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HERE AND THERE.
An Epitome‘of Happenings oi‘ .
Interest to the Public.
Garnered With Scissors and Pencil.
——Sausagc 90, Fry’s Cash Market.
The annual city meeting will be held
on Monday, March 1st.
General D. N. Couch is seriously ill
at his home on Isaacs place.
Rev. J. H. Sheehan of Colchester is
calling on friends in Norwalk.
-—-Porterhouse Steak l8c, Fry’s Mkt.
.A meeting of the old time firemen is
among the possibilities of the “near
. future. ”
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But one propeller is making regular
trips to this city during the present ice
embargo.
—Sirloin Steak 14c, Fry’s Cash Mkt.
'The Broad River Athletic club will
give asocial on Friday evening Feb-
ruary, 26th:
A prayer meeting will be held at the
residence of Luther Whitney, 44 Con-
necticut turnpike, this evening.
—Pot Roast 7c, Fry’s Cash Market.
“Pike” Raymond, at work’for Mr. M.
Ratchford, fell from a ladder one day
this week and suffered severe injuries.
Mrs. A. J. Meeker will entertain the
ladies of the Yacht Whist club on Sat-
urday afternoon at her home on Mott
avenue.
—S—moke’ Shoulders 7n..Fry".s Cash
Mkt, corner Belden and Riverside ave.
The remains of the late Fannie
Vaughn, who died in Danbury, were
brought to this city for interment this
morning.
A man named Greeley, claiming to
be a relative of Horace Greeley, is in
jail at Los Augeles, 0111., a confessed
horse thief.
—Sho. Lamb 8c, Chops 14c, Fry’s.
Butcher Fred Smith is now out cf
the ice "cutting business, he having
stacked up enough in his houses to
freeze the whole state of Rhode Island.
County Commissioner Mead has re-
covered from his‘severe cold and is
again able to attend to his duties. The
commissioner was severely ill at one-
time.
'—Corned Beef 41:, Fry’s Cash Mkt.
Mrs. Edward Brennan, Mr. and Mrs.
John Hadden and Mr. and Mrs, Fran-
cis Algara are attending a matinee at
one of the Bridgeport theatres this af-
ternoon.
H. C. Fry has purchased the Buttery
market. at the corner of Belden and
Riverside avenues. Patrons will be
pleased to know that he retains O. Beers
in his 1 mploy.
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The Largest Freight: Steamship.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.——Thc new freight
steamship Pennsylvania Of the Hamburg-
.Amcrican Packet company left Belfast last
Saturday for this port and is expected to
arrive here on the 9th inst. The Pennsyl-
vania. is the largest freight carrier afloat.
She has a measurement capacity of 17,000
tons, and her displacement is 23,400 tons.
On her trial trip she developed a speed of
14% knots per hour.
Building and Loan Troubles.
KNOXVILLE, Feb. 3.—The application to
confirm the appointment of S. B. Luttrell
and James G. Rose as permanent receivers
of the Southern Building and Loan asso-
ciation was postponed pending a meeting
of the stockholders. Judge Clark intimat-
ed that if there was any opposition to Lut-
trell, who was president of the association,
the appointment would not be made per-
manent.
, Trial of Chinese ltIurderers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.—Wing Sing
and Chin Poy, charged With the murder
of Little Pete, the Chinese merchant, have
been arraigned in the police court, and
their trial will begin on Saturday. Special
counsel employed by the Chinese widow
will act with the prosecution.
John A. Logan a Candidate.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Feb. 3.——-The an-
nouncement is made that John A. Logan
is a candidate for the mission .to Austria.-
Hungary, and that his application as a
candidate for the place is now in the hands
.of Major McKinley. .
Expelled From Stock Exchange.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Frank M. Gage, a
Jmember of the governing committee of
,the Chicago Stock Exchange, has been ex-
epolled from that body. He was charged
,with being connected with bucket shop
,Operations.
‘ Another Factory For Laconia.
, LACONIA; N. H., Feb. 3. —The Waverly
Shoe company of Worcester, Mass. , is mov-
ing its plant to this city, and it expects
{to start its new factory in about three
1Weeks.
employed.
.
Experiedge; is the Only True Test
14. A. 'Iurncr, Of the State Insurance Of-
fice, Salem, (.)re., says: “ Jllt of the scores of
'cough medicines in the market there is only
one I have any confidence in and that is
Chamberlain’ s Cough Remedy. I make this
statement after an experience of twelve
3 cars’ use of this valuable remedy. For coughs
and colds it is splendid, but where its work
is infallible 1s with children subject to croup.
I keep it in. 1.1\ home at. II times.” F or sale
Several hundred people will be
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fore Going to Press, I
South flgrwalk.
Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12
North Main Street.
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Attorney John 11'. Light is in Hart-
ford to-day.
The Arions will hold an important
meeting to-morrow night.
The Fire Police will dance and make
merry in Arion hall, Tuesday evening.
Miss Carrie Wood of Prospect place
is suffering from a severe abscess in
her face.
“Hod” Saunders the bicycle expert,
is in the hands of a sewers attack. of
rheumatism.
The policeb blotter gave no evidence
this morning as to What the police were
doing last night.
Messrs. Neuckircher, Schaub and
Malmo are attending a wedding in
Hartford to-day.
Frank Saunders is rem0ving his
household belongings from Yonkers,
N. Y. ,V to this city.
The A. O. H. will hold an invitation
dance to-morrow evening. Professor
Shepherd will furnish music.
The little daughter of Rev. A. S.
Kavanagh, who has been ill soleng, is
much better and able to be out again.
A regular meeting of the Twin City
Wheelmen was held last evening at
which little else than routine business
was transacted.
There was a large attendance at the
Congregational supper last evening
and a goodly sum was netted, which is
to be used in the purchase of a new
carpet. ‘
11 hinted that a shampooing ma-
chine in a certain barber shop in this
city is to be remodeled and utilized as
a hot Frankfurter roaster,with “Dick”
as engineer.
Charles W. Seymour, who accom-
panied his wife and her sister, MIss
Annie Russell, to Lehigh, P., to attend
their mother’s funeral, ls expected
home today.
William S. Wilcox, of this city, and
Miss Minnie Louise Brown, of Bridge-
port, will be married this evening at
the Park street Congregational church,
Bridgeport.
Forty-two guests were registered at
the Mahaekemo hotel yesterday, among
the number being Edwin Short of
Danbury, and N. L. Murphy of the
Bassett House, Ansonia.
Messrs. Flood & Grant, of Bridge—
port, expect to commence the laying of
the tile floor at the Mahackemo hotel
next Monday. The work is under the
superintendence of Mr. Kelly.
The wedding of H. Wilfred Bodwell
of the City National Bank, and Miss
Jennie F. Ferris, daughter of Charles
E. Ferris, will take place at the Con-
gregational church this afternoon.
Constable John J. Goodwin yester-
day afternoon placed an attachment on
property belonging to Manuel Abra-
hams to cover a claim of $200 filed by
J. Wallace Marvin of East Norwalk.
The oyster steamer “Freddie W.”
owned by Captain Peter Decker ran
ashore on the flats below the Washing-
ton Street bridge Iast evening while
trying to avoid an ice-fioe. She will
probably be floated to-day.
Business is booming in the opening
of oysters at the Rowland .35 Morgan
oyster factory on Washington street.
From 400 to 500 gallons of luscious bi-
valves are unshipped and shipped from
there within a short space of time.
An agent for a New York fishing
tackle concern was here this morning
placing orders for fishing rods, hooks,
etc. Among purchasers was James
Sutherland of Wall street, Norwalk,
and to judge from his order there will
be no small amount of fishing done as
soon as the season Opens.
February 7 Consolidated road trains
will begin to run over the new elevated
structure in Park avenue, New York.
The great steel viaduct is entirely com-
pleted and work trains have been tra-
versing it daily for the past two months,
so that it has been tested both as to
stability and smoothness.
The running of newspaper trains on
Sunday conflicts with the railroad law
in regard to Sunday trains and it is
doubtful if the railroad commissioners
would sanction such a train. The Con-
solidated has issued no notice of any
such move and the rumor of such a
train has no foundation as yet.
The employees at the Stamford par-
senger depot expect to remove books,
tickets, etc., from the ticket office of
the old station to the new east-bound
next Saturday night, when the brick
building on Railroad avenue, between
Atlantic and Pacific streets, used for
apassenger station for thirty years,
will be abandoned.
In the New Haven probate court yes-
terday Pete’r McGee. an old soldier,
aged 83 years, was committed to the
state. insane hospital. McGee’s home
is in New Haven but he has been at the
soldier’s home in Noroton for several
months./ Last month he attempted to
take his life by cutting his throat. and
nearly succeeded in killing himself.
Last night Vice-President John M.
.Hall of the Consolidated road, says he
could not account for the vagaries of
the stock market, and there wasjnothing
in the business of the company that jus-
tified any falling off in the price of
the stock. Freight and pissenger traf-
fic was good and the rod would. surely
pay its 8 per‘ cent. dividend. The com- I-gether With the number of tne reg1-
pany was able to take care of its float-
ing debt and no further issue of stock
was contemplated.
The post office is receiving a fresh
coat of paint.
Charles Taylor, better known as
“Steeple Charlie,” was in the city this
morning shaking hands with old friends.
mand, U. V. U., ' . ill hold a sociable,
Monday, March st, in their hall in
Swartz & Corbett’s block.
tee of the Norwalk Yacht club will be
held at the residence of vice- c-ommo-
dore Chasmur, Saturday evening, Feb-
ruary 6th.
Old Well lodge, No. 108, F. and A.
M., will hold a ladies’ reception to-'
morrow night, in the new lodge rooms
in Donovan’s block. Addresses Will be,
made by Rev. F. W. Norris and Past
Master A. C. Wheeler; recitations,
Charles Greenwood; instrumental trio,
violin, piano and violincello, Ml‘dil’lll.
Mrs. C. A. Freeman and William Da-
vies; vocal quartette, Messrs. Crowe,
Whittaker, Hatch and Nash. At the
conclusion of the programme refresh-
ments will .be served in the banquet
WILTON.
Orders forAdvertising, Papers and
Printing Will Receive Prompt
Attention by Addressing
Box 104-. Wilton. .
Mrs. George A. Davenport is on the
sick list. .
Miss Kate White, of Cannon’s is visit-
ing friends in New Jersey.
Mrs. Frank Lacey, of Danbury, spent
Sunday with her parents.
Mrs. Luzon Jellifi‘e, of Bethel, is
visiting at Deacon Gilberts in Belden
Hill.
The Reading Circle will meet with
Mrs. H. G. Thompson to-morrow;af1er-
noon.
Mrs. Thomas Treadwell, of Weston,
spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs.
Brady.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Mat-
thew’s meets at Mrs. S. P. Fitch’s this
afternoon.
Notwithstanding the cold wave the
price of eggs has fallen to twenty cents
per dozen. _,
Miss Abbie Rundall of New York,
came to town last week to enjoy the
seasons skating. _
News comes from New York, of the
illness of little Mariana Middlebrook,
with the measles.
Rev. Mr. Gilbert, ofNew Haven, sec-
retary of the State Bible society, was
in town on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Keeler spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William
Raymond of Rowayton.
Mrs. Henry Chichester has been en-
tertaining an old friend and school-
mate from New Jersey.
Mr. Davis, of Bridgeport, of the
Fairfield County Biography company
is searching the town for information.
A prayer meeting will be held at the
home of Silas Olmstead this evening.
All are cordially invited to be present.
Howard Bloomer and George Wood-
ward of Norwalk attended the Christian
Endeavor at theghapel on Friday even.
ing.
Dick Moriarity still keeps up his
record as a sportsman, bringing home
a game bag filled with rabbits on Mon-
day.
A cottage prayer meeting was held at
house of Charles Horton of Belden Hill
last evening. A large audience was in
attendance.
John Gorham, of Chestnut Hill, 1n
trying to get the best of a Belden Hill
snow bank, on Friday, had his harness
badly broken.
The prayer meeting at R. W. Keeler’s
on Friday evening, promises to be a
very interesting one. The service will
commence at 7:30. P
H. G. Thompson attended the Stag
dinner given by the Water Color Asso-
ciation at the Academy of Design New
York on Friday evening.
The DeWitt skating pond, North
Wilton, is the favorite resort of skaters.
Persons from distant parts of the town
driving there so as to enjoy the rink.
J. C. DeWitt. of North Wilton, has
among an interesting collection of relics
a revolver and belt, taken by his uncle
Ifrom a rebel officer on a Southen battle
field. .
A number of young people of St.
Matthew’s will attend the missionary
meeting of the Juu. or Auxiliary, at
Trinity church, South Norwalk, on Sat-
urday afternoon.
The death of Miss Net'ie Bouton,
'which occurred in Norwqu last week,
was heard of with deep regret by her
friends 1n Wilton, where she had spent
several summers.
ber of her young friends at 9. “Candy
Pull" on Saturday evening. A part of
the program which: occasioned much
merriment was pinning on the donkey’s
tail.
treasurer of the 7th New York regiment
is the recent recipient of a handsome
gold medal, bearing the inscription,
E “.For 10111; and faithful Service,” tc-
. , ._ ‘
The members of O. S. Ferry Com-‘
A meeting of the governing commi-t '
Miss May Canh‘eld entertained a num»
.Samuel Folsom, of South Wilton..-
ment and the date of presentation.
Saturday 'aftei‘nOon marked an im-
portant event in the history of 'Master
St. Clair Ack erman and the twenty-five
young friends who enjoyed his hospi-
tality. At 4 o’clock an exciting peanut
hunt the company'sat down to a table
which was spread with dainty and de-
licious eatables. At the close of the
party bo’n bone and pretty favors were
distributed to each guest.‘
The twenty-second meeting of the
Country Club was held at the residence ,
of D. S. Lambert on Wednesday even- ‘_
inglast. Some six Whist tables were
in use. The pretty and unique score
cards giving added zest and interest to
the game. The first prizes were car-
ried Off by Miss Bertha Brady and Nor
man Bette, while Mrs. H. G. Thompson
and Ernest Hurd won the booby
honors. The next meeting of the club
will be with Miss Katherine Sturges.
Among the experiences of the little
blizzrrd of last week which came near
being tragic, was that of Mrs. ~Susan
Anderson, of New Canaan. Mrs. An'
deraon was returning from an errand
at Wilton Center and on attempting to
cross Cheese Spring. road, became ex-
hausted in the deep snow drifts. Knew-
ing if she stopped it would be death,
for there was seldom travel on that
lonely road, she summoned all her
strength and struggled on until she
reached the home of August Rux, where
chilled and fainting she was kindly
cared for.
no.
—A GAZETTE ad. will pay you.
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HUBLBUTT STREET.
Mr. Hawley Partrick of Norwalk vis-
ited his brother last Sabbath.
Mrs. Clinton Van Hoosear has been
sick with the grip, but is better.
D. H. Van Hoosear wasa witness at
Bridgeport before the Superior Court
last week.
The last snow storm caused cOnsider-
able trouble in removing snow. Many
of the cross streets are full, and trav [
is suspended entirely. The slei‘ghing
has been fair and enjoyed.
Mr. Andrew Partrick has received a
letter purporting to be from a sister in
St. Mary’s church, Norwalk, in which
it 'staed there was an entertainment to
be given to the Sabbath school and
wishing him to deliver to them incidents .
of his early life, signed Mary Bette. It
was evidently a joke on Andrew.
The dance conducted by the Young.
Men’s Sporting club last Thursday eve.
was a failure owing to the very severe
snow storm. no one being present but
the musicians. The next evening the
Independents had their’social dance.
The Partrick brothers rendered fine
music. About 70 were present who
danced until 2:30 a. m. $12.50 was
realized and will be put into the club’s
treasury.
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AMUSEMENTS
The Merry World.
The Merry World company includes
John 'I‘. Tierney, the modern Irishman;
Deity and Annie Louise, in a satirical
sketch; Kittie Lawrence, the little
trouper; Sense] and Rainsford, comedy
artists; Odalyska, the Parisian chau-
teuse; Keno and Watch, comedians of
the highest degree; the famous little
comedian, “La Pstit Freddie” (Fred-
erick Clark); the pier of all bicyclists,
W. H. Barber, and Mlle. Elvera, the
wonderful toe dancer, has been special-
ly engaged to introduce her dance in
climate three. This show is in three
acts, known respectfully as climes.
Clime No-11 is in England, and includes
a burlesque on the Dutchess of Marl—
boro’s dinner at Blenheim Castle.
Clime2cons1sts of a series of highly
entertaining and refined vaudeville per-
formances. A clever burlesque of Leo
cocq’s comic opera, “The Hundred
Virgins" closes the entertainment.
Hoyt’ s, Saturday night.
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Governor Cooke-Renominates SIX Judges.
Governor Cooke yesterday sent to
the Senate the nominations of the fol-
lowing judges:
Charles B. Andrews of Litchfield, to
be chief justice of the supreme court of
errors and judge of the superior court
for the term of eight years from May
24, 1897.
David Torrance'of Derby, to be as-
sociate judge of the supreme court of
errors and judge of the superior court
for the term of eight years from Feb-
ruary 9, 1898. '
Frederick B. Hall of Bridgeport, to
be judge of the superior court for the
term of eight years from April 1, 1897.
Samuel 0. Prentice of Hartford, to
be judge of the superior court for the
term of eight years from July 1, 1397.
John M. ’Ihayer of NUX‘WICIJ, to “be
judge of the superior court for the
term of eight years from July 2. 1897.
Silas A. Robinson of MiddletoWn, to
be judge of the superior court for the
term of eight years from Februarv 11,
1898.
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FOR SAL!" o1 to want. the 9 room house
now 011111)1 d va. I. Jones. First flom
fin1~hed in hard wood.’ mautels and mirrors:
hon ewired for elect'ricity, and all modern
impr'mements: also carriage house. Apply to
Wilson, 2 Wallstreet jl tf
0 RENT _F‘ive room! on first floor; good
location. $10 per month for small family.
Apply to S. B WILSON. Builder, 92 Wall street.
Norwalk. dll-tf’ *
Hoyt 5 Theatre.
SATURDAY, FEBRIIIIIIY 6th.
Matinee and Night.
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ll'latinees, .3 :30 p1-1093W1d025c
Evening, 8:15. Pr‘ceggff’ebo
Seats now on Sale at Plaisted’s and
Piuneo‘s.
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5 RAILROAD PLACE MID X X X x
WASHIIIGTOIIST. BIIIIIGEX X X X
A few of O—ur Bargains for
This Week:
' Fresh Shoulders - r . - 7c
Smoked Shoulders - - '70}
Fine Mild Cure Bacon '- - lOc
Pork Roast - - Sc .
Home Made Sausage Meat . 100
Link Sausage - - - 8c
Puie Home CRendered Lord 100
Leg Lamb - - - - - -l2c '
Leg Mutton - 4 - - 106
HIS IS NOT ALL, :1 visit to
either of our Markets will
convince y ou that we know what
people want and our prices are
always RIGHT.
FRESH FISH,
0Y3TE_I_I_S_£IIII GLIIIIS.
Paul Schultz. Jr,
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That you can save money
by buying you1 Meats
and Fish at
F. W. SMITH’S,
55 Main Strain ‘
Everything First Class.
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WINS THE BEAUTIFUL STORMER BICYCLE AT
THE WHITE SHIE STORE,
With Ticket 8593.
We will give away Absolutely Free, another Beauti- ,,
A Ticket with every 500. cash purchase. ,
tenors-suns. .
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