SOUTH _l\_10_l_lWALK.
The grand athletic entertainment
takes place at Arion hall this evening.
Lew Webster and Mike Hughes furnish
the wind-up.
Carl Schaub is in receipt of the un-
welcome news of the death of his
brother George, at Muehlheim Rhein- -
baz, Germany.
Evongelist/ C. C. Luther will preach.
in the Baptist church this evening.
The Scandinavian society will hold
a social this evening. .
The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomas
Saunders was held this afternoon.
Frank Farrell died at his home No.
35 Washington street last night. The
deceased was for many years in the em-
ploy of the late Dudley P. Ely and was
liberally remembered in the last Will
of Mr. Ely. He has since continued in
the employ of the heirs of the estate.
He was well liked by all who knew him.
Richard Fitzgerald was *taken sud‘
denly and seriously ill last night. He
is getting along nicely to-day under
the care of Dr. Clark. .
V: W. Benedict has secured a posi-
tion as night operator at Wilson Point
and is faithfully fulfilling the duties of
his office.-
The committee of arrangements for
the Methodist Episcopal fair to be held
in Red Men’s hall on Dec. 10 and 11,
met at the home of Mrs. James Brown
last night to discuss matters pertaining
to the fair. The committee are: T. I.
.Raymond, C., E. Seymour, James
Brown, Charles E. Hoyt, Samuel Stev-
ens, Mrs. J. C. Crowe, Mrs. James
Brown, Mrs. Sylvester Hunt, Mrs.‘ H.
Starr, Miss Julia Byxbee, and Miss
Carrie Wood.
-—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
Oculist Optician, can be consulted at
his office in the parlor of the Mahacke-
mo Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesdays
from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined
free f5 tf
The police found a man asleep on
.the lawn in front of the Swords resi-
' dence last night,and as the atmosphere
Was not conducive to his good health,
he was awakened and sent home where
it is possible he found a more Congenial
bed.
The work on the Wilson Point road
is progressing rapidly under the able
superintendence of Cornelius Howard.
The laying of crushed stone has ad-.
vanced to a point beyond the location
of the criisher, and it is thought the
work will be completed within three
weeks, and the road be one of the finest
in town. About thirty men are em-
ployed on thework, and in order that
other, applicants for work may have an
éfifidhdfiafiée of gettin-githe 'sam-e,‘-' the '
gang is parceled off "in lots of ten”
who work on alternate weeks. \
.";1Roger S.. Cunningham of Bridgeport
and Erma L. Gregory were married at
the home of the bride on Elizabeth
street, by Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, last
evening. . '
The T. C.» W. hard times smoker
takes place next Wednesday night.
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LocAi. AND OTHER News. '-
The Mandolin club will hold a so-
ciable at Lockwood’s hall on the even-
ing of November 3d. ‘
A business meeting of Dwyer’s City
of Norwalk band will be held this even-
"ing. - ‘
A meeting of the members of Com
pany D, 4th regiment, will be held at
the Armory to-morrow evening. Cap-
tain-elect Fred A. Hill will probably
be present.
Ethel Hendrickson celebrated her
sixteenth birthday anniversary at her
home on France street, Tuesday night,
and entertained a large party of her
friends.
The enumeration of children of
school age, as received by the board of -
school visitors, is: Center district, 480;
Middle Five Mile River, 94; .North
' Center, 138, not including 84 in the
Children’s home; West Norwalk, 91;
Broad River, 120; Northwest, or Win-
nipauk, 180; Northeast or 'Cranbury,
76.
The entertainment given by the St.
Paul’s guild last evening was well at-
tended ' ,despite the unfavorable
weather.
There was a dance at Wrights’ hall,
Broad River, last night. .
The case of the State vs. John Wilson
was nolled in the town court this even- ‘
ing, on the payment of costs by the ac- .
cused. Wilson was charged with hav-
ing stolen four dozen crabs from a man
. named Barnes. ‘ h
The reception at the Congregational
parsonage takes place on the 29th and
not to-night as announced in these
columns, yesterday. ‘
W. B. Staples is trying to get the bet-
ter of a felon which has become pos~
sessed of the thumb on his right hand. -
The Pequonuock foot-ball eleven will
hold a practice game this afternoon,
and to-morrow play a match game with
the Center school eleven. ' 4
Francis Foster’s condition is reported
as being somewhat better to-day.
-—Advertise in the GAZETTE.
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CALIFORNIA oLIvEs.
GROWERS HELPED BY THE NEW TAR;
IFF AND AN INCREASING DEMAND.
In Time, It is Thought, This State \Vill
Yield as lunch Oil from the Fruit as
Italy or Spain—The Finest Grades, How-
ever, Will Come Those Countries.
By the Federal census of 1890, the
olive plantations of the golden state
of California included 607,377 trees,
and of this number 278,381 were bear-
lng fruit. Olives to the amount of
more than 9,000,000 pounds and the
value of nearly $400,000 had been pro-
duced in California in the year previ-
ous. Such has been the development
of the olive industry since, that in
1895, 500,000 olive trees were sold for
planting fro-m the nurseries of Pomo-
na alone, and it is estimated that 600,-
000 olive trees were planted in Cali-
fornia. It is predicted that at no very
distant date California will produce
as much olive oil as Italy and Spain
together. The average annual product
of oil in Italy amounts to 750,000 tons,
in Spain to 300,000, in France to 185,-
000, in Portugal to 100,000, and in
Greece to 65,000 tons, a total in these
five countries of 1,650,000 tons.
The portion of California which is
best fitted for olive culture is; of
course, the southern part, on the Pa-
r:ific slope, and it is computed that the
counties of California where the olives
may be acclimated constitute the larg-
est and finest olive growing area in the
world. It is from 600 to 700 miles long
and varies in width from 30 to '125
miles, the total area being twice that
devoted to olives~in Spain. The de-
mand for olives and olive oil in the
United States is constantly on the in-
crease, and the opportunities for an
enlarged market for California pro-
ducers are thi’areby made excellent and,
moreover, the facilities for transit of
freight between the East and the West
are constantly being improved. Steam-
ship charges between Texas and the
North Atlantic points are lower now
than they have been for many years,
and a considerable portion of the pro-
duct which comes to the East from
California, and especially from scuth—
ern California, is sent over the lines
having a terminus in the Lone Star
state. This temporary stimulus of an
Eastern market for California olives
and olive products is of less import-
ance, in the judgment of dealers, how-
ever, than the fact that the demand for
olives and olive oil is largely on the
increase, and the necessity of import-
lng olive oil, except of the very fine
grades from Europe no longer exists.
Under the McKinley Tariff law of 1890,
oliVes in jars and barrels were free of
duty. Under the Wilson Tariff law
there was a duty of 20 per cent, bull:
under the new law there is a duty of
25 per cent. on olives imported in bar-
rels. On olive oil the duty has been
40 cents a gallon and the effect of these
changes, it is expected, will be favora-
ble to an enlarged market for the
American olive products. The average
Importations have been 400,000 gallons
of olive oil in a year, and the reduction
of tihs amount with constantly in-
creasing American consump-tion will
be to the benefit, it is believed, of the
California farms-New. York Sun.
GATOR GRUNTEBS.
in Accomplishment Attained for the
Purpose of Hunting the Animal.
There are, in Florida, people who are
known as gator grunters. They have
practised this so long that they suc-
cessfully imitate the grunt of an alli-
gator. They act as guides to parties
of Northern tourists during the winter,
and often hunt .’gators on their own
account. .They take a big wagon, and,
as a. rule, go out to the edge of the
glades. Through the flat woods around
the margin of the glades there are
many little lakes that in the dry sea-
son subside except directly in the mid-
dle, where the ’gators make a deep
puddle, which is known as a "gator
hole.’ The expert hunter takes his
place near this hole, and, concealing
himself, begins to produce that pecul-
lar grunt in imitation of a ’gator. Pret-
ty soon there is a slight movement of
(the water, and a long, black head
; shows up. Then another comes to the
’surface. Then the old bull ’gator
' crawls up into the mud along the wa-
gter. The others follow him. They
, come in search of the sound, and when
lthey are far enough from the water.
"the slaughter begins—New York Tri-
bune.
Well-Trained Servants.
The imperturbability of the English
servant does not compare with that
of the East Indian if this story is a
standard. During an Indian cam-
paign a native servant had been told
to prepare a bath at a certain hour.
Meanwhile a fierce attack was deliver-
ed by the enemy, and in the thick of
It the servant, who had made his way
through the storm of bullets, suddenly
' appeared among the headquarters staff.
g "Sahib,” said he, “your bath is ready.”
lAn almost better story comes from
the Malakand, in Chltral, of a subal-
tern who was waked one morning by
a brother s-ubaltern’s servant pulling
at his foot. “Sahip!” whispered the
:servant, anticipating wrath, “Sahib,
, what am I to do? My master told me
to wake him at ha1f~past six, and he
; has not gone to bed till seven?”
Had No American Push.
} “We were shocked,” says a Georgia
‘ editor Who has just been visiting Rome
"to see a city in such a state of de—
cay. They doubtless had a big fire
: there years ago, and many of the finest
buildings are still in ruins. Here at
'home we would have replaced, thus;-
.bui1dings in short order. Give us
America for push and enterprise!"
raised under the'new tariff from, 35.to ‘
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THE E (V E
LILLIAN SMALL’S LONELY’POST.
The Girl Who Reports the Passing Shipl
at Highland Light, Cape Cod. '
Of all the odd careers'Cap.e"Cod»haa
‘seen its women take up nOne is furthdf
from the beaten track than that of Lil-
lian. Small. Visitors to the big High-
land Light, under whose shadows lie
the wrecks of so many brave vessels
that the ocean bed thereabouts is one
house near the whitewasher tower.
This is Miss Small’s home.
Years ago, when she was only a
child, the Boston shipping men estab-
lished this little place as a station
wnere outgoing vessels might be spok-
en and send back any forgotten word
or receive any delayed or neglected or-
ders for their voyages. Incoming ships
were to be reported and their arrival
made known to the consignees long be-
fore the vessels drOpped anchor in Bos-
ton harbor. Lillian Small’s father
was appointed" to the poat of signal
master. As Lillian grew up her; play-
things were the big telescope, with
which she learned to read the names of
passing ships, and the telegraph key
that ticked the ship’s names to the
Boston end of the telegraph wire that
ran out of the little house. In time she
was sent to a boarding schoOl.. Like
many other Cape Cod girls, Miss Small
intended to take up some occupation in
Boston. Her brothers, who might have
succeeded and helped their father, were
unable to do so, and she gave up the
fun and excitement of life on the main-
land to go back to the loneliest spot on
the coast and be her father’s assistant.
The small house is perched on the
high cliffs to which it is guyed. It
faces the water and Miss Small's first
duty is to keep perpetual watch over
the ocean, for every sail running close
enough to be distinguished. All the
regular ships know the station and
keep near enough the coast to be made
out. A four-foot telescope is arranged
through a pane in the window, and
when a sail comes in sight the girl
makes out the vessel’s name and re-
ports it to Boston together with any
message there may be.
Several sets of flags of the interna-
tional code are provided. Then there
are rockets and Boston lights and Ian-
terns. A big pole stands outside, on
which Miss Small runs up signals mak-
ing whole sentences, to carry on con-
versation with the ships sailing slowly
by. It seems a lonely life; but there’s
Llways the man at the Boston end of
the wire, with plenty of messages.
In her dainty white and blue bed-
room are a bell from the telephone and
a ticker from the telegraph key. Some-
times in the middle of the night one or
he other breaks into her dreams—New
York Sun. . ,
THE Y-AP DOLLAR.
Weighs Eighty Pounds and Hardly Avail-
able as a Pocket Piece,
First and‘last there have been many
iifferent kinds of dollars in the United
nultifarious paper dollars of some-
:ountries, iron, platinum, brass, bone,
ivory, and even' wheat and cotton goods
have done duty as; money. But the
naps, is that coined, or rather quar-
ried, by the chiefs of the island of Yap,
in, the South Pacific. ~' . ,, .
These Yap coins are even more cum-
bersome to carry about than the great
silver ”daddy dollar" of our own land.
Vastly more. cumbersome, indeed, ‘since
lhey weigh eighty p‘ounds apiece and
are over two feet in diameter! A de-
difficulty in absconding with many of
,lhem! A = .. .
Two of these strange pieces of money
may now be seen in the National Mu-
teum at Washington. They are circu-
lar disks of coralline rock, dull white
In color,‘ yet apparently crystalline,
twenty-six inches in diameter and from
three to four inches thick. At the
Lentre of each there is a round hole,
two inches and a half in diameter.
The Yap chief enjoys a monopoly in
this singular sort of coinage. When
in want of money, he has but to send
his slaves to the quarry to fashion as
many flat-“dollars” as he needs.
His treasury is a number of long
poles set on support in ,front of the
royal hut. The dollars are struck on
the poles like beads in a necklace; and
the number of strings of these great
stone dollars possessed by a chief is
the gage of his wealth and respectabil-
lty.
But if utility should be a character-
lstic of 'money, a dozen grindstones
piled on a pole would be of more value
hen the whole of it—Youth’s Compan-
ion. ‘
A Considerate Judge.
There is a venerable and benevolent
judge in Paris who at the moment of
passing sentence on a prisoner con-
sults his assessors on each side of him
as to the penalty proper to be indicted.
‘What ought we to give this rascal,
brother?” he says, bending over to the
assessor on the right. “I should say
three years.” “What is. you opinion,
brother?” to the assessor on the left.
"I should give him about four years.”
The judge, With benevolence: “Prison-
sr, not desiring to give you a long and
levers term of imprisonment, as I
should have done if left to myself, I
have consulted my learned brothers
and shall take their advice. Seven
years.”-——New York Tribune. -
A Fatal Detect.
Editor—No, young man, I'm afraid
your story wont do.
Author—Why, what's the trouble
with it? -
Editor—You’ve got the Chicago
-lovers marrying .and- living together
[or the rest of their lives—New York
Tournal.
vast sailors’ graveyard, see a. tiny_
States—silver dollars, (gold-l dollars 5 and ,.
times dubious value; and inuothe'r.’~-
oddest “dollar” ever seen thus far, -p_er;-.
)ne' of the group of Caroline Islanads
faulting cashier would 'certainly have"
Some sensible sea-
,, sonable. suggestions
4. on dresses and dress-
~ ing. In the October
PURITAN.
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Here is a .
rare chance
to buy a, stylish
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$5 less than you
would usually
have to pay.
Such'a bargain
is seldom seen even
here, where
there are
always bargains.
Count yourself
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this sale. as
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—}Iuw Yonx DIVISION .
October 3, 1897.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows:
FOR NEW YORK — Accommodation
trains at 9.36 a. m., 1.11, 3.04, 4.07, 5.33,
6.41, 8.11, 10.20 . m. Express trains
at 4.55, 5,45, 6.15, (local), 6.55, (local);
7.15,.(loca1), 7.56, (local), 8.17, 9.03 (local)
9.58, 510.35, 11.37, (local) a. m. 12.47!
2.25, 5.05 5.55, 7.35 p. m. For Washing
ton via Harlem‘River 12.53 a. m. (daily)
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.15 a. m.
5.43, (local), 7.23, (local) 9.28 p. m. Ex
press 4.55, 5.45 a. m.
FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST—-
Accommodation trains at 6.32, 7.42,
8.46 and 11.42 a. m., 1.37, 2.42, (to B’p’t),
4.20, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28 (to B’p’t), 8.41, 9.41
and 11.15 p. m. Express trains at 1.11,
1.20, 9.11, 10.12, 11.08 a. m. 12.02, 3.05,
5.04 (Naugatuck Express)? .10 p. m.
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12
a. m. and 7.15 p. m. Express 1.11 and
1.20 a. m. '
C. T. HEMPSTEAD, Gen. Pass. Agent.
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That you can save money
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1nd Fish at
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