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Just‘One Night.
Wednesday, Dec.
'1 ho great character actor
A?! hi I E BOY D, '
In the great comedy drama,
THE COUNTRYSQUIRE
A com anion play to the Old Homestead, in
which Ir. Boyd played the star character of
Josh Whitcomb With great succc: s for the past
4 years, ‘ '_‘ 9- ,
Seats on Sale at Gregory‘s and Tomhnson’s.
Seats. 25. 35. 50, 1'50. t " ‘
Hoyt’s Opera House
Just One Jolly night. >
Friday, December 28m,
The Hoytonian Comedian.
James BMaCkie
(Grimesey'Me Boy)
And his merry company ofcomedians singers
and dancers, presenting ~ -
THE SIDE SHOW
The only legitimate laughing success of the
present season. Everythmgnew. New songs.
new musrc, new dances, specialties and lots of
new’fun.
Prices. 35. 50 and _ 75. Seats now on sale at
Plaisted’s and Gregory’s drug stores.
,Norwalk Opera House.
‘ One night only.
Saturday, December 29
A big black boom
SLAVERY DAYS!
Or life down South before the war.
40' Colored Artists
Appropriate Scenery !
Novel, Scecialties I
The Heighth of Stage Realism!
Wait for the grand
STREET PARADE
At noon.
Grang Concert in front of theatre at
7.3 .
Seats at Gregory’s and Tomlinson’s.
Price '25. 85, 50. -
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Special thy-Meeting.-
The legal voters of the City of Norwalk are
hereby notified. and warned that ' a special
meeting of the City of Norwalk will be held
in the Town House in said‘Ci’ty, on Thursday
December 27th, 1894, at 3 o’clock in the after-
noon. for the follo wing “purposes-viz: , ~
1. To take such actiOn. or pass such' resolu-
tions as may be deemed advisable, for the
construction of a new reservoir. for the pur-
pose of increasing the water supply of the
City of Norwalk. 2 ӣ23353:
E2. To pass any votelOr votes that said meet-
ing may deem proper, for the purchase and.
liying of additional water pipes between the
City of Norwalk. and its reservoirs, of such
dimensions as may be determined upon at
said meeting. » . l
3. To pass a resolution or resolution: ap-
p:opriating such sums of moneyias said meet-
ing shall deem best, for the construction [of
said reservoir; or purchase'aiid laying of said
Water pipes, or both. . - - .-
Dated at the City of Norwalk, December out.
1894.
By order of the Council of said city. ‘
EDWIN. O. KEELEB.Mayor,
attest: n. M. noonwoon. City Clerk. “ ,
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Absolutely Independent.
utmost“. DECEMBER 26'. 1894.
ENTERED AT THE PosT Orrron. m Nonwanz
as A ansmrnn.
SOUTH NORWALK.
The Odd Fellows meet to-night.
The Red Men hold a meeting to-
night.
A new floor is being laid at the Old
Well truck house.
The barge Geo. McWilliams is un-
loading Coal at Tolles’ dock:
The Chautaqua meets at the residence
of Christian Swartz, Jan. 21. users:
Dr. J. Milton Coburn has been ap4
pointed town physician for this city.
C. S. Trowbridge and _A. Solmans
started for Bantam lake this morning.
Victor B. Wilson and daughter, Miss
Olive, of Brooklyn, are at the City
Hotel.
Captain Henry. Wilson, U, S. N.
retired, lies at the point of death at the
City Hotel. .
The glass for the doors and windows
in Donavan’s new buildings arrived
this‘morning. *
Geo. C. Stillson gave an enjoyable
whist- party at his residence on South
Main street, last night.
Miss Florence Brown, the popular
telegraph operator at the depot, spent
Christmas in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron G. Cutler, of
Shrewsbury, Mass, are visiting their
daughter Mrs. Dr. Coburn.
The Congregational Sunday school
hold their Christmas festival in the
church parlors this evening.
Miss May Finnegan of Haviland
street, leaves to-day;.for Greenport, L
L, to visit Miss Grace Farrmgton.
The steam shovel at Wilson Point
brake down this morning and Will
cause some days’ delay before the
‘shovel can be repaired.
Mrs. George Cook, wife of Druggist
Cook formerly of this city, died at her
home in Darien on Monday. She
leaves two small children.
Word has been received of the death
in Germany, of Henry 0. Brix, who
was at one time bookkeeper at the
Pratt, Weed Co., shoe factory in this
city. .
Mr. T. Euphrat, of Dorian, won the
suit of clothes ruffled at James Fitz
Gerald’s cigar store Monday afternoon.
A. Benedict 8: Co. will furnish
them. ’
Messes. Darby.‘J. Griffith. 0., S.
Trowbridge and Robert Wilcox were
the winners of the handsome pipes
rallied at Trow bridge 5: Co.’s, Monday
night.
William J. Finns y the carpenter, re-
mains about the same. While able to
be up and around his every movement
has to be closely watched. Bio trouble
is mental. ‘
6» George Saunders was brought before
Justice Barrett this morning, charged
with intoxication. He pleaded not
guilty and his case was continued until
hisgalternoon.
eArion Hall was crowded Monday
night with the friends of the West Side
Athletic club. Purdy & Freeman fur-
nished music and dancing was partici-
pated in until an early hour Christmas
morning.
The Ladies’ Association and the
Womans’ Exchange have made Mrs.
Harris, wife of the janitor of the
Womans’ Building, a very handsome
present of a set of dishes as a token of
appreciation.
In the case of Conklin, See and Hoyt,
charged with stealing Wine and crack-
ers in East Norwalk, Walter Hovt and
Jacob See were discharged and George
Conklin and John See found guilty.
Conklin was fined 33 and costs and
See 31.
Nathaniel Sands, at one time a resi-
dent of this city, died in New York on
Saturday, aged ’74 years. While a
resident here in 1885 he was arrested
under an attachment of his person in a
suit by the city of New York to recover
$140,000.
The proposed new clothing manu-
factory which was to have been estab-
lished in this city by Mr. Warren E.
Smith, has been abandonded and the
factory will be located in Brooklyn.
M r. Smith after visiting the old Weed
shoe factory on Water street made an
offer for a lease of the building, but it
was not accepted. As no other factory
could be found here, Mr. Smith has
concluded to go to Brooklyn.
A very enjoyable programme was
rendered for the poor children at Music
Hall, yesterday morning at ten o’clock.
There were about 325 children present
and each was given a well-filled bag of
dainty eatables. Besides this each boy
was givenalarge humming top, and
' each girl a doll or some other toy. Rev.
B. O. Sherwood spoke to the children
and James Fitz Gerald rendered sev
eral Shumorous selections, while Dr.
Darmcr enacted the role of SantaClaus.
The enterprise was a grand success,
and it is to be hoped that a similar one
will be given every Christmas.
The suit of Gilbert M. Bitch vs. the
Borough of Greenwich was tried on
Saturday before Justice Brush, and
resultedina verdict for the plaintiff.
The suit was brought to recover the
amount paid by Bitch for a hack license
under a recent borough ordinance.
, The plaintiff claimed that said ordi-
,.nance is invalid, and that the payment
was made under protest, and to avoid
annoyance and criminal prosecution.
‘An appeal was taken by Borough At-
torney McNall to the Court of Common
Pleas. Every hackman and livery-
stable keeper in Greenwich is interest-
ed in thedecision of the higher courts
in this case.
The Southern New England Telephone to.
Look to, roll“ 1'51‘711'01‘0! the,
., the Sign “LSD?" i Blue M-
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PUBLIC STATIONS .mr. LOCATED as Fonnows:
nonWALK DIVISION.
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Wall Street. - " -‘ -- '(‘entral Office
New l‘anaan. . - New Canaan Messenger
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ALLIGATORS AT HOME.
Clumsy on Land, but Able Adversarlos in
715119 Water.
A Florida corr sponde‘iit of the Denver _
Republican say : If an alligator meets 4"
you on land he is at your mercy. If you
meet him on the water the conditions are
reversed. on land he is an awkward fol-
low. His flippers are not made for walk- .
ing, and he gets along through persever-
ance and endurance. In moving on land
he lifts his body up, but drags his tail on
the ground, making a trail as though
with a .stick. An alligator-’5 toll is his
weapon of defence, and it is a good one.
If tho ’gator is an old one, from 10 to 16
foot, his tail will be from B to 8 foot.~ It
is nearly as large as the body back of the
hind lo 3 and gradually tapering to a.
point. his he can bring around with
such force as to break a man’s legs. Ho
will He by tho side of a lake, apparently
asleep, but if a calf ventures too near the
’gotor will switch around his tail and
break the animal’s logs and dine on vool
at his pleasure.
One singular thing about an alligator’c
trailing on land is that no matter at what
point of the compass the next lake is
located, when he starts he take- the
shortest out; a surveyor could not make
a more directalr lino. Ono night my dog
barked for two hours. and at times ho was
very ferocious. The next morning, ouou
investigation, I- found tho trail of a In o
alligator through my orange grove. o
had stopped half a dozen times and had
some sort of discussion with tho dog.
When he got to the front fonoo tho boards
were so close together he could not got
through, so ho climbed ovor, using his big
tall as a sort of boost.
In April and May the moles make A
great noise, bellowing like a bull. In tho
latter part of May they make a‘ nest,
selecting a quiet place on the banks of o
lake or rlver. It will be two or three foot
long, built of sticks, grass and sand. Tho
female lays from 96 to 82 eggs. They are
as big around as a hcu’s egg and nearly
twice as long. Boys hunt the eggs and
sell them-to tho curlo stores, where they
are either hatched or blOWn out.
' While the alligator is clumsy and awk-
ward on land, he is very graceful and
swift in the water. He is monarch of the
inland waters. My house is about 200.
feet from the lake and 20 feet above it.
From my gallery with a field glass I can
watch their every movement, and it is
very Pintercsting to see 'how gracefully
they rise, sink, turn or swim at full speed
after a trout.
I had a colored boy about 12 years old,
what we call “yard boy.” He did all
kinds of chores. He would at times go
down to the boat house when there was
not a. sign of an alligator on the lake, and
with a hoe splashed the water and
bark liken. dog. Presently two or three
pairs of eyes would be soon just above the
water. Their eyes are very prominent,
sitting, or porhapsl should say jutting,
out from their heads. As the boy barked
and splashed the water they would come
nearer and nearer, and show more of
their bodies. When they got within fif-
teen or twenty feet, the boy would drop
the hoe and run up hill, as thougha tribe
of Indians were after him. The negrocs
have an idea. that an alligator prefers a
black man to a white one, and they say
that a ’gator will swim all around white
men if there is a negro in tho crowd
The nogroes look upon the igator as a.
natural enemy.
The alligator is not only a graceful
swimmer, but he is a powerful and
wicked assailant in the water. The
greatest danger is from their capslzing
the book; when they will grasp a person
by the log and sink im‘mcdiatoly, leaving
no escape from drowning. Within a. ra-
dius of four miles from Kouka, Fla,
there are forty-one lakes, and this vicinity
has afforded rare sport for those who do-
light to get a crack at such game. They
are pretty well thinned out now, and
there are not so many making a business
of hunting them for their hides. There
was a time when a goodoized hide would
fetch $10 to $14, but now they do not
bring more than $1 and $2. But some
hunters make good wages.
PRINCESS BISMARCK.
The Iron Chancellor Had Given Her the
Credit of His Advancement in Life.
Princess Bismarck’s maiden name was
J ohannit von Puttkammer. Her parents
were stanch Conservatives and inveterate
“pietists.” As such they were strongly
averse to her marrying the avowed repre-'
sentative of other opinions and forbade
their daughter to accept his advances.
But one night when the Puttkanfmcrs
gave a party young Otto von Bismarck,
though not invited, stalked in among the
‘guosts, linked arms with the not unwil-
ling Johanna and announced that they
were engaged. Her parents, stunned by
this audacity, had not the presence of
mind to deny the engagement on the spot.
Afterwards they agreed to give their
formal consent to the match rather than
brave what would have been a public
scandal involving their daughter.
Princess Bismarck nchr took a con-
spicuous part in German social life. She
was eminently domestic, devoted to her
home and children. She was tall and
somewhat angular, and her hair in later
years was snowy white. She was o fluent
and rapid talker, with a large fund of
anecdotes and reminiscences she was
fond of relating. '
Her most intimate friend was the
Baroness Wilhelm do Rothschild. The
two used to meet at Hamburg every
year.
The Princess had three children. Her
only daughter married Count Rantzau.
Her elder son, Herbert, married the
Countess Marie Hoyos, of Vienna. The
younger son, Wilhelm, Landrath at
Hanover, strongly resembles his father.
No finer tribute was ever paid to wo-
man than is contained in a letter written
by Bismarck to his sister, several years
after his marriage: ,
“I say to you, as I never tire of saying
to all my friends, that you‘cannot imag-
ine even a little bit what my wife has
made of me. To her is due all the credit.
In the midst of my most serious troubles
she has always maintained the dignity of
her position, and :encouraged me where I
know otherwise I should have faltered.
She is ever the Princess, true and devot-
ed. All Ihavo to Worry me are these
trifling political affairs. The domestic
concerns go on smoothly, and everything
is so delightful in my home, that I feel I
am the most fortunate of men.”
Lodger—Yon had a terrible a m with
your husband last night, Mrs. . nchon. ,
I mustgo; I can’t stand the noise. .. ,.
Landl’ady—You are a est-range kind of ,
'man, Mr. Flatten; you said you wanted
all the comforts of a homo, and I’m sure-
you got ’cm.—Boston Gazette.
When a man” is chargcl 'Ewith arson is
it to be wondered at if hedges upF-Rich‘g ,
‘ .‘mond Dispatch. ‘ '
"trite om. " .
’IRUBINSLEIN’S DEATH
THE TALK osiiornln
AMERICAN, MANAGERS.
Dr. Doylo Treats Upon an American no.
mance-at a Dlnnor of the Letus Club, _
and flown Some: Very Pleasant Things. _
Other News of Interest.
‘ Rubinstein’s death will have the .12....
of shutting ed a great many men who
have been scheming vigorously and pm i
Iistontly for his service in this country '
for several years. Tho influences brought '
to but on tho great pianist last your -
from this side of the water wore so strong
that ho ovontually yloldod a quasi con-
sent to come ovor.for another .Amorioan
tour. N othlng was officially sent out
about it, but it was know generally that
tho'comblnation which finally persuaded
Rubinstein to undertake another tour in
this country was largely dominated by
Mr. Abbey and Mr._,6tolnway. The pub
lic had been without a groan-pianist since
the time of the Padorcwski furor, and the
enormous sums of money taken in by the
long haired Polo excited the managers of
public amusements to such an. extent
that the world was practically secured
for somebody who could iuccood Padoro-
wold, or, at least divide tho- field with
him. Mn A.§M. Bolmor succeeded in
finding o musician whose hair was almost
no long as Podorowokl’o and he was
brought out with a great flourish of
trumpets, but Blovlnoki lacked in some
way tho charms of the gifted, rod-bolted
Polo. J oscf Hoflman. the boy pianist,
whom Mr. Abbey brought out hero when
he was a little chop in knickorbockors,
has grown to be A round-shouldered,
mowkloh young man, without percenal
charm and with no grout ability as A
player. Finally ovory manager who was
after o pianist, and this included a very
large number of people, settled down for
a long chase after Rubinstein. It is said
that tho bait which materially assisted
Messrs; Abbey and, Steinway in tholr of»
forts to get hlmto come over to this
country was the promise that the big
Metropolitan 0 era House company
would produce ubinsteln’o opera in a
gorgeous and unprecedented style. -Th,o
great pianist had no antipathy to Ameri-
cans. but he dreaded the ocean, and that
was his main objection at all times to a
journey to this country.
At a recent dinner tendered Dr. A.
Conan Doyle, the English nOVolisj:
among other good things, had this to‘sai
about a feature of America which we had
evidently lost sight oh “I have heard
even Americans say that life is too pro
saic over here; that romance is wanting.
I do not know what they mean. Romance
is the very air they breathe. You are
hedged in with romance on every side. I
can take a morning train in this city of
N ew York, I can pass up the historic and
beautiful Hudson. I can dine at Scions
octady, whore the Enron and Canadian
did such bloody work; and before even.
lug I have found myself in the Adiron-
dack forest, where the bear and the pan-
ther are still to be shot, and where within
four generations the Indian and the
frontiersman still fought for'tho masto . ‘
With a. rifle and a canoe you can 311 o
into one of the backeddies, which have
been left by the stream of civilization. I
feel keenly the romance of Europe. I love
the mom cries of the shattered cast-loo and
the crumbling abbey; of the steel clad
knight and the archer; but to me the ro-
mance of tho rcdskln and the bra pot is
more vivid, uboing mm recent.
where you can have you but! around by '
a barber, at the same place when a cen-
tury ago you might have been left with
no hair to dress. And no less wonderful
are those Western cities, which, without
any period of development, seem to spring
straight into a. full growth of every moda
crn convenience, but where, oven amen
the rush of cable cars and the ringing o '
telephone bells, one seems still to catch
the echoes of tho woodman’s axe and of
the scout’s rifle. These things are tho ro-
mance of America, the romance of change
or contrast, of danger met and difficulty
overcome, and let me say, that we, your
kinsmen; upon the other side, exult in
your prosperity, and it is those who ,
know British feeling-true British feel:
ing~best, whowill best understand how
true are my words. I hope you don’t
think I say this or that I express my ad-
miration for your country merely because
I am addressing an American audience.
Those who know me bettcron the other ‘
side, will exonerate me from so unworthy
a. motive.
Tho general style of abuse to which
Superintendent Byrncl has been subject. ,
ed of late makes curious reading when it
is compared with the elaborate and ox-
travagout oncomlums which have been
lavished upon this public officer during
the past decade. The saying “that a
prophet is not without honor save in his
own country” can find no truer illustra-
tion than is furnished by tho nomoo of
Edison and Byrnes.
the two names are ‘widoly known where
the names of our statesmen and million-
aires sound strange. ‘,Edison, who to a
very modest man, was very much ooton~
ishod during his recent trip in Europe at
the honors which were showered upon‘
him, and Byrnos would probably have a
similar experience.
.23; Room Limo.
More Care for Colds.
Catching cold is as easy as falling of I!
leg, but it is not necessary to keep it
caught. With the cold Comes the 'con-
sciousness of possession. Then is the
time to begin the cure. The first requis
its is, higher temperature.~ Turn on the
heat, cover up Warmly, take a lively
walk, go through little exercise, drink a
cup of hot tea, milk, lemonade, chocolate
or anything but alcohol ‘to promote per~
spiration: if it is possible to get to sleep
'in a blanket or two the cold will be over
in an hour. Another cure is to take five
or ten grains of quinine and a hot drink
on retiring and sleep in a woolen gown;
on rising take another five grain pill one
half hour before meals. If the diet, is lax-
ative in Zaharacter 30 grains of quinine
used this Way with an ounce of common
sense vvill cure the biggest fresh‘coldr-r
Westchester Local News.
An Old Complaint.
“How is your wife!” . ,
‘ “Um—her head has been troubling her
a goéd deal this year.”
f‘Slck. headache P” ,;5— .
"Not exactly. -.Sho keeps wanting. a
' nemhat every four. wooksJ’r—Il Corrine--
Silk.
del Bagni. ..-.: .. .. ,
Understood film at ionoo. ‘
Mr. Gamble—WOuld you'liko to toko I
chance in a lottery, Miss Dye-roger ‘
Misc Overage (bin-bingly)-Thfo lo
find/Inn Hind—7‘ npka r Stufsx'mum '
.p‘o‘y‘s arena to attain. "
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A BLOW To .
is so '3‘
piqunt also to stay h o oomforhblo inn '
Everywhere abroad ,'
Merry
Christmas! .
We will give a present in
our ‘ Boys’ Department
with every purchase of
50c or over, from now
until ;Christmas. Our
window is filled with Toys,
Jewelry, Books, etc, all
numbered. We give you
a numbered card that cor-
responds with something
in thewindow, and Christ-
mas‘murning we will die-
tribute the gifts.
W. A. "BENEDICT & (10.,
Everything for men and
Boys. Clothing,Furnish-
lugs and Hats.
Sentinel Building, Washing-
ton street, So.‘Norwalk.
Raymond & Son.
Successors to George H, Raymond,
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors.
46 and 48 Main street, Norwalk, Ct.
Residence, 8 Berkeley Place.
Telephone Coll. V36
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.37 Wall Street, Nerwalk, Conn. . .
Our stock of slzppers is large and prices law. You will be
' surprised to see what m’ce Slippers you can get for from 50610 $2.
One word about the narrow toe on button slice at $1.69 very
spills/1. Then the lot Vz'cz' kid shoes, special, at $2. Same 51705
sold in Dcmbury at $4. ' . ‘ ~
0111 prize kzd- slice, ladies, at $2. {Makes a nice present; 5
styles.
Ladz'es’ warm slices. ,
Our m‘ce $512001 sboes for young ladies at $1.75 ; ‘ heavy sole
talent leather 2'sz ; for walking or skating; make a nice present.
Our misses’ and children’s heavy kid shoe, double sole, $1
and $1.2 5. fire nice looking combined with great wear;
The youth’s shoes, 11 to 2, 705; 3 to 5 1-2 806. [t wz’llpay
you to loot-at these. ' _
Our cork sole shoes at $2 are very nice. Then we have a
very nice blacker, double sole. Moe dress 0r work 512063 at $2.
jzgt the shoes for winter. Either of these will make a m’cepres-
eat. , .
We have {he nicest gent’s opera toe, calf; Goodyear welt 512063
at $3. very nice style. I
Look at our man’s congress shoes at $1.
- Our 890 men’s slaves are a wonder!
7175 112716 ladies $1706 for the children ; m’ce style; solid. Fine
kid extension sole 5 2‘0 8, 755; 8 to 10 1-2, 855; 11 to 2 $1.
7111's is a very nice line, and, will bear inspection.
.4515 ammne about its Knox-Em-flll $12065 ; youtb’s cmd boy’s'
at $1.50 and $1.75. More dryfeet more [yard “Kiocx”.llzan
am» 5/205 known. " - V
TO THE PEOPLE or
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NORWALK AND .YICINITY'
Annual Clea anon Sale of Holida Goods! ‘
Regina‘s Wednesday, December 26th. Anything and every-
thing in the line of Christmas Merchandise Will
be marked at Reduced Prlees that will
- ‘ "make them‘go in the quick-
est possible manner.
. Values will not stand in the way i i ,
u .1:
m m not won. more, mutt.
Norwalk Chronicler