THE EVENIN’G GAZETTE. ENTERED AT Tan Post: OFFICE IN NORWALK as A NEWSPAPER. Ill AI L S UBSCRIPTIOJVS DAILY, one year. 5 3; six months. $1.75: threa months. $1 00; One month, 3‘c. \VEEKLY, one year. in advance. $1.00; six . months. 600.; three months. 33c. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1396. The Piano Contest. None of the contestants have changed posiiions to-day. but nearly all of them have added to their numb or of votes. .0. Captain C. F. Betts. , The launching of Congressman Hill’s boom for governor by “Captain C. F. "etts of Norwalk,” through the loqua- cious Connecticut Press Association’s Correspondent at Washingtou,raises the qutasiiin‘as to Captain Betts’ identity, he appearing not t) be known. Captain C. Fred Betts is at present a resident of New York. He was born a...l raised in Norwalk and was a mem- ber of the old 175h Rgg’t C. V., and is a brother of A. G. Betta, the EvENING Gaznr'rn’s pressman. 00 “The Tornado.” Lincoln J. Carter‘s companies play- ing “The Tornado,” “The Fast Mail” and “I‘he Defaulter” in this country and in England, will travel 98,000 miles during the present theatrical season, almost equal to four times the largest circumference of the earth. If one man were to use the railroad tickets purchased for the individual members of the companies he would travel 1,764,~ 000 miles, seven and one-third times the distince intervening between the earth and the moon. The Tornado company will appear at Hoyt’s Theatre Thursday evening. 0 HERE ANITHERE. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mallory of Jei- 58.} City are in town to-day. James M. Creagh is laid up with a severe stack of rheumatism. ——Soda cracners 5 cents per pound, 6 pounds for 25 cents at Bette d: Farring- ton's. J 22-tf Billy Ahearn, of New York, is said to be anxious to meet BillyErnst in a fisti- cuff battle. Lewis is an up-to—date photographer. A look at his specimens will verify the assertion. The West Main Street Whist club will meet tc-morrow night at the home of Mr. James E. Wixon. Mr. and Mrs. Bailington Booth are to leave us, but the church fair booths are always with us. - The funeral of Wesley Youmans a former resident of Norwalk, was ”held in Newark, N. J. yesterday. —A new line of picture moldings just received. Hayes,’ 5 Main St. Charles Flynn, at present in the em~ ploy of Cornell the New York has man- ufacturer, was in town yesterday. According to the Westporter the new postmaster at Westport is not without whiskers, and is a man every inch of him. The comet is scheduled to strike the earth some day next month. Now is tie time to place your advs. in the Gil-- zn'rrrn. . C. T. Leonard has been awarded $150 and costs in his suit against the city of Norwalk, by the Superior Court. He sued for $1,200. Lewis Felden and Minnie Walters were married yesterday morning. They will reside at the bride’s home on Wesport avenue. Willis Bouton of New York celebra- ted Washington’s birthday by calling on friends in Norwalk. Willis has ap- parent! y lost flesh in being good. —Fine butter 25 cents per pound at Beats 8: Farrington’s J 22-tf The Boston Store did an immense business on Saturday, and to-day sev- eral hundred houses are in possession of a picture of Washington given away by the enterprising managers to their customers. ' The story of “Jonah and the Whale” as presented at the Methodist church last evening by Rev. A. H. Wyatt, was an instructive and at the same time en- tertaining bible lesson. Pastor Wyatt’s story was listened to by a well pleased audience. The “Scottish Evening” exercises given at the CenterI School Saturday evening, were largely attended and wereasource of great delight. “The Lidy of the Lake” was used as a tgxt and was specially well represented by pupils in advanced grades of the school. All who took part in the entertainment are to be commended for faithfulness iu rwpresentation of the characters. 'i‘n» singing, Was also of a superior \I 1541'. Mrs. Charles F. Raymond is seriously ill at her home on Knight street. ' Mrs. Parsons of New Haven is visit. iog Mrs. 'l'alcolt on Union Park. ——Four pounds ginger snaps 25 cents at Bot-ts. & Farriugton’s 22-lf Norwalk and Stamford Y. M. C. A. teams will play basket ball to-night. Tristram & Hyatt’s was the only store in this city that was closed on Washing- ton’s birthday. —The sewing machine to be given away at the Boston store, Norwalk, will. be drawn this evening at 8:30 o’clock. Congressman Hill arrived home on Saturday and is attending to his guber- natorial fences. A town meeting of special interest to taxpayers is being held this afternoon at the Town House. The Liederkranz society will hold a sociable this evening at their hall in the Gaznr'rn building. The Latter Day Saints held interest- ing and Well attended meetings at Broad River, yesterday. Miss Bertha Bailwitz of New York is a guest of her brother Harry Bailwiiz on North Union avenue. Mr. Mackenzie of Westport Will con- duct a meeting for Bible study, Tuesday evening, at the Baptist church: s; __ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoyt of New York City spent Sunday at the home of Judge Asa B. Woodward. -—Three pounds prunes for 25 cents at Betts 85 Farringtons. J 22-tf Thirty-five men were at work yester- day on Wood’s pond harvesting a crop of ten inch ice for Selectman Merrill. The Bridgeport Y. M. C. A. basket ball team was defeated by the Stamford association team, Saturday evening by a score of 9 to 4. Mrs. Brewer and children of New York City spent Washington’s birth- day with Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bailey on the Green. Oflicer Valiant, a retired officer of the New York police force, was on duty in this city, Saturday, during the ab- ee ace of Chief Bradley. Willlie Gilbert ‘of Whitlock’s market, broke through the ice while skating on a pond at Weston, yesterday, and had narrow escape from drowning. ' Mrs. Kate Bissell Lockwood and daughter, of Stamford, were the guests on Washington's birth-day of Mrs. Charles 0. C. Betts, on the Green. - Flour 50 cents a bag at Betts & Far- ringiou’s. J22 if The propeller Eagle ran aground in the harbor yesterday, while cutting her way through the ice, but floated in the evening and proceeded on her way.‘ While delivering Sunday papers early yesterday morning, John Buxton stumbled over a curlistone and fell into the street painfully bruising his pro- boscis.l In about four weeks the Barnum S: Bailey circus will leaVe the winter quarters at Bridgeport to open their season as usual at the Madison Square Garden, New York. A crowd of lads commenced their Sunday sports in the vacant lot at the lower end of Harbor avenue, yesterday, much to the annoyance of people living in that neighborhood. —“For Love or War? ” See Truth to-morrrow. All newsstands andtrains. Lambert, a young son of Mr. and Mrs. John Owens, is dangerously ill at his home on Chapel street with pneu- monia. He is the youngster who fbll from a chair some Weeks since and sus- tamed a serious injury by reason of his head coming in contact with a stove. Captain Soloman Peck says that dur- ing his twenty years experience on the Nor-walk and New. York freight line he never lost a tide in making port with the craft of which he had command. For- tyvfive years of his life have been de- voted to seamanship. ' —Seymour, the original World’s greatest Magnet and Mind Reader, will appear at the Norwalk Opera House. Sevmour gives his London sensational drive test on Monday February 24, starting from the Norwalk hotel at 12 o’clock. noon.' See 1!. Free to the public. ' F. 19 4t. The propeller City of Norwalk, rudderles, laid on the mud flats oppo- site Jennings’ wharf early this morn- ing. She is heavily freighted with si- lox, and it was expected that consider- able diificulty will be experienced in floating her. She was towed to her wharf by the Eagle a few hours later. Many merchants are well aware that their customers are their best friends and take pleasure in supplying them with the best goods obtainable. As an instance we men- tion Perry & Cameron, prominent druggists of Flushing, Michigan. They say: “We have no hesitation in recommending Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy to our customers as it is the best cough medicine we have. ever sold, and always gives satisfaction.” For sale at 25 and 50 cents a bottle by F: P. “reed. ,Di‘uggist. . at Stamford, Saturday. George ‘A. Shellhoos has openedfa _ feed store in the Mathias' block (11 Main street. Miss Mary Salter of New York cityis visiting Mrs. James Madden on Hill'- side Place. ' Mrs. Addison A. Brown and (laugh ter Carrie of Brooklyn were in town to day for a brief stay. The case of Salvator Chariot who is charged with non-support was contin- ued for one week this morning by Judge Hubbell. ' Constable Hunt was out early this morning and secured samples of milk ferent dealers. Frank Patterson, of Brooklyn, well known in Norwalk. is matched for ago with Jerry Sullivan, before the Long Island Athletic club to-night. 001. F. St. John Lockwocd, John P. Treadwell, and George B. St. John at- tended a meeting of the Sons of Revo- lution at Waterbury on Saturday. A large delegation from Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of St. George, attended the funeralof William Whalem They carried a handsome floral pillow. Joseph Matheia celebrated Washing- ton’s birthday by sending to death a favorite Chinese dog which had de- velopeda mania. for talking with its teeth. H. Fred. Byxbee of Cranbury has on exhibition at his flower store a. branch containing seven oranges plucked from a tree on which there are 100 others at his hothouses. Mr. Byxbee cultivates everything from a goozl disposition to a sunflower. George Bailwitz felt like a Samson this morning and laughing at a proffer of help, attempted alone to take a bar- rel of sugar from a delivery wagon with the result that it struck on its head-and spilled a goodly proportion of its con- tents on the sidewalk. Dr. S. H. Huntington of this city while on a professional visit in Wilton, yesterday, met with an accident that made his bike unfit for service. While being a good surgeon he was unable to cope with the damage done his bicycle and it was treated for its injuries at a bicycle" hOSpital in this city. Charles Riley is painting the smoke- stack at the Electric Light station, black. As he nears the top of the stack people look on in wonderment at the brush, and stand in anxious expectancy ‘of seeing him fall. “But he don’t tumble wortha cent” said one of the onlookers whose feet had become cold watching him. SOUTH NORWALK. The South Norwalk office of THE EVE- MNG GAZETTE is at the store of 0. D. Newman, No. 22 North Main street. Mr. Homer M. Byiiigton is in charge, and orders for the GA- ZETTE, or Job Printing left with him will receive prompt attention. Mrs. F. H. Quintard, of Washington street, is visiting friends in New York city. Mr. Malcom Panton, of New York, spt-nt Sunday with friends in East Nor- walk. The Epworth Leigue, of the M. E. church, will give an oyster supper in the church this evening. Miss Dawson, the milliner, has pur- chased a very valuable blue plate and is exhibiting it to her many friends. It was designed by Wilke. Diuggist Tomlinson is having his store on North Main street repapsred, and his patrons will hardly be ubie to recognize it in a few days. Trowbridge Sr 00., the cigar dealers, received an order for cigars this morn- ing from Hawthorne, Florida. They have from time to time received orders fgom that place. Frank Gugan, son of James and Josephine Gugan, died all his home on North Main street this morning. Pneu- monia was the cause of his death. was a. little over one year of age. George Govern, night clerk at F. A. Lane’s, got the wheel of his bicycle caught in a rut in the mad while riding home yesterday morning and Was thrown off, striking on his‘face and re- moving seweral pieces of cuticle from his nose. _ Frederick B. Sherwood, who was taken to the Hospital the other evening in the ambulance, sick with pneumonia, died yesterday. His remains will be sent. to Fairfield to-morrow for inter- ment. Funeral director, D. W. Ray- mond has the funeral in charge. Charles C. Swartz of Havilund stree‘, who has been sick and forced to leave his studies at Yale for several weeks, will start on a southern trip tomorrow morning in hopes of regaining his health. He expects to be gone until the first of April and will visit at Southern Pines and Ashville, North Carolina. On the return he will stop for several days in Washington, D. C. Chief of Police Vollmcr and Officer Decker arrested Thomas Dale and James Cocghery for drunkenness yes- terday alternoon. They were creating [a disturbance in the “Hollow,” and as from cans in the wagons of nine dif-y feelerity with which he swings the; He THE'nvnnrNG-GAZETTE the police had already warned them and given thema chance to go home without effect, they were arrested and taken to the station-house. This morn- ing Judge Frost fined each of them $5 and costs. Rev. Father Winters will deliver a lecture on St. Patrick’s day. , W. A. Colev, of the post office, spent Sunday with friends in Newark. W. R. T. Brush who represents the Norwalk Lock company in Detroit, is stopping at the Mahackemo hotel. Miss Gertrude Bohannan will enter- tain the Chautaqua Union at her home on South Main street the evening. About thirty young ladies and gontlt- men from this city attended the Merrill reception in Stamford Friday evening. The youngest daughter of Royal Sea- man of Fairfield avenue, is sick with diptheria. Dr. Allen has the case in charge and has reports-:1 it to Health Officer, Coburn, who has quarantined the house. Rev. John T. Winters of this city, president of the Temperance Union of Connecticut, gave an interesting lec- ture on temperance in St. Augustine’s church, Bridgeport, last evening. Ali of the Bridgeport temperance societies turned out in a body and enjoyed the lecture. John Henry Newman, father of O. D. Newman, is very ill at his home in New Canaan with diabetes. Mr. Newman. formerly resided in Stamford and has held several high public effiies in that city. He is also well known in South Norwalk. George E. Schrick will leave town at the end of the week to accept a more lucrative position at his former home in Newark, N. J. He has been in the em- ployment of T. I. Raymona‘i for the past five years and has executed h s duties in a faithful manner. Chief of police, Vollmer‘. arrested Edward Hubbell on the charge of as- saulting his wife anl bl‘ertcil of the peace yesterday noon. The case Will be tried before Judge Frost this after- noon at 4:30 o’clock. HillJlJUll was un- der the influence of liq l u' and wins beating his Wife and creating a general disturoaiice. A good joke is told at; the expense of a young lady, who resides on Washing- ton street. Vi’hile shopping Saturday she saw in a store window a poster of “ The Tornado ” which is to appear at Hoyt’s Theatre Thursday eveninu. The posters are in the shape of weather bureau bulletins and read “The Tor- nado is Coming.” Walking into the store the innocentlv asked when it was expected to blow here. On being told it was expected to arrive here Thursday she hastened home to warn her folks of the danger. much to their amusement. Last year when “' he Tornado” was here several chillers were fooled by the same'advertisemeuts. __.__. .. . .. _. --_.__ _... DARlEN. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jellifi'e are visit- in: at Mrs. Tyler Lyons. Mrs. William Weed is seriously ill with measles. Her three children are recovering. Fred Street spent Saturday with his parents ,Mr. and Mrs. William Street of Prospect avenue, 1 A large number of Darieniles attend- ed the Y. M. C. A. concert and Mei- rill reception in Stamford Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. William Seeley, of New York, spent \Vashiiigton’s liirihdiy with Mrs. Seeley’s mother or C. G. Waterbury’s. Clarence Scofield has raised two houses for Hatch, Bailey A: Co. on Noroton avenue anJ the collar for the third house has just been completed. The Noroton Musical association will commence a new term March 9th. All desiring to join should send their name to Miss H. E. French before that date. At the meeting of the selectmen on Friday Selectmen Klinefelter and Mackey refused to sign the call for a special town meeting presented by Se- lectman Wateibury. coo The President’s Chair. The only vacant seat in the galleries when the house was called to order and the only one that was not occupied dur- ing the proceedings of the day is that which the rules of the house reserve for the president of the United States. On such occasions it is usually filled by members of the cabinet's families or visitors to the city to whom the presi- dent or Mrs. Cleveland sends cards, but, although the rest‘ of the galleries were jammed with people, this conspicuous seat was empty all day and afforded a. topic of conversation. Not That Kind. A gentleman at dinner ordered cham- pagne. By accident an empty bottle was placed upon the table by the waiter. After examining it carefully, turning it round and round and upside down, the diner returned it to the waiter and calm- ly remarked: “I didn’t order it extra. dry.” - -—-————— Ruskin once wrote to Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “If you wanted to oblige me you would keep your room in order and go to bed at night. All your fine speeches go for nothing with me till you do the. .” A firm of publishers has offered Sarah Bernhardt $200,000 for her auto- biography. This beats by $75,000 the check which Messer's.. Long'mnns paid Macaulay “for one edition of abook,” as Macaulay himself expre'ssed it, the book being his, history. 'h s PERSONALS FROM MANY LAN 03. Prof. Dyche, the distinguished na- ' turalist, is entirely self-taught. When» 13 years old he had. not yet learned-the alphabet. f The German emperor will drink no coffee but Mexican, and a large supply is sent him every year'from a. German colony. Mine. J ean'nc Hugo, the granddaugh- ter of Victor Hugo, who was recently divorced from her husband, Alphonse Daudet’s son, is about to marry a. young doctor of Paris. , i It is a. curious fact" that, after 11 years’ captivity in the hands of the ma-hdi, Slnlin Pasha’s greatest difficul— ty was to. walk upstairs—an art which he had almost forgotten. , M. Leon Bourgeois, the prime min: ister of France, is a. cyclist. During the recess he might often be seen gliding along the roads near his coun- try seat in the Marne by the side of’ his son George. Count Dante Serego Alighieri, mayor of Venice, who died. in office recently, was a. descendant of the poet in the fe— male line. The male line became ex- tinct in 1547 with the poet's son, Piero di Dante, but a daughter married Count Serego of Verona, a. family that is now very wealthy. . King Leopold ochlgium detests in- strumental music of any kind. It seems to cause him real physical suffering. If anyone sits down at the piano in the king’s presence his majesty swiftly“ vanishes, while it is said that he would run a. mile to escape the sound of his queen’s harp. The bicycle continues to grow in fa- vor among European rulers. It is now learned that President Faurc has be- come an expert rider. When King George of Greece was in Paris recently he and the president took lessons in an academy. King George afterward purchased a. machine and sent it to Athens, where he is now often seen . est-ride it. WHAT is WAR? W'ar is impulsivcness. (It is also re- grct.) War is bravery. (It is also the most indescribable savagery.) lVar is a. glorious privilege. also a. lasting and bitter sorrow.) War is the exuberant thrill of na- tional pride. (It is also the solemn and serious problem of the taxpayer.) lVar is the defiant tramp of pomp and pageantry. (It is also the rumbling of the dead wagon at midnight.) lVar is the spirit of patriotic song. (It is also the sigliing away of the young life, alone, beneath the stars.) \Var is the brilliant deed that plants the banner upon the frowning parapet. (It is also the tolling of the bell in the quiet churchyard.) War is the mother’s pride at the man- i y march of thC‘beardless youth. (It is also the laying of a. wreath upon the un- timely grave.) . .- VVar is the Wild glamor of a. boyish dream. (It is also a. sea of desolation whose shores are lined with shattered hopes.) . . \ War is the grand parade beneath the flag consecrated by the blood of a. million heroes. (It is also the Wily picket shot, the volley, the charge, the roar of conflict and the desperate hand- to—hand death struggle.) War is something we all like to talk about. (It is something no experienced man wants to see, if it can be honorably avoided.)—Cleveland Plain Dealer. (It is ~-Advertise in the ‘Gazette.” Vie/lint We do for Backache 6: Kidney Trouble Buker's Kidney Pills are a specific for Ba‘ckache and Kid- ney troubles, if taken in early stages. They act directly on the disease; they relieve con- gestion, remove the matter which clogs the blood-strainers and tone the vital organs. By removing the cause they neces- sarily remove the effect. They will not build new Kidneys, bu: will ,prevent disease from de4 stroying healthy onesz—curc yourflBackache. These pills cost: 50 cents at the druggists. A book about Backache, free. Baker Pill Co., Bangor, 1i .9. —-The big white m se recently-shat . ‘ in the Maine woods by a Mr. Sargent, of ' Grafton,has greatly interested natural— , ists as well as sportsmen. It is the only; white moose ever seen in Maine, and ' very few have ever been heard of else- where. The naturalists say it is, of. course, not stgnnge that there should be an albino moose, resulting from‘a. freak of nature, as white deer and other albino game animals are not uncom- mon. But white moose are a. great rarity. ‘ ' PERSONAL. P E RsONAL-Enterprise Meat Chopper No.’ . 10. chops two pounds in one minute South Norwalk Hardware Co. FOR SA LE. Fowsaw—rhe Enterprise raisin seeder W111 remove every seed without “use. 1 pound in five minutes. South NorWalk Hard-. ware Company. ' Ox: SALE—A new milcli cow and calf. Apt 1y to Blarnommsw Hrnr.8tepl’.ock ad. feb 24 3t e WAN 'l'lLD. V ANTED—Pumhasers for our floor paints; :0 different shades, dry hard in 12 Lours. South horwalk Hardwai 6 Co. VVANTED—Salesmen; salary from start; permanent place. BROWN BROS. (30., NUTS!" rymen. Rochester, N. Y. TO RENT. r 0 1REN T—The Colonial Residence No. i178 hast avenue. All model It improvements and partly furnished. JAMES L. STEVENS, 24 East Avenue. 113 tf Unclaimed Letters. The followingletters remain unclaimed at the Norwalk Post Office February 24. Mrs. Fanny Boyd. Miss Abl) Curran El. Dayton, Mrs. Eva Henderson. Illinest Pla’nvei', Mrs. Marv Vl heeber, Mrs. Bai ton Williams, care the l‘slckt rson Comedy 00. (2) ' w. H. MALONE, P. M. WA N T E D-—Bright Salesmen to introduce DR. T. DE WITT TALNIAGE’S ‘lateit, gi eatcst. most tamous book , T‘HE EARTH GIRDLED.” Every Country and all their Wonders. Thrill- ing experiences among Savages, Cannibals and wild and curious races. Amazing heathen su- perstitions. startling revelations. Most re- mark able and astounding be :1: of the century. 460 original illustratiOus. $8 to $12 daily as- sured energetic salesmen. No experience re- turn ed. ExcliiSive territory. Extraordinary iiidurements and illusi rated Circulars free. Bin QUICK. Address: W. A. BRUCE A: Go , 258 Broadway, N. Y. Norwall. Opera House, TWO )IGHTS. Milliilfiy and Tuesday, Feb. 24 8:. 25 tin-ANDREW. snvnoua’s Congress of Spirits Company, .BURIEDAIJVE THE fUHKlEST SHOW fill EARTH. Spiritualism. Mesmerism. Theosophy. Mind Reading. Hypnotism, Mental Te e,raphy, Finds Lost. Stolen at d Hidden Property. D: ivmg Blind folded. Indesci'ible . l’lie- .‘ nOmrlllL. ~- . PRICES, - 250, 35c and 500 Seats on Sale at Weed’s and Tomlins Jn’s . rug Stores. Norwalk Opera HouSc . FOR TWO V IGHTS. Wednesday an Saturday Eieniigs, Feb. 26th and 29th. ’ THE ONLY JOHN.‘.BLACK ’ and superb company in classic Orchestra. SE The Prize St.Bei nard. Tanner. Popular Frices Prevail. heserved Seats now Old Rube’s Funnv Dance. A company of Singers, Dancers and Acting on sale at V\' eed:s and Tomlinson’s L‘rug stores. With Great Street Parade. Elegant Band and The Trick Pony, Young Rube. Penplc. Prices, 25, 35 and 50 Cents. HOYT’S THEATRE THURSDAY, 'FEBRUARY 27. THE TORNADO. ____- LINCOLN J. CARTER’S MAMMOTH SCENIC PRODUCTION. Prices. - 250. 350. 500 and 75c Seats now on sa‘e at rPla-isted's and Needs Drug Store 5. Q IDEAL. I l . . ETORMER, GOTHAM a . Prices from $40 to $100. Large Stock to Select from. THE J. T. Psovvirr on. 45 MAIN N ‘0 :U 1w~\\_.,.\ _.
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