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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.

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WHAT IT INDICATES.

THAT THE GAZETTE Is A HOME
PAPER. THAT THE GAZETTE]!
A NEWSY PAPER. THAT THE
GAZETTE IS A CLEAN PAPER.‘
THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE
GAZETTE IS READ. . ..

 

 

VOL. VII. No.1672.

NORWALK. CONN., SATURDAYgEVENING, AUGUST 7,1897.

PRICE ONE CENT.

 

NEARLY RUN Down.

A Young Bicycle Rider Has a
Close Call on West Avenue.

Prompt Action of a Motorman' Averts a
Serious Accident.

About 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon

as an electiic car on the Street Rail- ,

way line was bowling down West ave-
nue Fred Many came along on his bi-
cycle.

He seemed to be using the car as a
pacemake1, and kept along side of it.
When the car had almost reached the
Central club house, the bicycle rider
was seen to spurt and shooting ahead
tried to cross directly in front of the

. car.‘

It was a foolhardy attempt and came
very close to being a fatal one for the
rider.

Motorman Gray who was running
the car saw the young man’s peril and
applied the brake. Many’s wheel took
a slide when it st1uck the track and
down he and the wheel 'went all in a
heap.

Passengers and the Conductor expect-
ed to see him either picked up by the
car or ground under the wheels. Motor-
man Gray’s prompt action no doubt
averted a serious if not fatal acc1dent.
The car was brought to a stop scarcely
five feet from where Many and his
wheel lay on the_track.

Fred by this time had. commenced to
realize his danger and was not long in
in getting on his feet, to the relief of

' those on the Oar.

It was found that he had escaped
with a few severe bruises on his body
and some slight cuts on his hands and
face.

The accident- ought to be a warning
to the many others who make a pr ac-
tice of scorching alOngside the electric
cars, who not only risk their lives in so

doing but are a menace to the peace of ~

mind of not only the mOtorman but
passengers on the cars.

 

THE GAZETTE WUIILII LIKE l0 SEE

A handsomer , man at Camp Cooke
than‘Captain Reuben. ‘

Telegrapher Hoyt place a soft cush-
ion in his guest chair.

Judge H. Whitmore Gregory get a
“half Nelson lock” on the next mayor-
ality persimmon.

Agent Dave Gouldépreserve order in
“ Battle Row.”

Commodore Walsh refrain from his
usual sail to-morrow out of respect to
the law.

Captain Ike reconsider his decision
that two are greater than one and re
main in the coming selectmen’s race.

Chief Bradley decline to sport his
gold lace to-morrow in deference to
the Sunday law.

Mayors Wheeler and Bohannan stop
monkeying with a petard that is
equipped with. hoisting facilities at
either end.

The Oleander Garden monkey refrain
from again resting on a sheet of fly
paper. ' ‘

Street Commissioner Mart Kellogg
turn his eagle eye and road repairing
force towards East avenue.

Captain Gladstone overcome his dc.-
sire to dive in shallow water.

The Hon. Sim Keith bury his Klon-
dike asperations.

Norwalk business men,,take a shave
home with them to-night.

A list of excuses for remaining away
from church offered in this city to-mor-
row. ’

The new-old Sunday law take a fall
out of the whiskerless craze.

A finer list Of attractions than those
booked by Manager Hoyt for his com-
ing Opera House season.

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State Convention of Harugaris.

The state convention 'of' the Harn-
garis Grand Lodge was held in Meri-
den yesterday with .60 delegates in at-
tendance. Charles Hauser, president
from Waterbury,presided. The morn-
ing session was devoted to the reading
of reports.

Cash in treasury, $35,418.85; expended
from July 1, 1896, to-July. 1,- 1897, $9,?
950.46; paid sick benefits to 12 members
dropped by subordinate lodges after
six months to the amount of $11, 120. 75.

One Meriden member, Julius Knipfer

has received benefits for five years‘
amounting to $1, 680. There are 35
lodges in the state,ten being daughters
of Harugaris. Nineteen male members
and eighteen female have died during

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Grand Secretary George .
'Mischler, made the following report:

New Haven, Thursday, Sept. 2.

 

A FRUITLESS ERRAND.’

A Turkish Woman from New
Haven Visits the Scene of
,Former Conquests.

Calls on Her Husband and Meets an Unwel-
come Reception.

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Yesterday there arrived on a train
from New Haven in company with 'two

friends a woman at one time knOWn in:

this city as the wife 'Of “Tony the Tu1 k.”
The two have not lived together for
some time and it is understood that the
husband is seeking for a legal separa-
tion. They have one child an infant.
The woman called on Chief Vollmer
and sought his aid in recovering what
she explained through an interpreter
was her personal property and which
she claimed her husband had refused
to allow her to remove.

The husband conducts a store in
South Norwalk, and the Chief accom-
panied the woman and her friends to
her former home.

They were admitted and the woman
pointed out a large trunk filled with
clothing which she asserted belonged
to her and her husband did not dispute
the assertion and was agreeable that
she should take it away. ‘

She then began to point out other ar-
ticles which she claimed were hers,
consistng of a sewing machine, a com-
paratively new trunk partially filled
with garments, and other articles.

“Tony” then began to object but 356:5
finally prevailed upon for the sake of
peace to accord to his wife the sewing
machine, and contents of the new
trunk, but drew the line to anything
further than the goods and chattels
mentioned should be taken from the
rooms.

Ths woman insisted on having all or
nothing and the accommodating Tony
whose anger had reached the boiling
point, politely told her that her wishes
met his approbation and she would get
nothing unless through legal process.

The'chief and her friends tried to-

prevail upon the woman-to accept what
her husband had allowed her, but to no
avail, and the visitors returned, those
from New Haven presumably going
back home, and the big chief continu-
ing his duties.

He does not think it improbable that
within a few days he will again be
called upon to visit the house, but will

see to it that the visit does not prove .

to be a fiasco.

He believes that “Tony” is inclined
to act fairly as to the ownership of the
chattels.

VA

AND HE SKIPRED.

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A Stranger From Albany (? ) Gets Arrested
and Is Later Given a Chance to
Get Out of Town.

A man who gave his name as Patrick
Dunn and his home as Albany, appeared
in the town court yesterday afternoon.
He was found at 3 o’clock yesterday
morning by Officer Bartram, abusing
the horse which he was driving about
the street. He was in an intoxicated
condition. To the court he said that
he belonged in Albany, and his special
destination nowhere. The Judge fined
him $5 and costs and suspended execu-
tion of sentence, that the fellow might
have a chance to get out of town' with
his turnout. whiCh he lost no time In
doing.

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Compliments the Selectmen.

State Highway Commissioner Mc-
Donald of New Haven visited Wilton
yesterday. On his way home he stopped
over for a short time in this city and
called at the Selectmen’s office. He
took a look at the section of road re-
cently completed by the selectmen on
Newtown avenue and complimented
them‘ on the work. This road is not,
one that was put in, repair under the
state appropriation, nor is it of the
kind required by the state, but the
commissioner is reported as having ex-
pressed the belief that it was fully as
good as that known as the telford.

 

Reunion.

The thirtieth annual reunion of the
Tenth Regiment, Connecticut Volun-
teers, will be held at Lighthouse Point,
Gen.
Greeley, Gen. Goodyear and Chaplain
Henry Clay Trumbull hope to be pres-
ent. . ,

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—EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’ s re-
duced from $5 to $2. 50, at Riggs’ Drug
Store. j 15 tf

 

E. M. BARNUM DEAD.

Formerly, Conducted a Dry
Goods‘ Storein the’Ga-
zette Building.

Held Many Positions of Trust in His Native
Town.

f' Edward M. Barnum died at his home
on Maple avenue, Danbury, Thursday
night.

His death was very sudden, for al-
though he had been in ill health and
gradually failing for over a year, it
was less than a week ago that symp-
toms indicating immediate danger de-
veloped. As short a time ago, as last
Sunday he was able to be out and take
a drive about the city. His death was
painless, as he was unconscious some
time before the end.

Edward M. Barnum was one of the
best known citizens and residents of
Danbury. He was a native of the
town, having been born there in 1843.
He was 53 years and 11 months old.

In his early life he' was engaged in
the dry goods business In Danbury.
Later he came to Norwalk and with
Edward Scofield of Stamford opened a
dry goods store in the store now 00
cupied by EdwardStreet in the GAZETTE
building, the firm being Scofield &
Barnum.

After he left Norwalk' he was in the
Wagner sleeping car service for sev-
eral years, running between New York
and Chicago. He then became a con.
ductor on the Berkshire division of
the Consolidated railroad, and this
position he held for several years.

He wasa selectman of the town of
Danbury for one term, and served one
term as alderman for the Third ward
of the city. He was appointed super—
intendent of public works by Mayor
Rundle, which office he resigned after
a few months on account of the illness
which finally resulted in his death.

Mr .‘Bainum was respected by the
people among whom he had been a
prominent figure for many years. He
was aMason of high degree, being a
Knights Templar, and he also be-
longed to the order oflElks.

He is survived by his wife. one son,
Edward, one daughter, Anna, and one
sister, Miss Sarah M. Barnum, who
has made her home with him.

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Have Taken No Action. .

Mayor Wheeler authorizes the GA-
ZETTE to. state that neither he nor the
city authorities have taken any action
towards closing the stores in Norwalk
on Sunday. ' '

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A Hartford View of It.

The Hartford Times in commenting
upon the new Sifnday law, says: '

The fundamental objection tO‘ it is
that its general enforcement is neither
expected nor possible, so that its en-
actment tends to lessen the respect for
all law. As respect for law is the foun-
dation of a free government, no more
serious objectionthanthiscanbe alleged.
N 0 one questions the good intentions of
the honest supporters Of the bill, but
more than me re good intention is re-
quired to produce wholesome legisla-
tion. ‘

 

Goes TO Elizhbeth.

Harry S. Beers leaves on Monday to
assume his duties as superintendent of

an electric light plant in Elizabeth, N. ' '

J. Harry gained his first knowledge
of the business at the local plant in this
city, and taking all advantages to abe-
come posted, has fitted himself for his
present responsible position. His ad-
vancement will be good. news to his
many friends. ‘

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A Horrible Death. _
Captain H. S. Williams while walk-
ing on the railroad track in Hartford
yesterday caught his shoe in a railroad
frog, and while thus fastened was run
overland killed by a train on . the 'Val-
1ey road. His body wasu terribly man-
gled. L. '
The dead man was a sailor in the em-

ploy of the Hartford and New York _

Transportation Company.

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'Pretty Grounds.

The grounds at. the Center school
are a credit both to the district and
the Janitor James Glace. They pre-
sent a pretty and attractive sight and
are remarked by all who have occa-
sion to pass them.

 

—Sailmg Parties.

The yacht THREE BROTHERS, will.

carry parties on clear afternoons frOm
Dorlon’ s P. to Roton Point for. $1. 50.
Capacity Of yacht 11m1ted to 15 1imprierSOns.

 

free.

Ills Pgoyooxo.

Joe Matheis’ Monkey the Vic.
Vtim ot' Misplaced Confidence.

.H'e Causes Great Excitement Amondd‘lis

Associates at the Oleander Garden.

Every one “about town,” knows of
the many attractions which adorn the
Oleander Garden on liain street. Bee-
side the great potted plants and floral
decorations, are unique animal speci-
mens, worthy a place in any Zoo.
Chief among “Joe” QMatheis’ present
attractions is a’Jocko, of most amusing
capabilities. J ocko has also an inquir-
ing mind which leads him to investi-
gate everything new. The other day
he saw something new spread upon one
on the restaurant .tables.

As is his wont, he immediately jump-
ed up to investigate. He sat squarely
down upon the object of his curiosity
and soon found it adhering to his
nether anatomy clOser.‘ than a brother.
Not being able to tear it off, without
taking hair and cuticle with it, -a
panic siezed him and he flew off the
table, over the bar, over and through
the palms, oleanders and potted plants,
etc., with his spinnaker set like a rac-
ing yacht, Here a race between Jocko
and his would be captors ensued, and
after much confusion and damage done
by reason of collisions, Matheis’ “con—
necting link between the human and
brute species,” was seized by his ad-
hesive caudal appendage, and quiet
restored, but not without a most pic-
turesque denudation of hirsute adorn-
ment and painful laceration of the seat
of his misfortune and misery. Jacko
is now a sadder and wiser monkey, as
he painfully considers his latter end
and will never sit down on fly-paper
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WHEELS COLLAPWSED

A Party Bound for the Shore Detained on
first" - Main Street. ‘

Long before sunrise this morning a

harvest party from Titicus, near Ridge-
field, started for a days’ outing on the
Sound touched shores of N orwalk.
- There were four teams,the procession
winding up with awagonette party of
ladies chaperoned by a gentleman
named Sherwood.

When in front of the John Bouton
place on Main street about 6:30 o’clock
the rear of the wagonette was seen to

d) pp and and the occupants of the ve— '

h .cle were unceremoniously spilled in
the street.
use the proper precaution in CI ossing
the Street Railway t1 acks lesulting In
the wreckng of both hind Wheels.

The ladies escaped injury and another
wagon being secured the party contin-
ued on its way to the shore, the wrecked
wagonette being temporarily placed on
Mr. Bouton’s lawn and later transferred
to a blacksmith shop for repairs.

—Sunday N. Y. Papers.

There is no reason for anybody to go
without their Sanday pape1.Newsman
Hayes of 5 Main street coveis the town
thoroughly with his two wagons and
four young men. Have your order with
him and it will receive prompt atten-
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DAHIEN.

To-night’s attraction at the Stevens
Point house will include a dance, shore
dinner and concert by Campbell’s or-
chestra.

The selectmen are having Harold A.
Parsons Of Rowayton survey for the
new .macadam road. The survey be-
gins at the top of the hill, near St.
Luke’s church, and continues eastward
as far as the appropriation of $3, 000
will carry.

The selectmen have ordered Con- .

traCtors Bates & Downs to proaeed with
repairs along the Tramway company’s
tracks,» notwithstanding objections
raised last week by George Leonard
and George Strangward. The Trams
way company is paying for the work.
George H. Tilley has cOntracted
with Bates & Downs for a stOne dam,
480 feet long, 7 feet high and4feet
wide at the base, and 2% at the top,
with a stone coping the entire length.
The dam will be built alongside Noro-
ton avenue, and Mr. Tilley’s large lot
will be flooded. An artesian well is to
be drilled and. a handsome fountain
constructed. ‘ '

—Prof. M. S. Rosen', the well-known

oculist- Optician, can be conSulted at

his office in the parlor of the Mahacke-

mo Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesdays,

from 9 a. m: to 8 p. m. Eyes exagined
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The drive1 had failed to '

 

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A IAIAgIgoIoINI.

A Little Bridgeport Boy Crush-
ed by_a Road Holler.

His Brother Also Fell Under the Machine
and was Injured. '

A fatal “hitching-on-behind” acci-
dent occurred in Bridgeport yesterday
forenoon when two little fellows jumped
on a horse road-roller as it was being

'taUen through Hanéock avenue, and

fell off and under it. One of the boys
was killed outright, and the other re-
ceived bad injuries. The boys were
the sons of Jacob Malletz, who keeps a
clothing and dry goods store on the
East side.

The road roller was attached to a
cart, and James Casey was driving.
After the cart and roller turned off

State street and was going down Han-'

cock avenue, a lot of little fellows
jumped on the frame work of the road
roller for a ride. Casey drove the lit-
tle fellows off. After he ,had crossed
the railroad track another crowd of
youngsters jumped on. Casey told
them to get off, but the distance be-
tween them and the driver precluded
the use of the whip on them, and they
did not move. Casey jumped off to
drive the lads away. There was a
scamper. Two of the lads were on the
tongue of the roller, and as Casey
jumped from his cart the smaller of the
two lads fell off and the moving roller
went over him. Another boy fell with
him, and the iron roller passed over
the lower part of his body.

The younger of the two boys was
Maney Malletz, the 5-year-old son of
Jacob Malletz, mentioned above. The
injured boy was his 9-year-old brother
Walter.

The boys were removed to their 'fa'
ther’s home and Dr. Clemens was sent
for. The dead boy’s face and head
were crushed and the upper part of his
body was badly- bruised. The doctor
found that Walter was also badly
bruised. There is, a big abrasion at
the small of his batik and his abdomen
was badly bruised'and cut. Whether
he suffers from internal injuries will
be shown by developments. '

PERSONAL NOTES.

John F. Holdridge and daughter
have gone up the Hudson for a few
days recreation.

John E. Carroll who has been visit-
ing friends here returned to his home
in New York to-day.

The Misses Helen and Augusta
Bracken are at Lake George.

Mrs. Maria E. Clune and son Thomas
have gone to the White Sulphur
Springs, New York. I

E. P. Weed and H. P. Prowitt have
gone on a bicycle trip to Toledo, Ohio.

Mrs. P. Buckley of Franklin ave-
nue has gone to White SulphurSprings.

Mrs. F. D. Lawton and children have
gone to the Thimble islands for a few
weeks recreation.

MiSS Ruth Smith has gone to Mon-
treal for a Visit.

Representative A. M'. Wright, was
in town yesterday. .

Miss May Newson, of St. Paul, Minn.,
is Visiting friends on Belden avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Zelufl' and
daughter Nina, of South Norwalk,
leave to-day for Asbury Park. '

'Among those from out of town who
were in town yesterday, were P. H. Un-
derwood of Orange, Mass, L. L. Moore
Holyoke, Thomas Meath of Danbury,
Miss Tillinghast and Charles F. Mc-
Neil Toledo, and Dr. B. W. Beach of
New York city.

M15. Belle Louden of Winnipauk
went to New York on thesteamer Belle
HortOn this morning. .

Car Searcher Kinley of Cleveland,
Ohio, is spending a few days with E.
M. Merritt. Mr. Kinley is employed
on the Lake Shore railroad.

Willard Comstock is home from
WashingtOn. I

Miss Helen Casey 'of Yonkers, is a
guest at the home of Miss Sadie Powell.

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ROWAYTON.

The Epworth league enjoyed a moon-
light sail on the Lida May last night
starting from Craw & L’Hommedieu’ s
dock at 7:30 and returning about 10
O’clock.

Miss Elsie Crockett is visiting livery-
man Sammis and family in New Ca-
naan. ‘

The pulpit of the M. E. church will
be Occupied by the former pastor Rev.

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BACK IN ___E_ASTON.

Buxton Released From the.
County Jail Yesterday.

His Counsel Will Institute Suits‘ApainsI,
the deens.

Fa‘rmer FredBuxton was yestefil‘ary
released from the County jail,and after
a short talk with his counsel left for
his home In Easton, where he will go I
to work at once and try and save his
neglected crops. Miss Agnes Murray,
the eccentric old maid of Greenfield
Hill, and W. H. Banks, postmaster of
that settlement, are surety for his ap-
pearance before the next criminal term .
of the Superior court. The bond was
$1,200, and this amount‘Miss Murray
and Mr. Banks shared between them.
Miss Murray would have gladly gone
on the bond herself, but Mr. Banks
considers that Buxton has been outrage-
ously treated, and wanted to show in
some substantial manner his sympathy
for the hunted man.

Buxton was taken to the‘Court house
where before Clerk Shelton the bond
for his appearance in September was
accepted. The face of the English-
man bore a smile of satisfaction as he
left the court and made for the street.
Before going, he instructed his attor-
ney to institute suits against Moses and
Ida Ogden‘ for damages, and also
against the men who beat him when .
he was overpowered. " The amount of
the damages claimed is not known
positively,but it will probably be $1, 000
in each instance. Buxton has sOme
money, whe1eve1 it came from, and he
is determined to get square with the
Ogdens, who, he says, have persecuted
him since his coming to Easton. -

The injuries which the accused sus-
tained in the scuffle- with the officers
and their assistants are not as serious
as Were generally reported, but they no
doubt were very painful. BuxtOn
states that he .will make the men who
smashed the windows at his home res
place them, or they, too, will be-sued. '
The windoWs were mostly alli= broken
by the deputies, who were justified in
so doing at the time, as they had a
criminal warrant for his arrest, and as
he threatened to kill them if they made
any Attempt to enforce the law. The
report about Buxton’s gun not being
loaded is untrue. The shell of the ex:
ploded ’cha1ge is in the possession of
one o; the deputy sheriffs, and will be
used. if necessary, when BuXton' 1s tried. .

FRATERNAL NEWS.

Secretaries of fraternal, air-secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of ofllcers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed in this column. The
namesof officers should be brought in
on the evening of their election and
all other news with equal ,promptness.

The adoption degree was conferred
by Cockeno‘e tribe of Red Men last
evening.

The Daughters of Rebekah met last
evening.

Pioneer Castle, K. of AM. 0., held a
regular session last evening.

The O. S. Ferry Command, U. V. U. ,
will hold a Clambake Monday evening
E The Star of Columbia circle cele
brated its third anniversary at South
Norwalk, Thursday evening, A num-
ber of guests were present fromBridge-
port.

Westport Division, S. of T. will visit
old Concord Division in the GAZETTE
building, Monday night.

. SILVERMIN'E.

The ladies of the Silvermine M. P. J.
church will‘ hold a lawn party on the
church grounds, on Tuesday evening
next, Aug. 10. If stormy the party
will be held next fair evening. The
Twin City Mandolin club, of Norwalk,
will render selections.

The Weather.
Fair to—night and Sunday.

 

 

Warmer.

 

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. .MARRIAGES.

WATERMAN—BOUTEILLER—In Dan-
bury, August 2, by Rev. A. F. Pierce,
Miss Louise Bouteiller and Harrison
Waterman, J r both of Danbury.

 

 

DEATHS.

BARNUM. ~—In Danbury, August 5th
Edward M. Barnum, aged 53 years.

DAVENPORT. ——At North Stamford,
August 5, George Elizabeth, wife of
Theodore Davenport.

KINGSLAND. —In Danbury, August
5, Rh-oda, infant daughter of Charles

“H. and Amanda.- Kingsland.
J. H- Slater Sunday evening. The pas- '

GRIFFIN. -——In South Norwalk, Au: '
gust 6, Emily Griffin, aged 87 years.‘