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New York Announcement.
. Homer’s Furniture.
Reasons why you should buy it
in preference to- any other.
(1). Because it is the best Furniture
that can be produced,b0th in m cd ium
and finest grades; (2‘. Because our
assortments are unequalled;
Because our prices are the lowest at
which goods of standard quality can
be sold.
Novelties forthcliolidays.
.» These comprise tllousand:= of ar-
ticles, from the inexpensive Rocker,
Easndairor- Writing Desk, to the,
most exquisite Dressing 'l‘a.bln or
Cabinet. THUS“IleierllSOISi‘l"cl.lil§;{
use'ul, h:nrl<- me. nd ever welcome
Holiday Gills, w ill find ample choice
in our vmt s!-wk, and atall prices,
plainlv marl-:- (l
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R. .l. tic». net 8; Co,
Furniture E‘d'akers mid Importers,
61-65 “7. 22M St., New York
(Adjoining.- Eden Muleo.)
Humps. & Co.’s establishment is one of the
sights of New Yorln—hcwspaper Comment.
lass than
Watches, Clocks, Tea
Sets, Toilet Sets, and
m an y other FREE
useful articles . .
with $5.00, $7.00 and $110.00 orders.
Send this “Ad." and 150. and get i lb.
BEST TEA, imported, and new illus.
crated Price-List. Great Induce-
meats.
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO,
I! and 3,; Vesoy St., N. Vi. P. O. Box 38’.
l’llNS
There are different kinds of
panes, but the panes we mean
are window panes and we have
that kind. Then we have
putty t‘o hold them in. Hope
you don’t feel pained after we
have taken the pains to tell you
about our panes.
We have also prepared paints,
lead and oil.
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a mu Stash. nonhuman.
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lidllfifi‘i’fi ME HERE ‘
And as the year closes we naturally
turn back’and ask what has been
done.
BEER is the subject upon which
our thoughts dwell and we can
truthfully claim “All Standards
have been kept.”
Highland over the bar or on the
bottle, means PUREST and BEST.
PILSENER. BAVARIAN AND
EXPORT LAGERS.
GOLDEN STOCK AND CREAM
AL 35 AND PORTER.
IslIGHLAND MALT AND MALT
WITH IRON. .
Hunter or Cor-stair VVhiskies and
Kentucky Taylor in full quarts for
the holidays.
C. ’H. Mumm’s Champagne, and
Domestic Wines. ‘
Highland Brewery Bottled Bccr
delivered to families.
l. E. HAMILTQH, Proprietor.
""w. R. MAY‘WARD G: CO
=‘"~~°1llll,l lll’ll’ll’dl’l all Salinas
Ill-3 East Sandal Street,
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'mmw vase interior Department.
Mum-ml Lin-08km claims a specialty
in Irrespond'ence solicited.
fiEfiE’S YOUR HINGE.
A line building lot on Wilton ave
If you intend to build, look
one.
at this before purchasing.
Water-gas and sewer on the avenue.
wm a... sand at a Bargain. .,
w. H. vac‘ron,
no.3 Estate and Insurance
Room I. Gazettes 'l’d.
FALL AND WINTER
sunrmos
TR mesa—s $5.50 UP.
Old Suits made to look as good as
new. '
Repairing, Altering, Cleaning and
Pressing a. Specialty.
Fit and Workmanship guaranteed.
FRANK COCA.
(3}. l
' of an American
49 Main Street, - . Nerwalk.
Wan KLY -' nonwALK
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in BIG RUSSIAN Lon
‘What‘Is ThopghLof the Enter-
prise in London. »
HEW YORK NOT YET FIRST
lExpectcd Difliculty in Selling to the Amer—
ican Public. The Experience of Germa-
ny. Opinion of Foreign Bankers in this
City.
London, Dec. 23.—~Negotiaticns un-
doubtedly are proceeding in New York
for a large Russian loan, variously es-
timated here at from ten to twenty
millions sterling.
NothEng is known here as to the price
pr the interest offered. It is believed
l'rom certain indications, however, that
the negotiations are somewhat far ad-
vanced.
Opinion here favors the possibility
financial syndicate
taking such : loan, but it is considered
that it would be difficult to resell to
the American public.
Germany is now in the position of
having taken a large Russian loan
which she cannot market.
New York, Dec. 23.—Diligent inquiry
among the prominent foreign bankers
in this city failed to discover any proof
of an attempt to float a. Russian loan
in this country further than the fact
that a very few tentative inquiries had
been made here as to the possibility
of floating a small railroad loan guar—
anteed by the Russian government.
But whether these inquiries were made
by agents of Russian or German bank-
ers or by agents or the Russian em-
bassy was not known.
Practically all the prominent foreign
bankers agreed yesterday in saying
lhat they did not think a Russian loan
could be successfully floated in this
Country for many reasons. -
They recognized, they said, that it
{would be an interesting fact of the
'financial conditions of .the world, and
of this country particularly, had chan-
ged or should change so that European
governments should be compelled to
and could borrow here, but they did
not think the present conditions war—
ranted the conclusion that such was
already the case.
It was true ithat'this country. by its
large exports of produce and manufac-
tures at present might be said to con-
trol the exchange market, but it was
a. question how long this country could
lo so.
This country had two or three years
of good harvests. but it might have a
bad harvest or a series of bad harvests
which might change the whole aspect
2f affairs. Again, too, the country had
)ur unsettled currency problem with
:he possibility of another fight against
the free silver heresy and for honest
money, and that would bring about
panic and a selling by Europe of our
securities with all that implied, so that
it could not be safely concluded yet
that New York was the financial cen—
ter of the world, with London retired
to second place.
In conclusion the bankers said that
It should be remembered that Russia’s
credit in Europe was not exhausted;
that the capitalists of Europe had only
to be satisfied of the bane—tides of the
Czar’s peace proclamation for Russia
to be able to borrow all_lhe money she
required in London and Berlin.
Secret Dossier to be Given Up.
Paris, Dec. 23,—The president of the
court of cassation has asked Premier
Dupuy to testify in the Dreyfus case.
According to custom in such cases, the
iudges will visit the premier and take
his evidence.
After the adjournment of the cabinet
council yesterday it was said that the
communication of the secret dossier
to the court'of cassation was almost
:ertain, the court having given to the
minister of justice satisfactory guar-
antees that the contents of the docu-‘
ments should not be made known out-'
side of the court.
Robson Was “’arned.
Washington, D“ C., Dec. 23.-—It is
stated that after the Kansas City re-
ception, Secretary Long wired to Na-
val Cons‘tructor Hobson to act with
more discretion, as by his conduct he
was imperiliing his reputation.
The secretary has been urged to re-
call Hobson. but decided that a tele-
gram of burning would be suffiflent.
l‘he naval officials say that it was due
:0 Secretary Long’s telegram that there
was no kissing at Denver.
Lot's-:1 Claim Defeated.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 23.-—The court
of claims has denied the claim of Isaac
R. Hitt, Mary S. Logan, widow of Gen-
eral John A. Logan, and Catherine
Wiltshirc, of $36,00;~ for services alleg-
ed to have been rendered by Hitt, John
A. Logan and Wiltshire in securing
:he refunding of the direct tax to Illi—
nois.
The claim was r‘ejected because not
filed with the state auditorwithln two
rears after it matured. ‘ ,
Hurry Ora-rs at West Point.
Matteawan. N. Y., Dec. 23.-—The
West Point graduating, class of 1839'
received orders yesterday from the
war department to take ..up' the last
course of study for the year-and be
prepared for graduation by February
l, 1899.
This will cut the year short by five
months.
These hurried orders are given on
account of a. lack of officers in the
army.
McKinley's Southern Speeches.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. 23.—At a. meet-
ing of John F. Miller Post, Grand
Army of the Republic, last night, .[
was unanimously ordered that a. tele-
gram be sent to President McKinley
congratulating him upon his loyal rc—
ception in the South, and endorsing
his acts and speeches, especially in
reference to the care of the Confeder-
ate dead- .
Savings Bank Rate Reduced. 7
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 23.—The
Bridgeport- Savings Bank have reduc-
ed their “rate of loans from 6 to 4 1-2
per cent, and will probably reduce tha
cent. during the coming year.- "
rate to depositors from 4 to 3 1-2 per-
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WGNDEBFUL WORK.
if This Had Happened in Sm Francism
More Than One Reader Would
Dispute it.
The average man is a doubter. It is
due to this fact, coupled with necessity,
that such rapid strides have been made
in mechanics and science. Curiosity
and investigation are necessary in cv-
, cry business. VYithout it failure isthc
inevitable result. Norwalk people are
asked to investigate the following; it is
a simple thing lo (10. The party inter—
ested is a South Nor-walk citizen. .lc
l doesn’t ,live in Detroit or New York.
Ask Chas. .11]. Warren, son of the
well-known oyster planter, George N.
Warren, of No. 2. Chestnut street,
South Norwalk, if the following is not
literally true:
"' I had backache and weak kidneys
from early childhood. I tried all
kinds of rclnedics,.but never received
any permanent bcncfit until 1 corn-
mcnccd using Dean’s Kidney Pills. My
father had been using them, and was
so pleased with the result thatI was
induced to try them. I am satisfied
that they are all that is Claimed for
them. They cured my backache. I
am glad to recommend them to anyone
who suil’cred at times as I did.”
Glendcning CY 00.. the druggists,
have scores of customers who testify
gust as emphatically about the results
received from Dean's Kidney Pills as
Mr. ‘\"»Y{lll.'CD':5 sou. Drop in and see
them.
Dean’s Pills for sale by all deal
crs. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Fostci -
Milhurn (,‘o., Buil’alc, N. Y.,solcagcnts
for the U. S. Remember the name
Dean‘s and takc no substitute.
Cost of Soldiers’ Rations. _
An interesting item, which was the
first time made public in the stale
military reports, is the cost of rations
per day while the soldiers were under
state care. The average was 21.42
cents, which is only three cents more
than in the regular army. For the
First regiment and Batteries A, B and
C, the average was 2'3 cents; for the
naval battalion 24.78, and for the
Third regiment 19.93. The to s
was $7,181.80. The report does not
Show what the state got for the uni-
forms the men had.
It is said by an officer, who was
present when the matter was being
arranged, that the prices averaged
for trousers, 13 cents; for blouses, 17
cents, and for overcoats, $1.20. This is
what the men had to pay if they
wanted to keep the clothing when they
were discharged. This would seem to
set at rest the rumor that the state
drove a sharp bargain with Uncle
Sam’s quarter-master’s department.
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Avoid the Grip.
Look out for the grip. The epidemic
is spreading in New York, and thou-
sands of cases are reported in other
cities. Dr. Fccncy, of the New York
board of health, gives out the following
rules:
The best way to treat grip is to
avoid having it.
Keep good hours. Eat nourishing
food. Use liquor in moderation;
Above all keep all parts of the body
warm. particularly the fact.
Avoid dampness and draughts.
It is also a good thing to keep away
from persons known to have the disease.
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The Delay Overcome.
During the past two or three weeks,
the employes of the Consolidated road
have been worked overtime in order to
handle the immense amount of freight
which accumulated during the minia-
ture blizzard of a month ago. Extra
trams have been intermingled with the
regulars and all possible means adopt—
ed to hurry the freight traliic and catch
up with the procession. At the pres-
ent writing, the delay has been prac-
tically overcome and the big Christ.-
mas trade is not being seriously inter-
fered with. .
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Baware of Ointmenls for Galarrh
Thai contain :. ercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physic-
ians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cur e,
manufactured by F. J. Chedey & 00.,
Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting direCLly up-
on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally, and made "in Toledo
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free. .
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bot-
L e.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Christmas Entertainment.
The pupils of the Norwalkv University
school Were given a Christmas enter-
tainment at the school, Wednesday
afternoon. Prof. Faust, the magician,
of Bridgeport, performed and astonish-
ed his audience with his legerdemain.
The young students of Miss Baird’s
Institute, accompanied by their in-
structors, were present.
ease away than to light it
I RU E after it comes. An occa-
WISD 8 M sional‘ dose of Hestet
ter’s Stomach Bitters
makes people hungry
at meal time. and gives the digre—
tive apparatus power to get tull
nutrition out of food.
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sLoookapr PURE, STOMACH
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“any Steamshlps Are Fog Bound at
- Quarentine.
New York, Dec. 23.—The dense mist
Which set in Wednesday, thickened
,uring the night, and yesterday morn-
ng the heaviest fog of the winter
settled down over the city and the
narbor. ‘
There was a general delay to traffic
{is a‘ result. The elevated trains crept
along cautiously, but the surface lines
Were not materially affected.
Many of the East river ferry lines
suspended traffic, and those which did
not suspend ran on from one-half to
three-quarters of an hour headway.
From Catherine street down to Ful-
ton street the East river was as quiet
and deserted as a country mill pond.
Elven tugboais feared to put out into
the stream. -
. The James slip, the Roosevelt slip,
the Long Island and the Thirty-ninth
htreet ferries suspended service entire-
ly. Other ferries along the East river
ran their boats without regard to the
schedule. .
Along the North river traffic was
somewhat more lively. The Pennsyl—
:vania, Jersey Central, Erie and Lao}:-
awanna ferries were running on half
i111 hour headway, and a few tugs with
lbarges in tow were leaving the vari-
ous piers between Chambers street
and the Battery.
Dense fog and mist, with only a few
short spells of clearing weather, have
been reported by the marine observers
at Sandy Hook and the. Highlands since
NVednesday morning.
A few steamships have been feeling
their way into port, but no sailing ves-
sels have been observed. _
At times the sound of whistles in-
formed the watchers of some moving,r
steamshipybut nothing could be seen
of the vessel itself.
When the fog clears, a. huge fleet
of vessels, it is expected, will be.
sighted.
It is thought that a. number of ves-
sels are anchored outside the light—
ship or are slowly approaching the
coast
Old boatmcn along the North and
East rivers said that the fog yester-
llay morning was one of the heaviest
in years.
At len o’clock yesterday morning one
could not see the water at a distance
of fifty feet from the end of the pier.
Thick banks of mist shut off the View
of the water completely from the Bat-
lery sea wall.
The Brooklyn bridge could not
seen from Dover and South streets.
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Mfoney for Don Carlos?
Paris, Dec. 23.—-The Matin says: We
learn from a sure source that notwith—
standing all denials, Don Carlos has
entirely succeeded in his financial
schemes in London: that large capi-
talists have placed considerable sums
at his disposal, and that a Carlist
movement will take place immediately
after the ratification. of the treaty or
peace.
London, Dec. 23,—Concerning the
Paris Matin’s assertion that London
capitalists had placed large sums of
money at the disposal of Don Carlos,
Sir Samuel Montagu, who in Spain’s
banker in England, declares that the
statement is an absolute canard. '
Sir Samuel says that he has recently
made special inquiries and has been
unable to find the slightest trace of
anybody having advanced money to
the Carlists.
The publication of such statements
as those of the Matin, he says, is mere-
ly with the object of encouraging the
Carlist partisans.
llfx'. Brian’s Life Insurance.
New York, Dec. 23.—Life insurance
people are remarking on the extraor-
dinary fact that the late Mr. CaIvin
S. Brice carried five hundred thousand
dollars’ worth of insurance at the time
of his death and that on all of it he
had paid only one premium.
He began taking out policies last
spring, when $350,000 worth of insur—
ance was written against his death.
Among the companies which have
claims to pay are the following:
Mutual Life, $100,000; Equitable,
noo,ooo; Union Central, $100,000; North—
western Life, $30,000, and New York
Life, $20,000.
It is announced that Mr. George L.
Bradley, vice president and general
manager of the Lake Fric and Western
Railroad, will succeed Mr. Brice as
oresident.
Survey of Porto Rican Harbors.
Baltimore, Md, Dec. 23.—The Coast
and Geodetic Survey steamer Blake
has left here for Porto Rican waters.
Her departure marks the beginning, of
the work by this government in the
new possessions of making surveys.
Most of the Spanish possessions have
been poorly charted, and the coast
lines of Porto Rico, uba. and the Phi-
lippines contain many good harbors of
which little is known.
Accurate surveys of these harbors
will be made by the government at
once. ‘
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Big Combination Proposed.
New York, Dec. 23.—Neg’otlatlons are
now progressing in this city for the
formation of a. trade combination of
mechanical rubber manufacturing
companies.
The combination is to be in harmony
with the United States Rubber Com-
pany, and Charles R. Flint of that
company, who is one of the principal
owners of the Mechanical Rubber Com-
pany of this city, is its chief promo-
ter.
The New Boston Dry-dock
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 23.—--The
navy department is preparing adver-
tisements which will be issued soon,
calling for bids on the construction of
the new Boston dry dock.
This dock will be seven hundred by
three hundred feet. of stone and ce-
ment, and calculated to~accommodatc
the largest ships in the navy.
The appropriation! is, $1,025,000.
. Hotty Greene Loses Her Tax Suit.
Chicago, Dec. 23.-—Hetty Green’s pe-
tition tor a. writ of mandamus to
compel the county commissioners to
sit as a. board of review on the assess-
ments made ,.,on her property in the
town of Lake, has been denied by the
supreme court. ‘ "
The petition for the writ was based
mainly on the ground that the new
revenue is unconstitutional.
EVERYTHING ~
A
lrr Lama’s.W
Fancy and Mixed Candies,
Chocolates and Bon Bopns of our own manu-
facture. Christmas Tree Ornaments,
Cornucopias, Candy Canes, &c.,
Wholesale and Retail.
SPECIAL PRICES TO CHURCHES.
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Lane’s Pure Ice Cream Always on Hand.
HUYLER’S CANDY a Specialty.
LANES’ RESTAURANTS,
at the Depot and 87 Washington St., South Norwalk.
_‘ OPEN ALL NIGHT. ‘
Christmas Gifts
FOR EVERYONE.
A larger stock than ever. An endless variety of
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of every description. Games, Dolls, Drums,
Sleds, Wagons, Carts, Wheelbarrows,
Everything. Choice line of Books
by popular authors.
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5 Photograph and Autograph Albums.
Pic ure Books, Paper and Linen.
Catholic Prayer Books, Pearl Rosaries, &c.
inviled to call and inspect the stock whether you buy or not.
@Come early and have the best.
JOHN T. HAYES,-
'. 5 MAIN STREET, NQRWALK
Our Prices are ALL RIGHT. You are cordially
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