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0 U R- J OBBI 1‘ G DEPARTMENT.
MR. HARRY M. GARDNER. JIL. of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE’s Engraving: Book .
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
. l werienccd Job Printer, and no work en- , -
w ext ' Was left, and, as both parties were sat-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. \
TH LlVE N,
Capt. Rose has returned.
VMurray & Merritt are painting the
house of Paul Purvez, at the Rocks.
Mrs. George W. Cram and her daugh-
ter have just returned from a pleasanth
visit to Greenwich. '
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Miss Ada McVicker, formerly a resi-
dent of Norwalk, died Sunday at Long
Island City, aged sixteen.
-——Two superb Smyrna. rugs of finest
quality, for sale at a bargain. Sizes
6x9 and 9x12, at Scofield A: Hoyt’s. It
The annual reunion of the [first Con-
necticut cavalry will be' held at‘the
Winthrop hotel in Meriden, Aug 19.
-—Chew Harvey’s Best final out To-
bacco. 1w146
Market man Bates has a pair of pure
white cats which are as pretty as Capt.
Rose with his soldier clothes on.
——-Extra Fine Chewing Tobacco Har-
vey’s Best. ' 1w116
Mrs. George R.'Cholwell and her
daughter Mrs. Dennis, returned from
their White Mountain trip last evening.
Henry Seymour, wife and daughter
of Seymour place, go to Bethlehem, N.
H., in a- few days, for their summer
outing. ,
Secretary Rusk cannot be expected
to champion all of the American hogs.
He will have his hands full in caring
for the original. ”
Miss Hattie L. Hubbel], our genial
postal money order clerk, is enjoying
her week’s vacation by visiting friends
at Glen Cove, L. I.
Alittle child of Bert. Godfrey, who
lives in the upper part of Letter Car-
. use Nuisances house on. Staring Hill.
is down with scarlet feever.
James L. Stevens of. East avenue.
who was arrested. for' assaulting James
Coles Was fined $3 and costs by Judge
Austin yesterday, , , .. g
The'venerable John Osborn is very
seriously ill at the home of his son J.
Arthur Osborn, on West avenue, and
grave fears are entertained as to his
recovery.
We spent $600,000,000'on tObacco iii"
1890.—[New Haven Union.
Nobody but an editor like Troupe
could stand such an outlay in a single
year.
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fiqor Walter Fitch, for three weeks
last past, has been suffering all the tor-
ments of those fore-ordained to perdi.
tion, With sciatic rheumatism. Night
and day- the poor fellow has been, as he
thinks, tormented before histime.
Mrs. Rufus Lockwood, the eldest sis-
ter of Mr. James Scofield, died, Sun-
day, aged 63 years. In a little over a
year Mr. Scofield has lost, by death, a
sister, two brothers and two brothers-
l’idtw- ,1-
'r k Bin 9. feels. is be e, on
Eafitagvenuemtliig firefiniqng, aged 35
rears—lsentinelr * .
‘ Was not the exciteable “boy report-
er:’ a good deal mined up, asusual, on
the above 9
A gentleman'facetiously inquired .of
Barber Engel this morning, where the
police headquarters were now ? He
quickly and wittily replied, ”asto pay-
ing rent they are up Main-street, in my
room, but the forCe still hang 'out in
1
the (harm building” '
Speaker Allan W. Paige of the. Con-
necticut house of representatives sailed -
for home from-Europe Sundays owing
to the illneesof his father County- Oeae- '
missions): Paige 91 Fairfield.' Mrs,
Paige and Miss ,rWanning remain: be.-
hind andwill not return before Sep-
tember? , _z—i' ’ . 41"-
EWS OF TO-DAY.
' of property owners to "date.
’ Th‘e, Disputed Drlye—way
- .V'The ~. contentiOH between Engineer ,
; Wood and the Hoyt family as to the 1
such locati0n of each one’s drive-Way,
to. the rear of their respective lresi-
ed on a mutual agreement. between the
parties that each would abide by the
mined ’by unearthing a certain {long
I , buried post.“ This oldfand rottedjdbwn,
post was exactly on the line between
the grounds now owned by the bellig-
erents and the rotted end, it was sup-
posed, could be easily found by dig-
ging {may the earth in its locality.
on the ground all the morning, but es
this writing had not concluded their
search or rendered their decision.
3P. S.——_-Selectman ,Daskam has just
returned from the seat of war and says
the old post was all gone, but the hole
isfied of its genuinness, they shook
hands over it and all irritation is at an
end. ' " --
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The AlphaWheel club will take a run
to Compo this evening.
,Henry Guthrie is quite ill at his
home in Silver Mine.
€Mr.’and Mrs. F: T. Lockwood are
guests at Mrs. Fred. T. Betts’ on the
green. ' ‘ .
Misses Mary and Alice Selleck are to
go to Block Island for their summer
outing. '
Mr. George, Clark, the actor, has
just returned from _a visittg his “pall”:
Eng-Gov. Bunn at his palatial quarters
in Philadelphia. ,_ Owing to the quiet
and solitude of the Quaker city, the
twain. spent most of their time in sleep-
ing and social irrigation. -
Complaintis’made to us Of a cOuplet
of young men who last night and the
our borough streets at a furious rate of
speed and last night came within a
hair’s breadth of striking an aged lady
on the cross-walk in front of the, CA:
I ZETTE building. Our Chief will keep
an eye gut for-them,
—Fancy Chewing Tobacco Harvey’s
Best. _w __ _ “ lwlzlfi,
D. C. Sanford has just finished a set
of maps of oyster grounds off each town
in the state, giving the corrected names
Mr: San;
ford will open a bureau of exchange of
oyster, grounds and will keep, at his
office in New Haven, a complete set of
maps corrected to date, which will be
for the gratuitous use of oystermen.
—Harvey’s Best Tobacco only five
cents. 1w146
Among those announced as .-._hei_ng
‘_‘, among the clouds ’l at the“ Summit,’l.
Mt. Washingtbn, are Mrs. .GeOrge R."
Cholwell of High street, N orwalk, and
Mrs. Charles Dennis of South Norwalk.
At the Profile house are Mrs. S. E.
Olmstead and Mrs. C, B. Coolidge. The
Summit ihouse is 6,300 feet-above the
sea, and the air is as pure as the kiss of
_ an, angel. ‘
—--R. J. Stephenson. Instructions giv=
en in horsemanship; good saddle horses;
best references. Circulars and inform-
ation to be obtained at J. A. Pinneo’s
and of Col. Roberts 143—1w
which the Rev. Mr. Selleck took much
pleasure in rendering to several gentle:
men, tutors at St. Johns’ College,F-ordt
ham. N 9“? York. City. Who have just
‘ completed a vacation tarry at the
“Brothers Retreat” at Keyser Island,
a number of valuable philosophical
volumes were sent-yesterday toler.
Selleck. . A considerate generosity
which he highly appreciates. ‘
DAILY GAZETTE have importuned us to
implore the engineer of the House.-
tonic freight,-who goes up about three
o’clock every a. m. tg shut off his
screeching whistle. He starts it down
at Pine Island cemetery and keeps it
.blowing till he wakes up. everybody
between there and Winniank, appar-
ently for sheer devilment. To the sick
and. serveusand. Young children it is
a serious disturbance. ” ' '
James Larmer,formerly of New Ha-
ven, has been'the guest of his son
James E. Larmer :of Wilton avenue,
for the past week. The whole family
have been picnicing at Compo for a
few days. 'Mr. Larmer is perhaps bet.-
ter known. as “Boss? Larmer of the
{Union mills, where he was employed
{for Over forty years, leaving the mill
to gO-into the farming business at New
”Haven. .He had. worked at the mill
buainssefqr overs-sir years." He has
sold his farm in New Haven and will
:reside innHartferd. ~ Mr. Larmerseems
, as active and looks just as youngasv‘he
" did twenty~five years‘ago.
deuces,‘ was wiSely and amicably adjust— .
line which should be shown and deter_—_
The arbitration committee have been
night before, drove their horse through '
In return for a- few. simple favors
- Quite a number of the readers of the _
' loan .of.$25._. ‘ ‘n
WHAIi-ulss ASPINSTER SAvs:
That Mr. and Mrs. William H. Earle
Lspent. Sunday with their, children at
.the mansion 011 East avenue. -.
had such an opportunity to indulge in
for young woman is going to take her
summer, outing here at home exploring
the lovely - drives around Norwalk on
horseback, rather than encounter sewer
gas, blind drains and stagnant pools
abroad, and there is something akin to
rest in the very thought itself. '
That the East avenue Tramway peo-
ple must have plenty to do, and pre-
sumably they are doing it; but itwould
begoodfor them to let the public know
something of what they are doing, 'not
because they cannot be trusted,- but
sight. Theirpresent silence is becom-
ing painfully audible.
That with the gracious and pressing
need of - our library always in view, the
bright little girls belonging to the lit-
erary club, have a play in preparation,
to be given in Senator Seymour’s _barn
on East avenue in the near future, for
the benefit of our library. . The idea
originated with the young people, and
weghope its development will be crown:
ed. with such a measure of success as to
add a large sum to the library fund. ,
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Music Hath Charms.
. The Naugatuck Citizen gives the fol;
lowing account of a pleasing ovation
paid. their citizen, Mr. Willard Lines,
‘Who will be recalled by many of the
readers of the “hustling daily,” as the
superb looking old gentleman who came
here a few years ago and 'wooed and
1 won one of our old and worthy resi-
dents, Mrs. Isaac Church, On Westport
avenue. The Citizen says :
“ Quite a notable event for the city
was the serenade, by the Young Repub:
licanband, of er. Willard Lines, now
nearly 90 years old. Mr. Lines was
once a member ofa Naugatuck band,
so many years ago that the oldest in-
habitant remember-s little of the time.
He played the snare drum.
“The serenade was a complete sur-
prise to the old gentleman, though Mrs.
Lines knew all about its coming and
had made extensive preparations for it
—.as she had need to, for the party as-
sembled was a big one. The band ar—
rived at about 8.30, and when, at the re-
quest of his wife, he put on his coat and
walked out on the verandah to see some
friends who had called, the sight of the
crowd of neighbors and the band with"
their torches, so nearly paralyzed him
that he was on the point of fainting
away. He became his old self shortly
after, however, and played a selection
on the snare drum which was applaud-
ed to the echo, the musicians declaring
that all he wanted was a, little practice
to beat, the band drummers, ‘ A pros
gramme of fair len thiwas played by
the. band. after w ich refreshments
were served to the band and all present
in the house. In response to a strong
pressure for‘a speech, Mr. Lines could
think of nothing better, in his embar-
rassment. than. ‘Well. gentlemen. I
never attended a surprise party before,
and I’m almost ninety.l Everybody ate
their fill and the part dispersed about
10.30. It is thought. an at . least 300
were present. inc “film; a great many
youngfolks of both sexes,~ and Innu-
merable boys,” '
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Borough Water.
Engineer Wood informs us that un-
less our people are more careful about
the enormous waste of water now go-
ing on and do something at once to-
wards correcting the abuse, there is li-
able to be a: water famine. The stor-
age reservoir at Groups is now some
six feet lower than usual at this season
of the year and the upper or receiving
reservoir is far from full, owing to the
almost unprecedented lack. of rain
since April last. The springs that feed
our water System, as are all others, are
unusually low, and very much more
water, is being used daily than is com-
ing into the reservoirs. Unless rain,
and a copious rain at that, Comes soon,
the borOugh is liable to a. serious scar-
city before the usual fall rains set in,
There are millions of gallons thought-
lessly wasted by people letting the fans
sprinklers in their‘ yards and gardens
run'all day and. night, Without cessa:
ligh- ThiS evil Will have to be stopped
either by the good will of our consum-
ers or by official order, it~we would
guard against a possible water famine.
. Our Third Appeal.
The fact that Burgess O’Reilly made
a full, frank and 'lnanly apologyto
every one last night to whom, he had
done an injustice, leads the DAILY GA-
ZETTE to believe that his heartis all
right, even if his hot head, does get. a
little wrong betimes. It_ is in-the hope
therefore, that he will do, thejustice to
himself and to the GAZETTE, of yield:
ing 7 to. our third- earnest appeal that
.he furnish us the letter to publish,
which he claims to have ,frOm‘ one of
_the editors of this paper, asking for a
this favorite recreation as now. A clev-_
that the subject may be kept actively in 2
cets in theirhouses and the hose and
. REVIVAhlEliUMORS—
01' Changes in the Mahagement of
. _ _ _ ‘ j . the Consolidated. iRailroad. '
That the popularity of horseback- .. .
:I'iding..:iIICreases,d as ,it is suitable for-
both sexes, and we never before have ‘
The 'Bridgeport’Newsi'bf this morn-
ing states that it' recently published,
upon reliable informaticfin, that there
was a likelihood, that COL-Wm. H.
Stevenson would be pr.“ cred an im-
' portant position with th ‘ Consolidated
R.- R. It then copiestheearticle in yes-
terday’s New 'York W ld as proof.
' confirmatory of its previous statements.
i The World states ,-~in pat, that there
; are a; number ofreasons off, i
i that by early fall there T ‘
I change in the management of the N. Y.,
N. H. a H. R. R. ,Thstishere is a dis-
position upon the part of sdme of the
directors of the property.» to favor the
ousting of President Clark and Gener-
al Manager Lucius Tuttle. That since
President Clark and this directors of
the road were indicted bicause of the
tunnel accident, Mr. Clal'k has been a
very, changed man, and. some have
gone so far as to intimateithat his mind
had become affected, and that Clark
and Tuttle will be asked; to resign at
the next meeting of the: board of di-
rectors. "
It is now their'turn to
word of the above. -. f ,
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A Former Norw lk‘Boy.
Rev, Mr. Merwin was a,’Norwalk boy,
his-father being. a former editor of the
GAaETTE. The Miss1ona'ry herein re-
ferred to is the Rev. A. M. Merwin for
about 20 years in Chili, and now Supt.
Spanish work in California. '
So. California letter ito Occident,
June 17th." 3
Strange'how old acq ‘ intances will
turn up most unexpecte ly! The oth-
er day while in the county jail the
Spanish missionary wasl talking with
some Mexicans, when 5“ young and
rather fine-looking fellow said, “I used
to see that paper, E1 Faro, in Chili.”
Further- conversation brought out the
facts with unmistakablehevidence that
this young man had been welcomed by
this very missionary'when entering our
school in Valparaiso as a little boy, and
that for two yearshe had been a com-
munioantin our church there. Both
the boy and missionary had so changed
that they did not recognize one anoth-
er. But how did it come to pass that
this mission boy got into a jail in Los
Angeles ? He embarked months ago
on the Itata without knowing her er-
rand, In San Diego he found there
was likely to be a fight and deserted
with a companion, on the ground that
he had been shipped under false pre—
tenses. Now he isdetained in jail, al-
though enjoying considerable liberty,
that he may bear witness in the Itata
case.
lie-deny every
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A Jolly ENcurslon.
Mr. James Fountain this morning
generously treated the Sunday School
cadets of the M. E. church to a picnic
ride to Trinity Lakes. There were
about fifty of the little fellows packed
into Gregory’s great Newport and Ex-
celsior omnibusses, and with flags and-
tin horns and lunch baskets and boxes,
they made the route vocal with their
jollity, as they rode in a grandeur and
glory never equaled by the great Caesar
dashing his chariot through the streets
of Rome. ‘
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The police stopped the Walker-Bra- '
dy fight at Bridgeport last night in the
second round. Brady apparently had
the best of the fight when one of .Walk-
er’s seconds interfered and the police
stepped in and stopped the fight.
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A Big Hat Concern Falls-
The assignment of the Bagley hat
factory at Newburyport, Mass. was an-
nounced yesterday, The factory was
turning out a class of goods which
could only find a market at less than
the cost of production. The company
has been in existence for the past eight-
een years and employed about 250-
hands. The estimated liabilities are
$170, 000 and the assets $50,000. ‘
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A Parcel Delivery.
C. J. Ferris has started a parcel de-
livery and baggage express. He pro.
poses to call at the stores at 11 a.m.
and 4 p. m., to receive any packages
our merchants wish delivered. ' He
will also call for'and deliver baggage
on Sunday. His slate can be found at
Benedict’s, Norwalk, and Hoyt’s drug
store, South Nor-walk. . , '
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Blew Out His Brains.
' Charles Steele Thompson of Hartford,
‘- Conn., committed suicide some time
yesterday morning in room No. 11 “of
the United States“ Hotel, at‘Fulton and
Pearl streets, New, York, by shooting,
- himself twice with a revelvei'; thrOugh"
bath sides of the head. ‘ = r "
' bunch _of bananas;
Death of the_Oldest Woman.
Sarah Davis, a colored woman; was
buried at Indianapolis yesterday. She
was probably the oldest woman in the,
United States. 7 Her - death return"
shows her to have reached the age of‘
128 years.~ . It is authoritiyely known
that she was 114.
O
Assigned.
The Higganum Manufacturing Com-
pany made an assignment yesterday to
ex-Gov. P. C. Lounsbury of Ridgefield
and Clement Hubbard of Haddam;
The assignment was caused by com-
plications,arising"‘from the failure of
J Os'eph Davis of Boston. I '
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' f 'Southport’e New Depot.
Work“ has been-i commenced On- the
super-structure of the new depot on the
north side-of the tracks at Southport;
The building is to be of wood, much to
the_disappointment of Southport resi-
dents, who expected that the depot was
to be built of stone. like those on. the
JOWer part of the line in New York
State.
_ . A Correction.
In four issue of July 13th, we stated
that'it was Samuel Morehouse Who hir-
ed the horse that ran away. Mr. More-
; house called at the office last evening
and stated that as every one was en-
quiring of him if it was his bicycle that
ran away, he desired us to say that it
was Harry Morehouse who hired the
' horse and not Samuel.
The White Squadron.
On July 16 Collector Edmonds of
Bridgeport wrote to Hon. B. F. Tracy,
Secretary of" the Navy, asking if it
would be possible to arrange matters
so the people of Bridgeport could have
the . opportunity of seeing the white
squadron during its cruise. The col-
lector received a reply as follows :
To George B. Edmonds, Collector,
Bridgeporf, Conn.
_.In reply to your letter of the 16th
met. It glves me pleasure to say that the
department will endeavor to make such
arrangements as will enable the citi-
zens of Bridgeport to inspect the white
squadron during its cruise.
-' , . Very truly yours, ~
B. F. TRACY.
The squadron will leave New York
next Saturday, for the east.
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The Latest Cronin Story.
CHICAGO, July 21. —Interest in the Cronin
tragedy has been revived by the story from
New York that Peter Dean had’mysteri-
ously disappeared after having received
$2,000 to preserve silence with regard to
incidents connected with the progress of
the conspiracy'and subsequent assassina-
tion of the doctor. John L. Scalan says
that Dean is not the man who drove the
white horse. “We know that man,” said
Mr. Scalan, “and we have known him for
over a year. He is not an Irishman. He
left Chicago "Only last year, and we kept
track of him as long as it was possible for
us to do so. The story from New York is
improbable for several reasons, and for
one especially. The men who laid the con-
spiracy for the destruction of Dr. Cronin
will not pay any of their hirelings for
silence.”
Gold Finds in-Washington.
ELLENSBURG, Wash, July 21.—There is
great excitement here over magnificent
gold finds in Menastash canyon, fifteen
miles from here.
BRIEF MENTION.
Five seine fishermen were drowned in
the Tennessee river near Murray. .
Mrs. Sarah Kramer, aged thirty-five, of
Philadelphia, was distressed because her
five months old baby, the youngest of a
family Of six, was deformed, and so she
chained the little one to herself and jumped
into the Delaware river. The bodies have
been recovered.
Charles Vale, a Brooklyn man, who went
to Saratoga lake 8. month ago to run the
engine of a pleasure steamer, fell over-
board and was drowned Sunday.
Charles Kaufler, of Wilmington, Del.,
who went to Sea Isle City on an excursion,
was drowned while in bathing.
Several new kilns at the brick works at
Lorillard, N. J ., have been destroyed by
re. '
'Suit will be brought at once against the
N. Y., L. E and W. railroad for damages
in behalf of eleven of the victims of the re-
cent disaster at Revenue, 0., 810,000 being
claimed in each instance. The railroad
company is settling the claims of the in-
jured with promptness.
Benjamin B. Spellman, cashier of the
Twenty-sixth ward bank, Brooklyn, until
ashort time ago, has disappeared. It is.
said his accounts are 'short $3,000. He is a.
native of Albany, where he lived till four
years ago. ‘
It is stated that the Socialists of Massa-
‘chusetts will this year nominate Harry W.
Robinson, of Boston, for governor and
will place a full ticket in the field.
In a row at Washington, Ark.,'with a
school teacher named J. F. Shepley, Nat
K. Jones, son of Senator Jones, of Arkan-
sas, was shot and- perhaps mortally
wounded. " . ‘
Mrs. Josephine wallace, who was thrown ‘1
from a carriage at Savin Rock, Bridge-
port, sufiering fracture of an ankle, ' ,
dead; from; consequent lockjaw. ‘. S
charged ,t-Eranki Duga'n, a traveling sales-2
man, with the assault, and he has been
locked up.
Louis Pastime, a Bridgeport (Conn.,)f
fruit dealer, is suffering from the bite of a.
huge tarantula that was concealed in a
Robert Howe, Alias Howell, who 715 ee-
cusediof ‘stealing’38,000 worth of diamond
jewelry from the store of C. Wernicke. has
been held in $10,000 bail ,forsexamination- . _ ., ,
‘ " .~ fissueé ~ 4 ere Wasi’noefight between the
in New York.
THE anaesthesia;
The Police Headquarters not to be:
Moved.
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Warden Keeler Sustained.
, The court roomwas filled by an an-
xious crowd of spectators last evening,
long before the time of opening, all
eager, to hear the fun when Burgess
O’Beilly called up the police head?
quartere fiasco. In this they were dis-
appointed, ‘as Burgess O'R'eilly offered
a frank and manly apolognyr his ac-
tion, if wrong, and -Warden Keeler fol-
lowed suit, as far as )he was in error.
When the meeting opened all- the
members were present excepting Bur-
gess Kent who was out of town'on'busi-
ness. . . -. j ‘ ._ . ”:33.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved and the following!
bills ordered paid : Wallace Dann, $4;
Charles Adams, $30; John H. Germley
$30; Timothy Howard, $30 ; R. N. More--
house, $28 ; D. B. Connolly, $9.50; D.
S. Curtis. $12.40; David Sheehan,$31.-
50; M. Whalen, $16.20; M. Mulligan,
$11.70; Barney Feeney, $4.205; J ohn‘i
Reagan, $10.80,; L. S.Sherwood,.$3.00;
D. B. Connolly, 1 $157.69 ;' 'AfBach,
$230.05; P. W. Bates, $54.38; ,Qwen
Shannon, $5.20; Norwalk Gamma
$8.50. The balance of John Edmonds’
bill was also ordered paid and the bill
of Theo. Brush was referred to the
highway committee to ascertain whether
it should be'paid bythe town or bor-
ough. .
MR. LOCKwoon’s CASE. _
As soon as the bills were disposed of,
Mr. George C. Lockwood, who was
present with his attorney, J. Belden
Hurlbutt, inquired of the court why
he had been stopped from extending
his curb line in front ofhis hotel pro-
perty. Warden Keeler, in reply, said
that the borough clerk had instructed
him to stop the work as the curb was
being laid on borough property. Mr.
Hurlbutt then requested the court to
give them their curb line, and related
the suit ' of Mr. Eskelson and others
some years ago. - Old maps and court
records were produced and gone over
by the court, after which the whole
matter, on inotion of Burgess Burr,
was referred to the highway committee
with power.
' WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITs.
Attorney J Olin S. Seymouripresented
a petition of James L. Stevens and oth-~
ers requesting permission to erect a
wooden building on the south side of
Mrs. Dask'am’s premises which, owing
to the change of line, had been brought
within fire limits. On motion of Bur-_
gess Burr the motion was granted.
CAMP sTREET CROSS-WALK.
A petition was read from A. C. Arn-
old and others asking for across-walk
on Camp street, which, on 'motion of
Burgess Burr, was referred to the High-
way committee with power. ' ‘
SUMMIT SREET ACCEPTED.’ ’
A petition was also read from G. A.
White and others asking that Summit
street he accepted and put in proper
cOndition. Burgess Buxton explained
that the street had been laid out eight-
een or twenty years ago and had never
been accepted orworked, and upon his
motion the street was accepted and the
borough engineer instructed to prepare
a map of the street.
SUPPLY WAGON DRIVER.
A communication from Chief Engin-
eer Prowitt, announcing his appoint-
ment of William Stevens as driver of
the supply wagon was read, and the ap-
pointment confirmed.
_ A COMPLAINT.
A communication from Robert Van
Buren was read complaining of the pile
of stones in the gutter in front of the
Armory, which had been allowed to re-
main there two months. It was ascer-
tained that the stones were the proper-
ty of Mr. Ira. Cole, and the chairman of
the highway committee was instructed
to see Mr. Cole and have them re-
moved. , ,
POLICE HEADQUARTERs- REMOVAL. . '
This closed'the regular business ‘be-
fore the court, and the stillness of death
prevailed as Burgess O’Reilly inquired
of the Warden if he.had- anything to
communicate to the court. ' Thus in-
vited, Warden Keeler said; “I found
the police headquarters being moved
up Main street last Thursday morning,
and as Warden of the_Borough of Nor-
, walk, I_ordered,them back. .1 was it“s
formed that they were being firenieved'
On the Orders of the chairman of the
Police committee.
.3 BURonss' o’REILLY EXPLAINS. '
Burgess O’Reilly then rose and stated
,thht before making any/f statement or
edtefingiinto ‘a discussion, he desired
to disclaim any intention of making the
removal.of,. policeheadquarters a party
I
VWardenv- and himself, he said, but he
thought the Warden owedhim an apol-
ogy 'f..0.1". removing .the. property of
the, police from the Main street
room-after he'lhad ordered it there.
' lIfihe ’ had offended the _Warden he
‘ apologized. When he ordered the re-
moval be supposed he would have the
approval ' of the entire 'court. The
roomshe hadrengaged costZoneehalf of
the present. rooms. and he desired to
save to the borough $50 a year. The
new rooms were provided with water,
whiCh the police had been wanting for
a long time and he was anxious to save
the $50. also. When he was told by
Burgess” ‘BOwe that they had no. lease
on thepresent quarters he had ordered
the removal and the Warden had
stopped it. He would call the atten-
tionj'of the Court-Etc Chapter '7, Sec. 3,
of theborough by-laws, which he read.
The Warden then inquired if he was
aWare that the charter took precedence
of the by-laws and he said he was. ‘He
intended no slight or insult to the
Warden when he failed to notify him
that the removal would be _made ; it
was merely forgotten. He supposed
that he did not have the authority to
move the police headquarters as they
werenot wherehe ordered them. If
the court did not wish to save the bor-
ough $50, he failed to see why they
were making such a cry about the ex-
pense of the highway improvements.
If the court would only. movethe rooms
he would personally pay the rent at
the GAZETTE. building for a month. If
they did not move,it would be evidence
that they did not want to save the $50.
BURGESS BowE’s STATEMENT.
Burgess O’Reilly having said that
Burgess Bowe had told him there was
no lease, the latter said that as he had
been brought into the matter,he would
state that some time agoBurgess O’Reil-
1y met him on the street and told him
he felt aggrieved at something that had.
appeared about him in the DAILY GA-
ZETTE and he had a good notion to re-
move the headquarters of the police
from the GAZETTE Building. He did
not advise 'Mr. O’Reilly to move them
as he thought it best to bring such mat-
ters before the board. ‘ ’
BURGESS BURR’s STATEMENT.
Burgess Burr thought that the rooms
were satisfactory where they were, be-
ing close to the telephone office, which
was a benefit. He did not believe in
moving out of a building without noti-
fying the owner, and he would not call
a man a gentleman who left his prem-
ises without notice.
BURGESS BUXTON SAID
That he thought it better to remain
were they were than to move out and
havea lawsuit on their hands. It was
evident to him that as the borough had
been- paying quarterly rent for the
room they Would be held for the rent if
they left. He therefore moved that the
police headquarters remain where they
were," which was carried by a vote of 4
to 1, Burgess O’Reilly’s being the only
l.
. negative vote.
THE BILLS.
This action settled the removal of the
headquarters and the Warden present-
ters out and back again, amounting in
all to $8.50 which the board agreed to
pay, thus relieving Warden Keeler and.
Burgess O’Reilly from any financia
responsibility for the movings.
BELDEN AVENUE.
" “in thendcalled up the
‘ Belden avenue, and
. ., ommittee was authorized
to advertig'se for bids, after which the
court adjourned till the first Monday
in August. . .
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He Claims $40,000.
'l'almadge Baker, of Norwalk, and P.
Coughlin and Attorney Howard W.
Knapp, the appraisers appointed to de-
termine upon the amount of damages
which should be paid by the Consoli-
demnation of the latter’s pI'ODGI‘lW,
were taking testimony yesterday.
Toomey claims $40,000. Benjamin B.
Betts, Albert Turney, Charles French,
William Burr, David H. and Nellie
Sherwood, all 'of Fairfield, and Capt.
Benjamin Bulkeley, of Southport, ap-
peared as. witnessesffor the railroad
company and valued the property at
about $20, 000. Toomey’s witnesses will
testify to-day. It is said that the com-
pany offered toeompromise on $30,000-
,Ac’tior) Against the Consolidated-
;. Counsellor Keogh of New York, has
mandamusse‘d the New York, .New Ha-
yen and Hartford Railroad company to
show why they shall not build 8.: suit-
able platform at New. Rachelle for the
accommodation of east bound passen-
gers. The railroad officials refuse and
’ ‘despute the right-ofany town through
whiCh they passto instruct them What
and when they shall build.‘ ‘
ed the bills for moving the headquar- . i
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