\ 1,, / 14.x.” . ' g '3‘ if yeurvvant the best [goods for the least mo‘ney read j'the advertiéements ihthe Gazette". vOL. VIII. No. 1813 NORWALK. CONN., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1898. ' family paperthe Gazette’s advertising fcolurnh‘s Will . prove itslvaldeitotyou., PRICE ONE CENT. YACHT glut MEET. ‘Gommodore Sanford, Secre- tary Hatch, Gilbert Bogart and A. E. Chasmar Defeated. Saturday Night’s Annual Meeting Proved a Genuine Surprise. The annual meeting of the Norwalk Yacht club was held'in the parlors of _the Mahacxemo hotel Saturday night, and resulted in a genuine surprise to Commodore P. G. Sanford, Secretary Horace S. Hatch and Messrs. Gilbert Bogart and A. E. Chasmar of the Gov- erning Board, in that a majority of the members of the club by remaining away and declining to send prox1es together with those present at the meeting and voting, indicated plainly that they did not approve of their methods and did ‘not desire them in office. It was something after 8 o’clock ' ‘Iwhen Commodore Sanford called the - nicoting to order and Secretary Hatch ' called the roll. 1 There was a majority of the club members present in person and by proxy, Secretary Hatch having succeeded in securing 29 of the latter after considerable hard work. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, after which Treas- urer J. C. Green and assistant Secre- tary Raymond made their reports, which were accepted, and these two worthy officials gracefully retired from office with clean records. This cleared the decks for the elec- tion of pflicers. The Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Secretary and Treas- uref‘ being members of the Governing _ Committee the club’s constitution re- ..quires that they be elected by a ma- jority vote of all the members of the club, present and absent, which has heretofore been done. There being 106 members a majority necessary to elect was 54. The first ballot taken was for com- modore and resulted as follows: Philip G. Sanford = . ’53 Scattering 9 Mr. Sanford failed of re-election. The next officer voted for was vice- eommodore, and Mr. George A. Jen- nings received the necessary .54 votes and was elected. The rear-commodore followed, and Hon. John H. Ferris was elected with 59 votes to his credit. Treasurer came next and Joseph R. Taylor receiving the necessary 54 was declared elected. The secretary followed and Horace S. Hatch fell outside the breastworks having only 49 votes to his credit. Robert G. Mitchell for assistant sec- retary received 55 votes and was elect- ed. Measurer Orlando I. Allen was de- clared elected with 58 votes. . This brought the meeting down to the five additional members of the gov- erning committee. The first to be voted for was Gilbert E-. Bogart. He received but 52 votes and was defeated. Commodore Sanford ordered another ballot and again Bo- gart received but 52 and he was passed over. A.’ E. Chasmar came next and when it was announced that he had received but 50 votes and was. defeated, he re- marked, “I did not know that "1 was more unpopular than ‘Gil,’ ” and of-. fered his resignation, but unfortunate- ly it was not accepted. The next member of the committee was Aurelius J. Meeker and he went through with 55 votes. ' Herbert A. Mathewson followed and received the necessary 54. The last member was Herbert R. Smith, and after taking four ballots he was declared elected. His vote was as follows; 53, 53, 53, 56. The regatta committee of three mem- bers completed the election, and result- ed as follows: . 59 William F. Acton Frank Nash ' 59 Samuel 'Ly nes . 57 The meeting then'adjourned. i As there were not sufficient. votes and proxies present to elect another commodore, secretary and two members of the governing committee, the con- stitution provides that Messrs. Sanford, Hatch, Bogart and Chasmar hold their respective ofiices until others are elec- ted, but it is not thought that they will care to remain under the circumstances and that all will resign for the best in— terests of the club. It is contended, however, that Mr. Sanford is ineligible to the ofiico of Commodore under the Constitution, which requires that he shall be owner, in whole or in part, of a yacht, meas- ured and approved by the. Measurer and enrolled in the club. Unless Mr. Sanford has complied with this quuirement of the constitu- tion he. is without doubt disqualified and his election would be void. Prior to the annual meeting the gov- erning committee held a short session, but took no action in regard to the con. tested yacht race between Messrs. Allen and Chasmar, as Chairman Sam- uel Lynes of the regatta committee had not reported. In all probability the race will have to be sailed over again this summer, as the rules of the Yacht Racing Union under which the race was sailed, pro- vide that, “a member of a regatta com- mittee who is the owner of a yacht sail- ing in a race shall not act upon the committee in the management of such race,” and as Mr. Lynes had his “Lit tle Joe” in the race he is disqualified from acting on the committee, and his decision could not be legally accepted under the rules. ' ‘ v‘ 7‘ A Happy Gathering. Mrs. Mary Mooney, of '01] City, Pa., and her seven children are the guests of James Haugh on Merwin street. Mrs. Mooney is a sister of Mr. Haugh who has eight children to make it pleasant for the seven visitors. Yesterday, the youngsters were given a feast of good things and in the evening the whole fifteen said their prayers in concert and went to bed, and their parents were no doubt correspondingly happy. They, the youngsters, however, were out of bed betimes this morning, and are hav- ing a frolicksome time to-day. ‘vv 7 _ ’Twas Gasoline. By mistake a lamp at the home of William Gobdfellow on Clay street, was on Saturday, filled with gasoline instead of kerosene. Saturday night when the lamp was lighted there was a sudden flash and the lamp threatened to explode. Fortunately Mr. Goodfel- low was home at the time and at some risk to himself picked the lamp up and i threw it out into the yard. The dam- ; ' a tiny American flag, and at the close age done was confined to the lamp which was valued at $10. However, Mr. Goodfellow’s promptness no doubt averted a destructive fire. The Pinochle Supper. Postal cards have been sent out by the Old Well Hook and Ladder com- pany inviting members to be present at the feast to be given to the Mayflower Hook and Ladder company in honor o the latter’s victory in a series of, pin- ochle games. The feast promises to be one of the best ever served under the auspices of the company, and will take place on Thursday evening. Hold- ers of an invitation postal will make a mistake if they are not present. Down’Goes the Fence. Duncan Iron Works employees are busily engaged in razing the old fence in front of the Harry Pepper (formerly Acton) place on West avenue, and. will ‘soon commence the erection of a new and more modern iron fence. A like fence, but probably net as heavy 1n construction will be placed in front and at the north end of the Cunning- ham place corner of West avenue and Garden street. ————<O-.0>——————- Quarantine Off. Yesterday, health officer W. J. Tracey superintended the fumigation at the homes of Arthur J. Ferris and Dr.F. W. Darmer, and the quarantine at both places has been declared off. The cause of the placing of quarantine was owing to the illness of members of the family with scarlet fever. “ Av 7‘ Attended the Slow Funeral. . Constable John J. Goodwin of South Norwalk, attended the funeral of the late Asa B. Stowe a prominent resident of Middletown on Saturday last. Mr. Goodwin was related to the deceased by marriage. . 9010111 TORRETIRE. The Fourth Regiment to Lose A Popular Oflicer. Col. Sheridan Will Probably be Succeeded By Lieut-col. Hendrie. Col. James Sheridan will next Au- gust complete his 30th year as a mem- ber of the Connecticut National Guard, and according to the Bridgeport Tele gram, he is reported to have said that he would retire and give way to some- one else. Col. Sheridan is getting old in the service and as he himself puts it: “When a man serves his country or state for 30 years, it is about time for him to be given a rest.” Col. Sheridan is about the oldest member' in years of service in the Con- necticut National Guard; the only man who ranks any way near him is Capt. La Barnes, the inspector of rifle prac- tice, in the Second Regiment. Both officers wear the state decoration for 25 years, being the only men in the service who have that distinction. In the event of Col. Sheridan resigning, the momentOus question will arise as to who will be his successor as com- mandant of the Fourth regiment. If, as reported, Col. Sheridan retires in August next, his successor will prob- ably be Lieut-Col. C. W. Hendrie, of Stamford. ' Col. Hendrie has risen from the ranks to his present position and is capable of bringing the regiment up to j a standard second to none in the Nation- al Guard. He is very popular with the officers of the regiment and possesses the confidence and respect of every member. ‘ 7 AM USEMENTS. Heart of Chicago. “The Heart of Chicago” as aIsenic production, is so very impressive that the merits of the play itself are apt to be lost sight of. The plot is very strong and the lines are said to be very well written. The play is strong enough to stand alone without the marvelous scenic aids employed. Will appear at Hoyt’s Theatre. to-night. -‘_ ‘vv 7 _ Old Glory in Opera House. A pretty scene was observed in the Grand Opera House last night, upon the rendition of Miss Edna May’s song about the disaster to the battleship Maine. Manager Hoyt had presented to each of the ladies in the audience of Miss May’s song, with a tribute to the Stars and Stripes and the unfurling of a large flag, there was a burst of ap- plause, while numerous tiny flags waved in the air. The singer was obliged to respond several times.— Stamford Advocate. —————«I0.0»—————‘——‘ Thrown from a Carriage. A two year old child was upset out of a baby carriage on South Main street, yesterday, the child’s head striking on an iron grating. An ugly gash on the the child’s forehead resulted which ne- cessitated several stitches to close. Dr. Allen dressed the wound and the little sufferer is reported as getting on all right at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brummer ‘ ‘v: ' Bebekahs will Present a Play. Eureka Rebekah lodge is_ arranging for the presentation of a play called “The Man in the Case,” in Hoyt’s Theatre Friday night, March 11. The company includes Bridgeport talent. Miss Glace Maude Bionson will give sever 3.1 r endings. : vvr At St. Mary’s. Out-of—tow n priests will preach in St. Mary’s church, Wednesday evening during Lent. Rev. T. B. Smith of N ewtown, chaplain of the Fourth-regi— ment, C. N. G., will officiate next week, and on March 6, Rev. T. J. Kelley, of New Canaan, will speak. THE MODERN WAY Commends itself to the well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the crudest man- ner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headache, and fevers without unpleas- ant after effects, use the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of. Figs Made by California Fig Syrup Co. 0 ' GANTANKEROUS ANNIE. ,Mrs. MbKeeyer Again Landed in the . Station House. Annie McKeever not unknown to the- police of South Norwalk, was again “gathered in” and landed in the station-house Saturday night. Annie had but recently retured from Bridgeport with a “ticket-of-leave” granted by the jail authorities. 3 Saturday night she visited a saloon in Whistleville and proceeded to “make things hum” with the result that an officer Was sent for. Oflicer Pennington responded and placed Mrs. McKeever under arrest. Sherfell on the walk and refused to budge, and the officer sent to a stable for a wagon in which to convey his prisOner to the station-house. The woman before the arrival of the team, finally consented to go with the officer. After making several feints of a fall on the part of the woman, the of- ficer met the team called for and hus- tled the prisoner into the same. ' ‘Reaching the station-house the wom- an pretended to be in a fainting condi- tion, and the ofiicer was forced to pick hbr up and place her in one of the cages. Soon after his departure she revived. As it was thought that she might at‘ tempt, as on previous occasions suicide, a watch was kept over her actions, un- known to her. But no such attempt was made. Sunday evening, the woman’s hus- band and mother visited the station- house, and a cash bond was furnished for her appearance this morning, in the Town Court, failing in which her bond was called. She fater appeared and asked to have the case re-opened but it is not believed that her prayer will be g1 anted She has yet staring her in the face an unexpired term in the Bridgeport jail. A DENTIST FINED. Charged With Throttling a Woman Patient. 'DEntist J. E. Beardsley was before the Danbury city court on Saturday charged by Mrs. Willis Sheldon with having throttled her and otherwise having ill treated her in his olfice. After he had done some work for her he demanded pay before she left and when a dispute arose she said he shut the door and attacked " her. Among those who happened to be passing and heard her cries was her husband. The dentist denied that he used violence but Judge Scott fined him $50 and costs. He appealed. ’ Death of Henry Bronson. Says the Palladium, Henry Bronson died at the Springside Home yesterday after noon at 5 o ’clock, after having lived 1n the town almshouse since 1875. Death was caused by paralysis from which he suffered for many years. The deceased was 55 yea1 5 old. At the time of entering he had a father living in South N orwalk and inquiries were im- mediately started to find if relatives are now in that place. The deceased was a son of the late Philo‘ Bronson who a number of years ago conducted a shoe store in South Norwalk. AA‘ ‘v,’ Sign Obliterated. The sign over the store of W. R. Bates cash grocery on Main street was obliterated Saturday night by orders of the firm of Austin & N ichols of New - York who are c1editors of Mr. Bates, and who have practically placed an embargo on the goods in the store. It may be said, however, that the store is not closed, and that Mrs. Bates proposes keeping the same open in the interest of herself and the cred- itors of her husband, she having been appointed agent by the above firm. 4“ ‘VV Basket Ball. The first team of Co. F. played a match game of basket ball with the ‘ Mount Vernon team Saturday night and lost by a score of 31 to 1. During the game Harry Payne, a substitute player, received seVere injuries about the head. The Co. F. second team and the St. Joseph’s will play ’in Music hall to- night. I ‘ vA 7" At Trinity. Rev. Mr. Schuyler officiated at both services, Sunday, at TIinity. Inter- esting sermons were preached morning and evening. Among the announce- ments made was one changing the time of the Wednesday and Friday morning seI vices from 11 o’clock to 10: 30. 4“ "7 Will Race No More. “Gil” Finch, Stamford’s crack bicy- clist, who has won many races during, the past three years, has decided to re- tire and will race no more. EVE’S RAMBLINGS. COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG THE WOMEN, BY ONE OF THEM. “Yes,” said a woman of acknowl- edged conversational ability, “I would, of course, rather talk to men than to women, but it isn’t just because they are men. It’s because I can with them dare to say what I choose; in short to be very frank, to scintillate to the best of my natural ability.” The cleverer the men, the better they. seem to. like my being clever, and the greater my inspiration. But it is no use for a woman to “lay herself out,” as the saying is, for her own sex. She may be as entertaining as you choose, but if it is for the bone- fit of another would-be entertaining woman she gets only resentment for her pains. There is neitherencouragement nor . nor even appreciation— . admiration, nothing, in fact, but uncomprornised envy. It is true that the envy is often unconsciously expressed, but it is there just the same, looking right out of the eyes of the listener, and, to say the least, it is not stimulating. As likely as not, the listener takes a hand herself, and with malice afore- thought upsets all your carefully pre- pared propositions, picks the bubble of your sophistries light as air, and if pos- sible, holds you up to ridicule, or still worse, pretends to take you seriously. It is my belief that no woman, unless a past mistress in the art of being stupid, will for one instant tolerate the attempts af another woman to be enter— taining. And who wants to talk to a stupid person, be it man or woman? Real conversational satisfaction is only to be obtained by talking to a man, and the cleverer the better, as no mat- ter how self- satisfied he may be, he never has the air of being in competi— tion with you, much lessof determin- ing to get ahead of you. How many times in life have you heard people say, if I could just live my life over, what a different course I would pursue; if I had only known a way back yonder what I now know, how many life-long mistakes would I have avoided, and thus I would be leading an altogether different life, the path of which would be only flower- strewn; no thorns, no briars to darken the picture of an otherwise bright life. What we now see as mistakes would have been changed into great, and glorious acts, noble deeds, attended by plaudits from people whom we deem capable of judging. False 2 Id foolish philosophy! Such a process of reasoning only proves that there is more unnecassary w01ry and discontentmentthan anything else in existence. If we never made any mistakes; if we never took any wrong steps, or did an y- thing to be regretted, there would be an over-supply of heroes and heroines to the eXtent that they would become common, and hence fail to be appre- ciated. ’A life that has all joy, unmixed with sorrow, disappointment or care, be- comes one dull, hum-drum affair, the duties of which would be performed merely because they had become habit- ual. cé}%.£23;fiyfikhefif’zgm. Wants a License. Byron C. Mead has applied for a li— cense to sell liquor at No. 58_Belden avenue ‘ The Heart of Chicago at Hoyt’ s The- atre to- -night. A new floor is being laid at the Phoe- nix Engine house. The city council will hold an adjourn: ed meeting this evening. The Haydn Musical club have organ- ized two chorusgsl, Miss Alida Ball, of Mott avenue, has returned home from a visit in New York. ' , Miss Edna Brush, of Franklin street, is spending a few days with George W. Raymond, in Darien. The Friday Afternoon club will hold their meeting this week with Mrs. D. W. Raymond of Crescent Terrace. "Fritz Olsen has decided to sell his well known'sloop “Kate C. Aiken” at auction, the Riverside pavilion and its launches meet a like fate at a like time. - DRUG STORES MAY, OPEN. They Will Not be Interfered -With.,on Sundays. The Hartford Italian fruit dealers, who have been compelled to 'close their \ places of business Sundays, owing to the enforcement of the Sunday law, have been quite active in their crusade to close the drug stores. They have lodged complaints against the drug stores who have sold soda and tobacco. The drug stores are not to be prosecuted however. Prosecuting Attorney Ca1- houn has consulted State Attorney Eg- gleson and Judge Bill, and they all agree that the Sunday law in Hartford . should be given the liberal construction . it receives throughout the state, and I this does not call for the prosecution of reputable drug stores. Mr. Calhoun said that while it may be unfortunate that drug stores sell a1~ ticles other than drugs, he did not think it was in the interest of the pub- lic that the sale of medicinesand drugs should be stopped Sunday. A ‘ ‘ v77 ‘ Struck on His Head. . , , George Mahr, a driver fo1 Manuel Hatch, is laid up at his home on Union street, South Norwalk, with a badly bruised head. He was throWn from a wagon on Marshall street Saturday af- ternoon, by the over-turning of the seat upon which he was sitting. The horse' was stopped before running far. Mr. Mahr’s wounds were dressed by Dr. Clark. \ Miss Florence Wilmott, of Elm street, is visiting in New York city. N orwalk Knights Templars will at- tend the annual conclave of the Com- mandery in Hartford, on Tuesday March 15th. “Al” Rowe expects to be out in a few days, and on crutches will explain why it was he kicked out a pane of glass . while under the spell of a nightmare some days since. Miss Clune proprietor of the Star laundry is on the sick list. General FrOSt gave an interesting lecture before the Lamont club, yester- day. ' Eddie, son of Florst and Annie Kuslik’ died at his home on Glenwood avenue, East Norwalk on Saturday, aged 2 years and 10 months. James O’Hara, night clerk at the Mahackemo hotel, spent Sunday with his parents at Danbury. The barges Van Deusen and McCol- lough are at Ferris’ wharf with cargoes of coal. Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. will meet at headquarters this evening. Builder J. R. Raymond, this morn- ing, commenced the construction of a barn for George Smith at Middle Five Mile River. George R. Van Alstyne has purchas- ed the stock of the insolvent estate of J. A. Pinneo and proposes disposing Of the same at his store in South Norwalk- The Whirligig of Time. Not long ago we thought it strange to find a crowing hen, but in this fun- ny age of change most women would be men. The girls who took our hearts by stoxm and made us how to fate, now tell us love is not good form, and mar- riage out of date. So as we live where bloomers bring no blush of modest shame, they used to want a diamond ring, but now a dia- mond frame. ‘ - _ Strange but; True. Bronco Bill—See any curious sights in New York, Tom? Tornado Tom—Wonderful, Bill. W’y, I'seen fellers smokln’ cigarettes right on th’ most crowded streets ’ith- out gittin' shot _at.—Jud§e. 4 A-‘ The Weather. Paitly cloudy weather, colder Tues- day morning. DEATHS. ALLEN. —In Stratford, Feb. 25, Mary ' Hoyt, widow of the late Lewis C. Allen, 7 in the 83d year of her age. , BEARDSLEY. ——In Stratford, Feb. 24., John B. Beardsley, aged 63 years. BURR.——At Greens Farms, Feb. 24, Lillie-M. Huntington,wife of William H. Burr, and daughter of Mrs. Esther . ‘ L. Huntington. DOWNES.——In Stamford, Feb. Mary G. Downes, aged 81 years. GREGORY.—In Bridgeport. Feb. 27, Martha Ann Gregory. widow of the late Allen Gregory, aged 77 years. KUPFER.——In Bridgeport, Feb. 24, John M. Kupfer, aged 51 years. NO0NAN.——In Bridgeport, Feb. 25, 24, J ohn-L. Noonan, aged 25 years.
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