EKLY ' Nonwnhn- GAZETTENI" .- 1» MOST G ATEFUE And Comforting of Warming Stomachics is SANFORD’S GINGER It quenches thirst, warms and strengthens weak stomachs, pro- motes digestion, prevents chills, destroys disease germs in water drunk, and protects the system from malarial influences. Containing among its ingredients the purest of medicinal French brandy and the best of imported ginger, it is tastly superior to the often dangerous gingers urged as substitutes. Ask for SANFORD’S GINGER and look for owl trade mark on the wrapper. Sold every- where. Porrnn D121. 9 AND CHEM. Coma, Sole Proprietors, Boston. “ 7"" C [BREE ALL AND 1 11m rents; ' 1"y sic fans endorse i’. 1’. P. as a. splendid combination, and pr'esc1 it c it v. it.1- ‘ great. satisfaction for the cures of 8.1 forms and Stages 0‘. P1‘11nary,8econc'1n1y and Teri :iary v... .' ill. 25.1.5 . 5-",- phiiis, bypiulitlc Rheuma‘i‘.-. 5301011110115 ce‘. 1~‘ and Sores, Glandular Swellings, 'iZ‘11euzunri..m, Maiaria,01d t "l_11 mic Uicers' 1‘ 51‘. 1:5‘ve resisted all treatment, Catarrh, T E. lid" 1T1 .kin Diseases, Eczema, Chionic Bemale ohpiaiu ts, eétiercuriel Poison, Tetter, Scald l}. 11,11 etc. '1: £3.13 isapoweri‘ui tonic, and an excellent , » r , . :11 Sfi'slrfll‘uulL-ll‘t . us are pol~o11".lono 11.; zurecondltir “due l l i '5 chars ' :I. fifik ’ _‘________ gg‘flfide ' es, aie peculiarly . 1. ult-onicsniji blood- '~.cl'1‘ P. 11"., Prickly As :1, ' 1. 'Fra‘: - 530.21., PIODIlo..I‘b; r" :1'111’: Black, $357.11 iNAT' 1.. GA. Draggia'ts. . _ “a 1:1: 1 Wood Diseases mailed ft" 1295‘: .. ,. Grand Sim/w 55076. This is weather to remind one-of ’ “Blasters am! , . Cofizfm/z‘aé/cs; ' faandu‘e are-'ready for it. Ior very little money our '. customers can be ready for it too, and smile at cold nights. and in Cotton , Eider- doWn; Lambfs VVool..-: Covered Print Chintz, Silkolme, All of. them less than usual W'cesrrfen sank-2..1 qualities, :and Géfih‘d :1'§L.Jvardd" .- E “It ILL? fireball. atehtxoniéi’" fii‘ai' ordersxand out: of td' n1 comma -1 . , o ”fir-l. 3.2:" '93 pen1u ,‘J ' ~ Nights. and- . most strength 1n his effort to reduce '. her into incensib My. Southport’s Big Blaze. A fire, 'which for a time threatened the destructionof the village of South- port, was discovered at 90’clock Sunday night in the centre of the village, and before it. was extinguished destroyed property to the value of nearly $5,000. The well directed efforts of the Fairfield fire department, which made a run of a mile and a half and worked for several hours, was all that he pt the tire within bounds. The flames originated in the born of Simon Banks, at East Main and Water street, near the postoifici, and we: e dis- covered about 0 o’clock. '1" no Fairfield department was summoned and run to the sister village. 1 Mr. Banks is the owner ,of a line of boats which run betwecn Southport ’ and New York with produce, and farm- ers from all the country surrounding Fairfield town bring their vegitables and farm produce to him for the New York market. The barn was stocked with 1,200 barrels of onions worth about $3, 00 0, which had been brought to Mr. Banks to send to it; e great city and as the structure succumbed to the roaring flames the odor of firied onions was wafted over the village. ’1“... barn itself was soon razed and the 111.1 h-.'l 1oz- ing barn of A. B. Stargg‘s caught anre aud got beyond control. The depart- ment and the volunteers worked zeal- ously, but lack of water made their e‘ - forts of little avail. The residence of M. T. Mitcheliabout fifty feet no ay also caught although the firemen poured water Upon it oo- piously. The furniture was removed» some of it being thrown out the win- down. ’l'ho house was finally saved, the damage being being ab0n‘ 535.3 .1. 30, and $150 to furniture. The handsome Gilman residence near by was'in danger from sparks and water was poured upon its roof. Luckily it did not catch afirc. The Banks barn was a wooden struc— ture eight years old, and WAS probably worth about $1, 000, and i 13 contents $5’, 000; t 1e Sturges barn Was valued at about&' 500, and the contents 3150. A horse 1n the Banks b.1111 was s :ti'ely removed. The origin of the tire is not known. Robert L. Shepard, clerk for Mr. E. Banks, Was at the barn about 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon, and every- thing appeared to be ah right tuen. The house 08 named b 1 Mr. Mitchell belongs to the estate of Samuel Pike. Fairfield’ s c-tizens who have fought so determinedly for 11. fire department and been Opposed by the residents of the outlying districts point to the fire as a strong argument in favor of main- taining a department. Farmers who object to an increase of expenses be- cause it means an additional tax have been the most strenuous opponents of the scheme. Some of them were losers by last night’s tire, and so they will doubtless see more readily the force of the argument in favor of a company. The Fairlield fire company , which ran the whole distance from Fir. r11 “old to the Village, owing to the fact that a trolley our dld not happen along did commendable work. They used all the water in‘ the neighborin1 Wells and. of- l fectually too, and then had to carry it- quite a distance. Their success in keep- Ting the flames from getting beyond T control at the Mitchell residence raved all th: e -th.—:r buildings in that seitici‘. ' 'Lcsll from an entire sweep- . _ \ 1 . ,1." . . . ' r .11: whole Gen-uni portion of: \‘1' i1 . l ; reflection of the. fire could be i The :seen iOl. 1111le3 Ll. Calif-l i For 0‘. er two hours the fire bur 113d ' fiercely. The department worked near- ly all night. Some of the men received slight burns. I»: Tried to Choke Her. ., Mrs. Max Messmer who resides on the Bull B-un road, had an encounter with a trump yesterday afternoon that she will long remember, and will carry the marks of the man’s fingers on her threat for some time to come. Mrs. Messmer, whose husband is employed at the Norwalk Lock com- pany ’e factory at South Norwaik, left her 1101 e in the afternoon to visit a neighbor She was walking quietly along and had just entered a lonely piece of woods that borders the load. when 9. tagged, uncouth tramp emerged and attacked her. _ The villian grabbed 311's. Messmer by the throat and attempted to choke her. He used both hands and his ut- Mrs. Messmer '1; made a gallant ti; .5 and succeeded in :. frecinn herself from the tramp’ s grasp ,‘Our burn: exclusrve styles ' not t0" be found elsewhere. ' at the same lime yelling at the top of of her voice for help. Q , 'i'he screams and superhuman strug— girl of Mrs. Messmer frightened the '. tramp "and he left his victim and ran in- 2 .o the woods from whence he came and 3 has not be en seen since. ;;At the new. that Mrs. Messmer suc- seeped in breaking the man’s holdo heir throat she was nearly suffocated and a few minutes longer ofhis choking and 'sh’e weald‘have fallen to the ground “KriilflllSHEd The police have been notified of the assau lt and as Mrs. Messmer obtained a good. descriptlon of :her, assailant it is to be 'Iii‘ip'cd that he will be captured and receive speedy justice at the hands of the. lawn - .. '1er "17: fi.’ 31”,!“ ,1:11,, . 11;: Barn and Contents fiurned. b r 01% ill PIQMISGSioGhQPled by WAStiird vautei’saf iter, ,and 1 owned by Selectman Alexander _ackey,", ‘o‘n‘ Le- my ayenue, "Darren” View idestrb‘yed Monday evening. by it: fire while'h broke out abiout 5 o ’clloctkfim _When the (flame; w... iscovere _, no one 1113de that it wasei'hpmdle’to save the pending br1g'ét‘1'0fif theucontents. Ml‘e: Mackeyiellpes mmoogmntly. cover.- 73051 66:01:13? outs. (17.19]. 1 ll at 1'- -IM about 8435117013 egf' éiis'; ‘dubk's‘ and' 5 The origin ”of the fi're' 1'93 6!; know 11'1'1.'..E"£Z"*2.'2'II:‘E:'2 :. .t.):‘ 83.3 r. t Early Morning Fire. Abcut 3:20 o’clock this morning the aiteation of officers'Kenney and Hunt was attracted up Main street by, some' one crying fire. Officer Hunt but a few moments before had none 011' (City. He started on arun up Main street where he met A. A. Martin coming down street in his bare feet. Martin said that Ruby’s shop on Green street was on fire, and with 'iunt started to the engine house and got out the hose carriage. As they were coming out of the door they were joined bv Joseph f-Iealy and the three of then) dragged the machine to the scene of the fire, and lost no time in getting a stream on the blaze. ’ In the meantime Olfi-e rKenncy had pulled box 15, at E1 ale’ s drug-store and kept it ringing for fully ten minutes. Box 50 at the corner of North avenue was also pulled. ' The fire department responded quick- ly and most efficient work in saving property was done. Hope hose boys connected their hose with the hydrant near School street, and connections were made by the Phoenix boys to by- drants on Cross street and at Hoyt place. Assistant Engineer Smith. was among those first at the tire and as it looked as if all the buildings contiguous to the Ruby building would take fire he or- dered out the steamer. At the point where the fire took place there is n ocular cluster of frame buildings, the center or which was the C. 'l‘. luby building which he occupies asa carriage manufactory. A portion of the ground floor was used by John Lycett as a blacksmith and horse-shoe- ing shop, and yet another part by A. A. Martin for his express business, and a stall for his horse. A large barn close to the east side of the Ruby building was occupied by W. Magner as a livey stable,and in the rear was a new barn owned,l)y Hugh Don- nelly. Everything in the Ruby building was 'burned including eleven wagons and carriage making material, a valuable horse and truck belonging to A A. Mar tin besides a truck which Martin had borrowed while his regular truck was being repainted, Hr. Lycett also lost a number of tools. Mr. Ruby cs timates his loss at $2,500 partially covered by insurance. Mr. Martin’s loss is about $5 00. There was $100 insurance on his horse. Mr. Lycett’s loss will probably foot up $300. No insurance. Hugh Donnelly estimates the damage to his barn as about SISO. The Magnet barn was damaged per- haps $100. That the fire did not out, up a larger amount of property is entirely due to the fact that the firemen worked with a will, and used excellent judgment in placing the streams of water. They were somewhat hampered by the burst ing of four lengths of hose. The fire, Mr. Ruby. says, was no doubt incendiary. The flames when first seen by 1 Mrs. Ruby appeared to be in the southeast corner of the building and :11 close proximity to the Magner livery stables. They seems d to be fan- ned by a light breeze .111 .1 soon envelop- ed the entire building. THE INSUI‘. men There was an insurance 0. .3000 on the Magne‘.‘ barn. 1.1 nRuby had '150 in- suranceonhiso.1r12,$.‘3"'l on shop and $200 on wagons. There was an insur- ance of $13.00 on the Donnelly born. ___-__A......__--_.__-. Horace E. Dann injured. Saturdny'afternoon in company with his father,Live1yam n Horace E. Dunn drove to the trotting park and train 11;: stables conducted by Joseph )3. Swan at the Fair Grounds. Mr. Swan tool; fair. Dunn’s horse and was engaged in eXcrcxsing the animal around the track, while the Messrs. Dann took n. walk through the stables to take a look at the blooded horses kept there. They had walked nearly the entire length of the stalls, when suddenly a: large bull-dog made a jump for Horace E. Dunn’s throat. Mr. Dunn dodged back in a startled manner but not in time to escape the teeth of the dog, which caught him on the left cheek, gouging out a portionof the skin, fully the size of a silver dollar. The dog Was tethered and, reached the length of his rope when he struck Mr, Dann, else it is believed he would have terribly wounded if not killed his victim. Mr. Dlann lost no time in securing his team and driving back to this city where he visited a physician “and had the wound properly cauterized. Mr, fiwan felt very badly 'over the mat- ter and did all in his power for Mr. Dann,an .it is understood will or has had the (lggflilled, although he was val- ued very highly by the owner. ' One report sz'iys that the dog has hit- ten several other"persons, but in turn this is said to be deified by Mr. Swan, who says the animal is ordinarily of good disposition. 1.. Certain it is that Mr.‘ ann’s escape from possible fatal injurii. was a close one, and as remarked a \friend this morning, “Thank heaven, Ho\race, you are still on earth, alive and livelifi: Engaged. The announcement is made of 9 engagement of Miss J. Elizabeth Kc 9. lggg, a teacher at Miss Baird’s schOOI fotriyoung ladies, and Edward Bailey, of- the firm (if Hatch, Bailey &. Co. —Advertrse 1n the Gm'rru. ‘1 . a copious shower of water from a buck- tle stir was created by the announce- ment that Lizzie Ferris of New Canaan and James Buttery of Silver Mine, had married. Considerable space was de- voted in the local journals to an ac» count of the return of the bride and groom in which it was made to appear ihat on the return home of the youthful bridegroom with the bride, the latter was quickly hustled out of the house, and the groom, aged 18, and weighing 180 pounds was sent south to live with his grandfather. The groom is credited with having said, ‘I’ll be back with son soon, Liz- 1zlie dear” as she was taken away from 1m. '1‘ rue to his promise, he returned, but not home. Danbury air seemed to him to be of a more congenial nature. He wrote his loved one that he should leave his grandfather on a certain date and asked that she meet him in the city of beans. This for obvious reasons she was un- able to do but sent emissaries in the person of relatives, who, as young But- tery alighted from the train escorted him to a carriage and he was quickly hustled to a house in New Canaan where his bride was in anxious waiting The meeting was of a most loving nature, and if the minister who married them could have been present he would have fervently said “Amen.” But a cloud was gathering which the friends of the couple had not anticipa- ted. An irateifather had heard of his son’s return, and armed with a warrant he visited the house where his boy was basking in the moonshine of a honey- moon, and caused the arrest of those who had assisted in getting the boy, (weight 180) to the home of the one he had sworn to cherish during life. The bride’s uncle and aunt named Bartram, were'piaced under arrest on the charge of abduction, and will be tried before a justice of the peace in New Canaan, this afternoon. Attorney E. F. Lockwood will appear for the de- fence. Buttery is said to be 18 years of age and his wife a few years his senior. Mr. Buttery pater is evidently very much enraged but a “God bless you my children” would perhaps do more good than will a lawsuit. It was stated this afternoon by Mr. Bartram that another attempt was made to kidnap the ‘poor little boy” and this time by his mother, who in company with friends drove to the house and after inviting the lad, aged 18 and weighing 180 pounds, out to the gate made an unsuccessful attempt to 'dump him into a wagon and take him home. Failing 1n this they told him that his father was about to cut his throat with a razor. The “poor little boy, ” however, could not be plevailed upon to desert his Lizzie, and the would- be abductors returned home. without their prey. More Robbers at Darlen. The Poet office at Darien was again visited by burglars early this morning and the safe blown open and its con- tents abstracted, amounting in money and stamps to about $250. The burg- lars then attempted to burn the build- 1ng by means of a kerosene lamp. At about 2:30 o’clock this morning, Lawrence Callahan, who resides up- stairs ovcr the Batman post office was awakened by a terrific explosion in the offibe below. Hastily jumping out of bed Callahan rushed down stairs, but in his excitement forgot the key to his front door and was obliged to ascend the stairs after 1t. He qu1ck1y returned but as he opened the door he heard foot- steps retreating ont of the back door of the post office. Callahan found an entrance had been gained into . the office by cutting out the glass in the front door. As he looked through the opening he saw that the building was on fire and quickly gave the alarm bringing out the citizens to his assistance. The fire which was under good headway, was soon extinguished by et brigade the members of which had responded to Callahan’ s alarm of fire. An investigation revealed the safe door in ruins and' is contents 01’11 money and stamps gone. The burglars had drilled a hole in the safe door and inserted a charge of dy- namite which they exploded, tearing out the entire rear portion of the door. Entrance into the interior was then an easy matter. , The drill used which was found broken upon the floor, was of the same pattern as that used to drill the safe of Mother d: Grumman a short time ago, and it is suspected that‘the burglars are the same parties who have been doing the safe cracking in Dar ien during the not your. paIt is believed that when the burglars heard Callahan moving up stairs they made their exit out of the back door, but before leaving they threw a lighted kerosene lamp into a pile of mail sacks, destroying five or six of them and set- ting fire to the counter in the store proper. Among the mail sacks destroyed was one containing the West Norwalk mail. Telephone messages were sent to the surrounding towns but the burglars were not seen. Oflicers O’Brien and Hickey of Stamford visited the scene this morning and inspected the wrecked safe and burned mail sacks. Mumford’s Death. Medical Examiner Burke has receiv- ed the finding of Coroner Doten 1n the case of Oliver R. Mumford who was killed at Rowayton on Thursday night, October 17, by falling from a Tramway car. The Coroner finds that Mumford died from a fracture of the spine; that he was a passenger on car N o. 7 (if the N orwalk Tramway company and was standing on the rear platform. He further finds that in leaving a curve in Rowayton, Mumford fell or was thrown off by the motion of the car, breaking his neck. In conclusion he finds that by a rule of said company passengers are not allowed to ride on the platform, and by another rule no one but the authorized motorman is allowed to run the car and that at the time of said accident both of these rules were being vxolated and not enforced. The coroner does not hoid anyone for the accident by his decision, not has he referred in an way to the perjury committed by axton, Smith and Beers at the time of the inquest - ducted by him at South Norwalk. con- It is quite probable that a suit for damages will be instituted by the friends of the deceased: \ Engagement 6 engagement of Electric Light Commissioner Albert E. Winchester, of iof thatc 1 is announced. South .. orwalk, to Miss Bessie G. Bray His Heart Was True. i 011 the 17th of this month quite a lit- T file ”the new shortening, like all other things ' 1 ~2 must be rightly used if you wish the best results. Never, 1n any recipe, use more than two-thirds as much Cottolene as you used to use of lard. Never put Cot- telene in a hot pan. Put it in when cold' and heat it with the pan. Be careful not to b11111 Cottolene. To test it, add a drop of water; if hot enough, it will pop. Cottolene, when - rightly used, delights everyone. et the genuine, sold every- where in tins, with trademarks—“Cotlolene” and steer’ s [wad m colim- -plcmt wreath—on every tin.f Made only by'. l THE N. i_(. FAIRBANK coflPAN‘l, Chiciio, Produce Exchange, N. Y., 224 State St, Boston.- For Sale bv EDWARD P. WEED, 01'1le sorter. The Finest in Market. Nickersom. es Beets- Ty 'il’lli. 0'0" 1:11.000 Men” 3 Wooneocke $2.50 a'pair. We are Headquarters for Men’s Grain Golf and Hip Boots, at 513’ i .45, $2, $2.50 and 3.00. RUBB 1111’. COATS AND in AOKTNZ ()3 i253, Trunks and Tings A Free Shine to Every One. @Tfififlfl 3 GAZETTE. BUELDTNG. 12‘ S: U" C" The New GI Weekly Tribune THE WEEK‘L r ‘ when TT’E One Year. -_ 0.1m DOLLflR. Address all orders to the GAZETTE
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