I. ' SOUTH NORWALK.
'Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12
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North Main Street.
Mrs. A. Solmans is spending the, day
in New York city.
Chief Bradley accompanied a young
man named Toohill to Middletown, to-
day.
M15. John _H. Fer11s and daughter
Eva will start on thei1 Califo1nia tr ip'
June 30th.
Rev. James O’Donnell 15 the guest of
Rev. Father Winters, at his home on
South Main street.
The Union Junior Christian Endeav-
or society will hold a sociable in Knud-
sen’s Hall this evening.
The Old Well Truck house is being
th01 oughly cleaned this morning and
the truck is attracting attention on
Haviland st1 eet.
St. Joseph’s Lyceum held their last
meeting of the season in Music Hall
last night. Rev. 'James O’Donnell,
forme1 1y of St. Mary’s church, deliver-
ed an interesting address.
“Billy” Shepard’s racer is a wreck
owing to the unfortunate and severe
tumble he suffered in the Danbury
1aces. However, it will soon be in
good order for him once more.
- Mrs.Eli Burchard whose little idosyn-
oracies were mentioned in these col-
umns y estei day, appeai ed before his
h0n01 Judge Greg01y to- day and was
fined $20 and costs Mrs. B111 cha1 d
Went to jail.
There came very near being a ser-
ious runaway on West avenue yesterday
morning but luckily it Was narrowly
averted. » Tony Cuneo, the Railroad
Place fruit dealer, was driving a team
belonging to LeR-oy Adams down West
avenue. When in front of James H.
Knapp’s residence the check rein broke
loose and striking the horse on the neck
frightened him. He ran around the
Mahackemo up IVashington street
where the driver succeeded in turning
him on to be side-walk where he was
forced to stop. Tony was badly fright-
ened and could not be persuaded to try
to driv e the h01 se again.
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EAST NORWALK.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert V. Carr, who
have been visiting in Northport, L. I.,
1etu1ned to their home on Cottage ave-
nue, y esterday.
M1. and Mrs. J e1 ome Smith, of Cot-
.tage avenue, entertained a party of
friends yesterday. Among those p1 es-
ent were: Rev. A. J. Smith and fami-
ly, Mr. and Mrs. Heniy Seymour, Mr.
and Mrs. John Wheeler, Mrs. Charles
'Glover and Mrs. Esther Wheeler.
Mrs. Charles L. Ainsworth and Miss
~Clara Ainsworth are visiting friends
.and relatives in Brooklyn.
Rev. W; E. Schoonhoren, of the
Knickerbocker Avenue M. E. church,
Brooklyn, spent Memorial Day at Mrs.
'Lichenor’s, on Henry street.
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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Much to his surprise Judson Cable is
:a grand-pa to-day. '
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mason and
Mrs. Charles Valentine attended the
.funeral of a relative in New York, yes-
.terday.
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WHY NAPOLEON LOST WATERLOO.
Owing to an Insidious Disease He Slept
During the Battle.
In a recent English book on Water-
loo there is a curious reason given for
i\'-a3.-1'Ileo'n’s defeat, which seems to
have escaped other historians.
'Others, bringing forward many par-
ticular examples to prove this conten-
tion, urge that thieughout the cam-
paign \'-.1poleon was incapacitated by
disease and a semi-comatose condi-
tion at the moment when energy was
of all things the most needful.
The truth seems to be that 'Napo4
10011 was suffering under the influence
of a strange and mysterious malady,
the natu1e of which has not yet been
accu1ately defined.
What is certain in Napoleon’s case
is that his malady had been giowing
upon him with increasing force since
1800, that its attacks were modified by
a sudden lethargy, amounting to com-
”plcte prostration, and that its efiiects
were that, at some critical moment of
a battle, his wonderful power (If quick
and correct decision seemed to de-
sert him—so much so that,~ for the
time being, he ahnbst abandoned the
reins to chance.
' At VI’21gi'111n and at Bautzen he
slept, while the noise of battle was
rolling around him. At Waterloo,
seated on a wooden chair, his head
drooping upon his arms, resting on a
table stretched out to accommodate
his maps and papers, he slumbered
heavily, oblivious for the moment,
even at this crisis of his fortunes, of
the events which were deciding. his
destiny—Golden Days.
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A Sad Indiucreti'on.
Business in the Japanese Parliament
' seems of a rather frivolous character.
A whole recent sitting was devoted to
considering whether a, member had
not violated Parliamentary etiquette
by attending the opening in a flock
coat, instead of the regulation dress-
suit. Finally the offending member
was solemnly wa111ed 0t his “indiseie-
tion, ” narrowly escaping being handed
over to the Dis. 1.1111131: Committee
for punishn1-ent.——\ew Yoik Tiibune.
WILTON-
Mr. and Mrs. Schlichting of Joe’s
Hill, entertained friends from Darien
and Brooklyn on Memorial Day.
The services at the Congregational
church on Sunday were impressive and
interesting. The church was beauti-
fully decorated with flowers, red, white
and blue predominating".
The cemeteries in town were visited\
by numbers on Sunday. Kindly hands
placed flags and flowers upon the graves
of the patriots who fought to gain a na—
tion in 1776, as well as those who fought
to preserve it in 1861. On Sunday,
June 6th, there will be memorial ser'
vices by a delegation of Grand Army
men from Norwalk and the veterans of
our town.
The entertainment given under the
auspices of the Y. P. S. C. E. last week,
was a great success financially and
otherwise. The strawberries and cream
were supplemented by a literary pro-
gram consisting of a recitation, admir-
ably 11endered by Miss Angie Post and
a song sweetly sung by Miss Susie Dann
and Miss Georgie Comstock.
Mr. Rundall of New York, was stop~
ping with his daughter Miss Abbey
Rundall, on Decoration Day.
School Visitor G. W. Ogden is in-
specting the schools previous to the
summer vacation.
Mrs. Edward Olmstead, Mrs. W.
Merwin and Miss Florence Hurd, at-
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tended the state meeting of the Daugh-
ters of the Revolution, at Bridgeport,
on Friday.
Edward C. Whitney of Australia,
was in tOWn last week. Mr. Whitney
says it is his intention to remain on this
side of the world.
The condition of Mrs. Susan Green
who has returned to her home in Chest-
nut Hill, remains about the same.
Parties fishing at the reservoir re-
cently, report a number of large owls
flying about and regretted their ina—
bility to change their fishing rods into
rifles. ‘_
Mrs. S.- P. Fitch and. R. H. Fitch en-
tertaineda house party over Sunday.
Among the guests were Mrs. Foster
and daughter, D. D. Telford and fam-
ily, William Lyall, the Misses Lyall
and E. S. Fitch and daughter, and Miss
Maud Fitch, all of New York. ‘
Harry Benedict and George W'ood-
ward enjoyed a bicycle trip to Long
Island on Saturday, staying for the
Milbui n-Ii vington races.
John B1 ooks, of New York, arrived
in town on Saturday.
Arthur N esbit has been spending
several days with his Aunt Mrs. J. M.
Betts at Four Pines.
Mrs. Mariana Jones, and Messrs.
Herbert S. Ogden, Frederick Middle-
brook and families arrived in town
from New York, on Saturday. They
will summer at the Jones Homestead.
M11. Rice and Fred Weston of New
York, rode a tandem from that city on
Saturday making the distance in four
hours. They were guests of H. G.
Thomson over Sunday.
Mrs. Slack of Philadelphia, with her
little daughter Hazel is stopping with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mann. '
Miss Sallpriddlebrook who has been
spending the winter with her brother
in New York, is in town for the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Stephen Thayer and Miss Zelma
Thayer have returned from a visit
with relatives in Palmyra, N. Y.
Miss Mamie Hadden and Miss :Grace
Hadden of Norwalk wheeled to Wilton
on Saturday, and were guests of Miss
Lena Miller. 1
David Evans of Wilmington, [spent
Memorial Day at his home at Drum
Hill.
Mrs Fiank Evans and William Evans
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
l‘mei'sxeak Comes flirgh in Alaska.
The first beefsteak that ever reached
Circle City, Alaska, sold for $48 per
pound a few weeks ago. The steak
consisted of a ten—pound piece of the
’l‘horp beef that was slaughtered at
I“Ol‘tY-IDIII9 Creek, and was carried
from that place to Circle City, a dis-
tance of 250 miles, by Thomas O’Brien.
When O’Brien reached camp the min-
ers turned out en masse to see the
steak. It was placed on exhibition,
and attracted much attention. The
prices otfiened were such as would have
resulted in a mining—camp quarrel or
bloodshed if it had not been decided
to raffle the steak for the benefit of a
hospital which Bishop Rowe is tryin
to establish for the miners lat Circle
City. At first only $5 per pound was
offered for a slice of steak, but bidding
became brisker as the meat was sliced,
and as high as $35 a pound was of-
fered. Finally, in order
plications, it was decided to sell tick-
ets at from 50 cents to $2.50 for the
privilege of drawing f01 a slice. 11f-
ter $480 worth of tickets had been sold
the drawing began and was ended
peacefully—Tacoma Cor. Galveston ,
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they are insured there. Any girl who-
feels that there is a likelihood of he:
being laid on the shelf may make pro.
vision whereby she can, at the age of
forty, be put in- the spiInster class fov
good and receive weekly benefits.
These benefits, of course, are in cash.
—-New York Journal.
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NOTES OF INTEREST.
The Turkish court pianist receives
$3,000 a year for his services, but he
is temporarily suspended every time he
plays a tune the Sultan does not care
The oldest medical recipe is said by
a French medical journal to be that
of a hair tonic for an Egyptian Queen.
It is dated 400 B. C., and directs that
dogs’ paws and asses’ hoofs be boiled
with dates in oil.
A mosaic pavement bf Palestine, 30
feet long by 15 broad, has been dis
cover-ed at a village between Salt and
Kernk, east of'the Jordan. The Dave ‘
ment is believed to belong to the fifth
century after Christ.
The busiest telephbne exchange in
the world is in Chicago. It is the.
Washington Street Exchange, where
the daily average is 180,000 messages,
which means that double that number
of persons talk over the telephone line.
There are three harvests reaped in
Bengal every year—peas and oil-seeds
in the month of April, the early rice
crop in September, and the great rice
crop in December.
Dee'r Fear {1.}: Snake.
it is a curious fact that deer are no:
aifected by the bites of poisonous
snakes. They know this by instinct,
and do not hesitate to attack the rep-
tiles, stamping them to death and gen-
erally receiving many bites in the pro-
cess of exterminaion. Undoubtedly
there is something in the character of
the animal‘s blend that makes it im-
peiv10us to the deadly venom. Some
believe tl: at the liver of the dee1 does
not nioduce gall, and that this ac-
counts for iii—GI iii-311 1 2‘33.
He was accompanied by M11. and ‘
to avoid com- .
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If you Want a canopy
for a party or a wed-
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A letter or postal card
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ances in Auditorium-
Electric cars at short intervals.
IllllllN POINT IMPROVEMENT. on.
$1.00 FOR $75!
That,is what I am doing, by selling $100 No. 7 Orient
Wheels for $7 5
Also selling $75 Saracens for $60
REPAIRING AND IIENTING. ,
A large assortment of first-class second-hand Wheels
from $20 up.
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SpecialliReduction on STORMER BICYCLE 8:
Full Sized Stormers,
$50 24 h St
26 inch Stormers, I me ormers,
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111111 J. 11: 11110111111100.
Made the Following Gains in lhelear "3961
Increase in Income,
$ I ,057,8 I 6.28.
Increase in Assets,
$ I ,997,234,42.
Increase in Surplus,
$ I 98,8 I 6,8I‘.
Increase in New Life Business!
:5 l ,.598 668.00. '
increase in Life Insurance in Force,
$5, 608 ,.680 00.
Increase in Accident Insurance in Force,
$2! ,.736 500 00
Increase in Accident Premiums,
$ I 75, 086. 72—011 62 per cent.
Increase in New Life Insurance Written in Connecticut
$3 I 0,642.00.
Increase in total Life Insurance In Connecticut.
$472, 569.00.
From the increased Surplus the usual increase of dividends to
piliay- -hol:larswlll be paid' m l391, making the Tweniv-Fim. .
Annual Increase of Dividends lo the insured, and a record unpatzlglgIg
in the history of life' Insurance.
Notwithstanding the malorial' Increase of new business on WhIcII
the expense in Life Insurance' Is chiefly incurred, the ratio of expense to
income on the Life business of this company,
:business, is somewhat lower than last year, and is 23 per cent. less
than the average expense of the ten leading‘ ‘purely inuiuap. “mam”
for the Year l895.
Their figures for I896 have not been published.
MORGAN Ii. BIILKELEY, President.
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Shore dinners, clambakes, Athletic sports, and continuous performi-
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