‘l EKEPT from her by Truckmau Morrell. Yes- .Seymour was in waiting of course ' he did not consider the sum of $3.50 ' cient for the work and refused to put 'is$200 and‘the trial of‘the case will ' istered a'powerful cathartic to his Re- r “”‘VVLr tin EvssiseesiZEirs“ THE LOAD. Truckman morrell Retains Fur- niture for Payment. Accident Results in Peculiar Legal Action. . . In endeavoring to remove her house- hold goods from Norwalk to Bridge- port,- Mrs. Catherine Seymour has had a great deal of trouble, and as a result has commenced a suit to recover pos- session of the goodswhich. were taken terday morning upon a writ of replevin issued by Toomey & Lynch, of Bridge- port, Sheriff Heisler took possession of the furniture which was stored at W. H. Lattin’s warehouse. The, peculiar condition of affairs was brdught about by ,an accident- sustained by. Michael Murphy who had contracted to take the goods to Mrs. Seymour’s new home in that city. It seems that Mrs. Seymour, who up to a short time ago resided in N orwalk, decided to lochte in Bridgeport and en- gaged apartments in the East End. Having secured them her next step was to arragge for the transportation of her furniture and she made a bargain with Michael Murphy. As there was not a great "deal of furniture, as far as bulk or weight went,he agreed to cart it over for 83.50 and accordingly came to Nor- walk after it. - Just as he arrived his truck sustained an accident and seeing that the damage could not be repaired in time to allow him to get back to Bridgeport till late in the evening he went in search of a man to transport the goods for him. And so the goods were loaded upon Morrell’s truck and soon started for their destination. When the house was found, Mrs. greatly surprised, not to see Murphy whom she had expected. Morrell ex- plained the condition of affairs and when he finished, Mrs. Seymour ,was , even more surprised. He told her that she had agreed to pay Murphy suffi- 'the furniture into her house until she paid him 36. She did not think this was right and refused to pay the extra amount. Then he drove off and finally dc- posited the goods at Lattin’s ware- house. Then Mrs. Sevmourconsulted Toomhy Sr Lynch, who issuetl the writ, of replevin which was served soon after by Sherifi' Heisler. He found the goods and toglg possession of them and the suit, brought in connection with the matter: is‘r'eturna'ble to the next term of the eourt of common pleas. The .sum claimedas the worth of the goods probably prove interesting. ‘ 9. Probate Convention. TheRepublican probate convention will 1.. held ill this city on Saturday, at the ofiice of Attorney E. M. Lockwood. The present incumbent Asa B. Wood- ward will no doubt be nominated to succeel himself. ' +p..._.___———- Not A Printer. On the Democratic town ’ ballots the -. Word “Democratic” was not printed in the type prescribed by lam—Sentinel. Were “Eddie” a printer, he would know how ridiculous and untrue the above statment is.‘ To’o True. ' The part taken by the Hour in this fight has been widely recognized.— H’ou". ‘ South Norwalk’s Mayor. Dr. Bohannan. seems to have admin- 0. publican rival. 'lhc temperance agita- tion brought out an extraordinarily large Democratic vote, which largely accounts for this result. .__..__.__‘+p_.__.—_—. The Requisites of orator-y. “Father,” inquired little Johnnie Jenkins, ”are ideas absolutely neces- sary in oratory?” “That used to be the belief,” replied pater, “but times have changed. It a man bad words and plenty of them, backed up by a good wind pressure, the absence of ideas will be lost sight of in the whirlwind of verbiage—par- ticularly if those in the audience are partisans of the, speaker.”——Buffalo Express. He Was Young in Practice. “Hadn’t you better call another phy- sician?” said the wife to the young doctor, who was treating her hus- band. “Just for consultation, you know.” “No, ma’am,” he replied. “My ideas are confused enough already.”——Buf- falo Times. The Turning Point. , “How is your husband, Mrs. O’Hoo- - ligan?” . - , “.Faith, an’ he is at the turning point this blessed night. The‘doctor is just after lavin,’ and he says if he lives till the morning’ we may be hopin’, but if not we must be after givin’ him up, shure.”—Washington Times. ‘ Two Phases. “Pop, what is inertia?” “Well, if I have it it is pure lazi- ness, but if your mother has it it is ' nervous prostration.”—Chicago Re- cord. - ‘ . _ “Kisco. “HERE ANDETHERE‘. * An Epitome of Happenings of of Interest to the Public. ' ‘Garnered With Scissors and Pencil. The Sons of St. George will meet to- night. . Read adv. of ' the adjourned City Meeting. . ' The lady’s bicycle stolen at Wilton a few days since has been found at Mt. The several companies of the fire' de- partment will hold regular meetings to- night. _""Tommy” Gregory has returned from a somewhat extended stay in Southport. ‘ The funeral of the late Charles M. Paddock of East Norwalk will be held this afternoon._ ' The City Council met last evening and after a short session adjourned un- til this evening. .’ Mike Cahill was taken with a fit on Wall street yesterday afternoon, but soon recovered. Quite a number of Norwalk bicycle riders and their friends left for Dan- bury, this morning. - Motorman Samuel Nash of the Tramway, is taking a week’s vacation visiting friends in Pennsylvania. Mrs. T. H. Morison has reached home from her enjoyable summer’s so- journ in beautiful Leanington, Eng- .land. Women to the number of 1,200 turned out to vote in a school election in Wind- ham, and an extraordinary scene at the polls resulted. ‘ There will be a cake sale to-morrow afternoon, towhich the ladies of the Grace church Guild call attention in another column. To-day is the wedding day of a certain well known Norwalk man. A report of the wedding will appear in these columns to-morrow. The marriage of Halstead Redfield of NewHaveni‘, and Miss Katherine EL Camp of this city will take place at Grace church to-morrow noon. Thirty excursion tickets to the Dan. bury fair were sold at the Railroad station in this city this morning. The fare is $1.15 including admission to the Fair.” ' The ladies oi the Norwalk Yacht club will play whist at "the club house to- morrow afternoon. In the evening Weidenhammerwill furnish music for dancing. ' , The new board of Assessors were sworn in this morning by Town Clerk Smith, and will immediately commence their duties. The salary attachtd is 3150 for each, and if they perform their duty they will more than earn it. A large section of the ceiling in ore of the rooms at the Alms House fell last night. Fortunately there was no one in the room at the time. Keeper Hoyt says that this is the fifth time that a like accident has occurred at that in- stitution. He adds that the morter was never properly clinched to the lath. Local manager James B. Morris and night operator'Charles Wright of the telephone office, went to New Haven yesterday and attended the annual field day of the Southern New England Tele- phone company. 3 Wright won the 160 yard dash and a silver cup. Morris won the gastronomical prize. Apple trees are in blossom at Cran- bury, in evidence of which Charles S. Baldwin was here this morning with a freshly picked bouquet of the flowers. , A bunch of them left at the Street Rail- way ofiice has caused General Manager Acton to hurry up the laying of the company’s tracks up and over Mill Hill to Cranbury. Everybody will be welcomed at the big Republican rally in Bridgeport Thursday evening, to listen to the address of Speaker Reed. ~~It is an opportunity seldom offered and one that will no doubt be taken advantage of by many Norwalk peOple, regardless of political affiliations. The meeting takes place in the Armory. In thecase of Isabella Peck vs. Louis Singer, Judge Frost has rendered judge- ment for the defendant to recover cost." The plaintiff was given until October 7th in which to file an appeal. The case grew out of a difference in the change of the price of rent of a house owned by Peck and occupied by Singer. It the plaintifi' appeals she must furnish a bond of $50. 4. AN ENTHUSIAST. Mr. L. Hayden of Wallonia, Ky., is en- thusiastic in ' his raise of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he has used it in his family for years and can safe] recommend it to the public as not a success. stock sold Saturday in Boston at 1(9 and 169;}. held a smoker last night in their rooms on Washington street. Joseph's church on South Main street is progressing rapidly. bicycle races at the Danbury Fair this afternoon, left for Danbury on the 9:13 train. voting district had the cold-heartedness to question the Hour’s representative’s presence on the streets yesterday with- out his dresses: ' in town yesterday and stated that he would not ride in the Danbury races this afternoon on account of his being in such poor health. Charles Paddock will be observed at his late home on Maple avenue East Norwalk this afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev. A. J. Smith officiating. Seaman Will be united in marriage at the home of the bride on Henry street, East Norwalk, this evening at '7 o’clock, Rev. A. J. Smith ofliciating. arrived yesterday afternoon. beauty, being finished in blue, and “Billy" intends to push it to the front in the races at the Danbury Fair this afternoon. city paraded about the streets yester- day wearing a blanket inscribed “vote No License.” took no stock in the advice as shown by the vote. York, New Haven Sr Hartford Railroad 00., dated Sept. 21, 1896, the railroad commissioners have approved of. my and all patterns of couplers which have been or may be placed on any freight cars built or purchased by the com- pany, which can be coupled automati. cally by impact and which can be un- coupled without the necessity of men going between the ends at the cars, to be hung at a height of 34s inches above the top of the rail to the center of the drawbar, with a maximum variation of three inches between an empty and a loaded car. ‘ San Francisco, 'of the vessels, and the government the best me icine in the world for bowel , Soluth ‘Nor'walk. Branch Offlce of GAZETTE No. 12 North Maln Street The boycott did it. ° Good afternoon Mayor Bohannan. As a letter writer Attorney Light is New York, New Haven 85 Hartford Palestine Castle. A. 0. K. of M. 0., Work on the cellar for the new St. The boys who intend to ride in the An election official at the Second Gilbert A. Finch, of Stamford, wa, The funeral services of the late Miss Florence Beers and Mr. Jesse ' “Billy” Gunther’s new Orient racer It is a \ The, Hour’s representative in this The peeple evidently Upon the application .0: the New __ ......_.—._.____ sAaLvucAlJi-‘oanA ems". Bow Commerce Grew in the Youth of the F ‘ Golden State. ' The first European vessel'to cuter of which there is a record, was the Eagle, in 1810, com- manded by Capt. William H. Davis. She‘sailed from Boston via the Sand- wich Islands and Alaska. She brought an assortment of goods which was arevelation to the natives, and their garments of skins and hides were substituted by the clothing of» civilization. Payments were made in hides, tallow, soap and fish. The Ea— gle then became engaged in the sea otter trade, and was very successful, as otters were plentiful in this bay and all along the coast. She made three trips, netting about $25,000 on each trip. This stimulated others, and this discovery, no doubt, gave impe- tus to commerce, which made this port known to the world, says the “Overland Monthly.” Commerce in these days of manna was carried on in what might be termed a “free-and-easy” manner. On many articles the duty was 100 per cent, which practically amounted to confiscation, or made smuggling nec- essary in self-defense. The Mexican ofl‘lcials generally opened the door. Frequently vessels were permitted to pass Montrey—the port of entry— coming to Yerba Buena, and after selling as much of the cargo as pos- sible, return to Monterey for entry and dispose of the remainder. The shippers were not sworn as to the value of the cargo; they gave fic- titious invoices, and by this means would get off on the payment of $5,- 000 on a $20,000 cargo. - It became so customary to swindle the government as to scarcely excite comment, except in cases where goods'were concealed in false linings officials were outwitted. How to Make Bananas Harmless. The banana yields more food to the acre than any other plant, and yet it disagrees with no end of northern stomachs. This is because we eat it the wrong way. But the wife of a missionary to the tropics tells the glad tidings from heathen shores of how to cut a banana..When you have strip- ped off the willing rind, just scrape olf the stringy and hairy coat that lies beneath the rind,~ and you may eat your banana without tasting it all the rest of the day. Li Hanged’Chang. ‘»- N .. “No,” said the Boston girl firmly, Viceroy. Any than who is so lost to the rules of polite. language as to use ,‘Hung’ in place of ‘Hanged’ is be neatli my notice." ~ the black smoke and turned a stream th‘ém. Though unconscious When res- “I do not care 'to meet the Chinese COMMUT‘ATIoN COURTSHIP. The Old' Man was Willing to Do Right but Wished Matters on a. Business Basis. .“Step into the library a minute,” said Blufferty to the young Nincom- noodle as he was. admitted by the maid. The old gentleman- slammed the door and cut loose. “YOu call on my daughter, sir?” “I have the pleasure occasionally.” “Occasionally? Thunder and Mars! YOUDg man; what would be your idea of calling frequently? You’re here seven nights in the week, to say noth- ing 0f three or four matinee-s. This continuous performance business has got to be stopped.” ' “DO—does Marcia object?” “MiSs Bluflerty does not object, sir. Mrs. Blutferty does not object. They would like lto give you the front room, board you, adopt you, make a favor- ite son of you. But I object, Mr. Nin- comuoodle, and my objections are al- ways sustained in this household.” “You won’t forbid me calling at all, Mr. Blufferty?” “Not at present, sir; but I am going to give you an occasional day and evening off. We can’t any of us stand this astonishing constancy. You see a fellow trying to ring the doorbell of this little card I hold in my band?” “Yes, sir.” “Notice “that it’s numbered from one to seventeen? Same principle as a milk rticket.” “Yes, sir.” “That’s got to do you a month, sir. Every time you call the maid will punch out a number. When. the ticket is used up you can’t get in here till the next month. "And I’ll be case keeper myselfh young man. Any bogus tickets, brib- ing the maid, meeting on the sly or trying in any way to brace the game against me means that you will be kicked out bodily and kept out. I’ll give you a benefit this afternoon, but the ticket system goes into operation at sundown." LIGHTNING UP A WATER COLUMN. One of Edison’s Ideas Accidentally Tested *Possibllity of Electricityjn Warfare. When Edison some time ago [said that he could defend a fort again-st an army if he were supplied with a powerful dynamo and a fire engine, many regarded the statement as one of those little jokes with which the inventor loves so well to relieve the strain of his almtfit incessant serious work. He proposed to connect the hose to the dynamo and then start both. The heavy current would pass along the water, and any one advanc- ing toward the fort on whom the jet played would be instantly killed. This has very nearly been done in sober earnest.‘ Alt aiiecentt fire in-the basement of the power house of the Chicago City great trouble in getting at the blaze. They had to chop holes in the floor of the dynamo Eroom before they could waste. Not waiting for the dana-‘mos ‘ to bei'shuit down, they crept through on'the flames. In an instant they were flung to the ground with great vio- lence, and the hose was sent flying in the air. ,A heavy current 'had passed ' along the stream and had shock-ed ened, they quickly recovered; but had the dynamo been as powerful as that proposed for the defence of forts, the firemen would undoubtedly have met the fate that Edison has in store for the enemies of the Stars and Stripes. ____________ Circumventing Gabriel.’ They were talking of contrary peo- ple, and several remarkable stories had been told, illustrative of that un- desirable trait of human nature. The man from Connecticut had kept still for a long time. Finally, when the others appeared to have exhausted their reminiscences, he said, “Old man Snow, as he was called by every one in the town, lived alone in a little house built against the side of a great mass of rock. At the par-_ ticular time I speak of, the neighbors had for several weeks observed him to be almost continually at work on top of this ledge in the rear of his shanty. Two or three of them at last mustered up‘courage enough to go and see what he was about. By breaking the stone with an axe and putting in one charge‘ of powder after another—small ones, though, in order not to attract atten- tion—he had cut a deep, oblong hole down into the solid bedrock. The stoneswhich he had removed were lying carefully piled up near by. "‘What on earth are you doing that for, Snow?” asked his visitors in as- tonishment. “Well, I’ll tell ye,” answered the old man, quite mildly for him. “That’s my grave. I’ve left orders to put me in there when I die, and to pile all those stones in solid on top of me. Then— talk about your Judgement Day! When Gabriel blows his horn, I ain’t alcomin." The Senor Partner—I guess we will have to give up trying to get money from Sharpe. The Junior Partner—Really? “It looks that way. His office is in the second story of his place, you know, and he threw our last collec- tor out of the window, where the man fell through an awning, you remem- ber.’_’,_ ‘ , ‘ “Yes.” “Now he Sends in a. claim for the damage to the awning.”—Gincinnati Inquirer. . hIore Serious Still. . He—Olr, Edith! you have broken. my— She—Not your heart, surely! lie—No; my Whole pocketful of ct. ‘ gar-s.—-So‘merville Journal. ‘ Railway Company the firemen had _ i A Hopeless Case. i _ 7 Net cost, 1 Annual Premium, ~ 20 Full Premiums, -' . . ‘ '. Less 20 Dividends, . - - - - BEOORO OF POLIOY "O. "6.282. ' Issued in. 1876, at the age of 30, for $1.000. 30-year Endowment. $46. I 6. $923 20. 259 32. $663 59:: This policy was paid at maturity in 1896, and showing a gain of $336 12 and 20 years insurance for $1.000. ~ ' The Success pMORGAN G. .BULKELEY, President. , ‘ JOHN I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford EJE. HALLO‘CK, General Agent, 5 Hubinger Bldg., New Haven. ThelEtna Life Ins? 00. Has CiiVer',Of Hartford' Conn, ~ Larger Dividends and Lower Cost _ To Policy Holders than ,ANY OTHER Company In the UNITED STAT-s s which has been attained by the AETNA LIFE in producing the combined elements . of Safety and Lowest Cost to the insured “the direct and logical result of a responsible stock management. get a stream on the blazing pile: ,of. ' ~ PROPELLERS AT 5 P. M- Leave South Norwalk Daily ate P. M. Leavke NOPWalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M. Just Received...— :A Lot of w o o p E N BICYCLE .' HANDLE '. BARS, ' $2.: .. .. , .. Also have a. look at my line of OARBIAOES, WAOOIS, BIOYOLES, HARNESS lllO IIO OOOOS. llO TROUBLE TO SHOW OOOOS, EVEN TllOllOll YOU DO NOT POBOIIASE. 50 per pair. K? Repairing Done at Short Notice. troubles. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale Advertise in the Gamma By E. P. Weed, 'Druggist. —Subscribe for theGAZEr'rn. \ ____,._. Advertise in the Gazer-rs. I 1 CU read this advertisement. If it had been ~ ' yours and others had read it, how much ‘ good it might have done. Send in your copy, and we will do the rest., LUTHER .M. WRIGHT, Carriage Factorv and lleposilcrv, Franklin & Madison Sir... So. llorwalk. ‘I Rates on application. \ Newloran, anwal reig line D A: L Y . tllyfui Nurwalk. fault and Vulcan . Will-Leave Pier 23, E. R., N. Y. (Beekman St.). for N'UBWALK in sun NURWALK RSE / i
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