:- 1. Highest of all in Leavening Powei.-_-Latest U S. G "’t Report Pde A Ansowrnav noun SOUTH NORWALK. The South Norwalk Office of the Gazette Is at the store of New- man &. Plnney. No. Homer M. Bylnzton, Manager. 12 North Main Street, Where Advertisements and orders for Job Prlnting, as well as Items of News. can be left wlth" Everitt Bulkley, of this city, is 11...: at work training for the Alpha races. Chief Vollmer returned from Newark, N. J. last night and is on duty to-day. The Putnam Hose boys report hav- ing had a fine time at Portchester yes- terday.‘ Osborn Taylor died at his home on Chestnut street early this morning, aged 73 years. Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Re- bekah, will meet to-night in their hall over Hoyt’s Theatre. Howard Leslie, infant son of Charles and Estelle Colwell, died last night at 'his home on‘ Cove street, East Nor- walk. ' Don’t forget the entertainment of the South Norwalk Athletic club in their club rooms on Washington street, to- night. The Missse Mable and Ettie Perry,of Newark, N. J ., are visiting their sister Mrs. William Vollmer, at her home on Union street. ' Dr. A. N. Clarke and a companion paced the riders, who are training at the Fair Grounds, on the Stearns tan- dem last night. W. Weaver has been granted a patent on an improvement in looms, which he has assigned to the Weaver J oeguard & Electric company. Humboldt Lodge, Sons of Hermau, met in the Mystic Chain hall on Wash-1 ington street last night. Routine busi- ness was transacted. Madam Ross, the clairvoyant, has secured rooms in the Lauder building, No. 4 South Main street, where she can be consulted at all hours. Sherman Council, Royal Arcanum, will hold their regular semi-monthly meeting this evening in their hall on Washington street.‘ wear their new regalia and a pleasant meeting is expected by all the members. Messrs: Wright and Hamilton have now placed the Fair Ground track in good condition and a horde of wheel- men are nightly seen training. and are now given to the riders to use as dressing rooms. Captain George Washington Glad- stone borrowed Officer William Pen- nington’s new bicycle yesterday after- noon and in racing regalia started for the Fair Ground with his trainers to train for his coming . race with the Adonis of the force, whose bicycle he had borrowed. When opposite the GA- znrrn’s branch office on North Main street, the chain adjustment became sprung and“Glady”was forced to wheel back for repairs. Photographer G. S. North, was pres- ent at the re-union of the First Regi- ment Connecticut Heavy Artillery, of which he is a member, at Bridgeport Wednesday. He secured a very' fine picture of the old molar, “The Peters- burgh Express,” which has an interest- ing history. . He has the Gazurrn’s thanks for a copy of the same. ‘Hart- ford and Bridgeport are both trying to have the mortar located in their city but the former will probably be suc- cessful. The most destructive wreck on the Northampton branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad in years occurred yesterday close ,by the At- water Manufacturing Co.’s buildings in Plantsville.‘ The freight train due at that time, with over 50 heavily loaded cars, jumped the track about‘200 yards below the buildings of the company, and before the train was stopped eight cars had been piled up, the track rip- ped from the ground for a distance of over 100 yards. The accident was due to the breaking of the cup of the wheel of one of the cars. The side of the s orehouse was taken partially out by the collision with two of the cars. CaptainW. Addison Wheeler of the. Twin City W heelmen, has received a letter from the Captain of the Bridge- ort Wheel club. The letter accepts with thanks the invitation of the T. C. W. to join them in their grand lantern parade on the night of the 16th. The writer also says that they will ride over on their wheels via the shore road and would arrive at about 7:30 o’clock with 20 or more members in line. A delega- . tion from the TwinCities’ will probably go out to meet them and escort them to this city. Invitations have also been sent to the wheel clubs in Danbury and Stamford but as vet nothing has been heard from them. All of our local riders who are not members of the T. C. ‘W. are invited to join in this parade. With all of the invited guests and clubs, the T. C. W.’s hope to'make the parade the largest of ' its lkind that has eyei- taken place in the Norwalks. 1 1 . The Officers Wlll ‘ The box stalls have also been cleaned up. Water at the Knob 61 ° . Robert Roosevelt Pearson has in. structed the police to prohibit the carrying of children on bicycles. The Misses Marjorie Phelps and Naomi smith wheeled to Seaside Park, Bridgeport, and return yesterday after- noon. The Friday Affernoon club had a most enjoyable time in Bidgefield yes- terday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Theron Hoyt. List of Patents. The following were issued June 9th, 1896. List furnished from offices of Earl 85 Seymour, Solicitors of Patents, 868 Chapel street, New Havgn, Conn. W. T. Brown, Stamford, trousers stretcher. E E. Claussen, Hartford, screw ma- chine. H. B. Cox, Hartford, thermo electric generator. A. Eisenbert, Bristol, button hole cutter. hE. D. Friswell, Bridgeport, congress s 06! M. Guett, assignor to Hart 8; Hege- man Mfg. 00., Hartford, electric switch A. L. A. Himmelwright, Middletown, bottle stopper. A. W. Johnson, New Haven, assignor to G. W. Larue, tension Opezutlng mechanism for sew1ng machines. J. Kruse, Waterbury, photograph shutter. J. L. Maloney, Shelton, puzzle. W. Weaver, assignor to V\ eaver, Jacquard 8: Electric Shuttle Co , Nor- walk, loom. DESIGNS. J. Gardner, assignor to Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, shell for cartridges. I. E. Palmer, Middletown hammock. #‘. STATE N ICKNAM ES. Mississippians are called “Tadpoles,” the ancient heraldic device of France being “Three Toads Erect Salient.” Rhode Island over 100 years ago was called “Little Rhody,” an allusion to the diminutive size of this commonwealth. North Carolinians are “Tuckoes,” from the Indian word meaning bread; and “Tarheels,” from a. leading indus- try. West Virginia, in allusion to its aptly denominated “The Switzerland of America.” as: Texas has been aptly denominated the “Lone Star State,” from the appear— ance of a. single star in the arms of that commonwealth. Maine is called the “Lumber State.” or .“Pine Tree State.” _..ADAMS’ Soap P01111111, For Kitchen Use rxcELLs 111. OTHERS. Ask Your Grocer For It. Nalicsmtnlraclus PROPOSALS. Sealed proposals will be recelved at the Office of the Selectmen, No. 44 Wall street, Norwalk, Conn, up to the 15th day of June, 1896, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when all bids will be pub- licly opened and read for the con- struction of [a Telford road on the Connecticut Turnpike, according to Chapter CCCXV of the Public Acts of the State of Connecticut. Each bid to be accompanied with the bidder’s bond for . one thousand dollars with security satisfactory to the Selectmen. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids if good cause exists. Therefore, plans and specifications can be seen at the Selectmen’s Office, Norwalk, or No. 5 Railroad place, South Norwalk. Pro- posals to be indorsed upon outside of envelope, with name of, bidder, ,aud marked “PROPOSALS,” and addressed to MISS J ANE M. Bram, CLERK. Norwalk, Conn. Drawn and signed, this 1111: day of June, 1896. Ernaam 1711011115,) Selectmen . F. H. Mnnnrnn, 1 Town of Norwalk mountainous territory, has been not in-° .... -... —. .-.......—..... '“""’"“"‘-"‘"..-‘.. FARNI VILLAGES IN AMERICA. A Plan That Will Make Rural Life More Attractive. ' Hon. John Bookwalter, of New York, a. large land owner in Nebraska, Illinois " and Ohio, proposes a. plan to make life on the farm more attractive and per- haps to make farm work more re- munerative. His idea. was obtained from observations in the rural districts of France and Switzerland, and may be productive of much good. It is simply, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, to con- centrate the rural population in vil- lages of 500 to 5,000 persons, to give them the advantages of social life and modern luxuries and amusements. Mr. Bookwalter will begin on a 60,000-acre tract he owns in Nebraska, and pro- poses to organize a. town which is to have a. theater, music hall, library and other advantages for amusement and instruction. In France, as is well known, the rural population is grouped in villages,'the farms radiating in narrow strips from the towns in the center. Mr. Book- walter claims nothing new for his idea, but thinks the French villages may be improved upon in this rich, new coun- try, where large acreage may be laid out with the village idea, instead of growing by subdivision. There is no doubt the centering of population in this way would add greatly to the. at- tractiveness of life on the farm. The social contact is one of the chief at- tractions of the city. Neither can there be much doubt that such community of the rural population would give it greater influence in state and national affairs, in legislation and administra- tion. It would naturally lead to better sanitary conditions, to conveniences, to police and fire protection thatare now lacking in the widely-separated farm- houses, and all this without detracting from the advantages of rural surround- ings, such as trees, flowers and the sup- ply of the best and freshest that the garden, dairy, orchard and farm can produce. DANGEROUS BLUE HERON. Hunters Have Been Hurt Trying to Cap- ture a Wounded Bird. “Some of these days,” said the ’long- shore hunter to a New York Sun man, “I expect to open my daily paper and see a. headline something like this: ‘Killed by a Blue Heron,’ and I’ll tell you why. The blue heron is a. big, powerful bird, which has already dis- figured the faces of several men. The men have. wounded a. bird, and then, thinking to capture it alive, they went up to it. Why, I’d as soon try to kiss a wounded grizzly. The birds grow as tall as six. feet and have. necks like 11 fish rod and just the kind of muscles to move it quickest with the most strength. They could drive their bill points through a. quarter-inch panel. “The hunter goes up to a bird and sees it lying there looking as inno- cent as arobin,with only owing broken. ‘What a. fine pet it would make,’ the fool hunter thinks. Then he picks the bird up and starts for home in a. wagon or a. boat, with the bird between his knees. The bird’s neck is drawn back like- a letter ‘S.’ All of a. sudden the bill shoots up and gives the man a gash alongside the eye three inches long. That is what always has happened. The wounded bird has missed its aim, but some time, and you want. to remember it, this feathered .spearman will drive its bill into an enemy’s eye, and, like a. steel umbrella. stick, the point of the bill will penetrate the man’s brain. I guess the bird’s aim has always been spoiled by the pain of its wounds, and so many a human life has been saved. I don’t monkey with wounded bitterns or cranes—well, scarcely.” INGENIOUS WOOD RATS. Built a House of Railroad Spikes and Lined It with Bags. The wood rat of the western slopes of the Cascade range is a curious creature that loves to steal so well that it is known to many as the camp robber. It carries off anything it can lay-its lips to, and is besides a- jolly, reckless fellow. It does things which rodents are. not given to doing. Forest and Stream tells of some of its favorite spoils. It. will take knives, forks and tin plates, cartridges, cups and anything it can handle in the line of clothing, towels or gun rags, which make soft linings for its nest. It is re- lated how a. pair of these rats staked elf a claim on top of a. hunter‘s camp stove, and put. up the most curious rat house anybody had ever heard of. About 200 yards away was a. railroad shanty, where the section men kept their sup—a plies, and among other things was a keg of railroad spikes, such as are used to fasten the rails- to the ties. The rats took some spikes to their claim, built up an iron wall, and lined the interior with soft stuff. It. is a curious fact that all the. points of the spikes were directed outward, and they were laid with great . regularity and firmness. The habits of the rat are a study for a naturalist, and it makes things so in- teresting for the natives that they kill it on sight. Rats as Cotton Gins. Rats have been found very useful in cotton mills where the raw cotton has been imperfectly ginned. In a. Span- ish cotton mill the storeroom was invad- ed by swarms of rats, who pulled the bales to pieces to get at the seeds left in the cotton. They did the work thor- oughl y without injuring the fiber in any " way. Where Criticism Is Dangerous. A Danzig upholsterer who was re- cently asked to appraise a. plaster bust of the German empress, and said it was worth2 5cents, was arrested at once for lesc majeste. As he was able to show that the bust had no artistic merit he was released. Enduring Heat. The human skin can endure heat of 212 degree:, the boilign point of wate1, becaus -: the skin iseba 'cl .::r.rluctor,and because the pcrspirati on cools the. body. Men 11.5110 withstood V'ii‘i‘ "1:1, injury a heat of“ T305) degrees .ui setbrnl 1 iinutes. .11". -met in the aisle of a theater when they jurors or somewhere else. as to the paternity of Mrs. Fleming‘ s in- WILCIlIlS TESTIFIES‘. Unwilling Evidence cf the Reputcd Father of tire. Fleming’s Babe. HIS TREAGHEROUS MEMORY. He Failed to Recollect Blotters W’hich the Prosecution \Vas Anxious to Have Brought Out—Brook e Afraid to Test Professor Vaughn. NEW YORK, June 12,—The scene in the' courtroom in which Mary Almont Living- ston Fleming is on trial for her life, no weed of matriclde by the grand jury, has been shifted many times during the five weeks that the little woman in black has been the central figure in the action. There has been shown a crowning sensa- tion in a criminal case, as when Florence King. in her childish treble, told how she and’ Gracie Fleming carried the clam chowder and pie to Grandma Bliss, the Woman on account of whose death Mrs. Fleming is on trial. There has been the prosaicness of a civil litigation, as when the lawyers argued for and against the ad- mission in evidence of the last will and testament of Robert Swift Livingston, from whom the money came to obtain which the people insist Was the motive for the alleged crime. And then came the first expert in toxicology in the United States. Victor S. Vaughn, professor of hygienics and physiological chemistry and dean of the medical faculty in the Univer- sity of Michigan, under the skillful ques- tioning of Dr. O'Sullivan, gave a little lecture on poisons which fairly entranced his hearers. The jurors pushed their chairs a little nearer the witness. The spectators leaned forward in their seats. There was the quiet that marks his lecture room in Ann Arbor. No word of it Was lost to any- body. His enunciation was distinct. His language was fitted to lay ears and under- standing. There was the simplicity of genius in his answer to Dr. O’Sulllvan’ 5 request for a definition of poison. He said, smiling pleasantly at the jurymen: “Poison is a. substance which, on ac- count of its chemical composition, inter- rupts or interferes with health.” The courtroom had a deserted appear- ance when Mrs. Fleming entered it today. She was earlier even than Mr. Brooke. Her cheeks were little short of rosy. Her spirits could not have been higher. She remarked on the fairness of the day much as she would to a. friend whom she had Were about to take their seats at a matinee performance. A day without a. rumor of what was to take place during the proceedings would have no place in the trial of Mrs. Mary Alice Almont Livingston Fleming. It was said that Ferdinand Wilckes would be on the stand before the day was over. It was told, moreover, that he had Within the - hour served notice on the people’s repre- sentatives by Meyer &. Phlippan, his at- torneys, that he (Ferdinand Wilckes), Mrs. Fleming’s best friend and witness for the people, would not make on the stand the statement which he had already made to the district attorney. Should he prove an adverse witness he Will not in a hurry forget his experience at the hands of Mr. McIntyre. Professor Vaughn’s Opinion. - Few words were said by Professor Vaughn. When Dr. O’Sullivan began to read to him the hypothetical question yes~ terday propounded to Dr. Fischer, Mr. Brooke was on his feet. “Professor Vaughn has heard the ques- tion read before,” said Mr. Brooke. “There is no necessity of consuming time in reading it to him again.” “And you have no objections to make?” asked the recorder, smiling quizzically, as though only partially satisfied that his hearing had not deceived him. “None at all," answered Mr. Brooke. Whereupon Professor Vaughn was given to understand that 25 pages of typewritten manuscript had been hurled at him, and with the facts as there set out as a basis he was asked his opinion as to the cause of Mrs. Bliss’ death. Without a minute’s hesitation he an- swered, “Acute arsenical poisoning.” Mr. Brooke has displayed much of the sound sense which has made him an emi- nent criminal lawyer in letting alone cer- tain Witnesses. His judgment did not de- sert him when Professor Vaughn fell into his hands. “I should' be delighted,” said Mr. Brooks, “if I thought it was my duty to cross examine the professor, but I have no questions for him. And so the jurors and spectators were denied a treat. Ferdinand Wilckes was then called to the stand. \V ilckes’ Poor Memory. “Do you remember calling at the dis- trict attorney’s cflice?" asked Mr. McIn- tyre. There was no answer. “Do you remember that the questions put to you by Mr. Miller were reduced to writing?” Wilckes did not remember. “I ask you now,’ continued Mr. Mc- Intyre, “ if it was not in July, 1895, that you occupied that room in the Colonial ho ta 1?)! All this didn’t help Mr. Wilckes’ mem- ory. “Under What name did you register?” This question came out stern and cold. “I don’t remember.” “Was it your own or an assumed name?" Wilckes’ face was scarlet as he again said. that he didn’t know under what name he had registered. Mrs. Fleming’s cheeks were flushed slightly as she listened to this testimony. She looked at the wit- ness occasionally, but generally at the Mr. McIntyre took a photograph from a table and walked up to the witness. He showed it to him. Mrs. Fleming’s eyes were downcast. Miss Bliss looked directly at the Witness and smiled pleasantly. It was a picture of the witness. “Do you remember when Mrs. Fleming, the defendant at the her, left the home of her mother-W Wilokcs only remembered it as a fact. This tOOk a great deal of questioning to bring out. “What occurred when the mother and daughter had their quarrel previousto the separation? ’ ’ “I don’ t know that they had any quar- rel. Life between them went along as it always did.” “Was th are eVer any trouble betWeon them?” asked Mr. McIntyre in despairing tones. “Not that I know of,- ” answered the wit- ness noncbalantly. In the course of his further examination Wilckes refused to answer some questions fant giving as a reason that his answers would to 11.1 to incriminate and degrade him. about a trunk then? §A7 ETTE WHAT IT MEANS. Norwalk Is Learning It—Learnlng It, Fast—Proof Not Lacking. Everybody has it. That Tired Feeling. 1- Don’ t know what it means. Keeps you awake at night. Destroys daily comfort. W caries the body. Worries the mind. You would shake it off. You would be healthful and strong. So you can. ‘ If you go at it right. First learn what it means. Some say it’s bad blood. Others say it’s a lazy liver. They’re all wrong. Tired feeling means tired Kidneys. Just as lame back means Lame Kid- ne eye. And backache means kidney ache. How do we know it? Because Doau’ s Kidney Pills cure it. And they are for kidneys only. How can we prove it? Because Norwalk peOple say 80. Here is a case in point.C Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the batter, address N o. 47 River street. Mr. White says. “My wife took Doan’s Kidney Pills.” “I‘ook them for backache.” “Found them just as represented.” “Is much improved ’ “Dean’s Kidney Pills did the work.” “Got them at Hale’s drug store.” Doan‘s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by Foster—Milburn Co , Buffalo, N. Y.. sole agents for the United States. For Itching Piles, irritation of the genitals, or itching 1n any part of the body, Doan’ s Ointment is worth its weight in gold. No matter how long- standing the trouble, Doau' s Ointment will not fail to give instant relief. Physicians Visit Quarantine Station. NEW YORK, June 11.-—A consulting board of eminent physicians of New York, at the invitation of Health Officer Doty, visited the quarantine station and in- spected the new disinfecting apparatus on the steamer Ripple which has just been completed and is about to be put in serv- ice. The visitors were Drs. William H. Draper, E. G. J aneway, James W. Mc- Lane, George L. Peabody, T. M. Pruden, William M. Polk, Herman M. Blggs, John H. Gardner, Richard H. Derby and J. D. Bryant. These gentlemen expressed satisfaction on tl 9. success of the plant. Attera brief visi: to the quarantine is- lands the party returned to New York on the Governor Flower. Mr. Vanderbilt’s Soloist. PLAINFIELD, N. 3., June 11.——-Mr. Van- derbilt has just chosen Miss Frances E. Mattison of this city as leading soloist for the memorial church he has founded at Biltmow, near Ashevllle, N. G. Mr. Van- derbilt met Miss Mattlson at Asheville and was so much pleased with her voice that he is said to have offered her $250 a month to sing at his church. Yale Students Win. NEW HAVEN, June '11.——The Yale News announces that in view of the petition of- fered by the students and the expressed Wish of graduates of the university and friends of President Woolseley the corpora- tion his decided to change the proposed location of the commemorative statue. DORLON HOUSE GREGOIRY’S POINT. NBW OPEN FOR THE SEASON UP 1896. Shore Dinners, Rhode Island Glam Bake. Bathing, Boating, Fishing. .Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, Manager. YOUR VACATION Decided upon out of town, how ' . The strong and durable kind—J. Truesdale & Son’s patent— the best on the market, Trunk can be placed against the wall and.cover open ed Without mov- ing it out. Cheaper than the old style. Come and see. All kinds of summer Horse Goods — Sweaters, Coolers, Sheets and Lap Robes on hand, and prices away down. Several sets of Fancy Har- nesses—double and single—4 double, all complete, $25. Sin- gles, collar and harness, $I5. Surrey Harness, full plated French draft Eye Hames, pat- ent Leather Collar, mounted with Bar Buckles all through, black or russett reins, $22.50. Buggy-Harness from $9.50 to $I5.00. P. H. DWYER, Cor. Knight and Wall 81: *way you decide. BRIDGEPORT. TIIH®O O O O ’ 7 ' D. All. Read @ompany. QUALITY NOT LOST SIGHT OF In the eagerness to sell. “ Bought it at Reed’s” has become suph a saying, conveys so much satisfaction, such a meaning of confidence, that we~still employ the old method. of making friends—and retaining them. Fewer fireworks perhaps, but more glory! Fancy Dress Stuffs and Silks. together with reliable Black Goods, all selected with the one idea of quality; with the idea that if anything puzzling should arise in the matter of beauty or choice, you’d surely have quality to lean upon no matter which The styles grow newer, the assortments prettier, as the season advances and ‘ becomes warmer; they keep in close touch with every change. And pretty much everything is under price just now. You should have seen the crowds around the Belt table the Iastfew days! You should have seen them buy I And there's just as many belts there now as there was then ; just as handsome,just as cheap. We’ve put them there since—replaced those sold. It is the most dazzling line of belts in town—best for the money. The different special sales that are going on all at once—Muslin Under- wear, Shirt Waist, Upholstery, Lace Embroidery, W'ash Goods and Carpet departments—brings out the bargain lovers in full force. It's a good idea, too, because it accommodates a greater number at once; gives them a chance to get these things before they go away for the summer, or on vacation. Not a picnic, e1. cursion, camping or fishing party should leave town without first equiping themselves from both our Crockery and Kitchenware departments. So many of the arti- cles needed are so low priced that no one will care whether they are'lcsf, fer-gotten or broken when picking-up anal starting-for-home time comes. ‘1’ on know how you'll have to fret and orry if anything valuable is carried from home, how the pleasure of the da y will be interfered with. Summer Suits and Skirts, in charming variety. Sensible summer women and fascinating girls are buy— ng them right along. a _I
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