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VOL. Xcvs—No 4.8
0 WALK
.4 n Entertaining and I nstrnctwe Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1895.
[$1.00 a Year. I
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Nonwmflaoum.
THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
lllItltlllltll in all IIlllES: Ntlllllll lll Illllllllfl.
tilizens.__ll_iienlion 1
To the Citizens of Norwullc:
A bona fide opportunity to securé
the location in Norwalk of a new
and desirable industry, employing,
about eighty hands, with an annual
pay roll of $25,000 at . least, and
with a prospective increase, is now
offered.
Other places a1e bidding for this
prize, and unless prompt and effec-
tive action is taken this opportunity
will be lost. It is desirable, there-
fore. that not only our business men,-
but that the owners of rentable
property and. our citizens generally,
contribute to this enterprise. It is
admitted that Norwalk needs new
industries, and now that an oppor-
tunity is presented, it is important
that we should seize it fo'rthwith.
To facilitate this matter, the cashiers
of our several National Banks have
expressed a willingness to. take
charge of any contributions or sub-
scriptions.
This industry has been examined
on its mechanical side by Mr. Fred-
erick Buckley, and on, its” business
side by Mr. Eben Hill, Senator Fer-
ris and J. Belden Hurlbutt, Esq,
and they all agree that it is well
worth securing.
Here is a splendid chance, and
whether this industry comes here or
goes elsewhere depends on our peo.
ple, and the Committee will gladly
accept any sum to further this good
work; and it is hop ed that this may
be made a popular subscription,
thereby awakening our town to new
life and enterprise
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES T. HUBBELL,
Mayor.
NonwALK, Conan, December 6, 1895.
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To Protect the People.
The question of consumptive animals
meat in extending disease to the hu-
man race is exciting much attention and
the inquiries instructed in different
states make it clear that [here should
be more care exercised about the health
of domestic animals and an effort made
to reduce to the minimum the danger
oflill health which arises from the sell-
ing of the milk or beef of sick creatures.
There is no question that tuberculosis
or consumption is too prevalent among
the beef and dairy animals 'of this coun-
try, and that vigorous measures should
The
New York state board of health still
continue to keep up their examination
of herds, and since July 15 have inspect-
ed 853 head of cattle, of which 298 have
i been condemned as consumptive and
I killed. This makesa showing of about
one-third that are not in a safe condi-
tion to be kept as dairy animals or to
be killed and sold in the markets. The
New York Times expresses the hope
that the Legislature in that state at its
coming session will deal wisely with
this question, which so illy effects the
health of the people, and concludes an
editorial as follows :
”Evidence accumulates that the great
part to infection proceeding from tub-
erculous milk and beef. 'l‘heI'legisla-
tive proj eels advocated by the board of
health of this city and by the state
board should receive the careful atten-
tion and favorable treatment which
they deserve. . But we venture the pre-
diction that if no eflective state legisla-
tion for the protection of consumers in
this city shall be granted, the authori-
ties of the city will in due time take
measures which will insure suchpro-
tection. It is practicable fora city to
defend itself against the sale of milk
carrying the germs of that disease
which causes one-seventh of "the re-
corded deaths of mankind.”
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A Brutal Affair.
No human being who has a heart ac-
cessible to pity and indignation can
read the story lately told of the burial
of the victims of a massacre in Armenia
without finding. himself overmastered
by both sentiments. Suwnty or sink-
ty victims—~men, women ..znl children,
piled promiscuously together —— were
borne to the little cemetery of their co-
religionists, through crowds of jeering
and booting Turks, and were thrown
down at the gait to await the permission
for burial. First came a crowd of revil-
ers who spat upon the corpses, ,and in-
sulted the dead, and those were follow-
ed by vagabouds' who set upon the
bodies and stripped them of every ves-
tige of clothing. After these numerous
outrages an authority of the towo noti-
fied an Armenian priest to take with
him a few men and go and bury the
bodies. In order that he might go with
safety the Government was compelled
to furnish him a strong escort of Turk-
ish soldiery, I and guarded by these
troops, the men were able to dig a huge
trench, in which the bodies were cover-
ed over while the lonely priest mur-
mured the prayers of the Church. No
Turks attempted to apologize for the
massacre, nor considered it Otherwise
than the result of a spontaneous and
justifiable outburst of the popular ten.-
per.
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Left Valuable Records.
Ross family, who has within a few days
past, for the first time visited Norwalk,
and who left'the town impressed by its
beauty: and rare historic wealth, took
special pleasure in going over the East
avenue Oscar Raymond’s home pre—
cincts, which formed a part of the "two
hundred pound lot” of Roger Ludlow’s
day, and were first allotted to the Olin.
sted’s, whose achievements in reducing
the rugged topography of ancient Nor-
walk were akin to those of Contractor
Bach. who is to-day fast transforming
the “Lockwood Hill” of the early
eighteenth century int.) a handsome
Lockwood terrace of the ending nine
teeuth century. The old “Lockwood’s
Hill”_ is notable from the fact that
close by it stood the "my mansion in
Norwalk” of James Brown, the burie-
ter, whose fathers sleep beneath me-
morial brass in an English temple. and
whose son was the partner of William
Smith, one of the most famous of this
country ’8 last century lawyers. The Olm-
sted, now Raymond, home-lot passed
eventually to Fitch ownership. Jonathan
Fitch built the house to-day standing
and by connecting therewith a Tryon
unconsumed fraction of the James
Fitch house, made the place historic.
Jonathan Fitch was one of three sons,
and Mrs. James Fitch was one of three
daughters Rebecoa, daughter of J ona-
than Fitch, was married in the front
room of the same Fitch building, and
Mary Buckingham, wife of James Fitch
was buried from a room connected with
the rear. Rebecca and Mary Fitch,
(Mrs. James Mallory and Mrs. James
Fitch), lived to about the same age, the
lives, of both it is believed, being pro-
longed by the watchfulness of devoted
ones, who thus warded from them many
of the ills attendant upon advanced
days. The Ohio visitor referred to,
loaned, for use in Norwalk, sheets filled
this town in the west.
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A Blowout. ‘
Court Narruk, A. O. F. held what
they called a “smoker” at their hall on
Water street. last evening, but it was
more of the nature of a banquet. P.
G. Ivers, Messrs. Liddy and Hayes, of
Bridgeport, Mayor Hubbell, ex-Mayor
Keeler, and several other guests were
present, most of whom made happy
speeches. A banquet followed, and
then came such diversions as are usually
found at what are termed "smokers.”
The Foresters are jolly good enter-
tainers.
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The G. A. R. Encampment.
The next encampment of the G'. A. B.
will be held in St. Paul Sept. 1 to 4 of
next year. The naval parade will take
place the opening day and the regular
grand parade of veterans and societies
Sept 2. The regular sessions for. busi
days.
A’ member of the well-k Oh' -
nown 10 .of human tyranny. It would have been
with the names of descendants from'
. A. Dickinson of Hartford, and Col.
ness will take place during the last twr.
IIIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Danbury’s New Postmaster LIKGIN
to Cause Trouble BSTOPS
Gofirmation.
Washington Notes of interest.
zesrrn’ s BUREAU 'l
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET ~
WASHINGTON. D110. 5th. l
Quite a number obsession nomina-
tions we‘e sent to the Senate to—day,
and among them that of the newly ap-
pointed postmaster at Danbury, over
which there is a hot contest there, and
about which it is said there is likely to
be trouble here when it comes up for
confirmation. »
O O O
The new Senators are rather plain
looking, and. Mr. Peabody Wetmore,
the Rhode Island millionaire, seems to
be the only one who patronizes a fash-
ionable tailor.
o o o
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Board of Managers for the National
Soldiers’ Home has brought to the Ar~
lington the following members: Gen.
\V. B. Franklin, of Connecticut, presi—
dent; Senator Sewell, of New Jersey,
vice—president; Gen. M. T. McMahon,
of New York, secretary, and Gen. Fran~
cis Fessenden, of Maine.
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To-day Minister Terrell cabled the
State Department that all of the Ameri-
can missionaries in Turkey are safe and
properly protected.
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"I don’t believe it is generally known
that Georgia was the first State in the
Union to pass an ordinance against
slavery,” said Hon. Charles L. Moses,
the talented young Congressman from
that State, at the Hotel Page. “This
was away back in the days before the
institution had got a foothold,‘ and was
the natural expression of liberty-loving
colonists who were opposed to any 'form
a‘ glorious thing if Georgia and all her
sister States of the South had stuck by
this policy, and I think that this is the
general sentiment of the men who
owned slaves and of the generation that
has grown to manhood since the aboli-
tion of that curse.”
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A Tara act's is John F. Fitzgerald,the
solitary representative of the Demo-
cracy in all New England, and one of
the youngest men in this Congress.
He is a slender-built man, with blue
eyes, dark hair, and refined features.
He has been a member of the Common
Council of Boston and twice State Sen-
ator, though barely past thirty. At
home he is a leader in church matters.
He doesn’t use tobacco in any form,
and eschews spirituous liquors alto-
gether. He wears fine and fashionably
cut cIOihes. and hismanncrs are very
attractive.
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In the Senate to day Senator Platt
introduced two bills, one constituting
Stamford, as a port of delivery;
the other appropriating $100,000 each
for a public building at Whterbury and
Meriden.
O O 0
Taking advantage of the admirable
ducking weather President Cleveland
sailed from Washington to-night on the
lighthouse tender Myrtle to pursue that
sport in the South Carolina sounds and
rivers for a brief period. Five or six
days, if game is plentiful and luck
abounds, will probably be availed of
for the shooting.
State Hospital.
' There will be a meeting ,to-morrow,
at Norotou, of the Executive Committee
of the Soldiers’ Hospital Board. The
members of this committee are Judge
Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport, Gen. L.
William E. Morgan of New Haven.
General Dickinson, who was at N oroton, ‘
Thanksgiving Day, made a visit to the
New Jersey home at Kearney and was
shown through that institution. There
are about 409 inmates in the home. , In
some respects it is not equal to the
Connecticut Home at Noroton. The
’leave-of—absence system there is less
favorable to the old soldiers, who are
awaiting the opportunity for admission
to the Home, than theConnecticut
place.
Representative Charles Reynolds of
Bristol has been appointed sergeant-
, major at the Noroton Home by Judge
Beers, acting in behalf of the commit-
tee. The appointment involves the
duties of chief clerk in the institution.
No More Trust- -
Southington saloon keepers have or-
ganized on account of .-the increased
cost of licenses and have agreed to stop
the credit system.
=landl ord for store rent.
“JOE” SHANNAN INSANE
He WillProbably be Committed to
the ASYIum at MIddIBtOWII.
Has Previously Attempted Suicide.
Joseph Shannon of Hoyt street, who
some weeks since attempted suicide by
cutting a gash in his arm, and from the
effects of which he had a narrow escape
from bleeding to death before medical
aid arrived, was taken charge of by
Chief Bradley, this morning, and
placed in the-station-house.
Since his recovery from the wound
Shannon has been in a. melancholy
mood, and yesterday his friends feared
that he would make another attempt to
commit suicide.
This morning, he became so flighty
the Chief was summoned and the poor
fellow was locked up as above stated.
He not only threatened the lives of
members of the family but that he
would move the household effects out
and then burn the house.
Mr. Shannon says that he has taken
care of him for the past fourteen years
without hoviug received a cent in re-
turn. He said that he in now afraid of
his life at his son’s hands and uh that
he be placed under proper restraint.
A hearing will be held in the Probate
Court this afternoon, at which time
Shannon will be examined as to his
sanity, and if found to the non compos
menu's, committment papers will |beH
made out and he will be transferred to
the asylum at Middletown.
Shannon has a sister who is now an
inmate of that institution.
Much sympathy is expressed for his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Shannon.
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Attachments.
Yesterday seems to have been quite a
busy day in the way of serving attach-
ments. .
' On camplaint of Mrs. Lowe three at-
tachments were served on as many, dif-
fereut persons for amounts varying
from $13 to $40. for groceries sold to
them while Mrs. Lowe was in that busi-
ness:
Another att uchment was that of a
The matter
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was quicklyiadjustcd.
A New York. firm swore out attach-
ment pagers on the stock of Francisco
Raccauelli for a bill of something like
$150.
And there are attachments yet to be
served on others.
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Got Drunk-Again.
Whittic von Cappellen of Westport,
who was tried before Judge Hub‘bell,
yesterday. on the charge intoxication,
and whowas fined 35 and managed to
gain a suspenswn of the execution of
the sentence, despite his premise to re-
turn home, went out of the court room
andsucceededinborrowing some money
and got gloriously drunk again, with
the result that in the evening he was
again lodged in the station house. He
will be given a hearing this afternoon.
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Sheriff McCoun’s Successor.
Sheriff Sidney C. Hawley yesterday
appointed Theodore S. Miller, of Stam-
ford, a deputy sherifi', in place of the
late Samuel McCouu, 'who recently
died. Sherifi' Miller has served as a
constable in Stamford for several years
and has been interested in some of the
most important criminal work of that
town. The late Sherifi' McCoun died”
suddenly while on his way to serve a
writ in Darien a few weeks ago.
A Fact..
“Ask some men for an advertisement
or a few locals, and they will say they
don’t believe in advertising—a paper is
never read. { Let one of them be caught
kissing his neighbor’ s wife or strug-
gling along with a jag ,aud if the print-
ing office is in the garret of a seventeen
story building, he will climb to the top
"and beg the editor to keep quiet—not
to publish it in the paper.”—-Humboldt
(Iowa) Independent.
Gone to Washington.
When the Washington express
stopped at Stamford Wednesday to:take
on Dr. Charles E. Rowell and party,
who were bound for -Washington, :1
Stamford constable boarded the same
train and was carried 011'. His object,
it is thought, was to serve papers upon
a party on the train, and he may have
a chance to see the Capitol before his
friends see him again.
New Firm.
A firm consisting of Frederick. Frank
and Howard Mackenzie, of Bethe], has
been organized and. will engage in‘ the
manufacture of stiff , hats in Danbury
under the firm name of Mackenzie .i’r
Sons. The factory has a capacity of
150 dozen and 200 operatives will be
employ ed-
BUSINESS MEN NEEI,
And Will Bring The West Sldefiilk
Mills to Norwalk.
An important Industry Assured.
A meeting of the business men and
parties interested in the removal of the
West Side Silk Mills plant from New
York to South Norwalk, was held at
the Norwelk Club rooms last evening.
Messrs. Lesser Steiuhardt and his son
Michael Steinhardt,owners of the mills
* were present.
The sense of all those present was
that the mill would be a valuable ac-
quisition to the town’s industries. The
firm’s offer 15 a most favorable one and
will be taken advantage of. The sum
of $5,000 is to be raised to cover the ex-
penses of‘the removal of the plant.
That the amount will be raised there.
seems to be no question, and the firm
will probably make arrangements to
move here some time next week.
Thecommittee appointed to get sub-
scriptions have secured the following :
Ira Cole, .. ......... . .................... . $1,000
0. E. Wilson, .......................... 100
R. H. Rowan,................, ....... .. 100
Eben Hill, .................. ....... 100
Swartz & Corbett, ......... . ......... 100
John H. Ferr1s,..... ........ 100
Tristram & Hyatt, ...... . ........... . 100
Estate of D. P. Ely, ................ 100
E. A. Woodward, ..... . ............. 100
Masterson & Burns, ................ 100
Marvin Bros.,...... .................. . 100
,.K & Selleck Co. .., 100
This is the amount subscribed up to
‘12 o ’clock to- -day. and as will be seen
aggregates $2,100. It is expected that
the full amount will be subscribed be-
fore to-morrow night.
' lnaHurry to Wed.
Conrad Becker, the Bridgeport clock-
maker. whose wife died a little over
four months ago, had a marriage license
issued yesterday morning by Town
Clerk Lee. His prospective bride -is
Emilie Kolbfell. Mr. Becker is 65 and
has already buried four wives. The
future Mrs. Becker is close upon the
half-century mark, and has buried one
husband. The ceremony will be per-
formed this eveniug by Rev. Mr. Brun-
ner. *
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Opera Coming.
On Tuesday evening next the Robin-
son Opera com pauy will begin a five
night’s engagement at Hoyi’s Theatre
at popular prices, 10 20 and 30 cents.
On Tuesday evening the Mascotte will
be presented; Wednesday, the Chimes
of Normandy; Thursday, Olivette; Fri-
day, Bohemian Girl; Saturday, Fra
Diavalo and Saturday matinee,Pinafore.
Advance agent William De Shon is in
town distributing ladies tickets for the
opening night and a crowded house 18
assured,
Nearly 1,7001nsaneatMIddletown'
The repert of Superintendent Olm-
stead of the Connecticul Hospital for
the Insane at Middletown, to the gov-
ernor, shows that there were 1,692 in-
sane persons in the institution Decem-
ber. 1. During November '28 persons
were admitted; Thirteen were dis-
charged on trial, five as cured; one was
returned to state prison and ten patients
died.
_ Nearly Completed.
The work of electrically equipping
the Westport and Saugatuck street
ra1lway is about completed and it will
probably be in operation in about a
week. This is believed to be the last
street railway in the state using horses.
The system to be used is the ground
trolley in which the electric circuit is
completed by the aid of a third track
between the other two.
The Ladies andIChildren’s Favorite.
Charles T. Ellis, undoubtedly the
greatest stage favorite with ladies and
children everywhere, comes to Hoyt’s
Theatre on Monday night .next, when
he willl be seen in his grand new scen-
ic production, “The Alsatian,” an Irish-
German comedy-drama in three acts.
He is always a welcome visitor and has
as many friends among our theatrego-
are as any actor of whom we know.
Grand Master Coming.
It is expected that on Thursday eveu~
ing next, Grand Master Warner. of
New Milford, accompanied by several
other grand officers, .w1ll pay St. John’ s
Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M., a fraternal
visit. It is expected that the banquet
will be something elaborate, and the
visit be one of long to be remembered.
The third degree will be conferred.
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Can’t Reach the Bodies.
At the Tilly Foster mine yesterday
forty men were kept constantly at work
removing the debris at the northeast
end of the pit in an endeavor to recover
the three bodies yet in the mine, but
without result.‘
Her 88th Birthday.
Mrs. Hannah B. Benedict celebrated
her 88th birthday at her home in New
Canaan, on Wednesday. When a girl
she was a resident of Stamford. I
Obituary.
Dr. Clarence E. Kimball, who 14
years ago was principal of the high
school at Mystic, died at Mount Vernon
N. Y., a few days ago'from apoplexy.
He was about 40 years of age and had
many friends in Eastern Connecticut.
At St.John’s.
A regular communication of St.
John's Lodge, F. & A. M., was held last
night. The second degree was con-
ierred'upou A. Preston Sherwood, who
skill that he does a bicycle.
- After a Swindler.
The senior member of the firm of
Dillon 8.: Douglass, wholesale produce
dealers of New Haven, is looking for a
well dressed man who, without author-
ity, has been collectin..r money of the
firm’s customers in different cities in
the state.
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Are All Right.
Street Commissioner Kellogg reports
having placed the hill on Chestnut
street, the ruts on Riverside avenue,
and the depressions on Belden avenue
in a condition fit for the wheels of any
man’s vehicle, beita cart or a pneu-
matic tige sulky,
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RecentDeath.
Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin R. English of New Haven,
died yesterday of spinal meningitis,
aged 18. She was taken sick while at
St. Agnes’ School in Albany. She
was a very popular young lady and had
a wide circle of friends.
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bon’t Agree.
The city of Derby hasa mayor who is
unpopular,'wbile the twin cities of Nor-
walk have two mayors who are alto-
gether popular, Unpopnlar men stand
little or no chance of being elected in
Norwalk. Perhaps it is the people. not
the mayor of Derby, who are at fault.
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Taken to Danbury.
Theremains of Anthony Ratchford
who died at the home of Timothy J.
Howard in this city, Wednesday night,
The deceased
leaves a wife and three children living
in that city.» He was a member of the
Hat Makers’ association.
A Good Night for Extras.
Ten of the employees of the Street
Railway company attended the sociable
given in Gutherie’s hall at Silver Mine,
last evening, and every available “ex~~
tra” was on duty on the line, last even-
ing. And some of them were at work
this morning. The sociable is said to
have been a glittering success.
Next Thing.
Extract from the society column of
the Sentinel, a few years hence.
“ There was a delightful litttle lunch-
eon yesterday at the home of Mrs. and
Mr. J. Eleanor Smith—Brown. It was
attended by the husbands of the follow-
ing ladies: 3
Mrs. H. Biles-Wolf, Mrs. Thompson-Smith.
Mrs. Elsie Fox-J ones, Mrs. Smith-Thompson.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Brown.
and others.
Johnson Predicts.
As the moon is to indulge herself by
gettingvfull twice this month, Prophet
Horace Johnson predicts a great quan-
tity of unpleasant weather. We are, he
solemnly avers, to 'have a "general‘dis-
turbance” from the 14th to the 19th,
another series of “intermediates” from
the 30th to Jan. 1, and a lot of “local
tween.
What Connecticut Needs.
According to the Hartford Times,
among Connecticut’s needs is a state
law making it impossible for any munic-
ipality :to convey inifee the ownership
of a right-of-way to a corporation
through its streets, and at the same
time making it obligatory that the
corporation shall in every case contrib-
ate a share of its receipts to the treas-
ury of the city or town‘where its tracks
are laid. ‘
New Sample Book.
The Gazu'r'rn has just received its new
sample book of Ball Tickets, Programs
Orders of Dance, Menu and Annmarie-
ment cards for ’95-96.
Societies and others having tickets
or programs to print should call and ex
amine this selection of beautiful deb
signs. ‘
guaranteed, to be first-class in every
particular.
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—New York Tribune and Wmnr
Chairman, 81 per year.
rode the goat with the same grace an
will be taken to Danbury, to-morrow ' ~
_ morning, for luterment.
disturbances” sandwiched along in be- -
All work turned out at this office-
4“.
Norwalk Chronicler