EO LOCKWOOD,
to. unseat lots rum in in favor 0! Hr- Babb-ll- b'i IT crusts A sun Ill
otthsrwolaltou.lsura.llaetley.mlu
-srytstoasllsalnltit.sadthswsldm
girls. the loading rats by the-ans
Wsrusrwatdtolsredclsotsd
Wham-numerator“! amenamamnpmus
“theme-hafnium «no.» tbskepnfillhfluutvoting.
”sandals“ night wi to bring Wofluumflwtodbyhallot,“ mdlthsrlA. Harstrorn.who moved
mtmudaptapno-nsua follows. acumen-II. a. Wood; raw-r Moo-L Paid- limo-I
lowing“:
Wdfichurlome:
I think we have come
1...... ”'1.” ”2'...
we a. n It ,uot
m’who rIde for but
busine- man who can a deliv-
has“ to every truckman. The
portion of united w“ 2:3”:7'
ved a street
'- themseadamiaiug ot the not of
it. Whilethefirstcostofthesaimprove-
meats makes the taxpayers shudder.
still themoney spent yearly ferrepalrs
will grow le- as we have these improve
meats of spermauentki
warn snmv.
Nouns who has Norwalk's bestintrests
at heart will for a moment begrudge the
cost of eatendinlg.“im and in-
creasingt supp y water ourwatcr
works. The quality of our water is ex-
cellent and now we must bavean abund
ant supply for household and tire par
with
borough
VIII harm.
I think we should deal generously with
ourfiredepartment. The servica cl its
memhers are voluntary and their duties
tendaugerous. Ibeliove they should
have the best kinds of fire fishtintoo
kept in the best repair. In ya the
iassruucecunpauinhaveadvancedrates
becstmsoftheineflcienttiredepartment
BollockaadJohnlI. Wade.
The nominations for chief engineer
and s-istanuof the fire department
wereratifiedbytbeoourt.
Pndnlnckwoodwaseleotodfire lu-
svector; fiancisJ. cheon, Jr.. health
The dection of superintendent of
sewersresulted in the choice of D. 8.
Curtis. who received five votes; 8. C,
Pattiaoo, one. Another applicant for
the position was John Lovejoy.
The matter of calling especial borough
meeting to lay the annual tax wastalked
up, and on motion ofBurgemChinery
the Warden watiustructed tocsll a spe-
cial meeting for Ifonday “ternoou. Jan-
uary 10.
December out. were then audited and
ordered paid.
The police report was read, accepted
and placed on file.
A communication from Levi Warner
relative to securingan smociato attorney
in the case of the Norwalk Gas company
vs. the Borough of Norwalk was read by
the Warden. Upon motion of Burgess
China ry the communication was r», ferred
to the finance committee.
The application of Roger lollinnis to
remove garbage and clean catch basins.
was referred to the chairman of the
sewer committee.
Burgess Glover spoke about the dart-
" Ire-one condition of East avenue. report»
places._
acorumIttee towork l3 th
.aud weshould give them I
p we can. It the planof auuited
diould fall through we shall prob
chaugeouvhorough intoacityand
boundaries.
mutant.
Thelegitlaturomaysocbsngetbelaw
thatborougbswill havetbctecretbalhrt
law; it not. I think this courtshould
”borough ,
that our style of borough chem-Is
be kept up. ’
aoaocen um.
borough has quitea large floating
upon which it Ispsyiug from four
one-half tofivc per cent. interest,
Hunthcse notes are payable unde-
thaboroufihhstthemercyot its
far havebecn as kind
Wauldbe. thstwe
mouthed” lfrom would“. to
this ,whlchcsu donstt
tour per cent. Urdu werahs more
bytaxatiouweeannotdomucb
thslntsv-touourdebt.
ssythstwaare
todotbcbnsl
TI!
dfit
Ilium
Hum-admmthattht
mmmhmmut
Wrinknhsnsnouaus-smbtss
ofmsoowtsottalspolatosthstrlls-
asthma apps-It by insisting s
ed to him by Seller Inspector Curtis. He
said the Norwatk Tramway company
’badbcenobliged to stop work for the
present on account of the frost in the
ground. The track had been put tograde
wheretheroad was higher than the ee«
a: tablithed we, leaving a hollow and
dangerous place on the hill near the
Earle place. One side of the street was
barely [rumble and the other side was
very dangerous. No lights were placed
there at night now that themen had
stopped work. and an accident was liable
to occur. The Tramway company claim-
ed that it was the borough’s duty to put
the road to grade.andrefuuedmtouch
it. The matter was referred to the high-
way committee.
Upon motion of Burge- Squire $42.-
54. being the amount retained for thirty
days on the turnpike sewer, was ordered
paid.
WardenBloan then picked up a large
batch of ppersfr'om his desk, remark-
ing that they were applications for posi-
tionson the poliu foree.sndasked
what the court wished to do with them.
Burgess Squire moved that theelection
cl police odious bedsfsrrsd for the pru-
ent. The motion was seconded and re-
celvsd the unanimous voted thacourt.
The spectators, who had stood adoacn
deep all the evening just outside the
“dead line." waiting tor the court to
reach this all tmptwtaut businem, evi-
dently did not amount lheactlou of
the burnt-mm. as when the vote was
called for a fullchotus of "Hos" rent the
slr,whlch wssfollowedbyageusral
soramhlsfor tbs door.snd butfsw ro-
mslued to are tbs meeting out.
The finance committee was authorised
to borrow 01.000 [or current cspcnsaa
Anordsrlor flNwm ordsrrd drawn
lufsvov of Burgesl’lllowmbslrman of
the lllghway committee. {or cart-t an
M' 5 - ~r‘”19l"v
Tbs msetisg thee adjourned.
llll’l‘lll. Ill.
mohmummm—s-s.
Ismae's'attalflorsslnstalled.
Thsnswlyllwmdtflcsrsofm
ham Post. 0.A.ll.. were mattered to
last night byIstlerhIgtltlletrtltephss
Smith. of Stanford. and the Won-'s
Rellthorvs (flows were lmtallsd by
Item J.Ilodp.de-ofllarttotd.
paurnsntprmldsntot’thsosdw. [twat
aaaoancsdwtthvsgrutthatco-Ialdar
as mutants} put-I
oasesusatottlhtn. Aftw-thsmastar-
tsgearsatoss—thsl‘olhwlagptw
“wars-dual:
militarism»
“thrdukkyhfiwaudltwuvb
“answers-rum”
Isattatita.
Ass-attacker.
mm‘m‘m
south some... or.
l LEll II “E as l’lPE.
A nos-
PM [Ila]. '00“
s,
WWMdWflM
Holidays.
tars Is llA'fl'llltl.
mlwwalklattsby'flu‘”
mmsumw mt
tbsmlmMatsoutaud
munit- Btla Jllh‘
Th-Imnnwum
wmmuwmmmumm sow-mil“
tughyuuhlarmh‘a-loauqlln- MMMMWHM
ssrlous'lrelraahaouthansaasoa
Intact-u street. Octoplsdhy'w
tataflaoraalyahss. a“ u)
About 6:3) o'clock thls morninglr.
Seminary,were awakened to findthelr
room full of smoke. lira. Estatrom.
whofiratamelled the smoke. amused her
husband. When he went down stairs to
Investigatchefouodtbotlooraroundtbe
register in the dining-room on fire. The
flames had communicated with the door
casing and bass board and were slaved-
-iug rapidly. lie arousedJohn Rooney.
thejanilov who had charge of the house
while it was unoccupied,and sent him
down the hill to give an alarm. Rooney
amused Chief Engineer Prowitt and an
alarm waasem in from box at, on Union
Park. The chief then ascertained the
asthma! the fire and tent Inasecond
alarm. The supply wagon was first to
respond, but the bill was a glade of ice
and the horses bud ascended but a short
distance when the driver found it would
be impomible to reach the house. The
hose wasnuloadeduudalhelaidfroma
hydrant at the bottom of the hill to the
scene of the fire. By this time
Hope Hose company had arrived and
their crab was dragged up the
htlltothe house after much difilculty.
The fire. however. had been extingmsh-
ed by Assistant Engineer Frank Helicon.
who came up with the supply wagon
and went directly to the house to do all
that could be done until the stream was
tinned on., He found the ceiling over
the furnace in the cellar on fire. Ilr.
Rooney and blr. Harstrom had exting-
uished the llama up stairs and Ir. Io
Kenn subdued those in the basement.
ably aided by several neighbors who car-
ried water for him.
Thefloorwssbsdlyclnrred audahole
burnedthrough ituear the dining room
register. Thepaperon the wall in that
roomand in the parlor was ruined by
smoke. The expense of putting the
house in repair will probably be about
two. None of Ir. Harstrom's household
goods were damaged. The building was
fully insured. Hr. Ilantrom carried no
insurance, on account of his goods hav-
ing been moved. Ile neglected to It:
tend to the math I yesterday. The tir-
department did extremely well to get
out so promptly in the snow storm that
was then raging. The heavy air mauled
the sound ofthe bell aoda numberof
the firemen did not hear it.
At that it was supposed that the tire
was started by the furnace pipes becom-
ing overheated. Later this morning.
however, Fire Inspector I". E. Iockwood
visited the house and made an examina-
tion. its mind that sgas pipe went
down into the cellar close beside the fur-
nace. It contained two swivel joints.
one near the register and the other near
the furnace. Both joints leaked. and
the theory is that the gas became ignited
by the heat from the tire in the furnace.
and that the flames were drawn up
through the pipe to the second joint.
where they ignited the woodwork. A
practical plumber looked at the pipes
and he wasof tlIesamc opinion- Ir.
Inckwood.
Another serious tire was averted about
D o'clock this morning! by a timely dts-
covsrymadeby James Bysbse. son at
Captain George Byxbec. lie was at his
home. lfil Washington street, when he
smelled smoke. lnvcstltcallou showed
thatit came from a bedroom upstairs.
but the door was instead to that he
could not open it. Going outside he got
aladdsr. which he placed loll“ the
window and by this ”mood to
sunrise them which wrote tell 0!
wuoksas to surly tolerate blot.
went to s clout Mar the stairway. sud
mun-o at all m on Ira. lls
thvaw ltoat ct the wlndow not It laudsd
on a grapesrbor in therear of Justloo
Itorrsll‘s also. XI. Harrell went out to
mswbatthamaltsrwss and found the
broom. Wrapped mend it was a phce
ofwoolsucloth. which he says swalltd
very strongly of kerosene oil. It h a
mystery how the fire started. The room
warranted furnished, baths-I not been
ooospltd for some time.
a mm. “W...-
A Ilfllfl AIIII‘I'II.
as w... wuss as Is- last-lowers
outcast mass.
The spicy brush of plumb
”Montana‘s. Jobs
“shamanism”
chihuahua-dummy
alldsyysttwdsylathtovtlcommsa
Mmmhmuu
Oat villas- who was readily
postal hylhpatylbwl‘lbatrflss
topsttasaspparsaostotllvshhtutt-
MMWWMMM
in” I,»
which are being dIown to the trade.
TlIsVolkHatCo. andolngavery
good busine- aud getting theirsharsof
orders. Robert A. Trlmble has done well
ontbe road and taken many advance
orders for the Harrington hat. Hand-
made batsare'a special feature of the
Volk Hat Co.
Raymond G: Oomstoek. bmides their
well knowufinsuades of still. halsare
making some handsome Tourist and
crush hats. In still bats. for colors they
show gazelle. amber. nubbrown, drab,
dove. corn and meltcu. which are all
handsome. D. B. Iltller has returned
from his Pacific coast trip and secured
good orders.
The Adams Bros. Manufacturing Co.
tremaking some handsome colon and
atyles in Tourist bats. Evidently llr.
Holmes has been looking over
some wine list from the names he has
adopted for colors. Here they are: Port.
Weir-a, Tokay. Angelica, Absinthe.
Catawh.
Wm. B. Hubbell started up his engine
early in the month and it worked like a
charm. He is now putting in boiling
and forming machines, which makes hi.-
tactory complete. Just now he is mak-
Ing a good many bodies for soft hats in
three shades ofa blue mixed. which is
very handsome.
The AmbleraPerryflatCompsnysI-e
putting in ventilators over each of their
kettleatotakeofl the steam and clear
the make-shop. Their “Harvard."as illus
(rated in The American Hatter, has
proveuagoodseller. Ir. E Elnwndcsm
husoldlotsofthem oubittrip toCsli
lmnhtbewevu'dng m m; star...
uumber forty. Ilr. Intruder returned
about Christmas. and will go East in a
lew days. Mr. Aces will go South early
to January.
John C. Wilson a 00. are having their
ssh-m of businrss and are turning out
some excellent shapes and colon, which
are taking well with the trade.
The South Norwalk Bat (30. hn-t put in
a new t'l'gltlt', and made other improve-
ments. such as putting on another story
in the rear and an extension to that
makeohop and coloring department.
ass PAINE'S SEAL SKIN.
found at afanler'a. M Ilad Ice-
ulth‘auhane-au.
Ira. B. [Payne who reu'des at?!
North Main strest,60uth Norwalk. went
uptown this morning and secured the
servicesofOfilcerDauu tohelphcr find
steal din taoqnewhidr shetook to
Lewis Wagner, atallor who hadauuall
shopon West Washington ‘rcct until
aboutChristmas time, when he dlsap
pears-d, leaving anumber ot auditors to
mourn his departure. In. Payne. whose
tacnuralsodusppmrsdfiriedtoascsrtain
his whererboute. without succem. She
finally learnedthsthit sister. who lives
In South Norwalk. had been seen wear-
ingsucha garment, and that she had
left it with Int. C. 'J. Taylor, a furrler
roldiugon lain street, Norwalk, to be
made over. The othcsr accompanied
In. Paynetotbs house and loundthe
garment there. It wm tobavebeen
wmplrted yesterday for the nguer
woman. who pro the drtluous usmeof
W, but Mrs. Taylor was unable to
finish the workupon it. The woman
called for lthttevsaiu‘. andwasto
oomeaplntontht. ”Minnelli-I
edit-epopsrtyandmrrledltho-swlth
fight" lltswllyrobbly-shaocom-
platonasdslssathdsdwlth hsvlqrs
cumin-rm-
stunt-nausea.
Atthsrmldtnmdlml'lorsuosllallv
wits.” Asha- avmas, llorwalk.last
analog. herds-show, ll- Iargaret
“who. was married tortuktlmtth.
ofhrooklyn.ll.Y. 'l'herswarspvssrst
only lmmcdhbrslatlvmaadfrlsut. in.
oludtagauuatbw of the groom's rota
ttvsstroml‘ewYurksndllrooklyu. The Club
Manic-played bythe
groom‘s tsu-ysu—old daughter tans.
‘l‘hsnatdathoaorwssfltlva-yssr-ctd
hybhsa't'.t. Habit.
EM‘dMIfh’wkl‘
“prudent-tattothstsnatathsm
m ofGllbestA. Pimps.“ M
rant-islet»
Ate meeting in Dublin of the svlstsd
Melatonin-loo Ir. Dlllouttattdthst
thttotalamouut retrtvsdtor the most
oferlstsd tenants was shim”.
ulstviws rmous LETTER.
W laws It Was Forwarded
by (hill-0| Gibbs-
M stock. we will ofier you these go
lswsof lbs Untied Stat-mad not ethn-
’ I. M Ievbotss I.”
who. thaTsl-QE f
mallet. tbepraseatmlnbterolwn.
, .___._,....__....
'l’e layout Christopher Cele-hut
Wan Sermon, Wla Jan h—‘l‘hs
Amalgamated Association of Iron Work-
ers will boycott the Christopher Columbu.
the whalebaek built for the
World’s fair. because the vuel is built d
staslplatas from the West Superior Iron
mid Steel company.
We lac-noun prlcdcat
lawman. P... Jan. h—Ifieiaht sodas
l.m on the Pennsylvania raihusdexplud-
at at Brown’s crossing. Calvin timber“,
southern. and Hatch Belkrmamdrrrau
both of Harrisburg wars terribly Isis-Ii
and will prohsblydie. low water mmtd.
“accident.
"Hymnal-“lads.
anions, Jan. 5.-—Thsrs isa hssrwar
on bstwstn the ayadieatslaawsrsofthb
city,kuowuuths8nlouhnnwla|a-D
cistloc,andthanewkswsrha Itw'lllh
afiahttothsend,andbseraayyatba
givenawayhers.
Icons-s for Pro-float.
Xaw KAY”. Jan. u—Stcckholdsts at
the New Haven and Northampton B‘-
rotd asupsay elected c. l. Yea-ass
latetns Tattle vies [laid-t
and Edward A. Ray secretary and saves-
later.
This lonlq Illa.
l'l‘lfllllhuJan A~Andrvw Pa-sthau
ltallsn ltvlagla Skunk Hollow. savadtwe
smallshlldrvn from bttug run ovarbyaa
eagles on tho Junction road. but was
mkbythssnglnsaadfatallyhurt.
Unfit-lath Aussie-t
Pat JsoJx—ltlstsldthat
0mg.flarsh,olths Ksystonshsuk.
la in Knuth America, and that Captain
“lunatic-nested fame,hashssnaut
camera-shim.
muse-count.- critical.
Wants/roman. h—lr. Dlalaa's eta—
dltlsa to critics! that Dr lmlaths
wsllk spselallstfrumlliscrk
mmdhsrstossasaltwlthlhalsb
atamIAByatt. ,
'lf. : '0‘ .W
* 'l ”win-totem . ..
ass Xena. Jan. two'bsrlsy tissue at
Mitt. boutwltasdsllsaastu
gutsy-sale Amer-least “vocals
Rubella. ttoors'sbsshsrtszllla-
Ibo Was Owned to hitting.
an. Janet-The trassstlutts
s
all
on sunspot this city. She “seam
Mfiatdrua I;
llsw Hartman t—lt ts tsldthataav
Mk W.sldruu of the hoardd
public workawhctt seesaw bars have
undwuilngmlavmlptmhsslstttswa.
Aphaltusal worst tan.
or «loanvttu. it. Y. Jae. a—«Iarth
Wll ptupridorct the It. Johasvllls
A sasssstgasdt 1.8.
Yummllusamm o
Ital-lbw
«DU 530 MAD HI rotwwm
YOUR FAHHJY (IF YOU, ,
0m M m A3 YOURSELF- : .
DRESS GOODS. ,
praised leaderswhi, I
' hill»
0 , .“..i'}.'°lid.. Wm
M“ helm“, out! i .
; Coventry Sumrzmuuipu, regdlil‘ pried.
100 yds Plaid Flannel, worth 25c, this sale use.
600 yds Plaid and Striped Manuel, worth 29o, this
300 yds‘l Plaid Suiting. worth 49c d, this sale 37in.
ooodsdy sBouI-etts Flume 's Hair and ,
plaids an stripes, worth 60o yd. this sale 451:. p ,
Our 38 in. all wool Bennettas in colors atfl black.
tie yd.
SPECIALS. ‘
10 pieces BtomBerguin changeable and solid
sale 45c yd.
3 pieces Redford Cord, this sale the yd
1 piece 48 in. all wool Henrietta, navy blue, cheap at
this sale 79c.
Cord, block, this sale, 73c yd.
1 piece to In. Whi
1 piece Drop de ma, block. this sale.66c.
MOTIONS AND HOSIERY.
50 dos. Ladies’ Scoilop Border Handkerchiefs. white and? ..
cred edgesbc each. These goods sold readily at quhitt
wrinkled Iromm having been used in trimming. ,
soiled000 ‘ "
ds Cotton Laces, 50 different patterns, from. to , '
inches wi 0. Etc 8 yd. A ~
1, 500 yds Linen Torchon Luce, considered a bargain
yd, we Will soll for 2§c yd
Balance of our flents’ extra heavy Shirts and Drawers, 50c ’
quality. 39c each.
CLOA KS.
Choice of our 10,11 and 12 dollar Jackets for 36. 50.
Few fur—trimmed garments worth from 08” $11, choice 85.88 ’7
c.h
Better look this lot over if you need such garments.
DOM ESTICS.
Prices. as vou know, are steadily advanciugme on
but as we wish to lower our stocka aster as
93!.
former vices
or fancy bordered fringed Towels, .tju and hook fin.-
iah, worth from 15 to 19c; choice of the lot at trigl- 25c.
5 doz fancy Chenille 8-4 fringed Table Covfi‘ “.60
each. choice for 98¢.
3 ieces all linen 56 in. Tabl
9e 3 do: :o4 Blankets... :“W ‘“
3, 000 yds check 15-1-
ren ’s dresses, no y, whim ”T’shtllin
Special closing out on Lndies’
these goods,
before taking
«mm for aprons and child-
aleast.
rappers.
b tbb‘ WMMMW'WWMsndMI
mutter tklsm date our “store all! he
elsssdsa J.“ rsla’y sad
Prlday ave-lag; I dates
as Issdsy, Wednesday and
I "fill-8*
* 83«Vlasllingtoo SI. "
8E0. llll lLSllllE. Prop-
M. S. Smith?
band Holiday lnnountemt
Gifts of Every DeScription.
Durifitbis week we are making the greatest efi‘ort of the
season to display to the :people a line and well selected stock of
Holiday Goods.
Fancy Goods
Exclusively for the Holiday season. We have always had the
reputation of displaying the neatest and latest noveltiesof the
season, and on which we never ask only importers’ prices, which
are exceedingly low. This we could only slford to do unless
"great quantities were sold.
lllllElllLE roots lllll rooms
mfiffiw "w“ mom-Wm ...
tirely new pilbfioationsflg A grand assortment of Christmas and
New Year cards on exhibition for the Holiday season.
Dolls.
Our stock of Dolls for the present season cannot bssurpusssd.
Kid Bodies, Bisque heads, Dressed and Undressed, jointed and
plain, all the newest novelties.
Handkerchiefs.
O
”.00 each. Never before havewehadagrander assortment than
sttbepretenttimsfortthmas-ason.
Gents’ Furnishings
Wehsvsaaewarrlvalofflouts‘l‘eckwwlnsfl
complete mutof Gent's Underwear from the
It
mmdmmmm Inf
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‘6 lower eveutbahour ’
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Pay the Mortgage;
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ornamroun.
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‘J.”b. assent
Undertalt or?"
t KNIGHT “.10!le cola
Plans
New special bargains. Dosens upon dozensof Handkera .
chietsareptlodupon our counter. mm inprice “011150- ” .
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