Norwalk gazette, Friday, March 6, 1896 · page 3

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RENE FUR ILLUSTRATED CATALUGUE T0 WARERUDMS:

NEW YORK CITY,

9 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET.

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.

' 52 WEST FIRST STREET,

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BRIDGEPORT.

THE ,
D. M. Read

COMPANY.

 

WONDER
IS IN THE
MAKING

Not the materials. Every-
thing that is desirable in Silk,
Wool, and Silk and Wool
Mixtures have unfolded their
beauties for your choosing;
everything that will make a
complete success so far as fab-
rics are concerned. Any-
thing with a silky sheen will
find plenty of favor—will be
in fashion. '

Doubtless our Dress Goods
department can throw more
light on the absolute correct-
ness of- new gown stuffs than
a whole page of printed mat—
ter, for the actual things are
here; new textures, n ew
weaves, new colorings and
all—doesn’t draw on one’s
imagination a bit. The judg-
ment of the man behind the
counter isworth a good deal
to you just now.

' Dress Trimmings, more
elaborate, artistic and beauti-
ful than ever; they have to
beto keep step with the “new
dress fabrics.

Intricate patterns of Span-
gles and Beads together with
Yokes, Bands, Belts and Col-
lars come in all sorts of
shapes. Laces with almost
no end of applique designs on
net and chiffon—effects that

are decidedly pleasi n g.
Charming assortments to
choose from. . -

SPECIAL.

Infants’, Outfits. We will
sell you a little Slip, trimmed
with hamburg, for 25 cents ;
a fine Nainsook Slip, trimmed
with lace on the ruffle, for,39
cents ; a. barrow Coat, for 25
cents ; a long Skirt, for 25
cents; a cream silk Cap, for
25 cents; a handsome wor-
sted Sacque, for 25 cents; a
pair of Socks,‘for either 10, 15,
20 or 25 cents; an embroid-
ered Shawl, for 50 cents; a.
long cashmere Cloak, $1.00.

Better ones of course at
other prices. Never so pretty
nor so cheap as at the present
time.

These are the opening days
of new Separate Skirts.

 

 

4‘ I 'II

’lllll 0“ FLAME‘

Clitl‘ I it.

'Disastrcus andFatal Fires In Dan-
bury, Conn, and Utica, N. Y.

SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST.

'The Loss In Danbury ‘Vill Reacli‘Ahout
$209,000—A Quick Spreading Blaze
Caused by an Exploding Boil-

er— :llca's Conflagration.

DANBURY, Conn, March 4.—By a boiler
explosion in Parks Bros.’ fur cutting es-
tablishment, on Maiden lane, today, a fire
was caused, which did damage amounting
"to fully $200, 000 and resulted in probably
fatal injuries to two men. '

The boiler in the engine room of Parks
Bros.’ exploded and tore the roof from the
building. The structure was a small
wooden affair of two stories. Edward
Parks was thrown down by the explosion
and was frightfully burned. One of the
employees in the building rushed to the
nearest alarm box and attempted to ring
in an alarm. The system failed to work,
in spite of the fact that it was tested yes-
terday. In a few seconds, however, a
large crowd, attracted by the explosion,
gathered, and messengers hurried to the
various fire engine houses. In the space
of a few minutes the fur cutting building
was a mass of flames, and in an incredibly
short time it was in ruins.

Adjoining was Darius Stevens’ blind
and sash factory. The flames leaped to
this and devoured the material like tinder.
The Wooden building, on Maiden lane and
White street, furnished great material for
the fire, and, fanned by a wind which was
blowing a gale, the flames leaped from
building to building, completely nonplus-
ing the firemen. Next to the blind and
sash factory was the Barnum building.
This was devoured in a few minutes, and
the fire spread to the Dexter property in
the rear. This went up in smoke, and
with it went the fruit store of Gerlotti
Fongi, an Italian.

Quick Work of the Flames.

From Maiden lane the fire swept to
White street and took hold of the flue block
of George B. Sherman, located at the cor-
ner of White street and Maple avenue.
This block was in ruins in a few moments,
and the original fire had not been in prog-
ress more than a quarter of an hour.

Several tenements in Maiden lane were
burned, and in many instances the occu-
pants had narrow escapes. In one house
half a dozen colored women were penned
in on the third floor and were compelled to
jump to the ground. One of them, Sadie
Carpenter, broke her right thigh and was
taken to the hospital. By this time the
fire had jumped across White street and
communicated to the Ely block. After
this had been consumed the cornice work
on the handsome flve story brick block of
Oscar H. Meeker caught fire, and in 15
minutes this building was in ruins. It
was occupied on the first two floors by the
proprietor, dealer in flour, grain and feed.
The upper floors were used as tenements.
The members of the various families, with
the possible exception, of two children,
Who, it is feared, have been sufi‘ocated,
Were rescued. This building was gutted
in less than half an hour. An hour later
the walls of the block fell, and cries of
horror were caused when it was seen that
three firemen had been carried down with
the debris. The men were pulled out as
quickly as possible. Two of them escaped
serious injuries, but Frank Eastwood of
Engine company No. 1 was probably fatal-
ly injured.

The fire next took hold of the livery sta-
ble of Charles Weed, and this was burned.
Here five horses were ,roasted to death, one
of the animals being Harry Wildinan’s
$2,000 mare. Other places were more or
less damaged.

Big Blaze In Utica.

UTICA, N. Y., March 3.—Ear1y today
the Genesee. the largest apartment building
here, seven stories high, located on upper
Genesee street, at the corner of Clinton
place, was found to be on fire. Two hours
afterward it was a ruin, the front wall
alone standing. Three hundred and fifty
people lived in the building, which was a
‘mere shell of brick, but well fitted with
fire escapes. One woman, Mrs. Hughes,
while descending the fire escape between
the third and fourth stories, fell to the
ground and died soon after. Many rumors
current of other deaths are untrue. Ex-
Senator Lowery and his wife had narrow
escapes, but both are alive. The tenants
owned their own furniture, and nearly all
was insured. The building was valued at
$200,000; insurance, $165,000. Residents
of the building were mostly professional
and business men and their families. The
building was owned by Milton Northrup
and S. D. Latcher. Latcher is prostrated,
and the doctor will not allow a reporter to
talk with him. ’

The building was situated on the prin-
cipal residence street of the city. It con-
tained 70 residence apartments. It was
built by a Utica firm and was supposed by
the tenants to be fireproof; It had all the
modern improvements, and, with the boil-
ers in separate buildings, was supposed to
be perfectly safe. It is now learned that
there were nothing but wooden partitions
from cellar to garret, and they were wiped
out in a few minutes after the fire broke
out. On account of its situation and this
being the first of its kind ever built in
Utica it‘was readily rented by a class who,
having small families, did not care about
ordinary housekeeping. The same firm is
now erecting a ten story building of the
same sort on the opposite side of the street
and will, as soon as the weather allows,
rebuild. on the old site. "

A Tobacco War On.

CHICAGO, March 4.—-An opening gun,
expected to precipitate war in the tobacco
trade, has been fired by one of the leading
antitrust concerns. Every tobacco jobber
in the country, which in Chicago includes
the wholesale grocery houses, has been ad-
vised by mail of a cut of 3 cents per pound
in the price of one of the many brands of
plug tobacco.

Magowan Gets a. Divorce.

OKLAHOMA CITY, 0.. T., March 4.-- 4

Frank A. Magowan, ex-mayor of Trenton
and a Wealthy manufacturer of that city
seemed a divorce in this city from his
wife, Mary E., on the grounds of abandon-
ment and cruelty. He testified ' that he
had lived in this territory five months and
Was engaged in business here at the pres-
ent time.

Republican Collegians' Banquet.

CHICAGO, March 4.—Sccretary Dowling
of the National Republican league has held
a conference here with some of the mem-
bers of the Republican College league to
make arrangements for the annual ban-
quet of the college organization, which
will be held in the Auditorium April 3.

 

 

WEE K is y - N o a w A'L K “(in z E T T E.

 

 

KEEPS ADDING TO IT.

The LlstLOf Cures Will Soon Wipe
Out the List of Sufferers‘in
Norwalk. ‘

 

’LliESt one, then two, then four, then
eig .
Rapid progress, is’nt it?
Well, it should be, it takes them all.
Beginning with backache—they cure.
Excess of urine-athey cure.
Burning in passage—they cure.
Sediment or brick dust—they cure.
High color and mucus—they cure.
Diabetes and Bright’s disease—they
cure.
All the same to them—they’re made
fOr it.
They are Dean’s Kidney Pills.
They add to the list all 'who take

em.

And Norwalk’s list is long.

Because the cure misses none.

No matter of how long standing.

How complicated and stubborn.

Norwalk people know it now.

Mr. Danill S. Osterbank, No. 21
Belden avenue, says: “I am seventy-
seven years old and a mill wright by
by trade. In my younger days I work-
ed very hard and for years I have been
troubled with kidney and bladder com-
plaint. My back ached so severely at
times I could not move and I Was com-
pelled to get up often at night to urinate
and lost a great deal of sleep. I took
medicines and wore nla‘sters but they
would. not cure me. I saw Dean’s Kid--
ney Pills advertised and I got a box a:
Hale's drug store. They were just the
thing for my trouble. I have every
reason to think that they are just what
the manufacturers claim for them.
They have made me sound and well.”

This is only one statement among the '

many we are daily receiving about the
working of Dean’s kidney Pills. We
Will continue them. If your back is
weak, lame or aching, try Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills.

You can get them at your druggists
at 50 cents a box. or they will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, by Foster~
Milburn 00., Bnfi'alo, N. Y.

Hives are not dangerous to life, but
they are a prolific breeder of misery
and profanity. Dean’s Ointment gives
instant relief, even in the worst cases
of this and other exasperating diseases
of the skin. -

 

J. D. Jennings. '

UN DEKTAKFR
4 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Depot 1.

NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE.

 

Piano Lessons.

BS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (dau hter

of the late .Wm. B. Nash.) mves e 'cent

and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at
her home No. 193 main street.

DAVID .W. RAYMOND
Funeral Director and Emlalmer.

39lWashingto’u Steet ‘ South Norwalk

Residence. Mahackemo Hot-e1.

 

 

 

 

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ALL DRUGGISTS.

 

 

Public Schools in California.

Facts as to the development of the
public school system of California Show
that although it is only a»? years since
the first schoolhouse was built In the
state, yet now the annual expenditure
for public schools is nearly $G,000.(!(J0
and 0,500 teachers are employed in in-
structing £240,000 pupils. These teachers
are paid more. liberally than in many
other states and they rank high in ef-
ficiency. The state university and its
affiliated colleges have been very liber—
ally cndowcd and the competition of
Stanford university has helped instead
of injuring it. The bequest of J. C.
\Vilmerding of $400,000 for the estab-
lishment. of a school in whisli boys may
learn. trades has fallen (l u c and this new
technical school will be under the state
university and every effort will be made
to render it efficient.

Combustion of Celluloid.

A German scientist attacks a nebular
belief by asserting that celluloid is
ignited only by an open flame and that,
therefore, there is no more reason to
be afraid of the inflammabilit-y of cel-
luloid articles than the inflammability.
for instance, of a muslin dress. The
story of the celluloid billiard ball which
was ignited by contact with a. burning
cigar lying on the rim of the billiard
table, and which in its turn set afire the
billiard cloth, he declares untrue, be—
cause impossible. If the burning end
of a. cigar is held closely against a cel-
luloid billiard ball, the latter melts at
the point of cont-act and vapors arise,
but the heat is not sufficient to ignite
these vapors.

' CHIT-CHAT.

“Going Out Whitewashing Done In-
side" is the somewhat puzzling sign
on a: small shop in Skowhegan, Me.-

Gavels for use in W. C. T. U. rooms
are now being made out of the wood
of the old Crusade church of Bills
bore, 0. _ - ‘

There are in the house of congress
115 baldheads and 120 gray heads.
There are 56 members under 40 years
of age and 17 under 30. _

A well on the Bannock reservation at
Boise, Idaho, has been sunk to a de h
of 110 feet, and the water in it is 0' a
temperature of 90 2-5 degrees.

Bicycling has risen to such'favor at
Vassar this fall that the halls of the en-
tire lower floor of the main building
are flanked with bicycle racks. Most
of the faculty, aswell as the students,
ride. ‘ _, .

 

 

FOREIGN FLASHES.’

Though a failure in Christiania and
Copenhagen, “The Second Mrs. Tan-
queray” has been very successful at
Stockholm.

Dr. W. G. Grace has put the £ 5,000 of
his shilling testimonial into an endow-
ment insurance policy payable in 15
years. . C

An Automobile club has been formed
in Paris whose object is to encourage
by all possible means locomotion with:
out animal traction.

In 1896 the Russian ministry of
finance will have agents in‘. London,

:lerlin, Genoa, Constantinople, Man-
churia, Corea. and the United States.

Steps have been taken toward putting
a memorial tablet to Huxley in West-
minster abbey, but it is unlikely that
the authorities of the abbey will con-
sent.

Next year the Russian mint will
strike 100,000,000 rubles’ worth of gold
coins, 25,000,000 rubles of silver, 300,~
000 rubles of smaller coins strongly al-
loyed and 800,000 rubles of copper.

New South Wales has passed the fed-
eral enabling bill. It will now be sub-
mitted to the legislatures of the other
Australian colonies, and when two
other colonies have accepted it a. con-
vention will be called together to draw
up a. federal constitution.

At Morton, near Clermont Ferrand, in -
Auvergne, the people, objecting to the
adulteration of native wine with sugar,
attacked the men who were carting the
doctored wine, upset the carts and
broke open the casks, letting the wine
flow into the gutters, and mobbed the
manufacturer.

 

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' FASHION’S DICTATES.

'Tulle is fashionable; that’s one good
thing which makes the clothing of
debutantes less troublesome.

Coats and jackets ,are all high col-
lared and show nothing ofthe gown be-
neath. .

A beautiful long cloak for opera wear
is made of black satin filling straight
from the neck, sable lined throughout
and finished with huge sleeves of dark
green velvet.

The English driving coats; big,
square, box-like affairs with huge but-
tons and heavy seaming, are as ugly as '
ever. -

Bicycling hats

are worn which are

shaped almost like the headgearsof a.
Spanish priest—shovel-shaped, ,I think
you call them.—-Ellen Osborn. ' ' I“,