swan ArrangII a Surprise We’ll!” .Davlnp. sweaty of about twenty- -tour _ (1 South Norwaik went to d not evening and tendered llc6 Bovine, who formerly re- léyrtie avenue. East Norwaik 6a ‘ il‘he affair Was arranged _Mlss Ev‘a‘ Bowen, Miss Devine'a a friend. and proved a big success, genial *hoatess not having the Iglit‘eSt Inkling of what was in store or. he usual hood time was had, Miss ”he proving a delightful hostess, d the tparty regretfully wooded , the station and boarded Twain'- tor South Norwalk. _ Iillaa St. John.: Elizabeth Ash- ‘M Mary J lngham. Lodema Ad- _\ “Leila Barren, Maude Wood of total argaret Hatohtnan. May and Harry Ainsworth. Myron 3h "Ernest Reynolds Harry Par- 6 Stamford Bert Bloom. William , (lemmas Adams. Frank Hatha—l or and George lngbam —-—-—--¢ GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. al. Bunday School Festival Held ' I - Last Night. ‘ Grace. Baptist Sunday school held its annual Christmas festival. last even- -~.Abn,ut two hundred attended. and excellent program was given under s dire’ction of the pastor Rev. 1). C. (I‘ll mas. Superintendent. Charles lo6yd opened the exercises There were do at solos by Charles Wesley. barl— ne solos by Peter Bailey and reéltu- one by Minnie Belle Bailey. Lucy her. Minnie Belle Fisher Lawrence alley, Percy Bailey. Margaret Harris [on Carnegie. Etta Smith Florence .jlth. and Lillian Lynch. Master hid- it Smith sang 'a solo. and lilies Mu~ ash gave an. excellent reading on Istianity.” After the exercises ta Claus?‘ appeared in the person William H Fisher and distributed of candy. oranges and all kinds of men: the scholars ’I‘he superin- air out wishes to thank the commit— t which Mrs. Martha White was Milan, and all those who contribut- Wards the evening 9 pleasure NTINE CASTLE OFFICERS. tine Castle. A. 0. K. of M. C.. annual, election last evening in ' Chain hail. Washington street. ins the following officers for the . nine year Past commander. Char- H. Jehnson; commander. James A. Lockwood; vice commander. Godfrey I 'Utztnger; recording secretary. Byron C Mead; financial secretary. Edward neutron; treasurer. Solomon Scam; chaplain John L. Brundage: marshali obert Gainor; inside guard. Joseph Hartlem; outside guard Frederick Sco- tield. 8n: trustee for eighteen months. acoh Utaingei; organist. Charles Ut- Linger; director Robert Galnor. After the election further arrangements for , ‘e dance of the Past Mastersl Associa r‘tlonvtomorrow evening were made. PLAINFIELD GETS LICENSE. WILLIMANTIC. Dec. lid—The ones as to the accuracy of the count of e license vote in the towu of Plain- oldr'wac decided in the Superior Court re today by Judge Elmer in favor of talerlilthei and Grace Brooks or by. are spending the holidays the Holt! 0! Miss Jessie Bryant Gerard ii? Morocco ‘9 crew of the Southern New Eng ‘11 Telephone Company is wiring the to Market. South Main street. to for a telephone reported that “Tobey“ Smith Bruno" Donovan will act as mat-v .. a the parade of the Mastodon Eli‘s on .blew Year a Day. ‘l’i to and Charles J. Kelley will w York tomorrow events the msentauon of the “ ino- «saw at the haickerbdokerc i neural. Marinas iN Alumina. W Frank Potty Receives Word of the . Death of HII cauIi n. Frank Petty, or New Street. East Nerwalk received word by letter yes- terday from his- niece of the tragic death of his entrain, Andrew Phelps. who was murdered at his home in Au- burn. N. Y.. last Wednesday. deed which was one of the most bru- tal in the police annals of Auburn. was committed by an irishmau. who watch Ied about twa hundred pounds. Mr Phhips was a 'bus driver. carry- ing passengers to and from the Lehigh Valley depot The Irishman. whose name Mr. Petty has not yet learned was also a driver. 'He became jealous Over the large amount of trade Phelps was doing and watched his chance. When he was carrying a passenger that; the lrishman thought he should have had. away from the station the big fellow jumped up on the'hox. haul- ed Phelps of! and threw him heavily to the sidewalk battering his head on the pavement until he broke his skull Not satisfied with this he kicked the man in the head. inflicting a. horrible wound. The lrishman was immediately or rested and placed in the police station. 0n the way he muttered, "Well. i sup- pose this means the electric chair or life imprisonment. Well. anyway, i don't care. i got even." Mr. Petty was shocked to receive this news yes- terday and may be called to Auburn in connection with the trial of the mar- derer. Phelps was about fifty years of age. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Clifford Merritt. the seven-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Merritt, of the corner of Cross and Main Sta. Norwaik. died this monlng of diphthe- retie -m'oup. the boy having been ill but a few days. The agony of the lad was rery intense and ,he actually choked to death. This is the general outcome of the disease. The parents have the sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends in their bereavement The . which admittance Saturday. 6 ‘ Goods will be sold at 75 per cent. 6 6- at their inuI Don't miss it; fooooo Tu sounds a. ‘ uni rotor; CONE ROBBER HELD‘UP TRAIN. Shot condtuotor, who ClalmI he H6It eHi thyman. LOUISVILLE. in, Dec. ail—win at tempt was made by a lone robber to hold up the New Orleans Cincinnati north- bound express on the boulevnle and Nashville railroad as the train was entering South Louisville this morning He got but little booty, and is believed to have becnshot by the . ; conductor J. D. Keene. ' Keene was going through the sleeper in which were the porter, the Pullman conductor and one passenger, J. E. Moore. A masked man sprang at Keane from a- dark corner and com- mended him to throw up his hands. Keene grappled. with him. A bullet from the robber's epistol stunned him and the highwayman pulled the signal cord While the train was \siowlnz down be robbed the Pullman conduc- tor and Mr. Moore. taking 326 from the latter. As the train stopped the robber left the car. Conductor Keene meanwhile recovered his senses. not a Winchester and left the train inIpur‘ suit of his assailant. He fired several shots at the latter and after one of them the robber uttered a cry of‘ pain. Kenna believes his shot. went true. A special train bearing police a officials left this city to search for t robber immediately on the arrival of the express w.-.— SCHOOLS NOT TO \OPEN FRIDAY. . There will be no sessions of the Nor walk schools on Thursday or Friday the school visitors having decided to grant the teachers and scholars on ad ditional day’ s vacation Notice was sent to the schools yester day of the do clsion of the board of visitors. ENTEPTAINMENTS The funeral will be held tomorrow and ' of course will be private. The funeral of Mrs. Hezekiah B. Osborn was largely attended yesterday afternoon from her late home in Can- non: almost the entire populace turn- ing out to pay their last respects to her memory. Revs. A. G. Boynton and William E. Hooker officiated and interment was in Zion Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were James Hubbell. John Stommeli. George Taylor and Jerome Godfrey. The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. McNer- boy will be held at St. Mary's Church. Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock and interment will be iu'St. Mary's ceme- tery TODAV lN WALL STREET. WALL S'i‘ BEET. 10: 10a. m-wPrlces moved downwards in the opening deal- ings. Amalgamated Copper leading the way with a decline of at. Brooklyn Transit also lost a large fraction. Su- gar showed a small advance and Chi- cago Great Western rose 1.6. but its pre. ferred B stock lost 1%. Business was on a very small scale. and there were no changes exceeding a small fraction, beyond those mentioned. Reports over private wire of Naples It Goldschmidt. commission brokers. Swartz & Corbett‘s block South Nor— walk » Open High l:30 Amal. Copper. 61% 62% Am. (i. & ll‘., 35 35% Am. Cot. Oil, 44 N American ice. 11% 11% Am. ice old. 41% 41% Amer. Loco” 29% 29% Am. Sugar. 129% 130 Anaconda. 92 iii A. ’i‘. & 3. Fe. 82% 831/. A3116”: EMF pf 99% 100% Bait. It Ohio 98 98% Bklyn RT .. 66% 68 . 866% 68 Chas. & Ohio. 4M. 47% 467 47% mChi a N. W. 217% 217% Bi?“ 217% Chi .Gt. West. 26% 20% 25 86% 61.0; at £176“ 178 178% 177% (lei. F“. l: i.. 80% 80% 80% 80% Col. death. 28 28% 28 28% Con-oi. Gas. 312 213 212% 213 Del. & find. 166 166% 186% 189% Detroit South. is 13% 18 18 Eric. 35 37% 86% 37% Erie. tat old, as till 6661K Lou. & Nash..12il% 1282 126% 126 Low 60% 34% 44 iii/S 41% 29% 128% 92 82% 09% 97% Manhattan Milli. its "14016 lta Met. St. R6!“ lilll 140 Mar. Central 24% 24% lilies“ N’t Otto. 17 NJ: 'i‘ x M. It. A 'l‘ in its No. Pacino. 108 108 National Land. it? ill' a? 27 3.2: N 2‘! central. 161% 166% 161% 16! t7 76167116 Wit HOYT’S THEATRE. WE HAD TO COME BACK. FRIDAY JANUARY 2. The Big Musical Hit of the Season, Peck and his Mother iii-Law. Direct from Grand Opera House, Bos- top with the original vast company of 42—FAMOUS PEOPLE-42. Ned Munroe,dohn Mack, Nollie Law‘ rouse. Vinnie Hen-haw, Georgie Fran- Iioil, 3 Slater-I FauIt Tom Tom oat. Cora Merrill sol Warfleid, Al ll‘r and. and 30 other6a. A WHIRLWlND OF FUN AND LAUGHTER. PRICES: 25, 36 and 60 canto. Sale of seats-opens at Iloyt‘s Thea» tre. South Norwnlk. and “out“ drug store. Norwalh. 5 days in advance of all attractiona. I Km 0 Y TS TM H li‘. A T R E. oPl‘tciAL HOLIDAY; ATTRACTION. NIw VIIr'I Day and Night, Nastodo ‘5 Minstrels till-"PEOPLMBO BwlilND MEN-4 BEAUTIFUL FIRST PART. Gorxooua costumes. touching on- ladI. powertiil chorus. songs and bright wittloiama. CONCERT BAND M30 ORCHESTRA. . GRAND!) LID, escalation of the ever popular hair worms. in his brandanow not run CONGO GONJURIIIRE. Pronounce for the first time outside or their native inhaler, their «an no .uoual com. dances and lubrication. “OHM-ION ,ANIJ MULVIHILL. into by entire; martian! other brand can; and 7 funny and ‘ 666d Your-LC! thin R (3466 For the Gold fi’lriteg “I? Coming. . My repair obarkes are very reason- able. 1 am as capable in working on Lsdiea' garments as upon Men' I. or course. if you want new work—— well. come in and talk with me. i believe i can interest you. so some MAIN eraser. Opposite Hotel Hamilton. A....~.......L_..»..I. ...._.._..... .o .L....................... SALE .. “mum“... of WINTER GOODS NOW lN FULL FORCE. '---r- ’ Xmas trade was no good that our Itock in rather brokIn but what .5. have in that quality and we offer it at a great reduction. M' ‘9‘ D. counts. ll North Main St. So.Norwalk. Na ace. Silliliil lawn lining. v The inhabitints. legal voters. oi the Town of Norwalk, are hereby notified and warned that a special ionic meet- ing will be held in the Town Hall Wall street on Friday. January to 1903. at 8 o 'clook in the evening. for the follow ing purposes, to wit:—-to consider and take action on a petition of voters and tax-payers nidmtown. in the matter or consolidatl5 6 said town or some por- tion thereof into a city. and to take such action in the premises as the meeting may‘deom proper and for the best interest of the whole town: and to take such action as the meeting may deem advisable to prevent any divls~ ion of said town. ' Dated at Norwaiit. this 27th day of December. 1902. JAMES A. BROWN. SAMUEL Lynne. WILLIAM B. REED. selections of the Town of Norwalk. d2? tit .-.:.:eje;._-:s:¢;-:o:-:a:I,-?-:I:n:-.-2-.I:I2-.l Heigho i THEY'RE WY mancnt pleasure derived from some useful article the holiday business, including: BURNT WOOD NOVELTIES. NOVELTIES IN STAMP-ED GOODS. PILLOW TOPS AND CUSH- ‘ IONS. HOLIDAY UMBRELLAS.‘ HOLIDAY masons. HOLIDAY GLOVES. NOVELTIES IN GLASS. ts universally recognized. In addition to our regular lines of staple goods we have added many novelties expressly for , BURNT LEATHER NOVEL- TIES. NOVELTIES IN SOFA PIL- LOWS. HOLIDAY BOOKS. :HOLIDAY HANDKER-I CHIEFS. HOLIDAY LACES. HOLIDAY LINENS. ‘NOVELTIES IN CHINA. Tristram & Hyatt, Norwalk‘, Conn avssv - oar. J. 9am ‘& den, 85 WASJXING'II‘ON STREET. BOUT}! NOR‘VAI .li 31.50 Boys at good Boys Reefer or Ohmaat, I.‘.:,Broken Lots, fi'om size 3 015. 6worth from $2.50 to $5.00. . DAVID W. RAYMOND ‘ Funeral Director and Emhaimer. 19 North Main St. South Norwalk. p 610 vet's The Place. Residence. ll Crescent Terrace. 84- 8 . nag-rung;- ALI. - 6760 OUR MRNYPA TRQI" DAY . BARGAIN 0.8. Irma nauseous so? at: we om rm: BIGGEST Hati- mr susmzss m w ‘ TOR r or our: CAREERS? SHALL comma: 1'0 I'“"nz- . me vs: ms aaan wax.» or- m: PUBLIC. BY armour ADHERING TO OUR OLD ES".- nnL-Isntn PRINCIPLES or sauna ALL srmcnr STANDARD'RELMBLE MER- cmmmsa FULLY own/m- man. 51' ms Lowssr PRIDES. AND YOURS ran m: 53mm on can u r- Mtivrs. ‘ assetcrruu r roux: a. liaison a co.
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