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The Weekly Gazette, [Combined with Fridav’s Dailvd Is issued every Friday at Noon, at THREE CENTS PER COPY, on $1.50 PER YEAR. The Daily and Weekly. . Served to Local Subscribers at rEN CENTS PER WEEK, OR $5.00 PER YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. This paper has the largest .Circulirtipn of any paper in the State west of Bridgeport. ' If 0 UR JOBBIL‘ G DEPARTMEN’T. MR. HARRY M. GARDNER. JR.. of New York, ’ has charge of the GAZETTE’S Engraving, Book and Jobbing Department. He is an expert and experienced Job Printer, and no work en. ted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY—. Mrs. Stephen Comstock is visiting friends in New Canaan. Every tax payer should attend the ' borough meeting this afternoon. The term of Miss Stevens’ Belden avenue school closed yesterday. Congressman elect R. E. DeForest sailed. for Enroll? this morning. —Boy Wanted, who understands the running of Job Presses. Apply at this ofl‘ice. ‘ Several of our local wheelmen took a spin to Saugatuck and back last eve- ning. The Little L’ HammOck club of South Norwalk will‘ chowder ” at their fav- orite resort Friday. Mrs. ThomasI. WoOd, of Ansonia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs C. E. Lock- wood, 9 WestportVVVV avenue. Mr. and Mrs. James Frey, of B1 idge- port,1vere visiting friends in East N01- walk, yesterday. The Boston store is not content to smash prices but tO—day it smashed out one of its upper story windows. Judge Austin is laying a stone curb and gutter and concrete walk along the front of his Belden avenue lot. V Strawberries are down, sugar is down and most of the cherries are now down— the throats of the schoolboy and rob- ins. John Rodemeyer, the noted wit and journalist, is making this glorious June day in Norwalk, still more glorious by his presence and smiles. Ben Allen gives a strawberry supper to-night to the members of Company F’s minstrels, the Bachelor quartette and a drum corps. Everybody and his brother, and everybody else, except his wife, are going to the immense feminine ball game this p. in. on the Baxter grounds. Ross B. Broadhead Esq., recently of the U. S. Senate clerical force and now of Wall Street, New York, is a guest at- the Norwalk Hotel. Postmaster Hubbell with his wife, will visit Vermont before he returns to engage his buckwheat cake crop of maple syrup. St. Mary’s Temperance Society, headed by the Ameiican fife and drum band, went to Bridgeport on the 8. 30 train this morning. Mr. Hanford’s Japanese Sago palms are in a very promising condition, and already constitute a very attractive ad? junct to his stock of living green. The Consolidated road is negotiating for the purchase of property in East Norwalk belonging to John McKay, Walter Hoyt, MissStudwell and Wm. Comstock. V —We have a few more gents fine gauze underwear which we are closing out at 25 and 39 cents. These goods are Mfg’t. samples and worth double the money. “Come-on! come out,” said a gentle- man too. little girl at whom a big dog had been barking furiously. “Come on, he’s quiet now.’ “Ah, but, ” said the child, “the barks are in him still.” Builder S. B. Wilson has been award» ed the contract fOi the building of the Norwalk Club house. He has not yet made any of his sub- lettings of mason work, painting, etc. In the Superior Court at Biidgeport yesterday, Judge Thayer dissolved the injunction against Chief of Police Ry- lands, and the chief return ed to the po- , lice station and resumed charge. Commencement exercises were held in many colleges, including Yale, Hag- vard, Wellesley, Amherst and Dart- mouth yesterday. gets the choice of course. a The Harvard Annex, the soCiety for the collegiate instruction- of women, had its commencement yesterday. Nine young women received diplomas .r An old and wheezy ha'nd oganfi and", stituted to- day the unhappiest combi- nation seen in N01 walk in many a day. Professor George-M. Mewbray, wide- ly known as the inventor of nitrO-gly- cerine with which the blasting of H002 sac Tunnel was done, died at North Adams, Mass, Monday. The GAZE'rrE’ s proposition to have the Lawn Tennis club erect a pole and unfurl the national flag from its grounds “ has took,” with the patriotic public at least. Pass the hat, boys. Stewart farm at New Canaan Four COrners to Mrs. Louisa L. Weed, and has sold for Mrs. Weed a farm of 24 acres" to Robert Hobbs of New York city. Rev. Mr. Boyce, pastor of theiBap- pulpit from his successor and was ar- rested for disturbing a religious meet- ing. The Hon. Shelby M. CullOm tells a- Chicago reporter that if Illinois and the republican national convention think his name would look well at the. head of the national ticket next year, it is entirely at their service. Dr. Baldwin’s bride elect, Miss Stan- ley, was out yesterday delivering invi- _ tation cards to her approaching wed- ding. A host of friends 'will shower down upon the happy pair the benedic- tion of their sincerest good wishes. Assistant Adjutant General White said yesterday that undoubtedly the Connecticut National guard would go into camp in August inasmuch as the receipts from the military commutation tax were sufficient to meet the ex— penses. Included in the Yale Senior appoint- ments are the following “ Colloquies” from this section: Lewis Carroll Hall, New Canaan; Edward Franklin H0131, Bridgeport; Arthur Benedict Russell South Norwalk and Hanford"'Smith. Weed, New Canaan. A new plate glass front is being put into the American house restaurant, Main street, Theodore Brush having charge of the job. Other improve- ments of this property are in contem- plation by the heirs of the Olmstead estate to whom it belongs. The beautiful and valuable Jersey cow belonging to Mr. James Scofield of Scofield & Hoyt, died'yesterday. She was probably the best cow in Nor- walk, and Mr. Scofield' would rather have lost a small fortune ‘in bad store debts than his barnyard pet. Rev. Dr. McGonegalis working hard to get up a temperance mass meeting to be held in Music hall, Sunday after- noon following the 4th of July. The idea is a good one, providing the cele- braters of the day before, can be pre- vailed open to take their heads? _to the hall. . x The Van Buren pgizes for the Lawn Tennis contests to open July lst, are now on exhibition at Pinneo’ s. They cOnsist Of two superb white bristled hair brushes, 9. pocket testament, (to hold arnica. or other liquids), a briar- wood pipe, all heavily decorated with _oxidszed silver. ——The Five COrners Shops, New Ca- naan Road, are better equipped than ever, for the best work of all kinds. The services of Mr. Andrew Johnson, of West NOrwalk, are engaged fOri car- riage" and wagon building. Mr. James Shea attends to the Horse and 0x Shoe- ing. Discount of Ten per cent. on all cash Shoeing. 129-11: The taking of testimony was begun in the trial of the directors of the New Haven road, yesterday, and the. fact that the Baker heater was used in the New Haven Railroad cars on the day of the tunnel acCident was preved to ev- 'erybody’ s satisfaction. And that is all that was proved. ‘ There was a good deal 'of wrangling among the lawyers, the Judge partly lost his temper once or twice, and a good many exceptions were taken.Th1atistthe sum and .sub- stance of the first day’s testimony' in the trial of the New Haven directors for misdemeanor. The Yale- Harvard ’varsity race takes, place Friday. In tossing for position yesterday Bob Cook lost, thus Harvard" a monkey equally old and whhezy, con-- James Mitchell has sold the T. M. 5 tist church at Madalin, .N. Y., being 3 dismissed by the trustees captured the ' .;.. The latest thingnn spelling is the fol- .‘fi; 5 ”if”?! K .a‘ 1W.“ windbw not puny miles from here. ' “La La RuCk” Ice Cream was found poster day'by Ofiiéer Gorm- ley in a sadly ine‘briated condition. This morning’s assessment by Justice Austin was $2 and costs. . The matter of the pOlices’ action, or rather non- action, in the Rice—Hanlon assault case, is to be taken 11 and fur- 3 ther ventilated attO-morrow sniaht’y ad- journed Boroughfineetingg , A 01 of “Old Saddlebags” that he never was reconciled' in his heart to the “institu- tion” of human slavery; that he pro- tested against the folly and wickedness of secession, that he stood Out stoutly, too, against the greenback craze, when such men as Morton and Hendricks succumbed to it: and that, when told that only his hard-Vinoney. views_._ .stood betWeen him and their votes fOr the senatorship, he replied that he would" not alter one word of his record “to be elected senator for life.” At a time their hacks upen‘ their records and pocketing their convictions, it is pleas- self-respecting honesty on the part of Joseph E. McDonald. He was a dem- ocrat of a type that. is fast disappear- ”ing from our politics . Cashier Grant Fitch, of Milwaukee, was so highly gratified with his first vis- it to his ancestors’ homes, that he hopes at no» distant day 'to repeat the trip. He considered it something of an event in his life to be taken over our historic soil. He was shown the rooms in one Of which on Feb. 2,1790, lay the body of his? honored forefather, Who had for ,1 years been King’ sCo’i‘nmissioner for this - ' section of George III’s territory, and whose remains were detained from bar'- ial because of the fearful snow storm whiCh was at that time raging in this portion of Connecticut. Mr. F. has a summer house on one of the Wisconsin ' lakes, and he here saw old family rel-_- ics which might in a not improper: sense he coveted for the adornment of the same. In Mr. SelleCk’s stray notes in further. Connection with his late guest’s family, Occurs the following. Daniel Fitch, born Aug. 16 11665, and nephew of- Thomas Fitch, ithe Norwalk settler, ”married' in Mardh, 1698 Mary, daughter of William SherwoOd of Fair-V, field. Their daughter Mary, born Sep. .,1 1707; married in 1726 Rev. James Hill-T house from whom descended Hon. JamesZHillh’ou'se of New Haven, whose daughter Rebecca married the late Na- thanieVl Hewitt, D.D., of Bridgeport, the» mother of the present 'Rev. Augustus F. Hewitt, one of the PauVlist Fathers of New York city. Mr. Fitch has gone to Yale Com- mencement and hopes to visit Norwalk, again prior to his return tothVe West. V The Westport ChurCh War. of Rev. Thomas A. Hyde vs. Charles H. J ones, clerk of the parish Of which he is rector was taken up in the- Super- ior Court, Judge Thayer, yesterday. . The only witness examined was Clerk Jones who testified as to the facts at; the , annual parish meeting of March 30, the status of the members present citing the parish record to show as proper and regular the adjournment for one week and the reasons for it. ' He was cross: examined, but his testiu‘mny was not shaken. Aside from the interested ves- trymen and Ofi‘icials of the parish, there were present many others ineluding a part of the female portion of the parish. The imbroglio' has been thoroughly: ventilated and arises frOm aidesire to There are'tw'o claimants of the office Of‘ clerk, William H. ~Marvi‘n and Charles H. Jones, and the former brought quof warranto proceedings to Compel te latter to show by what right he he ds‘ the offiCe of clerk. There are also two sets of vestrymen, each claiming to be _.legal - __ . Justice To All. There have several facts come to light which certainly go ,far to show that Warden KEELER did-use all rea- sonable exertion to have William'Han- Ion arrested. On Saturday morning" he demanded of Chief DeFOrest to know why he was not hunted up and arrested immediately after the assault "and or- dereVd him to make every CXCrtion~ to secure him. On Sunday he requested Sheriff Toner to Capture him if possi- ble, and on Monday evening, on hear- ing of Hanlon’ s return to town and be- ing in the weatern' part of the town, the Warden hired a carriage at his own expense and sent two ofi‘icers.’ in search of him. This exculpates our Warden, but does it not throw a still heavier burden of responsibility on the .pOliCeV for their conspicuous indifference" in the matter of the arrest. low1ng to be seen; in”: a ca‘nfectioner’s~ - James Stanley, an umbrella mender, . Unless they at .once come forward. with Let it be remembered to the Credit- when so many; public men are turning ant to recall that exhibition of sturdy, 1 ' the door. The guo rem ranto feature of the case i ' and received reports. oust the ,rector, Rev. Thomas D. Hyde. ' V of the second will of the late Mrs. Barns. tby secured frOm Judge Spink, in the munic trial court, a continuation of the probation RlCe to Sue' the Hanlons. V Attorney Grey has been employed by Jack Rice to bring a civil suit for heavy damages against the Hanlons. propositions for liberal restitution for ’ the injury inflicted upon Rice, ' suit is to be commenced. ———~———<+>———————— ' DARI'NC CONvIC'r‘ urRrsmo. Two of 01m Guards and Three Prisoners Killed in the Melee. . , , CEATTANOOGA, _June 24. —-Fu111 detail: from Coal City, the convict Camp where i, 1‘ an uprising occurred yesterday rimming,- record one of the most Vdaring breaks for liberty ever attempted in Georgia. Atd o’clock Captain J. M. Moreland, assistant =‘w1arden at Slope camp, ivvent into the * stOCkade whéi’é 200 Convicts We're c'bn‘fined. He was accompanied by Jesse Rankin,a night guard. After the convicts had been counted and the majority sent 611 to the coal mines, seven asked to remain behind in- Order to be furnished with overalls, say- . . in t tth had been Workin in a. wet by members of the Indiana legislature:- g ha ey 3 place” in the mines. The seven were J. M; Lansdowne, S. H. Lansdowne, father and son; Sam Green, Wilson. Palmer, John Rutherford, Abe Wayman and George Ward. As the assistant warden- started for the gate Wilson Palmer, a burly white con-i vict, serving his time for safe blowing. drew a revolver and ordered the jailor’r hands up. After relieving the warden oi his pistol, Palmer fired his revolver with in a. foot of his face, inflictinga fatal 'wound. Rankin in the meantime had been overpowered, but struggling to his feet managed to escape by knocking doan a. convict. The seven desperate men made arush for Captain Moreland’s ofiiee, where they knew arms were kept. They secured a double-barreled shotgun and barricaded By this time the guards Were aroused and a general fusillade ensued. - resulting in the death of Patrick Rawlii:~ and Jack Rankin, two guards, and of Sam Green, Wilson Palmer and George Ward While the firing was in progress, Abe Wayman and John Rutherford made a break from the ofiiCe and succeeded in escaping. How the convicts secured the pistol' is not known. ' THEY WANT JEFF' DAVIS‘ BODY. Richmond, Va., and Jackson, Miss” Cou- tending for 151le Inhumatlon. NEW YORK, June 24. —'.l‘he delegatioi appointed by the Davis -Monument asso elation and the chamber or commerce Bl the city of Richmond, waited on Mrs. J of ' ferson Davis at the New York hotel Tues ‘ day morning to Obtain her reply to the request made one year ago that the re- mains of her husband be interred in that city. The gentlemen composing the dole gation are J. Taylor Ellyson, mayor 01 Richmond; General Joseph R. Anderson. Colonel John B. Casey, General Peyton Wise, Captain W. G. Waller, editor of the Richmond Times; President Tyler’s grand son and Mrs. Davis’ brother-in-law and _ Evan R. Chesterman, of the Richmond Dispatch. Mrs. Davis received her visitors gracious ly and listened to what they had to say. Then she informed them that a delegation from Mississippi would arrive in this city tomorrow for the purpose of requesting that her husband’s body be interred at Jackson, Miss. Governor Lowry is chair— man of the latter delegation. Mrs. Davis was, therefore, compelled to postponé hei answer until she had received and listened to the Mississippi delegation. The Rich- mond delegation will stay in the city for a few days, and are hopeful that when they return it will be with the assurance of Mrs. Davis that their request will .be granted. New York’s Sons of Veterans Meet. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., June %.—-The city is overrun with delegates from various cities of the state who are here to attend the eighth annual encampment of the New York divisiOn of the Sons of Voter " ans.~ The convention oiganizod at It o’clock Tuesday morning at Bennett’s ho tel, and appointed the various committees The delegates sub sequently were taken on a tour of inspec .tion by the members of the local. camp ot the Sons of Veterans. They visited all points Of interest, both in the city and suburbs, and also inspected the Insane asylum and Orphan’s home. At Ross Park, the Coney Island of Binghamton the visitors hadVa pleasant time. Among other places visited'were the Spring For- est and Glenwood cemeteries. At night Mayor B. S. Curran delivered an addres. of welcome from the balcony of the hotel Mrs. Barnaby’ 3 Second Will. PROVIDENCE,-June 24.—The proponent: of the Will until Sept. 22. Before that time the result of the trial of Dr. Graves is ex- peoted to be known, and may remove some serious obstacles to the probation of the document. Rylanoe In Chief Again. BRIDGEPORT, J 11119 24. —The mayor won a. signal victory over the city attorney and old board of police commissioners Tues day when Judge Thayer dissolved the in- junction restraining Chief of Police Ry lance frOm exerCising the duties of that office. Upon the decision being announced the chief immediately took possession at his office. . . The Pacific Record Smashed. VANCOquR, B. 0., June 24.—The Cana- dian Pacific steamer Empress of Japan. which arrived Tuesday morning, ten days and twenty-one hours out from Yokohoma, made the factest run ever made across the Pacific, heating by eighteen hours that of her sister ship Empress of India, which had previously broken the record. ' To Be Hanged in Private. HOUSTON, June 24.—William Caldwell, who assassinated Dr. Shainblin in Fort Bond county in August, 1888, and whose case has been once before the" 'United States supreme court and twice before the court of appeals, was sentenced yestérday to be hanged' in private on July 31. 135th Dlvldend. The venerable Fairfield County Nat- ional Bank has just declared its 185th semi-annual dividend. Jack Rice’s Condition. V Yesterday, Rice was more restless and feeverish and his condition more .‘serious than at any previous time. His , Viphysician has Ordered that no one be - permitted to visit or talk with him. At noon to-day Dr. Tracey reports him much better. Catholic Temperance Parade, TO- day is to be a noted day in the history of the Catholic Temperance or- ganizations of this State. Their an- nual field day is to be celebrated. at Bridgeport. Large numbers will go over from Norwalk and visiting socie- ties'will be represented from all parts of the State, under the auspices of the Connecticut Total Abstinence Union. It is estimated that between two and three thousand men will be in line. C. Something Liable to Drop. The air is thick 'with rumors to the effect that a determined effort will be made to effect a change in our borough police force,-at the next meeting of the Court of Burgesses. What would bet— ter satisfy the public, would be for the present ofiicers to make a full, frank and honest statement or explanation of their seeming unwillingness to arrest William Hanlon. O Adjourned till Saturday. Ex-Mayor Coughlin, Attorney H. H. Knapp and Talmage Baker of South Norwalk, appraisers on damages to owners of land which the Consolidated road propose taking in carrying out the four-tracking project, yesterday inspected the land owned by J. D. Toomey in Fairfield, prior to a hearing which was to have been held at 1 o’clock in Bridgeport, but the hearing was adjourned until Saturday. 9 A Model Dwelling. To-day Dr. and Mrs. Gregory take formal possession of their new home on West avenue, the last loads of house- hold goods having been moved this morning, and they wil “occupy and possess” to-night. A DAILY GAzE'r'rE representative called there this morn- ing and can say truthfully that me- chanics and painters have transformed the old dwelling into one of the pret- tiest and in every way most desirable onvthe avenue. Dr. Gregory’s office, on the southerly side. is one of the cos- iest and best appointed in the borough, and the combination of office and dwelling has left nothing to be desired. Dr. and Mrs. Gregory are to be con- gratulated upon their possession of so pretty and delightfully situated a home. A Demanding Trade Necesslta’ces an Addition. Seldom a season or a year passes but that some change or addition of space is made in the stores of. the large dry goods and carpet firms. More depart- ments are added, departments that are established are enlarged, and the de- mands Of trade are steadily calling for a store in which the purchaser can readily find the several items that are on the “shopping list. ” To meet this growing demand the D. M. Read Co. have secured in addition to their pre- sent premises, the large store formerly occupied by Webster and Lounsbury which is just north of the building now used by them. A connection is being made from the building facing Fair- field avenue by means of an archway sixteen feet wide, with glass roof and sides of corrugated iron. This large store running through Main street to Middle is being newly refitted into a model, up to the times carpet and up- holstering store, and into. -.t will be re- moved the stocks that are now in the lower floors of their present buildings. This will make them one of the largest and best appointed carpet rooms in the state, and being on the ground floor will afford ample light in whiCh to makea grand showing of the goods they carry. This addition will give space to increase their departments of wash dress goods, linens, towelings. blankets, and house-furnishings, which remove the ladies’ underwear and in- fant goods to the main floor, as the room and shelving now used' is needed (as was found last fall) for their cloak, jacket and suit business. Co. Will CommenCe to-day, tiniie for two weeks, a sale in the dif- fected by the changes. - to their large announcement one can readily. see at a glance if there is any- will be profitable' in this month of June “bargain hunters’ ” month.V is very much needed. They will then - That Flag. Any pat‘rithically'V put up on the Lawn Tennis lot are re... Pinneo’ s or at the office of the BAR): GAZETTE. GoOd LUCK. . Our Census Taker of dogs has thrown up his commission and gone to Glen Island, where he has been appOinted GeneralSuperintendent of the ‘stOring' . grounds,wharves and steamboats there, Our friend “Asa” can now fulfill and. fill up, his fondest dreams every day on clam Chowder, baked blue fish and boiled lobsters Lucky Asa Smith. Wheelm'en Meet. Last evening, pursuant to adjourn- ment, a large number of the League - Wheelmen of the borough ,met in the store of E. M. Jackson, elected thirteen new members, adopted the League uniform, resolved to be known as the Alpha Wheel Club and,adjourned until next Tuesday evening. Mr. Ed. Ray- mond, of the Rambling Wheelmen, Bridgeport, came over to Norwalk on his wheel and was the guest of the Nor- walk boys until midnight and on his return home was accOmpaniedas‘ far as Westportbv a good delegation. . _,<+>____ DetIcater' Constderate. It is now currently stated that Wil- liam Hanlbn’s- return and voluntary surrender of himself, was the result of the most'deliCately - diplomatic, corres- pondence between himself and Certain borough officials, and that his . offer to surrender was inspired by the situation becoming “officially” too embarrassing to his friends. If this is so, he has shown a'deli'cate and refined consider- ation Of their feelings, in strong con- trast with his grosser nature as exhib- ited in the assault on poor Rice. All that seems to have been wanting to make the picture perfectly diplomatic, or perfect military etiquette, was the omissionto'employ bearers of flags ’of truce to convey the negotiating epistles between the high contracting parties. —<‘>—-——- ANew Connecticut Railroad. Here. is a railroad that the Consoli- ~dated monopoly will permit to . be built:— Agents in charge of the stOck sub- scription of the new Westerly and J ew- ett City railroad report unlooked for success and the building of the road, twenty-five miles-long, a certainty in the near future. The survey has been completed. The road will run almost exactly northwestfrom Westerly, pass- ing through Ashaway and North Ston- ington, entering the thriving town of Voluntown, near Carroll’s Mill and pass through Glasgow, Bethel, Pach- ague and Hopeville toJewett City. All of the towns through which the new road will pass, are towns that have never enjoyed the advantages of a rail- road and nearly all are busy manufac- turing towns. The new road is backed by leading men of the towns mention- ed and will be an independent line, having nothing to do with either the New England or Stonington railroad systems. 1 1 Festivals. ' The open. meeting and strawberry festival given by Sherman Command- cry, United Order of the Golden Cross, inY. M. C. A. hall last night, was a decided success in every respect and re- flected credit upon the committee hav- ing the same in ”charge. Over two hundred were present when the enter- tainment Commenced, which included instrumental and vocal seleCtions, rec- itations and readings, banjo duets, and an address upon the Order by Grand Commander W. O. Staples of New Ha- ven.‘ At the close Of the entertain- ment, ice cream, strawberries and cake were served to all who wished and thus ended a very pleasant evening. The next meeting 'of Sherman Com- mandery will be held on Friday even- ing when the semi-annual election of officers will be held. . The ladies of the Congregational church had a very delightful and suc- cessful entertainment at their last even- ing ’s fete. The weather was fine, the decorations attractive, the “ nose-buds” fascinating, and the Vedibles sweet and tempting. In order, V therefore, to have as small a stock as '2 ferent departments that are to be af- -' By reference ' thing of particular interest, and should . you not notice it, a visit to their stOre . termed by. the dry goods merchants the i} OBITUARY. B'enardus Evertse'n Staats died at Al-, possible to transfer, the D. M. Read bany 011 Monday and his remains are and - con- 3 ' Paul’s church yard to-morrow Vthe25th, to be brought here and interred in St. at 10 O ’clock a. 'm. 1 Mr. Staats was for many years a res- ident of Norwalk on Belden avenue, » and a sonsin-law Of Rev. Dr. Wm. Cooper Mead. He was a man of strict integri- ty, strong will and. always maintained his ancestral, Teutonic independence. He will be; of thought and action. buried here beside his wife. quested to leave their contributions at 1 '1printing press manufacturer, on West -. Mountain, Ridgefield EXTRA SOUTH NORWALK NEWS inspired person - Foster Brothers, of Danbury and , Bell Island, have the contract for building a $30, 000 residence fer the partner of Robert Hoe, the celebrated Mr. James Wood of New. York and I ..Miss Emily, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joseph Cox, Roton Hill, Were married at Trinity Church. "It‘was a recherche affair. The Couple were in 1receipt of many elegant presents. Yesterday afternoon the captain of the barge McWilliams sat on the sag. of his boat at the steamboat wharf tending the guy rope. The rope sud- denly parted and the captain made a. hole in the water with his body. He _ clambered on board again none the Worse for his bath. Among those registeied at the Ma- hackemo hotel and who were in atten- dance at the Wood- Cox wedding to- day are E. Henry Faii child, Miss Edith Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. James ’Wood, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. George Sessions, Miss Nellie Dix, Fred A. Phillips, Miss Helen Priest and David Wood. Speeler Smith is organizing a fishing club that will sail under the name of Chinquasabunticook. Not to be out- done by Speeler, Commodore Wood- ward of the Quaker City is getting . names for another club to be known as the Onoauinapaskesasanognog. Should the two clubs ever consolidate. the name of the former could be used for bait and that of the latter for a fishing line. ' When in front of Dibble’ s building about 6 o’clock this morning, the hind wheel of the South Norwalk Beef Co’s. delivery wagon came off which fright- "cried the horse into a run. The driver Will Lyons, pluckily held on to the reins with one hand, (the Other having been disabled by an accident the other day.) and succeeded in stOpping the runaway near Nash’s tin shop. Dani- age nominal. Mr. Edw.Quittne1 leaves this after- noon for New York. To- morrow morning he will board the Augusta Victoria which sails for Hamburg. Last evening the Geimania Singing society called on Mr. Quittner at his place of business on North Main street and a happy time was had Mr. Quitt- ner doing the part of host to perfec- tion, at least, so say those who were there. Mr. Quittner has not been to his birthplace before in several years. Yesterday afternoon as the Housa- tonic “gilt edge” express was hauling out of the station and when near the Washington street crossing, a man was seen to run out of the fruit store in the Mahackemo building and attempt to board the train and the next moment he was measuring his length in the mud. A crowd rushed and picked him up and he walked back to the fruit store, with a blackened nose and mash- ed derby hat. The mud was scraped off and he took a later train for his home in Danbury. He was too dazed, however, to give his name. Mayor Reed gave the city officials an outing yesterday. They left here on the mayor’s fast yacht and after a pleas- ant sail landed on Betts’ island, where a shore dinner was served. The chow- der and the bake was under the super- vision of a caterer who has been in the biz for nearly fifty years. Among those present were Mayor Reed, Coun- cilmen iBohanan, Volk, Lockwood, Sel- leck and Knapp, City Attorney Light, Treasurer John H. Ferris, Collector Herman Snyder, Auditor Smith, City Surveyor Morehouse Chief of Police Vollmer and City Marshall James. The party returned home at 5:30 o’clock thoroughly happy and full of clams.~ O WILTON. Miss Fanton closed her school in the 91511 8011001 District (Hurlbutt street, ) with considerable ceremony. An Ex- hibitiOn was given worthy of imitation. The children were delighted and the parents and others, who attended, were satisfied with the exercises, which were opened by “Clap Your Hands,” by the séhool. - “A True Incident, ” Minnie Disbrow; A Dialogue in Dentistry; “We Little Girls,” Sadie Scofield; “I’m Very Young,” Gussie Berns; solo by Reuben Geoppler; chorus by school; “ALittleBoy’ s Speech,” Chester Geop- pler; 1 “Four Little Mothers, Edith Jackson, Sadie Scofield, Florence Gil- bert, Minnie Disbrow; “Papa’s Letter,” Miss Carrie Brown; “How We Tried to Lick the Teacher,” Theodor C Wright; Eddie Scofield gave a burlesque on tho “Census Taker ,” which “was a success," as expressed by Van Hoosear, Wilton’ s ox-census taker. The annual school meeting Was held in the 9th SChool District (Hurlbutlt street) on the evening of June 22, and Charles Holmw was e1eCted committee; D. H. Van Hoosear, treasurer;- and T- F Gilbert, clerk, Adjourned tWO weeks, for applications for teachers
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