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The South No'rwal K1
Office of-the Gazette is at the store of New-
man 81. Plnney. No. .12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and
orders forl'Job Printing, as well as Items of News. can be left with
Homer M. Bylnzton, Manager.
Water at the Knob 70°.
. The Soldiers returned from Niantic'
in the rain Saturday afternoon.
Street Commissioner Waldo C. Briggs
is enjoying his vacation at West Win-
sted.
The Volunteer fire company of Darien
will take a ride over thejentireTramway
line to-night. ‘ “ ' 9 '
H. Joel Lowndes will begin work on
the 1st of September, in a,_New York
broker’s office.
Harry Wilson left for New York, this
morning, to accept a position as ticket-
seller on a ferry, line. .,_ y .— . .
Ira Hbytwnl begin work on the first
of September. with the: Edison Electric,-
Co.,’ of New York city,- ',:
Judze Frost .pssaidieeie fills 1‘9“.
Court this morning after having spent
a week at Camp Graham. ' .
There will be a subscription dance in
the Norwalk Yacht club’s house at
Hickory Bluff, this evening. 1
The dance, which was to have been
held at the Knob, Saturdayevening,
was postponed on account of the rain.
Mrs. Alvah Scranton and son. of Or-
ange, are visiting with.Mr. and Mrs.
Tallmadge Baker, at their home on
West street. .
The New York Recorder, yesterday,
contained an account of Mr. Edwin
Wilcox, of Westport, and his way of
doing business. '
Frank Wooley, of Brown University,
is visiting with relatives inthiscity.
He is well know here and has many
friends. _ . t , 1
Robert Dudley has resumed work in
Taylor 3: Golden’s office this morning
after having spent a week in pleasure
seeking. ‘
l The party on Capt. Cole's steamer,
who have been=cruising down east, re-
turned home Saturday afternoon. They
report a jolly time.
.Mis's Maud McChesney, of Orange,
who has been visiting with Miss Clara
Smith on Cresent Terrace, leaves to-
morrow for her home.
.Captain'George Washington Glhd-'
stone beginsa week’s vacation to-day
and Chief Vollmer is on duty after hav-
ing spent a week’s vacation. ' '
Q Commissioner of Patents, "John S.
Seymour, who is enjoying his vacation
bu Smith’s Island, expects to make a
ishort trip to Washington to-morrow.
,‘f The entertainments! the Bell Island
Improvement society was postponed
Saturday night until this evening, ow-
ing-to the stormy weathersiifiatsrday.
, —,A large number of people from this
city will attend the‘celebration of How.
{and Wilson’s wooden wedding, which is
{to be held at his home in Ridgefield,
"September 2nd. ' 1 . I,
The members of the Greyrock Swims
ming club, of Stamford, have received
Tan invitation from the proprietors of
Roton Point, asking "them to give a
natatorial exhibition at the Point, and
.partake the hospitalites of the place in
return. ~ -
The dogs belonging to F. A. Lane
and Mrs. Jarvis, had another of their
interesting fights on Washington street
this morning. John Shepp finally suc-
ceeded in separating them. These two
,dogs haves fight every "time they meet
Eon the streets. " ' ’ '
,5. The Tramway company had men'
’gbusily engaged last night in removing
~'riwires belonging ‘to the company that
stood in the way of the removal of two
old houses which are being trundled to
new sites in order to_ make room for
" the new St. Peter’s church.
The raced to be held by the Orient
Cycle club in Westport, will take place
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
They were to have been held last Sat-
urday, but were postponed on account
of the rai' A large delegation of
wheelmenfrom this city will wheel to
‘ Westport to attend the races;
Ben. F. Andrews raced his yacht
Fannie in the Horseshoe Harbor yacht
club’s races, Saturday afternoon. On
*~ .account of his jib stay breaking, he
was obliged to withdraw from the race.
He left the Fannie there over Sunday,
to be repaired, and went" down this
, morning to sail her up.
William Colegrove of this city who
has been employed by Druggist E. P; j
Weed at his Norwalk store, severed his
connection with that firm Saturday
evening. .He has accepted a position
with the Bristol Drug Co., of Seymour,
‘ and will begin work there Wednesday.
““Billy” is one of South Norwalk’s
’ brightest and most popular young men
and is bound to succeed in whatever he
sindertakes. The Gazsrrn’s best wishes
go with him. V,
The second race between Vice-[Cow
modere A. E. Chasmar’s Kearsage and
W. H,-,Byington’s Grace, for the set of
- colors offered .by Gimmodore Sanford,
over the Norwalk Yacht club course
on Saturday afternoon, was one of the
. .prettiest ever seen. The Kearsage got
over the starting line ten seconds ahead
of the Grace, and at the finish the
Grace crossed the line thirty-five sec-
onds ahead of her rival. Both canoes
have now wonarace and the-final. , on
next1Saturdayfprbmiées¢to baiteryzgg'x?
citing."_ . , . . . , g.
. began to raise a disturbance.
Ralph Gregory, “Gil” Finch and Ed-
die, Bell, received their new Orient
rafters-this merning. They are finished
in dark blue and look very natty. I
William Callahan appeared in the
Town Court this morning charged with
drunkenness and breach of the peace.
His case was continued until this after-
noon. ‘ ‘
Mrs. John Wargo came before the
Town Court this morning charged with
breach of the paech. She was fined $3
without costs, which she paid. and was
discharged. — _ .
The musicians who will sing at the
musicale, at the Norwalk Yacht club
house. to-morrow night, .will be taken
down in the Governor’s car . ot‘ the
Tramway company. ' . _
‘. Itis understood that the Tramway
Company instead of extending its line
to New Canaan by the way ofBroad
River, will do‘ so from the intersection
of its tracks at Darien. '
Saturday afternoon while the team of
ponies belonging to the Richardson
boys, of Saugatuck, .were standing in
the sheds at the Knob they suddenly
succeeded in breaking the hitch-line
and started for this city on a dead run.
A. Dwight Keepjumped on his wheel
and followed them, ,When near the
watering tank on South Main street one
of the drivers for Holmes Keeler 8.: Sel-
leck Co. sprang from his wagon and
stopped them. Keep put his wheel in
the cart and drove the horses back to
the Knob where their owners were
anxiously awaiting news of them. No
damage was done with the exception of
one of the ponie’s’ bridle: which he
broke when be freed himself.
The passenger express train due at
Brookfield Junction station at 5:25 p.
the Berkshire division, collided with a
locomotive near the depot Friday even-
ing. The express was going at a rate
of 30 miles an hour when the collision
occurred, and both locomotives were
badly damaged. The accident was due
to the fact that the brakes failed to
work. The locomotive had been stop-
ping on the tracks near the station for
some time before the accident. When
the engineer saw that the express was
moving down on him without slowing
up, he started the locomotive and it had
attained a speed of about 10 miles an
hour when the collision occurred. The
engineer of the express jumped.
Last night about 10:30 o'clock John
Hallas, step-father of the serviint girl
in Lane’s boarding house on the Ter-
race, came to :visit his daughter, and
finding a young man calling on her, "he
He took
the young man’s wheel and threw it
from a bank about ten feet high down
into Mr. Lane’s yard. Happily .it
struck on a clothes line and was unin-
jured. N at contented with that he
made such a noise that he aroused the
whole neighborhood. Deputy Sheriff
Lyon hastily dressed himself and er-
corted the man to the station house.
This morning on the charge oflbreach
of the peace, Judge Frost fined him 33
and costs, amouting to $7.67, which he
paid and was discharged.
The Norwalk Yacht club has given
the use of its club house to the Public
Improvement, society to-morrow even-
ing. The members of the Yacht club
and the Knob Outing club are invited
to attend the meeting of the Improve-
ment seciety. There will be addresses
and music. Mr. John Winfield Scott
will describe the method of the Inn-
provement society, of Orange, N.‘ J ,
and Mrs. J. M. Coburn will tell what
the committee on streets and parks aim
to do in this city. Among those who
will sing are: Mrs. C. W. Rosan, Miss
Agnes Bowen, Harry Pepper, John
.Winfield Scott, and quartette composed
of Messrs. Hatch, Knapp, Nash and
Mossman. Mr. Thomas E. Perkins will
also help to entertain. the guests by ren-
dering several piano selections.
A bad wreck, which necessitated call-
ing out. thefire department,occurred at
Port ‘Chester last“ Saturday morning.
As the east-bound freight, extra No. 2,
was passing the new passenger-station,
one of ‘the‘couplings near the center of
the train gave way, dividing the train
Into two sections. The train was going
at a'high 'rate of speed at the ~time.
The engineer, was given the, signal to
reverse his engine, by a brakeman left
upon the forward section. He did- so
and backed his section at a great rate of
speed, with the result that it met the
- rear section, which, still impelled by
the momentum gained before the coup-
ling parted, was advancing at consider-.
able. speed, and a loud crash followed.
Some of the brakeman, seeing that ‘the
collision was [inevitable after the .en-
'gineer had reversed his engine, jdmped
from the train, and all escaped injury,
Several cars were thrown from the
-.’track, and tobacco, cigars, and other
merchandise ‘of various kinds were
strewn over the track. The force of
the collision was 'so great that the for-
ward car was forced up on top of the
tender of the engine, while almost every
car on the train was thrown from its
tracks. One car. containing chemicals,
was smashed, and the chemicals im-
mediately exploded and set fire to the
wreck. The fire department~ was called
,jjojtit', had had the firemextinguished be-
‘fore it had .a chanceto spread. ' - .
mi, from New York, Saturday, on-
* 18"] ”v, Lam. w:'+-~.- «was « Mew-n .
A good story is told of Guzman Blan-
co, who was for many years dietator, of
Venezuela. It is said that when he call-
ed upon Baron de Rothschild in Paris to
negotiate a. loan for. the Government,
"he remarked by way of compliment that ,
he was much honored by having an in-
terview with the holder of the richest
banking houses of the world.
“And I .am honored,” replied the
Baron, “by receiving a call from the
richest man on cart ." '
“If you have me in mind,” rotor-ted
Guzman. f‘you are mistaken. . I am not
so rich‘as reported, but had full thatis
credited to me I would be poor, very
poor, in comparison with yourself and
thousands of men in this and other
countries.” ' ~
“But I insist upon the. truth of- my as-
sertion that you are the richest man on
earth, for. who else,”, exclaimed Roth-
scild, “has estates comprising 600,000,
square miles of territory! Who else
has an income of $37,000,000? Who has
2,500,000 slaves?” .
.Guaman said nothing in reply, but
smiled significantly, as much as to say:
“I see that you understand the politics
of Venezuela.” . . ..
A LEAP YEAR sway.
Joseph Schuck, Who Wanted. a Wife Hal
Many Offers.
Joseph Schuck, a tailor of Brooklyn.
has recently discovered what leap year
means to a bachelor who lets it 'be
known that he wants a wife.
A short time ago Schuck told a re-
porter that he wanted a good, thrifty
wife. The reporter informed the pub-
lic through the Sunday edition of his
newspaper. ‘
Since that time Schucks’s mail has
been burdened with offers of marriage
from girls, young and old and middle
aged. He has received about 20 ofiers
a day, . and more are coming all the
time.
on delicately scented note paper and
others are written on the cheapest kind
of blue ruled letter paper. but they all
breath tenderness for him.
It should be mentioned incidentally
that he is thrifty himself and has saved
up about 3500. He prefers a German
woman, but his mail contains offers of
marriage from women of many nation-
alities". Some are from widows and»
some are from girls in their teens.
Schuck has been nngallant enough to
show the letters to his friends and to al-
low the names of the writers to be pub-
lished. -—Evening World.
Matrimonial Bunoo Game.
A matrimonial bunco game" is being
worked with great success among
Chinainen in various parts of- Idaho.
The bunco team consists of two women
and a. man. Both the women are said
to be of attractive appearance, one being
a blond and the other a brunette. The
man is about 50 years old, six feet tall,
and passes himself as an old soldier. By
some one of half a dozen clever schemes
3 Chinaman is induced to marry one of
the women. The wedding takes place
all right, but the bride promptly deserts
her husband. taking whatever valuables
in the way of'b'rid'al gifts shehas re-
"'fzeived, and such‘ other husband's=-port-
able property as is easily carried ofl.
According to reports, they have done an
extensive and profitable business during
the past few months. . -
Juvenile Football. '
Mamma-I don’t see why you want
to play football, Ethel. I‘m sure the
boys don’t want you. '
both sides want me. You see, 'I get in
front of the ball and then the other side
doesn’t dare to kick, cos’ they’re afraid
they will hurt me, and then my side
comes up and gets the ball.-—Harper’s‘
Bazar.
What He Thought.
“If people go‘ to the opera toshow
their clothes——” he began. ,
"Yes?” he said, inquiringly.
“If people go to the opera to show
their clothes,” he repeated, “I should
think some of them would wear more of
them than they do.”-—Lewiston‘ Jour-
nal.
oercrsb T0 Sousassrss.
The Brooklyn. Wheelmen, Must, Never-
‘ theless, Pay Back Rent.
The Brooklyn Wheelmen recently de-
fended a suit for 8300 brought against
them for non-payment of rent.
They had refused to pay further rent
on their Bath. Beach Club house, alleg-
ing that the landlord had in diver ways
made , things very unpleasant for
them. _ _
Their principal grievance was‘ithat he
allowed a. number ,of soubrettes to take
possession of the place at all times, to
the inconvience of regular club mem-
bers. ~
Judge Gaynor decided that the wheel-
men must pay the $300 rent.‘
AN ,E-NTHUSIAST. ’
Mr. L. Hayden of VVaIlonia, Kyi, is en-
thusiastic in his praise of Chamberlain’s
says he has Used it in his family. for years
and can safely recommend it to the public as
troubles. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale
by E. P. \Vee'd, Druggist.
SCHOOL - SUPPLIES.
The Schobls'will open again
soon. Just bear in mind the
LARGEST and BEST line of
Tab lets, . .
Pads,
Pens,
Pencils,
Slates,
Everything used in the School
canxbe found at
JO'I'I N T. HAYES ‘.
N0. 5‘MAIN’ .STREET. NORWALK'. '
Best Goods. ' ,fLowestI’rices,
_ Stores and Families, Supplied.
'IOWéstiBatds.‘ '- .:. {.jl
-- .- P-AbVX-a'i' [:2 ~ .
‘ narsn‘ail‘i'hi'cfhiili lithium..." . ‘ '
Some of the letters are written .
p {as Conn.
Ethel—Oh, yes they do, mamfi‘ina;
thejbest medicine in the world for bowel .
PLYMOUTH ‘ROCK, nos.
One nearly new ICE BOX or,COOL-
ER, 6x6, 9 feet high; also meat and
fish tables. with sundry tools consisting
of Saws, Knives, etc., used in a meat
market, are offered for'sale at half '
their value. ‘Apply to .
1‘- Sr. JOHN Locxwooo‘, Trustee-
a2ltf
“.A.Emms
Successor to Bctts Jr Farriugton. '
. ' -- Dealer-in —
FINE GROCERIE 8,
Foreign and. ‘_ ‘ .i ,'
' , Domestic: Fruits.
Corner Wall and Water Sts., Norwalk.
1' TIME i"
FOR CRABs. -
We have some nets for them . .
Prinz—53:2“.
Something new in COVERED BASK-
ETS. Good for picnics, fishing, etc.
0“! LO0KS, l5’and 25c
‘ a Pair.
. H. H. WILLIAMS
1? Main St.
Fairliild county National Bank.
44 =Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn.
NUOBPORATED. 1324. Capital. ssnooo
Eowrs O. KEELEB President.
DAVID E. MILLER. Vice-President.
L. C. GREEN. Cashier
DIRECTORS .
EDWIN 0. KEELEB , Mosas H. GLovnn
Davin H._.l\11LLEn, A. J. Mnnxnn,
13':an 01m Locxwooo, Tnnonoan E. Sums
Cnas F. Tnisranr.
Accounts of Manufacturers Merchants and
Individuals solicited.
Safe Deposit Boxes free to DepositorS.
Hills innivrn.
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.
.F. KOCOUR.
‘N’is RCH‘ANT’~ TAILOR."—
I? North Main St. South Norwalk.
J ennings.
UNDERTAKER
a Knight streetmpposite
Street Railway Depot
NI 0111' .BELL A! OFFICE.
JJD.
..eAznrns7;g'
. paid.
”numerous
NOTICE i
NOTICE is hereby given to all per-
sons liable to pay taxes to the town of
Norwalk. in theConnty of Fairfield and .
State- of.Connscticut, on the Assess:
merit List of 1895, that I will meet them‘
to receivesaid taxes, at the following
times and laces, to wit: . - .
At the a re 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 lst. 1896, from 8 o’clock
until 4:30 o’clock. - . , ._
At the store of Alphonzo Dibble, Tat
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 saidtown of .Norwalk, on
Wednesday, September 2d,,1896, from
9 o’clock torenoon. until 3 o’clock after-
noon, and from 7 to 8 o’clock in the
evening. ' ‘ ‘
Mr. Stephen Comstock, of Cnmstock
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 lat dayzof October, 1896
interest at the rate of INE PER CEN’I‘
will be charged from the Blst dav' of
August .1896, until the same shall'be
Gnonaa B. Sr. JOHN,
_ . ’ Collector,
In and for said Town of Norwalk, on
the List of 1895. ‘
Dated at Norwalk. Ct., July 8, 1896.
MISS BAIRD’S "5‘
INSTITUTE:
Norwalk,Conri.p , p p
' 25THYEAR.
15th Year in Norwalk.
BOARDING MID Ml SGIIOOI.
Primary, intermediate. academic‘and college
preparatory classes. Specialists employed for
physical culture, elocution. music, art and the
languages. Careful attention to morals, and
manners. A limited number or day pupils
and special students admitted. "Send for cir-
cular. Early application desirable. ' ‘
Miss Baird is at home-to vi‘s'ito’rs’ on Thurs-
day and Friday of eachweek untilo i); 'm. ‘r-
. Ravens-ii £50“
' Successorsto Geofgeflfiaymcnd. "
Furniture Dealers and. General Funeral
Directors. - - ‘ 1
4-6 and 48 Main Street, Nortvalk Ct
Residence, BerkeleyjPlace. '
Telerk one Ru 7 7-4
' Piano Lessons.
RS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY d
M ofthe late_Wm. . . Nash.) slings 5:115:33:
and satisfactory instructions on
th '
her home No. 193 Main street. Q Piano at
-IN— ' ‘
THE BEST RESULTS g ‘ ;
Life, Term and Endow-
ment Insurance __.-
ARE GIVENBY THE
Aetna Life ‘“f‘“f‘a?"“..;..;...,
0f Hartf , Conn.
Examples taken from Company’s Records.
I
No. 69,945. $5,000 Thirty Year Endowment.
Issued in 1870 (due in 1900). Total premiums to date, $2,735.63. A paid-up poliCy
due in four years would now be issued for $4,487. Cash dividend in 1896, $95.53
cash payment required, $59.12 (only about 40 per cent of the original premium).
.llo. 10,Il5. ‘ $5,000 Twenty-Five Year Endtwmenl. ‘
Issued in 1870 (matured in 1895). Total premiums paid, less divid ends, $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.
N0.‘-Ill,660. 55,000 Twenty Year Endowment.
Issued in 1875 (matured in 1895). Total“ premiums paid, less dividends,
_ Issued in 1880, (matured in 1895).
this g _
$136. 9 for each $100 paid out.
$3,534.69. Had the insured died during _the term of the policy, the whole
$5,000 would'liave been paid. Having surv1ved the twenty years, he receives
for $3,534.69 paid out, $0,000—a gain of $1,465, 31, -
lic. l28,04l. $10,000 Fifteen Year’Endowment.
Colic, Cholera. and Diarrhoea Remedy. He '
Total premiums paid, less dividends,
$7,331.82. ~ The insured was furnished fifteen years’ insurance for $10,000 under
olic‘y Without 'cost and was given a net gain in return pf $2,663.18—or
at. “1,544. 35,000 Ten Year Endowment. -
Issued in 1885 (matured'in 1895). Total premiums paid, less dividends,
$4,175.87. - Ten years’ insurance, and a gain of $824.13 on the investment.
No. 54,495. $5,000llenewalile Term.
'Originally issued in 1868. Total premiums paid in twenty-eight years,
3.
$1,000, $6.02.
"leilcd Payment and Annual Life Policies
. _ , Upon Equally as Favorable‘Terms. .
a TheAema tile
J . C. WEBSTER. Vice President. I
1 B Asst. Secretary.
ominovw' a'n’slsniignkil n Medical Director . .
~ ‘ ' ~ " " . . JAMES CAMPBELL, M. ogneaicai Examiner,
n. n. nannocx, can... Agent, 5 Hubii'iger mogurvew Haven. -
‘-" ~ .. - , Jenn Irflp‘TCHINQONngperal
$1,675.52. 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
Issues every desirable form of
Life, Term, End0wment and
Accident'Insuna'nce.
MORGAN c. BULKELEYgPreside-nt. N
n. w. an JOHNWActuary.
. J. newsman. Se ' i .
. C. FAXON. Asst. Secretary. ‘cre ary
‘m..v
w‘\~“um
"estimates-eh) I.
BRIDGEPORT.‘
The“... i
D. M. Read 1
' company. *
THAT .
"FROG lN YOUR THROAT”
’SAYS ' ' ‘1
You were not altogether prepared.»
for the cool evenings and cold nights
-—little warmer wraps, little heavier
blankets. p, Luckily for those who’ll
want something right away, pursuin-
mer prices for summer goods are .
“still in force, still low. .And email-
order, if one is away from home, 'will
horry such as you want as fast as
steam can take them.
Irish Lawns and ”Linonettes, full
yard-wide; regular l5c. goods that
> are now only 10 cents a yard.
A cloth made expressly for pajamas...
Small check Cheviotin light celors,
very serviceable and will wash ; lz'gc.
yard. ' _ .
PerfeCtiod Cloth, full .4049.- wide_,,.'
the Chest light-weight lining 1 made).
Used also for shirt waists; blacks,
cream, yellow, green, blue and pink.
In the Wash .Goods department.
If there's one chance equal-with
another, it‘s with those Shirt~Waisfs
that we are selling for 50 and. 79
cents. And every woman sees it
when she sees the waists. '
There was a guessing match re-
garding Men’s Shirts a few days ago,
less than a thousand miles from here,
The decision was in favor of these
we. sell—style, make and fit. We
'learned of it through others of the -
party coming here for an‘outfit.
When you give good \N rappers the
preference, buy them here. W113i
75 cents and 81.00 will buy good
ones don’t ever think of cheap grades,
it doesn't pay; - '
Lots of little Jackets and Reefers'
for children. Lots of» them at little
prices. Little folks are “more sus-
ceptible to changes in temperature
than older persons; more {disastrous
to them.
Glove thoughts are manifesting
themselves,,'glove buying has com-.,
menced. And our stock is full of
the newest shades, best makes ; fully
equipped as fashiorihas directed.
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Norwalk Chronicler