Iv; P. _ being done on THE ONLY EIGHT-PACE ONE-CENT DAII. Y. IN THE WORWALKS, . - 1' . w? ”.7 Vol. VI. Whole No. 144'? Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday Evehiiig, September 15, 1896; _' _. 2 ' a C Price :One Ce iit i incongruous Wall Street Perhaps to he Be—V paved _"and"Widened. ' A Special City Meeting gelled. An adjourned- meeting of the 'City' Council was held last evening, the Mayor and all of the councilmen with one exception being present; -. The "Merry World” at the Opera ‘ House depleted the reporters chairs,and _ it was altogether a very quiet session. (The Mayor after calling the meeting to order gave those in interest in refer- ence to the extension and double-track- ing of the Tramway Company’s lines on East Wall street and East ave- nue an opportunity to be heard. . The only one to respond was Mr.“ Mansfield of the Tramway company and the hearing was adjourned. Later the prayer of the petitioners was grant- ed. ' . It was voted that Street Commission- er Kellogg’s pay be made 33 a day, dating from the opening of the work on . the Mill Hill widening. A new layout was given the Street Railway company up and over Mill Hill, from a former layout. i. e. instead of on the south side of the street north in conjunction with the tracks of the Tramway company, to the center of the street. It was proposed that the Mayor ap- point acommittee for the revision of the City- by-laws. Such committee will be announced by His Honor at the next meeting of the ecuncil. In conformity with the following message from Mayor Wheeler it was voted that a special meeting be held on Mohday,'September 28th, to take action ,on the suggestions embodied in the message: , - GENTLEMEN: At the beginning of the ,year it was my-pleasure to call to your attention certain matters, that in my judgement were for the best interest of the City. and at this time, I 'desire to thank you for the consideration given ' byiyou to manyofthemandat the same time'to remind you pimp ofthem, that ’ up to this time have not received that attention‘from you, that in my opinion they are worthy of. I refer to the paving of Wall street and the Widening of the same at the bridge. _ The work that is now in progress on Mill Hill and East Wall street, makes it more important than ever, that Wall street at the bridge should be widened. In our opinion, the entire building owned by Mr. Ratchford at the east side of the bridge should be removed, and thus not only widen the street, but make the entrance to Main street much more inviting, and in fact improve the street the whole length of its buSiness portion, and it cannot help but enhance- the value of property in the immediate neighborhood. _ If the city could control this property it might open a way, to dispose .of the sewage at this point, by. a different method from that now in use, and awhich has been frequently complained of and considered by many injurious to health. It would be necessary .to cut off a ortion only, of the'building owned by r. Lockwood, and this with the change .. in the sidewalk, that can easily be made on this side of the bridge, and in front” of the property owned by .Mrs. Wilson would .accomplish the desired result, and relieve this, one of the most. contracted and dangerous places in our city. . That we have escaped Without any serious accidents at this place, is our good fortune and to delay longer the making of some change in the Situation is in my judgement very poor policy. I am informed by many, that much of the trade coming naturally to our city and that our merchants have had the benefit of in the past, has from the very nature of this particular part of our city, and the many narrow escapes ' that have taken place, been diverted to other places and our city sufi‘ering to this extent. If this is true we can hard- ] afford to let it continue longer, but should use every effort to improve the situation, and‘thus iiiVite people frOm the surrounding country, to come to our city and make their purchases. I would suggest that the Engineer be directed to prepare a map of this par- ticular location, showrng the property lines, the location of the two tracks in the street, and the distance between the rails and the curb, width of sidewalk and such other information aswould be necessary for a thorough consideration of the subject. . _ We have every reasonto be proud of our streets, with the single exception . of Wall street, from Mill Hill to the Post Ofiice, and the condition of this ., street is sucn, as to call down on us the severest condemnation,_ unless some. thing is done at once to improve it. I am aware that this mattsrhas been under consideration by you for some time, but I urge that you dispose of_ it , at once, so that the work can be carried " on, in connection with‘the work now East Wall street and completed before winter. . As to the material to be used, while '- ’ there are many who favor the. granite blocks, there aremany. more who are ' ~. ready to testify to the splendid results, ‘that have been obtained .by the use of vitrified. bricks, and ‘it would seem, that for this particular street, the bricks P fbould'be used tobetter advantageas 11.; theycan be placed much closer to the ;,:rails, and conform to the many special ; ' [CONTINUED on PAGE 4] READY FOR- THE RAGE. Wheelmen From Far and Near ' Congregatein Norwalk. Several Swift Bicycle Riders Entered. The fifteen mile road race, the first annual of the Twin City Wheelmen, ‘which is to be run over the Dorlon Point course at 3:30 o’clock this after- noon needs only good weather to make it a successful event. ' Wheelmen from every nearby town are in Norwalk, and several noted racers are on hand to complete for the many handsome pri7es that have been generously donated by the merchants. Among the entries are “Gil” Finch, the Stamford flyer, R. M. Alexander, . Hartford’s fastest rider, L. W. Sulliv van, New Haven, J. C. Nielsen, Port- chester, Will F. Soule, New Milford, and A. M. Shepard, Meriden, all of - whom will do their utmost to carry off the honors of the day. Here in Nor- walk are R. F. Cotter and Frank L. Smith who willcontest every inch of the distance and both will be found in race at the finish. In all probability there is a “dafk horse” among the entries, who, aided y a generous handicap, will capture st prize, but the time prize will prob- ably go to one of the flyers from out of town mentioned above. The following are the names of those who will compete: . Robert L. Olsen, New Canaan, J. A. Bitch, Stamford, William W. Shepard, South Norwalk, George Scofield, Richmond Hill, A. Off‘en, New Canaan, A. F. Swanson, Stamford, Harry 0, Munson, Portchester, William A. J ones, Stamford, DeForest Moores. Stamford, Frederick L. Mills, Southpo William Garry, South Norwalk, F.-D. Hart, Plantsville," F. A. Clarke, Union City, . Albert E. Bradley, So. Norwalk, L. N. McFarland, Stamford, A. M. Shepard, Meriden. Harry Fosdick, Hackensack, L. W. Barquet, J r., Mt. Vernon, W. J. Kirk, New Canaan, Moseley W. Mix, Stamford, Martin J. Honer, Hartford, S. Wilson, Jr., Newark, Morris McKenna, Bridgeport, Will F. Soule, New Milford, Martin J. Walsh, Milford, W. S. Persons, N orwalk, John C. Nielsen, Portchester, R. B. Cameron, New Rochelle, ,Fred F. Bennett, East Norwalk, Robert F. Cotter, Norwalk, James Robinson, So. Norwalk, George G. Hale, Saugatuck, C. H. Young, Rowayton, Frank L. Smith, East Norwalk, J. B. Ferries, Bridgeport, J. R Harrison, New Rochelle, William Bethel, J amacia, L.’ I., H. S. Roberts, East Norwalk, Fred Thompson, Norwalk, ' L. E. Hubbard, Meriden, ‘ W. P. Miles, New York, ‘ L. D. Whittemore, Stamford, William G. Gilmore, Norwalk, J. Batten, Meriden, Robt. M. Alexander, Hartford, L. S. Main, Hartford, Thomas Clark, Bridgeport, C. H.‘_Tomlirison, New York, W. Patnode, Bridgeport, Charles Mott, Norwalk, Theodore Ferris, Stamford, Albert Saunders, Stamford, Wm. G. Wheeler. Bridgepdrt F. O. Perry,-New Haven, John McFarland, East Norwalk, Gilbert A. Finch, Stamford, Eddie Bell, Stamford, Chas. W. Goff, Darien, Robert Wuerz, Darien, Carl Wuerz, Darien, . Walter C. Price, Stamford, L. W. Siillivan, New Haven. > Used His Teeth. in Ernest. g-Ernest Wilson of Norwalk wheeled to Stamford yesterday with his “best girl.” While passing Miller’s Hall on Main street an innocent-looking brindle bull-dog suddenly awoke into activity. - Although he says not, Wilson must have aroused the dog’s ire in some way, for with several angry barks and. a jump or two, the canine seized him by the calf of the leg and held on until Wilson was" obliged «to stop pedaling and shake him off. ' He afterward had the wound cau- terized at Cool len’s drug store.—Ad- vocate”. " . , ’christened the duadruplets. The - quadruplets of Orlando H. Stickies, of Stratfoed, ere christened yesterday afternoon'at he Bridgeport hospital. Rev. E. D. Cone, rector ,_ of Christ church officiated. The names giventhe little ones are Amelia,r,Eliza- bath, Wilhelmina and Orlando 'H.‘ ‘ . property. ’ MlLLHIlL BASE. ‘ The Honnecker Hearing Be- sumed This Morning. "Mor‘eQWithesses Called for the City. M f: Thejh'eding on' the appeal of Miss. ‘Mary' 133;? lonnecker'from‘ the. benefits 'awardedfit'o her by the city of Norwalk in making‘th’e Mill Hill improvements, was resumed this morning before the commissioners. - Gen.Charles Olmstead was the first witnesscalled for the City. He testi- fied that if fifteen'feet were cutofi’ the bakery: the portion left would be worth half of the present value, or as be valued it $1,250. ' On cross examination, he said he thought the land worth $75 a front foot and the building about 9750, oven and ‘all. ' A. J. Meeker was next called. He testified that he was once on the board "of relief. He considered the Honneck- or property worth $13,000. Assuming that fifteen feet were cut off the balance would be worth $51,500. On crdss examination, he said he thought the property, at a fail sail, would bring, if forty feet frent, $4,000. It fifteen feet were cutoff he thought it would be worth $1,500.- He considered the buildingand oven worth about $109, as but'eeven-fe‘et of the building would be left after the cut 011'. The value of the wreck‘left he did not think would be worth more than 3100.» Bradley S. Keith testified that he had and was familiar with the Hennecker He thought that if it was 5-1. feet deep and 21 3-100 feet front, the entire property was worth about $3,000. After cutting off the front of the build- ing he th‘Ought the balance worth $800 or $900. If the lot was 44 feet front it was worth $31,000 more. He did not think the building worth more than $500. When the building was cut off he thought it would bee-practically worthless. BuilderxA. R. Malkin tsstified.~that the building, if in good condition in- side, would be worth about $1,000. 0. E. Wilson testified that he in- sured the property. On August 10, 1896, the policy was changed from Mary E. Honnecker to Warren 'Foote, of Brooklyn, N. Y., as owner. He thought the place ought to rent for $500 a year for a bakery. - * City Attorney Lockwood next intro-' duced the records of the city’s action in regard to the Honnecker assessment, for the purpose of invalidating Daniel ,HOnnecker’s testimony. Miss Honnecker was ,then recalled and testified to“ giving a deed of her ‘ property to WarrenwFoote. The deed was drawn by her brother, George A. Hennecker. She saw the deed drawn at her home and read it over after it was so, drawn. When questioned she was. not sure that she did not write the deed herself at her brother’s dictation. Mayor Wheeler was placed upon the stand, and testified that the city council held its first meeting in the room where the commission is now sitting, and. no further meetings were held in the old ocuncil room in the rear. - This testimony'by the Mayor was al- so for the purpose of invalidating Dan- iel Honnecker’s testimony. '4 The session was then adjourned until 1 o’clock, with the understanding that .thelhearing would be concluded this afternoon. . , To Write a Book. It is said that Charles Finch, who, years ago drove a coach between ‘ this- city and South Norwalk, is working upon a book which is to be a complete history of his coach life here in Not- walk. . . - ' ~ , ‘ As "Pinky” was a Jehu for upwards of thirty years, his experiences were not. only varied but exciting and his reminiscences or the old “hack” that‘he' drove for so many seasons promises to prbve'mighty interesting reading. ' “Oh. the scandal it knows! Oh, the tales it could tell _ \ .. Of the young and old. of thanks and the belle.” -. ' ' Low Rate for Grain. V ' ' ~ . 'In the Aquawka Spectator, handed us today by Robert S. Green, we note the), following low rate for grain pre- vailing in that Illinois town: Oats 14-15 per bushel. Wheat. ......... 40—50 per bushel. Rye 18—22 per bushel.. Corn......................... 5—15 per bushel. Thought He Could Fly. .. . Peter Schloski, uged 54, an inmate of the Springside home‘, anew "Haven, thOught he could» fly, ”bud yesterday morning jumped from “£6. roof of "the home. He was very badly injured-inn 60 foot fall. and. the doctorsfds' not-be.- . lieve'that he Vcanrecove'r. , i I.‘ been a member of the board of relief . #- KEEOUNMNMHER; ‘- a“ n lert 33:. l a. ‘ lilfjicd by Lizzie, Joseph Vardy ' WilliMarry Marie, . Bound to Get a Wife in Norwalk. .ch'terday afternoon two niceappear- ing’Huns ‘called at the police headquar- ters: The ever affable and polite Lieu- tenant Robert N. Morehouse welcomed them with a Chesterfieldian grace. .‘2What can I do for you ?” asked Mr. Moi‘ehonse. , ' We want to gilt married,” replied the ycdng man who wasminus a vest, but hidi‘a' pretty floral sprig on the left lane} of-his coat. The young lady blushed which cai‘isedthe officer to flush as he said, “My dear sir, I would T'gladly oblige yolr‘,’§but the "laws of the State of Con- ne'“ “cut have not as yet'vested me the .augorityto tie nuptial knots. I would suggest that you call at the Town Clerk’s office. I think that Mr. Smith the clerk will advise you in the mat- 'ter‘.” ' _ , .Andtothe Town Clerk’s office they wept cooing as two doves” “We want tog-ct, married” said Mr. Verity by way of introduction. 2 3“I‘am sure Ihave no objection” re- sponded Mr. Smith, "I am beta to issue licenses at 31.00 each; what is your name?” " ‘ .‘Joe Vardy,and her’s is Marie Karie. ” ‘ The usual formula of‘other questions were asked, and “Joe” took the custo- mary oath, and the parchment that per- mitted, sofar as the preliminaries were concerned, two hearts to thump as one was presented to him. “How much do’ I owe you?" asked Joe. “Only One dollar,” answered the high executioner as he glanced at the willowy but not at all tinnid young, (23 years Old) lady, who had decided to become and parcel of J oe’s belongings. Joe reached down in his trousers pockenf‘anddrew out, a plethoric looking purses The‘first thing he fished out of it was a well-worn marriage license ’ which had been uttered‘for him by Mr. Smith some Week's ‘since ”in ‘ which another woman was named as the'party of the second part. ' “Do you remember ; that?” asked Joe. “She got frightened and I found that I had made a mistake. It won’t occur this time iLI can helpit." . Mr. Smith gave another swift glance at the bride-to-be, and said, “Mr. Var- dy, I will only charge "yen half price. this time. Fifty cents please. '_ 'Call again.” ‘ -. r. g ' . . With a spontaneous ‘va thank you,” from Mary and .Joe, Mr. iSi'nith said ”God bless you,” and the couple hastily reached the street, but not Ihéfore‘ Joe had informed the reporter that “we Will get married the first thing in the morn- ing, if I have my way about it.” Mr. Vardy is the young man who a few days since was jilted by a domestic in South Norwalk on the day set for their wedding, and for whom he had furnisheda nice home in Middletown. .. He brought a suit for damages and the faint hearted maiden compromised the matter by .paying a liberal sum for the release of her engagement. That Joe believed in. the old axiom that "ihere is as good fish in the sea" as fever was caught” is very much in evi- dence. His second bride-elect. Miss Marie Katie, looked as though she in- tended making ,her Joe happy for the remainder of his days. * ‘ O More Good Words for Hill. The renaminatian of Congressman Hill for Congress in the fourth district is an'honor highly. deserved. Usually a candidate has "two terms by custom. Mr. Hill ought to have more. He'hiis been extremely useful to his district and is an acute man of affairs besides being a representative who has had his say on the floor of the House in many an important matter of general interest. The fourth district is most fortunate.— Hartford Post. , -' - -.’. __———-—-——-—-d-.D————‘ Was in‘Norwalk. ' . -'Peter J.= Tynan, who is under' arrest in'Rotterdam~ by the request. of the London authorities, an account of which, in detail, will be found in anoth- er column, was, a few years since,“ in Norwalk, and addressed the Clan na. Gael society, which at. the time had a footstool in Norwalk. .Ex-deputy Sher- ifi‘ Toner and others shook hands with him, and no doubt felt that he was the “noblest Roman of them all.” " ..___.—-——-—- j—A bright, wide-awake newsboy is wanted at this'cfiice. The funeral of the late James Home was attended? *from' St. Mary’s church, this morning,a-large number of sorrow- . , ing‘fr’iendsjfbeingin attendance. How MAINE WENT. The Pine Tree State Goes 50,- 000 For Honest Money. All Four Republican Congressmen Elected. . The campaign-in Maine. which ,cul- minatsd yesterday in the greatist r-e- been the most active known for years upon bo.h‘ sides. There were five. candidates for the office” of governor, who is the only state officer chosen by the people, all others being chosen by the legislature. The name of one of these, William H. Clifford of Portland, the nominee of the sound money demo- crats, was not upon the official ballot and those Voting for him . were obliged to write his name upon their ballots. The other candidates were: Hon. Lewellyn Powers of Houlton, rep. ; Hon. Melvin P. Frank of Portland, dem.; A. M. Ladd of Calais, pro.; Luther C. Bateman of Auburn, pop. ~ Congressmen, county officers, state senators and representatives to the leg- islature" were elected. ‘l‘he'average es-i- timate of the republican plurality for governor was from 25,000 to 28,000, as compared with 18,917 in 1894 and 12,503 in 1892, but the vote yesterday through- out the state was larger than an ici- pated, and the majority of Powers, the republican, is larger than the most en- thusiastic republican dared predict, the latest returns indicating it will reach nearly 50,00). In nearly every county the county oflicers are republican by much larger 'plaralities than ever before known, and in some counties no candi- dates, were put in thefield by the dem- ocrats. ‘ ' In all four of the congressional dis- tricts the present incumbents were I'L- elected with increased pluralities. In the first district, Reed’s plurality will be something over 10,000, as against 8,185 two years ago, while Congressmen Dingley, Millikan and Bontélle will. go back to the. nextcongress withva much larger vote than two years ago. The legislature will contain. but few. demos crats. , _' _' The following telegram hasbeen sent byMr. Manley to Chairman Hanna: The Republican party has achieved the most sweeping and magnificent-vic- tory ever accorded to anyparty in the history of Maine. We have carried every county in the state, elected every state senator, at least 140 out of 151 members of the house of representatives, secured every county officer; given each member of our magnificent delega- tion in the [house of representatives the largest majority they ever received; elected our_candidate for governor by the largest majority ever given a candi- date; endorsed the St. Louis platform and declared for McKinley and Hobart by 50,000 majority. _ The Republican vote will-exceed by several thousand. the largest Republi- can vote heretofore given and the vote given the Democratic candiate fir gov- ernor is the smallest : vote ever cast, with one’single exception, and that is the vote of 1894, which was only 3,000 less. We have kept pace with Vermont and provento the country that the Democratic platform adopted at Chica- go will not "prevail when met by argu- ment and reason. We have been aided in this great contest by many Demo- crats who placed country above party, who believed it, could not divide the people into parties upon -:a question of simple morals or common honesty. Whatmore could Maine have done for the cause of good government, honest money'and protection ? The Merry World. A good sized audience attended the production of .Canary & Lederer’s “Merry World,” at the Opera House last-”evening. Owing to the smallness of the stage- the entire troupe (- u d not participate but the audience fa lei to notice their absence in the excellent performance presented by the balance of the company. The several characters taken by Vivian Patee, Eva Tanguay,’ C. A. Pusey, Lo‘uis Wesley and Ben F. . Grin- nell were exceptionally good, while the phenominal whistling of Louis Granat accorded that young specialist a triple encore. ‘ . . . The several choruses and specialties were all good especially the bicycle riding of'yMiss Annie Sylvester, who while'cra'mped for room, performed some very clever tricks oh the wheel. . Watch-Them. - It might be well for the Republicans of Norwalk to, keep an eye on the ,sc'? called'Citizens’ League. . ;’ An organization that; end lenly pops up at election timeronly, has a sus- picious Prohibition—DemocraticaPopu listi‘c' appearance that .will bear close watching. " ' _ . __ . ~ amass-mm The Emailsraavn a. ”fare“ Going. tcf, .l’ress. ‘ By the; People and For the People. F 012 3A]; a. ' .. - 0R SALE—A StCOnd—h nd 0 - ‘ ‘ publican victory ever recorded, has £36 a Dumb“ bl cycle. Piice.215. Can be seen at thi , OB SALE—For sale chea if ' Ere soonm lot of used brick? Avid??? thoils.’ OR SALE-Bicycles, guaranteed 5’5 18 1’ models. seamless . steel tubing: drd’i‘a3 ' orged steel connections. choice of tires. $39.75 at SOUTH NOBWALK HAnDWABE Co. 1‘25 tf FOR SALE—Benedict. Norwalk newsdeal- or. is selling an excellent Fo ’ ' and Holder for 25c. Call and see it?nmui12¥f?‘ .. WANTED. WANTED—A girl for . eueral ho . in a small family. usework DDIY at this ofitce. ' slot W Agfflfgn-cgsglirl as (gokAand laundress, . _ equire . p at on Mi 8. W. F. Bishop. 15 Belden'aveiIi’use. siggtto ANTED—Captain .Oliver S. Clark ”y MerWin st) set, will take out arties’ f3: fiaiioitililgrgrnfislénlilg cruises in his yac t “Three ' _. a or ro a 0st I ‘ his servrces are desiredp p a. as 8,2331%” LINGOLI STORAGE WAREHOUSE. The Lincoln Storage Warehouse 0 isitirffig‘cai tf;vgfdsoorts hS<§1th ofl 1:Viisliingtgn 3:322: on o - ' the storage of rwa , is now open for Household Furniture, Plat cs, Bicy- GIGS, eta. ' For full particu‘fi's enquire of GOLDEN. South Norwalk. MEETING. -- OF THE - BOARD OF REGISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Registration of the City of Norwalk Wlllchold a public session, at ' the City Council room, in the- Fairfield County National Bank Building, in the City of Norwalk, from 2 o’clock p. m., until 6 o’clock p. m. , of Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1896, forthe purpose of correcting the voting list 'of the Citypf N orwalk,preparatory to the ‘ annual city election, to be held ’on the .fifth day of October, 1896, by adding thereto : or erasing therefrom, the names of all persons whose applications shall have been filed with the clerk be- fore 3 o’clock of the preceding Monday, of whose legal qualifications or disqual- ifications as voters of the city, any two members of the bi ard may be satisfied. by reason of personal knowledge, or by testimony, under oath, of two regis- tered voters. 189Dilated, City of Norwalk, Sept. 15th, BERNARD C. FEENEY, Members of the ALFRED E. AUSTIN, Board of WINFIELD SCOTT, ) Registration. EDWARD 4M. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of said Nines ‘ 74 Washington at, AnnualCity Meeting. Notice is herebv given that the and haul meeting of the CW of Norwalk will be held in the building occupied by the Hope Hose 00., on Water street, in said city, on Monday, October 5th. 1896, at which time and place there shall be chosen by the qualified voters of said city, from among their number. by ‘a plurality of ballots, a Mayor, a ‘City Treasurer, a Collec‘or, an Audie tor, a City Sherifi‘, six Councilmen, two members of the Board of Registration, two Inspectors of‘Elections, one Water ‘ Commissioner, and a Treasurer of the Water Fund; and that for such purpose the polls will remain open at said time and place, from 6 o’clock in the fore- noon until 5 o’clock, afternoon. Dated at said City of Norwalk. tember 15th, 1896. EDWARD M. Locxw00D, City Clerk. _ REGISTRATION cm ELECTlON. Notice is hereby given that Edward Sep- ' M. Lockwood, City Clerk, will receive up to 6 o’clock in the afternoon of Mon- day, Sept. 28th, 1896, all names which any person shall propose to be added to or erased from the votinglist of theCity of N orwalr, .to be prepared by the Board of Registration of the City. of, Norwalk, for use at the City Election to be held on the first Monday of Catcher 1896, a ,copy of which list will be. ' osted in tnepost-ofiice, in said city, ‘_ uring the two weeks preceeding such election. ,City ofNorwalk, Sept. 15th, 1896. , .. [EDWABDM. Looxw00D. ' . 'Begi'stration. .‘ City. Clerk, and Clerk of the Board ‘0. . _ . I.
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