SOUTH NORWALK. The South Nor-walk Office of the Gazette is at the store of New- man & Pinney, No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and orders for Job Printing, as well as items of News. can be left with Homer M. Bylngton, Manager. Water at the Knob 72°. Miss Helen Swartz is visiting friends in the “Twin Cities.” Ben F. Andrews is having his sloop Fannie painted at the Knob. Schiller Stamm, U. 0. R. M. met last night in the Mystic Chain Hall. ' The ladies of the Yacht club are play- ing whist at the club house this after- noon. The Companions of the Forest met as , usual last night and transacted routine business. Rev. Mr. Norris is spending the day catching members of the finnyv tribe off the Light House. ‘ Humboldt Lodge, Sons of Hermann, will hold their monthly meeting to- morrow evening at 8 o’clock. Uncas Tribe, I. O. R. M. held their regular meeting in their Wigwam on Washington street last night. A large party enjoyed the bathing at the Pine Ledge club house last evening. The tide was well up at six o’clock. The German Reform church, of Morisania, are holding .their annua picnic this afternoon at Roton Point. Sherman Council, Royal Arcanum. will hold their regular monthly meeting tomorrow night in their hall over Hoyt’s Theatre. The law preventing the taking 0 oyster seed within the waters of the State, is now in force, and continues up to September 10. ‘ Willie Vollmer, son of, Chief of Po- lice Vollmer, is spending his vacation with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John H. Perry, of Newark, N. J. There were several moonlight parties riding on the Tramway last night. The lights in the cars were extinguished and the excursionists enjoyed the beautiful moonlight. The ladies of the Wednesday Matinee Euchre-club met at the Knob yesterday afternoon and played euchre. Mrs. George A. Jennings won the first prize and Mrs. George R. Byington the con- solation. In the evening they enter- tained their gentlemen friends with a bounteous supper. In an official notice to mariners re- centl y issued is the following: “Recent improvements and surveys by the United States engineer shows that eight feet of water can be carried to the N. Y. N. H. &'H. R. R. bridge at the head of Cos Cob harbor, and shows additional hydrography above the bridge in Mianus River.” The harbor has recently been dredged out at government expense. Wallace, the two year-old son of Chief Vollmer, suddenly disappeared from his home on Union street this morning, and the neighborhood and the entire police department with Chief of De- tectives, Gladstone, at the head were soon scouring the city for the missing youngster. He was finally found at the depot by a GAZETTE newsboy and re- stored to his father. Wallace’s brother Willis is visiting in Newark, N. J., and the former was no doubt intending to board a train to go after his brother. Chief of Police Vollmer has received a postal card from the Chief of the Winsted police requesting him to look out for a bicycle, which had been stolen from that city. The bicycle is described as follows: A Fowler Bantam bicycle number 16,606, ’96 Model, black . enamelled frame, sky blue rims, sixty- inch gear, Messinger saddle. combina- tion pedals, 24-inch frame, adjustable handle bars and lg-inch Vim tires. The Chief has notified all of the local agents and wheelmen to look out for it. Two men were seen on the front porch of Rev. F. W. Norrls’ residence on West street at 2:30 o’clock Monday morning. by Elbert Fitch who lives next door, whistling to Mr. Norris. The latter found the glass over the catch on a rear window cut out, but the burglars were scared oil before making an entrance. The men were heard about the residence of Charles E. Jennings later. Chief Vollmer has the description of three men seen in that vicinity at the time and is making an investigation. The Building and Loan Association held their annual meeting in Taylor 8: Golden’s office on Washington street last night. They admitted eight new members and loaned $4200. The elect- ion of officers resulted as follows: President, R. H. Golden, Vice Presi- dent, Andrew Hutchinson, Treasurer, Mathew Corbett; Sccretary, W. S. Wil- cox. Board of Directors, Nelson Tay- lor, C. Swartz, E. A. Woodward, Henry Hawkinsjr., R. A. McDonald. W. S Knapp, C. F. Halioek, Minor D. Ran- all, and George C. Stillson. - The re- uort, which was read, showed the as- ociation to bein a flourishing. condi- tion. ' An Affidavit. This is to certify that on May 11th, I alked to Melick’s drug store on a pair of rutches and bought a bottle of Chamber- ain’s Pain Balm for inflammatory rheuma- mm which had crippled me up. After us- ng three bottles I am completely cured. I .. cheerfully recommend it.-- CHAS. H. ETZEL, Sunbury,'Pa. ' - - _ .Sworn and subscribed to before me. on" ‘ ugust 10, 1894.—-WALTER SHIPMAN, J. P. l or sale at 25 and-50 cents per bottle by, ,. weeadmgm ,,- - -~ -~ They were frightened away. [STREET CARS IN NAPLES. A Riot Produced by the Introduction of Electric Propulsion. “I was in Naples last summer when the first electric car was put in opera- tion, and was stoned by the populace,” said Dr. 0. W. Terry, of Sacramento, Cal. D.. Terry has been in Europe for two years, mostly in Germany, pursu- ing a surgical course, and is now going home to practice his profession. “The new style of street cars." he continued, “gave oflense to the N eapol- itans, simply because they were an in- novation. The people over there resent everything that is new. regardless of merit. Naples is one of the toughest places in Christendom, anyway. 1t is a rare thing in that town to meet with any one who seems to recognize the bad: as an institution of civilization. Men, women and children revel in dirt, particularly the latter. Boys and girls of ten years are often seen in public without a single garment to hide their nudity. The ordinary refreshments of life, as practiced in America, are un- known there. The public conveyances are crowded with passengers so redo- lent of garlic, that it is often preferable to get out and walk. Doubtless, every- body eats garlic in order to keep from being overcome with its odoriferous scent, as a matter of protection. “But worst of all in Italy is the terri- ble drain of taxation and corruption on the part of men in high official position. The railroads, for instance, which ought to bring in large revenues to the Government, are a source of expense. The explanation is that everybody con- nected with their operation is engaged in stealing. The charge is made openly and I never once heard it disputed. That Altered the Case. “Have you heard about young Mol- ard? He has just walked off with 30,- 000 francs of his employer’s money.” “Ah! ha! the lucky rascal 1” “Besides, he has bolted with your umbrella.” . “Oh! the internal scampl”—Le Pa- pilion. A MASCULI NE WEAKN ESS. Every Man Carries His Favorite Remedy Always with Him. It is customary for men to sneer good-naturedly at the physical weal:- ness Of the opposite sex, but women would doubtless be surprised could they know how generally the medicinal rem; edy habit permeates the ranks of their masculine friends. Think over your list of male acquaintances and pick out. the few who have no ailments and carry no bottles, powders or preparations. They will be very few indeed, unless your list includes but very few young men, says the New York Herald. It has been said that every woman knows the best face wash on earth and is willing to part. with her secret only on compulsion, but will try anything else suggested by a friend. But men are the most obstinate believers in sov- ereign remedies. Every man carries at least one remedy in his inside pocket- and is willing to unload it on anybody who will listen or dare to test. its in- fallibility. I have known four or five healthy-looking men in a group, not one :of whom would-be suspected of ever being ill. draw concealed vials or pel- let-s and little unsuspected boxes of pills and astonishingly worded prescriptions from their confidential hiding places, and discourse most. learnedly upon their miraculous power. In every case ‘of this kind there has been at some time, more or,less remote, an apparent justification of merit claimed, from which time and hence- forth forever that particular individual goes contentedly and even boastingly bound to that medicinal chariot. wheel. THE MUSTACH E. How It Became a Symbol of Liberty an Fraternity. The mustache, that questionable adornment of a man’s upper lip, is trembling in the balance. The fashion- able man of the hour who eschews this time-honored ornament will tell you that it. is a crying and unnecessary evil, and is bound to go. And where can one find a better criterion of such momen- tous subjects than the fashionable man of the, hour? In yea-rs to come the grandchildren of a. beardless race may have to turn to their encyclopedias to find out what. a mustache was. Antici— pa‘ting this, says the'Cincinnat-i Enquir- er, a sort of advance sheet may be found in the following: The home of the mustache is in Spain. After the Moors first invaded the couu~ try the Christ-inn and Moslem popula- ‘tion became so mixed that it Was difli- cu It to say which were Moors and which were Spaniards. _ The Spanish then hit upon a means by which they could at once distin- guish their brethren. They did not I shave their lips any longer, and they I allowed a. tuft of hair to grow below the mouth, so that their beards formed the rude outline of a cross. Thus the mustache became a symbol of liberty and fraternity. Imprudent. But Crushing. Young women who take books'at the circulating library are. imprudent to doing wrong also, for it is against the rules. A copy of “Lord Ormond and His Aminta,” which has been in use in a Philadelphia library, held in front of a mirror revealed the inscription: “I send you my heart with a. kiss.” All women finish their letters with that phrase, which cannot therefore betray anybody, but in this case the signature was there. ' ' ', or Cincinnati. -. '. I ‘ is worth $188,751,350,_a Cincinnati nd use their pages as blotters. They are- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. -—Alabama has 27 national banks ’with a. combined capital of $3,694,000. The state banks number 11. -All the members of the Vanceboro (Me) board of health are quarantined on account of scarlet fever intheir fam- ilies. . —Of the eighteen people who died at Norwich, Vt, during 1895 ten were more than 73 years old, and of these ten five were more than 80 years old. -—A box of earth has been sent from the grave of Gen. Lafayette to the Daughters of the American Republic at San Francisco, in which to plant a tree of liberty. —A hunter in Bracken county, Ky., last week out down a. tree to get at a. ’possum, and when the tree came down he found it contained four ’possums, two coons, five young squirrels and about 100 pounds of honey. . . —An authority on d-eaf-mutes says that the ratio of ,deaf-mutes to hear- ing is about one to-each 1,600, accord,- ing to . which there are about 40,000 such persons in the United States and about .1,000,000 in. the world’s .entire population. "it ~ m, ,1 _ -‘ —The oldest postmaster ‘in New England, in point of continuous serv~ ice, is believed to be Samuel S. Fuller, of Mansfield, Conn. He has been post- master in that place during the past 45 years. - He is a. democrat, but his place has never been thneatened by political considerations. - as: a» —The Norwegians are supposed to have been the first who attempted the perilous enterprise of killing the whale. . The Biscayans engaged in a regular whale fishery in the twelfth century, but the whales then caught were of a. small size and were employed as food. Whalebone appears to have been then used for the first time. ' —The boundary line between Cana- da. and the United States is marked with posts at mile intervals for a. great part of its length. Cairns, earth mounds and timber posts are also used, and through the forests and swamps a line a rod wide, clear of trees and un- derwood, has been cut. Across the lake artificial islands have been put to support the cairns, which rise about eight feet above the high water mark. SMUGGLING BY RAILWAY. Engineering Appliances as Carriers of Contraband Goods. There is a story of several years’ standing to the effect. that at one time a. locomotive on one of the lines run- ning across the German-Russian fron- tier was used most successfully as a carrier of contraband goods, and that the fraud,- so long practiced, was dis- covered only while overhauling the en- gine in the repair shops. The exact. cir- cumstances cannot now be called to mind, though the essential facts of such illegal use having been made of a legitimate piece of engineering work is brought back to memory by a re- cently published item which chronicles a somewhat similar bit of deception, The Belgian customs .authorities, it appears, knew for a. long time that large quantities of jewelry were smug- gled over the French border, but how it was done puzzled them. In the lug- gage. van of the express which runs between Paris and Brussels is a case which holds the accumulators when the train is electrically lighted. A key of the case is held by the conductor of the express, a foreman porter and an excise Official of the border station, but none of these ever appear to use it. The other day, as the train ran into Quevy, the border town, a. customs in- spector took it into his head, more through officiousness than suspicion. to open the chest. To his amazement, it was filled to the lid with watches, chains, rings, bracelets and all kinds of dut-iable jewelry. It was found that the foreman porter at Quevy had, for a long period, been carrying on a con- traband traffic for a well-known Paris jeweler, who, it is said, had had to dis- gorge heavily, both in jewelry and hard cash, in consequence of the disclosures of his frauds—Carrier’s Magazine. . Speed of the Dragon Fly. It is the popular belief that the flight of birds is much swifter than that of insects, but a number of naturalists, who have been making a. study of the matter, think tubal: is not the case. A common house fly, for example, is not very rapid in its flight, but its wings make 800 beats a second and send it through the air 25 feet, under ordin- ary circumstances, in the space of that- time. When the insect is alarmed, however, it has been found that it can increase its speed to 160 feet per sec- ond. If it could continue such rapid flight for a mile in a straight line it would cover that distance in exactly 33 seconds. It is not an uncommon thing,- when traveling by rail in the sum- mer time, to see a bee or wasp keeping up with the train and trying to get in at the windows. A swallow is considered one of the swiftest of flying birds, and it was thought until recently that no in- sect could escape it. A naturalist. tells of an exciting chase he saw between a swallow and a dragon fly, which is the swiftest of insects. The insect flew with incredible speed, and wheeled and dodged with such case that the swal- low, despite its utmost efforts, com- pletely failed to overtake and capture it.-—Golden Days. Blubber Baths for Rheumatism. In Australia they have a whale cure for rheumatism which is said to be ef- fective, though disagreeable. It was discovered by a drunken man, who was =staggering along the beach near the whaling station at Twofold bay, and who, seeing a dead whale cut open, took a header into the decomposed blubber. It took two hours for him to work his way out, but he was then not only sober but cured of his rheu- matism. Now a hotel has been built in the neighboring town of Eden, Where rheumatic patients wait for the. arrival of a whale in order to take blub-‘ ‘ ber baths—DetroitFree Press. 5 -.—Ad vertise ianhe" Gianna. s Mr. Vanderbilt’s Cé’ndiuon. NEW YORK, July 22.-—The watchman at the door of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s house said that Mr. Vanderbilt had passed a very favorable day. The report that Mr. Vanderbilt” had suffered a relapse during the night is false. Cleveland‘s Former- Secretary a Suicide. MOJAVE, 031., July 22.-—Mrs, J. H. Tolfree, who was Grover Cleveland's sec- retary while he was mayor of Buffalo, com- mitted suicide here by drinking carbolic acid. It is supposed that she was tempo- rarily insane. Death of Judge Oliver 11. Perry. PUTNAM, Conn, July 22.—Judge Oliver H. Perry of South Woodstock died at his residence there, aged 75. He was well known throughout the state. having held many offices. Heart disease was the cause of death. Ochmla‘ Did Not Die at Carlsbad. BERLIN, July 22.—-It is officially denied at Carlsbad that Robert Oehmlg, former city treasurer of Buffalo, has died at the place first named, as was reported at Buf- falo last week. 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, croup and whooping cough, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. For rheuma- tism, lame back, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, scalds, frost bites and chilblains, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. For sale by E. P. Weed, druggist. IIEIIE’S YOIIII BIIIIIGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. W. H. BYINGTON, Real Estate and Insurance, Room I. Gazette B’I’d. MISS BAIRD’S iNSTlTUTE. Narwal, Conn. 25TH YEAR. 15th Year in Norwalk. Bolnnma m DAY scuooL Primary, intermediate, scademiciand college preparatory classes. Specialists employed for physical culture, elocution. music. art and the languages. Careful attention to morals and manners. A limited number of day pupils and special students admitted. Send for cir- cular. Early application desirable. IMiss Baird is at home to visitors on Thurs- day and Friday of each week until 5 p. m. THE E VEN 1N GTGAZE rm TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable to pay taxes to the town of N orwalk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, 'on the Assess- ment List of 1895, that I will meet them to receive said taxes, at the following times and places, to wit: At the store of W. S. Hanford, East Norwalk, (Down Town) on Tuesday September 1st, 1896, from 10 o’clock forenoon, until 12:30 afternoon. At the store of J. C. Randle, at Win- nipauk, on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1st, 1896, from 3 o’clock until 4:30 o’clock- At the store-of Alphonzo Dibble, at South Five Mile River, on the evening of Tuesday, September 1st, 1896, from 7:00 o’clock until 8:30 o’clock. At the office of the Collector, Room No. 1 Masonic building, in the City of Norwalk. in said town of Norwalk, on Wednesday, September 2d,1896, from 9 o’clock forenoon. until 3 o’clock after- noon, and from 7 to 8 o’clock in the evening. . Mr. Stephen Comstock, of Comstock Bros., Norwalk, and Mr. J. M. Layton, at his office, Railroad Place, South Nor- walk, are authorized to receive taxes for me. . On all taxes which shall remain un- ‘paid after the let day of October, 1896, interest at the rate of NINE PER CENT will be charged from the 31st dav of August 1896, until the same shall be paid. ' GEORGE B. ST. JOHN, Collector, In and for said Town of Norwalk, on the List of 1895. Dated at Norwalk, Ct., July 8, 1896. NOTICE. curmxss: NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable to pay taXes to the City of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that the undersigned, Collector of Taxes for said City, on assessment list of 1895, has received a warrant from the Mayor for the Collection of the tax laid by said City, 2.1 web 2, 1896, on the ratable es- tate liable to taxation therein; that Said Tax is Payable July Isl, And that he will be present at the Council Room in the Fairfield County National Bank Building, every week day from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and from 2 to 5 p. m. from July 1, 1896 until Sep- tember 1, 1896. Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 o’clock. Also, that upon all of said taxes re- maining unpaid after the 1st day of August, 1896, interest at the rate of nine (9) per cent. per annum will be charged from the 1st day of July, 1896, until the same is paid. ADDISON A. Burrs, Collector of City Taxes, List of 1896. WAR PAIIIT _. SOLD UNDER GUARANTEE. Actual cost less than $1.25 per gal- ful the American Knight of the Brush Is what the Redskin uses when he is looking for light, but for mak- ing the home look uses none but Longman Martinez’ Paint. which is unexcelled. For Sale by the South Norwalk Hardware Co., 24 SOUTH _MAIN STREETfilSOUTH NORWALK,‘ICONN Important -=- Notice: . . , ACreat Sale of p . W ALL PAPERS- $3,000 Worth of Wall Paper will be Sold AT COST During the next Thirty-Days. Newman ‘& ' Pinnev. I2 Nortthain Street, I South,- NorWaIk. BRIDGEPORT. The . . . . , ll). Moiltlend Company. ‘STANDARD’ FASHIONS, DESIGNER AND CATALOGUE Are here for August. Filled with good things from bright minds—full of information. t Dress Skirt making and giving goes gaily on. There's fun in buying the material and having someone else do the rest; having them made without a stitch of worry or bother of any sort. Tailor cut, tailor fitted, tailormade. Choose the stuff from‘ our wool dress fabrics, buy the linings and thread here, we’ll fit and make them free. Sheets, Pillow Cases, Bolster Cases and Quilts. Never was there better buying in these things than now. never were there bigger lots to choose from. Such qualities at such prices! Sheets, from 54 x 90 to 90 x 113 sizes, both plain or hemstitched, at almost any price—any price to suit the buyer. Pillow Cases, 42 x 36, from 70. each upward; 45 x 36, from BC. up; other sizes at all prices, either plain or hemstitched. ' Quilts—summer—Welght crochet—- from 590. up to $1.00. Blankets—light summer ones— very choice lines at 98c. and $1.00. You can't begin to judge of their good qualities from what we say here ; they should be seen, examined. Hammocks, from away down prices up to $5.50 for the big double sizes—- very handsome, beauties. And ham- mock Pillows, from 25 cents up. Everybody knows the worth of a ham- mock and pillows these days! BARGAlNS IN . lNF‘ANTS’ SWISS CASS. MARKED DOWN To 10 cents. All kinds of Whisk Brooms—more attention to the broom part than the handle. Sponge Bags, 19,22 and 25 cents. Leather Belts that were 50 and 58 cents now reduced to 25 L CSHIS.
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