“‘_‘_ . vocate. ‘exhibitor. WHAT TIIEV SAY EVERY EVENING WHEN TLE GAZETTE COMES, THERE IS A seRAMBLE FOR IT. WE DIVIDE IT INTO FOUR PARTS, AND EACH OF 'US TAKE ONE. VOL. v11. NO. 1701. NORWALK, CONN., SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 18.1897. zet e. * PRICE ONE CENT. WIIAT iT llllIIGATES THAT THE GAZETTE Is A HOME , PAPER THAT THEGAZI TTII I. 3 A NEWSY PAPER. THATTaz 2 GAZETTE IS A CLEAN, PAPER THAT EVERY PAGE CF THE- GAZETTE 18 READ. VOTERS NOTIFIED. Call for Annual City Meeting and Board of Registration Nutice. The Election for New City Officers Will be 't Held October 4. In another column will be found the official notice fOl the annual city meet- ing which will 1take place at Hope Hose House on. Monday October 4th, f01 the eleCLion of the usual city officers in- cluding the Mayor and six councilmen, Treasurer, one Water Commissioner, etc. The polls to be open from 6 o’clock forenoou until 5 o’clock afternoon. ‘ E. M. Lockwood gives notice that he will receive up to 6 o’clock Monday afternoon, Sept. 27th all names pro- posed to be added to or erased from the voting list of the City of N01 walk he being the clerk of the boald of regis- t1 ation. The board of registration also gives notice that they will be in session at ‘ the City Council rooms frOm 2 until 6 O’clock on Wednesday, Sept. 29th for the purpose of correcting the city vot- ing list and adding to or erasing there- from the names of all persons whose applications shall have been filed with the city clerk. Read the notices and govern your- self accordingly. ' CLAIMS, IELTBVEATMENT. Little Bert. Pierson’s' Weary Tramp From South Norwalk. Bert. Pierson, a bright little fellow of fourteen years, arrived in Stamford this morning, after a weary tramp from South Norwalk. Bert. is an orphan and formerly lived with his aunt in South Norwalk. According to his story, she ‘illtreated him and finally drove him away from the place yester- day afternoon. by Mayor Charles. G. Bohannan of South Norwalk. Owing to some act of disobedience yesterday, one of the fam- . ily dismissed him, and his aunt, upon learning of the fact, declined to befriend him any longer. His nearest relative, a cousin, was Harry Miller, who. is em- ployed as hostler by Dr. Richard L- Bohan'nan of this city. Hungry and without a cent, Bert. started to walk to Stamford, but had only reached Nore- ton when night overtook him. He slept in a wagon and finished his jour- ney this morning, when he met Cousin Harry. He is now anxious to learn of someone who wants to employ a bright boy of fourteen years, as he is deter- mined not to return to N orwalk.—Ad— ——EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re duced from $5 to $2.50,_at Riggs’ Drug Store, . j15 tf A-= Vv The Danbury Fair. The famous Fair of Fairs unparalleled in popularity and as attractive as the magnet, will open its gates on Monday, October 4, for a week. The indications are that this year will exceed every other in exhibits, new specialties, attendance, and all that would further the Interests and enjoyment of its patrons. With liber- al views and wide-awake ideas the en- terprising officials of this society keep things booming and the fair is bound to flourish. High premiums are given and every inducement is Offered the The grounds are well situ- ated, in perfect condition with the usual equipment of buildings, tents, etc., a very attractive program, splendid mu- sic and a variety of special attractions The person who goes and feels that he has not been wellrepaid will be hard to find and harder to please if found. _ Very True. ‘In speaking of the Senatorship the Palladium has this to say of Samuel Fessendem of Stamford: “The _ Hon. Samuel Fessenden’s friends are legion. He is a bright, brainy, powerful man, one whom the State has honored and when doing so has always honored itself. He is a man who, if elected Senator, would be one ' of the leading spirits of" the United States Senate. ————-—<O»———--— A Claim for $l5. 000. On Wednesday, the heirs of EdVIIard J. Staples, brother of the late Horace Staples. served a notice on the trustees of the estate of said Horace Staples, _. that a claim had been presented against said estate ’amOunting to $15,000. ' ‘ ,Up to a short'time pre-’ ' vious to-that Bert. had been employed HEARING ORDERED. The Supreme Court [Will Hear _ Motion for Rehearing. The Decision in Favor of City vs. Street Railwy May Not Stand. On July 14th last, the Supreme court handed down a decision in the case of the Street Railway company vs. the City of N orwalk in favor'of the city.- The position taken by the city was upheld, and” the company’s plans for double tracking Main street bet-ween West street and Harriet street were defeated. After the above decision was handed down, the attorneys for the Street Rail- way company made a motion for a re- hearing, and this morning notice was received that the Supreme court had ordered a hearing on the motion, which will take place on, Wednesday next. If a rehearing is granted the former decision in favor of the city may or it may not stand. ‘A‘ , PERSONAL NOTES. Miss Grace Hadden of South N01" walk, is visiting friends in Seymour. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Selleck, of, Day tona, Florida, are visiting their sister, Mrs. J. T. Raymond, of Bayview ave nue. . James Coleburn, of East avenue, started for Lake Champlain, yesterday, where he will spend his vacation. Mrs. Hamilton Lawrence, of Acad- emy street, returned home last night from a two days’ visit in New York city. S. M. Aller and family have returned from a sojourn of six weeks in Ridge field. , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell, of Danbury, are visiting Mrs. John Tay- lor of Smith street. Mrs. Robert Thomson, of Chestnut Brooklyn. David H. Miller, J r., of Spring street, has returned home from a visit west. Ward‘Gregory, of West avenue, has returned from a visit in Virginia. R. L. Baker went to Plainville, yes- terday, to spend a few days. Miss Lola Carter, who has been vis- iting Miss Annie Bishop, returned to her home at Nyack on the Hudson, yesterday. Miss Bishop accompanies her for a two week’s visit. Miss Mary Evenden, of Garden City, L. I., is spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Smith, of Bayview ave- nue. ‘ Mrs. Mary E. Eddy, of Albany, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Lawrence, of’ Academy street, has returned home. Howard Flewellin and son William, of Amawalk, N. Y. are guests of Mr and Mrs. D. H. Weeks, of Main street . and Union avenue. John Seymour who Is located at N ew- port, is calling on relatives 1n town. Captain Chris Quinn and Philip Sim- mons, war veterans of the Eleventh C. V. who live in Danbury, were in town this morning. ' E. Lewis and wife of New Haven are in town. Fred Coleman has returned from a few days’ visit with friends in New York. Assistant postmaster, W. A. Coley of South Norwalk. will spend to-day and to-morrow at Staten Island. Miss Kittie Williamson,of South Nor- walk, is a guest of Mrs. W. S. Ray- mond of New Canaan. Miss Ella Dauchey, of South Nor.- walk, is the guest of Frank Selleek and family of New Canaan. Stewart Marshall, of South Norwalk, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Marshall, of Poundridge. Miss Ilna Force of South Norwalk, is visiting friends in Waterbury. Mrs. Breeds of Norwalk, is visiting Mrs. Homer A. Beers of Westport. Miss Eva Franke of Norwalk, is a guest of her sister. Mrs. Herbert O. Benedict of Westport. Mrs. James Pierson and son, who have been guests at the home of Depu- ty sheriff F. S. _ Lyon, J r., have re- turned to Brooklyn. Prof. W. H. Hummiston, accompan- ied by N eWton Graves, started for New York on their. bicycles 'to-day. The Misses Van Shaack of Ridgefield have returned from a visit with Miss .' ~' : Annie Selleck. street, South Norwalk, is visiting in Miles canyon is a monster water toboggan slide on the Yukon. NOT NECESSARY TO PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE. The passage through is made in three minutes, or at the rate of nearly 13 miles an hour. In low watel there is a rock in the middle of the channel that renders the passage more difficult. RIIIIEIIII__§I_IIEWAII<. Two Young Ladies Committhe Unpardonable Offence in Darien. Constable Smith Keeler With Lather Cov- ered Face Rushes After Them. One Of those acts which makes a offi— cial rediculous in the eyes of the peo- ple, occurred in the town of Darien on Wednesday when Constable Smith 0. Keeler made use of his Official authori- ty to enforce the sidewalk law, by at- tempting to have Miss .Gilligan, a teacher in the Center school, and Miss Helen Morehouse, a teacher in one Of the Stamford public schools, brought to trial upon charges of violating the law referred to. Keeler was seated in Barber Chad- derton's chair, receiving a lather upon his chin. The tonsorial artist. glanc- ing through the open door. across the street, was involuntarily the witness of the commission of the awful crime (in Darien) of two yodng ladies actual- ly invading the half-defined precincts intended for the use of pedestrians. He called the attention'of the represen- tative of the law to the fact, and bare- ly had the information escaped his lips when Keeler sprang from the chair. Cut into the street he dashed, face pale with lather. Across the broad highway he leaped. There were the two yOung the unpardonable sin of riding a half' dozen feet or so on the sidewalk, and to the front of a store. Constable Keeler appeared before Grand Juror Silliman, in the guise of a complainant, but 7 that gentlemen re- fused tO draw complaints, although the young ladies were .willing to appear, plead guilty and pay up. It is quite probable that at the com- ing October election in Darien, Keeler will be deposed by the Darien voters. AA; ‘vr DID NOT JUMP OUT. Mlss Good Hung to theThroe-Wheeled Cart for More Than a Mile. Miss Good, daughter of Brent Good of New York, and granddaughter of Henry'I. Hoyt of this city, had a nar- row escape yesterday while out driving at Long Branch. Miss Good drove a spirited team of Kentucky-bred horses to a two-seated buekboard. She' was accompanied by Mrs. Good and a five- year-old child. On Oceanavenue the team began to run. In turning a sharp corner opposite the West End Hotel the left-hand wheel of the buckboard dished. Mrs. Good and the child were thrown out. Miss'Good, however, held fast to the reins. The team running at top speed. kept on for over a mile be- fore Jacob Kirby succeeded in bring- ing them up. Neither Miss Good nor Mrs. Good nor the child were injured. AA; ‘vr Meet Next WedneSday. The committee appointed at the town meeting to act in the matter of provid- ing a new town house will be in session at the Selectmen’ s office next Wednes- day evening. ASHIIP BALL Hat Trimmers Object to the Introduction of Machines. The Ladies State Their Grievance and the ' Dilliculty is Adjusted. ._.___~,__ Recently machines were introduced into t'1e Crofut & Knapp hat manufac- tory with which it was proposed to do away with a portion of the hand labor in binding hats. The trimmers or binders were not of not Only reduced the amount of work but made that left for hand sewing difficult and caused a reduction in the amount of their wages. ' A shop call was had yesterday and was adjusted as between the employees and the proprietors of the factory. AMUSEMENTS. McFadden’s How of Flats. The leading lady of “McFadden’s Row of Flats,” is handsome Lizzie Con- ladies, one of whom had just committed 2 the other a distance of several rode up. way, who has had an extensive exper- ience in farce comedy and comic Opera. Miss Conway will play the part of the dashing widow, Mrs. Murphy, queen Of the flats, and she will be seen at Hoyt’s theatr e to-night. ' " <v= I EAST NORWALK. Mrs. Myrtilla Smith, wife of Charles LaCroix, Jr., and daughter Of E. H. Smith of Greens Farms, died at her home on Prospect street last night, in the 38th year of her age. Her hus~ band. and three children, Phebe, 14, Andrew, 12, and Hazel, 3- years of age survive. The illness causing her death was contracted while caring for a neigh- her who was ill with Typhoid fever, but who it is thought will recover.- John Gessler who skipped town a few days ago, andwho lived in one of E. E. Gorham’s houses on Second ave- -nue, left several unpaid bills besides being nearly four month’s in arrears with his landlord. The funeral Of Andrew A. Weed will be held from his late home on Monday afternoon. , . The East Norwalk republicans will hold a meeting Wednesday evening and endeavor to fix up a slate to be presented at the Republican town cau- cus. S. Smith L’Hommedieu is visiting in New York. The Naromake Gun club Iis holding a shoot at Gregory s Point this after- noon. Michael Drew will have charge of E. L. Hefner’s new store on the Farms bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Roberts have retur ned to their home in East Norwalk, after visiting friends in Ridgefield. Mrs. Rufus J. Allen, of South Nor- walk, has been a guest for a few days of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Seymour, of the Oreneca House in Ridgefield. Robert DormaTn of the J. D. Jennings undertaking establishment, will spend Sunday at his home in Stratford. 36° An ‘lndisputable Evidence of the Return of Prosperity is the Constantly and Rapidly Increasing Circulation of the Evening Gazette. - O O .3. . ‘ -.I I.- morning, course in favor of the machines as they . the difficulty for the timebeing at least I SUSPILIUUS FIRE. An East Norwalk Barn Dis- covered Enveloped in Flames Early this Morning. 1 Nearly Consumed When Discovered and An Alarm Turned In. About quarterfipast two' o’clock this: the small one and a half story barn on the Charles W. LeCount estate on East avenue, East Norwalk, _was discovered on fire. When first ‘seen, the entire structure was on fire and gave every appear- ance of having been saturated with oil before being ignited. The door stood open and~ the padlock had been broken, indicating that an entrance into the building had been effected by some one. An alarm of fire was turned in and the East Norwalk department respond: ed promptly, but when the firemen ar- rived on the scene the building had fallen in and was a mass of burning embers. Ahose was connected with the hydrant in front of the LeCount residence, however, and what remained of the flames were soon extinguished. The barn stood next to the small brick building which adjoins the Le Count cribbage boardfactory and the rear looked out upon the Benedict tide-mill pond. It was probably this small brick structure that prevented the flames from reaching. the wooden factory as both the barn and factory are of wood, although a brisk wind was blowing from the north which assisted in carrying the sparks and flames out over the pond. ~' The barn was the property of Mrs. Dauid A. Rose, daughter Of'l'the late C. W. Le Co'unt. Hoyt, the Mason and builder, as astore house for his tools, supplies, etc. In the building were Mr. Hoyt’ 5 tools. scaffolding and 501 eens, many of which he had brought there yesterday after- noon. His loss was total and will iamount to about $75, but as he had an insurance with Taylor & Golden he is not quite as badly off as he otherwise would have been if he held no insur- ance. A peculiar circumstance connected with the fire, is that it is just a year ago that Mr. Hoyt was burned out in a similar ‘manner, and although he is 10th to believe that he has an enemy still he regards this second fire as very suspicious. «' The barn was probably valued at be- tween $400 and $500 on which M1 5. Rose had an insurance of $100 with Walter L. Wilcox of South Norwalk. -——-—-—<0.0>—-—-—-— Signs for Bicyclists. _ To lend your wheel is a sign you will quarrel with a friend. To read advertisements of newly in- vented painles‘s saddles is a sign you will die poor and despised. To be chased by a yellow dog with a head like a cook stove and amouth like a cellar predicts a bad fall. To puncture a tire ten miles from hdme is a sign that you will have, a; spavin on your off hind foot. .To see a red headed woman wearing green bloomers is a sign your rim will split unless you say“Kokalo” and throw a bale of hay over your left shoulder. To fail to pay the regular weekly in- stallments is an ill omen, and it means that you will meet a dark man who will afford you much trouble and incon- venience. ., Mrs. W. 0..Seymour Dead. Mrs. W. O. Seymour, wife of Rail-V road Commissioner Seymour, and a former resident of South Norwalk, died yesterday morning at her home in Ridgefield. . She had been ill for some time. Beside her husband, two daugh- ters, Mrs. Howard D. Smith and Mrs David Jones, survive her. New Car Schedule. Commencing to-night, the Street Railway company will run a car from Winnipauk every. fifteen minutes on Saturday nights, from 7 :05 until 10: 20 \,. o ’clock. The first car under this ar- rangement will leave Winnipauk to- night at 7 .20 o 'clock; It was leased by Ezra . HORSE. IIIIEvE-s. Three Horses Stolen From a West Norwalk Farm. Two of Them Owned by South Norwalk Parties, ' Chief of police Vollmer was advisgd yesterday afternoon that three horses had been stolen the nigh-t before from the farm of E. Benedict in West N or- walk. The animals as described we1e: One mouse colored horse, 15 hands high» full mane and tail; one cream colored mare, 15 hands high. full mane and tail; one small bay horse, low head, large em 5, and knuckled behind. They belonged to Sylvester Hunt, and. Harry Bennett of South Norwalk, and Mather & Grumman of Darien. They had been put out at pasturage on the Benedict farm by the owners. They were not missed until yesterday mornlng. Walter Whitney says that he saw a man driving through Darien. at about lieved the animals were stolen and be- hind his turnout the man had tWo horses halter hitched, but thought nothing of the matter at the time, but now believes that they were the miss— ing horses. 4 Chief Vollmer as quickly as notified of the robbery. telephoned to adjoining towns a description of the stolen prop— erty and had a number of postal cards printed which he mailed to as many addresses. He, however, thinks there is a possibility of the animals having strayed away, but does not let such a possibility interfere with his .zeal in trying to locate them. Since the above. was put in type the horses have been found on Mr. Bene- dict’ s farm. As a thorough investiga- tion yesterday failed in locating the animals, Mr. Benedict inclines to the belief that they were returned. last night or early this morning. ANOTHER. Chief Vollmer was this morning in receipt of a postal from Chief Bowen of Norwich stating that a black mare and buggy belonging to Jeremiah Sholes of Preston had been stolen. , Vv: NEW CANAAN. Mrs. Anna Parkington, of Norwalk, mother \of Mrs. Charles Avery, moved 5 to this town this week. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Weed, on Thursday. M1. and Mrs. LeGrand DeFOI est will celebrate the sixty-seventh anniversar y Oftheir marriage, Monday, September 20th. ' Miss Cora L. Kellogg, of Mount Ver- non, N. Y., is visiting her cousin, Miss J. Estelle Kellogg. ' Sunday and Monday with his sister, Miss M. E. Armstrong, of Locust ave- nue. ' Colcs Flewellen, of South Norwalk, has made an engagement with E. M. Miss Lillie Getler, who was assistant Principal in Center school last year, has secured a lucrative pleasant posi- tion in one of the public schools of New Haven. ‘_--‘ Vv Co. D Meets ° A meeting of Co. D, C. N. G. was held at the Armory last night, which was adjourned until next‘Friday even- ing, but-not before Captain Wilcoxson had expressed his mind pretty strongly as to the action taken by members at a previous meeting not ordered by the commandant of the company. er Mrs. George Sims and children of Stepney Depot are the guests of H. H. Williams of this city. ——-———-—<o.0>—-—— ' The Weather. Fair to-night and Sunday warmer. DEATHS. LACROIx—In East N orwalk Sept. 17, Myrtilla Smith, daughter of It P. Smith and wife Of Charles LaCroix, Jr. , aged 38 years. MCENEANEY—‘In Danbur y, Sept. 16, Eddie M., son of Henry and Jennie .McEneaney, aged 7 months. PEPPER—III Rowayton, Sept. , 17, Clifford H., son of Harry and Emma H. Pepper, aged 20 years. SEYMOUR—In Ridgefield, Sept. 16, Rebbecca Sproull, wife of William O. Seymour. WETMORE—In Brookfield, Sept. 17. Lemuel T. Wetmore, aged 72 years. 9 o’clock on the evening that it is he- ‘ C. L. Armstrong, of New York, spent . Nor th1 op, and will now be found at his ' stele. '
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