Vol. VI. Whole N0. 1335
Thou vs. MORGAN:
It Now. Looks' as Though a
Norwalk Avenue Was to
Be Christened fer the
Third Time.
The Christening to Take Place at a Future
Meeting of the City Council.
The much mooted question as to a
proper name for the avenue leading
from East avenue at a point not far
from the apex of Mill Hill, and east
over the hill and towards the am-
bitious town of Westport was discussed
at a regular meeting of the city council
heldlast evening.
At one time the thoroughfare was-
known as St. John avenue, and several
sightly residences grew up on the same.
Suddenly it occurred to some one that
there ought to be a change in the name
of the avenue. A petition was presen-
ted to the city council, numerously
signed, praying for the re christening
of the thoroughfare to I‘ryon avenue
The prayer was accepted by the City
Council and “St. John” was made to
take a back seat for "Tryon.” The
change was made in good faith but as
now seems with too much haste.
As soon as the change of name was
- made it suddenly occurred to a pupil at
one of our public schools that; it was
Tryon who‘ordered the burning of Nor-
walk. She told her mother who told
her husband, and it was not long before
there was a “hue and a cry" about the
matter.
Others thought and wrote on the sub-
ject and the city council was taken to
task for their action.
At the meeting of the Council last
' evening Councilman Hill moved that,
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the petition presented January 17th
praying for the change of the name of-
Tryon avenue to Dwight Place be taken
from the table and the petitioners be
given leave to withdrawand it Was so
voted. - . .....mw...-,....._,. .
On motion of Councilman Kent a pe-
tition that the name Tryon avenue be
changed to St. John avenue, presented
Jan. 29th, received like renegnition and
disposal. .
Councilman Tristram then presented
a petition asking that the name Tryon
avenue be changed to Morgan avenue.
. The prayer was laid upon a table for
consideration at the next meeting of
the council.
It was the first regular spring meet-
ing ot the council and the following de-
partments bills were ordered paid: Po-
lice, $171; Sewer, $46; Highway, $5143;
65; Light, 3577; Finance, $214.50; Fire,
$446.21.
General Manager Acton of the Street
Railway Line asked that the three peti-
tions presented by his company be heard
together at one public meeting of par-
ties interested for and against the grant-
ing of either or all of the petitions. ’
The petitions were:
'1. Foralayout over Westport ave-
nue to the city line, east of East avenue.
3 2. For the double tracking of the
company’s line to its present turnout.
on Main street near H arrieit street.
3'. For the p1ac:n.' of a cross over
track. turnout near Chapel street on
West avenue. '
On motion of Councilman Hill it was
voted that a. public hearing on the pe-
titions be had at the council rooms at
7:30 o’clock on Monday evening, April
20th, and the city clerk was instructed
to give public notice of such hearing.
Superintendent Mansfield of the
Tramway company was present and
asked for a decision on the petition of
his company asking for a certain layout.
Chief Of Police Bradley reported four
arrests for last month and the number
of tramps provided with lodging as 475.
A delayed invitation .for the Mayor
and council from the secretary of Hope
Hose company to attend their Easter
ball, last evening, was read and ac-
cepted, Mayor Wheeler aptly saying,
“Gentlemen you have a good excuse
for being out this evening, and I ad-
vise you all to go.” (Which good ad-
vice was acted upon, the Mayorleading
the party.)
Mayor Wheeler stated that his at-
tention had been {called to the miser-
able condition of East avenue from near
the end of the Green northward, and
had been given to understand that the
fault was Vascribable to the manner in
which the Street Railway company had-
left the avenue after laying its tracks.
Councilman Smith chairman of the
highway committee said that up to the
present time it had been almost impos-
sible to do anything in the way of im-
proving the same, but believed that the
Street Railway company intended plac-
ing the avenue in at least as good con-
dition as they had found it. He said
that the work has been held in abey-
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THE 0N1. Y EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY IN THE WORWALKS.
ance in a measure owing to proposed
changes arising from the fact that. the'
S:reet Railway companv in laying its
tracks had raised the former grad) of
the avenue. He believed that the im-
mediate filling in of ruptured points on
the avenue ought to be done by the
company. “
Councilman Boyer said that to his
mind the Council ought to insist that
the grievance complained of be reme-
died immediately. .
Councilman Smith asked the City
Counsellor as to the rights of the city
in the matter, and was informed that
the company were bound and ought to ,
place avenue in equally as good condi-
tion as they had found it before laying
their tracks.
On motion. of Councilman Smith the
matter of placing a catch-basin near
the Bissell h0meste:~d on East avenue,
was referred to the sewer committee
with power.
Councilman Boyer was instructed to
borrow $2,000 on the credit of the city.
George W. Raymond was recognized
by Mayor Wheeler. He called the at-
tention of the Council to the unservic‘e-
able condition of the sewer on Union
avenue, and claimed that it was in an
unsanitary state. He cited that he had
two horses sick and ascribed their sick-.
uses to the sewer, and that it Was alto-
gether unhealtyfor the residents of the
streets. He called attention to the fact
that there was a “dead” end to the
sewer, and explained the situation by
saying that the outlet to the sewer was
some six or more inches higher where
it connected with the main sewer on
Belden avenue than at its lowest point
on Union avenue. He offered to visit
the scene and further explain the needs
ofachange, With any member of the
Council. The invitation was accepted
by Councilman Hill of the sewer com-
mittee.
The matter was referred to the sewer
committee to investigate and report.
Councilman Chinery stited that the
Fire Police proposed making changes
in their present quarters at a cost of
$125, and in view of what had been done
for the other fire companies, suggested
that a portion of the expense, say- 350,
be paidfor by the city. As chairman
of the fire committee he was given pow-
er to act in the matter as his judgment
might dictate as being to the best -in-
terests of the city.
The Council then adjourned to meet
on Friday evening, April 17th.
O
HER JOHNNIE’S IN JAIL.
This South Norwalk Young Woman Means
To Get Him Out.
John McNamara, who received a sen-
tence of 4 months in jail and a fine of
$10 in the South Norwalk city court for
assault, a few days ago, received a visit
from his best girl whose name is Edith,
Wednesday. Before she left him she
promised that she would try and raise
$1l0 so he would only be confined for
two months and that when she went.
back home she would give Chief of Po-
lice Vollmer a piece of her mind for
having him sent up.
She says she don’t know how to em-
ploy her mind since her “poor John-
nio’s” incarceration. Edith refused to
disclose her last name. Before leaving
for lrome she purchased her lover a
number of dime novels. If she carries
out her threat on Chief Vollmer. he has
the sympathy of reporters ~who heard
her relate her tale ofwoe.~Bridgeport
News. »
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Ran Against a Post.
Liverymnn Gregory’s grev team of
horses met with an accident last even-
ing whereby one of them received a
serious injury to one of his forward’
legs. The team was in charge of "Abe”
Farr, a man who has the reputation of
being a careful driver and was engaged
in filling “calls” for parties who were
in attendance at the masquerade ball in
the Armory. About 5 o’clock this
morning the team was found on East
avenue by a lad who succeeded 'in get-
ting them to Solmans‘ livery stable at
South Norwalk. .
For some unknown reason Farr failed
to report to the superintendent of Mr.
Gregory’s stable this morning. But
word was ieceived and the team re-
turned to the stable. The coach minus
the pole was found near the Harry
Bennett place on East avenue, with one
of the springs slightly damaged.
It is believed that the driver after
taking hispassengers to their home,
carelessly ran into the iron post near
Mr. Bennett’s residence, and fearing
that Mr. Gregory would blame him for
negligence failed to report the accident.
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They Like It.
3 St. John avenue ? Nit! Dwight
Place? Nit! Lockwood avenue?
Nit! ..Tryon avenue ? Nitl Bucking-
ham Place ? Ifit! Morgan avenue ?
That’s it! So say we all of us.
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Norwalk, Conn, TuesdifytEvening, April 7,. 1896.
NATIONireAPITAL
House RecoygnIZes the Cuban
Insurgents by a Vote
Cf244 to 27.
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lnteresting’washington News and Chart. ‘
GAZETTE's BUREAu, ,
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET ~
WAsHINGTON, APRIL 6.
. The vote on the Cuban resolution in
the House this morning demonstrated
that it was not merely under the im—
pulse of excitement that the original
resolutions were given such an immense
majority. After weeks of ‘deliberatiov,
and in spite of gse it efforts in antagon-
ism by certain commercial interests and
the most determined fight possible by
members of the House and Senate op-~
posed to the recognition of the insure
gents, there were but ten votes more
against the conference report than there
were against the original resolutions.
The House resolution was adopted
March 2 by a vote of 262 to 17. The re
port was adopted t'o-day by a Vote of
144 to 27. _
This vote, it is expected, will satisfy
the President that there is nothing emo-
tional in the expression of opinion, but
that it is the deliberate and earnest
judgment of Congress that the Cubans
should be recognized. The prevailing
'iipinion is that he will ultimately give
the resolution his approval.
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The passage of the bill was greeted
by the greatest enthusiasm on the
floor and in the' galleries.
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As soon as the tumult had subsided
Mr. Hooker chairman of the river and
harbor committee moved to‘ suspend
the rules and pass the river and harbor
bill. The reading of the bill was called
for which consumed an hour and a half.
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Among the bills favorably reported
in the Senate was one to prevent whole-
sale .divorces-inthe territories-by re?
qziiring one year’s residence before ap-
plication for divorce. '
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The post ofiice appropriation bill was
taken up, the pending question being
that of consolidating country and sub.
urban post offices as adjuncts to city or
metropolitan districts.
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The money-order transactions in the
United States during the last quarter of
1895 beat all previous records in volume.
The accounts have just been audited
and show the receipts to have aggrega-
ted $105,755,971. Domestic money-or:
ders issued amounted in round numbers
to $49,000,000, a very large increase.
The net revenue of $275,000 has been
equaled only once.
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The shaft to mark the birth-place of
Washington at Wakefield, Westmore-
land county, was placed in position last
week.
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The rain kept all but a few hundred
children from the egg‘rolling fete at the
White House - grounds to day. Last
year ten thousand and more congre—
gated. The storm wasa sad disappoint-
ment to thousands of tots and their
mammas and nurses.
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Senator Piatt was confined to his
room to day by a severe cold.
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Patent Commissioner Seymour was
so much better to-day that he Was able
to be up and about his room.
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Bishops Satterlee and Paret attended
the funeral of Rev. Dr. Addison to-daye
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OBITUARY.
THOMAS F. NICHOLS.
Thomas F. Nichols, age 53, died in
the hospital at the Soldiers’ Home last
Monday. He served during the war in
the 51st N. Y. Vols, and had been an
inmate of the hospital about four years.
He was for years a great sufferer from
that rare and incurable disease known
as locomotor-ataxia, which caused hilh
to become totally blind and partially
paralyzed in his limbs. The origin of
this disease is so little understood, and
it is so peculiar and varied in its effects
on different individuals, that Dr. Bron-
son of the Home, made a special report
on his case which has been incorporated
in the published U. S. Official Medical
Report of Soldiers’ Home Hospitals.
Deceased formerly lived in Westport
and later in New Riven, and was a
brother oers. Ezra H. Parker and
Mrs. George I. Buxton- of Norwalk.
He was a widower and left one child
Miss Florence Nichols whose home is
with Mrs. Buxton.
'His body was brought to Norwalk
and buried in Riverside cemetery,
Wednesday. '
:A‘FRE’IGIITEMASHUP.
Six Cars Badly Wrecked at
~ Greens Farms.
'A Broken Axle the Cause of the Accident.
A freight wreck in which six cars
~livers smashed up, occurred at Greens
,Farms yesterday afternoon. All four
tracks were blocks 1, the two outside
tracks for nearly four hours, and the
two inside tracks, “St dfor freight only,
until late this morning. Fortunately,
none of the trainmeu were hurt,.a brake-
‘man who 'was on top of one of the
wrecked ears escaping injury by jump-
ing. .
. _ The wrecked train was the east-bound
extra freight No. 4, in charge of Con-
ductor Edward Spencer. The train
passed the Greens Farms signal tower
at 1:54 o’clock.
30-mile gait, and had reached a point
100 feet east of the tower when one of
the axles in the forward truck of a car
loaded with steel billets snapped in the
centre, letting the body of the car down
onto the track. The car snapped the
‘coupling between it and the one ahead
of it and ploughed into the stone ballast.
The five cars behind the wrecked one
jumped the track and Spread out over
all'four tracks. ‘
The cars, after tearing up the ties,
rails and ‘roadbed for a distence of 150
feet, piled up together, a mass of
twisted iron and splintered Wood. A
heavy box car turned completely up-
side down. Two of the six damaged
cars were smashed to kindling wood.
Notice of the accident was telegraphed
to New Haven from the Signal tower,
and in less than an hour the New Ha~
Ven wrecking crew was at work. It was
soon seen that the task of clearing up
the wreck was a big job, and the
(freaking crew from Stamford was sum-
moned. _
The twp crews, With the assistance-0f
a'steam5'derrick, had the west-bound
track: cleared at 4:54, lhl‘t e hours after
‘t‘h‘d accident. The east-bound track
was cleared .at a few minutes before 5
o’clock. All passenger trains were
obliged to wait until then before pass-
ing.
Traffic over theyfreight tracks was
not resumed until 7 o’clock this morn-
ing. -
The wreck was one of the worst of
recent years on the New York division.
the scene last night was a weird one,
the wrecking crews working by the
light of a fire made of shattered frag-
ments of the wrecked care, while
masses of broken timbers and heavy
pieces of twisted iron' lay scattered
round on every side.
‘ The road’s new wrecking car was
used for the first time and did effective
work. Its immense power was made to
pick up an overturned box car and turn
it in the air, depositing it on the track,
right side up. The Stamford and Nor-
walk section gangs found a night’s hard
work in rebuilding the torn-up roadbed,
three 0 ll‘lOfldS of new ties and a carload
of new rails being required.
The remaining cars of the wrecked
train were switched back to Westport
and from there. sent on to New Haven.
APRIL ELECTIONS.
Hartford and Stamford Go Republican.
”Bridgeport in a Tangle.
A big vote was polled in‘Hartford yes-
terday in the town and city elections.
The'Democrats elected M. D. Preston
mayor by 276 majority. P. D. Oakey,
the Republican candidate for collector
was defeated by C. W. Fowler, by 419
majority. The Republicanselected 12
and the Democrats 8 aldermen. The
Republicans have 28 councilmen. and
the Democrats 11. There was one tie
in the council election. ‘
Mayor Edwin L. Schofield was re-el-
,ected on the Republican ticket in Stam-
ford vesterday. The Republicans se-
cured all but one of the aldermen. This
gives them five representatives in the
chamber. Frank Weed was re-elected
city clerk and Commodore J. D. Smith
was elected councilman at large. Henry
Biker will be city treasurer.
In the election at Bridgeport there
were three tickets in the field
and each of these had twenty candi-
dates on it, when but ten could be elect-
ed. The moderator in the First district
threw out a bunch of 69 Citizen’s tickets
because they were not headed the Same
as the ticket filed with the town clerk.
No matter which ticket is declared the
the winner there probablfiwill be liti-
gation.
_—The Ladies Guild of Grace church
W111 hold a cake and pastry sale. at the
residence of Mrs. Cholwell on High
street, Wednesday afternoon, April 8,
yet 3 o’clock.
It was running at a -
fire, company?
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‘ Price One Cent.
mun HUNDHEUDULLAH PRIZE!
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A Magnificent Piano for the Most Popular
‘ School, Lodge, Society, Glut-0r Fire Gom-
' panyit Fairfield County. -
Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
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Which one has the most admirers and friends?
Doubtless these questions are beyond the power of any
absolute answer,
but THE
exceptional opportunity to make th test.
EVENING GAZETTE offers an
poses to poll the votes of the iseop'e. And the voting is to
have zest in it.
most votes.
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It is made v. orth while to vote.
magnificent prize at slalom,
THE GAZETTE will give .
There is a
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school, lodge, sociely, club or fire company which gets the
.3, 1llilill'iht.
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IT IS!
It is an instrument of the very finest character, It is
beautiful inits workmanship, an ornament Worthy of any
home, and in all its musical qualities it is unsurpassed. In
every sense it me perfect and beautiful instrument—equal to
the best that can be anywhere bought for $400 IN GOLD.
The following are the rules which govern the voting:‘
1—TIIE GAZETTE will print. each day a blank coupon, each coupon being
good‘for one vote for the school, lodge, society, club or fire com-
pany the owner of the coupon may select—the blank lines in the
coupon to be filled out with the name and address.
The coupon
today is at the end of this article.
2—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3.
3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in Fairfield County is
eligible.
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.
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megnifi cent.
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.
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It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. A
party buying one does not get merely abandsome case
gets a thorough musical instrument.
-,1nent is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is
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Following is the voting coupon, a copy of which will ap-
pear in THE GAZETTE daily.
NOT GOOD AFTER APRIL I4.
Name,
TOWAH
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS. ,
Norwalk Yacht Club ............................................................................... 10715
Hope Hose Company ........................................................... ................ 9285
St. Mary’s School........_ ...................................................... ................ 6895
Welcome Stranger Lodge ..................................................................... . 1351
Center School ......................................................................... ............ 903
Pequouock Pleasure Club ....................................................................... . 563
Over River School... ................................................................... . ............... 347
Pioneer Castle ........................................................................................ 128
. F. . Iub ............................................................................... -.., 7o
Arion Singing Society ............ 60
T.G. L. G .............................. , ...................................... , ............... .. 36
Norwalk Liederkranz ............................................................................. .... 24
Sword Fish Club ...................... . .................... 23
Lincoln Council................... ... .................................................... 18
The Central Club.. ................ , .................... . ................................ «13
N. R. 0---- .................................................................................
Compo Engine 00., Westport .................................................................... 3
Bishop McMahon Council ..................---_._ ................ 10
Catholic Union Council ................................................. . ............................ - 3
Uncas Tribe ................................................................................... T ........ . 3
Knob Outing Club ............................ . .................................. - ............... 2
Pine Ledge Club ......... ............................................. . ....... , ................. 2
S. S. Club ................... '. ......... ' ....................................................... _ ......... 2
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company __ ... ................... .. .. 2
Phoenix Engine Company . 1
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