Vol. .VI. Whole No. 1481
A FINE argon DAY.
AHeavy Vote Being Polled in
. Every District in Town.
Big Republican Majority Anticipated;
A more balmy and delightful day
could not be wished for as an election
day than is to-day.
I It now looks as if a large vote would
be polled in town. There is not the
usual burly-burly and rush, and men
walk to the polls, deposit their ballots
and are soon lost sight of.
To be sure there is the usual crowd of
ticket peddlers, and the walks in the
vicinity of'the dead line are fringed
with people.
Good order prevails and this morning
there were few if any drunks on the
street.
At one o’clock 1, 400 votes had been
spelled at the Town House.
It is predicted that the majority for
McKinley and Hobart, and the other
Republican candidates will be in excess
611,100.
A TRAIN DERAILED.
A New England Railroad Train Blocks
Traffic on Berkshire Division.
Shortly before 12 o’clock last night a
wreck occurred on the New England
road a few hundred feet above the rail-
road station and at the crossing of the
New England and Housatonic roads.
Eight freight cars are derailed. No one
was injured.
It' is supposed that a broken flange
on one of the cars caused the accident.
The train was the east bound freight
No. 210 of the New England railroad.
The train was moving along at a fair
rate of speed. .._Just aster the engine
had passed over the Housatonic tracks
the crash came. One of the cars was
left standing in a very dilapitated con-
dition directly on the crossing. This
blocked travel on both roads for sev-
eral hours.
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There Are Others.
Rev. Mr. Wyatt was among those
who essayed to vote early, if not often,
but he is one of- our good citizens who
does not read the papers. Week after
week and day in and day out, .our local
journals have urged every citizen to see
if his name was on the voting list and
yet brother Wyatt didn’t see these ap-
peals and so when he presented himself
at the polls, he found his name not on
the list and his vote was inexcusably
lost.
And there are others, In New York,
Rev. Thomas Dixon, could not deter.
mine which one of four abiding places
was his legal residence and so lost his
vote.
Next year, we trust that Brad Keith
will instruct Brother Wyatt, how to
vote.
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Hot In Newtown.
It is red hot in Newtown to-day.
Houlihan’s run for congress against E.
J. Hill will be overshadowed by the
contest between S. J. Bradley on the
Democratic ticket and Attorney Wil-
liam J. Beecher on the Citizens ticket
for judge of probate. It is expected
that Houlihan’s majority will be cut
down from the average of 400 to 200.
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A. 0. H. Sociable.
The forth annual sociable of the First
Division, A. O. H. was held at the
Athenaeum, last evening. There were
forty couples in the grand march
which was led by Hugh McCarthy and
Miss Katie Kierman. It was one of
most successful affairs ever given by
the order. The committee of ar-
rangements were Daniel Hogan, John
L. Troy, Patrick Burns, Richard Ryan
and Lake Dorney.
To-Night’s Event
is the appearance of Edward Harrigan
in Marty Malone and the election re-
.turns read, from the stage. In the
amusement world Manager Harrigan
stasis as the ‘ best of all” in his pecu-
liar line and is sure of a warm welcome
wherever he appears. He will be sup-
ported by his own strong company and
‘all the originai songs and music intro-
duced.
Shows His Colors.
That grand old patriot soldier, Gen.
Couchfsends this office a box of mon-1
ster Golden Pippins, just in time for
the Gaznr'rn’s force to refresh ,them-
selves during their midnight toil in” get-
ting out to-morrow morning’s Extra.
THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY IN THE WORWALKS.
Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday. Evening, November 3, 1896.
Price One Cent.
SHEWANEAAMAGES’
Miss Clara Maples Tells the
City Council About Her Fall
on West Avenue.
Matter Referred to Corporation Counsel.
Councilman Smith was the only mem-
ber of the board absent at a regular
meeting of the City Council held last
evening.
Bills to the amount of $2,054 were
ordered paid, and were charged to the
different departments as follows: High-
way, 3954; Fire, $590; Police, $131.50;
Finance, $107. 85; Sew- -rs, $66. 35; Light,
$22. 44; Library, $181.61.
Chief Bradley reported fourteen ar-
rests nine of which were for drunken-
ness. He also reported that 380 tramps
had been provided with lodging last
month. ‘
The report of the public librarian
was read and ordered on file.
The notice Was received from Miss
Clara Maples stating that she should
expect damages from the city by rea-
son of injuries sustained to her ankle
the result of a fall on a defective side-
walk on West avenue, on October 16th,
1896. She says that she has been con-
fined to the house and obliged to use
crutches in moving about. The com-
munication was referred to the corpor-
ation counsel.
Permission was granted Miss Mary
Honnecker to raise and move twelve
feet, a building belonging to her at the
foot of Mill Hill.
Mayor Wheeler reported that a satis-
factory agreement had been reached
between the city and Miss Honnecker
in the matter of straightening Brook
street from the corner of East Wall
street, and that the final deed would
soon be executed. The street when
finished will be of a uniform width of
about 22 feet, The city will build a re-
taining wall upon a portion of which
will rest the Honnecker building.
Mr. Wheeler said that the‘city had
not insisted on Miss Honnecker’s put-
ting up a building with a rounding cor-
ner, but that it was probable that she
would build in that manner. The work
of putting the street in order will be
commenced at once.
It was stated that Miss Honnecker
had asked to be paid the $200 which she
had left in the possession of the city as
a guarantee that her part of the con-
tract with the city would be faithfully
carried out. The matter was referred
to the committee with power.
Councilman Kent asked that the mat-
ter of widening Wall street .be con-
sidered, and the clerk was instructed to
issue a order for a public hearing of in-
terested parties to be held at the Coun-
cil rooms on Monday evening, Nov. 16..
The chairman of the committee on
lights was empowered to audit and pay
the electric light bills.
Counc1lman Kent asked why there
was such a delay in the laying of a side-
walk in front of the Charles Hill prop-
erty, and spoke of its present danger-
ous condition.
The Water commissioners were noti-
fied to relay the water main on East
Wall street this fall, the step being
taken because of the proposed repaving
of the street next spring.
Attention was called to three large
poles, two of them belonging to the
Electric Light company and the other
to the Tramway company, setting in the
walk on Mill Hill, with the statement
that they ought to be removed. It was
stated that Mr. Lockwood had con-
sented to have the poles placed on his
property. The highway committee was
instructed to have the poles removed.
The clerk announced the Mayor’s ap-
pointment of Councilmen Smith, Kent
and Boyer as a committee on the pro-
posed widening’of Wall street.
The payment of a balance of $1,000
‘due from the Tramway company to the
city, was reported. .
The council adjourned until Novem-
ber 16th.
The Poet’s Revenge.
.“I’vc brought you a little thing of my own.’:
The Poet meekly said;
The Editor uttered a ghastly groan,
And shook his massive head.
- “’Tis small but so precious,’ ’tbe Poet sighed;
The Editor groaned once more—-
He thought to himself that the Poet lied,
As poets had done before. .
The Poet continued, though fiercer still
Became the Editor’s ghoulish glow;
“if you will not use it there’s many will,—
’1‘is aticket for Lillian Kennedy in "The
Deacon’s Daughter.”
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Was it Prophetic 7
That was a queer sort of enthusing
free silver parade and escort march to
South Norwalk last night. John Fair-
child was at the head and Tommy
Hopper at the tail of the procession,
with GroverO. E. Wilson conspicuous
by his absence.
.street and the Over River school,
Aounuvrnnmo.
An Easton Farmer Married to
His Second Wife.
Final Chapter of a Queer Tale.
There was a quiet wedding service in
Easton Saturday, when George D. See-
ley, a well-known farmer, was married
to his second wife, Bessie Stone. This
is the final chapter of a queer tale, a
part of which has been related before.
The groom was granted a divorce Fri-
day by Judge Prentice from his first
wife, Mary, on the ground of desertion.
Mr. Seeley’s first marriage occured a
quarter of a century ago. His wife
deserted him in 1881, just ten years af-
ter they were married for one John
Robinson, and the two have been living
as man and wife in Bethel since that
time till last winter, when Robinson
died. When Mrs. Seeley deserted her
husband the latter made some indiffer-
ent inquries concerning the runaway.
He learned from 11 Salisbury lawyer
that she had made preliminary applica-
tion for a divorce from him, and later
he heard from relatives that his wife
had secured the separation. The news
was ratherpleasant to Mr. Seeley. He
was heartily glad that now there was a
legal barrier between them. It~ never
troubled him to make inquiries as to
the grounds on which the divorce was
secured. It made little difference, any-
way, as ever living with her again was
out of the question after she had run
011‘ with John Robinson.
So matters went on for seven years
more, when Mr. Seeley married Miss
Bessie Stone, He was in middle life,
and weary of the monotony of bache-
lor’s hall as it is conducted in Easton.
He was fairly well-to-dc, and always
took an active interest in local matters.
Last winter John Robinson died, leav-
ing his widow (George Seeley’s first
wife) in destitute circumstances. Mrs.
Robinson is not an old woman, but she
is not as young as she was when she
-'r’~an«aw-ay withherparamour and is too
old to begin the struggle of life over
again. She was forced to make appli-
cation to the selectmen of Bethel for
assistance. Bethel’s selectmen are a
thrifty set, and they remembered her
pecular coming to town. They investi-
gated her case, and made the discovery
that she was never married to Robin-
son, and that the Salisbury lawyer had
never prosecuted her divorce case.
That discovery entailed the fact that
she had a legal husband living in ELS-
ton, and that the selectmen in that town
should provide for her. That 13 what
the Bethel selectmen wrote to the Eas-
ton selectmen last May. When the in-
formation was received in Easton it
created a sensation. When Mr. Seeley
was told of it, he regarded it as a ca-
lamity. It was a notification that the
woman he was living with was not his
wife at all.
Mr. Seeley and the woman whom he
had supposed was his wife separated,
and the husband began immediate ac-
tion to secure a divorce from his first
wife. The facts were placed before
Judge Prentice Oct. 16, by Seeley’s at-
torneys. At the time of the hearing
the judge expressed himself that the
plaintiff had not been assiduous enough
in his attempts to find out whether the
woman had really secured a divorce or
not, and was technically guilty of crim-
inal indifference when he married the
s'econd time. He took the papers, how-
ever, and granted the decree of divorce,
last Friday.
Last Saturday Mr'. Seeley remar-
ried Bessie Stone. It is a fortunate
ending of his embarrassment. The
marriage, however, does not end the
dihiculties of the woman who deserted
him, in 1881. It rather increases them.
She" has no claiim either on the town of
Easton or Bethel for support, and is
now left to the cold charity of the
world for her living in her old age——
the reward in her closing days for the
faults of her youth.
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—Election Returns.
The New York papers on 8116 a. ter
4 o’clock Wednesday morning at N ewe-
man Hayes store 6 Main, street Nor-
walk.
To Resume.
The sessions of the Norwalk Evening
school will be resumed on Monday eve-
ning, Nov. 9th. Opportunities for reg-
gistraticn will be given at the Franklin
on
Wednesday and Friday evenings, N ov-
ember 4th and 6th, at 7:30 o’clock.
Mill Hill.
Voters universally remark the great
improvement on and around Mill Hill
and especially the greatly 1mproved ap-
pearance of the two Lockwood places.
The front of the Mallory yard is now
to be terraced and graded down to the
line of the side-walk._ ‘
similarly
A w0MA___N IN WHITE,
ls Said to Have Been The
Cause of Editor Bodem-
eyer’s Departure.
Discovered in His Hotel Bed-Room.
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"The time has now come when it is
eminently proper that the “true in-
wardness” of the causes which led up
to Editor Rodemeyer’s sudden and re-
gretted departure from our town, should
be exposed to the public.
It was not becauselhe saw the hand-
writing on the wall as to the fate of his
democratic bantliug. He knew enough
of Norwalk ancient history to teach
him the News’ inevitable fate, for had
not our patriotic old town already
proved a prolific graveyard for demo-
cratic newspapers ? Of course he knew
that thirteen, or a .full baker’s dozen,
organized, and similarly
started, and similarly non-supported
journals of the political character of the
News, had in days past, also succumbed
to 1nev1table failure. Like one of its
stupendous and stupidly blufling local
rivals, the News was run at a loss from
the start. So it was not that condition
which led our genial friend of the quill,
to shake the dust from his garments
and depart from ever attractive Nor-
walk.
. In affairs of the head or heart, John
is no quitter. No man can or w1ll stand
up and out more heroicaly than he,fod-
der or no fodder in the crib. Nor was
it that his hosts of friends grew cold,
or as some have suspected, seed and
soul-sickening wreck of “love’s young
dream.” We know that “of all mean
words of tongue or pen, the meanest
are, ‘it might have been’ ”—but it
wasn’t And yet truth is mighty and
must out—he scurried away from us,
because of a broken heart. 1 Strangely
enough, however, there was no wonmn
at the bottom of this miscarriage of his
young and untried heart’s fendest
hopes. _
'-;The circumstances leading up to the
final catastrophe, are briefly these: He
had made a life, and a humanitarian
study of the scores of secret, social and
beneficial societies adorning our age.
Starting with the great Masonic, Hiram
Abif, and running down the ages to
the latest association of the “K. Y. Q.
Z’s,” he evolved a new secret society
that should eclipse them all. He ar-
rangedits grips, signs and countersigns,
and mute signals of distress. His se-
lection of a name for his new society
and arrangement of its ascending de-
grees, was a stroke of genius. Then he
gatheredafew choice spirits to come
in and put on the unique robes of ofiice,
while he, wearing the crown imperial,
sat in state in the golden sun-rise cor.
ner, flanked With oriental crescendo
aids.
The new order “took,” as did the
maiden’ s vacci nation. Crowds pressed
for admission. The initiation ceremon-
ies exceeded all that the world had ever
seen. The leap from the roof-scraping
trapezium, the catapult shot of the
victim from out a hot-air compressor,
the hurling him down the elevator chute
to find truth at the bottom of the well,
were among the deeply impressive and
exhilirating exercises of initiation to
the first degree of the “Sublime Order
of Philharmaniacs.”
It was the third, or Masterful High
Chamberlain degree, that was the apple
of his eye and the pride of our friend’s
heart. He doted on that immaculate
degree, above all the others. He
brooded over it, lectured on it, was en-
amored of it. He dreamed in rosey
slumber that h1s name would go down
the corridors of time, linked to it, as a
superlative benefactor of mankind. He
initiated himself as the Grand High
Priest of this degree—then rehearsed
over and over, its terrible oaths and
awfully solemn obligations. When all
was ready, he sought out a chosen and
select few of the order below, to be-
come diadems in his “Sons of Joseph”
degree. Gently, yet eloquently, he re-
hearsed the chief obligation of eternal
celibacy, and got half a score pledged
to his confirmation class, and to take
their sacred and world-denying vows
on the next lodge meet evening. His
hopes were at an apex, his heart beat
against his ribs as the glad waves dash
against the rocks. The one grand and
supremely hoped for fruition of his life
was about to be realized.
The momentous night arrived. The
lodge room was made awe-inspiring by
its dim, religious coal- oil lights. The
author, creator and Grand Master of
the order, was alone present, arrayed
in the regal splendors of his underwear
regalia. Long and patiently he waited
—waited longer and then longer. . The
midnight oil was well nigh burned up,
when he was overheard to cry out in
agony of temper—“the cowardly, skul-
king curs’ have flanked, evUry miserable
whelp of them ! I’ll t.) mv virtuous bed,
wrap the drapery of me couch about
me, and lie down 1n single blessedness
to pleasant dreams.”
Forth be rushed from the lodge room~
and hastened to his bachelor chamber
in the Old Well Hotel. His shoes were
untied, his elastics nnclasped and his
hose slumping about his ankles. He
jumped four stairs at a leap, bolted
into his lonely room, grated his teeth
and stripped to the bufi‘ without ven-
turing to strike a match, relying on the
cold, reflected moon-beam light that
percolated“ his curtained window. His
prayers said, his celibate vows solemn-
ly reaflimed, he rose to his couch,
pulled down the coverings and with a
single leap, sprang in! He touched
some foreign substance—he looked—
breath left his body in horror—he
gasped as be bounded back to the floor,
“Great Scott! Its a woman! 1 ”
How he fled out into the dark corri-
dor, clothed only in his robe du cham-
bre and shoutad “fire,” “murder,”
“landlord,” “anybody,” would be re-
vealing confidences too sacred for pub-
lication. The finis of the chapter can
be had by calling on the landlord who
is not sworn to secrecy. Of course the
Grand High Priest of the Sons of Jo-
seph degree, thought history had re-
peated itseif and that it was another
case of Mr. Pickwick’s encounter with
the lady with the yellow curled papers.
But our reporter snrmises that the re-
creant candidates for the celibate de-
gree had bribed his landlord to dress
up a milliner’s dummy into the form of
a blushing yet sleeping bride and laid
it coyly under the coverings On the
nether side of John’s virtuous couch.
It was at th1s most trying moment of
his life, tha‘ deceived outrageously as
he had been. disappointed and tempted
by his sworn confirmation class, await-
ing his conferring the sublime degree
of life-long celib1ty, and advancement
to superlative chamberlains, he magni-
ficently ro~e ‘to tile occasion. After the
tumult had ceased and the startling
situation dawned on his excited brain,
be carefully adjusted; the bed linen
about the pink chin of the female effigy
.and fled, fled forever from his erst
quiet, ”happy home, at the Old Well
Hotel and won’t go there any more.
At dawn next morning, down stairs
tore the chambermaid, wild with alarm,
after the hotel landlady and with chok-
ing sobs blubbered out her horrible
tale that “there was a lady in Mr.
Rodemeyer’ s bed fast asleep. and by
all the Saints above, she’d been there
all night! ”
The Old Well Hotel relapsed into
another scene of confusion, before the
terrified up-stalr girl could be calmed
to the true inwardness of the dreadful
joke.
But Rodcy, oh where was he?
Alas, his grandly conceived new order
of Philharmaniacs, with its sublime
degree of “Sons of Joseph,” with all
its sacred rites and solemn obligations
of Diana’s chastity, is now without a
Shepherd. His confidence in his fellow
men has perished; hope is dead; his
heart “is broke.” “Reguz'escat lnpace.”
Alleged Assault.
Ellen Moriarty complained to Cap-
tain Danu that on Sunday night an Ital-
ian named Nicholas Massey attempted
to commit a felonious assault on her and
failing in which he draws knife on her.
She managed to elude him and made
her escape. The alleged assault oc-
curred at a point near Bates’ fur face
tory in South Norwalk. Ofiicer Glad-
sto'nc located Massey in Darien, placed
him under arrest and he is now lodged
in the station house at South Norwalk.
Ladies’ Meeting.
The Ladies’ meeting of the First
Congregational church this afternoon
will be omitted to allow the ladies the
opportunity of accepting the invitation
of the ladies of the South Norwalk Con-
gregational church to attend their
meeting to hear Miss Mofl'lt.
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Zefaya’s ' Magnanimlty. ..
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 3. -—Presl-
dent Zelaya has published a decree grant
ing unconditional amnesty to the greater
part of those prominent in the revolution
of last February and in the conspiracy of
September.
A Pulp Company’s Plant Burned.
MALONE, N. Y., Nov. 3.—'Ihe Chateau-
gay Pulp company’s plant of Chateaugay,
"owned by Johnson Bros, was burned.
The property was valued at $42,000 and
was insured for $13,000. The plant will
be rebuilt.
Gold Yield of Victoria.
MELBOURNE, Nov. a—The gold yield 01
the colony of Victoria for the first three-
quarters of the present your amounts to
586, 512 ounces, an increase of 31, 000
ounces over the same period of 1895.
Cotton Blazes Up.
BOMBAY, Nov. 3.-—A large cotton ware-
house has been _
bales of cotton were destroyed.
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Advertise in the Gazu'rrh.
burned here. and 35,000 /
DON’T use THEM.
The Latest Ads. Received Be-
fore Going to Press.
By the People and For the People;
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FQR 3.41. E.
OR SALE—A second—hand Columb b' ..
g ecycle. Price. 315. Can be seen atathis
(:11? igtgfii—Benedict. nNogwIa‘lk. newsdealu
. 1; an e
and Holder for 25c xce en ountain Pen
Call and see it. 112tf
FOUND.
FOUND—A small gray mate with red spot
on neck Owner can have same by call-
ing upon JARVIS KELLOGG and paying charges.
Norwalk Evening 8011101.
The Norwalk Evening School will re-
sume its sessions Mond:y evening Nov. -
9. Opportunities for registration w1ll
be given in the Franklin street School
Building, South Norwalk, and in the
Over River School Boilrl1ug,Norwalk,
on Wednesdav Evening November 4
and Friday evening, November 6, be-
ginning at7 .30 o ’clock each evening.
A. BLANCHARD.
Acting V sitor and Superintendent.
Norwalk, Novemberb‘ ,1896 41‘.
NORWALK OPERA HOUSE.
F. VI. MITCHEll, - MANAGER.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
TUESDAY Nov. 3.
New York’s Author Actor,
ECWAR D HABHICAN,
'. in his latest Success,
MARTY MALONE.
New and Catchy Music by
DAVE BBAHAM. \,
PRICES:—75, 50 and 35c.,,,_. , (5'
Reserved seats now _on select Weed’s and“
Tomhsson's.
N. B.—Election returns will be read
from the stage.
D_ISTRICT of Norwalk, ss. P1obate Court,
November 2d.A H1896
Wher reas. written application has been made
to this Court for the admission to probate of
a certain written instrument as and for the
last will of JOHN PATTERSON, late of New
Canaan.‘ in said Disti 1ct. deceased
Ordered. Thu} said application be heard and
determined at the Probate office in Norwalk
on the 10th day of November. 1896. at 100 ’clock,
forenoon; and that public notice thereof be
given to all persons interested therein by pub-
lishing this order in a news aper having a
circulation 1n said District. at east seven day s
before said day of hearing.
ASA BWOODWABD. Judge.
7110 the Board of County Commissioners for
Fairfield County.
I hereby apply for a license to sell spiritu-
ous and intoxicating liquors ale, lager beer.
Rhine wine and cider, at 1 Franklin Ave. town
of Norwalk. My place of business is not loca-
ted within 200 feet in a direct line of a church
edifice or public school house, or the premises
{3%rtarining thereto, or any post office or public
1 rar
Dated at Norwalk0 thiNs 26th day of Oct. 1896.
HOGAN. Applicant.
We. the undersignefldl,q electors and tax-pay-
ers. as defined by law. of the town of Norwalk
hereby endorse the application of ethe above
named John Hogan for such licen
Dated at Norwalk this 26th day11 of Oct. 1896.
Daniel Donovan. William McMull len, H. E.
Dunn. William J. Brown James H. Magner.
I hereby ce1tify that the above named en-
dorsers are electors and tax-payers, as defined
by law. of the town of Norwalk .
Dated at Norwalk this 26th day of Oct. 1896.
HERBERT B. SMITH. Town Clerk.
CONNECTICUT - LAUNDRY,
Haviland Street.
We have for sale two horses. One
bunght- of the Raymond Grocery 00., i
u Veil-bred animal which cost us 8125.
Is now re covering from lameness. The
mher is a reliable beast once owned by
Mr. Scofield who speaks h1g1“ of her.
_She is strong and posscsses good stay-
ing qualities. Both horses are kind,
gentle and fearless of everything. They
will be sold below value. ‘
oonnronour - uunnnv.
Haviland Street.
SouthNor walk, ConnI
J. D. Jennings.
UN DERTAK ER
1 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Depot ..
NIGHT BELL A1 OFFICE.
Norwalk Chronicler