Evening gazette, Wednesday, February 26, 1896 · page 1

 

 

 

 

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THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY IN THE WORWALKS.

 

 

 

Vol. VI. Whole No. 1307

Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday Evening, February 26, 1896.

Price One Cent;

 

PURGllAtf on.“

The Two Hundred and Fifty-
Sixth Anniversary of
NorWalk.

Rev. Charles M. Sellcck, To-Day Witnesses
the Marvin Deed of the Ludiow
Monument Lot.

 

Two hundred and fifty-six years ago
to-day, Ex-Deputy Governor Roger
Ludlow, having made his way through
the forests and across the Indian plant-
ings between Fairfield and the Sauga-
tuck, met, as an old record infers, on
the west bank of that river, the red
rulers of the territory lying east of the
Rowalton and west of the Saugatuck, a
portion of which domain was now to be
surrendered, while moons should wax
and wane, to the pale face. The emi-
nent Englishman was accompanied by
his son, clad perhaps in a semi-skirmish'
i112: suit, and by his Indian servant.

 

 

of the sachem Mahackemo and three of
his warriors, Tomakergo, Tokaneke
and Prosewamenos. The parchment
was produced and spread, perchance,
Dumbo—top of some wildevnessstump, to
receive the signatures which would
secure to the European and separate
from the native Anie‘rican a no mean
acreage area. The instrument ran thus:

“A copie of a deeds of sale made by
Norwalke Indians, unto Master Roger
Ludlowe, of Fairfield, asfolloweth, 26th
February, 1640.”

‘ “An agreement made between the
Indians of Norwalke and Roger Lud-
lowe: it is agreed, that the Indians of
Norwalke, for and in consideration of
eight fathom of wampum, sixe coates,
tenn hatchetts, tenn hoes, tenn knifes,
tenn sissors, tenn jewse-harpes, tenn
fathom Tobackoe, three kettles of sixe
hands about, tenn looking glasses, have
granted all the lands, meadows, pastur-
inge. trees, whatsoever their is, and
grounds betweene the twoe Bivers, the
one called Norwalke, the other Soaka-
tuck, to the middle of sayed Rivers,
from the sea a days walke into the
country; to the sayed Roger Ludlowe,
and his heirs and assigns for ever; and
that noe Indian or oth er shall challenge
or claim any ground within the sayed
Rivers or limits, nor disturb the sayed
Roger, his heirs or assignes, within the
precinct; aforesaid. In witness Yereof
the parties thereunto have interc ange.
ably sett their hands.”

As appropriate to this transaction-
anniversary Messrs. Josiah 1%., and Wil-
liam E. Marvin have this day deeded

. to the Town of Norwalk the lot in East
Norwalk whereupon is t. be erected the

- Ludlo w monument.

In imitation of the doings of 1640 it
was expected that James B. Ludlow of
New York, a descendent of Roger Lud-
low, together with an Indian named
Whitney, would be present to witness
the deed, but owipg to business mat-
ters Mr. Ludlow was unable to come

and Rev. Charles M. Selleck signed as.

witness.

With reference to the Ludlow’ monu-
ment it is understood that the same, is
not yet finished. The stone will rise
from a double terrace and it is possible
that the whole space will be enclosed
with massive coping broken to admit of
granite steps leading to the lower ter-
race at the sides of which will stand
pedestals.

The memorial will be worthy the
’towu and through the munificence of
the Messrs. Marvin will have a worthy
site. '

 

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HER LICENSE REFUSED.

Judge Wheeler Dismisses Mrs. VBarnes’
Appeal.

 

 

 

In the appeal of Margaret Barnes
from the decision of the County Com-
missioners refusing to grant her a li-
cense, Judge Wheeler yesterday after-
noon handed in his decision dismissing
the appeal and refusing her a license.

The Judge finds that liquor has
been sold at the saloon within the past
year contrary to law, making the place
an improper one and Mrs. Barnes an
' improper person to have a license.
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( .——Four pounds ginger snaps 25 cents
’ at Bette 8r. Farrington’s J 22-“

 

. Only an honest painter with luck dead

 

srnoucu cocoon.

Miss Anna Byrnes Extinguish-
es a Fire at the Risk of
Her Life,

 

Her Injuries Treated by Dr. W. l. Tracey.

Mrs. John Byrnes, a widow, occupies
one of the Dwyer cottages on Harbor
avenue, this city. Her daughter Anna
who lives with her carries on the dress-
making business.

For a few days past, another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Callahan, of Dorian, has been
visiting at the house, tilt: being in poor
health.

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Callahan
in company with her sister, Miss Byrnes
started to go out of the house when they
detected a smell of smoke which seemed
to emanate from the floor above.

Miss Byrnes threw aside her wraps
and hastily gained the landing at the top
of the stairs. Opening a door, she
was greeted with a sufl'ccating volume
of smoke. Nothing daunted she went
into the room and quickly saw that the
fire was in a large closet—room leading
from the sleeping room, and not With-
out temerity commenced pulling arti-
cles from the closet and throwing them
out of a window into the yard below.

In the meantime Mrs. Callahan had
come to her assistance, and with the
aid of a few pails of water the fire was
extinguished.

After the excitement had subsided it
was found that Miss Byrnes had re-
ceived serious burns on her hands,
arms and face, and Dr. W. J. Tracey
was summoned who prescribed for the
suffering woman’s injuries. It is
thought that it will be fully two months
before she will be able to use her hands
again at her work as a dressmaker.

The loss on the building will not be
in excess of $50 and the loss on cloth-
ing, furniture, etc. will perhaps leach
$150, all covered by insurance.

Fire inspectorWeeks visit-ed the scene
and is of the opinion the fire origina-
ted from a candle which had been
placedon a shelf with some plants to
keep them from freezing and that the
flame communicated with a window
shade. '

No alarm was sent in to call out the
fire department.

 

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ARRESTED IN CHURCH.

 

Officer Valiant Gathers in a Man Who
Gives His Name as Newell Brown.

 

Yesterday afternoon a man carrying
a russett colored satchel and a look of
despair, attracted attention by reason
of his stopping almost every one he met
and asking them for assistance. He
was not molested neither did he seem
to meet with satisfactory responses to
his appeals.

Later he was reported as having gone
toward Mott avenue, and Special ofiicer
Valiant followed in that direction and
succeeded in locating him in the Metho-
dist church, and tapping him on the
shoulder asked to have a few words of
conversation with him.

Evidently recognizing the fact that the
party making the request We an officer,
the man quietly left the" church and
proceeded with Valiant to police head-
quarters where he submitted to a
thorough examination.

His satchel contained a couple of tin
canteens, a disabled coffee-pot, a tm
cup, and two pairs of socks.

The officer then made a search of the
prisoner’s person and brought to light a
jack-knife, a tobacco pouch, a hotel
trunk check, and several pawn tick-
ets, the latter being found in the fob
pocket of a pair of light trousers which
the fellow had on under a pair of dark
ones.

The man gave his name as Newell
Brown, (the latter part of his name ap-
pearing on the pawn-tickets,) hishome
New York and occupation as a painter.
He said “I have been playing in hard
luck lately and have pawned everything
of value that I had. I am no crook.

against me.”

He was taken to the station house
and this morning his name appeared on
the blotter with the charge of vagrancy
followingit. .- ’

Brown Wad brought before his honor,
Judge Hubbell, who found him guilty
of intoxication and vagrancy. On the
first count he was fined 85 and given 10
days in jail for vagrancy. The Judge
kindly Suspended execution of the asph-
tence on the promise of the prisoner to
leave town.

Look Out Isaac. ,,

“He never yet joined a pafi‘y or a
cause but that he might th‘d‘i’ better

 

 

in the Senate.

The President Returns With Seven Ducks.

 

GAZETTE'S BUREAU, 1
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET
WasHINGToH. FEB. 25. 5

who spent the day, at Quantico, Va.,
duck shooting, returned to Washing-
ton at 10 o’clock last night. The party
had very poor luck in their day’s sport,

and they brought back but seven ducks.
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In the Senate to-day Mr. Morrill
moved to take up the House tarifl‘ bill
again. He called attention to the de-
ficiencies of revenue under the existing
tariff law, and said that something
should be done to relieve the Treasury
Department and to revive the business
interests of the country.

22 to 33. p
o o o
The House was engaged largely on
District matters and then took up the
Van Horn- Tarsney contested election
case from the fifth Missouri district.
0 o o
It is pretty well understood that
either Carlisle or Olney is to have the
administration influence at Chicago for
the democratic presidential nomination.
o o o
Congressman Hill has not yet put in
an appearance here.
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Congressman Sperry in a press inter-
view to~day stated that he had no fault
to find with Governor Coffin, but if Mr.
Hill was really desirous to run for Gov-
ernor. loyalty to an esteemed colleague
would make him solid for Hill.

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*ANNU‘W’CTTY MEETING.

 

 

 

Of Interest to All Living in the City of
Norwalk.

 

As will be seen by refernce to our ad-
vertising columns the adjourned an-
nual meeting of the City of Norwalk
will be held in the Town House on
Monday, March 2d, at 7:30 o’clock in
the evening for the following purposes:

1.—To appropriate such monies as
may be deemed necessary for the use
of each of the departments of the city.

2.——To lay a tax to meet and provide
for such appropriations. '

3.—~To hear the reports of the city
officials and to transact any other busi-
ness proper to be considered at such
meeting.

The‘estimates of the different depart-
ments appear and have been previously
published in these columns.

Louden Again. ,

Complaint was made to Prosecuting
Attorney Gregory, yesterday, that Wm.
Louden had made an assault on Thomas
Layden and had othepwise acted con-
trary ,to the statutes in such cases made
and provided.

A warrant was sworn out for the ar-
rest of Louden and placed in the hands
of Constable Hunt for execution.

It. is reported that while under the in-
fluence of liquor Louden committed an
assault on Layden and that the latter in
defense struck the former a rap on the
head with a club.

Constable Hunt will no doubt land
the accused in the station house some
time to-day.

 

 

Basket Ball.

Only four members of the Norwalk
Y. M. C. A. basket ball team, Jackson,
Haff, LockWood and Mullins went'to
Danbury last night where they played
with a team belonging in that city and
won by one point. The first half of the
game went to the Danbury players by
a score of 3 to 4. In the last half the
Norwalk team scored 8 to Danbury 6
and won the game.

The Norwalk team will play a game
with the Bridgeport team in this city
March 6th, and a return game in Bridge-
port March 13th. ' .

 

C.

 

Nothing Accomplished. _
Messrs. Smith, Boyer [and Tristram,
representing the city council, and
Messrs. Hill, Acton and Osborn, rep-
resenting the Street Railway j company,
held a meeting in the Council room last
night to center in reference to a layout
asked for by the Railway company in
its proposed extension to Cranbury.

was of an informal nature and nothing
definite" was settled-,grupon. Another
meeting will be‘. h’éld 'within Echort
time, to further can the matter.

 
 

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betray it«”"Ezi-Groveruor Minor

l 7Advertise inth gazette.” "

NATIONAL CAPITAL _

The Treasury Refused Belief-fer-

President Clevelandfiland his guests, ,

owing to the moving ice in the river, ‘

The motion was promptly voted down ,

purchase of one of those mighty clever.

'rnssouno A

As near as can be learned the meeting

.’ An ALARMED. cusronsn.

 

m Gong In An Alarm Clock Frightens a'
“"9 Man From The Country.

 

 

pe grace of being from the country,
went into Spencer & Co.’s jewelry store
on Main street, and asked to be shown
some watches. The clerk in charge
politely showed him a tray of watches
from which the man selected one as
being to his fancy, and inquired the
pride or it.

The clerk had forgotten the selling
price of the watch apd asked the cus-
todierto wait a moment until he con-
sulthdh price list which was in the rear
'part of the store. As he had gone
about half the distance an alarm gone
in onefof the clocks on a shelf went off.

As the clerk picked up the price list '

and‘turned to go back he was not a littl
surprised to see his customer making a
hasty exit from out of the doorway.

Finding nothing missing he was mar-

velling at the sudden departure of his
customer, when he suddenly returned
accompanied by a well known business
man. . .
As he closed the door, he further sur-
prised the clerk by remarking, “I guess
you will find that I am all right; here’s
a man who will vouch for my honesty.
I den’tithink it was ever doubted be-
fore.” ;

Explanations followed which elicited
the fact that the customer when he
heard the alarm in the clock, thought
that the clerk had touched some secret
button for the purpose of summoning
the police to arrest him on suspicion of
being agcrook.

All laughed heartily over the joke,

. after which the customer was shown the
mechanism of the alarm clock. He then

purchased and paid for the watch, and
said th’at when he reached home he
would consult with his wife as to the

clocks.‘; I
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C.

 

A Trolley Road Projected Between Bean
Town and Westport.

 

It looks as though a contiuous trolley
road from Danbury to Long Island
Sound would be an assured fact within
a couple of years or so, says the Dan-
bury News. For some time a party of
surveyors have been at work on a ‘ line
running through Wilton and as far into
Bedding as Putnam Park. The line
will run through Lyon’s Plains and
Valley Forge. At Valley Forge it is
proposed to locate the power plant. A
large dam will be constructed and it is
calculated that the water thus secured
will run the plant ten months in the
year.

A man who knows more of the plan
than he would divulge said that when
the road was built to Putnam Park, it
would be within a mile and a half of
the Danbury and Bethel trolley road.
He would not say whether the Sound
terminal point would be in Norwalk or
Westport, but in, view of the Lyon’s
Plains route being settled upon, it
seems probable Westportwill be select-
ed. If the road is built as planned, it
will have butamile and a half to be
built to connect Danbury with the
Sound.

 

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PATCHED REVENUE STAMPS

 

 

Deputy Internal RevenueColleotor Sloan
Stops an Unwitting Fraud.

 

A Stamford cigar dealer complained
to Chief Bowman, yesterday, that a
man was about town selling cigars in
violation of the revenue laws by using
stamps which had already seen service.
The chief detailed some of the police to
be on the lookout for the man, and
Oflicer Hickey spotted him and brought
him in. He gave his name as Henry
Haun, of New York.

DBDuty Internal Revenue Collector
Sloan, of Norwalk, was notified. He
arrived in Stamford shortly after and
the case was handed over to him. Haun
had several boxes of cigars left. There

Waszno factory mark upon the boxes and '

the revenue stamps had unmistakably
been pasted and patched so as to have
them present a complete appearance.
He stated that he had purchased a
large quantity of cigars at an auction in
New York, and had disposed of 10,000
of them, but was not aware that he was
violating any law. The young man ap-
peared much crestfallen at his position,
and Mr. Sloan, concluding that there
had been no intention upon his part to
defraud the government, allowed him
togo.

 

Dropped Dead.
Mrs. Patrick Hayes drapped dead of
apoplexy- on Booth street, Bridgeport,
last night within a short distance of her

 

home.

 
 

 

' I—ITHE GAZETTE Wilhprint’ each day a blank coupon, each coupon being

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DUB HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE!

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ll Magnificent Piano for the ‘ Most Popular
School, Lodge, Society, Club or Fire Com-
pany in Fairficlc County.

 

Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or-
fire company?

Which one has the most admirers and friends 2

Doubtless these questions are beyond the power of any
absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE to-day opens an
exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pro-
poses to poll the votes of the people. And the voting is to
have zest in it. It is made worth while to vote. There is a
magnificent prize at stake.

THE GAZETTE will give A $400 UPRIGHT PIANO to the
school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the
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It is an instrument of the very finest character Itiis
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The contest begins today. .The following are the rules
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, lgpany—themwnerbf 'thelcoupon'hiay select—the blank, lines in the

coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupon

. to-day is at the end of this article. ‘

2—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3.

3—Anylnsclln)?ol, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is
e igi e. .

4—A full record of the voting will be published up to date every evening
in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M._ will not be re- '
corded until a day later. , . "

5—Coupons must be filled out in a. plain handwriting, for otherwise blund-

. ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of

» course, can not be counted.

THE GAZETTE expects a big vote. Fairfield County is full
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Following is the voting coupon, at copyof which will ap-
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Hope Hose Company..... ..................... . ..................................................... 1261 ,
Norwalk Yacht Club ............. » .................................... . ...................... .. ..... 1180 /
St. Mary’s School........_ ................... ' ............................................................ .748 /
“Welcome Stranger Loage ...... . ....................................................... . ........ . .367 ,
Pequonock Pleasure Club ............................................................................ 157 /
Over River School... ............................ . ........................... .. ........ .142 ,1
Center School ................................... . ............................. . ......... ......... 91 /
Pioneer Castle........ ......................................................... . ............... ...... 32 ./
T.G. L. o........ ............... .. ............ . ............................ z ................ .......... .. 29 /
Compo Engine 00., Westport ........................................................................ 10 /
.Arion Singing Society ........ ........... ....................... . ................ .............. . 4,!
Catholic Union Council ............................ . ..................... ...................... 3/
Uncas Tribe"... ................... . ......... . ......... ......................................... 3
Norwalk Liederkronz ........................ . ......... , .................................. . ...... I

Knob Outing Club ............... .. ............ . .............. ........... /

Pine Ledge Club ................................................ .............. .......

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