, . smug ‘g‘ \]_ "THE EVENING GAZETTE.» ENTERED ATJTEE Pos'r Orrioa m NORWALK As A NEWSPAPER. MAIL S UBSC'RIPTIONS, DAILY, one year. $3: six months. $1.75: three months. $1.00; one month, 30c. WEEKLY. one: year. infiadvance. $1.90; six months. 600.; three months. 330. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1806. French Spoliations. The GAzsrrE’s special dispatches from Washington to-day, will bring joyful news to several Norwalk families whose fathers and grand and great-grand- fathers, builded greater: than they knew, in their patriotic labors to aid their country in its time of need, and thereby have aided their worthy descendantr, into whose hands more ‘than $8,000 is to come, after long years of waiting. ___....__...— . ‘ . . ..—_._— ...——-~..._ The Rasssian Coronation. The first thought of meat Americans, asthey read of the coronation of the Czar, is of wonder at the concentration of so muchpower in the person of or 6 young man, who has not even gained it for himself, but has simply succeeded to it. The religious aspect of the cere- mony, the faith and devotion expressed in it, are so foreign to our ordinary thought that we regard them with u. sort of tolerant indifference, as some- thing akin to the barbaric orientalism oi the whole display. But the imperial idea is positively antagonistic to our own political conceptions, and we car.- fio: but wonder that it still finds accept. ance anywhere. ' When even serious writers speak of the Czardom as an unrestricted per- sonal despotism and treat Russian his- tory merely as a succession of acts and deeds of irresponsible ant vcrats, it is not strange that most of us should over- look the continuity of Russian hi:~.t.:ry as a history of Duilulml development, in which the Czars are truly but insig- ‘hificant figures in the great current whose successive stages they only marked. Peter an; Catharine were great personal forces, but Russia was a greater power than either cf‘them. and the strength of Nicholas II. is not in his birthright- alone, but in his acceptance as the leader of the Russians. Think of the nations. whose hzrtory we know the best. England under the Plantagenets, under the Tudors, under the Stuarts, under the Commonwealth and the Revolution, under the Hano- verian line, has taken the very widest possible range in the conception of monarchy, but it has been England all the time and the strongest as well as the weakest monarchs have been only the opponents of the English people, in whose irresistible development they bore their various parts. France under Louis XIV, under the Directory, under Napoleon, under the new Republic, is still France, and through all its vicissi- tudes runs one strong current of ex- pansive national life. Russia is larger, more complex, and therefore slower, but the progress of which the world is becoming aware is of Russia and not of the Czars. Indeed, there has been no modern nation within our time with a. policy so fixed and persistent as that of- Rusnia. Its institutions, though based on no written instrument and though Opposed to many ofifi‘our fundamental conceptions, have the strength of im- memorial growth. The conception of nationality, of what we call “manifest destiny,” was never stronger in any people and it has shown itself in a unification within and constant expansion on the boarders be- fore which the Western world stands amazed. It is not the Czars that have carried the eagle a'hd the cross to the utrcrmost part of Asia and are pressing steadfastly, generation after genera- tion, to the explusion of the Turks from Europeaand the recovery of St. Sophia; it is the same great power that swept back Napoleon from Moscow—the giant force of a great people, still young and full of} faith and devotion and expansive vitality. It is as the leader of these people, the exponent of their faith and power, that Nicholas is crowned and consecrated. Ostensibly he is their irresponsible master, and so far as he shall act on that idea he can do them and himself much harm. In reality, his Autocracy, his mastery over all the kindreds and . tribes that have come to see the coronation, is neither less nor more than the power of Russianism, and in his fidelity to that great thought must lie the measure of his strength. The imposing Spectacle at Moscow does not so much concentrate attention upon the Can . HERE ANDmTHERE. An Epitome of Happenings of Interest to the Public. Garnered with Scissors anfld Pencil. Parlor Rock picnic grounds will not be Opened to the public this summer. The opening day of Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, has not been decided upon as yet. Mrs. R. J. Brundage, of Dobbs Fer- ry, is a guest of Mrs. C. P. Keeler of this city. ~ Commissioners on the assigned estate of Frederick Mead will be appointed to- morrow. ‘ Housewives say that there is§ an ex- traordinarly large crop of math millers this season. The Jones Manufacturing Co’s build- ing on Hoyt street is being connected with the sewer. An organization meeting of the no“ ly appointed ushers Was held at Grace 0 lurch rectory last evening. —I will warrant every order of cream sent out from this date, perfect in every respect. F. A. LANE. who died at Passadena, Cal. , is to be held in Bridgeport to day. ' The First Congregational church of Danbury, was 200 years old yesterday. And a lively old one it is too. Miss Bertha Hari'iSon, of ‘22 Franklin street, is visrting friends and relatives in. Nor walk—Dashing News. ——Great cut in p-i'ices of wall paper at Newman & Pinney’s, 12 North Main street, South Norwalk. The water on Welland Water streets was shut off this morning to permit of repairs to a water gate on Wall street, A new Columbia bicycle has been purchased for the police department. It will be christened by Chief Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. Talbott of Cambridge, Mass, have returned home from a visit with Mrs. Talbott’s mother, Mrs. Addie . Forbash of Berkeley street. —-Picture frames made ,to order less than one-half regular prices at Newman A: l’inney’s, 12 North Main stroet,South Norwalk. , At the 200511 anniversary of the First Congregational church commenced in Danbury, yesterday, Rev. T. K. Noble of this city delivered an address on “The Mother Church.” Willis J. Merritt, who for the past thirteen months has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Merritt, corner of Chapel and Water streets. -. An attachment for $100 was placed on stock belonging to W. 0. Holmes, the plumber, to cover the claim of a New York firm. The papers were served by Constable Hunt. Edward Kelly the young, man arrest- ed for being concerned in a Sunday es- capade and a hearing in whose case was adjourned, has settled up by the pay- ment of $15. The gang of men who are setting the new line of telephone poles have a horse with them that can walk across the ties on Mechanic street railroad bridge as easily and readily as a man. The Osborne—Acton fishing party are credited with having caught seventy- five pounds of tautogs down the harbor, yesterday. One of them weighing five pounds wrecked Dr. Acton’s fishing rod before being landed in the boat. —Now is the time; Newman & Pin- ney’s is the place to get your paper hanging done. 12 North Main street, South Norwullt. The internal arrangements of an in- fernal piano organ were kept constantly twanging for an hour in front of James H. Hoyt’s store on Water street, last evening, in honor of Mr. Hoyt who had a few hour's previous captured a fine trout. ’ ——Youths’ and boys’ patent leather dress shoes, youths $2.00_boys $2. 50, nice. One of the best Russia calf shoes, mens, for $2.00; rich color. Compare them ‘with $3.00 shoes. 300 pairs ladies kid ties at 50 cents. 100 pairs russet ties at 63 cents. These are extra value. A. H. Honda SON, 37 Wall street. - \m-26-4t Captain Ruby’s catamaran Nonesuch will be launched next Saturday after- noon. The motive power Will be two “bicycles.” It is also fitted out with a sail. There is nothing like it in this or any other harbor, hence its name None- such. ' ’ Price List of Chamberlain’s Medicines. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera. and Diar- rhoea Remedy. The most successful medi- cine in the world for bowel complaints, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Famous for its cures of coughs, colds,,cron and whooping cough, 25 and 50 cents per ottle. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. . For rheuma-‘ tism lame back, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, scalds, frost bites and ,chilblaius, 25 and 50 cents .pe brittle. For sale by'E. P. Weed, coupon the potentiality of Easels. .6 , ruggist. SHE" WOULDN’T SAY .YES. Odd Incident of a Wedding at Indiana’s .6 .. Gretna Green.’ As a. Gretna Green, J cfi‘e’rsonville, Ind., is not only known in the state of ' Indiana, but in Ohio and Kentucky as well. No town of its size in either of the states mentioned is, or has been, more thoroughly advertised. Strangers look upon the staid old town with no- degree of admiration, but rather regard .it curiously as a. notorious matrimonial center. , Couples from distant points arrive there every day in quest of matri- mony. Some are gay, frolicsome, hap- py, and decided upOn this mode of mar- riage for the romance there is in it. A case wherein “hell hath no fury like a. woman’s scorn” is told in the fol- lowing: Some weeks ago, says the Chi- cago Times-Herald, there arrived from one of the most aristocratic sections of Kentucky an elderly-looking woman, accompanied by a beautiful young girl and a. well~dressed man, whose appear- ance indcated that he was engaged in some professional calling. On their disembarking -from the ferryboat the trio walked unconcernedly up the Wharf and on reaching the summit es- pied Magistrate House’s spacious mat- rimonial parlors. They entered .his rooms and on being met by the digni- tary he asked their mission. The elder- ly lady said that the couple with her desired to be married. With this in- formation the squire was not long se- curing the license and only a. few min- utes would be required to tie the knot. When the contracting party was asked to rise the girl dcmurred. The squire again requested her to stand, but she paid no attention to his request. The man whom she was to wed en- treated her to rise, but to no purpose. Entreaties made by the old lady, who, it was afterward learned, was the now stubborn girl’s mother, proved futile. At this juncture the magistrate in- formed the girl that it was not compul- sory on 1118 part to perform the wedding. He did not propose to depart from his rule—that couples must stand during the recital of a ceremony authorized by the state of Indiana for'him to perform. The :girl’s obstinacy knew no bounds. Magistrate House was about to declare the wedding off, as far as he was concerned, and so informed the parties interested. Suddenly the young woman arose from her seat. Her voice quivering, her air dramatic, she pointed her index finger at the man she was about to marry. She told him that she had given her hand to him after care- ful consideration, but would marry him against her wish. There was anOther person of no wealth whom she loved bet- ter, and would marry him if it were not for the mother who reared and educated her. Finally she announced to the squire to proceed with the marriage. When the magistrate reached that point 1 in the ceremony Where he says; “Do you take this man to be your lawful, wedded husband?” the bride istodd P motionless, and under no'circumstan ces, could she‘ be induced to say f‘yés.“ They were declared married, howeverfl. and when last seen she was leading the way down to the wharf of the ferry-; boat en route to Kentucky, the mother and son-inflow following in the rear. .._.—_ THlS CAT GRAVES APPROVAL. A Cincinnati Feline Keeps Dead Rats T111 Her Master Sees Them. “Mrs. Muggins” is a. very good, mouser, and occasionally she will catch a great big r‘at out in the barn, says the Cincinnati Tribune. Of this feat she is' always very proud and invariably brings the rat after it is dead to the house, where every member of the fam- ily must see it and praise and pet her for being such a good, brave cat. The first time this occurred one of the mem- bers of the family took the rat up on a shovel and threw it over the back fence, but in a. very few moments “Mrs. Mug-gins” had it back again; again and again was it thrown away, but every time it was brought back. At last the two compromised matters by allowing the rat to remain just outside the back door by the side of the step. There it stayed all day until evening, when it was found out why “Mrs. Muggins” ob- jected to having it thrown away. The father had been home only afew minutes when “Mrs. Muggins” walked proudly into the sitting-room with her head aloft and the big rat dangling from her mouth. She went up to the man and laid the rat at his feet, looked up in his face and waited to be caressed and praised. After she received the desired attention she allowed the rat to be carried away and cared nothing more about it. , Now the rats that are caught are al- ways allowed to remain near the house until all‘the family have seen them. Interievwod a. Man with Tromcns. A journalistic feat of no little novelty has just been accomplished at Vienna, where a reporter succeeded in having an interview with a. man suffering from delirium tremens. The result of the experiment throws even Zola’s descrip- tion of Coupeau in the shade. The pa.- tient, a. broken-down actor, declared that he was Baron Rothschild, and that his constant craving for dainty diShes made it necessary that he should take York, a. city built on beer, bottles, un- fortunately all empty. Drinks were not to be had in New York, and there- fore he was obliged to take as much as he could carry before starting in his balloon, and from which he shot flies, Benedictine rabbits and other game, which were brought to the car by fly- ing retrievers. The man 15 now an in- mate of the Metropolitan hospital at Vienna. . ~ Surplus of Wine in Spain. Spain’s once immensely profitable wine industry seems to be on the verge of ruin. According to a speech deliv- ered by the great political economist’ and liberal statesman, Senor Moret, ex- minister of foreign affairs, at Carinena. recently, the annual export had sunk from eleven million- hectoliters in 1891 to less than four million in 1894. Thir- ty-eight ' million hectoliters more are sumed in the _ country, and unless some. new _market is opened the wine growers of Spain will become bankrupt, . . -' - 3"“ -.-_., '- ' J weekly trips across the ocean to New ‘ produced every year, than can be con: I T E E “W ENI N e GAZ E Tr E ' ' .' b ‘ WOMEN AND 'wATERLoo. What One or the Fair Sex Remembered of ' the World-Famous Battle. “In my early days I knew a. lady who happened to be in Brussels that memor- able June,” said. Mrs. Newton Cross- land to the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser man. “She was then newly- married and only twenty-three ye‘ars of age. So little certain of victory did the English on the spot feel that her hus— band insisted on her dressing like a. Normandy peasant, thinking such a costume would be a protection. “Vividly have I heard her describe the par-tings she witnessed at the door of the hotel where she was staying and the despair of wives who were left be- hind—wives soon to be widows. “Very graphically, too, did she de- scribe the next day’s events, when women—many of whom, too agitated to change their attire, were still ele- gantly dressed—made their way some- how to the field of battle, returning in the army wagons, supporting the heads of the wounded on their knees, bathing their brows and binding up their wounds, while a. steady rain poured down on the faces begrimed by powder, which yet allowed their pallor to be seen. ~ ~ “I once met at a dinner the widow of an officer‘s-I forget the name—who fought at Waterloo, and the .lady narrated her experience of the ‘after- battle’ scene. For some reason she had to cross the field of Waterloo, which was still strewn with the dead, and for this purpose she was blindfolded and placed on horseback, the steed being led by a. trooper. “She held a. handkerchief to her nose -—steeped, I think she said, with vinegar —-and not until she had reached an acclivity nearly .a mile from the scene of carnage was the bandage removed from her eyes. Then she looked back. The field of Waterloo appeared like a field of tombstones, for the bodies were all stripped of clothing and shone white in the sunshine like stones. The camp-following ghouls had done their work effectually.” WITHOUT A NAVY. Kingdom of Belgium Has a Water Front. But No Ships of War. N o invitation has been extended to the naval authorities of one neighbor- ing country to participate in the festiv- ities at'the opening of the ship canal between the North sea. and the Baltic, which are to attract the armed ships of various European and American governments. That country, says the New York Sun, is Belgium, and it is peculiar among European countries having a. water front from the fact that it has no navy. This is the more remarkable when it is considered that Belgium includes within its borders one of the oldest harbors in Europe—Antwerp—which, at the zenith of its commercial success, ’ had as many as 2,000 ships. The com- merce of Antwerp is still considerable, and a. fair share of it is done with the United States. . ‘ . When the war of 1830 culminated in the independence of Belgium from'_the rule of the Netherlands, the two countries were so divided that Holland had the larger share of the seacoast line, and Belgium had a larger measure Of the inland country. Holland re- tained all the colonial possessions of the two countries, and, in order to keep up connection with them and protect them from hostile assaults, the navy was maintained by Holland. ' Belgium, having no foreign colonies to protect, was under no obligations to maintain a. navy. Holland has now a. considerable navy, having 100 ships and 7.500 sailors, but Belgium is able to get along without any navy at all, though the Belgium army, on a. peace fOOting, is 2,000 men stronger than the Dutch army, and, on awar footing, has 100,000 men more. FOR AN UNSPOKEN SPEECH. r... Irish Patriot Jailed for Words Ho Didn’t Say. A member of the Land league was sent from Dublin to a certain district to get up a. meeting and make a. speech, says a. foreign exchange. On reaching the town where the meeting was to be held, the speech- maker met a. friend, and, both being genial fellows, they retired to a. public house and had something“. Then they began talking over old-time rem- iniscences, and the first thing the land leaguer knew was that the attendant had come in to light the lamp. “Great goodness!” he said, “I was sent down from Dublin to get up a meeting here, and now it is too late.” “Oh, well, it doesn’t matter,” said the other. , “Yes, but it does matter,” said th organizer, “I have to report to my su- perior that the meeting was held.” ' “Oh, that’s all right,” said his friend. “Here, you write out a speech and I will send it to the local papers, who will print it just as if the meeting was held, then the folks in Dublin won’t know the difference.” This was quickly done, and the speech that was never delivered ap- peared the next day in the papers. The fun of the thing comes in over the fact that the leaguer was arrested and was sentenced to four months in jail for a. speech that he never delivered, at a meeting that was never held. A Natural Impulse. A curious story comes from Vienna. A young man, the representative of a. famous firm, who carried a large sum of money with him, spent the night at a hotel at Presburg. According to his usual custom», he remained some time smoking in bed. Suddenly the burn- ing cigar fell to the floor. He bent over to extinguish it, when he saw a. hand project from under the bed and put out the fire. It made him very un- comfortable, and he lay for fifteen min- utes thinking. Then he said, aloud: “How 'very cOld it is! I must get my fur coat.”"‘ Jumping out of bed, he ran to the door, opened it and screamed for help, and the robber was» caught. He confessed his crime, and then added that he had been a. fireman formerly, and could not resist the impulse. to 93' tinguishtheburning cigar. _ , “ —-~}-_. =;,.‘---'~, 1., ‘- n , . Special City Meeting The legal voters of the City of. Nor- walk are hereby notified and warned that a Special Meeting of the City of Norwalk will be held in the Town ‘House in said City, May 29th, 1896, at 3 o’clock afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit: 1, If deemed proper, to approve, ratify and adopt the written agreement made by and between, The Norwalk Street Railway Cempany and The Mayor and Council of The City of Nor- walk, relative to the grading and widen- ing of East “Wall Street, from the west end of the Quintard Building easterly to a pornt‘ opposite the Bisscll Home- stead,7wh1ch agreement has been on- tered into subject to approval at said City Meeting. 2. To appropriate from the city treasury such money as may be neces- sary to grade and widen said East Wall street betWeeu the points named, ac- cording to the terms and conditions of said agreement. Dated at said City of Norwalk, May 22nd, 1896. By virtue of the power vested in me by the charter and ordinances of said city, and believing it to be for the best in- terests of said citv to call such City Meeting. ARTHUR C. WHEELER, . , Mayor. NOTICE. ANNUAL—:hEETING, The inhabitants and legal voters of the Over River .School District of the Town of Norwalk are hereby notified ' and warned that the annual meeting for the election of officers of the District, required by law to be elected annually, will be holden in the school house, in said District, on Thursday evening, June 4th, at 8 o’clock; also to lay a. tax upon the polls and property of said District, if it shall be deemed advisable; to hear reports of all committees and to pass any and all votes necessary to carry into effect any act or resolution of said District, which it is proper to pass at the annual meeting, or under this call. . Dated at Norwalk, this 28th day of . May, 1%,. D., 1896.M ‘ REDERch EAD, - - 'JAMES W. STOREY, Z- 03$mEee CHAS. F. TRIs'rRAM) _.':, .h‘. ., -: ‘ V‘ l ' 1 lemon. l, Pantomime-- Prayer Becks and other ~. u. . Rosaries, Scapulars, Cruci-' fixes. Altar Wax Candles: Pearl Rosaries from 45c to $3.00 per pair. ’ NEVIS, STATIONERY. I'OVELTIES, Ire. JOHN T. HAYES, 5 Main Street, Norwalk. To the NaxalParadI United” States War Vessels, ' Steamer J. s. Warden, Decoratioh Day, May'30 70c-Excursion' Tickets-70c Leave South Norwalk, 9:15 A. M. Returning leave Beekman Street, 6:30 P. M., East- Thirty-first Street, 6 :45 P. M. SEVEN HOURS IN NEW YORK CITY. MADAM Ross has CLAIRVOYANT Throughout the States. Consultation on Past. Present and Future in regard to any matter. business or otherwrse that may 6 esired. Consultation for Ladies and Gentlemen, $1. Short snssion for Ladies, 50c. Office at No. 11 Hanford Place; up one flight. Need not ring. Canbc seen at any hour. .- TO BEN 1'. 0 RENT—Cottage of six rooms. a 'oinin' residence of W .J. Fitch. 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