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21. As foIIO'ws:
; 4 First Prizes, each of $100 (lash .
also
PRIZES
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EACH MONTH
8 Ii hl
“ n “ 100 “m: Bic clos*2,000.00
'. 2° iiiidnd “ “ u i zohiifi'lihhes’ - 1,000.00
Dash and Prizes given each month - - $3,400.00 SOAP
§ Ibial given duringll mos. l897, $715,800.00
“g HOW TO OBTAIN THEM.
. Com etitors to save us IllitnySUNl-IGHT
s Wrappers us they can collect. (.iil:
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wrn per ln_p01'1 two a - ,
in l’ne ii “su i.
en 5' _ 1' ‘w
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one”) are to be sent, postage-
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grilligpfiISTIfi‘CT Competitor lives in.
".0- 9' NAME OF DlSTRlcT.
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be 4 The New Enfllnnd States.
1897 Pattern, m’f’d by Geo. N.Pierce& 00.. of Buf-
i‘The Bicycles are the celebratedPieree Special,
I falo, Boston and New York. Fitted with Hartford
SEND THIS TOP courier:
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WIIIIPPEIIS
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1. Every month during 1897 in each of the 4 districts
prizes will be awarded as follows:
The
1 Competitor who sends in the
Largest Number of coupons from
the district in which he or ehepresides
Will receive as [00 Cash. . ‘ .
The 5 Competitors who send in the
Next Largest; Numbers .of cou-
v,” pons from t 16 district in which they
‘ ~=> I - reside will Erich receive at wxpner’s
x option a. lady’s orgentleman’s Pierce
S ecinl bicycle, price £100. . .
The 10 Coinpetitorsw 0 send in the
Next Lar est Numbers of couponsfrom the digi-
trict in whic they reside will Each receive at winner a
option a lady’s or gentleman’s Gold Watch, price $20.
2. The Competitions will Close the Last D8. Of
Each lllontli during189f7, Coupons received too ate
for one month’s competition wrll be put into the next.
3. Com etitors who obtain wrappers from unsold
sea in dealer's stock will be disqualified“ Employees
of ever Brothers, . Ltd. , and their families, are de-
barred from competing. . . , _ _
4. A printed list of Winners in Competitor s district
will be forwarded to Competitors in about 21. days after
each competition closes.
5. Lever Brothers, Ltd, will endeavor to award the ’
prizes fairly to the best of their ability and judgment.
but it is understood that all who compete agree to w
cept the award of Lever Brothers, Ltd., as fine .
LEVER BROS., Ltd" New York.
HERE Aha THERE.
An Epitome of Happenings of
Interest to the Public.
.G’arnered With Scissors and Pencil.
The Danbury poultry show opens to-
day. '
——Merry World matinee, Hoyt’s, Sat-
Irday.
Have you read Theo. Olsen’s great
' shoe sale adv. on page 4.
Mrs. Annie Schuman, slightly de-
mented is missing from her home in
Danbury.
‘At Gregory’s market you can find
as toothsome meats as are on Select
any market in town.
There will be an entertainment at
the Broad River school to-morrow
evening-
The proposed amendments to the city
ordinances are published in another
column.
The'Professor lIeydrick and Co..F
basket ball teams will play [a practice
game to-uighl.
-——Valontine-Large assortment; la:
test and best out. Hayes, 5 Main St.
Is there enterprise enough in N or-
' walk to organize a first class ball club
the coming summer?
“Bob” Riley, a cigar maker, was in~
volved in a trolley car accident in
Brooklyn last Sunday.
The Mother Hubbard dance at St.
John St. Fi'edler’s hall takes place this
evening, at Broad River. ‘
Editor Pulitzer of the World is said
to be losing his eye-sight. his sleep, his
patience and his subscribers.
" V. Martin Kellogg of Norwalk, has been
seguest of his daughter, Mrs. E. J.
Thomas, of Stevens street—Dinbury
News.
--Gregorv’s Wall Street Market con-
tains as fine an assortment of fish,
clams, oysters and vegetables as is to be
found in the city, and at prices which
makes it econOmical to trade there.
The annual statement of the great
Aetna Life Insurance company of
Hartford, appears on the 4th page of
this issue.
The authorities at Washington have
refused Postmaster Steward, of Bridge-
port. an increase to his letter carrier
department,
Governor Cooke yesterday approved
the requisition of General L A. Dick-
' inson as treasurer of the Soldiers Hos-
pital Board, for 810,000.
——Mother Hubbard masquerade ball,
to-night. at St. John &. Fiedlei’s hall
Broad River. If stormy, Friday even-
ing. .
Senator E. 0. Keller was in New
York last evening a guest of the Na-
tional Grocers’ association, at their an-
“nual banquet at the St. Dennis hotel.
Notices are being sent out to shoe
dealers to be on the lookout for shoes
of a certain number and style that were
stolen from Newcomb’s big shoe store
at Medford, Mass.
—Oysters, clams, . escalopn, fish,
hams, pork, beef, mutton, lamb. chick-
Iens, turkeys, liver, bacon, butter and
vegetables at low prices, at Gregory’s
Wall Street Market.
The Bradley-Martins have con trib-
uted $10 to the fund for the New York-
ers who are starving. This ought to
silence all senseless talk about the ap-
proaching $30,000 function.
f The criminal term of the Superior
court will come in, in Bridgeport on
_Tuesday, Feb. 16. There are 24 bound
C over persons now 'awaiting‘trial and it is
probable that this number will be in:
creased before the cOnrt comes in. '
. South
Nineteen men were given lodgings at
the station-house last night.
Butcher Wood completed the bar-
vesting of a large crop of fine grained
ice to-day.
Ex-alderman George A. Lockwood
of Newark, N. J. was in town tO-day,
swapping old time stories with Col.
“Sam” Daskam.
COO—'—-——__
Norwalk.
Branch Office of GAZETTE-No. 12
North MaIn Street.
The A. O. H. social Will take place
this evening.
A committee meeting of Arions will
be held tO-night.
The mails from the east were one
hour late last night.
John Crowe, of East Norwiilk, will
leave for the West next Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Kendilien, of Port
Chester, are visiting friends in this
city. ‘
L. H. Nash has been granted a pa~
tent on an appliance for electric repul-
lion.
The regular mouthlv meeting of the
Woman’s Exchange was held'this morn-
ing.‘
——Merry World, Hoyt’s Saturday.
Edmund E. Crows has been resp-
pointed a state prison director by Gov‘
ornor Cooke.
Mrs. Robert Linrley has returned
home from New Haven, where she has
been visiting relatives.
Miss Stella Wilcox has returned home
from Bridgeport where she attended
the marriage of her brother last even-
ing.
Manager Dunn, of the Western Union
Telegraph company, has cut the wages
of his messenger boys from 810 to 85
per month.
Gustav Bauer and Miss Lena Vidwell
were married in Hartford yesterday.
Friends from this city were present at
,the ceremony.
The Old Well Lodge, F. and A. M.,
will hold a reception and banquet this
evening, given in honor of the mem-
bers’ lady friends.
Colonel Frank G. Noyes of Nashua,
N. H. was in this city yesterday, and
attended the annual meeting of the
Norwalk Lock company.
Division No. 1, A. O. H., will give an
invitation sociable to-night in its ball.
A large number of invitations have
been mailed and a jolly good time is ex-
pected.
A large delegation of Indians, mem-
bers of Ponus tribe,ol New Canaan have
accepted an inVitation to attend the re-
ception, ball and pow-wow to be given
by Uncas tribe, to-morrow night.
A committee of members of ()0. D, C.
N. G. will confer with a like committee
of Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band, to-
night, to discuss a proposition that both
organiz itions unite in holding "a grand
fair.
——-Merry World matinee Saturday.
Will Keisler held the lucky number
795 that entitled him to a fine camera
at Barker’s cigar store. No. 17 calls
for another, and the holder is requested
to call and exchange his ticket for a
camera. '
A peculiarity was noticed yesterday
about the weather. Trains from Bos-
ton or Providence came in covered with
snow, there being a heavy fall out that
way, while! here there were no signs of
the storm.
The Boys’ League Of the Y. M. C. A.
have removed their club room and
gymnasium furnishings, from the
Knudson building and stored them in
the warerooms of the Richardson .35
Morgan CO, 2
Mrs. E. F. Knapp entertained the
Wednesday Afternoon Matinee Euchre
club, at her home on West street. yes- '
terday afternoon. Miss Minnie Knapp
won the first prize and Miss Smith won
the guest’s’prizo.
Mrs. Margaret Kindilien, widow of
Bernard Kindilien, died at her home
on West street last night,aged 84 years.
Four children, three sons and a daugh-
fer, survive her. 'I‘hevfuneral"will be
encoded from St. Mary’s church Sal-
u'l'day morning. ~ ._.
l
'l .
'2 or. ZuET—T”
the adjourned schoollmeeting at the
The Fish club blowout takes place to-,
‘morrow evening at the club headquar-
ters. _ '
It was Wellsbach not incandescent
lights with which Percy Ferris equipped
smitarium at Westport.
Librarian Miss A. Scott was in Hart-
ford, yesterday at a. meeting of~ the
State Library association.
James T. Powers, of Valley “Place,
has succeeded his father, who was
killed last Wednesday, as foreman of
the section of the Consolidated railroad
from the drawbridgo east to the White
bridge in East Norwalk, ' '
A Cedar street resident was taken
with a fit on North Main street yester-‘
day. A young man named Tocque hap.
pened to be driving by at the time and
beside. summoning medical aid took the
unfortunate man to his home. '
A large warehouse owned by the Con-
solidated road, near "Tin bridge”
junction, was destroyed by fire early
this morning. The loss will reach
$10,000, with no insurance. The fire
was caused by spontaneous combus-
lion.
At Saybrook Junction yesterday a
passenger train on the Consolidated
railroad was stalled for an hour in a
snow bank. A high wind had blown
the snow on the tracks into banks hun-
dreds of feet in length and about four
feet high.
Thomas Higgins, a brakemau on
Conductor McNalley’s extra freight,
running between Harlem river and this
city, was thrown ofl the train at Green-
wich, yesterday. while he was setting a
brake, the chain of which parted. He
was considerably shaken up, but not
seriously injured.
The grand cycle which opens at the
corner of 433 street and Lexington ave-
nue, N. Y., on Saturday, February 6th,
closing the following Saturday will be
attended by a number of local- wheel-
men among the number being the local
agent for the Orient. Mr. Saunders
who is willing to make an affidavit that
an Orient can win a race provided a
good rider sits in the saddle.
Coroner Doton is, investigating the
case of the man killed "at Cos Cob last
Saturday night. The remains have not
been identified yet. On the body were
found four cents and a bit of a tobacco
ticket on which was written “James
Coyns, Ansonia,” but the letters are
barely legible. The man was about 35,
with brown hair, streaked with gray.
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Lock company was held yesterday
afternoon, at which the old board of
directors were re-elect‘ed. A motion
to appoint an auditor of accounts was
defeated by a close vote. According
to reports of the financial condition of
the company it appeared that no money
had been made during the past year,
and that a dividend could not be de-
claed on the earnings. Better things _
are hoped for for the forthcoming year.
. Something like 300 voters attended
Franklin street school house last even-
ing. ' E. A. Woodward acted as chair-
man oflt'ne meeting. The matter of
purchasing what is known as the "city
lot" was discussed, Messrs. A. Blan-
chard, Frank A. F-erris, Charles W.
Hallock, Lewis Nash, John ‘H.
Light and others speaking in favor,
with Peter L. Cunningham, W. H.
Smith, S C. Palmer and'others in
opposition. Charles Jennings was also
heard on the subject but did not take
either side of the question. Rodney
Weyman wanted the school located at
Graniteville. A ballot was taken as to
whether the “city lot” should be pur-
chased, and the motion to buy was lost
by a lack of nine votes of the necessary
two-thirds majority. Another vote was
taken and the motion again lost by
want of six votes. As it was evident
that nothing could be acomplished the
meeting was adjourned at about 11
o’clock
Quick Relief from Rheumatism.
Mr. Elisha Berry, of this place says he
never had anything do him so much good,
and give such quick relief from rheumatism
as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. He was
bothered greatly with shooting pains from
hip to knee until he usedtliis liniinent,
which afforded prompt relief—B. F. BAKER,
dru ist, St. Paris, Ohio. For sale by E. P.
Wee , Druggist.
OTICEI
AMENDED DITY DRDIIIAIIOE.
1':
NOTICE.
IIIEIInEo our OBOIIIAIIOE.
_Be it ordained by the Council of The
City of Norwalk:
That Sections 1, 2 and4, of Chapter
XVI of the Ordinances of The City of
Norwalk, be amended, so that the
same when amended shall read as fol-
lows: ,,
Section 1. The Council of The City
of Norwalk'shall appoint not less than
three nor more than seven members of
a regular police force, and such a num-
ber of special policemen as shall be
deemed proper, each of whom shall
hold his office and membership in the
pollce department until removal, or ex—
pelled by the Board of Councilmen for
cause, but no Officer shall be removed
upon any charge preferred against him
Without notice and a public hearing.
SaidBoard of Councilmen shall also
appoint such officers of the two forces
from the members thereof respectively
as it may from time to time judge nec-
essary.
Section 2. The Council of the City of
Norwalk shall appoint not more than
thirty fire policemen, which latter shall
act only as herein directed and without
pay, excepting as hereinafter expressly
allowed. It shall be the duty of said
fire policemen to. attend all fires in said
City, to preserve order and the public
peace and safetv, to prevent all inter-
ference with the firemen in the dis-
charge of their duties, and generally
then and there to perform the duties of
regular policemen under the orders and
subject to the direction of the mayor,
the (:11le of police, and the chief officer
of the fire department present, and the
officers of said fire police in the order
given; and any member of said force
who shall, while on such duty. wilfully
fail to_obey any lawful order or direc-
tion_ given by a proper authority, shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty
dollars. Every special policeman shall
also, whenever, and for the time di-
rected by the mayor, or chairman of
the police committee, act as, and ,per-
form the duties of a regular policeman,
and while so acting, shall be entitled
to Slmllal' pay; and any special police-
man may, with his own consent, be ap-
p01nte_d and directed by the mayor to
act, without cost to said city, at any
public gathering or assemblage. as a
conservator of the peace, with all the
powers of a regular policeman for the
time being.
Section 4. Said regular policemen
and special policemen, shall at all times
have Within said city, all the powers of
constables of the town of Norwalk,
relative to arrests, and the preserVatiOII
of the public peace.
Approved, February 23, 189?.
ARTHUR C. WHEELER, Mayor.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT: ss
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. ) '
City of Norwalk, February 4th, 1897.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
amendments to ordinance were duly
passed and enacted and approved by
the Mayor in writing. at a meeting of
the Mayor and Council of the City of
Norwalk, duly held: February 2nd,
1897. Afloat:
- E. M. LOCKWOOD,
. , é ‘ City Clerk. .
PW BATES’
' 42 WATER srnrrr,
You can find as fine an assortment of
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII‘YWII‘II
As can be found in any Yard in the
State. Look it over and get prices
before going elsewhere.
Mrs. MEAD’S...
wSCHOOL
NOW OPEN.
ALL
APPLICATIONS
For admission should be
made at Hillside.
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That you can save money
by buying your Meats
ind Fish at
r. w. Slll'l'll’s,
55 Main Street.
Everything First Class.
Be it ordained by the Council of The
City of NorWaIk': .
That section 2 of an ordinance of The
City of Norwalk relative to Bicycles,
approved August 5th, 1895, alld record-
ed in Volume 1. page 8, of Ordinances
of The City of Norwalk, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: '
Section 2. Every person violating‘
any of the provisions of the foregoing
section shall be fined not less than one
nor more than ten dollars. '
Approved, February 2.], 1897.
ARTHUR 0. WHEELER, Mayor. .
STATE OF CONNECTICUTI
'COUNTY OF- FAIBFIELDJ
City of Norwalk, February 4th, 189”.
ordinance x 2
I hereby certify that the foregoing
amendment to ordinance was duly
passed and enacted and approved by the
Mayor, in writing, at a meeting of the
Mayor and COLIIXCII of the Citv of Nor-
walk, duly held, February 9nd 1897.
. Attust: .
E. M. LOCKWOOD,
87!.
OPEN svsmncs
Ila Balsam; as
l OEIIOIIIE PORTLAND,
IIIIIIr,suILT
cunnmnf
——FOR SALE AT—'—
IF APPLIED FOR SOON.
Enquire at this office.
onlv ulgngnrsrosgo
to its natural co or E!) S HAIR‘ E -
CANT. no dye.harmles pleasant odor. $1.03 a. bottle
OLEE’S HAIR T0 [0 removes dandruff, ate 3
h ' from fallingout an motes rowth 1.003 butt a
13in MEDIOANT‘EO ii
108 Fu ton st.. .Y. -
‘ Illustrated Treatise on Hair on ”sunburn“! .
City (Clerk. I
For sale b'ym'. P.-W‘Et D, Drugziet.
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. tion.
DON’T; MISS ”THEM,
The Latest Ads. Received Be-'
fore Going to Press.
Pocket ions 25- align 1
nficiggpigs} and Knives (are all warranted. If '
. ,nc ory your mone cheerful -
funded. What more can we dSO ? _ 1y re
John '1'. Hayes. -
5 MAIN sr.. NORWALK._
By the People and For the People.
”'41- "('12 D.
“7 ANTED—A girl as good cool.- und laun-
dress. Must be can able to fill the posi-
ADDly to Mus. W. F. BISHOP. 15 Belden
avenue. _ F1-3t
Raymond & . So;
successors to George H.3aymono.
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors. ,
6 and 48 Main Street ' Norwalk Ct
Residence. Berkeley Place.
Telephone Call, 77-4.
BENTRIL NATIONAL BANK
26 WALL s12, NORWALK. \ l A
1'0 REN 1'.
l 0R SALE _Or to rent. the 9 room house
_ _ llOWflCCl‘lpled by El. Jones. First floor
finishedin hard wood. mantels and mirrors:
lion ewu‘edfilorlelectrlcity. 1and all modern
improvemen s; n so carriage ouse. April ' to
S. B. Wilson.92 Wall street. ‘ jl if
O REST—Five roomi on first floor: good
location, $10 per mOnl-li for small family.
A'ppl v to S. B. WILSON, Builder, 92 Wall street.
Lei-walk. 1l-tf
Hioyt’s Theatre.
Slrunolv, rrnnulnv on.
Matinee and Night.
I
"II-IE
CORPORATED SEPT. i. “376.
CAPI’I‘iL. - - g . . ,
Gsoaoe M. Honours. President.
E. L. Bursa, Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. Gnarls. Cashier
ilOO-OOC
DIRECTORS :
Gnonos M. HOLMES.
WO R L D I P. L. CUNNINGHAM. J.'1‘. Paowrr'r
E. L. Boxnn. S. H. HOLMES,
O.Couers. J 2.
II. I. Oasino’s 2d Annual Success.
Maunees, 2:30. PM“ ‘0 . Discount 0a], Saturdav.
and 25c.
Fairlield Oounly Ilalional Ban‘k‘
H. E. DANN,
. . p ‘ 25 .
Evening, 8.15. “06385c,%0c-
Sea‘smow ‘On Sale at Plaisted’s and
Pinneo's.
DAVID w. RAYMOND..
4! Wall St.. Norwalk, Conn.
I NCORPOR AT ED. 1824.
EDWIN 0. Hanna, President.
DAVID:B. IIIILLnn, Vice-President.
L. C. Guile-N, Cashier.
Capital, 200.000.
Funeral Dinars." all Embahier
EDWIN O. Kinsman, Mossns H. GLovnn,
DAVID B. MILLER. A. J. MEEKER.
F. ST. JOHN LOOKWOOD. THEODORE E. SMIIH,
3‘9 Washington Street South Norwalk .IBA COLE. CHAS.F.TRISTIIAM.
Itncidenoe.'Mahackemo Hotel. Accounts of Manufacturers.lllforchants and
Individuals solicited. ,
Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors.
minimum
5 RAILROAD PLADE AID X X x X
WASHIRDTDIIST. BRIDDEX X X x
A few of Our Bargains for
This Week:
7,
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HIS IS NOT ALL, a visit to
either of our Markets will
convince you that we know what
people want and our prices are
always RIGHT.
FRESH FISH, .
DYSTEMIID DLAIS.
Paul Schultz, Jr,
I$I.DD
Warranted Solid Gold.
Beautiful Chased Holder.
You. may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so low; but
the “Lincoln” is a $2.50 pen reduced to $1.00. It is durable, always ready to “go”
but never drips, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. They are in use in fl. is
ofiice, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the banks, insu time
and business offices and among all classes Of users of pens in Norwalk and vicinity.
Orders are received from all parts of the country. '
Samples l0 be seen and orders received al “Is Gazelle
Office. '
MISS ANNA RIDER
OAKLAND ROAD,
. Winnipauk,
WINS THE BEAUTIFUL STORMER BICYCLE AT
THE WHITE SHOE STORE,
With Ticket 8593.
We will give away Absolutely Free, another Beauti4
if ful Stormer Wheel,on APRIL 5, l897.
A Ticket with every 50c. cash purchase.
OLSEN BROTHERS!
; . WHITE SHOE STORE, J
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_3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK, CONN. ‘,
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