OVER 200 WORLD’S RECORDS ~FQR 1891, 0N. THE ' ORMOND‘E CYCLE M IT—CH ELL 1. THE AGENT. ..... . Dmm mun-NEW want .1? ’j. ~._ ”UNTIL YOU SEE THE .‘i' "naturalist" MITCHELL Is the Agent. Vol. [IL—Whole No.562c. — THE FAVORITE HOME’PAPEllH. Independent in all lines : rental in nothing. 'The Gazette has the largest cir- culation of any paper in Norwalk. and furnishes the lowest advertising rates. ' Amusements This Week. “ Keep it Dark”_ at Music Hall, South Norwalk, to-night. “Early Birds ” at the Norwalk Opera House Wednesday evening. ———. . y«¢»_-._. An Extra Gazette. An issue Of- the DAILY GAZETTE will shortly be published in the interest of . Norwalk, East Nor-walk and South N'orwalk, and is intended to embrace a complete list of the business and pro- fessional men, showing what facilities we have to offer to manufacturing and other industries to locate in the town. This issue will give unusual advantages to our business men to widely circu- late their interests. An authorized agent for the GAZETTE will call on the business and professional men, and we feel confident they will give the enter- prise their hearty support. - #. ___.4 9,.— Mr. Cleveland’s New Deal. The announcement, unofficially, but no less authoritatively, given out by President Cleveland to the effect that as a rule no applications for appoint- ment will be entertained from those - who held positions under his first ad- ministration, falls like an exceedingly wet blanket” upon the numerous ex- Office-holders who have~come on to Washington with the expectation of re- instatement. Yet there can be little as to the gen- eral fairness and good sense of this policy. It may be departed from in exceptional cases, but such cases are likely to be rare, and our old friends of 1885-’89, who held up the Govern- ment during those four years should accept the situation like patriots and philosophers, and make way for others who during the next four years may be depended upon to hold up the Govern- ment with equal fidelity. The Washington Post has already ex- pressed itself quite clearly upon this point. Less than a week ago it said that the proposition was without force that Mr. Cleveland’s ex-oifice-holders had any peculiar claims to his present consideration, and it predicted then' that the President would take .thc same View Of the matter. There will Of course be many disap- pointed applicants,but they cannot com- plain that Mr. Cleveland is exhibiting to ward them either ingratitude'or want Of appreciation. He bestowed upon 2 them the highest possible evidence of his confidence when he called them to' the service of former administration. That they faithfully discharged the du- ties Of their various trusts showed the wisdom of his selections, but it by no means implies that it were wise or just to recall them. There are many other Democrats who are entitled to the President’s recognition equally capable and equally meritorious. The only ev- idence of ingratitude or want of appre- ciation Mr. Cleveland could possibly exhibit would be in leaving this worthy contingent out in the cold in order to return the ex-contingent to the warm nests they previously occupied. The rule is important, moreover, as a wholesome reminder to many politi- cians in both the great parties who need to'be so reminded, that outside of the comparatively few positions under the Government requiring expert scientific knowledge. there must be no approach to anything that savers of prolonged tenure of office ; that there are no men or set of men in this country whose continued services are essential to the national welfare ;‘that the machinery of the departments is not so intricate but that Brown was as well able to run it under the lust administration as Jones did under the administration be- fore, or that under the new adminis- tration Smith may not run it as well as either of his predecessors. It is 3150 well to be reminded occasionally that there is virtue in the principle of rotation in. office; that barnacles are always a clog to the ship of state, and that an infusion of new and vigorous blood from time to time is as necessary to the vigorous transaction of public affairs as it is in the maintenance of all other forms of human occupation. A Request. Warden Sloan, makes the request that all places of business in the be- rough be closed on Thursday, March 10th, betwecnthe hours of 1:30 and 4 O’clock p. m., ' during the funeral services of the late Hon. James Hyatt. .-. . .--...,_-- , Collector of Customs George B. Ed.' munds, of Bridgeport, has resigned his office as Collector of that port. TERssiiALEs OF THE TIMES. . “Ben” Bechtel is out again after a seven weeks’ illness. “Keep it Dark” at Music Hall, South Norwalk, lac-night. . —Don’t miss “Keep it Dark” at Music HalltO-night. Luke Schoolcraft, the well-known comedian,- died at Cincinnati last night. Freight handlers at Stonington struck Saturday but on a promise of more pay returned to work. —-If you want to Spend an enjoyable evening go to-Music Hall, South Nor- ' walk, lac-night and see “ Keep it Dark.” ——The Weekly GAZETTE and the New York Weekly Tribune is sent to any address for one dollar per year. _ Pasqualo Fennetto, the. Italian who stabbed Guiseppo Nimio in New lluven last week, was captured last night. ~—Purc drape Wine 50 cents per hot- tle at Betts & Farringtou’s. 5.26 it Miss Margaret McDonald formerly of Norwalk and now living in Philadel- phia. is melting old friends in town. TA ten horse-power Engine and Beiler will be sold cheap for cash. Apply at GAZETTE office. There will be a meeting Of Grace Church vestry at the residence of W. H. Smith tO-morrow evening at eight o’clock. ' ' ' fi-Choicc Butter 25 cents per pound at Betts A: Farrington’s. 560 tf A bill has been introduced by Sen- ator Morgan at Hartford prohibiting fishing with a seine in harbors here- abouts. --—Port and Sherry Wine 50 cents per bottle at Betts & Farrington’s. 560 ff A...—_ Mrs. Platt Price is still confined to the house by sickness. Mr. Price who has also been on the sick list is able to be out. ——Best Tea 50 cents per pound at Betts & Farrington’s. 560 tf _ Stamford is again in a healthy condi- tion. Fewer cases of contagious dis- easesare reported than at any time since last summer. Charles W. Lamb, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Danbury, is dead in that town, aged.78 years. He was a batter by trade. ' Mrs. Charles H. Bradley, Of Bridge— port, made a desperate and unsr ccess- ful attempt to end her life by faking arsenic Saturday evening. . The horse cars were draped in mourn- ing yesterday afternoon immediately after the announcement of the death of President J ames W. Hyatt. _ St. Mary’s T. A. B. society, organ- ized about 1867, has become so reduced in membership, it is thought that a vote Will be taken tO-night tO disband. The horse railway depot and the Fair- field county National bank building were appropriately draped this morn- ing out Of respect to the memory of Hon. James W. Hyatt. » _—Wanted—By April 1st, about 10 minutes walk from the bridge, a COT- 'TAGE HOUSE, must have at least 3 bed- rooms. Address “M,” GAZETTE Office. In Hartford, Saturday, Temperance orator Murphy and Mrs. Murphy were presented With a handsome silver toilet set by the employes of the Hartford Silver Plate company. Over head yesterday it was an ideal spring Sunday. The air was warm and even the nasty condition of the streets did not prevent people from spending as much time as possible outdoors. ‘ Vaughn’s storm predicted for Satur- day, arrived On time. Do Voe’s storm predicted for yesterday, has not put in an appearance at this writing. All-in- all yesterday was abeautiful day. A The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Charles Marvin formerly of Wil- ton Will regret to learn that she is dan- gerously ill with pneumonia at the h'ciame of her daughter in New York 01 yo . ' ' Judge John H. Perry, upon his re- tirement from the Common Pleas court bench, will enter into law partnership with his brother Winthrop C. Perry and George E. Hill with offices in Bridgeport. _ .Joseph Crossman lassoed a musk- rat in a newly made grave at Pine Is- land cemetery yesterday. He has it confined in a lass case and will pre- sent it to Buckingham Post at the next regular meeting. Postmaster General Bissell has an- nounced: “N e newspaper man need ap- ply.” In view of this fact we are afraid that the Mugwump postmaster at Wilton will have hard sledding to secure his retention. , Frank McKee, a..New York boy, jumped from a freight tra1n_at the \east end of the railroad bridge at Bridgeport Saturday night. His face and both hands were” cutiand abrased, but he was not, otherwise hurt. He was taken to the emergency hospital. Norwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, March 13, 1893. Asia. minor result of the recent mis- sion held at St. Mary’s church, Rev. Father Slocum announced yesterday . ' that there, were sixteen converts. The reverend gentleman gave an exceed- ingly-interesting lecture on the sub- ject of Ireland. .. . The funeral‘ of the late Phineas R. Dusenberre will be attended from the Methodist church in Stamford, this afternoon. The interment will be" With MasOnic honors. A number of Nor- walk relatives and friends will be in attendance. It was supposed hereabouts that John C. Byxbee of this city, was the leading candidate for collector of internal rev- enue Of this district, but such, it- seems. is not the case. N 0 less a person than James (“_ War Horse”) Gallagher of New Haven, is in the race—Mendel: Journal. ' - —Druggist Hale must be expecting that everybody is going to have a cold, for he has just received one thousand bottles which he will fill with his famous Lung Balsam and to advertise his Rose Cream for chapped hands he will present every buyer of Lung Bal— sam who brings this item at 25c bottle of Rose Cream. 561 tf Connecticut pensions : Original — Charles B. Wright, James E. Stevens, James R. Page, Charles White, Wil- liam B. Woods, George R. Lyousi,A1- hart B. White, Seymour G. Phillips, lieury Martin, Annie B. Palmer, Dan- iel Noonan. Additional—James Thurston, Willard Potter, George H. Bornby. William A. Baker. Reissue— Dauiel B. Sullivan. Original widows, etc. Mary Costello, Elizabeth Malone. The new law in reference to fishing on Sunday is not relished by those who have been in the habit of doing all their fishing down the harbor on that day. One of them was heard to remark that if the Officers crowded him to close he would go over to the Long Island shore for his'fishing. One good effect that the law will have is that those big fish yarns will not be so plenty of a Monday morning, the coming season. John Madden died at his home on Franklin avenue, at an early hour this morning. The deceased was a moulder by‘trade and worked for years at the foundry on Mechanic street. Owing to poor health he left the business and opened a store on Franklin avenue. His funeral will be attended from St. Mary’s church, on Wednesday morn- ing. The A. O. of H., of whie he was -a member, will attend in a body. —~~—coo- Famlly Rows. - Saturday afternoon a little girl came running up Water street‘ in the pelting rain, and told Chief Dann that her father was misusing her mother. In company with Officer Howard the Chief visited the scene. and found that one Dougherty was giving his wife a tongue-lashing but had not struck her. They were both under the influence of intoxicants, and after warning them that if they did not cease quarreling they would both be placed under ar- rest, the. Officers left. As the Chief was about to go into the police quarters, another little girl scarcely six years old came down Wall street, and said “Oh Mr. Policeman won’t you come up to my house, my papa is killing my mamma.” He learned that the child’s name was Mc- Girk, and in company 'with Officer Howard he went to her home on Hoyt street, where they found McGirk in an ugly mood and threatening to do his wife bodily injury. The officers tried to quiet him but were unsuccessful and they placed him under arrest and took him to the station-house. On the way to the house Officer How- ard did a pretty act which is worthy of mention. It was raining hard and the walking was in a horrible condition. The Officer glancing down saw the little girl who had notified the Chief of the disturbance wgding nearly shoe deep in the icy slus , and picking her up in his arms he carried her to the stoop in front of her home. It was a simple act but a commendable one. McGirk has three children, the youngest an infant which was loudly crying at the time of the arrest. He was fined $1 and costs this morning which he paid. Mrs. Mc- Girk disclaims having sent for the po- lice, and' says that her little girl he- came unduly alarmed and called in their aid when the trouble did not war- rant it. J Their Accounts Audited. ' County Auditors Wells of Southport, and Getman of Stamford, on Saturday finished auditing the accounts of the county up to the 1st of July, 1892. Everything was found to be correct. Today they go to Bridgeport jail to audit the accounts of that institution, and On Saturday next they will audit the accounts of the Danburyjail. The county. accounts will not again be audi- ted until the close of the fiscal year, July 1, 1893. “- Appointed by the Governor. The following appointments by Gov- ernor Morris were announced on Sat— urday: , _ _ Jeremiah Sullivan of Norwich to'be inspector of steam boilers for the Third District for the term of three years from March 8, to take the place of John H. McCormick, deceased. Daniel Olihan of Bridgeport, to be inspector of steam boilers for the Fourth District for' three years from March 3, to take the place of W. S. Fox. .— .._....___~..‘ - >___...__..___ Passengers and Crew Saved. SEABRIGHT, N. J., March 13.-—Aiter weathering the severe hurricanes and cy- clones which have been sweeping the Atlantic, the English steamship. Wells City, bound from Bristol, England, for this port, lost herself in the fog this cve- ning, missed Sandy Hook and went ashore offphere at 6.40 Saturday. The passengers and crewrwcroa-ltakcn off the breaches buoy. Obituary. JAMES w. HrATT. Never has both the social and the business circles of Norwalk sustained so severe and conspicuous a loss as in the untimely death of HON. JAMES W. HYATT, which occurred on Sunday af- ternoon, in the 56th year of his age. Mr. Hyatt sprung from an old and honored N orwalk ancestry. His father was for many years the leading shoe manufacturer in the southern - trade here, which a half century ago was a prominent Norwalk industry. The father dying when James was scarcely in his teens, andleaving a large family in straightened circumstances, equipped for life’s battle with only such moder- ate edgcation as the old time district school supplied, he bravely started out to .earn a living for himself and help the widowed mother and fatherless brothers and sisters left to struggle like himself for support. He tried vari- ous things in town, that a. bright, ener- getic and ambitious boy might do, but the first permanent and anything like fairly remunerative engagement he se- cured was, . as the writer recalls, a clerkship in a hardware store in Stam- ford. He remained in this employ un- til fortune led him to New York City where he ultimately secured a position in the then great and prosperous bank- ing house of LeGrand Lockwood 8: CO. Here he rapidly rose by reason of his fidelity, ability and merit, from a sub- ordinate place to the trusted and re- sponsible position of chief bookkeeper and confidential clerk to the Lockwood banking firm. Thus he continued until the disasters of Black Friday overthrew that colossal financial institution. Among the wreckage of that dire disas- ter, the Danbury a Norwalk and the N orwalk Horse Railways, were as- signed to the late Henry Keep and the present Governor Flower of New York. Young Hyatt having the personal friendship and entire confidence of these Wall street magnates, was sent here to his home to care for and con- serve these railroad properties in their interest. He became the President of the Danbury d: Norwalk road and it is said of him-that never was its and the public’s interests therein, more vigor- ously, satisfactorily or advantageously administered. His connection there- with culminated .113. the extension of that road to Wilson' Point and giving to it the finest and most desirable water connection enjoyed by any railroad on the Sound between New York and New London. Mr. Henry Keep dying, his widow transferred her interest in the Horse Railway to young Hyatt, giving him. a controlling interest, and to the care of this constantly growing proper- ty has he devoted his personal super- vision all these succeeding years, hav- ing been its-President and General Su- perintendent continuously to the time of his decease. He loved his native town with a fer- vor amounting to enthusiasm, and was always ready and anxioxs to do all in his power to promote its welfare. He has served on repeated occasions and to his great personal inconvenience, as Warden of our Borough, and in various positions of trust and responsibility connected with local societies and as- sociations. He has honored himself and his Dis- trict, by occupying a seat in our State Senate; was for several years Bank Commissioner for Connecticut, ending his career of remarkable efficiency in this department Of finance by having been promoted to National Bank ex- aminer for that portion of New Eng- land embracing the states of Connecti- cut and Rhodc Island. He was for several years Vice President of the National Bank of Norwalk and as in all other positions, proved himself of spec- ial value to that honored institution. ‘ Mr. Hyatt took the blue lodge de- grees of the Masonic fraternity in New York, and served one year as master of Sagamore lodge, NO. 371. Upon his return toNorwalk be affiliated with St. John’s lodge, No. 6. was made a Royal Arch Mason in Washington chapter, No. 24, took the degree of Knight Templar in Clinton commandery, N o. 3, and then journeyed to Bridgeport, where he became a noble of the Mystic Shrine in Pyramid temple, and was decorated with the crescent of the order. The late Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, rec- ognizing his phenomenal executive and financial abilities, induced President Cleveland during his first administra- tion to appoint him United States Treasurer. This great trust 'he also administered with rare tact, industry and ability. Connected with this high appointment the incident is worthy of note as evincing the confidence and es- teem in which Mr. Hyatt was held by his fellow citizens here, that the first gentlemen to profi'er him their names on his enormous bond to the Government, were several of our leading Republi- cans and his active political opponents. Returning from Washington tO’hlS home here, he was almost immediately elected President of the venerable Fairfield County Bank. This time- honored institution, like so many an- other, had throughvarious misfortunes. drifted on a lee shore and a majority of its stockholders seemed instinctively to feel that Mr. Hyatt’s was just the skilled hand, needed at the helm to guide it again into prosperous seas. To it he at once gave his best efforts and with the efficient aid of its cashier, soon had order brought out of disorder and thebank anchored on safe and solid foundations. . Last year, in company withMessrs. Kimmey, 'Swartz and lVoodward, he invested largely and took-an active per— sonal interest in the Roton Point Im- provement enterprise. _Here as every- where, he bended every energy to making it not only a pecuniary success .to its owners. but an attractive place "for the public to visit as a shore re- sort. It is thought by many, that his excessive labors, exposures and per- plexities here, Coupled with the disas-l trous termination of the Georgia-Ala- bama Investment and Improvement Company, from-which he had expected so much sowed the seeds, and we're the primary causes'of his physical break- ing down. which has so deplorably ter- minated his‘ useful life. - , l 'Hoyt, Tweedy 85 CO. s In early manhood, he married Miss Jane M. Hoyt, daughter Of'George Hoyt, long since deceased, who a half century ago was a leading shoe mer- chant at the Bridge. This wife, two sons and two daughters, are left to mourn him, in the unutterable sorrow and despair of hopeless bereavement. Mr. Hyatt possessed a warm and gen- erous nature and had a natural apti- tude for making and retaining strong and enduring friendships. He gave liberally of his time and means to promote the objects for which the Norwalk Board of Trade was or- ganized and of which body he was elected the first President. ,Every- thing that could contribute to the growth, , business prosperity or good name of Norwalk, always awakened in him~the liveliest interest and received from him the most earnest aid and sup- port. He felt and often expressed an especial interest in the establishment and exceptionalsuccpss of the DAILY GAZETTE, as sure to prove an influen- tial and important factor in spreading abroad a wider and more favorable knowledge of N orwalk and sure to con- tribute to its material progress. This earnest interest he exemplified in many practical.material and substantial ways and the GAZETTE gratefully craves,with his hosts of sorrowing friends in all parts of this great country, the sad privilege of dropping the chapter of its sincerest sympathy upon his honored but untimely grave. The funeral will be held on Thurs- day afternoon, fuller notice of which will be published later. EDGAR s. TWEEDY. Edgar S. Tweedy, one of Danbury’s foremost citizens and known all over the state, died on Saturday of gastric fever. Mr. Tweedy was born in Danbury May 30, 1808. At the age of twenty he became a partner in the hat factory of He was one of the incorporators Of the Wooster ceme- tery in 185’), and was till his death an officer of the association. He was an active organizer of the Danbury & Nor- walk railroad, Danbury’s first railway, itind for twenty-five years was its secre- ary. Mr. Tweedy was one of the organiz- ers of Danbury Light company, one of the corporators of the Danbury bank 'now the Danbury NatiOnal bank, was the first president of the Danbury Li- brary association when it was estab- lished and held that office till his death. He was also president of the Dan- bury Relief society. He assisted in the organization of the Danbury savings bank and has always been retained as one of its directors. He was also treas- urer of the town for many years. Mr. Tweedy was chosen to represent Dan- bury in the Legislature in l845. In early life he was a Whig, but as sisted in the organization of the Repub- . lican party and was a delegate, from Connecticut to the national convention which nominated Freemont in 1856. Again in 1860 he represented the state in the national convention which nomi— nated Lincoln and was one of the two delegates of thisstate to cast his vote for that gentleman. In 1880 he was chosen a delegate to the National Republican convention which nominated Garfield, and although 72 years old, attended all Elie sessions of that protracted conven- ion. At the convention Of l860,which nom- inated Lincoln and again in 1880 when Garfield was nominated the editor of the GAZETTE was appointed by Mr. Tweedy his alternate. ———-———-—< 9 USE DAN A’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S ‘ ‘THE KIND THAT CURES”. “—4- Harry Lane Arrested: Harry Lane, the pugilist, was arrest- ed in Bridgeport on Saturday after- noon and turned over to Sherifi' Pugs- ]ey Of Westchester county, New York. Lane is wanted for violating the law of New York by taking part in a prize fight withEdward Brady in Rye a little over two weeks ago. Brady was placed under arrest in his saloon in Stamford Saturday morning. He went upstairs on the pretext of changing his clothes and while the sheriff remained in an adjoining room escaped by jumping out the first story window. Sheriff Pugsley said that the probabilities are that Lane will not be prosecuted. He considered Brady re- sponsible for- the arrest of Lane as he went to Rye and made a great “holler. ” Lane secured Attorney Judson as counsel. The question of extradition was raised, but as the grand jury of Westchester county has indicted 'both men there is little doubt but that it Will be granted. On the advice of Attor- ney Judson, Lane went to New York with the Sherifi'. He was remanded to the White Plains jail until today when he will be given a hearing. ‘ .0. USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES. ” _. -9. Raided a Faro Bank. Early Sunday morning Mayor Mari- gold, at the head of a squad of patrol- men, made a raid on a fare bank in Bridgeport, 'managed by Sam Merritt. It was the most successful raid ever made in that city. The place was crowded and the game running full blast, the Surprise being ‘ complete. Forty men were captured and at the police station Merritt fur- nished bonds for the party, amount- ing to $1,000. - An anonymous letter to Mayor Marigold, stating that the place was doing business and that many young men were squandering their wages there, was the cause of the raid. USE DANA’S SABSAPARILLA,IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES.” -+ . No Sunday Fishing. The Senate on Friday passed the bill, which imposes a fine of sloand costs and thirty days imprisonment for fish- ing on Sunday. ‘ ’ “Equal and Excel Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”——Jefmon. ‘ i- MISSllllLWOMlN. Sudden Disappearance of a Grief- Stricken Mother. - Searchers Unable to Find a‘Clue. About three months ago Mr. and Mrs. William Howard mourned the death of their eldest child a boy whom they almost idolized. Soon after his death Mrs. Howard showed extreme signs of melancholy, bordering almost upon insanity. A strict watch was kept, without her knowledge, upon her movements through fear that she might commit some rash act. For the past two weeks she had seemed more cheerful and it was be- lieved that she was recovering, still, a watchful eye was kept upon her. Yesterday she seemed more cheerful than usual. In the evening she changed her dress, and about 7 o’clock placing a shawl over her head went out in the yard. Nothing was thought of the action at the time, but as ten minutes passed and she did not return her hus- became somewhat alarmed and started out to find her, but was unsuccessful. He then became doubly alarmed and securing the aid of a number of friends a diligent search was instituted. ‘ It was at first thought that she had wandered up to the cemetery and to the grave of her beloved boy. But no trace of her' having been seen in that Vicinity could be found. Mr. Howard lives on Ellwood Place, he having moved there soon after the death of the boy to please his wife, who could not bear to remain in the house where he died. Back of their present home the river runs, which has become very much swollen during the recent rains. Mr. Howard has a theory, which gains credence with the minds of others, that his wife during a fit of abberation threw herself into the river and her body has been washed out into the creek. Naturally the shawl which she had over her head would have fal- len Off, and perhaps have been caught along the shore of the river on some overhanging limb, or something else. A thorough search has been made all along the banks of the river but as yet without result. Searching parties are out all over town trying to get a clue as to the woman’s whereabouts but at this writ- ing without success. Horse car driver War-dwell thinks that he saw a woman answering- Mrs. Howard’s description in the vicinity Of the Armory between 7 and 8 o’clock last night. She left an infant scarcely one year Old, in its cradle. but from which she had never since the death of her boy seemed to have gained any pleasurable emotion. in fact she seemed to have iost'lill love whatever she may have had or 1 . The deepest sympathy is felt for Mr. Howard in his terrib e trouble and everything possible is being done to find traces of his missing wife. - ' She is described as being about five feet four inches tall; hair slightly grey, and about 30 years of age. She had on when last seen a black cashmere dress; black cloth top gaiters ; and on her head a small brown shawl. She wore on her left hand a plain gold wedding ring with a light guard ring and a gar- net ring with two small diamonds. A large searching party has been or- ganized and nothing will be left un- done to find the whereabouts of the missing woman. Anyone who may have seen her Since 7 o’clock last night Will please notify her friends or Chief of Po- lice Wallace Dann. USE DANA’S SABSAPARILLA,IT’S “THE KIND THAT CUBES.” Houlihan is Chairman. The new board of Commissioners for Fairfield county formally organized Saturday and elected Senator Houli- han as chairman and Commissioner Rowland, of Bridgeport, secretary and treasurer. After adopting a resolution that the national colors should be float- ed from t e County Court house every day in th year except Sundays, the board devoted themselves to the sign- ing of orders for the payment Of ac- cumulated obligations of the county. These aggregated upwards of $3,000. Commissioner Mead will probably be elected secretary and treasurer of the board of management of the County home for dependent and neglected children in this town. ' 0.. Fire at Bristol. A very disastrous fire resulting in the death of one man and the destruction of about $5,000 worth Of property, broke out in Bristol Sunday morning in a laundry adjoining the building occupied by the carriage and wood- working shop of N. P; Thompson 8: Sons. The flames were first discover- ed about 2 o’clock and quickly gutted the laundry, resulting in aloss of about $700, insurance $500. The flames also communicated to the billiard room Of John Sheridan and 'did slight damage. The loss to N P. Thompson lit-Sons will be about $4,000‘ covered by insur- ance, and to Sheridan about $400. ——-‘~——<—e Amusements. __T.______ OPERA HOUSE . The Early Birds Burlesque company will appear at the Opera House, nesday night. It is said to be the most refined burlesque company_that ever appeared in N orwalk. In Middletown, where the company appeared on Thurs- day night the house was crowded, and “the audience kept in a continuous roar until the, curtain went down.” The olio is bright, clean and amusmg. The specialties are of the best. twenty l'ady,performers are all pretty and their costumes elegant. eight clever‘comedians With the com- pany. _ , $Advertise in the GAZETTE. eds The- ' There are Price . one Cent.“ ' ~ g; Drunk on the Track. _ ‘ . _ Peter Dugan indulged too freely in mtoxmants Saturday evening and be- .- came as those who 0saw him aver,” very drunk. He lives in the vicinity of the Fair Grounds and started for home about 9 o’clock. He we seen to - fall on the sidewalk two or three times , but managed to pick himself up and proceed homeward. As the 9:20 horse car from Winnipauk neared Plymouth avenue, driver Sweet noticed that one ~ of the horses stumbled, but thought nothing more of it. After the car had gone perhaps a hundred yards Con- ductor Matheis glanced back and saw what he supposed to be a blanketon the track. He stopped the car and driver Sweet went back to investigate. Ashe did so he saw an arm raise up - from where the supposed blanket lay, and becoming frightened he returned to the car. Mr. Matheis then made an investigation and. found a man in a semi-conscious condition.‘ With assist- ance he picked him up and placed him in the car. Arriving at Dr. Hunting- ton’s he summoned him and'the doc- tor rode to the railway station with the wounded man, who proved to be Peter Dugan. The man claimed that he had been assaulted and named his alleged . assailants, one of whom has been out . ,,of town over a week. The other was produced by Officer Howard and Du- gan then admitted that the man was guiltless. - The only plausible theory as to the source of Dugan’s injuries is that he fell on the horse railway tracks and lay there in a drunken stupor until the car came along and that one or both of the horses stepped upon him, and that he was left in such a position that the car passed over him without the wheels coming in contact with his body. Dr. Huntington found that Dugan' had received severe cuts on his face, a bruise on his side and cuts on one of his hands and his left leg. The doctor prescribed for the wounds, and Dugan ' was accompanied to his home by Offi- cer Martin. That he escaped fatal in- Juries is very remarkable. Q. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Iii’il'cll 13. — The water in the Gencsse River continues to rise hourly. The greatest damage yet re- portéll occurred Saturday night at Char- lotte Harbor, where the ice tore several large vessels from their moorings and carried them out into Like Ontario. Two fishing yachts, valued at $3,000 each,are lost. The large steamers City of Rochester and Island Chief lodged under the Rome, \Vatertown and Ogdens- burg railway bridge, and were recovered in a damaged condition. Reports received here from villages . along the flooded Genesee valley say that the water instead of receding has in- creased in volume. At Mount Morris 50 ' families have been driven from their homes, and the damages are placed at $550,000. TWO loaded freight trains are kept on the railroad bridge to prevent its being swept away. At Dansville there is much suffering among the families who have been driven from their homes. , Immense piles of driftwood and huge cakes of ice are coming 'down the river, and men are stationed on all bridges en- deavoring to prevent a blockade. The brewery of Hathway & Gordon is flooded with several feet of water. Many narrow escapes have been reported at Genesee. Several women esciped from their homes by wading in water five feet deep. There are as yet no traces of the vessels carried by the flood out into Lake Ontario. ‘ TROY, N. Y., March 13,—The continuous rains, has swollen the tributaries that empty into the Hudson river here. _ Large tracts of country east of the ' city are flooded to a depth of several feet by the overflowing'of the Wynantskill and , Poestenkill. ‘ At noon yesterday the bridge at Mill- ville was carried away by the enormous pressure of water and heavy ice. It had stone abutments and was regarded as se- cure. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the upper dam at Albia, and - this is heightened by the fact that the waste gates cannot be opened owing to an ice blockade, which greatly increases the pressure on the dam. . ' Much damage has bgen done on Glen and Craigc—n avenues in the upper part of the city by the overflow of the lower res- ' crvo.‘r, the sluice-way being far too small to carry away the water. The Hudson is rising rapidly and the decks are covered. Unless cold weather sets in the freshct is liable to be one of the worst in many years. ‘ FONDA, N. Y., March [Ia—There is a general thaw in the Mohawk Valley. The small streams are swollen and the river is high. In nearly every village in the val- _ , ley the cellars are filled with water. The country reads are in a bad condition and some are impassable.‘ A heavy rain fell yesterday. CANAJOHARIE, N. Y., March 13.——Ther'e ‘s an ice gorge in the Mohawk River be- low Palatine bridge. The ice is still fifin above the bridge, and over two feet 'thick. The water has been rising steadily-and the lowlands are flooded. _ - PATERSON, N. J., March 13.—The Pas- saic river is fusing rapidly and the people ises sulmierged at any moment. ‘ -. UNDER. AN AVALANCHE. Three: Men Swept Into-affliver by 3. Snow , Slide. noxnour, N. Y., March 13. — While digging a road along the side of a mount- ain near Carpenter’s Eddy, Sullivan county, three men were struck by an. death. The road runs along a steep s ope, about 100 feet above the Delaware River. ' While the men were working a _ tre-~ ,mendous mass cfsnow slipped from the mountain above and swept them into the river. Delos Alverson and William Hen- . derson were Severely Injured. Peter. _» Gregory was carried out to where, the“ water waslfi feet deep, and he had grelt, ~ ' in. y . o! the fee. which .hemm’eflhim N. 7v;— thaw of the last few days, aided by heavy.- ' in the lowlands expect to see their prem- ~ ' avalanche of snow and narrowly escaped . difiieulty in getting to‘shpre on' 600an 5,1; ~w-.--- .. fl“; ; ;
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