To Get Customers Ada vertise in Their Favors.- ite Paper, THE EVEN-_ [N6 GAZETTE! V611 111g azette. Every Reader of- THE~ EVENING G AZETTE is a Buyer. Give Them a Trial ' VOL. IX. ,NO. 20711 N ORWALK CONN.,M MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6,1899. PRICE Two CENTS. NEARLY 1 MURDER STUNG BY, CHARGES OF UN- F AITHFULNESS MRS. .RQIICE TAKES .LAUDANUM AND ADMINISTERS SOME T0 HER INFANT BABE. South Norwale came very neat-I hav- i could bear, ‘ her life and that of the infant. About half past nine o’clock Mrs. .‘ ing a murder and suicide on its hands on Sunday, and but for the prompt action of Dr. J. M. Coburn two lives would have passed to the beyond, and all on accountof the brutal actions of a husband and father. As officer Hall was patrolling his beat about 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon: he was approached by Leopold, Roice, a'shoemaker, living at 37 Water street, who informed him that his wife, An- thonia, had attempted to take her life and that of her infant with laudanum. The oflicer at once notified Dr. Co- “ burn, who promptly responded. ahd found the mother conscious but no signs of life in the infant. H. administered an emetic to both and succeeded in making Mrs. Roice eject the poison, but as the little child was but six months old his efforts'in her direction were not as satisfactory and he called in Dr, A. N. Clark, and together the two physicians worked over the baby until ' respiration was restored. Roice and his wife have had several quarrels of late, but on Sunday morn- ing they quarreled worse than ever, and it is said the husband accused the wife of infidelity and charged that the infant was not his. To put on the fin- ishing touch Roice told his wife to take the baby and get out ‘ and he would care for the others. . ,the glass. ,5? heal the" This was more than the poor woman and she determined to end Roice sent her nine year old daughter Theresa to Finch’s drug store on Washington street for ten cents worth of laudanum. As the child. had previ- ousl y visited the store for medicine for her mother the poison was given her and she carried it home. Mrs. Roice emptied the laudanum in— to a glass, and giving the child another dime, sent her to Tomlinson’s drug store, on North Main street, for more. Clerk Goldschmidt Finch’s label on the bottle supposed everything was all right and filled the order. This Mrs. Roice also poured out into seeing Asl‘» oice made no effort to quarrel at noon, Mrs. Roice took he1 baby and going into her room drank a little more than half the poison herself and administered the remainder to the ' baby from a bottle upon which she had placed a nipple. Her act was discovered by Roice shortly afterward, and he ran next door and summoned Mrs Richard Fay, who came in and took the bottle from the baby and threw it out of the window. Roice in the meantime notified the police as stated above. When the facts were communicated to Chief Vollmer ENDEAVOR RALLY. To Be Held at the First Congregational Church Tuesday Night. The Stamford and Norwalk Christain Endeavor Unions will hold a rally in "' the First Congregational church to- morrow night at 7:30 o’clock. H. H. Spooner of Bull’s Bridge, State Presi- dent, Rev. S. J. Evers of Glenbrook, W. F. Waterbury, president of the Stamford Union will be present. A. V. Heath, President of the Nor- wall' Union will preside. The fOllowing program has been ar- ranged. Praise service, Led by Fred Force Scripture reading, W. F. Waterbury Prayer, . ' ‘ Rev. A. F. Johnson Selection, Mrs. J. C. Newkirk Minutes and Roll Call, Miss Wixon Welcome to St liLford Union, A. V. Heath . ‘ Collection,§ ‘ ' Contest for Union Banner. Selection, Mrs. Newkirk. Address, H. H. Spooner Hymn, . Congregation. Consecration meeting, tev. S. J. Evers. “ Blcst be the Tie,” Congregation. Prof. Alexfs. Gibson will furnish the music. After this program has been render- ed the guests will go to the chapel, where refreshments will be Served by the Congregational society. ‘ ‘v ' The vestry of Trinity church, will .mcctat the rectory at 8:15 p.111.Tuesday. THE WHEEL CONTEST. Hope Hose's Candidate Still Retains Second Place. No changes in positions are recorded to-day in the contest for Chief Prowitt’s Rambler wheel. Hope Hose’s candi- date has increased his vote, but still re- . mains in second place. I The vote at noon to-day was as fol- lows: lrv1ng H. Reed, PiOneer J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 662 642 J. J. Goodwin, Old Well 586- Smith Northrop, Phoenix 227 Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158 D.Hart Weeks, Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, 38 Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 1 F. W. Darmer, Old Well 4 H. D. Cornell, Fire Police L. M. Smith, Mayflower D. W. Harford, Old Well Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D. Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, E. V. Baker, Old Well Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer Harry Mitchell, Pioneer Fred Weiseit , Leo Davis, Old Well Howard L. Lowndes, Old, Well Geo. F. Foote, OldIVVell ' John Yost, Putnam Hose Death of Davis Hatch. Another aged and well known resi- dent of South Norwalk in the person of Davis Hatch died Saturday evening at his home on West avenue, in the SSth year of his age. He leaves a fam1ly of eight children, Stephen S., Manuel T., Joseph, Horace S., Davis, Julita A., Clara J. and Mrs. James S. Bailey. _--—<oo-¢>————— The Weather. Fair to night and Tuesday, and prob- ably Wednesday; colder to-night. -= NNJCDOV Hi—‘Ui—‘l—JHi—lb—‘l—‘lx'l M13. Cha1lcs 0.1}. Betts is seriously ill with grip at her ho. ne on the Gwen / ALB- SUICIDE! he 'visited the scene and placed Mrs. Roice under arrest and left Officer Reardon in charge. Should the infant die the poor mother would. probably be charged with infanticide. I Mrs. Roice has practically recovered and the child is in a. fair way of recov- ery. 11.111111 1111. Will Begin in Criminal Su- perior Court Wed- nesday. NEW JURORS DRAWN. Attendance At Trial to be Limited by Sher- iff Hawley. The trial of Mrs. Nancy Guilford will begin in the criminal Superior court, ”Wednesday 'morning at 10 o’clock. The regular panel of-jurors has been sum- moned to be at the court, and the fol' lowing extra jurors were drawn on Sat- urday: ‘ Bethel—William Beard, George L. Dickens. Brookfield —~Charles Stuart, Newman M. Warden. Darien——-George Gregory, H. Fairbanks. _ Easton-Bennett Secley, Jesse Whee- I William ler. Greenwich-EzekialC. Mead. Gilbert -.-H FeIriis, BénjaminF. Hyatt. Huntington—S. Byron Brownson, Charles Beard, George P. Bidwell. MonrOe—~Homer E. Clark, Birdsley H. Sherman. . . New Canaan—Russell L. Hall, John E. Selleck, David H. Lockwood. New Fairfield—Amos Hodge, Samuel H. Sanford. Newtown——Patrick Campbell, ward B. Booth. _ . Bedding—Ebenezer Hill, Harry A Lounsbury, Thomas F. Green. Ridgefield—Joel L. Rockwell, Rufus Todd, Robert A. Edmunds. Sherman—Frank Hungerford, Charles C. Stevens. . . Weston—VVilliam P. Walter P. Rowland, Horace C. butt. I . VVestport—H. B. Sherwood, Austin Jennings, William H. Bradley. VVilton—Richard H. Fitch, Samuel Buttery, Justice K. Raymond. Sheriff Hawley has announced the attendance at the trial will be limited Ed- Lockwood, Hurl- to persons known to the sheriff or his deputies, to persons interested in the case. and to those introduced by mem- bers of the bar. I A Grand Jury will be called Tuesday morning to indict the Italian Vaccaro, who killed a fellow ' Stamford, State's Attorney Fessenden has a number of small cases to dispose countryman in of before beginning the Guilford case. —. ‘—-—<o-o>-—- GoesIto .New Britain. Fred I. J ones. for several years a pop- ular dry goods’ salesman in South Nor‘ walk has resigned his position at Dick- erman ’s store, and will go to New Bri- tain where he will launch out in busi- ness with his own name over the en- trance of the store. If he meets with even one-half the success wished him by his friends in town he ought to be content. ’—-—-—-—<..o>——————- Robbed the Grave. A startling incident of which Mr. John Olive1 of Phila.1—’a., was the subject, is n.111ated by. him as follows: " I was in a most d1 eadful condition. My skin was almostyellw, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and asides, no appetite-giadually 0'1 ow ing weake1Iday by day. Th16e physi- cians had given me up. Fointunately . a fliend advised t1v1ng‘hlcct1lc Bil.- ters;’ and to my g1eatdoyI and 11111 p 1.41:, the first bottle made a ecideo 1mp. 111' '12- ment. I continued their use fox luree weeks, and am now a well ma1..1 know they saved my life and nobbed the g1avc of anothei victim. " No one should fail to t1v them. Only '50 cts, gualantocd at John A. Riggs’ 111 113' 3101 e, 11 M11111 stieet FOB, EtNSULlDlTIUN Samuel L. Weed EIeCted to Serve on the Committee of’Twenty-One. MEETING WELL ATTENDED Representative Citizens of Over River_Schoo| District Present. That the residents of the Over River School district are very much in earn- est ‘in reference to consolidation, was manifest at the special meeting of the district held Saturday evening at the schoOl-house to elect a representative of the district to serve on the committee of twenty;one, which committee is to prepare a bill to be presented to the General Assembly, in the matter of consolidation of the several sections of the t0wn. ' Hon. E. O. Keeler acted as chairman of the meeting and A. E. Austin filled the duties of clerk. After the meeting opened a recess of five minutes was taken. chair appointed H. R. Price and Fran- cis McKeon, tellers. - were, Messrs. Arthur C.‘ Wheeler, lSamnel L. Weed, Henry W. Gregory and W. J. Tracey. . Four ballots were taken before a. choice was announCed. On the third ballot Mr. Wheeler scored 39 votes as did also Mr. Weed. On the fourth bal- lot M r. Weed recelved 48 votes to Mr. Wheeler’s 40 and was declared the choice of the meeting. I . HEIWas instructed to vote for consol- idation. - a The candidates placed in nomination On the reconvening of the same the. ' DR. NOBLE RESIGNS. Will Sever His Connection With Congregational Church in September. At the Congregational church, Sun- day morning, Rev. T. K. Noble read the following letter of resignation : To THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF ”THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL, CHURCH AND SOCIETY : My Dear PeOple : It is known to some of you that for the past six months I have been a sufferer from insomnia. My general health is still excellent, and you will remember that during my entire ministry among you, in the good providence of God, I have not been kept from my pulpit by ill- ness, even for a single service. This long-continued loss of sleep,how- ever, has in a measure lessened my strength, making the work of this large parish increasingly burdensome. What is the wisest course to pursue under these circumstances, has been aserious question with me. Perhaps I might with propriety yield to the persuasion of several friends, and ask you to grant me a leave of absence, in the hope that a sea voyage of a month or more mighti- bring me relief; but after much thought and earnest prayer for guidance, I have decided to tender to you to-day my resignation as your pastor, the same to take effect the last of September next. This will roundIout the ten years . of happy and by the blessing of God, not unfruitful service among you, during which you have accorded to me and mine unbroken kindness and unfailing courtesy. Moreover, these intervening months will give you time to make dili- gent and prayerful search for the one ministe1 of J'esus Christ best fitted to take up and cariy fI01 ward the work that waits to be done in this hlst0'10 chu1 ch. What it has cost me to reach this decision is known only to my Sav- iour and myself. That the dear Lord may lead this beloved church into the green pasture and by’the still waters I overflow with'the choicest temporal and spiritual blessings will be theidaily prayer of your affectionate pastor and friend, THOMAS K. NOBLE. Dr. Noble’s plans for the future have not yet been perfected, but it is under- stood that he will take a trip abroad. ‘ r 1 A Curtailed Advantage. The yearly circulation at the Nor walk Libra1 y is about 30, 00, .3 H num- be1 of books which cir culate freefi only 2,.500 Thus each book 1515?“? out every month and some vol . 3 many more times than this." If a. ' ibiary is large in proportion to its book-takers), or is well kept up, the strain, On the books is relieved, to say nothing of its power to educate and please. The binder’s bills at the Norwalk Library have been very much larger because the power to buy new books has been so limited. 4 ‘ vr The Initial Vesper Service. At the South Norwalk Congrega- tional church Sunday morning, the communion service was held. In the ‘ aftemoon the first vespe1 service was held. the p1ogram as p1inted in the GAZETTE on Saturday being cairied out. Fred Fo1ce led the congiega- tional singing and Nelson Dickerman p1'esided. Dr. Beard gavea short but excellent dissertation on “Good Cheer” I Harry Pepper sang two solos, “There is a Green Hill Far Away,” and “The Beautous Song.” At 5:45 the C. E. held its meeting, Miss Margaret B. Weed leading. The topic was the “The Gatespf Zoin. ~———<‘0.0’——————- Nuptial Feast. H. Schacahat, the Harbor avenue groceryman, entertained a number of his friends, yesterday, in celebration of his marriage to a lady of his choice, in New York city, one week ago. Re- freshments were se1 ved and there was a season of joy and congratulation in strong contrast with the unfavorable storm of wind and min that p1 evailed and whistled and pattered on the out- of'His infinite love causing its cup to side of the building. BOSTON STORE! ‘Fairfield County’s Most Progressive Storew NEW SPRING GOODS ARRlVlNli EVERY DAY ! i to inspect our stoc_::s Made Suits are selected with care. HIS Spring we hope and believe will be the greatest the Boston Store ever had. Our Silks. Dress Goods. Laces, Trimmings and Tailor We invite those ladies that never bought any of their dress materials in N or‘walk to kindly examine our stocks before going to New York We assure them that they will be treated courteously, and will not be asked to buy, simply Most of ,these ladies never buy in Norwalk because they never look at what the merchants carry. M. ‘ O. . New Dress Goods. Spring suits. New Crepons. New laces. Spring Shades ianbbons. New Damask. New patternsin China and Porcelain ware. New lace curtains. New organdies. New dimities. New lawns. New gmghams. New Wash Goods. Just to sta1t the season. and d1 esses 60. P1 inted dotted swiss l 2411:. Ame1 loan 01 gandles 123.0 Foreign dimitics 12in. Corded foreign lawns 151-. ' . Piques. Look at these always beautiful goods the best line'ever shown here. 10c dress ginghams f01 shirt waists 3 . New Dotted Swiss and » Collarettes. At half price to close. 25 ladies flannelette wrappers the $1.25 ones, only size 32, each 75c. 75c dressing sacques 50c. $1.00 and $1.25 flannel night gowns white and fancies. It will pay you to buy for next season for the price quoted 75c. \ Spring Dress Goods. 48 in. satin soliel cloth in all colors 98c. 36 in. spring fancy dress goods 29c. 42 in. poplins in all the shades for spring 750. 46 in. Paquin cloths for tailor made su1ts $1.25. ' 46 lo. fa 1cy cassimeres for tailor suits 75c. ‘ L ' 40 in. plain col. corded suitings 500. . 40 in. violet henrietta the popular color 750. 50in. wide 1 ed broadcloth f01 tailor suits $1.00. 20 odd pieces of novelty dress .gools 'The Last Call oanadies Jackets. $18.75 ones $7.50. $10.00 “ $5.00. $5.00. " $2,98. New \ CreponS.‘ The demand is greater this season for black Crepons than ever before 8 pieces new blister effects, no two alike 42 in. wide $1.25 10; different styles of silk crepon $1. 50; 8 dit’fe1ent styles of silk and Mohir C1 epon $1. 75, 4 styles at $2. 00. ' New Silks. 27 in. black satin Duchess. A beauti- ful cloth worth any where $1.25 this week $1.00. 24 1o. satin Duchess the $1.00 quality 50. 00101 ed tal’fetas for shirt waists and —1 linings all the new colors 75c. Fancy taifetas plaids and corded ones $1. 00 and $1.2 ‘ 10 pieces co1ded Japanese silks beau- that were 500 per yd. will close at 25c. IAll the new styles are now ready in Butterick’s Patterns. - . for NOrWalk and South Norwalk. Id. ~ tiful waist patterns 50c. m We are ‘sole agents . I
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