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. Evening zette. y in _ WIIAT IT INDICATES. THAT THE GAZETTE IS A HOME PAPER, "THAT THE GAZETTE II A NEWSY PAPER. THAT THE- GAZETTE IS A CLEAN PAPER. ‘ THAT EVERY ~ PAGE OF THE GAZETTE IS READ. VOL. VII. NO. 1652. CASASSA’S vacmnv HIS WOLF-AMERICAN TRAILS. THE-ORIENT cDLDNS DE- STEVE O’BRIEN IN THE DUST. COL. HOD SAUNDERS FALLS DN FRED DDLENIAN’S NECK AND WEEPS. IS CDNSOLED BY FRIENDS AND DRAFES THE FBUNT OF .HIS URIENT PALACE IN MUURNING. ELDOM has such a crowd , gathered to witness a bicycle race, as that which congregated on North Main street, - South Norwalk, yes- " ...,m,«..3' terday afternoon, to W): witness the long dis- \ ‘ puted question of speed between Dav- id Casassa on aWoIf—American and “Steve” O’Brien on an Orient. The , talk has been long and loud and the termination of the race was what eV— erybody expected, a hollow victory for young Casassa, who covered the dis- tance to Stamford and back in 1.07-35, - much to the satisfaction of himself and his friends. A white tape was stretched across the street in front of the Orient Palace although promised a “high one.” On he rode like John Gilpin in his famous race, while winded and with sweat pouring down his face ' labored Steve on behind. Hills rose and fell, yet his heart was gay, With Casassa only one mile away. The celebrated N oroton hills soon came into View and Steve, who had re- gained his second wind, put on a terri- ble burst of speed and nearly caught up to the flying Casassa. In fact it is thought that he would have passed him had not the sweet church chimes start- ed up “The VVearin'g of the Green,” which caused Steve to slacken his pace and give Dave another lead over him. This renewed lead had no effect on Steve’s nerve, however, and he pushed on the faster in a vain effort to make up for lost time. Down the other side of thehill both ' CASASSA COASTS DOWN THE HILL. and the two men Were lined up and sent away by Fred Coleman. As they flew up the avenue Casassa toOk the lead from his older rival, and as they disappeared up the Armory hill he was some hundred yards ahead ped- aling like mad for victory andfthe $10 wagered on the race. ‘Bets were freely offered on Casassa with no takers, Col. Hod Saunders and Fred Coleman having gone to talk over municipal electric lighting with ‘ ‘J ere. 7’ A score of wheelmen followed on be- hind the racers and many rode to the city line to watch them pass out of sight down the dusty road. 7 , When Darien was reached it is said that Steve yelled to Dave to hold up until he called upon ex-Captain Doyle, but Dave refused to slacken his speed “STEVE” PICKS UP A STAMFORD REUBEN. racers flew until the bridge was reached when it is said that Steve’s wheel made a sudden deflection towards George Beck’s Lakeside Inn. and it was with the greatest difficulty he could train it up the long hill. It was hard pushing but Casassa rode to the top in record time with Steve fol- lowing on behind like a race horse, his breath coming in short gasps but de- termination standing out on his drawn face as large as the drops of perspira- tion running in rivers down his spinal column. ’ , As Casassa sprinted over the brow of the hill he started down the incline for a coast which gave him a further lead as Steve neglected to take advantage of the Orient’s best point, that of coasting. O 1' The people living along the road flocked out of their houses as the two half-costumed flyers approached Stam- ford at a rattling. pace throwing peb- bles to the fences as their inflated tires flew over the poor roads for which Stamford is' celebrated. ' As the last hill appeared in the dis- tance Steve put on an extra spurt, with the grim determination of overtaking Dave or die in the attempt. His extra spurt brought him a hundred yards nearer his anttgonist, but he could ncfi catch him. There was just one chance left to catch Dave, that of coasting down the last hill, and Steve resolved to test the fine points of his Orient. As he reached the brow of the hill Steve saw through a vista in the trees a sight that lent him renewed hope and courage. His little opponent had reached the before starting for the return home, and as he looked Steve saw him take a header. Gripping his handle bars with a firmer grasp he spurted for a few feet and then started on a light- ning coast down the hill. Luck was against him, however, for green around which they were to ride " NORWALK. CONN., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 8,1897. ms Dtm__v_EDuND. The Remains Sighted Near Collender’s Point Yesterday. lnterred in Union Cemetery This Morn- ing by Undertaker Raymond. :The remalns of George H. .. VViln' at of- Stamford, drowned June 218, off RO' ton Point, was recovered yesterday off Collender’s Point. Capt. Frank R. Stevens, of the oyster steamer Kate C. Stevens, of Rowayton, sighted with his glass the object which proved to be the body and sent a crew in a small boat to look at it. ' . The body though greatly decom- posed,.was at once identified as that of l VVilmot. It was secured with a rope and towed to South Norwalk. Medical Examiner Burke directed Undertaker D. W. Raymond to take charge of it, and friends of the deceased were noti- fied. a Stamford Reuben stepped in front of “COL. HOD” TAKES Mr. Bostwick, his step-father, came HIS MASCOT ‘HOMF. him and there was a collision. His Orient, however, picked up the Stam- fordite like a cowcatcher on a locomo- tive and corried him to the foot of the hill Where Steve threw him Off in dis- gust. . . That coast and Dave’s fall which had left his bicycle minus several spokes, requiring an exchange of wheels, en- abled Steve to catch up and together they rounded the green and started for home. News of their racing neck and neck 0n the turn was sent by telephone and Col. Hod immediately changed one stocking for luck, appearing with one black and one white coverlet above his pedal pushers. His enthusiasm knew no bounds, but it was of short duration. ' The crowd came tearing down West. avenue cry- ing, “ Casassa is coming, ” as the form of\ the plucky rider appeared and Crossed the tape a winner by full five minutes. ‘ Col. Hod was in tears as he fell upon Fred Coleman’s neck, not at the loss ..)0f the money, but at the defeat of his champion for the next Milburn race. His friends gathered about and con- soled with him until upon the arrival of dust ladened and exhausted Steve he had fully regained his wonted spiritS' After seeing the defeated champion properly rubbed down and given a glass of “Moxie.” Colonel Hod visited a dry gOOds store and purchased mourning with which he decorated the front of his Orient Palace. EAST NORWALK. The prayer andgpraise service Of the East avenue M. E} church will be held this evening at 7:45 in the lecture rOOm. ‘ Mrs. Jones of East avenue, is very ill at her home. ‘ _ Mrs. L. G. Fowler of Henry street, is visiting her mother Mrs. W.' B. Doug- lass of-New Haven. A number of our East Norwalk boys - .spent yesterday on one the islands and enjoyed a clam bake, among the num- her were Arthur Ainsworth, Herbert Ayers, Ernest Youngs, Harry Roberts and Ellis Taylor. ' ‘v' Large Tautogs. Captain Joseph Crossman went down the harbor after blackfish ando landed two kings of the tautog “species in his boat, weighing respectively 6 and 5% pounds. They were whoppers and a source of much pride to the valorous Captain. _ ' «A GAZETTE .«g ._ ¥ ., ad. will 'pay you.;_ to South N orwalk last evening and af- ter identifying the remains arranged for their burial in Union cemetery which was done by Mr. Raymond this morning. -————<o.-o>———— ATHERTON—RYDER. A Pretty Wedding in the South Norwalk Baptist Church. Rev. Warren L. Atherton, son of William S. Atherton and Miss . Daisy Frances Ryder, daughter of Mrs. Charles E. Ryder, were married yes- terday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the South Norwalk Baptist church, Rev. R. O. Sherwood officiating. The church was prettily decorated with palms and flowers and was crowd- ed with the many friends of the young couple. _ The bride was gowned in gray silk, wore.a white hat trimmed with chiffon and white plumes and carried a large- boquet of carnation pinks tied with white satin ribbon. She was attended by her sister, Miss Clara Ryder ask bridesmaid and little Miss Elsie Decker as maid of honor. After the ceremony was concluded, the newly married couple took a train West and will be gone two weeks. —-——-‘0.0>—-—-——- Heavy Damages. Judge G. TV. Wheeler rendered a decision yesterday in the suit of Mary J. Nolan against the N. Y., N. H. &H. R. R., awarding plaintiff $5,000 dam- ages in her suit against the road for. the loss of her husband. The accident“ oc- curred in March, 1896, when Nolan who was the assistant ‘roadmaster, Was killed while in charge of a snow plow, Judge Wheeler in his decision declared . there was no contributory negligence. —————<o.o>——————— Thirty-Fourth Anniversary.’ To-day is the thirty-fourth anniver- sary of the surrender of Port Hudson, in the storming of which a number of brave Norwalk boys, members of the 28th C. V. lost their lives or were wounded. Among the surviving meme Mitchell and George H. Raymond who have a lively remembrance of both the storming and the surrender. Bicycle Notes. ' About thirty members of Co. F will Captain Reuben M. Rose and Private Howard Godfrey will ride a tandem in the Twin Citylantern parade. .—Adverttse 1.. THE GAZETTE. , I11 ‘... j bers in town to-day are Lieut. William ' takepart in the bicycle lantern parade ‘ on July 14th. I - [DST NS_LUDK. ; Imapassinu’s Counsel Held the Horse Shoe Upside Down. No Arp al Will Be Taken and h: Murderer Will Hang on December l7. N icodemo Imapassino, the Italian who was convicted of murder jointly with Guisseppi Fuda, will die under the present sentence of the court on Friday, December 17. The appeal which his counsel, Attorney Chamber- lain, intended to make to the Supreme Court of Errors has been abandoned, it having been concluded that relief frcm that source would be an impossibility. It was thought at first that the action of Juror Romaine Barnum of Bethel in visiting the scene of the murder, might be the means of securing a new trial, but as it could not be ascertained that he used the knowledge gained by the trip during the deliberations of the jury, it was concluded not to press the matter further. Attorney Chamberlain said that if he could secure one point on which to take the case to the hlgher court he would do so without hesitation, but he was convinced that an appeal under the present circumstances would be useless. The officials attached to the criminal court are not the least bit supersti- tious, yet at the same time they attach considerable significance to an innocent horseshoe which made its appearance in the court house at the closing of the trial. The horseshoe was suspended from a chandelier in Sheriff Hawley’s outer office until this morning, when it was removed. The horseshoe was found by Attorney Chamberlain on the morning he strolled to the court house to make the final argument in behalf of Imapassino. He took the shoe into the sheriff’s office, where Imapassino was awaiting to be escorted into the court room. “Nicodemo,” he said, in a half jok- ing manner, “we ought to be able to hold up the jury tc-day. I have just found this horseshoe and brought it along for good luck. I hope it favors,” Imapassino took. the horseshoe and his face beamed with smiles. He look- ed brighter than he had for several days. Finally he kissed the iron and it was suspended from the chandelier. .During the conversation, Detective Wilkes, the Pinkerton man, who pre- sented such a strong case against the two mugderers, entered the room. He noticed the horseshoe and at once asked in what position it had been brought into the building. He was told that the attorney had carried it by the curved end, the calk ends hanging downward. “Then it will never bring Imapas sino good luck,” he said. “The luck has been permitted to drop out of the ends and it can never favor him now.‘ Twenty-four hours later, the prisoner had been convicted and sentenced to die, and the court officials decided that in the future their good luck emblems would be carried in a manner to retain and not lose the alleged good fortune which attends them. Bridgeport Officer Shot. Police Officer James B. Sullivan was shot and dangerously wounded about 11 o’clock last night by a colored man named .J ohn Eto. Ofl‘icer Sullivan, in company with two other officers was sent to Eto’s ‘house on Island Brook avenue, to arrest him on a charge al- leging breach of the peace, committed last Sunday. When Eto saw the three Officers approaching he opened a win- dow and fired three shots from a 38 cal- iber revolver, one of them striking Sul- livan near the groin and passing down into his leg. He was removed to the hospital, where the doctors pronounced his condition critical, but stated that there was a chance of his recovery. The other two officers forced an en- trance to the house and arrested Etc. It is said that some years ago Eto’s father attempted to shoot an officer who was about to arrest him, but failed. ‘ V More Breaks. Coroner Roach was called upon yes- terday to repair two more breaks in the supply pipes of the Norwalk water system, one at the corner of Union and Adams avenue, and the other onFrance street. This makes five breaks in the pipe thisxweek. —-Malaria Can Shake and shackle the strongest constitution. Riggs’. Malaria Cure can smite and smother malaria. .Will you take it in time, or will you shake and ache and feel twenty years olden? The cure is the same then, only slower. 5 Verlin. PRICE ONE CENT. SMASHED INTO A TRUCK. Newsman Hayes Meets With a Serious Bicycle Accident. John T. Hayes, is somewhat of a no- vice as a bicycle rider, but until yester- day afternoon lal: ored under the, im- pra ssion that he had mastered the pesky thing. ITO-lay he thinks differently and withal has a decidedly sore head to care for. . Yesterday afternoonihe mounted his bicycle and started for his home on Wilton avenue. On the way ,he suc- cessfully dodged a number of canines, telegraph poles, felines and trees, and was congratulating himself when he suddenly went “head on” into one of Reynolds’ two horse trucks and became pretty thoroughly entangled in the truck and bicycle. With considerable trouble he was extricated from the wreck, and it was found that he had suffered serious in- jury, having received an ugly cut on the back of the head, severe scratches on his face, shoulder and arms besides a few bruises on his body. ' A physician prescribed for the wounds and Mr. Hayes is getting along nicely. He proposes subduing the bicycle if it takes all summer and he breaks his neck in the attempt. I ‘ ‘-‘ Instantly Killed. - Henry Monroe, aged 23, of Lyme, a section hand for the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, was struck and instantly killed by the 4 o’clock express train out of New London, while at work on the road near Lyme yester- day afternoon. Monroe became con fused and stepped directly in front of the train. He was thrown a hundred feet and his body was badly mangled. Captain Daniels Returns to Danbury. . Captain Milton H. Daniels, of Indian- apolis, is in Danbury renewing old . acquaintances. Captain Daniels for- merly lived in Danbury. He was a member of Co. C', Seventeenthvd V., in the war, and succeeded Captain James E. Moore in command of the company. Captain Daniels is now a prosperous lawyer in Indianapolis. —-———-<o.o>-———— Drank Ice Water and Died. John C. Hoeckh, aged 58, one of the best known Germans of Meriden, died suddenly while reading the‘ paper at his supper table. last evening. He drank some ice water in the morning and it bothered him all day, finally re- sulting in his death. He leaves a wife and three children. ' —————<o.-O>—-—-— Must Not Return to Connecticut. John Mackey, formerly of Stamford, who was released from State’s prison af ter serving fourteen years of a thirty five years’ sentence for burglary, must‘ stay out of Connecticut under the con- ditions of his pardon. Warden Wood- bridge accompanied Mackey as far as Port Chester, Monday. ' 4‘“ Heine—Marron. Albert Heine, clerk at the Allen House, and Miss Susie Marron were married on the afternoon of July 4th by Rev. J. J. Furlong. They are keep- ing house at South N orwalk. A -A‘ To Refurnish. The members of Co. E, C. N. G. have voted to refurnish their rooms at the- Armory, and F. Weber and George Meehan were appointed a committee to secure estimates as to cost of same. Reunion of the Eighteenth, C. V. The annual r.:union of the Eighteenth C. V. Association will be held, ‘at Sachem’s Park, Norwich, August 3‘18, that date being the thirty-fifth anni- versary of the regiment’s being mus- tered into service. ‘ MARRIAGES. HEINE-MARRON.—.In N orwalk, July 4, by Rev. J. J. Furlong, Albert Heine and Miss Susie Marron. ATHERTON—RYDER.—I-n. South N or- walk, July 7, by Rev. R. O. Sherwood, Rev. Warren L. Atherton and Miss Daisy Frances Ryder. MILLS—EDDY—In Bridgeport, July 7, by Rev. H. A. Davenport, Alfred H Mills of Long Island, and Abby A. Eddy of Bridgeport. DEATHS. ALRUTZ—In Bridgeport. July 7, -Maria Marx, widow of the late Henry Alrutz. TODD—In Bridgeport. July 7, Henry Todd, aged 69 years. CALLAN—In Bridgeport, July 6, John F., son of James and Bridget Callan, aged 26 years. HYDE—In Bridgeport, July 6, Mary A. Hyde, aged 15 years. . VERLIN—In Stamford,July 6, Thomas
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