4-2» LE??? -’ I Founded in 1800.] VOL. XCV.—-No 4.2. An. Entertaining and I nstraetive 'Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Ideal News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN... FRIDAY. OCTOBER 48. .1895. [$1.00 a. Year. ' PRICE TWO CENTS- NonwmiflGAZETTE. THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. !___—— ’___——- lllllfilltllftlll 111 all things: Neutral Ill llllllllllg. Oliver R. Mumford. The deplorable tragedy that resulted in the death of Oliver R. Mumford, last night, at Rowayton, is fully de-' tailed in the Gazn‘rrn's news columns. Mumford came into the Gaznrrn office as an apprentice a few years after the war and continued in this office for sometwelve or fifteen years. He sub- sequently became an employee of the Hour and Sentinel offices and latterly, has been employed as a packer in the Lock Factory,where he was at work all day yesterday. He was a youth and man of exceptionally correct habits,and nev- er known to dissipate, as young men too frequently do. A rumor to the effect that he was ine briated last night as the cause of his death, is too false and bru- tal for tolerance to anyone who knew his upright life. He was prudent and saving, almost to parsimony, and, as one who knew him well, said in our hearing, to-day, “he was always good , to his mother,(whose support he large. ly was,) and needs no better eulogy.” He leaves a widowed mother, who was a daughter of the late County Survey- or Alva Gray of Westport, and two sisters,to mourn his tragic and untime- ly death. He was about forty years of age, and a member of Butler Lodge, I. O. O. F. -W The Danbury Fair. The Editor of the Canaan News, in givinghis impressions of the late Dan- bury Fair has this to say, which it is sad to add, cannot be successfully de- nied, as hundreds can testify who visit- ed thatjexhibition The News says :4 “The objectionable features of the fair are also apparently on the increase.~ * The fakirs, gamblers. pickpockets, im- moral sideshows, games of chance, con- fidence games, and virtually swindling games, are apparently on the increase and, give the fair a bad reputation. Even one of the captains of the New, York fire department and a companion ’ fell victims to pickpockets while at din- ner in a restaurant. The captain was relieved of a diamond stud worth sever- hundred'dollars, and a gold-headed um- brella worth $50, or more. His com- panion was relieved of a $100 gold watch. One unsophisticated Swede was fieeced out of $310, in a confidence game. One lady had her pocket-book stolen containing 9518. There were nu- merous cases of pettly thieving and swindling.” And what is to be said of an exhibi- tion that wrings this indignant protest from one of Danbury’s most prom- inent citizens over his own signature in the columns of the Danbury Dispatch. He says : “And with the many swindling fakes, frauds and robberies, besides the de- moralizing effects of most disgraceful and degrading shows of woman’s naked- ness, which the writer saw himself, and within a few feet of the grand stand, four naked women in the most horrid and disgraceful attitudes and acts, and those continuous shows, which would not have been permitted in the slums of New York. Perhaps if the griev- ances of the insignificant one are dis- regarded by the management, it is pos— sible that it may regard the contempt and disgust of a decent public. Indignantly, . Isaac W. IVES. Down this way it is considered that it must be a pretty rank show that can thus start the gorge of “Ike” Ives, and cause this blush of shame to mantle his manly cheeks. Ready for the Fray. e The West-port saloon keepers have taken the first 'step in their attempt to have the recent no-license vote set aside because of legality. The license year ends Oct. 31 and Wednesday the nine saloon keepers appeared before the county commissioners and applied for a renewal of their licenses. The commis- sioners informed them- that the board had received official notice from the election officials to the effect that West- port would be no-license during the coming year and the applications were refused. The liquor dealers will now takethe matter into the courts and they hope to receive a favorable decision. Pensions. Original, William Peck, Southington ; Michael Heavey, New Haven. Increase, Bernard Magill, Bridgeport. More Lumber. The schooner Florence A. Stout from St. Johns is entered at the Bridgeport custom house. Her cargo of lumber is for the Hill & Hubbell lumber compa- ny of this city. Cheap Coal. New Haven coal mbrchants are still selling their best qualities of coal at 84.50 per ton. Why cannot our Nor- walk dealers treat their customers as generously, .or is there a “combine" ruling here? His Head Cur Off. Antonio De Nichols, a track-repairer, was killed at New Haven yesterday. He stepped out of the way of an east bound train on the Shore Line division and directly in front of an incoming train onthe Hartford line which ran over him killing him instantly, cutting off his head and mutilating his body terribly. ‘ - Bronson-Hoyt. William Bronson, the butcher, of Benedict’s Farms, and Miss Nettie Hoyt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hoyt, Were married at the home of the bride, corner. of Cottage avenue and East avenue last evening, by Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of the East Norwalk Methodist church. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few friends and relatives. [‘6 Surprised. A large number of the young friends of Miss Lizzie Chittim surprised her last evening at her home on Center avenue. It was the anniversary of her eighth birthday, and was made an occasion that will long be remembered by' all present as a joyous one. Spirited and enjoyable games were indulged in and apala‘te pleasing supper partaken of. Good-nightsvwere reluctantly exchang- ed between the pretty little hostess and her guests as the latter departed for their several homes. genius—4 4' RAM... The Hereafter. At the First Congregational Church next Sunday evening the pastor will give the first of three discourses upon “Future Punishment.” The subjects are as follows: 1 “How the doctrine has been held in the past by the world’s most illustri- ous teachers, Pagan, Catholic and Pro- testant.” ' 2 .“How to interpret the doctrine in our own time and in the light of modern scholarship. ’ ’ 3 “Some possibly un-noted facts and considerations pertaining to the doc- trine.” Dr. Noble believes that busy men and women will be glad to learn the views of the great teachers of mankind upon this always interesting and momentous theme. The County Home. County Commissioner Mead called the meeting of the 'board of managers of the Fairfield County home to order in this city at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. A full board was present and all the towns of the county were well represented. The annual report of the secretary, Mrs. A. B. Hill, was read. The reports of visitors concerning chil- dren placed during the year was en- couraging. The report of Mrs. Bun- nell, of Stratford, showed 30 grad- uates of the home, of. whom 15 were still in the families where they were placed. Addresses were then made by prominent guests. Atl o’clock, after a vote of thanks to the commissioners and to the board of managers, an ad- journment was taken for dinner, pro- vided by the ladies. island for Little Money. Daniel B. Bradley, Jr., of Westport, representing the Moses W. Wilson es- tate, has sold three-quarters of Cock-. euoes Island. the estate’s interest in the island, to Mrs. Mary E. Wright- Smith. The price paid is 8750. At Mr. Wilson’s death this equity was inven- toried at $300. Henry S'. Sanford, a New Milford lawyer, owns the other quarter of the land, and although over- tures have been made with a view of inducing him to dispose of it, he has steadfastly refused to sell, his two sons wishing to camp there during the sum- mer months. What Mrs. Smith will do with her new purchase has not yet been made public. She has been buy- ing up considerable real estate in West- port during the_past year or two, more recent purchases being a tract on Bald Mountain and the Daniel Crossman homestead on Riverside avenue. ‘It is probable she may build a number of sm’all cottages on Old Cockenoes next spring and rent them to parties who wish to spend their summers there. i I‘K' '1‘ ll , .;' BROKE __H_l_8__ NECK. Oliver R. Mumford Thrown From a Tramway Car at Rowayton and Instantly Killed. Unjust Reports Against his Sobrietv A terrible accident occurred at Row- ayton last night resulting in the instant death of Oliver R. Mumford, a well known young man and former employe of the GAZETTE. -. When the last trolley left the end of the Tramway line at Rowayton shortly before 10 o’clock, Mumford boarded the car for home. He had been spending the evening With a young lady and left her only a few minutes before the car left. When. the car had reached a point near the residence of John Vin- cent, Mumford fcll from the rear plat- form striking on his back and side, and his head coming violently in contact with the hard ground, his neck was broken. The car was stopped as soon as possi- ble and backed down to where the in- jured man. lay. It was at once seen that he was dead, and ready hands lifted him tenderly and placed his body in the car and brought it to South Norwalk and it was taken to D. W. Raymond’s undertaking rooms. Medical Examiner Burke, who had been notified of the accident, was on hand and made an examination, find- ing a deep cut on the top of his head and the neck broken as stated above, The accident had hardly become known in South Norwalk before rumors were flying about that Mumford was intoxicated and had met his death while under the influence of ' liquor. These .stories were so at variance with his well known habits that every one who knew him felt that they were cruelly unjust. He had grownup as a boy in the of - fice of the Gaznrrn and it being known that such reports were unjust and bru- tal, a representative of the Gamma was sent to specially investigate these suspicious charges. ,. 7 " The motorman, Harry PaxtOn, who was running the car at the time was in- terviewed in the office of the Tramway company on South Main street. stated that Mumford boarded the car at the end of the line in Rowayton. He had, to use his own words, “a pretty good feeler on,” and. alsohad abottle of whiskey. Conductor Smith was also seen and stated that Mumford was not drunk but had a bottle of whiskey. It should be stated that when Medi- cal Examiner Burke examined Mum- ford’s clothing at Raymond’s undertak- ing rooms the pieces of a whiskey bot- tle were found in his overcoat pocket. The reporter also interviewed Con- ductor S. D. Seaman.on whose car. Mumford went to Rowayton shortly after seven o’clock last evening. Mr. Seaman stated positively that he had not been drinking and was perfectly sober, and further added, “that he never knew him to take a drink.” With this information the Gaznrru reporter visited the home of the young lady in' Rowayton with whom Mumford had spent the evening. When the reporter’s errand was stat~ ed she said that Mumford had been with her up to the time the last trolley left; that he had not been drinking and was not under the influence of liquor; that when he heard the car coming he said good night and started on a run for the terminus of the road to catch it before it left for South Norwalk, she remarking that she did not believe he could catch the car. ‘ When informed of the cruel'reports, she said that she never knew him to drink, and was positive that he had not been drinking before coming to her house, and that as far as she knew he had no bottle in his pocket. This last testimony should set at rest the question of Mumford’s sobriety and unless he became intoxicated while run- ning from her house to the trolley car, was perfectly sober when he left Ro— wayton, all other statements to the con- Il'ary. The Guerra reporter was also in- formed by Motorman Paxton that the only persons on the car were himself, Conductor Smith and a young man named Beers, who sometimes runs as extra on the road. It has since been learned that there was another man on the car at the time of the accident, but as he was away when the reporter called this mornihg, he could not be seen. His wife, however, said that: he told her the accident occurred while rounding a curve, and that the car was going very fast at the time. Coroner Doten will hold an inquest toémorrow' morning, when all of the witnesses will be given a hearing, and the true facts. brought out. ‘vrw Advertisein the Genus. He l. 1confined in the Albany Penitentiary eral articles of value stolen. WllS HE lllURDERED? l. Bradley, of Waterbury. Found Under the Spring Street Bridge Willi His Sliull Crushed. Two Companions Arrested on‘ Sus- plclon. Last night about 7:30 o’clock, a Swede with one eye blackened, rushed into Herman Quittner’s saloon on Me- chanic street, South Norwalk, and said that a man waslying dead under the Spring street bridge. He then rushed on and disappeared in the darkness. Mr. Quittner and several others went to the spot and found a man lying in the road with his face covered ‘with blood from a dangerous wound in his forehead. At about the time that the man’s body was found Chester Lamar, who is employed at the depot. met the Swede coming up the track with only one shoe on. He stopped and the Swede told him that a man was dead under the bridge. When asked who blackened his eye he told Lamar that he had had a. fight with the man and he had struck him in the eye. Lamar at the same time saw a colored man running up the road and thinking that something was wrong returned to the depot and had Frank Littlefair at the Adams Express office telephone to the South Norwalk police. I After telling Lamar about the dead man, the SWede ran up the track to- wards South Norwalk, and as Lamar watched him he saw him take off his hat and throw it away. phone message and shortly after ar- rested a colored man also without a hat, and locked him up. Afewminutes after the Captain se- cured his prisoner, Detective Gladstone walked into headquarters with the Swedes. whom hshad arrested as a sus picious character, not knowing that he was wanted. The colored man gave his name as. _',William West and' the Swede said his name was John Nelson. The latter admitted that he had been and ‘had only been released on the 11th. ' The injured min was picked up and conveyed to the hospital by direction of Dr. Burke, where it was found that his skull was fractured as though hit with a coupling pin. He remained uncon- scious until about midnight when he expired, rallying once long enough to tell the nurse that his name was J. Bradley and that he lived in Water— bury. When questioned by Chief Vollmer, this morning, the Swede said he could not rembember anything that occurred last night, as he was drunk. He knew nothing about the injury to Bradley and could not tell where he got the black eye. The colored man said that he went to sleep near the Whistleville bridge and that when he woke up he found that he had been robbed. He further said that Bradley, the Swede and himself had been‘together all day. He knew noth- ing about Bradley getting hurt and nothing about any fight between them- Coroner Doten arrived in town this morning in response to a telegram from Medical examiner Burke, to hold an inquest. Nelson was brought before him and reiterated his former statement about being drunk last night and re- membering nothing that occurred. West, however, told an entirely, differ ent story, saying that there was another ,man with them and they all became in- toxicated from drinking alcohol pur- chased at a drug store. The Catcher will continue the hear- ing this afternoon and other witnesses will be heard. K R unaway Accident. 0 A horse driven by William Avery be- came frightened at the trolley cars, last ‘ evening, and ran the carriage into the car standing in front of Tomlinson’s . drug store, at South Norwalk. Avery was thrown out and considerably bruis- ed and shaken up, but no bonesbrokcnu In Port. The three-masted schooner E. R. Kirk from Norfolk. Va., is at the Hill _& Hubbell Co. wharf, and the schooner expected to arrive this afternoon. —.. Burgl arlzed. While Senator W. H. Marigold was taking part in the Odd Fellow celebra-M tion at Waterbury, Tuesday, his home in Bridgeport was burglarized and sev- +'p—————-—- Captain Colcgrove received the tele- ’ Florence A. from New Brunswick is ' ELECTIOMPENSES. Sworn Statements of What it (lost Candidates for Polltlcal Prefer- ment at the Recent Elections. Some Candidates Fall to Complv Withthe Law. The time for filing returns of election expenses, as required by law, has ex— pired. Candidates who have failed to comply with the law are liable to heavy penalties. The following are abstracts already made to Town clerk Smith. Each is sworn to before a notary public : Arthur C. Wheeler—General expens- es, $11.25. Henry P. Price—General expenses, $11.25; pastors, $1. ‘ Eugene L. Boyer, Alfred A. Chin~ ery, William H. Smith, Charles F. Tristram, Arthur B. Hill and_ Harvey M. Kent, contributions to general ex- penses, $6.25 each. Smith and Hill, $1.50 each for pasters; Chinery, Tris- tram and Kent, 31 each for pasters. Addison A. Bette—General expenses, $6.25; pastors, $1.25. Edward M. Lockwood, general ex- penses, $6.25. G. S. Kendall—General expenses, $6. George C. Stillson—General expens- es, 2; printing, $1.50. L. Leslie Sherwood—Nothing. W. E. Montgomery—Used neither time, money or influence. _ Alfred E. Austin—$1.2)‘for necessary assistance in his duties as registrar. Mortimer Roberts—nothing. Edwin Carter—nothing. - James H. Wilmot—nothing. George W. Harris—nothing. S. Sherwood—nothing. George S. Bell—general expenses,$5. Thomas Ward—nothing. Wilfred Bodwell—nothing. Samuel Lynes—general expenses, 35. George F. Beams—nothing. Bernard C. Foamy—$1.00. B. S.!Kei-th~—contribntion $2. Robert G. Mitchell—envelopes and postage $8.20; city committee. $10 dis- ers and tickets, 37. _ William S. Wilcox —printing $2”; campaign fund 81. . . L. E. Bucknam—50. A.J. Hutchinson—campaign fund,$5. William Vollmer—pasters, $1.50. Herbert R. Smith—to treasurer 1st and 3d districts, $20; 2d district, 810 ; pasters, $1.50. 0. E. Wilson—nothing. John J. Walsh—nothing. Henry D. Fox—nothing. Alice L. Sherwood—nothing. Isaac Bows—nothing. Matthew Corbett—campaign fund,$5. George S. Trowbridge—campaign fund, 35; printing, $1.50. . , S. Smith. L’Hommedieu—town com- mittee, $5; pasters $2 ; ticket peddlers, $3.50; car fare ; 203. George Reynolds—Nothing. Albert N. Sherwood—50c. Robert N. Morehouse—town commit- tee, $3; pasters, $1.50 Oliver E. Weed—campaign fund, 33. Mortimer M. Lee—campaign fund,$5. Stephen S. Hatch—campaign fund,$3 Frank N. Ferris—campaign fund, 85; stamps and envelopes, 31c. Franklin A. Tolles-~cam paign fund,$3 Robert Pearson—campaign fund, $5. Abiathar Blanchard—pastors, $1.50; envelopos, 12c; postage stamps, $1.08; general expenses, 25c. Robert N. Morehouse—nothing. C. L. Ogden—nothing. F. H. Merrill—town committee, $25; pastels. $5.25; peddlers, 86. ' Isaac Selleck—committee 1st and 31 districts, $15; pasters, 81.50. Frederick Mead—nothing. ,, George B. St. J ohn—‘town committee $15; pastors, 82; ticket pe‘ddlers, $15. Bernard Tully—nothing. Joseph A. Valli—campaign fund, 85. Joseph R. .Taylor—pasters, $1.50; campaign fund, 83. , Ebenezor H. Fillow—nothing. Henry Seymour—nothing. James 1‘. Hubbell—general- expenses, 82. . . James M. Lane-nothing. , William A. Curtis—campaign fund, $10; pastors, 82. Ephraim Thames—to town committee, $25; pastors, $1.50. . ' . William F. Fillow—nothing. William Huylcr-e-nothing. . . —Richard.H. Golden—campaign fund, $5; tickets, $1; paste', 82; postage stamps, $5.80; enveIOpes, 50c. . ' _ Richard H. Golden—office of regis- ; trar—nothing. ' E. J. Ladrigau—-pasters and distribu- tion, $4. ' . James L. Hoyt—I was my own politi- ._ cal agent; general expenses, $5; car fare 10c. ' ' " ’ ' Advertise in the Gauss“. Washington‘M'. Sharron—nothing. \ tribution of posters, $9 ; printing past-I Charles N. Rose—campaign fund, 85.. ’ I‘ pany. John McMahon—printing, $2; sta- tionery, 600; postage, $1. ”Edward Barrett—general expenses, $1.38. . ' 8 Christian Swartz—general expenses. 5. Walter L. Wilcox—general expenses, $10; printing, $2; postage, $3. J. Irving Dibble—I was, to my. re- ' gret, a candidate for auditor. My ex- penses were as follows: To purchase of one red postage stamp, bearing por- trait of ‘the late George Washington, said postage stamp being placed on the northwest corner of an envelope con- taining a letter to John McMahon, Esq., committee, declining to run for said office of auditor, and which declen- sion as aforesaid was not accepted for the reason that good men who will stand for office are hard to find—the sum of $0.02. Axle Broke. The frontaxle of a wagon belonging to Samuel Lockwood of Wilton, broke on Wall street, this morning, and there was quite a drop in potatoes. +.__...___ New Electric Road Almost Ready. The new Westport and Saugatuck electric railroad is nearing completion. Tracks have been laid over one-half the distance and the road will be in full operation by Dec. 1. Calling on Friends. George H. Waterbury who was trans- ferred to the Soldiers’ Home was in town this morning for the first time in over nine months. He appeared to be much better than when taken to the Home. fi0¥ His Wheel Smashed. As Mr. Frank .Ainsworth was wheel- ing home to dinner on his bicycle, yes- terday noon, and when on the Shore road, his bicycle collided with a horse and Mr. Ainsworth and his wheel were tumbled under the horse’s heels. The rider escaped injury but thebicycle had the appearance of having been struck by a locomotive. Season Ended Sept. 10. Within a. few days the half-million bushel limit will have been reached on the great natural oyster bed'ofi' Strat- ford and Bridgeport. The workers are making good catches right along and had exceeded 400,000 bushels some time since. Half a million bushels at an average of 23 cents per bushel, means $115,000, which has been found on that bed by the workers of this state since the closed season ended on Sept. 101ast. A-A v'v Danbury Selectmen Object. There is much unfavorable. cominen't upon the final disposition of the cases of the men arrested for selling liquor on the Danbury fair grounds. The selectmen feel that the town has been imposed upon by being mulched for a part. of the costs of prosecuting the cases and will resist payment if they have any chance of doing so legally. They will consult the town’s attorney before they accept‘the finding of Jus- tice O’Brien’s court. .. Goes By Water Now. The Holmes, Keeler & Selleck Co., have procured one of 'the neatest and most easy running Grinders for their new and excellent H. K. S. brand of coffee and have introduced a water motor for its propulsion, which Repre~ sentative Keeler delights to run him- self, as it is such ‘a strictly cold-water affair. Next fall, when Keeler runs for Senator, if the prohibitionists don’t cast all their votes for him, it won’t be be- cause Keeler isn’t running things on a strictly cold-water basin. - . Again Arrested. Chief Bradley, "this morninggarrested John Weyerhauser, on complaint of his mother who "says that he is incorrigible. Young Weyerhauscr was. arrested last June and sénte‘ncedfito the Reform school, but his mother begged so hard for his release the sentence was sus- pended during his good behavior. He has of late been forging his mother’s name to orders besides stealing money ' from her-and being unable to control him she asks that he be committed to the Reform school. _Her wishes, will probably be granted this afternoon. Miss Akerstrom’§ Dance. Has any company since the last an- nual visit of Ullie Akerstrom presented such beautiful lighting in connection with dancing? We hardly-think so. It ' requires an expensive plant. The ap- paratus is costly, experienced operators few. With all these accessories at her ' command, Miss Akerstrom is enabled to originate and produce in conjunc- tion with her dancing, spectacular ef- fects rarely seen even in the large - , cities- Her new creations, “The Bat: terfly” and “National Dance La lChro- ' motope,”‘ are wondrously beautiful. You can .see themwithg no other com--
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