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An Epitome—digppenings of
of Interest to the Public. "
' Garnered With Scissors and Pencil.
There will be no active “no license”
campaign in Danbury this fall.
Mr. and Mrs.W.'J. Finney jr., are ex-
pected home from the Catskills to-night.
Miss Nellie Hogan of, Main street is
attending a business college in Bridge-
port. _ '
Mrs. Edward Fisher of New Yorkie
visiting Mrs. Robert McKeon on Sum-
mer street. " ‘ -
The Lawn Tennis club will hold. its
last dance of the season at the Casino,
tomorrow evening.
The mud-digger has scooped out a
schannel near the landing at J ennings’
yacht headquarters. .
William Scofield of Issues Place
sailed over to Bridgeport in his steam
launch yesterday afternoon.
To day being St. Matthew’s day re-
ligious services were held at St. Paul’s
and Grace churches, this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. George Q. Whitney of
the noted Hartford Pratt & Whitney
company, spent Sunday with friends on
Belden avenue. _
A number of Methodist ladies and
their friends will take a ride on the
Tramway line to Stamford and back
this afternoon.
William Mitchell is charged with hav-
ing spasms of choking every time he
tries to swallow the Bryan-Sewell 16 to
1 silver doctrines.
The view from the residence on Pros-
pect hill was remarkably fine yesterday
Long Island seemed to be almost within
a stone’s throw. The sight was mag-
nificent. '
The work of tearing down the south
Wall of the Quintard building goes
slowly on. There are 'those who incline
to the belief that it will be razed before
snow flies.
Contractor Sheldon expects to {finish
the retaining wall at the Miss Julie.
Lockwood place on Mill Hill, this week.
He is apparently putting up a good
substantial wall.
Manager Mitchell has in contempla-
tion getting the celebrated George
FrancislTi'ain to give his famous lec-
' tine—“Red Hot Issues,” at. the Opera
House, in the near future.
The remains of the late John Malone
reached here from Denver, Saturday
evening, and were taken to his late
home on Main street. The funeral will
be held from St. Mary’s church to-
morrow morning.
The intricate work of putting in cross
overs, switches, ete.,on the Street Rail-
way line near the Bissell place is being
advanced as rapidly as possibly. A
gang of twenty-five men are at work
getting the roadbed in readiness.
The Spring Hills and Silver Mines
played a match game of base ball Sat-
urday afternoon in Guthrie’s lot. The
former won by a score of 12 to 7. The
battery for the Spring Hills was Clune,
Schuman and “Captain Jack,” and for
the Silver Mines, McQuillan and Tom
James. '
At the First Congregational cdurch,
yesterday morning, Rev. W. G. Pudde'»
foot, of Massachusetts, made one of his
inimitable pleas for. Home Missions.
The annual offering was made to the
treasury of the Congregational Home
Missionary society. In th leveniug the
Pastor spoke upon “Christianity and
Good Citizenship.
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A Prolific Street.
Only a few days since we announced
the arrival on Union place of twins to
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Reed. Dr. W. J.
Tracey in attendance. This morning.
at 5 o’clock, the same physician was
called to the same house on a like
errand, and again welcomed twins, the
surprised but happy parents being Mr. '
and Mrs. Edward McGinn. The little
boy and his twin sister and mother are
doing well. The mother of the first
twins is a sister of the father of the last
arrivals. It is such happenings as these
that cause Bernard Larrigan who lives l
near by to scout the idea of ever git-
ting married. ‘
Mass Meeting.
A "no license” mass meeting wilt be
held to-night at the Opera House,
tinder the auspices, of the Citizens’
League. -
Abiather Blanchard, the president of
the League, will preside. Professor
Alfred H. Evans will be the speaker of
the evening. . The Adelphi quartet will
sing, Thomas Perkins will play the
piano and Howard A. Tilly the comet.
Patriotic songs will be a feature. ’
TheiTown Reports.
The Selectmen have awarded the
Gamma the contract for printing 500
copies of the Town’s Report as being
- tjheélowest bidder. . ..
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Street Commissioner Kellogg had a
gang of men busily engaged in clean-
ing up the streets of fallen trees, dis-
membered limbs, etc, .
A limb from a large tree at the Leon-
Hard place on Union Park, was made to
part company with the mother tree.
Captain Charles Riley and Counsellor
John J. Walsh Who were on the yacht
Marguerite rode through the storm
safely by throwing an anchor over-
board.
The cyclone apparently lost its force
after reaching the farm of Charles T.
Hyatt in East Norwallr where it laid low
several large trees, one of which fell on
the roof of the old homestead and stove
a large hole in the same. Fruit ' trees
were blown down and the well-house
landed'IOO feet from its proper stand-
ing. Crates and barrels were scattered
all over the yard.
The McKinley—Hobart banner on
Wall street was torn into shreds.
Yesterday morning, Ephriam Merritt
found two large limbs of a tree in his
yard which the owner can have by call-
ing and proving property.
The limbs on a number of trees near
the Meeker coal yard on Smith street
were twisted together by the wind.
A large pane of glass in St. Mary’s
church was blown out. '
‘ The are lights on the western circuit
were extinguished for the remainder of
the night. .
Alimh was-blown from a black wal-
nut tree near the Chapel and was. sent
crashing through a window in the di-
ning room -at Dentist Hyatt’s house on
West avenue. Mr. Hyatt and family
were at dinner at the time and were
"not a little startled. A well house
at the same place was hurled accrcss
the yard. . .
A large elm tree in front of the Theo-
dore Brush place on the Maple street
extension. was blown down.
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She Came Not.
Saturday night a conductor on (the
Street Railway, who is q ift-s popular
with the ladies, received a scented note
imploring him to meet the fair writer
Sunday night between 7 and 8 o’clock
and enjoy a moonlignt ride with her.
Long before the "time appointed the
young man dressed himself in his best
Sunday-go—to-meeting clothes and hied
himself to the corner of Main and West
Main streets, the appointed place, there
to await his fair one’s coming. ' ‘
He waited until 10 o’clock, chilled ‘to
the bone by the frosty air, but his
charmer failed to put'in an appearance.
When the last stroke of ten sounded
'upon St. Mary’s clock, he drew his
shaking form together and made a bee
line for home, thoroughly disgusted
“and with the thought in his bonnet
y
that some of the boys at the depot had
been‘giving him what is known as “a.
steer.”
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WESTPORT.
Governor Coffin has requested John
S. Jones, who acted as one of the Com-
missioners representing Connecticut at
the Atlanta Exposition, to act tempor-
arily as one of the State Commissioners
to the Tennessee Centennial and Inter-
national Exposition, to be opened in
May, 1897.
Westport’s onion crop is light this year,
but their odor is just as heavy as ever.
Quite a large number of Norwalk
people come over to Saugatuck on the
steam cars and then take our trolley
line to Compo Beach. This it the sea-
on when this incomparable beach is at
its best. ~
' Iowa Bankers Fail.,
MUSCATINE, 1a.. Sept. 21.——-A. A. Ball
8; C0., bankers at West Liberty. have fail-
ed. Inability to realize on assets was the
cause of the failure The bank is 14 years
old. a private institution and had an ex~
ténsivn business. ' .
\Vant Prohibition Sermons.
Bos'rox, Sept. 21.——An appeal to the
ministers of Massachusetts of all denomi‘
nations that each cl'ei'gyman preach user-
mon on prohibition before Nov. Shas been
sent by the. Massachusetts Prohibition
state committee. ’
Matabeie Insurgents Repulsed.
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 21. -—‘-’A dispatch
from Shangani says that the patrol have
driven the Matabel‘e insurgents north-
ward. Ukwato, the witch doctor, has fled
tolnyoka.
Burned by Insurgents. '
HAVANA, Sept. 21.—It is reported that
the insurgents have burned the Batey
plantations at Saratoga, Matanzas. This
plantation was valued at $20,000.
Resents the Imputation.
“A dog won’t. use tobacco.”_——North
Carolina Baptist.
Surely our esteemed contemporary
(no claim for originality is made for
this designation) does not mean to
compare to dogs all who do not use tos-
‘oacco.-—-Louisville ,W estern Recorder.
The sun still shines.” God‘s love is
over us. Christ’s example is before us.
The world and the heart of man are
cleaner, nobler than they ever have
been before. . Hope, the beacon, shines
upon us from afar, and as the slow c'en-
turies roll away into the past it shines
over nearer and clearer.
“Sit-"l” said .an irate little gentleman
of about four feet eleven inches to a
six-foot man, “I would have you know.
sir, that I have been well brought
u .11 .
li‘Possibly," j was the .ansv’ver, “but
you have not been brought up fan”;—
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Branch office of finish“: No. 12
North Main Street. . f
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There was no dance at the Knob Sat-
urday owing to the severe storm.
Mrs. HarryI Pepper, of Row'ayton,
left this morning for Providence, BLI.
Miss Grace Atteridge of Stamford is
a guest of Mrs. Andrew LiCroix on
Elizabeth street. ' .
The coming aspirai: ts ,for‘ bicycle
honors at the Danbury fair are hard ‘at
work on the Fair Grounds every night.
,Conductor Comstock’s train on the-
Dambury road, due in this city at 10:35
killed a man at Danbury this'morning.
Charles Schuman orphans ‘street
commenced. work at” "Ferd v-‘Hayesi
market in South N orwjaik,th.is morning.
Fred Miles, who has taken the agency
of the Dakota laundry, will have his
office in this city at 17 North Main
street. .
There Willbea dance at the Yacht.
club house on Hickory Blufi‘ this even-
ing. Purdy and Freeman will furnish
music as usual.
Captain G. Washington Gladstone
was thrown from his wheel Saturday
night, andmow sports a beautiful black
eye and swollen nose.
Yesterday closed the season at Roton
Point, and the Tramway cars were
packed all day by people desiring to
visit the seashore for the last time t‘s‘s
year. . .
A new time-table went into effect on
the Tramway line this morning. The
are to Baton Point are discontinued
and are now running over the Stam-
lul‘d line.
The Consolidated road will renew its
contract next month for carrying the
mails. This is done every presidential
year and previous. During the month
all mails are weighed to form an esti-
mate by.
The oyster catch thi} year is reported
excellent and dredge boats are reported
to be earning with two to four men
from twenty to forty dollars a day.
The result is that the supply will soon
exceed the demand and lower’ the
wholesale price of'the shell fish.
Thomas Riley and James Happeney
Were arrested Saturday evening for
'fighting on Water street. This morn-
ing in the Town Court Judge Frost
found them both guilty of breach of the
peace. Riley was fined 35 and Hap-
peney $10. They both paid their fines
and were released.
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E. B. Wilcox, county agent for the,
will open his new
Orient bicycles,
store on North Main street this even-
ing. The opening was to have been-
held Saturdav._evening butlwas post;
poned on account of the storm.’ The
front of the store is being painted red
and when opened to night [will be very
artistically decorated.
Timothy McMahon, of this city on
employee of the Consolidated, had his
knee badly hurt at Danbury Saturday
noon while working on the trestle near
John W. Green’s hat shop. A large
block of stone which was being placed
in position swung toward him while he
was not looking, and caught his knee,
smashing it against one of the stones in
the foundation.
mattress taken from the workmen’s car,
and Dr. Murray fixed the wound tem-
porarily while Dr. Brownlee was sent
for. The injury was not‘very serious.
McMahon was brought to his home in
this city. '
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Cris-ts? TVi'th‘théfi'ootfiacne.
The scgacity of the feline race is
so clearly evinced in the following
anecdote, that we giveit space in
closing this article. M-r. Tiedemunn,
the famous Saxon demtist, had a valu-
able tortoise shell cat that for days
did nothing but moan. Guessing the
cause, he looked into its mouth, and
seeing a decayed toot-h, Soon relieved
it of its pain. The following day rthere
were at least ten cats at his door—
thc day after, twenty; and they went
on increasing at such crate that he
was obliged Ito keep a bull-dog to drive
them away.
But nothing would deter them from.
coming. A cat who had the tooth-
ache would travel any number of miles
to reach him. It would come down the
chimney, even, and not leave the
room till he had 'taken its tooth out.
*His, feline patients became a nuisance
at last; he was never free from them.
However, being one morning very ner-
vous, he accidentally broke the jaw
of an old tabby. The news of this
spread like wildfire. Not a single
out came to him/afterward.
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Mother of Three Preachers.
Three brothers who were . preachers
made a. visit to their mother. One of
them said:
“Do you not think, mother, that you
ruled us with too rigid’a. rod in our boy—
" hood?
It would have been better, I
think, had you used gentler methods.”
The old. lady rose to her full height
and replied: - .
“Well,William, when you have raise
up three as good preachers as I have,
then you can talk.”
The Sister-to-Younacket Played.
“Did you propose to young Dash-
léigh last night?” asked Miss RoSe-
bud. » ‘ .
“Yes,” replied Miss Yellowleaf.
“What did hesay?"
' “The brutel" He said he would be a
son'to me." “ . , ‘ .
He was placed upon a:
A ‘ few years ago nearly all newspapers
published, at this season, recipes for summer
complaints. Now such items are seldom
met with. Publishers have» learned that
there is nothingquite as good as Chamber-
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for these diseases and as it is in general use
everywhere they have quitpubhshing these
recipes. No One havin a bottle of this
remedy in the house nee fear an attack of
bowel complaint. It can always be depended
upon and is pleasant and safe. For sale by
E. P. “reed, Druggist.
NOTICE. ; ;
Special City I‘Meeting. ' ,
The legal voters_of the City ,of Nor-
walk are hereby notified and warned;
that a Special Meeting .of said City of
Norwalk will be held in the Town
House in said City. Monday, September
. 28th. 1896, at 3 o’clock afternoon, for
the following purposes, to wit: , ,
1. Il deemed advisable, to pass a
resolution directing the Mayor and
Council of_said Gig r-fNorwalk, to
cause Wall street, 'in said city, easterly
.of the corner of Wall and Water
streetu, to be widened, by taking the
necessary land therefor southerly of
said Wall street, at such pointy, and of
such}: width as such meeting shall de-
termine upon. 4
2. To authorize saidMayor and
Council to pave Wall street, in said
city, from a point- opposite the Dan-
bury and Norwalk depot; easterly t0
the east corner of Wall and Smith
streets. said paving to be of such ma-
terial as said meetirg shall determine
uponc , '
3. To take any other action that may
be deemed advisable in reference to
either of the aforesaid matters.
To appropriate from the City
Treasury whatever money may be nec-
essaryfor such grading and widening,
or either of the same, after the proper
assessment and payment of benefits and
damages.
Dated at The City of Norwalk, Sep-
tember 17th, 1896.
ARTHUR 0. WHEELER,
Mayor of The City of Norwalk.
MEETING
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sum or REGISTRATION. -
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Registration of the City of
Norwalk will hold a public session, at
the City Council room, in the Fairfield
County National Bank Building, in the
City of Norwalk, from 2 o’clock p. m.,
until 6 o’clock p. m., of Wednesday,
the 30th day. of September, 1896, for the
purpose of correcting the voting list of
the City of N orwalk,preparatory to the
annual city election, to be held on the
thereto or erasing therefrom, the
names of all persons whose applications
shall have been filed with the clerk be-
fore 3 o’clock of the preceding Monday,
of whose legal qualifications or disqual-
ifications as voters of the City, any two
members of the board may be satisfied,
by reason of personal knowledge, or by
testimony, under oath, of two regis-
tered voters.
18S133ated, City of Norwalk, Sept. 15th,
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BERNARD C. FEENEY, Members of the
ALFRED E. AUSTIN, Board of
WINFIELD Scour, ) Registrationa
EDWARD M. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of said
.._ Molina
Annual City Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the an-
nual meeting of the City of Norwalk
will be held in the building occupied
by the Hope Hose 00., on Water street,
in said city, on Monday, October 5th,
1896, at which time and place there
shall be chosen by the qualified voters
of said city, from among their number,
by a plurality of ballots, a Mayor, a
City Treasurer, a Collector, _ an Audi-
tor, a City Sherifi‘, six Councilmen, two
members of the Board of Registration,
two Inspectors of Elections, one Water
Commissioner, and a Treasurer of the
Water Fund; and that for such purpose
the polls will remain open at said time
and place, from 6 o’clock in the fore-
noon until 5 o'clock, afternoon.
Dated at said City of Norwalk, Sep-
tember 15th, 1896. '
EDWARD M. Lockwoon, City Clerk.
REGHSIRATHHI'
—I-'OR—-
CITY ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that Edward
M. Lockwood, City Clerk, Will receive
up to 6 o’clock in the afternoon of Mon-
day, Sept. 28th, 1896, all names which
any person shall proposeto be added to
or erased from the voting list of the City
of Norwalk, to 'be prepared by the
Board of Registration of the City of
Norwalk, for use at the City Election to
be held on the firstMonday of October,
1896, a copy of which list Will be posted
in the post-office, in said city. during
the two weeks proceeding such election.
City of Norwalk, Sept. 15th, 1896'.
EDWARD M. Locxwoon. .
City Clerk, and Clerk of the Board of
Registration. i 1' .
,PL-YMOUTH ROCK ICE. ,
Stores and Families”. supplied.
LowestBates.
fifth day of October, 1896, ‘by adding
Life, Term and Eldon:
merit. Insurance A... ' .
ARE GIVEN BY THE . '
Aetnu Life Sittings...
THEBESTRESULTSS ;"
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unseen. :ss,ooo Thirty Year Endowment.
. “Issued in 1870 (due in 1900). Total premiums to date, $2,735.63." A, 'd— - . ‘« - t. . . j
, due in four yearswpuld-now be issued for $4,487. Cash dividend ‘iiialSiliiP gdlgg'
cash payment required, $59.12 (only about 40 per cent of the Original prehiihrh).
IIo.10,II6. $5,000 Twenty-Fire Year, Endowment.
Issued in 1870'(m_atured 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
twentydive years, the full $5,000 would have been paid. -
llo. III,660. $5,000 Twenty Year Endowment.
Issued in 1875 (matured in 1895). Total premiums aid less d' 'd
$3,534.69. Had the insured died .during the term ofpthe’policy, iii: £1331:
$5,000 would have been aid. Havmg survived the twenty years, he receives
for $3,534.69 paid out, 8 ,000-a gain of $1,465. 31. .
Ilo. I28,04l. ’SI0,000 Fifteen Year Endowment.
Issued in 1880 (matured in 1895). Total premiums aid, less d' ‘de ' ‘
, 87,3382, The insured was furnished fifteen years’ insuraliice for $10,ddd.nii1r(iiesi
this policy Without cost and was given a net gain in return of $2,668.1844or
$136. 9 for each $100paid out. '
,IIo. 141,544. 35,000 r... Year’EndowmenI.
Issued in 1885 (matured in 1895). Total _ premiums aid less
$4,175.87. Ten years? insurance, and a gain of $824.13 0111) the investggdgends’
No. 54,495. $5,000 Renewable Term.
Originally issued in 1868. 'Total premiums paid in twenty-eight ears
$1 675.52. Net value of paid-up policy entitled, to $831.90. 1‘ D y ’
cag’h paid, leaves net cost for whole term, $843.62. educt this from
$1 000 so 02 Average cost per vear, per
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Limited Payment and Annual Life Policies
Upon Equally as Favorable Terms.
‘ The Aelna life
MORGAN c. BULK_ELEY, President.
J. C.IWEBS PER, V as President. , H. W. ST. JOHN. Actuary. J. L. ENGLISH Secretary
0. .(‘ILBERI‘ Asst. Secre arv W. C. FAX . . ’ . '
GURDON W. RUSSELL, ill. 1)., Medics. Di’rector ov, “a” semmy’
. JAMES CAMPBELL. M. 1)., Medical Examiner
E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5 Hnbinger Bldg., New Haven.
J GEN I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent
Issues every desirable form of
Accident Insunance.
Nevaureunilhnival Fieughline
PROPELLERS
(:in of Norwalk. Earle and: Vulcan
Will Leave Pier 23,.E. R., N. Y. (Beekman St.). for ‘ ‘
NORWALK AND SOUTH NORWALK
A1- 5 P. am.
Leave South Norwalk Daily at6 P. M.
Leave Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and saturday at 5 P. M.
Just Received...—
A Lot of
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BICYCLE .- HANDLE, ‘. BARS, .
Which I will sell, for the nexo week, a
1 $2.50 per pair.
Also haves. look at my line of
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, ’ good it might have done. Send in your copy,
and we will do the rest. Ratesvon application. .
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