-. .4- r— HERE Anguilla An Epitome of Happenings of lnterestto the Public. gilarnered with Scissors and Pencil. This is a shore resort day. The Union Veterans Union will meet this evening. Mrs. Harriett Hobbs arrived in this city last night from Colorado. Miss Abby J. Lamb of New York is visiting friends in this city. -—Don’t fail to see the, great bicycle race for championship of] Norwalk. 2t George W. Jennings captured a seven pound eel with a set line this morning. G. Hartman,the wire worker,is doing a thriving business. As a twister of wire he is a star. Conductor Sweet of the Street Bail- way is spending a portion of his week’s vacation in Brooklyn.- 2 ’ - eport, for- calling on Joseph Leonard of B ' merly of Norwalk, wa friends in town, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Leeman Brundage of Katonah, N. Y. are the guests of Mrs. C. P. Keeler, on Main street. Miss Alice L. Cholwell is entertain- ing the Matinee Whist club at her home on High street, this afternoon. . I Mrs. George Judson of Bridgeport, is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. Luther Whitney, on Connecticut avenue. The old Y. M. C. A. ball team will play the Bar Harbors on the Fair Grounds, to-morrow afternoon. The officers of Kabaosa Emcamp- ment I. O. O. F., were installed last night by District Deputy Shermann, Hon. F. W. Bruggerhofl', of Darien, registered yesterday at the Paris office of the New York Herald. Miss Susan Holly, of Stamford, has been spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Cyrus Waterbury, of Clifi' street. Hon. and Mrs. E. J. Hill and daugh- ter, Elsie, are the guests ,of Mrs. Charles Hubbell in New York, tc-day. There was a burst in the water main on Camp street last night. It has since been placed in repair by Coroner Roach. Anumber of Norwalk firemen will witness the Pioneer Hook. and Ladder company parade in Darien to-morrow night. President Eugene L. Boyer will be acting mayor during the two weeks’ absence of Mayor Wheeler in the menu- ‘tains. The case of the State vs. Mrs. Anna Anderson, set down for a hearing in the Town Court to-d‘ay, has been adjourned untll Saturday, July 18th. Capt. Enos Kellogg who was struck by a Tramway car on Riverside avenue, Wednesday, is reported as getting along nicely. Bridgeport shooters and Norwalk shooters will shoot for honors at the Naromake Gun club range at Gregory’s Point to-morrow afternoon. Mr. John Suifl‘en of this city, went to North Castle, N. Y., to-day, to attend the funeral of a relative who lacked scarcely two years of being a cen- tenarian. A sword fishweighing 600 pounds which was caught off Block Island has been brought into New London by Capt. Lorenzo B. Chipman of the sleep Admiral. . ——Don’t fail to attend the Hospital Benefit at the Fair Grounds Saturday afternoon. Admissisn 25 cents. 2t Miss Mamie Bowes, daughter of Martin and Mary Bowes, died at her home in Bridgeport yesterday, aged 24 years. The remains will be brought here for interment. E. J Thomas this morning received the sanction for the bicycle races at the Fair Grounds from the chairman of the racing board at Boston, and his appoint- ment as official referee. Extra cars will be run to the Fair Gounds on the Street Railway line on the occasion of the races to-morrow afternoon. The band will leave South N orwalk on a special car at 1 o’clock. John L. Houston ,of Thompsonville has been re-elected prBsident of the board 'of trustees of the Connecticut School for Boys at Meriden. He has held the office for 19 years. ' —Don’t fail to see E. C. Bedford’s great double team at the Fair Grounds Saturday afternoon. j9 2t The fish commissioners of :Connecti- cut during the past season have dis‘ tributed in the waters of the state over 12,0000,000 shad fry and small fry. New York thought she broke the rec- 0rd vith 8,000,000. ‘ i... The remains of Mrs. Hanora Mokeley who died at the WestportPSanitarium yesterday, were transferred to her late home on Harbor avenue, last night. The funeral will be attended from St. Mary’s church to-morrow morning. —See “A Modern Robinson Crusoe” in Truth to-morrow. All trains and news-stands. Two ex'Rectors of St. Paul’s church were in attendance at the funeral of Mr. Silas Remsou yesterday, viz: Rev. Howard S. Clapp and Rev. C. M. Sel- leck. Mr. Clapp came down from Lime Rock to assist Mr. Selleck, out of respect to the deceased’s daughter, who was a former parishioner when he was rector of St. Paul’s. >_—__. CHICAGO convent—ion. Balloting for a Candidate for President Commenced this Afternoon. The second ballot at Chicago resulted as follows: Bland . ........................ . ................. 281 Bryan- ........................................ 197 Matthews............r 53 Blackburn. .................................... 41 Patterson ............. _ ........................ 11 Stevenson ................................... 10 Pennoyer .............................. . ........ 9 Teller .................... .. ...................... 8 Hill ........... . ...... . ............................. 1 Marsden of Louisana moved to sue- pend the two-thirds rule and was de- clared out of order. The third ballot resulted as follows: Bland ........... . .............................. 291 Bryan .................. _ ................... , ..... 2 19 McLean .............................. _ ......... 5 4 Boles ............... . .......................... SC» Matthews..... ................................ f .1- Blackburn .................................... :7 Patterson ...................................... :7 Stevenson ..................................... 7 Not voting, 162. As we go to press the fourth ballot is being taken. GEORGETOWN. Hurry Beers, son of 'Mr. and Mrs_ James Beers, of this place, died this morning of diphtheria. A WOMAN’S INVENTION: A Fireman's But which Achieves Great Results. Mrs. Tohn H. Miller, of Syracuse, has invented a wonderful firemau’s cap. Mr. Miller put on the cap and entered a smokehouse so densely filled with smoke that it was impossible to go near the door without protection, and there re- mained for thirty-five minutes, with no possible chance of getting air from the outside. A fireman connected with No. 1 company entered the smokehouse without the contrivance, and remained there eight seconds before coming into the fresh air, half suffocated and gasp- ing for breath. It was then that Mr. Miller tried the invention and it worked like a charm. . The cap is made of fine strips of as- bestos conformed to the shape of the head. It is held fast in place by a. rub her band, making it air tight. Its weight is only 16 ounces, and it is so constructed as to enable a person to carry it on the arm without any incon- venience. There is a strip of mice. be- fore the eyes, so no inconvenience is suife'red in this respect. A silk sponge through which no smoke can enter. but which permits the ingress of air in plentiful quantities, fills an aperture for the mouth, and when prOperly adjusted the cap is so simple that its efficacy is apparent at a. glance. When it is understood that firemen are unable to remain in a smoking building longer than three or four min- utes at a time, an invention of this character, which enables a man to ‘grope about in a stifling atmosphere for an hour, certainly reduces chances of losing life through suffocation to a min- imum.-—Syracuse Standard. IN MERRY VElN. “You ought to be proud of your wife. She is a brilliant talker.” “You’re right there.” “Why, I could listen to her all night.” “I of ten do.”—Texas Siftings. “Why does Bates insist 'on calling that white horse of his cream colored?” “Because he used to be a milkman, and still clings to the tricks of the trade.”——Detroit Free Press. “Energy,” said the professor, never wasted.” ”I guess.” said the young Fresh,“that the old man never fanned the air so hard that he almost pulled his spine in two when two men were out and the bases full."—Indianapolis Journal. ' “I didn’t see you out fishing Sunday.” said Jones to Manshun Howze. "No,” replied the latter, sadly. all the fault of the Raines law.” “Why, that don’t prohibit fishing, does it?” “No, but it closes the saloons so we can’t get any bait.”—Buffalo Times. ‘(is £(It’s Smile y—I told Miss Pucker,when she put her lips in position and whistled, I felt like kissing them. Wiley—And what did she say? Smiley—Oh, she seemed to think the remark called for an encore.—-Yonker’s Statesman. - A man one morning at family prayers prayed for a good neighbor in great des- titution. After the prayer his boy said to'him: “Papa, give me your pocketbook and I will go over to Mr. Smith’s and an- swer your prayer myself. ——Philadelphia American. -Subscribe for the Gazarrs. SOUTH NORWALK. The South Norwalk Office of the Gazette is at the store of New. man & Pinney. No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and orders for Job Printing, as well as items of News.'can be left with Homer M. Byington, Manager. Water at the Knob 68°. Ben. F. Andrews'is having a topsail made for the “Fannie.” Mrs. Emma E. Stevens, of Clay street is visiting with friends in Darien. The barge Sharp Shooter is at John H. Ferris’ wharf loaded with bricks. A large number of young boys were in swimming near the drawbridge this morning. Sylvester Brown, of Franklin street, will move on Monday to Keyser avenue East Norwalk. The tire of Ben. F. Andrew’s tandem exploded while he was outwheeling last night. The Misses Agnes and Louise Blinn, of Toledo, Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. A. A. Graham. ' Miss Maggie Dart of this city is visit- ing friends in South Norwalk.—Bridge- port Standard. The schooner Manchester and End- son lies at John H. Ferris’ wharf load- ed with curb stones. . Court Narruk, A. O. F., installed their recently elected officers at their meeting last night. Mr. Lester Lee, of Brooklyn, is vis- iting Miss Millie Sherwood, at her home on Woodward avenue. Miss Irene Meier, of Brooklyn, is visiting Miss Millie Sherwood at her homeflon Woodward avenue. An East Norwalk Tramway car was stalled on Riverside avenue last night, by the armature burning out. Councilman Frank N. Ferris has ar- rived home from Portland, Me., where he has been spending a two weeks va- cation. It is rumored that the Consolidated road proposes to equip the Stamford line with the underground or third rail system. Miss Millie James, of New York city, is visiting her cousms, the Misses Tes- sie and Lottie Davis, at their home on Bayview avenue. Humboldt Lodge, Sons of Hermann, met in the Mystic Chain hall on Wash- ington street last night. Routine busi- ness was transacted. The 1:32 Tramway car from Norwalk ran off the track at the East Norwalk switch yesterday afternoon. It was gotten on again after a short delay. Employee of the Consolidated road are now engaged in repairing and fix- ing up the stoves used at the 600 stations of the road, in readiness for the fall season. Albert and Howard Mossman have returned to this city after an extended cruise in the Emerald. Howard 'is compelled to use crutches, the result of his tumble in the Amherst—Wesleyan races at Worcester a short time ago. Another of those delightful subscrip- tion dances will be held at the Yacht Club’s house on Hickory Bluff Monday evening. It is rumored that the car will take the Norwalk people up to the end of the route this time. The Governing committee of the Nor- walk Yacht club was to have met at Dr. : Allen’s residence on Washington street last night, but as there was not a quorum I present an adjournment was taken un- l til next Wednesday evening. O’Brien Sr Schindler, the Bridgeport masons and builders, have been award- ed the contract for building the new power house which the Consolidated road proposes to locate in Stamford to run the trolley system there. It will be similar in construction to the one in Nantasket and will be an immense building. The smoke stack will be 140 feet in height. Parrot Gave an Alarm. While Simon Clock, a Newburg far- mer, and his family were engaged in prayer recently, a tramp quietly entered the open door of the kitchen and, seat ing himself at the breakfast table, pro- ceeded to enjoy a feast. A parrot, that hung in its cage, alarmed the family, who were in an adjoining room, and the farmer discovering his unbidden guest, compelled him to pay for his breakfast by three hours work in the field. . A Dialogue in‘t'he Night. The man in the upper berth leaned over its edge, and, jamming his frown firmly down on his brow, cried in a harsh, coarse voice that was audible above the rattle and rumble of the en- gine: “Hi! you, down there. rich?” ”Heb?” ejaculated the man in the lower berth, almost swallowing his Adam’s apple. “Whazzer matter?” “I say, are you rich?” “What’s that, sir! Rich? .What do mean by waking me up in the middle of the night to ask me such a question as that?” . “I want to know—that’s why.” “Well, then, confound you, I am rich. Now I hope your curiosity is satisfied and you will let me go to sleep.” “Very rich?” "Millionaire, confound you. shut up, and——~” “Well, then, why in torment don‘t you hire a. whole train to do your snor- ing in?” ' Are you Now ——Advertise in the GAZETTE. A Woman Used the First Fork. The first fork was used by a woman. She was a princess who married a prince of Venice, and at their wedding breakfast she used a silver fork. It made a great sensation, and the fashion was taken up by the wealthy families, who had forks made. The innovation of using a fork to eat with was severely condemned by the Church, which thought that the weapons provided by nature were enough to use in tearing their food and conveying it to the mouth, says the Chicago Chronicle. It was 600 years later before forks were introduced into England. ' The fork has had a hard fight for popularity with people who like to shovel their food into their mouths, and think the quick process way the best. in many rural communities the fork is still regarded as an aflectation of the overt refined. It is said that the long- haired statesmen of Kansas will eat peas with their knives when they go electioneering. Migratory Crustaceans. In all probability few persons sus- pect that crabs have what is called the homing instinct that is so pronounced in pigeons, and can make their way along a muddy coast a distance of sev- eral miles; but crabs and many ani- mals travel faster than one would sup- pose. ' ‘ ‘ - The Philadelphia Enquirer states that they will travel back home at the rate . of five miles in three days. Marbles a Common Game 2,000 Years Ago. Marbles are named from the Latin “marmor,” by which name similar play. things were known to the boys of Rome 2,000 years ago. Some marbles are made of potter’s clay, and baked in an oven just as earthenware is baked. but most of them are made of a. hard kind of stone found in Saxony. Marbles are manufactured here in great numbers and sent to all parts of the world, even to China, for the use of the Chinese children._——Chicago Chronicle. Slow Work. It has taken six men seven days, each working eight hours a day, to paint the uplifted right arm which bears the torch on the Statue of Liberty on Bed- loe’s Island. The Superintendent said today that it would take nearly three months to complete the job. The great- ' est difficulty is experienced in rigging the interior scaffolding. The paint be- ing used is known as non-corrosive plumbago. .I)octor—Don’t be alarmed. I was sicker than you are a year ago, and with the same trouble. To-day I am well and hearty. Patient (anxiously)—Oh, doctor, tell me who was your physician.-—Water- bury American. 1 . ' Leave the Carpet Up. One half of the secret of being com- fortable during the heated terms or summer and early autumn is included in suitable furnishing. There are two ways of treating a room; one makes it close, stuffy and unendurable even to the sight; the other makes it so inviting and so cool looking that it will tempt one to abide in it and forget the torrid terrors of the unsheltered out-of-door spaces. No room can possess this de- light if it is carpeted. The very sight of the woolen carpet and curtains and upholsterings makes one shrink back and dislike to touch them in mid- summer. 'uon'sindod JO ooo‘or Arena in euo era uopuoq u; seprogns 911,]; '53:: u; qqfigeq so; ssqouer sseupuux [sprains ‘puerfiug u; so neat so eoucrg u; onus nous sameness oueoeg seprorus JO qouour eq; 9; .reqmeaoN onus Suturnsse u; ueqeosiu‘r ”on among .___.—_L———- "191'99ul'eld [“191 Nero—“putts 511! 9.191110“! morn. ,guorsssd Sunni aqz or 9;qu ‘edcdn monopodxa mod; Snylpnp IIEIIE’S YOIIII GIIIIIGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before, purchasing. ' Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. .Will he sold at a Bargain. wQ H.3YINGTON, Real Estate and Insurance, Room I. Gazette B’l’d. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable to my taxes to the City of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that the undersigned, Collector of Taxes for said City, on assessment list of 1895, has received a warrant from the Mayor for the collection of the tax laid by said City. 1! -reh 2, 1896, on the ratable es- tate llume to taxation therein; that Said Tax is Payable July Isl, And that he will be present at the Council Boom in the Fairfield County National Bank Building, every week day from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and from 2 to 5 p. m. from July 1, 1896 until Sep- tember 1, 1896.. Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 o’clock. Also, that upon all of said taxes re- maining unpaid after the let day of August, 1896, interest at the rate of nine (9) per cent. per annum will be charged from the let day of July, 1896, until the same is paid. ADDISON A. Burrs, Collector of City Taxes, List of 1896. nu Pill 9 SOLD UNDER GUARANTEE. Actual cost less than $1.25 per 23L Is what the Redskin uses when he is looking for fight, but for mak- ing the home look ful the American Knight of the Brush uses none but Longman Martinez’ Paint. which is unexcelled. For Sale by the} South Norwalk Hardware 00., 24 SOUTH MAINESTREETJISOUTH NORWALKJECONN Importan t -:- thice 2 A Great Sale of ' WALL PAPERS- ' $3,000 Worth of Wall Paper will, be Sold AT COST Duringvthe next Thirty Days. ’ Newman & Pinney, * l 2 North. Main sStreet, South Norwalk.g ‘be found anywhere. IBRIDGEPORT, .... Th@ e c o o 3 10). M. Read "“ "wl @ompnny. NEW CARPET CONDITIONS Have started in with July—new prices. And the beauty of the whole new arrangement is, the qualities are as good as ever. All during this month we shall give this great opportunity full swing, shall let you choose choice celerings and beautiful patterns from thoroughly reliable grades at prices which will make a big saving for anyone 'who buys during this special sale. BEST BODY BRUSSELS, $1.00 yd... Moous'rrss, 90c. yd. TAPESTRIES. 45c. yd. ALL-WOOL INGRAINS, 45c. yd. Belts, Buckles and Belt Plus at all ‘ sorts of prices. ' Waist Sets, Cuff Buttons and Studs. One of the most pleasing assortments of silver goods to One of the best. Matting Veranda Rugs, Porch Blinds and Grass Seats become more popular from day to day, the more they are used. We've lots of them; can furnish them singly or equip a whole piazza. *— Picnic goods cheap. Cheap Crockery, Glassware and Tinware. You’ll hunt a long time before you’ll find another such place for so many different picnic and excursion things; at anywhere near the low prices we’re asking. —_ Shirt Waists, cheap enough to wear fora day and throw away, good enough to wear to a dozen outings— all summer if need be. Better ones of course, for more particular occa- sions. ' Suits, Separate Skirts and Wrap- pers. We are always adding; afew to our stock, just enough to keep well supplied in case you happen in and want something pretty stylish. — Parasols‘ and Sun Umbrellas in great plenty. Plenty enough to make good choosing and cheap buying. We've sold more this season than any year since we’ve been in busines.
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