v.” . To Get Customers Ad= 1 vertise in Their Favor: ite Paper, TflE EVEN= , ING GAZETTE! Evening Gazette. Every Reader of THE EVENING GAZETTE is a Buyer. Give Them a Trial VOL. VIII. No. 2025 NORWALK CONN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28,1898. PRICE ONE CENT ' Members of Wee Burn Club Before a Connecticut Justice. HAD GAME ON SUNDAY. And the” Penalty for This Sport on the Sabbath Was Nearly $11 in Each Case. Wilton L. Baldwin, cashier of the Stamford National Bank, Attorney James S. Jenkins and Marion Phelps, :1. business man,and well known in society circles in Stamford and members of the aristocratic Wee Burn Golf club were arraigned before Justice William Schildknecht of Darien yesterday after- noon, charged with playing golf on Sunday. ' The state was represented by Grand Juror Nathan Dauchy, while Attorney Kenneally looked after the defence. The trial was held in the town hall and created considerable interest. The proceedings occupied the greater part of the afternoon. The various witnesses inbehalf of the state were Darien in- habitants who practically knew noth- ing of the game technically. The de- fence took the ground that the accused were not playing a game, but were in- dulging in recreation and recreation was not an offence under the statute. After numerous tilts between counsel and examination and cross-examina- tion of witnesses the justice fined the men $2 and costs each. The costs were $10.96 for each man. The case will be appealed. It has been the. custom to play on the Norotnn links every Sunday and the wealthy New Yorkers who had their summer homes at the place found much pleasure in the sport. Some of the ex- tremists among the church members at Noroton have expressed themselves in strong terms in opposition and main- tained that the day was being scandal- ized, though to the majority of the residents the matter was not looked up— on with disfavor. It is also noted as a singular fact that no arrests were made when the summer visitors used to in- dulge in the pastime on Sundays. AA‘ Senator Morrill is Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—~Senator Justin S. Merrill, of Vermont, died at 1:25 o’clock, this morning. He was nearly 89 years old and had been fail- ing since the death of his wife, last summer. Senator Morrill has served continuously a greater number of years than any of his colleagues, having en- _ tered the Senate on March 4, 1867, and there is not a member to-day who was a Senator when he took his seat. No arrangement has yet been made for the funeral. but it will probably take place on Friday. It is likely that his body will be temporarily placed in the receiving vault at Rock Creek cem- etery, this city, where that of his wife is now awaiting the completion of a mausoleum at Stratford, Vt. A ‘ er . Societa Indipendente Italiana.‘ The following are the recently elect- ed officers of the Societa Indipendente Italiana of South Norwalk. ‘ Presidente. Gandolfo Librizi. Vice presidente, Franco Coca. Secretario, Spiridone Esposito. Tesoriere. Vincenzo Cingue. Curatori, Francesco Lemongelli, Stefane Promano, Traifaele Arena. GiuI-i, Lorenzo Flore, Emidio Cioppa, Carmine Lanza. Sergente d’aI-mi, Sabino Romano. Portabandiera Italiana, Luigi Ven- cilia. Portabandiera Americano. Nicola. Cerulli A ‘ Congregational Notes. The pews in the Norwalk Congrega- tional church will be rented to-night at 8 o'clock. The annual meeting of the society will be held just before the pews are rented. ' Dr. T.K.Noble will give his usual bi- monthly lecture preparatory to holy communion in the chapel On Thursday evening, at 7:45 o’clock. Mrs. T. K. Noble will entertain the Kind Word Circle of King’s Daughters at the parsonage next Saturday at 3:30 I). m. ISanta Claus GULTTHSIITIIITII. ISllllG IINI] STUIIY. Still Mak- ing Visits in Town. PLEASING SERVICES. Elaborate Services Presented at the Different Churches. Santa Claus is still furnishing the children as well as grown people of the Twin Cities, with pleasure; this being- especially true of several church socie- ties. METHODIST. The Christmas entertainment of the First Methodist'Sunday school was held in the church last evening. The programme was varied and in' teresting and included the following numbers : ' ' Bethlehem, Brooks, Sunday school; Waken, Christian Children, Hammer- ton, Sunday school; address, Rev. A.S. Kavanagh; Christmas Carol, Sunday school. The Junior department presented in a creditable manner Fillmore’s Christ.- mas Cantata. “ Dolliken’s Flat ” or “ The Little Mothers. ” Those who took part were Edith Sey- mour, who sang a lullaby, Eva Rich- ards, Mabel Korn, Maud Hewitt. Mine nie McDonald, Ruth St. John, Hazel Britto; Eleanor Brown sang “ Babyskin Bo,” and Emma Lambert sang “ Rag- ged Molly” and were assisted by Jennes- se Betts, Edna Brush, Lizzie Gilmore, Olivia Kavanagh and Jennie Way. The actors in this little piece are all fiveand six year olds and much credit is due to the committee who drilled the little tots so thoroughly that no mis- takes were made. The committee was Mrs. T. 1. Raymond, chairman; Mrs. G. R. Van Alstyne, Mrs. S. M. Stevens, Miss Julia Byxbee and Melville A. Marquand. After the of oranges and boxes of candy were distributed among the Sunday school entertainment present-s scholars. SOUTH NORW’ALK BAPTIST. The Christmas entertainment of the South Norwalk Baptist church was held last evening. It was of an attrac; tive and pleasing nature and included this programme: PART 1. Selection by 'LinxweileI-’s orchestra of fifteen instruments. Opening chorus by school. Invocation. Address of welcome, Miss Minnie Ferris. Recitation—Chime on sweet bells, Miss Alice Crossman. Song—Santa Claus is coming, Primary department. Recitation—«Don’t wake Santa Claus, Elsie Palmer. Dialogue—Christmas dinner, Edith Palmer, Lena Bogardus, Fannie Decker, Mabel Solker, Leonand Robbins, Wilfred Robbins. Recitation—To Kriss, Miss Ethel Robbins. Chorus by school—Awake, glad morn. Recitation—Dolly ’s speech, Madeline Simone. Flag Drill, - Girls. Recitation—Old Mother Hubbard, ‘ Helen St. John. Recitation—An Old-fashioaed Xmas, Elsie Pitzer. Chorus—~While the flocks were sleep- ing. . Recitation—The Christ child, Mabel Bouton. Prayer. - Motion song—Once a little boy in a manger lay, Primary department. Recitation—Selected, Miss Carrie D’Artois. Closing Chorus—Glory to God in the Highest. Interlude, Selection by orchestra. PART II. Tableaux—Resignation. Rock of Ages. Entreat me not to leave thee. Naomi and her daughter-in-lnw. And Ruth SLlld entreat me not to leave thce. Or to return from following after thee. ' TELL TIIIIM II WIIGIIN. Stamford Man Found On The Trolley Tracks at Saugatuck. BLEEDING FROM WOUNDS. A Cut Two Inches Long Over Eye and HisTace Disfigured. At six o'clock Monday night a man was found on the trolley tracks, at Saugatuck, in an unconscious condi- tion, by constable Edward Allen. He was picked up and taken to the resi- dence of the constable and Dr. J. W. Fyfe sent for. 3 When the physician arrived the injured man was in a state of collapse. The expeIiehced hand of the doctor brought him out after a. short time and a litter was constructed and the man taken to the Westport lock-up, where a fire was made and the man laid upon a bed. Examination showed that he had fallen from a wagon and struck the frozen ground which rendered him un- conscious. There was a cut of two inches over his right eye and'his face was cut up in terrible shape. .Allie Allen and Fred Dahlgren remained with him all night. Tuesday morning he had so fully re- covered that he was able to go to his home in Stamford. He said that his name was William Hill and that in he had been spendingflhristmas with his parents in the old Vanderbilt house on the Norwalk road. ----———<a -op——-—~_.~—_ SETTLED AT POLLS. The Postmaster for the Town of Norfolk Will be Leopold J. Curtis. * company with his wife, NORFOLK, Dec. 28.—-At the request of Congressman Hill, the Republican electors of the town of Norfolk held an election yesterday for the chome of apostmaster. The three candidates were Leopold J. Curtis, Joseph M Cowles and Arthur P. Atwood. The polls opened at 9.30 a. m. and closed at 3.30 p. 111., Curtis was the successful candidate, having a majority, of 290ver Cowlesand of 50 over Atwood. He will now be recommended to the presi~ dent for appointment. Mr. Curtis is a merchant and represented No rfolk in the last legislature. ' ' . ~«o'.o>— The Elite Whist Club. . The Elite Whist club met at the home of Miss Mildred Sherwood on Woodward avenue, last night. The gentleman’s prize was awarded to Fred Barnum and Miss May Denton the lady’s prize; Warren P. Smith, JI'.. and Miss Clara Lawson the consolation prizes. The secretary of the club, Sam- uel Kingman. resigned, as he is to leave .town. ' -<O.oD—— . The skating is good on all the local ponds. . For whither thou goest I will go. And where thou lodgest I will lodge Thy people shall be my people. And thy God my God—Ruth 1, 16. The tempted—«Scene 1. ‘Hallowed by the name—Scene II. Selections from Tennyson’s MayQueen. Tableaux I.-—-The May Queen. Tableaux II.—New Year’s eve. Tabl‘eaux III.—Conclusion. With reading" by Miss Jennie Guy, . Liberty and her hand-maidens. ‘ Help for my sisters. Father Lights society. Santa Claus. Tableaux I.——-Santa Claus. Tableaux-II.—Waiting for Santa Claus. Tableaux Ill.—Arrival of Santa. Claus. Tableaux IV.—oXmas morn. . A few words from Santa Claus. Finale orchestra. The committee of arrangements was composed of Miss Floience Jennings, Miss Pearl Gregory, Miss Edna Guy, G. F WateIs, Frederick T. Lyons, sup- erintendent, and C. F. Baker CONGREGATIONAL. The primary department of the Nor- walk Congregational church held their l‘ChI-istmas festival in the Chapel Tues- day afternoon and it was a joyous occa~ sion. I TC) 01.13: Patrohs- Commencing on Tuesday next, January 3,1899, the price of the EVENING GAZETTE will be increased to TWO CENTS a copy 01 10 cents a week, and with the WEEKLY GAZETTE, I2 cents a week. ,When the Daily was first started as a four page paper, it was possible to sell it at one cent per copy, but it has been found impossible to print a first- class eight- -p‘age newspaper at that mice. The cost of getting out a good one- cent paper is just as laIge as the cost of getting out a good two- r cent paper and a newspaper worthy to be called such cannot be produced for as little as one cent a- copy without loss to the publisher unless the out— put 18 much largeI than the present newspaper field offers. In increasing the price of the DAILY, we pro- pose, also, to increase our“ reporterial and mechan- ical force, and furnish our patrons with more local news each day, and as fast as warranted, will keep on adding thereto until we make the DAILY GAZETTE second to none as a chronicler of the local happen- ings in Norwalk and the surrounding towns. Governor Cooke Sprains a Knee. WINSTED, Dec. 28.—Gov. Lorrin A Cooke is confined to his home as a result of Winsted’s icy sidewalks. While on his way home from downtown Monday he slipped on an icy pavement and fell with such force as to badly sprain his right knee. He hopes to be out in a few days with the aid of crutches. ———————-“OD——-———— Rebekah. Rehearsal to-night at 7:45 o’clock at the Norwalk M. E. church. Full at- tendance desired. H. PEPPER. The I. 0. 0. F. The newly elected officers of Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F., are: N. G.—James-C. Forbush. V. G. —George 0. Crosby. Secretary—BradleyS. Keith. Treasurer—Addison A. Betts. TI ustees—Charles L. Glover, Charles H. Wheeler and Henry P. Price. A‘-‘ ‘vr . Whist. The Monday Afternoon Whist club met at the home of Mrs. D. W. Ray- mond, yesterday afternoon. The first pIize was won by Mrs Raymond, and the second bv Mrs. A. J. Meeker. CEDARHUBST RECEPTION. Miss Julia B. Lockwood Entertains Friends, Tuesday Evening. Miss Julia B. Lockwood, the accom- plished daughter of Col. and Mrs. F. St. John Lockwood of Cedarhurst, East avenue, held a reception at her home, Tuesday evening. The parlors of Cedthurst are spac- ious and were brilliantly lighted and decorated in the 0111 1stmasy style ap» propriate to the season. ’ Here Miss Lockwood with her mother, received the guests in a. charm- ing and elegant manner and proved herself well versed in the art of enter- taining. Smythe’s orchestra. discoursed the music. of the evening, and Maresi catered. Those present were the Misses Grace Adams, Clara Betts, Alice Cole, Eva Ferris, Elyse Gregory, Jean Gregory, Edythe Hunter,Emilie Jennings, Ethel Keep, Helen Quintard,Grace Stommell, Ethel Slater,Helen Swartz, Vera Wood; Messrs B. F. Andrews, Spencer Adams, William Beers, Robert S. Van Buren, Frank Van Buren, Williard Comstock, Seymour Curtis,Clarence Cram, George Cram, Fred Ells, Ward Gregory, Dwight Keep, Louis Leonard, Charles Rogers, Charles Swartz, Frank Sher- man, John Treadwell, George Wood- ward, Harry Camp and Rutherford Keeler. Those from out of town: Miss Stella Austin, Miss Grace Street and Edward Austin of Darien; Miss Rose Rogers, of New Canaan; Miss Hem Smith and Scott Smith of Wilton. «0-.>—M~~——— The Weather. Fair to-night and Thursday; much colder; temperature will fall to and be- low zero in the interior to—night. ——-— ———<o-o>~»—~w Dividends. The National Bank of Norwalk and the Fairfield County National Bank have declareda three per cent. divi- dend, payable on and after January 3, 1899. ‘1 BOSTON ' STORE! is preparing .3, a GREAT SALE Watch for l the Advertisement!
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