i ‘ NORWALK
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ESTABLISHED 1800
VOLUME \XC. I
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1890.
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NUMBER 30.
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LOCAL ITEM'S.
C. H. Pinks, of Meriden, is visiting in
town.
Come to the GAZETTE office for fine job
printing.
Norwalk is threatened with a hydropho-
bia wave. .
“Billy” Bearse is now engineer on a
horse car.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Turk, of New York,
are in town.
Landlord McPherson’s little boy was
bitten by a dog on Friday.
Maurice Sloan is enjoying the balmy
breezes iu poetic Ridgefield.
Over in Bridgeport the “puritanical
cranks” are getting Sun-struck.
Mr. W. G. Embury, of New Rochelle,
visited Norwalk friends on Monday.
Among the guests at Mrs. Candee’s,
Litchfield, is “Mr. Wilcox of South Nor-
walk.”
George Stern, a vagrant, has been given
a temporary home in Bridgeport by Judge
Knapp.
Miss Ella Betts arrived home Friday,
after haying spent nearly three months in
the west. -
Mrs. Platt Price and daughter, Mrs.
John A. Camp and Miss Kate Camp are
at Durham.
Norwalk turned out largely on the
Housatonic road’s excursion up the Hud-
son last week.
Some of the striking workmen of the
Yale & Town shop in Stamford are work-
ing in Norwalk.
Miss Helen Butterworth, of Winnipauk,
started for California on Saturday for a
protracted visit.
Bethel and Danbury are well represent-
ed among the sailing and fishing expedi—
tions down the harbor.
The sixth annual picnic of the local iron
moulders’ union will take place on the
Fair Grounds on Aug. 2d.
The members of Company F have en—
gaged a Bridgeport caterer to feed them
at the Niantic encampment.
John Weyerhauscr was fined $2. and
costs the other day for boxing the ears of
a boy who threw stones at him.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Collins and two
children, have returned from New York,
and are now at the American House.
Fred Hubbell, who for the past year
has been traveling through the far West
in the insurance business, is in town.
The “lndians of the Bowery” went out
in Pokerhuntus again last Sunday.
They scalped some clams on Long Island.
A good steady man who understands
the care of horses, can find a comfortable
job by applying to Mrs. Brady, in Wilton.
Nelson Felmetta and Miss Sadie Baptiste
were married in the African M. E. church,
on Wednesday evening, by Rev. J. H.
Smith.
They are boycotting Fleischmann’s
yeast over in New Haven. The condemn-
ed article ought to find it easy to “raise”
the boycott
Phoenix Engine Company contemplate
giving a grand excursion to Laurreton
Grove, L. I., on August 27th, on the iron
steamer “Sirius.”
Sergeant Thomas Hunt has returned
from Europe, where he has been intro—
ducing his famous “drop a nickel in the
slot” machine.
They had frosts up in Litchfield county
Monday night, but the next morning hand
organs were about this section playing
Beautiful Spring.
Charles Lusk, 3. Norwalk milkman, who
was bitten by a savage dog some days 3.950
is to go to the Pasteur institute in New
York for treatment.
Pension claimants are keeping Judge
F. W. Perry busy, and the Judge has
secured several increases of pensions for
his clients of late.
Considerable improvement is being
made in the depot at South Norwalk, to
increase the capacity and convenience of
Caterer Lane’s restaurant.
AUsefulPresentin every package Sevens;
the best Washing Powder. Sold by grocers.
Among the summer guests at Mrs. F.
Brady’s, are Dr. Charles Wilson and wife,
of Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Klotz and
child, of New York.
Michael Ratchford has moved his family
into his handsome residence at Winnipauk
recently purchased by him, and known as
the Morgan T. Smith place.
Large numbers of strangers on bicycles
have treadled their way through Norwalk
of late, without stopping even to shake
wheels with our local riders.
“There never was but one Annie
- Rooney,” says Joe Howard. One to once
is enough. We would be just as well off
ifgtliere hadn’t been Annie at all.
The Ladies Aid society of West Nor—
walk, are to hold a lawn festival this
evening at the residence of R. G. Mawbey,
for the benefit of the Chapel fund.
John C. Hubbard, night editor of the
New Haven Palladium, has resigned to
accept the position of editor—in-cbief of
the Fall River Daily Evening Tribune.
Portchester has a social organization
called the “Only Drunk Once” club.
From the title it might be inferred that
they are not as “Social” as they might be.
The GAZETTE job printing department
has just turned out the annual report of
the Y. M. C. A. It is the finest piecel'of
book work issued in Norwalk in along
time.
The Journal says :—-“Boys and young
men clad in the costume of Judge Selleck’s
Venus, before she received her coat of
paint, are frequently seen bathing in the
river.” .
The continued dry weather is. scorching
theohandsome lawnslabout town, and also
dry1ngup the founts of news. Items of
absorbing local interest are very, very
scarce.
Warden Lee has issued a notice forbid-
ding the riding of velocipcdes, bicycles,
tricyles or similar vehicles upon the side-
walks of the borough, under penalty of a
$5 fine.
It is getting so now in most of the south-
era and western states that a candidate
has to ride around his district on a mow-
ing machine to avoid the ban of the
Farmers’ Alliance.
To—morrow a hearing on the remon—
strance against granting a license to
Thomas Fitzmaurice of South Norwalk,
will be held before the county commis-
sioners in the council room.
There is going to be an investigation at
the jail in Bridgeport, to see how much
truth there is in the charges set forth by
prisoners, of brutal treatment, insufficient
and bad quality of food, etc.
It is likely that First Lieutenant Henry
Matheis will succeed Captain Betts, as
commandant of company F. Captain
Betts, it is stated, will embark in the
grocery business in Bridgeport.
Mrs. Andrew Hickok, of Bethel, aged
90, came down to Belllsland last week and
went in swimming with the other giddy
girls, greatly to: the cdification of the
Islanders who remained on shore.
Our editorial letter from Washington
to-day devotes some space to the Norwalk
post master appointment, about which so
much has been said, and presents the
matter in a somewhat different light.
The Beatty straw hat works on Butler
street, have been sold to a New York
man. Arthur C. Wheeler, however, has
secured a lease of the property, and will
continue the manufacture of straw hats.
A jolly little party of jolly little folks
congratulated little Miss Florence Morison
on her third birthday at the Morison
mansion on§West avenue, on Wednesday
last. The group were photographed by
Blackman.
—Judge F. W. Perry is now fully
suppliedzwith the necessary blanks under
the new pension law, and is ready to at-
tend to the applications of his clients who
desire to take advantage of the provisions
of that law. 21:
On thegMystic Shrine excursion to Cali—
fornia and the Yellowstone Park, which
left New York Monday afternoon on a
vestibule train, were Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
Keeler of Norwalk, and Mr. George G.
Durant of Bethel.
Some of our wheclman will probably
attend the ninth race of the East Hartford
Wheel Club, to be held on the East
Hartford bicycle track, on August 2d.
There will be ten races, open to amateurs
only, for handsome prizes.
Stanley wants $1,200 for every lecture
to be delivered in the United States. Mrs.
S. will probably charge nothing for hers.
—New Hanan Register.
But hers will probably be delivered on
the wrong side of the curtain.
The Selectmen and Board of School
visitors willmcet at their office, Tuesday
evening§the 29th inst. in joint board, to
.cousider deficiencies, if such there be, in
public schools for the year just ended.
Committees of the different districts will
govern themselves accordingly.
appropriation for the maintenance of the '
And now “they say” that big new bell
in the Congregational church tower is
unsatisfactory and will be taken down
and shipped back to the foundry because
its tone is D flat instead of D sharp. Our
dcvfl says the fellow who says so is also a
d-— flat. .
“Flo” Morison was three years old on
Wednesday, and entertaincda party of
little tots at the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. T. S. Morison, on West avenue,
in the afternoon. Refreshments suitable
to the ages of the guests were served in
abundance.
Two children of Herman Stevens, of
Ridgéfield, are sick with diphtheria at the
home of their grand—father, Mr. William
B. Warren, on Orchard street, Norwalk,
whither they came a short time ago for a
visit. They had been exposed to the
disease before leaving Ridgefield.
The improvement noticed for the past
two weeks in the condition of the borough
streets is explained by the fact that street
sprinkler Partrlck has been getting his
water from city pipes.——-Sentinel.
Yes, there’s a sort cf macadam in the
South Norwalk water that makes a good
top-dressing for roads.
Paddy Cahill,the tough, is in jail at
Astoria, L. I., for being caught in bad
company, one of his companions named
Carroll, having stabbed a carpenter for
objecting to having his hat stolen. Paddy
is unfortunate as well as awfully tough,
and they jug him for what he doesn’t do
as well as for what he does.
A despatch from Waterbury says:—The
Rev. Father Martin who for two years has
been curate of St. Patrick’s church in this
city left for his home in South Norwalk
Monday morning on a two years leave of
absence. On August lst he will sail for
Germany where he will take a post grad—
uate course at Boun University.
Stella Smith of Weston writes the
Sentinel that she is “not John Sturges’
daughter and don’t want to be.” She
confesses however, that she horsewhipped-
Tommy Cook, the pugilist, when he was
up there drunk and insulted herself and
mother. Stella is proud of it and Weston
is proud of Stella. Cook isn’t proud of
any feature of the case.‘
A citizen of South Norwalk informs the
GAZETTE that all the dwellers one side of
Chestnut street in that city, were skipped
by the census enumerators. He says
there were not less than fifty on that
street whom the enumerators did not call
on at all. It would be interesting to
know just how much larger our town is
than the census makes it out to be.
After an illness of about two years Mrs.
Hester Erickson died at the home of her
daughter, 31 Mcrwin street, Monday, in
the86th year of her age. Three children
—Mrs. Abraham Muckridge and Mrs.
Aaron Olmstead of Norwalk, and Mrs. J.
C. Myers, of Wilton—serviveher. The
funeral was attended from the residence
of Mrs. llluckridge,yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Delia F. G. Bliss, mother of Alice
A. Bates, died at the home of the latter in
West Norwalk, July 14th. Funeral ser-
vices were held at the house, on Wed nes-
day, Rev. F. E. Hopkins oflficiating. The
following morning the remains were taken
to Collinsville for interment, and services
were held in the Congregational church
of that place, Rev. Mr. Miller officiating.
Col. Henry Huss, now postmaster at
Mt. Vernon, sends us a very interesting
narrative of the trip made to the Chan—
cellorville battle field last week, by the
committee of the 17th Conn. Vols. to
locate the burial place of Lieut.-Col.
Charles Walters, of that regiment, who
was killed in that disastrous fight and
buried in the rear of the Hatch House.
Building in New Canaan this season
includes a handsome new public hall with
offices, ctc., lighted by electricity, and
built by G. Duff Nichols ; a brick business
building, on Main street, for George
Banzhaf; a new residence on the fine St.
John property for Mr. Kellogg, of the
firm of Weed 8.: Kellogg; a pretty resi-
dence for Dr. C. B. Keeler and other
smaller dwellings.
Mrs. Nancy Coley, colored, died at her
home at Redding last week aged 101 or
102 years, She was the “oldest inhabi-
tant,” and had been born a slave in that
part of Weston, which is now Easton, and
in due time became free by law. She had
been in good health until in recent years
she had lost her eyesight and her mind.
One son died in the civil war, and two
twin daughters and two sons survive her.
Mrs. Ella Hall, died at the residence of
Mrs. James Finney, Wednesday, aged 38
years. She was a resident of West Nor ~
walk, and while on a visit to her mother—
in-law was taken severely ill and died as
above. The cause of her death was con—
sumption. She leaves a husband, Eben-
ezer Hall, and three children. The funeral
was attended on Friday at the West
Norwalk chapel, Rev. C. J. North offi-
ciating.
—-Carriages and harnesses of every de—
scription, trunks, traveling bags, etc., at
reduced rates, at W. E. Dann’s, No. 50
Wall street. th7
There] is 9| rumor in {New York real
estate circles that Mr. Bennett is about to
take a ninety-nine years’ lease on property
corner 'of Broadway and Thirty-fifth
street, for the erection of a new Herald
office.
Ex-Selcctman Strong, of Bridgeport,
was over here the other day, interviewing
Senator E. J. Hill as to the latter’s purpose
to run for Congress this fall. He is
reported ,to have found Brother Hill
“agreeable,” but willing to take himself
off the track in the event that great and
mighty Bridgeport were to present to the
nominating convention the name of a
Strong—er candidate.
The county jail in Bridgeport was struck
by lightning Thursday night. A ball of
fire landed on the front stoop, and a por--
tion of it entered the apartments of Jailcr
Wells.- Mr. Wells was stunned by the
bolt, audit was about half an hour before
he recovered entirely. Paper on the wall
was burned, but no other damage of
account was done. Inmates of the jail
felt the shock severely.
The Cedar Point Yacht:Club will hold
their mid—summer regatta on July 30th,
in order that the New York Yacht Racing
Association, who will be cruising in this
vicinity at that time, may participate.
Secretary Thorne says that this, without
doubt, will be the largest ragatta of small
boats ever'held on Long Island sound,
and he hopes the “Cedar Points” will be
fully reignsented on that day.
Charles Rogers, of South Norwalk, took
a goodly "delegation of Norwalk citizens
down the harbor and around among toe
islands yesterday afternoon in his new
steam yacht, for a complimentary sail.
About a dozen of our solid men availed
themselves of the invitation. Mr. Rogers’
yacht is said to be a beauty, with speed,
comfort and safety, and will be placed at
the disposal of any wishing to enjoya
day’s outing.
The body of a woman was found, Sat-
urday afternoon, in the Plum Trees dis-
trict, Bethel. It was terribly decomposed
and emitted a terrible odor. Apparently
it had been on the ground for three weeks.
From scraps of clothing and an old straw
has found ”near? by, it is inferred that the
womanwas Julia Butcher, aged 35, a do-
mestic, who disappeared from her home
three weeks ago. The police are work-
ing on the case.
A water boy on the Consolidated road,
named Benjamin Lyon, was run over at
South Norwalk yesterday, and had his
leg cut oflf and his collar bone broken by
doing just what so many other people
have done—trying to get out of the way
of one train, only to meet his fate under
the wheels of another train on the oppo—
site traek. The boy lives in Port Chester,
and was taken there yesterday afternoon.
He will probably survive the accident.
Mrs. Ellen White made it mighty un—
pleasant for her neighbors on Tuesday,
and was arrested by Chief Buttery, and
taken before Justice Austin who sentenced
her to thirty days in jail With the addition
of a fine and costs amounting to about
$15. She was escorted to jail on Wed—
nesday. Ellen is a perfect maniac at
times, and should always be kept under
surveillance, her insane attacks being of
such frequency as to keep her neighbors
in an almost constant state of alarm.
Major S. C. Kingman, of Bridgeport,
brigade inspector of target practice on
General Watson’s staff, finding the duties
of the position more complicated than he
anticipated when he accepted the position,
tendered his resignation :and it has been
accepted. General Watson immediately
tendered the position to Major James H.
Jarman, of Hartford, who held the posi-
tion under General Graham, but under
the present uncertain condition of affairs
in military circles, Major J arman prompt-
ly declined the appointment.
Several yachting men at Bell lsland have
arranged a regatta to be sailed off the
island on Saturday, July 26th, at 9 a. in.
Work boats between Stamford and Bridge-
port will be eligible to enter, the entrance
fee being placed at $2. The prizes Will be
two pennants for each class. J. M. Bailey
of the Danbury News, is treasurer of the
affair. The regatta is being conducted by
the following committee :——J. M. Bailey,
G. C. Brown, Hawley Chapman, Oscar
Youngs, C. E. Olds and Dr. E. 0. Mann.
At the close of the races a yacht club will
probably be organized. A number of
Bridgeport men are interested in the
matter. .
The recent strike by which the works
of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Company, in Stamford, were closed and
nearly 900 men thrown out of employment
formed the topic of the Rev. Samuel
Scoville’s sermon at the Congregational
church Sunday evening. At the close of
the service citizens held a meeting and
voted to request the pastors of the various
churches to appoint two members from
each church to act as a committee to call
a public meeting at which it is hoped
steps may be taken to arbitrate between
the contestants. The works were the life
of the town, and the people are very much
depressed over the situation.
Slight damage was done by fire in the
dining room of George M. Benedict, on
Elm street, early Saturday morning. The
fire alarm refused to work, but the electric
light house whistle gave the alarm and
brought the firemen out. Before they
arrived, however, Mr. Benedict had ex-
tinguished the flames with a garden hose.
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The Norwalk colored church has come
forward again and exposed a transgressor,
this time a boy named Thomas Weston,
who has been doing a charitable work in
the way of collecting funds in behalf of
the church, which be neglected to hand
over to the church oflicials. He was ar-
rested as soon as his enterprise was dis—
covered, and on Saturday Judge Selleck
sent him to the reform school at Meriden.
He is fifteen years of age.
It has been determined that during the
hours between 10 o’clock Sunday night
and 5 o’clock Monday morning, at which
time all consumers were supposed to have
kept their faucets closed by request of the
water commissioners, the reservoir supply
decreased eleven inches in depth ; that is,
a sufficient amount of water was lost in
seven hours, while none was supposed to
be drawn, to supply the entire borough
under ordinary circumstances, for 24
hours. It would be interesting to know
where it went.
Brother Hoyt, of Music Hall, has secured
another excellent attraction for Friday
evening of this week in “Pierre Cadcau,
the Fisherman of Grosse Point.” It is a
representation of incidents from the late
war, and is pronounced beautiful and
dramatic and abounding in mirth, pathos,
music and songs. It is presented by John
Hartigan and an exceptionally strong
company. The famous Montreal Snow-
shoe Club quartettc will introduce their
original French Canadian winter serenades
illustrative of life in lower Canada. It
will undoubtedly pay those who admire
the war drama to be present to witness
this production.
The events and purses, for the August
meetings of the Norwalk Gentlemen’s
Driving Association, to be held on the
19th, 20th, 21st and 22d, are as follows:
First day, 2:40 class, (for pacers belong-
ing to _members,) purse $100; 3:00 class,
$250; 2:30 class, $300. Second day, 2:45
class, (members) purse, $100; 3:37 class,
$250; 2:24 class, 3400. Third day, free
for all class, (for trotters and pacers be-
longing to members) purse $100; 2:48
class, $250; 2:33 class, $250. Fourth day,
members colt race, for three year old and
under, mile heats, best two in three, purse
$100; 2:40 class, (trotters and pacers,)
$250; free for all paccrs, $300. Entries
will close August 8th.
Justice Wm. S. Bouton, who for sev-
eral months has been in failing health,
died at his home on Clay street, South
Norwalk, Friday morning, in the 77th
year of his age. He was a veteran of the
28th C. V., and an active member of
Douglas Fowler Post, and a true friend to
every soldier. A life long resident of
Norwalk he studied and worked for the
interests of his native town. He filled
many offices of public trust in town with
honor and credit. He was thoroughly
posted on the history of the town and its
people, and has written extensively on the
subject. He was a sincere Christian and
in his death Norwalk loses an honored
citizen. His funeral was held Sunday
afternoon.
John Murray, of Bethel, met with a
strange and very painful accident, Tues-
day. Murray was a member of a clam—
bake party in Danbury. While at the
table the conversation turned to the circus
that had exhibited there the previous
day. Murray commented on some of the
feats of the acrobats and on back somer—
sanlts especially. “Why, I can do that
myself,’.’ said Murray, and he turned a
back somersault. Just how it happened
none of the spectators knew, but Murray
fell to the ground with a scream. He
was picked up but complained of so much
pain that he was laid down again, and a
physician was sent for. The physician
made an examination and found that the
suiferer’s right legwas broken in two
places below the knee. He was tenderly
laid in a box wagon and carried to his
home in Bethel.
A part of the trouble with regard to the
population of the different American
cities is made, unintentiOnally, by the
compilers of the Business Directories of
the several cities. The names collected
for the local directory are counted. The
compiler assumes that each one of the
persons named is the head of a family,
and an estimate is made, which shall
please the inhabitants of the good city,
among whom the book must find its sale.
Local pride often suffers a severe shock
when the ruthless census man comes
along, enumerates the actual population
atiso many cents per head, and sets forth
the actual facts in a plain, unvarnished
tale. Arecount is to be made in a num-
ber of cities of the country, some by the
Census Bureau, some by the local author-
ities, It is doubted if any material alter-
ations of the‘figures already reported,
will appear anywhere.
To-morrow afternoon and evening the
ladies of the Congregational church, in
New Canaan, will hold their annual lawn
party, and by the notice in another
column it will be seen that a great variety
of attractions are offered to draw Norwalk
people and people from towns around for
many miles. The party is well worth at-
tending, and, as the ladies of this church
have made such a brilliant success in their
former efforts in this line, no doubt the.
present one will be even more satisfactory.
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South Norwalk cor. Bridgeport Post :—
Edward Kinney and John Norton were
arrested late Saturday evening and charg-
ed with the theft of two pairs of shoes
from in front of the store of Glover & Olsen
on Washington street. A lady livmg over
the store, saw the party when they took
the shoes and secreted them under their
coats. They passed down Washington
street a short distance and returned, ap~
parcntly with the intention of taking more.
The lady notified one of the clerks of the
establishment and they were arrested.
She positively identified them as the
thieves. One of the party arrested was
discharged Saturday morninggm a charge
of vagrancy.
The president has adopted the new field
for the American flag. The addition of a
star to the forty-two in the field was nec—
essitated by the admission of Idaho into
the Union. Two designs were submitted
The design approved incorporates the ,
present arrangement of stars and adds the
single new star to the first row nearest the
staff. The stars have been hitherto ar-
ranged in six rows alternately. This ar-
rangement is preserved in the new flag,
save that the top row will have seven stars.
The design is not symmetrical, but will
become so when another star is added to
the last row, as will be done next year to
represent Wyoming. The new field will
be immediately placed in the flags of the
army and navy. ‘
We are rcquested to state for the edifi—
cation of that “correspondent” who is so
agitated over the “poor old Perry” cruelty
to animals case, that W. B. E. Lockwood,
Jr., not only came forward Voluntarily
and settled in full, to the entire satisfacw
tion of Mr. Dunn for all damage to the
horses which he drove in 50 minutes from
Bridgeport to Norwalk, but he also, at
his own expense and without suggestion
from anybody, engaged two veterinary
surgeons to attend to the horses. He did
not “buy the officers,” nor did he approach
them in any way, and as he had done for
the horses fully all that the humane society
could have accomplished by a prosecution,
the society felt that its interference was
not needed. The case of Perry was of a
far different nature, in that he persisted
in cruelly using and abusinga team of
sick and broken-down horses, after being
three times warned by the humane soci~
ety’s agents to desist.
We have received a criticism from New
Canaan,criticising a criticism from our
regular correspondent who last week
criticised a criticism in the New Canaan
Messenger, criticising the chap who cut
a r0pe on a flag pole on the night before
the 4th. But as both the first criticism
and the second criticism have been criti-
cised in a criticism by Editor Kirk him-
self, and the honors are now even, it
would seem that, to encourage a continu-
ance of the controversy, or an extension
of its cast of characters, in such oppress-
ivcly hot weather, would be to shoulder
a grave and awful responsibility. The
controversy is already strung out longer
than the rope that was carried off. DrOp
it, gentlemen, before you get “all het up.”
The fellow who has the rope has probably
strung a hammock with it in some cool,
shady place, in which be lying off and
laughing at the whole of you.
Wright Huntington, the well—known
actor, who, years ago, was a pupil at the
school of the late Dr. Fitch, in Nor walk,
and who has many friends here, is the
manager of a theatrical company that
have not of late been playing In clover.
The company thought to pass a pleasant
summer on the shores of Highland lake,
Winsted, and pay their way by playing in
the neighboring towns. They have ap—
peared in several towns with more or less
success, considering the season. A Win—
sted dispatch last week says: “A good
deal of excitement was caused at the
Naugatuck railroad depot last evening
just as the train was to start. The Wright
Huntington company was booked for
Torrington, and it was feared that the
company did not mean to come back to.
Winsted to settle their bills. A warrant
therefore was issued for Manager Hurl-
burt’s arrest on the charge of fraud and
on another count charging him with
bathing in Highland lake. He gave bonds
in the first case and plead guilty to bath—
ing in the lake, for which he was fined by
Justice Newton $1 and costs, a total of
87.76. A good many of the bills have
been settled by Carter, the liveryman, who
bought the accounts for 50 cents on the
dollar in order to save himself. He has
taken the actors’ lake cottage, and he has
a bill of $105 against the company, and -to
get rid of attachments he settled in a
number of cases above stated.”
Norwalk Chronicler