, .THE , Vol. in. Whole No. 146 4 VENI THE ONL Y EIGHT-PA GE ONE-CENT DAILY IN, THE WORWALKS. Norwalkv, Conn, ThursdayEVening, October 8, 1896. V _.‘ “f r F fi 1 #— Price One Cent- J A MORllill_0_ BLAZE. House on Wilton "Avenue Badly Damaged by Fire. ' _ Loss Estimated at More Than $l,300. Shortly after 8 o’clock this morning as Will Tocque of Broard River was coming" down Wilton avenue he discov- ered a blaze issuing from the three- ‘ gable house, .No. 24 Wilton avenue. The fire’ was also discovered at about the same time by Fred Church of Cr- chard street, who was at work in a - house a few doors away. , Both ran to the Electric Light Station and the engineer blew the whistle as'an alarm of fire, but as no alarm was sent in from the fire alarm bell the firemen did not at first respond. ‘ The noise of the whistle attracted the.,.httention of Assistant Engineer Smith and a GAZETTE reporter who stood opposite. the fire department houses on Main street. , =.,_-;The former then gave orders to run out the fire apparatus, and both the hose carriage and truck were quickly on the way to the scene. Before ‘the engine boys reached the fire “Ed” Burr came to their assistance and‘helped drag the hose-carriage through Hoyt street, closely followed by the truck company. Hope Hose company went by ‘ the way of River street. In the meantime an attempt had been made to send in an alarm from Box 58 at the corner of Catherine and Fair streets, but the box failed to work for the reason that Box 15 had been opened and a general alarm was being sent in. Connections with hydrants were quickly made but as repairs were be- ing made on the water main, there was not pressure enough to throw the water with any force on the flames which had by this time enveloped the entire roof. A connection was made with a hydrant several hundred feet away with but lit- tle better results. A line of hose was then run down the embankment at the rear of the house and across the rail: road tracks to Chestnut street and a_ fairly good pressure of water was had. As the flames threatened to com- municate with adjourning buildings, Chief Prowitt ordered out the steamer which on the way to the fire became stalled at the foot of the hill on Wilton avenue. Expressman Ferris hitched his team ahead of the steamer horses and it was soon hauled up the hill. On the arrival of the steamer a strong stream was thrown on the flames and they were quickly drowned out. The first floor of the house was occu- pied by John Chambers, and the second story was vacant the family having moved out a few weeks since. Cham- bers succeeded in savingnearly all of his household belongings including a piano, with the exception of a lot of bed clothes, bedding, etc. which was stored in the garret. Mr. Chambers has an insurance of $500 on his house- hold goods withTaylor & Golden. The house was built for Sydney Wil- liams but he exchanged it for other property Some time ago. It is now owned by Walter S. Chapin of Gard- ner, Mass. There i~ am insurance of $2,000 on the house through the agency of O. E. Wilson. 'The loss will proba- bly reach $1,000. ' The entire roof of the house was burned and one of the chimneys fell with a crash during the progress of the fire. The cause of the fire was evidently a a defective flue. Missionary Concert. There will be an unusually interesting program at the Missionary Concert in the First'Congregational chapel, in— cluding papers from the following ladies. Mrs. A. B. Hill, Miss E. W. . Brown, Mrs. Lulu S. Gregory, Miss Helen L. Curtis, Mrs. George Hendrick- son, Misflv Wixon and Miss Bartram, also a recent letter from Mrs. Helen Bundle Barnum of Harpoot, Turkey; The general subject will be “America’ and the meeting will be conducted by Dr. Noble. Are loving. ' The stock in the store of W. A. Bene- dict & Co. on Main street is being re- moved to the firm’s South Norwalk store. The Main streat business will be discontinued. It is also stated that Mr. John A. Camp will succeed the firm of W. A. Benedict & Co. in the business. 0. Father Lawler Suspended. The Rev. Father _ Daniel Lawler, - curate of St. Mary’s Roman Catho- lic church, Bridgeport, has been sus- pended by Bishop Tierney. 0 —Advertise in the Gamma. A WISE DECISION l A cm MEETING VOTES'TU WIDEN ARR RE- RAVE WALL STREETAND MAKES THE ' PROPER APPRQPRIATIONS; # Work to he Done Under the Supervision of the City Council. # On. September 28th a city meeting was held at the “barracks" called the Town House, for the purpose of consid- ering the matter of widening and pav- ing Wall street. An adjournment wasitaken until Oct- ober 7th in order that an approximate estimate of the cost might be secured by the city engineer. ' The adjourned meeting was held yes- terday afternoon and in the Opera House. Something over 100 voters and taxpayers were present,and the changed surroundings seemed to have exerted a good influence, as the matters brought forward were calmly and intelligently discussed. Mayor Wheeler presided and he too seemed to have caught the infection of good cheer that prevailed. . The meeting was called to order fol- lowed by the reading of the call. ‘ A ,large map showing the proposed changes on Wall street was in evidence and the situation was fully explained by Engineer Wood. In reference to the damage that such proposed improvements would entail, he said that William B. E. Lockwood pliced his damages at $4,000. Michael Ratchford wanted $7,000 as his build- ing would be practically ruined. He gave $4,500 for the property and had expended .8600 in repairs. If wanted for: city? improvements he would sell for $6,000. As to the damages wanted on the Wilson property Mr. Wood stated that he had been unable to get an esti— mate. Charles Olmstead asked if the portion of the walk wanted by the city in front of the Wilson building did not already belong to the city. He said he under- stood that the owner of the building paid a yearly rental of $12 to the city or town for the privilege of resting a portion of the same on the arch of the bridge. A. H. Byington said that it was with- in his memory when the portion of the walk spoken of was a gravel pathway, but could not say as to whether it was private or public property. Engineer wood explained that the cost of the change aside from property damages would approximate, $1,100. 0. E. Wilson explained that the owner of the building at the time it was erected agreed to pay $12 a year for a term of twenty-five years for the privilege of resting a corner of the same on the arch but that the time had expired and nothing had been paid of late. _ Isaac Selleck asked for an approx1- mate estimate of the cost of the pro- posed widening and was informed that it would be about 312,000. The matter of repaying Wall street was then brought before the meeting. A. H. Byingten started the ball rolling by asking if it were practicable and wise to cover with asphalt the present cobble pavement. ., Engineer Wood stated that the cob- bles would make a good foundation for asphalt. A suggestion also came from this source that before the street was repaved it would be advisable to take up about 350 feet of old cement and sheet iron water-pipe, and substitute _iron which would necessitate an expen- diture of about $650. After some further discussion on the matters before the meeting, Hon E. O. Keeler presented the following resolu- tion: . RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Council of the City of Norwalk be and they are hereby instructed to cause Wall street in said city easterly of .the corner of Wall and Water streets to be widened by taking the neces- sary land therefore southerly of and Wall street at such points and of such a width as said Mayor and Council may determine upon all to be done accord- ing to the provisions of the charter of said city in such case made and pro- vided. ‘ The resolution prevailed by an al- - most unanimous viva voce vote. The following resolution was then presented and passed. Rnsomsp.’ That there be and there is hereby appropriated from the city treasury whatever money may be necessary to pay as damages in the - widening of said Wall street as di- rected atjthis meeting after the assess— ment and payment of benefits accord- ing to the law. The chair appointed Messrs. Samuel Lynes,Joseph A.Gray and E. J. Thomas as tellers. The resolution was carried by a vote of 92 to 22. A resolution calling for the repaving- of Wall street with vitrified brick pro;- voked considerable discussion. Engineer Wood said an approximate estimate of the cost of repaving it with vitrified brick would be about 36.000 and with granite blocks $4,940. This however did not include 100 feet .on Mill Hill which would increase the cost, brick pavement, $1,375; granite, $1,237. ' . B. W. Maples said that the specifying that brick be used surprised him and he moved to amend by substituting the word "granite”.in place of brick. A. H. Byington was in favor of a brick pavement. He said “there are bricks and bricks," and stated that he had seen the better class of brick put to severe use in Washington as well as in New Haven and it was preferable to granite blocks. He thought it also less expensive to keepin repair. He inci- dentally" asked as to what portion of the cost the electric railways would bear. Truckman Charles J. Ferries said that he was in favor of the brick .pavi‘ement‘ and that it had been his experiencethat it was much better for both horses and , vehicles. Granite blocks he said were apt'to wear smooth and become danger- ous to travel over in winter time. Mr. Maples remarked that Mr. By- ington had failed to state that in Wash- ington the horses did not wear calks and hence there was not liable to be as much wear on the pavement. 'He then offered to amend by making the resolu- tion read granite or brick as the coun- cil might determine. Mr. Byington, replied to the, first part of Mr. Maples’ remarks by saying that while in Washington he had his horse calked and believed that there were many other horses that wore calks there. Mr. Ferries called attention to two cities in New Jersey where the brick pavement was givingthe best of satis- faction. B. W. Maples thought it would be advisable to authorize the Water Com- missioners to place the water pipes in order before any work was done in the way of repaying the street. As the matter was not incorporated in the call for the meeting no action was taken, but it was understood that the Water Commissioners would attend to the matter. Isaac Selleck thought it would be advisable to postpone any action in the matter until spring (or until the Mill Hill imprnvements were completed. William McMullen spoke up and shot the following question at Mr. Selleck, “Do you expect a poor man can fast for three months ?” Mr. Easier said that the council was an intelligent and capable one, as proven by their past work arid thought the city would lose nothing by leaving the matter entirely in their hands to act upon as they thought to be for the best interests of the city. The following resolution was passed: Rns0LvaD, That the Mavor and Council of the city of N orwalk be and they are hereby authorized and instruct- ed to pave Wall street in said city with vitrified brick or granite blocks as the council shall determine upon, frOm the present macadam on the west side of the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad Com. pany’s bridge, easterly to east grade of Wall and Smith street all to be done agreeably to the provisions of the city charter in such case made and provided. After some further discussion the fol- lowing resolution was passed by a vote of 93 to 11. . RnsOLvnD, That there be and there is hereby appropriated from the city treasury whatever money may be nec- essary to pay for the paving'of said Wall street, between the points above named in the last resolution, after the assessment and payment of benefits ac- cording to law.‘ Charles Olmstead remarked. that the council had wisely employed towns- w l'_ CONTINUED ON ment-,1] will count VOTE. NeWCanaan No License Bal- ;f_;.lo‘ts That Should Have i Been Thrown Out. .I\I . "flue; , ~LZ )9? chain that Men Voted Who Had No Bight. Although the count of votes showed thatf‘no license" received a majority of one in New Canaan, there is consid- erable doubt whether the sale of liquor will stop in the hotel, four saloons and “voting stores at the end of the license year} Claims are made, says the Stam- ‘f'oi'di‘? Advocate, that several persons vet .. illegally and that two ballots wer‘é'counted that ought to have been thrdwn out. , ' Feeling runs high in New Canaan tquay upon the license issue. The air 'gisfilled with rumors, threats and pre- dictions. The town is in a whirl of excitement. Lawyers have been con- sulted by theno-license people and by theiliquor dealers, and it seems certain that a’ contest will take place in the Superior court. It seems to be admitted that two votes were counted for no license that should nothave been counted at all. In one instiance‘fian ofiicial envelope contained twono-license ballots. The counters, assuming that theI-voter must have in- te‘ ed to vote. "no license,” counted one of the ballots. Another voter placed his no-license ballot in a small white envelope and enclosed this in the official envelope.‘ This vote was count- ed. It is Claimed that it should have been thrown out, upon the ground that it3was a marked ballot. With these two votes excluded, the result would be changed to a majority of one for li- cense. , ' Besides this, it is claimed that sev- eral men who had no legal right to vote in New Canaan, voted on "Monday. Among'those included in this listis .Frederick'M. Hawley,~ whose house was burned recently, and- whose. legal of Stamford. -'It is. thought—he voted “no license." . Two men swore in.their votes upon . property qualification. One of these is William Weed, a son of S. Chauncey Weed, the wealthy man who died very suddenly a few months ago. William became of age the day his father died. It is claimed that he was not entitled to vote, and could not be made a voter in the usual way until the latter part of this month. It does not appear from the tax list that he has any property, although there is no question that he will have considerable property when his deceased father’s estate is settled. Charles 'Whitlock, a saloonkeeper, also swore in his vote upon property qualification. ‘ His name appears in the tax-list for $150 worth of taxable estate, but it is alleged that he did not pay taxes upon any property last year, and was therefore not entitled to vote. The liquor dealers have been ad- vised by their lawyers to present and advertise applications for renewal of their licenses at the end of this month, and then should the advocates of no license object to licenses being granted, the question as to the validity of the vote will be fought out in the courts. In the meantime they are to continue doing business the same as if no vote had been taken. Persons who claim to know how Haw- ley, Whitlock and Weed voted say that, were their votes and the two ballots of which mention has been made not counted, the result would be a tie. Lawyers say that a tie vote amounts to no action upon the license question. It is said that, if the license advocates carry the fight into the courts, the no license people will make things inter- esting for men who, itis alleged, swore falsely in order to be allowed to vote. Not Yet Captured. No trace of the burglars who entered the homes of Mrs. Sarah Longstafi' and C. H. Bayles on Stevens street, Tues- day night has'been gained. At the for- mer they secured about $10 in money. *At the-latter place One of the burglars left a shoe, but did not succeed in get- ting any booty. He can have the shoe by calling on Mr. Bayles. The reports of the robbery seem to have been great- ly exaggerated. Chief of Police Brad- ley, a brother of' Mrs. Longstaff, had not heard of the robbery until advised of it. by a Gazn'r'ra reporter. O Speaker Reed To-Night. At Bridgeport to-night, Hon. Thomas B. Reed is to make two speeches, so that the multitudes desiring to hear the great Maine statesman may have the opportunity. Large numbers are go- ing over from the Norwalks. O. L fAdvertise' in the Gamma. Residence, it is claimed, is in the town- HERE A_Rg_ THERE. An Epitome of Happenings of of interest to the Public. Garnered With Scissors and Pencil. l The annual inspection of Bucking- October 21st. City Heights are spending a few days in town. . the Democratic campaign fund is said to be $20,000. The Fairfield County Medical society will meet in the hall of Hobbie Post at Stamford next Tuesday. An employee at Hoyts’ Sons nur series in New Canaan, lost a bay mare at Winnipauk last night. The cars on the Street Railway line will be running over Mill Hill and to Cannon street, on Saturday. It was very much in evidence this morning that the city fire department was greatly in need of a further supply of hose. Rev. Charles M. Selleck went to Lewisboro to-day, to christen an infant whose parents are members of his par- ish. ‘ The propeller City of Norwalk, Cap- tain Moses Wilson, has resumed its regular trips between this city and New York. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Craufurd will celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary, at their home in Westport, to-morrc-v. ' The State convention of the Chris‘ian Endeavor union will be held at New 10 and 11. A ' Something ought to be done in refer- ence to the supply at water on Wilton avenue. This was plainly in evidence at the fire on that street this morning. To-day is the first time that the new steamer has been called out to fight fire by daylight, and she did her duty splendidly even though handicapped by an insufficient supply of water. The Academy football team of Fair- field will play its first game next Satur- day morning on the Academy grounds with a Norwalk team. The game will be called at 10 a. m. sharp. The work on Mill Hill goes merrily on. Rapid progress is being made in the laying of the railway tracks and grad- ing of the hill. The most remarked change is the terracing of the lawn in front of the Miss Julia Lockwood place. It has been suggested, and the sug- gestion seems to be a good one, that the Ice alarm box at. present located at the corner of Catherine and Fair streets be removed to the Electric Light station. Such a move would certainly be a great accommodationlto thickly populated Wilton avenue. F orgot Her Name. A man from South Norwalk applied to the Town Clerk’s office this morning for a marriage license. He gave his name to Clerk Smith who entered it in due form on the license. When asked as to the name of the lady who was to be his bride he said he had forgotten her full name'but her given name was “Katie." In vain he jogged his memory for the last half of his inamoritas name, and he finally went out saying “I’ll go ask her, and come back pretty soon and let you know." Mr. Smith dues not fear that he will not return a» in: seemed to be as anxious as a repdutunt sinner. . ~ Death of Rev. w. E. Manley. One of the early founders of the Uni- versalist church in this country, Rev. W. E. Manley, died in Denver, 00]., Sept. 29th, aged 84. He was born here in Norwalk in 1812, and was a noted theoligian. He established St. Paul’s Universalist church in Chicago in 1842, and has lived in Denver the past seven- teen years, with a married daughter. 0 A Deaconess. At Grace church in Philadelphia yes- terday Miss Ellen Camp of N orwalk,had conferred upon her the Deaconess de- gree of the Episcopal church, for which years. Her Rector, Rev.- S. H. Wat- kins, went to Philadelphia to, be present 'at the interesting ceremonial. .—Newsboys wanted at this office. ham Post, G. A. R. will take place Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mallory of Jersey. F London l uesday and Wednesday, Nov. ‘ she has been studying the past two ' DON’T IHLSS THEM. The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People. FOR SAL 1'. 0R SALE—A second—hand Col ' '. gecycle, Price. $15. Can be seegmgtmtllfils 0R SALE—Bicycles, guaranteed ' . odels. seamiess steel tubingfsdd'ggl? for-ed steel connections. choice of tires. $39.75 at Son'rn NOBWALK Haanwsnn 00. 3'25 tf ' "or: SALE—Benedict. Norwalk. at Mr. Sewall’e latest contributio.n *0- F news “1' or. is selling an e celle t F ' andIHolder for 25c. Gail andnsee 351.1%”?lean fl WANIED. ANTED —— Neat American 'rl ' ’ American family of three 1%; genvglrtall glgii‘smo’fl; Ragindidwifilace for good girl. New York City. ess eeler, 333 W.1431613St. ANTED—Three or four comfo W rooms. suitable for housekeepingfgdg $3.131? aggsg£;%lnear genitalia]. of the City, at a e ren - “ ” t eGAZETTE. ess A, caorsengf ANTED—Corresponding a ' . gent in ever Hv I‘own, to report on parties regarding gpening and refitting saloons. by the largest aloon Manufacturers in the world. Good $231 canymake $5.000. Rothschild’s, 747 Broad- , . . FOUND. DUND—Small bay mare. side-b F With yellow running works ahld bfig‘gi Bgdgbhgwfiierx can secfirile the same by calling . na ' ' paying charges. pp, 6 den Hill, Wilton. and W. GILBERT HEWELL’S School for Dancing and Department, ARION HALL, so. NORWALK. Class for Misses and Masters, We‘ October 14, at-4 p. m.; Evenin 0133553 Ifloyf' Ladies and Gentlemen. Wednes ay, October 14 at80clock. The waltz and the latest so- giegigggfiigesdtgoroufihly taiight. Circulars at rugs ores. es ectfull . GILBElfi‘ y . W. 3': Liberty street, Bridgeport, C t. NEWELL. TOWN , Assessor’s Notice! We, the undersigned. hereby- give notice to all persons and corporations, liable to pay taxes in the Town of Nor- walk, that they are required by law to deliver to the Assessors or either of them. on or before the first day of November, 1896, a written or-printed. list, dated, signed and sworn to, of all property owned by'them on the 1st day of October, 1896, liable to taxation, making a description of all real estntl, each parcel being separately described, otherwme it will be the duty of the As- sessors to make out such list from the bestinformat'on they can obtain, and add thereto 10 per cent. of such valua- tion and in said lisa they shall mike a separate description and valuation of each parcel of real estate, and from. which lists so made, there is no appeal. N. B.—-Lists may be returned to the Assessors,at the Selectmen’s Oflice,hank building. Norwalk, and at the Council Room, Haviland street,South Nor-walk, from and including October 31st., 1896, to. and including October 15th. 1896, said oflices to be open from 10 to 12 o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 5 o’clock p. m., and on Saturdays from 7 to 9 o’clock in the evening. Dated at Norwalk. October 6, 1896. CHARLES SMITH, J. STUBGES RANDALL, > Assessors. JAMES M LANE, ,5 N ORWALK OPERA HOUSE. LW. MITCHELL, _, MAIARER. MONDAY, Oct. "12th. ORE HIEHT ONLY. Barry and Edward Paulton’s Operatic Com- edy Success. ‘DOROASJ As played in New Iork. Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago and San Francisco with New Music, New Songs. Magnificent Costumes, New Comedy, New Effects. All STAR CAST! PRICES:—$l , 75, 50 and 356. $1.00 and 75c seats may be obtained at Weed’s and Tomlinson’s. HERE’S YOUR CHARGE. ~A fine building, lot on’Wilton ave- If you intend to build, look at nue. this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. , w. 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