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NORWALK, CoNN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1890.

 

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LOCAL ITEMS.

Norwalk was well represented at the
Danbury races last week.

The seven year old son of Charles E.
Castle, died on Tuesday last.

Will Readman, late of Hartford, is not
at work for Betts & Farrington.

The high school held graduating exer—
cises at Music Hall, last evening.

Danbury expects that the census returns
will place her population at 18,000.

Mrs. Polly Gray died at her home in
East Norwalk, Sunday, aged 72 years.

Pensions have been granted to Charles
Murray and Michael Henry, of Norwalk.

Charles Hubble, a prominent G. A. R.
then, of Stamford, died Sunday morning.

This is Commencement week at Yale,
and a high old time the classes are having.

Attention is called to the changes in the
Housatonic Railroad time-table in another
column.

Ben Austin started off with the adver-
tising gang of Forepaugh’s circus, on
Tuesday. , ' '

The annual two weeks vacation at the
Merwin street shirt factory commences
July 26th.

Fred. A. Lockwood has passed a suc-

cessful examination for entrance into “flit.

liams’ college.

Bridgeport News z—Miss Katie Casey of
Norwalk, is visiting her brother, John
Casey, in this city.

The firm of Britto & Son, markctmen,
is dissolved, the Henry L. Hartung con-
tinuing the business.

One of the most striking likenesses is
that in the window Of Whitney & Co., of
the late Dr. Asa Hill.

The ninth annual commencement exer-
cises of the Storrs’ Agricultural school,
took place last Friday.

Mr. Henry C. Bowen says that Chauncey
M. Depew will be the Republican candi-
date for President in 1892.

The convention of the-national editorial p

association is in progress in Boston this
week. Nor walk is represented.

Charles Keith, of Gregory’s drug store,
goes to Bridgeport next week to accept a
position in Stevens’ drug store.

Miss Meta Rodemeyer, of Bethel, and
Dr. H. L. Ross, of Canaan, were married
in Bethe], yesterday afternoon.

0. E. Squires, of the World and Danbury
News, was in Norwalk on Thursday to see
about starting a religious newspaper here:

Joe Dunning is canvassing the town for
Stanley’s forthcoming book. Miss Mary
MeNeille covers a portion of his territory.

The Norwalk Council, National Provi-
dent Union, will celebrate their fifth
anniversary Friday with appropriate cere-
monies.

The commencement exercises at Mrs.
Mead’s Hillside school will take place this
evening. An attractive programme has
been arranged.

George Comstock, of Cranberry Plains,
raises straWberries as big as a hat—not a
stovepipe hat, but a hat about the size of
the strawberries.

Ben Rowe, of Wilton, came to town
yesterday, got fighting drunk, and was
landed in the lockup by Ofiicer Adams
after a lively tussle.

Hereafter, when there is a fire in the
borough an alarm will strike in the electric
light station, and the steam whistle will
be vociferously tooted.

Mrs. H. A. Keeler, of this town, who
was stricken with paralysis in Bridgeport,
on Sunday, is now under treatment at the
hospital in that city.

Thomas Fitzgerald, of Cobble Hill set-
tled a case of assault and breach of the
peace on Saturday by paying costs amount-
ing to about ten dollars.

Mr. Wm. Mackey, who has been in the
employ of Mr. W. F. Bishop, for a num-
ber of years, has accepted a position 'in
the Norwalk Lock Factory.

 

Dr. Timothy Henley reports that he
went to Fairfield, on Sunday, to decorate
the grave of his poor,:dead wife. He will
bring-the children here in about a month.

" A ‘new train to start from South Norwalk
and run to New Haven, will be put on the
Consolidated road this week, to run be-
tween the 7:10 and 7:38.

The Gentlemen’s Driving Association
netted about $200 from their recent meet-
ing at the Fair Grounds. Not so bad,
considering the unfavorable weather.

The improbable story that our friend
Rose is dodging about trying to escape a;
nomination for representative this fall,
does not seem to carry a wide conviction.

' Alittle girl who had been to a circus
for the first time in her brief life, greatly
amused the family on her return by telling
them “she saw the elephant eat with its
front tail.”

The Master and Wardens of St. John’s
lodge, F. and A. M., attended the cere-
monies of dedicating the new lodge room
of Eureka lodge, in Bethe], yesterday
afternoon.

At a regular meeting of the directors of
the Fairfield County National Bank, held
June 23d, a dividend of 3 per cent. was
declared from the earnings of the past
six months.

Mr. Frank Comstock w1ll fill the posi—
tion of Organist at the Congregational
church during theabsence of Miss Jennie

 

a few weeks.

Probably the ice man has never noticed
the dainty little tin tongs that are furn-
ished with boxes of confectionery. They
are neat, inexpensive and would be quite
useful in his business.

H. T.Wilson and daughter were thrown
from a wagon in Cranberry Plains, yester-
day morning. Mr. Wilson sustained a
sprained wrist and his daughter received
an ugly cut on her head.

Harry Mitchell, who smiles at the
patrons of the post office through the
delivery window, is on a vacation this
week, recuperating and wasting his sub-
stance iu hilarious living.

Michael Riley, of Norwalk, whoever he
may be, was arrested as a vagrant, along
with a number of other tramps who had
taken refuge in a freight car Saturday
night. They were all discharged, how—
“overs ‘ -» ‘ , \v

Dr. Baldwin, the toothist, has leased the
Bishop house on Wall street.~ According
to report,vhe will soon be prepared to take
comfort in one part of the house, while he
makes it pleasant for his patients in the
other.

Mrs. John A. Camp, while at breakfast
On Sunday morning, suffered a partial
stroke of paralysis which rendered power-
less her entire left side. Her symptoms,
up to the hour of going to press, cannot
be said to be favorable.

Fred Force, the inimitable tenor singer,
is now engaged with Groceryman Valden,
on Wall street, opposite the horse car
depot, as salesman. Fred will make. it
harmonious for his musical (or other)
friends, who call at Valden’s.

.Friday afternoon Judge Fcnn granted
Joseph Lee, of Norwalk, a divorce from
Mary A. Lee, of Norwalk, on the ground
of habitual intemperance. Intolerable
cruelty was also alleged in the complaint.
They were married November 5, 1888.

The-fire department was called out Sat-
urday night by an alarm from box 15.
Their services were not required, however,
as the fire, which was caused by the
explosion of alampin the Boston store,
was extinguished with a pail of water.

The fire cracker crop is about all picked
and harvested. The weather this seascn
has evidently been favorable to this pep-
pery fruit, which has grown to enormous
size, a good, sound, ripe fire cracker this
year being about the size of a saw log.

The New Milford Gazette gets back at
us in the Y. P. S. C. E. enigma, as fol-
lows :—“You’re Pretty Smart Country
Editor.” Of course. lt’shereditary. You
may use it as a text if you like, for You
Preach Sometimes Concerning Evolution.

—When disappointed with gift Crayon
portraits, go to the artist with 50 years
experience in portraiture, 51 Main street,
E. T. W. of Whitney 85 00.

Miss E. Alice Pennell, of Omaha, for-
merly of South Norwalk, was married to
S. K. Franer, of Sing Sing, New York,
one day last week. Miss Pennell had
gained quite a reputation as a songstress
and quite naturally took to a partner from
Sing Sing—Record.

The annual report of the Grand Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, just issued, shows
that in Connecticut there are 37 chapters,
with a total membership of 4,610, and in—
crease of 176 over the preceding year.
There were 240 new members exalted
during the year.

Herb is a suggestion for Uncle John
Collins, or Beehive Peat :-—“A Berlin
restaurant and cafe is- cooled in‘ summer-
and heated in winter by electricity and the
flood of light from the electric lamps is

tinteda delicate pink, which is so becom-
ing to the complexion of the lady visitors
that the place isthronged." '

-Everything pertaining to horse fur-
nishings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc-

 

ed prices, at W. E. Dunn’s, 50 Wall St.‘ 17

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Nash, who has gone ouavacation trip fort

Bridget Ladrigan, an inmate .of the
almshouse, was scalded about the arms
and breast, Wednesday, by the upsetting
of a pan of boiling water which she had
in her hands. Her condition is serious.

'Fred'A. Bartlett,, Esq., has resigned
his position as night editor of the Bridge-
port News in order to devote his [whole
time to. his increasing law practice. His
associates on the staff presented him with
an elegant meerschaum pipe as a token of
regard. ‘ .

Jennings, the newspaper man, is a
brother of Jennings, the undertaker and
embalmer, and while both are engaged in
the “art preservative,” one earns his
bread by handling live matter; the other
doesn’t, although both furnish material for
obituaries. '

The $200,000 of Danbuty 825 Norwalk
railroad bonds maturing July 1st will be
paid upon presentation at, the Farmers’
Loan and Trust Company, 22 William
street. The interest will be paid at the
office of the treasurer of the Housatonic
road in Bridgeport. - ' .

The first grand picnic of St. Mary’s and
St. Joseph’s Societies will be held on the
Fair Ground on Friday, July 4th. A first-
class orchestra will be in attendance and
there will be i dancing, athletic games,
horce racing, etc. This joint picnic will
be sure to afiord a good time to all who
attend.

“Uncle J ack” Meyers attended the club
dinner .of the Hoboken Turtle club at
Larchmont, on Thursday last, when the
club, which was organized in 1796, by
Aaron Burr, moved into a new club house,
the first club house it has owned since its
organization. There were over 300 mem-
bers and guests present.

The through Pittsfield express train are
doing a rpshing business these days,filling
Berkshire up with city people. Saturday
' afternoon, the train left South Norwalk
crowded with passengers,-and the baggage
car overfiowed with trunks until the aisle
of the smoking car was completely barri-
caded, its entire length.

The GAZETTE felicitates ex—Burgess
Thomas S. Morison, on attaining his 25th
birthday- and cemingv‘into fullpos‘sessiou
of his princely fortune, which auspicious
event transpired on Saturday last and was
celebrated with a reception at the palatial
Morison home, where a host of friends of—
fered congratulations and enjoyed a rare
season of social pleasure.

Bross, of the Ridgefield Press, was in
town Friday. He accounts for the con-
spicuous absence of poetry from his paper
during the past month by explaining that
he has been kept busy setting type, having
bounced his intelligent compositor for too
much conviviality. However, as he now
has a “new man,” we shall look for a
continuance of poetry in the Press.

Editor Tom Wood, of the Bridgeport
Evening Post, accompanied by Druggist
Lutz, of that city, was in town Thursday
evening. He brought the druggist along
on account of his skill as a chemist, and
to subject Norwalk soda water, before
drinking, to a chemical analysis, to see
that it contained no paralysis, grip germs,
trichina or any other little wiggling devils.

—Carriages, carts and wagons of all de-
scriptions and at reduced prices at W. E.
Dann’s, 50 Wall street. tf17

Miss Katie Buckley, of Norwalk, and
John H. Lyons, of Ansonia, were married
yesterday morning at St. Mary’s church.
At the close of the ceremony a magnificent
collation was spread by a New York
caterer, after which the newly married
pair took a train for New York and other
points of interest for a bridal tour. Their
list of presents was extensive and val-
uable.

On Monday of last week, at the Wall
street stock exchange, ten shares of the
Consolidated road sold at 270—the highest
price yet. Just before the distribution of
new stock last fall it sold at 272%. Then
came the rights, which sold at about $32
each, and now the stock is back at 270.
In other words, there has been a profit of
$30 a share to those who bought then at
the top figure, though it is a rise of only
about 11 per cent on the amount invested.

The commencement exercises of the
South Norwalk High School took place in
Music Hall' last evening. This evening
the class hold a reception in Music Hall.
The six graduates are Misses Ada Golding,
Ida Hutchinson, Olive Cole, Messrs. Henri
Brown, William Perry and William -E.
Smith. A movement is on foot to form an
alumni association, 3 meeting for the for-
mation of which will be held at an early
date. The number of graduates since 1877
is 97. ______

Says the Sentinel: A communication
was received by, Douglas Fowler Post,
Wednesday,from Department Commander
Breach, of Middletown, stating that he'
had received ex-Quartermaster Rudd’s
ruling in the matter of the burial of old-
soldiers, and that it corresponded with
the opinion of Douglas Fowler Post. An,
order has been forwarded to the selectmen
and to the different posts for their govern—
ment in the future. ‘

 

, Mrs. Nelson Dickerman died at her
home on West avenue, South Norwalk,
Tuesday. The cause of her death was
heart failure. She was a most estimable
Christian woman, amember of the Con
gregational church, and active in the
.wbrks of that society. The funeral was
attended from her late home, Wednesday

. afternoon.

That portion of the West Norwalk
church goers known as the Houstonitcs,
hefl a festival Monday evening, at the
residence of-Stephen Tompkins, the prof
ceéils of which are to go toward the fund
for‘ the erection of a chapel. It seems
that U. Grant Houston, B. S., whom Dr,
Talluage baptized in the Jordan, is to:be
"‘loCated” at last.

Norwalk grocers held a meeting this
week Monday for the purpose of organized
mutual defence against buyers who make
it a point to cheat when they can. Is it
possible that Norwalk grocers come across
any such customers as that ?—Stamford
l Advocate;

Oh, yes; the railroad, stage and other
traveling facilities make Norwalk a sort of

~ commercial centre for trade from all over

the county.

General Passenger Agent A. W. Pcrrin,
of the Housatonic railroad, was in town
yesterday and called at the GAZETTE
office. He reports the passenger traffic
heayier than ever before at this season,
eSpecially the through New York and
Berkshire travel, which already necessi-
tatesthe addition of increased passenger
coach and baggage our facilities.

Editor Kirk, of the New Canaan Messen-
ger has been elected vice-president of the
New Canaan Historical society. New
Canaan is the birthplace of Stephen Hoyt’s
Sons’ nursery—Record.

If that’s all the Record knows about the
history of New Canaan, we are ashamed
of 'it. New Canaan has other claims upon
distinction besides the famous Hoyt
nurseries. She produced Anthony Com-
stock and gave Scheele to the hangman.

- Mr. Wm. Coolidge, father of ex-Wardcn
C. B. Coolidge, died in Brooklyn on Mon—
day last, in the 65th year of his age. Mr.
Coolidge had lived in Norwalk for many
years and was a familiar figure to many of
oui§gil,izens. For some time past he had
lived iW‘Vlth»R sister-inBrooklyn, at whose
home he died. He had for many years
been an invalid. His interment will take
place after the arrival of the 1 p. m. train
from New York to-day ( Wednesday.)

Clarence Harvey, the Danbury poet who
was accused of plagiarizing, a poem for
which he was recently awarded a prize as

says he wrote the poem ten pears ago and
it was published in the Independent. That
being the case, his offense is onlyin selling
the same poem twice, and he is no worse
than the minister who dives down into his
sermon barrel and fishes out a discourse
for next Sunday, which he has preached
before.

J. J. Hanlon and bride returned from
their wedding tour Monday evening.
John reports a most enjoyable time spent
among the people of the South, not the
least enjoyable period being spent in
Washington, D. C., where he personally
met some of the most distinguished men
of the nation, and where our old fellow
townsman A1 Relyea proved himself equal
to the emergency of introducing and con—
ducting his Connecticut friends around
through the most sacred quarters of Uncle
Sam’s domain. __

A Norwalk dispatch dated Monday,
said :——This afternoon a well-dressed, oily-
tongued, and fairly good-looking man
came here from the East and did a thriv-
in g business with many of our most pros-
perous merchants, selling alleged diamonds
at prices ranging from $5 to $50. To-
night leading jewellers pronounced the
stones nothing but imitations in paste, and
very poor at that. The stranger, who
claimed to represent a firm of Boston dia-
mond brokers, has disappeared, taking
with him, it is said, several hundred dol-
lars from Norwalk. ,

Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut, that
good old—fashioned man, who was never
heard of until he became a United States
Senator, will probably be retired, with the
chances in first of a democrat taking his
place—N. Y. Star.

If the last part of the above bit of mis-
information is as inaccurate as the first.
part, it will be a long time before the
Connecticut eX-Secretary of State, ex-State
Senator, ex-Speaker of our House of Rep-
resentatives, will be retired from his seat
in the United States Senate, he has honored
so long and well.

The Bridgeport Post’s South Norwalk
correspondent is engaged in a laudable
effort to spur the business men of that end
of our town to organize a board of trade.
He says “there is no reason why she
should remain dormant,” and that “there
are plenty of energetic, wide awake men
in the town, and with the movement once
under way she would receive such a start
as would astonish many of the ‘old coach
line’ stockholders that are holding her
back." That’s the talk. But will the
“old ,coach has stockholders who are
holding her back” take kindly to the hint,
as it is expressed,,and ease up on theig
grip? . , a:

 

original, denies the soft impeachment and ‘

It is announced in the papers that
“Articles of agreement have been signed
between John White and John Slattery,
two aspirants for pugilistic fame in this
town, for a finish fight, to take place some.
time during theflpresent month. They
will weigh in at about 110 pounds and
Marquis of Queensberry rules will govern
the contest, which will be for a purse of
$200.»

Papa John Wade continues to increase
the number of his relatives. He is about
to become another brother-iu-law. This
(Wednesday) evening Miss Cornelia E.
Downs, daughter of George W. Downs,
and sister of Mrs. Wade, will be married
to Mr. Albert D. Cressley, of Butler, Ind.
The ceremony will be performed at 8
o’clock at the residence of the bride’s
parents on Courtland street, by the Rev.
C. J. North, of the South Norwalk
Methodist church. The young couple will
reside in Butler, Ind. They have the GA-
znrrn’s congratulations—41nd so has Mr.
Wade.

Alarge delegation of the Norwalk Y.
M. C. A. attended the corner stone laying
of the new Y. M. C. A. building, in
Bridgeport, Monday afternoon, and were
well pleased with the eloquent address of
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. No one
should be absent from the young men’s
song serv1ce, next Sundaymfternoon, as it
will be one of unusual interest. Bro. A.
H. Wilcox will be present and have
charge of the meeting, and will be assisted
by the secretaries’ quartette of - the state,
who will conduct the singing. On Satur-
day night a general receptign will be
given Bro. Wilcox and the other secretaries
in the rooms of the association.

 

Only a Farmer’s Daughter, was pro-
duced in the Opera House on Thursday
evening, principally to give F. Gordon
Mead’s Norwalk friends an opportunity to
see the progress he has made since taking
up the profession of actor. The enthusi-
asm with which his entry was greeted and
the applause that was liberally given him
throughout the play indicated the appro-
val with which he was received, and must
have been to him an encouragement and
an inspiration. Miss Adelaide Cherie, the
leading lady, is an actress of exceptional
"merit, and Wongeneroiis rduuds Inf admir-
ing applause from the select and intel-
lectual audience, by her artistic and intel-
ligent portrayal of a difficult and highly
interesting character.

Frank Letzky, employed by Louis
Verlin, on the Gunning “Castlecoote”
farm, lies in a Icritical condition from
poisoning. He had been sufiering from a
severe cold, and, on Saturday, without
consultation with anybody, proceeded to
doctor himself by taking a big dose of
medicine that had been put up for a horse
of Mr. Verlin’s that had a hard cold, argu-
ing to himself that whatever would cure a
horse’s cold could do no less for a man.
The medicmc contained belladonna. which
nearly proved fatal to Letzky. He was
discovered to be suffering severely at
about midnight, and, his wife divulging
the cause, a physician was sent for, who
worked over him till nearly daylight be-
fore he was considered out of immediate
danger. He is still very ill, but it is
thought he will recbvcr.

It is related of Jack Tierney, a driver
for the Terry & Co. beef house, that a
few days ago he put on his other suit,
donned a high standing collar and took a
horse car for South Norwalk to catch a
train for Bridgeport to attend a wedding
or raffle or funeral or something, As the
horse car approached the South Norwalk
depot Jack observed a train standing
there just ready to start. He skipped off
the car, rushed into the waiting room,
bought a ticket for Bridgeport and board-
ed the train just as she started. When
the conductor came through Jack handed
out his ticket, but his jaw dropped when
the autocrat of the punch poked it back to
him with the cheering information,
“You’re on the wrong train; this is the
limited express :for New York.” Jack’s
heart came up in his throat, and when it
went back it took a big end of tobacco he
was chewing, down with it. He pondered
on his dilemma for some minutes, then
went back to the rear car, approached the
conductor and. with a business-like air,
remarked: “See here, Mister; now ye’ve
got me aboord the train that I ain’t goin’
on, an’ ye’ve made me lose the train that
I caught, an’ ye’rc carryin’ me to where
I ain’t a’goin’. Now the squarething for
ye to do is to give me a check to get back
home on.” The conductor replied that it
was no fault of his that the other got
aboard the wrong train, and refused to
give a return check, “Well,” retorted
Jack, standing on his most impressive
dignity, “ye needn’t put on too many airs
about-it. Here, how much is your d—-—d
old railroad worth‘iIr I’ll buy the whole
business,” and he pompously pulled out a
silver Ldollar and twirled it before the
ticket puncher’s eyes. “Humph l” growled
the official, “you can’t buy this railroad
for no dollar, nor for five hundred times
that much.” 80 Jack went through to
New York and paid his fare, back. He
has since swapped olf his watch for a

 

compass.

The coach was not “bowling

At a meeting of the Epworth League at
the Methodist church, Friday evening,
there was a war between ,white and red
roses, in which the latter were victorious.
The room was handsomely decorated with
red and white roses, and there were two
tables distinguished as the red and the
white, each of which drew its share of at-
tention and custom, and at the close of the
affair it was found that the amount of the
sales at both, differed but seventy cents.
Something over $56 was netted.

Attention is called to the announcement
and timetable of the Housatonic steam-
boat line in another column. The iron
steamer “Cape Charles” (Capt. Byxbee),
makes the trip from Wilson Point, con-
necting with the morning express train
from Danbury, to New York, in about
two hours. The fare for the round trip,
from South Norwalk to New York and
return, is 70 cents; single” trip 40 cents.
The “Cape Charles” begins the season
with a good patronage and the prospect of
a most successful season.

At an adjourned meeting of the Court
of Burgesses, held on Wednesday evening,
bills to the amount of $424.99 were order-
ed paid; Patrick Buckley was granted
permission to erect a frame building on
Franklin avenue ; it was decided to abate
no taxes except in cases of indigence;
_ the reports of the committee on the wid-

ening of Main and Wall streets were ac-
cepted, and Messrs. D. Warren Fitch,
John D. Kimmey, and T. S. Vandcrhoef
were appointed a committee to assess
damages and benefits. Adjourned to July
7th, at which time the matters of purchas-
ing a steam road roller, and the repairs on
Riverside avenue will be acted upon.

Reports from various towns and citicsali
over the country, show that the census re-
turns are incomplete and unreliable, from
various causes—the inefficiency of the
enumerators,tlie brief space of time allow-
ed for the canvass, and the unnecessary
number of irrelivant questions on the list.
It is estimated by a New York paper that
10,000 families were skipped entirely in
that city alone. That being tlle' case, it
looks as if the census' commissioners, in
their super-zealous determination to com-
pile a book of statisticsiliat should be
complete in unnecessary details, have
sloppcd over and produced a mass of mis-
information, imperfect and valucless in its
most essential features. However, there
is no reason to doubt that in Norwalk the
work has been well and thoroughly done,
and ihat the census book, when published
will give the statistics of this town accur-
ately and reliably. It is estimated, too,
that Norwalk will show a population of
not far from 18,000, or an increase of
5,000 over the census of 1880.

We reproduce the following from the
Danbury News, of Saturday, simply to give
emphasis to the proposition that an inter-
ested party, in giving a reporter an item,
will color it with the tint that best serves
his purpose :—

Last evening a woman living in Titicus
district, was driving alone through Sugar
Hollow, when the tally-ho coach from
Norwalk. which had been here during the
races, came bowling rapidly along, and
before she could turn aside there ‘was a
collision. One of the hind wheels of her
wagon was torn off and the woman was
thrown out. Fortunately she was not
seriously injured. The four persons in
the tally-ho did not stop to pick her up,
and even drove on without so much as
inquiring into the extent of her injuries,
or noticing the damage to her wagon.
The poor woman was obliged to make her
way alone to a neighboring farm house
and get home as best she could. Taking
it altogether it was outrageously disgrace-
ful conduct on the part of the occupants
of the tally-ho, and goes to show that men
who wear the finest clothes, and drive the
showiest turnouts are not always gentle-
men.

This places the N orwalk coaching party
unnecessarily and unjustly in a bad light.
We have it from a member of the party
that the woman was not alone, but was
accompanied by a young man; that the
collision occurred at a spot where the
road was narrow and badly made; that
the coach turned out as far as it was
possible to go; that the woman turned
partially out and stopped short, leaving
one hind wheel of her wagon standing
diagonally across the middle of the road,
which was caught by the projecting whif-
fletree of the pole team of the coach horses
and pulled off, the nut, apparently, being .
loose; that the wagon sagged about six
inches; that the woman was not thrown
out nor even jarred, and furthermore, that
the accident was the result of the woman’s
own carelessness and unskillful driving.
rapidly
along,” but the horses were. on a slow
walk. As to the charges that the coachers
did not stop to “inquire into the extent of '
her injuries,” it being apparent that the ;
only “injury” was an amputated wheel,
and as the party contained neither a black-
smith nor a wheelwright, they drove on, I
and on arriving here, communicated
immediately. with Danbury parties, re.
questing that they hunt 'up the aggrieved
parties, have all damage repaired and‘ the
bill sent here. There was nothingabout
the affair that called for the denunciation a
above quoted. _ '

 

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