means units is» I'll!“ av. THU GEMINI!” BIPOB'I'IBS. echo-r in. rainc- They see and n..- a lawsuit. aunts lorwall and "HI-iv Darin. Their Diurnal Journey- has I. and Down Town. The Norwaik Hospital association will hold a meeting tonight . . Concord Division, S. of T.. will hold their regular meeting tonight. j The City Council of Norwalk will hold their regular monthly meeting tonight. .. Florist R. G. Hanford, of Norwaik, ~ will make a chryeantliemum exhibit this ‘ ‘wsek. 1, , ' The following unclaimed letters are in . the Norwaik post office: Dr. A. Bold- win, (2), Mrs. Annie Brown. -Oysters at Depot Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. William Ease, of Nor- ' walk, arein New Rochelle, today, attend- ing the funeral of the latter’s mother. James Barnes. son of Rev. B. F. Barnes. formerly of South Norwaik. is dangerously sick of typhoid fever. at his home in Brooklyn. The monthly meeting of the South Norwaik Board of Councilmen will be held tonight at 8 o'clock, at the city hall on Haviland street. 'Jabez Wheater is seriously ill at his home on Beiden avenue. Albert DeFor- est, of High street. Norwaik. who has been seriously ill, is improving. E. Apell, the barber, contemplates a trip South, this winter. His shop will be conducted by Jules Hornung and Henry Kampf, the present employee. ---12 lbs. of pork or sausage, at Hayee', for $1 00. Postmaster Malone reports the receipts of the Norwaik post office for the past month to be $1,265, an increase of $126. 83 over the corresponding month of last year. ‘ The Norwalk members of the League of American Wheelmen have received their mail votes to be cast for new officers of the League. This year their is but one ticket in the field. The weekly meeting of Douglas Fowler Poet,(.l. A. R., will take place tonight, when, it is expected, the committee ap- pointed some time ago to arrange for a course of entertainments, will submit its report. Alvin Meeker, of llowayton, was sent to the poor house. Saturday afternoon, as being harmless and slightly demented. Late in the evening he broke the win- dows of the room where he was quarter- ed and keeper Hoyt was obliged to put him in a cell, where he now is. —Horse blankets, 70c. up. McNerney s Donovan‘s block. The annual fair of St. Mary's church will open at the Norwaik Opera House. Thursday evening, November 8. and will continue for ten or twelve nights, 0n the opening night Dwyer‘s band will give aconcert. The music for dancing will be furnished by St. George’s orchestra, and Mr. St. George will prompt. Mrs. W. A. Pryor, who has been at- tending the convention of the Daughters of the King at Washington. D. 0.. ar- rived home, last evening. having stopped forafew days to visit friends in New York. Mrs. Pryor is a fluent speaker, and was an able representative of St. Paul‘s chapter, which is one of the most promising and influential in the state. The Democrats have engaged Dwyer’e Citypf the Norwaik Band for tonight‘s grand rally at Norwaik Opera House. when Congressman Robert E. DeForest will deliver an address. The band will go to East Norwaik, playing a selection at Randall’s Hall. and then march to South Norwaik, where the procession will be reformed and the Democrats march to the Opera lion-re. —-The People's Institute Monday even- ing entertainment course. begins with Herbert Stanley ilentou's illustrated lec- ture, "Hawaii; or, A Day and Night in a Volcano," a week from tonight. LeGrand Raymond and Charles E. Mll- ler, yesterday attended the high ceiebra» tion, "within the octave oi All Saints’ Day," at Trinity Episcopal church. Bridgeport. where Martin's Communion service in C. was sung by the vested choir. assisted by a string orchestra with kettle drums. Trinity, which is known as the most highly ritualistic church in the state, has Congressman R E. De- Forest as a vestryman and E. M. Jackson, of Norwaik, is the organist. At the meeting of the Young People‘s Society of Christian Endeavor in the South Norwaik Congregational church, last night, the president Charles R. Hel- mer, Jr., who also conducted the meet. ing, tendered his resignation. to take effect at once. Mr. Helm-9r is taking a course of study under Rev. H. N. Dun- ning, and felt that he could not do jus- ticetobotb. He has been president of thewciety for two terms and mode a most efficient officer. The members sin- cerely regret that be Is compelled to give ris’doctwitbaasmeiaeal. A two matted mhcoaor went aground, yesterday. on the and flats nan Burritt’s Island. . All members of Colfax Encampment. 1.0. 0. 9., are requested to be present tonight. Oysters served. Tomorrow the Norwaik Street Railway company will run their cars on the Bat- tirdsy time to to accommodate the traffic between. orwalk and South Nor- walk through the day and evening. ——Fried escallops at Depot Restaurant Conrad Ryan and Thomas Carrigan were arrested last night for breach of the peace, and brought before Justice Ber- rett this mor ing. The former was ac» quilted and I; A conservative Democrat this morn- ing gave E. J. Hill, for congressman, a , majority of not over 400 in Norwaik. while on the result he said there would notbe a difference of 500 either way. The Republicans confidently expect Mr. Hill’s election by a good majority and think he will have at least 500 ma- jority in Norwaik. ~Large plates of pure ice cream at Lane’s. Yesterday morning, about 2 o‘clock, complaint was made to Captain Cole- grove that two men had entered Frank Godson’s house at the corner of South Main and Meadow streets, and were try- ing to run the place. Officers Gladstone and Pennington were detailed to go down and make arrrsts, but when they arrived the men had departed. Harry Bases. of New Canaan, says that be will not, in all probability, at- tempt to lower the New York-Stamford bicycle record this year. C. Ford Seeley. who covered the distance last Friday in one hour and fifty-two minutes, without pacemakers, contemplates making an effort to lower those figures With the as- sistance of pacing, which will be done by a triplet and tandem. '--Please bring your tickets to bakery and depot restaurant and see if you have the number now drawn. F. A. Lane. The Arion Singing society will cele- brate, this evening, their tenth anniver. sary, in their cosy ball on Madison street. The affair will be entirely social in char- acter. and confined to the membership, active and passive. The committee, consisting of Henry Froeb and others have arranged for extra musical attrac- tions. and an exceptional entertainment is assured. The full attendance of active and passive members. with ladies. is especially requested. The directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad held their monthly meeting in New York,Saturdny. It was the first meeting since the annual meeting of the stockholders, and all the officers were rte-elected. After some dis- cussion about the by—laws, and particu larly that one prohibiting debate at the annual meeting, it was voted to refer the offending by-law back to the commit. tea on by-laws. It is believed the calm mittee will report back in favor of al- lowing dehate. W On Saturday Charles W. Whitlor-k awarded the contract for rebuilding his Wilton boarding school. recently des troyed by fire, to George E. Taylor, of Wilton. and work will be commenced at once. The site of the new building will be nearly opposite the old school. on a list of three acres of land which Mr. Whitlock purchased recently from Sher- man Morehouse. The new structure will be three stories and a half high, and will cover about the same amount of ground as the building destroyed. «Coffee with pure cream. 5c. soup at the Depot ihutuarant. The Epworth League meeting at the First Methodist Episcopal church, last night. was largely attended, scarcely a seat bring unoccupied. Peter Miller was the loader. and the services were of a most spirtual character. Miss l’earl Whittaker rendered the beautiful eelcc~ tlon. “Rock of Ages," with variations, as a piano solo. and the sentiments of the piece were brought out nimit effectively under her skillful touch. A praise set" vice will be held next Sunday evening, with Mrs. A. S. Kavanagh as leader Mrs. Salter will sing a solo and other appropriate music; _. A resident oi Norwaik, now working in Port Chester, spent Sunday in Nor- waik. He approached the lion. E. J. Hill. Republican nominee for congress, and asked him if he cared enough for his vote to pay his fare from Port Chester to Norwaik and for the time spent in town on election day. Mr. Hill replied: “Young man, don‘t you care enough for your rights as a freeman to exercise them by casting your ballot at the polls on election day? Have not the present hard times been enough to arouse your contempt for Democratic policy, without wanting practically to sell your vote? How much have you lost by being out of work for the last two years?” The young man waited to hear no more. The gentleman’s words told, and new that young man has a very small opinion of himself, as he was in Norwalk with the intention of staying until after election. thesaurup. “demented lard its at Drucher’s. latter fined 33 and costs. . 'lllSllEis IN acre or FIVE BUSHELSiOR MORE. - - 70c A Bustier. - .- QUALITY. A 1. 'F. D LAWTON & 00., 22 South Main Street. The ladies‘ Guild of Grace church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. * Fred 0. Knapp severed his connection, Saturday night. as clerk for the Holmes, Keeier & Seileck company. Seven members of the Rambling Wheel club, of Bridgeport. took dinner at the Mabackemo Hotel. yesterday. Election returns will be received at the Norwaik Republican headquarters to- morrow night. as well as at the Norwaik club. The annual reunion and roll call of the Norwaik Congregational church will be held on Thursday evening, November 22. George W. Hallock, of the Danbury News. formerly of South Norwaik, has been nominated fer Republican h‘pl’EBl n- tative of that city. Edward R. Bennett, of South Norwaik. who preached last night in the New Can- aan Baptist church, was accompanied by James Walsh, of Norwaik. The large derrioks on the railroad work at Springwood were moved, yes~ terday. to positions where they will take out stone at next Sunday’s blasting. “Judge" Alfred Knapp is quite sick at his apartments in the Mahackemo Hotel block. His son,W. P. Knapp, from New York, was here yesterday to see him. At the meeting of the Norwaik City Council, tonight. the Norwaik Street Railway company will ask for permission to extend another track into the car house. ——Thirteen pounds pork loin or sausage. $1. People’s Market. The young people of the Norwaik Con- gregational church will give a supper on Tuesday. November 13, in the chapel. Supper will be served on and after 5:30, with an entertainment at 8 o‘clock. A reading circle in connection with the Chautauqua Voice is being organiz- ed. Dr. Seward is at the head of it and all members desiring to join should leave their names with Miss Scott at the library. There was sortie ditliculty with the power of the Norwaik Street Railway company's line, this morning. caused by the circuit breaker being thrown out. The trouble was remedied in ash-wt time. The lexington avenue highway is tiootled by the recent rains, and residents and people having business there. are obliged to go around the old way. through Ely avenue. A drain should be dug, the water taken off. and repairs made to the highway. —Chops and legs lamb 12:. “teacher's Carpenters commenced, this morning, the work of fitting up the second llovr at the rear of the Norwaik Street Railway company’s car house for their offices. which are to be moved there from the ground floor. so that additional room for cars can be made. The grand Germania vocal and instru- mental concert to be held at Cermania Hall, Monday evening, November l2. promises to be a highly enjoyable affair. The array of talent. both local and out of town. assures its success. Prominent sololste will participate and M. K. lllehl, of Bridgeport. will act as director. Councilman Wheeler and (‘ity Attor- ney E M. liiokwood. representing the city of Norwaik. met Attorney Warner and Receiver Whitney. of the Norwaik and South Norwaik Electric [light corn- puny, at the forum’s rliloe to decide about renewing the contract for the city lighting. The matter will probably be completed at the City Council roosting tonight. The iollowinglatlh-s made every llflh purchase at. U. ii. llarrcy‘s slim! etorr, Saturday. and received their choice of a pair of show: Mrs. William Meeker, Mrs. Farrell. of Chestnut street, Mrs, Daniel Keogh, Mrs. J. Hyatt. Mrs. licuis Cook, Mrs. James, Mrs. B. Smith. Mrs. William Fife, Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs. ll. Jones. The same scheme will prevail at the sales next Saturday. The leading Knights of Labor who were concerned in the strike of 1886 in the Norwaik Lock works have made am- devils before a notary to the client that iii. J. Hill, the Republican candidate for Congress. was in no way connected with that concern atthe time of the strike, as incorrectly stated in the Danbury Dis- patch. The affidavit is signed by itch. rt Pierson. Joseph Tammany and John Shepherd. all put master wort men. “Got a check for my last poem.” ”You did!" Yes; left it with my satchel hi the parcelroom.” War Craft of Samoa. The skill and ingenuity displayed in making and finishing large Samoan canoes are something remarkable, for the reason that the planks are of such uneven lengths and widths and every part is fastened by fiber. Curious for fishing outside the reefs are partially decked over at each end and ornamented with carving and shells. They are good sea boats and run close to the wind. The war canoe. called an alla, is a den— ble affair on the catamaran order. This is made by decking over two large canoes On this platform is built a fort, formed of green coooanut logs. This floating fort is pushed up close to the shore near some village or earthworks and a bombardment carried on from it against the enemy. Many of the echoes are rigged with soils, which are frequently of ordinary sallcloth. The Samoan sail proper. how. ever. is made of native mats sewed to- gether, forming a triangle. The apex is fastened at the bottom of the canoe and one side. made fast to the mast. The natives construct a very ingenious temporary soil of ooconnut lost by spilt- ting the heavy rib down the center of the leaf and weaving the small leaflets togeth— er in the center. The two pieces of rib stiffen the outer edges of the sail. one side of which is tacked fast to the must and the other lashed at the bottom to a pro joining stick—Outing Cultivating Cinclionn. The path passes at first through cinchonu plantations, and as it rises from the plain commands fine views of the fertile valley and of the moun- tain ranges to its south. The cultiva- tion of the cinchona tree is one of the principal industrims of Java, and the chemical process adopted by the Dutch for the preparation of the drug is said to produce the twat sul- phate of quinine prociimblc, This is carried out in Holland, whithei‘ the bark as stripped from the trees and dried is exptirted. Cinchona plantations are frequent on the lower hills throughout Java, and thotrecs tired all sizw, from theme-re sapling up to 30 feet high. The price of quinine has fallen so low in the European markets that its production is said to rarely pay the expenses, and most of tho (‘llli‘llOllfl now grown is government property. vBlackwmd‘s Magazine. catiirrb is to thoroughly exp. i the poison from the eys'em by the faithful and per. sisttnt use of Ayir’s tarsaparilla. This wondtgfpl remrdv proves successful when all other treatment has failed to relieve the sufferer. W E SELL PERFUMES, ii PUPUUlil PRICES liudnut's .5 or. extracts, the Hudnut’s l 07. extracts, 250. See our window and come in and get prices. .7 .0. We are agents for Leon lsaacs’ PENS, and sell all other kinds. ll. ll. Paisled, 43 Washington St: South Norwaik. W sawhorse ”rest.“ a COMSTOCK 3303.. MEN’S SUITS, $1. $51.93 All Wool, Black Cheviot Sack Suits, at $10.00. We also have several patterns of Men’s Suits that we are selling at the above price. We are manufacturers of good, honest, well made, reliable goods. We can. and do save you the middle man’s ’ profits. ‘ fl..."— _———..... IT’S SURPRISING THE QUANTITY OF UNDERWEAR we are selling, which we buy by the case. you as well as for ourselves. Merino, 50 cents a garment. fine, at $1 00 per garment. higher. woman 2 prior aquarler COMSTOCK BROS., MASUNIC BUILDING. l4 SOUTH MAIN STREET, iiUllWlllK. SOUTH NURWllK. Another saving for Best quality of White and Scotch White and Natural Wool, very Better ones for those who care to go BUY UNLY THE BEST. A new article of Roasted Wheat. ()ur Coffees are peculiar for their fine Aroma and rich flavor. Leggett’s New Wine Table .lelly is a toothsome dish. Fancy new decorated bunch Raisins, just arrived. The silver doctor oval tins of Columbia River Sal- mon Steak is a fine relish for tea. New Scotch Kippered Herring. 25 packages of that elegant Formosa Tea. Why do the ladies come from far and near for this line Tea? Because they cannot find such Tea elsewhere at 50c lb. I, Chas. E. Seymour’s, LEADING GROCER, TiliPllllllE an, m. 33 WISHINGTON SiliEET. ESCALLOPS ESCALLOPS Who dime not like these toothsome bivalves? We have a fleet of boats and a small army of boys engaged in catching and opening u'il'flllfl a. They are opened during the night and ar- rive at South Norwaik at l:ll p ni.everyday. hey are sold to you just as taken from tho shell, absolutely dry. No sputtering in the pan when you cook them. No dealer in this town can offer you goods as fresh. and the price for the next. lildays is She per quart. As usual we are heiuluuarters for the bent quality of city dreerietl beef. veal, lambs. pork. etc. No Inferior or eel-nun quality goods of any description. if you want the best and only the best. come and see us. Wk THE PEBFLE'S MARKET, E. J. WADHAMS. Propriittor. 1:; North Mom at.. no. Norwaik. ill Wall st.. Norwaik Telephone nail. 'illud l density-stun «rumoured —- Telephone call. ”on. .- w Wm OVERCOATS! The season is now at hand when an overcoat is a necessity. Our line of these very necessary garments surpasses anything we have heretofore attempted to dis- play. Uur [li‘lllrfl are riimlerate and within the reach of all. It would be difficult indeed to name any one price and make it as a leader. They are all leaders. They lead any other coat sold elsewhere at the same price. The trimmings and work- mnhshlp are all that could be desired by the most fastidious dresser. Do you in- tend buying an overcoat this winter? Have you a minute to spare? Then step in and you will aillrm our statements. OH YES! W-r~i—g-h~t-’s H-c-a—l-t~h IJNllEIiWEilll. Fleece Lined, 980. WHEN DO YOU CLOSE? HI) O’OIiOOK EVERY EVENING. DAVIS, The Tailor. Clothiar. Hatter and Furnished lillliliiilil lliliEliBlflilK. Silllill lilllliili Will"
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