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Vol I No. 157-.
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9 UR JOBBIL 9’ DEPARTMENT.- I
HR. HARRY M. GARDNER. ~JR.. of New York,
has charge of the GAznTTn’sEngraving. Book
‘RH Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer. and no work en-
. trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
TE-RSE TALES OFVTHE Iowa.
Mrs. Sherman, of Westport avenue,
leaves town to- day for a trip to Roches-
ter. 37- Y-
’——Get your meat at Keeler’s market,
. . No.6 Main street.
_ Mrs. Jonathan Camp with her daugh-
Iter, Mrs. T. E. Olmstead, leave to day
(or Watch Hill.
iguana“ vu-
~.~:—Bib roasts 16 cents a pound at
Keeler’ 8 market.
-—Meat cheap for cash at Keeler’s ~
market.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover B. St. John and
Mrs. John Treadwell startto- -day for a
tWO weeks' stay at Saratoga.
-——Hungarian Tokay Wine for inva¥
lids at Betts & Farrington’s. 31-4t
Miss Vera Byrne of Mount St. Vin-
cent, is the guest of her cousin Miss
Fannie Sheedy, at her home in Winni-
pauk.
—Olives, of our own importation
from Bordeaux, at Betts & Farring-
ton’ s. H__ 31- 4t
President Clark of the Consolidated
road will return August 20th. All re-
ports as to any one s succeeding him,
are declared false.
:—Try our brand _of Claret Wine and
get the best for the least money, Betts
efarrington _,____ _ 31
Pilgrim Council, 0. U. A. M..will
hereafter hold their regular meetings
on Wednesday evenings instead of
Thursday, commencing to- -1norrow
evening.
-Something new 1 Dressed Aspar-
agus in tinS, at Bette and Farrin'g-
ton’ s. ___._-_ 31- 4t
Robert RaymOnd, one of Scofield &
Hoyt’s most popular clerks, has re-
turned from a four week’s vacation,
and can now be found at the old stand
Iglad to serve his friends.
nWe bottle all our oWn Wines and
Liquors and therefore are enabled to
guarantee the best quality at the lowest
price. Bette and Farrington. 31- 4t _
Miss D. Smith of Ottawa, Ont., is
visiting Miss Fannie Sheedy at her
home in Winnipauk. Both young
ladies were students at the Ville Mario,
in Montreal, for the past three years.
—S. D. Bayles, 18 N. Main street,
South Norwalk, only graduate opti-
vian in town Eyes tested and glasses
erfectly ‘fitted in only sure manner.
- est caSe. ., 156 St.
A disgraceful street brawl occurred
between young Belden and Mitchell in
front of J ackson’s, late‘ last night. Bel.-
den, it is claimed, was grossly _intoxi.
cated and responsible for the scrap and
got the worst of the punishment, as he
deserved. f _
Mr. Ira Cole returned last evening
with his family from Watch Hill. While
there they had an excellent opportuni-
ty to view the White Squadron,a_nd the
last day at New London they were in-
vited on board the Chicago and also
saw the Secretary of the Navy, Gen.
Tracy.
——Ferris’ Smoked Beef, Ham, Ton-
gue and Bacon at Bette & Farting-
ton's. 31-4t
Rev. W. N. Berry. made William
Henry Yes (Eliot and. Louisa ,Ed-
monds happy by uniting them in the
holy bonds of wedlock, last night. It
is true the bride - and groom were
colored, but that did not detract in the
least from their matrimonial joy. ~ A
reception. “small and nice,” as the
good person phrases it, followed the
wedding ceremony.
——The largest stock of Fancy Crack-
ers in Norwalk, at Bette & Fan-ing-
ton’s. 31-4t
- patient
Mr. Henry BiSSell left for New York
this morning, accompanied by Dr.
Walter Hitchcock, to have his knee
treated by a specialist. - .
’—
George T. Brady 15 the lucky holder
of ticket 1,5,.33 which drew the hand-.
some range presented to the I. M. U.
by the Richardson & Morgan Company.
The depot of the New York and New
I Haven road. at North Haven was brok-
en into last night, and the safe blown
open and robbed of $100 and 1, 500
tickets. . .
Dr. A. H. Baldwin is now imparting
large doses of his gas, (out of a bag.) to ,
poor Walter Fitch,and it .is said the
5' Inovel treatment ‘is Irelievingthe agonies
of his sciatic pains very greatly.
'ers. Theodore Olsen isa little more
comfortable to-day. but has no better
prospect of recovery. She is a most
'suiferer, uncomplainingly
awaiting her final release from sufl‘er-
inc.
El “77.7.7773...— .
The Hamilton Commandary, Knights
Templar, of Bridgeport, are making
arrangements for another famous pil-
grimage, and have invited the mem-
bers of Clinton Commandery of Nor-
walk, to join them, together with their
families.
W
Amid all this “crush of matter and
_w-reck of worlds,” at our bor0ugh
fact stands conspicuously out, that the
.reconstruetion of Riverside avenue is
the-cheapest, the best and most oom-
mendable piece of work for the public
benefit, that our present borough board
has yet accomplished.
—Betts & Fairington’ s Extracts are
the best. 31- 4t
Willie Thompson, a little colored
boy, who lives on Brook street, was
hit by Mr. John Henry Knapp’s wheel,
while his son was driving through the
crowd in front of E. K. Lockwood _&
Co.’s last night. The little chap’s atten"
tion was diverted by the music of Dyer’s
band and knocked down and run over,
but not very seriously hurt. He was
carried into E. K. Lo'ckwqqdlg- store in
a ftightened and dazed condition, but
soon rallied and trotted off home with
a limnins leg
~The best 50 cent Tea in Roswell: at
Betta At Harrington’s. 31-43
It seems that the DAILY GAZETTE
was right after all, as usual. and that
the Hour, was wrong after all, as usual,
in the matter of Lieut. Henry Matheis’
withdrawal from the Norwalk P. 0. let-
ter carrier service, for yesterday he
‘ was “laid OE” and he was notified in
the tenderest and most delicate p'ossi-T
ble manner, by’a subordinate in the of-
fice, {that his services were 'no longer
.,required.: 'After the backing and fill-
ing, the stating and denying, this was
beautifully considerate of Henry’s feel-
ings,and he ought to appreciate it at its
full worth, and probably he does.
—Try that 50 cent Tea at Bette 6;
Farr ington’ s. 31-4’6
Belden Peint did not prove a draw-
' 'ing card to the City of Albany’ s Sun-
day excursion, as only one ticket was
sold there and that to a. workman who
York and his fare" paid back, rather
than make the landing; so the Belden
, Point line, in the steamer’s advertise-. I
ment of its Sunday excursion, will be
dropped out, althOugh the boat people,
Wei-é strongly urged to make it. 8.. ston-
ping place.
points the average Sunday excursion-
ist desires to make.
—Choice brands cf Ale and Lager,I.
for tableIuso, at'Betts & IFarrington’s.
What Capt. Rose Longs For.
Lieut. E. G.'AiIken this morning:
STATE or 'CONNECTICUT,} .
ADJT.-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
HARTFORD, CT. , Aug: 3-, 1890
Second Lieut. Edward G. iken, 00m-
pany F. 4th Regt. 0. N0
S1r. -—-I forward this da
your oommission as Secon
by mail,
on in due course. You will please ac-
venience.
«BSBDDOtfuny’ * '
HERON C. SWAN,
Act. Adjutant-General.
Those Lawn Tennis Prizes. -
In the doubles the prizes were won
by Mr. Burchard and Mr. Fred Lock-
wood. The winners in the singles were
1st. Mr. Burchard; 26. Mr. Russell. AI
part of the prizes were given out Satur-
day week and the remaining ones last
Saturday evening. They were the gen-I
erous contributions of Mr. Van Buren,
~ it will be remembered.
meeting chooses, the one gratifying-
muddled. Mr.
lived there, and he Was taken to New
They would get far- more.
passengers by stopping at Hawthorne.
Beach, Port Chester, but New. York-
and Coney Island are the objective
Lieutenant;
00. F 4th Regiment, Connecticut New
tional Guard. Which I trust will reach
nowledge receipt at your earliest eon- -
The “White Squadron" Passes.
Last evening about 6 o’clock the
“White squadron” pasSed through the
s0und on its way to New York. A large'
number watched the boats through
glasses. They were near the Long Is-
land shore.
O
Dentistry
——Dr. ‘w. H. Baldwin,‘D. D. s. will..—
be at-home and ready for professional
work about August 15th. 'Appoint-‘~'
ments can now be secured for any time
after said date by calling at the ofiice,
64 Wall street, Norwalk. 157 tf.
New Letter Carrier.
Postmaster Hubbell has appointed
his relative, Wilbur Hubbell, as letter
carrier, in place of Lieut. Henry Ma-
theis. Young Hubbell 1s a son of Wil—
liam F. Hubbell, the popular tinsmith,
and if the boy is anything like the
father he will make ‘a faithful carrier
and become a popular favorite with
those whom he is called on to serve.
———voo~————-.— -——-——
Grace Church Plonlc. .
The lowery morning was rather dis-
heartening to scholars and teachers of
Grace Church Sunday school, but tak-
ing counsel of their wishes and of old
probabilities, all interested arrived a j
the same conclusion as the chap who
rowed up to Noah’s ark and was refus-
ed admission, that there wasn’t going
tQ be much of a rain anyway, and so
they filled the omnibuses and started
for Roton, where they all are now fill- .
ing themselves with cake and sand-
wich es.
W.
More Octogenarlans.
We are indebted to Ex-Representa-
tive George Brady for the following ad-
ditions to our previously published list
of Norwalkers over 80 years of age:
Mrs. Giles Seymour 86, Mrs. Charles .
Mallory 87, Mrs. Hendrix 02, Mrs. Ra.-
chel Foot 86. Miss Rebecca Beers 81,
Mrs. Isaac Selleck 86, Mr. Isaac Sel-
leck 89‘, Mrs. Sarah Canfield 82, Mrs. I"
-Cbas. F. Raymond 84, Miss Julia M.
Bette 86, Rev. Daniel Nash 85, and Al;
bert Morehouse 84.
.31
Our New Bond.
The street parade last night, of the.
Knights of Columbus, advertising their
excursion, was greeted by an unusual-_ -
ly large crowd of sight- seers, even for
Norwalkmnd all on account of. DWyer’s :
new br-ass, band. The instruments were
new and bright, the uniforms new and
artistically beautiful and the torches
on their caps gave a pleasing novelty
to all, While their playing would have
done credit to many an older handf‘.
There could not have been less than
from two to three thousand people lin-
ing the side-walks to greet them.
>7
Stommel at Home.
Attorney Hurlbutt visited Mr. Anton
Stommel last' evening at his father’s-
home in Wilton. He found him more
composed but his memory of the
events which occurred on the day of
his departure was totally mixed and
Hurlbutt found him
physically prostrated as well as men-
tally unbalanced, but got him to agree
to return to his home here in Norwalk
to day, with his wife, who was with
him at the father’ s residence, nursing
him. It Is expected that' In the course
of a few days he will be able to resume
charge of his business affairs, with an
honest and resolute purpose to make
amends for his escapade.
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Summary of the News.
Alexander I, the boy King- of Servia,
has been received with royal honors at
St. Petersburg.
Charles E. Goodwin, JL, who was
shot by Bertram C. Webster at the Per-
cival apartments, died at the Roosevelt.
Hospital Webster has eluded arrest. -
Isaac. NewtOn Baker, who-was shot by
Orville M. Anderson at Croton Land.
ing, is still alive, but in a very critical
condition. Anderson persists that he
acted in self-defence, but Baker’s rela-
tives, if- he dies, will prosecute Ander- -
, , . . . ' son for murder.
The followmg letter was received by:
Abraham Backer, dry goods commis-
‘ sion merchant and dealer in commer-
cial paper, makes an assignment with
1 liabilities at $4,000, 000
The Farmers’ Alliance has failed to
'- any advantage for its members through
its proposed wheat trust. .
Thousands of Grand Army veterans
have assembled at Detroit for the an-
nual encampment.
commenced
’ . Charles R. Weber, - of North Haven,
Conn., identified the body of the young
woman found choked to death in a
swamp at Glendale, L. I_., as that of his
niece, Matilda Haber. She left her un-
cle’s home on Saturday morning in
company with John Aabe, said to be
from New York, having several hund-
red dollars' In her possession. Weber
is positive the body is that of his niece.
Detective Nulle, of Brooklyn, is look-
, ing for Aabe.
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Already the cam-.
, paigning for Commander-In-Clnef has
DEATH OF CHARLES H. CROSBY
The Superlntendbnt of the. IBrldge-
port Hoepltal Passed Away
Yesterday.
Supt. Charles H. Crosby, Whose death ,
has been momentarily expected for the
past two weeks, died at 3.30 o ’olock p.
m. yesterday. He had been ill since
last June.
. severe cold, and for a .timegwitli :pn'eu-
m'onia. He recovered partially- from
, the attack, but soon was ,taken down
for the second time. Notwithstanding
_he had the best medical attention avail-
able and the constant care of his family
and friends, his constitution was. une-
qual to the task of battling successfully
with the disease. His last hours Were
made as comfortable as poSsiblé, and to
the end he Was surrounded by his lov-
ing wife and daughter, who had Watch-
ed by his bedside unceasinglyI since he
was first taken ill.
Charles H. Crosby Was born at Cold
Spring, 01: the Hudson, May 25,1831.
When four years old his parents remov-
ed to South'iEast, N. Y. , where his child-
hood and youth were spent, He re-
ceived a common school education, and
when old enough, was apprenticed to a
boot maker In that toWn.
Later he engaged as clerk in a sub-
urb of Danbury, where he married
Henrietta L., daughter of the late Jo-
.seph 0. Seats. For several years he
followed mercantile pursuits in New
York and Danbury, where he removed
in 1858. He was a staunch republican
and was a legislator in 1875 and 1876.
In 1880 he was elected sheriff of Fair-
field county}. the only republican who
' has held that office. June ‘ 1, 1881, he
removed to Bridgeport to assume his
- office,where he has since resided. April
1, 1887, he became superintendent of
the Bridgeport Hospital, which office
he held till his death.
Supt. Crosby’ s death will be regret-
ted all over. the county where he was
' extensively'known. In public office he
-’ served his country well. In his death
1 the county sustains a heavy loss. He
leaves a widow and daughter, who have
'» much sympathy in their sad bereave-
ment. Arrangements have not been
made as yet £01 the funeral.
00-—
l Shaking Up the Fourth.
, (From the Bridgeport Farmer.)
f It' is understood from an authorita-
tive source that a general shaking up is
’ to take place In the Fourth Regiment
immediately after the encampment at
.' Niantic. It is said that a number of
-those now holding high military posi-
:tions in the regiment are to quietly
g-step out, for reasons not known outside
1 of military circles. With the appoint-
l ment of Col. Watson to the position of
l general, the Colonelship fell on- Lieut.
Col. Skinner, .of Winsted. One of those
who 1s to step out after the encamp-
ment, it' is understood, W111 be Colonel
Skinner. Lieutenant Col. Crowe, who
in theregular course. of! events, would
naturally succeed to the position, is
said to have no desire to accept the
command. A Wellkn0wnm111tary man
of this city 1s authority for} thenstate~
mentthat the Colonelship, 111' one to
Bridgeport. ,. . .. . -
the command, ” said he, “will- not be a
member of the regiment bu I-a-In gut.
sider, like General Watkon was when
be a man who has time and money to
devote to the work, and one who will
bring the Fourth regiment up to its
former level again.” ‘ .
- Noroton Soldier’s Home. 7
The request of the Board of Man.
agers 0f the Soldiers’ Home to Editor
lous.
had heard about Dr. Munson’ smanage-
good? How can Mr. Byingtou know,
. The managers-of the Home need not
doings. Meanwhile, since the board of
acted.
However, it will occupy the time of
the managemers of the Home prOfit-;
ably to discover any authority of law,
either state or national, which givesI
them the right to confiscate the pen-
hall
_QI. *.__..__\——.
. {Cannot be Beat.
IChase & Sanborn’s sea brand Cofi'ee
rington. 31-4t
§He wastakendown With a- ,
he was elected Colonel. ~.-He will also:
Byington of the GAZETTE to examine f
the Home for himself, is simply r1d1cu- .
Mr. Byington charged nothing;’
he simply reported in his pape'rwhat he '
ment. How can any examination by:
Mr. Byington, now that Dr.‘ Munson Is -
no longer superintendent, result In any ‘
from any inspection of the Home,I
whether any property is-iniSeing ? How .
can hetell anything about it anyway}? ’ mentioned by MI'V anderhOef, but ‘- he
worry. As soon as the legislature meets 1
daylight will be let into Dr. Munson’ s,
censulting physicians will. not publish
the evidence upon Which that worthy?
COURT OF BURGESSES
- Clerk Warner Resigns and Retires
arid the Highway Committee
Placed Under .Fire.
~ 'A Heated Meetlng ofthe Board.
Never in the history of the Borough
of Norwalk has there been such excite-
ment as at last night’s meeting of the
Court of-..Burge'sses. Warden . Keeler
called the Court to order at 8 o’clock
and the minutes of the last meeting
Were read and approved. As soon 'as
Warder Keeler announced the approv-
al of the minutes Clerk Warner handed
the warden a paper, which he said he
desired to have laid before the Court.
Warden Keeler unfolded the paper and
read as follows: '
To THE WARDEN AND BURGESSES on THE
BOROUGH or NORWALK:
I hereby resi n the office of Clerk of
the Borough 0 Norwalk.
LEVI WARNER.
Borough of Norwalk, Aug. 3,1891.
As the last word was read by the
Warden, Clerk Warner, with bat in
hand, was disappearing through the
doorway.
Burgess O’Reilly immediately moved
that the resignation be not accepted
and that a committee be appointed to
wait upon Mr. Warner and request him
to reconsider his action, Which was
passed unanimously, and Burgesses
0’ Reilly and Kent were appointed as
the committee, the Court takings. re-
cess 0f ten minutes to await their re-
turn. During theabsence of the com-
mittee much talk Was indulged in by
members of the Court, Burgess Van-
derhoef in particular seeming to feel
that perhaps he was indirectly the
cause of Mr. Warner’s action. In de-
fence, however, he stated that the
Highway Committee had been consid-
erably bothered by Mr. -Warner’~s ab-
sence fronrhis office and his failure to
keep the Court of Burgess records
posted to date. During this informal
discussion the Committee returned and
stated that they had seen Mr. Warner
and that he had positively refused to
return, and upon metion 0f Burgess
Burr, his resignation was accepted.
The election ofa new Clerk was post-
poned until the next meeting, and As-
} , sistant Clerk Montgomery was request-
ed to act as Clerk until a new Clerk
was elected.
The following bills were then order-
ed paid, R. N. Morehouse $28, 0.
Adams $32, J. H. Gormley $32,Wallace
Dann $8, '1‘. Howard $32, Mike Whalen
$12. 50, Pat Kearney $45, David Shee-
han $28. 20, John Murphy $15.45, M.
Mulligan $11.25, A. Bache $549.88, D.
S. Curtis $60, Owen Shannon $3, R. M.
McGinnis $73.20, N. & S. N. Electric
Light Co.- $48175, Gas Co. $21. 33,J
Day $15, Chas. Addisbn $8, D. B. Con.
nolly for work on parks $16. 50, A. Mil-
-ler $6, D. H. weeks $3, J. Keegan $15. -
45. The bill,$21,of Hope Hose Compa-
ny for laying hose was referred to _the
Chairman of the Fire Committee. It
was also voted to discontinue the three
remaining larnIp lights now in use in
the borough -
When the bill of D. Connolly $247. 88
for work on highWay was read, Burgess
rumors on the streetIthat the Borough
of Norwalk' is filling in the property of
a member of this Court at the expense
of the Borough, and I want to know if
001. Roberts consented to have the
dirt, being removed from the several
improvements about Easti- avenue,
dumped upon his driveway, which they
had done, but when the driveway was
filled there was no other place to dump
the dirt and he. had told them that they
might-put it-inhis back lot, which they
had done. but thefdumping of dirt in
his lot had been of no benefit to. him,
but a saving of money to the Borough.
He also stated that Mr.
Mr. O’Reillystated that he" did not 0b-
ject to the dumping of dirt in the place
did object to; working on a little street
four Or five hundred feet in length
with nine inch and teams, for "eight
days when the main streets of the Bor-
ough was in a horrible condition. Mr.
Vanderhoef Stated that this dirt was
1001: and stone and could not be used
was dismissed .from' his position, the
public will have to possess its Soul .lin'I
peace and wait till- the legislature has I.
sions of the veterans. ——.Mecbanics’ J our - {I .
maiI tight cans. sold by: Bette & Far:
. ‘ to pay for trimming Beacon street,
011‘ the Borough streets. O’Reilly
again objected to working seven or
eight days on a little street like Beacon
avenue, when the Borough streets were.
in such- a horrible condition.
man Bowe, of the Highway Comm1ttee,
explained that one of the reasons for
working tbis. avenue was to open prop-
erty back of said avenue, belonging to
:L-oekwood had promised to‘ open _a road
through to'the town farm at his own.
expense: -.Mr O’Rei'lly did not propose
\g'
O‘Reilly said, “Mr. Warden, there are -
it 1s so ?” This shot brought Mr. Van‘
: derhoef to the front, who stated that
Cram wanted .
the dirt. but the haul was. too long. ,
Chair
:Mr. Lockwood, which would bring ‘
. 3 more property into the Borough. Mr.
which runs in the rear of the Vendor-
hoef place, up like a lawn, with trees
in the middle of the street. At this
point; in the discussion Mr. John J.
Hanlon asked permission ~to say that
the Borough line did not run within
ten feet of where Mr. Bowe thought it
did. and the‘fixing of Beacon avenue
would benefit Mr. Lockwood solely.
Also. that the gravel excavated 'had
been sought after by a party who 0f-
fered 25 or 30 cents a load for it, but
instead cf selling, it had been dumped
up'on Mr. Vanderhoef’s lot, which had
been a skating pond and which was be- .
- ,Iing filled at the Borough expense.
. He also said that exapostmaster Gold-
ing had offered 25cents a load for these
rocks and could not get them. Mr.
Bo we here interrupted to say that Mr.
Golding did not Ofi'er anything- of the
kind, nor had any one ever offered him
or the Committee a cent for the dirt.
Mr. Golding had, through Mr. Hanlon‘ls
uncle, ofi‘ered totake the dirt, but that
.whenthe Committee was ready to ex-
cavate, Mr. Hanlon had secured dirt
elsewhere and did not want it, conse-
quently he had ordered the dirt dumped
into'Mr. VanderhOef’s lot, that being
the shortest haul and most convenient
place. Mr. Vander'hoef said we could
do so if we could not find a more suit-
able place. Mr. Vanderhoef corrob 0-
rated Mr. Bowe and said that the Bor-
ough had not worked a foot of his prop-
erty.
In answer to the Warden he said
that if Mr. Connolly continued to flll' In
his lot it would not increase its value a
dollar. He did not prdpoSe to have it
insinuated that he was robbing the
Borough and having his property im-
proved at the expense'of the Borough,
and when he was assailed on all sides
by such accusations, he proposed to an-
swer them and vindicate himself, else
he would leave the court. He had al-
lowed the Borough to dump the rock
and stone in his back lot, simply to
save the expense of a long haul to
some other locality and when he had
endeavored to save money to the Bor-
ough, he did not like to be accused of
having robbed the Borough.
The Warden said he had been in-
formed that w0rk was to have been
done on Beacon avenue at an expense
of not over $75, which appeared to be
just half of what it had been' done for,
and he'took exception to the Borough
being compelled to pay two” or three
hundred dollars for work that could be
done for $75. At this point of the heat-
ed discussion Burgess Kent ofi'ered a
resolution to appoint a committee to
investigate the Connolly bill and the
work of the Highway committee and to
report at the next meeting. Power was
also to be given to the committee to
pay the bill if found correct. The vote
on this resolution was a tie and it was
passed by thevotev of Warden Keeler.
Burgesses 0’ Reilly; Burton and Burr
were appointed and wfll hold their first
meeting this evening .
The bill of A. Bach; $91.17, was re-
ferred to the Chairman of the Highway
Committee with pewer to pay if found
correct. The bill of C. N. Wood as
borough surveyor, to the amount of
$150. 24. was ordered paid.
An invitation to attend the parade of
the trades union 0n Labor Day was
read and accepted.
C. M. Daniels appeared with a peti-
tion remonstrating against the delay
in curbing and sidewalking Chestnut
street. Mr Daniels explained the con-
dition of the street and the length of
time the orders from the court had
been allowed to remain unnoticed.
Mr. Hart also complained about the
condition of Hendricks avenue. Both
matters were referred.
A characteristic letter was received
from Mr. George Clark, complaining
of the lack of light, police protection, I
(other than his dogs,) and the cow
path for a road, in the neighborhood
0f “Clarke’ 8 Folly.” The several com-
plaints were ordered separated and re-
ferred to their appropriate committees.
A petition was received requesting
that a park be made of the triangular
piece of ground at the intersection of
Ward and Main streets, which was laid
on the table:-
Chief Prowitt appeared with his as
sistants and presented their report on'
the Pioneer H. and L. company trou-
bles. The chief recommended that the
company be disbanded and reorgan-
ized, but the matter was finally re--
ferred to the Fire Committee and the
Board of Engineers to report at the
next meeting of the court.
In regard to the communication of
Raymond Brothers 1n the matter of es-
tablisblng their fence line on Smith
street, it was. decided that the High.
way Committee and engineer would
visit that street in a few days and look
it over.
Burgess Kent reported that the N or--
walk &. South NorWalk Electric Light
Company had ofi'ered to light the fir-e.
"department heuses at an expense of one
cent per hour per light, the wiring to,
be done free, but as the Gas Light Co.
desired to bid for the same, it was
again referred.
The Finance Committee was author-
ized to take up the borough notes' in
the Southport bank at 4 per cent. ., and
replace them with notes at 5 per cent.,
the bank having refused to continue
them at 4 per cent. ’
After the police report had been ac.
-cepted the court adjourned for two
weeks. m .
_ A Bold Robbery.
Early this morning Will DeKlyn,
Julius Main and Fred Force assembled
on. Main street for another crabbing
expedition. Each was. loaded down
with good things to eat such as lobsters,
sardinesfchicken salad, mushroons, 01...
ives, etc. ,I and all anticipated a glorious
excursion. Just previous 'to starting,
Will suggested that they sh0uld ad-
journ across the street and purchase
some of Joe Matheis’ bait, which has
been known .to attract fish and crabs of
wondrous size and quality. The other
members thought, this, an opportune
suggestion and over they. went, and
must have bought considerable bait for
they were entertained by J 0.9 for quite
a while. During their absence :some
bold, wicked plunderers, with no fear of
Judge Coolidge in their hearts, ab-
straeted the good things from out the
baskets of our friends and alloWed
them to depart on their crabbing expe-
dition with nothing but bait for lunch.
What our three friends will say when
they discover their loss we know not,
but we’ll ' wager a bottle of bait that
there will be some lively struggling for
Joe’s bait when their loss is discovered.’
It is a strange coincidence connected
with the above bold robbery that Ed
Taylor and Jim Sutherland were both
eating lobsters, sardines and chicken
salad for lunch to-day.
IAccldent to a Valuable Horse. —
Early last evening, George N. St.
John, a carpenter who Works for S. B.
Wilson and who lives on the New Ca-
naan road, was driving his Valuable
four year old horSe down the Benedict
Farm road from the South Norwalk
bridge, when he fell over and upon one
of the South Norwalk iron street by-
drants standing dangerously near the
beaten road track, and which, owing to
there being no street light, neither
horse or driver seems to have seen.’
The poor horse was terribly gashed
and out under and on his fore legs. He
was brought to Dann’s stable and Dr.
Schuppan called, who. dressed and
sewed up the severe wounds. It is said
that this Is the second accident which
has been caused by the same hydrant.
East Allen’ue.
The meeting—to investigate the cost
of making good the Daskam property
in the event that the borough plan of
improvement of East avenue is carried
out, met again yesterday afternoon, and
after hearing several witnesses, . ad-
journed again until to-morrow. The
preponderance of testimony seems to be
to the effect that it Will cost between
two and three thousand dollars to make
Mr. DaSkam geod' 1n the event that the
present plan of raising his walks, door.
:yard and dwelling, 1s earned out.
Grand Lodge Convention.
The Grand Ledge of colored Odd
Fellows of the state of Connecticut are
to hold their annual convention with
Lodge No. 2881, of Norwalk, to-day.
A large representation of officers of the
Grand Lodge and District Lodges are
present. T03night there is to be ‘a pub-
lic entertainment .to which all friends
of the order are invited. Charles E.
Walton is the special delegate of the
Norwalk lodge to the convention.
Camp Watson" '3 Catholic Chaplain.
Rev. Father Hughes of Hartford
received yesterday morning his ap-
pointment as chaplain of Catholic sol-
diers-' 1n the state militia at Camp Wat.
son, Aug 15 to 22. Mae'swill be said in
.a tent prepared for that-purpose at 10
a. m., Sunday. _ Aug. .16. Father
Hughes will not sleep in camp but at
the hotel, as he' 13 subject to attacks of
malaria. He will remain at Niantic
during the greaterpart .of the week.
Hatting .
President Thos. Q’Rourke and Sec-
retary John Phillips- of the Interna-
tional Hat Finishers’ Association, and
President Wm. -.T Leonard and Secre-
tary Penrose of the International Hat
Makers’ Association, will Convene here
to-morrow, and act on matters pertain-
ing to the union label. In the evening
they will attend a meeting of the local
Hat Makers’ Association
Supt. Coe Assumes Charge-
James N. Coe of New Haven, the
new Superintendent of the Soldiers,
Home, assumed charge yesterday. He
,will remove his family to N oroton some
time this week. Mr. Coe will probably
make no changes in his assistants. at
least not for some time.
Norwalk Chronicler