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EMBER 7. "495.
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‘- hinge From the Bay World of
South Norwalk and Norwalk.
I'EOHE Ai IIIINE AIIII ABIIIIAII.
We. Delegation in Congress iionored
. Dy a Brilliant Ilpeepiion at the Arlington -—
Ira, i. ll. Ferris Entertain: the Friday
9 Alteration Cluli 4111111 Parties. .
A Washington dispatch says the recep«
. tion to the Connecticut delegation in Con-
green “the Arlington Hotel. last evening,
was a gram success. There were between
.‘fewo- and three hundred Connecticut
3 people present to do honor to the new
c111,.ngressmen as Well as to the veteran'
I, senators, and there was some surprise ex-
pressed that there was 110 many Connecti
out people in Washington. The com—
mittee on arrangements were George B
Edwards, of Darieu; Hiram Buckingham,
‘ of Hartford, and Theodore H. Spencer. of
Norwalk. The reception committee con-
, elated of the Hon. Daniel N. Morgan,
, , Unitee States treasurer, chairmen:
the Hon. Charles Lyman. cxcivil
service commissioner; the Hon. John
‘ S. Seymour, commissioner of patents;
' General Frank D. Sloat, the Hon.
Edward A. Bowers, Dr. Ariton
Coo, Captain _ Patrick O'Farrell,
Isadore Bradley and Albert ltelyea.
‘ The delegation, Senators Platt and How-
toy and Congressmen Henry, Sperry, line—
131 ' Bell and Hill, were all present. Unfor-
Ikw ' tnnately several of the wives of the rep
I ‘ rcsentatives had not yet arrival in Wash
ington, but Mrs. Hawley accompanied the
general and Mr. Hill had with him Mrs.
Hill and his son and daughter. Mr. Ack-
erly, of the Rockvilie Journal. came with
Mr. Henry. The presentationswere made i
by the Hon. D. N. Morgan and Mr Ly-
man, after which thuloors of the splen-
did banquet hall of the Arlington Were
thrown open and everybody went in to
partake of the refreshments usual on such
occasions. The parlors and the banquet
hall were beautifully decorated. There
was no speech making, it being merely a
social reunion of Connecticut people, and
the general opinion was expressed that
this-would be the forerunner of many
similar gatherings of the sons and'daugh-
‘ ters of the Nutmeg state. in addition/to
the congressmen and the members of the
committee, there were present among
others Mrs. and Miss Ressiter. of Nor‘
walk, Major A. Ii. Byiugton, of the Nor—
walk Gazette. 1 .
Mrs. Jennie Littell Nash, of Bayview
avenue, entertained the Matinee Euchre
club and their entiemen friends. last
. night. The firslzgiilzes were won, by Mrs.
Thomas Beuedi . r..und E. \V. Beard:
the second prizes by Miss Minnie Knapp
and Harry Peckham. of Brooklyn. and
the consolation prizes by Mrs. M. 'i‘.
Hatch and Thomas Benedict, J.1- The
guests present included Mr. and Mrs. I. S.
Jennings,Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holmes. Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Quintet-1i. Mr. and Mrs. G. R.
Byingtou, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Benc-
dlct, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. M. T. iiatch, Mrs.
'E. H. Mathewson, Mrs. H. A. Mathew-
son. Misses Hatch, Miss Emma Jordan
'Miss Minnie Goctchius, Miss Minnie
Knapp, Dr. .Allen, E. W. Beard, Charles
E. Miller, Horace Hutch, i). ii. Banks,
Charles A. Diamond. and Harry l’eckham.
The latter entertained the guests with
several choice recitations.
"The Friday Afternoon club met yester-
day at the residence of Mrs. John ii. For—
ris. The subject was Shakespeare.
and selections were given. from. “The
Twelfeh Night.",‘1Thc characters were
' takenas follows: Sir Toby Belch, Mrs.
A. Blanchard; Sir Andrew Ague-cheek,
Mrs. F. H. Quintard: Malvolio. Mr. 11‘. I),
Lawton; Clown,, Mrs. R. A. Holmes;
Maria, Mrs. M. II. Parsons. The pro-
grammeuvas rendered doubly enjoyable
by an instrumental accompaniment by
Miss Belle Ferris. The conv ersation was
on "Shakespeare ssa Poet," by Emer~
eon, led by Mrs. Isaac Jennings. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. W. H.
Swords. South Main street, December 20
The subject will be “Municipal Govern-
ment.”
Miss Inez keeler entertained the Mat-
inee Whist club. yesterday afternoon, in
‘ honor of Miss Clara Nelsonxof Ansonia,
‘who is her guest. This afternoon was
‘mos‘i: delightfully spent. "a delicious lun-
‘ ah‘eon being served after the game. The
'prlae, a handsome hand painted china
dish, wast won by Mrs. C. A. Harstrom.
‘ among the 1.1111111 present were Miss Aim
Qhoiwell, Miss Emma Lockwood, Miss
llary Lockwood, Miss Frances Leonard,
Miss Alice Cram, Miss Estelle Smith,
Mi. Belle Olmstead, Mrs. Cito Hatch,
' 1111s Samuel "L. Weed, Mrs. B. G. Wilson,
. Mrs. Cari Harstrom, Mrs. Thomas Bene~
11.1, Mrs. 11. 11. Hotchkiss. Mrs. 11. 11.
Steele. ,
Miss Kittie Miller. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph 0.1111111. of South Main
street, was tendered a party. yesterday
afternoon, on the occasionof the‘ tenth
i anniversary of her birthday. The young
eamnsed themselves playing games,
anddid justice to a most appetizlng re-
peat. Later the parents of the' little folks
arrived and a few hours were spent in
singing and instrumental music.
The Main Street Whlst club was 1111111.
tained by Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Stanley. last
night. There were four tables. Mrs.
11th meeting will be held a week from
“I1“ ”Friday, with Councilman Boyer.
present last evening were Dr. and
Mrs. Baldwin. Miss Weaver, Miss Boyer.
Mrs. Kate Iiunter,M r. and Mrs. Joseph
Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dromfleld,
Miss Annie Peck, James Hall. Edward
Street and Milton Peck.
Mr. and ‘Mrs. Frank Clark, who were
married Tuesday, in Stratford,‘ returned
from their wedding tour this afternoon.
endure residing on Spring street.
Edward Partridge. of the Norwalk
Military institute, went to Vassar college
yesterday to attend a reception.
Miss Sadie Weed, of Noroton, is visiting
Miss Edith Crossmnu audlMiss lierminle
McCallen, South Main street.
Mrs. J. Alexander Davis. of Mabbotts-
,ville, N. Y., is a guest of Mrs. J. E. ii.
Sayre, of Bellies «venue.
Coarse H. Raymond, of Berkeley street.
, will spend/next week at his orange grove
in Stanton, Florida.
George \Volcott, who has been spending
a few days in Springfield. has returned to
I South Norw alk.
Mrs. George R. llyington started this
morning for Washington, I) f‘. to spend
two weeks
Miss Florence lloyt, at Stamford. is
visiting friends on West avenue.
NORWALK BUILDING NOTES.
Carpenters Fairly Busy Erecting 1111} Houses
at the North End of Town.
Builder W. S. Kemp has i). McCarty‘s
house 911 Center avenue nearly enclosed.
The house will be arranged for two famil-
ies. with five rooms and bath 011 each floor
and will have modern conveniences. Mr.
Kemp has the contract for the entire work
Tnnd has not as yet let the plu111bcr'smnl
~m 1s {11 work.|
I Contractor Waldron has work well along
on S. T. Ruby’s carriage factory on Cross
street. .The building is a. large twostory
.I'ramc- structure and takes the place of
the one destroyed by fire recently. Mr.
Ruby expects to occupy it in about two
weeks. ,
Contractor S. f‘. Mort-house is building
a one. family house on Cross NLI‘E'CL for
James Magncr. it will contain six rooms
and bath. and will have furnace heat and
all conveniences. D. 11. Iinnfnrd is doing
the mason work and Frank McKeon the
plumbing. ,
Contractor’ s. 11. Wilson 11 building 11
very attractive house on West Main street.
ATHLETIC CLUB SOCIABLE.
The First of the Winter Series Attended with
Good Success.
The South Norwalk Athletic club gave
the first of 11. series of sociables, last night,
in the. club‘s gymnasium on \Vashington
street. There. was a inrgc attendance,
and, as usual, the affair was very success
ful. The Philharmonic orchestra furnish
ed first-class music and Harry Richmond
prompted.
The officers were: Floor director. 1’. C.
Shaw: aids J.l J. Brown, M. ii. Hartwick.
J. \ ales,G .i)l1liicld.J.I’ow1-ll and
R. Fitzg raid; reception committee .I- W
Scully,\ '. Dibble, i“. ('olcmun W.
Tammany, J. Powers and J. Conroy.
At intermission an interesting 1pm-
gramme was rendered, consisting of club
swinging by Charles Steegmullcr: mando-
lin solo, (I. A. Freeman: vocal solo. Harry
Stevenson: clog dancing. Thomas Lynch.
Death of a Farmer Resident of South Norwallt.
George W.‘ Raymond, who lived for
many years in the old house which stood
where .I. Donovan's new block on Wash‘
ington street is located, died Thursday. at
his home in Brooklyn. The deceased was
a brother of ilershom Raymond, of Spring
street, from which place the funeral will
be held tomorrow morning at l0 o'clock.
He was 'also 1a member of St. John’s
Lodge. of Bridgeport. and a delegation
will probably have charge of the burial.
He leavesuwife. one daughter and two
SOLIS.
Cut a Bad Cash in his Leg. ,
Frank M. Benedict. of Day street, who
is employed in Lounsbury & Soule's shoe
store; in Stamford, Was badly hurt yester-
day. He had just reached the store. and
got up on a board to hang his coat on a
book, when the board broke, and he fell.
He struck something. and a gash several
inches in length was cut in his leg. A
physician was obliged to take. four stitches
in the cut. He was taken in a coach to
the depot and sent home, where he will
remain some weeks.
Candy Nets SIS. 25 For-the New Church.
The candy social under the auspices of
the New Church Aid society of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. held list
evening with Mrs. James Golden, was .a
well attended, well patronized and a very
enjoyable affair. The entertainment con—
sisted of a piano duet by Mrs. A.H. Thaile
and Miss Bessie Dates, 11 vocill solo by
Miss Herminie McCailen. recitation by
Leo Davis and a piano solo by Miss Sadie
Weed, of Noroton. All the candy was
sold and netted the society 81125.
Knights Templar Clioe'oe Ollcers.
Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar,
elected these officers last night: Eminent
commander. Peter Decker: generalissimo.
A: C. Wheeler: captain‘general, G. ,W.
Raymond; senior warden,C N. Wood:
junior warden. H. E. 31111111111: treasurer
Levi C. Haaford; recorder, J. D. Jennings.
n. Baldwin won the
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llnsminious lie-elected by the So
Norwelk Fire Department.
Hits 111111 at 1131 in).
Secretary Crouman a, lieport Shows
They liars lean Cooperatively Few—Ila '
summonses Paul. 1111 ‘
Annual Sermon to the Firemen.
The annual meeting of the South N3:-
wnlk Fire Department was held last all. ht
at the headquarters of Oh! Well flick
and Ladder company. Chief E. \. Boer
presided, and Philip L. Wheeler acted; as
secretary. The minutes of the last an’njtal
and two special meetings were appro '
it was unanimously voted to invite
I“. W. Norris. rector of Trinity churclsto
preach the annual sermon to firemen. . he
report of Secretary A. J. Crossmsn, a
ing the number of tires during the!
was then read and accepted. It we
follows: I
January 24, house No. it 'l‘aylor‘ave
occupied by Harry Finch, owned by
one Pelham. Timmflp. n1. Damage.
Covered by insurance with Taylor &
den.
January 24. 5 p. 111.. George 'I‘ w-
bridge' s house, Havilaad street. Ca
byalamp shade catching fire. Damgge.
slight.
February "4.15510 p.111 , \'o 7\\pod
street. Building owned by the (' onpoll-
dated Railroad company. Box No 18.
Time out. ten minutes. l'himage,“ #1.
Cause, defective chimney. "
March 21, Box :I, 3:20 p. n1.
ed railroad building 011 “'ashington street.
Set 1m fire by sparks fromalocomotive.
Time out s1-ve11tcc11111i11utes. No loss.
April .1. 1‘2: .15 p. .liox iii. Department
1111f. lcu 111i1111tcs.
street school house. A fence set on flrd by
burningbrush. Noloss.
.\pril is. Box 3'3. False nlar111,‘.’
Department out five minutes
April :35. in p. n1. Still alarm. 'i'. I.
Raymond residence, Wes street. lloue
company out. twenty minutes. Loss, “25.
insured.
May l7, iiox l7. lllzfiil p. '111.
Cedar street and West. avenue,
mcnt out. ttventy-livi- [minute-s.
alarm.
June I. ‘J a. n1., iiux 1‘2.
eph Jennings, No. ‘J Fairliclibavenue.
«.1»— g.
.'l.'1 p 111.
( forner
Depart
False
llouse iii Jos-
De.
partment out thirty minutes. Loasfilll.
insured. -
July l0, 3:50 p. 111. Still alarm. Old
depot building.
feet hose laid.
minutes. Noloss.
July 12, 2:21‘1 11.111. ilox ‘Jl. Residence
of C. E. liaidwi11,l)fi West street. Depart-
ment out one hour and four minutes.
Eight hundred feet of hose laid. Loss.
$750. insured for 31,800.
September ‘35, Box ll, 12:41‘1 p. 111. I“. ll.
Baxter's drug store, ‘1’? South Main street.
Department out eighteen minutes. Loss,
8182,93. Covered by insurance. The slip-
ply wagon. while going through Wash-
ington street, sprung 1111c wheel and broke
three spokes. Four men, were thrown.
from the wagon and E. W. Clark. one of
the members was badly bruised.
October 4.11::lllp. 111., Ros-:1, New York
Grocery company's store. Don uu’s
block, Washington street. Department
out fifteen minutes. Loss. SIB, covered. by
insurance. Cause of fire. leavingaburn-
ing candle in rubbish in cellar.
November 1.11:51p. 111.. liox 15. House
owned by I“. ‘5. Lyon, Bayvicw avenue.
’i'wo hundred and fifty
Department out forty
Department out fifteen minutes. Cause
of tire, lamp exploded. , _, .
November ii, iii Pine street. House
owned by Roth & Goldschniidt, occupied
by L. W. Smellcdge. Box 14.3mm. in.
Department out seven minutes. No loss.
Caused by foul chimney.
November 17. hoasecf Mr. Mcgg
ingsten place, 8:28 a. 111. Time oht, fif-
teen minutes. No loss. Cause of arm,
back draught of smoke in vellumi'liliag
around the register box in floor abate.
November 20, house of J. lrving Dibble,
Liv-
Bnyview avenue. Damage, slight. No
alarm. ‘
November '25, corner South Main and
(‘ross streets, James W. ‘Hoyt‘s residence.
Lamp explosion. Piano badly burned
and a number of other articles damaged.
No alarm. Insured with J. M Layton.
Then followed the annual election of
officers. Elmer Hill was appointlad judge,
and E. \‘V. Clark and Winren F Smith
were appointed tellers. On motion ofJ
Robert Pearson the setretary was in-
strncted to deposit one ballot for E. V.
Baker for chief engineer of the depart
ment. which was done The chi ,ia a
few words, thanked the members or the
honor, and tmst'ed he would merit their
goodwill \and approval. Leo Davi‘a nom-
ina‘ted D. W. liarford to succeed himself
as first assistant, but Mr. Harford objected
to such a procedure. lie wished to have
a ballot taken, so that the member. could
express their opinion freely. The question
was put,- however, and Mr. Harfad was
unanimously elected. ,Ceorge‘ Bogardns
was then elected second assistant unani-
mously, and A. 'J. Crossman tary.
C. W. Stowe nominat d Dr. Bu ell for
department physician and Mr. ord
present incumbent. The ballot
Dr. Clark had twenty votes, and .
nell twelve, and the former 11 election was
made unanimous.
No further business coming p, the
meeting adjourned. - , .1
——All of our CS hnts will be sol ‘for 84.
These hats are made of the ii of val:
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, Pauline Diver.
v. Grace Adams, Violet Ella. Millie Wilcox,
(fonsolldat:
h‘ir11l11 rear of Concord,
put forward the name of 111.1: k, the
, SENIOR CLASS RECEPTION.
A Merry 111111111119 of Young People
Dance at IheAthensium.
The senior promenade and reception
given last night in the Atheumum
by the class of ’96 of the Over River
school. brought together a large and
merry gathering of Norwaik’s younger
a‘ociet-y set. who danced the various num-
bers on the programme as if they thor
bughly enjoyed the pastime. The two
ttep. waits, lpnciers and caprlce were the
principal dances. Smythe'u orchestra fur-
nished music and Meade provided re-
freshments. in the absence of Principal
H. B. Wigham, who is sick. Elbert :41
Adams took his place.
Among the young ladies present were
Misses Mabel, Florence and Edna Wig-
ham, Jessie Benedict, Violet Starr. Josie
Schumway. Annie Smith. Bessie Wilson.
Zdith Cousins, Alice Cram.
Marjorie Phelps, Lulu firegory, Jennie
Ferris, EtheiWilcox, Louise Woodward.
‘ Marie Keith. Luella Vaulioosear. Maude
Heybmrnard. The gentle-
meno ere Messrs. Elbert S.
AdsmsJ'lverltt Wigham,Robcrt E. Dudley,
‘Cliflord Hayes. William Beers, Waldo
Parsons..Clare11cc Cram, Robert and
_ Frank VauBuren, Charles Swartz, Frank
Sherman, Harvey lletts, Ward Gregory,
Fred hills, George Woodward, William
Benedict, Edward Kenney. Fred Rogers,
‘ Hubert S. Mitchell. Samuel W. iloyt, ii.
Joel Lowndes, Robert Morehouse, Charles
Rogers, Louis Leonard, Arthur B. Rus-
sell, ilarry.Wilsoo, Elblrt Fitch, Edward
Tattle, Chester Benedict, Rutherford
Kceler,’l‘hornton I’rowitt, \Villiard Com-
atock and Mr. Palmer. and Harry Water-
bury a111l John Robinson, of Stamford.
The committee in charge of the plei'isant
affair were George L. Woodward, Louis
Leomwd, Clarence (‘ram. Ward Gregory.
Robert Vnnllurcn. Willard ('omstock
and George Cram. ‘I
NELO UP IN GEORGETOWN.
A lildgeileld Ian fleets Highwaymen and is
.Clubbed.
George Martin lives over in Limestone
district, in Ridgeiield. He peddlcs goods
two or three times a week along the Dan»
bury and Norwalk division. llutwr-en 5
and '.1 o‘clock Tuesday evening. he was
driving slowly through 11 very dark place
known as the (lien, a short distance below
the Georgetown depot, when he received 11
sharp blow on the head. it knocked him
off the wagon, but he struck upon his
feet, the blow failing tostnn him. Retain}
lug presence of mind, he struck out atone
of his assailants. administering a severe
blow. while the other rutiian' ran rapidly
away. Finally the man with whom he had
clinched also freed himself and escaped,
leaving the plucky driver master of the
situation. The fellows did not have fire-
arms. wholly depending upon their 1111.
and clubs. Martin had little money on
bispcrson. Ridgefleld Press.
Sympathized With their Fellow Laborer.
This” morning on ltalian stone cutter
who Iiiul been away for a few days. started
”work with the 1111511 who are laying the
sidewalk on the west side of South Main
street. Fort-man Nicholas i-‘ortunuti told
the man that his services were not. re-
quired, but be refused to leave until [11-
1119110112 S. Lyon arrived. although Chief
of Police Vullmer told him be bad better
do so: When Inspector Lyon came around.
he told the man he would ban: to do as
the foreman said. The man laid down
his hammer and said a word to the other
men, who at once dropped their tools and
left the w.ork.
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Enterprising Advertisers.
The Christmas and holiday spirit hovers
over everything. and already you're
thinking of holiday merryrnaking. Sam-
uel Comatock, Jr.. has something to help
you to make good cheer all the finer
staple and fancy grdceries. bottled and
canned fruits and spit es.
lTlie windows of Plaisted 3 drug store,
in the Mahackemo block, already lkgin
to suggest the holidays. They are filled
with a great va1iety 111'an glass and nov-
elties in silver and perfu niery.
- New Dunlap but at O’Brien's.
Union Veterans Elect Officers.
Ferry Command,UniouVeterans‘lI nion.
held its'annual meeting last night and
elected these,.,ioiiieersi° Colonel. «.James
11’ Hommedicu; lieutenant "colonel,Char1es
Smith;‘major. W. 0. Merritt: surgeon.
J.B.'Wheeler;odicer of the day, If: E.‘
Buckingham, officer of the guard. C. H.
Jemerson: chaplain, ,G. E. Keeler: quar—
termaster, G. 5 North.
Sudden Death at Winalpauk. a
Silas Aiken died suddenly at his home
in Winnipank, last night. He had just
retired, when he complained offeeling
cal Examiner Burke was summoned and
took charge of the case.
Dreyar pm 11111: um '
Adle ‘Dreyer,"'who attempted suicide
Wednesday afternoon. died this morning
at 8 o’clock ,at the home ofJohnDrescher,
Grove atL_
The ladies ,of the Norwalk Methodist
church have the reputation of providing
choice suppers. The annual supper next
Wednesday evening will undoubtedly
sustain the past record. Supper will be
servedin the lectureroom from 5 $09.
Admission. including supper, thirty-five
cents. Muslchy the Sodoisirom orches-
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Tollsyeuallthenewd 1811- two each--
Shamanism 1
ill, and expired shortly afterwards. Medi- .
EAST SIIIE SIFIINGS.
What is doing on‘Amonp Our East
Norwallt Neighbors.
VAlIlIIIlS IIAPS AIIII IAISIIAPS.
A Lame Force of Men in the Employ of Con-
tractor liandaIi—Sundsy Services at the
Methodist Church—Social and Per-
sonal llems of interest
«The Sentinel is on dale at the East Nor-
walk post-office by irving Smith, with
whom items of news for this column can
also be left.
Contractor M. l). Randall ls cvidentl y a
Very busy man just now, and has a large
force of men in his employ. He has near-
ly 100 men at work on the new factory
building of the Rippowam Woolen 1111111-
puny. Stamford. and commenced this
week the carpenter work on the new
roundhouse for the Consolidated road at
Wilson's i’uiut. Mr. Randall ls finish-
ing the interior of the new Sentinel buildv
ing.lmaking extensive alterations to An-
gustus Raymond's house on lletts place,
putting in 11 new bath room, etc.. and has
about completed the improvements in
Munlcc Dc I".i.ockwood's house, Norwalk'.
A new front door is being put in the
Lockwood house, the carving on which
cost 8:200. Mr. Randall has just complet—
ed a new roundhouse for the Consolidat-
ed road at Saybrook Point, and has until
recently l1ce11runuing his mill nights in
order to keep lip with his work.
Rev. A. J. Smith will give an mafia
of Ephesians iii.. ‘ll.tumorrow 1111‘1r11in1z.ut.
the East Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church. in the evening he will preach
from the subject. “A Haunted House.”
The. seats are free at every service and
visitors are always welcome.
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W. ll. Richards and Alfred Relay have
filled in the, town clerks cilicc notice of
liens on it. It. Uibn'rne‘s new house, 1111
Riverside avenue, due, it is understood to
some dissatisfaction 1111111111; the carpenter
for which Mr fieboruois not responsible
The fail-11f the South .\urwalk “hi and
Drum band. in i ycle Hall will cloae to-
night, xiftcr :1 successful week's run.
Last night was visiting corps‘ night. and
a number were present.
The "cradle"
Thomas Benedictls naphtha launch this
morning, and the boat was pulled further
on the shore,just east of C. ll. Aislhrope’s
tenement housc.
Mr. and Mrs. if. P. Cue, of Madison,
who have been visiting friends on East
av1-n11c.left town this morning for Derby,
wbercthcy will spend :1 few clays with
their children.
Miss May Crabb, of ‘VanZandt avenue,
spent several days recently visiting her
sister, Mrs. P. f". Bengt-r. on East avenue.
New Canaan.
f‘upf tin Oscar St. John arrived home
this morning from a trip in ii 1ston.
Mrs. Iivenden, of Kcyser uwnuc. is hav-
ing her house repainted.
James L. Hoyt is now kept busy
sharpening skutcs
A FIRE OF HIS OWN.
A Blaze in some Shade Clippings at Chief En-
fimeer Prowiti s Store.
'v
i’rowitt. of the J. I. l’rowitt company’s
Nerwaik store, discovered a small fire in
a pile of shade clippings back of the cur'
t. 1in counter. -
It had evidently been smouldering ~some
time, as several person who had entered
the store had spoken of a peculiar smell
Mr. I‘rmvitt and his father, (.‘hief En
gineer Prowit , of the N_rwaik fire de-
partment, wore on go firemen to let
sucha little circ once bother them,
and the drums were quickly extinguish
ed.
Some boxes were charred.
damage resulted.
Hill Institute Proceedings for Damages. .
Martin C. Powers, who was laid up for
five weeks with injuries received by be-
ing buried in the sand While working for
the Berlin Iron Bridge company, at Wash-
ington street, South Norwaik. told ,a re-
porter of The Ridgefield Press that
through Attorriey Walsh. of Dnnbury, he
would institute proceedings for damages.
It seems that Powers has been so serious-
ly bruised internally that his constitution
has been undermined. rendering him in-
capable of doing hard work in the future.
The Bdrlin company offers to pay him for
his time and doctors’ bills, but he feels
that this will slot in the slightest measure
compensate him for his injurid.
Divorces Crush 1
in the Superior Court, yesterday after
noon, Judge Elmer granted the following:weak
divorcee:
Frances Baa-en from John Bunsen, 111111,,“
but no other
six minor children awarded to plaintiff.
Madge Nemey, from Michael J. Nor
ney. both of Barton; cause cruelty; rear-
ried September, 1883. Custody of two
minor children awarded plaintiff.
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Two looks 11' Answer.
The County Commissioners have been
given until Frida ‘ mien-bar 20, 2
MC! in the maidens proceedln
instituted by “Dull UW.01
-lore.
was placed underneath l
About 9 o‘clock this morning, lienry '1':
of Norwalk; cause. habitual int‘empero C"
once; married, .iuly3,1873. ensue, of .
SUBSCRIPTIONS COIINO IN.
Two Hundred Collars Ian M II he
Silk Iiil lm‘ Fl“ .. 1.:
Additional subscriptions to the Wat
Side Silk Mills inducement fund are as
follows: Ralph Moody, Sim; Hill all
Hubbell Lumber company, Sill). ' 1 r
The $1,0009ui1scription ianot from III '
Cole. 11.11 1111111111 in 111.1 night's 1111.111;
it has been subscribed by a We
and will be announced by The Sentinel in
due time.
——-Re111l Lane's Rebns.
WANTED. * ‘
\lTUATION wanted b 11 young South
1 lab girl for genera housework. Ili—"r'
quire in Sentinel office.
Ri-ISSMAKING at reasonable prices.
Fancy Waists a specialty, at the
Norwalk Millinery and Dressmaklng Par-
No 'ill Main street, MRS. H.
HOLMES. ti" lw
(lLA EA SING and dyeing establishmeutt
J No. 4 Raymond street, corner of
South Main street, on line of electriccara,
South Nerwalk. Conn. We respectfully
announce to the citiaens of South Nor-
waik. Norwalk and vicinity that we ae-
tablished ourselves 111 your midst, in the
dyeing and cicaning business, and are
now prepared todo all kinds of cleaning
and 1 yeing in the ver best style enduran-
ncr. Ladies suits, resses, either mada‘
up or apart, cloaks, capes, infants’ cap“.
hoods, 1:11.. ribbons. fringes, piano, organ
11111111111 covers mufflers, scarfs. ties. kid
gloves, kid shoes, also feathers cleaned
and curled. Gentlemen’ sgarmenla dyed
or cleaned and pressed in thebestmanm.
('. BU l‘TERF‘ASS.
“Tomi-:1;
11110 Cf.
'l‘llld lower part of house. 30 Stuart ave
nue.unda small burn and chicken
house. ’l‘hereisalarize garden and nice
lawn; water in rent it“. inquire on the
premisu or of MRS SEL i i-‘CK, at 11
iiavilund strut-t. «I? It
IflRS'l'floor, six rooms. 9 Arch street,
' Norwalk. rem. 315: second floor,
live mums. Fort Point street, rent
51*; first. “1101' N11. 50 Woodward avenue,
l't-ui $7. Applyto E. A. \VUUD‘VARD.
jyl ’94 tf
‘Ui it room npartu1e1it.second 1105?,
II rear, llti Washington street windowa
in every r110111,hailslightctl and cleaned;
four room a.p -ir1me nts. front and rear.
third floor Sw artsz Corbett block. 79 and
ill Washington street, rent 89 and Sift. Ap-
ply OLD \\ ELI. CIG 1R Ci). jylo} at
I (IWE’ part of house, four rooms, two
1 minutes’ walk from Rnwayton depot.
Rent $5 inquire ll. ACKAR'I', Bony-
ton, Conn. dBSt
sTiifll‘. titted up for Groceries and meat
, market. Can be used for oth but
less to advantage. being roomy
venient. andv desirably located:
South Main street. Terms easy.
11f Taylor's: (-olden 01' at No.
Main street.
14 ' Eh
d3 ti
‘ 1X room cottage on Quintard avenue,
1 Apply to CHESTER I".CLARK.18
Quintnrd avenue. s13 “18
\‘UUTII Main street. No. ill lower part
1 of 1111111111,!» mom-1, all 1onveniencea:
alsnirooms, y.‘11'11. .1 Henry street, rent"; 5
rooms, N11. ‘30D11y street. rent 38. Sroome.
No.201)aystree1. rent. *1. Possession at
onte.1\ppiy 111 IACIHI M. LAYTON or
W. YUl M13, No.1: Bibi avenue E'ast
Norwalk. do“.
'I‘IIREE unfurnished rooms, 37 per
. month in advance. ortao rooms for
5.5. l." Lit'lklt‘y street Norwalk. d73t
'l‘ll'l) rnum nilicc. corner Washington
street and liailr.:111l.1ven1w,poat
nilicnbu1l1ling,rem Sill; alsoa five room
apartment in suxu- building. suitable for
small family rent $11) For particulars
i11quir1 allies-UL” W l“. LLf‘ [HAHCO., 83
it ashington street. ’ 1130 M
F0 R SALE. "‘
STUX i-‘MI‘ if. new :paner folder._ In
1‘ . first 1lass order. and a first class.
n111chin_~.1 \ls1i’orter1'. ater motor. Will
be sold cheap but 1111111: Other machines are
to take their places. \pply at The South
nclloiiicc. The folder is in operation every
day from 2:10 till 4 o clock.
I UY Peck {c Snyder skates with bar
. proved adjustment. They have ab
solutcly sure grip of clamp to the slide
and will fit any l1ecl.SOUTii NOR-
WALK H 111111111111: 11.11 42 South
Main street. 1!? tf
Ignilding on North side, of \lehington '
street bridge.~— —titte1l for” 4 stores. hall
—for sale at reasonable price if bought
now. inquireofJ. -\C()B 3i l11\Y”.lf)\',.Agt
d2'1w
‘iRST class milk route. selling 15O qts.
1isil.Pric1-.$:150. For particulars.
address x 72, liiecnwich, Ct. 1151'
ORSE blankets and robes. full line
I’ low prices. sown sonWALB’
HOARDWAREC 1 5111::
FIVE room cottage on Glenwood ave-
1 ans for sale choir and on
terms. inquire of 8.8.3811me
Grove street. South Norwalk jyiltf
‘W0 and three- 1 mafia roof
(’1 and roof cegieyut. E&IU 111%
WALK HARDWARE 00.. seems
Main street. ~ 516“
FOR SALE OR" TO LET.
may also rains. am “’“e’
stBo
non, month; Wmam 11111111"
LA]?!I
IISCELLAIEOUS
RSI; CLIPPING. New in thou-1e
Orders taken
toclip your horses
blacklml
atMiller’ shop Brook
street, Norznik. i:
daKYFrldayandSaturday d'l'. E. 0836- ,,
LOST.
FEMALESL Bernard
deals M18111»
Warmest. “11111 chin-the lath election in
old M
sleetidnla‘w my”... WW
fin . . , ~ ltidnbyeallingatthis
morning.“
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