Local News. William Walsh is visiting in Phila- delphia. Capt. Haviland Rowland is ill at his home in Rowayton. Miss Edith Perry has returned from a visit in Southport. Mrs. Frank Craw has returned from a visit. in Boston, Mass. Edgar Buttery, the Water street markctman, is on the sick list. The Sampson Social club will give a dance in Raymond s ha ll, No1. ( m km 16 Miss Josephine Pink and Miss Clara Kellogg spent Sunday with New York ' friends. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Harry J Zehm have commenced house-keeping at 16 Quin tard av enue. The Shea company now at Hoyt s Theatie, is one of the be st ever seen at popular prices. A portion of the Crossman dock near Jennings’ place, was wrecaed Saturday by the steamer Vulcan. Miss Vivian Soderstrom of Bayview avenue, spent Sunday, the guest of friends in Bridgeport. Rev. J. McClure Bellows entertain- ' ed friends ata Hallowe’ en party at the rectory on Monday evening. William L. Porter, of South Main street, has been entertaining his father from Beverly, Mass. Miss Agnes Ross Gibbs has accepted the position of solo contralt) in the First Congregational church. Miss May Merritt of Riverside avenue, is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Stevens, in New York. Mrs. Mary Force and Mrs.Grace Mc- Chesney of West avenue, spent Sun- day the guests of friends in Danbury. Mrs. Annie. Millard and Mrs. Ramsey C. Bogy and child. are guests of Mrs. Julia Vanl-loosear of West avenue. William Richardson has purchased the Hotchkiss property, on Cedar street,through the J. M.Layton agency. Miss Eva L. Ferris, of West street. went to Auburndale, Mass, Saturday, to spend two weeks-atLasalle seminary Mrs. Alva Longstreet and daughter Katharine, of Cottage auenue, East Norwalk, are visiting in Bloomsburg, Pa. ' Rev. Dr. Biker, who has passed the summer with friends in Norwalk, has returned to his home in Port Chester N. Y., George F. Elliott, of Stamford, has entered upon a government contract to paint the letter boxes in South Nor- walk. Mrs. Sarah Ann Timpson, wife of Frank B. Timpson, died at her home in West Norwalk, in the 50th year Of her age, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mitchell, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bucknam, have returned to their home in,Ellenville, N. Y., Allen Burritt Downs, of Lebanon, N. 151.. and his sister Mrs. Daniel Dur- kee are guests of Mrs. Harriet It: Die- kerman, High street, South Norwalk. Aaron Olmstead died at his home in Cranbury, Tuesday, in the 83d year of his age. The funeral will be attend- ed from the Cranbury chapel, Thurs- day afternoon. Miss Fanniebelle Curtis and Miss Marie Curtis accompanied by Miss Pr1nce of Brooklyn, N. Y., spent Sun- day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Curtis of Knight street. The marriage of Miss Lillian G. Northrop and George W. Hoxic, Jr., of Shannock, R. 1., took! place at Ashaway on Wednesday last. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Louis Potter and at one time resided in this town. Mr. and Mrs. Hoxie will reside in Shannoek where the groom is engaged in business. The consecration of St. Johns Episco- pal church Stamford, took placeTueday morning, the services beginning at 10:30. About 40 members of the clergy from various parts of the diocese were present and the services were conduct- ed by Bishop CoadjutorRev. Chauncey Brewster. I The sermon was preached by Bishop .Potter, of New York. Bishop Nichols, of California, was also present. Dur- ing the services a tablet of bronze and marble was placed on the walls of the church in memory of the late Rev. Dr. William Tatlock, who as rector of the church planned and attended to the building of the new edifice. , Charles. D. O’Connell, appointed to appraise the property of the late Amos R. Eno, has made a report to the sur- logate in New York. Mr. Eno died on February let last. The value of his estate was estimated at $20, 000, 000. By his will he left the bulk of his fortune to his children and grandChildren and made charitable bequests. The lawyers in charge of the estate placed the value of the real estate at $1, 000, 000 and “ up ward.” The appraiser has fixed the value of the personal estate at $5,609,- 372. The expenses of the administra- tion of the estate are put at $50,000, and the commissioners of executors at $168,. 851. The appraiser states that the real estate left by Mr. Eno will be sufficient to pay all the legacies in full, including those of $150,000 to the chamber of commerce and $50,000 to Amherst WEE See ad. canvassers wanted. Reed Havilandis again conducting the Old Well hotel. .- Governor Cooke has reprieved Ben Willis until December 30th. Miss Bertha M. Adams, of Grove treet, has been v1s iting in Hartford. W. A..Mc Pherson succeeds H. S. Davis as clerk at the Norwalk hotel. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lee, ovaairfield avenue, are visiting in Newark, N. J. The Uncas tribe of Red Men will hold a sociable on the evening of the I 14th. - Rev. A. S. Kavanagh will conduct . the Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday aftei- lnoon next g George E. Hoyt has 1RD Chester, N. Y., after lvis sit in tow n. i Miss Mamie \Vardwell, of Norwalk, has returned from a visit with friends in New Canaan. Irving Wilmot of the training ship St. Mary is spending a few days at his home on Haviland street. Miss Isabelle Ohler, of Bethel, has been spending a few days with Miss Jennie Rood, of Fail-field avenue. A grand conCcrt will be given in the First Congregational church, Wednes- day evening ,November 17th. A son was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Brady, of New York city, formerly of Norwalk. Edward Howell, of East Norwalk, has secured a position in New York as engineer on a tug boat. Miss Eleanor Hoyt, of the State N 01- mal school, is a guest of her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Gould Hoyt, Prospect avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Smith, of Franklin avenue, have been spending a returned to an extended Philadelphia. Col. William Floyd Livermore and daughter, Miss Madge, of New York, were guests over Sunday of Rev. Alex- ander Hamilton and family, of East avenue. ~ Miss Gertrude Onstead, of Union Park. entertained friends at a Hallow— e’en party on Monday evening. Re- freshments were served and a general good time enjoyed. Thé owner of the yacht stolen by a young man named Moore, and which has been anchored at South Norwalk for some weeks,has reclaimed his prop- erty and it will be taken back to Greenwich. Dr. George Bronson died at his home in Danbury on Monday in his seventy-fifth year. He served in the war of the rebellion as hospital steward of the Eleventh Connecticut volun- teers, enlisting in Company A, at Danbury, October 19, 1861, and was honorably discharged December 21, 1865, having served four years and two months. A London despatch says: Dr. Nancy Guilford, the midwife of Bridgeport, whose extradition to the United States, on the charge of murder in the second degree, in connection with the death of Emma Gill, the victim of the Yel- low Mill tragedy has been granted, will sail for New York on Nov. 12 in custody of Detective Cronan of the Bridgeport police. The Congregational church, Norwalk, will give a supper Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, to be served in their chapel. The grand concert spoken of prev1ous- ly will be given Wednesday evening, the 16th. This promises to be a fine affair as talent of a high order has been secur- ed. Richard R. Evans of Yale, a cousin of “Fighting Bob” Evans, was to have been ordained in the Redding Congre- gational church Monday night. A large congregation assembled. Dur- ing the examination it was learned that Mr. Evans’ views were contrary to Congregational doctrines. The council declined to ordain him and the congregation was dismissed. Coroner Doten, of Bridgeport, on Tuesday began an inquest into the death of Filomina Createuro, the Italian who is alleged to have been murdered in Stamford Sunday night by a fellow countryman, Salvatore Zaccaro. The testimony taken was unimportant, and the inquest' was continued until Saturday. - A story is going the rounds in the Stamford Italian colony to the efiect that the cause of the shooting was jealousy, it being alleged that both men were paying attentions to the same young woman. This fact was not brought out at the inquest, however. A young Michigan wife is accused of feeding to her octogenarian hus- band ground glass as a means of get- ting at his bank account. A Buffalo man is under arrest for whipping his sister, having mistaken her for his wife. Blunders will hap- pen in the best regulated families. There is something charming in the fact that comet hunting goes on de- spite war, blood and famine. What is America to do with all her comets?_ “Everybody likes me. I have been in office 27 years. My son is postmas~ ter and my son-in-law is a member of the legislature. Some member of the family has been' 1n office from the first.” This was the happy death- bed speech Of an Ohio patriot. ‘7 1. . KLY " HE BLAMES THE MEN- Camp, Thomas’ Medical Purveyor Say. That Soldiers Were Negligent. Chattanooga, Oct. 31.—Major Edward T. Comegys was the first witness be- fore the war investigating commission Saturday. He was medical purveyor here during the life of Camp Thomas. He stated that there had never been any delay in filling his requisitions on the surgeon general, and that he had always been able to meet all requisi- tions upon himself. Major Comegys admitted that he had refused to fill some requisitions £10m the hospital from the Second di— vision of the ,Third Corps, because he was satisfied that the articles demand- ed were not needed. He accounted for the sickness in Camp Thomas by saying the men did not know how to take care of them- selves. “They seemed to think,” he said, “that when they had put on the uni- forms there was nothing else to do; that they could simply enjoy them- selves and that their officers would do the rest.” He thought the colonels and regimen- tal su1geons were to blame. Lieutenant James M. Arrasmith, who acted as chief commissary of subsist- ence for Camp Thomas, said that while in the beginning there had been some congestion on the transportation lines, there had never been any shortage of ,supphes The rations were the best he had ever seen issued in many years’ expe- rience. He thought the principal trou- ble in regard to rations was in the matter of cooking. The witness considered Chickamauga a natural camping site, but that there were more men in it than there should have been. er took down their tents during their entire stay and there was a general ne— glect of the rules of cleanliness and sanitation. Bids for Supplies in Cuba. Washington, Oct. 31.—Advertisements week at Mr. and Mrs. Smith's home in‘ inviting bids for providing the war de— partment with certain supplies requir- ed by the quartermaster’s bureau in Cuba will be issued in a few days. These include lumber of various di- mensions, machinery of several kinds, including pumps, iron pipes and light- ers by which men and stores may be readily transported from ships to the shore. These are the classes of articles that the Hecker board, now in Cuba inspec- ting and locating camp sites, has ad- vertised for. ' It is found impracticable to secure in Havana and other Cuban cities near the proposed sites all the materials needed, and in consequence much of it will have to be shipped from the United States. The lumber is to be used in construc— ting warehouses, hospitals, providing fioming £01 the tents, etc., while the pumps and iron pipe are necessary f01 maintaining an adequate water sup-- ply. Will Vote in Mill Ocean. Tope (a. Kan” Oct. 31. —The member. of the Filst battalion of the Second Kansas, who sailed from San Francis- co for Manila, carry ballots with them and will vote on Kansas officers‘about midway between Honolulu and Manila. These six hundred men live in western Kansas, where members of the legisla— ture have been elected by less than twenty—five majority. Both state committees admit that fully twenty—five members of the house in sparsely settled western coun- ties can be chosen or defeated by this mid-ocean vote. What worries them is the possibility of a delay in receiving the returns here until February 1, one month after the legislature meets. With a very close vote on state officers, as is now predic- ted, still greater complications confront them. Hobson Before Bureau Chiefs. Washington, Oct. 31.—Naval Con— structor Hobson arrived in this city Saturday from Philadelphia, where he took part in the peace jubilee. He ap- peared before the board of naval bu- reau chiefs for the purpose of explain- ing the condition of the Spanish ships wrecked off Santiago and the progress and prospects of the efforts which are being made for their recovery. It is said that over one million dol- lars will be required to continue the operations, and the secretary of the navy desires to know what chance there is of success before authorizing the expenditure of so large an amount of money. The action of the department will be based on the report of the board of bureau chiefs after the examination of. Constructor Hobson. a~a Emperor at Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Oct; 31.—Emperor Wil- ‘liam and Empress Augusta. Victoria. with their suites, arrived in perfect health at the encampment outside the town Saturday. At 11 o’clock their~majesties entered the Jaffa Gate and at 3 o’clock visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The streets presented a lively appear— ance and the buildings were lavishly decorated. Fix-Postmaster an Embezzler. Boston, Mass, Oct. 31.—Albert Emile Caste, ex-postmaster of St. Pierre, is- land of Miquelon, is wanted at St. Pierre on the charge of embezzling sev.- eral thousand dollars from the postof- lice, and was arrested here a few days ago. Extradition papers were granted and the prisoner was returned on the stea- mer Pro Patrla. Slight Earthquake ln Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 31.—Three dis- tinct earthquake shocks were felt in this city early Saturday, each being about ten'seconds in length. The quaklng was not severe enough, to be noticed generaliy, except in tall buildings and on seismographs. The trend of. the earthquake was in north- erly and southerly diI actions. No Beans: or of Batel. . Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 31.—Through freight rates over the New. York Cen- tral and Lake Shore roads will not be reduced November 1, according to a statement made by President Newman of the latter road. _ "- NORWALK- . sioner Evans, Some of the volunteer regiments nev? GAZE MORTALITY OF THE WAR. The Lives ol’ Three and Sailors Sacrificed, Thousand Soldier! '1‘ 1" to. Chicago, Oct. 31.—Pensions Commls- I who is in this city. states tha‘l; up to September 30 the war ' with Spain had caused the loss of the i lives of 2,906 American soldiers and sailors. He further declared that the statis- tics of his office show that the percent- age of deaths in camps from disease. . last summer was much less than in the 1 civil war. W'hen asked for further particulars he spoke as follows: “In the rebellion forty thousand men were killed in battle and three hun- dred and sixty thousand perished in camps and prisons. From official fig- ures which I have recently completed, covering a, period from May 1 to Sep- tember 30, I find that the total number of deaths as a result of the war with Spain was 2,9.06 Of this number 107 were officers. At Santiago the loss of life was 22 officers and 222 men. This is an average of one officer to every ten men. At Cardenas one officer was killed. Since the battles on Cuban soil sixty-one men have died of wounds received in service. The total number of American soldiers who have died in camps from disease is eighty officers and 2, 520 privates. This is remarkable in view of the terrible climatic disad- vantages, and it fully verifies the sol- dier’s adage that disease kills more men than bullets. There have been six hundred claims for pensions filed to date as a. result of the war. “In the Cuban campaign the loss of so many officers is accounted for by the fact that Spanish sharpshooters hidden in the trees and dense foliage, used smokeless powder and picked off the officers with ease. Some of the wounds received by officers were re- markable. I recall one case in partic~ ular, that of Captain Knox of the First cavalry. The captain was shot in the back. The ball penetrated his kidney, liver and lung and broke two of his ribs. He is alive to-day and the pres!- dent has promoted him." Commissioner Evans says that the loss of life resulting from the destruc- tion of the Maine in Havana harbor will be placed on the same basis as mortality in battle. He holds that the general law providing for indemnity to sailors and soldiers in the federal ser— vice will apply to the explosion at Havana. “Thus far only fifty-five claims have been presented from relatives of the boys who went down with the Maine," said the commissioner. “Every one of them will be phshed through. It is no more than right that the dependents of the men who went to watery graves in Havana harbor be provided for by the United States government.” Chippewas’ Timber Lands. Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.—Secreta- ry Bliss has been investigating the al- leged scandals in connection with the sale of timber lands of the Chippewa Indians and will treat the subject in his forthcoming; report to Congress. The charges, upon investigation, are shown to be utterly without foundation. U11- der the treaty of 1889 the United States has advanced to the Indians over $2,- 000,000, and as yet been reimbursed only to the extent of $600,000. The expense of estimating the cost of timber lands which are to be sold has been rather heavy, owing to the fact that there have been several boards, but the present board is doing its work with perfect satisfaction. The secretary’s report will clear up the misapprehension which exists in cer— tain quarters regarding the sale of these timber lands. . Miners No Longer Enjoined. Springfield, 111., Oct. 31.—The injunc- tion cases against Edward Cahill and twenty-five other miners of Virden, brought by the Chicago-Virden Coal Company, enjoining the miners from interfering with the operation of the mine, were dismissed in the circuit court by the complainant. It is believed that this is preliminary to an effort to again arbitrate the dif- ferences between the company and the employes. Troops for Savannah. New York, Oct. 31.—Four batteries of the Seventh artillery reached here yes- terday from Boston on the transport Mississippi. The batteries came from Portland, Me., and are en route to Sa- vannah. Upon arriving here the batteries left the Mississippi for the Michigan, which will take them to Savannah. Michigan will also take on board for the same destination four companies of the Second volunteer engineers, who are due here from Camp VVikoff, where they have been doing guard duty. The engineers will be attached to the, Second army corps and it is expected will see garrison duty in Cuba next winter. David A, Wells Dying. Norwich, Conn., Oct. 31.—David A. Wells, the noted economist, is serious- ly ill at his home in this city and his death is considered to be a matter of a. few hours at the most. Mr. Wells has been in failing health for several months and has been fail’ ing rapidly for the past two weeks. His advanced age discourages all hope for his recovery. Mr. Wells first became prominent in public life in 1864, while residing in Troy, N. Y., by writing a pamphlet entitled “Our Burden and Our Strength,” demonstrating the financial strength of the federal government and its ability to defray the cost of the war. Made Over Thirty Knots- San Francisco, Oct. 31.—The torpedo boat Farragut made another speed trial Saturday. She made several short, but very fast races against time, and attained better than thirty knots speed. She will doubtless receive her trial ‘ trip by the government some time next. Week. New Equipment Officer. Washington, D. C. Oct. 31. —Com- mander John P. Merrill has been se- lected by the navy department as the 'successor of .Commodore Sperry as the equipment officer for the Brooklyn na- vy yard. Merrill had command of the supply ship Glacler during the recent war. , Tbe' . an adjustable chemisette that forms :1. -——-——————'~———————-——-————————— _ —“' ... v :——-—-—————_—u_—_._______ AT MME- PATTI‘S CASTLE- Afrnld of Burglar-s, She Has Every Kind of Alarm that Exists. Visiting Mme. Patti’s superb castle in Wales, 1a guest not long since had a. ‘very curious expenience. He to open his window in the middle of chanced l ration, Schley and His Portrait. _ ‘ Speaking of Commodore Schley. Les» lle’s Weekly sajsz. After his leturn from the pe1ilou:jou1ney to the moth: regions in search of the Greeley expe- dition, the countiy thxilled with admi- for his photograph. One day, while :visiting the city 1f Detioit, the Com- the night and to his surprise, bells I modore, feeling fired on the street, begun to ring in every quarter of the grounds. burglar alarm going, the guest de- scended to reassure the household, when be instantly found himself in danger from a dozen roving dogs, who lrad obtained their freedom and Were growling and snapping in the ugliest manner. At breakfast next morning he learned all about this cu- rious fad of Mme. Patti, and wonder- ed at it. The singer has a great dread of burglars. Some time ago a gang of these gentlemen from London attempt- ed to gain admittance, but were (ler feated in their object, and since that date Mme. Patti has set up every kind of burglar alarm that exists. The queer part about one of these is, how- ever. well worth noticing. Her largest dog, an enormous brute, who might be relied on to cope with a little army of thieves, is kept rigorous-1y chained to a patent kennel. But the chain is so arranged that should any one at- tempt to open a window or a door in the castle, the dog is released and free to rove at this pleasure, it being pre- sumed that he would at once make for the burglars and do 'his duty. The idea is ingenious, and, as the traveller discovered, not a little dan- gerous—New York Herald. What One Mail's Coolness Did. When the attack was made on Sidon, during the war with Syria, it became necessary for the British troops to ad- vance across a long, unprotected bridge, in the face of a battery of six guns, which completely commanded the approach. The men were unwil- ling to expose themselves to certain death, when Arthur Cumming, care- fully dressed in full uniform, stepped forward to the middle of the bridge. It was immediately swept By the fire of the battery. When the smoke- had rolled away there stood Cumming in- tact, carefully brushing the dust from his boots, after which he stood erect, fixed a single glass in his eye, and looked back at the men. This was too much. and they captured that bridge and battery with a whoop.——Argonaut. It is a Chinese custom to inaugurate a business venture with a. dlspl'ay of fireworks. I stepped into Very much scared, but real- 2 izinzg that he had, after all, only set a ' a saloon to ask for a glass of beer, when he found himself confronted by .9. fine, lifesize portrait of himself, how 0' when obtained he could not guess. icing in citizen’s ‘ dress, the distingui med original of the picture turned to tne barkeeper and carelessly asked: ‘Who Is that man?’ ' Indicating the portrait. ,A glowing en- comium upon his own adventure was delivered while he quietly sipped his refreshment, when, with characteristic enjoyment of the whimsical situation. Schley paid his reckoning and quitted the saloon without betraying his iden- tity to the barkeeper. who had failed to recognize in his guest :1 likeness of the picture he so highly valued.” .— l‘rap for’illeLIttl‘e mnnow, -- ~ The minnow trap, used for catching minnows for bait, is of glass, shaped like a jar or bottle without a neck, and of a capacity of six or eight quarts. The bottom of the trap rises in a cone like the bottom of a cham- pagne bottle, but instead of being solid the top of the cone is cut off, making an opening in the trap. The top. of the. trap has over it a metal cap on a hinge. The cap is perforated with a number of holes to permit of the circu- lation of water through the trap. The minnow trap is slpng horizon- tally in a wire holder, which has a handle on top to which a rope is made fast. Suitable bait to attract minnows ' is placed in the trap, which is then ‘ lowered into the water. The cone with the opening at the inner end in the bottom is in effect like the opening into an eel or fish trap. It is easy, for the minnow to get through it into the trap in search of the bait, but hard for them to get out. When the trap has been raised the captuied minnows are got out by opening the cap at the other end of the trap. A Close Eye for Bu sinesa. A little boy named Peter at a publll school saw his teacher faint and fall. In the general confusion it was impos- sible to keep so many curious heads cool, and the little ones flocked around the prostrate woman and her symnaq thlzing colleagues. But this small b3? kept both his color and his coolness. Standing on a bench and raising his hand, he exclaimed: “Please, teacher, can I run home and tell father to come? He makes Mall” MINI ll ill-ll! .,. FRENCH GOWN 0F WOOL BENGALINE FROM HARPBR’S ‘BAZAR French Gown of Wool Bengaline. Wool bengaline, a material which falls in graceful folds, forms an attrac- tive circular skirt, with no fulness about the hips and an especially pretty flare about the bottom, where it meas- ures about four, yards, and spreads out behind in fanlike pleats. A plain but becoming effect in trimming consists of double folded bands of the material, two or three in a cluster, which out- line an apron in front, and reaching higher towards the back, produce a yoke effect behind, where it is fastened by several buttons. Below this open- ing the material is extended wider for the adjustment of the pleats. In order that the skirt may be adaptable to all figu1es, the pattern is given with di- rectionsfor cutting a little fulness at the waist-line in the back. The blouse of chenille- dotted silk has vest in front, tucked and finished with a high collar, Ornamented with a cravat, tied in a square bow at the side. Over the shoulders is a deep collar ‘boardered similarly to the opening of the fronts, that have clusters, of ornamented but- tons, which, large and small, are a dis-‘ tinctive feature of simple as well as elegant gowus. ~ The corsage, back and front, may be snuggly fitted, or made with a slight fulness at the waist-line, the directions for each mode being furnished in the pattern. The sleeve, which is the larg- est model for winter shirt-waists, has an easy. fulness at the top, and is fitted at the wrist to circular proper cut of this gown, taken from Harper’s Bazar, can be obtained only by the use Of Harper’s Bazar cut-pat- tern. Quantity of material—for skirt 3} yards 48 inches wide: for blouse 2‘. and them was a great demand _ cuff. The ,
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