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0 UR JOBBIA‘ G DEI’ARTMEJVT.
Eln. HAnnr M. Gannxnn. JR. of New York,
has charge of the GAznrrn‘s Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
»- we“. experienced Job Printer. and no work on-
t ‘risted 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.
Happenings To—night.
Japanese Tea, by Broad River Band
of Hope at chapel, Carryalls from the
Bridge
Boston Symphony Orchestra Club at
Opera House.
New uniforms to Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Co.—8 o’clock.
Reception, Sons of the Revolution,
by Hon. E. J. Hill.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Druggist Riggs is put ting in new cel-
lar stairs to his store.
New flaggin will be laid in front of
Ratchfor ’s sa oon on Main street.
Snow fell over northern Maine on
Sunday. It was three inches deep at
Kineo.
Alice Welsh, 5, was cut to pieces by
an electric motor car, yesterday, in
Chicago.
The Minnesota Presbyterian Synod
protests against opening the Vorld’s
Fair on Sunday.
Several large limbs were blown from
the trees on Riverside avenue yester-
day, by the Wind.
The Master Plumbers of the state
meet to-day in Bridgeport to organize
a state association. -
Miss Alice Tuttle. of New Canaan, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Lock-
wood on Chestnut street.
' An epidemic of smallpox is feared
the coming winter in Montreal. A1-
ready forty cases are reported.
The Hour’s “special pleading for the
election of Col. Samuel Daskam, came
dangerously near defeating him.
Gen. Joseph R. Hawley delivered an
address at the unveiling of the soldiers
{and sailors’ monument in Utica yester-
( ay.
Hartford has a peculiar horse epi-
demic ; the first symptoms are stiffness
1ainddswelling of legs, with cold in the
ca .
Mrs. Maro C. VanDeusen, ofMiddle-
town, was 100 years old on Saturday.
She was born in Newport, R. 1., Oct.
10, 1791.
Horse-car No. 6, of the Winnipauk
branch, is having a new top put on it,
and when completed will be in a tip-top
condition.
The second day of the Bridgeport
walking match closed at midnight, last
night, with Herty and Taylor a tie for
first position.
The heavy rain of yesterday was most
welcome. It increased the supply of
water in the depleted reservoirs, and
danger of water famine is done away
with for the present.
Much anxiety is felt at Bridgeport
for the safety of the steamer Skidmore,
which left New York Sunday with sev-
eral coal laden barges and has not
since been reported.
Benjamin B. Bechtel has received his
certificate as an exempt fireman from
the borough clerk. Mr. Bechtel has
been an active member of Hope Hose
Company for fourteen years.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary
meeting was held in the South Norwalk
Congregational church yesterday and
was largely attended. Several inter-
esting addresses were made.
Four men were seriously injured at
Bridgeport yesterday, and two, Michael
Shea and John O’Mara, may die, as the
result of being struck by a large over-
head trolley on a car system at the East
Berlin part of the Berlin bridge works.
While: Mrs. Clara Louise Kellog
Strakosch was petting a Newfoundland
dog, Sunday, at New Hartford, the ani-
ma seizad and swallowed a diamond
ring valued at $350, which she was
holding in her hand at the time. Mrs.
Strakosclf purchased the dog for fifty
er home.
Assessors Hendricks and Mitchell are
on the war path again to-day.
—General admission to the grand con-
cert to-night only 35 cents.
001. George M. White,_ assistant ad-
jutant-general, is ill at his home in N cw
Haven.
—Don’t miss the Japanese tea and
entertainment in Broad River Chapel
this evening. -
The Borough authorities are putting
down curbs and gutters along Chest-
nut street, to-day.
—No lovers of fine music should fail
to hear the concert to-night at the
Opera House.
Ex-Senator Ingalls is to lecture _in
New England and elsewhere, but Will
full make any political speeches this
a .
—Do not fail to attend the grand con-
cert by the Boston Symphony Orches-
tral Club at the Opera House to-night.
John L. Weston, a member of Co. B,
29th Conn. Vols, during the war, has
received an order to enter the Soldier’s
Home, at Noroton.
——Dr. Estebrooke’s patients are ad-
vised that his oflice hours are from 9 a.
m., until 9 p. m. Those who cannot
get here during those hours may call
on Sunday if suffering. His vis1t ends
on Saturday, Oct. 24th. 207tf
The severe storm of yesterday neces-
sitated-a postponement of the trotting
races at Derby. The races, which are
on the programme for Tuesday, will be
decided this afternoon it the weather
and track arevfavorable.
~Carryalls will take you right up to
Broad River Chapel in time for your
supper to-night. Supper from 6 to 8.
Admission 10 cents, supper 15 cents.
Entertainment begins at 8 o’clock.
It has been discovered since the death
of Town Clerk Maloney, of Fairfield,
that many of the land records are of no
value, seals and names being frequent-
ly omitted. Banks holding the re-
cords will take action to rectify mat~
tors.
The wrecking of theU.S. ship Despatch
is accounted for by the fact that the
lightship at Winter Quarter Shoals was
absent for repairs, and the steersman
mistook the Assateague Light for it.
The men lost all their clothing and bag-
gage. “ _#__
The ninety-eighth dinner of the
Thirteen Club was given at the Colon-
nade Hotel, New York, last night.
Among the guests who sat before burn—
ing candles and surrounded by skulls
and crossbones were doctors, lawyers
and journalists.
Builder Wilson has erected a two
story well curb over his newly ’dug well
and connected it with the rear stoop of
his house. In architecture it is a. hap-
py combine between one of the turrets
on a Chinese pagoda and a minaret on
a Turkish mosque.
Burgess Bowe had two crossings
scraped clean so that pedestrians could
get over Wallsti‘eet dry shod. Between
the Railroad bridge and Isaac’s Hill,
the mud should be scraped from the
surface of this entire stretch of Me-
Adam roadway before winter sets in.
Judge Austin has so far progressed
on the front enlargement of his West
avenue residence, that its general im-
provement is nowmade apparent. His
pretty little Italian villa style of archi-
tecture is given an old English cot-
tage feature, by the “dim religious
lights” he has inserted.
John Slattery appeared in Norwalk,
yesterday, for the first time since his
assault on the Gehebe boy, on the
evening of Sept. 16. He was promptly
arrested, and brought before Justice
Coolidge, who fined him $51 and costs,
for assault, amounting in all to $8.39,
which was paid by his father.
William H. Lockwood and H. E.
Dann returned from Red Bank, N. J .,
last evening. Mr. Lockwood while
there purchased the stallion, St. Leno,
by Sweepstakes, dam, Kate Clark, and
he was shipped to Norwalk yesterday.
This horse will be quite an addition to
Mr. Lockwood’s already large string.
—,Porterhouse Steak 18 cents, at the
People’s Market, 20 Wall street ; Sir-
loin Steak 14 cents; Round Steak 123;
cents; Shoulder Steak 10 cents; Roasts
of Beef, Pork and Mutton 12% cents;
Sausage 12:}; cents; All goods war-
ranted satisfactory and full weight, or
return them and get your money at
the People’s Market, 20 Wall sttfreet.
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As Watchman James Keefe, employed
at the Capitol at Hartford, was on his
rounds last night he discovered Sherifi‘
Moore’s son locked in the Treasurer’s
room. Moore refused to come out, but
finally, when Mr. Rood‘ot Governor
Bulkeley’s bodyguard had been sent
for, hecame out. He said he was in
possessmn at request of Treasurer
Henry. Watchman Keefe is employed
by Comptroller Staub. -
The small boy who, when asked his
age, replied that, judged by the fun he,
had had, he \vas 100. years old, pretty
accurately described the feeling of the
lar e audience at the Academy last
nig t. Lillian Kennedy made a de-
cided hit, and the amusement that was
crowded into three hours to unravel
“She Couldn’t Marry Three” was
enough for two nights; and all the
roles essayed by Miss Kennedy and the
strong support. was equally charming
and successful. The company is far
above the average, and is sure of big
busines3.-—N. Y. Herald, July 13.
A wagon, built to represent alarge
bass drum, attracted considerable at-
tention on our streets this morning.
Mr. W. T. Merrill and Miss Eleanor
Elizabeth Cummings are to be married
this afternoon, at the residence of the
bride’s parents on Prospect Hill.
The Horse Died-
The horse stolen from Mrs. Vincent
Colyer, of Cententment Island, and
which with the thief were captured at
Jersey City, died at Port Chester yes-
terday, while en route home. A vet-
erinary surgeon attributes the animal’s
death to over driving. Mrs. Colyer
feels very badly over the loss of the
animal as, it was highly valued byher.
Moreover she had expended cons1der-
able money to secure its return.
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U'l‘lC VS SOLDIERS’ DIONUDIENT.
Dedicated in the Presence of a. Tremend
nus Crowd of Spectators.
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 14.—-The dedication
of the soldiers’ monument in this city at
tracted a tremendous crowd of spectators
and a large number of organizations. Thé
city was beautifully decorated and the
event was a. success in every way. _ The
Fifth battery of Syracuse, Major Auei
commanding, fired a. salute, and Mastei
Edward Huntington Bright, the little son
of Major \V. S. Bright, president of the
Monument association, let go the cords
which held the flags veiling the monument
in position, and for the first time the
handsome structure was exposed entire to
the gaze of the people. Doring’s band, of
Troy, played a selection, and prayer was
offered by Rev. Dr. Brown, of this city.
A chorus sang “The Star Spangled Ban-
ner,” and then Major Bright formally pre
sented the monument to the city. Mayor
Goodwin accepted the monument on be-
half of the city.
The dedicatory services according to
the Grand Army ritual were then per.
formed by Commander in Chief John M
Palmer, of Albany, after he had, in behali
of the Grand Army, accepted the monu-
meat. Then followed an address by Gen-
eral Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut
After the chorus had sung “America.” the
benediction was pronounced. The proces—
sion was one of the finest ever seen here. _
The designer of the monument is Karl
Gerhardt, of Hartford, and the materia.
used is the best Wethersfield granite and
United States standard bronze. The total
height of the monument is thirty-five feet
and its cost is something over $30,000.
Swept by a. Tornado.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mina, Oct. 14.—County
Surveyor E. R. Lewis, who was supposed
to have been lost in the tornado in. the up*
per woods, returned safe and sound. He
was only partially in the storm, having
been on the north edge of it, but crossed
its entire track on his return. From his
statement the townships devastated covei
about 400 square miles. In this area Sur-
veyor Lewis estimates that over 25 pei
cent. of all the pine timber is down. Mr.
Lewis thinks that if this timber could be
out before fire gets into it the loss would
not exceed 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 feet.
Otherwise it will be double that amount.
The Connecticut Breaks Down.
CITY ISLAND, Oct. 14.——The steamer Con-
necticut, which left New York for Provi-
dence last night, broke down off here.
She has been anchored here all night. The
steamer Massachusetts, of the same line,
came alongside in the morning and her
passengers were transferred to her. The
Connecticut’s passengers were taken back
to New York. The steamer had one of
her valves broken, and after some repairs
left for New York.
A Boy Murderer Caught.
KANSAs‘ CITY, Kan, Oct. 14.—Joseph
Henderson was arrested here yesterday.
He is wanted in Kentucky to answer the
charge of murdering John Raines, Boone
Renfro andaman named Monroe. Hen
derson is twenty-one years old, and was
only seventeen at the time of the killing.
He was arrested and broke jail. He was
rearrested and released on $5,000 bail.
Then he jumped his bond and has been a
fugitive ever since.
Burned to Death in Jail.
CASPER, \Vy., Oct. I4.—Dr. Joseph .Ben-
son was burned to death during a fire in
the county jail here. The doctor had been
drinking and had been placed in prison for
safe keeping. He was a noted charactei
in Wyoming and Montana for fifteen
years, and was for a long time an army
surgeon at Fort Robinson. His right name
was Joseph P. Riley. He was ordained
priest, but was silenced on account 01
drink.
Caused a Child’s Death.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 14.—Last Fri-
day afternoon Joseph Roberge, a. French
boy four and a half years old, wanted tc
follow some boys who objected to his com-
pany. The boys put the child head first
into a hole which they filled with sand up
to his waist and left him. He was taken
out by some passers by, who carried him
home, where he died. The physicians say
the maltreatment caused the boy’s death
A Chicago Society Leader Killed.
CHICAGO, Oct. 14. ~—-Elizabeth Norton
Terrence, wife of General Joseph T. Tor—
rence, president of the Chicago Elevated
Terminal railway and one of the most
widely known citizens of Chicago, was so
badly injured by being thrown from her
dog cart that she died. Mrs. Terrence
was one of the leaders of Chicago society
and has been prominent in charitable
work in this city.
Ingalls Won’t Talk Politics.
Aromsoiv, Kam, Oct. 14.—Ex-Senatoi
John J. Ingalls will not make any politil
cal speeches in Ohio or elsewhere this
campaign. He will leave here next Mon-
day for New England, where he'has three
lecture engagements, after which he will
lecture at various points in Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan, returning to Kansas in
time to vote.
‘Euglneer Meaney Surrenders.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 14.—Engineer Meaney,
of the New York and New England train,
which was wrecked at Hawleyville, Sept.
24, has surrendered himself. Three lives
were lost by the accident, and the coroner
issued warrants for manslaughter against
Meaney and Conductor Conrad. Both men
fled. Meaney gave bail in $2,000.
WHAT MISdSPINSTER SAYS?
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That the tax (fayers of the town of
Norwalk shoul jnot be called upon to
pay the election debts of any of its
officers. 6 .
That Miss Woodward of Elm Street
is in Philadelphia.
That to subdue an enemy—how pal-
try! To conquer a friend—how soul
satisfying 1 ‘7‘“
That a lump of solid mucilage, that
can be carried in the pocket and ap-
plied to articles after moistening it
with the tongue, is a decided conveni-
ence.
That a bathtub that can be folded up
into a handsome washstand with a
mirror-top is arecent invention that
adds to the convenience of people who
live in crowded quarters.
That Mr. Wilde, who married Mrs,
Leslie, is sure to stand high in the esti-
mation of whoever meets him, since he
is 6 feet 4 inches tall.
That a new saddle has a series of
springs connecting the upper saddle
tree, or seat, with the lower, to relieve
the rider from constant jolting. The
springs are eons shape, working within
each other, and are of tempered steel,
so as to work freely wherever the mo-
tion of the horse may bring the weight
of the rider.
That Miss Cora McDonald occupies
the chair of history in the Wyoming
State University, having been elected
to that place by the regents of the uni~
versity at a salary of $1,500, equal to
that received by men for similar ser-
Vice.
. That the invention of runningthreads
through bank' note paper to make it
counterfeit proof is claimed by Mrs;
M. .Remington, who is about to press a
claim against the government. She
wantsa lot of the paper the govern-
ment has used for notes in exchange
for its use of the idea.
That Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the
philanthropist, is the only woman who
has received the freedom of the houses
of Congress, a ri ht presented to her in
consideration of er gift to Congress of
Carpenter’s "Lincoln." She is a gen-
erous giver to all philanthropic and ed-
ucational objects, and has contributed
largely to Vassar College telescope and
the Concord School of Philosophy.
That the coming twelve months will
be marked by more little immigrants
from Heaven than any previous year in
our history by the name of Ruth. It
may be interesting to note that the
biblical meaning of Ruth is beauty.
Thatthe baseballists should sit down.
The footballists are entitled to the floor.
That nature has been quite busy with
her watering pot, and our lovely lawns
are correspondingly luxuriant.
That wedding anniversaries are as
follows: First anniversary iron, fifth
wooden, tenth tin, fifteenth crystal,
twentieth china, twenty-fifth silver,
thirtieth cotton, thirty-fifth linen,
fortieth woolen, forty-fifth silk, fiftieth
gold, seventy-fifth diamdnd.
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A Brute. .
Yesterday afternoon Edward Gorm-
ley, of Spring Hill. was brought be-
fore Judge Coolidge for beating his
wife. Mrs. Gormley, a short, stout wo-
man, with both eyes blackened and her
face one mass of bruises and blood,test-
ified that her husband was lying on the
bed in the bed-room and she attempted
to make him get up, when the brute
kicked her in the breast and knocked
her down, and then sprang from the
bed and kicked and stamped upon her
until her stepson interfered and saved
her. Judge Coolidge placed Gormley’s
son Dan. on the stand, and he sided
with his father, (Mrs. Gormley being
his step-mother) evidently showing that
his education and training had been
similar to his father’s, and that a man
was justified in kicking and beating a
woman on the slightest provocation.
Judge Coolidge, however, gave him
such a dressing down that he quickly
changed his ideas. Gormley was found
guilty, but on the request of his poor
wife was not sent to jail, as he deserv-
ed, but fined $16.63, which he paid.
Before paying the fine Gormley was
very gay and jubilant over his brutal
beating of his wife, and noted an ap-
peal from Judge Coolidge’s decision,
and started out to get the necessary
bond. He returned with A. H Hoyt,
but when Mr. Hoyt saw the poor wo-
man he declined to go bond for any
man who would beat a woman like Mrs.
Gormley had been beaten. Mr. .Hoyt’s
prompt refusal of bonds opened Gorm-
ley’s eyes, and he went out and raised
the money and paid his fine.
COO-A
A.
A Norwalk Young Man Captures
‘ His Runaway Sister.
A young man who appeared to be
reatly worried, approached Officer
ush near Fairfield avenue last night,
and excitedly asked him to arrest his
sister. He said that he came from Nor-
walk to recover his sister and unless she
agreed to accompany him home he want-
ed her arrested. The N orwalk man had,
after considerable difficulty, located her.
at a house on Fairfield avenue. He was
advised to go to the station and make
his statement.
He did as directed and Officer Lush
found the girl where he "said she was.
At the station she agreed to return
home in preference to being locked up.
She has been in the city since Sunday.
_To a News man the young man said
his name was Jackson and that his sis-
ter was in the habit of running away
from home. She would never return
until one of the family went after her.
Why she did so he did not know.
The girl is notyet out of her ’teens and
prepossessing in appearance—Bridge-
port News.
The above evidently refers to a young
lady residing on Chapel street, who has
been missing for some time. The name
given by the young man was an assum-
ed one. _._. .
Miss Millie James of New York, is
visiting Mrs. William Randle Smith, on
West avenue.
Adams Express Co.
A full account of the sensational de-
velopménts in the Adams Express Co.,
by reason of which its President Mr.
John Hoey, and Vice President Clapp
Spooner, of Bridgeport, were summar-
ily deposed, will be found in our tele-
graphic columns to-day. Yesterday at
a secret meeting of the Company in
New York, Mr. Henry Sanford, a well
known native of Bedding and a present
.reSIdent of Bridgeport, was elected
president of the compan and Mr.
Henry Lovejoy, vice presi ent.
Mr. Sanford has been connected with
the company for forty-five years and
was at one time general superintend-
ent. Mr. Lovejoy used to be assistant
general superintendent of the company
and was afterward superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad division.
At yesterday’s meeting the Board of
Managers appointed a law committee,
consisting of Mr. Seward, Mr. Love-
joy and Mr. Sanford. to consult high
egal authority regarding their right
to depose Mr. Hoey from the Board of
Managers. .Managers are elected for
life, and they cannot be deposed ex-
cept for incapacity to do their duty on
account of age or for general bad char-
acter.
Mr. Sanford’s charges against Mr.
Hoey and Mr. Spooner were based on
the testimony in the case of Henry
Sherburne against Hoey, Spooner, and
Henry C. Taft, in which it was alleged
that the plaintiff and defendants had
agreed to buy a large interest in three
New England express companies and
sell it at a large advance in price to the
Adams Express Company, dividing the
profits, and that the Adams Express
Company did pay $850,000 for the prop-
erty, the profits being so large that Mr.
Hoey’s share of them was $179,000 and
Mr. Spooner’s $172,000. Sherburne
sued for his share. -
It is said that civil suits against Mr.
Hoey for $174,000 and against Mr.
Spooner for $172,333.33 would be begun
at once. There were two deals in the
purchase of the New England express
companies, this man said. On the first
Mr. Hoey and Mr. Spooner made
$135,000 each. The rest they made on
the last deal.
Mr. Spooner was called on last night
at his home in Bridgeport, but de-
clined to make any statement at pres-
ent.
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Damages for Libel.
Samuel H. Willard recovered a ver-
dict of $31,500 before Judge Book-
staver, in New York, yesterday,against
the corporation of Holmes, Booth &
Haydens, brass and copper manufact-
urers of Waterbury, Conn., for libel.
Willard was with the corporation for
twenty-eight years. In the latter part
of 1886 he was asked to go into the
Wessell Metal Company and to accept
the presidency of a National bank. He
resigned from the concern in March,
1887, and Chester M. Wayland became
his successor.
Wayland, on behalf of the corpora-
tion, then began suit against Willard,
charging him with endorsing the
names of Holmes, Booth & Haydens to
two notes,one|for $4,000 and the other for
$10,000, iga matter not connected with
the business of the corporation, with-
out authority and solely in the interest
of the Forest City Carbon Manufactur-
ing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. On
the trial Willard proved that the notes
were indorsed after he and other direc-
horg had decided that it was good policy
0 0 so.
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Horse Railroad Meeting.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Norwalk Horse Railroad Company was
held last evening at the depot. The
old officers were re-elected as follows :
President, James W. Hyatt; superin-
tendent, Edward Hoyt; secretary,
Frederick E. Brady. The directors
discussed the adv1sability of laying
new steel rails on the main line, and
also the question of putting in several
new switches, in order that more cars
may be run on the road. The matter
was finally left with the president with
power to lay what rails and put in any
additional switches that he may think
necessary. It is probable that work
will commence on laying the new rails
inside of the next two weeks.
The Last of Earth.
Dr. J. G. Gregory, who was a mem-
ber of Ex-Gov. Bigelow’s staff, left for
New Haven this morning, to act as
honorary pall bearer with the remain-
ing members of the deceased states-
man’s staff, The Ex-Governor’s fun-
eral is to take place this afternoon and
will be largely attended by prominent
people from all parts of the state, as
few sons of Connecticut ever enjoyed
so wide and so mdently warm a multi-
tude of personal friends as this eminent
and most lovable of men.
Seven Wonders.
—-Manager G. B. Bunnell again comes
to Norwalk with “Seven Wonders.”
This time he will present at Music Hall,
Saturday, Oct. 24th, the wonderful
Nelson Family, seven in number, and
their novel matchless Vaudeville Com-
bination, at the Norwalk popular prices.
Seats can be secured in advance at
the usual places.
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Royally Entertained.
The physicians of Stamford, most
royally entertained their fellow mem-
bers of the Fairfield County Medical
Society at a banquet given at the new
Stamford yacht club house, at Shippan
Point. Dr. Gregory and others main-
tained the honor, dignity and “capac-
ity” of Norwalk. '
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Burned.
The grocery store of Edward Grey,
at Mystic, Was destroyed by fire about
midnight last night. The loss on
stock is $2,000, to a tenant $100, and
Gary lodge, A. O. U. W., $300, and on
the building $2,600. The loss is well
covered by insurance.
Special Notice.
The horse cars will be in front of the
Opera House to-night, to carry South
Norwalk passengers down at the con-
cluzion of the Boston Symphony Con-
cer .
DAN BU RY FAIR’S SUCCESS.
But it Might Have Been Greater but
for Two Groundless Scares-
Our Danbury friends have sent out
the following assuring bulletin :.
The Danbury fair closed Saturday
night, and although it was not the great
success which was anticipated, the man-
agement are satisfied. The total num-
ber of paid admissions during the week
was 46,000, as against 53,000 last year.
Financially, the fair was as great a suc-
cess as last year, despite the diminished
attendance. There are several reasons
for the decrease in attendance. The ty-
ph01d fever scare was responsible to
some extent for the falling off, and the
scarcity of water was another injury.
While there was little or no typhoid
fever in the vicinity, thereport got
abroad that it was epidemic here and a
number of telegrams were received
from persons living out of the state,
asking for information concerning the
report. The unpleasant weather also
tended to keep visitors away. Next year
the management expect to realize their
hopes of an attendancé of 75,000.
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Funeral of Ex-Gov. Bigelow.
The funeral of Ex-Gov. Bigelow will
take place at New Haven this after-
noon at 3 o’clock. Gov. Bulkeley and
ex-Govs. In ersoll, Waller, Harrison,
Hawle , An rews and Lounsbury, with
Unite States Senator O. H. Platt, have
been invited to act as honorary bear-
ers. Quite a number from Norwalk
will attend. The funeral will be as free
from public display as possible. The
famil of the deceased, while appreciat.
ing t e desire of citizens to show as
much honor as possible to the memory
of a distinguished fellow townsman,are
opposed to any demonstration that
borders on ostentation. There will,
therefore, be no military display, nor
will any civic organizations take aprom-
inent part in the services. Such is the
request of the family.
Widespread Damage.
The storm of the past three days has
caused widespread damage. Reports
are coming in hourly of disasters on
sea and land caused by wind and rain.
The severest sufferers by the hurricane
are the transatlantic steamships. The
Alaska, from Liverpool ; Polynesia,
from Stettin, and the City of Para,from
Colon, arrived yesterday after rough
and tempestuous voyages. '
There are nearly a dozen oceanliners
overdue, among them being the Ethi-
opia,‘ from Glasgow and Moville ; Alsa-
tia, from Gibraltar ; City of Washing—
ton, from Havana ; N omadic,from Liv-
erpool; Saale, from Bremen ; Finance,
from St. Thomas ; Persian Monarch.
from London, and Spain, from Lon-
don. They should have arrived yester-
day. -
The Connecticut Disabled.
The Stonington line’s sidewheel
steamer Connecticut is disabled at City
Island. She will be towed to New
York to-day by four lugs. which were
sent to her assistance yesterday after-
noon by the company. The steamboat
left New York at 5 o’clock on Monday
night, carrying 300 passengers. While
off City Island the piston rod snapped.
The vessel could not proceed. and an-
chors were dropped. to keep her from
drifting. At 6 o’clock yesterday morn-
ing the Massachusetts of the same line
passed in on her way to NewYork. She
was signaled, and went alongside the
Connecticut and took off her passen-
gers. They were forwarded to their
destinations last night by the Massa-
chusetts.
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Declared Off.
At Lexington yesterday.Nancy Hanks
was found to be unfit to trot, and so the
great expected race between her and
Allerton was declared off. To meet the
disappointment the managers announc-
ed a race between Nancy and the won-
derful stallion, Delmarch, on Thurs-
day. Delmarch was a green horse up
to last season and then only started last
year in six races. He won every one
of them and secured a record of 2218;.
At Independence, last fall, he obtained
arecord to wagon of 2.20. ,TlllS year
he has won three great races and at
Cambridge city obtained a record of
2.12, which is faster than any stallion
has ever trotted in a race. Since then
he has lowered this record to 2.11%
against time. .
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Sons of the Revolution.
A meeting of the Board of Managers
of the Connecticut Society of the one
of the American Revolution meets this
afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the Putnam
Park, Bedding. They are to be met
at Bethel by a committee of the citi-
zens of Bedding at the Bethel depot
and conveyed in carriages to the Park,
when after the meeting and inspection
of the grounds, the ladies of Redding
will serve a lunch and the committee
give them a ride over the romantic and
sightly Redding Hills and return them
to the cars at Bedding Station in time
to take the 5.22 train to Norwalk.
Sunol Tries, but Fails.
Sunol attemped to equal Maud S’s
record of 2 :08;% on the kite-shaped
track at Stockton, Cal., yesterday, .but
failed owing to a strong west Wind.
She succeeded in trottin a mile in 2:10
however, which lowers er own record
half a secbnd. The stallion Palo Alto
trotted against his own record of 2 312:},
but owing to the strong wind he failed.
The mile was made in 2 :123}. By quar-
ters——0 :325, 1 :04, 1 :38, 2 12%.
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Camp Expenses Again.
Mr. William Hamersley, counsel for
Comptroller Staub, yesterday lodged
with the clerk of the Superior Court in
Hartford a motion to quash the man-
damus proceedings brought by Pay-
master General Fenn, to compel the
comptroller to pay to him the sum of
$53,000,:zrepresenting the expenses of
the Niantic encampment. Mr. Ham-
ersley maintains that .the reasons for
issuing the mandamus are not sufiicient.
THE NEW RAILROAD.
The Stock? Pledged and the Road
To be Built. '
To Give the Harlem an Entrance in?!
h to Danbury.
Yesterday’s N. Y. Sun has this to Say
additional to what appeared in the DAI-
LY GAZETTE of Monday, concerning
the new railroad line from Danbury to
New York. As the Danbury & Nor-
walk railroad stock is so largely held
by Norwalk people, this matter be-
comes of serious interestto our citizens.
The project is an old one, but it is
exceedingly important on account of
its threatening aspect and the possibly
far-reaching results which it may have,
it carried through.
The road through Danbury, it is
stated, will be a sure thing as soon _as
the capital is forth-coming. It is im-
possible for directors of the Harlem
Railroad to take hold of the preject or
even furnish the money, because of an
old contract between the New York,
New Haven and Hartford and Harlem
roads that neither of the companies shall
extend its line into the other’sterritory.
The Connecticut line is the boundary,
and once before, when the Danbury
road was being pushed and the New
YorkCentral appeared to be Interested,
the President of the New Haven road
came down in'a torrent of rage, it is
said, and shook the contract in the face
of the Central officials. _
The bluff worked that time, but there
are plenty of ways for railroads to get
around a contract, and now it looks as
if the Danbury road would go through,
if the capital is forth-looming. It is
said to be pledged. It is not necessary
here to trace any connection With the
Central people; the New Haven oificers
will look that up. No one doubts the
purpose of the projectors. It is to give
the Harlem an entrance into Danbury,
which is a growing business town of 25,-
000 inhabitants. The new line Will be
fifteen miles long, which is eight or ten
miles shorter than via the Norwalk
division of the New Haven road. It
would give the people of Danbury the
benefits of competition and consequent-
ly improved service and rates.
Attention has been called to the fact
that this new connecting link would
give the New York Central a route of
240 miles to Boston via the New York .
and New England road, or about the
same length as the New Haven’s favo—
rite route via the Shore Line. Here
is a chance for a deal between the Cen-
tral and New England roads, and the
result is a. parallel line to Boston With-
out building scarcely any new track at
all.
It is believed that this is what the
New Haven people have all alonor most
feared. The New York Central has of-
ten said that it didn’t care to buy or
lease the New England road: but a
trafi‘ic alliance of this kind would break
the monopoly of the New Haven road,
and it would greatly increase the bum-
ness of the Harlem. The New England
road will get additional traekage from
Danbury to Willimantic. Danbury is
180 miles from Boston. The New Ha-
ven road allows the New England road
a mileage of only eighty-Six miles from
Willimantic to Boston.
The New England road has a line of
its own from Hartford to Springfield,
where it connects with the Boston and
Albany, 9. Vanderbilt line. This would
enable the Boston and Albany to re-
ceive its share of the business the same
as it does now from the New Haven
road.
A deal like the one described would
rob the New Haven road of its shortest
route to Boston, the Air line, we. the
New York and New England, as well as
the Springfield route. It would leave
the New Haven road only the New Lon-
don and Providence route, and would
greatly weaken its Middletown and
Hartferd divisions.
DeSpatches from Danbury say that
John B. Dutcher is backing the _new
Danbury road. He is the oldest direc-
tor of the Harlem Railroad, and he has
char 6 of the live stock department of
the ew York Central. While Mr.
Dutcher cannot put any. of his 'own
money into the project, being a direc-
tor, the despatch says that he has dis-
covered people up that way who have
enough money to build the road. Mr.
Dutcher did not wish’to talk about the
subject yesterday.
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B ROA D R I V E R.
Despite the severe storm yesterday,
there was a fair attendance at the J ap-
anese tea and entertainment in the
Broad River Chapel, last evening. The
waiter drill, by twelve' young “Band
of Hope” ladies, who were dressed in
elaborate Japanese costume, was a
most interesting feature.‘ The drill
will be repeated to-night- with, other-
wise, an entire change of programme.
Mr. Edgar Buttery, president of the
“Band of Hope,” feels gratified at the
success, during the one year of his ad-
ministration, which has attended the
efforts of all who are interested in the
work. Next Sabbath evening the semi-
annual election of officers for the Band
of Hope will occur.
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WILTON.
Mr. Ira Betts, one of the oldest and
most hi hly respected citizens of Wil- ‘
ton, an father of Capt. A. A. Betts of
Norwalk, died at his residence at South
Wilton yesterday, in the 85th, year of
his age. His funeral will takeplaee at
the Wilton Congregational church to-
morrow morning. '4 hursday, at eleven
o’clock. Mr. Betts was one of the old—
est hatters in Connecticut, one of the
oldest membersof Our Brothers Lodge,
and an active member of Wilton Con-
gregational church. '
Norwalk Chronicler