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Hoy‘t’s Opera House.1
(has solid week, commencing:
rerun; recesses (list, an.
Matinee Tu s-lay, (New Years Day). Thurs-
day and Satu’r lay. The comedy sunbeam
scene
And- a selected company presenting Mom’s
latest successes at popular pl‘lCrS.
‘ ‘DAY—"Prelt-yi Pol. ’ _
TUESDAY MATIr EE—( New Years Day)
“San. Sands.” ‘. . "
TUESDAY NlGl-l'“——"La Belle Midao.
rWiléDNli‘SDAY NIGHT— “ Canny 5 Cross
you s, - .
TH URSDAY hlrlTINEE—zf'l‘7rig.g’s Ferry.”
THUR-SD.- Y N lGH'l‘——“l\ue,\‘.”‘ H
FRIDAY NIGHT—"A Prettv Ho‘ldenf’ . ‘
SATURDAY MATINE iii—"The (:ypsre's 1' or-
tune.’ - .
SATURDAY FIGHT-‘ lthcdy.” ,
1 rice 10. 20 and 300. Seats on sale at His.
ted 's and-Gregory’s drug stores.
The American Quartet. late of the Manolo.
Mash Company. wili appu..- at every; perforf
msnce. * -
Just One Jolly night: , ,
Friday, Beneath 28th. ~ » i
' " The Iloyzoni'an Comedian
a ,
James sauce
(Grimesey Me Boy)
is
And his merry company of comedians singers
and dancers, presentmg
THE SIDE SHOW
The only legitimate laughing success of the
’ presentrseason. Everythmsr new. New songs.
new musm, new dances, specialties and lots of
new fun.
Prices, 35. 50 and 75. Seats now on sale at
P1 . gory’s drug stores.
Norwalk Opera House.
One night only.
Saturday, December 29
A big black boom
SLAVERY DAYS!
_ Orlife down South before the war.
40'Colored Artists
Appropriate Scenery l
Novel Scecialties l
The Heighth of Stage Realism!
Wait for the grand
STREET PARADE
, At noon.
Grand Concert in front of theatre at
7.30.
Seats at Gregory’s and Tomlinson’s.
Price ‘25. 85, 50.
J. D. Jennings.
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Special iii Meeting.
EzThe legal voters of the City of Norwalk are
hereby notifi d and warned that a. special
meeting of ih blity of Norwalk will be held
in the Town House in said City, on Thursday
December 2711:. 1894, at 3 o’clock in the after-
noon, for the following 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.fl
E33. ”370 pass any,vote:0r votes that said meet-
ingmaydeam 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. , >
3. To pass a {resolution or resolutions sp.
propriating such sums of moneytas said meet-
ing shall deem best, for the construction Iof
said reservoir; or purchase and laying of said
water pipes, or both.
Dated at the Cit
1894,
By Order of the uncil Of said city.
EDWIN-O. KEELER. Mayor,
ttest- E. M. OCKWOOD'. City Clerk.
Norw alk, Decemberzlsi;
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Hoyt’s Opera House.
' Trustees,
' made such fast
Absolutely Independent.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1894.
’ ENTERED AT THE PosT Osman. m Noawanx
as A NEWSPAPER.
SOUTH NORWALK.
There was an unusual high tide this
morning.
The election of oflicers of Humboldt
Lodge takes place to-mght.
Trinity church will hold its Christ-
mas festival to-morrow night.
The Knights of Honor held their
regular meeting last evening.
The Four Hundred club met with
Mr. and Mrs. William Stevens last
night.
The Hungarian Benevolent society
held a grand ball for the benefit of its
fund, last evening.
The Junior Prohibition club will give
a box social this evening at their rooms
On South Main street.
‘The Poll has been added to the
group of fishing smacks at the Wash-
mgton street bridge.
The bronze smoking set which was
rallied for atlingh Campbell’s store,
was won by Athur Doolans.
A dance will be given tO-night by the
South Norwalk Athletic club 1n their
rooms in the Donovan building.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Daly of Living-
stone Place are the happy parents of a
little heir, who arrived last night.
The meeting nights of the Royal~ Ar-
canum has been changed to the jsecond
and third Thursdays in each month.
Justice Barrett, this morning, sen-
tenced Grant Smith and August Brown
to jail for twenty days, for vagrancy.
'V Frederick Muth of this cityand Miss
Lizzie‘iSommers of New York, were
married in New York yesterday after-
noon.
Ellis Meekin rescued a. little five
year old girl named Welch, yesterday
afternoon, who had broken through the
ice on Bach’s pond.
William J. McGee, of Hartford, died
at the Soldiers’ Home, Noroton, yester-
day morning. He was a member of Co.
D., 1st. Conn. H. A.
John Murphy o£.New Haven, died
at the Soldiers’ Home, Noroton, this
morning. He was a first lieutenant of
.Co. H. 24th Conn. Vols.
J amesA. Smith had twenty-two bush-
els of oysters and clams and a skiff
stolen from him last night. They were
taken from Village creek near Wood-
ward avenue.
“J ake” Schaub’s assistant John caught
his hand in a sausage machine this
morning and amputated four of.h1s
lingers. He was sent to the hospital,
where Dr. Burke attended him.
Mortimer S. Bette of South Wilton
and Miss Alice Allen of South Norwalk
and were married by the Rev. S. Dike-
man, at his residence.—Advocate.
'The,Methodist, Baptist and Congre'
gational churches held their Christmas
festivals for the children of the Sunday
schools, last evening. Despite the
storm the children turned out in force.
The Odd Fellows last night elected
the following oflicers: . .., . DIS-
brow; V. G., . W. Fallon; R. S,
John Batterson; Treasurer, H. S. Rood,
Geo. W. Bearse, Charles
Sherman and C. A. Fallon.
The St. Paul’s Mission Sunday-school
held a Christmas festival at their rooms
on Van Zandt avenue, last evening. A
very entertaining programme was pre-
sented, and the festal occasmn Will be
long remembered. Suitable presents
were provided to members Of the
school.
The Red Men elected the following
Officers last night: Sachem, Richard
Bland; senior saaamore, Frank E.
Parker; junior sagamore, W. B._ W11-
son; prophet, Joseph Miller; chef of
records, W. H. Stafiord; treasurer. O.
E. Barker; collector of wampum, W11-
liam Miller.
The Christmas festival of the Congre-
gational Sunday school, last evenlng,
was largely attended. The St. Cecelia
. choir sang beautifully, and the Christ.
mas tree was handsomely trimmed and
decorated. The exercises were by the
little children, excepting a finely
rendered poem by Miss Alice Layton.
After the entertainment everybody was
invited to the dining room where ice
cream, cake and fruit were served.
The big locomotive 504, which draws
the Berkshire express between. Dan-
bury and New York city, is consxdored
the fastest engine on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford road. It
time between South
Norwalk and New York that it_ was
taken away from the Danbury div1s10n
a short time ago and placed upon one
of the fast trains on the New York
division. To everybody’s surprise the
engineers there were unable to make
uny sort of time with the engine, and
after a short trial it was sent back to
Danbury. Engineer David Vaughan
took it the next day and made his
usual time with a longer train than it
had been drawing. On Julytith Err
gineer Vaughan gained the distinction
of being the only engmeer who made
the run from New York to South Nor.-
walk on time,——Danbury News.
The Southern New England Telephone llo.
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Look for
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D! STAN“
.f'.l_£DHmlf_
the Sign Blue Bell.
NOR‘WALK DIVISION.
PUBLIC STATIONS ARE LOCATED as FOLLOWS:
Wall Street, - - - ; Central Office
New Canaan, “- New Canaan Messenger
. “Rowayton, - - - - MW. Godfre
“South Norwalk, - - - R. H. Plaiste
Westport. - - - - W. E. Osborn
‘Wilton'. Y. N. H. & H. B. B.
‘Indicate; Automiitic Staston. "
A——
GEO. H. OSTERBANKS,
House andSign Paint-
ing and Paper Hanging.
Orders promptly and reasonably executed
flthop and Residence 47 Rive street Norwal
' =Wall paperlforisalesll
l
drove to Stamford on Christmas Eve, '
'ANTON ggliBINSTEIN,
MAfURicr-z GRAiy‘sI REMIN ISCENC’ES ol-T;
.. ‘ ' ITHE GREAT COMPOSER.
ills First and Only Visit to America, end
the it Awakened. A
Sight of Beecher“: Lithographs Brought
Enthusiasm
Contentment.
Maurice Gran, under whose manage-
ment Rubinstein visited - America,‘thus
writesof the dead composer in the New
York Herald; - '
I n'ever saw any one with such magnet-
ism. He gave one the impression of be-
ing very reserved, and yet he could, upon
Occasions, be as jovial as the most reck-
less of boon companions. He had a-per—
fectly enchanting smile. When he was
pleased his rugged Tartar face would be-
come quite sunny and fascinating.
He made his first appearance at Stein-
way Hall, on September 23, 1872. He
played his own concert in D minor; an air
and variations by Handel; the Ruins of
‘Athens march; Mozart’s rondo in A mi-
nor; tho Schumann etudes symphonics,.
and his own barcarolle in G, the melodic
in F and his valso caprice. '
The scu'satl on he made was colossal.
The audience went crazy. It seemed as
though he would never have. finished
bowing. I remember that during one
part of the concert asilver wreath was of-
fered to him on a. white satin cushion.
He looked at it cynically and then shook
his leoine head, nor could he be persuaded
to accept either the wreath or the masses
of flowers that were sent to him.
He was a. sturdy minded man in every
way. He hated ostentation of all‘kinds.
I remember one of the thing that cut him
to the quick was the sight of his own por-
traits plastered on the walls and exhib-
ited in the shop windows. The portraits
were by no means flattering, and on that
ground alone he had, I must admit, le—
gitimate cause for complaint. That,
however, was not what he objected to.
He hated to be looked upon as a. curiosity
or use. phenomenon. That afiairof the
portraits was a sore spot, until our travels
out West, he came to a. place where the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was, announced
to lecture, and when he saw the preach-
er’s portraits covering the entire town, he
cheered up immensely. They were far
worse than his own.
One Saturday night he had played at
Buffalo. The following evening he was
to play at the Grand Opera House in New
York.
Some one called at the hotel to welcome
Rubinstein and showed him a. programme
of the evening’s concert. Almost side by
side with his solo were a couple of Straus
waltzos. (That was enough. He sat down
calmly and refused absolutely to play. I
implored, I argued, I entrcated, I threat-
ened. It was of no avail. There was
nothing to be done. All the printing
offices were closed. So I and several
others set to work, and withc pen and ink
, .
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ANTON RUBINS’I‘EIN.
scored out of the programme the oflend-
ing items. After the concert he said,
gravely,“I never regretted so much being
a poor man. Had I had the money, I
would have paid you the $40,000 forfeit,
and would have gone straight back to
Europe.” ' . .
He was a. tremendous worker. At every
hotel in which he stayed he had a piano
placed in his room, and the moment he
arrived he would begin to practice. He
never slighted a single audience, no mat-
ter how small, by neglect or carelessness.
He appeared to be completely engrossed
in his art. He would work and study and
study and work continuously. How his
constitution stood the immense strain is
a marvel. The last ten or fourteen days
in this country presented a. task that
might have broken down a Hercules.
And yet there was nevera complaint.
His was the most lovable disposition im.
aginable. »
He played at more than the stipulated
number of concerts, and the net profit
from the tour was $60,000. '
The last concert Rubinstein gave in
Boston was a. genuine triumph. His very
clothes were rent by enthusiastic admir—
ers in search of souvenirs. Women rush~
ed on the platform and embraced him,
and the entire [audience literally yelled:
,“Come back again! Come back again!”
He played once more in New York and
sailed the following day toward the end
of May,- 1873.
The last time I saw him was in Berlin.
conducting his Maccabees at Kroll’s The-
atre.» I found him sadly changed and
nearly blind. Abbey and I dined with
him at Wolfi’s- house, and afterward he
made young Hoffmann play for us. :For
the boy he predicted a great future. We
discussed a posSible second tour through
the States and a contract was signed for
the season 1892-93 at an honorarium of
$2,500 per concert. That is the highest
fee ever paid a. pianist, and it is curious
to think that the only th artists who
ever created such universal, delirious en-
' thusiasm Were Patti,the singer par excel-
lence, and Rubinstein, the incomparable
pianist. In the contract, however, was a.
clause which gave him the right to cancel
he chose. Shortly before the expiration
of this time we received a formalnotifica—
tion that he had abandoned the idea of a
second tour.
In the winter of 1891 I received a letter
from Rubinstein recommending to me a
tenor called Mikailoil‘. In this letter, he
said:
"My dear Gran, if you really wish to see
me again I am afraid it will have to be on
this side of the water.” .
There was something so hopelessly sad
about the remark that I was afraid he
must’ be ill. The following May Abbey
and I saw him, as'I said before, in-Bcrlin
but. he thought 'it was impossible. 'We
renewed negotiationsifor a tour-"this win-
ter, but the answer came that he had
returned to,Potorhof and that, in all pro-
ibability, nothing could tempt him to
leave it. ‘ . .
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This was in the summer of 1892. He Was ’
his engagement before a. certain date if
and tried to tempt him to coriie'over here,
s-POOKS prsctossn
EXPOSURE -or-‘"'AN AMERiCAN ME-
- DIUM_ IN PARIS. . .
The Bulky Princess Clad Only in Tights
. Makes uDosporato Fight to Free Hero
self From the Grdsp of .a Vigorous
' Young-Man, and then Cries Fraud.
The details ofthe exposure in , Paris of
the notorious Mrs. Mary E. Williams,
Street, New York, has just been given to
the press b .Mme. de Laversay, who is
ment in France, and witnessed the
affair. She says: . '
“Mrs. Williams went into the cabinet
wearing an elegant silk dress of the lab
est fashion.
leaving a feeble glimmer from a lamp at
the far corner of the room. Before retire
ing -Mrs. Williams gave a. short address
of" allrcliglous character, claiming that
of the Almighty. asa‘bv her directions
we were kept singing pretty much all the
time.
just visible in {hazy wh’ito outline, and
gave us her blessing in a deep-masculine
voice. '
“Then more forms came out, singly or
in pairs, and, as they gained confidence,
advanced a 'good‘ way into the TOOm.
Finally a pair came out, who, Mme. Rouo
lot, explained, were Mr. Cushman and
his daughter. Suddenly the young man
by my side sprang up and ,poun‘ced'upon
Mr. Cushman, who struggled violently
in his grasp and ”emitted scream.‘ after
soroam of decidedly feminine‘r‘shrillnéss.
At the some moment;.,,auother_ man
jumped up and took ‘posoeséio'nfof' Miss
Cushman, who mado'nolthor resistance
nor sound. ' " V - '
“The two men simultaneously seized
Conductor McDonald, _. and the fifth
struck" alight. My~ goodness! , What a
sight it'was that ‘met our astonished
eyes! ' ’
“There was Mme. Williams in.most
extraordinary attire,'strugglin g violently
in the grasp of Monsieur, screaming her
. loudest, with one hand grasping his
throat and with the other hitting out
wildly at him. He was between her and
the cabinet, clasping her from behind,
and evidently not strong enough to mas
tor such a powerful woman. 4
“My first impulse was to. jump up and
protest, as I knew what fearful mischief
might be done by the sudden seizure of
mediums in this way, but the spectacle
of her astonishing get—up rooted me to
my seat.
“She was dressed in black tights with
a. man’s short lounge jacket, white collar
and front, and some dark material across
her breast to do duty for a waistcoat.
Her bunch of false hair-bang it is called
in America~was off, and on her head
was a tight-fitting black cap, which
kept the hair close down, and appeared
to be tied with a string under her chin.
She had also a. small black mustache at-
tached to her upper lip, and, finally, was
without boots.
“Anything more comical than the ap-
pearance she presented it would be im-
possible to conceive. As for Miss Cush‘
man, a glance sufficed to reveal that she
was nothing but a. great doll, a. painted
mask with a lot of flowing white drapery
attached to it, and evidently held out by
.Mrs. Williams at hrm’s length as she
advanced into the reom. Turning to the
conductor, who‘had‘ sat at the corner of
the room furthest from me, I saw him
struggling in the clutches of a couple of
men and flourishing in the air a chair,
which at the first alarm he had snatched
up with the idea. of defense. All was in
the greatest confusion,and in the midst of
the screams and shouts Madame’s voice
could be heard exclaiming that it was a
plot to ruin her, and that the doll had
been brought into the house by M. Leyv
maria.
“Mme. \Villiams was allowed to put on
her dress, which hung on a peg in the
cabinet, and then all the people demanded
their money back. Some had paid ten
francs, some twenty, some more. People
who had been at the previous sittings
and who had been invited by Mme. Rou-
lot to cOmo to the exposure,which had all
been carefully planned, crowded into the
room and clamored for what they had
been defrauded of. Macdoneld had al-
when he declared that he had no more, a
big, heavy money bag was brought out
of Madame’s trunk, and for some min-
utes thus was the sound of counting out
francs, mingled with threats from the
angry victims. Finally, all were satis-
fied, and the conductor, such a. solemn,
unctuous hypocrite as he had been, but
now so crestfallcn and woebegonc. looked
sorrowfully at the lightened bag and
sighed and gazed. around at the angry
all, I forgive you.’ 7 . - .
“As long as I live I shall never forget
that night. Mrs. Williams never ceased
to protest that she was the victim of .-a.
plot, but noone paid the, least attention
to her... In fact, Mme. Roulot, another
lady and myself were the only persons in
the room who could understand what she
said: and yen may be sure that, after the
tights and all the rest, her protestations
had little influence upon' us except to
make us laugh. Thoend of it all was
that madame and her confederate were
turned out of-tho house that very night
to go whore they might, leaving behind
them as‘rspoils to the victors the doll,
draperies, white'and black wigs, beards,
wir and-Izcannot tell you what.”
\Then Mrs. (Williams reached London
exposure to the spiritualistic publication,
Light. After giving asketch of ‘her ca:-
plot. She said that the men who ex‘
posed her brought with them the masks
and other paraphernalia ‘to use as evi«
deuce against her. / '
“They tore down the curtain that
formed ,the front of the cabinet,” she
said, “and jumped on me sitting on-
tranced in my chair. They had already
torn off part of my clothing and my
shoes when I recovered consciousness,
and their evident intention was to strip
me naked and to expose me in that condi-
tion to the audience, as their fellow ruf-
flans have frequently treated mediums in
America and .elsewhere in times ,that
are past. . .
“I «was, however, fortunately strong
enough to resist successfully, but not
wit’houta struggle, as my bruised and
scratched arms attest: '
“At the some moment they made the
attack upon me, three of the conspirators
seized and held Mr. Macdonald, butL'he
saw some Of the ot’ rs throwth'ings into
inet, and “I aim wdgl'awaretliat this was
acne)r , "- ' - ' ‘
The first building and loan assOciation
in the country was organized near Phila' ,
» dolphin. 'f-ln‘ 1881.
Advertise intho GmeR'
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the spirit medium of, West Forty-sixth,
one of-tho coders of the spiritual move- .
The lights wore turned out, ‘
all'sh‘i‘idld was by the direct assistance.
After awhile her guide came out, -
ready given up every sou about him, and.
faces with a look that said, ‘In spite of.
she promptly made a. statement of the.
reer,.she characterized the exposure as a.-
tho-l-ittlo closet th‘ " served me‘as a‘,calb-_’
Merry
Christmas I
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 the window, and Christ-
mas merninghve will, dis-
tribute the gifts. '
W. A. BENEDICT 6: CO.,
Everything for men and
Boys. ClothingTurnish-
lugs and Hats.
Sentinel Building, Washing-
ton street, So. Norwalk.
Raymond. 6!: Son.
Successors to George H, Raymond,
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
' Directors.
46 and 48 Main street, Nerwalk, Ct.
Residence, 3' Berkeley Place.
Telephone Gall. 7"-6
. .37 Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn. .
Our slack of slzppers is large and prices law. You will be
surprised to see whalm‘ce Slzppers you can gelfbrfr01n 506 to $2.
One word about lbe narrow lce big button $1106 at $1.69 very
same. ”Men lbe lbl Vz‘cl kid shoes, special, at $2. Same 51203
sold 211 Dcmbzlry at $4.
Our prize kzd sboe, ladies, at $2. Wakes a nice present; 5
- styles. ' -
Ladz'es’ warm 517035.
Our m'be scbool sboas for young ladies at $1. 75; heavy sole
talent leather lzps ; for walkmg or skalmg; make a nice present
Our mlsses’ and children’s heavy kid sboe, double sole, $1
and $1.25. .flré m’ce‘ looking combined with great wear.
Tbe youth’s shoes, 11 lo 2, 706 ; 3 l0 5 1-2 805. It will pay
you to look at these.
Our cork sole sboes bl $2 are very nice. Then we bang at
very nice blacker, double sale. 3026 dress or work 312065 at $2.
just the s/zae‘s‘for winter. Ellberiof these will make a nice p165-
ml.
W e have the nicest gml’s opera toe, calf, Goodyear well cboes
at $3. very nice style.
Look at our men’s congress shoes at $1.
Our 895 men’s sboes are a wonder I
. Tbe lz'llle ladies $1706 for lbe bblldren ; m’cc style; solid. Fine
kzd extension sole 5 l0 8, 75b; 8 lo 10 1.-2, 85b; 11 1‘02 $1.
Tbls 2'5 a very nice lake, and will bear inspection. ’
Ask anyone about [be Knbx-Em—fl ll Sboes ,j youlb’s and boy’s
at $1.50 and $1.75. More dryfeel more bard V‘fKnox” lbcm
(my shoe known. ' ' ‘
4 ~ 1’
TO THE PEOPLE OF NORWALKAND noun
Annua
Begins Wednesday,
l tlearance Sale of Holida Goods!
December 26th. Anything and every-
thing in the line of ChriStmas Merchandise will
" be marked at Reduced Pmces that will
make them go in the quick-
* est possible manner.
Values will not stand in the way!
m “m an "All: STREETS limits.
Norwalk Chronicler