WHAT THEY SAY.
EVERY EVENING WHEN THE
GAZETTE COMES, THERE IS A
SCRAMBLE FOR IT. WE DIVIDE
IT INTO FOUR PARTS, AND
EACH OF US TAKE ONE.
VOL. VII. NO.1640.
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NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 21,1897.
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WHAT IT INDICATES.
THAT THE GAZETTE IS A HOME
PAPER. THAT THE GAZETTE 18
A NEWSY PAPER. THAT THE
GAZETTE Is A CLEAN PAPER.
THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE
GAZETTE IS READ.
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DEAlH (Tillie RAIL.
An Unknown Mani Struck by
the Express at West-
port.
Taken to the Bridgeport Hospital Where
He Died Without Regaining Con-
sciousness.
The express train which passes.
through South Norwalk at 7 o’clock,
struck an unknown mannear the West-
port depot Saturday night. He was
walking on .the track and did not hear
the approaching train until it was up-
on him. The body was thrown 20 feet
in the air and when striking the ground
was found to still possess a feeble spark
of life. The injured man was picked
up and placed in the baggage car and
word telegraphed for the ambulance to
meet the train at the Bridgeport depot.
Surgeon Hair, who responded with the
ambulance, found that the man had
several ribs broken and his left arm
fractured. There were no external in-
juries beyond a few bruises.
He was unconscious and it was
thought best to take him to the general
hospital. This , was done, but the
patient sank rapidly and died about 9
o’clock. N o clue to his identity could
be found. A piece Of paper in his
pocket bore the addresses of J. B.
Mandigo, 1329 Columbus avenue, New
York city. Mrs. Goff, 19 St. Woodman
street, West Lynn, and Mrs. Sprague,
West 100th street, New York.
The man was elaborately tattooed on
the arms and hands. On the left wrist
was a figure of a monument and the in-
scription underneath read: “In mem-
ory of my brother who died May 11,
1863. ” On the back of the right hand
was a small shield and a spread eagle
with a boy standing on the eagle’s
head holding the Stars and Stripes. A
bracelet and the head of a good looking
female ornamented the left arm above
‘the wrist. .
The man was evidently of Irish ex-
traction, and weighed about 175 pounds.
He had a dark moustache. Nothing
else was found on him that would lead
to his identification. The body is still
at the hospital unclaimed and uniden-
tified. If no one claims the body by to-
day it will be buried at the town farm.
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Assessments Cut Down.
The following is a list of the modifi-
cation of assessments made by the
Council in the matter of the Wall
street widening:
Damages to Julia P. Wilson, increased
from $1,500 to $1,700.
Damages to Mary and Michael Ratch-
ford reduced from $5,700 to $4,950.
The following benefitswere decreased:
«' George C. Lockwood, hotel property,
from $100 to $85.
Harriot S. Byington and A. Homer
Byington, $750 to $500.
Estate of Joseph Hubbell, $400 to
$300.
Jeremiah Donovan, $400 to $375.
George W. Selleck, Isaac Selleck and
Henry Selleck, $225 to $200.
Mary E. Honnecker, $25 to $20.
Rebecca J. Cole and Ira Cole, $175 to
$150. ‘_-_ '
Sophia A. Weed, $225 to $200.
Edward K. Lockwood, $300 to $250.
F. St. John LockWood, $225 to $200.
Estate of Joseph Hubbell, $75 to $55.
Sarah E. Staples, $60 to $45.
George C. Lockwood, $80 to $60.
Edward K. Lockwood, $70 to $50.
Charles 0. C. Betts, $125 to $90.
Ralph Moody and Joseph P. Moody,
$180 to $115.
Frank J. Curtis and Anna A. Curtis,
75 to $55.
' Sarah E. Lockwood and Charles S.
Lockwood, $50 to $35.
Hannah R. Ambler, Elizabeth Ray-
mond and Lewis H. Raymond, $45 to f '
$30.
Jeremiah Donovan $100 to $75.
Samuel E. Olmstead, deceased, $175
to $130.
Joseph and Henry Matheis, $70 to $55.
Noah Wood, $65 to $50.
Platt Price, $75-to $50.
Estate'of William K. James, deceased,
$150 to 125.
Ebenezer J. Hill, $50 to $40. _
Norwalk Tramway company, $400 to
‘360.
The assessment of $500 to the Nor-
walk Street Railway company, not in-
cluding car-barn assessment of $100,
was set aside, the company having sent
in their check for $450.
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-—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
office in the parlor of the Mahackemo
hotel, South N orwalk, Tuesdays, from
9 a. m. to 8. p. m. Eyes examined free.
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——Advertise in the GAZETTE.
Saturday night.
THE llllllfii TAX.
Apportioned Among the Var-
ious Towns in Fairfield
County.
Clerk Shelton Notifies, Selectmen of the
Amount Due the County Treasurer
luly lst Next.
The tax due the county July 1, 1897,
has been figured out by Clerk W. R.
Shelton of the Superior court, and a
schedule of the amount forwarded to
the selectmen of the various towns,
with notice to advance the money to
the County Treasurer. Clerk Shelton
received from the comptroller of State
a statement of the grand list of each
town in the county, and a tax of three-
tenths of a mill is laid upon this. Fol-
lowing is the amount of the tax due
the county July 1.
Bridgeport, $17,261.77; Bethel, $416.-
19; Brookfield, $131.32: Darien, $704.36;
Danbury, $2,806.27; Easton, $124.26;
Fairfield, $931.47; Greenwich, $2,443.43;
Huntington, $1,194.12; Monroe, $112.05;
New Canaan, $581.41; New Fairfield,
$101.38; Newtown, $534.79; Norwalk,$4,-
076.75; Redding, $153.47; Ridgefield,
$526.33; Sherman, $101.21; Stamford,$3,-
874.75; Stratford, $398.94; Trumbull,
$193.24; Weston, $99.25; VVest-port,$752.-
38; Wilton, $241.86. Total, $37,761,000.
The grand list of the towns in the
county as forwarded by the comptroller
of the state to Clerk Shelton follows:
Bridgeport, $57,539,225; Bethel, $1,387.-
313; Brookfield, $437,717; Darien, $2,- ~ ~
347,860; Danbury, $9,354,257: Easton,
$414,208; Fairfield, $3,104,888; Green—
wich, $8,144,744;Huntington, $3,980,406;
Monroe, $373,491; New Canaan, $1,938,-
035; New Fairfield, $337,929; Newtown,
$1,782,646; Norwalk, $13,589,165; Red-
ding, $511,563; Ridgefield, $1,754,429;
Sherman, $337,363; Stamford, $12,915,-
827; Stratford, $1,329.815; Trumbull,
$644,139; Weston, $330,818; Westport,
. $2,507,923; Wilton, $806,218; total, $125,-
870,009.
CLOTHING ABLAzE.
A Little Child Falls Into a Bonfire and
is Burut to Death.
While playing in the rear of his par-
ents’ home at 129 Olive street, Bridge-
port, Saturday afternoon, Thomas V.,
3 years of age,son of John and Anastasia
Dwyer, wasfrightfully burned and died
a few hours later in a pitiable agony.
The little fellow was playing about a
bonfire kindled by some of his older
playmates and fell into the flames. In
an instant his clothing was ablaze and
before assistance arrived he was
covered with burns.
Have You Got .It?
The following is a copy of the check
drawing the bicycle at the Boston
Store, Norwalk, Saturday night, June
19th:
Check 6—12 sold on book No. 24,
amount received 25 cents.
No. 2 Pin, 10c
Tape, 10
Twist, 2
39. 22c
The person holding the duplicate of
this check, secures the bicycle. An-
other wheel will be given away next
Chess by Telephone.
Dr. A. H. Baldwin and Mr. Dicker-
son of Westport, will play a game of
chess this afternoon by telephone. Ed.
Adams will operate the telephone at
Adams Brothers, and Harold Clark
will take care of the VVestport end of
the line.
Paint Goes Down.
While standing upon a step ladder in
the Palm saloon this morning, painter
Dan Ballard was thrown to the floor
along with a pail of paint by the break- _
ing of the stepladder. Dan badly hurt
his right arm and shoulder and the
paint was thrown in all directions.
ALI;
Unclaimed.
The following letters remain un-
claimed at the N orwalk post office,
June 21, 1897: ’
Mrs. J.‘ Carroll, Mrs. Jacob Close,
George C. Davis.
W. H. MALONE, P. M.
—With Malaria Cure.
You should always have Riggs’ Ma-
laria Cure at hand. Taken at the first
symptoms ,the cure is easier. Don’t
bother asto the how. If malaria p01son
is in the system, Riggs’ Cure will search
it out and kill it out—if you g1}e13hfi
Cure a chance.
' LOST-wont.
Arthur Wilson of Bethel Drives
to Wicked Bridgeport and
is Minus His Horse.
Stolen From a Friend’s Barn Saturday
Night While Arthur Slept.
That Bridgeport is a wicked city
Arthur Wilson of Bethel has good rea-
son to believe. '
On Saturday last Arthur drove a fine
black horse attached to a neat canopy
surrey to Bridgeport and stopped with
Henry Botsford at his home on Clinton
avenue.
The horse and surrey were safely
housed in Mr. Botsford’s barn that
night and Arthur retired to rest.
Early Sunday morning, however.
when he went to the barn to feed he
found the staple drawn from the door
and his horse and surrey missing.
Search was made ‘wit‘rlout Obtaining
a clew and the police were notified but
no trace of the turnout or the thief has
been found.
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Hoyt & Son, 37 Wall street, $75 in
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' . SCHEELE’ THE LAST.
Was Hanged at the County Jail .lust Six
Years ‘Ago Friday.
The last case of capital punishment
in Fail-field County was the execution
of Jacob Scheele, the New Canaan sa-
loon-keeper who killed Constable Druc-
ker of that place. The hanging took
place at the County jail in Widgeport
on June 18, 1891, just six years ago last
Friday. During the intervening period
up to the murder of Mrs. Fuda, Fair-
field county has not been startled by
sensational or mysterious homicides.
There will be no more executions at
the County jail as the new law requires
all convicted first degree murderers to
expiate their crimes on the gallows
within the enclosure at the Wethers-
field state prison. It is there that
Guisseppi Fuda will be hanged Decem-
ber 3 next, unless the Supreme court
shouid intervene.
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Decision for Peterson.
In the case of George Peterson vs.
James H. Beatty. of Wilton, Attorney
Levi Warner, who acted as arbitrator‘l
has rendered his decision in favor of
Peterson for $40 and costs.
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—A GAZETTE ad. will pa:r ycu.
BOUND FOR ROTON POINT.
PERSONAL NOTES. ‘
Miss Mary Selleck, of Merwin street,
is in New York" to-day.
, Mrs. Samuel M. Seymour and son left
here to-day for a few weeks stay in
Ridgefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weed who have
been the guests at the home of Mrs.
Weed’s parents, Congressman and Mrs.
E. J. Hill, started for the West Satur-
day afternoon where they will remain
until next winter.
Congressman E. J. Hill left for VVash-
ington this morning. ’
Miss Eleanor Holmes of Maple street
is visiting friends at Scranton, Penn.
T. Stebbins, general manager of the
General Electric company, is in town
to-day. ,
Miss Charlotte D. Keith of Pittsburg,
is visiting Miss C. E. Raymond on
Knight street. 6
. Miss Fannibelle Curtis, of New Bri-
tain, spent Sunday in town. with her
parents. °
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Farmers are beginning to complain
that vegetation is rotting in the ground
because of the wet weather.
A peculiar disease is spreading among
cattle in Stratford, no, less than five
valuable cows having succumbed to it
last week.
Lew Webster of Waterbury, and
George Siddons of Bridgeport, are to
fight to a finish within two weeks. The
mill will probably be in New York
state, just over the Connecticut line.
The steamer Grand Republic, from
New York city, landed 2,500 excursion-
ists in Bridgeport yesterday.
—Economy W. L. Douglass $2.00 and
$3.00 shoes, Hoyt’s 37 Wall street, $75
in gold free, Aug. 23. j8 1 5t
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Goldrick, of Leohard street, at
an early hour this morning.
Mrs. William E. James of East ave-
nue, is slightly improved of a severe
illness.
A quarter of beef, while being car-
' ried into a Wall street market this
morning collided with a baby carriage
and out went the baby and all.
Joseph Goldschmidt has secured a,
situation with a Greenwich jeweler.
-‘-Au the successful Merchants of
this City Advertise in. THE GAZETTE.
FRATERNAL NEWS. .
Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of officers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed in this column. .The
names of oflicers should be brought in
on the evening of their election and
all other news with equal promptness.
State Deputy Mrs. Fannie J. Joice
will, on the first Thursday-in July install
the following officers of the Twin City
Council D. of L: Mrs. Annie Brother-
ton, Councilor; Mrs. Sarah Betts, As—
sociate Councilor; Mrs. Emily Quick,
Vice-Commodore; Miss Estelle Knapp,
‘ A. V. 0.; Miss Bertha Smith, R. 8.,
Fernando Brotherton, Treasurer; Mary
Richter, Guide; Mrs. Rachel Keeler,
I. G.; George Quick, O. G.; Mrs. Annie
Smith, Trustee.
Pioneer Castle, K. of M. C. will elect
officers next Thursday evening.
The regular meeting of the Brick-
layer’s and Masons’ Union will be held
at the Athenaeum at 8 o’clock to—night.
The King’s Daughters’ Circle, of the
Congregational church, has elected
these officers: President, Mrs. Gerald
H. Beard; Vice—president, Mrs. W. L.
Porter; secretary, Mrs. W. B. Thomp-
son; treasurer, Miss May D. Smith.
Members of theSons of Hermann at-
tended a picnic in Westport, yesterday.
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, Fine Photographs.
Reporter “Dick” Fitch, of Wilton,
secured several fine views at the Alpha
races on Thursday last. A number of
them are displayed in Glendenning’s
window, where orders will be received
for copies. One view, that of the finish
of the Burritt cup race, contains a fine
got in the way of the camera. .
These views were taken with a Premo
camera which “Dick” says beats them
all. '
Celebrating His Birthday.
To-day is the seventieth birthday of
ex-editor Frederick S. Lyou, and in
honor of the event he is giving a lawn
party at his residence on High street,
South Norwalk, this afternoon. The
grounds haveyheen beautifully decora-
ted with potted plants and flowers from
some appearance.
See adv. dog lost.
Possibly the proposed addition to the
Over River school house will he built
this year after all.
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likeness of Officer Thomas Hunt who -
his greenhouse, and present a hand- _
EAST NDRWALK.
Arthur Waldron of Cottage avenue,
has purchased a new horse.
A. Stull the Cottage avenue grocery-
man has purchased of Charles W. Le
Count the old cribbage shop, and will
have it moved to Cottage avenue and
fitted up for a grocery store.
A horse belonging to Ezra Platt the
painter fell yesterday, breaking the
shafts of the carriage. .
“Children’s Day” was celebrated yes-
terday at the East avenue M. E. church.
The sermon in the morning was direct-
ed especially to the children a large
number being present. In the evening
the Sunday school had charge of the
exercises, and a very interesting and
pleasing programme was rendered.
The funeral of Minnie I. Brundage,
wife of Ernest Brundage, was held yes-
terday afternoon at the M. E. church},
DMiss Florence Rose of Cottage ave-
nue, spent Sunday visiting friends in
Darien.
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FEMININE CHAT.
Lovely summer hats at four and five
dollars replace those formerly shown
for ten and twelve.
Why is it the young man of goody-
goody propensities always wears a
white satin bow tie in the daytime ‘9
{The home Where pet cats can be
boarded during the summer months is
rapidly filling up with feline guest's.
To wait in a lawyer’s officeone hour
is to see all types of humanity evident-
ly burdened with all types of trouble.
Matting over the floors and no dra—
peries at the windows make us feel cer-
tain that the summer season is with us.
It is said that a girl has no ‘impor-
tance in women’s eyes before she gets
married and none in men’s eyes after-
ward..
The gay shirtings displayed at the
haberdashers prove that the summer
man intends to look quite as gay as the
summer girl.
There is hardly a woman living but
prefers having a photograph that flat-
ters her to one that can honestly be
called a speaking likeness.
Electric fans are working hard these
days.
Long lemonade spoons are nice gifts
at this season.
The summer girl has a strong pen-
chant for chocolate mints.
Conclude that you are growing old
when life seems to be but a'routine.
.. One cannot be too‘extravagant in the
‘matter of dress shields during the
summer.
Orv-many porches these evenings the
autoharp is played in preference to
banjo or guitar.
The cucumber to be harmless must
undergo pressing before serving, says a
culinary authority.
How cross the man looks who spreads
out his newspaper full width and dis-
covers that the woman next him must
either read the lines in front of her
face or assume blindness or somnolency.
When one has fussed themselves sick
over summer frocks it makes us truly
vexed to see the smart, ready-to-wear
frocks in‘ the shops, to be bought for
half what we have expended in tiring
efforts at home.
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Council meeting to-night.
The police made no arrests over Sun-
day.
W. E. J. Kirk was in town on Satur-
day making a further kick over Perry’s
having been given the Alpha ten-mile
road race time prize.
—Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
Mrs. Ira Brotherton lies at the point
of death at her home on Main street.
The funeral of Thomas Goodwin was
held from St. Mary’s church this morn-
ing, the interment being in St. Mary’s
cemetery. '
The yacht Marguerite, Capt. Riley,
is out on the sound to-day with George
C. Lockwood and a party of friends.
Reporter F. A. Taylor of the GAzETTE
is confined to the house with a severe
attack of neuralgia.
The dispute between the town and S.
E. Osborn of East Norw'alk will be
settled in the town court to-morrow.
The barges Fred McOwen, Two
Brothers. F. W. Pardee, and Frank
are unloading coal at John H. Ferris’
docks.
——No . claims, no aflidavns, out a
GAZETTE advertisement gets there
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A TRILBY VILLAGE.
It. has a Svengali Square and . Lttt
Billee Street. -.
Now that there is a town named
Trilby down in Florida, with streets
named for the characters of DuM'aTr
rier’s book, it is fair to assume that for
years to come the people of that neigb‘
borhood will hear nothing, see noth-
ing, think of nothing» but Svengali,
Svengali, Svengali.
The founding and the naming of this
town are part of a good story. It
seems that H. B. Plant, the million-
aire, who owns all the railroads on the .
western side of Florida, was called on
to name the new town which he caused
[to have built at the crossing of two of
his railroads. There had been a'sta:
tion there before the new town was
started, and it had been called Macon.
When it was decided to cut down the.
grade of the railroad at that point the
old station house, which was about all
there was to the old town ‘of' Macon.
was left standing high upon the bluff.
It had to be torn down, as it was ofno
use in its lofty altitude above the
track. When the old building was de-
molished the death knell of Macon,
Fla., was sounded, and then the ques-
tion was asked Mr. Plant, the railroad
President, “-What shall we name the
new town?” ,
Just at that time the railroad mag-
nate was much absorbed in a second
reading of DuM'aurier’s book, and
when the question was asked he re-
sponded: “Let us call the little town
site rTrilby.” And so it was. Strange
to say, the little village at once began
to grow. It was put down Trilby on
the maps of Florida, and it became
conspicuous by reason of the Trilby
craze, which was in full frenzy inst at
that time. Real estate agents took
hold and helped to build it up, while
traveling newspaper men passing over
the railroad wrote columns about the
town that was growing there to per-
petuate the name of Du Maurier’s
book. The town of Trilby is today a
pretentious little place with a dozen or
more stores, shops and dwellings. The
streets are named appropriately. The
principal square is called Svengali
square, and the three leading streets
which run parallel and losq themselves
in this square are called “Little Billee
street,” “Taffy street.” and “The
Laird.” There ”are several avenues
named after the women folks of the
beck—New York Sun. .
OIL SHELL TO QUIET WAVES. '-
Automatic Device which Discharges Its
Contents Over Half an Acre.
A shell for shooting on upon. the
stormy seas from the shore, in order to
reach wrecked vessels, has recently
been invented and successfully tested;
The oil shell is, a tin cylinder ten
inches long that holds a quart of oil.
the oil is kept in place by a brass pis-
ion at one end of the cylinder, which is
connected by a rod to a. wooden plug,
which closely fits in the other, which
is the rear of the shell. '
The wooden plug projects three
inches beyond the shell, and is grooved
around its cirCumference and acts as
a feather to hold the shell in position
during its flight. The head of the shell
is also weighted with a band of lead to
aid it in holding its position While in
flight and in maintaining its direction.
When the shell in its flight strikes the
water the impact drives in the piston
head, forces out the plug and liberates
the oil.—-New York Herald.
He Got His Match.
One cold and stormy evening last
winter a prosperous-looking business
man stopped in the vestibule of a
large office building, on his ’way out,
and attempted to light a cigar. An
urchin with an armful of papers also
stood within the arch, stamping his
feet on the stone step to warm them,
.as he lustily cried his wares.
The wind blew out the last match
which the fur-coated broker had about
his person, and he turned to the boy
and said: ‘
“Here, boy, give me a. match.”
The lad eyed tne gentleman furtive-
1y, as he inquired, “Say, mister, is
that a demand or a request?”
Instead of being angry at his re-
proof, the gentleman—for such he
was—replied kindly:
“A request, my boy, a humble re-
quest; and I’ll take a couple of evening
papers, too, I guess,” he added, as he
received the match from the young—
ster’s hand and passed him a quarter,
“and you may keep the change.”
“That man’s got manners if he’s a.
mind ter take time ter use ’em,” said
the boy as his patron boarded a car.
“That boy won’t always have to
sell papers if he practices what he
preaches,” thought the broker, as he
" sat down to read the news.
DEATHS. .
N ETTLETON—In Bridgeport, June
18, Charles Nettleton, aged 78 years.
KELLEY—In Bridgeport, June 18,
Anna, daughter of James and M argaret
Kelley, aged 4 years.‘
LANDON—In Bridgeport, June 18,
Albert Merton, infant son of Charles
R., and Georgie A.,Laudon, aged 8
months. . -'
THOMPSON—In Easton, June 19, Etta
Hanson, wife of Walter George Thomp-
son, aged-‘26 years. '
PIERCY—In Bridgeport,
June 18,
Henry R. Piercy. »
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