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VOL. VIII. NO.1985 'NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST’ZO, 1898. PRICE ONE CENT
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‘ Deputy Revenue Clerk Sloan
Visits a Main Street
Saloon.
The Owner Mulcted to the Tune ol Fifty
Dollars."
Deputy collector E. N. Sloan of
Bridgeport, in his line of duty called
at the‘saloon of Emil Rosenthal last
night and advised Mr. Rosenthal that
i he was not complying with the law in
reference to the sale of intoxicants.
l . Mr. Rosenthal paid $50 and now feels
' comparatively safe. He says that it
was a mistake on his part as to. what
was required by law in regard to the
Wholesale of beer.
He denies the stories circulated that
.hc was in the rectifying business, and
says that such story was started by
envious saloon-keepers. . ‘
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BOOMED POPULATION.
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Manager Fred Mitchell Must Now Pay
for His Enterprise.
Manager Mitchell, of the New Brit-
ain theatre, is in trouble. He was in
this city this morning conferring with
some city ofiicials about paying a city
license to run his theatre in New
_ Britain. _
" During the past year, Mr. Mitchell
got some letter-heads printed, on which
he had the population of New Britain
as being 30,000. The census of the city
only shows between 16 and 17 thousand.
The authorities in that city are bound
to hold Mr. Mitchell to his letter-head
- which says there are 30,000 inhabitants,
and intend to enforce him to pay a li-
cense. The officials of this city told
Mr. Mitchell that a letter-head did not
make the population of a city, and they
thought the authorities in New Britain
could not make the theatrical man pay
the desired sum. - They referred him
, to some city officials in Hartford and
‘" Mr. Mitchell left for that‘city, to find
out if possible if he was obliged to pay
the required amount in order to open
his theatre. Mr. Mitchell said he
would pay the amount if he had to, but
not before—Bridgeport Post.
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A Nuisance. .
Complaint is made of the noise made
by the engines on the Consolidated
road taking water at the tank near the
Washington street bridge during the
early morning hours. To add to the
disturbance the trainmen seem to vie
" ith each other in shouting the loudest.
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New Boxes.
Postmaster" Keith is in receipt of
three new postal boxes, one of which
.will be placed in front of the post of~
afice, another near the Norwalk club
rooms and the third at the Electric
Light station. They are of the latest
“improved” pattern.
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_ New Joint Stock Company.
The H. R. Halevcompany has been
organized in Hartford to manufacture
and- sell proprietary articles and medi-
cines. The capital stock of the com—
pany is $200 divided into eight shares
at the par value of $25 each. ~ The en-
,‘Atire capital‘has been paid in.
‘ Mr. Hale formerly conducted the
drug store at the corner of Wall and
Main streets, this city.
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Annual Outing.
The annual outing of the Old Elm
Tree club will take place on Sunday,
August 28th. The objective point will
be the Lakeside Inn where a shore
: “dinner will be in waiting for them.
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. .F- A. Hull and family held a family
picnic at Bell Island yesterday, The
, ull- family are summering at the
island. ' .
Sic—6N0 VIGTIM.
Engineer Dms Dies at
His Home in New Ro-
’ chelle.
, ,Wadta Victim. of the Railroad Achdent
at South Norwalk Thursday,
August 4.
News was received in this city, to-
day announcing the death of Engineer
Olds at his home in New Rochelle.
It will be remembered that Mr. Olds
was the engineer of the express train
that crashed into a “switcher” train at
South Norwalk on August 4th, result-
ing in the death of Isaac Davis, a
brakeman, and serious injuries to
others. ‘
Engineer Olds was badly hurt and
scalded, but it was not thought at the
time that his injuries were of a fatal
nature. I
He was taken to the Norwalk hos-
pital from which institution he was
discharged on August 9th.
In the meantime Coroner Doten had
made an investigation of the details
surrounding the accident, and found
Olds guilty of negligence to obey the
signal set against him, and a warrant
.was issued for his arrest on the charge
of manslaughter.
He promptly furnished bonds and
was released. He had an excellent
record on the road. He could never
fully account for the accident, and felt
his position keenly, although at no
time trying to excuse himself.
News of his death will come as a
great surprise to his many friends who
had been led to believe his injuries
not liable to prove fatal.
The immediate cause of his death
was not known here at noon to-day.
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ojnoeneo TD CAMP. .
Second and Fourth Regiments Will Go
to Niantic.
Adjutant General Haven, yesterday
afternoon, issued orders for the en-
campment ‘of the Second and Fourth
regiments, brigade, signal corps and
machine gun battery, at Niantic for
one week from September 12.
A Sad Case.
An old man, who had imbibed too
freely of intoxicating beverages was
found this morningby George Wel-
lestrom of Ludlow street, lying in the
gutter on South Pacific street fast
asleep. He was covered with mud and
was in a terrible condition. Mr. Wel-
lestrom woke the old man and helped
him to rise. He gave his name as
George Francis and. said he was from
North Wilton and said he was on his
way to New York city. As he had
partially slept off the effects of his
drunk he was able to proceed in that
direction—Stamford Telegram.
Big Injuns.
A large contingent of Red-Men from
Konckopotanauh tribe of Bridgeport,
came to this city by trolley last night
and paid a fraternal visit to the
Cockenoe tribe, and they were enter-
tained in a satisfactory manner. The
cars on which they journeyed were
neatly decorated with flags and the
fish-line -name of the tribe. Advices
from Bridgeport report the safe arrival
home of the party.
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Farmers’ Picnic.
The annual picnic and clambake of
the Greenwmh Farmers’ association
will be held at Lockwood Lake Grove,
Stanwich, on Wednesday, August 24th.
A number of residents of this town will
take part in the festivities.
Constable Keeler, this morning, at
the sign-post, sold the horse belonging ‘
to Charles W. Sherwood to cover a
claim for $20 sworn out by William
McCormack. The constable bid the
horse in for less than the amount of
the claim. As there were but two
Others present the bidding was not
very lively. The horse seems to be
worth fully what he was knocked down
for.
Miss Emma Corbin, a nurse at the
Danbury hospital has returned home
after a visit with South Norwalk
friends. '
' BROKE 1E5 NOSE. ..
E. H. Fox and MabeIBeers on
a Tandem Cellide With a
Westport Wheelman.
The Westport Rider Rendered Unconscious
by the Collision.
Tuesday night'last as Mr. E. H. Fox,
of the Fox chle company, South Nor-
walk, and Miss Mabel Beers, daughter
of Mrs. Sarah J. Beers, of ‘Fairfield
avenue, were riding a tandem through
Saugatuck on their way home, they
collided head on with a Westport
wheelman named Edward Reese, who
was returning from Norwalk, and all
three riders were thrown in a heap on
the ground.
When help and a light were pro-
cured it was found that Reese was un-
conscious and that Mr. Fox and Miss
Beers were also quite badly injured.
The whole party were taken into the
residence of Mr. Worthley and their
wounds dressed. As Reese failed [to
regain consciousness he was removed
to his home, but he did not recover
his senses until a doctor had worked
over him for some time.
Mr. Fox and Miss Beers returned
home, and as Miss Beers appeared to
have suffered a more serious injury
than at first supposed, Dr. John Du-
mortier, of Washington street, was
consulted and discovered'that her nose
was broken and she had also received
a bad wound on the forehead.
Reese claims that he was on the
right side of the street and that-the
tandem ran him down. His wheel was
completely wrecked by the collision.
Miss Beers is reported as getting
along nicely of her injuries. ' ‘
REDUCTIDN-DF MlLIT-IA.
Local Companies Will be Reduced to
Peace Footing.
Adjutant—General Haven yesterday
ordered the militia organizations now
on a war footing back to their original
strength in time of peace. -
The order reads as follows:
Adjutant General’s Office,
Hartford, Aug. 18, 1898.
General Orders, No. 18:
I. So much of paragraph I, General
Orders, No. 6, A. G 0., c. s., as applies
to the Second and Fourth regiments
and First Separate company, Connecti»
cut National Guard, is hereby revoked.
_ II. In accordance with law, changes
in the organizations Second and Fourth
regiments and First Separate co‘mpany,
Connecticut National Guard, will be ef-
fected as follows, to date Aug. 18, 1898:
Each company will consist of one cap-
tain, one first lieutenant, 'one second
lieutenant, one first sergeant, one
quartermaster sergeant who shall also
be commissary sergeant, four sergeants,
eight corporals, one trumpeter, two
musicians. and not more than 48 nor
less than 32 privates.
The maximum membership of the
above named organizations in accord-
ance with law and orders, .will hereaf-
ter be 68, and the number at and be-
low which a company ceases to be ef-
fective under the law, 52.
III. Commandants of the above
mentioned organizations will immedi- '
ately make application for discharge of
the members of their commands in ex-
cess of the number allowed in orders.
By order of the commander-in-chief,
GEORGE HAVEN,
Adjutant General.
The original strength of each com-
pany was 64 men, which was increased
to 84 enlisted men, at the breaking out
of the war. A third order added 25
men on the waiting list, making each
cempany to stand on a war footing of
109 men and officers ready for a mo-
ment’s notice to fall in. The 25 men
on the waiting list will be dropped
without notice. Of the 22 men to be
discharged in each company the se-
lection will not be so easy.
Each captain will go~over his lists
and throw out all the dead wood.
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' Funerals.
The funeral of the late Frederick
'Bouton will be attended at the chapel
in Cranbury, to-morrow afternoon at
2.30 o’clock, Rev. F. A. ‘Scofield of-
ficiating. - —
The funeral of the late Miss "Anna E.
Burkey was attended from the Cran-
bury chapel this afternoon, Rev. Mini
Backus of Westport officiating.
The funeral of Cora, the 8 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Ward, was held in East Norwalk this
afternoon. ‘ . , , f.
TELEPHONES AFFECTED.
Westport Air Not Good For the Telephone
Wire.
"The owners of the many local ‘tele-
phones have recently been much an-
noyed by the indistinct ringing of their
telephone bells, and at the same time
had no trouble in hearing'conversations
over the wires, which in some instances
they attributed to some one else hav-
ing their receiver down. All ex pert
from New Haven has been in tOWn,
and succeeded in locating the trouble.
He finds in this locality, the atmosphere
is such as to impair to a great extent,
the small cable running from the
switch-board "to the. instrument, is
covered. with cotton.‘ coated with
paraphire, and is susceptible to ‘the
weather, that it has been found neces-
sary to replace it with a rubber cover-
ed cable. The changes will be made
as soon as the new cable arrives from
Chicago. Supt. Baker informs us that
these conditions exist in 'no place but
Westport.—~Westporter.
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BRAKEMAN’S FATAL FALL.
John McCarthy Slipped and Fell Between
the Cars and Was Instantly Killed.
John McCarthy, aged 27, head brake-
man 0n freight number 229, of the
Highland division of the New York,
New Haven and _ Hartford railroad,
while switching at Forestville shortly
after 11 o’clock last night, slipped and
fell between the cars and was almost
instantly killed. His home was in East
Hartford.
Furnished Bonds.
Julius Gouzie, who was arrested on a
complaint preferred by Marie Kavasco,
languished in the cage at the South
Norwalk station house until this morn-
ing, when he was released on a bond of
$300 furnished by Herman Quittn'er.
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S‘NAVAL PARADE.
A Large Number of Norwalk People Pro-
pose Witnessing the Same.
Several hundred people of this town
are in New York to-day, a large pro
portion of them being there for, the
purpose of witnessing the naval parade
of battle-ships, cruisers, etc., which
were engaged in the recent war with
Spain.
A number went by train, and others
on sailing craft of different kinds.
'I‘he steamer Medea left her wharf
at 4 o’clock this morning with a select
party and touching at Roton Point’
there 'was a large addition to the party.
There was also a crowd on the
steamer Belle Horton which left her
wharf on schedule time. On this boat
there were many lads and lassies who '
besides enjoying a good sail will be
given a pleasurable opportunity of see-
ing the craft or a portion thereof, that
did such effective work in the way of
the annihilation of the Spanish navy.
The “Puts” Outing.
Members of Putnam Hose company
of South Norwalk and a number'of
their friends enjoyed a summer so-
ciable at Roton Point last night. They
went to the Point on the Tramway line.
Smythe’s orchestra furnished music
for dancing, and the several town
clocks were about to strike twelve be-
fore the festivities were finished.
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Sudden Death in the Street.
Charles Egerton Sehlton, who for
many years had been proprietor of the
well known drug store bearing his
name at the corner of Main street and
Fairfield avenue in Bridgeport, died
very suddenly in New York early last
evening, being seized with a
hemorrhage of the lungs at the corner
of the Boulevard and 82nd street.
Miss Maud Keeler is visiting friends
in Port Chester, N. Y.
c0L. HENDRIE PRESENT.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of 00. D. at the
‘Armory. ,
A meeting of Go. I), C. N. "G. was
held at the Armory last evening.
Nearly every member of the company~ {_
was present and four new recl‘l‘lits were
enlisted. ' ‘
D The company is now under command
ofaaptiiobertG. Mitchell who proposes
putting it in a condition Second to none '
in the State.
Lieut-Col. Hendrie was present‘last
evening and gave the company some
wholesome advice of a military nature.
Speeches were also made by Idem
tenant Oakes and Sergeant Hyland,
the remarks of the latter being partic-
ularly pertinent and conducive to the
welfare of the/company.
Captain Mitchell yesterday receipted
for the company’s belongings, furnish-
ing the proper bond for the same.
Until the annual encampment in.
September the company will hold
drills every Tuesday and Friday even-
ings. - .
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The Gazette Wonders.
Why the Democrats don’t run
“Harry” Dann for representative.
If any of the Phoenix boys will stray
over to the widow’s to-morrow.,
Why young lady bicyclists insist up-
on riding on the wrong side of the
road. .
If coal dealer Harris is not making
the coal barons mad. ’
Where (ex-postmaster Malone has
secreted himself.
If Sam Bonner will be home in time
to vote at the October election.
Why Charley Wood and Ed. Howes
deserted the ship.
Who found Sergeant Chase’s lost
pass;
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The Weather.
Threatening weather to-night; fair
Sunday, warmer. '
Corner Main and Wall Streets, N0rwalk,Conn.
# A COMPLETE SURRENDER
of profits in every Department for the coming week.
Great reduction in prices of all Summer Merchandise to make
room for the. heavy purchase we have made in Fall and Winter
Goods.»
Sale starts at 9 a. In. sharp, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th.
We mention only a few of the offerings:
In Our Populah Cloak .
Room.
About 50 doz. shirt waists, all new
and desirable, values ranging from 50c
to $2.00, divided into two lots, and the
clean up prices 25c and 500. ‘Really
great bargains.
15 doz. children’s fancy straw hats,
all this season’s purchase, regular
prices 500, 75c and $1.00. Clean up
price, each 25c. .
Ladies’ muslin gowns, neatly trim
med, extra fine cloths, excellent value
at 65c, While the let lasts, 490.
Ladies’ bathing suits in flannel, serge
and alpaca,‘not many left, clean up
prices 25 per cent less than regular.
Underwear and Hosiery.
Ladies’ pure white, low necked,
sleeveless vests, finished equal to the
250 kind, at clean up prices, each 12450.
100 doz. boy’s and girl’s cotton,ribbed r
stockings,'full fashioned, double knee,
fast dye, sizes from 5 to 10, real value
170, per pair, 121lc. .
Men Ecru and Grey ribbed shirts
and pants, the 35c and 500 grades, clean
up price, 25c.
100 fine twill gloria umbrellas, for
men and women, value $1.50, for these
days, $1.00.
Wash Dress Goods.
Printed lawns,Scotch Madras, French
organdies and figured printed Swiss,
regular value, 250; clean up price, 12%0.
100 dozen opaque window shades,
regular price, 25c, while they last, 19c.
Laces
100 twelve yard pieces, all new,
French Valenciennes lace at,190, 25c
and 29capiece. Just one third less
than regular prices.
Leather Goods.
Fifty 14 inch club bags, imitation
alligator, regular price, $1.00. Clean
up price, each, 75c.
100 leather belts, 25c and 38c quali-
ties at 19c.
Notions, Etc.
Tar soap, 10c
Mme. Ruppert’s soap, 190
60 sheets writing paper, 130
Comfort powder, - - . 190
Tar toilet paper, ° 70
25c Japanese fans, 10c
25c and 380 pocket books, 19c
Basement Bargains. -
Lightning fruit jars,pints per doz. $1.05
Lightningfruit jars,quarts per doz. $1.25
1} pint jelly tumblers, per doz. 29c
3 burner Oil Stove, ' value $1.49, each
$1.00. , ‘
Covered picnic baskets, value 350, 250
Monday Morning Laundry Soap, per
bar, 30. , . " =
We'will give away a $20.00 Gold, Piece to-morrowat 10:00pm. q"
gAvE Yotrn D‘UPLIOATE ,OE‘E OK.
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