Ended in‘1800.,] VOL. XCVi.——No 2 An Entertaining and Instmctive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and .Izsterests. NORWALK, CONN, FRIDAY.- JANUARY 10 1896. [$1.0M 1.... PRICE Two CENTS I NORWMGW- THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. _______________,______...—.—- .__—-——-—-____—- 1111111111111 1111111111: 1111111111 101111111. Will It Be Done. We hope that our citizens will give more thaua passing glance to Mayor Wheeler’s message and its able and business-like suggestions. The Mayor’s previous experience as Burgess and Councilman, has given him a grasp of, and an insight into public matters which entitle his words to a thoughtful consideration by our citizens. His sug- ' gestions as to widening and paving Wall street are forceful and well worthy of attention, Wall street is bound to become the principal street of our city, and in its present narrow and ill-paved condition the dangers now present will never become less. That these im- provements will cost money counts for but little when we consider the greater comfort and safety of the public which will follow this improved condition. There' is not an inch of property from the tunnel to the town house but which will become more valuable the minute it fronts upon a wide and well-paved street. If we have this improvement as we ought, let us have it constructed upon a wise and liberal scale. Too many of Norwalk’s public improve- ments have been in the nature of toys or experiments, the sewer system ex- cepted,‘ it being built on broad gauge principles, and is equal to the best. Our Water works have suffered from this “tinkering” policy and always will until our people see the necessity of ex, tensions that will supply. Until we havealarger reservoir and larger in- flow pipes we will have our annual- water scares, flash boards and duck ponds to the contrary notwithstanding. Another suggestion of the Mayor that the water office and the clerk’s office be combined and always kept open is too business-like to need praise or explanation. ‘We are not finding fault, but we do know that if this were done, the city laborers and the public generally would be better accommo- dated. With these two officers com- bined ata fair salary the office could be always kept open, and the records always accessible, thus affording the public full, and what is more often de- sirable, prompt information. Aside from the better accommodation to the public we believe that there will be a saving in rent and salaries that will justify this movement if on no other ground. This is truly a reform that will reform, and it cannot come too quick. Man the Navy Properiyl Secretary Herbert’s appeal to Con- gress for authority to enlist more men, and to charter private vessels in an _ emergency, should not be in vain. This is not a time for small economies, nor must we shrink from the idea of having a large number of men under the flag- on the seas. It is not one thousand, ' but ten thousand men that the Secretary should be free to enlist, and there should be legislation which will give the common sailor a chance at proper promotion. It is scandalous that we should have barely enough men to equip the vessels in the service, and that there should have to be a constant borrowingv‘from one vessel to another to keep up appearances whenever a ves- sel goes into commission. What kind of a position is this for a nation which within thirty days has almost come to blows with the mistress of the seas? What sort of a figure would the United States Navy out if it came to arming in hot haste as Eng- land has just done on account of her war flurry with Germany? The nation would be ready to visit upon the heads of the members of Congress who had held back the absolutey essential re- inforcements the storm of wrath which would inevitably follow any- mishap duetoalack of men. Of what avail are the ships without sailors 1’ The See- .‘retary is doing his duty, but he would not be thought recklessvif' he were to ask for many thousands of men to be put in trim for the new sh1ps constant- ly coming from the Government yards. The country will expect enlightened action from Congress on this important subject. Jer A He Was Loaded. In the height of the snowstorm yes. terday afternoon, a man might have been seen on Wall street in a very much befuddled condition. He was intoxicated to that extent that he was unable to stand on his feet and fell to the sidewalk. He was assisted to his feet by Chief Bradley who escorted him to. the station-house and locked him in 'out of the storm. Before leaving him the Chief relieved him. of three .cne- half pint and one pint bettles of liquor. The man gave his name as Patrick Daniels and his home Saugatuck, a place by the way, where it is unlawful to sell intoxicants. This is the first arrest made by the police this. year. This morning, Daniels was taken before Justice Hubbell where he plead- ed guilty to intoxication and was fined $5 and costs which he paid and was discharged. As he went out of the court room'he remarked that it was the first time in his life that he was ever arrested, and that it would be his last. Will Not Be There. The Owl club of Winsted, after car- rying on a society ‘of the strictest bachelor order since its organization, has voted that four of the members “must” marry during the present year. What influenced the society cannot be learned, as the members of the society are dumb on the subject. It is known, however, that there was bitter oppo- sition to the resolution by many of the Owls and a more stormy meeting was never held. Slips of paper are to be picked from a hat to determine which this is determined the appointed com- mittee will receive sealed proposals from all the ladies, but reserves: the any who, for any reason, they think unsuitable to become the wife of him for whom she applies. Editor Rodemeyer of the South N or- walk News is believed to have been the organizer of this club, but it is safe to say that John’s name will: not go into the hat as he is not taking chances in the matrimonial market. .—.————-—- Blaze in Waterbury. Fire broke out yesterday morning in the clipping room of the big factory of Holmes, Booth & Hayden, manufactur- ers of brass goods, lamps, etc., and lo- cated on Bank street, Waterbury. The dipping room was located in a one-story wooden building separated from the remainder of the plant which is one of the largest in that city. This Wooden building together with a three- story building of brick, also a part of the plant, were destroyed. The dip- ping room and the brick building were also filled with material of the most in- flammable nature and the firemen could do nothing with the flames. The workmen in the building in which the fire originated escaped through the windows and roof. The loss is estima- ted at from $20,000 to $30,000; covered by insurance. The fire was caused by a cup of overheated japan. , -o->-—-v——-— Horse Epidemic Spreading. Four more horses have died at Cook’s livery stable in Bridgeport and seven .others are sick. This makes atotal of 21 horses that have died .with spinal meningitis since Sunday night. The last four that have died are all owned by Mr. Cook. There are 12 horses now at the stables, and seven of these no doubt will die in a short time. The were 40 .horses in the stables when the disease broke out, and only five are left that have not been afflicted as the others. The eight well horses were removed from the barn are now also down with the disease and are not expected to live. ' Kabaosa installation. There was a public installation of the officers of Kabaosa Encampment, No. 9, I. O. O. F., last evening. The in- stalling officer was grand Chief Patri- arch Merwin of Milford. Among the Grand officers present were G. H. P. George W. Camp of Bridgeport, G. .S. W. Arthur C. Wheeler and G. J. W Barnes, of Waterbury. The exercises were very interesting to the large as- semblage of friends of the order present. A collation was served which was also heartily enjoyed. The New Girl. Will be there, on Friday evening; also the rest of the town. Will Carleton’ s recitations of his own poems command the respect and admiration of all classes. Only 50 cents to all parts of the house; Friday evening, January 17. members shall be sacrificed. When ‘ right to reject the applicatio'iisTi‘ofh ” . Our Thanks. The Safe Deposit department of the National Bank . of Norwalk has our thanks for beautifully engraved calen- dars. They are by all odds the, neatest calendars yet received at this office. Prof. Reynolds. Professor Reynolds, the mesmerist, is meeting with excellent success. in New Canaan. Next Monday he will open a return engagement at. the Nor- walk Opera House, and has signified his intention of making Wednesday evening’s entertainment for the benefit of the local Y, M. C. A. The Professor is deserving of large audiences. , v A v . >—-—————-——~—-—- Couldn’t open the Safe. The post office at Riverside was en- tered by burglars early yesterday morning, but the thieves were unable to open the safe. Tools from a neigh- boring blacksmith shop and burned matches were found on the floor. Postage stamps worth 30 cents were taken and a number of letters were torn open. ‘0. Same Price All Parts House. There will be no over-charging at the Carleton entertainment next Friday evening. You can go in any part of the house, at the regular price of ad- mission 50 cents. A front seat cost no more than a back one—only the first come will be the first served. ‘A v The Lockwood Case. In the Superior court yesterday the hearing in damages in the suit of Man- ice De F. Lockwood against the Nor- walk Tramway company took up the day- It is another one of those suits- arising out of the collision which hap- pened on the Wilson Point road on June 17,1894. ' V' vA 7‘ - Salvationists Buy Beer. The county commissioners yesterday heard a remonstran'ee against the grant- ing a license to John H. Lee, owner of the "Silver Dollar” saloon in Stam~ MMmtranf mini-101111 Rotter a Salvation army officer, who claimed that the night of the Noyember elec- tion in 1894, and prior to the remon- strant’s conversion, he and his son en- tered Lee’ s place and bought beer. Wish to Adjust Matters. Selectmen Knapp and Miner, of ring with the Norwalk selectmen in ref- dren. At present the selectmen of Greenwich are paying $1 a week for the support of each of the children, be- sides providing for the mother. he amount is not deemed sufficient. The consultation today will be for the pur- pose of a final adjustment of the matter. v-v ' Jurors. The criminal common pleas couit will come in next Tuesday at Bridge- port and the following jurors to fill the panel have been summoned: W. H. Judson and H. H. Woodman, Bethel; A. H. McCarthy, E. S. Willeit, Bridge- port; M. T. Mitchell and Simon Pease, Fairfield; W. S. Craft and C. E. Mer- ritt, Greenwich; Theodore Hawley and L. M. Monroe, Jr.-, New Canaan; G. S. Bell and A. F. Hathaway, Norwalk; Abram Marshall and G. E. Scofield, Stamford; G. E. Booth and N. B. Cur- t1s, Trumbull; Abram Buckley and L. P. Wakeman, Westport. ‘Ov Westchester Archdeaconry Meeting. At yesterday’s annual meeting in New York city of the Westchester Archdeaconry, St. J ohn’s parish of Lewisboro made a fair showing. After divine service in Grace church, the county’s clerical and lay delegates were delightfully entertained by Bishop Pot- ter at the See House in Lafayette Place. one of the many happy incidents of the occasions being the presentation to the archdeaconry, in a most felicitous speech by the bishop, of the old Phila- delphia tutor of the Potter family. The aged professor made a touching reply proud, as he has eminent reason ”to be. of his right reverend pupil. Was on Time. It is reported of a Norwalk woman, whose name will appear in these col- umns at a later date, that in,just one second after the clock struck 12 last week Tuesday night, she put her arms around the neck of the bashful young man whom she had been entertaining, and in a dulcet tone of voice asked “-——-will you be my husband for better or worse, until death does us part?” Despite the suddenness of the question, he instantly answered “Yes,” after which there was a sound not unlike that made by a cow drawing uits hoof out of the mud. The contract was thus sealed, and the wedding will probably take place at an early date. And there are others yet to come. Greenwich, are in town to.day, confer- . erence to the care of the Tanner chil- _ NATIONAL CAPITAL Preddentclsvelanuin a Wild He Denounces a Calumny in a Personal Letter to Senator Cattery. Gazsrrn’s BUREAU, 1 709 EAST CAri'ron STREET: ~ WASHINGTON. JAN. 9th. l Senator Cafi'ery, of Louisiana, to- night Made public a letter of the Presi- preseuhed since Monday, he would have incorpbrated in remarks which he in- tended to make in the Senate on the bond bill. The letter reads as follows: Exncu'rivn. MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. 0.. JAN.’5, 1896. Mr DnAa SENATOR: I have read to— day in? the Congressional Record the debate in the Senate on Friday con. cerning the financial situation and bond issues. I am amazadat the intolerance that leads even excited partisanship to adopt as a basis of attack the unfounded ac- cusatious and assertions of a malicious- ly mondaeious and sensational news paper. No banker or financier, nor any other human being, has been invited to visit Washington for the purpose of arrang- ing in any way or manner for the dis- position of bonds to meet the present or future needs of the gold reserve. No arrangement of any kind has been made for the disposition of such- bonds to ._any syndicate or through the agency of any syndicate. No fissurance of pitch a disposal of bondshas been, diréc‘tly or indirectly, In point of fact a decidedleamng toward a popular loan: and. ; yertising. for bids have been plainly glsxhibited on the part of the Ad- ministration at all times when the sub .1ect ssi undercarriage” ‘ Those charged with the respon smiths] of maintaining our gold reserve, so far as legislation renders it possible, have anxiously conferred with each other and, as occasion permitted, those hav- ing knowledge of financial affairs and present monetary conditions, as to the best and most favorable means of sell- ing bonds for gold. _ The unusual importance of a success- ful result, is the attempt is again made, oughtto be apparent to every Ameri- can citizen who bestow upon the sub- ject a moment’s patriotic thought. The Secretary of the Treasury, from the first moment that the necessity of another sale of bonds seemed to be ap- proaching, desired to offer them, if is- sued to the people, by public advertise- ment if they could thus be successfully disposed of. After full consideration he came to the consclusiou, to which I fully agree, that the amount of gold in the reserve, belng now $20 ,000,000 more than it was in February last, when a sale of bonds was made to a syndicate, and other conditions differing from those than existing, justify us in offer- ing the bonds now about to be issued for sale by popular subscription . This is the entire matter; and all these particulars could have been easily obtained by any member of the Senate by’ simple inquiry. If Mr. Morgan, 01' any one else rea- soning from his own standpoint, brought himself to the belief that the government would at length be con‘ strained to' again sell bonds to a syndi- cate, I suppose he would have a perfect right, if he chose, to take such steps as seemed to him prudent to put himself in condition to negotiate. I expect an issue of bbnds will be ad- vertised for sale to-morrow, and that bids will be invited not only for those now allowed by law, but for such other and different bonds as congress may authorize during‘ the pendency of the advertisement. Not having had an opportunity to confer with you in person since the present session of congress began, and noticing your participation in the de- bate last Friday, I have thought it not amiss to put you in possession of the facts and information herein contained. Yours very truly, Gnovnn CLEVELAND, o o o . . In presenting some petitions favoring appropriations for the coast defenses, Mr. Daniel expressed the opinion that the public apprehensions as to the dan- get of the bombardment of American seaports were over strained, but he al- so expressed the hope that the country would prepare itself for whatever em er- gencies might happen. 0 The subcommittee of the House ap- propriations committee having charge crease the amount for the next fiscal , year from $138,000, 000 to $140,000,..000 dent it/o'him, which, had the opportunity - of the pension bill has decided to in-- The last sum was that asked for by Commissioner Lochren in his estimates, but in its first draft of the bill it was reduced by $2, 000, 000. o o 0 Senator Hale has reported from the committee on naval affairs an- original bill authorizing the enlistment of addi- tional men. The bill was prepared at the Navy Department, and was sent to the naval committee, with a letter from Secretary Herbert giving the depart- ment’s reason for desiring the legisla- tion. 0 o . Senator Sherman, chairman -of the committee on foreign relations, also had a talk of half an hour with Secre- tary Olney. The Senator carried a large bundle of papers personally re- lating to the pending resolution before the foreign committee for the recogni- tion of the Cuban insurgents as bellig- create. 0 o o o If the state of public business will permit, the President will take another trip to the sounds of North Carolina for ducks, early in February. 0 o o The marr1age of ex-President Har- rison and Mrs. Dimmick will, it is be- lieved by those in a position here to know the facts, take place in the very near future. 0 o o The conference ofsilver leaders to be held in this city this month will, it is said, decide a great deal as to the course to be pursued by the silver men in the coming fight. o o o . Mr. Henderson stated that the Com- mittee on Rules had concluded its work and would report the new rules to the Houseto-inorrow for its consideration. . The Steaner Peck Accident. ‘ Thobfé sound steamer Richard Peck Ithatraut ashore at Cockenoe’ s Island ‘yesterdfi morning reached New York safely, and as soon as the cargo was out she Was placed on the sectional dry dock at the foot of Pike streets where .an examination of. the bottom showed a depres‘sidn 611‘ ‘It-he starboard side, amidships, some twelve feet from the keel, and running parallel with it for thirty feet. The plates have been bent inward like an inverted U. For twenty feet the depression plates were cracked open. The fissures were fully five inches wide, and half a dozen plates willlhave to be replaced. Kind Words. The Norwalk “WEEKLY GAZETTE” was ninety-six years old, last Friday, and very properly indulges in a' few reminences.‘ It winds up with the statements that the coming year it means to make improvements to keep it, as it ever has been, at the head of the procession. We renew to the vet- eran editor, A. Homer Byington, the assurances of our most distinguished consideration. He is one of the ablest, the most genial and talented newspaper men in the state, and may be long con- tinue with us to counsel, advise and en- tertain.—Ansonia Sentinel. Gough’s Mantle, with Poetry Added. “I have never seen any one hold an audience as he hoes,"'said an old lec- ture-goer, as he was coming out of the opera house at the close of Will Carle- ton ’s entertainment. Vfi A Sad Case. Mrs. James Ladrigan drove to the hospital at Bridgeport yesterday, hop- ing to bring her husband back to Nor- walk, but found his condition to be such that it was not deemed advisable to remove him. It is feared that he can live but two or three days at the most. _Knowing this, she is anxious that he be brought here in order that he may pass his dying hours at home, and be ministered to by his wife and children. Will be in Beadness. The Pioneer Hook and Ladder truck has been fitted with a pole and in case Of an alarm of fire will be drawn to the scene by horses. In response, however, to alarm from either Box 15 or 56, if the horses do not put in an appearance im- mediatley, the truck will be run out by the members. ' The move is a timely one on the part of Chief Prowitt. - Worthy of Imitation. ~ The New Britain Herald sensibly thinks that the action of the Norwalk Street Railway company of putting on men to take the regulars places, on a cold day, while they the regulars go into. the office and enjoy a warm fire and hot cofi'ee, is worthy of imitation. The Old Man (that is, if there is any such thing) will laugh and cry with Will Carleton on next Friday evening at Hoyt’s The- atre. Go and see him, he will be in the audience. . Chuck! Chuck! Mr. Charles Tuck, who has charge of the gang of Hungarians. engaged at: work on the street railway extension to Cranbury, was somewhat startled one day this week by the cries from three or four of the men of “chuck, chuck,” and at the same time running in the direction of a near by field, armed with their picks and shovels. At the same time Mr. Tuck saw what seemed to be a cat scurrying accross the street as if also making for the same field. Two of the Hungarians caught up with the animal which, seeing its peril, immediately stopped and showed fight. Two more of the “Huns” ‘ had by this time arrived on the scene. Suddenly all four men were seen to drop their shovels grab hold on their noses and run as if chased by a policeman. Two of the number were not agile enough to escape the fury of the animal and when they returned to work Mr. Tuck laid them off in order that they might have an opportunity to change their clothes and bury those they had on. The animal the Hungarians had mi's-. taken for a woodchuck was a strong and able-bodied specimen of the Mozilla- tis Americana “He no chuck, a nasty devil” explained one of the men to Mr. Tuck, and his assert: on was not dis- puted by that gentleman. A Small Blaze. The residence of George Fitch on Maplestreet narrowly escaped being « burned up last night. Mr. Fitch’s sister Sarah started a fire ina kerosene oil stove in a room on the second floor, and went down stairs. About half an hour after Miss Fitch thought she detected a smell of smoke and bethinking of the oil stove hastily went to the§room and found the stove enveloped in a blaze. She summofled' , Mr. Fitch, who was outside shoveling paths, and the fire was extinguished, but not before some $25 worth of dam- ' age was done. f - . flore Calendars. Messrs, H. J. 81 G ..S Grumman, .who have established a wide-spread reputa- tion as the manufacturers of Olden Time Root beer, are today distributing souvenirs in the shape of calendars to to their many customers. The calen- dars are beauties and will be a joy for a whole year. George E. Allen, the up-toodate Main street cigar dealer, is making his customers happy by presenting them ' with attractive calendars. Has Resigned. Reuben M. Olmstead, the station master at Wilton who was recently robbed, was called upon to make good the money said to have been stolen from him. He was given until last eve- ning to pay over the money and being unable to do so he handed in his resigf nation. ~ ~~-——<-—~———¢-. »—___.__.__. Aaron Treadwell Dead. Aaron Treadwell, ex-member of the Connecticut Legislature, died suddenly of heart disease on Wednesday night at his home in Redding. He owned and presented to the State alarge part of the camping ground of Gen. Putnam’s army during the Revolutionary war. He was 74 years old. ~———-—-——< -ov> “'liite House of the Confederacy. Vithin a short time the old home of Jefferson Davis' in Richmond will be thrown open to the public as a Confed-' crate museum. The “White House of the Confederacy,” as it has been called,- has been the property of the city for many years and has recently been used as a schoolhouse. A room in the house. Will be assigned to each of the states that seceded for a collection of relics; and in addition there will be a large‘ room for a general museum and one for a library. The first of the state collec- , tions—that of Georgia—has been re~ ceived. It was presented to the commit- tee by Mr. De Bonus on the eighty—sixth birthday of President Davis, June, 1894. Among the relics are the cape, gauntlets and sword of General Lee; the plumes from Geneial Stuart’ s hat; the spy- glasses used by General Beauregard at the battle of Manassas, and the collec- tions from the various soldiers’ homes established throughout the south, in- cluding the Lee Camp Soldiers’ home collection, which contains, in additioni. to many rare and interesting relics, the skin of Stonewall Jackson’s charger._: There are also a number of manuScriptsi and private papers. —New York Trib- one. Not So Awfully Superior. Paleface—Why don’t you get a div: ilized name for yourself, now that you have become a civilized Indian? Noble Red Man—Ugh! What your name? Paleface—My name is Iglehart. Noble Red Man (with crushingsar-- rasm)——Uglil Iglehart! Heapgood! In-: jun’s name Eagle Heart! Heap bad !-- Chicago Tribune. ‘ , . .- .,, 51-5.. -—Advertise in the Guarani. About 9 o’clock, . -.
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