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in the Gazette.
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NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31. 1898.
familypapertl‘le. .. _
“ advertising columns on,
prove its value t6 you. . ,
* PRICE ONE CENT;
a
AI GRAZY MAN
Encamped iEa-nnon Woods
'l'errifies House Owners
in that Place.
Declares Poisoned Food Was Gchn Him
and Swears Vengeance.
Added with hangings, and rumors of
hangings, or the tragedy of Friday
night the residents of Cannonare in
the midst of an exciting experience
with an alleged crazy man, who is en-
camped in a kind of cave on the moun-
tain road, neai the site of the hbme of
.“ Black Nancy" an old colOred woman
who was looked upon as a witch. some
thirty years ago. ,
The new comer made his appearance
in .Cannon about a week ago, and
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begged some bread of Samuel Osborn,
and some oatmeal of Groceryman Greg-
‘ory. The next day he appeared at the
store, greatly excited, declaring that
both the articles of food contained
poison, and swearing vengeance against
the village, and the people that dwell
therein. He made wild threats of
burning barns, poisoning cattle, and
wells, and acted in such a wild manner
as to completely terrorize many, who
feared that the fellow would fire their
barns. Few in the vicinity of the
station slept on Thursday‘ and Friday
nights, but nothing happened.
Selectman Jackson, was notified and
paid the man a visit on Saturday. He
found him in a kind of hovel, made of
boughs with an overhanging ledge for
aroof. the man was comfortably dress—
ed, and greeted his visitor pleasantly.
He acted Strangely, and talked con-
stanrtly I,9f telephoning to wealthy Isla-
tives in France,.but seemed far IfrOmI
violent. He made no mentIOn of his--
' threats of the previous day,an'd seemed
to have forgotten them. He refused to
leave his castle, unless th’ .er of the
land “dispossessed” him Unless he
leaves by to-day it is said that the Sc-
lectmen Will take steps to remove him
as a dangerOus character.
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Trinity Church Notes.
There will be a meeting of the Ves-I
.try to-night, at the rectory on West
street.
The Bethany chapter will hold their
annual busmess -.meeting in the Sun-
day school room this evening at 7:30.
The Woman’s guild will meet to-.
morrow evening in the Sunday school
room.
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion Wednesday morning,
it being the feast ofthe Purification of
the Blessed Virgin _Mary.
The Altar Chapter will meet Wed-
nesday afternoon.
The Knights of the Cross will meet
' Saturday evening.
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Almost I00 Years.
Miss Marcia Pease, who had nearly
completed a century of existence died ‘
at her home in Danbury yesterday.
She was born in Hampden, Mass, May
3, 1798, and has lived in Danbury about
25 years. Up to a few weeks, ago when
she received a slight shock, the aged
woman was remarakbly active. She
hoped to be able to celebrate her 100th
birthday but after the shock- collapsed ,
very rapidly. She had been uncIon-
scious for two days.
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Services at Hoyt’s Theatre.
Therewas a good attendance at theSun-
day services given by 'the Methodist
church society in Hoyt’s theatre, beth
morning and evening. It will of course
be borne in mind that the services of the
society are being held in the theatre a-
nent thecompletion of their newchurch.
Pleasing features, aside fromthe intex es-
tingsei men by the pastor,w erethe solos
given by Mrs. Alex. S. Gibsd‘ 11d Mrs.
Imogene Ross at the evemnmmeetmg,
which was crowded by membe1s and
their friends.
Enamoured of “Mack.”
The Stamford Advocate says,- that
James McCarty of that city expects to
come to Norwalk to-night to attend a
sociable given by girls employed by
the Wheeler establishment, and adds,
“The Norwalk girls have become so
enamouled of ‘Mackfand his beautiful.
tenor voice that they cannot be happy
without him at their Socials.
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EHE GAZEIEE WOULD LIKE EUI KNUW
If our readers desire any more snow.
If Norwalk should be divided into
two towns would this end have to pay
the entire cost of the proposed new
town house. ,
~ The address of the man who built a
building within the‘estimated cost. .
When the jingle of the telephone
bell will be heard at police headquar-
ters.
What was the matter with the Italian
captured by Officers Pennington and
Reardon on Saturday. .
If our readers are going to see
Katherine Rober to-night.
If it would not be wise ‘to have the
town registrars check off the voters at
Wednesday night’s town meeting.
How many fits Superintendent Kyle’s
big snow sweeper has had to-day.
When driver Sam McGowan will
have his skating-rink ready for 3. Put-
nam ice carnival.
If an increase in the town tax will
'cause an increase in rents.
Why Selectman Thomes’ name is not
signed to the call for Wednesday
night’s town meeting. Q,
Why “Sem” Curtis appeared in the
snow storm to-day with a white yacht-
ing cap and long ulster.
Why telegr apher Hoyt placed a Yale
lock on his office door.
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AMUSEMENTS.
“Doris” To-mght.
There are many popular priced the-
atrical aggregations touring the coun-
try, all more or less meritorious, but
to Miss Katherine Rober must be ac-
corded the credit of' presenting high-
class dramas at prices that practically
act as a magnet to extract money from
one’s pocket, and in a manner that
leaves nothing to 'be desired. There
is such attention to detail, elegant
scenery, brilliant electrical efiects,
georgeous costumes, grand symphony
orchestra of eight pieces, high class
'ously produced for 10, 20 and 30 cents.
The solution is easy. The public has
set its seal of unqualified approval up-
at Hoyt’s Theatre with
the attraction. .
‘1 he Sick.
The condition of Gould .1. Handle
“Doris”
I remains about the same.
Frederick Walton of Rowayton, “is
convalescent of a severe illness.
"Mrs. Wallace Dann is convalescent
of a severe illness.
Allie Heingelman has suffered a re-
dition.
A. Malmo continues to improve and
is able to be out. .
Emil Durbeck who recently under-
went an operation for appendicitis is
rapidly improving. -
Benjamin Bennett is ill at his home
in East Norwalk. .
. Henry Bronz is seriously ill at his
home on Day street.
consumption.
“Larry” Brennan is much improved
of his illness and is able to sit up in an
easy chai1.
William H. Olmstead s cOndition r ,_
mains about the same. _
Miss Jane M. Mead is somewhat bet-
ter, in fact is greatly improved.
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Went East.
. tended a concert given by the Arions
of Bridgeport, in the latter city last
night. They returned . home well
pleased with their reception and the
entertainment afforded.
A ‘ .
Family Gathering.
The St. Joseph’s Lyceum will meet
at Music hall to-morrownight. Wed-
nesday evening there will be a family
gathering and installation of oliicers.
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m 01.111911 uIMEs
People overlooked the importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but now
that it is generally known that Syrup
! of Figs will permanently overcOme
habitual constipation, well-informed
people will not buy other laxatives.
which act fer a time, but finally injure
the system. Buy the genume, made
by the California Fig S y‘r'up Co.
Fair, followed by increasing cloudi:
ness tonight, probably light snow, and
slowly rismg temperature Saturdry aff-
*ternoon.
~AdVelI-use in lnlfl UAZIEEITIE
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vaudeville artists—that one is apt to
wonderhow dramas can be so sumptu-‘
"oer was obdurate andhe went.
lapse from his recent convalescent con- .
on these productions; Opens to-night ‘
for
His complaint is .
About twenty members of the ~Arion ‘
Singing society of South Norwalk, at- -
WAS A DISEURBER.
An,East Norwalk Young Man ‘
Placed Under Arrest.
He Makes Himself Obnoxious at a Salvation
Army Meeting.
LerOy, perhaps better known as
“Copper” Hoyt,lwas the only inmate
of the cages at the station hOuse in
South Norwalk, this‘ morning.
The surroundings were not at all
new to him, for as a matter of fact he
had been there before. ‘
Hoyt, it seems,'visited a meeting of
the salvation Army at the barracks on
Washington street last night and made
himself especially obnoxious.
Members of the “Army.” tried to pre-
vail upon him to behave himself but to
no purpose, until finally the Captain
decided to send for a policeman.
Oflicer Pennington responded and
took the young man in charge and-suc-
ceeded in cjectinghim from the bar-
racks, but as the Captain of the Army
did not then care to prefer charges, let .
his prisonerIgo with the kindly admo—
nition that he kbep away from the bar-
racks. An admonition, which, had
Hoyt heeded he would not, have slept
where he did last night.
Officer Pennington doubted the sin-
ceritypf Hoyt’s promise to "keep away
from the barracks. and after taking a
short walk returned and found that his
doubts were well founded. I : 5?, . .
Hoyt had gone into the barracks
again and was creating a worse disturb-
ance than at first, and the, captain”
making a complaint and promlsing to
appear against him this morning in the
Town Court, the Ofl‘icer immediately
placed Hoyt under arrest._ ' _ '
rHoyt'objected togoing, but the offi-
He re-
sisttedstronglyand gave the officer; a
lively tussle, the latter refraining from
using his club. ‘ '
Disliking to drag his prisODer the"
entire distance to the statiOn heuse'
Pennington summoned a wagon into
which Hoyt was bundled and. later
landed 1n a cage. . 1
This morning he was called upon
to answer to the charges of drunken- ‘
ness, b1 each of {be peace and reelstanceI
to officers and was given a sentence of-
10 days 1n jail and costs amounting to
40 days in all.
Town Court.
James Ellis was arrested Saturday
night on the charge of being intoxicat-
ed. He gave Officer Morehouse more
or less trouble in arresting him, but of
course was safely landed in .the station-
house. This morning Judge Frost let
him go on the payment of a line of five
dollars.
Knights of the highway who gave
their names as James Kavanagh and
James Brady were each sentenced to
twenty days in jail.
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To Be Wid Us Again.
Truckman Reynolds this morning
conveyed the house-hold belongings of
Mrs Emma Snifiin to Danbury in his
big “van.” Returning, he will bring
back to Norwalk, Reporter E. J.
Thomas’ “extra supplies” taken to
that windy city some thirteen months
ago when Mr. Thomas decided that
such was his field of labor in his way
‘ of newsgatherin g.
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Ate IH us M ustache.
The animals‘in the Oleander Garden
Museum escaped from their cages last
night and disfigured the mustache of‘
the proprietor'of the place to such an
: alarming extent that he was forced to
have it shaved 01f. Hence that billiard
ball exp1ession to his face to-day.
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Death 01 Owen Riley.
Owen Riley died at his home on
Main street, yesterday, aged 30 years.
He leaves a wife and five children, the
youngest scarcely six weeks of age. The
funeral' will be attended to-morrow
morning from St. Mary’s church.
Below' Zero.
The mercury in the thermometers
about town dropped to four degrees be- the tracks of snow.
low zero yesterday morning, while
those of our up-country neighbc‘ors reg—
istered as low as ten below.
-A GMETTE on. will pay. you.
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'or in other words, that he was that in-'
‘toxieated that it was impossible for
and
coat in a manner not altogether agree-
. 1 aised and at about 3.0” clock there Was
as learned no material damage has been
“.DECIDEDLY DRUNK.
An Uncomfortable Subject in an Uncom-
for-table Position Comfortably Landed
in the. StationTHouse. '
Saturday afternoon complaint” was
made that there was a man at the low-
moral atmosphere of that neighborhood,
him to retain his equilibrium.
Oflicers Pennington and Reardon
were detailed to take care of the main
who was found lying albngside the
road' 1n a semi- -drunken stupor
At this juncture Morrell’s express
wagon came, along and the fellow was
loaded into the same. During the»
loading the man suffered a nausea,
“frescoed” officer Pennington’s
able to the officer.
Reaching the station-house the usual
search was made but the find developed
Only abOut a quart of garlic, and a
stench that precluded the officers
making closer investigations.
Yesterday, the man'gave his name as
Poleison Batista, and his friends com-
ing to his rescue he was released on a
cash bond of $10.
This morn-513g 'in the Town court he
forfeited his bond by non-appearance.
A cofo WAVE.
Followed‘by aI‘Snow Storm Fine and Cut-
.1. I ting.
Thethermometers about towu com-
mencedalively engagement of lower-
ing previous records for this season,
Saiurday night. The lowest notch
reached. in this, city is said to have
been 4 degrees below zero which was
scored at 6 o’clock; yesterday morning.
This figure was raised during the
day. and the temperature became such
that it did not prevent the usual at-
tendance at the churches both morn-
ing and eyeniug.
In the evening the -murcury in the
thermometers again beganto. drop un-
til at 2 o 'clock this morning, itregiSterb
ed four degrees above zero.
At that time a storm p01 tended, and,,
according to the police, the murcury
a flurry of snow which has since re-I
solved itself into Ia storm and continues
to prcvail. ”
Several water-plpes were frozen up at
difiereh‘t residences in town but so far;
douel .
For the last day of January it is a
model day of its kind, but we fear that
tion. ' ‘ , ,
Confirlnation at Grace Church. ;:
A class of twenty-five were confirmedi
Sunday, at Grace church by Rev.
Chauncey Bunce Brewster, bishop co-
adjutor of the diocese of Connecticut.
Special services were held and a very
large number ' were in attendance.
The bishop preached at the evening
service, a sermon of great power and
eloquence. The se1 v ice was not over
until 10 p. m. I
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Couldn’t Find the Chuck. I
Failing to locate the John H. Wade
woodchuck, assistant postmaster W.
A. Coley has returned to his postal or-
ders and stamps atthe South Norwalk
post-oflice, with his honors as a detec-
tive of “chucks” somewhat in doubt.
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Lively Competition.
Contracts will be awarded for the
building of anew coal shed at the South
N orwalk Electric Light station. Car-.
penters now grasp at straws and there
is a lively competition for the contract
which calls for a shed of 12x14. .
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'Il’ne Lamont Club.
Frank A. Ferris addressed the La-
. days In Europe.”
' for St. Augustine, Florida, where they
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mont club’in the Congregational church
yesterday noon. He gave a very inter-
esting address on the subject of “Sun-
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Miss W. L. Hanson, advance agent of
the Rober company, left to-day for Wa-
terbury.
Mrs. Alden Solmans accompanied by
her motnei, Mis. Hotchkiss, left to-day
will spend the winter.
The Stveet Railway sweeper was in
active service this mornihg clearing
. A smoker will be held by Court Nar-
ruk, F. of A. to-morrow evening. It is
expected that Chief Ranger Leddy' will
be present.
er end of Woodward avenue in a con- , .
dition that was not conducive to, the
it does not meet with a kindly recep-i -
DR SWEET FINED.
Charged With Practicing moo-
iIcine Without a Certificate.
Fined $l50 Which He Paid and Promised
to Leave the State.
The GAZETI‘E some time ago pub-
lished a history of one, Dr; 0. Preston
Sweet, who made occasional visits to
ing an insight into his method of doing
business, also quoting from an adver-
tisement which appeared in the'GA-
ZETTE in‘1874, when Dr. Sweet first be-
came a visitor to Norwalk.
Shortly beforethe GAZETTE’S pub-
lication ' the Doctor was brought before
the court in Danbury under the itiner-
ant law, but escaped by pleading that
he was employed byasyndicate who
used his name and that he was not
traveling on his own responsibility.
Almost immediately after the GA-
ZETTE’S story appeared, a local paper
published a warning to the 'press of
Connecticut stating that the Doctor
had failed to pay for his advertising,
and a draft made upon him had been
returned dishonored. V
This morning a press dispatch from
Norwich says:
“Dr. 0. Preston Sweet, who has
been ‘in this city about a week, was
cited into the city court by County
Health oflicer C. F. Thayer on a charge
alleging the practice of medicine in
Norwalk and surrounding towns, giv '
ANNUAL TUWN' 1415511116.
Called to be Held in the Upera HonseI
Wednesday Evening.
The annual business meeting of the"
town has been called to be held in the
Opera Houseinstead of thé town house,
Wednesday evening, at SI o’clock, to
take action on these ’ propositions:
The question of erecting a. new town
hall on the site of the old building,_ '
and, if so voted, to make the necessary
appropriation, and provide the means
of raising the money. ’
The state and town tax will be laid,-
the report of the school visitors Will be
read, and the usual appropriations for
the schools and highways will be made.
The petition of Jacob Raymond and
others, asking that the town accept
Summit street, Raymond avenue, and
a continuation of Lincoln avenue will
also be acted upon.
It 13 the duty of every tax-payel to
be present at this meeting.
A WAnMI LAKE m ALASKA.
The “’ater Never So Cold but. One Could.
Bathe in It.
Dawson City, wonderful as it is in
many thingsphas still another wonder
about which little has been ”heard. It
is an immenSe lake, IOcated "back in
the mountains not far away from
the greatest town on earth, the waters
of which are always warm. Fish in.
countless thousands can be caught in
the coldest weather without trouble,~
for the waters of the lake are never so-
cold but one could bathe in them’. The
third claim this wonderful bodyIIof wa-
ter has for distinction is that, while it
is hundreds of miles from the ocean,
and there is ,no apparent. connectionbe-
tween the two, the lake is affected by
the tide. Lake Selawik is the name
Connecticut without a certificate. Dr.
Sweet demurred to the complaint and
promised to leave the state.
fined $150 and costs and paid. About
one week auo, Dr. Sweet took up quar-
ters atalocal hotel in company with
one Dr. Ray. They advertised exten-
sively and did a good business. It 15
stated that Dr. Sweet has recently been
in New Landon, Meriden and othe1
places; in Connecticut.
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Douglas Fewler Post, G. A. R. will
hold a “house warming” in their new
quarters on Wa'shington street, to-
night.
H. B. SlausOn has sold his faim at
New Canaan.
Mrs. A. B. Coley, of South Norwalk,
who has been spending a week with
friends' 1n New York city, has returned
home. _
Charles Swartz of South No1 walk re-
studies.
The Always Ready Circle, of King 11
Daughters,o of the N orwalk Method at
day, with Mrs. David Nash, of Beike-
ley street. The Inasmuch Circle will
meet at the residence of Miss Hattie
Scofield, 161 Main street, Friday after-
noon, at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. Emma Barnard, of St. Paul.
Minn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A-
Waters, of Day street, and Mrs. J. W.
Rockwell, of Ridgefield. ‘
Miss Ella J. Keyser and Miss Carrie
Wood of East Norwalk spent Sunday
with Miss Keyser’s parents, in West
Norwalk.
St. John’ sLodge,F &A. M. will hold
a regular meeting Thursday evening
..I R. Marvin has been appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of the late
George Ward Selleck.
Freeman & Son are enlarging“ their
silver plating plant on Water street.
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flex- Veiy Good Reafims.
“I would'be a reformer, a politician
and a real strong-minded woman, if it
were not for two insurmountable ob—
stacles,” the New York Commercial
Advertiser quotes the girl with the
plumed hat as saying.
”And what are they?” inquired the
friend who belonged to nineteen clubs.
“Well, in the flrét place, no meeting
or club business could lure me from a
daintly decorated Turkish-rugged
home, furnishedwith plenty of books
and sofa pillows. Secondly, I could
never be heart and saul in the fray for
women’s rights while there remained
children to teach, to sew for or to sing
to 9!
A' Georgia pastor, who resigned be-
::1use he couldn’t collect his salary.
aid in his farewell‘sermou: “I have
:tlIe else to add, dear brethren, save
is: You were all in favor of free
ivation, and the man-nor in which
.u have treated me is proof that you
hot it!”
He was 5
turned to Yale to-day to resume his its 'wonderful
Episcopal church, will meet Wednesr
given to this discovery by Father ToIsl,
a Jesuit missionary, who for years has
been working among the Alaska In--
dians in the interior.,
Fathe1 Tos'i noticed that. at times
during the midst of the long arctic
winter the Indians had fresh salmon.
‘He could not explain it, for all the
iknown streams and lakes were frozen
solid. Finally the Indians took him
back into the hills to a lake which was
sixty miles longend fifteen in width.
He called it'Sélawik. They have kept
the secret well; and only a few smite
men knowofthe lake.
Father Tosi says that a man with a.
boat'hoo'k' could kill more salmon in
* an hour than he could eat in a fort-
night, and suggests salmon catching in.
Sellecks Corners to J W Waters, of midwinter as an occupation for those
Who cannot get other work. With‘ two
good dogs and a sled the lake is Within
easy reach of Dawson There would
be no trouble about keeping the fish
caught on account of the high tempera.-
ture. The Indians are still trying to
guard their secret, but there are men
at Dawson who know Iof the lake and-
Times.
Music for the Bohr. » .
A conservatory of music has=*.been ‘
established in a. New York tenement
house by Miss Emilie Wagner, of Bal-
timore, formerly a student at the Pea-
body Conservatory, and a graduate or
the Woman’s College, of Baltimore.
The idea' 15 to interest the ignorant and
degraded in music, and thus uplift
them. A beginning was made with a
single room in a. crowded tenement dis-
trict, where lessons were given at a few
pennies a lesson to little ragamufiins.
Success come at length, after some dis-
couragements, and now the conserva-
tory has eighty students in violin and
piano. Several former pupils are as- ,
sistants, and some have developed ex-
traordinary talent. The work is self-
supporting, but is carried on, of course,
from philanthropic motives. A result
has been it is believed, the creation
of tastes that tend to elevate the home
life of a number of the tenement. dwell-
ers—Baltimore Sun.
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Inedlble. ”I"
The Goat’s better half laughed .
mockingly.
“So that poster girl isn’t nice enough
to eat, after all?” she sneered.
“No,” faltered the Goat, subduedly.
‘She is thoroughly stuck up. ”——Det1 lot
Journal.
The Weather.
Heavy snow to-night, clearing Tues-
day, warmer to-night, colder Tuesday ‘
night. .
DEATHS.
FRENCH. ——In Noroton, Conn. , Jan.
27, Wm. Freeman French, M. D. ,son
of R 1v. Louis and MarthaA French,
aged 42 years.
William Mead.
NOBLE. —In Stamford, lan. 27 Eliza-
beth A. wife of the late Edward Noble.
aged 53 years. .
RILEY—In Norwalk, J a.)
Rile. y, aged 30 years.
YOUNG. —In Bridgeport. Jan
29,, I
Rachael Young wife of J V’ ‘
Young, aged '28 years. ames G:
SCHOONMAKER. —In Bethel, Jan. 27,
Amos Starr Schoonmaker’, aged» 76
years, 8 months and.“ " days.
MEAD. —In Stamford. Jan. 28, Charles ‘ ,
:10, Owen .
Norwalk Chronicler