WHAT THEY SAY
EVERY EVENING WHEN TLE
GAZETTE COMES, THERE IS A
SCRAMBLE FOR IT. WE DIVIDE
1T INTO FOUR PARTS, AND
EACH OF US TAKE ONE. '
VOL. VII. N o. 1695;
.THERE;S TUN AHEAD
it An Attempt is Made to Tear
Down .the Wadhams
Building.
The Duestion of Ownership of Laud Will
Probably be Brought Up.
' The Wall street improvements prom.
Iise lots of fun in the near future if an
attempt is made to téar down the old
VVadhams building adjoining the Lock-
I'wood building, now being razed, with-
out the city first making Ia satisfactory
settlement with Terry 8t Co. who hold
an attachment on the same.
The building is now occupied by
George S. Gregory as a meat market,
and he has been notified to vficate the
premises. '
The little structure was erected byE
J .Wadhams some years ago after quite a
hot fight with the old borough Officials.
He occupied the premises until his fail-
ure when it was leased by Mr. Gregory.
It was supposed that the place be-
longed to the Lockwood’s, and it was
not known until after Wadhams’ fail-
ure and an attachment had been put
on the building by Terry & Co., that
Wadhams owned the place.
In notifying the property owners on
Wall street of the assessment of bene-
fits and damages for the new improve-
ments, the City did not recognize
-Wadhams’ equity and no notice was
given him or Terry & Co. who held the
attachment.
This was done for the reason that the
City did not recognize Wadhams, and
having given the. Lockwoods’ benefits
Wadhams must look to them for re-
dress. I
It now appears that Terry & Co. pro-
pose to take up the fight in case an at-
tempt’is made to take down the build-
ing w1thout first making a settlement
with them. I .
They have employed Attorney John
J. Walsh to look after their interests,
and Mr. Walsh claims that there is no
deed of record to the Lockwoods of
the land upon which the building rests,
although City Attorney Lockwood
claims there is. 0
M1. Walsh goes fu1the1 and states
that from the mem01 y of the oldest in-
habitant this was a highway and was
used as such by fishermen and others
as far back as when the town was first
founded, and that no one excepting the
city Of Norwalk has any ownership in
the premises, and that the city has
paid damages for its own property.
The whole matter promises to be in-
teresting, more especially so if it turns
out- that the city has paid damages for
its own property. The ending of the
threatened-storm will be looked for-
ward to with interest.
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—EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’s re-
duced from $5 to $2.50, at Biggs’ Drug
Store. j 15 tf
Remembered the Town House.
Isaac Sandmann, was in this city yes1
terday, for the first time in fourteen
years Of couise he was not at fi1st
recognized as he was but four yeat s of
age when he left. His close resemb-
lance to his father, Sandmann the op-
tician, who did a successful business
here some twenty years since, was of
itself sufficient evidence of his relation-
ship to the elder Sandmann. He 11e-
» ports his father as becoming rapidly
wealthy. Young Sandmann is a drum-
mer for a New York cigar firm. About
the only thing that he recalls to mind
of his younger days in Norwalk is the.
bridge, the Town House and . E. , Gus-
owski. I
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Still Hangs Fire.
Work on the repairing of Wall street
has not yet been commenced although
everything is in readiness to commence
the same. The Tramway company has
as yet failed to sign the necessary agree-
ment Of its part in the contract, but it
is thought that will shortly be adjusted
and work commenced very soon. All
other matters in the premises have been
adjusted.
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——All the successful Merchants of
' this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
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CDTTAGE BURNED.
Mrs. .Benedict Meets with a
Loss Near Stamford.
Had Left the House Only a Few Hours Be
fore the Fire
Last night in the neighborhood of 12
o’clock, the frame cottage owned by
Mrs. Benedict, of Norwalk, at Turn-of-
River, near Stamford, was destroyed
by‘fire.
The house had been vacant for some
time, and Mrs. Benedict came over yes-
terday from N orwalk to make arrange-
ments for the painting and thorough
overhauling of the building.
Mrs. Benedict on being delayed in
' getting back to Norwalk during the
evening,concluded to remain in the
house all night. About midnight the
neighbors were startled by the cry of
The alarm was given by Mrs.
Benedict, and when those in the vicin-~
ity reached the house they found the
whole interior a mass of flames. A
bucket brigade was formed, but the
flames spread so quickly‘that it was
deemed useless to put much energy in-
to the work of saving the property.
Mrs. Benedict is at a loss to know
the origin of the fire but thinks that it
was due either to the explosion of a
lamp in the building 011 to the work of
incendiar 1es.
The building was valued at- about
$1,500, and the loss is covered by in-
surance.
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HOULIHAN—HOUBIGAN.
The Biggest Wedding Ever Held in New-
town-LEx-Senator a Benedict.
The largest wedding that has ever
taken place in Newtown occurred yes-
terday when exI-Senator and ex-CountyI
Commissioner. Michael J. Houlihan
was joined in marriage to Miss Cather-
, ine Agnes Hourigan, daughter of Mar-
tin Hourigan. The ceremony took
place in St. 1Rose’s church and was per-
formed by the pastor, Rev. Father Fox.
William McPhelemy, of Danbury,acted
as best man, and the bridesmaid was
Miss Mary ‘Ninifred Hourigan, sister
of the bride. The ushers were John
F. Houlihan, P. F. Keating and Patf
rick Hourigan, of Danbury, and Martin
Keating, of Bridgeport.
After the ceremony, which took
place at 11 o’clock. a reception was
held at the residence of the bride’s
father,at which several hundred guests
were present. Mr. and Mrs. Houlihan
left on an afternoon .train for a bridal
trip to Niagara Falls.
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Honnecker Fined.
Daniel G. Honnecker, who was a11—
rested for selling ice cream 011 Sunday,
appeared before Judge Frost this morn-
ing and pleaded guilty to a violation of
the Sunday law. He was fined $3
which he paid.
It is 1epo1 ted that Honnecker p111-
poses to complain against news stores,
trolley cars and drug stores that are
doing busifiess 0.1 Sunday in Violation
of the law.
A warrant has been issued against
the Middlebrooks’ and they will be a11—
rested and tried upon the same charge
as Honnecker.
Still in Possession.
Marketman George S. Gregory who
has been advised by the nominal
owners of the property on which his
market is located, to move out as the
building is to be torn down, has not yet
been able to secure a store to his liking.
Possibly he will move out on Monday,
but that is not yet an established fact.
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Sewer Extension.
Engineer Wood is making surveys
and planting stakes in the water near
the Wall street bridge for the continu-
ation of the end of the‘sewer now emp-
tying from near the east“ side of the
bridge, to a point where it will be un-
der water at low tide. Work on the
extension will probably be commenced
at an early date. ' ‘
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Getting Ready.
A large pole in front of the Weed
building from which arerstrung elec-
tric light,’fire alarm and electric ear
wires is being. set back to permit of the
widening of the street at that point.
The width of the walk is to be consid-
erably reduced, and the unsightly pole
in front Of the GAZETTE building will
be removed. ‘
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Mrs. Edward June of Henry street,
expects to1soon visit a New York hos-
pital for treatment.
MYSTER-IOUS 0131,-
Mrs. Daniel O’Brien of West-
port Found Fatally In.
jured.
V Her Face Battered, a Deep Cash Back
of the Ear and Her Tongue Severed.
Mrs. Daniel O’Brien, of Westport.
was found early yesterday morning, by
her husband, lying inza pool of blood
beside her bed. There was a large,
deep gash back of the ear from which
the blood VvaS'OOzing. The husband
immediately called Dr. L. T. Day.
Dr. Day found that the woman, who
is 70 years old, was near death. Be-
sides the wound mentioned the phy-
sician found that Mrs. O’Brien’s tongue
had been nearly severed near the root.
Her face was battered almost out of
shape, and she showed’ other signs of
brutal treatment. She was unconscious
when Dr. Day saw her.
Deputy Sheriff Kemper was notified
by Dr. Day. The sheriff investigated
the matter immediately, but so far has
The
husband expresses total ignorance of
the affair. He says that he did not
hear any noise during the night and
not found anything startling.
was unaware Of the fact that his wife
this morning and found her in that con-
dition. .
The couple are noted in the town fgr
their many 'eccentricities.
posed that they have amassed some lit-
It is sup-
tle money. This may supply a motive
for the crime, if there has been any on
The
story told by the husband seems to be
straightforward and to barelied upon.
The case is certainly mysterious.
the part of the intended robbers.
Aswe go to press'word is received
from Westport that Mrs. O‘Brien is
to how she came by her injuries have
been discovered.
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THE GAZETTE WOULD LIKE Tl] SEE
The tax payers of South Norwalk
read the electric light clause in the
new charter before getting their feet
into municipal electric lighting.
The street sprinkler nuisance rele-
gated to Klondike.
The Wall street paving commenced.
The destruction of the city’s macadam
roads by the street sprinkler stopped.
The city Of South N orwalk furnish
electric light without first buying the
entire Norwalk & South Norwalk com-
pany’s plant.
The Sunday law strictly enforced and
no guilty man allowed to escape.
The man who made the complaint
against the ice cream vendors.
The prosecuting attorneys of the town
cou1 t refuse to aid c1anks in aziaking
the Sunday law Obnoxious.
A few dollars expended on the high-
ways before winter sets in.
The idle men about town given work
on the 'Wall street improvements.
A bicycle race between Drs. Baker
and Huntington.
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Number 269.
The holder of the Labor Day picnic
coupon, NO. 269, is entitled to the gate
prize of a $10 gold piece.
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was injured until he started tO call her.
- children and herself.
still unconscious and that no clues as 1
'which amount $300 were
_ GAZETTE S clzcnlugc justifies this cluzm.
ncwspupcr at the; f I cszdc and at the home. ‘1‘
[l 2'5 in touch wu‘h lhc progressing cnlc;pn"szng, and loyal people who bcst love our
’bcuuh'ful town and most urdcnlly desire its growth and prospcrufy.- It is most widely mud <9}
by the classes of people who buy merchandz'gc build bouscs‘, pay taxes and do most to sup-
port the substantial interests of our community. '
'obluz'ncd —+A point to be borne zn mind in selecting u newspaper for prof table udvcfiz'szng. (, .
=’-<.>‘ maemzessfimmmwzm Q§§§§$§§Q§§Bmm
Is 3111 KNOWN?
Mré. Eva ILow’s Address
‘A Desired by the Police.
Her Brother Said to Have Committed Sui-
., cide in Virgi ia.
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Captain of Police Wallace Dann yes-
terday afternoon received the following
despatch dated at Norfolk, Va., Sept.
NORWALK, CONN., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9. 1897.
8th. 1897, and addressed to “Mrs. Eva,
Low, care Captain Police.”
“Man claiming to be your brother
committed suicide here to-day. First
name Henry, age sixty, gray beard.”
Signed,
' T. L. DORNINE, Chief of Police.
Captain Dann has not yet been able
to locate Mrs. Low, and hopes that
if she is in town this will 1each her
' eye.
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Connecticut Crops.
Ten days more of favorable weather
will save much corn, although much of
it will be a short crop. Potatoes still
rotting. and even where not, they are
small and unsalable. Peaches abun-
dant,but lack flavor. Gr apes are affect-
ed with dry rot, and where the foliage
is heavy will not yield well. Apples
promise a light crop. Pastures fresh
and abundant. Buckwheat doing well,
but needs much time for maturing. 1
~ An Obliging Wife.
“All the work I care to do is to earn
énough to buy a glass of beer and a
piece of pie once in a while,” was
the remark of a first degree Son of
Best on Wall street yeSterday after-
noon. ‘My wife earns good wages in
the factory and buys the fodder for the
She’s a good
natured woman and pays the rent too.’
My children pick up the fuel we use.”
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Ungvary Paid for His Sport.
In the Criminal Court of Common
Pleas yesterday, John Ungvary of'
South Norwalk, .whO-OnJune 26 last --
disturbed a Hungarian religious" gathé“
e11 ing at VVhistleville, was fined $30
and costs which he paid.
Dick’s Hotel Burned.
Dick’s hotel, a famous Newtown
hostelry, was burned to the ground
"and entirely deStroyed by fire late
Wednesday afternoon, together with
the barn and a large wagon shed. The
loss is $25,000. The fire was the great-
est that Newtown has had in years.
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Reading Fake Newspapers.
A ce1tain ho1se doctor was called
upon to tr eat a West N011 walk man for
Klondike fever, and found that the
poor deluded man was suffering from a
simple attack of jaundice. He had
been wading some of the yellow jour-
nals.
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The Truck Cost $l,500.‘
In answer to the question frequently
asked as to what was the price of the
new Pioneer Hook and Ladder Truck,
the GAZETTE would reply, $1,500, of
for extra
equipments. . -
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NOROTON.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Requa are
spendinga few days on the Hudson
River and at Lake Oscawanna.
L. S. Bengent, W. H. Bump and W.
F. Waterbury conducted the weekly
prayer—meeting at the Soldiers’ Home.
The need of additional lamps at the
Noroton station is quite apparent. An
elderly woman,’ while attempting to
, mount the steps at one end Tuesday
evening, stumbled and fell in the dark-
ness. bruising herself. Only one, or
two lights are used.
_ Thc wldc circulation of tho GAZETTE, among the bcsl people of all the Norwulhs, c2
and cspccz'ully lls well known popularity among lhc fumz'lz'cs of the town chub/cs it to 3?;
serve the udvcrlzscng publcc cjficzcnlly, prof lubly and satisfactorily. The quuluy of the N
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STATE NEWS.
Poured Kerosene 0n the Fire
and Was Terribly
Burned.
Some of the Interesting Things That
Happen in Connecticut.
Lydia Hennequin, aged 16, of Tor-
rington, tried to hurry a fire by pour-
ing kerosene upon it and was terribly
burned. She will recover, but is suf-
feringg Great pain.
In the silk factory of M. Heminway
& Sons in Watertown the machines
are turning out their utmost capacity
and every department is busy.
There will be sport for hunters this
fall as it is reported that quail, par-
tridge and woodcock have multiplied
and fattened during the summer and
will be plenty.
Aburglar entered the house of C.
W. Baldy in Stamford yesterday at 2
A. M. and abstracted $150 from Mr.
Baldy’s trousers. The latter and the
burglar exchanged shots with their re-
volvers, one bullet grazing Mr. Baldy’s
check. The burglar escaped.
The thirty-third reunion of the
Twentieth C. V. is to be held at An-
sonia to-day.
The special commission appointed by
Gov. Cooke to investigate the whole
subject of state expenditures are ar-
ranging for a meeting in Hartford in
October, and monthly meetings there-
after.
The broom factory in Colchester will
start up about the 15th with afull force
of blind people. This institution is
run by the Connecticut institute and
industrial home for the blind and will
manufacture all kinds of brooms.
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HAPPY MAYOR.
.' .\' ‘ a Present.
Bob Fitzsimmons. the champion. pu-
gilist of the earth, was in Stamford yes-
terday and called at the residence
of Mayor Bohannan. The mayor was
not in, but M1. Fitzsimmons left a
package to be delive1ed to his Honor,
with his compliments. The package
contained a piece of the pugilistfis own
handinOrk, a pen-11 ack of nov e1 design.
It IS shaped like a horseshoe, to which
is attached a horse ’5 f01eleg. The
May01’ s veto pens may rest upon the
horseshoe nails. The pen-rest is silv er
plated, and ar ound the f1 out of the
ho1sesh0e is an 1ns011pt10n which says
that it was p1 esented to May or Bohan-
nan, with the compliments of Bob Fitz-
simmons, champion of the world; the
date of his fight with Co1bett,1 Mal ch
17, 1897, and the words “good luck.”
The Mayo1 is delighted VS ith the gift,
which will have a conspicuous place
upon his desk. It will be prized all
the more because it is the champion’ s
own handiwork. “Fitz” is a good
blacksmith as well as a fighter.
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The Money All Paid.
'The Norwalk St1eet Railway com-
pany this mowing paid to the City
T11 easu1 er $3, 390. 7-1, being the balance
due f1 cm the company on the cutting
down of Mill Hill, making a total
amount of $6,390.74 which the company
has paid under its agreement with the
city. The N011 walk T1 amway company
paid $2, 500 on this improvement, so
that the two Street Railway companies
have paid altogether on Mill Hill, $8, -
890.741.
——Leg of Lamb, not Mutton, 10S cents
at Smith’s market. 92t
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Undcnzbbly, the GAZETTE 2's lhc favorzlg
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PRICE ONE CENT”. '
Bob Fitzsimmons Makes Mayor Bohannan
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WHAT IT INDTCATES.
' THAT THE GAZETTE IS- A HOM
PAPER THAT THE GAZETTE
A NEWSY PAPER: THAT THI
GAZETTE Is A CLEAN PAPE
THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE
GAZETTE IS READ. ‘
TOWN MEETING.
1 Town House.
The annual town meeting will be held
on Thursday afternoon, .. September 16
th. Among the matters incorporated
in the call are the following:
1. To appropriate the additional sum
town highways.
2. To instruct the selectmen to take
steps to secu1e theb'enefits of a State
act relative to building Telford roads,
to the end that such improvement be
nue, to a point of Telford road ail'éadéy
laid, and to expend the surplus if thé‘rh
be any on the Dar' fen end of the tuin
pike.
3. To authorize the widening of the
Wall street bridge. 1
'4. To authorize the selectmen to
purchase a suitable lot on West avenue
between the cities of Norwalk and
South N orwalk, and to cause the erec-
tion of a new town house with suitable
offices therein for the transactiou of
the town’s business and make the neces-
sary appropriations therefor.
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Mr. Goodsell's Clambake.
The lawn in front of Granville Good-
sell’s cottage at VVoodmont presented
a very picturesque scene yesterday it
being populated by about 200 of that
gentleman’s friends who had been in-
vited by the host to partake of his an-
nual clambake. It was a very repre-
sentative gathering, and a most enjoy-
able affair. Before the feast there was
social chit chat, bathing and indul—
gence in other pastimes. While the
toothsome clam and other edibles were
beiug stored away, J e1 ome May’ s Banjo
club and a colored vocal quartette ad-
ded to the enjoyment of the occasion.
Mr. Goodsell’s hospitality was thor-
oughly appreciated by all who availed
themselves of it, and as an entertainer
that gentleman surpassed himself.
0. E. Wilson of this city was one of
the guests.
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Waiting for a “Decision.
waiting patiently for the decision of
the Supreme court in the matter of the
Shelton street railway case now pend-
ing. The Bridgeport company will do
nothing toward extending their line to
Westport until after the above case is
settled. Should the Supreme court de-
cide that the Shelton Street Railway
Co.’s petition is not of a public benefit
and a necessity to extend their line to
connect with the line of the Bridgeport
Traction Co., then, Of course, the latter
will come to the conclusion that their
petition to extend their line to West-
port would be so considered. ‘
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I Woodcock Shooting.
Sportsmen do not like the law that
prohibits the shooting of woodcock be-
fore October 15. The season for shoot-
ing such birds opens in New YOrk and
Massachusetts on October 1. With the
new law in this state, if it happens to
be cold early, there is not a b1rd left
by the middle of October. It practi-
cally stops the shooting of woodcock in
the state.
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Cake Party.
A cake party was held at the home
of Miss Rose Fly'nn on Crescent street,
last evening. A large and richly “up-
holstered” cake which Miss Flynn won
at the R. C. fair in N oroton, was cut
into twenty-five pieces giving each on e
of the guests a liberal slice. ' Music,
both vocal and instrumental, and othe 1'-
party pleasures were indulged in until
a late hour. .. .
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False Alarm”
8:30 O’clock last evening. The Phoenix
engine boys Opened the doors to their
house preparatory to running out the
machine, the Pioneers and Hopes Were
also on the alert, but their services
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The Weather.
Threatening weather, probablyr with-
out rain, followed by fair Friday.
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, DEATHS.
BORSTELMANN. —- In B11 idgepong
September 8th, 1897, Isabella A wif
of Jacob Borstelmann, aged 53 years.
BURKE. — In Bridgeport, SeptembeI
8th, at the 1esidence of his parents, 104
Park avenue, Daniel 3., son Of William
and Joanna Burke, aged 23 years.
DUNN. —— In Bridgeport, September
8th, at his late residence, N058 Black
- Rock avenue, William H. Dunn, aged
32 years.
GANUNGE— ‘In Danbury, September
8th, Armilla Dean, wife of Addison
Ganung, aged 85 years.
W. Howard Miner, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Miner, aged 3 years.
Taxpayers Will be Asked to Vote for a New ‘
of $1, 500 for the improvement of the i.
made on the turnpike from West ave- .
The B1 idgeport Traction Co., me still i
The fire alarm bell struck twice abou 1, '
MINER. -— In Danbury, September 8, .
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