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SOUTH NORWALK.
The South NorwaiK Office of
man & Pinney. No. 12 North Main
orders fpr'Job'Prlnting, as well as
Homer M. Byirigton, Manager.
the Gazette is at the store of New-
Street, where Advertisements and
items of News. can be left with
There was special music at the-M. E.
church last night.
Charles Helmet. the reporter, is con-
fined to his house with illness.
The case of ‘l‘ahor vs. Arena is being
tried in the Town Court this afternoon.
Colfax Encampment, I. O. O. R, will ‘
hold their regular weekly meeting this
evening. '
Rice’s Comedians completed a week’s
engagement at Hoyt’s Theatre Satur-
day evening.
The Boord of School Visitors will
hold their regular monthly meeting to-
morrow night.
The stockholders of the Weaver
J acquehard & Electric Shuttle Co. will
meet to-night.
Rev. D. M. Seward preached in the
Westport Congregational church yes-
terday morning. .
The Matinee Euchre club will meet
wrth Mrs. Richard Golden of West ave-
nue Wednesday afternoon.
W. A. Coley, of the post office, re-
turned this morning from New York
city where he spent Sunday.
The Fish club Will hold their regular
mon=hly meeting at their club house on
the Washington street bridge; this eve-
hing.
Rev. Gerald H. Beard preached at
the services of the Young Men’s Sunday
Evening club in the Congregational
church, last evening.
Mrs. P. J. Martin presented her has.
band with a bouncing baby boy, this
morning, and “Paddy” is the happiest
man in South Norwalk.
Manson Pardee appeared before
Judge Frost in the Town Court this
morning charged with riding a bicycle
after dark without a lantern. He was
fined 31 Which he paid. ‘
The St. Joseph Corporation have sold
the houses No.’s S7 and 89 South Main
street to Messrs. Swartz and, Volk.
They will be moved'from their present
sites abOut the first of August. '
Elizabeth E. wife of George 35 xbee,
died at her home .on Spring street, Sat-
urday, aged 44 years, The funeralser-
vices were held this afternoon and the
interment was in Riverside cemetery.
Charles lestead, colored, appeared
before Judge Frost in the Town Court
this morning charged with drunken-
ness. He was found guilty and fined
355, which he paid and was discharged.
Err-Governor Waller and several
high officials came to South Norwalk
to-day and inspected the Tramway road.
Superintendent K. W. Mansfield fur-
nished them with a special car and they
took a ride over the road.
A lamp shade caught fire at Mrs_
Charles 1‘. Raymond's house on Wash-
ington street last night and for a few
minutes it looked as if there would be
quite a fire, but it was quickly put art
by members of the family. '
The Philharmonic Orchestra will give
aconcert in Music Hall this evening.
The orchestra has prepared a very in-
teresting program which will no doubt
please all who attend. After the con-
cert dancing will be indulged in. ‘
Larry Snielledge, armed with one of
Hughey Campbell’s “Chimney Cor-
ners” fer bait, went down the harbor
after fiat fish this morning. The em-
ployees of Adams Express company ex-
pect to enjoyed a fish dinner upon his
return. ' ,
There will be a civil servrce examira-
tion in this city on June 6th, for tLe
grades of Carrier and Clerk. W. A.
Coley, secretary of the local board, has
charge of the examination and appli-
cants can receive blanks by applying to
him. All applications must be handed
in by May 18ll1. _
The case of Henry Mitchell charged
with non-support came up before Judge
Frost in the Town Court this morning.
The Judge ordered Mitchell to pay his
wife $3 a week for the next six months
and required a surety of $150. Lawyer
Gregory appeared for the prosecution
and Lawyer Warner for the defence.
The west-bound New Haven local ac-
commodation train, due in Bridgeport,
at 7:03 o’clock, struck and almost in-
stantly killed an unknown man at the
Sterling street crossing, that city, Sat-
urday evening. The man was undoubi-
edly a tramp, and there was nothing
’found upon his person to indicate his
identity,
The members of the Knob Outing
club held a meeting in the Mahackemo
hotel Saturday evening. The meeting
was called to elect a successor to presi-
. dent Joseph Jennings, resigned. Mr.
Richard Golden was elected and Mr.
Isaac Jennings Was placed on the GuV-
erning committee in place of Mr. Gold-
en. The treasurer read a report of the
finances and it was shown that theclub
was in a flourishing c<.-n.iition_£av1ng
several hundred dollars on the credit
side.
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WESTPORT.
Fred Beers is the guest of friends in
Albany.
Capt. W. S. Guyer has nearly recovo
ered from an attack of pneumonia.
Warren Higgs of Brooklyn has ob-
tained a posrtion as motorman on the
street railway.
Mrs. George Price of Brooklyn, is
spending a week with her parents, filth.
and Mrs. Sidney Watts.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Childs have de-
parted for California, where Mr. Childs
will engage in business.
Dr. J. DeVore of Manchester, has
rented Mrs. John Gray’s place on East
church streit for the season.
Mrs. Nelson, who resides on King
street, laid a feather bed across the
fence to air last Thursday and a passing
junkman carried it off. The number of
his wagon was not known
Charles Leland Stacks and Miss Mae
Shipman Were married at the residence
of the bride‘s uncle, George A. Mooney
in Eliziberh" N. J., last Wednesday.
The ceremony Was performed by Rev.
Curl Schwar'z of Zion and St. Timo-
ill) ’5 church of New York. Immediate
ly after the wedding the happy couple
departed for a short bridal tour. Mr.
Staples was a former resident of West-
port. and is a grand-nephew of Presi-
dent Horace Staph s.
_ nowlivrou.
.Hez'bcrt F. Dillon and mo her re-
moved to New York tnis morning.
A large congregation wtended the
services at the Bstptizt church last even-
ing. '
Mrs. Amelia C lfin is visiting her son
in South Noi'walk.
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EAST NORWALK.
D
Mrs. William Mayer of Brooklyn, nee
Miss Alice E «ston, formerly of Norwallr,
spent Sunday with Miss Clara Marvin.
The little daughter of Mr. Fred \Vebber
Holland, Mass, had a very bad cold and
cough which he had not been able to cure
with anything. I gave him a 25 cent bottle
of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, says WV. P.
Holden, merchant and postmaster at West
Brimfield, and the next time I saw him he
said it worked like a charm. This remedy
is intended especially for acute throat and
lung diseases such as colds, croup and
whooping cough, and it is famous for its
cures. There is no danger in giving it to
children for it contains nothing injurious.
For sale by E. P. \Veed, druggist.
‘ NOT BE
WHEREAS, The Nor-walk Street Rail-
way Company, a corporation of that
name, has presented to the Mayor and
Council of I‘he City 0! Norwalk, its ap-
plication and plans, for the construc-
tion ofa single track electric railway
on Westport Avenue in said City, from
East Avenue eaterly to the City Line,
With all necessary curves, turnouts,
switches and frogs,—said Application
and Plans showing in detail said pro-
posed construction; and
WHEREAS, said the Norwalk Street
Railway Company has also presented
to said the Mayor and Councnl its Ap-
plication and plans for double tracking
its Winnipauk Line from the sJutherly
end of ts long turnout near Harriett
strert to a point between Hoyt and Wall
streets, as far southerly as what is
known as Number 6 Main street; and
said Application and Plans also show-
ing in detail said proposed construc-
tion; and
WHEREss. said The Norwalk Street
Railway Company has presented to said
The Mayor and Council, its Application
and Plans for a Cross-over track on
West AVenue, near the corner of Chapel
Street, and the details of said construc-
tion being fully shown in said Applica-
tion and Plans, Now Therefore.
_ NOTICE is hereby given, that a hear-
ing upon all of said Applications and
Plans so presented Will be had in the
Council Room, in the City of NorWalk,
Monday evening, April 2ff'th, 1896, at
7:30 o‘clock, at which time and place
rill persons interested therein are here-
oy ntztified to appear and be board. if
they may as desire. ‘
Dom-’d at the City of Norwalk, April
15th, 1896.
By order of the Council of said City.
E. M. Lockwood,
City Clerk.
I ' LIGHT PARCEL and
tUhKWUQDS motion DELIVER!
Cheap rates, Will also take orders for mes
.wusdl‘ service in New York. Goods called
0; and delivered to all arts of the town,
uruers received at E 1’. Veed’s Drug Store.
as Walr Street, With telephone connection on-
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WONDERS OF NASSAU.
A I’hosphorcsccnt Lake That. Is Luminous
at Night.
Having in remembrance old Sampsor
Stamp, of Key “Test, the discoverer 01'
the sea, gardens at Nassau, we took a
pilot and sailboat the following morn-
ing and sailed some four miles up the
channel. There we disembarked in a
rowboat with a glass bottom, made by;
inserting therein plates of thick glass,
through which the bottom of the sea.
spread out before us like. dry land. A
strange feeling crept over me and in im-
agination I fancied myself with Jules
Verne on the voyage of “Twenty Thou-
sand Leagues Under the Sea.” We could
see all the little fishes, minnows one
inch long and larger kinds one foot.
two feet and three feet in length, some
white and black and blue,besides many
angelfish, all yellow like a» canary, with
bright blue fins and tail, swam by
beneath us. Like the ripe wheat
fields in summer sway to the breeze so
there in the submarine currents waved
great bunches of fan-leaf coral, pur-
ple, yellow and white. The water was
clear as air, and, pointing to some es-
peciall y beautiful specimens of rock and
fans, our little dorky (love. over, and,
like the fish, we could see him swimming
down until at- last, clutching the growth
with two hands and feet firmly braced
against the coral, he gave a tug and
away came to the top, fan in hand. In-
deed, God hath wrought marvelous
things in this world of His, but nothing
of greater bewitching fancy than the
sea. gardens of Nassau. '
When night came and before the
moon was up a. drive of two miles back
on New Providence island brought. us
to a. most interesting work of nature.
A lake some 1,000 feet long and 300 feet
wide lay quiet and black as anyotlier
sheet of water at. night. might- do. But
once in a. rowboat and shoved off from
shore what a. mighty change was
wrought! Two small out-swimmers,
lie hue of the surrounding darkness.
accompanied our boat. of fire, for such
it seemed. Like two human torches our
(lurkics swam by our side as in a. cloud
of phosphorescent. fii‘c. At the slight-
est disturbance the whole surrounding
water lit up‘likc molt-en silver. Each.
boy’s toes and fingers were as though
the sun shone on them, and fish dialed
through 1110 quiet. water—like sky-recli—
ets, lonvi-ng a. glittering trail behind.
The light was so vivid I could see the
time by my watch, and when a. wave was
sent. upward with the oar the falling
drops '\'-'t‘l'€ like blue—tinted pearls. The
movements of our boat. made. enough
light. to plainly show-the. bottom, for
the voter is from the occan and as clear
as all that which nature makes toil-3w
about those lovely u".ll?.l‘[iilS, Euticcd
by the writer‘s warmth and. the hot
night. my friend and I went in swim-
ming, but only for a few minutes. From
this swim comes a story hard to believe,
but as true as Gospel. That night, as
was my custom before turning in, I
went to the bath-room, which I could
easily darken, to change some. photo
plates in my holders. \l'hcn about to
~)ull the slides I noticed the phosphores-
cence, which I had brought from the
lake, shining from my bore feet. and {riv—
ing so much white light- I had to cover
them with a towel before. I (lured ex—
pose the plates to what a moment be-
fore had been intense darkness—Forest
and Stream. ~'-'-"r“'~-'~"'-"--’f,~‘f
No Turkey for Thorn.
“Give a sailor pie three times a day.”
said an old sea ciiptuin, “and he would
still kick.” Pie is the alpha. and omega
of a sailor’s ideas on luxury of food. The
sailor is naturally suspicious, and the
sea lawyer nurtures this suspicion, as
may be illustrated by the following
Vouche'd-for incident: Some years ago
the whale ship Ohio was cruising in the
northern Pacific waters. and the growls
of the men against the fond had been
long and deep. The skipper of the V: s-
sel was Capt. Thomas Ellis, and his wife
was aboard. Mrs. Ellis heard the mur-
murs and, womanlike, persuaded the
skipper to let her fix up a meal for the
men. He, however, told her that her
efforts would not be appreciated, and
might even cause trouble. Anyhow,
the good woman persisted, and with her
own hands prepared a fat. turkey and
all the “fixings.” The fowl was sent
forward to the forecastle, and Mrs. Ellis
thought the men would for once have
no complaint to make about the dinner.
As a. matter of fact, the men hove the
turkey overboard, “for,” said their son
lawyer, “somethings the matter with
it, or it would never have come for-
ward.”—N. Y. Tribune.
For a Linen Shower.
She is, indeed, a fortunate young worn-
on whose friends decide to give her the
benefit of a. linen shower at her be-
trothal. A linen shower will go fur-
ther to give her beautiful things for
her table than any other way devised,
and the cmbroideries will be doubly
charming as the gifts, perhaps the
work, of thoughtful friends. But some-
times t'hc friends run short of ideas and
think that one can have enough cent-er
pieces or (lollies or bureau sc-arfs.
“T idles” are out of fashion. What. gift.
in linen can be made which will be .at
once novel and pretty? There is no
lack of things. Picture frames, pin
trays, pin cushions, laundry bags,
nightdress curses, ornamental towels
for looks, not for use; sachets, sofa
cushions—these are a. few suggestions.
The necessary linens for table, bed and
toilet are furnished, it is to be pre-
sumed, in the trousscau. What the
linen shower provides is only the lux-
uries. Everything, therefore, must be
extremely fine and daintily worked,else
the purpose of the gathering and gift
prgsentation is defeated—N. Y. Here,
a] . -
—An idea, like a ghost (according t.-
the common notion of a. ghost), must
be spoken to a little before it will ex—
plain itself.—Dickens.
—-The feast is such as earth, the gen-
eral mother, pours from her fairest
bosom, when she. smiles in the embrace
of autumn—Shelley.
SPONGE GATH‘EnERS.
They Sometimes Tum Wreckers or W orse,
It Is Binted.
Everybody connected with the sponge
trade, until it gets into the hands of the
brokers and shippers, is “colored.”—any
shade between jet black and the hue of
West India. molasses, says the Phila-
delphia. Record.
The hands employed in washing,
shipping, packing and preparing for
shipment abroad are generally paid
fifty cents a day for ten hours’ work.
As for the men who do the dangerous
part of iii—those who go down to the
sea in ships and wrest the sponges from
the bottom—they are never hired by
the day or month or promised a. definite
sum, but their earnings depend entire-
ly upon luck and circumstances. The
owner of a. vessel fits her out at his
own expense and the profits of the
voyage are divided up in shares be-
tween himself, the sailing‘ master and.
the men. Each ship carries a. crew of
from eight to twelve men, and while
the owners, as a. rule, find considerable
profit in the business, it is rarely in-
deed that a. sponge fisherman does}
more than make a. tolerable living.
It is darkly hinted that on favorable
occasions when the “sponge catch” has
not been good these men turn wreck-
ers, an occupation verging closely upon
piracy, and sometimes when no profit-
able wreck has turned up for months
they are even tempted to decoy a ship
from. her proper course and lead her
upon the rocks by a, display of false
lights. The intricate navigation of
these waters, dotted by thousands of
small reefs and islets, which can be
traversed with comparative safety only
by three channels, has always fur-
nishedja demoralizing" lot of flotsam
and jetsam in the way of shipwrecked
merchandise to Nassau.
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TH E BABY ALARM.
A New Electrical Household Appliance
and Its Uses.
The newest electrical household ap—
pliance, and in future no nursery will
be co‘mplete without it, is the “baby
alarm.” It often happens that in a
large house, where the infant is sleep-
ing in a. room on the upper story, the
nurse cannot retire to the servants’
room, which may be on a different floor
and too far distant for any to hear the
child’s signal that it is awake. The in-
tention of the baby alarm is to give
warning to any required distance when
the child cries. A sensitive microphone,
placed near the cot. is connected to a
battery and an induction coil, and
thence by wires too small electro-mog-
net at the end where the sound is to be
received. When “the child cries the mi-
' crophone will set up an undulatory cir-
cuit, the electromagnet will be actu-
‘ated, its oscillation will close a. bell cir-
cuit, and a bell will continue to ring as
long as‘the sound of the baby’s voice is
sustained. As the device is at present
constructed the adjustment of the bal-
ance lever which is set in motion by
the electro magnet is so delicate that
ftlie apparatus has to be handled with
:extreme care, and any bungling. by an
inexperienced person is likely to de-
‘i-ange it. Suggestions have been made
for lessening the complexity of the in-
' strumcnt, and making it a practical and
durable means of enabling infants to
unconsciously signal to a. distance, and
thus save much anxious watching on
the part of those in charge.
'WINE DRINKERS' MAXIMS.’
Sayings of Our Elders and a Contribution
from Theodore Roosevelt.
.Jolcose remarks, friendly toasts and
cheery greetings rather than profound
philosophical truths arc to be sought
usually among those who continuously
find solace in wine drinking. But there
is some literature of wine proverbs, so
called, in which there is an admixture
of wit and sagacity, says the New York
Sun.
,“A cellar without wine, a home with-
out woman and a. purse without money
are three deadly plagues,” is one of the
oldest and best known of the wine
proverbs. “Red wine poisons oysters,”
is another. “Wine is a turncoat—first
a friend, then an enemy,” is a third.
“Burgundy,” it is an old saying, “is the
' wine of princes, Sillery of nobles, claret
of the gentle born, and beer of the
common people.” It seems to be a fair
inference that those who have gone to
the trouble of compiling in various
works the apot-hegms of wine drinkers
have chosen them as a good cultivator
chooses the best grapes, with much
care—and when the authors of such
remarks were not drinking. “Cham-
pagne,” it isawine drinker’s saying,
“is like criticism—nothing more ex-
ecrable if bad, nothing more excellent
if good.” , “Love,” says another, “stole
its purple light from the wine cup.”
Here is another: “The bottle is of the
aristocracy, treated like a gentleman.”
“Drink your enemy’s wine; it’s as good
asyour friend’s,” is an inhospitable
but not unphilosophic saying, and “Re-
member,” says another, "olives and
Wine tell what a man is.”
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‘ADMONITION TO FISHERMEN.
Handlwork as 9. Warning to
Them to Be Truthful.
Edward Flaig, of Cincinnati, dis-
covered a singular freak of nature
while camping on Dick’s river recently.
High up on the side of the limestone
cliff, nearly one hundred feet from the
level of the river, he found in the stone
a. well-defined likeness of George Wash-
ington. The features stand out in bold
relief. looking southward, and make a
singularly striking likeness of the
Father of His Country. Not only are
his well-known and familiar forehead,
nose and mouth well shaped, but the
old-style choker about the neck and the
tri-cornered hat are also easily traced.
The face occupies a. space about four
and one-half by three and one-half feet
in dimensions. The rugged portrait
can easily be seen from the opposite
shore, and the wonder is that it had
not before been noticed by fishermen.
Mr. Flaig remarked to 3.. Cincinnati In-
quirer reporter that he is. of the opin—
ion that '1‘ was placed there by Provi-
dence as an admonition to fishermen to
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