DECEMBER
That the past six months of suc-
cess has met our most sanguine
expectations, and shows that our
endeavors to please the“““trading
public of South Norwalk and
vicinity HAVE been appreciated.
it has more than met the antici-
pation we made when we opened.
But to come down to the presents
we intend to make this week.
illll’ Silli-llllllii illlllil‘illl‘l
III celebration of this fact, also
to keep us in the Inieds of the
little folks, we shall give to every
child who comes accompanied by
their parents, they making It purchase Inonr store, will entithrniyh,
the children ‘0 a Christmas Present We made this oll'er be ,
fore for last Saturda and Honda but having no man I-I,Ills
from the little ones since then, wey have decided to keel: tlis' NOBWA LK A N D ”SOUTH NORWA LK'
other open till Christmas, or as long as the presents hold out. “'“—"*“—r'
Sililililll iIHlllT
Are oll'ering the largest line of Christmas (loads that have ever
been oilered to the people of Norwalkm not trash, but line
goods at very low pIicI-s
Anyone can purchase It present. at our place
FIIII I III Dull II I $40 Plush Santa,
()r a. $50 BR()C [1143‘ £511 A‘Vl .,
And by the crowds that throng our store from Inoruing till
night we think our cllorts are appreciated.
To hello -I' accommodate IIII- pItrIIIIs our stotc will be
iopen every night till alter Christmas We shall oller to the
lpeople of South Norwalk :1 bettIII line of goods than have I- ver
been IIilcrI d to the I'esirleIItI of Hit It . town \‘tIIrI- open III cry
P. S.——~A lull line of Christmas Cllilllri will be ollered Iety
cheap
thIistmas Presents'
REMEMBER
This Is our anniversary, anIlIvvc intend to give buy ers ol any 1
class, whether of Christmas Pro; cuts or not, the best tteat ini
the shape of first-class bargains at or given in South Norwalk
N. B.—We do not claim to go to the city twice a week to: POPUIar one-price co“ nters
buy for our patrons, we generally have the stock on hand ; it; 5 Gts I o cts an d 2 5 cts
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not, we have an oilice at 120 Franklin street city, with buyersl
in each department. Any orders ~ior any class of goods we On each of which no put the best goods we can lurui lI
i.0r the money.
will fill in twelve hours.
A large a<sortment of better woods at popular [wins in
Elowprices _ -,, —
HANDKERCHIEFS,
CAMBRIC. INEN ANI) snug.
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“THE—
Sllll'l'll NflRWALKBflS'l'flNSTflRE
83 WASHINGTON STREET.“
Mutllers and Scarls,
ilosiery and Gloves,
Mulls Collars and (,IIIpes.
go’v»___M
A. liIIIIIIIIan & Sun,
84 WASHINGTON ST.,
SOUTH NORWALK, CT. SOUTH NORWALK. CT.
YULE-TIDE CHEER.
M. 8. SMITH.
Atrain commemorates the season by oflering to the people! Inge moieties of llIIli-
day Geode. Gifts of every description. Define this week we armnakinw the Irteatest
ehort of the season to display to the people II line and well selected stock of Christmas
Goods. \Ve feel it is impossible for any one to smpass us in quality quantity III in
artistic exhibitions and now that we have ended this inIIi statement will mention II low
of the articles we have on sale at prices guaranteed:
FANCY BASKETS. HANDKERCHIEFS.
An appropriate and useful Christmas present. We are
displaying on our center counter 500 dillerent styles of Fancy New special barnains Hundreds upon lIIInIlrIIIL 0! dozen
of Handkerchiefs are blind upon our I: ouIIths, running in price
Baskets. The prices are astonishingly low, (the same as in all
the rest of our departments this season). The largest and most iron! 36 t0 3 £00 each Never during our lnsInI y b. we we
complete assortment ever exhibited In this vicinit. A most had a grander assortment than at the present time for the
acceptable pronent for Ladies and Gents Waste aper Bask Xmas sensor.
ate at every price and in every sty.le Pin, Hair, Nursery,
Candy and Ollicc Baskets, &c., &c.
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Juvenile Books and Booklets.
Never was such a variety of elegant Books placed before
the people. 500 styles of luveniles, 200 styles of Booklets, 125
entirely new ublicationn. A grand assortment of Christmas
Cards on eth ition for the Christmas season.
4.9mm
DOLLS.
Our stock of Dolls for the present season cannot be sur-
passed. Kid Bodies, Bisque Heads Dressed and Undressed,
ointed and Plain. All the newest novelties.
New
JEWELRY.
At less than one third Inaaulacturers’ ricen, and in Midi-W
tion to the above startling bargains we wil offer all the latest
styles in jewelry and miscellaneous ornaments oi that line.
Examine our line of weelry before purchasin elsewhere, for
we buy direct from the manufacturer and in urge quantities,
Fancy Goods.
Exclusively for the Holiday season. We have always had
the reputation of exhibiting the neatest and newest styles of
the moon, and on which we never ask only importers’ prices.
thieh Ire exceedin ly low. This we could not afford to do
tulle. greet quantities were sold.
The best of value in Cloth Bound Books by all the popu.
lu- Inthorl. ,
therefore enabling us to rave at least 33; per cent upon our
purchases, which we give directly to the trade.
The largest variety of Silk Umbrellas ever exhibited' In our city.
_M S. Smith, - Dry Goods.
1380mm. WING. com NORWALK.
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WE GREET YOU
with a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New
Year! and invite you to examine our stock of good things for
the holidays: Elegant Sweet Florida Oranges from 25 cents
per dozen up, Grape Fruit, Malaga Grapes all kinds of Nuts
Candies, Figs and Dates. We are selling large quantities of
Tea for 45 cents per pound. We have the largest assortment
of lIIIporthl Jams III the‘ city. It will cost you nothing to in.
sport IIIII onods and we take pleasure In showing them.
M".
M an I HIIIIIIII.
F. H. NASH & BRO
HAVE "351' RECEIVED A FINE STOCK OP
‘CAIlLIllAD, FliEM' H AND BilllEllilAN llllI‘lA,
Decorated Dinner and Tea. Sets.
SNI()KING AN I) \VA'I.‘ [1‘ R Slfl’l‘s
rune? cups, summits Aim prrcnnns.
Mugs. Ham and Shaving. Enoraved and Plain Glass Ware.
.H. N ASI—I «to: BBC.
ll. lilililllill S MILLIRERY Slilllli
i SUVTH \illi“ H‘LK i UN‘I
: We are now reuly to close IIIIt all Trimmed [lots and Boo
All \iilli-
A “"0 chance to
{III Is IIlIiIh IvI- have IIII hand, at :I very low figure
i new floods must Iro before the holidays
pm I a hat cheap
FIIIIIII Bills III Plans at I GIIII IIIIllII.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS
We are showing the most complete line of For Goodni
l'.‘thctowu \lulls of all kinds Capes in large variety at 53
Ecents on the dollar, -\l| III M be ntlltl befoIII the holiIlIsI)
‘ All kinds of Furs
taller and GIIII’ llIIIIIIIIr, HIIIIII III Handkerchiefs
int all kinds must be sold :It :III_I pIiI-o .Is we llll( nIl givinu up
thI so departments All must Im s- I come It once
”HOLIDAY NOVELTIES. '
Albums, Dolls, Brie :I ll ac 'l‘ms
\utouriph “bums \iui
(‘lll Albums etc.
All the III-III I<t Ihizius iIll pltNt'lllm l‘IIIIIe
IIIIl OXIqlllllllt‘ A IIIIII tlSMll‘lfllttlll of .le ‘Wl'il‘l‘ Ribbons, Rib.
bilhllt‘i. ChildrI II s llIIsiI Iy lIIIt bluk _I.lth
[ .‘lillllll'iit‘lll‘l South
E Hotel "I KRIEBER NIII'II'IIHI,
I Block ('4 IIIII.
illlilillllillil Alill MEATS
‘ l' 'I‘IIB 0|." 5"! \ID 0?
THADDEUS GUYER,
(fine-cent)! to T. Burr liu’rr & Soul.
8 P R I N G- W O O D ,
ALI; ORDERS l’lltllll"l‘l.\’ FILLED.
Olty People find it to their advantage to trade
with III.
GIVE?- US A. TRIAL.
eminent e I
an
Examine llll Stock
l‘lIl, (luau, Glam, Salt Fin.
somruxnw, .
SECURE PRICES BEFORE
PURCHASING.
Ill-m, l'IIvII Yer-«II! 3.er llvvup,
Imported “rapes, I’Icllvl "no
—-—~—Wl All ofrlllll‘ltl- «-
trrp totlrdorAJ-Ilmd (lauds
Grand lnducements
---of All Hulk—w
CASE BUYERS.
HUNTRZRLUFF
millillllll lilil.
thlRlllill'llll lllllil‘l
“away—smiled.
we: as. 5-3” MM” Int-I
lloIIIII Dram Poultry: Specialty.
Dram flaunt-III Pro-pd}.
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BY EXPLODIIB METAL.
Frightt‘ul Accident at the New
Jersey Steel Works.
A woman's urns Bunsen our
Your 0th”. unmet, applaud by Flying
Hun of [lot Homo-All hound llo
Maul: III-I Thu-o In No llupo OI
Moron—A stoke-II»: Spectacle.
bums, N. .1, Dec. 23
.—-About “Ink-lock
yuurdny Afternoon an explosion occurred
pt the New Jersey Steel and Iron works,
bully injuring five men. A large um:
of molten metal, known as "cinder," had
been taken from one of the furnaces to my
Jorge the process of cooling. This is done
by dashing buckets of water upon it after
It has been exposed to the air lon'b .. enough
to somewhat abate the white beat at which
it emerges from the furnace. The man in
charge of the. furnace determines the
proper time to apply the water, and the
men m readiness with the buckets are re-
quired to follow his orders. '
Sr‘leelod to Walt for union.
One of the helper», Michael Fade, with-
out waiting for the signal, threw big buck-
et. of water ug:;u the “cinder" almost u
soon as it was taken from the furnace. A:
e water struck the huge mass the in<
loosely heated metal exploded with a deaf-
ening report, hurling in all directions
large pieces of iron, some of them weigh.
tug hundreds of pounds. Fuda and his
four companions, who were standing
around the "cinder,” were thrown to the
ground covered with horrible wounds,
their clothing and flesh burning and emit—9
ting a sickening odor.
’l'hclr Horrible Wounds.
Fads. who stood a few feet nearer to
the "cinder" than the others. had his eyes
burned completely out. In the back of
his neck was burned a large hole and sev—
eral holes were burned in his body.
Jacob Kress had his clothing almost en-
tirely burned off. and was terribly burned
Ind mangled about the body and limbs.
George Simall had the flesh burned of!
many pxrh of his body, exposing the
bones.
Michael Hope-rip had a horrible gash cut
in his abdomen by a flying piece of the bot
iron, and his burns are so severe that the
physicians have no hopes of his recovery.
Michael Gosula‘s burns were so numer-
ous and serious as to render him almost
beyond recognition.
Their Recovery Doubtful.
The injured men were removed to the
hospital. They are all in a critical condi‘
tion,nml the chances of the recovery of
any of them are small.
The mil mill. the scene of the explosion,
presented a horrible sight. great chunks of
flesh that had dropped from the bones of
the mangled and roasted men filling the
air with a stilling odor. while the 3“!"
mumlinzs lI-Ire many traI-es ot' the force of
the tlyiu; pieces of metal. The tempo of
[be live IuI-II from Instant death and of
others in the mill front injury is llltrat‘ti‘
lens.
A TRAIN WRECKER‘S WORK.
Due Train “'35 Ten Minutes Lalo. 'l'lIup
Saving Many Liven.
.\ LBABY. Dec. ":5 >7».\ deliberate attempt
me; made early yesterday morning to
. wretk the south bound Montreal express,
cousisung of seven coaches, in which were
some Jail passengers. at what is called the
Blue Mill Bridge .: 3 near Ballston
Spa, where Isa switch leading to a side
truck that is generally occupied by freight
cars. The train was wrecked but by a
miracle no one was injured. At 7 p. m.
Sundav the switch Irma in perfect order for
the night with the signal lamp attached.
Some time later the lamp was extinguish—
odund the switch opened. As the north
and south bound express trains generally
pass at this point In, full speed, it is
thought that the intention “as to cause I
general collision, which would have been
attended with great 10:: of life. but. fortit-
nntely. the northbound train was ten min-
utes behind tune
The south bound trIIIII. III charger)! (.‘ou-
ductnr 5' C. Brown, entered the open
switch shortly after 1 u. m.. and. striking
I single detached rnr, rushed Ull against a
number of freight cars, which it wrecked.
The lm‘nmoftt’e,\vllicll was badly damaged,
left the rails, and when stopped was en-
mped at an angle of forty—live degrees.
The baggage car was crushed by the ten-
der. the scenery and baggage of the [luff
Opera company being badly damaged.
Engineer llallantine stuck to his post, as
did the fireman. The passengers escaped
with It severe scare and shaking up. Travel
was delayed for several hours. Therein
no elew to the miscreant.
Vouml I'roun to lhlth.
Pmrr-IIII'IIII, N. Y, Dec. iii—Luv!
“'eduemlny Miss Amelia lmllomlmnl, 19
years old, started to Walk from Wall
pond, Franklin county, where she had
been visiting, to her home In Malone, I
distance of fourteen miles. She did not
trrlvc III Malone, and diligent. scorch
failed to discover her whereabouts until
yesterday afternoon, when her body III
found about three miles from where Ibo
planed she tInI' on; been frozen to death
(.‘ul lllui (‘omplololy In Two.
Ammonia N Y. lkII.15fl—Thom-
Cumey. of Syracuse, II Central Hudson
freight. brnkenmu. was instantly killed II
Little Falls lie was just leaving his “-
bum-in to day: an npprouchtng train when
the train lu- was about to ling crashed into
the cab-Ima- he had just left, catching him
between Ibotwo Union and cutting him
complete-iv in two.
law Public llnllrll-go.
“'Altlllso‘fus, Dec. film-Conference rev
portaon publle buildings adopted by the
Debate authorize. the construction of build-
lum at Norfolk, V0,; Stockton, Cid; Him
City, III. . Kansas City. Mo, TIIIIntInu.
”our . Newlmm. 8.1 . and Purina“.
R. l. The bill-I are left on they came from
the house, which utvuck out the chum
flaking appropriations
Physician! Ray tho "lrllm W"! I”.
ll”! You: Doc. 23 w—EIII-rard Momma
truck driver, was shot and fatally wound-
diuJ. M. Downing: liquor salwu ye.-
turd-y by James Mluuuugh. p worthle—
fIllovv. with whom be bad but a quarrel.
Minn-ugh mu "rental. Moran was plat
in the stomach and log. Physician: nth
lupin] an he cannot live.
It noun m.- vmm mu.
Canto. Doc. ask—Ilene“ ltevllllotl. m
and Solo- vnlu-r am! amlmtnnlI-t. did
have yesterday. He bequeathed tItII ruin-r
Ila vats min-am and fortune at m
to his native plant. Como. E
run of In
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THE sEIIIIroIIerIIIEII III
How Du‘valli “WorEed” the
Sages ot‘ the Upper House.
NAKED HES BABY FOB In“ All.
A. o Ito-alt "o u... Resolved III-In»
lu- um- noln the law-um
tot III-deno- Refused to Be Ilium
lmver. :uul llua (la-w Wu W
WAEKISGTOSJ, Dec. 23.—~Bnnco Sm
"Hungry Joe“ has more than found A
rival in a Baltimore"). His name is Will-
iam Duvall, and be has performed the all.
paralleled feat of bnneolng nearly the em
tire United States senate. Duvall worked
in this way: 'l‘oeacb senator was addressed
a letter informing him of the advent of I
son, and hem, ing the senator’s consent to
home the child after him. A baptism
certificate was inclooed, showing that, for
instance, “Frank lliscock Drivel], child of
William Duvall and his wife Mary W.
Duvall, Iva-I born at Baltimore Dec. 1,
lulu, and baptized in the First English
Lutheran church Dec. 16."
Ills Infantile Senate.
The regulation letter received by the
Mouton, besides informing the recipient.
of the birth of the boy, declares that Father
Duvall has recently broken his leg, and his
friends are about to give him abeneflt.
Tickets are supposed to entitle their hold—
ers to admission to a grand benefit enter-
tainment on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Duvall
in particular to git-I: his address as No. can
first Baltimore street. llereis ulist oftbo
names in the baptismal certificates report-
ed up to date: Joseph Dolph Duvall, Will.
lam Evert-I Duvnll, Anthony Higgins Du-
anl, John lirifiiu Carlisle Duvull, Alger-
non Paddock Duvall, Watson Squire Du—
vall, Edward Wolcott Duvall, George Ed-
munds DIIvall. Wilbur Saunders Duvnll,
Richard Pertigrew Dnvall, Thomas Power
Duvall, Leland Stanford Dnvall, Philetlls
Sawyer DHV I.dl Francis Stockbridge Du‘
vull, Henry F iIIir Unveil, George Hoar Du.
vall, F. It «Inc Hale Duvet! “'illiam “’asll—
bum Dm'dl. lit-ergo Vent Duvall and
Frank lllscock DIIvnll, to say nothing of
Cimrle~~ .‘Iluudemon iluvall, all first. born
children of the wonderfully virile William
Duvnll and lIi~ extraordinary wife, Mary
“C Duvall. Incidentally, the children have
all been brought into the world within the
past three weeks.
"\Yorkcd” the Vita President.
There are those around the senate who
say that there are several other newly
born Duvalls, among them John Shannan
Duvall, Matthew Stanley Quay Duvall and
Arthur UIII‘IIIIIII llnvull, but the gentlemen
thus lmnorI-Il Insist that, they have not
been rain-It on for either silvcrmugs or
mom-y ‘l'iII-y are, bowover, regarded with
Sllbltlciutl. There is a Levi Morton Duvail,
too, and the vice president generously pre—
sented his IIIIIIIesake with a beautiful sil-
ver mp appropriately inscribed. Others
have sent on the lll‘lel and crispest kind
of $3 or rlu bills. rattlex dolls, whistles,
horns and Ill‘lllll~. Senator Hoar's con‘
tribution to said it! hmc been a $50M“ and
one of the commissions he once bold-s
president of the Chesapeake and Ohio
(‘unal company, which was wrecked.
Nearly all the gifts have been accompanied
by pretty little notes assuring Papa. DIR-I!
that the great compliment paid is highly
appreciated.
Mandel-Ion ll’ulu'l Bile.
it I: quite probablv that Duvnll would
yet be Working lIi-I game had he not. decid-
ed to make u. try II. .gI Immr Henderson, of
Nebraska. Yesterday morning the non-
ntor received by mull one of the stereo
typed requests. The Nebraskan recalled
the fact that only a few days before he had
seen a similar certificate, in which the
name of the child was declared to be .1“
tin Merrill Durall. He also remembered
that the father of the protective turifi bad
deducted $3 from his salary and mailed it
tothe iIrOiic'll legged paper in Baltimore.
Senator )lunIlI-rson lfl-Itltllted on investi-
gation. and discovered that nearly all
about the I-lrcle vllemocrufs and Republic‘
ans :lllkr‘*~ll:lll been hard hit except him-
self. The majority of the victims appear
to regard it as a huge joke. and laugh at
sugginon» of proseruting lluvall. That.
it was {hellenfrst piece of buncoing yet
developed not et on those who suffered
most will attempt todeny.
The New lngl and Society Bang-ol-
.\'Iw YIIIIK, her- 'I -TlIe annual bun-
quet of the New England Society of New
York took pixie:- in the large concert mom
of Madison Square Garden last night.
Among llII- spool-tent were lion. Joseph H.
Chortle, Chauncey M. Depevr, Hon. A. ll.
Cummins. of loam; QI'GUVemOl' Wilson,
of West Virginia, Rev. Francis Patton. of
Princeton college, and (Jen. I). t). llovvud.
lathe absence of Vice l‘residentMovton,
who was to respond to the toast to the
president of the United Slates, the health
of President Harrison was drunk standing.
’l'liore Can ”a No Appcal.
New \‘IIIIII, line. :3. «The United State.
court [Inuit-whim! to deny the motion“
suspend judgment and for a new trial in
lbecune of “I‘ll Peter J. (flamenco, pud-
dent of the Sixth National bank, which be
tried to wII-I-k M the court was unani-
mous there rIIII be no appeal to the United
States supreummurt. The extreme. poo-
llty in ten ye.- IrII and Will) fine.
In tum-lo- vuul Hum.
\\'.\Slll.\hlh.\, llI-Iz. alt—“rho sonata do
Voted .‘lI-IIIluy's I‘m-don to the Ilium!!!“
of the lmlvml l‘lt‘f’llllllfl lllll. Mr. "W
made It lung wInII-IIlI ltt nllppon 0‘ lb. fill
and .\ir. VIuIr‘IIem lnotlier lung “16ml.
opplmltlnft III it. The: house spent 1M d”
up to II” innrnuwnt, m quarter [tn-£3 a...
gnu-«itlI-I'Itm IIIIIHWI‘II pertaining W “30 BI.
"it‘l nt’ (‘IIlIIIIIlliII
l'IltalIIIrz'p Null-nu! EDI". (ll-b
PM I» P! in, Dec. ‘53. «The P‘Imbum Ho-
tiunnl l. III club bu orpniud Wm
elem-u. . .‘I Futon-r O'Neil at mm
It. ll I'. . 12'1' president; lmv Bron,
treat on I. 'llll ,\ K. Swindle“, m.
A Illltllptgvl mil be eboun Tm’,m
a). Illltl il‘ nll lull-full?“ an audit 1“. ’
HMIloII_ lbw hunor will b conferred ‘1
him,
flu". wmmm' Almwouh Deal.
rho" .. ‘4 ‘7. "P". mI-Ml’. W
Ame-Juli”. .w of the wealthluttmd I“
prumltu Ill ItllM'lt‘t of Sermon, am ‘
pill’lllu'llllfl last evening, and I) m
“r \Inaworth. who mm a large "I!“
emu r it III lII-i I nearly 3701" “Hip.“
and m. I II ”mother of th- assembly FIR”.
“"4""! In lb. 1“.
Now I'IIIIII, the, m~flumu m the
seventh game of the cheap match with
Gauntlets yacht-1.7M: pulp std-lb
lath-lent Ivllh tine minute”.
M It: opponent.
Norwalk Chronicler