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VOL. 1X. NO. 2137-
JUNE WEDDING
St. Stephen’ 3 Church, Ridge-
field, the Scene ofPond-
Northrop Wedding.
A SOCIAL EVENT.
The Godfrey-Stommell Wedding Will Take
Place at Cannon This Afternoon.
‘ The wedding of Miss Grace Northrop
daughter of Charles B. Northrop of
Ridgefield, and H111 1 y Hobson Pond of
Vineland, N. J., was celeb1ated in1P St.
Stephen’s church,Ridgefield, yesterday
afternoon, at 2 o’clock, Rev. Dr. Foster
Ely officiating.
The church was handsomely decorat-
ed with ferns and daisies. The bride
was‘ibeautifully gowned in white and
met the groom at the altar.
breakfast was served
and Mrs?
A wedding
after the ceremony and Mr.
Pond started on the 4:20 o’clock train
for their wedding tour.
Among the many handsome wedding
presents were ‘a beautiful chest of sil-
ver containing sixty pieces, a set of
forty volumes of Shakespeare, a bronze
lamp, spoons, rugs, a mahogany desk,
3. bedroom set, cut glass, a set of cull
glass glasses and pitchers the gift of
the president of the Vineland National
bank of which the groom is the teller.
Mr. and Mrs. Pond will reside in
Vineland, N. J.
Among the. guests were: Hon. E. H.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bi'oss, Col.
and Mrs. H. K. Scott, Mrs. Charles D. ,
Bur nes of Greenwich; Mr. and Mrs.
’Edward J. Couch, Miss Couch, Miss
May Rockwell, Robert Hunt, Alfredk
-. Gilbert, Miss Effie Hunt, George L
Rockwell, Miss Isabelle Rockwell, Mi.
and Mrs. William A. Benedict, Mr.
.. “and Mrs. John P. 1111115, Joel L. Rock-
well,‘Miss Abbie Rockwell, Miss Helen
Rockwell,, Mrs. Howard Mead, Mrs-
Henry Mead, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dempster
Nash, Miss VanSchaach Miss
Touse y.
and
GODFREY—STOMMELL
The wedding of Miss Edna Stommell
and Charles Godfrey 'will take place at
the home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stommell at Cannon,
at 5:30 o’clock this afternoon, Rev. L.
W. Holmes of Westport performing the
ceremony.
The bridesmaids will be Miss May
Alden of Brooklyn and Miss Josie
Stommell of Cannon. sister of the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey will leave on an
extended wedding tour this evening.
Many beautiful presents have been
presented to the bride and groom
among them being a bedroom set, a
parlor set, a diningroom set, a dinner
set, a tea set, a china closet, 5 beauti-
ful easy chairs, a couch, several dozen
silver spoons of various kinds, a ‘ silver
ladle and tray, a silver syrup -cup,
lamps, pictures, a lemonade set and
oth er cut glass.
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Resignation of a Representative.
The first vacancy in the House of
Representatives by resignation occured
yesterday. Governor Lounsbury ac
copied the resignation of Representa-
tive Benjamin Hubbell of Derby. Mr.
Hubbell has been appointed postmaster
'at Derby and therefore cannot hold a
state office.
A New Enterprise.
The Norwalk Box Company in which
Dan buiy capital is interested. has been
formed and has leased the old Crofutt
& Knapp hat factory in South Nor-walk
for the purpose of making "boxes.
Joseph W. Green, of Danbury, will
manage the enterprise. .
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The Appetite ot a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Ssomach and Liver are our. of
order All such should know that Dr.
Kincr’ s New Life Pills. the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a
splendid appetite. sound diges ion and
a regular bodily habit that insures
ertect health and great energy. Only
0. at. John A. Riggs’ drug store, 11
Main star-.eet
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all to which he could honestly (‘?) lay'
'Claim, and he was nothing Vif not an
honest Emil“ '
“THE MONEY con."
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Naromake ertes of the Meanness of a Wor_,
shiper.
When a man starts out to serve the l
money god and be systematically mean
he is pretty thoroughaboutit, and can
think up some very petty performances
with which to annoy those who are un-
fortunately in his power.
A case cited recently to the writer
appears to take the prize in this direc-
Lion.
A widower marries a widow.
with children and he also.
Before however, consenting to enter
the marital state the second time she
has to be urged with the greatest a1 dor
by the elderly swain, because, mother
like, she fears that her children may
not receive f1 om a stepfather such
treatment as their natural parents
would bestow upon them.
Gray haired Romeo protests that he
will ever faithfully consider them as
his very own, feeling and showing no
distinction between them and his own
offspring.
So ardently does he plead, so honest
does he appear that the marriage in
due time'takes place. .
The years roll on. He may not be of
the super affectionate type, but still
the wife has no particular reason to
complain 'until her eldest daughter.
comes of age and also into the posses-
sion of some money left her by her
father.
She
Then the craving for money and the
instincts of the steppapa show them-
selves in all their ugly glory. ..
He. makes out a bill for board for all
the years since the stepdaughtei first
came to sit at his table and presents
same to the estate.
He would undoubtedly have chaiged
for her clothes had he been called up-_
on to furnish them, but her food was:
This may be his idea of fatherly.
treatment, but it is haitdly the sort that
we are apt to associate with such as
our own knowledge» of good, kind
fathers leads us-to expect.
It seems _ike petty meanness, and as
though the thirst for money had mas-
tered the better instincts of the man
and turned him' into a worshipper of
the money god.
Such. ”indeed, would nine out of
ten pronounce it if called upon to desig-
nate this man’s action.
NAROMAKE.
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Garden Party.
The last entertainment for the month
at the Central club will be the Garden
Party, next Monday evening from
eight to ten. The date has been
changed in order that the party may
not interfere with the piay“1\lidsummer
Night’s Dream.”
The arrangements for the affair are
in the competent hands of Mrs. F. S.
Ly on, J1. ., and it will undoubtedly be 3.
ohm ming evening, if the weather is
propitious. There are to be music and
refreshments, and during the evening
the quartette of colored singers is to
sing. There will also be games
throughout the evening.
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State Appropriasions.
The appropriations made by this
general assembly are the largest in the
history of the state. They are divided
as follows:
Agriculture, $77,950; capitol, $150,000;
charitable institutions, $935,000; com-
missions, $271. 457,62; executive depart-
ment, $74,850: general -assem‘oly,$lSO,-
612.71; highWays, $356,022.17; judiciary,
850,950; military. $352,554.78: state
prison, reform school, etc., $665,600;
schOols, $1,090.250; miscellaneous, $349,-
550; deficiency, in appropriations of
1897. $77,547.51; minor special appro-
priation, $19,814.89; total, $452,158.68.
The total estimated income is $5,-'
000,000.
. Lock Company Case.
The case of the Norwalk Lock‘Co. in
matter of receiver was before .Judge
Wheeler in the superior court all» day
yesterday. It was expected that the
evidence would all betaken at adjourn-
ment last evening, but was not. ‘ The
case came up again this morning and
will probably be finished to-day. ‘
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Ate Peanuts.
A crowd of Norwalk girls came to
town last night. and took a late .Myr-
tle Avenue car fer home. When they
left the car atthe-bridge, it was found. A.
that peanut-shells were three inches"
deep on the floor. The conductor bor-
rowed a broom, and after some—3' min-
utes, ,had the car cleaned—Stamford
Eveni
NonwALK. CONN, THURS DAY’EVENIN‘G, JUNE 22, 1899.
“the inner sides of the rails",
close to them like flanges, .96 as to ex- 35"
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111131111111.
Murphy Makes the Fastest
Mile Ever Ridden on a
Bicycle.
A WONDERFUL FEAT.
V'Followed a Train Two Miles in 130 Seconds
Without - Assistance.
NEW YORK, June 25.—'A man on a
bicycle rode a mile yesterday faster
than ever before was traveled the same
distance by self propulsion. The man
was Charles M. Murphy and he iode
the mile in 65 seconds.
It was done as honestly, cleanly and
in as sportsman-like a manner as any
bicycle ever was ridden. His sole ad-
vantage was a locomotive with one car
attached which set the pace and en-
abled him to ride in a partial vacuum.
No straps or tow ropes or harness were
employed. He rode naturally, simply
keeping close to the car by rapid
pedalling. It was a wonderful pere
formance and a spectacle 'of thrilling
interest.
The scene of the ride was on the Cen- ‘71
tral branch of the Long Island rail-
road, between Farmingdale and Baby-
lon. At the rear of the railroad car a
box like structure‘had been built to.
shield the rider from the wind. The
sides of it extended straight out. about
six feet and downward to within two
‘ feet of the ground where they slanted .
inward toward the track at an angle of
about 40 degrees The bottoms of the
wind shielding extensions lapped over
elude all._the..-a1r and dust pessible.
Within the'Shiel‘ding' Sides of this con
trivance Murphy pedalled for more
than two miles, swerving only a few
inches and never losing the tremendous
speed of his steam driven pacemaker.
He was bareheaded ahd wore no eye-
glasses, nose or mouth shield or any
kind of appliance. He road a bicycle
of regular stock racing model, weigh-
ing 21 pounds and geared to 112, with
ordinary wire toe clips.
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IQPEPPER AND NEEDLES.
Fourteen Piecesof Steel, Taken Out of Miss
Ollie Richmond’s Eyes.
The mystery regarding the assault of
the pepper thrower on Miss Ollie Rich-
mond, of Danbury, grows deeper. N0
tangible cluesdto the fiend have been
discovered, although some rumors
have been heard, which so far have led
to nothing.
Miss Richmond, accompanied by her
sister, Mis. W. H. Slade, with whom
she resides, and Charles Walters, a
friend of the family, went to Bridge-
port and Dr. Wilson, the oculist, re-
moved three rusty piece of pin from
her right eye. These pieces were less
than a-‘quarter of an inch in length.
They lay very low underneath the
lower lid, and had scratched the eye
_conSiderably. , Miss Richmond had
[suffered excruciating pain since Sun-
day. which had grown constantly worse.
She was able to endure it only by
hyper-dermic injectibns .of morphine,
administered by the physician. '
The three pieces which Dr. Wilson
removed were evidently pieces of pin.
Beside these the family say they had
removed eleven pieces of pin and
needles, varying in length from an
eighth of an inch to half an inch, be-
fore going to Bridgeport, and during
Sunday and Monday after the assault.
Their Marriage a Failure.
There are five uncontested divorce
cases on the short Calendar docket of
the superior court £01 Friday. Three
are Bridgeport cases while Danbury
and Stamford each has one. The wives
are the complainants in all the cases.
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Soon to Wed. _
Charles EnSlauson and Miss Anna
Burrof this city are soonto wei.
‘ The marriage of George Comstock
and Miss Emily Pardee will occur at
an early date.
State Club Shoot
it State league shoot' is being held at
Dorlon Point this afternoon, and
sev eral of the best shots in Connecticut
:11 e participating.
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A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible.“Burn
Scald.1.ut oi Bruise. .Bucklen’ s Arni-
ca Salve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cu1es Old Sores. Fever Sores, Ulceis,
Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
tions. Best Pile cure on earth Only
25 cts. abox. Cuie guaranteed. Sold
by John A. Riggs, Druggist,11 Main
street. '
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33 You Won’t Get Turned Down 3.3
if if you put a proposition 111 the GAZETTE want columns.
’3‘ Somebody will want to buy what you want to sell_ - ,0
3O Somebody will want to sell what you want to buy.
people—J 11st iight.
("”3 So many thousands of people lead the GAZETTE 11 ant- ads that
most any sort of a proposition will sfiike somebody—often many
DARIEN.
The pastoral cantata of “Belshazzar's
Feast” was given at' the town hall
' Nednesday evening to a fair-sized au-
dience.
Rev. A1 thur Requa preached an in-
teresting sermon to the old veterans at
the Soldiers’ Home Sunday aftei noon.
A boy about 18 years of age attempted
to Sell a horse and carriage to different
parties in town on Tuesday. As he
only wanted $20 for the turnout it was
suspected that, it had been stolen and
no one would buy. The horse was a
dark chestnut and the carriage Was a
black side bar with rubber tires and
lamps on the side. .
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WESTPO RT
A number of campers have pitched
thei1 tents on Cockenoe's island
Miss Emma Kemper, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Charles H. Kemper, took part
in Miss Flora Belle Sherwood’s concert
_in Fair field Monday evening.
The dwelling 011 Elm street owned
and occupied for 50 years by the late
Town Clerk John Warren Taylor, has
been rented by Homer Beers. ' -
Owing to the continued dry weather
the hay crop will be a, small ope this
year. , .
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Sold His Boat _
It is reported that Captain Ollie
Jennin, rs of the No: walk Yacht club
has sold his yacht Natalie to New
l[Haven par ties
V years
WILTON.
W. K. J. Hubbell has been enjoying
an outing at Washington, Conn. ,
, T. T. Merwin of “The Gunnery,”
Washington, .Conn., is home for the
long vacation. -
Daniel Hogan and wife of Bridgeport
have been the guests of the Misses
Darling. .
E. S. Fitch of New York was in town
on Sunday. .
Geor ge Tun ner of Brooklyn has been
visiting relatives in town. ' ~
thelhay crop wh1ch Is the lightest in
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NORTH WILTON.
Alsop Reynolds has again entered
the employ, of R. W. Keeler after a
month’s rest at his home in New York.
Miss Belle’McKee of Bridgeport is
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‘ visiting her uncle, Strong Comstock.
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A Former Norwalk Boy’s Purchase.
John E. Adams formerly of the
clothing 61111 of Adams & Boyd, has
tailoring and gents’ furnishing bu'si-
" 'ness. located at 25 North street and
will take possession next Monday.
handsome fixtures as well. .
Mr. Adams has been engaged in the
. clothing business in Middletbwn for a.
numbei of years, and has made a
specialty of custom 7.0.11.1.» which
tation. whliddletown, N. 1:? Times.
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Local farmers have begun to harvest
purchased cf Isaac Lipfeld his Custom ,
The sale includes the stock and-
he has esmblished an enviable .11th
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Bethel Boy While overheat-
ed Takes Chill and Dies.
REPORT HE DROWNED.
With Other Boys He Bathed In a Huge Iron;
. ' Kettle of Fetid Water.
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It was“ generally rumored in Bethel.
yesterday that Charles Halpin, 3.
Bethel boy, was drowned Tuesday
evening in Mountain Pond, near the-
Bethel reserv01r. The report was un-
true and was caused by the sudden
death of Master Halpin as a result of
bathing in an old and discarded hat-
ter’s coloring kettle. ‘
The kettle was once used in a hat
factory but was purchased by some one
in the neighborhood of the Halpin
home on Reservoir street. The boys
of the neighborhood filled the kettle
with water a few days ago and allowed
the water to stand in it' until it became
fetid. On Monday young Halpin and
some companions became heated and
decided to take a. bath‘ in the kettle.
They had a great deal of sport while
in the water but a short time afterwards
the Halpin boy became very ill.
A physician was called but the boy
grew worse and his death occurred
Wednesday: afternoon. The cause of
death is giVen'as a chill.
heated condition and the presence of
putrid matter in the kettle are presum-
ed to have caused the illness. Some of
the other boys who bathed in the same
water were also made ill. __.
The déceased' 1s the son of Mrs. Mary
. Halpin, widow of William Halpin. He‘
was ten years old and a bright and
prOmising boy.
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THE “FULL MOON.”
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Fred Lockwood Appears at ,Dorlon Point With
a Dazzling Light-
The crowd ‘of bicyclists at Dorlon
Peint last night were startled by see.-
ing what appeared to be a trolley head-
light on wheels.
As it approached, the grounds about
the hotel and waters of Long Island
sound were illuminated by the dazzling
light, its rays being sufficiently strong
to read a newspaper 75 feet away.
When the light finally came to a
halt, the crowd quickly gathered to
see what was up, and found that the
light came from an acetylene gas
lamp on the bow of F. E. Lockwooc‘s
bicycle.
Itis called the “Full Moon” and those
, who saw it last night are fully satisfied
that the name is no misnomer. It has
no glass frout and the flame is unpro-
tected yet it is impossible to put it out
either by jar or wind. Anothe1 advan-
tage is its smallness, being about half
the size and weight of other gas lamps.
The light is something g1 and for bi-
cyclists, and the lamps can be purchas-
ed at Mr. Locrwood’s bicycle store on” ,
Vlain street.
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fithefiaziieidhnoders
If 'John Kirsch will wear war paint
and carry a. tornahawk at the Tammany
picnic.
If the local fishermen are buying
their weak fish instead of catching
them. i
If Captain “Ad” Bette is going to
present Cbmmodore Burr Smith with a.
handsome dog:
If Stamford will soon become a sub-
urb of Norwalk.
If Fred Whitlock will celebrate the
Fourth this year.
If George B. Buxton overtook his
greyhound this morning. - .~
If “Jack” Hanlon was really blown
overboard in Tuesday night’s storm.
The Weather.
Fair to-night; increasing cloudiness
Friday.
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The Hornlie'st Man in Norwalk,
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' As wellas the handso mest, and ot. her
are invited to call on any druggist and
get it ee 3. t1 ial bottle of Kemp’ s Balsam
foi the Throat and Lungs, a. remedy
that is guaranteed to cum and relieve
all Ch1onic and Acute Cong hs,Asr.hmay
Bronchitis and Consumption.P1ice 2pc
and 501:.
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His over- -
’ 'Every fiends; .11 THE
EVENING GAZETTE
is a Buyer. (iive'l‘hem
a Trial - . ’
Pinon Two CENTS
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WATER" AT CAMP.
,Contract Let forevSupplying; the State Military
Rendezvous.
. Quartermaster-General Newton has
let the contract for a water supply
system for the camp at' Niantic, and
work began yesterday. The new sys- -.
tem will supplant the. drifian well sys-
tem in use for several; years. A piece '
of land to the west of the rifle range
has been bought and a. well is to be
sunk there to the depth.- of. 85 or%
feet, where it is expected. a livmg
spring of good ,water will be tapped.
The pipe will be six inches in diameter .
and will convey water to a large tank
erected- high in the air, from which it
will be distributed in pipes all over
the grounds. If necessary a. pumping
apparatus ,will be added to facilitate
the distribution of the water.
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School Appropriations.
At the annual joint meeting of the: -
boards of selectmen and. school visitors
held Tuesday evening the followings
appropriations _were made for the
maintenance of .the several schools: .
.DISTRICT ._ 1899 1898 Inc.
South Norwalk, $18,990 $18,030 $960
East N oi‘tvalk 8,050 7, 500 550'
Over River , 6,980 6, 980
Center 6,725 6, 675 50
Northwest 2,000. 1,925 '75
Northeast 700 670 30
North Center 1,200 I 1,200
West Norwalk e35 635 ,
Broad River 800 800
So. Five Mile River 2,725 2,660 ’ 65
M. Five Mile River 700 650
Board of School
Visitors 500 500
Evening School 1,200 1,200
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$51205 $49,425 $1780
113 CAM—TAT IMPAIRED.’
Receiver For a Danhury Company Chartered
1.. 1393,. ' " '
Attorney-General Phelps of Hartford ‘
will go to Bridgeport to-day and make
application in the superior court before
Judge Ralph Wheeler for the appoint-
ment of a receiver for the Wooster In-
"surance Company of Danbury. Its capi-.
tal. is impaired by over 25 per cent.»
and it becomes the duty of the insur-
ance commission to bring suit to wind
up its affairs.
According to the last report of the
company to the insurance department,
January 1, its assets at that date were
$21,514, and the liabilities, including
capital, were $33,173, showing a short-
age of $11,759. The receipts last year,
from premiums, rents, etc., were $7,-
683, and the disbursements amounted
to $18,840. which included: Losses, $4,-
935; commissions. $1,471; salaries, $1,-
. 505; miscellaneous. $10,200 and taxes,
$624. This shows that- the company
could not continue to do business much
longer. The company was chartered
by the General Assembly in 1893 with
a paid-up capital of $25,000, to be in-
creased in five years to $100,000, and
with the privilege of making it $1,000,-
000. The presideht is ‘Levi P. Tread-
way and the secretary is Aaron C.
Seeley. The company began business
in 1895. It has practically done no
business for the past six months.
Eddy Forfiuperiiisor-
The name of Samuel A. Eddy of Ca-
naan has been sentin for the place. of
supervisor of the census of Connecticut.
Senators Platt ond Hawley united in
the recommendation and the appoint-
ment will be formerly announced in a.
few days. The supervisor has the nam-
ing of the, many enumerators who do
the counting and is practically respon-
sible for the whole work.
Col Hendrie’s Staff Appointments.
Col. C. W. Hendrie‘sent to the Ad-
jutant-General yesterday his regimental .
appointments for. adjutant, surgeon, as-
sistant surgeon, .quartermaster and in- ‘
spector of small arms practice. Col.
Hendrie would not make public who
his appointees are, and said that they
would not be given out until they had
been approved ‘ ‘
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Semi-Annual Meeting.
The following newly elected officers
of Schiller Stamm, I. O. R. M., will be
installed July 4th: Chief, Henry Kriete;
under chief, Frank Kocour, by chief, .
Jacob Wolf; secretary, Gustave Lange;
treasurer, George Schaub;dist11‘ct den -
uty, Paul Berg.
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Normal School Graduates.-
' Amoug the Norwalk young ladies
who 'will graduate from the State Nor- ,
mal Training school, are the Misses,
Edith B. Cousins. SusieG. MorehOuse
and Ethel M. Willcox.
Norwalk Chronicler