G. H. Aaisthorgm, at Riverside
. who is serioul y lll, continues
the some. V
eron’s cat boat has been re-
,p thorough overhauling and is
ow‘no‘arlng completion. 1‘
’1‘bere are two out- ot- toWn seed but!
lying down thp 11 1, d»
y the local oyster-12’ borw
John W. Bodily, the East Sid , no.
business trip to Waterbury.
ma;
Henry Seymour’s house in.
donning a new cost of point;
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willbI school district will be held on
1111111111 at the old school house. ‘
« Mas» «ow-o.
The soft ciammlnfi speech is now
about over, although some contihile' to
so dissins 1' item ' c
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The horse which tell while attiiohod
to W Hobsou s ice wagon. in Riverside
avenue yesterday morning. was iinoliy
gotten up after being treated by it vet»
urinary.
Captain Oscar St. John sells for St.
gonquin, of thé Clyde Line‘. havll'igf pur-
chased his ticket through the agency
of George F. Hearse.
The residents along the Boulevard
Specdway appeared keenly to enjoy
the brushes which the Speedway Asso-
ciation has been inaugurating here.
So far no one has complained that they
urc incuuvenienced. .
Everything is now’in readiness for
the Mayflower-Owl game at the May-
flower Oral tomorrow afternoon. The
local boys are in fine form and the op-
position Vmay be certain of a hard too»
ale to win
An old man appporontly eighty
more of age was wondering about
“est Norwnlk streets this morning
lie had no particular destination, at
present. but was going back to Bethei
some time. When he would get there
he did not know. He claimed that he
was an old soldier and a veteran of the
civil war. When asked where he
spent the night he said at the South
Norwalk police station
Mls. Thomas Wood. or this place
has recently received a letter from her
sister. Mrs. Jefferson McKcever who
rcsidcs in Jacksonville. F‘lo‘rida; in
whcih she gives a partial description
of the terrible fire in which she lost
nearly all of her possessions. except-
ing a few hurriedly packed valuables
She was obliged to flee to the river
with her folks-or else perish in the
homes. They found an abandoned
row boat which had ours. but no row
locks. Mr Jackson paddled the boat
to East Jacksonville, a distance of
three miles. Here they were unable
to make a landing with the boat. and
were obliged to wade ashore. sinking.
sometimes into mud two feet deep
Mrs. Wood is contemplating a trip to
Jacksonville Florida. to spend a 091i!
pic of. months with her dlstdr;
onsmvfiowbnomm
Mia’s Mildred nalldioii is visiting our
grandmother in Nor‘oion.
The Knowlton Fife and Drum Band
held it practice last- night.
char-loo Toombs has returned home
to Darlcn after a several days' vlslbIouM
of twin. \
Miss Elizabeth ii. Smith. of Roway-
ton “Initial friends in Mlanus W
' NJ _ . .
I and 11%": d1 1
spending the wash with tho former-‘14
‘ . ts.;iu Rowdytou.
f haircut.
w "missus
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(“We“) “MI 6116 M “van
a, or William Weed.
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The annual meeting or the East Non I. 9a
Augustine, Florida. today, by the 1A1» .01
’ arrivodsfor John .W Bu 1.
telfimcnt blend is
,land. spent yesterday
The part .of the s.
westbound static
was covered with ‘ '
with sod. improves he so . ‘
the place much '1‘ ’
was plsutodls lust begin .. .
On Sunday evening ‘ , 1
he ~will bc‘hgld at {hp Me
hunger and painter i‘sfb yesterday on 1
1 Maple 1 .
Avenue, is experiencing the pie ure‘ of *1
ing.
W E Street and son
ii iii
sting exercises of Mis. Grace Street,
who will be valedictorinn of a. large
class. Subsequently Mr. Street and his
family will spend the summer in our
rope.
The uppealcducnso of F Vs.
, 'i . be conic.
.1 gays; iibur BaV
stencil; , eJiMeedlIaud .
poker are appearing at witnesses. Mr.
Cantrell sued the plaintiff to recover
for a grocery bill had received the de-
cision The capo has now been in liti~
'(icorge W; Weed, who drives a meat
wagon for Clarence Croioot. the Main
it met with an accident
, ‘ d
tordiiy ’The reins become entangled
in the shafts. and Mr Weed tried to
get them loose without getting out of
the wagon. He only succeeded In set
ting them in tome of a tangle. The
strain on the reins caused the horse
to, been the wagon on the dock top
pling it over and throttling Mr. Weed
out oi the Wagon.- The animal floun-
derod and landed directly on Mr. Wood.
Several men who were standing near
by, came to his assistance and helped
him out of his predicament Mr. Ween
was cut uncut the neck and legs and
badly bruised. but continued on his
route and served his customers as be
uni. The wagml was but slightly dam-
aged. 1
Yesterday Harry Martin and Otto
Kraft. of Bridgeport, started on their
bicycles tor Stamford. When near
Darion they saw a pair of black horses
attached to a farm wagon approaching
at a rapid pace. As the team came
nearer they were startled to see the
driver hanging on the pole betwoen
the horses and thought at first that he
was hurt. Mr. Martin dismounted and
succeeded in stepping the runatmys
after being dragged a short distance
The driver was found to be uninjured.
He stated that as he was about to
mount the abut the horses. became
frightened and ran. He lost his bai
once and fell on the pole. He was un
able to use the lines as he had all he
could do to stay on the polel by holding
on with both hands. Martin's
clothing was badly torn 111M stopping the
animolsond howls somewhat lame from
his violentexertlons. 1.
The preliminary wounds of thirtyhslx
holes modal play in the annual contest
for the metropolitan gait championship
were playedWedncsday over the links
of the Apawamls Golf Club. at “YO.
andIC. M. Hamilton, of the Baltrusrol
Golf Club. of New Jersey. carried off
the honors in the morning and attor-
noon rounds by tumble in a card ol 3?
for each round of 18 holes. Lost your“
Findlay B. Douglass mode the low
‘ score of 161. but Hamilton’s 1’14 when
the slow greens are considered, was re
garden as u superior. perfoiuhsncc. i-lla
golf was marked by mstfiotesdlncss
and a remorkabiy long garlic: 0.11.
Boeiey, of tho Wee Burn Golf Club;
wh 9 came second with two 119‘s. maul
hit? is total of 178, also scored on his
long some. Walter .1. Travis the own!
tour champion. was only a stroke be;
u .. Vprooulred, a 10
the u it .
Ilmy'o .
bod
vlln‘ i ' 11 Till butt ,
wns expected of him. the long brood
tonnes. proving to be an advantage id
his sloshing some
ll
A schooner lowed with alone has
John Ebermdb Herr ' ' ‘
:1 The Amateur Minot ,
, 110th to sun so
’19: Wednesday. 1 1
has been instructed to go ahead and '0
get estimates for the new library build ,
Lliflord left VVm
tkNoroton Hill. yes~ ,1
' in yours but old in prim
(j outed id have come fro
. ago and is well educated ills docihru-
New)! Vork.
n Sm 11 0111...... has visited
Peter 8
rs inpson1_
58‘ so all
on o shins trip to {dross
Alonso W. Barrett lost. nearly all 1!
his line flock of (owls by thieves ral
n and chickens only escaped.
Mrs. Snmuel Ayers who has been
spending the past two months with her
th M left for
bio. (in
Ha: ry Benton is
fever
clans give little hopes of
rothers. of N01 walk,
mu h'town Wednesday. adver
us 11111113111111.1311.
lino dealers of New Haven have
sod the'old iron thatIiwas in the
rodent heir factory lire. 'illi'ey arc load
but it on a car rind shipping it away.
The new was built byi the IGiibcrt or.
nBonnett‘ Manufacturing Company. he‘s
not been opened yet on. account of not
being accepted by Highway Commls
oionor McDonald, as not being proper
ly built.1I
Uncle Tom‘ 8 Cabin was played upon
the Catholic Church grounds under a
tent. last. Saturday night. The tent was
more than crowded insults at the rain
Between tour andiivc hundred tickets
were sold. The companypullod stakes
Monday morning and went to Danbury
THE 0L0 HOSTELRY TO GO.
col—vuln-
United sum Hotel in Harttord to
. Clo» lumen-2:. .
The United States Hotel in Hartford
will close its debts as a hotel June 1
and willothen bo1 made over for busi-
ness purposes. The ground floor now
used for the hotel waiting rooms and
so on” will be altered over and fitted
up for stores, and the upper doors will
be arranged for omens This an
bouncembht is not entirely unexpect
so, although there have been rumors
of various binds in connection with
the property it is owned by J. J and
Ill‘rencls‘tioodwin; and it has long been
expected that its use as a hotel would
belobatldoned.’1‘ho owners have had
severed dficrs for the property, some
of which. it was understood Wore
made with a view to putting up a
theatre on the site.
For many years the “States' was
one of the leading hotels In ilarItimd
but the erection oi new modern build
lugs forwthat» onrposopudtbo curtail
mcnt eol' the sloopin accommodations
in' otcl throu the erection of
tillage s'IINl ti unfit builém
nursing?" 0 date.
{
fl " the on
all sphere.
All it
The location, facingvfilty
i srtford:.ior a
Wilding.
'1:an
' WW
“1ka: Moon: runs was.
Will} 52 ll .0110. watt outdo
prison 111%an 13'le Percy 1.1011311
son. of Bridgeport will not be tuna.
ferred there Monday as anticipated
Nine convicts sento 11 last we ii.
have uncomp-
or the lotp’to
character was l 11.11 Moore. scuton'o
ed to two years' imprisonment tor than
from the South Norwnlll ticket office or
the Consolidated road. Moors}:
tlon is; that be end his pals did not go
lg Booth Norw'uill to do that lob, mil
t n
not denying that the theft was commit
ted that the till) bill round on him was
not then on
. some quofit
. lively so
., complicos. lilthdudh‘h o no he onset
1 hired a lipid dents
ud Mrs. Michael Tieruo have s
“thunder! one night but molt.
. cusslcn or ,ntsthods. Iaiiyenrié' id. "Whit
111?th u' '
ticket agent “was so easy we
j though. we'd hove to lenm him a les-
_ son.” Moore declares positively. wnfl .
it“ Wired that the butter-vice the lbrtr
on “u“ I
diately replied by nailing thsbh‘
be showed to uudsrinke Ans
matter Alone and this mag’nfiospi
b. so
melon at Allin
{Bile outside .dlmonsions are 1621;!
‘,feet the dome is marble. tell in be
thick“ the height limit the door.
throughout; the bronze doors viola
nearly 2,000 pounds. ,
Besides the book room
waiting. conversation and int
rooms there are a dining room in -
basement and an audience.- hall which
each Winter.
public expression of thanks for, his
gift. that he sailed For Europe when
the day tor the dedication ceremonies
was set. leaving in his place a check
large enough to pay: for oil the ex-
penses six times oven. Dr. Gaylord 19.
marked.
The proglam of the day on the 21st
was especially vnli able. 1Tb .0 ~
tlcut Asssociation as evil! chat!
the some determination 111mm Anionic
can Library Association. that a pro
strum shell consist of papers 01 some
literary value. awthcr than p‘bald dill
nay 11 man or! icitmlnl; aud11executivc
ability the librarian of the Blackstone
Library. is the newly elected presi-
dent of the association and he woo
most 11.111011311qu and courteous in
every way. as were his assistants. V
Andrew Keogh. of Yale University.
an attractive young Englishman, gone
a valuable comparison between Ent-
hob and American: librarian lie bajs
made an exhaustive study of. his topic.
havingotruveied extensively. with this
end in view, such ills summing up
seemed eminently lair. in England
there 111131.200 tree libnrlos. belle
4,000 very unequally distributedw
English libraries have only support
from a special ,tax..- while hotel
sources are varied sometlihes. includ
ing the deg-tax and alien murmur:
lines. Endowed llihrarics Are unknown
the tax. the cities going in
educational institutions Their role?»
once departments are much ir
proportion. in ondllnstnnce the
50.000 books in this department
against 40.000 circulating. Lectures in
connection with the library are more
common and study- clubs less common
in England. Library hours arowbout
indefinite. 111111;“, h"
or ere s r bore
' by each. soil. “would“ the 1”agile
of Sundav and four bonk- holiday
Where the rnry la cocoon. gundny
Jewish heel is fits are 0 it employs .
as. we note has been the case in Hart
ford for year's ‘r‘hi'r. Keogh laid spool l
emphasis upon the work the women
chilly. clubs do here, saving tumour
mun rend nothing but the newspapers
and the women do the solid reading.
*liiloiln England the case is reversed
The men read many solid books. 'whllc
rger in
being
. itlcsi. lies Ill-units n. .1
, iovdhtli £2er blight:
arshlp is not so high as in England,
but the level of general intelligence
hero higher.
“incldeptlllltu the Early ill,
winni’ ilchi omit
”to
cm nbhtiy cuddling
it
once with Mr.0 Whitney. the paper was
scsso ed with the suit of hum
won
scary Silo rehearsed the grievances
pt readers who are required to brin
submitters suspended "It
prlriio so it they. lose
am my bit
he placed at
l _
ill
with
.. he
ord sh
‘Ilr
fifty tact The building is 11:73 pm?
reading} . '
room. retercnce room. picture gallery, .
seats 400 people and where courses 'V
of lectures are given by the trustees
Mr. Blackstone was so averse to, any i
in Great Britain. Mr Carueties recent .. “ .
gifts for null purpose being the urge .
instance. The libraries are light from ,1 1 "
hint and ,. .
bonding for them. thus showing hello-1 ,
lively that they consider them public
the woman s club. except again] or not. 1 '1
e be-’ ‘ ‘
e schoil' 1
The Boot sud Cheapest
' for Kitchen use.
WITHIN THE RANGE
of everyone, the price of the Stoves
Romeo and Medicare we offer secures
good-11111111311511.1111 and constructed
on true principles. they give great neat
from a small amount of fuel. Hand
some in appearance and of great
strength. Our sill, Range is a model.
of compactness
Homes R. Naoh
Ger aroma Main bed we: Street:
LIKE“! DON’T LIE
1 ml- 1.11 your cold 1.1111111 to
“by the best method. We employ
most careful men and our aim ii to:
action of coal. .
1. 'WIKNDWIT 1IIl
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your envisions to 31W, .Vltit‘V
’ooiil’ 'c’llr
mviuo communion e do.
11611.91: 11. ,W.. tor mm
sum 9 o; cornw‘wg’lnmnmnd
Worm wVMNnmlk.
humus:
Everything 11.1w“. cloth: and in no t’
m.
perfection of delivery In well oil pan V
dots styles it will be- for your inter: '
K
per
. nus
...i3ut:¢r's_ or IBiaisted's
"Thlnievuoughtoi .triiies.
Though they small appear. -
bmall sands the mountains.
Moments make the year'
High Lawn Print Butter,
3 cans Silver Brand Milk.
H. 0. Sell Raising Flour,
111. o. osimeal.
Soda Crackers.
Ginger dunno.
Hermitage Coffee,
Gold Dust, 5 lb. pkg,
and trifles—iull pocket books-
130 pkg.
5c lb. .
no lb. 3
250 can. .
160.;
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24 VVCO'P'I’AGE AVENUE.
1m
a hurry and do it right 3 'l' '
Iwill.
A'vcrv line .assorllucntol ,
1Iauanlulldill.
supplies
ull
ULL i
ll
immo ‘ ' .
will be molten tough ~ "
beacon. General nus
Hortibrd sold lust
Connecticut, invest ,
lcltes amount! to ’
(is time to don fanny
iery and low cut shoes.
Just the sort that '
the feet gladwtheV1VVv'y
happy
Here they are of. tilt
ferent materials, Vw'i
edged soles, and tulle
values:
The first is a.” Downfall”
er-rwlll wear well and
your good opinion,
The second a rudflot
you do not need to
that this material is
earliest of leathers. ..
The third ,is‘ 11' lo '
w»l.lin.t is a black 18$th
know. and will will!"
brilliant polish. .
This group is a. limit
inipricc than you in,
Norwalk Chronicler