cts. lll PUlMllN PllRK. The Connecticut Society of the “Sons of the American Revolu- tion” Visit Redding’s Camp Ground. Banqueted in the Evening- 3 Wednesday a large party consisting of the Board of Managers and members of the Connecticut society of the “Sons of the - American Revolution” with their friends, went up to Bethel on the noon train, chaperoned by ex-Senator E. J. Hill. At Bethel a large number of carriages belonging to citizens of that town and of Bedding were at the depot in readiness to convey the visit~ ors ,to Putman Park, in Bedding, a distance of some four milessouth3east of Bethel. Arrived at the Park a business meeting was at once held in the Log Cabin, a little north of the main en- trance. During this time, the large company of visitors strolled about the grounds viewing the old tent, or rather loghut stone Chimneys which now re- main so clearly defined,after more than a century of time. The views too, from the various summits of the wild grounds. now radiant with their bril- liant garniture of autumn colors, were particularly charming. The business meeting of the. Board being concluded,the crowd was invited into Lthe dining pavilion, east of the road, where the good ladies of Bedding had provided a repast fit for the gods or men. As the bright sunshine of this glori- ous October had seemingly whetted the appetites of all to an extraordinarily keen edge, 'the work of demolition and spoilation commenced in eager earnest. The broiled and boiled chicken, the beef and birds, ham and tongue, with boilers of hot coffee, van- ished like dew before a July sun. Cakes, jellies, pies and puddings in un- necessary profusion, decked out the tables and served as desert for the more solid viands. There was, among other tempting dainties, an immense game pie, (baked in a tin milk pan of usual size) composed of quail and squirrel, that proved a rock on which Judge Picket, of New Haven, in particular, with many another,split their appetites. At the conclusion of this sumptuous feast, Mr. Hill arose and called out Mr. Jonathan Trumbull, of Norwich, who is fitly president of the Conn. Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and also a lineal descendant of “Brother J ona- than” of Revolutionary fame and of Washington’s love and veneration. Mr. Trumbull made a short and pleas- ing address, and was followed in turn- by Judge Deming, of New Haven, an- other member of the Board, Senator Bartram of the Park Commission, Rep- resentative ‘ Hotchkiss and Judge Picket, of New Haven, (the latter an old Ridgefield boy,) Mr. Shaw, of Bedding, \Ir. Maples, of the Hour, and others. To Judge Picket and Mr. Shaw must be given the credit Of delivering really two “high orations,” although they, like the rest, were impromptu, but the patriotic inspirations Of the place and the occasion, so far overcame the de- pressions of the extraordinary amount of food in their stomachs, that both rose to the heights of true eloquence, and surprised, as well as charmed their fellow feeders at the tempting table. After the exercises at the Banquet Were concluded, carriages were again taken and another drive over the Camp grounds, when, via the high, sightly Bedding hills, the party was brought to Bedding station in time for the 5.52 down train. Arriving at Norwalk,Sens ator Hill had a horse car in waiting at the depot, which was boarded by the party and a ride taken to his beautiful West avenue residence, where an even- ing reception was held in honor of the visitors and of the occasion. Many came down also from Bethel and Red- ding, and an evening of unalloyed en- joyment was passed. The guests from the east left on the 9.50, and those up the Danbury road at 10.15. Caterer Mead was on hand at Sena- tor Hill’s and an elaborate “spread” here, also led the already over-gorged guests into deeper temptation. Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Dr. Gregory did the honors of the charmingly supplied and decorated table. There were present here, to greet the guests of the evening, Col. F. St. John Lockwood, Capt. Frost, Mr. Eben Hill, J. A. Osborn, Chas. H. Quintard, Judge and Win- throp Perry, Mr. Maples, Senator Sey- mour, Rev. .Dr. Van Alstyne,’ Select- man Daskam, Capt. Richards and others. The evening passed rapidly in social chat, but one short address being given, and that by Senator Bartram, of Sharon, who was called upon to give a brief narrative of the Putnum Camp Ground, and the state’s interest in its preservation, etc. He stated that the reason why Gen. Putnam’s Division of the Continental Army was encamped at this spot, was undoubtedly because of its not only being a sheltered spot, but on the high grounds, on its west side, now known as Gallows Hill, could be seen an enemy approaching from any direction, Danbury on, the north, the Housatonic valley on the east, Long Island Sound on the South and Ridgefield on, the West, and any sur- prise would be impossible. That win- ter of 1778—9 was the coldest and most memorable one in all our colonial his- W'EEKLY - NORWALK - GAZETTE. tory. The snow lay on the camp ground six feet deep for months, and the poor troops suffered indescribable hardships for want of-food and cloth- ing. When a boy, his father had taken him over this camp and be resolved - then he would do all he could when he reached manhood to 'have either the . state‘or nation secure and preserve this Revolutionary Camp Ground, and he had worked to the best of his ability in the Legislature and elsewhere, to that end. till finally our state had be- come its owner. He stated that it was the capture and hanging of the two British spies, on Gallows Hill, that caused Gen Putnam to write that la- conic letter to Gen. Tryon in reply» to the latter’s demand for their release, which would live in our Revolution arv war literature to the end of time. Said Putnam, “These men were captured as spies, they were tried as spies, and have been hung as spies. ” A curious incident connected with yesterday’s visit to the camp was fur- nished by Judge Picket. When have years old his father had taken him er the camp ground and showed him the various points of interest. That was just fifty years ago, said the Judge, and I have not been over these grounds since that day, but I can go right to the spot on Gallows Hill where those two British spies were buried at the foot of the gibbet. He did so and even found an Old and marked stone that had become sunken down into the ground and nearly obscured. He righted the stone and identified the in- scription. The singular part of it: is, that not even the Park Commissioners knew the spot where these British emisaries were buried until Judge Picket thus lOcated them. There are many relics of the Old Camp extant,and a couple of pair of Old iron and-irons and a pair of old iron tongs, a horse shoe, cartridge box, etc., now hang in the dining hall. J. E. Miller, of Redding, chairman of the Park Commission, has a pair of these iron fire dogs, which were made by order of Gen. Putnum, by the camp blacksmith, and given Mr. Miller’s grandfather for a quarter of beef, fur- nished the troops, that winter. NOTES. Messrs. J. E. Miller, Nickerson, Lounsbury and John B. Sanford, of Bedding; Messrs. Durant and Ambler, of Bethel, came down last evening to Mr. Hill’s reception. The GAZETTE’s scribe was under special obligations to Mr. Durant, who captured them at the Bethel station, with his magnificent team of grays and safely and speedily landed them at the camp grounds, passing over “Hoyt’s Hill” on route, and furnishing a view which, for magnificence and extent, is not equalled by the heights at Harper’s Ferry. ’D- A Brute. Tuesday afternoon Edward Gorm- ley, of Spring Hill. was brought be- fore Judge Coolidge for beating his wife. Mrs. Gormley, a short, stout wo- man, with both eyes blackened and her face one mass of bruises andblood,test- ified that her husband was lying on the bed in the bed-room and she attempted- to make him get up, when the brute kicked her in the breast and knocked her down, and then sprang from the bed and kicked and stamped upon her until her stepson interfered and saved her. Judge Coolidge placed Gormley’s son Dam-on the stand, and he sided with his father, (Mrs. Gormley being his step-mother) evidently showing that his education and trainin had been similar to his father’s, an that a man was justified in kicking and beating a woman on the slightest provocation. Judge Coolidge, however, gave him such a dressing down that he quickly changed his ideas. Gormley was found guilty, but on the request of his poor wife was not sent to jail, as he deserv- ed, but fined $16.63, which he paid. Before paving the 'fine Gormley was very gay and jubilant over his brutal beating of his wife, and noted an ap- peal from Judge Coolidge’s decision, and started out to get the necessary bond. He returned with A. H Hoyt, but when Mr. Hoyt saw the pOor wo- man he declined to go bond for any man who would beat a woman like Mrs. Gormley had been beaten. Mr. Hoyt’s prompt refusal of bonds opened Gorm- ley’s eyes, and he went out and raised the money and paid his fine. Damages for Libel. .Samuel H. Willard recovered a ver- dict of. $31,500 before Judge Book- staver, in New York, Tuesday, against the corporation of Holmes, Booth & Haydens, brass and copper manufact- urers of Waterbury, Conn., for libel. Willard was with the corporation for twenty-eight years. In the latter part of 1886 he was asked to go into the WesselkMetal Company and to accept thepresidency of a National bank. He resigned from the concern in March, 1887, and Chester M. Wayland became his successor. 'Wayland, on behalf of the corpora- tion, then began suit against Willard, charging him with endorsing the names of Holmes, Booth & Haydens to two notes, onelfor $4,000 and the other for $10,000,.in a matter not connected with the business of the corporation, with- out authority and solely in the interest of the Forest City Carbon Manufactur- ing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. On the trial Willard proved that the notes were indorsed after he and other direc- tors had decided that it was good policy 0 0 so. -D—w A Charming Sight. It is a lady in middle age, or a oung woman premature] gra , whom AL- NUT LEAF HAI R STORER has reinstated in the possession of early comeliness, as far as this can be done by the reproduction of the hair’s for- mer beauty both as regards'hue and quantity. - his incomparable botanic agent, contains no injurious compo- nents, and is thorough in its action, ex- tirpates dandrufl', is without sediment, and-a, few applications will always re-, store gray hair to its natural color. Price one dollar. One bottle will last six months. Sold everywhere. , .er. lllERilLlUOllSlED. A Darien Lady Burned to Death. Neighbors Save Her Child. A terribly shocking calamity befell Mr. Nathan A. Nash, of Darien Wednes- day, in the burning to death of his wife and their home in Darien. Mr. Nash had gone to South Norwalk in the morning, returning about a quarter of eleven. During his absence his wife, who had a young babe of a little 'less than nine months, had adjusted the child in its high chair and set it near the kitchen sink, while she engaged in peeling potatoes for dinner. Imme- diately behind her stood the stove in which she was burning wood. It is supposed that a spark flew from the stove and ignited the poor woman’s cal- ico dress in the rear, at or near eleven o’clock. She finding herself on fire, seized-the child andflew screaming out into the yard. Neighbors'bhurried to her assistance and seized the child, who escaped with but its little locks singed. but before the poor mother’s clothing could be extinguished, it had burned almost completely off her and she was literally roasted from her head to her feet. Wild with her agony, she crawled back into the house again, where other neighbors were hurrying about, thinking from the smoke with which it was filled, that the house was also on fire. Pails of water were thrown upon her prostrate form and wool- en blankets placed over her. When the husband entered, a sickening and heart rending sight was presented to his view. His wife lay in the agonies of death on the floor, and his house filled with smoke and excited neighbors and everything in frightful disorder. He hurried for Dr. Osborn and then for Dr. Finch. Both came and adminis- tered anodynes, but they saw that the sufferer was beyond all hope of recov- ery. She remained conscious until about 5 p. m. and ten minutes of one this morning, peaceful and welcome death came to her release. Mrs. Nash was an unusually strong and robust woman, in her 29th year, and leaves four children motherless. She was, prior to marriage, Miss Marion Mer- rill, of New Canaan. Her husband is a nativeof Norwalk and at present em- ployed in the store of Mather St Grum- man, of Darien. He has the keenest sympathies of the whole neighborhood, which has seldom, if ever, received so sad a shock. + Ex-Gov. Biglow Buried. The funeral of ex-Gov. Bigelow took place in New Haven \Ved nes'day after- noon and was largely attended by dis- tinguished men from all parts of the state. At noon his body was removed from his suite of rooms in the New Ha- ven house to the Church of the Redeem- GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 153.31.. liockiasi toooa '5 1 " from which the excess of ’ oil has been removed, is . fl ."2 Absolutely Pure “‘ and it is Soluble. lilo chemicals are used in its preparation. It has more than three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more economical, costing less than one cent a cup. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, EASILY DIGESTED, and admirably adapted for invalids :s well as for persons in health. :Ilcnifr'i by Grocers everywhere. ffhKEl-‘l & EC... Eerie-riot, this... The casket was placed in the vesti- bule and was opened so that the public could gaze on the features of the de- ceased. The casket remained in state until 2 o’clock, when it was closed and. removed into the body of the church. The body was in charge of the late governor’s staff who acted as guards of honor, and were General George M. Harmon, Gen. Frank D. Sloat, Gen. Alexander Harbison, Gen. James G. Gregory, Gen. William B. Rudd, Col. Chas. A. Russel, Col. W. E. Barrows, Col. Rutherford B. Trowbridge, Col. S. J. Fox, Col. A. H. Kellam and Morris F. Tyler. his old executive secretary. Gen. Geo. H. Ford acted as escort for the family of the deceased. At 3 o’clock Rev. Dr. Phillips read the burial service, which was short and simple, after which the remains were taken to Evergreen Cemetery for in- terment. by the members of the family. The honorary bearers were ex-Gov. Chas. R. Ingersoll, ex-Gov. Henry B. Harri- son, ex-Gov, Chas. B. Andrews, ex. Gov. P. C. Lounsbury, Gov. M. G. Bulkeley, ex-Gov. Joseph R. Hawley. Horse Railroad Meeting. A meeting of the stockholders of the Norwalk Horse Railroad Company was held Tuesday evening at the depot. The old officers were re-elected as follows : , President, James \V. Hyatt; superin- tendent, Edward Hoyt; secretary, Frederick E. Brady. The directors discussed the advisability of laying new steel rails on the main line, and also the question of putting in several new switches, in order that more cars may be run on the road. The matter was finall left with the president with The burial was attended only ‘ power to ay. what rails and put in any additional switches that he may think necessary. It is probable that work i will commence on laying the new rails ; inside of the next two weeks. The Horse Died. The horse stolen from Mrs. Vincent Colyer, Of Contentment Island, and which with the‘thief were captured at Jersey City, died at Port Chester on Tuesday, while en route heme. A vet- erinary surgeon attributes the animal’s death to over driving. Mrs. Colyer. feels very badly over,the loss of the animal as, it was highly valued by her. Moreover she had expended consider- able money to secure its return. p Camp Expenses Again. Mr. William Hamersley, counsel for. Comptroller Staub, Tuesday, lodged With the clerk of the Superior Court in Hartford a motion to quash the man- damus proceedings brought by Pay- master General Fenn, to compel the comptroller to pay to him the sum of $53,000, representing the expenses of the Niantic encampment. Mr. Ham- ersley maintains that the reasons for issuing the mandamus are not sufficient. Murdered. Z The body of Julius Baer was fou d by freighters five miles west oth e Tuesday morn, in a terribly» manglid condition. His head and face Wd‘e smashed, so asto be hardly recognized, and numerous wounds" were found 11 his body. Mr. Baer was agent for 9 rent b ood medicine, Sulphur Bitteis. obbery was undoubted the motive, as he was well. known to have a large sun of money on his person. As we go to press there is no clew to the tors. —-Colorado Press. perpetia- i EVER MADE. Itwill drive the Humor from your system, and make your skin clean medicine. Try t, and ,I you will be satisfied. Get it of your Drugglst. x Dox’er. GETITATONCE If onaresufl'erin from Kid. ne isease, and w sh to live to 01 age, use S IIUR BITTERS. They never fail to cure. 2—cent stamps to A. P. Ordwa & Co. 1* ngtgggiasafior best mediealwork pu lished W. H. MEEKER, Plumbing, Steam and Gas lilting, SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. Sanitary Plumbing and Ventilation and Low Pressure and Steam Heating, a Specialty. PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES. Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Ga. AGENT for the FLORIDA LOW PRESSURE BOILER. Facilities for cutting andthreading all kinds of Pine. ' 50tf BUILDING tors (ON INSTALLMENT PLAN.) _, FOR, SALE, On -:- Wilton -:- Avenue, APPLY TO charles lllmsiead or ll. E. Wilson. E. cusowsxi, - MERCHANT TAILOR, Is ready to‘ show the Finest Stock of CLOTHS,CASSIHEBES AND OVEBCOATING And a great variety of Fancy Pants Patterns E. GUSOWSKI, Corner Wall and Water Steel-ts. GIVEN AWAY FREE By the, Reliable Merchants oi Norwalk. $500 Shoniiiger Upright Piano. With Stool, Cover and Lamp. SOLD BY . - J. W. STUD WELL- NOVEMBER 1. 1891.. The person holding the cards which represent the largest amount purchased will receive the Piano, with Stool, Cover and. Lamp, Free of Charge. Remember the Card is obtainable only at the following stores Also, the Piano will be found on exhibition at SOME ONE or NAMED FIRMS: Edward Street, Dealer in Dry Goods, 5 Gazette Building. Norwalk. 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