a *- . ' *S‘oUTH man '85 Plnney, No. 12 North orders for Job Printing, ‘ Homer M..Bylrlzton, Manager. , \ NORWALK. T" ' 1th NorwalK Office-of the Gazette ls at the store of New- The Sou Main Street, where Advertisements and as well as ltems of News. can be left with I 'Water at the Knob 76°: ‘8. C. Palmer has been granted a pa- tent for a hat sizing machine. ”Billy” Gunther is training for the _Westport road race. I I . The entry blanks for the Westport road races are now out. . , . -; I Howard and Albert Mossman, Joesph Thomas and Ben. F. Andrews started on ‘a cruise in the Fannie this morning. The bathing houses at the Knob were ltaxed to their utmost capacity yester- .‘/ ”occupied by as nanny as four bathers at some?" ‘I‘ . . .~ , ‘ . . Abo" t five‘éhnndred' people gathered at thesfdepot-athis noon toIIISee Bryan go ‘ through. Although they. looked for him on the = 1 1:44- '--and~ 12 .05 :: trains he failed to appear. The crowd then ad- journed to their several homes very - much disippointed. Wilbur Gaynor, aged 11, Robert Murray, aged 12, of Ox Ridge, in the town of Darien,‘ and Charles Roberts, aged "1% of New York, ,a cousin of Gaynor, who is Visiting him, have been arrested in Stamford for attempting to wreck trains on the New Canaan road. .. The ladies of the limb Whist club had a most enjoyable time at the club house yesterday afternoon. The games were intensely interesting and reenlted in the prize going to Mr. James Golden. In the evening the Eadies entertained their gentlemen friends atfluncheon and later a dance was given in the dance room-to the sweet music furnished by .Weidenham- other of Bridgeport; I . ~ ’ James H. Stevens met with a seriors accident on Washington street this morning. He was walking on the crosswalk on Water street when Peter Gustaflson, who was riding abicycle, ran into him. He was knocked down and lost consciousness. J. 8. Raymond & 00. Soul: him home in their team and, be seen came to, under the application or water. Mr. Stevens is a very old man'hnd was badlyishaken up, and it is feared may be internally injured. By- \ L standers claim that Gustafi'sou was at ’ fault. _ ‘Captain Joe Merrill, of Tavern Is- land, recently celebrated his“ birthday. The jolly captain being known far and hear was the recipient. of numerous costly and beautiful presents. Among those received: was an enormous "frosted cake .thegift of Mrs..I Dr. Parker. In- side of this massive'piece of pastry is Said to be gold pieces, rings and thimbles.galore,~while on top is a min- iature yachting scene, the yachts racing about the outer rim with every stitch of canvas set. It was intended that the cake should have been cut on his natal dliy. but the/present was too beautiful dodestroy and Captain Joe and his es- timable wife decided not to destroy it has now propose to keep it intact until ,3. (they celebrate their golden wedding. .._— BELL ISLAND. On Tuesday evening garovement ’ society was organized at Bell Island called ”The Bell Island improvement Society.” The annual meeting will be held the first Monday in August. The object of this s3ciety ds to improve’itnd beautify the island, to make it healthful and attractive, and ”the Officers are as follows: President, Charles Jones, Stamford; Secretary, ~.’G:’.A Shepard, Bethel; Treasurer, Tim- othy Jones, Danburyr; Executive Com- mittee, Nathaniel Barnum, Danbury; TH Foster, Danbury; C. E. Wilcox, Danbury; Reed .Haviland,‘ South Noi-I walk; F. N. Horton, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; TQR. Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y ; Joel G. Foster, Danbury. . . . Under the auspices of this society a vocal and instrumental concert with necitations will be given at Bell Island. Saturday, August22nd at8 p. m. The entertainment is in charge of the fol - lowing committee: Miss Mary A. Bradl‘, Dmbury; Miss' Kate Jones, Stamford, Mrs. Frank E. Shepard, Orange, N. J.; N. Barnum, Danbury; Newell Bradley, Danbury. O.— ‘C A % 'Wheeling at night / With the “Search Light " g , —lS A PLEASURE. , / Apropos of the saying: “ You can fool / some of the people part of the time, but not all the people all thetime,”the @1896 'on th , _ary . any time". its make-up being I ' Correct in Principle and Free from Defects, ' insures that faithfulness in perform- ance which holds the Confidence of the ser. . . . Price $5.2dssslidhsc BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO. Bridgeport, Conn. 1119M . NJ. ., .. . , '_ ' sang?" Boston. . s udfor .. . / th;.8t.'.,‘P~lIilla. atalggue'limfig, day afternoon, several of them being- f7 a village im-l ! l ' payment to The State Inheritance Tax. QUINCY, Ills, Aug. 13.—Judge Carl Epler has sustained the state inheritance tax in a long opinion in the case against the estate of A brim Benton. a deceased millionaire. This is the first decision or the tax, although it has been in Chicago courts for many months on an application to assess a tax against the John B. Drake estate. - . Herr Lillenuial‘s Death. LONDON, Aug. l3._—,;A special dispatch from Berlin says that Herr Lillcnthal, the engines? who has been experimenting with flying machines for several years past, is dead. He started to fly a machine from a bill 100 feet high. The machinery of the apparatus collapsed, and Herr Lilienthal fell to the ground. His back was broken. . Drowned In a Pond. CLINTON, N. Y., Aug. .13.—-Charles Cummings, a farmer. aged about 30 years, was found drowned in a pond on the farm of William Billingham today. It is sup- posed. that he was taken ’ with cramps while bathing. THE HOTTEST PLACE IN AMERICA. Burning, Searching. Dimmer-in: Yuma of the Plains. Eastern people who prate I about heated terms and flee to the mountains or seashore upon the approach of a brief period when the temperature is among the nineties should consider the case of a town Where the temperature from about the middle of June to early October ranges all the way from 90 degrees to 120 degrees in the shade, and occasionally goes to'123 degrees for a few hours. What would they think of a. temperature for a; full month of not less than 97 degrees, of two weeks at a. time when the tempera- ture has varied from 108 degrees to 115 degreesand of a. week when the ther~ mometer has stood at over 112 degrees in the shade? That is what the resi- dents cf this quaint old town of Yuma experiences regularly each summer. All conditions seems to unite to make Yuma the hot summer spot it is.- It is located in a. kind of basin on the edge of the lazy, muddy Colorado River. which meanders through desert sands and adobe soil down to the Gulf of California. Away to the west, across the river, and to the south stretches "' the- Colorado desert, several thousand square miles in area. It is so merci- less, ghostly, and fierce a desert waste that few dare to cross it by wagon or on foot in the summer months, and in winter or early spring travelers are careful to be accompanied by a. com- panion or two and supplied withnii abundance of drinking water and food. Every summer venturesome miners lose their lives in trying to cress the .--desert by being overtaken by a. sand storm or. weakened 'unto' death by the dreadful heat. To the north there are Qast plains and uplands of barren, sun- bakcd adobe soil and a peculiar for- mation of lava and soft" granite, the ‘ "remains of numerous extinct volcan- oes. This area absorbs the sun’s heat by day and distributes it by night. To the east are millions of aci‘bs that are the next thing to on absolute desert. where nothing grows except by irri- gation, and then only scantily; where no one lives who can exist elsewhere. For over 100 miles about Yuma not a tree grows naturally, and none of the forest trees that the people of New England or the Middle States know .can be grown even artificially. There is not a thing in nature anywhere in the region to"add a degree of coolness to the atmosphere} "There are no balmy breezes from anywhere, no sea or lake air to come once in a while as a relief after hours of steady downpouring of solar heat; not a mountain or brook, a: canon or den, a grove or beach through- Out a whole country-to which one may resort for so much as In moment of coolness. One may gaze in any direc- tion from the highest place in Yumzi. and the only color in nature to be seen is a dull, reddish brown under a blaz- ing sky. Even the sluggish river takes on the hue of the surrounding territory. Rain falls in Yuma and the region round about but four or five times 11‘ a year, and only in the early winter months. There are, however, some.- very heavy floods here in the. months of February and 'March, when the water in the Colorado River rises and overflows the blanks because of the melting snows away up in the moun- tains of Colorado and northern Arizona and ofthe heavy rains in southern California;~ When the water recedes and leaves bare some thousands or acres of rich bottom lands the Indians plant their mesquite beans and melon seeds for their annual crop, just as the Egyptians ’do"theii‘ annual planting along the banks of the Nile, when the floods are lpast. The fertility of these bottom/lands has attracted attention, and'I in : recent years enterprising . Yankees have taken up hundreds of acres and are growing to a small ex- tent fruits and melons which are first in, the market even in seml~tropic ‘- Southern California‘ and Los Angeles. False ideals of happiness haunt the ways of men and lead. them on to danger and "destruction through the siren song Of fantasy. One makes his of wealth. He has enough now for all the purposes of refined living; but he wants that extra,that margin,by which enough may be broadened out into ex- cess and refinement may be made to.’ include frantic luxury and insOlent os- tentation. ISTRICT of Norwalk.'ss. Probate Court July 29th, A. D.. 1896. state pf Em B. BENNETT, late of Norwalk, in said District, decease . . . . . The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk hath limited and allowed Six months from the date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for s:ttlement., Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, Withinsaid time. will be de- . barred a' recovery. Aligersons indebted to said Estate are requests to make immediate JOHN F. BENNETT. - Executor. Btu—‘7’ Twelve Good Reasons. ' .An English publication recently of< fel‘ed a prize for the twelve. best rea- sons why a man should remain a bachelor. The prize was awarded to bution is given belsz ' I goodness sake let him always look after No. 1. 2. If his mother is the best cook in the world, let him stop with her. 3. If,wlienever he opens his month he is always putting his foot in it, he had better never propose to a girl. 4. If he is a thorough mlser, it were better for him to remain singular-1y, miser—able. ' 5. If he is generally a woman-hater. let him become a hermit in the Isle of Man. . _ . ' ‘ ‘ 6. If he detests children and calls them pests, he is evidently uncivillzed and unworthy to frequent the'hannts of a civilized community, 7. If physically. and constitutionally unfltted for matrimony, it is nothing less than criminal for him to marry. 8. If a man is blessed with a good sister to whom he is ever unkind and even cruel, he is certainly unsuitable for a partner to any one else’s sister. than the woman whom he might care to marry is earning, let ‘him not marry her, ‘ ’ 10. If a man would be likely to pre- fer after marriage the company of club associates and the pleasures of the billiard table to the sweet companion- ship of a wife and the hallowed hap‘ ‘pincss of a home, let him refrain from thinking of marrying. 11. If a man will be unable to main- tain a wife as comfortably as she has been used to, and unless he has some thing saved towards future unforeseen eventualities, he had better remain a bachelor, for when poverty comes in at the door love files out at the window. 12. If he would be unwilling to 'frankly and candidly tell before mar- riage everything of his past life, which in the event of his marrying, would. if found out, cause endless trouble and life-long unhappiness, let him by all means remain single. An Oriental Judgment. The wise men of the East under- stand the value of strategy, and know when to use it. A rich merchant died. He had one son, who, when quite In lad, had been sent to an uncle in India. On his way home the young llevcd that he escaped drowning, though no tidings of him could be ob- tained. His father died, leaving his fortune to the care of an old friend, man appeared who declared himself the heir; then a second and a third ar- rived on the scene. The guardian gave to each a bow and arrow, and desired them to use the dead man’s picture as a. target and aim at the heart. The drove his arrow home, burst into tears and refused to dis- honor his father’s memory by dese- crating the portrait of one whom he had loved and revered, Then the guar- dian knew which of the three was en- titled to the fortune. . The Demand for Equality. The word “equality” has an extreme ly seductive sound, but a no less de- ceptive meaning. “All men are born equal!” Equal in what? In slze,sense and strength? By no means. No two men are alike physically, intellectually ‘or morally. This much-vaunted theory of “equality” is based on the belief that each human being possesses Ia soul, and that all, therefore, start equal before their Maker, This equality, *however, ceases in each case after the first volition or voluntary act. not an equality of things possessed, but of destitution. and negation. The first conscious and responsible thought or act immediately differentiates the of the same class. ' Keeping Promises. Many people promise anything you ask of them, but make a smaller mat- ter of keeping their promises. They enter into engagements with you to-do this or that, to meet you or call on you at a certain time, or to do some favor for you, and utterly fail to fulfill their engagements. This is a very. seriourl matter, this lack of fidelity to promises and engagements. Surely we ought to this regard. We ought to be faithful to thepi‘omises we make, cost what it may, It is a noble thing when we find one whose promises we areas sure 03‘ as of the rising of the sun; whOSe simplest word is as good as his oath; who does just what he says he will do at the moment he says he will do it. “ Nine Tailors Make a' Elan.” ,never hesitated to sacrifice his friends to his joke. On one occasion the Mer- chant Tailors’ Guild, of Dublin, gave a dinner in his honor, and were highly delighted with their witty guest. 'He was" not the man to spare his hospita- ble entertainers, of whom there were exactly eighteen at the table. When she reached the,.door, after the ordinary formality of leave-taking, be ex- claimed, “A,nd now, gentlemen, I have the honor of saying ‘good-night’ to both of you!” Themoment that they appreciated the sarcasm, ~“they went for” Curran; ,but he was too quick for them, and escaped. - - No person in Norway may spend [more than threepenceat one visit to . _a public’h'ouse.‘ . 'WHWI‘AEN SHOULD BE BACHELORS. An Englishman fine 3 Prize for Writing- a Mr. Samuel Bachelor, whose contrh 1, If a man is naturally selfish for 9. If a man is earning less salary fellow was shipwrecked. It was be-- not who handed over to any claimant .~ until certain injunctions had been ful- filled. At the end of a year a young. first nearly hit the mark, the sccondII but the third- It is, one who thinks or acts from all others ” keep sedulous watch over ourselves iris" Curran, the famous orator and wit,‘ HERE’S lollll-ollilloE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- . this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. W... H.‘ 'BYINGTON, llcal Estate and Insurance, Room I. Gazette B’l’d. IIIVE ARRIVED. , My new line of Spring and Summer Suitings, which ‘Will be made up in the latest styles and at the lowest ossible price consistent with goo work. Call in. and inspect them. " s F. KOCOUR. MERCHANT TAILOR, I7 Nollll Rain St. South Norwalk. GOLIG, , . ORA-MP3. . .- . allusion, And all Bowel I'l‘ronbles Promptly relieved with SAFE “009001. Large'Bottle 25 cents. At all Druggist. Fairliold county National Bank.- 44 Wall street, N orwalk, 0mm ‘ NUORPOBATED, 1821- Capital, $200,000 EnwrN O. KEELEB President. stm H. MILLER. Vice-President. , L. C. GREEN. Cashier DIRECTORS . EDWIN O. Kaunas Moses H. GLOVEB DAVID H..MILLER, A. J. MEEKER, F-Sr. JOHN Locxwoon, Tnncnonu E. SMITH [as COLE. Has F. Trusi‘am. Accounts of Manufacturersr M h . Individuals solicited. erc ants and Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors. ' line. If you intend to build, look at . TAX COLLECTOR’S. ~ NOTICE < NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable tn 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 t9 receive said taxes,’ at the following times and places, to wit; At the store of W. 8. 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- Inipauk, on the afternoon of. Tuesday. September 1st. 1896, from 8 o’clock until 4:30 o'clock. At the store of Alphonso. 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 ofiiceof 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 forsnoon. 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 N or- walk, are authorized to receive taxes for me. On all taxes which shall remain un- paid after the 1st do of October, 1896, interest at thereto 01 INE PER CENT Will be charged from the 31st dav of August 1896, until the same shall be pal . GEORGE B. Sr. JOHN, Collector, In and for said Town of Norwalk, on the List of 1895. Dated at Norwalk. 015., July 8, 1896. Miss .‘BAIRD’S. " INSTITUTE. Norvvalk,Conn. II _ . - 25THYEAR. 15th Year in Norwalk. BOARDING Mill MY SGHOOL Primary. intermediate, academicfand 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 air- cular. = Early" application desirable. _ Miss Baird is at home to visitors on Thurs- day andFridaycf each week until 5 p. m. .THE BEST HESUL Issued in 1875 (matured in 1895). Issued in 1880 (matured in 1895). $136.39‘for each $100 paid on t. ' Issued in 1885 (matured in 1895). Originally issued in 1868. $1,000, $6.02. lilo Alina Life J. c. WEBSTER, Vice President, 0. E. GILBERT Asst. Secretary, GURDON W. RUSSELL. ill Limited Paymanl and Annual Lila Policies TS . éIN— Life, Term and Endow- ment Insurance...‘ Acme Life 1“?“ Examples taken from Company’s Records. 69,945. $5,000 Thirty Year Endowment. Issued in 1870 (due in 1900). Total premiums to date-$2,735.63. A due in four years would now be issued for $4,487. cash payment required, $59.12 (only about 40 per cent of the original premium). lio. 10,06. $5,000 Twenty-Five Year Endowment. Issued in 1870 (matured in 1895). Total premiums paid, less dividends. $2,932.56 ’ making a net gain to the insured of $2,067 .44. Had death occurred during the twenty-five years, the full $5,000 would have been paid. ' No. lll,660. $5,000 Twenty Year Endowment. rance Company, Of Hartford, Conn. aid—up policy- Cash dividend £1 1896, $95.53 Total premiums paid, less dividends, $3,534. 69. Had the insured died Iduring Ithe term of the policy, the whole 85,000 would have been paid. HavingsurVived the twenty years, he, receives for $3,534.69 paid out, $5,000—a gain of $1,465.31. No. |28,04l. ‘ $0,000 Fifteen Year Endowment. Total premiums paid, less dividends, $7,331 82. “The insured was furnished fifteen years’ ins'urance for $10,000 under this policy without cost and was given a net gain in return of $2,668.18—or No. “1,544. 85,000 Ten Year Endowment. Total premiums paid, less dividends, $4,175.87. Ten years’ insurance, and a gain of $824.13 on the investment. No. 54,495. $5,000 Renewable Term. Total premiums paid in twenty-eight years, - 81,675.52. Net value of paid-up policy- entitled, to $831.90. ’Deduct this from cash paid, leaves net cost for whole term, $843.62. Average’cost per year, per Upon Equally as Favorable Terms. Issues every desirable form of Life, Term, Endowment and Accident Insunance. ‘ MORGAN c. BULKEICL'EY, President. H. w. sr. JOH‘N. Actuary. J L. ENGLISH. Secretary, W, C. FAXON. Asst. Secretary, .. M d‘calD.‘ ector. D e 1 1r JAMES CAMPBELL, M. D., Medical Examiner. E. E. BALLOCK, General Agent, JQHubinger Bldg, New Haven. JOHN I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent. f ' Newman , l2 NOrthI Main-Street. Important '-:- Notice! ' A Great Sale of l I _ . ‘ . .. WALL PAEEBS. $3,000 Worth of' Wall" Paper will people-area“ . During the next Thirty Days. 6 Hanford,~ EastI w. ‘ . South _‘NorI'wIa|k-l ' BRIDGEPORT, . _ : J The . .. . . ' ll). MJREeod @ompouy. i. No _ ' < BUSINESS DEPRESSION I In our Wash Goods department. Too many bargains. Too many 4‘37». Isir'able goods selling cheap. ; We are Imaking mere‘of this-August than of any” summer month before, more than, ‘ we had/any idea of doing when we first thought out the plan. But the buyers came, goods began ‘to" go With a rush, and here we are now right in l the middle of hot weather doing the wash goods business of the town. ' A new Crash Suiting, lots of body, that will insure the skirt hanging'juSt_ right—double warp 'and filling—sand comes in the linen shades as well as new blue, 15c. yd. , AndChecked Linens, everything linen, in blues,'pinks,’ greens, drabs, rose and linen shades; in the checks ‘. So much used for waists and suits—.— real German linens—’29 cents a yard. Scotch Zephyr Ginghams, small checks, plaids and stripes; a new line of 25c. goods for 17¢. a yard. Swisses—embroidered SWisses, in blues, pinks, cardinal, greens and cream, 25 cents a yard. Navy blue Dimity, with white . .. stripes, for 100. a yard. ‘ Bathing Suits, both" in mohair and ' flannel, and both for ladies and misses. Prices as low or as high as ybu’ll care to: pay; and styles as iancyor as-plain‘as you'll care to wear. Coolest things we can think of just now. I We claim as good a fit for our men’s Shirts as you’ll find anywhere ; as good as though you were measured , by a tailor. They set smooth around the neck and across the shoulders, the bosom doesn't, hitch. up, and the sleeves are the right length; not an out about them anywhere. 1 makes a fellow laugh to Wear one of our shirts and then think of the 'home- made ones he had to wear when he first reached the dignity'of a shirt. How shirt making has changed—:3. improved 1 ' ' . Come in some time and ,.19d.“.. thr‘bugh our shirt stock. J"
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