.yl l Hbovc all others Both in the public’s estimation and in it’s intrinsic value. All because B~L Tobaccos have always been kept up to their high stand- ard. That’s Why B—L stands for best leaf, best flavor, the kind that suits, and is too high a standard for competitors to reach. ABBOTT’S °3 EH31 llllllflll 5' tom Paint Cures OORNS, BUNIONS and WARTS SPEEDILY and WITHOUT PAIN. FOR SALE BY ALL DBUGGISTS. LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Prop’rs, Lippman’s Block, SAVANNAH, GA. MEEKER COAL CO. FLOWS, FLOWS IIEPAIIIEII, GOAL, WOOD, BRICK, LIME, GEMENI, TILE PIPE. UFFIUE WITH 13. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NOBWE LL D OLON HOUS GREGORY’S 10|NT. —_——- NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON UFlBQl. SIIOIIE IIIIIIIEIIS, IIIIOIIE ISLAIIII SLAM BAKE, BATIIIIIG, BOATING, FISIIIIIG. Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, Manager. HALE LUIS; c... BALSAM 25C. Ask YOur Druggist IIT IIIIIIE. Don’t go out of town to have your Awnings made when you can get them right here at home just as cheap. If you want a canopy for a party or a wed- ding. I will supply it at two holirs’ notice. A letter or postal card will receive prompt at. tention. P. E. CALLAHAN, Awning Maker, 53 Cross §t... Norwaik. % WEEKLY NUHWALk'g LOCAL NEWS. Miss Sadie Seaman has returned to .her home in Amityville, after a visit with Miss Irene Dibble,o of Bavview avenue. Mrs. Philip Wheeler, of Concord street, has returned to her home from a two weeks’ visit at Trinity Lake. Miss Anna C. Sanford, of Franklin street, is entertaining Miss Ruth Mer- ril of Pittsfield, Mass. William H. Disbrow is spending two weeks in Troy, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Holmes are home after enjoying a week at VVestport. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Keeler of Main street, Norwalk, are Spending a few days at Banksville, N. Y., guests of Mr. Keeler’s brother. Miss Lucy C. Downs is spending the week in Ridgefield. Cashier H. P. Price of the National Bank of Norwalk, has returned from Block Island. Mrs. William Scudder, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is the guest of her nephew, D. H. Weeks. Miss Mai Curtis, of Knight street, is visiting in Liberty, N. Y. George Flynn, who has been em- ployed in South Norwalk several months, has returned to Danbury. Miss Elizabeth Budd, of Matteawan, N. Y., who has been visiting Mrs. John H. Bodwell on Madison street, has returned to her home. Miss Anna Harford, of Burbank street, has as her guest Miss Mamie Hamilton of Bridgeport. Ebenezer Hill, Jr., is taking the place of George L Woodward in the National Bank ofNor1valk,wh11e the atter is in Maine. Miss Phebe Butts, who has been spending a few weeks with Mrs. C. F. Rider, of XVestport avenue, has re- turned to her home in New York city. Mrs. Daniel McLoughlin of Philadel~ phia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M Ratchford at her summer residence in \Vinnipauk. Mr. and Mrs. L. Robbins of Albany are the guests of Mr. F. S. Bailwitz on Belden avenue. The Old Elm Tree club ofl will have a dinner at Beck Side Inn, Saturday evening. Norwalk 5 ' Lake Uncas tribe of Red Men will eujoy an outing at Burchard’s grove on La- bor day. Clams, corn and sich things will be served under a tent. The report of the special library committee will be found in another column of this issue. It shows that up to July 1, 1896, $1292.34 had been ex- pended and up to June 1, 1897, $3277.22. A falling off in the potato crop is re- ported, the farmers giving very dis- couraging reports. It is said that ow- ing to the numerous heavy rains during the past month the tubers have rotted in the ground, and are also consider- able smaller than last year. One deal- er states that while potatoes have been selling at 65 cents a bushel, he would not be at all surprised to see them go up to an even dollar. Another of Norwalk’s aged and high- ly esteemed "Mothers in Israel” passed to the beyond, when the pure spirit of Elizabeth, widow of the late Alonzo C. Arnold, this morning took its flight. Mrs. Arnold was in the 85th year of her age and leaves a son, Charles N., and a married daughter, to mourn her loss. She was a most estimable lady and beloved by all who ever knew her and her end is peace. On June 1 last George W. Rykeman of VVestport, was riding up the main street in that town in his milk wagon, when an electric car came up behind him. He endeavored to get out of the way, but the car struck his wagon and completely wrecked it. He was thrown out and received injuries to his back and legs from which, he claims, he is still suffering. The motorman made every effort to stop the car, but from some deffect, so it is alleged," in the brake gear he was unable to do it. Being unable to settle the matter with the Railway company, Mr. Ryl e- man retained De Forest & Klein of Bridgeport as counsel and has brought suit against the company, to recover $5,000 damages for injuries. A test will soon be made by the Con solidated Railroad with freight earl equipped for the electric motive power. The officials of the electrical depart- ment have been considering the prac- ticability of running electric freight trains over that part of the system which has been equipped with electric . f power and several cars are in the shops l I nearly ready to run over the thirdrr 1 line; The freight cars are of the ordinary size and pattern, with the motors at- tached to the axles at both ends. If the trial is successful, the electric freight trains will be run regularly over the branch between New Britain and Middletown. not yet made any plans for the ext 311- sion of the electric motor system., Anton Gustafson, a Swede, employed as a day laborer on the farms in the vi- 1 einity of Redding, has developed hy-x drophobia. and suffers terrible agony. He is kept under restraint in the lit— l tle cottage which he has occupied for ! several years near the Norwalk road, and can live but. a few days at the longest. _ The company has' '5' n \ . His caseis similar to that of the Georgetown farm band, who was bit- ten nearly a year ago, and only showed signs of the disease this summer. Gustafson was bitten just about a year ago, and all through the. hot weather has complained of a queer feeling in his head. 1 At times he was nearly frantic, and begged his wife to . tie him up so that he would not harm her or his three small children. She became accustomed to these at- tacks, and always did as he requested. It was during one of these spells on Sunday that he first developed the symptoms of the disease, and he has g1 own nrapidly worse since. A to1nado struck the town of Bethel at 4:30 o clock yesteiday afternoon. Trees were torn up by the roots, dishes and household articles were shaken from their shelves in a number of houses. The rumble could be heard for fully 10 minutes before the wind struck the village. The tin roof of William Ohler’s three story frame house was lifted. bodily and hurled a distance of 100 yards. A horse shed owned by George A. Kidder was completely demolished and portions of it were carried for hundreds of feet. The tornado lasted about five min- utes. It came apparently out of a cloudless sky and subsided as quickly as it came. At the Bethel reservoir there was a cloudburst and portions of the bank- ing around the reservoir was washed away. The crops out-side the village were badly damaged by hailstones. No one was injured and no accurate estimate of the damage can be given. EAST NORWALK. The engagement of John Keogh and Miss Hattie Hendricks of Broad River is announced. The GAZETTE will be delivered tit your door every night if orders are left with Harry Ainsworth. L. J. Jones has been granted a patent on a rotary flue cleaner. A. Stull is moving his goods into his new store on Cottage avenue. ‘A‘ ‘77 DARIEN. Miss Helen Morehouse is visiting friends in Bridgeport. Miss E. A. Haskins, who has been at J. E. Morehouse’s, has returned to her home in Brooklyn. Carl W'uerz, the young man that was so severely injured in the Diamond meet at Stamford last Thursday, is able to be out again. The interior of the Post Office build- ing is now entirely completed, and Mr. Ballard will shortly move in. An infant industry has been started in the shape of a chinese laundry. The Tramway Co. has placed a new switch near the station. Mrs. David Bennett of Bethel is visit- ing her sister, Mrs. Clarence Clock. Alexander Morehouse of New York is visiting his brother, Alfred M ore- house. Mrs. Julia Morehouse of Springfield, l\l.1ss.. is spending some time with the family of Thaddeus Bell. Volunteer Hook and Ladder Co. con- templates a trolley ride as soon as the harvest, moon puts in its appearance. Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Austin, who have been spending two weeks in the Adiron— dacks. are expected home Friday. Selectman Maekey expects to h..ve plans and specifications for the . new section of macadamized road at Nero- ton ready in a few days for examina- tion by contractors desiring to bid. Miss M. J. Davis is expecting a visit in September from a distinguished nephew from Argentinia. He has been for twenty-five years in South America, filling a government position, and n3w retires 011a pension. Rev. IV. S. Grisson and family, who h we been spending the summer with Mr. and Mrs. James Birchard have started for their home in Greenville, N. G. Mr. Grisson preached in the Methodist church, Sunday night. England Production. The result of 14 years in cycle construction. Iverlohnsun ‘ cycles Send for Catalogue. Iver Johnson's Arms & cycle Works, Filehhurg. Mass. CRAZED BY RELIGION. Negroes In a South Carolina Hamlel In a Perfect Frenzy. TBYIN G T0 BURY THE DEVIL. Mn and Women, Excited by the Cries 01 the Exhorters. Fall to the Ground Unconscious—The Telling of a New Bell Caused It 1111. Mountville, S. 0., Aug. 27.—Never in the history of this state nor probably 'in that of the United States has there been such a. Wonderful religious revival as that now here. Thousands upon thousands of negroes are shouting themselves into wild frenzy. Day after day, hour after hour, the throng of religion crazed negroes in- creases, and their actions become more and more wild and frantic. The excitement began upon the recep- tion here of a church bell about two weeks ago. The bell was for a. colored church in the southeastern portion of the city. As soon as it was received and hung in the church steeple it was rung steadily for six consecutive hours. The church people all over the city flocked to the church, and soon it would not hold them all. The bell stopped ringing for a. few minutes, and then be- gan to toll solemnly. For six hours the tolling was kept up, and word went out that it was tolling for the death of the devil, and that all who wished to attend the funeral should hasten to the place. Negro exhorters rose and addressed the assembled hundreds on that first day and told them that they had at- tended the high court of heaven, where God sat in the judgment seat. “And, oh, brethern and sisters, the devil was tried there before that awful court,” cried one. of the preachers. “Yes, he was tried and convicted before the Almighty God and a jury of twelve shining white angels, and when he was found guilty, from the four corners of the,universe came millions and millions of souls and passed sentence upon him. Burying the Devil. “And brethren, he’s been turned over to us right here in Mountville, to the negroes of this town, to bury forever. “The old devil‘s dead at last, and We are going to bury him deep so he’ll nev- er trouble the people any more.” ”Glory! -Glory halleluiali! Bless the Lord! Sing the glad tidings—the devil is dead!" shouted the people. “The devil is dead! The devil is dead! Come to the meeting and help to bury the devil!” was shouted in at cabin doors far and wide. “The devil is dead! Come to Mount- ville while there is time!” was repeated throughout the county and the state. The news spread like wildfire among the negroes. From North Carolina and Florida and Alabama and Georgia the negroes came flocking in. Every train brings hun- dreds of men, women and children. Ev- ery road leading to the town is filled with the colored pilgrims. The little farms are deserted by the negroes ev- erywhere. The ripening crops are neg- lected. “The devil is dead!” is the cry going 'up from thousands upon thousands of negroes everywhere, and the excitement grows fiercer and fiercer. "Come and see old satan destroyed forever and ever!" is the call going out in every direction, and the response is prompt and enthusiastic. The throng in front of the church day and night now fills five acres of ground, and is continually increasing. Everybody In a Frenzy. Men and women shout gnd yell and shriek with frenzy. other and dance up and down and spin around until they are exhausted and fall screaming to the ground. A platform 3 feet high and 20 feet square has been built in front of the church on which the negroes are laid to recover their strength and senses after they have become exhausted. The platform is always filled. Men and women gather in knots and struggle and yell and tear the clothes from their own and each other's backs, but always keep up the cry that the devil is dead and that glory is coming. Sometimes a strange hush comes over the throng and then, as though at a signal, all turn and face the east and shout in conCert: “Lo! See the stars and moons and suns roll back from our path to heaven! Hear the mighty song of welcome go from universe to universe!” Not for ten minutes at a time does the church bell cease its ringing and tolling. Not for ten minutes at a time has it ceased since it was hung in its place over two weeks ago. From 5,000 throats goes up the cry: “Lord, don’t call the roll till I get there!” And from as many thousand other threats comes the response: “I will not call my roll till the Mount- ville negroes all get here.’ When a negro can be induced to cease his shouting and singing and praying ldng enough to talk, he says that he and his fellows are all half way to heaven new. ' They say they are midway between earth and heaven; that they have no more earthly feeling or memory of the past. Coming by Thousands. They have come by the thousands with no pro11sons, but they do not seem to care fo1 ea‘. ing They say they ha1e no bodily needs. Nearly every one is dressed in white. Many have stripped off their outer cloth- ing because it is dark and wear only their undergarments. The mules and horses they have driven or ridden to the , .great meeting are neglected and starv- ing. Colored girls, sobbing and screaming, fall senseless to the ground and lie there, while others dance and sing in a z circle around them. I Colored trainhands desert passing 1 trains and join the shouting throng. All . night long the wild, fierce, exultant , singing and yelling keep up. At dawn , they pat their hands on their knees and their feet on the ground, keeping time. they say, to the singing of the angels in the morning sky. l i Once or t111ce thunderstorms have I come up and drenching rain has poured from the clouds upon the mass of fren— zied negroes, but they have only shouted louder as the lightning flashed and the thunder boomed. Many of the negroes show the effect They hug each . Erin”. Endorsed by Physicians for50 years. 50 cents and $1. Tarrant & Co., Chemists, - New York cures Choose for Health. When a. laxative remedy is ’ needed, you have your choice between the harsh,disagree- able, exhausting remedies and Tarrant’s Seltzer Apex-lent, afoaming, sparkling, agree- able draught that refreshes and strengthens while it of the awful strain they have been un- der—the loss of sleep and want of food Their cheeks are hollow and their bodies emaciated, but their eyes burn with a feverish, bright light, and their hoarse voices continually cry to God to save them and their fellows. From 600 to 800 negroes arrive eacl. day and join the great crowd. The new- comers are quickly swallowed up in the struggling mass and become insensible to all earthly surroundings. Always a score of exhorters are preaching and adding to the excitement by their appeal and warnings. When a preacher stops, exhausted in mind and body, another springs to his place. Children lost, frightened and hungry run about in the crowd crying, but 11:: one notices them. White People Alarmed. The white people are becoming much alarmed. The excitement is increasing: all the time, and every day the crowd of negroes shows a marked increase, whit; none of the frenzied worshipers is going away. The whites are wondering what the end of it all will be. Several meetings have been held, but no one seems able to suggest any way to deal with the situation. It cannot keep up much longer. The early comers are getting weak from -~..want of food and sleep. All are worn out by the excitement. A number have apparently become wholly insane. What the end will be no one can fore- tell, but there is much uneasiness among those who have watched the matte: closely. A RACE WITH DEATH. “'1“ of Chief Justice Fuller on the \Vay to Her Daughter’s Deathbed. Chicago, Aug. 27.—Mrs. Melville W. Fuller, wigs of the chief justice of the supreme court, is traveling as fast as special trains can carry her through the transmississippi states on hex way to the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, who is dangerously ill with appendicitis at Ashford’s farm, near Mount Tacoma,- Wash. Mrs. Fulle1 was at Bar Harbor, Me. when she received a telegram telling of her daughter’s illness. With her young- est daughter Mrs. Fuller at once start- ed on the race against time across the continent. She passed through Chicago ast evening after making arrangements to get a special train at St. Paul today to carry her with all possible speed to her destination. The special train will cost about S2 ,,000 but the anxious moth- er will save many precious hours by taking it. By the regular train Mrs. Fuller could not reach Tacoma. until 10:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Her special train will arrive there, it is calculated, late Sat- urday afternoon. At Tacoma Mrs. Fuller and her daughter will take a. stagecoach and. with the aid of numerous relays of horses, will make the trip of 56 miles to Mount Tacoma in less than six hours, so that she will be at her daughter’s bedside before the regular train from the east reaches Tacoma. Mrs. Wallace. who is so ill, is the fourth daughter of Justice and Mrs. Fuller. She was famous as a beauty in Washington society, where she made her debut in the winter of 1889-90. The Czar’s Significant Words. St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—At the lunch- ~ eon given today in honor of the czar on board the French cruiser Pothuau. the vessel which eo'nveyed President Faure to Cronstadt, the czar, in proposing a toast to the French president, said: “Your stay among us creates a fresh bond between our two friendly and al- lied nations, which are equally resolved to contribute with all their power to the maintenance of the peace of the world in the spirit of right and equity.” A Father Accused of Cruelty. Lambertville, N. J., Aug. 27.—Joseph Priatico, an Italian laborer, was arrest- ed here today upon the complaint of Dr. Larison, one of the practicing physi- cians of the town. Dr. Larison charged Priatico with having eluelly beaten 3 6- -year- -old child. In the complaint it is averred that the Italian beat the child with clubs, dragged it about by the haix and kicked it. A coon STORY OF BLAINE. 11):: Stage Robbed of 3 Fine Actor Accord- ing to Gen. glues-man. A good story of James G. Blaine is void by a writer in the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. The. incident related was 1 magnanimous and clever act of the Maine statesman, when, as Speaker at the House, he got through a resolu- zion appropriating $12,000 to the needy widowed daughter of Zachary Taylor. She had reached Washington on her way to Paris to see a sick daughter, and, being destitute of money, ap- pealed to her only friend at the capital, General Sherman. His purse was al‘ ways open to the distressed, but he had no funds at all adequate to relieve her necessities. In this emergency he thought of Blaine. The man from Maine entered into the spirit of the oc- casion as soon as he heard General Sherman’s statement. He called an- )ther to the chair, made a five-minute speech that fairly electrified the House, which passed the resolution which Blaine had penned only a moment be- fore. He took the resolution in per- .son to the Senate, where it also was immediately pass-ed, had the President to sign it the next day, and the follow- lng day the beneficiary got the money. General Sherman always insisted that Blaine would have made the grandest actor that ever lived, and in adapting his career to politics be robbed the 1tage of a born star. ' HE EARNED HIS REPUTKTION. No Sausage to Sell and No Demand and Yet the Price Declined. Mr. Depew's reputation as a good story-teller is so well known that it is unnecessary to comment upon it. Prob- ably one of the best stories with which he delights his audiences is the one involving the question of supply and demand, and the regulating of prices solely by these two factors. In dis- pute of this Mr. Depew says that one day he was walking along a street and passed a German butcher shop. Out of curiosity he entered the place and inquired the price of sausages. “Dwenty cents a. bount,” replied the butche1. . « “But ” said Mr. Depew, “it seems to me I saw your sign this mowing, and it read ‘Fresh Sahsages. 25 cents a pound.‘ Why did you reduce your price?” - “Oh, dot was all right. I don’t got none now und I can’t sell any. Dot makes me a reputation for selling "sheap, 111111 I don’t lose noddings.” According to this, as Mr. Depew says, “There was no demand, as I did- n’t want any, and there was no sup- ply. as the butcher hadn’t any, and yet the price of sausages went down." Thole Darned Pickles. When Governor Sam Houston first visited Washington he dined in a ;tarehed collar with the President of :he United States and the leading polls licians. At the dinner he tasted cham- pagne for the first time in his life. ‘Forty-rod” whisky was good enough for politicians where he came from. But he enjoyed himself, and drank his share of the wine. 7 Toward the and of- the dinner olives were, handed 'ound. Houston had never seen olives, out tried one and put it back upon his plate. The President looked down the able. “How are you getting on, Gov- arnor Houston?” he asked. » “Wal, President,” said Sam, “1 like your ci- ier, but darn your pickles!”-Thc Nave. English Lord ‘(to a younger son)— t’s time, Clarence, that you were ‘ inking about a career. Dutiful Son—I will be giggled by on, father. 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