Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12
North Main Street
The shore resorts are deserted these ,
’ rainy days. ,
A trade-mark for hats has been grant-
ed Crofut & Knapp.
The handsome brick pavement on
North Main street is becoming covered
with filth again and needs. another
good cleaning.
A woman giving her name as “Mary”
was accommodated with lodgings at the
Station-house laSt night. She was con-
tent to leave in the rain, this morning,
but first carefully combed her hair be-
fore going.-
Frank Balch was arrested yesterday
. by Chief Vollmer. The charge against
him on the complaint is breach of the
peace. He had trouble with a family
named Gray with whom he boards, and
it is alleged assaulted a lad named
William Gray, and used abusive lan-
guage to Gray’s sister.
A camping party, consisting of Fred
VVhaley, Clarence Eaton, Fred Brown
and Arthur Wilson from Danbury are
in camp. They will remain in camp
two Weeks and have made preparations
for an exceedingly jolly time.
Mr. George Dressier and family, of
' Brooklyn, are spending the summer
months at the. Mahackemo.
Officer Gladstone captured a forty
pound snapping turtle on Washington
street, last night, and placed it in one
of the cages at the station-house.
Four'men who gave their names as
Patrick McGee, Michael Callahan,
William Russell and Samuel Collins
were found sleeping inC. F. Tolles’barn
on W'ater street, last night, and were
locked up.
Lars Johnson is in receipt of a Scotch
plaid necktie presented to him by an
appreciative friend at the Corset fac-
tory. .
Awning ekpert Peter Callahan is
putting up a fine specimen of his work
for Sam Long the Celestial laundry-
man. 9*
Theodore Olsen returned home from
a short stay at Boston, at an early hour
thismorning.
Albin Neurkirchner has buried the
“ fake ” package of lobsters which he
appropriated for 'his own use at the
barbers’ shore dinner. He promises
to “ get even with the barbers who put
up the joke on him.” '
The continued damp weather has
caused a shutting down of the Old W'ell
’ cigar factory. It is under certain con-
ditions almost impossible to work the
tobacco up into cigars.
The rain was a set-back for the pas-
senger list on the steamer Belle Hor-
ton this morning, the list being un-
' usually small.
The schooner W. K. Hammond is at
Ferris’wharf with 75,000 bricks.
A large invoice of sole leather for
the Lounsbury 8: Mathewson company,
came up on the steamer Belle Horton
last night.
A sign in the Cycle agency reads,
'W’ill close out entire stock within 30
days without cutting prices.” And
"‘Col. Hod” means just what the sign
purports. ,
There is another dangerous break'in
the \Tashington street approach to the
bridge. It- was discovered at an early
hour this morning, by F. N. Ferris,
who placed a kerosene oil barrel over
it as a danger signal.
Minot Pal-trick, the poet, shoemaker
hatter, boat-builder, and blacksmith
advertises "‘ Skates sharpened.” Minot
is nothing if not original, but his orig-
inality sometimes is decidedly over-
powering,
“ Stevie ” the young man who went
to sleep in a bath—tub after turning on
the water, and who did not awake un-
til the stuif commenced to run into his
mouth and choke him, is about to-day
apparently none the worse for his ad-
venture. »
A man who looked not altogether un-
like the individual who posed here as
a divine healer some time since was in
town early, this morning. He attracted
his share of attention garbed in a
clerical but somewhat shabby frock
coat, a slouch hat, and had as a pet a'
healthy looking woodchuck. He was
en route to Winnipauk after a square
meal he said.
A. C. Cuneo conducts a fruit store on
Railroad place. Last night he went to
New York leaving a member of his
family in charge of the store. He also
took the key to the store with him.
This latter fact was to the attendant
painfully evident when it came time to
lose the store. She finally decided to
. emain in the store all night, and there
4 waited until this morning when Mr.
,uneo returned. What she said or
bought is not learned. .
There was a family picnic. party at
{oton Point yesterday, in Which among
I'thers the following families participa-
ed. Mrs. J. Linxweiler, Mrs. C. Vog-
er‘, Mrs. H. Hu-bbell, Mrs. J. Tierney,
iss Ella Hubbell, the Misses Linxweil-
rs and thirty children. They went, in
ur horse carryalls, wagonettes, etc. ,
aking a good supply of refreshments
vith them. Bathing, boating, etc.
.ere indulged in after which the party
eturned home tired but happy. '
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THE Ev ENING G’AZ Efrf‘T‘E‘. I
It Brandreth’s » PTIIS
The difference between these pills and all other medicines is
told in the following statement of facts: ‘ . ‘
Ist. They have been in active demand in the markets of the world sinCe 1770,
or for nearly one hundred and thirty years.
. 2d. They are purely vegetable, and are made of the purest and highest
LARGE FEES or A FEW LAWYERS.
Bem-y W. Oliver'Said to Have Obtained
$2,000,000 from One Organization.
- It is said in Pittsburg that Henry W.
Oliver was paid a F‘fee” of $2,000,000
for arranging a. combination which
gives the control of the Mesuba iron
range and the practiéal control of the
are market to an organization of man-
ufacturers with the Carnegie lron
Company at its head.
If this is to be considered as a fee, it
is undoubtedly the largest ever paid.
All the fees ever paid to Patrick Hen-
ry, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Abra-
ham Lincoln and any dozen of the
greatest orators in the best ten years
of their lives never amounted to half
so much. '
It is reported that Lawyer Hart, of
San Francisco, who bore the brunt of
the legal fight for the recovery to Flor-
ence Blythe of the Blythe millions,
Will receive a fee of $2,750,000. The
estate in litigation aggregated $4,000,-
000. Hart carried on the fight for
years, paying the expenses out of his
own pocket, so that his great fee is not
all profit. »
It is said that the largest fee ever be—
fore paid was $260,000 to \Villiam Nel-
son Cromwell for- acting as assignee in
I the case of Lecker, Howell & 00., New
York, bankers and brokers. In the pro-
tests which such payments naturally"
call out it was asserted that this was
at the rate of over $43,000 a week for
the time he was employed. The fee
paid by the Sugar Trust to John E.
Parsons is stated at $250,000, and that
paid to Henry L. Clinton in the Van-
derbilt will case at from $100,000 to
$150,000. J o-seph Choate’s fee from the
elevated roads was given at $75,000,
and that of Robert Sewell from the el-
evated roads at $125,000.—New York
World.
BICYCLE GIRL’S PERILOUS RIDE.
Rode the Tireless Wheel Over a High
Bridge on the Outside of the Rail.
Ever since Joe Henley made his per-
ilous sprint across the ties of the Mil-
waukee bridge on the bare rims of his
bicycle a number of ambitious cyclists
have professed a willingness to equal
the performance.
The other day a woman, Dora De-
witt, of Kansas City, equalled Hen-
lcy’s font and went him one better, for
she rode along on the outside of the
rail in a space only eighteen inches
wide. It was a hair-raising perform-
once, and one that is not likely to be
equalled soon. Miss Dewitt rode a
light racer. The tires had been re-
moved. lcuving only the bare rims to
ride on. She started at a fast clip,
knowing that. in no other way could
she get across. A single mishap would
have hurled her into the Missouri
river, ninety feet below. Once, near
the center of the bridge, she swerved
slightly, and for a few feet the' wheel
rushed along within an inch of the
edge of the ties, but the girl was cool.
and in a moment she was 111' control of
her wheel, and finished the trip with-
out further danger. The greatest peril
was in the depressions two feet wide
which exist at regular intervals from
one end of the bridge to the other. But
she crossed all of these firmly, though
the shock each time seemed as if it
would throw her from the wheel.
At the close Miss Dewitt’s arms
were so numb that she could not lift
them. Several well-known wheelm-en
witnessed the feat—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING IN CHINA.
A $3,000 Salary for the Man Who "Will
Teach the Celestials Agriculture.
It is evidence of the intention of the
Chinese Government to improve the
material condition of the people of that
country when it comes to America to
secure thcsm'vices of a man who will
be able to teach the coolies how to
farm according to modern and scien-
tific principles. China is one of the
greatest agricultural countries upon
the face of the earth. The larger por-
tion of the empire, is favored by cli-
mate and natural conditions, yet the
old civilization has not been able to
secure the best and most fruitful re
sults. The new civilization is there-
fore appealed to, and Chang Chi Tong,
Viceroy of the province of Hu—Kwnng.
has requested President Schurman. of
Cornell University to select a graduate
of the agricultural department of that
institution ivho is competent to estab-
lish and take charge of a model farm
in that province.
The salary offered is $3,000 in gold,
which is equivalent to-about $6,000 in
the silver money of China. Such‘a
sum must be regarded as enormous by
the Chinese themselves and that they
should offer it shows their anxiety to
secure the. benefits of American agri-
cultural methods. There can be no
question Ilmt it will be a wise invest-
11:r::i if it :~l:.‘.ii have the effect of i:-
Iltzrizg; the Chinese farmers to :Ib::;:-
don their rudintrntary and obsoictc
methods. Unfortunately there are
many obstacles in the way, chief of
1119111 bemg Chinese superstition,
wl1;ch blocksprogress in that co’unti y.
The natives have hitherto been ii:-
clined to pay more heed to the sup-
posed commands of the “gods of the
winds and the water" than to the ad-
vice and suggestions of “foreign
d’evils.”—Detroit Times.
(1:13 IPURES.
The best and simplest remedy for regulating
the action of the stomach, liverfind bowels. It
,_.
cures Sick Headache and Constipation, pre-
vents Diarrhoea, removes Guilty, Rheumatic
and other poisons from the blood” Should be
carried by every traveler and kept in all house-
,holds. Sold by Druggists for so yearsBOc. 8: fl;
0
class drugs obtainable.
become thoroughly mellowed
of any other medicine.
instance.
10th..
11th.
. No medicine is made will: such
they are boxed to be sold.
14th.
3d. They are kept for two years in our storehouses after being made, and
no pills are sold until they are TWO YEARS old. This allows them to
and safest cathartic medicine that it is pos'sible to procure.
4th. They never become inured to the system; that is, the same dose
will always produce the same effect. This cannot truthfully be said
There are others who claim
demonstrations show it to be true only of BRANDRETH'S PILLS.
5th. They never produce griping or pain unless the stomach is in a very
acid condition, and then only if the dose is a large one. In doses of
one or two pills they never cause pain or other inconvenience.
6th. One pill taken after a heavy meal will relieve distress immediately.
7th. BRANDRETH‘S PILLS are composed one-third of the best extract of sarsa-
I parilla that can be made. It is highly concentrated and it makes of'these
pills the best blood purifiers that you can get, one 25-cent box con—
taining more of the active blood-purifying principle of sarsaparilla
than a dollar's worth of any liquid preparation in the market.
8th. One or two, taken every night, willicure rheumatism in almost every
9th. They are a pOSItive and effective remedy for constipation and for all the
long list of ills that follow in its wake—such as dyspepsia, dizziness,
drowsiness, coated tongue, foul breath, headache, pain in'the stomach,
etc. Take one or two pills every night-one is usually enough—and
be certain that a cure will follow. .
They are the best complexion pills. After you have taken them for a
few nights, your skin will assume avwholesome, healthful color, your
eye a brilliant lustre, and sallowness and pimples will disappear.
BRANDRETH’S PILLS NEVER‘injure—you are always in better health
after taking :1 dose—they arelthe safest medicine to give children and
women in delicate health. One pill is usually sufficient.
infinite care as BRANDRETH’S PILLS
—no medicine but BRANDz-IETH’S PILLS is kept for TWO YEARS before
Except in sudden and acute sickness, when the dose should be from
four to eight pills, the best results are obtained by taking one or two
pills every night for a week or two.
that organ in a perfectly healthy state, and when your liver is right
yourblood is pure, and. you are well. Don’t'bully your liver with
powerful medicine, but coax it with BRANDRETH’S PILLS.
BRANDRE'I‘H'S PILLS are sold throughout the world, with and without
sugar coating. They never fail to do their work.
and makes of them the very best
it, but
They act on the liver and leave
)Ianjak.
Manjak is :1 new mineral substance
found in the island of Barbadoes,
I which is used as an intensifier of the
illuminating power of coal gas: Its
importance to the electrician, however,
lies in the fact that it possesses many
of the properties of an ideal insulator
for electric wires. It is of a black
color, and has a high luster and a
I bright, con-cho-idal fracture, resembling
in appearance newly broken pitch. It
is found very near and sometimes upon
the surface of the ground in seams va-
rying from 1 foot to 2 feet in thick-
ness, running usually at an angle of
about 45 degrees, and in close proxim—
ity to rocks. It is supposed to have
been formed by the drying up and con-
solidation of petroleum oil, which is
found in abundance in the same local-
ities, and is often seen oozing out of
the ground or floating down the
streams—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
‘
TIRES THAT LEAK.
The Morgan & Wright single-tum
quick-repair tire must be regarded as
a distinct improvement in bicycle tife
construction. It has the following ad-
Vantages:
While punctures in it can be re.
paired with plugs, or semi-liquid in-
jections, as well ‘as in any other
single-tube tire, it can be permanent!)
repaired by using the quick-repair
strip inside the tire. See out No. 1.
. No. 1.
By injecting M. & W. quick-repair
cement through the puncture, an
then pressing down on the tire with
the thumb, as in out No. 2, the repai:
No. 2.
strip inside is picked up by the cement,
thus closing the puncture, as in out
No. 3.
The Morgan & Wright single-tube
quick-repair tire is guaranteed not
porous. This is on account of the way
in which it is made. Nearly every
rider has heard of tires that “leak
like a. sieve.” ’ 'm.
Many tires rot, because water gets
into the fabric between the two layers
of rubber. The Morgan & Wright
fabric is proof against moisture.
Everybody knows how comfortable
- Morgan & Wright tires are, and yet
how seldom they puncture. This is
due to the fabric. ' “-i'
Ask any bicycle dealer whether
other tires last as long as Morgan &
' Wright tires. Ask, also, what the
' Morgan & Wright guarantee means.
' Morgan & Wright tires are repaired
free of charge, at the factory in
Chicago or at any of the Morgan 8:
Wright free repair shops, located in
the principal cities. ' Q
N.‘ B.——When .you have a puncture,"
get right off. Riding a tire flat, when
it has a tack or nail in' it, may
’ damage it considerably. . ‘
SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
No Care for the Mistress of 3 Bones in
: That Country.
Servants are very cheap and very
good in Japan. The foreign house-
Vvife has nothing to do, and she lives
like a queen. The Japanese cooks are
far better than most American cooks,
and $20 a Tmonth will pay the board
and salaries of the help of an eight-
room house. A certain foreign resi-
dent in Tokio, who lives as well as a
millionaire would in the United States
pays his cook $5 a month; his butler
gets $2.50, and his gardener and sec-
ond‘girl get about the same. These
servants all board themselves, an-dthe
cook does the marketing. The house
rent costs less than $20 a month, and
a coachman could be had at $5 a
month more. There is no trouble in
getting good servants. and they watch
after their employer‘s interests, and
see that he is cheated by none other
than themselves.
Jap families pay still less for their
servants. Only a few of the middle
class have more than one servant, and
among the poor the wlfe 'does the
cooking and entire work ofthe house-
hold. Some families, however, have II
woman ’0 cook and do general
housework, and such women are paid
from $1 to $2 a month, and are lodged
and fed. They generally receive a pre-
sent of a dress from the mistf'css at
New Year’s and in midsummer, each
.co-sting from $1.50 to $2, and they ex-
Epect to get a cent or two three times.
In week for bath money—Chicago In-
ter-Ocean.
More and lVIore.
“Jeremiah,” she said to her husband.
who dislikes pets. “you know that you
think a great deal more of that dog
than you used to.”
“That’s true.”
“I’m glad to hear you say so.”
“Every might now he refuses to let
me think of anything clse.”—Wash-
ington Star.
Kerrigan—Pha.t’s good for a cowld?
Casey-«HOV yez got tih‘ proice uv two
hot whiskeys about yez?
Kerrigan—Ozi hov not.
Casey—Will, 1:11.111, Kerrigmi, ut wud
be a mercy not 13‘. tell yea—Punch.
A bee is never caught in the rain,
and you will notice that ants, wasps
and spiders will prepare their nests
against the coming of a storm many
hours in advance.
HERE’S 1000 001001.
A fine building lot on Wilton ave-
nue. If you intend to build, look at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the avenue.
Will be sold at a Bargain.
w. H. BYINGTON,
Real Estate and Insurance
Room I. Gazette B’l’d.
Piano Lessons.
ns.ononon w. 334111.101. (daughter
L of the late_Wm. 3. flash.) Rives eflmert
and satisfactory instructions on the Piano 9
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SECOND-HAND WHEELS 07 00000001.
Talk quick while I am in humor.
Yours lIniII Dealh,
II. A. SAUNDERS, Experl in Bicycles,
l2 North Main' Street, South Norwalk.
SPECIAL SALE {—
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PENNANTWBICYCLES $38.00.
A first class high grade wheel, large tubing and all 1897
improvements. Made by the A611ie'Mfg,, Co., makers of ihe
celebrated Stormer bicycle. A chance to get a fine'wheel for
ltle money.
THE J. T. PROWITT CO.
Warranted Solid, Gold.
Beautiful Chased Holder.
I$l.00 '
$100
You may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so low; but
the “Lincoln” is a $52.50 pen reduced to $1 00. It is durable, always ready to “go"
but never drips, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. Thev are in use in this
oflice, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the ha 5, insurance
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 to be seen and orders received at the GAZETTE ()B‘FlUE.‘
Stock and Mutual Management. _
TEN YEARS’ BUSINESS ,
IN THE ' "
ETNA LIFE ’AND CONNECTICUT MUTUAL
COMPARED. ’ '
New Insurance Issued Amount OTElggugfveeap.‘ Force at
. Year.
IETNA LIFE. Icouu. MUTUAL. ETNA LIFE. ICONN.MUTUAL.v
1886 $92,262,969 $150,528,923
$14, 486, 886 89, 369, 874 I 88 7 97, 372, 334 150, 992,498
16,233,553 9,068,990 1888 102,904,303 151,361,913
20,399,689 9,245,204 1889 110,669,719 151,739,494
21,406,821 10,620,245 1890 I 117,656,382 153,234,742
23,370,242 11,811,087 1891 j 124,907,218 155,043,055
25,471,105 12,291,824 1892 I 132,778,466 157,737,302
23,381,374 10,649,485 1893 I 135,450,723 156,994,498
17,956,460 10,331,207 1894 i 135,907,796 156,686,871
20,744,280 11,518,525 1395 I 140,027,261 158,042,056
22,342,948 10,355,237 1896 I 145,635,941 157,422,626
' I
$205,793,358
105,261,678
1ETNA LIFE,
Connecticut Mutual, - -
ETNA LIFE over Connecticut
Mutual $100,531,680,
GAIN IN INSURANCE IN FORCE.
ATTNA LIFE, $53,372,972 01573—3.
Conn. Mutual, - 6,893,703 0r
TOR NT. -
The fine office formerly occupied. by
Police Headquarters. Suitable for , Insur:
3,1106, Real Estate, 850. 130886881011 July 1. .
Terms moderate. Apply at .
Patent,
Point.
57
100
- her home 100.193 Mainstream , . ,
GAZETTE; “BIC-3"» +
TOTAL NEW INSURANCE ISSUED IN IIIYEIIRS
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