‘all along the line ’of the Silver Mine ,
" feet and land damages paid at a mod-
V01. III.—Wholc No. 674. .
, Norwalk, Coma, Monday. Evening, August, 21, 1893. .
“Equal and Exact Justice to all ,Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or, Politico. .”-—Jeferson
“ Brice'Oiie, Gent. ,
Nonwmmsrm
. T [HE FAVORITE HOME-PAPER."
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The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnlahes the‘ lowest advertlslnlr
ratee- ‘ -
Reminiscent Outing.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Nichols, accom-
panied by Rev. Mr. Selleck, made on '
Friday, an excursion to Bedford, the
scene of the‘early ministerial labors of.
the farmer’s honored father, Dr. Sam-
uel Nichols. The drive over Parker’s
Ridge and thence across the romantic
Indian game pound brought the party-
anon ’to Bedford street, at the lower
end of which is located the .fine old
Judge Benjamin Isaacs homestead.
Here the party was Welcomed by Ben-’
jamin . Isaacs Ambler, Esq, and his
very agreeable wife of the Norwalk
Phillips-family, and the time spent in
their company was only too short and
- its memory will not soon pass out of
mind. The drive was then . resumed
untilthe ancient St. Matthews church
and rectory, formerly the incumbency
of Dr. Samuel Nichols, now watchfully
and happily cared for by the Rev. Lea
Luquer, was reached. There was' a
brief halt at the parish cemetery where
sleep Judge and Mrs. William Jay, and
afterward a most charming call was
made at “Candatoe” the home of the
Jays. Mrs. Hon. John Jay and her
daughter received the visitors upon a
verandah, the view from which is per-
haps unexcelled by that from any coun-
try seat in the land. Five hundred
acres cemprise the magnificent Jay do-
main‘, which was originally purchased
from the sachem Catonah by an ances-
tor of Chief Justice Jay, the grand-
father of the present distinguished oc-
cupant of the manor, whom last week’s
visitors were saddened to find some-
what an invalid, but whom nevertheless
they were privileged for a few moments
to converse with. The mansion’s paint-
ings were shown the callers by Madam
J av, in which gallery of high art and
merit indifi‘erence is impossible; The
portrait of the Chief Justice by Hunt-
ington, and that of Alexander Hamil-
ton by Trumbull, are of rare finish and
worthy a pilgrimage to behold. Ste-
phen Van Renselaer by Stewart, and
Gov. William Livingston (the father-
in-law, of Chief Justice Jay) as a boy,
President Timothy Dwight, Mrs. Chief
Justice John Jay, Washington, Adams,
and J efi'erson,are very clever. These and
several other historical characters forci-
bly. portrayed look down. upon you
from the walls of this elegant and re-
markable establishment and made the
visit to it one of rich enjoyment. . An
attendant very pblitely took some of
the party through the library, appert-
ments in which one could wish long to
remain. The chair in which the im-
mortal American statesman, John Jay,
died is preserved in the library. .
Leaving Candatoe a trip of about
four hours ended a day of notable de-
light.
, .
Wants to Know. ,
Mn. EDITOR :——I am an old resident
and tax-payer in the Borough, and with
many others I know, would like honest
answers to these few questions. Can
you and dare you give candid replies,
to the end that the tax-paying public
may have the information it ,earnestly
desires ?
My questions are as follows :
First.——Is this a good time to com-
mence to build a new storage reservoir?
Second—Is it true that about double
has been paid for the land for the con-
templated new reservoir ‘that it Was
offered for by its owners to an ex-Bur-
gess, who took the pains to go upand
price the same ? 4
Third. —7- Would not another large
amount have to be paid the mill owners
stream if this reservoir is built ? .
Fourth. --Could not the capacity of
both the Lewisboro and; Grape reser-
voirs be nearly doubled by either scoop-
ing out the great amount of mud de-
posits or raising the dams of each, and
thus avoid another batch of law-shits
and penalties with" the above mill
owners ?
Fifth—Why is not the new line of
enlarged cast-iron mains completed
before new enterprises are started, so
that we can get down to the Borough
what Water we now have ‘2 - '
Sixth—Can you give the total cost to
the Borough, for any one year, or any
one month even, of the water and civil
': engineer service? Do these bills, as
'. ,-_ rendered, startauywhere or end any.
' where? , ' '
Seventh. —'Are not our South Nor:
walk neighbors put to less than half our
expense in. the’matters of its water
' works, repairs, and engineer service ? .
Eighth—Is it true, as widely report-
ed, that members of the present Court
of ‘Burgesses and their agents, have
had in personal use the funds of the
Borough ?
Ninth—Can you state, withiany de-
gree of accuracy, the total cost of the
Main street improvement ?
‘ Tenthé—Can you tell us of any good
thing our present Board of Burgesses
has accomplished to lighten our burden
of taxation or substantially benefit the
Borough? . ’
Eleventh—Are we now lawfully a
Borough or are we a City ?
Twelfth .—-“ Where are we at,” any-
way ?' ' A. c. A.
fi
. In view of; the fact that the new
the meeting of the Court of Burgesses
to-morrow evening, and the initiative
for the immediate reservoir construction
is to be determined. the Queries of our
correspondent in reference to our water
system, possess and deserve a serious
and prompt reply. It is proper to state,
as we are authorized to do, that he is
not only one of our old and esteemed
tax-paying citizens, but has himself
been a member, more than once we
believe, of our Court of Burgesses.
We know he is sincere in his desire for
information, and for nothing but the
truth, although some of his questions
seem to convey a lurking inference of
suspicion and sarcasm, if not of con-
demuatiom
We will, as best we can, fully and
frankly reply, seriatim, to our esteem-
ed correspondent’s questionings:
First—If the money to commence
to build the new reservoir now, must
be borrowed or levied upon the already
hard-pressed tax-payers, it should, by
every consideration of wisdom and
prudence, be postponed to “a more
convenient season.” The city of Stam~
ford has just tried unavailingl y to float
its bonds, and we could expect no bet-
ter'luck in such a time of extreme
money stringency as the present.
Second—As to paying double what
was originally asked for the reservoir
site, we only know that ex-Burgess C.
P. Turney and engineer Frank H.
Beers, some months ago, made a per-
sonal canvas of the owners of the land,
and obtained'prices therefor, much less
then, they claim, than was finally paid
for it. ._
Third—For the simple erection of a
new and larger storage reservoir, the
Silver Mine stream mill owners should
make no claim for additional damages,
as its real effect would be to store water
that runs ed in wet times, to hoist out
and down the stream in dry times.
Fourth.——Ex-Burgess Buxtou. in the
presence of the writer, two years ago,
ran a small fishing rod down from
eleven to thirteen feet over an area
within a dozen rods of the Grupe dam.
Were this enormous mud deposit
cleaned out, no doubt the capacity of
the reservoir would be very greatly on-
larged. It was roughly estimated at
the time that it Wouldcost from one to
two thousand dollars to dig out and
cart away this mud deposit, so that} it
would not wash back again into the
reservoir. The Grupe dam no doubt
could be raised so as to double its pres—
ent capacity, but to do. this and pay
land damages, it is thought, would cost
more than the erection of the new and
larger reservoir now contemplated.
As to the Lewisboro reservoir, there
is no very great amount of mud de-
posit and this dam could be raised eight
erate cost. The Hoyts recently pur-
chased five acres of land adjoining this
reservoir for $16 and the Borough‘can
have it at cost if required. The other
land needed would likely cost more but
not a large sum. But the chief trouble
is the great distance between this reser-
VOir and that at Grupe’s, whereby the
stored water either soaks into the
ground or evaporates in its long run
down. It was a serious mistake in lo-
cating it-at this distance without piping,
but it was only another of the innumer-
able blunders from beginning to end
of our water system, cinsed by reason
of our having had no thoroughly ex-
perienced'w'ater' engineer to superin-
tend its construction. The settlements
reservoir question is to come up. at.
already made with the . mill owners
were conditioned, we are told, on the
size of the old main and their cases
cannot be re-opened in the way of new
claims until the line of enlarged pipe,
now partly laid, is put down through-
out. -
, Fifth—Our correspondent must ask
us an easier conundrum than this.
However, on the completion of this en-
larged main for the entire line, we un-
derstand, new claims and new legal
complications for damages are liable to
occur and the Water Commissioners
naturally desire to postpone all such
vexation and expense as long as possi--
ble. ,
Sixth—We have been asked many
times before to give this information,
but have never been able to separate
the two accounts. The engineer, we
are told, is paid $6 pcr'day for his own
services, but what his assistants get, or-
whether paid by the Borough in all
cases or by himself-in part, we have no
means of knowing. The bills passed
upon for engineer expenses at every
monthly meeting, and which occasion
so much suspicion and unfavorable
comment, could be made far more, if
not entirely satisfactory, it full item-
ized details were given the public.
Seventh—Yes, probably this is true.
But it should be borne in mind that
South Norwalk is piped with strong
and durable cast-iron, and not as the
Borough is, with paste-board or stove-
pipe mains, requiring constant repairs.
They undoubtedly do excel us in the
conduct and care of their system in the
matter of expense. Mr. Norton, an
expert and faithful mechanic, is em?
ployed at a moderate per diem to lay
and repair pipes and care for the sys.
tem, and ohly in exceptional cases is a _
water engineer employed at all. We
are told that a responsible party put in
a bid to do all this work for a total of
$1,000 per year. It probably costs the
Borough three times this amount, if not
more, because of its constant leaks and
breaks and diggings [up of its rotten
pipes. When the Borough has a little
bill of printing to be done, if not more
than $2 in amount, it trots its clerk
about to see what needy printer will do
it the nearest to starvation prices, and
we see no reason why the care of our .
water system, side-walks and road re-
pairs, should not be operated with the
same care and rigid economy.
Eighth.—— Such rumors have been
afloat all about the Borough for
months past, but the GAZETTE has no
actual knowledge on the subject. A.
C. A. is therefore respectfully referred
to Warden Sloan.
Nineth.-—We do not believe any one
knows the precise actual and total cost
of the Main street improvement. The
macadamizing, of course, was the chief
item of cost, but engineer bills, changes
of grades and of pipes, enter largely
into the total outlay, we are told.
Tenth—Yes, we can. The present
board has scraped up the loose cobble
stones in our highways. 'It has con-
scientiously tried, as we believe, to
keep down extravagant expenditures.
It has borne, without resentment, the
irritating and iaregular interruptions of
one of its members and best of all, as
the GAZETTE thinks, lent its influence
for an ending of our “ rotton Borough
system,” and the adoption of a City
Charter. That one act, if no other,
should win the Present Board the pub-
lic gratitude and embalm their individ-
ual memories as public benefactors. .
Eleventh—We have, in our life time,
read BlackstOne 85 Chitty on bills, but
are not lawyer enough to venture a re-
ply. This a question upon which even
paid attorneys disagree and is about as
uncertain as whether we have a Board
of Health or not.
Twelfth—This is hardest of all. How
can we better reply that in the beauti-
ful and eloquent words of the'late 'Dan-
iel Beers, of “Pinch Intestines,” when
opposing at the Town House, the pro-
ject of opening up Riverside avenue.
“Gentlemen,” said‘ he, with intense
feeling, “we are here in Norwalk, drift-
ing out on the boundless sea of extrava-
gant, expenditure, withontrudder, chart
or compass l The rocky reefsof - taxa-
tion confront. us, the, quick-sands of
debt engulf us I Where, how, when,
oh when shall we ever again reach those
green and prosperous shores of ecbn~
omy, where faith, hope and religion bid
usruaswa co'" ' ‘
O.
- TERSE TALES OF. THE'TIMES.
The Robert Emmett club will meet
to-night. ~
John R. Hunter left for the White
City, tor-day. ~ ..
The‘Painters’ Union‘will meet to-
morrow evening. ‘ .
~Hale’s Cordial 250., cures all bowel
troubles. _ 33tf
' Charles S. Barraclough is moving out
of the Badden building. '
Mr. M. Hurd, of Danbury'is visiting
friends on Belden avenue.
Connecticut Pensions: Original,—
Abram Geer, of Norwich. .
Mrs. Charles H. Hendricks is very
sick at her homeon Main street.
The second degree will be conferred
by Our Brothers Lodge to-night.
Hattie the only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.W:.F. DeKlyn is reported as being
very. slck. ‘ . -
There was no camp meeting at Betts
grove, Sunday.- The heavens were leak-
, ing too badly.
. Mrs. George Simmons of New York,
is a guest of Mrs. Tyler Waters. on
Merwin street.
An attractive Boston Store sign has
been palnted on the west wall of the
Hardenbrook building. -
I‘he schooner Cora B., of St. Johns,
N. B., is at Hill’s wharf with 120,000
feet of lumber and 165,000 lath.
The steamer Huntington will bring a
crowd of Long Island excursionists to
Roton Point, next Friday night.
The soldier boys left for the Niantic
camp ground the morning with damp
coats and mud on their shoes.
Mr. M. J. Kelly received a telegram
this morning, announcing the death of
his sister Delia, at Taunton, Mass.
' ‘ Undertaker‘PTBTKavanagh is in re
ceipt' of a telegram’announcing the ser-.
ious illness at Providence of his mother.
The remains of Cyril Benedict of
Danbury. who died in Washington, D.
C. were taken to Bethel for interment
to-day.
The Borough “speak-easies,” got in
their accustomed Sunday work again
yelstterday With some conspicuous re-
su s. .
The condition of Miss Higgins, about
which so 'much interest centers, is re-
ported this noon to be quite encourag-
mg.
Miss Helen Bassett, of Bethel, a for-
mer soprano in St. Paul’s church, is a
guest of Mrs. A. H. Camp, on North
avenue.
Rejoiced to see “our Eddie” out and
on deck agem to-day—must have taken
some of his “exclusively” published
colic remedies.
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l . Therein of Saturday night, Sunday
and today, was very refreshing and
greatly needed. The air is as cool as
an iced lemonade. _
On Saturday a canine in full chase
after a feline fell into a well 65 feet
deep at William J. Nash’s. It was a
dead dog when fished out.
Mr. Edward Lund, Supervisor of the
Manhattan elevated railway, N. Y., and
wife. and John J essup of Brooklyn, are
the guests of Mr. Charles J. Ferries.
A. J. Fisher of this place has chal-
lenged Mr. Bailey or Mr. Lovely. of,
Bridgeport, to run 100 yards for $50 a
side, allowing each man two yards han.‘
dieap. ____ '_,
Trainer Lockwood shipped and ac-
companied four trotters to Carmel to-
day, among the number being Turner
and Shipman. He expects out of the
“bunch” to win several large purses.
About forty friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Goodwin gave them a surprise
party at theirhome on Fair street,
Friday evening. There was an abun-
dance of good cheer, music, dancing
and refreshments." .
The water faucet in Attorney Walsh’s
office is constantly kept open and there
is a continued-waste of water. If there
are other faucets In a like condition
about town the waste of water in the
aggregate must be very large. . Would.
n’t it pay to make an investigation ?
David Kennedy who has suffered the
loss of two children by diphtheria and
has had other .members of his family
sick with the d1s'ease,besides havinghis
home quarantined, 1s reported as being
in straightened circumstances and de-
serving of substantial sympathy.
, The J ask Johnson social club intend.
ed having a clam bake in an“East N or-
walk grovc‘ Sunday, but the rain would
. not’permit of the comfortable sitting
on the grass, and as the club is out of.
chairs the bake was postponed. Part of
the refreshments were put on" ice until
next Sunday and the clams were crate
and. anchored in the creek.» _. ,
_G. s. Wardwell and “Al” Chinery
wrth their hip boots filled with good
bait, left early this morning for Great ~
Pond, where they expect to capture
about 100 pounds of pickerel.
There wasp happy little party at the
Lawn Tennis club Casino- Saturday
evening, despite the very unpropitious
weather. The leading feature was
danclng, and all had a merry time.
E. B. Robinson of Norwalk, scratch
won first prize in the runnlng high
jump at the Woodside Park, Stamford,
events, Saturday, and W. L. Geer also
won a prize in the 880 yards handicap
run. Hrs handidap was 40 yards.
Mr. Ferris of Stamford, - who has
leased the store at present occupied by
John F. Bennett on Main street, has
engaged Taylor d! Co. to repaper and
repaint thesame, and expects to open
it as a clothing store on. or about Sep-
tember 1st. , '
Capt: Isaac Buxton celebrated his
80th blrth-day yesterday. His is a
case of good care and good living,
and a Vigorous constitution as the re-
sult. Mn. Buxton still continues to
work at his trade as a carpenter, with
una‘eated strength'and apparent enjoy-
men . -
The J anko Key-board Piano forte
Recital at the residence of Hon. John
S. Seymour on West avenue, was a de-
lightful success and a large company
of N_orwalk’s best people were present
to Witness the exquisite playing of Miss
- Newcomb and view the novel instru-
ment.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
‘ THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Q
The Fat Men.
The 27th annual clam bake of the Fat
Men’s Association will be held Thurs-
day August 3lst, at Pleasure beach,
Bridgeport.
Chinese Free Masons.
A Chinese lodge of free masonry will.
be organized in 'New Haven to night
With sixty four charter members. The
lodge Will be Instituted by high officials
of'the order from New York eity.
~9-
Has a Tumor.
Margaret Brophy, a well-known
character both in Bridgeport and Not-
walk, is suffering from a tumor at the
Town Farm. It was decided this morn-
ing to transfer her to the hospital, where
an operation for the removal of the
tumor Wlll be performed this after-
noon.
'- A Delightful Time.
Engineer P. S_. LeFevere gave about
twenty-five of his friends and relatives
a sail on the steamer Edward Dayton,
on Saturday. Among the party from
Norwalk were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Bowe. Mrs. E. J. LeFevere and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry D. Cornell. The party
sailed from New Rochelle to a point f
opposite Norwalk, from thence to
Oyster Bay and home. A banquet was
served on board the boat. The Nor-
walk party report having had a delights
ful time.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
. "THE KIND THAT CUBES.”
A Close Call.
A section of the track, about 100 feet
long, on the Consolidated Railroad,
was washed out of place a short dis-'
tance this side of the Mt. Vernon sta-
tion by the storm on Saturday night.-
The 9 o’clock accommodation train was
rushing toward the station Sunday
mornlng when the engineer heard a
dtozen Italians all shouting to him to
s op.
He stopped so suddenly that the peo-'
ple 1n the train were forced in voluntar-
ily to how their heads to the backs
of the seate. _ Then the train was back-
ed to a sliding and ran around the
waehout.‘ The men in a switch tower
whlch the train passed before it reach-
ed the break did not signal the engineer.
Q
Grand Lodge Meeting.
The meeting of the Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of ,Odd Fellows
of the State of New York, which will
occur to-day at Scottish Rite Hall,
Madieon avenue and Twenty-ninth St.,
promises to be of great importance
to thin large secret organization. The
order in that state numbers 675 lodges,
with a membership of more than sixty
thousand. New “York city has 141
lodges, with a membership of about
twenty thousand, while Brooklyn boasts
of fifty-three lodges and a member-
ship of about eighty-five hundred.
Among the distinguished visitors from
Connecticut will be Grand Master W.
H. Marigold of Bridgeport, Grand
Warden D. R. Alling, and Post Grand
Masters Charles B. Ware. Fred. S.
Hunt, Bradley S. Keith, W. H. Stan-
nard, Philip Pond and W. H. Comley.
O
Rainmakers , at Bloprnfieid.
The first experiment in rain. making
ever made in New England came to an
abrupt close over .thevtobacco farm of
Eugene S. Clark, in Bloomfield, Satur-
day, only four baloons, with half-pound
' dynamite cartridges attached, being
sent up instead of fifty, as had been 1n-
tended. . ‘ . ,
The first three cartridges exploded at
a hei ht of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. It
was t on decided to send up fifty bal-
loons with cartridges attached in quick
succession. The next balloon was pre-
pared and _released. .. It rose a dozen
feet, when it was caught in a current of
air and ‘ sagged. The paper near the
base took fire. The mass of fire with
a dynamite cartridge dangling from it
created a panic andscattered the crowd
in . all directions. . The cartridge was
snatched from the flames in :time to
avoid an explosion,- butno more bal-.
loons were-sent up... No rain fell 'im'-_
Sunday .
d mediately,‘ but“ there yrs-s “plenty“ on
State; Shots.
The Bridgeport Manniné’Tool' Works
have shut down for.two~_we'cks vaca-
ion. ' ’
Mrs. Emma Heath is the first woman
to be made a voter in Danbury under
the new law. - .
Four stores in Norwich were entered
by burglars early Sunday morning and
a large lot of goods taken.
_ Oyster shells are selling in Fair Ha-
ven at nine cents per bushel which is
about double the former price.
The 26th annual reunion of the Fif-
teenth Regiment Veteran association
Will be held in Milford August 25.
The Connecticut Fife and Drum
Corps association are making arrange-
ments for their annual meeting. which
l? toohe held in New Haven on Septem;
er a . ' -
The staff officers at Niantic, on Sat-
urday night, presented General Haven
wrth an elegant dress sword with a
guarded tortoise shell hilt, and silver
scabbard.
Belle Mayo, eight years old, of Hart-
ford, 1s dead of lockJaw. Two weeks
ago she ran a rusty nail into her foot.
Lockjaw supervened and'she died in
great agony.
The Danbury Machine company
closed at noon on Saturday and anoth-
er reduction was made in the working
force. There are now only twelve
hands at work there. "
They. do queer things in Waterbury.
According to the American, Michael
Curley .was brought before the police
court in that place charged with
“drunkenness and not shaving.” He
was discharged.
James McGurk, a laborer employed
Shore Line cut for the Consolidated
road, was struck by fiiying rocks from a
blast explosion Satur ay, and was taken
to the New Haven hospital.
. Edward Emmett, son of Henry Ems
met of Hartford, who is staying at the
Sea View hotel at Savin Rock,had a nar-
row escape from death Saturday night.
He fell out of his cot, near the second
story window, to the ground, and wa-
badly bruised.
Frank Fancher, aged about 21 years,
was ontrial in the Newton court Sat-
urday charged with committing crim-
inal assault on Miss Belle Pitcher. the
16-year-old daughter of a well-known
resldent of Hawleyville. The case was
continued for one week and Fancher
was released under bonds of $500.
It has just been discovered that in a
cemetery belonging to a Jewish society
in East Haven, several of the bodies in-
terred there have been placed only
from nine to twelve inches beneath the
surface of the earth and that in some
mstances the dogs have partly disin-
terred some of the remains. The
board of Health has notified the society
that the bodies must be buried to the
death required by law, which is four
eo .
Charles Schleyer, the West Danbury
barber, drag. established a weather bu-
reau, and now deals out predictions
:1. la Sergeant Dunn. Mr. Schleyer
bases his forecasts on a small frog
which he has confined in a quart fruit
can. ‘. The can is half filled with water,
and contains besides a miniature lad-
der. When a storm is approaching the
frog takes to the water, but when fair
weather comes it perches high and drr
on the ladder, there to remain until in-
stinct teaches it that another storm is
brewmg. . .
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
"J.'HE KIND THAT CURES.” '
A. Sentinel Exclusive.
Miss Mary Beers. cashier at E. J. Wadhams’
.Norwalk market, will resign her position to-
night aud on Monday wrll enter the employ of
Ford, Hayes of South Norwalk,—Saturday’s
Sentinel.
Miss Beers is still in the employ of
Mr: Wadhams, and the above item was
a bit of news to her.
*
Gone 'Democratlc.
Said a cigarmaker to a GAZETTE re-
porter, this morning: “vaartz’s cigar
factory has again gone democratic for
two weeks. ' ‘hey shut down about two
weeks ago for one week, after which
the men were given five days’ work.
And now comes another shut down.
At this rate we cigarmakers will be
compelled to eat hay, before next
spring.”
+
The Papers irregular-
The case of Mrs. O. L. Bassett vs.
James Price, who keeps the chop house
on Water street, was set down for trial
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bassett sues
to recover for a milk bill amounting to
$10, and placed an attachment on
Price’s chattels to secure the amount.
The trial was adj ourneduntil Tuesday,
it being found that there was some ir-
regularity in the attachment papers.
Train Wrecked.
Seventeen freight cars of the Harlem
railroad ran ofi' the track at Towners
Station, Saturday night,and Conductor
Mullen lost his life.
Just south of Towners the New York
and New England road crosses the Har-
lem road over a trestlework supported
by stone abutments. At this pomt the
tender of the engine‘went ed“ the track
and was followed by the cars. ' .
Conductor Mullen and «brakeman
Frank Secor were standing on the first
car, but Secor jumped and Mullen was
. thrown a distance of ten feet into a hole.
He was taken out immediately,but died
shortly afterward? . ‘
The carswere piled'up in every con-
ceivable shape and their contents
strewn along the track. A singlular
went off the track butthe caboose. .'
' "The only reason assigned for the
wreck ‘is'either. :a, broken journal or
sp‘readinglof the rails.- 1,
by the contractors digging the new .
part of the-accident was that every car '
ha y ands
As Bad off as Norwalk.
The law which abolishes town boards ' ' _
of'health and leaves us .withcut fa Bub- -
stitute until the middle of next - year is
on a par with theithe new charter. It' '
is, however, a comforting thought'fthat _.
the Town Board of Health in Stamford
never amounted to much, and we can
see it buried wrthout wasting any tears
—Advocate. -’ ' '7 ; v '
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. Tin Weddings.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Day
street will celebrate their tenth wedding
anniversary at their home on Day street,
to-morrow evening. '
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason, of Har-
bor avenue'will have been married ten
years on the 12th of next mouth,an_d will
celebrate the event b giving a party to
their friends; It Will 0 a happy day for
the nine little tots who call Mr. Mason
papa. ' ‘ - '
- At tne‘Whlte City. 7
The following Norwalk people have I. ' I
recently registered at the Connecticut
building in Jackson Park, Chicago :.A._
K. Eaton, Mrer. W. Grosbeak, Maré
garet I. Claven, Julia A. Claven, Dr.
W. H. Baldwin and wife, Mrs. Imo-
gene Ross and W._ H. Hunter. From
Ridgefield appear the names Anna E.‘
Ericson, J. Mark Ericson, R. A. Glenn
and E. R. Glenn. From Darien Mrs.
J. M. Carroll and Henry B. Morehouse.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND‘THAT CURES‘. ”
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Uncle Hiram.
Aaron H. Woodhull in Uncle Hiram,
the play that. has amused thousands.
in every city in the Union, is the ate
tractiOn to be presented at Music Hall
Saturday Aug. 26.
Mr. Woodhull has made Uncle Hiram
a scenic and mechanical production,
the principal effects being a ccmpliete
saw-mill outfit, sawing lumber in view
of the audience, and a railroad train
two hundred feet long crossing the
stage in ten seconds. Both'efi'ects are
received with the wildest enthusiasm
by the audience. One of- the acts rep-
resents a sawrmill in the Vermont -
mountains and the other scenes are
laid in New York City. The company
carries every inch of scenery used and
claim they can show on any stage,
however small. The compeny com-
prises several well-known artlsts, while
Woodhull, as a funny man is second to
none in the profession. His perform-
ance'of Uncle Hiram is a combinatlon
of humor and pathos, laughter and
tears. There are saidto be _by actual
count two hundred and fifty-nine laughs
in a hundred and fifty minutes.
Killedlon a Trestle.
John Murray was killed at Stratford
Saturday. He was shockingly mangled,
his head being split open‘a's clean as if
out with a knife. His right hand was
out ‘nearly 011‘ and his abdomen Was
crushed out of all semblance to that of
a human being. His‘left leg was brok-
en above the 'ankle and above the knee
and the right arm was nearly cut off'at
the shoulder. His breast was also cut
open so the. heart and lungs were plain-
ly visible. , -'
Murray had been in the employ of
the Consolidated Railroadcompany for
nearly 30 years and was quite well-to-do.
He owned considerable property in
Bridgeport; {He was a man about 5';
years of age and leaves a wrfe and son
about 20 years old and a daughter about
18 ‘
The deceased Was working} on the 4 .
temporary trestle work over Main street
when he met with the accident which
caused his death. The gravel tram was
backing down and before he could’get
out of the way he was struck and-anam-
ber of the cars passed over him. The
body was the worst mangled one that
has been seen in a long time. ’
m V o mesons.
MRS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY (daughter
1. of the late Mr. Wm._R. Nash.) gives eflt- .
clear and satlsfactory instructions on the
Piano ather home. No. 193 Map Street. ltd.
NOTICE. ‘ -2 V
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons inter-
. ested in the change of grade of the public
highway known as Butler street. that the un-
dersigned will meet at the Court of Burgesses’
room, in N orwalk. on the 25th day of August,
1893. at 2 o’clock afternoon. for the purpose of '
still further hearing any person or persons who
ma desire to beheardm relation to the benefits
or amages as the case ma be. res lung or
accruing, by reason of the sat chan e of- the
grade 0 ' and highway, adopted by he .Court
of Bur-gasses ot the Borough of Norwa ..
Norwalllg. August lftF"1893' 1
ENJAHIN . ILLOW' D. - terest d"
ALFRED‘E. AUSTIN. 15m - e
DANIEL J. SHEEHAN, l Fr eeholders. ‘
SIT UA TIONS WA NTED. : ‘ .‘
ANTED.—By a steady industriousmar. »
. med man, workjof any kmd; capable of
care of horses or dnving or anythmg for em-
ployment. Address or ca at No. 5North age; - . '
nue, N orwa k. 4
To" REM.
Halt inch or less. 25 cts a damor $1.00 per wees. _ j
0 R E N '1‘.-—’-Pleasant suite of rooms on ,
second floor. at No. 5 Camp street, Apply
to O. T. Conuwarm. - . 31 tf
0 .R E N '1‘.- Four rooms in the Hadden. ,
1;]? building, corner of Wall and River streets."
ant, $7. 1nquire on the premises. 1;! . : .
o RENT.—The desirable suite of rooms
inJames’ Block. Apply to F. ST. gaging
Locxwoon. Trustee. .
0 BEER—First floor of No. 4 Elm street - -'
also barn. Apply to o. E. Wasps. can! <
0 BENZ—Thanh boat, “Three Broth‘ ‘
‘ era.” for parties; also. row boats: No .
charge for fishing on and-bait. Canal). 8.
me.27Merw1nstreet.g-4 __ 7. , - smtfue
T0 RENT—Dwellings,No. 77~ Harbor -
avenue. Possession immediately Apply at .
he Norwalk Gas Co’s ofiice,Water street. 5701:! 3,:
FOR' SALE.
(Half inch orless.~%-‘ctsa1¢ayyon “Boiler weei ,
. on SALE ,_.+A peat littlercOItage‘of-seven 7
rooms on :Umon Place, and thr .. .
ates: Dr to Borough 'lfost-oflice' and Depot.
.500, 51.000 of which cam-omen} __
memoraqnnedtobew rim.- 7
_ as ‘Onnsmnrlrt. - ~ -,
i. surly to
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