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ll CLERGYMIIN’S ESCAPE!
BOLT ' OF LIGHTNING BURST
OVERHIS SICK-BED SHOCK-
ING AND BLINDING HIM.
NORFOLK March 8.——During the
thunder storm here Tuesday a ball of
fire entered the Louis Curtiss house in
the south part of the town, and ran in-
to a room in which the Rev.*C. F.
Cheesebero, pastor of the North Goshen
Methodist church, lay sick in bed. The
fire ball, which was taking a direct
course for the minister, burst, appar-
ently eight inches above his head,
badly shbcking and blinding him for a
few minutes. The liglltningjhen ran
out of a window in the dining room,
which, adjoins the bedroom occupied by
Mr. Cheeseboro, and left both rooms
charged with sulphur fumes.
While the storm was raging most
furiously lightning passed. through
four telephone wires, severing all of
them, and struck a tree nearly opposite
The lightning, it is
presumed. followed a bl'okenf‘wire run-
It then
the Curtiss house.
plug into the Curtiss house.
descended the wall in Rev. Cheese- '
bere’s room and, judging by its tracks
on the wall paper, burst eight inches
above Rev. Chosebore’s head, extin-
guishing a light in the room and de-
stroying a pair of nose glasses, which
rested on a. book case alongside of the
bed. One of the glasses’ gold bows and
' one of the glasses were both melted
lWll lllUE BILLS.
Grand Jury Find Indictments
For Murder in the
First Degree.
AN ITALIAN AND A GREEK
Both of the Accused Committed Their Foul
Work in Stamford.
' "BRIDGEPORT, March 8.-—Late yester-
day afternoon the grand jury in the
superior criminal court returned an‘
indictment of murder in the first degree
against Salvater Vac'carro, who fatally
stabbed Filomena Yiatuero, in Stam-
. ford,,a few months ago. J ealously was
the cause of the stabbing. Both men
were in love with the same git-Land one
night as Vaccarro wasstanding near
A her house the murdered man approach-
ed with a companion and as they passed
Vacearro the latter overheard some re-
marks that so inCensed him that ' he at
Once rushed upon Viatuere and drove a
stiletto into him several times. His
arrest occurred a few hours later.
An indictment of murder in the sec—
ond degree was also found against
John Koskos, a Greek, who killed The-.
odore Manes, in Stamford, on the night
of February 22, by stabbing him. The
men had been unfriendly for some time
as the result of a labor strike in a fur
factory in which they were both em-
ployed and of which Manes was the
leader. Manes was about to leave
town,4and when the two men met on
the Street there was an altercation dur-
ing which knives. were drawn, but
Keskos was the quicker. He will be
put to plea to-morrow and it is under-
stood will plead guilty, and after he is
sentenced the Vaccarro trial will be
commenced.
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Rehearsal .
The third rehearsal of the cantata of
The King will be held in thc,East Aves
nue church at 8 o’clock, this evening.
and it is very important that all should
turn out and bring‘their books. A full
attendance of basses and tenors is prom-
ised. and it is essential that the so-
pranos should be outin force. It is very
necessary, also, that all those who are
' tosing but have not yet attended any
rehearsals, should attend Wednesday
evening.
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.Quarterly Meeting.
Members of the Nerwalk Historical
and Memorial Library association are
notified that the regularquarterly meet-
ing of the association will be held in
chkwood’s hall, this evening, at 8
Several applinatiOns ‘for
membership are expected. Those in-
terested in the matter can find appli.
cation blanks at the public library.
announced that the union
THE UNIUN Hllll.
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A Fine Program Rendered at
Last Night’s Enter-
tainment.
STORM KEPT MANY AWAY.
The Union Banner to be Presented at the
Next Rally.
The severe snow storm of yesterday
and last night kept many away from the
Union Rally in the First Congregational
church, but nearly one hundred braved
the elements and were well paid fel“
their courage.
The out ofvtown visitors were in evi-
dence, and among those present were
state president H. H. Spooner, otBnll’s
Bridge, W. F. Waterbury, president of
the Stamford Union, and Rev. S. J.
Evers, of Glenbrook. ,
Owing to the absences a change was
required in the program, which was
rendered as follows :.
Praise service, .
Led by President Heat .
Scripture reading, ‘ ' .
W. F. Waterbury.
Prayer,
Dr. T. K. Noble.
Selection, '
~Mrs. Newkirk.
Minutes,
' - Miss Wixon.
Roll Call, . »
A. V. Heath.
Collection.
Address on C. E. Work,
H. H. Spooner.
Consecration,
Led by Rev. S. J. Evers.
During the service President Heath
banner
wduld be awarded to the society having
the largest percentage present at the
_ next rally of the Union.
Suspected Sheriff Lyon.
The police were notified last, night
that four suspicious characters, with
bundles in their possession, who had
arrived by way of the, N orwalk Tram-
way, were around town searching .for a
pawn shop. PolicétnanHickey began a
search, and finally found the quartette.
One of them Was Deputy Sheriff Lyon
of Norwalk. He was at work upon a
recent Darien burglary and had come
to Stamford to endeavorc to locate some
of the missing articles—Stamford Ad-
vocate.
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Dr. Nancy’s Trial Postponed.
The trial of Dr. Nanéy Guilford,
which was to commence in the criminal
Superior court this morning, has been
postponed for one week to permit her
attorney, J, B. Klein, to secure an im-
portant witness for the defense who
cannot reach this city for a week. Mrs.
Guilford was ill yesterday, Dr. C. L.
Banks being called to attend her.
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out of shape. The leather case, which
contained the glasses, was blown under
the bed clothes, where it was found.
A gold picture frame turned back and
the top of the sewing machine in the
dining room was also badly splintered.
IWIEE Elihu]
Fred Max Brockhaus Re-senj
fenced byludge
Wheeler.
ORIGINAL DATE FIXED.
An Affective Meeting Between Mother and
Son at County Jail.
Fred Max Breckhaus, convicted of
the murder of David S. R. Lambert of
Wilton, has passed through the unns-'
ual experience of being twice sentenc-
ed for the same crime, for in the crimi-
nal Superior court? Tuesday noon he
was again sentenced to death. The
ime was not changed, Sept. 6 being
upon by the court. Brocknaus
neatly attired in a dark flitting suit.
and his youthful face show ed no traces
of any feeling. When sentence had
been passed he bowed low, and the
words “thank you” addressed to the
judge were the only ones that escaped
his lips.
He was led back to the earl-iage that
had conveyed him from the jail. He
will be taken to Wethersfield the latter
part of this week, ...either by Sheriff
Hewley or one of his deputies,
Brockhads and his mother were to-
gether for an hour ‘ in the office
of Sheriff Hawley at the jail. The
mother of the unhappy youth was pain-
fully distressed. and wept almost dur-
ing the whole of the conversation. The
young prisoner bore up :10ny and spoke
reassuringly-to his mother bidding her
not to weepf or worry for him as he
had fully resolved to meet his God.
He assured his mother that although
condemned to death, he ’ was innocent
of the murder of the aged schoolmas-
ter, and had no part in .the actual kill-
ing. He alseassnred her that when he
went with Willis to Wilton, he did not
have murder in his heart, and that the
killing was done by Willie and was
without provocation. I
Mrs. Brockhaus calmed herself after
.a time. and told her son 'that she .and
his father would visit him frequently
at State’s prison, and try and comfort
his final. moments. When Brockhaus
left for the oeurt to be resenteuced. hi’s
N ew‘
York, Tuesday morning, accompanied
mother who arrived here from
him in the same Cirriage, going to the
depot afte r bidding him an affectionate
farewell at the court house.
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Danbury’s Tax Rate.
The town of Danbury laid a 7% mill
tax, Monday. and the News says: “It
was said in the City hall that a peti-
tion would probably be circulated, ask-
ing the selectmen to call another town ‘
meeting and change the tax rate. It
is estimated that with the utmost care
the city m st go into debt not less than
$30,000 unless the tax rate is changed
from 7%: to 10’ mills. The town is al-‘
ready carrying a debt of $154,000 and
it was hoped to reducerthat amount.
this year rather than to increase it,"
although that hope, even with a ll) mill
tax, was slight.” ' '
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Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident of which Mr.
John Oliver of Phila. Pa., was the
subject, is narrated by him as folloWs:
" [ Was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellw, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and'sides, no appetite—gradually grow,
ing‘weaker day by day. Three- physi-
cians had given me up. Fortunately,
a friend advised trying ‘Electrlc Bit-
ters;’ and to my great joy and surp ise,
the first bottle made a decided imp ore:
ment. I continued their use for three
weeks, endgam now a well mat.’ I
know they saved my life and robbed.
the grave of another victim.” No one.
should fail to try them. Only '50
cls., guaranteed at John ‘ A. Riggg".
drug store, '11 Main street. . '
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the date,the same as originally decided ,
was '
IT
AS AGHASTLY FIND. *
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THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND
DEAD WITH HIS HEAD FROZ-
' ‘- EN IN THE ICE.
This morning at 10 o’clock Charles
Hendricks, the oysterman and clam-
lner, visited Cedar Hammock in the
harbor for: the purpose of securing a
mess of clams.
As he pushed the bow of his boat
ashore he was startled by the form of a
man stretched out upon the ice.
A closer investigation revealed the
body of a young man about thirty years
of age, with his head solidly frozen
into the ice.
His boots were off and he was in his
stocking feet.
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' Hendricks was unable to free the
head from the ice, but’as far as he could
discover the body was that efa stranger
to him. '
A little further along on the island
was a skiff turned bottom upwards.
This,toe, was not recognized by Hend-
ricks as belonging to anyone? that he
knew.
About the shore were footprints as
though the dead man had been wander-
ing about trying to find the skiff.
Hendricks reported his find, and
Medical Examiner Huntington went
THE WHEEL CONTEST.
§Pioneer’s Candidate Further Increases His
Lead Over Hope Hose.
No change in positions is recorded
to-day in the Rambler bicycle contest.
Pioneer’s candidate has, however,
further increased his lead over the
candidate of Hope Hose company.
The vote at noon te-day was as fol-
lows: '
Irving H. Reed, Pioneer 667
J. H; Magner, Hope Home 642
J. J .7Geodwin, Old Well 586
Smith Northrop, Phoenix _ 227
Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158
D.H_r}gt Weeks/Phoenix _ , 84
Charles M. Smith, Piene‘er, ” 53
Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose . 19
Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 15
F. W. Darmer, Old Well ' 9
H. D. Cornell, FirePolice 2
.L. M. Smith, Mayflewer 2
D. W. Harford, Old Well ‘2.
Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.-F.D. 1
Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, 1
E. V. Bakpr, Old Well 1
Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer 1
Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1
Fred Weiseit 1
Leo DavisEZOld Well 1
Howard L. Lowndes, Old Well 1
Geohfi. Foote, 01d Well 1
John Yost, Putnam Hose 1
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ANNUAL MEETING".
' The South Nerwalk Club Elects Officers.
The annual meeting of the South
Nerwalk club was held last evening.
.The election of officers resulted in the
selection of the following gentlemen:
President, John H. Light.
Vice-president, Richard H. Golden.
Secretary and treasurer, Frederick
H. Quintard. '
’Board of directors: James Golden,
S. C. Palmer, Christian Swartz, VVil-
liam H. Smith, Frank'C. VanScoy, Dr.
L. M. Allen, Albert E. Winchesterand
Elbert W. Fitch. ' ‘
Council: Robert .H. Rowan, ' John
H. Ferris, Matthew Corbett, Edwin H.
Mathewson, Milford A. Gifiin, Robert
A. McDonald, John A. Slater, Stephen
S. Hatch, Harrie Moreheuse, 0V. A.
Scefield, William C. Foote and Mack
Roth. .
Auditors : Charles E. Hoyt and
Robert G. Mitchell.
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Went,,Home to End his Life
.John F. [fibe,jr., who went to Stam-
ford several days ago, to be treated at
a local sanitarium, left .there Monday
for his home in Seuthington. He left
the train at Plantsville, and walked
the remainder of the distance to his
home, about one mile. Several people
saw him andnoticed nothing unusual
in his appearance or behavwr. Upon
entering his home he went to his bed-
room, and, at 5:30, committed suicide by
with a revolver. He was thirty-nine
years old. He had been sick about ten
weeks with grip,and was delirious much
of the.time’ untilwithin five weeks.
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The Fish Club.
.'The.South Nerwalk Fishclub will
give an Easter, concert and ball at Ger-
maniabhall on Elste’r Monday :nighfi
for ‘whieh extensive preplrdtions are
'being made. . One of the features will
be an up-te-date dinner. -
shooting himself through the head,
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THE connl/IITTEE. ' ”
A Complete List of: Those Chosen From the
Several Districts.
The following is a complete list of the
gentlemen named by the several dis-
tricts to draw up a charter for consoli-
dation, excepting West Nerwalk whose
nominee has not as yet been ascertained
CITY OF NORWALK.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Levi Warner,
Frederick Buckley.
CITY OF SOUTH NORWALK.
Alden Selmans,
-Rchert..H,«-Ro_.. wan.
Jeremiah Donovan.
FIRE DISTRICT OF EAST NORWALK.
Dr. F. B. Baker,
Leo Davis,
F. B. Smith. _ .
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
S. C. Palmer, .
A. Blanchard.
EAST NORWALK.
J ohn J. Walsh.
OVER RIVER. '
Samuel L. Weed.
, CENTER.
Gee. M. Holmes.
NORTH CENTER. .
James Toner.
CRANBURY.
E. L. Gregory.
SILVERMINE. .
Sidney Guthrie. ‘
MIDDLE FIVE MIL: RIVER.
'Dudley E. Hoyt. .
SOUTH FIVE MILE RIVER.
Stephen E. Dibble.
\VINNIPAUK.
Andrew Hhtchinson.
BROAD RIVER.
’ ‘ George W. Mills.
Mr. G. M. Holmes, who was elected
at the Center school district meeting,
has resignedon account- of personal
reasons, and his successor will have to
be chosen later.
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Attempted Suicide.
BRIDGEPORT, Mai ch 8.—~ Andrew
Schultz, aged35, a German barber, shot
himself last night at his boarding house
on Bank streetfiwith suicidal intent. A
32 calibre revolver was used and he
fired tWo shots. The first went” wide of
the mark and lodged in the door. The
second entered the left side and were
it not deflected would have pierced the
heart. He Vvas taxen to the hospital
and it is believed that his‘condition is
not serious. Schultz had been drink-
Ing heavily of late and. was out of.
work, which it is thought caused him
to become despondent.
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BEST OF ALL
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial‘manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and
perfectremedy, Syrup. of Figs, Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for
sale by all druggists, at 50 cents per
bcttle.
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The Weather.
Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer
Thursday and probably Friday.
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NORWALK, CONN, WEDNES DAYIE’VENING, MARCH 8,1899. PRICE TWO CENTgr
gEvery Reader of THE ‘1’ .
to Wilson Point this afternoon and _.
secured a boat and was rowed to the
scene.
FIREIVlEN VMEET.
The Truck Boys Give Station House Lodgers
a Feast of Bread and Clams.
The regular meetings of the Nerwalk
fire companies were held last evening.
At the Phoenix headquarters after
the business had been transacted there
was a literary and musical programme,
consisting of a lecture on “Nerve” by
Simeon Kieth, banjo selections by
Herbert R. Smith, and an , exhibitiou
of the phonograph by John Greenwood.
Refreshments the spreading of which
was suggestive of a banquet was a be
minor part of the affair.
At the meeting of the Pioneers a ,
feast of clams had been provided. The.
attendance was not large and “Billy”
Pewell suggested'that the fodder be tak-
en to the tramp headquarters which
suggestion was acted upon. The “tran-
sients” were surprised but not more so
than were their visitors as they watched
the feed disappear. {One of the num-
ber who said that he came'from Litch-
.field county is accredited with - having
eaten fully one peek of clams, four
leaves of bread, one pound of butter,
and as having drank seven, pint te--
mate cans of clam broth.
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Visit Stamford Arcanumites.
A delegation of South N orwalk Royal
Arcanumltes visited Stamerd last
night and took part in the initiation of
several candidates. They met with a
cordial welcome and returned home
well pleased with their visit.
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Insurance Company Sued.
WATERBURY, March S—The Con-
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necticut Life Insurance Compan y, formsfl‘m
i‘e‘rl y known as the Ge‘nnecticut' Ih'd‘Em-t'w‘" '
nity Association of Waterbury, has
been sued by Patrick Sisk and Susanna
Volker to recover insurance policies
Which the defendant cempan y refuse to
pay. ‘
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Danbury Man Dead in New York.
NEW YORK. March 8.——O-liver- Bird
TWeedy, 93 years of age, died at Plain-
fleld, N. J .,' yesterday, of pneumonia.
He was born in Danbury, Conn.,in 1806.
While young he moved to ‘ New York'
and engaged in the clothing business.
He leaves feur daughters and two sons.
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Attachments. .
George A. Honnecker of Jersey City
has caused an attachment for $500 to be
placed on property in East N orwalk
belonging to Carrie A. Behrings. The
writ was served by Deputy Sheriff Lyon
and is made returnable to the Common
Pleas court in Danbury. ’
Raymond Brothers have caused an
attachment for $500 placed on property .
belonging to A. T. Saunders.
Opposed Consolidation-
' At the meeting of the Middle Five
Mile River School District, Monday 9
night, sixteen voters were present, and
fifteen of the number declared them ’
Selves as opposed to consolidation and
one in' favor of it. Albert Davis was
chairman of the meeting, and William
H. Tristram was clerk. The delegate
chosen to represent the district and
present the matter before the commit-
tee of twentysene was Dudley E. Hoyt,
who received more than the two-thirds
vote of those present.’ . » 5i.-
Very Expressiye. '
The following “‘rhym'e” "app" red on
the door of a‘ Main street" publication
office this morning: * .
“We served the Call and -served.,it
Well, ‘ , '-
"And new the Morning Call can go to
h—L” ‘
Signed by cempositors who never got
the “dust.” '
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Gone to South America.
Percy Ferris, of South N orwalk:
will start for United States of Columbia, .
in South America to—merrow. He ex-
pects to be absent about six months.
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A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible Burn.
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’s Arni-
ca Salve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores. Ulcers,
Boiis, Felons. Corns, all Skin Erup-
tions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. 'Sold
by John A. Riggs, Druggist,11 Main
street. ' ,
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