Badgered With a Badge.
At the town election on Monday
George H. Wardwell was eleccted cou-
stable. George is a member of Phoenix
Engine company. Last night was the
regular meeting and the company 5
last “wash night” of the season.
After the “wash” the company re-
turned to the house and indugcd in a
feast of steamed clams, etc. presented to
them by over indulgent and generous
friends.”
When the feast was “in the zenith of
its glory,” L eutenant Charles Smith
in behalf of his company stepped to the
front and and to George Wardwell,
“Stand up!" George obeyed. The
lieutenant then took from the table a
package from which he removed the
wrappings and disclosed an immense
constable’ s shield, suitably engraved.
and 1101111113111 both hands, said, "Dear
1’ brotheriWardwell, never before in my
life have I. been called upon to do honor
to a member of this company with the
amount of pleasure that now thrills my
every nerve and vein. I present you
with an insigm of your office, together
with the congratulations of your many
friends.
never tarnish from want of active ”ser-
vice.
. brave fireman, see to it. Be as noble‘
and brave 1n your new calling and it
called upon to arrest any member of
the fire department, hire a coach and
take him home. ”
The badge was accepted by Mr
Wardwell who was moved to tears and
as they trickled down his cheeks in lit-
tle rivulets, he chokingly sobbed
‘ “Thank you boys; have a cigar, Johnny
Hadden just brought in a box. Try a
little amber, it’s all mine, and was re-
plevied by me for a friend; you are all
my friends, and I deliver the goods into
your keeping. "
And there was a cloud of smoke and
tinkle of glasses.
Out for Practice.
The fire department ' was out for
practice last evening. The scene of
practice was near the Center school.
The steamer worked splendidly and the
fire boys gave evidence of being wel
disciplined. During the practice a
length of hose burst, but one of the
new jackets recently purchased for the
department was used and for use the
hose was as good as before the rup-
ture. The department has but two of
these jackets and it would not perhaps
beamies to purchase several more.
*>——————
Lostfl'heir Show.
Two Norwalk young men were
“pulled” at the Newto'wn fair for sel-
ling intoxicating beveragee on the sly.
They gave a side show. The side show
was in half-pint bottles, and the mana-
gers of the ,show are in jail without
much 8119,11 of showing up in NorWalIr
for some days.
0
His FataIAid.
Inspired by the conviction that the
time had finally come when No License
would be enforced, if voted, we have
given. to No License 11 support etc. that
was sincere and unreserved. —Hour.
Well, don’t do it again, if you really
are sincere—News.
0
Ther Priest.
It is announced that the Rev. John
Furlongof Rockville'has been appoint-
ed to the vacant pastorateof St. Mary’s
parish in Norwalk.
William E. Guthrie of Hagerstown,
Md., the new superintendent 'of the
Norwalk & South Norwalk Electric
Light company, has assumed the man-
agement of the same. He returns
home to-morrow for a brief stay and to
make arrangements for the removal of
his family to this city.
A report, that Nelson Smith had died
in jail at Bridgeport lacks confirmation.
The story it is said was started to excite
sympathy for his wife on whose testi-
mony in part, he was sent to Iail.
Applicants for liquor licenses in the
towns which voted license on Monday
can obtain blank applic1tions from the
town clerks in their respective towns.
a. By mistake, in calling the firemen
together last night, an alarm was sent:
in that called for Box 21. It did not
result in any alarm to the department.
Congressman Hill and Senator Keeler
will attend the Joseph L. Barbour
meeting at South Norwalk to-night.
Jerome Warren and
rey of Putnam, were 1n
Selectman
Charles I). '
town yesterday.
fl. A
AN ENTHUSIAST.
Mr. L. Hayden of Wallonia, Ky., is en-
thusiastic in his praise of Chamberlains
Colic, Cholera. and Diarr .ioca Remedy. He
says he has used it in his family for years
and can safely recommend it to the. public as
the best medicine in the world for bowel
troubles. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale
by E. P. Weed, Dru ggist.
11.11.1963.
I'Eil'st Old Inhabitant (in piping [onus
-—“I can remember when they used to
drive horses through the streets hitched
,. to wagons.” .
Second Old In'habimnt—‘Thnt’s noth-
,-,lng. My father. used to own two
horses, and when I was a little boy I
rode on the back of one of them for
mom forty rods. ”
They M declared him to be the
champion limit-€293“ Leader.
the 11d ma it .
Wear it' bro r, a y - clerk of Greenwich on- Monday for the.
You have been a noble and-
‘ocratic tickets.
' Frostin the Town Court this morning
Cleveland wife of President Cl',eveland '
summer home.
South Norwalk.
Branch Offlce of GAZETTE No.12
North Main Street.
There will be a dance at the Yacht
club to-night. ,
Miss Meda AdamS, of Taylor avenue,
is visiting with friends in Danbury.
Mrs. Homer F. Bucknam of South
Main street,.-is visiting with friends in
Glendale.
James Knapp is coaching Andover
Academy foot ball team, his old pre-
paratory school.
Howard Wilson‘ 5 jewelry goods,
which were attached, were sold at auc-
tion this morning
The ladies of the Norwalk Yacht club
are enjoying their whist games this
afternoon at the club house at Hickory
Blufl‘
The Twin City Wneelmen will hold
their century run to Guilford and re-
turn Sunday. A large number intend-
to take it.
J am as B. Mead of Greenwich, brother ‘-
of Comptroller Mead. was elected town
tenth consecutive year. His name an.-
peered on both therepublicarr audition-i.
’ James Flood appeared before: Judge
charged with. drunkenness. He was
fined $3.50, which he paid and was
then discharged. Officer Allen arrest-
ed the man. I
One of the finest exhibits at the Dan-
bury fair, is that of the Orient bicycles,
Mr. E. B. Willcox manager. Col. Hod
Saunders is in charge and no more
afi‘able or capable bicycle enthusiast
can be found on the grounds.
The Catholic Fair closed last night
after a long 'series of successes. Alt: -
gether they cleared about 82.000: The
very valuable and numerous chance i r-
ticles were drawn last night and tie
fortunate ones were well pleased.
The addressto be given by the Hon.
Joseph L. Barbour, of Hartford. in
Hoyt’s Theatre this evening will be one
of the most important events of the
campaign. The Hon. R. 11. Rowan will
preside and the reception committee
will be composed of the Messrs. Charles
W. Storey, John W. Dake, George H.
Vosburg, jr., Charles A. Walters and
William F. Tammany. Hon. E. J.
Hill and Candidate E. 0. Keeler with
their friends will occupy the lower"
boxes while the upper lines will be used
by the reporters.
President Clark’sprivate car was at-
tached to the rear of the 3:20 train west
through this city yesterday afternoon
and but few people at the depot knew
that the car was occupied by Mrs.
with her three children and maids
accompanied by some friends. Mrs.
Cleveland was on her way back to
Washington from Gray Gables, her
She came on by rail, as
frequently before to pay a visit to the
family of Banker Benedict at Greenwich.
When the train arrived there 'at 3:40
Mrs. Cleveland was met at the station
by Miss Helen Benedict and driven to
the Benedict mansion at Indian Harbor.
To-day Mr. Cleveland will come in
from Gray Gables by Mr. Benedict’s
yacht Oneida and joining his family
they will all proceed to Washington
either tonight or to-morrow.
H0.
/
One on Hint at Last.
,He was a. rich old fellow, one we
would call good hearted, much as we
say it’s a fine day when it isn’t. He
liked young company and jolly people.
He was sure to be at the cigar case
when some of the boys bought goodu
and got that bargain cigar out of the
three- for- a-quarter lot. No one could
wet his whistle at the village bar with-
, out running onto the beaming old fel-
low, whose whistle was always pret-
ty dry too, and he drank everybody’s
tod, but never any of his own buying.
His niggardliness was detested, but
there was something in his personality
that created a friendship so strong
that cold-blooded reason could never
dethrone. So the old fellow drank the
summer boarders’ rum, smoked their
cigars, and really made them happy
to know, him. The migrations north
of the bird of pleasure brought the
same people to the same old village
and the same old hotel. Evciything
seemed changed, for the old fellow
was gone.
He had gone over the river with
Charon-during the winter.’ The boys
wandered to the village cemetery, and
a shiny marble slab as fresh as an
untravelled man, stood up there as
familiarly as the old fellow used to
stand at the end of the village bar. It
said:
“Boys, this is one on me!”—
Turn~
ers’s' Falls Reporter. -
Got a. Good Thing and Liked It.
“And didn’t you like it up there?”
The deposed angel elevated her
brows suggestively.
“Well,” she rejoined, “they gave me
a perfectly swell crotvn and then said
I’d have to take it off if there was any-
body sitting behind me, and I just told
.the usher he could go ahead and eject
me if he wanted to.”——Detroit Tribune.
Untamed. .
“Marriage I”. said the unsophisticated
youth. “Marriage has a. civilizing ef-
fect on a man. If not, why is it that
an old bachelor is so apt to be cross
and crusty?" _
“Because,” said the Cumminsville
sage, “because an old bachelor is not
afraid to say what he thinks.”—Cin-
MINING AFRICAN DIAMONDS.
Temptation to Theft. So Greht that Extreme
Precausions are Employed by Owners
The first diamonds discovered in
Africa were found by a rtrader Who
saw some children playing with w but
they supposed were pebbles, one of
which, at least, proved to be a (lie-
mond worth $3, 000. Even at that early
day the news of the discovery, was
not long in spreading to different
countries, and not many years passed
before so many claims were taken up
that it was impossible to keep them
separate and the result was one vast
mining district some 15,000 square
miles in area, controlled and worked
by various corporations and syndi-
cates. Besides these there is a large
number of individual diggers.
The mining in the African fields is
done by thousands of wild-eyed,
black-skinned natives.‘ These Kaflirs
are large, powerful men, cleanly in
their habits, and during the time for
which their labor is contracted, usu-
ally a month, they are deprived of all
Efreedom:
Every possible precaution is taken
etc: prevent the native workmen from
stealing the gems. 'A' wllre netting
covers-the top 0f the compound, mak-
gingrii't impossible to throw a stone
fiver the while, to be. picked up by a
Iconfedernte' or an illicit diamond buy-
-er.- Every'nig’h-t at 5 o’clock, as the
--‘mlners leave their work, each is
searched with great rigidity 1 by the
company’s agent. So expert have the
natives become in their robberies that
every portion of their body is care—
fully examined wi-th a. “sounding ham.
mer," and by the light of a candle the
sole of each foot fa examined for the
telletale refraction of light which re-
veals a diamond pushed under the
thick skin of the foot through an in.
cision so deftly covered that: is is
easily overlooked. , But the searcher
has become as great an adept in his
work as the robber in his robberies,
until it is almost impossible for the
thief to succeessfully secrete a stone,
and the prospect of severe punish-
ment of several years’ imprisonment
in 11 South African. dungeon has no
doubt had its influence {in reducing
the robberies ito‘a minimum.
In the Good Old Days.
"Oh, yes, I played ball in those days.
Baseball was baseball then,” and the
evidently regarded as the decadence
of the great National game. 2 “Now
they get nine men together and make
a machine of them. The whole thing
is nothing more nor, less than aniJ
mated mechanism. Then we had a
live ball, and I used to swing a hick-
ory but nearly as long as a rake han-
dle.
it when I made '11 hits The crowd
would hear something like the shriek
of a. shell, and then the umpire would
toss out a new ball while I chased
two or three runs in ahead of me.
“Now, just to illustrate,” and the re-
tired veteran of the diamond began
making a diagram while his hearers
grouped about him. “Here’s where
we played at Newcastle, Pa, with
the 61d Neshannocks.
n'ett was catching. Here runs the
Ohio river way to the rear of the
grounds, which lay open to the high
bluff which marks the bank. Now,
Bennett was doing some mighty bat-
ting, und a fellow from a college nine
was giving him a tight race. Each
one of them rolled a. ball over the
blufi, and I began to fear for my lau-
rels. But the third time up I saw
one coming that just suited. I set-
tled well on my feet, concentrated all
my strength for one supreme effort,
swung old hickory, and when that
ball quit going it struck water half
way across the river. Why, they
stopped the game to try and take
measurements, while professional
managers were offering me all kinds
of money. I was the hero of the hour,
the king of batters, the—hello, there,
Judkin, delighted to see you. It's
more than twenty years”—
theignme you just described.”
The old gentleman turned a little
white about the mouth. but milled
with infinite generalship. “Yes, of
course you were there, and it was a
day of miracles, for you went down
to the river and caught a ten—pound
bass that was served that night at
the hotel ” .
What fisherman could resist such a
temptation with the beautiful lie all
framed for him?
Judkins flushed and inflated with
pride. The two jolly rogues went out
together. Before the evening was
over that ball hadvbeen knocked near-
,1y :1 quarter of a mile into the coun-
try beyond the river, and the bass
was fifteen pounds, strong—Detroit
Free Press.
Why Tillman Made Her Weep.
“I heard a'story on Ben Tillman at
Chainiberlin’s in “7ashington the other
day which I have never heard told
down town this way before,” said 11
well known railroad man. “When
Dillman was making his tirade against
Cleveland in the S 11.1tc,th'e steiy
goes, he noticed an old woman in the
gallery who seemed convulsed with
grief. The further his speech pro-
gressed the more intense seemed the
old lady’s sobbing. The South Caro-
lina Senator was curious to.know why
she wept so bitterly, and at the c011-
clusion of his fierce haranguc he
sought her out in the gallery and asked
the cause. ‘Well, 1’ll tell you sir,‘ she
replied between her sobs. ‘Last month
:1 heavy frost ruined my garden, and
only two weeks ago my husband died.
Then my little jackass Ned, who used
to wake me- up mornings -n~b1'nying,
took sick u-nd’ died, rtoo, and when I
heard you a talkin’ it reminded me so
much of him that I just couldn’t keep
from cry-in.’ ”—Atlanta Journal.
cinnati Enquirer.
Advertise in the Gazn'rrn
old gentleman sighed over what be
You can imagine what came’ott
Charley Ben- '
“Yes, the last time we met was at-
I
SEEING THE COMMODORE.
fShOl‘t Chapter Out; of the Experiences of a
N ewspapcr Reporter.
2 “One night some twenty odd years
ago, and when I had not been very
long on the pnper,” said an old New-
York newspaper reporter, "I was sent
up to ask Commodore Vanderbilt for
some information on certain points re-
lating to the New York Central rail-
road. The Commodore lived then in
the fine ,old house in Washington
Place, the old house in which he died.
'The servant that let me in took me in-
to the parlor by a door that opened
into the hall near the front of the
room, and left me tlieie. Presently
the Commodore came in by a door
opening into the hall near the rear of
the room. He had on a rather old-
fashioned suit of clothes, including a
,frock coat with pretty long skirts; he
wore an old-fashion stand-up collar
with high Sideboards“ that somehow
seem-ed especially suited to him. He
was a stately looking gentleman, with
more of- kindness than of austerity
in. he bearing,.'as he stood over there
on t e other side of the room looking-
at me and asking me what I wanted
but still his manner was perfectly
emotionless, and I couldn’ even have
guessed whether he was going to tell
,me what I wanted to know or not.
though I thought the chances were a
shade against it. But he asked me
to come up to his room, and he led the
way himself.
“The Commodore’ s room was on the .
second floor, at the rear of the house;
the door was opposite the head of the
stairs. If it had been at the front of
the house it would have been called a
hall bedroom; but it was bigger than
that, and I should think it was twelve
or fourteen feet square. There was‘a
fireplace on one side, and in the cen-
tr of the room there was a table
topped desk with papers lying about
on it, and a broad, thin box of cigars.
The room appeared to be a sort of per
_sonal office of the Commodore’s.
,“He sat down himself in a. big com-
fortable chair by the side of the fire-
place, and gave me a chair by the
desk. He told me to open the box
and take a cigar. I asked him the
questions I had come to ask, and he
gave me the desired information.
Then he went on talking on his own
account, in a. calm, self-contained sort
of way, about the Central road. It
seemed as though his feeling for the
road was one of aflection. The four-
tracking had just been begun, and
the Commodore spoke particularly of
that. He said that if he could livé to
see the Central four-tracked from
New York to Buffalo he would be sat-
isfied; that it would then be the great-
est railroad ln the world; and he
spoke of other things about the road,
speaking abwnys in a. way thiit wan
quiet and dignified, but at the same
time as pleasant and agreeable as
eculd be imagined.
“Everything that he said was of irr-
terest—some of it was of importance.
Ifwent back to the ofllce and wrote
out the interview. Next morning I
had the great pleasure of reading it
in print. It was a success, made so
by the gracious, kindly Old Commo-
dore.”
JUSTICE DU FFY’S JOKE.
4.11 Exchange of Opinions as to His Exact
Standing in Society.
Ju‘stice Duffy of Long Island City
is apparently a worthy successor of
New York’s lamented Justice Duffy in
the art of judicial jocoseness. Ite-
cently he ofiicially indulged in a. lit-
tle pleasantry, with the result that
Leng Island City’s exchequer was en-
hanced $15.
"May Ferris, a sixteen-year-old. bicy-
clist, caused the arrest of Philip Eins-
man of Astoria on Thursday, charg-
ing him with having thrown her from
her wheel. Einsman was arraigned
and found guilty, but Justice Duffy
suspended sentence.»
“This is an outruge’” exclaimed Miss
Ferris’s mother, who was in court. I
insist on having that villain' fined.”
“011, very well, madam,” responded
the Justice; “always glad to oblige,
you know. I will impose a fine of $5
on Einsman, but I will also impose a
like fine upon your daughter for hav-
ing ridden on the sidewalk.”
“Oh, you villain! Oh, you brute!”
shouted Mrs. Ferris. “You 01d”—
“Thank you; madam,” interrupted
the Justice, courteously, “I regret,
however, that I am under the neces-
sity of fining you $5 for con tempt of
court, and at the same time I will re-
mit the fine now standing against
'Einsmnn. ”
“Hurrah!” shouted Einsman. “Judge,
you’re a peach!”
“Indeed?” said the Justice, elevat-
ing his eyebrows. “Well, under those
circumstances I will be compelled to
fine you $5 for contempt of court.”
A Toad’s Coat; of ltIeal.
A good story is told of a toad which
noticed that swarms of files were at-
tracted by the sour meal left in the
saucer after the chickens in a certain
farm-yard were done feeding. Every
day, toward evening, he makes his
appearance in the yard, hops to the
saucer, climbs in and rolls over and
over until he is covered with meal
and then lies still to await his prey.
He does not have long to wait, for the
flies attracted by the smell of the
meal, soon swarm around the tricky
toad, and whenever one passes within
two inches of his nose his tongue
darts out and the fly disappears. His
plan has worked so well that he has
now taken it up as a regular business.
- The Explanation.
Tenderfoot—I don’t understand the
a
a w“;
THE EVENING GAZET‘ITE
The [Etna Life 1118.60
t
Of Hartford, Conn"
Has Given .-
Larger Dividends
and Lower Cost
To Policy Holders'than‘
” ANY OTHER Company
In. the , UNITED STATES
REOORO OF FOLEY HO. HO, ZOZ.
Issued in 1876, at the age of 30, for $1. 000. 20-year Endonent
\
Annual Premium, - V - - $46. I 6.
20 Full Premiums, - -» - . I $923 20.
Less 20 Dividends, - ’ - .- - 259 32.
‘Net cost, - - ~ - - $63-83:
This policy was paid at maturity in 1896, and showing a gain of $336 12'
and'20 years insurance for $1.000.
The ' success LIFE' 1n producing the combined elements
- of Safety and Lowest Cost to the insured
the direct and logical result of a responsible stock management.
which has been attained by the AEI‘NA.
MORGAN o; ‘BULKELEY; President.
J GEN I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford
11:12:. nannocx, General Agent, 5 Hublnger 31113., New Haven.
NeanI an NurWalk Ieig me
DAILY.
PROPELLERS ' “
city: of Norwalk. Earle- 1111 Vulcan
Will Leave Pier 23, E. 11., is. Y. (Beekman $1.). for
NORWILK 1111 3011111 NURWlLK
AT 5 P. M.
Leave South Norwalk Daily 11136 P. 111.
Leave NOI‘WElIk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M.
Just. Rec clued...—
'A Lot of
WOODEN
BICYCLE HANDLE BARS, '
WhichiI will sell, for the. nexu week, at
$2.50 per pair.
Also have a look at my line of
OARRIIOES, VIIOOHS, BIOYOLES, HARHESS AHO HORSE
GOODS. HO TROUBLE TO SHOW OOOOS, EVEH
THOIIOH YOII OO HOT POROHIISE.
@- Repairing Done at Short Notice.
LUTHER .M. WRIGHT,
Carriage Faetorv and Repositorv, Franklin & Madison Sir... So. Harwell. .
0U read this advertisement. If it had been
epitaph on this tombstone. It says: . .
“He Talked Himself to Death.” l . yours and others had read 1t, how much
How’s that? .
. 06. it might have done. Send 1n our co
Bronco Pete—That’s right.» He . god 11 (1 til 1:. B t. 3;. t' Py’
called Alkali Ike 8. lien—Chicago Trl- .an W6 W1 0 e 1'65 8. $8 on app we. 10!]. '4
~ 1 is?
bune.
Advertise in the (lazurrn.
Norwalk Chronicler