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0 U B J OBBI 1‘ G DEPARTMENT.
Mn. Hum! 11. GARDNER, Jn.. of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE’s Engraving, Book
unt Jobbing Department. He is an expert
. mi experienced Job Printer. and no work on-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. ‘
MT-HE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
C. T. Weeks was in town yesterday.
John Doty was in town over Sun day.
._The Medea did a big business all last
week. ' ' ' _
Mr. F. J. Mallony was in town over
Sunday.
Company F will elect a first lieuten-
ant to-morrow evening.
' Dr’. J. o. Newkirk and family has
returned fromithe CatSkills. '
Miss Jessie Poyvez is seriously ill at
her- home on Orchard street. '
Mrs.. George Colyer, of New York,-
is visiting relatives in town.
Eliphalet Bout-on is very sick at the
home of his daughter on Isaacs’ place.
Miss Mabel Miller, of West avenue,
spent Sunday with friends in Bridge-
port. ‘ '
The post ofifice of New Haven, has
been raised to an office of the first
class.
The case of ‘l‘homas Landrigan was
this morning adjourned until Monday,
August 10.
Mrs. Southmayd, of Brooklyn, is vis-
iting her neices the Misses Hatch on
West avenue.
Grace Church is preparing to give its
Sunday School an outing on Tuesday,
Aug. 4th.
Mr. Arthur E. Patterson, secretary
of the Pope Mf’g Co, Boston, Spent
Sunday in town.
There is to be a meeting of frieu ds
of the Hospital prOJect at Dr. Noble’s
this p. m. at 4 O’clock. .
Mrs. Eugene Fauntleroy and 'daugh-
ter of East avenue are spending a few
weeks inthe Catskills.
An immense crowd of passengers
came up in the steamer City of Albany
Saturday night. .
Good Deacon Main was a visitor over
Sunday at his brother-in-law’s, Walter
Fitch on the Westport roads.
P. M. Hubbell has had an oaer of.
$000above the actual cost of his new
house up to date, but he won’t sell.
——A BBAINY BOY, 15 or 16 years of age,‘
is wanted immediately in the Jobbing
Department of the DAILY GAZETTE.
Mr. Henry Thomas of New York
spent Sunday with his brother, Mr.
William G. Thomas of East avenue.
Don’t: forget the Children’s barn
and yard fete at the residence of the
Hon. John S. Seymour to~morrow p.m.
The New Canaan amateur dramatic
club drove to Boton in a four-horse
omnibus Saturday afternoon for a pic-
nic spree.
——WANTED.-_-Three men to work in’
Bleaching department. Apply before
12 o’clock to-morrow, Tuesday.
it A. C. WHEELER. . .
Editor B. J. Sturges, of the New
York Real Estate Journal, broke in
upon the dull monotdnyof'our town [by
a visit hereon Saturday.
Miss May Woolley, Of Pawtucket, R.
I., inapending a few days at her grand
parents home, Deacon Stephen Ferris,
South Nor walk.
Mrs. Ludlum, and daughter Miss
Jennie E'. Ludlum, a- "story writer of
reput’e,-are moving into one .of Mrs.
Lyues".cottfiages. * - '
Ex-Burgess Kimmey has a ‘ new and
beautiful hogse, a fine new harness, a
luxurious aud'el’egdnt gphaeton and now
seems fully 9' equifipéa: E’and ready .. to”
really enjoy life.
The friends of the Olsen family will
. be pained to learn that Mrs. Theodore
Olsen is so alarmingly ill that little
hope is entertained of her recovery.
,M’r.’George-'B.a St. John-went to
Philadelphia last week to attend the
: funeral of the wife of Mr. William K.
~Hawley, a native of Bidgefield, but
long a resident of Philadelphia. Mr.
Hawley is an uncle of Mrs. St. John. '
——M. P. .J'. O’Brien, Assistant Super-.
ance CO.—Please accept my thanks for
ypaompt payment of claim on the life of
my daughter. , ,
’ CATHERINE SULLIVAN,
Saugatuck, Ct.
Arn’t we having a little too much
dust when dry and too much mud when
wet for a first class McAdam road red,
between the Railroad bridge and
Isaacs’ hill? Aresident on the line Of
Ewall street says the night sweeping of
the loose dirt ofi‘_the horse railway is
responsible for a good deal of this nui-
sauce. '
The. New York Press yesterday hada
pictorial illustration of ex-Senator In-
galls,who is to'go on the J erusalem ex-
cursion, mounted on his came1.. From
this rude cutiour friends Hill and Wil-
son can catch a glimpse of themselves
as others will see them when they
journey through , the Holy Land,
_ mounted on these picturesque beasts Of
burden of the desert.
A customer, who wanted lobsters and
found none, was half scolding Will
Lockwood Saturday, because he didn’t
‘order more even though he did have
one or two left over, and seeing the
DAILY GAZETTE scribe hard by- re-
marked~‘ ‘Now‘they always try to have
a copy or two ’of the ‘hustling little
DAILY’ left over.” “Yes” retorted
Will, quickly, “Yes, but the .‘hustling
little DAILY’ don’t Spoil and smell bad,
if left over, but the lobster does.”
A little daughter of E. P. Howe, of
Brooklyn, was thrOwn from her pony
and her foot becoming fast in the stir-
rup, she was dragged and killed, as was
a son each .Of the late Sherifi'VanZandt
and Of Stephen H. Mills Of Norwalk. A
Norwalk inventor now has an I applica-
tion before the patent Office for a safety
sturrup, which if ever adopted will
surely prevent the possibility of. such
distressing accidents. ' '
Quite a pleasant gathering of family
and friends took place at the house of
Mrs. A Austin, on River street, yester~
day afternoon, the occasion being the
baptism of Frances Daskam vAustin,
infant childcf Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Austin, by'f‘Rev. _Dr_.' G. W. Nichols.
The married daughter of Mrs. Austin
and her husband, from Williamsburg,
L. I., were present and stood .sponsors
for the child, a bright and beautiful
boy, who-isa greatfavorite with the
household. ' ' fl 4 ’
J eems Mitchell says anent those hor-
rible Winnipauk snakes, that the worst
snakes they have up there'are found in
their old topers boots. It is 37 years
ago that J eems left the front half of
one of his boots, one evening, under a
Danbury car wheel at Winnipauk,
which recalls the fact that when gOtten
home and Dr.Lynes appeared to ampu-
tate the mangled toes, he called for
some.light,when his friend and partner,
S. R. P. Camp ran. to the _ barn and
soon appeared with a platter full of
calves lights, remarking as he brought
them in and set the platter on the ta-
ble, that it was lucky that they had
butchered that afternoon. It is said
despite poor Mitchell’s agony, be near.
1y laughed himself off the bed at Camp’s
ludicrous misunderstanding of the doc-
tor’s needs. '
nghtnlng Bursts a Water Plpe.
4 John H. Aiken, whose house is on the
corner. of, Main street and Plymouth
avenue, was sitting at his window dur-
ing Saturday afternoon’s storm, when
he- felt his house} shiver and jar and
heard his dishes rattle so that he sup-
‘ posed his door-yard tree had been
struck, but his family thought it was
the house, although no other evidences-
of it, could be discovered. He soon
heard a rushing sound of water and
concluded a water pipe bud burst in or
near his house, but could find none.
After the storm subsided he went out
into the street‘and found'that a bolt
had‘deiscended and ripped open the big
water main that is laid through the
street and the water was spouting about
and deluging the street in all direc!
tions. It was a singular accident, but
that the electric fluid is partial «to wa-
ter is a well-known fact. ‘ '
Public Water Works.
A-town meeting isto be,.held in New
Ganaan next’week .Tuésday to 5 yea on
the question" Of 'intro‘dii‘cing public wa-
ter works. ' .
intendent Metropolitan Life Insur-V
l0 Huriwo hitters.
tonic to DoubleeTr’aCK.
An Important Movement.
We learn that the Housatonic Rail-
road Co. have finally been forced by
the enormous volum of its freight and
passenger business, to commence op-
‘ erations at once towards double track-
ing their Danbury and Norwalk branch.
Their first action will be to purchase
the right Of way, and this is to be done
. as far as is pOssible,by private negotia-
tions. Where fair and honorable terms
cannot be agreed upon, resort will be
had to condemnation. Here at Nor-
Walk borough it is said they propose to
excavate all of River street from their
bridge down to the present depot on
Wall street, the new track being con-
structed on the west side of the present
one, and the whole to be bridged over,
as is the present tunnel. From the
depot it is expected the new track will
be laid onthe east side . of the present
one. The work is to be commenced
early in-September, according to our
information, and is . to be vigorously
pushed to completion.
#‘fi—p- . .,
NOROTON SOLDiERS’ 1 HOME.
A Successor to Dr. Munson.
James N. Coe, past commander Of
Admiral Foote Post, G. A. B... of New
Haven, has been appointed by Adjutant-
General Embler superintendent of the
Soldiers’ Home at Noroton, in place of
Dr. Munson.
This is no doubt a good appointment,
and, if a hundredth part of the scandals
circulated about the home is true, the
appointment is made none too soon.
We give in another column a lengthy
article copied from the New York He-
corder of Saturday, which make the
charges against the Munson manage-
ment far more serious than those fur-
nished the DAILY GAZETTE last week by
the G.- A.-B. investigators. These ac-
cusations are too grave to be whistled
down the wind, and nothing will now
satisfy the public but the fullest inves-
tigation. If innocent Dr. Munson
should be at once relieved from his
present suspicion, and, if guilty, he and
all others guilty with him should be
punished.
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Gets $4,500 Damages.
The case of Mary A. Cook against the
Consolidated railroad to recover dam-
ages for injuries she received by being
thrown from a train in this city about
a yea'rago, has been settled by the
$4,500. .
At the time the accident occurred
Mrs. Cook was on her way from Nor-
walk to Bridgeport. For some reason
the train that she was on stopped at the
elevator, and a brakeman opened the
door and called out “Bridgeport.”
Thinking that she had arrived at her
destination, Mrs. Cook proceeded to
alight, but as she was about to do so
the train started and she was thrown
off into a heap of rubbish and quite ser-
iously injured. Dr. D. B. Sheedy was
interested in the case.
Well-Known Stamford Man Dead.
’ Chas. E. Holly died at the residence
of his brother-in—law, Dr. Starweather,
in Nichols, Saturday afternoon, of acute
gastritis. 'He was a resident of Stam-
ford, and visited his brother-in-law with
the hope of regaining his health. The
Stamford. He .was a Knight ~Templar
and a member of Clinton Commandery
morrow.
- to.
Attorney Dalley Prob ably Lost.
Prosecutinnggt. Dailey of New Haven
went sailing in the sound with several
friends yesterday. afternoon: A boat
set by the wind. They managed to
get onthebottom of it, it being turned
upside down. and when} last seen they
were drifting towards the ocean. At 2
o’clock this morning they had not been
picked up by searching boats. .
P. S. — Dailey was rescued at , 3
o’clock this morning, clinging to one of
the catamaran’s boats.
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A Thingdof Beauty. ,
Mrs. Lewis B. Johnson’s great nigh
blooming cactus Lwas in most gorgeous
bloom last night. Eight buds began to
open and expand from six o’clock last
evening and at 10 o’clock all were in
their"- e'xquisite perfection. .It was a
sight well worth waiting a whole year
'bloomslr‘emain but a single night. '
' Engaged. .
The engagement of Mr. W. S. Moody,
J r., toMiss Helen Waterson, of Cleve-
land. Ohio, is announced. The GA-
zETTE’s heartiest congratulations.
The Danbury Branch of the Housa-:‘
railroad company paying the plaintiff ,
deceased for 17 years was town clerk of .
of Norwalk. He was nearly 56 years,
of age, and leaves a widow, son and -
daughter.’ The remains will be taken
to Stamford to-day and interred to-'
containing himself and friend was up __
to behold, even though the great white,
I: , upgn within,
;The Yacht "Delphine,” capsizes
Near Eaton’ss Neck. '—
All on Board Rescued by the “Ada
Velma.” \'
“Delphine” went Out of the harbor,
Saturday, with gibsail flying and a
reef in the mainsailz' “If that party
don’t get dumped I’ll miss my guess.”
Sure enough they did, and it happened
in Indian Bay, near Eaton’s Neck. On
board were Louis H. Nash, wife and
two children ; A. E. Chasmer and wife ;
~Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Brinckerhofl', ' An-
tidrew Thompson, and the Misses Flor-
ence Benedict, Winnie Dickerman,
Ellison and Archer. _Mr. Nash saw
the squall coming and was in the act
of lowering sail when it struck the boat
and over it went with its load of thir-
teen people. A yawl boat was in tow,
which some one had the presence of
mind to cut loose,as the craft went
over. Nearly all succeeded in getting
into or a hold on the boat; among
those getting into the boat being Mr.
Chasmer, who, seeing that the yawl
was ’overloaded, jumped overbo~rd and
swam about encouraging all present by
various acts for their safety. In the
meantime the oyster steamer, the ”Ada
Velma,” at work near by, took in the
situatiOn and bore down on the ship-
wrecked party and succeeded in get-
ting all safely on board and brought
them to the steamboat wharf, at this
city, where they were taken to their
different homes in carriages.
It is stated of Mrs. Nash that when
she saw the boat was going over she
took her two children under either arm
and held onto them until all three were
taken into the yawl. That none of the
party were drowned seems almost mir-
aculous.
Mr. Nash but recentl purchased the
“Delphine” of Mr. J a u es Nash. It was
specially built for the » essrs. Brugger-
hoef, of Darien, for a; cing boat, and,
being a “flyer,” is salt to be unsafe
other thanin thehan 3. 3‘
sailor's.
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EXTRA SOUTH NORWALK. NEWS.
Miss Lottie Coleman has returned
from a three weeks’ visit with friends
in Fall River, Mass.
In thiscolumn on Saturday we made
mention of the death of the six-year-
old child of Henry Williams. It is
stated that the~ primary cause of the
child’s sickness was lack of prOper
nourishment. Williams is a first-class
tinsmith, but of late he has neglected
both his family and work, to indulge
his appetite for intoxicants. He was
arrested last week for drunkenness and
P. Corcoran, a Water street saloon
keeper, became bonds for the payment
of- the fine and cOst imposed. It is fur-
ther said that on Saturday he came
over from East Norwalk for an under-
taker ‘to bury his child, but instead of
seeing the undertaker, got drunk.
Parties who have visited his home say
that it is one of squalor.‘ Three children
half clothed lay on a pile of quilts and
- the whole surroundings were sugges-
tive of poverty. Neighbors have, since
' learning the state of affairs, kindly pro-
' vided the family with proper nourish-
ment. Williams, if he would only
work. can get $3 a day, but rum seems
to have gotten the better of him. When
not drinking he is said to provide for.
his family, but for the past six weeks
he has done but little, if anything, for
them. - ‘
Mr. Lorenzo Dibble, an old and re-
, spected resident of this city died at his
’ home, on South Main street, yesterday
afternoon, Of phthisis, from :which he
”had been suffering for the past two or
three years.” Since the death of his
wife, whom’ he married 55 years ago,
in February last, Mr. Dibble has been
growing worse, until death relieved
him from suffering as above. .Mr. Dib-
ble was born in Bedford, N.Y., in 1813,
and went to New York when quite
young. Later he came to Five Mile
River, where he carried on the market
business on the sloop Julia. He forty-
four years ago, moved to this city and
carried on the grocery business, where
is now located the Lander block, on
North Main street, continuing the gro-
cery business there until a few years
ago, when he disposed of it to his son
Lorenzo, but being an active man was
more or lessat the store until failing
health compelled him to give up. He»
never sought'public ofiiCe, but was at
onetime a member of the Board 'Of
Councilmen. ’ He joined the Congre-
gational church some fifteen years ago.
Four children survive him, Irving, LO-
renzo, Sarahand Mary. The funeral
will be attended from his late home
Wednesday afternoon, fat 3 O’clock,
Revs. Homer N. Dunning officiating.
Remarked an old‘sailor as the yacht
f experienced ..
VETERANS lLllREATED}
Complaints and crave Charges
from the Fitch Home. '
A JUDGE AND PHYSICIAN HELD
‘ ACCOUNTABLE.
Not Only-were the 01d SOldlers Neg-
lected and Badly Treated by the
Superintendent, but a Valuable
Art Gallery and a Library Have
Dlsappeared from the Noroton
Home. _________ ' _, >
[From the N. Y. Recorder, Saturday, July 25.]
STAMFORD,CT. , July 24.—Old soldiers
and other citizens of Connecticut are
discussing the affairs of the Soldiers’
Home at Noroton. For some years
past there have been rumors of brutal
treatment of the inmates by Supt. and
Surgeon-in-Charge B. W. Munson. The
Board of Managers finally managed to
get rid offilMunson recently, and now it
has leaked out that a valuable collec-
tion of works of art and bookshas been
removed from the Home. The Home
was founded by Benjamin Fitch and
dedicated to the use of veterans of the
late war as long as there are any alive.
When all of the veterans are dead the
Home is to be maintained for aged and
indigent females. It is now maintain-
ed by the State of Connecticut and has
over two hundred inmates. The three
G. A. R. managers compose the Execu-
tive committee and have had active
charge Of the Home. Judge Beers, as
chairman of the Executive committee,
has had more to do with the manage-
ment of the institution than any other
member of the board.
WILL BE ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
The Judge is now in Europe, but on
his return he will probably be called
upon by the G. A. B. of the state for;
an explanation. Surgeon-Gen. Hung-
erford is a resident of Stamford, with-
in a few miles of which the Home is
situated. He had heard rumors of bad
management before he became a mem-
ber of the board, and one of his earli-
est Ofiicial acts was to institute an in-
quiry. The inmates say this inquiry
developed enough miSmanagement to
necessitate an Official investigation,
which In turn led to Sup. Munson’s res-
ignation being reluctantly handed in.
From the few inmates who have suffi-
ciently recovered from their fear of
Munson to talk, it was learned that the
late Superintendent appearedto regard
the Home as his private property and
the inmates as members of the brute
creation. He spent but little time at
the Home, and rarely visited the hos--
pital wards and more rarely the bar-
racks. He was a terror to the inmates,
and is charged with having beaten and
abused thosewho incurred his displeas-
ure. The apparently authentic stories
told about Munson’s conduct recall the
brutalities of Andersonville prison dur-
ing the war. Dr. Munson is also held
accountable for the disappearance of
the pictures and books. Before his
death Mr. Fitch, it is said, had collect-
ed a‘ valuable art gallery, comprising
over one hundred and fifty oil paintings
and prints, and valued at $50, 000 or $60,- -
000. Among the works of art were a
number by the old masters, and it is
claimed at least, two bore Raphael’s
name. These pictures were famous in
that section of the state, and intense as-
tonishment exists at their disappear-
ance. It is charged that the pictures
were sold as, “rubbish” by Chairman
Beers’ orders. It is also asserted that
some of them were shipped to Bridge-
port, the home of Judge Beers. Doug-
las Fowler Post, G. A. R., of South
NOrwalk has had detectives at Work,
and rumors have crept out that some of
the pictures have been so located that
Judge Beers will have difilculty in ex-
plaining satisfactorily the reasons for
their present location. _It is not charged
that the pictures and books were stolen
from the Home, but it is openly al-
leged that the Executive committee and
Supt. Munson allowed them to be re-
moved without the Home receiving any-
thing like a reasonable price for them.
There is a loud demand in Stamford,
‘South Norwalk and the region therea-
bouts that a thorough investigation be
made and the responsibility for the mis-
management of the Home be placed
where it belOngs. -
OFTEN AN ABSENTEE.
Supt. Manson was paid $3,000 a year
for his services and provided with a
house free of rent. The Inmates assert
that he was not at the Home On an av-
erage more than two hours , a day and
was - frequently absent two or three,
days at a time. (When absent he ignored
the assistant superintendent and the
house surgeon, and left the hospital in
charge of l the head nurse, who had been
reported by the house surgeon as ina-
competent and duattentive to her On-
ties. r Supt. Manson, however,,re_t,ained,
her; ' He was also in the habit ‘of lock-‘
ing up the liquors-when he went away; , 1 .
and the surgeons could not obtain stim-
ulants for the patients ‘until he return-
ed again. . ‘ .
Many instances of cruelty on the part
of the ex-superintendent are related.
' One patient in the hospital, it is said,
had to await treatment over two weeks
because there were no drugs to give
him. Others had to wait several days
until it suited Munson’s convenience to
provide needed medical attendance.
Charles Englehardt was ill for nearly a
week before Dr. Munson paid any at-
tention to his requests for attendance.
He finally demanded attendance or his
discharge from the Home and wasthen
cared for. An inmate named Lock-
wood was ill. Dr. Munson was called
to the ward in which he lay one night
while Lockwood was suffering intense
agony. He begged Munson to prescribe
somethingthat would relieve him, but
the superintendent, without examining
the man, remarked: “You’ll go allright
till morning,” and passed on. Look-
wood was dead next day. On another
occasion, it is said, Munson dragged a
veteran who had offended him from his
bed and threw him upon the floor and
stamped upon him until blood flowed
from the victim’s mouth.
The superintendent was a burly ty-
rant, if half that was told of him is
true. He terrOrized the inmates to such
an extent that while he was in charge
it was very difiicult to'ascertain the true
condition of affairs. In fact, they prob-
ably would not have been ascertained
at all had not the house physicians
braved his displeasure and told such
things as came under their personal no-
tice. Judge Beers is charged with the
responsibility of Manson’s ”retention.
The inmates say that the Judge was in-
formed of some of the superintendent’s.
brutalities, 'but declined to take any
action. The South Norwalk Post, G.
A. 3., claims to have obtained enough
evidence to warrant criminal prosecu-
tions. The citizens of Connecticut have
also taken the matter up, and there is a
prospect of trouble ahead for the re-
sponsible parties. NOt only the bru-
talities, but the disappearance of the
art gallery may co me up for judicial in-
vestigation.
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The Waterbury Watch Inventor Dead.
NEW BEBFOBD, Mesa, Jul 27.—W1111am
N. Weeden died at Range ay lakes, M6,,
aged fifty years. Hewa‘s- a native of this
city and head of the Weeden Manufactur-
ing company. While employed in Water-
bury, Conn., he developed the “Waterbury
watch,” and was for four ears super
intendent of the Waterbury atch com-
pgny. Among other inventions he invent
e the Weeden upright steam engine. ‘
Died Soon After His Wife.
BALTIMORE, July 27,—Francis Denmead,
Sn, proprietor of the City Malt house and
a large real estate owner, died suddenly of
heart disease at the home of his son-in-
law, Mr. R. Henderson. Just one month
ago Mrs. Denmead died, and only‘a few
weeks before the, a. dag hter died very
suddenl . Mr. , enmea was sixty-two
years 01 . : ~ - ‘
Abram Hewitt’s Distinguished Guests.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., July 21—81:
William des Voeux, K. C. M. G., Lady
des Voeux, and two daughters have been
here for a few days viewing the falls. 81:
William is governor of Hong Kong. They
left for New .York, and will be the guests
of Abram S. Hewitt at his summer place
in New Jersey. - ' '
A Prominent Business ManArrested.
BUFFALO, July 27.—William B. Reilly, a
prominent commission merchant, has been
arrested on a. charge preferred by Charles
Weasel, a New York commilssion men
chant, who alleges that Rail y‘has failed
to account for $2,000 worth of bananas
sent him on commission. Reilly declares
that the business transact}on was strictly.
regular. He furnished ba 1 for his appear-L
ance next week.
The Body Identified; ‘
NEW YORK, July 27.-—'l.‘he body of the
man found drowned off Gravesend Beach
has been identified as that of L. L. Brig-
ham, 8. member of the Union League club
and an old naval veteran. His wife, who
made the identification. says he was very
despondent of late on account'of financial
troubles, and that he probably committed
suicide. He was fifty years of age. .
No Change in the Strike Situation. .
‘IHABRISBURG, July ‘27.—-There no
change in the status of the strike at the
Pennsylvania Steel. compan ’3 works at
St‘eelton. About 800 men urge. work, but
over 3,000 are idle. They are etermined
not to return to work until the new scale-
is signed, but do not interfere with those
who remained at work, and are quiet and
orderly. '
. . A Shoe Manufacturer Assigns.
BOSTON, July 27.-—Henry S. French, boot
and shoe manufacturer, Brockton, has
failed and made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors to‘Ve'ranus Filoon
and James C. Tannatt, both of Brockton.
The liabilities are about $35,000 and the
nominal assets aggregate about $26,000.
In the Hands of a Receiver. '
CHICAGO, July 21—011 application to
Judge Blodgett of one of the stockholders
. the Chicago Anderson Common Pressed
Brick company was placed in the handsoi
areceiver. The liabilities of the company
are about $200,000, and the assets $140,000.."
Train‘ers Must Stand'l'l'rlal.
ST. PAUL, July 27.-—Judge Cory has (10- .
nied the motion to dismiss the cases
against the trainersof Fitzsimmons and
11331.. The trial Of Smith and Carroll,
Fitzsimmons’ trainers, was continued un-
til next Saturdays ‘ '_ 3v - '
THE PRINCIPAL GUEST ABSENT.
to Mrs. Jefferson Davis Which
4 Dinner
5 " She',Fnlled to Attend.
NARRAGANSET PIER, July 27.—A dinner
supposed to be in honor of Mrs. J efier‘sbn
Davis, who with her daughter Winnie,
has been sojourning here for several'days,”
was given at Sherry’s by Mrs. Draper, of
Hopedale, Mass. The most remarkable
thing about the affair‘was the absence cf '
Mrs. Davis. No one could account for it‘
a‘nd”there seemed to be some mystery .
About her absence. .
Among those present were Secrets.
Tracy, Senator Aldrich, Senator Carlisle,
Colonel L. H. ,Carpenter, Fifth U. S. cav-
alry; Captain CoWles, U. S. N., and Gen-j
.eral Draper. Among the ladies present
were Mrs. General Preston, Mrs. Bangs;
of Baltimore; Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Browse
ter, of Chicago; Mrs. Draper and Miss .
Winnie Davis.
nificent afiair. There’was no special posi-
tion of honor given to any one person, ex-
The dinner was a mag- ‘
cept in the case of Secretary Tracy, who '
with Mrs. Draper, sat at the head of the
table. ' .
It Might Have Proved a Disaster.
NEW YORK, July 27.—The torpedo boat ’ .
Cashing narrowly escaped colliding with
the ferryboat Montauk' off the Battery. 7
The little cruiser was attempting to cross
the ferryboat’s bows when a. tow; suddenly ‘
loomed up in front of her, blocking her
path. She was promptly ' reversed and ,
partially turned, when it was seen that
she was heading directly for the Mentauk,
which was making her way across the
river. A scene of great excitement imme-
diately prevailed on the ferryboat. Wom— ,:
en screamed and then fainted, while the .
men rushed franticly about looking for ‘
life preservers. All this time the two ves- ,
sels were rapidly nearing each other. Just ‘
before they came to ether, however, the '
torpedo boat began s coking up, and in a
short time she backed out of danger.
Nothing but the cruiser’s excellent ma~
neuvering power and the "ability of her
ofl‘lcers prevented what would have proven
a terrible disaster.
Trouble May Break Out Again.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 27.-Twelve
companies of state guards—all the force»
Tennessee can muster except the Knox-
ville rifles, who were already at home— .
have reached this city. The older and ,
better posted among the militia are unanie, .
mous in their belief that Within sixty days
the same sort of trouble that called them
out will arise again, and that the miners
will remove the convicts forcibly from -
Briceville.
Found Murdered.
N Ew YORK, July 27.—An unknoWn man,
apparently an Italian, about thirty year's
old, was found dead just back of Green- '
wood cemetery, on the outskirts of Brook-
'lyn. A deep and ugly wound was dis-
covered behind his right car, which was
probably the cause of his death. It is be-
lieved that the man met with foul play,
as three other knife wounds were discové .
cred on his body.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-
. signed, Collector of Taxes, under and by
Virtue of a certaln tax warrant, duly executed
and signed by proper fauthority and directed
to the undermfined, commanding him to levy -
and collect of ENJAMIN J. STUBGEs, and other
persons named 1n the rate book, on the list to
said warrant annexed, their several propor-
tions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum being a tax or assessment laid upon the
assessment list made In 1886 by the Inhabitants ,
of the Town of .Norwalk, regularly and legally
assembled.to Wit, on the 80th day of December,
A. D_., 1886, met for the purpose of providing for
the Indebtedness of said town, leVIes‘upon the
followmg described real estate of sald Benja-
min J. Sturges, Situated 1n town of Weston,»-
and bounded as follows to wit : . _
Northerly by land of George Godfrey; east-
erl by land of Matthew Buckley; southerly
fig {.32 of Joseph Sturges, and westerly by .
And 3 shall ,sell at Public Auction, on the
remises herembefore described, on the 16th
ay of September, A.
forenoon, so muc
sum of, Ixteen Dollars. that being the
proportion of the said Benjamin J. Sturges,
of t 9 sum total in said list, together With the
charges of levy sale, etc.
sum GEO' T' Sg‘IilOIEN’L' t 1886
ax 0 ea or 15 .
Dated at Norwalk, July 11th. A. D., 1891; ‘
Tax Collector’s Sale.
‘bl QTICE is hereby given that the under-
_ Signed. Collector 0 Taxes, under and b
virtue of a certain t‘ax warrant, dul
and signedby proper authority and directed to
the undersigned. commandin
collect of BENJAMIN J. STURGES, and other per-
sons name m t 6 rate book, on the listof said
warrant annexed, their several pro ortions of
the sum total as therein stated, sai sum being
a tax or assessment laid upon the assessment
1131; made In 1888 by the Inhabitants of the town
of Norwalk, regularly and 1e ally assembled,
to w1t, on the 27th day of ecember, A. 13..
1888,.met for the purpose of providing for the
Indebtedness of said town, 1ev1es u on the fol-,
lowmg described real estate of said Benjamin J.
gtquI-lggg situated 1n the town of Weston. and
o .
as follows, to w1t:
Northerly by land of George
erly by land of Matthew Buckley; southerly .
by land of Joseph Sturges, 'and westerly'by
Ighwalv. .
And shall sell at Public Auction, on the ,
premises herembefore described, on the 16th
ay of September, A. D., 1891, at 11:15 o’clock
forenoon so much thereof as will raise the sum
of One and 75-100Dollars, thatbeing the - ro-
portion of the said BenJamin J .~ Sturges ofpthe
sum total In said list, together with the
charges of levy, sale, etc.- ‘ '
' , GEO. B. ST. JOHN
Tax Collector: List 1888._ - . -
Dated at Norwalk, July 11th, A. D., 1891.
' Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-
mgned. Collector of Taxes, under and b3
(1
virtue of a. certain tax warrant, duly execute
and signed by pro errauthority and 1 directe ‘
to the undersi ne ,‘commanding him mrlevy '
and collect of ENJAMIN J. STURGES and other;
persons named in the rate book, on the .list "to.
and warrant annexed, their several propor-
y execute , z
D., 1891, at 11 o’clock, '-
thereof as w111 raise the, .
g him to levy'and '
Godfrey; east— .
tions of the sum totalfa‘a therein stated, said : . .
sum bemg a tax or assessment laid upont e [-
assessment list madeinlagtz b (the inhabitants ~
of the town of Norwalkrr'egulr fly and legally
assembled, to w1t. on the 31st day of ecem-
ber, A. D.. 1889, metxfor the pn ose of provid-'
ing for the Indebtednessof solid town. levies.
upon the followmg ,descnbed real estate of-
said Beniamm J. Sturges, situated in the_town ‘ -'
of Weston, and bounded as follows to mt ;_
Northerly by land of George. Godfrey; east-g
grl by land by Matthew Buckley; southerly
highwa .
y . , .
AndIshall sell at Public Auction, on .the' ‘
premises hereinbefore described,~,.0n. the 16th"
- ray-of September A. D., 1891, at .11 :30 o’clock,
forenoon, so muc eo -; as g 1).. muse the
sum of One and 75-100 Dollars. that being the i
proportiOn of the said Benjamin‘J. Sturges. of. ..-
3.1 m said hst, togetherwith the _; _
the sum tot . _
charges of levy. sale. etc. .
' GEO.- B. ST. JOHN
Tax 01190th L
,
ml of Joseph-.Sturges, and Westerlygby
o ist a...
, Dated atNorwalk. Julymh,A.b.i891.,
Norwalk Chronicler