. NORWALK
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VOL. Kev—No 48
NORWALK, CONN.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25. 189.5. »
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THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
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Forty Acres and a Cow.
The prevalent impression that there
are no more “lands for the landless” in
this country is very far from true. Not
only have millions of acres of good
farming lands been thrown open to
settlement by recent acts of Congress,
but other millions will be added to” the
public domain in a few years.
Nor is this the extent of the relief
available for those who desire to make
homes in rural sections. In many of
the States that are supposed by the gen-
eral public to have their full quota of
farm owners there are vast aggregates
of unoccupied lands. The Minneapolis
Tribune is authority for the statement
that not more than one-sixth of the
area of the great State of Minnesota
is under cultivation, and the Des
Moines Register suggests that the dif-
ficulty is not scarcity of lands, but of
men who are willing to go out and cul-
tivate them. Pres1dent Stickney, of the
Chicago Great Western Railroad, re-
ports that within thirty-four miles of
Minneapolis and not much farther from
St. Paul, with their four or five hun-
dred thousand inhabitants, there are
immense areas of lands unoccupied
which could be easily converted into
good farms. He proposes a movement
of the poor from the twin cities to that
point, and urges that forty acres and a
cow—not “forty acres and a mule”—be
given to each family; thfisif‘lands to be
theirs without payment until, by ob-
serving reasonable thrift, they can
begin to pay for them. .
Doubtless there are thousands of fami-
lies in Minneapolis and St. Paul whose
condition would be immeasurably im-
proved if they were placed on these
lands and possessed any sort of aptitude
for farming and a desire to live by that
industry. But there are few among
the poverty-pinched masses in these or
other cities, who possess these indispen-
sable requisites. Farming is not a
business that can be successfully taken
up by a novice. It requires a great
deal of knowledge and that of a most
varied character which can only be
gained by experience. .A tailor, a tin-
ner, or a hatter, is no more qualified
for getting a living out of the soil, than
a farmer is to make coats, tin pans, or
hats. Competition in the production
of all that is produced on farms, has
cheapened such products so that only
the most skillful and prudent farmers
can make anything in the business. To
send the city’s poor families into the
country—even thh 40 acres and a cow
—would be sending them to starvation
in most cases. They could not live en
the cow till their crops came in. even if
they knew how to raise crops. And it
may be added that such families would
be utterly discontented with their
change of associations and environment.
The Chicago railroad president’s plan
is one of the humanitarian projects that
won’t work. ., ‘
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Senator Sherman’s BooK.
“Oh that mine enemy would write a
book.” said Solomon. When Senator
Sherman discusses finance, no man is
his equal; when he discusses matters 3f
statesmanship, no man is his superior;
but when he writes a book, giving his
own autobiography, he gives painful
emphasis to a remark attributed to
Ohio’s other noted statesman, that
“there is no one so small as a public
man with a private grievance.”
The True lnwardness.
A. H. Byington has been sued at Nor-
walk for a tailor’s bill amounting to
$3,000.—Palladium.
The Palladium cuts all the fun out of
the above item. by failing to state that
the “tailor’s bill,” was manufactured
bya “plumber? to overmatch a rent
,_ bill.
Sued For $5.000.
The Norwich Street Railway com-
pany has been sued for $5,000 for the
, killing of Willie Dunn, October 4th.
REAR END COLLISION.
0n'e Killed, Many Seriously Hurt In
a Consolidated Railroad
Wreck.
Congressman E. A. Morse injured.
A rear-end collision occurred at Hyde
Park, Mass, on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, at 5:18
last evening, in which one man was
killed, a woman fatally injured and
twelve other passengers, including
E'Gongressman Elijah A. Morse, were
more or less seriously hn rt. The list of
dead and injured is as {allb'.Vt: ‘
DEAD :
G. M. Austin, brakeman.”
INJURED :
Mrs. William Ross, of Cambridge ;
fatally injured internally. ,
Congressman Elijah A. Morse, of
Canton; both hands and arms badly
cut.
A. W. Bragg, of N o. 58 Clifl'ord street,
Roxbury; injured about the head and
face. I ‘
Miss Ella Donovan, of No. 173 Har-
rison avenue, Boston; injured about
the chest and nose.
J. F. Maguire, of Roxbury ; injured
about'head and face.
Mrs. Mary Barnes, of Malden injured
internally. ,,
Mrs. J. Burns, of Hyde Park; injur-
ed about head and face. '
. Mrs. Gannon, of Cambridge; internal
injuries.
Thomas J. Burke, of Norfolk Station;
injured about head and face.
William Esler, of Charlestnwn ; in-
jured about head and face.
William B. Hoyt, of Roxbury; inter-
ternal injuries. .
Roscoe Rines, of Roxb‘ury ; internal-
ly injured. .
The regular Mansfield accommoda-
tion train, due in Boston at 5:47, was
just leaving the Hyde Park station, ten
minutes late, when the New London
and Providence express, due in Boston
at 6:10, came running down from Canton
Junction, on a perfectly straight track
and crashed into the rear of the Mans-
field train.
The engine of the Providence train
plowed into the rear car for a distance
of five or six feet and caused this car
to telescope the one ahead. Between
these cars was Brakeman Austin, who
was caught and remained jammed in
the wreck for nearly an hour.
All the physicians in Hyde Park,
Dedham and Milton were summoned
by telephone and the police depart-
ment of Boston notified. Abnlances
were sent out fremf there and others
dispatched to the Park square station,
Boston, to remove those of the wound-
ed who were sent to that city by special
train. All the seriously injured, in’
cluding Mrs. Ross, were sent to the
Massachusetts General Hospital, in
Boston.
It was nearly 6.30 before the unfortu-
nate brakeman could be extricated
from the mass of debris between the
telescoped cars, and he died shortly
afterward in the station waiting room.
Both his legs were broken and he was
jammed frightfully about the body.
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Mammoth Nuts.
The one thing of the week for its cul-
tivators to boast of grows in Stratford.
It is “the most wonderful hickory nut
tree in Connecticut. It is quite young,
the body being about six inches in di-
ameter near the ground, and bore a few
nuts last year for the first time. This
year it has borne nearly a bushel of
nuts that are perfect in all those qual-
ities supposed to be demanded in a good
hickory nut, and are of marvelous size,
measuring from 2 inches to 2% inches in
length. The average being about 2%
inches, they have attracted a good deal
'of attention and people have come long
distances to see them and obtain sam-
ples for painting. Specimens are to be
sent to the United States agricultural
department at Washington.”
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Maklng an investigation.
It is believed that Barter Segraves, a
young New York club man, was drown-
’ed in Black Rock harbor on the night
of July 3d last. The Manhattan Life In-
surance 00., in which the young man
was insured to the extent of 82,000 is
interested to kuowif that is the case,
and has an investigation on foot to
probe into the matter. ‘
To Meet Again.
Fred McGirr last night posted 850 , to
cover the forfeit recently put up by
Lewis Webster, to again meet the latter
in the ring. . '
At the last meeting between these
two box‘ers McGirr had his man nearly
fought to a standstill, but a chance blow
on the chin put Fred to sleep and the
purs‘e in Webster’s pocket.
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2child at the County Home.
Ex-Sheriff Buckley Stricken.
Matthew Buckley, of Weston, an ex-
deputy sheriff. was stricken with para-
lysis Monday evening, and is not ex-
pected to recover. ‘
Sons of Temperance.
The fifty-second annual meeting of
the Grand Division, Sons of Temper-
ance, opened yesterday at Bridgeport
with about one hundred delegates
present from the thir ty-"thrce divisions
in the State.
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Sustain Miss Phelps.
The County Commissioners are in-
clined to sustain Matron Phelps in her
action refusing to receive the Delaney
They base
their Opinion on the part of Section 3655
of the General Statutes.
_ The Boston Store.
The Boston Store has a new adver-
tisement in this issue in which they of-'
fer some rare bargains in Coats, Cloaks,
Capes and Jackets. A visit to this mam-
mouth emporium and an examination
of their goods and prices will repay
you.
A New Counterfeit.
Secret service officers have discover-
ed a counterfeit ten dollar silver certifi-
cate of the series of 1891. The counter-
feit is apparently printed from an etch-
ed plate of fair workmanship, and the
general appearance of the note is very
defective. The note has been “doctor-
ed” to give it an aged appearance.
Have a Care.
As this is the season when urchins
delight in bonfires of leaves and other
rubbish, parents should exercise
special care in the matter of saving
their little ones from the frequent and
sometimes fatal burnings resulting
from their clothing taking fire. Wool-
en and worsted garments, instead of
cotton, are a great safeguard.
Court Cases.
The following cases of local interest
are docketed for trial in the Supreme
Court at Bridgeport, to-day. Ander-
son vs. Town of New Canaan, motion‘
to erase from docket; McKay vs. Mc-
Kay, motion to erase from docket ; W.
Fawcett vs. John H. Light, motion to
place on jury docket ; N. & S. N. Elec-
tric Light Co. vs. City of South Nor.
walk, motion for non-suit, or that the
case be discontinued and bonds furnish-
ed for prosecution. The following di-
vorce cases are also assigned for a hear-
ing : Edward Hail vs. Mrs. Edward
Hall ; Ayres vs. Ayres and Ayres vs.
Ayres.
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A Great Prima Donna.
~ One of the features of the engage-
ment of the MacKay Opera Company
which opens at Hoyt’s Theatre for a
week’s engagement, beginning Monday,
will be the first appearance here of a
new prima donna. This is Miss Ada
Palmer Walker, a native of Austrailia,
she is afriend of Mme. Melba, whom
she succeeded as the first soprano in
St. Francis Cathedral in Melbourne.
She made her debut on the operatic
stage under the management of Messrs.
Williamson, Garner and Musgrove with
whom she made two tours through In-
dia and Japan.
Since coming to this country, Miss
Walker has appeared in all the large
cities, and was for one season Prima
Donna of the Casino New York, under
the management of Rudolph Aronson.
Chimes of Normandywill be presented
on Monday night.
Aftermath.
Norwalk has too few generously loy-
al sons like to the late Rev. D. M. El-
wood, as to be indifferent to such a sel-i
vice as was on Wednesday rendered
over that good man’s remains. He
loved his native town, and were any
one-or any thing only Norwhlk born
and Norwalk belonging, his interest
was aroused.
what was naturally beautiful. A roll-
ing meadow, a shapely tree delighted
him, and the brook's ripple was music
in his ears. Because the handsome
Prowitt East avenue grounds marked
the vicinity of his progenitor’s home-
stead, and the Matthews West avenue
granite portals the site of the cross-
bar gateway to an ancestor’s hearth-
stone, he thereupon fondly mused.
His mind dwelt upon the home lots of
the older settlers, and he fondly re-
peopled'them. The great loss of his
life was that of his cultured and charm-
ing wife. After her own and the burial
of several children, there was a blank.
This has been somewhat relieved
through the kindness of several Nor-
walk friends, notably the large hearted,
noble spirited General Darius N.
Couch, .beneath whose roof he was
always welcomed. Our soil has‘ not
the honor of urning his dust, but his
'name deserves to be perpetuated and
. his memory kept green amongus.
He had a fine sense of'
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Mrs. George R. Cowles Stricken at
Her Home on the Green.
M r. Cowles Absent at The Time.
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Durand, wife of
George R. Cowles, resident Secretary
of the Norwalk Fire Insurance com-
pany, died very suddenly at her home
on the Green, about 8:30 o’clock this
morning. _
Mrs. Cowles had been in poor health
for some time, having been afflicted
‘wit‘h diabetes and heart trouble, but
was able to be out every day for a car-
riage ride. and yesterday afternoon was
out as usual taking her daily ride.
This morning Mr. Cowles left for
Bridgeport. being driven to the depot
by his coachman, Morris Ahern, and
expected to return this afternoon.
On Ahern’s-return to the house Mrs.
Cowles called to him and instructed him
t) summon Dr. J. :G. Gregory. She
was in bed at the time, and alone in
the house, the domestic having left a
few days since.
Ahern hurried after the physician
and on the way back advised Mrs.
Sarah Belden and Mrs. William K.
Lewis, of Mrs. Cowles sudden illness.
On returning to the house he found
Mrs. Cowles lying on the floor gasping
for breath and placed a pillow under
her head. Soon after the ladies above
~mentioned arrived and the patient was
placed on a couch, but it is thought
that she was at the time dead.
Dr. Gregory arrived in a short time,
and after making the necessary exam-
ination pronounced her dead.
After some little delay Mr. Samuel
L. We'ed succeeded in locating Mr.
Cowles in Bridgeport, and telephoned
him that his wife was dangerously ill,
and about fifteen minutes after, Mr.
Cowles being anxiously in waiting,
sent‘him word of her death. ‘ .
Mr Homer Merrill secured a coach
and was driven to the railroad station,
where he met Mr. Cowles and accom-
panied him home.
The deceased was about 67 years of
age and a daughter of the late Milton
and Elizabeth Durand, long time resi-
dents of this city. She was a member
of the N orwalk Congregational church,
and was very charitable to the poor
whenever she found them deserving. ‘
Chas. H. Van Wyck Dead.
Ex-United States Senator Charles H.
Van Wyck, of Nebraska, died late yes-
day afternoon in his apartments at the
Portland Flats, in Washington. He
was stricken with apoplexv Monday af-
ternoon, and his condition since has
been critical.
Charles Henry Van Wyck was born
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 10, 1824.
From 1850 to 1858 he was district attor-
ney of Sullivan county, N. Y.. and he
served in congress from 1859 to 1833
as a Republican. As Colonel of the
the Tenth Legion, he served with Gen-
eral McClellan in the Peninsular cam-
paign. In 1865 he was brevetted brig-
adier-general. He was again elected
to congress in 1867; and again served
two terms. .
In 1874 he removed from New York
to Nebraska, where, in 1876, he was a
member of the Constitutional Conven-
tion. After several terms in the State
Senate, he was elected to the United
States Senate in 1880. He retired from
the Senate in 1887, but was subsequent-
ly twice a candidate for re-election
without success.
Mr. Van Wyck married a daughter of
General Broadhead, of Pennsylvania;
and Mrs. Van Wyck and a daghfer sur-
vive him.
He, on several occasions addressed
the citizens of Norwalk, in various po-
litical campaigns.
The World Moves Forward.
The Courant calls attention to the
fact that sixty years ago this week, a
mob composed of some of Boston’s
solidest business men started out to
break up an anti-slavery meeting and
tar-and-feather George Thompson, the
English abolitionist. They didn’t get
Thompson, for the very good reason
that he was not in the city. But they
effectually broke up the meeting. They
also tied a rope around the late William
Lloyd Garrison, with the avowed inten-
tion of dragging him through the
streets. He was rescued, not without
great difficulty, and was hurried away
to the jail, his friends deeming it unsafe .
for him to go to his own house. The
sight of that day’s brutal work convert-
ed a young Boston lawyer to abolition-
ism. His name was Wendell Phillips.
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-—-Canned corned beef 18c per can;
new raisins, 60 lb. or 5 lbs for 250; new
apricots, 2 lbs. for 250; new tomatoes,
7c per can;_soda crackers, 6 lbs; for 250;
hams lic‘ibg-buckwheat flour, three lb.
package for 10c. W. R. Bates, 47 Main
street. ' , .
Wlll Move Repair Shops.
The Consolidated road officials have
decided to close the repair shops at
Falls Villiage and transfer the 150 men
employed there to New Haven.
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Careless Driving.
Early this morning as Motorman
Walter Smith of the Street Railway
company was guiding his car around
the corner of Main and Wall streets, on
route to Winnipauk, Charles Gregory
drove his horse almost directly in front
of the car. Smith quickly applied the
brake and the car did not strike the car-
riage wrth enough force to do it much
damage, although it was pushed along
for a short distance. Those who saw
the accident pronounce Gregory the
one at fault.
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Held Up.
As A. Preston Sherwood the bicycle
dealer, waswheeling over from West-
port last night and when going through
Peat Swamp was waylaid by some one
who made a grab at him in an attempt
to drag him from the bike. Preston
was as elusive as the items be at one
time trotted after for a daily newspa-
per, and made his escape, without not-
ting anything about the “highwayman”
whereby he could give a description of
him. He was not long in reaching his
home on Eastlavenue.
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The Hospital Ambulance.
Editor of Gaznrrn :
There has been some criticism about
the use of the ambulance which has
come from a misunderstanding. Kind-
ly allow me lto state the few necessary
rules adopted by the Hospital Commit-
tee:
1. In case of an accident the ambu-
lance can be called out at any time by
day or night by anybody.
2. In all ordinary cases, public or
private, the ambulance can be used by
order of the President or any member
of the executive committee .
3. The charge in private cases is 3'3.
that being the hire of horses.
1, Tnereare. no other rules or restric-
tions. . Sincerely, r ' - . . -’
S.,H. WATKlNS,‘
Sec. of Ex. Committee. '
in Favor of the Consolidated Road
The case of Alpheus Merritt vs. the-
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad company has just been decid-
ed by the supreme court of Massachu-
setts in favor of the'railroad company.
Mr. Merritt brought the suit- on
March 18, 1893, through his attorney
Joseph A. Gray, against the railroad
company for $25,000 damages. The
plaintiff was injured at Portchester on
December 20, 1892. He claimed that
on the arrival of. the train at Portches-
ter. it came to a stop, and while he was
on the second step in the act of alight-
ing, the train was suddenly started,
being thrown down and and injured.
The railroad claimed that the plaintiff
did not arise from his seat until the
train had started from the station. The
case was tried in February, 1894, and a
verdict for the railroad company was
rendered by the jury. This case was
taken to Massachusetts by the plaintiff
in order that hejmight obtain a trial by
jury.
Obituary,
ELlZABETH G. COWLES.
Another instantaneous demise came
to-day to shock and overwhelm in sor-
row, abereaved husband and unnum-
rbered friends, in the sudden death this
morning, of Mrs. George R. Cowles,
nee Durant. She has for a .long time
past been considered an invalid, but
with no expectation of a near dissolu.
tion. Her malady is supposed to‘ have
been organic disease of the heart, com-
She was a resident of Norwalk from
childhood, when her parents came here
from Boston and purchased the prop-
erty on the Church Green which for so
many years has been the delightful home
of the deceased and upon which she
expended so much of her time and
means in beautiful and artistic decora-
tion. She was amember of the First
Congregational church and always
imitating the Master in benevolent
ministrations to the suffering and
needy. Death is a grim invader of the
hearth-atone always and under all con-
ditions and circumstrncss but when it
comes without warning and when the
life taken is an aged partner’s only
earthly stay and solace, the grief of
such bereavement is beyond the power
of words to express. In the presence
of such an overwhelming sorrow, the
mystery of which is inpenetrable and
nothing can be said to ameliorate the
anguish of the devoted husband, now
left aged and alone. ‘His cup, now filled
and overflowing with the waters of bit-
terness pass away only through the same
divine love and power by whom and
from whom, these unsolvable bereave-
ments come. God comfort and sustain
the chief mourner; a whole community
shares his sorrow. .
"God spoke to her and so she fell asleep.”
plicated with disease of .the kidneys‘
the depth of which is beyond measure,-
llFlERflCENSE.
“Doc”. Underwood Wants to Sell
Liquor at The Westport
Hotel.
The Result Will be Watched With
Interest.
“Doc.” Underwood, proprietor of the.
Westport Hotel, has filed with the
County Commissioners an application
for a liquor license to sell beverages at
his hotel. This action will, it is be-
lieved, eventually lead to the beginning
of a bitter legal controversy in the
courts as to the legality of the recent
“no license” victory in Westport. It
is the initiatory step decided upon by
the men in Westport interested in, the
liquor business but who are forced to
abandon a continuance in it by their
defeat at the recent election.
Their point of contention is that the
booth tenders at the election failed to
comply with the letter of the law in
marking the official envelopes. It is
due to this oversight that the license
advocates believe they have a good
standing'in court in an action of law.
The “no license” advocates on the con-
trary, believe that in a contest the court
will consider the “intent of the voters”
as has been in the case of similiar
suits in the past, and that they stand
but little chance in losing. The town
is divided in its sympathies. ' .. ‘
Abitter feeling has been engendered
in consequence. Once the legal war is
opened expense will not be considered.
Dr. Underwood’s application has thus
far escaped publication as required by
law from the fact that the amount of .
the expense for such publication was
not forwarded with the application,
but will be sent to the commissioners
as soon as the error is discovered. The
commissioners will undoubtedly refuse
to grantalicense to any applicant in
Westport, they having received official
notice from the town clerk there to the
effect that the recent election resulted
in a victory for “no license.” The re-
sult of the controversy will be watched
with interest by all Westporters and in
fact the liquor interest of the State.
How to Save Money and Health.
Most people have some trouble with
their health which they would like
cured if it could' be done easily and
cheaply. . Dr. Greene, of 35 West 14th
street, New York-City, who is the most
successful specialist in curing nervous
and chronic diseases, makes the follow-
ing ofl'er : He gives you the privilege
of consulting him, free of charge,
through his great system of letter cor-
respondence. Write him just how you
feel and what symptoms trouble you.
He will answer your letter explaining
your case thoroughly, telling just what
ails you and how to get strong and
well. He gives the most careful atten~
tion to every letter and makes his ex.
planations so clear that you understand
exactly what your complaint is. And
for all this you pay nothing. You do
not leave your home, and have no doc-
tor’s fees to pay. The Doctor makes a
specialty of treating patients through
letter correspondence, and is having
wonderful success. He is the discov-
erer of that celebrated medicine, Dr.
Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. If you write him at once you
will doubtless be cured. '
Annual Roll Call.
The annual roll call of the Baptist
church, this city, was held yesterday
afternoon. From 3:30 to 4 there was a
praise service and welcome by the pas-
tor, followed by a roll call which was
responded to by nearly three hundred
members of the church. After a
memorial and testimony meeting, a so-
cial hour was spent, followed by a sup-
per. At 7:15 the roll call was con-
tinued, which was responded to by
those not present in the afternoon.
The annual sermon was then delivered
by Bev. H. M. Pogson, D. D., of New
York, his text being “The Glory of
God.” Rev. B. O. Sherwood and a
large delegation from his church in
South Norwalk were present. A pleas-
ing feature was the singing of a quar-
tette composed of Miss Baylies, Mrs.
Keeler. and Messrs. Arthur Taylor and
Thomas Sterling,
“When the Roll is Called'Up Yonder,”
being especially fine. It was one of
the most successful roll call meetings
ever held by the'society.
"D. A. R.”
The new chapter of Daughters of the
American Revolution, which has been
organized in Meriden, has chosen Mrs.
Kate Foote Coe as regent, and out of
respect for Miss Susan Carrineton
Clarke, the state regent who has just
died in Atlanta, the Meriden organiza- -
tion hastaken the name of the Susan '
‘ 0. Clarke Chapter. -
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