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A NEW OPERA IIIIIJSE.

The Catholic Club of Norwalk
Purchase the Weeks
House OnWest
Avenue.

 

Will Erect a Handsome Building on the Site.

An important’snie of real estate was
made on Wednesday, when Charles B.
DeKlyn, the owner of the Weeks prop-
erty on West avenue Opposite St.
Mary’ s church, executed a deed of the
same to Attorney John J. Walsh.

The purchase was made for the
Catholic club of Norwalk, composed
of popular and influential men of this
city. It is said that the price paid was
in the neighborhood of $8,000.

It is the purpose of the club to move
the present house standing on the lot
and erect a grand opera house on the
site. The lower floor will be the opera
house while upstairs will be meeting
rooms for the several Catholic clubs
in town.

The plans and specifications for the
building, which promises to be a com-
modious one and a great ornament to
West avenue, will be prepared later and
arrangements made for building. ‘

The Catholic club is to be congratu-
lated on their enterprise as well as for

supplying a handsome opera house,

which Norwalk has long desired.

ssoursrrtoh GRANTED.

 

 

4.....4 ,
The Norwalk Murderer to he Brought here
for Trial.

Gov. Black of New York granted. the
requisition of the governor of Connec-
ticut for the custody of Guisseppe
Fuda, arrested in New York city and
Nicodemo Imappassino in custody in
Buffalo, for the murder of the wife of
Fuda. and Chief Vollmer will bring
them to South Norwalk for a hearing.

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The Chapin—Mead Tragedy.

Coroner Higgins has filed his finding
in the Chapin—Mead double tragedy in
Falls Village. .. In it he declares that
Mrs. Hattie Chapin was killed Feb. 2
by two bullets from a revolver owned
and fired by Charles Francis Mead and
that Mead then killed himself with a
bullet from the same revolver. Walter
A. Chapin, husband of the murdered
woman, is declared guiltless. of the
double crime.

“From remarks made by Mead,” the

finding says. “from his conduct, from a'

writing or poem found in his pocket, it
would seem that he was very much in-
fatuated with Mrs. Chapin, and ‘could
not live without her.’ Mead was per—
ceptibly melancholy for a couple 0f
weeks before his death, and remarked
to his mother, lr- his brother and to
others that he Would out n be dead and
laidin the cemetery. He said to his
mother in regard to Mrs. Chapin: ‘If
we can’t live together we can die to-
gether.’ In December, 1806, in West
Springfield, Mass, he raid he was in
love'with a Woman in Connecticut, and
intended to kill her and himself, and
that he had the revolver ready.”

Tothe Club Women of Connecticut.’

It is desirable to search, throughout
the State,- every Literary or Culture
club, composed of women; that there
may be extended to them the invitation
to join a State Federation of Women’s
clubs. ,

In the furtherance of this it is re-
quested that the I’resident 01' Secretary
of any club,lwhich has not yet received
the announcement of the plan for such

 

 

federation, communicate with Mrs.
Edward Sterling, 271 State street,
President English Literary club,

Mariana Slade Hopson, 235 Washington
avenue Chairman State Correspondence
G. F. W. C. or Mrs. F. B. Hawley, 16
Franklin . street, Chairman Invitation
Committee, Bridgeport Conn.

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And May They Soon Recover.
During the rather prolonged illness
of the late Miss Cahill of Academy
street Mrs. Stebbins Adams and Mrs.
Mary Madden were both faithful in
their attendance on'the wants of the

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. sick one, all of which they did in their

l‘argc-hcartedness of ministering for
one of their sex who was ill. Shortly
after the death of Miss ‘Cahill both
women were taken ill and are confined
Both have scores of
friends who will wish for them a speedy
recovery, for ’tis such as they who
ought never suffer illness of any kind.

 

THEY FINALLY Assess.

 

And The Norwalk Post Office Will Remain
in the Cole Building.

 

Norwalk came very near having the
location of its post office change on

Tuesday.
Inspector O’Brien, of Boston, who

i was here to renew the lease of the

present building, and Mr. Ira Cole, the
owner, could not at first agree. Mr.
Cole did not wish to renew the lease at
the present rental and InSpector
O’Brien would not agree to a higher
price and prepared advertisements for a
new building, which he proposed to in-
sert in the local papers. Matters were
amicably adjusted. however, and the
post office will remain where it is now.

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Lenten Musicale.

The Lenten Musicale to be given in
the First Congregational church on
Tuesday evening, March 16, will be
made up from the works of Beethoven.
Mrs. Newkirk and Miss Sherwood will
give choice vocal selections from his
compositions, and the instrumental
parts will be rendered by Miss) Camp,
Miss Bette, Miss Miller and Miss Lit-
tlejohn. A sketch of the great musi-
cian’s life will be given by Mrs. Dex'er
Hitchcock.

 

 

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Special Services at St. Mary’s.
There will be special services at St.
Mary’s church Friday morning at 5:30
and 7:30 o’clock; also in the evening at
7:30 o’clock “Stations of the Cross” in
commemoration of the Passion of
Christ.

AMUSEMENTS.

Drawing Cards.

For a straight out and out. vaudeville
show Fields 85 Hanson’s “ Drawing
Cards.” which comesto Hoyt’sTl: eatre,
next Saturday, matinee and night, is
said to fill the bill. All the members of
the organization have achieved success
in this or other countries in their
various specialties, and a perusal of the

list of artists comprising thetroupe will

satisfy the mosts keptieal that a splendid
entertainment will be provided. Those
quaint comedians, Fields 65 Hanson,
head the list of merry makers, and they
are‘ certainto prove as prime favorites
as ever. There are also such promi-
nent specialty stars as the two Nibbs,
the Wait sisters, George E. Austin and
Fred Valmore. Matinee prices 10 and
25 cents.

The Twelve Temptations.

This attraction which comes to Hoyt’s
Theatre, next Monday night, is thus
spoken of by the Chicago Tribune:
“At the Haymarket, last evening, a'
production of spectacular, very pre-
tentious, was given. It was the fifth
edition of Charles H. Yale’s dramatic
pantomimic and ballet spectacle. The
piece has undergone such a revision
that one would scarcely recognize it in
its new dress. The story has been
changed, as also the pantomimic char-
acter, the ballets, the specialiies and
the scenery. The costumes were rich
and tasteful; the songs original and
catchy, while the machinery and me-
chanicalcontrivances were very effec-
tive. There is no question but what
the Haymarket is in for one of its
largest weeks of the season ”

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Grace chapter, Brotherhood of St.
Andrew will meet to-night.

The Junior Auxiliary of St. Paul’s
church will meet this afternoon.

 

Miss Julia May Brennan of Belden
avenue is visiting friends in Stamford.

The funeral of the late Alonzo Nick-
erson will (be held to-morrow afternoon.

The O. U. A. M. society met at their
hall in the GAZETTE building last night.

Messrs. Joseph A. Gray, R. M. Rose
and Fred A. Hill have been sworn in as
justices of the peace.

 

The matter of the costs in the Clark—-
Burritt case will be considered in the
Superior court today.

A number of whist clubs went lo
pieces this week on account of the ad-
vent of the Lenten season.

[Witnesses have been subpoenael in
the Eula—Hour case which is set down
for a hearing in the.Superior Court to-
day.

Servwes were held in St. Paul’s
church this morning at 7 o’clock,
Afternoon service will be held at 4
o’clock.

 

Services will be held in the chapel on
Berkeley street to- mt‘ow morning at
10 o’clock and in ih afternoon at 4
o’clock.

 

 

Norwalk, Conn, Thursday Evening, March 4, 1897.

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Prit'e the fellt

 

NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Everything Ready for the ln-
auguration Ceremonies.

 

The City Filled With Strangers.

 

ansrrn’s BUREAU, 1
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET,
Wssmxorox. NIARCH, 3. I

DEAR ann'r'rnz—The over abundant.
decorations of the city were drenchrd
by rain to-day that came in. copious
showers, but this evening shows a clear
sky, with a clear day for to morrow ’s
august ceremonies.

The statement is now made that Mr.

liss has accepted the Interior Depart-
mr nt portfolio. Mr. Bliss, as the story
runs, was urged to accept the Cabinet
place and finally, with some reluctance
sent Mr. McKinley word that he would
accept the place if it would be a favor
to him.

It is now expected that inasmuch as
Platt is satisfied with Bliss, the New
York factiOns will be glad of this settle-
ment of the difficulty. It. is said to-
night that Gen. Woodford will in all
probability be offered the mission to
Germany or Mexico, in consideration
of his not going into the Cabinet.

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Mr. Sherman to-day gave his resigna-
tion to Gov. Bushnell, to take effect on
March 6, and on thtitday Gov. Bushnell,
who is here, will commission Mark
Hanna as Senator from Ohio to fill the
Sherman vacancy.

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Vice President-elect'Hobart went to
the Senate to-day and was cordially rc-
ceived by Vice President Stevenson and
the body of Senators and Senate em-
ployees.

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Mrs. McKinley was unable to‘be pres-
ent at the dinner given in her and her
husband’s honor at the White House
last night on account of being over-
done. Mrs. Cleveland was all grace,
but the President was suffering the ex-
cruciating pains of rheumatic gout.

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Commissioner of Patents' Seymour
reports for the-calendar year 1896 total
cash receipts of$1,324,059,total expendi-
tures $1,113,413. The balance in the
Treasury on account of the patent fund
Jan. 1 was $4,718.639.

The number of applicants for patents
exceeded thcse of the previous years by
nearly 3,000. The commissioner says
the work at- the end of the year was only
thirty days behind but the record can-
not be kept up With the present force,
and an addition of ten primary ex-
aminers and fifty assistant examiners is
recommended.

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Many Connecticut people are here
for the inauguration; so many that it
would be impossible to give all their
names. '
The streets are filled to-night and the
air vocal, with the music of incoming
military and civic clubs.

STORAGE TANK eunsrs.

 

Over 2,000 Gallons of Water Floods a
Bridgeport Store.

A large storage tank containing over
2,000 gallons of water in the building
of Plumb & Winton. pork packers in
Bridgeport, burst yesterday afternoon
while a test was being made of the
pressure. The four floors of the build-
ing were flooded and Clarence Winton,
a son of one of the members of the firm
was caught in the flood of water and
tossed about on one of the floors like a
chip of wood.

Several workmen who were attaching
the test saved themselves from drown-
ing by swimming to the staircases. The
Emergency hospital building which ad-
joins the pork packing establishment
was flooded. A defect in the tank is
supposed to have caused it to burst.

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The National Provident Union will
meet to-night.

There were twenty -s1x deaths in Nor-
Walk last month. .

Division No. 1, A 0. H. held a regu-
lar meeting last evening.

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Editing the 13111135 us News.

There is a story of an editor who one
any, in default of other matters, filled
a page of his. journal with passages
from the Bible, observing, on being
questioned as to this procedure, that
"he had no doubt it would be news to
a large proportion of his subscribers."

The Difference.
“Billy, can you tell the difference be

tween caution and cowardice?”

“Yes, ma’ am. When you 1e afraid
yourself then that’s caution. But
when the other fellows afraid, that
:owardice.”

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RICH WOMEN AS COLLECTOTS.

01111th and Curious \Vutolres Owned by
Society \Vomen.

The contents of the charming little
French cabinets of Vernis-Martin
which make the beauty spot in the
boudoii's or the morning rooms of sev-
eral of New York’s most prominent so-
cial lender's, give evidence of their fair
owners’ taste as collectors of articles
curious, sometimes historic, always ex-
pensive.

Mrs. Bradley Martin’s collection of
curious watches is numerous and fabu-
lously expensive. Among its gems is
:1 diamond coronet, with a watch DCD'
don‘t, which was at one time the prop-
(‘I'IY ot‘ a royalty. Another old piece
is :1 gold enameled apricot, which on
exaniinntion proves to be a. watch.
Miss Snllic Cooper Hewitt has :1 won-
dorful collection of expensive curios
—-snuffboxcs, putchboxes, ctuis, rings
and watches. .The latter are mostly
samples of English and French art.

Mrs. Pierpont Morgan has a collec-
tion of Louis XII. watches; one
case alone contains thirty-five, all on
octly alike. In another case she keeps
a dozen Chatelaine watches, also of the
Louis XII. period. The gem of the
third case is an English watch of the
eighteenth century, decorated with
ennmclled miniature.

Mrs. Peter Barlvow’s collection con-
tains a watch once the property of
Mme. de Montespan, also one which
once belonged to Marie Antoinette. II
is of blue enamel, with a. wreath of
pearls. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs has
:1 rare collection of brooch and chute
luinc watches, as well as some so large
that. they could be hung up as clocks.
'l‘hcsc watch clocks, or clock watches,
are many of them exceedingly beauti-
ful and artistic. Another ponderous
timepiece is in the collection of Mrs.
Johnson. It formerly belonged to Sir
Joshua Reynolds, and it-is said it was
his constant companion for years, up
to the time of his death.

Mrs. Astor's cases contain several
bracelets set with watches. All of
hem are heavily jeweled, but none
hive ever been worn by their fail own
er. A dainty and beautiful conceit
is the wild rose Chatelaine watch which
belongs to Miss Elsie Clews. The
watch itself, a tiny affair, is enclosed
in, the petals of a rose made of enam-
elter’t‘gold, the leaves, stem and one
bud glitter with pearls, rubies and dia-
monds. .

A noticeable curiosity in the collec-
tion of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is a
watch representing a pelican feeding
three of its young. Another is tulip
shaped, with leaves; I'still another is
in the form of an Egyptian harp sur-
mounted by a crown made of rose dia-
monds. She also has a watch shaped
like a guitar, enamelled in blue, with
yellow stripes. Miss Hunter has a
lizard watch glittering with emeralds
and diamonds. Another is a frog of
green cnnmelled gold, with a; tiny
watch in its back and eyes of a glit-
tering moonstoncs.——New York Herald.

The Crow and the Golf Balls.

A crow which haunts the Mid-Surrey
links at Richmond is a bit of a burner-
ist. He has played such pranks with
the. golfers’ ball that the subject has
been discussed by the committee He
appears according to “Golf,” to hover
in attendance only on players who
use nice new white balls; “renmdcs”
or balls that have been played with
before. and on which the paint has

chipped, receive none of his embar-
rassing attentions:
“lecently two players were up-

pronching one of the holes, one player
using a new ball, the other a b 1“ that

had been played with before. 011 w alk
ing toward their balls the players were
astonished to see the crow alight near
them, examine first one hell and then
the other, eventually rejecting the old—
or ball, and fly away with the new one
in his beak. The crow took the ball
over into some marshy ground beyond
the boundary of the links, where the
caddie in hot pursuit could not follow

him. The bird dropped the ball for an ,

instant, looked sideways with a mer-
ry twinkle inhis eye, as much as to
say, ‘Don’t you wish you may get it?’
picked the ball up again, and with of-
fensive assurance flew back over the
heads of the players to his haunt in
Kew Gardens.”

The crow has done the some thing
dozens of times—Westminster Budget.

A Nlere Flatter of Form.

I‘otcntate—Have you ordered the
new warships? -

Prime Minister—Yes, sire. '

‘IIave you given directions to in-
crease the. size of our standing army?"

"ch siic

"I—Inve you doubled 0111' usu'il order
for arms and alumni]: tion?’

“Yes, sir-c.”

"Have you
enemies?"

“Yes, sire.”

“Have you caused the publication of
the rumor that we are simply itching

hurled defiance at our

for a fight, and don‘t particularly
mind who knocks the chip 011' 0111
shoulder?” ' '

“Yes, sire.”

“Then affix the stamp of our rovn‘
indorsemcnt to the plans of the Uni-
versnl I’eurc Congress ’

~Advertise in THE GAZETTE. ;.

 

 

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HERE AND THERE.

An Epitome of Happenings of
Interest to the Public.

Garneredwith Scissors and Pencil.

See adv. girl wanted.
It s new President McKinley.

The Golden Rule circle Wlll meet at
the home of Mrs. E. K. St. John to—
night.

M. J. Connors the stone-mason is
dangerously ill at his home on Harbor
avenue.

—The Lenten season has opened ,buy
your fish at Gregory’ at Wall street
market.

William Troy Jr, ' of Broad River, is
dangerously ill with an attack of pneu-
monia.

Mrs. Mary Madden is seriously ill.
Her many friends will pray for her
early recovery.

The funeral of the late Alonzo Nick-
erson w1ll:he held to-morrow afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock.

This is quarterly pension day, when
old soldiers will march to the front for
their regular three months’ stipend.

 

The board of relief of the Broad
River school district will meet next
week Fridayat the selectmen’s office.

It is stated that John Jarvis is getting
the better of an illness that threatened
to keep him in doors for several weeks.

Dr. T. K. Noble will give alecture
preparatory to Holy Communion this
evening in the Congregational chapel.

The condit‘on of Mrs. Stebbins
Adams isjreported as being about the
same;this morning. She is a very sick
woman.

—If in want of a fine rib roast, a shad
or any other kind of fish you will find
it to your advantage to call at Greg
ory’ s Wall street market.

 

 

A New Haven minister named Lewis
Warz, has been engaged to expound
the gospel for the Calvary Baptist
church society in this city.

Raymond C. tBeckwith [of Niantic,
has been appointed custodian of the
state property at that place by Quar-
termaster-General Van Keuren.

—Gregory, the Wall street market
man sells the best goods at the lowest
prices. Convince yourself of the fact

A small army of itinerants came into
town with the fog yesterday and last
night the Hotel Howard had 25 guests,
the youngest of which was 16 years.

St. John’sLodge, F. Jr A. M. will
confer the first degree to- night. After
work there will be a feast of steamed
clams garnished with brittle crackers.

 

John R. Hoyt went to New Canaan
this morning, having receiveda tele-
gram announcing the deatb of his
brother George of that place—Dan-
bury News.

—23 lbs. granulat
Magnolia milk, 7c pereguniulfeilt, 032392.;

ery butter, 310 lb, Flour 636 per bag
at. W. R. Bates’ Cash Grocery No. 4’;

'Main street.

The Painterfs’IUnion will to-night
smoke, eat, and otherwise enjoy them-
selves. They don’t propose painting
the town red but'they do propose hav-
ingagood time and it’s ladders to

brushes that they Will not miss their.

expectations.

Officer Kenney who has been shelv. d
with the rheumatism for some dd):-
past was down town yesterday. His
pedals are all right- again, but so much
swollen is his right wrist it would be
hardto say which end of his arm had
the larger girth.

Rev. Dr. Matter of Milford, Rev. P.
Mulholland, and Bev. M. Keon of New
Haven, Rev. T. Coleman of Fairfield,
Rev. W. J_ Doolen of Southington,
Rev. T. W Kelly of New Canaan, and
Rev. E Rigney of Fitchburg, Pa, were
at St. Mary’ s on Monday and Tuesday.

—It is easily understood wh 0-
ory, the Wall street markerimgheis
making a success. He gives as- gobd if
not better meat. fish, clrrnr, etc“ for
1he price as any other other market in
own. ~

The Robert Emmet club will cele- '

brate the birthday of its illustrious pa-
tron, to-‘night at the Opera House. An

'oration will be delivered by M. T.

Sharky of New York, a spenkrr of abil-
1ty and there will be other exercises of
an instructive and pleasing character.

Ex-MayortJamesT. Hubbell will pra-

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46 and 48 Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
Residence, Berkeley Place.

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Hoyt’s Theatre.

Saturday Evening, March 6,
and Bargain Matinee.

Engagement extraordinary of the cream
of vaudeville

Field & Hansen’s
Drawing Cards,

Headed by the f 1mous 1

"FIELDS a
HANSONI

America’s premier mipstrels, a refined
attraction whose motto is

NOTHINC TOO EOOO fOR THE POBllC‘i

Hoyt’ 5 Theatre.

MONDAY, MARCH 8.
CHAS. H. YALE’S .

Magnificent Production of the Famo' s
' Spectacle

THE TWELVE
TItMl’TIITIONS.

lie-embellished and added to so.it is now

365 Days Ahead of the Year

Introducing in its portrayal 75 p ople.

The Coming Woman,
88 The Going Man.
The Ballet of Fads
Battery Park You Should
All in a Row you Must
Over the Bridge You’ve Got to
The Famous Rosaries

.1113 Great John Har ty
The Famous Lunch

f ' SPECIALTIES

Funny Gus Bruno, J r.
Prettv Josie Si son.
The Brothers Elliot.
First app earauce in America of the two
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ll.e GISELDA BASSEGGIO.

THE PRODUCTION llN-I’MIT. GREATER THAN EVER

Prices:—25c 500. 75c. Seats now on
sale at Pl. isted’s and Pi'uneo’ 3 stores

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