l
New ilnds “or lilt’e‘OIiina'llattings from 10 each up.
Minoan sun of Fancy China fromBsrvo a better. comprising Tea
mandate and tar Dinner On; and Saucers. Fruit. Cake and Bros
fancy‘ mfiowh. Jugs. Salads. Calories, adding Sets, «0., etc. etc.. far below
at. Ooolsrs from 1 to 8 gallons.
Twelve styles of Window Screens from 210 up.
Wand Screen Doors any size. 89 cents.
Donner & licKee’s celebrated Uharcoai Sheathing Idoed Refrigerators-so-
howlalgad the best soft wood box made. from .3 up.
Iaaonr “Gurney" Hardwood. Cleanable Refri tors made with a remov-
nbicica chamber, and lined with mineral wool. m '
Croquet. Hammocks, Oil Stoves, Gasoline Stoves and Porch Screens.
f FLAGS For Decoration Day
In lines from 2 inches to 15 feet.
STUBTEVANT’S BARGAIN HillISES.
illoith liaiu and ion Streets. South llomsli.
0 LS E N B ROS.
SPRING uuoos
Are in and our new styles in Ruesets and Patent Leathers are the nobciest ever
shown in Norwalk.
In Bicycle Shoes we have Norman a: Bennett’s celebrated line of Ten and
Black in both low and high shoes. Call and see them.
For the Ladies. Our display of Ladies' Oxfords. in Russia, Kid and Patent
More. affords an opportunity for gratifying the most varying tastes, while the
price are lower than those charged elsewhere for the same quality. An inspection
of our stock will convince you that our styles and shades are up to date, also that
we have the finest lines of shoes ever placed on sale in Norwalk.
OLSEN BROS.,
i IIZETTE lillllllllfl, llilllVlllK.
—--A8K FOR-—
BliilWll’S $3.00 SliilE.
and you will see not only a
float and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
' But one in which the
Best Material is Used. Combining Durability and Sty}:
Making it the best s3.oo Seamless Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Call and examine them before purchasing any other shoe, at
H. S. BROWN’S.
South Main Street. 80. Norwatk.
TO THE BICYCLISTS:E
Have You Seenidt ?
The newest. most useful and dressiest article in the market,
BICYCLE NAME PLATES in Sterling Silver. Can have
your name and address on your wheel. thereby identifying
it. Can be attached to any wheel ever made.
Hill SALE BY A. W. AUSTIN, JEWELEB,
ili’Eill ililllSE illililll, ililillillli. (lilllll.
The (late 0in lltip Stone Faucet Filter.
Manufactured at Polished Brass anti Highly Nickel Plated.
This wonderful Natural Stone possesses as a Filtering medians the marvelous
property of converting the most foul and stagnant water into a healthful and pure
condition. extracting all disease germs and extraneous matter, rendering it per-
fectly wholesome. These facts have been certified to by Boards of Health.
Solution, and Analytical Chemists in all parts of the country during the past 15
Run uutwnx utnowur to.
FOR THE LATEST STYLES
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trout tootwm
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so. OLSEN.
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by Flames From the Po «
our rows entrant! meiotic
Millions of “chard Dania” lias ‘Ileen
”on In Pennsylvania's 0i! Region, and
Several Towns Are Threatened—levers
lilen Kissing.
munrono, Pa. .1 one i.—'1‘eiephcne
messages state that fire in raging in
tho oilfield near horn. and grout damage
has been douo. At the state lino en the
Western. New York and Pconsylavuia
railroad sovon dwellings, togothor with
their contents and o largo utnuuutof lum-
her, have been consumed. A lumlmrcnmp
composed of seven dwellings at till “they
Junction waa destroyed. together with
thousands of tlollars' worth of lumber.
The fire may now be said to extend over
the entire northern. oiitloid or i'cnnuylva—
hits. it is imposalhlo to give the loan. but.
it will run into tho millions, nor can the
number of deaths be given on account of
the grant scope of country which the fire
(‘UVlii'it
ln hiclionu and hill: counties it is-osti-
mated that the loss will reach into the
millions. The extreme Warm Weather hua
mode the forests not dry no tinder. nod It?
spark from a locomotive sotllro to the
woods.
At ilnntor's lion. 1? milos southwest
of Kano, 2o” moo u'oro cngngcd nil rlatnr-
day nightnud Sunday lighting tho destruc-
tiv-~ swoop of the ilntnon.
Much property was in danger. The
Midland Uil company lost llvo rigs, two
tanks. two hoilor houses and corisidumhlo
timber; .l. K. Campbell, 6min: foot or
hemlock lumber. and liobort lirown is
large number of logs
At West Linn, A few mllos from lineba-
quo and the terminus of the Mount .low-
ett. liizoa and ltitorriiio railroad. a fire
broke out Saturday afternoon. A force of
men fought its nilynnro all night with
onusidorablo lineman. but a brisk wind
gave energy to the stnoldvrlngoxuhora and
caused them to start up again with round
blod fury. The course of the destructive
(-oriilagrntion was in the direction of
Tally ii".
A largo houso. owned and occupied by
Sidney llnthwoy, togothor with i-otmulcr-
nhln of tho contents, was consumed.
Elisha K. Kano lost. several tlmusnnd foot
of logs. A Iiulbdoiirm is also sold to
have been heavy losers. ll. l". llnzloton
lost a Hillilii skidway of logs and notigal
hundred cords of Wood at linsicnurst. At
a late hour inst night the fire was reported
to be under control.
At Sugar lluu Hammond .\’ Alllil‘i:Wrt
and Stout .v ifoidru lost snvcrui hundred
feet of logs,
At Urinshy tho forests are on fire. At
Dent on the li. ll. l’. railroad and at Ido-
Amhloy'a the Woods are burning,
former pint-o in) lilmory Uil company has
boon lighting to protect its property. At
the hitter plnco swrroly anything is loft
to ilt) devoured except a few hou.~.us that
comprise the village.
A Mountain of Fire.
The cost hill at Load Hollow la a
mountain of liro. Captain Jones hm loot
one or two rigs. and more property of the
George l’iko form is in «longer. 'i'ho
Emory till company’s property on tho op.
posito side of the road is now cousiilml'd
solo from tho limm-s into .‘Jundny .l‘t
ornoon tho ilro hurl tigoin t-rossml tho
rrool; n: Log Hollow. and tho ivlnwry
summer Junior was soul out luprotw'i
tho property of tho lllmry tni rumpuny.
’l'lzo imui pumn aldlli'li of tho i nliotl
Nun's lino. n 2.1mm horn-i tank out! it i'n-H
lmrrri innit lliiori wzth till “'1‘“: in lmmviv
ditto «humor. along wzih tho iiu'rllmg
ilullfitli :it this pim'c.
.\ Pl]li.lli of llromin. tliran'twl lty (T‘ilv'l
.‘lthHilsli‘l’flllti ititlii'l il)’ lili' ri“~:i:l’li:‘| ill
”to ”Hillle mni l’lliu iltm on plight-4, alli'
i‘i'I lil‘li in on hiding' the ’1 mus mil v-l' iim
M‘liIHliit ill. ifuiii llw PM.“ sill, ill” I.
ttinl i'illn‘illll'u l’i.llliliimii~n~. gwi wuihuz
tho i tty. tho mvzszup tor a mile and is half
is- on i:t'n~. A! ltnnptm t‘rm-l.‘. iII-li‘tim
how Yuri. slut:- lino, lllt' lull .il in ion-um;
llorw-ly. null tuuny oil rigs nri- iioa'roy't-ii,
'l'ito lint-col tho l’ostnl 'i‘.~it»;;.nphmnipnny
helm-on in re and lilontt hum lwon burned
down for u . oiiaiilierril‘ln illiiiitlltu'.
'l'ch'plmho Wirns til-4H itzn't' fiziil'ut‘ml tinnit-
ly. moi for this ronsou lnlorruntinn from
sxunii town llllii luioiwr rmups in to the
extent. of too dnnmgo cannot. be littor-
tninmi,
Coon lion. in liik county. ten miles
from Kitilu. has inn-en wiped out. 'i'ln-rn
were about. do dwelling houses in tho
pint-u. five or six of tit-Mn luv! boon r. port
i'lli destroyed who" tho tologrnph orlna
caught fire and tho mnvrntor was niriVon
from his post. The inhabitants tied for
their lives.
Forty-nix oil well rigs nt Coon llun and
Kirsten” City woroconsutucd by tho llmuos
Thirteen rigs were burned in iho lunuo
diatc vicinity of Kano. Every ovnilnhio
man is at Work lighting the tires in oil
direction». if rain dom not full smut the
loss will be extremely hom‘y.
latter information from Coon ilun vln
Kano stnioa that six or sort-n [.Iunpors are
missing. it cannot be nflt'tti'inillt'li whotiwr
they have lost. their llvm in tho tlnnu-t or
sought n pint-e of refuge 0n ill't'mitit of
the fire peopio cannot get within is lnllo of
the alto of Coon llnn.
Just south of lirmiford and not for from
the city lino llro is raging nt ilnuthcrluni
Run. The iiock lilycorin company‘s
magazine. containing one poundnof or
piosivc, is nltnoat surrounded by tire and
it is feared will be dontroyod holorutho
ilntnes can be checked.
At ii o'clock the South Pennsylvania
(iii rmopnny sent 20 mon to ilngoiitn to
fight. the raging fire which is raging near
oil property. The city is being censured for
men to fight fire in ports of the “WM oil
fields. Filly cents to M an hour is being
offered for the work.
:v‘ili'
Orrnsby Enclreled by Flames.
linanronn, I'm, June i.-Tbo woods
about Urmshy are on fire. and a number
of oil rigs have been destroyed. All min-
mnnlcation has been cut off. Firea are
reported along the New York. lnltn Erie
and Western railroad as far as Allegheny.
On the Donald. Rochester and Pitts-
bnrg road as Dent the property of the
Emory Oil company is threatened. Uil
rigs all through that section have been
burned. as well as millions of feet of
standing lumber. ..
The most fear is feltat llouthorinrtl
Run. where noon pounds of nitroglycfl’ill
are stored
Coon lion. a small settinnont ten miles
south of here in the pearl of the oiitlsids.
he‘s been wiped off the face of the antih-
i’sopls had to fine for their lives. and
mtsxcitsmsnt mails. The tire on
suddenly that may wetness and shit
0 'n were oasis stricken and listens to
’l
i
l
At the .
. " arrived base area We
Want . mad ssytbswccca
for ten Inilu in the utilising.“ a roaring
stress of tissues. Conductor Tanks says
the people on the oil leases are dosing for
aaiety. ut the fire spread so quickly that
he cannot see how they mnhi have been
saved. no far as reported only several oil
pumpers are missing.
Flames Sweeping on liaise. .
KANE. l’n.. Juno 4.—-h’over iieforohaa
this place been threatened with to much
destruction. The forests have been on
fire since Saturday. and all efforts to
check the flames have proved unavoiiing.
The fire spread to West Kano. lho bent
being so intense that. tho lightorc wure
driven bark, and tho pcopio begun to do-
acrt their houses for planes of safety. hiv-
ory spring is dried up. and the place is at
the mercy of the Homes. The fire in iluW
raging in tho oliilclds and ban burned the
oil \voli rigs owned by tho (iritlith culil~
pony.
’l'bu l'niou Oil company has lost six
rigs and three tanks of oil. .lnmce i‘ump-
hell's sawmill and over l.tioo,ono foot. of
logs hnvo boon destroyed.
linssuu. (fury. in. June i.—-l".very-
thing between (,‘oon lion and liussoli City
is bumud. including oil rigs and tanks of
the ldil; Uil company's station and Mood-
ard pump station. Flro bus crossed the
railroad north of llusucli and is swooping
everything lmforoit. with n strong wind
from tho wont. if the wind does not
change. liumoll City will be wiped out.
At (Jon itnn tho homosoi :15 families
were destroyed. and liven! the men are
missing. 'l'huy nro tlmught to have por-
ishoil in tho ilntuus. 'i‘Oi tlro thorn is rug-
ing so lit-rnv-ly that tho men who wore
lighting the demos could not. get within a
mile of the spot where thu houses stoml.
'l‘ho toil-graph operator who sent this in-
formation was chum-lied to tiy from his
instrument as his olllco was hurn'utg.
South of Knito truilh' on the l’ittsburg
and \l’oatorn railway hos horn ill-imn‘li on
account of tho tlumos thut are rolling over
the trucks. From (Irmshy ('OlllLH the res
port. that trnihc on the Bradford. llortlcll
and Klnaun has also berm abandoned The
trniu from Smithport ran into a hot pile-o
nvnr ilrmshy and had to run back with
great speed to Smilhport.
AN ARCHBISHOP'illi-POSED.
Pope Leo ltolirea the Hon-I of the Path-
ulio Soc of St. Louis.
ST. Loris, Juno i.—Archbishop l’otor
Richard liourh-k. who hnclntd absolute
control of the taxonomic of Catholic
church property in St. Louis sinro iniT.
has been formally deposed by the pope on
account of tucutnl infirmity. The un-
nouncemunt was made at celebration of
Aill'illll‘lltil' lil'\l:lt'l1.
pontiilrol high nous in Hill St. Louis ca-
thedral by \ um- ilonornl .\luvhlsn~pvu.
Alb r ti." :iunoun. vim-pt, .‘irrnhishop
Knit: in‘t'ililis‘ii tho tlirouo in tho t-niln-tlrul
null rend o lrni-tiivtinn in his own unnm
lio luui rw I'iVi‘ii Ii i‘:ti~li‘,§i‘.ilii from iiumo
mulling him do Juru Art iiilihiilil‘ of St.
Louis.
The lil‘ltilailiilll of Ar- hi lshop l{t,‘llfi<'l(.
or i'liliit'l' iu~ r: lil‘i'lili'lli. in tho clergy
huro pn-iur to roll it. is u rt-nult of n poii~
tiou to the i rrpm..nul.s h-Ilrngnf his mou-
tnl int-opacity iiilil tho mturlivntmi vomit
tion of (lion cm utinirs. 'l‘lio t'nldogrum
was signed by ('uralinrsl l‘rvt‘ei't Lotio-
(‘ltotvekt of the i s nun-gallon of tho prnprr
gntuln. 'l‘im 1rn| urnullu u' il in [into pro<
ride it fitting annuity for tho forim-r orclr
his-hop.
QUEER BANK PRESlDENT.
Cut Ills Throat In the flunk \Vlille huf-
foring I‘rmn Delirium 'I‘romcua.
I)t:~ Monies. Juno i.—l". ll. Cassatt.
atntescnntor and president of the First Nu-
tionnl intuit nt Polio. mode it sensational
attempt to commit suicide in the bank
building. The bank was closed by order
of Comptroller Eukels. It is in bud shape.
and much lndlgnntlou exlats over the mat-
tcr. (.‘assctt has been largely trusted.
He has for some time been spooulnting to
a ronaidnrnblo extent on thcifhlt-ngo board
of trade and bad snil’orod honvy lesson of
into. amounting to about 814,000,
For sonm tinm [dist he has been drink-
ing. b’oturdny ovoning ho was engaged ill
a social game of whist at one of the hotels
with is party of friends. About innit)
o'clock Sunday morning the assistant
enabler found Coconut in a room in the
roar of the bank lying on is not with the
blood coring from throo ugly gushes in
his throat ltllli frotu is slight wound in the
right leg, lie was ailll alive. but was
woiik and unmnaclouu and probably still
under the iniluonoc of liquor. in which he
had indulged Ithito freely.
It seems to intro been an attack of de-
lirium trotucns. for there are evidences of
aterriblo struggle with imaginary foes,
during which ho declared he would itlil
himself rat her than be killed. it appears
he tainted poison into the wounds to aid
death. but the whisky counteracted this.
Ilia family is prominent. llia friends
claim that tho dopoaitors in the bank will
be paid in full.
scandals caisas.
Government Censored, but the Ministry
Holmes to Resign.
Mann"), June i.——’l‘he chamber. bya
majority of 7s rote». mlnptnti a motion
censoring the government The minim
terinl party refused to take part in the iii-
vision. Ali of the ministers quittod the
house before the vote was taken.
The cabinet declines to resign because.
the ministers claim. they accepted other
on Senor Senate‘s promises that the oppo-
lition’wouid support them in passing the
budget. The altuatlon is critical. and the
Republicans appear determined to over-
throw the government. \\
listen flew lawyers.
castrate. Pa. June ours. fourth
Wei skinscn last school
wssIslcassa ’t'aslewssstasrslaaisa
w
in n » ~ =
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man anything—mo matter what the price-dhere‘ii
is a mutual un
chase that that
he hasn’t he is
ing until he
erstanding that goes with the pur-
manhas got his money’s worth. If
entitled to get. more goods for noth-
does get all he is entitled to.
The Keynote
of our Clothing is Harmony. Linings,
finish. all in keeping with the
strictly
make-up and
_ ' material and at prices
in harmony With. the 1895 prices.
W. A. BENEillilT & 00.,
19 Main Street, Sentinel Building,
Norwaik. South Norwalk.
THE LEADING DRY GOODS STORE,
Tristram & Hyatt.
N0. 2 GAZETTE BUILDING.
_ 4... ., .._-
Suits.
The step ahead in Ladiee' Suite is greater than ever this season. It's an easy
matter to come to our cloak room and select a suit and very likely you will find
one more to your mind than if you bought the material and paid two or three dol-
lars extra for order work. No guessing You can see exactly what the effect is.
You can choose from a Hundred ILfl'erept Styles. You can try on garments until
you get precisely what you prefer without a worry or the least bit of annoyance.
The present is the time for the best choice. and the time for use will [is here
before you are aware of it. There are suits that any one with Si 50cm command and
so far as style goes equal to our very highest priced ones. That's one of the mar-
vein of this Marvelous Gathering of Suite. the style that stamps them all, and re-
member that whatever the suit you buy here you can count every possible excel-
lence and least possible price.
Duck Suits in navy blue. tan and mixtures, fine hair line stripees and dots,
open front. cutaway jacket, full shirt, at $i.50.
Duck Suits. coat with ripple back. latest style sleeve,
with line dots and stripes and covert mixtures. at $2.75.
Duck Suits in white and light stripes, open front,
revere. ripple back. full ektrt. at $8 95.
Serge Suits. blue and black. coat and ripple back jackets, very latest style
sleeves, all seams bound. skirts lined and unlined. from 35 up.
Covert Cloth Suits, jackets with ripple back, faced with silk, stitched edges,
velvet collar. at $10.
Tristram it Hp", Notuolk, Bonn.
Ieadics’ Slnnmer
full skirt, in navy blue,
cutaway coat, large
Flillliils & 00.,
Have broken the backbone of high prices and one might
as well try to lift himself in a bushel basket as to under-
seil them. And at this time are showing the best line of
Plllllli illillHlll
in the town. We handle nothing but the best. Cannot
afford to do otherwise.
FRANCIS & 00.,
RELIABLE CLOTHIERS,
86 ‘Washington Street. - South Norwatk. Conn.
FIRE! FIRE!
Great Rdeuction Sale of
CRHBKERY, iLiSSWlilii lllll
lililJSli FURNISHING llfllllll.
Owing to the fire in our store we will at once commence a
Great Fire Sale of stock. Now is the time to secure bargains.
JilliESililllillllllSS
32 Wall Street, Norwalk.
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Norwalk Chronicler