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VOL. VIII. No.1931
NORWALK, CONN., MON DAY EVENING, AUGUST 15,1898.
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Arthur Larsen Hasa Narrow
Escape From Drowning.
He is Rescued by Fred Londguist orEast
Norwalk.
Arthur Larsen, of Pine street, aged
agent 13 years, had a close call from
drowning at South Norwalk, yesterday
afternoon and such would prObably
have been his fate but for the prompt
action of a young man who happened
=t.o be near by at the time of the acci~
dent. '
In company with several other lads
of about his° own age, Arthur was on
the coal run at Ferris’ wharf.
They were engaged in playing “rail-
and used the coal cal-I
roacling” as
their train.
The car was run up and down the
tracks several times without accident
to any one, and was properly switched
off on to a safe siding.I
Finally the car came booming down
the track with young Larsen giving
the signals. In so doing he failed to
notice his close proximity to the edge
of the run and over backward he went
into the water. I
His playmates were too frightened to
render him any assistance.
At this time a young man named
Fred Londquist was coming across the
Washington street bridge and saw the
boy fall.
Not waiting to divest himself of any
of his clothing he jumped over the rail
of the bridge and swam out to theroy
and succeeded in getting thold on him
as he was going down for the third; ,
‘ and thought the school board had done
time.
The little fellow who could not Iswim
grabbed Londquist around the neck
, and so effectual washis hold that he
threatened drowning his would-be
rescuer. I _ I
The schooner Abraham Richardson
was at a wharf near by and a boat
was lowered, the drowning lad and
rescuer were hauled into the same and
taken ashore and resuscitated.
Considerabletrouble was experienced
in reviving the boy but he was finally
enabled to return home.
Londquist was taken to the home of
Frank C. Becker near by, where he
was provided with an entire change
of clothing besides receiving other
needed services. ‘
His own suit a valuable one was
practically ruined, and both his silver
and gold watch badly damaged.
But for his prompt action, for which
he merits no small meed of praise, the
Larsen boy would no doubt have been
drowned.
Robbed a Domestic.
Annie Costello, employed as a domes-
tic at the City hotel, mourns the loss of
her pocketbook containing $5.25. Dur-
ing her absence some sneak thief, Sun-
day morning, went into her room and
appropriated the same. A party was
arrested on suspicion and searched by
the police, but as none of the missing
money Was found in his possession, he
was discharged.
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A Good Catch.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Norton went out
Saturday afternoon for a short season
of blackfishing. On their return they
had twenty-three fish of which number
one weighed 5‘} pounds and another 4%
pounds. The two latter were hooked
by Mrs. Norton.
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Annual Outing. ,
The South N orwalk Fish club held
its annual clam bake on one of the
Norwalk islands yesterday. It was a
great feast and one that was greatly en-
joyed by the club and a few of its
friends.
To Doney Island.
The Steamer Belle Horton will make
an excursion to Coney Island next Sun-
day, leaving her wharf at South Nor-
, walk at 9:15 a. m. The fare will be
~sixty cents. ,
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Look at Your Tickets. ,
The following ticket drew the bi-
cycle given away at the Boston Store,
Saturday night: Date 8~13; salesman 3;
book 1; binding 360; red number 30.
' tion was the best place in town.
A HOT MEETING.
Greens IFarms Torn‘Up Over a
PropOsed Change of
School House.
Variety of Opinions Over the Offer Made
by a Wealthy New Yorker.
The hottest school meeting ever held
in Greens Farms took place on Friday
evening last. Neighbors who have
always been fast friends are now at
The
cause of all the trouble is the proposi-
tion of E. T. Bedford, a wealthy New
Yorker, who wants to build a new
school house for Greens Farms, which
he proposes to exchange for the present
school house which is situated directly
across from Mr. Bedford’s handsome
swords points with each other.
residence. .
Mr. Bedford went to the school board
about a month ago and told them that
if they would give him the present
school house and land he would build
a new school house with all the modern
improvements and would give it to
Greens Farms in exchange for the
present structure and land. The board
held a meeting a few weeks after Mr.
proposition.
to have two looms The old one has
would be a big benefit to the district
and so told Mr. Bedfmd they would
make the exchange. .
All the residents _ofIGreens Farms
were pleased with Mr. Bedford’s offer
the right thing until~they found out
that the lot Mr. Bedford was going to
build the new school house on was sit-
uated next to the railroad track. In
the winter time there is generally a
pond on the lot as it is on the meadows.
The residents thought the locality
would be an unhealthy as well as a
dangerOus place for a school house.
They changed their minds about the
ac: ion of the school board and instead
of upholding the bead began to criti-
cise.
Nothing else but the school house
question eas been discussed in . Greens
Farms for‘ the past two weeks and when
the annual school meeting was called
to order Friday evening the largest
crowd in the history of Greens Farms
was present. The board explained to
the meeting why they had exchanged
school houses as they thought it was a
benefit to Greens Farms. This did not
seem to meet with the approval of the
meeting and some pretty hot argu-
ments took place. I
The chairman of the meeting had
hard work to keep order. One man
got up and said he thought it was a
shame to exchange a good location for
a poor one and threw all kinds of slurs
at the school board. Some men pres-
ent were in favor of havingagraded
school near the old Adams’ academy,
while others thought the present loca-
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few were in favor of the new location.
One of the interesting parts of the
meeting was reached when everyone
persisted in kicking at the same time
and no. one would give way to the
other. After a hot debate for over
two hours it was voted to leave the
matter in the hands ,of a committee
composed of John J. Alvord and George
Jennings. Ever since the meeting
nothing else has been talked of in
town. It is said that a special school
meeting will be called in the near
future, and, as one of the residents
said, “Then look out for squalls. ”
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Lieut. Col. Hendrie Now in Command.
Lieut. Col. C. W. Hendrie has re-
ceived official notice of the resignation
of Col. Sheridan. So far there is no
order for an, election, although it is
quite within the range of possibility
that it will come very soon, and, when
it does, those in the military circles
directly affected feel confident that
Lieut. Col. Hendrie will fill the bill.
8UNDAY____ BROWNING.
A Young Man Loses His Life
in the River.
New York Young Man Meets With :1 Fatal
Mishap.
A very sadIdrowning accident hap-
pened Sunday afternoon in Housatonic
riverInear the Sound View hotel, Strat-
ford, which will add to the sorrow of a
mother who is a widow of buta month’s
duration. ' 'I
The victim was Conrad Ruhl, aged
21 years, who for a month has been
the proprietor of a prosperOus lock-
smith shop on Seventh avenue, near
20th street, New York, having succeed-
ed his father at the latter’s death and
had very bright prospects before him.
The accident happened a few min-
utes before noon and it was 3:15 p. m.
before the body was recovered.
Young Ruhl was of a quiet disposi-
tion and of good habits and came to the
Sound View hotel on the invitation of
George Gillot, an intimate friend who
with his family had spent the week,
previous at the hotel.
Yestel day about 11:30 0 'cloIck, the
tide beingdllgh, the entire part-y stop-
_ _ -. -» . i g at he. hotel decided to 0”0 in bath-
Bedford’s Vlslt and voted to accept-the '.p I'I' I "III” ' ' '. . I: I
' ‘lng-'and--.Ruhl was lnv1ted to accom-
The new school house. ‘ ‘
accordinor to Mr. Bedford’s l I I '
” p ans, was She could riot- swim but would enjoy a
pIail'y'Ithend, which he did saying that
,di in the Vatel
only one 10.0m The board thought it ' pII I
The palty enjoyed the bath and all
had retulned to the hotel except young
Ruhl and Donald E. Watson, another
New Yoiker of the party with whom
he climbed into a round bottom dory
that was tied to a small sloop that lay
at the foot of Bond’s dock. I .
The boat - was partially filled with,
water and as they climed in the clsah’t
tipped .to one side and shipped more
water and would not sustain the weight
of b‘othgnen and began to sink. Both
men‘hastily scrambled over the side
into the water. ' Watson was on. the
side towards the sloop and pulled him.-
self aboard the larger craft. Ruhl was
not so fortunate, he lost his hold and
was carried towards the sloop 'by the
swift current for which the Housatonic
at this point is noted.
He went down once and as he came
up longside the sloop Watson reached
and grasped one of his hands, but to no
purpose, for the reach was a long one.
A strong hold was not obtained and the
strong current pulled the young man
away from VVatson’s grasp. He was
carried by the current beneath the
sloop and this was the last seen of him
alive.
Watson cried for help which
responded to by everyone in hailing
distance; but to no purpose for Ruhl’s
was
‘body had been sWept away by the cur-
rent
procured and work was commenced to
recover the body which was found a
quarter of a mile dewn stream.
The remains were taken in charge
by Undertaker Ford of Bridgeport
and now are at his morgue.
A telegram was sent to the young
Grappling irons were at once
man’s mother.
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Sympathy For Olds.
The situation of Engineer Olds of
the Consolidated road, through whose
neglect the recent'fatal accident at
South Norwalk occurled, is an ex-
ceptionally painful one. He is an old,
faithful and painstaking engineer and
how it happened that he went ahead
with signals against him it is impossi-
ble for him to tell, nor can his friends
explain it. A momentary loss of that
mental alertness and self possession
that are essential in such a position is
the only possible explanation, and as
to the causes of that condition, all is
mystery still. The terrible consequences
are plain enough, however, and sad
enough for all parties concerned.—
Bridgeport Standard.
Old Glory Still There.
The flags that were flung to the
breeze in this city last May are most of
them badly tattered and torn, but they
are “still there,” and the war is over.
The GAZETTE, flag would have been
among them had not the storm of July]
4th wrecked the flagstaff.
,terday afternoon,
KILLED 0N TRACK.
Miss May Brown Struck by
the Pittsfield Express.
The Accident Occurred ata Railroad Cros-
sing in Wilton.
Train 19, south bound from, Pitts~
field, and known as the Pittsfield ex-
press, due at South Norwalk, at 5:14,
struck and killed at Wilton crossing,
on Saturday afternoon, a woman named
I May Brown.
_ Miss Brown was a well-known resi-
dent of Wilton and was about 40 years
of age. I
In attempting to cross the track it is
thought that she caught her foot be-
tween the plank and the rails and
before she could release herself the ex-
press swooped ‘down on her and threw
her into the air, causing, it is believed,
instant death.
When she was picked up it was
found that her head was badly crushed
and that one foot had been severed
just above the ankle. _
Medical Examiner Graham was sum-
moned and rendered a verdict of acci-
dental death. '
Bell lsland.
Miss Ca1r-oll a1 tist, and Miss Silli-
man, artist. both of New Yor k, and Mr.
and Mrs. E. BroWn andfamily of the
same city, who have been enjoying a
vacation at Union Cottage,Bell Island,
returned home today. Mr. C. Clark
of Brooklyn, is now domiciled at the
same house.
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A Monster Blackfish.
While fishing off Copps’ rocks yes-
Gaptain Charles
Breather-ton caught a blackfish weigh-
ing 7-} pounds.
ENGINE DERAILED.
Train Running to it.
,But the Derailing .Switch Was in Good
Working Order. and the locomotive .
and Cars Were Saved'a Plunge
in the Harbor.
SwitCh engine No. 117, of South Nor-
Fields, jumped the
track with five cars Saturday fore-
noon, east of the Sterling street cross-
At. the time the
engine with ten cars attached I was
running toward the crossing. ‘ The
draw bridge, some 300,feet beyond,
Was open.
walk, I Engineer
ing in Bridgeport.
Fortunately the derailing
switch was opened, and this .threw .the
englne and cars off the track and saved
» them from plunging into the harbor, or
at least having a very narrow escape
f1 om so doing. '
At the time of the accident the
switcher-and train was on the d0wn
or west-bound track. There were ten
cars attached to the switcher, which
was backing the train down. When
tender ‘Joseph Carroll had occasion to
open the draw. There is a- big curve
tender could not see the switcher and
train. When Carloll opened the draw
he set the signal near'Clare'Ihce Jet-feet
and also _w 01 ks the der ailing switch
It happened that the engine was light
under the signal when, it shot up, and
for that reason the engineer did =Inot
see it. Half of his train of cars had
passed beyond the opening cf the de-
ralling switch, so when it opened it
threw off only five cars and the locomo-
the train was at Cla1 once street, D1 aw- I
in the road between the draw biidge -
‘ and Clarence street so that the br 1d are-
to indicate that the draw was- open, I
tive. The train was running '80 ill-53
that it went 200 feet after born-s (lea
railed, tearing up It e road “bed 585315
Draw Bridge Opened and.
cutting into the sea. ‘
It took the wreckers just an hoar"‘to
get the cars and locomotive replaced
on the track. Very little damage was
done, and traffic on the line was not
delayed by the accident.
trains f1 om the east were switched to
the east tracks ovel the b1 idge, and to
131 more
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Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals for the carpenter,
mason, plumbing and painting work in
the construction of the Norwalk hos-
pital will be received by the Hospital
association until noon Saturday, {Au-
gust 27th, 1898. Plans and speCifica-
tions can be seen at the office of Ferris
S. Morehouse, architect, Washington
street, South Norwalk.-,‘ All bids to be
addressed to John H. Ferris, President
Hospital Association. _
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"Ripé Old Age. . ~
Seymour Comstock, of New Canaan
celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday on
Friday last. The old gentleman 1senv~
joying good health, and is hale End
hearty fox one so far advanced in yeals.
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The Weather.
Th1 eatening I‘weIather'I to- night and
Tuesday: Warmer in the interim Tues—
day morning. ' ' -
oIAdverttseI . in the GAZETTE.
DEATHS. “S, I 11
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CURTIS—In Gaylordsville, August 3,
Mrs. M. M. Curtis, aged 78 years.
MURPHY—In Bridgeport, August 13,
Michael F. Murphy.
PADDOCK—~In Danbury, August 13,
Maria, 'widow of the late Hiram Pad-
dock, of Brewsten, N ..Y.,' aged 77 years.
PARMALEE—In Newtown, August'ld,
Mary B. ., wife of John B. Pal malee.
aged 66 years.
VVILDMAN—In Great Plain. August
13,Ma1ga1et T. Wildman, widow of
Russel Wildman, aged 72 years
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Fine
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Suits, I
at $10.00.
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COUNTst 'GRE'I-ITEST : STORE.
Light Weight.
J he acts
To take with you on
your vacation,
atrHalf‘ Price
In order to Sell Goods
1011 MUST HAVE THE STOCK.
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That is the reason why the Boston Store isIalways doing business.
We carry complete stocksin all departments. All sizes in Shirt
Wale-,ts all sizes in Underwear, all sizes in Shirts, all Widths in
Ribbons, &c., 810. my“
50 dozen shirt waists, all sizes that
were $1.25 and $1.50 allat one price 1100.
16 doz. shirt waists to close, 25c each.
50 ladies vests, low or high neck,
with or without sleeves, 25c.
Ladies ribbed Itop stockings, fast
black, 2 palrs 25c.
Linen Crash Suits
That were $4.75 and $5.00, now $2.50
to close.
Linen Separate Skirts
that were $2 .25, lengths .38 to 40. to
close, $1.75. Api on fronts.
Plain duck skirts, 75c and 980,
The 750. soft bosom shirt, we will
close at 500.
Boy’s wash pants, 25c
,. Boy’s wool pants, ' - -'50c. ' ’
Boy’s Overalls, ' 25c:
Flounced duck skirts, $1.75.
$1.00 50ft bosom shirts, with cuffs, 75c.
25c boy’s sweaters,we will close at 15c.
Remember, we give a first—class ‘Bz’crcle away, Saturday, éI/lugust 13tha1f 10}
White lawn waists, 750.
Bathing Suits.
25 per cent off to close.
White Lawn Waists.
‘ Tucked front 98c, these is worth $1.50.
Hammocks.
To close them all out we will take 25
per cent ofi'.
Two car loads of fruit jars.
. P. K. white waists, $1.25.,
Boy’s Blouses. 13"
980 ones to close out, 500. .
25cIorgaIndies, beautiful line that we.
sold all season for 250, now-12431:,
Door and Window Screens
To close at low prices.
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theii own tracks just west of the
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