mucus coll.“ Drench
trout-um amounts»...
TB. nvnmto onus-nun.
Scorn News“. Ones.
m. felr woothsr will prevell. with fresh
MM!“ westerly winds Ind slight
dew-r. followed by higher umpcsnture.
felt to portly cloudy wsothsr will pre-
Wiili flight temperotnre chongeo end
northwesterly winds. shifting to north-
' and followed in the southern districts
filo section by snow. Snturdny. cloudy to
My woothnr. with snow on the sen
ellsht amperotnre chsngeo end north-
utterly winds. followed byclesring.
‘ Thermometer meow.
lowest point of the thermometer for th
,waonr hours ending st noon lodey woe
eboveserot highest. tl° sbove zen. ,
Wore Aim-use for To-morrow.
aw SnnPete Rich ‘l‘idc Low9 'l‘ide
st can nt 3. 5!
The town meeting called for next
My st 3 o'clock, is s moat import-
lit one to Bowsyicn, end incideutnlly
tothe reetof the town. It isto not
‘ limo n petition of the residents of Row.
nylon requesting the widening of the
l ' Lhighwoy between the bend of the river
' ; ad the westerly end of Lincoln avenue,
toouniform width not exceeding forty
I}! M Home portions of this high-
" weyi new only twentyaix feet from
y . fence to fence, end the thoroughfore
vesymnch pinched. The proposed im-
" peovement it seems to us, is one the! h
demanded. end ought to interest the
’ enough to canoe them to ottend
emeeting end vote in favor of the ’hove bod funds enough. but now '9 ore
Why do not some of our figgetic
‘ young American men w ~ are eating
their hearts out becnoset to intro place
for them to distingui ”themselves and
no work for them to these herd times
enter the United tes navy? Not one
d our nrships her full complement
When the new ships are ready
flies, there will he still more
need of marines. The marine corps is
open for enlistment to nblebodied, clean
young men between 2i and 36. Three
years is the term of enlistment. In three
years the situation in this country will
improve, and there will be more oppor-
' tunity for work and pay. The time spent
in the navy will be a good school of or-
' perleuce, and not a day of it need be
thrown away. Life in our army and
navy is improving constantly. and the
/ men are beginning to be treated more
like human beings. In all the branches
d the service there are schools and ii-
bnrlee connected with the barracks. Au
nlnbitious and industrious young men
might fit himself for n profession while
serving his country.
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Admiral von Werner. a German, soys
thst the worst place to live for a steady
thing is ouboetd nu ironclad men-of-
wnr. In n storm the great quantity of
ggnsnud gun mountings and the weight
of the rum in front bring on a series of
extraordinary “railings and pitchings"
thnt score the crew out of their wits.
Onlythe strongest carved men can beer
the diotutbeslce coolly, and even he is
glod when it is over. When the guns
arched, bottles jump six inches into
theelr, and the effect of such concussion
on e human being can be judged. The
best in tropicsl climates is something
.anl, and altogether the lot of the iron-
eled mon-of-wer's man is not It happy
are.
A women in Eugiend advertises her-
self as “butter and choose maker to the
crowned heads of Europe. "\ Bore is it
good hint for some of our millimetre
.dkteomen who run model farms. Why
dunld not Govomor Levi P. Morton of
New York edvertioo himself or “butter
.3 all chore mnkor to the eovereigp
dinerlcon people?"
.ucw. , .
One of the meet hopeful signs for the
hints of Mexico is to be found in the
newer of President Dion to the 8, 000
More who visited him. adoring their
Mine. in core of war between their
. W end (luntcmslo. Dion said,
' ~ f“Pesosloneceossry to the progress of
“mobile. ” A great truth hoe thus
‘ ‘ Wtbemlnd of at local cueLntin
m president Pence is cemetery
rulprogreeenotonlyofore.
but of soy country.
Them young men. liorion Butler,
W did Jets! 0. )Pritchnrd, Rea
who inks their place so none
son from North Caroline otter the lib
.. lurch next. will he Is very greet
other from thmsold sternum on
W Venue and fin-om.
The We. in the new on m ,
end Juliet Harrell. recs-Intel by Alters
neyJohn J. Welsh. HrlIQeIerhoe ro-
toined Joseph A. Grey so his sttomy.
Thesntlcu orieeofmntlle “wetsuit
of s mos semen Wmd f
City. egelnot llr. Harrell. Chsmbtl'in
ottoohed in horse end truck belonging to
the letter end clsltned the WOW! woo
worth .500 Deputy Sheriff Toner kept
the turnout for o week. when notion woo
bmnght euluet Justice George D. .Keel-
er. who figured so Chemberloln’e bond»
men. it woe shown Ifr. new woe not
worth the omount of the bond. end s
new bond woe ordered by the Court of
Common Piers. where the coon woe
heard. The turnout woo then returned
to’ Ifr. Karen. so Chomberlsin could
furnish no other bond. Liter s bond
was furnished end the horse end truck
were ottsched sgsln, but nfterworde re
plevined.
Hr. Morrell cloime tbnt foloe sllegs-
tione were mode In the suit end thot
there was on sttempt to defrnnd him out
of his property. Ifr. Keeler is cherged
with giving s frondnlent bond end with
malicious intent. It is also alleged Mr.
Morrell’s trucking boomers woe injured
end he wee put to the exits expense of
.50 in defending the cone. Similor ps-
pero were also served upon Chomberlsin
through his attorney, Henry Gregory.
The case will be tried before Justice
J smes T. Hubbell on February 23.
SOBELY IN NEED 01" GIFTS.
friends of the Boopltll Asked Io Give
What They (Inn.
Editor of The Evening Sentinel—Dun
Sin: There seems to he s general im
preseiou shout town thot the hoopltol boo
sulllcient funds for oil its present needs.
This is en unfortuuote e.ror, due to n
misunderetsnding. We heeien to correct
it. The sseocistion holds property—the
sitefor ,future building—voiced st 86. 000,
and it will soon receive $5,000 from the
sists,q)prcprioted forhulldingonly. All
other .inoneye, reload end contributed,
hove 'ly been used for current
expenses. Up to the present time we
sorely in need of gifts. liony of the
members of lest yeer hove foiled to re
new their subscriptions, sud fewer bene-
fits have been given. The expenses,
however, continue, and we must have
funds to meet them. It is on emergency
to which our towepeople should respond
generously. Every dollar will be sppre
cieu d We hope soon to have n regular
stated income from on appropriation In
the meantime we ask the friends of the
htspitsito give whet they can, and to
hr In to raise money Yours sincerely.
8 ll. WATKINS,
Secretory Executive Committee.
POPULAR AXUSEIENTS.
Some of the Events in Which Nolwnlh
People ore Interested.
One of the best entertainments given
in this city was that given by the Met-
thews Comedy and Vaudeville company,
at Music Hull, last evening. The Japan-
eseiroprzn performncces end the songs
and dances were well applauded. We
would any to our renders. if you wish to
see I reel good show, you should visit
Music Hell. Tonight is one of their free
entertainments-due to all over twenty-
one. There will be sgrnnd Indies' and
children's notices on Seturdsy otter-
ncon. Don't fell to let the children see
the wonderful Japanese troupe. Admis~
nine, children, do ; edulte. 10c, to oil
parts of the house.—
On Mondsy. Febmsry 18th, st Boyt’s
Open House, Florence Bindley will pro
done her new ploy “The Copisin' s lists. "
We clip the following from the Buffolc
Courier of Febvuory 5th: "Florence
Biudley mode I strong impression in her
new ploy, 'The Ceptein's Mote,’ ot the
Lyceumlset night. it is o oeusstionol
comedy. full of excitement sud fun, end
the clever little entrees bod great oppor-
tunities for displaying her vemtlli ty.
'i‘he ploy itself is on old lines, but the
scenery is elohorste end the players
good. The plot is simple, being merely
tbot e little girl is kidnapped end token
to Melee. Ber vicissitudes before resch-
icg home form the story. The first
seem is on the coast of Maine, the second
the New York docks. the third the arson,
and the fourth the heroine’s home. The
struggle in the woven in the third set is
the greet footers in the ploy. lites
Bindley’o oompooy is good. Wilton
Tsylorssbove Lyons, the vlllsln, did
some good work, while John Sheehon es
s New York policemen. wee opts-dole.
The other ports were well token.”
The numerous cures of rheunInlem by
the use of the old modem bloodpuriiier.
Al.” “puma, show conclusively
thet ltleon effective remedy. if not in.
deed the specific for this most polnful
“a t of melodies. What lies
cured others will else core 10“:
Tequila-Yell! “fl 30009" m Ir
Bouncer hove ell her money. end he
holiest italic-punishes. Triplet.“
so it dnee not sleeve on to lie-M
tandem
modems-:90,“
if ”W‘
”'5 we”
ms. on the shoreline elected!»
cottons fetched over sud west to the
bottom.
Therewere ms'ny disoudolnted m... .
infierltord'i‘ueodsy. loves the m.
denofthe colebrsticnoftbo twentieth
snnlverooryofthe Connecticut Women's
Cbriotien’l’emperonce Union. one od-
dreeeee were expelled from lites rum
E. Wilford. preeldtnt of the World's W.
C. '1‘. 11., end Indy Henry somerset.
president of the Britlst Women's 'f'em'
perecce oooociotion. lire. Oornelio 3
Forbes, president of the Connecticut
breech, receiveds telegram from Boo»
ton Tuesday morning. sent by the pity.
oiclnu of the two Indies. ssylcg that they
were both we sick to come to Hartford
The employee of the Mums Cotton
Mi lecompsoy st Shelton were paid off
Tueodny night by the concern. The reg
ulsr weekly poyment woo shipped by
the compony on Seturdoy in consequence
of the robbery. As the stolec'mouey,
amounting to $2,500, hes not yet been re-
covered. the president of the cotton mills
Robert Adonis, issued soother drsft for
the some amount. Bookkeeper Spnuld-
ing got the money. and was scccmpsnied
from the Birmingham Notional bank by
Superintendent Sweet of the mills, who
acted as o guard.
NEWS OF THE NORWALKS
Contractor H. H. Brown has moved
his otlices from Monroe street to the
front portion of A. Solmnno’ lower oisble,
word. they will be focused while the four.
trucking work Is being curried on
through South Norwslk.
control end will be found very conveni-
ent for the sub ccntrectors end others to
The location is
transect business. Peymeoter Williom
J. Gordonislnchsrge.
Leigh Whitaker. of South Norwnlk,
end Miss Fuller were the soloists eto
concert given loot night in the Bethel
Open House, by the Bethel lfole Chorus,-
Profe-or Bownrd. conductor.
Mice Knew. liner. of Georgetown.
hes been the guest of Attorney Grey end'
fomily, in Norw_o_l______k.
Mrs. Jored E. Eetlow end In. J. R
VouWoguIsn, of Oxford, N. tY. .. ore
guests of Ir. end hire. W. W. Easter, of
Boyview Ivonne.
Humboldt lodge, Sons of Hermsn,will
hold its regular meeting tonight.
_Henry Tilly is putting up eolgn for
Hornet B. Hoyt,on Washington street.
E J. Wudhnme, the ”Ware.
turned to South Norwelk last night from
Pundegords, Floridt.
The whist club which met st the reel-
dence of Dr. and Mrs. Higgins on Tues-
day evening was not formed by Miss Hig-
gins, but met there owing tn thinness
of one of the members, at whose home
the elubw was to meet
FOR CHILDREN'S PARTIES.
Oriental Costumes the Whlm of the “on!
at honey Dre-so Halls.
The season of fancy dress bulls having
onccmnrc set in, the intent Pnrislnn no-
tions in the wnyof fancy costumes may
be of interest. There is nlwnys s fnsolnc-
tlon nbuut fantastic attire, whether It be
odd merely lmcnusc it is out of date or be-
cnusc it is the untrunmwied expression of
individual lusts. There is usually as wide
a range of choice nmung children's cos
tomes as among those suitable for grown
persons, since children can wear not only
many sorts available for men and women.
but on infinite variety that would be too
unconventional for adults. even at n fancy
bull. whore ulnventlon is more or less re
lured.
There cm the usual number of clowns
and (lower girls, old standbys that are al-
wnys woll represented, but the wer be-
' CHINE“! 006T“ MEI-l.
ween China and anon bus developed n
menu: for the national attire of those
two countries which threatens to turn ev-
ery fancy ballroom into an oriental con
ventlon. In which the nu! Jccts of the bci~
ligcrcnt powers mingle freely under s
temporary truce.
Jopnnesc fabrics and costumes are much
more familiar to our eyes then those of
Chico end urn therefore more easily pre-
pared. All sorts of pretty and inexpensive
goods from Japan are to be obtained or
erywhere—nprlnted cottons and silks, fans
out! ornaments. For Chinese costumes
more dependence must be pinned on the
ludieious use of European fobrios eccord
log to models offer-tied by Chinese pictures.
Chins silk, much of which In Chinese only
in come. In stripes or solid colors end gold
thread, ere the nmtcrinls employed. with
thin woolens The first figure in the
sketch to o merchant. The skirt is of red
wool, ornementod with yellow silt crew
cents, the tools of rod end yellow striped
silk similarly decorated, on emineidorsd
deepen finishing the open sleeves. lie
curries e hostel of fruit end ween e con
with I whitoct‘wlot shoot it. The“
‘oods and Si!
The largest, choicest and best assortment of new dress goods ever shown in the twin
at prices fully 25 per cent. under regular value.
LOT I.
Fancy Mixtures In wool, all new, and would be good value at 50c.; only 39c yd.
LOT 2.
Fine Checks, light effects, very choice, and decidedly cheap. at 50c yd.
LOT 3. .
50 inch Novelties, all wool, very stylish. A large assortment, at 75c yd
LOT 4. . .
50 inch Silk and Wool goods, fine checks, stripes and mixtures, styles owned exclusively by
us, 81. 00 and 81.25 yd.
LOT 5.
' Crepons, the latest spring novelty no black, navy and tan shades; qualities at $1.01, 31 5
and 81.60.1‘hese are from 250 to 50c below New York city prices.
LOT 6. ‘
Silk and Wool Plaids, former price, $1.25; opening price, 01.00 yd.
BLACK GOODS.
36 in. all wool Henriette, value 690 at 50c yd.
45 in. all wool Henrietta, $1.00 quality, at 69c yd.
45 in. all wool Henrietta, $1. 25 quality, at 89c yd.
45m. Black Figured Dnmnsse, all wool, extra. good value, at 69c yd.
Pretty Henriettas, silk warp, best goods’ In the market. 01.50 quality, at .1. 25; ti 75 qualit
W SILKS.
An elegant assortment of the new and popular Ki Ki Wash Silks, the only sill: fabric t:
will not tear or pull out at the seams, price 39c yd.
, TELEPHONE CALL, 57-4.
THE BOSTON STORE
Corner Main and Wall Streets. Norwailt. g
You must exercise your powers of discrimination in .
looting your goods. We not only supply you with the chen 2 . j
but at the some time the most reliable goods. Yes relish '
goods 0f the HIGHEST IIlTIlIIISIB VALUE for the [HST “IE
That is the test‘ and that is the line we are working on. W ‘
invite you to see our goods, to submit them to critical examina-
tion and judge for yourselves of their merits. We avoid schemes
of all kinds, and believe the superior quality of our goods will
reach further in the way of advertising on by all who use our
goods. Favor us with a trial order and be convinced.
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The Best Tees and. Coffees produced. Fancy New Orleans
Mollasses and Table Queen Syrup, Rock Candy Syrup, Fine Ver- .
moot Maple Syrup, First Quality Home Raised Potatoes, Edam, ‘
Pineapple, White Full Cream, Philadelphia Cream, N eufchatel
Roquefort, English Dairy Cheese. Germea, Farinose, Eli Patti-I .
iohn’s Caliiornia Breakfast Food, and numerous other kinds. To-
matoes, 80 to 200 per can, Canned Corn, 80 to 150 per can. 3.
2 lbs. extra fine Prunes, 25
3 qts. new Beans, 250
4 lbs. extra Raisins, 25c
2 cans Succotash, 250
2 lbs. Apricots, 250E
2 lbs. evaporated Peaches, 250i
3 lbs. luncheon Crackers, 25c ‘
Boss Cream Lunch Cracker, 100 lb
5 lb. Soda Crackers, 250
Choice Soda Wafers, 100 lb. -«
Fancy Gilt Edge Butter, 300 lb,
Fine Dairy Butter, 2501b.
Ferris Hams, Boneless Bacon and Dried Beef, the finest goods
on the market. 23 lbs. Standard Granulated Sugar $1.00. Our
sales of Seltine and Fancy Crackers are wonderful.
llIIAIIIES E. SEYMIIII
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