' the members of that regiment.
night.
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department was quickl
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ZETTE enters upon its 92nd consecutive
year of publication. Grateful for the
support it has received in the past and
confident of the future, we enter upon»
the coming year with a determination
to make the WEEKLY GAZETTE the best
family paper in Fairfield county.
Colonelcy of the ' Fourth.
Military circles in this section are all
agog over the selection of a Colonel for
the Fourth regiment. to succeed Colo-
nel Skinner, resigned, and the ques-
tion is being widely debated among the
From
the gossip among military men in Nor-
walk they are, with one exception,
unanimously in favor of Lieut.-Col.,
Louis N. Van Keuren,assistant adjutant-
general on Brig-Gen. Watson’s staff,
who, while reluctant to have his name
mentioned in any way, is recognized
among the members of the Fourth regi-
ment in Norwalk as the very best man
. for that office.
Lient.-Col. James C. Crowe, of South
Norwalk, is next in line of promotion,
but Col. Crowe is 56 years Old and has
been in the military service of the
state 38 years, and many think he
should be willing to retire upon his
well-earned laurels and give some
younger man a chance. Again, Col.
Crowe is very unpopular with the mili-
tia men here, and it is doubtful if he
could secure more than one vote among
I I, the officers of the two Norwalk compa-
nies. .
Maj. Geo. W. Cornell, Of Bridgeport,
ranks next, but from the military
gossip hereabouts we fear the Major is
in too deep water in his present posi-
tion.
The senior Captain is James Sheri—
dan of Company E, Bridgeport, who,
rumor says, will make a good showing
when the time comes; Capt. Sheridan
_is a. good officer, and if elevated to the
Colonelcy would bring ability to that
- office.
It is beyond question that Gen. Wat-
son was the best Colonel the Fourth
regiment ever had. He brought it up
to the highest point, and regrets were
freely expressed by oflicers and men
when he resigned to accept the higher
office of Brigadier-General. -
Those who have watched the course
of the Fourth regiment since General
Watson’s retirement have seen it steadi-
" ly decline, until now it is at the foot of
the state militia. NO one can person-
ally blame Col. Skinner for this de-
cline, but strife and bickerings among
the companies have had their effect,
none more notably so than that in
Company F, over the election of Reu-
ben M. Rose to the captaincy. Cihe
elect-ion of Captain Rose split that once
pOpular organization in twain, and it
is a disagreeable fact to record, but
nevertheless true, that as fast as the
time of the old méfliers expires .they
ask for a. discharge and refuse to re-en-
list under Captain Rose. Thatthis is
true one has but to compare the pres-
ent Company F under Captain Rose
with the old Company F under Cap-
tains A. A. Bette and the lamented
Stevens.
What the Fourth regiment needs is a
' live, able and energetic commander
with zeal and enthusiasm enough to
‘ing the old Fourth regiment back to
I s former position at the top of the
state militia, and the man to do this, in
. our opinion, is Louis N.Van Keuren.
Fire in East Norwalk.
An old barn in East Norwalk belong-
ing to Noah Wood, was burned last
The fire was discovered about
. . on the scene
abut the'fire had game such headway
[that :nothing could be saved. About
hintbfhs of hay were in the barn on
'which'Was an insurance of $50. The
fire was undoubtedly of incendiary ori-
rin. The barn was valued at about
£500 and was insured by O. E. Wilson
arena.
TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
The doctors are still kept very busy
handling cases of the grip. '
—Send in your orders for the GA-
ZETTE.
William C. Jesse has sold his saloon.
NO. 20 Main street, to Francis Marron.
—CHAMBEBMA1D wanted immediately
at the American House. 254tf
Don’t fail to read the beautiful story
“The Song of a -Violin” in ”another
column.
A new time table will go into effect
on the Housatonic railroad Sunday,
January 3d.
The price of the WEEKLY, GAZETTE
for 1892 is only one dollar. Subscribe
for it now. .
William K. J. Hubbell, of Denver,
Colorado, is visiting Borough Clerk J.
T. Hubbell.
—See adv. Daily Carrier Service On
4th page.
Mrs. Palmyra Cotton, of Waterbury,
will celebrate her 100th birthday on
New Year’s day.
If this cold weather keeps up there
will be good skating on \Vood’s pond
New Year’s day.
—See adv. Daily Carrier Service on
4th page. .
Organist Frank Nichols of St. Paul’s
church, is confined _tO his house at
Stamford with the grip.
The chart fer the Norwalk Opera
House is at the drug store of John A.
Riggs, 11 Main street. -
Isaac Sawtelle’s counsel has finally
succeeded in arranging to bury the
murderer’s body in New Hampshire.
—Now is the time to leave your or-
ders for the GAZETTE by carrier. ‘
Mr. Sabin L. Sayles, of Killingly,
father-in-law of Congressman Charles
A. Russell, died yesterday, aged 65.:
A bay mare and a side-bar top carriage
were stolen from New Britain yester-
day afternoon by a man who repre-
sented himself to bc a priest.
. —Commence the New Year by order-
ing the GAZETTE left at your house by
carrier.
Marcus DeForest died at Middle-
bury, Conn., yesterday, of pneumonia.
He had been a representative in the
Legislature, and Town Clerk.
The discovery was made yesterday
that the Jersey City Water Department
was bankrupt and unable to pay $40,000
of claims which have been passed.
--All the news of the day in the GA-
ZETTE. Delivered at your house by
carrier. See adv.
Reciprocity arrangements were sign-
ed yesterday by Secretary Blaine With
the ministers Of Guatemala and Salva-
dor for their respective countries.
A rag picker at Budapest yesterday
found a large loaf of bread which con-
tained fragments of an infant’s body.
The whole mass had been well baked.
Charles Abbott, who returned Miss
Katharine Hoyt’s pocket—book contain-
ing $37, saw the advertisement in 'the
DAILY GAZETTE. Everybody reads it.
~GREAT BARGAINS IN MILLINERY AT
THE BOSTON STORE; Trimmed and Un-
trimmed Hats will be sold at half price
to close out.
In view of the recent heavy fire
losses in Boston the Boston board of
underwriters yesterday morning voted
itzo increase the insurance rates in Bos-
on.
Towboat No. 3 of the New York Cen-
tral and Hudson River Railroad was
cut in two and sunk yesterday in a col-
gsion with the Hoboken ferryboat
range. -
We are in receipt Of the regular an-
nual contribution of calendars from
Cowles &: Merrill. They are very pret-
ty New Year’s gifts and the donors have
our thanks.
Lawyer James T. Hubbell, of Nor-
walk, and Selectman Bradley, of West-
port, commissioners on the estate of
Hezekiah Lyon held the final meeting
in Westport yesterday.
The annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut State Agricultural Society will be
held in Meriden, on Wednesday, J an-
uary 13, 1892, at City Mission Hall, 69
East Main street, at 11 O’clock a. m.
The Pi‘esident shook hands with
nearly 1,500 yesterday, including rep-
resentatives of all the scientific socie-
ties now in session in Washington and
a large excursion party from Boston
and New York.
—By consulting a chart at the bank
you can secure a safe in the Safe De-
posit Vault that is being constructed
for The National Bank of N orwalk.
Rentals $5 and upwards per year, ac-
cording to the size of safe, 2602t
.‘ The friends of Mr. William N. Half
in the Y. M. C. A. presented that gen-
tleman with an elegant gold-head cane
onZChristmas day, he having sold the
largest _number of tickets for the course
Entertainments given by the associa-
ion. —
' stock, but fresh killed.
‘ tact, that incites a
——Winter Opening at the Merrill
Business College, Stamford. Conn,
Manda , January 4, 1892., Visitors will
be cor ially welcomed on that day.
J. Goodness Gregory, a clerk at E.
K. Lockwood & Co’s store, nearly sev-
ered the end of one of his fingers yes-
terday afternoon, while handling some
glassware at the store.
———Miss Minnie Wenkenbach, of Port
Chester, N. Y., graduate of the Merrill.
Business College, Stamford, has been
placed in a position with the Blinkens-
derfer Typewriting Company as sten-
ographer ' and typewritist.
Adjutant General Embler said yester-
day that he would not appoint a suc-
cessor to the late Colonel George M.
White, assistant adjutant general un-
til after the Supreme Court had decided
the gubernatorial question.
The will of the late Hon. W. L. Scott
of Erie. Pa., has been admitted to pro-
bate. The estate amounts to $15,000.000
and is divided among the family. The
only bequest outside was one of $15,000
to Miss Haverstick, the family house-
keeper.
——-The size of the $5 safes in the new
Safe _Deposit Vault of The National
Bank Of N orwalk, will be 22 inches in
length; 2 inches in depth and 5 inches
in width. You can secure one by con-
sulting the chart that is now at the
bank. 260 St
Union watch-night services at the
Methodist church to-night, commenc-
ing at 8.30 o’clock. 9 The meeting is
open for all and all are cordially invit-
ed to attend. A car will be in front of
the church at 12 O’clock for the accom-
.modation Of those coming from South
N orwalk. _
Col. Geo. M. White’s demise leaves
avacancy in the executive board of
the Soldiers’ Home at NOroton. His
successor will be named by Depart-
ment Commander Fanton, and the ap-
pointment confirmed by Governor
Bulkeley. There are said to be many
applicants for the office.
Clinton F. Seeley will leave the em—
ploy of E. K. Lockwood & CO. to-mor-
row and accept a. position with the Pope
Mfg. Co. , of Hartford. Mr. Seeley has
made many friends in Norwalk during
his residence here who will be sorry to
loose him and who will wish him all
sorts Of good luck in his new field.
__._
The following Officers were elected at
the semi-annual election of Pilgrim
Council, 0. U. A. M., last evening:
0., M. B. Clark; V. 0., H. F. Davis;
F. S., Charles J. Betta: R. S., F. D.
Gregory; Inductor, John B. Clapp;
Examiner, J. H. Hall; Treas., D. Os-
terbanks; I. P., W. B. Parks; 0. P.,
C. M. Raymond; Trustee, Charles L.
Glover. The installation of the above
officers will take' place Wednesday
evening, Jan. 6th.
—Fancy New Year turkeys. NO stale
Arriving to-
day 100 state turkeys, should have their
pictures taken. No such stock in town.
Come and see. A present goes with
every turkey. Fancy state chickens 16
cents, at the People’s Market, 21 Wall
street. 260 2t
Irving H. Reed. a truckman. em-
ployed by Buxton & Brundage, was
quite badly injured yesterday after-
noon, at the Jerome Paper Factory, on
Water street, by falling into acoal hiile.
Reed was at the factory after some
freight which was to be shipped, and
walked into the hole, falling a distance
of about six feet, and striking on his
back and head. He was removed to
his home on the truck and Dr. Hunt-
ington called. This morning he is more
comfortable but still suffers greatly
about his bacl‘. and head.
In these days, when food adultera-
tion is so common, it is a comfort to
find an article for the table that is
thoroughly reliable. \Valter Baker &
Co.’s Breakfast Cocoa belongs to this
class. Unlike the Dutch process, no
alkalies or other chemicals are used in
its manufacture ; it is absolutely pure,
and it is soluble. It forms. moreover,
a delicious and healthful drink, as re-
freshing as tea or coffee, more nutri-
tious than either, and free from the in-
jurious effects that those beverages
sometimes produce“ And it costs less
than one cent a cup. The manufactures
of the house of Walter Baker & Co.
have for more than one hundred years,
had the highest reputation for purity
and excellence.
What Education Pays?
An education that teaches young men
and young women to be self-reliant, in
other words to “earn their own living.”
The tide of public sentiment is surely
drifting toward an - education which
will positively yield a competency
through life. ; The day of smattering
accomplishment has assed, and par-
ents are keenly 3' etc t . ct thata
year, Of practical, solid traini 0' for
business, at, the close of school life, is
the education which will result in the
greatest profit, and best prepare their
sons and daughters to compete in life’s
battles, and to meet the ex1gencies of
the times.
An education that stimulates the am-
bition, develops saglacity and busmess
esire to .b the best
book-keeper, the best stenog apher and
typewritist, the best in whatever line
of work inclination may lead, is the ed-
ucation received at the Merrill Busi-
ness College, Stamford, Conn. Its 'stu-
dents are encouraged to make the fol:
lowing axiom the first article of their
creed: “I believe in success by my
own ability, and I have no hope of get-
ting it in an other way.” '
The great y increased patronage from
home and other parts of the country
during the past year, is unmistakable
evidence of the worth and growing
popularity of this institution.
WHAT MISS SPINSTER SAYS:
That Mr. Howard Earle has been in
town for a few days.
That Miss Ada Golding is home from
college to spend the holidays.
That Miss Smith, of New York, is
visiting at Grace Church rectory.
That Miss Clara Bates. of. Brooklyn,
is a guest of Miss Mai Curtis on West
avenue. "4‘
That Mr. Hedley J obbins and Miss
J obbins from New York are waiting
Mr. George Hunter on East avenue.
That Miss L. Brinckie Woodward
and Master George Woodward are
_uests at the Park Avenue Hotel, New
ork.
That the victim in the toils of the
grip, the first stitch is not the one
that saves nine, but the one that fore-
tells the ninety and nine.
That many people will be glad to
avail themselves of the invitation and
privilege to take part in the service at
Grace church this evening,to begin the
New Year in the right way.
That the crank has become the most
prominent feature of our civilization.
We have one‘ here in our town, who is
a perambulating can of dynamite whose
explosion may endanger the lives of
many'people. Yet he is permitted to
roam the streets because he is supposed
to belong ito the so-called harmless
class.
.9.
Post Office.
To-morrow being a legal holiday the
post office will close at 10 a. m. The
carriers will make a delivery in the
morning and a collection at 4 p. in.
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Correctly Pronounced.
“I have used the Cleveland Baking
Powder many years. It leavens so
evenly, and results are so sure, that I
pronounce it the best I have ever
seen.”——Mrs. A. W. E.
New Year’s Service.
There will be a New Year’s service
to-night at GraceChurch at 11.30
o’clock. The vested choir will render
the music. All are welcome. The
Holy Communion will be administered
to-morrow at 10.30 a. m.
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Hotel Burned.
At 11 o’clock last night Hecker’s
Hotel at Stamford was discovered to
be on fire. The fire department re-
sponded piwptly and succeeded in
confining the flames to the lower part
of the building, and after an hour’s
hard work were got under control. The
damage will amount to several thou-
sand dollars; insured.
Opera House.
An exchange says of Gourlay&Hart’s
“Struck Gas,” which appears at the
Opera House New Year’s night: “A
rollicking musical farce, introducing a
company of clever singing and dancing
comedians. “Struck Gas” is the title
of the play and it struck the risibilities
of the audience hard and the applause
and laughter were frequent. Alex S.
Gourlay and Lillian E. Larkell, the
stars, contributed much to the fun. The
rest of the‘company are capable art-
ists.”
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Guilty of Manslaughter.
The Coroner’s inquest on the bodies
of the twelve victims killed in the ac:
cident on the New York Central Rail-
roal was’concluded yestc day when Al-
bert Herrick, the rear brakeman, was
declared guilty of manslaughter in the
second degree; Assistant Train Des-
patcher Augustus Ossman was declared
to be an. accessory, and the railroad
company and Charles J. DeLanoy, the
station agent at Hastings, were cen-
sured.
Murder in Stamford.
Yesterday mornin Norman Thomas,
of Stamford, colore , fired three shots
into his wife’s head, and then attempted
suicide.‘ His wife had left him and was
seeking a divorce, because of his cru-
elty. He waited for her on the street
and sent one bullet into her throat, a
second into her chin and a third crashed
through the back Of the head. She
cannot recover. He fired two shotsin-
to his, own head, but neither wound is
serious.
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Shot Himself.
N. Clark Riggs, a farmer of Chestnut
Tree Hill district, Oxford, shot himself
through the heart with a pistol last
night, during afit of melancholy. Mr.
Riggs was forty-six years of age and
leaves a wife and one daughter, sixteen
years Old. He was a son of the late
benezer Riggs, who was a member of
the Connecticut legislature, .and his
home has been the residing place of
his family for generations. He was a
brother of Homer Riggs, examiner of
pensions at a government station in
Maine, and also of Mrs. C. A. Meigs,
of Waterbury.
A Car in Flames.
When the west bound Harlem River
freight was passing through Milford
last night head brakeman Flannery dis-
covered that a box car loaded with
cotton bales was on fire. The flames
continued to spread, and the engineer
put an extra steam in order to reach
Bridgeport in time to save. thecar.
The train ran at full speed into the
yards at South avenue. By that time
the whole'top of the car was ablaze.
An alarm was sounded from box 16 and
three engines responded. The blazing
car was out out and the rest of the
train proceeded to Harlem River. The
blaze proved a difficult one to subdue
as the cotton continued to smoulder
while drenched with water. A passing
freight train cut the hose, and by the
time it was relaid the car was again in
flames. The [car belonged to the. N.
C. R. 00., and was badly damaged.
V'\ A
MISSS as A BRIDE
The Dead Warrior’s Daughter Wed-
ded to Dr. Paul Thorndike.
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5.1
HEB. BROTHER OFFICIATBD.
Father Thomas Ewing Sherman Spake
the “'ords That Blade His Sister a “file.
A Distinguished Gathering and
Over Four Hundred Presents.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.——Surrounded by
cut flowers and growing plants, Miss Rachel
Sherman, daughter of the late General
Sherman, was married at high noon Wednes-
day according to the rites of the Roman
Catholic church. Dr. Paul Thorndike, of
Boston, was the groom. The ceremony was
performed in the drawing room of the resi-
dence of Senatordohn Sherman, uncle of
the bride, and scores of social and political
friends of his and his brother, most of them
prominent in official life, were present to
witness it.
For half an hour before the time set for
the ceremony K street, in the vicinity Of
the Sherman resi-
dence, was crowd-
ed with rapidly ar-
riving carriages.
Outside a bluster-
ing wind was blow—
ing, but inside all
was bright and
c h e e r f u 1 . The
spacious drawing
room where the
ceremony was per-
formed was filled
with a subdued
light that made all
the more effective the banks of roses and
growing plants with which the room was
decorated.
A Distinguished Gathering.
The president and Mrs. Harrison were
among those who were present at the cere-
mony, and their official family was fully
represented. Vice President Morton and
Mrs. Morton, Secretary and Mrs. Blaine,
Secretaries Tracy, Elkins, Foster, Rusk and
Noble; Attorney General Miller, Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker, General Schofield,
the commanding general of the army; Gen-
eral Nelson A. Miles, General Horace Por‘
ter; many prominent officers of the army
and navy, foreign ministers and attaches of
their legations, nearly all the members of
the senate in the city, members of the house
of representatives and many guests from
New York and Boston were present.
Nearly all the prominent statesmen and
others in official station were accompa-
nied by their wives and members of their
families. The drawing rooms were crowded
with as brilliant an assemblage as was ever
present at a. social event in Washington;
luau-led by Her Brother.
Standing beneath a floral wedding bell
the couple were married by Father Thomas
Ewing Sherman, the Jesuit brother of the
bride, who was intended for the law, but
who chose the church.
To the music of the wedding march,
played by concealed musicians, the bride en-
tered the drawing room on the arm of her
uncle, Senator Sherman. She was preceded
by the attendants, Hon. Alan J ohnstone, of
the British legation; Dr. Augustus Thorn-
dike, of Boston, couSin of the groom; Mr.
William Thorndike, of Boston, brother of
the groom, and Mr. Ward Theron, of Wash-
ington. Immediately preceding the bride
was the bridesmaid, her nine-year-old niece,
Elizabeth Thackara, of Philadelphia, who
carried the bridal bouquet.
The bride was met on her entrance to the
drawing room by the groom, who was at-
tended by his best man, William Albert
Thorndike, of Boston, his brother.
After the ceremony at wedding reception
was held. The beautiful presents numbered
more than 400. Secretary and Mrs. Blaine
sent a magnificent service of designed silver.
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MISS RACHEL SHERMAN.
Spain’s New Tariff.
MADRID, Dec. 31.~—The newtarilf imposes
prohibitive duties on alcohol and sugar and
relieves the present burdens on railroad
rails and upon other railroad material. The
tariff further contains only one column of
duties for nations without treaties of com-
merce with Spain, and makes concessions
upon these duties to nations disposed to
make reciprocity treaties with Spain, such
treaties to include the most favored nation
clause. The export duty on iron ore will, it is
understood, not exceed twenty—five cen-
times per ton. The new tariff was adopted
by the cabinet on Monday last, and will be
published on Jan. 1. Parliament meets to-
morrow.
Mrs. Curtis’ Dilemma.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—-Last Septem-
ber, when her husband was arrested for the
killing of Policeman Grant, Mrs. M. B. Cur-
tis sought to raise money wherewith to pro—
cure legal counsel for her husband. She
bonded the property to a Los Angeles mil-
lionaire, who agreed to pay $100,000 down'
and $75,000 in installments. The contract
of sale was drawn and filed, but the million-
aire failed to make the payment as agreed.
This clouds the title of the property, and
she can neither sell nor mortgage the
property to Obtain the money which she
needs in her husband’s case.
An English Shipping Strike nIay Come.
LONDON, Dec. 31.—The helpers in the Tees
and Tyne shipyards have rejected the pro
posal made by their employers to reduce
their wages, in view of the state of stagna
tion to which the ship building business is
reduced, by 5 per cent. The other opera-
tives employed in the shipyards referred to
have accepted the proposed reduction. Un-
less the dispute between the helpers and the
employers is settled within the next four
days the latter may go out on strike.
A Steamboat Burned.
CALAIS, Me., Dec. 31.-'1‘he winter boat,
Charles Houghton, belongingtothe Frontier
Steamboat company and running between
Calais and Eastport, was destroyed by fire
at tbe'wharf. The crew escaped.
Death in Escagping 'Gas.
LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 31.——Escaping coal
gas caused the asphyxiation of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Wilson, and her husband, who slept in
the same room, is dangerously ill. «
The Oldest Congregational Minister.
The Rev. William Potter died re-
cently at Hampden, Geoaga county
Ohio, at the age of 93. “Father” Pot--
ter, as he was called, had for three
years been the oldest Congregationalist
minister in the world. 6 had been
seventy-one years, nine months and-
twelve days in the ministry at the time
of his death. Mr. Potter was an uncle
of Mr. Charles F. Loomis of, Norwalk.
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Reception.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary and the Y. M.
C. A. will give a reception to the new
Secretary, Mr. Withrow, Friday, Jan.
1st, from 3 to 10 p. 111. The auxiliary
has about 120 members and the Y. M.
C. A. over 300. All the members of
both are expected to be present some-
time during the reception. A fine pro-
gramme will be rendered during both
afternoon and evening, consisting of
piano, cornet and vocal solos, duetts,
recitations and college songs. The Ban-
jo club will also take part. The rooms
are to be tastefully decorated; refresh-
ments will be served by the ladies. All
interested in the work of the Y.
M. C. A. in this place are invited to call.
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Off for an Outing.
Early this morning Burgess Bowe,
with his year’s salary of $25 carefully
sewed in his hip pocket, took his grip-
sack and started for New Rochelle to
spear frost fish through the ice, and
spenda day’s outing among friends.
After he demonstrates to his friends
that he is no better with a spear than
with a hook and line, he will journey
to the wicked city Of New York and
see the elephant. How long his salary
will last we do not know, but we will
wager “dollars to doughnuts” that no
city bunco steerer will get any of the
hard earned ducats away from Isaac.
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Light House Threatened.
The strong winds which prevailed
Tuesday night created a heavy sea,
which washed away fifteen Of the . large
boulders on the breakwater in front
of the Bridgeport light house, allowing
the sea to wash through and lash the
sides of the house with great violence.
The cellar doors were smashed and the
pater poured in to the depth of several
ee . , . ‘
At times the entire house was covered
with spray from the fierce waves and
many of the windows were broken.
Blinds were torn off and part of the
outer stairway destroyed. Keeper _Mc-
Neil says that it was the heaviest sea he
has seen in along while and does not
care to have it repeated. Unless the
breakwater is repaired immediately
another high sea will prove disastrous.
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A New Stock Company Formed.
A stock company has been formed,
consisting of many Of the substantial
and married men of Norwalk and South
Norwalk, and several from New York,
with a capital of $100,000, for the im-
provement of Roton Point was summer
resort. This spot, naturally. is the
finest between New York and Norwalk,
and all that is needed to make it the
finest summer resort on the Sound, is a
few men with enterprise and money
behind them. About $50,000 will be
expended before the next season in im-
proving the Point, and when the open-
ing day rolls round visitors will hardly
know the place. The hotel will be en-
larged, new pastimes added,and a new
steamer controlled by the company will
be run from New York to South N or-
walk. which will stop at the Point, thus
givmg out of town people an easy and
cheap way of reaching the place. A
new steamer will also run from South
N orwalk to the Point for the accommo-
dation of local patrons.
A Strange iAccident.
Bartley Fay, a brakeman on the Nau-
gatuck road, met with a strange acci-
dent yesterday morning. As he was
passing over the top of a car near Derby
a gust of wind struck the car and catch-
ing the tin roof rolled it up. The roll
struck him with terrific force and
knocked him from the car. Fay struck
on his right side, knocking him sense-
less. When he recovered conscious-
ness the train was gone.
Shortly afterward when a south
bound freight came along Fay took a
small brakeman’s signal flag from his
pocket, and although he was suffering
intense pain, he managed to drag him- ,
self as far as the track and signal the ' '
train. The engineer saw the signal
and realized that somebody was’ in-
jured. He brought the train to a. stop,
and Fay was quickly lifted aboard.
Upon his arrival in Bridgeport the
young brakeman was removed to the
emergency hospital, where his injuries
were dressed. His right thigh was bad- ‘
1y discolored and bruised, and the phy-
sicians fear that he sustained severe
internal injuries. After being attended
to, he was removed to his home.
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE
NEW YEAR.
»Warden Kimmey—A model police
force.
Ex-warden Keeler—Peace and quiet.
Ex-burgess Bowe—TO be let alone
about that hotel curb.
Postmaster Hubbell—A new post
office.
Chief Gormley—A seat from off the
anxious bench.
Manager Adams—A new contract with
Harry Kernel]. ‘
Selectman Daskam—A new desk in
his Office.
“Druggist” Tuhey—The return of
that $75. .
Brad Keith—A copy of the orders to
the town poor... ’ »
Ex-Senator Hill—To .see‘ the orders
on the town from the justices of the.
peace closely scrutinized.
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