GOODS
in Dainty Checks. Stripes.
Cro ii Bars and Mercerizeti
Ma I‘ll.
CREAM SERGIO
25o. 50c and 01 a yard
E. K. BANKS
Mohaokomo Hotel Block
South Norwnlk
W44“
The Boy Scouts of the South Nor-
walk lisptist Church met last night
and received their fine new suits.
The. Central Labor Union will hold
its semi-monthly business meeting in
the labor lyceum, in Washington
street,
I
The weekly meeting of the Fellow-
(‘rai't .(‘iuh will be held this evening at
till-e Masonic Temple, in South Main
street.
Thomas Roberts, oi‘ Stamford. an
old schoolmate oi Undertaker and
Funeral Director llasii K. .\iitclioll,
spent last evening in .\'orwalk.
The. weekly business meeting of
Olive Branch Lodge. No. 19, Knights
of Pyth-las, will be held this evening
in its hall, in South Main stmet.
Star of Columbia Circle, Compan-
ions of the Forest. will hold its senil-
monthly business meeting this even-
ing in its rooms iii Washington street.
.loseaph Keiiaflo and Jarvis S. Mur-_
ray are spending the day in Newark“.
N. J. .It was Officer Murray‘s day to
start on traffic duty. and Special Offi-
cer Edward Clune is taking his place.
William .\iuhlburgher. of the iiope
Hose Company, is appearing with two
badly injured and bandaged fingers as
the result of the tire on Sunday night
in Smith street. The injuries are ini-
proving.
John Hyde sprained his ankle bad»
ily Tuesday. when he stepped on a
loose stone. . The injured member
causes him much pain, but he is car-
.ing for his oil business as iusual,
though with assistance.
Selectmen_,Alfl‘ed Avison‘ and John
Devine are appearing before the
Board of Equalization in Hartford to-
day to ascertain if possible why the
town of Norwalk's grand list was in-
creased so iriuch more in proportion
to any other towns in the state.
Dog Warden Howard V. Worden is
investigating a complaint that Ira
Stevens. of Meadow street, was bitten
by the dog owned by Jacob Rudder.
He understands that Mr. Rudder
claims Mr. Stevens was not bitten.
hilt that the dog tore his trousers.
Baseball Goods
A Now and Comploto Lino
oLovso ...............25o to who
sArs...... ....... . ..... .iioto «.00
Also a Complete Lino of
TENNIS GOODS
' —-AT-
WM. P. BEERS
South Norwalk and Norwalk
STATIONERY STORES
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fdr .\'orwnlk and vicinity: Ruin to-
night and probably lv‘rldtiy; brlsh
northeast and east winds. becoming
variable. The. storrn‘iiult was cen-
tral over Wisconsin yesterday nior:i<
ing has iiiovod‘in a soutllctlstcrlj: dif
rcction and is now ct-ntrui over ()bio.
it is producing general rain in nearly,
i‘l\'f r.
pleasant :
Mountains and tilt? Mississippi invent
The center of the, storm will probably‘l
mnvc eastward and pass over i
\lt-illity
ii is followed by an area of;
weather lit-tween the Rocky
this,
Kate tonight i
___~.-.. |
WEATHER A YEAR AGO TODAY. f
.4...‘ i
'l‘cmperature: Low. 58; high. 7?.
Cloudy.
South Norwnlk Council. .\‘0. 1.253.
Knights of Columbus. will hold its
semiiuonthly business meeting this ov-
enlilg‘ in its hall. in Washington street.
The auction sale which was to have
been held today at the residence of
the, late—Mr. Ferguson in Mansfield
avenue, Daricn, by E. T. Bates, has
been postponed until tomorrow}
.\iitchell‘s furniture stare lu Nor-
walk is a busy place duringr the. pres-
ent. “ilomohiaking Week" sale and
the offers that are being made to}
those furnishing their homes are. re-'
marknble. There are. cut prices in
furniture that are astonishing all and
the grant assortment of stock gives.
opportunity far ’discrlmiuallon scl-
doni before. excelled. The‘saie began
this morning and will continue for a
week. Everything for the house from
collar to garret appears in the store
and all furnishings are fluently reduc-
ed. The management issues an invi-
tation for all to call and inspect the
exceptional bargains
.—
HELD FOR lNVESTlGATION.
HARTFORD. May iti.-.iohti Mohair
iel. colored. who claims to be head of
the International Navigation Academy
of Brunswick. (1a.. is under arrest here
on a technical charge, pending inves,
ilgation oflstateincnts made by him in;
his effort to collect money for the ben-'
eiit of the academy.
The Woman‘s Municipal League, of
South Norwalk, the Civic League. of‘
Norwalk.’ and the 'East Norwhik Ini-‘
{movement Association have a peti?
' . liken before tile Board of Estimate and
Taxation urging the appropriation for
.tnedical inspection and fire escapes on
. title town schools. . B
———.—
Harry Hooper, aged 17. reached out
to stop an elevator on the second floor
'of a box manufacturing establishment
. in New Britain Tuesday. and be
grasped the wrong cable. The. eleva-
tor picked hiiii off his feet and
crushed him against tho floor above.
iii-lo laid the hospital suffering from
internal injuries.
‘ Edward ’oooii. "Red" Reynolds,
James Waterhouise and ArtiumForey
' made a disturbance on The Green
- Tuesday night, which they called a
honuTocital. Chief Thomas Leather-
iand gave them a warning and another
chance this morning.
mishandled at the time by Officer Jar-
vis 8. MW: ' “
They were at» .
DON’T .
PLASTER Your
New HOUSE
Lino mill and ceiling: with
Compo-Bonrd. It is much
warmer in Winter and cooler
nil sittions cast of the .\lississlpp'i Q
,l
let us help you.
to chose from.
pay.
b
Parlor Suite,
Upholstered in ve—
ioi'll' with highly pol-
ished mahogany
. franks “$22.50 up
‘ Odd Parlor Chairs
Upholstered in ve-
lour. plush and
leather ....$3.50 up
Musicfiahlneto
in either oak or ima-
liottany finish
$5.50 up
Lolthar 'Couchoo
With massive oak
ironies, luxurious
$22.50 up
Velour Couches
With solid oak
.. tra me it u pboisleroil
oriir all steel
springs .... $8.98 up
Davenport:
A) With inassite oak
_) , OT‘iiillimely finish-
oil frames. suicudid-
» i)’
upholstered .
$32.50 up
Leather Rockers
With ouk or milling-
any finished ironies
$5.00 up
y Oak Rockers
dis seats, splendidly
finished ....$2.25 up
Turkish Rockers
With durable iloston
Leather upholster-
init. luxuriously tuft
ed ....... $1350 up
Willi cobbler or and ..
Spoclal Display of
Globe-
Wernicke
BOOK
CASES
The individual Li-
brary is a new Glohov
'Wernlcko idea.
it pimiilen you with
.:l library of your own.
ill your min morn In
harmony with its for
nisiiingsw-riu ever pres.
out convenience and al-
ways a decided ornn»
nicnt. We show them
in many stylus and"
finishes at prices at-
ways reasonable.
ill
or fill Re-Fumishing the Old
Whether you no furnishing o wow homo or rofurniohinp the old-—
Uu this great otoro u if It woro your own.
Como—pick as you piouo.from tho vast and varied usortm’onl
hero of ovorythlng noodod for your homo.
Whether you want a f‘ow ortloioo to make tho old home bright and
- cheerful or an ontlro outfit for tho now—you will find an ample stock
Bo n exacting no you pious in "hard to styio, clue and quality
——you will find here everything noodod to complete the cozy oom-
fort of your homo at price. you can gully afford and will be glad to
Anntial May Sale of Fine
Furniture and Rugs
In this the busiest month of the your wo prove by tho following
attractiv! prion how deoidodly to your advantago it is to trade bore.
in
sign. choice of oak
or
With reversible ve.
lour
adjustable back
Heavy
posts and uprights
$13.60 up
Iron Bods
in many styles—*-
lienviiy enameled,
brass lri tiled
$3.50 up
Princou Dressers
In either ask or nin-
bognliy finish
in oak or mahogany
finish
Willi canopy top and
bent glass ends ..
in solid oak. beauti-
fully
lab
0
Splendidly
well seasoned
finished in a
golden
Dining Chairs
Substantially
of solid oak. finished
ill a rich golden ..
Library Tobin
rich Colonial ill.»
mahogany ..
$10.50 up
Mort-lo Choirs
cushions and
$7.50 up
Brno Beds
continuous
$12.60 up
Cbiffonlors
..... $5.50 uP
China Closets
$12.50 up
Buffets
(insult-red tint
$11.00 up
Sideboards
made of
oak.
rich
. .Sl3.50 up
mode
$100 up
A. l. COLLINS & COMPANY
16 North Main Street, South Norwalk
The success of your bro
shell. depends on the feed you use.
pared. are the kind you can depend on to make tine. healthy fowl:
We use not only the best and cleanest ma
toriala, btlt we proportion our mixtures scientifically.
the youngest chick as well as the full grown fowl. Only sweet. sound.
cracked grains are permitted to so into our feeds.
Chick Feed Is not an experiment.
carefully tested. and there is nothing used that can not be fed alone
Bonnie Chick Feed contains the choicest im-
ported Mlllots. fine cracked charcoal. thoroughly dried and selected
grains, such as oat meal. cracked wheat-cracked kaiilr. peas. fine old
cracked corn. which combined. make a food beat adapted ot produce
strong and vigorous chickens.
and future sturdy layers.
with perfect safety.
ers-lioanle Home Ground
' BTART v‘oun cmcxs mour’
Somotbln
First in quality. last in price, always in the minds of its custom-
eed for Horses. Cattle and Poul-try.
Good for Young Chicks. .
a. from the moment they are out of the
llounio Chick Foods. homo pro-
MANUEL TORO HATCH.
Bonnie Litale
but is something that has been
to provide for '
Wm.‘ -w .. ”Mi
..
WALKS
Concrete. Cement, Flag
.llCurb 8. Gutter Reset
‘ Old Walks Recovered
(IGrading,.Excavatin’g. Team Work
RAYMOND. BROTHERS
in Summer. Nails right to the
studding. More economical.
Won't crack, dent. chip or
admit moisture to spoil wall-
paper. Takos'paper, paint or
tint. Lam as long “the
house.
Fine for garage. chicken-
houue, laundry, uoreroomn.
wardrobes, signs, window dil- ‘. .
. plays. —
Writ! [or “mph and boob ‘
lot telling all Ibout Compo-
Bonrd and its many rim, Dropp
' unpomltodhy. 'i
SUVIR STREET
. AUTOMOBILE EXPERTS
ARE EARNESTLV REQUESTE—D TO INSPECT THE 1913 MODELS
. THE MOYER AUTOMOBILE
NOW READY FOR DELIVERY AT OUR GARAGE
SAVE TIME AND
f'l'elophone 681- 3
MONEY
‘ By renting an automobile for an hour. a day 0 a week our chauf-
‘ tours are careful rind experience
OSCAR H. BANKS
NORWALK, CONN.
men.
1
lllllll llllllllS illll llllllllll
ill illlllil lllllll
llRlDGI‘Z'PORT. .\lal lfiwAlrilid thcv,
notild be carried through to New Hm;
i you on a freight train yesterday after-
inoon. while returning from a flip to
\‘oroton and back five young boys of
gllie West End pulled the crank cock
Finite on one of the cars jamming the
air brakes nn-evory rear on the train
ttruin to a quick stop when near the
Barnum and Bailey quarters in the
th-si End. Fearing that some acci-
dent bud occurred which brought the
train to such it sudden stop. engineer
conductor and trainmen hurried from
foot and were in time to see. the boy‘is
scouting away from one at the cars.
‘Bii ich e\plalnod the trouble.
‘ Almost a Wreck. '
i That some of the cars were not pil-
ed up and wrecked by the operation
.is fortunate. None of the cars were
thrown from the track. and no dam~
‘ use was done} with the. exception of
l some fiat wheels on the cars. The boys
were captured and turned over to the
police and lil‘tile City court this morn-
ing. they were severely lectured by
Deputy Judge Frank 1... Wilder, and
fined.
Qno Boy Arrested.
, John Monrisey. aged 17 years, of No.
1708 Fairliold avenue. was the only
' boy that was caught by the trainmon.
Conductor of the mini}. H. Cones. of
New Haven turned the boy over to the
police. From him was obtained the
, story and the names of the other boys
who figured in the during work.
.L. L. susWoaTfi
a son ‘
‘ HARTFORD. OWN-
Q B. Jackson
"1 ‘ Optioian
l‘ llt“‘
if”'¥1"l”.,flflfl4 .
a. manner
_ NORWALK.
“about on.
The boys had boarded a freight train
and «rode to Noroto'n where they board-
etLan eastbound freight and came back
to Bridgepout. Morrissey was fined
$10. The other boys 'and their dues
were as follows: Patrick Collins. of
No.101il'Railroad avenue. probated;
Aruthur Gray, of No. 717 Howard aw
nus. $10; Ambrose Gaynor. of No. 146
-Clinton-avanu:. 05; iiowsrdi- Jonson, of
g .
tbp train. when they recovered tbcu‘i
, may shitty
tage.
be sold this season.
So. Main St.
You can't get beyond the domain of.
“The Winged-Pyramid." The world
over you'll find Ford service stations
near at hand—.a distinct Ford advan-
And a reason why you should.
place an early order for one of the
seventyyfive thousand new Fords to
All Fords are Model T's—all alike ex-
cept the bodies. The two passenger
runabout costs $590~the five passen-
er touring car $690—the delivery car
goo—the town car $900-‘—f. o. b. Dc-
troit, completely equipped. Get‘ lat-
est cataloguc from S. L. Benedict. 98
l
the same. “it.
(tin bakers are all clea cut
. .\il flour is sifted and all bread and
mat-lilacs run by an electric motor;
time to give you a superior artic.le
to either store or shell to any driver.
to any pl ace
net a apt-(lair).
\\e maintain a free delivcri in thc
moi innit deliver) should be in before it a.
my before 3 p. m.
(ream parlor fitted in the rear
of bread. it's making a gloat hit
nearly every week.
our goods fresh every day.
every day or as often as you want them
teed to be fresh and pure.
R U N DL’E’S
A Few FACTS 3
We desire to call your attention to the fact that we have had
a whale “ire phone installed ili our .\'orwalk store
out. The number of the phone at the [last .\'oruaik store remains ‘
()iii bakeri. situated in Fast .\‘orw.a1k is all above ground no cel-
lat illiii is as light and airy as \our own kitchen.
()ul shop is as clean and orderly us your kl!("ii(ll on baking day.
pmitresiie young men.
pride in their bakinas. .\'othing but the best or ingredients are used.
lzlyeryihlng is made under our personal supervision.
In our ice cream and candy department at .\'orwalk, we are in»'
. stalling a new ice cream machine and will be prepared in a short
Orders for our bakery or ice. cream products may he telephoned
We deli er ice cream packed,
lti Tire .\'otwulks, at .fiii time.
Tile .\'orualk store. will be. renovated shortly and n
We desire particularly to call attention to our ten (cut split loaf
We are introducing new cakes
Special orders for lodges; societies. etc.,
personal attention that we give to all orders.
Your grocer probably handles our bakery producls.
You can order from him or“ from one‘
of our delivery wagons. or from either store. A post card or a phone
message to the Not-walk store will assure you fresh bakery
A trial will coniinte \011.
g CRITICISM iNVITED.
BAKERY
11 Main Street. Norwalk. Formerly H. A. Smith.
Cornor Van Zant St. and Osborn Ave.. E. Norwalk. ,.
'i be number is
We maintain that -
who take
cake mixtures are made by '
OH tors for Sunday diu-
city of .\'orualk Orders for i.
in. and for afternoon deliv-
pretty ice
will receive the same
We deliver ,
products
\li our goods are guaran~
i
was placed on probation until June l.
iAli of the other bois have been into
‘. isimllttr difficulties. and the police have
' had a lot oficomplaiuts spent their ac
tions in the. West End
ii‘ound
road.
i — “.Dr Thomas' Eclectric. Oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal dis-
Wease~croup Has been used with one
{cells in our family for eight years. "—
Mrs. L. Whiteacre.13uffalo. N. Y
being
i POSTPONED
EAUCTION SALE
Will sell at public auction on Fri-
day day 1'.” tb 1912 at 10 o'clock at
the late residence of Mr Ferguson.
on Mansfield areuue. Dnrlcn. all the
lbouseboid furniture consisting‘ of
ipinno and parlor suite. china closet
and wardrobe, carpet. and rugs and
Isome antique furniture and lots of
others too numerous to mention.
Terms cash if stormy next fair dav. '
Pei order of A. H. FERGUSON»
For more information call Tel.
259-3, So. Norwalk Division.
NOTICE
Bids on New Fire
' House
Sealed bids for tho conipiete cou-
structlon of a new Fire House to be
erected on Franklin Street in this city.
according to revised plans and speci-
fications, will be resettled by the un-
dersigned up to Monday. May 27th,
1912 at. 8 o'clock p. in . said bids to
be submitted to the Council at a meet-
ing iticieoi‘ to be held at the Council
Chamber on Washinuton street. on
said \iay 27th. 1912, at 8 o'clock p.
The right to reject any and all bi s
is reserved
Revised plans and specifications for
the construction of said Fire House,
may be seen and examined at the of
duo of the Water Oolnmissloners of
thil city. all and other May 15th. 1912.
Pontiac «out? further information
o
it
yards
BABY STRANGL£D To DEATH.
wnrannuar,
of a child, about a month old, was
near Platts Mills, on the Nausatuck
duly been strangled to death held:
the medical examiner.
infant‘s neck was a cord drawn tight.
The body was fully clothed but) the:
ilnclnding the engine and bringing the E. T. BATES ........ AllC'l‘iONEl’i‘R. . clothes did “0‘ give any clue to Who
the parent‘s might be. The local
\‘ice were notified, and the detective
department is investigating. .-
CHARGES HOFFMAN WITH ABAN-
Deputy Sheriff 1). Louis Ladirlgan, of
South \‘orw elk this morning arrested
Joseph Hoffman who was employed as
an. engineer at Vincent Brothers' coal
the complaint of Susie
claims that Joseph abandoned her an
two children of which he is the father;
The. follow will be brought. to Soil
Norwalk next Monday where he
’be arrala ned on the charge of bignni‘
it is said that Hoifinun has a wit it
ing and that some time ago he volt.
with another woman and that later
abandoned her and two children.
SEVENTEENTH wsoomo Aunt
Mr. and ms. Charles A Copley.
.\'oiwnlk, are today celebrating n .
quiot way the seventeenth anniversary
of their manrlnago Mr. Copley is
local superintendent of the Conn
Norwallt citizens in general
porintendent and Mrs. Copley are
solving the conuanlluwms of t s
niany,‘ friends. - ‘
.\iay fer—The my
in the Nuiigatuck river Tuesda ,
The infant a girl, had evi-
piaced in the river, according to
Around til
DONMENT.
in the West End. Bridgeport. on
Tookes, iv
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