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SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1894.
The Daily Gazette, established in 1890
The Weekly. Gazette in 1800.
Daysof Elections!
Our City Election také‘ place ,on
Monday, Oct. 1st., next, at the house
of Hope Hose company. Read adv.
elsewhere in GAzETTE. ‘
Our Town Election occurs on the
same day at the Town House.
May be Hill’s Opponent.
The GAZETTE yesterday gave, on the
authority Of the Philadelphia Press,
the rumor that Mr. E. C. Benedict was
to run for Congress and not for Gov-
ernor. The Washington correspondent
of that wide-awake Quaker City paper,
thus elaborates the Benedict rumor :
“The news from Maine has caused
some changes in political plans, as, for
instance, * " " ithasbroughtabout,
a swift shifting of arrangements in Con-
necticut. 'Mr. E. C. Benedict, who is
so familiar with the President as to call
him “The Admiral,” being nicknamed
in turn by. Cleveland “The Commo-
dore,” had been booked for the guber-
natorial nomination in the Nutmeg
state. He is one of those fortunate
men who have a double residence, a
legal one in one state and a social and
business one in New York. His pleas-
ant friend, the junior senator from Ohio,
Mr. Brice, has that happy lot, he beat-
ing Mr. Benedict now by one residence,
which he has lately secured in .Wash-
ington.
Although Mr. Benedict is known to
the public as a Wall street broker, and
a Conspicuous member Of that associa-
tion which has made money out of Chi~
cage Gas, his legal residence is in Con-
necticut, although scarcely two miles
drive from the New York state line.
There it has been for more than twenty
years. He was not brought into con-
necliOn with the democratic politicians
of Connecticut until his personal friend- .
ship for Mr. Cleveland made him come
forward with check-book liberality at a
time when the democrats of that state
were hard pressed for money to pay the
expenses of some political litigation.
The party there, took him'up, sent him
to Chicago as the head Of the Connect-
icut delegation, where his hospitality
was mli'nificent and his generosity un-
bounded, and then it was, that suggest-
ions began to be made of his avail-
ability as a candidate for governor of
the little state which is getting more
and more to be a suburb of New York.
Mr. Benedict has been well aware
that even with his pocketbook he could
not have won the favor of the Connect-
icut democrats had it not been for cer-
tain personal qualities. He is a most
companionable and cordial man, and
he is perhaps the most popular member
of the Players’ Club, an institution
which owes its existence to a chance
conversation which took place upon
his yacht between Edwin Booth, Joe
Jefferson and himself. He was Mr.
Booth’s most intimate personal friend
of all the non-professional men who
knew the great actor, and it was through
his acquaintance with Booth and J ef-
ferson that he was first brought into
relations with Cleveland.
So it is easy to see that he has the
personal qualities that.avail when a
man has political aspirations, and he
has, too, a generous pocketbook. Since
the Maine election the democrats of
Connecticut, Mr. Benedict among them,
have been persuaded that the same in-
fluences will prevail in Connecticut
which had such magnificent sway in
the Pine Tree state. Pocketbooks will
not count this year. Therefore the de-
cision was reached yesterday, not final-
ly perhaps, to name some other candi-
. date than Mr. Benedict by the Con-
necticut democracy for governor, and
to place Mr. Benedict in nomination
for another oflice. It is now proposed
to send him to the House of Representa-
tives, and if he accepts thlsproposition
he will be nominated.
The district is the one which the late
William H. Barnum, so many years
chairman of the democratic national
committee, represented in the lower
house before he was chosen senator.
Barnum was the man who taught the
politicians of the state how to use
money successfully, and it was the in-
fluence of the politics which he prac-
ticed which created such a formidable
proportion of purchasablc voters as
Connecticut of recent years has had.
Barnum, however, outside of his ca-
pacity for spending money where it
would tell upon election day, was a
most astute politician, but Mr. Bene-
dict knows no mpre about practical
politics than Mr. Cleveland knew about
the tariff, when he went to the presi-
sdency.
Mr. Benedict would probably decline
to become a candidate for Congress but
for one thing. If he were chosen, he
would be in Washington for the last
year and a half of Mr. Cleveland’s ad-
ministration, and be brought into ofli-
cial relations With the President, which
would very nicely supplement his close
personal intimacy. He would’ be able
to maintain something of the social
, luxury'of entertainment, which charac-
terized Mr. Cleveland’sfirst adminis-
tration, mainly through ~the hospitality
liitney, but which is wholly
Correction Cdrrected.
"EKThiirsday evening’s News has this
mortuary criticism : .
“The Washington Post in biograph-
izing Senator 0. H. Platt says ‘he took
his seat in the Senate in 1879. haying
been elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of W. H. Barnum.’ The
Post should be better informed on the
chronology of political mortality. Mr.
Barnum lived a dozen years after Mr.
Platt took his seat in the Senate.”
The point of friend Rodemeyer’s
criticism no doubt was meant to be that
it .was Ferry who deceased while a
senator, and not Barnum. Barnum
lived several years after Platt succeded
him. Here is Senator Platt’s “official”
record :
Orville H. Platt, of . Meriden, was
born at Washington, Connecticut, July
19,1827; received an academic educa-
tion ; studdied law at Litchfield ; was
admitted to the bar in 1849, and has
since practiced law at Meriden; was
Clerk of the State Senate Of Connecti-
cut in 1855 and ’56; was Secretary of
State of Connecticut in 1857; was a
member of the State Senate in 1861 and
’62; was a member of the State House
of Representatives in 1864 and ’69, serv-
ing the last year as Speaker ; was
elected to the United States Senate as a
Republican, to succeed William H.
Barnum, Democrat, (who had been
elected to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death Of Orris S. Ferry, Repub-
lican); took his s'eat March 18, 1879 ;
was re-elected in 1885 and in 1890. His
term of service will expire March 3
1897.
Also, it was the New .York Herald’s
and not the Washington‘Post’s error.
An Enormous Deficit.
The twenty-third annual report of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad has just been issued from the
company’s Office. It shows a shrinkage
in business caused by the general de-
pression, and cites the reason why the
regular dividend of 10 per cent. was
reduced. The menace to its interests
by the electric roads is noted, and also
the danger to life by the permits to
these roads to cross the steam roads at
grade.
The gross earnings of the road for
the twelve months from July 1st 1893,
to June 30, 1894, inclusive, were 825,—
576,884,60, less operating eXpenses of
$17,329,709.48, leaving a balance from
operation of $7,644,175.12. Under the
head of taxes and interest there was
paid out $5,379,978.04, leaving a balance
of income applicable to dividends of
-82,373,677,95. The deficit for the
twelve months is given as $5,257,614.55.
Concerning electric roads, the report
says : “I‘he construction of electric
railroads in the neighborhood of our
property continues throughout all its
territory. Wherever they seriously re-
duce the revenue of this property, we
shall be compelled to lessen local ser—
vice in}. a corresponding degree, as
pointed out in our last annual report.
The creation of level crossings of steam
railroads by electric roads, whether by
legislative or judicial permission, must
lead to dreadful accidents. The peo-
ple are calling for large expenditures
by the steam railroads for the elimina-
tion of all'grade crossings, and simul-
taneously their agents are increasing
the danger to those which exist by ‘al-
lowing the electric roads to use them.
Public sentiment sooner or later will
condemn such inconsistency.”
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Norwalk Gambling Device.
Says the Bridgeport News : “The
dice box has been done away with in a
great many saloons here and flies have
taken their places. If you enter a sa-
loon and have a friend who wants to
throw dice you tell him that it is gam-
bling. Then you ask for some matches.
These are placed on the bar and you
select some while your friend selects
the remainder. The bartender ehasses
all the flies in the place to the bar. You
wait a minute and the flies begin their
march towards the matches. The first
match crossed by a fly settles the ques-
tion of whose turn it is to treat. If it
was your match you are stuck.
If the bartender wants to he can make
’0116 man pay foran'y round of drinks by
dipping a match in stale beer Flies will
scent the beer and they will hustle for
the match which has been saturated with
it. Some times you have to wait 15
minutes before a fly crosses any of the
matches if none of them have been beer-
ed. A fly will crawl up to match and
perch itself on the top of i, and when
you think it is going to get off on the
other side it changes its mind and ate
Off on the side it climbed up , on. on
don’t lose until the fly has crossed over
the match. A Norwalk man introduced
the game here. It may be fast enough
for Norwalk people, but it isn’t fast
enough for Bridgeport sports.”
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Undoubtedly True.
As the result of an inquiry covering
thirty-four Cities, scattered from Maine
to California, the “Electrical Engin-
cer”_concludes that private companies
furnish electric light to cities as cheaply
as the municipalities can supply them-
selves. It finds that the management
is about equally good in the two cases;
in short, no startling differences are
found anywhere. Incidentally, it is
learned that the cost of lighting by the
municipality is sometimes returned at
too low a figure through neglect to take
into account items of expense which a
private company would not overlook.
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Bargains in Shoes.
' Theodore says it is just exhilerating
to see how his ad. in the B. . D.
scoops ’em on the sale of shOes, even
to up-towners. There is no doubt but
that he does sellmore goods than all
the non-advertising shoemen in town,
put together, but t en Olsen always has
a big stock to select from, and gives
bargains all the time, and it is no won-
der .he can pull up-town buyers down
to his South Norwalk store.
A Wise Suggestion.
The plan presented at the democratic
caucus last night, by Mr. B. J. Tully,
for selecting our delegates to the sever-
al conventions, is a most sensible sug-,.~
gesticn, and we hope to see some such"
scheme adopted by both political par~
ties._ It is the fairest, easiest and most
sensible and practical ihode that can
be devised, and will be approved by'all
when once adopted. .
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TOOK to dye, WOods.
Ex-Governor L‘ou'nsbury is now an-
joying himself in the frosty shades of
the . Adirondack woods and expects. to
"semis its! iihfif§§,8l59£».199¥9b°
“are eligible to vote.
"if?“ ’SuperloriCourt. _ .
William Huck, the German who one:
night last June shot Constable Allen, of
Saugatuck, was put on trial in the
Superior court Thursday afternoon,
charged with intent to kill. Huck
with other German and Hungarian
farm laborers created a disturbance at
the Saugatuck depot, and when the
officer attempted an arrest, Huck
shot him, the ball entering close be-
side the eye and lodging in the muscles
of the neck where it still remains.
Allen hovered several days between
life and death and has since beenun-
able to open his mouth more than a
quarter of an inch.
States Attorney Fessenden used the
course taken by the bullet to disprove
Huck’s defence that he was lying on
the ground in fear of his life and
ignorant of the fact that Allen was an
ofiicer when the shot was fired. Huck
claimed that the shot was fired by one
of the others, but eye witnesses testified
that he was the guilty person. The
case was given to the jury late Friday
afternoon. He was found guilty of
simple assault. Judge Baldwin sen-
tenced him to 30 days in jail and impos-
ed a fine of $30 and costs. _
John‘Williams, colored, stood trial
on the charge of burglarizing the reel-
dence of Homer Wakeley, of Stratford,
was convicted and sent to State prison
for three years.
Edward Banks, Newtown, pleaded
guilty to attempted criminal assoult on
Frances Hall and got one year in prison.
John Bennett pleaded guilty to break-
ing into the store of Abraham Free-
iaiid of Bridgeport. Three months in
Jal .
o.
The Sick.
Albert DeForest is still Very sick at his
home on High street.
Charles T. Leonard is reported as be,
ing a trifle better to-‘day.
William E. Davis is dangerously sick
at hi s home on Water street.
Peter Crank of Cranberry Plains has
two children sick with diptheria.
Edith, daughter of Conductor Charles
Williams who has the diptheria is im-
proving.
Mrs. Joseph Skidmore’s condition re-
mains about the same, and the hopes of
her recovery are almost abandoned.
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, of Cranberry
Plains, who is under treatment at the
Bridgeport hospital is convalescent.
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A‘Good indication.
Medical practitioners of prominence
are prescribing for cure of diseaseswhich
spring from derangement of the diges-
tive organs, Dr. David Kennedy’s Fa-
vorite Remedy. This professional en-
dorsement is justified by the fact that
no other preparation has been found so
efficaciOus in that class of disorders,
even in the most advanced and severe
cases. It has cured gravel in the kid-
neys, stone in the bladder and inflam-
mation Of the kidneys, where all other
medicines had failed. It can be pur-
chased Of any druggist. A book is
wrapped about each bottle, explaining
1 s use.
. Westport Boy Arrested.
William Gelhardt, 16, who said he
lived with his grandmother‘in Westport,
was committed in $300 bail to answer a
charge of larceny at the Yorkville Po?
lice court in New York Friday. Yester-
day by subterfuge, Gelhardt got two
railroad tickets for Stonington from a
colored man and his wife at the Grand
Central depot and later presented them
at the ticket office and tried to get the
money back or have them exchanged
for tickets to Bridgeport. The agent
who had been posted on the theft caus-
ed his arrest.
IQ.
ltallans to Meet.
The Italians of the state will hold a
convention at Middletown, the 24th of
this month. The object of the conven-
tion will be to form a political associa-
tion for the purpose of mutual benefit
and protection. They will appoint a
committee to attend the next general
assembly, and will endeavor to influence
that body so as to secure better inter-
preters in the courts. They claim Ital-
ians, have- decidedly the worst of it in
any trial, because the interpreters are
incompetent.
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Monumental Work.
Probably the largest number and the
most artistic monuments to be seen any-
where in Connecticut are to be found
at Bridgeport’s famous Monumental
Works, conducted by James Sexton,
J r., Crescent avenue. Sexton is a bus-
tler and he has as chief of staffa young
brother Of Curtis Thompson, who is
well known and highly esteemed by
so many NorWalk people. His walls
are adorned with some‘ten thousand
artistic monumental designs.
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New Bell Buoy.
A bell buoy was placed in position yes-
terday by the lighthouse tender Rod-
gers ofi' Lloyd’s Neck, in Huntington
Bay, and the old spar buoy was re-
moved. This spot is considered one of
the most dangerous places on the Sound.
In stormy and thick weather all coast-
wise vessels and Sound steamers make
for Huntington Bay, and the new bell
buoy‘will be of great assistance to them.
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—Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only
by J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, 11 Main
street, Norwalk. - . 10-1vr
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A Challenge.
EDITOR GAZETTE :—I hereby chal-
lenge William Meseberg to sail his cat-
boat, Pretzel, against my cat-boat, for
a purse of $25. The course to be from
the dock at Gregory’s Point to the Bell
Buoy and return, with no time allow-
ance. In order to show that I mean
business, I herewith deposit 85 as a for-
feit with the GAZETTE.
JOSEPH P. CROSSMAN.
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Are You Registered 7
The City Voting list can "be found in
the post-Ofiice lobby. It behooves you
to look it over and see if your name is
on the list. Electors of the State who
have resided in this city for four months
If your name' is
not on the list you can hand itvin to city
clerk E. M.'_Lock§wood_ before 6 o’clock,
Mondayjevening, Sept. 24th and he will
see that it is placed. thereOn. ‘
Republican State, Convention.
The republican state convention for
the nomination of candidates for state
ofiices ewlll'be held in Foot Guard ar-
mory hall, at Hartford, on Tuesday
and Wednesday, the 18th and 19th days
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Riot at am-hecneue.
the hospital in New Rochelle with what
will probably prove'a fatal bullet Wound
in his head, and N .. B. Bates, a colored
man, is under arrest, acousod of having
fired the shot. A large n'umbeLOf both
white men and'negroes are employed
in the construction of the new ._sewers
‘of the town. Thereis a bad feeling be-
tween them.
Last ni ht a number of the negroes
were drin ing heavily, and soon were
in a condition where they required no
great urging to precipitate a riot.
gang of them marched up and down the"
street, in front of the houses occupied
by the white men, shouting and ours-
ing. They soon became involved in a
fight. Fists, clubs and stones were free-
ly used. One of the enraged negroes,
finding that his side was getting the
worst of the fight, drewa revolver and
fired point blank at Daly. The bullet
struck him in the 'head. ' The police
swept‘ down, fought their way to ,the
centre of the mob, and then drove the
whites in one direction‘and the negroes
in another. Bates was marched ofi‘ to
fied as the assailant.
Peculiar to itself.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is peculiar to it-
self, ina strictly medicial sense, in
three important particulars. viz: first,
in the combination of remedial agents
used' second, in the proportion in
which they are mixed; third, in the
process by which the active curative
properties of the preparation are se-
make Hood’s Sarsaparilla peculiar in
its medicial merit, as it accomplishes
cures hitherto unknown.
But it is not what we say but what
Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, that tell'the
story. What Hood,s Sarsaparilla‘has
done for others is reason for confidence
that it is the medicine for you.
Grand Court. A. O. F. of A. .
George 0. Malley of Meriden, Ed-
ward R. Crosby of Waterbury and
Thomas O’Loughlin of Naugatuc , au-
ditors of the Grand Court of Connec-
ticut, A. O. F. of A., on Friday issued
a report of the condition of the Grand
Court to date, as presented by the
books of Grand Court Secretary George
W. Randall, of Rockville.
The total receipts of thefgeneral fund’
were $4,585 ; expenditures, 82,530 ;bal-
ance, $2,054;receipts of the manage-
ment fund, $2,749; expenditures, $1,;
830 ; balance, $918; receipts of the fun-
eral fund, $1.886; expenditures, $756;
balance, $1,136. Nine funeral claims
were paid.
Electric Road at Rowayton. _
Selectmen Raymond and Baker and
a representative of the Tramway com-
pany, met at the office of Attorney
Levi Warner last night to discuss the
matter of the selectmen granting the
Tramway the',right to extend their
tracks through streets of the toWn in
the section known as Rowayton. It
was the opinion of Mr. Warner that
the selectmenmere not empowered to
grant such privileges. The work of
laying the tracks will probably be con-
tinued, howey‘e‘r, as the company has
secured the consent Of property owners,
(with two exceptions) along the pro-
posed layout. , .
Fell Twenty Feet. ,
George Murphy fell from a ladder in
twenty feet. He struck the floor with
terrific force, striking on his left
shoulder andgthe back 'of hishead,
rendering him unconscious. He was
discovered a few moments later lying
prostrate upon the stable floor. Dr.
Gilroy was immediately summoned and
after making an examination discovered
that Murphy’s collar bone was broken
and his scalp was slightly out and
bruised, It will be several weeks be-
fore the injured man will be able to
resume work.
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“Minutes of the Hour.” '
The Hour puts it thus :
"‘Swell Norwalkers at Pine Lodge. ”
And' thus : , .
“The local caucuses are at hand.
* * * There it is to be decided whether
the Republicans will nominate Justice
Austin and Constable Lockwood. There
it is to be learned whether the Demo-
crats Will indorse Toner and Honneck-
er. _ * * Let the local caucuses do
their duty, and we shall have no more
useless, incompetent,
corrupt grand jurors, justices, and con-
stables.”
' '——A Card.
The following prizes contributed for
the Labor Day picnic were not proper-
1y credited in the Labor Day Journal,
and the central labor Union wishes to
acknowledge the receipt of the same:
one picture, from Smith’s furnishing
store; bag oft’flour, Lawton’s grocery
store; one ham, Landlord Walz ; pair
lady’s fine shoes, H.’S. Brown, South
Norwalk ; ten pounds roast beef, W.
F. Lockwood. Norwalk. .
Suffering With Hiccouzhs.
The physicians. at the hospital in
Hartford have under treatment Susan
Tesmond, aged thirty-seven, of Litch-
field,who was brought to the institution
last evening suffering from anattack of
hiccoughs. The ' woman was seized
with the hiccoughs while waiting for a
train for Thomaston. .
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The Eclipse.
The heavy clouds last night prevented
a View of the partial eclipse of the hare
vest moon which started about 10
o’clock. The moOn entered the earth’s
shadow at 10:30 and left it at 12:28
o’clock this morning.
Waiting.
. It is said that the soldier boys have
offered a prize for the person who can
answer the following question : "When
Will we receive our camp checks ?”
The checks have been overdue for sev-»
eral weeks.
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Sam MerrittBreaks a. Leg.
. Sam Merritt, the welt-known sport-
ing man, fellfrom a car at Flushing,.,L..
1., Thursday night and suffered a/frac";
ture Of the right leg. He, is. new :at,
the Vanderbilt hotel, New crk..,. ._.
Fastest Mlle Yet
Robert J, paced'almile at Terre
Haute- yesterday in 2:01; John R.
Gentry made ~the staliion record in
2:032“ Alix madeher mile in 204;, not
lowering/her record. . -” . , -’ . -
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‘ J. F. Da‘ly, a whiten-man,- is lying in ,.
the station He has been fully identi—r
cured. These three important points .
Bridgeport last night, a distance of”
unworthy, or .
About fifty eaters-assembled at" this
TOWn House, Friday-night in response.
"to the call to elect delegates to the
Democratic State, Congressional, Sena
torial and Probate conventions.
Attorney John J. Walsh was elected
ohairman and Bernard J. Tully, secre-
ary.
On motion of John J. Malone, it was
voted that the nominations be made by
ballot and that those voting deposit
their ballots on a table in full view of
the chair.” This was done, Mr. Malone
explained, to prevent any one from
Voting who was not entitled to a vote. .
The chair appointed Messrs. James
B. Costello, James Sutherland, Charles
N. Wood and Thomas Hunt, tellers.
It was voted that the first ballot for
the candidates be informal. This plan
was carried out until the candidates for
the Senatorial and Probate delegates
were reached, those-nominations being
made by acclamation. Each of the in-
formal ballots were, after being . an.
nounced, made formal. The result was
as follows : - '
STATE—First delegate.
Levi Warner, ............................. 32
James T. Hubbell, ........................ 4
Scattering, ................................ 6
Second delegate. ,
J ames '1'. Hubbell. ............ ' ........... 45
Scattering, ........... . ...................... 1
Third delegate. '
James Sutherland, ....................... 39
. Scattering ................................. 4
Fourth delegate.
A. c. Gplding'.: ........................... 34
_ Scattering, ................................ 4
CONGREssIONAL—First delegate.
Samue1_Daskam,.............. ........... 36
_ Scattering , ................................ 3
Second delegate.
Charles L. Glover..: ..................... 32
Scattering, ................................. 2
COUNTY—First delegate.
John J. Walsh. ........................... 33
Nicholas Martin. ......................... 15
.5;
John H. Gormley, ............. ~ ...... . ......
Second delegate.
John H. Gormley.. ............. 36
Nicholas Martin.. . . . . .._ .................. 23
SENATORIAL—By acclamation. .
Frederick Mead. ......................... ,._ ; .
Bernard 0. Feeney. ........................
PROBATE—By acclamation.
Edward GoldSchmidt, .....................
John J. Malone .............................
The delegates were empowered to ap-
oint their own alternates, after James
Toner had remarked that it was an un~
written law that democratic delegates
should not select their alternates from
other towns than those they represented
The matter pertaining to the odor»
tion of a measure to form district
primaries throughout the town was
presented and explained by B. J. Tully
who also. presented a plan for the.ap-
portionment ofthe town into' ten dis-
tricts and gave the boundaries of the
proposed districts. He remarked that
voters living on' the outskirts of the
town seldom attended the caucuses and
seldom'were given a fair representation
on the tickets nominated. He said that
r Norwalk was the largest town. in the
state that made nominations in the
present way, which while perhaps good
enough for towns of small population,
was not fair for a place like Norwalk.
It was proposed to establish district
primaries each district to send one
delegate for every one hundred voters
in said district, to a city or town con-
vention. ‘The proposed plan-met with
favor, and Messrs. Bernard J. Tull ,
John J. Malone, Frank Buttery, A. C.
Golding and George B. Smith were ap-
pointed a committee. to formulate a
plan for carrying out the proposed
proposition, the committee to report at
the coming caucus. The meeting then
adjourned.
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—The Knox em-all Shoes, youth’s and
boy’s : $1.50 and $1.75, will outwear any
shoe you ever saw. A. H. Hoyt 853%?
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One on "Hen.”
A party of Georgetown young men
“ came down from the woods ” Friday
afternoon, .and Securing a' boat went
out fishing for crabs. They had great
luck, and soon had nearly a boat load
of “game.” Rowing backrthey started
for home, and stepping at~Grumman
Brothers for some 0. T. R. B. they
asked “Hen.” Grumman if he would
accept of a box of crabs. He of course
said "yes,” and they were taken into
the store, and later he dispatched a boy
with them to his home. On the way
the boy discovered that the supposed
crabs were sea-spiders, and returning
told “Hen.” of the fact. There was a
crowd present, and “Hen.” treated on
each one promising to keep mum.
What the young men did with the rest
of their catch is not learned.
A Fake.
Says the Bridgeport Standard : “The
alleged interview with Jimmy _MoNally,
nwhich occupied two columns in a New
York paper yesterday morning, was a
fake pure and simple. The reporter
explained that he found McNally liv-
ing quietly in Norwalk, where he was
waiting for the present trouble to blow
over. Attorney John C. Chamberlain,
who acted as McNally’s counsel since
the first green goods man was captur-
ed in this city. yesterday reoeiveda
letter from his client. McNally is in
Europe, and infithe letter stated that
he expected to remain abroad for some
time longer. He wanted Mr. Cham~
berlain to look after his property in-
terests here.” .
Got Their Deserts.
The four Bridgeport toughs who at-
tempted to annihilate the Danbury po-
lice force yesterday morning and run
the town to suit themselves were up
before Judge Walsh this morning. By-
an, Wood and Rice were charged with
being tramps and with disturbing the
piece and were each sentenced to four
months’ imprisonment in the Bridge-
port workhouse.
Williams, the old man who bit a piece
out of Policeman Young’s hand was
charged with, resistance to an officer
and breach of the peace. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to six months’
imprisonment in Bridgeport jail.
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Mead’s Candidacy.
Greenwich friends of ex-Senator Mead
of New Canaan, who was born and
brought up in%hat town,galthough he
has acquir,ed*'fame and fertune. in the
,hamlet‘l‘to :the eastgof Stamford, are
pleased to learn 'hhutztthei ex3senator’s
name": will probably be r' placed on the‘
Republican state ticket this years. Two
years ago Mr. Mead, who was promi-
' nently mentioned for comptroller, with-
drew. “with the understanding that he
would receive the nomination in ’94,
and the Republicans will undOubtedly
carry out their promise made at that
A time—Stamford Advocate. .
3’"liéni’obfiatrc=0aucuszaxes,~; 5 -- L: fl ..
Carolinellichcls‘iaa colored woman,
:the mother-of. six ch11dien'.’ 'Shefiis em-
gages amounting, to $14,330. _ « ~
,_ ., x A, ..~\-,,, ran».
' -. Wantea’iis'r. diagnosis: ’
ployed in the laundry department at
the County Home and-her children are
provrded for by friends in White Plains.
Caroline is paid $7 a week and given
her board. She occasionally gratifies
her appetite for intoxicants and at such
times is very unreasonable. Such mon-,
ey as she does not need is placed to her
credit in the bank by the Matron of
the home. The other day Caroline
asked for permission 'to go to White
Plains to visit her children, which re-
quest was granted. " _
This morning, in company with wool-
ored man who she said was her brother-
in-law, she called at the Home and de-
manded her bank book. As she had
been drinking, the Matron with good
judgement refused to give it to her,
until such time as She was sober. Car-
oline left in search of an officer evident-
ly having been advised to take such a
course by the man who accompanied
her. She finally found deputy sheriff
Toner who after listening to her story
advrsed her to get sober, and told her
that the Matron had acted right in not
giVing her the book. Caroline spoke
in the best of terms as to the Matron’s
previous treatment of her and said
“she is a very nice lady and I ain’t
finding fault, but Ise want my money.”
When she gets sober Caroline will no
doubt thank the Matron for retaining
the book, and the colored man will
probably go back with his hands still
itching for some.
a”. .
He Shot Her Father.
An Italian woman came here from
Port Chester, N. Y. , this morning, and
asked Chief Bradley to arrest a man
whom she claimed had shot her father.
She could not give a very good de-
scription of the man and the Chief ad-
vrsed her to go back to Port Chester
and get a warrant for his arrest, to-
gether with his description.
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TERSETALES OF THE TIMES.
Judge Andrew Selleck is in town.
A special town meeting is being held
this afternoon.
The voting list of the City of NorWalk
contains 1470 names.
The Painters’ Union will hold a spe-
cial meeting to-night. :
The Farmers’ picnic will take place
at Trinity lake next Wednesday.
You don’t hear of anybody going
abotut boasting of being a Maine demo-
cra .
Rev, F. E. Robbins will preach in
the Cranberry Plains chapel, to-mor-
row- afternoon.
The steamer City of Albany is to be
run another week and not hauled off
to-day as proposed.
Connecticut Pensions: Original—
Orrin A. Carey, Deep River.
honed—Anson J. Wheeler. ‘ .
The funeral Of- the late Mrs. Mehit-
able Lyon will be attended Monday
afternoon, at 2 o’clock.
Mrs: DavidP. Osborne, Jr. gave birth
to a girl baby at her home on Arch
street, this morning.
_ -—New departure in school shoes for
lrls. Solid and nice looking. A. .
oyt & Son, 37 Wall street. 37-2t.
New Canaan . owners of fast horses
Will particlpate in atrot at the N orwalk
fair ground next Tuesday, at 1. vo’clock.
The New Canaan Messenger makes
the startling announcement that “oys-
torsnand escalops are in the local mark-
8 s.
It will probably relieve the country
to be assured that Hon. Hoke Smith
has not captured the Grand Army en-
campment.
The cars on the Tramway were stalled
yesterday afternoon, from 3 to 6 o’clock,
by reason of an accident to the gener-
ator at the power station.
The body of the man found in the
Hudson River at Peekskill has been
identified as that of George Ball, who
resided in Avenue A. New York city. .
—-Ladies look at the $1.49 shoes; nice
styles; patent tip. Hoyt Es Son. 37-2t.
The Hour job printing ofiice has been
sold to W. H. Brown, a printer well
known in town. He will also do the
presswork for the printing of the Hour.
—If you want fish, escaIOps, oysters,
clams or lobsters, call on George Ward-
well, at the Model Market, Wall street.
Prices and . quality guaranteed satis-
factory.
To-morrow evening Rev. Gerald H.
Beard will preach in the Congrega‘
tional church, taking for his subject,
“The. Respectable Saloon—License or
No License.”
There was a good attendance at the
fruit festival and cake sale given by the
Women’s Relief Corps, last evening,
and a nice. little sum was netted for a
worthy object. '
A small audience greeted “ Tim the
Tinker,” at the Opera House, last
night.‘ “Tim” has a good company,
and the play and the specialties were
deserving of a larger patronage.
Mrs. S. H. Watkins went to New
York to-day to await the arrival from
Europe of her foster-mother, Mrs. Dr.
Paige, who is due in La Champaigne,
to-morrow morning from Havre.
Mrs. Samuel Daskam, Mrs. Samuel
L. Stevens and little daughter Eunice,
of N orwalk, and Miss Agnes E. Bowen,
of. BrooklynLN. Y., were calling on
glends in Ridgefield, Wednesday.—
ress. ' '
, Daniel Hanlon- who was charged with
.an assault on Henry Whitlook was dis-
charged this morning. there being no
eVidence that he had committed the
allilegfilcli assault. And the town pays
9 i . ‘ ~ T ' ’
.The Weekly Record credits Norwalk
With five real estate sales-this week,
and mortgages amounting" to 88,150.
For the corresponding week last year
the sales numbered nine and the mort-
l
Addi- .
Miss Mary R. Woodman; who; is a
teacher in one-Ofvthe public schools of
Norwalk, was. unable Ito attend? immer-
school'dut'ies', owing to Ia slight illness
for a fewdays, is againwell-and will go
to Norwalk-on Monday impeach—Beth-
el Eagle. .;
Letter-carrier Haley, finishes his
week’s vacation to-day. Hehas been
rusticating inRidgefield. During his
stay there he was unpleasantly sur-
prised by a deputy-sheriff, who sub-
poenaed him as witness at a trial in
Bridgeport. ‘
Grover 0. E. Wilson has ;.reached
home from his Litchfield County con-
gressional steerin expedition, but is
far from being fu ly recovered of his
severe illness. ,He thinks if he had
traveled with a good, sound democrat
instead of a republican, he would not
have been so overcome.
——A special meeting of the Painters’
Union, No. 230, will be” held, in their
rooms,'GAZETTE Building, on Saturday
evening, Sept. 15,-at 8 o’clock, to take
action-on calling a special session of
the Gen. Brotherhood and adopting
changes in their by-laws.-—O. F. Mon-
BELL, Sec. _
There is some talk of selling the
county jail at Litchfield and building a
new jail at Winsted. The Litchfield
jail has been declared unfit for occu-
pancy by the State Board of Charities.
It would cost as much to repair the old
jail as to build a new one at .Winsted,
and Winsted would be a much more
convenient location.
Chief of-Polioe Bradley who was a
delegate from Buckingham Post, to
the National G. A. R. encampment at
He reports‘having had a splendid time.
One thing that attracted his special
attention was a log cabin at the head—
quarters of the Louisville delegation,
in which plantation melodies were sung
visitors.
An old gentleman with a hand organ
loaded with funeral dirges, and three
men armed with awheezing accordeou,
bursted tambourine and a banjo, to the
“music” of which was blended the
cracked voice of a singer, who “war-
bled” the “latest songs of the day,”
brought to mindthe remark of Bob.
Ingersoll that there were times in a
man’s life when suicide was not only
excusable but a grand good thing.
Amusements.
noxr’s OPERA HOUSE.
It is questionable if any amusement
event that has heretofore occurred in
N orwalk will approach the importance
and significance of that which is booked
at Hoyt’s Opera House, this Saturday
evening when Charles Frohman’s Com-
pany will present, what is universally
conceded to be the best farce comedy
production of the era, entitled ”The
New Boy.” '
edy furor for the past two years in Lon-
don, and will be presented here With
one of the strongest and most perfect
companies ever gathered together by
Manager Frohman. The production
here willvbe under the personal super-
vision of Charles Frohman, the com-
pany and details being the same that
will commence a year’s engagement in
New York within a week.
HOYT’S OPERA HOUSE.
The Bubb Comedy Company, “the
world’s largest, grandest and’ best
amusement enterprise now before the
public,” will open for a week’s engage-
ment at Hoyt’s Opera House, South
Norwalk, next Monday night, on which
night “Dad’s Boy” will be presented.
The announcements for the remainder
of the week are : Tuesday, “Sis;" Wed~
nesday, “A Mountain Daisy ;” Thurs-
day, “Uncle Jethroe;” Friday, “Want-
ed a Husband;” Friday Matinee, “Ten
Nights in a Bar - room;” Saturday,
“Among the Mines;” Saturday Matinee
"Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Fainting- Spells
Dausod by heart failure, sleeplessness and an
handful tired feeling, and piles, made in,
life misery. Captain Clair we no to can.
Hood's Sarsaparllla and it has bum up my wholb
lystem. The piles are gone and I am able to
Work hard and sleep soundry at night. 'I shall
Iver praise Hood’s Sanaparllla. Mas. J. 6.
Oman, Ash Point, Maine. Remember
Hood's Plus are purely vegetable Ind. (10
not purge, pain or gripe. .i‘ry a box. as.
To BEN 1’.
Half inch or less. 256 a. day or $1.00 per weal:
0 BENT,— First or second floor on Or-
_ chard street, sewer and water connec-
tions; rent moderate; possessmn immediately.
Inquire of G. HAULENBEEK. 23 Orchard sagetii
0 RENE-Two suits of apartments in
James’ Block; also one on Cross street.
near Grace church.
Trustee. 87 1w
closets. on first floor, No. 7 Chestnut
street. Apply, to E. H. Fillow, No. 5. Chest-
nut street. . 941 tf
0 RENE—Rooms in the Hadden building.
Inlfiuire on the premises of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Ha den, . 32 tf
, o RENT—The Store No. sownl m
. lately occupied by H. G.Judd. 0p oslte
a1
lroad and Post Office. Apply to Mrs. lica-
beth Hadden. ‘ 866.15!
FOB 54.2111.
FOR SALE—Building Lots for sale, also
Houses andStores to rent. Apply to E.
155' Matthews. 120 East avenue. 920 lm
FOB SALE—500 loads Of building stone
delivered to anypart of the city. In-
avenue. . . _
. WAlvTED.
‘ -ANTED.;_A:; [wrest atvthe Norwalk
. ,. .notel. Arlgnytccttli.Tittle.hangar-iiii
Pittsburg arrived' home last evening. '.
and a hearty welcome given to all
This play has been the reigning com- .
Hood’s‘sWu-res
F. ST. JOHN Locxwoon. _
To RENT.—Four roomswith pantry and ‘
quire of oraddress Enos KELLOGG, 60 Belden) -\
‘ ' 930 am
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