. can be made.
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THE EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT ran PosriOr‘rion IN .NORWALK
as A NEWSPAPER.
BIA. IL S UBSCRIPTIONS, .
DAILY. one year. 33; six months. $1.75; three
months. $1 00; one month, 330. -
WEEKLY. one year. in advance. 31.00;, six
months. 60s.; three months. 35c.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1896.
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Unquestioned Truth From the Hour.
“To Protect the Town.
The management of our town affairs
has been so loose that it has been easy
to collect bills for services rendered,
whether those services were given at
the order of either competent or in-
competent authority.”
Never did a more potent truth grace
the columns of the fawning and venge-
ful Hour as Witness Mr. Maples’ Shylock
collection of $500 for a few days service
as night school teacher, a position to
which he was never appointed by any
competent authority. But hear him
again:
i " l‘hese loose methods are illustrated
by the bills which have recently been
presented by some of cur physicians.”
But the physcian bills are infinites-
imal as compared with Mr.Maples’ rob-
bery of our taxpayers of that 3500. Hear
him further:
“Another illustration of the prevail-
ing looseuess is shown by the fact that
members of the board of selectmen have
given verbal orders to physicians other
than the regular town physicians.”
But such “Ioosenéss” bears no com-
parison to the cathartic dose Mr. Maples
gave our taxpayers. when he inveigled
his pet friend Err-Selectman Daskam to
“stand and deliver” $500 for services
.Bever rendered. Yet again hear him :
“One thing, however, is certain: The
Affi'olt to conduct the business of the
‘town on business methods should be
.sustained by every good citizen.”
Surely it ought. but if the repentance
n'f the apparently conscience stricken
Hour editor, as evinced in all the
above, is in the least sincere, let him
return that stolen $500 to the defrauded
treasurysof our town. But hear him
still again:
The town has lost many thousands of
dollars by loose methods.”
How true. How true. Yet in no in-
sta nee was our town ever so outrageous-
ly robbed as in that more [than Jewish
'lching of $500 from its treasury by an
alleged service of a few days as teacher,
and to which he was not even authori-
tively appointed. .
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OYSTER POLICE FUND. t
The Norwalk and Westport District is
Apportioned $400 for One Year.
The board of shell fish commissioners
has apportioned for the Norwalk and
Westpott district $400 per year from
the oyster police fund, sufficient to hire
» one man for patroling the oyster beds.
The other districts with the appor-
tionments are: _, Milford 220, Stratford
and BridgeportPSAtIO, Fairfield 90, New
Haven, 3550, Darien, Stamford, and
Greenwich $225.
It has been pr0posed that the towns
from New Haven to NorWaIk unite in
one district, takin The united appro-
priations, amounting to about $1,400,
the oyster growers adding to it suffi-
cient to maintain police the year round.
The larger growers already maintain
special private police, but if they united
with the state police, it is believed bet-
ter results would be obtained. It is
believed this plan will be adopted.
According to the provisions of the
state law, oyster police can arrest per-
sons stealing oysters, or those trespas-
sing on the oyster grounds. They will
be armed and prepared to enforce their
demands should there be any resist-
ance. It is insisted that two men
should go in each boat, else no arrests
Some of the poachers
come from New York state and if the
arrest is not made on the spot, they
would escape and never be heard of
32:11.11.
'IT. is claimed by oystermen that
thousands of bushels of oysters are
stolen every year from the oyster
grounds of the state. This new police
system is looked upzn as an excellent
thing for protection If the oyster gro w-
ere will co-operate and contribute
towards its support. It will take some
time for the new system to get into
practical operation. .
smutx 3v Atom. BUCKET.
A Coal Shoveler Receives Serious Injuries
At Wilson Point.
Patrick Carr, 8. coal shoveler, while
engaged ‘at work on -a car at Wilson
point this morning, was struck by a
swinging coal bucket and knocked from
the car.
He was brought to South Norwalk,
and Dr. Burke found that he had suf-
fered a fracture to his hip. The ambu-
lance was called into requisition and
the unfortunate man taken to the hos-
pital where his injury was cared for by
Dr. Burke.
Wrnn'EvENiNG~dAZETTEI
v. M. 0. 5,10 MOVE.
Directors So Decide at Last
Night’s Meeting.
Vacate Their Present Guarters April Ist.
The board of directors of the Nor-
waIk Y. M. C. A. held an important
meeting last night. For some time past
it has been known that the financial af-
fairs of the Association were, so to
speak, in a bad way. That is to say
the Association is several hundred dol:
lars in debt;
At the meeting it was shown that the
debt amounted to something over $700
of which amount about $200 is due the
secretary for salary, and the balance
is due for rent and incidental expenses.
It was decided to vacate the Associao
tion’s present quarters in the Lockwood
building on April 1st, and a committee
consisting of the President, Secretary
and Treasurer were appointed to secure
other quarters for the association, if
possible, at a less price of rental.
The resignation of Secretary John
H. Jackson was received and accepted,
and a committee was appointed to draft
resolutions of thanks for the manner in
which Mr. Jackson had fulfilled the
duties of his office.
The directors decided to solicit private
subscriptions to liquidate the indebted-
ness of the Association.
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- ' A SURPRISE.
The Selectmen Receive a Bill of Which
They Had No Previous Knowledge.
Yesterday afternoon there was pre-
sented at the Selectmen’s office by an
East Norwalk groceryman,town orders
calling for something over 3300 and
bills for verbal orders for goods swel-
ling the gross amount to about $350.
The bill was for supplies cov'ering a
period of about three years. 'It was a
surprise to the present heard of Select-
men, but as it was duly authorized and
contracted for by previous boards, it
will be paid if found correct, of which
there seems to be no question.
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Mesmeric Mysteries.
Prof. John Reynolds, the well known
mesmerist or hypnotist will commence
a week’s engagement at the Norwalk
Opera House next Monday night
presenting his wonderful and laugh-
able experiments in animal Imag-
netism. The professor is no strang-
er to Norwalk people. Professor Rey-
nolds’ hypnotic influence causes his sub-
jects to laugh, sing, dance. forget their
names and to do all sorts of funny and
absurd things amul roars of laughter
from the auliencv‘. Indeed the sub-
jects are made to indulge in all sorts of
illusions and the hypnotic spell woven
around them is absolute and complete.
Professor Reynolds’ entertainment is
not only interesting but is mirth pro-
voking in the extreme.
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Fireman Killed.
During a fire at New Britain lart
night Frank Chester, a fireman, fell
from a roof and was fatally injured.
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Lat Grippe Promptly Cured.
S. T. ‘Wiley, a well known school teacher
at Gibbon Glade, Fayette 00., Pa., says:
am very much pleased to testify to the
efficacy of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy,
one bottle of which I purchased of J nines
O'Neil, of this place. It gave me prompt
and permanent relief from a severe attack
of the grip. Since then, I have used it
whenever attacked by any throat trouble,
and it has always efl‘ected a prompt cure.”
For sale by E. P. Weed, Druggist.
O
DARIEN.
Charles Chandler will (ccupi’ the
rooms in C. G. Waterbury’s building
lately occupied by Nathan Nash and
family. I
The Ladies’ Aid society of the Con-
gregational church will hold a musical at
the residence of Alfred Morehouse on
Prospect avene, this evening. A very
fine program has been arranged and a
pleasant evening is assured.
John Carroll and Thomas McCarty,
two old soldiers. were convicted of
drunkenness and returned to the home
by Justice Schieldknetch yesterday.
Constable Keeler arrested Albert
Johnson, a swede; in Greenwich on
Tuesday. Yesterday he was tried be-
fore Justice Schieldknetch on the
charge of breaking into William
Wuerze’s wine cellar New Year night
and fined :51 and costs.
Mrs. Henry Valentine who has been
visiting her daughter'Mrs. William
Purdy, in Brooklyn, returned home
yesterday. 7
Rev. Mr. Dickerman, of Bridgeport,
willpreach in the Town Hall Sunday
evening. for the Unitarian society.
Mrs. Frank Fielding who has been
visiting at Mrs. Henry Valentine’s has
returned to her home in Mott Haven.
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WESTON.
S. S. Carver broke through the ice
on a pond at Weston yesterday after-
noon but after his strength was almost
exhausted, managed to get on firm ice
and make his way to the shore: His
clothes were frozen stiff when he
reached his home.
WESTPORT.
Mr. Aaron Bennett is ill with pmu
monia at his ,home on Wright street.
Fears are entertained for his recovery.
Mr. Thompson and family, of Sangu-
tuck. have moved to Boston.
Miss Mary Fillow is quite ill at her
home on Riverside avenue.
Mr. George Watt who has been visit-
ing his son in New York, has returned
home.
0. I. Jones was in town on business
yesterday.
The Chautauqua circle met with Mr.
and Mrs. M. O. Huncke Monday even-
ing. ' .
Louis R. McDonough will give a leo-
ture on “The American Civil War”
at the Sanitarium. Monday. March 15.
Ambrose Jewett of Yale College has
been a guest of Rev. Jas. E. Coley.
Rehearsal of the choral Society will
be held on Saturday March 7th at 8 p.
m. at the residence of Mrs. William L.
Taylor. ,.
Miss Maples, of Norwalk, is visiting
Mrs. Sarah Perkins, on King street.
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NEW; CANAAN.
A leap-year sociable will be held in
the Masonic banquet hall this evening.
Mrs. Edgar Slawson and Mrs. Edward
Rutledge have the arrangements in
.charge which is a guarantee of its
success.
Measles are plentiful in New Canaan.
The latest victim We note is W. t.
Lockwood. -
John Greenwood has removed frcm
Railroad avenue to Grove street.
The dam at JeliilI’s mill. 'I'allmadge
Hill, is a complete wreck, caused by the
severe storm of Sunday. It will be re-
built.
P. L. Stevens is clothing for Bunr ell
8.: Kinscella.
The selectmen and borough officials
have approved the layout of the Nir-
walk Tramway Co. as follows: Through
Silver Mine on the west side of high-
way to Crofoot’s corner, thence to Lake
Wampanaw on south side of highway,
then in middle of highway to Postoflice
Square. The order specifies that the
road must be completed by Dec. 1, and
that the company must giVe a bond l f
$10,000 for the performance of the we: k
,in a manner satisfactory to the saleci-
men.
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Many merchants are well aware that their
customers are their best friends and take
pleasure in supplying them with the best
goods obtainable. As an instance we men-
tion Perry & Cameron, prominent druggis‘ts
of Flushing, Michigan. They say: “We
have no hesitation in recommending Cham-
berlain’s Cough Remedy to our customers
as it is the best cough medicine we have
ever sold, and always gives satisfaction.”
For sale at :25 and 50 centsa bottle by E‘ P.
Weed, Druggist.
COO"
FROM MANY LANDS.
By adopting the American method of
handling contagious disease 'When it
becomes epidemic the Honoluluans
have succeeded in stamping out every
vestige of cholera on their island.
La Savoyarde, the 35-ton bell pre-
sented by the diocese of Chaubery to
the Church of the Sacred Heart on
Montmatre, the highest point in Paris.
has just been delivered and will be
rung from a. temporary scaffold while
the church tower is going up.
In the Kremlin at Moscow they are
regilding the great copper crosses that
surmount the cupolas of the Church of
the Ascension, where czars are
crowned, in preparation for the coming
coronation. Four hundred thousand
mugs, bearing the czar’s portrait, are
to be distributed to the people, who will
drink free beer from them.
FOREIGN NOTES.
The duchess of Somerset was thrown
from her horse while hunting recently
and very seriously hurt.
.Manchestcr Quakers intend to apply
the closure rule to the spirit. At their
coming conference a time limit will be
imposed on the speakers.
They had a, prize fight in Sydney,
New South Wales recently, where a
man of six foot eleven punished one of
six fact six so severely that he had to
be sent to the hospital.
Popg Leo XIII. is said to have his
name Tin the Index Expurgatorius for.
a book on the Virgin which he wrote
when he was Cardinal Pecci, but. of
which Pius IX. disapproved.
WITH YOUR MEALS.
Roasted coffee loses 20 per cent. in
weight and gains 50 per cent. in bulk.
The cultivation of coffee was int-ro-
duccd in to J ave. from Arabia in 1680.
Over 10,000,000 pounds of mate are an-
nually exported from Paraguay.
Cocoa. was introduced into Europe
from Mexico by the Spaniards in 1520.
Four pounds of green leaves are re-
quired to make one of the dried tea.
The tea plant may be grown any-
where in the southern states of this
country. .
COMMERCIAL NOTES.
Reports of Connecticut savings banks
for the past year show a. large increase
in the number of deposits, the latter
increase coming from the smaller de-
positors.
Capt. Leontieif, leader of the myste-
‘T‘ious RuSsiau expedition to Abyssinia.
last spring, is trying to float'a joint
stock company in Paris, with a capital
of 400,000 francs, “to carry out the
scientific exploration of Africa. and the
l peaceful civilization of the tribes.”
'ered on Toxada. island, B. C.
SHORT BITS. -
A pure white crow was lately discov-
Seven
black crows were in the nest where it
was found. .
It is estimated that fully 350,000 non-
residents of the metropolis daily come
to New York city, to work, to shop, or
for pleasure. _
The rainiest spot in the United States
is at Noah Bay, Wash. The annual rain-
fall there is 123 inches. In New York
city it is 45 inches.
A substitute for the church fair, as a.
means of raising money, has worked
satisfactorily in El Toro, Cal. It is the
social dance, and is extremely popular.
Eight hundred needles have been re-
moved from the body of Miss Melvina
Morford, aged 19, of Sharon, Pa.- It is
supposed that she sticks them in her
flesh. .
The areas of the five largest cities in
the United States are as follows: Chid
cago, 189 square miles; Philadelphia,
12!? 1-3; New York, 711/1, Brooklyn, 70;
Washington, 691,4. '
Insanity has for years been on the in-
crease in Ireland; and a. medical com-
mission declares that the increase of
insanity and melancholic is largely due
to excessive tea-drinking.
Wesley Ayres, of Green Bay, Wis,
during the past four years, has lost
three sons by drowning. The third son,
a lad of eight years, was drowned about
a fortnight ago, while fishing.
Rubies, when fine, are from five to ten
times more valuable than diamonds of
the same weight. A four-carat ruby
may be worth from $8,000 to $15,000. A
ten-carat ruby recently sold for $50,000,
CURIOUS FACTS.
The oldest perfumes were those re—
covered from Egyptian tombs, dating
1500 to 2000 years before the Christian
era. .
The British Isles comprise no fewer
than 1,000 seperate islands and islets,
without counting mere jutting rocks
or isolated pinnacles.
In Aachen, Germany, women make
up the force of letter carriers. They
wear uniforms of black dresses with
yellow trimmings and black glazed hats
with yellow bands.
The greatest bay on the face of the
earth is that of Bengal. Measured in
a straight line from the two inclosing
peninsulas, its extent is-about 420,000
square miles, or nearly double that of
Texas. ‘
SHORT BUT INTERESTING.
A New Orleans grand jury has re—
turned an indictment against Judge
Moise of the criminal court, charging
him with oppressing and slandering
the district attorney.
The investigations of Weber| have
shown that the curlincss of hair varies
with its flatness. The flatter it is the
more it curls. Curling irons flatten the
hair.
At Iast'hydrogen is liquefied. What
was once pure theory is now an estab-
lished, substantial fact. Every known
gas has been forced from invisibility
to visibility.
Twenty—eight captains and 15 lieu-
tenants in the regular army, and 15
civilian lawyers have applied for the
vacancy in the list of majors in the
judge advocate, general’s department
of the army.
ABOUT OUR OWN LAND.
While reading the Iliad for an hour
recently, it seemed to us that the peo-'
ple of the Homeric age were less
wicked than those of this age.
Six hunters of Traverse City, Mich,
have this last fall killed 30 deer, half a
dozen Wildcats and a great quantity of
small game—rabbits, partridges and
the like.
Bear trapping is a profitable business
in Maine this year. One trapper, of
Brighton, realized $31 on one bear last
week—$18 for the skin, five dollars
bounty and two gallons of oil at four
dollars a. gallon.
It might be supposed that. the great-
est number of straw hats would be
worn in the south and southern coun-
tries, but the fact is that, in proportion
to the population, more straw hats are
worn in the north.
HISTORICAL POINTS.
The coffee plant was taken from
Africa. to Persia. in 875.
Outer blinds for windows were un-
known until the 14th century. The
Venetian or interior blinds are so called
because they were first used in Venice.
Pepper casters were used by the
Athenians, pepper being a common
condiment. They were placed on the
table with the salt in England in the
10th century. ‘ -
The League of God’s House, in 1401,
was a. Swiss combination. There were
three leagues among the hardy moun-
taineers, formed in reality for the pur-
pose of establishing and maintaining
the independence of their country. The
League of God’s House was the first;
the second was that of the Grisons, in
1424; the third, the League of the Ten
Jurisdictions, in 1536. ‘ '
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The most wonderful vegetable in the
World is the truffle; it has neither roots,
stem, leaves, flowers nor seeds.
The smallest bird is a species of hum-
ming bird common in Mexico and Gen-
tral America. It is not. quite so large
as the bluebottle fly. ‘
Red hair is, says a scientific authori-
ty, of that color because ithas in its
composition a larger proportion of sul-
phur than black hair.
In beginning to teach deaf mutes the
art of speech, they are first placed be-
fore a mirror and taught to form with
their lips the vowel sound.
Newton’s theory of gravitation was
much closer to the modern than that
of some of his commentators. He de-
nied that one body can act on another
at a distance through a vacuum, and
called that theory an absurd error.
I
I
—Miss Clara Bell,
Cold.
'Weather
There are seven million pores
in the ordinary sized man, which
act as sewers in cleansing the
system, of impurities. When
they become ‘cloggcd, perspira-
tion ceases or is less than nor-
mal in quantity. Cold weather
restricts the amount of pcrspira- .
tion, and in nature’s struggle to
free the system of waste matter
the Kidneys become overworked.
Bukcr's Kidney Pills counteract
the effects of overwork, prevent
. disease, and cure the Backache
incidental to Kidney troiibles.
When the back aches, try the
pills. Druggists sell them for
50- cents. A book-about Back-
achc and Kidney troubles for
the asking.
Baker Pill C9" Bangor, Ale.
LAST YEAR
' I
_ PERSONAL.
I i if: Ente'prlE' GMOEtChO i
. DDerNo.
10. cho 8 two * > - .
South N01 wa Pounds in one minute.
Hardware Co.
(FOR SALE. ‘
0R SALE—A 10 horse engine and 15 horse
F b01191: together with a quantity of shaft-
mg .a nd piping. App] to .
Hawland street, South Norwalk
H. Flynn. 12
f28 3t
FOR SALE—The, Enterprise raisin seeder,
will remove every seed without waste. 1
pound‘m five minutes. South NorWalk Hard-
ware Company.
1'0 RENT.
—_R
r . 0 RENT1The Colonial Residence No. 128
1 East avenue. All modern improvements
____—.
and partly furnished. JAMES L. S'rnvniys, 124 .
East Avenue. 113 tf
WM 1' ED.
ANTE D—Purchasers for our floor
paints; 50 different shades, dry hard in
i 12 hours. South Norwalk Hardwai 9 Co.
WANTED—A girl for general housework.
fi Reference required. Apply at this of-
co.
‘NTANTED—A man of position and‘standind
to represent the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society. of New York. Apply to F. A. G.
Hill. Manager. or F. A. Osborn. Aesistant Man-
ager. Room 213 Exchange Bldg. New Haven.
Purchasers of Bicycles had to wait, and in
some cases, a long time for their wheels.
To avoid this, we will
THIS YEAR
Carry a large stock, so it at orders can be
filled at once.
. Ramblers,
Gales,
We-will handle a line of
Ideals, Stormers and
'Golhams, at prices ranging from $40 to $100.
THE J. T. PROWITT co, 45 Messengers...”
OLSEN BROS!
'WHET‘E arson; swans:
Will sell until April 1st The Balance of their Ladies $53.50 '
Golf Shoes at $2.00 a pair.
The Balance of the $3.00 Cloth Top Shoes at $2.00 a pair,
There is still a few of the best of the Men’s $1.48 Cork Sole
Shoes left, “ all sizes,” worth $2 and $2.50.
Don’t forget that $33.50 Men’s Patent Leather Shoes are sold
at $51.95.
The biggest bargain in {on n.
A full line of Trunks, Bags and Macintoshes at the
S
'W bite Shoe Store.
nonwnnu centre house
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18,
¥.
Benefit of Phoenix EngineCompany‘
J. M. WARD’S HIGH-CLASS FARCIAL COMEDY,
The very Newest .of Clever Specialties, Bright Songs, Beautiful Costumes
and a continuous variety of Luughable Situations and {Funny Hits with the
following Star Cast:
Mr. Charles F. Jerome,
Mr. E. J. Dallon,
n
‘Miss Nellie Dunbar,
Miss F. W._ Caldwell, .
MISS Madge Hart, '
’Mr. George F. Hall,
Miss Bella Vivian,
Miss Lillie Hart and others
AN ENTERTAINMENT OF, UPROAROUS FUN
Tickets, -
Which can be exchanged at Weed’s and Tomlinson’s drug stores for reserved.- '
r eats.
50 Cents.
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