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’7 MONDAY; SEPT-17,1894.
The Daily Gazette, establishedin 1890
The Weekly Gazette in 1800.
Days of Elections!
Our City Election takes place on
Monday, Oct. 1st,, next, at the house
of Hope Hose company. Read adv.
elsewhere in Guerra. .
’ Our. Townv'Election occurs on-the
'same‘ day at the Town House.
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The Harvest Moon.
7 The moon which fulled on Friday,
being the full moon nearest the autum-
nal equinox, is the famous “harvest
moon” that always awakens so much
interest as the token of the heavens’-
. sympathy with the toils of the husband-
man. - ‘
When the moon is very far north, as
she is at this period, the retardation of
her rising from day to day is at a mini-
mum, and for several successive nights
she rises gloriously in the east and very
nearly at the same hour. She then
. coasts along the eastern horizon, lend-
' ing her friendly light to harvesters who
have to ply their work after nightfall.
The spectacle is well calculated to
interest all who Watch the heavens.'
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A Good Example.
Senator Hillin his speech at the So-
merset county fair, in Somerset N. J. ,
on Thursday gave an excellent illus-
tration 'of practical patriotism that
might well be imitated by various mem-
bers of his own party. After touching
on a variety of topics in an interesting
and entertaining way he concluded his
remarks thus :
“ I do not intend upon this non-partisan oc-
casion to speak of the recent legislation of
Congress. Iam only here to say that laws
which have been enacted should have now a
fair and impartial trial, and then. in the fu-
ture, we can judge as to their wisdom and pro-
priety. It is the duty of patriotism to await
the result of the legislation which has been
enacted, in the hope that in the future our
country may recover from its present depres-
sion and, that the people may enter upon a
new career of prosperity.”
It will be remembered that Mr. Hill
was the only; Democratic Senator who
voted agaihSt‘the tarifi' bill. “ 'He persist-
ently and cdh‘sistenly opposed the in-
come;tax and strove to have that Popu-
listic section eliminated from the bill.
Bfein'g defeated in this effort, he main-
tained his consistency by voting against
the measure on its final passage.
But Mr. Hill recognizes the' obliga-
tions of good- citizenship in ending this
fight when further strife can do no pos-
sible good and is sure to do harm. It
is, as he says, “the duty of patriotism
'to await the result,”and give the people
a chance to test the law. His obj ec-
tions to the principle of the' income tax
are not removed, but he sees that the
country needs rest from tarifi‘ agitation
and makes a timely contribution toward
that consummation.
Active Nutmeg Republicans.
Awell informed Hartford correspon-
dent of the Tribune, under the above
caption, thus elucidates the 'republican
situation in this state. “The Repub-
lican State Convention, which meets in
this city Tuesday evening next and the
following Wednesday, will be one of
the most interesting held in the State
for many years, There is an earnest
preliminary canvass for the nomination
for Governor,such as has not been seen
in the State for some time. It is sur-
prising to note how thoroughly the
party has appreciated the necessity of
having its best men in council. It- has
been settled that oar-Congressman
William E. Simonds, of Canton, will
be the president of the convention, and
he will make an excellent presiding
officer. It will also devolve upon him
to appoint some of the important com-
mittee, among which will be the Com-
mittee on Credentials, which has for
the first time a delicate problem to
settle as to the right of the Hartford
delegation’ or which delegation from
this city will be entitled to sit. Upon
this matter there is the most intense'
interest not only in the city but through-
out the State, as the decision will settle
for all the leadership and management
of the party organization here.
As to candidates it is true that Col-
onel Frank W. Cheney, the candidate
from this county, has suffered to some
extent by the factional disturbance in
this city, which has been’misinterpret-
ed to his hurt. The fact is that both
delegations chosen here are Cheney
delegations, the hitch being over party
management and nothing else. The
friends of Colonel Cheney are not at all
disheartened, but expect that he will be
nominated after one or two ballots.
Ex—Senator Coffin’s friends are working
hard, however. and he was within a few
days developed a great deal of strength.
The popular impression is that he
stands a fine show of the nomination
. if balloting can be kept up for three or
{more ballots. General Merwin’s fri-
ends will keep in as long as there is
any'chance for him, but- complications
in his district over the Congress nom-
ination will undoubtedly put him out
of the race ear-ly*"in his balloting.
John Addison Porter expects more
“than 100 v5tés”on the first‘iballén;
. The Fairfield County delegation will
stick to Mayor Marigold, of Bridge-
port, and there are one or two, dark
’:' ination is dictated by any one.
“government club.”
tage of anything that may rv'tui'n up.
The field, as will be seen, is an {Ull-
. usually-large one, and there is; no
danger of the’hcjcu‘sation' that the noni-
be a fair fight.
Candidates for the minor places on
the ticket multiply. Fix-Lieutenant-
Govenor Loren. B. Cooke, of Bark-
hamsted, is mentioned "for the second
place in case Colonel Cheney is nom-
inated,-but there may be a contingency
that will bring Marigold for that place.
For Secretary of State Colonel Mewrey,
of Norwich, will be supported by the
New-"London County delegation and
for Controller, Senator Milner, of
Windham County, will be pressed.
Ex-Senatbr Hodge, of WindSor, is also
spoken of in connection with this nom-
ination, but that would be out of the
queston in case of Colonel Cheney’s
nomination, as ,bothare from the same
county.
The hotels of this city will be taxed
to their utmost to care for the dele-
gates and for the large numberfof other
Republicans who will be here.”
Pat Gives us Points.
[The columns of the B. L. D. are always open
to any and all classes of our people for a hear-
ing. We publish 'the following exactly as it
was received at this office, at ittemtim, cc spell
atim. et punctuation. The pomts of the origin-
al communicaton are. certainly novel and in-
teresting if not conv1nc1ng.] ‘ .
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MISTHUB EDITUR— there a miti dale
of kikin forninst tha silictmen's Now as
i undestands it, its nui'i ov our bizniz
what feller Sout Norwak picks up as
that ka‘nidydatl for silictmon, soc Bakur
ain t in it fur us at the brige An
whats the matur wid konel Sam Das-
kum id like to noa. The. sais he pade
500 dols to that shape on tha hilside
for scole tachin a weak—well what iv
he did, isn’t it chapur and betur to giv
up that much ov tha touns mony, whin
a hiwaman haz yez by the treat than to
be kilt intirly an the toun to pa yer
funril, iwants ter noa ?——in ten yers
we hasnt had a silictmon an is so kind
an ginris to us put bys as hasnt tied a
dais wurk fur six munts ar moar, knuse
ov tha cusid republikins put up the joab.
onto ust dimecrats afore we wuu tha
lection. An ez fur Raymint, he iz noa
kiker an doz es Sam tells im an is nine
civil an plazin to us bys an the wivs an
childer as hez to cum to him fur helpin
us. ivry weak an iz like to noa how
yez goin to git bet ur men nur thim fur
silictmens, i doant so duznt lots 0 tha
bys as will be votin fur um boath.
- yrs truli, Par MCGINTI
A Daily Hour. _
The rumor is again revived that the
proprietors of the Hour are to issue a
daily edition. This has no doubt be-
come a business necessity, as no weekly
paper can maintain its ground in com-
petition with three hustling dailies as
the weekly Hour has been desperately
struggling to do. One statement is
that the new daily will be a morning
paper, and this would no doubt, better
cover the entire field than another
evening paper. Other rumors are that
it will come out with an evening edi-
tion. It is quite. probable that Mr.
Maples himself, is not fully determined
as to which would be best. In either
case, be it morning or evening, another
daily means unlimited anxiety and tell
and no pecuniary profit to the owner.
Yet there’s always room at the top, and
if the Hour can recover its most damag-
ing loss, the withdrawal of John H.
Wade, “it may be happy yet.” If not,
Mr. Maples ought to have four or five
years more of hard work left in him
and he will find ample need for its em-
ployment.
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Without a Rector.
The vestrymen of Christ Episcopal
church of Bridgeport, have not yet call—
ed a permanent rector for the parish al-
though the report is prevalent that a
call had been extended to Rev. Edward
Huntington Coley of Stamford, Mr.
Coley is the assistant rector of St.John’s
church, Stamford. He is young in the
service only having been in the minis-
try two years. Another rector who is
being considered for the place is the
Rev. Dr. W. Strother Jones, pastor of
St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Fairfield.
Rev. Dr. Jones is a. graduate of Wash-
ington and Lee University of Vi: 'nia,
and last June his college confer: up-
on him the honorarv degree of Doctor
of Divinity. '
The Switch Laid Wrong.
Much complaint is .made that the
Tramway company’s switch in front of
the Norwalk Club building on Wall
street, is located so that the cars are
constantly stopped upon the cross whlk
until it can be turned by the conductor
,to allow the cars to move around into
Belden avenue. This forces pedestri-
ans oif the crosswalk and out into the
mud or dust, if they attempt to cross at
the moment a car is halted there. The
switch should be moved a few feet fur-
ther east or west, or the cars ordered
stopped before reaching the cross walk,
While the switch is being slid into
position. . '
Acted Like Wolves.
Nelson L. Bonneau, the well known
caterer who recently fled to Canada has
left Bridgeport forever. He so stated
Saturday in a letter to his attorney 0.
W. Mann. Mr. Bonneau asserted on
his honor as a man that he would have
paid every dollar or his indebtedness
had he been given an opportunity.
. “But,” said he, “the Whole crowd
who worked at camp for me were after
me like a pack of wolves trying to place
a lien on the money and otherwise em-
barrass me. I was terrified and fled
and Will not go back.”
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, _ A Large Ratler.
Sturges‘ Andrews, of Weston, was at
“Jim” Betts' store Saturday afternoon,
to get a box to hold a five-feet long
rattlesnake 'he caught at the. Devil’s
Den, in that healthy old town. The
snake was nine inches in circumference
and its tail was decorated with ten rat-
tles. Three other rattlesnakes have
been caught in the same neighborhood
Within a short time past. Andrews
snaredthis “serpent” and so captured
him alive Without injury to himself or
the reptile.‘ ' .‘ . , t": -
Overreaching Thems_l\)es. .
New Canaan has a brand-new “good
. _ It looks to outside
folks as if a good deal of fuss wasbeing
made up in that pretty little borough
by some of the present governmental
functionaries trying to be too 300d as it
horse candidates readyi'to. take. ~advan- r is.——Advocate. _ 1.
It will ,
-"ostrichs and
The Washington Street D'P'aW-
‘ bridge to be Widened.
One Thousand Dollars ADDrO- ,
priated for the Work.
Nearly three hundred voters assem-
bled at the Town House, Saturday af-
ternoon, in response to the call for a
special town {meeting Mr, Robert: H.
Rowan acted as Moderator. .
The first business before theWmeeting
was “to take such action as said meet-
ing shall deem advisable with reference
to the cutting of bushes and branches
of trees growing on the highways of
the town, within twelve feet of the
middle of the traveled way; and to
direct the Selectmen of the town to
cause such bushes and trees to be cut,
at least once in each year, and at such
time and times as said meeting. shall,
by. vote, provide.” .
A motion to appmpriate $200 for the
above purpose was made, but no action
was taken, as there is a law on the stat-
ute books that provides that the owners
of property fronting on highways shall
remove all weeds, bushes, etc., at their
‘ own expense, and on motion of George
W. Cram, the Selectmen were instruct-
ed to enforce the law.
The next business before. the meet-
ing was “to take such action as said
meeting shall deemexpedient in rela-
tion to widening the roadway 0n the
Washington Street Bridge, from the
draw in said bridge easterly, accordin
to the petition of J. Sturges Randal
and others, and in relation to the chang-
ing of the sidewalk on said bridge, and
if said meeting shall vote to widen said
roadway and change said walk, to make
the necessary appropriation therefor.”
Mr. Randall made a motion that the
sum of $1,000 be appropriated for the
widening of said roadway on the bridge.
He said that only that morning eleven
teams were blocked on the bridge, and
Mayor Keeler said that he hoped that
the next Legislature would enact-a law
providing for the care of all draw-
bridges throughout the State; that the
State already had charge of the draw-
bridge at Hartford, and he was of the
belief that such a bill as mentioned
could be passed. The State had given
the Tramway company a grant to cross
the bridge, and collected taxes from
the Company toward the support'of the
a e.
Talimadge Baker agreed with Mayor
Keeler’s remarks, and believed in legis-
lation on the matter.
George S. Bell said that he thought
it would be pretty hard work to secure
the passage of such a bill, and was in
favor of re-planking the bridge at as
early a date as possible.
George W. Cram remarked that the
above discussion was not to the point.
The question before the meeting was
upon” the expenditure of a sum not in
excess of $1,000, for improvements to
the bridge. He said that East Norwalk
had a population of ov er 3,000, and was
growing more rapidly than any other
portion of the town. He said that it
was plain to everybody that the bridge
was too narrow for the accommodation
of the people, and that at present it
was in a dangerous condition for traf-
fic. The Tramway company’s charter
permitted the company to cross the
bridge, and that the Selectmen and
the State had given the company cer-
tain rights, and that it was.no more
than fair to keep the bridge in repair.
Something ought to be done to the
bridge in the interest of East Norwalk
and the entire town, and without delay.
-J. R. Marvin said that it was evident
that the old bridge would in time have
to be replaced by a new one. The Se-
lectmen had spent several hundred
dollars in repairs, and the bridgewas
comparatively safe.‘ He said that the
roadway supports new extended out be-
yond the sidewalk. The sidewalk was
unsafe, and needed resplanking, and
that it would be cheaper to widen the
roadway now and extend the walk out
at the same time the replanking was
one. ~ '
'Mayor Keeler said that he agreed-
with Messrs. Cram and Marvin, and
did not believe in the proposed im-
provements being delayed.
George S. Bell explained that the
town owned fifty feet right of way,
and that if there were any buildings
standing on such line, they would have
to be moved back at the expense of the
owners. '
A vote on the matter of appropriating
$1,000 for the widening of .the‘bridge
was taken viva coco, but there being a
few doubters, it was decided to make
the vote a rising one, with the result
that it was almost unanimously carried.
"It was voted to accept the highway
known as Glenwood avenue, from the
'Connecticut turnpike to a point oppo-
site the residence of John Smith.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Forgot the Baby.
A certain society lady living in this
city, decided to call on a friend the
other afternoon. As she left the house
she instructed her nurse to follow her
in about an hour, and bring the baby
in the carriage. At the time specified
the nurse was seen trundling the baby
carriage up the walk to the place where
her mistress was calling. The child’s
mother ran out to greet her little one,
but found the carriage empty. At first
the nurse was at a loss to explain as to
after a few moments’ thinking, remem-
bered that she had forgotten to place
the child in the carriage whéh she start-
ed. On and after to-day the child has
a new nurse. ‘
What Puzzled Him.
A certain youngster stood looking in-
tently at a flock of chickens yesterday
morning, when suddenly looking up at
his mother, he said, “ Mamma, ain’t it
funny, chickens come out of eggs and
eggs come out of chickens, and roost-
are come out of eggs, but eggs don’t
ceme out of roosters.” “Mamma” ans-
wered him by telling him to get ready
for Sunday - school, which order he
obeyed with a. puzzled look on_his face,
which remained even after his sister,
but a year elder, explained, “And So
, does turkeys, and ducks, and birds, and
snakes; _I read about it in;
shod-k.” ,. »,— ,_
" -H.¥i~d Timeéfi—E'
, Wm, .
A saloon keeper in= wicked Bridge '
.be observed asrthe fourth anniversary
port has a card outside his wicket door
whereon ispinscribe'd this contribution
to the present business conditions:
' Pint,’_’.-‘N . _
“Hard Times Whiskey, 20cts. a-Half
fl
the roadway was altogether too narrow. '
whether the youngster was lost out of
the carriage on the way or not, but,
oftheirpelect schools., . ..
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« : WSaysi—ithe-St‘amfcrd Edvocfife : 't“N6t-r
withstanding the dampness o‘f gthe
ground, the tennis tournament .at the
Yacht Club continued Friday after-:-
noon, and two matches were played off;
one in the doubles and one in the 3111-"
glee. The courts Were not particularly
wet, being well drained, but they were
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‘ a little damp. A few points were lost
by slipping. The first match was be-
tween Hubbard and . Reed and the
Van _ Burens of Norwalk.. It result-g
ed disastrously for Hubbard and Reed,
who were defeated'by encore of 6-4,
8.6. Hubbard and Reed, however,
made it interesting for them.
In the singles, Bonner and Van Buren
played off their much. Bonner put up
a. placing game and won agood many
points 011 it, but they did not avail
much for he fell before Van Buren as
others had-fallen before. Van Buren
retaliated by playing a placing game
too, and got Bonner winded once or
twice. Van Bur-en, seemed to take
things easy,as"usual,--and “won by a
score of 6-2, 6-0. ’
There remain now but two matches
to be played in pine tournament—the
doubles between Copp and Armstrong
' of Bell Haven and the Van Burens of
Norwalk, and the singles between Van
Baron and Leeds. The winners of
these Will be the winners of the tourn.‘
amen .
It will be seen that the Van Burens
have weathered all of the tennis gales
that have sunk so many of the players,
and it remains for them to pass safely
through, this last and heaviest one to
win the $60 cup in the singles and the
ebony hair-brushes, with silver mono-
grams on the backs, in the doubles.
The matches of singles was Saturday
decided and the cup presented at the
dance which took place at the Club
house, the closing event of the club
for the season: This cup has to be won
twice consecutively to become the
property of the winner.
The doubles cannot be played off
until later, as it was impossible. for
Copp and Armstrong to come Saturday.
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Col. Murphy’s Staff.
Col. Timothy J. Murphy, commander
of the Hibernian Rifles, on Saturday
announced, the appointment of the of-
ficers on his» staff. At the convention
of the Riflemen held in New Haven
several months ago, 001. Murphy was
selected as the head of the regiment in
this state. James Dunn, .of Walling-
ford, Was selected as lieutenant-colonel
and C. E. Delurey, of Danbury. The
personnel of the stafl is as follows :
J. J. "Hurley, of Bridgeport adjutant
and captain.
Frank C. O’Brien, of Division No. 1,
of Bridgeport, inspector of rifle prac-
tice with rank as captain. 1
Dr. D. F. Sullivan of Hartford, sur-
geon, with rank as major.
Dr. Hugh J. DeVer, of Division No.2,
of Bridgeporhassistant surgeon, with
rank as first-lieutenant.
Daniel Smith, of Division No. 2, of
Bridgeport, paymast-er, with rank as
captain. .‘ .
Patrick Broderick, of Hartford, quar-
termaster, with rank as first-lieutenant.
John J. Hogan, of New Haven, signal
oflicer with rank as firstvlieutenant.
John J. Burke, of Thompsonville,
sergeant-ma o
J r. .
Rev.J.J.Quinn, of Collinsville, chap?
lain.
The appointments on the staff as given
will, it is believed, give satisfaction to
all members of the order throughout
the state.
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Places of iniquity.
_ Speaking of "the dens of corruption”
in beautiful Ridgefield, the heme of
Fairfield county’s greatest poet, the
Press says “We hope that the nefarious
scoundrels who are runhing these per-
nicious places cf iniquity have enough
sense left in their sorbid. vitiated, shal-
low minds to close up their vile dens of
corruption and- to quit the: place with a
sincere resolution and determination
to seek an honest livelihood in an hon-
orable way.” ‘ ‘
vMortuarv Record.“
According to the report of the State
Board of Health; the total number of
deaths in’this State last month was 1,-
297. There were 58‘ deaths in Norwalk
from the followsng causes: diphtheria,
'1; malarial fever, 2; diarrhoea, 28; .
bronchitis, 2 ; nervous diseases, 3 ;
heart disease, 4-;_ all other diseases, 18;
stillbirths,‘ 2. The annual percentage
is 35.2, the highest of any in the state.
Official Bait.
The fishin thebrocks around New
Britain must have had a befuddled time
of it this season. The officials enforc-
ing prohibition there have emptied into
them 246, gallons of a wiskey,‘tWenty-two
barrels of beer‘, sixty kegs of beer, 2,500
bottles of beer, eleven barrels of ale
and sundry amounts of gin, wine an
cider.—Norwich Bulletin.
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Broke the ‘Record.
Mr. Fred. T. Bette, of the Church
Green, took a ride yesterday for the
first time. on the trolley, to Boton
Pomt. From thence he was safely
nnvigated over to Smith’s Island, where
his children, grandchild, and Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Seymour, Miss Welton,
Senator Holden, and other friends,
cordially received him. ’
Greenwich Outlavs.
The annual report of the Selectmen
shows an expenditure, during the past
year, of $121,752.07. Of this sum 3547,-
969.30 was spent on the highways.
Other large outlays were : Out door
poor. $7,618.68 ; interest. $12,460.18 ;
schools, $14,886.26; State military tax,
$2,086.33; miscellaneous, $4,775.28;
county tax, $7,285.73.
Weston Chestnuts.
. A Weston correspondent writes that
there is a scarcity of chestnuts in that
section, and adds that Norwalk people
need 'not come up that way with the'
expectation of athering any. A point-
er that Norwal lads will take advan-
tage of, and go. ’ '
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Norwalk’s Private Schools. .
The Mrs. Mead. Miss Baird, Mr.
WilsOn. and Col. Robert's schools are to
,c'ommence their‘fall and‘ winter terms
the presentwé'ek, and _all Norwalk
people are proud 'of the high standing
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' ' ‘ "crass chases?
Next‘Si‘fndayE’t' Grace chur‘bheis to
of its establishment. Services 'are to
be held suitably commemorative of the
event and there will be. a. special ___ser-
vice of church music and song. - L ,7 ., .
. planation. . .
asked by Lockw‘ood .“shall I put him,
- entery. ..-- ,TX
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. ‘AWRemarkabie Verdict.
5 James Cahilli‘wasjarr'estéu 2"rinse by,
"Septemberi’fl‘th‘i dnfthe'chjarge of h‘ v-
‘irnfgf 'receivédstolemgOOds,.a stove, friend-
agma'ninamed Robert Montgomery. 9} A
hearing was had in thei‘e'a‘s'e Saturday
afternoon before “J u’dge”. Keeler. At-
torney Gray appearing for the prosecu-
tion and Attorney Taylor for the de-
fense. , '
L.:D. Keeler was the first examined
and during his examination Attorney
Taylor objected two 'or three times to
the questions asked by Attorney Gray,
and asked the Judge to rule in the
matter, and insisted-on such a ruling.
This nettled Gray and in apparent
anger he said, addressing himself to
Taylor, “You can’t run things up here
as you do in Justice Barrett’scourt,
we don’t do business that way,” which
is evident to anyone who has attended
a justice court in Norwalk.
It seems that Montgomery and his
wife had uarreled and had agreed to
disagree, 5 9 taking her property and,
he retaining a stove, pipe, etc., as his.
Saturdayevening, accordin to the evi-
dence, he sold the stove to . D. Keeler
for 35, but the latter took no receipt.
As Keeler claims, Montgomery gave the
keys of the rooms where the stove was
stored to .him, but he did not go after
, , the stove until some time Monday after-
noon, when he found the stove missing.
He afterward learned that James Cahill
had taken it away the Sunday night
previous and had stored it at his home
in Winnipauk. He told Cahill that the
stove belonged to him, Keeler, but
Cahill denied it saying that he had
bought the stove for $4 and had a re-
ceipt for it. .
Constable Lockwood testified that he
went to South Norwalk and called Cahill
from his work and told him that he. had
a writ for his arrest but did not arrest
him at the time. Cahill seemed sur-
prised when told what he was wanted
fer. He afterwards arrested him at
'Keeler’s store where he had accompan-
ied him to get an explanation of the
trouble. 'Cahill asked him why Mont-
gomery was not arrested and he told
him “the writ was in the works and not
ready.” He thought the entire tran-
saction very funny- He told Cahill if
he would give up the stove it would be
all right. .
”John Cahill, who lives in the house
With Montgomery, testified to the sale
of the stove by Montgomery to James
Cahill, and to the fact that the door
leading to the room was wide open at
the time of the transaction. James
Cahill he said haggled some over the
price of the stove which he discovered
was broken, but that finally the sale
was made for $4 and a receipt for the
money given. The stove was removed
about 7 o’clock Sunday evening, he as-
sisting in putting it in the wagon.
James E. Cahill testified that he had
lived in Norwalk for twenty-five years
and had never before been arrested.
He had purchased the stove of Mont-
gomery in good faith and paid for it-
and had taken a receipt. Montgomery
told him that if he, Cahill, did not pur-
chase the stove he would sell it to Pod.
more or Keeler. He paid $4 for the
stove and took Montgomery’s receipt
for the same. . After the constable called
upon him and told him he was wanted
for receiving stolen property he accom-
panied him to Keeler’s store for an ex-
While there Keeler was
under arrest?” and Keeler said “yes”
and he was then placed under arrest.
Had asked why Montgomery was not
arrested and offered to find him and
afterwards did find him and he denied
having sold the stove to Keeler. When
he questioned Constable Lockwood
about the writ'he said, “I’ve got it in
my pocket but it aint Signed yet, IWa'm
waiting for “Monsey” Hoyt to sign it, ”
Just then Hoyt came along and I said
there is Hoyt now, why don’t you hove
him sign the writ?” “Oh, he’s going
to dinner, he’ll be down pretty soon,”
said Lockwood. I was of _the opinion
that for some reason or other the officer
did not want to arrest Montgomery.
Attorney Taylor, for the defense,
said that Cahill had bought the stove
in good faith. He was a young man of
excellent character and it was a shame
:11?“ this stigma should .be placed on
im. ~
It proceedings like this were allowed
the personal liberty of any one was in
danger. He asked for thexdischarge of
the prisoner. - -
After looking wondrous wise for a
few minutes, “Judge” George D. Keel-
er gave the following remarkable ver-
dict; “Frvn DOLLARS, AND RETURN THE
move.”
A smile illuminated the face of. every
person in the room at the ridiculous
verdict. The prosecution asked-to have
the “return the stove” part of it elim-
inated, but the defense thought it would
be a grand good thing to produce in
court the case was appealed, Joseph .0.
Bundle becoming surety in the sum of
$100 for Cahill’s appearance. :
Great are our “Justice” (‘3) courts but
greater still, are some of our Justices.
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Base Ball.
The Norwalk Parks defeated the
South Norwalks on Saturday by a score
of 10 to 7. ~
’ An interesting game of ball was play-
‘ed at Westport on Saturday, between
the Wiltons and the .Westports. The
game was close and exciting resulting
in a score of 2 to 1 in favor of Westport.
In the ninth inning second baseman
McArdle and rightfielder Kirk collided,
the former receiving a cut on his chin
which required six stitches to close.
Owing to the failure of Catcher Arthur
Holmes to appear, or notify the mana-
ger of the Wiltons that he would be ba-
sent, the latter team was handicapped.
Holmes was playing at Norwalk Park,
and the Wilton boys claim that the
grand stand and the ladies in attendance
is what drew Arthur away from hislown
team. Gregory of the Wiltons played
a fine fielding game and deserves an in-
crease in salary. Knapp and J enks al-
so fielded perfectly. The battery work
of the Westports was also excellent.
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Recent Deaths.
Peter Nester died this morning, at
the home of his somin-law, Mr. Lewis
Buckman, on Spring Hill, aged about
75 years.
Miss Mary Henley did on Sunday, at
the home of James Mulvehill, on Union
been sigok: aboutvfour weeks, with dye-4
,ii‘m'“
Mrs. Hannah Mather, Wifeof Charles
'Hoytgi‘v’d'ie'd in‘Darien, Saturday,;in the
85th year of herage.
' e—‘Ladies,clea‘n your, kid gloves With
Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only
y J. A. Rig 3, Pharmacist, 11 "Main
street, Norw f 10-1vr
'bassed would congregate.
the Court of Common Pleas, to which.
Place, aged about 50 years. She had .
' ‘ f"-‘fil‘herf‘Re"s:insert-abide S‘"all“.iiir’ii;-l
.' 2.Bev.,-G.»5H. Beard gave an earnest
-__theWW_—WFirst - .CongregatiOnal; . church
against the’saloon, and particularly the‘;
..‘..‘respectable saloon,” claiming the]
latter to be far more injurious'to‘the;
moral health of the community than‘the
disreptable dives where only the de-
It was the
respectable saloon, he said, that lured
our young. men and better class of»;
people and commenced the work ”(if
ruin, while the low-down saloon finish-
ed the work of destruction. He scored
the politicians and landlords who aided
and abetted thetsaloon business, and
very vigorously and earnestly appealed
to all christian men and good citizens
to vote no license at the coming town
election. He said. he made a distinction
between ,the saloon per sec and the
saloonkeeper. It was the, business he
denounced as evil and only evil, and
not the men who conducted it, as in
many instances he knew these men to
behonest, generous and well meaning
citizens. ‘ '
He also
saloon rel y to be held at the Norwalk
Opera House on Friday evening under
the auspices of the Good Citizens’ Lear
gue and which was to be eloquently
addressed by an able corps of temper-
ance speakers.
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Helped Herself to Jewelry.
Mrs. Annie Meed-Booth and Mamie
Clark were before Justice Austin, Sat-
urday afternoon, on the charge of theft
of jewelry from John Barthel, of Cran-
berry Plains. The Clark woman had
been living with Barthol in the capacity
of “housekeeper,” and Mrs. Booth was
also a member of the family. The
Clark woman claimed that Barthel did
not live up to his part of the contract,
and admitted that she took some j swel-
-ry_while he was under the influence of
drink, but did so because he had re-
fused to pay her. . Later, when Barthel
discovered his loss he had both women
arrested. The stolen property valued
at perhaps $3, was returned. The tes-
timony was of a racy character, and led
to the belief that the trio raised high
jinks when under the influence. The
Mead woman was discharged, and the
Clark woman was fined $7 and costs,
and sentenced to thirty days in jail.
A Rough and Tumble.
Two Italians engaged in a fight, just
before 12 o’clock to-day, on the corner
at Hale’s drug-store. The fight was
continued in front of Hayes’ news
office, where both men fell ‘into the
street, and pummelled each other with
a vengeance. They separated, but
came together again near Colby’s, and
blows were rapidly exchanged. They
were again separated, and this time
retired out of sight. The fight attract-
ed quite a crowd, which seemed to en-
joy the scrimmage. The faces of both
men bear evidence of the conflict.
O.
Probable Murder in Fairfleld.
Henry Keline, a Hungarian, is in a
dying condition at the Bridgeport hos-
pital,with a stab wound in his abdomen.
Sunday afternoon he, with several other
Hungarians, were stealing vegetables
from the garden of James Kelly in Fair-
field, Kelly and Constable Mooney
started after the Huns to arrest them,
but they drew knives and attempted to
assault the officer and Kelly. In the
trouble 'Keline was stabbed by one of
his countrymen. He was taken to‘ the
hospital and the physicians say that he
cannot live. ‘ .
Verdict for Plaintiff.
The other da Hanford Bros. brought
suit against Jo n Rowe, the carpenter
to recover a claim of about $70. As
the defendant failed to appear judg-
ment was given for the plaintiff. Later
on Rowe claimed that he had not been
given proper notice of the trial, and
this morning the case was reopened
before Justice Austin who after listen-
ing to the testimony again gave a. ,ver-
dict for the plaintiffs. Hurlbutt for
the fiaintiffs; Walsh for the defense.
The defendant was given one week in
which to file notice of an appeal.
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Hope Hose 00. Ronald.
Some months since it was found that
there was a shortage in the accounts of
Joseph N agle, who was treasurer of
Hope Hose company. Nagle promised
to make the amount good but failed to
do so, and soon after left town. ' It was
known that he made frequent. visits
here, and Constable Lockwood has
made several ineffectual attempts to ar-
rest him. ' On Saturday last Mrs. Nagle
called on Chief Engineer Prowitt and
gave him $50 in full settlement of the
claim against her husband.
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Gus Williams.
The announcement that Mr. Gus
Williams, the well - known German
Comedian, will appear at the Norwalk
Opera House, on Saturday evening
next, in his musical farce, “April Fool,”
will be received by our theatre-goers
with no small degree of pleasure. Mr.
Williams has amused us on many occa-
sions, and the extent of his fun-making
powers seems_to be unlimited. Miss
Josephine Fenton, the famous operatic
soloist, will be one of the members of
his support. '
County Home Runaway.
Thomas McGifi', John Hyatt and Ear-
ry Tifi'any, all under 10 years of age,
were arrested by Special Fitz Boy in
Bridgeport Saturday. The boys, ran
away from the county home at N crwalk.
The lads told the officer that they had
not eaten in three days. He purchased
three suppers for them. Chief Bradley
went to Bridgeport, this morning, after
ltlhe boys and they are now back to the
ome. .
TERSETALES or THE TIMI-58.
Will Cahill return that stove ?
day. _
—All gloves cleaned at Tocque’s 10
cents a pair.
Mrs. Julia A. Moeller is visiting friends
in New Canaan.
”The CarpentersUnion will meet to-
morrow evemng.’ " '
Alexande r Leslie Austin is very sick
at his home on Main street. '
andilogical; argument last evening at; _
ave notice of a- grand anti- -'
Thomas Tohill was in town on Satur-i
:_Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band will. _'
giveaconcert to-night. _ . ‘ ,
Miss ‘Violet Elle, of Camp street, is}
visiting friends in ‘Stamfordsfi . v , liken: with now
smifimily OfDI-¥;Wi11_iam CniGlines
if“?‘sr‘riefetcOhieiorewis‘its "’9.
.- o:‘_,;&:ge v} 2‘ .3 71;“; 3:,
«- r ,1
The sldlieihf the Stamford express has ’
:tggedtransferred to Hoyeeinews‘ office.
3-; :Missj-KateWLamb;50f:=:Bt00k-lyn, is a’
guest of Mrs. Bra‘ck‘e’n‘on A'rchistreet..
Concord Division, 8. of_T., will hold,
a peach and ice cream festival to-night.
theBridgeport public schools is 7,728.
House to-nig
ment will sue the Government ":fcrgl-he
bounty of 1894. - a», I: g"
Attorney Walshwand' Judge
were out for a sail on
guerite, yesterday. ‘
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-—Try a pair of those Men’s 82 shoes,
at D. J. Sheehan’s. .
Alarge number'ofimembcrs of the
Knob club attended the dance at the
club house Saturday evening. ‘
It is understood that ButcherJ. Ed-
ward Larmer has-purchased the Wed-
hams market on Wall street,_thisfl city.
Fred. Merritt'of (Waterbury, was in
town Sunday. He is a molder and re-
ports lots of work where he, is employed.
The bequest of» valuable real estate
to the city of Hartford, by the late mil-
lionnaire, Charles M. Pond, will be
contested by his relatives.
Rev. Mr. .Watkins went to New York
to-day to welcome home Mrs. Dr.
Paige, who arrived yesterday from
Havre in the Champagne. .—
Several voluntaryexiles from hones-
toil called at residences in this city, yes-
terday, on a begging tour. In some in
stances they were very saucy.
——Pictures Framed by J. T. Eagles.
Quite a crowd witnessed an excellent
game of ball between the N orwalks and
South Norwalks, at Norwalk'TPark, Sat-
urday afternoon“, The seorewas 10 to ‘7
in favor of the former. _ '
—Try a pair of those Ladies’ 82 hoes,
at D. J. Sheehan’s. - ,
A lot of papers in aipa‘il in the store
of Vincent Fabritis caught fire Satur-
day night and caused considerable ex-
uished before any damage had been
done.
Constable Ireland placed Francis
Barnes under arrest for an assault last
June, on a boy in the employ of Well-
nitz, the milkman. This morning Jus-
tice Austin adjourned the hearing for
one week.
Rev. Father Slocum of St. Mary’s
church says that there have been about
,100 deaths in his parish since the first
of January. The death rate he says is
the largest ever had in the parish since
he had been in charge.
‘ A scheme is on foot, says the Stem-
ford Advocate, among some of the base-
ball players of this city to arrange a
series of three games with the Norwalk
team, two of the matches to be played
at Woodside Park, this city.
Rev. Mr. Watkins preached, an. im-
pressive sermon at Grace church yes-
terday morning, full of the spirit of the
Fatherhood of God and the Brother-
hood of- Man, and urging broader and
wider Christian toleration, love and
liberality.
Bridgeport is to have an archery
tournament in which none but ladies
will participate. This can be used as a
pointer for the formation of an archery
club in this city. There is a charm in
watching archery‘practicc found in no
other game.
Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band will
give a concert to-night a short distance
east of the cigarette smoking monkey
in the Boston Store window. The at-
tention of the cigarette fiends who
congregate while the band plays, is
called to the window mentioned.
The meeting of the A. O. H., called
for Sunday, was not held, as the Coun-
ty delegate was not present”, The meet-
ing was called for the purpose of set-
tling the funeral benefit of the late
Dennis Sullivan, who died at Los An-
geles, Cal., Aug. 16th; The deceased
was employed at one time at H.‘M.
Prowittgs, East avenue.
Concord Division, 8. of .T., will meet
this evening at ”‘7 o’clock, holding a
short session before the peach festival.
The division was_ instituted about fifty
years ago, and With but one exception
a regular session of the order has not
been missed during that time and that
one exception was on Monday evening.
Sept. 10th, 1894, there being one short
of a quorum present.
The Past - _
, Guarantees
IThe Future
The fact that Hood’s Sarsapap"
rilla has cured thousands of
others is certainly sufficient
reason for“ belief ' 't it will
Cureyou. It W ' pur ’
' ric‘h, healthy .blood, tones an
strengthens the nerves, and
builds. up the whole system7'
Remember
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Bef Sure to get HOQD’S a“ ’
* "Only Hoops.-
. Hood's Pills_~are «newlines
sears; = .
The number of pupils registered in -
The Babb Comedyi'c'ompany begins a .4 .
week’s engagle‘ment‘ at! Hoytzs Operifl' ,.
The‘maple sugar producereicf Net-'- ‘-
. Adsiln '
the yacht Mar?
citement,-but the flames were exting-.
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