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picnicked at Cedar Point,‘ycsterday.
1, 22.
time this afternoon. t
‘ nounce that he has decided to stand as
a candidate for the nomination of state
.11.... run 11- 1111111111 {111 emu
a Typical can-11111111 Tom
B. Nesbitt, of Hill street, is slowly 1m-
proving.
General D. N. Conch is reported as
improving.
Hope Hose company is talking about
giving a picnic.
Nelson Hubbell, of Main street, Nor-
walk, is quite ill.
Miss Alice Russell, of Washington
Street, is learning to ride a bicycle.
Cranbnry and Chestnut Hill people
The .Central club will'have another
"at home" Saturday evening, August
Collector A. A. Bette has received
about four-fifths of the city of 'Norwalk
tax. ,
e . M?“
James '1‘. Bubbell will try his recently
purchased steam launch for the first
Joseph Leeds, supposed to be insane,
has been removed to the.almshouse.
the insane retreat at Middletown being
full. ‘
City Sheriff Morohouse served the
benefit notices upon the interested
partxcs, yesterday, in the Mill Hill im-
provement matter.
«1.
There are fifteen teachers engaged in
the study of music at the Center school,
and several more are expected this week.
Some agefrom out of town.
E. J. Rutter, propricwr of the Grand
Union Hotel, Stamford, and Patrick
Gilson and John Connolly, also saloon-
keopers, were before Judge Downs in
the Stamford City Court, yesterday, up-
on complaint for violation of the Sunday
liquor law.
The New Haven Register says that
fronds of C. S. Mersick, of that city, ali-
troasurer on the Republican ticket. Mr.
Mersick is president of the Merchants'
Bank and is town treasurer. He has
10.A The
1111.. where the ceremony
was performed was decorated ‘lll white
and pink roses and 3111111111. Rev. Mr.
bodes, of the Baptist church, oillciatod.
STATE asaurs's CONVENTION.
Fulani oi the closing Proceedings—Charges
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In connection with state iiremen‘s
convention in Willim‘antic a practical
exhibition of several kinds of hand fire
extinguishers, improved 11ozzles,che1n-
ical engines, was given yesterday morn-
ing and was witnessed by a 133-116 num-
ber of delegates. ' .
The convention reassembled at 10:30
11. 111., vith President l’ulmer in'the
chair. Avoteof thanks to the mayor
and chief of the tire department was
passed.
Several matters regarding benefits
were passed upp~11 It was voted that
the next annual convention be held in
May, the datclbeiug left to the execu-
tive committee. It was also voted that
each company appoint one member on
the sick visiting committee.
Several members from the Bridgeport
department, inclpding President Pahnor,
mucu- or the menu or 11111 Position
.1111. nun. of (1.1111 harbor—why us
A 1111 Important Plan Before
3101111101111.
The Hon. John H. Reagan, who 11a:
postmaster general of the Southern Con-
federal;é delivered a loci .ro 111151111 An-
tonio, .x., on the evening of 'April 20
in behalf of 1119 fund for 11.901111110111111:
monument 11nd "the Southern Battle ab-
bey," 1'11.thc course of which he related
the following:
“011 the morning of the second battle
of Cold H'lxwLin 1804, Judge More;
dith and Judge Lyons, two of the judges
in Riclnnond, and myself rode out to
tho battlefield. crossing the Chieknl1on1~
lay at Mechanicsvillo and riding along
a road 11 few hundred yalds in the roar
of our line of battle. The battle was
Ihcn raging the whole length of our
line. Squads '01 prisoners were from
time io‘time being brought back to the
road we were on. thn we reached the
point where we had a view of the
Gaines hill farm, We saw that the en-
cniy's shells were falling in the held
about General Lee's headquarters. At
that time there was a good deal of solic
preferred written 'churgos against, (Jhipfn if“ (10, both 1n the army and among (ll-
Fred P. Beardsley, of Bridgeport, for ap-
plying for and receiving sick beneiits
from February 12 to 25, amounting to:
$28, when 1t 1s alleged th.1t1t can' be
proven that 11c attended fires February
1'1”... ",1 andzl 1:111so signingan application
for a benefit for the son of (loorgc'
Beardsley. Beardsley did not go 011' duty 1
until June 23,11ut attended the tire of,
June 211. The matter was rcfermd to
the executive connoittee.
Tire convention dissolved at noon.
of kcenest satisfaction comes with
every glass of Williams" Root Beer.
Keep it in the house ready to quench
your thirst. Your whole family will
enjoy it. It 15 a temperance drink,
clear, bright and sparkling. .You
are drinking to your 011111 health 1
when you drink
1
9
MFRS.
also been city treasurer.
«11.1.st a cosmos 00..
Word. Conn.
vilinns, about General Lee‘s exposing
himself so mil in battle, and it 11' as
felt that his loss 'ould he 11 great ca-
1 larnily.' I suggested to Judges Meredith
and Lyons that I would ride down to
the gcneralhs headquarters. They said
1 thc y would not go, but dskx d 1110 to sug-
gest to General Lee the question as to
1.11cther he could not cov or himself 11y
some large tries a four hundred yards in
his rear and from those send his orders
and rcccivo reports as well 11s from the
exposed position he was then in.
“When I rcnchcd his headquartcrs
- his stat! officers 11'1rc all out; none but
1111 ordcrly with him. , I 111c11111111cd that
11 good dcal of artillery was being uscd.
Hc said, “Yes; more than a usual
:11110u11ton both sidcs. ’ Ho added, ‘That
11(‘t'5110f3 domuch hzmn.’ Andu'aving
his hand oil“ prctty much to the front
cf him. where themusketry tiring made
:1 noise much like the tcnring of shccts,
1:1' said, ‘That is what kills 1111'11.’ I
111111 111cntioncd to him what Judgcs
Mcrcdith and Lyonshad suggested about
his covering himself by 1111- largt tsrcc
in his nor. To this her rcplicd that
1.11c111l1o 1~ht 11.»: 111 gun to full 111 thcllc ld
11'111'1'11 he 11' as hchad ord1 rc 111111~1v11gons
containing the (111' il‘fi‘l'lllili‘ftl', connoid
m'ny, ordnancc and 11111111111 stuns 111111
l.'1hindll1c tinder but 11111 it 11'. unocc-
1 ssur} 1111 111111 to l1on>111c11ril1c line of
11:11111 1111 prottitablo
"111 111111 said to 1111- that Gcncral
Grant was at that limo assaulting his
lincs at three (litl‘crcut plum->1. with col-
111111111111 from sixto right decp. Upon
this I aslzcd him if his lim- -.~1 should be
. nothoy would be Blokes. 1111111111
said 1111111111111 been his condition from
the opening on' the Rappuhnnnock. He
also said that he had lost more men
from excessive fatigue and from want
of vegetables than by bullets. and re-
qucstcd 1110 to see the connoissnry gen“
end on my way buck and urge him to
send, 1111 1401111118 possible, all the pota-
toes, onions and other 1'cgctables he
could. lie said that he had requested
the 11.111 to c 1t sassafras 111111 grapevine
bud! as 11 substitute for 1'1151111bles, but
that 1111 so did but little 1.51.1111.
“There he was, with his back on
Richmond, 1:11v111111il1's 1‘11 1111 the city,
his lino being assailcd by 11.1'11rco vastly
more noun-runs than his own, and he
was apparently oscool and self possessed
and asi'rco from cxcitcmcn L as if nothing
unusual Was 1.1ccurriug, 1111111 then keep
in" in mind the \vcli‘nro’n1nl 111L'.cs~'itics
of “the soldiers 1111d(r his c onnnand. It
made such on 11111111351. on me of 1110
greatness 111.11 gramh or of his character
that' I could not forget it. and because
of that 11111111 ssion I have made you this
statement. '
“As 11111 lraiivo of the intrepid 1alor
11nd 111iiit.uy 1' uterpriso of (h noral Leo
whcn that quality would Have his pur-
pose, I11‘ill mention anothcr incident,
Which, as for as lknow, has not been
noticed by the historians of the war.
“When the. Federal arm y was at Gold
Harbor, in front of Richmond, in 1811-1.
with the white house at the head of
York river as their busmof supplics,
(icncral Leo dctcnnincd, to move the
grcat body of his command around Gen-
cral Grant's right and put himself he
111'1'1'11111'ant and his base of supplies
and to put (lrant 111' twccn his (Lee’s)
command and the city of liiclunoud.
This 1111'11'1"1nc11t, it" it had bra-unscented.
Would have resulted cithcr in tho dc.-
sttnctiori 111‘ 1111- l"('dc1':1l army or in the
fall of lilohnmnd. After some of Gen-
1'1'111 Lcc‘s divisions had 1,111 11 put in 111(1-
tic n to new 1111' this pl 111 ho r1cci1'cd :1
dispalc l1 :1d1'1sing him that tho 11 cdcrals
11111 11111.:1111'1111151111 Lynchhurg in force,
undd’hot without noun-(11:11:: help that
ciiy, which at that limo containcd :1
large amount (11’ military stores, 11111111
fall into 1111- bands of tin- cut-111,12 llc
h111111-diatcly ordczi'd Ucin't'ul lin'ckin-
ridge to go to thc relief at Lyuchburg
11'itl1l1isdi1'ision. (11'111'1‘111lln'clu'nrldgc
was furnished a train of cars and with
all basic rcacln-d Lynclibnz'g in timc for
his inch to gct oil' the cars lighting and
saw-11 Lynchburg. This divcrsion caused
(icncral L1 1' to abandon 111s plan of got-
ting into Ucncral Grant's rcar. ”
In Doubt.
"And I 11111 fully'uhlv 1o.~'11pport your
daughn'r, sir," said the young 1111111 in
conclusion.
“l 1111111111,] 1111111111,“ s'iid the pork
111111111 thoughtfully. "ll '1' last 11111-11
husbands all claimed 141131 11 :1.~' insupporta
; 1111'. ”—lnniianapolis Journal.
4111mm Antwerp i
ram!» 111.111.... backseat
He stamd from Brussels on a Friday
at 2.40pm., 11116.11‘1101' many halts,
touched Antwerp at 8 p.111. the follow-
ing Sund11y,11 and finished his race (al-
ways backward) at 11 public house in
the Rue do Midi, welcomed by 1111
1 nihusinstio crowd.
Ho had for this race special boots pro-
parcd with the heels on the front and
11111 1101111 studdcd with india. rubber
1ings.
Although many people interested in
the affair 1111mnptcd to accompany him
(walking in the ordinary .11'11y), tin-y
1111‘ and all were obliged 10.1111111111011
him, and only som'o cyclists succccdcd
in escorting him to the end of his jour-
ney, no doubt with the charitable 1111611-
11011 of informing him of the possible
and highly probable dangers on the
way. 11111111111111, not forcsccing the rapid
111111.11 which the march of civilization
has made, did. not provide man with
an eye bl'lillld.
No doubt had she known that 1 :1
should prefer walking backward she
would have one so.
Those experienced in this kind of
rport over it is not without its advan-
tages. Personally I fail to sco thonrccs-
szity of walking backward and shall only
in convinced when it is proved to mo
that 11 1111111. thoroughly tired with walk-
ing forward, may rest himself by well:-
ing backward—Pearson's ,‘chkly.
mnecss'frlifiid’df'w:Tféfi‘liad almost
as fine clothes for l1cr wedding as Duch>
css Consuelo Vanderbilt had at hers.
The latest style of B. & 8.: Bryan 191
L‘numl'l
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" . " The kind Boss makes his Blscults with '
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THE KEYSTONE
OF
OUR SUCCESS.
3.000.000 pounds of our.l.t':\'('11
[1.x lilm‘l'lsalonc we sold l:1~t
1r and cvc . one ot 111cm 11111111.
. mom‘s
Boss w a: .9
Baking Powder
l’hnt's proof that 111‘ know what 111:
o'clalhingoh ’l'lu' 1l14111s:111d~;11flmu>c
“ins 111111 t'ollou 1111r .\:1111plc and
a~c1111l1 (1111' l :1'111111: 111M111; l’m1-
1p1o11>.1l1:1t111l11'1s arc 11.1111; in
11. ill 1l1unscl1c~ 111 11111 1 \pcrin' 1111'.
51"11'itu11cc! You will 11c1'c1'1:l1:1ngc.
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NJIUFAL‘VUKEO 3V
— :.C D. Boss 81. Sea, New London,Conn.
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niilllllllilllllilllllllllllllllll"llIllllllltuuullillllllllillIlllllllilliil|l11111111llllllllllllllllllll 1!
Is SELLING ALL
50-Oent and 75-,Cent
Shirt waists 75
FOR
250
UNDER MAHACKEMO HOTEL!
SOUTH NORWALN - -
SAVINGS BANK.
. 5| W-ohlngton Street.
Open daily from lite 12 11. m., and from
i -to 3 p. 111., and on Monday evenings
from He 8.
Interest allowed on deposits.
111.1111}.v SOLMANS Pr.est
JonN11.r1:R111s,v1ce Prest
JOHN”. KNAPP. See. and Trans.
DORLON HOUSE,
GREGORY'S POINT, 1.
Now open for tho H‘ll's'illl 1111x111. Shore Din—
nnrs 1:11:1111 l~l11111| ilamlmlmv. Bathing
Boating and Fishing l'."le«txi1.car.~'1n 1111-
. u I
huh 1 every twenty 11111111115. .l.L Ul’Sl [.1 [-
VANJIanener. um t1
J. D. JENNINGS,
U N DE RTAKE R.
KNIGHT: STREET,
Norwalk, - - Conn.
(1111-..“1rcet Railway Depot,
RESIDENCE ELM STRE'.
l‘l‘lld‘li’llUNE FALL. ll.
Jacob M. Layton
Fire, Life and
Accident
INSURANCE”
Real Estate and House Agent.
Ocean 811-11111111111—71'711-‘1135, nod Sterling
Drafts. 1111:1111; Negotlntrd
and Stocks Sold.
OFFICE, 5 lt.\lhlti.l.Al) PLACE.
Next to Post Utlice,
SOUTH N()R\VALK. : CONN.
Notary Public. Acknowledgments Taken
WAGONS!
New and Second-Hand.
enemas.
PHAETONS.
GARRIAGES, __
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511111111115, he.
PRlCES To “SUIT ALL
CALL AND SEE THEM.
H ENRY TILLY.
4“—
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Physician forWomen
111115. DR. N. A. GUILFOND
Can be consulted at her 011ch
"42 B11011) Smear, anezrosr‘, 001111.,
From 10 a. m. to 7 p. 111. any day except
Sunday.
T11: doctor is a regular physician and for
th: 111'. st 111111111911 yc 1:1's has made the diseases
11111121111111 :1 specialty. Ladies suffering from
"-
.Lnydilllc ulty inc Mont to the sex can consult .
111- (61111111111 in the 1~1r11 tent confidence. with
lbw-assurauc eoil'oc s 111111: themostskilll'ul and
sclentlfll treatun 111 knownto modern surgery
and 1111111111141 Home care with nurse for-
at: bed when reduired. Trme smoderato
All letters promo 1: reolledto. Inclose stamp
J. B. RAYMOND,
BROOKSlel‘EnUAKE ICE!
\Vlllllt'xlllt‘llllll retail olliv-e 111111 ice ho11se.5
.‘ladiwn hfh‘l‘f. Orders received at G. S.
"'...1v1.1-1.1.1.;.1 this (‘igar Store. corner South
Main and \lashinglon streets. m act!
r
. REAT ALTERATION SALE.
A MONTH OF BARGAINS, BEGINNING SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st,1896
DRESS GOODS.
Carpet Department.
\Vc arc havingr :1 NEW CARPET ROOM built 111 1111- out
We want to open it with an entirely
of our store.
New Stock of Carpets.
To accomplish this. we shall make
on our present stock.
Look :11. the prices.
Art llcmps, 251113
ling Carpets, 9.1113
Ingram larpcts, 25cts.
411 Ms.
l’art Wool ingrain,
Sale [who 151 LS
19151.9
19MB
1: 291-111
it
it
A good assoi'l111cntoi' host ingrains,
in lengths. 5 11'111ls
115131., tqualily,
'lapcshylhusscls, :1Oct.qu:1lity
Tapestly lhusscls: 7.1111,. quality
l’opnlm 1111x11111y lh'11s81'ls,“.l()1:!s
Scalnlcss (‘hlua Mailings, 15c.
(loodil olhm Wall) “
Choice “ “
liost
it
it it
lugroin Ari 6:111:11'1's,851.ill).
to ‘2.) yards,
Surprisingly Low l‘
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“("351
At - Less
SHIRT WAISTS
Than - Cost! ll
Shirt Waists, 501: to 75c; Sale Price, 350.
“ 750 to $1.00; Sale Price, 50c
“ $1.00 to $1.50; Sale Price, 750
mag—5L5.
Balance of our Parasols at Half Price ll
SUN UMBRELLAS AT COST!
W... «. ......__
To make the sole 111111'1' interesting to all. we will give :1 Dis-
count 111' 1211 percent on all
TABLE LINENS!
-——w——- .0.
15
20 per cent.
For this
FOR
pcs.
SCHOOL
3 pcs. Shepherd Fluids, 15c. ‘
6 pcs. High Colored Plaids, ISc.
5pcs. Solid Colors, [5111 I911. '
11’] 1111 and l": 111cy, 251:.
5 pcs. Dark Colors, 25 to 29c.
15 pcs. Plain and Fancy, 40 to 500.
, Light Dress Goods, 75c 10 $l;00.
DRESSES.
Sale price 90
(i 100
“ 1210‘
(i 150
it 190
it 25b
500
__ ._. _.. ...,...____
Remnants of Dress Goods, Half Price
‘ Black Goods.
Sale we will give a special discount of
20 per cent.
21) per cent. on all lllack Goods.
“ 4.9.11.1 Lace Curtains at Special Prices! 1 5 ,,,_.,,11,,,,.,y 5,11,, 111 25,,
:: €33: PORTElEllES AT 0—1-11 RATES. : I0 pcs. FoocySilk,{itégfim former price 11!) to 890.
1. 60,,“ Rare Bargains in anNILLE covansr 1 WASH GOODS.
“" on.- can always Iiml 1111le 1'...- ‘ Printed l’iquc. I2.'_.c. Sale price 70
MAT-”N65. M t d R ' l .l‘..11c.y llh11iti13s,|0:111d I2;c.' “ 70
Sale Price IOU a s an ugs I i llimitics andiho'unl1cs l2.I to I5c. ‘5 9,;
201‘. 11 12.1,, You will never buy 111cm cl1'opc1'1han :11 this salc. I .l’llllIIClllS Silll‘, 2513. 11 150
25". ‘ 11 19c . Smyrna M315, - . . 7555:, This.“ Sale, :3: , 7‘s J')Crc_ulcsl 8 t“ '0U 11 60
1131,} -10,“ 11 25,, I: 1: 51 co to 3:3, 2" :: 5'13; , 41~Llllllt‘1'.5l1shhordes, 13.11;.“ .. 11 90
:: $2 0.0 . 111111.111...-..1.1.,u.-111_v11.1.1.1 values. ' ‘ “111111151111' 1. .1111 11-qu 11' 1' ARGAIN 11.11: During 1111:;
11115111111 Art. 211111111 1s, 8:).110.
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$2.
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Sale 111: 111” :111111 :1p11;1:1l
A. DICKERMAN 811 SON,
84 WASHINGTON STREET,
111111: for [hora-.11: .13.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
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Norwalk Chronicler