the parish rooms this evening at 8
o’clock.
Members of the boy choir of St.»
Paul’s church meet to-morrow evening
at the Sunday school rooms for re-
hearsal. '
From noon yesterday to midnight
last night there was a fall of 24 degrees
in temperature. Enough to knock a
man’s head off.
Fred Whitlock and George Wardwell
have purchased the John Webber
market on Main street and will con-
tinue it as a first 'class establishment.
—Benedict’s line of Cigars lay over
anything in town. 122tf
There IS no apparent reason why one
may not now lay aside his winter flan-
nels. —[Palladium.
That was good for yesterday, but now
you had better move a reconsideration.
The Board of Health in’ its bulletin
just issued for the month of May, gives
a death rate of twenty-three for Nor-
walk with itsil7,747 inhabitants, which
represents the low annual death rate of
only 15.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. '
——Lost, Saturday, June 6th, a lady’s
silk umbrella with silver handle and
monogram E. B. J. on the handle. The
finder will be rewarded.
The weather being clearly against
them the Baptist people have abandon-
ed their lawn fete for the present, but
in the near future, however, they ex-
pect to have a grand time, of which due
notice will be given.
—Briar Pipes from 10 cents up at
Sutherland’s.
Yesterday afternoon Avison’s large
dog, which was tied in the barn, was
found to be suffering from hydrophO-'
bio." and was quickly dispatched. Had
the unfortunate animal been at large
.the consequences to the community
would probably have been disastrous.
'——"Th,e breezy GAZETTE and a choice
cigar for 5c at Benedict’sto-night 122tf
Last evening the numerous friends of
Chris. E.- Miller- assembled In his rooms
on Main street, and had a right jolly
time with the customary accompani-
ments. ' Mr. Miller sails on Saturday
from New York for Germany and his
friends determined to give hima char-
, over $70 from their entertainment in
' age of Miss Sarah M. Cooney on‘ the
.Of.” . .
on her chin and just cut a dimple in it,
- minutes after.
prohibition drinks.
caused him to be named Ugly Duck-
This morning Borough Engineer
Weed gave Mr. C. M. Sellcck his curb
and gutter lines. .
Herbert Benedict 1s suffering from a
severe malarial attack, but his early re-
covery is looked for.
voice of southeln watermelons. this
morning that lOoked as if they needed
their ulSt‘ers On.
Our Baptist friends had their fete,
despite the weather. A good Baptist
always lo'oks ‘complacently on a needed-
downpour of rain. '
. The ladies of St. ma. Guild netted
the parish rooms last Tuesday night.
VThis-is doing remarkably well consid-'
ering the unfavorable weather. .
Newsman Benedict received an ex-.
press wagon load of Fourth of July
crackers and fire works yesterday.'
which he will sell to patriotic young
America 01' his dad and throw. ina
DAILY GAZETTE.
In the notice yesterday Of the marri-
30th inst., she was spoken of as the
daughter Of the late Michael Cooney,
when it should have been granddaugh-
ter, she being the daughter of Thomas
Cooney of Harbor avenue.
Astory ls going the rounds of the
papers about a “witty retort” alleged
to have been made by the late Alch-
bishop Magoo, of York, to a rich man
who was boasting that he gave away
£5, 000 to the poor everyV yeara “Dear
me,” said: Dr. Mage'e,’ “that 1s the larg-
est insurance against fire I ever heard
"‘Many ladies” ask the DAILY GA-
ZETTE to fire a brick at the heads of
the borough authorities because they
don’t have the mud scraped from the
cross walks after a rain. Of course the
GAZETTE is too gallant not to oblige
the ladies, ,so Messrs. VWarde n and Bur-
gesses please stand up and consider
yourselves reprimanded.
Last evening several L. A. W. men
resident in N01 walk met in Jackson’ s
jewell'yvstore, and determined to or-
ganize a club to be known as the Co-
lumbia Wheelmen, withE. M. Jackson,
president; Edward J. Thomas, seer e-
tary and treasurer , Clinton Seeley,
captain. ,. Another . meeting will be
held next Tuesday evening at the same
place to complete the organization.
Israel Rodenburg, a baby of six
months, fell out of athird-story window
at 8 Ludlow street, New York, during
Tuesday night and was killed. Less
than half an hour after Lena Glatzko,‘
aged three years, did precisely the
same thing at 91 Hester street, landed ,
nothing else. She was all right five
During yesterday’s severe thunder
storm the lightning struck a camping-
Out shanty and cut it in twain, severely
stunning but wonderful to relate, not
seriously injuring the few persons who
were 1n91de for shelter. A bolt also struck -
the water just abeam the City of Alba-
nv. as she was coming into the harbor,
causing quite a momentary consterna-
tion among the passengers who suppos-
ed the steamer had been struck.
The Sunday excursionists on the
Grand Republicrclaim to have had a
'sorry time of it throughout. The bar-
keeper on the boat was arrested for
violation of the excise law and his bar
closed and when they got to Roton
Point, they claimed they had. to pay
25cts. each for temperance drinks and
no chance to get eatables. Usually. a
Sunday excursion of 3,000 people from
New York, do not crave either food or
V_——Buy your story papers of Benedict
and get your GAZETTE for nothing. 122f
An advertisement will be found in to-
day’s GAZETTE of the Bell Island hoV-_
tel. The Foster brothers have had
this beautifully located and quiet sum-
mer house thoroughly refitted and en-‘
larged by the addition of' seventeen
new sleeping rooms. The house is
newly painted and papered throughout
and being well kept and with very mod-
erate prices, it certainly should find
no trouble In being packed this season,
as it was last. .
Loantaka, the winner of the Subur-
ban handicap, was purchased by his
present Owner from Mrs. George Loril-
lard for $275 at a weed out sale at
Monmouth park. His appearance
ling..' ‘McCoVun, his owner, probably
wen $15, 000 outside Of the handicap
money, which amounted to $15, 000
He only betasmall sum to win this,
for 40 and 50 to 1 could be had against
him at all times Barrels cf money
were lost on Tenny and Tea Tray. It
is estimated that $200, 000 were bet on
Finney & Benedict ran out an in-'
. toxication, wife beating, etc.
Olin S. Youngs was in receipt of a
handsome new spring ulster this morn-
ing the gift of an admiring friend
George A. Honnecker ‘ went to
Last night Oflicer Gormley arrested
Thomas O’ Halloran, charged with in-
His trial
will come off this afternoon at 2. 30 be-
fore Justice Austin, '
The imbroglio in Bridgeport over
; the control of the police force has end-
; ed somewhat similarly to that in Hart-
ford In reference to, the state Officers-
-.‘ The two chiefs still claim the office but
. the aid of a gli’o warranto has been in-
. voked and everybody can go to sleep
. now.
The fourth annual report of the Nor;
walk Y. M. C; A., ’cOmpiled by Score-
tary Simone, and issued fromthe press
tribution. ,It is the most attractively
gotten up publication in the history Of
the association and is full of interesting
reports and statistics, as well as taste--
fully diSplayed advertisements. The
proof of Secretary Simons’ industry
and ability is found on every page, and
the 1eport,‘as a whole, is of general 1n-
ter est.
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Y. M. C. A. NOTED.
The entertainment committee will
meet this evening at 9. 15 O ’clock to con-
sider plans in , connection with next
year’s course. ,
I The fourth annual reports of the as-
sociation are now ready and any of the
membels can have them by calling at
the rooms.
Trouble at the Races.
ConSIderable talk 13 being indulged
in over the result of the first race at
the Gentlemeri’ s Driving . association
races on Tuesday. It seems that Mr.
W. H. LockaOd entered Prince R.‘ in
the three minute class and the Prince
Captured three straight heats with ease:
and In fast time for that- class, leaving
the field far in the rear. It is now
stated that while the trot 'was in pro-
gress President Buckingham Lock-
wood and his brother W. B. E., J r.,
called upon Mr. W. H. Lockwood for
identification of Prince R. claiming, 'it
is said, that the horse had a faster re-
cord and should not have been allowed
to enter the three minute class. It is
now reported that W. B. E. Lockwood
Jr., had two horses entered in the same
race under different owners, which - is
against the rules and if true makes the
owner liable to expulsion from the as-
sociation. Are we to have a. “baccarat”
A case over our race track.
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Old Put’s Day .
Yesterday was designated fer raising
the old flag and as a sort of dedication
day of the Putnam Camp grounds at
Bedding. The good ladies of Bedding
and Bethel had made provision to lunch
a large crowd of visitors and the Put-
nam Club of Danbury erected a large
tent and provided refreshments for
their guests the Putnam' Phalanx, of
Hartford. But at about half past 12
0 ’clock a terrific down pour of rain
deluged the place and people and pr ac-
tically spoiled the elaborate program-
me. . . . ' ' '
This camp ground is the only one: in’
the United States where the relics of
the camp of our Revolutionary soldiers
have been left intact, and as the state
has now restored the camp ground and
will maintain it as a State park, it will
grow of greater and still greater inter-
. est as the years go by.
,‘Messrs. E. J. Hill, Fred Mead and
'A. .H. Byington represented Norwalk
on the occasion; Mr. John Rodemeyer,
in company with Bethel’s leading
Methodist clergyman, we re among
other noted guests. . ‘
I A Perilous Situation.
This morning about 9 o’clock, as Mr.
Robert Green was driving slowly down
Wall street he met with a mishap that
might easily have had a fatal result, A
rig belonging to the Oriental Bottling
works was just ahead of him and when
in front of Vogel’s “ drug store it stop-
ped suddenly, and the horse backed a
few feet quite, as suddenly catching Mr.
Green’s buggy and capsizing it upon
the street railroad track. Mr. Green
was pitched out head foremost. and be-
ing wrapped up in robes and- blankets
several seconds elapsed before he could
help himself in the slightest degree.
Meantime the horse wheeled about and
did his best to get away but was safely
held at the critical moment by Mr.
Green and several bystanders and the
buggyri'ghted. The sum total of damages
was a badly Sprung hind axle and the
breaking of one 01' two spokes of one of
the hind wheels, Putting a stout hal-
ter on the horse Mr. Green led him to
the blacksmith shop where the injured
vehicle Was repaired. '
acteristic send-off.
these two alone.
Bridgeport tO-day to take his 'examina--
3 tion for admission to the bar.
of the DAILY GAZETTE, is ready for dis- ,
' way to Middletolvn.
School Mééting.
V Mr. A. ‘H. Camp was chosen chail-
man of the annual school" meeting held
last evening in the Genter district
school building and C les N. Arnold
secretary. The following officials for
committee, J. B. HuerbI‘i-tt, George B.
Ezra Parker; collector, Charles A.
committee was empOWered to call a
special meeting at any time for the
purpose Vof laying a tax. There was
more or less discussion respecting the
advisability or expediency of laying a
tax at the present time in view of the
burden of taxation under which the
but the question is one that can safely
be left to the excellent committee
chosen, at the meeting. l
' Taken to Mid letown.
On Tuesday ConstV ble Morehouse
took Daniel Fairchild of Wilton to the
Middletown asylum. ' y the adoption
Of a series of clever 'uses he got him
as far as Berlin with :Vlt any trouble,
but while on the st ion platform at
that place one Of thosyinquisitive jays,
that are always roamiiig at will about a
country station, sauntered up to Mr.
Mor ehouse and askec if he was on his
, fter this he had
hard work to get Fairehild in the train
without trouble, but he finally got
through with his chargeV all Vright.
-udo l
HymenVéal.
VEx-CVongl' essman ' 7Wa1' ner ’s , son
Charles, of Middletown was married
yesterday In New York to Miss Loring
of that city. i
John A. Judge of? thc reporterial
staff of the Bridgeport Sunday Herald
and Miss Cora Werner w‘ere married
yesterday at. Newar,k N. J "
Another brllliant wedding took place
at Christ. Episcopal church, Bridge-
port, V. last evening. The contracting
parties were Miss Lela; Ely Tclaughtel
of Mrs. SeymOur Ely, and Clarence W.
Church, the well-kfiown Blidgeport
drugg Gist. Nearly 1, 000 invitations were
issued.
. - — —-~——< *M—-—
Beautiful Reception.
There was a large and very delight-
ful reception Of the parishioners and
friends of-Rev. and Mrs. S. H; Wat-
}kins at the Grace church rectory » last
'evening. Light refreshments were
served and the grand old, but now re-
generated and thoroughly renovated
manorial mansion, never took on a
more brilliant and attractive appear-
ance. The company separated a little
after 10 o’clock; all apparently delight-
ed with theircordial reception by the
esteemed host and hostess? and with
their brief so’cial chit-chat with each
other.
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At the Driving Park.
Owing to the bad weather yesterday,
but one heat was trotted 111 the double
team event. There were four starters,
Vandthe heat was taken In 9' :411 by Nee-
ley’ steam of New Haven, with Bed-
'ford’s of Green’s Farms, a close second.-
The remaining heats, as, well as other.
events, were postponed until to-day.
Considerable complaint was made, and
apparently in justice, because several
visitors were unable to get their money
refunded or grand stand tickets for to-
day to which they were clearly entitled.
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Knights of Columbus Parade.
To-day the Knights of Columbus of
he division embracing N‘Ol'walk, Stam-
‘ford, Bridgeport, Greenwich and afew
other towns,ten societies in all, wentto
Danbury for their annual parade. N or-
walk Council, No. 4’5, was accompanied
by Heine’s brass band of South Nor-
walk and the Americus fife and drum
band of this place, and as the Knights 5
marched to the station in their linen,
coats and light helmets they presented
a very creditable appearance.
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A Cow Hangs Herself.
By means of considerable ingenuity
David Dascol’s fine cow made out to
strOlled about the lot several times and"
finding the herbage scanty went under
agnarled apple tree 'in one corner.
Then she thrust her head into a fork
of the lower limbs, her horns were,
locked against them and she dropped;
backward and was hanged. She :was;
dead when Mr. Dascol reached the
scene.
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New Postal Cards.
The new pOstalV cards, styles A and B
are being struck off In large quantities,
and it is expected that by-July 1, whelr
the first order will be sent out, that
several millions will be' In stock Card-
A is the largest pear l-gray card, and B
is the manilla card printed expressly
for advertisers.
.—Toilet Paper at Benedict’s. News
Ofiice.122-tf ' {V
the ensuing year were elected: School
St. John, Benjamin Fillow treasurer,
.Burr' ,clerk, CharlesN. Arnold. The -
citizens of Norwalk are now laboring, _
commit suicide in his pasture near,
.Windsor Locks yesterday. The animal'
IHE LHST 0F EARTH.
Scheele Hung To- Day. The Murder
of Drucker Avenged.
He Was Offered an. Opportunlty to
Spend His Life In State Prison,
but Preferred to Stand Trial
and Suffered the Conse-
quences. '
The crime for which Jacob Scheele
wasexecuted on the gallows tO—day at
the jail yard in Bridgeport is well
known to the readers of the GAZETTE.
Scheele had been a former resident of
in the basement of the Hadden build-
ing under Dann’s harness store. He
was known here to have been a sullen,
ill-tempered and .often violent man,
so much so that many of his German
fellow countrymen deemed him to be
abnormally morose and ugly. When
he removed from Norwalk he went to
New Canaan and as that was then a no-
license town and he continued to clan-
destinely sell intoxicants, his troubles
were only augmented and his natural
stubbornness and visciousness of dis-
position greatly intensified, so that on
the afternoon of Wednesday the 25th‘
day of January 1888, he deliberately
shot and killed Constable Louis Druck-
er Of New Canaan, while the latter was
trying to arrest him foreselling liquor
' unlawfully.
THE EXECUTION.
Scheele did not awake till 6 this
War
After-
wards he played several games of cards
with his death watch. At 7 he asked
for food and was given a breakfast of
ham and eggs, coffee, potatoes and
bread which he one with avidity and
relish.
Rev. Mr. Warner then accompanied
him to the J ailor’s Office where hepray-
ed with him for fifteen minutes.
Scheele then returned to his cell with
his guards, where he remained until the
time for the execution.
. At 9 o’clock Sheriff Clarkson read the
death warrant to the doomed man, who
morning, when he and Rev. Mr.
not held a short conversation.
listened without emotion or visible ef-
fect. At 10.30 the sheriff, accompanied
by several of his deputies. bade him
prepare for the execution. His arms
were pinioned and he promptly march-
ed out to the gallows, two deputies
leading, and Sheriff Clarkson, and Rev.
Mr. Warner and six deputies following
him. His step was firm and steady and
his whole demeanor calm and resolute.
After ascending the scaffold stairs
he stood on the platform .and gazed
about on the faces of those about him
below, and nodded in friendly recOgni-
tion to several whom he knew.
He then’madea short speech in brok-
en English, which as near as could be
understood was as follows. '
“ I have changed my mind. I die
like a man. I hope people will now be
satisfied. I forgive you all. Mr. \Var-
nor will tell you all I would say.”
Deputy Sherifi‘ Glover, of N ewtown,
adjusted the noose, and Deputy Pike,
of Southport. placed the black cap over .
the condemned man’s head, and Sheriff
Clarkson and J ailer Wells stood by the
Spring.V At 10:35 the signal was given, "
the trap sprung, and the body was
dangling in the air, the drop causing
death almost instantaneously]
The attending physicians having pro-
nounced him dead, his body was cut,
down at 11 o'clock and delivered to the
undertaker. Afew moments after 12
‘ o’clock his remains were taken from
the jail yard to the cemetery and bur-
ied. So ends the tragic ‘career and his-
tory of the transgressor Scheele.
NOTES.
Drucker’sson, a boy about 17 w a
present and remarked that he would
have beenglad to have sprung the
trap.
Among those present were Judge
Austin, E. Whitworth, John S. Lock-
wood, Edward Blake, John H. Wade,
Dr. Baxter, Dr. Higgins, Fred Baxter,
. Chief Vollnier, Robert F. Adams, Rob;
ert Mitchell of the Sentinel, and Fr ed,
A Taylor of the GAZETTE. , _.
Scheele was a. Prussian, and for a.
time kept a saloon In New York, then
in Norwalk and finally moved to New:
Canaan. The town had voted nOli-V
cense, but Scheele being born in ‘9.
country where it was not considered
any more unlawful to sell beer than
milk, .in the defiance of law continued
to keep his place open. He had been
arrested from time to time by Consta<
Norwalk, where he kept a low groggery .
'decent and Christian burial.
told that Drucker was going to arrest
him again, he expressed his intention
him as his personal enemy. On one
occasion he went to get his gun, when
Durcker appeared to arrest him, and
on another pointed a gun at Oflicer
: Light, who had a warrant for his arrest,
and shot at but did not hit him. On
the afternoon of the crime, Drucker
visited the house and found it barri-
caded. Scheele from an open window
pointed a gun at Drucker and pulled
the trigger, but it failed to go off.
Drucker then left and returning with
several constables walked toward the
house. Scheele then put the? gun
through a window and fired at Druck-
er, hitting and killing him instantly.
The murderer then tried to commit
suicide by firing four bullets from a
small revolver into his body, but he did
not succeed. Drucker was forty-four
years of age, a. Mason, and a member
of Clinton Commandery, Knights Tem-
plars. of Norwalk, and stood high in
the community. The feeling against
Scheele was very strong, and he proba~
bly would have been lynched had not
the people thought he was going to die
from his wounds. He was taken to the
Bridgeport jail and his first trial took
place on March 6, 1888. He was
charged with murder in the first de-
gree and pleaded not guilty, On
March 10 he was found guilty on that
charge and on March'20 was sentenced
to be hung on May 23, 1889. A new
trial was granted him at the October
term of the Supreme court, owing to
the fact that one of the jurors on the
first trial had expressed an opinion be-
fore the trial. ’luesday, May 20,1891,
Scheele was again tried before Ju
Phelps in the Superior court.‘ Attorney
Fessendeu gave him a chance to enter
a plea Of guilty of murder in the second
degree and accept a sentence of life im-
prisonment. He refused and the trial
resulted in his being again found guilty
and sentenced to be hanged June 18.
He tried to commit suicide on the day
of the celebration of the Washington
centennial in New York, by cutting the
arteries in his wrists with an iron spoon,
but was unsuccessful, and last February
tried to starve himself. A glass of beer
brought him around. June 2d his at,
torney tried to get the Board of Par-
dons to mitigate the punishment, but
the board refused. .
HIS LAST HOURS.
again, smoked and chatted during the
evening. At 11.30 he went to bed and
soon was sound asleep, his lest being
entirely calm and untroubled and ap-
parently his night’s rest, was the most
peaceful and restful of any since his
incarceration.
The Farmer states that he has been
deserted by all his relatives and former
friends, but that he will not suffer the
ignominy of being buried in a'pauper’s
grave, as Albert Wintter, the wealthy
brewer, and several other influential
German residents of Bridgeport sub-
scribed to a fund and engaged an un-
dertaker to give the aged murderer a
His in-
terment will be in Park Cemetery,
Bridgeport, and Rev. Mr. Warner, his
spiritual adviser, will hold services at
his grave, Sherifl' Clarkson having
charge of the body until it is buried.
His execution is a severe trial to
Sheriff Clarkson and the prison at-
taches, as during the three years of
his imprisonment, they have in a way
‘become accustomed to his eccentrici-
ties and formed a certain sort of pity
and attachment for him.
Among those present to witness the
execution were the Sheriff's of the sev-
eral Counties and many of their depu-
ties, a large number of press represen-
tatives, Bridgeport City officials, his
spiritual adviser and others. The mor—
bid desire to see a human being hurled
into eternity with a rope about his
neck was a revelation and a surprise to
the Sheriff, but owing to the small lim-
its of the jail yard,_but a few of the
hundreds of applications for passes to 'V
see the executiOn could be granted.
—Split Bambo Fishing Rods $3.50 at
Sutherland’s.
Bad Break. V
One of the great panes of platen class
for the Street dry" o'oods store window.
came up from New York, broken. This
will be a heavy loss to Mr. Stommell
unless he is able to show that the glass
Was broken 1n New York or on board
of the boat, which Is doubtful. He has
telegraphed for a duplicate to be sent"
at once. '
——Special for Friday and Saturday at
the Norwalk BostOn Store: Ladies'
flouting suits, skirts and pleated waists,
just the thing for this hot weather, at
980 a suit. These suits are well made,
choice patterns. very stylish, cool and
comfortable and well worth $1.50 to
$1.75. It will pay you to call ’ and see
them. ‘
ble Drucker for this Offense, and when 5
of taking the man’s life as he regarded
p
VRed Cross Council,
Last night he ate a hearty supper .
H genius. ,
day by something besides beans.
dge [‘no sooner “got shut” of the great, fat
linprOVlng the Tunnel.
' The raierad _ commissioners of the
state of New York met the managers of
the New York Central and President
Clark of the Consolidated road yester-
day to consider the matter of ventilat-
ing the railroad tunnel in New fork.
It was decided to adopt a plan for
ventilating the tunnel which calls for
the erection of smoke deflectors and an
artificial reef 1n the closed tunnel. Di-
rectly above the point which the smoke- ,
Stacks of the passing engines occupy in
the tunnel, a V-shaped deflector will be
cOnstructed, suSpended from the roof
of the tunnel. This will drive the smoke
into two chambers on each side of the
defiectOr, formed by the artificial roof
to be built. Through these chambers
air currents will be made to pass in a
direction opposite to that of passing V
trains. The smoke will be let out
through thevarious Openings now in
the tunnel. The'cinders accumulating
in the chambels will be collected from
time to time. The plan adopted
is expected to keep the bOdy of the tun-
nel entirely free of smoke and cinder s,
while the people living along the line
will suffer no more than at present on
account ofsmoke, and will be relieved
Of the cinder nuisance to a great extent.
President Depew issued an order yes-
terday morning for the construction of
the deflectors and artificial roof at once,
between Fifty-sixth and Sixty-seventh
streets. If the plan is found to work
satisfactorily, it will be put into execu-
tion without delay along the entire line
of the tunnel.
A» _,_.._.__.
Knights of Columbus.
Danbury 1s to be made famous to-
She
Putnam Phalanx this morning, than
the new fur city was raided by some
five or eight hundred Knights of Col-
umbus, who are parading her streets
to-day and enjoying the proverbial hos-
pitalities of Danbury. The following
is the order of parade:
FIRST DIVISION.
Platoon of police in charge of Sergt.
Waggoner.
' Marshal and Staff.
Danbury Band.
. NO. 29, Danbury.
Bethel Drum Corps.
Pavia Council, NO. 48, Bethel.
St. John’s Band, Stamford.
St. Augustine Council, No. 41,
- f01 (1.
St. Rose Drum Corps, Newtown.
Putnam Council, No. 4, Newtown.
Philharmonic Band, Bridgeport."
Carriage containing invited guests.
SECOND DIVISION.
Wheeler & Wilson Band, Bridgeport.
Park City Council, Bridgeport.
Cecil Calvert Council, NO. 38, Bridge-
port.
Orinoco Council, No. 36, Greenwich.
Heine’ sBand, Norwalk.
Catholic Union Council, No. 46, N'or-
walk.
National Band, Danbury.
Housatonic Council, No. 40, New Mil-
ford.
_ Among the features at the park will
be two races for prizes. The prizes will
be a souvenir spoon and 9. Knights of
Columbus watch charm. One "of the
races will be a 100 yard dash.
Stam-
A great head is that on the shoulders
of Builder Wilson. He has been cast-
ing about ever since the hot spell set
in, to find a shady spot where he could
swing his hammock andsnooze away
a half hour each day, in beautiful re-
pose and whereno sun should scorch
his toes or flies make a race track of
his nose, and here is where great- genius
triumphed over apparently insurmount-
able difilculties. He struck a spot in
rear of his pretty residence on the
northeast side, where he drove in a
hooked spike;next a heavy post was
set in the ground a little beyond, but
all in close proximity to the family
clothes line, where he says the gentle
zephyrs not only flutter his regenera-
ted linen, and thus fan his heated brow,
but they do more. The hammock is
so adjusted as to altitude, that the hem
, of his nether garment just grazes his
proboscis as it flits and flutters over
and across his face and thus are the f
_ tormenting flies swept from that prom-
inent and highly useful member of his
facial anatomy. V Such is one of the
sublime triumphs of genius in overcom-
ing difficulties and thus does Wilson
prove Vto a skeptical world that he “is
not as other men,” but a true child of
An Enterp'riSlng Yo'uth.‘ .
MANDAN,‘1\). D., June'18.'—'An,enter-“
prising youth in this city named Ed.
Maiden cut off the tail of Sitting Bull’s
horseyesterday afternoon while it was
tied in front of an express office. The
parties having it in charge were noti-
fied of its sale to a New York man.
...._.__.- ..°
Mr. Frederick Belden was too feeble
to accompany Mrs. Belden and his son
Webster home, and so still remains in
VVNve Orleans. ‘ '
Norwalk Chronicler