' 1.. Get customs Ad- ‘ vertise in Their Favor:- Vite Paper, THE EVEN-_ [N6 GAZETTE! , \ V6 1 ing 26 e. . Every 'Rea‘d‘eriiof- THE EVENING (i AZETTE- is a Buyer. Give Them :1 Trial .VOL. IX. N O. 2092 101011121. SAUNDERS 1111111111511 1 PLAUSIBLE STRANGER RIDES OFF WITH oNE OF HIS WHEELS IN EXCHANGE FOR A PAIROF CUFF . BUTTONS. \ p . Tuesday noon :1 good looking, well dressed st1anger entered the Olient bicycle emporium of Col. Hod Saunders, on North Mam street, South N01 walk, and rented a wheel. Col. Hod was especially delighted to 1ent the stranger a wheel as he was extremely well dressed and said he was a guest of ex.mayor Bohannan of South Main street. The/Colonel is something of a politi- ‘ clan, and when the stranger mentioned the doctor brotherof Stamford’s great free silver veto mayor, whatever suspicion he may have had of the stran- ger vanished as quickly as a dream, and he soon had “Dan” his ' hand man, dusting off and oiling a $35 I bicycle, which the stranger mounted and rode off. P1ior to mounting the silent steed, which was also to be a disappearing wheel, the young man dotfed his cuffs and donned a handsome sweater, which he had beenicarryin'g On his arm. He handed the cuffs with their shin- right: p ing gold buttons to the Col. to retain until he retur’ned with the wheel at 4 o’clock. ' > Four o‘clock soon put in an appear- ance, but no sweater-clad bicyclist was in sight. The Colonel began to get anxious and paced up and dowu the sidewalk, but yet his customer failed to return. ' The suspense was too much for the gallant knight of the Orient, and he decided to call upon the ex-mayor and ascertain if the stranger’s story was true. " As he journied down South Main street towards the doctor’s residence, Col. Hod thought to himself that if the story was straight he could turn. the conversation on free silver and politics and thus turn the ex-mayor’s suspicion of his doubting one of his guests. Arriving at the physician’s re51dence Col. Hod put on a bold front and rang the bell. He was at once ushered into the presence of the genial. doctor, who in a few sympathetic words informed SENT CAT UPON KITE. The Experiment Tried Yesterday by Deer Hill Avenue Boys. Three youngsters were flying a large box kite yesterday afternoon from'a high point on Deer Hill avenue swinging below the kite was alight basket that sway ed with the wind, but seemed to be weighted down with something. One of the youngste1s kept scanning the kite thiough a pair of field glasses. The sight was unusual enough to attract the attention of older peOple who stopped to learn what was going on. The youngsters had been reading in a recent magazine of attempts, more 01 less successful, to carry human bci ngs into the air in cars suspended frmn kites. They had no kite suflic1e11lv powerful to perform such a feat, but they rigged up a small basket in such a way that the kite ,would lift it, and then put a tiny kit- . ten in the basket for a passenger. Vlbat’ the cat thought of itsjourney into Lliu clouds was not ascertained, but the boys were certainly getting a great deal of. fun out of their experi- ment ~—Danbury’News. A ‘ ‘ Dr. Maher Leaves Milford. ~ Rev. W'illiam '1‘. Maber. D. D., of Milford, has been appointed to succeed Rev. Father Wintcw, pastor of the South Norwalk R. C chur.ch Father Mabel came to Milford in 1892 and has been the pasto1 of St. Mary’ s ch111c‘11 there since that time. He has t1 aveled considerably over the state, speaking here and there before Catholic undi- ences. Consequently he is one of the best hnown cle1gymen in the church His scholarly attainments. his marvel- oun eloquence and his magnificent physlque combine to make him an ora- tor of the highest order. He has spok- en frequently in Bridgeport and was heard only last Sunday by a big con- gregation at Sacred Heart church.—~ Bridgeport Union. Able to Sit =.U1i Arthur'J. Sn11..h, business manager of the Newtowu See, who was stricken with paralysis a month ago, is improv- . ing rapidly and is now able to sit up. Though still under the care of a physi- cian, Mr. Smith is greatly improved, a fact which will be pleasing to his host of friends. -‘ —-—Advertise in THE GAZETTE. l DRIVING CLUB. Westport Fast Horses to Trot on the Fair Grounds. A driving club has been organized in VVestport, and the following officers elected: President, Frank N. Taylor; vice president, Thomas Quinlan; sec- retary and treasurer, Dr. J. M. Nolan. The club will hold a trot open to Westport horses only, on the Norwalk fair ground track on Monday, May 15th. Only Westport horses can enter and they must be driven by their owners. The entries will be open until the 15th. Prizes will be offered and some fast time is expected as some of the horses entered have a record of 2:16. Among those who have entered their horses are William T. 'Williams, John, K. Gault, Frank N. Taylor, Thomas Quin- lan, Eli Mead and others. ————<o-or——~m~.—4—- Selleck Youngs’ Will. Under the conditions of the will of the late Selleck Youngs, which has been offered for probate, the widow, Helen P. Youngs, receives the household fur~ niture and organ owned by the de- ceased. This is given to her absolutely with a request that she give such arti- cles of‘the same as she deems best to their children and grandchildren as mementos. A bequest of $3,000 is also made to her, on the condition that there shall be no question over the division of the estate. To the son, Elmer S. Young's. is given the gold watch and an old time bible owned by the deceased, while a. life insurance policy is given to a son, Homer, to be collected and di- vided among the children. The residue of the estate, the testatm shall be divided into equal shame for the following children: Caroline A. Lounsbury, Wilbur F. Youngs, Homer and Olive S. Youngs, Annie S. Sayer and Elmer S. Youngs. Joseph W. John- son is named as executor. The instru- ment was drawn on the 5th of Febru‘ My. 1892. Judge Nobbs has appointed J. W. Thompson administrator and A. J. Cable andJ. F. Keane appraisers. —Bridgeport Standard. «0..»— Rev- Van Doren Called. A business meeting of the Nor-walk Baptist church society was held last evening. About fifty members were present. It was voted, unanimously, to'extend a call to the pastorate of the church to Rev. ’1‘. DeWitt Talmadge Van Doren. provides, ' r him that he had been cleverly buncoed and that the cool, handsome, well dress- ed stranger was not a guest of the hos- pitable house of the ex-mayor. The Colonel returned to his Orient palace and taking his gold sleeve but- tons visited jeweler Homer B. Hoyt, on Washington street, where he learn- ed that he had exchanged a $35 bicycle for a $2 pair of cuff buttons. -:\ BARGAINS FOR THURSDAY. The Boston Store- Always giving good things to their patrons. Cuticura soap. l7c. , Vaseline, ten cent size, 4c. Ladies’ black lisle gloves, 250 quality, per pair 150. 80 full bleached muslin, 6c. Pint bottle ammonia, 30. 2 bars laundry soap, 5c. 1 .‘lark’s crochet cotton, 30. 5 yds. cotton birdseye diaper, 191:. 6 table tumblers, 10c. A cup and saucer 5c. Remnants of dollar silks 500. 8 yard dress lengths of 39cgoods for $2.00 60 brown muslin 4c. 50 toilet crash 30. ._ $1.50 babies’ cashmere coats $1.00. $1.50 beautiful white skirts $1.00. 15 Ladies all wool covert suits sizes 32 to 4?. worth $1200 each, for this day only, for a run $9.00 each. 26 in. dollar umbrellas 600. ‘ None of these goods sold to children. _. “ ‘7‘ Business Women’s Club Calendar. The Business Women’s club held a business meeting in their club room in the United Bank Building, last even: ing. Classes for this month were an- nounced as follows: , “Talk on Italy” by Miss Mary E. Beard, Wednesday evenings, commenc- ing to night. Millinery class, Friday evenings, commencing‘ Friday, the 7th. Shirt \Vaist class, Monday evenings, commencing Monday the 10th. All members are invited to join these classes, but are requested to bring then- own materials. ‘ ._._..»__ Two Fires. Some lads set fire to the dried grass near the amphitheatre grounds this morning which, but for prompt action on the part of two or three men who discovered the blaze, the fire might have proven to be aserious one. The Ells place on High street was threatened with destruction by fire this morning. Some boys set the dry grass at the rear of the house on fire, and the blaze was in close proximity to the buildings when discovered by some men and extinguished. .._.‘ GOOD—_— His Head Cut Off. HARTFORD, Ap1il 5.—An unknown man, apparently about 60 years of age, was struck by a north bound passenger train on the Valley division of the N. Y., N. H. do H. railroad late yesterday afternoon and instantly killed. The man was walking on the tracks about midway between North Cromwell and Rocky Hill when struck. His head was severed and he was otherwise badly mutilated. «m>—--~ Engagements Announced. Word has 1eached South Norwalk of the engagement of two young ladies who formerly lived here. Misses Mollie and Castella Haskins, daughters of Mrs. Mary Haskins, who now resides in New York. ~ Miss Mollie is to wed Emil Milcent, of Hoboken, N. J.', and Miss Castella will take for a husband Joseph-J. Suarez, of Brooklyn. Attempted Suicide. - Susie McCue, aged 19'years, attempt- ed to commit suicide in Stamford late Monday night by-taklng carbolic acid. The girl recently came from Philadel phia and was despondent because-she was unable to obtain employment. She will recover. - .A_ ‘ v.7 Monday Afternoon 'Club.' Mrs. C. F. Gibbs entertained the Monday Afternoon club at her home on Mott avenue, Monday. The prizes were awarded Miss Stella Smith and Min. DavidF. .Hunt. ‘77 The Weather. .. Fair to-nig hr; Thursd ly p.-111.ly cloudy and warmer. NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5,1899. A mammayymmss‘“ ii A STRAW. A Want advertisement was inserted in the GAZETTE ’8 Want column one day last week and the next morning the advertismcnt was answered by a party who stated that they read it in the Gazette. A similar advertisement was placed in the Want column of ’ another local paper for a week with no response M01 al -——A “Gazette” adv. brings results every time. DH. EUILFUHD EASE. Harry Oxley Testifies About Emma Gill’s Last. Letter. WRITTEN IN TWO HANDS.- State Tries to Prove Part of Letter Was Writ- ten by Nancy. The state is apparently drawing its web closer about Dr. Nancy Guilford each day. Thus far there have been no fireworks, no dramatical or; orator- ical fights, but State’s Attorney Fes- senden has made a skillful and logical presentation of the prosecution. 'He has thoroughly covered each step, leaving few, if any holes, and has dem- onstrated that the utmost care has been taken in the preparation of the’great case. Yesterday’s proceedings brought out a point which added strength to the skillful presentation up to date of evi— dence‘against the accused woman. For the first time since the opening day of the 111111 Eudora Guilford woo in the courtroom. She sat beside her mother in the chair which has been occupied by Mrs. Amy Tooker, the nurse since the trial commenced. Mrs. Tooker sat behind the accused w0man. The 1esemblance between Eudora Gullford and Mrs. Tooker was remarkable. For the past few days there has been a surprismg falling off in the attend- ance of spectators. During the first few days of the trial, which were ex- tremely dull, the court room was crowded and in some instance people were turned away. Now it is an easy .matter to secure a Seat and vacant ones are very much in evidence. As women are not allowed in the court room they essay to satisfy their curiosity to get a glimpse of the accused doctress by loitering outside the entrance to the. court yard each evening at the con- clusion of the day’s proceedings. ‘ The trial opened yesterday with the cross examination of handwriting ex- pert W. J. Kmsley. Itdwas unimpor- tant and brought out no new facts of circumstances. David M. Carvello, an- other handwriting expert, called. He testified that he had given testimony in 743 cases, occurring in 17 different. states, and before the grand jury ,in’ Kings and Queens counties, New York. over 1,000 times. The same specimens of Mrs. Guilford’s handwrit- ing and the disputed letters which were submitted to the preceding expert were show 1] him. Witness testified that in his opinion the, inscriptions were written'by the same hand. He then went on and explained the'greasons on which be based his opinion. Cross ex- amination unimportant. William B. Glasner, cf the Bradley House, Southington, testified that Ox- . ley had given him $20 on August 29 to send by the Adams Express Co. to an address which he did not know. It was written on a piece of paper, he said, and he was told by Oxley t0” send] it in the name of Hollister or something of that kind. Harry Oxley was then called to tes- tify regarding his last interview with Emma. Gill. Witness was asked by the state if after his second interview with Mrs. Guilford, he had communi- cated anything with A-Jiss Gill. In re- , Spouse he said that on S1tu1d 1y night, AuO‘Ust 27, he told her of havinxr seen Mrs. Gummd the 81500110. time and \ ford in his possession. ' the was then . that she (Mrs. Guilford) wanted her to come down in the morning. “Tit: ness testified that he had no letter from either Emma Gill or Mrs. Gull- Emma Gill had told him that she wanted to go down and have it all over with. Witness’ attention was directed to a letter he received from Bridgeport in two dif- ferent handwritings which he gave to H. C. Guernsey. Dr. Charles C. Godfrey testified that he had made an examination of the ‘ surgical instruments taken from Mrs. Gullford’SIhouse. His testimony showed that some of the instruments were such asare used in criminal operations. When the court came in at 2 o’clock He was sub jected to a brief: examination by the Oxley was called again. court. ley was unable to give the date upon which he received the last letter from this city. Yesterday he told Mr. Fes- senden it was about September 6. The In his previous testimony Ox- first part was written in Emma Gill’s handWriting and stated that she was getting along nicely but more money was needed. The other portion was similar to Mrs. Guilford’s writing and “Please send the balance. I It was un- read, need the money badly.” signed. _The first part of the letter written by Emma Gill was not given to the jury. Cross examined, Oxley said letter was addressed to him at Southington. Six or seven lines Were written in one hand and four or five in the other. The recollection of the witness was faulty on several points. Asked if he received any letter from Waterbury he said only once. It was written by Emma Gill from the hotel where she stopped and where she reg- istered as Emma Guilford. Dr. Godfrey was recalled and gave technical testimony regarding ‘strep- tococci and other germs. His mony was on the same line as that of Dr. Jeifries and Dr. Downs several days ago. At 5 o’clock the court ad- journed until to-day. ’ --‘ testi- THE WHEEL CONTEST. The Positions of the Several Candidates Re~ mains Unchanged To-day.. In the contest for the Rambler wheel, the positions of the several candidates remain unchanged. The ballot at noon to-day was as fol- lows . lrving H. Reed, Pioneer 1930 J. J. Goodwin, Old, Well 1151 J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 888 Smith Northrop, Phoenix 227 Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158 D. Hart- Weeks,:Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, 72 Leo Davis, Old Well 08 Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo. S. Grumman. Phoenix 15 r. W. Dormerfilfldien , 10 H. D. Cornell, Fire Police 2 L. M. Smith, Mayflower 2 D. W. Harl'ord, Old Well 2 Chief F. M. :Wheeler,.E.N.F.D. _ 1 Patrick F.-Slattery, Hope'Hose. , l E. V. Baker, Old Well 1 Joseph MatheiS’ Pioneer 1 Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1 Fred Weiseitl 1 Howard L.Low.cdes, Old Well 1 Geo. F. Foote, Old Well 1 John Yost, Putnam Hose 1 AA‘ ‘v v To-ngh't "and To-morrow Night, And each day and night duling this week, you can get at any drrru ,gist’ s, Kemps Balsam for the Throat and Lungs acknowledged to be the most successful lemedy ch1 sold fo1 Coughs, Cme, Bronchitis. Asthma and Con- Sumption. Get .1 bottle to day and keep it always in the house, so you can check your cold at once. Price 250- and 50c. Sample bottle f1 ee ‘ ‘-= ‘ A meeting of thc boardof governors,I of the Norwalk Yacht club, has been called for this evening, at D. W. Ray- mond‘s ofiicc, 0:1 Washington street... 1’? PRICE Two CENTS. WllLKEll Bil THAN A B1akeman on the Berkshire Division Seriously Hurt. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. Accident Cansed By'Train Breaking in Two 2 Near Brookfield. DANBURY. April 5.——Fred McLean. a. brakeman on freight number 143, which left New Haven at 8 o’ clock last night for Pittsfield, was brought to the city hospital shortly before midnight suf- fering w1th concussion of the brain and his condition is critical. . While the train was near Brookfield junction it broke in two. McLean was on the rear Section, and not knowing that the train had separated walked off _ the car. Brakemen on the train suc— ceeded in stopping the second section about half a mile from Brookfield junc- tion and then McLean’s absence was first noticed. Abrakeman who went back found McLean walking up the track appar- ently unharmed, but when he reached the caboose he became unconscious. He was brought here. McLean was about 25 years of age and belongs in New Haven. ——-——‘0.0>—~——- Congregatronal K. D. Notes. The Ministering circle will be en- tertained on Friday afternoon at 3:30 by Mrs. William Randle Smith, at her West avenue residence. The Golden Rule circle will meet Friday evening with Mrs. H. G. Grum-' man, 1 Camp street. The Central Union will obse1ve its ninth anniveisary on Saturday after- noon at 3:30 1n the chapel, when avjoint meeting of the Ladies’ association and the K. D.’s will be held, with annual reports from the secretaries of both societies: The Golden Rule circle will serve the tea. The Kind Word circle will meet at 3 o’clock on Saturday, in the mission- ary room of the chapel. ‘ ————«O§————~ Missionary Concert. The question of changing the hour of the second Sunday services from 7:30 to 4:30 will be considered at the close of the Thursday evening meeting at the First Congregational church. The meeting will be a missionary concert with a most intere'dting program pre. pared by Mrs. Arthur B. Hill. 'Dr. . Noble will be in charge. —-—-————-——<o<>o>-———— _ Annual Inspection. A meeting of the fire department was held in the Pioneer Hook and Lad- der rooms last night. at which it was voted to leave the matter of the annual inspection of the department in the hands ofChief Engineer Prowitt and his assistants. A date will be fixed up- on and the details of the proposed parade and band concert arranged. A- ‘ ‘ V A Divorce Case. In the civil superior court yesterday beiore Judge Ralph Wheeler, the con- tested divorce ,case of James B. Dike- man of Weston vs. Jennie F. Dikeman of Nor'walk- occupied the day. The testimony was at times of a sensational character. E. M. Lees'and J. J. Walsh represented the plaintiff and Hurlbutt 6.: Gregory for defendant. Voluriteers Thanked. In the/House yesterday, Representa- tive Clarence F. Osborn offered the fol‘ lowing resolution which was passed: " 'That the grateful thanks of the gen- eral assembly be and they hereby are tendered to the patriotic citizens of the tate of Connecticut w ho enlisted in the United States army for the war with Spain.” His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a promlnent citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonder- ful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says : with Typhoid Fever, that ,ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hard- ened. I was so weak I couldn’ teven sit 11p in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to som die of Consumption, when I heard of'D1.K1ng’s New Dis- covery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, band now am well and strong; I can’t say too much 1n its praise.” E”This marxcllous medicine is the surest and Quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung trouble. Regular sizes 50 ecnts and $1. 00. Trial bottles free at John A. Riggs’ Drug .Srore, ll AlainSt. I_,t:Vcl y bottle “11.5.1 an- teed. “ I was taken '
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