\J_.,-~‘h ,....~_ _ . THEVnysNING south Norwalk. Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12 North Main Street. The float of the Norwalk Yacht club rat Hickory Bluff has been stored away «on Ithe beach until spring. The funeral of the late Mrs. Henry Waterbury will be attended to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock Constable Samuel Ireland. has re- turned from a hunting trip in Sullivan County. He reports very good luck. The Republican club, of East Nor- walk, will hold a meeting 'Friday even- ing 1D the Volunteer Llose company’s house. Plumber John Flynn while fishing for frost fish last night fell over board, but was happily secured from the icy waters Photographer George E}. North se- cured some good snap shots of the wreck in the rear of Olsen’s store this . morning. George R. Van Alstyne’s sloop yacht ‘Ward V. is now occupying a winter ‘ lbel'th between the two draw bridges. George- R. Van Alstyne is having} a new boat built to replace the Norwalk Yacht club’s skift, which he lost while sailing to Long Island Saturday night. Ticket agent Harris now has tickets on sale for a four days excursion to 'Washington, D. C. The price of the tickets is $17, which includes board and other expenses. The Governing Committee of the Norwalk Yacht club will go to Sauga- tuck Thursday evening and hold a meeting with Commodore P. N. San- ford. A banquet will be given the members of the board. Palestine Castle’s fair was well pat- .»ronized _ last evening the full pro- gramme was rendered and fully en- joyed by all present. There will be a :grand concert this evening by the .Bhilharmonic Orchestra. , The bridge leading from the Norwalk "lYachtelub’s house to the float was re- -moved yesterday and the float will “be ibeached for the winter to-day. Prep- .arations are now being quickly com- .pleted for the winter season. The Republicans of the Third Voting _ .‘District, to the number of some fifteen 'met at Volunteer Hose company’s uhouse last night and informally agreed to present the name of Captain George 8. Bell for Representative, and George 1D. Keeler and E. E. Gorham, for Jus- Itices, to the Republican caucus to be held at Grand Army Hall to-night. Desiring to increase the membership l-offlthe Young Menf’s Debating Club, in " order that the benefits derived may be enhanced by a larger membership, and ligheying there are many young men "who appreciate the advantage of such a club, and feeling that this might reach some who have not had the opportunity ofjoining, and are desirioas of so do- ing, the club extends an invitation to any such to correspond with the secre- tary, Wilbur F. Smith, South Norwalk, or speak to any of the following com« mittee: E. Job Hawkins, Victor W. Ferris and Wilfred Bodwell. Yesterdayafternoon Thomas Dunn, “the popular insurance agent who scorches around our streets, paid $1 "into the treasury of the Town Court, for riding a bicycle after dark without --a light. “Tommy” came out of Dr. J. T. Kenedy’s office Saturday night about eight oclock and as his brain was busy thinking of the pretty girl on whom he was about to call, he quickly monunted his wheel without lighting “his lantern and began riding up the street. In front of the Mahackemo hotel he met his friend Captain George 'Washington Gladstone, who imme- diately placed him‘under arrest. Spec- tators say that Tommy’s face was a picture when he saw that he had for- gotten to light his lantern. He now declares that he will not call on the ..girls until after hehaslighted his lamp. Why He'Pdnued Her. “Why do you pursue me?” she im- .p10red, that being the most obvious thing to implore. The miscreant gestlculuted «tiently. . “To make people read some patent medicine advertisements, .I fancy,” he answered, with a harsh, cruel laugh. He was right. For in the very next chapter but one the heroine herself was saved by .the use of three bottles—Detroit Trib- unc. impa- ‘Why‘She was Out. Young Gallows—Is Miss Stuyvesant at home? . Servant—No, sir. .Young CalloweTWhy, she came in only a moment ago; I saw her. Servant—Yes, sir, and she saw you. v—Tid-Bits. < . _,., — Don’t 'drive your boys and girls away from home to have a shut-up parlor. Carpets and furniture are of ' small account beside their future. .9. Advertise in the GAZETTE. I (Ali‘31astt.wint_er,Mr Geog T'Mills‘Ft’)? Lebanon fiConnfi was (badly, afflicted S with rheumatism.,"‘ At times it was so severe that he f could not stand up straight, but was drawn over on one side. ’1 “I tried different remedies without receiving relief,” hc says, .“until about six months ago I bought a’bot— tle of ,Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After using it forvthree days my rheumatism was gone .and has not returned since.”4_ F or sale by E. P. ~Weed, _d_r_uggist. ” W W MAGAZINE !N A REVOLVER. Ingenious Invention “’hich Contains a - Dozen Cartridges in the Handle. An entire magazine in a pistol is the latest idea. It is not the invention of a cowboy or a train robber, but of a citizen of the quiet town of Worces~ for, Mass. From an external view the new magazine pistol looks very much like :1 regulation revolver, except that it has no visible hammer, and its trigger is a peculiar little steel plate with a hole in it for the finger. It is the moving of this little trigger plate which works wonders. The cart- ridges, a dozen of them at a time, are placed in the handle of the pistol, so that they can lie in a neat row, one beside the other. ' The hammer is a square bit of steel which lies flat at the handle end of the barrel, ending in a sharp point to strike the cartridge in the centre, and moving backward and forward on a straight line by means of a. powerful spring. The interior werkmanship of the revolver is seemingly complicated, but it is really a simple set of springs. drop locks and automatic catches. One movement of the trigger acts on a steel bolt, forces the hammer back and fastens it in position, pushes the first cartridge into the barrel and acts on 'a stiff spring that urges the remain- ing cartridges of the barrel up a peg, to be ready for the next shot. The second pressure of the trigger releases the hammer and discharges the first cartridge. The second and subsequent shots are fired as from a self-cocking reVOlver of the ordinary type. The trigger is pressed back- ward, and with this simple movement a catch is opened, suddenly to force the empty shell automatically from the barrel. The hammer is set back, another loaded cartridge is put in po- sition, and the remaining cartridges are forced upward toward the barrel, so that the revolver is all ready to be discharged. The inventor. believes that the sim- plicity of the weapon will recommend it, while the advantage of firing a. dozen shots from a compact, perfect working, easily carried revolver can be appreciated even by a novice. NOT COMPLAINING- While the Thief Stole His Scarfpln He Ac- quired the Thief’s Watch. The Chicago Tribune says the car was crowded, and there was barely room for the tall, somewhat flashily, dressed man who swung himself on the back platform and squeezed his way to the railing. He drew a news- paper from his pocket, and in a mo- ment was apparently absorbed in its contents. ; He soon worked his way around un-. til he stood facing a short, heavy-set man whose breathing was somewhat interfered with by the pressure of the crowd about him. The tall man’s apaper half hid the fat man from view, and covered the upper part of his body like a blanket. The car jogged along through La Salle street tunnel, the crowd on its feet swaying back and‘forth with the turning of the curves. As the car emerged on the other side the conduc- tor forced his way through the rear door and began collecting fares from the crowd on the platform. As he pushed his way out there was an un- usual squirming and twisting to make room, and the tall man leaned over his vis-a-vis and half smothered him with. his newspaper. A‘ mument later the tall man hur- riedly elbowed his way to the steps, and, jumping off, walked rapidly down a side street. The fat man put :his hand to his scarf inquiringly, and quietly remarked: “That rascal-has got my spark. I thought he was after it all the time.” “thy didn’t you nail him before he got off the car!” exclaimed the con- ductor. ' “Oh, I was not anxious to make a row, and, besides, I don’t think I have any cause to complain. When I found him working at my diamond I quietly took-his watch out of his pocket,” ' holding it up, “and as it' is a gold one and looks to be aworth about $40. I guess I’m ahead of the game. My (lia- mond looked tempting, but it was not worth over $10. I never picked a man’s pocket before, but under the circumstances I feel justified, and am really under obligations to the gen- tleman for affording me an opportu- nity to get a good watch so cheap.” Hard Boiled Eggs in Politics. There is a strange custom attendant upon local elections, which has ex- isted in Brown Township, Delaware county, Ohio, for the last thirty years. It is that of eating forty dozen hard- boiled eggs on election night at the expense of the successful candidates. Neither the bill of fare nor the num- ber of eggs is ever varied. Each year a committee is selected to secure the eggs and prepare the feast. When the count is finished the eggs are passed around and the banquet be- gins. The persons Who are elected foot the bill. Party feeling never in- terferes with this part of the election proceedings, and it is an unwritten law that the feast is to be furnished. But one man ever dared to brave pop: ular sentiment, and refused to pay his share of the expense. He had been elected by a good plurality. but ~* was turned down at the next election for no other reason than his want of respect for the custom. The election for the township is held at the little village of Eden, where the greater part of the towuship is gathered on the night of the feast. No one knows how the ceremony originated. “I do not believe that I__have a true friend in the world.” , “So you have been trying to borrow money?”—Truth. PlGEONS FLY av SIGHT. So Believe the Most‘Careful Observers 01 Their Long Journeys. What the peculiar gift is which en ables the pigeon to return to its home from great distances is aunatter upon which'authorities disagree. The most general opinion among those who know anything of the subject is that the birds fly by sight alone. This theory would seem to be borne out by the fact that the best and most highly bred of racing birds have fre- quently been lost in the London fogs. The fact that instinct is unerring, and that the homing pigeon not only fre- quently .errs but exhibits at times great indecision as to‘ the direct course for him to pursue, seems to preclude the idea that he is governed solely by instinct. The theory which is most generally accepted is that the bird is gifted with remarkable eyesight, and also with a memory for landmarks which is superior to a similar faculty in any other animal. That the bird possesses a high order of intelligence is shown from the fact that 1.102233 which have become lost in a race will frequently return to the room in which they have been kept at the starting point of their speed test. THRIVE m PRISON. “.7 Men and Women Who Prefer Prison fills to Glorious Liberty. . Many cases are on record wherein men who have been lmmured in cells and dungeons for a considerable time have had their inclinations and entire natures so revolutioniZed that the of- fer of freedom has been a painful piece of intelligence rather than an awakener of jubilation.~ There are causes which combine to make even certain men of today pre- fer occasional doses of servitude to liberty. A woman, well steeped and seasoned in crime, and who had been before the bench some eighty odd times, and spent the major portion of her existence within prison walls, ab- solutely declared to the writer that her happiest days were those spent in jail. She was warm, well fed, clothed and comfortable there, she said, and she had become so acquainted with the prisonoflicials that she looked upon them as old friends, while if she was outside there was no telling what might befall her. A conversation with one of the officials elicited the fact _ that as a prison laundress the woman had no equal, and, whatever she might be outside, in jail she was certainly one of the most well-behaved visitors HUMOR OF“ Tl-lE WEEK. Not one man in a thousand knows how many days any month contains until he has recited “Thirty days hath September, etc.”-—Dansville Breeze. A recent song has the following re- frain: “Oh, hug “ me closer, closer still.” Of course there are frequent rests, to give a: fellow a. chance to comply. ‘ 3 “Andliow old are you, my little man?” said the School trustee, ‘ad— dressing a little five-year-old. “I’m not old at all. I’m nearly new!” was the response. “Bobby,” whispered young Feath- erly, “did your sister Sadie get a note from me last night? It was written on pink paper.” “I guess she must have got it,” said Bobby, “’cause when she came down to breakfast this morning her hair was done up in pink curl-papers.” “You are not going to the theatre this evening, are you?” “0, yes! I am.” “What! you going to the thea- tre and your husband has only been dead a week, and you in deep mOurn- ing?” “Yes, but it’s all right. I don’t go to see anything but ‘The Black Hussar.’ ” A Normal teamster who bumped up against the business end of a mule last week, remits seventy-five cents and the following: “A mule can’t vote nor sing but one note, which he‘war- bles the livelong day, but he can kick a man hence, over a. ten-rail fence, because he’s built that way.” A Henry county farmer came to Clinton on the late cold wave wearing a. coon-skin overcoat. A west-side grocer inquired: “Why don’t you Wear the hairy side in instead of out?” “I reckon the coon knew which side was the warmest when he wore it. didn’t he?” replied the farmer.—-Clinton Ad- vocate. Little Edith-“Mr. Sapley, why does my sister pray when you come to see her?” “Surely, she doesn’t. Whatdo you mean?” "Why, every time you come here, and the servant comes up to the library to say you are in the parlor, Clara ,just shrugs her shoul- ders and says: “Oh, Lord!” “Doctor! What do you think is the matter with Johnny?” “Well, mad- am, I can hardly tell just yet, but I think the trouble is with the pharynx. “I knowed it. I knowed them rinks was the cause of it all, and I don’t care Whether its the'far rinks or the near rinks, he’ll never b let go; to another one.” - John—“Clam, I must correct your statements. You are entirely wrong. There is a lack of versimilitude—” Clara—"Now, John, you are getting out of your depth. Are you sure you know what you are talking about?” John (hotly)—-“You talk as if you thought I was a- big donkey.” Clara (coldly)—“Now, my dear, you are un- just. I never thought you were big.” “I see Edison, the inventor, is go- ing to be married.” Is he? Good! I’m glad of that.” “What interest have you in it?” been afraid he would invent some confounded electric contrivance by which a woman could 'tell just how long her husband had carried her let- ters in his pocket, or some foolish thing of that sort. But. of course. if he's going to be married-—", ' “Well, you see, I’ve . cannrr 1 a. \‘r‘ ( i\ 5&1 I" o ‘,_ “A ‘ Alli 6782—CHI LDS' COAT. ' JOHN T HAYES NeWsdealer and Stationer. 'Ihe Celebrated BAZAR GLOVE-FITTING PATTERNS. 'Bestand newest designs In the world 15c ts now ready- No; 5 MAIN srhfihr. ROEWAL-l’ r MEEKER COAL 00. ”ME, SEMENT, lllE PIPE. a \ ‘ OFFICE WITH s. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NOBWA LK. l CITY ,Assossors’ Nolioo. i We hereby give notice to all persons and corporations liable to pay taxes in the City of Norwalk, that they are re- quired by law to deliver to the Asses- sors or either of them a written or printed list, dated, signed and sworn to, of all the property owned by them on ’ the first Monday of October, 1896, liable to taxation. Otherwise Lit will be the duty of the Assessors to make out such list according to law, to their best judgement and knowledge and adding 10 per cent thereto, which they, bylaw, are compelled to do, and from which list so made there is no appeal. at the City Council women the second 'floor ofthe‘ Fairfield County National Bank building, from and including October 12th to and including October 31st, 1896, (Sundays excepted) from 10 o'clock a. m.’ to 12 o’clock noon and from 2 o’clock to 5 p. m., and on Satur- day evenings from 7 to 10 o’clock. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, 1 CHARLES N. WOOD, . Assesssors. WILLIAM H. BYINGTON,) City of Norwalk, October 10th, 1896‘.- ' TOWN We, the undersigned, hereby give notice to all persons and corporations, liable to pay taxes in the Town of N or- walk, that they are required by law to deliver to the Assessors or either» of them, on or before the first day of November, 1896, a written or printed list, dated, signed and sworn to, of all property owned by them on the 1st day of October, 1896, liable to taxation, making a description of all real estate, each parcel being separately described, otherwise it will be the duty of the As- sessors to make out such list from the best information they can obtain, and add thereto 10 per cent. of such valua- tion and in said list they shall make a separate description and valuation of each parcel of real estate, and from which lists so made, there is no appeal. N. B.—Lists may be returned to the Assessors,at the Selectmen’s Oflice,bank building. Norwalk, and at the Council Boom, Haviland street-,South Norwalk, from and including October 15th, 1896, to and including October 31st, 1896, said offices to be open from 10 to 12 o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 5 o’clock p. m., and on Saturdays from 7 t039 o’clock in the evening. Dated at Norwalk, October 6, 1896. CHARLES SMITH, J. S'roners RANDALL, J Aims M. LANE, F AWCETT’S 3 WATER STREET. Assessors. Opening of Fall and Winter Hillinery pan THURSDAY, FRIDAY and All are cordially invited to attend. Everyone making a purchase or leaving an order will be presented with a. souvenir. EAWCETTS. 3 Water Street, Narwalk. Assessor s’Nolioe.‘ E The Alina Life Ins. Co. GOAL, WOOD, BRICK, ‘ Lists may be returned to the Assessors ' fi‘w“ Of Hartford, Conn, Has Given . .- * - Larger Dividends and Lower Cost To Policy Holdersflthan' ANY OTHER Company' - In the UNITED ST .... two :1; aroonn or Parlor no. "6,282. Issued in 1.876, at the age of 30, for SILOOO. 20.year Endowment. Annual Premium. . - ‘-* $46. I 6. 20 Fullii‘reisiumo, . -' E - : $923 ‘20 Less 20 Dividends, , : g 2 - ; 259' 32.- Net cost, - s I 4' 5 S663 873- This policy was paid at maturityin 1896, and showing a gain of $336 12 and 20 years insurance for $1.000, The success LIFE in producing the combined elements of Safety and Lowest Cost to the insured is the direct and logical result of a responsible stock management. which has been attained by the AEI‘NA MORGAN c. BULKELEY, President. J OHN’ I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5 Hublnger Bldg., New Haven. NowYor-an Norwal roigh Lino DAIL_Y. PROPELLERS city of Norwalk. Earle ; and (Vulcan wm Leave Pier 23, E. R., N. Y. (Beedman St). for NORWALK AND SOUTH NOBWALK Leave South Norwalk Daily at6 P. M. Leave Noowalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M. k Just Received...— A Lot of WOODEN BICYCLE .- HANDLE I. Bios," Which I will sell, for the nexo week, at $2-50 per pair. Also have a look at my line of GIRHIIEES, WIO0HS,'B|0YOLES, HARNESS AHD HORSE ' 00008. H0 'l'H0llBLE T0 SHOW 0000S, EVEH TH000H YOU 00 HOT PURGHISE. W Repairing Done at Short Notice. it For the next 10 days you can get Bargains in WAGONS CARRIAGES & SLEIGHS' At LUTHER M. WRIGHT’S, SATURDAY. Oct; I. 2. 3- Carriage Faclarv and Repository. Franklin & Madison Sis.. So. Horwalk. fl. \ OU read this advertisement, If it had been yours and others hadread it, how much good it might have done. Send in your copy, andfiwe will do the rest. ; Rates on application.
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