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AmusementsTo—Night.
Comic Opera—Virginia— at the Opera
House to-night.
Feast of Nations, at the First Con-
gregational Church Chapel.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Edward B. Mitchell of Hartford, is
visiting relatives in town.
The ladies of St. Paul’s Guild meet
at the parish rooms this afternoon.
. The Daughters of the King meet at
St. Paul’s parish rooms the evening.
Mrs. Fenton Pomeroy isrestingmore
easily tOvday. but she is still critlcally
ill.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church for Ger-
mans was dedicated in Menden Sun-
day. ~ _______ __
Edward Lynch, of New York, a for-
mer Norwalk boy, is in town for a few
days; _____‘
Mr; George Ward Selleck hasa se-
vere» cold and is threatened w1th la
grippe.
A glorious rain was that of yesterday,
and now for more April sunshine In
December. _
——John Wade, of the Hour, says that
Hanlon Bros. circular is a corker.
Have you read it?
Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Marvin,.nee Miss
Grace Carter contemplate taking a trip
to Europe in the Sprlng.
A Commercial Cable despatch says
that Slaviu is coming to America, de-
termined to meet Sullivan:
—It is funny how the Hanlon Bros.
do it, but they are doing it at 53 Main
street. ‘
England, says a Commercial Cable
despatch, has special reasons for Wlsh-
ing the POpe to leave Rome.
The State Senate met at 2.30_yester-
day afternoon and at once adjourned
to December 29 at 1.30 p. m.
Mrs. LeGrand C. Betts, who has
been most uncomfortably ill with la
grippe, is much better to-day.
A meeting of all the division superin-
tendents of the Consolidated road was
held in New Haven yesterday.
—Cofi'ee Mills! Cofi'ee Mills! Coffee
Mills! Coffee Mills! Coffee Mills!
Can anybody tell us how they can sell
them for 19 cents at 53 Main street.
Manager Bunnell has made an offer
to lease the new Music hall in Middle-
town when it is ready for occupancy.
Dr. W. F. Standiford, of Chicago,
once cured of the liquor and morphine
habits, relapsed and died of alcohohsm.
The new steamer Nicaragua, Captain
,Conners, struck on a reef below Aca-
jutla, on the coast of San Salvador, on
‘Frlday night, and was wrecked.
Colonel White passed another com-
fortable day yesterday. He is out of
immediate danger, although the doc-
tors do not expect him to recover.
Mrs. Noble is- slowly but surely on
the mend. Her illness has been quite
severe and prolonged, and all will re-
joice at her encouraging prospects of
recovery.
George N. Ells and Frank I. Ells,
both formerly of Norwalk, but now res-
"lents of Waterbury, are seriously ill
at that city, the latter with an attack§of
pneumonia: '
George Burr, who has had charge of
the refreshment booth at No. 43 Main
street, has accepted a position at Wil-
son Pomt. James L. Brundage is now
captain of the booth. '
Mr. J .. O. H. Woodman, supreme.
secretary of the Non-Secret Endow-
ment Order, will address the Norwalk
Order this evening at their rooms in
the Lockwood building.
On the thirtieth ballot the deadlock
in the Democratic caucus at Washing-
ton was broken by the nomination of
Charles F. Crisp, from Georgia, over
the Free Trader Mills, of Texas.
- Camp, sent a check to-day to the
' “Equal and. Exact Justice to all Men of Whutcvbr‘ State ’or Persuasion, Religious ul‘ Paliiicul."’—Je , arson
The Fire Police hold their regular
monthly meeting the evenmg.
James Sutherland is at Cos Cob to-‘
day shooting all the fish and catching all
the birds in that violnity.
A number of Norwalk people at-
tended the Cusick-Woodworth wed-
ding at Westport tO-day.
Mrs. C. B. Selleck returned to J er-
sey City this morning, having been a
guest at her aunts, _Mrs. G R. Chol-
gell in High street, smce Thanksgivlng
ay.
The Aborn Comic Opera last night
was simply immense. Abornis a whole
circus himself. Without exception the
troxépe is the best comic opera on the
ma .
We understand that J. H. Buckley
8: Son are expecting their engine daily.
As soon as it arrives they will run over-
time, as they are snowed under With
orders.
The first session of the Fifty-second
Congress was opened yesterday, but on
account of the failure of the House to
complete its organization no busmess
was done.
There is considerable improvement
in the condition of Conductor Gurdon
Coit of the Housatonic system, who has
been laid up for several weeks ‘w1th
neuralgia.
Mrs. Hannah R. Randall, 9. Rhode
Island woman of ninety, has just made
a journey across the continent to San
Francisco. It was her seventh excur-
sion of the kind.
Burgess James H. O’Reilly treated
the members of the Court of Burgesses,
attaches and reporters to choice cigars,
at the meeting last evening, in honor
of his son and heir, recently born.
Water Commissioner’s clerk, A. H.
Water
Commissioners of South Norwalk for
nearly fourteen hundred dollars in pay-
ment for city water used by the Bor-
ough.
What a delightful rest to the eye was
Aborn’s new scenery at the Opera
House last night. The best cure for
dyspepsia is to go and hear this really
superb troupe’s rendition of Virginia
to-night.
Charles
Blizzard, of Winnipauk,
while wrestling yesterday had the mis- .
fortune to dislocate his knee cap. _ Dr.
Huntington'was called to slip it back
into position, but he will carry a stiff
limb for a long time.
Mrs. Fair, the widow of the late Sen-
ator Fair, is about to build for her
daughter, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, a
house in New York that will, it is said,
outdo all other residences in Splendor
of design and decoration. ’
Emanuel Van Clief died vesterday at
the residence of Mrs. William Hamil-
ton on Smith street, of heart trouble.
Mr. Van Clief was a member of Buck-
ingham Post, G. A. R., and an old and
respected colored citizen of Norwalk.
A surprise party was iven Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Northrop ast evening at
their home on High street by about
thirty-five of their friends. A bounti-
ful collation wasvserved and dancing
and other amusements indulged in un-
til a late hour.
William D. Southworth, arrested by
Inspector Byrnes on suspicion of being
concerned in the plot to kill Russell
Sage, was committed to Bellevue Hos-
pltal yesterday to be examined as tO'hlS
sanity. The head of the bomb thrower
is still unidentified.
In the storm Saturday night three
scows running from New London to
Bridgeport were run into five miles
east of the New Haven lighthouse by
an unknown schooner and sunk. The
loss, which is estimated at $4,000, is
covered by insurance.
The death at sea of wine importer
Oswald Jackson, of New York, is re-
ported by cable to-day. He is sup-
posed to have fallen or been washed
overboard from the steamship Fulda,
bound for Genoa, when the vessel was
but two days out from New York.
Complaint is made that a number Of
boys from 14 to 16 years of age, gather
at the railroad freight house and gam-
ble .w1th cards, also that they get beast-
ly Intoxicated, the other day one of
t em scarce fourteen years of age be-
ing found lying in a car of grain drunk-
enly oblivious to his surroundings.
They ought all be made to attend
school. and if that end cannot be ac-
complished they should be sent to jail.
The funeral of Wm. Warren was at-
tended from his late home on Orchard
street, yesterday afternoon, Rev. Geo.
Van Alstyne officiating. Some‘ of the
favorite hymns of the deceased were
sung by a quartette» from the Metho-
dlst Church of which he was a member.
The pall bearers were George Nash,
Geor e Selleck, Herman Beers and
Char es Wheeler. The remains were
placed 1n the receiving vault at River-
side Cemetery.
_ Chauncey B. Ross died at his home
In East Norwalk last night, aged 32
years. He was a Son of Rev. Mr. Ross,
a former pastor of the East Norwalk
-church, and was a few months since
married to Miss Imogene Baldwin, a
sister of Drsr A. H. and William H.
Baldwin of this place. His funeral will
take place from his late residence at 4
o’clock on Thursday, and the interment
will occur at Bridgeport the following
morning.
-CooK (female) WANTED immediate.
1y at Collins’ American House. 238tf
Norwalk, Conn., Tuesday Evening, December 8, "1891.
A Man Disembowled at wuson
Point.
His Toe Caught in the Frog.
James Dugan met with a horrible
death at Wilson Point last night. He
was engaged on the switcher and
jumped from the train to cut off three
care when his toe became caught in a
rail frog, which is V shaped, and he
was unable to extricate himself before
the train backed down upon him .and
threw him under the wheels. Four
cars and a locomotive passed over him,
-frightfully mangling his right leg and
tearing the left leg off at the thigh, he
was disembowled and his right arm was
dislocated. From his breast up there
were no injuries nor were there any
contusions on his head. Mr. William
N. Sayre and conductor Beers placed
the ghastly remains on a stretcher and
they were taken to the baggage room
in South Norwalk from whence they
were transferred to undertaker Greg-
ory’s. Said Mr. Sayre “I have seen
many a sickening sight, but none that
ever equalled this. "’ The unfortunate
man had been at work at the Point for
some years and was well-known in town.
He boarded at Mrs. Pearson’s, corner
of Day and Elizabeth streets, South
Norwalk. He was a native of Coun-
wall, this state, aud about 35 years of
ago. His wife died about two years
ago. We had occasion about a month
ago to make note of his being severely
squeezedmetween two cars at Wilson
Point. 'Bits of flesh were found on
part of the car where he had held on to
save his life, the hand showing where
the flesh had been torn‘ off. '
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The Speakership.
In the contest for Speaker at Wash-
ington yesterday, all three of Connecti-
cut’s congressmen voted steadily for
Mills, thus showing their loyalty to
Grover Cleveland and the principles of
free trade. The 29th ballot gave Crisp
114, (one less than he needed to elect)
to Mills’ 108. At this crisis Springer
quickly arose and said : '
“I desire to be recorded as voting for
Mr. Crisp.”
The vote of Mr. Springer nominated
Mr. Crisp, and the applause which
greeted its announcement was deafen-
ing. A dozen members rushed to grasp
the Illinoisian’s hands and he was the
recipient of an enthusiastic ovation
from Mr. Crisp’s supporters.
Mr. Crisp was then sent for. He was
received with tumultuous applause. Mr.
Crisp spoke as follows : “Representa-
tives: I am profoundly grateful for
this mark of your confidence and es-
teem. I pledge myself here and now
to devote whatever of industry and
ability I possess to the advancement of
the real interests of the democratic
party. [Great applause] I beg to say
to you now, as I speak to you my first
words since I am your selection for
speaker, that my election means no
step backward in tarifi' reform. [Pro-
longed applause and cheers] I beg
to say to you that there is in our party
tO-day no man who more earnestly be-
lieves in the democratic doctrines of
tarifi' reform than I do. [Renewed
cheers and cries of “bravo, bravo.”]
Turner of New York was nominated
for door-keeper. He received 178 votes.
Gen. Coit, of Connecticut, received 8.
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—The largest stock of lamps in town,
at 1:. goldschmidt’s 18 Water street.
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The Aborn C’omic Opera.
Any one who has the love of music in
his soul and enjoys a really superior
grade of comic opera, will miss a great
treat and arare chance of enjoyment,
if he fails to be at the Opera House to-
night, at the last appearance of Aborn’s
troupe. The choruses are well sung,
the acting is fresh, original and superb
and the irresistible comi‘calties of Mr.
Aborn are more than worth the price of
admission to any poor, over-worked,
over-burdened, or fun-loving mortal.
It is the best and cheapest remedy for
nervous insomnia and dyspepsia, ever
presented to a Norwalk audience.
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in town at
Goldschmidt’s, 18 Water
street. 240 tf
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Will Meet in Bridgeport.’
The annual meeting of the newly
elected board of oflicers of the Connec-
ticut Division, L. A. W., will be held
in Bridgeport on Wednesday evening,
December 16. Chief Consul Calhoun
Latham will preside at the meeting
which is to be held in the rooms of the
Bridgeport Wheel Club. Delegates to
the National L. A. W. convention in
1892 will be appointed and other im-
portant business transacted.
Q.
A New Departure-
—W. M. Bates, 5 Water street, does
not propose to be undersold by any
market in town, and to that end he
quotes the following cash ’prices:
Round Steak 12 cents, Shoulder Steak
9 cents or 3 pounds for a quarter, Corn
Beef from 4 to 12 cents, Pot Roast
pieces from 4 to 12 cents,Spare Rib and
Sausage 11 cents. Whole Hams 12;-
cents per pound. A full line of Fish
at the lowest market price. Goods de-
livered to any part of the Borough
free of charge. .
Feast of Nations.
Don’t forget to take yohr supper ‘ at
some one of the attractive booths at
the Congre ationaliLadies’ Feast of Na-
tions to-nig t. .
—The largest stock of bar glassware ,
7 The prices which they have placed on
“ DON’T FilulillIiH in?
An Unsuccessful Attempt a” Hold
Up Louis Potter.
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A Handy Revolver Foils the Would-
be Thief. ‘ '.
As Louis Potter of the Orient, who
lives at No. 9, Berkeley Place, was; on
his way home about half-past two Suns
day morning, and when in front of the
tool-box near Dr. Frank Hyatt’s, used
by Contractor Hutchinson, a tall man
wearing dark clothes jumped out
and said “ Halt! ” :Mr. Potter
jumped the othel'way, and levelling a
self-cocking Smith Sr. Wésson revolver
at the would-be robber, said, “ Look
out, don’t fool Lwith me i” Mr, Potter’s
quick action and the shining barrel of
his pistol frozethe midnight burglar in
his tracks for he did not move a muscle
or speak a word, as Mr. Potter backed
away from him: toward Berkeley Place,
still keeping himcovered with, the re-
volver, As Mr. P. turned‘ the corner,
the thief took to his he'elSN'aIid fled.
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—~F. Marianno & 00., 47 Main street.
will give a handsome French jointed
doll to the purchaser presenting the)“
largest numberlof coupons on or before
December 31. a; ’ , . "
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False Alarm l
Just at the moment of most thrilling
interest in the progress; of 'the opera
last night, and just' before Don Juan
started his gallery diversion, John
McKeon came rushing up to the front,
with eyes bulgin out .like an excited
lobster, nostrils ' istended like a race
horse and hair frousled up on end, like
a Piute buck frightdnedfiMut of his tepe,
and whacked landlord cPherson vig-
orously on the back. All that cmfld be‘
overheard by those sitting near. were
the words: “Range—all—to pieces!”
As soon as the cfirtain dropped at the
close of the act, Mr; and Mrs. McPher-
Son hurried out, but soon returned and
the GAZETTE scribe, hungry for a start-
ling item of a terrible boiler explosion
and total destruction of the hotel
range, at once got out pencil and note
book, to record'the blood curdling de’-,
tails of the friahtful disaster, when the‘
landlord blanfiy‘ gtat’ed that 81.11.--l?11§.116c
waste it, was at “J Ohnny”’ had‘ taken
the range all to pieces to put in a new
set of fire bricks, in which he had
broken up the old ones and then i'Oun
the new bricks wouldn’t fit.
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—Holiday Presents—Satchel Factory,
Westport, will retail for the Holidays a
few Bags and Satchels. Some styles
where sizes are broken, very cheap.
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Electrqcuted.
Martin D. Loppy, wife murderer, en-
tered the electric chair in Sing Sing
Prison at noon yesterday and died in
six minutes.
There were three contacts or Shocks
of the current, lasting in all nearly
fifty seconds. Sights that were painful
to unpracticed eyes were witnessed.
The man still breathed at the end of
the first contact. The electricity had
evidently contracted his muscles, and
as they relaxed when the current had
left him the body seemed to move and
to be coming to life. At the end of the
second contact there was a noticeable
pulsation and in the second and third
contacts were plain evidences that the
current was burning the fleSh at the
points where it entered the body.
The autopsy revealed deep burns,
seared marks, blisters and other disfig-
urements. ' ‘
The detailed story of the execution is
told from the frank statements of eye
witnesses who are not of the medical
profession. Its main features have
been carefully confirmed from official
eoug'ces and is put forth as a record of
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Another Announcement-
—Look at Scofield & Hoyt’s new line
of black goods at reduced prices for
the holidays. They will also offer
5,000 yards more of Merrimnc prints
at 4.;— eents per yard. 500 dozen hand-
kerchiefs received today, which they
Will offer at . reduced prices, at their
Norwalk and South Norwalk stores.
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American Pork.
Secretary Blaine received a telegram
from the United States Minister to
France yesterday, in which he says :—
“Have pleasure to report that Presi-
dent of France, yesterday promulgated
the law fixing duty on pork and to-day
publlshes decree repealing from this
date the prohibition on American pork
which has existed in France since Feb-
ruary 18, 1881.” -
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—$50,000. worth of dry goods and
kitchen furnishings must be sold at the
Norwalk Boston Store between now
and January 1st, as Mr. O’Gorman re-
tires from the business on that date.
their goods will convince you that they
are determined to reduce their stbck
as speedily as possible. 237tf
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Hartford’s Typhoid Fever.
Many of the 177 cases of typhoid fe-
ver in Hartford are believed to be due
to drinking river water, which has been
the only water obtainable since the
failure of the reservoirs.
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Burgess Vanderhoef expressed the
oplmon last nicht that the floating debt
of the Borough had not been increased
over $2,500, by the present board, while
Clerk Hubbell figures it out to be about
ten thousand. It would seem that a
thorough revision of the treasurer’s re-
port should - be made and given the
" coon 01? BURGESSES.
A War of Words Closes the Last
Regular Meeting of the Court.
Fire Department Membership in-
creased.
The Court of Burgesses room was
crowded last evening when Warden
{Keeler called the last regular meeting
ofthe Board to order. Warden-elect
Kimmey and Burgesses-elect Green and
Squires were interested spectators of
the meeting which lasted until 10.30
o’clock.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved and the following
bills ordered paid :
O. Keeler, assignee, $122; Nor-
walk GAZETTE, 1.50; Norwalk Printing
Company, 34.75; Chas. Addison, S; H.
W. E. Montgomery, 50; Gutta Percha
Mfg. 00., 2,000; Phoenix Engine 00.,
65; Pioneer Hook and Ladder 00., 9:
W. S. Fox, 5; Meigs &_Co., 240; P. W.
Bates, 1.50; Fred. E. Lockwood, 20; J.
T. Prowitt, 42.13; P. W. Dwyer, .50;
Body McGinnis, 67.20; Norwalk and
South Norwalk Electric Light 00.,
481.75; Norwalk Gas Co., 15.01; A. J.
Meeker, 113.14;'D..B. Conley, 42.75;
_J..,.'-W. Edwards, 133.10; J. W. Edwards,
56;‘P. W. Bates, 33.20; P. L. Guigue.
31; Chas. N. Wood, 89; Wm. Sheldon,
60.58; ,Wm. Sheldon, 127.25; Wallace
:Dan'n,‘28; E. M. Tolles, 250; A. H. By-
mgtbn ‘ 25; J. T. Protvitt, 11.28; Hope
Hose (50,25; Phoenix Engine 00., 25;
‘ ioneer H. and L., 25; Hope Hose 00.,
'9, P. 9W. Bates, 12.70; J. H. Gormley,
30; Chas. Adams, 30; T. Howard, 30;
R. N. Morehouse. 28;M. Whalen,34.80;
D. Connolly, 486.68; A. Bach, 704.10;
D. S. Curtis, 26.95; CiT. Leonard,10.17 ;
Davrd Sheehan, 6.30.
The bill of James ,Toner, $10 for ser-
vices in the Rice~Hanlon case was re-
ferred to the Warden to pay if found
correct, and the bill of E. M. Merritt,
$7.80 for work done at Hope Hose
house, was referred to the Fire Com-
mIttee with the same instructions.
When the bill of Wm. Sheldon,
$60.58 for Work in laying curb and gut-
ter In front of Col. Roberts’s school on
East avenue, was reached, Burgess
Bowe Said that he desired to make a
statement. He had ordered the curb
reset, supposing at the time that 001.
Roberts had been served with a notice
by, the bailiif to lay his curb even with
the line of the street. ,Colh Roberts
,was down on the list of property own-
"er on East 'auenue, who had been no-
tified to lay proper curb, and his name
had been checked off, but through an
error, he had‘not been notified. Sup-
posing that the Col. did not intend to
comply with the notification, he had
ordered the work done, but he had
since learned that the Col. had never
received the proper notice. The Court
ordered that the bill be paid, and the
clerk was instructed to consult the Bor-
ough Attorney and see what could be
done in making Col. Roberts pay for
the work. .
Burgess Kent inquired when the
Highway Committee were ordered to
lay curb and gutters on East avenue,
and the clerk after searching diligently
for some time, read the vote. of the
Court at the September meetlng, or-
dering the Committee to have the work
done. . -
Some discussion arose over paying
the bill of P. W. Bates, $12.70 for
sharpening tools for Contractor Conley,
it being claimed that the contractor
should sharpen his own tools. The
clerk after looking over he bills of the
last year found no precedent for the
bill and it was referred to Highway
Committee. .
A petition was received from rear-
dents of Maple avenue and Lynes
Place, asking the Court to establish
building lines, on those streets. "
Mr. B. W. Maples in explanation of
the petition stated that it was threat-
ened that two tenement houses were
soon to be erected on Maple street,that
would be flush with the street line, thus
shutting off the view of all houses above
them. A vote was passed that no
house be erected on Maple :street, less
than 31 feet from the curb line, and no
houseon Lynes Place less than 20 feet
from the curb line.
George H. Raymond was granted
permission to erect a building on Elm
street, and William Wardwell was
granted permission to erect a bu11d1ng
on Isaac street. .
The reply of Col. William H. Steven-
son to the clerk’s letter in regard to the
locomotives whistling, while passmg
through town, and which has already
been published in the DAILY GAZETTE,
was read and laid on the table.
A communication from Gen. .
N. Couch, stating that the _s1dewalk
alongside of the Masonic bu11d1ng on
Isaac street, was not a proper one, and
asking that the Board construct a new
one, was read and laid on the table.
Mr. B. W. Maples called the atten-
tion of the Board to the horrible con-
dition of the gutter on Isaac street,
alongside of the Masonic bu11d1ng,
where the hitching posts are situated,
and which is caused by the horses
which continually stand there, and
asked that the Highway Commlttee be
given power to repair the same.
Burgess Bowe did not think that the
Borough should stand the cost of the
repairs as the building was non-taxable
property and the gutter belonged to
the building. The matter was finally
left with the committee with power. .
Residents of St. John avenue petI-
tioned for a cross walk from that ave-
nue over East avenue, near the resi-
dence of Dr. George Baxter. The peti-
tion was referred to the Highway Com-
mittee with power. . _
The Water Commissmners notified
the 'Board that they would need $1,000
to pay the interest on water notes
which wOuld be due Jan. lst, and the
matter was referred to the Finance
Committee with power.
The following list of taxes were re-
bated : W. ,H. Lockwood, $8.25, Lowe
& Howard $8.25, George T. Merrill
public.
$1.50, Barney McGovern and wife $2.48.
W. Kemp, 527.38; D. S. Curtis, 62.30;'
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James E. Hall and Edgar N. Sloan,
were appomted auditors of the Borough
accounts for the coming year at a salary
of $5 apiece. , '
Complaint was received of an ill-
smelling catch basin in front of the
resrdence of John Jarvis, on Main
street, and the Sewer Inspector was
directed to inspect the source. '
Burgess Bowe called the attention of
the Board to the walls in front of the
.James A. Hoyt homestead on East ave-
nue, and said that he had ordered the
walk graded and that the Warden had
stopped the work. While he questioned
the authority of the Warden, at the
time, to stop the work, he did nothing
in the matter, and simply wished the
Board to glve him instruetions in the
case.
Warden Keeler stated that he had
one morning last week, and asked to
stop the work. The Hoyt’s claimed
that no notification had been given
them tograde the sidewalk, but they
were. Willing to do the work in the
spring. They had had some difficulty
about getting stone for the work, and
the way the workmen were setting about
the work It appeared that they were
about to trespass on the Hoyt’s land.
For these reasons he had ordered the
work stopped, as it would save the Bor-
ough the expense of a law suit with the
parties. ‘
Burgess Bowe stated that Burgess
Vanderhoef had had a talk with Mr.
Gould Hoyt, and that he was willing
that the work should be done.
The Warden replied that his under-
standing was different.
Burgess O’Reilly inquired what the
condition of East avenue now was.
Burgess Bowe informed him that it
was 1n an unfinished condition.
Mr. O’Reilly said that it was the
opinion of a lar e number of citizens
that the Boroug was spending agreat
amount of money on East avenue, and
thought that as there was only about
two weeks more for the present court
to act In, that they should go slow.
Burgess Vanderhoef stated that he
had had a talk with Mr. ,Gould Hoyt
hbout grading and laying the sidewalk
In front of the homestead, and that Mr.
Hoyt was agreeable to the laying of the
Walk.
a Mr. Gould Hoyt who was in the
room, stated that he had never made
any such statement to the burgess, and
further that he had not declined to put
down the walks this year.
Burgess Vanderhoef said that he had
brought Mr. Hoyt up from the East
Norwalk depot in his carria e one
evening last summer, and that w ile on
the way home he had had a talk with
him about not paying for the sidewalk
which had already been put down in
front of his place.
Mr. Hoyt admitted this, but still
claimed that he had never said to Mr.
Vanderhoef or anyone else that he was
willing that the work should proceed
at once. ,
At this point quite a heated colloquy
took place between Mr. Hoyt and Mr.
Vanderhoef, much to the amusement of
the spectators who ex acted to see the-
two gentlemen come 0 blows.
Mr. O’Reilly offered a resolution at
this pomt directing that no new work
be commenced on East avenue this
year and that operations already be-
gun, cease. This resolution was not
voted on and was finally 'withdrawn.
Burgess Kent inquired of the High-
way Committee if any contracts had
been given out for additional work on
East avenue. Mr. Vanderhoef stated
that there had.
The Warden asked if the property-
owners who had been ordered to lay
sidewalks and had not done so, had
been notified that in case they did not
comply with the orders that the Court
would do the work. He was informed
that they had been so notified. '
J. Belden Hurlbutt informed the
Court that he had been consulted In
regard to taking out an injunction 1n
the Hoyt case, and he thought that If
the parties were willing to pay the costs
of the sidewalks themselves, they should
have been granted the delay asked for.
As to the notices sent to his client he
was not prepared to state at this tlme
whether they were legal or not. He
did not think that the HighwayCom-
mittee had acted with propriety In the
matter. He had drawn up an_ injunc-
tion and was prepared to have it served
should work again commence on the
Hoyt sidewalk. .. .
Burgess Bowe said that In. ordering
the work done he did not Amtend to
humiliate the “Hoyt family In any way,
but was simply carrying out the m-
structions of the Board given at a
former meeting. .
It having been ascertained that no
legal contracts had been made w1th
anyone to do additional .work, burgess
Buxton offered a resolution whlch was
adopted, that no more Sidewalks be
laid down by the Borough, unless the
property owners should petltion the
Board for the same.
Burgess O'Reilly wanted to. know
how much more money the Highway
Committee intended to lay out on East
avenue. Burgess Bowe stated that no
more money would be laid out there.
The chairman of the Finance Com-
mittee was authorized to borrow $5,000
on the creditof the Borough. .
Captain McKeon asked If ahythlng
had been done in the matter of increas-
ing the membership of Hope Hose Co.
Chairman Burr said that he was in
favor of increasing the membership of
the company although no other com-
pany desired it. _
On motion of burgess Buxton Chap-
ter 10, Section 1 of the Borough by-
laws was amended so as to read: “Each
of said companies shall cons1st of any
number of active members voluntarlly
enlisted for not less than two, nor more
than five years. ”
Burgess Vanderhoef stated that the
reports published in the papers that
the present Board had increased the
BorongH debt $33,000 was misleading,
and said that clerk Hubbell had drawn
up a statement showing the eondition
of affairs. As the clerk had Inadvert:
ently left the paper at his oflice,‘1t could
not be read to the Board. _
There being no further busmese be-
fore the Board, a motion to adjourn
until Dec. 2151) was put and carried. .
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Evidence Conner—TEE: the Treat-J. 7
ment of Policy Holders of the
Connecticut Indemnity
Association.
NORWALK, CONN.. Nov. 17th, 1891. ’
The Connecticut Indemnity Ascocz'ae
tion, W'aterbzti'y, 007m. , _» ,.
GENTLEMEN:-'—Your agent, G. A.
Franke, having just handed me a New ,
York draft for $368.57, Iwish to publicly
thank you for your promptness and
square deahng. I am satisfied from;
my experience with you that since I
was 1nsured for five thousand dollars,
w1th weekly accident benefits of tWenty
dollars in 1889, that your company al- '
ways wlll act for the best interests of
Its policy holders.
_Your ready payment of my claim for
eighteen weeks and three days con-
firms my good opinion of you.
Wishing you the success that you so
well deserve, I remain
_ Very truly yours, '
(Signed) J N0. W. BANKS.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Dec. 6th, 1890.
' GENTLEMEN :—L et m e thank you most
emcerely for your promptness in pay-
Ing memy claim of $1,000 on the policy .
Issued to my late husband,Isaac Watts,
I shall always bless the day that he in-
sured his life in - ur company. You
have done me a great favor by paying
the claim before it wasdue. My hus-
band had only paid in $97.76, and I
have received such great benefit.
. Yours very gratefully,
(Signed) ' SARAH A. WATTS.
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Jan. 24, 1891.
The Connecticut Indemnity Association:
Let me thank you for your prompt
and courteous treatment. Mr'. W. A.
Armstrong. formerly of Norwich ,Conn. ,
was insured in your company more
than six years ago, and the entire cost
to him, at the age of 58, to carry $1,000
insurance, providing $5 per week in
case of disability, was only $101.75, or
$16.40 per year. Deducting the bene-
fits paid him during his life, the net
cost of his $1,000 insurance was only
$11.75. This money will prove a great '
help to me. Had he invested the same
money in the savings bank, he would
have realized nothing during his disa-
bility. and would have left me only
$113.16, instead of the $1,000 at death.
Old line companies would have paid ,
but $303 insurance for the money paid
to your company by my husband.
( Signed) ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG. '
DANBURY,CONN., June 16, 1891.
I thank you most sincerely for your
very prompt payment of the insurance
money due under policy 921,0n mylate
husband, J. Beardsley. He had been ‘
insured in your company since 1884,
and had always found you generous
and reliable in your dealings with him
as a policy-holder. My thanks are es-
pecially due your company, because,
although Mr. Beardsley, while tempo-
rarily deranged, committed suicide,
still you in no respect questioned the
validity of my claim. The payment
was not due me by the terms of the
policy till August 27th. You have paid
me seventy days in advance.
MRS EMILY BEARDSLEY.
WATERBURY, CONN., July 22, 1891.
Edward A. lVrz'ght, Secretary of the
Connecticut Indemnity Association, '
l/Vaterbury, Conn. ,
DEAR SIR : I hardly know how to ex-
press my thanks to your company for
the reat kindness shown me. My hus-
ban ,Eddie McGuo, insured in your
company, April 24, 1891, for $1,000,
paying $13.33. He died of typhoid-
pneumonia, July 19, and to-day,_July
22;'your general agent, Mr. Hastlngs,
handed me your check for the full.
amount of my claim. He made out all
papers for me, and kindly brought me
your check, thereby saving me much
trouble and annoyance. I feel that.
this promptness and attention on your .
part should not be overlooked by me ;
therefore I shall be glad'to do'any-
thing in my power to let my friends
and others know how you do busmess.
I think the benefit of your insurance,
as shown in my case, should lead many
others to insure with you. Yours was
the only company in which my husband
was insured. Thanking. you with all
my heart for what you have done for "
me, I remain —
Yours very respectfully,
BRIDGET MCGUO. -
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y., July 28, ’91.
E. A. WRIGHT, SECRETARY: Allow us
to express our satisfaction. with the ‘
methods of your company In paying
death claims. We were appomted ex-
ecutors of the estate of the late Samuel
M. Arlington, 'of this city, formerly of
Norwalk, who had been 1nsured with
you more than five years, havmg a pol-
icy for $1,000, and we Wish to thank
you for your prompt payment in full.
We acknowledge receipt of your check
two months before the claim was actu-
ally Alue. IIHCS very trhly,
LBERT . OLEMAN, *
SAMUEL GURNER. l Executors.
Supreme Court Decision.
At the conference of the Supreme
Court judges in New Haven, Saturda ,
the famous case brOught to compel the
county commissioners to surrender J o-
sie Barry, a girl who was sent to the
County Home and then bound out to a
Westport family, was decided, and the
commissioners are victorious, The case' 7 . .
was brought in the name of Margaret
Whalen, the child’s mother, against‘ A;
George H. Olmstead, who was at,the 1 .
time secretary of the board. Thecase
was taken to the Supreme Court on a
reservation, and‘ the Superior Court is
now advised to dismiss the complaint
and remand the child. The reasons are
by Judge Fenn. The plaintiffs sought '
to recover possession of the little girl
for the purpose of placing her in a New 1"
Haven Catholic institution. ’ *‘ "
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