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VoL. XCIV.——No. 37.
i lllllSllBIllltll-l 111 all things: Neutral Ill llllllllllg.
Days of Elections!
Our City Election takes place on
Monday, Oct. 1st., next, at the house
of Hope Hos‘e company. Read adv.
elsewhere in @iznrtrn. ‘
Our Town Election occurs on the
same day at the Town House.
Benedict for Congress!
The Philadelphia Press says the votes
of Vermont and Maine have changed
the democratic programme in Connec-
ticut; that Mr. E. C. Benedict will not
run for the Governorship, as at first ar-
ranged, as President Cleveland desires
him to run for Congress in this district.
This, if true, means the turning down
of Representative DeForest, against
which, his friends will be likely to very
vigorously rebel.
The Latest Crop Report.
The crop estimates published on the
10th inst. by the Government statis—
ticians were based upon reports of the
agricultural conditions at the close of
August.
Since the let of September, however,
these conditions have improved in
seVeral sections. The Weather Crop
Bulletin for the week ending Septem-
ber 10 states that during the past week
“copious mine have fallen over the
greater portion of the Southern States,
Kansas, Missouri, Southern Iowa, and
from Wisconsin and Northern Illinois
eastward to the Middle Atlantic Coast ;”'
while in some other States previously
suffering from severe drought helpful
showers have fallen. The bulletin adds:
The recent rains have benefited late
corn in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ma-
ryland, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas,
but Were too late to be of benefit to
early corn. In Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Iowa the greater part of the crop
has been cut. North Dakota :reports
corn free from d, ger from frost, and
in Illinois much 0 the crop will be be-
yond danger in from ten to fourteen
days. In Mississippi some injury has
resulted to corn from heavy rains,
while hot and dry weather has proved
injurious in Kentucky.
The week (ending September 10) has
been favorable for cotton in the Caro-
linas, Tennessee and Texas, and the
crop is slowly improv' g in Georgia,
but heavy rains have cved injurious
in Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Louisiana reports shedding general and
prospects less favorable than last week.
Picking has been interrupted by rains
in Alabama, Mississ’mpi and Texas.
To Beat the Trotting Record.
It is two years ago since Nancy Hanks
set the champion trotting record at 2:04.
Since Wednesday she has shared this
honor with another trotter of her own
sex, the handsome little bay mare Alix,
and according to all the accounts sent
out from Terre Haute—where both rec-
ords were made—it was only by the
meres‘t chance that Nancy Hanks still
retains a share of the championship. It
appears that a heap of dirt and a two~
horse scraper, left on the outer edge of
the track near the first quarter pole,
rightened the little bay mare when she
made her effort on Wednesday, and re-
tarded her speed in the first half to
1:03 1-4. The subsequent four furlongs,
covered in 1:00 3-4. demonstrate what
she could have done but for this unto-
ward incident, and it is especially.
worthy of note that the third quarter,
trotted in 0:29 3-4, is the first instance
on record of a quarter officially timed
in less than 0:80.
Alix will try again to-day, and unless
anything has happened since Wednes-
day to take the edge off her speed the
trotting record inside the next twenty-
four hours should be moved to a faster
mark.
Again, this mile in 2:04, by Alix, was
a better performance than the original
2:04 by Nancy Hanks. The last half
mile, the deciding half in the case of a
tie, was done by Nancy in 1 :015. Alix’s
last half was in 1:005}!
Here we have a half mile, and the
most difficult half of the two, at the rate
of 2:015- for the whole. This is faster
than either half of the mile paced by
Robert J. in 2:02%. With a good track
to-day at Terre Haute, it is thought that
Alix will beat the record; for the reason
that the man who ought to know, her
manager, evidently thinks so, or he
would not start her so socn after her
immenserecord of Wednesday.
Body Ground to Pieces.
A terrible grade crossing accident
occurred at Kelsey’s crossing on the
New York, New
Railroad about5z50 o’clock last evening
by which Barney Liekins of New Brit-
ain, a dry goods peddler, was killed—
cut to pieces. The horse which he was
driving was also killed. The scene of
the accident is about 1!; miles north of
Berlin station and is in the town of New
Britain. '
.472; Entertaining and I nstrzoctive Home Journal, ESpecially Devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14-» 1894. '
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.reeked with. an awful stench.
Haven & Hartford, ‘
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Smut 3; Poison.
It has generally been a prevailing
opinion among the mass that the smut
which appears upon the corn is an in-
offensive growth, and of little conse-
quence. But a case which has occurred
in Brookfield makes it a very poisonous
substance and very dangerous to those
who work where this excresence grows.
A farmer well-known in that Vicinity
while cutting up corn got a quantity of
smut into a sore which he had on one
of his fingers. He paid little attention
to it. but very soon his finger began to
swell and his whole Hand in time, and
it was exceedingly painful. His hand
seemed to swell twice its normal size.
Dr. A. L. Williams was consulted and
attended the case. The result was that
the poison extended throughout his
.body and eventually caused his death.
For the last few days,he was one of the
g atest of sufferers. Previous to the an—
ci out he was a healthy and hard work—
ing man, and it was the np‘nion of his
physician that his death .ms the direct
result of smut poisoning.
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Off for Lookdut Mountain.
A party of well known Odd Fellows
of Connecticut left to day for Lookout
Mountain, where the annual meeting
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge will be
held. Among those who make up the-
party are Grand Secretary Frederick
Botsford and ex~Judge L. P. Deming,
of New Haven, Past Grand Master
Ware of New London. W. H. Marigold
of Bridgeport, John H. Kenney of this
city and James E. Camp of Bridgeport.
The last two mentioned gentlemen will
represent the grand encampment and
Messrs. Ware and Marigold the Grand
Lodge. The party left New York on a
special Pullman car. At the meeting
an organization of the Grand Secretar-
ies ivill be formed. There are about
forty such officers, many of whom, like
Mr. Botsford, have held their office
more than twenty-five years.
The Boat Found.
Amos Louden, of Harbor avenue,
called at the GAZETTE ofice this morn-
ing and explained where young Georgie
Bennett, of Danbury, obtained the
boat in which he was found off Roton
Point by Mrs. Carnegie.
ashore at Keyser‘s island to come to his
home on Harbor avenue. When he re-
turned to his boat he found it gone.
After securing another he visited Tav-
ern island, where he was informed by
Captain Joe Merrill that a young boy
had rowed ashore in the boat and ob-
tained a drink of water, and had then
started off towards Bdbn. Mr. Lou-
don this morning had his boat returned
by Frank Webber, who brought it up
from Noroton, where the Carnegie
party left it.
Hung Himself.
James L. Judson, a respectable far-
mer living in the Great Plains district,
Danbury, was found hanging to a rafter
in his barn Thursday afternoon. The
discovery was made by one of the mem-
bers of his family, who became worried
over Judson’s absence. The body was
still warm when found hanging in the
barn, showing that Judson had not been
dead very long. Fer some time past
he had been suffering from softening of
the brain, and it is thought that this
was the cause of his committing suicide
He was fifty years of age and was one
of the prominent farmers in that section
He leaves a widow, two sons and two
daughters. One of the latter is a mis-
sionary in India. He was a deacon in
the Disciples church, in Danbury.
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Living Pictures. -.
A sheet and pillow-case, or ghost
party was held at Prof. Carl Harstroms
residence, on Prospect avenue, last
night. Afeaturc of the occasion was
the presentation of living pictures
which were greatly enjoyed. Dancing
was participated in and a fine supper
served. Among the guests present were
Mr. and Mrs. Christie Mead, of Orange,
N. J. , Mr. Frank Mansfield Of New
Haven, Miss Kate Parker of Bridgeport,
the Misses Agnes R. Gibbs, Bertha Wil-
son, Mabel C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. R.
G. Wilson,'J. A. Pinneo, John Beatty.
LeGrand Raymond, Fred Hill, David
W. Raymond, Hanford Weed and Hen-
ry T. Prowitt.
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Furnace Full of Skunks.
A few days ago Alex. iCochrane, the
tinsmith, went to the Congregational
church in Deep River to put the furnace
in order for the winter and Was accom-
panied by his dog. When he opened
the furnace door six skunks sprang out
almost in his face, and ran for a corner
of the cellar. The dog mixed in with
them andvfiie result can easily beimagin-
ed. Man and dog finally became victors,
but the cellar and the whole church
It is sup-
posed the skunks got into the furnace
by crawling through the cold air pipes,
'the. openings of which are in the base-
ment wall outside the church.
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Hil and Wilson at Litchfield.
E. J. Hill and O. E. Wilson of Non;-
walk were in town on unday, having
run up the nigth befor from Washin .
t n,where they are in attendance at t e
asonic celebration. Mr. Hill is pro-
minently identified with various Nor-
walk enterprises, both industrial and
financml, and is a leading candidate for
the Republican congressional nomina-
tion. Mr. Wilson though a Democrat,
said there was very general satisfaction
in'tlre twin cities that Mr. Hill had per-
mitted his name to be used. Mr. Hill
was in the State Senate of 1888, and he
has an excellent record.—-Litchfield En-
quirer.
—Flre Sale. --...
. Our second annual fire sale still con-.
tinues. It has been a grand success
from the very start owing to the fact
that we are offering good goods at low
prices. as your friends who have pur-
chased of us during this sale can testify.
Taft’Bros., clothiers and batters, Wall
street, Nor-walk.
Loudon wa _.
camping on Cedar island and had rowe- '
Biennium
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- WAR
WEORRESPUNDENT.
BY 'LHE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894. .
CHAPTER XXI.
‘ Gen. John C. Fremont, who had been
made commander of the Western De-
partment. with headquarters at St.
Louis, following upon the Union disas-
ter at Wilson’s Creek, 'where fell an-
other of Connecticut’s patriotic sons,
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. had largely filled
the public mind. To those, who like
Mr.- Greeley. had given the intrepid
“Pathfinder to the Pacific,” an enthus-
iastic support as the Presidential leader
of the newly born Republican party in
1856. the name of Fremont was one to
conjure with. In his desperate en-
counter with secession in Missouri. he
had without consultation with President
Lincoln, issueda proclamation estab-
lishing martial law throughout that
state. It made the destruction of our
railroads, bridges, telegraph lines, etc.
punishable with death, and confiscated
all rebel property used in warfare
against the Government. It also de-
clared that all slaves belonging to the
insurgents and found aiding their mas-
ters in operations against the Govern-
ment, should thereupon be made free.
This last attempt at freeing slaves, set
up a howl of execration throughout the
rebel South, which found many ap.
proving a‘llies among the “copper-
heads,” as the open sympathizers with
the South were denominated, at the
North, while the intense anti—slavery
men in all the loyal states hailed the
‘Fremont Proclamation of Freedom to
the slave, with unrestrained joy!
President Lincoln was greatly embar-
rassed by thisfipremature, as he thought,
interference with the institution of
slavery. He requested Fremont to
modify this part of his order, but the
General respectfully declined to do so
and left it with the President, who fi-
nally recalled this freedom to the slaves
portion of the famous Fremont pronun-
ciamento, although afterward following
with his own Emancipation Proclama-
tion, which was far more comprehen-
sive, thorough and absolute, than the
restricted order of Fremont and which
under God’s Providence, put an end
forever to human bondage in North
America. All this, of course, concen-
trated the world’s attention upon Fre-
mont. Mi; Greeley’s newspaper in-
stincts and great ambition to make his
Tribune the country’s foremost journal
in loyalty, ordered me to St. Louis, to
write up Fremont for his paper, and
when this was done to report back to
duty at Washington and the Army of
the Potomac.
1 had known Gen. Fremont person-
ally at Washington since his entrance
to the U. S. Senate as one of the first
members of that body, from the new
auriferous state of California. His bril—
liant wife Jessie, the daughter of “Old
Bullion” ’lhomas H. Benton, had a
warm place in her enthusiastic heart
for Norwalk, and had come very near
accompanying her aged father at the
time I persuaded him to deliver a lec-
ture here in aid of a then village li-.
brary enterprise. A stronger interest
in our town to her, was the fact that
Norwalk was the home of Orris S. For
ry, to whose impassioned speech at the
American National convention at Phil-
adelphia in behalf of the nomination
of John C. Fremont, she attributed
more than to any other cause, the nom-
ination of her husband as its Presiden—
tial candidate by that powerful organi-
zation of Unionists. The peroration
of that outburst of eloquence from the
lips of the young, enthusiastic and pit--
triotic Ferry, will never be forgotten
by any one so fortunate as to have
heard it. The contest for the nomina-
tion had waged without result long and
wearily, far into the night, between
Fremont and George Law, when young
Ferry upon a sudden impulse, jumped
to hislfeet and set the convention fairly,
wild and ablaze, with one of those out-
bursts and- corruscations of eloquence
for which he was so noted, when any
extraordinarily deep feeling roused his!
intensely fervid nature. His conclu -
ing words were substantially these, ("-
quote from memory) “The man who
had the genius and fortitude to climb
on frozen hands and knees to the top-
most cliff of the Rocky Mountains and
plant the American Standard there, is
the fit candidate to lead this giant
young American party on to a glori-
ous victory. ” Ferry’s words s pt over
the convention with a magica power
and fascination. They were uttered
with a rapidity and intensity beyond
the power of the stenographers to fol-
low. Hats canes. umbrellas. handker-
chiefs, with shouts of deafening ap-
plause, filled the vast auditorium and as
soon as Order could be restored, on the
swelling tide of Ferry’s eloquence, the
vote was taken and Fremont was nom-
inated and led the memorable campaign
of 1856.
There is a legend in Washington to
the effect that the Capitol artist who de-
signed the beautiful and patriotic fresco
upon the wall of the western grand stair-
case of the House of Representatives,
siezed upon Ferry’s inspiring oratoricai
conceit as the subject for a sure triumph
of his genius in the use of pencil and
brush. ,
For the two weeks I remained at St.
Louis I was a welcome daily visitor at
Gen. Fremont’s military office and cor—
di‘ally invited to visit his family when
inclined so to do. .1 recall the Gener-
g al’s reference to and commendation of,
. any skins or furs of animals he had
‘ quaintance, rom whom he could~ pro-
Norwalk felts. He said he had acci-
dentally been induced to use some pea
jackets for his men while crossing the
Plains in winter, en route to California,
of a thick felt cloth fabric which the
dealers told him was made at Norwalk
in Connecticut. He said this materials
protected the bodies of his men from
the fierce, cold and cutting winds of
the mountains and plains better than
ever used.
, Col. Benton, his father~in-law, upon
the occasion of his visit to Norwalk,
was presented by the late George G.
Bishop, with a beautiful felt traveling
or lap robe or blanket, made at the
aUnicn Mills, which the senator had in
turn given to his daughter, Mrs. Fre-
mont and by her was most highly
prized.
This simple incident led to a business
development at. our felt factories of vast
magnitude, before the war had closed.
Gen. Fremont asked me why a cheaper
grade of felt army blankets could not
be made for the soldiers. The idea was
a new one, but seemed feasible and in
less than a month, both the Union
,Mannfacturing company and bonus-
bnry, Bissell 51:00., were cutting up
all their cloths and manning off all the
,‘army blankets possi is for their felt
machinery to turn out, upon orders se-
cured for them by the Tribune’s cor-
respondent. The gift of the Norwalk
made felt blanket, to Col. Benton years
before, had proven bread cast upon the
waters that returned to our Norwalk
manufacturers, a thousand fold, in the
government’s cash. 80 do we oftimes
build greater than we know.
" Mrs. Fremont was a most genial and
accomplished lady and a facinating con-
‘versationalist. She never seemed to
tire narrating her father’s exalted opin-
ion of N orwalk and especially our pros-
perous manufacturing industries, where
women were given employment. She
said her father was particuhrly delight-
ed- with a Norwalk factory where the
young women were all dressed as fine
and behaved as well as Sunday school
teachers. It Was indeed a revelation to.
him. He had heard and read of Yan-
kee enterprise, but never expected to
see anything in human life comparable
‘to this exhibition of combined industry
and gentility. Mrs. Fremont said on
Col. Benton’s return to New York from
Norwalk, where she met her father, he
kept her up nearly the entire night, in
relating his to him, wonderful exper-
iences in the then thrifty little village
of Norwalk.
On the occasion (of Senator Benton’s
visit be had been, my own guest and I
had persuaded the venerable statesman
to may u‘iUL‘ a day and visit some of
Norwalk’s mannfaetories. I had ar-
ranged with Mr. Henry I. Hoyt in the
morning, to give him a reception at his
shirt factory early in the afternoon.
This reception became an ovation to
the grand old man. The factory was
- as clean as a parlor, and the young lady
operatives were at their tidy machines
dressed in their Sunday, or party appa~
re], and a prettier sight was never seen
at any New England hive of industry.
“Old Bullion” was astonished, charmed
and delighted at what he saw. After--
ward Mr. Hoyt took him into his private
office and exhibited the weekly wage or
pass books of these girls, showing their
xearnings to range from five to in one
case, twenty-one dollars a week. One
left With the firm on interest. Others
had considerable sums in the Savings
Banks, two had brothers in Yale, which '
the sisters here were mainly supporting
from their weekly earnings. We then
visited the Union Manufacturing Com-
pany’s factory, Lou-nsbury Sr. Bissell’s,
and, the Lock factory, but at no place
did the old gentleman get so thoroughly
interested as at the Morison & Hoyt
shirt factory, and this pleasant memory
of Norwalk, Mrs. Fremont said, her
father retained to the end of his life.
At St. Louis, I met the late S. Henry
Bailey, then one of the large and
successful business men of the trans-
Mississippi city. I also fell a victim to
William T. Clark, a well known Nor-
walk boy. then of Davenport, Iowa,
who had just received the flattering
appointment of Colonel, and been as-
signed to the gallant Gen. McPherson’s
staff. He was casting about St. Louis,
to pick up ome friend or chance ac-
cure the funds needed to get a uniform
for his now exalted rank and position.
His army j‘aymaster had not materal-
,ize‘d about his headquarters and he was
in embarras ing straits. Fortunately
for him an ' equally unfortunate for
myself, I chanced to be able to assnst
him out of his difficulties. He was ap-
parently deeply grateful and so far as I
know, remains so yet. - .
General Fremont was finally relieved
from command at St. Louis, having
been hampered and worried beyond
endurance by reason of the tardiness
of the Government in suitably equipp-
ing his army of defence. Whatever
may be the criticisms as to Gen. Fre-
mont’s military abilities or_ his .want
of skill and judgment, impartial history
must accord to him the extenuating
facts that he was an indefatigable
organizer and worker, and performed
his arduous duties under the greatest
difficulties and that despite this,
immeasurably more was demanded. of
him than of McClellan, concerning
whom for l , weary months of in-
action, he 'w permitted to remain
without rebuke or demand upon him
for anypertion of his troops or to move
upon the enemy.
From St. Louis, I boarded a govern-
ment transport, loaded with officers,
soldiers and supplies, bound for Mem-
phis. There we found Gen. Hurlburt
in command. He had long _been_in
Congress, where I had known him prior
to his entering the Union army. He
had the beautiful Tennessee city under
martial law, and so held it, With but a
feeble brigade, against threatened rebel
assaults. Not'only this, he puts stop
to the rebels floating vast quantities of
contraband cotton down the MiBSISSlppl
to New Orleans and thus out- to sea,
to be gathered up by English blockade~
runners in exchange for supplies they
furnished the insurgents. To put an
lady operative had $1,600 to her credit, -
ordered to take fire city, and at time of
my arrival,Gen.( urlburt had ten acres
of cotton bales piled all along the
levees. Here I, met Chester N. Case,
of Norwalk, who had worked his way
’up out of the-'i'ebel lines, from Orange-
'.-burg, S. C., where he had abandoned a
large business and fortune for the pur-
pose of reaching a land of freedom and
joming his family then resident in N or-
walk. His own escape had not been his
most serious anxiety. His bright young
son, who had been in charge of his
Southern store, had been impressed
in to the rebel army against his will, and
the escape otthis boy, the pot of a
father’s loyal heart, was the object of .
Case’s chief solicitude. The young
man had deserted, at the first favorable‘
oppontunnty, and was making his way
by tramping only at night, up the
shores of the Mississippi river. Father»
and son had met, whether by preear—
rangcment I knew not. at Memphis.
A few months later, it was my delight
to hear from Secretary Welles, to this
patriotic boy. a commission as pay-
master in the U. S. Navy.
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Prizes May Go To Norwalk.
Speaking of the Lawn Tennis Tour-
nament in that city the Stamford Advo-
cate says : “The afternoon games cum-
menccd with the etch between Van
Buren and Whiting. Van Buren con-
tinued his good playing of the day be-
fore ani'l swept,everything before him.
‘Whiting was kept on the run by Van
Buren until he was pretty well winded.
Van Buren placed well, besides hand-
ling the cuts and drives neatly. The
first set was won by him by a score of
6-0. In the second set Whiting braced
up 82bit and won three games by good
placing, but lost the set by a score of
6-3. It begins to look asif the prizes'
of the tournament were going to Nor-
walk with the Van Burens, for the two
brothers were successful in the match
pla‘yed next against Lottimer and Whit-
ing. The younger VanBuren played a
steady game and with his brother
makes a capital team. Lottimer aind
Whiting were easily outplayed, losing
many pOIIltS by the superior placing of
the Van Burens. The war was kept up
in the enemy’s camp by them and Lot-
timer and Whiting could do little more
than support their own end. The score
in favor of the Van Burens Was 0-0 0-1.
Howarth-Pinknev.
There was a pretty yellow and white
wedding. Wednesday evening at the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. George
F. Stratton, on Elm street, Danbury.
The contracting parties were Fredrick ‘
E. Howarth, of Utica, N. Y., and Miss
Nellie Louise Pinkney, of St. Paul,
Minn. The Rev. B. J. Hall, D. D.,
offimat . Mr. and Mrs. Howarth took
the m1 ight train on the New England
road for a wedding tour. Upon their
return they wil reside in Utica, where
the _ groom is secretary of the Utica
Cabinet company.
_The out'of town guests at the wed-
ding were: Mr. andngs. C. W. Hack-
ett, Mr. and Mrs. John Howarth, Mr.
andfiMrs. E. A. Pinkney, Miss Grace
Howarth, Miss Bessie Ballard, Miss
Charlotte Pinkney, Edgar Howarth and
Frederick Hackett, all of Utica -. Frank
Randall, Winnipauk, and Miss Lizzie
Pinkney of Brooklyn.——Danbury News.
Superior Court.
Charles Lynch pleaded guilty in the
Superior court Thursday, to the charge
of stealing Henry Halvorson’s bicycle.
He was fined $1 and costs and sent to
jail for six monfiis.
John Clampitt pleaded guilty to bur~
glarizing Martin Kelly’s premises in
the day time. Three months in jail.
Scott Johnson, colored, of Danbury,
charged with assault with intent to kill,
and who justified the five inch stab
ound inflicted in the abdomen of
illiam Stillson, on the score of self
defense, was found guilty and sent to
jail for six months.
E’ridgepo‘rt Toughs in Danbury.
Four Bridgeport toughs were arrest—
ed in Danbury, Thursday for making
themselves generally obnoxious in the
street. They were begging and insult-
ing women. Two officers attempted to
arrest them and took one of them into
custody. The other three then set upon
the oflicers and attempted to take the
prisoner away. The men gave the offi-
cers a tough fight and an alarm for help
from the policemen brought assistance.
The troughs fought the officers all the
way to the station house and it was
Willh difficulty that they were placed in
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Received 1 .000 Volts.
Tim O’Leary, a lineman employed
by the Hartford Light it Power 00.,
received 1.000 volts in his body at Hart-
ford Thursday and will recover. He
was placing a converter on a high pole
when he received the shock. He threw
his arms around the pole and held on
until rescued. His hands and one
wrist were badly burned.
Bicycle Accident.
Abi"yclist who refused to give his
name, lost control of his wheel while
riding in New Haven, yesterday. The
car struck the bicycle and threw its
rider, apparently, under the wheels,
but the motorman stopped’ his car
.within two or three yards, and al-
though the wheels struck the rider he
was uninjured.
Appointed Assistant Postmaster.
Postmaster F. G. Beach of New
Haven, on Thursday’ settled along fight
for the position of assistant postmaster
by appointing J. Rowe, who has
been superintendent of letter carriers
since Mr. Beach assumed the duties of
the efiice.
Her 83d Birthday.
Mrs. Harriet Staples, relict of the
late Burr Staples, celebrated her 83d
birthday at her home on Harboravenue,
Viednesday. Mrs. Staples is in fairly
end to this cotton shipment was the
special object of our forces being
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good health, but is not able to go far
i away from home.
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Tremont Hotel Sold.
.Yest'erday afternoon the lease, fur.
niture and fixtures of the Tremont ho-
tel on Middle street, Bridgeport, were
sold by Proprietor Robert Adams to
George'Downing of Hot Springs, Ark.
The .price paid was $3,000, which was
considered a very low figure. _ .
When Mr. Adams assumed charge of
the hotel some nine months ago he had
many disagreeable features ' to over-
come. 11 a few days after taking charge
of the remont Mr. Adams renovated
it at a heavy expense. uring his pro— .
prietorship Mr. Adams has conducted
the hotel i-n_a satisfactory manner and
his many friends deeply regret his de-
parture from their midst. Immediately
{liter the transaction Mr. Adams paid
in full all creditors—Bridgeport Union.
Peculiar to Itself.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is peculiar to it-
self, in a strictly medicial sense. in
three important particulars. viz: first,
in the combination of remedial agents
used; second, in the prOportion in
which they are mixed; third, in the
processby which the active curative
properties of the preparation are se-
cured. These three important points
make Hood’s Sarsaparilla peculiar in
its medicial merit, as it accomplishes
cures hitherto unknown.
But it is not what we say but what
Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, that tell the
story. What Hood,s Sarsaparilla has
donefor others is reason for confidence
that it is the medicine for you.
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A NarrowEscape.
,Last night, shortly before eleven
o clock, Munsqn Pardee, a postal clerk,
started down West avenue on his bicy-
cle to catch his train at the depot. As
he flew along he was overtaken by a
trolley car and a spirited race between
the car and bicyclist began. Suddenly
the front-wheel of youn;,r Pardee’s ma-
chine slipped and he was thrown
gainst the front end of the car, which
uckily for him, threw the machine and
rider into the street instead of under
the wheels. The bicycle was consider-
ly damaged and Pardee received a
- t on one of his hands.
A Fbeepected Citizen Arrested.
James Cahill, of Winnipauk, was ar-
rested Tuesday, by a Norwalkiconstable,
on the charge of receiving stolen goods.
The arrest was a great surprise to Mr.
Cahill, who was sure of his innocence
of such a charge. He was released on
his own recognizance for his appearance
to-morrow afternoon, at which time
some interesting . deveIOpments are
promised if the case is brought to trial.
The case grows out of a stove which, it
is alleged, a man named Montgbmery
sold to two different parties. The con-
stable who made the arrest is liable to
hear something drop.
A Stolen Boat.
The police pie in receipt of a com-
munication asking for information con—
cerninga Eigat about 25 feet long, black
With red 5 ripe, (when last seen) schoon—
er rig‘, sup sed to be a metallic life
boat,:or li I-ship boat, with air-tanks
at‘ ends. The boat is supposed to have,
(or to have had) stolen articles on board.
The sum of $50 is offered for the cap—
ture of the thieves. Capt. Chas. Riley,
of the yacht Marguerite, reports hav-
ing seen a boat answering the descrip~
tion,in the South Norwalk harbor, a
few days since.‘ ‘ . .
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KilledatRidszefield. ‘ «w
J. W. Sammie, aged about Si) years,
was struck and killed on the Ridgefield
branch of the Consolidated road about
11 o’clock, yesterday morning. .
As the passenger train due at Ridge-
field at 10:55 was on the way to the
station, a man was seen to step in front
of the locomotive and before Engineer
Gilbert could stop the train the man
was struck and instantly killed. 11;
proved to be J. W. Sammie. It is not
surely known whether it was a case of
suicide or an accident. The deceased
lived in Coopers with his son who is
postmaster at that place.
Col. Lockwood Honored.
Cth. St. John Lockwood received
a dispatch'this morning from his son-
i'n-law, Mr. Frank W. Hubbard, at
Port Austin, Mich., stating that his
wife, nee Miss Libbie Lockwood, had
presented him this morning with a
daughter, and motherfiindichild were
doing well. The proud'qnd happy new-
lytmade parents and grandparents, will
please accept the expression of ti.
Gaznrrn’s most distinguished consider—
ation and congratulations.
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On Litchfieid Hills.
Mr. O. E. Wilson had as his guest
over Sunday at Torringtdn, Litchfield,
County, the Hon. E. J. Hill, of Nor-
walk, and during the afternoon Mr. Wil-
son was si‘ezed with a. severe attack of
cholera morbus, from which he has not
yet emirely recovered.
.The Grays Celebate.
The New Haven Grays celebrated
their 78th anniversary last evening at
Stewart’s cafe, New Haven. The affair
was informal and there were no speeches.
The veterans were the guests of the
occasion. ‘ r ’
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Cut to Pieces.
Bernhard Leiken, a Russian peddler
who belonged in New Britain, was
driving across the railroad tracks at
Berlin last night, when a train struck
his wagon, demolishing it, cutting him
to pieces and killing his horse.
Straw Hats Called in.
Straw hats were called in yesterday
at the Produce Exchange, New York,
two days earlier than usual. Fiv.
minutes after the ukase went out, the
floor was covered with a mass of wrecb
ed straw hats.
Lock-J‘aw. .
Several horses in and about No‘rwalk
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have recently died from lock-jaw. The ‘
latest victim is Mr. Edwin R. Sher-
wood, .who has lost a valuable animal
from ~1ts. having stepped upon a nail
carelessly thrown into the street about
the city.
Norwalk Chronicler