;" _Tunwnvnmrneveaznrrn THE EVENING GAZETTE.l ENTERED AT '1" .E PosrLOFrIcn IN Nonwamr as A N EWSPAPEB. 115.4 I L SUBSCRIPTIONS DAILY. one .Vear. £3. six months, $1.75; three months. $100; one month, 3 m. WEEKLY. one year. in advance, $1.00; six months. 600.; three months. 330. I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1896. ML-.. Piano Contest. Thd contest for the EVENING GA- ZETTE’S 18400 piano goes merrily on. Hope Hose holds the lead with the Yacht club and St. Mary’s school fol- lowing in the order named. There is quite a rivalry between the Center and Over River schools which promises to place both among the lead- ers ere many days. 'I'o-day the Cent..r school has forged ahead of its rival but another days vot- ing may change their respective posi- floor. It is anybody’s piano up to date and a little bristling and application of the scissors would bring any of the lower candidates to the fore. Bring in your ballots. .—.—.——————uoo~— Democratic Rutland. The Daily News points with pride to the startling report that the czty of Rutland, in the state of Vermont, went Democratic on Tuesday of last week. We do not know when Rutland was created, but it was far in the past. For a time it was a village, “where ten chimneys smoked contiguous to a steeple.” But, as the years wore.on, other chimneys rose and smoked con- tiguous to other steeples. The village grew at length into a city, not great, but good. Its people were, and are— aud we trust they always will be—fond But they were not altogether exempt from the They and of the preacher and teacher. iu‘irm‘ties of human nature. ll-L'l their likes and their disuse", Stuck to them with a firmness that re- sembled unreasoning prejudice. One of their disiikes was Democracy, and they were so obstinate that they Would Vote against a capable and hon st Democrat and for a Republican of doubtful antecedents to fi 1 a local office having no legitimate connection With politics. Therefore it so fell out that, in all the years of its life prior to this eventful year, Rutland went Whig or Republican. Elections came once a \ year, but the turn of the Democrats to carry an election came not at all. But in this world of mutations noth- ing lasts forever. The longest road has a turning, and the darkest night ends in dawn. By patient continuance in well- dcing even Vermont Democrats may hope for victory. The Democratic brethren of Rutland are happy in the reward of their fidelity. It is an event of “more than local significance,” and the News may well express the hope that it will prove to have been a pro- phetic straw blown by the March winds. OOF' A Fatal Fall. John McDonald, aged 31, unmarried, fell out of a third story window at New Haven last night and was instantly killed. ‘ ' .- HERE AND THERE. There is a blizzard on the way. Beautiful snow is again in evidence to-day. —Frames made by J. T. Hayes. tf Attorney John J. Walsh is on the sick list. ‘ The Painters’ Union held a smoker last evening. Company F held its regular weekly drill last night. —Four pounds ginger snaps 25 cents ’ at Betts & Farringtou’s J 2241 _._I._.._._._ Nineteen tourists lodged at the Hotel Howard last night. I The Sons of St. George give an enter- tiinuient this evening. Miss Inez Keeler . is visiting Miss Susie Morrell in Hartford. ——Dou’t forget the Phoenix benefit, Wednesday evening March 18th. ' Dr. Jann'eway of New York was the guest of Dr. J. G. Gregory yesterday. Thr- conductors on the Street Railway have been provided with police badges. The Norwalk'club has passed resolu- tions on the death of James H. Bailey. -Closiog out at bargain, Harvey. Goods at retail at less than cost. Nelson Smith lest his pension certifi- Catt : somewhere on the streets yesterday. - pocket-book Monday evening. William R. McCli-eady is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his residence at Compo. —Don’t. forget “Delmonico’s at Six,” Wednesday evening Marco 18th. Lewis Benedict is reported as being justulive to-day with no hope for his re- covlcry. ___————— -—I"hree pounds prunes for 25 cents at Bet-ts & Farringtous. 22-tf Joseph Page, propiictor of the City hotel at New Britain died la:t night, 68 years old. The County Commissioners have re- fused a license to '1V.lliam H. Smith of Back Rock. -Fiour 50 cents a bag at Betts & Far- rington’s. J22 if An attempted runaway on Wall street this afternoon roused the Sons of Rest for a brief moment. The ladies’ me iting is being led by Mfc. T. K. Noble at the Congregational church this afternoon. Superintendent Kyle and his snow plow Will take a trip over the; Street Riilway’s line this afternoon. The state prison directors are con- sidering the advisability of adopting the Berthldl system of measurements. —Fine butter 25 cents per pound at Betts Sr Farriugton’s 22-tf The case of John Barthel vs. Lewis SchweiZer is down for a hearing before Judge Wheeler in the Superior court to-day. A cart loaded with ashes was driven through. Main street this morning and at eachjolt the ashes were freely dis- tributed on the pavement. -—Phoeuix Engine company’s benefit Wednesday evening March 18th. Have you purchased your ticket? The new store of Michael Ratchford on Main street is being fitted up in ele- gant style and when finished will be one of the finest cafes in town. The funeral of Mrs. Chauncey L. Platt was held from her late home on Wilton avenue, this afternoon, Rev. Charles M. Selleck officiating. —"Dclmoni0o’s at .Six,” Wednesday evening March 18th. The Haugauri’s attended the four- teenth anniversary of Rebecca lodge of Bridgeport last night. The Lieder- kranz rendered several choice selec‘ tiuns.‘ .0. SQUTH NORWALK. Sherman Council, :Royal Arcanum. will meet to-morrow night. The Beats for the Athlttic club’s en- terta ninent are selling very rapidly. Dr. Emilv Pardee lectured on “Grit” at the Peoples’ lostitute last evening. The Red Men met last night and worked the Hunter’s degree on seVeral candidates. —Great bargains throughout, Harvey’s The Odd Fellows rehearsed the first degree last night and will work it on award candidates this evening. The Woman’s Guild, of Trinity church, met with Mrs. Burr Knapp of Washington street last evening. The SouthNorwalk Autoharp club will play at the Sons of St. George en- tertainment in Norwalk to-night. Vice -President John M. Hall of the Consolidated road says that at the meet- ing next Saturday the usual 2 per cent. quarterly dividend will be declared. An Italian working on the four-track- ing improvements at Glenbrook had his arm broken in two places yesterday by the breaking of a rope on a derrick. Mrs. Julia Gaylord, of Crescent Terrace, Will entertain the Social Whist club at her home this evening. The date was’ changed from Tuesday to Wednesday. Charles Godfrey, the mail agent of the steamship St. Louis, has resigned and accepted a pos tion with the Rail- road Mail Service. He is at present visiting in this city. Ofiicer Decker arrested Philip Fitz- simmonds for drunkenness last night. This morning he appeared before Judge Frost and the case was continued until to-morrow. Fitzsimmonds is an old soldier. Captain Colegrove found a little girl’s Ii; con- tains two cents and the'little girl’s card. Her name is Brown. Chief Vollmer to return it to its owner. W. H. Humiston is giving the second of his course of lectures at the home of Mrs. John H. Ferris on West street, this afternoon. The subject is Die Walkuere. Mr. Humiston is reported as being a very good talker and a splen- did musician. - Oflicer William Pennington found a horse and carriage in. front of the Dun- can Iron Works last night which had been hitched there ever since noon. He took the horse to Solmans’ stable and the owner called for. him about a half an hour later. He proved to be W. A. Hendricks. of West Norwalk, and said he had left the horse there while he was transacting some business.~ ‘ has the pocket-book and will be pleased Lieut. Col. Crowe was sitting as a court of inquiry at the Bridgeport. Armory last night hearing the charges made against Terence Rogers, a private of Co. B. Rogers is charged with con- . duct unbecominga soldier and of in- sulting a superior. Hoyt's Theatre was crowded again last night to see Minnie Lester in the ' Two Orphans. Miss Lester delighv- ed her friends with her fine rendition of the character of Henrietta. This af- ternoon "A Dangerous Friend” is be- ing played at the matinee and to-night “Mollie Bawn” will be the attraction. The Young Men’s Debuting club held their regular monthly debate with Mr. W. S. Wilcox at his home on South Main street last night. The subject argued was, Resolved, “That Grant was a greater General than Lee.” D. W. Workman took the negative and Ernest Tilly the affirmative. The club voted D. W. Workman the winner. The residents of East Norwalk Were treated toa very lively 'boxuig match without gloves, last night. Mr. and Mrs. James Reardon were walking past the Sweedish church when they met a man known as the “Englishman.” A few words lead to a quarrel and both men were soon hard at it, the woman yelling for help and trying to separate them. Lou Webster ran out of his cigar store just as the men had separa- t« d for an instant. Seeing only one of them at the instant :he thought the man was assaulting the woman and im- mediately sailed into him. He soon found out his mistake and sent the parties in different directions. About halfahour later cries were heard on the Fort Point road and the people run- ning there, found the two men hard at it again. They were again separated and Webster took the Englishman to his store and kept him there until Reardon ahd his wife had had time to get out of the neighborhood. No ar- rests have as yet been made. The Hat Finishers’ association will not hold a meeting this month but will meet as usual next month. - oo— WESTPORT. Mrs. James Thomas, of New York, is visitit-ing William H. Thomas on Com- po street. ~ The new electric car time-table went into effect yesterday morning. The cars make twenty-four trips each day and on Sunday six. It is a great ac- commodation to the church people, and . a long felt want is now supplied. The members and friends of the Chautauqua circle and Historical 800167 ty met with Mrs.J. D. Newton on Mon- day evening. papers were read l)V Mun-Newton and Mr. George Jellifi'e one the “Old Mills of Westport.” Mrs. W.Wood and Miss Elwood rendered some very excellent. selections on the piano. A special trol- ley was run to accommodate the guests. Mrs. A. M. K. Doremus, of New York city, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kemper. Mr. C. H. To.) lor is very much im— proved, although unable to leave his room. ' ->_——-..——- DARIEN. The OTd Fashioned ev’g. with ye Quakers is expected to be a great suc- cess. A great many children have been kept out of schoill on account of tLe measlesund the atzendence has been very \Smrtll, out this week the seats have filled up Very fast. A large number of young people spent a very pleasant ewning in Slam. ford. Monday. It Was was the last of the Y. M C. A. lectures this sermon. Mrs. George Leonard is visiting with Mrs. Benjamin St. John. .. The Rev. Louis French conducted the funeral services of Mr. Joseph Bates’ infant son instead of the Rev. Mr. Carrolhas was published yesterday, owing to the illness of the Rev, Mr. Carroll. .0.*—‘ 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 & Carrieron, prominent druggists of Flushing, Michigan. They say: “\Ve 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 centsa bottle by E' P. Weed, Druggist. ~_‘ . >—_._.__.-.__ ANIMAL MECHANICS. The first wearer of armor was the crab. The first shovel was the nose 'of the shovel fish. The human eye is a perfect camera obscure. The first adobe houses were built by the swallows. The first tunnel ever made was exca- vated by the mole. The armadillo was the first wearer of plate armor. The arm and its muscles form the most approved style of lever. A bird which builds a hanging nest never selects a. dead or insecure twig. The spring trap is constructed on the principle of the jaws of a. shark or dol- phin. The water snail has a. gelatinous rope which he can lengthen or shorten at pleasure. . The ball and socket joint is seen to perfection in the upper extremity 'of the thigh bone. u, Two very interesting- j . “178's.” SPORTS AND. ATHLETICS. The average cost of keeping a race- horse in England is $1,625 per year. Fashionable young ladies in Paris, when out on their wheels, are at- tended by grooms or governesses who are also on bicycles. Gray squirrels are scarce in Vermont this fall, though there is a. plentiful crop of nuts. Partrid es and other game are plentiful theé The girl students at M tint Union col- lege, Allianée, did not like to go through their gymnasium exercises before a. male instructor, demanding a. female instructor. They gained their point, and the gentleman was bounced. Women can no longer ride the bicycle in St. Petersburg streets. The only woman to whom permission was grant- ed by the police a few weeks ago has fallen off her machine, hurting herself so badly that she had to be taken to the hospital, and the police will issue no more. permits. ' Peter'A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia. traction company magnate, has given orders for a yacht Which will be finer than anything afloat. The vessel will be about 250 feet long, and the million- aire owner intends to sail it around the world. It will be completed next June. Monte Carlo has had a. disastrous summer season. Instead of 11 roulette 1ables there are only three, and there was but one trente-et-quarante table instead of four. Except for a couple of hours in. the afternoon and after dinner even these were half empty. One hotel which .is under contract with the Casino people to keep open lost. $1,000 a week, and all the others Were closed. QUEER AND QUAINT. “Horseshoeing parlors" is the sign over a. blacksmith’s shop in Traverse City, Mich. And culture, not facetious- ness, caused the inscription. An old gentleman of Odessahas left a million rubles apiece to four nieces on condition that they work for 15 months as chambermaids, cooks or farm servants. A St. Louis man, having failed to persuade his wife to discard bloomers, arrayed his hens in that style of gar- ment. When she saw the fowls thus attired, she solemnly vowed never to wear bloomers again. . A newly-made grave in a cemetery of Lancashire, England, was decorated with a number of floral tributes. One of them had attached to it a. card hear- ing these written words: “With Mrs. ’5 deep sympathy," a corner, “At home on Fridays.” A Hindu who stnmmers has found out that he stvammers more on moon- light than on dark nights. and that when he sleeps in the moonlight he stnmmers more on the days succeeding the full moon. and not at all on the day before and the day after the newi ‘moon. Nature says this agrees with other observations. > . IN MERRY MOOD. “Your friend is an actor, isn’t he?” “Very amusing fellow.” “Yes, off the stage.”—Chicago Record. \Vill somebody please tell me why our lawmakers are never arrested for pass- ing“ worthless bills? —— Boston Tran-' script. L'enny B100bumper—“What do they do in bucket shops, papa?" Mr. Bloo- bumpor—“You should say: ‘Whom do they do in bucket shops?’ They do the bucket shoppers.”—Life. _“I‘m sorry now, momma,” sobbed Bobby, “that I stole those apples.” "Oh, yes,” said his mother, “your con- science hurts you, does it?” “No,“ re- turned Bobby, “it’s my stomach that hurts.”——N. Y. Herald. 'Romantic Miss—“Have there not been moments in your experience when life seemed full of unsatisfied wants?” Mr. Hardhoad—“Y-e-s, that‘s so.” Ro- mantic Miss—“At such times I always fly to music for relief. What do you do, Mr. Hardhead ?” Mr. Hardhead—“I ad- vertise.”—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. NEW AND NOVEL. Aluminum is likely to be employed largely in the future for the manufacé ture of traveling trunks. Old glass bottles, which are more or less useless, are new ground up and employed as a substitute for sand in the preparation of mortar. A Hungarian has discovered a meth— od of Spinning wood pulp into a yarn. so that it can be woven into a fabric that may be converted ‘into various articles of clothing. A match—cutting machine is quite an automatic curiosity. It cuts 10,000,000 a day, and then arranges them over a vat, where the heads are put on at a surprising rate of speed. A machine for drying the hair after a shampoo has been produced. A lower chamber containing a. lamp is connect- ed with an upper chamber in which a fan can be made to revolve at enormous speed. The hot air is draWn up and forced through a perforated top over which the hair is spread. PIN FEATHERS. The roosts should be low, especially for large, heavy fowls, and should all be of the same height. When the hens stop laying perhaps they can be started again by changing the feed. Give less grain and more meat and skim milk. Turkeys must have a good range to be profitable. They are bug eaters by nature, and must haven good stretCh of territory to forage in order to do well. The revival of activity in the poultry business is gratifying, and its good ef- fects are shown in the energy with which enthusiastic poultrymen are tak- ing hold of shows and exhibitions and pushing them to success. , Chickens must have grit, and they seem to like a. variety. Glass is quite a. dainty for them and they will swallow large pieces. Pounded glass is as good a grit as pounded oyster shell and makes a pleasing variety. O and, printed in _ Threw Away His Canes. Mr. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Block-Creek, N. Y., was so badly afflicted with rheuma- tism that‘he was only able to hobble around with canes, and even then it causied him great pain. After using Chamberlain’s Pain Balm he was so much improved that he threw away his canes. He says this lini- nient did him mere good than all other medi- cines and treatment put together. For sale at 50 cents per bottle by E. P. Weed, Drug- gist. l .0 —-Closing out stock, fixtures, lease cheap. Harvey. ' . Horace E. Dann, EIGELSIOL Lgyand Sales Stable. ‘ uvvvuuv‘ Opposite Danbury and“ Norwalk Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers. Safe horses for women andchildren. , SADDLEEHOR SE5 A SDECIALTY , 12 hours. . —Help the Phoenix boysby pix/rants; mg tickets for "Delmouico’s at Six,” Opera House Wednesday evening, 18th.” z ' ,RERsbNAL. PERSONAL—Enterprise Meat Chopper No. 10, cho 3 two pounds in one minute. South Norwa Hardware Co. FOR saw. ‘. '- OR SALE—The boot apd shoe'vbusiness of C. H, Harvey. includm entire stock and fixtures and lease of store. 111 be sold ,very cheap if sold at'once. Apply at store. m7tf 0R.SALE—The Enterprise raisin seeder will remove every seed without waste: 1 pound in five minutes. South NorWalk Hard- ware Company. ' T0 RENT. 0 RENT—House arid barn No. 24 High St... Norwalk. Thirteen rooms, closets. bath. cit water, furnace fruit. Inquire of GEORGE .ELLs or JAMES MITCHELL. m102w . O‘RENT—The offices in Leckwoodl’s build-. ing from April lst next. F. ST. JOHN Locxwoon m7 tf WAN TED. ANT]: D—A girl fOr general housework. UV Reference required. Apply at this of- fice. ANTEDJ’ur‘c'hasers for our floor paints; 50 difierent shades. dry hard in South horwalk Hardware Co. . .\\\\\\\\‘ s\\\\" / \ \ \\\\\\ so? .s \ The Rambler’s X“ \\\ “.- .. \‘\\\ A\ ex GOTHAM, Bicycles. ~ / Q The Wheel to Ride. 0 WHEEL possesses great- er strength and staunch- ness--is lighter or‘ more enduring than is the II II Ill B L E II. ' ’ Thorough integrity of construction and untiring enterprise in improve- ment have made if the most desira- ble wheel of lo-day. ' For those wanting a lower price wheel we have the CALE‘S, IDEAL, STORMER and All thoroughly good wheels, made by reliable firms. THE J. T. PROWIT’T 00., p" ~ v -.‘ . v * ~v v « \v v v \- .. .. .. . . . . . 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WARD’S HIGH-CLASS FARCIAL COMEDY, The very Newest of Clever Specialties, Bright Songs, Beautiful Costumes . and a. continuous variety of Laughable Situations and Funny Hits with the ' following Star Cast: Mr. Charles F. Jerome, Miss Clara Bell, Mr. E. J. Dallon, :Miss Nellie Dunbar, Miss F. W. Caldwell, Miss Madge Hart, a Mr. George F. Hal], Miss Bella Vivian, . Miss Lillie Hart and others AN ENTERTAINMENT OF UPROAROUS- FUN Tickets, - Which can be exchanged at Weed’s and Tomlinson’s drug stores for rescued seats. 0 .\\ 50 Cents.' , i l “.
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