train struck the curve.
Juli
ear remainingoiiprlaht.
naioa meetina‘at .s o'clock in
Muir” tibial:
to attend. as a very interesting
programme has been arranged. The
authors will be Brother Wing and
Brother Prank Brown. Special music.
Illfllfllm
Miss EA. .. bble. of Noroton. spent f“
, harmonise
liner-mes
.‘Qlt 0|]?!qu \l
"will. is“ Triad! t tho eontinnedaotion‘ of operators to
mfg”! d . .. . sending coal to' points west and south.
west, where the miners are on strike.
The United Kine Workers" Union has
been engaged in strikes in ‘the Indian
Territory. Arkansas, hilaaouri ’ and
lows. in mines the product of which is
consumed for the most part by the
_ Gould system of railroads. President
to the non-ensures“ of the parties Deity. of the Bellevllle district. wired
interested. - ,John hf behalf; president of the United
Mine orkers’ Union. askiu for in-
structions and received a re which
said if positive evidence was at hand
that ‘t e o raters were still ”sending
coal i ' stricta where strikes were
in progress the men should be called
hleh“ were producing
0"...
MW. Fowler has flag pole
which once did duty on the ill-fated
name antes ship lathe. ‘
The cage armoured r. A. Bou-
ttinn'dbl not some ‘upLyeater‘nay. owing
resume George ii. Rodney. oi Booth
Norwaik. an inmate of Fitch's Soid~
i‘ers', Home'at ‘Noroton. found a large
liaard while walking through the
woods yestelgday.‘ ,
m seawaul. »
_........ .
George Smith has added a new brick
chlmncytothe' back part of his house.
out of the mines’w
"10 coal. i
brosr omen aaroar.
s
The annu'ai New England supper of
the Union‘Chapei will‘be given on next
Tuesday evening. '
"‘fdisa"hfa'ry”3rewer, of New York
ap'esiLThuraday withher parents. Mr.
and Mrs. James Brewer.
jjltri. Henry Hamilton. who has been
o’ocdpying Frank Emerson's house, has
moved with her family to New York
c ty." ‘
Mach afthc Sacra-ed.
Washington. November ilk—Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General John 1.
Bristow. in his annual report, today,
announces that during the peat fiscal
year. 14,004 postinaaters were appoint-
ed. 13.623 being fourth class postmas-
ters and the remainder presidential.
Th‘ere‘were 2.935 post offices estao
fished and 1.505 discontinued. At the
close of‘the year the total number of
post oases in the country was an even
75.000. Extension of rural free deliv-
ery necessitated discontinuing eighty
postofllces. applications to restore a
number of which are now pending.
About 4,000 more postoffiees were in-
spected than in any previous year. Regv
istered mall lost averaged one piece in
every 25,980 handled. There were 1.079
postal nrreste during the year. Includ-
ing 119 postmasters. thirty-one assis-
tant'poatmaste . forty-oné._post other
clerks. twenty- efpostal clerks. thir-
‘tyifour lett'ar’carriers and 301 post of-
' Everett Mlllspaugh found one of his
trotters dead when he opened the sta-
ble. Saturday morning. The horse
had gotten cast; and strangled itself.
It was a horse well known in the
neighborhood. having formerly been
Wind and driven by Gilbert Chlcbest-
or. . . .
.Jli HM
j; , yttlhi'hllllhh.
The Willing, Workers will meet Frl~
data! 7 ptt 0 home of‘John buttery.
m ‘
‘ _' . J. Aiken has spent the‘last
, film” a “gunning; therefore hunters
need not look foi- game in the vicinity
of Silvermine.
e
convicted. and 029 cases are still,pend-
log the courts; The report'says the
practicability of transporting the mails
over the'propnsed allkAmerican route
to the Yukon in Alaska. is a problem
yet to be determined. and a recent in-
spection footld so few settlers in this
t
if rumors are correct. the near future
will see other of Silverminc's fair
daughters ftillowingln the footsteps
of hills London. ‘ .
vied St. John. of Broad River. was
united in marriage to Miss Clara Lou-
den, only daughter of Frank London, of
Silvermine. The Rev. T. K. Noble. of
, Norwalk. performed the ceremony.
mendations are these:
"An amendment to the interstate
commerce law to prohibit the tele-
graph and express companies or em-
ployees from abettlng‘in green goods
swindles. lotteries. or similar schemes;
~——————
_ THE WINDOW 1N THE TENT.
All Old~Boldlcr's Way of Securing Ven-
- dilation When in the Field.
“l never pull down the window at
the top to let in a little fresh air when
,l go to ,bed/f said the old soldier.
"without th‘ioklng'of how we used to
open the window in the tents in the
any in warttmes. An A tent. seven
féet collars at the base and running
lip." wedge shaped, to“ the ridgep’ole.
seven feet above the ground. made
comfortable enmlg’h quarters for four
men. If you could leave the tent open.
which was equivalent to leaving off the
front of the house. but if it were cold
orrainy and the wind blow on the
front of the tent so that you had to
close it. why then you wanted ventil-
ation'somewhere. and you got‘iit by
”making an opening in the back of the
ter. and providing a larger nchpapcr
wrapper than Is now Issued. '
nnoon 601m snap.
Tradition Says Franklin Planted thr
First one in This Country.
Every housewife is supposed U
know how to handle a broom. but it is
safe to say that'not‘one in ten has
any clear idea of what her weeping
utensil is made of or how. it made.
or where the material came from
Brooms are made from the heads or
brushes of the broom corn, 1 first cous-
in to our common field corn. And in
this connection is told a very pleasant
little fairy story concerning Benjamin
Franklin. “Poor Richard." by the
way. seems to have been about the big-
est Jack of alltrades that ever helped
._ “are who a wimp: overlapped. run-
ning down the middle of the back of
the tent from the ridge pole to the
ground. and we used to cut the stitches
along that seam. up near tile top fifths
tent. and spreadgthe aides apart by
putting in a stick six or/ei i inches lisber, editor, J“; author. ”"30”",
long across the middle. mak ng there statesman and w or things "too nu-
a diamond shaped opening about a foot
long. hich served the purpose ad-'
liilrahly‘.‘ ‘
“The men‘s guns stood at that end of
the tent. butts resting on a piece of
cracker box. the barrels held in some
sort of a holder secured to the tent
pole. if the wind changed on some
rainy night and came around to blow
against the back of the tent. the rain
would remain on the guns and on us.
and on somebody would get up pod
qhut the window—that is. take the
stick but and let the canvas come to-
w again there and then open the
‘ a. little at the other end. at the
is all used to seem kind 0'
.mp, then somehow. though pric-
lt was Just what I would have
‘ n the old house at home and just
what i‘d do here now."-—Chlcago la-
n.
no cannon uv uls'conomon.
Paterson. N. 1.. November iii—No
bulletin was issued during the morn- wood or soft maple turned in a lathe.
,; - . tho conditionof the vice- Each layer is wound tight with twins
“no. ,‘oaly W. ‘° y- or wire until the desired also is die
thinly. lief-rt ‘ L island. The broom ‘ia tbea ‘
' was. ‘ . , .
richest and m t powerful nation of
the world. If t Is story Is true. he is
aw in lndla. From
to Europe. The
story goes tha ‘ranltiln was ex-
amining a whisk that had been
brought over from England in the
days before‘webad any broom corn of
our own. He found a single seed on
the broom. picked it oil. plantcd it anu
raised r. stalk of corn from which is
descended. so to speak‘. all of inc
broom corn of th' United States.
However this y be. broom corn
grows much like Its first cousin, our
maise. which originated here. The
head is larger. however. and the seeds
grow onthe head instead of In ears.
The heads are cut off. leaving about
six inches of stalk. and the seeds are
scraped off by a mobile. which does
a clean Job and does not Inlure the
panieles. The seeds are valuable in a
way. Til/3y ”all“? ”to horsfea antd
. fl IQ] or ca -
Efigeifiuorm _,.u..
Hm! ‘ulllldlfid
. t _ ‘ '0. , .. ‘fl-i'tiels
»W.llaailitoaansrtoali Miaortb
. 'absat. twelve allies from Toledo.iast
in lrish-Bol
V’ Messiah-tenants also
nt Cum
_ , y . lot arms...
, :urtains. all s leading New Ymk‘avimpoflu had”.4-
maps was about over and he‘llid 'only‘afew pairs
1s,ayt‘tf.patterll; from fouryto adored.
viii-”Stun small to sell in the .ord'
York jobbers. He came to us and.
hey ’re here at sixty cents on .the'x'dollar.’ “ \
area flue lot of curtains. ",Tlle patternsfare
d pretty; there’sagreat variety. and
the . orth ofey ry one is plain. " In the usual we
won d sell for , 6. 7.8. 10 and‘12 a pair. ‘
. ; Wmluwe divided them into threp lots at »—
$4.50
of each. Though.
rr my to the have ‘t;
y it quick.
able, - walk a
The railroad oflcIsls assert that the
sails war'e‘ tampered with. causing them
to spread when the rapidly moving
a _
alibi? am
~ firs» chairman» or. ~
“hemp-mono aim
, Mike.
Chicago. November iii—The Record
today says: "The situation in the coal
mining fields in the southern and wes-
tdl'n muons of ,llilnola, has taken a
raerlous turn and it is said that many of
$3.50
run-e floor; take elevator.
/
‘ “rue nowaas
' $5.50
“DRY GOODS COMPANY
lvflaldgaport .
Our stock of " .
flousefurnishlug floods
ALMOST GONE.
ind we will sell the rest of it at very much less than
seat. to close it out quickly. We have a
sit that would make fine Christmas gift
Nash 8- VelirScoy
r. North Main
Fall and Wintelltyles for ’99 _‘
Never have better goods been shown: never have V
voun ‘ u
China and
interesting m of ilk important few 300d things
.'. .‘A .01“
‘occurred
Allentownma" .
CationaI murder ass '
t
' here today when George W. Kern. pro-
Itli' W” llllillelf.
‘rlr hull not “In! visa Miler
p‘rietor of the it” Mecca. shot and
. wile aha"
» 7 i.
th the. owina to
; f e . m am
lane's ll. trntlnent of his wife. Ire.
Earn was employed in a laundry. This
rimming, on her way to work. her bus-
Hi9. m“ $1M” her. and stood on the
of the ‘car she was on,
m a" x observed a she
,. , rs. ern ill
ran screaming out of the front door of
car and sought the protection of
a at 300 wire mill employees who bad
i, t finished work on' the night shift
lam hastened after her and twice pull-
ed the t'rlifigér gdt‘ixhpistol. but the
weapon arge.
‘fi'he husband then dragged his wife
into his hotel. and barricadlng the
door with a chair. in full view of the
crowd. shot her dead.
lie ran Into another room and there
killed himself. Kern was thirty-eight
years old and his wife twenty-nine.
in Kansas persons convicted of mur-
der in the first degree are untenced to
be hanged whenever the governor shall
sign their death warrants. No gov-
ernor has ever signed a death warrant
and so the penitentiary contains many
prisoners under sentence to be hanged.
A THOUSAND TONGUES
Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer. of 1125 Howard street.
Philadelphia, Pa.. when she found that
Dr. King's New Discovery for Can-
sumption had completely cured her of
a hacking cough that for many years
had made life a burden. All other
remedies and doctors could give her no
help. but she says of tin Royal Cure—
"It soon removed the pa n in my chest
and i can now sleep soundly. something
i can scarcely reme‘ber doing before.
i feel like sounding i praises through-
out tbe universe." 80 will every one
who tries Dr. King's New Discovery
for any trouble of the Throat. Cheat or
Lungs. Price 60c and ".00. Trial bot-
tles free at Frank H. Baxter’s Drug
Store; every bottle guaranteed.
A FRIGHTF‘UL BLUNDER
Will often cause a horrible Burn.
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Buckien's Arnica
Salve. the best In the world. will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cum
Old Sores. Fever Sores. lllcera. Dolls.
Felons. Corns. all Skin Eruptions. Beet
Pile Cure on Earth. Only 25 cents a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Frank
ii Baxter. Druggiat.
SWEETHEARTS.
Mr. A. Ballard. B. A. 1.1.. ll.. sends
us the following from Oxford: "Your
tale of the italian prelatc reminds me
of the negro student who at one of our
grout missionary colleges was conduct-
lug family prayers. and In an outliurst
of enthusiasm prayed: "Give us all
born hearts. givc us all clean bouts.
give us all sweet hcarts.‘ to which all
the congregation replied, ‘Alncn."'~
London Chronicle.-
u ova;
incident Wife“ Crime
Iron Every Outer of
the Co Itil.
lilddletown—The attorneys Interest-
ed In the trial of decent: A. liongh. at
the December term of ooiirt. for the
murder of Harry Chadwick. have com-
pleisd the preparatory work for his
defense. The and will be that he
killed young Ch wick In selfndefense.
Waterburyubetactive Galley arrived
In town yesterday afternoon from Chl-
cago. ha ng in custody '. homes J. Mo-
ran, the former school clerk Who is
wanted here to answer to a charge of
forgery. Moran‘was immeditely hur-
rind to the police station and placed
under lock and tidy.
m
Norfolk-li‘rederick Emmous. aged
about twenty-live. son of Jonson Em-
mons. a farmer living in Canaan Val-
ley. has gone insane. because. it is
said. he was Jilted by Miss Mary Ste-
vens. who teaches school in (Yunnan
Valley. The symptoms appeared dur-
ing church service last Sunday and he
soon became violent. it took four
strong men to get him on the train to
be taken to the Middletown asylum last
night. lie said he would not go with-
out liilss Stevens and she and her bro-
iii" Jarvis left on the same train with
m. .
New Haven—Lawyer P. W. Cnasc
has presented in the probate court a
document purporting to give the sub-
stancc of the will of Harriet M. Aug~
ur. widow of Jacob P. Augur. of Fair
Haven, which was lost or sequestered.
thn the woman died the nropcrfy
went to her son. James P. Augur. who
at his death last year left it to his
wife. it Is worth about ”25.000. Helm
of Harriet Augur now claim that she
intended that her son should receive
910.000 and that the rest should go to
relatives. It remains for thorn to prove
that there was such a will and that
the bequests under it were as set forth
in the. ddcuinent. on which there will
be a hearing next Monday.
New Milford—One of the. largest and
best tobacco warehouses in the United
States. is located In New Milford. and
is owned by the Sutter Brothers. tobac-
co dealers of Chicago. it is virtually
completed and Thursday evening a
grand dedication ball was given in it.
Thu immense building has a capacity
of over 4.000 cases and more than 4.000
cases have already been. bought of the.
farmers of the iiousatonic Valley. The
avcmge price paid for tho tobacco has
been 10 cents a pound. For the 4.000
cases of tobacco 8200.000 will be upon-
lied and about $100,000 of this amount
will be paid out to the farmers of New
Milford alone. The packing comprises
the crops of 300 farmers. The building!
cost ”L000 and is complete in cvcry?’
particular. i
—-—-———-———_ i‘
Middletown~Thc item that sumo nfi
lhc psiicnts in the north hospital at;
Haring leased m . _
Washington' street. fl /
by b. ll. Decker. will '
Saturday. Malabar 0. ,
oi Crockery and it
ill, Agile, hob .
u and wooing
use I distill!!!" . ..
consideration was W ~ ‘
m‘ost mnomical for .
are looking for real-I ' »
economy. There m g. _. .-
priced things here but.
cheap. shabby kind:
goods will be our claim
and not the if
possible prices. We
All goods delivered free.
To theadvantsgea also. II m
of our Lehigh Coal:
dust. more comfort.
more heat to the bush
omy to the ton than In!
Gives abduction because
factory coal. Try It ones.
the advantage of adult always.
per ton.
lama Lockwooogoo.
Successor to B. m ' * ,
Coal Yard and Dillon, W“. m:
Branch Office. corner Washington and
Main street. South Norwalk, (loan.
Telephone Call. 814 , .
. - greater varieties been oifered
been so low. ,
There is no room for improvement in the bar-
gains we ofier in
, MEN ’8, BOYSZ'ANI) CHILDREN’S
Strictly pure wool. doubleand single breasted
suits. $6.50. $7.50. 38 and 89.
High grade, all wool. single and double breast-
ed and cutaway black diagonal worsted suits, 810.
Over-coats and Ulsters.
Our wind and water proof ulster has proved a
great success, 88.00. .
Winter overcoats in horse
$5.00 up. All the latest colors.
SPECIAL SALE OF
Sweaters, reduced from 81.25. 81.69 and $2.00.
~ to 89 cents. .
Sweaters, reduced from $2.50.
to $1.39.
Cups, 10 cents each.
; never have prices
nee burglars. Of all these 059 were V
To the Board of County Commlsionera except nurse and physician. One of
to sell spirituous and intoxicating liq-
uors. Ale. Lager Beer. Rhine Wine and
Cider at i2ti Washington street, town
of Norwaik. My place of business is
not located within 200 feet in a direct
line of a church edifice or public school ‘
house, or the premises pertaining
thereto. or any post office. public lib-
rnry or cometary.
interior country that only one post of- .
fice was established. Among the recom- ,
legislation prohibiting loose poaching 1
of circulars and other small mail mat. ember A i) 1899
tax payers. as defined by law. of the
town of Norwalk. hereby endorse the
application of the above named Frank
’8 and COVOYtS. from M. Finch. for such license. the "great sun." the horoditary chic!
Novcmbcr. A. 1).. 1899. in case he were provldcd with more
St. John. Ctr". Tolleu. E. M. Toiles. iccts. wore obliged to follow him into
ed endorsers arc electors and tax pay- secondary chiefs. and also members of
era. as defined by law. of the Town of the royal family. likewise claimed,
Norwalk. ' when dying. their tribute of dcath
$311) and $3.50.
November. A. D.. 18
n310 Town Clerk. had married a girl of the royal line
the State Hospital for the insane in?
this city had diphtheria was incorrect.
No patient has had this disease. ori
been exposed to it. No word in any of :,
the hospitals has been quarantined and .
there is absolutely no danger. Two
or: the atten’dants. who do not room in >
t o wards. ut altogether. have had the
Amflp “0M Nelle disease. One of them has recovered. '
m 1'“: Bl on The other one. Fletcher A. Ross. of
Belfast. hie. (lied. Their room was in-
)lath and no one allowed to outer it
‘0, Falrfleld County; Jiese men brought the disease with
l e eh i for a an. m "an“ him to the hospital. having been or.
b r y appy SK nosed while away. There is no need
for anxiety on the part of any of the
'riends of the patients. The disease
's now thought to be stamped out.
LOVED LIFE TOO WELL.
Ancient Natchez inaian Who Rcbcllul
Against Being Sacrificcd.
One of the repulsive features of the.
laws under which the Natchez Indians
FRANK M. FlNCil. wore governed was that when a mom—
Applicant. be: of thc royal family of the nation
We. the undersigned. electors and died it was necessary that. govern! oth-
ers of the people should accompany
him to the tomb suffering death at
the hands of the executioners. When
Dated at Norwalk this 3d day of Nov-
Daied at Not-walk. this ad day of of the whole nation. died. all his wives,
James Paul. M. ii. Glover. Angus ll. than one, and also several of his sub-
1 hereby certify that the above our the vale of shadow. The "little suns."
Dated at Norwalk this third day of from the living. in addition to this, '
99. the inexorable law also condemned to
HERBERT R. SMITH. death any man of the Natchez race who
of the “suns." On the occasion of her
the United States to become the ‘
the patron saint of the housewife and r
the broommaker. as well as a klte- {
flier. lightning catcher. printer. pub ‘
GomStock Bros. ,w
it South lain Street, South liolIill.
MILFORD A. GIFF
Two stores—Norwallt and South Norwalk.
me interested in the layout and wid-
enlng Di' Wllfl' “UM. between ““5"" to this law. His name was Etteactcnl.
mm mm! Ins! The Norm“! Iron He had contracted an all-lance with
Works Common building north 0‘ the 'suns.’ The honor came ncar have
the railroad bridge on said street. that lug g fatal result for him. ms wife
a hearing in relation to such layout
and "109'“08- and “19 ”Willem 0' that she was approaching hc'r end he
benefits ll"! damages resulting 0’ “3‘ look to flight. embarking In a pirogue
"Wm! therefrom and in taking “lid on the Mississippi. and sought a re-
therefor. will be held. by the undersign-
I-‘d committee It "'0 00'1“" Chamber, self under the protection of thc govor-
on "allICHd street, "I all“ 9",. on "I"- 6111'. '1." W35 at (but "me M “(3 file“.
day. the I0th inst, at s o'clock. p. In.
IN, Manager.
nou‘tgha Norwalk. Conn. November 8th.
1 .
EASTMAN KODAKS.
33 1-3 Per Cent DiScOunt,
. .. . AT
William P. Beers’
NORWALK.
from
. ~ to attacks of mp. Whenever an at-
tack is coming on my wife gives them
er’s tab es, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and i‘
. «ulllflililflii.
N I death he was called upon to accompany
her.
_ 0‘ cc. "1 will narrate to you upon this sub-
ject." writes an old French chroniclcr
Notice ‘3 hereby given ‘0 1" pcr- of Louisiana. "the story of an Indian
who was not In a humor to submit
foil sick, and ad soon as he perceived
fuge in New Orleans. He placed him
ville. offering himself in be the guvcrc
MATTHEW CORBETT. nor's hunter. The governor accepted
V- 5530013"le his scrvi. .and interested himself In
CHAS 13- STEVENS. his behalf in. the Natchez, who de-
Committee 0' Freeholdera. clarcd, in answer. that he had nothing
to fear. Inasmuch as the ceremony was
'13 3' ever .and as he had not been present
when It took place he was no longer
available as a candidate for execution."
Drive Horses -New Orleans Picayune.
.___._._,.____
HOW TO comm cnour.
We have twoehildren who aresubiect
Royal Pearl.
com. no no u notion ,
J. 0. JENNINGS. ,
4Ptpif Inuit. Camper. PM.»
anus II
Wall Paper. and Border.
1 NORTH MAIN STEM. 4
South Norwaus. .
Sample Books of Latest m d,
Papers, Borders and Gilt m
taken to houses for inspection. on Io- ‘
tice by postal!' Estimates
hinting and Stein flotilla
Hot Water Heating.
Hot All Heating
STDVES AND RAN“...
SLATE .AND TIN ROOFING.
Gas and Steam Fitting.
Gas Fixtures. Metal Ceiling, gs
Have you seen our stool 1
RICHMOND RING”?
l'nlonesiiitchlifla
11 WALL manor. nonwana.
W
South llolltll Silllfi
Open daily. noept latamy. It. I
a.m.tol:m..andfrom1sol-mlil
Saturday. a a. II. to 13 us. and on“. ‘
dsly eventingl from T is“
nteres owed on
ALDEN SOLIANS. m
JOHN ll. mm. “cam
Gill). 1'. BEAMS. Use. and;
always prevents the attack. it is a
household necessity in this county and
no matter what else we run out of, it
would not do to be without Chamber-
lain's Crush Remedy. More of it is
sold here than of all other cough medl-
ciasa combined-Hi. If. Nickie. of file»
. columni-
mention rel.
s
“ . his area, merchants. Niekioviile. Pa.
all. 139-3. ”Mm-gymgpr.mmg
Norwalk Chronicler