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v0L. VIII. NO.1947 NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7,1898. PRICEONE CENT
WHEEL__T_hIEVES.
Buckley &. Wheeler’s Store
Burglarized at South Nor—
walk.
A Thief Steals Two Bicycles on the
Street.
The store of-' Buckley & Wheeler in
the Music hall block was burglarized
last night. .
"The-burglars gained an entrance
throughabasement door which they
managed to force open.
They then went into the store and
thoroughly 1ansacked it. About the
l'lfonly thing of value missing is a
Crawford bicycle. The robbery was not
discovered until the arrival of Mr.
Buckley at the store this morning.
Paul Haskins complained to the
police last night that his bicycle which
he had left standing on Railroad
Square had been stolen. It was later
found 011 Marshall street where the
thief had discarded it. ‘
Shortly afterward “Bert” Fitch also
complained that his wheel had been
stolen at the entrance to the Twin
The police tele-
and short-
City club rooms.
phoned to adjoining cities,
ly after one o’clock a message Was
received from Bridgeport stating that
the wheel had been captured in that
city.
The police of Bridgeport after hav-
ing sighted the thief are reported as
having a lively chase after him.
Officer Suckley onhis wheel saw the
fellow and catching up to him thrust a
revolver in his face ordered him to dis-
mount. The ~fellow said not a word
but forged ahead. The officer fired his -
revolver three times, once towa1 d the
man and twice in the air. The fellow,’
however, elude the
officer and make good his escape, leav-
ing the wheel behind.
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SILVER WEDDING.
managed _
Over One Hundred Guests Assemble at
the Hart Parsonage.
Rev. W. D. Hart and wife celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary at
the Congregational parsonage in Wil-
ton, last night.
fil‘here were fully 150 guests present
and the occasion was one of great
.social pleasu1e. »
The happy couple were in receipt of
many presents including $150 in cash.
Refreshments were served and there
was a delightful shower of congratula-
tions. -
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The‘Gazette Wonders.
1f Dan Hanlon will forfeit another
, bond to-mor'row in the Superior court.
Why Manager Frew does not keep
the steamboat on until October 1.
If Commodore Sanford was angry
when he suddenly left the Yacht club
house on Monday.
Why Captain Gladstone persists in
acting mysterious.
If a Main street liquor still is truly
in operation. '
Why Commodore Walsh did not dis-
play the Little Joe’s racing number in
’ Monday’s race, as positively required
by the lacing committee’s printed
ci1cula1.
If Hart Weeks’ peanut bag explosion
scared Mrs Uhle into hysterics.
Where the police were when the
Schmede lights went out.
If Gil Bogart and Reed Flynn speak
as they pass since Monday’s race.
What saloon Keeper Rosenthral
thinks of the Connecticut license laws.
If J oth ones still desires to apologize
to young Brennan.
Where that cool wave was sidetrack-
ed.
, If the town bond “coon”
‘ overcome by the heats
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Al Horn Dead.
Undertaker George H. Raymond
.Went to New York this morning to
L, bring the remains of Albert P. Horn,
'lwho died in that city yesterday, to Nor-
walk for burial. “Al” was a grandson
has been
, of Mrs. A. F. Tyndall, and his remains
T will be interred in the family vault in
”g‘the Norwalk cemetery.
A WE‘LL-
Mrs. Caroline Wyman, Goes
.Headiong Down a Flight
of Stairs. :
In the Darkness She Opened the Wrong
Door.
Mrs. Caroline Wyman, mother of
George R. Wyman the well known
hatter, who resides with Charles J.
Hyatt in Cranbury, pitched down a'
flight of stairs in the dark Sunday
night and received serious if not fatal
injuries.
Mrs. Wyman left her room and went
to the bath room to fill a pitcher with
water. she
started to return, but in the darkness
she opened the door leading to the
back stairs instead of the door going
into the hall.
Failing to recognize her error Mrs.
Wyman stepped ahead and pitched
headlong down the long flight of steps.
She was picked up and carried to
A. H. Baldwin hur-
After getting the water
her room and Dr.
ried ly summoned.
The physician upon his arrival could
not find that any bones were broken,
but is fearful that she has received
A bad .gash on Mrs.
artic-
internal injuries.
Wyman’s (chin prevents her
ulating, but she is apparently other-
wise uninjured.
To-day Mrs. Wyman is reported as
being better, but is still unable to talk.
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FIRE LADDIES.
Were Out Last Night For Practice.
uThe Norwalk fi1e depa1tment was
_ _ uila . "trht fo1 regular monthly
dri an practice.
The Phoenix boys went to School
street where thesteamer was exercised
and found to be invgoozl condition.‘ It
was expected that Chief Coffin of
BridgepOrt would be present but he
failed to put in an appearance.
The Pioneers went to the Armory,
the roof of which was sealed with lad-
ders. Returning to headquarters a
regular meeting was held at which the
resignation» of Secretary Charles
Glover was accepted and a vote of
thanks tendered him for the manner in
which he has filled the office. Mr.
Glover goes west to study medicine.
The Hope Hose boys were as usual
on deck and gave the hose under their
charge a lively test.
Refreshments were served at the
headquarters of each company.
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Lost Children.
A three year old girl was. found
wandering about the streets in South
Norwalk yesterday, apparently lost.
After considerable trouble Captain
Gladstone restored her to her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert on the Turn-
pike.
The police were asked to look out
for a child of Mr. George B. Tobey
which had wandered from its home in
East N orwalk.
Another Soldier Dead. .
Mrs. Charles H. Dilworth of Orchard
street, was in receipt of a telegram
from Florence, Mass, this morning,
announcing the death of her brother
Frank Barber. The deceased was a
member of a Massachusetts regiment
and did service in the fight at Santiago
where he contracted yellow fever.
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Went to Jail.
WilliamE L.Dauch ey who was unde1
arrest on the change of non- suppo1t of
his wife was given a hearing yester-
day in the Town Court. The judge
ordered that he furnish a bond that
he would give his wife $2.50 a week, in
default of which he was taken to jail.
Bond Paid.
The bond of $150 forfeited by Dan
Hanlon in the Superior court some
time ago, has been paid.
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The Weather.
Showers to-night fair and cooler
Thursday; fair and cooler weather for
at least two or three days.
A _
' :Mrs. Mead, of Pittsfield, has been
spending a week with her son-5.. Archie
Mead, of New street.
A daughter has been born to M r. and
Mrs. C. N. Ballard of Summer street.
£1101 thins.
Small Attendance at the
Second District llemo- '
cratic caucus.
Lels 'of Heart But Little Enthusiasm.
An adjourned caucus of the Demo-
cratic voters of the Second Voting dis-
trictwas held inArion hall last evening.
There were but fifteen voters present.
A. Blanchard presided and, Royal L.
Raymond acted as clerk.
On motion _of R. H.‘ Golden the
the caucus for the following delegates:
State—Jeremiah Donovan A. Blanch-
ard and Leo Davis.
The following elections were made
in a simllar manner:
Congressional—CharlesG.Bohannan,
George S. Trowbridge and William H.
Smith.
Senatorial—John J. Cuneo, Rufus J .
Smith and John W. VVehle.
County—Edward Barrett, D. W. Har-
ford and R. L. Raymond.
Probate— M. J. McNerney,
Murphy and Joseph Davis.
The delegates were empowered to
John
select their own alternates and the
caucus adjourned.
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An Excellent Substitute.
As is well known, Medical Examiner
Dr. W. C. Burke, Jr., is seriously ill.
Fully recognizing this fact, Coronor
Doten has appointed Dr. W. J. Tracey
as medical examiner, pending the re-
coVery of Dr. Bu1ke. The appoint-
ment is a gOOd one.
Wilton.
visiting his sister, Mrs. R. M. Olmstead.
Frederick Pressler and wife, Miss
Maud Fitch, C. K. Kenyon and E._ S.
Fitch, of New York, were the guests of
Mrs. S. P. Fitch over the holiday. .
The Democratic caucus for the
election of Delegates ‘0 the variolis
conventions was held at the Towh
House on Saturday evening, and the
following weie selected.
State, Samuel Lockwood, Samuel
Buttery. '
Congressional, Samuel Buttery, T.
F. Gilbert.
Senatorial, G. C. M. Gregory, H. B.
Osborn. .
County, P. S. Ackerman,
Morehouse.
Probate, S. W. Olmstead, R. M.
Olmstead.
Sherman
The sad news came from Goshen, N.
Y.. on Sunday of the death of Markos,
the little son of John and Susie
Commings. Their many relatives and
friends in this place extend their
warmest sympathy in this great sorrow.
Mrs. D. S. R. Lambert, and G. W.
Ogden, left on Monday to be with their
sister in her time of trouble.
Mrs. Charles F. Way of Brooklyn,
has been the guest of the Misses
Darling. ‘
Benjamin Davenport of Minneapolis,
Minn, is visiting his sister,Miss Sarah
L. Davenport.
Raymond Comstock of New York, is
enjoying a two weeks’ vacation in this
place.
The Misses Lillian and May Daven-
port of Waterbury, are visiting in
town.
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flurlbutt Street.
It On Labor Day night, or thereabouts
five of our young men each attired in
his best suit of clothes, and seated in
his best buggy, drawn by his best horse
called on their several very best girls
and started on a kind of processional
picnic. They d1 ove a ve1y long ways,
so far' 1n fact that Labor Day 1898, was
a thing of the past before home was
reached. It is whispered that for one
of the young ladies at least time had
the setting moon was the rising sun,
until she was finally convinced that
the west was really the west and not
the east as she at first supposed. Apro-
pos of nothing at all we publish for the
benefit of whom it may concern that a
were found near St. Matthew’s church
early Tuesday morning and that the
owner can recover the same by calling
at the Wiltonpost office and proving
property.
secretary cast a ballot as the sense of
DavidlMiddlebrook,wo'fWStratford, -is-' ‘
rhino REGIMENT.
It Will Pass Through. South Norwalk
This Afternoon.
The Third regiment in which 15
Company L of Norwalk, will leave
N lantic for camp at Middletown, Pa.,
on a special train in three sections, at
2.30 o’clock this afternoOn and should
pass through South Norwalk about 5
o’clock.
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A Drowning Averted ‘
A South Norwalk young man named
Wateibm y, came near being drowned
at Compo Beach, Sunday afternoon.
Hewas rescued by some batheis just
in time. Waterbury swam too far out
and became exhausted.
A Tip For the Assessors.
Dr. Amos J. Givens was in N01 walk,
Saturday, and looked at five pieces of
farm property proposed as sites for the
new State hospital for the insane.
They range from 40 to 100 acres each,
and t% average price is $15,000, al-
thou“: "‘ the total assessment for the five
. ' less than the amount named.
One 1" ‘ ult of the hospital agitation will
be to —g1ve poiuters to Nor walk 5 town
assessézrs f—Stamford Advocate.
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WIII ArrIve To -morrow
The§3arthol party, which includes
Mr. and M1s. Otto Ba1thol, Miss Emma
Butternass and Miss Augusta McGue,
of South N orwalk a1 e due to a1 rive in
New YOik to- -mor1 ow on the steamship
Pennsylvania f1 om Hambur g,Germany.
—Advertlse in THE GAZETTE.
{MORE SHOOTING.
Mrs. Uhle Claims That Three Shots Were
Fired at Her Home.
The Whitlock-Uhle feud having
been settled in the courts, the police
had about concluded that quiet would
remain supreme in Main' street here-
after.
They wexe rudely awakened, how-
ever, Saturday evening when Chief
Bradley received a message from Mrs.
Ottilie Uhle to come to her house at
once. As the chief was going off duty
he declined to respond without a com-
plaint.
Mrs. Uhle was not to be thwarted,
however, and she saw the Chief later
and complained that some one in Mrs.
Mary A. Weeks’ yard had fired three
shots directly at her house.
- Chief Bradley promised to investi-
gate. and seeking out Hart Weeks
learned from him that a party of out
oftown friends had visited the house
on Saturday, and that they had en-
joyed themselves out on the lawn eat-
ing peanuts, etc. Hart explained to
the chief that one of the youngsteis
present had blown up a. peanut bag and
exploded 1t which was the cause of
-M1s. Uhle' s fright.
Last Excursion.
The steamer Belle Horton will make
its last excursion of the season Sunday.
It will be to North Beach and up the
Hudson. ExcursioniSts will be given
an hour’s stay at Grant’s tomb. The
boat will leave {South Norwalk at 9
o’clock. Returning, it will leave West
129th street at 3 o’clock, East 3lst street
at 4.45 and North Beach at 5.30. The
TO BE HAULEO OFF.
The Steamer Belle Horton Makes Last
Trip to Ncw York on Tuesday-
The steamer Belle. Horton is to be‘
hauled off from the route between
South N orwalk and N ew YOrk on Tues-
day next. The last trip from New
York will be on Monday night. The
boat will go to that city on Tuesday.
morning but will not return.
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-~AMUSEM£NTS;.
My Friend From India. ‘
It was Perkins, it will be remem-
bered, who succeeded in finding a. cus-
tomez for “My Friend from India,” .’ '4 I.
amthis piece had lain 1n the author’s
t1 unk f01 five or six years.
Souchet’ s’ c1ed1t be it said, that he has
never forgotten the service rendered
him by Perkins, and the play which
he is new writing for, him will repre-
sent his very best work, as it is prac-
tically a labor of love. And, by the
way, if any one should ask you to
designate the successor of Charles H.
Hoyt, just mention the name of Harry
A. Du Souchet, and you will not be far
from the truth.
“My Friend from India” Wlth Wal- '
ter Perkins in his original role will be
the attraction at Hoyt’s Theatre on
Monday evening.
The Hanlon Case.
Sheriff Lyon yesterday subpoenaed.
the witnesses in the case of the state
vs. Daniel Hanlon, which comes up at
Bridgeport tc-morrow.
I fare will be fifty cents. -Aqvm-tise In the GAZFT’I‘F
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Remnants, Odd Lots
‘AND BROKEN} SIZES
of desirable merchandise left Over from our memorable sale of August 24th,
Reinforced by
our gigantic purchase of a portion of the surplus stock of Dress Goods of the celebrated
Arlington Mills, which were sold at auction, at their salesroom, 64 and 66 White street, N.
Y. August 24th. No merchandising event of recent times compares with this truly remark-
able purchase oi HIGH GLASS Danes seen-..
Dress Goods for Children’s school wear.
mixed Dress Goods for street and dress wear.
Covert cloths for Bicycle costumes.
Plain and-
All wool and silk and wool Plaids in new
patterns and new styles, now offered at prices which don’t half represent the cost of produce
by the Mills.
child ren’s
for
school wea1,f10m the Arlington mills,
Double fold plaids,
minus the middle-man’s p1ofit. Goods
that would retail atch, for this sale,
100.
Double fold fancies th‘t always sell
at 25c per yd.~—the auction sale price,
15c.
All wool checkssold by us and
everyone else at 39c, made by the
Arlington mills. We will sell them
All wool mixtures, bought in the
regular way we would have to sell
them for 500, but bought at auction we
will sell them for, 33c.
Remember these are all new fall
dress goods. A chance to, get your
fall dress cheap.
To clear out. the odds and ends.
10 pique skirts, $2.00 ones, for $1.00.
1 case of remnants of 100 dark outing
flannel, 5c.
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Now is you: chance to buy a fall
jacket—$7. 50 $8. 00 and $10 00 ones for
75 500 lawn shirt waists, 250. $5. 00
43 $1.00 shirt waists, 50c. Bicycle suit-s. worth from $8.00 to
' $12.00. Your choice for, $7.50.
49c Hamburged night gowns, 39c.
500 summer corsets, - 300.
75c negligee shirts, 50c.
”c workingmen’s shirts, 50c.
15c Turkish bath towels, 100,
2 tailor made suits, $15.00 ones,
$10. 00,
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Children’s fall jackets, worth $l.50 to
$7.00. Your choice for, $2.98.
BOSTON STORE, CORN ER MAIN AND WALL STREETS, NORWALK.
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