IIIIIIII Inmates. g "HAT THEY SAY THAT THE GAZETTE IS A HOME EVERY EVENING WHEN THE PAPER THAT THE GAZETTE In . A NEWSY PAPER. THAT THE ‘ ", GAZETTE COMES, THERE IS A , SCRAMBLE FOR IT. WE DIVIDE AND ‘ GAZETTE IS A CLEAN PAPER. THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE ,_ , .r: GAZETTE 13 READ. . ~13 IT INTO FOUR PARTS, . ' EACH OF US TAKE ONE. e 2 ing NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5,1897. 3' PRICE ONE CENT. ’ ° F . .3 Von. VII. No. 1671 l l i .‘J., THE BARBECUE. The Butchers Association Has a Great Time at the Fair Grounds. Thousands of People Attend and Watch the Bicycle. Races. . ‘ The barbecue given at the Fair Grounds yesterday by the Norwalk Butchers association was attended by fully three thousand people. Over 6000 pounds of beef, nearly seventy lambs and something like 1500 loaves of bread were provided by the as- sociation and given away on the grounds during the afternoon. ' The enclosure resembled “fair times” with the several. refreshment tents; fakirs etc., and the people all seemed to enjoy themselves. In fact it was one of the most orderly gatherings for the . size of the crowd, that has been seen in a long time. . The bicycle races appeared to be the popular amusement, the gr and stand being filled with ladies while the men folks lined the homestr etch on both sides of the track. It was a large au- dience and although the men were slow inflgetting upon the track, the specta- tors sat it out with considerable pa- tience. There were four races on the pro- gram, consisting of a mile handicap, mile open, one-half mile handicap and half-mile open. The time was very good and many close finishes. A. M. Curtis of Meriden carried off the honors in the events, finishing first in the one mile open and the half mile open. He was also very popular with the crowd and received plenty of applause for his excellent riding. Mr. Curtis’ gentlemanly con- duct on the track also makes him a fav— orite wherever he goes. The winners of,,.-the several events were as follows: 4 One mile handicap,twon by. F. J. ‘ Caldwell, Elmwood. (65 yards); W. W. Shepard, South Norwslk, (90 yards), second; Fred Fullerton, Montclair, N. (100 yards), third; Ralph R. Cole, New Canaan, (145 yards). fourth. ‘Time, 2:10. . One mile open, won by A. M. Curtis, Meriden; R. A. Miller, New York, sec- ond; F. J. Caldwell, Elmwood, third; Joseph Thompson, New York, fourth. Time, 2:34 1-5. One mile handicap, won by Frank Kelly, New Canaan, (60 yards); Robert E. Curtis, East Norwalk, (70 yards), second; A. Ghiotto, South Norwalk, (75 yards), third; E. S. Collett, New Ha- ven, (35 yards), fourth. Time, one minute. One-half mile open, won by A. M. Curtis, Meriden; E. S. Collett, New Haven, second; H. Y. Bedell, New York, third; F. J. Caldwell, Elmwood: fourth. Time, 1:09 25. During the bicycle races‘a game of ball was being played On the diamond between the Artics of N orwalk and a nine from SOuth Norwalk, the Artics winning by a scoreof 26 to 7. ' At the east of- the judges stand a greased pole with a bill at the top at- tracted the attention of the boys, but up to 6 o’clock no one had succeeded in climbing to the top although a young man covered with rosin and using wire stirrups was making a great effort to get the money. Immediately after the bicycle races there were two horse races, only one of which, however, was finished owing “to the long delay in getting the horses started. In the 2:40 class Thomas Ward’s Graniteville won in three straight heats, and in the 2:25 class the purse was devided between Dugdale and Lewis’ horse from Bridgeport. There were several games of chance about the grounds, but it is not thought the managers became rich as the play; ing was'slow and countrymen scarce. The City Of Norwalk band furnished music from the grand stand during the races. At the building dancing was indulged In both during the afternoon and evening. Altogether the barbecue was a suc- ; cess and the Butchers’ Association is to be complimented upon their efforts. <vv It’s All the Same Thing. Don’t be puzzled about the spelling of Klondike. Writers and bookmak- -rs have been spelling it for a good guany years, and it can. be found in arious publications as Clondyke, l londike, . Klondyke, Chandyke, handik or Chandindu, but the New I ork Sun puts them all at rest with he affirmation, that in “accordance ith the best geographic usage at ome and abroad,’ the name of the iver which is now on every one’ s ingue should 'be spelled “Klondike.” AGAIN fluid). The Southport Fiend Charged With a Second Assault. Mrs. Kennedymf Greens F arms,Charges Him With Ravishing Her LIttle Daughter. Yesterday morning a writ was placed in Sheriff Wallace M. Bulkley’s hands to serve upon Luther D. Johnson, who is in jail under heavy bonds fora felon- ious assault upon.little‘ Bertha O’Meach- am. The latest .charge is p1 eferred by Mrs. Kennedy, a Greens Farms wo- man, who claims that her eight-year‘ old daughter, Maud, was assaulted by Johnson last fall. The arrest of Johnson and the pub- licity attending his trial has brought to light the fact that several children have been assaulted, presumably by J ohnson/ The prisoner is regarded as a villain of the deepest dye. Sheriff Bulkley served the papers on the man in jail and he will be taken to VVcst- port later for a hearing, the crime hav- ing occurred in the Greens Farms dis- trict of that town. MONEYBCATTERED. Pay Car of the Consolidated Road in Col- ' lision at New Britain. The pay car of the Consolidated road visited New Britain yesterday and col- lided with a freight train, scattering $3,000 about the car. None of the money was lost, however, as Paymaster Squire gathered it up. The car arrived at 10 o’clock and as usual was detached from the train and “kicked” down to the freight yard at Chestnut street. The breakman, for some unexplained reason was not on the car, and it crashed into a freight train, wrecking the platforms of the two cars. ' On the pay car with Paymastequuire Was Conductor J enney He was knocked off the car and considerably injured. - ‘ ~ A What Stamford Thinks- Mayor Wheeler’s name must be added to the distinguished headed by Grand Juror Benedict of New Canaan, who undertook to say what hours the State law should be en- forced, and what kind of business it‘ should prohibit. But the Mayor of Norwalk must have queer ideas if he supposes that a city ordinance will take precedence of a State law. It would be just as wise for the Norwalk Council to adopt an ordinance giving burglars permission to rob Norwalk houses at certain hours—Advocate. Connecticut Crop Report. The Department of Agriculture makes the following report for Con- necticut: Crops on sandy soils are looking well; on other soils they are poorer than a week ago. Farm work has been nearly at a standstill. All fields are so wet that nothing can be done. Corn and potatoes need sunshine. Much over- ripe hay will be cut. Peach trees were quite badly broken down by heavy storms. —————-———<o.o>———-——-— Roton Point Excursions. The following excursions will be at Roton Point during August: 11, M. E. and Congregational churches, Ridge- field; 13, Universalist S. S. Stamford; 16, Ellsworth Post, N. Y.;. 17, Mens’ and Ladies’ Aid Society, Elizabeth; 20 Essex H. & L. 00., Bloomfield, N. J.; 24, Clairmont Council, R. A. New York; 25, St. Mark’s church, New Canaan. Two Boys Drowned. August Lingren and George Hanson, . aged respectively 7 and 8 years were drowned in the Ansonia canal yester- day afternoon and the bodies have not been recovered. The Lingren boy is the son of August Lingren while the Hanson lad was the only child of a widow,who kept house for Mr. Lingren. v 7 Wise ‘Men. The Winsted Warden and burgesses discussed the advisability of enforcing the Sunday law, at their last meeting, and decided to keep their hands off. —-—————<o.o>—~— Bicycle Race Postponed. The 15 mile road race which was to have been ridden. in StrathId last evening did not come off, having been postponed until next Tuesday evening _—_<...>__—__—‘——— -A GAZETTE ad. win pay you. list of officials, ‘ NOT THE MUHDEREH. Man. Held at Pawling, N. Y., Establishes ‘His Identity. Created SuspicIon by Avoiding Publicity ,s in His Boarding House. ‘The citizens of Pawling, N Y., thought that the desperado, Charles Bonai, alias Mason, who is wanted for the murder of Marcus Nichols was among them yesterday, and there was great excitement when the suspect was arrested last night. The man arrived there in the evening and went to a pri- vate boarding house, where he aroused the suspicion of the landlady by his pe- culiar condudt. He refused to come to the table with the other boarders, and seemed to avoid observation. Mrs. Stark, the landlady told her suspicions to the authorities, and an officer shadowed the man. Last night he was arrested at the boarding house and taken before Justice Dye- He answered the description of Bonai in many ways, but succeeded in prov- ing to the court that he was not that much-wanted individual. He proved to be Parki Judge, a young Irishman from Canada, who lately came to New York state. He was discharged with- out being locked up. HAS A FRIEND. Agnes Murray Will ,Give‘Bonds for Fred Buxton. The fortunes of Fred Buxton, who has been misscalled the terror of Eas- ton,look brighter, for Miss Agnes Mur— ray, of Greenfield Hill, has promised to be surety for his appearance for trial. He will bring suits against the Ogdens in' the sum of $5,000, and also against those who pounded him up at the time of his arrest for like amounts. He has retained Attorney E. F. Hall as coun-L sel in all the cases named, which will be brought up after his trialf The Og- dens will be asked to pay for the dam- age done to Buxton’s crops in a separ- ate suit. A Whole Family of Them. A great deal 15 being said at present about Mayor Bohannan of South N or- walk, and yet, in going over the list of Connecticut mayors, we find no such mayor governing that city. There is, however a Mayor Bohannan of Stam- f01 d. ——Derby Transcript. What crass ignorance is this? Mayor Bohannan of South N orwalk, is per- haps the best known man in the state to-day~——always excepting our own Mayor Farnsworth, whose fame is far reaching if not immortal. Stamford’s Mayor Bohannan held his own upon the stage of action for a little time by vetoing his common council as fast as it could get up. But even in the height of his fleeting triumph the star of his fame never blazed with anything like the brilliancy of the halo that encir- cles the classic brow of his elder brother, South N orwalk’s Mayor Bo- hannan, whose Sunday closing edict keeps his subjects virtuous, though un-. happy, one day out of seven, and brings his city and His Honor out into the full glare of universal public notice. The Transcript man should “go over the list of Connecticut mayors” again. He’ll find a Bohannan mayoring every city in Fairfield county, so far as there are Bohannans enough to go ’round. Where the deuce is Derby, any old .how?-—New Haven Palladium V." Going to Stamford. Mr. Edgar B. Bartram of Bridge- port, has purchased the old established grain, provision and grocery business of C. M. Slater of Stamford, and will conduct it. He will also continue the present business in New York and vicinity. Mr. Bartram will probably remove his family there in the near future. <‘Y” Parker—Graves. Charles M. Parker and Mrs. Cora W." Graves were married in Danbury Tues- day afternoon by Rev. A. F. ‘ Pierce. They will spend a part of their hOney- moon at Bell Island. V ‘ Be- -union The Sixth Connecticut Volunteers will hold their annual re-union at Pleas- ure Beach this year on August 18.’ AAA‘ The Weather. Fair to-night and Friday cooler.‘ A er ——EASTMAN’ s POCKET KODAK’S re- - duced from $5 to $2. 50, at Riggs’ Drug Store. ‘ j 15 tf. THREE WP-LAGES. “Assistant Conductors” Ap- pointed on Consolidated Road. Positi’ons Created to Help Conductors on A NewYork Division. The Consolidated railroad has put in- to operation this summera plan which, though much in vcgue on many of the railroads in New York state is com- paratively new on the New Haven sys sem. It is the creation of positions known as “assistantxconductors. ” Within a short time, three of them have been" put on trains running out of New York. One was already on atrain running east from New Haven when their traffic was heavy. The duties of these assistants are to help the conductors collect the tickets. They do not have the responsibility of the train. The reason for the creation of these positions was that some of the- trains were so heavily patronized that it was practically impossible for~ one conductor to collect all the tickets. The new men were promoted from baggage masters and were put on trains running between New York City and Port Chester:where the travel into New York in the morning and out in the af- ternoon is very heavy. It is under- stood that the experiment is likely to be extended as it has been shown that the assistants are absolutely needed on the crowded trains. Sunday Closing. It is safe to say that storekeepers and others who keep open their places of business on Sunday next do so at the risk of being cited to appear in court. The fact that the prosecuting attor- ney proposed prosecuting offender s who failed to observe the Sunday law as exclusively printed in these columns yesterday, has been the canse of much talk between the parties in interest. The prosecuting attorney is credited with having remarked that “all might as well knuckle' down first as last as they will have‘to in the end.” It is understood that South Norwalk parties will see to it that the law is en- forced at this end of the town as fully as it is in South Norwalk. The barbers seem to be specially in- terested in the matter and oddly enough it is they who seem inclined to “cut” each other. That they ‘will all com- ply 'with the law with a good grace is not to be doubted. Others interested perhaps of the same disposition, but feel free to repudiate what they term Puritanical nations, and think the law ought be cleanly wiped from the statute books. It wouldseem unnecessary to warn any one against doing business on Sun - day next, as the prosecuting attorney has stated that he will see to it that if he can help it no one will escape with a one dollar fine. Complaints, it is promised, will come in bunches on Monday next if the law is not complied with. A AAA Barbers Will Close. The following named barbers have decided to close their shops on Sunday next in full compliance With the law: G. A. Franke, Emil Durbeck, Patrick Slattery, William Hess and Ben Bech- tel. They expect a similar compliance of the law on the part of other barbers, and While holding no animosity against them will feel constrained to the en- forcement of the law as against all vio- lators of the same. The Ninth C. V. The members of the Ninth regiment C. V. are holding their reunion at Hill’s hotel, Savin Rock, to-day. Among other topics that will be discussed by the veterans will be the feasibility of the regiment combining with the Sixth and Seventh regiments and the First Connecticut battery to erect a monu- ment in, New Haven in honor of the members of these regiments who have _ passed away. A A Gets a Light Fine. .. James Henderson, the party named in the complaint was fined $12 and $26.- 70 by J udge'Gregory this morning for selling intoxicants at the Fair Grounds, yesterday without a license. He set— tled. and was discharged from Custody. PERSONAL NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Farron S. Betts have A gone to Asbur y Park where they pro-. pose staying for a week. <vv r Prosecuting attorney Ferris is tak- ing a vacation. new'suquv LAW. Dr. Newman Smyth Says it is Doomed to Failure. The “Congregationalist” to-day con- tains an article by the Rev. Dr. N ew- man Smyth on the new Connecticut Sunday law. Dr. Smyth says in part: “ This attempted re-instatement of the Sunday law by a legislative act seems unwise and doomed to failure, for two reasons. First, the mere passage of the act does not secure .its enforcement, and, secondly, the rte-enactment sub- stantially of an obsolete law evades the whole question as to what under exist- ing conditions a reasonable and prac- ticable Sunday law ought to be. I doubt very much the good effect in the long run of making the statute book an exhibitiom of moral laws, hung up for ornamental purposes only. The gener- al understanding, which has always been reached, that the prosecuting officers are to enforce this Sunday law only when they are obliged to do so by complaints which may be brought to them, and that except in cases of disor- derly Sunday desecrations complaints will not be brought, certainly does not serve to increase the popular respect for Connecticut law. “It may be said that the re-enacted law will prove a sharper tool in the hands of prosecuting officers in 'cases where an exasperated neighborhood are driven by eXcursionists Or disorder- ly people to protect their own Sabbath quietness and rest, and, doubtless, the new law may be used to render Sunday evening more free in some places from questionable or positively harmful per- formances, but any attempt to enforce the law exactly as it reads would. work confusion in the habits of all classes 'of the community,including many devout church-goers. But is it good public policy to put upon the statute-books of a state impracticable moral legislation in the expectation that either by its general non-enforcement, or by the liberalizing interpretation of the courts it will be made Of no effect ?” A BUTCHER BBUISED. Harry Benrett Run Down by a Horse at the B. B. B. Harry Bennett of the firm of Bennett & Husted suffered injuries at the BE; B. B. at the Fair Grounds yesterday, that were Of a severe nature, and that he did not sustain fatal injuries was marveled at by those who witnessed the accident. Mr. Bennett who was a member of the committee on trotting events went on to the track for the pur- pose of handing out checks to the sev-’ "eral drivers, as he did so he was run He fell,, down by one of the horses. and oddly enough the horse at the same time came to a stop, with Bennett lying under his heels. ‘ Those who witnessed the accident ran to Bennett’s assistance. It was found that he had sustained a severe bruise on the face, caused by the horse’s teeth or the shaft of the sulky and had suffered a sprained wrist. He is about to-day, but with a feeling that is suggestive of a fall from' a bal- loon at an altitude of 1,000 feet. A LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. “God’s Sentinels” will be the subject of the pi ayer meeting at the Norwalk Methodist church to-night. —Who will get the $75' In gold at A. H. Hoyt & Son’s August 23. Almost he1 e, get your coupons. a 5 tf. ~Michael Reagan a well-known resi- dent 'of N orwalk died at his home on Cross street, this morning. Two daugh- . ters survive him. Complaint is made that the city water smells as though it had percolated through the vats in some fish oil fac- tory. David McClean and family of Dan- bury are at Rowayton. The Brotherton family is having a happy time at Red Clover cottage by the shore, where they expect to remain until ici‘cles are in blossom. Christienne Spitzer and Didreth Hohn were married yesterday by Rev. Mr. Runke. DA dance will be held at the Lawn , Tennis club casino, Friday evening. The funeral of (the late Mrs: Betsy A. Holmes was attended this morning. Messrs. R. W. Adams and A. Avison are attending, a state convention of butchers in Norwich to-day. ~ years. EAST NORWALK. The regular Thursday evening prayer meeting of the East avenue M. E. ’ church will be held in the lecture room to-night. The regular Thursday _ evening prayer meeting will be held in the Ad- vent Christian church to-night. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dorsey was quite seriously in- jured yesterday afternoon, by having a table fall on'her, striking her on the wrist. However, no bones were broken. A very quiet home wedding was solemnized at the home of Mrs. Mary Brush on East avenue yesterday after- noon, when her daughter, Miss Mamie E. Brush became the bride 'Of Mr. Arthur Platt. Rev. A. J. Smith per- formed thc ceremony. Mr._ and Mrs. Platt left on an evening train for New York. John Finch of Adam’s Express office shot a large crane this morning over the mill pond. Rev. Charles E. Benedict of Bayside, L. 1., will return to-day to spend a month with his parents on South Osborn avenue. Misses Grace and Evelyn Hawkins of Seaside place have returned from a visit at Islip, L. I. ' Mrs. Terrell of Waterbury, is visit- ing at the home of J. C. Hawkins. The contract for the building of the new schoolhouse was awarded to Wil- liam H. Smith and Arthur L. Waldron. The masonry work will ‘be done by Mr. Smith for $6,122.75 and the carpen- ter work by Mr. Waldron for $5,390. A A-> DARIEN. James Edney has announced his in- tention of starting for California on the 15th, and latercontinuing on to the gold regions. Mrs. P. B. Israel, formerly of Wash- ington. and recently the guest of her mother in Brooklyn, has arrived fer a visit of a few weeks with Mrs: Benja- ' min St. John. The annual sale and lawn party of St. Agnes’ Guild of St. Luke’s church, will be held Thursday afternoon and evening, the 19th inst., in the chapel and on the rectory grounds. Rudolph Burgen was befOre Justice Schildknecht, Monday afternoon, charged with assault on John O’Neil, aged fifteen years, July 25. He plead- ed guilty and was fined $2 and costs and placed under $25 bonds to keep the peace. Charles B. Fitch became sur- ety. The boy boards with Louis Her- man, his father being. in the Soldiers’ Home, and was given a good recom- mendation by the family. Burgen owned some ducks. One of them was drowned and the Others were carried " away by the swift current of the stream, and be accused young O’Neil of making away with them. When the young man resented this, Burgen» punished him severely. ~ The Fire Alarm. The fire alarm system acted as errat- ically last- night as if suffering from an attack of ague chills. The bell clanged in a spasmodic manner but succeeded in bringing out several firemen. The antics commenced about one o’clock . preceded by an electrical storm, and kept up a fitfull tolling until about 6:30 o’clock, when it stopped. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Callahan are making the acquaintance of a brand new daughter. The woman who reads the advertise- ments carefully can furnish her house and dress herself better on less money than, the one who buys haphazard. BIRTHS. WINCHESTER—In South ‘ Norwalk, August 4, a son to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Winchester of Girard place. STAFFERS—In N orwalk, August 3, a daughter to M1. and Mrs. Charles Staffers, of Maple street. MARRIAGES. PLATT—BRUSH—In East N orwa‘lk, August 4, byrRev. A. J. Smith, Arthur ’Platt and Miss Mamie Brush. HOHN—SPITZER—In South Norwalk, August 4, by Rev. MrERunke. Didreth Hohn and Christine Spitzer. PARKER—GRAVES—In Danbury, Au-3 gust 3, by Rev. A. F. Pierce, Charles M. Parker and Cora W. Graves. DEATHS. MALLORY—In Bridgeport. August 4, George'B. Mallory.. MCCALLL—In Bridgeport, August 3, Annie, wife of Edward McCall, aged 50 PHILLIPS—In Bridgeport, Augr st 3, George Phillips, aged 70 years.
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