‘ her. ' the past twelve years. WHAT THEY SAY EVERY EVENING WHEN THE GAZETTE COMES, THERE Is A SCRAMBLE FORIT. WE DIVIDE IT INTO FOUR PARTS, ,AND EACH OF US TAKE ONE. Ven 1 _, « .Z ette . , unlit IT moieties; THAT THE GAZETTE 1s A HOME” . PAPER.‘[_ THAT THE GAZETTE 1s A NEWSY PAPER.‘ THAT THE GAZETTE Is A CLEAN PAPER. THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE GAZETTE IS READ. VOL. VII. NO.1684. ' NORWALK CONN.. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST ‘24, 1897. PRICE ONE CENT. A Bonnet. The Saunders Midgets Arrange for a Bicycle Contest. Well Known Citizens to Act as Judges, Timers and Scorers. A boys bicycle race under the man- agelnent of the Saunders Midgets has been arranged fOI next Saturday, the start to be made at 10 a. m. The course is from. Stuart avenue to Darign and return ' Tue following are the entries and handicaps. 1—Herbert Watts, 2:}- m. 2——VVilliam Casey, '2 m. 3—B. Hines, 2 m. 4—Jack Lawlor, 1% m. 5~Johnny Smith, 19: m. O—George Duffy, 1 m. 7—Fred Coleman, 1 m. 8—Geo. Tallmadge, 20 s. 9—Louis Alexander, 20 s. IOfCharles Olmstead, 10 s. 11—Herbert Saunders, scratch. 12—Howard Saunders, scratch. [Cut this out and use for score card.] Tommy Dunn has consented to act as scorer. Lots of sport is expected. The two time prizes are a pair Of bi- cycle shoes and an air gun. The posi- tion prizes are; foot pump, bell, two pounds candy, two' watermelons, bicy- cle cap, % doz. sticks bicycle wax, rac' ing suit, pie and a marble cake. AA; ‘vr OBITUARY. MRS. ESTELLA N. WILCOXSON. The venerable Mrs. Estella N. W'il- coxson, relict of Jonathan J. Wilcox- son, died at Seymour, Connecticut, Sunday night, aged ninety-one years- She was the mother of the ‘late‘ Mrs. William C.'Street of High street, this city, and of Lieut. Colonel A. H. VVil- coxson of the Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteers, who lost his life in aheroic effort to escape capture, by dashing through a line of Confederate cavalry in Florida, just prior to the close Of the war. Her only surviving child is Edgar S. Wilcoxson of Union Place, a worthy and respected citizen Of Nor- walk. Mrs. Wilcoxson was a member of Trinity Episcopal church, of Seymour, and whatever of interest took place there was of the most importance to She was also a member of Olive chapter, 0. E. 8., being the oldest member in Connecticut, and though she had passed four score and ten, she attended at many of the meetings. 4 " ‘ r A Newtown Wedding. There is going to be a great time in Newtown on Wednesday, September Still. On that day the wedding of Michael J. Houlihan, former senator, former county commissioner. former about every Office in Newtown’s town government, to Miss Katherine Huri- gan will take place and a general invi- tation has been extended to the great politician’s many friends to be present and witness the ceremony. It promis- es to be an occasion which w111 long be remembered in Newtown ‘ ‘ —Sailing Parties. The yacht THREE BROTHERS, will carry parties on clear afternoons from Dorlon’ s P. to Roton Point for $1. 50. Capacity of yacht limited to 15 persons. a. 6. ti. AA‘ 7 After a Woodchuck. Major John H. Wade, who up to date has lived in N orwalk, but for the past four years has been doing business iu Bridgeport, started for Redding Ridge this morning with a rifle on his should- er for a week’s hunt after a woodchuck which has eluded him and his rifle for The Major ex- pects to find at least sixty bullets' 1n the "' 'chucks” body when he either kills him or the animal dies of Old age. A ‘ She Fell 23 Feet. Mrs. Frank Blanchery of Bridgeport, while taking in her wash from a pulley line extending from a second stOry win- dow, late yesterday afternoon, lost her balance and fell from the window to the ground, a distance of about 25 feet, and received internal injuries. Her condition is critical. i, —————<0.o>—-—— Look at Your Tickets. The number drawing the $75 at A. H. Hoyt & Son’s, last evening, is‘7476. If you have it and will present it at the store you will receive the cash. ‘4‘; ‘vr Barn Burned In Sound Beach. A barn belonging to George W. Mor- gan, at Sound Beach, was destroyed by 'fire Sunday night. ' ‘1 _ one an infant, is here. THE WILD, MAN. Only a Harmless Insane Gar- dener, Who has Been Wandering in the Woods. Captured and Locked Up in the Greenwich Lookup. The wild man who has caused terror in Long Ridge, Stamford, has been captured, and is now in the Greenwich lockup. He says that his name is J 08' eph Mueller. He -has every appear- ance of being mad. He was seen Sun- day by persons driving along the main road at Hangwood. He was pulling up grass and shrubs near the road and eat- ing them ravenously, chewing them with seeming enjoyment. He was clad only in an undergarment and an Old pair Of trousers. In answer .to the sheriff, he said that he was 45 years Old, and came there four years ago from Baden Baden, where he had been a gardener. He said his father was a schoolmaster and a man of standing and means. He had been working for a farmer named Kirsch, near Bridge- port, but had left him because he got nothing but cabbage to eat, and he made up his mind not to submit to such a diet any longer. He followed the line of the Housatonic railway, and worked for a day or two in New Mil— ford two weeks ago. Since then he had lived in the woods He seems to be harmless. Dr. William A. Griswold, who examined him, says he is undoubtedly insane. He has never attempted viOlence, nor has he stolen anything, but several women say he has pursued them in the dusk of the evening, and their stories made'the in— habitants afraid to go out of doors in the evening. Mueller’s pockets, when he was captured, were full of grass. : _ '7 COL. HENDRIE’ S CREDITORS. Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Filed With the Court of Probate. A hearing took place yesterday after- noon upon the appointm'ent of a. trustee for the insolvent estate of C. W. Hen- drie, the Stamford dry-goods dealer, who made a. voluntary assignment last week. A schedule was filed with the court showing the assets and liabilities of C. W. Hendrie as an assigning debtor. The goods in the store estimated to be worth $10,000; store fixtures, $400; de- posit in Stamford National Bank, $25; book accounts, about $900. The credi- tors include the following: Stamford Trust CO., three notes, $2,550; Stamford National Bank, four notes, 83,400; J. B. Hendrie, about $12,000; H. B. Claflin CO. of New York and J. B. Hendrie, $5,000; H. B. Claflin 00., New York, $3,290.91. The other creditors are near- ly all wholesale dealers in New York, whose total claims amount to $1,200 or $1,500, The court will appoint appraisers ‘to make an inventory Of the stock. —————m—-—-———— 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 officers should be brought in on the evening of their election and. all other news with equal promptness. There will be a dance at the Lawn Tennis Casino to-night. ‘ ‘ V'V —EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re- duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug Store. j 15 tf The Suit Still on. The case of William H. Turner vs. Constable Lynch, is on trial before Judge Gregory in the Town Court. It will be remembered that some time since, Constable Lynch on complaint of F. D. Lawton & 00., attached furniture belonging to Turner and which was be- ing mo red out Of town, to secure an al- leged bill for groceries. The complaint alleged that the goods were to be re- moved out of the state, in which case the attachment would be legal. The defendant claims that he was going to move to Merwinsville, this state. He now sues to recover damages from the Constable who served the writ. Mr. Turner and his family of two children, The case is be- ing hardly fought and' IS still on. -‘ :'7 Frank Scofield. of Brooklyn and Lewis Wood of Bath Beach were the guests of E. J. 'Scofield of Harbor ave- . nue, 'to-day. A DEC‘IDETICHANCE. Liveryman Horace E. Dann Disposes of His Livery . Business to Oscar H. Banks. A Worthy Successor to a Worthy Business Man. For some months past, as known to the GAZETTE, Oscar H. Banks who has had charge of the office of the livery and sales stables of A. Solmans at South N orwalk, has been negotiating for the the pu1 chase of the well-known and long established liver y stables on River street. The stables if the writer’s memory serves him were first Opened by David Stevenson then proprietor and owner of the present N orwalk hotel. Later they were conducted by D. S. Bartram now a resident on High street this city, who sold out to the late William E. Dann in 1868. He in turn sold out to his son, Horace E. Dann in 1882, who has since conducted the same with credit to himself and fOI the benefit of the public. Yesterday he sold his interest in the business, including coaches, harnesses, etc., to Mr. Oscar H. Banks, of South N orwalk, a young man well liked and in the possession of experience, and of careful and conservative business qualifications. A worthy succesSor of the former owner Mr. H. E. Dann. M r. Banks buys everything in the livery line clip and clean, and takes possession to-morrow. The stables he Vi ill rent Of Mr. Dann, who will continue his harness store in the building adjoin- ing. The sale will give him more time to devote to the business of the Gall cure in which he is associated with Mr. George Lockwood and which is increas- ing with~ a rapidity exceeding their most sanguine expectations, It would seem out of place to speak words bf laudation of the manner in. which Mr. Dann has conducted his livery business, as his was generally recognized as one of the most complete livery stables in the county, his deal- ings always square, and his word as good as his bond. Of his successor there, is nothing to be said to the contrary, and the GA- ZETTE would bespeak for him a liberal patrOnage. ——-——‘0.0>—_—-— THE GAZETTE Wllllil] LIKE TU SEE The new truck made longer. The paving of Wall street com- menced. _ The total expenditure for the pub- lic library published. A newsboy whose GAZETTE sales have not inereased. Just a short spell of fine weather. The Pioneer boys pleased with their new truck. Tommy Dunn keep the score of the boys race correctly. The candidate who is willing to run for Mayor of N orwalk Those steel cells placed in police headquarters. Every surviving member Of the 17th C. V. attend the reunion in Westport on Friday. The Old fire truck sold to the Pioneers of Westport. Captain Charles Smith begin to gather clams for that chowder. 2A ball game at Norwalk Park be- tween the business men of Wall and Main streets on Labor Day with Cap- tain Ike on first base. A lawn fete for the benefit of the Norwalk library. ‘ Death of a Ball Player. Frederick C. Nichols, at one time one of the best known ball players in the state, died in Bridgeport yesterday morning, aged 46 years. N inhols pitch- ed for the T. B. ’s of Bridgeport in their games against the Old. Norwalk Inde- pendent club. ‘— Skipped With His Booty. Harry Van Allen skipped out of New- town~ Sunday night after stealing $60 in cash, a watch and some other valuables from Robert and Charles Davis. He headed this way but has not yet been located by the police. Winthrop G. Clark a son of Henry 0. and the late Anna B. Clark, died this morning, aged 22 years. His mother died on April 20th last. Doubly bereavedwithin a short space Of time . Mr. Clark, deserves and will receive no small amount of sympathy. THE BIDS llPENED. Six Firms Present Figures for Brick for Paving of Wall / Street. No Awards Have as Yet Been Made by the Council. The bids for the paving of Wall street with brick were opened at the Council rooms this noon. Representatives from six different firms were present including the ir' repressible J. E. Miles, who paved ,1 Stamford and New Haven streets, and as will be seen was for the furnishing of the brick the highest bidder in the race. The bidders were six in number and for the furnishing of the brick per square yard the highest was $2.56 and the'lowest $1.98. They were as follows: . Etna Construction Co. $2.51 J. E. Miles, $2.56 Eugene Field, $2.29. Blakeslee & Co., $2.25. Doolit & 00., $2.00. Keystone Construction Co., $2.21. Cain & Kainer, $1.98. It is stated that the average bid for the building of the abutment was about $7.00. INFORMAL PRACTICE. The Pioneer Boys Try their New Ladders ' on Main Street Buildings. Last nightChief—engineer Prowitt had the Pioneers out for practice with the- 40 and 50 foot extension ladders. The 40 foot ladder reached to the top of the Lockwood building near by. The 50 foot ladder with fly extension Of 15 feet lapped over the cornice Of the Wood building near by, perhaps six inches. Mayor Wheeler and Councilman Tristram were present and witnessed the-,working of the ladders. ’ The apparatus is new and it did not apparently work to the satisfaction of either the Chief, his assistants or the fire laddies. No agent Of the builders was present to explain the working of the ladders, but the Pioneers will soon be as handy with them as the man who built them. The Truck it is understood has not yet been accepted by the city. EAST NORWALK. Miss Laura Carr, of Long Island, is Visiting her brother, H. V. Carr Of Cot- tage avenue. The regular Tuesday evening class meeting will be held in the East ave- nue M. E. church toenight. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Burnes, of Greenwich, are spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Randall, of Riverside avenue. Miss Jennie and Meta Burchard, of Darien, are Spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Partrick, of East avenue. ‘ Miss Ida Tompkins, of Orange, N. J ., * has returned home after a Visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gorham. Mrs. Robinson, of Huntington, L. 1., is Visiting her "son, George Robinson. Miss Annie L. Smith, of Osborn aven- ue, is visitinngs. William H. Proph- ett, of Bridgeport. ' The regular Epworth League meet- ing was held last night, and a business session held at the close to arrange for an Epworth League Clambake on La- bor Day. ' Weather Flags. After waiting many weeks, the new halyards were placed on the GAZETTE building flag staff by Phillipson & Brown, this morning, and hereafter the weather signals will be displayed each day. Frank Bartholomew Dead. Frank Bartholomew, treasurer of the Connecticut Agricultural Society died at his home in Wallingford Sunday, aged 42. He was a prominent member of the grange. He leaves a wife. Lawn Fete. St.‘ Paul’s Mission society will hold a lawn fete at the hOme of Mrs. Shepard in Winnipauk to-morrow evening. Funeral Postponed. The funeral of Major Charles E. Doty has been postponed until Thursday morning at 10 o ’.clock —Live Merchant 5 keep their names before the Public. An Advertisement gin THE GAZETTE Will be read. OFF THE TRACK A Street Railway Car Meets with an Accident This Morning. The Flange on the Wheel Flies Off While Rounding a Curve. Shortly before noon today, as car N O. 19 on the Street Railway was rounding the curve in front of Harvey’s shoe store at South Norwalk, one of the flanges on the wheel flew Off and before Motorman Hanlon could stop the car it hadjnmped the rails and run over the pavement nearly to the curb in front of the Harvey building. Luckily the car was going quite slow at the time else a serious accident might have resulted. The accident did not delay travel on the road as passengers were transferred around the car and carried to their destination. > At 1 o’clock Superintendent Kyle and his men had gotten the car back upon the rails and took it to the car barn, where a new wheel will be placed in position without delay. ———<o.o>—-—-——-— PERSONAL NOTES. Master Thomas Havey arrived home yesterday from a two months Visit with his grandparents at J ewett city. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Barthol of South Norwalk sailed for home on Saturday, on the steamer Patria. William Storey has gone to a business college in Poughkeepsie for a course of study. ' Miss Cla1a Grossenbakei of Chicago is Visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Hef- fernan, on Plymouth avenue. Mis. William E. James has returned 'home from a week’s Visit at Port J efier- son, L. I. Misses Marie and Lena Rogers, who have been spending a week at Bell Is- land, returned to Danb’ury Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Foote re- turned home on the Belle Horton Mon- day. Miss Mabel Hathaway and brother, Alphonse, of Danbury are spending the month of August in South N orwalk and RowaytOn. . Miss Mamie Decker, of Danbury, is spending a week in Norwalk and Wil- ton. Miss Elise, Brush, who has been spending two weeks at the Haviland cottage, Bell Island, returned to ‘ her home in Danbury, Monday. George Flynn, who has been em- ployed in South N urwalk several months has returned to Danbury. Miss Alice Selleck of Merwin street, left this morning for a vacation in the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Bailwitz leave for Charlotte, Va., to-day. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wade will re- move to Bridgeport on Labor Day. Their Maple street residence has been rented to Giles A. Gregory. Miss Irene Snyder, of New York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles H. Ferris, of Washington street. The Misses Florence and Blanche Ells of North avenue and Camp street, are Visiting in New Canaan. Mrs. George R. VanAlstyne has re- turned home from a two weeks’ Visit in Hartford and New Haven. Mrs. J. W. Studwell with her niece, Miss Violetta B. Wilkins, are spending several days in Pittsfield and Lenox, Mass. Miss Oradelle Valentine has returned to her home in Westport, after a two weeks visit with her sister on Main Street. , Mr. and Mrs. John O’Brien who have been Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Buck- man, have returned to Jersey City.. John B. Corbett will sail for Queens- town on August 25. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrington and daughter, Miss Grace, of . Green- point, are visiting James A. Earring- ton, of Railroad place. Officer Pennington of South Norwalk, is taking a week’s vacation which in- cludes a Visit to Niagara Falls and to his former home in Waterbury. I Miss Lizzie Howell left this morning for a visit with friends in Philadelphia. Mrs. Emma Hardy of East Norwalk is visiting friends in New York. Charles Johnson of the N orwalk and South Norwalk Electric Light works is taking a vacation. Mrs. Charles Cargill and son Charles, have gone to Chemung, N. Y, for a visit. UNCLE WALTER’S. DREAM. Dies and 6099 to Heaven, but Fails to See . the Curtain Raised. - l Uncle Walter Fitch relates having recently had the following inter- esting and very remarkable early morning dream. He says he dreamed he died and promptly appeared before St. Peter, who received him' with unexpected cordiality. Tak- ing him by -the hand he ejaculated, “why, Walter, I’m more than glad‘ to 'see you, sit right down until I look over the record—I think there is a re”- served seat for you inside—let us see; yes.here it is, on the third row.” With much silent self reproach, Walter says, he ventured to ask Peter if this was Heaven ? “Repress your curiosity and impatience Walter,” replied Peter, “you shall soon know of your where- abouts.” Saying this a' wide, glisten- ing door, sparkling with gold and precious stones flew open, and Petei ushered him into a vast and brilliantly lighted oval apartment. Lines of richly upholstered chairs were ranged across the room and fronting in cres- cent form, a great, rounded and g01 geously decorated stage or plat- fOIm. The first row of chairs, was filled with aged, dignified and highly respectable looking gentlemen, whose thin, grey locks and bald heads, par- ticularly attracted his att'ention. Look- ing up and down the line, right in the center of the front row, he was startled to see Burr Smith ! Recovering from his astonishment, with faltering voice and painful apprehension, he ven- tured the Observation to Peter— “ why this can’t be Heaven, can it?” “Be patient Walter,” said Peter. “you shall be led by degrees from exaltation to ~ exaltation, until you are thoroughly purified, when all shall be revealed tO you,” and, beckoning an usher, bade him take Walter to his reserved seat No. 27 in the third row. He followed the usher who seated him exactly in the rear of Burr Smith and telling him if Peter Should want him to come out between the acts, he would ring a tiny silver bell, under the head rest of his luxuriously cushioned chair, and that in case he should want to go out him- self, he had only to touch an electric button on the back Of the _ seat before him and Peter would'grant his request. Looking up, he saw the most beautiful stage decorations. and curtain his eyes had ever beheld. From far in the dis- tance, came strains of the most ravish- ing music. On all sides were. exquiste pictures of birds of paradise with the gayest of plumage and angelic faces and forms of bewitchingly beautiful - women, clothed in radiant smiles. “This, this, is Heaven,” quoth Walter and in his extatic delight he punched ’Burr Smith in the back and impatient- ly demanded why he might not come around and take a seat in the front row, explaining that by reason Of age and manifold infirmities, his sight was greatly impaired and his natural force sadly abated. “Don’t make a‘ fool of yourself,” angrily retorted Burr, “but it keep still and sit where your are; this isn’t one of Fred Mitchell’s immoral leg—shows and you keep quiet ! ” Walter says the next thing he knew, he felt a vicious thrust of his devoted Spouse’s sharp elbow in his ribs, with the shrill exclamation, “Walter, are you ever going to get up ? ” Walter says it was the meanest trick he ever had played on him, waking him up before he could see that cur- tain rise and the bewitching galaxy of unrobed female lovliness, he knew, was concealed from View behind it. Post-office clerk Harry Camp is home from a week’s visit at Tannersville, N. Y. with renewed vitality and fish stories with which to surprise his brother members of Pioneer H. & L. Co. The Weather. 1- Showers, followed by fair weather Wednesday. MARRIAGES. VANTASSELL—WAUGH—In North Sa- lem, N. Y., August 8, by the Rev. Thomas Lathrop, Charles Vantatssell and Miss Annie M. Waugh, both of Danbury. DEATHS. CLARK—In Norwalk, August 24th, Winthrop G., son of Henr‘v O. and the late Anna B. Clark, aged 22 years. HOLLY.—-In Hunting Ridge, August 22, Samuel A. Holly, aged 82 years. MURPHY. —In Bridgeport, August 23, Katie F. Murphy, aged 21 years. NICHOLS. -—In Bridgeport, August 22, F1 ederick C. Nichols, aged 46 years. WILCOXSON. —In Seymour, August, _ 22, EstellaN. Wilcoxson,‘ aged 91 years. 4 WOOD—In New Canaan, AugUSt 23. ‘ Viola, daughter of Stephen T. Wood aged 17 years." 1
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