I? If you want the best goods for the least money ~ read the [advertisements in the Gaaette. VOL. VII. no. 1708. ' NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28.1897. @’ Recognized as the family paper the Gazette’s advertising columns. vvilti; . prove its value to you. ‘ PRICE ONE CENT. cAUcus III-NIGHT. The—First and Third Districts , Will Battle for Su. premacy. «A Large Turnout of Voters from East Nor- walk Promised. The Republican voters of the First and Third districts will meet in the N orwalk Opera House at 8 o’clock to-‘“ night. and caucus for nominees on the Republican town ticket. The caucus is the most important to be held, as one of the offices to be filled is that of a selectman who will have charge of town affairs during the com- ing year. There will be three candidates pre- sented from the first district, viz. Cap- tain Addison A. Betts, Samuel Lynes and George Mills. East Norwalk, or third district, will present the name of Oscar W. Raymond as their choice, and will probably bring a large delegation from that district to support their candidate. The office of selectman 111equi1es a man of sound business ability. It 15 no sinecure which anybody can fill, but needs in addition to ability, experience _ in town affairs and the courage to say No, when occasion requires. There are many important questions to be met by this incoming boar (1, such as the widening of the Wall street bridge, probably a new town house, building of a telford road and numerous other improvements that will requi1°1e the expenditure of thousands of dollars Friendship and goodfellowship are all right in their place, but when it comes to the care of the business af- ' fairs of a large and growing town like Norwalk the tax-payer, is interested and should see to it that the man best fitted for the duties devolving upon him is selected to fill this important of- , fice. To this end it is the duty of every tax-payer, if possible, to attend to- night’s caucus and nominate a man of mature years,one who has had sufficient business experience to qualify him for the position. Rumors are rife that the caucus is to be packed with heelers, that. the ballot box is to be stuffed, Democrats will at- tend and vote and that no end of ras- cality is to be attempted in an effort to nominate one of the candidates. All such reports usuallyoriginate before a political contest, but good sense and love of fair play will cause those pres- ent to see that there is an honest bal— lot and a fair count. ‘ Vvv 7 Ryan May Recover. The case of John Ryan, the young Norwalk man, who was mysteriously shot in Fairfield one day last week, is a most remarkable one. At present his chances for recovery seem to be im- proving, though when he was first taken to the Bridgeport hospital, there was little doubt that his injuries would soon prove fatal. Some idea of the nat- ure of the injuries sustained by Ryan may be had when it is recalled t 1at the surgeons sewed up 19 holes made by one bullet. Of these holes, 13 were in the small intestines, four in the misen- tery, one in the bladder and one in the abdomen. If he recovers. the physi- cians will have material for a most im- portan't contribution to medical litera- ture. A-‘ ‘ 7 Senator Hawley Home. United States ‘Senator Joseph R. Hawley was a passenger on the Ameri- _ can transport liner Molie which ar— rived in New Yo1k yesterday from London. He was accompanied by his wife and- two daughters. Senator Hawley went to Europe early in Au: gust to stay with his wife at her Eng- lish home at Halstead, Essex countyr, He returned to Hartford in the after- noon. A. ‘w , Wants to Retire. Charles T. Leonard has signified his wish to retire from business and will sell his dock property and coal busi- ness. Mr. Leonard has been in busi- - ne'ss here for many years. < ‘-= A wAdvertise in THE GAZETTE. .Store. SELEGTMEN Aionns; Darien Town Fathers Have Troubles of Their Own. One Report Said to he Incorrect and An- other Made. There has been trouble during the past year between the Darien select- men. Mr. Mackey, the first selectman, got out an annual report a few days ago, and it is stated that he signed the names of the other selectmen without their permission or even knowledge of it. It is understood from good authority that both of the other selectmen ,will issue reports of thelr own, and they do- clare that Mr. Mackey’s report is incor- rect. ' They also claim that he has mailed these reports to a number of Darien citizens, and hopes that by what they claim is an incorrect re- port to gain a number of votes at the town election. The following report was issued yes- terday to the citizens of Darien by C. W. Raymond the third selectman: TO THE TAXPAYERS OF DARIEN, CONN. The undersigned hereby submits the following report of his expenses, as selectman of the town of Darien, for the year ending September 10, 1897: Roads and blasting, $ 601 14 Bridges, culverts, drainage, 482 22 Cutting bushes, 57 33 Selectmen’s'duties, 76 50 Tools and sharpening, 1468 $1,231 87 Received from town of Stam- ford, for Glenbrook bridge. 149 34 Net balance $1,082 ”53' The above amount embraces every item of expense which is chargeable to my district. All other reports differ' ing from the above are untrue and mis- leading, and were issued, over my signature without my knowledge 011 consent. Y ours respectfully, CHARLES TNT. RAYMOND, Selectman, Darien, Conn. A ‘ —EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Dru‘fi j 15 tf -——————-—-<0.0>————— Boxing in Danbury. The athletic exhibition given by the Danbury Athletic club at Taylor’s opera house last night did not attract a very large audience and the boxing bouts were rather tame. Walter Bur- go of New York and Christy Martin of Great Barrington, were matched for six rounds at 130 pounds. In the fourth round Burgo knoCked Martin through the ropes and then the men were noti- fied they would have 'to go easier to prevent police interference. Burgo got the decision. John Morelock, 105 pounds, champion of Connecticut and Mike_Larney of Bridgeport, had six rounds at 110 pounds which resulted in Morelock’s favor, and in the six rounds at .140 pounds between Joe Faust of New York and Jack Brooks of Dan- bury. Faust came out second best. ‘ FRATERNAL NEWS. Secretaries of fraternal, or secre’ 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 rolumn. The names of officers should be brought. in on the evening of their election and all other news with equal promptncss. The German Sick Benefit Associa- tionwill meet this evening. The regular fall meeting of the grand officers,vmembers of committees, past grand regents, and district deputies, of the Grand Council, Royal Areanum, will be held in this city, in the hall of Sherman Council, Thursday, Oct. 14,at 3 p. m. A special convocation of Butler chap- ter, R. A. M. will be held this evening. The M. M. and P. M. degrees will be conferred. A regular meeting of Buckingham Post, G. A. R. will be held to-morrow night. Court Mahackemo, A. of F. A. re- hearsed the new ritual of the , order last night... The A. '0. H. will hold a special meeting Thursday evening, as will also the ladies auxiliary of that order. ——-————-‘0.0.—_——— AN INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY IS THE CON STANTLY AND RAP- IDLY INCREASING CIRCULATION OF THE EVENING GAZETTE. WANT TO VOTE. Norwalk Ladies Who Take an Interest in School Matters. The following ladies who expressed a desire to vote on the school question, as is their privilege received the prop- er qualifications as far as the law is con- cerned, and without doubt they had all of the other qualifications, were granted that privilege at a meeting of the board of selectmen held Saturday last: Bertha M. Adams, Annie H. ArCher, Mary K. Beard, Jennie Bedient, Agnes E. Blanchard, Augusta F. Bracken, Helen T. Bracken, Julia A. Barnes, Abbie M. Coburn, Phebe E. Cashow, Anna L. Dickerman, Edith S. Gates, IdaM. Light, Ada A. Lawton, Sarah Lawrence, Ruth T. Makin, Emma P. Nash, Anna M. Nash, Sarah M. Nash, Annie S. Sherwood, Mary J. Street, Susan B. VVelch, Annie Waters. There we1e others who thought that they wanted to exercise such privilege and made application, but apparently exercised a woman’s right of changing her mind. They were Minnie Walls, Anna L. Raymond, Delia E. Richard- son, Amelia A. Graham, Mary W. Graves, Georgianna Byxbeeh Cornelia W. Bennett, Hattie H. Benedict. A ‘ PERSONAL NOTES. Roy Jones left South Norwalk yester- day'for Middletown where he entered Wesleyan college to commence his studies for the Methodist Episcopal ministry. Miss Mabel Waterbury and Miss D01 3 Whittaker of Stamford are guests of Mi s. Julia Scofield of South Norwalk . David Sheehan has returned toWash— - ington after having spent two weeks with his parents on School street. Samuel H. Miller, of Water street, has gone to Eden, F101 ida. Miss Agnes Ratchfor,d who has been vimting her sister, Mrs Pat1 10k Dur- kin, of Girard place, has returned to her home in Bethel. P. F. Burns, of the Boston Store, Norwalk, was in New York yesterday. Miss Hattie McPherson, of the South- ern New England Telephone office,,has been spending a few days with her brother in Bridgeport. Daniel Gautley has secured a position in New York, on one of Starin’s boats. Mrs. L. E, Jerrold, of Bethel, is vis- iting Mrs. J. W. Mead, of Wall street. Mrs. L. Dunn will leave N orwalk On Wednesday for New York elty, where she will spend the winter. H. H. Smith, of East avenue, was in Stamford yesterday, Andrew C. Jones, of Brooklyn, is visiting Miss Alice Pomeroy, of Acad- emy street. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Stevens and daughter, of East avenue, will shortly leave for a trip to the Maine woods. Mrs. Stevens is in poor health. M11. and Mrs. Charles Mott, of Or- ange, are guests at the Mahackemo hotel. Mrs. George Dunham, of Massachu- setts, is spending a few days in town. Mrs. Robert VanBuren is vis. ting in Stockb1idge, Mass. M1. and M1s. Alexander ‘Semple, of West avenue, are visiting friends in Massachusetts. ' Miss Alice Selleck and Miss Fannie Clark, 1f Norwalk, have been guests of Mrs. Andrew Little, of Danbury. A. A. Chinery of Catherine street re- turned last night from a two weeks’ stay in Litchfield county. Miss Lury Banks of Weston is v isit- ing Mrs. Thomas B1 adley on Franklin avenue. . William Brennan of Bethel was in 1 town. It is reported that a West avenue widow is soon to be married, and re- move to Brooklyn. - The funeral ,of the late Charles Whit- ney a war veteran was held from the Belden Hill church to-day. Blue Jeans at Hoyt’s Theatre to- night. The repaving of Wall street is mov- ing along satisfactorily. The section between the. tunnel and Main street has been cemented and grouted, and the brick laying from the Boston Store to the Street Railway depot about com- pleted. The Democratic town convention will be held in the hall in the GAZETTE building, to-night,. ’ The third quarterly conference of the Methodist church was held A last evening, elder J. W. Beach presiding. tee be, and hereby is, SECOND IISIRICT mucus. ‘SOIITfI NOBWALK DEPOBLIOIIS‘VOTE TOPLIOETIIEIB OIHOIOITE FIRST OII TOWN "TIOKET. THOMES EASILY OEFEATS BAKER. THE ‘OFFICE OF ASSESSOR DEVELOPED THE ONLY EX‘CITl-NIG'CONTEST OF THE EVENING. Nearly 300 voters of the Second dis- t1 ict’ attended the Republican town caucus at Ar' 1on hall last night. Town committeeman E. E. Crowe called the caucus to order shortly afte1 8 o clock, and John H. Ferris was elected chair- man and W. C. Foote clerk. The clerk read the caucus call and R. H. Rowan moyed that an informal ballot for selectman be taken. The chair appointed C. N. Smith, Matthew Corbett, James Golden, T. C. Cavanagh and H. E. Ferris tellers, and the voters passed around the hall and deposited their ballots in a hat on the chairman’s table. The voters standing at the rear of the hall were requested to deposit their ballots first, being followed by those occupying'ehairs by sections. The vote resulted as follows: Whole number cast 283. Necessary for choice 142. Ephraim Thomes 229. Edward v. Baker 50. Frank A. Ferris 2. John J. Goodwin 2. As soon as the result was announced E. A. Woodward moved to make the vote formal and declare Mr. Thomes nominated.- Jacob Lassen protested that a number of West Norwalk voters were present and voting, but his re- marks were unheeded and the motion was cariied with a cheer. George H. Vasburgh, J r was recog- nized, and stating that he desired to bring to the attention of the caucus a matter of vital interest to the voters of the second district, presented the fol- lowing resolution: . RESOLVED, That the town commit- instructed to place the name of Ephraim Thomes, re- publican nominee for selectman, first upon the republican ticket. After remarks from Charles F. 'Hal- . lock and Robert Pearson in favor of the resolution, it was passed without a dis- | senting voice. The ballot for constable resulted as ' follows: 1 Third ballot. Whole number - 152 Necessary for choice 77 A. J. Hutchinson 90 C. W. Bell 51 F. A. Tolles 9 Scattering 2 On motion of Mr. Bell, the nomina- tion of Hutchinson was made unam- mous. Henry Seymour was nominated for board of relief, and on motion of E. E. Crowe, John H. Light was nominated for school visitor. In return Mr. Light nominated E. A. Woodward as his associate and the secretary cast one vote to that effect. George F. Bearse was nominated for auditor and Charles W. Stow registrar, and after empowering the town commit- tee to fill any vacancies the caucus ad- journed. =v> AMUSEMENTS. “Blue Jeans.” Joseph Arthur’s comedy drama, Blue Jeans, will be presented at Hoyt’s Thea— tre, to-night, with all the scenery and mechanical effects as origi- nally presented at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, New York city, where it was witnessed by 480,000 people during its long run at that house. The New York Herald said at that time that the play would never wear out, and from present indication it nevei will. , The prices have been made within the reach of all and those desiring to attend should se- cure their seats now at Plaisted’s and Pinneo’s. “ Eight Bells. ” ‘The Brothers Byrne’s “Eight Bells” chime forth their familiar tidings from the stage of Hoyt’s Theatre, Saturday night, October 2.‘ The entire produc- ' tion has been remodelled so that it will ' scarcely be recognized inthe new form. It is quite superfluous to say that the alterations add to the general merit of Tax. Payers Take Notice! The Republicans of the First and Third voting districts of lkejown will mccl in caucus at the Norwalk Opera House, of 8 o’clock lo-‘nzglu‘, at which time a candidate will be nominated for sclcclmun. If is important that coca» Republican tux-payer 1n llzosc districts be present and vote for the one most compctcnl to take charge of the uflcurs of the town. Thousands of dollars will be rccczocd- and cxpcndcd dur- ing‘ the comingycur, and the ofiicc should be f llcd by the selec- tion of an cxpcrlcnccd and compclcnt buslncss mun. Whole number 180 Necessary for choice 91 John J. Goodwin 106 Edward J. Larrigan 54 Scattering . 20 Goodwin was declared nominated, and upon motion of Charles W. Bell the secretary cast one‘ vote for Larri- gan as the second nominee. Charles F. Hallock was nominated for grand juror by acclamation despite his protest- The nomination ofan assessor proved the most exciting of the caucus, and required two ballots in addition to the usual informal ballot before A. J. Hutchinson was declared nominated. The ballots resulted as follows, the first being informal. Whole number 146 ' Necessary for choice 74 Charles W. Bell 56 A. J. Hutchinson 53 F. A. Tolles 35 Scattering 2 Second ballot. Whole number 153 Necessary for choice ', 77 I A. J. Hutchinson ’ 72 C. W. Bell 60 F. A. Tolles , ' 20 Scattering 2 the» production. The plot remains much as it was, but the specialties in- troduced at short intervals are entirely new and pleasing. The Byrne Brothers remain to give life and action to every scene. _ —————-————<o-o>————-—-—-— . An Expensive Bide. Richard Fay, Frank Cunningham and John Dieke, the three young men who took the horse and surrey from in front of Ensign’s drug store at Bridgeport Sunday afternoon and were subsequent- ly arrested in Westport Where the team belonged were taken before Justice McKenna in that place yesterday, charged with horse stealing. Probable cause was found and they were held for trial before the higher court in bonds of $500 each. They were taken to the county jail yesterday afternoon. ‘ Will be license. To the oft repeated question as to whether ‘or not a vote would be taken on the question of “license” or- “no 11- cense” the answer can be found in the official notice of the annual town meet- ing which takes place on Monday, Oc- tober 4th, and in which notice of the matter is not incorporated. This be ing the fact, Norwalk will remain as last year, a “license” town. - Hearing Postponed. _ The case of the City of Norwalk vs. The Union manufacturing company, was down for a hearing this morning, but owing to the illness of 'Attorney' Warner who represents the city, the hearing was adjourned. The commit- tee, however, Messrs. E. L. Scofield, of Stamford, Hiram K. Scott, of Ridge- field, and Silas Burton. of Bridgeport, met and organized. The Union Manu- facturlng company will be represented by Hurlbutt & Gregory with Samuel Tweedy, of Danbury, as associate. V 7 Concord Division. At a meeting of Concord Division, S. of T. held last evening the following officers were elected: W. J. Leland W. P.; W. J. Nickerson, W. A.; Mrs. W. A. Pryor, R. S.; Miss-Louise Sut- ton,A. R. S.; W. A. Kellogg, F. S.; Lewis Hubbell, T.; H. L. Woodworth, Chaplain; Mrs/Sarah C. Worden, C.; Tillie Spicer, A. C.; Asa Decker, I. S.; N. E. Peck, O. S.; Miss Ella Worden, P. W. P. The officers will be install- ed next Monday night. 4 A_ ‘vv _ At St. Paul’s. Services will be held at St. Paul’s church to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock, as it will be St. Michael’s day. The Ladies society will meet at the home of Mrs. LeGrand Jackson on Elm street, to-morrow afternoon. The Junior Auxiliai y will meet at the Berkeley street chapel, next Fri- day afternoon. —-————-—<0.0>-—-——-— Sentenced to Jail. Mike Sullivan was arrested last night. This morning in the Town Court, he was charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. He thereupon be- came abusive and the judge added 30 days more to the original sentence. ———————<o.o>—’——— . Death of Mrs. Mary A. Duty. Mrs. Mary A. Disbrow, widow of the late Isaac Reed Doty, sank'peacefully to her final rest at her home on Wes-t avenue last night, aged 84 years. The funeral will be held Thursday afteia noon. AN IN DISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY IDLY INCREASING CIRCULATION OF THE EVENING GAZETTE. . ‘ ‘-‘ A LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. J. E._Adams’ trotter, “Ellard Ella” will take part and perhaps win a prize in a trot at New Haven, this week. A. Goldberg and family propose 1e- moving to New Y ork. Mr. Conrad Borda of Wilton is again a resident of N orwalk he having re- moved here from Wilton for the “chilly months.” The name of John Ward has been mentioned for nomination on the Demo cratic city ticket for the office of col -lector. John is a young man who has many friends and if nomin‘ted would poll a flattering vote. [\geover, he is well fitted for the positi Dynamo to be used in the commercial lighting of New Canaan arrived at the N orwalk Electric Light station yester- day. , - Mr. D. Hartley Weeks will attend the funeral of his uncle, H. H. Baird at Bethel, to-morrow. game before that date is liable. himself to be shot—into the station house. Bishop Tierney was in town to-day, . and paid the St. Joseph’s society an official visit. 7‘ The Weather. Fair to-night and Wednesday cooler. Wednesday morning frost. DEATHS. ABEL—In Bridgeport, Sept. 27, Ma- tilda, wife of Henry Abel, aged 59 years. GOODSELL—In Greens Farms, Sept. of his age. LONDON—.In Fairfield, Sept. 26, James, son of John D. and Mary Lon- don, aged 13 years 8 months. ' STEELE—I11 Bridgeport, Sept. 26, Patrick Steele, aged 33 years. SHEPARD—In South N orwalk Sept. 27th, William J. ., son of William and Mary Shepar,d aged 1 year and 6 months. aged 54 years. WHITNEY. —In North Wilton, Sept. 26th, Charles Whitney, aged 65 years. IS THE CONSTANTLY AND RAP- ‘ ‘The game law is not off until Octo-V~ her 15th, and the party who shoots. 26, Bradley Goodsell, in the 84th year ' WESTMAN—In Bridgepbrt, Sept. 27, ' Malgaret, wife of George Westman, ' (4
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