m--. _ : ..a..;..¢~ k The Royal in the highest grade belting powder have. Actual tests show it goes OI.- ‘bird further than any other brand. Absolutely I’Ill‘e' now. annum powoen'co., new venue (LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS The Misses Lane, of East Wall street, are enjoying an outing in Pennsylvania. Miss Ella Downs, ofiNew Haven, is the guest of Miss Bessie Ahearn, Cross street, Norwalk. Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Phinney. bf Norwalk, have returned home from their vacation trip. Miss Adah Benedict, of East Nor- walk, has returned from a visit to her brother, Rev. Charles E. Benedict, on Long Island. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Daniels, of Dan- bury, are guests of Walter Fitch, of Westport avenue. A. C. Wheeler has presented each of the inmates of the Masonic Home, Wallingford, with a brand new straw hat. Mrs. Ruth Watrous, of Lexington avenue, New York, is a. guest of Mrs. William G. Thomas, of East avenue. -—P‘r.Of. M. S. Rosen,- the well-known pculist‘ Optician, can be consulted at his 'sfice in the parlors cf "the Mahackemo 'Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesday from 93.. m. to 8 p. m- Eyes examined free. f5-tf A novelty in‘ town in the way of a lamp is one, the reservoir of which is made to resemble as near as possible a shell or a large cartridge. Mrs. Amos Tyrell, of Roxbury Falls is the guest of M r. and Mrs. George S. ‘Trowbridge, of Haviland street, A meeting of Co. D, C.N.G., will be held next Tuesday nightforgthe :pur; pose of electing a captain vice German resigned. _ . . Rev. Frederic W. Norris has been spending a few daystat Litchfield. . One of the finest fields of corn in t0wn is that of W. S. Staples, in East Norwalk. A goodly portion of it is of what is known as the evergreen variety. 7 . _ The Daughters of Rebekah will hold their regular meeting tonight. Dis- trict deputy Mrs. Kate Reynolds will be preSent, and business of importance will be transacted. Weidenhammer will furnish music for the’Knob Outing club dance which takes place Saturday evening. :.E. J. Simms spent yesterday in New York. Charles Rose is erecting a new fence along the Groeschner property, on Fort Point street, East Norwalk. Mrs. Leonard C. Whitney of South Norwalk, is sojourning at Hickory Bluff. . The annual outing of Grace church Sunday school will be held Thursday, July ‘28. . _ ‘ ‘ Miss Catherine Creagh, of Danbury, is visiting friends in Norwalk. Charles Dibble is quite ill at his home on Van Zandt avenue, with inter- mittent fever. , Miss Mary Cuff, daughter of Alder- man Cuff, of Danbury is spending her vacation with her aunt in N orwalk. Persons having rooms to rent for the summer would do well to advertise them in the GAZETTE. Miss Jennie Hollehean, of Cedar street, has returned home froma two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends in Poughkeepsie. Her cousin Miss Mamie Hollehean returned with her for a few weeks’, visit here. Miss Lucy Henry, of N orwalk, is to leave town this week, for Newark, N. J ., where she has secured a situation. Ralph Wade, of Bridgeport, is visit- ing his grandmother, Mrs. William Wade, of West streets Samuel Hendricks of East Norwalk, is nursing a broken arm, received by a, fall in which a bicycle played a no un- important part. Thomas Pen‘nell, who spent nearly. two years in Florence, Italy, studying vocal culture, has arrived in South Norwalk‘with his family. .They are residing temporarily at the residence of Dr. W. C. Burke, in West‘ street. W E E K1. I: -, Net)" Haw; A! 0.716... r A. ZE Mrs. C. M. Boyce, of South Norwalk, has gone to Buffalo to see her daughter. A trustee of the assigned estate of P. J. O’Brien will be appointed next Tuesday at the Probate office. Rev. G. M. Haulenbeck led the mid? week meeting at the Norwalk Method- ist Episcopal church last night. Mrs. C. S. Trowbridge, Mrs. John H. Ferris and Dr. Charles Irving Ferris have arrived home from Diamond Lake, in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Miss Delia St. John, of Norwich, is visiting Miss Maud E. Hoyt, of Roton . Hill. W. S. Adams has purchased the Oscar I. Jones homestead in Westport. Miss Florence L. Callahan, of Brook- lyn, who has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.'Norton, of South Norwalk, has returned home. ' Officer David Reardon, of Pine street, is entertaining Mrs. M. J. Allen and daughter Jennie, of Newark. The Hungarians held a picnic at a a’ grove in Whistleville last night, and the festivities did not close until ‘day- light this merning. The condition of Mrs. A. B. Ezekiel, of Kellogg street, who has been ill for the past two weeks, remains quite ser- ious. . To-day is St. Swithin’s day, and so far it has not rained; therefore the local weather prophet predicts a suc- cession of forty days of dry weather. Gen. Russell Frost has returned from a business trip west. Mrs. Mary Grupe has returned home from an extended vacation in the West. Mrs. James Golden and daughter Agnes,of Fairfield avenue, are visiting in East Orange, N. J. Pitzer & Hodson are removing their hat making plant from the factory at East Norwalk to what is known as the Adams hat manufactory building on Railroad place, South N orwalk. Richard N oack, of Scuth Norwalk, has succeeded John Young as leader of the Philharmonic orchestra. The orchestra made” its first appearance? Sunday night, at a concert in Germania Hall,“Mr_. Younghgas .gone to Boston, whereihh will reside in future.- ‘. Mrs-John . schnuggand- his . daughter Mrs. John Koch and daughter, of the . same city, whohave. been theguests of Mr. and 'Mrs.' F. C. Becker 'Of south Norwalk, have returned home. .. - Miss Meda Adams, of South Nor- walk, is visiting friends in New York. ‘ Jarvis Murray is dangerously ill at his home at Five Mile River. Willis H. Selleck is taking a car- riage drive through surrounding towns. "Colonel Hod” Saunders has sold nine red, white and blue Orient bi- cycles, within a week, he having had a sample of the same only about that length of time. MT: and Mrs. John Hadden are en- joying a few days’ vacation at Ridge- field. Mrs. Louise Day and Miss Fanny Hoyt'entertained the Matinee Whist club at their home in East avenue, Wednesday. The first prize was won by Mrs. George Butterworth; second, Mrs. C. A. Harstrom; consolation, Miss Alice Cram. , Several persons have signified their intention of going on the excursion trip of the steamer Belle HOrton to‘ New Haven next Sunday. It will be asail well worth the nominal price charged for tickets. Mrs. M. H. Glover, Mrs. Martha Gregory and Miss Anna 'Staab have gone to Litchlield, where they will spend several weeks. Mrs. Theodore Raymond, of Dan- bury, is visiting friends in South Nor- walk. Rev. W. H. Thomas will preach in the. Norwalk Methodist church next Sunday, morning and evening. Mrs. Franklin Brown, of Riverside avenue, has gene to Armonk, N. Y., for-avisit. Miss Agnes Russell of South Nor— walk, has gone to Lehigh, Penn.. for a few weeks’ vacation. Alexander E. Wrensch of Montclair, N. J., and at one time prescription clerk at Baxter’s drug-store, is calling on friends in town. To-day is pay-day at the Selectmen’s olfice. ' Albert Morehouse celebrated his ninetieth birthday anniversary yester- day. The funeral of the late W. J. Walsh was largely attended from St. Joseph’s church this merning. '-~.=.The burial was at St. Mary’s cemetery. » TENTH ANNIVERSARY. The Knights of Columbus Feast at Gregory’s Point. ' ' ' _ The local council K.'of C. celebrated its tenth andiversary last. evening at Gregory’s Point, in which a shore dinner was very much in’evidence. It is needless to say that the dinner could not be improved upon when it is known that it was under the immediate superintendence of Landlord O’Sulli- van. Addresses were made by Rev. M. W. Barry, Rev. Robert Fitzgerald, D. D., Past Grand Knight Bernard Tully, G. K. David Flaherty, D. D. S. D. William McMahan, Street CommissiOner J. F. McMahon, D. W.J. Taacey and others. Solos were sung by Messrs. J. J. Mc- Manus, B. Tully, w. H. Hyland and M. Gleason. The party went to and from the scene in a Special trolley car. Thomas mason Dead. Thomas Mason, who for the past fifteen or twenty years has been em- ployed at the Lounsbury, Mathewson & Co. shoe manufactory died at his home on Harbor avenue, Thursday afternoon, after an illness of about six weeks. He thought himself fully able to be about, and last Friday, went to New York to enter a hospital but was taken with convulsions and forced to return home before reaching the hospital. His wife and a family of nine children, the oldest scarce fourteen years of age, survive him. “Tommy” was well liked by- his em- ployers and shopmates as well as by all who knew him. Harvest for the Consumer. July is the Consumer’s month to buy, quoth the Boston Store. and by a perusal of their adv. in to-day’s issue you would think so. They are unload- ing all their summer goods at startling- ly low prices, for thus early in the summer. There are still ten' weeks more of warm weather before! us and the wise woman will purchase her summer wearing apparel now while the variety is good and have the value in wear. For the practical woman there are bargains in every depart- ment. Go early Saturday, and get your choice. ‘A _ ‘v' ’ Sherwood’s Lucky Escape. A delivery, wagon belonging-to Ben- .nett & Husted of South N orwalk, was overturned ‘on W511 .strei'et ‘this‘ ‘mbrn- ing and the driver landed On' the under [$11an » Theaccident was caused by the dropping of one of the shafts of the wagon 'which incited the horse “to run. And he ran. The driver was Frank Sherwood and he‘was spilled out and with the wagon on, top bf him near the freeing himself from the wagon' con- tinued his run but was stopped before having completed his goal at his stable. Sherwood escaped with a few slight scratches greatly to the surprise of those who witnessed the runaway. , ' Hanlon Gets Fo'dfflonihs. In the Town Court, this morning, Judge Gregory found Dan Hanlon guiltyof intoxication, breach Of the peace and assault, and sentenced him to Bridgeport jail foraterm of feur months with costs, which will make his term of imprisonment some eight or nine months. Hanlon took an appeal and his moth- er gave bonds for him in the sum of $250} Miss Libbie Merritt, of Port Chester is visiting friends in town. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the A.O. H. met last evening. Miss Nellie Weeks is acting as sub- stitute for Miss Angeline Scott at the South Norwalk library. I A. Ghiotto of Battery B, in full uni- form was in town to-day. G. W. Schraeder, wife and daughter, of Akron, Ohio, are visiting with the Misses Brown 0n Ward street. Ernest Cornell who is a member of the hospital department at the camp in Niantic, is expected home for a short vacation tomorrow. The fence in from of the First Meth- odist parsonage has been razed and much improves the appearance of the house and grounds. The selectmen and board” of school visitors will meet this ev‘bning. The directors of the Catholic club will meet to-night. Congressman Hill has recommended W. F. Hawkins of East Norwalk, for the vacant cadetship at West Point and W. A. Gainor of Bridgeport, for “alternate. In the competitive exami- nations these two young men rated the same. ' in Arion hall South N orwalk. Monday evening to consider the adVisability‘Jof pense of extending the brick paving of South ; Main street from, Monroe street, to the -" southerly side of Woodward avenue.‘I Mrs. S. L. Weed place.' The horse ford, A special city meeting will be held: appropriating $10,000~ to defray the ex_-; Remember .the Maine. “Like a thief in the dark, With an electric spark, It was done in' the 'night by Spain: But in God’s bright light In an open fight, Dewey made them ‘remember the Maine.’ ” COUNTY LICENSES. Slight Decrease In Receipts For the Year. Amount Received by Town Treasurer of Norwalk $22,467.50. The County commissioners have com- pleted their report of the licenses in Fairfield county for the year ending June 30, 1898, and the total shows an in- crease of three licenses over 1897, and a loss of $590 in the total receipts from this source. The decrease in the re- ceipts is easily accounted for by the fact that there were a large number of licenses taken out late in the year, which swelled the number, while the amount received depended -upon the length of time the licenses had to run. In the totals of the amount received by the various towns, there is also a decrease in revenue in one or two towns due to the change in the law. For instance, Newtown shoWs a falling off of $2,500, while the decrease in the number of licenses was but one. The old law provided that in towns of less than 3,500 inhabitants hotel licenses might be issued fer $150. This excluded New- town which according to the last cen- sus had 3,539'population. Thus the Newtown ‘ hotels paid the full rate, 53450:}; The last legislature amended the t; by increasing the“ figures 3,500 1304’} .5: «a _"I‘.- . 1 Following are the figures by com- parison for the whole county: . Bridgeport, 334, a decrease of 6; Dan- bury 63, increase of-49;-Norwalk 52, de-_ crease of 4;; Greenwich 22, the same; Newtown 9, loss -of~one; Westport'7; Huntington 5; Fairfield 5, gain of 1; New Canaan 7,‘:a gain bf seven; Strat- , I ford 9, decrease of 3; Bethel 3, gain of three; Dari‘enA, loss of 1'; Brookfield’ 1, ‘ and Ridgefield 0.’ ' , - ‘ -' The total number of full licenses, in- cluding beer‘ and druggists and the amount of money received follows: Bridgeport 334, $127.390; Stamford 87, $30,845; Danbury 79, $25,490; Norwalk 64, $23,650; Greenwich 26, $9,660;New‘ town 11, $2,950; Westport 8, $2,565; Huntington 7, $2,350; Fairfield 8, $2,365; New Canaan 10, $1,870; Stratford 11, $1,620; Bethel 5, $1,115; Darien 5, $915; Brookfield' 1, $150; Ridgefield 1, $12. Total licenses 657, amount received $232,857; 1897, $233,447. Amount paid to county treasurer 1898-$11,642,85: 1897 —e$11,672,35; amount paid to town treasurer 18984622131445; 1897—221,- 774,65. . _ The total amounts paid to the town treasurer in 1893 and in 1897 follows: Bridgeport, $121,020.50—3122,972.75, Stamford, $29,302.75—29,625.75; Dan- bury, $24,130——$21,664.75; Norwalk, $22,467.50—623,566.65; Greenwich, $9,: 177—9,490.50; - N ewtown, $2,802.50—4,- 470; Westport, $2,436.75—2,897.50; Strat- $1,539—$2,161.25; Huntington, $2,232.50—82,056.75; Fairfield, $2,246.75 —1,75‘7.50; New Canaan, $1,776.50—$37.- 05; Bethe1,'$2,059.25——$22.80; Darien, storms—$997.50; Brookfield, $142.50— $142.50; Ridgefield, $11.40—$11.40. ‘ The recapitulation for the two years follows: 1898, 534 full liquor licenses; 1897, 527; amount from full liquor 11- censes, 1898, $220,545; 1897, $221,520; beer licenses 46 in both years. Money received 1898, $8,535; 1897, $1,185; drug- gists licenses 77, decrease of 4; amount received 1898, $3,765;1897, $3,742, total amount received, 1898, $232,857. e—Want Tobacco. . Any one willing to contribute tobac- co, or money for the purchase of the same, the tobacco to be later shipped to the Norwalk soldiers at Niantic, will kindly confer with George H. Alien or LeGrand Raymond, who have the mat- ter in charge. ~ —.- ~\ l . prizes, RAILROADS AN-D PIERS Foe MILES. ' The Steamship Bonner-San, “’ivh Tug and Lighters, Sails f -r Santiago. New York, July 15.-—The steamship Ro'umanian, formerly of the Clyde line, and recently purchased by L‘nc government, sailed from this port yes- terday for Santiago. She was accom- panied by the sea going tugs Britan— nia and Gladis'fen, with six steam light» ers, and the expedition will carry 100- skilled laborers and 205 negro labor- ers in addition to the entire appara- tus and supplies necessary to build piers, floats and railroads. It is understood that the contract for this extensive work has been awarded to the firm of D. Van Aken Washington. The firm Will furnish two steam pile drivers, small platform. cars, dummy engines and light steel rails and ties, also lumber and piles. It is the intention to construct rail- roads from the piers into Santiago for the purpose of carrying the troops to the transport ships as soon as the city is taken. The proposed Porto Rican expedition is to consist of 10,000 of the regular troops now around Sa’ntiago,-and the difficulty of embarking the soldiers and supplies without the aid of piers, light- ers, and floats has made it urgent that the con-tract awarded to Van Aken and company should be. pushed forward with all possible speed. It is estimated that it will take the expedition about a week to reach San- tiago, and by that time the Uni-ted State's army will be in full possession of the city. Colonel Huncker has 'had charge of the arrangements for the expedition. which is understood to be the imme- diate result of General Miles's first dis- patches from the front. WILL REQuas'E BIG FLEET. Forty-five Steamers Necessary to Take Spaniards Back to Spain. Washington, July 15.--It was pointed out in VVashingtonyeSterday that the proposition of the Spaniards to adjust the final terms of surrender by a. com- mission Was no novelty in warfare, and especially in such cases as this, where complex considerations are involved. The proposition to remove the Spanish army in the province of Santiago, di- vided as it (is between several towns re- mote from one another, to secure the removal of dangerous obstructions in ports, and to arrange the details of transportation of this army, involves so many factors that considerable time might very properly be expended in ad- justing them. An enormous number of transports will be required to carry out our prom— ise t'o conveyihe Spams‘n troops to Spain. Some idea of the fleet necessary may be gathered from the difficulties that Shafter experienced in landing in Cuba his- first detachment of fifteen thousand men, though he had at Tam- pa all the conveniences of awell equip- ped American port. It is roughly esti- mated that there are in Santiago proi vince and um presumed that the terms of surrender will include that whole province, no less than-'30;00l)~ Spanish soldiers, and to transport these men to Spain, allowing for the presence on eacn ”transport of a suitable guard from the American army, Would require no less than forty-five large steamers. a num- ber in excess of the entire fleet of trans.- ports now. available in southern wa— ters. PORTO RICO EXPEDITION. Major-Gen. Brooke Ordered from Chicka- Inuuga In Consult About It. W'ashington, July 15.--Major General Brooke, commanding the large army of volunteer Uni-ted States troops now at Ch'ickamauga, has been ordered to re- port to Washington and is expected to reach here to-day. It is believed that he has been called to consult as to the Porto Ricaii mili- tary expedition, which it is now pro- posed shall leave the United States within a short time after the fall of Santiago. The details of the expedition will not be set-tied until after the consultation with General Brooke, but it is believ- ed that aside from some of the regulars now in Cuba, the Porto Rican expedi- tion will not draw upon our troops in Cuba to any extent, the plan being to have 'our Cuban forces largely return- ed to the United States for recupera- ti-on. General Wilson's division, composed of the brigades of Generals Haines and Ernst; are under orders for the Porto Rico expedition. One brigade is now at Charleston and the other at Chick- amauga. No more troops. it is ordered, shall be embarked for Santiago, with the ex- ception of two regimen-ts of immun‘es. These immune regiments are at New Orleans and Galveston, where trans- p-O-l'ls have been provided to take them to Cuba. Prizes "ent North. Key West, Fla., July 15.—-Acting un- der instructions from the authorities at Washington, Uni-ted States Marshal Herr will send the following Spanish prize steamers to New York: Miguel Jover, Guido, Catalina and Buena Venture. » The steamers are loaded with col:- ton. staves, cottonseed oil and lumber, and were among the first captured at the outbreak of the war. They are scheduled to leave at four o’clock and will be convoyed by the gunboat Newport. The paroled crews of the Spanish numbering several hundred men. will also accompany the steamers north. Dufl‘ield Nut Wounded. Off Santiago de Cuba, July 15.--Gen- oral Duflield is suffering from malarial fever, but he is not wounded, as re- ported in the United States. According to the last accounts, Gen- eral Duffield was still commanding at Siboney. in the place of General Young, who is sick andis on his way to the United States. England as A rbltrator. London, July 15.--The St. James Ga- zette says it learns from an authori- tative source that he British govern- ment has formally consented to arbi- trate the boundary dispute between Chile and Argentine, if the matter is not mutually settled by August 15 next. ' . ' ~ Co. of' " .NOILCE.‘ CITY TAXES . Notice is hereby given to all persons liable to pay taxes to the City of Nor- walk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that the under- Signed,Collector of Taxes for said City, on the List of 1897, has received a war- rant from the Mayor for the collection of the tax laid by said city, March 7th, 1898, _on the ratable estate liable to taxation therein, that sun nx Is 9mm . ‘ JOLYI5,I898, And that he will be present at the Water Co'mmission'ers’ Room, in the Fairfield’County National Bank Build- ing, every week day from 9 a. m., to 12m. and from 2 to 5 p. m., and even- ings after July 15th, 1898, from 7.30 p. 1159 go 9.00 p. m., until September lst, Also, that upon all of said taxes re- maining unpaid after the 15th day of August, 1898, interest at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum will be charged from the 15th day of July, 1898, until the same is paid. ADDISON A. BETTS, Collector of City Taxes, List of 1897. Pleasure Grove! Between Norwalk and Westport on the Tramway Line. :niucmo. Monday, Thursday and Saturdaymghts. _.' Good Music'lv ' I in“ All kinds of Drinks! 6070mm- GROVE ! '_ Commencing Saturday,,.luly 9th commencing Monday, July 1 11th, The Great Lnndunlircus .D0r10nH0use Gregory’s Point. ShoreDlnners. Rhode Island Clam-bake. Bathing, Boating,Fishlng @Electric cars to Hotel every twen- ty' minutes, connecting with all trains on the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. and branches. JOHN E, O’SULLIVAN, MANAGER PLYMBUTH tact ICE ,, STRIGTLY PllllEl _ Stores and families supplied. ' Lowest mics. ”ELI-3‘ 60., I I North AVG. Norwalk. 5. ’ "
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