10 Per (lent.
to ¥ ' . '
‘25 Per Cent. .
‘ ' Tel‘s the story of some
of our mark-downs to
help us to sell quickly.
broken lots. of, season:
Plenty of
able goods.
cold weather to come
. yet, so don’t miss this
chance.
' W. A. BENEDICT 82 (10.,
. Everything for men and
. Boys. Clothing, Furnish-.
_ ings and Hats. ' . )
Sentinel Building, Washing-
ton street, So. NorWalk..
N © TIC E.
The Board of Relief for the Town of Nor-
walk, on the assessment list of 1834, will
meet in the office of the Selectmen, Monday,
Jan. 7th. 1895, at 2 o’clock: Wednesday even-
ing, January 9th at 7 o’clock; Saturday, J anu-
ary 12th, at 2 o’clock; Wednesday evening
January 16th, at 7 o’clock; Saturday, January
19th, at zo’clock: Wednesday evening. Janu-
ary’23d at 7 o’clock; Saturday. January 25th.
at 2 o'clock. for the purpose of hearing and de-
termining any and all appeals made to them
frdm the doings of the assessors. The Board
of Belief will meet with the assessors as a joint
board Saturday January 12th, at 2 o’clock, for
the purpose of abating the polls of sick and
disabled persons,
Norwalk, Conn., December 24th, 1694f
B. S. KEITH.
HENRY SEYMOUR.
HENRY D. FOX. ,
‘ Board of Belief.
NOTICE l
Notice is hereby given that the council oi
the city of Norwalk, at a regular adjourned
meeting of said council to be held in the
Council room in said city, December 31st, 1894.
at 8 o’clock in the evening. propose to make a
further appropriation of Two Hundred Dol-
lars. for the‘Sewer Department of said city, to
be used in defraylng the necessary expenses
of said department, for the balance of the
fiscal year. ending March ist, 1895.
Dated at the City of Norwalk, December 24th,
1894.
By order of the Council of said city.
Attest: , EDWARD M. LOCKWOOD.
' - City Clerk
' DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Faiiljeld county ' Naliohal Bank.
Norwalk Conn, Dec. 24th, 1891..
The Board of Directors have this day de-
clareda dividend of. Three per cent payable
to'stockholders on and after January 2nd;
1895. The transfer books will remain open un-
til that date.
L. C. GREEN, Cashier.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Central National Bank.
Norwalk, Ct., December 26th,}1894.
The Directors of this bank have this day de-
clared a semi-annual dividend of three (3) Der
cent payable January 2nd,~1895.
W. A. CURTIS. Cashier.
SOUTH NORWALK SAVINGS BANK
Interest Novice.
South Norwalk.Conn. Dec. 26. 1894
At a meeting of the managers of this bank,
held this date, a diVIdend to depositors of in—
terest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum was
declared for the six months ending January
1 1895, payable on and after January 10, 1895,
Interest not drawn Will be credited to ac-
péigignts and draw interest from January ist,
‘ JOHN H. KNAPP, Treasurer. .
Norwalk Savings Society.
December 10th, 1894.
Interest at the rate of Four (4) per cent per
annum for t c current six months. wil be
credited depositors January 1st, 1895, and paid
to them on and after Januarv. 10.
.. By vote of (111360th this day
Brinfilthem in at once and
E0. E. MiLLEn’. Treas..
0w avoid crush. JNo.T.chn'r'r
Horse shoer cross street. .
Will soon be here and you will
want your horses corked.
Ccss Pools and Closets.
' 3i°ttitoit assert...
. l l u ' .
"(g-IH‘ Hiil’gNOIWMK Pro! 11% '
,-
4é‘2m' '
Absolutely Independent.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29; 1894.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE, is Normans
as A NEwsrarnn.
.SOUTH NORWALK.
Palestine Castle will elect, officers
next Monday evening. .
The barge William Denny is unload-
ing coal at John H. Ferris’ dock.
I., was calling on friends in town this
morning. , .
Henry E. Ferris passed the examina-
tion for admission to 'the Connecticut
bar, at Hartford, yesterday.
Watch night services will be held in
the East N orwalk Methodist church,
Monday evening beginning at9 o’clock.
The South Norwalk Savings Bank
has declared adividend to depositors
at the rate of 4 per cent, payable after
January 10.
The meeting of the National Associa-
tion of Stationary Engineers, to have
been held last evening, was postponed
.for one week. "
Any lady failing to obtain a ladies’
ticket for Mora, Monday night, can
obtain one at Plaisted’s this city, or
Gregory & 00., Norwalk.
The funeral {of Captain Henry Wil-
son U. S. N. will be held from the City
Hotel, Monday afternoon 'at 2 o’clock.
A {detachment of sailors from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard will act as a
guard of honor. ‘
Joe Klinefelter and son were out
sleighing this morning and when turn-
ing the'corner at Washington street the
"runner caught in the Tramway tracks
upsetting the sleigh and throwing them
both out. "
The annual meeting of the Tramway
company will be held at the office of
the company in this city, next Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock, for the purpose
of electing a board of directors for the
ensuing year.
The third quarterly meeting of'the
Swedish Sunday schools of Connecticut
will be held in the Riverside avenue
church to-night and to-morrow. Rev.
C. J. Ledin, of New Haven, will de-
liver the Sunday school sermon to-
night.
Frank Simon, formerly of this city.
died in Denver, Colo., this morning, to
which city he went hoping to be bene—
fitted in health. Mr. Simon was mar-
ried only two weeks since to Miss An-
nie Sharrot, and left on the same day
with his bride, for the west.
Miss Pauline Swords, assisted by
MIs. C. E. Steele, Miss Emma Lock-
wood and Miss Helena Hill, entertained
the Friday afternoon whist club of
Bridgeport, at her home on South
Main street, yesterday afternoon. The
prize was won by Miss Susan Nash.
As Homer Craw was driving in a
sleigh up South Main street, this morn-
ing, and when in front of Baxter’s
drug store the runner caught in the
Tramway track and the sleigh was
turned over. The horse falling on the
shaft broke it, but Homer luckily es-
caped injury.
Chief Vollmer and officers Gladstone
and Pennington, this morning, stopped
:an Italian saloon keeper from up town,
who was driving a smoothly shod, de-
crepit horse before a heavy wagon con-
taining eleven beer kegs. The poor
horse had a bad sore on his back and
was unfit for use.
A good sized audience attended James
B. Mackie’s latest comedy success, The
Side Show, at Hoyt’s Opera House last
evening. Mackie as Grimesey, was the
same old boy and kept the audience in
a roar during the evening. Waldo
Whipple, the Weary Walker and~ John
T. Hanson as Rural Sage were espec-
ially good and made plenty of fun for
the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Tallmadge Baker gave
adelightful whist party at their resi-
dence on West street last night. The
four tables were occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. W. Stillson, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles S. Trowbridge, Senator and
Mrs. John H. Ferris, Mrs. Ida S. Keep,
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Swartz, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Knapp, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Adams, Mr. Robert H. Rowan,
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Fitch.
Mrs. Henry R. Fitch won the first
prize,.and Mrs, John H. Knapp won
the booby prize. After the game a
line collation was served.
At the Council meeting last evening
Mayor Lee presided with all the mem-
bers present exhept J. W. Scully.
Bills to the amount of $1,453.77, were
ordered paid. Michael Collins’ claim
of 825 for assisting the police was re-
ferred. Engineer Briggs submitted
his report on the elevation of rails on
Washington, Marshall, Ann, Mechanic
and Monroe streets crossing and it wsl
accepted. Payment on W. B. Ridei’p
bilifor'services on West avenue was
refused. The committee on li hts was
authorized to dispose of the ol lamps,
after which the Council adiourned
until Monday evening next, when a re-
port on the railroad matters will be
presented.
An intoxicated mute entered the cigar
store of Trowbridge 8: 00., last even-
ing, and picking up a glass case hurled
it onto the floor, breaking off the door.
He next began to make strange noises
and caught hold of several persons in
the store as if desiring to have a wres-
tling match. “Buck” Clarke grabbed
front door glass was shattered. Chief
Volimer appeared on the scene and
took him to the station house. This
morning before Justice Barrett he gave
the name of John Doe and was fined $2
and costs, and his case continued after
paying Trowbridge & Co. for their
glass, to allow him to secure the neces-
sary funds to pay his fine.
' LIsT 0F LETTERS.
Letters remainin uncalled for at the Nor-
walk postoflice for t 9 week ending December
29 189:.
Mrs. A. B. Brown.
Mr. S. J. Hutchinson.
llev. G.E._Leonard.
Mr. Charlig Sutherland.
L. Tren .
'. , WM. H. MALONE. P. M.
House and Sign Paint;-
ing and Paper Hanging.
Orders promptly and reasonably executed
qgtTSbop and Residence 47 Rive street Hamel
3
Wall papef'tor'sale. ..
I i l
Wallace Peebles of Providence, R.‘
him and in attempting to eject him the.
THE SURE FASHIONS." ' ’ ‘
I ' AUSTRALIA’snAsiriwAR.
l - .
j .Mun’s Almostliflopcless Struggle Against
the Post.
Men have been canonized for a variety
of reasons —— some more worthy than
others. There is, ,or was a man who,
could his name be ascertained today,
would receive a. left- handed canonization
by the general acclamation of at least
four millions of hisfellow men. He
may have done it innocently; he may
have done it thoughtlessly; he may even
have done it with the best intentions—
but he introduced wild rabbits into
Australasia! It’is certain "ho could not
have dreamed of the results, as even
now the mischief he has wrought can
hardly be comprehended by the rest of
the world. What he actually did was to
risk the destruction of a' continent.
Less than thirty years ago some one,
happily unknown, set at liberty ln‘wtho
colony of New; South Wales and in the
south island of New Zealand, a few Eng-
lish rabbits. He is supposed to have done
this for sporting purposes.
It was several years before much new
tics was taken of the new colonists.
Then little, by little, the rapid increase
of the newcomers began to be talked
about.
Runholdcrs in southern New Zealand
were the first to fool the scourge. So
rapid was the increase of the evil after
this that within a your or two it became
the subject of a parliamentary inquiry in
the colonial Legislative Assembly. The
runholdors, who generallyillenso their
land from the State, roprcsented that if
the now plague continued to increase at
State property would be almost, if not
quite, valucless as sheep runs, and would
therefore bring in no rents.
The colonial Legislature took alarm
and was both prompt and decisive in its
action. A law was at once passed to
compel each landowner, or leaseholder,
under heavy penalties, to destroy the
rabbits within proclaimed districts.
Various plans were adopted, but the
one found most successful in New Zeal-
and was to keep packs of trained dogs to
hunt the rabbits. This was carried so far
that on One large run no fewer than 240
dogs and a. considerable staff of men
were maintained for some years until the
evil was greatly reduced. Some owuers
introduced ferrets, weasels, and stout:
for the same purpose, but the Legislar
turc interfered to protect the birds of the
country by preventing these animals
being set at liberty.
With energy and enterprise which,
among the colonies of Australasia, are
characteristic of the people of New Zeal-
and, a use has been found for the rabbits,
large quantities of which are now canned
in various forms for market, while their
skins are exported in quantities which
give an idea of the extent of the plague.
Last year the export of rabbit skins was
officially reported as between seven and
eight millions. These are said to be
worth about two cents each.
A MILE A MINUTE AT. SEA.
A Wolch Inventors Ideas of the Possi-
bilities of the Old-Time Paddle.
To cross the Atlantic in less than three
days. To travel a mile a minute at seal
It is considered by many that the
maximum rate of speed in Atlantic
Itcamships has been reached now that
the Campania and Lucanla can go from
[and to land in a few hours more than five
days, but Mr. George Augustus Haig, of
Pen lthon, Newton, Montgomeryshirc,
Wales, maintains that steamers can be
built that will make the voyage in two or
three days.
Mr. Haig, who is the senior partner of
I Lendon firm, has devoted much of his
onstratc the practicabilityof driving a ves~
sel through the ocean at the rate of sixty
_milos an hour.
Mr. Haig says that the risk of crossing
the Atlantic in a well built, well planned
steamer at the rate of sixty miles an
hour is considerably less than the risk
run by the Flying Dutchman or the Fly-
ing Scotchmauwfast English trains—day
after day. As to the enormous expense
of obtaining a high speed at sea, he
thinks it is because shipowncrs have riga
idly adhered to the use of the screw pro«
peller placed only at the stern of the
ship, by which the propelling surface has
of necessity been made very much smaller
much too small even in fine,ca1m weather,
while there has been no reserve to over-
come head winds and the action of the
w vos.
y the plan Mr. Haig proposes he con-
tends the propelling surface can be enor4
mously increased, so that it would greatly
exceed the submerged cross section of
the ship, and consequently there would
be a large reserve of propelling powar to
o'er-come the intermitting obstructions
of the waves and violent head winds.
Mr. Haig says: I shall no doubt sur-
rlso many shipowners whenI suggest
hat shipbuilders should give up the
screwhpropellcr and return to the long
discarded;paddio wheel, but then it will
g mode in a very diflcrcnt position.
orctofore no one our thought of util-
izing more than two paddle wheels to
"propel a vessel at sea. The larger the
Vessel the larger the wheels, and those
Wheels were put in the worst possible
position, that is outside the ship, one on
tech side at the broadest part and just
dipping into the water at the very spot-
where the rolling of the vessel was sure
to immerse the paddles too deep at one
moment and leave them a few seconds
after with almost no grip of the water,
while if there was a head sea on every
passing wave did the same. Why no more
than two wheels, one on each side, were
used, ;I cannot conceive, unless it was
thought, as many scientific men still
think, that the wheel makes a. current in
the water, and that one wheel behind an-
other would be useless. That, however,
is an utter fallacy. If a wheel makes a
current then each separate paddle makes
its own separate current.
No paddle wheel steamer ever had more
than two paddle wheels, one on each side.
But I have \no such halluciation about
onegpaddle wheel interfering with the ac-
tion of another wheel behind it any more
than six cars on each sidc‘of arowing‘
boat interfere with each other.
Therefore, my plan is to put a great
number of paddle wheels, one behind the
other, in the very centre of the ship’s
length and breadth, in a fore and aft line.
making them work into a water channel
between the stem and stem of the ship,
just above the ship’s bottom. . ~ >
Bad Kim Tho‘ro.
Hc~I wonder when you will be able
to set as, good a table as my'm‘other
does! ‘ " . -
I small. a theiummr
vide as good a table as your father does,
my dean—Burlington (IowaYGazette.
l Sho—Byithc time .yon‘ are able to pro-
bho same rate for a very few years tho-
leisure to the study of steam navigation, '
and has now prepared plans which dem-'
than the resisting surface, and, therefore, '
"‘5.er VORK’SQ"‘4OO" ‘Arr'r'eND f ‘THE
OPERA 1N GAY AATTIRE. -
no Swell Ladies of the Metropolis at.
Not all Beautiful But They 'Drou
Well. styies‘Arg Not in all Onse- eon-
duclvo to Health.
The opening week of the opera season is
an important event in the develppmcnt of
modes for evening dress which definitely
settles the question of what to wear and
how to have it made. This study of fem-
inine attire as represented by the fashion.
able society woman, with all the advan-
tages which art, in fashion, can lend to
nature, becomes a glowing picture of
beauty and brightness. dainty coloring,
and graceful outline, as- you view it
night, seeking pretty ideas for, practical
use. - - . .x
Satin is the material most generally
employed for opera gowns; in fact, on
opening night all of the dresses which
were unmistakably new were of satin,
and white was the prevailing color with
a very generous sprinkling of pale blue,
pink, and, yellow. satin gowns, so rich
and glossy in ,quallty, so brilliant in
‘I cflcct, that you wonder why satinover
goes out of fashion. You next turn
your attention to the sleeve, which has
grown by an interesting series of gradual
inflations’to the most" conspicuous feature
of dreSs, and you gnd it smaller, and
consequently prettier, than it has been
for some time; and it is satin, too, like
the skirt, in almost every instance made
the same color as the rest ofthe gown.
.and caught up in the middlo‘ii‘i butterfly
fashion, showing the upper part of the
arm in the pretty, old way Of a few years
ago. These were ‘of lace or'ohifion frills
arranged one-over the other, giving the
eflcctpf smalls-wings, or hanging out
loose. like-a miniature ballet skirt. A
small sleeve hanging low on the arm is
used in gowns cut low and round in the
neck, and the arm shows plainly between
this sleeve and the strap going over the
shoulder. . . .. a.» .
The, low .‘bodices are cut at the neck,
either round and well off from the
shoulder in the Victorian style, or decid-
edly square and defined by a trimming
whiCh accentuates the square eflect. One
distinguished looking woman was dress
ed in a plain black velvet gown, out low
and round at the neck where it'wasfin-
ishcd with a band of ermine.
Evening coiffures at the opera are ar-
ranged very simply, as far as the knot is
concerned, but the hair first has to be
waved all around the head in the ap-
proved fashion of the day, and that
process cannot be called a simple one.
There is nothing new in the arranging of
this knot, which varies in size and shape
according to the amountof hair, but its
favorite resting place seems to be just
below the crown of the head. 'In'a few
cases it is high (on the head; in many
others the hair is brought down over
the ears and arranged low in 'the neck.
Hairprnamentation consists principally
of jewelled pins, an occasional band of
diamonds across thetop of the head, and
the regal jewelled tiarawhich 'so few
"possess. Ono single pin, not, at allpre-
tentifous in single the prevailing decora-
tion worn, with hero and there a bead-
drcss .of » satin?I ribbon the. color of the
gown, made in' ‘a bow which stands out
11“th at each side and droops ontho
hair. at the back, instead‘i of taking’ the
. 47:2“.-. 7. ._._._
, I'B'd’ys wraith to 3311' if} la (limit.
through an opera’glass, on the opening .
‘ talent leather 1sz ; for walking or skulz'ug; make a nice present.
in a plain, short, full pufi or of chifion, ,
A few draped sleeves are seen. quite short .
~ a?
0% go —
tr . 1*
.‘ .37. Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn. . .
Our stock 0] slippers is large and pn'oés law. ’You will be
surprised to see what ulce’S Zippers you can get forfrom 506 to $2.
One word about lbs narrow toe lug button 51703 at $1.69 very
slylzsb. Then the lot Viol kid shoes, special, at $2. Same shoe
sold :11 Danbury at $4.
Our prize kid shoe, ladies, at $2. fit/lakes. a nice present; 5
styles.
Ladt'es’ warm shoes. .
Our m'ce school slioes jar young ladies at $1.75; heavy sole
Our misses’ and children’s heavy kid 51106, double sole, $1
and $1.25. .flre nice looking combined with great war.
The youth’s shoes, 11 lo 2, 705 ; 3 l0 5 1-2 800. It will pay
you to look at these.
Our cork sole shoes at $2 are very nice. Then we have u
very nice blucher, double sole. Wise dress'or work shoes-at $2.
just the shoes for winter. Either of these will make .1 1410519165-
eut.
We have the nicest geul’s opera toe, calf, Goodyear well times
at $3. very nice style.
Look at our men’s congress shoes at $1.
Our 890 men’s slices are a wonder! _
The little ladies shoe for lbs children ,' uz’ce style; sclz'cl. Flue
kzd extension sole 5 lofl8, 751:; 8 lo 16 1-2, 855; 11 lo 2 $1.
This is a very nice line, and will bear z'uspecllwl.
Ask anyone about the Knox-Em-fl ll 5/3035 ; youth’s and boy’s
~ul*$‘1'.50uud $1.75. More dryfeel more bard “Kugx.” lbzm‘
my shoe known. I '
dyed or cleaned.
(a? '
ON’T send you clothes to Dr
D Goods stores Sr Tailors to bi;
DON’T be put ofi‘ with poor colors
when you can get your clothing
dyed nice, clean and fast at Tocque’s.
DON’T wait ten days for your dye-
ing when you can get'it done in
three days at Tocque’s..
DON’T rip your dresses all to pieces
to be dyed when you can get them
done, all made up at Tocque’s.
DON'T wear faded garments [when
you can have them dyed like new
at Tocques.
. N. B.—,—Fine blacks a specialty. Done
for mourning in three days. ‘
Tocque & Sons,
TOOQUE'S FAS i‘ BLACK.
Warrantwl not to rub oil“.
Dyeing and Cleaning Works B d
egg River Road, Norwalk., toa
' Norwalk agency, Singer Machine store.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
War-walk Walkway C 0.
The annual meeting of the Norwalk T a .
Way 00. will be held atnthe omce of the Cog-
pany, South Main street. South Norwalk, Ut..
on Tuest my. January 1,1895. at 11 o’clock a. m .
for thepurpose of rchtlna a board of Directors
to sprve for the ensuing C ar. Polls open from
11 o clock a. m. unt‘ivl 113213341”? noon‘.
. . s IELD Se
Norwalk, Conn.. Dec. 28th. .894. ' cretary
MRS. MEAD’S
FUR GIRLS in YOUNG Lima
Fine college preparatory department. who”
graduates are admitted on certificate to Wel'
lesley. Vassar, and other colleges. Complete
courses in languages. literature. history, sci-
ence, art, and vocal and in trumentsl music.
Special primary department for little child.
ren under the care of Mrs, H. B. Craufurd,
Application for admission or for circulars
may be made to
the Mellville r3. Mead,
Principal.
HI L LBI 9) bl N ()RWALK.
Etaagssaond & Son.
Successors to George H, Raymond,
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors. _
46 and 48,1‘vlain street, Norwalk, Ct.
Residence, 3 Berkeley Place.
Telephone Call. 7"‘-5
10 THE PEOPLE OF NORWALK
be marked at Reduced Prices
est pessible manner.
tumors in magmas, rams.
AND noun
Annual Clea ante Salem Hull GUI] .
Begins We dnesday, December 26th. Anything andeVery
thing in the line of Christmas Merchandise will -
that Will
make them go in the quick-
v Values will not stand in the way!
AA
THEBOSTONSTORE. ~
_u ‘irlght position it .did , last yearn—N. Y. &
Norwalk Chronicler