RWALK Founded in 1800.] VOL. X01. The Daily Gazette Is issued every week-day at 3 P. AL, at ’ ONE CENT PER com. The. Cheapest Rates for Advertising. and THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. The Weekly Gazette, [Combined with Saturday’s Daily.) Is issued every Saturday at Noon, at THREE CENTS PER com, on $1.50 PER YEAR. The Daily and Weekly. Served to Local Subscribers at TEN CENTS PER WEEK. on $5.00 PER YEAR. A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor. i This paper has the largest circulation of any paper in the State west of Bridgeport. 0 UR JOBBIL‘ G DEPARTMENT. MR. HARRY M. GARDNER, JR... of New York, has charge of the GAZETTE’S Engraving, Book and Jobbing Department. He is an expert and experienced-Job Printer, and no work en- trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done. THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY. Can you play baccarat? What so rare as a day in June? Rev. Dr. McGonegal contemplates a visit to Washington during these “per- fect days in J une.l’3 —Buy your Tobacco of Sutherland. Christian E. Miller expects to sail for a short visit to friends in Faderland the last of this month. Cleveland’s is the only Baking Pow- der the composition of which is made public. ———Buy your Magazines of Sutherland.- Mack Both, of Roth & Goldsmith, will open a cigar store at 51 Main, street to-morrow. Mr. Vic Roth willbe in charge. The Itata arrived at Iquique and im- mediately surrendered herself Eand a cargo of 5,000 rifles to Rear Admiral McCann. ———Buy your Blank Books of Suther- land. . They may appoint an understudy for the secretary of state, but there is but one James Gillespie B1aine.-—~Washing- ton Post. June 9th will ,be observed by the Odd Fellows of Connecticut as Memorial day for the deceased members of the order. - —-For fine laundry work go to Tom Sen, 51 Main street. Judge John H. Perry, of the Court of Common Pleas, sailed for Europe on the steamer Normannia,of the Ham- burg line, yesterday. John B. Smith of New Canaan, died last night at the age of 69 years. The date and place of burial will be given in to-morrow’s GAZETTE. —On the bargain table at the Nor- walk Boston Store, to-morrow, will be found a large assortment of fine jewel- ry at attractive special prices. Rev. N. L. Porter has been trans- ferred from Pound Ridge to Windsor Looks, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the minister sent there by con- ference. The new catch basin being put in at the corner of Wall street and Isaacs place, is an improvement that has long been needed and one that will be ap- preciated. ——Do you want a new Hammock? If so, call at the Norwalk Boston Store, examine their line of these goods, and get their prices before making your purchase. Miss Mary Field Pardee, daughter of Drs. M. B. and Emily Pardee,of South Norwalk, is a member of the graduat- ing class of Houghton Seminary at Clinton, N. Y. ' The Plating Company desire us to say that they have not moved, but can be found at their old quarters where they are doing the finest kind of gold, silver and nickel plating. Norwalk officers have been on asharp lookout for the Danbury murderer, James Munson, ever since last evenmg, but it is probable that Munson made good his escape into New York. —To-morrow, at the Norwalk Boston Store, you may have your choice of an elegant line of ladies’ percale, sateen and Oxford belted waists for 89c. Sale commences at 2 p. m. and will be con- tinued, while they last, Saturday. Charles Donelly, aged 11, and Michael McLaughlin. aged 10, of Waterbury, Conn., who were arrested on a charge of attempting to wreck the noon express on the New York St New England road, said they only did it for fun. They were sent to the reform school until they are 21 years old. ' .4 n Entertaining and I nstmctive Home J oarnal, Especially .Devotecl to Local News and Interests, Is Captain Rose doing a little fence repairing on the election of a new first lieutenant? ~Buy your Cigars of Sutherland. John Rodemeyer expects to attend the Scheele hanging as arepresentative of a newspaper syndicate. At the hearing in Ridgefield, Joseph Brown, Luddington’s accomplice. was bound over under $1000 bonds. —When you clean house have your carpets cleaned at the Norwalk Carpet Cleaning works, 14 Knight street. 7t111 ’ The good colored people of Norwalk met at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, GAZETTE Building, last night, to organize a pup- tist Missionary Society. heireshments were served. John W. Morris, well known in town as a former popular scholar at Selleck’s school and now a prominent M. D. in Troy, N. Y., was married yesterday to a Miss Mary Thatcher in that city. ~—Jarvis Kellogg has just received a large invoice of Ladies’, Misses’ and ' Children’s Oxfords in dark russett and Dongola, which he is selling at won- derfully low prices. In digging the trench this forenoon across Isaacs place, a workman drove his pick into one of our pasteboard water pipes. The hole was quickly plugged with but a trifling loss of wa- ter. The Bicycle Infant Class is reported as making most encouraging progress, besides offering a diminished amount of amusement to the dwellers about their practicing ground on the Church Green. _ Colonel Roberts and his Cadet squad had a most delightful outing yesterday at \Vest Point, returning home late last night. Commencement exercises are in full blast at Uncle Sam’s school on the Hudson. Miss Helen, the bright little daugh- ter of Mr. Charles A. Quintard, of 152 Main street, is to celebrate her birth- day to-morrow by giving a rose-bud tea to a party of her little girl associate members of the Y. P. L. C. Who says that Gus Franke’s fame as an expert in tonsorial tools and meth- ods is not spreading even to the four, quarters of the earth? Yesterday he shipped a razor, by mail, to “Mr. John P. Gale, M. D., Arbuckle, Cali- fornia.” Professor Ferns and Mr. Stephen Comstock represented Norwalk music lovers at the entertainment last even- ing in Comstock Brothers’ store, South Norwalk. They report that the voice of the Bridgeport boy soprano was one of the finest they ever heard. Postmaster Hubbell’s two able as- sistants, who have been to Rochester and Niagara, hunting for water power, are expected back to-morrow evening and already Mail Carrier Bennett is beginning to lose all the fat he has tak- en on during his one quiet week of peace and repose. Orders are expected to be issued to- day for the election of a First Lieuten- ant in 00. F, in place of Lieut. Henry Matheis, the Adjutant General having issued his order on May 30th. The orders for the election of a Captain, who can pass an examina- tion, are next in order. The Supreme court at New Haven adjourned yesterday sme die. The quo warranto cases had not been placed on the docket. The suite can by agree- ment be heard at a special session if the chief justice thinks best. It will take considerable time to decide them, however, and until this is done no new developments in our peculiar political muddle may be expected. Letter Carrier Matheis had a “scrap” with a snappy little cur that nobody owns and that forces itself on the so-' ciety of Builder Wilson. The canine was investigated by Specialist Asa Smith, and probably in resentment for having his ownership and parentage officially investigated, he. scught to thrust his tushes in that part of Ma- theis’s anatomy where Ithurial plunged his spear. There are charges of bad faith freely made against the borough highway committee because it set to work yes- terday to cut down and into the bank in front of the Gram lot on the east side of East avenue. although it was done at Mr. Cram’s earnest: request The charge is, that in not waiting all action until tomorrow, the time agreed upon for Mr. Hurlbutt to go over the line in the interest of his clients, the borough committee has been guilty , of inexcusable trickery. NORWALK, CONN.,,FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1891. ' WHATMISS SPINSTER SAYS: That something quite interesting and unique in the way of school work this week deserves especial mention. By the untiring energy of Mrs. Camp and the teachers of Over River school, they realized one hundred and fifty dollars and the lasting gratitude of alarge and appreciative audience. That Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bartlett returned to Newburyport yesterday. That June travels under a good many aliases as, the month of flowers, the month of leaves, the month of wed- dings and so forth, but it begins to .look as if it would have to be known chiefly as the month of the flannel shirt and tan shoe. These pervade the J une atmosphere above all things else. That Mr. Blaine‘keeps on improving but the other members of the adminis- tration are about the same. That people who do not understand baccarat are not in “the swim” this week. That the raising of church debts is just now a commendable industry among several denominations, whose success is one good sign of the times. That one of the happiest moments of a young man’s life is when he notices for the first time that his mustache has grown so long that he wets it when he drinks to his inamorata’s health. A Literary Sensation. Since the departure of Amelia Rives- Chanler from this country almost im- mediately after her marriage, we have had only brief newspaper paragraphs concerning her life and literary inten- tions. Not a little curiosity has been displayed as to' the possibility of her complete withdrawal from the field of letters. It is now nearly three years since anything of importance has ap- peared from her pen, but no one has believed that the exceptionally brilliant author of “A Brother to Dragons” had finished her career as a writer. A re- ‘cent paragraph in the daily papers an- nounced the fact that Mrs. Rives- Chanler was hard at work upon a new novel destined to arouse the entire lit- erary world by its artistic merit and bold originality. There have been many conjectures advanced as to the probable source through which the new novel would be given to the public. Notwithstanding the high prices which Mrs. Chanlerldemands for her manu- scripts, it is known that many publish- ers were in the field in competition for her latest work. While many rumors were afloat, the Cosmopolitan Maga- zine had quietly secured it and placed it in the hands of a famous artist in Paris for illustration. It is announced now that the first chapters will appear in the August number of the Cosmo- politan, and that, in the estimation of critics who are most competent to judge, this last story will be the most finished, as well as interesting, pro- duct of this versatile Southern pen. The story is likely to be the literary sensation of the year. Its publication in the Cosmopolitan is a guarantee that it will contain nothing of the kind that excited criticism in Amelie Rives’ ear- lier productions. ...- Sunday on thé Farm. Farmer Henpeck (with only one pair of good trousers in the house)—James, whose turn is it to wear the pants to- day, yours or mine? James (as he hears a wrathful dis? turbance in the kitchen)——Sh-h! Mo- ther’s, I guess. George W. Sell eck and wife were guests of C. B. DeKlyn at the Gedney House for two days, returning last eve- ning. They went down to see their es- teemed servant girl 011' for Europe with her sister. They sailed on the White Star liner Teutonic,together with Pres- ident Harrison’s daughters and Mrs. Sartoris, nee Nellie Grant. The sailing of this big ship was as grand a sight to our friend Selleck as the “raising.” of four candidates to the Master Mason’s ' degree. ——Ansonia Sentinel: That friend of newspaper men, Col. W. H. Stevenson. has inv1ted the boys to attend the open- ing of Parlor Rock June 13, and it is reported that the bottom of Long Is- land sound is to be plowed and raked to secure enough clams. What is the use of going to this trouble ? Frank Beach is now a Massachusetts journal- 1st and John Rodemeyer is engaged in Boston. Wrong, neighbor. John is not in Boston but in Bethel, writing for a “syndicate of newspapers”(?). Among the “Little J apsfrom Mikado Land,” at the Over River school enter- tainment Tuesday night, was Miss Ida Fredetta Taylor, daughter of “Fritz,” of the GAznTTE. .It so happened that the miss was eight years old on that day, and she celebrated the event by making her debut. before 8 Norwalk audience. She acquitted herself and performed her part in such a credita- ble manner, however, that it will prob- ably not be her last appearance.—[Sen-. tlnel. MURDERED IN DllNBURY. An Unkhown Burglar Murdered by HlS Pal. In Pursuit of the Murderer. An unkhown burglar was murdered near Danbury Wednesday night in a quarrel over the division of the spoils secured in a raid upon a country store in Mill Pldin, and the murderer fled, leaving the body of his dead accom- plice in the woods. A party of fisher- men returning from a neighboring” pond discovered the body lying in a’ deep ravine upon the bank of a brook. The dead burglar is a good-looking young fellow and fairly well dressed. He was seen in Mill Plain on Tuesday night in company with two other men. Yesterday morning one of the three strangers remarked in a saloon that he fixed a fellow last night and he would do no more squealing. From his conversation it was gather- ed that he and the dead man were en- gaged in .the burglary at James Wil- son’s store in Mill Plain. They buried a part of the booty on the way into Danbury and separated. One of the men went back and dug up apart of the stolen goods, and when his two com- panions learned of it they got him to go into the woods with them and one of them beat him to death. A bloody stone was found near the body. Fully 2,000 people viewed the body of the murdered man last night, but no one was able to identify it. Across the back of the victim’s head there was a long, ugly gash, evidently caused by a blow from a heavy instru- ment. From the gash the blood had been washed clean. There were few traces of blood upon the body except upon the hands. About the body in the ravine was found a'miscellaneous lot of articles. There was a broken demijohn, a ham partly eaten, broken bottles, glasses, and other articles. The polio ecognized these as part of the goods stolen from Wilson’s store. Last evening Chief DeForest re- ceived a telegram from the Danbury police describing the supposed murder- er, James Munson, as a man of 21 years, five feet and four inches in height, dark hair and eyes and right arm gone at shoulder. Up to the hour of going to press the murderer had not been apprehended. P. S. News of the arrest of Munson in Danbury was received at the DAILY GAZETTE office just as we were going to press. But little doubt of his guilt is entertained. Mag Brophy at Large. Without ceremony, (for Mag Brophy never was a great stickler for the pro- prieties and conventionalities), Mag Brophy, “one of the choicest and most permanent boarders at the almshouse,” (so says Selectman Daskam), quietly folded her tent yesterday, and likewise more or less almshouse property inclu- ding bedding, and stole away from the home of the poor so noiselessly that it seems as if everything had been greased for the occasion. Up to the present writing she had not been heard from, but there’s no doubt that when she meets John Barleycorn she will be heard from in no uncertain tones. Lost a Horse. Nickerson dz Betts lost their most val- uable horse last night. He was worked all day, as usual, and put in his stall at about half past six, apparently as well as ever. This morning he was found dead in his stall. They think it was a case of colic, but the horse doctors would call it “heart failure.” The horse has a history. He will be remem- bered as the animal that jumped over- board when brought here from New York. He was worth fully $200, and is a severe loss more from its usefulness than its large money value. —————-—-¢+>——————— Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Yale seniors and Y. M. C. A. seniors will play a game of ball on the fair grounds to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The regular monthly business meet_ ing of the Junior department will be held this evening at 7:30 o’clock. ' Mr. A. H. Wilcox, formerly General Secretary at Norwalk, will have charge of the song service on Sunday after- noon. Thfe Gazette-Would Like to Know Why has Captain Rose suppressed the Adjutant General’s order for an election of Lieutenant whiCh was issued on' the 30th of May? _ Who was the Wilton lady that sent “ reporter Thomas the snake? _ - -Genteel Dressers in Troy buy their clothing of Mertens & Phalen. They are manufacturers; they make good, well fitting garments, and sell at reasonable prices. ‘ SOUTH NORWALK. The GAZETTE is on sale at the news ofl‘ices of Fred Coleman, H. Theile, 1?. L. Ather- ton, and II. E. Bodweu. Orders for all kinds ofJ OB PRINTING received at our branch oflice on Railroad Square. Henry Hopkins is convalescent of a severe illness. H. S. Brown’s house on Haviland street is being repainted. Dick Ho well, of the Bridgeport Her- ald, was in town yesterday. Etha, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zitt, died this morning. The schooner Challenge, of North- port, L. I., is at Tolles’ wharf, with sand. John Rodemeyer, of :Bethel, was shaking hands with friends in this city yesterday. The steamer Huntington made her first trip from Long Island to this city this morning. Bush Youngs and William Graham charged with being vagrants were sent to jail for 10 days this morning. Postmaster Doty returned from Tar- rytown, N. Y., and reports his brother as being in a very ca’tical condition. Hon. Wm. C. Street has discarded his plug hat for 9. Derby. It is not 0 this year’s vintage but is very becom- 1 a. The funeral of Frank Wells the shoe- cutter who committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself, will be held Sun- day. Changes that will be greatly appre- ciated are being made at the extreme west end of the Consolidated railroad depot. Mr. F. E. Raymond, yardmaster for the Consolidated road has gone west for a two weeks vacation. He’ll be missed. Mr. P. F. Kelly, clerk at the Ma- hackemo has gone to New York for a few days, and patrons anxiously agait his return. Twenty-five crates of s rawberries were shipped by the U. S. Express to Danbury on the 6:15 train—in time for breakfast. Clarence McKune, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is in town, he having come here to attend the funeral of his sister, Miss Jennie McKune. A veteran from the Soldiers’ Home, named William Hubbell, was found sleeping in a box car last night and was sent to jail this morning for 30 days. Thomas Kavanagh has moved the effects of postal clerk Smith into a house on Clay street. Mr. Smith be- coming a resident of this pretty city. Those dead-shot advs. of Comstock Bros. are quite frightening, and those fanciful fans are seasonable. This firm sets the pace in more ways than one. Ben Smith, of unsavory fame kicked in the door and shamefully abused his mother at her home on Ely avenue last night. Smith should get the full penal- ty of the law. Edward Quitiner will sail for Austria on the 25th, on the Augusta Victoria of the Hamburg line. It is his first visit home in nearly twelve years and he will be absent about three months. Wm. Sheldon had a narrow escape from being buried alive this morning. While assisting in digging at sewer D, as contractor, he sank in the quicksand nearly up to his waist, but fortunately, succeeded in grasping a rope and pull- ed himself from a burial alive. When you see a caterpillar’s nest touch a match to it. In this way every- body may join the ranks of the noble army of exterminators. The beastly things are hard workers and treason- able (pardon the pun) and to get ahead of the pests you must be aggressive. Those of you who missed attending the concert given last evening at Com- stock Bros’. store, missed a rare treat. The music was of a superior order, Heines’ band never during its existence having done better. Prof. Ferris at the piano showed the instrument to be first clues. Everett Noyes, of Stamford, and George Moore, of Bridgeport, sang splendidly. A party from the borough was nicely done out of $5 in this city yesterday afternoon. He was playing pool, when a stranger interfered in the game, and there was a war of words and the bor- ough man offered to bet $5 to substan- tiate his claim. He put the money in the hands of a third party, after which there. was more wrangling, during which the party holding the money slipped out of the door and that is the last seen of him. . ‘ Miss Jennie McKune who died in Stamford on'Wednesday, aged 22 years, was a young lady who was loved by all who knew her. She had been for the past three months suffering from an ailment that bafiled the skill of the , best physicians, and death must have come as a sweet relief to her sufferings. Miss McKune graduated with honors at the Over River school. The funeral will be held from the Congregational church in this city to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. ' ' his behalf. [$1.50 aYear.i. NUMBER . . HEARS 93113 DOOM. The News Broken to Scheele by Rev. Beverly E. Warner. The Death Watch to be Set Next Week. Yesterday Jacob Scheele was made aware that the last effort made to save him from the dread sentence which has haunted him for the past twelve months, had met with failure, and that on Thursday, June 18, he must answer with his own life for the unlawful tak- ing of the life of another human being. Scheele has been kept in ignorance of the decision of the Board of Pardons, his counsel and Sherifl‘ Clarkson and the jail officials shrinking from the painful duty of telling him. The sad * mission fell to the lot of Rev. Beverly E. Warner, who has been Scheele’s spirtiualadviser for a number of months and who seems to have been the only divine who has been able to exert an influence over the aged murderer. Rev. Mr. Warner felt that communica- tion of the ill news was a matter which should be put off no longer, as the con- demned man had a right to know in what position he stood. Therefore in company with Sheriff Clarkson, at 10 o’clock yesterday morning he went to the jail. When the.sheriff and the clergyman were ushered into Scheele’s cell the old man was lying upon his cot. He arose upon their entrance, and Mr. Warner, who felt that the thing would be best told at once, said: “Mr. Scheele, I am sorry that I have no better news for you.” A perceptible shudder passed through the condemned man’s frame and his eyes became momentarily suffused with tears. He shrugged his shoulders, and with a slight gesture of the hand ejac- ulated “well,” and then remained si- lent. Mr. Warner then acquainted him with the details of the appeal be- fore the Board of Pardons, telling him all the circumstances connected there- with and of the moving pleas made in He wisely made no men- tion of Judge Lockwood, however, fearing the effect it might have upon the aged German, who for many months has expressed a bitter antipa- thy for all of his counsel except John H. Light, of Norwalk. The only ques- tion which he asked was whether Mr. Light, also, had gone before the board of Pardons. Thereafter he listened in silence, seeming for the first time since his long incarceration, to realize that he must yield to the inevitable. Mr. Warner assured him that there was not an earthly chance left for him and after strongly abjuring him to spend his remaining time in preparing him- self for his fate, left him. The condemned man is under the constant and close surveillance of two guards, who are with him night and day. The death watch will not be put upon him until about a week before the execution. A Reporter Sees Snakes. Yesterday while Mr. F. E. Lockwood was in Wilton delivering a number of Singer sewing machines, a young and handsome lady gave him a large paste- board box to deliver to Reporter Thom- as of the Sentinel. On Mr. Lockwood’s arrival home he sent the box to Mr. Thomas by one of the DAILY GAZETTE’s bright boys, who, true to his teaching, and awake for an item, watched the re- porter as he opened the box. Imagine the boy’s surprise when he saw Thomas drop the lid, fly for the door and dart up Main street at a gait that would have put Bennett’s trotter to shame, yelling at every jump s-n-a-k-e-s. “Ed” Sloan who was in the rear of the store, thinking that the reporter had gotten hold of his bait bottle, rushed out from behind the counter just as a crowd from the street rushed in to see what was going on. A look into the box ex- plained the reporter’s fright, for there nicely coiled up in death was a black snake about five feet long. Col. Roberts‘ School Commence- ment. At the close of the summer term of Col. Roberts’ military academy, on Tuesday afternoon next, there are to be various literary exercises commen- cing at 1:45 o’clock, after which there will be a review of the cadet corps, a battalion drill and dress parade. In the evening there is to be a reception from and after 8 o’clock, at which the patrons and friends of the school will congregate in large numbers as over three hundred invitations have been sent out. -—Picture Frames at J. T. Prowitt’s. Good work at, low prices, W. P. Whit- ney in charge. No. 450Main street. .103tf More cases of sickheadache, bilious- ness, constipation can be cured in less time, w1th less medicine, and for less money, by usmg Carter’s Little Liver Pills, than by any other means.
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