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NORWALK, cOuu, THURS DAYiEvENING, JUNE 29, 1899.
.. Every Reader of THE
EVENING Guerra
~isafiuyer. Give Them
:1 Trial
PRICE TWOTCENTS
A SPECIALTOWII MEETING
MATTER OF WIDENING MEAD-
0W STREET BRIDGE AGAIN
REFERRED TO
A COMMITTEE.
$4,500 VOTED FOR HIGHWAYS.
THE REPAIRING OF THE BROAD
RIVER BRIDGES ALSO. DEFERRED.
A special town meeting was held in
the town assembly rooms .TVednesday
evening at 8 o’clock, about 200 voters
John H. Light
Towu clerk
being present. was
selected for , moderator,
Smith acting as clerk.
The meeting was called for the fol-
lowing purposes:
1. To make an appropriation of not
more than forty-five hundred dollars
for the improvement of the public high-
way, under the provisions of Chapter
CLXXV of the Public Acts of the State
passed b\ the GeneIal Assembly at the
Januar v session, 1899.
2. To take action upon a petition of
voters and tax payers requesting that
the selectmen be authorized and
instructed to widen the opening under
the D. S: N. R. R. track at Meadow
street and to make the necessary ap-
propriation for said work.
ii. To hear the report of Engi-
neer Charles N. Wood, on the bridge
over the NOI-wa‘lk river, above the Fair
Grounds, so, called, and 'i‘fn'deeh‘iéd
advisable to direct that said bridges be
repaired or rebuilt, and in what manner
and to make the necessary appropria-
tion therefor.
The first business under the call be-
ing to make an appropriation of $4,500
for the public highway,Frank Leonard
p -esented a resolution that same be ap-.
pIopI iateed, which was passed.
Charles W. Bell of Roway ton, then
brought up the matter of widening the
opening under the Meadow street
bridge, and presented a resolution ap-
propriating $5,000, or such part there-
of as should be necessary, for the werk.
A. E. Austin wanted to know how E
wide the opening was to be, what iti
would cost and how much the railroad
..Ivi£h.-hb§~1:a,ilroad officials._
B. W. he understood
from former meeting that it would cost
$5,000; that the selectmen could do
nothing without the consent of the
railroad and that the would
allow only its own men do the work.
Selectman Thomas said the whole
cost would be about $7,500, of which
the railroad has promised to pay one-
third.
J. Belden Hurlbutt said the reso-
lution was too indefinite, and it would
be wise to appoint a committee to con-
fer with the ofiicials to see what open-
ing could be made without litigation.
Continuing he said the call did not say
whether the opening‘shall be one foot
wider or 500 feet Wider.
Maples said
railroad
He moved that a committee of three
be appointed to consist of the first
selectmau, the Mayor of South Nors
walk and Alavor of Norwalk,’t'o confer
Mr. Hurlbutt also moved that the
committee report at an adjourned
meeting.
Selectman Themes said that the con-
tractors had agreed to stand by their
figures of a year ago, and that the
opening would be forty feet wide.
Richard H. Golden said he was pres-
ent when the railroad officials agreed
to pay one-third cost and he couldn’t
see what harm it would do to pass the
resolution. If the company refused to
pay one-third that matter would have
to be dropped any way, as the people
wouldn’t appropriate the full amount.
Gen. who had just
come in, asked for the reading of the
Russell Frost,
call.
Mr. Hurlbutt’s substitute resolution
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RIDGEFIELD.
Hon. Bird Coler Comptroller of
Greater NewNork was the guest- of Mr.-
and Mrs. Irving T. Bush Tuesday
evening.
A large number of prominent people
from this place attended the laying of
the corner-stone of the Danbury Court
House.
A special meeting .of the Center
school district will be held Saturday
night to lay a tax to defray current
expenses.
The reception which was to have
been given by Jerusalem Lodge last
Saturday was postponed to next Satur-
day on account of the storm.
would pay ?
The post office will be moved to the ~
Barheit block July lst.
Miss Mary Potwin is visiting her
sister, Mrs. George E. Lounsbury at
the “Hickorys ”
Robert B. Woodward spent yester-
day in New Yor.k
Selectmen John Brophy, George A.
Knox and Samuel Cole spent Tuesday
in Danbu.ry
Butler Lodgel- O. 0. F.
Butler Lodge I. O. O. F., held an
election of officers last night. The fol-
lowing were the officers:
N. G.+William Jennings.
V. G.——D. Burr Beach.
Treasurer—Milton Elwood.
Record. Sec—Frank W. Adams.
Fin. Sec.——J. O. Seaman.
Pianist—Edward L. Beers.
Director—Theodore S. Tobey.
J a‘nitor—Charles Fallon.
The officers will be installed next-
Wednesday. ~
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—Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
WILTON.
At the annual meeting of Kent Dis-
trict on Friday evening, David B.
Ogden was re-elected committeeman.
Victor" Hungerford and Worton
Merriman of New York were the guests
of Mrs. E. H. Hill over Sunday.
D. D. Telford and family of New
York are in town for the summer. ‘
Gantly& Olmstead have commenced
their contract for repainting the Con-
gr egational Parsonage.
Harry Millnard of New York is to
open a storegand cyclers rest in the
store formerly occupied by Jas. 0.
Hunt.
HURLBLTTT STREET.
At a meeting of the local district
school held last week, Charles Gropple
was elected committee for, the coming
year, and instructed to engage Miss
Emerson of Easton as teacher.
Miss Edith Guion of Mt. Vernon, N.
Y., is the guest of R. B. Disbrow;
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Interest Announcement.
The Norwalk Savings society an-
nounces that interest at the rate of
three and one-half per cent. per annum
will be credited to depositors,‘.payable
on and after July 10th.
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Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Eruptioas rob
'life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
cures them, also Old, Running and
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Corns. Warts. Cuts, Bruises, Burns.
Scalds, Chopped Hands, Chilblains.
Best Pile Cure on earth. Drives out
(Pains and Aches. Only 25cts. a box
Cure guaranteed. Sold by John A.
Riggs, druggist, ll Main street.
Felons‘ _
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was then adopted.
Mr. Hurlbutt then moved that when
the meeting adjour n it adjourn for two
weeks, or to July'lZ.
It was so voted.
Engineer C. N. Wood’s report on the,
’ four bridges at Broad Rivera’was then
read. _ ,
Frank Leonard presented a resolu—
tion that $3, 060, or so much theredf as
should be necessary, be appropriated
for the rebuilding of the two last'
bridges.
On a question as to whether it would
cost $3,000, Engineer Wood said he had
and Gen. Olmstead
moved that the matter go over to: the
not estimated,
adjourned meeting which was carried,
and the meeting adjourned.
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Got Away.
George Bixby found a stranger on
board his sloop which was lying near
the draw bridge at Washington street
Wednesday afternoon about 4 o’clock.
The stranger was about to ransack the
cabin. Upon seeing the owner ap-
proaching he jumped into a small sail
boat and from thence into the row boat
in which he came. He swamped the
row boat but swam across the creek to
the opposite shore.
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MILITARY NEWS.
Lieutenant l3loomer Meets the Members of
Company D.
Company D met in the company room
in the Armory last night and Lieut.
Howard J. Bloomer read his orders of
detail to the members. After reading
the orders the lieutenant made a short
address to the men telling them what
he had heard and what he shou‘.d ex.
pect from the company.
There will be a drill of Company D
at the Armory to-morr'ow night.
Afithe drill of Company D next week
Friday night Col. Hendrie and Major
Fitch will be present.
There will be a meeting of the non-
commissioned officers of Co D next'
Thursday night.
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Boy’s Fatal Fall.
WALLINGFORD, June
the 12-years- -old son of ex-Deputy
Sheriff W. A. Booth, was fatally injur-
ed by being knocked off the footboard
of a trolley= car while returning frnm a
picnic at .Hanover Park, yesterday
afternoon. -
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Suicide of a Waterbury Woman.
WATERBUIIY, J one ’29. ——Mrs. Mi-
chael Groody, aged 35, residingion
South Leonard street, dommitted sui-
cide yesterday by takin paris green.
She had'sulfered from"; ervous pros-
tration for several weeks.
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Tucker—Barnum.
Charles A. Tucker,’principai"of the
Center school andMiss’Georgia A. Bar-
‘num were married thisi'morning at the
bride 3 home in Betbe'l. Mr. and Mrs
Tucker will leave this afternoon for an
extended tour through the west.
H090?!
—4th July Display
Fire works all kinds for the young or
old, best goods at louest prices. John
T. Hayes, 5 Main street, Norwalk.
There you will find a, big assortment to
select from. J 29, 3t.
—-'-Advert~ise in THE GAZETTE.
29. ——-Harry,'
AMERICANS TAKE NOTICE.
Ngromake MoraIizes on Smuggling Jewelry—
A Case in Point.
. .The woman who attempted to smug-
‘gl'e- jewels of large value into the
United States and was detected on Sat-
u'rday, forgot to protect herself at the
time she made her purchases abroad.
' From the day she laid down her good
American dollars in the Palais Royal,
or on the counters of the gem dealers
in the Rue de la Paix, in Paris, she
was under supervision until she arrived
inlj'New York. ~
"She had not offended against any
statutory act, and her jewels were her
own, but when she stepped ashore she
became liable to the penalties of the
law, and her“sparklers” were promptly
tdken from her, and cannot blazon her
summer costumes at Saratoga or N ew-
port this summer.
It Is not supposed that Mrs. Dodge
can afford to lose the $40, 000 which
are represented in the seizure. Few
people can. but it is such persons as
she who point the moral of smuggling,-
arid which the summer visitors to
Europe would do well to grasp firmly.
. It may be easy enough to escape the
tide waiters who search baggage at
the piers. It is impossible for them to
detect even with the offensive right of
personal search many of the illicit im-
ports that are made. -
But the very people who sell the best
jewels abroad give the quickest infor-
mation at home. and Mrs. Dodge has
found this fact out.
Americans visiting take
notice.
Europe
NARQMAKE.
fithelfiazZtTefibonders
If the boys at the red car barn dream
of frogs. '
How the yachtsmen en route to New
London enjoyed last night’s storm.
“35Wimwillr-win, Yale or~Harvard. _
How much more of the people’s
money will be spent in holding useless
boy town meetings.
Why the Tramway company should
not be required to pay its share for
widening Meadow street bridge .
Why scorchers go unmolested by the
police.
How many packs you are going to
have on the 4th.
If the small boy will be in evidence
next Mondayn night.
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SUICIDE IN JAIL.
Norwich Prisoner Broke a Mug and Severed
Arteries.
. NORWICH, June 29.——Fred Sibley,
aged 31, who was Sentenced to Norwich
jail Tuesday for fifteen days for de-
frauding a hotel proprietor, committed
suicide in his cell last night by sever-
ing the arteries in his arms. He used
a broken mug and he died within an
hour. His home. was in Worcester,
where his wife, mother and brother
live. He had been in Norwich about
a. week.
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ReachHome.
.The steamer Aller which left Naples
June 16th arrived in‘ New York yester-
day having on board U. S. Embassador
at Rome, Draper and family, Dr. W.G.
Anderson and wife of New Haven. , Dr.
Anderson will be remembered as'the
son of Rev. Col. Edward Anderson, at
one time pastor of N orwalk’s First Con-
gregationai church and now of Massa-
chdsetts. Dr
ing a tour of Europe, under the auspices
of Yale University, inspecting the for-
eign systems of College athletics.
Rev.,Edward Hayes of Hartford, was
also among home coming passengers by
the Aller."
Vesuvius was especmlly active as the
Aller left the bay of Naples, her ri er
of red hot lava making a gland spec-
tacle. '
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Got Decision on, a Foul.
NEW'LONDON, June '29.-—In the box-
ing bout at the opera house last night
Marty McCue of New York got the de-
cision over Bob Allen of Boston in ‘the
fifteenth round on a foul. They were
matched for 25 rounds. '
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That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you u-Ied
Dr. King‘ 3 New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufieIers have proved their match-
less 111.81 it for Sick Nerous Head-
aches. they make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your health.
Easy to take. Try tuem. Only 25
cents. Money back if not cured. Sold
by John A. Big gs, Druggist, 11 Main
street. _
Anderson has been mak- ‘
. SKULL IHAETUIIEII.
Little George Lane Falls On
the Rocks at Allen Betts’
Pond.
TAKEN T0 HOSPITAL.
If the Little Sufferer Lives It Will Be a
Miracle.
Georgie, the four year-old son of
James Lane of Union avenue, met with
an accident yesterday at Allen Betts’
sawmill pond that will in all probability
end in his death.
Georgie in company with his older
brother John and Selleck "Andrews,
John and Bennie Mosher and Joseph
Hendrickson went to. the mill pond on-
Cannon street about 12:30 o’clock.
After arriving at the pond the older
boys procured a boat and went paddling
about leaving little Georgie playing
about near the mill dam.
Suddenly the little fellow was seen to
trip and then pitch headforemost over
the bank upon the rocks below.
The boys in the boat hastily put for
the shore, and when they'reached the
scene of the accident and saw Georgie
lying motionless on the rocks with his
face covered with blood all took to their
heels and ran for home excepting his
brother John, who went to his assist—
ance and then gave the alarm.
Tender handssoon picked him up
and carried him to the house of Robert
St. John, where it was at once' seen
that the services of a physician was
necessaiy. ., ‘
Micheal Hay es, one of L J. Reynold’s
expressmen, kindly offeI ed to take the
1:1qu ed boy home andsnheswas _placed
in his wagon and carried to his father s
residence on Union avenue.
Dr. S. H. Huntington was
sent for and upon his arrival dressed
the wound, and upon seeing the serious-
ness of the injury recommended his re-
moval to the hospital which was done.
After his arrival at the hospital Drs.
Hunting on, Walter Hitchcock and
Tracey made a further examination
and found that Georgie had suffered a
and they raised
pat once
fracture of the skull,
the fractured bone.
The injured lad is
tably at the hospital, but his recovery
is doubtful. Should he“ survive his
serious accident it be nothing
short of a miracle.
THE KISSvINVG BUG.
Detective Wilkes Nursed a Painfully Swelled
Lip-for Several Hours-
resting" comfor-
will
The "kissing bug” has made its ap-
pearance in Greenwich, and the fiIst
victim leportedis Detective Wilkes,
who has been working on the Close
case. ,
While ridingin Stamford with Dep-
uty Sheriff FitzRoy, a few days ago, a
big bug that resembled the dragon fly
somewhat, lit on the detective’s upper
lip, with the- result that for several
hours the detective nursed a painfully
swollen upper lip. The “kissing bug”
has been reported in Washington, D.
C., and in New Jersey.
It is a. bug that bites the upper lip
as a usual thing, and the bite is fol-
lowed by a painful swelling of the lip,
caused by the bacteria on the bug’s
beak—Stamford Telegram.
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Expensive Glass Broken. '
TWO plate glass windows were broken
in the building being renovated by the
Ely estate, to be occupied as .an office
by thesyndicate which owns the elec-
tric light and trolley system. The ac-
cident occurred at'8 o’clock this morn—
ing, entailing a loss of about $150. The
smaller of the two glasses had been
placed in position and the larger one
was being put in, when through some
carelessness it fell to the ground and
smashed into fragments. .
utes later the smaller one fell and was
also broken into smithereens.
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John HCYost, a popular member of
Putnam Hos: Company, and one of the
house crew, was quietly marIied‘ to
Miss Nellie T. Barry, of this ci-,ty Wed-
nesday morning.
’Norwalk p1 Ior to this one,
A few min—. '
.yond the reach of medicine.
.often say, “Oh, it will wear away,” but
A BIG HEAD;
The Largest Hat Ever Made lust Completed
at South Norwalk.
The largest hat ever made by any
hat manufacturer was finished at the
hat factory of Hodshon & Pitzer on
Railroad avenue, South Norwalk, yes-
terday.
It was constructed for a man in N ew-
ark, N. J. and was 9% 1n size, 6% deep
with a 3 inch brim.
The largest hat ever made in South
was that
constructed by Crofut & Knapp for the
late President Garfield, which was 8%
in size. ,
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' MAY SUCCEED- ALGER.
ieneral Otis Summoned Front Los
Angeles to Washington.
W'ASHINGTON, June 29.-—Generai
Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles has
been requested by the president to come
to \Vashington to discuss with him the
situation in the Philippines, where he
served for many months with great credit
to himself and his command and he is
expected ti be has In a few days.
Of this there is no doubt whatever. It
is admitted at the TVhite House to be
true.
In connection with this undisputed re-
port there is another that General Otis
' will come lIeIe plincipally to consider a
pIoposition to succeed General Russell A.
AlgeI as seeietaIy of war. As to this 1e-
pmt the W hite House is dumb.
\Vhile it is considered highly probable
that a new secretuiy of Win may he need-
ed immediately, it is the
among those who have discussed the
rumor from a cwar department stand-
point that the president is not likely to
select as secretary of war any oflicer who
saw service last year. Some doubt is
also expressed about the wisdom of
choosing a soldier to .be the secretary.
Many men who have followed the con-
duct of the war have asserted that asec-
retary with executive ability, even though
he had next to no military knowledge,
would be betteI than a soldiei, particu-
laIly if he che a man of sufficient f01ce
bf c-'haiactm to give diIection to those
who do understand soldieriug. but who
are not necessarily fitted thereby for ex-
ecutive business.
RIOTS IN BRUSSELS.
A 'Free Fight In the Chamber oi
_ 'Depnties.
' BRUSSELS. .TuIi-c":90.._A digfnpfifince
occurred in the chamber of deputies yes4
terday when the order of the day of the
Right was adopted. expressing confidence
in the president of the house against the .
vote of the Socialists. The announce-
ment of the vote was the signal for a
general uproar, all the deputies rushing
to the center of the floor. where a free
fight took place. M. Guchtenacre, Cath-
olic Label membei from Ghent, was bad—
ly beaten by Socialists.
Numerous Clo“ ded meetings were held
last night to plotest against the bill.
Those who attended subseqently formed
themselves into a monstei procession and
paraded the pIiucipal streets. When
they airived in front of the administra—
tive offices of the government. the police
dIove them back. The amps and the
.civic guard were confined to barracks.
A Heavy Thunderbolt.
READING, Ta, June 29,—Just as a
furious storm burst over this city at noon
yesterday a vivid flash of lightning shot
out from a low black cloud, and a sheet
of flame descended in the southern sub-
urbs, accompanied by a terrific thunder-
elap. It was like a cannon shot from
the cloud. Fifteen track hands of the
Pennsylvania railroad were at work on a
high embankment. The thunderbolt
seemed to explode just above them. Ev-
ery man fell as if paralyzed. Half a
dozen were hurled down the bank. Wil-
liam Simon, Adam Miller, Simon Seidel
and John Thomas were badly burned,
and their legs turned black and blue.
Seidel was struck in the back and com-
pletely paralyzed. 'When picked up,
blood flowed from his mouth. He' Is likely
to die. ThIee men 50 yaIds away stag-
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gered and fell from the effects of the
electric discharge.
Scolds Her an Out of Joint.
NEW YORK, June 29.-Mrs. Mary
Palitzo has been in the Harlem hospital '
seven times in the last six weeks for
treatment for a dislocated, jaw. .Her hus-
band. Frederick, is a clerk. and they live
in Harlem. Six weeksagvo he appeared
at Harlem. hospital Withhis‘ wife and
told his story. “I was out last night,” he
said, while Mrs. Palitzo, who was speech-
less, glared at him, f‘and when I came
home early this mOIning my wife began
to scold me. She got to talking so fast
that presently something snapped, and
she found that she could not talk any‘
more. I 'don’t know what is the matter."
Dr. Meassey examineduthe woman and
found that the jaw had been d’slocated.
He coaxed it back into place. Since then
she has been treated six times for a sim-
ilar case. .
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The ‘Ii‘evtvey Home‘FI-n’nd.
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.WASHINGTON, June 29.—The Déw-
ey home fund contributions yesterday
were $352.
from the Brobklyn Eagle.
fund to date is $11,366.
The total
Some Fdolish People
Allow a cough to run until it gets be
They
Most of this amount came .
in most cases it will wear them away.
Could they be induced to try the suc-
cessful medicine called Kemp’s Balsam,
which is sold on a positive guarantee
to owe, they would immediately see
the excellent effect_ afteI taking the
first dose Price 25c and 50c. l5Trial
size free.- At all dluggists _. ‘.
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