’OI on . Ansounmr ~ Guette Thermometer. .———- ———To-DA1;.+—"— A ,. , 2P. M. 23 1P.M.V 22 till“. 20 lb 6 A. M. 8 ‘~ ‘0 'l he Weather. Fair to-night and Saturday; contin- ed cold till Sunday night. _ f. LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. . THE GAZETTE ONE CENT A COPY. Frank Hearns of the P. J. Lynch Company is enjoying aweek’s vacation Pioneer Castle will elect officers to- night. Howard Welsh of Shelton Spent yes- terday afternoon 1n town. Miss Carrie Trowbridge of Hav11and street spent Thursday in Bridgeport. . Co. D, Fourth Regiment, will hold its annual masquerade ball in'the Armory this evening. ——Chickens, 41b5, average, 12:}0, 6 Water street. ~ ' ' St. Joseph’s Christmas - Tree party will be held in Music hall this even- ih‘g. ~ The Cannon society young people Will give a dance in the hall this even- ing. ‘ . ,. " John OldenSchlager has purchased " the real estate belonging to Brown Bros. in Haviland street. ——Turkeys, chickens,ducks and geese, 6 Water street. The Old Folks’ Whist club will meet with Mrs. George W. Cram this even- mg. " Everett S. Bulkley started VVednes- day ona fortnight’s hunting trip to ' Virginia. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. George N. Burnham, of Hartford which makes Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Adams of Grove street, grandparents. Mrs. John P. Brummer of South Nor- walk has been visiting in Port Chester. ——Rib roast 10, 1211:,‘140; pot roast 5, 10, 12, 140. 6 Water street. John W. Timpson and Miss Etta Sco- ~'~ field of Meadow street will be .married Sunday at the home of the bride. The present South Nor-walk Council will hold its last meeting this evening, and all bills for the year will be pre- sented. _ ~12 lbs. fresh pork $1. 6 Water street. M rs, Clara Fleet and family, former- ly of South Norwalk, are located at Santa Paula, Ca1., for the winter. . . ___.___._,_. . Harry Selleck of Darien who was to _ sail for Cuba to-morrow has changed his plans and decided to stay at home. * . The members of “St. Mary’s congre- - , gation are requested tb assemble at the church this evening, to rehearse the “Te Deum” which will be sung at the midnight mass, Sunday. .The gold watch found by J. M. Bene. diet, in front of the post-office, Tues- day, was owned by Mrs. ‘S. B. Pond, and has since been claimed by her. .—Dr. M. S. Rosen, oculist, can be consulted in the parlors of the Ma- hackemo Hotel, on Tuesdays, between the hours'ofland 7 p. m. and daily between 9 and 12a. m., 6 and 9 p. m., ‘at 280 State street, Bridgeport. Eyes . examined and. diseases treated. N. 9 ti 12.3" Application has been made to the ~ 4'Norwalk Probate Court for the admis- l ‘si‘onto probate of the last will and 00- " fiicilmheretof of Euphemia W. Taylor 2‘; late 0f Norwalk, deceased. .. The appli- cation will be heard on January 8, at i 2 o’clock, afternoon. ‘ . - . ixj : 'Pum: Makesthe food more delicious and wholesome ”VAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW YORK. ‘l: BAKING- Pawnee ____. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartwick of North Main street. l Miss Helen. Bracken of Livingston l place is spending a few days in Forest- l ville. : Miss Alice Riley of South Norwalk 2 it visiting her parents in Brooklyn. l Buckingham Post, G. A. R., will in- stall its newly elected officers, Wednes- day eveninO'. ' Miss Helen Doulens, of Lexington avenue. isthe guest of Miss Nellie Grant, in Stratford. A special meeting of Uncas Tribe, 1. O. R. M., will be held this evening for the purpose of conferring degrees. -A WANT advertisement in the Ga- ZETTE always brings returns. The propellor found it difiicult work getting up the creek this morning, through the ice. ’ The funeral ofJames H. Taylor, of Wilton, was held yesterday. The burial was at Joe’s Hill cemetery. The engagement of Miss Gertrude A. Peck, daughter of Thomas L. Peck, of Norwalk, to John W. Burrows, of New York, is announced. The Helping Hand Circle of Kings’ Daughters will meet with Miss Myrtle Faulds, 3 Wilton avenue, this evening, -—-Wanted. A good, strong boy at the GAZETTE oflice. Apply at once. I } The marriage of Warren P. Smith, Jr. of South Norwalk and Miss Eva .Barnum of Trinity place will take place at the bride’s home on New Year’s day. - . Miss Magdelina Groeschner,of Jersey City, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Groeschner, of 8 Lexing- ton’avenue. Mme. Hettie Bradley, of New York, who has an enviable reputation as a soprano soloist, will sing at both‘ ser- vices, Sunday-in the South Nor-walk Congregational Church. The Christmas festival of the Sunday school of the. Latter Day Saints was- held in the church, at Broad River last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Conkiin and’ two children, of New Haven, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Peck, of Main street. “ Charles F. Pierce, and Edward .,_B. Doulens, of this city, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Halliwell, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Rebek- ah, will hold a meeting to-night. The degree will be worked. Mrs. Theodore N eucndorf cf South Norwalk is visiting in Port Chester. [Whelpley & Clark have presented each member of the South Norwalk~ police forcewith briar-wood pipes. The annual rental of pews in the First Congregational church will be held to-night. The GAZETTE is in receipt of several calendars and blotters from the Insur- ance agency of Homer Merrill, for which it extends thanks. Governor Lounsbury yesterday issu- ed an order admitting Mary Brewster of Danbury to the Connecticut School for Imbeciles. e—Piig’s books 70: feet. 50; shoulder 9c; hams 12c; fresh, 6 Water street. —-Best lamb chops 15; leg 12'}; fore- quarter 70, 6 Water street. The annual sale of seats was held in the South Norwalk Congregational church last night. Mrs. L. V. B. Hubbard of Shelton has returned home from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Boutwell of West- street. On New Year’s Day Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. 8., will keep open house all daya'nd in the evening the ofiicerswill be publicly installed. The VVoman’s Relief-Corps will install officers at the same time. ' ‘vv 7 . Prevented a Tragedy. Timely information given M rs. George Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio prevented a dreadful tragedy and sav- ed two lives. A frightful cough had long kept her awake every night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but grew steadily worse until urged'to try Dr. King’s New 'Discdvery. One; bottle wholly cured her, and she writes this marvelous medicine also cured M r. Long of a sev re attack of Pneumonia. Such cures ar positive proof of the watchman-inc; this grand remedy for curing all throat, chest and lung troubles, Only; 50c and $1.00. Every. MUCH FAULT-FOUND? English War Plans Freely anc Severely Criticised. HEAT IS inns; in minor Boer: Have Made Colenno a For-treat of Immense Strength, and Britain Novv Faces as Well Disciplined Foe—Meth‘nen Hears Firing. LONDON, Dec. 29,—.During the con firmed lull in the military operations it South Africa the papers are filled/with letters and articles criticising the govern ment and the campaign and suggesting. remedies, improvements and. alterations in the plans and the like. The Times complains of “needless cen sorship and concealment.” It cites tht fact that nothing has yet transpired tr show how General Gatacre came to lose 600 mien at Stormberg. The dispatches from the front all rep' resent the Boers as in nervous condition and constant dread of the British ad- vance, but this is probably an exaggera tion. , . The Moddcr River correspondent o! The Daily Chronicle ,givos an ecxplam- tin of a sudden rifle fire inexplicably opened from the Boer trenches. He says: “The Boers have wires stretched along the ground in front of the trenches and connected with lamps. If a wire be touch- ed, a lamp is extinguished, thus giving warning. One night a high wind extin- guished a lamp, which resulted in a false warning. The fire ceased when the Boers discovered that the alarm was false.” A correspondent of The Daily News at Frere Camp announces that a tramway is being constructed from the railway to a hill commanding the Boer position and that along this the British will convey hgavy guns. , ' According to a dispatch from Lady- smith, dated Wednesday, Dec. 20, the heat then was intense, being 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. There were many cases of enteric fever in the town at'thc time, but not enough to cause alarm. On the other hand, reports from Boer sources on the continent assert that typhoid fever is epidemic in Ladysmith. A dispatch to The Daily Mail from. Pietermaritzburg, dated Saturday, Dec: 23, says: - “Every day reveals some new fact re- gnrding‘the strength of the Boer position at Colenso. Thanks to the services of continental officers, the character of the campaign has changed. We are no lon- ger fighting a foe who relies upon guerril- la tactics, but we have to deal with what is rapidly becoming a disciplined army, enjoying the advantages of knowing the country and of selecting the scene of contest without the burdens of a cumber- some commissariat. “The Boers have converted the hills strength. Everywhere they have splen- did trenches, many of them bombproof. Tramway lines permit the shifting of guns with astonishing rapidity. The main ~positions are connected with the outlying positions by underground pas- sages, and the forts proper bristle with machine guns that command the3"ap- proaches. Probably mines are laid. 'l . “One hears less nowadays about Boer shells not bursting. Observers of the Colenso fight say the Boer shell fire was very effective. This is due largely tolthe fact that the distances are marked off with white paint. ' . “The enemy’s discipline is improving. The trenches represent; great manual 1n- bor, for which the Boers have a keen dis- ' like, and the way in which they restrained their fire when our troops were advanc- ing is another proof of improved soldier- ing.” The war office has received the follow- ing from Cape Town, dated Wednesday, Dec. 27: “Methuen reports as follows: At 9:30 yesterday evening the Boers on the south side of Magersfontcin opened a very heavy fire for some time. This morn- ing the naval brigade fired at the enemy at the west part of Magersfon- tcin.. The cavalry brigade is reconnoiter- ingr in a northeasterly direction. Lieu— tenant Masters has made an extended rcconnoissance westward and northward of Enslin and reports all well. The farm- ers were glad to see our men. They were suffering from want of food. I have es- tablished a market here, where I can pur- chase fresh milk and vegetables, selling to the farmers tea and other articles which they cannot otherwise purchase. Heavy rain fell last night.” Gatncre and French report no change in the situation. Baden-Powell reports all well Dec. 12.?" A dispatch from Cape Town on Satur- day says: ' “The colonel commanding the (fana- dian contingent of troops, Colonel Rus- sard, is to join the staff of General Bul- ler. all of whom are proceeding to Natal, indicating that General Bullcr’s sphere will shortly be confined to Natal.” oration to ohm-emu; DURBAN, Natal, Dec. 29.—~Mr. “'im ston Churchill on arriving here after his escape from the Boers received a trca mendous ovation. He says that from conversations with members of the Transvaal executive at Pretoria he learned that the Boers began the war with trepidation, but that President Kruger is now confident that Great Brit- ain will soon sue for peace. In the high- .est Transvaal circles, Mr.-Churchill as- serts, there is serious talk of a compro- mise by which Great Britain would cede the territory now occupied by the armies of the ,two republics, pay an indemnity of £20,000,000 and acknowledge the com: plete independence of the Transvaal. Boers Shell Lady-mull. CHIEVELEY CAMP, Natal, Dec. 29. ——A heavy Boer gun on Bulwhana hill fired steadily upon Ladysmith throughout Wednesday morning. Ladysmith did not respond. The enemy having been again detected attempting to improve their" trenches facing General Buller, the Brit- ish heavy guns opened upon them, and the Boers scampered back into the hills. The British patrols sighted the enemyin force on our extreme left. Nine Boers were killed in a skirmish that followed, and six Boer wagons were captured. Treaty Rumor Denied. BERLIN, Dec, 29.-charding the statement by the Lokal Anzeiger that a secret Anglo-Germnn-PortugueseI treaty exists for the division of the Portuguese colonies in south Africa we are able to assert onflthe highest authority ,thntdhe ;_story is a pui-e'fl'ction rind is in all its Nclnims without foundation in fact. A high oniciaivauihorizos this denial. L4 _ bottleguarantced. Trial bottles free atJ A ...w _' V Advertise i¥.T‘F..an : , The system was devised by the Street ' Preliminary to this task the committee near Colenso into fortresses of immense ' 'Nntul. died suddenly- on the street in “w , these important organs. l Mm ‘3 . . .N, W E E KL Y? N o R. WA 1.16; JG A’ZET T’E ' ' = Street Railway Accounting- ~ The railroad commissioners have is- sued to all street railways in this stare a pamphlet, “A Standard System bf Street Railway Accounting,” as ado pt- ed and prescribed by the national con- vention of railrbad commissioners It is to b': used by street railways of this state in keeping the‘ accounts of their, construction, equipment and operating - expenses from and after June 30, 1900. Railway Accountants‘ ~Association of America and has beenadopted by it. Commissioner W. O. Seymour of this state was chairman of the committee of the railroad commissioners of the United States, appointed at the St. Louis convention in 1897 to consider the matter of uniformity in street rail: way returns. - .- . —-—-——-——<0-0>—————-—— \Q HARPER & anon-lens. Tot-I Indebtedneln or the Firm ever $3,000,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—-At the in- ,;stance of creditors whose claims aggre- =gate nearly half the entire indebtedness of Harper & Bros. a committee of five men, «of which Alexander E.¥:()fr;’is<.chnir-all man, alum amdertakento prepare and sub-c mil: to creditors a plan of reorganization. has prepared a statement of facts in, which it. is set up that the total liabilities of Harper & Bros. on Dec. 4 were $3,- 083,000, diminished since the date named by the turning over of $150,000 of bonds, which leaves the total indebtedness $2,- 993,000. The secured indebtedness is $1,001.000. consisting of notes. on open account and a mortgage of $6.000 secur- cd by bonds and real estate. The unsc- cured indebtedness comprises commercial paper and open accounts. The committee concludes if the corpoQ ration is not cominued as a going concern unsecured creditors would receive a very small percentage of par value of their claims. Little if any relief is anticipated for creditors from indorsements of com- mercial papers sold by the corporation and held now as unsecured claims. State— ment is made by the committee that un- der direction of Mr. G. B. )1. Harvey, agent of the trustee and receiver now in charge of the property. operating ex- penses have been rcduccd $20,000 per month. equivalent to a saving of interest on $5,000,000. Mr. Harvey has reported to the com- mittee that the total loss from the busi- ness during the firstcight months of the present year was nearly $400,000, but that owing to retrenclunents referred to he is certain that the corporation is‘now earning its operating cxpmses. Mr. Har- vcyvbclicves that with proper manage- ment, free of custody of the. courts. the business can earn in 1900 about $100,000 above operating expenses. ‘ The committee therefore recommends to the creditors that the business be con- tinued under strong, single hundcd‘con- trol. » ‘ - f CONDENSED DISPATCHES. News reached San Fl‘flnciSCOV of the prevalence of the plague in Honolulu. lottfricd Krucgcr of Newark, N. .T., has just completed , a $250,000 family tomb. Tho subscriptions to the Lawton home fund received in anshington reached $20,792. :Mr. Hurry Escombc, former premier of Durban. Renewed reports of strained relations between Russia and Japan reached Vic- toria. B. C. _ The New York Central stockholders at Albany unanimously ratified the Boston and Albany leasc. Mayor Hayes and the Baltimorer offi- cials denied that the city would default on some of its bonds. Thc decision reached in the matter of the extension of [the foreign settlement at Shanghai has bcén ratified. Car Company Combine Opposed. CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—-Objcction to the proposed morning of the \Vagncr Palace Our company into the Pullman Palace Car company on the ground that it will create :1 trust in and a monopoly of the sleeping and parlor car business is made in a bill filed in the circuit court by Tru~ man A. Taylor of Alton, Ills, one of the shareholders of the Pullman company. The complaint, after reciting in detail the acts of the directors and the stockholders ~ of both companies loading up to the pro- posed sale of the “’ngner company to the Pullman company, asks that the injunc— . tion of the court issue to restrain the con- summation of the proposed purchase un- til thc hearing of the suit, and upon final hearing that a perpetual order be entered restraining the carrying out of the con- templated purchase or from issuing or de- livering any of its stock to the \Vagncr Company or any of its agents. women as Well" as Med Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys den the mind, dis- courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon . disappear when the kid- neys are out of order. or diseased. Kidney trouble has " become so prevalent that it is not uncommon , forachild to be born . afflicted with weak kid- ‘ neys. if the child urin- _ ates too often, 'if ‘the he flesh or if,‘when the child teaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted'with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficultyis kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a. habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made this. arable with kidney and bladder trouble,’ and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- . ' ~ cent and one dollar ,2 ;;;:~-~:, sizes. You may have 3. fl sample bottle‘_by mail free; also‘ phlettell- . . name‘otsmnoot. ing all "about it, including many of the iht-‘iusmlds of" testimonial ’ letters ‘received' from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmct ,&'Coi,. Binghamton, Na Y-r -—If you have a house to sell or rent an ad in the GAZETTE will bring you a response. ' - The Junior T. AJB.‘ basket ball team l Will play 'the Bridgeport Y. M. C. A. Juniors in Music hall Monday after- noon. '~ Dividend " N otice. Fairllald County National Bank. 'NORWALK, Conn, Dec. 28th, 1899. The Board of Directors of this Bank have this day declared a. dividend of three (3) per cent. from the earnings of the past six months, payable on and after January 2nd, 1900. L. C. GREEN, Cashier. ‘Ho’yt’s Theatre. Wednesddy and Thursday, January 3 and 4. WITH Matinee'Thursday at 3.30 LYM'AN IDWE’SIMIBITION OF HIGH CLASS Mo VING PICTURES Animated Scenes that bafile description. Scenes reproduced with all the realism of life. Evnmncr PRICES, 15c., 25c. 350., 50a: MATINEE PRICES, 10c. and 15c. Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and Weed’s Hoyt’s Theatre, New Years Matinee and Night Monday, January Ist. David B. Levis’ Big Production Uncle ' ' Iosh Spruceby. 35 People. 2 Big Bands. Grand Operatic Orchestra. Special Scenery and Mechanical Effects The Great Realistic Saw Mill Scene. Up-to-Date Specialties. Big Parade at Noon. Note the Holiday Prices. Matinee 10 and 25 cents. Evening, 250., 350. and 500. Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and Weed’s. Miss flAT'IlE S. RIDER, Laiiis’ Hair Cutting and Slamming. MANICURING Children’s Hair Cutting a Specialty Room 6 a: 7 United Bank Building, SOUTH NORSYAIJ‘I. ' FOR SALE. Mus: be Sold to Close Es- tate ‘of Ann M. Selleck. The large and elegant house, No. 3 Camp street, containing all modern Also, one double car- improvements. riage, will be sold for $25. A. J. MEEKER, ADMINISTRATOR PER CENT. COMMISSION and a special PRESENT to eveiy customer, and freight paid. No trouble getting or- ders for our TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, Exrmcrs, BAKING POWDER, 850. Satisfaction guaranteed. Full particulars free. GREAT AMERICAN TEA 60., (Don’t S-Ll. P. 0.”, 289. at 6': 33 Veuy St" New York. NORWALK "Musical Festival To be hold in the ARMORY, January rst and 2d, 1900. “THE l‘llIAllllN.” Monday and Tuesday Evenings. “REBE’RAH.” Tuesday Matinee. ARTISTS! . MME. MIHR-HARDY. Soprano MRS. J. C. NEWKIRK, Soprano HARRY PEPPER, Tenor ROBERT A. SHAW, Tenor JOHN H. WEHLE. Baritone JOHN C. DEMPSEY, Bass Chorus of 200 Voices. FULL ORCHESTRA. At the Piano. At the Organ, All seats, reserved and are now on sale at the following places. ‘ Plaisted’s. Tomlinson’s, Stillson’s Bax— ter’s, Finch‘s, Weeds’, Glendening’s, Baur’s, Riggs‘, Flnch’s (East Norwalk) and Beers’, stationer, ’ ‘ PRICES: , . p Evening performance, 50c ' Matinee, . Zoe All threeperformances, $1 00 Under direction of be sure and mention thiéfpaper._ 2' . . rims-Y PEBBEE. P. o. STANNARD, LSuccessor ... D. JENNINGS.) ‘UNDERTAKERO N0. 7 Main Street. ._ NIGHT BELL 51‘ OFFICE. Telephone Call 11-2.. ‘ ‘ , D. M. OSBORNE~‘& COPS HARROWS, TEDDERS, RAK'E’S CULTIVATORS, arc coil Afghan ’ “222.2. 22.22. .222222' ‘ 15 Per Cent. 011:. "25 percent. Discount on all the very Latest Designs in WALL PAPER at mm W. BEATTY’S 20¢. per Double llell for Hanging Darin: Due-In. IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. RailwalelliE Lin IS KING! THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF WEAR. JOHN W. BEATTY, 207 EAST WASHINGTON STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, 00ml“ GONE ’ BY’“ The time has gone by when a gentleman wears an ill fittting, ready made suit. My made to order suits have fit, life and snap about them’ Wear longer and look better than the ready made garment. - New patterns for Fall and Winter wear just received. F. KOCOUR. . MERCHANT TAILOR l4 North Main Street, South Norwalk. lH WAR IN .HICA Is nothing as compared' with my war on the pri- ces of llilSlllM MAllE lllllllllNll. PANTALOONS that were $5.00 Now $3.50 PANTALOO NS that were $6.00 Now $4.50 SUITS that were $20 and $22, ~‘Nowsl6 and SIB 1.1. BYRNES, l8 WALL ST. FALL and Winner! . SUITINGS ,rsous‘ess $5.50 or. W. W. Lowitz, Edward B. .Manville . new. Repairing, Altering Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty Fit and Workmansh uaranteed. "FRANK" Ceca, 7 p 36 Main Street. f NORWAL'R I .aiarm‘ers’ Implements. /' - WOld Suits made to look as good s. hm" army.» g ,,.~
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