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THE LIVJE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
Fred. Partric and wife were in town
over the 4th. _fl__
J 2. Arthur Ambler was in town on the
4th.
Miss Mamie Mumford has returned
from Brooklyn.
Mrs. Charles G Deane of New York,
spent Sunday in town.
A little child has died Of malignant
scarlet fever on Spring Hill.
The eldest daughter of Lester Cole
was here over the Fourth.
There were three eétra police on
duty Friday and Saturday night.
Scofield has another cow and Buckly
another dog, all of Belden avenue.
Mrs. Amsdon, of Bethel, Vt., is
visiting her father Mr. J. W. Atwood?
Mrs. Jacob Helmof Westboro, N. Y.,
is a guest of Mrs. 'D. Warren Fitch.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loomis spent
the Fourth with their son in Water-
bury. '
Young Fathe Murrray has been as-
signed to Bristol, Conn., as assistant to
the parish priest there.
—Boy Wanted, who understands the
running of Job Presses. Apply at this
ofiice.. _3 3 _3 .
“Mart” Kellogg starts to-day for a
week’s leave in Order, to reduce his
weight and spirits. A
Miss Frances Dimon and niece Clara
Dimon, Spent the 4th and 5th with
frlends at Bedford, N. Y.
—Six pair of fast black Hose for 25
cents at Scofield 8: Hoyt’s,Nor-walk and
South Norwalk.
Hope Hose boys had a chowder and
Phoenix Engine sandwiches for their
friends, Friday night.
Mrs. Blakelle and daughter were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Scofiold
on Belden avenue over the 4th.
Orders have been issued for eight
days encampment of the Connecticut
National Guard.
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A valuable pug dog belonging to
Platt Price was bitten by a cat the
other day and its life is despaired of.
There’s a newspaper man at the head
of the wether bureau now. If you don’t
like the weather, stop your subscription.
There was another encouraging
change this morning in the force laying
the flag stones in front of the post
office.
Mrs. James Silk, who resides near
dl'etown asylum by Sheriff Toner Sat-
urday.
Hurbert E. Bishop so over excited
called‘ to him last evening.
Supt. of Fire Alarm JohnH. Hoyt
went with Burgesses Burr and Bowe
Miss Giacc Clark has returned from
Washington and is again a welcome
guest at her old home with Mrs. Wm.
Bandlo Smith 311 West avenue.
. The Bridgeport Farmer announces
the purchase of a web perfecting press,
Which has become _a necessity owing to
its constantly growing circulation.
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Ger on top of the awning of groceryman
Keelor’s Water street store Saturday,
which burned a bad hole in it before
_ Ex-Vlce-President Hanmbal-I'Hamlm
died at Bangor 0311 Saturday. ~
Frank L Allen and Wife Of NewYorlr
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. GéOr ge Al-
len.
Judge Woodward and son i spent the
Fourth up' at the ancestral home in old
Litchfield county. - A
Ticket number’816 drew the $100
silver service at' the A. O. H. picnic
Saturday. Who' 1s the lucky holder 30f
this ticket? ’
Mark W. Stevens while attending
church last evening was notified of the
serious illness of his father, who it is
feared cannot live. 2
At the annual meeting of the Colum-
bia Cycle Club of Hartford on Satin-
day afternoon, Capt. C. F. Seeley won
the two mile safety handicap. A
William H. Gladstone. the eldest son
of Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, died
at the home of his father-in-law, Lord
Blantyre, Saturday morning. I
It will b‘ejoyful news to many that
the .Earle‘ family is to return today
and occupy their beautiful East avenue
mansion for the summer.
Rev. Mr. Selleck preached at Lyon
Plains yesterday, and a 1m ge number
of the wealthy summer residents of
Greenfield Hill went to. hear him.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray of
Center avenue, their four sons and
their families, celebrated the 4th by
having their pictures taken in a group.
Whatever uncertainty may exist as to
who 1s brigadier general of the Con-
necticut National Guard, there is no
doubt as to who is commander-in- chief.
Florist Hanford was busy this morn;
ing arranging palms. plants and flow-
ers for the Baldwin-Stanley wedding at
the Congregational church this after-
noon.
Ii' Charley Finch .should ask' you to'
take something or have a smoke to-day
it is because of the arrival of a fourteen
pound daughtei, which came to his
house on the fourth.
The Gentlemen’s Driving Associa-
tion have issued their programmes for
their meeting, August 18, 19, 20 and 21.2
Entries close August 4th, and the total
amount of purses is $2,850. ‘
Among those of our older citizens
not previously mentioned in the GA-
BETTE, are Mr. and Mrs. A. Morchouse
who are living together at the ripe old
age Of 83 years each.
Horace Hubbell’s new horse, driven-
by George Button, was frightened by
the steam roller at South Norwalk this
morning, and 'ran away but did no
damage beyond breaking the harness.
Messrs. Charles and Hiram Bessey
were up from New York'bn Saturday.
.They visited the old homestead on
Water street and were not a little sur-
prised to see a large gas holder being
erected there. .2
The State Board for awarding schol-
arships to the Sheffield Scientific
School, taking in consideration the
population, finds that Fairfield County
is entitled to three more than is already
awarded. '
Frank Charvat, the well-known the-
atrical manager and husband of Ullie
Akerstrom, was buried two days ago
from his home in Peoria, Ill. .He was
42 years old and had many friends ' in
N orwalk-
Marv Maloney was brought before
Judge Coolidge this morning for being
drunk and disorderly on the church
green last evening. Mary plead guilty,
was fined $1 and costs and went to
Bridgeport.
Masters WillardS. ComstOck, George
Cram, Nathan P. Hunter and Harry
Beers, go to Nauvoo Island to- day for
a camping out pionic._ They will want
as cold down the bay as up here.
- A family named Myers were camp-
ing on Great Marsh last week. They
started from Hoboken, N. "J, 2111' aiirow
boat and were on their way to Provi-
dedce, R. 1., where they expect to
spend a short vacatiOn'. ‘On' their re-
turn they will row 2 home by way of the
Long Island shore. .
The reason that “Billy” Betts is giv-
ing away the cigars so lavishly ,. to-day
is that after having got his partner
Nickerson out of town,ofi‘ up in, Massa-
chuSetts to spent the Fourth, he went
Some, careless boy threw a me crack- ‘ right off after the doctor who brought
Thim one of the nicest and sweetest and
pinkest nine and a half pound girls this
morning that any proud father ever
it. was discOvéred and extinguished
set eyes on.
A SAD ACCIDENT!
Little Mary O’Conner Burned to
Death.
Flrecrackers the Cause.
On Saturday evening little Mary E.
O’Connor, the six-year-old daughter of
Thomas O’Connor, who resides on the
Stamford turnpike, was dressed in her
white muslin dress preparatory to com-
ing up town to see the Lawn Tennis
club’s fire works. While waiting for
her parents she attempted to light a
fire cracker with a lighted piece of pa-
per when her clothing caught fire
ran at the top of her speed. Before the
little one could be caught her clothing
had been entirely burned Off of her.
She was at once taken into the house
where every thing possible was done
for the little sufferer, but she died in
great agony at half past two yesterday.
ACCIDENT AT BRIDGEPORT.
The Shuntlng Bins of the Housaton-
to Road Fall With 3. Crash.
At 3 O ’clock this morning the large
coal shunting bins of the. Housatonic
railroad CO., lOCated On the dock, came
down with a crash while the train was
on the trestle and all elashmg through
the dock, engine, cars; coal and all
were deposited into the water. For?
tunately no one was injured The
People’s Line of Steamers dock Was
badly injured and the total loss it is
thought will reach ten 01' fifteen thou-
sand d Ollars.
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Mr. George Clark is to give a
"shore” clam bake at “Clark’s Folly,”
on Prospect Hill this afternoOn In
fact this is to be his fifth annual shore
clam bake and a crowd of New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and other friends
are to greet him on the occasion and
sample Norwalk’s finest marine staple.
Photographer and Mrs. Readman
start on Wednesday on a trip to Cana-
da. They will visit I‘oronto, Montreal,
Thousand'Islands, Niagara Falls, and
other places of mterest and expect to
"stdp at fiBu‘fi'alo to attend the lNational
Photographers Convention, which is
to be held," 1n ‘the last Enamed place on
the 15th, 16th 17th and 18th“ inst.
Rev Mr Watkins preached last even-
ing on “The Better Country,” inculca-
ting lessons of personal holiness with
patribtism. Rev. Dr. Noble preached
a discourse on Congregationalism as
related to our American Institutions,
and Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne a patriotic
discourse on the nation’s independence
and pr ogr ess. _
B.W. Maples will leave Norwalk on
Friday next for St. Paul to attend the
annual meeting of the National Editor-
ial Association. After the meeting he
expects to go to the Pacific coast and
spend several weeks in the “Glorious
climate of California. ”..—[Hour. -
And the choir began to sing:
“Believmg, we reamce,” etc.
A party of friends assembled at the
residence of Sidney Williams on Wil-
ton avenue, Saturday fevening ,to help
him celebrate his birth day. A2ggold-
headed cane was given him, and Photo
Artist Readman brought tears; to his
own eyes in eloquently presentmw the
same. . .
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Chapter of Accidents.
Willis Bouton while trying to fire a
cannon by means of a cigarette suc-
ceeded in filling his eye full of powder.
Dr. Phinney who .is attending him
hOpes to save his eyesight.
A young lad named Ira Howard,
while attempting to extract a cartridge
from his pistol, shot himself In the leg.
Sam Crawfurd, while attempting to
smoke a pipe in which powder and to-
bacco had been mixed, got his face full
of powder.
Neil, the four years Old son of Sheriff
Toner, fell from a ladder in his father’s
barn and broke his left arm.
Asa, the ten years old son of Capt.
Isaac Stevens of Rowayton, put a pack
of fire-crackers and a box of parlor
matches in his pocket and by some
means they became ignited. The lad
naturally pushed his right hand into
the pocket which he succeeded in do-
ing. His leg was severely burned as
was also his hand. Dr. Bohanan
dressed the wounds and the youngster
will probably be about in a few days.
A Son of Thadeus Guyer was severely
burned about the face by the prema-
ture explosion of some powder which
he had procured for the purpose of
celebrating.
A cartridge exploded 121 the hands of
-MayOI Reed’s son, at South Norwalk,
burning him quite severely.
Will Brown, of East Norwalk, was
hit in the eye with a cannon cracker,
and is carrying the scar about to-day in
proof of it.
which so scared her that she started and
finally in the building of a3 hospital. Ac-
'cordingly a committee of five was ‘ap-I
‘ The Proposed Hospital.
At a meeting of the committee of
the Hat Trimmers’ association of
South N orwalk, held J une 28th in the
parlors of the Old Well Hook and Lad-
der Co., for the purpose of discussing
plans for establishing a fund for the
building of a hospital in the town of
Norwalk, it was decided that, inasmuch
as there seems to be 1n some quarters,
a misunderstanding as to the purpose
of said committee, the proper thing to
do was to appoint a sub-committee, to
acquaint the public through ‘the me-
dium of the local press, with the real
purpose of the committee, and its
workings from its organization to the
present time. The committee was ac-
cordingly appointed and in obedience
to instructions, respectfully submit the
following brief statement.
The recent alarming frequency of
accidents in South Norwalk, particu-
larly in the vicinity of the railroad de-
pot, and the unnecessary and almost
inhuman delay in procuring the ne-
cessary surgical aid, and hospital treat-
ment, thereby prolonging the sufferings
of the unfortunate victims, and in some
cases lessening the chances of recov-
ery, have fully demonstrated the need
of a hospital building in this town- and
the ladies of the _Hat Trimmers’ asso-
ciation of South Norwalk at a recent
meeting realizing the}? town‘s hood {in
this direction, decided .to take some ac-2
tiOn, which they hoped Would result
pointed with power to add to its num-
ber from the different departments of
the different hat manufactories in town.
which was accordingly done, and on.
the evening of J une 5tha meeting held
in the trimming room of the Volk Hat
CO. ,(by the courtesy of its manager, )
the committee was regularly organized
with Mr. 'John W. Mains as chairman,f
Miss Rich as secretary, and Mr. Chas.
Stevens, (a gentleman of unimpeach-
able character and integrity, aproperty
holder in town, who has signified his
willingness to give bonds in an amount
equal to twice that which he will prob-
ably have 1n custody for this commit-2
toe, ) as treasurer. At a subsequent
meotmg Mr. John Murphy and Mrs.
A'. Crawfivei‘e elected vice presidents.
After considerable discussmn it was
decided; to hold a fair 21-h the; Armory
building foi‘ one week beginning Sept.
21st. Regular weekly meetlngs have
since been held, «in the parlors of .the
Old Well Hook and Ladder Co. , the
use of which that company has kindly
tendered to the csmmittee free of
charge. Much of the preliminary work
has been done. The fair will be ar-
ranged in the form of a bazaar ',,of the
months of the year, with twelve-booths
each fitted up in a manner to appro-
priately represent one of the months.
The committee proposes to invite the
cooperation of all the churches, lodges,
organizations and employes in other
lines of business, to help make the fair
a success. They propose to reserve one
booth for the Hat Trimmers’ associa-
tion and to give Others to the churches
and societles who may éxpress a desire-
for them. Boeides the booths there
will be other now and novel attractions.
The Committee Wish it understood
that they (10 net propose to build the
hospital: ohl'y' to establish a fund for
that purpose, and also that it is not a
hatters’ hospital but a public hospital,
and that it 1s not proposed to make it
sectional 1n any sense. It 1s hoped and
believed by the time the fair is closed,
sufficient enthusiasm will be aroused
among the citizens of the place, to
form an association for the building Of
a hospital, with officers from among its
solid men. Then the treasurer of this
committee will hand over the funds in
his custody, to the treasurer of such a
committee, and this committee will,
consider its work completed.
Very respectfully,
THE SUB-COMMITTEE.
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The Capron Hearing.
When the above case was called to
trial this morning Judge Coolidge read
a letter from _Dr. J. G. Gregory in
which he stated that Mrs. Capron had
been troubled some time with a faulty i
heart, and was in such a condition Of
health as to forbid her appearing with- ‘
GLORIOUS F__I__KE WORKS!
The Flag 11.12 Was There.
The Lawn Tennis club boys, hearing
that the Over-river school flag was to
be raised at one o’clock, got it into
their minds that this was an effort to
get 1n ahead of the 4 a. m. flag-raising
at their grounds, crept up between
twelve of Friday night and one of Sat-
urday morning and hauled up their
new and beautiful forty-four starred
flag. between the down-pouring show-
ers, and with wild hurrahs. This, the
crowd that assembled at four o’clock
a. m. Considered taking a mean advan-
tage of them and when Pinneo and Dr.
Acton learned that it was not until one
o’clock p. m. that the flag-raising atthe
Over-River school g1 ounds was to take
place they tried to turn around and
kick themselves. Mr. Pinneo says
they never would have been able to
have gotten Taylor, their orator, up
there before 10 a. m. anyway, and so
“all’s well that ends well.”
The day was busily spent clearing up
the grounds, adjusting seats for their
evening guests, hanging Chinese lan-
terns and arranging every detail for
the superb evening’s entertainment and
grand display of fire works. This lat-
ter was a complete success and to the
club the people of Norwalk are indebt-
ed for a pyrotechnic display which has
not been equaled here in a great num-
ber of years. There were seated on
the grounds as invited guests Of the
club, from three to five hundred men,
women and ‘children, while on the
fences and walks surrounding the
grounds there must have been ”five
thousand more. Every detail of the
diSplay worked with sucCess and the
vast inside and vaster outside audience
expressed their appreciation and de-
light in _ continuous applause. Lieut.
Henry Matheis was generalissimo in
setting off the fire works, and his ser-
vices were pronounced by the club to
have been invaluable in that line.
There was not an accident or ahit'ch
and never-go in any one of the details of
the blazing display. The rockets were
shot athwart a skyr canOpied by a dense
black cloud which gave them addition-
al beauty and lustre. The balloons and
set pieces were greatly admired as were
the brilliant series of “flower-pot” ex-
plosions. The colored fires, kept burn-
ing at the line of the flagstafi‘, gave a
wierd appearance to those helping, and
a peculiar witchery of color to the
dense crowd of faces peering from the
fences.
Wheeler & Wilson’s string band was
in the open lodge and discoursed the
most exquisite music during the 'whole
brilliant display of fire Works. After
the closing piece—‘ ‘Good Night”-was
given, the guests were invited to a re-
past of ice cream, and right royally
were the exquisite Fussell bricks dis-
pensed. This part of the exercises be-
ing ended, the more youthful and en-
thusiastic wound up the day’ s celeb1 a-
tion with a dance inside their pavilion,
which was kept up very near the Sun-
day danger line. Indeed it 1s reported
that some of the more ardent andpatri-
otic youths of both sexes strongly fav-
ored a reasonable if not liberal allow-
ance for differences in time pieces when
the hour ofNSunday morning arrived.
Tennis club are their guests and thous-
ands of our citizens and their children
indebted for a most delightful break in
the National Holiday’s monotony and
for a bright and beautiful display of
fire works that no individual citizen,
however wealthy, could have afforded
to have given. The liberality,‘ enter-
prise and hard work of the club to' pro-
vide such a rare, meritorious and high-
1y enjoyed entertainment will remain
as a pleasant memory to all, for years
to come.
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Killed and Injured at a in Battle.
YOUNGSTOWN,O., July. 6.—
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Fair grounds conducted by Tod post,“a
Youngstown, assisted by Buckley and“
charge at Gettysburg. A signal rook:
struck Bessie Cronin, aged seven years, 0
the forehead, killing her almost instant
He1 sister, standing by her, was tomb:
burned, and Katie blaming, aged fourtee
out hazarding her safety. The doctor i
also suggested that Mrs. Capron’s pre-
vious mental cOndition and physical i
health be inquir ed into before res0rting
to harsh legal measures. Upon this
statement Mr. 0’ German stated that he
did not wish to prosecute the case fur-
ther and he and Mr. Capron settled the
matter and the case was dismissed. 2
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Court of Burgess Meeting.
To-night the regular monthly meet-
ing of our borough God-fathers is to be
held. While it is not expected to beas'
much of a hippodrome as some pre-
vious ones. still there will be enough,
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years, had her left eye blown out).
Eliza Boswell. of (31031be, was badly 0
fund by a rocket and Dr. Jones. a vs33
inary surgeon, was acoidentallys
side by a “rebel” veteran. Ho
John Rex received a had cut Rom a rocfi‘t .,
stick.
Fred Douglas Home Again. I
WASHINGTON, July 6. —Hon. Fred Doug-
lass, United States minister to Hayti, has
,arrived' 1n Washington on a leave of ab-H
’ sonce.
of his fleeing for his life during the recent, 2
He denies the sensational stories
disturbs n cos in Hayti. He says everything
,is quiet time now and Hippolyte 1‘s master"
'of the sit..u Ition, having taught the revo-2
'lutiouist s 'l severe lesson. Mr. Don lass
also (1. [13:05 that; he has been recalled rem
his pu..I by the state department. He
wouldII’I PT im e mush if he were recalled,
for heir: 3r E ly to return to his quiot home
3 and sue .- . I'IIc remainder Of his days the)???
To the members of the Norwalk Lawn -
A SMALL BLAZE
Flre Rek-lndled in the [-2113 Ice House
by F3lrlng3 off a Toy Cannon.
-Of Course no village or city Fourth
Of July could be properly celebrated
without a fire of some kind. Our Nor-
walk fire “laddies were constantly on
the alert and unusually vigilant during
all Friday night and throughout Satur-
day. The Old Well Hook and Ladder
Co. kept a team of horses hitched to
their apparatus,. and “Horry” Dann
kept the fire supply wagon horses har-
nessed-all day in readiness to start out
withOut a 'seco'nd’s delay. To such vig-
ilance are we indebted fOr exemption
from any serious confiagration more
than to any special care on the part of
many of our citizens. We have never
seen a more reckless disregard of ordi-
, nary prudence in the firing of those
Chinese abominations, fire-crackers,
about our borough streets. Overgrown
and reckless boys in many instances
threw them under horses, down area-
ways, into halls and up stair-ways about
the Bridge, with a perfect disregard of
the peril in which they thus put com-
bustible property. But by rare good
fortune, no fires resulted from such un-
pardonable carelessness.
fire was sent down'from the. Amphi-
theatre grounds, where the Ancient
Order of Hibernians were holding their
picnic. It was the wreck of the Ells’
destroyed, which is on the rise side of
the Union'Co.’s mill dam. Some boys
had been inside the wreCk. firing a can-
non and no doubt caused its reburning.
At first large sparks were wafted over
towards the Union Co.’s factory, which
caused serious alarm. The Wind soon
changed and then the supply wagon
reached the Spot and almost mstantly
John McKeon and Wm. Mullen Jr. of
Hope HOse 00., had, the “injunction
hose” playing a stream on the burning
2 timbers.
In attempting to turn on an alarm at
the box at the junction of River street
and . Belden avenue, the wires were
found out of order and no alarm cOuld
be given, and a little lad from the
Lewis Johnson house, is said to have
been the first one to get .down to the
engine houses. Phoenix Engine was
promptly on hand and Hope Hose,
started out promptly, but was halted
on an assurance that it was a false
alarm, the fact of no wire notice being
rung giving color to the statement.
Chief Prowitt at once investigated the
alarm boxesand got out Supt. Hoyt,
who soon discovered the trouble to be
in the crossing of the fire-alarm wire
’with a telephone wire, on the top of
the GAZETTE building. This was right-
ed and now all 1s deemed to be 0. K.
again. A pretty incident of the fire
alarm, was the depopulating of the
crowded Lawn Tennis court and the
racing like mad of all the boys and
girls in their picturesque costumes up
to the Union Co.’s mill yard to view
the fire. A drove of scampering spot?
ted pigs, {just from a batch, couldn’t
have looked prettier than this furious
-race. .
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Outrageous Carelessness.
While Henry Hoyt, George Saun-
ders and Tom Dorsey were down the
harbor fishing Saturday in Dorsey’s
boat, and anchored 011' Peach island, a
party of three young men from South
Norwalk, who were out sailing, bore
down directly upon Hoyt’s party, and
coming in close proximity to the Dorsey
boat caught its masts and pulled it over,
tumbling, all three into the sea, a man
named Robinson being. at the tiller.
Dorsey and Saunders held to their over-
turned boat,.,but Hoyt, withheavy rub-
ber boots on, was thrown several feet
out from the boat. Hoyt was some fif—"3
teen minutes in the water and was al-
most exhausted before young Ferris
came to his rescue. . After getting his
wind, he, with the Ferris beat, sailed
about and picked up the cars and loose
wreckage of his own boat and towed it
to shore,- while Dorsey and Saunders
”other posts of Akron, presenting Pickett}: Were rescued by the Robinson boat.
HOyt lost about fifteen dollars worth of
reels, jointed poles and fishing tackle
and all three had their watches ruined
by the salt water. It was a most nar-
row escape f1 om drowning, and the
dare-devil stupidity or carelessness, or
worse, of the colliding vessel is so un-
pardOnable that Hoyt will to-day have
an attaChment levied on the boat be-
2cause he' is unable to obtain the names
of the parties gullty of the criminal act.
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Y. M.. 03. A3. NOTES.
The Outing club of the Association
will hold their regular monthly meet-
ing this evening Ct 8 o’clock 1n the as-
sociation rooms and a full attendance
of the members 16 requested.- The en-
tertainment Committee of the Ladies’
auxiliary will meet to-morrow after-
noon at 4 o’clock 1n the association par-
lor. 2 -
1..
52'
-During the afternoon an alarm of 7'
ice house, recently burned out but not 2
PRESS IELEGRAMS.
Specially Wired to the NOPWEllK
Dally Gazette. '
Church Burned.
NEW MILFORD, CONN , July 63th __
The COngregational church at East
Sherman was destroyed by fire on
Saturday night. 2 The flames were first
discovered about 8 o’clock by the Rec-
tor, E. P. Herrick. The local fire do-
partment was called but succeeded in
saving nothing beyond a few chairs,
the altar chair, a marble toptable and
_a small amount of carpet. ’ The loss will
exceed $4,000 while the insurance is
only $2, 000. The origin 1s unknown.
6
' 2 The Powder Exploded.
NEW MILFORD, CONN., July 6th.—2—
On the morning of the glorious Fourth
Willie Coggswell, of South Kent, while
carrying a bag of powder in his barn,
stepped too near a small cannon which
was being discharged and the powder
became ignited from a spark and ex-
ploded. His hands and arms were hor-
ribly burned and fears are entertained
that he'will not recover.
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FLAG RAISING.
Pilgrim Council, O..U. A. M. Present
a Flag toVOVer River School.
At 2 p. m. on Saturday PilgrimCoun-
011, No. 10, ' O. U. A. M. formed in line
in front of their Council room on Wat-
er street and marched to the Over Riv-
or school grounds, where a monster
American flag, some 13x25 feet was pre-
sented and raiSed' 1n due form and with
patriotic ceremony. Rev. Mr. Noble
opened the exercises with a fervent
prayer, when the following interesting
and eloquent presentation speech was
made by J. Belden Hurlbutt. He said
in substance: ——
Gentlemen of the Committee and La-
dies and Gentlemen of the Over Riv-
er'School District:
Our gathering here today, this day of
all our national holidays the most glor-
iOus, I hope will mark an epoch in the
history of the Over River school and
school district.
The foundation of our institutions
their support and bulworks are the
common schools of our county. Our
safety, prosperity and perpetuity as a
nation will be strong and advancing Or
weak and failing as our public schOols
are thorough and progressive or. indif-
ferent and receding.
With knowledge comes invigoration
and searching thought grasping sub-
iects with intelligent judgment, claim-
ing and acknowledging rights with jus-
tice as the presiding star. This makes
Liberty more than a name, it enthrones
1t beyond successful attack. Its banner
is the national emblem of the United
States.
Today with a view solely that patriot- '
ism may receive a new impetus, may be
strengthened and continually taught,
. this society now present you this flag.
The freedom and liberty it represents,
the protection and-safety it gives to all
' who seek its shelter 'and' the respect it
commands the world over, makes every
American citizen proud to call it his
fiag. As we see it today with its 44
stars and as we know of it in the past as
adopted 114 yrs. ago with its 13 stars in-
dicates a progress and advancement
unknown in the world before; 31 new
empires, all complete in themselves
and yet a part of the glOrious whole
springing into existence an average of
one every three and a half years, is
.more than wonderful. Let us hope that
the good Over River school will make
{corresponding progress and the flag of
our country with all. it 2 means be mere
fully understOod, appreciated and
loved.” 2 L '
Attorney'Hurlbutt was followed by
Lawyer Bohannanl'of Stamford, (who
is also a member of the order) in an
Old time and. true “American Eagle”
outburst of patriotic eloquence. He in
turn was followed by an address from
Rev, 2 Mr.Haule'nbeck, when Dr. Noble
made a short and earnestly eloquent ad-
dress, followed by the benediction.
‘ The occasion was one of rare interest
and exceptional delight to Pilgrim
Council and to the large audience in
attendance.
On returning to the Council cham-
ber Mr. Bohannan’ s eyes chanced to
“catch on” to our old Pattegonian
town house, “What’s that?” said he 1’0
Hurlbutt. “That is Norwalk’s palatial
town house,” solemnly and mournfully
replied Hurlbutt.
Lawn Tennis.
In the lawn tennis tournament on
Saturday, L. Raymond beat Pinneo, 6-
2, 6-2.3 Bishop beat D. Raymond: 6-31
6- 3. Burchard beat Russell, 6- 1, 6-1-
In the doubles Mossman and Haviland
beat Taylor and L. Raymond, 6-32, 7-9:
26353.3 .
Norwalk Chronicler