Evening gazette, Tuesday, October 4, 1898 · page 5

 

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Mrs. A. Blanchard, of South Nor-
walk, is entertaining Miss Rice, Of: Wor-
cester, Mass.

Miss Louise Belden and Miss Sadie

Housley, of Newark, N. J., are guests

of Norwalk friends.

’ ——Two Rambler bicycles left. -To_be
closed out at $40 each. J. T. Prow1tt,
45 Main street, Norwalk. 0 3. 6t.

St. Joseph’s T. A. B. will meet
Thursday night.

Miss Lauretta Coms‘tbck of Broad
River is visiting in Waterbury.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Dauler of Orchard street was
christened by Rev. A. S. Kavanagh in
the South Norwalk Methodist church
Sunday. '

The Ladies Aid society of the Metho-
dist church will meet to-morrow after-

noon. .

 

'J. S. Ross has resigned as a salesman
at the Boston Store.

Rosary services are to be held in St.
Mary’s church on Tuesdays and Fridays
of this month.

‘ A meeting of the Masons’ and brick-
lawers'Union was held last night.

 

Mrs. A. M. c. Allen,‘ the bicycle
rider, passed through South Norwalk,
this morning, at 5:45 en route to Bos—
ton on her bicycle, to break a record
between New York and that city.

The quarterly business meeting, Of
the Baptist church, Will be held this
evening.

The letter carriers of this city will
soon don their winter helmets, fur-
nished by Ward, the batter.

Mrs. John H. Buckley of Belden ave
' nue, is ill with pneumonia.

 

The scarlet fever quarantine at the
home of Chierollmer on Union street,
was lifted Saturday afternoon, and the
house thoroughly fumigated by health
Officer Tracey.

, Mrs. Fred H. ,Parsons and mother,
Mrs. Penolope Bedell, who have been
the guests of Mrs. S. W. Gregory, have
returned to Bridgeport.

Miss Blanche Palmer, who. has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. B. F. Searles, of Pine street has
returned to boarding school.

Robert A. Holmes and family, of
Maple street, have returned home from
.a-Winsted, where they spent the summer.

George E. Thompson, principal of
' the Winnipauk school, will attend the
Danbury Fair on Saturday next.

Mrs. Joseph G. Jennings of‘Fairfield
avenue is visiting in Montville.

Harry St. John, who has been spend-
ing the summer in Lisbon, N. H. has
returned to his home in South N or-
walk.

A dense fog the densest Of the
season fell over Norwalk last night; a
sort of pall to an expected Democratic
victory.

Miss Stella Seymour will lead a meet-
ing of the Ladies’ association of the
Norwalk Congregational church, Wed-
nesday afternoon. The subject is The
Efficcacy of Prayer.

Harry Payne left town yesterday [for
a week’s vacation,at his home in Patch-
oque, L. I. He went from Bridgeport
to Port Jefferson by boat and then
wheeled across the cinder path to
Patchogue.

Miss Hildegard Montclin, of Brook-
lyn, is visiting Mrs. A. B. Ezekiel, 'of
Kellogg street. \.

A good-natured, but much the worse
for hard cider, “vag” who gave his
name as John Duffy and home Bridge-
port, was lodged in the station-house
Monday evening, by Chief Vollmer,
whom he took for a private citizen and

~ bagged the price of a night’s lodging.

 

. The service at the Norwalk Method- '

' ist church, last Sundaynight is spoken
of as one of the best ever held in the
.- church. The music was very good,

the male chorus assisting the regular-

Mr. Scofield’s sermon held the
The

choir.
closest attention of the audience.

church was well filled.

 

 

‘ discovered when the owner

KHOBSE STOLEN.

Bold Thief Drives Off With a Darien

Man’s Turnout.

Elisha Tryon. a Dirien man is minus
a valuable horse and bugg 7, with which
he drove to Stamford last Saturday and
left secured in" front .of Waterbury’s
grocery store on Pacific street. The
rig was boldly stolen by a thief, who,
after unhitching the animal, drove off
without molestation. The theft was
returned
shortly afterward. The thief is sup-
posed to be a stranger whose name is
said to be Johnson.

The horse stolen is a large bay, and
quite valuable.

‘

Great Was the Fall.

One of the wheels of a wagonin
which were seated John Kirsch and Al
Phelps, caught in the tracks on Wall.
street, yesterday and both men were
dumped into the street but without
serious harm to themselves. The
wagon will be taken to a blacksmith
shop for repairs. Luckily for Al it was
that John did not alight on him.

New Hall.
The reported erection of a handsome

new hall, by the members of St. Mary’s

Parish, as published in the GAZETTE a
year ago, IS again being revived.

Mrs. John Birchard of Spring street:
who has been visiting her daughter
Mrs. Theodore C. Camp of New York
has returned home.

On Friday next at 4.30 p; m. the
officers and teachers of the Girls’
Needle Work club of the First Congre'
gational church will meet with Mrs.
Belden at the parsonage to arrange for
the year’s work.

Miss Violet Ells, of Waterbury, is a
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Ells, of Camp street.

A special evangelistic service will be
held'at the Norwalk Methodist church
to-night. ' Rev. Mr. Scofield will preach
a short sermon and Mr. Hutchinson
will lead the testimony service. This
church is preparing for a great religious
anniversary to be held the last week of
this month. Two week night services
will be held preparatory to that meet-
ing. All interested in religious work
in the town are inVited to be present
to-night. '

 

 

Wilton.

Aclear summer like day, did not
tempt a large number of voters to cast
their votes for town Officers, the total
being but 176, but when the business
meeting was called to order shortly
after two O’clock by Moderator
Frederic D. Benedict, about fifty
electors were present. The Town Re-
port was read by Auditor G. C. M.
Gregory, and after a short discussion
it was accepted. The question of
highways and the rate of taxation was
laid over until the first Monday in
April 1899. The school appropriation
was increased $25, to make the salary
Of the assistant at Georgetown equal to
the other schools. The business meet
ing then adjourned until the first Mon-
day in April.

 

AMUSEMENTS.

Joshua Simpkins.

“Joshua Simpkins.” This attraction
will be seen at Hoyt’s Theatre on
Thursday evening. The play is, made
of fun and realism, combining the
pleasing features of realistic melo
drama and the ever popular rural play.
The character sketches are said to be
very clever, while there is an abund
ance of good music, singing and danc-
ing in it. Those lovable old country
characters are introduced and their
sayings and doings create much amuse‘
ment. The Saw Mill scene in the,
third act is said to be wonderfully
realistic. A genuine circular saw
is seen in motion, and, just to show
that it is the real article, a board is
sawed ofia log in full view Of the
audience, after which Caleb Simpxins
uncle Josh’s son, is lashed to the log
by the villains and started toward th e
glittering teeth of the rapidly revolv-
ing saw.

 

T0 MERCHANTS.

The opening of the fall season. 1s now
at hand. All indications point to good
times. . I '

CrOps are good and there are plenty
of hungry people.

Money that has been tied up will now
be invested.

The Opportunity to secure your share
of this money presents itself now.

Are you alive tO the possibilities of
your opportunity ? -

THE GAZETTE is a medium in which
is secured both quality and quantity.
It goes into the homes and is read by

tisements now.

 

 

the well-to-do. Hand in your‘adver»

‘ , A CLAY SPOUTING WELL.

This Freak of Nature Is In Evidence Be-
fore :1 Wind or Rain Storm.

The government artesian well at
Lower Brule agency is certainly a
freak of its kind, says The Omaha
,Bee. Originally the pressure threw a
solid six inch stream of water to a
height of twenty-one feet. above the
top of the well casing. Subsequently
the pipe became temporarily choked
up, and at such times the water would
not flow at all for periods of two or
three days. Then without apparent
cause the pipe would suddenly become
clear and the water would again spout
to the height of twenty—one feet. After
continuing for a few days, during
which time it almost constantly
spouted large quantities Of sand, it
would once more become clicked and
cease to flow. This becamé so fre-
quent and regular that. in time the
agency employees became accustomed
to it and paid no particular attention
to the freakiness Of the well, which is
constantly under their observation.
But now the matter has taken another
and more peculiar turn. Arrivals
from thei agency report. that, '4com-
mencing about three weeks ago, the
well has been at intervals forcing out
apparently Iendless quantities of blue
clay. This in itself is nothing strange.
but the manner in which the clay is
carried through the pipe is something
out of the ordinary. The blue clay
entirely fills the six-inch pipe and
arises slowly. above the top of the eas-
‘ing, exactly as sausages emerge from
a sausage machine, until the top is
so high in the air that it becomes over-
balanced, when five 01‘ six feet topples
over upon the ground. The continued
upward movement of the clay in a
few minutes causes more Of the col-
umn to topple over. This has con-
tinued until circular pieces of the blue
clay aggregating several hundred feet
in length have been-deposited on the
ground adjacent to the well, necessi-
tating the employment of men to re
move the huge deposits before the top
of fhe casing becomes completely
buried. The discharges of blue clay
are accompanied by very little wa-
ter, and the clay, probably from the
great pressure required to force it up
through the well casing, is always as
dry and hard as a brick. Another pe-
culiarity is that these eruptions inva-
riably commence a short time prior
to the advent Of windy or stormy
weather and continue until the weath—
er again becomes settled.

THE PARROT AND THE QUEEN.

She Was Glad To Find One Voice .Tha't
“'35 Not Afraid To Speak the Truth.
In Windsor Castle there is a suite

of rooms for the use of the queen’s

chaplain. A private passage connects
the chaplain’s study with the queen’s
apartments, and she frequently re-
pairs there tO Eonsult him on impor-
tant matters. .One day, as the queen
was returning -to her apartments af-
ter an interview a parrot called out
some words in a cross tone of voice
from its cage in the passage. Failing
to understand the sounds, says Tid

Bits,“ the queen turned to the chaplain

and asked:

“What is the parrot saying?”

With much embarrassment he re-
plied: “If you please, your majesty,
I would rather not repeat it.”

“But what was it?” she said.

“Something I fear your majesty will
not like, therefore I hope your majesty
will excuse me from telling it.”

The queen’s curiosity was now thor-
oughly aroused, and she said: “Come,
I insist.”

The chaplain bowed low andmade
answer: “Since your majesty insists.
the parrot said ‘GO along, you ugly old
woman.’ ”

Queen Victoria laughed heartily as
she said: "Well, I am glad there is
at least one voice in the kingdom
which is not afraid -tO tell me what i
thinks of me.” -

He Might No't‘ Need It.

One Of the rules for getting rich is to
buy nothing unnecessary.

“Were ydu able to sell old 'Billions a
lot?” asked the superintendent of the
cemetery.

The agent shook his head. “He was
afraid he might not get the full value
of it,” he explained.

“But a man has got to die some-
time!” exclaimed ‘the superintendent.

“That’s what 'I told him, but he only
answered, ‘Suppose I should die at

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Only Three Regiments Now There

Montauk Point, Oct. 4.—The second
Cavalry,'numbering 588 men, left Camp ’

Wikoff dearly yesterday.morning. The
train was composed of two sections.
With the first were about 300 men in
command of Col. Noyes and Major
Wallace. The second section got away
at 8.40, and was expected to arrive in
Long Island City about 12:30. The
troopers were in good condition and
spirits, and were anxious to get away
from Montauk. There are now here
only two ’vavalry regiments, the Sixth
and the Tenth. The Seventh Infantry
is also here, and will be the last to
leave. 0

The Sixth and Tenth Cavalry are.

packing up their belongings, prepar-
atory to leaving camp. The horses of
the Sixth will leave for Huntsville to-
day and the- men will follow Wednes-
day. The horses of the Tenth wil de-
part on Thursday, and the men will
get away the day following.

Gen. Shafter having left to take
command of the .Department of the
East at Governor’s Island, Gen. Mc—
Clernand is in charge here to see to
the closing of the camp. The morning
atmosphere is damp and foggy and
very disagreeable. The detention hos-
pital is being closed by Major Elbert.
and Major-~Brown is sending the con-
valescents tol-city hospitals as rapidly
as possible.

_ SITUATION IN PEK'IN.

 

No Serioui Danger Yet, but Anxiety for
. the Future.

Washington, Oct. 4.—The State De-
partment has received the following
cable despatch from Minister Conger
at Pekln: . .. ,

“There is no serious danger yet, but
considerable anxiety for the future.
The foreign fleet is assembling at
Tientsin. Some of the Ministers are
ordering marines to Pekin for legation
guard.”

Secretary Long, upon advices re-
ceived at the State Department, show-
ing the existence of threatening cOndi-
tions in China has ordered Rear-Ad-
miral Dewey to send two warships im-
mediately from Manila to a' point as
near the Chinese capital as possible
for a war-ship to approach. The vessels
selected for this undertaking .are the
cruiser Baltimore and the gunboat Pe-
trel. The Baltimore will probably not
be able to get beyond the Taku forts
at the entrance of the Pei HO River,
upon which Pekin is situated, but the
Petrel can at least go up to Tientsln,
eighty miles above the mouth, and
about the same distance below Pekin.
The navy officials keenly regret that
there is not now on the Asiatic sta-
tion a light-draught gunboat of the
Helena class, which could ascend the
river as far as the Chinese capital.

 

Joint Commission’s Plans.

Quebec, Oct. 4.——It has been definitely
settled that-the Anglo-American Com-
mission will conclude its labors here
on Friday, Oct. 14. The adjournment
will last a month, when the negotia-
tions will be resumed at Washington.

An American commissioner, while
speaking guardedly, said the negotia-
tions. were proceeding more smoothly
than he had anticipated. The future
treaty has actually passed the trou-
blous stage. The same authority
voufhsafed the information that a re-
ciprocity schedule involving natural
and manufactured products was clear-
ly-h sight.

Battleships Sailing Debyed.

Washington, Oct. .4.—The Oregon and.

the Iowa may not start for Manila
until next week. It was explained at
the Navy Department that the fitting
out of the distilling ship Iris and the
supply ship Celtic mightnot be com-
pleted until Oct. 10, and this fact
alone would be sufficient to delay the
sailing of the battleships, since all the
vessels are to go together. It was fur-
there explained that the Department
had at no time believed that the naval
reenforcements would see out before
the early part of this month.

Strikers Capture a Town.

Washington, Oct. 4.—0ne hundred
and fifty coal miners from Pana, 111.,
came here last night and with the as-
sistance of local white miners drove
fifty negro miners out of town. They
all wore masks to hide their identity
and were heavily armed, ruling the
town for over an hour. A fire alarm
was turned in and many of the citizens
who responded were deputized to assist
the police. The masked miners then
disappeared. Further trouble is expect—
ed. 4

Appointed by the President.
.Washington, Oct. 4.—The. President
has made the following appointments:
Joseph E. Lee, Collector of Internal
Revenue, district Of Florida; George
H. Green, United States Marshal, dis~
trict of Texas.
manders John E. Pillsbury and Wil-
liam H. Reeder, to be commanders;
Passed Assitant Engineer Frank W.
Bartlett, to be chief engineer and act-
ing gunner; Myles Joyce,.to be gunner.

To Embark from Savannah,

Washington, Oct. 4.—Secretary Alger‘

has announced that Savannah, Ga.,
had been selected as the point of em—
barkation of all troops which may
hereafter be sent to Cuba or Porto
Rico. It is stated at the War Depart-
ment that Savannah was selected be-
cause it afforded the best facilities.

A Stage Robbery. ,
Empire City, Ore, Oct. 4.—About
four o’clock Sunday morning the Rose-
burgh-Myrtle Point stage was robbed,
one mile west of the latter place, by a
highwayman. The robber secured the
registered-mail sack, containing be-
tween eight hundred and one thousand
dollars- ‘ ’

Gen. Shatter in Charge.

'New York, Oct. .4—Gen. William R.
Shatter, who has been appointed to the
head of the Department Of the East,
went to Governor’s Island on the Gen-
eral Hancock, at eleven o’clock Monday
morning .to take charge. ,He was-re-
ceived With a Major-General’s salute.

 

Tod Sloan Still Winning.

LondOn, Oct. 4.-—In the racing at the.

Nottingham Autumn Meeting yester-
day, Tod Sloan rode two winners out of
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N ORWALK, Court, Sept. 22nd, 1898.

At a. meeting of the Directors of.
the Fairfield County SavingslBank held
this day, a ' dividend at the rate of four
(4) per cent. per annum, was declared
to depositors, from the earnings of the
51x months ending Sept. 30th, 1898., ,

The same will be entered On pass
books and paid an and after Oct. 10th,
1898. VICTOR S. SELLECK, ‘

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