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0 UR J OBBIL‘ 0 DEPARTMENT.
Mu. 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.
Annexation of Canada.
The people of Canada,since their cen-
sus has been completed and its gloomy
results contrasted with” the bright cen-
sus facts of the United States. are agi-
tating the question of annexation to the
United States. They have seen thous—
ands of immigrants brought to Canada
at great public expense, slip over the
borders into the United States. They
have seen thousands of those born on
Canadian soil leave for that “promised
land ” of this century—the United
States.
This desire for annexation is not .
blameworthy ; the Canadians have
much to gain by annexation and little
besides the gewgaws of royalty to lose.
They would gain the proud distinction
of American citizenship; they would
have more freedom of self-government;
they would be saved the expense
of a vice-regal government, main-
. tained . more for sentiment than
utility, and they would have a
share in the great but common
prosperity of the Union. The United
States would gain but little by annexa-
tion. The flag of Great Britain and the
“ British drum-beat ” would be things
of the past; the navigation of the great
lakes would be freed from internation-
al complications, and offenses against
the customs laws might be lessened.
On the other hand the United States
would be asked to assume a portion, if
not all, of Canada’s huge public debt,
swollen by fraud and jobbery ; the cli-
mate forbids much that has been ac-
complished in the United States; the
French habitans would have to be
brought into harmony with our laws
‘and customs, however satisfactory their
present status may be to them.
.. In short, we do not want Canada at
any price and hardly as a gift. The
fact that the British lion has one of his
paws on the North American continent,
long ago lost its terrors as a bugaboo.
As an investment Canada would hardly
be worthq'the price of a seal-skin, as a
political expediency it would not be,
and is not necessary.
The New Canaan R. R. Purchase.
The Hartford Post’s report of the an—
nual meeting of the Consolidated Rail-
road’s stockholders gives the following
tabulated statement of sales of the Con-
solidated stock exceeding a quarter of a
million of dollars for the purchase of
the New Canaan and Stamford railroad.
As but $95,000 was paid for that road
this statement, attributed to President
Clark,is at least misleading :
President Clark announced, in reply
to Mr. Goodwin, that for the purchase
of the Stamford and New Canaan rail-
road the following prices were paid for
the 1,000 shares of the Consolidated
road stock :
756 shares at 3250 $189,000 00
13 “ .. 270 4,800 00
5 “ " 270 1,350 00
2 ” “ 270 540 00
86 “ “ 2621; 22,575 00
133 “ l‘ 269% 35.810 25
1,000 $254,135 25
More Rallroad Literature.
“You pays your money and takes
your choice.” The New York Sun
evolves the following from its inner
consciousness :
“The _Housatonic people, it is said,
will combat the scheme of the Danbury
men who propose running a railroad to
the New York State line by double
tracking the branch from Hawleyville
to Bethe], on the Danbury and Nor-
walk division. Then the Ridgefield
six-mile branch, which connects with
this, will be extende, westward across
the New York line to ' connection with
the New York Central.”
HOPE HOSE BENEFIT.
A fair sized audience greeted the
Daly’s at the Opera House-last evening,
here they appeared for the benefit of
1: ope Hose company. The company
"as a good one and Manager Adams is
eservin of much credit for securing
hem. ‘he dancing of the two Daly’s
. as of the finest order. After the en-
rtainment was over the entire com-
nany were feasted at the Hope Hose
case by the gallant fire laddies. The
re company will realize a nice little
um for their treasury. '
‘ Bridgeport.
NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891.
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Scarlet fever is on the increase in
~Saleslady wanted . at Scofield &
Hoyt’s, Norwalk. 43tf
There will be a special meeting of
the Columbia Association to-night.
—New Smoked Hams,12§~ cts., 21 Wall
street.
Mrs. J o'vn W. Curnow, of Main street,
is visiting friends in New York City.
—Porter House Steak, 160., 21 Wall
street.
Mary J ., wife of Capt. Floyd Bavles.
of East Norwalk, died yesterday, aged
53 years.
—-Spare Ribs and Sausage, 12c, 21
Wall street. ' ,
The jury in the Charles Green case
at Bridgeport, yesterday, failed to
agree and were discharged.
——Gents’ Canton Flannel Shirts and
Drawers for 450., at the Norwalk Bos-
ton Store.
The first snow of the season arrived
about 3 o’clock this morning. For a
while the snow fell quite fast.
—Wallace A: Co. ’23 most excellent Uon-
factions. at G. A. Gregory & Co., 38
Wall street. 43- 4t
President Munson Hawley of the
Bridgeport National bank, died at his
residence, at 11.30 last evening.
Manager R. F. Adams has had 25
new bul etin boards constructed, with
which to advertise the Opera House.
A large flat fish, weighing 3,1; pounds,
was caught off the N augatuck dock yes-
terday, by an East Bridgeport-er.
_—-Flannelette Tea Gowns, regular
price $1.89, will be sold during the 19c.
$11? Sgit the Norwalk Boston Store for
Clinton Seeley received amedal from
the B. A. A., this mornin , for making
the seventh best time in t e recent 25
mile bicycle road race at Boston.
Bank Teller Hoyt has returned from
his wedding trip to Washington and is
on duty again at the old Fairfield County
“clothed and in his right mind.”
The condition of ex-Senator Turner
of Waterbury, was very low yesterday.
A change for the worse was noticed and
he is said to be gradually sinking.
The railroad commissioners commend
the-management of the Housatonic R.
R. in their report just issued on the
ofniition of the road bed and rolling
s cc .
Scofield & Hoyt are out with a new
advertisement in to-day’s issue an-
nouncing that they have opened the
largest line of Furs. etc., ever offered
the people of Norwalk.
The Southport Chronicle made its ap-
poarance yesterday much improved.
Robert C. Mallette ofthis city, former-
ly connected with the Newtown Bee, is
now editorof the paper.
There are, according to the Canadian
Government report, seven classes of
Baking Powders. Cleveland’s is in the
first clas's—cream of tartar powders—
and is the best in the class.
The Hon. John J. Ingalls. who was
to have lectured at Haverhill, Mass. ,
last night,was taken suddenly ill in the
afternoon, and was forced to cancel the
engagement. He is at the home of his
father, E. T. Ingalls.
J. W. Fitzpatrick, one of the oldest
newspaper men in Birmingham, died
from hemorrhages last night. He was
well-known in the state and connected
With the New York World, New Haven
Palladium and Derby T ranscript.
The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Danbury and Norwalk
railroad, will be held at the passenger
station in Norwalk, Thursday, Oct.
29th, at 3 o’clock, p. m., for the elec-
tion of Directors for the ensuing year.
Mrs. J ulia A. Raymond has purchased,
of J. F. Bennett two lots on Myrtle ave-
nue and one on Strawberry Hill street,
East N orwalk. .Mr. Bennett has also
sold a lot on Windsor Place to Louis
Quitman, whose house was burned last
Sunday.
No arrangements were made yester-
day for the burial of the remains of
the young Cuban, who shot himself at
Wilton, zTuesda . Undertaker Ray.
mond is at New ork again to-day, try-
ing to have some disposition "made of
the body.
The politicians have a. new sensation.
A five gallon keg of Scotch whiskey
has come to the U. S. Custom. House
for President Harrison 1 This is as
paralyzing a fact as that Fasset took off
his coat when making a speech, and
that Flower has a coat of arms.
Norman L. Munro says the yacht
Norwood, injured on Peufield reef, will
be repaired by Thursday, and will go
against the Vamoose’s time of- 2m. 303.
over a mile course. Mr. Munro hopes
to arrange a race with the Vamoose
after that. Mrs. Hearst now has the
Vamoose in -- Washington.
In the November issue, of the New
England Magazine, Walter Blackburn
Harte makes a plea for a world with-
out books. He thinks that education
is not an unmixed blessing...“ the
greater the intelligence of individuals
and peoples the greater is their capac-
ity for suffering.
Engineer Wood and Burgess Burr
drove up to the Grupe reservOir yes-
terday and report that the gate at the
Lewisboro reservoir is open, and has
been so for a week, and that all the
water running into that reserv01r runs
into the Grupe reservoir, which now
contains about ten days supply.
——Fresh Hams, 12c, 21 Wall street.
At Wilton yesterday, Rev. Dr. Noble
married Mr. Jonathan Burr, of Ridge-
field. to Mrs. Mary E. McCann. of Norv
walk. The wedding was at 1 o’clock at
the home of the bride’s sister. Mrs.
Mitchell. formerly a resrdent of Nor-
walk. After the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served.
—50 Children’s Coats, sizes 4 _to 6
years. regular price $54 to $6. Will be
sold during the next three days at$1.98
each. Norwalk Boston store.
Rev. Dr. Kincaid, who was expected
to fill the pulpit of the First Congrega-
. tional Church the coming Sunday, was
unexpectedly called away and his place
will be filled by Rev. Washington
Choate, of New York, nephew of the
late Rufus Choate. No one should fail
to hear him.
——In order that the people of the sur-
rounding country may have a chance to
get some of the great bargains, the 19c.
sale at the Norwalk Boston Store will
be continued for three days.
When the Housatonic railroad tracks
were. lowered near the Norwalk depot,
some time ago, they were not drained
in a proper way, and after every rain a
stagnant, filthy mass of water remains
alongside of the platform, and directly
opposite the bottom of the stairs,
where every passenger who goes down
can see it.
——The 19c. sale at our domestic coun—
ter W111 be made unusually interesting
by the arrival of a case of Flannelette
Dress Goods worth 123m. per yd. In or-
der to make things lively we will give
{Ion three yds. for 190. during this sale.
orwalk Boston Store.
Count Gehebe, keeper of the Bor-
ough lockup. was arrested this morning,
charged with using abusive language
towards Officer Howard, while the lat-
ter was placing a prisoner in the lockup,
late Saturday night. He was taken be-
fore Justice Austin aud the case was ad-
journed until to-morrow morning, Ge-
hebe giving $100 bonds to appear at
that time.
——The Norwalk Boston Store has just
received a case of 36-in. heavy wool
Dress Goods, in blue, brown, navy and
garnet mixtures. The regular price of
these goods is 37éc., but in order to
make their 19c. sale interesting they
will offer these goods at. 190. per yar
during the next three days.
Edward, the seven-year-old son of
“Allie” Newman, who resides on North
avenue,was quite badly injured by fall-
ing on a piece of glass, while, playing,
Wednesday afternoon. The little fel-
low had a packing box and several
pieces of glass which he was playing
with, and in trying to climb onto the
box, he slipped, and a piece of the
glass cut a deep gash just below the
knee on his right leg. The glass came
very near severing the large artery of
the leg.and it was some time before the
flow of blood was stopped. The little
fellow is doing nicely now, and will be
out in a short time.
——Every lady in Norwalk and vicinity
should attend the great 190. sale at the
Norwalk Boston Store. on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday.
The customs bureau cf the Treasury
department. has just decided that dia-
monds, gold watches and other per-
sonal effects that have been left behind
by American; tourists in Europe, on
which they have borrowed the money
to get home with, shall be admitted
free of duty when returned to this
country after having been redeemed.
This important and merciful decision
will, no doubt, be a great relief to our
Consuls abroad, who have usually to
lend or negotiate loans for this large
class of American spendthrifts, who
get stranded in Europe for money
every season. It is to be hoped that it
will not result in increasing their al-
ready disgracefully large numbers.
In its November number the Cosmo-
politan will publish a series of letters
written by Gen. W. T. Sherman to one
of his young daughters, between the
Years 1859 and 1865 and covering most
of the important events of the war of
secession. These letters present graphic
pictures of_a great soldier amid some
of the stirring scenes in which he was a
giant figure, and in them the patriotic
spirit of the Federal General is seen to
have been most attractively tempered
bya stron affection for the Southern
people. ’ he fraternal feeling which
glows in these letters is in refreshing
contrast to the sectional bitterness
which characterized the period, and
they will constitute an interesting and
important contribution to the litera-
ture of the war.
Bennie Lyon, a resident of Port
Chester, whi e in the employ of the
New York, New Haven'and Hartford
Railroad Compan , as a water boy, lost
his leg at South orwalk, Conn., by
bein run _over by a train. He has sued ,
the ompany for $20,000 damages. On
Saturday last Mr. Taft,vas counsel for
the company, applied to the Supreme
Court for an order to compel Martin J.
Keogh, counsel for youngL on,to give
the Railroad Company a bi of , partic-
ulars of his charges “of negligence which
he had refused to do when demanded.
Mr. Keogh opposed the application, on
the ground that the Railroad Company
oug t to know whether its locomotives
were out of repair, or its men incompe-
tent, as is charged in the complaint.
The court refused to ant the applica-
tion—Port Chester ournal.
. New Rochelle.
Plan for the Bicycle Run to New
York.
The route of the American Cyclist
Relay race, from Hartford to New York,
has been arranged as follows : Leave
office of the American Cyclist, 25 Asy-
~ lum street, Hartford, Saturday, Oct.
31, at 7 a. m., run to State capitol, to
Cedar Hill, to East Berlin, to Meriden.
From Meriden to Cheshire, to Dixwell
avenue, New Haven, turn left to Elm
street, to City Hall. Leave City Hall,
New Haven, through Church street to
Congress avenue, to Howard avenue,
to Kimberly avenue, to West Haven, to
Woodmont, to Milford, to Stratford;
turn right, 2% miles left fork to Fair-
field avenue, Bridgeport, to Bridgeport
Wheel club. _ .
Leave Bridgeport, to Greens Farms,
to Saugatuck. keeping lookout for.
sharp turns in road, to South Sauga-
tuck, to South Norwalk, following
shore road. Leave South Norwalk,
turn left to Mianus river, holding post
road to Stamford. Leave Stamford by
old post road to Greenwich, to Port-
chester, to Mamaroneck to Rye, to
Leave _, ew Rochelle,
following Eastern boulevard direct to
Schuylerville, turn ri ht at Cross
Bridge to Westchester. hrough West-
chester to South boulevard, turn left to
Harlem bridge, crossing bridge at
Third avenue to 124th street, to T‘ifth
avenue, to 59th street, ,to Eighth av-
enue, to 82nd street and Broadway, to
up-town office of New York Sun.
The points and distances are as fol-
lows : Hartford to Meriden, 18:} miles;
Meriden to Cheshire, 7,; Cheshire to
New Haven, 43 ; New Haven to Mil-
ford, 10}; Milford to Bridgeport, 9;
Bridgeport to South Norwalk, 16%;
South Norwalk to Stamford, 9 ; Stam—
ford to Greenwich, 8; Greenwich to
New Rochelle, 14; New Rochelle to
Westchester, 9%; Westchester to 32nd
street, Brcadway, New York, 11.
Whole distance 126% miles.
The men, so far as the have been se-
lected, are as follows : etween Hart-
ford and Meriden, Charles H. Wood,
captain, William Harding and J. M.
Grant, Jr. of the Hartford Wheel
Club, and Fred Herman from the Col-
umbia Club ' from Meriden towards
New Haven, F.F. Ives and J. E. Brain-
ard of the Meriden Wheel. Club; from
New Haven. toward Bridgeportfil. B.
Hewett, C. L. Larom, 953' 'H. ‘Ballou,
and F. L. Catlin of the New Haven Bi-
cycle Club.
The riders from the other clubs have
not been selected yet. There will be
six men from the Bridgeport Wheel
Club, two men from Norwalk Club,two
from Stamford Club. four from the
New York Athletic Club, including W.
F. and C. M. Murphy.
This promises to be one of the most
remarkable bic cle events of the year.
All the men se ected are crack riders
and have records on the track below
2.40. They will ride in pairs so that in
case of accident to one the message
will not be delayed. An effort will be
made to have them all mounted on rac-
ing pneumatics, and everything will be
done to prevent delay. As the ap-
pointed time approaches for the men to
reach any of the stations, the relays
who are to carry forward the message
will be mounted all ready for a push
start as soon as the dispatch is handed
to them, and a delay of a very few sec-
onds will be needed. All the checkers
will have their watches regulated with
New York standard time. Editor Good-
man will act as starter in Hartford and
then take the train for New Haven
where he will see them go through.
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-—An 8x10 frame with each dozen
photographs at Lewis’, 11 Main attest.
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WHAT MISS SPlNSTER SAYS:
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That there is nothing so easy as to
discuss a man’s career and to sneer at
his mistakes.
That some accounts of fashionable
weddings are enough to make Chinese
idols laugh.
That one-half the world isnot as igno‘
rant as to how the other half lives. as it
used to be, thanks to the local Daily.
That in these days, steaks as tough as
any corner loafer, can be beaten into all
the nobility of a sirloin.
That among our *colored brethren the
opinion is that the pink of perfection is
the watermelon.
That it is one thing to be “a member
of a church” and another thing to at-
tend it-s worship.
That the man who does not advertise
in these days might as well retire from
business. '
That some men are small and of no
reputation, but they “get there” With
great promptness. ‘
That people are easily pleased who
can see any “fun” in vulgarity on the
stage.
That Dr. Jacobi, the great specialist
in diseases of women andchildren, says
that the baby of to-day has a much bet-
ter chance of life than the baby of fifty
years ago.
That Ben Butler was prevailed upon
to preside at ex-Senator Ingalls' lec-
ture in Boston Monday evening and to
introduce the speaker. The General
will not do this for everybody.
That Mrs. Frank Leslie-Wilde’s mar-
riage license says she is 38 years old. . It
has been some years since she married
Frank Leslie, but one shouldn’t be too
inquisitive.
That everybody is unanimous on the
question ’of heating and thoroughly
ventilating our public schools.
That Miss Alice Fitch will-be a dele-
gate from Grace Church to attend the
Women’s Auxilliary meeting at Nor-
wich.
That the next rehearsal of the J apan-
ese Wedding will be at the home of
Miss Mabel Miller on 'West avenue next
Saturday evening.
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——Sportsmen can get Loaded Shells
at Sutherland’s.
Bitten by a Dog.
A newspaper boy named Timpson, '
who delivers papers for James Suther-
land, was_bitten by a dog belonging to
Fred Whitlock, this morning.on Union
avenue. The boy had patted the dog
on the head and started to run out of
the gate, when the dog put after him
and “nipped” him on the leg.
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—Get a gas stove for this cOoI spell of
weather. Furnished at cost by the Gas
Company.
THE
SUIT OF CLOTHES CON-
TEST.
The interest in the WEEKLY GAZETTE
contest for the suit of clothes to be giv-
en the most popular working man in-
creases. ' To-day “Hat” Bouton, the
popular conductor on the Norwalk
horse railway, passes Fred. Lockwood,
and,is now in the lead. 1
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~This cold spell will not last long,
but a. gas stove will make sitting room,
bath room or bed room comfortable
while it continues.
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The Cyclone.
The depression noted in East Tennes-
see Wednesday night, moved yesterday
of the Virginia coast and suddenly de-
veloped into a. cyclone. attended by
gales attaining a velocity of forty-eighlfll
miles an hour on the lower New Eng-
land coast. Its centre is now moving
northeastwardly. The fall of tempera-
ture in its rear promises to give the
sharpest frost had this season.
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—You can change a gas stove from
room to room. No ashes. No dust.
.9.
The Housatonic Will Use Steam.
The cars of the Housatonic road are
to be equipped with steam. The Le-
land heater will be used. The railroad
has adopted an ingenious plan for heat-
ing their trains before the engine is at-
tached. Steam is be taken from sta—
tionary boilers from factories and from
the heating apparatus in stations, to
keep up an even temperature in the
(tiers when not attached to the locomo-
ive.
_—No need to start heater or put up
Winterstove yet.- A gas stove will warm
the room at one quarter the expense.
Suit of Clothes Record.
Following is the score to date, of the
balloting in the contest for the $50 suit
of clothes, to be presented by the
WEEKLY GAZETTE to the most popular
working man in Fairfield county :
H. C. Bouton, Norwalk Horse Railway, 118
F. E. Lockwood. Singer Sewing Mach. Co., 100
Samuel McGowan, Knapp’s Hat Factory,
Thomas Hunt, Arnold Foundry,
William Vollmer. So. N. Police,
A. A. Chinery, Jr., Hutchins, Cole 8; 00..
Thomas Powell, R. &. G.
Captain Sandy Knapp,
-__.I_._<-,, .
4—21 gas stove is always ready for
business. Furnished at cost by the
Gas Company.
Chit-‘iv'JODU'm
H
Want a Theatre Train.
Hundreds of people in Fairfield,
Southport, Westport and Norwalk
would be benefitted by a theatre train
leaving Bridgeport at 10:30, or a few
minutes later each evening,and making
all stops. Not theatre-goers alone, but
all who have occasion to be in the city
later than 9:48 would patronize such a
train, says the Southport Chronicle.
Balls, parties, society and lodge meet-
ings, even business, often keep people
in the city after that train has gone,
and no alternative is left but to remain
all night, or hire a team and go home.
. The railroad will undoubtedly add such
a train, if convinced that it will prove
a'paying investment. ,
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A Handsome Gift.
The voters of the school district of
Greenwich to the number of 167 at-
tended a meeting yesterday afternoon
to decide the question of a new site for
a high school.- Mr. and Mrs. Have-
meyer have offered the school district
$50,000 for a new school building pro-
viding the district will find a suitable
site.
After a discussion of two hours it was
voted to purchase a lot on Greenwich
avenue owned by D. F. Mead. It con-
tains ten acres and will make a splendid
site. The price is $45,000. It was inti-
mated at the meeting that Mr. and Mrs.
Havemeyer will also provide an exten-
sive library for the new school. ‘
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Opera House.
The Philadelphia Record has the fol-
lowing to say of Frost 85 Fanshawe’s
Company who appear at Norwalk all
next week, at popular prices :
The production was very fine. Fan-
shawe is a forcible actor and very im-
pressive. _ He is masterly in many re-
spects and fine in all, - His leading sup
port was Miss Anna Kerr, 9. young act-
ress, who exhibited considerable talent.
Of a handsome face, full of expression
and character. of a graceful fi ure,
slender and tall, of exceeding 00 ges-
tures, artistic, easy and natura , and of
a voice whose compass and shading are
very fine, she has most of the advan-
tages required by the stage in its lead-
ing people. She exhibits great intelli-
E‘ence, judgment and dramatic power.
he rest of the company were. surpris-
ingly; good, even for this era of strong
com inations.
~Loaded Shells at Sutherland’s.
AA_
‘vr
Charles Treadwell and George Rob-
erts of the school-ship St. Mar ’3, ar-
rived home last night. . They ave a
leave of absence until the 16th of next
month. It isld'ust five months to-day
since the St. ary’s left New London.
Both are looking well and hearty, and
BC? that they enjoyed the trip hugely.
a
Queenstown the best.
' Miss Helen Rand, "cousin of
the places Visited they liked
NUMBER 43.
SOUTH NORWALK.
The GAZETTE is on sale a the news omce
of Fred Coleman, J.H.1v‘lym|, W.L.Ather-
ton, and H. E. Bodweu. Advertisements
and Orders for all kinds 0] JOB PRINT-
ING received at our branch ofllec on Rail-
road Square.
.Ch-rysanthe'mums are commencing to
ripen.
.The South Norwalk club put in a new
piano to-day.
Thos. McGinty is sick at his ho me on
Monroe street.
_ Some very fine bass are being caught-
in the Sound by our local fishermen.
Owing to high seas the propeller
Eagle did not make this port last night.
_ “Speeler” Smith went out duck shoot-
ing yesterday, and bagged ten rail and
a wharf rat.
The Epworth League will give an en-
tertainment in the Methodist church
lecture room this evening.
The latest fad among butchers is to
give a box of toothpicks with every five
pounds of beef sold for cash.
Messrs. J. R. Raymond and Wm. P.
Beers are talking of going on a codfish-
ing cruise on the Florence B.
George Ferris went down the harbor
fishing yesterday, and besides a mess
of blackfish caught a large lobster.
There was snow on the cars of the
“little owl” Shore Line express as it
passed through here this morning.
A special communication of Old Well
LodgeLNo. 108, F. and A. M. will be
held this evening. Second degree.
The first annual ball of the South
Norwalk Socml Club will be held Mon-
day evening. Tickets are selling fast.
You cigarette smoker! Are you
‘aware that cigarettes are full of ‘ ‘Cole~
'opterous insects ?” They {are killers.
Frank Allen of East Norwalk. and
some two or three of his friends have
accepted positions in the south for the
Winter. ’
Mrs. M. B. Mather, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Mather of \Vindsor Locks,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred.
Baxter of this city, yesterday.
W. H. Hoyt, of the Duncan Iron
Works, put in an 8,000 pound trip-ham-
mer' yesterday. He purchased it of
Stamford parties.
Mike Colgan, night baggage master
at the Consolidated railroad station, is
yet at a hospital in New York, but
hopes to be able to return home soon.
Tonsorial artists, Michel & Froeb,
have secured the services of Ferd. Pret-
zel. He comes well recommended as a
lover of pretzels and an elegant shaver.
Driver Smelledge, this morning, on
being asked by U. S. Messenger Eli Car-
roll, of Lawrence, Mass, if he had horse
sense, said “N eigh ” and Eli backed
out of it.
An East N orwalk resident wishes the
GAZETTE to call attention to the fact
that there is a dangerous hole in the
street at the eastern end of the Wash-
ington street drawbridge.
The types made us say that Justice
Morrell gave a decision yesterday in
favor of the plaintifi' in the case of the
state vs James Smith. It was all right
only in the fact that the decision was
in favor of the defendant.
As the gates were being lowered at
the Washington street crossing, on the
arrival of the 10.09 train this morning,
a bay horse attached to a spindle wag—
on fell on the tracks. but was gotten
from his perilous position just as the
train rushed by.
James A. Farrington, the market
man, went fishing yesterday,and caught
a. sixteen pound red snapper. The same
will be served up to-day. Mr. Farting-
ton d es not pride himself as a fisher-
man, ut he always makes a good show-
ing in that line.
The wife of Capt. Floyd Baylies, of
Maple avenue East Norwalk, and whose
dangerous illness was reported in this
column on Tuesday, is dead. Mrs.
Baylies has been a great sufferer for
the past year, a tumor havin been re-
moved about that time. S e was a
woman who had friends by the score
and her death will.cast a. pall on all
who knew her. Her husband and three
children, Mrs. Eveline Brotherton,
Miss Clara Baylies and Wm. Baylies,
have great cause for mourning. She
was 54 years of age.
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There was a slight accident on the
New England road near Willimantic
yesterday, but little dams e was done
and trains were not de ayed. One
freight train ran into the rear of an-
other. The accident was due to a neg-
lect in signalling.
Rosslter-Budd..
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet, the
rector of St. Ann’s Episcopal church,
in West Eighteenth street, last night of-
ficiated at the marriage ceremony which
made his niece, Miss Nellie C. Budd,
and Mr. Sidney Rossiter man and wife.
The bride, who is the daughter of Mr.
D. Reynolds Budd, wore a gown of
white faille, trimmed with pearls and
Venetian lace, a collar of which frin ed
the neck. A white tulle veil and aw ite
kid- bound prayer-book completed the
bridal costume. A little maid of honor,
Miss Lavina Hodgkinson, in pale pink
India silk, trimmed with pink rose-
buds, and carrying a bouquet of rose-
buds, walked before the bride. The
bridesmaids, in white d’esprit skirts
over white satin and handsome Louis
guinze coats of pink faille, were Miss
dith Gallaudet, cousin of the bride;
the bride-
Maude Townley, and Miss
Mary Mitchill. Mr. Alden Alvord was
best man. The ushers were the Rev.
Dr. B. B. Gallaudet, , a cousin of the
bride; Mr. A. E. Alvord, Mr. Arthur
Dakin, and Mr. Harry Wilbur.
The groom is a former Norwdlk boy
and son of the Mrs. Rossiter who re-
sided here some years since on Pros-
pect Hill, but whose present residence-
is 1421 K street, Washington, D. C
groom ; Miss
Norwalk Chronicler