I. p 'vTHE EVENING GAZETTE. ENTERED AT THE POST OFTIcr. [If NORWALK As A NEWSPAPLR. , MAIL s uBSORIPTIONS. DAILY. one Year. :3; six months. 31.75: three months. 51.00; one month. 300. WEEKLY. one} year. infiadvance. $1.00; six months, 600.; three months. 350. MONDAY, MAY 16,; 1896. The Bicycle and Temperance. The bicycle is now proudly posing as a promoter of temperance. It long since won recognition in business circles as the foe of various industries. It has reduced the price of horses, seriously damaged the carriage builders, cut into the earhings of street railways, dimin- ished the box receipts of theatres, sub- tracted from the attendance at churches, and, more recently, forced itself as free baggage on all the railroads in New York and Ohio. Now it is winning distinction as the enemy of another branch of business—that of the saloon keeper. And asZtheZdistiller and brew- er stand behind the retail dealer in? stimulants, their interests are also threatened. ., The St. Louis Republic enthusias- tically shouts the praises of the bicycle asan agency in, the practical work of temperance. It places it far ahead of the gold cure, but we do not see how they can operate on the same line or on competing lines. The gold cure is for habitual drunkards, and they do not for obivious reasons, greatly effect the wheel. But the Republic cheerfully potes that the newspaper and magazine writers have already begun to comment On the change in the habits of young men who are given to bicycling. In- stead of wasting their idle hours in sa- loons or lounging about the boarding 4 houses, we are assured that the wheel- men have taken to the country roads, and that they “eschew intoxicants of all kinds.” This may be somewhat optimistic. We can imagine a tired wheclman far [out on the road leolt'. :‘ with toleration, at least, at a sign on a country store bearing the legend, “Lager beer on ice." We can even imagine that weary traveler riding up to that store, dis- mounting, investing a dime in a bottle of that beverage and irrigating his oesophagus therewith. But we have no doubt that, in a general and natural way, bicycling is promotive of temper- ance. It takes the wheelman away from the saloons, in the first place, and that is a long step toward temperance. And the fact that hard drinking disqualifies one for riding the wheel, is another factor in the alleged reform. All whole- some amusements are helps toward tem- perate living. ~————~-——<‘>— Last Year’s Immigration. Two or three bills for the restriction of immigration are pending in Congress, and the important subject to which they relate is being more or less serious- ly considered, but with no very strong prospect of action during this session. APresidential election year is not a favorable time for the advocates of immigration restriction to press their demands. There are great political possibilities involved in legislation of this kind. The passage of either of the pending bills might inject a trouble- some factor into the campaign, and so might arefusal to pass either or both of them. But the latter danger may be averted by procrastination, leaving these measures on the calendar for final action at the next session, after the Presidential campaign has been fought out. ' A report of the chief of the Bureau of Stuti-tics-forthe year ended June 30, 189.3, furnishes a good deal of informa- tion to Congress and the people that has a dll‘t—‘CI’. and important bearing on the go. slim: of restriction. The total numb-T of immigrants received at all our ports during that fiscal year was 279,948 ——enough to populate about five SI..tes, if we except the least populous member of the UniOn family as a stan- dard. Divided as to sex, 159,924 of the new arrivals were males, and 120,024 were females. As to the matter of age, > it appears that 33,218 were under fif- teen, 233,543 between the ages of fifteen and forty, and only 13,116 over the age of forty. This is a decidedly. good showing. It demonstrates that the great mass of immigrants were in the prime of life. If we had any necessity for additional labor—if the industrial conditions of the country were lwhat they were four years ago—such an in- flux of the bone and sinew of Europe o E E j E vE N m is ‘ ‘ E TE ‘Eo-EE I, E j g ;—~ would be a great benefaction to the country. ' The largest contingent, numbering 47,972, come from Ireland, and of these there was an excess of females of more than 7,000. Next in number were the Italians, with 36,937. The Germans numbered 36,351, the Austro-Hungar- ians 33,462, the Russians 32,053, the Eu- glish 31,948, and the Swedes 15,683. Various other nationalities in. small numbers contributed to the grand total. As to occupations, the report states that 1,935 of these immigrants belonged to the professions, 32,547 were “skilled in trades,” and 104,779 were marked as “miscellaneous,” being brokers, mer- chants, bankers, agents, booksellers, barkeepers, coachmen, farmers, and other recognized vocations. One hun- dred and forty thousrnd six hundred and eighty-seven werie set down as of no occupation, these being mainly chil- dren and women. _Although 297,948 were admitted, that was not the total of applicants for ad- mission. The report shows that 1,394 persons were debarred from entering the country. Of these 3 were idiots, 5 were lunatics, 1,701 were paupors, and 683 were contractlaborers. There were also 189 persons returned to their nu- tive countries within one year after landing here. The largest number of those debarred from entering were 731 from Italy and 599 from Russia. The question of increased restriction is almost sure to be pressed upon the attention of the National Convention at St. Louis and Chicago; and their action thereon will be watched with interest. It is a matter of extreme delicacy, and will, therefore, be handled with can- tion. But all believe that the present Congress should pass some restrictive measure before adjournment. g...___.— The Sick. of an explosion in Bridgeport is still alive much to the surprise of the attend- ing physicians. But he is slowly but surely approaching death. Water Commissioner Mead was re- ported as being somewhat more com- fortable this morning. V'ctor Smith is on the road to recov- ery. tephen Henry Smith’s condition re- mains about the same. 0 The Human Heart. Yesterday morning at the First Con- gregational church the Pastor spoke upon “The Human Heart the Source of the World’s Sin,” taking for his text, Mark 7, 21-24. He showed how Christ’s doctrine respecting the origin of sin was corroborated by personal conscious- ness, human experience, and the history of the world’s sacrifices. In the even- ing his subject was “Some Things Reli- gion will do for Business Men.” ——.—‘- An Unexpected Crowd. Nearly one thousand people visited Gregory’s Point Saturday, despite the fact that it was not reguar opening day, due announcement of which will be made in these columns. The surround- ings were not altogether in readiness as the landlord had not expected such an influx of people. However, there was little or no fault-finding as all were treated to a modicum of the most in- vigorating breezes “that waft from ' Off the waters of Long Island Sound. -—-<O- WESTPORT. Rev. Charles M. Selleck of Norwalk, preached in Trinitychurch yesterday. Miss Ethelyn Dallande of New Or- leans, is the guest of Landon Ketchum. James Daily and son of Taunton, Mass, are Visiting John J. Daily. Miss Mary Filling of Waterbury, is the guest of h :r sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Gualt of Sang «tuck. There will be a special meeting of Pioneer Hook a :d Ladder company to- morrow evening. The wedding of Miss Jane Hamilton Kirk of Westport and Fred Fillow of Norwalk, will take place the first week in June. Rev. Kenneth McKenzie is taking a vacation for the benefit of his health, and has gone up to the mountains in New York state. ' William R.McCready has presented a number of new' books to the Sauga- tuck library. The annual meeting and election of new directors of the Willow Brook Cemetery association will be held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. A democratic caucus will be held in Toquet Opera House, Thursday even- ing, May 28, to name delegates to the state convention in Hartford Wednes- day, June 10. Commissioner McDonald of New Haven, was in Westport, Saturday, and expressed himself as very much pleased with the thorough manner in which C. P. Chapman, the contractor, is handling the new Telford road in Westport. The commissioner, considers Mr, Chapman’s work the best in the state. Stephen Allen Grumman the victim I . . A ultimo. Captured at the Depot by Cap- tain Gladstone. Employer’s Watch Found on Her Person. Sunday afternoon Captain Gladstone received a telephone message from Danbury, requesting him to detain Annie Menzel, who was coming down on the Danbury train, on the charge of theft, made by 'Druggist Phil Simon of that city. The Captain at once repaired to the South Norwalk depot, and upon the ar- rival of the Danbury train, placed her under arrest and escorted her to police headquarters. Upon her arrival at the police station she was searched and Mr. Simons’ watch as well as some of his wife’s jewelry, was found upon her. This morning Officer Brew and Mr. Simons came down on the train and took Annie back to Danbury with them. The burglaries which took place at Mr. Simon’s house and for which Annie was arrested, were five in number and quite peculiar. The first time the house was robbed Mr. Simon’s lost a new suit of clothes and some money. He procured another suit but before he had a chance to wear it, the house was entered and the second suit stolen. Another burglary followed when Mrs. Simon’s lost some clothing. After this vialt a policeman was stationed at the house. He remained until 4 o’clock in the morning when he left. Immediately after his departure the house was again entered. The policeman again came to the house and remained until 6 o’clock in the morning, but strange to say at 6:30 the house was robbed. This last visit and Annie having been seen keeping bad company, led to her suspicion, and when she suddenly left town yesterday she was followed by Charles Anson who pointed her out to Captain Gladstone. Barn Burned. A small barn belonging to Christoph- er Deering, on Cliff street, was burned this afternoon about 2 o’clock. The house was saved by hard work on the part of the neighbors. A high wind prevailed and the sparks set fire to the dry grass and under- brush on adjoining property. ..-—_—__— Norwalk Opera House. The Julian Comedy company will ap- pear at the Opera House tonight in “A Man of the World.” The play is filled with funny incidents calculated to keep the audience in a roar. The company will remains. week, presenting a new. play every night. .0 SIGHT LOST BY ACCIDENT. How Several Persons Lost Their Sight» on Various Occasions. ‘ A prominent oculist of this city gives the following list of queer accidents that have come under his observation recently: A little boy, ten years old, was stand- ing in front of a. bird fancier’s shop when an aged parrot seemed to take a sudden animosity to the child and darted at him, peeking out one eye be- fore he could get out of the way. Some linemen left a. lot of short wire lying on Euterpe street after repairing the telephone connections in that dis— trict. An old negro woman who was on her way to market early the next morning stepped on one end of abit of this wire, when the other end flew up, striking her in the eye and blinding her. ‘ .- .— . '- * A milker employed at one of the dairy farms near the city was milking a. cow that had got her tail matted and tangled with cockle burrs. In the course of the milking the cow switched her tail into the. man’s face, the mass of burrs striking him in one eye and completely destroying the sight of it. A lad shooting at sparrows with an air gun hit his little brother in the eye and blinded him for life. . Tommy Beats, the handsome, bright- eyed seven-year—old son of a widow, fell downstairs backward. When his mother picked him up the boy was asleep, the shock having affected him in a. singular manner, and in an hour after, when he opened his eyes, they were badly and irrevocably crossed. A poor lad who is affected with epilepsy during a recent attack fell against the steam coils of his father’s office, burning and blistering his eyes so badly that the sight is gone. Asthe Louisville & Nashville pa.- senger train was coming into the city a few weeks since some ruthless person threw a. stone at the day coach, shil‘rr- tering One of the Windows. The par- ticles of glass flew into the face of a man sitting by the window, as many :13 40 of them imbedding themselves in his eyes alone. Most marvelous to relate. every bit of glass has been abstracted and the man’s eyesight remains unim- paired—New Orleans Cor. N. Y. World. During the winter of 1893, F. M. Martin, 'of Long Beach, West Vin, contracted a severe cold which left him with a cough. In, “I speaking of how be cured it he says: used several kinds of cough syrup but found no relief until I bought a. bottle of Cham« berlain’s Cough Remedy, which relieved me almost instantly, and in a short time brought about a complete cure.” When troubled with a cough or cold use this remedy and you will not find it necessary to try several kinds before you get relief. It has been in the market for‘ over twenty years and constantly grown in favor and po ularity. For sale at 25 and 50 . cents per____o_ttle by E. P. Weed, druggist. V’ _ I 'I HERE All THERE. An Epitome of Happenings of Interest to the Public. Garnered with Scissors and Pencil. The C. ’N. G. drill season closes next Thursday. The Iron Moulders’ Union will meet to-morrow night. An advertisement, in the GAZETTE will pay you. ' T. S. Vanderhoef and party drove to Bridgeport yesterday. Mrs.-E. F. Taylor. of Cranbury, is visiting friends in Bridgeport. —Children’s garden tools. 3 pieces, 5, 10, 15 and 25 cents at Hayee’. Aregular meeting of Concord Div- ision, S. of '1'. will beheld this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Unholz, nee Kelleher, of'Stamford, were in town, yesterday. The Atalanta Wheel club will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank J. Curtis, this evening. Mr. A. Fitch Taylor of Danbury, was shaking hands with Norwalk friends, Saturday. The annual meeting of the Norwalk Lawn Tennis club will be held to-mor- row evening. , Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of St. George, Will nominate officers to- morrow night. Professor Jackson will illustrate “Ben Hur” in the Minnehaha Division rooms Wednesday evening: Mr. and Mrs. M. Batchford’s baby was christened at St. Mary’s church yesterday afternoon. The location of the hydrant at the corner of West avenue and Butler street is being changed. Chief Prowitt has added a Jersey cow to his collection Of live stock at his home on Elmcrest avenue. Thero'is an unusually large number of mosquitoes this year, and every one _ of them is out for blood. The case of the State vs. John M. Carmody set down for a hearing Satur- day was adjourned for one week. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Flannery, nee ' Pomeroy, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were'vis- iting relativesin this city, yesterday. Peter Callahan, the artistic maker of awnings, is putting up an awning in front of the New York store’s new store. Rev. Father Powers of Boston will deliver a lecture in St. Mary’s church next Sunday on the subject of “Catho- lic J onrnalism.” -—Boy wanted at this oflice. ’Apply immediately. The Golden Rule Circle, K. D. will meet with Mrs. Sarah Staples in East Norwalk next Friday afternoon. Those who go should take the trolley car which leaves the switch at Mill Hill at 3:20. The regular Ladies’ prayer meeting of the Frst Congregational church will be omitted this week to give all an op- portunity to attend the meeting of the Woman’s Home Missionary Union in Bridgeport on that day. Charles Franke has under considera- tion the leasing of the store in the Meseburg building recently vacated by Barber Durbeck. Charles has many friends who will wish him success if he makes the ,ventnre. The members of the Norwalk Chapter,- D. A. R. who expect to go to Mrs. M. H. Parsons’ next Thursday, for the May meeting, should notify Miss Helen Curtis, No. 5 Uni'on Park, at once, that arrangements may be completed for their transpbrtation. —Received Saturday. A large stock of white blank papers with borders to match. These goods Will be closed out at a bargain, at the J. T. Prowitt Co. stores, Norwalk and South Norwalk. A horse belonging to Deacon James Wixon stumbled and fell on Wilton avenue, this'morning. Employees at the Electric Light Station set him on his feet again, one of whom remarked “I never saw a horse take as pretty a header in my life.” ' U. S. Patent Commissioner John S- Seymour arrived home from Washing- ton, this morning. He is expecting to sail for Europe with his brother, under advice of his physician, hoping the ocean voyage land respite from his ar- duous official duties may result in ares- toration of his greatly impaired health. After an eleven years’ stay in the GAZETTE building the Central Tele- phone oflice has been removed to the “Sentinel” office at South Norwalk. It is not believed that the change will in anywise detract from the prompt and efficient manner in which the young ladies who wear “ear mufi's” the year round will respond to calls with, a “Hello.” ....... - ~v\ - >o— PERSONAL POINTS: HEX‘GOV. OGLESBY, Illinois’ Grand Old Man, has lived in that~state sixty years. He is past seventy. _ MATTHEW SEATTLE, an educated but full-blooded Indian, of Washington, - will deliver a Fourth of July oration at Chicago. GEN. BUCKNER, who surrendered Fort Donelson thirty years ago to Grant, walks about the streets of Louisville smoking a. corn-cob pipe. . ‘ JOSEPH SMITH, JR, son of the Mor— mon prophet and one of the chiefs of the church, is a man of sixty~five, with a fine physique and an agreeable voice. J mm B. CURTIS, of Portland, Me., is one of the largest, landowners in. Ne-- braska. One of his pastures in that state is eight miles long by five miles wide, and is fenced in. HENRY WICK, who has just died in Cleveland at the age of eighty-eight, was an old-time resident of that city. As a. banker and business man he was widely known throughout Ohio. GEN. GRANT’S grandson, Algernon ' Sartoris, is a. youth nearly six feet tall and fair of complexion. He was born in England, but is said to prefer his mother’s country to _his,native land. , 1‘ a_Cop.rt of Probate. holden at Norwalk. Within an for the District of Norwalk. on the 16th day of May A D.. 1896. _ Estate of Fanpnmcx MEAD of Norwalk in said District. an insolvent debtor. . Ordered, hat , ommissmners to receive. examine and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said Estate be appointed at the Probate Oflice In Nor walk. on the 29th da of May, 1895. at 10 o’clock. forenoon; of who all persons in Interest Will take notice and appear. if they see cause. and be heard thereon. An the trustee will give public notice thereof _by posting a copy of this order on the public Sign post nearest to the place where said debtor remdes and Within the same town. and by pub- lishing the same in alnewspaper havmg a cir- District. at least ten days be- er of May 1896. ASA B. WOODWARD, Judge. culation in sai fore said 29th Launch For Sale. The fast Steam Launch MINNETTA will be sold for less than its value. if applied for at once. S. B. WILSON. 9-2 WALL STREET. . Fairfield County. . _ hereby apply for 9. dmggists’ license to sell smntuous an, mtoxicatingliqnors. ale. lager eer. Rhine mac and older, at 55 Wall street, town of Norwalk, ' . My place of busmess‘ is not located within ' also the Board of coo... Commissioners roi- ' ‘200 feet in a direct line of a church edifice. or pubhc school house. or the'premises rtainiue' t ereto, or any post office or nblic ibrary. Dated at Norwalk this 6th av of May, 1896. _ . LLIAM o. . Applicant. We, the undersr nod. electors an tax-pa - era, as defined by aw. of the town of Norwa . hereb‘y endorse the application of the above “annliofliufit’i’wcifh‘f’t‘itd? Em- , - a is o a ~ E. M. Jackson, H. P. Price. J y, 1895. well. m. J. Brown George A. White. Iherebv certify that the above named en- . dorsers are electors and tax- ayers. as defined b law. of the town or Norw k ated at Norwalk this 8th in}? of May. 1896. ANNIE E. SMITH, Asst. Town Clerk. Norwalk Opera House ‘ALL NEXT WEEK. , The Julian Comedy Company OPENING PLAY: A Man of the World Positive Nightly Change. People’s Prices. - 10c, 20; and 30c ————.—.—_ Tickets now on sale at Weed’s and Tomlin»- son’s Drug Stores. ' . WAN TED. ANTED—Carpenters. Three or four good workmen. Apply to S. B. WILSON. 92 Wall street. m-11-1-w 1'0 BEN 1’. 0 RENT—Cottage of six rooms a 'oinin T reSIdence of W .J. Fitch, Westpdrt‘iivenueg. Apply on premises. tf CARPETS CLEANED with improved ma- chinery and returned the same day. Lawn Mowers repaired and ground. Alfor- ders by mail promptly pttended to. STEAM CARPET WORKS. No.14 Knight street. mil-1w HERE THEY ABE! , " EDDY’SREFIIIGEIIATOHS 5:? EQStrongly Built, Handsomely Finished and the Most Economical Users. of Ice. THINK. OFzTH-Is. Perfect Non-Conductor Packing. Cold Dry Air Circula- tion. Wrought-Iron Ice Racks. Absolute 'Dryness. Slate Stone Shelves. Zinc Linings. Unexposed Wood Inside Joints. Double Gases. EVERY ONE WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED South Norwalk Hardware Co., 42 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. OLSEN BROS. 3‘ Our display of new Tan Shoes and Oxford for the spring of ’96 beats anything ever shown in town for novelties, liber- ality and splendor. They dazzle and bewilder yen, and you will be the worSt disappointed person in town it you don’t come in and exam- ine our shoes, Whether you Wish to buy or not. The prices as usual, THE LOWEST, at, -— ‘OLSEN BROS.’ WHITE sewn STORE \ 3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK. YOUR FRIENDS Ans USING PLAISTED’S CIUGH IIE’MEDI I AND RECOMMEND ITS USE Get a Bettie at once. 25 and; so Cents. ALL DRUGGISTS, il‘iiifi- -mm as , I, . Op ohn, P. Tread: I tr. -'. k,‘ ‘ ii
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