's —« 'A / and Saturday’s for Riverside ceme- .n-=« 3. ..\~,-... ..1 -- -, * ............... u .. thermalitiiléliilééiéi can’t be helped-"Franklin. We therefore/counsel yau to Advertise in the Daily Gazette. r , gvol.31, N0. _153- - '* t —A .r‘ '2‘ g “Equal aucl Exact Justice, to all Men of Whatever Stir/ta or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—Jefe'rson, Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday‘flivening, July 29, 1891. ,' " K \\ _ _ ................... ‘ ...... . a? . _ W. A'NTS‘! l IF YOU WANTArIyrHING, Advertise in lliej’llaily‘tazelte, 3 one can; Awono. .2 as .......... _.. * .................. it Price One Cent: The Daily Gazette f.~ issued every week-day at 3 P. M. at on: CENT rEn com. The Olwapest Rate; for Advertising, and THE LAncEsT omo‘um'rro‘n. , “ The weekly Gazette, [Combined with Friday’s Daile [s issued every Friday at Noon. at mass CENTS PER COPY, on $1.50 PER ram. , The Daily and Weekly. - Served to Local Subscribers at am cmz'rs ran warm. on 85.00 PER'YEAB. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. This paper has the largest circulation of - any» paper in the Slate west of Bridgeport. c U I: J GBBIL G DEPARTMENT. fin. HARM M. GARDNER. J 11.. of New York, has charge of the GAZETTE‘s Engraving, Beok runl Jobbing Department. He is an expert xnd experienced Job Printer, and no work on- trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilvgdone. ITHE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY. Mr. Stiles Curtis has procured a pen- sion for Fred M. Arnold. Mrs. D. E. Culver is visiting her mother, Mrs. James Mallory. _ The erection of tents for the state troops begins at Niantic to-day. Frederick C. Havemeyer, the sugar king, is dead, aged 85. Mrs. Robert Way and children, of Hartford, are visiting on East avenue. James Walsh, of Chestnut street, is seriously ill with an affection of the brain. The last brick on the new gas holder was laid yesterday, and it is now ready for the roof. - ' ""Steeple” Charlie is repairing the steeple of the Asylum street Methodist church, Hartford. One of Norwalk’s popular milk men has a cow that gives salt milk. Who can explain the phenomena ? ‘ The Knights of Columbus are to pa- rade Monday evening, headed by the new band in all its fresh glory. The reunion of the ’85 legislature will be held August 13, at Hill’s Homestead, Savin Rock. Emma, the one year old child of An- drew Gustafson, of East Norwalk, died this morning. ______.-_ , > County Commissioner Paige is better and hopes are entertained for his ulti- mate recovery. Superintendent Crosby, of the Bridgeport hospital, is seriously ill and his recovery is very doubtful. ' Quite a large business has been done at Five Mile River the past season in the manufacture of gents’ satine out- ing shirts. Borough Engineer Wood has staked out the~line for the curbing, guttering and sidewalking of the upper end of Belden avenue. Mrs. Wooley and her daughter of Patucket, R. I., have been visiting the old home at Deacon Ferris’, South Norwalk. Rev. Mrs. Watkins was taken quite uncomfortably ill yesterday, and Dr. Gregory was called. She is reported better to-day. - , ~—A Wagonette will leave the Bridge at 2.30, 4 and 5.30 p. m. on Thursday’s tery. 153~1t The wisdom of windrowing the mud in our streets can be seen in the neces- sity it involves of doing the work over. again. Fent. Pomeroy of the City of Alba- ny, attended an Indian war dance at Cooney Island Monday night, and has been “whooping” ever since. The officers and teachers of St. Paul’s Sunday School are making arrange- ments for a picnic, which is to be held some time during August. The 25th annual reunion of the 19th Connecticut Infantry and 2nd Connec- ticut Heavy Artillery will be held at Savin Rock Friday, September 11. , Martha Washington Butter Flour was a popular article of manufacture here a few years ago and quite a large business was built up, but now it seems to be entirely out of the market. Ex-Warden C. B. Coolid c has a reatdeal‘to answer for att at great y. ,: He it was who first appeared on thesti‘eetsbf'NorWalk wearing a blue yachting: can—flour- . - . ' Blundering"agaiii as usual. The lit- tle son of harness maker and horn so- .loist, Dwyer, wore one for weeks _be- fore thcfil-‘fJudg/e’3'donned his. It is well to have‘suclfiinportantievents’rin Many recognized the steamboat Myn- dert Starin, which crime up this morn- ing to take out the Methodist excursion party, as the old Americus, which some years ago‘ran .on the route betWeen this city and New York. Mr. George C. Lockwood, through his attorneys, has promised the bor- ough warden and highway committee that he will relay the roadway torn up by him in front of the hotel and leave _it in as good order as before and thus drop the matter if the borough will. The GAZETTE says it has learned from good authority that the ' Danbuty and Norwalk branch of the Housatonic road is to be four tracked—Sentinel. Oh no, the GAZETTE said it was to be “double-tracked” notfour-tracke'd. Do try andget things straight occasionally neighbor. - ’ St. Paul’s Chapter, Brotherhood of St. Andrew,w1ll hold its regular month- ly business‘meeting on Thursday eve- ning.—Hour. Wrong again, as usual. The meet- ing is to be held Tuesday evening,Aug. 4th. As » the Sentinel gobbled the above it copied your blunder also. » Burgess Bowe saved little Georgie Smith, son of the late John Smith, of South Norwalk, from being run over by the 10.11 Consolidated train down, this morning. He had just stepped on the track, with umbrella obscuring his vision, as the train dashed upon him, and Bowe. shouted to him at the top of his lungs and arrested his attention in time for him to jump back. Col. F. St. J ohuLockwood accident- ally left his best umbrella standing be- side the addressing table in the post-0f- fice while he stepped across to the bank. Bethinking himself of his carelessness he hastened back. but the umbrella was gone. Of course “Carmi”trieshard to keep a clean and virtuous place there, but miscreants who care neither for the laws of God nor man, will visit the post- oflice. ‘ —A line of manufacturers’ samples Ladies’ Outing Suits, no two alike, will be the special bargain to-morrow after- noon at the Norwalk Boston Store. Lot 1 consists of suits made of out- ing flannel tanise cloth and cheviot in choice patterns at 980. per suit. Lot 2 consists of suits made of fine white lawn, black sateen and fine Ox- ford suiting. Your choice of this lot for $1.49. Sale COmniences at 2. p. m. Ex-Probate Judge F. Winthrop Per- ry of the borough and Ex-Borough Clerk Winthrop H. Perry, of South— port and Norwalk, occasionally get as badly mixed up as‘ ‘Little Buttercup’s” babies. The judge recently received a letter concerning a? suit now pending, but as he couldn’t remember that he had ever-been retained in the case, he showed it to the S'outhport solicitor who said it was intended for him. A few days later the judge received a call from one of the parties on the other side of the case and when he disclaimed any knowledge of the matter his visitor seemed surprised at his indifference and remarked, “your name is Winthrop Perry, isn’t it?” The judge replied that it was; that he had now been con- sulted by parties on both sides of a case he knew nothing about and he should have to direct them to the other Win- thropPerry whose office is on. Water street. The judgeJis nervously await- ing the appearance of more litigants in this suit. That Jerusalem Excursion. The excursion to the Orient gotten up by journalist W. O. Crofut, and .up- on which several Norwalk people have been invited, is to consist of Mr. Cro- fut and his sister Mrs. Wheelock of Danbury, a sister of Prof. Powell of the U. S. Geological survey, ex-Sena- tor J. J. Ingalls, Mr. West, editor of the Washington Post, U. S. Senator Faulkner, Gen. John F. Farnsworth, Rev. Mr: Marshall of Cromwell, Ct., an ethnologist, two artists, a botanist, an M. D. and others. The trip is to consume twelve weeks. It takes 'the party through Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzer- land; from the Alps to Italy, visiting Milan, Florence, Venice, Rome, Na- ples, Pompeii and Vesuvius. Thence to Athens, ten days in Jerusalem, Beth- 'lehcm, Dead Sea‘ and the Jordan, the' shrines of J udea, 'Cairo, Suez Canal, the Pyramids, and a trip up the Nile, thence to'Paris‘and home. The excur- sion is superintended by the Cooke, and so all care and anxiety as to quarters, modes and times of conveyance, inter-. preters and guides, etc., are provided against: One has only to remain pas- sive and m0ve along under experienced and competent guidance. It'is an "ex- cursion of one’s life-time, admirably planned to see and enjoy the most at the least cost, and inthe least possible time. We hope, to see'.Norwalk and the our local history stated accurately. hustling DAILY. “GAZETTE. represented on this extraordinary excursion. ’ _ made colonels and brigadiers. .ofl'ered a pail of city water he laid his Mll-‘H'EI VIN-mam; 'He Is Re-eleoted Lieutenant of 00. F. He Laughs Best, Who Laughs Last. At a meeting of Co. F. held at the Armory last evening to elect 8. Lions tenant to fill the vacancy caused by the resignatibn of Lieut. Smith, there were present a total of 53 members; neces- sary to a choice 27. On the first ballot Ex—Lieut. Matheis had 26 votes, Com- rade VanNess, 20;.2d. Lieut. Aiken, 6. On the next ballot, Matheis had 28, VenNess, 22; Aiken, 2. So Lieut..- Matheis was again declared the choice of his old company for its Lieutenant. The feeling that Lieut. Matheis was the? victim of a conspiracy to oust him from the company, is well nigh universal. It is well known that he isthe best drill master or mere “machine soldier” in the company if not in his regiment. In the late war men of far less military acquirements and capabilities were Yet in these piping times of peace men, to rate as commanding oficers, are required to be good scholars and up in military literature as well as practice, and in these matters Matheis is confessedly deficient, through no fault of his. His company’s action will now await the action of the Adjt. General and approv- al of the Governor. . <o>-. EXTRA SOUTH NORWALK NEWS. Constable Conley has taken desk room in D. P. Morrell’s ofl‘ice. An infant child 'of Dennis Donovan of N0. 20 Day street, died this morn- ing, - Druggist Frank Baxter is at his brother Fred’s wedding in Windsor Locks, to-day. Mr. C. E. ‘Wardwell and Miss Della Parker, of New York, are the guests of Mr. Fred. Wardwell. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Stoddard, 'of Chicopee, Mass, returned home yes- terday, after a two weeks’ visit with Mrs. .Stoddard’s parents in this city. The schooner, Mary Gaillard, from York River, Va., is discharging a car- go of pine wood at John H. Ferris wharf. This happens but once a year. Among other freight by U. S. Ex- press to Ridgefield, this morning, was an animal with ears nearly as large as fish platters. ’Tis stated that on being ears down on his back- and kicked like an unruly steer. Possibly the happiest man in South Norwalk, this morning, is Mr. W. R. Arnold, assistant superintendent of the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. The reason—his wife presented him with a handsome girl baby last night Mr. Arnold already speaks of it as his little angel. There were about 500 disappointed pleasure seekers. at the steamboat wharf this morning. The Myndert Starin was then in waiting, and a good- ly number went aboard of her. The party represented a portion of those 1 and unique. Vlolently Insane. 1 Henry ‘C. Osborn, an engineer on one of ”the boats plying between New Ha- : you and New York, went insane in New " Haven yesterday, and was taken to the almshouse last night in an almost hope- less condition. He is 45 years of age, unmarried and his home is in New York. —-———-—-—<'.‘ ' Case Now After Harrison. ‘ Hon. Wm. C. Case, counsel for the republican members of the house com- mittee on the canvass of votes, and at~ torney for Gen. Merwin in the quo war- ranto proceedings, defends editor Por- ter of the Hartford Post, and in a lots ter, reaches out for Lynde Harrison’s political scalp with all the keenness, logic and satire for which Mr. Case is famous. I f l l lt‘Pays to Advertise in the Gazette The notice we gave that Hon. E. J. Hill had sold a house from an insertion of an advertisement in the DAILY GA- ZETTE, happened to be mentioned by him to Dry Goodsman, James Scofield, who at once replied, “Why, I too, sold my cow by an ad. in the GAZETTE. ” Moral—~It pays to advertise in the GA- ZETTE. Try it, and prove the fact to your own satisfaction. +>———-—— Good News. Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne has finally con- cluded to decline the tempting offer of a churchin a near-by city at an in- crease of five hundred dollars a' year salary. Also a second invite to another popular church at the same salary paid him here, and so, to the delight of his people and the public, the good doctor will remain in Norwalk another two years. To-day he goes on his annual month’s leave, and will visit Canada during his rest-seeking vacation. i A Company to Loan The. United States viding Co. filed articles tion yesterday in the ,0 office, in Jersey City. principal cities in the and loan umbrellas to su moderate fee. A subscr' an umbrella anywhere h rchooses, but he will be held responsible for its safe keeping and return. The originators of the scheme believe they have struck a bonanza. - The Storm at Rockaway. One of the most disastrous storms that ever visited Rockaway Beach at this season of the year, did consider- able damage there yesterday. All the stands on the surf and a fishing tackle stand on the Iron Pier were swept away by the waves, while three people came very near losing their lives. At 3.30 o’clock the catboat Sarah, contain- ing J. C. Bogardus, of Brooklyn, and two women, was driven with great force against the Iron Pier. _A rope ladder was thrown to the occupants of the boat and they were rescued. 0. The Lawn Fete. The lawn party and'barn recitations and theatricals at the residence of Hon. John S. Seymour, yesterday p. m., were as enjoyable as they were original A large and appreciative number of our best people were pres- who intended going to Glen Island, on the proposed excursion of the First M. g E. church. At 8.15 the management decided, as they stood in the rain, that ; the excursion would not'be given, and the crowd reluctantly departed for their several homes through the pelt- ing rain and mud: The society will! pay the usual forfeit. . It has not yet i been decided when the excursion will ; be given. ' ' Two well dressed young men, who gays their names as John Slater and i :John Wilson were arrested at the East f Norwalk station, last night, by Con- stable Hall. The charge against them is vagrancy. To your reporter they, ‘ early this morning, said, that they : were on the way to Bridgeport and had stopped at the station to get out of the rain, and that while sitting upon a; truck with another man whom they did , not know, Hall stepped up and asked their business, and on answering he said “I’ll find a place for you for to» night,” and brought them to the star. tion house. One of them said he was by trade a spinner and that this was his first experience in a station houSe. His statements seemed to have an, air of truthfulness, and both apparently felt sore at the treatment. Some there are that say that Constable Hall does not always exercise as good judgment in the arrest of persons as he might, and from the disposal of some of his arrests by the Justices, the saying would seem to be true. To the minds of many Mr. Hall is hardly the right man in the right place. At a hearing this morning Justice, Morrell nolled the case of Slater, but Wilson was sent to jail for ten days. This, hoivever. does not prevent Hall from getting his fees in both cases. cut and the contribution to the Library Fund must have been quite a respect- able sum,despite the bad weather. The recitations by little Miss Gregory and Master Karl Vogel, were particularly well done, while the barn [comedy was ; so admirable and the little Misses were so inimitably droll that it kept the au- dience convulsed with laughter through- out. Hadthe weather been pleasant it was proposed to repeat it to-day. But it may be given at a future date to be announced, Ice cream, cake and flowers were on sale ' by' the little Misses. P. S. "To-day being still unpleasant ? it will be given tomorrow, Thursday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, if not stormy, as it seems that the proverbial Clerk of i the weather cannot be so cruel as 'to again disappoint the little folk, who have worked so bravely and performed so admirably. We sincerely hope that everybody will have an opportunity to see this play as it was really remark- able. The dramatic power of the per- formers and the finish of the whole pro- duction must be seen in order to be ap- _ preciated. Left the Rails. _ While a New York and New Eng— land freight train was crossing the tres- tle near W. A. and A. M. White’s: fac- tory, Danbury Monday afternoon, a car left the rails and narrowly escaped going off the bridge into the river. It was dragged acrOSs the ties and the train was stopped just before reaching the River street trestle. ' . Frosts. - _ There was a light frost in Winsted last night, and a heavier one is report- ' ed from Barkhamstead. DiXON IS CHAMPION. Ho Knocks wuus Out In Flve Rounds. Last night/George Dixon earned the indisputable right to the title of feath— er-weight champion of the world by knocking out Abe Willis, the Aus- tralian, in the fifth round. They met in the rooms of the California Athletic club, and fought for a purse of $5,000, hung up by the club. It was just, 8.43 o’clock when Hiram Cook, the referee, called time, and the men went at it. It was Dixon’s battle from the start, and a detailed account would be but a narrative of his superi- ority. He punched the Australian from the instant that “time” was called un- til, with his terrible right, he put him to sleep in the fifth round. Willis was the feather-weight cham- pion of Australia and‘ Dixon’s victory over him brands the colored boy as the best fighter living in his class. The 17th Connecticut Reunion. The following bulletin anent the 17th Conn. Vols. annual reunion, was issued yesterday: HEADQUARTERS 17TH CT. Von. Ass’nl BRIDGEPORT, Comm, July' 26, 1891. ) COMBADE :—'—The annual reunion will be held at New Canaan, Friday. Au- gust 28, 1891. The Association will assemble at the depot in Stamford on the arrival of the 7.01 a. m. train from New York, which arrives in Stamford at 8.28. Comrades from the East will take the 7. 30 a. m. train from New Haven, ar- riv1ngin Stamford at 8.41. Comrades on the line of the Danbury and Norwalk road will take the 7.36 a. m. train from Danbury, arriving at S0. Norwalk at 8.21 in time to connect with the 7.30 a. In. train from New Haven. Remember that the train for New Canaan leaves Stamford at 9.20 a. m., as there 1s no other train for New Ca- naan'until 1.55 p. m. The invitation has been extended by the patriotic citizens of New Canaan who have amply provided for your en- joyment and pleasure. Don’t fail to be present. CHARLES SMITH, President. JOHN H. PORTER, Secretary. A Minister lnfatuated. Rev. Joseph Mackey. who some years since rented the Mrs. E. W. Stewart place on West avenue, was, according to the World, the victim of a sad misunderstanding, or something, on the part of his jealous wife, who rushed in and shouted right out in meetingz—“Where is my husband? Tell me where my husband and that woman are.” _A daughter explained it thusly to a reporter:— “My father seems perfectly infatuated with this Pierce woman. Just think of it I He is nearly 60 years old and the father of ten grown-up children, sever- al times a grandfather, and the husband of one of the loveliest women who ever breathed.” “Is it not possible that the friendship between your father and Miss Pierce is simply of a religious character and that your mother is jealous without cause?” “No, indeed !”exclaimed both daugh- ters in the same breath. “There is no religion about it, but last Sunday moth- er found Miss Pierce and father to- gether at the Colored Home.” “Has your mother separated from your father?” “Well, not exactly, though she said this morning that father must give up Miss Pierce forever, or give her up.” Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Mackey ’s resignation arrived. ‘ The Mackeys occupy a handsome frame house on Kingbridge road, Ford- ham. When a reporter called there he was informed that Mrs. Mackey had gone to [visit a married daughter in Connecticut. There were two daugh- ters at home, however, and both talked freely. ‘I am so sorry that mamma is not at home,” said the eldest, “for I know that she would gladly tell you all about this dreadful affair. ” +>——————————— Real Mean. Ed. Taylor, our popular Main street hardware merchant went'over to Com- po mill pond yesterday crabbing. He soon captured a fine sack of soft shells or shedders and drove- home, carrying his well filled bag into the house and rejoicing the heart of his wife, as she hurried to put on the kettle of boiling water, at the prospect of a grand feast, as he was as hungry as a prairie wolf. Judge of his chagrin when turning the sack upside down nothing rolled outin- to the basket but a big pile of cobble stones! Some real mean wag had swap- ped, and “swiped” his crabs. ' O “A New Landlng-~ .On Sunday, August 2, the City of Al- bany will make a new landing at Bel- ‘prefer it can stop ofi‘ and. pass a quiet dayfthere‘. den Point where such excursionists as ADANBURIAN HELD UP. ’A South Norwalk Tough Plays Highwaymen in Bridgeport. This .morning’s Bridgeport News, gives the following . details of a wild- west style of assault and robbery of an innocent Danburian, who fell in with a naughty, naughty South Norwalk tough, whom he invited to travel over to depraved and wicked Bridgeport with him, and at the Danbury man’s expense, and this is the way the South Norwalker played the highwayman act as narrated by the News: Monday evening, David Osborne, a young man hailing from Danbury, started out on his annual vacatiOII. He had a large sum of money in his possession when he reached South Nor- walk. After “doing” that town he fell in with a young man, who by his clever manners won his friendship. Osborne treated the stranger several times and got him to agree to come to Bridge- port. The South Norwalk man had no money, but he promised to show Os- borne the many dark sides of Bridge- port if he would pay his fare. The Danburian agreed to. his propo- sition and they took a train, arriving there abOut 8‘o’clock. They proceeded along Water street, wherellively times are the rule. After visiting many of the saloons the pair wound up at Jim Jacques’ place, where they enjoyed themselves hugely, Osborne settling for everything. Their next trip was to the city hotel where they remained an hour or so. Young Osborne wanted to visit a rel- ative in the West End and his friend willingly consented to accompany him. Osborne purchased a half pint of whis- key to give them life on their journey, which he was informed would be a long one. Out State street they walked, stop- ping every once in a while to take a drink from the bottle. His South Nor- walk friend led Osborne around on Railroad avenue. When near’the win— ter quarters they stoppedjto take anoth- ' er drink. Osborne had the bottle in his inside pocket, and as he was placing it there his companion remarked that he would _ like to have another drink, at the same time reaching for the bottle. Osborne not suspecting anything wrong, drop- ped hishands at his sides. , While they were thus hanging, his friend seized him by the throat and placing his hand in Osborne’s pocket extracted as quick as a flash $13, which ‘ he transferred to his own pocket. Os- borne fought and resisted as best he could but his friend was too powerful for him. After getting the money he dash- ed out onto the railroad tracks and started in the direction of N orwalk. It was 6 o’clock when Osborne arriv- ed at the police station and reported his experience to Sergeant Birmingham, who’at once set Officers Lush and Hayes at work on the case. They visited the City hotel and learned that Osborne had been there and that he had a roll of bills with a piece of elastic around them. Officers were at work looking up the fellow yesterday and Osborne made several trips to the .station to learn whether his lassailant had been captured or not. He says he will never do a favor for a stranger again; neither will he walk on lonely thoroughfares at unseasonable hours with anyone he does not know. The Whlte Squadron. At New London yesterday the naval militia were distributed among the dif- ferent ships of the squadron in the same manner as on Monday and were exercised at general quarters and duties in battle during the forenoon. In the afternoon they had sub- caliber target practice with the guns of the 'main and secondary bat- teries. ' ' v 4 The big day of the week will be Thursday, although to-day will be a very interesting one to the visitors. To- day the New York naval militia will practice firing the big guns of the ships at the targets which have been erected on the water some distance away. His Skull Fractured. . Willis Reed, of Danbury, aged 73, I contractor, fell headlong from a ladder into a huge tank which he was con-,- strucing near the McArthur paper mill in Beaver Brook, yesterday. His skull was fractured and he died in a few hours. He was quite wealthy and leaves a widow and several grown up sons and daughters. W Speaker Paige Home. Speaker Paige, who was called home from Europe, by the serious illness of his father, County Commissioner Paige, arrived at New York on the North German Lloyd steamship Aller, yesterday. ‘ . ' ~- '. ,— ‘é THE‘ CONSOLIDATED R'AILROAD’S LAND PURCHASES..‘ A Blt of East Norwalk’stast HistOry. The eventual occupancy, for its "own purpose, of the Consolidated road’s purchase on the east side of lower East avenue will obliterate all traces of "the birth and boyhood training places (if four of our most eminent family heads. and financial men formerlyjn this coun- try, and while’ the associations which stand connected with the noted home- stead tempt one to wish that it" might be —preseryed unchanged, still its ef- faCement and practical displacemth 'is only the debt that such interesting 10- calities are every now and then doom- ed,finally, to payto progress. ' The locality referred to is that of the ancient home site of the Rogerses, and later of the Buckinghams, which em. brace the area, the large share, if not the whole of which, is hereafter to be devoted to railway accommodations. To this spot in 1726 came, accompany- ing his father, a lad eight years of age, who was destined to become the parent of a quartette of future civil and com- mercial magnates, and of a daughter, who was to be the mother Of an oppu- lent race. The lad, Nehemiah Rogers, grew to man’s-estate and married one of East NOrwalk’s best known young women, Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Samuel, and niece of Gov. Thomas . Fitch, establishing their home upon East avenue. Five sons and three daugh- ters were born to them, and the family appears to have remained unbroken until about the period of the American revolution. ~ Fitch, their second son, but the first of the renowned four brothers, married Hannah Bell, daughter of Isaac Bell and the step-sister of Capt. Isaac Bell, J r., an old New York city merchant prince. Fitch Rogers’ daughter Cath- arine married Dr. Reuben Sherwood, Rector of St. Paul’s church, Norwalk, and his daughter Harriet married John Winthrop, whose son Henry, and grandson Buchannan, now reside in the metropolis. Moses Rogers, the next brother to Fitch. “was a grand old merchant.” At the age of twenty- three, he married Sarah Woolsey, _the sister of Mary, wife of Dr. Timothy Dwight, and daughter of Benjamin Woolsey, J r., a “quiet country gentle- man of intellectual tastes,” who owned a farm of nearly one thousand acres near Glen Cove, L. I., and who was the honored grandfather of Theodore Dwight Woolsey, S. T. D., LL. D., president from 1846 to 1871 of Yale Uni- versity. Moses Rogers’ oldest daugh- ter, Sarah Elizabeth, married ,Hon. Samuel Miles Hopkins, of New York, whose son the highly esteemed Col. Woolsey Rogers Hopkins,now occupies the fine old Moses Rogers’ seat st Ship- pan Point, Stamford, while his young- est daughter, Julia Ann, married Fran- cis Bayard Winthrop, J r., grandson of Cornelia, daughter of Hon. Leonard Lispenard, who, with Robert B. and Philip Livingston, and John‘ Cruger, and William Bayard represented New. York at the first Congress-of the Amer- ican colonies, and the sister of Leonard and Anthony Lispenard, after whom" Leonard, and Lispenard, and Anthony, now Worth, streets, in that city, were named. . ' - 7 Henry Rogers, the fourth son, born in the East avenue home, April 12, 1753, married young, and after the Rev- olutionary war, formed a partnership with the ' wealthy son-in-law of Gov. Belcher, of Massachusetts, and found- ed in 1785 the business house ’of Rogers &; Co. in ueen, now Heart street. Henry ogers’ second wife was Fran- ces Moore, -of South .Carolina, from whose brother the United States ov- ernmentbought the site» of the est Point mll1tary academy. ' Nehemiah, J r., the youngest son, 'born in 1755, married hlS» cousin, Miss Catharine Bell. _He founded the house of Rogers & Aspinwall, near Coenties Slip and was consplcuous among the most conspic- nous of Old time tradesmen. He lived at No. 4 Greenwich street, and himself and brother Moses, and brother-in—law Archibald Gracie were three of the fif- teen persons See Walter Barrett’s Old merchants) w 0 at that time kept the1r own carriages in New York. The boys had three sisters, Susannah, =born next to Moses, H arried at about seventeen, David Lambert, of New York~and of Wilton, Conn.,‘ while Es- ther, born next after Nehemiah, mar- ried Archibald Gracie, 9. scotch m_er- chant and one of the heaviest momed men in New York. Shewas mother . of William Gracie who married Eliza, the lovely daughter of Oliver Wolcott,_Jr., senof- Gov. :Wolcott, of ‘ Connectlcut: and, under President ‘Washin on, “comptrollor of the navy,” and of IM- abeth, who married President . Charles King of ColumbiaCollege,andof Sarah. Wife of Hon. James Goreking. Esther Rogers, as before stated, ; was mother of a wealthy line. The. country home was at 'G'racie’s Point: upon the East river. Elizabeth, the youngest sisterzof the brothers, died unmarrie - The descent from this East ,N0rwalk family would fill a Small volume, .211 wOul embrace the most illustrlous names to be found in the moment e and professional annals of £11,6- United States.:' , t ~. (9 /
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