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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Selected from THE DAILY GAZETTE]
TUESDAY.
Little Miss Marjorie Bishop is out
again after her illness.
Mr. Charles 0. C. Betts is still a suf-
ferer from muscular rheumatism.
Mrs. S. B. Lockwood of New Ro-
chelle, is visiting her sister Mrs.
Frederick St. John. '
Another “oldest Mason in the world’
died again Sunday, at Burlington, Vt.
He was initiated in 1814.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Durant of
Bethel, have been visiting in Norwalk
for a few days.
Miss Ada St. John Betts of Newtown
avenue is teaching the school at North
Center for Miss Ellen Merrill who is ill.
Smith Bros. who formerly kept the
Main street shoe store, have decided
not to go to Baltimore, but will open
several stores in Boston.
Henry W. Wood, an old resident of
New Canaan, died at his residence this
morning, aged 74 years. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been made.
Mrs. Betsy Smith,wife of John Smith,
died at the family residence in West
Norwalk last night in her 78th year.
The funeral services Will be held on
Wednesday afternoon.
To Mr. Asa Smith has been assigned
the task of looking up the unregistered
dogs in the borough. The records show
thus far but a moderate percentage of
the owners of Norwalk canines who
have complied with the law.
Mrs. Beers, the mother of John Beers
of VVinnipauk, went out to her child-
hood’s home in England two years ago
on her seventieth birthday and Mon-
day she arrived back here again on her
72d birthday.
'While our Borough authorities are
improving the old Isaacs’ hill they
should lower and make easier the pres-
ent steep grade in the sidewalk at the
upper end of the Leonard and in front
of the Charles Hill residence.
Mrs. McGonegal, Grand Vice Patron
of the Grand Section of the State of
Connecticut, together with one of the
Cadets of Temperance, visited the Na-
tional Section of the Cadets of Temper-
ance held in New York last week.
A railroad smashup occurred at or
near the Monroe street crossing last
night. A through freight train on the
Housatonic system left \Vilson Point at
1:10 with eleven cars. From a short
distance below where the accident oc-
curred there is a curve in the tracks
and a rather steep grade. Engineer
Ferris of the Housatonic train had a
full head of steam on and as he neared
the point where the Consolidated rail-
road crosses the tracks of the Danbury
section, saw a Consolidated train pull-
ing out, and whistled for down brakes
but the signal was heeded too late,
and his engine No. 34 crashed into the
Consolidated train, a few cars from
the locomotive, and four cars were pro-
miscuously tumbled from the tracks,
the trucks of one of them landing on
the pilot of the engine. Three of the
cars were thrown from their trucks
and tumbled over on their sides. The
cow-catcher of the locomotive was torn
off and the boiler head and steam chest
on the right side badly smashed. A
wrecking train was soon at the scene
and the wreck shortly cleared. Fortu-
nately no one was hurt. A large num-
ber of peeple were early at the scene
and all seemingly have taken good
care to expand themselves on the“vast-
ness” of a small railroad smashup.
‘WEDNESDAY.
Letter Carrier VVi‘gham of Brooklyn,
who has been visiting his brother, the
Professor, returns home today.
Mr. NVilliston Lockwood was, with
others from New York, present at Mrs.
James A. Hoyt’s funeral yesterday.
lridgeport is going to have a ladies’
Bicycle Club same as New Haven and
other advanced cities. In Washington
the ladies’ club numbers over two hun-
dred. '
Stamford netted over a thousand dol-
lars by hunting up its dogs on which
the owners had failed to pay taxes.
Asa Smith, if vigilant, can put fully
twice that amount into Norwalk’s treas-
ury.
While playing yesterday afternoon,
Bertie, the bright three years old son
of Jeweler Austin, pitched forward
upon his face knocking out two of his
upper teeth. The little fellow seemed
more surprised than hurt.
Everything being in readiness for
the work on Main street, in front of
the Street property, Borough Engineer
'Wood established the grade there to-
day for curb and gutter, and the work
will be pushed forward to completion
as soon as possible.
Yesterday work was begun on the
preparation of plans and estimates for
the Mill hill improvement and the same
will be submitted to the Court of Bur-
gesses next Monday evening. . Aside
from the damages which may be
claimed it is said that the, most expen-
sive item in the projected improvement
will be the cost of lowering the sewer.
WEEKLY - N‘oRWALK - GAZETTE.
Sheriff Toner is on a still hunt for
George Hoyt who stole Mrs. Jennings’
board money. It is now charged that
he is the same scamp who stole the
shooting gallery money about a year
ago, at South Norwalk and afterwards
“settled,” to prevent prosecution.
The old and interesting suit of the
Norwalk Gas Company vs. the Borough
of Norwalk, comes up for trial next
Tuesday before Judge Thayer and a
jury, on the question whether the bor-
ough is liable for injury to the gas pipes
in carelessly constructing the sewers.
Seymour and Hurlbutt for the gas com-
pany, and \Varner for the borough.
Charles ~W. \Vilson, the principal of
the Darien public school was arrested
Monday for whipping Leon Shelton.
The boy’s father, Richard T. Shelton
has entered complaint against the prin-
cipal for an aggravated and unjustifia-
ble assault. The case is to be triedbe-
fore Justice Koch the present week.
All school boys are not angels, but the
day for administering brutal or even
severe corporal punishments has gone
by and ought never to be revived. If
a boy is incorrigible, expel him.
The young men of St. Paul’s church
met with Director Rev. S. T. Graham
at the parish rooms last evening, when
the organization of the St. Andrew’s
Brotherhood was formed. After the
signing of the constitution by 24 mem-
bers, the following ofiicers were chosen :
President, George T. Cousins; Vice
president, James E. Hubbell; Secre-
tary, Wilbur F. Hubbell; Treasurer,
Harry A. Smith. The meeting then
adjourned until Tuesday evening next,
when other matters in connection with
completing the organization will be
arranged.
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THURSDAY.
Our friend Asa Smith believes in as-
tronomy and says this is his dog-star.
The employees of the Danbury and
Norwalk road hold a clam bake at
Brookside Park, Sunday.
The Hardware stores will be closed
on Memorial Day, but will keep open
until 10 o’clock Friday night.
The probability of the escape of the
jury bribers at New Orleans has given
rise to talk of another uprising.
Thomas A. Edison is perfecting a
new invention which will combine the
phonograph and the camera in one in-
strument. _
Judge Patterson, of the Supreme
Court, dismissed the suit of Harry Al-
len against the executors of \Villiam H.
Vanderbilt.
The United States Government is
much hampered in the Behring Sea.
matter by the dilatory tactics of Lord
Salisbury.
Miss Belle Bemson, of New York
ospital, who has! been visiting Nor-
walk friends, returned to the metropo-
lis yesterday.
On Saturday next, Memorial Day,
there will be a special sweepstakes trot
for three prizes, at the track of the
Gentlemen’s Driving Association, be-
ginning at 2.90 p. m.
Gen. B. B. Craufurd has declined to
act upon the commission appointed by
\Varden Keeler to assess the alleged
damages to the Daskam property by
the East avenue street widening.
Presiding Justice Van Brunt, sitting
in the New York court of oyer and ter-
miner yesterday fixed June 22 as the
date of trial of the indicted directors of
the New York andNew Haven railroad.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners of
New York city have decided on a west
side road, to contain four tracks and
run under Broadway and the Boulevard
over Spuyten Duyvil Creek and out to
the city limit line.
Important time-table changes will
take effect on the _Housatonic railroad
on June 1st, next Monday. Pocket
time-tables showing these changes can
be obtained from all ticniet agents on
Saturday of this week.
Alva B. Lockwood, formerly. of the
Main street market firm of Lockwood
& Lockwood, goes to Bridgeport to- day
to open at the “west end” of that city
a meat and general market, and his
hosts of Norwalk friends wish him the
most abundant success for he deserves
it.
Although Messrs. C. W. Bell, W. S.
Hanford, George C. Stillson and Levi
Warner were chosen Justices of the
Peace by admiring constituents they
failed to qualify so that there are but
sixteen justices to whom we can fly in
the hour of broken heads or trespass-
ing hens.
The Wilton burglary case is on to-
day in the Superior Court at Bridge-
port before Judge Sanford. Ludding-
ton entered a plea of guilty on two
charges of burglary and was sentenced
to state prison for eight years. There
are no conjectures respectieg the fate
of Miss Conroy.
Charley Hendricks brought up from
the lower bay yesterday and left on ex-
hibition at Lockwood’s market, an
“ink,” devil fish, or “skid,” as they are
sometimes called. It had as many
feelers out as a politician and could,
when-pursued by an enemy, leave the
water as thick and black with its sack
of ink,as a scurrilous newspaper ruffian.
LIIISON__E_II_P08ED.
Lieut. Mathias Vindicated at the
Rifle Range.
Who Lied Before the Court of
Inquiry?
The public will remember that Lieut.
Henry Matheis was tried beforeaCourt
of Inquiry composed of Major W. I“.
Bidwell, Capt. George 0. McLean and
Lieut. Theodore McDonald, upon
charges made by Serg’t Latson and C.
B. Bile that they had been ordered by
Matheis to mark up certain scores that
the shooters might qualify as marks-
men, and that they had obeyed and
marked up certain members. On their
testimony Lieut. Matheis was found
guilty of the charges, and a dishonor-
able discharge recommended by this
galaxy of military men,who were wined
and dined and driven about the streets
of Norwalk by one wno nearly every
citizen in town believed to be at the
bottom of the whole miserable business
and who was using every effort to re-
move from the company those members
who had in anyway opposed his aspira-
tions to the Captaincv.
Among the members of Company F
whom Latson swore that, he had mark-
ed up their scores, because of their
failure to qualify, were Corps. Hunt,
Pollard, Sterling and Carier, and, in
consequence, their marksmen badges
of 1890 were withheld from them by an
order from the Adjt.-Generul. Wed-
nesday at the annual May parade and
shoot these same men shot again, and
Latson and Bile were not atthe “butts”
to punch pencil holes in the target to
assist them in qualifying. At the 300
yard range Corp. Pollard made 17 out
of 25, with four shoots only, and 23 out
of 25 at the 400 yard range, or~forty out
of a possible 50 at both ranges. Corp.
Carier made 21 at the 300 and 20 at the
400 yard range. Corp. Hunt made 21
at the 300 and 17 at the 400 and Corp.
Sterling 19 at 300 and 20 at 409. Thus
it will be seen that every one of these
men are first-class marksmen, able at
any and all times to qualify, as their
former scores have always proved, and
that too, without the aid of Latson.
In view of these facts, we leave the
matter to the public, the members of
the Court of Inquiry and the Adjutant
General, to decide as to who lied on
the witness stand, Latson, Bile or Ma-
theis, and whether Lieut. Matheis was
not made the victim of a base conspiracy.
The GAZETTE sincerely believes he was
and so do most of the honest people of
Norwalk, who have given the subject
the least examination.
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Co. F Shooting Score.
The Editor of the GAZETTE called on
Capt. Rose Thursday a.m., as custodian
of the score made in the rifle practice
by Co. F yesterday and politely re-
quested a copy of the same. The val-
iant Captain as politely declined to fur-
nish it, giving as his reasons that it was
at his house and not yet made out. On
our suggestion that the public sustain-
ed by its taxes the military system of
the State and was entitled to have even
so small a matter as this record of the
proficiency of the soldiers of Co. F fur-
nished it, he replied that the score book
was in the keeping of his family and a
copy could be obtained by our calling
upon them, but on our leaving him, he
added that it would probably be use-
less to go up after it, as he doubted if
the family would let us see it anyway,
in his absence. So the GAZETTE is un-
able to give the score in all its fullest
details, as it would have been glad to
have done ‘and as Capt. Bose should
have deemed it a privilege to have per-
mitted us and all the. other papers in
town to do, especially under the pecu-
liar and mortifying position in which he
stands before the public in regard to
his own military record. We are able
to give, however, all that the best
friends of Co. F, and the citizens of
Norwalk most desire to see, and mighty
interesting reading it will prove to the
honorable members of the Court of In-
quiry recently convened here for the
examination and trial of Lieut. Math-
eis, and who, as the GAZETTE sincerely
believes, and as we think a large ma-
jority of the most reputable people of
Norwalk believe, was dismissed a ser-
vice he had honorably adorned for sev-
en years, by a conspiracy and down-
right lying. - ' , '
In the testimony before the Court
Latson swore that Corporal Hunt only
made four and that he, Latson, mark-
ed him up to nineteen. Yesterday Cor-
poral Hunt’s record was21, at 300 yards,
and 17 at 400 yards out of a possible 25;
Musician Carier, 21, at 300 yards, and
20 at 400; Corporal Pollard, 1'7 at 300,
and 23-at 400; Corporal Sterling, 19 at
300,’ and 20 at 400, and yet the above
four are the men that Capt. Rose’s two
precious “avengers,” testified before
the Court that they had marked up
from four to nineteen. The falsity of
the testimony of Latson and Bile is
made apparent and ridiculous enough
by Wednesday’s scoring to make an
army mule grin. ' '
If'there ever was a specific for any
one complaint, then Carter’s Little
Liver Pills are a specific for Sick Head-
ache, and every woman shbuld know
this. They are not only a positive cure,
but a sure preventive if taken when the
approach is felt. Carter’s Little Liver
Pills act directly on the liver and bile,
and in this way remove_the cause of di-
sease without first making you sick by
a weakening purge. If you try them
you will not be disappomted.
Frank H. Baxter,
PHARMACIST.
4orf 8 Main Street, South Norwalk
--—'I'YPE METAL -—
FOR SALE.
V EVEltAL Hundred Pounds of'Old Type for
r Sale. at in cents per 1301116.. at this office.
$500 REWARD.-
REWABD of Five Hundred Dollars will
_ be paid by the Selectmen of the Town of
u orwalk for the arrest and convicti ) of the
narty or parties setting any of me recent
incendiary tires in said town, or any such tlprt
4 .
may occur hereafter. Dt
.._AMUEL DASKAM. Selectmen of
NELSON J. CBAW. the Town
OSCAR W. RAYMOND, of Norwalk.
Dated at Norwalk February 16th. 1891.
BLACKMAN’S
NEW STUDIO OF PHOTOGRAPHY,
53 Wall Street, Norwalk.
Best Work and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
THE CELEBRATED
IN'EBS 4S: POND PIANO
With all their patents. including soft stop
attachment. can be seen by calling on or ad-
dressing N. K. FERRIS!
Organist of the Norwalk M. E. Church and
Timpani: or THE me0. ORGAN AND HARMONY.
llesndence—3O West avenue. Norwalk, Conn.;
P. 0. Box 131. At home Mondays, Thursdays
and Fridays from 9 a. m. to 12 m. 3m110
C. H. UN DERHILL
Is now ready to pay special attention to
All Kinds of Coloonlon Wonk.
_ Those who contemplate building or repair-
111g_\\'1ll do well to give him a call at his
resrdence, 1w108
10 FITCH ST., EAST NOBWALK.
DO NOT FORGET THAT THE PLACE
TO BUY
GROCERIES
OF GOOD VALUE AND QUALITY IS AT
Chas. P. Keeler’s,
7 \VATEB STREET, NOBWALK.
Ridgeflehl - Creamery - Butter,
A SPECIALTY. 15'19
PAINTING.
PAPER HANGING,
GLAZING - ANO - KALSOMINING.
The subscribers are ready to fill all orders
in the above line in the best manner and at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Special attention paid to the painting of
tin gutters and cementing metal roofs.
All orders left at Sloan’s on Wall street. will
receive prompt attention. tf79
Murray & Merritt.
NEW HARNESS MAKING AND
REPAIRING SHOP.
Wm . ; Daron
——Has added to his
HARNESS, SADDLE AND STABLE
{OUTFITTING SALEsnoomsgg
——A Department of“
Harness Motion and Ronalninn.
Having! secured FIRST-CLASS WOBKMEN
nothing but first-class work will be turned
out of this new manufacturing branch of his
business. and only the most.
REASONABLE PRICES
Will be charged therefor. tt'79
*. w. SMITH.
55 Main Street,
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
ALL KINDS OF
Meats,
FISH.
Oysters and Clams
IN THEIR SEASON.-
Orders called for and de-
livered free of charge.
, Call and. See Me
AND I WILL SUIT YOU.
3m106
3 cts.
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The Boston Dry. Goods Stone,
cor. Main and Wall Sls.,Norwalk.
On account- of extensive alterations to
be made in our store very soon, we find that
it is necessaryto.
Close Out the Entire Stock
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for o -l- Do or man
To accomplish our purpose we
OUR-—
this month.
offer the 'folIowing Special inducements to
buyers :
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS from 390. per yard up.
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS from 96c. per yard up.
MOQUETTE CARPETS with borders at $1 25. '
ALL-WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, 49c. up. '
PORTIERRE CURTAINS, with Fringe and Deep Dado top and
bcttom, at $4.98. '
Cotton Dress Goods.
Did you ever see such Dress Goods? The
silky look is as distinct on some of our French
Prints as if the fibre actually came from cocoons.
It seems as, if the limit of possibility in spinning,
weaving. printing and finishing cotton had been
reached in these exquisite stuffs, and 12:} cents
the yard price—$1 25 for a dress length fit for a
queen's reception. The lovely
'=.:,Novelty Ginghams
Train in the same high toned company. Made
, as only the Scotch can make them, they make
friends of nearly every acquaintance. Those 40-cent Ginghams for 25 cents
speak for themselves. Their story is known all over town. There was. a
tremendous big lot to begin with, but at this rate the end will come before
you expect. .
M ILLINEBY .
Beautiful creations, original and taking designs. combined with low
pine» s. are. Winning merits and the approval of hundreds. Every afternoon
our Millinery Parlors are crowded with an admiring and appreciative
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throng Many are surprised at the‘elegant, quiet and select patterns we
are selling so low. All are delighted and many are made happy in
possessmn.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
Every woman must know by this time that here is the. place to get the
brightest, newest, choicest things, every style that fashion tolerates, and
nothing extra to pay because they are far better than the common run of
like goods. You can see here in half an hour all that Connecticut has to
offer in J ackets, strict novelties of the choicest qualities, finest workman-
hip and corr e ct styles. New thought in make and fabric distinguish cur
REEFERS’
For girls and misses, 4 to 16 years, from the
every store kind. Many of these garments are
only here, and but one of a kind. There's exclu
siveness enough for anybody who's quick enough
SailOr Suits and Dresses
Ready to put on. N o bother of make—up and
try. Only a little profit for us to weigh against
the heap of worry and work saved to you.
PARASOLS.
It took a stroke of genius, to invent the Para.-
sol—probably a sunstroke— since which time the
Parasol has always stood between genius and sun-
stroke; You should employ its aid now for
beauty’s sake, just as much as beneath the July
, sun for health’s sake. At all events you should
make your selection now, regardless of immediate
needs, in order to avail of our large assortment.
“Most carefully selected,” just expresses it. The
' reason our Parasol trade is so large is wholly a
result of our care in selecting only the choicest
, and most attractive patterns, which we then
exclusively control for the Norwalk market.
Carriage and coaching shades in great variety. All the latest novelties
including the New Ruffled Styles.
Handles of Imported Wood, both Natural and Polished.
Mourning Goods in all the better grades are represented by a large
assortment of styles, at prices ranging from 75 cents to $5.00. ‘ '
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