WEEKLY - N‘ORWALK - GAZETTE.
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A Curious Complication. " "1‘
In the printing of ' the Republican
Borough ballots at theHour office, the
words following that" of “Treasurer”
and “for Treasurer of the Water Fund,”
were either accidently or blunderingly
left off. The law provides such a
designation as we quote additional
to that of Treasurer of the Borough,
and as the Democratic Borough ticket,
printed at the GAZETTE office, was the
only one in the field with this legally
required designation, and that placed
above the name of Wm. E.Montgomery,
and he having received 535 such votes,
while Mr.Pinne0 had captured but five
democratic ballots with his name pasted
over that of Montgomery, the election
oflicers,as they are bound to do,by that
state of facts, officially declared on Mon-
day night that Montgomeryhaving 530
more votes than any other,for Treasur er
of the water fund,was duly elected. That
was all clear and legal and correct up
to that point. But yesterday Mont-
gomery, (who was seriously ill with
neuralgia and not able to get out on
election day) gentleman as he is, re-
fused to qualify, stating that it was evi-
dent to his mind that all who voted for
Mr. Pinneo for Borough Treasurer,
also intended that he should be “Treas-
urer of the Water Fund,” and under
such circumstances he must refuse to
accept the position to which the officers
of the election had declared him chosen.
And here comes in the curious compli-
cation. Montgomery’s refusal to quali-
fy, does not elect Pinneo,:and: as we
are advised, there is no other express
provision of law to provide for such a
vacancy as is thus created.
The regular income of the water fund
from collections for its use, 'etc., is
about $15,000. Of course large sums
are frequently required to pass
through the Water Fund Treasurer’s
hands,as in the nearly $30,000 expended
for laying the new sixteen inch main,
last season, the repairs of pipes and
dams and reservoirs, etc., and the
office is one of great importance, The
Treasurer’s compensation for his duties
.of the office, is‘ the munificent sum of
$25 a year. So that the pecuniary loss
.to either Pinneo or Montgomery will
not cause the loss of many tears, but
to the borough public it is quite an-
other and far more serious matter.
And Now a Mother.
It will be remembered that some
time since the DAILY GAZETTE deli-
cately announced the fact given out by
the close friends and admirers of that
sweetest and most gracious bride, who
had ever graced the White House, that
she was soon to bless the ex-President’s
home and glorify her womanhood by
motherhood. 4 The happy event oc-
curred on Saturday and ex-President
Cleveland is now the father of a bright,
blue-eyed girl baby. weighing eight
pounds. The electric wires have been
crowded ever since with congratulatory
messages sent the happy parents.
Borough Election Lesson.
A deep sense of gratitude should and
probably does fill the average bor-.
ough republican, to these scores upon
scores of democrats, who, preferring
'the republican ticket to that of their
own party, came out boldly andvoted
the republican borough ticket entire.
But for such help it would not have
triumphed as it did. Monday’s experi-
ences teach both parties the import-
ant lesson of putting in nomination for
our local offices their best men, and of
keeping off such tickets notoriously in-
competent or unworthy ones who seek
office for the dollars and cents they can
filch out of it.
Poor Parnell.
It would have been far better for the
fame of Charles Stewart Parnell had he
passed forever from the face of the
earth a year or two ago. He is by no
means the only prominent statesman,
who has deliberately destroyed his own
hard-earned reputation, clouded his
own career, and sold more than his
birthright for a miserable mess of pot-
tage. Parnell’s moral suicide was the
more conspicuous, because he not only
sacrificed his position as a prominent
political leader, but lost forever the re-
gard and respect of honorable men.
Poor Parnell! remarks the Advertiser.
He had broken “the eleventh com-
mandment,” which never is forgiven.
“He had been found out.”
Encouraging for News-Boys.
“Our Tom” Waller received a fee of
$100,000 for uying up a few horse rail-
way lines in etroit, a few weeks ago.
Tom was once a news-boy in New Lon-
don. Here’s a moral for you, fellers.—
Ansonia Sentinel.
We wish it had been a million that
“Our Tom” got, but what a pointer fer
the bright and hustling littlejmerchants
who now sell the DAILY GAZETTE every
night to an admiring and hungry pub-
lic. ’ '
Mr. Simons. ’
The resignation of Mr. Simons of his
position as secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
will be received with surprise and re-
gret by large numbers of our people
who are interested in the welfare of the
association in Norwalk, __But. duty to
himself and famil seems to invite him.
elsewhere, and avmg received, like
the ministers, a ‘-‘higher' call” we. can
only Wish him the abundant success
he deserves. ~ . . . ‘
Why don’t you try . Carter’s Little
Liver Pills ? They are a positive cure
for sick headache, and‘a‘ll the ills pro-
duced by disordered liver.
pill a dose.
Only one
NEWS or THE WEEK.
Bridgeport is to have another six-day
walking match. » . .
Sunol trotted a half mile in 1:03 at
Stockton, Cal., Saturday.
Tolland will pick 3,500 bushels of
cranberries from its bogs this year.
Peter McCormick, 50, fell down stairs
at Ansonia, Tuesday, and broke his
neck.
Governor Bulkeley has paid in full
the soldiers who were in the Niantic
camp.
Rev. Mr. Graham administered the
rite of baptism to fourteen last Sunday
at St. Paul’s.
Rev. Byron J. Hall, of Danbury spent
Monday night with Mr. Levi Hanford
'on Belden avenue.
Secretary Halford, who was taken
suddenly ill at the White House Mon-
day, is improving.
The new Board of Selectmen organ-
ized, Wednesday morning, andgelected
Samuel Daskam clerk.
Mrs. Lottie Burr and baby, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, is visiting Mrs. Burr’s
uncle, Mr. Monson Hoyt.
Dr. and Mrs. William J. Trace re-
turned, Tuesday, from theirfiwe ding
trip to Washington, D. C
Ex-Senator Asa Smith was‘back from
Boston in time to help save the borough
from destruction on Monday.
Mrs. Charlotte Robinson of Norwmh
has celebrated her 102d birthday. She
has been blind for three years.
Evangelist Leyden was pelted with
eggs inzBridgeport Sunday night as he
was driving home after a lecture.
Mrs. E. Parsons, of New Haven,
spent Sunday with her mother, ers.
Samuel Talcott, on Union Park.
‘Mr. Wm. B. Nash is home from
Watertown, N. Y., on a visit to his
mother and sister on upper Main street.
Judge John M. Hall of Willimantic is
to hold the Civil Term of the Superior
Court beginning next week at [Bridge-
port.
Miss Elizabeth Raymond of Wilton,
and her nephew Charles M. Ambler,
have returned from the White Moun~
ains.
Mrs. Fannie Camp returned to her
school duties on Monday, after an
absence of several weeks, on account of
illness.
E. P. Hyatt. who went to New Ha-
ven to live, has returned to Norwalk
and is again employed {at Allen Betts’
saw mill. ‘
James Woods, a hunter, stuck in the
mire in Hamburg woods for two days
and would have died but for his timely
discovery.
Mr. Daniel Mitchell left Monday
evening for Chihuahua, Mexico, where
he will conduct the Robinson House
this winter. .
. Mrs. John W. Craw, of Brooklyn, is
spending a few days in town as a guest
of her brother, Mr. \Villiam Mitchell,
on France street.
The frame for the latest cottage be-
ing erected on the Cross street property
of the Wm. K. James estate, is already
up and sheathed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bishop enter-
tained the Rev. Dr. Clark, of Middle
town, who conducted the services at
Grace church, Sunday. '
The postmaster of Philadelphia has
ordered his subordinates to stay from
the races, so the poor fellows can’t
come to the Danbury fair. .
The 2d District Division S. of T. of
Fairfield Co.,is to hold a convention at
Concord Division rooms, on Monday
afternoon and evening next.
A curious blunder in printing the
Borough ballots has resulted, it is
claimed, in electing Wm. E. Mont-
gomery, Treasurer of the water fund.
The newly elected board of town as-
sessors Open business, at the old stand,
promptly on October 15th. Death and
taxes, 1i 9 the poor, we have always
with us. '
Over 952,000,000 more will be realized
by Connecticut farmers this year than
last for their tobacco crop, thanks to a
good season and especially the McKin-
ley Bill.
Charles Stewart Parnell, the late
leader of the Irish nationalist party in
the House of Commons, died at Aving-
ton,near Brighton, England, on Tues-
day night.
The funeral of Rev. James Coleman,
a former pastor of the Presb terian
church, at Norot'on. and who 'ed of
consumption on Sunday last, was held
held to-day. .
itfiSimon Reynold will represent the Ci-
gar Makers Union of Bridgeport, at the
convention of the Federation of Labor,
which convenes at South Norwalk on
Monday next.
Cashier Charles L. Rockwell of Mer-
iden came down from his summer home
at Ridgefield this morning. He is now
contestin honors and joys with Mr.
Grover C eveland. ,
Chicago has a fine equestrian statue
of General Grant, but it is a small affair
compared with the gigantic National
Monument which New York City will
have———some day.
For $1,000, 000 Frank Melbourne offers
to Sell to the Government his secret for
making rain. If the deal goes through,
Mr. Melbourne will prove a better
money-maker than a rain-maker.
Marie Emilie the eldest daughter of
Mr, G. A. Franke, and Mr. Herbert O.
Benedict, will be married at the resi-
dence of the bride’s father, on Camp
street, Wednesday evening, Oct. 21.
The steamer Eagle has had new tim-
bers put in her side.
An unknown two masted schooner is
ashore near Chatham, Mass.
:E. S. Wheeler, J r., of Saugatuck, has
, been grantedapatent on an improved
car seal.
The DAILY GAZETTE is in receipt of a
dainty box of cake from the Wilton,
Treadwell-Brady wedding. Prosperity
is sure to attend all those who thus re-
member theprinter.
Lizzie E. D. Thayer is the train-de-
spatcher of the New London Northern
railroad, and is, perhaps, the only wo-
man in the world who holds such a po-
sition. Her office is in New London.
James R. Youn of Sterling, Conn.,
died, Sunday, in pringfield, Mass. In
going down stairs he turned his ankle
and fell, fracturing his skull. He died
in a few hours. He was 82 years old.
Mr. John Spencer gladdened our
streets by his welcome presence Monday
evening. He was just in time to get in
his vote, and mounted up Town House
Hill on his sea-legs, and wabbled like
any jolly tar.
David Dickinson died on Saturday at
his home in Middletown, Conn., aged
76. He was a member of the original
Mansfield Guard, and at one time was
Captain of Company I, Second Regi-
ment, C. .N. He was a veteran of
the war.
Principal George H. Turner, of the
Bridgeport Business College has
brou ht suit for $10,000 against pretty
Lela eisler for slander. It is claimed
that the suit is an attempt to break up
the business of a rival school which
Miss Heisler attends.
The following ladies have been ap-
pointed a committee to have general
oversight of the work to be done in the
coming hOSpital bazaar by the First
Congregational Church. Mrs. Dr.
Gregory, Mrs. F. St. John Lockwood,
Miss Sarah \Voodward.
Mr. W. R. Hearst, the owner of the
steam yacht Vamoose, will not race his
rapid steam yacht against time, but will
wait six weeks or six months or six
years for Mr. Munro to put his N or-
wood in complete order so that the two
yachts can sail together. ‘
The first thing the new board of
selectmen should do is to appoint a
janitor for the courthouse This place
has not been swept out or cleaned in
many months, and if neglected much
longer, will soon be in as bad and filthy
a condition as the town house.
Cars on the Naugatuck road are to
be heated this fall until cold weather
sets in by taking steam from the elec-
tric light company’s boilers at \Vater-
bury. It is claimed that by aT‘storage
system the atmosphere in the cars can
be kept warm twenty-four hours.
The Hon. Joseph D. Place of South
Woodstock, Conn., died on Friday at
the advanced age of 84 years. He was
a life-long resident of the town and
when younger a prominent business
man. Up to the time of his last illness
he continued in charge of his own busi-
ness.
Miss Florence Jones, of Bridgeport,
while playing tennis at the regular
tournament of the Ladies’ Tennis Club,
Wednesday, was struck on the temple
with a tennis ball and knocked sense-
less. Medical aid was unable to bring
her to for several hours, and she is now
suffering from prostration.
BurgessiBowe returned Sunday night
from a two weeks’ trip through Con-
necticut and in New York city. While
in Canaan, Conn., he stopped with Mr.
John Rodemyer, J r., and states that
the reports that the the enial John
‘was' ill and would probab y loose his
eye-sight, are without foundation.
The funeral of the lamented Mrs.
George H. Comstock was largely at-
tended, Tuesday, from her late home in
Wilton. She sepulchred in River Side
Cemetery, where the remains of her
husband and a deceased son will be re-
interred. Rev. W. B. Hart conducted
the services at the funeral yesterday.
, Everything indicates that the Con-
ductors’ fair, which opens in New Ha-
ven next Monday, will be a great suc-
cess and immensely popular. Great in-
terest is awakened concerning it all
along the lines, and there will be a large
number of new and novel exhibits, and
also a large number of costly and val-
uable prizes.
Harrison C. Bouton has been pro-
moted to the conductorship 0n ,the
horse railroad line, made vacant by the
resignation of Geor e R. Meeker, and
A. S. Lane now fills outon’s old posi-
tion. Wilber F. Andrews is the new
driver on the Winnipauk branch, vice
AtWood, removed and gone to parts
unknown, and Henry Matheis is being
broken in as extra man.
Miss Helen Sanford, who has been
spending the summer with her aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Cowles,
left for St. Louis . this morn-
ing, where she will remain two weeks,
after which she will 0 to her home
in Atchison, Kansas. uring her stay
in Norwalk she has endeared herself to
a large circle of young friends who
will Sincerely regret her departure.
. Rev. Mr. Butler in his sermon here
Sunday, told of a good Methodist
preacher, who, years ago, came on to
New York, where the more cultivated
ears of his hearers would not let hun
use the harsher expressions in use in
Indiana in denouncing sin and sinners,
and who said he longed to get back to
Indiana, where he could preach “hell
and damnation” again. A good many
politicians felt the same way Monday.
Captain Clinton-Seeley, of the Alpha
Wheel Club, upheld the dignity of
Norwalk, and his reputation as aw eel-
mam-Saturday, at Boston, when he
came in third ‘ in the 25 mile hi-
0 cle road race of the Boston A. A.
inety-three racers started in the race
and Seeley lead a handicap of seven
minutes, and was one of the 8110011-
testants who broke the world’s record
of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 59 seconds,
making the twenty-fivewmiles in 1 ho‘ur
24 minutes and 31 seconds. The prize
whiclzhe received was a $40 lawn ten-
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'unpronounceable titles.
WHAT MAG/MS READ.
Volumes Found in a Hungarian Book
"Store In New York. -
In a long, narrow ground floor room
on Avenue 0 is the only considerable
Hungarian book store in this town,
says the New York Recorder. Here
and in a small rear apartment are
stored Some thousands of imported
books printed at Buda Pesth in the
Hungarian and Slav languages and
bound in paper, cloth and leather.
Hungarian books of the cheaper sort
are gorgeously gilded and tooled. One
instinctively recognizes them as for-
eign even before he has noted the odd,
The paper-
bound books are not quite so well
made as the best cheap French books,
but they somewhai suggest the famil-
iar French novel. They are distinctly
different in style from paper-bound
books of American make.
There are in New York about 30,000
persons that have been Hungarian
subjects. Of these. about 5,000 are
Magyars, or true Huns; 10,000 are
Slavs, and 15,000 are Hebrews. All of
the Magyars, many of the Slavs and
some of the Hebrews speak the Hun—
garian language. Most of the Mag-
yars and Slavs are peasants of little
education and strong religious feel-
ing. Owing to the strong religious
feeling of the Hungarians there is a
great demand for prayer books and
Bibles in the Hungarian and Slavonic
tongues.
Next in demand to Bibles and pray-
er books are short stories of heroes
and fairies. They are the favorite
reading matter of the Hungarian
peasantry, and immigrants bring
this literary taste with them to the
United States. , The cheapest of these
books cost but five cents. The ad-
ventures of Toldy Miklos, a famous
Hungarian athlete, are told in one of
these books. This story is told in
verse. One of the more expensive
paper-bound books tells the adven-
tures of Rinaldo Rinald‘ini, the notori-
ous robber chief. The life of Colum-
bus and the life of Kossuth have a
good sale. Few American books are
translated into Hungarian, but there
are a life of George Washington and
a history of the United States in the
Hungarian tongue. Both of these
books sell well.
The Maygars are the chief custom-
ers for books proper to literature, and
there is considerable demand for the
works of the best known Hungarian
novelists.
The most popular form of verse is
found in songs, and song books have
an excellent sale among the Hun-
garian residents of the town. There
is a book of 1,001 songs and another of
600 songs. Novels translated from the
French and a. few from the English
also have a good sale. The Hun-
garians are not great readers at home,
but on coming to America. they catch
the popular habit and take to news-
papers and books.
A Russian Hercules.
Famous athletes, possessing won-
derful powers 'of endurance, are fre-
quently to be met with among the
Russian peasantry. In the Buzulook'
district, in the province of Satatoff,
there lives a. moujik (peasant) athlete
named Osipoft‘, a single man. . One
day he met in the forest 3. rich peas-
ant named Ignatiefi, who was taking
a load of wood for sale in a. neighbor-
ing town, distant about ten versts.
Osipoff began to make fun of the old
man, who was noted for his miserly
habits, saying to him: “Do you ex«
pect to get that load to town with
such a miserable old horse harnessed
to your cart? Why, I could easily
carry the whole thing there myself.”
This enraged Ignatieff, who said: “I
will give you horse, cart, and wood if
you are able to do as you say, but if
you fail you will have to pay me the
value of all three.” Osipoff instantly
accepted the challenge, and harness-
ing himself instead of the horse to the
cart, he started for the town, followed
by a crowd of peasants, who were to
act as witnesses. Much to the cha-
grin and surprise of Ignatiefi', Osipoif
won the bet with but little effort.—
N. Y. Recorder. '
_Man With an Iron Skin.
There is at Bellevue Hospitalare-
markable case of a man turning to a.
statue. His skin has gradually hard-
ened until it is now like a covering of
sheet-iron. He . is as helpless as
though he were a statue. He cannot
move hand or foot, but his health is
good and he may live for years.
The disease is a rare one, and has
been diagnosed as scleroderma or
hide-bound. There is no known cure
for. The most that can be done for
the patient is to rub him from head to
foot every morning with goose
grease.
The strangely afflicted patient is
Patrick Wood. He is forty-two years
old, a. painter by trade, For seven
years he has lain on a. cot. He weighs
probably 200 pounds, and is as good
natured as he is portly. He spends
much of his time reading and chats
ting, and seems to, enjoy life as well
asany one. He says he experiences
no pain. Wood first discovered his
condition seven years ago.——Philadel-
phia Record.
A Biblical Test.
A singular experiment recently took
place in Palestine to test the accuracy
of Dr. Colensos’s statement that the
people of Israel assembled in the val-
ley between Mount Ebal and Mount
Gerizim could not hear the curses and
blessings delivered from the heights
above them. A party was traveling in
the neighborhood of these mountains,
and two Scotchmen ascended Mount
Ebal and two WelshmanMountGeri-
Zim, while the rest of the party re-
mained in the valley. One of the
Scotchmen read the curses, and from
the opposite mountain 3. Welshman
read the blessings. Both were easily
heard below. where the. party added
the amens. Both readers were perched
upon the natural platforms near the
summits.——Educational Journal.
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Henriettas, Plaids-‘and Novelties
EXAMINE THEM. YOU WILL FIND CHOICE GOODS AT VERY LOW
. _ PRICES. ‘
_ ._ SPECIAL BARGAINS IN WHITE BLANKETS.‘
1 case LADms’ RIBBED VEsrs AND PANTs at 25 cents apiece; worth37§ cents.
Come soon as they won’t last long. ' .
Our Ladies’ Ribbed Vests and Pants at 48 cents, are a bargain at 62% cents
HOSIERY STOCK never had so many good bargains as it has this fall.
We have a Gents’ Cashmere Half-Hose," assorted colors, at- 25 cents a pair;
cheap at 37?} cents. '
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