y!
I
Get Your Drug Wants
Filled at the
Bridge Pharmacy '
Prompt Ind albeit at service It
Ill timeI.
Personal attentl
prescription work.
Chairs tor our tr toy patrons.
Come in and wait to your car.
BRIDGE P RMACY
J. PARKER, Manager.
given to all
I
Mrs. James Wilcox, of Brooklyn.
spending tl few days
Seaside place. \
int-fer. of
Sunday
plaI-c.
Mrs. R. R. (lsbornII wont to New
Canaan lust wcck and from lilt‘l't‘ took
an automobile trip to Now York.
Williatn Swartz, of
returned home from a
and Mrs. Edward E.
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. John
bush. Brooklyn. spent
Miss Vroom. of Scasid.
Iislt with MI
'le-ad, of lldlic
Ina. the Iiaughtcr o' Mr.
Charles Plait. is sick It ilt‘l' hotnc lII
Ludiow street with thy at trouble. 111'.
Baker is in attendant-I
William ii. Mom-it, f l’lI-Itsant an
flue. loft, today tor liar IIIId on II \III- I
tion. stay. Mr, liloii'I-t is I-IIjoinIg II‘
two wccks' vacation.
Mead. oi i'ldliI-
has been eIItI-rtainitg lII-r
Charles liotttou, of how York.
returned home yestcrt Iy.
John W. llcatty and W. 11. 1“. l’l‘l‘hl'
ton, the butt 1‘ cf \i'untpcrf sci out this
morning {mm the t‘ou
on u blackilshing (-pr
Miss Edith
wlIo
lition.
m“... _.,.
The IIIIIttI-r of II piIIIlc for llli‘ .-\Il-
Wall P pers
IN PRICES TO {SUIT ALL
POCKETB OKS
A Complete Line , f Crockery,
Glassware and Hous’efur-
nishmg Goo s, Etc.
English Blue China by the set or
piece.
Square White F‘ruiI Jars can be
cleaned quicker and h tier. Fruit will
pack closer. 'the .lara will look nicer
on your shelves than be round green
glass jars.
Square White Jars
IIlIIg Top.
Window Shades male to order.
Painters‘ Supplies.
Best Mixed Paint, 3 .25 gallon.
Painting and Paj r Hanging.
L H. D cker
87 WASHINGTO STREET,
SOUTH N0 WALK.
TEI. C N.
GOING O BUY
ave the Light-
tions. Post
repres‘en
i __
Connecticut
Company.
Examiner III
. Patent Office.
' 3”: to ‘I In
‘ Main Street,
T. M-
Itt'y t‘luh dock.ji
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. . vent Christian Sunday school has not
but the
yet been definitely decided.
outing may be to Long Island.
Charles M. Williams. of the
avenue trolley line.
East
‘ was looktd after by Ernest C. i-‘unchcr.
I Quite a large deb-gallon of East N01“
walk carpenters are working still at
’l‘okeneke. Much carpenter and other
work is also still in progress at that
resort.
The llI-ckcr brothcrs sold their
sloop Alice C. yesterday to Daniel Mon
roll. The new owner has taken tho
craft to Rowaytou for an overhauling
oh the shore.
Miss latia (‘ookc
Cooke. of Van ZIIIIdt str,e(-t lI-t't ycs
terday for MiddlI-ilI-Ld in ihc llcr—k
shires. Mass. win-re they will make a
vacation stay.
and Robert 11
’l‘lII- ftll'lllt'l‘ i.'lloInIItI-diI-u homestead
lil Van Zandt street has been purchas-
is I'd recently by Fred H. Rowan. who is
at J. Vroom's,
having the front piazza rebuilt and
othI-r work done about the plat-c.
I
1
Flat-
with of his hands so badly iIIthrI-d that he
i
t
Ralph ileckt-r, who I'I-ccnlly had one
had to “NY“ two of tho filigt‘l‘b amputa-
“‘4. is Rotting along nicIIly. Thus far
the wounds have bccn healing steadily.
”lhc I‘llS‘IYtllil oy stir boat ( 'IIIIIIIIiiItIi
‘ 01'. of width Royal lit-IkI-I is taplaln.
ovI-I-hattiing.
I
|
and Mrs. f
i
i
llrooklyn. has will lcatc ilII- lIIII‘IIoI during llit' III-xii
iI \\ dII \s for a month s abscntc «titling
\\i1l(ll she will bc I-.i\I-n lltl iillllllili
\lio.‘ \ttua lIIlIIIsIIII. of East ItvIIIIII-.
is now IquIIIiIIg nic-Ily from IIII ItIIi
III-ill
wI-cks ago. Miss .lohnson fI-ll tlt:\\ll
stairs. following which she was laid
up until II few days alto.
t‘haIiI-s Oddo, thc wI-ll-knowu onIII-v.
\Vilrillllptlhll Sll't‘('i illtl‘ilt‘l' l'I'llll'llt‘tl
ilast I-II-IIiII; front a tow days' stay in
avclltlc. ‘
cousln,’
.\'I-w York city. \leI-I‘I- he had II tint-
Everything Pertainnig
to Eleétricity
I!
Appliances of every description—
goods always in stock for Motive l’ow-
er. Electrical Advertising. Decorative
Work. Bclls, Cut Off Switches, Adjust-
able Lights, etc.
Orders carefully and promptly ex-
ecuted—prices right!
1 he Reed & Volk Electrical Co.
36 WASHINGTON STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK.
TEL. 805.
EVERY LADY'S DRESSING CHAM-
BER
should no equipped with I dainty
snow white, one piece "Standard" for
celain Enameled Lavatory.
Have you ever stopped to consider
how delightfully convenient it would
be to have hot and cold running water
in your dressing chamber, sleep
lng apartment or first floor toilet
room? Its presence would afford you
the highest degree of comfort.
We will gladly quote you prices. Our
plumbers are strictly competent me-
chanics. honest and reliable.
HORACE R. NASH
CORNER MAIN AND WEIT OTC.
THE NEW
HOTEL VICTORIA.
one MINUTE“ FROM DEPOT.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
Our Rooms I OpsclIl Feature.
Ind Electric Lights Throughout.
cry Room Heated.
RATES REASONABLE.
Fine Stocked Cafe in Connection.
A full line of Imported AloI, includ-
tng the famous BasI’ Burton's Ind
Bass a. Co.’ I stout, always on draught.
Anhouser Busch Ecol“ on Draught.
T. J. SULLIVAN. Proprietor.
Telephone 992.
Gas
Ev-
Daily LIIle to N. Y.
For Freight Only
lids.” r iht "we lie ”ill“ I ”’1"
1'8 5 to B W can.
r28, East Rival-la w York, (feat
of Dover street). every day. (except
land”). It 4 p.1n . might received
It, Not-walk up to 4 p.1u. all! South
Nor-walk up to it: so p. III.
Home]: Steamboat Co.
IAnnlng .l. smith, 0» c. Human.
m
enjoyed a vat-a.-
tion yesterday, during which his car
III which she llglll't’il about two,
coast-II AW ,
m
My Wife
S any 5
the would not take
fifty dollars for ilt‘l
wonderful Rutter if
she could not get
‘ IIIotthotIc.
'i Fluffy
Buffers
Trad. Mel-k
MY OIIGINAL INVENTION
will bring comfort to the worms with the
ailment hIlr and add hasty“ to tho plIinest
lace. Prices “.00 to “2.00
TWO THINGS WORTH KNOWING
FIR-YT: How to has your combing-
qude up to look and dresslilu real hair
in Polls Switches. Braid and Rutter:
that neither mat nor snarl—flat is our
specialty.
RECON I) .-
gray hair.
OUR WONDERFUL DYE
for streaked or lIdrd lIIir hIs turned the heads of
stifllt' I'kt-ptttal ones whobIdnm oulidcnce In any-
thinv .,, to regenerate the hIir. W Ith Only On: Ap
button Horn the bottle “'e N-rutr The Most
IttIrIIl Eflett lite half will II of nerd retouching
for all months orl III-,1". 82 (ll; iottle \A In“...
illustrated CItIlogue U and all when In the my
Mme. THOMPSON ‘
How to dye or tint faded or
down when they had opportunity.
camp was open for two Wet‘kfl.
i Captain Howard 1.. howudes took his
oyster steamer, Henry J.. to long is
land. vesteI-day. where she will be put
on lllt' short- and given an overhauling
preparatory to the coming season. llIIr-
lng the next few weeks, most of the
.oystI-r boots will receive the saute sort
[of trI-atItIt-III. in that there will be not
much doing in the business line for.
over a month.
There has been considerable com
meat of a favorable nature on the fill-
Iing in of the sidewalk in front of John
W. lientty‘s store inEaat Washington-
street. Cinders have been nerd and in
wet weather conditions will be better,
and it was suggested by at least one
man this morning that it would be a
ilnc thing to fill in- the sidewalks all
along the v.iIlII1ty Eventually it is
hoped that all lltIough that section
Ith III will by substantial tat oI cott-
ciete walks.
The Swedish Lutheran (‘hurch to
Seavlcw nvcnttc, is to take quite i'
journey. PtepalalioIIs illt’ bI. ing IIIaIlI-I
to move the edifice- to Van Zandt
slit-cl. when- it will Ott‘llll) II lot at
the south side of the thtnonghfatc, and
28 W. 22d Street, New York i
timc.
of the day at Coney island.
l‘:lllpitl)'t-t‘$ of the South Norwalk
\I ntI-r dI-pnrtmcnt lIavI- been busy Inuk-
tug l‘tipllll‘fi to the main in- Scule-w lin-
jilllt‘. which was found to have broken
.ill from of llll' l‘t‘l-‘ltit'lll't‘ of Henry 1.
lchIItI-tl. 'l‘hc job is bring coutplI-tI-Ii
today
!i t‘IIptIitI I-‘\lllllll' \Y. llay. “ho is tak
int: ll patty of I-IIIplovI-I-a of tho PI-asc
{Piano (‘Iotuptny on It (-IIIlsI- fot two
'IwI mks sci sail flout East Nilt‘\\‘lliii yI-s»
tcrtlny IIIoruiIIg. Tllt' cruisers lIIId pill
in llt'l't‘ over night and took on sup-
iiii-‘s.
’l‘bI- III-lll‘dlt‘l l-‘III'IIIs bridgo is got.
ting :I littlI- IIIIII'I- illllug. This job is
who that has llt‘ml going on piI-I-I-Incul
for It lulu: tiIIII-.-lIut I-vI-I'y liltiI- bit
hclps. \Vitl'll anyone has some sIIpI-n
litmus filling Inuit-rial and the hunt
l~III't too lll't'lll. it is taken to the
iIt‘lti'zt'.
Tho llI-ry Club camp at Nauvoo has
l.l1\' broken up and the young IIII-n
illlYt‘ II-iut'nI-Il to their homes. Among
llll' II-Iztvlat's who won» at the camp
\I‘I-I‘I- .-\ii‘t'I-d KIIskc, (‘lttrcncc Jackson
and lili'it Dean, whilo numerous othcr
TRY A LENGTH OF
Long Life
Hose
Ice Cream Freezers,
Water Coolers,
Hammocks,
and all other scasonable goods
BHAS‘._ now
112 WASHINGTON STREET.
-'PHONE 661.
Horace E. Dana & Son,
45 WALL 811, NORWALK.
Real Estate and
Insurance
We hIVI sever-II decided bargains
tn Income producing property that
man Increase In value with tho rapid
growth of the town.
A Timely Subject
For All House-Owners
This is the season for cleaning
up the premises. Soap and the
scrub brush for the house and
the lake for the lawn are 300d.
but. they dont’ go far enough.
You can clean dirt away, but
to dial?!) the house, the barns.
stables and fences right they
should be. freshencd up with
INni
We have everything for the
painting—linseed oil tarps,
brats." and
Atlantic Pure Whitt- Lead
. . THE FAMOUb
DUTCH BOY PAINTER BRAND
'We can guarantee this White
Lond’s purity.
See us about your painting.
a r. GORHAM
nscoIA'ron. . '
EAST NORWALKI CONNI ; ‘-
.I.
Q
Yesterday in» spent a large part i
‘ Marguerite Hall,
llt'tll Fast IIvI- nuc iI‘itIclI iitfl'othI-Is are
now cugagcd in excavating for lilt‘ col.
inr. The building will be movI-d by
(‘oIItractor LcsllI- iambic. This change
I-rablc money has been raised for it.
The camping parties at (‘alf Nature
and vicinity are on the iIIcI-I-Itsc rather
than Iii-creasi- and each day then- is a
pilgrimage to town for food supplies.
All the parties seem to ho I-njoyiug
thcmsI-le-s. 'i‘hc chit-f diversions. uni-
tIrIIiy, Im- fishing. boating and butltinfi.
but just llt‘llli: Itl tltc show is no small
plcasttrc. ’l‘hI- (IIIIIIpI-rs are front Ncw
York. llIIthi‘Iry and othcr pint-cs. but
”11‘ majority of tIII-nl lll’I" bI-lliI-vl'd It)
be NI-tv YorlII-I'r The place qultI- ro-
sI-IIIblI-s a lclrtcd city. tth'I- bring
about i\\'t‘tll_\‘~ll\'(' camps.
("unstable J. .1, Goodwin has made
sovcrnl tripe ovI-I' lll‘l't‘ front South
Norwalk recently to look after tho bi-
cyI-lo riders who labor undr-r II misup~
pIclIc-nsion that siIlI-walks lll‘f' bike
paths. in most cases the delusion has
ill"t'll dispI-ilI-d. but th-rc it has not
lli‘t’ll, there is qultc II likelihood of po
lico court trcatInI-tti to bring about the
desirI-d Insult. SI-vI-ral residents have
bcI'omc IItIllI- workcd up ovI-r ”to mat-
for, apparently. (ll-o SI-IIviI-w avenue
l‘L‘SiIit‘ll-l states llllll_tioilll‘ of the side
walh rldin-z bicyclists bI-cnmc so an
gored when pcoplo did not jump otIt of
the way that they rung their bolls con-
tinuously and sharplxto bring about
tho I'I-I-‘Ittlt thcy Ill-sired.
~licbing. torturln skin eruptions.
disfigttro. annoy. rive one wild.
lloun's Ointment brinua quick relief
and lasting cures. Fifty cents at any
drug slorc
The knot kubout Uodj‘ly hIs been
IIIorI-d off the Norwant Yacht Club.
Miss Virginia Ward. of Belle island.
is entertaining Miss Williams. of Non
York.
Miss loin Stevens is spending her
vacation with fricntls in Westerly.
lthodc Island.
Miss lrcne Borne. who has been at
the Roton Point hotel. has returned to
her borne in Bridgeport.
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lIcRoy Carrington, a well-known To-
keneke resident. has arrived at that
summer colony with his family for
the summer.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. thc
author and poetess. of New Haven. is
II activity resident this summer. She is
suntmcring at Tokenekc.
Mrs. L. F. flail itnd daughter. Miss
have returned to
their borne in Bridgeport. after a two
weeks‘ stay at Roton Point hotel.
Dr. F. M. Wilson's auxiliary yacht
Duplex. from Bridgeport, rm; been in
this vicinity recently. Dr. W son fortu-
crly owned a summer cottage on Shef-
field Island,
Several vessels of the fleet of the
Huguenot Yacht Club. from New
Rochelle, have been in this vicinity the
past. few days. One boat contains a
bridc and groom and the other vcs-
sols are kept busy screnading them.
Captain William L Ackerl; a well
known resident of this place. who has
been employ ed for some time in lunch
rooms in South Norwallr, has taken a
position as stewart on the steamer
Elizabeth, plying between South Nor-
wnlk and Huntington Long Island.
The csiboat Critic. owned by Dr.
Walter Stmhmeyer..of Belle Island.
broke from her moorings off the Non
walk Yacht Club during the storm.
Sunday night. but was prevented from
drifting out into the Sound ,by other
yuchtsmen who were in the vicinity.
110th W. F. Clarke's "Marguerite"
and R. B. Budd's "Wandeter 1V." rac-
ed in the opening race of the iItIrI-h-
moIIt Yacht Club's regatta weolt. Sut-
III'Ilin'. 0n cotrectcd time. the Wand-
(“'91 1V. finished third and the Mat--
guctitc fifth. Those boats will not
race again until Saturday.
The Sunday School of the Methodist
Church will hold their annual picnic
tomorrow at the large farm of John
Sherman Hoyt, West NOI'WBik. The
trip will be made in the carrysll Wel-
lington, which will leave Raymond's
corner. in Highland avenue. at 8: iii
o’clock: corner of Cmcrett street and
Craiv avenue at about it and the
church 9: 05. Other vehicles will save
the church about 9 o‘clock.
iliiillli lliil liiflliil
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew flattery, of
law York city, has been viaitlng Mr
I _ ‘ \
members of the organisation went and Mrs. Andrew Buttery, of Darlen.
The
ITho best two
of location has lII-cu uudI-r L'Iilllt’lllliiii-i
tion for quit-.- a long time and cunsidw
i Edward linttcry has returned home
to nation afteua long visit in New
York city with his bIoith Andrew
lluticI-y.
Adner Holmes is building It new
house III-kt to William L. Schneider‘s.
on liawes avenue. Charles Mather is
doing the carpenter work.
Miss Ella liavI-ns, of New York. and
Brunt Quackenbush. of Barton, wuc
Iguests of friends on Clinton..a avenue
Extension. Stamford. Sunday.
Darlen's new solo garage in Main
street is now nearing completion. The
.Sll‘lfl'lllrl' is all enclosed and is one
story in height, of wood construction.
' Tho luvinciblcs, of Stamford, defeat-
(‘d the Not-molt Heights team 2245. liai-
teriI-s Skelton and Haas Noroton
iiicights; Goldberg and Rust-II Ill\lll(‘l-
bios
' lit-rump Schmidt, formerly tlII- stow-
ill‘tl at the Wee Burn Golf Club. is to
upon a delicatessen store in the [mn-
cy- llI-I-g building A feature oi the eu-
‘lPrplisp will be that dinners or iridi-
vidual touIsI-s will be setvul at ptl-
vatc IcsitlcnII-s when required
The play at WI-c Burn. Saturday.
was for the E. M. Lockwood prize.
scores qualified. The
i". ll, Smith, 99. 24. 75; James
.II-IIlIiIIs, 101, 2.]. Tu; E. ii. Castle,
fill, 77; E. l). Illll‘iilltll. ENE. 18. 78:
hr \Vlliiflt't‘. lII'i. IS. 75: W. i.. lillitl~
win. all. 10. 79; (‘hcstI-r Solleck. 90.
It). K0; F. A. lan-kwood, 5'0. 15, 81 ;“
W. N. Travis. 105, 20, a; Dr. Sherritl,
10?, HI. lili.
cards:
11.
III7_
William Austin, of Noroton ilciuhts,
was sI-rlously injured in ilarion. Sun-
day flflt‘rfltxlfl, while riding II motor-
cyI'lII ovt-r lintvI-s ItchtIII-. llc was Ill
collision at a cross street with uh huh»
IIIohilI- tll'lYt‘ll by ’.ignIIIIId .‘liasou. of
llIII'iI-II. and his 1ch foot was crusl-od.
llis chip was cut badly. too, and he
Was shaken tip and lIrulsI-Il a good
(it'lli. lie was iakcn to his homo and
was soon thcrc by Dr. lloyt. of Fitch's;
Home. and by Dr. (franc. Later ilt‘ was
soul to the hospital in tho aIIIbIIlIIIIIo.
l.‘Illr .\lll-‘lt‘ll is III‘III‘I'lI-Il and has II fIIIII-
\'I
'l'he [tin-ti You Have Always Bought. and which has boa
in use for mu 30 years, has homo the’ signature of
__.- and has been mademuler his per-
m, sonal supervision slum its funnel-I
o ' 11.1th no one todeceive you In this.
, All CouIm-rt'elts, [notations and “Just-as-good” are buff
Expelhneuts that trifle wit.. and endanger the health (.2
Infants and Children-Experience against: Experiment.
What is CASTORIA ‘
Tnstorta is a. harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paro-
IIIIIl alloys Feverishness. It
and Fiatuleucy.
got-lo, Drops and Soothing Syrups.
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
It. is Pleasant. It
to ‘s Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It. relieves Teething Troubles, cures Conatlpatlon
It. assimilates the Food, regulates the
"for :IIclI and Bwvels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children‘s Panacea-«Tho Mother's Friend.
cenume CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Killti You 'Hate Always Biught
In UseIFor Over 30 Years.
"l “mu. ”.“IV. I! IUIMV "III'I. “EU 'Oll or".
I
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in the opinion of some pcoplt the
building of the ptoposed IIIw llIIIiI-nl
(‘I-ntI-I school building votI-Il at ai
rI-I-I-nt meeting and to cost strand!
may lll hold up .Is It lt‘ nit of thc now 1
Itatc school law. nhlth went into I-f- i
loci on Julv 1I'I 'llIis III-w bill tails:
fot the consolidation of schools in all
towns whore tlII-rc arI- not citlcs or
boroughs. or wlII-re the town has a
district organized under sperlnl acts}
of the legislature. The new law says'
in part: "Evety town in this state
shall, from and aftet lttly l.’,I 1909,‘
assume and maintain the control of
all the public schools witltln its lim-
its and lot this purpose I-Icty towII'
shall be a sIhooI disttitt and shalli
llalt‘ all the pour-III and duties of
school tilstticts, ox or as
such powcts and III I... .. nconsist'
em. with the provisions of this act.
All business concerning the public
schools, including all heretofore neces-
sary or proper to be transacted in
district meetings; shall be transacmd
in town meetings. The annual town
meeting shall be the annual school
district met-ting." One point to be
decided is whether the erection of the
new school shall be affected, in vie-w
of its having been voted before tht-
new bill went into effect. The new
law says on the point of indebtedness:
"Every district shall remain separately
and solely liable for any indebtedness
or liability incurred previously to Sep-
tember 1. 1909, unless the amount of
such liability or lndebetdness shall be
deducted, as aforesaid. front the ap
praised value of its property in fixing
the amount of the equalization tart to
be abated for its taxpayers. The pro-
visions of this section shall not apply
in any town in which the parties in
interest shall, on or before the first
day of December. 1909. agree upon any
other mode of equalizing the differ-
ences .in property and indebtedness
between the several districts of such
WiSlPtlill
Fred H. Batterson subsilted yester-
day on route 35.
The Misses Dntfllw are entertaining
a friend from Springfield.
Clarence Reugglcs entertained two
friends front Port Chester, Sunday.
All the Danbury cottages at Cotnpo
Beach are occupied for the season.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Keenan, of Riverside avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Avery are en-
tertalning relhtives from out of town.
Rev. Mr. Lenders and faintly are
the guests of friends in'town this
week.
Jm H. Allen is having a large cis-
tern buitt on his premises in Compo
street.
Everything is in readiness for thc
Farms clturch‘falr. whlI-b ppcns this
tIftI-rnoon.
'l‘bI- shower of rain was gladly wel-
comed. Sunday-rand greatly refreshed
vegetation. ,
Harvey Allen. of Contpo, has acct-pt-
ed the position as night man at the
trolley baI-II. ‘
Mrs. Louis “B. Mills is the guest of
her friend. Mrs. G. A. Mayer, State
street. Bridgeport; I
Mrs. Faber, of’ Riverside avenue.
who fell and fractured a rib several
weeks age, is improving.
Scileck Warren. and Edward lx-hn
have returned from a delightful two
weeks’ outing in the Catskills.
ihridgopurt who have been spending
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Thomas. of
St'h‘t‘l‘dl weeks in Sattgattttk hate 1‘."
tIIIIII-d home
All'h‘. I‘I‘I-d tlIIttI-rson entcrtalned Mr.
and Mrs. Charles liclchardt and two
tlliitil‘t'll. of itring-port, Sunday.
Miss Ida Foote gave a laWn party.
last wet-k. at her home in Woodstde
uvI-nuo. in honor of her 20th birthday.
ThI-rc \vI-I'I- about fifty present.
The (l\lt‘ Club has been asked in
takc stops in the matter of Closing the
10IIIl xtotes which keI p open all day
Sunday Thc complainants ask that
the Sitil't's I... closed from 10 o'clock
II. III. till i p- III.
ATLANTIC COAST OYSTER NEWS
Andrew Radel Company Has Planted
225.000 Bushels of Sheila.
(From; the N. Y. Fishing Gazette.)
The shellfish conunlssioncrsv of
Suffolk county, New York, who have
charge of thc valuable oyster. lands
in Pcconic and Gardiner Bays. have
reported to the supcrvlsors that dur-
lug the past your the conttttissionI-I's
Ilcctlcd but (ill acrcs of Ialld.‘l'9(‘t‘i\‘-
tag a total amount of $60 for it. Each
of the cotntnissloncrs rcccivc fifty
cents an acre for disposing of the
lands. The rcIIIItIIeI'atiOII of the
commissioners is necessarily small.
Three or four years ago the income
of the commisloncrs was several thou-
sand dollars each.
The Pausch BIotlII-rs Oystet Com-
pant; of Suffolk county, New Y.ork
has certified to the secretary of state
that all of its capital stock, which
amounts to 3100.000. has been paid
in. The (“t’l'lifif'lllt‘ is signed by tiny-
mond T. I’auscb.
The planting of oyster shells at
Milford. Coma. by the William M.
Merwin & Sons (‘oIIIpaIIy, has bI-I-II
going on for sonic. time. Thousands
of bushels of shells have been brought
to Milford front the opening houses
at Providence, R. 1. At present a
fleet of six big schooners all laden
with shells is on its way from Provi-
dence for the company's bed at Mil-
ford. This 'lot will wind up shipments
of shells front Providence this year.
making 250.000 bushels in all. it will
take some time before the planting is
completed.
The Hampton Roads Oyster Pack-
ers‘ and Planters Association nIet_lII
Norfolk, Va, on July 7, and elected
the following edict-rs: B. P. Miles,
president; CaptIin I]. ’1‘. White, vice-
presidcnt; Captain Alfred Von Nyen-
helm, secretary, and Ed. W. Wolcott.
treasurer. The planters and packers
anticipate a heavy season, which will
probably on on September
The oyster planting season at
Maurice river, New Jersey, closed on
.lune 30. It is considered the most
successful in the history of Delaware
Bay.
The oyster slit-ll pile of the Andrew
Radel Oyster Company. at the Wash-
ington street bridge, East Norwalk,
Conn. is being removed slowly but
steadily. About three- quarters of it,
pitibnbly ”25 000 bushels has alreadv
been taken awpy in the schooncts of
tho I-,ompan_v and planted in the beds
in Long Island Sound etc. ~
’l‘bcrc art- evidences of a very
heavy set of oysters in Great South.
Bay. A few days ago \Vcstctbeltc
Brothers took up a few samples of
shell rom their beds in Gulf channel,
and found nearly every one of them
covered with set.
The only foundation for the report
that the plant of the William M. Mer-
win & Sons Company, of Milford.
Conn.. and East Providence. was to
be disposed of. was the fact that the
estate of D. P. Merwln was for sale.
This has been sold. it does not affect
the business, which will be continued
a heretofore. under the management of
M. W. M‘erwin. who will control it.
Once again the oyster is hold up by
a sensational Sunday newspaper, as
an article of food which must be pro-
tected against itself. The charge
against the (litter is intI-mpI-Iarice;
that it consumes all thI water with
t—fi
IIIhich it Ionics in contact and-yet.
sIIangII to sill the Atlantic Ocean con-
tinues to be as large as heretofore.
though oysters have been drlukin
for untold thousands of Years. he
basis for the latcst sensational stand.
or on the oyster is the possible de-
cision of the department of agriculture,
relative to the separation of oysters
ambit-e in shipping. The veiled attack
cones at a time when some newspa--
pI’l'S have already been paid for saying-
llicedhlllgs relative to the oyster, and
the palms of publishers of other jour-
Itah: are itching to get some of the
Wealth which oyster dealers believe to
be a just tribute to the power of the
daily press. The present situation is
one which would receive immediate at-
tention froth the Oyster Grower’s and
Dealers' Association of North America.
for the attacks on the oyster seem to
be actuated solely by a desire for gain.
it has never been shown that injurious
effects have followed oyster eating,
yet the oyster it hit time and
again, while ice cream, which killed
18 persons. and made 1.286 ill in two
years, is passed unnoticed. Pie made
fortyfivo persons sick during the
some period. Vegetables caused the
death of twenty persons and made
591 ill and yet they at I- not attacked.
Oyster planters and snippets should
gI-t togI-tlIcI without chII- and adopt
some measures for their own protec-
tion.
KATSURA STRIKES ALARMING
‘ NOTE.
TOKlO. July 20.-—The Kokumiu, one
of the most influential of the Japan-'
959 newspapers. and which is generalr
ly regarded as the mouthpiece of Mar-
quis Katsura. the premier. in matters
pertainin to the government's policy.-
in an article today discusses the situa-
tion bcth-Pn Japan and China. and
strikes a soIIII-whnt alarmist note.
The arilcle says:
"The Japanese government is exer-
cising all possible patience. but is not
carrying its endurance to the point of
sentimentality. Unless China's mood
changes before the conclusion of the
current month, Japan will be obliged
to assume a different attitude.
PASS FROM MINNESO-
TA TO iOWA. -
MANKATO. Minn.. July 20—h] spite
of the gayetles which kept the auto-
mobillsts of the Gliddeu. tour awaits
until a late lIouI last night they worth
away from Mankato at an early hour
this morning At 8 o'clock the con-
testing cars began to leave over the
last part of the Minnesota trip. The
tourists passed through Garden City.
AUTOISTfi
Winnebago, Blue Earth and Elmore,
the last Minnesota town. and thence
into town. The distance from Martha"
to to Fort Dodge is 136.6 miles. The
roads have been prepared in many
places bl‘ faInIeI-,s commercial clubs,
and automobile clubs , ,.I
PRINCE lTO RECEIVED WITH NONI
I |
TOKIO, July 20 ~Prince lto. until!!-
cently the Japanese resident-general
in Korea, returned rom Seoul lads!
and was received with unusual scum
at the express command of the one
peror. On- leaving his truth. he drove
thIough streets lined with troops di-
rectly to the palace. whom he reputts
to the emperor, Prince lto sitld’ that
the situation in Korea was hopeful. .
STEAMER'S BOILER BLOWB UP.
COIDGNE July 20. -—-The boiler of
the tourist steamer Guttenllerg blew
up. yesterday, near Rolandseck, I my
sort' on the Rhine. One sicker with
killed, and five members of the ms
were hurt. Several passenger‘s VIM
injured but not one of them, so M
as known was an American,
BIG FIRE IN PITTSBURGH
Pl'l‘TSBUllIG July 20—4118 ,‘l‘bfotl
sloty brick building at 520 PM
street. north side. occupied by
Kirby Shoe Company, was burned
day. hurt the sun Theatre bu,
adjoining was badly damaged. ,
total loss is about $75, 000.
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Norwalk Chronicler