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LOCALaAND OTHER :nrws.
The Norwalk Vassar girls have re-
turned home.
Ernest Cornell has returned from a
trip .to Savannah, Ga.
—To redUce stock. Special sale of
bicycles. Big discount for cash. J. T.
Prowitt, Norwalk. J 2 3t
Miss Edith Wilson of Wall street is
entertaining Miss Hattie Reed of
Bridgeport.
Mrs. .E. J. Thomas of Berkeley
street, has been entertaining Miss
Henrietta Bowen of Darien.
-—To reduce stock. Special sale of
bicycles. Big discount for cash. J.T.
Prowitt, 45 Main street, Norwalk.
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The yacht, W'ard V. will soon be plac-
ed in commission.
The first excursion booked for Rgton
is one of Starin’s, Saturday June 11.
—A chance for late buyers to get a
wheel at the right price. J. T.
Prowitt, 45 Main street, N orwalk.
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Mrs. William Underdown of Taylor
avenue is visiting in Astoria, L. I.
Mrs. W. F. Bryant, of East avenue,
lea'Ves to-day, for a week’s visit in
Georgetown.
—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted 'at his
ofiice in the parlors of the Mahackemé
Hotel, South N orwalk, Tuesday from
a. m. to 8 .p. 1):: Eyes examined free
. f . f5-tf.
William‘Warren 'a popular young
hatter is seriously ill at his home on
Prospect avenue. 2 '
J. R. Raymond the buildier; has .re-v
moved from his quarters ”on Water
street, South 'NorWalk,‘ to -' new ”and
dryer quarters near the steamboat
wharf. Mr. Raymond had occupied
the old quarters for the past fourteen
years.
——A chance for late buyers to get a
wheel at the right price. J. T.
Prowitt, N orWalk. J '2 3t
Eureka Rebekah Lodge, I.0.0.F.,»
held a sociable in their rooms in Hoyt’s
Theatre building last night. Ice cream
and cake were served and a very enjoy-'
able eveningspent.
Mrs. C. W. Seymour of Taylor ave-
nue is visiting friends in New York
and Long Island city.
, A number of the Stamford Y. M. GA.
bicycle riders wheeled to South N or-
walk last night wheresthey werejenter-
tained with music and other refresh-
ments by the local association.
Mrs. Sarah E. Belden is entertain-
ing a number of the members of the
Girls’ Needlework club at her home on
the Green, this afternoon.
Chester F. Tolles is confined to his
home with an attack of the rheumatism.
Charles Clark a well known Danbury
bicycle rider is visiting friends in town.
The Blossom club will wheel to Dan-
town to-morrow and returning will en-
joy a shore dinner at Beck’s.
Dr. S. H. Huntington prescribed for
a young‘ man who had been bitten by a
dog this morning.
If you haven’t already seen the Bos-
ton Store window display to-day you .
have missed a pretty sight. There is a
perfection of neatucss and patriotism
about at least one of them that is bound
to win your hearty approbation. ,
Arthur and Irving Scofield, the sons
OfRev. F. A. Scofield will graduate
from Hackensack Institute Wednesday
June 8th. Rev. Seofield will attend
the exercises. '
Miss Helen Swartz, Miss Grace R.
Byington and Homer M. Byington are
in New Haven tO-day attending the
Yale—Princeton games.
Daniel Shcehan a former N orwalk
school-boy will be ordained as a priest
at Buffalo -t0-day, by Bishop Quigley.
A son was born on Thursday to Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Mallory-Bullock, at
Denver, Col.
Homer M. Byington arrived home
from Naples last evening.
Remember the Maine.
“Like a thief in the dark,
With an electric spark,
It was done in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them ‘remember the
Maine.’ ”
RJEV..AR_TH_UR sun.
Beposed Minister Wants His
Back Salary and Donation
Party.
Says the Norfield Society Has Not Ful-
filled lts Agreement. '
Rev. C. M. Arthur. the} deposed
pastor of the N orthfield Congregational
The
case was returned to the May term of
against the church 'for his salary.
the court of Common Pleas.
Rev. Mr. Arthur was tried several
months ago before a council of [the
church over which Rev. Dr. DePeu of
Bridgeport presided, and after hearing
the evidence, it was recommended that
he sever his pastorate. Charges of ir-
regularity were made against him, his
standing in the church was attacked
and his past record brought before the
council. The clergyman was subse-
quently dismissed bythe church, and
he now seeks to recover his salary for
the year ending in April, 1899.
In his complaint Mr. Arthur says,
that in 1896 he entered into a contract
with the trustees of the church to
preach at a salary.of $4.6.per month
with the use of the parsonage and a.
promised donation party once a year
thrown. in. This condition Of things,
was to last until April, 1898. Subse-
quentl y another agreement was entered
was to continue at the head of the
flock for the term of one year from
April 1, 1898, on the same terms.
Mr. Arthur was dismissed the early
part of February. He now claims $36
due for the balance of that month, 846
for the month of March and 853- as the
possible value Of the barrels of pota-
toes, the bags of feed, the pairs Of
slippers, the quilts and other articles
which should'have been his at the do-
nation party which never came. This
is the case for the first count.
The second count claims a year’s
salary, the value of the occupancy of
theparsonage and the worth of a sec-
ond donation party, all equal to about
$650.
The donation feature raises a great
issue, which, as far as the books show,
has never been passed upon by the
courts. In “ye olden times” the re-
turns from the donation party furnish-
In this
instance Mr. Arthur places the figure
at $50, about one-tenth of his annual
income. It will rest upon Judge Curtis
ed most of the pastor’s salary.
to say whether this amountiseXCessive,
or whether It had been placed too low.
Just how he will arrive at conclusions
on this point appears now to be rather
difficult, Possibly the plaintiff will
furnish interesting evidence from pre-
vious experience. If so it
doubt furnish a basis for all future
will no
actions of this character. The decision
terest.
Attorney J. J. Walsh, of this city,
L“appears for the plaintiff, while GJLlld
& Tracey, of Bridgeport, represent the
defendant society.
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church of Weston, has brought suit'
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THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN—THE ATTACK] ON MORRO. FROM HARPER’S WEEKLY AFTER A DRAWING BY CARLTON T. CHAPMAN.
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~0PEN|NG SERVICES.
The first Urgently the-New
Methodist cunning: Batu?-
r‘ed’ Last Night.
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A preliminary or Opening service
previous to the dedicatoxy services
which open at-the new andprobably
one of the finest, if not the finest,
Methodist churches in this section of
the state, took placeflast evening. . '
While this seiivice was of an informal,
character and held only that the public
might the better anticipate what was
in store for them to-morrow, and at
leisure enjoy the beauties of the church,
there were fully twenty or more speak-
ers and it was nearly 12 o’clock when
the sexton put out the final light.
Representatives were present from
nearly all if not every church in town,
and included Revs. Gerald H. Beard,
T. K. Noble, F. A. Scofield. A. J.
j I ,;:The Bombardment: of San hi n .
iéproved..a '- bitter disappointment to the
‘gAmericans, - it ,was full of incidents
iinterest-ing enough to the general pub.
lic. _ ‘Ghiéffatndng these events was the
bombtii‘dment. 9f San Juan, On, “the
jisland: Of PortoLRi‘cO, 'which 'tOOk place
he ‘Msif.12{a.fie@j;esié v.0..Serrrson’v-flset
eits fil‘SfiiQPporw. .' I.
3 edly' inac “Edgflffiféi'é- " .-.A[. illustration
,_by * Chapman, reproduced today from
.~‘- 2' Harper's ;Weekly’,“ attords ’a 'vivid pic-’
“1’5tureolf"th;.:aifaii"." '- -- * ‘
i -.-_;The .Aiiie.}ican asqufi'di‘o'ngwas com:
: posed 'of ten battle-ships, monitors, and
" cruisers.- ~-During the night of May 11
they'apprOached 'San' Juan from the
northwest; and on the morning Of‘the
l2th‘3all hands were called and break-
thenknew thatgunpowder was to be
burned, and they were correspondingly
jubilant. With the first rays of dawn
the call to quarters was sounded, and
the final preparations made for active
work on the Spanish fortifications
which protect theharbor. Headed by
the, Iowa, which had been selected by
Admiral Sampson as his flag-ship, the
formidable column of fighting boats
made three circuits before the forts,
pouring in their fire at an average
range of about 1,800 yards. The guns
,of the enemy were worked vigorously,
but with the usual result. Not since
modern rifles with gun sights were
Smith, R. _O. Sherwood and, (J’- H.
Haulenbeck, Gen. Russell Frost, Hon. ‘
John H. Ferris, cx-Mayor R. H.
Rowan, J. M. Layton; and J. C. Haw-
kins. of East Norwalk and others.
Freeman’s orchestra furnished music
for the occasion.
An admission of 25 cents was charged
which will be used in defraying a part
of the dedicatory expenses.
The dedicatory services to-morrow
include asermon. by Rev. George P.
Mains, D. D. of New York, at 10 o’clock;
a Union service and sermon by Bishop
W. F. Mallalieu, D. D. L. L. D. at 3
o’clock, and a sermon by Rev. D. ‘G.
Downey of New York. ‘
An entertaining evening service has
been arranged, in fact all the services
are supplemented with music, respon-'
sive readings, etc. all of which combin-‘
ed to make an evening of marked pleas-
ure. ‘ ,
The dedicatory exercises will be con-
tinued until Sunday, June 12th, for.
which a first-classprogramme of exer-'
cises has been arranged.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Ferris have
been entertaining at "The Homestead,”
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Clark, ' of
Hilborough, England. 7 . ‘ ‘- '.
Mrs. Josephine Valentind, of Ford-
ham, N. Y., has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. 'VV. H. Ferris, VVeSt
street.
‘ mor'row evening at the church.
invented has anyone seen such shooting
as from the shore batteries of San
Juan. The count rose into the hun-
dreds. with never a hit, and it was dif-
ficult for the commander-inchief to
, prerent the smaller, unprotected cruis-
' ers from recklessly exposing them-
selves to possible destructiOu by run-
ning close in to the shore. On the
American side the marksmanship was
efi'ective after the range was secured,
and Indst of the works were damaged
and the guns of the Morro silenced.
The last shot was fired at five o’clock,
and the order to retire was reluctantly
obeyed.
It is hard to form any idea of the
value of the short bombardment. In
connection with the withdrawal of the
fleet, it must be remembered that the
Admiral had reason to expect an en-
gagement with the fleet of the enemy,
. and this covered many obvious reasons
for not continuing the bombardment of
San Juan. Apparently the battle was
an incident of the war, likc‘the action
_ at Matanzas, proving again the lack of
training of the Spanish and the cool-
ness and ability of the Americans.
Only two of the several hundred shots
from the‘ enemy were felt by our ships.
The Always Ready circle, K. D., of
the Methodist church will meet with
Mrs. Henry Chasmar VVcdneslay after-
noon. ‘
The regular monthly consecration
service of the league will be held to-
Har-'
vey M. Kent will lead the meeting.
B; F. Andrei/vs arrived home from
.“Vesle-‘vaii college to-da y.
I Although the first search Of Admiral f
Sampson for Cervera’s elusive squadron. :
Ity to'engage concert- ,,.
fast-served at three o’clock. The men 3
’ as storehouses and stables,
Darlen and. Noroton.-
The hand-icap' games of the Wee
‘iBurn Golf Club will be_,continued. to-
{day' One feature of special interest in
"~ the play will be an encounter between
tithe ladies. They 'having tied their
fplace will be» watched with much
,'.interest1 ' ' ‘ 7
‘ Mr. and"Mrs.’ Frank MacGregon and
.itwo‘children have returned to Bethe'l
‘fafter a visit With Mr. and Mrs. C. F
iClock, of Prospect avenue. 9
f I Dr. G. H. 'Noxon has broken .ground
l for. the new block he proposes to erect
Eon‘the Brady lot, opposite the Town
ghall. . C. B. Finch, of N oroton, has the
contract to build the structure, and
John Stevens will lay the foundation.
The Merritt road-making plant has,
after considerable delay, caused by bad
weather, commenced operations on the
3east side of Noroton Hill. Part of J. C.
Klinefelter’s barns are being utilized
for the
equlpments and horses
residence of Albert Scofield. ‘
Harry and Benjamin St. John are
recovering from a severe illness.
Members of the M. E. church are
making extensive preparations for the
celebration of Children’s Day, June 12.
Mr. and Mrs. William Weed will
celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of
June 15.
The work of macadamizing the road
between Noroton and Darien is finish-
ed. It will be one of the best portions
of the Boston turnpike.
Clarence Scofield’s entire family has
been ill with the grip at various times,
recently. The head of the fam1ly was
the last to be attacked, but he is now
convalescent.
The monthly meeting of Volunteer
Hook and Ladder Co. will be held next
Monday evening. Business of impor-
tance will be transacted and it is desir-
ed that the full membership will be in
attendance. :
Several weeks ago Mrs. F. B. Chad-
derton broke her ankle. Under the
treatment of Dr. J. H. White she has
improved, and Thursday night rode
her bicycle for the first time since re-
ceiving the injury.’
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Pawnbroker Arrested.
The case of the state vs. Fienberg,
the former Washington street pawn-
broker, has oeen continued. Fienbgrg
is charged with having received in pawn
a watch from a minor named Nellie
Jenks. The latter was given 40 cents
onasmall 0pm silver watch, which
amount she expended for a circus ticket,
a glass of lemonade and some peanuts.
When attempt was made to redetm
the watch, Fienberg on various pre-
texts failed to deliver the Stme and
hence his arrest.
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Charles E. Lockwood will shortly
commence daily trips to New York as
a. messenger. . .
’7 scores on saturday,‘ the battle for first ”
, Miss Maud Mather is visiting at the ’
their marriage, W’ednesday evening,
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Olive Gray, ' 1700
Vivian SoderstrOm, ‘ 1349
J ohn-Murphy, 1375
Fred Smith, ' 869
Lester Comstock, 1647.
Mary Duffy, 151
Fred E. Conley, 236
Bessie M. Stanley, 366
Joseph Methias, : 100
Lucy Wicks; ; 1 ~ ' .. 22
‘ George Bertlne, . .59-
R. M.Rose. ' ’ "21-
Annie Dauchy, . 20
Willie English, 88.
Edith Foster, 129
Arthur Evans, ’ 51
May Smith, 23
AnnieClune, . 12
May Williams, 8
S. Louise Sutton, 22
Charles Mott, 50
Thomas Hunt. ' 10
George H. Hewitt, 64
Hugh Marron, 53
Mena Ambler, 3
Eugene Davis, 3
J. H. Carpenter, 2
J. McNerney, 9
C. F. Osborn', 64
Tillie Spicer, 65
F. McNaughton, 59
Lillie Hyatt, 2.
Florence Carl, ’6'
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