South Norwalk. '\ Branch Office of—GAZETTE No. 12 North Main Street. Daniel Cavanagh is visiting relatives in town. ’ Alfred T. Browne has opened a danc- ing academy at 41 Raymond street. A special meeting of Old Well Hook and Ladder company will be held to- night at 8 o’clock. , The Thursday Afternoon Whist club, is to be entertained by Miss, Stowe on Thursday afternoon. Fred Conley of the postoflice returned to his duties this morning, after a week’s vacation spent in the East. Have you secured your ticket for the free bicycle to be .given away by the South Norwalk Hardware company? The Union Veteran Union will meet at the K. of P. hall in the Swartz & Corbett building next Monday night. The Connecticut laundry on HavI- land street, has been sold to a Danbury party. who will continue the business. Minnie Lester, with a new company, .new plays and specialty artists, will ap- pear in Hoyt’s Theatre all next week. The Cos Cob draw bridge could not be closed for some time, thIs morning, and trains on the Consolidated railroad were delayed.l The monthly meeting of the Twin City Wheelmen will be held to-night at 8 o’clock, in their new rooms in Swartz & Corbett’s block. Mr. and Mrs. William Baker of Wash- ington street, South Norwalk, have been the guests of relatives in this city. —Bridgeport Telegram. Comstock. Watkins and Dow have the agency for the celebrated Wax Gloss Floor oil and expect to do a large business with it this winter. The annual meeting of the .South Norwalk fire department will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock, in Old Well Hook and Ladder company’s quarters. The annual sale of the choice of pews in the Congregational church for the ensuing year, will be held in the church on Wednesday evening. December 9, at 8 o’clock. One of the best places in this city to purchase shoes is at the old established shoe house of C. H. Harvey, where everything in the shoe line is new and of the latest style. Rev. J o‘han. St. J oseph's church, Sunday, that he would deliver a, temperance lecture . neit sunday night at 7:30 o'clock, and -: cordially invites the public to attend. William L. C‘oiegrove, formerly of Plaisted’s drug store, this city, but now of Smith’s‘pharmacy in Norwich, was Earried in Mt. Vernon last night to Miss Martha Powell, of Rowayton. The ceremony wasperformed by the Rev. E. D. Bassett. That boot and shoe hustler, Theo- dore Olsen,‘ has a sorry attack of “plumbago,” as Mrs. Partington would call it, in his, back. Although a “straight” business man, he can’t straighten his spine without screaming with pain. Mrs. Russell Frost gave a delightful card party to a number of her friends yesterday afternoon. Four handsome prizes were offered, the first being awarded to Miss Julia Hatch, the sec- ond to Mrs. B. H. Golden, the third to Mrs. F. H. Quintard and the fourth to Mrs. Francis Leonard. Medical Examiner Burke has not as yet received Coroner Doten’s report, but it is expected that he will find that Motorman Oliver E. Raymond was not to blame for running over and kil- ling the little boy Gurney James of Rowayton last week. He will exonerate the company but will suggest that care be provided with fenders of some kind. 0. E. Barker, the genial tobacconist under the Mahackemo, was in great haste last night to get to Hoyt’s Thea- tre to hear Torsiello’s band. In his hurry he attempted to use the show case in the front window as a mirror by which to comb his moustache, but by an unfortunate slip of one of his Trilby’s he went through the top of the case _ wrecking the glass. Gurney James, the little boy who I was killed by the Tramway car, Satur- day, was an unusually bright and ,viva- cious lad and a special favorite‘with all his comrades, well liked by all who knew him and adored by his parents, who receive the universal and tenderest sympathy of the entire community. Seldom if ever has the little hamlet of Rowayton been so overwhelmingly moved by any bereavement or calamity as the tragic death of this little boy. * AMUSEMENTS. Torsiello’s Marine Band. A good sized audience attended the concert given by Torsiello’s United States Marine band at Hoyt’s Theatre last evening. After a delightful con- cert a troupe of specialiéts entertained the audience after which the Cinamato- graph was seen. This afternoon a mat- inee will be given and to- night will end ' the engagement. A number of new specialists are promised for to- night and an entertaining performance is promised. The2Turn of the Tide. 'There is much that is thrilling in Winters announced in “ The Turn of the Tide.” which is at Hoyt’s Theatre. Thursday night. The play is new to Norwalk, It was written by D. K. Higgins, whose “Plunger” scored such a success last season. While the plot is strongly dramatic,- here and therein the lines is a touch of pleasing comedy, so that the whole is well balanced. The plot is one that sustains an interest until the drOp of the curtain. The character 5 are well taken and the performance runs smooth- ly from the first to the last act. 7'-——‘——‘ . .__._——.__ - Will Contest. Ex-Senat‘or Michael J. Houllhan, through his attorney, J. 'I‘. Lynch, of Bridgeport, has filed a notice in the Superior court that he would contest the election of Frank Wright, who was, declared elected Town clerk, of New- town, at the October elections. Wright had a majority of two votes. His vic- tory was due to a fusion or citizens‘ ticket put in the field by the Demo- crats and Republicans. .0. Eastern Oysters in the Pacific. As a result of much correspondence between eastern and western pisci-cul- turists on the subject of oyster yielding and particularly regarding the yield and flavor of eastern oysters, the fish commission will, in a few days, haVe conveyed a car-load of the eastern bi- Valve product from New York for trans- planting in waters connecting with the Pacific Ocean. .6. One Highwaymen Held. Thomas Enright, who was last week recaptured in White Plains, N. Y., was tried in Newtown for highway robbery this morning and bound over under $2,000 bonds. On the night of August 28 he held up the night operator in Hawleyville, robbed him and made his escape. 0. An Err-Turf King Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. —The once 3- year- -old king of the turf Morello died at the Boss ranch, in Contra Costa. county. The Futurity and Chicago Derby winner had for over 13 weeks been suffering from paralysis, and, although the ablest of vet- erinarians did their utmost to save him, their labors went for naught. Foreign Wheat Prospects. LONDON, Dec. 1. —The Mark Lane Ex- press today, commenting on the crop pros- pects, says: “Severe frosts in France and central Europe have stopped plowing and sowing, and we anticipate a. somewhat re- duced wheat acreage in the entire region beheen the Vistula and the bay of Biscay. TWO New Cardinals. ROME, Dec. 1.—At a ‘gecret consistory, held at the Vatican today, Canon Giuseppe Prisco and Father Raffaelo Pierotti, both Italians, were made cardinals. The con- sistorial advocate, Mgr. Capogrossi, pm- nounced a peroration in favor of the beam- fication and canonization of Joan of Are. —I———3'7——‘-:_~ -O— .—_._.___ PATIENT ANGLERS. Strangely Enough, Nervous Persons are the Best Waiters for a Bite. It is one of the curiosities of human nature that the most nervous and ex- citable people are often the most pa- tient fishermen with book and line. A somewhat amusing story is told of a Minister of the Interior, M. de Cor- biere, who was accustomed to get up every morning very early and go out with a hook and line to quiet his nerves on the banks of the Seine. There came to Paris a man from the provinces who had made application for a certain ofliice, a sous-prefecture in the coun— try. The office seeker had no influence with the Minister, but in some way he learned where the spot was to which the Minister went to fish. Providing himself with “tackle,” he rose still earlier than the Minister, and when M. ‘de Corbiere went to his fa- vorite place he found a stranger inv stalled there, paying no attention to the minister, and apparently quite ig- norant of his identity. The Minister went somewhere else, and got up earlier the next morning; but on arriving at the place he found the same man installed there. Again and again this happened. It was use- less to try to forestall the man. He' was at the spot before the slightest break of dawn. At last; the Minister approached the man and said politely: "You seem to be very fond of fishing, sir?” “I am, sir." answered the other “and for the present I employ it as a means of passing the time while I am await ing a response to an application which I have made to the Minister of the Interior.” “You are looking'for an office?” “A small prefecture, sir, in the coun- try. I have waited a long time, and may have to wait still longer, but we fishermen. sir, tient." “Will you kindly give me your name and address. sir? I have a little in- fluent-1'. perhaps. at the Department, 111211 1 shall be glad to mention your case; 131411111311 fishermen, sir-— ".111. i thunk you! Here is my card.” ’1'11111 evening the oflice-seekcr re< mind his appointment and went no 1:11'1'11 to The banks of the Seine, and the Minister thereafter fished in peaCe in his accustomed spot.—Yout11’s Com- pnnion. ‘-. 111'111111 (still blushing)—— ‘Am I the 111-516 ,‘"Il'I you ever kissed, Gordon?” Gordon—“No, my love; but you are the last.” i\Iildred-—“"Am I really? 0h, Gordon, it makes me so happy to think of that!" A pain in the chest is nature’s warning that pneumonia is threatened. Dampen 11 piece of flannel with Cnamberlnin’ 3 Pain Balm and bind over the seat of pain and another on the back between the shoulders. and prompt relief will follow. Sold by E. i’. Weed, Druggist know how to be pa— . ‘ actly the food that is supposed to make COMFORT OF INSANE _PATIENTS. If Wealthy They May Enjoy the Luxurles - of the Sane. ' ,. "- ' Although as .a rule patients in an asylum for the insane differ little in habits from the ordinary run of 1'3:- tional persons, some have queer fads, especiallyin the matter of diet. One male patient in the Bloomingdale asy- lum at White Plains, N. Y., insists upon having an omelet every morning for breakfast, and refuses to eat anything until he is given one. A female patient declines to eat food which is not brought to her in the original package so she may open it herself. After it is opened she insists upon keeping the contents constantly under her supervision. She will eat none but raw eggs, breaking the shells herself. She eats oranges and bana- nas only when allowed to peel them herself. She imagines that her food will be poisoned unless she protects herself in this way.’ In a. large asylum like Bloomingdale there are always a number of patients that imagine that their food will be poisoned, and Consequently flatly re- fuse to eat. All the food such patients get has to be passed through a tube into their stomachs. One woman at Bloomingdale imagines that on accOunt of some great sin which she has com- mitted all her food is cursed, and she has to be artificially fed. There is no restriction on a patient’s diet if he can afford to satisfy his whims, except to keep him within the bounds of hygienic law. Many of the inmates reared in luxury, have cham- pagne appetites, and they do not go un- satisfied if they have money enough to pay for wine. A small supply of cham~ pagne is always kept at the asylum. Not infrequently the friends of wealthy patients visit them and bring lunch and champagne, which are often served in the patient’s private apart- ment, but always under the supervis- ion of an asylum attendant. Many patients demand rare game in season, and often out of season, and they get it if they can afford it. Some also have extravaganttastes in cigars, and, while a 15—cent cigar is the best kept in stock at the. asylum, the au- thorities place no restriction on friends sending in cigars of any grade. Cigars and smoking tobacco are scheduled as luxuries, and are charged to the pa‘ ‘tients who use them.—World. ELECTION BETS IN JUNEAU. How a Clever but Unscrupulous Fellow Made a Pot of Money. “Political excitement in Alaska runs high for about a month after it is ended here,” said a. caller. “It takes several Weeks for the slow ceast steamers to carry the news of the elec— tion results to far tawny Juneau, and ; the Alaskans will discuss and debate and wrangle until nearly December be- fore any one up there will knew how the tide of battle in the United States proper has gone. “I was in Juneau four years ago and if I had had a. little mere money I could have owned the town,” be con- tinued, with a chuckle. “There was a great deal of excitement'along about the 1st of December, when the- steam- er which would bring the electiOn news was due. As soon as a cannon shot told the village that the steamer was in sight business was suspended. Par- tisanship in its fiercest form developed and every one was betting or offering to do so. Odds favored Harrison, whose re- c-lection was considered prac- tically a certainty. “I watched the little steamer through a glass as she slowly came toward port. When at last I could make her out clearly I, too, caught the partisan infection, and, dropping the glass, rushed into the street and took all the bets I could, backing the Cleveland end of the game until I had nothing left to put up.” “Well, that took a good deal of nerve, didn’t it?” commented a bystander. “Not a particle. The captain of the steamer was a friend of mine, and we had a little private conversation be— fore he left for San Francisco two months before. The steamer usually came into port carrying a lantern on' her mainmast. That day she had two.” A Bread and Butter Diet. The new diet suggested as productive of longevity is bread and butter. There is in Hythe, England, a lady who lives entirely on bread and butter, and has done so all her life. She has never tasted meat, game, fish, vegetables, jam and only a few kinds of biscuits and sweets. She has never had a day’s ilness in all her life and never had re- course to medicine of an description. Her friends have tried in vain to in- duce her to eat something besides bread and butter, but she confines her-_ self entirely to the diet on which she has existed for at least thirty years. She is strong and healthy in every re- spect, healthier, in fact, than a great many people who have lived upon ex- us feel as if illness were a total stran- ger and always would be. Imagination and Disease. General Joe Johnson used to tell of an incident when he was a lieutenant 111 the Regular Army of the United States, and before he had become a leading officer of the Confederate troop. Himself and a- number of com— panions, in order to test the effect of the imagination upon the human sys- tem, one after another accosted a young. man in robust health and com- visages. The result of the practical joke was an illness of the victim so . severe that he actually died—Philadel- phia Times. Mrs. Be'nham—Where shall we sit in church next year? Benham—I don’t care; I’m getting so I can sleep anywhere. Advertise in the GAZETTE. irnE EVENING GAZETTE ' _, Re opened' The Old. POP-111a,]? Shoe Store- New 'Stoc @OET I" PIlIOES BEFORE PIIIIOIIISIIIO ELSEWHERE. 11, New Styles, New Prices, C. H. HARVEY BOOT AND SHOE DTP-AT THE, 70 NORTH MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK. A Question of Age. A middle-aged woman entered a Woodward-avenue car, and finding every seat occupied, hung on a strap and prepared to stand. ' Presently. another woman rose and ofiered her seat. ’ “No. thank you,” said the woman who was standing. “I will not deprive you of your seat.” . , "But I insist,” said the woman am much better able to stand than you are.” “What makes you think so?” asked the other woman, suspiciously. “Because I am the youngest.” The gauntlet-was thrown. The old- er woman did not hesitate to pick it 11p. “There may be two opinions about that,” retorted the angry passenger. “I’m sure any one can see with half an eye that you are no chicken.” The passengers were getting excited, and one man said under his breath. “Now comes the tug of war." Then the woman who had resigned her seat concluded to take it again, but first she sent in another deadly shaft: “No, I’mno chicken, and don’t care to be, but I would rather be a chicken than an old 11en.‘ And she flopped into her seat, which, howev 111', was now occupied by a smart woman who knew when to seize a bone of contention—Detroit Free Press. AbSent Ones Remembered. 'A well-known young lawyer is cred- ited with making a harmless bull at a banquet given by a local organiza- tion not many nights ago. Toasts were called for, and to the yOung law« yer fell the honor of suitably remem- bering the absent friends. This is the way he announced it: “Our absent friends—Mow Soon we ' would show them the depth of our re- gret at their absence if they were only here with us to-night.” And the funniest thing about it was that nobody caught On to the bull 1111,- til some time afterward—Cleveland Blaindealer.- , The Best for Children. “I believe Chamberlain’ s Cough Remedy is the best for children I ever used. For croup it is unequalled. "It is a splendid seller with us. —-T. M. ECKLES, Ph. G, Manager \Vampum Pharmacy, Wampum, Pa.” When used as soon as the first symptoms. appear, that is as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the croupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. The mothers of croupy children should bear this in mind and always keep the remedy at hand. It is also the best remedy in the World for colds and whooping cough. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by E. P. It eed, Druggist. Hoyt’s Theatre Two Nights and Two Matinees. November 30, December I. CHAS. ARTHUR’S HERALD SQUARE CUMEDIANS, TOGETHER WITH THE OIIIMMTOOBIPII direztt from its'~ . month’s run in New York city and Torsiello’ s U. S Marine Band from the U. S. Flagship Trenton. NIG HI' PRICES, 25, 35 and 50c. Matinees at 2' 30;n1ices 25c: no higher: Children under 14 years. 150. Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and Pin- neo’s. Hoyt’s Theatre, TIIIIIISIMY'OecJ ' Oliver Byron, Supported by the Charming Artiste KATE BYRON, and a competent camp or in the new and de- Iight-ful romance The Turnoi the Tide lleplete With Startling Situations and Oproarious Fun. PRICES:-—35, 50 and 75c. Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and Pinneo’s stores HOLIDAY OOOOS. .D. FEINBERG, mented upon his seeming illness, ex-g hibiting their concern in their alarmed . DEALER IN 501m 110111 GOODS AND JEWELRY. Loan omce. Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry Neatly Dorm 164 Washington St . So. Norwalk, [on the Bridge] lo'Day’s sale Unredeemed Pledges. Clocks, J ewelrv. Clothing and Musical Instruments. " THE'”. STOCK MANAGEMENT ‘ OF THE ETNA LIN Of Hartford, Conn... INSURANCE COMPANY, Has produced results to Policy Holders which are unexcelled REOOIIO OF POLIOY IIO. I33,0I'I. Issus;d in 1881, at age 35, for $1,000. 15 Year Endowment Annual Premium, - ' - - $63.28. Amount of the Policy, $1,000.00 FIFTEEN ANNUAL PREMIUMS, of $63 28 each, $949. 20 , FIFTEEN ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, 199 07 NET COST to maturity, - - ~ — - 750.13 NET CAI-N, - . - - _ . E2493? This Policy matured in 31896. and showed a gain of $249.87, . And 15 years’ insurance for $1,000.00. MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President. JOHN I. HUTGHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford ELIE. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5 Hubinger Bldg., New Haven. A FREE BICYCLE. The WHITE SHOE STORE will give away absolutely free", on, Saturday evening, Janu- ary 2, 1897, A Beautiful High Grade Bicycle. Your Choice of Either Ladies’ or Gent’s. v A Coupon With each 50c Cash Purchase. Don’ t forget the date and place. 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