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VOL. VII NO. 1749 N ORWALK CONN .. WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 24.1897
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PRICE ONE oENT.
SPECIAL TOWNMEETING.
TIIE STOIIE .AIIOII VOTE BESOIIIIIEII AID I STEEL
BIRIIEII SUBSTITUTED. ‘
ounu sump MEETING.
ATTORNEY WALSH GOES FOR THE TRAMWAY COM-
PANY WITH A SH‘ARP STICK.
A special town meeting was held in
the Town Hou5e last evening, to take
- .action in the matter Of rescinding a
A vote passed at a town meetingheld Sep-
tember 16th, instruct-ing the Selectmen
“to widen Wall street bridge by build-
ing on the south side thereof an addi-
tional stoneiarch or arches,” so as to
increase the width of said bridge 14
feet; and if said vote be rescinded, to
authorize the Selectmen to widen said
bridge to the south line of Wall street,
being a widening of said bridge of 14
feet, on'the easterly end and about 6
feet on the westerly end, and to use in
‘said widening steel beam or girder,
iron, concrete, and other suitable ma-
terials, and to make the necessary ap-
propriation therefor; and if said vote,
passed Sept. 16, 1897, shall not be re-
scinded, then to authorize the Select-
men to make the necessary appropria-
tion therefor; and, if said vote, paSSed
Sept. 16, 1897, shall not be rescinded,
then to authorize the Selectmen to
“make “such -eontraets..and agreements
with Mrs. Julia Wilson as shall be
“found necessary to Secure the right to
r est the said stone bridge and its foun-
dations upon her lands.
The meeting was called to order by
Town Clerk Smith and Bradley S.
Keith was elected moderator.
The hall was poorly lighted, cold,
and altogether disagreeable. There
were perhaps 100 persons present. ‘
The ball was set rolling by the pre-
sentation of the fellowing resolution
by Attorney Levi Warner, with the ex-
ception as to the amount to be appro-
priated..
Voted, That the vote passed in the
Towm meeting held Sept. 16th, 1897,
instructing the Selectmen to widen
Wall street bridge by building on the «
south side thereof, an additional stone
arch or arches, so as to increase the
width of said bridge 14 feet; and the
appropriation made therefor, be and
hereby are rescinded; and that the Se-
lectmen be and hereby are directed to
widen said Wall street bridge'to the
south line of Wall street, as said line
has been recently established by the
City of Norwalk, said 11' idening to be
made by using one or more steel beams
‘ or girders, iron, concrete, and other
suitable mate1ials, and that the sum of
$2, 500 or so much as may be necessa1 y,
_ is hereby appropriated therefor.
Mr. Warner remarked on the resolu-
tidn, that considerable expense would
be‘saved the town by the adoption of
~ the resolution, and stated that Mrs.
Wilson. owner of property needed fo1
the placing of the proposed Stone arch,
not only wished to be released from the
payment of certain rent due by he1 to
the town, but would also ask for remu-
- aeration from the town it the , stone
arch was built, including a full- release
for the present privileges she now an .
' joys on the town property, and her
’ building to be left in as good condition
A as at'present. He'was, under existing
circumstances, in favor of the placing
of an iron girder. He thought that it
would be a large saving to the town.
Ex-selectman Isaac Selleck was in
favor of a stone arch. Contractoz Shel-
don also favored the building ofa stone
‘ai ch.
City Attorney E. M. Lockwood argued
in favor of a stone arch, and questioned
the legality of the wording in the call
: ~-.-for the meeting. He dissected the two
‘2 I \projects of an iron or 'stone arch bridge,
and also explained the differences be—
tween the town and city as upon whom
the expense of such improvements
should fall.
Mayor Wheeler spoke in favor of the
building of a, stone arch, and said that
he did not like a patched up bridge.
Attorney Walsh talked in favor of an
iron or steel bridge, and thought that
if there was I. saving of something like
$2,000 as between the two, the steel
bridge plan ought to be adopted.
Selectman Merrill then spoke as to
the relative cost of the stone arch and
He said that
the lowest bid for the stone arch bridge
the steel girder bridge.
,was $3,800, and if Portland instead of
Rosendale cement was used the cost
would be increased to $4,000, and this
did not include extra work, and inci-
dentals which he thought would in-
crease the cost about $500. He said
that an agent of the Berlin Iron Bridge
company had offered to build a. steel
girder bridge 6 feet at one end and 14
feetctthe. opposite end,» complete .in
every detail, for azsnm not in excess of
$2.500.
W. H. Worden spoke of the arch as
being only for a foot-path‘and thought
the iron girder would be preferable.
Engineer Wood favored the building
of a stone arch, and spoke of the vibra-
tion of the present bridge. He was
being catechised by different ones as
to the merits of the proposed plans,
when a motion was made to adjourn.
The chair failed to entertain the mo-
tion, remarking, “Mr. Wood is now on
the witness stand and has the floor.”
John Cotter was in favor of the steel
bridge, and said that nine-tenths of the
bridges now-a-days were built of steel
and iron.
Contractor Sheldon offered to build
the stone arch for $3,700 and furnish a
bond for'the completion of the same.
L. H. Bruugaugh, a representative
of the Berlin Iron- Bridge company be-
ing present was asked as to what his
company would do, and being recog-
nized by the chair, gave a detailed
plan ofthe bridge they would build,
and answered several questions put to
him in reference to such bridge.
His remarks developed the fact that
a portion of the iron girder would be
anchored to the present structure,
which. it had previously been claimed
was already weak.
After some further discussion dur-
ing which a man named Toomey of-
fered to build the stone arch for $2,500,
Mr, Warner offered an amendment to
his original resolution, by adding the
amount to be appropriated, and the
resolution as it appears in full, above
waspassed. ..
The committee appointed to take ac-
tion in regard to the widening of the
street and the construction of the rail-
road bridge at Meadow street reported.
Ex-sel‘ectman Selleck, chairman of the
committee, said that the Consolidated.
railroad company was willing to pay
one-half the cost, or $1,500 and the
committee thought that the other half
ought-“to be divided equally between
the town of Norwalk and the City of
South Norwalk, as the Tiamway com-
pany had practically icfused to bear
any sha1e of the expense.
Hon. E 0. Keeler alsoa member of
the committee, argued on'the same line.
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Attorney Walsh took exception to
the edict of the Tramway Co. apd
_thought the town ought to insist in
: the payment on the company’s part a
just proportion of the expenSe.
He
went further and“ said “Their rails
have no right there and never would
have been placed there only through
the negligence of the selectmen. If
they take the position they do 1 would-
n’t grant them any more privileges.
Councilman Stephen S. H‘atch, of
South Norwalk, objected to that city’s
bearing the portion of the expense
asked, and presentedfigures as to .why
in his opinion it was wrong, and inapt-
ly remarked that in all improvements
about town the city of South Norwalk
was wrongfully assessed, and he didn’t
think it fair.
_Attorney Gray saw an opening and
fired a shot at Mr. Hatch by saying,
“Up here we don’t object to voting for
appropriations to build stone bridges
on your salt meadows, surely you have
no reason to find fault.” ‘
Ex-selectman Raymond was in favor
of the adoption of the committee’s re-
port. He thought the present time the
better upon which to take action.
A motion to adopt the report and in-
struct ' the selectmen to carry out the
provisions of the same was lost.
And then the meeting adjourned.
'Mn. HILf’s A DRESS.
He Told Odd Fellows About His Recent
Trip to Europe.
Congressman E. J. Hill of Norwalk,
delivered an address in Odd Fellows’
Hall last evening under the auspices of
the, Grand 'Masters’ Association. A
large company listened with much en-
joyment to‘the speaker’s recital of his
experience and the result of his obser—
vation while on his recent vacation in
Eu1 ope. Among those p1 esent were:
Congressman Charles A. Russell and
Congressman N. D. Sperry The address
was reminiscent and peculiarly e11—
tertaining. Mr. Hill told of some of
the most striking things he had notic-
ed, among them the large number of
women who work in the fields ”and in
other menial occupations usually fol-
lowed by men.
not .‘want to. see such a condition, in
this country. He believed much of the
curse of the woman labor of Europe was
due to the vast standing armies made
up largelv of young men who are tak-
en f1 cm the far ms. He did noi like to
see w omen at work in sewers fifteen or
twenty feet deep as he had seen them
in some of the cities of the Old World.
There was one notable utterance that
was applauded. Mr. Hill alluded to
the cheap labor of Europe and inci-
dentally to the effort of last winterto
secure the passage of a bill » to restrict
immigration to those who could read
and w11te
and it had been vetoed.
“But it will pass again this winter,”
he added, “and this time it will not be
vetoed.”—New Haven Palladium. '
<AL
FOOT BALL
A Game Between Norwalk and Stamford
at Norwhlk Park.
There will be an exciting, game of
football at Norwalk Park tomorrow
afternoon between the elevens from
Stamford and Norwalk.
The game will be called 111 omptly at
3 o’clock, and the teams will line up as
follows: -
NOBWALKS STAMFORDS
Hopson Left End J. Giblin
Carr Left Tackle ' Manning
Canfield Left Guard Ritch '
C. Wicke Center'- McCormick
Phillips Right Guard Austin
Van Dime Right Tackle Daly
Norman Right End Mc Donald
Finch Quarter’B‘ack W. Giblin '
D. Keogh L. Half Back Thomas
T. Keogh B. Half Back Foley
W Wicke Full Back Moylan
Referee, Arthur B. Russell.
Thanksgiving Exercises.
” The Thanksgiving exercises at the I)
public schools in South Norwalk take
place this afternoon. Interesting exer-
cises will be held as in evidence by the
attractive programmes that have been
prepared’
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No Paper To-morrow..
To —morrow being Thanksgiving Day,
and a legal holiday no GAZETTE will
be issued. ’
He said that'he did
He had voted for! the bill ‘:‘
Parmesan.
Deputy Collector Edgar N.
Sloan. Refuses to Testify.
The Seized Slufl’ Analyzed and Fouhd to
be Lager Beer. 7
Three of the men, arrested at the
Newt-own fair for dispensing intoxi-
cants to the thirsty without having a
lice11se‘therefore, concluded that the
cheapest way out of it was to forfeit
bands of $100.
Soon after the November term of
the criminal court of Common Pleas
was convened in Bridgeport yesterday,
prosecuting Attorney Light announced .
that he was ready to proceed with the
trials Prosecuting Liqum Agent E.
0. Hull, who caused the a11ests of the
five men was ready, and announced
1 that he had had samples of the beer
taken from the various tents analyzed.
Deputy Sheriff Rodgers brought the
seized stufl’ to Bridgeport and State
Chemist'tWheeler made the analysis
which showed that it was lager beer.
Attorney Leonard of Danbury repre-
senting the three men, desired a few
moments to consult with the parties
and with, the prosecuting
Judge Walsh ordered a recess for half
an hour, at the end of which the cases
against John Dempsey, Bartholomew
Boylan and William - L. Bush were
called, and the three forfeited $100
each. '
Attorney Beecher, counsel for James
A. Donovan asked a continuance until
the December term and it was granted.
The case against the fifth one, Christo-
pher Band was also continued until the
next texm of court.
Deputy Collectm of Inte1 nal Revenue
Sloan» was summoned as a witness in
the liquor cases, but informed Prese-
cuting Attorney Light that he should
refuse to testify. Presumably the state
would have tried to show by him that
the men took out government 'licenses
to sellliquor on the fair ground. Mr.
Sloan responded to the subpoena, but
was firm in his determination not to
give tcstiony even if he were declared
in contempt of court.
He was armed with a decision of the
courts in whichrit was declared that a
Federal officer could not be compelled
to testify in liquor cases. After con-
sultation with Mr. Light the latter ex-
cused him, and as it afterward turned
out that the men forfeited bonds, he-
would not have been needed.
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«St. Paul’s Church.
The meeting of the Ladies’ society,
which is usually held on Wednesdays,
will be omitted thls week. Thursday
morning two Thanksgiving services
willbe held. At 7:30 o’clock there
will be Holy Communion and at 10:30
o’clock Holy Communion and a sermon
by the rector. On Friday afternoon
the Junior auxiliary will meet, and the
Industrial school will hold a working
session on‘ Saturday afternoon.
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Funeral of Ira. Trislram.
The funeral of Mrs. John Tristram
who died at her home on Union Park,
Monday in the 79th year of her age,
was. attended from her late home this
afternoon. Her husband and four chil-
dren survive her, being J. E. Tristram
of Chicago; J. B. Tristram of New Or-
leans; Mrs. A. H. Perkins, of Chicago,
and Mrs. H. S. Rood of South Norwalk.
officers. ‘
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HORIZON ATHLETIC CLUB
A Fine Programme and Plenty of Sport
Promised. '
The Horizon Athletic club of Bridge-
port will give their second boxing ex-
hibition on the night of December 2,
at the Park City theatre. The first
exhibitidn given by this club was a
grand success, and this one will be as
good if notbetter.
Casper Leon, the bantam champion
of America, and Lew Myers, one of his
most dangerous rivals for fistic honors,
will box fifteen rounds as the star con-
test. Leon is already in Bridgeport
training hard for the fight for he real-
' izes that he has his hands full in meet—
ing Myers. The men have met before
and, although Leon got the decision,
many believe that Myers, had he been ‘
in better condition, could have stood
Leon off for a draw at the worst. This
”light means a good deal to Leon for in
the event of his winning it he will go
to England to meet the cracx bantams
there.
The first preliminary will be between
George Munroe and Billy Barrett.
They will box ten rounds at 112 pounds.
These boys met recently before the
Greenpoint club and got a draw. Now
they want to settle which is the better
man and that means they will put up
a fast article of boxing.
Frank Patterson and Jack O’Brien
will box ten rounds at 124 pounds.
O’Brien is a terrific punisher and made
his debut in' this state before the Nut-
meg club of Hartford, meeting Zeke
Cables, the Wallingford whirlwind of
color, who he put to sleep with a
right hander which put the colored boy
out‘ of business for several minutes.
Later he appeared in Waterbury and
put his man to sleep there also. It re-
mains to be seen if he will have the
same success with Patterson. Patter-
son has had some hard battles and is
well able to keep up with the pace
O’Brien’ sets.
Sam Austin, the sporting editor of
the Police Gazette, will act as referee.
Dennis O’Reilly of Waterbury, the star
announcer of New England will. do the
honors for the Horizon club. _
The prices for this great show will
be, general admission, 75 cents, re—
served seats 81 and $1. 50, box seats $2,
ringside seats, $2. Seats can be se-
cured noiw by. application to Fritz Pfau,
Amazon cafe, Bridgeport.
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Divorced.
in the civil Superior Court yester~
day, Judge Elmer passed judgment on
three divorce cases, but neither one
furnished a contest. The question in-
volved was the matter of alimony, and
this was easily adjusted. '
The first was that of Nellie Chariot
against Salvator Chariot, both of South
N orwalk. The woman asked for a di-
vorce on the grounds of intolerable
cruelty. She also asked for alimony
and the custody of one child. The
couple were married on: April 7, 1891.
The woman soon found that she had
made a bad bargain. Salvator used her
in a most shameful manner. Once when
she was 1n a delicate condition he struck
her and beat her so that she was ill for
a long time afterwards. The court told
her counsel, Attorney Gregory that she
might have a decree with the custody
of the child and $300 alimony. Attor-
ney Taylor, counsel for the husband
made no objection.
Had No License.
Max Simon, a Danbury man, was
fined in the lower court for the selling.
of liquor without a license. He applied
for a license but opened his place be-
fore it matured, supposing that he had
a right to do so. The case was nolled
upon the payment of $145.67, which
amount covers the fine and costs in
both courts. ' '
~The choices; stock of turkeys in"
town, at 18c per pound, at Hayes’ mar-
ket, South Norwalk. 2t
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THOSE ONE DOLLAR LINCOLN
FOUNTAIN PENS CAN’T BE BEAT
FOR DOUBLE THE MONEY. THEY
ARE THE KIND YOU ARE LOOK—
A NEW SUPPLY or BOTH STUBS‘
AND FINE POINTS JUST RE-
SEIVEDV AT THE
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GA ZETTE OF-
. Stevens street,
ms SKULL BROKEN.
A Murderous Assault Commit-
ed on at Greenwich
Farmer.
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The Victim Liable to Die from His Injuries.
An assault which threatens to be-
come a murder was committed at
Quaker Ridge, Greenwich, .Monday
night, the victim being afarmer named
Henry Oates, aged 64 years, and his as-
sailant an unknown negro of the mulat-
to type. Quaker Ridge is a tiny settle-
ment located in the northern section
of Greenwich, about five miles from
the center. ’
For 27 years Henry Oates has had
charge of the farm of Mrs. Charles
Savage. Monday evening between five
and six, Oates went to the barn and
proceeded to milk the cows. While he
was at this work, there came a knock
on the barn door and in response to
his summons a big negro entered. Far-
mer Oates is of. gigantic stature, and,
according to his description of his as-
sailant, the negro is almost as large.
The colored man asked Oates if he-had
work to give him and the farmer re?
plied negatively. The two talked until
Oates had finished milking and as the
farmer left his milking stool, the negro
without warning seized the stool and
felled Oates to the floor with a fierce
blow. How many times he struck him
is not known. But he rifled Oates’
pockets, securing a few nicknacks, etc.
and left.
The stricken fa11ne1 was unconscious
for some time but finally managed to
crawl to the farm houSe. Mrs. Savage
dressed the man’s wounds and finally
succeeded in giving the alarm. Deputy
Sheriff Fitzroy was notified, and with
Dr. Schell Went toQuaker Ridge. ~ The ..
physician found that Oates had sus-
tained a compound fracmre of the
skull and bones of his jaws Were
smashed. The physician expressed the
opinion that the man is likely to die
at any time. The authorities are
searching for the negro, who in his
conversation with Oates said he hailed
from 'White Plains, N. Y. No clue
has been obtained so far.
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——A nice tender chicken makes a
palatable dinner Adams Bros. have
the finest in the Twin Cities. 2t
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, Admitted to the Bar.
George P. Rowell,‘ son of Dr. Charles
E. Rowell, medical examiner and Rep-
resentative in Stamford, was admitted
to the bar yesterday by Judge Elmer
in the Superior court. Mr. Bowel]
successfully passed the examination
last spring, but he was not then 21
years. of age, and consequently could
not be sworn in. He has now reached
his majority and is a full fledged law
yer.
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Resume as Senator.
Gov. Cooke has accepted the resig-
nation of Senator William H._Marigold,
state senator for the Fourteenth(Bridge-
port) district. Mr. Marigold has been
appointed, postmaster at Bridgeport
and cannot, under the United States
statutes, hold a state office.
whether to order a new election' in the
senatorial district.
FRATERNAL NEWS.
Members of Concord Division, S. o
T. will visit Putnam Division of Green -
‘wich, next Monday night.
K. of P’s of Olive Branch Lodge paid
' a fraternal visit to Aspetuck Lodge of
Westport last night.
The concert and ball ofthe Germanic.
Saengerbund will take place on Thurs-
day evening.
—Get your Thanksgiving turkey at
Gregory’s market, No.19 Wall street.
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The Weather;
Fair to-night and prQba-bly warmer
Thursday. .
DEATH S.
J OBNSTON—In Stamford. Nov. 23,
Elizabeth Johnston, aged 65 years.
SEYMOUR. —In Norwalk, Tuesday,
Nov. 23, Harriet Seymour, second
daughter of the late James Seymour.
Funeral se1 vices at the house, No. 6
Norwalk, on Friday at
11 a. m.
3" lglecogh‘izecll asth‘é‘ 1’.
may paperthéc'azécte's ‘
Governor
Cooke had not decided yesterday
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