‘erno-rship of Connecticut. 'cratic state committee, I The Order of Iron Hall. The application for the appointment of a receiver which has been filed in Indianapolis for the Order of Iron Hall, the oldest and most successful of en- , dowment orders, is exciting much inter- est in Norwalk as well as in all parts of the country. It is to be hoped that it will successfully pull out from this or- deal, for if it should collapse at this time the loss would be great among its 65,000 members. +,___.. Races in Connecticut Crime. From the last two census bulletins can be extracted certain facts as to Connecticut crime, which it is strange some of Our keen newspapers have not “sensed.” In Connecticut'we have 1,026 prison- ers, and the fo 'gn and native ele- ments of our population are about equal, counting as foreign the first gen- eration from those born abroad. Of these prisoners, 778 were “foreign,” only 248 native. The foreign element contributed to our prison crimes in the ratio of say three to one as compared with the natives. There was one native prisoner to 1.504 of native population, and one foreign prisoner to 480 of for- eign population. But the colored folks of the State make the worst showing, with one prisoner to 182 of their popu- lation. ' —<+ Some Pension Statistics. General Raum has presented a mass of statistics relating to pensioners, pen- sions paid, increases, etc.. particularly covering the work of the Pension Office for the past fiscal year, and made a, comparison of the work of the Pension Bureau under Cleveland and under Harrison, of which the following is a a synopsis. During Cleveland’s admin- istration 334,407 pension certificates were issued; under Harrison’s adminis- tration 759,603 certificates have been is. sued. Under Cleveland’s administra- itieu each certificate cost the Govern- nnent in salaries $24.24, while under .iHarrison the same service cost $11.10. The payment of each pensioner under «Cleveland cost 72 9-10 cents; under flarrison 49% cents. He also claimsa saving of $426,000 in expenses of special examiners under the present adminis- tration. Relieves a Great Strain. By way of a special dispatch from Washington the Courant gives an im- patient world this bit of Connecticut news which it says reached Washing- ton through a close democratic friend of Mr. Cleveland. It is to the efi'ect that “Broker Benedict, the bosom friend of Mr. Cleveland, has decided not to make the canvass for the. Gov- His friends say that he has sent Word within the last twenty-four'hours to the demo- instructing them not to allow his name to be brought forward. He will be entirely content to spend his money and use such energy as he has in the interest of ' Cleveland in Connecticut.” The Cour- ant adds: “Mr. Benedict did have an idea that the Legislature might elect him to the United States Senate, but he was told very frenkly by Chairman Dav1s and two or three other democratlc leaders in the state that it was preposterous for the democrats to hope _to carry the Con- necticut Leglslature 1n 9. presrdential year.” This will be cheering news to the friends of Senator John S. Seymour who desire to see him placed second on the state ticket, which would be impos- sible were Benedict given the first place. This is all the more important since the logic of Judge Hall’s decision is to the effect that Mr. Seymour was not legally elected Senator. Cooler. The B. L. D. was quite sure that the introduction of the subject of erecting a new hotel here in the borough would have the effect of cooling the weather. We did'not think it would come so sud- denly or in so distinct if not severe a fall of the temperature, but we never doubted the cooling effect a con- sideration of the new hotel question , would have, in this vicinity at least. It seems strange that in atown of now not many less than twenty thousand inhab- itants, and two-thirds of whom are resi- dents above the city division. line, it should be necessary for the newspapers , to urge the erection of a new hotel, with appointments equal to localities , having but a fifth of‘ our. population andnone of the natural attractions of Norwalk as a desirable place for sum- mer residents especially. It is notnec- essary that we have a hostelry equal to the needs of New York or Chicago, but we do need one equal in capacity and appointments to hundreds of places of far less population and wealth. In most places private capitalists are eager to meet the public demand for such a. hotel, because of the good business in. vestment it is sure to prove, when half decently conducted. No one doubts that if a reasonably planned and built and conducted hotel were one of our, local attractions but that it would pay largely as an investment. Neverthe- less it is a lamentable fact that the in- ducement of a profitable business ven- ture has so far failed- to induce our borough capitalists to erect a hotel that meets the wants of our own people and summer guests and the traveling public. What is the matter of our borough Board of Trade that it does not awake to the vast importance of this matterto our local trade and our advantages as a- v manufacturing centre? The borough to w E E KL Y - N on WALK - GA Z'E'T—VT E. * now has a first-class daily newspaper. Now let it awake and supply its next greatest need—a decent modern hotel. Wife Beating. Every few days the public sense is shocked and public decency outraged by the details of some revolting “wife beating” case. There seems no ade- quate punishment on our Connecticu statute books to fit this atrocious crime. Even tying the culprit up by the thumbs would be inadequate and send- ing him to jail but pays him a premium of rest and good keeping for his brutal- ity. Little Delaware has the only rem- edy that has proved at all efficacious, that of tieing up the villain and lashing his own bare back in the prison yard. But this is for the brute of a husband. Society, has nowhere we _ believe, in this country provided any assylum or refuge of safety to the cruelly wronged and outraged wife, where she may es. cape the wrath of a rum-crazed and brutalized husband. TheWashington Post calls up the question of this grow- ing need in almost every community where a helpless wife may find refuge from the fury of a murderous husband. It says, “disreputable women can find a retreat; the thief, the malefactor, the tramp, can all invoke the law and se- cure an asylum in the face of danger- ous brutality. It is only the wife, the helpless dependent on her helpmeet’s mercy, who has no recourse, and for whom society and government have provided no defenses. It is suggested, and the suggestion deserves serious notice, that some rem- edy should be devised for a condition of things so discordant with an ad- vanced Civilization. Women should not be refused protection merely be- cause they are honest. In all the realm of modern civilization there is no crea- ture so forlorn so helpless. so pathetic in her abandonment and her suffering as the female dependent, be she wife, 'mother, or sister,of the habitual drunk- ard. Society and law and custom deny to her the protection freely accorded to the woman who represents no value in the home or at the fireside. Society and law and custom should hasten to repair this emission, and thus vindicate themselves against the reproach of criminal neglect.” . - Surely some Home or Asylum should be provided for the at least temporary shelter of these outraged and helpless members of the human family. The need is as humane and imperative as refuges for helpless children. East. Avenue. All remember the fierce struggle that was carried on all lastsummer h our then borough board, for the wi enin of East avenue. Well, the principa widening was done just below the Cram residence, and now it is, oh, so gorge- ousl decorated with a dense crop o wee s from two to four feet high. ‘vf What’s the Matter with Senator Seymour? Who is the Connecticut statesman who will write the tariff straddle for the state Democratic convention-some- thing which will neutralize the effects of the declaration of the national Dem- ocrats that protection is a fraud and unconstitutional. The Hartford Times says that some such straddle must be invented; but it doesn’t produce any itself. -—l':iartford Post. Ti. e Very Properties. Essential to the growth and color of the hair are contained in pure, botanic, delicately perfumed WALNUT LEAF HAIR RESTORE R, absolutely free from hurtful ingredients; not only re- stbrative of the original tint and abund- ance of the hair,but softening and pro- motive of silkiness and smoothness when it is harsh and dry. Price $1. Sold everywhere. Good Roads. Hon. Charles L. Flint, of Massachu- setts, who has given much thought and care to the questicn, says: “Nothing certainly need be said of the importance of good roads. No community can af- ford to be without them. The wear and tear of. vehicles and horse-flesh and muscle on a bad road is enormous ; and it constitutes an indirect tax which probably amounts to very nearly as much as the direct tax upon the people.” To Tax Bicycles. It is stated that there are now at least ten thousand dollars worth of bi- cycles owe - ll in the town of Norwalk and many .. discussing the question whether sh . a an amount of property should no: . taxed the same as horses and carria- s. the Masonic Building (2’) or other property. What would the ghosts of Is” urwalk’s great-grandfathers say, did they know that these youthful descendants were indulged in such vast extravagance. - Helped Themselves to Chairs. The Borough court room was crowded Wednesday to witness the trial before Justice Coolidge of James Steeb, Mich- ael Cunningham, James Convery, W11- liam Mulcahey and Charles Bloom,who were charged with stealing chairs from the verandas at the residences of Geo. W. Raymond and Stiles Curtis, on Tuesday night. There were two counts against each of the prisoners. It seems that the thefts were committed by Steeb and that the others shared in the spoils derived from the sale of the chairs which was spent in “rushing the growler.” One of the chairs was found at the house of Cunningham who stated to the court that while knowing that it was stolen, he furnished a “growler” of beer for its possession. Steeb is an old offender, and he was given 30 days in jail and costs on the two counts; Cun- ningham was fined $7 and costs; Mul- cahey and Convery were each fined 31‘ and costs on one count and $3 and costs on the other count, and the case of Bloom was continued until next Mon- day, his father becoming suret for the boy’s appearance. T 9 J u go, told Cunningham that he ought to be sent to jail but as he had a family depend- ent upon him, he would simply impose a fine. . _ . . Mrs. cry Aston of Lewisburg, Pa., suffered untold agony from broken varicose veins, with intense itch- ing and burning. 0n the recommendation of a physician she took Hood’s Sarsaparilla and used Hood’s Olive Ointment. Soon the ulcers began to heal, the inflammation ceased, she was completely cured. and says, “ I enjoy health as I have not for many years.” “ We are personally acquainted with Mrs. Aston and know the above to be true.” J. S. GRIFFIN & SON, Lewxsburg, Pa. HOOD’S- PILLS cure Habitual Constipation by restoring paris taltic action of the alimentary canal. East Norwalk. Winfield S. Hanford, who expects to get the East Norwalk post-office away from Harry Rider just as soon as Cleve- land is elected, is erecting a porch around the sides and across the front of his residence. which will greatly en- hance its comfort and beauty. Quite a number of new residences are now be- ing started and several others are being completed. If the Bridge and South Norwalk don’t have a care, East Nor- walk will soon outgrow and eclipse its great-aunt and grand-mother. Mrs. Polly Hobbie Dead. Mrs. Polly Hobbie, widow of the late Harvey Hobbie, died at 2.30 o’clock Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter-1n-law, Mrs. Chas. A. Hobbie, of Darien. A few weeks ago the vener- able old lady. then nearly eighty-seven _ years of age, suffered a paralytic stroke, while washing dishes. and fell uncon- scious to the ’floor, breaking her arm by the force of the fall on the side that was paralyzed. Mrs. Hobbie furnished six stalwart sons to battle for the Union during the war of the Rebellion, whose record was worthy of such a mother. and of a father, long passed away. who stood in the ranks of his country’s defenders in the war of 1812. She was a native of Stamford, and lived there most of her life. Some fourteen years ago she removed to her son’s residence in Darien. She has been the mother of eight children, Charles, George. Theodore, Selah, Wil- liam, Horace, Albert and Annie—seven boys and one girl, all but one of whom, Albert, are now dead. Six of the sons, as above stated, enlisted in the Union army, and without exception bore an honorable part in the great struggle of 1861-65. Another son commanded a market schooner plying between Stam- ford and New York. Hobbie Post, G. A. R., N o. 23, of Stamford, derives its designating title from the suggestive and uncommon circumstance of the six soldier brothers, _ and for several years it has been cus- tomary for their venerable mother to occupy a place of special honor in the Post’s Memorial Day parade. Mr. Bostwlck Interviewed. In regard to the suit brought in New Haven by the New Haven & Derby railroad against Bostwick.’Starbuck & Macaulay,Mr. Bostwick yesterday says : “About the years 1868 and 1870 a de- termined effort was made b the citi- zens of New Haven to bui d a road from New Haven to a western connec- tion, under the name of the New Haven 8: Derby railroad. The city of New Haven guaranteed in 1869 pay- ment of both principal and interest on $225,000 of its first mortgage 7 per cent. coupon bonds due in 1900. The cost of the road was much greater than at first anticipated, and it was unable to meet its interest or even to earn its running expenses. The result of this was that the city of New Haven paid the coupons as they matured and held them as a claim against the road._ The city also loaned the road in addition 875,000 in cash to keep it running. In addition to these sums the city was also the own- er of a large portion of the road’s stock, about one-half. Mr. Starbuck bought from the city ofNew Haven all it Derby stock and all its claims on the Derby road for cash and-his obligation to remove its passenger and freight de- pots west of Water and Commerce streets to avoid dangerous crossings on this thoroughfare. He also obligated himself to extend theroad to a western connection, all of which he has done.as agreed at a large outlay of money. “There is no truth whatever in the statement that Messrs. Bostwick, Star- buck and Macaulay appropriated im- properly any moneyof the New Haven & Derby railroad to their own uses,and it is a libel of the basest kind.‘ No bonds were issued that were not au- thorized by the laws of Connecticut.” Unclaimed Deposits. The following is a list of the unclaim- ed deposits remaining in the -N0rwalk Savings bank, as reported to Comp. troller Staub : Benedict, Mary, New Canaan, 339,90 L, nch, Martin, Norwalk, 3,24 ilson, Eliza, N orwalk, 155,04 Vandervoort, Mary, Norwalk, 77,57 Brady, Ellen, Norwalk,_ 23, 25 Fitch, Wakeman H., Wilton, 162.64 Conway. Patrick, Norwalk, 5,47 Lynch, Patrick, Norwalk, 23,75 .Burns, Thomas, New Canaan, 5,10 Hoyt, Fannie A., Norwalk, 2,21 Oliver, Sidney S” J r., Norwalk, 2.44 Hoyt, Abram, Ridgefield, ‘ 69.06 Hubbard, Charles,"Spr1ngfield, 67,35 Malo‘y, John, Weston, ' 688.21 Conover, Alonzo W., Norwalk, 1.92 O’Brien, Jeanna, Norwalk, 12.04 Barber, Sheldon A., Harwmton, 254.25 Percell, Emma, Norwalk, 27.79 Fancher, Theo. R., Norwalk, . 10.63 Allen, Mary A., Norwalk, . 5,26 Raymond, Sally, NewCanaan, 7.84 Golden, Edward, Westport, 14.94 Canfield, Esther, Seymour, 5.66 Martin, Clotilda Jane, Norwalk, 5.17 Burke, Patrick, New Canaan, 78.60 Bacon, Chas. J ., New Canaan, 23.83 ‘Finch, Mrs. Mar , Norwalk, ‘ 6.41 Sullivan, Mary ., Norwalk, ~ 2.25 Sheehan,,Edward, Norwalk, 7.85 Dunning, John, Norwalk, 3.74 Corcoran,Catherine,Greens Farms 12.20 LADI 8’ SHI E. s.—H—E. S.—l|-—E. S.—ll-—E. S.-—||—E. S.-—ll-—E. S.—-Il-—E. S.—lI—E. s. nnnnomronr IN I S . THE SEASON IS SHORT ' OW,,_ BEFORE OPENING FALL 0,0 Must commence to make room. f HT WAIS. 4% . *-€ 0 u y I) S. HALF THE MEN Are not half suited in suits; they put up with just about half their money’s worth. It’s better to ride a donkey that carries you safely than a horse that throws you. Fairy stories are entertaining, but they’re not to be taken seriously. A streak of com- mon sense clears the atmosphere like a streak of lightning and for common sense buyers we have a common sense suit. It’s just the thing to buy now, it’s just the thing to wear now, it’s better than most and it’s as good as any. Our Straw Hat stock is the largest in town and price the lowest. Masonic Building: NORWALK. s Comstock will" - ax VS ‘3 ~Comstock Bieoa, 14 So. Main Street, so. NORWALK. .IHE mnnno comm National Bank. CAPITAL, - $200,000.00 James. W. Hyail, President. Edwin 0. Keeler, Lewis. 0. Green. Vice-President. Cashier. DIRECTORS: JAMES W.HYAT.T F.ST.JOHN LOCKWOOD. EDWIN O. KEELER. DAVID E- MILLER. RA COLE. MOSES FI. GLOVER I . W. B. E. LOCKWOOD. LEVI WARNER. Accounts of Manufacturers, Mer- chants and Individuals Soliciied. ‘THE Bank has recently placed in its fire-proof vault, a burglar-proof safr containing safe deposit boxes to the convenience 0! their depositors which they offer free of charge PROF. 'J. H. _ YNEN, (Iranian: and Director in St, Mary’s Church. —--TEACHER 0F-—- Plano, Organ, Harmony, Singing, Violin and ”Jello. Piano lnsrructions By the German Method. 23 WEST AVENUE Residence, ICE-x101! The best of Beef, ’ Veal and Lamb Is cut’at Keeler’s market, and sold at prices that will. suit every body, We quote : Prime rib roasts, 16c lb Pot roasts, 5c lb Beef steak, 80 1b Beef, veal and lamb stew,80 lb Potatoes pk, 25c FISH 0N FRIDAYS ! L. :3. Emma, No.6 Water Street. MRS. F. A. BATES . 'DRESSM-AKE R, as WALL' smear roawim.’ E. cososti, Merchant ~ TI'ailor. I have just received the Finest and and Largest Selection 01’ SPRING AND SUMMER SUITINGS, TROUSERINGS AND VESTINGS. Ever shown in Norwalk, which I will make up 1n style and price to suit everybody. n. ensowszr, ' toner Wall and Water Sis, Norwall Just Arrived! TWO CAR LOADS OF NEW CARRIAGES, WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWEST CASH PBICESIAT H. E. DANN’S. Frank‘ H. Baxter. PHARMACIST. ff 8 Main Street. Soul- H.,rw 1To CAMPERS. Portable House and Tents to rent by the day or wee . F. E. LOCKWOOD Agt. 7 “(at Building Lots! For sad. lBrmnn ' ROIOII POINT, IMPROVEMENI comm, . ATl RO‘TON POINT. For particulars apply on the premises or to any of the following directors: James .‘W H *att. John D. Kimmey, Norwalk; E oodward. C. Swartz. South Norwalk: NOTICE. - LL persons are hereby forbidden to trust ’ any one on account of the Roton Point In rovement Company without an order sign' ed y J. kaenstelnfireneral manager. By order of JA ES ‘ n: . _ Presiden E..'A WOODWABD. Secretary ‘ THE STAMFORD _ DYE - WORKS! wA'rnnsms, STAMFORD, com, Are re ared in addition to their Special , of NET BLACK to do all kinds of DYEINté IN THE BEST sine on THE 1am in accordance With specie. formulas which gust. antes the best results. Orders can be left at scorrntn a HOYT’S, N elk and South Norwalk. ' ‘ W .‘11 17 Offer you today our entire stock or Ladies’ Shirt Waists At a. reduction of 25 to 50 per cent. Edward. Street- I r l I l JOB PRINTING. ._ ”$.- Ma. HARRY M. Gannxnhf‘Jnu superintend- ent of our Printing Departments. is unexcelled ass. Book, Job and Newspaper Printer. and all work entrusted to him will be promptly. reasonably and satisfactorily done. Speci‘a care and attention given to CHURCH AND SOCIETY PRINTING. ' "The Latest, Styles of Menu .- Cards, Dance Orders Ball Tickets, RECEPTION CARDS, WINE - LISTS, Shoo Hangers, \Nedding Invitations, Business Cards, Visiting Bards ——AT THE—— flail ‘ Gazette Church and ‘ I ' * Society Work ‘ A sescALT-v-
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