SOUTH NORWALK. I \ The South NorwalK Office of the Gazette Is at'the store of New- man & Plnney. No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and orders for Job prmting, as well as Items of News. can be left with Homer M. Bying‘ton, Manager. »Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Re- bekah, rehearsed the Rebekah degree last night. , A horse hitched to a milk wagon and belonging "to Tyler Waters " ran away this morning. . The Citizens’ League will meet in the Council Chamber on Haviland street Tuesday evening. The Naramake Gun club are holding their regular weekly shoot at Gregory ’3 Point this afternoon. Dr. Frank Brandon, of Pittsfield, and a party are out on the sound to—day in Senator Ferrss’ launch Eva L. Charles C. Swartz left Asheville this morning on his return journey. He expects to arrive hereon the fifteenth. Lincoln Council, 0. U. A. M., held their regular weekly meeting in their rooms on Washington street last night. The work of laying the brick for the new Stamford depot has begun,and a force of bricklayers are at work upon it. The Ellis Musical club will meet with Miss Louis Abendroth Monday evening, at her home on Crescent Ter- race. ~ . The Old Well Hook and Ladder com- pany will hold their regular monthly meeting in their house on Haviland street Monday night. Miss Phoebe La Croix, of Prospect street, East Norwalk, Will celebrate her thirteenth birthday this evening by giving a party to her young friends. Joseph Euker was arrested yesterday for disorderlv conduct in the Silk Mills. On the request of the propritors of the mill the prosecuting attorney nolled the case this morning. Deputy Sherid F. S. Lyons Jr. went to Wilton the other day and served jury Writs on Joel Gregory and True- man Smith, of that place, for jury duty in the Superior Court, which meets at Danbury next Tuesday. The chart for the Yoerger benefit opens Monday morning at Potter’s, Hafi'sers, and. the Mahackemo Hotel. The entertainment promises to be a good one and it is expected that a large number of seats will be checked off bright and early Monday morning. _ Joseph McNamara was arrested yes- terday for stealing a camel hair shawl from his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Namara. The shawl was found in a pawn shop where Joseph had pawned it. This morning Judge Hubbell sen- tenced him to sixty days inzljail and costs. ‘ ' ' , The Executive Committee of the Fri- day Afternoon club met with President Miss Minerva Knapp, yesterday after- nodn and discussed the programs ‘for. the ensuing year. However, nothing definite was done and they adJourned until next Friday afternoon at the same“ place. - ' It is understood that the Consolidat- ed Railroad will rethrn to the old time method of running lighter freight trains at a higher rate of speed and in larger numbers. It is understood that to carry out this idea an order has ‘been placed with a firm in Schenectady, N. Y. for twenty-seven engines of much less weight. While driving between North Wilton and Cannons Station the other day Deputy Sheriff F. S. Lyons Jr. saw a muskrat swimming across the pond which is situated in that 'vicinity. Pul- ling out his 44 calibre revolver he took aim and killed him the first shot. He gotout of the wagon and securing the animal brought it to this city. A horseless carriage passed through hereon its way to New York this morn- ing. It was run by gasoline and made in Paris. It was occupied by its own- ers Harry E. Dayand T homasBrander. They said it mm from 10 to 15 miles and that they had come from Bridgeport in one hour and thirty minutes. ’l'hey gave tie local reporters a short ride around the streets and then continued on their way. The Governing Committee of the Norwalk Yacht club met with Vice- Commodure A. E. Chasmar, on Wash- ington street, last evening, and made further arrangements for the grand opening of the club house on Decora- . tion Day.‘ It was dBCle d to raise and salute the flag at 1 o’clock, and at 2 O’clock the first race for the Commo- dore and Vice-Commodore’s prizes will be started. The course Will be a trian- - gular one of five miles and will be in full view from the balcony of the club house. If any one has ever had a doubt of the large numbers of Norwalk’s codfish ar- - istocracy, it was only necesssary to note the crowds constantly hanging over the bridge rail beside the down east cod- fish smack ‘now in port. The lucky skipper has retailed four hundred alive and flopping cods- brought fresh from . their ocean haunts 011' Block Island, and cause why, he sent an adv. to the GAZETTE as soon as he arrived. The skipper will return in a few days with another cargo. He gathered cash enough here to purchase the golden‘ codfish that serves as a weather vane and also typifies Boston’s aristocracy on top the gilded dome of the state house. - C. N. LeCount has resigned from the East Norwalk FirePolice. Alva B. Tnthill was taken with a se- vere attuckzof bleeding at the nose on leaving the meeting of the Governing Committee of the Yacht club last night. He went to Plaisled’s drug store and was obliged to receive medical assiste ance before being able to return home. Deputy Sheriff F. S. Lyons Jr. has placed a $2,000 attachment in property belonging to Louis Lockwood and wife in favor of W. M. Terry & Go. to re- cover that amount on a note. The case is returnable to the Superior court on the first Tuesday in June. d'.‘ DON'T SEEK GOLD IN ALASKA. Most of Those Who Have Tried Are Now Stranded and Destltute. The warning of an old resident of Alaska. to all who may be tempted to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of that region should be heeded. He declares that nearly half the men there now are destitute and unable to secure employment. All the established mines accessible from the coast are fully stocked with. miners, and pros~ pecting and developing are all that is left. As for employment in other voca- tions, there is-‘none to be had. ' There is no doubt» that much truth ‘ exists in the accounts of rich discover— ies that have been made there, but the hardships which accompany the indus- try are too severe for any except those sufficiently equipped. Provisions are necessarily very dear, and no work of any kind is possible during the greater part of the year. The mines which have secured rich returns are owned by wealthy corporations enjoying every facility which a poor man is de- nied. The recent reduction in steamer rates to Alaska, coupled with the fabu lous stories of rich discoveries, has re- sulted in crowding the boats engaged on the run. ' Hundreds with barely suf- ficient to pay their passage are going north. They do not realize that the conditions are wholly difit‘erent from those in new mining camps elsewhere. The extreme cold imposes limitations which prohibit an ordinary mining boom. An evidence of the severity of the cold is shown in the fact that in panwashing for gold the quicksilver will not act as it does in a milder cli- mate, but permits all the float gold to escape, retaining none but coarse gold. Alaska has great possibilities for vgyvealthy investors, but none for men who depend on their daily labor or who want to take chances of making a val- uable discovery in prospecting. It is one thing 'to find‘ a rich. deposit in that remote and difficult region and another to obtain a pur- chaser. As for depending on what may be secured by panwashing in the gla cial moraines, considering the very short season during which that may be done, it should appall the hardiest spirit. Besides the richest deposits are far inland, to which no one dare penc- trate unless he be amply provided with money and provisions.—Sa.n Francis- co Call. —Most- of the medieval manuscripts have the important initials in red ink, hence the term rubrics, from rubrics, red. Mrs. Howe's Husband. Apropos of the “new woman,” some- body resurrecled an old story the other day about Mrs. J uliet Ward Howe that may or may not be true. At—all even ts, it was worth resurrecting. The story goes that Mrs.I—lowe was one fine morn- ing walking down Beacon street, Bos- ton, when she met a friend who asked her how Dr. Howe was. “Dr. Howe?” repeated Mrs. Howe, vaguely. Then, as if suddenly rccollecting herself: “Oh, he’s quite well, I’m sure. I remember seeing in the morning paper that he presided at some meeting or other last evening.” P. H. DWYER. DON’T BE SIDE-TRADKED. ALTERATION SALE STILL ON. CUSTOMERS ALL SATISFIED. SALES LARDE. VERDICT-"A SIIOOESS. Here are a few reasons: HARNESS OILS. 34c quart were 750. |9c pint were 4.50. . Labels a. little wwrn, torn. etc. Oils are A- No. I though, Standard goods. IISTERS. 98c were 91.50. _ 14D Were $1.25. 59c Were $1.00 38c Were 75c. Equally useful for house, car- riage. store or barn. Alvvays usd’ul. Never so cheap. " I still drum upon those $9.98 flay. 'IIDSSDS- Tl}: y’re worth it, every cent. Also five drummer's samples single harness, .Will go at $1.98, llfiade to sell at double. They are a bargain, all now) Have been carelessly handled. P. H. DWYER, cor. Knight and Wall Sts., A Steady Increase Reported in Their Num- ' ber In This Country. The latest newspaper directories show that there has been an increase daily publications issued in the United States. On the other hand, says the Cleveland Leader, the number of tri- weeklies has now fallen to one-third of what it was as far back as 71869. There has been a gradual increase in the num- ber of publications issued semiweek- ly, and the weekly papers have also increased, though slowly of late. There are fewer biweekly and semimonthly publications now than there were five years ago, all of these statements, it should be explainixl, applying to the United States and Canada. There was a. great increase in the number of publications issued monthly, between 1870 and 1891, but now there are fewer of these than in 1892 and 1893. The increase over last year is small. There has been a. decided decrease in the number of bimonthlies since 1891, and the quarterlies have also become less numerous than they were in 1892, 1893 or 1894. The dailies alone have year since 1877. Fewer publications were issued weekly in 1892 than in 1891, and since then there has beena loss, one year or more 'than' one, in all kinds of periodicals except the daily paper. The figures for every class, as given in the Rowell directory for 1895, which is just out, are as follows: Dailies, 2,050; triweeklies, 40; semi- weeklies, 321; weeklies, 14,685; biweek- 2,676; bimonthlies, 55; quarterlies, 183. The relatively greater. and more con- stant growth of the daily papers, as compared with other classes of period- icals, means that the American people are more and more hungry for the latest intelligence of the world’s doings, and that the eagerness of the nation to keep in the very front of progress is more marked than ever before. The improvements lately made in the tele- graph, the telephone and railroad. serv~ ice have served the daily papers well, and they have made the most of their opportunities. Here and more they are becoming the typical American period- ical, more popular and more powerful than any other. The indications are that in the future their relative multi- plication and development will show, even more than it has in the past. their superior vitality and the leaning of the American people to the paper which is never belated and never out of date. In the age of electricity the period— icals of less frequent issue than the daily paper, great, beautiful and popu- lar as many of them are, can hardly hold their own, relatively speaking, of the nervous energy, the freshness and the terse strength of the telegraph. o m. ' . ‘-' .x "1&5".-..;'3‘ _ ‘ “‘an Aggrw—E—a manship. ‘exexozse * BUFFALO, N. Y. FACTS ABOUT DAILY PAPERS. every year since 1877 in the number of . not failed to grow in numbers every, lies and semimonthlies, 385; monthlies; against the publications which are full‘ exexexexexexe is handsome, light, durable. Such grace or design as is embodied in this “fast, easy-running, mosh—talked- about” mount can only be secured by the most approved methods, finest material and skilled work- The '96 Stcarns is the best bicycle it is possible-.30 produce. Finished at your" option in orange or black. Address now for beautiful new catalogue. “the Yellow fellow." 3 E. C. STEARNS 8: C0., Makers, Syracuse, N. Y. SAN FRANCISCO?CAL. 0 ’ OXOXOO’NONX H. R. BULKLEY & CO., Agent‘é, SOUTH NORWALK. ErnE7EvnNiNGVekznTpgf _ ‘,-._ ._. , CIGARS IN BOTTLES. A Queer Fad. Mich Is ,Gnowing‘ In Popu- ' larlty Among smokers. ‘_ “Come and crack a' cigar with me” promises to be as, popular a. form of. salutationbetw'een friends as that in" which the invitation is extended to en- joy a. moiety of a. bottle of champagne. And the cigar has the obvious advan- tage of the liquor in the matter-of price. Cigar dealers say the new style of putting up cigars in bottles is taking hold among smokers immensely. One reason there is not a larger sale of this class of goods is that many of the man- ufacturers of the best-known brands have not adopted it yet, going on the theory, probably, that the reputation of their product is sufficiently estab- lished tokeep it at the front without incurring the added trouble and ex- pense of putting it up in glass bottles. The idea of bottling cigars is not new, says the Chicago Tribune, al- though the present application of it is. It reallyoriginated with a prominent Cuban cigarmaker twenty odd years ago. The Cubans are like the Amer- icans, or, to be historically accurate, the Americans are like the Cubans-:— since we get our best cigars and our ideas of how they should be smoked from the islanders—in that they prefer to smoke their cigars while they are fresh. Age, according to this view, produces in cigars a result directly op- posite to its eifect on wine, and it was in order to preserve - the aroma of the subtle weed that this Cuban used to seal up some of his choicest cigars in glass cases. There were three cigars in the case, or rather bottle. The end of the bottle was softened by holding it in a flame and then bent over and hermetically sealed while in this con- dition. This device was too expensive for popular adoption, and the average American smoker took his cigars un- bottled until recently, when the old idea was taken up and modified so as to be'practical and of general applica- tion. Each specimen of the higher priced cigars has a tube all to itself. This tube is plugged up with a. cork, and the cork is made impervious to air by a. coating of paraffinc wax, so that when the smoker uncorks his purchase he finds it in precisely the same condition in which it left the hands of the cigar- makor. Some small cigars, of about the size of a. lead pencil, are put up in bunches and bottled. Careful cigar dealers have always kept moistened sponges in their.show cases, but, un- less considerable skill is exercised, this J is liable to make the cigars too damp, and even to produce mold. The prob- able effect of this new departure on the glass industry when bottling be- comes generul may be judged from the fact, that the number of cigars con- sumed annually in this country reaches the astonishing total of five billion. can. - ‘5 f TORONTO. ONT. BICYCLE REPAIRING. If your Bicycle is broken or needs repairing bring it to us. We have an experienced man who can make it as good as new. prompt work and low Prices. The r. s. Ambler chle 00., 29 Wall Street. l’m $l00 PIEROE, AHES, LIOHT, OOLIIMBIIS, HORSNAN, NORMAN, DIANA, 1w I If you Don’t believe it, Come and See. Innis: FOR $65. 1 \. fil "75; ll?" Twas!) . we ARE NOT IN THE COMBINE. 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