meant Advocate of yes-
0 flowing details
)y fire of the
rethi‘a’h C tolue-
Dion river. early
4 .‘when ten horses
' pei'iShed in the
was given by jacob
caboose is on the op—
13. of the strcet. He
' he occupants of the
.esidence by firing five
' hi's ievdlver. Mr.
‘ hurried into his
oping to get to the burn-
fill tugI in. time to rescue his
'1 e‘ life had gained big
p, ‘I'Iy. however and before he
‘ "l .h‘é IIodse the roof had
ntire building was now in
it was ini ossible to
. mg in it o'me wag-
Mtsi‘de. in dangerous prox-
to the burning building,
moved with Sonic difiicul—
had been scorched. In
lever: horses, thir-
ay, 'ivheat, grain har-
h produce, im le-
All of these were ost
keeption of one of the
lack animal. This ani-
Itpposul to have perish-
est, but was discover-
urs later, grazing in ap
tfield. He had been slight-
mill! How he contrived to
"' from the burning building
"lgeation of the bodies of the
which perished, showed
rid brOken loose from their
a third had run wild within the
il‘fiiilg building lhe cow was:
dadjoihing the barn. This
was destro ed. and the cow
Ii’ed' beforei Ielp arrived.
.e’ause oi the fire
, but a supposition pIeI ails
ll: was of incendiarI origin. l
' misplaced articles found
é'fire have led to this be-
hailess man. a stIangII '
l5 IIIl-‘
:iccoIIIit o himself, and it . ,
thought he might know something .
oi the fire
.hilwever.
Stamford walked to Nor0ton yes—
Ié‘rday to view the ruins.
‘timated his loss at $3 000. He car-
ried but $1 300 insurance-«$800 on
,the barn. $I 50 oh his hay and grain
and $50 apiece upon seven IIOrses.
He Visited the local agent of the
company in Which be Is insured.
with the object of having the loss
figured as quickly as possible, in
order to remove the carcasses of . ‘
.Ille horses.
tery to him.
his wife. but the fire had already
gained such headWay that it was . 3
A westerly wind '
was blowing. and carried sparks
as far as Seaside avenue.
from the barn are a number of
sheds.
alighted upon these, but they (lid
beyond control.
the rain of the day before
In pied In this city short-
I. lie could give no
was
The man wks not held
Scores of persons from
Mr. Klinef‘elter said that he es“—
In
How the fire started is a nIys- _
He was aroused by
Sparks from the fire .
not take fire. owing to the fact that
the roofs had been saturated with
lramps and Home veteIans fre—
quently found shelter III the ham 1
and icehouses. Mr. Klineielter
said. and the tire may have been
due to their carelessness.
The horses were all hitched in
their stalls. but from appearances
it scented that the\ had been un-
hitched Sundm morning. as
though somebody had been In the
barn after the fire staIted and had
unfastened them with the object
of resetting thcm if possible. This
was evident from the fact that the
snap of their leather lIalII-rs had
been IIIIsnapped.
Home of his neighbors yester—
(lay offeIed him the use of their
horses. but fortIInatclI ;\lI. l\linc
felter had not all of his animals
housed in the barn and the fire
\\ ill not Intel few: with his business
to am extent.
idt’l Savings Stolen From
Her Home in Noroton.
moon onenk- thief enteted the
lice of Mrs. Mary Schmidt. No
Saturday afternoon. whlle MIR.
» (It was shopping In Stamfoul.
stolevszao In bank bllls. which
hulldt had laid away for safe
chmldt is a widow. She it;
In years. and lives alone'in
on the road leading rom the
River to Dnrlen. The money
otedll the savings of many
a. and the widow feels heI loss
theft was evidently committed
familial wlth Mrs.
She was accustom
no use, in a hiding place, when
away for a few hours. This bid
0 has discovered by the thief.
:4 t. himself In and proceeded to
the house. Nothing but the
p. .ns‘ taken, which was In bills
' Horn 85 'to 3100 ln denomina-
00h. been placed In the
of 06h table Schlechtweg. of
mi be Is confident that he
Ito locate the '(Itilprlt In
, 00”an for Superintendent
‘ Hounton, of Wlnstod.
m), November G—The police
It: for Alexander Houston
‘ dent of the W. L. Gilbert
wimpy, who disappeared Sun-
winner to charges of larceny.
i . big my.
Web married last Friday
Nils Gertrude L. Johnson»!
git-bid glrl, and one of the
f Wlnstod's mill hands. It
been learned that Houston
bi thal'dl ng In Roselle N. J.
Bo ml“ not been divorced.
till: 0 Wlnated lust num-
iva’h employed by the clock
; , no superintendent at a sub
He In About tlIlrtypelgIlt
ceny bile been pre-
7672th; water frdln' whom
:1 rings and other jewelry
Oahu——
810070 Many Valuable-
,4 roIn' HI'I Employer.
lid Mn. Morris Boera left thelr
ho 0. early Saturday even-
roenoidv tor II drhIe. leaving
. than in charge of the place.
llbnopce he entered the
. . . I). jewelry and other vol-
Eliot-ti? after their Ieturn the
llaod and upon Invert
nd that the man was
on wuolao the home and
ghee who. shortly found
. scngel.
drove to Brldgeport and.
e btreet wlth a part of
Mlll pawn tlcketn for the
IN MAKING CHANGE.
Any Hard and Fast Rule Reipectlng
Correction May Work Badly.
Last Sunday morning a lady III heavy
black attire. carrying an umbrella. II
fan and a prayer book. took an electric
car at the station and sat down In the
seat next the rear door. When the car
reached the point of her destination.
the conductor had just gone. forward to
take up fares. She signaled him to
stop and held up a bill to pay him.
The conductor took the money and
without a suspicion of Impatience hand-
ed her back the change. Meanwhile
the car waited. "You should have come
for my tare earlier." she remonstrnted
mildly. She got off at last, and the
car went forward and stopped at the
next cIossIng to take on another one
Just then the lady to black be
gun to make vlolent gestuIe (rem the
distant sidewalk. "What's t, ‘e matter
with her now?" naked II youth on the
rear platform. "Kicking about her
change." growled the conductor. "Ring
the‘bell and go on." returned the first
speaker. “She has a right torwhnt 18
due her." exclaimed a young woman
with spirit. All was silent In the car
as the black figure came trotting
through the mud as rapidly as her long
‘sklrts. prayer book. fan and umbrella
would let her. “See," she sold. catch-
lng her breath as she came within
agenklng dlntance. and ntlll holding the
tinge the conductor hnd giver her.
”see here! You have given me too
much!"
'l‘hls reminds me of an Incident
whlch I wltnessed some . cars ago In
the Old Colony at'atlon. Pore was at
that tune a very stuffy and lll~monnerr
ed ticket seller at the window. . One
day he sold a ticket to II' suburban
passenger. who paid for It with a bin
and gathered up hla change and passed
on a few steps before he counted lt
Then he came back and called across
the‘ flue of people. who were buying
tlckets: "See here. you have made a
mlstake ln glvlng me change." The
ticket seller. burst upon on him abus-
lvoly. "Don't you see that notice over
the windmill" he shouted. " ‘00qu
your change before you leave the win-
dow.‘ I can't contact your change
now." “Very well.“ said the suburban
man; "you gave me just 83 too much
change for that 810 blll. but never
mlnd—l won't trouble you.’ He tuck
ed the monby Into his Vent pocket and
walked away. and as them was a con-
siderable crowd and the tlckot seller
could not climb through his window.
the Inan was out. of Iilght In a moment.
Meantime the ticket seller was about-
lng: "Come back! Stop that man!"
and growlng vory,red in the ace. an
to no avail. The suburban In nltopt
the extra 88 for several days and“ then
brought It back taking the occasion to
glv'o the surly ticket man I. lecture
which probably he never forgot.-——Bos-
ton Transcript.
' BALE..OF THOROUGHBREDS.
LOUISVILLE. Ky” November 8—-C.
C. Van Meteryolterdny cold to R. 8.
Trader. for A. 0. Overholt. of Pitta
burg. the llve yearold stallion Mlnotn
the twoyoar-old filly Belle of Sllgo. and
the yearling llll. onote 81130. This
MISTAKES
Not far 8
mam unusual on tin Inc-III.
that cull land bl! homo
intention to partake“! II llab alumni
and hell on the lulghth of the chem.
nude ,0 lllo‘r 9* In» In 4 annual} . .
Ruthllqllorlm! um t‘l‘n oyotm nom- _
l
5:031:44» of “chum" and covlu‘o and ,
dltcovm the forum to be buckwheat
uku for widen RWID ll anointed.
~Amazon with his frlond to mm a
generous consignment of thin Micah:
buckwheat to bu address In Now York
and wrlteo his wife to arrange a buck-
wheat cake breakfast for a few Intimate
lrlendoon the occasion of Ill. return home.
The guests are Mlculorly placed
with the bomb.“ aim and especially
wlll: the clrcunnunou‘ connected there-
wlth. u) be send- foro package of the
buckwheat to show them.
And one and all are annulled to (Ind
that It to mode by the 81-0 Company '
when «not: onblnmm all ovur the
world.
Thin travel broadens the IIIlIId.
You want your coal delivered to you
by the best method. We employ the
most cnIel‘nl men and mu aim to for
perfection of dellver as well as per
fectlon of coal.
WE KNOW IT
Will be to your advantage to buy your
coat hole.
Irving Lockwood & Co.
Successor to B. llnrgmla
Cool Yard and Olllce Wn or street
Bironch omce, Corner Washington and
Mn streets. South Norwallt. Conn.
Telephone Call. 31-5.
“DIES WWII-1:301: 1.79m!
landfill“ was
III-heal nlltf Mooring" ouch.
writer on b loldl Iumn 3|?-
n.nIuI ’ Iil'eliv n'vfiyou pflbulrlu'tiimlom not
I: cull Iu Ml mm For
8. All D Ill! D Ilium.”
IIIII IIIIIIII'I" ' no: {oil out when. but.
scronn-IOIIMI‘OIIOMRMMR.
Ea: y as a
Hammock.
Some of the luxurious “
EASY CHAIRS we receiv- '
ed last week are as comiort-
able as a hammock. One -
really doesn’t know how :‘
restful and soothing/they are I
until he tries one. A hun- .
dred pretty designs. a
Good housekeepers will .
move them chairs quickly 5
at the prices——fr0ni $1.98 to
$15.00. ‘
You can enjoy your leisure ’
hours with such chairs as 3
these.
l J Bullins 8. to
Funeral Directors
' » and III-billions.
I: North MalnStreet,
\.-
trlo brought 810,
I
‘at most reasonable prices.
N {lest materidlsterfe'ct fit.
‘LEISERS‘ON BROS.
Chiffonier. from $4.50 up.
carried, from $6.00 up.
84. 00 up p.
A' big line at Bedroom Suits.
/
finish from $6.00 up.
Enamel and Brass Trimmed
R R Y MOND 5' SON.
46 and 48 MAIN STREET.
livery lady' s delight' Is elegant dress.
We to doing‘ everything III our power to furnish elegance ’
W e can give utmost satisfaction in WOnIeiI’ s Outer Gar»
mcnts. since more experienced cloak. waist and suit InnkeIs.
w» "l o the dress Idakcr for dresses not to the mason.
SUITS, JACKETS. RAIle -DAY SKIRTS. SEPARATE
SKIRTS. TAILORMADE SKIRTS. SILK WAISTS.
FLANNEL WAISTS. GOLF CAPES.
Repairing neaty. quickly (lone.
WOM“W WW
Time HGe
to pack away Summer Goods. We have jubt the thing-4m Oak
We have the largest and best assortment of Couches we ever
Our' Dining Tables are the best make and prices very low,
We have a few left at $15. oo—three pieces.
FANCY TABLES ROCKERS.
STYLE AND VERY LOW IN PRICE.
Our Hall Racks are the latest patterns. quartered oak. polish
We can show a good line of all Brass Bedstcads; also White
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
w
68‘ WASHINGTON STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK.
AND CHAIRS. LATEST
I "l
1‘
Furniture Dealers.
NORWALK, CONN.
.. or by mail.
"I.
Go to make up a complete
stock of Groceries.
them are Canned Goods. Teas.
Coffees and SpIces.
title ‘most complete stock of
Grocenes in the city.
don’t believe It. come and see.
THE CENTRAL F000 00.
Comer Railroad Plan
and Washington Strut
Amonr.r
We have
If you
\ '. ‘ ‘ ll J‘I
l.a(;IippeI an be averted Upon
the fiIst symptoms of a cold pro-
clue of )(llll l)IIIggist .I box of
{\ccton. Take at night. according
to direction. in the morning, go
about your business. The cold
At druggists 25c..
/
Accton Medical Ctr.
Mystic. Conn.
will disappear.
WW
TYPHUS BEGINNING TO ABATE.
ST. PETERSBURG November 6“-
According to private despntches re-
delved here. typhus and other fevers
nIo boglnlng to abate In the Russian
army, In Mnnchurln. t
A btudent at the
not has been sentenced to lmprlcon
ment for II term of two years. for hay-
lng klllod II fellow student In II dunl
II year ago.
The government has vlrtIuIlly brok
on up the German duellng nsnoclatlon
at this university. “
The construction 01“ direct tele
graph line from len n to St. Peters-
burg. ls taken here In; an indication
that the former has a. flrm hold upon
the attentions of the (3an.
8illlcus~The reason women are
talkative to because they tell all they
know.
OancIIc—«Hnmph! 'I‘ at wouldn't
Iowa-«Wonmowmor
make some named talk tlvo.
UIilverslty at Dor- ‘
“w B. RIDER.
Hydraulic and Sanitary
Examinatlona. Reports. Plans. Estl
motor: for Water Works, Filters. Sew-
erng'e and General surveying.
Water Works planned and bullt.
aonal attentlon alvon to Illl work.
Plans of Mlll Work carefully pre-
pared.
lllghest cash price paid for old met-
alu nnd moterlnlc of every kind. Drop
me II postal and I will call.
Prompt attention and honorable
dealing with all. On account of mm
lly sickness I am Occasionally In New
YoI k some day; through the Week.
lmmcdlute nttentlon on my return
will be given to any business that may
come In durlng my absence.
. . ABRAHAM HARRIS.
13 Raymund at, or 11 North Main
St. Store. ‘ .
FOR SALE I
5350. 00 will buv II building
lot centrally Inhaled on trolley
Ime. Full particulars of
JACOB M. LAYTON,
Real Estate Agent.
5 RAILROAD PLACE.
‘ II no Wit at incarnation .
go ‘ Intlgnoa byrosponulble .for the no .
One hundred and ‘elghty- nine Dams.
Reservoirs and forty-one systems 0!
Per-
031 ft
Hustle? for Cash.
‘ in
II ‘0 ho cold mind _‘ '
room I: bit pleased III II fl »
tlon of minors.
"Coal Inlners," he went on to say.
“ :9 not superstitious. hm noises:
90‘ courno‘ they do, but iln mule sup-
pone those nelson are Maxillary? It
beats all how little la known generally
about coal mining.
"Folks get it Into their heads," the
Inspector continued. “that p. man who
will cult Work III II certain art of a
mine because he sees the n I desert
log that sectlon In superstitious. when.
on II. matter of fact. he simply displays
sound judgment. Very 400p after the
rah: cult sounds will be: heard. and
later on a allde follows. What would
have happened to the man had be
credited hln fears to superstition by
dlsrezordlng the exodus or the rats
and the subsequent noises.
"flats are the first of a Inlne' II lnhab
flame to realize danger. me then
comes the mule. Man Is the last So
It is only nctuiial that he should take
as posture lnd cations of trouble the
actions of the others. find he should
not be regarded no It superstitious
creature on that account.
"After rats desert an entry It 18' next
to Impossible to get. a mule Into It not
because the rats left, but because the
mule realizes the danger. Left to
themselves rats or mince would never
be caught ln slides to 'Inlnes. but It In
different with men. who will not follow
the lead of the other two "—Denver
Post.
“My parents may come between us."
she faltered. “If they do," he exclaim-
ed. hotly “they must be pretty small. "
And be. pressed her shit clone: to his
Inanly breast.
Daily Freight Line
Between
nonwALK.
souru NORWALK.
and
new YORK.
hrbp'encI-I‘I ‘
CITY or NORWALK.
VULCAN AND EAGLE.
Leave Norwalk 5 p. In. Leave South
Norwalk 6 p In Leave New York
Pler 23. East River. Beeknnui Street
3 D- 111-
Sea Trips
of two to five dnys’ dun.
tlon, are offered by the
on DOIIIIIIOII Ll
NORFOLK. VA.
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.
RICHMOND, VA.
WASHINGTON, ‘D. C.
Steamers call daily except Sunday
from Pier 26 North River, foot of
Beach street. New York.
Tickets. Including meals and state
room accommodatlons, 813.00 and up
words.
For full Information apply to
OLD DOIIIIOI STEIISIIIP 00.
81 Beach Street, New York. N. Y.
If. B. WALKER, Traffic Manager.
J. J. BROWN. Gen. Pass. Agent.
N ' .7“ N. ‘ IIWGI mil .R.
TIME TABLE.
Engineer. In «no my 20. one.
74 WEST AVENUE, LEAVE sourn' NoRWALK FOR
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. NEW YORK-
A. M.—12:53:, 4; 55:, 5: 45. 6:16
6: 55, 7:13. 7:54;. 8. 18:. 9. 08:. 9: 88.
9:56): 10: 221:, 11: 351. 11: 40
. M.-—12:56x. 1:17, 2:25;, 3:04.
3:21x, 4:07. 5:101. 5:33, 5:561. 6:051.
6:41. 7:07, 8:11, 10:20.
SUNDAYS. ‘
A. Ila—12:53:. 4:652, 5:45;. 9:05.
P. M.-——8:21x. 5:35, 7:20, 9:45. 10:10.
LEAVE NEWYQRK FOR IOIJTH
NOR WLA K. ~
A. M.:—-12 02x, 5: 00, 6:00, 7:00
8. 00:. 8:02. 9. 00:. 9: 04. 10: 02!. 10: 04,
11:00:.11:02.
P. Dir—12:02:. 1:04, 1:801. 2: 00:.
0:001. 6: 02, 7. 00. 8: 00!. 9: 30.,
SUNDAYI.
A. Dir-12: 02x, 6: 00. 7:30,10:021. ~
1’ M.—-6:00
NE AV
A. M.:--1 111,1:20x. 6: 28 7: 42. 3:44.
0101. 10: 08:: 11:061. 11.43
0:26 7:,:.::106005i916.11
Ih.,2: 48. 6: 04.7: 2.
SUNDA AVI-
M.——1:llx. 1:201,
11: 081.
PM M.-7: 15.
oo'ur'n nonWALK To xnumnunv.
A. n.~o.aa. 9:16. 9:6
r. BIL—1:20. 4:26. azili. 5:68.
A. M.--tl. 00. 7: 85. 9: 98. 11:87.
P. M.-—4: 20,6: 80, 8: 85.
Sunday tralnl to Doubt: .:9 ”I.
acorn acumen.
till i
3: 02!. 3: 80:. 4: 02:. 4: 04!. 4. 80. 5: 038.-
LEAVI Ig‘UTH HNORWALK FOR
WH IN
P. M.~12: 02x. 1: 1.0: 8: 071.54 :18, 5: 87.
Brldgeport. In addltlon to above, to.
7:42, 0:12.
DANDURY TO SOUTH NORWALK.
III.. 7:85 p. in. Lonv’o Don 'iim‘ 8:05
.I II
for bread and biscuit that
are always light, creamy
. and nutritious use
manhunt-uncur-
GOLD«
MEDAL
I FLOUR
Haw woman .
YUCO, Me New
W8¢0f Food!
“I'll"!!!-
DID!" 00-.
ANOTHER W145i MIN.
_ Shelton; corn. “Mir “”5.
Conn. (Jen. Life Ins. 00‘
Gentlemen: I wish to acknowledge
receipt of your check for One Thane
'Imd dollars handed me today by your
general agent In payment of a fifteen
year endowment policy, just matured.
This is one of the most satisfactory
Investments 1 bane made; and I gladly
iecommond the “Connecticut General"
as" an nbly- managed and reliable Insti-
tution. I only regret that I did not do
business with you earlier In life, and
to a greater extent. Yours truly,
HORACE WHEELER; Wholesale Coal .
and Wood Dealer. .
FREDERICK H. FIELD. Gon’l Agont,
United Bank Bulldlng. So. Norwalk.
BORDA— PRESS
95 Washington Street,
South Norwalk.
PRINTING
Of Every Description.
CONRAD 'BORDA,
Sentinel Building,
Dollon House
4
I1
J. E. IULLIVAN.
Proprietor and Manager.
Term. roanonnblo. lathln. hou-
lng. l'I-hlnu. electric can to M0:
connootlng with all mlno en tire
Y., N. H. and H. ER.
UNSURPABDED
RHODI IBLAND CLAM IAKI. AND
SHORE DINNER.-
Good Looking
Window Shades.
No one wants to see poorly made,
poorly hung shades—they're a (lle
grace to your wlndows. When you
buy Wlndow Shades you want and ex-
pect them to glve good satisfaction;
If they don't. they' re on use. we guar-
antee every shade we make and every
shade we hung to be right In every
way. and suit you. DOn’t forget we
hang shades on well as make shades to
order. We would like to figure on
shading one or One. hundred wlndows.
We lll‘f‘ equipped to do the hlghest
class of work.
Original DeSitlns
in Wall Papers.
To and Wall Faber patterns that
don't run on the some old style II: no
easy matter, but we are In a Intuition
to show you some paper that we know
you wlll like and appreciate. Will
you do your part by calling to on it? I
You're always Welcome at our I: re.
Window Shades, Cornice Poles. Wall
Papers. Paintora' Supplies, Art-
lstn’ Materials.
PICTURES.
Plctnres Framed to Order.
Pnlntlng, Paper Hanging. Decorating.
Decker.
87 WASHINGTON STREET.
south Norwnlk. {I , 0min.
. Store open evenings until 8:30.
|.nI...:.:810uIdooo
An: indicate-WI
Telephone 188-8.
Norwalk Chronicler