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VOL. VIII. No..1792
NORWAL‘K,
CONN.,ITHURSDAY€ "
IVENING, JANUARY 27. 1898.
PRICE ONE CENT.
WHERE l8 BRUMMER
A” Well Knoddgduth Norwalk
Barber Reported Missing.
Inquiry at his ‘Shop in the Mahackemo
Block Fails to Locate Him.
. It Was reported about South Norwalk,
this morning, that J ohnv P. Brummer
who runs a barber shop in the Mahack-
emo h IItel block had suddenly disap-
peared from town early in the Iveek
ahd nothing had been heard from him
by his wife or employees at the shop.
Inquiry at his place of business this
I information that
noon elicited the
Brummer had left for New Jersey sev-
eral days ago and had not yet returned.
His address was unknown and no word
had been received from him Isince his
departure. It was the general belief,
however, that he would soon return
and resume his duties as usual.
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The Sick.
Miss Jane Maria Mead who is ill at
her home on Park street is reported as
being more comfortable.
Henry Glover is critically _ill at his
home ,on West Main street.
The/condition of W. H. Olmstead re-
mains about the same.
Laura, the little daughter of Rev. F.
A. Scofield, who is suffering from an
'attack of scarlet fever, is reported as
getting along nicely.
Landlord Hadden of the Hotel Pres-
ton has suffered a relapse and is again
. confined to his bed.
A Serious Injury.
Harry Bennett of the firm of Bennett
dc Hustcd, who received a severe injury
to his eye by the popping'out of a cork
from a bottle at his home in East Nor-
~walk'Tuesday evening, will to-day con-
sult the eye specialist, Dr. Wilson of
Bridgeport. The injury is of a decid-
~edly serious nature. The optic was
forced out upon his cheek, and Mr.
Bennett replaced it and as it became
so painful summoned a physician. In
putting the optic back into its socket
Mr. Bennett did not set it right and it
may be that he will lose the sight of
, one if not both eyes. -
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Death of Mrs. A. A. La Due.
,Mrs. A. A. La Due died early this
morning at the home of her soniin-law,
W. A. Pryer, on Riverview Terrace.
Mrs. La Due had been ill but one week
and the cause of her death was pneu-
monia. She was 67 years of age and
leaves one daughter, Mrs. W. A. Pryer,
with whom she resided up to the time
of her decease. The funeral will be
held Saturday at 2 p. m. from her- late,
home, Rev. S. B. Pond officiating.
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A Lively Meeting.
A meeting to establish a fire district
in Rowayton was held at Guider’s hall
in that place last night at which there
-was an attendance of perhaps seventy-
five persons. After considerable dis-
cussion as to the probable introduction
of water, etc., it was voted to adjourn
for four weeks. The meeting was a
lively one and considerable interest 1n
the matter was manifest.
Masonic.
A special meeting of St. John Lodge.
F. & A. M. will be held at 7:30 this
evening. There will, it is expected, be
four candidates initiated.
Washington, Chapter, R. A. M. con- .
ferred the M. and P. M. degrees last
night.
Clinton Commandery, K. T. will meet
tomorrow evening.
Brought Here for Interment.
The remains of Mrs. Patrick Mc-
Glyn who died in Waterbury on Tues-
day were brought here for‘ interment
at St. Mary’s cemetery to-day. De-
ceased ivas 67 years old and at one time
lived in Westport. She had many
friends in th1s city.
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Merrill—Rolf.
The GAZETTE published the mar-
' .riage notice of George T. Merrill of
New York city and Mrs. Phebe G.
Roi‘f of Danbury which took place in
New York on the 11th inst, Rev. C.
M. Selleck of Norwalk, officiating.
We make correction: The notice
should have read Miss Phebe G. Rolf,
instead of Mrs. Phebe G. Rofl’.’
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The will of the late George Ward
Selleck has not yet been found, nor .
is it positively known that he executed
one. . ..
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THE GYPSY CAMP.
Dueen Deborah and Her Fortune Tellers at
Germania Hall.
Queen Deborah with her band of
lfortune tellers have camped in Ger-
mania hall, on the Washington street
bridge, South Norwalk, where they are
wisited nightly by a large number of
people all anxious to look into the fu-
ture.
At each end of the hall tents a1e
pitched in which the dusky gypsy
maidens sit and wait for victims. A
large tent of red and white canvas has
upon it the sign " ‘,’Deborah which
would indicate that the Queen her-
self occupied the small cot which re—
poses in one corner.
A GAZETTE. reporter strolled into the
camp last evening. and going to one of
the tents sat himself down and ’ extend-
ed his hand for the dusky dame to lead
him into the future. Without taking
time to glance into the extended palm
the gypsy started in at lightning speed
to tell the scribe’s fortune. The words
came so fast that it was impossible to
gather all that was said, but when a
small pet rat appeared and the maiden
paused to throw it a crumb of bread,
the reporter plucked up courage to
ask her not to talk quite so fast. “Me
time not me own,” spoke up the maiden
origin. . “If I don’t talk quick I get’s a
call down from the bess,” came next
and the reporter was ushered out with
a good bye.
Upon returning to the friends who
preceded him into the tent, the GAZETTE
man was surprised to learn that the
same fortune had been told to each.
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’TWAS A "SUCCESS.
The Congregational Church Ladies Happily
Entertain. ‘
The ladies of the Congregational
church society gave a supper and en-
tertainment at the Opera House last
evening.
The epicurean partof the programme
opened at 5 o’clock and continued until:
weighted with delectable and palatel
pleasing edibles and each table was
presided over byladies who quickly
provided for the wants of the guests,
who were as numerous as they were
liberal in their expenditures.
The different tables were under ‘the
I immediate charge of the following
ladies who fulfilled theIr mission with
grace and commensurate success as the
“larder” of the society will today at-
test: Table 1'—The Misses Cole and
Miss Osborn; Table 2—Mrs. Robert
Wilson and Mrs. H. W. Gregory.
Table 3—Mrs.
Mrs. E. M. Lockwood. Table 4—Mrs.
John Seymour and Mrs. Fred Hoyt.
W. M. Betts. Table 6—Mrs. A. J.
Meeker and Miss Sallie Betts.
The viands were each and all cooked
toa nicety, indeed the supper could
scarcely fail of pleasing even those
whom it has become almost chronic to
find fault.
And then followed an entertainment
that was richly deserving of the warm
commendation it received. It included
the bell'ringing of sixteen little misses
prettily costumed in pink and blue,
and singing by Mrs. Whitney and Mr.
Hatch and a farce in which Mr. Part-
ridge and the Misses Cram and Wood-
ward took part.
, The affair was managed and carried
to a successful completion through the
untiring effo1 ts of Mrs. I. Cole, Mrs. O.
E. Wilson, Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock, '
Mrs. A. B. Hill and Mrs. A. J. Meeker.
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Want the Bells.
Senator”1?latt has introduced abill in
the Senate, and Representative Hill in
the House, providingfor the remission
of duty on the bells held in bond in
Bridgeport, which were presented to
the Russian Catholic church of that
city by the Czar of Russia. The bells
wilerobably be passed as an act of cour-
tesy to the Czar.
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’Twas at Eaton’s Neck.
,VVhat was thought to have been a
big fire raging on one of the N orwalk
Islands about 8 o’clock last evening,
proves to have been located at Eaton’s
Neck. The blaze was plainly seen by
residents of the Norwalks.
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At the Hospital. .
Mrs. Joseph Beagan is being treated
for a serious ailment at the hospital.
There is also a patient in the person
of a man from. Brooklyn who is being
cared for.
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Incandescent lamps of double illumi
nating power are being placed in the
stores about town.
with an accent that belied her gypsy .
8 o ’.clock There were six tables well ‘
WESTPOBLIRULLEY.’
Attorneys for the Bridgeport
Traction Company Suh-
' mit Brief.
The Matter Now in Judge Elmer’ 5 Hands
for Decision.
Messrs. Paige & Carroll, counsel for
the Bridgeport Traction company have
the verdict in the Westport extension.
which 'is before Judge William T.
Elmer for consideration. '
The brief goes over the whole ground
covered by the case in a most thor»
ough manner. dwelling in particular
on the company’s desire to build the
proposed extension, its financial ability
to pay for 1t and the des1rab1hty of it of roast pig at Buckingham Post me et-
in the matter of public convenience
and necessity. '
On the financial ability of the road
to construct the extension, the brief
draws the attention of the judge
to the evidence presented, show-
ing that the company has $15,000 in cash
and 36 one thousand dollar bonds,
making $46,000 in all. The cost of the
proposed extension is found to be $35,-
had accompanied him. and who had , 548. The attention of the judge is
' I called to the several votes of the stock-
holders and directors as an evidence of
the company’s desire to build the ex-
tension.
In dealing with the question of pub-
lic convenience and necessity the brief
calls attention to the evidence present-
ed 'in regard to the number of passen-
gers carried between different points on
the steam road and What was accom—
plished by an electric road by going
over a certain route. It is claimed that
the electric car, although running but
once in forty minutes, carried a large
number of passengers, showing that
Where was a demand for the service.
I did not ofi‘e -
Table 5—Mrs. Edwin Clark and Mrs. ‘
This was over the mile and a half be-
tween Westport and Norwalk. It is
claimed for the electric road that these
figures can be increased many times
and that if so, public‘convenience and
necessity will be subserved.
'After calhng attention to Judge
Hall’s views in the Darien case, coun-
sel say: “The judgment of the people
of Westport, Southport and vicinity
W. H. Byington and 3 has been fully determined, and so pos-I
itively determined that the defendant
a single witness in oppo-
sition. Let the trier concur in the
' judgment of the people.”
AN ELOPEH WANTED.
Detectives Searching for a Canaan Man
And His l2-Year-Dld Victim.
Deputy Sheriff ‘Van Deusen and Con-
stable Richmond, of Canaan have been
searching for several days f0: Theron
Dean and his 12-year-old adopted
daughter. The officers claim that Dean
fied with the girl, leavingawife and
two children destitute.- His wife and
mother complained to theofficers. The
pair were traced to the house of a
friend, where they spent the night but
have not been seen ‘since.’ Dean»
is a painter, 40 years old. He adopted
”the girl when she was three years of
age. Dean has a younger brother, who
is now serving a term of 15 years in
New York for kidnapping a child some
years ago.
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And the Captain Tumbled.
Electrician Charles Riley and a
helper were tumbled into the street
this noon by the breaking of a steplad-
der upon which they were standing
near the Hotel Preston. They both
escaped serious injury.‘ ' J
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Harold Austin did not attend school
this afternoon, and it may be that he
will not be able to attend again in some
days. He was, while at play this morn-
ing, struck in one of his eyes with an
ice-clad snowball. .
The Southern New England Tole-l
phone company is distributinga new
and revised list of itsIsubscribers.
The goods; now being disposed of by
the commissioners of the insolvent es-
tate of J. A. Pinneo will be removed to
the Norwalk club building to-morro‘w
and the sale continued until the Igoods
are disposed of
Samuel Greenstein of Clay
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TIE IIzInI wuuLn LIKE TO IIIw
g the selectmen have consulted
Queen Deborah on the new town house
question.
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If land on Grant street will increase -
'in ji'alue after the Wilson~ O’Brien suit
is Settled.
Why motorman
turns his head.
Who'is going to occupy the old Han-
10h saloon
if the proposed new town house \\ 111
not cost $100, 000 r..the1 than $50,000
. . ~I-b.e\f.’-(')re. completion.
submitted their brief and. now await - ‘ ’ ‘
Why some ofo our ambitious wheel
méh do not equip their bicycles with
bobk‘sleds.
Why Norwalk 1s being overrun with
forgune tellers.
If Col. Saunders has trled to sell
Queen Deborah an Orient.
Why the threatened snow
holds off. .
Who put away the greatest quantity
storm
ing last night.
‘AMUSEMENTS.
, A'Railroad Ticket.
"‘A Railroad Ticket,” that famous
farce by Charles E. Blaney, who is the
author of various recent successes, will
be presented‘here Friday night by a
cast of celebrities seldom seen in farce
comedy, including Burt Haverly, the
Nichols Sisters, Harry Porter,‘ Edith
Murella, Sherman Wade and twenty
others. “A Railroad Ticket” may be
described as a refreshing comic play
swept by ocean breezes of genuine ‘98
wit. Vocally, it is claimed that this
company is the-strongest of any of its
class. .
Katherine Rober.
Many actors and actresses lay claim
to the title of “New England’s favor-
ite,” but none have ever proven their
right so conclusively and having ac-
quired that title, successfully held it
.. sjé’ains‘t all competitors as Miss Kather-
ine Rober. An actress endowed with
more than her share of nature’s gifts.
Miss Rober has surrounded herself
with an aggregation of actors t1 :at is as
strong, if not stronger, than any other
repertoire company extant. During
her stay here four matinees will be giv-
en-commencing Wednesday, Feb. 2nd,
and six evening performances at Hoyt’s
Theatre. ‘
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D At the annual meeting of the corpo-
rators of the Fairfield County Savings
bank held this morning, the old board
of officers was re-elected.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.I
street.
South Norwalk, this morning.
A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Howard, of Washington
street, South Norwalk.
Miss Jennie Mead, of Bridgeport, is
the guest of Miss Etta Brundage, of
Fitch street, East Norwalk.
A transient guest at the Mahackemo-
hotel found a diamond on the carpet
of the floor of the room assigngd to
him last night. He left his address in
case a claimant for the stone should be
found. /
There was a big sun-dog in the east
this morning. Its name does not ap-
pear on the Town clerk’s register.
The propeller City of Norwalk
reached South N orwalk, behind sched-
ule time last night, and the freight
consigned to Norwalk parties was
transferred to the propeller Eagle and
brought to this city. The City of Nor-
walk immediately returned to New
York.
A requiem ser vice for the late' James
1. Powers. was celebrated at St. Mary 5
ohm ch this morning.
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The Fish club “annual” will take
place Friday evening, February 4th.
The officers of the Congregational
church society will be elected to-night.
Mrs. Ellen Henrotin, president of
the General Federation of Women’s
clubs will be given a reception in Lock-
wood’s hall, this afternoon.
Miss Lillie Keith, of Van Zandt ave-
nue, East N orwalk, is recovering from
a severe attack of the grip.
The first of the seriesof games in the
penochle tournament of Old Well and
Mayflower Hook and Ladder companies'
will be played Friday night at 8 o’clock,
in the rooms of the Mayflower truck
company, in East Norwalk.
.Adver‘ttse in the GAZETTE.
Joe Smith never.
PORK Alp—9min
The Veterans of Buckingham
Post, G. A. B. welcome
the Department
- Commander.
An Evening of Pleasure and a Palatahle
Collatlon.
Last night'was a red letter one at
Buckingham Post, G. A: R. headquar-
ters. _ ,
The Department commander in com—
pan y with several members of his staff ,
paid the Post a visit and three was a
goodly number of the members present
to welcome them.
Speeches were made by the visitors
as Well as by the visited. Songs were
sung,war stories swapped,and arousing
good time had all around.
And then came a feast of roast pig,
oysters, baked beans, salads, and all
that a hungry man could wish for, and
all of which was heartily partaken of
and there was enoughleft for even as
many more. .
It was a great night and replete with
pleasure for the Vet-s and their veteran
guests.
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Deodate S. Davenport, has gone to
Canada on a several days’ business trip.
John O’Sullivan is placing a new
floor in his Wall street place of busi-
ness.
Miss Florence Brown of South Nor—
walk attended the wedding of Miss Ag-
nes Thompson of Stratford and George
Clark of Milford which took place in
Stratford yesterday, in the Methodist
church.
During .the illness of Emil Durbeck,
the barber, who this week underwent
an operation for appendicitis, Paul
Beyer, of New IYork, and who is well
known here, will have charge of the
shop.
Mrs. Eliza Poyvez‘ who with her
daughters have for the past ten or more
years resided on Orchard street, will
this week remove to apartments on
Kellogg street, near Spring Hill.
Colonel Horace AI. Saunders has al-
ready taken orders for fifteen ’98 Orient
bicycles including two tandems.
The meeting of the Fairfield County
Clericus will be held' in Greenwich, on
Friday. "' " ‘
A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Pierce of Ann street.
J. P. Treadwell, is ill with an attack
of the grip.
G—eorge Stone, of Boston, formerly of
N orwalk was in town yesterday call-
ing on friends.
Frank Lounsbury, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, is the guest of Mrs. Enos Kel-
logg, of Broad River.
I. B. E115 and family, of Norwalk,
were in Stamford yesterday to attend
the funeral of a relative.
Fred Denney and Jerry Edwards, of
N orwalk, went to Georgetown yester-
day on a fishing excursion.
'Miss Josephine Richardson, of Bel-
den avenue, is visiting in Hartford.
Miss Alice Bartram, [of New Haven,
isaguest of Miss Alice Morgan, of
Main street.
E. M. Beebe, of Hartford, formerly
of Norwalk, was in town yesterday
calling on old friends. Mr. Beebe was
formerly employed at .H. R. Hale’s
drug store.
A. Malmo continues to improve and
a full recovery from his recent delicate
surgical operation is looked for.
.A carriage bearing a placard upon
which was painted “Health Dep’t. N o
8” attracted its share of attention in
South N orwalk this morning. It be-
longed to a milk dealer.
Herman Brundage, of Middle Pat-
ent, N. Y., father of Chauncey M. and
Herman Brundagé, of 'Norwalk, con'
templates movinghere.
Sherman council, Royal Arcanum,
will meet tonight. The Ladies’ Aux~
iliary will also meet, and confer the ,
degree on the gentlemen.
Butcher Fe (1 Hayes is in New York
' to-day. I,
LDDKING FDR FlGHI’.
Dan Keefe Returns to His Greenwio
Home.
Dan Keefe, of Greenwich, a young
pugilist of some repute, who at one
time claimed the' light weight cham-
pionship of Connecticut, returned to
1115 home in Greenwich Tuesday after
an absence of almost two years.
During his absence, for obvious rea-
sons, he has been traveling under the
name of Kid Hogan, and claims to
have won several battles. in and about
Chicago. The bones in Kecfe’s right “
hand were broken in a mill which Ihe ,
claims to have fought with “Spike”
Sullivan before the Montreal Athletic
club' last March. In this fight the
young pugilist says he broke his hand
in the fifteenth round, but finished the
twenty round bout, the decision being
against him.
He says that he stands ready to fight
any man in the state for $200 or $500__
at 133 pounds, Harry 'Lane preferred. I
He is well known in this city, hav—- ,
ing taken part in several boxing ex-
hibitions here. I
A delegation from Friendship divis-
ion, Sons of Temperance, of New Ca-
naan, yisited Minnehana division, of
South Norwalk, last night.
Mrs. William Jesse and her two
daughters Rosalia and Minnie are vis-I
iting relatives in New York.
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D. S. Short of Salem, F. S. Dame of
Cincinnati, John Williams of Provi-
dence, 0. TV. Pillsbury of Boston- and
Julian Jordan of New York were in
town to-day. _ .
The ocean barge Hornet with 91
tons of Pocohontas coal is at the John
H. Ferris wharf.
Each one of us considers our own
personal experiences unique, and are
very much surprised when in compar-
ing notes how speedily we discover
that emotions and affairs are very much
like gingerbreadicookies. '
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Irish Header Sails for Home.
New Ymk, Jan. 27.——John E. Red—
mond, the Irish Parliamentary leader
and orator, sailed for home yesterday
on the Majestic. A large delegation
from various Irish and Irish-American
sOcieties, headed by Edward O’Flaher-
ty, president of the ’98 Centennial As-
sociation, accompanied him to the pier
and wished him godspeed. Mr. Red-
mond came here a few weeks ago at
the request of prominent {Irish-Ameri—
cans to stir up enthusiasm in the pil-
grimage and he .has successfully ac-
complished his mission. Nothing but
“ ’98” is talked about in Irish circles
from Maine to California, and there is
every indication that the gathering
which will go from the United States
this summer will be worthy in every
way of the Irish race.
Daniel R. Hanna Sued for Divorce.
Cleveland, Jan. 27.—Carrie May
Hanna, wife of Daniel R. Hanna, son
of Senator Marcus A. Hanna, yesterday
began a. suit for divorce. She charges
gross neglect of duty and extreme
c1uelty. Because of the long contest
at Columbus, which resulted in the
election of Marcus IA. Hanna to the
Senate, and the social prominence of
the parties to the suit, the case will at—
tract unusual interest. It was 21. runs:
way marriage. There are three chil-
dren, who are with the mother. The
ridest is named Marcus Alonzo Hanna,
fifter his grandfather.
Can Be See the Point.
“I see that a Chicago street r‘aihoad
magnate has bought a neWspaperaI'o'f
his own.’
“That so? He’ll probably put on
cars enough now to make it possible
£01 every passenger to have a seat.”
“Why?” .
“People can’t hang on to straps and
read at the same t1me”——Cleveland
Leader.
The Weather.
Generally fair to-night and Friday;
probably colder Friday morning... ,
BIRTHS.
GREENSTEIN. —— In South Norwalk,
Ian. 27, a daughter to Mr. and Mris
Samuel Greenstéin of Clay street."
MARRIAGES.
MERRILL—ROFF. —In New York city,
Jan. 11, at 124 West Ninety-fourth
street, by Rev. C. M. Selleck. Miss
Phebe G. Rolf of Danbmy to George
T. Merrill of NewYork.
DEATHS.
CONNELLY4—In Bridgeport, Jan. 1'26,
Ellen, Wife of John .Connelly, ‘aged 3; .
years.
LADUE—In Norw alk, J an
A. A LaDue. aged 67 years.
MERTENS—In Bridgeport, Jan.
Kate DriscOll, wife Of Carl Mer tens.
27, Mrs.
20. I
SMITH—JD Bridgeport, Jan. 24, Susie
Smith, aged 34
A" wife of SamtIIel E.
years. '
Norwalk Chronicler