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VOL. VII. NO.1704. NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEM
BER 22.1897. PRICE ONECENT. f
C HE 100K LAUDANUM.
7' A Despondent Westport Man
EndsvHis Life.
Found Lying Unconscious in Bed by
His Wife.
of "Westport were just recovering from
the shock occasioned by the finding of
aged Mrs. O’Brien lying onithe floor Of
1' her home with a badly cut face and
body, from the effects of which she
died without regaining consciousness,
, when they were rudely shocked by the
suicide of Wesley Wolfe
morning.
yesterday
Wolfe was about 40 years of age and
He had
been out of work for some time and
well known about the town.
becoming despondent ended his life by
taking a dose of laudanum.
When Mrs. Wolfe went to call her
I husband at 7.0’clock she found him ly-
ing in bed unconscious and a small vial
of laudanum lying on the floor at his
T bedside.
Dr. Day was immediately summoned
but Wolfe was beyond aid and died at
10 o’clock.
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duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug
Store. j 15 tf
STATE CONVENTION.
The Catholic Benevolent Legion Hold a
Session in Stamford.
The state convention of the Catholic
Benevolent legion, held its sixth annu-
al session in Stamford yesterday and
closed with the election. of the follow"-
ing oflicers: President, John F.07Brien‘
of Middletown; vice president, M. J.
Mullins of Stamford; secretary, James
Scallant of New Britain; treasurer,
Miles McNiif of Waterbury; orator,
Thomas J. Darcy ofNew London; spir-
itual adviser, Bishop Tierney of Hart-
ford; marshal, Francis Hart of New
Britain; guide, Michael’Gehue of New
Haven; trustees Patrick Hanrahan of
Stamford, John Mooney of Bridgeport,
M. J. Golden of Seymour.
The next annual convention will be
held in Waterbury the third Tuesday
_ of September, 1898.
The reports showed the order to be
in a healthy and flourishing condition
and an increased membership Of fifty
during the past year. There are nine-
teen councils in the state.
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Garnisheed.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Good-
win served garnishee papers on Messrs.
Gain & Kinnear as against A. Bach for
the sum of $150 on the Complaint of
William Sheldon. The papers were a
surprise to the contractors. Mr. Bach
has been furnishing crushed stone to
the contractors and used in the con—
creting Of Wall street. They, the con-
tractors had but the day! before paid
Mr. Bach $150, and it is opined knew
nothing of the claim of Sheldon who is
the city inspector of the work being
done.
. Mr. Bach is still delivering the stone
required subject to the order of Messrs.
Cain & Kinnear, but the latter are be-
ing greatly hindered by inspector Shel-
don who has ordered that the stone be
screened.
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Connecticut Crop Prospects.
,_ Corn is nearly all cut; Tobacco is all
1:1; hanging, with good weather for curing.
. ,. A good crop of buckwheat is cut. Fall
‘ apples are being picked; winter fruit is
dropping, so that these varieties are
being picked also. All fruits are rip-
ening early. . Peaches are plentiful"
with a ready market. Pastures in
‘ some sections are failing,but, generally,
streams and wells are not yet affected
by lack of rain. Potato digging is go-
ing on slowly. . -
A Brick Dropping.
The work of laying the brick on Wall
, street will be commenced at 1 o’clock
'w; .' tO-morrow. All are invited to Witness
1 the manner in which the “coons” han-
dle the brick, but if any one brings a
cut watermelon within ten feet of the
workers it is likely that contractors
Cain & Kinnear will either stop the
work or call on the police to arrest the
' interlOper and tantalizer.
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And the Democraticopreliminaries
The residents of the quiet little town -
" AGAIN Mona. ,
. President of the. C. ,
T. A. U.
Yesterday.
vention of the C. T. A. U. at Water-
b’ury yesterday afternoon, was devoted
to the election Of officers and other
routine business. Father John T.
Winters, of South Norwalk, Ewas re-
elected president unanimously, as was
also Secretary John Kelly Of New Bri-
tain.
The full list of Officers elected fol-
lows: '
Rev. John T. Winters, of South Nor-
walk, president; J. J. McDonald, of
Waterbury, first vice president; Mrs.
Harriet Grogan, of Meriden, second
vice president; John Kelly, of New
Britain, secretary; Charles Fitzgerald,
Of Middletown. treasurer; Thomas F.
Fitderald, of Winsted, state editor;
Patrick Kent, Of’New Haven, M. J.
Keyes, of Bridgeport, Miss Mary Sulli-
van, of New Haven, delegates to the
next annual convention to be held at
Boston.
County directors: New Haven county
—John McAlenny, Ansonia, and A.
Kelly, New Haven. .
Hartford county—James Martin,New
Britain; James Bowen, Hartford.
New London county——Felix Callaler.
Tolland county—John F. Hayden,
Rockville.
Litchfield county—Father
Brennan, Torrington.
Middlesex county—Cornelius Collins,
Middletown.
Fairfield county—Paul Schultz, J r.,
South N orwalk.
Windham county——Rev.
O’Keefe. ~ .
The handsome banner offered for the
largest number of new membersgained
during the year was captured by St.
Gertrude’s league of New Haven. This
league showed an increase Of 125 mem4
bers during the year. The banner was
presented by James F. Brennan of New
Haven, second vice president of the
National C. T. A. U.
The next annual convention will be
held at VVallingford. The date Of the
state parade was set for the second
week in June and the place at Derby.
Two'amendments to the constitution
were adopted.
Section 3 of article II, was amended
to read as follows: The place of the
annual convention if not fixed upon by
the preceding convention shall be de-
termined by the board Of government.
Section 7 of article V, concerning di-
rectors, was amended by the addition
of these words: "Each director shall
send a written report every two months
to the first vice president, who shall
forward it to the state editor for pub-
lication.”
The convention‘adjourned at 5:30.
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AMUSEMENTS.
“Blue Jeans.”
Blue J eans, Joseph Arthur’s comedy
Drama of Indiana life will be the at-
traction at Hoyt’s next Tuesday even-
ing. Blue Jeans is one of the most suc-
cessful dramas of to-day. It has enjoyed
prosperous runs in all of the large cities.
Thestory is full of comedy and pathos
and many novel and thrilling scenes
are introduced. It has a political flavor
which will beappreciated by all.
The company is an exceptionally
strong one of twenty people. The
scenery is new and original and the
Saw Mill is one of the most thrilling
and elastic scenes.
Father
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Burglars in Stratford.
Burglars are getting in thier work in
Stratford occasionally. Monday night
the barn of Minor Smith was burglar-
ized and three sets of harness, lap robes
and whip were taken. Minor wishes
they would come back and take the,
barn, as he has no particular use for it.
late yesterday morning.
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City Delegates.
William Mitchell, Charles Riley,
James W. Storey, and Bernard Tully
of the second district, and James Suth
erland, Charles L. Glover, J. P. Shee-
han and B. C. Feeney of the fourth dis-
trict have been elected as delegates to
the city Democratic convention.
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- Assigned.
Henry 'N. Ayers, the Bridgeport shoe
merchant, yesterdaymade an assign-
for the nomination of a ,selectman go
Merrilly on. ' '
Father Winters Re.Elected
Successful Session in Waterbury Ended
The session Of the 28th annual con-
Edward
The burglary was not discovered until '
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om“ An lndisputable Evidence of the Return of
Proéperity is the Constantly add Rapidly Increasing
Circulation of the Evening Gazette. ' ‘
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CANADIAN ROUTE
This route is from Victoria and up
The entire distance is about 2,300 mile
made in from 60 to 80 days. Dog trains
S.
advantage to Canadians is in the organized line of communication.
TO THE KLONDIKE.
the Athabasca, Mackenzie and Peel rivers.‘
Canoes: are used chiefly, and the trip is
are used when the rivers are frozen. Th0
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RIFLED THE BOX.
West ' "WET—a7": Bull Run
Residents Attend a
Primary.
Not Satisfied With Matters They Scatter
the Ballots.
A district meeting“ for the nomina-
tion of delegates to the Demon: atic
town convention was held in West
N orwalk last night. ‘
A sign posted on a convenient apple
tree gave notice of the meeting and at
the hour designated in the call carryall
loads of voters appeared and commenced
the work of depositing their ballots.
West N orwalk resident3, it is stated,
became frightened at the great influx
of strangers and but three Of them vot-
ed. ‘ ' "
It is further élaimed that the boxes-
were “stuffed” some of the men depos-
iting as many as six ballots each. ,
About the time the ballot-box was
closed, it is stated, a number of voters
revisited the polling place and made
sad havoc with the box and ballots,with
the result that no returns could be
made .to the inspector. E
It was a great day in West N orwalk
and excited as much interest as would
a circus. '
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FRATERN AL NEWS.
There was an Uncas pow-wow last
night at which no scalping was done.
A quarterly meeting of Louise lodge,
Daughters of Hermann 'will be , held
this evening. ,
Officers placed in nomination by Con-
cord Division, S. of T. will be voted for -
next Monday evening.
. Captain James E. Russell. will repre-
at the State convention to be held . in
New Haven October; 6th.
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ment in insolvency.
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sent the O. S. Ferry Command U. V. .U. T
THE GAZETTE TTUIJLD LIKE Tl] SEE
A few more inspectors on the Wall
street improvement.
The bricks begin to fly on Wall street
early to-morrow morning.
The best men win at the coming city
and town election.
The city compel the Tramway com-
pany to repair East avenue.
‘ The anxious look on the faces of the
T candidates disappear.
The man who is not a candidate for
some town or city office.
write a book on bricks.
Commodore Cooney appointed con-
servator over all city inspectors.
That threatened Florida. storm sheer
Olf in another direction.
Captain Ike elected Mayor of Nou-
walk. ‘ - '
An honest vote and a fair count at
the Republican town caucus.
Candidates begin to spring up for the
office of water commissioner.
Prosecuting attorney Taylor take his
pen in hand and issue writs against
those law defying druggists.
The price Of votes given a Klondike
boom at the coming election.
The first and second districts settle
their differences over first selectman.
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The Wadhams flag-pole is still intact,
in front of his Old market.
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“Coroner” Roach was called upon
yesterday afternoon to repair a break
in a service water pipe at Winnipauk.
Contractor H. J. Gain of the firm of
Cain& Kinnear, expects his brother
William A. Cain as a guest to-morrow.
Sunday evening he proposes taking
him to that mecca of shore dinners,
Gregory’s Point. Mr. Cain, like his
'brother, is a contractor, and has but
recently finished a job of work in
éIthaca, N, Y. Both men are from
Tth0, with which .rstate Connecticut‘
’ has a special affiliation. '
Inspectors Carier and Sutherland '
vow/sung GLUM. ‘
The Catch Will be. Less This
Season Than Was Ex-
pected.
The Set Promising on Only a Few of the
Beds.
Local oystermen are glum over the
prospect .of the season for an inspection
of thematural beds j‘hst completed war-
rants the'beliefthat the catch Will. be
less than 30 per cent. of the catch of
last season. On only a few Of the beds
is the set promising of good results,
and although prices will be high on
account of the scarcity of the bivalves,
they will not be sufficient to pay for
the time and exertion expended in get-
ting the few oysters that may be had.
On the extreme shoal natural beds
the set is good, but there are only a
few of these beds. On the shoal beds
Off New Haven and Milford the set is
only fair. On the deep water beds the
set is so thin as to make the working
of the beds a profitless task. On some
of the deep water beds there are no
oysters at all.
The oystermen attribute to the
weather which prevailed in July the
scarcity of the shell fish. Oysters seem
to need warm dry weather, without
winds during July, and this year the
conditions were diametrically Opposite
the favorable. Only the shoal beds
escaped the baneful influence of the
chill which pervaded the water because
of a lack of the sun’s heat. A particular-
ly heavy storm in J uly,which stirred up
the bottom, is supposed to have killed
the spawn on the deep waterbeds.
About 225 workers of the natural
beds have taken out licenses for the
season, against 300 a year ago. One-
third of the proceeds of the issue of li-
censes will be used by the shell fish
commissioners toward buying the beds.
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. PERSONAL NOTES.
Mrs. Henry W. Schmehl and daugh-
ter Bessie, of Greenwich, are visiting
friends and relatives in South N orwalk.
Mr. and ,Mrs. Charles Powell have
returned to Danbury, after a visit with
Mrs. John Taylor of South Norwalk.
R. H. Arnold, of Providence, is the
guest of his brother, W. R. Arnold of
Bayview avenue, South N orwalk.
Attorney F. A. Hill Of West avenue,
was in New Haveii yesterday.
Miss Maggie McGowan and Mrs.
Bertha Ackerman of New York. who
have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
John Barry, of Cedar street, have re—
turned home.
Miss Emma Ackerman, who has been
the guest of her cousin, Miss Sara
Brennan, of Glenwood avenue, returned
home to New York yesterday.
Miss F. W. Hyatt and Miss C. A. Hy-
att, of Main street, are visiting in
Towners, N. Y.
Attorney John F. Cuff Of Danbury,
was in town yesterday as 'was B. L.
Pierce of Albany.
Mrs. Annie Simons, of South Nor—
walk, is vis1ting with friends in Staten
Island and New York city.
James Gregory and Ernest Gregory,
of Westport avenue, left Norwalk yes-
terday for Brooklyn, where they will
spend a week’s vacation.
Mrs. C. B. Gray and children, of
Meadow street, have returned home
from severa1~weeks’ visit in Philadel-
phia. _
Miss Edna Buttery, of Waterloo, N.
é, came to Norwalk, to visit her
.c‘usin, Charles Holt, of Winnipauk:
" Miss Vera Imogene Atherton who
was graduated last June at Miss Baird’s
seminary, has gone to Boston to study
music at the New England conserva-
tory. She will also attend Cowles’ Art
school. I
,William ’Tooher and wife of Hyde
Park, Mass. are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Taylor in Winnipauk. '
Mrs. James Maney of Stamford is a
guest of her sister Mrs. George Hussey.
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Mr. Olmstead Improving.
The condition of Hon. James H.
Olmstead of Stamford is much improved
and his physician, Dr. Rowell is very
hopeful for his recovery. The Counsel-
lor’s many Norwalk friends will be
pleased to hear this.
Connecticut Fostmaster.
S. A. Allen was yesterday appointed
postmaster at Black Rock. .
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A baby boy weighing 9 pounds, was
born to Mr. and Mrs; Everett Knapp'of
The Democratic Primaries-
Held in the Several Dis-
tricts Last Night.
Delegates Favorable to the lie-Nomina-
tion of Selectman Frank Merrill
Selected.
More than ordinary interest Was do»
help last night in the several districts.
There are or were two candidates for
a membership on the board of select-
men, i. e., Frank H. Merrill and Ed-
ward J. Finnegan. The former a pres-
ent incumbent, and the latter no special
seeker for office. '
It was in evidence that the friends of
both men were active in the several
wards, as an unusually large 'vote was
polled in each ward. ~
From the returns it would appear
that “Selectmen ,Merrill’s delegates”
so called were in the ascendancy, and it
in fair to presume that Mr. Finnegan,
if he be present at the convention, will
move to make the nomination of Mr.
Merrill unanimous. I
The delegates appointed to the con-
vention which takes place next Tues-
day evening are from the several dis-
tricts as follows: ‘
lst District—John Gormley, Charles
N. W'ood, Timothy J. Howard, 48 votes
cast.
2d District—~O. E. Wilson, Charles
Finch, E. R. Goldschmidt,‘ Thomas P.,
Ward, L. L. Sherwood. There were
109 votes cast the delegates being elect-
ed by a vote of 74 to 35. ,
3d District—#In that district 73 votes
were cast, resulting in the election of
Henry Malone, Peter Guige, John T.
Sheehan and Hugh Donnelly, who
were the recognized candidates for Mr.
Finnegan.
4th——In this district 117 votes were
gates of John T.‘ Hayes;- James M.‘
Creagh, Horace E. Dann and E. F.
Duffy. ‘ - I
In the 7th district 117 votes were cast ,
electing as delegates Edward Weed,
Charles S. Bouton, with C. H. Howard
and Harry Saunders as alternates.
The ninth district came bravely to
the front in electing as first delegate
their choice for selectman, Frank H.
Merrill with M. J. Nolan as running
mate. The alternates are E. H.‘ Clark
and Gardner H. Bouton. . =-
The following is the-vote in the sev-
eral districts it being recognized that
they were to, in the convention, repre-
sent the claims of either F. H. Merrill
or E. J. Finnegan as their choice for
selectman: '
Merrill Finnegan-
1st District. 48 2
2d “ 75 34
3d “ 30 F 43
4th “ 79 38 s
5th ' " (N 0 Return) 7
6th “ (Trouble)
7th “ 15 0
8th “ 29 13
9th “ 13 O
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A Competent Teacher.
Miss Gertrude Lyon has been secured
by Miss C. F. Baird to give elocution
lessons at the Institute two days each
week. Miss Baird is to be congratulat-.
ed upon securing so competent a teach-
er. “
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The Weather.
. Fair to-night; showers Thursday.
BIRTHS.
KNAPP—In Norwalk, Sept. 20, a son
to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Knapp.
MARRIAGES.
POPKE -STAPLES. -— In Danbury,
Sept. 20th, by Rev. E. J ay‘ Teagarden,
Walter Popke and Miss Nellie Staples,
both of Danbury.
DEATHS.
COLEMAN—In Bridgeport, Sept. _20, ,
Charles Coleman, aged 28 years.
COLLINS—In New York Sept. 20,
Ambrose S. Collins, aged 59 years,
formerly of Bridgeport.
DUNCAN—In Bridgeport, Sept. 21,
Vira J ., only daughter of J ohn,and
Maggie Duncan, aged 3 years.
SMITH—In Stratford, Sept. 20, Edwin
Shelton, youngest child of Isaac B. and,
Lillian. Smith, aged 1 year. ,
STURGEs—In Bridgeport, Sept. 20,
Charles Coleman Sturges, 2 ged 28 years.
KELLEY.——In New York, Sept. 19,
Euphemia Carlotta, daughter of» John
F., and Euphemia Macias Kelley, for-
merly of South N orwalk, aged£4 years.
NEWFIELD—In Danbury, Sept. 20,
«Ernestine. Newfield, aged 19 years,
Main street,'yesterday morning. , : ~
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a daughter of Adolthewfleld. ,5, . ,
THE FlltleGINSg,
veloped in the Democratic pri’tnaries;;_,_
cast resulting in the election as dele- '
in.
Norwalk Chronicler