Highest of all in havening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report a. , l W Bald rig Fowler'- Assonu'rlsav page. SOUTH, NORWALK. The South N'orwalk Offlce‘of the Gazette Is at ‘the store of New- ?man & Pinney, No.12 North Main 'orders for Job Printing, as Homer M. Byington, Manager. Attorney Joseph Taylbr is in New , York city today. . p -' Putnam Hose will hold their monthly business meeting Monday night. Landlord O’Sullivan will open the Gregory’s Point house at Dorlon Point, on May 16th, Workmen finished laying the new crosswalk at Meadow street and Wood- ward avenue yesterday. The members of the Naromake Gun club are holding their\weekly shoot at Gregory’s Point this afternoon. Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Re— bekah, met as “usual last night- in the Odd Fellow’s hall over Hoyt’s Theatre. Lincoln Council, 0. U. A. M., held their regular weekly meeting in their rooms on Washington street last night. ’The Swordfish club ‘will hold their regular. monthly meeting in the City Hotel on South Main street to-night at eight o’clock _ The City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting in the council cham- ber Monday evening, when the Elm- grove hearing will be opened. Among the passengers on the Cunar- der “Umbria,” sailing to-day, is Mrs. John Hardy, who was booked to Liver- pool by local agent Jacob M. Layton. There will be a meeting of the Gov- erning Committee of the Yacht club, next Tuesday evening, at the residence of vice-commodore Chasinar on Wash- ington street. . The Young Woman’s club Will hold their regular monthly meeting in G. S. North’s studio on Washington street Mondaygevening. As business is. to be transacted all of the members are ex- pected to be present. It was found last night that a section of the granite blocks under the Wash- ington street bridge were too high, and this morning a gang. of laborers here at work lowering. the grade One inch under the inspection of contractor F. S. Lyon Jr. ' , 7 ' Deputy Sheriff, F. S. Lyons J r.. has servd jury writs on ’Messrs. Tallmadge Baker». and James L. ._Hoyt , calling them to sit ’as j'urvmen on the civil side in the Common Pleas court on ‘Tues- day next. He has also served them. on on F. S. Lyon Sr. analaSamuel ~Daskam for the criminal side. Zerreba‘bel Senate, No. 65, Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order, was insti- tuted at the City Hotel last evening, by Adj. Gen. A. T. Lebaron, supreme and W. B. Solomon, supreme deputy or- ganizer. Temporary officers were elec- ted as follows; Chairman, W. N. Si- monds; secretary, > P. S. Ackerman; treasurer, F. A. Lane. The _ Elite club gave their second grand sociable in Music Hall last even- ing. There was a very good attendance the floor being filled and a number of spectators being present. Powell’s or- chestra furnished music for dancing and Prof. Richmond acted as prompt- er. There were twenty dances on the order and after the tenth dance an in~ termission of twenty minutes, during which time Waterbury ’s Mandolin club gave a fine concert. The club is con- stantly practising and. bids fair to be: come one of the finest .in,the state. The committee in charge of the Sociable was composed of the Messrs. J. J. Brown, J; Yost, E. R. Wilson. G. F. Foote, J. J. Yates, J. F. Doyle, P. C. Shaw, J. J. Powell, T. F. Welsh, J. C. Hines, F. Scam, and _M. P. Smith, to whom are due the success of the dance, whicu Was arranged by them. The members of the committee all Wore red pinks as the insigna of their office. The dancing was kept up until after mid- night aud all present were sorry when .the end had come. The club intends to give another dance in the near future and it will no doubt be as successful as the one of last night. 'l‘wo houses on'EImwood avenue were entered by burglars last night but the visitors met with poor success, as they only obtained about six dollars in both places. John Dunn’s house was en- tered by the back door, the lock 'of which was either picked with nippers or operated by a falsekey. They visited Mr. Dunn’s bed chamber and stole -a suit of ‘ clothes. This morning Mr. Dunn found his trousers in the back yard and his coat and vest in the close t. The thieves had removed $4 or $5 in cash which was in the pocket of the trousers. Mr. Dunn reported the mat- ter to Chief of Police ~Vollmer and he now has Captain G. Wistful Gladstone looking for a clue. The other house was Councilman Kendall's and the burglars did not have as good success h3re as at Mr. Dunn’s.‘ They entered through a window. This morning the inmates of thehouse 'discOver'ed' burnt sulphur 'Streetfi' well, as items of News. can be left with where Advertisements and matches on the floor but the only things missing were a few pennies and a letter sealing stamp, belonging to the Doctor’s daughter. Mrs. Kendall said she heard the closet door close about 3 o’clock this morning but attributed it to the" wind. It seems that the burglars were only looking for cash, for at Mr. Dunn’s house his watch -and other personal property were on the bureau and were not touched. » O. PEST-KILLING INSECTS. The Ichneumon Flies Which Do Away , with Caterpillars. ‘ A family of insects that are immense- ly valuable in killing the caterpillars that prey on the most luxuriant trees in the city, and in many cases have made them almost leafless, are the ichneumon flies. In appearance these insects are‘ not unlike the mason wasps, with their slender waists and torpedo- like bodies, but they are perfectly harmless to man, though a. terror to the caterpillar. ~ The webworm, says the New York' Tribune, is one of the pests of the parks. This caterpillar is gregarious in‘its habits, and spins a. big web, around the leaves it intends to eat. This is no doubt spun as a protection from the worm’s enemies, but a Trib- une reporter the other day noticed that an ichneumon fly'had forced her way in. and every second one could see her dart out her ovipositor, or egg-laying tube, and puncture a. worm, who would squirm up, but the mischief was done. An egg had been. laid below the skin, and when each of those caterpillars turns into a Chrysalis that egg will hatch and gradually eat the pupa. Another of the ichneumon flies was seen stalking the big and'ugly-looking caterpillar of the golden moth. The fly actually crept up to" ,her victim on tiptoe along a small twig, for the cater- pillar in self-defense can emit an acrid green fluid, and as it can swing around with great force, the fly has to be cau- tious. ful. She got withinpstriking distance and the next moment the big caterpil- lar was writhing in rage; but the egg had been laid successfully, and the fly was out of- reach, searching for- another victim. __ A big species of the ichneumon fly can often be noticed crawling along the dead limbs of the trees. Watch one stop. She has heard a. worm boring its way in the center of the bough she was walking on. She is busy at once driving her needle-pointed ovipositor through the wood, and it is always ,with unerring aim. As soon as the borer is struck an egg is deposited. The chief victim of this most useful fly is the elm tree borer, that is doing in- calculable mischief through a large re— gion of this country. This pest was impOrted into this country only a. few years ago, but has already made great inroads into the maples, sycamores and elms. Prof. W. Beuttenmuller, the entomol- ogist for the American museum of art, remarked recently that probably there had never been such a pest of. insects injurious to every sort of plant as this year, but at the same time insects such as the ichneumon fly and lady-bird, who prey on these bugs, have increased wonderfully. Another probable reason why the ravages have been so bad this year is that the ordinary number of birds to be found in the parks all through the summer has greatly decreased, owing, no doubt,‘to the severe frosts in the southern states last winter, which killed thousands of birds that make their southern homes in the region above New York. CRUSHED THE SNEERER. An American Teacher “Tho Was Very Patriotic. ’ An Italian gentleman whom I met while travelingdisclosed a most dc- praved inappreciation of the wonderful vastness of the United States, says a writer in Scribner’s. He spoke English very well, for he had been many years in London, and, as we were'enjoying the sea-coast view _ between Pisa and Via Reggie, he asked politely whether I was not an Ameri- can from “the states.” On learning that 1 was he begged me to tell him something of our government. “You have a president of the country, the whole states, is it not?” he inquired earnestly. I nodded assent. “Va benc! If a man kills—murders, ‘ you understand—who tries him, the federal or state courts?” . “The state courts,” I replied, “unless it is a case of treason.” “If he is convictednvho can pardon him——-the president, of course?” he asked, with Calm assurance, and a. slight emphasis on the “of course.” “N o, indeed; the murderer is tried in the state courts; he can be pardoned only by the state board 'of pardons, if there 's one, or by the state’s'chicf office the governor. The president has nothing to do with it. ” I , “Well!” flashed my companion, sar- castically, “in Italyrthe governor \ f a little petty province has not the par- doning power.” “Sir!” I thundered, now. thoroughly angry, “Italy will go twice into the petty province of Texas.” . In this case the fly was success-I "., T H E EVE sun It was very naughty to get angry, andvespecially with such a. politely sar- castic little Italian. I know it. But who could sit still and hear the Show, unapproachablc -—— nay, glorious —— im- mensity of our country assailed without getting an g'ry?: No one except the audacious fop, who every now and then annoys us with a. brazen assertion that bigness is, aft-er all, not such a. virtue. Lemon Juice as Polish. Lemon juice applied to cast iron arti- cles gives an excellent finish to the sur- face of the metal. It turns the portion of polished cast iron to which it is ap- plied \to a. bronze black, and when touched over with shellac varnish will absorb a. sufficient amount of the var- nish to preserve it. To many lemon juice would seem to be a weak and in- efiective acid for metal, but everyone knows how quickly a. knife blade of steel will blacken when used to. cut a. lemon, and the darkening of polished iron by the acid is very beautiful. 0 the Board of County Commissioners for. Fair field County” ‘ . , I hereby apply for a license to sell spirituous and intoxicating li uors, ale.lager heer. Rhine Wine and cider, at regory’s Peint Hotel, town of Nonialk. _ . _ _ _ My place of busmrss is not located .Wlthln 200 feet in a direct line of a church edifice or public schoolhouse. or the premises ertaining- theretn, or any post office or public ibrary. Dated at Norwalk this 2d day of May. 1896. JOHN E, O’SULLIVAN. A plicant. We, the undersi ned, electors an tax-pay- ers, as defined by aw, of the town of Norwalk, hereb endorse the application of the above name John E. O‘Snllivan for such license. Dated at Norwalk this 2d day of May, 1696. James Toner, Stiles W. Curtis. Patrick F. Slat-tern Thomas Byan, Luke Dorney. I hereov certify that the above named en. dorsers are electors and tax— ayers. as defined by law. of the town or Norwa k. .4 ' Dated at Norwalk this 2d day of May, 1896. ANNIE E. SMI I‘H, Asst. Town (‘lei k. Norwalk Opera House 3.,3’ights, Commencing TH URSDAY. MAY 7th. Mutinees Friday and Saturday Afternoons. The World Renowned, Ori- ginal and only has GENERAL TOM THUMB’S LILIPUTIONS And Refined Specialty Entertainers. Popular Prices, 15, 25, 8‘35”. Reserved seats now on sale at Weed's and Tonilinson’s drug stores. ' Unclaimed Letters. The follmiing letters remain unclaimed at the Norwalk Post Office Mary 2. ' S.L.Dougherty. Mrs. Hattie Mlddlebrook, amid Osborne. J r.. N. L. Sherman, ,2) Charles 3 son. , , .1.': AMERICAN 7 STREET RAILWAYS. Immense Sums Invested in These Means ‘ of» Urban Transportation. The great importance of the street railway interests of this. country is shown in a‘ striking manner by some of the statistics. . While incomplete, says the Street Railway Journal, the figures are believed to be accurate within 5 per cent. and are surprising in many respects._ New York has the greatest amount of track; 1.583 miles, or more than in all New England. Pennsylva- nin'comcs next, with 1,422 miles; then Ohio. with 1.077 miles, Massachusetts, . with 969 miles and Illinois with 951 miles. The order of states arranged with regard to the number of cars is: New York, 9.115; Illinois, 5,815; Penn~ sylvania, 4,021; M a‘ssachusetts, 3,896, and Ohio 3,254. But this order is en- tirely changed when the number of cars per mile of track is taken into con- sideration, for on this basis of arrange— ment the District of Columbia heads the list with 6.49," followed by Illinois with 6.12, New York with 5.76, M issou- ri with 4.64 and Massachusetts with 4.02. The greatest capitalization per mile of track is $111,200 in New York. It is $81,790 in Pennsylvania $73,400 in Rhode Island, $69,600 in Illinois and $68,100 in Louisiana. The funded debt per mile of track is largest in New x...___“_ York, Where it is $96,700, and other high .figures are. $72,400 in Rhode Island, $61,800 in New Jersey, $58,800 in Illinois and $51,600 in both Missouri and Maryland. The total capital lia- bilities per mile of track are $207,— 100 in New York, $146,800 in Rhode Island, $129,400 in New Jersey, $128,500 in Illinois, 5116.700 in Missouri and $113,400 in Louisiana. The banner states in the matter of capitalization are Mississippi. Florida, South Dakota. and N ew Hampshire, whose combined capital stock and funded debt amount to less than $16000 per mile of track, while enormously valuable metropoli- tan properties in New York naturally gave that state its leading position. The department of agriculture, for— estry division, Washington, has a col~ lection of rare trees and plants only second to that belonging to the famous Kew gardens, London. A recent addi- tion to this dendrological museum is a. “lace bark tree” from J amnion. The inner bark of this queer tree is com- posed of many layers of fine and intri- cately-woven fibers which interlock with each other in all directions. Caps, rufilcs, and even complete suits of this curious vegetable lace have been made. ‘ It bears washing with common laundry soap, and when bleached in the sun acquires a degree of whiteness seldom excelled by artificial laces made of cot- ton. linen and silk. This intricate web of this unique bark makes it compare favorably to the last mentioned produc- tions for both beauty and durability. 5.. T: :INI‘AL’ w§y§u .% Tara. _ is handsome, manship. ’ paéxexexexexexe ’ I _ (be “ light, durable. is embodied in this 1‘ fast, easy-running, much-talked- labout” mounttcan" only be secured by thc'~ most approved methods, finest material and skilled work- ' Wit? The '96 Stcarns is the best bicycle it is possible to produce. - Finished at your option in orange or black. Address now for beautiful new catalogue. “the Yellow fellow)“ . k E. c.“ STEARNS & cog, Makers.‘5yracuse, N. v. . BUFFALO, N. Y. .SAN FRANCIscoTcAi..Ws TORONTO, ONT. . 9., . Such grace of design-as Op OXOXOXOXOXOX . O H. R. 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