8’ If you want the {best
I goods for the least money
read the advertisements 9
. in the Gazette. I
. e1 Recogfiised as the
. family paperthe’iqaziette‘s"
advertising columns will
prove its value to' you.
VOL. VII. No. 1762.
NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14. 18.97. s 7
PRICE ONE CENT;
TRIES IT AGAIN.
Martha Whitlock Marries Wilé
liam Jackson of Bridge-
port. ’
The Bride Chaslised Her First Spouse
Because of Alleged Naughtiness.
Jackson is now the name of a New
Canaan woman who won fame in that
town by chastising her husband be:-
cause he bestowed upon another wom-
an attentions to which she thought she
had the sole right. The change of
~ name took place Monday in Stamford,
and her new husband is a big man
from Bridgeport, who looks as if he
were well able—physically at least—to
defend her.
I A marriage license was issued Mon-
day to Wm. B. Jackson of Bridgeport
and Martha VVhitlock of New Canaan.
The contracting parties are not nov-
ices, this being the second marriage in
both instances.
After procuring a license they went
to look for some one to perform the
ceremony. One of the first places vis-
1ted was the office of Judge Downs.
The Judge was out. After an inquiry
of Policeman Nevins. they went to the
office of Deputy Judge Young, about
1.45 p. m. Judge Young was willing .
to perform the ceremony. The man
inquired what the charges would be,
and, being informed, said they would
go out and think it over.‘
i A short time later they called at the
house of Rey. Samuel Scoville, who,
' after careful inquiry, consented to tie
the knot. Mr. Scoville has made a rule
I that he shall not officiate at .the mar-
riage of any couple either of whom is
divorced, except it can be shown that
the reasons for the divorce a1e based
upon the ground mentioned in scr ip-
tur e.
The woman obtained a divorce re-
cently from a well-knowu livery-stable
keeper of New Canaan. The charge
proved was intolerable cruelty, but the
parties convinced M11. Scoville that-
there was something else, and so he
per formed the ceremony
The couple shortly afterwa1ds left ‘
-. Stamford.
The Whitlocks are well known in
. New Canaan. A year 011 so ago, there
was a sensation because this liveryman
paid too .much attention to Louise
Krieter. One day he drove to Louise’s
house and was about to take her out
' riding. While he was calling at the
house, Mrs. ‘Whitlock slipped into the
cairiage, and when her husband ap-
peared with the other woman, there
was one of liveliest rows New Canaan
ever saw. I
The couple did not live togethe1 af-
ter that. Part of the t1me. Mrs. Whit-
lock has boarded with Mrs. Lafayette
in New Canaan. She was in the latter
town Saturday night, and a rumor was
started then that she would soon re-
marry. . ,
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qrug store. 014 tf
FRATERNAL NEWS.
The annual meeting of Bishop Mc-
Mahon council, No 499, Catholic Be-
nevolent Legion will be held to-night. .
There will be an emergent communi- .
cation of Old Well Lodge, No. 108, F.
and A. M, Friday night, 'Decembel 17.
The MasteL Mason’s degree will be con-
ferred. .
The N. A. S. E. will hold its annual
nomination of officers Friday night,
in the hall at 6 North Main street,
South Norwalk.
~ Benedlct vs. Stubbs
The County commissioners will meet
in the borough court room in Green-
wich next Monday morning to hear
the remonstrance filed by Elias C. Ben-
edict and others against granting a‘ li-
éense to John Stubbs for the contin-
uance of a saloon at the entrance to the
property of Mr. Benedict at Indian
Harbor. This remonstrance has caused
much talk about Greenwich, and the
outcome of’the hearing will be eagerly
looked for.
,e-iAll the successful Merphants or
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE
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BOUGHT BY JUDGE 'WALSH.
He Has Acquired the Century-Old Tom
Mead Place in Greenwich.
The colonial Tom Mead farm on the
Boston post road between Portchester
and Greenvvich has been sold to R. Jay
Walsh, judge of the Common Pleas
term of the criminal court 0t Connecti-
cut.
house separating New York from New
England ‘is being removed and only
the old chimney is left standmg. The
toll gate is believed to be more than
140. It was established by a company
which owned and improved the road. .
It is said that the only body of men
who dared to march through the gate
in defiance of the keeper was the Con-
tinental army, with George Washing-
ton riding at the head.
The gate was kept until the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road was completed in 1848 and stage
coach travel between New York and
Boston was abandoned.
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STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
No line; as Yet, Claims the Body of the
Man Killed at Rowayion.
No information has yet been gained
as to the identity of the man who met
a horrible death onwthe railroad near
Rowayton early Sunday morning.
Photographer North secured an ex-
cellent negative of the poor.- unfortun-
ate yesterday and the picture will be
used in a quest as to the man’s identity.
The remains will probably be in‘
terred at the Town Farm to-day.
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, AMUSEMENTS.
Maude Hillman.
Maude Hillman commenced a week’s
engagement at Hoyt’s Theatre last
night. The opening piece was entitled
“The Cuban Spy,” a play of unusual
interest. Miss Hillman plays the title
role and is supported by an excellent
‘company. The play was beautifully
staged and numerous specialties were
introduced, affording Miss Hillman
ample opportunity to display her abil-
ity in this line. Each act was appreci-
ated and hearty applause followed.
To-night the play will be "The Fire
Patrol.” ,
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FAILED TO IDENTIFY.
Chief Bradley Visits New Haven in Search
. of the Bates’ Jewelry.
Chief Bradley visited New Haven,
yesterday, and looked over the stolen
jewelry recently recovered by the po-
lice of that city in the hope of finding
that stolen from P. W. Bates’ home
‘last week, but was unable to identify
any of the articles.
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At Town Expense.
For some as yet unsolved reason the
wife of James Rooney who hanged him-
self in 'an‘ unoccupied house on East
avenue, a few days since, has not claim-
ed the remains. and they will probably
be interred tc-day at the Town Farm
A report that Rooney _ had a bank ac-
count 1n Stamford is denied. Mrs.
Rooney has not visited the morgue
since the day her husband was. taken
there.
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_ Basket—Ball.
An exciting basket-ball match was
played at the Armory last evening, be-
tween a Y: M. GA. team from Brook-
lyn and a team from the members of
Co. F. The game was hotly contested,
but was finally won by the visitors by a
snore of 16 to 6. [.t was one of the best
games of the kind ever held in the
Armory. .
Norwalk’s Vassar Girls Home for Xmas.
The Misses Grace Haviland, Edith
Hunter, Julia Lockwood, Grace R.
,Byington, Clara Betts and Helen
will arrive home to spend the Christ-
mas holidays with their respective par-
ents, on Friday evening next. The va-
cation ends on January 4, ’98.
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The barge Hope with a load of, coal
ran aground last night near what is
known as the cross channel. She was
drawn from her perilous position by
one of— Captain Decker’s steamers and
tOWed to Ferr’is wharf at ‘7 o clock this
morning. ..
The Putnam Hose company will hold
a ball at Arion hall 011 Friday evening,
December 17th. ~
- There is a large influx of commercial
travelers in town to-day..
In making repairs an ancient toll '
, him the pellets.
Swartz, Norwalk’s students at Vassar
THE ‘ 11on TRIAL.
The Prisoner’s Testimony Will
Cause a Sensation. ‘
.Detective George Arnold Explains About
the Knock-out-Drops.
The sensational Boinay murder trial
was resumed this morning before Judge
Elmer and a jury, and it is anticipated
that the. state will complete 1ts case be-
fore the close of the day. The wit-
nesses for the defense have been sum-
moned to be in court to-day.
Attorney J. T. Lynch, Boinay’s law-
yer, has been greatly benefitted by the
two day’s rest, and hopes to be able to
finish the trial without further inter-
Mr. Lynch
physically, A having suffered from a
weakness of the stomach for months.
From Hartford comes the informa-
tion that Boinay served a sentence of
18 months in- Wethersfield for theft.
He sentenced from Litchfield
county April 15, 1884, and was 21 years
old at the time.
Boinay is still hopeful and cheerful
in his cell at the jail. He is watched
constantly by special oflicers, one of
whom is confined in the cell with him
during the night. The authorities, are
giving him no opportunity to either
Boinay
ruption. is not strong
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escape or {take his own life.
- expresses pity that his wife should
have thought it her duty to take the
witness stand against him.
Further sensations are promised in
the trial when the prisoner goes on the
stand. It is understood Boinay will
claim that Weeks fired all theshots at
the house, that it was-”Weeks and not
himself who planned all the burglaries,
that the Weeks household knew of his
crimes and encouraged him in them.
It is said that Boinay will make a
statement which will throw an enti1e1y
different light on the motives of the
Weeks family. He will p10bab1y be
called to testify Wednesday.
I Detective Arnold in explanation- o
the pellets which was brought out at
the trial, says that he, planned to take
Boinay without bloodshed if it were
possible. He knew that Boinay was des-
perate, and that he would shoot the
first man who attempted to take him.
The pellets he obtained from Dr.
Godfrey. and they were simply designed
to put Boinay to sleep in order that he
might be captured without any shoot-
ing. .
“Boinay told me himself,” the de-'
tective added, “that he Would_have-'~
shot me or any man who tried to arrest .
him. I intended to catch him no mata-
ter what means I took, and it was for
this purpose that I asked the doctor to
give me the pellets. I am not one of
the kind of men who brag that they
had just as soon Standup and be shOt
at. I don’t want anyone shooting at
me if I can help it. In this case we
were dealing with a man who would
not hesitate to shbot. ’1 .
“But Mrs. Boinay refused ,to‘give
"Some people may
think that the fact that this was brought
out in evidence was disagreeable to me.
But it wasn’t. I adopted every possible
means to capture that man without
giving him a chance to shoot at any of
‘ us, or being compelled to shoot him.
1The night we. rushed into his room and.
I placed a revolver at his head, he sur-_
renderedwithouta struggle, .but at
that time he admitted lie-would have
killed the first man who attempted to"
arrest him had he not been taken una-
wares.” I '-
The annual meeting of the; thng
.People’ S Union of the First Baptist
church will meet to-night,to elect of?
ficers f01 the ensuing yea1.
There will be a Litany service in
Grace church, Wednesday and- Friday
mornings at 9:30 a. m., and sermon on
Wednesday at.8 p. m.
The marriage of Henry N. Rider of
Norwalk and Miss S. Frances St. ' John
of East NorWalk will occur to-morrow
evening at 6 o’clock. ’
. latter
cannnu . oIsoUALIFIEo.
The Referee at the Avon Club’s Entertain»
ment Becomes Rattled.
The Avon Athletic club held theit
boxing carnival at the Park City The-
atre, Bridgeport, last evening.
The first bout was between Eddie
Mack of Trenton and George Justice of
New York, 10 rounds. The referee,
“Brooklyn” Jimmy Carroll, decided
Mack the winner.
The next event was a ten lound go
between ,Fred Wright of Peabody,
Mass, and Billy Needham, of New
York. The referee gave the decision
to Needham andwas hissed by the,
audience. His decision, however, was
strictly correct, but Wright without a
doubt earned a draw by his clever work.
The next event was the 20 round con-
test at catchweights, between' “Mys-
terious” Billy Smith of Boston, and
Johnny Gorman the middle weight
Champion of New York ’state. Smith
did the most leading but his blows
were all stopped by German’s glove,
not one landing upon the champion
middle weight, although the crowd
thought Smith was doing great work.
In the fourth round Smith grossly
fouled Gorman in a clinch, and the
threw him to the floor and
swung for his head as he attempted to
rise. The blow missed, however, and
the referee sent them to their corners.
Gorman was wild w1th rage at Smith’s
foul Work, and in the next round
rushed Smith Into a clinch, slipping
and carrying the latter to the floor.
The refe1ee became rattled at this
point and thinking Gorman had de-
11be1ately thI own Smith be disqualified
the champion.
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Knights of Columbus.
The annual meeting of the Knights
of Columbuswas held last evening at
which the following officers were elect-
ed: David Flaherty, G. K.; John Mc-
Ginn, D. G. K.; B. C. Feeney, F. S,,
William H. Hickey, R. S.; M. Gleason;
Warden; E. J. Finnegan, Trhas.; M.
Gleason, Warden; Henry Malone,
Chancellor; John T. Hayes, Lecturer;
Rev. M. W. Barry, Chaplain; William
H.-.Hyland, Advocate; Pierce Hayes,
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Now 1s the Time
ceases
I. G.; James Cassidy, O. G.; John T.
Hayes, Peter Guigue, Hugh Donnellv,
T. J. Byrnes and M. J. Riordan, Trus-
tees. After the election a “smoker”
was indulged in and there was a flow
of song. speech, etc.
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St. Paul’s Church Calendar.
The Altar Society will meet at the
chapel, this after noon. ‘
The Daughters of the King will meet
at the chapel this evening.
On Friday the Junior Auxiliary will
hold a meeting. , .
The Industrial school which now has
over 100 members on its roll, will meet
at the chapel, Saturday afternoon.
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' Duick Work.
The GAZETTE this m01 ning sent an
important telegram to Massachusetts
through Manager Hoyt at the Postal
telegraph office, and in ten minutes af-
ter the message was sent a 1eply_ was
received at this office.
Read Dr. Hughes adv.
column.
in another
‘ The CatholicBenevolent Legion will ‘
meet to-n1ght and elect officers.
The b1ds for the building of the tel-
ford road east 0f the. Armory, will be
pened Saturday.
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WERE .RE1E'L‘EGTED.
The Old Board of Officers of
the Hospital» Association
Continued in Office.
A Special Committee Appointed to Raise
I Needed Funds.-
~ Ata meeting of the Norwalk Hos-
pital association held last evening, the
old boardof directors was re-elect‘ed,as
were the other Officers with but few
changes. ’
- The executive committee is now com-
posed of Dr. J. G. Gregory, Thomas I.
Raymond and W. F. Bishop.
The Auditors are W. A. Curtis and
J. M. Layton.
The only change made in the visit-
ing committee was the substitution of
the name of Mrs. C. A. Judd for that of
Mrs. F. W. Lawton. '
The following committee was ap-
pointed to devise plans for the collec-
tion of additions to the building fund:
Norwalk—Robert Van Bnren, Mrs.
Robert Van Buren, \V. F. Bishop, and
Miss Bessie Lane. ‘
South Norwalk: E. A. Woodward, J ,
L. ,O’Brien, Mrs. B. M. Andrews and
Mrs. T. I. Raymond.
East Norwalk: Marshall H. Tollcs
and Miss Clara Marvin.
Routine business was transacted.
Aside from this it was very much in
evidence that the construction of anew
hospital building was. not afar off,
everything trending in that direction.
The Association is working hard to
give Norwalk 2. hospital that' will not
only be a credit to the town, but one
that will be of benefit to every patieu t
that enters its portals.
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' izeoerfalled 1'11 its weekly olsz'z‘s lo the homes of E33
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5,1 County, and for more than fifh—sz’x years the (L2)?
' .V Tribune has fall/fully labored for their pros-' (if;
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If you anticipate making aChristmas
gift of anything in the cutlery line, you
will make a mistake if you do not first
visit H. H. Williams’ store on Main
street. In that line as well as pocket
knives he has the finest assortment of
goods ever shown in town, every one of
which he guarantees to be as repre-
sented.
A youngster aged between four and
five years, and named Frank Olmstead
was committed to the Children’s Home
in this place, yesterday. by Justice
Chichester of'Wilton. - The little fel-
low had been deserted by his parents.
FThe Golden Rule circle of King’s
Daughters of the Norwalk Congrega-
tional church will meet with. Mrs.
‘Noble at the parsonage, on“ Friday
evening at 7 :30 p. m. The mite boxes
are to be brought in at this meeting
and a full attendance is requested.
« The monthly meetng of the Ladies’
society of the Norwalk Congregational
church will be held in the chapel, to-
morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs.
F. A. Hoyt will deliver an address on
“City Missions.”
Mis. Charles Keene died y1esteiday
morning at her home in Cove stI eet,
East N01 walk, aftera lingering illness.
She leaves a husband and children.
«a GAZETTE ad. win pair Ycu. ~
DARIEN Foors THE BILL.
The Accident Happened it is Stated on‘Da-
rien Territory.
The costs attendant on the care and
burial of the young 'man killed "early
Sunday morning on the railroad, and , 1
whose remains were taken to Raymond ’55
morgue at South Norwalk, will be
charged up to the town of Darien, but
the bur ial, as stated in another column,
will take place in Norwalk. l ,
A rumor was prevalent that the Se~
lectmen of Darien objected to paying
the expense attached, but without, as
it appears, a shadow of credit.
Selectman Merrill told a GAZETTE re-
porter this morning that there had been
no trouble in the matter at all and that)
the selectmen, over the telephone had
not only acknowledged their liability
in the matter,but had instructed him
to enter the body at the expense of that .
town.
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- Worthy of Attention.
Some people lose sight of the fact
that aside from the County Children’s
Home that there is a Town Home at
'which are assembled a bright coterie
of youngsters of both sexes, well fed
and cared for. Would it not be advis-
able to give them a Christmas festival
of delight ‘3 It is safe to say that either
your little boy or girl has a plaything ‘
that he or she would be glad to part
with to the end that less fortunate
children might find pleasure. Let
some take a lead in this matter and
give the little ones a Merry Christmas.
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Post Office to be Discontinued.
By order of the post office depart-
ment the Black Rock office is to be dis-
continued as soon as possible, and here;
after residents of that section of Bridge-
port Will get mail by the free delivery
system. This order does away with
one of the oldest post offices in the
state.
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'At a meeting of the Norwalk branch
of the Odd Fellow’s Mutual Aid Asso-
ciation held last- evening, at. Our
Brothe1 s’ Lodge. B. S. Keith and St.
John Me1 rill, were elected dii ect01 s,
and St. John Mer1 ill collector. Charles
H. Wheeler was elected a delegate to
the annual meeting of the association
at New Haven.
“If this rain had been snow it would
have been over a foot deep” said “Col. ’
Sam” Daskam, this morning. “Even
so,” said Josiah Dodge, “but you would
not be knee-deep in it at that.”
,-The Boston Store, Norwalk, will not
‘ keep open evenings of this week but
commencing Monday of next week the
store will keep open every evening‘11n-"
til after _ Christmas.
The Sunday school teachers and of-
ficers of the First Methodist Episcopal
church will be entertained Friday
night by Mr. and Mrs. T. I. RaymOnd,’
at Hillside.
“Joe” Stafford and “Lyme” Ray-
mond bagged several gray squirrels
and other game in a shooting expedi-
tion yesterday.
The sign on Washington st1 eet SOuth
N 01 walk. which 1ead “Post Office
Pharmacy ’ has been bbliterated and
the sign “Apothecaries Hall” appeais
in its place.
Russell Day of Betts place, East Nor-
walk, whohas been report-ed ill is very
much improved. '
The Mayflower H. & L. company of
East Norwalk held their reg-ulal meet—
ing last night "'
The Willing Workers of the Meth-
odist church will meet at the home of
Mrs. J. J. Scofield on Belden avenue,’
to-morrow.
The Weather;
Threatening weather with- rain to-
night and Wednesday.
BIRTHS.
BOWMAN—In Willimantic‘, Dec. 5, a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G.
Bowman.
DEATHS. "' ~
DUNNING——In Bethel, Dec. 12,
A._ Dunning, aged 68 years.
FIELD—In North Greenwich, Dec.
10, William C. Field, aged 83 years.
KEENE—In East Norwalk, Dec. 13,
Mrs. Charles Keene. ~ .
MCKEEVER. ——In Bridgeport, Dec.12,
Andiew 0., son of Almiia and the late
John McKeever, aged 20 years.
SHERWOOD—In Stratfield. Dec. 12,
Eliza A., widow of Alva Sherwood,
aged 89 years.
STEELE. ——In Bethel, Dec. 11, Edith
B. Steele, aged 2 years, 5 months.
VREELAND.-—In Bridgeport, .Dec. 11,
Mary
William 'A. Vreeland, aged 50 years.
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