‘, o -'I,L'J..':_ N a“. .. . To Get Customers 'Adat vertise in Their Favor- ite Paper, THE "EVEN: [N6 GAZETTE! ening azette. 2 ”Every Reader of THE‘ EVENING GAZETTE is a Buyer. GiveTheni aTrial VOL. 1X. NO. 2107 Mnnnt Verdict Rendered in the Gaff- ney-Tammany Suit In Waterbury. MUST PAY HI-_R $900. _____——-— Attorney Light ,Scores Father Martin on His Testimony, The case of John W.Gaifn‘ay vs Joseph . Tammany and wife of South Nor-walk, begun before the Waterbury district court last Friday was continued Mon- day afternOon before Judge Bradstreet. Attorney John O’Niell appeared for the plaintiff and John H..Light of South Norwal k for the defendants. The ball was set rolling by Mr. O’Neill’s address to the jury. He said 11 the course of his remarks that Mrs. Gilhuly, although by agreement de- pendent on the. Tammanys for support,_ preferred to live in her own rooms for one year on account of the crankiness of her son-in-law, Joseph Tammany, that he was boisterous and quarrel- some and made the home unpleasant for her. After a year she went to the house of her other daughter, Mrs. Martin, where she stayed four years during whlch time Mrs. Martin cared for her wants, and later when she returned to the Tammanys, Mrs. Martin took care of her there also, coming in each day and superintending her personal needs. Then Mrs. Gilhuly Was taken sick and bed for several weeks and later Mrs. Martin was also taken sick/and could not attend her, mother.‘ Mr. O’Neill claimed that dur- ing Mrs. Martin’s sickness, Mrs. Gilhuly was neglected. He closed his argu- ment saying that since the Tammanys made acontract to support Mrs. Gil- huly, it was their duty to support her wherever she was, if she was com- pelled by their conduct to leave their was confihe'd to her home. Attorney Light replied, making 'a strong plea, eulogizing Mrs. Gilhuly, and condemning the Martin witnesses, Father Martin in particular. who he thought had violated the sanctity of his office by testifying in cou1t against a brother-in-law. Attorney O’Neill then made his; last address He reviewed the 14 years of Mrs. Gilhuly’s was supported alternately by the Tam- manys and the Martins, as follows: November 1, 1882, she began living with Mrs. Tammany. February, 1883, she went to the Martins for a year and then returned to the Tammanys for a while and in 1884 again went to the Martins, this time staying till the time of her death in 1895. The Tammanys had supported her for months, while the Martins had cared for her 11 long years and had paid her He said that the support and care of Mrs. Gilhuly was yvorth $1 per day and that 11 years of 365 days at $1 per day amounted to a sum of $4,000, to which ought to be ad- ded $300 for funeral expenses, all of which should by right he paid to the Martins. The judge then made his charge to the jury, after which they filed into life during which she only a few funeral expenses. the juryroom. After much deliberation a decision was reached shortly after ”I O’clock in favor of the plaintiff, naming $900 as the sum the Tammanys should pay her. Wants a Divorce. Constable John J. Goodwin on Tues.- day served papers in divorce proceed- ings on Thomas F. Sweeney, of Dan- bury. The plaintiff is Bella A.. Sweeney, formerly Bella A. Gregory, of South Norwalk. The couple were married November 28th. 1888, and intemperance and intolerable cruelty are alleged as grounds for the action. The case is returnable to the Super- ior Court, Bridgeport, the first Tues- day in May. . fi—V— —Advertise in THE GAZ TTE. ‘v > muwmuu loh’n Hungerford Left His Children to Starve in Stratford. BROUGHT T0 NORWALK. Hungerford Once Turned His‘ Dying Wife . Out Doors. Detectives Arnold and Cronan of Bridgeport are - diligently searching for John Hungerfcrd, late of Stratfnrd. Yesterday, Hungerford’s two children who have suffered degraded neglect and inhuman ill-treatment at his hands, were brought to the county home in this city by Sheriff Stagg. Hunger-ford could not be found in his old haunts and his present whereabouts are a mystery. About a year ago his wife was taken ill at their home in Huntington and while suffering from a fever Hungerford forcibly ejected her from his house because she was an ex- pense to him. A passing teamster, who happened to be the father of Hunger- ford’s son-in-law, picked up the invalid ‘and took her to Bridgeport. She was conveyed in the [ambulance to the Bridgeport hospital, Where she died a few weeks later. _ The day she was taken into the hos- pital, Hungerford inserted a notice in. an evening paper that he would not pay any bills contracted by his wife, in order that he could not be called upon to pay any part of a hospital bill. At her death he allowed her to be buried in thepotter’s field and denied his chil- dren permission to attend their moth- er's funeral. Soon after his wife’s death he moved to Strawberry hill, Stratford. He took with him his two youngest children, Jessie and John, and 10 years. Hungerford treated them Half the time there was not food _ enough in the house to keep aged respectively 6 shamefully. them alive, and had it not been for sympathizmg neighbors who stole into the house while theil: father was away they would have ,died of starvation. A 'little over two weeks ago Hungerford disappeared. He made no provision whatever for the care of his children. In moral fear they spent the first night alone waiting their father’s F001 21 hours the little creatures starved. Then they vrisked the chance re- turn. ofa. beating and asked the neaiest neighbor for some food. It was gladly given them. The neighbors kept the children suD- phed with food for two weeks but dared not stay in the house or allow the children to remain away any length of time. Yesterday the Judge Peck was called to the case and he instructed Sherilf Stagg to bring the children before him. He went through the legal form of committing them to the county home in this -——-—‘0.0>———-—-— _ The Late John T. Wait. Funeral service .over the remains of Ex-Congressman John Turner Wait were held in Norwich Tuesday after- noon. Prayers were said at the late resideno‘e of the deceased at 3:30 -and at 4 p. m. a public service was held at Christ Episcopal church. Rev. Wm. Stanley Emery, rector of the church, officiated. The New London county bar association of which the ex-con- gressman was president for man y years, attended the church servicesdn a body. Many other friends and relatives. were present. The pallbearers were: Con- gressman Charles A. Russell, Hon. J 05. Pierce, Gen. Edward Harland-Gardin- er Greene, Wm. 'Alfred. Jones and John Bliss, all of Norwich. Interment was in Yantic cemetery. W.-.»— attention of city. New Tandem Record. A new tandem record from New Ha- ven to Meriden was made Saturday by A. M. Curtis and Albert Underwood of the MeridenWheel club. From Ferry street in New Haven to the club rooms in Meriden, a distance of’ a little over eighteen miles, they covered in fifty- one minutes flat. breaking the tandem record established by a. Meriden team 1 last year of fifty-four minutes. New York for Manama The Marion Short Recitalat- Congregational Church a Success. THE CHURCHi‘f-FILLEI). Vocal and Instrumental Music by Norwall< Ar- tists and Recitations by Miss Short. The Firs t Congregational chuich was crowded, Tuesday night, at the recital of Miss Marion Short. 'The young artist IS one of-unusual ability and charmed her. audience with her elocutionary powers: Each of her well selected and interesting recitations received the approval of the assemblage with much applause. The program was as follows : Piano solo, Minuet, Grieg Miss Sadie Miller. Vocal solo, “ The Ferry forShadow- town,” DeKoven Albert Mossman. Recitation, Miss Marion Short. Contralto solo, (a) When thou art Near (b) A Dream. Miss Agnes R. Gibbs. Ballade et POlonaise, Vieuntemps Miss Agnes Littlejohn. Miss Amy Wood, accompanist. Tenor solo, “The Heart of a sailor,” Violin solo, - Adams Mr. R. Shaw. Recitation, ' ' Miss Marion Short. SOpr ano solo, ' Miss Vera M. Wood. ' Tenor solo, Memoria, I Lynes Mr. Shaw. Piano, Woodland Sketches, McDowell Miss Mille1. , The solos by Mr. Mossman and Mi". Shaw were well received and heartily appreciated. Miss Vqud sang very sweetly and Gibbs’ ballads delight- Tl1e piano renditions by Miss Mil- Miss were ful. ler and the violin selections by Miss , Littlejohn were also deserving of men- tion. ‘ -‘_ ‘ Odd Fellows. The‘SOth anniversary of Odd Fellow- ship in America was celebrated last evening in right royal style by Pequon- nock lodge at its hall on State street. Bridgepmt. The second degree was wo1ked ,ampli fled f01m. Rippiwam lodge, 1‘0. 24, of Stamford, and Our Brotheis lodge, N0. 10, of Norwalk, sent delegations. When the degree work was finished music, recitations and speech making were indulged in. Among the speakers were Dr. Vail of Stamf01d, VVilllam W. Gillespie of Stamford, Rev. K. Holden and Dep- uty Giand H. H. Jacuson of B1idge- port, and others. Rev. Sylvester Clark made the speech of welcome. Noble Grand R. N. Burroughs was master of ceremonies. ' ————~~<o-o>~-———-———~———- Requisition for a Criminal. Governor Lounsbury yesterday sued a requisition out-he governor of the arrest of Edward Faseh, charged ,with the-crime of em- bezzlement committed at Bridgeport March 17,1899. Detective Cronan of Bridgeport was appointed to take the papers to Albany and go to New York, where Fasch is under arrest and con vey him to Bridgeport. ‘0.on is- Partners Disagree. There was some excitement created on Main street this morning by a. dis- agreement between William Burr and Claude Poyvez, proprietors of a meat. market. Charges were made against each other, and the end will probably be reached when the firm dissolves. MOP—M To Increase Capital Stock. Owing to an increase of orders the Norwalk Iron Works company has called a meeting of stockholders for 2 o’clock Saturday afte1 noon, at 'which time a vote will be taken on inefeas- ing the capital stock of the compiny. \ A‘ =v 7 Going .to Stamford. Henry Gehrmann, Hubert E. Bishop, Walter Lewis, Clarence Cram, F. E. Lockwood, H. C. Drake and othei‘s of the Nafomake Gun club will go" to Stamford to-mox row tukino prrt in the - state shoot. "”11; IMPIIIIIANIMEEIINM The Business Men’s Associa- . tion Hold Forth in G. A. " R. Hall. V-vIVIATTERS DISCUSSED. .Nevv Manufacturing Cdmpanies Want to Locate in Norwalk. The 'Norwalk Business Men’s Asso- ciation met in G. A. R. hall on South Main street last evening, and several important matters were discussed. Preéident E..s. Adams occupied the Chair am. Charles F. Tristram as sed- reta1y- 7 The mattei of prohibiting street ven- dors and fish boats from competing with estabhshed merchants, and the advisability of requesting the councils of the Twin Citles to enact an ordi- nance to that effect, was one of the questions discussed, as Was the estab- lishing of a wholesale vegetable mar- ket; also the collection of bad debts. The matter of greatest importance was the information that a large cotton factory employing between 300 and 400 hands desired to locate here provided a suitable building could be furnished them, with the privilege Of buying the same, ‘ This company is backed by English capital and representatives will behere next week to look over the town. A patent silver knife company would also locate here provided $50,000 could be aised to start a factory. [his-latter project, however, did not meét with encouragement and the meet— ing”; adjdurned to meet on the third Tuesday in May. ~———-——‘o-¢>—-————‘ 31g Seizure of Cigars. Deputy collector of Internal Revenue S. S. Ambler, who recently searched in Norwalk for cigars bearing the coun- terfeit revenue stamps, has seized 10,- 000 cigars in Danbury. Harry FOIL-Of East Norwalk, who has been the guest of Mr. and M15. Robert L. Shephaid, of SouthpOLt, has 1etu1n- ed home. About 10 o’clock this morning Chief Vollmer arrested four men who were intoxicated and who were making a disturbance on the docks around Water street. The men had been around there all day yesterday. " The ladies of Trinity church will hold a reception and social ‘in Red Men’s hall Thursday evening for the benefit'ofthe building fund. The Occa- sion will bea “CalendarParty,” and will be quite an event among South Norwalk Episcopalians. '3, 7. business. The Past Sachems voted for Grand Chiefs and the tribe elected Archie F. Nash and Thomas Robbins as delegates to the great council and William Wilcox and William Miller. alternates. ‘ <ooo>—-——-—— WILTON. Mbs. G. A. Davenpmt has been quite 111.1 Lbuis Verlin has purchased from the Sherman Morehouse eState the fine building lot in front of St. Matthew’s church, known as the Samuel Belden lot, and will build a cottage thereon during the coming summer. Mrs. H. G. Thomson is recovering from an attack of the grip. William Pal mer and wife, of Nor- walk, we1e in town last week. Jackson & Coley a1e haid at work completing their contract on the gravel road. _ Rev. John G- Davenport, of Water— bury, and Rev. Mr. Hollister, of Dan- bury, were the guests of James H. Tay 101 on Tuesday Many cyclists from neighboring towns took ,. advantage of our good roads and the fine Weather for a'spin On Sunday. ' A number of thermometers in this place registered 84 degrees in the shade on Tuesday. I .hibit of‘ducklings of the ’99 crop that ape far from being of the- “ugly.."" prtiety. uORwALK, CONN., WEDNES.DA1YTEVVTENING,\APRIL‘26, 1899. Uncas Tribe Imp. O. ‘R. M. met last. night and transacted some important -Mrs. Thomas Nolan has a fine ex-t . 1,: G fl people—j ust right. Try it. ‘A 9 You W011 i Get Turned Dorm 9 if you puta p1 oposition 111 the GAZETTE want columns. 3 ‘ Somebody will want to buy What you want to sell, ‘1 Somebody will want to sell What you want to buy. So many thousands of people read the GAZETTE want ads that most any sort of a proposition will strike somebody—often many SH‘SWWO O IOW‘O O _ '. PRICE Two CENTS GETTING CLOSE. The Contestants For the Rambler Wheel Clos- ing Up Gaps. As the contest" of the firemen f01 Chief Prowitts Rambler wheel closes on May 29th, the leaders in the race are doing their best to keep within hailing distance of each other, and while no candidate has changed posi- tion recently they-are closing up the gaps so as to make the finish an excit ing one. The ballot at noon to-day was as fol- lows : 68, ' lrving H. Reed, Pioneer 1977 J. J. Goodwin, Old Well , 1971 J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 896 Smith Northrop, Phoenix ' 227- Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158 D.Hart Weeks, Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, 72. Leo Davis, Old Well, Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 15 F. W. Darmer, Old Well 16' H. D. Cornell, Fire Police 10 L. M. Smith, Mayflower 2 D. W. Harford, Old Well 2 Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D. 1 Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, 1 E. V. Baker, Old Well 1 Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer 1 Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1 Fred Weiseit 1 Howard L. Lowndes, Old Well 1 Geo. F. Foote, Old Well 1 John Yost, Putnam Hose 1 AN OLD, DOCUMENT. Settlement Between the Towns ovaorwaIk and Westport Made in 1855. We, Benjamin Isaacs & A. E. Beard, seleCtmen of the Town of Norwalkr have this day signed: with Thomas F. Rowland 8; Taylor Hurlbutt, selectmen of the Town of Westport, and have this day settled all accounts between the said two towns, and have found due the town of Westport, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars, cash, and an un- divided half of a certain note of hand against Eliphalet Coley of Weston, for the sum of one hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-two cents, on inter- est, and dated June 22, 1832, and is a' complete settlement between the two towns‘ up to this date, Norwalk, De- cember 1st, 1855. BENJ. ISAACS i Selectmen A. E..BEARD of Norwalk. Selectmen THOS. F. ROWLAND TAYLOR HURLBUTT of Westport. ——-—-—‘<o.o>——————- Surprise Party. A surprise party g was given Miss Anna Rider, at her home on Westport avenue last evening. About fifty were present and enjoyed music, games and dancing. Refreshments were" also served and a pleasant evening spent with the surprised hostess. . ”W The Weather. Fair, except probably showers near the coast to-night; Thursdayfair. A -A‘ -——Advertise in THE GAZETTE. ’ /_ THE. BOTTOM REACHED THE BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN IGYOLESI- Columbia, Hartford. V1 dette, y tam $25.00 A FullLine of FEATHERSTONES Model E. $25 Cash. ITS. BLER. - .‘x
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