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‘THE FAVORITE'HOME PAPER.
Influential ii all things: Neutral u noting.
The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
' rates-
Troiiey and Horse Car. .
On the general subject of street tram-
ways, the N. Y. Evening Sun discourses
thus intelligently :—‘ ‘ The experts seem
agreed that the most advantageous trac-
tion where street trafiic is dense is the
cable ; the best where the trafiic is less
dense, but still large, is electric. There
seems to be a condition, however, where
the horse-car best serves the public ‘in-
terest. Travelers in countries whose
freight movement is small have ex-
pressed surprise at seeing trains of
pack-mules pacing along parallel with
the railroad ; it is apparent, however,
that the mules would not be there un-
less they were able to deliver the goods
from start to destination for less money
' than the railroad, with usually some
5
additional haul at each end.
Electric traction again between towns
is competing successfully with steam
railways. Though the railway trains
are faster, they run at longer intervals
and hence serve the public need less
conveniently than the slower electric
line, running at more frequent inter-
vals. It would not pay to run railway
trains at five minute or ten minute in-
tervals when it may pay trolley .lines
on that basis. - In the same way, in
pushing out beyond the suburbs proper
into the rural region, it may not pay
the trolley to run on ten minutes’ head-
way, while it does pay the slower horse
car to do so.
An interesting illustration of these
traffic conditions is reported from New
Jersey. An extensive net-work of trol-
leys has been projected there, extend-
ing over the face of the country from
Paterson to Elizabeth, taking in New:
ark, Jersey City, the Oranges and many
villages and settlements that dot the
face of the country.
The building of electric lines has
proved one of the saving clauses to
American industry during the past
year. The amount of line laid has
~ been nearly double that 'of the steam
lines for the same period, and cuts a
leading figure in the country’s current
permanent investment and develop-
ment. There seems no safer income-
producer than a well- located trolley
line, between terminals of adequate
population, with a country adapted to
suburban development lying between. ’
The belief seems general among those
best informed on the subject, that
within a period of less than ten years
next ensuing, there is likely to be con-
tinuous lines of street railways con-
necting with each other, between Bos-
ton and New York. ‘
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Stalwart Politics.
Eli-Senator Edmunds says that, in his
opinion, the President is sound on the
currency question. He thinks that Mr.
Cleveland will do everything that may '
properly be done by an official in his
exalted position to rescue the country
from its present predicament. Mr.
Edmunds, however, goes further, and
intimates that among the things per-
missible in such a connection, the em-
ployment of the tremendous power of
patronage must be considered. As he .
not only expresses the belief that Mr.
Cleveland will resort to this expedient,
but leads us to infer, says theiWssh-
ington Post, that he would do the same
himself under similar circumstances.
Here Mr. Edmunds raises an interest-
ing point in political ethics. The theory
that the patronage may be distributed
so as to aid the consummation of a
given policy is not a new one, but it is
endowed with eternal poignancy. That
small but superior band of eclectics
who advertise themselves as Mr. Cleve-
land’s especial friends and sympathiz-
ers, and who never speak of his party
save with pity and contempt—we refer,
of course, to the Mugwumps—have
always held that office should be con-
ferred upon a man, not only without
reference to party service, but without
regard to his political Opinions and
affiliations. They insist, in fact, that
the only standard of merit is previous
familiarity with the details of the office
especially in question, and thus set up
the proposition that each year'speut in
drawing a salary from the Government
adds to the Government’s obligation to
perpetuate the beneficiary in oflice and
emolument. It is true that Mr. Clevc- .
land has indirectly repudiated these
complacent do‘ctrinaires by his action.
in the famous case of Mr, Bascom
Myrick, of Georgia, whom he punished
for having called him a Mquump.
Yet it is ’none the less a fact» that they
continue to pretend to special intimacy
with the President’s feelings and pur-
poses and to a divine commission to
advocate and illustrate them to the
world. ,
Now comes Mr. Edmunds, however,
commending Mr. Cleveland for the
"tions, and suggesting that, in his cha-
racter as a President with a policy to
the enforcement of the other. Not
only that, but be rather intimates that
he perceives in the President’s actions
about this time enough to warrant the _,
conclusion that the latter takes the
same view of the matter. His propo-
sition amounts, in fact, to this, that
Mr. Cleveland is to favor onlyésjuch
Congressmen llS will agree to support
administration measures of finance.
and-to distribute post-offices and other
Federal appointments on the good, old-
fashioned basis of a quid pro quo.
According to the Post’s philosophy,
nothing could be more inane and futile
than the Mugwump plan of putting in
places of political influence or respon-
sibility persons not actively sympa-
thetic with the settled purpose of the
administration. In doing that which
Mr. Edmundsindicates as probable,
the President would do exactly what
the‘Post thinks a party leader should
do. The idea may shock some of the
namby-pamby sentimentalists who
think that governments ought 'to be
nurtured on the milk-bottle, but it will
gratify all who like virility, strength
and stalwart politics, and 'who believe
that governments owe it to the people
who create them, to do something that
the people want.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
Connecticut pensionS:—Original wid-
ows, eta—N. Pratt, minor of John
Cody. __
'——Hind % lamb 18c,f0re 12c People’s Mt
1 Mrs. Jane A. Peek is dead in Stam-
ford, the result of a fall down a flight
of stairs July 4th. ’
The fronts of several stores on Main
and Wall streets are being embellished
in an artistic manner. _. ~
There willbe a family re-union'at
the Bennett homestead, East avenue,
on Thursday evening.
Phoenix En ine Co. will take part in
the picnic an parade of the Port Ches-
ter firemen, August 13th.
—-Nothing so good for Sunburn and
Tan as Hale’s Rose .Cream. Samples
free. * ’ ‘ 642-tf
The front of Mrs. Fawcett’s store on
Water street is being brightened With
white paint andgold trimming.
The front of the building in which is
located Taft Bros. store. is receiving a
sadlyIneeded coat of paint.
The Tramway cars now run from the
foot of Spring Hill, Norwalk, to MIea-
dow street, South Norwalk. The line
is being liberally patronized.
At a meeting of Hope Hose company,
held Tuesday evening,'it was voted to
take part in the Fireman’s parade at
New Haven, on Friday July 21st.
'What Joseph Matheis does not know
about raising raspberries would fill a
book, but what he does know about
raising that palatable fruit would fill a
larger book; , .
A large elm tree in front of the Mori-
son place on West avenue, was on
down Tuesday. Mr. Joseph McKier-
nau'say'slthat he asisisted in planting it
over forty years ago.
Josephine Baldwin, a colored woman
who has been living on Knight street,
and who was sick and a charge upon
the town was taken to the Bridgeport
hospital Tuesday afternoon.
. The News says: “There is no vis-
ible Sign of Danbury having the trolley
system, this year.” Danbury has the
sympaty of those towns that are now
onjoying the trolley system of locomo-
ion.
Twenty men in the employ of P. W.
Bates, the granite dealer, W' lhold their
third annual picnic at Compo beach to-
day. “Have a good time,” said one of
the menio a GAzETTE reporter, “you
can bet a sarcophagus against, a curb-
stone, we will." ‘
—At 2 p. m.,IThursday, you will find
on the “Bargain Table” at the Boston
Store, Norwalk: Negligee Shirts, val-
ued at 31.50 and $1.75, for '98 cts. each;
also, custom-made uulaundered white
shirts, 75ct. quality, at 50 cts. for this
Sale only. _ ' ' . 646-1t
, Phoenix Engine company was out for
a “was ” last night. The scene 'of
their operations was Mill Hill. A tax-
payer this mornin said to a GAZETTE
reporter, “It won] have added greatly
to their renown if they had only wash-
ed the Town House into the creek.”
Every legislator has the privilege of
having the refuse reports. and other
~mattsr in his desk at the close of the
session at Hartford, sent to him by the
Capitol superintendent. The last of the
packages are now being dispatched.
They all go “collect” so that the state
is at no expensofor expresSago.“ .
courage and the virtue of his convic- '
enforce and avast amount of patron-I
age to dispense, he would be justified:
in so dispensing the one as to secure.
if j as SHE__E_L0-PED? , _
The Danghter or [andlpi‘d LMc-I
Pherson, oi the; Norwalk
_ Hotel, Missing.
Disappeared While Flor '-Parehts
' Were Away. ‘
, Norwalk is fast gaining a reputation
for sudden disappearances and slope.-
ments equal to any town in the state.
The last “case of sudden diSappeai'ance
occurred Tuesday night, when Mr. and
Mrs. ‘M. McPherson, of the Norwalk
and found that their young daughter,
Annie, was not at~ home. A search
failed to ,find her about the hotel and
inquiry revealed the fact that she had
not been seen for several hours. Ru-
mors flew thick and fast, but no clue
has yet been obtained of the missing
girl. It is said thata Stamford man
named Richard Ayers, who has been in
town on several occasions, may have
been at the bottom of Annie’s sudden
disappearance. Ayers came here 'sev-
eral weeks ago ostensibly for the pur-
pose, as it is said he represented,» of se-
curing newsboys to sell the New York
Evening World. Visitors at the hotel
say that Ayers has paid Annie conSid-
erable attention of late, and it is re-
ported that it was he who induced her
to leave her home. Annie is apetite
blonde between fourteen and fifteen
years of age, well matured and quite
attractive. Her parents have never
suspicioned that there was any inten-
tion- on her part of leaving home and
they are badly broken up over her sud-
den and strange disappearance, and
they hope against hope that she has
taken a sudden fancy and gone ,to visit
relatives in some other town. A rumor
reached the GAZETTE that she had gone
to visit her uncle at Darien, but a visit
£0 that town failed to find any trace of
' er.
The many friends of landlord Mc-
Pherson hope that the reports about
town are untrue, and that his daughter
will soon return and explain everything
satisfactorily. Ayers, the man who, it
is said, induced her to go away, is re-
ported to be well connected in Stam-
ford, but has for a number of years
been leading a very fast life. «' .
' Ayers told a party yesterday that he
proposed leaving for Chicago to-day.
‘
~USE DANA’S SABSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
O
For the Cure of lnebriety.
A branch of the Keeley Institute for
the cure of inebriety, has been estab-
lished in the Woodward homestead at
South Norwalk, and is now open for
the reception of patients. The house
is a branch of the West Haven insti-
tution, and is presided over by mana-
ger Frank M. Lovejoy and Dr. T. F.
Evernden, two as affable gentlemen
as you would meet in a day’s travel.
It is not necesiiary to describe the
Woodward homestead to the people
of Norwalk, suffice it to say that no
finer location, or better house, could
' be found in town for the purpose for
' which it is to be used.
A GAZETTE reporter visited the Insti-
tute last evening and listened to a very
interesting explanation of the work-
ings of' the cure by manager Lovejoy,
who speaks from experience, having
undergone twenty years of in'ebriety.
The patient who enters the institute is
subjected to four hypodermic injec-
tions of the gold cure,in the arm,a day,-
receiving the same at 8 a. m., 12 m.,
and 4.30 and 7 p. m. In addition he
takes another form of medicine inter-
nally every two hours while awake.
The course of treatment lasts four
weeks. On entering, the patient is al-
lowed to have his whiskey as regularly
as he desires. on application to the Dr.,
but it is not given him in quantities
sufficiently large . to produce Tntoxi~
cation. At the end of the second day
the dos re and craving for liquor leaves
him, and it is an unusually stubborn
case when the patient can take whiskey
on the fifth day. The patient is al-
t, can go anywhere in town that he may
desire, but he is rigidly required to be
at the institute at the appointed hour
to receive the injection. It is not
claimed that a graduate of the KIeeley
cure will never touch a drop of liquor
again, but it is claimed, and has been
proved,rthat after he is discharged he
is again at the point where he was be:
fore he first tasted liquor, and that it
lays with himself to say whethethe
will live an honest, upright, sober life.
and become a respected member of
society, seeking his associates among
the good and the pure, or again become
a disgrace to himself and family. The
terms of the Keeley ours are $100 for
the four weeks’ treatment, and $8 to
$10 a_week for board, according to the
location of the room.
USE DANA’S SABSAPARILLA.IT’S
‘THE KIND THAT CURES.”
.0.
Allan Springstcin now draws the
reins over a handsome pair of bays,
the property of Dr. L. N. Phinney.
——Screen Doors, all complete with
Spring Butts for $1.20. W. H. Smith
& Co. 15 & 17 Water St. '
Mr. and Mrs. Alee Cole of Maple
streetIhave gone on aI trip west. The
iIJIiI-ip Will include a visit at the World’s
air. - .
On Monday Mrs. John S. Seymour
picked from her garden one and a half
bushels of exquisite sweet pea blooms
and sentItheIm to the New York hospi-
tals for distribution among the patients.
The Painters’ Union have issueda
folder, giving the'names of the firms
in town who have none but union pa-
per-hangers and painters in their em-
ploKI, and the fire alarm—calls of Nor-
- We
and. South Norwalk. . .-
. the
Hotel, returned from an evening drive .I
lowed the freedom of the place, and Chfi‘
,Work in about a week.
many like happy celebrations.
I
The Boiler lylakers’ Strike.
, The 150 boiler makers who struck for
shorter hours at he Bigelow Boiler
Works, New Haven, are still out. It is
thou ht that the icompany will grant
demands of e strikers for nine
hours and that t men‘will return to
work Thursday. . ‘
Called twist. Marks.
:At a vestry misting of St. Mark’s _
Episcopal church,mf New Britain held
last night,theRev.' Mr.Mayne of West—
port was nominated to the vacant reIo-
torship. Mr. Mayne has ofliciated in
the church several times and is very
much liked. 1»
USE DANA’S SABSAPARILLAJT’S
‘THE KIND THAT CUBES.”
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Dying bytthe Track.
Early last eve 119; the unconscious
form of a man w found near the city
market in New Ha on. He was appar-
ently a brakemanggond had been swept
from a passing traIin by the bridge at
this point. He died at 12:35 this morn-
ing at the hospital,“ .
By papers upon‘his erson his- name
is thought to be either awson or Finn,
it is not certain which.
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All the Bills Signed.
Governor Morris, Speaker Brooks,
Lieutenant-Governor Cady,’ the clerks
of the Senate and House and the joint
engrossing committee of the last Gen-
eral Assembly wilLImeet at the Capitol
on Thursday to sign the bills passed dur-
ing the last few days of the session.
Governor Morrishas signified his ap-
proval of all the bills not prepared for
his signature when the General Assem-
~bly adjourned, byfeindorsing the origi-
nal bills. .
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Will AskiDamaaes.
Edward Sheehan while on his way
home Tuesday evening fell into an ex-
cavation near the Sherry place and in-
jured one of his legs. It is stated that
he will ask the borough for damages.
The excavation was. made in order to
make some repairs to a pipe broken by
thesteam road roller. It is claimed by
those having the work in charge that
danger signals in the way of lanterns
were set and proper precautions taken
to prevent accident.
OOO~
The Shock Proved Fatal.
Mrs. M. Ellwood, widow of the late
Hezekiah Ellwood. died at the town
farm, Tuesday afternoon, from a para-
lytic stroke which she suffered the
same morning, and of which mention
was made in these columns. The de-
ceased Mr. Ellwood will be remem-
bered as an old time stae and horse
car driver in Norwalk.
was about 65 years of age and she had
been cared for at the farm for about
one year, during which time she has
been in declining health. > The inter-
ment will be in the Pine Island ceme-
cry.
4-»
First Anniversary.
Local Union, No. 230, Brotherhood
of Painters and Decorators of Ameri-
ca, celebrated their first anniversar
Tuesday night. After the regular buSi-
ness meeting and installation of ofiicers
the members of the Union and a num-
ber of their friends partook of a colla-
tion comprising several kinds of
salads. boned chicken, cold meats, etc.,
of which there was a great abundance.
It was a social occasion and the Union
demonstrated the fact that they know
how to entertain in a royal manner.
The Union meets every second and
fourth Tuesday of each month.
'09.
Sons of St. George.
The annual convention of the ,Sons
of St. George of the State of Connec-
ticut was held in New Haven Tuesday,
the meeting being called to order by
Grand President W. H. Clifi' of An-
sonia. There were about forty dele-
gates present. The treasurer’s report
showed'that there is a balance of about
$10,000 in the treasury. Officers were
elected as follows: G. P., George
Clork, Bridgeport; W. P. G. P., W. H.
Ansonia; W. G. V. P., G. H.
Fox, Hartford. Thcannual picnic takes
place to-day. and several members of
the order from Norwalk are present.
The Contract Awarded.
The committee on sewers, Messrs.
Squire Glover and McMullen, together
with Warden Sloan and Clerk Hub-
bell, met Tuesday night and opened
the bids for the construction of a sewer
on the Turnpike, Stuart and Elmorest
avenues. The contract calls for 3,500
feet of 10-in. pipe, twenty-two man
holes, seventy-five house connections
and 250 yards of rock out. . There were
but two ids, that' of William Sheldon,
for $3,531.75, and A. Bach $3,616.
The contract was awarded to Mr. Shel-
don, who expects to. commence the
USE DANA’S. SARSAPARILLAJT’S
"THE KIND THAT ooans."
O
Her 83rd Anniversary.
- Miss Julia Ann Jennings celebrated
her 83d birthday at her home on Mer-
win street, Tuesday afternoon, by on-
tertaining a number of her friends,
- which she didin a handsOme manner.
There was both vocal and instrumental
music and congratulations galore.
fine supper was_served. Among those
present who will ever remember the
occasion as one of the happiest in which
they ever took part were Mrs. Julia
Betts, Mrs. A. G. Bette, Mrs. Jasper
Pryor, Mrs. J. P. Crossman._ Mrs. W.
Day, Mrs.vE. Newkirk, Miss A. B.
Smith, Mrs. L. Jackson. Mrs. J. O.
Jennings and daughter, Mrs. George
Taller, Mrs. LeGrandI Jackson, Miss
Florence Jennings. Miss H. Parsons,
Mrs. Henry, Jennings and son, Mrs.
Alexander Smith and family, Mrs.
Smedley and others. The GAzETTE
joins with ' rllin Wishing the hostess
/
.1 rs. Ellwdod "
3’ ant relatives.
Bangui CASE.
Promised To Destroy a Pre-Nup-
tial Agreement But Didn’t.
Judge Hall Finds it Worthless.
The enteringIof anappeal in the suit
of Lizzie T. Barnes, of N orwalk,against
William H. Starr and others of the
same place, says the Farmer, rev1ves
interest in a stery which has never been
completel told except in court. The
case was 0 efiy‘interesting because of
the fact that it was the only one of the
kind ever tried in this state. The plain-
tifi‘ sued for the setting aside of an ante-
nuptial contract. The case was tried be-
fore Judge J. M. Hall last October,and
was only decided by him a few weeks
ago. That it should have taken him
oversight months to make his finding
proves that the casewas one such asIthe
courtsdo not often have to deal With.
The defendants in the case were the ex-
ecutors and legatees under the Will of
Samuel H. Barnes,of Wilton, who died
at the age of 80 years two years ago last
April. . .
Barnes was a typical Connecticut far-
mer of the prosperous class who by in-
dustry early and late and the using of
every foot of his farm to the best ad-
vantage, succeeded in amassmg a ror-
tune of over $100,000 dollars. Married
to an estimable wife he was as unosten—
tatious in his display of regard for her
as he was in all the other affairs of his
uneventful'life. At the same time the
neighbors knew that Barnes thought a
great deal of the woman,who 1n the life
upon the farm lived the same dreary ex-
istence and performed the same round
of homely duties which fall to the lot
of most farmers’ Wives.
While the husband filled the farm,
swapped horses and received good
prices for prime beeves and other pro.
ducts of the farm, the good Wife With
never ceasing solicituIde looked care-
fully after the uncertain hen and saw to
it that the butter from the dairy was
not surpassed in color or quality by
that of the neighbors. In this way she
contributed in no little degree towards
the bank roll which the husband Iloaned
out on good mortgages and occaSionally
invested in giltedge stocks and bonds.
When she died in September 1884,
Barnes exhibited a proper degree of
rief until about five months after his
fiereavement, he met Miss Lane '1‘.
Cartwri ht. . I
Miss Cartwright was at this time a
maiden lady of 45 years, residing With
her sister, Mrs. George W. Hunter, of
East avenue, Norwalk. The Hunter-
family occupied the pretentious reSi-
deuce formerly owned by. Ex-Senator
O. S. Ferry and which was Situated op-
posite the equally as pretentious Van
Zant place, owned by Mr. Barnes.
Although 75 years of age Barnes was
smitten at first sight with Miss Cart-
wright’s charms. During the Winter
and Spring following his WifeI’s death
he called frequently upon Miss Cart-
wright and his attention to her grew so
marked as to become a matter of deep
concern to a numerous train of expect-
He frequently took Miss
Cartwright driving, sometimes bring-
ing her as far as the Atlantic hotel,
Bridgeport for dinner.
Miss Cartwright was not behind
hand in the matter of attentions.
With her sister she often called at Mr.
Barnes’ house withdelicacies for his
table, assisted about putting his house
in order and occasionally cooked din-
ner for him.
Barnes was but human. Somehow
or other the potatoes never seemed so
mealy, the meats so juicy and tender or
he tea so bracing as when prepared
under the skilled hands of the lady who
was fast causing him to forget another
who had been wont to perform those
same duties. He was touched in a_ten-
der spot, and after having several times
meaningly referred to the loneliness of
his widowhood about the middle of
July following his wife’s death surren-
dered himself and his all in a proposal
of marriage.
Like any well regulated young wo-
man of 45, Miss Cartwright did not
yield all at once. She asked time for
consideration, which was granted. She
mentioned the disparity in their ages,
for although 75 years of age Barnes was
well preserved and apparently Vigorous.
She also said that she had no deSire to
be burdened with the drudgery and
lack of social pleasures which are the
usual lot of a farmer’s wife. In a
casual way she remarked that she had
been accustomed to a nice home at her
sister’s and she would expect as nice a
home if she married him. I
Barnes Withheld no inducement,
promising to leave the farm and come
to live at the Van Zant place: He re-
peatedly urged Miss Cartwright and
after about a month’s persuaSions the
aged lover’s blandishmentIs overcame
her. The day for the marriage was not
then fixed. . _
The practical Side of the elderly
wooer’s courtship developed about a
month after the engagement. HeIcalled
upon his fiance IWith a-paper which he
said was a marriage contract. He fur-
ther remarked : - . .
“It’s a little form which I want you
to sign so that I may show it to those
people who feel so badly about my get-
ting married. I don’t believe you have
any idea of marrying me for my mon-
ey, but I would like this contract as I
want to convince them you are no such
A person. ' You can have confidence in
me that I will destroy it as soon as we
are married.” _
The “those people” referred to were
amorous expectants who naturally
took a deep interest in a relative
worth $100 000 and whose years in the
natural order of events could not be
expected to be many more. Barnes
showed Miss Cartwright anonymous
letters which he believed were Iritten
by them and which he said in cated
a scheme to set him against her,
but Miss Cartwright declined to
sign the marriage contract. Barnes
continued his attentionsand ansubsc- ~
quent occasions asked that Ishe sign the-
1
contract. Still she refused, sa in the
the other people might get hold gf thd
paper and make trouble. N otWith-
standing the frequency of his proposi-
tions With regard to the contract and
Miss Cartwright’s refusals it does not
appearIthat at any time Barnes made
such signing a condition upon mar-
riage, or that there was any change
{Inglis conduct toward his intended
n e. ‘ '
About the last of . June, 1886, Barnes
oneIday said : “You need not be afraid
to sign the contract. It will stop those
people bothering you, and it will make
httle difference to you, as I am not
worth more than $15,000. After we’re
married I’ll have it in my power to-
do _whatIis right, and if you sign it I’ll
destroy it as soon as I show it to those
people.”
. The marriage contract was a waiver
in considerationIOf $5,000 cash in hand
of the dowerI rights of the plaintiff.
Judge Hall, in his finding, says that
‘the statement made by Barnes as to
the amount of his property and as to
his intended destruction of the mar-
riage contract were false and untrue
and were made for the purpose of fraud-
ulently inducing the plaintiff to sign
the contract and thereby relinquish
her interestI in Barnes’ estate which
would vest in her as his wife. Upon
the date of the execution of the con-
tract Barnes was worth at least $75,000,
and had no intention whatever of keep-
ing his promise to the plaintiff and de-
stroyingI the contract as soon as he
showed it to certain people or at any
time thereafter.
While ona trip to Bridgeport with
Barnes July 19, 1886, Miss Cartwright
Signed the contract at Attorney Curtis
Thompson’s office. On August 4 of
the same Iwear she married Barnes.
After a we ding tour of two or three
weeks the couple went to Wilton to live
upon Barnes’ farm, notwithstanding _
the latter’s ante-nuptial promises to re-
s1de in the Van Zant place in Norwalk.
To his Wife’s inquiries concerning the
marriage contract Barnes invariably
replied:
“ It’s all right. I’ve burned it up.”
In pomt of fact instead of having
been reduced to ashes the contract was
in the safe of Nelson B. Gorham,
Barnes’I son-in-law, to whom it was
given within a week after the wedding
trip. Gorham informed Barnes’ neph-
ews and other legatees under the will
of his possession of the contract and
the nature of its provisions.
Mrs. Barnes’ married life was not
particularly. Arcadian. Barnes was
rheumatic, eccentric and peculiar in
character, disliked society, did not care
to attend church on Sunday or at any
other time, was parsimonious in his ex-
penditures for himself and wife as well
as for his table and did not seem to find
the same pleasure in his wife’s society
that he had before marriage.
He was morose and suspicious. Mrs.
Barnes was disappointed at not going
to Norwalk to live, found the duties of
a farmer’s Wife unadapted to her taste
and her strength unequal to their per-
formance. . She was troubled With dys-
pepsra, which the coarse fare Barnes
inelsted upon did not tend to alleviate.
She was compelled to attend church,
social gatherings, and go visiting with-
out the company of her husband, who
sent herIupon errands to store, mill or
blacksmith’s shop, but rarely to collect
money for him. He carefully Withheld
from her all knowledge of his financial
affairs and theIent-ire amount of money,
he allowed his Wife for all purposes
during the four and one-half years of
their marriage was $177. »
I In June, 1890, Barnes became alarm-
ingly ill, and his six nephews, between
whom and himself there never had
been any special intimacy, very prompt-
ly became extremely solicitous for him.
They arranged to nurse him in relays,
and did so until in two months he par-
tially recovered. Soon after the arrival
of the nephews Barnes sent for a law-
yer and made his will. He told the
lawyer to examine the marriage con-
tract so as to get its date, and charged
him to not let Mrs. Barnes know any-
thing about it, or the making of the
Will. Mrs. Barnes, with the aid of
woman’s fine intuitiveness, however,
discovered that the will was about to
be executed, and also that the marriage
contract had not been destroyed. On -
the day before the will was made, with
her sister, she entered her husband’s
chamber while the nephew nurses were
at breakfast and asked:
“BIarnie, have you destroyed that
marriage contract, as you said you
would and had done?”
“Yes, long ago,” was the reply.
Mrs. Barnes never mentioned the sub-
Ject again. I
The foregomg is all taken from Judge
Hall’s findins and isa rather full ex-
press1on of what the court thinks of
the late IMr. Barnes’ sharp practice.
By his Will ' Mr. Barnes left most of his
property toIhis nephews, making one
of them, IWilliam H. Starr, executor.
By inheritance and purchase of other
interests Starr will come intothe lion’s
share if the will stands. Mrs. Barnes
was left little or nothing and in order
to contestIthe will had to first have the
ante-nuptial contract set aside which
Judge Hall has done. The appeal from
probate is now pending. Goodwin
Stoddard and StateAttorney Fessen-
den, who conducted Mrs. Barnes’ case,
drew the evidence which Judge Hall
has woven into a narrative of such
“ contemporaneous human interest.”
J ndgc Brewster, of Danbury, and At-
torney Hurlbutt, of Norwalk. made a
strong fight for the defendants and
took numerous exceptions upon which
their appeal to the Supreme court is
based. .
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County Tax.
The selectmen were in receipt, this
morning, of a cemmunication from the
clerk of the Superior Court, W. B.
Shelton", calling for Norwalk’s proper-I
tion‘of the County tax voted by the
Fairfield county representation in the
legislature, May 24th, 1893. It amounts
‘to,the not insigmficant sum of $5,168.-
.03, being-at the rote of I9-10ths of 9 mill
the. grand “1183.: "A check Will be
n _ .
forwarded for the amount without delay:
Schooner Missing. .
Seven weeks ago, the "Ella Jane.” a
schooner of 120 tons, left Stamford har- '
bor, where she discharIIged a cargo, to-
go to Elizabeth, IN. ., for a load of \
coal. Since that time no tidings of the
schooner have reached Stamford or the
Wife of Capt. Christie, her commander;
who lives in Port Jefferson, L. I. r
'0.
”Another Sunday. Opehmg‘ Decision.
CHICAGO, July 12.-—Judge Jenkins, in * l
the United States circuit court, decided
against Wanamaker 85 Brown in their suit
to restrain Sunday opening of the World’s
fair.
M. Leplno to Succeed M. 1’.on. ‘
PARIS, July 12,—M. Lepine; prefect of .-
the Seine—atOise, has been appointed to
aucceed M. Loze in the prefecture of police
ere. . H '
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
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National League.
At Pittsburg: .. .. ..
gittsburg ....... ..1 0 1 'l’ 1 l l 0 0—1814 1
ewYork ...... 0'00800000—887.
At Cleveland: _ a. n. I;
elcvcland ...... 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 I x—12 lo 1
Boston........... 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0—411 8
At St. Louis: 11. n. n.
St.Louls ........ 11(l004000-—Oll-8~
Philadelphia..0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0—8 7 2
At Chicago: . F n. a. I.
Chicago .......... 504001320—15281
Washington...0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0—5 ,7 8
At Cincinnati: 11.. ll. 3.
Cincinnati ..... l 0 0 8 1 0 l 0 x—1213 6
altlmorc ...... 229000240—1081’
' At Louisville: n. u. a.
Brooklyn ...... .. 0 5 0 2 l 0 0 10 x—182il 4
Louisville ...... 8 0 0 U 3 l 0 0 1-1313 8
Pennsylvania State League.
- At Johnstown—Johnstown. 0; Easton. 3.
At Altman-Harrisburg, 5; Altoona, 1.
At York—York, 7; Allentown, 4.
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Eastern League.
At Providence—Providence. 8; Eric, 5.
At Springfield—Springfield. 7: Buflaio, l. .
At Albany—Wilkesbarrc, 11: Albany, 1.
At Trov—Bimhamten, 11;Tro_v. o.
OPENING! OPENING”
Roast Clams, Charter and Share Dinners
, _ At Reasonable Prices. ,
COCKEFUR’S OYSTER SHELL POINT,
615 1w Foot Hendrick Avenue.
THURSDAY. JULY 13.
F REE} Eihht’itti“
HOUSEWORTH’S
E. HOUSE W ORTH
EYE SPECIALIST. ‘
Will visit Norwalk on above date and will make
no charge toIexamine eyes. Al glasses
guaranteed With prices to suit the times.
His way of fitting. the eyes is as differs
from others as day and nights. nt
A. W.- Austin’s Jewelry.-
Store. .
GRAND _
EXCURSION.
“SEABEAGHtilNEY ISLAND _
STEAMER
CITY WBANY
Sunday, _J_ii|_y_ 23,’93.
isa-Q-Excunsmu nexus-47a
Leave South Norwalk, 9 a. m., re-
turning, leave Sea Beach Coney Is-
land,4:20 p.m.; leave East 31st street,
New York, 5:20 p. m.
LOST.
OST.—Between Washington street bridge
‘ and VanZandt ,avenue. an open faced
fiold-chased watch With acorn chain attached.
awardif returned to branch allies of GA-
ZETTE.
TO RENT. '
Half inch or less. 25 etc a day. or $1.00 per week.
0 RENE—The desirable suite of rooms
in James’ Block. Apply to F. ST. JOB)?
ocnwoop, Trustee. 638 tf
I0 RENT.—Second floor: five rooms with
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waterTTat No. 11 High street. Rent $8.00.
quire of AFT Baas. lothiers. Wall street.
637 if
0 BEN '1‘.—First floor of No. 4 Elm street
T also barn. Apply to 0. E. Wnson. 634 tf
(IIIIO RENT—The-House, corner of Center
avenue and Ward street. Eight rooms,
we and Borough water. good garden and fruit
trees. Inquire of Jesuit MA'IHEIS, 38 Ward
street. . 630 ti
o BENT.—The .sail boat, “Three Brothd
ers,” for_parties;
charge for fishing hues and bait. ' CAPT. 0. S.
Oman. 2? Merwm street. 6% tf
0 R. E N '1‘ —— Dwellings. No. '77 Harbor
avenue. Possessmn immediately Apply at
he Norwalk Gas Co’s ofiice.Wate_r street. 570t1'
_ FOR SALE. ' , .
Half inch or less, 25 czs-a, day, or timber week
B SALE, .—A neat little com o of seven
rooms on Umon Place. ana t
ntss’walk to Borough If as and Depot
Price $2.500. 81.000 0 which unremain rins-
nently and only 8500.1'equired tob'c ' i down.
Apply; to amass Oaxsmp. Act. was ,
savvvvvvvvvxgj
sorow boats. No -
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