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NORWALK, CONN, WEDNES DAY, EVENING. MAY 17; 1899.-
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CONNECTICUT EXPERIENCES A
DISTINCT EARTHQUAKE
SHOCK LAST NIGHT
WAS FELT HERE IN TOWN.
CROCKERY THRoWN FROM THE
SHELVES IN SEVERAL PLACES.
An earthquake shock was felt in this
city about 8:15 o’clock last evening.
There was a. rumbling sound that lasted
.for a few seconds and as a storm was
coming up many thought it thunder.
It appeared 'as though the sound passed
to the south- -.west 53-
The shock. was felt' In all parts of the
State and in Middletown was repOIted
to have been mm c sev0I e. In some
houses plates, and other chinaware in
closets were rattled. Many thought
that the boiler in the electric light
station in the back of the municipal
building in the heart of the city had
burst, or that some of the dynamite in
storage about the granite quarries had
exploded. At \Veslevan University
on the hill the VibIations were mOIe
noticeable than in the loweI p:- II t of
the city.
FIR-EMEN’S CONVENTION.-
D. W. Harford of South Norwalk Elected a
Vice-President.
At the sixteenth annual convention
of the State FiI emen s association. in
New London VesteIdav, the following
officeIs VV m e elected: President, George
S Pitt, Middletown; fiIst vice presi-
dent, George Cowman, Stamforzd seme-
tarv, .I. S. Jones, \VestbOIt; tIeasuIer,
S.O. Snagg, WaterbuIv; county Vice
piesidents, Charles E. RogeIs, New
London; John R. Davis, Hartford;
Joshua. Gladwin, New Haven; D. W.
HaIfOId, FaiItield: Joseph FOIsteI,
Tolland; FIed S. Young. Windham;
Jonn O’BIien. Middlesex; Thomas A.
Gettsell, Li tehfield. Chief John
Stanners. of New London, was chosen
delegate to the meeting of the InteI na-
tional association of FiIe Chiefs to be
held at Syracuse next OCtObCl.
The 2.16 delegates attending the con-
Vention were tendeIed a banquet last
night by Konomoc Hose company, No
4, of that city.
Sudden Death of Edwin Clark.
Edwin Clark, acotton brokei, died
suddenly while sitting in his chaiI at
his home on Elm st: eet shortly afteI 3
o’clock yesterdaV afthnoon, of double
pneumonia. Deceased came to NOI-
walk from Newtown some twelve won 5
ago, and made many/friends in IovVn
during his residence “here He was .I.
prominent membei of the 'NOI walk club.
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Musicale.
Eureka Rebekah Lodge No. 4'3 will
hold a musical and literaIy enteItain-
ment1n10.0. F. hall on ,Monilay
evening, May 22d, at 8 o’clock. Mrs.
Lillian Sherwood-Newkirk and Robert
Shaw will be the vocalists and Miss
Maude Wolfe of Stamford the slow-
tionisn The Jerome May Banjo club
will furnish sclcc; ions.
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Foreclosure Cas‘e Settled.
The forecIOsuIe case (If the Henry
Zeltnel Brewing Company “of New
York, against John Hadden of Nor-
walk, has been settled by Judge Alfred
E. Austin. The claimwas $1, 246, and
wason the pro peIIy at the cOIneI of
Wall and [ViV'eI streets.
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Crockery and bric-a-brac were
thrown from the shelves in many I'eSl-
dcnces. At Moodus, when the “Moodus
noises” have been heard at intervals
for years the seismic phenomena was
very pronounced, the long, low rumbl-
ing being heard distinctly after the
loud explosive sound. At Saybrook
lamps are reported to have swayed on
the, tables and shelves and fell to the
floor. "I '
At Cromwell, just north of Middle-
tow'n, bottles'in a pharmacy were sent
helter skelter behind the counter mak-
ing the young clerk believe -the store
was bewitched, and he made a bee line
out into the street.
At East Hampton, ten miles inland
from Middletown, the disturbance was
so marked as to damage several chim-
neys.
TEACHERS’ AS‘SOClATlON.
Fine Programme Rendered at the Monthly
Meeting Last Night-
’1‘lIe monthly m acting of the Teachers’
association was held in the Franklin
school hall last night, and ,a most en-
joyable evening spent.
The following excellent. programme
was rendered, after wchilI refresh-
ments were served.
Farce—“A Dead Heat.”
Miss Katherine Campell, the Misses
Nellie, Susie and Mary Smith and Miss
Agnes Golden.
Violin Solo—«Frank Sturtevant.
Recitation—Music on the Rappahan-
octakehliss Amelia Wilcox, Piano ac-
companyment by Miss Bronson.
Piano Duett—
Miss Bracken and Miss Claven
Reading—Katherine Campbell.
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Norwalk Chapter, D. A. R.
The monthly meeting of the Norwalk
Chapter of the D. A. R. will be held on
Thursday afternoon at the usual hour.
By a change‘in the by-laws made one
month ago the May meeting becomes
the annual meeting,r for the election of
officers, and the nominating committee
has been quite busy preparing a report
to be presented on Thursday. The
term of office of the regent, Mrs. Sam-
uel R. Weed expires this month and it
is reported she is nota candidate for
re-election. The meeting promises to
be one of unusual interest,
No Monument for Noroton.
. The Appropriation Committee has
reportrd unfavorably upon the appro-
priation of $5,000 for a soldiers’ and
sailors’ monument in Spring Grove
Cemetery, Daricn. Senator Lounsbury
spoke of the need of a monument, but
said that, in view of the condition of
the finances of the State, he wodld not
press the matter at this time, and the
bill was rejected.
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En Route Home.
William M. Bette is in receipt of a
a. letter from his brother Edward C.
Betta of Pueblo, Colo., stating that
“Tommy” O'Brien left Pueblo on Fri-
day last for home.
Telephone mes sages of inquiry were
sent to HazzaIdville. near Hartford‘
where the powder worksare situated,
to learn if any section of the powder
.works had exploded.
There are no instIuments at Wesley-
an fOI measuIing the direction of a
seismic wave, but at that institution it
was the belief that the disturbance was
from north to south.
THE WHEEL CONTEST.
The ballot at noon to-day was as fol-
lows :
3241
Irving H. Reed, Pioneer
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 W'ell ’ 2
Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D. 1
Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, 1
E. V. Baker, Old “fell 1
Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer 1
Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1
Fred W'eiseit 1
Howard L.Low6des, Old Well 1
Geo. F. Foote, Old Well 1
John Yost, Putnam Hose 1
Governing Board Meet.
The governing board of the Yacht
club met in David W. Raymond’s office
on Washington street last night.
It was decided to have music afteI-
noon and evening on Decoration Day.
There will be boat races also. The
classes which will paIticipatc in the
races are open and cabin catboats and
sloops.
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Gone to Hospital.
C. A. l‘lonnell, who recently pur-
chased t-he Buttery Farm on Comstock
hill was taken to St John’s hospital,
1 onkcIs, this mOI ning, where an oper-
ation fOI IuptuIc VV ill be performed.
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‘ Company F Election.
At the meeting of Company F, C. N.
G. held at the armory last night, Second
lieutenant William I. Comsmck was
elected captain. to succeed R. M. Rose,
and Corporal Howard J. Bloomer was
elected second lieutenant.
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Odd Fellows.
A delegation of local Odd Fellows
went to New Haven thIs mdrning, to
attend the session of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows of Connecticut.-
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The Weather.
Showers this afternoon and to-night;
partly cloudy Thursday.
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Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest
thing that we was made is DI. King 8
New Life Pills. EveI y pill is a sugar—
coated globule of health. that changes
weakness into stIeugth, listlessneSs in-
to energy, bIIIin fagb into mental power.
'1‘ hey’Ie VVondeIful in building up the
little
health. 0an :23c peI box. Sold by
John A. Riggs, DIuggist, 11 Main
street
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The races are being held at Fair
Grounds this afternoon.
Dr. T. Crosby ’5 wife and two children
have arrived in South Nor-walk.
Wilbur M. 'Waite and family have
leased a cottage on Bayview avenue.
Miss Vivian SoderstIom of Bayview
aV enue, spent Sunday and Monday in
New Y0Ik.
The Norwalk club building has been
draped In InouIning on accouno of the
death of Edwin Clark. .
Miss Ida James, of New York, has re-
turned home after a visit to Mrs. J.
S. Morgan of Cove street.
Miss Vivian Soderstrom attended the
commencement exercises of the uni-
veIsit-yaud Bellevue Medical college
in the MetIopclitItn Opera House last
night.
The Cross Walk club went on its
first fishing trip of the season yester--
Iday. The place of the sport was Cross
Pond, South Salem, New York. Some
very tall fish steries are going the
rounds to-duy. When asked how the
fish bit, one would‘oe fisher inadvc-I-
tan tly rsnlnrkch), they bought w:l!.“"
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times.
BOTANICAL JOURNEY.
Mrs. G. F. NewcombGave
an Interesting Paper at
the Central Club.
DELIGHTED AUDIENCE.
Next Week Mrs. Read the
Second in the Series. The Habits of Flowers.
Newcomb will
Mrs. G. F. Newcomb, state registrar
of the Daughters of the American Rev-
olution, and one of the educational
committee of the Connecticut ' State
Federation of Women’s clubs read a
paper at the Central club yesterday af-
ternoon called a “Botanical Journey.”
In a few words at the beginning Mrs. I
Newcomb remarked that she had an
idea that her title was not particularly
well chosen and that she would just
give her paper and let her audience
name it afterward. ’
At the close all the audience were.
undoubtedly agreed that “The Poetry
of Botany” was a most descriptive title
for an-idyllic half hour spent wandering
with storied flowers through the poetry
and history of ancient and modern
Mrs. Newcomb has the gift of
poesy and she had wovenfact and fancy
skillfully in the warp and woof of her
The much abused and mis-
“charming”
article.
applied adjective
truthfully be applied to this paper.
Mrs. Newcdmb is down on the May
card for the second of heI sales “The
Haibits of Flowers” for next Tuesdav,
as Tuesday 15 kept for ‘ LectuIe Day”
at the Club as far as possible. Next
week however, the State Meeting of
the D. A. R. , is to be held' In Stamfoid,
can
and many membeIs of the CenIIal
Club will" undoubtedly VVish to be
present. Therefore the lecture will
have to be changed, but it will be giv-
en on some day next week if possible.
The date will be announced at the
Musicale Saturday, as there will prob-
ably be a very large audience present
on that day.
The programme for Saturday will be
one of the best ever given at the club.
Mr.
pared a special programme‘of great in-
Loomis and Mr. Belknap have pre‘
terest, one of the numbers of which will
be a new musiCal pantomime, and Club
members will wish to have the oppor-
tunity of bringing their friends, un-
doubtedly. The full programme will
be published to- -mOI I OVV.
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AMUSEMENTS.
The Prisoner onenda.
“The Prisoner of Zenda” will be
given at the Park City theatre, Bridge-
port, Saturday evening, by Daniel
Frohman’s special company, with Ho 1v-
ard Gould at its head. The play is too
well known to require commendation.
Almost eV eI V one has Iead the book, so
that an exposition of its plot would be
out of place. The peculiar talent
which Anthony Hope possessed of mak-
ing seeming probability out of an un-
usuaily vivid power of imagination, re-
sults in one of the most interesting
romantic plays that the stage has ever
seen. Out of Hope’s somewhat im-
probable story, Edward Rose made a
great play, the charm of which does
not become tarnished with the passing
of the seasons. To the dramatist as
much as to the author is the credit
due of the success of "The Prisoner of
Zenda.”
received great praise. and‘ the scenic
production and the costumes are fine in
every detail.
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D. A. R.
At the annual conference of the Con-
necticut Society, 'Daughters of the
AmeI ican Revolutiaon to be held in the
8m lington Ar.cadc StaInfOId,on'1ues-
day next, papeIs ‘d.l e to be mad by MIs.
Luzon B. Morris of New Haven, in the
mowing, and by Miss M. ii. Alcott of
Ha) IfOId, in the film noou.
He Fooled The Surgeons.
Adl docI-OIs told Renickc Hamilton. of
West Jcll’cIson. 0., after sull'cIing 18
months from Rectal Fistula. he would
die unless a costly ooeI'aIion was per-
formed: but no cured himself with live
boxes Bucklcn 'sAI-nica Salve the surest
Pile cure on Earth, and the best Salve
in the World 25 cents a box. Sold by
John Alliggs, druggust 11 Main stI-eet
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of this town.
The su ortinor com nv has ~
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V” So many thousands of people read the GAZETTE want ads that
0) most any sort of a pI oposition will stIike somebodV—Often many
9’ people—just light. '
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You Won’t Get Turned Down
if you put a pI oposition in the GAZETTE want columns.
Somebody will want to buy what you want- to sell,
WILTON.
Mrs. J. M. Betts visited New York
on Monday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hill who has been re-
siding in Binghamton, N. Y.. for several
years has reopened her old home in
this place where she will reside for the
summeI.
T. P. Smith has made a numbeI of
impIovements about his Iesidence.
Herbert L. Sturges has greatly im-
proved his I'eSIdence by the addition
ofaside piazza and a fresh coat of
paint. '
The links of the Wilton Golf'club
_ are daily populated by enthusiastic
members who are delighted with the
fine condition of the ground.
Robert Sturges who was so seriously
injured by a cut from a broken bit of
glass in South Norwalk, is again able
to be out.
Rev. B. G. Thomson of Greens Farms
preached at the Congregational church
on Sunday morning in exchange with
the pastor, Rev. W. D. Hart.
William Sturges has returned from a
business trip to Toledo.
Rev. W. D. Hart and Deacon Frank
Gilbert dined with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Stevenson of East Norwalk on Sunday.
Contests of varied kinds seem to be
the fashion among the district schools
This time it happens to
be base ball, the Kent and Bald Hill
nines crossmg bats on Saturday on a
field near Wilton center. The young-
sters have practiced faithfully and an
exciting game may be expected.
A horse owned by baker Lehn was
taken sick with colic on Tuesday near
thehome of Sherman Morehouse, and
despite every effort to save him died
in a few hours.
Miss Edith Clerc who has been visit-
ing her sister Mrs. George W. Ogden
during her recent illness, returned to
Phillipsburg, Pa... on Saturday.
The New England Glove Co.
putting in a new rivctting machine.
To the many people in town who have
expressed a willingness to patronize
the better class of Lyceum entertain-
ments will be given an excellent op-
portunity this week, when Alonzo
Hatch’s Electro-Photo Musical compa-
ny will give a varied programme, un-
der the auspices of the Wilton Library
association.
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NORTH WILTON.
Mrs. R. W. Keeler is convalcseing
from her recent serious illness.
Strong Comstock and family visited
relatives in New Canaan on Sunday.
R. W. Keeler has received a car
load of oats at Wilton station.
A number of fine catches of trout
vere made in the local streams
the past week', Herbert Barrett land-
ing twenty-five fine ones in two hours
fishing.
Arthur Scribner and bride returned
froma short wedding trip on ISatur-
day and will reside with John Lock-
wood until their new home isICOmpleI-
ed.
August Wolff has taken the contratt
to deliver the milk supplied by local
farmers to Charles Hawxhurst, Nor-
walk, and has purchased a fine wagon
for the purpose.
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‘CRANBURY.
The Hauragauri society will enjoy a.
Clambake at Herman Schmidt’s on Sun-
day.
Rev. T. DeVVitt Talmadge VanDoren
will preach in the Chapel on Sundav
at 4. p. m.
What Do the Children Drink?
Don’t give them tea- or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
Grain- O. ’ it is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more GIain- 0 Von give thechildren the
mom. health you bdistribute through
their SVste: us. GIain- U is made ofpuI e
mains, and when plopeI ly pIepaIed
tastes like the choice guides of coffee
but costs about i as much. All groceIs
sellit. 150 and Zoe.
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Minnchaha Divisions. of T. No. 15-
will meet to-night in American Mc-,
ohanics’ Hall.
Glover,
HISIIISIIIIN MEET
Discuss The Licensing of
Vendors and Peddlers.
TO PETITION COUNCILS.
Committee Appointed to Procure Better Ordi-
nance Governing Same.
There was an enthusiastic meeting
of the Business Men’s association held
in the Athenaeum last night. at which
President E.S .Adams presided with
C. F. Tristram as secretary.
There were about 35 members present
and the principal topic of discussion
was the of licenses of
vendors and peddlers in the public
regulatng
streets. .
These itinerant merchants under the
present. city ordinances pay such a
small license. and owing to the rents
and taxes paid by the' established
merchants the competition, if there is
any, is unfair. ' '
These fly-by nights are a nuisance,
and it is proposed to request the twin
city councils to adopt new ordinances
governing theirlicense, and to this end
the meeting appointed a committee
consisting of E. S. Adams, M.‘ H.
C. E. Seymour and F. D. Law-
ton, to appear before the councils of
their respective cities and present the
matter and‘ request that the present
ordinances be amended to shut them
out.
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EAST AN D ‘WEST.
Editor McKclV‘ray Gives an Interest-
ing Intel-victv In Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 17. —The eastern
members of the Associated Press arriv-
ed in Chicago rom NeroYork last night
in a special train over the Baltimore
and Ohio road. They Will attend the
Iegular annual meeting of the Asso-
ciated PI ass to be held today in Recital
hall at the Auditorium and in the m en-
ing will be present at the annual ban-
quet to be given in the Auditorium ban-
quet hall.
St. Clair
Brooklyn Eagle,
In an interview he said:
“Every time I come to Chicago or go
farther west I am impressed with the
need the east and the west have for one
another and with the senselessness of
misunderstanding between them.
“The cast is the curb rein, and the
west is the spur. Both are necessary.
Neither -need quarrel with the other.
As progress is the rule of a nation's
life, the spur has the more to do with
the place of the national nag, and Uncle
Sam among riders has never failed of
purse or place in the world’s sweep-
stakes. '
“Missouri born, New York raised,
newspaper trained, I frankly admit that
the heart, history and future of this
republic depend on questions that are
going ‘to be settled by the great west.
The west is going to teach the rest of
the country how to solve the problem
of squaring political economy with the
rights of humanity. The east sees lit-
tle but hard and fast doctrines. The
west mixes sentiment'with .them. The
result is an effervescence in both par-
ties, -but moneyhood and manhood will
soon find they must agree and that
manhood must come to the top
“The destiny of expansion was stamp-
ed on this eountiy when eastern ad—
venturers opened up the western re-
serve and when southern adventurers
pushed beyond the Mississippi. Both
spread over the prairies till they gath-
ered strength, cause and purpose to
McKelway, editor of the
”break-a trail through and over the
Rocky mountains to the Paelfic, and
the like spirit has planted our flag in
the Philippines—there to stay. It was
not accident. It was Providence; it was
prophecy that Lincoln, Grant and Mc-
Kinley, westerners all, have wrought
out the greatest issues of the century.
The first abolished domestic. slavery,
the second saved the Union, and the
third brought to an end European op-
pressio’n on American soil and started
this nation on a nation's role in the
world of nations. Who sees not wes‘t-
ern primacy in this can see nothing
aright."
WHEN NATURE
Needs assistance" it may be best to
render promptly, but one should‘ re-
member to use even the most per-
fect remedies only when needed. The
bestIInd‘ most simple and gentle rcmcdv
is the SyI up ’of Figs, Inanqu-Ictuled by
he CIIlifoI uia F ig Syrup Co.
was among the party.
Norwalk Chronicler