». .‘kw‘h‘ith— a ' .Allmon, the Lyric Star, '5? Ifyou want the best' ' goods for the least money read the advertisements in the Camus.- Q Recognized as the family paper the Gazette’s advertising columns will ,f prove its value to you. p VOL. VII. NO. 1711. NORWALK. CON N ., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1897. PRICE ONECENT. I Anaemia POINT. Westport’s Town Meeting to Act on‘the Removal of Bradley’s Obstruction A Search of the Town Records Fails to Sutstantiate His Claim of Ownership. In the call for Westport’s annual town meeting there is a proposition to take action and appropriate money if deemed expedient for the removal of obstructions in the highway leading from Compo Hillto Cedar Point, placed there by David Bradley, a large owner of land adjoining, to prevent the West— port and Saugatuck Street Railroad company from laying a track to the point. An injunction‘he swore out and the obstructions have had the effect, not only to stop the railroad but to in- terfere with the pleasure and comfort of the people who daily through the warm weather sought to drive or walk to the beach. The legislature in its charter to the company gave permission to lay a track for cars down to the end Of the point. A committee of the town examined the recOrds to find if Mr. Bradley’s claim to ownership in the highway blocked by him was well taken. They Ieported the existence of no such dOcumenta1 y evidence. In View of the legislative action as to the railroad’s charter to— gether with the absence of record war- ranting Mr. Bradley’s course in Clos- ing the road, it is proposed at the com- ing meeting to discuss the 'question,and to proceed to puncture the bubble highway ownership claim which is! the cause of all the trouble and clear the ground so long and wantonly impeded. A A A r ~EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re duced from $5 to $2. 50, at Riggs’ DruB Store. j 15 tf v v’ 7‘ AMUSEMENTS. “Eight 'Bells."’°‘""""' " From the rise of the first to the fall of the last curtain, in Eight Bells,which appears at Hoyt’s Theatre, to-night, everybody is working and working hard. it is go from beginning to end and so humerous are some of the situa- tions that the audience shows a disposi- tion to resent the excellence of the per- formance, for laughter toward the close suggests the explosive sounds from tired lungs and throats. In the produc- tion this season there is a great im- provement, showing a desire on the part of the Brothers B1 yne to keep the comedy up to its original attractiveness and they succeedin giving a very en- tertaining and catchy performance. Taken in its entirety the new “Eight Bells” is a nautical wonder and de- serves its success. Hi. Henry’s Minstrels. Hi. Henry’s Minstrels will hold sway ’at Hoyt’s Theatre on next Wednesday night. A leading exchange says: “The attraction numbers fifty perfor- mers, including Arthur Deming, Dan Har1 y Leigh- ton; McMahon & King, Locke & Car- roll, the famous Patrol Quartet and others. Hi. Henry’ssingers are spec- ially fine and their 0110 replete with Novelties. Their Band of 25 and or— chestra of 15 are without doubt the finest on the road.” A a A v e—Election “stickers,” the most con- venient form, printed promptly at the GAZETTE office. . 7‘ TRUGKMAN INJURED. Bridge Collapsed With Road Roller and Four Horses—Man Rescued With Diiiiculty. William Ferris, a truckman, living on the Greenfield Hill road, in Fairfield' was seriously injured yesterday morn- , ing by the collapse of a small wooden bridge over Mill river on the Green- ‘field Hill road. Ferris was driving four horses at- tached to a five.ton roller. As the rol- ler was passing over the bridge the whole structure collapsed, carrying Ferris and the four horses and the heavy roller into nine feet of water. The man was rescued with difficulty, and is badly injured about the chest and body. He will probably recover, however. One of the horses was in the water for an hour, and was only kept ‘ ’ alive by having his nostrils held above the water. AAA A V Ascertain who is advocating school consolidation, then vote against it. ENGLISH ms. ' Interesting Figures of Foreign Made Hats Brought Here. We are indebted to the London Hat: I ' te1s’ Gazette for September for the Par‘liamentai y returns of exports of hats from England during 1896. The aggregate value of all hats ex- ported from Great Britain was £1,106,- 828, an increase over 1895 of'.£16,547. The exports of hats of all kinds to the United States amounted to 43,901 dozens, of a total value of £38,122, a de' crease from 1895 of 4,084, dozens and £12,232, an average value of about 849-4. .13 per dozen,against $5.25 per dozen in 1895, $5.90‘per dozen in 1894, and $7.31 per dozen-in 1893. Manufacturers Of and dealers in felt hats will find the following table of ex- ports of felt hats from England into the United States, during the past eight years, pat ticular ly inte1 esting, show - ing, as it does the v.11 1at10ns in in;- ports: Av. Value Year, Dozens. Value. per doz- 1889, 18,447 £41.033 $11.00 1890, ' 31,372 53,621 8.25 1891, - 21,517 38,470 8.50 1892, 16,504 34,680 10.20 1893, 10,845 25,215 11.30 1894, 8,695 18,476 10.65 1895, 19,523 26,612 6.64 1896, 30,137 20,708 5.00 —-American Hatter. - A ‘VV 7 AN INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY IS THE CON STANTLY AND RAP- IDLY 1NCREASING CIRCULATION OF THE EVENING GAZETTE. A A ‘7' 7 Found Him Busy. A newspaper man paid a visit to a merchant who never advertised. and was surprised to find him busy. He had a Waterbury watch and the itch. When he wasn’t scratching he was winding his watch.——New Canaan Messenger. A ‘ v—r Ascer tain who is advocating school consolidation, then vote against it. A <vv '— FRATERNAL NEWS. Secretaries of fraternal, or 59cm? so- cieties are invited to send to the GAZETTE, the elections of officers and other news pertaining to their lodges to be minted in this rolumn. The names of officers should be brought in on the evening of theh election and all-other news with equal promptncss. The Bachelor club Of South Norwalk will hold its annual ball on the 18th at Arion hall. The Baptist church Mission band held its first fall meeting yesterday af- ternoon. Cockenoe tribe Of-Red Men worked the adoption degree last night. The Norwalk Musical Union will meet in K. of P. hall tO-morrow after- noon. The A. O. H. will meet Sunday af- ternoon in Knights of Columbus hall to confer with other committees ‘in refer- ence to the annual fair of St. Mary’s church. ' The Daughtess of Rebekah met last' evening for device work. Has Yellow Fever. Rev. Beve1 1y Wat ne1 formerly rec- tor of Christ Episcopal church, Bridge— port, is one of the latest victims of yel- low fever at New Orleans. He is well known in this city having occupied the pulpit at Grace church on several oc- casions. A _ Town Court. Daniel McCarthy was fined 85 and costs in the Town Court this morning, for drunkenness and breach of the peace. Jerome Smith was fined $10 and costs on the same charge with the additional charge‘of assault. He went “over the road.” ——————‘0.0>——-—————- PERSONAL NOTES. C. F. Tristram has returned from Middletown, N. Y. Felix and Retta Carney, of Wall street, left town accompanied by , their aunt,for Peru, South America. John Lowth, of Wall street, went to New York yesterday to meet his Wife, who is expected home from Europe. Mrs. Willlam E. Raymond, of North avenue has returned from a two weeks’ visit to relatives in Shrewsbury Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Comstock, J r., and‘ Miss Edith Jones, of Fairfield ave- nue, are home from a several days’ trip to Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Va. George H. Bracken, of Main street, returned yesterday from a week’s, va- cation. ' Miss Mary Evenden, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. P. N. Smith of South Norwalk returned to her home in Mastic, L. I., to-day. WERE ASPHYXIATED, Frank C. Holley and Edward L. Hafner Smothered by Gas. Die in a R00 11 at a White Plains, New York, Hotel. 4 As announced in these columns yes- terday a telegram was received from a White Plaips coroner announcing the death in that place of Edward Ii. Hafner of East Norwalk, by asphyxia- tion, and later another telegram was received conveying the news that Frank C. Holley of the same place had also Shared the fate of Hafner. The news was as surprising as it was startling to the many friends of both of the men in town. and' was a crushing blow to their immediate relatives. The story of the death of the unfort- unate men as told a reporter this morn- ing was in substance as follows: Mr. Hafner went to New York on business on Thursday, and after transacting the same went to the White Plains fair, where he met his friend Frank C. Hol- ley who had been conducting a shoot- ing gallery at that place. Both went to the Matthews hotel at that place where they engaged a room for the night. On 1etiring they left . word to be called at 8 o’clock the next morning, for breakfast. Both seemed to be in the best of spirits. The next morning the wife of the proprietor noticed a strong odor of gas, and notified her husband, who located , the same as coming from the room oc- cupied by Holley and Hafner. Failing to get any response to his rapping “he bur st the door in and was horrified to find both men dead 1n bed. Hafnei lay with his head on the pil- low‘ with his arms folded across his breast his natural position when sleep-v ing. There was no coverlets over H01.- ley and his head laid up against the wall at the foot Of the bed, as if he had felt a sense of suffocation and had at- tempted to get out of bed but was too much overcome by the gas to do so. There is one gas bui ne1 in the room, which is dark, the only light being from a transom, and the shut-off valve was wide open. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known, but it is thought that Mr. Hafner was taken with a bilious spell, to which he has for some time been subjected, and getting up lighted the gas, and on going back to bed in extinguishing the light turned the valve entirely around it be- ing of an old pattern and without the guard now used. Mr. Holley being of the stronger constitution probably did not succumb to the effects of the gas as easily as had Hafner and attempted to get up as above stated. Coroner Birch was summoned and rendered a verdict of accidental death, and the remains of the men were re- moved to the undertaking establish- ment of B. F. Bryan in that place. Mr. Hefner’s brother started for" White Plains as soon as he learnedof the accident, and had his brother’s re- “ mains sent to South Norwalk. which city they reached last night and were taken charge of by funeral director D. W.» Raymond. Mrs. Holley also started for White Plains for the body of her husband, but was taken ill while on the way and was- forced to return to Stamford where she was cared for by friends. The rematns will probably reach South Norwalk to- day. - Mr. Hafner Was proprietor of what is known as the East Side Cigar store and was doing a successful business. He was 27 years of age, and unmarried. He lived with his mother. Deceased was a member of Butler Lodge,I.0.0.F. and of Court Mahackemo, A. O. F. The funeral will be attended to-morrow af- ternoon, Rev. F. W. Norris officiating. Mr. Holley was at one time engaged in the fly paper business and was treas- uier of the Druggist Supply Co. His wife and one child, a daughter about 10 years of age survive him. He was ' about 37 years of age. Ascertain who is advocating school consolidation, then vote against it. One Hundred Years Old. Aunt Sally Betsy Jennings, of New Fairfield, is one hundred years old to- day and the whole town is celebrating the event. Thomas Hoar and wife, of Bethel,and sister, Miss Hoar, of Boston, who have been visiting Mrs. Moore, of Haviland street, South Norwalk, have returned to Bethel, Frank L,eustyek of Boston, who was also making a short visit, has accompanied them. TOWN TICKETS .-f~ ' "r; . Republican. ‘SELECTMEN. Ephriam Thames, Samuel Lynes. TOWN CLERK. Herbert R. Smith. TOWN TREASURER AND TREASURER OF ' THE TOWN DEPOSIT FUND AND SCHOOL FUND.» . William A. Curtis. COLLECTOR OF TOWN TAxES. ~George B. St. John. ' CONSTABLES. Robert N. Morehouse,, Lewis D. Keeler, John J.‘ Goodwin, Edward J. Ladrigan. GRAND JURORS. George E. Curtis, James Wood, -,;,-~Charles F. Hallock. ASSESSORS. William H. Hendrick, __ Andrew J. Hutchinson. '=" BOARD OF RELIEF. ' Bradley S. Keith, Henry Seymour. SCHOOL VISITORS. Charles Olmstead, . John H. Light, 3"Marsha11 H. Tolles. -E1birt A. Woodward. AUDITOR TOWN ACCOUNTS. ' Geoz ge F. Bea1 se, REGISTRAR OF V.OTERS F11 st District—Fr ancis Leonard. SecondDism ict—Charles W. Stow. Third District—Edward E. Gorham. ' Town TICKET, Democratic. ' SELECTMEN. Frank H. Merrill, William B. Reed. TOWN CLERK. Frank W. Perry. TOWN TREASURER AND TREASURER OF ‘ THE TOWN DEPOSIT FUND AND _ SCHOOL FUND. - ' :iniver‘EJWilson. COLLECTOR OF TOWN TAXES. William S. Wilcox. CONSTABLES. Frank A. Honnecker, . Stiles W. Curtis, Charles Lynch, James O. Jennings. GRAND JURORS. Daniel Hogan, William F. Wardwell, . William F. Mather. INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS. -. Edward M. Lockwood. WATER COMMISSIONER. D. Warren Fitch. TREASURER OF WATER FuND. Henry P. Price. Democratic City Ticket. MAYOR . Charles L. Glover. COUNCILMEN. Charles A. Burr, Philo W. Bates, George B. GregorY.. John Cotte1, James Sutherland, Walter R. Bates. TREASURER. William E. Montgomery. COLLECTOR. ‘ COliver E. Wilson. . AUDITOR. Edward P. Weed.- CITY SHERIFF. Summerfield Tooker. MEMBER OF BOARD OF REGISTRATION. Bernard Tully. INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS. James P. Sheehan. WATER COMMISSIONER. Nicholas Martin. TREASURER OF WATER FUND. William E. Montgomery. SOUTH NORWALK—REPUBLICAN. MAYOR. Frank A. Ferris, COUNCILMEN. Stephen S. Hatch, Charles F. Boutwell, Charles N. Smith, . Jesse M. Ferris, Venancio A. Scofield, Henry P. 'Morgan. TREASURER. Matthew Corbett. COLLECTOR. James Paul. ..TREASURER WATER FUND. Edwin Wilcox. ‘ CITY SHERIFF. John E. Paul. WATER COMMISSIONERS. Stephen S. Hatch, Charles S. .Trowbridge, _ Lewis H. Nash. . ELECTRIC LIGHI‘ COMMISSIONER. Leslie Smlth. STREET COMMISSIONER. Franklin A. Smith. . AUDITOR. George F. Bearse. INSPECTOR ELECTIONS. J Oth . Goodwin. REGISTRAR VOTERS. William F, Tammany. NOTICE TO NEWSBOYS. The bright little newsboys who sell the EVEN:- lNG GAZETTE every night, are going to be given a chance to earn something of value. Read 'Monday evening’s paper Without fail, as it will tell you all about our great offer. ASSESSORS. William Warden, James M. Lane. BOARD OF RELIEF. James Sutherland, ’ Edward Barrett. SCHOOLyISITORS. James W. Storey, ' A. C. Golding, Richard H. Golden, Dr. Charles G. Bohanan. AUDITOR OF TOWN ACCOUNTS. _ Wilfred Bodwell. REGISTRARSOF VOTERS. Bernard C. Feeney, Rufus J. Smith, ' John Kehoe. A CITY TICKETS. Norwalk—Repuhlican. MAYOR. Arthur C. Wheeler. TREASURER. Henry P. Price. COLLECTOR. Addison A. Betts. AUDITOR. Henry Chasmar. CITY SHERIFF. Robert. N. Morehouse. ‘ ' COUNCILMEN. Arthur B. Hill, William H. Smith, . Alfred A. Chinery, Jr., Eugene L. Boyer, Charles F. Tristram, Harvey M. Kent. MEMBER OF BOARD. OF REGISTRATION. Alfred F. Austin. New CANAAN. H. B. Humason and family of New Britain, have been spending a couple of weeks in town with their father. Miss Ould, of Ansonia, is the guest of . Miss Putney, South Main street. Mrs. Havens, of Hoboken, N. J., is the guest of Mrs. M. J. Thorley, at C. E. Brinckerhoif’s, Railroad avenue. Constable Raymond on Saturday af- ternoon, destroyed 408 bottles of lager beer which be seized from Alois Koeh ler, of South Norwalk, which he unlaw- fully delivered in' this town.- Rev. R. S? Putney will be absent on his vaca tion the second and third Sun- days in this month. Rev. A. V. R. Ab- bott, of New Haven,will occupy his pul- pit in the Methodist church. doing his absence. The Kofier Quartette, of New York, are arranging for a grand concert in the Methodist church during the latter part of October. Mrs. Gelston, Miss Ruth and Master Boy, of Eastern Connecticut, are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Smith’s Ridge. S. B. Hoyt, Jr., started on Tuesday for Middletown, where he will enter the freshman class of Wesleyan college having passed a successful examina- tion. The New Canaan Institute began its winter term on Tuesday With agoodat- tendance. Mrs. R. I. Fancher’s “Maple- woOd schOol, ” opéned on the 15th ult. ., with promising prospects. Mr. and Mrs. Junius Benedict re- turned on Wednesday from an extend- . ed trip through the South. 0N TRIAL AT LAST. Plymouth Avenue Rioters Fi- nally Brought Into Court. Two ofthe AceusedjEmploy a New York Attorney. Felix and Frank Raconelli and Fran— cisco Grille and his. brother were brought before the Town Court in the GAZETTE building, this morning. It will be remembered that. they all engaged in a murderous row on~P1y'- a. fight with pistols and razors and knives all were more or les's,injured, the principal sufferer being Francisco Grille, whose injuries we1e of such a mouth avenue a few weeks since and in -" nature that it was net thought that he _ could possibly survive. All were in cou1t this morning, and were represented by attorneys, Felix Raconelli, had secured the serVices of - Attorney'Cuneo, Frank Raconelli,,those of Attorney Walsh, and the Grillo brothers the services of Attorney John Palmiero of New York. Attorney Warner is assisting Attorney Ferris in the prosecution. I The first witnesses cailled were Dre. Tracey and Burke, their evidence be- ing confined to the nature of the wounds and the condition of the men when they arrived at the hospital. The trial is stillon as we go to press. HAD MONEY to sun». Captain Press Sherwood's Peculiar Ex- perience Last Night. Press Sherwood, Bi idgepo1 t Wheel club, had a hot time the night before last while playing a game of billiards' 1n the club rooms at the corne1 of Main and Wall stieets, captain of the" " As the game progressed he tookvofi his -. - coat. He was smoking a pipe at the time, and as it interfered with hisplay- . ing, he d1 opped it into the right hand pocket of his coat, Without stopping to knock out the ashes. The game progressed and Press was in great glee because he was winning. Someone asked him fora match and he said: “Why certainly. Go to my coat pocket.” When his friend felt for the matches he withdrew his hand in a. hurry and emitted a howl. All eyes were turned on him. Then he turned the pocket of Sherwood’s coat inside out and the pipe and a roll of bills that were partly consumed by fire, dropped out. The ashes in the pipe were alive when'dropped into the pocket. Press had placed $12 in bills in the pocket a short time before and they were soon ignited. After the excitement'was-over he counted them and found that‘thég' were ail partly burned so he decid‘éd that he was only worth six dollars. :7 The Wheel club boys have had a good deal of fun with Press ever since the incident happened and when he, . meets any of them they say "Here comes a man that has money to burn." ~—Bridgeport Post. EAST NORINALK. Frederick W. Starr and family have moved, from Osborn avenue to Mrs. M. Lauder’s residence‘on Bayview avenue South Norwalk. George Robertson commenced, yes- terday to erect the voting booths in the old Volunteer hose house on East ave- nue. They will be built in an entirely new way, according to the law passed at the last legislature, which says that - the ballot boxes shall be in sight. ’Rev. C. Anderson led the service at the SWedish Congi egational church last night. He was aesisted by Rev. David Lunquest. Mrs. G. H. King and daughter, 01a, . have returned from Long Island. Robe1t Mullings has resumed his studies at the New York Veterinary college. ’ ’ ‘vv 7 The Weather. Probably fair sunday p1 eceded by partly cloudy weather and possibly 10- cal showers on the coast .to-night. DEATHS. HAFNER.—-1n White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1, Edward L. Hafner, of East N or- walk, aged 25 years. HOLLEY. ——In White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1, Frank C. Holley, of East Nor- walk, aged 37 years. LYNCH. —In Bridgeport, September 30, Catherine E. wife of Thomas J.- Lynch, aged 30 years. NAGLE.—In Bridgeport, September 30, John Nagle. u
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