- .‘_____,‘;..-/ 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 * vonvn. ‘ No. 1690. NORWALK ooNN.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897. IIIIIIAT IT ,IHDICITES. THAT THE GAZETTE IS A HOM . PAPER. L1 THAT THE GAZETTE I A NEWSY PAPER. THAT THE GAZETTEIS 'A CLEAN PAPER THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE GAZETTE IS_ READ.‘ " _ PRICE ONE CENT. wNI NEE] HERE. Executive Committee State Firemvens’ Association Com- ing to Norwalk. Will'b‘é“-Tendered a Shore Dinner by Chief Engineer Prowitt. Chief Engineer J. T. Prowitt is in receipt of word that the Executive Committee of the State Firemens’ asso- ciation, consisting of President Stan- ton, of Norwich, and a vice president from each county in the state, making a tonal of twelve members, had decided to hold their first meeting of this year next Tuesday in N orwalk. The committee will meet at Chief Prowitt’s headquarters on Main street, and will be royally entertained during their stay. One of the important claims that will be discussed and acted upon, is that Of William Saunders of Hope Hose, who had the misfortune to break his arm while on duty on the morning of July 5. If his claim is successful Saunders will receive $100. .. One Of the features of the committee’s visit will be a shore dinner. -———-‘0.0>——— -—P10f. 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 examined f1 ee. f5 tf A ‘ V PERSONAL NOTES. — Henry W. Wilson and family and Miss Gertrude Armstrong of Philadel- phia, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Semple Of West avenue, returned home yesterday. Miss Nellie Willcock of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Ferris of Elm Grove place, returned home yesterday. Miss Julia Barclay of Brooklyn, and, Miss Ida Ellsworth of Philadelphia, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mc- Gowan of Clay street. Miss Jennie Kendall of Weymouth, Mass, has returned home after a visit with Miss Florence Kendall of Elm- ' wood avenue. Miss Alice Dykeman of Georgetown, is visiting Miss Agnes A. Bryant of East avenue. Miss Etta Schultze of Lowe street, is visiting her éousin, Miss Nina Perry, in North Haven. Mrs. James W. Howard and daugh- ter, Miss Jennie M. Howard, of Wash- ington street, have returned home from Old Mystic. , ' Mr. and Mrs. ‘William D. Robbins and daughters Effie and Ida are guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Dorsett, of Academy street. Mrs William S. Holmes,of Brooklyn, is visiting at the residences Of James Harris and Aron Martineau, of South N orwalk. Officer Thomas Kindilien, of New York, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kindilien, of Belden street. ' Mrs. M. Kling and son, of Ann street, have returned home from a visit in Derby. ,2 James Henry bread man at DeKlyn’s bakery is taking a vacation for a few days. George Peterson has returned home from a trip on the briny deep extend- ing over a period of several weeks. Fred W. Smith and family are visit- ing friends in New York to-day. Miss Beulah Brady of Yonkers is a guest of- Miss Lida Farrell Of this. city. Revs. Barry and Sheehanof this city were among the passengers on the steamer Belle Horton, this morning. Mrs. George W. Bradley returned home from a visit with friends in BloOmfield, N. J. to-day. Miss Anna Osborn, bookkeeper at the Norwalk and South N orwalk Elec- tric Light station, has returned from a. visit with friends in' Michigan. Mrs. and Miss Whalen of Boston, are visiting friends in town. E. Lavine, William Bradley, W. Humphries and C. H. Brush of Dan- bury were in town to-day. _ Charles SmIth and wife, P. A. Smith. and wife, and C. .C. Fitch Of New Lon- don are in N or‘walk to-day. J. w. Riley of Stamfordis calling on South N orwalk friends. , The Misses Nellie and Marie Kear- ney of New Haven, are visiting rela- tives on Wilton avenue. AAA 1 ‘v-V —All the successful Merchants or this City Advertise in THEGAZETTE. GDMINGTO NORWALK The Westport and Saugatuck Railway Ask for a Layout on Morgan Avenue. An Important Public Hearing at the Coun- ' cil Rooms. In another column will be found the notice for a public hearing at the Coun- cil 1 ooms on Monday evening, Septem— ber 6, on the petition of the Westp01t and Saugatuck Railway company, for a layout of its tracks from the top of Mill Hill, in East Wall street, easterly and through Morgan avenue, with neces- sary turnouts, switches, etc. The hearing will be held at 7 o’clock and all persons interested therein are notified to attend and be heard if so desired. The Westport and Saugatuck com- pany have been quietly at work upon a route from Westport t0 Norwalk. Their plans are now matured and they have asked the Council fora layout. It is not known what action the Tramway company will take in the premises, but it is surmised that they will fight the project to the bitter end, as a new and shorter line to Saugatuck and Compo means death to them. ’ The meeting will no doubt prove in- terestng as the Westport company means business. They are represented by Attorneys Hurlbutt & Gregory. ‘-A 9 DARIEN. It is rumored that Robert J. Doyle, the proprietor of the Columbia hotel, is anxious to sell out his business. Mr. J. J. Andrews, of New York, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. F. W. Bruggerhofi’. Miss Maud Mather, of Passaic, N. J ., is visiting friends in town. Miss Stella Austin is very slowly re- covering from her serious illness. The annual meeting of the Methodist church will be held next Monday even- Ing. Miss Ada Lapham and Miss Hoyt ex- pect to start for the Catskills in a few days. A mile bicycle 1 ace is being ar 1 anged fOI Satui day September 11, at- 9' .30 p. m. Five prizes are offered. “Ed” Cronin’s team of Stamford will meet the Darien nine Saturday at 3 p. m. on the Brady grounds. The Misses Marie and Bessie Ben- net, of Fort Hamilton, have been visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Vvaterbury. Lewis Beers, of Boston, ‘is spending a week with his grandfather, Mr. Charles Hoyt, of Ox Ridge. Mrs. Ebenezer Weed will celebrate the ninety-third anniversary of her birth next month. Mr. Charles Warren, of Noroton, is building an addition to his residence. A horse race is proposed for Satur- day. A harness or its equivalent in oats is the prize announced as offered by a local grocer. The Darien and New Canaan teams will play two games Of ball on the Brady grounds, next Monday, at 10 a. m., and‘at 3 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. John Green and family will remove from BroOkside avenue to Albert H. Scofield’s house, Locust Hill road, today. Some of the local Republican politi- cians have decided that’ there shall be two rival tickets for selectmen up for nomination at the caucus. Ore will be Jeremiah C. Klinefelter and Joseph Hindley, and the other Charles Ray- mond and Charles G. Waterbury. . The Middlesex club is preparing to give an—amateur entertainment shortly. It will consist of a negro minstrel sketch and a farce entitled “The Sud- den Arrival. ” The club will meet in its new quarters over the post-office, for the first time, Thursday evening. The annual fair of St. John’s R. C. church of N oroton has opened in the Town Hall and will continue several days. Thursday evening a number of young people from St. John’s R. C. church, Stamford, will present the farce “The Mischievous Nigger. ” Mr. F. S. Fitch, Sr., is building a large barn on his premises at Noroton Heights. Clarence Scofield, who has been ser- iously ill, with rheumatism, is able to be about again. \ Miss Annis Brady and R. D. Lyon have recently been elected members of the Chaucer club. The depot is being refreshed with a new coat of paint. THE GATSKILL WINS. The Committee Favors the Catskill Brick for Wall Street, Work My Possibly be Commenced Wilh- ' in a Week. Members of the committee with the city engineer, appointed to have Wall street repaved, visited Brooklyn yes- terday and made an examination of the streets in that city paved with vitri—- fied brick. They, it is fair to say, made a thorough examination and returned home satisfied as to' their preference. of brick to be used on Wall street. A meeting of the committee was held this morning, at which it was decided to award the contract to Messrs. Cain & Kinnear of Dayton, Ohio, which firm represents what is known as the Cats— kill Repressed Vitrified brick, which has been largely and satifactorily used in Springfield and other large cities. The contract price is $1.98 per square yard. It has not yet been signed, and there may be a few days delay, pending . arrangements yet to be made with the Street Railway and Tramway com- panies, which companies it is under- stood,have preference as to the manner in which the brick is to be laid. There were seven bidders for the contract, including the successful, the others being for what are known as the Syracuse and the Mack brick. ' The work will be commenced as soon as the contract is signed, and it is to be hoped will be pushed to a rapid completion. OBITUARY. EDWARD L. MUCKRIDGE. Edward L. Muckridge died at his home on Merwin street last night, after an illness Of only a few. days. He was a son of the late Abraham and Ann Muckridge and was in the 37th year of his age. . “ W , “Never Again." “Never Again,” the comedy at which New Yorkers laughed all last season, as they never laughed before, will be the attraction at Hoyt’s Theatre Satur- day evening, September, 4. It is the brightest and most captivating bunch of fun ever tranSDOrted from Paris, and is entirely dissimilar to any play of its class ever seen in this city. The com- pany and scenic garniture is excellent in every detail. ——Sailing Parties. The yacht THREE BROTHERS, will car ry parties on clear afternoons from Dorlon’ s P. to Roton Point for $1. 50. Capacity of yacht limited to 15.persons. n.6, tf.. V r Feast and Fast Days. According to the R. C. calendar, the following days will be observed in St. Mary’s church this month: 8th, Na- tivity of the B. V. M; 14th, Exaltation of Holy CrOss; 15th; 17th and 13th, Em- ber Days; 21st, St. Matthews; 19th, St.‘ Michael; 30th, St. Jerome. The days of fast are 3:1, 10th, 15th, 17th, 153th and 24th. Looks Like Spite. The cages for the new police head- quarters are still on the way here. And bets are. belng made as to who will be the first to occupy them. An old Offender suggests that it would not be out of order tO put in the reporters. But then, this looks like spite. A _‘ ‘ ' —Leg of Lamb 12%0. 6 Water street; a 31 tf- W \ .. ass—m3 ‘9 OX. ,og’ofim . @ééfifih s93" ‘3 ‘1» oblui,ncd ——/I painl- to be borne in mind in selecting a Jicwspapcrfor profitable uflocrlismg. . mother, . and report on the case. father, Vsmwm .: Slot WW- \ 1‘ . Thcwidc circululion of the GAZETTE, among the best pcoplc of all the Norwulhs, iii and cspcciully its well known popularity among the fumilics of the lawn, enables it lo Serve the advertising public cfiicicnily, profitably and suiisfuclorily. Thc quuliiy of gihc GAZETTE’S clicnlugc justifies this claim. ncwspupcr oi the fireside and oi the home. .‘ It is in louch wiih lhc progressive, enterprising, and loyal people, who best love our 9 beautiful town and most urdcnlly desire its growth and prosperih). It is most widely mud ' by ihc clusscs of people who buy mci'chundigc, build bouscs, pay taxes and do most iosup— port the substantial interests-of our communiiy.‘ DENlED USE OF MAILS A SoUTHNoIIWNLII WOMAN INNo HEB SON MIIoE IT I BUSINESS or SENDING our BEchNc LETTERS. . Money and checks Received by the Score Represented that the Son Was Helpless from Poverty and Disease, and Thus Worked on the Sympathies ‘of the Charitable People. The post office department at Wash- ington, on Saturday, issued a fraul or- der against Samuel Clark and his Mrs. Andrew J. Clark, cf South N01 walk. The occasion Of the ordeI was one of the most unique and bare-faced cases in the “begging” line that has ever come before the department. It appears that for a number of years Mrs. Clark and her son have been in the habit of writing begging letters to prominent people. Having selected some one whom they believed would respond, they would write them a touching letter to the effect that a mem- ber of their family was sick and in des- titute _ By limiting their demands to a small amount they were enabled to secure many responses and by changing the name of the party supposed to be ill and destitute they sometimes caught the same charitably disposed person twice. ' Letters came to them. by the score containing money, money orders and checks, and they were doing a regular land office business in the begging line. . When checks were received they did not present them at the bank but took them to the merchants in South Norwalk and had them cashed It was not long before inquiries of circumstances. the claimed destitution and sickness of the son began to come to the depart- ment and Inspector O’Brien, of Boston, was sent to South Norwalk to look up He 'soon dis- covered the facts and reported them to Washington. Andrew J. Clark, the husband and lives with the family at 85 Washington street, a few doors from the Sentinel office. He is ahard-work- ing citizen, and perfectly able and will- ing to support the family, which con- sists of Mrs. Clark, two sons and two daughters, the latter also being em- ployed in" South Norwalk. Clark has repeatedly asked his wife and Sam to give up the practice of writ- ing the begging letters, but they per- sistently declined to do so; When Inspector O’Brien reported the case to ,Washington, and after due consideration Mr. Tyner, the attorney general of the department, advised Postmaster General Gary not tO have the Clarke prosecuted if they would give up their scheme, and they were so notified. The postmaster warned them , [ on July 15, and they desistcd for sever- al days, but on July 24 Samuel deposit- ed in the mails several letters, one of them being addressed to H. A. Chitten- den, jr., New Rochelle. In this the writer claimed that he was helpless from poverty and disease, and asked assistance. This was too much, and when the department was notified of the mailing of the letter zit issued the fraud order, and now neither 8am nor his mother can get any mail whatever, even letters from their friends and rel- atives and they will be debarred from the use of the mails until the order is revoked. —EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’s re duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug Store. 3' 15 tf A DAS‘I’AHDLY ACT. A New Canaan Joker Endangers Lives of Others. Last evening a carryall load of Nor- walk people visited New Canaan, where they assisted in making the Catholic fair at that plrce asuccess, by present- ing the little extravaganza, entitled “ A Cake Walk.” At the close of the fair the N orwalk contingent boarded the carryall and started for home in a happy spirit all unmindful Of a danger that threatened them. As the team was coming down a hill leading from New Canaan the driver noticed that something was wrong with the harness, but wisely kept his coun- sel until the turnout reached the bot- tom of the hill., at which time Thomas Hunt, a member of the party, jumped out of the vehicle and grabbed one of the leaders of the team by the bit and stopped them. Investigation showed that some one in a spirit of mischief had changed the traces in such a manner, that it is re- markable that the team was able to reach the bottom of the hill without running away and overturning the vehicle resulting in serious injuries if not loss Of life to the occupants. Repairs were made and the party prOceeded home without ‘further inci~ dent. ‘ '- —— 'WANTED. — A girl for general housework. Apply 17 Belden avenue. ‘ Mrs. J. H. Magner has presented her husband with twin boys and the father is fully as happy as if the number had been doubled. Undcniubly, ihc GAZETTE is lhc foooriic No higher quolih) of circulation can be film Q‘s.” A. PRETTY GIRL Lies in a Comatose State for Hours at Her Home. Her Ailment Puzzling All Who Come in Contact With Her. Miss Margaret-Kealey,‘a young lady who resided all her life in Fairficld and who is well known, has been the sub- ject of speculation and sympathy for the past week owing to a peculiar ail— ment which has befallen her. She is a remarkably pretty girl with a robust appearance and apparently as healthy as could be desired. She had but re- cently returned from a vacation when she was taken ill and since that time she has been conscious only at infre- ' quent intervals. At other times she has laid in a comatose state for hours and her ailment is puzzling all who come in contact with her. Miss Kealey is a daughter of Dennis Kealey of Mill Plain. She is a very clever young woman and has held a position in the public schools of Fair- field for several years as a teacher. It is understood that this fall she was to have accepted a position at PlattSburg, N. Y. in a private seminary and would have started for there ere this if it were not for the ailment which befell her. She is a graduate Of the Bridge- port High school. Miss Kealey is about :23 years of age and the fact that her health has always ' been so good makes it almost unaccount- able that she should suffer any such peculiar disease. It is understood that she is unable to recognize. even her most intimate friends and that it is _ hard for her nurse to administer nour- ishment to her owing to the few lucid moments that she has. STATE DOINGS. spine of the Interesting Things That Hap- pen in Connecticut. The annual summer outing and re- union of the Connecticut legislature was held at Pleasure Beach yesterday and the occasion proved one of the most successful of the kind ever held. To say that these gatherings are quite popular with the members was proven by the large attendance and a more so- ciable or jovial gathering is seldom seen. Nearly the entire body were present. Steven Takatsh, aged 32, of Ansonia, attempted to murder his wife last night by shooting her and after he had sup-. posedly accomplished his purpose, sent a bullet through his own heart and died soon afterwards. The affair was the result of marital trouble. A gold watch and $56 in money were purloined from the house of Thomas Thompson, of Bridgeport, some time during Monday night while Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were wrapped in slum- ber. The watch was found the next morning in the yard. The Pickering Governor company, for 30 years located ianortland, Conn., is to move to Hartford. The product of the works is the Pick- ering governing, used the world over for the control Of steam engines. Work at the Masouic Lodge Rooms seems to be trying to keep pace with the improvements on Wall street Within a comparatively short time the present century will be a thing of. the past. Can it afford to go, out without . these desired changes to its credit ? ———-——————-‘o.¢>———-—-—— The Weather. Fair, followed by increasing cloudi- ness and probably showers Thurday. BIRTHS. MAGNER—In Nor walk August 31, twin sons to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Magner. MARRIAGES. W'OOD— TOUHEY—In Wé.terbury,May 3 byReV. Father Cuitain, C. Howard Wood and Miss Lizzie Touhey, both Of Danbur.y DEATHS. GALLAGHER-—In Danbury, Aug 30th, John Joseph Gallagher, son of Thomas and Bridget Gallagher, aged 3 years. HUBBARD—"In Bridgeport, Daniel A. Hubbard, aged 71 years. HURD—In Bridgeport, Aug. Chai les H. Hurd, aged 66 years. MUCKRIDGE—In N orwalk August 31, Edward L: Muckridge, aged 36 years. REED—In Danbury, Aug. 30th, Abram Reed, aged 66 years. WHITE. —In N orwalk August 31, John W’hite aged about 60 years. . ' 31,
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