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Vol. I No. 156.
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can. Jormn o DEPARTMENT.
Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER; JR. of New York
has charge of the GAZETTE’ s Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an e'xpert
and experienced Job Printer, and no work on-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
fl TERSETALE8 OF THE TOWN.
Miss Clara Smith has returned from
the White Mountains.
Miss Jennie Thom, of New York, is
visiting friends in town.
———Hungarian Tokay Wine for inva-
lids at Betts & Farrington’s. 31-4t
J. D, Skidniore of Fairfield, spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Mr. Edwin Bennett and family are
sojourning at New Canaan for the sum-
mer. __
—Olives, of our own importation,
from Bordeaux, at Betts & Farring-
ton’ s. __ 31- 4t
Phoenix Engine and Hope Hose com-
panies hold their regular meetings to-
morrow evening.
Miss J ulia Clark, of Elm street, has
returned from Vineland, N. J. where
she has been for the past two months.
Mrs. Thos. Field, who has been
spending several weeks in Ridgefield,
is the guest of Mrs. J. C. Newkirk, on
Lewis street. __
—Try our brand of Claret Wine and
get the best for the least money, Betts
& Farrington. . _____ 31-4
The Pinneo. Wigham and Gibson
combination started off with high hopes
and happy faces, early this morning.
Mr and Mrs. Platt Price and (laugh.
ter with Mr. George Selleck and family
and Miss Gertrude Camp, contemplate:
I a trip to Block Island in the Inear’fu-
t'u‘re. ________
—Something new I
agus in tins, at Betts and Farring-
ton’ s. 31 4t
E. C. Whitney left this morning for
Australia, via Rochester, Chicago and '
San Francisco after having passed a
delightful vacation among relatives and
friends in Norwalk.
—-We bottle _ all our own Wines and
Liquors and therefore are enabled to
guarantee the best quality at the lowest
price. Betts and Farrington. 31-41;
Rev. James R. Walsh, of St. Paul,
Minn. , is visiting his brother Peter
Walsh, on Arch street. He is an old
Nerwalk boy, but has not been here
for the past three years.
Anumber of boroughites will 'go on
the Methodist excursion Etc-moarrow,
among the number being Mrs. Sarah
Bessey, Mrs. D. Warren Fitch, Mrs,
Tyler Waters and Miss Amanda Smith.
—S. D. Bayles, 18 N. Main ‘street,I
' South Norwalk, only graduate opti-
cian in town. Eyes tested and glasses
perfectly fitted in only sure manner.
Test case. 156 8t.
At the regular meeting of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and J oin-
ers to—morrow evening in‘the Sons of
Temperance hall, committees will be
appointed to arrange for Labor Day’
exercises.
—-Ferris’ Smoked Beef, Ham, Ton-
gue and Bacon at Betts & Farring-
ton’s. ' 31-4t
A large paper balloon came down in
the rear of 061. Roberts’ school, last
evening, just before dusk. It was in
perfect order and was picked up by C.
S. Lockwood. Where it came from no
one knows. I
The metal letters comprising the
name‘of the highway known as Grant
street, which were aflixed to a board
nailed to a tree on the corner of said
highway, have disappeared and only
the board remains. .
—Cannot be Beat. .
Chase & Sanborn’s sea brand Cofi'ee
in air tight 'cans sold by Betts & Far-
rington. 31-4t
A the
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuaswm. Religious or foltttca
Mr. IHarry Belmontfi'df Baltimore,
Md., is visiting with friends in town.
Choice brands of Ale and Lager,
for table use, at Betts & Farrington’s.
Mr. H. Cousins, of New Yo,rk was
the guest of Fred Hoyt, of East avenue,
over Sunday.
Frank FanCher, of Meriden, was a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Pryor
over Sunday.
Mr. Henrv E. Jackson and :wife of
New Haven, are guests of his brother,
Mr. LeGrand Jackson. ' I
—Betts 8; FarringtOn’s Eitracts are
the best. _-..___ 31-41:
The yacht “Wild Bird,” which was
stolen from New Haven two months
ago, was found stranded on: the beach
below Wilson’s Point. A »
Mr. Nelson Taylor, Jr., and Hubert
' Bishop, contemplate an early trip to
the Adirondack region.
Miss Stella Seymour is expected to
arrive to-day on a visit to her brother,
Senator John S. Seymour.
Mrs. Jennie Patterson, of Hartford,
. spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Philip Knapp, of Maple street.
——Try. that 50 cent Tea at Betts &
Farrington’ s. ‘ 31-415
A daughter of Frank M. Smith, of
Minnesota, arrived here last week and
is visiting at her aunts, Mrs. D. M.
Platt’s,
Mr. J. Howard Selleck, of Troy, N.
Y., has been spending a few days. with
his sister, Mrs. James H. Bailey, of
East avenue.
Miss Carrie Smith, who returned-
from Middletown, N. Y., on Saturday, -
will be the guest of Miss Fanny Hoyt
during the week. '
Biild .S. 'B. _'I h t ned' '-~
1 er W1 son as re qr " ‘is- attending school in Middletown, re-
with his family from his brief residence
at BellIsland. He is as bronzed as One
Of the metal statues in Central Park. '
Mr. and Mrs. B Colin, of Syracuse,
N. Y., who have been visiting Mrs.
Cohn’s mother, Mrs. Sholes, of'the
Grove House,returned home Saturday.
I—The best 50 cent Tea in Norwalk at
Betts & Farrington’s. 31-4t
.—
The Danbury & Norwalk Railroad
company have declared a dividend of
one dollar and twenty-five cents for
each' share of stock, payable August 15.
Fred- Mead goes with his family, for
E :- a short rest and respite to the old Ridge-
Dressed Aspar-
field home. His recovery and that of
all his children from their terrible mal-I
ady is a cause of universal rejoicing.
Fred. A. Raymond and Masters
Clinton and John Hunter, Charles
Stanley and others, have folded their
tents like the Arabs and quietly stolen
away this morning for a week’s outing
at Nauvoo.
Percthlendenning has {had a high-
ly polished cane sent him by a relative,
in Georgia, made of one of the pine
saplings that formed the stockade
around the deadly prison pen of An-
dersonville. .
Mr. Robert Way and family, of
Hartford, who have been spending
several weeks with Mrs. Way’s moth-
er, Mrs, John Camp, of East avenue,~
returned to Hartford, to-day. Mrs.
Camp accompanies her daughter.
On Sunday, August 9th, theeleve'nth
Sunday after Trinity, Rev. Mr.~ Sel-
leck begins an engagement whereby he
ofliciates until autumn at St. Luke’ s
church, Somers, in the morning, and
has a second service at St.Pa111’_s
church, North Salem, returning over
Waccabuc mountain through
Lewisborough to Norwalk.
—The largest stock of Fancy Crack-
ers in Norwalk, at Betts & Farring- I
ton’s. 2, 31-4t
This Is now the third day, says the
Courant, since certain sons of Belial,
Houston, Tex., not only turned on the
gas in the middle of _the Rev. Sam
Jones’ sermon butpelt'e‘d the Rev. Sam
himself with elderly eggs and We don’t
hear of his having so much as thrashed
the mayor yet. This inaction on .his
part must be very puzzling “ and ‘dis-
quieting to his Carterville neighbors. '
T e Knight street, A. M. E. church,-
W. .'Berry pastor, will-hold a Bush
meeting at Betts’ woods on Sundays,
August 9th and 16th, commencing at
10:30 a. m. and preaching at 2 and pray-
er meeting at 4 p. m’. at the grove.
Night meetings only at the church. .
Conveyances will be at the . Horse Car
depot to take passengers to the grove,
for ten cents each, by'teams from Gre-
gory’s stable.
N orwalk 001111., Monday Evening, August? 3,4891
Mrs. Henry Seymour and daughter
leave to-day for Bethlehem, N H. '
‘Miss Barnes of Brooklyn is visiting
her sister, Mrs. William A. Curtis, ,on
West avenue.
Dr. Baldwin reports Walter Fitch as-
somewhat relieved of his excruciating
sciatic. pains. '
President ’Jas.
again to- day from his Georgia—Alabama
trip to Boston. .
Henry S. Bissell is down again and a
great suflerer with his last year’ s trou-
ble with his knee joint.
Mrs. Shotwell and Miss Ida Shot-
well, of Bergen Point, New Jersey, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Scofield,
of Belden avenue.
One ' of the little Montgomery boys
crught a snapping turtle in the river
this morning and seizing it by the tail
double quicked it to Meseberg’ s.
.Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dix, of- New
York, are visiting relatives in town.
They spent Sunday ‘withI Dry Goods,
man Tristram on Belden avenue. '
~Frank E. Weaver, of the New Haven
Bicycle club, rode to Stamford and
back to the Pequot club house at Mor-
ris Cove, yesterday, covering a distance
- of 105. miles.’
Seofield & Hoyt have just put up a
neat brass sign beside their stoic door
post, so. that the wicked and perverse
generation when it seeksfor a sign shall
not say that none shall be given.
Among those who went from here
last evening to the Detroit National
Grand Army encampment were Henry
Stanton and sister, Mrs. George H.
Raymond and Fred Betts. -
' Mrs. Charles A. Osborne and Mrs.
Helen Fauntleroy, returned Saturday
evening from a two week’s visit in
Middletown. Miss Carrie Sinith, who
turned with them.
The hotel Stanley at Saugatuck was
burglarized some time Saturday eve-
ning and Officer DrisColl telephoned to
Norwalk to look out for the burglar.
Yesterday Officer Morehouse .arrested
a Swede on suspicion and notified Dris- I
coll who came after him.
Bur ess Vanderhoef and borough
clerk Warner had a very heated argu-
ment on Thursday and nearlE came to
blows. It Was all about the ast ave-
nue improvements..- The bur ess
wanted the work pushed and the c erk
advised delay until the injunction cases.
are decided. —-[Hour. _
We are assured that the above is an
exageration of what was simply a little
earnest talk. There was no nearness
to blows. Burgess Vanderhoef had,
insultingly, as Mr.
alluded to his inefficiency andneglect
of duty as borough clerk, and ‘had
charged that Warner was very prompt
in drawing his salary as clerk, but very
remiss in keeping the records of the
board, and so an ill will had been en-
gendered, but both were too gentle-
manly to indulge in any fisticufi's over
the unpleasantness ' ’
Rose Coughlan,the celebrated actress
'who is summering at Fort Hamilton,
has taken to horse back riding, man
fashion. To avoid remark, she Tides
this after dark, and Friday night while
taking a gallop with Actor John F Sul-
vlivan her horse stumbled and fell, and .
had she been riding “woman fashion”
would, no doubt, have been seriously
hurt. Who shall say that a lady r1d-_
ing astride her horse like a dragoon
shows any more indelicacy or im-
modesty than riding her bicycle
thus? Safety, good form, ease to her-
self and her beast, are all secured by
the new and improved method of rid-
ing in a man’ s saddle rather than being
all tangled up in the twisted heetangu-
lar’ and helpless fashion of the woman’ s
side saddle. It is to be hoped that Miss
Coughlan’s style Will become the fash-I
ion fer lady riding . ,I, , _ _.
Editor Byington celebrated his sixty-
' 'fifth birthday on Thursday- of las
Iweek, a fact of which, we were not
aware until some days ago. Our good
wishes therefore, c'o'ine rather late, but
they are none the less cordial, for his
continued health and prosperity .-Mr.
Byington is one of the comparatively
few men whose cheery good nature,
bright intellect and genial charaét’er
greatly help toward making this worlid
an agreeable place of abode. May
shadow never be less. -—EMechanics’
. Journal
Thanks, neighbor, thanks; When-
ever in. the future, we are ”tempted on
account of any provoking idiosyncracy
displayed by you, to cleave you to the
bone, or to draw your claret with the
sharp point of our caustic" editorial
goose quill a remembrance of your
good wishes shall prompt us instead, to ‘
turn the quill and titillate your epider-
mis with its feathery end, until you are
canvulsed with “inextinguishable
laughter. ’ ’
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W. Hyatt is home.
Warn er thought, *
COWARDLY ASSAULT
’A South Norwalker Attempts a
criminal Assault on a Young
Lady. , ‘
The Rascal Escapes.
While dancing has going on in the:
pavillion at the on Molder’ s picnic,
at a little before ten Saturday night, a
man named John Kelly, a hatter em-
ployed at South .7'Norwalk, stepped up
to Miss Lizzie Kelly, of Knight street,
and asked if he might see her home.
She replied that he could not. A little
later he asked 'her'if she would not step
out the door a few moments as he had
something important to tell her. She
complied and thA two walked up the
track a short distance, when Kelly
sprang upon her, placing one hand
over her mouth and with his other
hand and feet throwing her down and
furiously attempted a criminal assault
upon her She struggled as best she
could and thwarted his purpose, but
the cowardly wretch gave her two or
three parting kicks with his heavy
boots, ere he fled. 'Her clothing was
badly torn and she was greatly terri-
fied of course. '
assistance and she was conveyed to her
home and Dr. Tracy called in, who
pronounced her Injuries seriously pain-
ful rather than dangerous.
Kelly was seen ”at Coney island, “yes-
terday. He said that he drove to Port-
chester and took the train from there
to New York. He says that he did not
commit the alleged assault, but that
the girl had a fit. His actions do not
bear out the statement. It is to~ be
hoped the villain will be captured.
A Crazy Man In Wilton.
Hurlbutt street last Saturday night
was thrown into a great excitement.
About dark, a man was heard in the
lower part of the street, shouting
“oh- ho, oh-ho’fi with an Irish accent.
He continued t s until he arrived op-
posite the so '00] house, where he
stopped and set up an unearthly yell-
ing of “God help us,” “God help us,”
for an hour or so, when Constable Van
Hoosear came upon the scene with oth- .
or men of the street, and held a coun-
cil of war. Van Hoosear went to inter-
view him as to his whereabouts, when
he replied: "None of your business.”
Then Van Hoosear approached him,
" and he made a slash at him, but missed
him, when it was found he held in his
hand an open "razor. This he flourished
(which glistened in the light of the lan-
terns), continually yelling like a mani-
ac, at the top of his voice. To venture
to go near him was dangerous, a rope
was 'secured, anoose formed, and Van
Hoosear, while the man’s attention was
diverted by the crowd, crept up behind
him, and threw the lasso, which
caught him mly around his neck, -
when he sprang and tried to extricate
himself by cutting the rope, but. iii his
frantic struggle he fell and the razor
was knocked lout of his. hand, and
Frank Barnes Ihllowed his delicate form
to came downi upon him, so the wind
wouldn’t blow“, him away, His hands
were tied and he was capried into the .'
where Van Hoosear
school hou
brought his n1 dical skill into use and
Washed and earned his hands, which
were covered [with dirt and Ebloo'd, as
he had out very bad gushes in two of
his fingers. Selectman Ambler directed
Van Hoosear care for him during the
night. He put a watch of some thirty
five of Wiltonjs staid citizens as a guard
over him.
On Sunday,” morning Dr. Gorhamv
was called an decided he had been on
a terrible spr ,swallowing Winnipauk
snakes, and all that, and the wild cats
were knawing at his vitals. He was
taken to Officer Morehouse. agent of
the Conn. Hu ane Society, and lodged
in the NorwalI lock. up. '
He gave his‘name as Pat Fogety, of
Stamford, Conn. He had worked for
Jim Hewlin,a lummer; was acquainted
with Pat Hauuion, of Stamford; had.
been there nine years; was Iboking for ‘
work, and was Irish from County
Clare. . ‘3
*The EastAvenue 061116313; "
A meeting ,Iwas .held at the borough
rooms this‘mhrning to take testimonyl
as to the cost, resulting from the Erais-I
ing of the aid) walk in front of Select-
man Daskair’ s residence, etc. The
meeting, after a brief session, adjourn-
ed to this afternoon.
Her cries soon brought r~I
- ~debtedness the
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DAILY 'A ’ Is A
First-class Newspaper Everyway.
The Noro’con Soldlers" Home. ‘
[From the Mechanics’ J outnal l
In regard to the removal of Dr. Mun-I
son as superintendent of FitCli’é Home,
there seems to be a sort. of desire on the
= part of” those who have the manage-
ment in charge to be quiet about the .‘-'
removal, and When they are asked about»
it they do not .want to say anything-
Now there must be_ some re’asoiir‘fo’i- the
removal and what it is the public Would
like to know. If it was. for cause, what '
was the cause ?-—[Bridgeport Post.
Precisely. If the doctor is an inno-
cent, much abused man, let us know
about it and we shall gladly do him jus-x
tice. By suppressing the evidence given:
before the board of hospital physicians
the public are naturally led to believe
that “something is rotten' in Denmark.”
We have interviewed some of the men'
who ‘gave evidence before the board
under oath and all we have to say is
that such testimony would be sufficient
to remove any official. ' '
We do not expect that the evidence
which led the board of physicians to
recommend Dr. Munson’sdismissal will
ever be made public. - Why it should
not be, we are at a. loss to discover un-
less it be that it is of a nature to arouse
too much public indignation and caus‘e
grave suspicions that others of our in-
stitutions are managed no better. Nev-
ertheless, the people have a right to
know whether the very serious accusa-
tions made, not only against Dr. 'Mun—
son, but against other officials as well,
are true or false.
It is not the iiitention of those inter-
ested' in the good management of the
Soldiers’ Home to let the matter rest
here. Steps have already been taken
to bring the entire subject before both
houses of the legislature, which body,
if not in a position next fall to act to~
gether will be asked to act separately.
A resolution will beintr‘oduced as soon .
as the Senate meets in September, and
when the House meets in November,
asking for an offiCial investigation of?
the management of the Home during
the last four years, covering the entire.
ground of the charges made, including
the neglect and cruel treatment of the
inmates, the alleged despoiling of the
gallery of paintings, the sale of valua-
ble property of the institution, the con-
fiscation of pensions, etc.
Doctor Munson may be very much'
lied about. but we don’t believe it.
There is too much unanimity in the re-
ports that have come from the Home
for the past two years, not to have any
foundation in fact, and at any rate, the
recommendation of the board of con-
sulting physicians for' the removal of -
the superintendent, cannot be explain-I
ed away on any such theory. Alegis-
lative investigationwill settle Dr. Mun-
son’ s guilt. or innocence, and if he has
been wrongfully accused, he will be
vindicated before the people of this
state.
say that such a result is exceedingly
improbable but that, on the contrary,
‘ the board and the Governor Wer‘e right
in insisting upon his immediate retire-
ment.
OBITU‘AR-Y.‘ ' ,
There died in Wilton, July 29th and
was buried on the 31st, Mrs. Polly Olm-
stead, aged 95' years, 3 months and 24
days; She had always lived in Wilton,
and was the daughter of Silas St. John,
who lived at “Nod,” between Ambrose
Lockwood’s and the School house, and'
who used years ago to ride on horse-
back to Hartford and get Wilton’s
school moneys His daughter Polly mar-
ried Seth Olmstead of Chicken street
' soon after the close of the War of 1812,
or in 1815, and continued to live on
Chicken street until a few years since,
when her advanced ago made it neces-
sary for her to. make her home with her
children. She has been the oldest res-
ident of .Wilton, since the decease Cf
Mrs. Clarissa D. Raymond, -who died
January 25th, 1887, aged 104 years andII
8 months, she having been born April
25th, 1782. Mr. James H. Cook, aged
94, is now Wilton’s oldest inhabitant,
and Mr. Cornell Abrams is next, he
having been born July 26th, 1800. He
attended church last Sabbath' 1n vigor-
ous health. .
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For the purpose of paying 011‘ its in.
Norwalk and south
Norwalk Electric Light company has
issued a series of bonds secured by a
first niort age 011 the plant to John N.
Camp an Horace F. Boardman, trus-
tees, of Middletown, for. 40, 000. There
are 80 bonds: of.' $500 99.9 drawing 6
'per cent. interest and they are pay-
,‘able in 20 years, subject to redemption
: at the end of five years. 4—Hour:
Julius A. Ibrtrick testified that to '
raise the Dasram house and chimney ,
two feet wCuld cost $250, and three feet
would cost $50..
The filling,e estimated at from 1200 to
; line of the above.
.;_sued by the Electric Light Co. are not
1500 cubic yards, would cost 50 cents a
yard. .
This takeslio account of the injury
to the gro d‘s, injury to the house
from raising t, the less and inconven?
ience from all these operations, re- '_
placing tree shrubbery and iquove-
ments, nepl ing the concrete walks, 'jI
‘ company on every side.
and the likeIl
'has none.
There is a very serious, though prob-
ably unintentionl, error in the first
The new bonds is-
issu'ed to pay of. its indebtedness, for it
It had no indebtedness even
after the destruction of its plant here
by fire, and it owes» no debts now that
it has rebuilt and enlarged its works. .
The new bonds are being put on the
market solely. for the purpose of iii-I
"creasing its capacity xto‘ furnish more
light, which is being demanded.of the
In the meantime we are free‘to '
' Je areas
A BOY KILLED.
Another Horrible Accident at the
MonPOe Street Crossing
The'VICtlm Scarce 5 Years of Age.
Freddie,'the eldest of two children of
Mr. John Drescher, was struck and in-
stantly killed this morning at the M011-
roe street crossing, South Norwalk. by
the express that passes through here at
10. 08. The first intimation that Engin-
eer Devine had of the accident was the
little fellow falling to one side of the
tracks from the pilot of the locomotive.
Devine instantly reversed the lever and
stopped the train within its own length.
The boy must have been instantly kill-
ed, a deep gash on the front of his
head showing the cause. His neck was
also broken .by the concussion. The
body was taken to the baggage room
almost crazed with grief. Later the
body was taken home, but a few hund-
red-feet from where the accident hap-
pened. " Mr. Drescher has the sympa-
thy of all in the sudden taking away of
his child, who was scarce five years of
age. ~
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Rescued From Drownlng.
A five-year old boy, named Tommy
Hanford fell overboard at Hoyt’s oys-
ter dock, South Norwalk, about 10
o’clock this morning. A companion
but two or three years older secured a
caught hold of him by the arms and
held on until aman named John Ayres
came to the rescue. It was a close call
for Tommy, who, but for the presence
of mind of his companion, would no
doubt have drowned. We could not
learn the name of the brave little fellow
who held onto Tommy, other than that
his first name was J ohnny. A visit to
the» spot showed children of tender
years playing around the docks, and
Lfrom their carelesness, it‘is a wonder-
that none are drowned.
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Our Post Office.
To-day is Postmaster‘Hubbell’s first
anniversary as head of the Norwalk
post office. So much has the business
of the office increased under his admin-
istration that he has had another hun-
dred dollars added to his salary, mak-
ing it $2,300 now.
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The l. M. U. Plcnlc.
I Saturday opened bright and fair for
the Molders’ picnic, and a large and
Grounds to enjoy the ever popular
annual picnic of Iron Molders’ Union,
209.
' THE CLAMBAKE.
A novelty of this year’ s picnic was a
clam bake'free to all, which was pre-
sided .over by Austin Ceckefur. with
great success. _ Between three and four
hundred were fed to their heart’s con-
tent, in fact ’tis said that 0011. Connors
ate so many that he went to sleep' In the
ticket office.
THE RACES. _
The bicycle race, distance one half
mile, was won- by John Brady in 1.28%
with Harry Merrill 8. good second.
The 220 yards dash was won by Wm.
Stebb in 24%.
The Stick race was won by T. Dowd
in 1. 20 with J. Sullivan seco.nd
Connelly won the Goat race in 2.08
with Beers second. »
BALL GAME. '
Won by the Westports.
THE DANCE.
The afternoon and evening was spent
in dancing and a merry party tripped
the ‘ ‘light fantastic” until quite late.
This picnic was voted the best of all
the I. M. U.'picnics, and the committees
of the union are to be congratulated for
the able manner in. which they arrang-
ed the necessary details.
Mamie Shannon. Nellie Foley, Julia
Landrigan, Minnie Kearney, Nellie Ca-
zie Wickey and sister, Mamie Blake,
Mamie Tolles, Mrs. Tully, Mrs. Mc-
Gloughlin, Mrs. Milburn, Mamie Mon-
ahan Miss Doyle, the Misses Smith,
'Maggie McGovern, Annie Mokely,
Maggie McQuillen, Mrs. Burns, Mamie
Howley, Katie Shannon, Annie Sheran,
the Misses Collins, Hannah Clune, Liz-
zie Blake, the Misses Skids, Kate Hunt,
Alice O’Hearn, Bridget Madden, Fan-
nie Mokely, Bridget Burns, Annie
Henry, the Misses Dearing, Katie
Stebb, Lizzie Kelly, Sadie Grace, Mrs.
Kernan, Miss Gehebe, Mamie Rallo-
han,I Mrs. Jennie Wood, Miss Delaney,
Maggie McBride, Mrs. T Smith, Stella
Smith, Mary Fahen, Nora McMann,
Mary Mulcahey, Lizzie Harkins and
Sarah McLaughlin.
and Mr. Drescher summoned. "He was
boat and. rowing to the drowning boy
happy party assembled at the Fair.
The ball game between the Y. M: C.,
‘A. club and a club from Westport was
hill, Maggie Cahill, Mamie Nagle, Liz-x ,
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- 1 amazon. Cen’tf
Look at Your Tickets.
At the I. M. U. picnic Saturday
ticket No. 796 drew the gold watch and
‘tickets 1533 and 1574 the ranges.
. Borough Meeting.
In the absence ’of any other enter-
tainment, the multitude should not for
get the Boi ough meeting to-night
Should Burgess Vanderheof and Clerk
'Wa-rner have another “serap,” it will
.beat the circus for exhilirating inter-
est.
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-I.._,~Goesto New Canaan
Charles H. Franks, son of'Norwalk’s
chief tonsorial artist, goes to New Ca-
inaan to-day to take charge of a barber
shop in that thrifty and stirring. bor-
ough. We bespeak a kind and gener-
ous support for “Charley,” as he is a
worthy young man and deserving of
good fortune wherever he may roam.
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He Jumped Into a Hole.
William Feeney Jr. , of Hartford,
aged eighteen years, was drowned
while in bathing in the river. yesterday
afternoon. He jumped from a boat into
a hole over twenty feet deep. He
could not swim. Feeney was employed
as a machinist by the Central New
England and Western railroad. The
body has not been found.
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. St. Mary’s.
Rev. Father Slocum took up his first
collection yesterday for the new St.
Mary’s marble altar, first announced in
the DAILY GAZETTEISeveI'al weeks ago,
as to be introduced in his church. The
contribution is said to have been gen-
erously liberal, one parishioner having
pledged $1,000 to pay for the entire cost
of one of the side altars, all of which
are to be ofpur-e white marble.
Death of an old Printer.
George W. Taylor of the firm of Tut-
tle, Morehouse & Taylor, died on Sat-
urday evening, at his home in New Ha-
ven, aged seventy-five years and ten
months. He was theisenior member
of the well known firm of printers and
bookbinders, who have for many years
conducted their prosperous business on
State street. The firm have a reputa-
tion of more than forty years’ standing.
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‘ War at F‘leeIMlle River.
There is another war at Five Mile
'River. 'Last week' Capt. Bell laid a
wharf for Alphonso Dibble. On Sat-
urday someone'claiming to have author-
ity from the town, sawed the spiles off
and threw them into thewater. Mr.
Dibble has, swornf out a warrant for
their arrest, which‘will be served to-
day. The cause of the trouble is as to
the validity of Mr. Dibble’swtitle The
land in question is claimed by the
town.
Stommell Heard Fr‘om
Late Saturday night Anton Stom-
mell turned up at his father’s house in
' Wilton in a half-dazed and Crazed con-
dition. He was constantly fretting
about “'a bill'he had. coming due and
hadn’t the money to pay it,” and that
he must get down and hustle about to
raise the money for it,” &c.'— His wife
was sent for Sunday, but oiiher arrival
he did not know her, hismind seeming-
ly, being completely shattered. Attor-
ney Hurlbutt is to go up to see him this
afternoon to learn his true condition.
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BoroughICourtesy.
The first to call and pay respects to
Mrs. O. S. Ferry immediately on her
arrival in town SaturdayI night, was a
borough officers to serve legal notice
on her that curb, and gutter and side-
walk must be forth-with laid in front of
her East avenue premises. It is such
delicate little courtesies as these, that
make it so delightful for absentees to
hurry home to,_Nor.walk. If it is not
borough improvements, it :is the tax
collector, who' Is alv'vays on hand with
prompt c0rdiality to greet you, even
‘ before you can cast off your wraps, and
Among the large number of ladies»
present the DAILY GAzETTE noticed:
thus furnish such tender a3surances that
you are not forgotten. . 5 '
Rescued from a Watery Grave.
Among the members of the Elephant
Club, who enjoyed their excursion down
the river yesterday, was Harry Leo-
bold, the popular Knight street barb er.
On the way home Harry concluded that
some one should watch the remaining
provisions, which were being towed in
a small boat behind the Irene Connor,
so he jumped into a similar boat along-
side of the provision boat and enjoyed
himself with a fragrant Havana. Sud-
denly one of the party on the Connor
lost his hat and- Harry," seeing it float-
ing past, mistook- it for a sandwich and
made a grab at"it,,and of jcourSe missed
it andover boardhe went. The Con-
nor was stopped and by means of sun-
dry boat-hooks, fish-hooks and ropes,
Harry was rescued fro‘ma watery‘graVc.
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