TheAdveut . tonightat $19,,1'0sidence ofW Q Iatrium Lowndea avenue. 0. Lawrence Yereance, son of Charles D. Yeresnee. of Broad River. died last night, agéd eleven menthI. pCcusolidated stock sold Saturday in . New York at 174V and in Boston at , 'lfwg, being quoted there at lie. Hrs. Emma thrch. widow of Tru- ' man Church, died at her home in Bel- den aveunu, yesterday. aged forty- --sev 1 en years. , .n,. ' —-Woman’s get, Tea and spas- ial sale tomorrowfromlltcSp in. “' The Knights of Columbus will held In excursion some time in August. The z’ymsuttercfsboat is in the hands or I "‘ committee. , ‘ The Womau' s Exchange will hold I tea and sale of useful and fancy articleli at the Central club building this after _ noon and evening. .4 A suit has been brought against Mrs. Susan Andaman, of New Canaan, to ‘ recover fora note. Her real estate is , under attachment. "The New Haven Retail Merchants' ' association has received a reply from ; Nerwalk, favorablet out manila.” ,ofusimilar business sociation fntlial city. ._ - , Charles Guarnie'ri, of Water street, Norwalk, istoday celebrating thd twan- ty-ilrst anniversary of his birthday. His sister. Miss Mamie Guarnieri. is cele- brating the niiifi’tg W1 . her birth todppv_o-_i.‘___ W 4 Tomorrow will be young people' a t at the Woman' a Central club. A .mswaunm are invited to be present. '..,ii .. —The leading restaurant of South Norwalk—the Imperial Cafe, 9 Railroad ' place. The cases of Edward Kelly and 0. Willett for their Sunday night racket in overdriving a horse owned by the New York Grocery company, came up in the . Town Court this morning. Kelly's case was adjourned to June 3. Willett was fined .15 and paid up. Mrs. Harry Oberlander, of Main street, who has been insane. was taken to the home of her mother in Port Jervis, by her husband, today. One child went with them and the other three remained in Norwalk. The season for shipping oysters to Europe. ended Saturday and has been very successful. The oyster seed trade, which will end this week. has been more profitable along the Sound than ever before. The estimate for the entire state is a total shipment of 500,000 bushels. The Norwaik police are about to in- augnrate a maveiiihiit' to stop" horse rac- ing on the avenue. as well as to prohibit bicycle scorching. When the depart- ment secures the bicycles, a mounted of- ficer will be stationed on the avenue, af- ternoons and evenings. —Lobstcrs, cooked—Eny style, prices reasonable. impean Cafe, 0 Railroad J pluce.Sonth Norwalk. Isaac Shaw was arrested inst night for an assault committed on Clinton Row- land, of Rowuytou. This morning. be- fore Judge Hubbell, Show pleaded guilty. and was fined so. He said, how- ever, he did not assault Rowland. but pleaded guilty to save time and trouble. Dogs owned by F. A. Lane and Mrs. W. ll. Jarvis lliVl an exciting encounter in front of him. Jarvis’ millinery store in Washington stmet. this morning. James Shepard, employed by Mr. Lane, attempted min-paratc the canine». and was quite badly bitten. Chief of Police Volimnr and Ulllccr Gladstone appeared and deadly. with the aid of III-Shepard. clubbed the dogs aptirt'. , .l I m Brunchvills. we. . adios. Sentinel building, open evenings. .3 “ Pure and Sara.” eveland S BAKING rework Bread and take raised with it keep their freshness and flavor. The reason is. the leuvcnip power comes from pure cream of tartar andsedaI .. regimen anonymous. wmmmmrat. ". Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oarptutermf East avenue. have a newly born son a7 popular Philharmonic orchestra has been engaged for the season at Dorlon’s. commencing Memorial Day. All the grocery stores in South Ner- walk will be closed Saturday, and prob- ably the stores in Norwslk will be clos- ed also. . —Last», week is which to pay your city times without interest. Collector's The annual election of otiicers of the Broad River Bun‘day. School association, will take place at the chapel, tomorrow night. I The funeral of Howard do Forest Earle, whose. death was unmanned yes- terday.“ held todlly' at San Diego, Cal. The interment will be at the con-r venieuoe of the family. _ The Woman's association,cf the South Norwalk Baptist church will hold its an- nual meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30. An interesting programme has been ar- ranged, and all are welcome. . On- iWednesdayfiItev.‘ T. K. Noble will go to Dunbar! to make an address on the occasion of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the or. ganization of the First Congregational church, of thatcity. —-‘"The Old Homestead. Hoyt's Thea— tre, tomorrow. The store at 92 Washington street, tr- ceutly vacated by F. Gordon Mead, the baker and confectioner, is in the hands of the J. T. Prcwitt company’s painters, who are getting it in readiness for occu- pancy, June 1, by W. E. Collins, the restaurateur. A special city meeting will he held to- night in 'Arion Hall, beginning at 8 o‘clock, for the of voting on a resolution of the ward and Lowndes avenues. .At the monthly meeting of the liadies' association, of the ’Norwalk Congrega- tionalchurch, Wednesday-Mrs. Finder. carcinogen , among the Japanese women. All ladies interested are, cordially invited. Invitations to the commencement ex- ercises of t 0 cl of Di use _ college, June 8 10, . n w ‘ in South N:!)i'Wa1k. t A. Hui-es, . ‘ y pas- tor of the rmrmonemu Eplmopal church, South JNorwallrh is one of the graduates. ——————-—\ —Denman Thompson’s.."0ld Home- stead,” tomorrow. . The board of managers of the Nor- walk Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be called to- gether on Saturday. June ll, to complete arrangements for the “Flag Day" recep- tion. Mrs. Sara Thompson Kinney, the state regent and Mrs. Coffin, wife of the governor, will be the guests of honor on that occasion. W. P. Bundle. G. F. Bearse. P. A. ParseIls. W. L. Weed, A. ll. Thcile, W. F. Hoyt, Benjamin Bennett and F. E. Raymond. of Shaman Council, Royal Arcanum. went to Greenwich. last night. to visit Nutmeg Council. and' in struct the officers and team in the work. Mr. Bundle was the district deputy,sont by the grand regent. Edith. wifeof Dr. Howard P. Mans- field, of Georgetown, died, yesterday. in that village. aged twenty-three years. She was a daughter of Judge Benjamin Gridln, of Brookllcld. A little son, born on Saturday last, survives her. Dr. and Mrs. Mansfield were married about two and one-half years ago and have since resided in Georgetown. -—"The Old Homestead" tomorrow. The carryall which will convey those who wishto attend the Christian En- deavor union meeting in Westport, to- night. will leave the South Nor-walk Baptist church at 6:45 o’clock. It will stop at the corner of Osborn and Van Ziiidt avenues, and at the station in East Norwalk, for those from that side who wish to attend. A very interesting programme has been arranged. A ciirrynii will leave the corner of Wall and Main streets at one o'clock. —-Regular meals. 25 cents, at the Im- perial Cafe, No. 9 Railroad place, South Norwalk. Served all dq. ng else whatever. mol’Oeuucil for a. sewer through Meadow street, Wood- ' Harrie Merchants has the contract for the finishing of Willis Woodward s new reddénce in West avenue. . Emeritus m . . Few things makeyour neighbor and fellow towusuisn batter natured than tohave your sidewalk us good as his, and all sidewalks in the best condition. BeadRaymond Brothers’ new ad. today. on willget some points. he New York Market has an excel: day sets forth their claims. street grocer. calls attention to the fine who are particular as to what they have on their tables would do well to give 88 Washington street a trial. F. G. Mead announces that he will do first-class “catering for weddings and parties. You can order by“ mail or can at 2 Union Park, Norwulk. He has a good: many orders now and is reMy for more. Those who have been so fortu- nate astohave second his services in the past, willbe pleased to learn that he is still catering. If you have never had him, a trial will convince you .of the complete satisfaction he gites. He pro- vides all dainties. Meigs & Co.,as usual, today make some. more httraetive odors. Look at their advertisement. The sterner sex will find" just what they want and mothers cannot find a better place to malie purchases for the little man, the pride of the household. W. S. Sturtevant comes forward to- day with the news that he is closing on; his line of baby carriages and bicycle lanterns. Thisis a good time to buy. Read the other items in his new ad- vertisement, and give him a call before they arggone. THE PRINCE OF WALES. AsmmtneWsIBaptlsedu a Re- ' man Cathotpe. The Freeman’s Journal of Sydney. New ‘Suuth Wales, has a correspondent who see'ms to know a great many things not generally known. lie conlhlos to us the secret that the Prince of Wales was bap- tized a Catholic, asserting that he has the testimony of an eminent bishop that his * statement is absoluwa correct. it sector that wheukt‘i‘ gem in for the baptism flog"? Wad; mm of the ref hglan “In it 0 ben- ers on the mansion, with the result that ' one poured the water while the other road the form of baptism. This was the porfoe ticn of Western-politeness. but all the suiuclt was a blunder which made the EQWIIIVDHO. m- . A r the ceremony the neon of the rBel nil who had an at wit- boss, sfiko to the w privuuly and rpolntcd out that the interesting Inf-1m had not been trade a Christian in the proper way. Vittoria was much troubled and asked. ”What can I do?" "Oh, " said her Belgian majesty, 'it is easy ermiigli," adding: “I have here in the pal ace a Belgian priest, my chaplain. lie! the call him In to baptize the child proper- ly, and lie one will bonny the wiser." The youn‘gqiiocn of England, whose mother, by the way, was a Catholic, at once gave her consent, and the Catholic baptism was performed with only two witnesses. Apart from his baptism under ”circumstances over which he had no control," the Prince of Wales has always exhibited a most syiu- pritlietlo finding toward the Catholic church. lie has befriended more than our Catholic sisterhood In England, was an ardent admirer of Father llnnilun, and he has on sevuml orrcnsiuns attended maIs. Cardinal Manning had no warmer chum- plon and supporter than the heir to the British throne, and It will be rocollcctetl that on u meiiiorubio occasion he placed the cardinal on a royal commission iioxi himwlf and before the pmmlcr and the Protwtant bIinop of [modem There was iv“l>ig than" about it at the time, but the trouble blnw over and has been forgotten. -Avc Marla. a Wagner Made Ills Living. It In true that in his early years Wag- nrr'a earnings were very mun", but when be bad liiallo a name lurblmsnlf ho was able to rmiimnml very substantial sums. Ho mlil tho¢_-opyrlglit-—-iiot the imrformlng right—of his "l'nrsifnl" for about £0,000, which was perhaps the largest sum ever paid to a volunteer fora single opum, while for the four dreams in "Di-r illngtlcs Nilwhiiigvn" he was paid £9,000. From the Aim-rich“ ladies who wiuhml on or. chostrnl march for n m-ntennry celebration be. obtained a Illtloowr 1.1.000 and it is calculated that his n-gular Income during the last years of his life was nlmut £6,000 per annum. With all this Wagner was Very often In diliienltics, but be mplnlnnd the matter hlniself when he said: "By nature i am luxurious, prmllgnl, extruva» gout. much more than Sardnnopnlos and all the old murmurs put togethet."-— Chniiiliors‘ Journal. How the Golf II Filling 0,. in the years to come the gmgraphlas will make no mention of the gulf of Mrs ion, but will picture on Immense tract of line land In its stead, the map being prob- ably provided with n fmtnotc something like this: “Note—Thorn is a tradition that this level tract of swamp land was once a blllowy sea several hundred miles long, mnbrncln all that century lit-tween Mn- leo and .iibuon the west and mat and Yucatan and lsmisiunn on the math and north." - This state of affairs Is being gradually but surely brought nlmnt by the Mississippi and other l'nltul Hiatus rivers, which annually ill-Insult millions of tunnel «ailment in the gulf's luniom. Elliott hydmgmphnrs declare that the Mississippi alone nnmmlly ilepmlts mud sulllolent In thngnlf to «arm one upturn mile of its liotismi to n Ililckiiess of fill) fort—«St. Louis Republic. l’emmlnfmedlmrlty is much more respectable nml unsmkably more useful than talented luconsistency.-J. linmll- ton. *Thmmwmttemdfia Maillot. len line of meats It prices within f reach of all. , A new advertisement to- . Charles II. Seymour, the Washington . last run...“ sum, " so our It ," .“ Apricots. Ite' ." “ “ 1" Fetches, Inc “ “ 'Dld Fashioned Dried Peaches, IDs “ F. D. LAWTON 8: CD., 22 South NainStreet qualityofthegoods he carries. People "1 'foreq OUR MEATS Are talking for themselves. Now that warm weather“.l is with mumm get enyon mugetleftsty'onrdealcrs, come andseeua. Wedonot our stock, but sell it. This week we sell at the following prices: Veal ch 10c: lamb chops, 100; corned beef,meglumb,4e;100: carter lamb,10e: lamb tostew, 4c. Threem fast days this ivoekanddshwlllbeehespifyouget it Free Delivery. New York Market FRANK S. AYERS. Prop. DONOVAN B$CK. WASHINGTON STREET. EDWARD STREET, are a grand Clearing Sale of FANCY BLACK DRESS GOODS! Saturday, May 23d, We willpleceon sale ourentire stock of faucydtzeglgoods. .atprices that willin- suretheir Allstyles thatwere meandlltcwillbesoldatomperyard. Is is u 7&3 st 860 Is It Is It 621.5" at u u U “‘1 (x) H u to 75° u u u u as “$125 u as n 1"” as ‘u u- u N u $140 and 1'50 u s. u 125 u it This' is an opportunity you ought not to miss. Inspect our hosiery. gloves and underwear stocks. They are very complete and prices are made to suit the times. EDWARD S GAZETTE BUILDING, STREET! seams, coss. JACKSON’siPI-ioroe RAPHS! Are unsurpassed for beauty of styleandfinlsh. . . . . . Prices Reduced! E. M. JAGKS .‘I wander-putt. IMNN TEN CATS m A BOAT. The Boat Agtonnd When What Happened When "A innn l know," said an old fisher- man, “went fishing once in n 17 (out skill, mode a good catch, got back along about “ammo middle of the uftbrnoon,‘ run his boat upm tilt def a little sand gilt that flung“ ybc 20 or w yards from thq’ ei aliilw nt '.ashcre He was going tr: leave his fish In the boat overnight. "It was pretty ncnr' low water when lit came in, and the spit was dry from the end . to the beach. A at that wad ; all the W walking a ong the shore saw the boat out on the end of the spit and went out to set what It could find aboard. Another our walking along the shore and seeing that the first cut didn't come back wont our and joined it. and In half an hour ten can had gone aboard the boat and staid then to eat fish. “The tide rose. the sand spit was cove stud. and the boat swung to an anchor that the fishermen had thrown over when hr came ashore. The cats had been so busy that they hadn't noticed the rising of tbs tide. They didn't know anything about It until the boat was nilmt. Then one cl them looked over the side and saw that they were surrounded by water. The spit that they had walked out on was now un- der water to the depth of a foot or two. This cut must have told the mat, incan- a minute later they were all looking over the side of the boat, ulniirllng with their hind feet on tho Ixittoiu ranged along in s row and limiting toward the slime, tbs most forlorn ton cats you ever saw. 01 course you don't laugh at anything in distress. but if you ever did you couldn't ham helped laughing at these ten cats In a row. “Finally one of tin in made a plungr ovcrinmril. Cats hate water, but it won iiiorotlreadful to stay out there in the bout, with a great body of water all around them, than in take a risk In getting ashore This out get ashore all right. and more fol lowed umll night had swuni ashore. The other two worn afraid to try it. They staid on the boat. They might have got oil when the spit was dry again at the next. low water. ll or 4 o'clock in the riiorn- lug. but they didn't. 'I‘Imy staid on the boat, and the fisherman found them there when Imweut In the rimming. He held them up, one in each hand. ‘ “thI' he sold. 'HM what I caughtl’ “ 'llumpbl' said i. ‘You bailolght or ten more but ulght.‘ "lint ho was a humane mun. llo didn't thmw 'em lWl'l'lll‘lflfll. lie just kept them in the beat until bo’il brought the Imat ashore, and then the two last rota jumped out and scouted. "—an York Sun. Lady Washington Derunlums. . . . . Large plants. In to ill Inches high, in u Inch potm 20. 25 and Silicosis ewh. These are In full bloom and are choice varieties. loo Kaincrin Augudts VICTORIA ROSES. plants. one your old, slightly rd,ewed but just as good for out- door planting, at :20 cents each. LlM A BEANS. King mot . Janey. extra early. Challen- ger, etc. Fivsh, new seed. PULVNBIZED SHEEP FERTILIZER. nothing helm for lawns and flow- ers; per we lb. bag. 0950. NANFORD’S FLORAL HALL Shorty Sherwood. Hallway simuuavg's'mha ' “I ”let :mr : of the Garden, Ford’s Mani- . N , Photographer, NONWALK. CONN. R. H. PlaiSted! DRUOOIST. ii Compound Celery -Nervine Will Help You Do Your, Work! Try it; 75c a bottle. 0 Pleisted's Cholera Mixture 'JHOLS onaa SIOELCIV'Id 'H '8 1V ONINV3‘IO 3911014 801 ONIHLAHJA: Always Cures! mow "Bring your prescriptions to us; we use the purest drugs and our prices are always reasonable. R. H.PLA|STED .43“ Washington Street, SO. NOR'NLN. Pursuant n his oft ten of rt;- Instr-births 'iA rhl'luf n Elwin-1hr out?" in esoflba Nou- k.o or- it I m I‘lll l “I pity.” bonsai auction. in cuss-saw halt. ‘ It!“ 3% it “313qu Ill. A FINE, ALL WOOL Blue Serge uit INDIGO DYE, ONLY Other suits even lower; and many better ones higher. KEEP YOUR HEAD COOL by wearing a van. tilatcd straw hat. We ‘ It’s Bound to Come. and lie Dodging. $8. .a‘ . have them at so cents, . some at 25c, others at 82. Russian crash suits for meat for summer ever v $1.25. Children’s wash suits, at and‘$I.75. N EGLIGEE SHIRTS. with collars and cuffs attached, 49c. Wear well, wash well and give good satisfaction. men, 88. Coolest get- made. Separate pants, soc; better ones: 75c, 31 A good percalc shirt Others for 75c, 81, 1.25 and 1.50. Golf and Bicycle Store open evenings. satisfied customers. Suits, “Caps Stockings ! Money refunded to all dis- COMSTOC K BROS, l4 SOUTH MAIN STREET, South Jlorv’IaIk," MILFORD A. Cemstock Bros., Masonic Bld'g. Nor-walk. com. GIFFIN, Mgr. Agent For ' sgsguno TELEPHONE ORDERS. 3;;9‘" ' “Sind me up tree bales ov hay and wan bug or, FOR ' oats. " I'Olll'Od the Irishman at the telephone. .. .- , ' CATTLE” 1 “All right,” shouted back the feed dealer, "who ‘. . g m I: ~ or " . ' End. .". ‘There, now, don't' get gay; fer the horse uv' coorse' ::::ES I A telephone order to my branch oflice for “wan GRAIN bag" or (me thousand bags will receive prom t and '0" careful attention. I will give you both C; ty and HORSES quantity for your money. All! ask is a trial order. AND ' curl-£- MANUEL T.HA'I'CH, BRAND" ’ OFFICE The Leading Grain Dealer. . SOLMANS' 32,531: l5 Isrshsll Street, So. Nerwslk. . ‘ A _C___ARDl Commencing May isth and continuing until June rst, i will offer my entire stock at cost, as I have a large stock of goods on hand that must be converted into cash. have the best stock to select from. Those making earliest selections will Al ier that, prices will advance. A. W. AUSTIN, Jeweler". 39 Wall Street, Norwaik, Conn. l896 HartfordBicycles ‘ REDUCTION lN PRICE. Patterns Nos. I and 2, from .80 to M5 Patterns Nos. 3 and 4. from “In to son Patterns Nos. n and II fronitfsl to M3 This I. the twist value lnr ho im-nnv otor omaod In medium nrndn till“ Inns. Columbias The Stsadsrd of the World. Acknowlmlgn nu compel turn and the lll'lru is lIxn-l nl Milllli y for the $.00. in mom of in.» M Ifyull can't it“) n Columbia. lbrn Imyn llnri id ml. All (‘olunfl Ia nml Hartford MP'Y‘lcs are ready for imiwnlinle delivery. POPE MF' 0. 00. General offices and luvtnrlm. llnrtlnrtl. (loam THE F. S. ANBLER CO. Harealargc aim It of them which on hand Call and prohibit: D. W. RAYMOND, Funeral Director end Embslmsr. .1 Wnahtngton “not. Do. tumult WWW. Ill? It EDUCATE” ANID ARTISTIC ( t in wall papers and decorations is one of the nineteenth century accomplishments. That is why those who select their wall papm at Becker's get such delightful re- sults. it Isn’t necessary to purchase the expensive grains, the designs and white are just as artistic in the cheaper grades. if they are not so rich. For those who wish to cover the walls of «vine covered cottage, or theoretic a palace. gotu Deck- er's. I’Iinters' Supplies. Artists' Materials, Pictures Pictures framed to order.’ and Sign Writing. man. 5‘ "WWW IANW
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