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~sev’e‘iral departments as follows:
death rate was 1:3.
is a Buyer. Give» _. I,
aTi-ial '
Noun-Am, CONN., runs DAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1899.
PRICE TWO CENI‘S
a,»
TWIN CITY COUNCILS
HOLD
SHORT SEMI-MONTHLY
~ - SESSIONS.
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No IMPORTANTBUSINESS.
SOUTH NORWALK SIDEWALKS
MUST BE PLACED IN GOOD
CONDITION.
T . regular semi monthly" meeting
of the No} xwalk city council was called
to order by Mayor Glover at 8:10 o’clock
Monday night with all the members
present. ' I ,
The re "ding of the minutes of the
lastgoeeting were dispensed with and
bills amounting to $471.70 ordered paid.
«.ihe bills were distributed among the
High-
way, $736.25; sewers. $38.20; police,
$155.95; administrative, $111.15t-‘o
$29. 55. T
_ Chairm man Meeker of the highway
committee reported that he had re-
ceived $40 from the Norwalk Tramway .
company for removing snow from their
premis'es. He turned the same over to
the mayor. .
Councilman ,Goold Hoyt presented
the bond of city tax collector A. A.
Bette and moved its acceptance.
1 c bond was given by the Aetna
Indemnity company of Hartford, to the
amount of $10,000 with $35 as premium.
The Mayor read the bond and was
about-t ‘ put Mr. Hoyt’s motion, when
Cletki‘ Iurlbutt interrupted and re-
mark 4811 that he had some doubts about
end being - good. He said the
es provides one thing while the
apparently contained more than
rescribed by the statutes, which
also make the whole bond void.
so thought that it would beagood
to have the colleCtor sign the
that official ev1dent1y having
oked that important act, as an
n of the bond showed.
and was referred to the city at- ,
torney for his examination and report.
Councilman Avison of the sewer com-
mittee reported that all of the city
catch basins, 155 in number had been
thoroughly cleaned at an average cost
of 81 cents each.
N o more committees having business
to report, city attorney Hurlbutt said
he was ready to report upon the claim
- Of Charles «Adams against the city for
injury received by falling upon an icy.-
sidewalk, but desired to makehis re-
port in private. The council thereupon
went into executive session, heard the
report and adjourned until June 5.
South Norwalk Council.
Mayor Coburn \also called the meet--
ing of the South Norwalk city council
Monday
the councilmen in their seats, those
absent being George F. Waters
Dr. W. B.-Bean. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.
to order night, with four of
and
The matter of grading and improv-
ing Golden Hill street from Summit
street to V’i‘aylor avenue was taken up.
A petition signed by Adolph Keisler,
John Weiseit and fifty~one others was
presented.
Mr. Weiseit said that the city had
made some improvements several years
ago but had stopped before the street
was finished.
Street commissioner Reed said that
the street needed repairing and would
not cost much. The matter
ferred to the committee on streets.
was re-
, oKE HIS KN EE-CAP.
A}B;.il5lgeport Bicyclist Ran into a Trolley
Car.
BRIDGEPORT, Mav In. ~Wbile riding
a bicy'ple along Noble av enue last even-
ing at? 30, Joseph Lesko, aged 18, of
15 Hallet street, was struck by a rap.
idly movmg trolley car and his knee
cap broken. He will ,be laid up for
several months and will be a cripple
for life.
St to Board of Health “Report.-
The’ onrthly report of the Connecti—
cut state board of health shows that
there were reported in Connecticut
1,169 deaths during the month of April.
This was 52 less than reported in
March, and '28 less than in April of last
year, and 23 less truth the average
number of deaths in April for the five
years preceding the present. The
l for the largetbwns,
for the small towns 17.0 and for the
whole state 15.7; VThe, deaths from
.ay motic diseases were 95, being 8.1 per
cent. of the total mortality. The mor-
tality in public institutions of- the state
was in Bi-iegcport 2,111 Danbnry5 , in
Hartford 24. in Middletown 14, and in
New Haven 24.1 ’
THE WHEEL CONTEST.
The ballot at noon to-day was
as fol-
lows : '
lrving H. Reed, Pioneer 3241
J. J. Goodwin, Old Well 3029
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 68
Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19
Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 15
F. W. Darmer, Old Well I 16
H. D. Cornell, Fire Police 20
L. M. Smith, Mayflower 2
D. W. Harford, Old Well 2
Chief F. M. Wheeler. E. N.F.D. 1
Patrick'P‘. Slattery. Hope Hose, 1
E. V. Baker, Old Well 1
Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer 1
Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1
Fred Weiseit ‘1
Howard‘LLowndes, Old Well 1
Geo. F. Foote, 0161- Well' ' ' 1
John Yost, Pfitnam Hose ,1.
H. H. Williams was. out before day-
break this morning planting 39 bills of'
lima beans. He proposes to feed his
Samford friends beans hereafter in
place of apple sass.
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s _
'the sewer
MEET !
At this juncture Dr. Bean entered
and was asked for his report.
He said in regard to a petition for a
sewer on Bouton and Hoyt streets and
011 Lexington and Ely avenues, that he
and Dr. Kendall had gone over the
gropnd together.
He thought that the sewers should
be put in and requested the street com-
missioners to find the cost of sewers
and report at some future meeting. He
said peopie were drinking water from
a well within four feet of a very shallow
basin. wanted to
Councilman Ferris
would be carried
over or under the Spring street rail-
road bridge.
Street Commissioner Reed said that
could be the
bridge to Ely avenue. ,He said that
the sewerage from Lexington avenue
now runs into the meadows. _
Councilman Bean moved that the
street commissioners be requested to
bring in the price of a sewer,
know if the sewer
run under
investi-
gate the matter and submit plans, which
was ordered.
Councilman Bean then reported on
the matter of the old lamp posts. He
said he had sold the twenty-six lamp
posts to A. Harris for 50c each, . and
had turned the money into the city
treasury.
Commissioner Reed asked Dr. BeTih
if Harris had contracted to place the
sidewalks around the lamp-posts in as
good a condition as he found them in
and Bean said he had.
Councilman Smith reported on the
matter of‘ the damage done to police-
man Reardon‘s coat in making an arrest
“.iind said $3 should be awarded him. It
was so voted. .
Mr. Smith then moved that'the street
commissioners be instructed to pur-
chase two loads of crushed stone which
was voted. ‘
The matter of the repair of city Side-
walks was then taken up.
The clerk was instructed to notify
all property owners to repair such
walks as needed repairing within 80
17th,
or it would be done by the street con:-
days from May 17111, or by July
missioncrs at the expense of such
property owners.
Councilman Morgan moved that the
order
bill.
clerk be instructedto draw an
for the amount of the city gas
The clerk was so lustructed. '
Mr. Porter then appeared and asked
for an abatement of $300 on the estate
of Gen Guys
Frederick Quintard pr esentcd a peti-
tion for an abatement of $4000 on the
list of Daniel F. Benedict, saying ' that
it should have read,
$500 instead of $4500.
Referred to the committee on assess-
money at interest
ment.
The council then adjourned.
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Firemen’s Convention.
The state tiremen’s convention meet-
in New London to- day and a large
number of fire emen left Nor walk this
morning to participate.
The delegates from the several com.-
panies in town who are present are as
follows“: , '
Phoenix Engine 00., Captain' A. A.
Chinery. Jr., Smith Northrop. I
Hope Hose, Captain James D.
tello, James Duffy.
Pioneer, James Wood.
DFire Police, Captain A. I. Meeker
“Nash
DOld ~Well, H. W. Bodwell.
Putnam Hose, Truman Stevens.
Fire Police, Frank Judd.
Chief Engineer E. V. Baker of South
Norwalk and Harry Bennett of ,Ncr-
walk are also present.
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Try Grain-0! Try Grain-:0! I
Ask your Gr cater to day to show you
Cos-
a package of GRAIN-O the new {bed
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
juiy as well as the adult. ' ll who tr y
it, like it. GRAIN -0 has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from the pure gialns, and the
most delicate stomach receives it with.
out distress ithc piireofcolfee .150-
anrl 250. per pack-men
grbcers. .
Sold by 3.11..
l - Tooti-
' ing will be .with Mrs. Da.
3
. Town Court at South Nor
AELGSE Bill.
S. Warren Clark Severely
' Bitten By a Vicious
Horse.
HE FAlNTED AWAY.
ThliI Animal Was About to Kill Him When
' Rescued-
S. Warren Clark of Norwalk, who is
' employed by Mrs. Samuel J. Miller at
Cannon, came within an ace of being
killed by a vicious horse on Saturday
last.
The horse, a big gray animal,
standing with his mate hitched to a
was
wagon whenhnconscibusly Clark turn-
ed his back to speak to one of the men.
He had no sooner turned than the
beast made a plunge forward and buried
his teeth in his shoulder and arm,
lacerating the flesh terribly and caus-
ing Clark to sink to the ground un-
conscious from the pain and shock.
Clark had no sooner fallen than the
vicious brute reared up and was in the
' act of trampling him to death when
one of the farm hands rushed to his
rescue and dragged him to a place of
safety. ,,
The wOunded man was taken to a
doctor’s where his wounds were cared
Ffpr, but it will be some time before he
will have recovered from his injuries.
1
3 Clark was in tOWn Monday carrying
his arm in a. sling and recounting his
close call.
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Murderously Assaulted.
Bridgeport, May 16.-—Joseph Per
is dying at the Bridgeport hospital.
Hewas muderously assaulted Sunday
morning atl o’clock on Church street
by four'men, also Slavonians. All four
have been captured by. the police and
are held pending’the result of their
victim’s injuries. 'Should he die the
charge of assault will be changed to
murder.
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Last Monthly Meeting.
The last monthly meeting of the La-
dies ’Association for the year will be
held in the chapel of the Firs t Congre-
gatioaal church to- morrow at 3:30 p.
m. Mrs. Tewkshury of North China,
will give an address. Tea will be
be served and all ladies will be cordial-
ly welcomed. . ~
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Whist.
Miss May Higgins entertained the
Monday Afternoon \Vhist club yester-
day afternoon. Miss Mary Osborn won
the first prize and Mrs. A. J. Meeker
the consolation prize. T e next meet-
1id F. Hunt,
Jr., on Maple street, Monday, May 29th.
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The Weather.
Increasing cloudiness to-night; show-
ers Wednesday
Butler Lodge I O. O. F., will re-
hearse the second degree to-night and
to-morrow three candidates will take
that degree. “
Health officer Hunt was engaged
this morning in serving notice; on
property owners to connect their
premises with the sewers.
John Bat-din who was arrested for-
assault upon Edwin Tuttle of Rowayton
Monday, was fined $3 and costs in the
'alk. this
morning. lie paid up and was dis-
charged. '
Mrs: Eliza Hoyt Street, widow of the
- late Chauncey Street died at her home
on Seymour place this morning; aged
81 years. No arrangements have yet
been made for the funeral. ‘
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His Life Was Saved.
Mr J. E. Lilly, a promlnent citizen
of Hannibal, Mm, lately had a wondei-
ful delivpranee fr om a frightful death.
In telling of it he sax-'s1'l was taken
with Tvphoid Fever, that ran into
Pdeumonia. My lungs became hard—
ened I was so weak I- couldn tcven
sit up in bed. Nothing helped me I
expected to soon die of Consumption.
Whén I heard of Dr. King’s New Dis:
COYBI'y .One bottle gave great relief.
I continued to use it, and now am well
and strong; I can’t say too much in its
praise.’ l‘his mauellous medicine is
the surest and quickest cure in the
WOrld for all Throat and Lung trouble.
Regular sizes 50 cents and $1. 00. 'lri al
bottles free at: John A. Riggs’ Drug
Store. ll 1\l.miat.,evmy bottle on u an-
HORSE TROT.
Entries forthe Races on ‘the Fair
To—morrow.
Grounds
The horse races given under the
auspices of \Vcstport parties take place
at the Fair Grounds to-morrow after-
noon.
The entries are as follows: -
W'ESTPORT RACE.
F. H. Taylor, b. m. Fannie T.
E. B. Mead, b. m. Marion Q.
W. T. Williams, b. g. Sam W.
F. Freudenthal, br. m. Gracie M.
J. K. Gault, g. m. Jennie Brown.
2.25 Class
I. Couton, b. m. Aduzetta.
C. Lee, hr. in. Glendale.
G. Sturges, br. g. E. T. N.
I..-Boutcn, b. s. Corporal.
T. Quinlan, b. m.,Laura Bo.
Dann & Banks, b. g. George Gorham.
H. G. Purdy, b. g. Majestic.
B. Terry, bl. m. Ellardella.
Manice de F. Lockwood’s bay Baron,
record, mile 1112:12 by Baron Wilkes,
will be shown in an exhibition one- ~half
mile.
Lockwood-Studwell.
A very pretty wedding was solemn.
ized in Long Ridge Sunday afternoon,
at 4:30, the groom being George W.
Lockwood, and the bride Miss Emma
L. Studwell. The ceremony took place
at the home of the groom’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Lockwood, in
the presence of a company of friends.
It was performed by the Rev. Charles
L. Moon, pastor of the Long Ridge
Congregational church. Miss Ella J.
Holly, a little niece of the bride, was
maid of honor. '
beautiful boquet of pink and white
roses. She was neatly attired in a
gown of gray cloth, trimmed with white
silk. Her only ornament was a ruby
brooch presented by the groom. She
was in receipt of many handsome
presents. They will reside in’Long
Ridge.
EETET‘EQEElH EElElElEAHlM
vanek, a Salvonian, of Church street,‘
Dead“ Broke.”
That’s the condition of lots
of people because they have
been “ laid ofi‘. ” ‘
Nine times out of ten there
is no excuse for it.
Nine times out of ten they
would find their services in
great demand if they would
make their qualifications
3.1 and desires known through
the GAZETTE want columns.
( ‘51 If the coat fits you send in
‘01 30111 copy.
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THEMES; tsunaminman‘
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Musical Afternoon.
The Central club is to have a most
delightful musical afternoon on Satur-
day. The entertainment is to 'be en-
rirely byg gentlemen,.1nd in the main
is to consist of a programme by Mr.
Harvey Loomis the composer and
pianist already favorably known toNor-
walk audiences and Mr. Edwin Star
Belknap, his colleague, who has been
for some time teacher of pantomime in
the Sargent school of acting, and who
is the especial exponent of the art of
pantomime with musical background.
These talented men compose most of
the numbers upon their [remarkably
varied programme. The special'pro-
gramme they are to give here will be
published later. Refreshments Will
be served at the close of the afternoon.
Outsiders admitted upon the usual
understanding, a club member intrc-
ducing those not members of the club,
and being responsible for their fee.
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Are in New Haven.
The. Connecticut Music Teachers’ As-
sociation isin session ,in New Haven
this week, amoxig those in attendance
from Norwalk being: Mrs. W. H.
Baldwin, Mrs. Imogene Ross, Mr‘h. C.
F. Boutwell, Mrs. C. S. St. John. Mrs.
H..P. Morgan, Mrs. Paul Schultze,
Miss Nellie M. Disbrow, Miss Amy
Wood, Miss Jennie ~Pearl Gregory,
Miss Florence M. Benedict, Miss
Minnie McNichols, D. E. Disbrow, (J.
5.. St. John, W. J. Leland, Paul
Schultz R. G. Mitchell and Edward J.
Sims. ‘
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He Fooled The Surgeons.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, 0., after suffering 18'
months from Rectal F istula, he would
die unless a cositly operation was per-
formed: but no cured himself with five
boxes Bucklen’sArnica Salve 'the surest
Pilecure on Earth, aud'the best Salve
in the World 25 cents a box. Sold by
'John A.Riggs, druggust 11 Main street
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—.'\dvertise in THE GAZETTE.
The bride carried a
lElHEl] ll_S_MASH-UP.V
New York Express IPassch'fh-Ti‘
gers Alarmed ‘by Great "
Racket
POKERS ON THE TRACK.
Fell From the Tender and Caused a Clatter
and Tearing of Fences. I
The passengers on the 6 o’clock exo
press from New York had rather an
unpleasant sensation while running
through Mamaroneck last evening.
There was a great clatter and sound -
of bending and breaking iron and a
considerable portion of the fencing bee
side the track was crushed. The pas-
sengers all through the train were
startled by the noise and could not ac-
count for it in any other way than. that
some frightfulaccidcnt was happening
to the forward part of the train.
.The express was brought to a stop as
quickly as possible and a part of the.
Two
of the long wroughtiron pokers carried
on the tender and used in stoking the
crew sent back to investigate.
engine fires, were found to have caused
all the trouble.
the tender while the train was running
at high speed and were passed along
by the car wheels for some distance,
twiching and turning the bars in all
sorts of shapes and splintering the
fences along the way. No damage was
done to the train.
WILTON.
Mrs. John E. Peck and Miss Clara
Peck of Grand Rapids.‘.Mich., are the.
the guests of the Misses Carpenter.
Norman Betts is quite ill. I
Miss Blissie Thomas of Stamford”, is“, '
visiting in town.
Mrs. D. D. Telfcrd of New York, was
in town on Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Olmstead, Mrs. A. W.
Merwin and Miss Alice Merwin have
been the guests of Miss Kate Keeler of
Riggefield.
Miss Agnes Ogden is visiting friends
in New York and Stamford. '
Louis Verlin is on a business trip
south.
W. K. J. Hubbell has returned from
a pleasure trip to New York.
Mrs. George TV. Ogden has so far re—
covered from her recent seveie illness
as to be able to ride out on. pleasant
days. . -
Miss Sarah Davenport has purchased
a fine team of horses making a total‘of
five in her stable.
Lester Hyatt of Norwalk visited his
sister Miss Anna Hyatt on Sunday.
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Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr. King 8
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness in-
to energy, brain fag into mental power.
They’re wonderful in building up the
health. Only 250 per box. Sold by
John A. Riggs, Druggist,11 Main
street , . ‘
A. E. Bohme will re-open his office . '
in the Masonic building on Tuesday.
Charles Hubbard, chef at the Knob,
Will open for the season on Saturday.
May 27: k t.
D. B. Tinklerisbuildinganewharn
on his newly purchased property in
Cranbury. .
D1. T. A. Riorden was in Elizabeth,
N. J , yesterday calling on old college
chums.
Our Brothers lodge worked the
second degree upon one candidate last.
night. . . ,
Mrs. D. H. Delevan of‘Samford iSvis-
iting Mrs. William E. Dann, of France
stleet. - . ,
Edward Street, the dry‘ goods ‘man
announces that be
business.
Miss Anna Goold, of Fail-field, and
Miss Daisv Diver, of Bridgeport, spent
Sunday with Miss Florence Brown, of
Spring street.
Rev. William Maher,. D. D.
They were jostled off .
will retire from. 7
an-
nounced Sunday at St. Jeseph’s church
that the proceeds of the, bazaar lately
held by the society were about 3300,
overall expenses. ~ _. .
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Norwalk Chronicler