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./1' n Entertaining and Instmctive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local
VOL. XCV.—-No 33.
Noameazs'r'rs.
THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
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A Missionary Field.
In every city and town in the United
States, and in'many villages. there are
men women and children as destitute of
Christianity as the wildest barbarians
in Central Africa. In many of our
large cities there are great masses of
ignorance, brutality and crime on
which Christianity appears to have. .
made no impression. Every week adds
to these accumulations of degredatiou
L by natural increase and by immigra—
tion. Thus nature and navigation
unite in providing, in our own land and
almost at the very doors of our church-
es, an enormous and increasing amount
of work for Christitn missionaries. It
increlises in spite of all the efiorts that
variOus organizations are making to re-
duce it. The university settlements are
exerting a Lwholesale influence on the
slums, and the Salvation Army is doing
a good work to which it is peculiarly
adapted. But ignorance, bestiality,
and vice—reinforced to or three times
a week by arrivals from Europe—still
call for missionary zeal, still call for
Christain efiort.
State Roads. ‘
But a small per cent. of the 168 towns
of Connecticut have taken advantage of
the state highway act. Those towns
which have held meetings and voted to
build macadamized roads under the not
have shown themselves to be the live
towns of the state, says the Norwich
Bulletin, and it is gratifying to note
that a goodly number of them are cast-
ern Connecticut towns.
The selectmen of these towns should
mark carefully the conditions under
which the state and counties are as-
sessed to improve the highways, for a
strict compliance with the law is neces-
sary in order to receive the asistance
of the state and county in the work.
The work must be done with the ap-
proval and under the supervision of the
state highway commission, which has
issued instructions to the selectmen for
the building of macadam or telf'ord
roads, which ale—up-tordate in all their
details.
The law requires that all specifica-
tions shall be submittel t3 the state
highway commission for approval ; and
itis not probable that the commission
Will approve of any cheap or make-
swift plans for getting as much road
built as it is possible for the money.
The commission recommends to the
selectmen of the towns uniformity in
road building, either in macadam or
telford, as wise and leading to the cr-
tablishment of the {500(1 roads SO much
desired.
It should be borne in mind that in
road building material that is cheap in
the beginning is unusually expensive and
disappointing in the end. It’is a prov-.
en fact that the common aqueous rock is
not fit for the top dressing of perman-
ent macadam roads, and that igneous
or trap rock is thelcheapest and most
satisfactory in the end.
There is no way in which so much
public money is wasted as in highway
construction, simply because every ex-
pedient is restored to reduce the first
cost of road building to the minimum
regardless of after expense of mainte-
nance,which has been found to be all out
of proportion to the money saved. The
only way to save money in road
building is to procure the most suitable
material and see that the work is thor—
0ughly done. A good road is a per-
manent road, so well built that the cost
of repairs is kept at the lowest figure.
Any other kind of a road will not only
be a poor road, but in the end a stand-
ing disgrace to the town building it,
an impediment to traffic and a disad-
vantage to property.
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Reunion-
legislature of
annual re.
The members of the
' union at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport,
Thursday, August 22.
Plenty of Shad.
Two million of young shad are in the
retaining pond of the Connecticut Fish
and Game commission at Lyme. The
government has also contributed many
thousand more, and 3,000,000 shad will
be placed in the Connecticut river in
the fall.
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County Jail Statistics.
There are now 178 prisoners at the
County Jail. Of the number, 21 are
females. Bound dver cases are 37.
The number in the jail when Sheriff
Hawley took charge June 1, was 127.
This shows an increase of .51 since that
time. About 12 prisoners are confined
in the Danbury jail, two of them being
bound over cases.
To Kill Worms.
The propellers Eagle a...l Vulcan of
the New York and Norwalk steamboat
line, were taken up the Housatonic
river, yesterday, where they will lay
for afew days in fresh water. This
was done for the purpose of killing the
worms in that part of the boats’ hulls
that are under water. It may not be
generally known but fresh water is
death to the kind of worms with which
these boats are afflicted.
First Conn. Cavalry’s Reunion.
The annual reunion of the First
Conn.- Cav‘alry will be held this year at
Pleasure Beach, Wednesday, August
21. Among those who are expected to
be present are Col. Brayton Ives of
New York Stock Exchange, who had
charge of the regiment, and Gen.
Whittaker of Washington. An effort
will be made to secure Gen. Daniel
Sickles.
’ Sneak Thieves.
Mrs. William Disbrow of Stevens
street went away yesterday for an out-
ing with a party ‘of her lady friends and
left a quantity of edibles in the refrig-
erator for her husband. When he came
home at night he found that some one
had gained an entrance to the house
and stolen his supper, and as if not
content with that had helped themselves
to vegetables from his garden. He has
his suspicion as to the guilty parties and
arrests are liable to follow.
Mortuary Record.
The number of deaths reported in
this state last month was 1007, repre-
senting a death record of 20.7. Of this
number thirty-eight deaths are credit»
ed to Norwalk, representing an annual
death rate of 23.0. Of this number
’ years of age.
nineteen were under a
The causes of death were, diarrhoea 2O ;
pneumonia, 2; nervous diseases, 5 ;
heart disease, 2; accidental 2; all other
diseases, 7 ;' still births, 2.
Gone West.
Nothing has yet been heard from 17—
year old “Sam” Storey, son of James
W. Storey who left town about two
weeks ago without advising anyone as
to where he was going. It is believed
though that he has gone west as he
some weeks signified his intention of
going there some day, but did not ex.
pect to leave town as long as his grand-
father William Storev was alive, for
whom he had great affection. He is
smart and quick-witted and will no
doubt get along all right wherever he
may be.
Feline vs. Canine.
Groceryman Betts has a feline which
like most animals of its kind has a
great antipathy for canine. Norwalk
dogs are acquainted with her and
wisely keep out of the reach of her
claws. She does not. wait to humb up
her back, or ruffle her tail before she
shows fight, but goes right at it with-
out any preparation other than letting
out.her claws an inch or two. Yester-
day afternoon a strange dog went into
the store and there was music right
away. She batted him over the head
and body, first with one paw and then
another, the dog all the time howling
for mercy, but unable to escape pun-
ishment. He finally made a break for
the door and went howling down Well
street and out of sight in a hurry. '
Jumped from a Moving Car.
A member of the excursion party
which came to Gregory’s Point. on the
old steamer Americas, yesterday, met
with an accident that gave rise to a re-
port that a man had been killed at the
Point. In company with two of his
friends, he boarded a Tramway car,
and soon after the car started he' lost
his hat, and attempted to jump from
the car to get it, but was restrained
from so doing by his friends who held
him fast. They finally released their
hold and he jumped, landing on his
head and back, and was rendered un-
conscious. He was carried to the
hotel and medical aid summoned, after
which he was taken aboard the boat.
His injuries were not thought to be of
a dangerous character. He gave his
name as James Murphy.
NORWALK, CONN. ,‘ FRIDAY. AUGUST 16.
Game Laws.
Below is given an abstract of the
game laws of this State, prepared by
Fish (‘ Game Commissroner A. C.
Collins of Hartford; As October is
approaching, hundreds of persons will
got here, and that the open season
doesn’t outlast the year. Here is the
substance of the laws:
Every person who shall buy, sell, ex-
pose fcr sale, or have in possession for
any purpose, who shall hunt, pursue,
kill. destroy, or attempt to kill any
woodcock, quail, ruffled grouse, falled
patridge, or grey squirrel, between the
first day of January and the first day
of October, shall be fined' not more
than $25
Shipping, ruffled grease: quail or
woodcock, at any time, out. of this
State, illegal.
The trapping or soaring cf ruffled
grouse, quail or woodcock is only al-
lowed from October first to January
first on owners’ grounds—or grounds
of occupants under lease.
The sale of trapped or shared ruffled
grouse, quail or woodcock at any time
is illegal except by the owner or occu-
pants under lease of the lands where
the birds were trapped or snared.
It is unlawful for any person to be
found with bird-dog and gun, from
January first to October first, upon
lands where ruffled grouse (called part-
ridge) woodcock and quail are known
to exist.
Wild ducks, wild geese and wild
brant may be killed from September
first to May first ; however, these birds
can only be legally shot on the House-
tonic river on Tuesdays and Fridays,
from October 20 to April 20.
Shoulder guns only, or else those
that can be raised at arm’s length, to
be used for killing wild ducks, wild
geese and wild brant.
Shooting wild ducks, geese, or brant,
at any time, from any vessel propelled
by steam or sails, or from any boat or
other structures attached thereto, is
forbidden.
Sora rail may be killed from Sep-
tember 1 to January 1; and in Litch-
field, New Haven and Fairfield coun-
ties. from Aug. 20 to January 1.
Mongolian or Chinese pheasants are
protected until October, 1, 1895.
No person shall shoot, destroy or cap-
ture at any time, upon lands not owned
or occupied by himself, any robin,
night or mosquito hawk, whippoor-
will, cuckoo, king-bird, wake-up or
high-hoe, long-tailed thrush, or brown
thrasher, mourning dove, meadow
lark, or marsh quail, fire-bird or sum-
mer red-bird, hanging-bird, spider-
bird, or wax-bird, or ground-robin,
chew-heat or chewink, bobolink or rice
bird, yellow-bird, black-bird, hum-
ming-bird, rose-breasted grosbeak, or
phebe, kinglet, chickadee or titmouse,
nut‘hatch, cr'eeper, sparrow, catbird,
martin swallow, wwdpecker, nightin-
gale, bluebird, Baltimore oriole, finch,
wren, warbler, tanager, vireo, shrike,
fly-catcher, kingfisher, or heron, nor
destroy the nests or eggs of any of
said birds. .
Bald or whiteoheaded eagle protected
at all times. .
It is illegal to shoot or hunt on Sun-.
day—at any time.
Snipe and plover not protected.
Rabbits, no class season, but the use
of ferrets for their capture is forbidden
except on owner’s land. . .
Col. Frost Runs the Gaurd.
Col. Frost of the Fourth, last night
disguised himself as a sergeant and at-
temped to run the guard at the Spirit-
ualist camp. He succeeded in jollying
the guard to perfection. He approach.
ed the sentinel who demanded the coun-
tersign; the supposed sergeant could
not give the same, but the, guard kind-
ly told the colonel that he could get
through the fence a little further up.
The guard was a member of Co. K of
Bridgeport. —Bridgeport Farmer.
The Boston Store.
There are no dull days at this great
hive of industry and to-day the pro-
prietors announce another. great sale
cf summer goods which it will repay
the ladies to take advantage of. In
addition to the great reduction in
summer goods, bargains are offered in
fall novelties.
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injunction.
Deputy Sheriff Fred 8. Lyon, Jr.,
has served an injunction on the Con-
solidated Railroad Company, on the
complaint of Charles W. Smith, who
alleges that the railroad company is
encroaching on his property near Mar-
shall street.
$1,000.-
Lobsters Scarce.
Lobsters are very scarce at p:esent,
and the price is correspondingly high.
They are scarce, ~ it is said, because
Portland dealers are holding thousands
in pens in order to obtain large profits
, by limiting the supply.
do well to remember that it has not yet,
He places his damages at
SUMMER GOMERS AND GOERS.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Cohn, of Syracuse,
N. Y., are“ visiting Mrs. Cohn’s mother,
Mrs. Sanford Sholes, at the Grove
House.
Mrs. E. E. Howes who has been visit-
ing Mrs. C. N. Wood, left for Washing-
ton, D. 0., this morning, where she
will join Mr. Howes. '
The marriage of Miss Helen Ida
Gregory of Norwalk, Conn. to Stod-
dard G. Goodsell of this city, is an-
nounced to take place August 27.—
Bridgeport Post.
Clara, daughter of Congressman E.
J. Hill of this city, is a guest of Miss
Bessie A. Durantot' Bethe].
Robert McPherson, son of landlord
McPherson of Rickville, formerly of
the Norwalk hotel, this city, is a guest
of James Betts on West avenue.
Harvey Bette and George Woodward
are camping out at Lake Waccabuc.
The Misses Williamson of Poughkeep-
sie are guests of their sister, Mrs. Jesse
Colwell on Wilton avenue. '
Miss Fannibelle Curtis and Miss E.
A. Dann are in Ridgefied.
Miss Mamie Murphy. Anna Claven
and Margaret Ciaven are at Asbury
Park.
Miss Mamie Hallock is visiting friends
and relatives in Greenwich.
Rev. J. Carter of Boston is the guest
of Rev. J. W. Hill of North avenue.
Miss Dora Taylor of Baltimore, Md,
returned from Asbury Park with Miss
Eva Ferris.
Miss Alice Bronson, of Middlebury.
and Dr. John Riker, of Port Chester,
are visiting Stephen St. John on Can-
non street.
Misses Carrie and Viola Taylor of
Bette Place are the guests of their un-
cle in Sandy HOOK, Conn.
Mrs. A. A. Raymond, Jr., and broth-
er Royal, are at Bath Beach, L. I.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crosson, of
Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln
Palmer. of Chicago, are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Benedict, of Elm
street.
Harry Hanford has gone to Castle-
ton,_Vt. ,,
: Mrs. Emma Nolan and daughter Alice
are in Elizabeth, N. J.. visiting Mrs.
Nolan’s brother.
Miss Mary Selleck of Merwin street,
is a guest at the Grand View hotel, at
Highland Lake, Penn.
CommOn Pleas Court-
Allen Betts has prayed to the Com-
mon Pleas court for a partition or sale
of certain described premises situated
in Norwalk, of which proper legal no-
tice is given in another column. The
parties in interestare William P. Bax-
ter, Homer Rockwell and Sarah Bus-
sing, all of Norwalk, John Barringer of
Wilton, ' John. and Susan Decker of
of New York, Charles and Mary ~ Corn-
wall of St. Charles, and the heirs of
Sally Brown late of Missouri, now de-
ceased. '
To Glen Island.
On Tuesday next the Sunday schools
of the First M. E. churches of South
and East Norwalk will give a grand ex-
cursion to Glen Island. One of Starin’s
commodious boats has been secured and
will leave the Steamboat dock at South
Norwalk-at 8 o’clock sharp, and tickets
for the round trip have been placed at
the low sum of fifty cents. '
Terribly Afflicted.
Another member of the Whaley fam—
ily of Wolfpit Hills, died at the Town
hospital, this morning. aged 8 years,
making the fourth child in the family
that has died within as many days. An-
other member of the family also lies at
the point'of death.
Watch for Rube.
Old Rube Tanner will be at the
Opera House Monday night, and its
dollars to squashes that he and his
“family” will give all Who call a first-
class greeting. He has a fine band of
music and the family will give some up-
to-date specialties.
Clambake.-
Mr. Jesse Colwell of Wilton avenue
gave a clambake party at Compo beach,
'in honor of his guests, the Misses Wil-
liamson of Poughkeepsie, yesterday.
Among those who partook of the bake
which was a red-hot success, were Wil-
liam Brown and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Colwell, and Frank .Bailwitz and wife.
Three Tramps Killed.
A double freight train on the New
England road broke apart one mile
west of Pomfret station at 10 p. m.
Wednesday. The freight cars were de-
stroyed and'three tramps who were
stealing a ride on a flat car loaded with
engine driving wheelswcre killed.
will accommodate 1200 passengers. It -
1895.
Terse Tales of the Times.
—Pictures framed by Hayes,Main St.
Thomas D. Bell of this city has been
granted an increase of pension.
The Naromake Gun club will shoot
for a gun case at Gregory’s Point, to-
morrow afternoon.
The Wheeler Straw works will prob—
ably start up with a full complement of
help week after next. ‘
A lawn party will be held at the home
of William Harris in Silver Mine, next
Thursday afternoon. '
.———
. Elsie, daughter of letter carrier Nick:
erson, who was seriously sick, is now
thought to_ be out of danger.
The John H. Hoyt school of informa-
tion will remain closed during the ab-
sense of Capt. R. M. Rose at camp.
Howard Doty, clerk at Comstock
Bros. store, was taken seriously ill last
night, and is confined to his home.
The new switch for turnout on I,t-he
Winnipauk branch of the Street Rail-
way will be open for traffic ta-morrow.
—John T. Hayes, the newsdealer has
removed to No. 5 Main street. Make
note of the fact. if
The game of ball between the. South—
port nine and Resolutes ' of Norwalk
scheduled for the coming Saturday has
been cancelled.
—Bargains in Tooth Brushes, Hale’s.
J 20 f
Young “Dick” Hendricks, the after-
dark fisherman, speared a seven-pound
weak-fish. a ten-pound bass and two
bill-fish, last night.
‘ A lad named Leslie Harris fell and
struck his head on a well-curb on West-
port avenue, one afternoon this week,
and was quite severely wounded.
Betsy Comatock, widow of the late
David S. Rockwell of New Canaan,
died Wednesday, aged 84 years. Her
funeral takes place this afternoon.
A cold wave is promised for to-night.
As it will come all the way from Mon-
tana, the probabilities are that it will
be in quite a perspiration when it
reaches here.
——For Bowel troubles, Hale’s Cordial.
J 20tf
A meeting of the corporators of the
Norwalk Library Association will be
held to-night to consider the advisabil-
ity of transferring its volumes to the
city of Norwalk.
The Norwalk Baptist Sunday school
sailed for Laurelton Grove on the
steamer Medea. this morning. It was
a happy party that boarded the boat in
the rear of the Lockwood building.
~01] Sweet Lavender for flies, at
Hale’s. J20 tf
Health Officer Tracy is doing good .
work by inspecting the several dairies
in town, with special reference to their
water supply. Those thus far ex-
tamiued have been found in good con-.
dition.
The New England conference of the
American M. E. church was held in
Bridgeport yesterday. Bishop Tanner,
of Philadelphia, presided and there
were delegates present from all parts of
New England.
—Fo'r Colic, Hale's Cordial. J 20 if
The Latter Day saints of Broad River
wish the published report that Elder
Parsons sneaked out of that place and
that his followers had deserted him
contradicted as false and without the
slightest foundation.
-—For Cramps, Hale’s Cordial. J 20tf,
Two Italians, engaged in a scrim-
mage on Chapel
morning. One of the contestants was
severely bitten on the arm and received
some ugly looking wounds on his face.
He has promised to return the favors
with interest.
The Norwalk excursionists who went
on the steamboat excursion to N iantic,
yesterday arrived home all right at a
late hour last night. The boat was ex-
actly six hours in reaching Niantic.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Matheis having
had sufficient sail in going down re
turned by train. .
There was trouble at the works of the
Hartford Carpet Co. in Thompsonville
yesterday and 150 Brussels weavers
went out on strike. They wanted their
wages restored to the rate paid them in
1894 before there was a reduction and
the company refused to give it to them.
Advertise in the Gaznm.
News and Interests.
street, yesterday '
GAZET
[$1.00 aYearf
PRICE TWQ CENTS.
SOUTH NORWALK-
Water at the Knob 78°.
Oysters are getting ripe.
The Bridgeports defeated the
Dariens yesterday by a score of 7 to 2.
Frank Kane, a brakeman on the New
England road, was run ovei at Dan-
ville yesterday and instantly killed.
The Ferguson land which the Consol-
dated' railroad must take for its four
tracking operations through Stamford,
is claimed to be worth $100,000.
Gilbert,S. Benedict, who owned two
of the cottages at Bell Island, recently
destroyed by fire, will lose 81.000 out-
side of the insurance. The insurance
company, it is said, is endeavoring to
get out of paying the full ins-unince,~
they want to settle on half or three
quarter basis—Stamford Post.
A party of ladies rode to' Gregory’s
Point last evening to enjoy a dip in the
Sound and one of Landlord O’Sullivan’s
elegant shore dinners. While in bath-
ing one of the ladies had the misfortune
to take in a large quantity of salt water,
and in her efforts to expel it lost. her
false teeth. She had ordered a supper
of luscious crabs on toast, but the or-
der was changed to one of chowder.
To-day she is in bed while a gentle-
man friend is at the Point trying to res-
cue the teeth.
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A Large Railway Convention.
Four Woaru, Tex, A . 16.—-0ne of
the largest railroad conventions ever held.
in Texas was called to order here today
and will continue two days. It includes
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Or-
der of Railway Telegrapbers, Order of
Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Roll
way Trainmen and all the other railway -
organizations in Texas.
Law Offices Robbed.
PITTSBURG, Aug. Ill—The law offices
of John D. and William McKennan have
been robbed of $10,000 in stocks and
bonds. Both gentlemen have been away
for a few days, and their offices were
closed. The janitor of the building dis-
covered a tin box in the basement of the
building containing papers of the Messrs.
MCKennan, and‘ this led to the discovery
of the robbery. ‘
Our Gold Will leave Us.
LOXDON, Aug. lG.—-The financial article
tn The Standard says: "The gold syndi-
cate assumes a bold face, but that alone
will not prevent gold experts from Amer-
ica, and the autumn exports of produce do
not promise to be anything like so heavy
as to allow the syndicate to liquidate its
debts here and at the same time turn the
gold current inward. ”
Successful Cattle Shipping Experiment. I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Samuel Degen,
a cattle shipper of Chicago who recently
sailed for England with 308 fat cattle, has
returned here and reports that not a sin-
gle one was lost on the tri . When the
cattle arrived in England, t ey were in a
little better condition than when shipped,
averaging about 1,360 pounds.
Arranging For Big Gun Testl.
WASHINGTON, Aug. iii—Officers of the
ordnance bureau were at Indian Head to
day arranging for the big gun tests soon
to occur there. One of the tests is to be
that of the side armor of the Iowa placed
upon a structure to imitate the side of the
ship, and the other the turret of a ship as
it would be at sea. '
A Lynching In Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16.—Emmitt Divers,
the negro who assaulted and then killed
Mrs. Cain near Fulton, M0,, a. couple of
weeks ago, and who was brought here for
safe keeping, was taken from the sheriff
at Fulton today by a mob and banged to
a railroad bridge.
Deaf Mute- In Convention.
Saaarooa SPRINGS, Aug. 16.—The Em-
pire Association of Deaf Mutes met in an-
final session here today.
Ancient Bone- Exhumed.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—A workman dig-
ging for a new building on lowar Broad-
way near Morris street, unearthed a hu-
man skull. Other bones were found, as
was part of an. old wharf. The wharf is
said to have been built by John Stevens in
1780. The water then came to that point;
Fix-Treasurer Taylor's Sentence.
PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 16.—The supreme
court has granted a temporary writ of
babeas corpus in the case of Defaulting
State Treasurer Taylor, and it has been
served on the sheriff. It is returnable in
three days, when the question of legality
of the five» years’ sentence will be argued.
Unusual For Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 16.—A telegram
from Brandon, Miss, says that when Mar-
shall, Goleman and Fox were arranged in
court today for the murder‘of T. D. Din-
kins, a few days ago, all three entered a
plea of guilty and were sentenced to the .
state penitentiary for life.
Rogers Will right Extradition
NEW Ycitx, Aug. 16.—Dctective Ser-
geant Perazzo went to Morristown, N. J .,
today with requisition papers for George
R. Rogers, who was indicted for abandon
ing his 5-year-old boy at the Continental ‘
liotel in this city a' Week ago. Rogers will
contest his extradition.
Expensive Tonawanda Creek.
ALBANY, Aug. Iii—There were filed
with the state board of claims today 36
claims for damages resulting from the
overflow of Tonawanda creek. Thirty-two
'similar claims, amounting to $14,000,
were filed but a few days ago.
.Murdered at a Camp Meeting.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.—Danie1 Far-low,
.a well to do resident of Pittsville, Md,
was shot dead in camp meeting at Mel»
sons by Cardne Galloway. He claimed that
Farlew’had insulted his mother.
Norwalk Chronicler