.7. , T ‘ .. ‘ 5.11i \ . Signcst or all in heavening Power.-— Latest 'U. S. Gov‘t Report a AssoLU'rnns' Pam SOUTH. NORWALK. The South Norwalk“ Office of the Gaze man & Penny, NO. 12 North Main Street, Job Printing. as 'well as items of news. orders for Homer M. Bvinzton. Manager. Newman &: Pinney are papering Lane’s bakery. . Mrs. F. H. Quintard, of Washington street is confined to the house by illness. Mrs. Stanley Smith, of Crescent Ter- race, is visiting with relatives on Long Island. Mrs. Joseph Jennings, of New York city, spent yesterday with friends in this city. Mrs. W. Shelton Stevenson, of South Main street is visiting relatives in Bridgeport. i , 'F. A Ferris is reported as an intense sufi'erer from what it is feared may de- velop into a case of appendicitis. Mrs. Richard Golden, of West ave- nue, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Frank Taylor, of New York city. , Richard II. Golden, manufactures of children’s ankle supporters, shipped a large order to New Zealand this morn- ing. ‘ Editor Rodemeyer should remember, that to the pure all things are pure— ekcepting South Norwalk water in the summer time. There were three bicycles at police headquarters last night, one each for Captain Gladstone, Lieutenant Pen- nington and Corporal Decker. Everitt Bulkley and Harry Coburn wheeled to Bridgeport and back yester- day afternoon. They report the roads as being in very fair condition. Aaron C. Coburn, of South Main street, returned yesterday afternoon from spending his vacation with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cutler, of Shrewsbury Mass. " Mrs. Russell Frost, who has been stOpping at the Gerard in New York city, has been very sick for the last few days but expects to return to her home in this city to-day if her health is im- proved. The Norwalk Barbers’ Union will I "meet in Pohlman 8: Thompson’s barber shop on-‘Washin-gton street tc-morrow afternoon, to take further action in re-- gard to keeping Open on Decoration Day and the 4th of July. William Busch, son of Joseph Busch, of 4 Tolles street, died yesterday after- noon, after an illness of about five months, of consumption. He was 23 years of age and unmarried. The chart for the Athletic club’s box- ing‘ carnival will, be opened_at E. G. Tomlinson’s drug store Monday morn- ing at 7 o’clock. There is no doubt of a large attendance at the entertainment as the bill is made up of the best boxers who have appeared at the club’s former events, and they are also very evenly matched. Among those from this city who at- tended the Merrill reception in Stam- ford last night were the Misses Annie Smith, Viola Starr, and Amy Cole. The Messrs. Robert Dudley, William Reed, Thomas Whitted, Waldo Parsons, land Loraine Brown. They went down on the 8.11 train and report having had a very enjoyable time. At a regular meeting of Co. D, C. N. G. held at the Armory, last evening Second lieutenant Henry Belts was elected first lieutenant to fill the vacan- cy caused by the resignation of Lien- tenant Pennigton. First Sergant J ames A. Smith was elected second leiu- tenant vice Betts promoted. The com- pany will hold a battalion drill with Cu. O at the NerWalk armory, next Friday evening. Farland, the phenomenal banjo play- er, gave a cmcert in Hoyt’s Theatre last eveninar before a large audience. Those who attended the concert pro- uounCel it as being a fine entertain.- ment. kept the audience delighted with his beautiful selections. His assistants in the'ev'euing’s entertainment were Miss. Mable Gladys Hoyt and M.ss Eva E. - and Miss Hoyt the mandolin. The Sappho Quartelte ale.) rendered several selections. The quartelte is composed of Mac E. Wheeler, M. E. St. John, Mary J. Boutwell and Jennie 0. Collins. office are enjoying a hearty laugh at the expense of local insurance agents, nearly'allbf whom have been sent to insure a house on Flux Hill which when found turns out to be a little shanty- about the size ,of a chicken coop, and whose owner knows nothing about in- surance and does not'desire any. ’ihe first to ride his bicycle through the mud. was Charles Baker, and the next, Wil- liam Wilcox. Each ,one as soon as he gets caught catches a brother agent and keeps the joke going on. No one is able to find the mysterious originator of the fake but all are looking for him 5 with clubs. - Mr. Farland was at his best and ”A Collins, Miss Collins playing the banjo The employees of Taylor .9: Golden’s. tte Is at the store of New. where Advertisements and can be left with Officer Decker arrested Charles H. Daniels. of Bridgeport, this afternoon, for drunkenness and stealing fruit from the Mahackemo fruit store. Michael White, aged 2-3 years, a brakeman on the Consolidated road, living in New Haven, was struck by a west bound freight train in front of the Branford station yesterday afternoon. One arm was torn off and both legs badly cut. He died later in the New Haven hospital. 3 William Eudctor, a Jewish peddler, appeared before Judge Hubbell in the Town Court this morning charged with selling suspenders without a license. As the fellow had no money: the Judge fined him $65 and suspended sentence long enough for him to get out of town, The divorce case of Mary A. Ray- mond versus George W. Raymond, which was to have come off in the Sn- perior Court this morning, has been“, postponed until Monday morning. The Friday Afternoon club held their. regular annual meeting with Mrs. George C. Stillson of South Main street yesterday afternoon. There was a large number of members present and tee election of officers was held. Miss Mi- nerva Nash was elected President; Mrs. Milo H. Parsons, Vice President: Miss M. Hendricks, secretary; and Mrs. J. Milton Coburn, treasurer. The exrcu- tixe committee electedZWas. Mrs. Com. stock, Mrs. Andrew 'l‘homzzson and Mrs G C. Stillson. The reports of the oili- cers for the ye 1r ending yesterday Were read and accepted. The treasurer’s re- port showed ther: was a large surplus 1n the treasury. .0 EAST NORWALK. Mayflower Hook and Ladder held 3,3 monthly meeting last night. Miss Louise Underhill, of East Orange, who has bee n the guest of Miss Clara Mzrvin. returned home to-day. Miss Minnie Bell, of Cove‘street, left to-day to resume her duties in Put- chogue. L. I., where the public schools will open on Monday. . The quarantine upon the residence of John Shea and family on Charles street, has been raised by Health Olficer W. J. 'l‘racey. In the family there has been four cases of diphtheria and one death. 0O ROWAYTON. Bevf’J. H.'Sluter will preach his first sermon in BrOoklyn to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bell, of Balti- more, are guests of the former’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bell. Thomas Darling and family, after spendingr the winter in New York, have returned to their cottage on ihe wist s'de for the summer. In the Baptist church, to-morrow morning, the pastor wxll preach the second sermon of tie series on “The Great Commission.” In the evening he will speak from the tex‘. "SaIVation Belongeth Unto the Lord." Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:17), led by Frank Self. Topic, “ Will Our ExcnSes Stand ‘9 " 000 SILVER MINE. 'l'he Csuich Aid sociuy met with Mrs. H. K cps I:lSt.tVt‘.'JlUg. Rev. George E. I)L.VI‘I will preach morning and evening at the M. E. churco. . - 0.0 ~— AdVeriise in the GAZEI'I‘E. --~~~ - coo - ——-——---~ In Real Life. 4.” “You have no hear c. Pale, but tear-less, she stood before 4 him, and looked him Squarely in the eve. She was poor, but proud. Adverse fortune had reduced her wardrobe to u calico basis, driven her and her only surviving mothcr'to the top flat of a Wabash avenue apartment house, and hardened the lines about her still beau- tiful smouth, but it could not dim the luster of her blue-black eye or tame the unconquerable spirit that animated every fiber of the lissome form standing erectwith unconscious grace and await.- ing his answer. “You have no heart,” she repeated. “No, miss,” replied the butcher, “but we’ve got some mighty nice liver. Will that do just as well?”—Chicago Trib- une. . o — Only 70 years have elapsed since the first railway in the world was finished. During that comparatively briefperiod 400,000 miles have been constructed. . ————‘-. . An advertisement in the Gamma wxll I'll in'z'gflmll rnsifltq’. ' SCIENCE' AND INDUSTRY. ‘- —The eye of the octopus is said to be black, large and as vicious as that of a snake. ‘ —Thc export of horses from this country to Europe has increased large- I y in the last two or three years; -—-Thc only eclipse visible in North America. in 1806 will occur August. 22 and 23—51. partial eclipse of the moon. —-Dr. Aronson, of Berlin, has suc- ceeded in infecting a. goat with tuber- culosis and in making other goats proof against the diseaSc. —Large deposits of platinum have been discovered at - Fitfield in New South Wales. One bed of platinif'cnous lead ore is a. mile long and from 60 to 150 feet wide. The crude metal com tains about 7-5 per cent. of platinum and sellson the field for six dollars an ounce. ——Of 1,771 breweries in the United States 280 are in New York, 251 in Penn: sylvania, 174 in Wisconsin, 122 in Cal- ifornia, and 100 in Illinios. These are the states which have no breweries: Arkansas, Florida, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vermont and Wyoming. —The silk that comes from the looms of Japan compares in gloss and fine- ness with any in the world, and Jap- anese crapes have a. reputation in al- most every market for softness of beau- ty and harmony of» color; but for sub- stantial w ear, for lasting quality, the silk geods of China are most favorably known to the merchants of all lands. —The Western Electrician tells the curious story that property owners on a Chicago thoroughfare have held a. meeting and decided to bring proceed- ings against the Chicago City railway to compel that corporation to substi- tute for the present horse curs an over- " head trolley system. It seems that the company had made arrangements for the change, but there had been delays, and that proPerty owners became im- patient. 'FRISCO'S CHINATOWN. Its Glory with Its Populatlon Is on the Wane. The glory of Chinatown is on the wane. Large areas of the once. crowd- ed qzzarter, in which arrests of Chinese lodging-house k cepcrs for violating the cubic air ordinance were at one time frequent, are now but thinly populated, and in the most.- populous locality rents are 5-0 per cent lower than they were in 185$. The Chinese like to live hud- dled in alloys. Wide thoroughfares and streets opcn to the sun and the eye of the tourist and the hoodl‘im'are obnoxious io'them, and they are desert— ing the bazar-lihed stretches of Dupont ' and Commercial streets and congregat- ing in the packed lodging houses of the narrow, dark alleys which connect the wide arteries of traffic. The popu- lation of the quarter, that authorities how say has aliways been overesti- mated, and was never more than 25,000. has diminished since 1888 to 15,000. That this number is steadily decreas- ing is proved by the numbers of Chi- ncsc that leave by every steamer, at lea-st onchu-lf of ilicm never intending to return. The China on one outward voyage curried 700 C hincsc, more than 500 of whom are not coming back The glory of the New Year festival is also rapidly departing. The hoodlum ele— ment. invadcd the quarter on the days of. the great feast, and were so aggrcsim in their demonstrations of disfnvor and ridicule that the Chinese were forced to celebrate their festival behind closed doors and shutters. Where the streets were once brilliant with illuminated shops and baznrs, and crowded with the Mongolians in the full magnificence of gain array, they are now lined by darkly—shuttered windows, nbovc which lines of lanterns swing in the breczc, and full of storing tourists and local Caucasians—Ilarper's Dnzar. ’ Attracted by Her Bravery. It is a common occurrence for men to win the favor of women by u. display of courage. Out in California the tables have been turned. Miss Wiletiu ll. Robinson won a. lover and u husband—— a. rich onc, too——becau.se she’ captured a, burglar. She found the prowlcr in her mother's room, but, instead of screaming 'or fainting, ordered him to surrender, and then marched him down to the parlor, where she kept him a prisoner until the police arrived. It was while Miss Robinson was startling friends by these exploits at a. hotel in San Francisco that she met young liendrickson. He admired her not only for her bravery and cleverness, but "1' or her beauty and charming disposition as well. They became? fast friends and tlien’lovers. Not content with having cemented her engagement, she has made it doubly secure by capturing an- other burglar, this time in Seattle. She has also played detective to good ad- vantage. It. must also be stated that in addition to courage and beauty this young woman has a fortune as well.— N. Y. Press. Russia's Plague of Rodents. Russia. has suffered from a genuine plague of rats and mice, and the story is attractively told by the United States Consul IIcenan at Odessa, in a. report to the state department. The vermin first appeared in sOutlicrn Russia. in the autumn of 1893, and they increased in number with marvelous rapidity, owing to the Heavy grain harvests leavingr much unthrashed grain, and to the mild weather. In addition to the common house and field mouse, another and new variety appeared, having a long sharp nose. These mice overrun every place, and they moved in vast numbers like armies, and in instances did not hesitate to attack men and ani- mals. While the rats were not so nu- merous as the mice, they were more ’de- structive, eating everything, gnawing away woodwork, and even ruining en- tire buildings. After exhausting all other means, the plague was finally terminated in 1394 by resort to bacteri- ology, when the vermin were destroyed by the inoculation of a. few rodents with contagious disease germs—Wash- ington Post. ' . .I. ’ \ BLIGHTED HOPES. YoungWoman’s Efforts to Capture a Man’s Heart Did Not: Have Desired Result. > “You have a. careworn look which is new to me,” remarked the girl with the ostrich feather boa. “Can it be that you are helping to get up a. charitable entertainment?” “No, I am not,” replied the girl with , the lorg‘nette; “I have woes enough of my own without that. I’ve been having my photograph taken.” “I don’t see anything awful in that, save the fact that you have to pay the photographer,” said the girl with the ostrich feather boa. “All you have to do is to sit still for a moment, and it—" “I can manage the sitting still well enough,” said the girl with the lorg- nette; “I once stayed in the house with a female sum-agist until my own voice sounded strange to me. I never did like to be photographed, but, you see, I promised Charley Toker ages ago that I would send him a. picture. I quite a. fortune in the far west, and my conscience began to pi‘ick me re- garding my broken promise. It would be so sad if he lost his faith in woman just now; I really felt it my duty, however unpleasant it might be, to have that photograph taken at once.” ‘ “Quite right, too. “But after all, you might as well have sent him a copy of the photograph you and I had taken to- gether last summer. I shouldn’t have minded at all if you had.” .“Thauk you, dear, but that one is much better of you than of me; it might have 'caused him to think that I had de- veloped a. pair of cross-eyes in his ab- sence. No, as I say, I really felt it my duty to sit. I lay awake for two nights deciding whether it should be a. full face or three-quarter view.” “And which did you decide on ?” “That,made no difference, dear; the photographer merely glanced at me and said: ‘I’rofile.’ ” . “Humphl He couldn’t have been more despotic had he been a dresmaker.” “No. I wanted to Wear my new evening gown, but 133 decided on the - old silk waist I wore under my jacket. He wouldn’t let me have the negative I wanted, eitheri” “Good gracious! You surely can’t be well, dear. Was there anyone on whom you wanted to make a good impression in the next room?” “Not a. soul. The truth is that those negatives showed me two wrinkles I did not know that I possessed, and when the wrinkles begin to come it is time to be amiable to everybody.” ‘ “Him. . Perhaps you are quite right. But how did you like the photographs when they were finished ?” “Very well; they had a yielding, amia- ble look, calculated to produce a. great fortune.” “Pshaw! Any girl would look amiable at such a. man, unless—” “She was already engaged to one who had made a fortune some time ago; I know. Well, I sent the photograph to Charley, when I finally got it. W’hat do youthink he wrote me in reply ?” ’ “Is it possible that he didn’t like it?” ‘fpli, no; he liked it very much. Said that his wife thought that my style of hair-dressing perfectly lovely, and—~” ‘ “But I didn’t know that he had a wife! ” . “Neither ddd I,” said the girl with the lorgnettc. “Do you think I’d have taken all that trouble if I had known it ?”-—N. Y. Journal. . -- z . OBLIGING COL. WRIGHT. They Made a Big Mistake, But That Didn’t Count. There wasn’t any particular excite- v pointed out and arrested at Big Bend as the chap who stole a pack mule from C01. White‘s camp, over on Fish river. One of White’s men, who was over tufter bacon, happened to meet the stranger, and he went to Jim Redfern, president of the vigilance committee, and _ said: “Jim, is it a good day fur a hang- in’ ?” ~ “Wall, tolerably fu’r,” replied Jim. “The kuss who stole our pack mewl is down in'thc tin-front saloon.” “I see. And you want him hung?” “I don’t keer no great shakes about it myself, but I reckon the kurnel would be pleased.” “I’m willin’ to obleege Kurnel W’hitc, as he’s a good friend of mine, but do you think the critter down thar has any objeckshuns to bein’ hung?” ' “He don’t look like a man who’d kick about it. ’Pcars more like a critter who’d be glad to be off the airth.” a “Wall, we’ll take chances on him.” said Jim, and he went to his shanty and got a rope and asked eight or ten of the boys to go along. When the stranger was just comin’ out. “Say, we want you,” remarked Red- fern. “What fur?” “Goin’ to hang you!” “Cause why?” "‘Fur stealin’ Kurnel White’s pack mewl.” “W'all, fire away!” He was escorted to a tree whereon a dozen or more men had been duly hanged, and lifted upon an empty whisky barrel and the noose placed over his neck. _ “Want to say anything ?” asked Jim, as all was ready. “Nothin’ ’tull.” “Then let ’er go!” An hour later W'hite’s man, who had started for home, returned to hunt up Mr. Redfcrn and say: - “Look-a-yerc, Jim, thatjeller didn’t steal our mewl.” “No!" , "They got the taller and the mew! over‘at Clay City and hung him this mornin'. I thought this was the'feller, but I must hev bin mistook.” ' . “I see. Wall, he’s bin hung and buried and we can’t help him any. We’ll jest let the next one off to even up things. him I shall always stand ready to obIeege.”——Detroit Free Press. P—The great secret of life is neyer to ' 'be in‘the way of others.fHaliburton. heard ten days ago that he has made. eifect upon a man who has just made a . ment over the hanging of the man crowd reached the tin-front saloon the My compliments to the kurnel, and tell \ Now is elime . 1 ‘ v: To Send. in Your Advertisement m _ . # ani in Trade. THE # EVENING GAZETTE IS THE RIGHT MEDIUM TI'IIlOIIIiII'WIIIIlII, T0 IIEMlII TIIE READING. PIIBLIG- ‘ The Only Eight-Page One-Cent Paper in‘the Norwalks. DEPENDS 0mm rooms or THE PEOPLE wno new it. invrnnsrururs m rm: rvrmnt 'GAZETTE ARE - am av mos: WHO HAVE stun To SPEND. . OFFICE
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