NORWAL
AZETTE.
: ESTABLISHED 1800'
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially: devpted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1890.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Miss Kate Anderson is visiting Miss
rSallie Betts. ‘ ~_
Mr. E. DeKlyn, of Danbury, was in
town on Monday.
Mr. 0. E. Wilson has returned from a
visit in New York.
Dr. Tracy is now town physician, vice
Dr. Baxter, resigned.
Supervisor Cogill, of the Housatonic
system, is seeking health in the south.
A big, bright, bouncing baby boy was
born unto Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Gray on
Wednesday. ,
R. Van Burcn and family havevvvaCate
their home, near the armory, for a trip to
Old Point Comfort.
The Fairfield County Yale Alumni will
hold their next meeting in Bridgeport, on
Thursday. 20th inst.
John H. Gormley formerly of this city,
has been appointed ,a Norwalk policeman.
—-New Haven News.
' Mrs. Isaac Bowe, is severely ill with the
. prevailing malady,‘ and suffers intensely
with a serious eye trouble.
Mr. I. M. Hoyt has booked Edward
Harrigan, of Harrigan & Hart’s, to appear
at Music Hall on February 20th.
The Danbury News did itself proud
n the manner in which it handled the
details of the report of the big fire.
MISS Fanny Finch, who has been spend-
ing several weeks with Mrs. Jasper Pryor, .
has returned to her heme in Ansonia.
South Norwalk, and Miss Blanche Sibley
were married in Worcester on Monday. _
—-“E. G. G.” will be interested to hear
that Mrs. Madden received the ’dollar
which she sent her, and is very thankful
for it. . X-
The Y. M. C. A. entertainment at the
Opera House Wednesday night, given by
Foster’s New York Stars, delighted a large
audience.
E. A. Smith, formerly of the Norwalk
telephone office, now of New Haven,
spent Sunday with L. L. Sherwood, on
Isaacs street.
The Nora alk butchers and other butch-
ers from other parts of the county will
have a big dinner at the Mahackemo
Hotel next Monday. .
—-When too late, you will wish you had
called for Bargains at the closing out sale
of the Art Department, Boston Store.
Everything at cost.
The Bridgeport Post was seven years
old last week. Its growth has been
phenomenal and its prosperity well earned
and richly deserved.
Messrs. John P. 'l‘readwell and Buck-
ingham Lockwood, who have been gun-
ning down south for several weeks past,
returned home last week.
Ex-presrdent Cleveland’s law partner
J‘Shan” Bissell, was married at .Geneva,
N. Y., Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve-
land were at the wedding.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Union Manufacturing company will
be held at the office of the company,
Monday, March 3d, at 2 o’clock.
Cigarettes brought on the quick con
sumption that brought on the quick death
that brought down Joseph P. Twoomey,
of New Haven, last week, aged 29.
Mr. Thomas Coles gives it out on his
solemn word of honor, that he has a clock
which requires winding only twice a,
month, and gives a pint of milk every
morning.
Gen. Sherman was seventy years old
Friday, and if there are any three score
and ten Connecticut girls waiting to he
kissed, now is the time to apply so as to
avoid a rush.
Harry Durant, polo reporter of the New
Haven Courier, was assaulted a few even-
ings since by the janitor of the rink in
that city for an uncomplimcntry allusion.
The janitor was arrested and fined.
A libel suit for $10,000 has been brought '
against the New Haven Register, the
ground for the suit being the publication
of an alleged communication from. _H. P.
Hubbard, the advertising agent. The
suit is brought by Dr George F. Peterson,
the New Haven dentist.
Mrs. Cynthia Hathaway of Windsor,
Mass, celebrated her one hundred and
first birth day Friday and was as lively as
a cricket.
The Post bemoans the fact that in the
last week’s reports there was only one
issue of a patent credited to Bridgeport,
and that was granted to Jennie B. Fowler
for it nursing nipple.
Col. Brayton Ives, has again been in-
dulging in his passion for purchasing rare
books and paid several thousand dollars
last week at the Barlow library sale for
books of ancient dates.
The Bridgeport police force is kept
busy raiding gambling houses in that city.
Just as fast as the old ones are plucked
new ones burst into bloom'to keep the air
filled with their pestilence.
Workmen are busy blasting out the
rock on Water street south of the Opera
House block, preparatory to laying the
foundation for the new business block to
be erected there by Mrs. Weed.
Nellie Bly is said to be very much
better looking than she was represented
in the portrait given in the Sunday World.
Some of us who are still smarting under
the unkind cuts from the same source can
easily believe that—Record.
The marriage of Miss Helen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Prowitt, to Mr.
John W. Beatty, will be solemnized next
Tuesday afternoon at the residence of the
bride’s parents on Union Park.
The Row‘ayton Social Club will give a
sociable at the Fair View Hotel, Five Mile
River, on Friday evening of next week,
the eve of Washington’s birthday. They
always have a good time down there.
The New York poultry and pigeon
show will beheld in the American Insti-
tute building, New York, from the 19th
to the 25th inst., and will be open from 10
a. m., till 10 p. m. The admission is 50
cents.
In the Legislature of the new state of
Washington, there are nine lady clerks in
the Senate and a majority of lady clerks
in the House. We fear there is danger of
something besides “deadlocks” in that
legislature.
R. Wakeman, of the ‘mattress and
cushion manufactory, of Saugatuck, has
just completed a large contract for fur-
..._..———- . nishing one of the largest and most fash—
Harry W. Van Hoosear, formerly of.
ionable churches at Scranton, Pa., with
cushions. -
Mrs. David Hill, of Albany, died in
that city. Thursday last. Deceased was a
daughter of Mr. Frederick Belden and the
news of her death was received here with
deep regret. Her funeral took place Sat-
urday at 11 o’clock.
The policy writers of Norwalk, who
were arrested last week were brought
before Justice Knapp, on Saturday, but
owing to a pressing engagement of de-
fendant’s counsel the case was adjourned
until next Saturday.
The annual meeting and reunion of the -
Neptune Club will be held at the Norwalk
Hotel, Friday evening, February 21st, at
8 o’clock. Supper will be served at 9:30.
The advisability of taking a cruise next
summer will be acted upon.
The Washington express, which was
taken off the Consolidated road about a
year ago. when the steamer Maryland was
burned, will be put on again about April 1.
A new transfer steamer has been built and
will soon be brought to New York.
New Milford tobacco packers and grow-
ers meet this week for the purpose of
taking such action as may seem best in
regard to adopting and forwarding to
congress resolutions indicating the wishes
of the tobacco growers and packers.
In the Superior Court Thursday, the
contested divorce case of Virginia W.
Smith against Theodore Smith was tried.
The parties to the suit belong in Norwalk.
The plaintiff alleges habitual imtemper—
once, but the defendant denies it.—
Farmer. .
One hundred and eighty soldiers’ graves
unmarked is not a good record for Bridge-
port. The record should be wiped out.—
Post.
What i “wipe out” a record that is “un-
marked P”
Winsted people are wondering what
will become of the property of Mrs. Shat-
tuck, who died intestate a few days ago
leaving $10,000, and no known relatives.
She came from England with her husband
'10 years ago, and was left a widow soon
after.
Andrew Canfield, of Bridgeport, a con-
ductor on the Consolidated road. has been
presented with a handsome gold watch by
the officials of the road, for his diligence
and efficient service, when the Housatonic
employes intended to cross-track the Con-
solidated tracks near the elevator.—
Greenwz'qh Graphic.
Dr. Albert Shaw of Minneaplis is one of
the most thorough students in America of
public questions. In the March Century
one of his most important papers will ap-
pear. It is entitled “Glasgow; a Municipal
Study.” Professor Ely of John Hopkins
University has been calling attention to
this article in recent lectures. The Pro-
fessor believes that it will be of immediate
and practical assistance in the improve-
ment of some of our American municipal
governments.
The joke that has to be italiciZed to
make the point apparent is not Worth
writing—Anemia Sentinel.
True enough. Yet observation teaches
us, and undoubtedly the Sentinel as well
that many a newspaper joke that is not
considered worth italicizing with a credit
mark, is plenty good enough to be stolen.
Some of the newspapers are taking the
Sun to task for omitting the picture of
ex-President Cleveland, when “illuStrat-’
ing with cuts” the recent supreme court
centennial banquet in New York. Of
course the Sun couldn’t be expected to
cut its column rules clear across a page
of that bright sheet to properly “illus-
trate” Mr. Cleveland.
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A man mil glare at the man he hates,
With never a word to any;
Buta woman will smile, while her teeth she
grates ,
Because she is built that way. ,
’ ‘ —Gt. Barrington Curtiss.
A Woman can talk a man out of his wits
BefOre he can think what to say,
But she can’t pull her coat-tails apart when
she sits
Because her clothing is not constructed on
that principle.
Ex-Mayor Coolidge and Mr. George C.
Lockwood arrived home on Friday night
after a four weeks’ sojourn on one of the
Bahama Islands, about 250 miles off the
coast of Florida. Bothare lookingrugged
and healthy, and speak in glowing terms
of the beauties of the climate down there,
and of the thrift, enterprise and hustling
qualities of the citizens, especially the
natives.
The boy who succeeds in the world is
he who is content, for a time, to do two
dollars worth of work for a dollar.—
Christian Union.
Exactly. But we assume that this
proposition of our religous contemporary
is not meant to apply to the fresh young
lad who insrsts upon running the whole
institution to which he is an apprentice,
before he learns the first rudiments of the
business.
On Thursday evening of next week Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman More-house, of Wilton,
will celebrate their golden wedding with
a reception at their delightful home. This
fiftieth anniversary of wedded bliss will
be celebrated by a number of friends and
invited guests from home and abroad, and
there will unquestionably be on that
occasion an evening of festivity, merry-
makiug, dancing, song, and congratula-
tions extended to the stalwart old dem-
ocratic war horse that will leave a pleas-
ant spot in his memory. ’
Michael Barbour, the Harbor avenue
ear-man, has a mare that strikes the hours
of the night. Commencing at 90’clock,
in unison with the bell in St. Mary’s
church. with one of her hoofs, she smartly
raps the flooring of her stall, five times
for 5 o’clock being the last. The animal
pays no attention to the striking of the
town clock in the Congregational church.
Her owner is a Catholic and lives in a
Catholic neighborhood. She knows from
whom to expect her oats and evidently
has religious scruples, that do notinterfere
with her getting them.—Record.
Dr. Edward Goeriz, a Somerville, N.
Y., dentist, was operating a few days ago
upon the teeth of a girl when she was sud-
denly seized with an epileptic fit and shut
her teeth down on the dentist’sjfingers so
firmly that the doctor was compelled to
forcibly extricate the limpriscned mom'-
bers, lacerating them in a most painful
manner. This is one of the most novel
cases of miss-fit on record, and we ad."
monish all our clever Norwalk dentists to
have a care when operating on girls sub-
ject to fits. ____
Chief Rylands has made an important
discovery. He finds that it is possrble to
send out patrolmen Sundays to see whether
saloon keepers are violating the law or not.
For years, plain, common sense, ordinary
citizens have wondered why this very sim-
ple plan has not been adopted. They
could not see why citizens and tax payers
‘ should pay taxes to support the police force
and then have to go out themselves and
hunt up sufiicient'cvidence to convct law-
breakers. It never seemed to occur to the
authorities that police officers could be ex-
pected to do anything except serve war-
rants after outsiders had hunted up the
evidence. Chief Rylands takes a different
view of the matter. He sends out the offi-
cers to procure their own evidence and
they seem to be having first rate luck.
Thus far Chief Rylands has done excellent
work. He has only to keep it up to estab-
lish himself firmly in the confidence and
esteem of all good citizens.—Briigeport ,
News.
A crowded house greeted the first ap-
pearance of Edward P. Sullivan at the
Opera House, Manday evening, and those
who attenedcd were thOroughly pleased.
It did not seem possible that any company
could deserve such unqualified praise as
has been bestowed by the press of other
cities, but their performance of the “Cel-
ebrated Case” proved them the best or-
ganization that has visited this city for
years. Mr. Sullivan possesses an athletic
figure, a pair of dark eyes that can snap
with anger or glow with pathetic feeling,
and his vorce is singularly strong and
melodious. Rose Sthal is a worthy
coadjutor, in figure, voice and ability,
and instead of having two or three people
of special excellence and filling up with
sticks, the entire remainder of the com-
pany are exceptionally good. There will
be a special matinee for children and-
ladies on Saturday afternoon at reduced
rates—15 cents and 25 cents to all parts
of the house. . - -
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At the G. A. R. annual encampment at
New Haven, last week, George I. Buxmn,
of Norwalk,.narrowly escaped being elect-
ed senior-vicecommander of the Depart-
ment. Caleb Wood, of Norwalk, was
elected due of the delegates at large to
attend the national encampment at Bos-
ton in August.
. Presideht 0. E. Wilson and Vice Presi-
dent John H. Lee, of the Norwalk board
of trade, attended the annual banquet of
the Winstcd board of trade last Wednes-
day evening. They report an excellent
time. They were probably the hand-
somest men at the feast, and not only in
that View were they truly representative
of the Norwalk organization, but also in
the eloquence of their speeches and the
excellencé‘of their appetites. The result
of their observations and participations
will probably bc—a banquet by the Nor-
walk board of trade.
superintendent of the New York division
of the Consolidated road has yet been
appointed. A number of names have
been mentioned for the position, and' per-
haps the most prominent of all the candi-
dates is Henry A. Bishop, who is now
general purchasing agent of the road, and
who is petitioned for by the employee of
the New York division. Mr. BishOp is
one of the most popular railroad men,
with all elasses—employcs, patrons and
ofiicialsmconnectcd with the road, and his
appointment would give satisfaction not
only to the aristocratic constituency of the
road, but also to the plebiau element.
Marian Harland, the friend and helper
of woman everywhere, has taken up the
work of restoring the ruined monument
making the burial-place of Mary the Moth-
er of . ashington. She says truly—«in her
appea to the mothers and daughters of
Amelia to erect a fitting monument to her
who gave Our Country a Father—that “the
sun shines upon no sadder ruin in the
lengthaud breadth of our land, than this
unfinished structure.” The publishers of
the Home-Makerof which Marion Harland
is the editor, offer, as their contribution to
the good cause, seventy-five cents out of
every annual subscription of two dollars
to the Magazine, sent in during the next
six months: Every such subscription must
be accompanied by the‘words, “For Mary
Washington Monument.” The offer is
generous, and should meet with an enthu-
siastic response.
The annual report of the railroad com-
missioners furnishes some figures which
may throw a little light on the cost of the
greatilhght between the Consolidated and
Housatonic roades in the legislature last
winter. The figures are publisned under
the heading of “Legal Expenses.” In 1888
the Consolidated expended for law $40,741,
and in 1889 $115,574, an increase of $74,-
733. The Housatonic expended $1,414 on
the same item in 1888, and $4,964 in 1889,
an increase of $3,550. Of course the money
spent for legal aid does not cover all the
cost of the big battle. The increase may,
however, give some idea of the total ex-
pense of that terrible lobby outlay. As
usual the lawyers appear to have had suffi-
cient presence of mind to feather their own
nests pretty carefully.——Bridgeport News.
Mr. Wm. G. Thomas, Jr., is indispu-
tably the champion billiard player of this
town and section. = The championship cue
put up by the Norwalk Club as trophy
for the victor in the recent handicap tour-
nament, was easily won by Mr. Thomas.
who subsequently defeated two chal-
lengcrs for the cue, Messrs. Fred Bennett
and Thomas S. Morison. Mr. Bennett,
who was to make 120 points against Mr.
Thomas’ 250, was defeated, 250 to 73, and
. Mr. Morison, rated'200 was defeated 250
to 137. Mr. Thomas has offered the prize
cue, which is worth $10, as a trophy to be
contested for in another tournament,
without handicap, straight biliards and
cushion carom, the first game in which
Will be played this evening at the rooms
of the Norwalk Club.
John Ronk desires the announcement
made that he has “dissolved partnership”
with Auntie Miller, and has left her in
full possession of their castle back of the
boat house. He says that it is for good
this time, as he has stood it for three
years and now thinks he will try to get a
little of the benefit of his pension himself,
as he needs a new suit of clothes and
some few other necessaries, which his
continued residence with his wife would
compel him to forego. He is new board-‘
ing, and says Ann-tie wants him to “come
back, my love,” to the old home.—
Record.
It appears that Mr. Book has yielded to
the persuasive cntreaties of his better
half, and returned to the comforts of
domesticity at the love-lit cottage back of
the boat house by the sea, where peace
and harmony evcrmore shall dwell, and
hair-pullings and eye-gougings shall come
no more henceforth forever. ’Tisbetter so.
Dr. C. E. Bruce sounds a note of warn-
ing regarding the popular use of anti-
pyrine, as follows :—
I desire to sound a note of warning
against the indiscriminate use of anti-
pyrine. People are in thehabit of using
this dangerous drug in the most careless
way, and the results often witnessed are
alarming. The medical professron are not
yet themselves acquainted with this pow-
erful drug. One thing we do know ; .it is
:as greataheart depressant as any drug
we have. ' And we also know that many
cases of sudden heart failure and death
have been and are due _ to its unguarded
use. I have been almost staggered at the
large doses people take, and it does seem
ashame that it can be bought in open
market without prescription. It is a poi-
son and is not intended ‘for promiscuous
use any more than arsenic o‘r strychninc.
A mock trial was the drawing ’feature
at the last bi-monthly meeting of the Y.
M. C. A.. when David Raymond was
tried before a jury of his peers for burying
the late Mr. D. McGiuty withoutaper-
Init. Judge E. M. Lockwood on the
bench; Principal Wigham attorney for
defense; Secretary Simone for prosecu-
tion.
_ The Connecticut Bible Society has com-
pleted a religious census of Hartford. The
population is 47,179 with nationalities as
follows . American, 33.154; Irish, 15,757;
German, 3,060; English, 1,676; Scotch,
804; French, 798; Italian, 614; Swedish,
444; Danish, 367; Russian, 268; Polish,
65; Chinese, 13; Roumanian and Bohemir
an, 22 each. There are 25,011 Protestants,
13,309 Catholics and 1,158 Jews. There
are 388 women reported as prostitutes be-
side a large number of doubtful cases.
The annual statement of The Mutual
No successor to the late Mr. Turner, as Llfe Insurance Company Of New York
shows the remarkable progress made by
this institution during tirelve months. The
record made by the Mutual eclipses its
own best efforts, and naturally eXceeds
. that of any other financial institution in
the world. The new business written
amounted to $151,602,48337, an increase
of $48,388.22205 over the new risks as-
sumed in 1888, and a gain of $82,144,015
over the busmess of 1887—showing a con-
tinuous and phenomenal advance. The
assets of the Mutual Life now aggregate
$136,401.328.02, indicating a gain for the
year of $0,319,174.46. The Company has
now an outstanding insurance account
amounting to 856534993392. Its total
income from all sources is reported at $31,-
119,019.62. It paid to its members during
the year for death claims and endowments
and other obligations $16,200‘608.38. Up
to date the Mutual had 182,310 policies in
force, showing a gain in membership. for
the year of 23,941, thus forming the big-
gest army of policy-holders i.) any regular
Life Insurance Company in the world.
The surplus fund was increased 541,717,-
184.81 in 1889, and the Mutual now has
$9,657,248 44 over and above every liabil-
ily.
Some interest has been aroused among
the Waterbury parties connected with the
Southbury oil well scheme over the fact
that last Saturday petroleum was discov-
ered at Gloversville, N. Y. The well was
being sunk to discover natural gas, but at
a depth of 960 feet oil was struck. The
oil was only tapped but it rose to a height
of 600 feet through a seven-inch casing.
Gloversville is not far from Albany, and
this is the nearest point to Cmmecticut
where oil has yet been discovered. Oper-
ations at the Southbury well are now at a
standstill, as indeed they have been for
several months. There is no immediate
prospect for a resumption of boring,
although the project has by no means
been abandoned. Many of those interest-
ed in the well still maintain confidence in
the probability that petroleum or gas
exists in the Southbury region. When
boring operations ceased the shaft had
been sunk to a depth of over 1,500 feet.
It is not infrequently the case that wells
are sunk from 2,000 to 3,000 feet before
oil is struck.
Prof. W. G. Newell’s dancing class
reception and exhibition in Music Hall,
on Friday evening, attracted a large and
very select audience. The exhibition by
the pupils of Prof. Newell in Norwalk and
Bridgeport was most enjoyable and highly
appeciatcd, as the liberal applause of the
spectators testified. Various new, difficult
and fancy evolutions were illustrated with
a precision and pleasing harmony of mo-
tion, that gave evidence of the efficiency
of the tutor and the proficiency of the
pupils. The sailor dance, by sixteen
children from the Bridgeport class was an
exceptionally eloquent commentary upon
the professor’s patience and thoroughness,
and MISS Bessie Newell’s difficult- and
charming “solo dance" captivated the
audience. The little lady was heartily
applauded and encored and presented
with a magnificent basket of flowers. At
the close of the exhibition the main floor
was cleared for dancing, and the classes
and friends made merry until a late hour,
when the reception game to an end. The
affair was in every way a success and
could not have been otherwise than grati-
fying to the graceful, the handsome and
the genial tutor as well as his pupils.
——W. B. Hall & Co., of Bridgeport,
large dealers in seal cloaks, jackets,capcs,
&c., are left, in consequence of mild
weather, With too many. As will be seen
by their new advertisement, they propose
to sell them at a great sacrifice. As they
say they cannot afford the room or the
money to carry them over. Regarding
the advance in sealskins which is sure to
come, the New York Tribune thus speaks:
“People who wear sealskin garments
were interested in the announcement
made some time ago that the government
had restricted the catch of Alaska seals to
60,000, and dealers as well as consumers
are interested m the fact that at least two
strong competing companies are in the
field to bid against the old Alaska com-
pany for the prmlege of catching, as the
price is certain to be advanced in conse-
quence, and the advance may be made
any day.” ~
This firm are now holding a special sale
of silks, colored dress goods, scotch
ginghams and cloakings. If people are
looking for large assortments of choice
cloaksqat low prices, no better place can
be found than the great mart of W. B.
Hall & 00., of Bridgeport.
O . u - c
possrbly he is in ignorance:
William London, of Winnipauk, who
ran amuck in that region last Tuesday,
knocking out an inoffensive German
peddler and assaulting§Saloon-keeper Me.
Grath, was arrested and brought before
Justice Selleck on Wednesday and fined
$10 and costs, which he was unable to
pay, hence he was taken to jail. McGrath
was fined $2 and costs for breach of the
peace, which he promply paid. London
is a tough character, who delights in be-
ing considered a “ba-a-ad man,” and has
heretofore, on various occasions. disiin~
gushed himself ty choking and beating
his mother. ‘
The Winstcd Citizen prints the following
from a correspondent regarding the first
settlers of Canaan: “I have a copy of the
Canaan patent, issued in May, 1745, also
the names of the first settler in Canaan.
The Rev. Elisha Webster was the first
minister ordained, and {people came one
hundred miles to the service. A man
named Richard Highsted was falling a tree
for the minister’s house, and was killed,
being the second death in Canaan. The
first family of English that mover] to Ca-
naan was Samuel Bryant. He came in
May, and John Franklin drove the ox
team, that was the first ox team that was
driven into the town. He settled 'near
where the Blackberry River empties'into
the Housatonic. He had seven sons, the
seventh one was the first English child
born in Canaan; his name was James Bry-
ant. He afterwards lived in Noble-town,
N. Y. The next families were Daniel and
Isaac Lawrence, and a llewitt family, all
from Plainfield. They had to cut their
way from New Hartford. They reached
Canaan the 2d of June, 1738, and were
eleven days on the journey.”
Curtiss, the sweet singer of the B rkshire
hills,hasacalamitousfailing forinoculaiing
even his prosiest prose with poetic license,
and thus making of it the most unpoeiic
lie sense. He went to bed the other night
on an empty stomachful of mince pie,
pickled pigs’ feet and other angel food,
and, as might have been expected, before
morning he had one of those what-do—you-
call-’cm, where you See things and say
things that aren’t there and aren’t 50'?
Acting under this bugaboo influence he
wrote for the Berkshire News a horrible
thing wickedly designed to arouse jealousy
and bad blood and make serious trouble
between two young ladies.
despite CurtisS’ reprehensible intentiorjs,
and his palpable desire to stir up a sensa-
tional scandal, will, fortunately be unsuc-
cessful,for this simple reason, of which
The “red—
headed widow named Maria, with nine
children,” is a myth invented in the fertile
imagination of John Wade, of Norwalk,
simply for the purposes of song; and
“Mrs. Genevieve Knickerbocker, of Am-
herst, Mass , is the creation of a World
reporter’s dashing and healthy young
brain. Possibly through the efficacy of
an extra pig’s foot at the next publication
night lunch in the press room, the ensuing
nightmare might be made spirited and
high-strung enough to impel the gentle
Curtiss to take an active part himself in a
’ghostly rough and tumble fight between
two women who do not exist.
A number of Norwalk veterans attended
the annual encampment of the G. A. R.,
Department of Connecticut, in New Haven
last week. There were over 300 comrades
present, and among the distinguished
guests were Gen. Russell, A. Alger, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the order, and Gov.
Bulkcley. The session was an interesting
and profitable one, and the election of offi-
cers was harmonious and smooth. The
following officers were elected and install-
ed by Past Department Commander I. B.
Hyatt: 'Commauder, John C. Breach of
Middletown; senior vice-commander, Hen-
ry N. Fanton of Danbury; junior vice-
commander, B. E. Smith of Williamautic;
medical director, Dr. W. M. Robinson of
Colchester ; chaplain, Rev. Dr. D. Henry
Miller of Norwich. The following dele-
gates were chosen, to the national conven-
tion to be held in Boston in August :—At
large, Natham Esterbrook, jr.; post dele-
gate, George R.‘ Hurlburt, Post No. 2; G.
Herbert George, Post No. 1; H. R. Jones;
Post No.--; Charles H. Hayes, Post No.75,
Andrew Gordon,Post N o. 56; W.C. Staples-
Post No. 63; Caleb Wood, Post No. 48; al,
ternates, at large, George D. Smith; post
alternates, W. S. Chase, Post No. 39; W-
N. Mix, Post No. 36; S. A. Wadsworth,
post No. 62; W. S. Pomeroy, Post No. 66;
Judson L. Crandall, Post No. 81; J. W.
Winch, Post No. 74; W. H. Zink, Post No.
7. The election of a council of adminis-
tration resulted: S. G. Blakeman, Post
No. 26; Ebenezer Bishop,'Post No. 54; H.
E. Bachellor, Post No.39; G. R. Burton,
Post No. 12; David E. Soule, Post No. 14.
The department commander announced
as his assistant adjutant general, John H.
Thatcher of post No. 50, who has held the
position for several ‘years, and for his as-
sistantquartermasrer general, W. E, Mor-
gan, of post No. 17. The encampment
instructed a committee consisting of A. H.
Bentley, W. 8. Wells, Henry. E. Taintor,
George I. Buxton, and W. S. Staples to
send a telegram to Secretary Tracy. at
Washington expressive of sorrow at his
bereavement.
The plot, .‘
Norwalk Chronicler