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An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially-devoted to Local News and Interests.
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VOLUME .XC.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1890.-
NUMBER 82.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
What has become of the New Hotel
boom?
“What outlasts a hole ?” asks the Record.
Congress. ,
A new fire alarm box is to be put up on
France street.
Mr. N. A. McNeil of Bridgeport, was in
town yesterday. '
Mrs. H. M. Hoyt died on Friday night
at the age of 53 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham, of New
Rochelle, spent Sunday with Alderman
Bowe.
Col. N. G. Osborn, of the New'Haven
Register, has just returned from a. visit in
Halifax.
We 'are glad to report that Dr. Bridges
is on the high road to recovery, after a
hard siege of illness.
Mrs. Rev. H. S. Clapp, and daughter
Marjorie, now of Lime Rock, are visiting
at Mr. Morgan Smith’s.
St. Paul’s Episcopal choir now consists
of a double quartette, with Frank Nichols
of Stamford, as organist.
Lieutenant Simons, of Co. D, has moved
his family from Orchard street to the Ely
Neck road, South Norwalk.
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Experience shows that the only way in
which to make a steam railroad grade
crossing safe is to abolish it.
Mrs. Mary Harkins has received back
pension to the amount of $3,100, and Will
receive $12 a month hereafter.
Fred St. John Lockwood. Jr., and
Arthur G. Earle have been cruising about
the sound in Mr. Earle’s yacht.
Mrs. Mary Rowland and daughter Lena,
of Brooklyn, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
David Osborne, on Arch street.
G. W. Day had his hand severely in-
jured while at work on a lathe in the
Norwalk Iron Works on Saturday.
John Ryan has moved his family from
the Dann building on Wall street to the
old Besse place on Harbor avenue.
Samuel Fesscnden will deliver the ora-
tion of the occasion of the dedication of
the soldiers’ monument at Winsted.
Rev. C. E. Torry of Norwalk, has been
elected one of the vice—presidents of the
Connecticut Baptist bible school union.
An ice cart ran over and killed a boy in
Hartford on Saturday. Thus do the ice
barons ride over us in the year of a short
cr0p. -
Mr. and Mrs. Twiddy, of Brooklyn,
who have been visiting at Frank Gregory’s,
on the Westport road, returned home
Monday.
Frank Jones and his farmers’ band will
be here to open the season in the Opera
House, in “Our Country Cousin,” on the
13th inst. ‘
And now the Chicago people are asking
to have the McKinley bill postponed, that
it may not interfere with the success of
the Fair. , .,
Pittsfield Sun : The Misses Betts, of
Norwalk, Ct., and Miss Ayres, of Brook—
lyn, have been visiting the Misses Briggs,
West street.
Mr. Stephen Comstock and his nephew,
Charles Rogers, stopped at Gt. Barrington
last week on their bicycle tour through
the Berkshires. .
Stephen V. Barraclaugh died at his
home on Chapel street on Thursday morn-
ing, aged 21 years. The funeral occurred
Sunday afternoon.
' 0 there were real: names
in'ggdlrgifi'semts alglllhcre are the? to—day ?—
Joe Howard.
Over in Bridgeport. '
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Jesse Hopscn, the promising young
violinist, is home after a brilliant engage-
ment with an orchestra among the summer
resorts in the Catskills. -
Dr. Richard R. Morrison will take
charge of the. veterinary practice of Dr.
Bridges during the latter’s illness. See
adv. in another column. .
‘ H. R. Stratton, of New Haven, formerly
a Danbury druggist, was in town last
Saturday, visiting his brother George
. Stratton, the drug clerk.
The census returns for Middlesex coun-
ty give a population of 39,838, against
35,589 in 1880. Middletown’s population
v is 15,154, against 11,770 at the last census.
Miss Fannie Belle Curtis returned to
home recently from the Connecticut Surn-
mer school at Suffield. Miss Clara W.
Migris accompanied her.
Morris G. Buttery, N. E. Peck and W.
M. Stevens will represent Pilgrim Council
at the state session to be held in Norwich,
Wednesday, August 13th.
John A. Camp brought a party of his
fellow salesmen up from New York to the
Norwalk Islands yesterday for a fishing
expedition and clambake.
The Y. M. C. A. went on a moonlight
excursion to Northport, Long Island, on
the steamer Medea, on Friday night, and
an enjoyable time is reported.
Chief Buttery thinks that before long
the borough authorities will have to
establish a police precinct at Cobble Hill,
and have it patrolled by an officer.
Mrs. Sarah Besscy returned home on
Monday, from a few days visit with her
sister, Mrs. Frank A. Hoyt, who has a
summer residence at Shippan Point.
Contractor Flynn has recently secured
contracts for the building of large stone
works at West Cornwall and South Nor—
walk, Conn—Berkshire Courier.
The Housatonic Railroad Company has
opened the depot at Monroe to the public,
the trouble over securing the land for
approaches having been ended.
The electric light company will take
definite action on the matter of increasing
the capacity of the plant, at an adjourned
meeting to be held on Tuesday next.
land’s business shows receipts of $514,832,
an increase of $34,954 over June, 1889.
There was an increase of $27,777 in freight
traffic.
Among the recent guests at the Berk-
shire House, Gt. Barrington, were the
following from Norwalk: H. E. Bishop.
Mrs. M. W. Fenley, Miss Wilson and Miss
Gibbs.
A deficiency of $27 reported from the
East Norwalk school district was prowded
by the Board of School Visitors and Select-
men, at a joint meeting, held on Tuesday
evening.
New York is to have a religious daily
paper with $900,000,000 to back it. The
financial part is all right, but the great
difficulty will he in finding some one to
rear”. it, ‘
The telegraph announces that an Indana
man was“shot in a horse trade.” The
able correSpondent neglects to say wheth-
er or not the extraordinary wound will
prove fatal.
At the State Srengcrfest of the German
Singing societies in Hartford last week, it
is said that no less than 141 kegs of lager
beer was consumed. But it was awfully
hot weather.
The butchers and grocerymen of N or-
walk expect next year to have a barbecue
that will throw everything in the barbecue
,. ,rlin’eever attempted in New England, com-
pletely in the shade.
Major, Principal, Colonel, President,
Rev. Doctor, Rev. These were the titles
with which the six items under the head
of Personal, began. in the New Haven
Courier the other day.
Stephen Carpenter, the colored man
who was wanted at Stamford for highway
robbery and jail breaking, has been cap-
tured by Deputy Sheriff Bolster near
Dobb’s Ferry, N. Y.
Wednesday evening ex-foreman John
Kelly, of Hope Hose Company, was elect-
ed to fill the position of second assistant
engineer, made vacant by the resignation
of Thomas S. Murray. '
George Wendling, who brought a crvil
suit against one of his bakers, named
Klackner, has been awarded $30 damages
and costs by Justice Morrell. Klackner
appealed from the decision.
Postmaster Hubbell has made no change
in his subordinate stud, and it is not
known that he comtemplatcs doing so for
the immediate future, although he has
received scores of applications.
Pioneer Hook‘ and Ladder company
held a special meeting in their rooms, last
night. They will go to Bridgeport on the
16th to eat, and to give the Seamstress
' boys another lesson in base ball.
The gentleman who compounds the mu-
cilagc for the backs of Mr. Wanamaker’s
2-cent stamps is altogether too economical
with the adhesive qualities and a mighty
poor judge of flavoring extracts.
The Norwalk. delegates to the state
firemen’s convention in Waterbury arc,
Chief Prowitt, James B. Costello of Hope
Hose, Fred Smith of Pioneer H. & L. 00.,
and Al. Chinery of Phcznix Engine 00.
Rev. Father O’Brien, of Norwalk.} par-
ticipated in the exercises of laying the
corner stone of the new St. Patrick’s R.
C. church in Bridgeport, on Sunday. The
ceremonies were elaborate and impressive.
A little Orchard street boy stood gazin
at the moon Wednesday ni ht, when, as
suddenly inspired, he as d: “Momma,
look at the moon; it has got eyes, a nose
and a mouth. I wish it was mine, and
then I would put ears on it."--Record.
The June statement of the New Eng~I
Gen. J ubal Early has decided that he
willinot dignity Maj. Lacey by killing him
on the field of honor, and so the major
will be compelled to eke out his existence
in an undignified manner.
Mrs. Caroline Arnold died at the home
of her son, in South Norwalk, yesterday,
aged 71 years. Charles V. Arnold, ex-
editor of the South Norwalk Independent,
Glen Cove Gazette, and other publications
is her son. -
The new canoe club house now being
erected at Wilson Point will be one of the
finest in this section. On its completion
it will be formally “opened" and dedi-
cated with appropriate and memorable
ceremouies.
That the Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne, of the
Methodist church, is appreciated by his
parishioners is evidenced by the fact that
already a movement is on foot to secure
his return for another year at the expira-
tlion of his present term, which ends April
st.
Ex-Editor C. Vb. Arnold has the county
agency for a patent rein holder, an in—
genious contrivance to be attached to the
dashboard of a carriage or buggy, which
securely holds the reins. It is an excel—
lent device and Arnold ought to do well
with it.
The official census give Bridgeport 48,-
940, a gain of 19,792 over 1880. Even
with this phenomenal growth they are not
quite happy, and the Standard mourns
because they “couldn’t have squeezed60
more into the number, making it an even
49,000.”
Fred Shear, manager of the Danbury
Opera House, was here Monday. After a
conference with our bankers he went down
the creek and danced for eels. On Tues-
day he came down again and profusely
advertised the H. R. R., and the Saratoga
excursron.
Mrs. Ely, of Norwalk, has been spend—
ing a few days in town this week as the
guest of Mrs. R. T. Cooper. Mrs. Ely,
who isapnpil of our local artist, Miss
Florence Pixlcy, on Monday made an
excellent water color sketch of the river
as viewed from the apex of the Aspetuck.
——Nezo Milford Gazette.
Anybody who is fired with a consuming
ambition to carry the mails between the
borough and South Norwalk for the re.
mainder of the current year, should send
a bid to the. Norwalk postmaster.
Peat findshe cannot afford to do it for
be.
W. J. Smith, a Waterbury civil engin-
eer, will begin soon the extension of the
Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Rail-
road from Litchfield to Torr-ington, a
distance of six miles, where connection
will be made with the Naugatuck division
of the Consolidated Road.
The court of burgesses met on Monday
evening and transacted some routine busi-
ness, received various petitions for sewers,
etc. A bill from the Boston store for $500
for damage by a water leak was referred.
The matter of paving the principal streets
with Belgian blocks was also referred.
The post office appointment squabble
growsmteresting. Every successive stage
of its development gives it a new aspect
and points a new moral.——Record.
Nothing that has since been published
has changed the aspect it assumed in the
GAZETTE of last week.
The Housatonic railroad will give their
second grand excursion up the Hudson
river on Tuesday, August 7th. The ex—
cursion will include a sail of fifty miles on
the Hudson, enabling the people to get a
view of the scenery on both sides of the
river; a splendid opportunity to see the
great Poughkeepsie bridge, West Point
and other points of interest.
Here’s a bolt of chain lightning from
our spunky friend, the Port Chester
Journal :—
If there is anything in the editorial line
we have in our sanctum we would be
pleased to let the the Yonkers Herald have
it, if desired. We much prefer this to
having our articles stolen from our col-
umns. We give credit for all we take
from our exchanges, and expect like
treatment from them.
The Gazam says that Will Brainard,
is reported to have married a tight rope
walker. “Billy” says the Game's: is
mistaken. She is an equestriennc and an
artist at that—Sentinel.
“Billy” has been “codding” our young
friend of the Sentinel. He maintains that
his bride is a tight rope walker, and we
have no reason to doubt that she is “an.
artist at that.”
The people generally will be pleased to
note that the railroad commissioners are
stirring up the railroad corporations in the
state which have not yet complied with
the laws relative to the removal of grade
crossings. The commissioners state that
the only road which is obeying the law is
the New York, New Haven and Hartford.
This road is entitled to whatever honor
accrues from this condition of affairs, and
the hen-complying roads should be com-
pcllcd to obey the law.——Standard.
-.-All interested in a business education
are invited to read the announcement, in
another column, of-the Merrill Business
College, Stamford. The college will, this
car, occupy the upper floor 0 the Ayres
lock, larger. narters having been secured
with a view 0 establishing the course of
study upon broader lines, and to accom-
modate the increasing patronage.
i'aIOgues sent on application.
Mr. =
$3447, and has sis notified the powers. that
Cat- '
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Miss Carlotta French, only daughter of
Fix—Congressman Carlos, P. French, of
Seymour. Conn, died at the residence of
her father early Wednesday morning, of—
ter‘a brief illness. She was twenty-three
years old.
The youngest veteran and the oldest
inhabitant and the oldest Mason having
been located and disposed of, the tallest
youngster is coming to the front. Up to
date he is at South Farms near Middle-
tdwn- He is 19 years of age and stands
6 feetfiinches high and is still growing
rapidly. He is extremely thin and he
goes by the name of “Small George."
The Pine Grove camp meeting at Canaan
will begin Monday, 18th inst. and close
Saturday, 25th. There will be no Sunday
session. There are now about 20 families
occupying cottages on the grounds, and
the post office there is open and doing
business. Pine Grove is of late years,
more of a picnic and Summer resort for
cottagers, than a temple of worship.
Stamford’s proud boast, based on the
estimated figures, that she had “a few
hundred” more inhabitants than Norwalk,
seems to have been premature, in the light
of the official returns, which place N or—
walk. something like a couple of thousand
ahead: However, Stamford is a very
pleasant village, and a good many Nor—
walk people find it a nice place to retire to
occasionally, to find repose and quiet and
tarescape the hustle and confusion of this
large and growing municipality.-—Reoord.
Cennecticut pensions—Original, George
C. Whitlock, Danbury ; Louis Pielle,
New Britain; William H, Rogers, Water-
ford;_Lewis W. Smith, Hartford ; William
H. Jennings, Ridgefield; Theo. Kohler,
Hartford; John W. Brown, Jr., Bridge-
port; Julian F. Watrous, Thomaston ;
Julia, widow of Ed ward B. Johnson,
Walhngford; Jane, widow of Thomas
Allen, New Haven.
On Monday, 11th inst, the Housatonic
railroad will run a grand excursion to
Saratoga. A special train will leave
Bridgeport at 10:30 a. m., running through
to Saratoga without change of cars and
giving three days’ time at this favorite
summer resort. The fare for the round
trip is $3 50, and $8.50 including board at
private boarding houses. Board at hotels
at slightly increased rates.
The Seattle passenger train, bearing the
members of Mecca Temple, Nobles of the
MyYSfii‘Shrihc, of New York City, and a
large number of distinguished people
from other cities of the East, including
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Keeler, of Norwalk.
en route to San Francisco, was derailed
near Kent, Washington, on Friday night.
The engines and coaches were thrown off
the track. No one was injured. The
train was delayed eight hours.
Mr. Clarence Selleck, son of Mr. George
W. Selleck, who, in company with Mr.
Chan. P. Townsley, jr., of Kansas, an
artist of note, is traveling through Europe,
writes his father from Geneva, Switzer—
land, that he is in good health and charm—
ed with that incomparable country. An
interesting letter descriptive of the voyage
from New York to Liverpool, from Mr.
Selleek’s pen, appears in the GAZETTE this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Selleck, and
daughter, started yesterday afternoon on
the limited express for Canaan, where,
according to their annual custom, they
will spend a couple of weeks at the
Warner House, the hotel so well and
favorably known to a number of Nor?
walkers, and where George Cousins has
been since spring. Later in the season
the Sellecks will take a trip through Mas—
sachusetts.
John Hunt made things lively about the
vicinity of Franklin avenue Wednesday
night, by discharging a revolver at fre—
quent intervals and cutting up other antics
not belonging to the self-possession of a
sober man. Chief Buttery and Officer
Adams took part in the exercises and
landed Hunt in the station house. Wed-
nesday morning he paid $8.36 for his frolic
and the vindication of the law, and was
discharged.
On Tuesday, Jacob Himing, used
abusive and vile language towards Mrs
Albert Johnson, a resident of the Step
Rock Road. Mr. Johnson, on being
informed of the fact, sought out the
youngster and gave him a deserved
trouncing, for which he was arrested, and
taken before Justice Austin, who, on
getting at the facts of the case, discharged
the prisoner and gave the boy a severe
reprimand.
The fact was recently published in the
Danbury News that a resident had actually
found a small fish in his milk. This
brought out the fact from another source
that a lizard had been found in the lacteal
fluid—Amanda Sentinel.
A Norwalkcr went out one morning
and brought in his milk pail and actually
found it coated over on top with a thick
layer of cream. Another man, on West
avenue, found after the milkman’s visit,
that his pail contained only a bill for the
last two bunches of tickets.
écarriages and harnesses of every de—
scription.‘trunks, traveling bags, etc., at _
reduced rates, at W. E. Dana’s, No. 50
Wall street. ‘ tf-17
During the :August meeting of the
Gentlemcn’s Driving Association at the
Fair Grounds, a special train will be run
on the Danbury and Norwalk division of
Housatonic railroad, leaving South Nor—
walk for the grounds at 1:15 counecting
with the 11:02 accommodation and the
12:00 express train from New York, and the
11:50 train from New Haven. Returning,
leave the Fair Ground at 6:12, connecting
with 6:20 express and 6:44 accommodation
trains for New York, and the 6:23 accom—
modation train for New Haven,
Another fake press dispatch from Nor-
walk on Monday did a gross injustice to
William Sheldon, the contractor. The
facts of the case show that Mr. Sheldon’s
action of last Sunday was the outcome of
family affairs, the details of which are
none of the public’s business, but from
the testimony of neighbors and others who
are aware of the existing conditions it
would appear that Mr. Sheldon’s provoca-
tion for whipping his wife and clearing
out the company, was very great, and the
sympathies and sentiment of the neighbor-
hood are With him.
Commodore Burritt publishes the fol-
lowing in answer to the challenge of E. B.
Rogers, the owner of the Boston yacht
“Eureka :”
I am prepared to match my open jib
and mainsail sail boat, "Rival,” against
any boat in the United States from 20 to
22 feet long, for the sum of $2,500 a side.
~(Signed,) FBANCIS L. BURRITT.
He says that he consented that, the
recent race be for $250 a side “largely as
a matter of accommodation to Mr. Rogers
and friends, and to prevent boating friends
here from being disappointed.” He states
that $250 is “hardly more than sufficient
to pay the expenses of such a contest,”
and adds that he “don’t propose to de-
grade the ‘Rival’ and her reputation by
undertaking another match for less than
the sum named in the above letter.”
Ed. Henry, the big, good natured Ver-
mouter, who chcerily, smilingly and
politely waits on the patrons of Bryant a
Besse’s clothing house, was invited by
Billy Collins to go out for a row on Friday
night. The scheme just suited him, and
on being asked if he could handle a boat,
replied that “should rather think he
could, as he was brought up in Vermont
Within 25 miles of Lake Champlain, where
they have lots of boats." Accordingly
they took two sets of oars and boarded a
boat back of Lockwood’s Hall. Henry
got in first and seating himself with his
face to the bow, adjusted the ears in the
locks. On being told by Billy to face the
other way, he asked how in thunder he
was going to see which way he was going
if he rode backward. It was explained
oars,took a viogorous pull that yanked his
ears out of the locks and be tipped over
backward in the boat. At the next
attempt he dipped his cars so deep that
they almost escaped from his hand and
skated under the boat. At last he con—
fessed that the boating here was some-
what different from the Lake Champlain
article, and was satisfied to haul in his
cars and let Billy do the rowing, while he
held on to the gunwales for dear life, as
if riding on a toboggan. He says he can
row, though—on Lake Champlain.
——Everything pertaining to horse fur-
nishings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc-
ed prices, at W. E. Dana’s, 50 Wall St. 17
Cobble Hill had another eruption on
Monday night, an “illigant scrimmage”
among the women. It was a sort of
Donnybrook Fair reception at the execu-
tive mansion of Roddy McGinnis. (Of.
course;no Cobble Hill ruction could be
reported without mixing poor Roddy’s
name up in it, whether he is to blame or
not.) Just how it occurred is a mystery
impenetrable, but it ended in gore. There
were Lizzie Duffy, Roddy’s daughter,
Rose Dugan, Bridget Fagan and Jane
Fagan, who carried on the warfare, and
the air was full of shillalahs, brickbats,
fists, ax-helves and crippled grammar.
When the festivities were at their height
somebody sent down for an officer, and
the bold and indomitable Gormlcy march-
ed valiantly to the scene of the conflict,
and despite the wailing protests of poor
Roddy and his wife, who were. outside
invoking divine interposition, and who
warned him for the love, of hiven not to
go in for fear he’d be kilt entoircly, he
went in and shortly afterwards emerged
with a pugnacious female under each
wing, each calling the other naughty
names and swearing vengeance on a
wholesale scale. Gormley marched his
prey to the lockup, and reported to Chief
Buttery, who thought he’d like a taste of
the excitement, so he went after the other
two and brought them to the corral.
Yesterday morning they were all arraigned
before his honor, Judge Austin, who, after
a volublc and exciting session, disposed
of them as follows :—-Lizzic Dufl’y, $7 and
costs for drunkenness, and $2 and costs
for assault; Rose Dugan, $5 and costs for
. drunkenness; Bridget Fagan 02 and costs
for drunkenness; Jane Pagan, discharged
for lack of drunkenness. - ~ .
In every town where Seven is introduced it.
pole is larger than all other washing compounds.
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to him and he righted himself, dipped his ‘
A New York man is holding a baby for
debt. and the papers say he is likely to
make asuccess of the novel venture. The
case will excite general interest, as it is so
seldom that a man can successfully hold a.
baby for any purpose.
The annual picnic of the Iron Mouldcrs'
Union, on the Fair Grounds. on Saturday
last, was a big success, like all its
predecessors. There was an immense
crowd present, and all manner of games
and athletic sports were indulged in.
Harry Prescott won the half mile dash _
prize, a silver goblet; William Stebb,
100 yard dash, prize, pair of shoes, also
the jumping match, prize, box of cigars;
Thomas Hunt, high kick, silver badge.
The festivities wound up at 10 p. m.
As the GAZETTE is being printed, a case
is on trial before Judge Selleck which is
interesting for the reason that it maybe
the beginning of a crusade that will make
the borough as virtuous a community
on Sunday as our truly good neighbor,
South Norwalk. Giovanni Guerneiri, the
Italian fruit dealer, was arrested, as he
claims, on complaint of W. T. Peat, of
the Beehive fruit store, for keeping his
place open on Sundays. Guerneiri is be-
ing tried as we go topress. Meantime
Guerneiri has sworn out a complaint
against Mr. Peat for Selling fruit on Sun-
day. Guerneiri claims he was arrested
because he refused to buy his goods at the
Beehive store, and he purposes to see that
Peat observes the same law he evokes.
Company F “got together” on Tuesday
evening last for the election of Captain, to
succeed Captain A. A. Betts resigned.
Among the candidates proposed and talk-
ed of were First Lieutenant Henry Matheis,
Thomas S. Morison, Harvey .M. Kent,
and Major C. E. Doty of South Norwalk.
As was expected, Lieutenant Matheis was
unanimously elected on the first ballot.
He immediately rose and insisted upon de~
clining to accept the honor, for personal
and private reasons. and suggested that the
company make chorce of Second Lieuten-
ant Wm. M. Stevens for Captain. Accord-
inglyauother ballot was taken, which gave
Stevens 30,1{ent 17 and‘l)oty 2. This
was made the formal ballot and Stevens
was declared elected. The contest for
Second Lieutenant was spirited, and de-
veloped the fact that political tactics .m-
not unknown where military tactics pre-
vail, and the charges of unfairness. ballot
box stuffing, etc., gave it the aspect of a
town caucus. The ultimate result was
that Sergeant E. G. Aiken received 30
votes and Sergeant A. J. Wilcoxson 2:)
Aiken being elected with the small but
sufficient majority of one little vote. Now
the hue and cry is raised that the election
was illegal because of the short notice
given in the call, five days notice being
required, whereas it is claimed that less
than five days notice was given. There is
lots of other talk about the ultimate result,
the likelihood of the election being ratified
by the Adjutant-General, the effect upon
the standing of the company if Stevens is
accepted and succeeds in securing the
requisite $4,000 bonds, the prospect of
dissensions in the company, and other
speculative talk that oprobably docsifit
amount to anything.
Frank H. Rose, Esq., came to town 'a
few nights ago. Frank H. Rose, Esq,
will be remembered as the brilliant and
versatile young man who, a few-years ago
studied law in the office of J..Belden
Hurlbutt, and who even practiced at
practicing law, and advanced so far as '- to
hang out a shingle with nothing on it but
his name in gilty letters, a large blank
being left for the sheepskin that never
came. His “practice” was mostly in the
line of collections, which he made a very
lucrative source of income by the very
simple and profitable process of charging
to himself 100 per cent for commissions.
Ever since he had a sudden and urgent
call to another field, a number of his
cwnts have yearned foresight of him,
but, although he was known to have
visited here repeatedly, he has modestly
refrained from parading the public streets,
and has generally come and gone in the
dark, and by way of the back alleys, and
although officers have heretofore essayed
to present to him the compliments of- his
friends, he has always eluded them. and
averteda demonstration. On this occa»
sion, however, when his presence in town
was made known last Friday, Officer
Gormlcy, armed with a writ charging
embezzlement from the firm of Hanlon-‘ds
Finnegan, proceeded to the visitor’s stop—
ping place, and by clever strategy, suc-
ceeded in surprising his game. When
Rose found himself a prisoner be weak-
ened and offered to settle the bill,.$14,
with the ofl‘iccr and give him a liberal fee
besides, but the officer assured him that
he had no authority to do anything but
bring his prisoner into court, and despite
the pleadings and protests of poor Rose,
he was brought in a carriage tOzJusticc
Austin’s office, where he settled upthe
embezzlement case like a little man, after
which he got into the carriage and lost no
time in getting away from the business
centre of our law abiding borough, but
with petals drooping and fragrance de-
parted, for he was a wilted. Rose.—~
Norwalk Chronicler