«tav- ' ’ TH E E 1 THE 0va Y. EIGHT-153465 ONE-CENT DAILY IN THE WORWALKS. [. Vol VI Whole No. 1144 Norwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, July 13, 1896. - Price One' Cent. YBROKE ms NECK. ~ An Aged Resident of Belden . Hill Falls Into aWell. The Body Recovered by w. B. Brotherton. John Chichester, aged about 60 years met with 'a fatal accident by falling in a well at his home on Belden Hill last midi: well was without a curb, and Water was taken from it by means of a rope and pail. - About [9:30 Chichester went out _to draw a pail of water from the well which is situated very near the house. _ Soon after a splash and the rattle of a tin pail was heard and it immediately occurred to those in the house that an accident had happened to Mr. Chichester and two of his daughters hastened to the scene and with the aid of a lamp saw their father at the bottom of the well. They called to him but he did not answer. The neighborhood was alar- med and among others who came to the rescue were W. B. Brotherton and Gre ory. . _ Wzlhlzthes-glzine was secured and Broth- erton descended into the well which is twenty-four feet deep and contained about four feet of water, and found Chicb ester apparently dead. He lost no time in putting the rope around the victim and willing hands hoisted the body to the top of the well and then carried it into the house. A physician was summoned who pro- nounced the cause of death as concus- sion of the brain. ~ It was also found that the unfortunate man’s neck was broken. . It will probably never be known just how the accident happened but it is be- lieved that Chichester was stooping over the well to dip the bucket and los- ing his balance plunged headforemost to the bottom. The deceased was an old time hatter and well known in Norwalk. His wife and four daughters survive him. He enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him and his family will have the sympathy of the entire . community in their bereavement.“ _ *..—————-.O ' . ‘ ‘ H . Dur Oldest War Vets. _ The pension records in Washington have the names of but fourteen sur- vivors of the war of 1812. Of these two are credited to Connecticut, viz: William C. Moss of‘Stonington who is now ninety-three years old. He is the last of the Americans living who defended Stonington. against the Brit- ons on August 10, 1814. He was then eleven years old. Also, Elizas Smith of Danbury, who was born. May 16, 1798, and is now ninety-eight years old. Nearthe close I of the war he entered Captain John- son’s company, which was a part of Colonel Edward Lizei’s New Hamp- shire militia,‘ and served only five- days. Henry Morris, born March 1801, and now residing in Port Chester, was also a member of the militia during the war. Hardly strong enough to carry a rifle, these old veterans went more than eighty years ago to fight in defence of their country. ‘ The nation has not for- gotten the services of these brave men, for every one of them receives a good pension, which enables them to enjoy the silver age of their life. .,_.____ Naromake Defeated. ' The second and return match between the Naromake Gun club and Bridge- ports was shot Saturday afternoon at Dorlon Point at 25 targets per man, known angles, and resulted in the de- feat of the Naromake boys by a score of 105 to 95. Following is the score: Bridgeport—Tuck, 21;U. M. C., 20; Keeler, 19, Blakeslee, 17; Beers, 17 ; Dowd, 11. Total, 105. Norwalk—Capron, 21; Lewis, 18; For- ris, 16; Hendry, 14; Coleman, 13; Gher- man, 13. Total, 95. The third match will be shot on the Bridgeport grounds July ,25 in the afternoon at 2 o’clock. I Bicycle Race. There will be a number of Norwalk entries in the 10-mile handicap bicycle race which takes place at Southport on Saturday, July 25th. George Allen will act as starter, F. S. Ambler as one of the timers and E. J. Thomas as referee. .. O St. Paul’s Sunday Schools. All of the Sunday schools of St. Paul’s parish will go on an excursion, by boat to Bye Beach on Wednesday. The steamer will leave the South Norwalk steamboat dock, at 8:30 a., in: An or- chestra band is to enliven the sail. —_———-——-O. —Subscribe for the Gaznrrn. CRIMINAL GARELESSNESS. Railroad Ties and Rocks Hurled Against Buildings and Into Door-Yards. An unprotected blast was set ofl in the rear of the Keena building on Saturday afternoon, when our streets were filled with people, which by great good luck but no good sense, fortunately resulted in no injury to anything but adjoining residences. Three railroad ties and a shower of broken rock, were hurled across the railroad track over and upon the rear premises on Issues Place owned by William Mitchell and William Wardwell. One tie tore up the stoop of Mr. Mitchell and an- other was hurled through the outside cellar door of the Wardwell house. Mr. Mitchell’s mothel-lU-IHW had left the spot struck by the tie, butafew seconds previously and a little grand- son of Mr. Wardwell had left his little wagon, which was hit and crushed. Ashower of flying stones fell upon the Opera House roof and other nearby buildings and into Water street. _ Han- ford’s floral hall was also struck and a number of panes of glass were broken. It was wonderful that no per- sons were injured. The blasting was being done by P. W. Bates for the Southern New England Telephone company to place a pole and is said to have been in charge of Mr. Bates’ brother. We cannot learn that any permit was given by our city authorities to do this dangerous blasting. One thing is certain, had it been done in New York, all responsible for it, would have been arrested for criminal care- lessness. The following is the city ordinance bearing on the matter: SEC. 5. Every person who shall with- out alicense from the Mayor * * f‘ make, or assist in making any rock blast with- in the city, shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars. , Great Trotting. The lovers of trotting horses enjoyed a treat on Saturday at the Norwalk Fair Grounds. A series of events were .ar- ranged for the benefit of the Norwalk Hospital. Mr. E. T. Bedford entered his team, Gillette and Black Ide, to beat the previous track record of 2:29‘.-’. Theyflmade the mile with ease in 223%. Gillette was then driven single to beat the previous track record, by Walton Boy, of 2:23}. He trotted the mile without askip in 2:14. This was fol- lowed by an exciting contest, best two in three heats, between Willard G. El- lard, Ella and Chief. Willard G, won in 228%, 2:32;",—’. There was also a one mile bicycle race in which Wherle came in first, F. Smith second. and Cotter third. Wherle’s time was 2:19 2-5. About 300 people witnessed the sever- al events. - They Wrote Policy. Egbert M. Pinney of South Norwalk and Charles Emerson, alias Moore, of Bridgeport, were arrested in Stamford Saturday afternoon for policy writting. Both prisoners succeeded ,in securing bonds in the sum of $200. J. D. Car- penter, a Bridgeport man, furnished a bond for Emerson, and M. Conroy be- came security for Pinney. The prisoners were arraigned before Judge Downs and their cases set down for trial Aug. 4, and both of the ac- cused were released under bonds. George H. Waterbury Dead. George “Hen” Waterbury as he was familiarly called, and who was well known in Norwalk, died at the Soldiers’ Home in Noroton, this morning, aged 60 years. He had been an inmate of the Home for a year or more. The de- ceased was a pensioner and in the late civil war was a member of Company A, First Connecticut Cavalry. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Burial in the soldiers’ plot at the Home. Its Inspiring Lessons. At the First Congregational Church. yesterday morning, the pastor, Rev. Thomas K. Noble, preached to a large congregation upon “The Parable of the Talents,” dwelling especially upon the foolish conduct of the man with one talent, and pointing out the sorrowful consequences of his course. In the evening his theme was “An Old Song by the Well,” and its comforting and inspiring lessons. O A Big Fish. . Messrs. John J. Walsh, James Cole and John J. Hanlon, “five J’s went out fishing yesterday, andproved that the J’s did not stand for Jonah, as they caught nearly a bushel cf blackfish. Mr. Walsh is credited‘ with having caught a tantog that weighed a plump seven pounds. _ If you intend going away for a sum- mer vacation order the Gaznrrn sent lto youevery day. unsung MISSING. A Farm Hand Thought to Have Been Drowned in Grupe’s Norwalk Reservoir. Men New Dredging the Lake Fer His Body. Walter Mansfield, an Englishman, employed as a farm hand by Rufus Ruscoe of North WiltOn, is missing, and it is feared that he was drowned on Thursday last in what is known as Grupe’s reservoir. On that day Mansfield was in this city and it was seen that he was somewhat under the influence. of liquor. He went into Wardwell & Lockwood’s market about noon and left his rubber coat there saying that he would call for the same later. But he didn’t come back. He evi- dently started to walk home‘as he was met by persons of whom he asked the way to North Wilton. He was seen to pass Daniels Mills and here he asked to be directed to North Wilton and seemed to be somewhat befuddled. This was about 3 o’clock. ~ The last seen ,of him was on the road at the north end of the reservoir and at a point where the body of water is unprotected by a fence of any kind for a distance of perhaps fifty feet and where there is "a bridge crossing the stream. i As he did not return home his wife became alarmed and advised with Mr. Ruscoe in reference to her husband’s absence. An unavailing search has since been made for him with the result that a conclusion was arrived at that he had fallen into the reservoir. This morning it was decided to dredge the pond for the body and men are so engagaed, but up to this writing have not recovered it. Mansfield was well known here hav- ing for a time been employed by the late Stephen Henry Smith on his New- 'town avenue farm. About the Ist of April he went to work for Rufus Ruscoe where he has since remained, occupying with his wife and child a house belong- ing to his employer. He was about 45 years of age. It is said of him that since his marriage he was never known to .remain away from home over night and hence the belief that he has either met with foul play, or has suffered an accidental death. O The International Yacht Race. The half-ratersGlencairn, of the Roy- al St. Lawrence Yacht Club, and the El Heirie, of the Seawanhaka Corin- thian Yacht Club, Wlll meet to-day for the races arranged for the Internation- al Challenge Cup offered last year by the latter club. ' The races will take place on the Sound off Oyster bay, the summer home of the Seawanhakas, and will be over triangular and windward or leeward courses of twelve nautical miles each. The Spruce IV., owned and sailed by Mr. ' Arthur Brand, of the Minima Yacht club, of London, was the first to challenge for the clip, the races having taken place last September, with the home boat Ethelwynn successfully de- fending the trophy. Since that time half-raters by the score have been built in and about New York, and while professional skill of the best has been called into requisi- tion in the matter of their design, it re- mained for a very young amateur to design and sail the craft selected as the club’s champion. This international match will be inter- esting; 'While it is held by some that the racing of such small boats has no benefical effect upon yachting, the Sea- wanhaka officials and other thoughtful yachtsmen are of the opinion, and with- much reason, that it is the life of the great sport. ' ' ___.-__—._¢_”-—.———— A Soldier and Patriot’s Views. That gallant soldier and patriot, and hitherto democrat, Major General Da- rius N. Couch, on being asked bya Gaznrrm scribe this morning, as to his views concerning the outcome of the populistic Chicago convention, said: "I graduated from West Point fifty years ago this last June, with a‘ com- mission as 2d Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. In ’49-’50 I fought'under our flag in” Mexico; in ’61—’65, I fought for the preservation of the assailed Union. I am ready at the present, the same as in the past, to stand squarely for the honor and integrity of my country for which I have fought and devoted my life.” Will be in Tennessee. Nashville has bepn chosen as the city in which will be held the Convention of 1898 by the trustees of the United Christian Endeavor Societies. Town cousr. Civil Cases Assigned this Morning by Judge James T. Hubbell. The case of the State vs. George Cirr‘ has on the recommendation of ‘ Attorney Gregory, been nolled. Carr Was charged with assaulting Michael Fitzgerald.» Michael Fitzgerald was this morning fined $5 and costs on the charge of . drunkenness and breach of the peace. He settled up arid was discharged. Judge Hubbell, to-day, made an as- signment of several cases for trial. Among others was that of Svec vs. Wil- liam Lawlor. A slander suit that grew out of the ownership of a face-hammer; trial, Friday, 2 o’clock. C. A. Borda vs. L. L. Sherwood, claim for $1.60; trial, 10 o’clock, Saturday; Benash vs, Fawcett; trial, Thursday. And a few others. .. A Wise Decision. Directors of thehDanburv fair have decided not to increase the admission price to fifty cents this year, as had been proposed, but to leave it at twenty- five cents. It was thought the fair would be greatly improved in a moral Way by increasing the admission fee, but it his now been decided to bring about the reform in another way. 0 Fell Twenty Feet. Mr. George Cousins, wife and child, of New York, are visiting Mr. Cousins’ parents on Franklin avenue. Saturday afternoon, the child fell from a second- story window, a distance of twenty feet. It sat on the ground for a momert with a well—that’s-a-sudden-stop look and then got up and ran into the house, apparently uninjured. ‘ They Must Connect. Warrants will be sworn out to-day for the arrest of several parties who have failed to comply with orders promulgated by the board of health in reference to connecting their premises with the sewer system. The board pro» poses making no distinction as to the parties in interest, and will insist on a fullTiIompliance with the law. Died Under Arrest. Michael Kelly, 33 years old, died at police headquarters in Waterbury, last night, from the effects of a week’s in- dulgence in liquor and the heat of the day. He was insane for two house be- fore death, and died in terrible agony. —__.‘__——. To Save Vicksburg; Historic Battlefield. Gettysburg and Vicksburg stand out pro-eminent in the history of the coun- try, marking as they do two of the greatest battles of the civil war. The battle scene of the, former has already been taken possession of by the national government as a. national park, wherein the regiments that participated in the struggle are commemorated in stone and bronze. . Vicksburg has yet- to be made into a national military pf rk, and the time for such a consummation is not, if the efforts of the officers and members of the Vicksburg National Military Park Association are fruitful, so very far distant, for through the work of Cap- tainW. T. Rigby, of Mt. Vernon, 1a., the Secretary of the Association, the movement has received the oflicial en- dorsement of the majority of the G. A. B. divisions throughout the country. There is now before the national House of Representatives a, bill which reposes to embrace in a reservation as anafimial military park about twelve hundred acres in and around the City of Vicksburg, marking the lines of both the Union and Confederate armim. This tract is as small as could betakm and yet preserve practically intact the general plan of the siege. _________.—— Another “Richest Gold Field." An English mining expert says of ' that “it has the richest gold field known: on the face of the globe to- Them are mines in North Geor- . are capable of producing $40,- ? ' 'gold a year. I believe that the r " the Comatock, in Nevada, will unneeded by some of these Georgia m, perhaps within the next two y Nothing New toner. Mrs. Jones—That Mrs. Tucker next door mustbe an awful gossip. Mr. Jones—Why, what’s the row newt . . Mrs. Jones—Oh, nothing in particu- lar,-'butI never can tell her anything buhvhat she’s heard it before.--Har- Make Money in J all. Three-tenths of the earnings of a Bel- gillmmvictare given to him on the ex- phntim of his term of imprisonment. Somctthem thus save more money in - jail than they , have ever saved be- fore. . ‘ . If some men were to have an there is, they wouldhanker for more. —Advertise intherzr'rrn. THE CAMl’llGli dun McKinley Says the Spotless Credit of the Union 'Is the Issue. . A SHORT SPEECH AT CANTON In an Address to the Fornker Club the Major- Laya Down the Lines Upon \Vlilch He Will Conduct Hls' Fight For the Presidency. CANTON. 0., July 13.—lt was less than an hour after adjournment of the, Chicago convention when the Thirty-second Ward Foraker club of Cleveland arrived in Cag- ton, 300 strong, with their wives and daugh- ters. They marched at once to Governor McKinley's residence. After President D. H. Lucas had made a presentation ad- dress Governor McKipIey said: MR. Panstnnii'r, LAiSfEs Erin GENTLE- MEN AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS—It gives me very great pleasure to welctne you to my home city and to my home, and I ap- preciate more than I can find words to express the honor and the compliment of this call. I thank you for your congratu- lations and the asssurances of support which you make for the great principles to; which this year the Republican party stands. I congratulate you upon having for your name one of the most illustrious of our statesmen in Ohio, J oscph Benson For aker. - _ ~- My fellow citizens, recent events have imposed upon the patriotic people of this country a responsibility and a duty greater than that of any since the civil war. Then it was a struggle to preserve the govern- ment of the United States. Now it is a struggle to preserve the financial honor of the government of the United States. Then it was a contest to save the Union. Now it is a contest to save spotless its credit. Then Section was arrayed against section. Now men of all sections can unite and will unite to rebuke the repu diation of our obligations and the debase- ment of our currency. The Currency. In this contest patriotism is above party, and national honor is dearer than any party name The currency and credit of the government are good nowand must be kept goo-2'2 forever. saOur trouble is not with the character of the money that we have, but with the threat to debase it. We have the some currency that we had in 1892—gov-l the wol'ld over and unques- tioned by any people. Then, too, we had unexampled credit and prosperity. Our difficulty now is to get that money in cir- culation and invested in productive enter- prises which furnish employment to Amer- ican labor. This is impossible with the distrust that hangs over the country at the present time, and every effort to make our dollars or any one of them worth' less than 100 cents each only serves to increase that dis- trust. What We want is a sound policy, financial and industrial, which will give courage and confidence to all, for when that is done the money now unemployed, because of fear for the future and lack'of' confidence in investment, will quickly dis- appear in the channels of trade. Gentlemen. the employment of our idle money, the idle money that we already have, in gainful pursuits will put every idle man in the country at work, and when there is work there is wages, and when there are work and wages there are consumers who constitute the best market for the products of our country. \Vork and Wages. Having destroyed business and confi- dence by a free trade policy, it is now’pro- posed to make things still worse by enter- ing upon an era of depreciated currency. Not content with the inauguration of the ruinous policy which has brought down the wages of the laborer and the prices of farm products, its advocates now offer a new policy which will diminish the value of the money in which wages and prod- ucts are paid. Against both of these we stand opposed. Our creed embraces an honest dollar, an untarnished national credit, adequate rev- enues for the uses of the government, pro- tection to labor and industry, preservation of the home market and reciprocity which will extend our foreign markets. Upon this platform we stand and submit its dec- larations to the sober and considerate judgment of the American people. I thank you again for this call and greeting, and it will giveme very great leasure, ladies and gentfimen, to meet 'you all personally. Among the callers at the McKinley resi- dence today were Dr. Marsh, president of Mount Union college, Ohio; Dr. Carr of the same place, Mrs. Mary Stewart Coflln of Detroit, president of the Michigan Wo man’s Republican association; Hon. Alex- ander H. Revelle of Chicago and Congress- man Apsley of Boston, vice president of the congressional committee. A delegationof Illinois Christian En- deavors will arrive at Canton Wednesday evening to pay their respects to McKinley. Big Fire In Nashville. NASHVILLE, July 13.—Yesterday after- noonone of the most important squares in the city was almost totally destroyed by fire, only four buildings standing, and their contents are damaged. The fire originated in the five story building of the Rosenheim company, bleaching the square and having an L reaching to Cedar street, and from this communlated to all the buildings on the square. This building and contents are a total loss. The loss is $500,000. Glants’ Causeway Fight. ‘8 LONDON, July ’13.—A Dublin syndicate recently purchased the land at the extreme north of Ireland which includes the Gl- ants’,'causeway and erected a barrier, de- manding the payment of a toll to view the causeway. The action of the syndicate has been denounced on all sides, and some indignant tourists have torn up the barrier and thrown it into theses. The matter will be tested before the courts. O a—Advertise in the Guerra. DON’T MISS THEM. The Latest Ads. Received Be- , fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People. FOR SAL E. OR SALE—Benedict. Norwalk = er.is selling an excellent FodxiltgliiSdlggii and Holder for 25c. Call and see it. j12tf Columbia bicycle. Will be sold cheap if applied~for at once at this office. _.. an 2—1:. W AN TED. ANTED—5 000 Agents for Russell's a - ” thorized i‘Lives of McKinley and Hg- bart soo‘pages. elegantly illustrated. Price only $1. flhe best and the cheapest, and out- sells all others. 50 per. cent to Agents and freight paid. Books now ready. Save time by sending 50 cents in stamps for an outfit at once Address A. D. Wonrnmo’ron & Co., Hartford, onn. J 9 3w BANK BOOK LOST. Savings Bank Book No. 8.564 in Norwalk Savmes Society. Finder will please return to the Bank. 56 13 A GOOD CHANCE. To Rent at once, the store and fixtures in James’ Block lately occupied by William M Bates as a meat market. 3‘6 tf F. ST. J oim Looxwoon, Trustee. TAX COLLECTOR’S ‘ NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable to pay taxes to the town of Norwalk. in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, on the Assess- ment List offi1895, that I will meet them to receive said taxes, at the following times and places, to wit: At the store of W. S. Hanford, East N orwalk, (Down Town) on Tuesday, September 1st, 1896, from 10 o’clock forenoon, until 12:30 afternoon. _At the store of J. C. Randle, at Win- nipauk, on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1st. 1896, from 3 o’clock until 4:30 o’clock- At the store of Alphonzo Dibble, at South Five Mile River, on the evening of Tuesday, September lst, 1896, from 7:00 o’clock until 8:30 o’clock. . At the ofiice'of the Collector, Room No. 1 Masonic building, in the City of Norwalk. in said town of Norwalk, on Wednesday, September 2d, 1896, from 9 o’clock forenoon, until 3 o’clock after- noon, and from 7 to 8 o’clock in the evening. Mr. Stephen Comstock, of Cnmstock Bros, Norwalk, and Mr. J. M. Layton, at his office, Railroad Placp, South Nor- walk, are authorized to receive taxes for me. ~ On all taxes which shall remain un- paid after the let day of October, 1896, interest at the rate of NINE PER CENT will be charged from the 31st dav of Augiust 1896, until the same shall be pal . GEORGE B. ST. JOHN, Collector, In and for said Town of Norwalk, on the List of 1895. Dated at Norwalk, Ct., July 8, 1896. curious: NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liablefo pay taxes to the City of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that the undersigned, Collector of Taxes for said_City, on assessment list of 1895, has received a warrant from the Mayor for the collection of the tax laid by said City, March 2, 1896, on the ratable es- tate liable to taxation therein; that SaidTax is Payable July Isl, Andthat he will be present at the Council Room in the Fairfield County National Bank Building, every week day from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and from 2 to 5 p. m. from July 1, 1896 until Sep- tember 1, 1896. Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 o’clock. Also, that upon all of said taxes re- maining unpaid after the 1st day of August, 1896, interest at the rate of nine (9) per cent. per annum will be charged from the let day of July, 1896, until the same is paid. Anmson A.’Biir'rs, Collector of City Taxes, List of 1896. Vacation Days.- TlIE LADIES" going on their vacation like a varied as sortment of light reading matter. We keep the largest and best line in town at lowest prices. nouns: sour osmium. AIID liEIITLEMEII we have all kinds of books and papers. Just what you want and at prices that will asconish you. The;best cigars and - tobacco’s in any quantity. JOHN T. HAYES‘ NO. 5 MAIN STREET. ‘NOBWALI‘ a) FORSALE. Asecond hand ' NOTICE._