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HR HARRY M.GARDNEE. JR. of New York,
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and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer. and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
A Double Track lmperatlve.
The very narrow escape from a terri-
ble accident at Branchville, Saturday
afternoon, emphasizes the imperative
necessity of double tracking the Dan-
bury branch of the Housatonic railroad.
Its enormous present freight and pas-
senger business, which is daily increas-
ing in‘volume, renders this a need that
cannot longer be postponed with prop—
er regard for the safety of passengers
and the enormous property values en-
trustedto this corporation. Probably
no railroad in Connecticut, if in all
New England, has had such a sudden
and tremendous increase of both pas-
senger and freight transportation
thrust upon it, enough to heavrly tax
the resources of a double tracked road,
and yet by its extraordinarily skillful
management, it has gotten on with it
all without a hitch or break, until Sat-
urday’s experience made plain the pos-
sibilities and the liabilities of serious
accident on a track so over-crowded.
The new through line from Brooklyn
to Boston, inaugurated on Saturday,
and of which so much is hoped and ex-
pected, will only still more greatly
crowd the single track of this road,
and still more greatly enhance the
liability to disaster. Let<then,a second
track be put down at the earliest pos-
sible moment. This is the concurrent
demand. not of this Journal, but of-
many of the best patrons of the road
and the general traveling and freight-
ing public.
Every possible effort was made Sat-
urday evening by the officers of the
road, who fortunately chanced to be on
the derailed train, to get the cars on
the track again and all the stalled trains
in motion at the earliest possible mo-
ment; nevertheless it took time and
much inconvenience to passengers in-
evitably resulted from the delay. The
passengers out of New York on the
5:02 express were left at South Nor-
walk, kicking and growling till late into
the'evening, while those leaving New
York an hour earlier, were stalled on
the track up the road. The down trains
from Danbury shared the same fate and
Mr. F. J. Mallory, who was on the
down Danbury and halted at the scene
of the accident for six mortal hours,
says the chief complaint of the passen~
gers on his trainwas that the dispatch-
er at Danbury should have started their
train out, when he presumably knew
there was no chance of it getting
through without a long delay. There
were women 'with crying children,
' sleepy and hungry, as were most of the
other passengers, who could have pro-
cured food and been comfortable had
they been kept at Danbury until the
road was clear. Then a good deal of
complaint, he says, was made by
through New York passengers because
they were not permitted to.board the
through Lenox express at the point of
the accident, and so reach the city that
night, without paying a second fare.
But all these irritations were trivial, in
the light of the one most joyous fact
that not a soul was killed or even in-
jured. '
Saulter’s Body Found.
A dispatch from the Bridgeport po-
lice from Port Jefferson says that the
body of the man found on the beach,
Saturday night, corresponds with the
description of Frank Saulter, of Five
Mile Biver, who was knocked overboard '
from the oyster boat Mary Amelia near
Point-no-Point on the afternoon of Fri-
day. Sept. 3. '
,
Had Lots of Money.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, who died here
suddenly on August 28th, and who had-
been for some years a town charge, 'is
now found to have had 351,300, in the
Southport Savings Bank, besides $200
more in cash in an old rag-bag.
To East Norwalk Patrons.
Hereafter the DAILY and WEEKLY
GAzETTE willbe found on sale at the
cigar store of Henry H. Gray, No. 4
First avenue.
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—“A Little Irish Girl ” the “Duchi
888”
Latest Book. For Sale by Bene-
dict. . . 181 tf' " "
the father of Mrs.» TfiStram.
Place.
papers will be served shortly.
winning had
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.53 Wants, I Center Word.
LEADS in ADvsmsxm ~ .
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men 0/ Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or, Political.”—Jqferson
.. TERSETAL‘ESIOF THE TOWN.
'St. Paul’s Guildwill hold a meeting
to~morrow evening. '
Hon. James W. Hyatt leaves again
Thursday for Tallapoosa. -
Miss Elizabeth Dayton, of. Green-
wich, is visiting at, Capt. S. Peckls.
Miss Mary Selleck returned from her
visit to Rye, N. Y. Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mary E. Post and family leave
to-morrOw fer their home in Brooklyn.
The New York Statedemocratic state
convention meets in Saratoga to-mor-
row. _
The boy choir of St. Paul’s church
'will meet to-morrow evening instead of ,
this evening. __7_______ 5
Rev. Mr. Graham preached to_large
congregations yesterday, both‘mormng
and evening. ’
for Royalton, Mass, where he w1
spend the week with his sisters.
George E. Miller left, this vmorningi
Miss Grace Clarke has returned to.
Washington to spend the winter with
her father and his new-made bride.‘
—Fruit Jars at the Norwalk Boston
.Store. Quarts, $1.50 per doz. Pints
$1.25 per doz. ___
The ladies of St. Paul’s parish will
hold a Bazaar in the Opera House Wed-
nesday and Thursday, Dec.’ 2 and 3. '
Miss Alida Ball has had her trunk re-
turned to her, which somehow was lost
in its transportation across the city 0f
Boston.
Charles E. Keith does not go to An—
sonia to-day, as was expected, but will
start either next week or the week fol-
low1ng.
Rev. Mr. Graham is about to organ-
ize a men’s society in St. Paul’s parish;
also a society of St. Andrew’s Brother-
hood Cadets.
Mr. and Mrs. Talcott, of Union Park
have returned from their visit to -Mas-
sachusetts, and both are decidedly
benefitted by the trip.
Mr“ and Mrs. Dix, of Brooklyn,
spent Sunday at Dry Goods man Tris-
tram’s, on Belden avenue. Mr. Dix is
' IProf. Eddy and wife, of Chicago, are
visiting at Henry Bissell’s, on Mott
The Professor is Mrs. Bissell’s
father.
T. J. Byrnes has secured rooms in the
Hardenbrook building, over the Model
market, .and will open a first class tail-
oring establishment.
The Mutual Drum Corps went to New
Canaan in a wagonette, Saturday night,
and returned not being much in love
with the to wn’s hospitality.
. The one letter of John Russell Young
1n yesterday’s bright New York Press.
on Roscoe Conkling is worth more than
a whole year’s subscription to that
newsy little paper. '
On and after-to-day-Housatonic trains
willdiscontinue stopping at Pine Grove ..
station, for this season, on signal or
otherwise, to receiveor discharge pas:
sengers. ‘ ’ ' ,
For the purpose of organizing .a
church society, all the young ladies of
St. Paul’s-church will meet'at the par-
ish rooms over Jackson’s store this even-
ing at 7.45. > . .~
Charles R. B nnett, of Worcester,
Mass, is visiting at the Bennett home-
stead on_ East avenue. His broken leg
is: mending rapidly and he is nowable
to‘ walk With the aid of a cane. 4
The Grace church Ladies? Guildmeet
at the rectory Wednesday afternoon
next and a full attendance is desired as
the-winter’s parish work is to be laid
outand determined upon. _
The main and south, or St. Joseph’s
altar, in the Catholic church, are fin-
ished. and the north-,2 or, St. Mar ’5,
willbe finished by nextSunday. he
two former were used during yester-
day’s service. , "
Stephen Kent,the owner of the horse
shot .by Oflicer Morehouse, at .Dann’s
stable some time since, and whose son
was acquitted of the charge of cruelty
to- the" animal, by Justice Coolidge,”
Saturday, intends bringing suit Tlir
e
damages. against the S. P. U. A.
At the Lawn‘Tennis' dance " Saturday '
evening, about'ten'O’clock, all'th'e lights
went instantly out, leaving naught but
the pale-faced moon. and twinkling stars ,
to aid the boys intheir effortsto skip
the trains of the "lad dancers. The
girls, they'giggled, an the boys laughs
ed outright, but soon several swi
Mercurles returned with a lot of tallow
d1ps, which were inserted in empty soda
bottles, and the merry dance went on
and the joy was unconfined till mid-
night.
Clinton Seeley returned from. the
Springfield bicycle races, Saturday.
While training here at Norwalk for the? .
Hartford and Springfield races, he took
cold which settle in his back and
troub ed him, in allhisraces. At Spring-
field, riday, he wasjm'the 20—mile race;
and was over a mile'ahead of all others
and had only two. miles further to~- go
to win, when the pain suddenly seize
him, compelling him to stop and drop
out of the race. The prize was a $200
gold watch. and Clinton was sure of
he not been disabled by
hisailment. . ‘ I" . “
N orwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, September 14, 1891.
The Steamboat.
The City of Albanyfwill continue her
regular trips during the remainder of
this week. ____‘ . .
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Throu h an error, the name of Miss
published by us last week.
lately arrived from Chicago, together
with Warden Keeler and Wife, drove to
Ridgefield this morning. They W111 re-
turn to-night. _ ____
The St. Andrew’s Brotherhood will
meet at the parish rooms, Thursday
evening to elect delegates to ‘the annual
convention of the Brotherhood, which
meets in St. Louis in October. '
Chris. E. Miller left Hamburg, Fri-
day, on the steamer Normania, for,
home. He will ’ arrive in New York
about the 20th. He has been absent
nearly three months.
Messrs. Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., of
V New York, have the order for the chan-
cel alterations at St. Paul’s ;_ also the
vestments for the boy choxr, which
come from their English house. »
Saturday evening an exhaust pipe at
the Electric Light Station gave” out,
and the excentric belt broke, causing
the incandescent lights to go out.
Things were remedied in a short time, .
and the lights were started again.
At St. Paul’s an. addition is being con-
'structed on the northwest corner to ac-
commodate the new boys’ choir of-fforty
gan, which is to be remOved from its
present place in the gallery to this new
choir alcove. ‘
A dauahter of Edward J cronie;_pf,_the
Jerome zPaper company, who is '
Visiting
suddenly ill with a fit, last night, and
Dr. Tracey called. She was somewhat
improved this morning.
Rev. Father Slocum, will next Sun-
day, join in marriage J osephrDelaney,
of Arch street, and iss Mamie \Valsh.
A large party of Bfidgeport people are
expected torbe in attendance.‘ _ ~>
Dr. Timothy Haley, of the horse rail-
wa , has purchased alawn tennis racket
an together with John Lockwooducan
be seen daily in the car shed of-ithe
company, practicing that exciting
gameficamni . . .> ,_ ~ ,
Volunteer Hose ‘company, of East
Norwalk, through Chief Prowitt, have
invited the Norwalk Fire department
to attend their fair. Thursday evening.
Ameeting of the department will be
held this evening, at 8 o’clock, in the
Pioneer Hook and Ladder company’s
rooms, to take action on the invitatio n.
Edward A. Raymond, who has been
conducting the gun store at No. 4 Wa-_
ter street, this morning turned the
stock and fixtures over to Mr. E. J;
Hill, who has practically owned it since}:
the failure of builder 'Hayt. The store
is now closed. It is probable that it
will be again opened, under new 11.1371}? ,7.
agement,’ in the near future. '” ' '
W. Russell Bennett, son of "Edwin“
Bennett, a student
logical Seminary, New York, preached.
at the Congregational church, New.
Canaan yesterday. A number of. N orw‘al k
friends went up to hear him. Mr.
Bennett has been acting as supply all .
sumeer for a large church in Patterson,
Mr. John P, Treadwell, of the Bank
.of Norwalk,'has gone to New Milford,
to-day, to attend the funeral of his un-
cle, Mr. Henry R. Treadwell, formerly
' of Westport. The New York and East:
er'n papers erroneously have it that it
was Mr. Henry Treadwell’s father who
established» the St. Nicholas Hotel in
New York. It was his brother and out
'Mr. John P. Treadwell’s father, who so
' 1 long conducted that pepular hostlery.
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_ The .Thlef Captured. ,.-
.‘ For some, time past some ferocious
animal has been devouring pigeons and
chickensin the neighborhood of Knight
and Brush streets. Any , number ..of
J ohnnies with their guns, have watch-r
ed for it but itremained for “Charley”
Littleton to be the hero of : the hour...
Littleton censtructeda trap and set it
one night last week, andin maklng his
semi-hourly rounds, Friday , afternoon,
discovered that he had thef'Ofi'en’der. It;
proved to be a Weasel, and measured a
.foot and a half from the end of his beak ~
to the tip‘ Of his tail. Cards are now
out fer a'reception and “ weasel feast ”
atLittleton’s residence-to-m‘OTrow eve-
ning, and the Knight and Brush street
pigeonsagain roost onthegsidewalk; _
, The Great Bicycle Rlde...
_ The cable news from Paris'in yesters‘
day’s Herald has this bit of interesting
”news for the wheelmen :" _‘ " ' '
Our thousands. of bicycle riders, have
nearl gone wild over the long-distance
ride rom Paris to. Brest and return,
which was ,won by Charles Terront,
who did the distance, 747 miles, in sev-
enty-one hours and a half. Terront
never slept during the ride,and his onl
refreshments were a few cups of boui -
lon. It appears that on the way a'pneu-
matic tire burst, delaying him an hour
and a half and-permitting Leval to head
him.- -- Butin spite of the mishap he ar-
'rivedifirst‘fby'ov‘erthree-hours. z'- ;
Fivci hundred, velociped‘a'sts went out
to 'm'ee’t’him at Versailles and *to-form a
' guard of honor. Tens thousand-people
awaited his arrival at Porte Maillot.
- When he arrived the‘rep'ort was‘that
he" was asleep on the machine. ”Indeed,
hebent over so that it lookedmuch like
it, but he was roused by the cheers. , It
was seen that 'he was merely making a
pace at the winning post.» - He Jumped
lightly from 4 the machine and signed
,- the register in-a firm-hand. " - _
‘ J. B. Keeler and wife, who have;
friends on Merwin street, was taken.
at the' Union Theoé“ *
i
, Mary Al on was omitted from the list j
of teachers in the Over. River. school, ,
'surpliced lads and also the chu-i‘chi-or- ;
» train and Walter Comstock was ‘engi’s
--;:':’.‘ 931:: s...- - - I if
Engineer Comstock, of the ‘sp‘ecm.l,:i
, often the case, snapped between the
'_,coach at anangle, near the forward--
Iii. The’force' of the shock broke the con;
.nection with. the: last ..car, and threw.
_‘ painton. its forward parts. Itwastaken'
. ’ The'train reached Oyster Bay about ‘
useless. He then reversed his engine
the car-{ripping a long strip the whole
top of each-other, into a mixed up mass
ACCIDENT ONTHERAIL.
The Trial Trip of the New Brook;
lvn—BostOn Route Results in
"a Smash‘7‘u p.
Rallroad Officials Receive a Shak-
lmz up. '
Abad“starter." ‘ l " ~
This expresses the result of the trial
trip of the specialtrain over. the new
line from Brooklynjto Boston, Satur-‘
day. ' ‘ ' .
The special, consisting of engine No.
52, a' palace car and dining room
.c’anh, left Brooklyn'Saturday morning
at 11' o’clOck, for a trial run to Hawley-'
ville. 'On the train were President"
Sidney Starbuck, Vice President and
General Manager William H. Steven: ‘
son, Supt. F. C. Payne, Road . Matter
W. H. Clark and ‘Ass’t Road Master
John Kileourse, all’bf the Housatonic
railroad; President Charles B. Ted;
castle, of the New England Terminal
Company; I. D. Barton, General Su-
perintendent, C. M. Pratt let Vice
President, Benjamin Norton 2d Vice
President, and H. M. Smith Traffic
Manager, all of Long Island R. R. ; J.
R.‘ McCauley Managing Director, N.
E. R. R.,and A. R. Dodge, of the
Standard Oil Company. Conductor“
Charles; Vaughn had charge cf. ”the?
neon; ,
inc-On and was run onto the steamer ;
Cape Charles and quickly ferried"
across the sound to Wilson Point,a’ dis-
tance of 14 miles. ' 3
Here the train was run onto the Hou~
satonic line and the trip to Hawley-
ville was made in 37 minutes, which is
about 10 minutes faster than the Pitts-
field expressfmakes the run from South
Norwalk to Hawleyville.
A short stop was .made here, during
which time Supt. Payne left the pas-
senger car and got into the engine cab,
andthenthe trainstarted on thereturn'
trip, to Brooklyn, with the intention of
making a better run between Hawley-
ville and Wilson Point,than the 37 min-
utes, made on the up trip.
Everything went well until the train
reached Branchville, where the acci-
dent occurred.
Conductor Beeman’s mixed train,
which leaves Norwalk at 2:28, and is
doe in Branchville at 3:02, had orders . -i0f.1€ldies 511098-
ito‘E pass the special at that place. '
s dtwasa few minutes. late, and .wasi
switchingpnto the siding, and: alli'b‘utf ‘» ‘
thée last-two passenger cars were ions-
;vhen the special came in sight. ‘ '
sawsthegmixed train .on thetsiding,-»i
with; the two cars projecting over the: '-
main-track and knew at once--. that an’
accident was inevitable. '
He instantly applied his air brakes,
but with aloud report they, as is so"
engine and the first car,rendering them ..
and-together withupt. Payne, and
his fireman, jumped, in .order .to save
their lives.,*_ Neither, fortunately, were
injured. . ..
. The..:engine struck the "passenger
eud, and continued on to the tail end-of
length out of its side.
the next to last car over onto - its -' side;
off the .track,- and the passengers - on
on theunderside, :but:strange to. say,
not one.Was-' seriously. .hurt, = although “- '-
several'ladies'fainted, and oneman had ‘
his coat ripped up.tlie,-back, it catching
On the seatashewa‘s Shot‘vover onto-the
side of the car. - '
I . While_.;the‘engine-awas-.ploughi'ngthe
side of the-cars, itFWas'all;the time run-
ning into aiwedge‘ formedby the hori-
:zontal position of the passenger car
and the main track,-which caused the
rails to spread, and throwing the en'-
gine off the track. . . ~ ' =
A wreckingstrain. was immediately
telegraphed for; from Danbury and in a ..
shert time it arrived and the work of
clearing theh:track commenced; Gen-
eral 'Ma'nag'er Stevenson, himself, di-
recting the work. - -
It required the united efi‘orts of three
engines to pull the engine of the special
train out of a bank of mud and, sand
into which it had plunged after leaving
the track. ‘ ' -
. The only damagedOnegto .the engine
was a slightbending (if the cow-catcher,
and the scraping' off (it about all the
to ‘ SOuth Norwalk during the night,
and will be repaired at once. .
The passenger car was pulled over to
the side of the track and'liesthere, up-
side down. .
8:30 o’clock before it was again in or-
der, or nearly six'hours after the acci- '
dent occurred. ' ‘ '
The first train down was the Pitts-
field’ express, due at South Norwalk
about 8 o’clock, which reaches that city
.at 9:50 p. In. _,
Conductor Smith’s train, from Dan--
bury, due here at 4.09 p. 111., did not
arrive until 11:30'o’clock.
Tramc was at a standstill for nearly
of the stations either side of Branch-
ville. ,
The up Pittsfielcl express which leaves
South NOrwalk. at 4.33 got as far as
"Cannons, whereit staid until 9:35. The
5:14 train from Norwalk was Stalled at
'Wilton. and did not move until 9:40
o’clock, and‘tli‘e6. 33 frOm Norwalk, did
"not leave until 12:39.
> It was wonderful that“ none Were
killed, and miraculous that not even
one was sefiously injured, and the
prompt reversal of his engine by En-
' gineer Walter Comstock, of the special,
was probably the one thing that pre-
vented an apalling disaster.
A DAILY GAZETTE reporter inter-
viewed Vice President Stevenson Sat-
urday night at south Norwalk, and in
reply to the question as to who was to
blame for the accident the Col. ' said:
‘fIt was no one’s fault; the air brakes
on our train broke and the engine
crashed into the next’to last ear of the
mixedtifain. It was an accident, liable
to occur at any place,and at any time.”
- 7 Ill/lore cf Hall’s Work.
On 7 Saturday evening Ezra Hall
placéd idiir individuals in the station
vihquSS‘atSOuth Norwalk. In an inter-
’ set; with them this morning they stat-
ed to the DAILY GAZETTE representa-
tive that Hall promised them a
place to sleep and told them that they
would be released the next morning.
They also informed the reporter that
Hall invited them to have a drink on
the way over, and they thought they
had made the acquaintance of a mighty
clever fellow, but when they were
brought before the Justice this morn-
ing they changed their minds. If this
story of the four unfortunates- betme, .
and it is universally believed to be, it
wouldbe well for Hall to have a succes-
sor without further delay.
Labor Day Gifts.
Albert Chinnery got the chest of tea,
Michael Fahen the barrel of flour, C.
Henery the cane, W. N. Hoff the piano
stool and Mrs Joseph Whitney the pair
Call on C. J. Conley,
. .33 Butler street, for the Labor Day
gifts. -‘ =7: ‘
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if” i h A. Bad Fall.
' Mi'i‘Ai Merwin, who removed from
‘ Sciuth Norwalk to West Norwalk, fell
,fromia hay-loft in his barn on Satur-
_andbdey.
Borough Meeting. -
Den?t:'forget to attend the Borough .
'ceivediSevere injuries about his head
0
'm'eeting to-morrow night, and, vote to
postpone the further expenditure of
~ $30,000, this year,on our highways, etc.
- Sheepshead Bay Races.‘
The races at this track Saturday re-
sulted as follows:
First race, 7 furlongs—Ocygiete. 1,
Salvini 2, Gertie D. 3; time 1:28;. Sec-
ond‘race 9 furlongs~Kildeer 1, Worth
72. English Lady 3; time 1.56.
~—Longford 1, Pesara 2, Come to Taw
3-t1me 2:28 2-5.‘ Fourth race, Great
Eastern handicap, 'Futurity course—
LOantaka 1, Daaonet 2, Curt min. 3;
time.” 1.10 2-5. zFifth race, uturity
course—*Loantaka 1, Eclipse 2, Tor-
mentor 3; time.1.11. , Sixth race, mfle
heats on turfés-Castaway 1, Benedictine
~2. Iceberg 3-;itime 1.45 1-5, 1.45.
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_. < Opera House.
. Says the New York WOrldz—“Dan
McCarthy, apopular Irish comedian,
began a week’s engagement at the
‘Windsor Theatre last night. -'He ap-
peared in a play with w ich he has
traveled rather extensively, “True
Irish Hearts.” 1 It is an Irish drama‘of
the approved style. , Some of the situa‘
tions were received with much fever in
the cast. Mr. McCarthy did 'ood work,
and he was assisted by Miss ttie-Cole-
man; . and little:~: Danny McCarthy. -
There willbe anextra matinee .,of “True
Irish Heart's” Memorial Day. ’ . ‘
“True Irish Hearts” wil be 'pre--‘
sented at the Opera 'House, Thursday
evening, Sept. 17th. -
Nash Found Gullty.
Charles J. Nash, of Black Rock, was
fined $7 and costs in the Bridgeport
City court Saturday afternoon. He
was charged with taking oysters from
the beds of the Amencan Oyster Co.,
and. was found iltyby Judge Kelsey.
Oystermen in t 's .wcinity-were great .
interested in- the lease.- ‘Attorney- J u -..
son defended... Nash. .. An -appea-.1.s'was‘
taken to the next seesion of the crimi-
13ml common pleaseourt under bonds of
'75. _. _;:‘.,_v -; :-
_’ A. M. E. Church. ,
Bishop Turner, of Atlanta, Georgia,
will preach at the Knight street church,
The work of clearing-the track wa
pushed as fast... as: 'possiblerzbut . it: was
Africa to look after the American col.-
or‘e‘d missions established there. . , 3t. 7.
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six hours, trains being stalled at; most '
day, and striking on a hay cutter, re- ;
, , Third '
race, Mayflower handmap, 11 furlougs '
Rev. W. N. Berry, pastor, Wednesday.
evening. The Bishop is soon to sailfor-
A RA‘lLROAD'” PRESIDENT AS-
‘ SAULTED.
‘Presldent Tedcastle Insults a Drum-
mer and Gets a Swollen Nose.
As General Manager Stevenson was
standing on the platform at Branch-
ville, Saturday evening, directing the
work of removing the wreck of the two
trains that collided at that place, a
stranger approached him and asked,
him why he didn't telegraph for an ené
glue to come from Bridgeport via South
N orwalk and make up‘a train and take
the people waiting at Branchville, and
delayed by the accident, to their desti-
natiOn. 001. Stevenson replied that he
was doing all in his power to get things
straightened out, and traffic resumed.
This did nbtg’seem to satisfy the man.
who continued talking to the Colonel,
and ofl‘ering suggestions as to the best
way to remove the wreck. .
At this point. Mr. Charles B. Tedcas—
tle,’president of the N. E. Terminal
Company, and one of the party of rail-
road men who were aboard the special
train which ran into the mixed train,
stepped up and joined in the discus-
sion. The man not knowing who Ted-
castle was asked what he had to do with
the matter, and the reply of the presi;
dent, who was somewhat “excited/v
‘ would not look well in print.
"Just at this time the road was cleared
and‘the Pittsfield express came along,
and the man, who was going to South
Norwalk, got aboard, first telling Mr.
Tedcastle that he would “ see ” him
aboard the train.
A few minutes after the train pulled
out from Branchville, Mr. T. walked
through the smoking car, and the man
seeing him, rose from his seat and shot
out his right arm, and a moment later
the somewhat “ excited” president of
the N. E. T. Company, was stretched
out over a seat.
Passengers here interfered, and the
combatants were separated, after which
Mr. Tedcastle discovered that he'had a
badly swollen nose, the blood from
which had spoiled his suit of light
clothes, and a broken watch chain.
.The man was pointed out to Conduit?
tor Comstock, who notified a braked-'7',
man to watch him and prevent.
him leaving the car. Hearing
this conversation, and when the train
was nearing the Electric Light sta-
tion he picked up his grip andumbrella
and started for the front platform, in-
tending to jump from the train. Con-
ductor Comstock rushed after him, and
with the assistance of the brakeman
dragged him back into the car. As the
train was running at a high rate of
speed, the man, had he jumped, would,
without doubt. have been killed.
-~ At South Norwalk he was turned over
to two officers and taken to the police
station, where he gavehis name as John
, Séaman, and his residence Bridgeport.
. He is well known in South Norwalk,
and is a drummer for a picture frame
house in New Haven. He was placed
under $25 bondsto appear this morn-
ing, Mr. Tedcastle having preferred a
charge of assault against him. A gen.
tleman named Allen, from Stamford,
who. was .on the train, and who witness.
ed the scene on the Branchville plat-
»with him, gave security for him. _
Seaman’s story, (and he is backed up
by several witnesses), is that he was
standing"’dn ’the platform :talking to
Col. Stevensbn, when Tedca'stle, whom;
he did not know, stepped up and com-
meneed to abuse him. He asked him
what right he had to join in the conver-
sation, and received a lot of dirty
names as, a reply. The train came-along
and all got-aboard, he first telling Ted-
castle that he would attend to ‘him' on
the train. He admitted that he did “at-
tend”. to him,: and in the most approved—
McAulifle~Gibbons fashion, but ,;claim-
ed- that he was justified inj‘so doing by
"reason cf having. been,.without cause,
grossly insulted. -~ . .' ‘_ .» .- .-
From what the ”Darn: GAZETTE re.
porter could learn_“f_rom eye-witnesses;'
Mr. Tedcastley was] excitedly and
that would not justify :thesevere pugil-
Curiously, this was the only personal in?
jury to anyone resultingggfrom the acci-
dent to the ill-starred special train.
At the trial this morning Mr. Seaman
plead guilty and paid a fine of $7 and
costs.
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Fell From a Window.
. , Michael Carney, an employee of the
Bridgeport GasCompany residing at 7
Arch street, came near losing his. .llfe
by falling from‘the second story w1n-
dow of his residenpaearly yesterday
.morning’. and mules at ' the” fiWPifial,
in an‘unconscious condition; _‘
O .
. . pheese._ ' ‘ j .
——;Boquefor.t, Edam, Brie, . Limbur-
ger,.Cream, Breet and; all other kinds
of rich cheese at - . . - .
~i tf 183 . BETTE-JE‘FARBINGTON’S.
form,an'd who also hadno acquaintance ,
thoughtlessly in ,the.,wrong,, but even .
istic‘ punishment '*meted {out to him.’ .
——;—-
Price One Cent.
A Director Elected.
The board of directors of the Consol-
idated road met in New York Saturday
and elected J. Pier ont Mor an to suc-
ceed the late Mr. iller. r. Morgan
is the well known banker of the firm of
Drexel, Morgan & Co. of New York.
.
, White Brandy.
T—For _Brandy Peach preserving,
mince pies, etc. . ,
tf 18 BETTs & FARRINeToN’s. ‘
.Q.———-—_'
An Pix-Representative Shot.
Hearing a noise in the room where
his wife was, Frank Ide, of North
'Woodstock, went up stairs Friday
night, and found ex-Representative
John F. Hibbard. The men clinched
and Ide was downed. His sons then
rushed in, and supposing that a burg-
lar was pounding their father one of
them fired his double-barrelled shot
gun at Hibbard. Both shots took ef-
feet in Hibbard’s back. About a week
ago Hibbard and his wife separated.
At this hour Hibbard’s‘ condition is
improving.
G. A.
~0->————-———-—~
R. APPOINTMENTS.
List of Officers Selected by the Com-
mander in Cities
ALBANY, Sept. 14.—Commander in Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic John
Palmer has made the following additional
appointments:
Comrade Joseph W. O’Neall, department
Ohio, Lebanon, 0., judge advocate general.
Comrade David U. Quick, Post 121, de-
partment New York, assistant adjutant
general at these headquarters.
The following comrades have been ap-
pointed as members of the executive com-
mittee: A. G. Huntoon, Washington; R.‘
F. Knapp, Saratoga, N. Y.; R. S. Luther,
Providence, R. I.; William McClelland,
Pittsburg; James R. Milner, Springfield,
Mo.; William A. Olin, Boston; Levi B.
Raymond, Hampton, Ia.
As members of the pension committee—
Augustus C. Hamlin, Bangor, Me.; J. G.
B. Adams, Lynn, Mass; J. A. Sexton,
Chicago; Byron R. Pierce, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; R. W. Blue, Pleasanton, Kan.
As members of the committee on senior-
ity of department—Louis Wagner. Phila-
delphia; Thomas G. Lawler, Rockford, 1113.;
E. B. Gray, Marshfield, Wis; P. H. Dow-
ling, Toledo, 0.
As members of the committee on sys-
tematic plan of teaching the lessons of
loyalty to our country and one flag—
George S. Merrill, Lawrence, Mass; Lu-
cius Fairchild, Madison. Wis; John P.
Rea, Minneapolis; William Warner, Kan-
sas City; Paul Vandervoort, Omaha.
As members of the committee for the
erection of, amemorial- in the capitol in' .
washington to our late comrade, U. S. ‘
-,Gra.nt—-S. S. Burdette, Washington; 0. H- .
T.‘oo11is, New York; Russell A. Alger,
,Detroit; Seldon Connor, Portland, Me.;
W. G. Veazey, Rutland, Vt.; E. S. Grant,
Middleport, 0.; Horace S. Clark, Mattoon,
Ills.
As members of the committee on form
of service at the laying of a comer-
stone—Robert B. Heath, Philadelphia; S.
S. Burdette, Washington; S. E. Taintor, r
Hartford, Conn. _
Eaten by Hogs. 3
‘ WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Sept. 14,—Several
children attracted to a barnyard on the, ..
public road to \Varrensville were horrified ,.-
to discover a drove of hogs feasting on the
dead bodies of a man and little girl. The
children gave the alarm and nearby farms
. ers hastened to the scene. The bodies were
horribly mutilated and recognition was
impossible. They had evidently been dead
for some time.
Mr. Jeffrey Has ReCeived' No Offers. I ' I J
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.——Mr. E. T. Jeffrey
said in regard to the reports that he hhd’z’ii»
been appointed president of the. Union‘s-.2,
Pacific and Rio Grand railroad that he 1'09 ‘
, ceived no offers from'eith'er One of those
companies. He is going. to Denver' n'ext
week with President Mauve}, of the Santa
Fe, .but his business there is to arbitrate
differences existing between the Santa Fe ., .-,
fund Rio Grande' roads.
Iron Works Destroyed. ' ,
‘ ~ WILMINGTON, De1., Sept. ,14.—:—The~ Dela-g
ware IrOn works of, Morris Tasker ,&_ Co.,
at Newcastle, Del., were almOSt entirely
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss’of about “
$300,000. The flue bending, socket" and
=‘ball mills and the blacksmith shops were
'destrOye'd—in all about six acres Of" build: . . -
ings. Eight hundred men are'throwii out; 7 .
of work. ,
1300]: Was Not on Beard. . . .
NEW YORK, Sept.-14."—Ernest‘ Bock,‘who‘ -:
is wanted for embezzling 378,000.111arks if
from the Prussian Mortgage Insurance».
company of Berlin, was not 'On board the. ._
Augusta Vietcria.‘ Bock was "believedf'to—‘” _
have sailed either on the .‘VictOria. or saale. '--
The latter will arrive Monday. . : . , 3 "
McCusker Is Champion'sivlmuier.’
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 14. ——The mile
swimming match for the. championship of
America and a. purse of $750 betvveen James
iM‘cCusker, of Lowell; J Ohn‘A.' Leavitt, of?
Newton, and Robert P._ Magoo, of Balti-,._~,.~
more, at Lake Quinsigampnd, wasqu by :
McCusker in 27m. 57%s.
- » . .Readyfor Business; . . >
HARRISBURG, Sept. 14.—It is ;announced
by. Executive Commissioner Whitman, of. ,.
the World’s fair commission, that head-
quarters have been regularly opened in
this city, and all who so desire can now. 7‘
communicate with it regarding informa-
tion about exhibits, etc. -
On to Saratbga. ‘
NEW YORK, Sept. li—Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Jones, Maurice J. Power and Chair-
man Jackson, of the County Democracy; '
‘were passengers bygthe Saratoga special,” mi; »
day afternoon.“ ‘
~which left the Grand Central at 3;30Satur- .. ; _
' Heavy Failures .7 -- 1
' ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 14.7Grindberg _&_,
Morris, clothiersfand boot and slice deal; .
.ers, have failed. Liabilities, summons
lets not stated. -
. Sawmill. Burned. '
WILLIAMsroRT, Pa, Sept.'-14.-=Howard.
&-P41‘1°Y’3 58minwvasa'destroyed-byvflre. : f 7-,}. L
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