‘ era
ins. considered cheap at 00c.
Wm
r51;
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b
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for Ambitious Customers.
mm SQ‘GGESTIONS. .
t ‘ aMthat tradehasanatnral tendency
arias Jan'y . reh' ., and larch. a
which every hensekeepe
, p . lt’sanother.thatthingscanhe
”Trillium during these dreary months
, from us. and any clear thinking
will endorse our statement.
rinhmerica
a Mgpgndeavor to please all.
, o! the heat ltandard Sheet Ilnaic. ele-
prlnted on line quality paper. average
mfililc. per copy. Call and make your
roseGoods250.peryd.
. double fold yd.wlde Cashmere, regularly
sold at 40¢. per yd., all shades. We have placed
as a special inducement in our Dress Goods De-
partment for she" also yard wide Striped Suit-
We have placed
with the above mentioned lot as a specialty at
fie. per yard.
We also carry a complete line of Black Goods
duties and
w .
of lienriettas. Cashmeres, Set-gee
, . ; that is new and fashionable.
assortment of Plaids, «Stripes. Bro-
plaln goodsin all the leading shades.
h:- SMITH,
1 , Insurance Bdg., South liorwalli.
gal:
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AND AT
”nest Prices l
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may last eooas tor
fizr‘
3c*s,)<
5;:
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the beast louey
furl..- rm. ,
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HATS! Hill—l
FALL STYLES,
lasllgrsdessndeoloevol
sun and Soft lists, Bllk lists.
Boy‘s WW Crash lists for an and
12101533,
91 Washington St.
Particular attention paid to
fixing, Cleaning and Ironing
Itih llata.
ginuvm’s w... “j:
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«my
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no mun!!!“
PIRFIOTLY rune.
nurwrnnmmmou mu.
Tuvalu-terminate. tttutysemvuies
it is the llmam (hm-s Luv. hut {ma
lh‘ but lantations anagram absolutely
l‘ mesa- inieirntn alladaillrmlioasnrmlmln
i. . m They-eel , ere hermetically smi-
e .l usrrsnled in weight. It is unison-oo-
Mural in ere than the Wave-lee.
Oriental h Occidental its 00.. UN,
its-d Omar, .15 MW 1“,, No. 1'".-
l’or file by the neat lynx-era.
ll. ll.'l.lW'l‘ilN e 00..
* l). L’HOIIBDIEU.
CRAB. ll. Fulfil,
flouth Norwelk. Conn.
Strength.
Ask Your Grocer for it.
ALLISON BROU.
."zmllnctnrars,
ill-Jilli'lilwii. 1:0“
I.” IV
illillllll'l'l
i have just "arms: a larxc in! ii
38. 310 all] 812 00E000l‘l'8
Which i am going in
similar at $6, is an $10
i‘nll and Examine 'l'hcm
A; it wil be to Your Own lnierett.
Davis
The Tailor,
heath Norwaih. Conn.
W. H. MEEKER & CO.
SOLE AGENTS
EH“!- ‘80.!
" Flurila” inn llnln.
Plumbing.
Steam. and
Gas Fitting.
Tin and Sheet iron Work.
STOVBS, RANGES.
AND 'I‘l NWAR 8.
“Us. in
Steel. and list Air ll
nus» nan. m.
m.
. Till lion? ”Wilmette sun
._ rsurasu: cleanse ornate
e. a. loss a soil,
fl”. momma”.
Daughter Both Dead.
Illa? 8“”le! 01' 138.181“.
Ibo Gave lies Idle is! That at liar Ila-
heal-lye lay ‘i'raey sad s laid
bothered to 'l’heir looms-The les—
«saith-locates».
Wuarsoros, Feb. 1-41» news oithe
horror at the residence oi Beastsry 'l'rsey.
hywblchhbwll’e, daughierandalusidlost
their lives, created the most inteneeexoltsv
meat in this city. and all day long the
wrecked and blackened house was eur-
ruaaded by immense throngs of people who
duddersdestheyloohed upon the scene of
desolation. Never belore in the history oi
thsoablust has one oi llamatnbershsenthns
horribly smitten by the hand oi death, and
heeidethislast event Secretary Blaine‘s rev
w bereavement pales Ink: comparative
“places“. The latest details at the
shocking efleir are as iollows:
The Story oi the Visa.
W “J Alter fl 9. allude}. am new
ha»lhwxnw.rm firm (mine
widows; Heat: ease ”VO'WMM
' rider“: ritual-a
- . mm . 1...,
one in the house
was last asleep and
the lower portion
n i “It! resilience
was ablaze. The
atoll-ways w e r a
alire and the only
a .. chance oi escape
. ~ was by jumping,
iieversl ol t h e
t e r to r stricken
occupants soon arr
at the win-
dows oi the second floor. Hrs. Wilmerdlng,
the secretary’s married daughter, and her
child, Alice, aged l3 years, forced their way
through the blinding smoke and jumped
iron: the trout second story window, Lad-
ders were raised ior them, but in their ex-
citement they isiled to see them. lire. Wil-
merding broke her lelt wrist and was
manly hruiwti. Her daughter was badly
injured about the lower limbs, hut broke no
bones. They were! taken at once to the
resident-mi Dr. Buster near by,and rector»
lives applied.
lire. Tracy's llerolsua.
Hrs. Tracy gave her liie ior thatoi her
husband. Nha could undoubtedly have so—
capcd alive but inr her heroic exertions to
are him The-y 01:11le the roar room on
the second story. Everything would seem
to indicate that lire Tracy awoke to ilnd
the honseeblom and her husband unem—
eciou! at her side. With little thought ior
herself she caught him in her arms, and in
herdeeprsto eil’ortamdrag him toawin‘
dew ruptured n blood renal. She then
opened the window, and although the fire-
men were raising a ladder she did not wait.
but plunged to the concrete court yard be-
low. One leg was broken in the iall, but
she died an hour later iron: theefl'ectsoi the
ruptured blood veucl.
The Secretary's Rescue.
When the firemen reached the scene the
lower patina oi the house wm wrapped in
Islam. As soon as they knew tht people
were still in the
binning building
hdderswere raked
to the rear win-
dows and C hiei
Parr'n dashed into
the flaming struck
are. Thachiei tells
his story of the
scene in the house
thus: “I lult my
way through the
anoke to the sec-
ondiloorand found
amsninamoru. I managed todrsg him
intoaback room, where there was main
sndthcnbroke thewindowout and called
to Lowe, who was in the alloy, to run up a
ladder. Then theytook the manont.aud
it proved to be the secretary.
lliae Tracy‘s Vrightial Death.
“Then I went back intethesmoheand Ire
again and found a young lady-Ila lary
Tracy, they told me it was-and as lcaught
holdoiherwrists to lift her up the flesh
I“ TRACT.
SIGMA RY TRACT.
ulneoiiher hands. lgotherout.
hutshewas That uhaustedlne. l
mlddonornoru.”
liis'l‘rscyhedbeen sulocatedbyemohe
and best. She was taken out tenderly
thronghaucighhor’sbomanddownalarh
dar,andlheheetmelicslholpwaeiustautly
atherside,lmt withoutsrsil. Theieaturna“
werennrscogaizahle, but certain [wouliarl—
tieaoi apparel ledtotheideutiicatlonoiths
body.
Anotherbodybadlyburnedwaethetoia
mgafimhmaidusmedJ
Themaetary w- remored to the red-
by phyndam.’ who
ic—dhimto he snlerlu‘ m asphyxia
Thedoctors applied artifldalmeam icin-
11,. whorenislnell ramming-m-
tsry‘l'raeyrevived says: ”it was nearly 10
o’clock when the secretary again awoke,
eeneeim of his surroundings. The president
wits, daughters and grandchild. The presh
dent, with the tears streaming down his
cheeks, entirely replied that Mrs. and Ill
Wilmerdlng were safe. Again the secretary
relapsed into unconscioueasse. toaweke an
hour later loss]: at the president: ‘ls she
dead? Then the president repiiod, with in-
tense emotion: 'lisryie deed.’ The acre
tary swooued. A half hour later heawoke
and exclaimed: '0b, 1 wish I were dead; l
have nothing to live tor now!" The president
uttered whet eoluiorting words he could.
his?" again the secretary sank into a slum-
‘l'lle I‘resldant Overcome.
During his iltlul sleep the secretary muiv
iered disjointedyseniencos. the men oi
which was that u no wile had not men to
”Whit life the would but have sacrificed
ham, Notadryeye was mbeseeu
Mathewson-mathematics.
silo n.- president wea'flnelly so ovsroonie
that he was compelled toreturn totbe White
Borne lent he should give way iurthor to his
ieeliuge.
All the alternoon the eeaetary improved
in his condition, his pulse growing stronger
and more regular and his mind clearer.
Now and then he would start and exclaim:
"1 can't breathe: I know I‘m dying." helm
he tallied more intelligently with optima-ion
Wales or the catastrophe, and exhibited the
most remarkable iortitude, although his an
Knish wu intense.
lira. Tracy's Last Words.
In. McKee givesa touching account ol
the president's visit to hire Tracy just be-
iore the latter's death. He iound her lying
upon a low couch in tho little from dwel-
lingm which she had been carried. Mrs.
Tracy. thmigh enduring intensely, recogv
nixed the president at once, whispered a low
iarnwell nmgca to her husband, her
daughter: and son into his ear, and then,
with her hand cleared in that oi the presi-
dent. pained quietly away.
In. Wllrnerding and her daughter are
rmtlng comiortnbly at the residence of
”cut. limo. Mira Wilruerding is well
enough to be in constant attendance upon
her mother.
The [lead Girl's Boudoir.
'l'he pretty txmdoir oi Mine Mary Tracy,
furnished in blue and gold, presented a
pathetic picture. Over the tasteful art
square was scattered bric-a-brm: broken in
pm Her invorito books were burned
and covered with dirt and scattered all
about by the stream of water that came too
late tosoro her young lilo. But the moat
pthetic thing of all were the dead peta. Elbe
was very loud ni pol-a. They will not mine
her, however. (or they, too, passed away
when she did. At the loot oi the bed was
the poodle dog, which she had often potted.
Around its neck was a blue ribbon tied by
ha hands. Twocanarica thatmod to awaken
her iron: her dream in the morning lay in
thohottomoi their cage,aud u apolica-
man thedcor and stopped to look in
he drew the sleeve of his coat over his eyes
and hurried down rtaira
11.. house wsscornpletoly gutted and the
inruiture Leatotal Ions. Its value is eeti.
mated at snow. The place wae magnifi-
cently tarnished, all oi the furniture being
new,
The New York Trip Abandoned.
Owing to the calamity which has hoialleu
the iamily oi the secretary oi the nary, the
president and members oi the cabinet aban’
doped their intended visit to New York to
take part in the exercises which have been
arranged incident to the judicial centennial
which is to be celebrated in that city today.
The senate adjourned out oi respect for the
secretary and his bereavement was alluded
to in the hotter. Letters and telegrams ex-
tending sympathy are pouring in from
everywhere.
Sketches oi the Deceased.
lira Tracy westhesisteroi Gen leases.
Catlin, the distinguished Brooklyn lawyer.
and hermiden name was Delinda [-1. Cat
Iin. N” was a woman oi pleasing appear-
ance, oi lair com-
pinion. with blue
eyesand light hair,
and was sixty years
of age, She wuaaufl' .
earnest and willing?
worker in the Epis-
copal churchxcady l
at all times to do- _
vote herseli to the '
church interests”
but at the more
time she was iond
oi society and one
oi the most agree-
ableoi women. either as a gust or host.
Gen. Tracy himseliswlseoi her loudly and
proudly as "an excellentwomaa and wiis
sndsgood mother.‘ Ira Tracy’s iamily
included, hwides her husband and her-ii,
threechildren and a grandchild. the last
Minced helm Alia Tracy WW
‘iheiazeeroldda ier oi the eeautary's
tor, Emma L. Wilmerdin‘.
children were Print 3. Tracy,
mmcr mot
moved to Washingtonand Ill. Farrlugmy-
ton Tracy, the daughter who shared the
mother’sterrlhleiate.
AttheuuuMTracywenttoW-hint
ton lialierywseeicksndlre'l‘rseyre-
mat-ed ioratimeia Brooklyn,th
daaghterthsbeneiltoihertendermotherly
care. Hblaryweslikeharmotherinap-
wanes and had the mine plea-at and
cheerfnlwlya. She had hoetoiiriends in
Brooklynwhoweretullotrs‘retstherds-
e ” “euro a
cigar
Clear flavaaalllled. leibier’lrscente.bat
eateheslor lo. You‘veheerd tech stole-ms he
lorezseeityoeeveeiounrlthenets-at so than
lutelyheeledspesaow. ls-usshyasllliyoer
taker-mks» thea~tlorsqemu.fl.ma
Charles B. Perkins,
gillflliBY Sh, BOSTON.
WMLaytdi
Real Islets and [loose err
General insurance A gene!
lire, ur- aud Mount.
Ocean many Mote—Mn and Ill
Disinformlsndu andlouevilrdaste
all pa oi lumps.
Notary Public. .. Acmgrwlalxnaents Tehen.
norm 'I‘léhein. “ new. (theme
to lleetlssttes.
commoner
Wat BRIBERCJmlConn. JOSEPH B RID]!
state lloardoi In mm. B. 5., I}. ll.
lumber Conn. I. ll. Aes'n
Wm. n. inner: & sex,
Sanitary 000 Hydraulic Engineers
Ilaln Once. Ill 3 41 Washington it.
com IOIIWALK. 01'.
ion rmmmzmmnor. xr.
Brunch Office's l’illl'l‘Slll‘STBR. N Y
i wnrmvuu. n. r.
Local Surrevlnysnd General Work will
jrm he siren prompt attention.
SEWERS!
F. NI. PIER??-
nmzn m
Aid)
General Sewer Contractor
is prepared to make connections with main newer
pi n lhie city on the most favorable terms.
lee intending to connect with the recently laid
more in line city wiei Iind it to their sdrau c to
call on him. ":34 ll
F. M. 1’] ER CE
‘ Box 20. South Norwslh.Ct.
WRIGHT & FLYNN:
Carriage Makers
Andmuiactunrsoi
All kinds of Va one,
Trucks, Carts. e c.
Allhiudeofrepai more done.
Beremnewandseoond dwssonspu’ tor-ls.
newhostIrtsonlym
Horse-Shoeln and
kinds ofBlacksgnithir‘ig
Poet of l-‘ranhiln In,
South Norwalh.
spit it
lli )M ER- B. II()Y'I‘,
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SOLE mm FOB Till
Celebrated Aqua Crystal
Spectacles all Eye Glasses.
They have no least.
WAL‘IIIAI.
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81'8me
la-yrepalrdcpartnutlhavssvatsdlity to
m
mm.
lien- lag-Ina
work. .
Alene and well selected stock oi Silverware
Mssndflnekwelryalwaysonheed.
,novsa'romc RAILROAD.
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gunlimited e nomim, We.
dermal Jan. 1!“. rate
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550 "lined 620 “Ike-l til) “l‘x'd
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SIC‘VIGIl PIPE
Whm%MMhi
nuns Alli suns
Ever oil'crcd. Everything goes at cost and less at the store at
c. H. HARVEY,
North Main Street; South Norwalls.‘
Grand file
lllLLZ
Mahackcmo Hotel, -
The Fullcst fitock,
anng’S'l
Before Stock Taking.
EVERYTHING MUST 00.
The Best Goods,
The Lowest Price!» w 7 M
The Winesti’ohdce,
mumwm,
33 Washington Street, South Nor-walk.
m «Hr :KallleeGfiflmo
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W“ H is»? ‘0‘
A Rare Chance for Bargains in all
Departments.
0000 00000 l'l' MARVELOUSLY LOW P010030
Woolen Goods Must Go on Account of
ye Warm Weather.
All of This Week.
H- Krieger,
South Norwalk. Conn.
THE POPULAR QUERY :
wmnhnmmm
THE POPULAR ANSWER:
Him 0131 Butler in 25 0001s a Paul
AT
SEYMNIB’S.
w.
'l'ln Halal inlet
mum—
MEATS
mammalian.
went the ehotnest m”. ehtdasdre
oinuahbumyuawilllsdth-atu
mfimm
3‘. HA.“ a.
menace. - sou-rs unaware
one}! on THIS.
rumpus: '
m Bum! mun
fifltw‘am “
A FULL LINE 0?
Builders Hardware, ¥
PAINTS,
Oils Vfrnishe's. ‘
BorryBrou. Hard on Finish.
wm sue: Deer nee-
“semiannual. ‘ ,
w. o. cum-rand
Immanuel.
JOHN H. SMITH
.my(
Norwalk Chronicler