of n Entertaining and I nstmotive Home Journal, Egreoially Deva Founded in 1800.] ted to Local ./ ews and Interests. NORWALK, CONN, FRIDEY, JUNE 12, 1891. OGAZET B. [$1.50 aYear. NUMBER 23f ' VOL. XCI. The Daily Gazette Is issued every week-day at 3 P. M., at one CENT PEI: COPY. The CheapestRates for Advertising, and THE LARGEST CIRCULATIONAN The Weekly Gazette}e [Combined with Fridav’s Dailv.l Is issued eve-r21 Friday at Noon, cu THREE CENTS PER com, on $1.50 run run. - ,.»~ 1 The Daily and Weekly. Served to Local Subscribers at run 01?.sz PER WEE], on $5.00 PER run. A. H. BYINGTQN. Proprietor. Tm This paper has the largest circulation of any paper in the State west of Bridgeport. 0 UR J OBBI N G DEPARTMENT. Mn. HABEY M. GARDNER, Jn., 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. THEWLIV—E NEWS OF TO-DAY. ‘.A new switchboard for telephone headquarters arrived this morning. The five-year-old child of Josiah W. Brittc, of Harbor avenue, died last evening after a short illness. —The “Emily” Oxford $1.25 at Hoyt’s. Mr. Stephen Comstock went to New Canaan on his wheel this morning. It was a perspiration dash. . Painter Prowitt is at work re-deco- rating ex—Burgess Kimmey’s beautiful residence on West avenue. —Miss May Colyer‘, of New York, will be the elocutionist at the Tennis Club Concert. 118tf To-day Borough Engineer Woodis at work on a portion of East avenue estab- lishing grades for curb and gutter work. ’ The sash in the Spencer jewelry store having been overtaken and overcome with dry-rot, are being Spliced out to- day with new timber. —Briar Pipes from 10 cents up at Sutherland’s. Young Monson Pardee came out at, the top of the heap in the special mail service examination at Hartford, his rating being 91.66. ——Split Bambo Fishing Rods .50 at Sutherland’s. . ' Rev. and Mrs. S. Halsted Watkins are to give a card reception at their resi- dence on Belden avenue, Wednesday evening, June 17. —-Gents. fine patent leather shoes $3.50 to ‘55, at Hoyt’s. 4t118. Dr. Gregory’s newly purchased house on West avenue is being treated to a new coat of paint with tints copied from the old gold stripes on Tristram & Hyatt’s store. Lincoln Council No. 4," O. U. A. M., has accepted the invitation of Rev. George Van Alstyne and will attend the 2nd M. E. church in a body, on . Sunday evening, June 21. 4 —Good kid diamond tipped $2 shoes at Hoyt’s. 4t118. The arrangementkof palms, ferns, ev- ergreens, wreaths, potted plants and- flowers, with the bright and joyous lit- tle “rose buds” flitting about,made Miss Baird’s school rooms bowers of beauty . last evening. -——Don’t forget the Lawn Tennis Club Concert Friday evening at the Opera House. Seats at Pinneo’s and Plais- ted’s. 118tf Mrs. Charles Isabella Davis of the Central Council of King’s Daughters will speak in Trinity church, South Norwalk next Monday evening. All in- , terested in this beautiful order are in- vited. ‘ , ——Child’sschoolshoes, 74c. at Hoyt’s. Our town dog engineer, Asa Smith, has aroster of over 800 unregistered dogs. This at seven dollars apiece, lfine and costs, will bring quite a little ,. evenue to our sadly depleted town treasury. l Borough Tax Collector Herbert W. ,3 Kemp, was made a Master Mason last night by St. John’s Lodge. If he can .: ‘raise” the borough’s increased taxes as easily as he was raised to the Third ill egree, he will be lucky. ' -The Tenhis club Concert will be ,: ovel in its way, for they have engaged = chinaman to make fun and music for hem. A valued Winnipauk correspondent rites us to inquire the locations of ‘Cobble Hill, Baby Hill, .Drunkard’s I: '11, Hotel d’Riley, Prospect Drive, II ublin, Cork, New Italy, Dutch Knob, to.” The DAILY GAzETTE can much u ore easily inform our friend where he an find a good Sunday school. The regular meeting of Sherman Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross will be held this evening in the American Mechanics’ hall on Water street and all members should attend this meeting as the invitations for the coming strawberry festival will be given out for distribution. The frequency of the rumor that the New York and New England Railroad was in such a condition that an appli- cation for a receivership was not im- probable has brought forth the follow- ing denial from Director James L. Howard: “ Nothing of the kind has been suggested on the Board, and the report, so far as I know is utterly with- out foundation.” Messrs. O. E. Wilson and James W. Hyatt, accompanied by Miss Berdie Hyatt, lefttown at 12:45 to-day, their chief objective point being Tallapoosa, Ga., where. with good luck, they ex- pect to arrive at 5 o’clock to-morrow evening. They expect to be away about ten days, and are likely to visit Birm- ingham, Ala., Chattanooga and other interesting places before they return. —A piano in good order for sale cheap. Call or address 16 Arch street. Edmund Morris, an aged resident of Danbury, had a frightful experience with an enraged bull yesterday after- noon. As he was strolling through the field the bull rushed at him and, toss- ing him against a tree, caught him up- on his horns as he fell, and literally ripped his body open. Mr. Morris was rescued with difficulty. He lies at the point of death. ——Graverly chewing erland’s. Professor Willis Earle, of the Mili- tary Institute faculty, will leave Nor: walk this afternoon on hissummer va- cation. He will go to New York first in order to get braced up sufficiently for a prolonged tussle with the, cow- path topography of Boston. The DAI- LY GAZETTE extends its best wishes, with the hope that on his return in September he will have obtained a new lease of life. -—-The finest Line of Smoking Tobac— co in town at Sutherland’s. Ltobacco at Suth. Most of the Military Institute stu- dents have packed up and gone home for their summer vacation. It isworthy of remark in this connection that ho s- ever longingly the boys may look for- ward to the Commencement season, the attractions of student life at this popu- - lar school are so many and so great that they leave them with regret, even for a brief season. —Wanted. A good Cook and Laun- dress. Enquire at this office. President Eliot of Harvard cellege in his remarks to the Unitarians at their - recent annual‘gatherings in Boston,said a much-needed word to parents about their children. He was urging‘the pos- itive religious instruction of the young, and he said. “The children, alas, always ascertain instinctively what you-donot believe. Be just as sure that they know what you do believe. ” —-Men’s electric shoe, $2 at Hoyt’s. Our pious and faithful “colored friend and brother” Gibbs was made happy yesterday by being shown, at ‘ the Lock Factory where he is employed, an open account with the sons of hisold slave master, who are now doing ahard- ware business at Macon, Georgia, and who have been customers of the Lock Co., for nearly§forty years. It seemed a joy and delight to the good old sable brother to be thus forcibly reminded of g the good old days whenhe was a slave. ‘ —-Ladies’ Oxfords75i'cts. at Hoyt’s.» The DAILY GAZETTE is indebted to Professor John B. Boyd, the accom- plished and successful teacher of mu- sic at the Norwalk Military institute for a copy of his latest productionen- titled “Kappa Delta Pi Waltzes,” and dedicated to Gamma chapter of the N. M. I. The composition isa finished one, and when played at the recent Com- mencement reception sprang at once into a popularity which bids fair to be permanent. It is for sale at Pinneo’s. ——Ladies opera slippers, 50c. at Hovt’s A dispatch received from North Sid- ney, Cape Breton, last evening, an. nounced the arrival there yesterday of Lieut.. Peary’s North Greenland expe- dition on the steamer Kite. When the party left New York it was expected that the vessel would put into North Sidney for coal. The telegram said the party were all well and would proceed on their. journey to-day. The expedi- tion will start for Greenland to-day, passing through the Straits of Belle Isle on the west ceast of Newfoundland. ~.-The next portwill be in Greenland. 118 1w ' J. K. Emmet, the comedian, is very ill with an attack of pneumonia. The Prince of Wales was jeered by the crowd at the Ascot races yesterday. Mrs. Charles Street and son, of New York, were among the guests at Miss Baird’s reception. A son was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Byington at their home on the Westport ro'ad. ' A letter for Rev. C. A. Nichols and another for Miss Dillie Bartram, are all that P. M. Hubbell can do in the way of the “unclaimed” this week. The letter earner boys are swapping ofi', taking turns and doing all sorts of clever things to each other in order to use up the fifteen days vacation allowed them by law prior to June 30th inst. The celerity and “no drag” feature of executing the programme at Miss Baird’s school reception last evening, was spiritedly complimented and show- ed thorough drill and discipline on the part of teachers and a most commend- able aptitude by the scholars. OfiEicer McGuire of the Meriden Re- form School came to town yesterday in search of Thomas Kline who had been released from that institution on pa. role, but had failed to behave himself. He placed the case in the hands of Officer Adams who found Kline sleep- ing in Dann’s stable, and turned him over to McGuire. John G. Howland, the Bridgeport shoe dealer has bought all the'women’s kid shoes saved,» in good condition from the Wisner Shoe company’s re- cent fire. They are all fine kid shoes, and a lot of them, made to sell at 33 to 35a pair. A few of them have been wet but most of them are uninjured. Mr. Howland will have them ready Saturday morning and the prices ".will be from a half to a third of the original value. Bishop-elect Brooks, in his sermon of-Sunday last, said: “The world and the church are to know that there .can never be any harm in knowing the truth; that the only way of harm to the soul of man is the way of ignoring the truth; that if there be anything the church has held that is not true, the church wants to know it—and that it is the growth of this great spirit living behind all these controversies which makes the glory of the Christian church to-day. Sim Keith having lost his big paste diamond in or about Raymond’s gro- cery store, has naturally felt that the “boys” ought to reimburse him, so to- day the matter was settled. Raymond ' said the diamond was worthless, but if Sim would catch a rat he would pay him 50 cents. With eyes bulging out like a lobster in a pot of hot water, Sim came up from the cellar with his rat by the tail and demanded his 50 cents. Raymond went to the desk to draw a check for it when another hitch oc- cured. Louth claimed that he had helped Sim to catch the rodent and at . least half of the reward was his. So Raymond made the check, No. 2022, to, the order of Keith, Louth & Co.,‘and has left the boys to settle the division among themselves. A few minutes later Sim was on the street, selling the check. “It is proposed,” says the Christian Union, “to turn out of the- Presbyter- ian ministry one of the most eminent Biblical scholars in either England or America, because he believes and teaches that 'such men as Cardinal New- man and James H. Martineau are godly men; that there are errors in the Bible; and the death of the Christian does not put an end to Christian growth and grace.” “There have been great changes in Baptist theology,” writes Dr. Norman Foxin the Independent: “For instance, from the High Calvinism of J ohn Gill, and from the doctrine of a literal fire in Hell, which Spurgeon _ formerly preached; but these changes have come about with very little bitterness of con- troversy. to come to a full acceptance of the new theology of the present decade it is to beexpected that the change of view will take place as quietly as the break of day, which does not break with a bang.” _ ' ’ -D————-——- A Shore Feast. The Democratic Senators and Mem- bers of Fairfield‘ county meet at Bridge- port to-day to discuss and cuss the Re- publican selection of County COmmis-. sioners and other disquieting problems presented by; the Republican majority. Senator Read will entertain his legis- lative associates with a shore dinner at .Le'wis’ and a “shore dinner” on Sena-. tor Reed’s invite means vastly more than any considerations of County; Commissioners or graver affairs of state. ' And if the denomination is thlAT MISS SPINSTER SAYS '. That Miss Henrietta Belden is visit- ing New York. That it really looks as if we should have the East avenue tramway before the end of the century. That with a catch of only 7,500 seals permitted this season, it looks as if your old‘ Sealskin would have to be fix- ed over. That there was but a single guest at Col. Roberts’ delightful reception, who came uninvited, and he reputed to be a classified dude. That it was a picture, a poem, a dream at Miss Baird’s reception last night with all the lovely girls in their best bib and tucker and frills. That eight members of the Outing club of the Y. M. C. A. started from the Armory for a walk to Stamford Wednesday evening and reached there in a little over one hour and a half. That, Miss Chichester’s flourishing school on West avenue had its closing exercises Wednesday, and was looked forward to with no little degree of an- ticipated pleasure by the s’cholars. That you should never tear lawns or cambrics; it rolls the edges. Draw thread and then cut the widths. That of the 17,000,000 wage earners in this countrv 7,000,000, or 44 per cent, are engaged in farming. That it is said of American ladies that they love large diamonds and that they wear more jewelry than any others. That spots of grease may be effectu- ally removed from the most delicate fabric by the application of dry buck- wheat flour. ' That many women rather have a shorter time and enjoy life more than to go the entire length of the alarmist who would banish curtains and wall pa- per. Curtains, however, should be dis- pensed with. If you wish to know why, jar a curtain in any well-ordered house where neatness is the rule, and you will see in spite of orderly housekeepers, there is nothing like a curtain to cap- ture the dust particles. If shaken ev- ery day they are still dust-charged. They are a source of danger-rand there is no safety but in the use of shades and shutters. Miss Baird’s Institute Reception. The reception last night at Miss Baird’s institute, ending the summer term, was in all respects successful and a happy social and scholastic event. A long, but exceedingly interesting pro- gramme had been arranged, which was executed with a celerity and promptness as gratifying to the crowd of auditors as it is unusual. Where all did so well in their parts it would be. invidious to particularize, but little Misses Ives and Betts and Master Raymond, with Grace Adams, seemed to give special delight. The recitations were all exceedingly clever and the musical renditions of a high order of proficiency. Miss Scott and Mr. Hopson’s-selection on the vio- lin, was a rare treat as was the solo of -*Mrs. Newkirk and highly enjoyed by the very appreciative audience. The gymnastic feature was nov‘el ‘ , nd de- lightfully pleasing, the anvil cho us and milkingsong received hearty encores. At the conclusion of the school exer- cises the rooms were cleared for the impatiently awaited dance. Quite a large delegation from 001. Roberts’ military school was present and the young soldiers’ uniforms shone as re- splendently among the “sweet gir graduates,” as Jack roses in a bouquet of lilies. Allin all, the reception was a local event of unique interest andwill long be cherished as a pleasant mem. ory. A Pest House. The principal matter before the Board of Health this morning in Pres- ident Daskam’s office, was the condi- tion of the Shay domicile in Chapel street. Owing to defective drainage and the proximity of a cesspool full to overflowing, the odors. in the cellar are worse than those of the average tan . yard. .In consequence of this condi- tion of things: one child has been stricken with tonsilitis, Mrs Shay is quite sick and unless the nuisance be abated immediately there is danger of an outbreak 03 typhoid feverin that locality at a not distant day. Last evening Doctors Coolidge and Gregory visited the premises and it. is. their be- lief that the inhabitants of the house should be ordered to vacate within for- ty-eight hours, to the end that there may be thorough and systematic fumi- gation and overhauling. ' The Gazette Would Like to Know Where Reuben was last night? . . Who will be elected First Lieutenant 'of company F to-night? Why Harry'Mitchell wears that “my- heart is ’another’s” sort of look, since his visit to Genesee Falls? That Co. F Supper. Between thirty—five and forty sat down last night to the bountifully loaded tables :prepared by Capt. Rose in the large ball of the Quintard build- ing, corner of Wall and Knight streets. The crowd began to gather at 8 and con- tinued in hilarious enjoyment of the occasion until after midnight. A long time was spent masticating the baked meats and beans, the boiled hams and relishes and when this part of the sumptuous repast was over, then began the “feast , of’reason and the flow of soul.” Messrs. Noonan and McMann of the South Norwalk Athletic club, sang several appropriate selections which so enthused the “brave sojer boys” that they nearly blistered their hands in encore. Banjo and cornet solos were also finely rendered, when a flood of wild and wierd oratory broke lose. The Honneckers and especially George, the attorney, poured out his impassioned eloquence “like the burst- ing forth of volcanic fires.” He said this gathering reminded him of a polit- ical discussion he once listened to out west, between two rival partisans, who had both been in the war, and wherein one charged the other with having pur-i posely cut his own finger off and run away to Canada to escape the draft and his opponent getting back at him, said, “Yes I did, by a sad accident, cut my finger off in my hay cutter and I did go to Canada on business, but I did not skulk ten miles in the rear at Chan- cellorsville, and get caught and have “deserter” branded on my broadest part, as my accuser did.” The boys went nearly wild over the aptness and appropriateness of the story to the oc- casion. Vincent also gave an appropri- ate recitation, which was admirably rendered,—“The Soldier Tramp.” Sergt. Smith, the Rose candidate for First Lieutenant, and in whose interest the feast is said to have been spread, was called up and made a few congratu- latory and encouraging remarks. Several others were called out, but no more uproarious demonstrations of delight were exhibited until Frank Honnecker related his dream about the DAILY GAZETTE. He said he fell fast asleep a few nights ago and dreamed he died, and those who knew him_ best would be ready to believe him when he told them that he went straight down to the realms of His Satanic Majesty. Knocking on the red hot door with his iron spider that he alwayshas with him, the challenge came “Who is it and what do you want ?” He quickly re- plied that he was “hunting for the latest copy of the GAZETTE to see if Hen. Ma- theis had written any more of his fun- ny poetry about Capt Rose ? ” “Well,” said old Satan,—“Honnecker if you don’t deserve to be boiled in my hottest cauldron of whale oil; that so faithful a disciple of mine as you always have been, to come here on such a fool er- rand. Why Frank, my boy, you’ve been drinking; don’t you know that if a copy of that “hustling little DAILY GAZETTE” ever got in here, it would drive us all out ? Why it would make it as terrible for us, as it has for my faithful co- workers in Company F, who have been lying so about poor Lieut. Matheis, —'—-—n” Frank went on to repeat more of the same sort, but the boys were too wild to let a word more be heard. Master Workman C. Powderly Betts danced a hornpipe and shouted‘ ‘good,” “good,” “give us another,” while “Vin.” Honnecker stood on his head and thumped the tables With his heels, shouting louder than ten regiments of Camanche savages. It took a long while to get the boys to “Company rest” again, but when order was restor- ed, Reporter Thomas (who had sat all through the fore part of theznight at a school reception. with his toes .close to the footlights and had only left after filling himself with ice cream," cakes and coffee, to hurry up to this feast,) was called on for a speech. As soon as he could clear his mouth of beans he remarked: “Mr. Speaker—no, I mean Mr. Chairman—Mr. Chairman—Com- rades—I would address you, if I could, but I am too full.” [A voice—“So is Honnecker,”——Several voices-“so we all are—of—cofl‘ee. ”] Then the boys "‘ went of in the usual uproarious applause that drowned Reporter Thomas’ voice and every- thing else, and spoilt what would have “been the greatest effort of his life:” Thomas is about to-day, but it is plam to see his spirits are crushed, . At the conclusion of the really good time the boys had,account of stock was taken-and it was figured out’ and pubhcly given out that Sergt. Smith would get from 40 to 45 votes to-night and heat. Aiken only 27 at the armory election to fill the First Lieutenant’s vacancy. And may the best man wm, ' . ' , , Splendid. , “If the Cleveland Receipt Book is as good, as the Cleveland Baking Powder, it is splendid. Won’t you send me one? I enclose stamps.”—Miss V. ' S. Ad- dressed Cleveland Baking Powder Co., 81 Fulton Street, New York. SOUTH NORWALK. The GAZETTE is on sale at the news offices of Fred Coleman, H. Theile, W. L. Ather- ton, and H. E. Bodweu. Orders for all kinds ofJ OB PRINTING received at our branch office on Railroad Square. The drinking fountain opposite Bax- ter’s pharmacy has been repainted. Repairs are being made about P. Stabel’s store on Washington street. Eb. Dupignac was in town yesterday. He represents a hat finding concern. U. S. Express agent Buxton is on the sick list to-day. Patsy McNamara, the letter carrier. has been granted a pension of $10 per month. W. A. Wheeler shipped five tons of hatters’ irons to Newark, N. J., this morning. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Raymond are home fromaweek’s trip in Northern New York. D. M. Platt, the pattern maker is now doing business in the rooms over Cavanagh’s stone-cutting parlors. The funeral of James Village will be held to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock from Trinity church. Dr. Allen’s wife returned to her home in New Milford on the Pittsfield express yesterday afternoon. Landlord Powers will give his chil- (been a lawn party at Dorlon Point, to- morrow afternoon. Constable Conley and Officer Glad- stone are taking the names of dog owners in this city. . Matt Cowdrey, the tin peddler was arrested last night for drunkenness. He paid a fine and costs this morning. The party that went out in the Flor- ence B, yesterday ate up four bushels of clams. It was not a large party either. ” Charles Lowndes has disposed of his place on South Main street to Charles S. Trowbridge. Mr. Lowndes will re- move to Rowayton. Lieut. Oakes will drill the new re- cruits of Co. D, to-night, and on every Friday evening hereafter until camp time. ‘ - At the last meeting of the Norwalk Wheel club, D. Floyd Hunt was elect- ed to fill the vacancy caused by the res- ignation of H. B. Hoyt as treasurer. It is said that bantam weight Cole- man and elephant weights Schaub will enter in a bicycle race on Labor day. . The betting is about even. Miss K. B. Dowd returned from her lecturing tour in the West yesterday. She was the guest of Dr. Emily Pardee last night, returning to her home in North Haven today. Landlord Powers is sanding a por- tion of his beach at Dorlon Point, get- ting the sand from Chimmon’s Island. The Point is already drawing a deserv- edly large patronage. The steamer Huntington made her second trip to this city to-day, arriving about 9 o’clock. On board were three NorWalk horses that were entered at the Huntington fair this week. Mrs. Susan Seaman, 89 years of age, who has" been visiting her son Selah Seaman on Spring street, returned to her home in Greenpoint, L. I., to-day. She was accompanied home by her niece, Alice Seaman. Alamanduras Brower, of New Canaan, came to this city yesterday. Nothing strange ? Oh yes, Mr. Brower lived here in the year 1832, and drove a mail stage to Stratford at that time. ’Tis thirty years since he has been in this city and the changes in that time were startling to the old gentleman now 81 years of age. He was pleased with them, as indeed are we all of us. Come again, Alamanduras. OBITUARY. Yesterday at 2 p. m., a company of sorrowing and sympathizing friends met at the house of the aged Mrs. I. R. Doty, to pay the last tribute of love and respect to “the widow’s son,” Thomas R. Doty, whose death has al- ready been announced. Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne officiated, and the quartette choir of the Second M. E. church Mg appropriate selections, while Under- taker Raymond and son were in charge of the obsequies. Young Doty was cut down in the prime of his manhood and usefulness, and leaves a childless widow to mourn with mother and other kin- nred and friends his untimely death. He was a favorite with all who knew him. Always faithful, alert, energetic and genial, he made friends wherever he went. By a singular, but painful coincidence he died from cancerous af- fection of the stomach, the same dis- ease of which his esteemed sister, Mrs.‘ Thomas, so recently died. “Tom’s” was a noble spirit—an honest man. Peace to his ashes,
Norwalk Chronicler