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NORWALK, CONN, MONDAY EVENING, M1301. 7,1898,

 

 

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IlilBBEi’l N GHURIIH.

Mrs. Owen A. Riley and .- Mrs.
David Bernard the
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TheirgPockeibooks Stolen While They are
at Worship.

St. Joseph’s R. C. church at South
Norwalk, was yesterday the scene of
'one the boldest theft-s yet committed
within the environments of the town of
N01 .1.1lr.l’ts very boldness is no doubt
what contributed largely to the success
of the same, combined with what may

be termed carelessness on the part 0*

the victims.

Mrs. Owen A. Riley and Mrs. David
F. Bernard, the former a° resident of
South Main street and the latter of
Spring street, attended the 80’clock mass
at the church and occupied afront seat.

In the pew back of them were seated
two elderly women and a young. man
whose description will be given later
on. The young man seemed to be very
devout, and no special attention was
paid to his presence. '

Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Bernard went
forward to the altar, leaving their
pocketbooks in the pew. On returning
to the pew, Mrs. Bernard found that»
her pocketbook was missing, and Mrs.
Riley congratulated herself on find-
ing her own, as she supposed, intact.
An unsuccessful search was made for
Mrs. Bernard’s pocketbook, during
ing which time Mrs. Riley opened her
pocketbook and was startled to find
that its contents, about $60 had been
abstracted.

Mrs; Bernard stated her loss as be-

ing about eight dollars.

'As before stated the young man who
sat in the pew back of them attracted
some attention by Working his way out
of the pew and out of the church dur-

. ing thelsolemnity of the services, and a

fairly good description of him was
gained.

It is thought that the young man in
the pew back of that occupied by the
two victims is the guilty thief. '

He was a comparative stranger and,
described as being about 25 or 28 years
of age, smooth face, and dark complex-
ion, stockily built, and about 0 feet 8
inches in height, and as wearing a dark
blue sack suit and minus an overpoat.

It is asserted that he attended a meet:

ing at the church on Friday evening,

and as yesterday morning was appar-

. ently very devout.

For some reason or other Chief Voll-
mer was not notified of the robbery un-
til about 9:20, or after the thief had had

- a chance to reach the railroad station

and take either the 9:12 or 9:14 train

, going east and west.

 

The chief teck advantage of chances

. in his power to apprehend the thief

but up to 12 o’clock the fellow was at
large. I

The general opinion seems to be
that he had a confederate, who may be
known locally, and this opinion gains
credence by the fact that the supposed
thief took a sitting where he did. _

It was a bold theft and executed with
the art of a professional.

A Norwalk business man who was at

.the South Norwalk station yesterday

morning, awaiting a train going west,
noticed that there was a young. man on
the platform who while apparently
fairly well dressed lacked the seasona-

,'ble top dressing of a top co‘at, or in

other words an overcoat His descrip-
tion of the man tallies almost exactly
with that given of the party who is
supposed to have appropriated the

money at the church.

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Recent Deaths.
Willie C., 5011 of Charles H. amd Min-

, ' nie Oakes died at his heme in Roway-

‘ months.

ton yesterday, aged years and 4
Funeral, to- -m‘orrow.
Carl A.. son of Charles and Gertrude

', '. 1', Anderson died at his home 011 Grove

1 street, yesterday, age’d‘3 menthsf

' Fun-

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A woman won’t get very rusty if she
, reads even half the papers .her hus-
Q' band brings 110 me at night. '

' Seinonski.

the East Side.

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NORWALK TOUGHS.

Give Officers Sullivan and
O‘Connell of Bridgeport
a Fierce Fight.

One of Them Bit Ofi‘ O’Connell’s Finger.

 

Yesterday morning about 4:15 o’clock
as Ofiicers O’Connell and Sullivan of
the Bridgeport police force were going
off duty and coming from the second
precinct station, while passing along
Crescent avenue by Sexton’s stone yard,
they saw a bundle of clothes lying on
the ground. Just as they were picking
up the package three men rushed out
of the sheds and attacked the officers.

A big fellow grasped Officer O’Con-
nell and gave him a lively tussle in
which he came well nigh being worst-
ed. The assailant grasped the hand of
the officer and bit off a piece of his
forefinger,but the officer finally downed
the man. The other two men in the
scrimmage took to their heels and [led
down Crescent avenue. .Officer Sulli-
van discharged his revolver as a warn-
ing. The men ran across the railroad
bridge right into the arms of Officer
Weston who caught them both. The
trio were locked up'at the second pre-
cinct station. They gave their names as
John Barko, Michael Fordor and Steve
They said they belonged
in Norwalk and had come to Bridge-
a Visit to some friends On

Two of them indulged
They went into the stone-

port to pay

in a quarrel.
yard, pulled off their coats and were
preparing to fight when the officers

came upon them.

AMUSEMENTS.

Finnigan’s Courtship.

Murray & Mack, in a new combina-
tion of complications such as usually
beset Finnigan and Casey when they
wander forth together in quest of “a.
bit of fun” or “a hand in a dispute”
will constitute an evening of hilarious
fun when these two popular comedians
make their appearance at Hoyt’s The-
atre next Monday evening with their
great farce comedy “Finnigan’s Court-
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

The Chicago Inter Ocean says of the
Martin Uncle Tom’s Cabin company,
which comes to Hoyt’s Theatre VVed-
nesday evening March 9th:

“If there is any one play in existence

that has been abused, mutilated, and

presented in every conceivable shape,
it is Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” There are
people who sneer at the very mention
of the title, and, on the other hand,
there are many for whom the play has
acertain amount of fascination. The
familiar roles of Marks, Topsy, Eva,
Uncle Tom, George Harris, Eliza, Le-
gree and the rest were most acceptably
filled.” Matlnee 4. p. in. Children 10,
adults 25 cents. ‘

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The Highwayman.

“The Highwayman,” at the Broad-
way Theatre, has passed its first cen-
tury of performances, and is now well
on towards its second, with enough
energy in store to last out the season
of at least 300 performances or more.
The success of this really fine comic
opera establishes one moot point: i. e.
that the New York public is not given
over entirely to frivolity and trash;

that it will give a rousing welcome to

that which is artistically comic and
musically excellent. “The Highway-
ma‘n” proves too, that to be diverting
and satisfactorily pleasing, it is not
necessary that a musical comedy be
grossly salacious or glaringly absurd.

Miss Cam1lle D’Arville, the comic
opera prima donna par excellence of
the American stage, has replaced Miss
Hilda Clark as prima donna of the
Broadway Theatre Opera company.
Miss D’Arvillc has achieved a positive
triumph in “The Highwayman.” Her
splendid powers as an actress, fine
voice and figure have added greatly to
the merit of the performance.

Asa tenor Joseph O’Mara has es-
tablished himself as a great public
favorite,while Comedian Jerome Sykes’
“Constable Quiller" is an exceedingly
quaint and diverting performance.
The Broadway Theatre Opera company
may now be considered the very best
of its kind in America. ‘

 

N o matter how much we dislike peo-
ple we can never see why they should
not feel kindly disposed" toward us.

 

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WINNIPAUKVSGRAP.

A Suburh of Norwalk the
Scene of a Free-for-All--
Fight.

One of the Fighters Receives a Severe
' Drubbingu

VVinnipauk, after church hours last
night was the scene of what one of the
lockers-on is pleased toterm a- “bloody-
fight. ” '

It occurred not many hundred yards

from What is known as McGra’th’s sa- '

loon, and was participated in, by what
our informant says, three South N011-
walk, three Norwalk and three Winni-
pauk men, the most of them being un-
der the influence of intoxicants.

I According to report it was of the nat-
ure of a fight that you hit the first
head that bobs in the way of your fist.

And they went at it “hammer and
tongs” throwing science to the winds
and giving the man who happened to
be down a kick in the ribs or some
other vulnerable part of his anatomy,
not forgetting the heads.

One young man pluckily rose up af-
ter five knock downs but was finally
placed hors du combat by a blow that
sent his head against a fence with such
force that he was forced to retire from
the fracas.

The others continued the fight and it
went merrily on until all becoming
tired slowly dropped out and the fight
came to a finale.

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SMITH AND WALCOTT.

Matched for Twenty-five Round Contest for
' ‘ Bedding that W. H. Remington of that

a $2,000 Purse.

On Saturday Jack Rose, matchmaker
for the Horizon Athletic club of Bridge-
port, signed “Mysterious” Billy Smith
and Joe Walcott for a twenty-five round
boxing contest at catchweights to take
place in Bridgeport the fi1st week in
April.

A New Lighthouse Keener.

Captain Henry C. Thompson, keeper
of the lighthouse at Southwest League,
New Haven harbor,
the government service for twenty-one
years, was notified Saturday that to-
day he would be relieved from further
duty.
the, result of an investigation begun
about three weeks ago to ascertain the
truth of charges of neglect of duty and
intoxication prefei red against him.

Captain Thompson will he succeeded
as keeper by Frank C. Hall, who was
formerly assistant in the light on
Thatcher’s Island, Cape Ann, and who
has been Captain Thompson's assistant
for the past six months.

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~Ordination Services.

An ecclesiastical council has been
called by the Congregational church of
New Canaan to meet Tuesday for the
purpose of examining and ordaining to
the ministry, Albert B. Scoiield, a
brother of Arthur Scofield, of that
place. The examination will take
place at 10 a. m., and the ordination
ceremony at. ° p. m. M1. Scofield is
now pie-aching at East Southington,
Pa. The ordination sermon will prob-
ably be delivered by Rev. Samuel Sco-
ville of Stamford.

Grand Opera.

To-night and to-rnorrow the first
presentation of grand opera will be in-
augurated in Stamford by Manager 1.
M. Hoyt. The repertoire announced
is “Martha,” to-night; a special mat-
inee of “The Bohemian Girl,” Tuesday,
and splendid double bill of the “Pirates
of Penzance.’.’ and “Cavalleria Rustica-
na,” Tuesday night. A number from
N01 walk will probably attend.

MDOF—w
BEST 011- ALL
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per-
fect remedy, Syrup of Figs. , Buy the
genuine.
fornia Fig Sprup Co. only, and for sale
by all druggists, at 50 cents per bottle.

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A Missing Carpenter
Mark A. Patterson, 3. Bridgeport car—

» penter residing on Lincoln st1eet, dis-

appeared suddenly Thursday night and
as far as can be learned his whereabouts
is still a mystery.

'car at Fort W'orth, Tex.

who has been in

Captain Thompson’s dismissal is

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USED HIS. KNIFE.

“Grit” Kelly Receives Sev-
eral Slah Wounds in
a Fight.

He is Treated for the Same by Dr. w. l.
Tracey. I

Saturday night there was a row in a
Main street saloon in whlch the prin-
cipal participants were a colored man
known as Hank Schoolcraft and Wil-
liam Louden. . -

They were hustled out of the saloon
andf‘it- is asserted continued the fight
on the sidewalk and in the scrimmage,
Louden got the worst of it.

Not content with his so-called victory
it is alleged that Schoolcraft visited a
saloon ,on Wall street and later
gaged in a quarrel With a colored man
known as Grif Kellye

During the fight which lasted for
some minutes before it was quelled, the
man Kelly gave up and was taken home

en-

by his friends.

Yesterday morning, Dr. W. J. Tracey
was summoned to dress the wounds of
Ke‘ y
ma. ’s left arm and three or four on
the shoulder, all of which in his judg-
ment Were inflicted with a pocket-

He found five incisions on the

knife.

The doctor does not consider any Of
the wounds as being of a serious na-
ture unless perchance blood poisoning
sets: in.

It is not learned that any arrests
were made.

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Suffocated in a Car.
News has been received in West-

place (was suffocated in a refrigerator
A party had
entered the car and built a coal fire in
a can. ' The fumes killed four of them.
In Remington’s pocket was found a let-
ter from his mother in West Bedding.
The relatives decline to have anything
to do with the body.

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Excommunicated.

At St. John’s Slavonian ~(R. 0.)
church, Bridgeport, yesterday, a de'
cree of excommunication from Bishop
Tierney was readagainst Frank Hun-
yadi, Mathias Ocko and Joseph Seker-
vak. These three men have been ring-
leaders in the disturbances at the
church, for some time, and despite re-
peated warnings that they would be
cut off from the privilege of the
church, they have maintained their op-
position.

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Thanks.
The GAZETTE acknowledges the 1e-
ceipt ’of a copy of the special business
edition of “The G1eenville, S. C. Daily

News.”f10m ex-Judge James T. Hub-
bcll. Fromaperusal of its pages we

are of the opinion that Judge Hubbell
has cast his lines in a wide-awake pro-
gressive southern town.

Pigs in a Bag.

A Silver Mine man bemoans the loss
of a bag» containing two small pigs
which was taken or fell from his wag-
on, ‘while he was driving home on
Saturday.

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Struck a Bar.-

A horse belonging to Fred Rogers
and driven by a clerk in his employ
collided with a Street Railway car on
Main street near Cross street, at about
8:20 o’clock Saturday night.

The car was, as Motorman Smith
avers almost at a standstill when the
collision occurred. The wagon Wes
overturned and the driver thrown out
but he escaped seiibus injury. The
horse rpm but his flight Was stopped by
the wag on becoming cr wedged' 1n between
a telegraph pole and shade-tree. The
vehicle was badly wrecked and the
harness made fit for repairs.

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Elliott Richmond is removing his
household belongings to Danbury to-
day. ‘

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The hearing on the injunction case
as to the location of a blacksmith shop
near the St. John place has been ad-
journed for one week.

 

Walter Jennings has. accepted a
situation with a Bridgepért firm.
nut. a

'-——No claims, no amdavns,

GAZETTE advertisement gets there

every time.

October to May,

 

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EVE’S RAMBLINGS.

COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN, BY ONE
OF THEM.

 

An experienced widow on the subject
of choosing a husband suggests the fol-
lowing wrinkles to my readers:

For a man‘s birth look to his linen
and finger-nails, and observe the in-
flections of his voice. 1

ties, the pattern and hang of his
trousers, his friends and his rings, if
any. '

For his propensities, walk around
and look carefully at the back of his
head, and remember girls, never marry
a man whose neck bulges ever so little
over his collar.

If you want a successful man, see
that he has a neat foot; he will move
quicker, get over obstacles faster than
a man who falls over his own toes, and
trips up other folks with ’em too.

For his breeding, talk sentiment to
him When he is starving, and ask-him to
carry a bandbox down the public street
when you’ve just had a row.

To test his temper tell him his nose
is a little on one side, and you don’t
like the way his hair grows, and if that
don’t fetch .him nothing will.

To-night the annual city meeting
will be held, and I hope all of my read-
ers will remember my suggestion and
see that “hubby” is there to vote for
the library appropriation.

All of my friends. are of the opinion
that the estimates made by the city
fathers will be cut down considerably,
but I hope the library will pull through
all right.

Should this important institution be
crippled, I don’t know what the boys
and girls will do for their reading.
However, we all hope for the best and
it may be the men folks will be more
generous than we opine. '

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KNOB OUTING CLUB.

Many Improvements Oullihed for the Com-
ing Season.

 

The governing board of the Knob

-Outing club met Saturday night and

transacted business preliminary to the
opening of the season'of ’98.

Many new improvements were out-
lined, the most important of which be-
ing the erection of a balcony on the east
side of the second floor of the club
house. The question of running a free
daily buss from the trolley cars to the
club house during the season was also
discussed and will probably be adopted.

The club is in good financial” condi-
tion and expects to largely increase in
membership this year.

The annual meeting will be held in
the Mahackemo hotel on Shturday even—
ing, March 19, at 8 o’clock.

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The Orient.

Col. H. A. Saunders, the hustling
agent for the Orient bicycles. makes his
’98 how to the public in another column
of this issue. As a seller of wheels
Col. Hod has no superior and few
equals. As a hustler he stands at the
top, and mildew .never collects upon
his wheels as he is a firm believer in
printer’s ink, uses it freely and with
good effect. ~

Thismorning the celebrated Orient
septette, 01 bicycle for seven, arrived
at his N01 th Main st1eet store where

- it will be on exhibition.

The Colonel has also secured the ser-
vic >s of a skilled workman, and re-
pairing will be done at short notice.
He will also make a specialty of vul-
canizing._

Another feature of his ’98 opening is -

a full line of juvenile wheels which he
will have constantly on hand.

0. U. A. M

At the special session of the State
council. Order United American Me-
chanics, held in Hartford last week,
new by-laws were adopted. The most
radical alteration was the changing of
the time of the annual session from
The next annual ses-
sion will be held in Bridgeport in May,
1899.

The session was a veiy harmonious
one and the1e is leason to believe the
order now has laws which will be satis-
factory to every member in the state.

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Attorney Ferris’ New Niece.

A daughter was born to M11. and Mrs.
William C. Hamilton, nee Catherine
Ferris of South Norwalk, at Bridge-
port, yesterday. ' '

THEMAMUESTION
“Where will You Find theBest

Goods for- the least
Money ? ”

Al the Boston Slore, Norwalk.

PRICES FOR TUESDAY ONLY.
Pears’ and Packer’s Tar Soap, (250

size), 1210.
For his tastes, study the color of his

Dennison s Cre e Pa er. lain color
(180 grade) 10c. p p p 5’

Boys’ fifty Cent knee pants, 38c.

25c Hair brushes 19c. ,

380 Bicycle and plain talfetta gloves,
25c.

60 Unbleached muslin. 4e.

70 White Domet, 5c.

2 pg. 490 Dress goods, 290.

49c Night gowns, 390.

$7. 50 Black Kersey jackets, $3. 50.
7' Plate Glass Him or with oak frame,

soc.

190 six inch J ardiniere, 1211c.

7 bars Borax soap for 250.

100 Corset steels for 50 per pair.

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South Norwalk City Meetings.

The annual meeting of the City of 1
South N orwalk will be held to-night, at
which time the usual budget of appro-
priations will be considered. The
amounts asked for, will, it is stated,
necessitate the laying of an 8 mill tax,
which, it is further stated, does not
meet with the hearty approbation of
the taxpayers and the meeting, prom-
ises to be a lively one. '

The City council will probably meet
previous to the above meeting and ad-'
journ until tomorrow evening.

 

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Darien.

The beautiful weather yesterday
brought out large congregations in the
churches.

A number from Darien will attend
the Andrews Opera company’s perform-
ance in Stamford to-morrow night.

Dudley Tilley’s valuable New Found-
land dog is still among the missing.

The tax collector is now the n or t
shunned man in town.

Miss Sophia Bell of Noroton hill is
slowly recovering from the effects of
injuries which she sustained in a trolley
car accident a few weeks ago.

Fred Smith is steadily increasing his
GAZETTE route. ' I

Charles Weed from whose barn a
horse and Wagon were recently stolen,
has received word from officers in the
eastern part of the State that they are
on the track of the thief and the stolen
turnout.

Undertakers may come and under- ‘
takers may go, but the old reliable
Burchard will always be found ready
for business at the old stand.

Seth Lcunsbury died on Friday last
after a long illness. at his home on the
New Canaan road.

At thezCongregational church Sun-
day morning, the pastor took for his
text, “Union with Christ” and preach-
ed a most interesting sermon. In the
evening there was a gospel meeting.

R. H. Rowan, of South N01 walk
paid Darien a business visit on Satur-
day. ' ‘ i "

Mr. and Mrs.
daughter were
town on Sunday.

The monthly meeting of Eagle H. &
L. Co. will be held to-night.

M11. and Mrs. Edward Howard, have.
retured from their wedding" tour, and
the Darien Drum corps are, consider-
ing the guests,thinking of giving them.
a serauade.

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The Weather.

Fair to-night; fairand warmer Tues-

day.

Walter
visiting

Bates and
relatives in

 

BIRTHS.

HAMILTON. ——In Bridgeport, March
6, a daughter to William C. and Cath-
erine Ferris Hamilton.

 

 

DEATHS.

ANDERSON. —- In South N 01 Walk
March 6, Carl A.. infant son of Charles
and Gertrude Andeison of Gioev
street, aged 3 months.

GUNTHER—In Stratford, Conn. ., Ma).
4, Christian G. Gunther, aged ~18 yeals

' MENGES—-In Bridgeport, March 4,
Mrs. Caioline. widow of the late Wm.
Menges, aged 78 years”. 9months and 8
days.

OAKES.~—In Rowayton,
Willie 0., son of Charles H.
nie Cakes, aged 3 years.

SAUER—In Danbury, March 4, Elsa
Barbet Sauer, daughter of Eugene and
.Augusta Sauer, aged 1 year, 8 months,

M’ALLISTER- In Danbury March 4,.
Margaret A , infant daughter of John
and Mary McAllister,11 McDermott "
street, aged four months. ~ ‘ -

March a,
and Min-