‘ thin offics should be addressed to The
(11 Hugh McManus has taken a position
a-.. .
. mow machinery is being installed.
1’
, leave in about two weeks 101
.. Charleston, S. (3.. exposition, where he
’ months. M11. Ambler alsolntends to do
‘ , aonia to Waterbury was 85. Ho carried
~ samples of rugs’ead carpets, and had
‘ Company has again assumed its natu-
.,commence in a couple of weeks.
. had on board a heavy load and thr
1 .
our Gain.
Every time you pur~
’ chase candy here you
may ieei lully assured
of freshness and purity.
, 1'” Washington Strut.
, Captain William H. Bonton says that
the roughest night ‘he ever Saw 011 th1
Sound going. from South Norwnlk tr
11:11" 11113 111113
‘ All business communications for
asntlnsl. Personal letters not desired.
at the starc- of John ’1‘. Hayes, for tho;1
holidays.
The work of repairs continues at the
Norwalk and ll‘airiield mills, and much
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold its monthly social with
Mrs. Charles Bixbee. 6 Pleasant ave-
nue. East Nolwalk,l«‘1111ay, at 2 o ’clock.
All interested ones are cordially invit-
ed to attend.
The Helping 11111111 Circle of King's
Daughters of the N01 walk Methodist
Chuich. will meet tomorrow evening
with Miss Jessie McKay at the rest
deuce of M111 W. A. Benedict 127 Main
street.
F S. Ambler of Notwalk intends to
the
will open a business for three or four
the same at the St. Louis exposition.
which occurs In a cdnple of years.
Mmazilian Balm is finding great
favor among sufferers from colds. For
sale at Pluisted's and Baxter‘s.
There was a drummer at the Naugn
tuck station, tilts week who carried
eleven trunks with 1. In in his travels
The bill for excess baggage from An-
more baggage with him than any drum-
mer who has visited this state this sea-
111111.
'lhe business of the Adams Express
in] [lillllfllIlOllS 11s the freights 11111 now
he depended upon to dolivm goods as
qluirkly as fmlnerly, the congestion on
he freight lines having been removed
The. next rush for-line express companr
will be the,Chrl_stmas traffic which will
New York. was on Tuesday night. H1
11011111 belonging to Arthur Waldron lie
said. that the animal was te1ribl11
frightened. but got thmugh all right
All the members of the (row felt atom
on they did not know whethol then
would get to New Yo1k safely Oi not.
a—‘Aw— .
A party of fifty from Dsnblny will at.
tend the ball and concert of the South
Norwalk Outing Club. to be held in M11-
sic Hall, on December 13. John Mc-
Dar1hott,Danbnr,v's famous haiitone
will accompany them. and will dcllgh‘
those present with the latest songs
The other artists will be Hany Kesslar
of New York a noted tenor of the Dain-
ty Duchess Company: James G. Brcn~
can, late of Al G. Field's minatmls:
Menard & Dulkln. the irish come.
dians. Freeman's Orchestra will fur-
nish the music for the dancing. A good
time may be looked for.
-—Dr. M. S. Rosco oculist and sprint
can be consulted in the parlors of the
Mahscltemo Hotel. on Tuesday ant
hidays. between the hours of 1 and'
p 111.. and daily between 9 and 12 :1
tn...li and 0 p. 1b.. st 515 Fail-held ave
nus. Bridesmrt.‘ Eyes examined and
dissssos trolled. -
George W. "Bmlth. who resides at Ely
suit. is a wonderful man. He worked
nnrd 11 whole week with two ribs brok-
an and never know it. Some time ago
its fsil while sippibycd at the Lockwood
puncturing company s' factory as a
, sntsrr ills sips pained bits can-
‘d silly. bath did not complain
plush. as he th‘otikltt the psin would,
no sway. but it 11m siting worse. and
all thought to 11,111.13 consult a physi-
is 11.11111 Du 911111 was seen.
‘ tion the doctor
on subunit of ribr
ss trsstsd and in
was back st his
South Norwalk today, and expects to
. ior avenue.
. pay , fiestas. Is vis-
Ii midsnoo of “11.111111 Mrs.
Charles 15h Sanford of Elly avenue.
D M Ritchie, of Bridgeport, is 111
go to work at the South Norwalk.
freight depot.
Mrs. John Wilson. Mrs. Julian Wil-
son. of Stratheid. and Mrs. Edward
Hubbcll. of Sanitatuck. spent yesterday
with Mr. and Mrs. F. 1-1. Rowan. in Tay-
,..» .... ..
Mr. and Mrs. Jaims F. Bailey. of New
Haven. 111111. the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James iiyxbes, of Bunion street South
Norwulk. They will remain until after
the holidays.
The Norwalk Lodge of Elks held 11
meeting, last night, and initiated Louis
Manncil and Edward B. Pinch. of West
port. l‘ivc propositions for membcl-
ship was received.
W
—~Brazillan Balm is a harmless, p111»
ltivs curative for colds and all intima-
matOry disposes. Trial bottle, 101:, at
Baxter's and Plaistod's.
Butler Lodge. No. 97, 1.0.0. R. held
a regular meeting last night, and work-
ed the inltiatory degree, on Luther M.
Wright. 01111 Brothers? Lodge, of Nor-
walk, will come to South Norwalk. next
Wednesday night, and will confer the
first degree.
The meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society in the South Norwalk
Congregational Church. yesterday of-
ternoon. was well attended. Deacon
Frank A. Ferris gave 11 vory interest-
ing address on Women and Mission
Work in Siberia.
The independent Orchestra. which
will play at the High School fair, D11
:sember 12 and 13, held a rehearsal last
night; at, the residence of William
Ciuuc. in Norwalk. A fine time was
enjoyed, and after tho rehearsal, re-
f1esbmcuts were solved. The next
meeting will be at the residence of .l.
W. Gorham, No. 3 Keyser avenue. East
Norwalk. . .
Lady Jennings Lodge. Shepherds of
roll call. last night, in Red Men's Hall,
in Washington street. There were about
fifty members who answered to the
roll. Nothinlnbut routine business was
transacted. Refreshments were served
'-1t the close and a general good time
was experienced. Some of the ladies
singing.
TWO ACTORS ARRESTED.
McAuliffc' a «01111 One That Game Home
To Roost.
What threatened to be a. serious
matter for two members of the Jcrc
McAnlifi'e company occurred last week
in Bosto11_ and 111111 been given 1111-1111111-
tion by parties who thought it too good
to keep.
it appears that, 11 certain piece of
“business" which had gone Wiong fol
several perfonuancos. and attracted
the attention of .lol‘i’cison Hall the
stage director, who dually called 11 1:1
hearsal for the two actors who were
responsible for that particular scone
On arriving at. the theatre the party
found it impossible to rehearse, owing
to the fact that. carpenters were at,
work on the scenery. Aftcr.sizing up
the situation Mr. Hall suggested that
they go to his room at the Tonrnino. 11:1
Virs. Hall was out shopping and they
would not be interrupted.
The particular piece of business was
a knife dual. which had to be done. 11x-
.actly as 11.nhearsed originally, hence
the careful rcbemsol. The two actors
mentioned M1 Hunt the villlan and
Vlr. DeVoy the leading man, were. get
ting 'on immensely when Mr. McAu-
llffe happened down the hall, being a
notorious practical joker, and scouting
some fun, as he. took the situation in
at a glance, promptly rushed down
stairs to the clerk‘s desk, and with
bulging eyes and dishevelied hair man-
aged tolcjaculatc: ”quick. tho police
room 713. two man carving each other
with knives"
Thu (119111 taking in the situation
plomptly pushed the police button and
while the uproar was at its height in
tlie‘ofllco, the patrol wagon dashed 11p
to the door with Officers Brady and
Plummcr. The situation was ex
plained and they made a dash for
room 70. Arriving tnero Do Voy had
Hunt on his back over a table, and was
about to plunge his knife into his heart
at the same time shouting. “Now.
George Corliss, you have wronged ms
for the last time, and yourhour has
come."
At this luncturo the officers rushed
In. revolvers in hand, The 11lreqto‘1,
Mr. Hall who was an interested spc'c
tater. promptly dived under the bad.
placer Plummsr. who weighs about
250, seized De Voy, threwrhlm on the
floor and sat on him.“
nabbed Hunt, ,who was too badly
frightened to object and the two were
liandonusd together and tsksn down
the ball through the bowling mob to
3111 wagon, which drove off to the 1101
on. ,
* ‘ thrisimas ’
Offering
that wlll be appreciated ls’our $2.00 Derby-
It's the' latest in style. It's the most be.
coming hat a man can put on his head. The .
most. surprising thing about it is that we can I
sell it for $2.00 and still make a profit.
You can 't find a better hat in style and ma-
terial at any price.
Comstock Bros.
South Norwalk Stow:
14 South Main St.
South Norwalk Store.
Nonvslk Store:
Masonic Building.
Telephone Call, 32-2;
Bethlehem, held its annual meeting and _
played the piano and there was chorus '
Officer Brody. ‘
In Buying Grain
the price paid is‘not so important as
what is gotten for that price. .
The cheapest price otten buys the
dearest gram.
Buy here and get what. you think
you getmthe best.
Buy Oats That’s Clean. .1. _
Manuel T. Hatch.
1 11m near—4151.118 far as the near-
cst lettcr- box or telephone.
/'\_./’
JACKSON’S stunts.
CHRISTMAS PHOTOGRAPHS !
Sittings from 91:13:30 only ““‘
After ten years of steady progress in picture making. berths in constant
touch with the host artists and their methods, a regular attendant at the Phot-
ographic Convention, and with the besthuippcd and 11p-t.o~1iate plant for this
work, we can producogor you photographs that are Portraits. Convince
yourself by seeing new exhibition of Photographs.
OurPLA'l‘iNllM PHOTOGRAPHS are the best that money can buy. They
lost forever.
A beautiful line of small gold 11 rames. very choice and dainty. Hand
painted brooches in all sizes.
Sittings in cloudy weather as well as in clear.
‘Jackson’s Studio.
53 WALL STREET. NORWALK.
9 to 8:30 o'clock only.
Opposite Hotel.
,. All trolley lines pass door.
HOLIDAY Goons
Books. Calendars. Christmas Cards. Novelues. Pictures.
Fountain Pens. now on sale. Orders for engravmg niust
be left to the next few days or they cannot be filled for
Xmas Remember-$111111. and f fly cards 75c. Popular
Books SI 00.
WM. P BEERS
Bookseller. Stalloner, Engraver.
Norwalk, Conn.
49 Wall Street
‘~.
OPPORTUNITY
swsits every youn‘ msn snli young Wanton”; 1"
, cation of over-crowded. iii ventilatpd
II“ M M- TM
‘ nil-ht .
. 111
Tutsi-calms
NEW HAVEN, Does 1111.11 would.
bars at the Siste' 111.11 of Health, the
health 01111111111 or New Haven county
smiths New Haven County Public ‘
Health Association, discussed mssus ‘
of preventing the spread of tuberoqu
ate at 11 iolnt meeting at Hotel Garlic.
today. Professor 0 '1‘ Osborne of
Yale University advocated the orstlb
and damp tenements and collar sleep-
ing apartments by a gradual process
the flashing of streets by night and the
creation of scatter! for isolation and
treatment for nation .
Ploressor Osborne also recommend-
cd that private notification of each
case of tuberculosis should be given
the health officers of the county: that
once a year an examination should “no
mode of families in which cases of the
disease appears. in order to ascertain
tuberculosis symptoms; that marriage
cortiiicatos should be denied tuber-
culous patients until after at least
three years of apparent care; that the
board of health should have power to
prohibit reputed sufferers from the
disease from taking part in any occu-
pation which would carry the danger
of infects others; that houses where
death from the disease occur should
he disinfected that: there should be
‘ rigorous enforcement of laws against
promiscuous expectoratlon; and finally
that periodically the board of health
should fumigate all public convey-
ances.
Other uppers on kindred subjects
were read by E. M. Yeomans, of Tol~
land Di. 0. A Lindsley and Health 0f.
iiccr F W. Wright of this city and Dr.
Lewis iiar,nos of Oxford.
NAVY'S RAPID GROWTH.
Rear-Admiral Endlcott Submits Estl.
mates for lmprovsmena.
WASHINGTON. December nw'i‘he
rapid growth of thesnsvy is the plea
set up by Rear Admiral Endlcott. chief
of the bureau of yards and docks. to
justify the submission of estimates for
the maintenance of the navy yards
and stations and improvements, aggre-
gating 821,526,369.
He, admits that these estimates are
much beyond the limit supposed prob:
a‘fie when the current appropriations
were made. but declares that all The
works named are considered neces-
sary.
Portsmouth. N. 111.. $.1.947.57ii (this
includes $500,000 for a new floating dry
dock): Boston, 311510.000: naval coal
depot. Rhoda island. 8200.000: naval
station at New, landon. 851,000; New
York. $3,475,000; Leatue Island. $741
300; Washington. 8622.000: Norfolk.
31.511.000: Charleston. 31 .050.000:
Kev West :93 000; Pensacola. 8995
800: Algiers. 1.11.. $359.:000 More is
land $88. 7110 Puget Sound. 311119.500;
San Juan. 826131.000: Tutuila. $108,-
000; Cavito, 3381.000: .Olongapo, $1.-
443000: Guam, $12,300.
in addition to-thasc items the report
asks for an appropriation of 81,050,000
to complete the :tour dry docks at
Portsmouth. Boston. ideallue Island and
and More island. An engineering fea-
ture of the report is’ a recommendation
that all of the power plants in the
navy yards be concentrated.
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
«no—nah-
Ali Rscords Surpasssd Sines Present
improved Methods Cams About.
NEW YORK December fi—Dun 11
Index number to be issued December.
'1 will say: ,
“If a man purchhsod his supplies for
one. year on Dacémber 1 they would
have cost $101. 37 while the same quan
titles of the same article would have
aggregated only $72.45 on July 1. 1897.
the lowest point on record, and $121.15
on January 1. 1800. These prices rec-
ords are compiled by multiplying the
quotations of all the encessarles of life
by the per capita consumption. Prices
are now at the highest point in many
years and in fact surpass all records
since the. present improved methods of
manufacture and distribution have
been in use and the great operations
were begun on the present scald with
labor saving machinery.“
TWO IARGEI LOST.
lsoh Hs‘voPsrishsd.
ST. JOHN. N. 8., December fi—Tng
Gypsum King, Captain Blizzard. arriv
ed hers yesterday afternoon with steel
barge ON. 20 in town. and reported
that two other barges. the Gypsum
King and Gypsum Queen. broke away
frOm tow yesterday about six miles off
Point Lspresux. in the Bay of Fundy.
glitz!” are grave fears that the barges
their crews five than each are
lost, though the on into has hopes that.
as they are schooner rigged and fitted
with sails, they may have been able
to make port through the storm. The
lost barges are wooden. of 1,100 tons
not. Each osrrisd about i .000 tons of
gypsum. '
DINNIH OF LOVAL LEGION.
NEW YORK. December i-u-il‘our
hundred members of the New York
Go msndsry of its Military Order of
111311111111: 01110 at sloysibssion
lust for s 1111111111 or in this city
.111er suggests but
it other members of the families have 1
nm That the shows of em Men
‘ on on right here in the form of clothing made to
Actually appreciated how well he could be titted hero in‘
srcoat, we should need several additional stores to so
patrons. Our readytowesr Clo thss are infinitely better tho "
made at similar prices.
own {1‘
‘ z 11 ' 1 W
_ ,«u ,
Exclusive patterns in Suits, from 310 in $20.
Plenty of Long Overcoats. 810 to 3215.
cost. sizes 15 to 19.
\
Colored Shirts, neat effects, exclusive patterns, 81 and t
Clothier Hatter and Furnisher, 9:4 1
48 and 60 Wall Street. Norwslll
S111 113111
is it worth while to have the print
run together, or your head ache, or any
of the discomfort you have been snf‘
fering from. when PROPER GLASSES
PROPERLY ADJUSTED.‘wiil remove
the trouble. We guarantee perfect fit-
ting and make no charge for examina-
tion. ‘
G. B. 51111115011.
Graduate «Optician.
1'18 \Ds\\ Street, “amok.
M13111. 1111111 91111111.
WEDNESDAY 111 1111 11111.1. on.
To make s 1111" day a busy one, 1 will sell for cssh', ,
Bag Best Flour. 50c.
20 pounds Granulated Sugar, with other goods, $1.00.
Good Tub Butternut 23c.
Clover Milk. at. 811
Good Canned Peas. 10c.
One pound Good Fair Coffee, 15c. Better than you would supposo.1'ry.
2 pounds Cocoa Shells, 5c.
Can Baked Bonus. 100.
Bottle of Mason’s A1 Sauce, 100 ‘ '
Mattie Mitchell' 11 Cornelia. the finest thing for pan cakes and corn
has .on the market, 101:.
And a sifting can of Powdered Sand Soap for soiled hands. mar
steel. c1 ockery, both tubs, windows, tin, brass or copper. with every
of Coffee. Get a card and have it punched. Presents given.
" . M l ' HAZZARD’S?
HaveYouf’ Fire Lig; _,_
Seen It... s
status and _
Agents wanted in New Osman, W llton‘, Weston, Westport. Mon . ,
Norwslli. ‘
Have you tried Health Brsnd (torn;
SAVE ONLY THE
MOTTO northern Maine, of the small sweat-1st: w
iaty. Canned in its own milk. not drop
“ Health In 6091] Once tried. you will call for it unfit ‘ “9}"
"VIM " ‘ just a word about Health Brand Mines fl
condensed kind—10c per pscltsge » . .
of 111 1111111. and found at the 11st Hosted
Stores.
FOR THE SCHOOL
LIBRARY FUND.
W. A. IINIDIOT.
Room 1. mums landing. Norwslu.
110 Washington It. Is. Nsrwslil. . ,
Dear Sir:
Good Fortune 111 said to be blind, but this' is s "
d
at the Irisen on are paying for th'é readyddmls
glad y csil gpon you if youonly send u
ncer’ely yours, . 1 .
Norwalk Chronicler