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Founded in 1800.]
VOL. Kern—No. 24. - . ‘
Our Norwalk Schools.
‘ If there is any one thing of which
I thebest people of Norwalk are especi-
ally and justly proud, it is the high
grade and standing of our public and
private schools. In nothing else are
our tax-payers so ready and willing to
i be heavily assessed as in support of the
...public school system, and the mainte-
nance of its highest and most thorough
efficiency and. scholarship. The Over
River school has but recently intro-
duced the latest and best system of
heating and ventilating, and now the
enterprising committee of the Union
I, school is arranging for the introduction
of the same system into their school
edifice. This costs money, and a good
.. deal of it, but the health and comfort
of teachers and scholars are involved,
and our tax-payers willingly stand the
heavy cost. Then as’to teachers, every
exertion is made to secure thebest
talent available, until it goes without
saying, that in no town in Connecticut
do the public schools attain or main-
tain a higher character for practical
education and efficiency.
It is to be hoped that the establish-
ment of one centrally located High
School, where the highest branches
shall be taught, and where apt and am-
bitious students may be thoroughly
prepared for college or the liberal pro-
fessions, may not be much longer de-
' ferred. What an opportunity this for
some one of Norwalk’s wealthy citizens
to perpetuate a grateful memory, by
endowing such an institution, as has
the venerable Horace Staples, of West-
‘- port.
The same gratifying reputation, even
‘ :to a higher degree, if possible, has
_ been attained by our select schools. The
Selleck and Wilson Collegiate Schools
for young men, and the Mrs. Mead’s-
’ and Miss Baird’s boarding and day
A] schools for young ladies, are of the
1, highest standard as educational insti-
' tutions, and their fame and patronage
extend far beyond the boundaries of
the United States of America.
These are facts which justly inspire
.therpride of every citizen, and are of far
higher moment than the‘unrivaled na-
tural beauties of our town, of which
we are all so fond of boasting.
' In this connection it is appropriate to.
refer again to the recent: graduating
exercises at Miss Baird’s Institute. In
one of the musical numbers then renL
dered by the young lady students, it
was unreservedly stated by competent
judges, in the matter of classical exe-
cution, the rendition would have been
creditable to the highest professional
grade of musical attainment; and in
the matter of the students’ essays, it is
the testimony of the Rev. Dr. Seward,-
:’ who was present and listened to them,
that all were worthy of the highest in-
- stitutions of learning in our land: that
.in originality, force, rhetorical grace
and diction, he had never heard these
papers surpassed on any similar occa-
' [ sion.
Here is a school that started under
every sort of discouragement, which,
by the sheer energy and determination
._of its thoroughly equipped principal,
; ' has grown to be the largest and most
‘ successful educational institution in our
-' town. :Its students come from our own
«_ beautiful and cultured homes, andfrom
fafar‘, and its; success, based on merit
alone, has indeed been extraordinary, ‘
; as it has richly deserved to be. The
school and its worthy principal, enjoys
' the highest confidence and esteem of all
our own people and of all its many pa-
trons in different parts of the land. No
-3 school rates higher for its discipline,
I» scholarship and christian-home atmos-
Iphere. May it long continue to be as
it now is, an honor and benefaction to
’ N orwalk. .
At beautiful “ Hillside” to-night,
L: Mrs. Mead gives a preliminary Com-
mencement Musicale, while on Tuesday
‘1 evening the Class of ’93 is to graduate,
consisting of the following young la-
?dies: J ean Edgar Burnet, Gertrude
France, Grace Irene .Haviland, Katie
Olive} Hutchinson, Eva Elizabeth Van-
. deralice and Kirtrude ,Willson.
. Here, too, in a most romantic and
" 'jion in literature, music and the arts,
: .zllanrepursuedn An especial efl'ort 'is here
l finade’to instruct in all the true'refi'ne-
! : . .' i . , . . . . ,
,ments and e egancies of our modern. «with $1 of Tea.» A. &
f}, 'iohristian home-life,‘as well as to thor-'
9, $33th ground every student in all the
fundamental rudiments of a practical
.: education. Mrs. Mead certame his,
- earned the high sense of appreciation
> in which she is universally held, and
_, {gag may her school endure and grow,
l «'"boon to herself, the town and the
Send. . ' . , '
ZfiIt is in no spirit of exaggerated or
'bjcastful enthusiasm that the Guam,
points with pride to the schools of Nor-a.
Stalk—lone and all. . ’
.,-With ~81 of Tea you have your ick
from 50 useful as well as ornaments ar-=
__e_s,-at A. & P. Tea store 41 Main
:2 i set, Norwalk. ' ' ‘ ' 24-2t
‘ \
~ ahearing before Justice Coolidge to-
'tonic you need. .
washer to do work-on brick and stone
.prp'ves a . hot _.o_ne without any cold,
pects fer a good set are indeed good.
.412, Entertaining and Instinctive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests.
,TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
tf24
—-Pure Paris Green at Hale’s.
no... Eulalia seems to be fond of the
bird called a lark.
—Hind§ lamb 15c, fore 10c, People’s Mt
D. Smith Sholes has been appointed
postmaster at 'Ri‘dgefield.
~Methodist Festival Opera House
to-night.
The Over River School grounds are
being put in first-class condition.
—Don’t forget, don’t forget, don’t
forget the S. of T. fair to-night. 1t
“Tommy” Gregory was in receipt of
another car load of horses, Thursday.
—Ice Cream Soda 50 at Hale’s Sat-
urday only. 1t24
The Walsh-Gray case is set down for
morrow.
——500 pairs the best $1.25 ladies’ kid
Oxfords you ever saw, at Hoyt’s.
The weather seems to be trying the
fat all out of the prosecution in the
Borden case.
—S. of T. Fair will continue to-night
and to-morrow night. It
Mrs. Jane Preece, widow of Richard
W. Preece, has been granted a pension
of $8 per month. .
—-Knapp’s Beer Extract at wholesale
and retail at Druggist Hale’s. tf24-
The remains of the late James Gaff-
ney were interred in St. Mary’s ceme-
tery, this morning.
--Strictly fresh eggs 18c doz. at the
New York Grocery Co. ’s store, 33 Main
street, Norwalk.‘
Conrad Engel of Ansonia, formerly
of Norwalk, is moving his family to the
former place to-day.
—-—Hear the Murray Bros. to-night
and see the results of the efforts of
three former Norwalk boys.
. “Will,” Smith, of Seymour,is visit-‘
ing friends in town. He is convalescent
of a six weeks’ serious illness. . '
—We are‘ selling Baker’s Cocoa for
20c a box at the New York Grocery 00. ’s
store, 33 Main street, Norwalk.
The glare of the electric light near
Merw-in and Academy streets was miss-
ing two or three evening this week.
articles of all kinds at‘ the
air to-night, prices very low.
——Fanc
S. of T.
It
Miss Hattie Wever, of Elm street,
has returned from her visit to Eliza-
beth, accompanied by her mother.
—Just think of it! Tomatoes 10c a
can at the New York Grocery Co.’s_
store, 33 Main street, Norwalk.
The horse which was left to starve by
George Booth,in a lot in East Norwalk,
was found dead Thursday afternoon.
-—Go to .Schmede’s, No. 51 Main
street, for ice cream. Custard cream,
25c. ; pure cream, 35c. quart. 627tf
The 25th annual session of the grand
lodge, Connecticut Knights of Pythias
began in Danbury Thursday morning.
—1 beautiful decorated china cake
plate With 81 of Baking Powder at 41
Main street,_Norwalk. ' 24-2t
It is stated that Mitchell & Judd will
resent each of the “Little J aps” at the
. E. church festival to-night, with a
sample straw hat.
—It will be well worth the price of
admission to the Opera House to-uight
to see the “Japs” once more beside
many other good things. '
S. C. Travis, John Mechaley and L.
D. Whittemore will represent Stam-
ford in the 10-mile road race of the
Alpha Wheel club, to-morrow.
-—You still have a chauceto buy dry
and fancy goods at cost and less for a
few weeks only, at J., F. Bennett’s
winding up sale. . 24-2t "
If our appetite has failed, if warm
west or wea .935. you. if, you are' run
down and “all: out_.of j-sorts,” go at
once and buy ”a "bottle of Sawyer’s
Dandelion Compound. It’s just the
res be'atiful " knife box given away
P. Tea Co.,' 41
Main street, Norwalk. - 24-2t
_ G.» Willis Whiteis in receipt of a
copy of the San Francisco Examiner,
from his brother who is in California.
in, is claimed for thisspecial issue thet
it- is the largest “paper ever printed in
the world. It numbers 120 pages.
" —Wanted immediately, a” geod white-
vault walls. A 'l at Gaznrrn office.
24-2: , spy, , ~
' Oyster-cultivators are of the opinion
thst the oyster set will be a ~ good one,
this season, judging from the present
weather indications. this" month
the pros.-
rainy spells to kill. e spawn,
‘ instant death Thursday morning.
[$1. 00 a Year.
\
IA load of baskets came down from
Dantown this morning. A pretty sure
sign of rain.
-—Punch and Judy will be at the sf?-
of T. Fair to-night. Everybody come.
It If;
There are thirteen divorcesdown for
trial at the short calendar session of the
civil Superior Court to-day.
There is no truth in the statement
that Professor Brennan proposes leav-
ing town. He'likes Norwalk and is
gontent with the business he is doing
ere.
Mr. and Mrs. James Farrell were
made happy by the advent of a nine
pound boy who arrived just in time to
see this notice in to-days issue of the
GAZETTE. '
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Wilson have re-
turned from their trip to Aburndale,
Mass. Last night they were present
at the commencement exercises in La-
sell seminary, where their daughter is
one of the pupils,
In the races at New Britain Thurs-
day Turner, trained and driven by W.
H. Lockwood of Norwalk won the 2.32'
class trot in three straight heats, time
2:285 2:30 and- 2:28; The other win-
ners during the day were Fanny S. and
Woodmont.
Dr. Paige sails to-morrow by the
French Line for Havre. He takes with
him as traveling companion, Mr. Merri-
wether, the lay reader of Grace church,
who will greatly enjoy his trans-Atlan-
tic vacation. Mrs. Dr. Paige expects
to . occupy her summer villa at Compo
this season, for the first time in several
years.
*>———-
A Brakeman Hurt.
George Weinehert, aged 21, a brake,
man, fell from an extra freight, Con-
ductor O’Conner,at Milford at 3o’clock
this morning. His skull was fractured.
He was badly bruised but not danger-
ously hurt.
AAk
v7
. Horse Stolen. »
_A valuable brown gelding horse
With a buggy and a complete set of
new harness, has been stolen from
Ridgefield Center. The turnout is the
property of Franklin Miles, a farmer,
of that place. DeputyESherifi' Ecollins,‘
of Danbury is looking for the thief.
USE DANA’S s’snssnsmnnaj'rzs
. “THE KIND THAT CURES'..’-’ , '
Liquor Application Refused.
The application of Robert Browndo':
sell liquor near the Soldiers’ Home in
N oroton has been refused by the coun--
ty commissioners on the ground of the
unsuitableness of location. The man-
agement of the home, as well as many-
residents of the town, protested against
granting the license.
Prompt Action Needed.
The Selectmen should at oncesee to it
that Mrs. Louise Hubbs does not leave
town Without taking her daughter Lulu
With her. Now that Booth and this
paramour, Annie Mead, are locked up
in Bridgeport jail Lulu is the only one
remaining at their notorious resort,
and Will no doubt soon become a
chargepn the town unless her mother‘
is required to take her away.
The Last Chapter. — +1
Mrs. P. T. Barnum has just issued a
small volume; elegantly bound, in
memory of her late husband. ' It bears
the title, “The Last Chapter,” and.
contains a finely engraved portrait of,
the deceased showman. In the preface
Mrs. Barnum explains that it was .the
custom of her husband to add each
year a chapter to his autobiography,
ringing it down to date, and that he
requested her to write a review of the
closinghours. -
Battle of Pleasure Beach. _,
The fun at Pleasure Beach on the
occasion of the sham battle at the open-
ing, June 21, will begin ~soon after
noon. Boats will be run all day, extra
ones to be. pressed into the service.
The attacking party will start from
down towards the neck and will try. to "
overwhelm the Gatling gun with its de- "'
fenders. To undertake such‘a venture—
some deed, it will be necessary to make
the most skilful use of the “extended
order” of the new regulations, and thus
we shall have a splendid exhibition of
what warfare to-day would be like. .
USE DANA’S sansarsmnns,msl
”THE KIND THAT CURES. "
A vA ‘r
A New Bell Needed. ' '
It has been suggested, and the sag-:-
gestion is a geod one, that a new bell
and a quart of lubricatin * oil be rpm-.-
chased for the belfry on e Over River;
sch001 house. The old_bellj is cracked”;
and‘has’ no more music'in‘it thania clai'n ' ,
shell. The noise made layrthe clansih'
of the tongue of the bell is accompan" ii
by a sound between the howl of .a‘ dog‘i
andlflie screlech oft itiocat, that hiniist be;
mig y unp easan op e mg in
the neighborhood. Tliis
could'be 'obmted by the wow plac-"
ing of a few drops of Oil. and it should
be so placed at once.
_ .>———————
Caught in-tho Shafting. ,
Joseph Carahan, an employ of the
Aluminum Brass and Brone company,-.
Bridgeport, had a narrow escape fram-
c:
was at work in the main department -:of-::
the'factory. when in some manner his
clothin became‘caught in the whim:
eryan he was quick} drawn up to
the chatting above. e .machinerya
was working slowly at the time and , it
is ._due to this. that his life“1 was paved.
His" fellow workmenjraiiied an __alarm
and the machm
Hewss releas
. land regarded .suoli
adage, came from the House with
gscheme of a foreign syn icate.
-wote1
91' VS“! pflpfipped. 2i”
_ ed rem higlperfious .posi-y
tion'and it was found that he had sus-.;:I
At H artford.
The preliminary skirmish. over the
not providing for a constitutional con-
vention occurred in the Senate Thurs.
day. The bill‘had been made the spec-
ial order for '11 o’clock, but was not
called up until 11:30 by Holcomb. He
then moved postponement until next
Wednesday at 1 O’clock upon the 'plea
that several of his republican associates
were absent and should be given an op-
portunity to pass upbn so important a
measure, involving as it did a proposed
change: in the organic law of the com-
monwealth. .
Holden (Dem.) objected to the mo-
tion, saying that every Senator under-
stood the bill and its object as did the
people of the state. The latter were
clamorous for the reform and if it were
pleasure upon those who are seeking its
' defeat.
Fox, Qrandall and Root also spoke
stronglyaga‘inst delay. Pierce, one of
their. democratic colleagues, took the
opposite view. He said Holcomb had
treated the democrats courteously in
pairing. votes and otherw1se and that
but for his aid they could not have or-
ganized-the Senate. Fox declared these
reasons insufficient as any courtesy ex-
tended by the Republican side had been
repaid. After about an hour’s debate
Holcomb amended his motion so ' as
carry the matter over to next .Tuesday
at 1 p. in. explaining that he did this in
order that it might not conflict with the
hering on the Bridgeport railroad bill.
His amendedmotion was carried by a
vote of ten to six, Cleveland and Pierce
voting with the Republicans.
These acts on the calendar were pas:
sed: Incorporating Paduka Koscuiski
Polish Benevolent society and Bohemi-
an Roman ,Catholic society, both _of
Bridgeport; in concurrence act requir-
ing ,towpaof 10,000 population and up-
wards to maintain free evening schools;
amending charter of Danbury and
Bethel street railroad company; incor-
poratingGreenWich Tramway com-
pany; appropriating $35 to town of
Huntington for burial of a war veteran;
,changing fire limits in Westport ; incor-
porating the city of Stamford.
On motion of Cleveland the act in-
corporating the Land and Improve-
ment company of Bridgeport was tab-
led. He thought it conferred. corpor-
ate powers of too comprehensive a na-
ture, and desired to further inquire in-
‘to the matter. Itwas on his motion
also that the act appropriating $25,000
for a hOspital in Stamford was tabled.
'1 The town had prOposed to raise $75,000
for the institution if the state would
contribute the 825
7 bli "ty deals as dou tful
p11 GPI‘QOHB s.‘ l" " . .-
-Ther'§pe§&l order of the day in the
0"}; House was the bill making it unlawful
to erect any weir, seine or other station-
aryapparatus for the catching of fish.
It .loo‘ked as if 'the act would go
. that! h, but a strong opposition unex-
pecte ly deveIOped and its fate is now
doubtful. Saxe was making a fervent
speech in favOr of the bill when he was
' called to order for exceeding the five
minutes time limit. A vote on a mo-
...tion that he be granted an extension"
showed no quorum, and an adjourn-
ment‘to 2 o’clock was at once taken.
Before this the House reconsidered
its action on the naval reserve .bill and
voted to indefinitely postpone it. This
action is re arded as the probable kill-
ing. of the ill. The act providing for
model highways to be constructed by
counties and towns under the direction
of a state comissioner was indefinitely
. postponed.
The not making an appropriation for
the purchase of additional land for the
Soldiers’ Home at N oroton and the en
,.,largement of the present buildings wa
passe .
Before the Senate adjourned it passed
the bill providing for the election of
County commissioners by the people.
Each party is to nominate three candi-
dates and those receiving a majority
vote are to be elected. This does away
with the minority representation feat-
ure in the bill as originally drawn.
Aresolution from the committee on
Appropriations, accepting the state-
.ment of Morgan G. Bulkeley, as to
moneys expendedby him during the
d ock, brought from Mr. Gunn the
question if any of the moneys had been
paidltoe lawyers in the quo warranto
cases The matter was tabled to give
unopportunity to investigate. .
Senate killed th bill that liquor li-
.,censes,shall not be granted to aliens.
'Thebill raising the tax on female
dogs and concerning registratiog of
ens
steamendments rejected. The Senate
concurred. . - ‘ ' -
When the resolution incorporating
the Columbian Colonization and De-
velopment compan came up Senator
Cleveland attacks. it save cl , as this
’ e
‘ 7 to 5, not a quorum. _
_ -~.Anoth9r charter of the same kind
Bthe - United States Construction and
Want company, was tabled“
_tters,, passed: Resolution incor-_
,poxatiug'the city of Stamford; bill
gabol‘ishing‘the Derby turnpike, the last
.iirgthegveiState; _bill regulating sales of
' ' liquors so: ., t persons
cations: for jli'ceiisel have.
rim , ,_
beendcnmd because person or phone
'unsu'itible', shall not apply again dur-
:ingsflie I. M. C. A. of
shagBadclifi'e Bros. of Huntington.
' Jones urged an amendment
Danbury and
'.Ssnator
' ‘toz'thoztfitunford charter, but the mat-
, :terwent‘to the table.
'LTho-‘fionlte took up the - bill provid-
.ing;for:.the..clecti0n of County commis-
-;sionsrrmth‘ minori representation,
:wwrbeon ' by the House.
--';7‘:S_ens¢hrrrMilner (Rep) ofl'ered an
manhunt that women shall be. al-
lowcdtovote for county commission-
zero-510W by a Viva voce vote.
:nsnmnvs sxfifirsninm.ms
minim Tnsricunns." ,
.ic Li léut Kppolntment. , 1
W “thcwitt lias’b’een appointed
Wig-agent at Birmin am, at
_ {gins-.annuin, Vice C. M. . ewton,
tained but a few slight bruises. ,4
not granted would exercise their dis- -
000, but Mr. CLevem
in .theyesr. .
““01. 1105395.; ffioadiutious were passed incorporat- M
N ORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, J UNE' ' i 6, 1 893.
FOUND GUILTY.
Annie Mead—tE—Paramow of
George w. Booth, Sent to
the County Jail.
Escorted to Jail in an Unassuming
Manner.
The case of Annie Mead, charged
with fornication, was opened in the
Criminal Common Pleas Court at
Bridgeport Wednesday, and closed
with the conviction of the Mead woman
on Thursday.
Constable R. N. Morehouse was the
first witness called Wednesday, but ow-
ing to the lateness of the hour the case
was adjourned until Thursday morning.-
When thecase opened on Thursday
constable Morehouse described the lo-
cation and rooms in the notorious re-
sort near Dorlon Point, kept by George
W. Booth and Annie Mead at the time
of their arrest. He stated that he ar-
rested themxat 6:30 in the morning, and
that the Mead woman and Booth came
from the same room in the house when
notified that they were wanted.
Augustus Hines testified that he
knew Annie Mead, and had attended a
sick man who was at their house on the
Dorlon Point road. Hines was at the
house for thirteen days and during that
time the Mead woman was known as
Mrs. Booth, and she and Booth were
occupying the same sleeping apart-
ment.
Mrs. Matilda Booth, the lawful wife
of George W. Booth, testified to her
marriage with Booth.
William Gates, of Danbury, was next
called and testified to hearing Annie
Mead, when under oath in the Court of
Common Pleas, state that she was the
wife of Booth.
- Jeremiah Driscoll knew Annie Mead
and Booth and had been to their house
four times during the summer of 1892.
He was also present at the Gates trial
and heard Mrs. Mead testify, but when
asked by the State’s attorney about her
having testified that she was the wife of
Booth, the Witness was suddenly strick-
en with loss of memory and could not
remember anything about the trial.
John Platt testified to knowing Annie
Mead only as Mrs. George W. Booth;
had known her for a year and a half;
had also heard her call Booth husband.
Platt {was also present at the Gates
trial 'when‘she testified that she was the
wife of Booth. ‘
Samuel: McGowan testified that he
- knew Booth -aiid"tlie prisoner, Mrs.
Mead, and that they had lived as hus-
band and wife while in East. N orwalk.
They had also on one occasion remained
at his house over night and had been
allowed to occupy the same room, after
Booth had assured him that they were
married.
The defense placed the prisoner,
Annie Mead, on the stand, but under
cross-examination of Judge Glover she
told so many conflicting stories that it
was impossible to follow her. She tes-
tified in substance that she had lived at
the house on the Dorlon Point road
three months before being arrested;
that at the time officer Morehouse call-
ed she was up in the garret getting
Booth some dry clothes, he having been
out all night in the rain ; that she and
Booth he never been criminally intim-
ate, nor had they ever occupied the
same' room at the house ; that she em-
ployed Elzea and Booth to open clams
and wait on the table in the restaurant
attached to the house; that she paid
Booth from $8 to 810 a week for his ser-
vices and Elzea got his board; that she
had been a widow for, nine years and
had known Booth .five years, two of
which he had been in henemploy as a
servant, cooking and waiting on the
table etc; that she was called Mrs.
Booth by people who were not acquaint-
ed with her relations to George, and
that she had never testified‘ that she
was the wife of Booth.
Under cross examination Mrs. Mead
repeated the statement that Booth.
opened oysters and clamsand waited on
her table; that Elzea waited on the
store and restaurant selling cigars, to-
bacco and all kinds of soft drinks; that
only one other female resided in the
house; that she had never objected to
being called ' Mrs. Booth because she
was afraid that George would leave her
if she did, and she would be unable to
secure another man like him ; that she
was a decent, respectable woman and
didn’t want people to think otherwise 3,
that Booth came to live with her last
June, a car ago; that she had lived
in Broo lyn, but was not called Mrs.
Booth while in that city. .
A sensation was created by the states’
attorney drawin from the prisoner the
fact that she be
Booth ouTuesday last and offered her
.8100 to withdraw the charge. Mrs. Mead
then testified under cross examination
that she was sworn under the name (of
Booth last J anuory, but made-no objec-
tion and could give no reason why she
had failed to call? the courts attention
tothematter. ' . . . _ .
9 Charles Elzea fo owed MraMead and
testified that he an Booth roamed. to-
ghether in the-same room and described
e several sleeping woman the house;
that he never knew of Booth ' and. the
and woman occupying the same room.
On cross examination _he testified to
the different bedrooms in the house and
the sizes of the beds, and flatly contra-_
dicted the testimony of Mrs. ,Mead in
regard to the beds and the situation of
the room occupied by Booth. ‘
Mrs. Louisa Hubbs, of Brooklyn,was
the last witness for the defense. ~ She
testified that she' lived» on Himrod
street, Brooklyn, but when asked if her
husband hved at that number she told
Judge Glover that was her business.
This testimony closed the case and ar- -
gumen'ts were made'by AttorneysGi-ay
or the state and Judge Lockwood and
:J.':'J. Welsh for’ the defense;:Ju e
Glover closing for the state: Judge .
.1.in then instructed the jury. tho
retired and returned in a very few min-
utes with a verdict of’guilty.‘ ‘ '
. J mtg e .Walsh ~ thereupon sentenced
Annie sad to pay a fine of” and‘be
Q
PRICE Two CENTS :
i
talked with Matilda .
confined in the county jail for twenty- '
'five days. _
Her request that she might be escor-
ted to jail in an, unassuming I manner
was granted. Deput Sheriff Curtis ac-
ted as bod guard an escort,but walked
'far enoug ahead of Mrs. Mead so that
no one not in the secret suspected them
of being, officer and prisoner.
OverRiver School Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Over
River School district which was held
last evening, was a very harmonious
one. The number of voters and. tax-
payers present was over fifty and re-
presented the best element of the dis~ .
trict.
The meeting was called to order ”by
Clerk Alfred E. Austin, after which Mr.
John H. Wade was gracefully seated in
the Moderator’s chair, by acclamation.
The report of the committee was
then read. It was a well written docu-
ment and gave a detailed report of
what the committee had done in the
interest of the district since the last
meeting. It contained a digest of the
committee work in securing heat, ven-
tilation, etc. It was shown that the
present indebetedness of the district,
was about $7,000, and the expenses for
last year were $11,135. . It su gested
that the school be repainted. he re-
port also showed that the committee
had expended about $900 in excess of
the appropriation for the system of ven-
tilation, etc.
Clerk Austin asked why the commit
tee had expended nearly $4,000 for‘th'
system when only $3,000 hadbeen vote
Committeeman Wheeler in reply as.
that at the time the appropriation w
voted, the district had only in contem-
plation the heating and ventilation _cf
the school, but that when the commit-
tee were getting estimates for the same
and examining as to which .system
would be best and most. economical for
the district, they came across what is
known as the Schmede system which
included dry closets. As it would be
cheaper to put in the closets at the same
time as the heating apparatus and 855 ll?
was only a question of a short time
when the old closets would have to be
removed. it was decided by the com-
mittee that the best interests of the
districtwould be secured by the extra
expenditure.
The report of the committee was
then unanimously adopted.
The report of Treasurer Price was
read and accepted.
The matter. of electing a member of
the committee to fill the vacancy caused
by .the expiration of the term of servrce
of James W. Storey, was then brought
beformme meeting. .
_ William A. Ambler presented the
name of James W. Storey, to fill the
vacancy for three years, and proposed
that a vote be taken instructing the
clerk to deposit one ballot for Mr.
Storey, as the choice of the meeting.
Joseph P. Crossman objected. on the
ground that it was too much like a gag
game. ,
The meeting then proceeded to bal-
lot for committeeman, with the result
that James W. Storey received 47 votes
and was declared elected.
Henry P. Price was elected treasurer.
L. L. Sherwood was continued in office
as collector as was also A. E. Austin. as
clerk. '
Messrs. F. I. Jones and Samuel
Lynes were reelected auditors.
Principal Wigham gave the meeting
ageneral idea of the working of .the
new system of ventilation and heating,
and did it in a very interesting manner.
Committeeman Wheeler .tried to
draw a little speach out of Committee-
man Mead by calling him father of the
committee, etc., but did not succeed.
The meeting then adjourned.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
"THE KIND THAT (mans. "
Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Columbus of the
Sixth district. which includes Fairfield
and Litchfield counties, held their an-
nual field day and parade in Bridgeport
Thursday. Councils werepreflen... .,.t from
Stamfor , Danbury, Newtowp, New
Milford and Norwalk. ‘Theré‘ were
about 800 in line and they made an ex-
cellent showing. The city took on a
holiday air earl in the mormn and
crowds throngs the streets. any
residences were elaborately decorated-
and the visiting knights were given a
royal welcome. The procession was
reviewed as it passed City Hall, by the
mayor, members of the. common coun-
oil and other city ofiicials. The field
day exercises were held at Pleasure
Beach wherezthe visitors .were enter-q
tained by the local councils. Officers
of the state and supreme councils'and
invited guests from Brooklyn, N. Y.,
rode in carriages.
Another Sudden Death.
Mrs. Flora_A. Hale, wife of William
J. Carver, died yery sudden] at' the
home of her son-in-law, John . Nash
in Cranberry Plains, . last night, aged
53, years. Mrs. Carver was about the '
house as usual during the day. Shortly
beforeooleven o’clock she went up stairs
to retire but feeling dizzy went .- into,
her daughter’s roomand sat down. She
complained of a headache and her
dau hter was ed in bathing her
h when she said, .
sure of it,” and slid out of the chair to.
the floor a corpse. . -
The deceased was the second wife .of
Mr. Carver and was the mother of two
children by him and twenty-four by a
previous husband. She was very fleshy
weighmfibout 250 pounds. , .
Both 3. Caryer’s and Mrs. Nash’s
husbands were away at the time of the.»
death of the former. \
cal examiner Burke was sum:
moned and gave a verdict" of den '-
from appoplexy. - '~ -
.._.
Foul Play suspected.
. John Coakley died in the heap ital-v at
.‘Hartford Thusday‘niglit. ,Coakleywas . . .
found under sfreight car man intoxi- - ~- '
‘cated condition in' the moi'ninlz. His
face was scratched. His skull was found .
to be fractured and he was removedf‘to
the-hospital. Foulplay‘ is suspected.-
“I’m dying. I’m. .
Norwalk Chronicler