Fashion says it is
BiCyding for
omen
Physicians recommend bicycling. Dame
new models for women’s use in—
Columbia Bicycles
“good form.” Two
Moon. 41 Cowuou
prices—$0, $60, $50.
Semi for
Catalogue.
Free at any
Columbia
Agency, or
by mail for
two z—cent
stamps.
sessions
Six handsome paper dolls. showing: ledies' bicycle costumes by
noted designers. Will be mailed for
fillilifill
ii Filllll Mill (Hill! 00..
o5
Model 42 COLUMBIA has been especially designed
for the many ladies who prefer to wear knicker.
bockers rather than chmbersome skirts.
Ladies' wheels also in HARTFORD Bicycles at lower
BRANCH STORES:
Boston .
New York gm
Chicago
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BICYCLES. NORWALK. CT.
ADVERTISE YOUR
“WANTS”
IN
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JANUARY fl. 1895.
hams on“ scorn sonwanx as
rompwssz
to: Now Yonx. Eon New naval.
4L E—l 18 Wash. 01. A.M.—l 01 on.
so ox.. l 20 ex..
I ex. 9 in so.
ill local 0:. 7 38 ac..
66 1. ex., 8 46 ac..
08 1. ex: 9 ll ex..
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11 0:.. ll ()6 ex..
(Ii ex.. ll 44 ac..
3 ac.. P. M.—1205 0 ..
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10 45 03.. 3 on ex..
11 51 local ex.. 4 20 ac.
9. Hedi-.6! 0x.. 6 or ac. in Bridgeport.
11 ac.. 5 ill ac..
I 01.. 627 ac..
M ac.. 7 in 01.,
i Mao" 738 “3-10 Bridssoort.
or so ~-
ex. ac.
I) col. ii iii Adams ex.0nd so.
”an. Sundays—7 88 ac.
[0 no“ 0 la ao.. a. rm;
Ii no. 7 iii no. p. m..
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ac.
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Ion Boon Nouwanx A. M.—e d) 03.. o no
no. roe “ll one on. 0m 03..
10 N 01.. 10 ac.. lime!“ ll“ up.
not noun or. . —l(l an.
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Danna! memoir.
RIM/l SOUTH NORWALK for Dunbar!-
eculilllgrl.d sun: “8 so. ”3 Pittatielu
fingi‘hms'dur for flouth some—
ac.. 'illl er..M'lex.. 12 ill at». a. no.3 it
01.. I I? p. an. ac
. ruinous
BREAD Flilllii
OF THE
WORLD.
13.000 lamlo III. In Ole Day.
4‘
mos: WE THE WW CENTER.
rut-tutu your grocer mate. you
Vulture. Crosby coupe-yr
so HBRLATIVE.
.ilouumuokertilooowio
»Il1ah scum .
THE SENTINEL
rrnuuzus.
Superuhosphate oi lime,
Ground Bone,
Potato Manure.
Mapes’ special Fertilizers,
Lime, Ashes and Barnyard
Manure retniied at whole-
price, by
2,iiiYMiiNll BlillS.
s. B. WiLso‘u
BlllPElilEll Ililli Billllllll.
Office 08 Wall street; shop No. ti 0mm street.
orwsll. Estimates cheerfully given for
or small buildings. Jobbing of ever
description promptly attended to.
guaranteed.
Al wor
n11 ti
)1. VIORKIN
rum rmr- -
maul-u.
Q.
"nmccmm.
m '10“ W WIPE!) OUT.
Mullins-es Wrecked and Teachers and
.l'uplla Kill-dare!” Farmhouse mow-
Away—Jhotore Hunted to the loo-0.
leaner Non ol the nor-em
Sioux Cm. Ia. May L—Diepotchee
were received here by the illicit: City and
Northern Railroad mmpany from their
agent at Sioux Center. 45 miles north.
telling of a terrible cyclone near there.
in which many people were killed and in-
Jured and much property destroyed The
wires where the term was were blown
down, and telegraphic reportearo conse-
quently vory meager.
The number of dead is variously estimate
01! at from no to 100 persons.
The lint dispatch received by the North-
ern road said the cyclone passed three
miles northeast of there A schoolhouse
near town was destroyed. the teachers
killed and a number of children killed and
injured.
The whole country in the pathoi the
storm was domstntcd. 'l'ho Sioux City
andNortborn tracks between Perkins and
Boone were washed out for several miles.
Dispatches from Sioux Center say three
schoolhousos and at least :30 residences
and burns wore swept away.
At the sobooihouses two teachers and
three pupils were killeg and many injur- ‘
ed. Two women ere ouud dead not far
from the point where one of the school
buildings stood.
One man who arrived in Sioux Center
late last evening reported that his house ,
had been blown away mid his family kili‘ i
ed. He himself oscnpod and reports that
at least. 200 or 2100 pcoplo must have been
killed.
Parties have been sent out from Hull,
Sioux l‘cntor and Orange City, neighbor-
ing towns, but their work is being carried .
on in total darkness in the midst of u tn»
mendons wind and rainstorm. It is con
~ scquently prcgrcssiug slowly. A number
of‘ bodies have already boon recovered, al-
though tho exact number is not known.
l’erlsina Aimoat Entirely Wiper! Out.
It is said that l’orklns, a small town
between Sioux Uontcr and Doom, was di-
rectly in tho pilh oi the storm and was
almost wiped out. The wires lending to
it arc all down.
washed out. and the wagon roads mnnot
safely he traveled owing to the manner in
which they were guiliod by the rain. it
is consequently no easy matter to reach it.
Physicians have already set out from
Hull. Orange City and Sioux Center, but
are finding every conceivable obstacle in
their oliort to reach the scone of thc storm.
Holp has been refused from born. but if
the some character of reports continuo to .
come in a train may be sent out. Definite
reports are just beginning to come in as
to the path followed by the cyclone.
The storm originated about a mile and
a half southwest of Sioux Center. it
moved from there in n northerly direc-
tion, and prissod directly through Perkins.
a small town six miles north of Sioux
Center.
lotto last evening, hovvovcr. news was
received trom Sibley to the client that a
storm struck thore about ii p. m.. destroy-
ing the house of John Wnttonon. killing
and his. son.
The Sioux City and Northern train
which arrived at in o‘clock lost evening
brought in sovurol passengers who wit»
housed the storm. They reported that lit
dcud bodies were brought into Sioux (Jou-
ter M. ii o'clock. Thoy o~tiinutoti that {:0
people must, buvclu-on killed.
The Northern tmiu irnroiy cm-npod a
smnshup noni- iloon. but was stoppcd by n
suction mau boforc it passed upon rho dun»
serous territory. 'l'ho dcuth roll, so for as
known. is:
Some of the Victims.
Mrs. John Kostcr.
Mrs. l'irsl.
Miss Anon Marsdou.
('hnrlcs )izirsdou.
Gout-go )iarsdon.
A child of A. Vorhoii,
Two children of L. ll. (‘norubs
bliss hinmio S. llogglsuud iivu broth-
ere.
-—-— Jamison and two Kostor children.
The deaths were all in the vicinity of
Sioux (‘ontcn
Tho unrucs of the few injured near Sib-
loy, whcro considerable dmuugo was dono
by the storm, uro unknown. llcsldos John
Wattorson. who wru killcd by flying tim-
bers, Hermon llolknnp. u farmer uour Sib-
lcy, was killed by lightning, and hire.
Froy and tho llinisborg brother» were bod»
ly hurt.
Wort Sioux Falls. a suburb three miles
from here and vory prctty, presents a for-
lorn appearance today. Date Friday after
own a cyclone dropped to earth. and after
devastating a mile square went into the
air again. The big iron bridge was washed
into the river, a big resort forqucetlonoble
characters wns unrooiod and twisted, the
carriage works. two buildinge and mo
completed buggies were wreckod.
The chain mortising works. a three
story building 300 by 75 foot. lost. tho whole
third story. The oatmeal mill and water-
wcrks pumphouno wcro unroofcd. Alarm,
trtios ix inches in diameter. sheds. wind-
mills, chimneys were twisted and demol-
ished. The damage is placed at 050,000.
A man namcd Thur is the only person
hurt. lio container! n soVorc cutinthe
loco and had his nose broken. it rained
torrents for some 20 rrilnnton. about an
inch and nbaiioi water falling in that
time. There was sumo ball. but no dam.
ago donc by it.
Beeretary (inch-en's Condition.
WAsmNo'roN, May l.~—Although at
times whoring grout pain, Secretary
Gresham is sold to be progression as fa-
vorablyasthe nature of his illness will
permit. M --
no More Cheap Broad 'l'hm.
Bocnrtsrlu, May i.-Afier a Wook’a
hostilities the price of bread will be «i mute
a loaf today. The sales of bread havebeeu
enormous during the week.
Catalan crisis In lluacury.
Villiila. tiny 4.--A cabinet crisis in
Hungary in imminent, growing out of the
papal nunclo'e denunciation of the mole.
slutloal bills.
Physician Din "one Appendicitis
New Your. tiny owns liar-ion P. Al.
tea. a physician of Columbus, 0., died in
Roosevelt hospital utter on operation for
appendicitis.
The Pope m mishaps.
nous. Nay 4.—-'l‘he received in
realm use bishops of iottma.
It. Join and Animist.
The rnllroadtrnclrs aro‘
began looking over the refiner. The
newcomer had suggested the questiouz‘
“'Wotch me,” said Nelscn in a 19'
tone. ”and you'll me some fun."
With this parting mutton he stepped
up behind the man. gave hima sharp
slap on the shoulder, and shouted:
“Strike!" ‘
Instantly the Frenchman drove hi0
right first against the clerk's writing
desk. splitting the bond that harmed
one end of it wide open. The blow bark—
ed every knuckle on his hand. but he
had hardly turned roundto face his
Svonghli when Nelson again shouted:
thnp!"
The eiiect was marvelous. Big as he
was. the woodman went up in the air
as high as the counter. He seemed
thoroughly mesmerized. and when Nel-
concussed his commands be looked as
choc-pie!) as a bashful schoolgirl.
“They are the greatest curiosities I
ever saw." said Nelson. "Take them
unnwnros and they will do anything you
tcll them to. Just before the gangs
went into the woods last fall: we had a
man here that was a corker. He stag-
gered in with a skate on one aftonu'sin,
looked around. and, seeing no one in the
billiard room. sneaked in there. The
clcrlr was watching him. The moment
, he got inside he pulled a long nocke!
from his pocket and was just tipping it
up for a drink when the clerk rushed in
and yelled:
" 'Throw it!”
"He bnnucrl it to the floor as if the
contoutshnd scorclrcd him. The bottle
was smnshwl. and he glared at the clerk
like a wild lu-ost. As a usual thing
the-y don‘t not mad. but when they're
drinking it's just as Well to let them gct
ti swig before yclling, 'throw' or 'drop
1i.' " I
On the Kcuuclu-c drive but your the.
"rivcrmcn" bud a jumpcr muting thorn
who Would go ovcrlmnrd ovcry time any
one cricd “jump." but. as ho was a
lighter, the joke was rare. for the want
of a man to give thc Word.
THE wnv HE onLo FiRE iT.
A Lessons in Pistols Given to a Man From
Boston by a Runeliman,
Inspired by the cxnruplo of some men
who were firing from the car windows,
'the Bostonian took from his travelling
bag a pistol that must have iron a gift
of a doting fciuulc rclzrtivo.
'l‘lio rancbumu lk‘slilt' him hmkcd with
surprise illlll then with grim muuscrncnt
at the Boston man's shmtiug. and. for
tho first limo. sr-cuwl to tnkc :m iutcrcst
in what his scutmntc was doing.
"Lct mo ltluk at that thing. stmuucr,"
be said.
The Bostonian [lii‘lNPll the pistol to
him with an cxprcssiou of satisfaction
_ on his face, as much as to say. "This is
Mrs. Wuttorson and injuring Wattarson ‘
hither a hunt thing. don‘t you know, und
I'm in the shooting as Wcll as the others."
The mnchxmm lumdlcd the wee weapon
with on :il’fr-ctzition of admiring: awe and
cxntuiiml it with gruvo curiosity.
"It‘s a grim tirczmu and no miatukc."
he prouounccri. "lt‘ ‘twus minc Would
you likc tn lillulV how I‘ll iirc it?"
The Bostonian llmkcll [viva-ml :iutl
noddczi. The minimum drcw iii~ own
pistol. :m innucnw lorry; inirrclwi uiiuir
which lunlml :is‘ if it ought to lwmuuni-
cd on u gun i':tl‘l‘l:lf.:i'. i'ulmly lic stuck
thc lizu'i‘o-l ul' tiic small pistol into its
c:ile‘lH|l'~' "ionic. and thrusting tho- bi:
\chtwu through tin- npcu window [link
ll rlcliln-rutc shut :ii llic iclcxrupli polc.
Tlmllllii and imrrclol‘ tho littlc pmol
llcw twu way us it struck tlic icicgrzipli
polo in tlic ccntct'. wiiilc thc iii: inilict
ls-bincl .wut splinters flying um it pluwiwl
through tlic timbcr.
(pm this Wursc thou cotitcriiptunris
trczitmcnt of his property tbc lhntuuizm
lmllir'il with cniiwtcmution and at first
\vus indignant. llut ltc hull sonic tuct
ltllil u tu-iim‘ of humor ili‘hxlllt‘ lll‘n untiv-
ity.:md tho-rc bring nothing bctrcr todo.
ho umn jitlllt'il in with tho min-rs in the
luurzlr that was ruler-«l. His big lll'ltzllllil'
pusswi him is pmcc uttering: in tho slinpc
of n iizisk approaching an tinny cnntcen
in size. tbc Bostonian pullcd uiunt'ully at
it. and for thc rust of thc trip the two
Were most fricrully ('(llllpiiiilnllr‘.
Mid April Days in Gotham.
l-luch it day strum-«ts n pun-casino of
silent. purc cywl nuns in gray or u flock
of poorly don-s circling on liiilw'li'ril‘
wing». or the llluly pillur of cloud that
cups :1 thousand strum route in the~ still
lit-owns ovcriuuiging a great city at sun.
act of uwindlcus cvcningu-r tlw low,
iuouotnnmw. willy irillnwy tinrsic that
coriws from organ pipc-l whcu tho kcys
rm,- deftly touciio-d by it urunicr in in "mud
of revoric. N. Y. Sun.
The (“outing “'omal.
lee- aad Kerouac.
Hardly a work was” but what wem
Matty surrounded by perils seen and
hm.-'finelilttim
86 Washington Street.
WE NEVER SLEEP.
loneliness.
Yumfidtheeqcaldourlloy'eclotunrud
Wommounm'ranaevwkeeoboedmeoae; [ ' "i
mmmmnm postwar-museum "
Norwalk.
THE LEADING DRY GOODS STORE,
Tristram & Hyatt,
..,,
BOYS’ sun's, s r .50 T0 $653}
Boys’ Extra Pants, 250 to S l,
Roofers, screw and Noseau sou. Hats. Caps and runner-p a“ ’5. 7
all kinds at prices that will surprise you. "I
“W. A. BENElliiil & fill,
19 Main Street,
raga Lieu... _, a... .
Sentinel Bulldhq
South Norwalk.
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N0. 2 GAZETTE BUILDING.
Houseiumishing ilepanment.
Conscious of the needs that houaecleauing and moving brings to every
ii
hold at this season 0! the year, we think it advisable this
to again call your attention to Housefurnishing Dept.
ment. A visit of an hour or even ten minutes in ii
department will present three facts to your mind: First. The astonishing variety;
Second, The quality of goods altered, and Third, Thelittleness of theprioo and
for first class articles.
We merely ask you to test the above (who; when that's done you'll do the rut.
A few hints of what you will find in this department:
Tin Ware of every description.
Glass Wars in odd shapes and fancy designs.
Woodpn Were for every household need.
Fine line of Brooms, all weights.
The celebrated Haviiand China in decorated dinner sou, plain. white and or“
fancy pieces.
Carlsbad and Austria China in odd pieces.
English Decorated Dinner Sets.
Elegant Decorated Toilet Sets.
Full line of Jsrdineres from We up.
Lamps at all descriptions, from the sun
Lam at $13.50.
ll hand lamp at red to them
flee and Tea Pots in agate. pearl agote and mikado finish and pearl I”
decorated.
Five-o‘clock Tees and Chafing Dishes.
Oil Heaters—combination of store and lamp, mammoth burner, centre m
at $4 25 each.
Same thing, smaller size. at $2 25.
These heaters have become a necessity to every household and at the m
Oil Stoves in one, two and three burners.
iristram “you. Norwoik, Bonn.
Hi
ii iii & illii,
should command the immediate attention of every housekeeper.
1. Er
Have broken the backbone of high prices and one might
as well try to lift himself in a bushel basket as to under-
soii them. And at this time are showing the best line of
Pliiiiil illiillilii
in the town. We handle nothing but the best. Cannot
afford to do otherwise.
FRANCIS 8:00.,
RELIABLE CLOTHIERS,
- South liorwall. cone.
On or about the 15th we will
open our New Store at No. 23
Wall Street, with a Full Line of
Housekeeping A r ti cl e 8.
Our
prices will be CHEAPER than any
other store in town.
and "wing.
JilliES liilllliiililis
No. I7 Wall St,
Plumbing
No. 23 Wall St,
Houedurnmns
Geode.
Norwalk Chronicler