Company I" will mect’tonight to elect
a second 1101.19.11.11. .
Charles J. Betta, of Norwalk, has so-
cured a position out of town.
Frank Aberiant has gone to Spring—
field on a short business trip.
'Nelscn ‘W. Benedict. of Norwalk. is
recovering! from his recent illness.
D. A. Boson, the Buniond street gro
oer, has purchased a new delivery
wagon.
Frank Volk has purchased the yacht
formerly owned by the late Howard De
F. Earle.
A dance will be held in the Colored
Social club rooms in Water street, Nor-
walk, tonight, '
Uncas Tribe, I. O. R. M.,will meet t0~
1 night, and at the clme of the session the
Haymalrers will hold a meeting.
Congressman E J. :Hillwill lecture
on "Money" in the Nerwalk Methodist
church, tonight. Admission is freer.
Peter McMahon, a wall- known hatter,
died this morning at his home, 51
Spring stmet. .He Was in his sixtieth
year.
Irene Mason, of water street, Nor-
walk. was taken with fits, yesterday,
' and for an hour lay' 1a a dangerous con
dition.
The Norwalk and East Norwalk
Methodist Sunday schools will picnic at
'awson Park tomorrow, leaving on the
Isabel at 8 o’clock.
Sherman Commandery, U. 0. G. C.,
will attend the picnic and trolley party
of Guiding Star Commandry, of Bridge-
port, Thursday evening.
The oyster steamer Medea, Captain H.
. “' Rowland, has been taken to Eric Basin,
Brooklyn, for a thorough overhauling
and repairs to her machinery
The South Norwalk Republican club.
will meet in the oflice of the ”president,
Edmund E. Cro‘ (. imig .and tpke
the first steps in “1&1 11.,
. .1, 1 'I‘ 1. 1‘4;
Leigh Wl11tt'1ker, who recently pur-
'01...st immmssogE. M. Palmer &
011., reportsa goodly number of orders.
He will continue the business at the
1 plant mam “firming company.
(‘hiparadm the high wire performed
formerly at Hoyt' s Audigrium, received
a had full while performi 1; 1n Stamford,
last week, but‘is recovering nicely, and
. will return this week to Roton Point. ’
" interest.
1
N- week having been experimental:
The general Democratic committee
and the district committees of the town
of Norwalk have been notified to meet
at I’hmnix Hall. Sallivan’ s block, Wall
street, on Thursday cvetliug at 8 o clock.
The official board of the Methodist
church held its regular monthly meet-
ing last night. Matters connected with
the new church were considered, and
the meeting adjourned to meet next
Monday night for the same purpose.
The D. A. R. driving party, chaper’
cued by Rev. C. M. Selleck, will leave
the Norwalk Hotel at H o‘clock tomor-
row mornin , for a drive through the
historic towns of New Canaan and
Ridgelield, stopping at paints of special
They will carry basket
luncheon.
..-..-._._...
'l‘ho Norwalk Library 111 one of the
molest a11d~ploasantest spots in the
city. The average number of visitors
is over a hundred a day. The hours for
the present are 1isfollows. the first
":30 a.
m. to I? 111.; 2 until ii, and 7 to N p. n1.;
reading room open to 1) o'clock.
Asmall army of wheelmen took ad-
vantage of the delightful weather of
Sunday to make trips to neighboring
villages-and towns. The baggage car
of the evening train from South Nor
walk was hah' filled with the machines
of riders who went to the Sound in the
morning and did not care to pedal home.
—-Danbury News.
A meeting of Palestine Castle. Ancient
Order Knights of the Mystic Chain, was
held last night. A portion of the by-
lav’s recommended by the committee,
A. D. Buzzard, Solomon Seam, George
Collin. George (lorrish and Joseph
llnrtlem, was adopted, and furtheraclinn
was continued until next week. A new
safe for the use of the secretary and
treasurer has been ordered.
(hint of 11.111... Vollmer received Word
from the Danbury police this morning
that they had tvm runaway Mulvihill
boys imprisoned there. The boys walk-
ed. last week, from South Nerwalk to
Danbury and than to lirewsters. whom
they were captured anti sent to Ilanhury.
Tho chief made an investigation and
found that the Mulvihill famin had
movml a few days ago from Monroe
street to Stamford. and the boys will
probably be sent there.
‘ The Beacon. of screen. will ..1... 11
some of ball at the Fair Grounds. Labor
Day.
Several Norwalk bicyclists will ride
to New Haven, thence to Pawson Park,
tomorrow.
Miss Edith Sutherland will take a
party of friends out for a sail. tonight,
on the Marguerite.
James Hubbell and S. B. Wilson have
purchased the steam launch which Was
owned by Levi Hanford.
0n amount of the storm last night,
the usual semi-monthly dance of the
N orwalk Yacht club was not held.
Mrs. George W. Gregory is seriously
ill at her home in Danbury. Today she
is more comfortable.
The Acting School Visitors have ask-
ed the selectmen to put the matter of
theimefused salaries in the call for the
next town meeting.
Four large cannon and five hundred
shells were transferred from South Nor-
walk to the‘Putnam Memorial Camp
Ground, today. I
W. H. Bates. baggage master at the
Norwalk depot, has a lame hand, caused
by cutting it with a bread knife. The
injury was dressed at the Norwallr
hespital.
Everett Wigbam and George ,Mont~
gomery were out sailing in Commodore
Frank Volk’s yacht "X Rays," yester-
day afternoon, when they were npsrt
by a squall near the beacon.
The Paris ,Hat company, of New
York, has leased Frederick Mead's old
store in Wall street, through James
Mitchell & Son. The company deals in
hats and milinery trimmings.
who was injured by jumping from a
falling pole, Sunday, is all right again,
with the exception that his hand, which
was cut by the wire, is quite painful.
John Brown, of Lexington avenue, ’
was arrested last night for breach of the
peace, the complainant being his wife.
The case was continued by Judge Hub-
bell until Saturday afternoon at -I
o'clqck- -
The crack in the flag~stonc near F. S
fit)”; cycle agency wps caused by
gtca, a clerk; employed“ it
311.5311» 1100‘ that
rather forcibly during"
shower.
"iii...
there was tobo atiouncil meeting last
night. He lighted up the meeting
room anddrcpt. Reporter Byington com-
piifiy for 13‘9”)?" an hour, when he
learned he 11 11s a week ahead at tithe“. 1;
James Flynn was arrested last night
for trying to evade his fare fqnn Bridge
port to New York, where he said he
lived. The arrest was made by Special
Ufliccr G. Worden at the depot. Judge
Hubbell imposed a fine of It”: and costs,
but suspended sentence.
Ruth N., daughter 1.111.. and Mrs
Thomas Martin, died yesterday, aged
livemonths, at their home. on the Silv
vermine road. The funeral will be held
tomorrow aftcmoon at 2 o‘clock. Bur-
’ial in Riverside cemetery.
George R. Nash, a veteran 111en1ber of
Company I". will be a candidate for
first lieutenant of thouompany at the
election tonight. He has many friends
among the boys, who thin he will
makoanexcellentoflicer. ll er candi-
dates aro Sergeant William Bloom and
es‘tLicutenant W. L. James.
Detective (i. Wakcfpl Gladstone, ca].-
tain of police, proved his alertness this
morning. At 1:1511'c11x1k he saw a man
dodge into the tirii'cwiiyalongsido the
Warwick Hotel, and shortly afterward
climb upon the rear roof and raise a
window. The detective started in par-
suit,'aronsing the entire household and
neighbmhoml. He finally caught the
'bufglar,“ who proved to be Charles
chncsscy. a boarder at Ihe house, who
had been locked out the front way, and
was trying to get in without awaken-
ing the inmates. 1
TO KEEP THINGS MOVING
l896 Bicycles
’liest make. Makel' 5 Name I’latc.
A l in every respect
$38.00!
$IO'O Wheel
Standard maker at discount of 40
per cent.
SUNIIRII'ZS AT (3051‘!
A few desirable Socootl [lands to
I11- «closed out at Great Sacrifice.
mm 1...“..-
FOX CYCLE CO.,
W. W. Stuart, the telephone lineman ,
”111
Filer) 111' Its1lf.
Janitor Joseph Goodwin W .9
111111 11
gm... 11ng
IIEGEIIIAIIIIIVAISAI DELI. ISLAND.
fits Mall: Ilsolna Party 111111 From—-
They Iain a Quick Trip to ills Earlene
1 and are New Mourning at timed
~0Itsr Notes. ,
The members of the “Regina" yacht-
wil'i remain until Thursday, when they
will leave for Block Island. They saw
Cornelius
famous yacht Conqueror, at Newport.
The cruise has been a speedy one,“ the
party leaving Norwalk Saturday and
arriving at New London Sunday at 3 p.
in. They left New Loulon‘yestcrday
morning at 9 o’clock and arrived at
Newport at30’clock. Some were sea-
sick. ., ,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Shepard, of
Southport. who have been camping with
a party of friends on Nauvoo Island the
past three weeks, returned home today,
thus ending their seventh annual cn-‘
campment among the Norwalk Islands.
Colonel McEwen, chief clerk of tlie
United States Senate, C. W. York, chief ‘
clerk of the Court of Appeals of the
United States,- Seuator Dingham, of
Washington,D. 0., have been guestsat '
the Roton Point hotel the past week.
About two hundred members of the
Seymour club._accon1pained bya bran
day. “MW“
Mrs. Tilly Durant, of North Main
street. has been rusticatiug at Bell Is-
hmd for the past week.
Mrs. John S. Seymour is visiting at
the Smith cottage on Smith‘s Island.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Ii. Bundle; of Dan-
bury, spent Sunday at Bell Island.
DECLINE OF A FINANCIEH.
Owned Over I 111111.... ()nco— Now Is Con-
tent With Pipe and Newspaper.
There Is aquaint old cellar I11 New street
in which as Interesting a vollm'tiou of old
fogles ilfli‘llll‘l'l‘lllll find anywhere gather
to chat over old days in Wall street with
Jim McConnh'k, erstwhile favorite hmker
of Jay (lucid, and now dealer in “old
masters" and modern French paintings
The most regular attendant at these meet-
In rs is limjumiu, “ho is as Izomliar 1111
t 111 Jim' :4 as tI1el1i;.rJ:111.1n<.111 Ila.
llonjamlu Is :1 puilutit
l1 . “(11111111111 lookingohi l‘1ll11uzz111ditu'
\1' hear him vhultinguvt-r ohl happen-
ings In tlu- sin-e1. 11111! \1 ho Wonder. as
they listen, whence his intricate knowledge
Ihbduyomne,%ow lint rml Identity of
the old 1111111.
'1‘ many wars .11..) the individual who
now unophw so humble n pl 111 luthe
01%;ng of :1 low brokers 11:11:11: impor
ntporwi' 1:1:1 livnlamiu 1":. .~ in those
firm James 1'.
lhnrja thing. 1 III'ININ mus
tlunct 'Ila: incur, nodiml “11h ilu
”sit 011111 ol‘ i-muleihttlywmnn- 1h; :11 L11
.-11. cm! million and :1 Irihlml lll‘llll nanl
t1f11lll ('onilnntlnri' \‘uniln'rhlll. Ili' l1:111.'1
Iwauilfnl Inmu', 11 who end family and
was 1:111111'11111: adoring opt'r:m.r:11ul:1 1111111
“In-hind the scenes in Il11111zn't'.” II is Illl‘
ulil story. flint of his11:1't.1::111rpl111>ls folilfi
present1'1.111liliul1~»-ll11-olti Jury of 11 rain—
I'lllly' lll'llilll‘l'tl I'ql'lnnu' \‘1111i.~lu11f in gylny
11'. one of the 1s-1'i1uii1'11l 3111111124 which are
responsible for so many sudden i'lliillpzt‘s
l‘mm opnh'lu-e to powrty.
lit 11; 1111I11 has I: do 11 his do .ufill philo
sophlt' :11l\' and seems 111111 In 1111 almost
entlrv'ly in tin-111st Many 11 ml; he oils
of the days of Illegiunis .I' Il11a1uo,of
Vanderbilt, Ilouhl and Jim Fisk. liop.'1r-
th-ipnml In tlu'histurirnl llll‘llll‘lll in which
the old I‘IIIIIIIIIKIHI‘I‘ brought Joy Ulllllll to
terms, on the owns-Ion of the lultvr'snt
tempt to flood the market with illegal
freshly Issued stock \vhlh- Vanderbilt was
attempting to corner the market. “0an-
min \\':is the go ladween; he noted for the
mnnuodon' and often tells how be tracked
Iiould from Iii-toiliee I11 lh-lmonh-o'sntul
Illl‘lil'l‘ loom-11nd at last brought him to
terms. Benjamin's admiration for the
original Vanderbilt ls unlunnnh-tl. "The
smartest 1111111 this montry has ever pro-
duml,” he declares 101" to hm:- Im~11,o1ul
when others 1qu of “cold be Is format in
his conu'arisnn of Vanderbilt to timothv
er's (llsmlvuu’fllgi'.
'l'hereari'fow things I11 this life on the
street “l'lljflllllll has not Illlllllll'll in for
SINK‘lllilllYI‘ purposes. Ills earliest \1-111111'11
was in grain. and I11 two years In- amassed
neomforiahlo fortune I11 this alone. At
one time Iu-woa said to be worth tum:
shh'rahly over SL'JIIIIIJMIII. and noun—Well.
he has his newspaper and his tobacco and
a place to sleep. and he ls rooteni.
lllst'nso Is ooiyuoonnt of 1111111)“. A
few of those who embark on the sea of
sys't'ltliition rem-I1 port safely. hut 111ml of
them are like llenlnmln. They experience
fair mother for awhile and then founder
In a stoma—New York Press.
Miss Baird’s
'Institute.
NORWALK, CONN.
If-th Year in Norwalk.
- BOARDING 1}...“ 1.. sweet.
l'1i111111'1. intermediate. Hacademic and v-ol
lt‘m' 111111111"{11Iol :I.nsseo [1m lullslulnmloiul
for l1yslv'lolcnl urn-.elmntloo. mush. artand
lllo announce. ('areful nth-alien to murals
and "authors. A limited numhorol day pupils
and special student-1 admitted Head for 1-I1-
«-11Iar.l~.arl applla -nilon desirable.
Miss lhiIrI is ntiiotp'uio visitors on Thurs-
dayamul today nice week until 1.1111 p. 1n.
)7 .m
W
e. II. IIIIIVEV’S
011v turnovnuur aoamov.
Lotion and gentlemen desiring first—"Ines
help nanympav'll can obtain the some at
then 1ovopguo: 11:11 solhose wishing ymsitlous.
eiwer 11111 no: leuml e. cant-1121' Ilret' pioyment
sated Innnmliamly A "rate nus t'mllll-
manI 11ml «critic-no.
Iln'ul \t’ltm'e III Iluhl
:1 Elizabeth Street.
Sum-11 Noumea. 00111111011001
"I“! {IN
aniecl . aaemrnt to day I'orilr I- vlass
Mainstream lI’IKrnm very roammalul. N
W North Main sli‘sl South El
, 1 ' 'rssstsroor,
ing‘ partya’re at Newport, ”where they '
Vanderbilt on heard his '
band, picnieked‘at Roton Point, yester- '
. 25th Year.»
F-L-Y
E‘IGILSIOR,
W-
EEl‘WARD,
14
Clearing Sale Of
Lower than you
them.
EDWARD
5 eazsrrsfsuueise.
JACKSON’ 5 P" °
for beauty
ofm style and finish . . . . .
5:1 want. s'rluzr, .
PlaistedI
‘ '” 'Ilv.
DRUOOIST.
. illl'chavchull the popular
F El? F U M E S I
And sell them at New York
prices.
-——--o
The hot weather
willnot be half 511
oppressive if you
“Plaisted’s
Old
Well”
polognel
'VOOS INVEHO 30!
have :1 tom-
plctc assortment
of
Stationary,
Blank
Books,
Etc.
'l'ly :1 bosol Ilutlhult'slm'cr.
ness paper, Linen or
smooth finish.
‘SLNSOS AVOOS .Llnad 38.06
' 31.9130 IAIJ
250 Po: 8011.
M0
seamen-:11
43 Washington
Street,
50. IORUALK.
W.
“ 11.11.11.111” First Tramp—Do " you
know dis free. silvt'r business makes me
feel good? Second Tramp—411m does It':
First Trump-~\Vell. if a dollar'sI going
to be worth only fifty cents, its a grvnl
t-ouseIa'tItm or feel that yer get rid of
. PA’ I”.
1'. n. uwrcss co, 22 South 11.111.51.111
pm! 00005.
M] DB U MEIER
Everything must go.
[JAKE THE BULL BY THE HORIS’
"and go straight to Ayers' without hesi-
‘ when it is cooked to a turn you will pro—
DONOVAN BLOCK, WASHINGTON STREET.
E. M. JACKSON, Photographer,
E'R‘a" -Wa‘l .:;..,,,
z ssrfili'iwt’e‘ts."
l CT. I SHEET.
STREET,
Summer Goods!
Prices are
have ever seen
STREET!
NORWALK, COIN.
tancy and order a prime, juicy roast or
steak, :1 chop a broilingchicken or fowl,
or anything your ' palate fancies and
nounce it as choice a worse] as was ever
placed on Queen Victoria's dainty table,
and at prices as low as the quality is high.
FREE DELIVERY.
New York Market
FRANKS. AYERS, Prop.
TOGRAPHS!
Prices Reduced!
NOIWALK, CONN
WANT ANYTHING? I
An Opportunity for 1 _ ,
Small Men and Large Boys!
South Norviralk,
a
To procure at a great reduction a 1:032!“ .
at about the original price of the vest all)“.
50
Coats
and
Vests,
$2.50!
Th1s lot of goods is the result of ’breaking
suits. Selling a pair of trousers from the suit
stock has letf us with these “Odd Coats and
Vests, " as we call them, and it' it were possible
times more than the prices we are asking for
them, and be getting your money '3 worth with
every one of them. The sizes run small—33,
34, 35 and a few 36, breast measure. Don't
unit, then wonder when you come why you
never get a bargain. 1
Our stores open. Monday and Saturday even- 7
ings.
Comstock _Brethers;
I4 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
Connecticut.
No need to. Advertise
in the South Norwalk MILFORD A. GIFFIN. Mgr.
..Evening, ‘ Comatock Bros, Masonic . _ H
Sentinel. ‘ * Bldg,Norw.alk :1 .. . So Norwalk tore ripen Evenings.“
I I ’
Of Men’s
Ladies’ ‘
and °
Children' a
. . SHOES
At THEI). OLSEN’S Shoe Store.
l have bought a stock of Lounsbury, Mathewson 8; Co.'s
l’inc Ladics' Shoes and
Oxfords, and for (‘10 days will sell them for
- HALF PRICE!! - -
Ladies’ $4.00 Shoes, $2.00 Men’s $5.00 Russel, $3.50
“ 3.00 “ 2.00 “ 4.00 “ 3.00
“ 2.00 “ 1.50 “ 3.00 “ 2.00
" 1.50 “ 1.00 “ 2.50 “ 1.50
“ 0 3.001011 Oxfordsfl .50 “ 2.2 I) “ 1.2 5
“ 2.00 “ 1.50 “ 2.00 “ 1.00
“ 1.50 “ 1.00
if 9 7 . . '1 1
“ 3881218 t 01:! (18,1252? 100 puil' lloys’ Shoes, 606
a 1:50 .1 1. 1:00 100 “ Children’s I_iussct,80c
.. 1,2 5 .. ..p 75.. 1110 4‘ u “ 00c .
held In Boiimlk.
The above are all the Latest Styles and Up-io-Ilato,u|1d if hard
work and elost‘ attention “ill Ill) it, it will he the liigwesl Sale
CVUI’
\
yer money thh-it 'u‘d bring what it
was worth.
TH E0.
8| WaShiagtoa Street $0th Nerwslk.
”H. OLSE
to get trousers to match you would pay many '~
l
’1,
i
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