THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAIL Y IN THE WORWALKS. Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday Evening, October 21, 1896; 5 :== Price One Cent, Vol. v1. Whole No.1472 B.s.KEll_l_l_P_ll_E8llllalll The Board of School Visitors Meet and Organize. Rev. H.» N. DunningChosen Secretary. The first. meeting of .thenew board of school ' visitors was held last night. Seven members of the board were present, Messrs. Carroll and Mead being absent._- . j The new members are Charles W. Bell who’.'succeeds Edwin Adams and Bradley S. Keith who succeeds Alfred E. Austin. ' On the opening of the meeting Secre- tary CharlesOlmstead read a letter from Mr. Frederick} Mead of the board in which he stated that owing to his illness he did not dare venture out in the night air and requested that an adjournment be taken to his ' house. Evidently the members of the board from South Nor- walk were not in favor of such a move, and the letter and its request received butlittle attention, . The result of the balloting for the organization of the board resulted as follows: President—Bradley S. Keith. Secretary—Rev. H. N. Dunning. Acting School Visitors—Charles Olm- stead, John E. Light and Homer N. Dunning. Superintendent of Night Schools.— Abiathar Blanchard. Auditor—Frederick Mead. The vote for secretary was 4 to 3 and an adjournment to Mr. Mead’s would undoubtedly have resulted in a tie vote. An application was received from Ridgefield asking for permission to send a pupil belonging in that place to the Center school in this place. After transacting routine business the meeting then adjourned. O.—-—‘————_—_' Death of Mrs. Joseph Byxbee. Mrs. Louesa Mitohell,wife of Captain Joseph S. Byxbee died at her home on Maple street, at an early hour this morning in the 72d year of her age. Her husband and two children, Mrs. Clarence Swan of Bridgeport, and Miss Ella J. Byxbee survive. The deceased was born in Salisbury, England, and was one of a family of seventeen chil- dren, but four of whom are now living. Th‘ey are James, William and George Mitchell and Mrs. J. W. Craw., Her parents were James and Lydia Mitch- el], and she came to this country with them when about six years of age. She had nearly the whole of her life beena resident of Norwalk, and has many friends who will learn of her demise with heartfelt sorrow. The funeral will be attended from her late home at 2:30 o’clock on Friday, Revs. S. H. Watkins and C. M. Sel- leck officiating. “I Said in My Haste,” etc. Theodore Smith is the crack smelt fisherman of the season and can’t be touched. According to the story . he yesterday morning caught 417 smelt.— News. Mr. Scofield and Mr. Hess went fish- me; yesterday and report a bi} catch.— Ibid. The smelt and other fish have slacked up in their running and for the last two days but few have been caught. —Ibid. 00 Woman’s Exchange. The tempting thirty cent lunch, pre- pared by the ladies Vat the Woman’s Exchange at noon .to-morrow, among other delacies, embraces the following appetising menu: Boullion, chicken salad,l'obster salad, potato salad, cold turkey, cold chicken, cold ham, veal loaf, pressed chicken, baked beans, Italian cheese, pumpkin pie, apple pie, mince pie, cofi’ee. St. Paul Meetings. The Vestry of St. Paul’s church held 'a regular meeting yesterday afternoon. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew met last night. Yesterday afternoon the Ladies Guild held a regular meeting. - The Ladies’ society will meet this afternoon. Homoeopathsin Session. The semi-annual meeting of the Con- necticut Homoeopathic society was held in Meriden yesterday. There were twenty members present. Dr. H. P. Cole of Bridgeport was elected a mem- ber of the state examining board. 0"“ To Be Shut Off. The water will be shut 011‘ from East avenue and East Norwalk from 7 to 9 o’clock to-night, to permit of the plac- ing of a hydrant on Mill Hill. ‘ -—Coal Hods worth 250 for 15c to-mor' row at Boston Store, Norwalk. GRAND HIGH .PRIEST. Mayor A. 6. Wheeler Honored by the Odd Fellows. The Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting. The fifty-fourth annual meeting of the Grand encampment, I. O. O. F., of Connecticut was held inMeriden, yes- ,terday with over 200 delegates in at- tendance. The meeting was called to order by Grand Patriarch Dumond P. Merwin of Milford. The chief business at the morning session was the reading of reports. The report of Grand Scribe Frederick Botsford of New Haven showed: Total number of subordinate lodges June 30, 1895, 29; added during 1896, 2. Total membership a year ago, 3,440; present membership, 3,631. Re- ceipts during the fiscal year, 325,459. 42; expenditures, $13,677.26; funds at pres-. ent, $3,741.21. Grand officers were elected as fol- lows: Grand Patriarch, George W. Camp, Bridgeport; Grand High Priest, Arthur C. Wheeler, Norwalk; Grand Senior Warden, G. Fred Barnes, Wa- terbury; Grand Scribe, Frederick Botsford, New Haven; Grand Treas- urer, James E. Camp, Bridgeport; Grand Junior Warden, Herbert E. Thatcher Hartford; Grand Represen- tative, Dumond P. Merwin. Miford. Connecticut Baptists. The 73rd annual state convention of Connecticut‘Baptists opened in New London yesterday. There were present nearly 400 delegates and Francis Way- land, LL. D. of New Haven. presided. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: , President, W. A. Grippen, Bridgeport; vice-president, ‘Hadlai A. Hull, Stonington; secretary, Rev. P. S. Evans,New Haven; treasurer, W. P. Walker, New Britain; auditor, John E. Darrow, New London. The following officers were chosen for the Baptist Young peoples’ Union: Presi- dent, Rev. John S. Lyon, Bristol; vice- presidents, Rev. F. E. Robbins, Nor- walk; Rumour: ‘P. Wedge, Rockville; secretary, Howard A. Edgecomb, Gro- ton; treasurer, Charles E. Prior, Hart- ford. Pirates Fined. William H. Painter, Dwight C. Reeves and I. Penfield, the three sound pirates, were at New Haven, yesterday, held for the Superior court, January term, under bonds of 8250 in the first case and $500 in the last two. The men are supposed to be mem- bers of a gang which has infested the Connecticut shore all summer looting yachts and stores and raiding cottages. At the summer resorts they are accused of many ofi'enses. It is expected they will be implicated in robberies at var- ious towns between here and New London and they are regarded as im- portant prisoners. __——————0. Select the Best Men. The Sentinel and News both agree that Colonel Frost is likely to be South Norwalk’s selection for Representative. Lawyer Hurlbtt seemingly has no com- petitor at this end of the town for the same position. Our voters should be glad and proud of the opportunity to send two such able representatives to Hartford. Present indications are that Connecticut’s next Legislature is to be one of the ablest in years and old Nor- walk should not be behind in the high character and ability of its selections. Q Shipwrecked Men. The schooner Sylvia C. Hall, Captain Law, arrived in New Haven at noon yesterday, bringing with her sixteen men, the entire ship’s crew of the bark Somarimis. The men are now at the Sailors’ Home in that city. The Hall was bound from Brunswick, Ga., to New Haven and fell inwith the wrecked Semarimis on Oct. 13. Stepped on a Nail. Alfred Limberg of Fair street, stepped on a rusty nail yesterday, with his left foot. The wound bled profuse- ly and after a while Limberg resumed his work. To-day he is laid up on ac- count of the injury. [Recent Deaths; Andrew K. Comstock died at Wheat- land, North Dakota, last Sunday. The deceased was a native of New Canaan and well known to many of our Nor- walk people. He was 73 years of age and has relatives living in New Canaan. Accepted the Wagers. Norwalk parties while in Bridgeport yesterday afternoon, accepted four‘bets of $100 to $50 that Bryan the Demo- cratic candidate for President, would not carry twelve states. GARLISLE’S loelo. Why Workin—gMe: Should Op- pose Free Silver. Speech to Wage-Earners’ Patriotic League. The Wage-Earners’ Patriotic League of Maryland, to the number of 200, called on Secretary Carlisle at the treas- ury to invite him to address them in Baltimore. The secretary of the dele- gation, made an address in which he said they were Cleveland and Carlisle democrats who propose to vote for Me- Kinley as the representative of honest money. _ Secretary Carlisle mounted a chair, and said: “Gentlmen, I am very much obliged to you for this visit and very sorry that it is not in my power to com.- ply with the request you have come, to make. I cannot go to Baltimore, but one or two things have been suggested by the address just made, about which I would like to say a few wordsto you while you are here. If there is alabOr- ing man in the United States who really believes that the money he is now re- ceiving for his wages is too good for him, that it is buying too much food, too much clothing for himself and his family, or that it is paying the rent of a better house than he and his family ought to live in, it is his duty to vote for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. (Cheers) “If there is any laboring man in the United States 'who has saved money out of his earnings and has deposited it in a savings bank or building associa- tion or paid it on a policy of life insur- ance for the benefit of his family, and who desires to have it paid back to him in a currency worth about half as much as the money he paid out, he also ought to vote for the free and unlimited coins age of silver, for that will give him exactly what he wants. On the other hand, every man in the United States, whether he works for wages or not, who wants to preserve the value of what he has already accumulated, and to in- sure the value of what he may hereafter" ' receive, ought to vote against the free and unlimited coinage of silver and for the maintenance of a sound and stable currency in this country. (Applause) “While every man who works for wages, or receives a fixed compensation for his services, must be deeply inter- ested in the result of the pending con- test, those men who work for railroad companies and other transportation companies, many of whom reside in your city, and some of whom are per- haps here, have a special interest in the questions involved, because their em- ployers are confronted by a situation which makes it impossible to so increase wages as to compensate for the di- minished purchasing power of the money in which wages must be paid if the policy of free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 is adopted. These companies cannot increase wages unless they can increase the receipts from their business; they cannot increase the receips from their business unless they can increase the charges for carrying freight and passengers, and if they should attempt to increase the charges for carrying freight and passengers, it 1s safe to say that the very people who are now most clamorous for the free coinage of silver would be the first to protest against it, and to demand legis- lation to prohibit it in all cases where such legislation is not already existing. (Applause.) The man, therefore, who Works for a transportation company Would find himself the helpless victim of a policy, which diminished the pur- chasing power of his wages about one- half and compelled him to work on and on for the same number of dollars he received before, thus destroying all hope of improvement of his condition. But, gentlemen, the laboring menghave their fate in their own hands. They have the power to'protect their wages against depreciation and to protect their country against financial disturb— ance and ruin, and if they are as intelli- gent and patriotic asI believe them to be, they will so exercise their power that] no reckless agitator will here- after dare to approach them in behalf of his wild and revolutionary scheme of finances and civil government. (Pro- longed applause.) ———-——-<-.'b-—-—————- Rebekahs to Meet. The Rebekah order of the state will hold one of the most important sessions in its history, at Bridgeport, to-mor- row, when nearly 200 delegates from forty lodges, representing a member- ship of over 4,000, will assemble with Charity Lodge, No.“ 4, in annual meet- ing. The Rebekah order has been gov- erned by the Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, but lat: tc-morrdw’s session ' the order will be organized as a state as- sembly, and'will make its own laws. HERE AND THERE. An. Epitome of Happenings of , “of Interest to the Public. Barnered With Scissors and Pencil. ‘ . Hallow’een parties have commenced to loud. Ofiicer Kenney is acting as chief of police to-day. The U. 0. G. C. will hold a regular meeting Friday evening, Mrs. M. E. Mead expects to visit Vas- sarfipollege during the present week. 'Ifhe sidewalk on the south side of Mill Hill is being cut down to grade. 3.710 doz. Flannelette wrappers, value $1.25 to-morrow 98c at the Boston Store. Not-walk. ESQ-night will be inSpection night at Brigkingham Post, G. A. R. headquar- ter‘fr, Charles Cargill lies at the point of death at his home on the Westport road. Mrs. Delia Connelly of Astoria, L. I., is afiguest of Mrs. John Hogan on Main street. -——25 more of our ten dollar Jackets, to-morrow $7.98 at the Boston Store, Norwalk. _ The T. G. L. 0. will hold an informal whist party with Miss Jean Gregory Friday evening. Attorney thn J. Walsh spoke at an east side Democratic demonstration in Bridgeport last night. George Wardwell is now the captain of a large cider mill and is engaged in squeezing hundreds of bushels of apples. The annual New England dinner will be spread at Lewisboro this evening and Norwalk people will be there to enjoy it. Maud Miller, the leading lady in the Rice Comedy company is a daughter of Joaquin Miller, the celebrated poet of the Sierras. Artist George Washburn has executed some realistic pictures on the plate- glass windows at Wardwell & Lock- wood’s store on Main street. —Wheels rented and repaired at the Orient Palade, 12 North Main street, South Norwalk. 3'5 The Clover Leaf Whist club met at the home of Leon Cannon last evening. It was the second meeting of the club and all spent an enjoyable evening. Rogers, the bicycle man, will remove from his present quarters in the Curtis building to the store recently vacated by Benedict 85 Co. in the Moody build- ing. ’ —Fancy beaded trimming, regular price 980, to-morrow 39c yd. at the Bos- ton store, N orwalk. At a meeting of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., held in Meriden yesterday, Mayor Arthur 0. Wheeler of this city was elected Grand High Priest. The Bridgeport Telegram says that the football game to be played between Norwalk and Soulhport teams on Sat- urday, promises to be very interesting. —500 pieces all silk, satin, and gros. grain ribbon, all colors, Nos. 12 and 16, regular value 18c, at 10c yd. to-mor- row. Boston store, Norwalk. Miss Nettie Bouton is a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism at her home on Isaacs Place. She has been con- fined to her home for several weeks past. An overhead wire on the Tramway line on Mill Hill broke yesterday, and besides causing considerable delay to the cars, made quite an electrical dis- play. __ The pupils of Miss Baird’s school will go to Lewisboro to- night in one of Gregory’s carryalls to take part. in the New England supper to be given by the Episcopal ladies of that place. —-10 more pieces figured black gros. grain pure dress silk, value $1.00 to- morrow 500. Boston Store, Norwalk. A party of Norwalk people, chaper- ‘oned by Rev. C. M. Selleck, are to visit Louisboro this evening to partake of an old fashioned New England supper, in aid of the church. Miss J. E. Bennett of East avenue, is an attendant to-day at the wedding of Hattie Eversley to W. H. H. Childs, at the Brooklyn residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eversley Childs, on Clinton avenue. new voters. GRAND Lopes, K. or P. The Pythians Hold Their Annual Session in Bridgeport. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias met in Odd Fellows hall. Bridgeport yesterday. There were fully 300 dele- gates present. The session was opened by Deputy Sherifi‘ Doolan who intro- duced Senator Marigold. Senator Marigold in a happy and witty address, welcomed tne visiting Knights to Bridgeport. When this work had been completed the Chancellor’s degree was exemplified upon 62 candidates and then came the reading of the reports of the officers, the most important of which were listened to with :the closest attention by- those present. The session was strictly executive. The report of Grand Keeper of Rec- ords and Seals, Horses 0. Case, shows atotal membership June 30, 1896, of 5,998, a gain for the year of 352. Four lodges have been instituted during the year, making a total of 58 in the domain, Speedwell Lodge, of Waterbury, is the banner lodge for membership, having 351 members; Joseph Dowdall Lodge, of Bridgeport, has the largest balance in the treasury, $5,612.55. The re- sources of the Grand Lodge for the term have been, including a balance on hand at the beginning of the term of $994.43, $54,169.31, and disbursements' $3,687. 30, leaving a balance on hand of $482.01. , After the reading of the reports a re cess was taken until 2 o’clock when re- ports of the various committees were read- At the session last night Joseph Dow- dall Lodge amplified the third rank, and to-day the Grand officers will be elected. .9. To Make New Voters. For the first time in the history of the Town of Norwalk, its board of Selectmen, from excessive sense of economy, or some less worthy motive, has refrained from givrng the fullest publicity to the. times and places of holding its sessions for the making of That no one of the mom! tude of readers of the GAZETTE, who may be entitled to be made avoter: may lose his chance, for want of notice, we give below the information for which two other papers are very prOperly paid and for which all ought to have been: NOTICE! The Selectmen and Town Clerk will be in sessmn to make voters as follows: Police headquarters, South Norwalk, October 22, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; October 23, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Town clerk’s office, October 24, 10 a. m. to 5 p. mo’ October 26. G a. m. to 8 p. m. Another meeting will be held Monday November 2, at the town clerk’s office, to make only those whose rights have matured after October 26. Coining Imitation Dollars. A Hoytville man recently, for his own amusement, mouldeda few imita- tion dollars of the size necessary to be intrinsically worth 100 cents. The pieces were circulated among his friends and some of them went out of town. A few days ago, it is said, he received from alarge outside buisness firm a let- l’ler accompanied with an order for 10,- 000 of the coins, and the young man is now busily “coining” the dollars for the firm, which wants them for adver- tising purposes.—Advocate. To Give a Supper. The Daughters of the King of St. Paul’s church met last evening and Votedto give a supper in the Cape] Thursday evening, October 29th. They also elected Miss Annie Staab as a dele- gate to the annual convention of the Daughters of the King, to be held in Philadelphia, Pa. Pity-six Voters Made. TheSelectmen, town clerk and board of registration were busy this morning in consideringthe “to be made” appli- cations. Up to 12 o’clock noon only fifty-six voters had taken the necessary oath. 0 Republican Rally To-night. Don’t forget the Fessenden—Bishop meeting at Hoyt’s Theatre to-night. The famous Bridgeport Tippecannoe club is also announced to be there. Our Steeple Charley. Commodore Charles Riley is engaged by Prowitt to paint the Congregational church steeple and gild the weather vane. . Unconditional Surrender. The suspense will be all over, two weeks from to-day, when William will be triumphantly elected.——News. ___._——_«- Advertise in the Genus. The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to 'Press. I By the People and For the People. 130.91: DST—Between the center of M ' L and Grace Church. a pocketbgggbrdfitfifiz ing a small sum of money and cards. Finder can leave same With J. T. Hayes, 5 Main St. FOR SAL E. OR SALE—A second—hand Col' ' ' Ececycle. Price. $15. Can be seehmsiatdils FOR SALE—Benedict Norwalk n l or. is selling an excellent F ' ewsc cal- and Holder for 250. Call and see iot?ntaujll2ltf§n llllllllEl _ The water will be shut off from East’Avenue and East Norwalk, to-night, between the hours of 7 and 9, for the purpose of placing. a hydrant in connection with the Mill Hill improvements. ' By order. Water Com’s. A. H. CAMP, Secy. Herislrars’ llolice. Notice is hereby given that the Regis- trars of Voters of the First Voting District of the Town of Norwalk, Will be insassion at the Town Clerk’s office in said District on Wednesday, October 2lst, 1896, from 9 o’clock a. m. until 5 o’clock p. m; and on Saturday, October 24th from 10 o’clock a. us. until 5 o’clock, p. m., .for the purpose of correcting and revwing the voting list of said First Voting District. SAMUEL LYNES, l JOHN J. WALSEJ Registrars of Voters of First Voting District. Dated at Norwalk, October, 16, 1896. N ORWALK OPERA HOUSE. F.W.MITGHEll, - MANAGER. ONE WEEK, Commencing MONDAY Oct. 19 Rice’s Comedians. Special engagement of the World’s Largest Grandest and Best Amusement En- terprise now before the Public at Peoples’ Popular Prices REPERTOIRE: Monday—“In the Trenches.” Tuesday—“Beacon Lights.” Wednesday—“All in the Family.” Thursday—“Under the Li’on’s Paw.” Friday—“’Twixt Love and Duty.” Saturday—“Dan’l Boone.” 25—Peop1e—25 One Car Load Scenery; Elegant Costumes. Prices Only Ill, 20 and 30s. Seats on sale Friday at Weed's and Tomlin- son’s Drug Stores. GONNEOTIGUT - LAllllllllY, Haviland Street. For reasons unnecessary to state, we have concluded to shut down our steam plant on Saturday, October 17th. Our business has reached one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars a week, which indicates that there is an excel- lent fiel 1 here for a first-class hand laundry to succeed us. To any party acceptable as tenant to the owners of the building, we will turn over free of charge sufficient property, with slight alterations, to fully equip a fine hand laundry. The rental is $25 per month, and every convenience _ is in the building, which is a substantial brick edifice, re- markably well lighted. We do not owe a dollar anywhere, so far as we know, but‘ should. we have overlooked any small item, it will be cashed upon pre- sentation. , Some accounts are due us which we shall be glad to receive direct or through either of our drivers. We very heartily thank all those who have so kindly given us their patronage. OONHEGTIGUT - LAUNDRY Haviland Street. SouthNorwalk, Conn! DON’T W86 THEM?
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