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mopfi—t
AND SHADES
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NORTH MAIN AND ANN
STREETS,
South Norwalk, Connecticut
OF C.
, . STILL GOING ON!
"THE GREAT BANKRUPT SALE
H. HARVEY’S STOCK OF
loots, Shoes and Rubbers.
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Store open until 9 o'clock Week Days, and ill Saturdays.
HARVEY’S SHOE stoma,
‘70 N..Main $treet,
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“So. Norwalk.
h ,, TWo PRICES!
. .. We have made another big purchase of these goods, from three eastern manufacturers, closing out their 30.
"entire balance, and will offer them this week at 50 per cent less than cost of manufacture. it ()nyx Ban-
;,,"q"ttet Lamps, 24 inches high, best central draft, $l.29 each.
, ‘ Other styles of Banquet Lamps from 75c to 03.00 each. ,
»: fiafleodsome Table Lamps, central draft, Wellington burner, finest decorations, cheap at $4 no, this sale “mu It. Armieer. «le m
I ‘I.‘9 each; and no other designs at different prices.
. " ’ iAnyone who needs a lamp, or expects to in the next live years, should take advantage of this sale.
‘ , Balance 0(our Silk Shades at net cost. New styles of Shade Frames and Crepe Paper.
w. s. sru RTEVANT,
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. for help.
BILTlMOliElinOBIUST
‘ t . . . , . , , ‘ ‘ , cellar.
To Close out, livervtluu Is Bern hold at i’rIces .-\cver llenrd ol ilefore. Lorne harlv.’
- g g . .
* Whiting. the I'tiltii't‘tl man of all \vork. who
Seven Lives Are Lost In a
i Confiscation.
l “3010 DEATH 01‘ TWO OLD KBII.
i they Perlehed In 'I'ryln' to Rescue Chil-
r dun—The Inn Act e! n Firemen-A
Clear leaded Young Women In" Her-
eeu and liner.
Barman, Feb. 24,—Seven people were
xlnted. one fatally hurt. by jumping
. "Qt ewlndw and five other» more at
iminittred hyniire in the reeldenoeot
James R. Armlger. a Intuinent jeweler,
at 1806 Charles street. The dead are:
‘ James R. Ariniger. aged 55.
William B. Riley. his son-lu-law, aged
Rich-rd Riley, son of W. B. Riley.
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Marian Riley, daughter of w. n. Riley, ,
agadelu.
Mrs. Marian (fhamplin. daughter of
James i‘liarnplin. her son. aged ii.
Horace Mount-l, aged so, or New York
city. a guest.
The injured are:
Alice “'llIllIIlH' colored, servant, skull ‘
fractured and other serious injuries; I'lllt. y
will die. i
Mrs. William li. ltiley. burned about
face and arms and suffering frqu inhain- ‘
tion of smoke; will recover.
Mrs. James R. Armiuer. aged .30. slight
burns and sullen-lug from shock and expo-
sure.
Minn Eleanor Arinigcr. aired H, slightly
burned.
Miss Virginia Arniigor, aged ‘15, ankle
slightly sprained in jumping. ‘
ltla Whiting. colored. servant, alightly
burned and enduring from the inhalation
II' smoke; will recover.
"rigiu ol‘ the Holocaust.
The hottsn in which the holocaust oc-l
'Iirred is one of a row of granite front
I'uliduucu.‘ belonging to the A. S. Ahcll
estate. on Charles street just "0th of In
t‘uyetto nreutte. it is four stories in height
and at the time of the tire was filled with
costly furniture and much ram lirice-
In'ac, plutoand illiit‘ilt) Jewelry. of which
Mr. Armiger was "It enthusiastic coilet tor.
in the house were just lit persons. (it
these ten worn nioInlwr-I of tho Analyzer ‘
household, two scrvimts. and the other.
Mr. Manuel, was a guest who lilli liculi
visiting the Armlger family for the past
two or three days, :
All of these people were in their bid 3
rooms on tho upper floors. some. of them I
being partially lll‘i'~t~l‘ll when fire was Iiis- ,
covered issuing from a partition in the:
it had ignited frotu lill overheated ‘
furnace line and was first M‘t'tl by l.uili~ i
was at the time cleaning the front steps. l
Whiting run to the adjacent. corner and;
intro the alarm to a policeman and lIIIr
ried back to the house, t-tttorod the front ‘
door. cloiod it behind hint and ascended
to tho second floor, whero Mr. and Mrs.
Armigurhatl their bedroom. 'l'iu-houm
was by this tiniu filled with adcnse. sti-
lling smoke, and when the neground Mrs. .
Armlger Itttciliplctl to descend they found 5
it impossible. \Vhittug nldI'd Mrs. Ar~
mixer to the front window and helped but
try reach it sound balcony in front. uroni
which he placed her and retIIrut-d to the"
aid of Mr. Armluer. He found tho latter
had uonu and came back to Mrs. .\r<‘
mint-r. who. ciud iII lZIIllIlIlL: but her
lllflltlt'itlllit‘~. wit-I shin-ring on the narrow
IiItlcniiy and shrinking iII nuotii/cd tones,
lluif a Iii-xiii men who were
{passing hastened to tho powi-r house of
We don’t mean two prices for the satire article. we don't believe in that. but we do?
In *zm to close out the balance of our I
'To do that we shall make them one or the other of these prices :
$3.
Some of them are worth $10.00 to 15.00, but that does not matter. all the better bar-
Don’t Forget
7. A. Die
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gains for our customers.
That Thursday is Bargain Day.
kerman 8! Son,
South Norwalk, Connecticut.
84 Washington Street,
Isthe great remedy where
It K. I I I I '
pain but prominent symp-
ACETON,, .
Acerou
IAGrlppe and Headache
are guaranteed to be cured
Y
If taken in time. If y: til have Neu-
relgia or Rheumatism.
Aceton is the Remedy that
Cures.
Aceton. Dr. Marianld's AI-aton. has the uni-
versal recommendation of'all who have used
it. Hon. N. D. Sperry of .\cw llaven gives an
excellent testimonial in favor of Acctr In.
lnet 'per cent. ofali headaches. no matter
from w tcause they may arise. are guaran-
teed to be cured by thtI use of Ago-ton.
Colds are cured and pneumonia is provr-nlmi
by the use of Acetop.
Aceton is put up In boxes of twelve powders
me which are sold for ‘2'»c. at all drug stores
in w England. .
” The Aceton Medical
Company.
retire proprietors of this wonderful remedy.
whom should be addressed all communica-
BEMEMBEII TIIAT
IGETOII KILLS PAIN.
race-teem. ILPlair-ied.
CONN.
thin-II
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" Tb. WCIeAvMON D,
Funeral .Director
and Embalmer.
, .3 Wonhlnfion serene.
Io. Norwalk.
. Residence, Mahackemo Hotel.
" " m7 iy
A Phenomenal Stove !
it gives rt blue flame like a gas stove
without smoke or odor, and burns cout-
mott kerosene oil. You don't have to
take our word for it,
JUS‘AT-LOOK-AT-l
We have them
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and see if it is not so.
”if exhibition. and would like to show
them to you. whether _vu buy or not.
NAS H a VAN-Scov,
Cur. N. Main and West Streets,
SOUTH noRWALK, . . . coqucrtou-r.
MAKE YOUR
F.5CHAVOIR,M.D
55 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
South Norwalk.
PRACTICE LIMITED
TO DISEASES
or WOMEN
Oflice hours: Mondays and Thursday-
3 to 6 p. m. n 2) i y
JWANTS KNOWN
IN THE
cvsIIIIIo SENTI‘IIELI
Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks and Capesf
the i'htu‘lcs Street (‘lllili‘ cur line. a block
below. and procured II short ladder.
.\ I-‘ln‘tumt's llo-roic “orb.
When they returned. they found lloputy‘
Fin- (‘hicf McAfce, It noted life ~:l\l'i'. who '
quickly llit)iililt'il tho luddi r. .
it “as not. long enough, luit by stand
ing on tho uppermost round he could,
reach the frightened woman. Aw lililtl"
tempted to lift lit'l' from the balcony her ,
scanty clothing caught on an ob~truction, ‘
and she, fell forward. with llt'l‘ whole
weight upon the outstretched arm of tho
fireman. .luet than the luIIIlcr slipped, and
every one below expected to sun both the
rescuer and the Woman ho was trying to
suvo crushed to death on the pavement bl“
low. By It trernendous etl'ort. howover,
.‘ll';\ltl0 steadied himself. and. holding .
Mrs. Armlgcr with flnt' hand, he grasped
tho balcony with tho other. Hanging
thus he slowly replaced the ladder with
his feet utid brought. the now fainting wo-
man down in safety.
in tho meantime the other inmates of
tho front rooms wero crowditur to tho witt-
dowe. making tho most piteous appeals
for help. The pcopli- lii low shouted to
thor'n not to jump, but Alice Williams dis
regarded their warnings utid with an up-
pulllug shrickmpruug from tho tourth
story window, striking the storm stops
full upon bur forcin-ud, fracturing her
skull and sustaining other injuries.
An attempt was made to sitccor tho
other unfortunatcs by means of tho door-
way on Charles street. but when tho por -
licI-Iuen burstI it in they were met with i
such a volume of smoke and flame that. i
they were driven back. ‘
In the rear room on the second floor
were Eleanor and Virginia. the unmarried
daughters of Mr. Armigor. They were
partially dressed. hut or rapid was the
spread of the flames that they had no time
to escape by the stairway.
_A (fool Headed Young “'oman.
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; his cool headed directions Miss Virginia i
lowered her younger sister with It shot-Lj ‘
and throwing a mattress out of tho win '
dow, leaped to the yard below. Shoalight- ‘ "
;' ed in safety and beyond the shock and u I
f slight injury to her ankle escaped unhurt.
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By this time the firemen had reached
the scene and in n twinkling hutl reared
long ladders up to the windows. both
front and rear.
0n the stairway leading from the seo‘
ond to the third floor was found the body
of Mr. Arinigcr, with that of his little
grandson, Richard Riley. clasped tightly
in his arms, showing that the old man
had made a gallant. attempt to rescue
the boy, which cost him his own life. in
the front. room on the third floor Was
found the body of Mr. Manuel. He, too.
had the hotly of a child in his arms. tell»
ing another story of unrequited heroism.
In the rear room on the third floor, ly-
ing on the bed, the Llirenian found the
dead body of Mr. Riley. By his side lay
his wife, breathing faintly. She was hur—
ried into the open air in time to save her
life, anti, though she in badly burned about
the face and arms and half crazed by her
terrible loss, she will recover.
In another room were the bodies of Mrs.
Chempiin and her tweet-old Ion. Whil-
npon the upper floor the firemen found
to» waiting unconscious tron motto.
In their extremity they leaned far out. i i
of the rear window and crioti for help. -
'A neighbor canto to their old. and under 5 '
Our \ :
Inventory
An unusually good opportunity after our
Semi-Annual Inventor is afforded just now
for tlie purchaser oi M‘en’e. Boy’s and Child-
ren’s Clothing, F urnishin and Caflps.
The store is brim full of rand 0 cringe—not
only in winter weights, but in all lines we are
offering values that youcannot afford to ignore.
Overcoats.
Now is your time. Don’t wait until next fall
and pay much more for the same goods. These
are conservative, staple and right in style for a
couple of seasons more, and you will make no
mistake to purchase now. In SUITS you wdi
find all weights for business and dress to be
had at prices that would be ridiculous under
other circumstances. Pants of every kind, for
work, business and dress.
Little prices for Elegant Neckwear made by the
best maker in New York, purchased by us at a
price to enable us to place them on sale for half
price—25 and 50 cents, all shapes.
MHGSRtCQ-
Bridgeport, Conn.
Open Monday, Friday and Saturday Euem'ngs.
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CHAU ’S MARKET,
38 Washington Steet, So. Norwalk.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
First-Class - Meatsii
JACOB SCHAUB, Proprietor.
at
OLD AND RELIABLE
Daily Direct Freight
BETWEEN
Line
New York, South Norwalk and
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
Will leave. Pie -0, 15. R., Beekmzm street, New York, at
5 p. m. Leave. Norwalk, 5 p. In; South Norwalk (3 p. m.
Freight Received from 7 .I. In... tol5. p. ,m. l'pon App‘i.
cation to agents the City of Norwalk, iiagie and Vulcan
will be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its vicinity. I .
All persims are forbid trusting any of the employees
of this boats of Iheiine on liL‘i‘tiiitit of the owners thereof.
‘ A Daint Gift
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After all said and done, a fine, welhmnde,
stylish, welirfitting pair of shoes is as accept-
Ible 1’ it E S P. N T as anything: yoti
can think of. if there is uriylluuestlg as
to where the very best of Its kind can he pnr‘
:bnscd, it's easily answered—at
H.$.BROWN’$
90 WASHINGTON STREET,
South Norwalk, -
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PERHAPS YOU ‘&ON’T,,
But if you should want any
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry orE
Silverware! _
’)r your Watches, Clocks and jewelry Repaired and Cleaned. call or‘
St’n'l;1l0‘lf‘f‘ltl
A. w. A USTIN;
NORWALK, CT.
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Opera House Block,
* it and has retained counsel.
MADE MILLIONS LAUGH. e
The, New Henr- the Domino oi Burnett-t
Bill Nye.
Asitltviux. X. (5. Feb. alt—The death
of Edgar W. Nye. known more widnly tut
IuiI Nye, will be deplored Ii, the millions
to Wliunu enjoyment the lililimrlethad con
tributed, both In a writer and lecturer.
He passed away at his home, Buck Shoals.
oirronudcd by his family, death resulting
from a stroke of paralyuls, with which he
nan atllictml ten days ago.
llill .\_vo lit-cumo inown to the public as
a humorist about lit years ago through er
Iran-ts copied from a nawepuper nailed 'l'hrI
ltoqucrunu. edited by him at Laramie.
“3. ”Id “it Was of the Iii-oil style pecul
lur In tho boundless west.
it did not take long for both the paper
and Its editor to lit-conic. lotuoul through
out tho country.
More than ten years ago Nye accepted a
po-Iitiun on u now~paper in New York
city. and tor Mth‘l‘fll you” since has been
on the staff of tho AIIIuricatI I’rois Also
ciuiiuu. This last connection continued
up to the time of III‘ death.
lie qudo a uiunbct- of lcetu ing tour~
through the country and wrote Wu plays.
one or which. "The Uatll." was produced
by Thomas L). Strain-ml“ The other play
was written in collahimttion with Paul
M. Potter. its tith- wus “'l‘hn fi'ag VIII
ty" and was produced at the (litrdeu ti‘na-
tor. New York. two months ago. it waI
not It stit‘ccs.
Nye Inuiii- hi». home on Staten island
with his wite and four children-Mo son»
and two dIIuttiIii-c-imi'or a short time. but
some years ilxtl bought. a iIIIIIdsoIIIe estate
at 'llIIck .‘llii'ils‘. X. l‘, win to ln- has since
I’t"illl‘il.
The late l-Idgar \I’. qu will be buried
at in a. III. tomorrow in the Episcopal
churchyard IIt r'letchir‘s Station. on the
.\shc\‘llio :itul Spurtnnhurg railroad. l!
lllllt" south of AshotIllc and three mile:-
l‘t'oiu llIIck Shoals. tho into home of the
tie-eased. A child of Mr. Nyu's ll buried
tin-cc. Mrs. Nye has received hundreds
of telegrams of condolencefront prominent
literary pardon-t and friends of‘ Mr. Nye
from all sections of the country. ‘
GIRL W A SAFETY VAULT.
blue Nearly Lose-I Her Life Before the Com-
Initiation “'ocltctl.
t‘IIIr‘Aoo. Feb. :-l.—r1IIiIiiii Kelsey. i‘.x
years old, daughter of the itev. J. l). Kei-
scy of tho Free Methodist church. mi:
locked for an hour and a half in the safety
\'l|lllli of the oiiice of the church and was
taken out barely alive.
With a number I I' Izirl companions she
was playing llldi‘ and M‘t'k and stepped late
the vault just as the door was accidentally
slammed shut.
When tho circumstances became known,
the congregation lltn'kcd about the oliiee.
’l‘ho excited pmiplr‘ resorted to prayers and
sledgelutmmcrs bofuro tho combination
was. in the nick of time, finally made to
work.
('uunrtln About l'rcsideut lirenger.
Joil.\.\\i;\l:l.|:ti. mt ‘Ji.——'l‘he.~.‘tandard
says that all the stories of an anti-British
movement. having for its object the depo-
sition of President Kruger when he goes
to England in response to the invitation
of Mr. Chamberlain, the British colonial
sot-rotary, are false. The paper adds that
tho roports are resented. The Randy and
Pretoria are joining hands over tho Vie-
dendorp disaster, in which so many per—
sons lost- tholr lives through a dynamite
explosion, and the men feeling has almost
\nnishcd, Tho Boers and uitluuders are
tin-operating in their efforts to help the
sufferers. Fifteen hundred person-a win,
were rendered destitute by the explosion
will have to be provided for a long time.
The fund of Hindi? stadium that has been
raised for the benefit of the sufferer: is in!
adequate.
('nhan “'nr ltrmna.
ST. l’.\l'i.. l-‘ch. 2+.-—"'l‘he Lust Stroke,"
u now play by i. N. Morris. fringing upon
tho struggle the Cubans are now making
for independence. was produced for the
first time on any stage at. the Grand tlperu
House. The first act is laid in Florida
and the other three acts in Cuba. The
hero is an American. who has joined Ho-
Iucz‘s army. and the romantic story of his
adventure; is the main theme of the play.
ltluch act has a sensational climax, the
characters are well drawn. and the din
logue is clean cut and torso. it. met with
an onthusirtstic reception frotn a crowded
house. The lendingchaructcrs are assumed
by b‘rudcrio no llclleviiln. John T. suin-
vntI. .-\Ila ilwyer. Madeline Luck antlothct
capable people.
Mrs. Totals Asst-rte Her Innocence.
PrioVInI-txcit. Feb. :Zi.»—.\ii's. Chit-II Va
iois has come to this city and is waiting
the serving of II warrant charging hot
with the murder of her fathar, John \I'.
Krissnller, who was found dead at North
Helmate several months ago. Tho matter
of ball has been fixed. uml she will secure
She. assert.“
that tho question of her innocence will he
established very quickly after a. hearing is
granted.
After )Ioro Ducks.
\I‘Asutxo‘rox. Feb. ~3i.—Presidcnt Cleve-
land left the city lib ll o‘clock last night
on the lighthouse tnndcr Maple for a day's
duck hunting at QIItIIItir-o. He was ac-
compnnicd by four guests, one of whom
was Lighthouse inspector Lumbarton and
another L‘oluncl Hives. The party ax-K
pccts to return to the. city at it o'clock this
evening.
Ilikius Not a Candidate.
CI.I-:\I2I..\\ri. Feb. 2i,—-.<onator Stephen
ll. Eikius of West Virginia declared here
in an interview"thot he is 'co’ntent with
lllS senatorial honors. anti that the state-
ments concerning. his presidential ambi-
tions are unauthorized. llo says that tint
West Virginia delegation is for McKinley.
Mole His Lie-I. Ride.
Innis, not. l-‘cb. ILL—Francois Marav
‘ clitit‘e of :3” Stanton street. New York cit‘y.
was found dead beside the tracks of the
l’.. \l'. and B. railroad noar‘thhi city. The
railroad men believe. that. he was riding on
j'u car truck, and, falling backward, was
crushed under the whet-is.
Slayin Challenge-I I’ltulunuone.
I.0.\'tio.‘.’, Feb. ':i.—~>iporting Lila says
1that i-‘rnnk Siavin has challenged Fitc
niauuous for £i.IIUlI a side. the fight to
c ue otf III England, or he will but (Tor
butt £1.00u that he can stop him in six
round-L “*
A Fatal Row Between ltnliann.
litil‘lll-‘sl"l-.‘li,.FPII. ‘ll.—1Iuring a game
:of cards in a saloon Vincent Markt, an
: italiun. fatally shot John McGuire, anoth~
I.- itallau. Markl was captured in a piece
of woods about five miles from the city.
Morley Congratulatem
Losnox, Feb. 24.—Ail the newapapers
congratulate parliament and the Right.
lion. .Tohn Morley on his re-election from
the Montroso burghe.
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Norwalk Chronicler