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6 UR. J'OBBIA‘G DEPARTIIIENT.
kin HARM M. GAnann. Jr of New York,
has charge of the GAzETTE's Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer. and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
Amusements To—night.
“Chimes of Normandy” at Norwalk
Opera House.
Meeting of Borough Water Commis-
sioners.
Practice meeting of City Of N orwalk
Band. «o.
The Esteemed Sentinel
“Has got ’em again! ” Yesterday
it was attacked with another of its
"spells.” It threw itself, like a spoiled
brat, on its back, in one of its accus-
tomed tantrums,battered the floor with
its heels, and bumped it with its head,
squalling in impotent rage, and sha me-
lessly bareiug, and exposing to public
view,that partof its anatomy which is so
much larger, and seems to know so
much more than its head. And all be -
cause the“bright little DAILY GAZETTE”
had asked it to recall afalsehood it had
told.
Such conduct needs correct-ion. So
like an affectionate mother, as we fain
would be to it, we must lay the brat
across our “aged” knees and proceed
to apply the slipper to that end which
it seems determined to make most con-
spicuous, and to unblushingly uncover
before all beholders, every time it
gets mad. This we do “in sorrow and
not in anger.” Our advanced age and
our esteemed contemporarie’s adole-
scent youth, seems to make the duty
imperative. Sorry we are that so
sweet a temper should not always go un-
ruffled and so handsome a face is not
spared the soil of spiteful tears. But
“nature will out,” and it is, no d oub t,
from a lack Of proper correction. that
our esteemed contemporary is so noted
among his friends, for all those angelic
virtues, those high and noble attri-
butes and sweet amenities of disposi-
tion, which have made his name and
fame a by-word ever since he plucked
the editorial quill from the congenial
goose. But we digress. To his yes-
terday’s double-leaded leader, he puts
the. caption: “THE FACTS ARE THESE,”
well knowing that he does not state
the facts. After spewing out a lot of
offensive matter secreted by that ill-
behaving gland, his viscious liver, he
proceeds to say:
“ On the 12th instant the
Sentinel published the numbers draw-
ing the gate prizes of the Labor Day
picnic. On Monday we said the sub-
cditor of the GAzETTE asked flIr. Illa-
lonc, assistant postmaster at .Norwalk,
if such publication was not (i violation
of the lottery law, and therefore, a bar
to the circulation of the paper through
the post office.”
Now here is what the esteemed Sen-
tinel did say in its issue of the 12th.
“When the sub-editor of the GAZETTE
saw that we had “scooped” them, to
speak in newspaper parlance, he made
it his special business to rush over to
the Norwalk post-office and suggest that
the Sentinel had violated the law and
should not be allowed to pass through
the mall. Postmaster Hubbell was not
in his office, but his assistant, Mr. Ma-
lone, like a sensible young man, in.-
formed the GAZETTE man that he had
no uuthorliz/io prevent the delivery of
the paper, so our subscribers at that
end of the town were not deprived of
the privilege of reading Saturday
evening’s Sentinel.”
Does a brave or half manly man thus
skulk and dodge the issue when de-
tected in a falsehood ! We kindly
pointed out the esteemed Sentinel’s
false statement. Told him that Mr.
Malone, to whom he referred, would
confirm our denial. We did not stop
to further inform him, as we did not
suppose it to be necessary, that Post-
master Hubbcll went after the es-
teemed Sentinel’s Borough reporter
and demanded to know if any employee
of the post-office had made any such
statement as the Sentinel had charged,
and the said reporter promptly said he
had not. Had he so stated he would
have falsified as unpardonably as did
his chief.
The GAZETTE had the drawing of the
prizes from the same source as the
Sentinel and naturally desired to pub -
lish them. But it know that it was just
as illegal to do so, in the shape in
which they appeared in the Sentinel,as
it would be to publish a drawing Of the
Louisiana or any other lottery and it
did ask the opinion of the Borough and
ZE T
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men 01‘ Whatever State er Persuasion, Religious or .Politicul.”—Jefier.§on
of the City Postmasters as to their in-
terpretation of the law, and after the
esteemed Sentinel came tearing down
upon us like a mad bull, lashing its
tail as in fly.time, we wrote the Attor-
ney General of the Post Office depart-
ment for its interpretation of the law
and got his reply which coincides with
our own view and that of Postmaster
Hubbell.
why could it not have made a decent
Of its proverbiably stupid paper with so
much meaningless billingsgate? Was
and that he is compelled to hear, as we
statement that five days out of six,
week in and week out, the South Nor-
walk correspondent of the “Bright-
little DAILY GAZETTE,” has a greater
number of City news items in his
column, than appear in the esteemed
Sentinel, and is constantly making
pronounced ‘ ‘beats”in his news columns
of special interest and importance. Is
it the green-eyed monster jealousy,
that has gotten possession of the
Sentinel’s soul, causing it to make such
an egregious ass of itself ? What is it,oh
sweet and lovable brother? What
“greed,” what “hate” has the jolly and
“bright little DAILY GAZETTE” ever
evinced toward the esteemed Sentinel?
\Vas our “greed” shown when, long
ago, two dollars was paid an employee
of the GAZETTE to purloin a copy of a
ballot from our office, that it might be
counterfeited in the office of the es-
teemed Sentinel? Was it shown when
recently the GAZETTE and esteemed
Sentinel madea bid for printing the
by-laws of a Trades Union and
the GAZETTE’S estimate n. l; l.
trifle below the esteemed Sentinel’s, a
dishonorable member of that honor-
able organization, (as we are assured
by a fellow member,) went to the Sen-
tinel and gave it the GAZETTE’S figures,
and the esteemed Sentinel then put in
abid one dollar below the GAZETTE,
and so “scooped” the job? Though
we were made acquainted with these
facts weeks ago, the act was so con-
temptably degrading, we made no allu-
sion to them, and should not now ex—
eept with the hope that our esteemed
contemporary may “see himself as
others see him. ” But climb to the top
neighbor, where the “bright little
DAILY GAZETTE” sits ard sings, and
you may get rid of your bad “spells.”
$9. _ ...._. .,_
Sentinel Notes.
“He [Geo. B.] has much to learn of
human nature and journalistic court
esy. .
Yes, and the most appalling evidence
of a total lack of decency in both, is
abundantly supplied by the Sentinel.
“He ought not to mislead his waspy
and erratic father into a denial of
facts.”
Nor will be. It is despicable enough
to make a dog sick to see the
Sentinel thus cowardly sneak and
skulk out of a deliberately uttered
lie. A lie so black that we haven’t type
black enough to properly characterize
it ; a he almost as black as was the face
of the Sentinel man when he had his
yesterday’s bad “ spell.”
“ The old gentleman is too near the
verge of lunacy to be trifled with.”
How sad and yet how true it is, that
the very first distinct evidences of brain
softening and insanity are when a man
begins to think others afflicted with his
own distressing malady. '
Sad, sad it is, yet we fear it is true,
that unless the “Bright little DAILY GA-
ZETTE” ceases “scooping” the Sentinel
every day on news and distancing it on
circulation and advertising. the lat-
ter “will have to be put in a straigh t
jacket or confined in a lunatic asylum.”
We have copied thus copiously from
the Sentinel’s forcible, feeble diatribe,
for the reason that otherwise the read-
ing public would never see it and en-
joy the incoherent richness there is
in it.
State R lfle Match .
Gen. Watson, through Col. VanKeu-
ren, has issued orders for a state rifle
matchfor regiment teams of the C. N.
G. at .;the armory in Hartford, com-
mencmg Oct. 14. Entries must be re-
celved by Gen. Watson before Oct. 1.
The conditions of the match are as
follows : Entrance free.
With 3 reserves, each man to be a mem-
enlisted or appointed prior to Aug. 1,
1891. All members to appear in fatigue
uniform, w1thout side arms. Rifle,any
Issued by the state ; trigger pull to be
not less than 6 pounds, audto be tested
as each man leaves the firing point.
Ammunition. furnished by state. Dis-
tances, each 200 and 500 yards. Posi-
tion, standing at 200 yards, prone' at
500 yards. Rounds, ’7 at each distance ;
2 s1ghting shots at 500 yards. Rules of
the National Rifle Association to gov-
crn;
Cheese.
—Roqucfort, Edam, Brie, Limbur-
ger,_ Cream, Breet and all other kinds
of rich cheese at
tf 183 BETTs & FAEBINGTON’S.
Now, when the esteemedl
Sentinel knew it had lied about us, I
retraction and not thus have soiled the ,
charmingly beautiful and artistic pages 5
it because “comparisons are odious,” l
do, from South Norwalk readers, the i
,, N orwalk, Conn,
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
There was a dense dry-weather fog
this morning.
The Daughters of the King will meet
to—night at the St. Paul’s parish rooms.
Our Brothers’ Lodge worked the sec-
ond degree on two candidates last even-
ing. __________
Don’t fail to read the adv. of' the
Grand Concert at the First_ Congrega-
tional church, Friday evening.
Regular trips onthe new route to
' Boston commenced last night, Only
' two trains will be run for the present.
Last night the Washington express
on the Consolidated road broke down
near New Haven and was delayed two
hours.
The Housat-onic people are putting
in a third switch at Wilton so as to al-
ways have a clear switch for meet-mg
trains.
Hon. John S. Seymour has been in-
vited to take the stump in New York
for Flower, and later on will probably
accept. -
Mr. James H. Walsh, the Chestnut
street carpenter, had the misfortune to
mash his great toe yesterday on the
Club house.
Station Agent Smalley of the Dan-
bury and Norwalk division at South
Wilton, has been transferred to Bethel
as telegraph operator.
—Misses SchoolflShoes .890 at Hoyt’s.
38-4t
Mr. John Patterson, of the Pope
Manufacturing Company of Hartford.
was in town yesterday, calling on Old
friends.
The comicalities of the acting and
phenomenal playing on the piano, at
last night’s renditiOn of Mascot. at the-
Opera House, were simply immense.
The Hon. Josiah Dodge interested
and delighted the urchins of West ave-
nue last night by marching along with
a bull dog tenderly folded in his arms.
Several Bridgeport newspaper men
are actively at Work trying to organize
a press club, with which all newspaper
workers in that city may identify them-
selves.
There is to be a prayer, meeting at 4
p. m. Thursday at the Baptist church.
for the accommodation of the aged and
' such other persons as cannot get out in
the evening.
—If you want a nice $1.50 Kid Sh 0e,
go to Hoyt’s 37 Wall street. 38~4t
Attorneys Gray, Hurlbutt, Hubbell
and Seymour were in Wilton yester-
day, and that dear old town was fairly
crushed with law, and flooded with fo-
rensic eloquence.
The Y. M. C. A. foot ball team will
have a practice game on the Amphithe-
atre grounds to-morrow afternoon. All
deiiring to join are invited to be pres-
en .
~—Waiter wanted at Collins’ Ameri-
can House.
David Spicer and his “rat” had some
misunderstanding opposite Buckley’s
rubber factory, this noon, and Spicer
was beating the poor little horse un-
mercifully, when somebody interfered
and stopped him. ,
—Edward Street would like to have
you read his advertisement to-day. tf191
There died at Saginaw, Michigan,
Mich, Friday, Sept. 11th, Elizabeth
Putman, wife of Hon. Alfred B. Wood.
Mr. Wood was a native of this town,
and was born in the old home where
Mrs. R. A. Williams now lives.
——Edwar_d Street would like to have
you read his advertisement to-day. tf191
Chris. E. Miller arrived home last
evening after a three months’ tour
’ through Germany. Chris. denies the
report that preceded him, that he had
married a beautiful German heiress.
He is brown as a berry and has grown
stouter and better looking.
—Edward Street would like to have
you read his advertisement to-day. tf191
Engineer Frank Beers has a sensible
plan for stopping all the leaks in the
Grupe reservoir dam, which is,to cover
the entire receding table of gravel back
of the dam, with a thick coating of co-
ment. This he says is the' cheapest as
well as best method of making the de-
fective dam water tight.
—School Shoes. Solid. at Hoyt’s.384t
An angler gets this off on us: “I
Teams of 12 ;
ber of the Connecticut National Guard, ,
caught two fish. When I got home
there were three of them. Can you ex-
plain how this was?”
Oh yes, the “ bright little Daily”
guesses that you got home with the two
original fish, and one smelt, eh ?
The Hartford Times is weeping now
because. instead of 22 pounds of sugar
for a dollar, dealers are giving only 21
pounds. Think of it, only 21 pounds!
Will the Times please to mention how
many pounds a dollar wouldbuy before
‘ the McKinley bill was passed—[Cour-
ant.
Before Judge Thaycr in Bridgeport
yesterday an injunction case was aré
gued. The in'unction was prayed out
by the boroug of Stamford against the
, street railway of that place, to make
the company lay the “T” rail and pave
the street carefully. The case was fin-
ished and decision reserved. Edwin G.
Hoyt-of the Norwalk Horse Railway
was present in the capacity of an ex-
pert;
Tuesday Evening, September 22, 1891.
These are the days when the. thrifty
housewife is canning fruit against the
time when fresh fruit is not, and winter
reigns on earth and In sky. One Is re—
minded of the epitaph which two
neices caused to be put on their aunt’s
tombstone, the deceased havmg been
long addicted to this hab1t of preserv-
ing succulent peaches and pears, and
like delectables:— - '
Herc lies the body of our dear aunt:
She used to can, but now she can’t.
~—Most Reliable $3.00 Calf Shoes,
Hoyt’s. 38-4t
Lastzevening -Mrs.Wi11is Bouton hired
expressman Lincoln to remove her fur-
niture from rooms on Leonard street
which she had just vacated, to the
rooms occupied by her mother-in-law,
in Guarnieri’s building on Water street.
To this Guarnieri objected, as he had
rented the rooms to but one party, and
so ordered the things off his premises.
After a lengthy wrangle, the eXpress-
man stored the furniture in his barn for
the night, and this morning it was tak-
en to South Norwalk.
—'I‘ry our $3.50 Goodyear Welts,
Hoyt’s. 38-4t
Attorney Hurlbutt is in sore vexation
of spirit. He carefully locked his safe
some days since and now the pesky
thing won’t unlock. He has in 1t some
important court papers that he desper.
ately wants,but can’t get. He hasham-
mered it with hammers and sledges,
tried picks and bars, gotten all the
noted lock pickers in the town, but to
no purpose, and now must send to New
York for the maker to come up and
break into it. He says he got the safe
from “Ben. Sturges,” which fully ac-
counts for the kinks it takes.
—Neatest $3.00 Kid Shoe, at Hoyt’s.
_ 38-4t
Rev. Mr. Graham announced from
his pulpit daybefore yesterday, that
next Sunday being the last time St.
Paul’s organ would be heard from its
present place in the gallery, a choral
service would be held in the evening,
that the friends of that instrument
might enjoy its harmonies," from the
old quarter, as during the week follow-
ing it was to be taken down-and trans-
ferred to the new place on- the ground
floor just built for it, and‘the boy’s
surpliced choir.
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Base Ball Games.
Yesterday’s games resulted as follows:
—National league, New York 9, Phila—
delphia 11 ; Boston 6, Brooklyn 1 ; Cin-
cinnati 4, Chicago5; Pittsburg 3, Cleve-
land 4. ‘.
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—-The Boston Store will sell fr cm 10
to 5 o‘clock, to-morrow, Boy’s School
Pants for 250., also better goods in pro-
portion. Norwalk Boston Store.
Marie \Von’t Marry This Year. .
BOSTON, Sept. 22,—A United Press re-
porter saw Marie Jansen, the opera singer,
at her summer home in Winthrop, and
asked her what truth there was in the
rumor that she was engaged to marry Mr.
P. C. Bass, of the English family of brew-
ers. Miss Jansen replied that she did not;
think it good policy to give any definite
answer to the question as yet, because if
she said positively that she was engaged
the public would lose all interest in her
and she would fail to draw quite such
large houses as she expects to during the
coming season. In conclusion, Miss J an—
sen said: “I will not say whether I am go—
ing to marry Mr. Bass or not. One thing
is certain, however. I will not be married
this year.”
To Stop Runaway Horses.
CHICAGO, Sept. 22,—The ne-W'system of
a practical test here. A. B. Holsen, the
inventor, got into a carriage to which two
horses and they dashed away at a. break-
neck speed. Suddenly the animals raised
themselves on their haunches and came to
dry battery under the driver’s box and.
connected by wires with metal balls placed
in the horse’s nostrils. There are two butv
tons, one on the driver’s box, the other in-
side, which will close the circuit when;
pressed. The result is a mild shock,
bring runaway horses to a standstill.
A Distinguished Family Was Here.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22,—Mrs. Elizabeth
Borden Biddle died here aged ninety-two.
Mrs. Biddle was a descendant of a dishin-
guished family, her father being Judge
her grandfather, Francis Hopinson, a.
signer of the Declaration of Independence,
and her great-grandfather, Thomas Hop~
kinson, a. member of the provincialcoun—
oil and judge of the vice admiralty under:
George II.
. Cut His Throat In the Woods.
HALIFAX, N. S. Sept.
lost his position and was ashamed to re—
turn to his friends.
by cutting his throat in Montreal five:
years ago. '
Hanging on a Housetop. I
ROXBU'RY, Mass, Sept. 22.—The deadl
body of a. man suspended from a ventilat-
ing pipe on the roof of the house 118 Ham—-
mbnd street was the horrifying spectacle:
seen here yesterday. The body proved to«
be that of Edward Kennel], a barber. No
cause can be assigned for his suicide except—
despondency induced by excessive drink—
ing. 8 was twenty-seven years old.
Burned in :3. Burn.
MARION, Pa.', Sept. 22.—A barn belong--
ing to Vice President Frank Thomson,
of he Pennsylvania railroad, was burned.
burne
degs were also burned.
TheTEarth Quaked.
earthquake shock was felt in this city. It
Eggs accompanied, by the usual detonav
1 .
stopping runaway horses by electricity had .
horses were attached. A man lashed the
afull stop. The invention consists of a
which, the inventor claims, will invariably ,
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Hopkinson, author of “Hail Columbia” .
22,—A1ex M. J
Liddell, a well known commercial trav— ,
W1.) committed suicide in the woods at;
indsor Junction by cutting his throat. :- , .
He had been on a three weeks’ spree, had. ‘» the watei be shut OE’ the N01 walk and
His brother, also at =_
commercial traveler, committed suicide- ’
An enaployee, James Baker, was seriously ,‘
. A horse and three valuable pack
:fore the court,
‘ ~was earned and at 9k50 the court ad-
. z ' ' rned for two wee s.
COLUMBIA, s. 0., Sept. 22.-—-A slight "on
Q :after adjournment, to witness the last
‘ :act of the Mascot, at the Opera House,
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The Crisis Reached.
The Borough Water Exhausted.
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Mr. Grupe was down from the reser-
voir, this morning, before 6 o’clock and
reports that every drop of water will be
out of his reservoir by to-night.
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Court of Burgesses.
The court was called to order at 8
o’clock by the Warden, with all the
Burgesses present, excepting Burgess
Bowe.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, and after a few slight corrections,
were approved.
The following bills were ordered
paid: R. M. Morehouse $30, Wallace
Dann $16, J. H. Gormley $30, T. How—
ard $30, Chas. Adams $30, J. Tully $2,
E. Gusowski $5, W. E. Montgomery
$50, W. Lawlor $187.89, 'D. B. Conley
$10.50, W. H. Smith $9.70, D. B. Con-
ley $224.21, D. S. Curtis $6.64, M.
Whalen $16.50, W. Caddel $16.50, H.
VanWagner $17.15. The bill of the
town of New Canaan, $12, for taxes on
the reservoir, was referred to {the Wa-
ter Commissioners, to be paid if found
correct.
Mr. W. J. Wadham appeared before
the court and asked permission to build
a wooden awning, or shed, on his store
on Wall street. This caused consider-
able discussion, after which it- was re-
ferred to the fire committee, to report
at the next meeting of the court.
Mr. Wadham subsequently appeared
and asked permission to erect a canvass
awning to be used until the fire com-
mittee reported on the wooden one.
On motion of Burgess Burr, this per-
mission was granted, the awning not to
extend over the sidewalk.
The application from L. C. Hanford
for the erection of a building, adjoin-
mg the Floral Hall, on Isaac street, to
be used as a horse shed, wasgranted.
Giles St. John was given . permission
to erect two cottages on Pine street.
The Warden called the attention of
the court to the sidewalk on West Main
street, in the rear of the Quintard pro-
perty, and the highway committee were
instructed to look at and repair it.
BurgeSs Vanderhoef brought up the
matter of destroying these notes of the
borough and water commissioners, ag-
gregating $87,000. Some of the notes
have been paid and others have been
renewed. Engineer Wood held the
notes while Burgess Vanderhoef ap-
plied the match, and the notes were
burned without a single bottle of wine
being broken over them. Burgess
Vanderhoef also made a motion that a-
note be drawn for $4,500 instead of one
which now stands for $2, 500. Agreed
to.
The chairman of the Finance com-
mittee was authorized to borrow $4, 500
on the credit of the borough. '
Burgess Kent called attention to an
agreement of the Court of Burgesses to
build a fence on Riverside avenue, ad-
joining the property of John 'Green-
wood, and it was left with the highway
committee with power. .
Burgess Buxton called attention to
the condition of the turnpike from the
Armory to Stuart avenue, and offered
a resolution, which was passed, that
the highway committee meet the c1ty
council to-day and take action in _the
matter. As the chairman of the hlgh-
way committee is away and the other
two members will be out of town to-day,
Burgess Burr was authorized to repre-
sent the Borough.
Burgess Buxton said he was up to the
reservoir on Sunday and that we had
but a few days’ supply of water, at the
most, and he offered the followin res-
olution, which was passed: oted,
'That the water commissioners be re-
quested to confer with the authorities
of the South Norwalk water works,
with a view to connecting the mains of
the two systems where they come to-
gether at Broad River, so that in case
of accident oremergency, either party
may have the benefit of the other’s sup-
ply on equitable terms to be agreed
upon.
Should this vote be carried out and
connection made, the work can be done
‘inside of three days, and at a cost of
less than $100. The old rate paid for
the city water was $125 a day. Th1s
vote was made in 1889, and there was
some question as to whether that con-
tract had been abolished.
Burgess Vanderhoef thought certain
hours should be adopted In which the
water should be turned Off, and sug-
gested that those hours should be from
2,17. m. to 6 a. m. By so dolng' we
would only use half as much water In a
day as we do now, and the three days’
supply that we now have would last s1x
da s.
Engineer Wood said that half of the
people of the Borough WGIGOID favor
of shutting ofi' the water during these
hours, and the other half were. not. But
by shutting off the water during such
hours, we would have no lights, as the
Electric Light company has to have
water to run their engines and should
South Norwalk Electric Light com-
pany would have to close down. _ .
Nothing, practically, was doneln this
matter, the idea being that when our
supply was exhausted, we should pur-
chase of South Norwalk.
Elizabeth street, on motion of Bur-
gesshBuxton was accepted by the Bor-
oug .
Burgess O’Reilly introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted :
Voted, That a temporary house or
building located on the south side of
Wall street at the top of Mill H111, so
called, 'be and the same 15 hereby
designated as the place of votlng at
t:~g-::ra— -:_-.-.--——-<- ._ ,...~.._.....
the Borough election.
presented an unusually small list of
persons asking for abatements of taxes,
:and the abatements, which were most-
l.ly to old soldiers, were granted.
As there was no further business be-
a motion to adjourn
y Tax Collector Kemp appeared and
Manager Adams invited the court,
fwhich invitation was accepted.
BURGLARS IN TOWN.
._._____-——
They Enter a House on Union Ave-
nue, antl‘Secure Monev
and Jewelry.
No Clue to the Thieves.
Last evening, about 6.30 o’clock,
while the family of Stephen J. O’Brien,
of the Centennial Tea Store, who re-
sides at 10 Union avenue, were at sup-
per, thieves entered the house jand
ransacked all the rooms on the second
floor. .
The dining-room and kitchen are in
the basement of thehouse, and as is
customary, when the occupants of the
house are at their meals, the front door.
is left open, and it was through this
channel the burglars entered,
When supper was over, John Ford, 8.
boarder, started up stairs for bed.
When he got to his room he found his
vest, which had hung over a chair, ly-
ing on the floor and eight dollars, which
was in the pocket, missing. All his
other clothing was strewn around, but
an old pair of. pants, which hung on
the back of a door, and in the pockets
of which was thirty-eight dollars, had
been overlooked.
The rest of the family were sum
moned, and an examination of the
house made, when it was found that
the only other things missing were a
$5 pair of blankets and a jewelry case
belonging to Mrs. O’Brien, which con-
tained some rings and other jewelry.
A gold watch belonging to Peter
O’Brien, was in the back room, but
this was not touched, and as far as can
be ascertained, nothing more was taken
than the articles mentioned.
The thieves did not go through the
rooms on the parlor floor, else they
might have made a larger haul, as there
were two gold watches on this floor,
besides quite a sum of money.
No clue was left behind by the rob-
bers, but a young man, rather short,
and of dark complexion, has been, no-‘
ticed in front of the house, on several
occasions, recently.
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Now in Bridgeport Jail.
Among the culprits whose watery
eyes gazed reflectively upon Judge
'Beers from the confines of the City
court pen this morning, was Mary Per-
kins, former wife of Willard Perkins,
the some-time deceased president of
the Fat Men’s Association. Perkins, at
the time of his marriage to Mary,
weighed in the neighborhood of 400
pounds, while his bride would scarcely
tip the beam atv130 pounds. What she
lacked in avoirdupois, however, she
made up in energy. She had been mar-
ried but a short time, when she assumed
the reins of government of the Perkins
household and when her obese husband
objected made life very unpleasant for
him. One favorite method'of enforc-
ing subjection to her will was to use her
unfortunate Spouse as a target. In a
petition for divorce which he. subse-
quently brought he alleged intolerable
cruelty on the part of his wife, saymg
that she had broken cups and saucers
upon his head, stuck pins in him and
belabored him with broomsticks until
his life had become a burden to him.
Alllthese and many other “wrongs and
enormities” she practiced upon him.
Perkins secured his divorce and h1s
ex-wife started on the downward path.
Officer Hunt arrested her on Water
street Saturday night for drunkenness
and street walking. To-day she was
fined $5 and costs and sent to jail for
15 days—[Bridgeport Farmer.
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ThelOpera.
A fair audience greeted Milton Aborn,
and his company of operatic players, at
the Opera House last evening, to Wit-
ness the production of the Mascot.
Those who were fortunate enough to
attend were delighted, and many com-
plimentary remarks were heard after
the performance. Miss MamIe Taylor
as “Bettina” became a favorite at once,
and a veritable Mascot. Miss Sadle
Cushman looked and acted a perfect
princess. Of Milton Aborn nothing
more need be said than that he is a
whole circus in himself and keeps the
house in a continuous roar of laughter.
The character of “P1ppo” was well
taken by Mr. J. P. ,McSweeney and the
applause he recelved was merlted.
The presentation of “Rocco,” a_ farm-
er, by Mr. Frank Wooley, was Inimit-
able and perfection 1tself. On the
whole the entire troupe is first class and
the chorus exceptionally good.
To-night the “Chimes of Normandy”
wlll be given and the lovers of good
music and especmlly good acting,
should greet. its presentation w1th a
crowded house.
David Fitzgibbons, who performed
on the piano during the intermissmn
secured, as he well deserved, the most
enthusiastic encores at the end of
every piece. ~ His renditions alone,
were richly worth the full price of ad-
mission.
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An Insult Wiped Out.
was walking down Knight street last
evening, about 8 o’clock, a German
who is known as “Max.” stoppedv- her,
and made some insulting remark. Mrs.
Van Clief’s husband is employed at
Gregory’s stable, and as she was about
opposite that place, she ran across the
street and notified him. He found
Max. 9. short way down the street, and
proceeded to wipe out the msult. ' This
morning Max. was aroundtown w1th h1s
nose done up in court plaster. and from
As Mrs. William Van Clief, colored,-
LEADS in ADVERTISING. ‘
’ § wants, I Cent'a WOrd.
1‘
. Price One Cent.-
Hill nggtURNED.
SOUTH NORWALK'LOSES ANOTHER.
HAT SHOP.
lts Sale to Have Been Consum-
mated Thls Morning.
The old Benedict hat shop, or, as it 7
has more recently been known, the
Brentwood hat shop, just off of'West
avenue, on the street north of the Eben
Hill place, was destroyed by fire be-
tween 1 and 2 o’clock this morning. It
had recently been vacated by J. Row-
land & Sons, who removed to Yonkers.
but, we understand, was to have been
opened again early next month by A.
H. Coles, of Danbury, and Fred Hod-
shon, of South Norwalk. It was about’
the oldest shop in town, having been
erected by the late William H. and.
George Benedict, and in which they
for many years carried on hatting. It
was owned by the Benedict estate. The
loss is estimated at $5,000, on which .
there is an insurance of $3,000. It was
incendiary. The. flames had gained
Such headway that the efforts of the
firemen were of but little avail; .
It is stated that the papers for the
sale of the-property to the new firm
proposing its occupancy were to have
been executed this morning. Its de-
struction by an incendiary fire is a se-
rious loss to our local industries, as
well as removes one of our most ancient
landmarks.
The driver of the hose carriage at
Solman’s stables answered promptly to
the first alarm, and by the timely ar-
rival of this carriage the barns of Mr.
E. Hill, on the opposite side of the
street, were saved. Several telegraph
poles, near by, were charred and wires
broken. The building is acomplete
ruin. It is not probable that it will be
rebuilt.
More than a half century ago it was
the largest and most prosperous hat
factory in our town. and a majority of
all our old batters have either worked
or learned their trade there.
The insurance was in these compa-
nies represented by J. M. Layton:
Fire Association, Philadelphia, $1,000;
Newark Fire, $1,000; Norwich Union,
$1,000.
~09.
Sheriff Toner Comes Out Ahead.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
Toner went down to Engineer William
B. Rider’s house on West avenue to at-
tach some tools in Rider’s barn, said to
belong to William H. Morton of As-
bury Park, N. J ., who was employed in
the erection of the South Norwalk wa-
ter works, to satisfy 'a bill of $3,200 of a
man named Anderson, of Stratford for
services rendered. He called Mr. Ri-
der and told him that he was going to
attach the property. Rider claimed the
property belonged to him, and told the
Sheriff that he had no right to touch it.
The Sheriff was informed differently,
however, and started for the barn.
Then ensued the prettiest foot race
seen hereabouts in many a moon, in
which the Sheriff came out a little
ahead. As he was about to enter the
barn Rider seized him and tried to eject
him, and Mrs. Rider who had appeared
on the scene, came to her husband’s
aid, and with a pitchfork tried to beat
the Sheriff over the head.
During the melee Toner got inside
the barn and levied on the goods, an
then withdrew to repair damages. He
found that the sum total was a coatwith
the inside lining torn out, and a slight
lump alongside his nose. No arrests
' were made, but the Sheriff clearly had
grounds to arrest both Mr. and Mrs.
Rider for assault, and had it been some
other of our borough constables, that
course would undoubtedly have been
pursued.
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Grand Central Depot.
The New York Sun says that soon
the Grand Central depot in New York
will be enlarged and the whole Forty-
second street front be turned into a
large waiting room. This will add to
the accommodation of people intending
to take trains, but it cannot help the
trains themselves, of which there are
already too many. A removal of the
general passenger station to some point
north of Harlem River or the withdraw-
al of the Consolidated road to its own
Port Chester Branch is not unlikely
within ten years.
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Murder in Danbury.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of William J. Lucas of New
York, who was visiting his Sister at
Ball’s Pond, and who has been mlssmg
since Thursday last, was partially clear-
ed up last night by the finding of his
body floating in the mill pond. Gap-
ing wounds on the head and face show-
ed unmistakabl that .the unfortunate
man had been t e victim of foul play.
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They Were Married.
A letter received by a party in town
states that William G. Hubbs, who was
caught till-tapping, at Avison’s market,
last week, was married on Wednesday
last, at Chestnut Ridge. After the wed-
ding the couple started on a wedding
tour, and were to return Easterda , ‘af-
ter which they go to ong Is and,
where Hubbs has relatives.
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V‘Jhite Brandy. ‘
—For Brandy Peach preserving,
his appearance he has evidently learned
a lesson, and will not Insult any more
.1 Knight street ladies, in a hurry.
mince pies, etc.
tf 183 BETTs & FAEBIuoTou’s.
Norwalk Chronicler