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VOL. Xc11.—-N o. 32.
A n Entertaining and I nstraetive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local JV ews and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN, FRIDAY, AUGUST [1, 1892.
[$1.00 aYear.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
A Lost Art.
The Washington Star speaks of the
old time industry of rag carpet weaving
as a “lost art” and thinks an old Ger-
man in the lower part of the Capital
City is the only one so far as it knows,
still carrying on that once common and
profitable business. If the Star will
come to Norwalk and examine the rag
carpet manufacturing plant of the June
Brothers, it will be ready to divide its
Washington honors with Norwalk.
An Encouraging Outlook.
It is a gratifying and significant fact
that the exports of American cotton
goods to South America have increased
over twenty-two per cent. during the
past eleven months, and that British
exports of similar goods to those coun-
tries have decreased during the sam
period. The increase is shown princi-
pally in exports to Brazil, but it is also
a fact that the improved trade is not
only with countries with which we haye
a reciprocity treaties, but is general
with the countries south of us. The in.
dication is that we are capturing the
southern trade from Europe. With
eighty per cent. of last year’s increase
of trade in the Bahamas to our credit,
with the new reciprocity arrangement
with Cuba and Porto Rico inaugurated
a month ago, which gives us preference
there before all other nations butSpain,
and the arrangements with the British
West Indies and British Guiana, which
are undoubtedly to give us much the
greater part of their trade in the fu-
ture, the outlook for the American ex-
porter in his own hemisphere is most
pleasing and encouraging.
Are They Liable?
At a special Borough meeting held
May 16, 1892, $700 was appropriated for
such improvement of the water service
on Riverside avenue as the Water Com-
missioners might deem advisable or
expedient to make. In view of this ap-
propriation the Water Commissioners
went ahead with the work of relaying
and extending the water service on that
avenue, and on Monday evening last
presented to the Court of Burgesses, at
_ their meeting, a bill for $1,103.04 for
the work.- As 3700 only had been ap-
propriated by the meeting the Court of
Burgesses refused to pay the $403.04 in
excess of the appropriation, and or-
dered an order drawn for $700. The
question now arises as to who will pay“
this extra amount, and the more's'eri-
one question as to the liability of the
Water Commissioners ”for contracting
a debt of $403.04 in excess of the amount
appropriated by the Borough meeting.
Sec. 3780f the General Statutes of
Connecticut says: Whenever any
specific appropriation of, money may
have been made by a borough by a
legal meeting of its qualified voters,
every agent, commissioner, or execu-
tive officer of the State, or of any coun-
ty, city, borough, town, or school dis-
trict, who shall willfully authorize or
contract for the expenditure of any
money, or the creation of any debt for
any purpose in excess of the amount
specifically appropriated, shall be fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
imprisoned in the county jail not ex—
ceeding one-year, or both. i
It would seem from the above that J g
the Water Commissioners have exceed-
ed their authority in contracting be-
yond the amount appropriated, but
there may be facts in the case with
which the GAZETTE is unacquainted,
and as the question appears to be a se-:
rious one as well as of great interest to
Borough tax payers, we hope that the
Water Commissioners will at once fur-
nish to the public a full and concise
statement of their action in the matter,
and we cordially tender the columns
of the GAZETTE to them for that pur-
pose.
Don’t Find Fault.
It is almost as natural for some peo-
ple to find fault as it is for them to
breathe. The latest wail from this class
is caused by the closing of the grocery
stores and markets at 7 o’clock. It is
safe to say that the wail does not come
from the clerks who are in the habit of
week in and week out during the entire
year commencing work in the early
morning and continuing until late in
the evening. This year it was decided
to close the stores at 7 o’clock, Mon-
days and Saturdays excepted, in order
that the clerks might have the even-
ings to themselves. It is only for this
month, however. While it may be
true that a few are inconvenienced by
TERSE‘IALES OF THE TIMES.
infant child is
Dentist Bhldwin’s
dangerously i l.
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.Rev. F. E. R bbins is preparing for
his annual vaca i101].
Charles Bessey, of New York, is vis-
iting friends in town. w
Another smallpoxrcase has been dis-
covered in New Haven.
—Leave your orders for Norwalk
lobsters at Hunt & Zelufi’s.
The selectmen and court of burgesses
are at Springfield to-day.
The AlphaWheel club will take a
run to Bridgeport, to-night.
—-Lobsters delivered in Norwalk Sat-
urday mornings from Hunt & Zelufl’s.
The Norwalk excursionists to Sara-
toga arrived home last night.
_ The selectmen will commence issuing
licenses to junkmen to-morrow.
Wood cuts of Mr. Blaine sulking in
his tent can now be purchased cheap.
Rev. Dr. Van Alstyne left this week
for a trip among the White Mountains.
_Mr. Frank Bailey of New York is
gaiting his mother on the Church
reen.
Presiding Elder Wing will preach in
the Norwalk Methodist church next
Sunday.
The Girls Literary club meet at the
house of Miss Grace Byington to-mor-
row afternoon.
George H. Eakle, of the Public
Printing oflice,Washington. is visiting
friends in town.
The Misses Adams, of Hempstead,
L. I., are visiting Miss Jennie K. Nash
on North avenue.
Two new members were proposed at
the meeting of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, last night.
Col. C. H. Van Wycke has been cho-
sen as the People’s party candidate for
Governor of Nebraska.
The I. M. U. picniccomes off to-
morrow at the Fair grounds and a
great time will be had.
Special officer Gehebe was on duty
last night in place of Ofiicer Martin
who was on- the sick list.
The. .Tilden estate has paid into the
New York state treasury $147,283 as a.
collateral inheritance tax. ' _
The “Blind Broker” was “broken”
at Grumman Bros., yesterday after-
noon, by an insurance agent.
The iron parts on the 'gates at the
grade crossings on the Housatonic
road, are being repainted black.
The Barbers’ Union, of Bridgeport,
have voted that all the barbers in that
city should keep-open on Sunday.
The buildings on the property be-
longing to the Robert Allen estate on
Chapel street, are being repainted.
Miss Alice Selleck will preside at the
Norwalk Methodist church organ dur-
ing the absence of Organist Frank Ri-
, der.
The third party imagined it was
oing to be a big cloud overshadowmg
all the land, but Alabama proves that it
won’t be even a mist.
Friends of mail carrier Bennett are
anxious to arrange a race between .his
trotter and those celebrated trotting
goats'of A. J. Judsons.
The caterpillar is here a sin and the
summer girl "will meet t e supreme
test as to whether or not she is worthy
of her suspenders—Washington Star.
Don M. Dickinson was_
elected chairman of the Natio Dem-
ocratic campaign committee, and , il-
liam C. Whitney was added to the com-
mittee.
'The dry goods stores closing at. 6
o’clock, and the markets and groceries
at 7 o’clock, gives our streets, quite _a
deserted appearance after 7 o clock in
the evening.
The antics of a cat and small dog on
Water street, every day, attract a
good deal of attention. The ammals
belong to Mr. J aco_b Herrman, and are
as playful as two kittens.
{lfiterday
Druggist C.- A. Pelton, of Middle-
town is greatly exercised. over the re-
port that his daughter is eng ed.
Ferdinand Ward. Mr..Pelton enles
that any engagement exists.
this arrangement it is e uall true - - -
thnt an opportunity of rgcreagon is Rev. Wi 'am 138 1181115 dead “1 M‘d'
gained by a much larger number of dletownlc n,,age 73' He was gfifii
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clerks and employees. This being the
case, dear reader, why find fault, rath-
81' be it that you fervently say amen to
the early closing idea, and order your
meats and groceries by daylight.
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From Florida.
Adviceswére received here this morn-
ing, that a daughter h8g1 been as'en‘tto
8 hearts of I. an rs.
hidden the
- . , f 0 la Fla. It has
Henry Chrdsfillao'fwe‘b‘ill.’ ”Mr. Clark-
331%? lg: remembered as employed at
' nedict’s. Theyrrival oc-
Ediliiiee 08:1 33y 5th and the proud opapa,
has been too happy to adVise his friends
it town ere thlfi-
f Wesle an class of 1
at: lacecretarvy of, the New England
Methodist Episcopal Conference for
many years.
It is reported
land will abandon
that Mr. Grover Cleve-
I fiuzzard’aBay $321.“
' tBe e aven .reen . .
H21 gigglrgady chosen a building site,
so the sto goes, near the famous
AmericusC ub building.
The Misses Annie and Hattie .Lock-
wood wheeled over on their bicycles
from Stamford, yesterday afternoon,
and are the nests of their sister rs.
James Run e , of Orchard street.
They are both pertlriders. .
Mrs. James Creagh and family are
taking a vacation at a summer resort
in the eastern part of the State. '
The police were notified last night by
telephone from Bridgeport, to look out
for a horse and carria e which was
stolen in that city yester ay.
The Meriden strikers deny the story
that they are to give up the strike to-
day. But it is generally believed there
that the backbone of the strike is
broken.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hill accompanied by their aunt, Miss
Lena Couch, left town yesterday for
the Catskills, where they will spend
several weeks.
—_
It is a cold do. just now when Candi-
date Cleveland oes not take his pen-in
hand to indite a few lines to somebody
about something. The writers’ cramp
will be the sure penalty for epistolary
looseness.
William Slattery is training Robbie
McPherson’s goat for the race at the
Fair Grounds to-morrow. If this par-
ticular goat don’t Win, it will not be
because of lack of attention on the
part of young Slattery.
The Iron Moulders’ Union picnic will
take place at the Fair Grounds to-mor-
row. If the weather is propitious it
will no doubt be one of the most suc-
cessful picnics of the season. The
prizes offered are valuable ones.
Probably the two happiest persons
in Winnipauk at the present time are
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lockhart, they
being in receipt yesterday, of what
they believe to be the prettiest and
sweetest girl baby this side of heaven.
The Baptist Sunday-school will pro-
bably hold their annual picnic next
week. The point for the celebration
of the same, that is meetin with the
greater favor, is the Cove Mil s, and the
means of transportation to the same,by
barges.
Bar Harbor is doomed. It is only a
question of time. The Rodick House,
which first gave the place fame, the
principal hotel, and three, other hotels
are closed this season for want of
patronage. Too much style has killed
Bar Harbor as a popular resort.
In cleaning out the cesspool near Cen-
ter avenue, complained of in yesterday’s
GAZETTE, a pug deg was found. It is
now too late for its recovery by the
owner, but it may be of some~ consola-
tion to him to know that it is now in the
land of compost. ' ' '
Chief of Police DeForest is at New
London, and that may account for the
sudden: departure from those to the
Norwalk waters, of the great army of
blue-fish. Mr. DeForest is now, pro-
bably, kicking himself when he thinks
of the great mistake he. made in not
immediately taking an express train'
back home incog.
A special meeting of the Center
School district will be held on Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 10th, to consider
and act upon the following matters:
1———to provide suitable water, closets
and conveniences for the district; 2—
to reseat one, or more, or all of the
school rooms; 3—to paint the school
house.
William Reese, the oldest iron work-
er in the United States and one of the
best known manufacturers in Pittsburg,
died at his home at Bolivar, Pa., 'yes-
terday, aged 104 years. Mr. Reese
came to this country in 1832 and had
been identified with the iron business
ever since. His sbns are widely known,
one of them being Jacob Reese, the in-
ventor.
Conductor Harry Bouton.0f the horse
railway company took time by the cubes
last evening, and the cubes to reward
him made—him a present of an elegant
bronze clock, valued by some people at
the sum of 825. An offer of $20 for the
clock was refused by Mr. Bouton this
morning, for the reason, he says, that
he never yet sold anything that was
given to him.
A man named Johnson, living on
Pine street, as he was returning from
church last evening, with his wife, was
suddenly taken with an attack of ver-
tigo, and sank to the sidewalk on Main
street, in a faint. Mr. John Remsen,
who was standing near, ran to his assis-
tance, as did also officer Northrop.
After a few moments Mr. Johnson re-
vived, and was taken to his home in
a carriage by Mr. Remsen.
Oflicer June, yesterday afternoon, ar-
rested a man w 0 was considerably un-.
der the influence, and placed him in
the station-house. This morning, be-
fore Justice Coolidge, he gave his
name as John Murray, home NewYork,
occupation a molder. He further sta-
ted that he had been at work for twp
days at Meeker’s foundry, and that
there was a possibility of his having
drank a lass too much. The Judge
thought t are was a probability, in fact
to a certainty of the latter statement, and
fined Mr. Murphy 33 and costs, in de-
fault of which Mr. M. was taken to the
Bridgeport jail.
Freemasonry and the masonic frater-
nity were the subject of a bitter attack
at Ocean Grove camp meeting a day or
two ago by the Rev. Wm. Osborne, one
9f the principal men in the camp meet-
ing association. The reverend gentle-
man’s assertion that, from his own ex-
perience With the order, he was satis-
fied that n Freemason could not be a
good Christian, [provoked a storm of
angry dissent. he discussion finally
became no heated and undignified that
the presiding- clergyman hastily .closed
the sauces, without 'even waiting to
pronounce the benediction. The Freeé
masons at‘ending the camp meeting
have made a formal, request that, Mr.
Osborne smll not be permittedto make
nnyfurth'e'r addresses during the meet-
ing. - ,
" attended from his late home on
treasury department was
Bridgeport to investigate charges made
An infant son of Mr. Trembley of
Winnipauk, died last night.
“DEAR GAZETTE: Who is the borough
galth officer ?” Signed “A.” Mr.
rvis Kellooo we believe is the gen-
BED,
tleman in question.
,Complaint is made that the garbage
dumped on Riverside avenue is not
preperly covered by s011 as ordered,
and that the stench from the same is
intolerable.
A new series of postage stamps, in
commemoration of the .discovery of
America, will soon be issued. They
will bear various designs, representing
a historic character or some incident in
the life of Christopher Columbus.
,Norwalk is another of those enter-
prising towns that will soon adopt the
trelley'system for street cars. One by
one they are joining the processmn un-
der Ansonia’s lead, and soon the horse
car, except in Bridgeport, Wlll_ be a
thing of the past.—Ansonia Sentinel.
Sterling Wilson, the carpenter, is
engaged near Kent station in remodel-
ing a building for a New Rochelle
party. Yesterday, while at work he
slipped and fell, scraping considerable
cuticle from his legs, rece1v1ng_a con-
tusion over the eye and. laming his
side. His injuries were painful but not
of a serious nature.
.The funeral of Mr. Jacob Weeksmwns
ain
street this morning, Rev. Dr. Noble
ofiiciating. The pall bearers were,
Messrs. A. J. Meeker, O. E. Wilson, 0.
K. Scofield, E. A. Taylor, T. P. Cave
and G. A. Newcomb. The remains
were taken to-Bethel on the 2.19 train
for interment.
Prof. Augustus Whitlock’s pupils of
the Wilton Academy, to the number of
forty or more, went to Roton Pomt in
Silas . Gregory’s barge. NeWport this
morning, with “Win” Scott at the til-
ler. The barge was followed by a wag-
onette in which were seated the Profes-
sor and a drum corps. It was the'hap-
piest aggregation that has passed
through our streets for many a day.
i Charges Against Collector
; Edmonds.
The Washington correspondent of
the Hartford Times says:—
Some time ago a special agent of the
sent to
against George B. Edmonds, collector
of that port. Senators Hawley and
f-Platt have made several visits to the
treasury department in relation to the
matter but Secretary Foster absolutely
refuses to divulge the nature of the
complaint against Edmonds or the re-
sult of the investigation. He W111 this
afternoon report that the charges were
not serious and that he did not believe
that the report would result in the re-
moval of Edmonds. .
A Dear Bite.
“ Willie,” so called, an Italian boot-
black at South Norwalk, who on July
14th at a Main street saloonnbit a piece
out of the lip of another Italian named
Sullivan, and who made good his es-
cape, was apprehended last night and
placed under arrest. It is understood
that the matter has been settled by the.
bootblack paying Sullivan $55 and the
costs of the prosecution. Justice 0001-
idge, before whom the case was first
called, said this morning, that he was
not cognizant of such settlement and
was at a loss to understand how it had
'had been accomplished other than that
the grand juror who had si ned the
writ had withdrawn the comp aint. It
was a dear morsel, but it might have
cost him more. .
-.
No Rice In Rice Paper. I .
Rice paper is not made from rice, nor
from rice stalks,- nor has it any Connec-
tion whatever with rice. It is of Chinese
manufacture, and is made from the pith
ofa certain tree resembling the elder.
The pith is extracmd from the tree in
large cylindrical masses, and with sharp
knives the Chinese pare OR the cylinder
till, instead of a. cylindrical form, they
‘hnve a large flat sheet. This is pressed
and other sheets added until the required
thickness is secured. The paper is then
mdely sized, and is ready to use. It was
called rice paper under the supposition,
when it was first introduced into Europe,
that it was made from rice stalks. and
the namehas never been changed.
Rlnl Arts-notions.
Snooper—Did you enjoy your visit to
Niagara, Swayback?
Swayback—Not very well. I Was
sneezing and shuffling all the time I was
there.
Snooper—Did that interfere with your
enjoyment? .
Swayback—Of course it did. I was
doing the catarrh act myself.—Smith,
Gray & Co.’s Monthly. .
Division of Labor.
It is narrawd that a New England
premher of the olden time was paralyzed
during a sermon by discovering his rude
ofispring'in the gallery pelting the hear-
ers inthe pews below with peanuts. But
while the good man was preparing a
frown‘of reproof the young hopeful cried
out: “ You tend to your preaching, .d-
dy; I’ll keem {em awake.”——Rel ous
Herakl.
“ Hon.” by Constitution.
Who are entitled to be addressed as
honorable, and why are they entitled to
be addressed so? ‘ The lieutenantgov-
ernor of Massachusetts is. entitled to he
addressed as honorable; hisis a constitu-
tiOnal right set forth in the fundamde
law of that Commenwealth. According
t6 the Sun, lie is the only person in the
{Unit/ad'ststes “filled to be :9 addressed.
To Our Parrots.
It would be much kinder of some
people who have innsic in their souls if
they would keep it in there—Galveston
News.
Took Laudanum.
James Towne,of Hartford, a painter,
38 years of age. swallowed two punces
of laudanum last evening, 'evidently
with suicidal intent, and died about
10.30.
AvAV
Strike at South Norwalk.
The makers employed at the hat
manufactory of Raymond & Comstock
went out yesterday on account of hav-
ing to form an extra heavy hat body,
which required more labor on their
par . -
Drowned at Black Rock.
John D. Perry, aged twenty years, of
Easton, was drowned yesterday after-
noon while bathing at Black Rock. His
mother, who sat on the bank, was awit-
uses to her son’s death. She is frantic
with grief. The body was recovered
last night.
Only Too True.
Nowadays you can’t starve one trust
without benefitting another. The in-
dignant housewives who are burning
gasolene and oil to spite the coal bar-
ons are but droppin nickles into the
slot of the Standard il Company.
Knights of Labor Elect Officers.
At the third day’s session of N. T. A.,
252, K. of L., at Meriden yesterday,
officers were elected as follows: Na-
tional master workman, John E. Fitz-
gerald of New Haven, third term ;
worthy foreman, Thomas Finn of New
York ; secretary-treasurer, Edward J.
Lynch of Hartford; statistician, Fran-
cis Mackie of Meriden. .
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The Boss Liar.
The Norwalk fakir not being-able to
contain himself on his own stomach
went to Darien yesterday and sent ofi‘
the following fake:
DABIEN, Coma, Aug. 4..—The_large.st. school
of per cises ever seen in this vicinity ap-
peared ast evening off Boton Pomt. and the
Blfiht was Witnessed by hundreds of people.
T ey gambolled about Within 500 feet of the
shore, and bathers were driven out of the
water. The propeller Jessie B. plowed through
the school. at the porpOises .seemed to enjoy
the sport and could not be driven away.
Deacon Winton’s'Bequests.
The will of Deacon Andrew L. Win-
ton, who was killed at Bridgeport last '
week, disposed of _an estate estimated
at $150,000. His Wife and children get
most of it. If the net value of the es.
tate, after the payment of the specific
bequests, is as much as 830,000, the fol-
lowing bequests will be paid: -To the
Park Street Congregational Church so-
ciety, $500; to the Park Street Congre-
gational Church, to be used as a hospi.
tnl fund, $500 ; to the American Mis-
sionary Societ of New York, 8500; to
theAmerican card-of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions of Massachusetts,
3500; to the trustees for the fund for
ministers, 8500.
Opera House.
Manager Mitchell announces that the
season of 1892—1893 will open at the
Opera House on Wednesday evenin
next, Aug. 10th, by one of the best an
strongest attractions ever presented to
the public of Norwalk. Mr. “Bobby”
Gaylor as “Sport McAllister” one of
the 400 supported by an excellent cast
of twenty-two people will hold the
boards for two and one-half hours. The
compan comes here direct from the
Bijou T eatre, N. Y., where they have
closed an engagement of fifty consecu-
tive nights. anager Mitchell prom-
ises us that his attraction is first class
in every respect and we trust he may
be encouraged the coming season in
his efforts to please the theatrical pub-
lic. Seats now on sale at Mitchell’s.
‘
How’s This!
We ofi‘er One Hundred Dollars ’ re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can-
not be cured lfiv Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CH NEY 3: 00.. Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned. have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm. ' .
WEST & Tnuax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole-
sale Dru gists, Toledo, 0
Hall’s ’
atarrh Cure is taken. inter.-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 750. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Knocked Him Down.
Apparently, for some reason or other,
there is no expressman that is .more
disliked by others in the same line of
business than is S. G. Morrell, of whom
we have had previous common to men-
tion in these columns, notably one in-
stance in which he drove off With
freight from the propeller dock when
ordered by the agent, Capt. Secor, to
return it.
For about one year Messrs: Buxton
& Brundage, have hadin their .employ
one Irving Reed, in the capacity of a
driver. He in common with other
drlilvers has had “words” with Mr. Mor-
re .
This morning Mr. Reed met Morrell
near the Norwalk Hotel, and after
some words in which he took Morrell
to task for his previous actions, iii re-
gard to, as he expressed it, “taking”
frei ht, when he became somewhat
ma dened and struck Mbrrell several
times knocking him down and woul
have done him further injury, if he
1nd not been drawn away by‘ friends.
Reed immediately gave himself up to
Oflicer June, and was taken before
Justice Perry who iniposed a light fl
and costs,which was paid. _ Reed h
no right to take the law * in his own
hands, and for his escape from greater
punishment he can thank fortune.
i
AM yes I
ness of only thirty hoii'rs’. dud , '
THE IYEATHER.
T0~DAY—The weather bureau predicts for
New England:
FAIR.
Except showers in New England and Ver-
mont to-night; cooler, westerly to northwest-
erly Winds.
Local Almanac—
Sun Rises ISun Sets 1 Moon Rises HiElTWater
4:51 7:04 5:27 8:07 8:24
SOUTH NORWALK.
The GAZETTE is on sale at the news office
of fired Coleman J.H.Flynn, W.L.Ather'-~ '
ton, and H. E. Bodwell. Advertisements
and Orders for all kinds 0] JOB PRINT-
ING received at .ur branch office on Rail-
road Square.
Pull down the blinds, ’Miah.
. Miss Alice Mallory is visiting friend .-'
in Massachusetts.
Hon. Tallmadge Baker is in S rin -
field, Mass, to-day. p g
Mr._Chnrles Nickerson, of West Corn-
wall, is visiting friends and relatives i .
town.
The harbor is alive every pleasant
evening With small boats propelled by
the fair sex.
Constable F. S. Conley is in Brook-
lyn to-day, attending areception of the
Mohawk club, an organization com-
posed of the elite of that city.
It would not be a bad idea to have
the Board of Health pay their respects
to that ash heap in the yard in the rear
otf tne market, No. 13 North Main
s ree .
The loungers on Washington street
bridge were entertained last evening
by a seance between an irate father and
a young man who had obtained a ring
from his daughter.
Letter carrier Joseph Tammany ap-
peared onour streetsto-day fitired in '
a handsome new uniform. such a
, thing were possible, "‘Joe” could be
said to be'better looking than-ever.
The case of John Urbon, the Hunga-
rian who was arrested for assault and
breach of the peace, was to have come
up before Justice Townsend this morn-
ing, but was continued until this after-
noon at five o’clock.
The news reaches us that Mr. Harry
E. Raymond, formerly agent for the
U. S. Express Co. at South Norwalk,
has just recovered from a ver severe
attack of rheumatism. Mr. aymond
now fills the position of shipping clerk
for a large New Haven house.
. The way in which North Main street
is numbered would certainly be a puz-
Zle to a stranger in our city. Mr.
Ha es’ market bears the number 13,
an looking on the other side. we see
another building numbered 13. The
same stateof things exists on Washing-
ton street.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles LaCroix, of. Raymond street,
.nmorningat 4 o’clock, af-
ter an. _
ration. The cause of the child’s sud-
den and sad deathrwas that dreaded
disease, membranous croup. Mr. and
Mrs. LaCroix have the heartfelt sym-
pathy of a large circle of friends.
The fire alarm was sounded yester-
terday. forenoon about 11.45 o’clock,
but as it struck but once no one thought
any more about it, more than that it
was a false alarm. Such, however, was
not the case, as, upon investigation it
was found that the barn in the rear of
Lorenzo Dibble’s house on South Main
street was burning. The employees
from the neighboring hat factories
were soon on the spot, and by the use
of a few pails of water the fire was ex-
tinguished. _The fire having been dis-
covered in time it did not gain head-
way, and. as a result, the damage was
slight.
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Mini. o Locomotive in a Day.
Who would think, to look at a big rail.
way locomotive, that it could by any
possibility be put together in less than
one day? A London paper states that the
feat was accomplished at the Stratford
works of the Great Eastern railway of
England. The locomotive was “a stan-
dard freight locomotive of the six-coupled
type, weighing more than thirty-seven
tons and able to haul a load of 560 tons.”
From the driving of the first rivet to the
application of the final coat of varnish,
the work occupied less than ten hours. -
Odd Ways of Getting What.
When Mr. David Lindsay returned
from his expedition across a part of the
Australian desert a while ago, he said
the whole of that almost waterless coun-
try was inhabited by natives, who get
their water supply by draining the roots
of the malice tree, which yields quanti-
ties of pure water. This tree absorbing
moisture'from the air, retains it in con-
siderable quantities in its roots, and thus
make it possible to live in an arid region,
which would otherwise be uninhabited. 1
Sowing Seed by Explosion.
The common balsam has a most singu.
lar method of disseminating its seeds.
When they are ripe and prepared for
germination the seed pod explodes with
the slightest touch, and the seeds are
scattered in every direction‘with such
force as to carry them a distance of
twenty or thirty feet. Plants have many
curious methods of scattering their seeds,
but there is none stronger than the veg- ~
stable artillery represented by the bal-
sam. .
A Laughing Plant.
Queer antics, like those caused by
laughing gas, are produced by a dose of
the powdered seed of. the laughing plant.
Under the influence of this Arabian ‘
plant any person can be made to laugh;
. dance, shout, and otherwise act boister-
ously. This condition lasts about half on
him, and is usually followed by a deep '
sleep. When the person awakes, he has. '
" no recollection of his conduct.
Norwalk Chronicler