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51 WASHINGTON STREET.
Natal News Notes.
flee of The Evening Sentinel In Nor-
walk 15 No. 44.
Mrs. Dorsett, of Academy street, 1
ill at her home.
Mrs. G. 8. Ireland Is very III, at her
lrorrrc in Elrn Grove street.
Joseph Rooney took a party of
friends out sailing this afternoon. They
went to Long Island.
llcnry Matheis, of Main street, Nor.
walk, enjoyed a trolley ride. to iirIIII-
lord and return Sunday.
The mill end sale at llowland‘s goes
merrily on. The. ad will only tell u
snrall part of the bargains.
Louis W. Leonard. of tire Norwalk
Coal Company, spent yesterday in
New York on a business trip.
Lewis St, .lolrn Kcelcr and llruggist
Edward P. Wood, of Norwalk, spent
yesterday in New York city.
William A. liriggerman, Herbert
Duke and Lucien liogardus are seeing
the sights at Coney island today.
The I). M. Read Company has an
elegant line of bathing suits on hand.
You can get anything you want.
Mrs. J. 1“. Bryant. who has been
ill at lrer home in Maple street, Nor-
walk, is considerably implored.
llcv. T. Ii. McConnell, pastor of. the
Knight Street A. M. E. Church, spent
a year in Cuba and while on the island
was engaged in missionary work
arrrorrg the natives.
The funeral of Mrs. Louisa ll.
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
23:30 o‘clock from the home. of her
daughter, Mrs. i-Idson K. St. .loirn. in
St. John avenue. East Norwalk Rev.
C. M. Selleck will otticlaic. interment
will be in the Union cemetery. Nor-
walk.
Adams
A very important meeting of the
iioozcrs’ Comedian Club is scheduled
to take place at the Warwick Hotel
Friday night of this week. The
charter will be closed at tlrat time.
The members are from Westport Nor-
walk Stamford Darien and Sorrth Nor
walk.
-—Why do we invite the people to no
and look at the lots in ()atnuts Park?
Because W(' know we have purchased
the most desirable property to give
away to consumers of Norka Mailed
Oats. Get this delicious breakfast
iood of your grocers. At 00 Wall
street Nor walk they will tell you of
the property.
Harry Reilly, a “steeple Charlie”
slrinned up the flag pole on the west-
ern tower of the county neourt. house
in Bridgeport, yesterday. and replaced
‘ the big golden ball which tops the.
pole. with a newly gilded ball. He also
set new halyards and painted the pole
white.
It was stated in another paper Morr—
day evening that Alfred A. Martin, of
Norwaik, had announced his marriage
to Miss Belle Howard. of North ave—
nue. The truth of the statement is
\ery vigorously denied by the family
of the young lady in question, and by
herself.
Box Makers'I Union. No. 10,067, met
in Mystic Chain Hall, Washington
street, last evening and voted to meet
every first and third Tuesday of the
month In Mystic Chain hall. Mrs. Rolla
Black was elected recording secretary
at last night’s meeting. The charter
will be closed the first meeting in De-
tober.
Work is progressing very nicely on
the Knight Street A. M. E. Chrrreh,
which was damaged some months ago
by a wall failing on it and crushing: In
the. side. The. masonry work is bein':
done. by Wi‘liam Sheldon and is about
one third completed. Tire pastor. Rev.
'1‘. B. McConnell, is still soliciting
funds with which to finish the job.
The Norwuik public library has just
received a gift of betwaen 350 and 400
volumes of books from Mrs. George B.
St. John.
Michael A. lieidy. who has been in
the employ of 'l‘. .I. Sullivan for some
time. has resigned his position to take
effect next week.
Wesley (I. Wood is covering Rural
(.‘arrler Selleck Watorbury’s route on
lieiie island. while the latter ls eu-
joying rr week s vacation.
Mrs. W. llatfleld. who has been
seriously lliS at her lrorrre in 1] ant ave-
nue. East Norwuik, Is improving daily.
Yesterday she was able to sit up for llll
hour. -
The annual meeting of the Gilbert &
Bennett Manufacturing Company will
be held Tuesday, .iuly 22. at 10 n. m.. at
tirII office of tinI company. In George-
town.
At a meeting of the East Norwaik
School District Committee. held last
evening, Leo Davis was elected chair-
man. and Lewis G. lv‘owler secretary,
for the ensuing year.
Milton Elwood manager of M. H. (lio-
VIII 's South Nor'walk store will enjoy
his annual vacation next week. lie in-
tends to spend the week at Crone. Me..
Where his wife has bc_cn visiting.
'l‘hr.I holder of the ticket. which won
the baby clIaiI', drawn by chance by
John Cashew, was Mrs. Charles Natiin,
of Hawkins .avcnuc. East Norwalk.
The number of the ticket was 36.
Samuel Armour, keeper of the New
iiarIIrI light house, came over Saturday
in his new launch and Sunday took a
party out fora sail on the Sound. He
r'clnr nod to the Elm (.‘ity Sunday even-
lug.
A good sized tree fell on the Knight
Street A. M. II}. Church. yesterday,
while the masons were at work build-
ing a new wall at the side of the build-
ing where the wall caved in several
months ago, butluckilydid no damage.
icorge Storm was before the town
court. this rrror'nlng. charged with
drunkenness, but was discharged with
a reprimand. lie was arrested last
evening, by Oilicer Kenny, who found
him lying on the sidewalk early in the
evening.
ODDFELLOWS IN RIDGEFIELD.
The public installation of officers of
Pilgrim Lodge. No. 46. l. 0. 0. lI‘.. was
held last night. III the town hall In
liidgctleld and It proved Ir noteworthy
ocIIIsion for the. residents of that
place. There were about five hundred
people in attendance, Including Deputy
Noble Grand Master llawlev and dele-
gallons from l)arIbIrry. (Icor'gctowrr.
Brewster‘s. N. Y.. and other- places.
The OreneIa llanIl gave a line couIIIIt
for an hour prerious to thI excrc.iscs
and as the Oddfcllows entered the hall
and went through a series or pretty
evolutions. played a cornnrrrndiry
rrrarch. Speeches were made by iiIIp
Iiiy lIIleIIy and H K Scott. of Ridge-
field who has been an ()dIliIIllow for
fifty five rears Afterward a banquet
was sound in Oddfcllows' Hall, and
the menu was pIonouncIIIl as good as
any ever glIen in the tourr IIaIIr an
adjournment was taken to the town
hall again. and dancing was enjoyed
until after midnight.
FRENCH CONSULATE ROBBED.
SAN lI‘RANIYISCO, .lnly lIi.-—A porch
climber entered the residence of
French Consul General Dc LIInrangc.
last night. and got away with Ilia—
morrds and jewelry worth $3.000. AI
together thirty three pieces of jcwelrv
were stolen marrv of them heirlooms
and gifts from r'ulcrs of nations to
whose courts M. lie Lemagnc had been
sent in the. diplomatic service of
France. One loser by the thief is the
sublime portc. 'l‘he robber took the
green (l‘OWil of Turkev. a gold and
enamelled emblem. within which M.
We Lernagne had been decorated. ‘This
decoration is merely loaned and upon
the death of the roIIlpeint Is to be re-
turned to the sultan. This was a
heavy piece worth, as gold, $400.
AMERICANS WILLING To CONTRIB
BUTE..
VENICE, .Iuiy 16.—Offers of money
to aid in rebuilding the Conrpanlle
(the bell tower of St. Mar ks Church
which coilapSed on Monday morning
last) continued to be received from
abroad including offers from America.
but there is a disposition to make its
reconstruction a purely national affair
and to rebuild the structure exactly as
it was prior to the collapse, without
foreign assistance. The cost is es-
timated at 6,000,000 lire? (8.200.000).
The bronze gate of the logctta of San-
sovino was found beneath the debris
twisted and with one of the lions brok-
en. There is hope that the pictures
by Tintoretto and others may be sav-
ed. Three quartcrs of the piazza
of San Marco are covered with de«
bris and traffic is completely stopped.
. Paint Your Buggy for 75¢.
to $1.00 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. it weighs 3 tot! ozs. more to
the pint than ,others, wears longer,
and gives a gloss equal to new work.
Sold by Comatock, Watkins & Dow,
E. E. Gorham and Hubbeli & Staples
Hdw. Co.
You Don't Know
until you come and see us and look
,for yourselves the different grades of
Cigars and Tobaccos we carry We
have had 10 years' experience In the
Tobacco business. and we feel we
ought to be pretty fair judges what a
good Cigar or a good grade 'of Tobac-
co ought to be. When we had the
Sparlo made for us we looked to it"
that the Tobacco need must be the
best that could be possibly nut in\a
ScHCIgar. Try one and judge for your-
se .
“MN? 8: Clark.
“Corner Main and Washington Star.
In 1"“rotrour
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR BAR-
' GAINS.
0 Size Ladies’ Waltham Watch, gold
filled case. guaranteed to wear 25
years, $12.00.
18' Size Gents‘ Hunting, Stem Wind.
gold filled case. guaranteed to wear
20 years, 312. 00. f
A. W AUSTIN
Straw Hat
Values Has
the Town
Talking
NARY LOW PRICES
that are attracting the crowds.
Here you will find every stra
newest and best shapes.
We name a few items to give
satisfy yourself that. our values II
The new Split Senet, 1.00 an
l’or'to Rican Palms. $2.00 to
Genuine l’arramas, $10.00; rc
Milan and Canton liralds, 20
Largest line of Trunks and]
14 South Main so.
3 South Norwaik.
i Tei.,32-2.
Judging from the business we III 0 doing one would think we were
selling all the straw hats in the city.
IT'S QUALITY, IMMENSE VARIETIES AND EXTRAORDI-
Genuine imported i’anamas, imported French and Porto Rican
Palms Manila 1h aids also Carrion, Milan and Mackinaw.
but would much prefer that you corrre in and examine the qualities and
Fine Split Straws, $1.00 to $3.00.
Rough and Ready, 50c to $1.
Everything for bat weather wear.
ComstocE Bros.
“owl
. w... ,.
w weave imaginable and in all the
you an ion what you may expect.
re simply unupprouehuble.
d $1.50.
$4.00.
duced from $15.
50.
c to $1.00. P {I
v ‘ f
Jugs In the city. " I I’
Masonic Building
Norwnlk l
Tub, 76-12 i
We buv di
We buv t
reasons.
shrppe rs.
and price count, we w
l
l
we HAVE GOOD REASONS
for claimingr your patronage, the very best of
We carefully screen both Oats and Corn, and
you don't pay for dirt and dust.
Buy Oats That’s Clean.
l
. MANUEL T. HATCH. ‘ E
rect from the WeStern
Ire best grades oigrain.
if quality
in. .
WMHP
Bookseller. Sta
49 WALL ST.
“Always Something Doirr"
luteiy free.
stand for the New York World.
10 North Main 5L,
..Croquet . Stats”
$1.00 Upwards.
A $12 Webster's Unabridged Diction-
ary and a Universal Educator, abso-
Aii you have. to do is to
leave your order at Coleman's news
Coleman’s News Stand
So. Norwalk.
BEERSI~
(loner, Engrav’cr, ‘1'
NORWRLK.
It
L
Saves
TIME LABOR FOOD.
SARGENT'S GEM FOOD CHOPPER
is a labor saving, time. saying and food
saving machine, intended for daily use
in the kitchen. Not a complicated
piece of mechanism and no special
directions are needed for using it.
There are few parts and cannot get
out of order. Cleaned in a jrrty with
less trouble than a chopping bowl.
Family SIZe, $1. at
NORWALK HARDWARE CO.
34 MAIN STREET. NORWALK.
BRIDGE
FISH
«come.»
KET 3
Weakflsh. 8c lb. Porgles, Sc lb.
Flatfish, Se lb. Butterhsh, 100.11). Bon-
' eta or Spanish Mackerei.8c lb. Pollock
-(whole fish) tic lb. Steak Cod 120 ll)
Bluefish 100 lb. boil shell Crabs. 50c
to 31 I102. Lobsters. 17 and 200 lb. Long
Round and Little Neck Clams.
R. J. CUTBILL
West End Washington street Bridge.
Tel. 108.
Usually something is thought of at
the last moment which you want very '
much, but have no time.to get. For-
get not that We can send it to you.
I. a
Soda Water and
Vichy
NEW CANAAN.
Jeweler,
GRAY BROTHERS
Manufacturers of
I M P ROVED
Soda and Mineral Water's“
Flavoring Extracts.
Birch Beer. Lemon Soda, Cream Soda,
Sareaparilla, Root Beer. Blood 0r-
ange. XX Ginger Ale. Choco-
late Cream Soda, imperial
Nerve Tonic.
1 steel fountains. Seltlter and
, Deep Rock Well Water used calyx
I-I' Mail Order-II Promptiy
Syrups and Fruit Juices.
Root Beer Supplied in
In Syphons. .
. and trees uprooted.
-:-:-'n .
Frank 1 tartar,
PLUMBING.
STEAM. :fi
no: warm. I
AND ans
nrmva.
Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper
and Zinc.
50 South Main Street.
" south Nor-walk, Conn.
Telephone: 122- 3. '5.
[Iran has Bil SIIIIIII
(Continued from First Page).
on the foundry of the Sessions com-
pany. A workman was slightly
stunned.
in l'lainvllle the heavy fall. of hall
which accornpnrrled the storm greatly
damaged the conservatories of several
florists. 'l‘lrc Compouuce division of tho
Mcridcn, Southlrrgton and Compounce
railway. was not III operation last.
night. Several wires were down and
the lightning caused a short circuit.
At. l‘oquouoc Frederirk Wells. an
eurploye of the Consolidated railroad,
was struck and instantly killed. and
Thomas ilaggerty was terribly burned
by lightning. lioth men were at work
loading a freight car with ice from the
railroad company‘s refrigerator plant.
Wells leaves a widow and two clrild—
ren.
Lightning struck the. weather vane
on the First Congrengtional Church
spire III South Ilritaln. it ran down the
steeple, tearing away clapbour‘ds and
passing through Ir corner of the roof.
injured the chandller. The total
damage. about $300_' is covered y irr-
surance. Large hallstones fell dI ring
the shower.
The Methodist (‘lrurch at liethlchern.
a wooden building. was badly damaged
by lightning. A bull struck the steeple,
split the front of the building, and tore
away much of the plaster in the inter-
ior. Five hundred dollars will cover
the loss,
Lightning struck a large barn
Surnkupaug. in the wcsiern part. of
East. Lyme. The structure with its
contents was burned to the ground.
The barn belonged to George ilrrvcns.
The hailstorm did a great deal of
damage on the east side of the (“ounce
tieut river. In llillston all the tobacco
which‘ was half grown or over.is so
badly darrragcd as not to be worth the
task of Iurtlrcr I'IIIitlrnIion. The path
of destruction covered from 150 to “.300
acres or tobacco. SpcI-irrrcns of loaves
brought to the «~in today show III-struc-
tlorr that makes the tobacco worthless.
In some fields it was litcrnlly shredded.
while in others there are a half dozen
holes to silent. but in both cases the
darrragé rs fatal to Its value: making
the heavy losers in the Hoekrrnum see-
tiou are Stanley Wadsworth. liiram
lv‘ox. Francis Smith. Elmer Risley and
his son, William Harmon. Bentley
lir'others. (‘lrarlcs l’ortcr'. Alonzo Rob-
vIrts George ll Bartlett. Charles York.
ll. V,Vrrldo 1. lihu OiIott. Jacob IiIIntlI»
.Ioirrr Cooper. Michael Nieblcr, ’I‘Iumnrr
Hall and Mrs. William .lones. 'l‘hose
ivhose fields [were badly damaged are
hit hard. for it is too late to replant.
l‘ent grown tobacco was not injured so
far as could be learned.
Iii
NEW YORK: HOT WAVE BROKEN.
Tammany Hall Flag Staff Shattered—
One Woman Killed.
NEW YORK. .Iuly i6~—A violent
storm of rain and hail, acconrparrled by
hoary lightning, last night, put an end
to the. hot wave. here. Brooklyn sub-
urbs were swept by the hall, which
shattered many windows. Trees were
uprooted in the gale and two houses
set on tire by lightning. In the lower
section of Manhattan the most severe
effects were noticed. Tire steel frame.
work of the Hanover bank‘s new 22
story building at Film and Nassau
It's great hrllliancy as that. given out
by the are lights.
Lightning struck the flagpdie on the
roof of Tammany Hall. shattering the
staff half way dorm its length As the
splintered wood’st‘éli into 14th street
crowds made. a rush for pieces to bear
off as souvenirs.» The bolt passed off
without doing further injury. The
storm was gene alvthroughout the nor.
them part of eivfiJersey. Lightning
struck the steeplo“0f the Arlington M.
E. Church, setting it on fire. Tire tire-
men were unable to cope with the fire
so high In the air. and the steeple
burned down 120 feet to the roof of the
church. iviailstones fell in Newark,
doing considerable damage. A terrific
storm visited Musconeting valley. in
New Jersey. Hail fell steadily for fit.
teen minutes and did great damage.
Trees were entirely stripped or their
foliage and young fruit. It is thought
- the peach crop is ruined.
Mrs. William Hoffman was killed
lightning at New Village
\by
STORM SEVERE IN THE WEST.
SPOKANE, Wash. July 16‘-~Dls-
patches from all sections of eastern
Washington and northern“[daho show
that the recentwind storm was the
worst in the history of this section.
. While there “was no loss of
, life. a number . of buildings
Much damage
was wrought in the orchards arid grain
fields. In the tlmhered regions rail-
roads are blocked by fallen ti'ees.
Campers on the shore of Mountain
Lake passeda night of terrpr. The
waves ran so high that they dared not
seek refuge on the water from the fall-
ing trees around the camp.
FOR CHILLS AND FEVER
I, Use
STILLSON'S SPECIFICJ
Strongly Recomi‘nended by Physicians
Sillliorr- Pawn Corporation
streets was apparently charged with ..
electricity. sparks dancing with almost .
Our hot weather stun is of the
date. I
Id.
ourruc surrs
srnAw HATS
NEGLIGEE sHInrs
DUCK HATS
NECKWEAR
YACHT caps
SIIIIIkt Price,
98 Washington Street.
SO. NORWALK.
I.
Ham for boiling, email, bright, lean. t
Will out In two If wanted. Whole,,
151/2c lb. Cut, 16c lb. |
Shoulders, nice ones, 12c lb.
Dried Beef. We think we sell more
of this article than all stores In town
combined. People come here and get
tine beef, thin sliced; just what they
want. Any quantity from So worth up.
Boned Chicken, star brand, 25c.
Peanut Butter In any quantity. .
Necessities
Whether you go away or not there are many things pecuniary to
keep one comfortable these hot days. 1
aArI-Imc surrs ‘ '
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR SUIT CAGES.
Are You Prepared?
At The Model Grace.
Sugaastlan for Picnic and Outing Lunch
I. I
right sort and thoroughly upItoI ‘
l
OUTING TROUSERS
COMFORTABLE COLLARB
FANCY HALF HOSE
LIGHT UNDERWEAR
PAJAMAS
. l
IIIIIIs H Salad
48 and 50 Wall Street...
NORWALk. ' '
Sardines, Be, Be. 10c, 14c,I18d
All sorts.
Pot Cheese, fresh home made, III
and nice, 2 for Se.
Williams Bros.’ fancy Mixed, Bottle .
Pickles, real good, 12c bottle. '
‘ Anderson's Jams, all eort,,1(ic ti .
. Pineapple Chunks, in tin, 18c tin ‘
Old Fashioned Ginger Wafere, i
lb. cartons, 10c.
At your service,
i”
have any suspicion of trouble with
68 WALL STREET,
Neither Age Nor Youth
is exempt from eye troubles and defective vision.
Blurring of the Print, are some of the most frequent symptoms.
and furnish PrOper Glasses Properly Adjusted when required.
Smoked Glasses for the Seashore.
O. B. JACKSON,
GRADUATI‘OPTIOIAN
Headache, Eyeache;
If you
your eyes. we'll examine them free
|
NORWALK. CONN.
‘ one
' . ASPHALT
CEMENT
. ‘ ARTIFICIAL STD":
' and FLAG» ]
Walks Recovered. Curbs Reset. Gutters Paved
Raymond Bras
. MILLIONS
will be taken from the Calapooia, Musick, Wood Mountain.
Dewey mines in the next few years. Do you not want part of it?
to the small investor as well as the large.
Helena and
It is open
You can pay monthly for stop
and draw dividensd while paying. Buy 50 shares or more. Isay positively
your money is as safe as in any bank and dividends three to five times {18'
large. I have other good paying investments. investigate. ‘I
ROOM 1. LAUDER BLOCK.
II. L. DUNCAN, Investment Securetlos.
sourn nonwAL
REMARKABLE SCENE IN COURT. 1
Recorder Goff Tells Mrs. Madaus She
Will Always Remember Her- Crime.
NEW YORK, July.16——An extraor-
dinary scene was witnessed in the
court room of Recorder Goff, when a
jury acquitted Mrs. Lizzie Madans of
killing her husband. an engraver, with
a potato knife. Tire recorder had
charged the jury strongly for convic—
tion and few believed the defense could
hope for anything better than a dis-
agreement. Even the prisoner, who
had been stolen] throughout the trial.
cried as the recorder finished his
charge. Mrs. Maduus’ five children. in».
cluding her prison born infant, were in
the court and the nearby corridor.
When the jaryv returned and the fore-
man announced the verdict Recorder
001‘! said- to the prisoner: “The. un-
cients had a law whereby. in the ease
of a very outrageous crime, they would
sometimes permit the. criminal to live
that he might suffer the shame of his
crime, which they considered aseverer
punishment than any they could inflict
and something like this must have.
been inIthis jury's mind that they let
you lire and look upon the faces of
your children, the children whom you
have made orphans.
“The result of this verdict. most ex
traordlnary as it is. In the face of your
own testimony gives you. your free-
dom, but you will carry with you the
knowledge that. you have murdered
your husband, and orphaned your
children. You may go." .
The recorder refused. to restore two
. m ptlbn pincer-u.
NEW YORK DETECTIVE KILLE
NEW YORK, July 16. -—-Detectiv
Iohn Sheridan, of the Seventy-fifth
precinct. Long Island City, was slip
and killed early this morning by men
whom he was trying to arrest. Thré
men are in custody on suspicion
having been concerned in the shoot»_
lug. Sheridan saw several men it.
ing in a suspicious manner and air
preached them with the intent!
putting them under arrest.
opened fire on him. One bullet.
tered his head over the eye and
other pierced his heart. The me 1
rested are Michael Carr, Char!“
estrang and Frank Donneliy.
TRANSPORTS NOW VERY CHEA
SAN FRANCISCO. July Ilia-‘9
United States army transport
crnns. for which the United 8, Ni
paid $140. 000 and upon which
sequently expended thousands 0i!
lars in repairing. has been sol
350.000 to William Matson. headn
Maison Navigation company.
CHRISTIANA. Norway. July
The united States battleship [Ill
flagship of Admiral A, S. cm
shield was towed Into the inner.
by tags today and divers are try _
repair her bottom, which stub ,
rock on Saturday. I‘
SARATOGA. N. Y" July‘ 18
National Confectioners Assoc
of which James J. Matchett. of
children. which he placed in the care
i liable midi! ’th th
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