' ,THE EVENING GAZETTE.
Eritrean) ‘ar TEE Pos'r OFFICE {IN Noawsnx
its A NEWSPAPER.
HAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS,
DAILY, one .vear. 33: six months, $1.75; three
months. $1.00; one month. 30c.
WEEKLY. one: year. iniadvance. $1.00; six
, months, 600.; threemonths. 350.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1896.
Wall Street.
Our‘city fathers have a chance to-day
to view the disgraceful and unsafe con-
dition of Wall street, between the post
office and Mill Hill. The _dirt is all
washed out from between the boulders
with which the street is paved and it is
now easy to see why so many carriage
wheels _are daily strained or utterly
ruined. This space should be repaved
without a day’s delay.
- Bicycle for Chief Bradley.
That was an act of sagacious liberal-
.ity on the part of the City Council in
voting a wheel to Chief Bradley for pc-
lice use. ‘The Chief has heroically re-
solved to learn to ride the burro ma-
chine or perish in the effort. He should
have a nice one of extra strength and
copper mounted,'_so.that when he goes
scorching through our streets after law-
breakers he may not only win admira-
tion all along the line but break the
wheel record of the world. For good
looks, when mounted onxhis wheel, our
Chief will eclipse and defy the earth.
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_The Gazette’s Suit vs. the Town.
'Il’he‘p’urbllblmny get, ‘if not explained,
"an erroneous impression from the “ex-
« elusive” announcement in; all yesterday
in the news columnsof this paper, that
a suit had been brought against the
Town of Norwalk for the recovery of a
‘iz‘rbill for duly authorized advertising.
‘Z-This is a friendly suit to settle the legal
'v-fquest-ion as to whether two selectmen
«are greater or less than one selectman.
“Captain Ike,” our severely prudent
first selectman, in the course of his
sleepless vigils in march of ways: and
means of saving the town’s money, con-
ceived the plan of inserting the calls Of
town meetings in two only of Norwalk’s
four daily papers, regardless of the fact
that some citizens read one paper only,
and others another paper and that no
one paper is read by all our people,
no matter how reckless a circulation
liar it may have. in this resolve
he had. he claims, the hearty approval
of the other two selectmen. I
A town meeting was to be held in re,
the bounty claims matter. The call
was ordered inserted by Selectman
Selleck, in the Sentinel and Hour only.
The same advertisement was ordered
inserted in theI‘i‘AZETTE and News, by
Selectmen Thomas and Merrill. In due
time, the bill was presented to “Captain
Ike” who refused to pay it, as its pub-
lications in these two papers, was a
violation, as he states, of the agreement
entered into between himself and his
two colleagues and he expressed the
desire to a GAZETTE representative to
have a friendly suit brought, in order
that he might ascertain, not only “who
was running this thing,” but as be ex-
pressed it, “who it was that was doing
the lying.” ,
“I said in my haste, all men are liars,”
was the sweeping accusation of the
Psalmist. “Captain Ike” evidently be-
lieves that 01-47. David need not have
been in any hurry had he been around '
the selectmen’s office; and that he is a
victim of misplaced confidence; and
therefore desires the GAZETTE to press
its suit that he may ascertain who are
._the falsifiers and “where he is at.”
o.
Westward Ho 1
ii: Mayor E. O. Keeler, our popular
Fourth Diriz'ich Delegate to the St.
Louis National Convention, is to go on
9. sp: curl vestiiinisd train of sumptuous
Pullman Cars, Contracted for by Ex-
Governor Morgan G. Bulkelcy and
which is to leave Hartford on Friday
and reach its destination early on the
Sunday morning prior to the meeting
of the Convention. The train is to be
made up of a Baggage, Commissary,
Dining, Parlor, Bath and Barber Shop
car, and Sleepers enough for all the
party, with all the comfortable and lux-
urious accessories known to modern
railroad art. This palatial outfit is to
be side-tracked at St. Louis and remain
as the home of our delegates and such
friends as accompany them, during the
entire period of the Convention and
then return to Hartfordin the same
p.
.manner. ‘
In addition to all theabOve, Govern~
. abundant supplies of every delicacy the
, our friend Keeler gets home again With-
or Bhlkeley, who is in Special charge
of the cuisine for the voyage, is re-
ported to have arranged for the most
markets of the world can produce and
which will be dealt out with the un-
stinted liberality and profusion, for
which he is so justly celebrated, and if
out an attack of gout or apoplexy, he
will establish a new record for capacity
and endurance. '
Already, it is whispered about, that
Keeler, although not much of a psalm
singer, and hisfellow delegates, are
straining their vocal chords to the ut-
most limits, on the following soul-stir-
ing refrain, which is to be sung in full
‘chorus by the jelly boys on their trip
“Westward Ho: " '
"Hurrah for a home in a Pullman/car,
Hurrah for a. trip on the iron bar,
Hurrah for a ride without jostle or jar—
With a jolly good company.
Chorus in) Full Company'—
Viv’e la. viv’e la, viv’e In more.
Viv’e la, McKinley company."
y—
Certain it is, that Imperial Caerar,
never rode the Appian Way of old
Rome in half 'the affluent Splendor in
which our enthusiastic friend Keeler is
to fly westward to the McKinley Con-
vention; Lord have
mercy on his nerves (and stomach) and
and may the
return him safe and sound. to his ad-
miring but anxious constituency when
all is over at St. Louis, as the Thir-
tent-h Senatorial District, has impera-
tive need of him for its candidate this
fall.
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S. Allen Grumman Dead.
The terrible injuries sustained by
Stephen Allen Grumman, at the works
of the Aero Distilled Water company,
at Bridgeport, by the bursting of a
soda fountain which he was charging a
week ago last Monday, resulted in his
death at the General Hospital in that
city last night. The deceased was a
son of Mrs. Betsy Grumman of Camp
street, and a brother of the Grumman
Brothers, the well-known bottiers, and
was well known here. His wife was a.
daughter of Norman Knapp of Broad
RiV‘er.
The immediate cause of death was
blood poisoning, which set in soon after
the injuries were received, and which
baffled the efforts of the physicians.
The right leg was‘so badly mangled
that amputation was necessary above
the knee and close up to the hip. This
leitverylittle of the fleg, and it was
impossible to intercept the dreaded
complication by further amputations
The deceasedleaves a wife and little
daughter. He was 43 years of age, and
was a native of Wilton. He was a sober,
industrious man and was well liked by
his employers and acquaintances.
The funeral will be attended in
Bridgeport, to-morrow afternoon at
2:30 o’clock. The remains will be
brought to this city and placed in the
receivingvault at Riverside cemetery.
Bike Notes.
F. W. Rogers started for Cheshire on
his Wheel to-day. .
The New York couple who eloped on
their bicycles. did it for wheel or woe.
The track at the Fair grounds is be.
ing well patronized by bicycle riders
and scorchers.
It is Friday not Thursday that the
Atalanta Wheel club will take a spin to
Contentment island and back.
The bicycle scorcher was conspicuous
on East avenue, this morning and de-
lighted in a brush with the trolley cars.
Often he rode so close to the car that
passengers held their breath. The
mangling of the first scorcher has yet
to be recorded, but he will be using
wings instead of a bicycle very soon if
he is not careful.
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The White Shoe Store.
It is always a pleasure to speak of
Norwalk’s great White'Shoe Store, be-
cause it is an honor and credit to our
city. In its enormous stack of superior
goods, covering every style, variety
and price it islthe model shoe store not
alone of Norwalk. but of Fairfield
county. That its attractiveness, its-
cleanliness and general air of superior-
ht_y, has won for it the chief patronage
of the city goes without saying and
proves the truth of the old adage that
genuine merit wins success. May the
Olsen boys live long and continue to
prosper.
The Meeting Adjourned.
No‘ quorum bhing present the an
nual meeting of the Norwalk Tennis
club called for last evening. was ad-
jouned until June 4th, at which time
the meeting will be followed by a dance
in the Casino.
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vDuring the winter of 1893, F. M. Martin;
of Long Reach, West Va., contracted a.
severe cold which left him with a cough. In
speaking of how he cured it he says: “I
used several kinds of cough syrup but found
no relief until. I bought a bottle of Chum-
berlain’s Cough Remedy, which Irelieved me
almost instantly, and in a short tlme 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 m the
market for over twenty years and constantly
grown in favor and p0 ularityn For sale at
25 and 50, cents pewttleby E._P_.fl_eed,
druggist. 55"." . .
An Epitomeiof Happenings of
Interest to the Public.
Garnered with" Scissors and Pencil. '
Miss Bessie Nickerson is visiting rela-
tives in Danbury. -
Councilman Tristram sails for’Europe
on the 10th of next month.
The Shippan athletic club was organ-
ized in Stamford last night.
. Mrs. C. D. Matthews returned to her
summer residence on West avenue, .to-
day. .
Captain James B. Costello of Hope
Hose company expects to sail for
Europe 'in July. , 1
Little Eddie‘Mason is sulfering from
asevere attack of rheumatism at his
home on harbor avenue.
aMrs. Frank Skeels of Patterson, is
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wash-
ington Merritt on Leonard street.
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"Ed” Meeker of the Meeker Foun-
has at present thirty men employed.
—Childreu’s garden t0ols. 3 pieces, 5,-
10, 15 and 25 cents at Hayes’.
It is expected that the painters and
paper hangers will commence work in
the new fire police headquarers to-mor-
row.
It is expected that the summer train
schedule will go into effect on the Dan-
bury division of the Consolidated road
June 14th.
Thirty-two members of Co. D, C. N.
G. marched ~through Wall street on
route to the rifle'range on the West-
port road, this morning.
Arrangements for the observance of
Memorial day Observances will be ad-
vanced at the meeting of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R. to—night.
The funeral of the late George R.
Scofield was held at 4 o’clock this af-
ternoon. The remains will be taken to
Pound Ridge for burial to-morrow.
The rooms vacated by the Telephone
company in the GAZETTE building are.
being fitted up for Attorney John J.
Walsh who has secured a lease J
'Michael Ruscoe. of .Wiltoil, well
known in Norwalk, having resided here
for some time was committed; to the
asylum for the insane at Middleton's,
to-day. ' ‘ ' ’
Bradley S. Keith was elected {one of
the board of managers of the Odd Fel-
lows’ Home, at the annual meeting of
the board of corporators in Norwich
yesterday.
The annual reunion of the Twelfth
C. V. will occur June 17 in New Haven
at Taylor’s Old Lighthouse Point,
where a sea food dinnerzwill be served
at 1 o’clock.
C. Ford Seeley will ride from Bridge-
port to Stamford against sime this
evening. He was to have ridden last
night but owing to the muddy condition
of the roads he did not start.
—Window screens, screen doors, wire
netting. H. H. Williams, 17,Main st.
Painters are putting the Tramway’s
Belden avenue poles in mourning.
Their color was depressing enough be-
fore, but there may be some unexplained
reason why their present mourning
shade is more appropriate.
The Alpha Wheel club will meet at
at the Norwalk hotel to-night, and mat-
ters pertaining to the club’s road race
which takes place June 17th will be dis-
cussed. An elegant line of prizes will be
offered. The club is in receipt of a’set
of tires from the New York Tire Com-
pany.
—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.
store's, Norwalk and South NorWalk.
3t.
, .
Yesterday, the parents of “Mike”
Dowd, employed at Butcher Fred
Smith’s market, removed toga house
about 100 feet nearer the store: and this
morning “Mike” arrived at the store
over an hour earlier than was his cus‘
tom. He is puzrled to account for the
fact.
John Sullivan, occupation begging,
Was arrested last evening by Officer
Bartram. This morning the charges of
intoxication and vagrancy were pre-
ferred against him. Judge Bubbell
fined him do and costs, in default of
which he was sent to jail.
——Received Saturday. _A‘large stock
of white blank papers,‘w1th boarders to
match. These goods to be closed out
at a bargain, at the J. 1‘. Prowitt Co.
stores, Norwalk and South Norwalk.
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Miss Anna Mokely and Mary Clune
will on Saturday next open a laundry
at No’. ‘26 Main street. Both are ex-
perienced hands having been former
employees at the Merwin street Shirt
manufactory. ' They “guarantee satis.
factory work and hope to gain a fair
share of patronage.
,H‘ERE naming
dry reports business as booming. He ~
of them. ,
'Gault, the coal and lumber merchant.
idewalks are being laid in fron‘
the Leonard property on Leonard
street.
J. Arthur Pinneo has returned from
Denver, Colorado. and it is understood
has secured a situation as general man-
age: of a street railway in Washington.
Health Inspector Hunt has completed
his searéh for nuisances and has re-
ported to Heaflh Ofiicer Tracey. He
devoted thirteen days :to the duties of
his appointment.
John Malone and his son 'John will
start on a trip to Denver, 001., next
Monday. John, Jr., who has been' ill
for a long time expects to experience
renewed health as a result of the change
of air.
J. H. Hoyt of Buckingham Post, G.
A. R. is circulating a subscription
paper for the purpose of raising funds to
defray the expence of purchasing flow-
ers for decorating soldiers’ graves on
Memorial day.
While. carving out a leather washer,
yesterday, Lambert Schutskey cutan
ugly gash in one of the digets on his
left hand. He expects, however, to
have the hand in good form for the
ball game at Norwalk Park, on Memo-
rial day.
’Pensions.
Original widows’, etc.—Sophon M.
Cooley, Brookfield; Harriet Barbour,
New Canaan. '
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'NOROTON.
The Noroton Club is about to file ar-
ticles of incorporation. The club has
rooms over the Neroton post-office,
very attractively furnished. The Presi-
dent is A. Floyd Delafield.
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WESTPOBT.
Mrs. N. W. Bradley, of Saugatuck,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Blackstone,
of Branford.
Clarenhe Wheeler, of Marion, Ind.,
is the guest of his father, E. S. Wheeler,
of Saugatuck. .
Martin Bieling, of Brooklyn, is a
guest of his brother, Robert Bieling, of
Imperial avenue.
The schooner “Sarah B. Bulkley”
has gone into the coasting trade, and is
about to start for Perth Amboy.
Miss Hattie McGinty, who has been
visiting Mrs. Williams, of Saugatuck,
has returned to her home in Bethel.
Rev. T. E. Gilbert, of Waterbury,
formerly of of Saugatuck, spent a few
hours in town, yesterday, visiting old
friends. - .
Aspetuck lodge, Knights of Pythias,
of Westport, held a meeting, last night
and conferred the first degree on David
Burr Bradley, Jr., the third selectman,
and the second degree upon Leonard
George A. Shepard, one of the di-
rectors of the International Electric
company, Mr. Bigelow, the master me- ‘
chanic, and Mr. Maybe, the machinest,
visited Westport yesterday, and in-
spected'the new work of electric road
on the new third rail system. Mr.
Maybe will remain in town several
days. ,
Edward A. Andrews, a. former resi-
dent of Westport, died very suddenly
at his home in Watertown, N. Y., yes-
terday, aged 74 years. Mr._Andrews
was unmarried, and made Westport his
home until he moved to Watertown, a
number of years ago, to engage in the
shoe business. He owned considerable
property in this town, which Sheriff
Kemper has had charge of for some
time. The deceased had no near rela-
tives, his two brothers having died un-
married. One brother, Deniel, was
taken violently ill when sitting in a
wagon in Norwalk, and died before he
could be moved. The other brother,
Samuel, died very suddenly in Rio Ja-
niero, Brazil. The remains will be
brought here tomorrow morning, where
they will be taken in charge by Funeral
Director Fable. Interment will take
place in Evergreen cemetery.
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DARIEN.
Arthur Van Naullz, of this place, who
is awaiting trial for breakingand en-
tering the Darien post office, as well as
sending obscene letters through. the
mat-IF, will be given a hearing before
Judge Townsend in the United States
district court on Monday next.
The remains of about 100 old soldiers
are being removed from the plot near
the center of Spring Grove cemetery to
a new soldiers’ plot in the same ceme-
terv, where there is room for about 500
bodies. A fine monument, to cost
about $55,000, is to be erected on the
new plot, money for this purpose hav-
ing been appropriated by the legisla—
ture. .
The land dispute case of Emma H.
Delafield, vs. Thomas B. Wilson was
on trial in the civil common pleas
court in Bridgeport, yesterday. ‘ The
land in dispute is about three acres in
extent and is mainly timber land. The
pluintifi' brings the ease up on an action
for damages for trespassing. Judge
John H. Perry and Attorney George
E. Hill appear for the defendant and
Patent Commissioner John S. Seymour
has come on all the way from Washing-
. ,
ton to appear for Mr. Wilson.
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NOVELTI‘ES FROM. ENGLAND. , . ‘ _ , smut 399m \, . .
A Lamont. makes mom-W by Ian-53‘s '_'.lllhe.pup1ls;f Mrs. J times 0. Newkirk
ing £1,000 notes to be exhibited at we'd- ‘ {Swill}? t: EDS: Recital on Monday
dings as the gift of-the bride’s father. . , .. e '5 PFOPI'mO- 3* the real:
WHAT would that doughty old mon- denceof Mrs. Newklrk on Morgan “‘79‘ -
arch Henry VIII. say to this era. of nae. '~\
women’s clubs? In 1547 he issued an
_edict commanding that “women should
not meet together to babble and talk,
and that all Amen should keep their
wives in their houses.” ,
SEVERAL young women in London
have started a. n0ve1 and sensible
dressmaking establishment. They take
last season’s dresses and make them
.over in the prevailing fashion. No
entirely new dresses. are made, and the
charges are reasonable.
AN incandescent methyl alcohol lamp
was shown‘recently to Queen Victoria
by the inventor. It gives six times the”
light of a kerosene lamp. 'To show that
it is not explosive it was thrown, at the
queen’s request, on a. heap of sand; the
glass broke, and the alcohol flowed
around the-flame, but it did not burn.
NOTES 0? THE RAIL. .
JAMES J. HILL, president of the Great
Northern railroad, was a. freight agent
on the steamboat docks of St. Paul
twenty-five years ago at a. salary of $40
a. month. ' . .
' IT took 1,000 men an entire day to re— '
mom a. recent landslideon the Penn-
sylvania. road, near Huntingdon. While
the work was in progreSs 15 miles of
solid trains were halted on either side
of the obstruction. ’
m.
ISTBIOT of Norwalk, ss. 'Probaté‘a ‘o
D, May 19th, A.D.. 1896.~ is m
In the matter of GEORGE E. WATEBBUBY. of
Norwalk, in said Districtmn incapable person.
Ordered, .at the Conservator exhibit his
account of he said trust to this Court for
adapstment. at the Probate office in Norwalk.
onsthe 41st do. of June. 1896. at 2 o‘clock
afternoon: an that 'all persons interested
therein may be notified thereof. thelcon- ’
s_ervato_r wrll cause this Order to be 'qubi .
lished _1n a newspaper havrng a. circulation in
said District. and post a copy thereof on the
sign post 1n said Norwalk, within the City of.
Norwalk. at least ten days before said lst day
of J une. 1896.
ASA B. WOOD WARD. Judge.
Norwalk Opera House
' ALL NEXT WEEK. '
_ The Julian totalitarian ; I
OPENING PLAY: ‘
A lieu of the world.
Positive Nightly Change.
People’s Prices. - 10c, 200 and 300
+
Tickets now on sale at Weed’s and
Tomlin-
son’s Drug Stores. -
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[All‘g 153th Winter/M1? (369:fo Mine- 6f
Lebanon',1Conn., was ,badly afflictedgwith T0 RENT. *“
rheumatism. At times it was solsevlere that To RENT Gotta e f . r o d'o' 'ng ‘ ‘
he?'could,not_stand up straig t, utzwas .‘ — 9 Six 0 ms.a 1 m1
drawn over on one side.’§i“I tried different Appf;%‘§°§,°§,§f,l"s;f FltCh’ Westport avenfie.
remedies without receiving relief,” he says, FOR 8.11 E
“until about six months ago I bought a. bot-
tle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After using
it for three days my' rheumatism was gone
and has not returned sincedfiFor sale by E;
P. _VVeed, druggist.” “I" "w I"
0R SALE—First-class Boarding House.
Popular and always full. 18 rooms newly
furnished. All improvements. Bath room 9n
each floor. A splendid investment. Inquire
21 Union street. South Norwalk. m20tf
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HERETHEY Anne
E nmrs REFRIGERATORS
-'~ Strongly Buili,'l-landsqmely Finished and the Most
Economical Users of Ice.
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. THINK’l OFi'THIS.
PerfectNoh-Cond-uctor Packing. Cold Dry Air Circula-
tion. 'b'Wrought-lron Ice Racks. Absolute Dryness.
Slate Stone Shelves. Unexposed Wood
zinc Linings. Inside Joints.
Double Cases-
EVERY ONE WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED
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South Norwalk Hardware Co.,
42 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
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' OLSEN BROS.»
Our display of new Tan Shoes and Oxford for the spring
of ’96 beats anything ever shown in town for novelties, liber-
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ality and splendor. _9 ’
They dazzle and bewilder you, 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 Enos:
rarmm arson STORE
‘ 3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
YOUR FRIENDS ARE USING; _ ‘
" PLAISTED’S COUGH REMEDY ' p '
‘ - AND Innconnnnn rrs USE.
Beta Bottle at once.'_25 and; 50 Cents.‘
ALL DRUGGISTS.
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