5 VOL. VII. NO. 1675. NORWALK, CONN.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11,1897. iwo Plump _ FALL rubble masonry, . him THEY SAY 'most fields. . general condition is regarded as not of , ging. EVERY EVENING WHEN THE GAZETTE COMES, THERE IS A ' 1 , SCRAMBLE FOR IT. WE DIVIDE ' ~IT INTO FOUR PARTS, AND EACH OF us TAKE ONE. WHAT IT INDICATES. . THAT THE-GAZETTE Is A HOME. ,HAPER. THAT-THE GAZETTE 11 _A NEWSYE-PAPER. THAT Tan , GAZETTE IS A CLEAN PAPER. THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE GAZETTE IS READ. PRICE ONE CENT. A Scaffold Breaks and Pre- cipitates Them From the Depot atSoufh Wilton. Both Receive Serious if Not What May ‘ Prove Fatal Injuries. ' Two painters in the emplOy:___of the Consolidated railroad companymet with a serious accident at the South Wilton depot yesterday. They were engaged in painting the building and stood on a scaffold which gave way, and they were precipitated to the ground. They were assisted into the station and appeared to have suffered serious injury,but they pluckily insisted on being put on a down train, and started for their homes in New Haven against the advice of those who helped them into a car. A _ er WILL CAUSE UP. Prof. Hughes Will not Fight ltinerant Vender Law. After having the new itinerant ven- der law explained to him by the Dan- bury authorities, Prof. Hughes, the Optician, said he did not desire to fight the matter in the courts and as he could not afford to deposit the required amount with the state in order to do business under the law he concluded to close up and seek new fields outside of Connecticut. A A Furnished Bonds. In the cases of theState vs. William and James Hyde, who were charged with larceny, etc., and whom Judge Gregory fined and sentenced to a term in jail respectively as published in these columns yesterday, have taken an appeal from the decision and furnished bonds in the sum of $150 each for their appearance before the higher court. The case of McCann, one of the trio arrested, was heard later, and the Judge sentenced him to 60 days in jail, the charge of larceny against him ' being nolled. The fact that previous execution of sentence was pending, caused the Judge to find as he did on the simple charge of intoxication. Connecticut Crop Prospects. The corn crop seems likely to be rather light, unless favored with an unusual amount of sunshine. Crops are still showing the effects of last month’s great rains; low ground is soaked and is slow drying. Potatoes are destined to be a failure in~ great measure. General complaint of early peaches rotting badly. A heavy crop of rowen is promised. Haying goes on slowly—far behind the northern states in time owing to the condition of the ground. Tobacco is turning yellow in It grows slowly and its the best. AAA Important to Contractors. The City of Norwalk advertises in another column for sealed proposals for the furnishing of material and con- struction of a Vitrified brick prvement on a concrete foundation to be laid on Wall street, the approximate amount of pavement to be laid being 4,100 square yards, also 125 cubic yards» of 1400 lineal feet of curbing and 800 square yards of flag- The committee reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Read the adv. carefully. AAA V r A Good Story Spoiled. There is now said to be’ excellent bass fishing in Saugatuck harbor and -. ..some big fellows have been captured by expert anglers. One fisherman de- clares he hooked one a few days ago ' which would weigh all of 20 pounds, But just as he was about to pull the 1 fish into the boat his line snapped and the fish escaped, thus spoiling what might otherwise have been a good fish' story. A A‘ Will Visit Camp Cooke. Major General Wesley MerritttU. S. A., commandingofhe department of the east, with headquarters at Governor’s Island, N. Y.,~ will Visit Camp Cooke jig'Friday, the 20th, Governor’s day. He vull be attended by members of his . ., ; personal staff. ——-————‘0.0>————— ——Sailing Parties. The yacht THREE BROTHERS, will 51.1“ oarry parties on clearafternOons from ' ’Dorlon’s P. to Roton Point for $1.50. apacity of yacht limited to 15 pegrsons. ‘ . , , a. , tf. ,. BOX |_5_P_llLLEll. A Fire in the Druggist Supply Building on High Street. Firemen lumpllut of Bed Before Sunrise and Drown the Blaze. The promptness with which the N or- walk firemen subdue and obliterate a fire was again exemplified at an early hour this morning. _ About 2:30 o’clock the attention of Captain Dann and Officer Kenney was attracted by the cry of “Fire ! Fire I ” and located the sound as coming from High street. Captain Dann immediately pulled box 15 at the corner of Wall and Main streets, and the bell promptly tolled off the number. In the meantime Officer Kenny had started to locate the fire. As he turned into High street he saw that the small story and a half building occupied by the Druggist Supply com- pany was on fire, and that the alarm of “ Fire! Fire! ” had been sounded by Henry Matheis who lives near by. Mr. Matheis says that he was awak- ened by a team passing by, and that getting up and looking out of the win- dow he saw smoke issuing from the building, and then gave the alarm. The fire companies responded with alacrity and in a few minutes had the blaze under subjection, and in a short time had .the flames entirely extin- guished. The blaze originated in what is known as the drying room, and the flames shot up and out at a point on the north side of the building, and it is thought started from a brass lamp left 'on a stove in the room. In the building were found a carboy of ammonia, a quanity of fly-paper prep- aration, a bOx of resin, barrel of ben- zine and other combustibles, which fact makes the work of the firemen all the more deserving of commendation. Soon after the fire was extinguished there was a thunder storm and the rain came down in torrents. The damage done will probably not be in excess of $500. The firemen missed the usual elec- tric light station whistle alarm, the ab- sence of which alarm is explained at the station as owing to the fact that the fire gong at the station did not ring, the same not being in working order. While on the way to the fire, Engi- neer Aikeu who was arousing members of the department stumbled over some boards that had been placed to protect a trench near Catherine street and suf- fered an injury to one of his arms. er Samuel Armour’s Injuries. Samuel Armour who suffered a fall from near the top of the light house yesterday, is reported as getting along nicely. Dr. W. C. Burke, who is in at- tendance reports that Mr. Armour suf- fered a fracture to his right forearm and sustained several bruises about the . body. The doctor had not called upon his patient this morning but will do so this afternoon. He evidently does not anticipate that Mr. Armour is in any special danger from his injuries. Didn’t Wait. Among the passengers on a car on the Tramway line last evening, was Mrs. Louisa C. Day. reached her home on East avenue, she signalled the conductor, but before the car had come to a stop attempted to get off, with the result that stepping off backward she was thrown flatly in the street. She escaped serious injury. —-—————-«O>———-———— Used Fish for Ballast. Our two Baptist friends James Lyon and F. W. Perry, covered themselves with tan and filled their boat with fish down the harbor yesterday. They ex- plain the fact that they brought no fish home with them by saying that the boat commenced to leak and they were forced to throw the fish overboard in order to reach shore. —————<0.0>——-—. _ A Happy Sociable. . About twenty of the young lady visitors at the Thompson residence in South Wilton were the guests of Wil- liam Tocque at Broad River last even- ing. The evening was pleasantly passed, features being vocal and instru- mental music, dancing, etc. Most of the guests live in New York. AAA wvvr Look out for counterfeit nickels and pennies, both of which are in circula- tion hereabouts. A ‘Vv r ~Adverttse in ThE GAZETTE. , As the car ‘ Store. . mum!" 5 _. f .-. .wm'rr. “W'figgé'fli "1 tr 7P5 ,DoWERs‘ azvp uR/(Er yams p’FEIPEA/7 "livid: VIEWS l- 175007" 7715:5174 Y. ‘ - summing; MAYOR. Council Overrides His Veto Concerning Improvements at Central Park. A Gang of Workmen Removed the Posts While the Mayor Slept. Mayor Bohannan and the Stamford council are at loggerheads again, and to-day the police took a hand in the struggle. Some time ago the council in response to a petition of citizens voted to remove the stone posts and iron rails which inclose Central park. The mayor vetoed the résolution. Mon- day night the council passed the reso— lution over the executive veto and at 4 o’clock yesterday morning a gang of workmen began the work of removal. By 9 a. m. two sides of the park had been relieved of the posts and railing, and it was at this hour that Mayor ,Bo- hannon first heard of the doings he be- ing asleep. He immediately ordered Superintenj dent of Streets Bartlett to desist. The latter consulted the council chairman, and was told to go ahead. The mayor then instructed the chief of police to act, and Superintendent Bartlett and half a dozen laborers were removed to the station house. Prosecuting Attor- | ney Carter advised their release, and l the work continued until noon, when it 5 was practically completed. Meanwhile the mayor wrote a veto of Monday night’s resolution, and has called a meeting of citizens to consider the mat- ter. A Hello Time. The fifth annual re-union ,of the Southern New England Telephone Co.’s employes’ mutual benefit society was held yesterday at Pleasure Beach. The affair was of a stag nature, only men being present._ Delegates were present from Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, New Britain, Meriden, Wa- terbury, Derby, Torrington, Bristol, Ansonia, Norwalk, Stamford, Rockville and other places. AAA Drowned at Branford. Ralph Griswold, of Hartford, who was stopping with his parents at the Crawford cottage, Short Beach, was drowned yesterday morning. He was out in a boat, which over- turned while passing under a bridge. Young Griswold’s body was recovered in less than 10 minutes, but it was im- possible to resuscitate him. He was about 16 years of age. AAA Beachside Inn Attached. The Beachside inn at Greens Farms, owned by Mrs. Mary Phipps, was at- tached yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Doolan on a claim of $600 preferred by L. D. Stone, the builder, of Bridge- port. A _ . Boxing Bout. Billy Forsyth of Danbury and Sam- my Meyers, the, New York bantam, have been matched to box ten rounds at Waterbury on‘to-morrow night. Thought to Be Bonai. A dispatch from Ballston, N. Y., says a man thought to be Bonai, the sus- pected murderer of Farmer Nichols was arrested there yesterday. V ‘v‘ 7‘ —EAST;VIAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re- duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug 3'15 a HE oou_AP3iD. James Smith Taken to the Hos- pital in a Helpless Condition. Hegis Reported as Being Much Better ‘ This Morning. . ~ Shortly after 6 o’clock last night Offi- cer Reardon was called to the steam- boat wharf to care for a man who was in a helpless condition. The man proved to be well known and his name is James Smith, a.man who has for some weeks past been hang- ing about Water street, and who at one time was employed in East Norwalk. ’He was in the rear room of a salOon in a very much collapsed condition: Officer Reardon advised Officer Pen- nington. of the man’s condition and he in turn advised Dr. Clark, who ordered out the ambulance and the man was taken to the hospital. This morning he was reported as getting along nicely. He is suffering from a malarial attack aggravated as it is believed by a lack of proper nour- ishment. Smith came into possession of a few hundred dollars some weeks ago by the death of a relative since which time he has done but little work. Vvvv‘ PERSON AL NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Weed are at the 5 Mount Kineo House, in Maine. Calvin T. Purdy started for Europe to-day which accounts for that lone- some look that “Henny” Smith is . wearing. Abram McChesney of Orchard street is visiting in Orange, N. J. John McFarland of Danbury has been' visiting Mr. and Mrs. Louis Soderstrom of South Norwalk. Miss Lizzie' Grinrod of Danbury is spending a few days in town. Mrs. Tyler Waters of West avenue, has returned from a two weeks stay at Ocean Grove. W. R. Peck of New Milford, E. Mc- Phelemy of Danbury, Eugene Fancher of New Canaan, W. B. Lewis and Thomas Whiteley of Waterbury and F. W. Hilton of Boston Were in town this morning. ‘ ' ' Judge F. W. Perry and wife went to New York on the steamer Belle Hor- ton this morning. ' J. Linxweiler and family have gone to Bayonne for a few days recreation. Mrs. Fred Church and daughters May » and Elsie, of- Orchard street left South N orwalk yesterday morning for De- troit, Mich., where they will visit Mr. Church’s parents. They will not re- turn here until October. Mrs. Charles Bosch and Miss Lottie Bosch of Girard place are sojourning at Ocean Grove for two weeks. On Sat- urday they will be joined by Miss Belle Bosch, Charles Bosch, Addison Wheel- er and Stephen Jarvis. William A. Kellogg ,is spending'a week in Groton. Lincoln Colyer of New York is visit- ing relatives on Belden avenue. The Misses Maggie Harrington, SaVage and Mokler, of New York, are spending a week with Miss Grace Val- entine of Butler street. Lester S. Cole of Brooklyn is Visit- , ing friends in town. Mrs. Lucy Benton and. daughter of Bridgeport are Visiting friends in' town; , SHAM BATTLE. _ Brigade Programme for Tuesday Next at Camp Cooke. Brigadier-General Frost has issued orders to the Connecticut National Guard, for sham battle manoeuvres at Camp Cooke, Niantic, next week. The manoeuvres will take place next Tues- day, and are designated to be very in- teresting. The troops to take part will be all those in the brigade not specially re- quired for other duty, and will consist of four regiments of infantry, and the first separate company, thirty—seven companies in all, one battery light ar- tillery, two guns and machine gun bat- tery, four guns. FRATERNAL NEWS. Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so- cieties are invited to send to the GAZETTE, the elections of oflicers and other news pertaining to their lodges to be printed in this column. The names of officers should be brought in on the evening of their election and all other news with equal promptness. Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Re- bekah of South Norwalk will havea clam-bake in Rowayton on Friday evening. Trolley cars will transport the Lodge members to that place. EAST NORWALK. A party of East NorWalk young peo- ple will have a trolley ride Thursday evening. The infant son born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood of Fourth avenue, Mon- day, died yesterday. Mrs. Samuel Reed of Scott Corners, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Wood. Mrs. John W. Banks who is ill with typhoid fever is in a very critical con- dition and is not expected to live. Miss Lillian Ayres of East avenue, gave a party to a number of her friends last night. J. H. Carpenter and family left Tues- day for Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will spend his vacation. Mrs. Willis Bell of Cove street, has returned from a visit to Port Chester. Miss Florence A. Craig of Newark, N. J ., is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Tryon. Mrs. Arthur Waldron and children of Cottage avenue, left for West Nyack, N. Y., where she will visit her mother. Rev. Charles E. Benedict took. a party of boys to the city yesterday to see the sights. Among those who went were George and Walter Rose, Howard and Elmer Benedict, and Ed. Merritt. Mrs. Henry J immerson and Mrs. John Wheeler went on the excursion to Block Island to°day. ‘vr Chowder Party. MiSS Margerie Bishop daughter of W. F. Bishop entertained a party of her friends at a chowder party at Pine Ledge Tuesday afternoon in honor of her friend M—iss J osie' Lapley. Among those present werelmembers of the Jolly Ten. - VAv' The McLoughlin youngsters are liable .to land in the State School for boys. A number of'Our citizens went on the excursion to Block Island this morning. -Advertise in THE GAZETTE. I ,7. NOT A autumn. The Schooner Blanche Morgan. Will Sail To-day.- The Commandant at Governor’s Island Kept in Ignorance. 5 The schooner Blanche Morgan, load- ed with ammunition which has been detained at Bridgeport on suspicion of being engaged in filibustering, will be permitted ta leave the harbor this morning. She .will, however, have two officers of the government aboard to see that her cargo is shipped to Gov- ernor’s Island. Capt. Wason, who has charge of the schooner, appeared before the govern- ment officers yesterday and declared that his cargo was as set forth in the manifest, destined for Governor’s Is- land. Information was received from Washington to the same effect and the suspicion whiéh was attached to the schooner was removed. Major Phipps of Governor’s Island telegraphed to Bridgeport that he should have been notified by the Ord- nance Co. of the shipment of the goods but having no intimation of, the fact he knew nothing of the order. A rumor was current last evening that Capt. WassOn would bring a suit against the government for his deten tion. When asked about the matter, he said that while the situation was an annoying one, he did not know as he would institute any action for demur- rage. The detention of the schooner and the subsequent action of the govern ment after. receiving the intimation from the Spanish minister that the boat was under Suspicion of being a filibuster, demonstrated that thegovern- ment officers did their duty promptly and well. , It was ascertained yesterday that the order for the goods on' the schooner had been signed by the vice-president of the American Ordnance Co. and that everything was apparently regu- lar. While Capt. Wason has been for‘ a number of years engaged in the transportation of powder, this is the government. Marines from the dis- patch boat Fern who were ordered to guard the schooner were on duty all night and were relieved this morning by two others who will accompany the vessel to her destination at Governor’s Island when she will be released from further surveillance. "Concert Postponed. The concert by Dwyer’s City of N or- walk band announced to take place last evening was postponed until to-mor-l row evening, owing to the illness of three of the leading players. AAA er Richard and the B. B. B. Ex-General all-round-man Richard Fitch has on exhibitionat the Corner drug store specimens of what he and his camera can do whenever the occa- sion suggests. This batch of pictures includes less than a dozen Views of the at the Fair Grounds. The work is well done, and the pictures evince the fact of Richard’s steady progress in the art of photography. *AAA Th;Weather. Rain to-night and Thursday. intermittent fever was able to be out this morning. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Creagh went to Danbury this morning to attend the funeral of a relative. The old barn near the Hunter resi- dence on East avenue is being razed. DEATHS. BAILEY.— In Danbury, August 9, Hattie E. Bailey, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Bailey aged 14 years. CLARK—In Danbury, August 9, Mrs. Ann Clark. CONKLIN.-—-—In Danbury, August 9, Frank D., infant son of Frank and An- nie Conklin, aged 6 months.’ KANE—In Danbury, August 9, Mrs. Mary Kane, aged 62 years. PETERSON—In Bridgeport, August 10, Maren Peterson, Widow. of the late Christian Peterson, aged 72 years. fl SCHMIDT—In Bridgeport, August _10, Frederick Paul, infant son of Frederick P. and Mamie A. Schmidt, aged 6 months. ' - SHEERIN—In Bridgeport-August 10, Charles F. Sheerin, aged 44 years. Michael Swords, aged 66years. , WOOD—In East Norwalk, August 10, and Frances Wood, aged 2 days. first experience he has had with the , B. B. B. parade and some of the events ' Winfield Scott who has been ill with SWORDS—In Bridgeport, August 10, Charles Mutimer, infant son of Charles '
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