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O U R JOBBLN G" DEPARTMENT.
313:. HARRY Iii. GARDNER. Jn. of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE'S Engraving, Book
a rd Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer. and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
Special Notice.
The DAILY GAZETTE may be found at
Winnipauk every evening at the stores
of J. C. Randle. and Miss Aiken’s,near
the upper mill.
——Pay your town tax to-
day and save 9 per cent.
interest.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
A Baltimore mulatto is turning pink.
Miss Sadie Lewis has returned from
Jericho.
John Fendergrand of Bridgeport is
missing.
The baby will be christened Ruth
Cleveland,
President Hyatt returned from Bos-
ton early this morning.
——Pay your town tax to-dav and save
9 per cent. interest. ‘
Mr. Charles Clock is treating his
house to a new coat of paint.
There will be a meeting of the stock-
holders of the horse railroad Monday
evening.
Stationery package swindlers have
been operating about Middletown and
Meriden.
Sunday afternoon, at 3 p. m., Rev.
Mr. F. E. Robbins will preach in Five
Mile River. .- 1,.“
Mrs. Field, of New York, is spending
a few days with Mrs. J. C. Newkirk,on
Lewis street. "
Dr. C. E. Strong, the New Haven
dentist, will permanently locate in
Norwalk. __-...
The Knights of Columbus will attend
communion at the Catholic church to-
morrow, in a body.
Tax collector Golden is after the town
taxes. They should be paid to-day to
av01d the 9 per cent. penalty.
The Olympic Theater at St. Paul,
Minn:, was burned at 2 o’clock yester-
day morning. Loss $100,000.
_ They have just counted 36,503 dogs
in New York City and now the papers
are howling over the dog—matic fact.
Mrs. Burrows and child, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, are visiting Mrs. B’s moth-
eé‘, Mrs. Charles B. Mott, on Main
s ree .
Gov. Bulkeley is out of the state and
no one is disputing that Gen. Merwin
Is now Governor of Connecticut pro
tempers.
Engineer \Vood is adjusting the curb
line to-day, for the setting of the stone
along the Union Co’s. long stretch of
property on Belden avenue.
went to the Danbury fair yesterday
and were so pleased with it that they
had not returned up to noon to-day.
“Fort” Jones didn’t see Builder S.
B. Wilson, in the parade at Merid en,
but it is all accounted for, because Wil~
scantyvas on horseback while Jones foot-
e 1 .
And now the members of Company
G, First Regiment, C. N. G. seem to be
in trouble. The majority of them claim
that Captain Bissell has treated them
unjustly. .
In the New Haven city court yester-
day, Fred J. Flynn. who had been ar-
rested with Robt. J. Parks for wire
tapping, turned state’s evidence to save
himself from punishment.
This morning the Vamoose will go
up the Sound, and at 3 o’clock will be
speeded over a measured mile course
for a record, off the American Yacht
Club house, at Milton‘Point.
Major John Williams, of Energy,
Miss, was immersed Sunday before
last. The major is in his 95th year.
He sat in a chair and two Baptist minis-
ters put him under the water.
Miss Annie Corbin will receive from
her father, Austin Corbin, on her ap-
proaching wedding day, a neat little
check for $1,000,000. That will be a
practical “Bless you, my children 3].},
Conn.
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—Pay your town tax to-day and save
9 per cent. interest.
The total school enrollment for the
United States is 14,220,000.
Jack Lynch, the old time base ball
pitcher, now swings a club onthe New
York police force.
C. V. Arnold, of this office, and his
wife, will spend Sunday with, friends at
Morris Cove, near New Haven.
Mrs. O. E. Wilson is expecting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, of Win-
sted, to spend the winter with her.
Thomas S. Morison leaves to-mor-
row evening for Lexington, Kv.,.,where
he will witness the races and bring
home a colt or two.
The total yield of wheat for Kansas
is 58,399,619 bushels; oats, 39,668,045
bushels. The probable product of
corn is placed at 145,485,918 bushels.
A stranger who registered at the
Franklin House, Waterbury, Tuesday
night, as W. E. Hyde, of Terrington,
was found dead in bed yesterday. It is
believed he took poison.
Colonel Amos A. Parker, of Fitzwil-
liam, N. H., the oldest living college
graduate in America, reached his 100th
birthday yesterday. He is also said to
be the oldest living editor in the world.
A faucet left running in the apart-
ments of Dr. Spang, dentist, of New
Haven, caused a damage of $2,000. One
hundred and fifty dollars worth of gold
used for gold filling, was washed away.
A brood mare from whose stall John
Edgerton of West Hartford, was taking
a colt Thursday, seized Mr. Edgerton’s
face with her teeth, tearing out a piece
of flesh from the eye to the ear.
—Bicycles, Installment plan, $2.00
weekly. No deposit down. . P.
Whitney, South Norwalk. (Sullivan’s
cigar store.) 203 3t
The Bridgeport Daily Standard is
putting in a Scott Web—perfecting Cyl-
inder press, the expectation being that
the first issue eight page form, printed
from stereotype will appear this even-
ing.
The twenty-second annual meeting
of the New England Branch of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary society
will be held October 13, 14 and 15, at
the First Methodist church in Meriden,
——Fun! New! New! New! Come,
see and play the interesting Wild West
Gun Game. A game of pool played
with guns, at H. J. & G. S. Grumman’s
43 Main street, Norwalk. 202-4t
The annual conference of the Con-
necticut Y. M. C. A.secretaries opened
in Bristol last evening. 'l‘o—day F. W.
Marsh of Bridgeport, chairman of the
state district committee, will discuss
“District Work,”
Seventy leaks in the Borough water
mains have been discovered and re-
paired the present year, and new ones,
large and small, are being discovered
almost daily. No wonder we have been
short of water.
General Curtis, the Republican nom-
inee for Congress in the Watertown,
N. Y., district, is six feet six inches tall
and has a superb physique. He enlisted
for the war in his 19th year and came
out a major general. ,
The full band of Borough letter car-
riers go to Mt. Vernon to-night to attend
Col. Henry Huss’ celebration of the
introduction of the carrier system into
that city, and also the removal of the
post office into its new building.
The first meeting of the creditors of
the Marquis de Lenville took place in
London yesterday. The Marquis says
he is exceedingly pleased to hear of the
marriage Of Mrs. Frank Leslie. whom
he congratulates on the happy event.
A statement prepared at the pension
office shows that the total number of
pensions granted during the month of
September was 27,644, in which the first
payments aggregated $4,072,476. The
average first payment in each case was
$147.32.
A Bridgeport boy was recently treat-
ed for a cut in his foot at the Emer-
gency Hospital. After probing to the
depth of an inch the surgeon felt.an
object that was removed with difficul-
ly. It proved to be alive snail about
the size of ahazelnut. ‘
A down-town resident on Wednesday
night dreamed that the Warwick House
barn was burning, and on getting up
in the morning he rushed out and play-
ed the “fire gig” in policy and “ hit’
it for $10. The policy game is one of
the prominent industries thereab outs.
Lame little ‘ ‘J ohny”Brown set out and
has cultivated, for good Deacon Weeks.
seven hundred heads of cabbage. The
crop is extra fine and Johny is corres-
pondingly happy as he feels sure his
careful tillage “did it” and now he is
selling them about town for ten cents
a head, so give the faithful cripple a
help by buying at least one head of his
aoyal, north of Ireland cabbage, for a
Ime.
The St. Paul’s Chapter of the order
of Daughters of the King have com-
pleted their organization by the elec-
tion of the following officers: Mrs.
James Lawrence Stevens, president;
Miss Emily A. Lynes, vice president ;
Miss Etta Carter, secretary; Miss
Birdie Hyatt, treasurer; Miss Eugenia
I. Clark. Miss Martha Gregory, Miss
Hattie McPherson, executive commit-
tee. The order makes a most vigorous
start, numbering already about seventy
young ladies. »
Golden, South Norwalk.
Norwalk, Conn, Saturday Evening, October 10, 1891.
Lawyer M. W. Wilson, of Westport, '
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was in town this morning. -
Monson Hoyt’s Victory won second
money at Danbury yesterday. -
Marketman Wardwell says that James
Lester has lived with him andhe knows
him to be an honest and exemplary
young man.
What this wicked world wants is not
so much an increase of gospel preach-
ing as of gospel practice—Theodore
L. Cuyler, . D.
This morning Gregory’s carryall
carried the Baptist Sunday School to
New Canaan, where they are having a
day in the woods.
The summary of The Weekly Record
for the current week shows 14 real
estate sales, and $19,750 real estate
mortgages in Norwalk.
Howard A. Coffin, a well-known
financier, treasurer of the Iowa Loan
and Trust Company, of Des Moines,
Iowa, died suddenly in Wall street,
about noon, yesterday, from heart
disease. _‘
The eloquent temperance speaker,
Rev. J. H. Jones, is to address the
Temperance Union Convention in Sons
Of Temperance Hall, GAZETTE building,
Monday night. The Division is to
utilize the Colored Odd Fellows Hall,
in addition to their own, on the occa-
sion. _
The combination of a gas jet, a cur-
taiu and an open window has probably
caused more fires than any other
agency excepting only the defective
flue. This is worth remembering at
all times, but especially during the
house cleaning season.
C. B. Coolidge appeared before
Judge Woodward, this morning, as ad-
ministrator of the insolvent Morris Hel—
ler estate, and asked that commission-
ers be appointed thereon. They will
be appointed on the 20th inst, and re-
ceive and examine all claims against
the estate.
Mr. Thomas S. Morison had the mis-
fortune of losing one of his fine carri-
age horses, this morning, It was a sty—
lish gray mare and died of pneumonia.
He has made his loss good,however, by
the purchase of another trotter, a fast
Florida colt.
Anent the Farrell—Crows wedding at
Bethel the Danbury News says:
“A reception was given at the bride’s
home, on Grassy Plain street, Caterer
Mead, of Norwalk, was present and
furnisheda handsome spread for the
occasion.
Engineer Wood has the new 16-inch
feeder iron pipe inserted into and
through the Grupe dam and connec-
tion made with the iron main now laid
down from the reservoir to the Dan-
iels place. The new copper screen has
also been adjusted over the mouth of
the feed pipe inside the reservoir and
securely fastened, so that all we now
need is plenty of rain to fill our stor—
ages.
Mrs. William G. Hubbs w... in town
yesterday for the first time since her
marriage. The object of her visit was
to remove some of the brie a-brac in
the house on Centre avenue, which was
fitted up by Mr. Hubbs prior to his
leaving town. She called on Mrs.
Foote, the owner of the house, who in-
formed her she could take the things
away on the payment Of a month’s rent.
The furniture, which was in the house,
wasturned over to Mr. Av1s.on by Hubbs
on the day he was arrested for till—tap-
ping, and has since been converted in-
to cash by Mr. Avison. Talk of a suit
for damages against Avison is now
heard and the end is not yet.
“We can remember,” says the vener-
able editor of_ the New York Journal Of
Commerce. “when in our native vil-
lage in Connecticut the bell rung at sun-
down on Saturday evening and the
Sabbath was begun. Scripture lessons
were read, the children and servants
of the household were ‘catechised’ and
the Saturday night hours were kept
even more rigidly free from secular
employments than any other part of
the twenty-four. At sundown on Sun-
day the Sabbath ended, and the even-
ing that followed was the grand season
for neighborhood visiting and for
‘courting’ among the young folks.”
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The Danbury Fair.
The great fair of the State, if not Of
New England, closes to day. It has been
in its exhibits and attendance an im-
mense success, as it always is. It has
been visited by crowds of people from
Norwalk and the surrounding towns,
and for the first time in its history
loaded excursion trains from Long
Island have run through via the Wilson
Point ferry to Danbury. The Thurs-
day’s Danbury News says:
The DeKlyns are running a first- class
restaurant under the grand stand this
year and it has been well patronized.
One of the curiosities in the ladies’
department is a collection of Chinese
antique embroidery shown by Miss Ida
M. Crawtheas, Winnipauk. One of the
pieces is part of a Chinese bride’scape.
A Norwalk school closed to-day and
the pupils came to the fair in a body.
A display of note is that of R. _H.
Mr. Golden
exhibitedapatented device for strength-
ening weak ankles and straightening
crooked ones. The ankle-supporter Is
a very simple yet ingenious contrivance
and is an invention of practical utility.
It is made on the spot and the process
is interesting.
E. H. Capron, Norwalk, makes a fine
showing of turbine water wheels and
mlll machinery.
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Wm. Boutonhas—not been to the
Danbury fair, his statement and all
others to that effect to the contrary not-
withstanding. '
Wrong doers afrom the Danbury fair
who may arrivg in this city, from this
and henceforth {will receive the best of
attention from our police.
Professor Stevienson is contemplatin
Opening a ridingacademy in the buil -
ing lately occupied .by the Simonds
M’f’g 00., on Mechanic street.
Mr. Ed. McDowell, advance agent of
“She Couldn’t Marry Three” company,
has presented Manager R. F. Adams
witllila handsome s11ver handled um-
bre a. -
’Tis stated'on the best of authority
that there are many crooks at the Dan-
bury fair. They are liable to stop here
en route home. Keep your hand on
your pocketbook and your doors locked.
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cnuacn SERVICES.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.—-Rev. Thos.
K. Noble, pastor. Services at 10.30 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. . S. C. E. at
6.30 p. m. Morning subject, “The
Great Salvation.” Evening subject,
“The Heavens and all their Host in the
Light of Modern Science.”
In addition to the regular choir, the
Male Quartettae will sing both morning
and evening.- ..Mid-week prayer meet-
ing, Thursday'evening at 8 o’clock.
Monthlymeeting of the Ladies’ Mis-
sionary Society on Wednesday at 3.30
p. m. -
GRACE—Rev. S. H. Watkins, rector.
Twentieth Sunday after, Trinity, Oct.
11. Morning prayer, litany and sermon
10.30 a. m., Sunday School 12 m.
Evening prayer and sermon 7.30 p. m.
The Rev. Dr. Clarke will ofiiciate. All
are welcome.
ST. PAUL’S.7—Rev. S. T. Graham, rec-
tor. Divine service with sermon 10.30
a. m. Divine service with sermon 7.30
p. In. Sunday school 12 m. A cordial
welcome to all.
METHODISTi—Dr. Van Alstyne, pas-
tor. Services at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p.
m. Rev. J. Frank Pearce, of London,
Eng, will preach morning and evening.
Prayer meeting at 6.30 p. m. for one
hour before preaching. A cordial wel-
cometo all.
FIEsT BAPTIST.-—F. E. Robbins pas-
tor. Morning service 10. 30 a. m.,even-
ing service 7.30 p. m. Morning subject,
“Let Zion praise Thee, oh God of the
harvest.” IIfthe evening will occur
the Annual Harvest concert. All wel-
come. 33 .
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Painless Dentistry.
—Dr. Fred W. Darmer, bag and bag-
gage, arrived from New York early this
morning and will open his dental rooms
over the South Norwalk post office on
Monday, the 12th instead of the 15th,
as announced. The doctor’s system of
dentistry is absolutely painless, and
nervous and timid persons can have
their teeth extracted without pain. An-
other feature is the scale of prices,
which it will pay you to examine, in
his advertisement in another column.
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ADDITIONAL SOUTH NO‘RWALK.
Mr. J. Donovan was in receipt Of 500
kegs of “amber,” last night.
There will be a hog guessing match
at Dorlon Point, on the 23d.
George Golden is doing reportorial
work to-day. He is an old hand at it.
. Leroy Taylor has introduced oysters
into his Washington brldge billiard
parlors.
The Consolidated road has refused to
transport Housatonic cars with stoves
as heaters.
A special train with directors as pas-
sengerspassed over the Consolidated
road this morning.
The loser of a sleeve button with a
masonic emblem on it, can find it at
builder Raymond’s, on Water street.
One of the light fingered gentry re-
lieved Gould Hoyt of his pocketbook at
the Danbury fair yesterday. There was
about ten dollars in it.
The Friday afternoon Literary Club
met at the residence of‘ Mr. Hatch, on
West avenue, last evening- The exer-
cistes were of a very interesting char-
ac er.
Superintendent Vickers, of the Rich-
ardson& Morgan Co., informs us that
treble the work is being done at the
plant than ever done before. The ship=
ments verify the statement.
New “lookout for the cars” signs have
been placed on the Washington street
crossing gates. The gates in this in-
stance are wires, and quite susceptible
to breakage.
A sermon in the German language
will be preached in Knudson’s hall on
Chestnut street, to-morrow, at 2 p. m.
It will be by Rev. G. F. Hausser, and
the subject “Licht and Finsterniss.”
Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. '
Wm. H. Hoyt, of the Duncan Iron
Works 00., is puttimJr up 300 feet of
iron fence at St. Mary’s cemetery,
Borough. The piers at the entrance
are the ones formerly at the Wood—
ward place, on Woodward avenue.
Contractor Sheldon is resetting them.
Kentucky’s New Constitution.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 10.——A manufacturer
and a lawyer have brought suit to enjoin
the promulgation of the new state consti-
tution, on the ground that the convention
altered the instrument after it was ratified
by. the people.
Ostrander’s Counsel Withdraw.
KINGSTON, N. Y., Oct. 10.—-Messrs. Lin-
son and Van Buren have withdrawn as
counsel for the bank wreckers Ostrandei
and 'l‘rumpbour, and will be appointed as
attorneys for the receiver of the looted in-
stitution. -
For the Board of Trade.
Alarge New York corporation adver-
tises in The Weekly Record for a fac-
tory site and inducements for perma-
nent quarters. Now let our Board of
Trade get up and hustle.
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“We are quite willing to concede one
selectman to South Norwalk and one
to East Norwalk, but we insisu that the
Borough should also have one.”——Hour.
For once the GAZETTE and Hour are
agreed and so we “shake” over the
above entirely just sentiment.
Last evening’s Bridgeport Standard
has the following reference to a former
resident and a great social favorite here
in Norwalk :
“Miss Lillie R. Kissam has returned
from the White Mountains, where she
has been for the past three months,
and is now visiting her cousin, Miss
Jennie Kissam, at the beautiful cottage
of D. W. Kissam in Newtown.”
That Hose Injunction.
Concerning the inglorious ending of
Mr. Maples’ ill-considered Hose ~In-
junction served on the Borough, he
endsa column and a half of labored
pleadings, with this, to himself, con-
soling reflection:
“The injunction has kept them
[Court of Burgesses,] within bounds
for five months.”
What would become of the State of
Connecticut, the Consolidated railroad
and especially of Norwalk, should Mr.
Maples take it into his head to go to
the ——— Sandwich Islands.
it is Explained.
We had wondered that the esteemed
Sentinel editor did not instinctively
and instantly seize the bright little
DAILY GAZETTE’S proffered right If?
of friendship. But it is all explained
now and he is forgiven. His hand was
disabled by a serious cut in manipulat-
ingaglass globe. Of course nothing
short of the “Globe,” would fill the bill
with the esteemed Sentinel, neverthe-
less, the regrets of the “bright little
DAILY GAZETTE,” over the painful ac-
cident, are heartfelt and sincere. So
just as soon as you get well, esteemed
neighbor, just flit up to the top, and
nestle alongside us and be as happy as
alittle love bird with its mate on a
perch.
The True Reason.
During the past three months the
court room has been swept more than
twenty times, or, on an average, twice
a week, and scrubbed five times, as
shown by bills paid by the selectmen.
But it is impossible to keep the room
clean when it is filled, day after day,
by crowds of Italians and GAZETTE re-
porters—Hour.
The GAZETTE is not insensible of the
fact that this court room, being at-
tached to the Hour oflice, must of
necessity be a very dirty place, and
next to impossible for the selectmen to
keep it decently clean. It was for this
reason we suggested that a janitor be
kept constantly employed at the much
needed work of purification.
It is evident, however, ‘that despite
Mr. Byington’s denial, that there is any-
thing in the charges made as to the dis—
posal of the pictures, like Banquo’s
ghost, “they will not down.” Sooner
or later the truth will come out—Me-
chanics’ Journal.
Mr. Byington has published the sim-
ple statement of the Board of Mana-
gers of the Noroton Home, that but one
single picture has ever been removed
from that institution since it came into
the possession of the state. If Editor El-
lendorf knows to the contrary and can
establish the truth of his imputations,
he will find no one more ready than
“Editor Byington” to lash the guilty
perpetrators of such a supposed crime.
By all means let Editor Ellendorf push
his legislative investigation—it can do
no harm and may result in much good.
Soldiers’ Home.
We have reoeiveda communication
from a veteran of the Noroton Home
relative to the so-called “investiga-
tion” said to have been made into the
sale and disappearance of the pictures
at the Home, for which Mr. Fitch the
founder of the “Home” paid a large
fortune, but which Jud e Beers and
Editor Byington are p eased to call
miserable daubs dear at $10 apiece.—
Mechanics’ Journal.
As Mr. Byington never has called
those N oroton pictures at the Soldiers’
Home “miserable daubs,” we are at a
loss to know what friend Ellendorf
means by such an assertion as the
above. It is always best to be fair and
honest neighbor. We did publish a
statement made by a picture expert
that the oil paintings now stored at the
Home, were appraised by him at a very
low figure. But we have also repeat-
edly stated that we have seen in the
years gone by, many really valuable
paintings there.
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Borough Gas Case.
The case of the Norwalk Gas 00. vs.
the Borough of Norwalk came up yes-
terday and was argued on demurrer. It
isexpected that the case will come to
final trial at the present term of the
court. Warner for the Borough, Hurl-
butt for the Gas Co.
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—Jeferson
instantly Killed.
Michael Snedick, aged 55 years, fell
fifty feet into a quarry pit at Portland
this morning and was instantly killed
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Y. M. C. A. Special Servlce.
Thomas C. T. Crain, the city cham-
berlain of New York, will deliver an
address to-morrOw afternoon at 4 o’clock
uponf‘True Manliness” and Prof. Fer-
ris Will conduct the singing.
It Pays to Advertise.
“Billy” Mullen advertised his house
and store to let on the corner of Bel,
den and Franklin avenues, and he tells
us thathe had four applications for them
the same night the ads. appeared in the
DAILY GAZETTE, from parties who had
seen and read it. He is convinced th at
it pays to advertise in “the bright little
DAILY.”
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Bridgeport Police Trouble Settled.
.Judge L. B. Hall yesterday afternoon
dissolved the temporary injunction se-
cured by John Ryland against Capt.
Pinkerman of . the police force and
Commissmners Grant and Risher. The
Common Council abolished the office
of chief of police and put the captain in
charge. Judge Hall decides that the
action was legal and that the office of
chief of police no longer exists.
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The Election Contest.
Judge Thayer of the superior court
yesterday, assigned the quo warranto
cases of Morris agt. Bulkeley for a
hearing on Tuesday. Oct. 20. It is un-
derstood by counsel and the court that
he will reserve the case at that time for
the decision of the supreme court. This
course was agreed upon at aconference
between the counsel on both sides. The
pleadings have been simplified so that
the case can go up in a formal way on
reservation. '
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The Motor Stopped.
The water motor that runs the fly
fans at Uncle John Collins’ American
House refused to work some weeks
back and Uncle John has been tor-
mented nearly to death by the flies, in
consequence of their non-action. As
no cause presented itself for the motors
stoppage Uncle John, acting on the ad-
vice ofa friend, called in a plumber
yesterday, who succeeded in removing
a good sized eel from the water pipe.
The fans are now working and Uncle
John is once more happy.
A Sample Lle.
The following, clipped from one of
this morning’s New York papers, is a
sample of the lies sent outfrom here to
the press of that city.
“Charles T. Leonard, coal dealer of
Norwalk, was robbed at the post office
yesterday of his pocket book contain-
ing $100 in bills and some valuable let-
ters, by a stranger who appeared to
have great difficulty in opening the ad-
joining letter box."
Speak Well of it.
Nothing helps a town or city as much
as a well conducted daily paper. For
this reason everybody should give the
local paper a hearty support. Say a
good word for it, advertise in it and do
all you can to advance its interests. DO
not try to use it to spite a personal eu-
emy but if you have an item of legiti-
mate news send it to the office or hand
it to the reporter. A little effort W111
increase the efficiency of the paper.—
Bridgeport Union.
A Warning to Doctors.
Mrs. C. M. Sweitzer, of Aberdeen, S.
D., has begun action against Dr. W. E.
Duncan, of that city, for five
thousand dollars damages. She al-
leges that the doctor repeatedly
“pumped morphine into her husband,
so that he became a morphine fiend,”
and she was deprived of his support;
also that her husband is physically, in-
tellectually and morally a wreck on ac-
count of the treatment. Sweitzer is
now in jail in default of bail, having
been arrested yesterday for stealing
city and county warrants from Dr.
Duncan.
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The Minstrels.
The Lucier Minstrel show’last night,
at the Opera House, was the best Show
of the kind that has visited Norwalk in
many a year. Mr. Lew Benedict is an
old favorite here, and Mr. Lucier._the
blind actor and musician was a pupil of
Miss Black, here in Norwalk, several
years ago. The breaking up house-
keeping farce was immense and worth
the price of the whole show. Those
who were so unfortunate as to have
missed it last night can take it in at
South Norwalk to-night.
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G.A.R.'
A general order from National Head-
quarters, G. A. R, announces that the
next national encampment will not be
held in Washington, or any other place.
until the matter of furnishing suitable
quarters at reasonable prices, etc., has
been ' previously settled. This action
was taken on account of the extortion
practiced by hotel-keepers and others
at Detroit, at the time of the holding
of the late encampment there. The De-
partment Commander and staff of this
state were furnished an ordinary sized
bed-chamber which they were oblige
to use as office headquarters and sleep-
ing room, and for which they were
charged a rental of $40 per day, and
$3.50 per day for table board. It Is not
the intention of the G. A. R. to again
be subjected to such outrageous robbery
upon the occasion of future encamp-
' ments.
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A herd of Shetland ponies from New
York passed through town the morn-
ing, on route to the farm of Dr. T. 'S.
Robinson, at South Wilton, where they
will remain during the Winter. They-
were in charge of Miss Weeden:
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Price 0ne Cent. I .
FAILURE IN , PITTSBURG.
The Oliver and Roberts Wire Company
Asks for an Extension. -
PITTSBURG, Oct. 10.—-’l‘he Oliver and Rob-
erts Wire company has failed and has
asked for an' extension. Mr. George ’1‘.
Oliver, the president of the company, was
seen at his office and made the following
statement:
It is true that the Oliver and Roberts
Wire company has been compelled to sus-‘
pend payments. This suspension is caused
primarily by the embarrassment of Messrs.
' Nimick & Co., of this city. Mr. Alexander
N imick, the head of that firm, is indorser
on our paper for a considerable amount.
This paper is held by various Pittsburg
banks, and most of it matures during this
and next month. Under the circumstances
the holders don’t feel justified in renew-
ing it without additional security, which
we are unable to give. The only course
open for,us is, therefore, to all our 'cred-
itors together, lay before them a state-
ment of our affairs and ask them for.“
time. Our assets largely exceed our lia-
bilities, and we expect to and will pay
every dollar we owe, with 6 per cent. in-
terest. ' '
The Oliver Iron and Steel company, of
which Mr. Henry Oliver is president, is
not involved in our embarrassment, and
does not expect to ask for any extension.
THEIR SKELETO NS UNE ARTHED.
Mysterious Disappearances in \Vest Vir-
ginia a. Few Years Ago Explained.
SUTTON, W. Va., Oct. 10.——The mysteri-
ous disappearance of ped’dlers, revenue of-
ficers and others, which a. few years since
agitated the citizens of this county and
town, was partially explained yesterday
by the exhumation by workmen of the
skeletons of several persons who had been
buried in the cellar of an old house on the
outskirts of the town.
A careful examination of the skeletons
show that in every case the skulls were
fractured, and many bullet holes are visi-
ble in different places. Sutton is the pres.
ent terminal of the Camden system. .It is
in the wildest and most sparsely settled
portion of the state, and until recently has
been completely isolated from the world.
There is great excitement over the disclos«
ures.
Women Select Officers.
ERIE, Pa., Oct. 10.—The several confer-
ences represented in the Women’s Foreign
Missionary convention have elected secre
taries and superintendents of bands as
follows: Central Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Hinckle, of Berwick, and Miss Purdy, of
Sunbury; Central New York, Mrs. Ran-
dall, secretary; Erie conference, Mrs. Ha-
zletine, of Warren; Mrs. Austin, of Mead-
ville; Philadelphia. conference, Mrs. Bren-
neiser and Mrs. Schafer, with Mrs. Weav.
er as treasurer; Pittsburg, Mrs. Van Kirk
and Mrs. Brown, with Miss Clara More
land, treasurer; Wilmington (De1.), Mrs.
Swygert, treasurer; Wyoming (N. Y.)
Mrs. Olmstead, secretary; Mrs. Simpson,
treasurer.
Naval Appointments.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The president
has made the following appointments in
theZUnited States navy: Francis J. Higgin-
son, captain; Andrew Dunlap, lieutenant
commander; Benjamin Tappan, lieuten-
ant; Ambrose J. Clarke, pay director; J.
Rufus Tryon, medical inspector; Henry
M. Wells, medical inspector; James E.
Cann, paymaster; Lloyd B. Balswin, sur-
geon; Ernest Norfleet, surgeon. Captain
B. J. Cromwell has been ordered to the
command of the Norfolk navy yard, being
detached from the League Island navy
yard.
Labor Leaders Held for Murder.
BUTTE, Mon., Oct. 10.—After a prelimi‘
nary examination that lasted forty days,
it was decided yesterday to hold Kelly;
Hickey and Deeney, the suspected mur-
derers of Editor William Penrose, for trial ’
in the district court. The murder was
committed on June 9, and the accused are
prominent leaders in labor circles. Dur-
ing the examination 102 witnesses were on
the stand, and it is estimated the case has
already cost $25,000. The prisoners feel
confident they can establish their innd
cence.
Disemboweled with a Razor.
PORT COSTA, 0211., Oct. 10,—A French-
man named Ed Latour got into a. saloon
fight over the Irish question and was
knocked down. He returned shortly with
a razor, and in the fight which followed cut
Dennis Lucy across the abdomen, disem.
boweling him. A man named Casey was
slightly out, and Ed Cronin was slashed
across the face.
Two Old Vets Killed.
LEAVENWOETH, Kan, Oct. 10.—John
Williams, Company D, Tenth Kansas in-
fantry, and Peter Cusick, a navy veteran,
were run over and killed by the rapid
transit train here. Both men were in-
mates of the Soldiers’ home.
Nine Horses Roasted.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Nine horses were
burned to death in a. fire that broke out in
Charter & Schreiner’s stable, East One
Hundred and Thirtieth street. The stable
was a one story wooden building, and was
almost entirely consumed.
His Life Crushed Out. ..
JERSEY CITY,Oct.10.—~Michae1Mulchaey, ,.
a. brakeman in the Erie Railroad yards at
Weehawken, was caught between the
bumpers of two coal cars and his life
crushed out. The deceased was married
and lived in J ersej ulty.
Tobacco 1! jars Active. .
LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 10.—'1‘obacco buy-
ers are in the field here in large numbers
and numerous sales are being made at
from twenty to thirty cents, and even
higher figures are being given for excep-
tionally fine crops. '
For a. Hirsch Hebrew Corony.
BU’ENOS AYRES, Oct. log—The Argentine
Republic has sold to Baron Hirsch 1,000
square miles in the province of Chaco for
a. Hebrew colony. The price paid was
1,000 gold pesos per mile.
Treasurer Coflin Drops Dead.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Howard T. Coffin,
treasurer of the Iowa Loan and Trust
Company of Philadelphia, dropped dead
In ”Wall stuet, near Broadway, Friday.
Norwalk Chronicler