} THE EVENING GAZETTE "mo AT rim'Pos'r OFFICE IN Noawam as a Niiwsrarnn. H 4112 8 UBSC'RIPTIONS} Danni. one‘year. $3: siximonths. $1.75; three months. 81.00; eneZmonth, 30c. Wasnr, one: year. in Padvanced $1.00; Bi! . months. 60c.: three months. 35c. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, .1896. THE WEATHER—Today generally fair and cold, and possibly high winds. To-inorrow partly couldy and slightly warmer, and possibly rain or snow. Friday partly cloudy and warmer. Alcohol in flats. The matter of alcohol in a man’s hat, remarks the Courant, has become a serious question. That is, the alcohol in the hat itself, in the material—for there’s not the most remote suggestion of a jest in the present earnest delibera- tions of thecongressionaljoint commit- tee, which has now resumed its sessions in New York. “The committee’s object is to find I out whether alcohol for arts and manu- . facturers and medicinal composites should be admitted free of duty. The testimonykat the Washington sessions in favor of free alcohol for hats, which are both an art and a manufacture. And some interesting information has been furnished by representatives of the National Association of bat makers. Among other things brought out was that a half a gallon of the spirits is used on each dozen of still“ hats. These hats, of course, are sold in any town, with- out regard to whether it is license or no-license. Naturally, then this might not seem the pleasantest sort of a rev- elation to the Law and Order League people who were just beginning to think that they had found out every way by which crafty men could transport or conceal liquors. There is $24,000,000 worth of stiff hats’made every year, which, at the present wholesale price of $8 a dozen gives 3,000,000 new hats with about 10 cents’ worth of alcohol in each our. Again it is nec smry to bear in mind that this material of the hat and not in what the hat may contain, where the amount may be 10 cents’ worth or more, according to the changing size of the head, night and morning. Yet it further appeared trem'the‘testimOny that there is no immediate danger that men, even in no-license towns, will go to buying hats by the ca: 0 for the sake of chewing them, because the alcohol now used is wood alcohol and also be- cause it is quickly evaporated after hav- ing done its work of dissolving the gum shellac so that that substance may enterinto and stiffen the head-gear. Nevertheless, temperance people will not lose their interest when they know that it is grain alcohol which the hat makers want to use and for which they are now contending. the committee that the use of wood al- chhol was injurious to them and also that much better hats could be made with grain alcohol. It looks reasonable to anyone familiar with the properties of alcohol that the grain kind should have a greater stifi‘ening effect than the wood kind upon anything into which it is introduced. Under the present tar. ifi', however, it costs six cents a hat more to use the grain product, and foreign competition practically pro- hibits that. But the internal revenue department tears fraud. That leaves us it“ o as- sume. that the free and unlimited selling of grain alcohol hats in no license com- munities may be included. To its ob- jection the hat makers reply that the stud could be rendered ii'nappetizing by mixing one gallon of wood alcohol with every eight gallons of the more seductive liquid. Senator Chandler is one of those deeplyinterested in the subJect. says that alcohol for a beverage to make men'druuk ought to be taxed 900 per cent; that alcohol used in the arts and manufactures should be taxed no more than enough to cover the gov- ernment’s expenses for extra precau- tions, and that if a law to that ef- fect connot be passed and successfully administered, it is simply an impeach- ment of the abilityof American people to run an internal revenue bureau. Other countries have done it; so can we. Whether or not Senator Chand- -ler’s opinion prevails, the people of America will have been let into some surprising mysteries concerning the in- gredients of their head-coverings, a. dif. ‘ferent set of 'men may come for- ward as the “bestjudges” and a terrible blow may be dealt to the present in- creasing, popularity of the soft hat, Operatives told ‘ He_ ~— s which probably has in it nothing stronger than ginger ale.”. , ' , ‘ If the Courant Editor would-come ‘6. Norwalk he might learn lots of inter- esting mysterties anent the making of mens’ hats. ' _.____..._..... His Friends Found. The mysterious, unknown man who' drifted into the Middletown N. Y. Hos- Spital in a bewildered mental conditon, was yesterday foundto be D. W. Buck, at one time a banker in Providence, B. I. Mrs. Todd, (wife of Prof. H. H. Todd, who was formerly principal of a and she and her husband have gone to Middletown to have her brother brought home. - Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Hurt. An accident happened to Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher a few days since, while a guest of her son-in-law Rev. Samuel Scoville at Stamford. In getting out of bed she fell and hit her head, the hurt rendering her unconscious. She has not been able to- leave her room since, but is improving. oo— Wants $5,500 for an Arm. Yesterday in a suit brought for $3,500 against the Acme Shear Co. by Daniel McFadden, papers were served._ In 1891 the plaintifi' had his arm badly torn at the factory and later it was amputated. It is claimed the company was negligent. The Alcohol Hearing. The Congressional Committee had another hearing in New York yester- day, in regard to removal of the in- the arts. Several expert witnesses were examined pro and con. .0 New Court House Opened. The magnificent new court house, erected in Waterbury by the county and town, was formally opened yester- day by the criminal session of the Dis- trict court, with Judge Bradstreet‘on the bench. Horse Thief at Milford. 7 A horse and surrey were stolen from the barn of Henry Baldwin of Milford, last night. . " .->___ A pain in the chest is nature’s warning that pneumonia. is threatened. Dampen a Balm and bind over the seat of pain and another on the back between the shoulders. and prompt relief will follow. _, Sold by‘ E. .l’. \Veed, Druggist. : i. Feather Boas Renovated: Feather BoasflBecurled to . at Moderate Cost. NO. 26 BE LDEN AVENUE. RING BELL TWICE. December 2d. A. D.. 1896. . tate 91 EDWARD Gonmar. late of Norwalk in and District. deceased. - The Court of I’robate 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 settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, Within said time, .Will be de- arred a recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to EDWIN O. KEELER. Administrator. QISTRICT of Norwalk, ss. Probate Court, 8 l000 Boxes of Paper and Envelopes 50. per Box, worth 10c. .500 pounds of LINEN PAPER, ruled or plain, 20¢. per lb. worth 300. Must be sold to make room for HOLIDAY GOODS. JOHN T. HAYES. 5 Main Street, llorwalk. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that at a Reg- ular Meeting of’the Council of. The City of Norwalk, to be held in the Council Boom in said City, December 7th, 1896, at- 8 o’clock .evening, said Council proposes to make further appropriations of money for City de- partments as follows: For the Sewer Department, $1,000.00; for the Highway Department, $1,000.00; for the Admin- istrative Department, 81,000.00. Said some so to be appropriated, to be used in the payment of the necessary ex- penses arising in each of said depart- ments. Dated at said City of Norwalk, No- vember 30th, 1896. By order of the of said City, EDWARD M. Locxwoop, City Clerk. PLYMOUTH ROCK lCE. Stores and Families Supplied. Mayor, and Council Lowest Rates. school in‘Bridgeportfis his only sister ' ternal revenue tax on alcohol used in. piece of flannel with Chamberlain’s Pain' Look as Good as When New, _ *— TH .T HE E v Eli-1' N 9,, GA ZETT E CHECKER—BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NORWALK Pll‘fl Illllll‘allllt CU. In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, e [No 0utsranding~'0lairns. GAZETTE Ans. BRING ‘ GOOD RESULTS Sales For Bent. ‘vpiunits trusts , IN Safe Deposit Vault ' OF THE NATIONAL BANK or xoawsnx, DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. EMBU'SSING . - ‘ ? DONEZAT THIS OFFICE. w. ~_. snnsios ‘ ' IN URlNCHt Ham 3, Suelle llillllng. Painting. P9. or Hanging. Ks. somin- ing and Hardwood Finishing. IE. I. FIN", 52 Wilton Avenue, Norwalk, Conn. Send for book con- taining samples. - 6. Ward Selleck, BEST GOODS. this and. corrsss ' ' 18 WALL' ST. TREES! IIEESI TREES! ‘1!» at 58 Belden Avenue, if you are go- ing to set out trees this fall.- All stock warranted to live. . , Edgar Buttery, ‘58 BeldenAve. 25 ears foreman of oyts’ Nurseries.~ Frank T. Hyatt PARLOR BABBE -:-Sll0P, . a. 3.1.BOIBOLD. 4-7 Main Street. TRY . WEED’S SODA WATER 38 Wall St. . prompt attention.“ ENTERPRISE Bottling i Works, ' 7 WaltSti-eet. _ FIIEAIES All LABER' ' Exranssnr iron rsx- “HEX vein; . ‘ Mail orders receive -. «wwmr... r " z—t‘ . r ' wruu. p. " ‘ Job-Printing ‘ EVERY DEBBIIIPTIBI nucnrno or run ‘ l ;. r . l» . Mrs. MEAD’S ‘ , WILL REOPEN ALL APPLICATIONS i For admission should be made at Hillside. at an early day. CHEAP FUEL Owing to many of the factories .being shut down, we have a large accumulation of first class coke. ' We ofi'er the same during the month of November at six cents per bushel at the works, or eight cents per bushel delivered within either city limits, in not less than twenty-five bushel lots. Extra for car- rying in. The llorwalk Gas Light Company. 1 f Piano Lessons. MRS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (daughter L of the late Wm. B. Nash.) gives silicon and satisfactory instructions on the, Piano SEPTEMEEUE 1896- mm... FOR-SALE AT A BARGAIN. can it GAZETTE ornor. HALE’S .BALSAM 25c. Ask Year Druggist her home No.193 Main rItreet. Christmas. receive a coupon. South Main Street, ABIcYch. FREE. - We shall give avvay a High Grade Bicycle on thegevening of December 24th,just in time for Every cash purchaser of 25 cents’ worth will so. martinis HARDWARE 00., South Norwalk. yours and others , and we will do the. rest. ’4' good it might have done. 0U read this advertisement. If it had been had read it, how much Send in your adv. Bates f on: application. ’ turned-fries TO THE PEOPLE «OF NORWALK ' The undersigned hum’ngpurcbuscd tbe Plumbingu'nd Tin- nzng business formerly concluded by Wm. P. Holmes at W0. 7 Water .sreet, and filled lbc some as u first-class Plumbing, Sleum-fitlzng, Gas and Yz'nnzng Establishment, respectfully solzczl u sbure of public patronage . . . All work will have our personal supervision and z'n‘spéct- zon, and be executed wile promptness and thoroughness. .flny (no wunllngfirsl—cluss work done at the lowest prices, will do well lo'gzoc us u call. We will cheerfully estimate on all Plumbing, Gus-filling, Slczzm-fillzng,‘ 7m and Sheet Iron work of every descrzplzons. ‘ .flll jabbing” will be attended to promptly. Hot air and (sitcom haulers cleaned undput z'n thorough repun'. C all or ad- ress, -° ‘ j PHILLIPSON & BROWN. ‘ Practical Plumbers, Steam 8. Gas Fitters, Tin and that Iran Workers. , 1 Water Street, llorwalk. A -—\,_ NewYuranleorwaI nigh line DA 11. Y . , (lily of Norwalk,/Earle and Vulcan ,1 NU‘RWALK AND Sll-UTH NORWALK (. .A'I' a I". M. Leave South Norwalk Daily at6 P. M. ' Leave Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M.
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