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NorWalk. 001111., Tuesuaf
THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
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The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper in Norwalk,
and furnishes the lowest advertising
rates. ' ' '
; President’s Message.
Four subjects in President Cleve-
land’s message will be read With deep
interest. , They are his utterances on
the Hawaiian policy,the currency ques-
tion, including possibilities of a bond
issue and further legislation on silver ;
the tarifi and the income tax. On some
of these matters his recommendations
will be a disappointment.
The country has not agreed with the
Administration on the Hawaiian ques-
tion, and is not likely to be converted
by anything in the message. The Presi-
dent practically indorses Secretary
Gresham’s suggestions in toto, and fa-
vors restoration.
On the currency question the mes-
sage is excellent and sound to the core,
deprecating immediate legislation or
the enactment of any measure of a _
temporary character, favoring post.
ponement of the Brussels conference
and asking that the authority conferred
on the Secretary of the Treasury to is-
sue bonds be made more specific.
The President writes sensibly on the
tariff. recognizing the necessity for ac-
tion, while suggesting that changes
must not be unnecessarily sudden or
unfair.
In the recommendation for a small,
and if possible temporary income tax,
the President evidently appreciates
the unpopularity of such a measure. It
is to be regretted .that he does not urge
economy rather than an income tax,
however small. To suggest a tax on
corporate income sounds a little like
class legislation, and that is opposed
to Democratic principles.
Taken as a whole, the message is a
practical, matter-of-fact document.
EN. Y. Sun]
The message submitted ' yesterday
may fairly be criticised as unsatisfac-
tory in its range, if not actually eva-
sivein its intention.
[Hartford Courant]
The essence of the whole message is
the tariff, and as to that the condition
of the country tO-day tells a straighter
story than the message can and one
that reaches thousands of homes where
the message will never be read.
[N. Y. Advertiser.)
Upon the whole Mr. Cleveland’s
Message does not caray with it much
that will encourage the American peo-
ple or reassure them as to the aprre-
hensions that sprang up when the
Democratic party was placed in control
of our National affairs last fall. The
documentis not of a hopeful tone, in
any of its parts.
(N. Y. Tribunea]
In its treatment of nearly all domes-
tic questions, the message is creditable
in character, not more verbose than is.
usual for\Mr. Cleveland, and in the
main reasonable in its suggestions. But
the country will judge this message,
and the President himself, mainly by
the position he has taken regarding the
question which most vitally affects the
industries and the earnings 'of Ameri-
can workingmen. ' '
[N. Y. Press]
Not a word of relief, not a line of
cheer, not a sentence of hope in Presi-
dent Cieveland’s message. N o promise
of better times, no awakening to the
necessities of our ' distressed wage
earners, no recognition of the apalling
condition of the country, no demo-
stration of statesmunship, no evidence
of patriotism. Shorn of the usual cant
about economy, of the author’s scru-
ples about “a generous and confiding
people,” his barren solicitudes' for
“many of our people engaged in a hard
struggle for the necessaries of life,”
and his egotistical assurances of “my
willing support” for the advancement
of “our beloved country,” the docu-
ment before us is an unusually uninter-
esting as it is ingeniously unsatisfac-
tory.
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Death of Rufus Fillow.
RufusFillow, a well-known and life-
long-resident of Cranberry Plains._died
at his home in that place Monday at
1:30 p. m., aged 76 years. Mr. Fillow’s
death Was caused by congestion of the
bran and paralysis of the throat. Mr.
Fillow represented that class of New
England farmers whose numbers are
daily grOWlng less ; men who lived so-
berly and righteously and who were
content to till God’s fair earth. Mr.
Fillow Will be long and pleasantly re-
membered as one whose neighborly
qualities, strong Common sense and
quiet humor made and kept friends.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Rufus
A. Fillow of Newtown avenuownd Bur- ,
gosslilr ti.- .t‘illUW; " '- "
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TERSE TALES or 1le TIMES.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew will
xmeet to night.
—Hale’s Lung Balsam cures all colds.
» 748-tf
The COurt of Common Pleas opens in
_Danbui y tO-day.
Miss Birdie Keeler, of Bridgeport, is
a guest of Selectman Raymond.
The fire companies will hold regular
meetings to-night.
—Hsle’s Lung Balsam sampleg‘ifsree'.
Several. cases of scarlet fever are
reported in Rowayton.
The police found ion store doors open
after closmg up time last month.
A regular meeting of the Alpha
Wheel club will be held tO-night.
-—Hale’s Lung Balsam strengthens
weak lungs. 748~tf
Mr. Cleveland’s Message has all the
‘life and sparkle of a. cold buckwheat
cake. -
Santa Claus is the only “0ch boy”
whose midnight skylarkings are uri-
versally approved.
Mrs..Mai-garet Barnes has been grant-
ed a license for the sale of intoxwants
on Franklin avenue. .
The Ladies’ Aid society of Cranberry.
Plains will hold a sociable at the home
of Charles Hyatt, to-morrow evening.
———20 per cent discount on all cloaks
purchased at the Boston store, Nor-
walk, this week. 727-tf
Several Norwalk ladies and gentle-
men atiended a reception given by
Prof. Grifi'en at Bridgeport'last night.
“The pictures on' the wall” at the
Court of Burgesses room, have been
rearranged, thus making room for sev-
eral more, .
The evening school at Wiunipauk
opened Monday night-with an attend-
ance of 54. Principal Herrick has
charge of the school. .
In the Roman Catholic church calen-
dar next Friday is a holy day of obli-
gation designated as “The Feast of
the Immaculate Conception.”
—A turkey dinner will be given at
the Y. M. C. A. ball Wednesday, De-
cember 6, from 11:30 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Tickets, 35 cents. 746-3t
A very artistically painted ' and at.
tractive sign in front of a Main street
store reads, ”Jarvis Kellogg, Boots and
Shoes.” And he has ’em too.
There will be a special meeting of the
local council Knights of Columbus, to-
night. The business will be of great
moment to the future prosperity of the
lodge.
The Democratic club has gone on
a hunt after the Hancock Phalanx and
the Bigelow Battalion. There is very
much go with political clubs in Nor-
walk. The furniture has been‘returned
to the owner. '
g—The Chicago Singer Sewing . Ma.
chine is now on exhibition at the Bos-
ton Store, Norwalk. Price, only $9.98.
729-tf
John Gosson, a former resident of
New Haven, where he was employed at
Kirby’s jewelry store, was buried at
the soldiers’ home, Noroton, Monday.
Mr. Gosson was a veteran of the late
war and his funeral was attended by a
large number of New Haven veterans
and formercomrades. '
~—Fair and entertainment by the
Helping Hand Circle at the Methodist
church Wednesday night.
At the re ular meetin of Our
Brothers’ Lo go, I. O. O. . Monday
evening, it was voted to extend a help-
ing hand to those members of the
lodge who are in needy circumstances
during the present stagnation of busi-
ness. A more commendable vote was
never passed" by this or any other or-
ganization.
The trials of both Edward and James
qormley who were arrested Sunday
night for the illegal sale of intoxicants,
was this. morning adjourned for one
Week owmg to the illness of the elder.
Mr. ,Gormley. The case» of Mr. and
Mrs. Fayhan who were arrested on the
same charge Will be heard this after-
noon, and that of Mrs. Godson who has
like charges preferred against her will
be giVen a hearing to-morrow.
To be Read Aloud Quickly.
As I was going down the street I saw
two bootblacks. One was a black boot-
black and the other a white bootblack,
and both had black boots, aswell as
blacking and blacking brushes. The
black bootblack_asked the white boot-
black to black his,the black bootblack’s
black boot with Hacking.
The white bootblack consented to
black the black boots of the black boot-
black With blacking, but when he, the
white bootblack, had blacked oneblack
boot of the black bootblack with black-
ing, he the white bootblack, refused to
black his, the black bootblack’s other
black boot With blacking unless he, the
black bootblack, paid him, the. white
bootblack, .the same as what he, the
white bootblack. got for bla‘cking other
people’s black beets ; whereupon the
black bootblack grew still blacker in‘
the face, called the white bootbluck a
black nerd, at the some time hitting
the W ite bootblack with the black boot
A Fire.
An alarm of fire was sounded at 11:35
Monday night, that was not only con-
fusing to the firemen but to everybody
else who heard it. The fire was at the
home of Dr. J. W. McLean, on North
avenue. About 11 :20 o’clock Mrs. Mc--
Lean awoke and detected a smell'as’
if wood was burning and aroused her
husband, who found the rooms filled
with smoke. He hastily dressed and
ran to the home of George Grumman
on Camp street, where the key of box
56 is kept. Securing the key it was in-
serted in the box (one of .the Stevens’
make, by the way) but it refused to
act. Mr. Grumman then burned down
town and notified Oflicer Northmp,
who pulled box 15, which also refused
to give the correct alarm, the_circult
having been broken by the devlltry in
the Stevens’ box.
In the meantime Mr. Grumman gave
the alarm at the engine house and
Charles Grumman and one or two
others dragged the hose carriage to a
point near the Watering tank where
they were joined by Harry Leob'old
and they were quickly at the fire.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in making a connection With a hydrant
near by as the cap could not be budged.
Finally the water Was turned on and
with a shut-off nozzle Leobolcl and
Grumman were in the house. An at.
tempt had been made to extinguish the
fire with pails of water'but Without.
success.
The fire was located on the second
story of the building and While-the
smoke was dense there was little signs
of the blaze. Axes were brought into
requisition and the floor cut away and
Assistant Engineer Fred. Smith, who
had by this time arrived, ordered a
stream of water turned on the blaze
which seemed to be confined to the
floor timbers and the fire was soon
squelched.
Hope Hose company was out with
their jumper almost as soon as the first
alarm was struck, which they under-
stood to be 21. They ran as far as
Grace church and then returned to their
house. While on their way back they
met the supply wagon hitched to a pair
of gray horses going on a dead run in
the direction from which they had
come. The horses were also turned
back after running to Belden avenue,
and afterward proceeded to the fire as
did also Hope Hose company, where
both did good service.
The fire seemed to have ignited from
a wood blaze in the fire-place of aroom
used for sleeping purposes. But as
there were layers of brick, asbestos and
cement under the grate this theory
seems hardly plausible. In a room di-
rectly under this sleeping room is a stove
the pipe of which enters the same chim-
ney. It is believed that the beams be-
came heated from this pipe, and had
been burning a day or two before the
fire was discovered. The timbers were
burned on the under side, and goes far
to prove that it was from this pipe, and
not the grate, that the fire started.
The loss will not, it is thought, be in
excess of $500, which is covered by in-
surance. When interviewed by a GA-
ZE'ITE reporter this morning, for rea-
sons Lest known to himself, the owner
of the house refused to advance any
theory as to the origin of the fire, or
give any information whatsoever in
reference to the same. The above story
was gleaned from different ones who
were at the fire. If not correct, and
not satisfactory to Dr. McLean, he has
no one to blame but himself.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND l HAT CURES.”
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NUTMEG 'GRATINGS.
There is good sleighing in Winsted.
Five hundred thousand dollars worth
of bonds are to be issuer] by the city
of Bridgeport, on January 1st, 1894.
E. Henry Stevens. republican, was
reelected mayor of Rockville. on Mon-
day, by 220 majority. The council re-
mains republican.
The first city election in Willimantic,
Monday, resulted in an overwhelming
republican victory. Only one demo-
crat pulled through, the candidate for
city sherifi‘.
George Jones, a young colored man
claiming to be a student at the Way-
land seminary in Washington, D. C.,
and who solicits aid on the score of his
educational efforts is a fraud.
The wife of Michael Embassy, of
New Milford. who was held in the fire-
place by her husband ten days ago and
terribly burned, died Monday. Hen-
nessy must now answer to the charge
of murder.
Derby held its first citv election Mon.
day which resulted as follows: Mavor,
T. O’Sullivan, (dem.), 817; F. E. Ges-
ner. ( top). 589. The democrats also
elected their candidate for town clerk,
Michael McMahon, and six members of
the board of alderman and the republi-
cans three.
The contest between Dick Guthrie,
the Canadian, and Tommy Ryan of
Bridgeport, before the Naugatuck Ath.
letio club .tomight promises to be an
event of great interest to sporting men.
Both men are exceedingly clever, Gu-
thrie having much the advantage in
weight. The match is for 3500 a side.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Bank Teller; illiirpliv sun Missing.
SALEM, Mass, Dec. 5.--The police as
yet now got no clue of the whereabouts
of Clarence Murphy, the missing teller of
the Salem savings bank. The deficit in
his accounts at the 'bank will not, it is
said, exceed $20,000. . -
An Editor Goes to Prison.
EAST LIVERPOOL, 0., Dec. 5.——Capt. A.
R. Bell, editor of the Liverpool Crisis, has
been taken to the penitentiary at Colum
bus to serve,» sentence of 'a year and a
septum star is
In: If for us initiating hf surrey Rhiannon:
Court 1’ Burgesses. ,
The last regul fr meeting of the Court
of Burgesses w ,‘ held on Monday even-
ing, the Warde and full board with
the exception ofngurgess'Fillow being
present. . ‘-,_ , ’_
There wasa qn to a gathering of peo-
ple in the lobby ’some there out of cum-
osity and others; ho wished to be heard.
To the latter th, Warden extended an
invitation and t e first to take advm-
tage of it was Mal. B. W. Maples.
Jis subject was Evening Schools. He
stated that such schools had been estab-
lished in the borbugh, but spoke more
particularly of the one held in the Over
River district building. He said that the
presence of policeman was desirable in
the vicinity of the building from 7 to
9:30 and thought that one could ‘be
spared for the purpose between the
hours mentions? He then stated that
the street upon " hich the school was lo-
cated was croo ed and that the two
lights at either end of the stréethad ,a
a tendency to (first a shadow on the
building rattled? than light. He said
that he had himéelf taken the liberty to
have a light placed in front of the school
building as there! was an urgent need of
the same. If the borough refused to
pay for it he would be forced to pay
for it himself. e asked the court to
consider both m' tters,and then retired
from the room. lNothing Was Said or
done in the matter.
Collector Kemp asked for an abate-
ment of the taer oi the followmg per-
sons: William :Adams, $3.30; Edwin
Adams, $12; Aarpn Byington. $10; Otto
Depering, $19.80,; Conrad Engel, $1.10;
A. D. Hazzard, 10 ; John runes. $2 ;
W. Hosegood, 2.20; W. B. Hubbell,
$6 ; Jones M’f’g 00., $5.50 ; J. H.
O’Reilly, $5 50 ; M. D. Randall,_$25 ;
Julia Shepard, .434; Mary A. Williams,
85; Anna Wilsmi, $4 ; Anna Goodwin,
$8, estate A. E.‘Smith, $5.60 ; George
N. Waterbury, $3.20 ; Susan St. John,
$111.32. They were all abated with the
exception of the last two mentioned. ,
In the matter of the abatement of
the Watei‘bury’s taxes, it was stated
by Bingess Sutherland that according
to the law the borough had no right to
abate a man’s taxes on the groundsthat
he was a soldier and entitled to exemp-
tion of $1.000 worth of property. Was
not himself in faVor of the abatement.
Burgess Chinery also r bjected to such
abatement on the ground that Water-
bury was as well able to pay as a great
many others.
The motion to abate said taxes was
lost by a vote of 3 to 2.
It was voted to instruct the borough
attorney to file a lien on the property.
taxed against Susan ct.Johu for $111.32
After a few of the abatements had
been made Burgess McMullen made a
motion that the taxes on the entire list
of names read be _“debated.” His mo-
tion was Secondedrby some one in the
lobby.
The petition of George Holmes and
D. Chittioi to erect'zt frame building on
Center avenue Was granted.
A petition was received from the
Water Commissioners asking for $6,000.
It was explained by Commissioner
Coolidge that there was $6,000 in the
hands of the commissioners, $5,346 .of
which would have to be paid out for in-
terest due Jan. 1st 1894. Thought that
there ought to be at least $2,000 left in
their hands for any contingency that
might call for expenditure between now
and the 1st of May. The matter was
referred to the chairman of the high-
way committee and borough clerk for
investigation.
The following bills were ordered
paid: Owen Shannon, $514: 40; Frank
Farrel, $14.40;Johu Edmondsfiii; John
Jahlll, $15 ; M. Kincella, $16. 65 ; B.
Feeney, $15.15; C. Mylod, $17.40 ; Au-
drew Haley, $14.40; Patrick Maloney,
$11.40; Wm. Ryan, $14.00 ; T. Fitzger-
aid, $2.75 ; D. Donovan, $6.90; Owen
Winn, $14.40; Martin Duffy, $15.75; D.
S. Curtis, $60; John Gorman, $6.90; D.
Conley, $103.32; P. W. Bates, $8.60; W.
Fitzgerald,$14.40; M. O’Donnel, $10.65;
M. Whalen, $17.25 ; R. McGinnis;
$64.90;Wm. Sheldon, $7.87: C.N:Wood,
$65.70; John 'l‘ully,.$2; L. Burdick, $4;
L. R. June, 312; Wallace Dann, $37.50;
H. W. Kemp, $30.57; A. 1:1. Byington,
325; G. A. Gregory, $1.50; C. P. Addi-
son, 38; Gas Light Co , $10.50.
'The bill for the amount due Blakes-
Ice 8: Son for last payment on the Main
street contract was laid or. the' table,
pending an examintion of the Work by
the borough engineer and the highway
committee.
The police report was read and ac-
cepted.
Burgess Chinery reported that the
boiler of Phoenix engine had been in-
spected by inspector Fox and but few
repairs to the engine were found nec-
essllry.
Burgess Squire suggested a catch ba-
sin be placed in the center of Cross
street and that a pipe to carry off the
surface water be connected with the
same. He estimated the cost at $100.
‘ He also recommended that a catch
bacin be placed at the junction of Stu-
art avenue and Stevens street, and it
Was so ordered, The same to bedone
by contract. '
The‘chairman of the highway com-
mittee was instructed to have the road
near Mrs. J onathan Camp placed in
thorough repair. _
The chairman of the highway com-
mittee was instructed to pay the men at
work on the stone wall near Mrs. J one-
than Camp’s as soon as the work was
completed. .
Messrs. H. Allen, Wallace Dann and
wife, estate of Wm. K. James and es-
tate of Thomas Brady were instructed
to lay a curb and gutter in‘ front of
their premises on Cross street.
The chairman of the committee on
lights was intructed to order the Elec-
tric Light Co.to remove two large poles
on Cross street.
Warden Sloan requested that the
chairmen of the different committees
present all the bills due in their dlfl'er--
ent departments at the next and final
meeting. of the Court. '
Burgess McMullen recommended that
an electric light be placed on Plymouth
avenue near the Sticky Plain road.
The Court then adjourned to Monday
eVening, Dec. 18th. , . .
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Th‘e'y tarsus at Guerra.
Evening, December 5.1893.
A Mock Prayer.
Previous to the close of the Demo
cratic county convention last Tuesday,
Edward Croke mayor of Irwin, Colo-
rado. arose an all the delegates rever-
ently bowed their heads while he offered
a prayer to Almighty Cleveland. The
voice was. filled with emotion and the
reporter of the Gunnison Tribune
found it difficult to get every word.
But here it is: .
Oh almighty and all-powerful Cleve.
land, who art in Washington, when not
fishing; thou who art the father of
Ruth and Ruth's sister, and the god-
father of the Democratic party, (its
father wouldn’t own it if ,he were here,)
we hail thy name as the great political
prophet of the century. We bow down
before thee in humble political obedi-
ence. When thou sayest go, we 0.
when thou sayest come, we come. 0
have no desire but to serve thee. If
thou sayest black is white we .will
swear to it and lick the everlastin’
stuifin’ out of the man who disputes it.
Wnen thou takest snufi‘ we Will sneeze;
when thou sayest free silver we will
echo thy words; when thou sayest gold
then gold it is. We are Democrats af-
ter be improved modern type. Our
business is to Vote the ticket and Vote
e’er straight. What is it to us whether
we have free siIVer or not? We are but
dogs that eat the crumbs from our
master’s table. When the crumbs fall
wepwag our tails; when they fall fast
we wag faster ; when they don’t fall We
stand and wait until they do. This is
Democracy. This is the kind of Dem-
ocracy which elected thee, our great
and almighty Cleveland. Oh, most
adored master, we love thee for what
thou hast not done for us. We love
thee because thou art Cleveland. We
humbly surrender ourselves to thee.
Do with us as then wilt. Though
wheat is but 40 cents a bushel, we lOVe
thee; though cotton is low, we love
thee; though business is dull, we love
thee; though thousands, millions, are
out of employment, we love thee;
though our children are Clothed in
rage, we love thee; though our wife,
the clear companion of our bOSOm, is
scantily dressed‘ and looks so shabby
she can’t go to church, we love thee;
though we are sinking deeper in debt
and poverty is knocking at the door,
and hunger is staring us in the face,
we love thee. This shows our great
faith and love for thee. Our ines and
children we are Willing to sacrifice,
even as the Hindoo mother sacrifices
her offspring by throwing it under the
crushing wheels of the Juggernaut.
Oh,‘ mighty Cleveland, words cannot
express our love for thee. We love our
party, too. What care we about the
many promises it made. We know it
promised free silver, and we know it
Won’t give it to us, but we will stick to
the party. We know we said if it did
not do the things it promised to do we
would leave it, but we lied when we
said it. We thought then we had some
manhood about us, but we ain’t. We
haVe no independence. Thou, oh
mighty Cleveland, hast all the man-
hood and independence in the party.
We are fools, liars, lickspittles, mud-
sills. We have no business to want
anything or to say anything. Last
year we favored free silver, and now
we havo to oppose it. We favored it
then because we thought it Was right.
We oppose it now, most adored ma ~ter,
because thou tellest us to. Ain’t we a
honey of the first water? Did ever a
dog serve his master more faithfully ?
Did chr a dog get kiss for it? On,
mighty master, we are eVer ready to
serve thy party. All the pay we ask
is to be patted on the back by some lo-
cal politician and called a good Demo-
crat. We ain’t got any sense. We
don’t want any, only enough to vote
the ticket. It don’t take any sense to
be a Democrat. What a joyful thought!
We don’t have to think. We don’t have
to worry. Our work is all mapped
out for us. All that is expected is to
do what we are told to do. We thank
thee, oh Cleveland, that we are Demo-
crats. We thank thee for the panic.
\Ve thank thee for the hungry and idle
men and women in the' land. We
thank thee for low prices. We thank
thee for the banks that have busted
and the thousands of business failures
smce thou hast come into power. We
thank thee for the hard times. We
thank thee ior the rags our children
wear. We thank thee for the clothes
our wife needs and can’t get. We
thank thee for What thou hast not done
for the people. We thank thee for all
these things because it is our duty as a
good Democrat to do so. It may be
“against the grain,” but we will take
our medicine. We will work our Wives
to death, starve our children, sacrifice
our home, crucify liberty and kill pros-
perity, but will never go back on our
dear old party, and on thee our most
adored Cleveland. Thou art more ac-
count than all of us put together.
Thou knowest more than the south and
west. Call us fools; spit in our faces;
Wipe your feet on us; we will love thee
all the more.
litical father, we leave us in thy care.
Do with us as thou Wilt. Kick silver
into the middle of the next century;
give more privileges to the natioral
banks; issue more bonds; preserve the
McKinley bill; foster trusts; bribe con-
gressmen With patronage; fish when-
ever thou wilt and hunt snipe whenever
thoumarest to, and we Will indorse
everything thou doest, carry Cleveland
roosters, campaign torches and forever-
more sing thy praise. Amen.
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Edmonds Back .in Jail.
John Wesley Edmonds, whose re-
lease from the county jail was secured
through the sublicuty given his case in
the newspapers some time ago, is back
in the Same institution and bids fair to
remain there as long as' he lives. In
his own mind the offence for which he
is incarcerated now is nothing, but in
the mind of the law his offense has been
a grave one. John Wesley when re-
leased by the court was told that he
must not return to his home in Ridge-
held under pain of arrest. After be-
~ing released Edmonds stayed away,
from'his home and then went to Ridge-
field. Soon he W'as arrested and again
is behind the bars on ,North'avenue,
'» theWe ate his 'l‘hanksgivingrdlnner.
b31111, _.
mommy e‘at away an
And now our great po- .
.THE- LATEST GAME.
Green-Goods Men. Try a New Dodge
ln,Town.,
Will Sell Postage Stamps at a Bar-
gain.
The Old game played upon the un-
wary by the green-goods men has eVi-
dently become a time worn chestnut
With those knights of the sawdust sWin-
die, and they now bob up With another
game in hopes of catching some 11118118!
pecting vic i .
The last successful scheme of these
clever rascals was played at South Nor-
walk, when they exchanged a_ brick for
good money upoh a hapless Victim who
came to the City Hotel in response to a
telegram from the gang. Since that
tune Norwalk has been free from their
sWindling operations, but on Monday
they opened up a new play that is like-
ly to prove successful unless eXposed at
once. .
When the mail arrived in Norwalk at
4 ‘o’clock Monday afternoon it cou-
talned two letters, one addressed to
Postmaster Hubbell and oneto the edi-
tor of the GAZETTE. As both euVelopes
were marked persllnal the one to the
rditor of the GAZETTE was forwarded
to him at Vfashlngtun unopened and
we are unable to publish its contents
The letter to Postmaster Hubbell, how-
ever, was opened by him and contained
the followmg generous offer : '
Dear Sir: I have one Hundred Thousand
two cent post-age stam 5.. (face value two
thousand dollars.) that _Will sell to any one
who will not ask questions and who know
enough to keep their moulh shut, for $900, or
I Will sell fifty thousand aor $500.
Thea stamps 111'." all in original sheets and
mom gpod condition.
if this prooosmon strikes you favorably,
and you are Willing to come to New York, 1
W111 appomta place of safety for our meeting
on receipt of the enclosed telc_raui
No insut or insmuation rega ding you.
honestfi. is intend d.. So, if you ll ill kindl.
keep t 1% sacredly confidential Wl‘lethu’ w
trade or not, I assure you it Will certainly b.
apprecuitcd. -
i his Circular letter has been sent to others,
and sho-lld you wire me and not receive .
reply. you Will understand that l have dirt-Bad)
found a customer. Tours reSpcctl ul 3',
"Safe- lhmg.’
Enclosed within the letter was blll
followmg telegram written upon I
Western Union Telegraph Co. blank :
To ALBEnT YOUNG : _
Care Cigar Store, 12 Whitehall St, N: 1.
Norwalk, Fairfield County, C .ilnectlcut
JAMES.
This is a new dodge of the elem
green-goods sharps, andfiif the bait is
taken by any unsuspecting greenhorn
he will probably wake up to the fac
that he has paid $900 for a. packag.
of blank paper. .
How many of these circulars hav:
been sent out to the surrounding town:
is not known, but it is suspected thal
nearly every. postmaster of a small
office has received one of these invmng
bargains.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPA-.1LLA,IT‘:
‘THE KIND THA- CU RES."
» —»o~o~ -_.
The Dan bury Lockout.
“All is quiet along the lines,” is the
only mention that can be made of the
l' cal labor trouble, says Monday’s
Daubury News. As far as can be
judged on the surface there are no
signs of retreat on either side. The
manufacturers and the leaders of or-
ganiZed labor are confident of victory.
Both sides are perfecting plans in star
chambers and the public are not taken
into the confidence of one or the oiher.
In speaking of the secret sessions to a
leader in union matters. this forenoon,
he said that to let the world know their
doings would be a great harm to their
cause and poor diplomacy. Perhaps
the same thing can be- said of the man.
ufacturers, for they are as dumb as an
oysler when approached for further in-
formation of their future plans. This
much they say’ without reservation,that
they have no desire to start up their
factories this month as they have no
orders, and they still adhere to the let-
ter of their ‘ ' explanatory circular.”
‘The behavior of the men is one of
the features of the lockout. Drunken-
ness has disappeared as effectually as if
the potent spirit of Father Matthew
was the ruling figure at their council
boards, There has been no session of
the police court for a week. The men
are under the control of their leaders
as completely as if some stern martinet
was over them. Some of the men are
poor, it is true, but not a murmer or
sigh of discontent has escaped from a
lip. On this point, the leaders are as
anxious, naturally, as they are of any
movement on the part of the manufac—
turers. .
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
‘ THE KIND THAT or ans.”
0..-
The Sultan’s Favorite.
'A large audience greeted Norwalk’s
favorite actress Ullie Akerstrom, at the
Opera House Monday night, in “The
Sultan’s Favorite,” which was favora-
bly received. The dance “ La Chromo-
type” was simply beautiful. The stage
was darkened and the music suddenly
quickened and in the glare of a bright
light could be seen a figure on the stage
hitherto invisible. The orchestra played
a weird melody and the dance was on.
The inert limbs of the little woman
spring into intense activity, the plain
white gown becomes a swinging, swirl-
ing mystery, rolling like the waves of
the sea. It seems at times like a part of
the very atmosphere itself. When pos-
ing in the center of the stage, the ster-
eoptican was brought into play, throw-
ing pictures upon the folds of the shim -
mering drapery. The k- leidoscope ef'
fects thus Obtained were beautiful in
the extreme. Then the music slowly
died away. The dance, was finished,
but. the name and the dancer will long
,be remembered, ’ - j ’ '
“ The Pauper’s Fortune ” will be pre-
sented to-night, and to-morrow after-
noon “The Sultan’s Favorite,” at which
time sleigh lady Willbe presented with if
TART—fines. . '
Price One Cent.
No Proof Brought Forward.
In the Probate Court on Saturday
afternoon, as s_ the Stamford Advo-
cate, Judge ‘inch “found” that the
legal'heirs and distributees of the estate _
of Col. Stephen Raymond of Darien
are _h18 five children by his first wife, or
their‘i descendgnts. The action of the
cour was a en upon an a licatibn
filed by Mrs: Mary A. Vinceixl)? of Ro-
wayton asking that the court decide
whowere the legal heirs. Under Judge
13 inch s_ finding,the old Colonel’s estate,
which is estimated to be worth from
825,000 to 830,000 and comprises real
estate in the towns of Darien and Nor-'-
walk, Will be shared between the follow-
ing persona : '
Mrs. Mary A. Vincent and Alexander
Raymond of Rowayton. Mrs. Stephen
S. Raymond and Mrs. Harriet L. Cro-
foot of New Canaan, Mrs. Fanny L.
Vanderbilt of South N orwalk, and Mrs.
Margaret L. Brownson, Stephen S.
Raymond and James 0. Raymond of '
New Canaan. All of these except the
three last namedpand Mrs. Stephen S.
Raymond are children of Raymond and
his first Wife. The three last named are
grandchildren, being children of Step-
hen S. Raymond, deceased.
The other claimants—children of Ray. .
mond by a second Wife (to whom it is
claimed he never was legally married)
—gave up all idea of contesting or dis-
puting the'lnatter with the other chil-
dren. None of the former appeared in
the proceedings excepting Charles Ray-
mond of South Nor-walk, who had re-
tained Levr n a net of Norwalk as his
counsel. Mr. Raymond says that his
reason" for Wltadrawing is the small
value of the estate. The other Ray-
monds say Chaaley’s estimate is made
101‘ the occasion and talk about “ sour
grapes.”
Attorney’s Frost and Hurlbutt, who
represented the applicant,Mrs.Vincent,
and the other children of the first Mrs.
ltaymond, were on hand Saturday af-
..erl.loon, at the hour fixad for the hear- .
on. Evidence was presented to prove
no first marriage, and the divorce in
.856, and also snowmg at the time the
LlVUICd was granted. U01. Raymond and
us Wife flail foul: minor chlldreu and
Ind—”Rita. Vincent-who was of age.
Llcl‘U being no record produced of
tayinoutl’s marriage With the woman,
um whom he lived alter the divorce
.as granted, and who was known as his
.ecoud Wire, Judge Finch found, as sta-
ed, that: its) moud’s only legitimate
ulldren were those of the woman who
as LllVUl'CUul l mu him. :1
it has been rumored that Charles:
tumoud Wouli bring forward docu-
.entary eVldence to prove that he and
no oth.-r children of Mrs. Raymond
m. 2 Were legitimate and entitled to
were in the property. Instead, how-
ver, he sentthe following letter to
Judge Finch: ‘
“H. S. Finch, Es ., Probate Office
o'tamful'd, Conn.
“DEAR SIR: A careful appraisement
of the real estate left by the late Col.
Stephen Ravmond shows that at forced
sale it would not realize 33,000. For
this reason myself and those whom I
represent do not feel that we should
lower our dignity and self respect by
entering into a contest for fractional
parts of an estate of a value so compar-
atively innignificant. We have a moral,
and, according to recent decisions of
the higher courts elsewhere, a perfect
legal right to share in common with
the other heirs. The latter, however,
are actuated by a spirit of means self-
ishness and intolerance that can only
spl‘lng from narrow minds and dis-
ordered intellects, which in this case
are evidently inherited tendencies. We _
decline, therefore, to befoul ourselves, ‘
by legal contact, or by other complica-;
tions, with a foe so unworthy and be-‘
ueath our station, and whatever satis-l
(action and comfort they may derive‘
from the possession of this estate will.
in no manner be envied by myself and:
those whom I represent. Respectfully, ‘=
“CHARLES RAYMOND.”
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Prizes for Queen Victoria‘s (Paula;
LONDON, Dec. 5.——The Prince of Wales
and Prince Christian visited the cattle.
show yesterday. The queen had twalvez;
exniblts. She was awarded six first prizes
including one for short-horn cattle. §
{.
Roland Reed’s Condition.
TORONTO, Dec. 5.-—Comedian Roland.
Reed remains about the same. His illness
is a general breakdown of the system.
Um».
"-1.3. I ”again,
Net. Treasury Balance.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-—-Tho net swag:
my balance to-day stands at $95,200,000“
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TO RENT. .
Heir/inch or less, 250 a day or $1.00 per week.
0 RENT—On’icross street opposite Gr-lce
church. two'desirable tenements. A. so
a suite of rd line in James’ Block. Poems-ion
Rivn immediately. Apply to F. ST. 288i?
Locxwoon. .
rho RENE—House of seven rooms with
one acre of ground pleasantly 109“;
led on Riverside avenue. to a sum . pile
family. Inquire of Eros Ksnnooc. 7. w
0 BEN '1‘.-A neat and convenient cottage
of seven rooms. public water etc-[negr-
niou Park, but three minutes walk of t 9
post-office.
of GEN. (Jails. Onnsrzsn.
“REST—First floor of No. 4 Elm street
Toalso barn. Apply to 0. E. WILE as. us; if
FOR’BALE.
Half inch or less 250 a. day or $1.00 per week.
W. .
01% SALE—A Phoenix 00. Piano Box End
Spring Buggy nas been used. Will sell
cmap or won (1 exchange for a sailboat in good
condition. Appl at Gs znr'ril o ca. 688 if
IVA. 3 TED.
Half inch or 233 250 a day or SIN—perigee}: _
WAN 1‘ E D.—-A situatibn to do general .
housework. Apply at No. 9 Gran‘
street.
\
Norwalk Hand Laundry !
COR. ”911312 ti: KNIGHT STREETS.
All Work—6:17: 8; Hand. ..
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED;
i Sin .
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Rent $12.50 per month. Inquire
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