Founded in 1800.]
VOL. Ken—No. 30.
' For the accommodation of ourpcttronsfihe
business oflice of the Daily'Gazette will be
open every evening from 7 till 9 p. m.
Protection vs. Free Trade.
At Fall River a girl is paid $7.50 per
.week for winding a set of. twisting
spindles in a cotton thread mill. In
Paisley, Scotland, the great center of
thread-making, a girl is paid ten shil-
lings or 82.50 per week for winding a
greater number of spindles.
ence in favor of girls in American mill
$5, or 200 per cent. more than she
could earn on the Same work in Paisley.
Not Bad.
'fTheiSenate committees report‘on the;
workings of the tariff, is signed by Sen-
ators Harris and Carlisle, two of the
foremost Democrats in the United
States Senate. This report shows that
aver age wages have risen; that average
prices of manufactured articles have
declined; that the farmer has been
benefitted by a greatly increased de-
mand .for his products under the Mc-
Kinley law. There is no party politics
‘in this report, which is of the utmost
value and may be procured by any one
writing to any U. S. Senator.
The Deadly Grade Crossing.
The unprotected grade-crossing con-
tinues to do its deadly work. In a sub-
urb of Newark two boys were killed
Wednesday and a man was fatally in-
jured by an express train funning at
high speed. There were no gates at
the crossing, and no flagman was on
hand to give warning of the train’s ap-
prOach. The danger of crossings at
grade has been demonstrated time and
again; but as yet practically nothing.
has been done in any of the States, so
far as we know, except by the Consoli-
dated in New York and Connecticut, to
abolish such crossings, or to prevent
their increase.
Outlook for the Harvests. '
The last monthly government report
on the crops, issued on the 9th inst. ,
showed substantially that the condition
of spring, wheat was'190. 9, as against 94.1
at the same period of 1891, while a month
before it had been estimated at 92.8.
The reported condition of winter .wheat
on the 9th inst. was 89-. 6, as against 96.2
.at the same period of 1891, while a
month before it had been estimated at
88.3. The last government figures also
show that the» acreage of corn this year
is'about 95.6 per cent. of the actual area
last year, and its condition is 81.1, as
against 92.8 at the same period of 1891.
It appears, therefore, from these, the
latest oflicial estimates, that the chief
cereal crops were somewhat less prom-.
ising at the Opening of July than at the
opening of J mic and also less promis-
ing than they were at .the 'opening‘of
July, 1891. The apparent condition of
all wheat, both spring and winter, on
the 9th inst. is put down at 90, as against
95.5 twelve months ago. .
~ Good Roads 3. Public Necessity.
Every one but railroad managers a‘d-
mits the necessity for good roads, and
a movement is on foot to have a build- ,
ing set apart by the managers of the
Chicago Exposition in which to exhibit
all plans and machinery of and for ma-
king the best,kind of highways.
For years 001. Albert A. Pope, of
Boston, has been an energetic? enthusi-
ast on the subject of “ good roads,” and
mainly through his efforts a memorial
has been presented to Congress, urging.
it to pass an extra appropria‘tiOn bill for
a separate exhibit of “ Roads," their Con-
struction and Maintenance.” In th e
memorial is collated a great number 0 f
letters from prominent men in every
section of our country, who approve the
plan suggested and promise co-Opera-
tion. In this connection the co'mmuni- .
cation. of Postmaster-General Wana-
maker is particularly interesting :
The people have been kept so busy in
locatin towns, building bridges and
railroa s, that they have given but lit-
tle attention to good “ country roads.”
Whatever can be done- to prove the im-
portance of such roads in advancing the
- values of property, and whatever can
he'done to teach the people how to
build good roads,cannot at be of great
service to the country at large.
Looking at it from a postal stand-
point, enlarged free delivery or any-
thing like universal free delivery, will
have to be postponed until there are
better - facilities of communication
through the rural and sparsely settled
districts. The experiments that we have
made in the sma ler towns and villages
- have proven the practicability of great-
ly earten?d_£ree ditalivery, bulh Without
oo roa s i mus necessar' b ' -
ma to the small towns. . y 8 mm
1 highl approve of your movement
and am g ad to be on record as urging
consideration of your scheme 'upon all
students of political economy. -
The readers of the GAZETTE are deep-'
ly interested in this matter, and should
have a copy of the memorial, which
they can obtain through Congressman
DeForest. #“
Lewis 0. Wilson Dead.
The venerable Lewis 0. Wilson, the
former owner of Wilson Point, died at
1 ’clock this afternoon at theCity Ho-
', South Norwalk, aged 92 years. ‘
Dilier- .
.4 n Entertaining and Instinctive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local Wows and Interests.
TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
Miss Susie Pink is visiting friends in
Brooklyn.
In Chippewa county, Minn., .Mr.
'Theophilus Mint and Miss Georgiana
Julep were married.
The Daughters of the King, of St.
Paul’s church, had an enjoyable time at
Roton Point yesterday.
That Mexican who stole one thous-
and parrots, committed the most novel
theft on record, is badly wanted here
in Norwalk. '
The lady bicycle riders of Danbury,
are talking seriously of forming 'a
Wheelclub. There acre-thirtylady bi-
cyclists in that town.
~Annual Sale. For 30 days A. H
Hoyt & Son will sell their 35, 4%, 4, 3%,
3 and 2% dollar line of .shoes at a reduc-
tion of 50 cents per pair. 398-1w
John E. Stevens, for the past twenty
years chief steward of the Bridgeport
Steamboat Company,‘ Will retire from
that position on the 20th of nextmonth.
The Franklin and Belden avenue
Cleveland—Stevenson club, headed by a
South Norwalk drum corps, will march
to the Democratic headquarters to-
night, and assist in a ratification meet-
ing.
The Press says the reason David Ben-
nett Hill wasn’t present at the Madison
Square Garden meeting was probably
because he‘ had lost his ticket, while
the Sun broadly charges that he was
not invited. _
Another member of the British nobil-
ity—the Earl of Orkney—has married
an actress. The unfortunate woman,
whose name'was Connie .Glichrist, has
the sympathy of‘.all patriotic and self-
respécting Americans.
Senator John S. Se mour, ex-Con-
gressman Vance. of ew’ Britain, ex-
States Attorney James H. Olmstead, of
Stamford, and other notables, are to be
present at the democratic banner rais-
ing in Bridgeport tomorrow night.
According to the Advocate, “a hat
box on the engine of the gilt ed e ex-
press caused a stop at Stamfor last
night.” This, we believe, is the first
instance on record wherein a hat box
gas the means of stopping a locomo-
ive. . .
“ There are but few subjects of stich
vital importance torural, and especihl-
l to farming. communities,..snd so lit-
t e ' understood in their real vli ht, as
that which embraces the" prob cm of
good roads,” says the Boston Adver-
tiser. ' . . . -‘ ‘
The necessary $50 for rizes has been
subscribed for the ,roa race between
Norwalk and Danbury, and the race
will take place Wednesday.“ August 10.
It is probable the prizes will be three
medals, one of gold, one of silver and
one of bronze.
.Editor Wade and Foreman Brown,
of the Norwalk Hour, made a flyin
trip to Twin Lakes last Tuesday. an
also made a call at the News office
where Wade was taken for a-photogra-
pher, “ but for goodness sake don’t say
I told you.”—Canaan News.
Oyster shells are sellingut seven and
eight cents a bushel in Fair Haven this
__ season. The shells used to be sold in
this city by Norwich oystermen for two
cents a bushel to be put upon. the
streets. An advance of 300 per cent..- is
guite a boom for oyster shells—Bulle-
in.
Mrs. Henr S. Barnum, son and two
nieces, the isses Steele of Middle-
bury, Vt, sail to-morrow on the Werra,
to Genoa. After a little sight-seeing
they will proceed to Scuturi, Turkey,
'Mrs. Barnum’s- home. The Misses
Sterile will remain a year with their
aun . ' .
A certain ice cream wagon in town
has painted on its sideswhat the “art-
ist” probably intended should repre-
sent platefuls of ice creamwith spoons
in them. He missed his intentions
though for the far more nearly resem-
ble plates of. obster salad with forks
stuck in them.
John J. Sullivan, a Brid eport saloon
keeper, is having no on of trouble.
He was first heavily fined for Sunday
liquor selling, then his 8400 license was
revoked, besides he spent $100 in try-
ing to save it, than he lost the 81,200
expended on his saloon and now Coun-
ty Treasurer, Walter C. Quintard, of
outh Norwalk, has brought suit to re-
cover ou his bond of $300 for failing to
keep Within the conditions of his li-
cense.
Rev. Dr. T. S. Childs makes another
able and exhaustivearguinent urging
ing Congress before rts adjournment to
order the removal of the Ute Indians
from their present totally unfit reserva-
tion to the better and ampler'one in
southern Utah. It will be remembered
that President Cleveland sent Dr.
Childs out to ,that Indihn country to
make a personal examination of the
condition of these unha py redskins,
and his examination an reports were
most thorough and conclusive.
Several Norwalk people attended the
funeral of Carlysle H. Weeks in law
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlyslo T.Weeks,
and resided in Norwalk for a number
of years with his parents. He secured
aposition in New York, to which place
his arents moved later. He however
ma 0 frequent visitsto Norwalk, where
he was alwalys warmly welcomed. . As a
school-boy are he gained many friends
by reason of his genial disposition, and
he retained such friendship ever after.
His death will be the greatest mourns
by those who knew him best. ,
'rNorwa-lk.
York, last evening. Deceased was a .
_ C. Fred. Street, of Brooklyn is visit;
ing friends in town.
A 60 foot chestnut pole was carted
through town this morning from Long
Hill, New Canaan, for the telephone
company’s use.
George B. Odell, J r., secretary of
the Bridgeport Knitting Company, was
arrested in that city yesterday, charged
With stealing silk and 83,000.
Miss Lulu Mead, of Ridgefield, is
very sick with peritonitis at the home .
of her brother Edward E. Mead, on
Orchardstreet.
—Leave your orders for Norwalk
lobsters and_have them delivered? Sat--:
urday mornings. Orders'delivered in
Huntand Zelufi‘.
Thomas DeForest, of Danbur , a
former resident of Norwalk, is cal ing
on friends in town. Mr. DeForest has
beeiliK on the sick list for the past five
wee s.
Frank Ells of Waterbur , is visiting
friends in Norwalk, and red. Ells of
Norwalk is visiting friends in Water-
bur . Honors are thus made easy for
bot places. >
Messrs. John Buxton and-A. H. Hoyt I
were sporting in the waves at Roton
Point this morning. They were forced .
to walk nearly a mile before the waves
could dance around their ears.
One of the mOst interesting features
of _the World’s Fair to New Englan
ViSitors Will be a grand cafe, to be used
exclusively for the serving of old-fash-
ioned New England clam-bakes.
_—
Mr. Mohson Ho t caught an unregis.
tcred dog in 9. cm -net ring this morn-
ing, but as Mr. Hoyt is not a regularly
appomted dog-catcher he let the fright-
ened and neglected canine'go its way.
Chief DeForest, Officer Northrop
andGrand Juror Hoyt are out black-
fishing to-day. If‘ the ,trio don’t ar-
rest the progress of some of the finny
tribe and put them in limbo we miss
our guess. .
The second of the twin infant daugh-
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hendricks
of Winnipauk, died yesterday after-
noon. They Will be placed side by side
in the one casket, and interred this
afternoon. -
Warden Kimmey has ordered those
cobbles on West avenue, of which men.
tion is made _in another item, cleared
up by the guilty, parties and a warning
furnished t em by an officer to be more
careful in the future. .
The old story about the Consolidated
road purchasing the New England is
being revived, save the Bnd eport
News. The story now in circu ation
says the Consolidated will have control
of the New England Oct. 1.
Dr. and Mrs. N ewkirk‘ were at the
El Dorado show last night, as well as
Mr. Lewrs. The latter so thoroughly
disapproved of the monster ballet ap-
pearing in‘nothing but a few rings and
ringlets that he took afar back seat.
.At a special meeting of the commis-
sioned officers of the First regiment
A. O_. H., held in Meriden yesterday,
Patrick McGovern of Hartford, Was
elected colonel, William J. Spain, lieu-
tenant colonel, and T. J. urphy, of
Bridgeport, major. '
—My wife and I had work done by
Dr. Estebrooke and we regard him as
anexpert in his business. He gave no
pain to either of us. He should not be
missed by any person having bad teeth.
J. H. Bucxnnx,
30-tf Manufacturer, Norwalk.
. Senator John Seymour, of Norwalk.
is mentioned for the chairmanship of
the Democratic State Central Commit-
tee. .Mr. Seymour is responsible for
the introduction of Hon. E. C. Bene-
dict into Democratic politics in this
State—Bridgeport Union.
. Spine lads, without any cause, and
simply out of pure deviltry, shot a val-
uable Newfoundland dog belonging to
William G. Gilmore. on Chapel street,
one evening this week. If apprehended
they will probably be made towish that
they had never met the dog.
The name of Bradlw S. Keith was
presented as a nominee for member-
ship on the executive committee of the
new .democratic club, a preliminar
meetin for the formation of which
was he d last night. A uestion was
raised as to whether Mr. eith was a
democrat and his name was withdrawn.
_ William Walton, the man who is put-
ting in the encaustic tiling at the en-
trance to the Fairfield County Bank
building, was asked 264 times this morn-
ing as to how many pieces it would take
to complete the work. f t ey are
right] informed as to the exact num-
hsr tt ey have the advantage of Mr.
a on.
—I recommend my customers,friends
and the pubhc generally to Dr. Este-
brooke, now at the Mahackemo Hotel.
He is the finest extractor of teeth I ever
saw in .20 yearspractice, and his pain-.-
less system is wondeiéful.
. W. Mm, '
30tf Dentist, Norwalk.
The attention of .the chairman'of the
street committee is called to the cob-
bles that are being scattered along
West avenue from a oint near the
Methodist Church to rchard street.
It looks as if a whirlwind or something .
else had deposited 1; section of Cobble
_Hill over the macadam of the avenue.
d A rolling stone may gather no moss but
it is liable to break a horse’s log.
N ORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1892..
IllWllSON POINT.
_______—__.-
A Large Party of Railroad Officials
Confer.
Terminal Affairs Discussed.
About three o’clock yesterday after-
noon observation car No. 270, contain-
ing General Manager Tuttle,_Attorney
H. A. Bishop. General Superintendent
Platt and a large number of other .ofii-
cials of the Consolidated road arrived
at South Norwalk where they were
«joined b Col. F. St. John Lockwook,
[3)! the . &- N. R. R. The car was
transferred to the tracks _of the House-
tonic and run to "Wilson Pomt, where
as stated by the Farmer a meeting was
held for the purpose of discussmg and
determining the best plan of Winding
up the affairs of the Terminal company.
The meeting lasted about two hours
and the Terminal affairs pretty gener-
ally discussed, as well as. the purchase
of the $800,000 of Terminal_bouds by
J ‘. Pierpont Morgan, which is thought
to have been consumated for the. pur-
pose of making a “good settlement”
with the Housatonic road. ‘
The matter of continuing the present
freight system at Wilson Point received
considerable attention,and it is thought
that the Consolidated road Will _con-
tinue this route for its slow freight,
provided, however, the docking privi-
lege in New York is obtained, which is
evidently the only part of the Termi-
d n_al property that the Consolidated de-
sire.
. The party were greatly interested in
viewing the 95 cars of freight that Re-
ceiver Catlin has on hand at the Point,
which he is unable to move, owing to
the boats of the Terminal company be-
..mfi‘ tied up in New York. , .
he meeting broke up after mapping
out several lines of procedure, and the
officials returned home.
—- -o——<->————-—-
A Bicycle Accident.
That a stop should be put to fast bi-
cycle riding on our main thoroughfares
was fully demonstrated last evening.
Between 8 and 9 o’clock, as Mrs. John
Sheehan of Leonard Street Was cross-
ing Wall Street, near Comstock Bros.
store, she suddenly felt herself thrown
to the ground.- The, cause was a
cle whichwas being propelled by Harry
Williams. The wheel struck her in the
_side, knocking her down. Mr. A. H.
:1 Hoyt, who happened to be passing at
the time, went to her assistance and
helped her to the walk, where she ex-
ressed herself as being able to walk
ome. The cause of the accident, Mr.
Williams, accompanied her home, and
night be necessary. Mrs. Sheehan’s
injuries are not serious, she suffering
more from the shock than anythin
else. She was about the ' house a1
right this morning. Mr. Williams was
thrown from the» machine b the colli-
sion, but escaped injury. hat the ac-
cident was not of a more serious nature
seems remarkable. Mr. Williams was
accompanied by Mr. Gould Hoyt on a
bicycle at the time. They 'both say
that they were “coasting” when the ac-
cident occurred ;-, others claim that they
were racing. ’Whether or no, it is sta-
ted that neither sounded an alarm. and
that there was not a lantern on either
of the bicycles. Is it not about time,
in view of the fact that the number of
bicycle riders is rapidly increasing, that
the Court of Burgesses, as is done in
other places, past} an ordinance compel-
ling all bicycle riders who propel their
wheels after dark, to furnish the same
. with a lantern, and also to make it a
finable offence to race on the public tho-
roughfare, and confine the pace to a
certain speed, as with horses ?_
Who has Them?
Cfficer Arnold of Bridgeport is in re-
ceipt of the following letter, and any in-
matter of the same will be thankfully
received by him: '
,Maron’s OFFICE,
Hannisnnno,,Pa., July 16, 1892. j
OFFICER Gnonon ARNOLD:
Dear Sir—Lafayette Stanrook,‘ late
corporal, Co. F, 34th New Jerse infan-
try, called on me to-da and as ed me
to interest myself in 's behalf to re-
.cover some valuable army papers. e
states that he had called on you about a
year ago to look up the matter for him.
Anything that you have learned con-
cerning those papers will be highly ap-
preciated as he is very anxious to re-
cover them. The papers I allude to
were lost either in South Norwalk, or
in the cars between South Norwalk and
Bridgeport, or in Bridgeport. Any-
thing you have learned. kindly let me
know and oblige yours very truly,
Jas. B. Kau'rz, Chief of Police.
Lawn Tennis Games-
There was a fine attendance at the
Lawn Tennis tournamentwhich opened
at the Norwalk Tennis grounds, yes-
tsrday afternoon. Through some mis.
understanding the Danbury players
announced for yesterday’s games were
not present. The games played re-
sulted as follows:
smonns. _ '
I’Eoss Burchard, of Norwalk “excell-
ed E. E. Conover, of Belle _Haven, in
a score of 6—2, 5—7 6—2. .
R. Mallory, of Drid eport, “excell-
ed’ J. Elliott, of Be 18 Haven, the
score being 6—0, 6-0. '
-' . nounnns. . '
R. Mallory and E. S. Belknap, of
Bridgeport, “excelled” C. Cahart hnd
J. Elliott, of Belle Haven, they scormg
the wmmng one of 6—3, 6—0.
J. W.Wheeler and'G. S. Bryan. 0f
Bridgeport ”excelled” their opponents
W. . Copp and E. E. Conover, of
Belle Haven, by a score of 6-0, 6—3.
Paio Alto Dead.
The stallion ,Palo Alto, who held the
stallion trotting record, .1 died at Sena-
tor Stanford’s farm yesterday afternoon
of pneumonia.
1
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bicy- 7
' ' .. , ordered all _medical treatment that P
formation in reference to the subject '
.erected to the J esup family by
.elder citizens.
Aqueduct Costs.
At a meeting of the New York Ac-
queduct Commissioners held Wednes-
day it was reported that the total
amount expended on the acqueduct up
to July 1 was $26,316,726.72. The con.
tract for the new dam at Cornell, to
cost between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000.
will be awarded on July 27. Norwalk
would have to do without water if it
cost us as much to reservoir it as it does
Gotham.
Too M uch Naked Art.
The nude in art has long been a de-
batable question in this countr , as
to its moral, aesthetic and e uca-
tional influence upon the popular taste,
but when it comes to the hordes of
nude men and three-quarter grown
boys, who line the banks of , the Union
Mill pond andtheshores of our’ harbor
from the borough to South Norwalk in
full view of passengers inthe Danbury
cars, engaged in the otherwise laudible
purpose of washing last year’sdirt from
their naked bodies, the nude in their
art becomes so disgusting and so much
of an offense against decency that the
authorities should stop it.
An Obstinate Mule Team-
The soil taken out in excavating for
the cellarat Buckley’s factoi‘y ,is being
transferred to the Raymond Bros.
property near Jennings Place: In_ ap-
proaching the property there is quite a
descent, at the foot of which are the
Housatonic railroad tracks.
afternoon one of the mule teams used
in doing the carting stopped on the
tracks and refused to move. The driver
tried to coax them, he then used more
severe measures, but they would not
start. Just then a locomotive with two
passenger cars came thundering along
and the driver of the team expected to
see mules, wa on and all struck by
the engine an hurled into the air.
Fortunatel the en 'neer saw the team
in time an succee ed in stopping the
locomotive within a few feet of the
same. The conductor and others went
to the assistance of the driver of the
mules, but their combined efforts were
of no avail. The mules refused to stir
the load. Finally the other mule.team
came along and they were hitched to
the obstinate team and pulled it across
the track and out of harm’s way in
short order. The mules acted. at first
as if somewhat surprised, then flapped
their ears, winked at each other an.
went on about their work as if their
dangerous act was of an every day oc-
currence with them.
An Expert Thief.
Chauncey Johnson was {arrested at
the Metropolitan Hotel,New York,Sun.
day. He is 70 years old and has a rep-
utation of which he is supposed to be
_roud. Superintendent ,Byrnes says
that Chauncey has stolen more mone
than any other man in his line, whic
is that of a bank and general sneak
thief. .
Be inning his criminal career as a
burg ar, he got into state prison-in 1852
for five years. After his release he
was sentenced to another five years for
robbing the Hatters’ Bank at Bethel,
Conn., of 836,000. One of his sharpest
tricks was robbing the desk of the pay-
ing teller of a Philadelphia bank dur-
ing business hours. Johnson stood in
the line in front of the window. and by
the aid of- a fine steel wire fished out
bank bills right under the teller’s eyes.
He has served half a dozen times in
state’s prison, and the police say that
although now 70*years old he is still in
his prime and a very_ dangerous man.
Johnson didn’t object to accompany
Detective Rogers to headquarters.
There were many old acquaintances of
his there. He did object to being
“mugged” for the art gallery, however,
but it did no good. Johnson was ar-
raigned before Justice Ryan .in the
J efi'erson police court. The police had
been unable to fasten any charge. on
him, and he was discharged. He smiled
and walked out. '
An cestral G raves.
Mr. Morris K. Jesup having ex-
presseda deSire that the tombstones
and the surrounding grounds of the
raves of his ancestors in Greens
arms and Westport be looked after
and placed 'in good condition yester-
day his nephew Mr. Charles Jesup, of
New York, in company With General
Couch were met at the Saugatuck de-
pot by Mr. Horace Staples and .es-
ported to the old Greens Farms bury-
ing ground. Here also by appoint.
ment was Mrs. Hyde and the Misses
Hyde and Andrew, also of Greens
Farms, ladies who are not only well
learned in the old time lore of the
neighborhood, but with others in the
vicinity, are dorng, good work by re-
suscitatino and eautif ing this last
resting place of most 0 the original
setlers of beautiful Bankside 'now
Greens Farms.
The J esup graves, with the kindly
assistance of the ladies, were readily
found, much to Mr. Jesup’s satisfac-
tion. There were easily discovered the
well preseved stones of Capt. Simon
Couch 2d, who married Abyair Sturges
and died in 1713, as also that of Eliza-
beth Couch nee J esup, who was an an-
cestress of both Mr. Staples and Gen-
eral Couch. From thence the gentle-
‘men of the party proceeded to the
cemetery situated just north of West-
port village. Here a fine family mon-
ument, of dark sandstone was long since
oving
descendants. In the same plot of
ground in which this monu‘merfi: was
contained is a beautiful stone over the
grave of the Hon. SamuelB. Sherwood,
one of thedistinguished of the many '
of Fairfield County’s honorable sons.
One daughter of whom Abygail,mar-
ried .Charle‘s Jesup, of Westport, the,
mother of Hon. Morris K. J esup, an-
other dauahter, Sally, married Gov.
Clark Bissdllmhose memory is so dear- ,
Norwalk, the father and
ly cherished in
Bissell,
mother of the Rev. S. B. S.
‘Mrs- Charles C. Betts and Mrs. General ‘
O. S. Ferry, so well known qmong our
The interesting, tour of
the party was ended by Mr. Staples
showin
school uilding and well kept library.
5
Yesterday .,
the members over his High <
‘- [$1.00 aYear. '
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Democratic Committee Meeting.
The committee of the local democra-
cy met last evening to formulate” a plan
of organization an present a list of of-
floors for a democratic club. A ratifi-
cation will be held this evening at the
club headquarters, and it is expected
that J. J. Phelan of Bridgeport will be
present. The following is the list of
officers that will be presented:
President—James T. Hubbell.
Vice-Presidents—Samuel Daskam,D.
N. Couch, James Toner, Cortland Par-
ker. T. S. Morison, John W. Mains.
Secretary—Michael F. O’Reilly.
Assistant Seeretary—James Reeve.
Sergeant-at-Arms—Wm. Mitchell.
Treasurer—James W. Hyatt.
Finance Coma—James W. Hyatt. T.
S. Vanderhoef, Samuel L. Weed, Frank
Auditin Com.-—Bernard‘Tully,James
Sutherlan , Moses H. Glover.
Naturalization Com—James Toner,
Conrad Engel, John J. Walsh. Frank
McKeon, George Gerrish. -
The district committees are :
Over-River—Les‘lie Sherwood and
Thomas Mullen.
Center—James H. O’Reilly and Chas.
L. Glover. ,
Winnipauk—Maurice McGrath, and
Augustus Ellis.
Cranbery Plains—Charles Barnes and
James Toner. - .
Silver Mine—Frank H. Buttery and .
Franklin L. Austin.
Broad River—William L. James and
Benjamin Allen. , _ ,
West Norwalk—George W. Smith and
George B. Gregory. -
East Norwalk—Samuel Daskam and
James Costello.
Escaped Electrocutlon.
David Spicer, the Electric Light
trimmer, met with an experience st
night the escape from‘ which without
serious results he has reason to thank
his lucky stars. He was engagedin
dropping the new electric lamp on Pros
pect hill,— when in trying to undo
kink in the wire connecting with the
lamp, the wire swung around striking
Mr. Spicer squarely on the neck sear-
ing it about four inches. Mr. S., how-
ever, was not incapacitated from work
and was about this morning but little
the worse for the accident. To a Ga-
ZETTE reporter he said, .“I’m not the
style they kill by electricity or gas.
worked seven years lighting the gas
lamps, used up millions of matches. and
during that time never missed a hght.
met with an accident or lost‘an hourgs
time. Have been trimming electric
lamps for a year. Never missed a day.
I’m the stuff.” . -
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Unclaimed Deposits. '
Among the unclaimed deposits. re-
ported at the comptroller’s office in
Hartford are: Bridgeport Savings
' bank, 47 deposits, $5,826.08; Peoples’
Savings bank, of Bridge ort, six de-
posits, .$490.16; Westport avings bank,
one deposit, 821.38.; Norwalk Savings
bank, 32 deposits, $1,823. 89 ; Southport
Savings bank, 12 deposits, 82,314.02;
New Milford Savings bank, two depos-
its,_35.52.
3N0 Tl C E is bcrcby given _to all
consumers of water in lbc
Borougb of Womalk, and to
all consumers of water cou— .
ucctcdiwz'th, tbc Borougb water
sySlcm, that on and after llu's
dutc---lhc 23d day of juuc,
I892--—tlzc use of street or
garden wosbcrs or private hy-
drants, and tbc sprinkling of
lawns is prohibited, _exccpl
bctwccu lbc hours of 6 and 8
u. 112., cud 5 and 7‘ p. M.
No fountain or jct shall be in.
use more lbuu lbrcc hours in i,
o‘uc day nor more lbau 120 .
dzflcrcul days in a year with-
out special permit cud ou ud- -_
dllz'ouul payment .bcy'oud lbc
‘csloblz'slzcd roles. In all cases
the water must be used judi-
ciously and without waste.
Tbc Commlsp'oucrs reserve
lbc ujgbl to suspend or discou-
lz’uuc the use of ouyfouuldlu
or jet wbcu lbc public interest
shall rcauz’rc ll. ‘ A
Frederick Weed,
Frauk' Street, .
. C larcucc ‘B. Coolzdgc,
- Water Commz’sioucrs._ "
Norwalk Chronicler