.LDGAL AND OTHER NEVIS.
The Autumn Leaf club will meet at
the home of Arthur Chittim to-mor-
row evening 1 ., -
The annual sale of pews in the Con-
gregational church at South Norwalk
will take place this evening.
The annual sale ”of pews in the Con-
‘ gregatioual church at South N orwalk
will take place, Thursday evening,
December 14th.
Miss Sarah L. Baker of West ave-
nue has returned from a'visit in Ram-
seys, N. J. ,
—Prof. M. _.S Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, canbe consulted at his
oifice' 1n the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesdays from
9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined free.
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Town farm superintendent Hoyt is
making avisit at the Town Farm in
Danbury to-day.
The pool tourney opens at the Nor-
walk Club rooms to-morrow night.
Mr Lester Hyatt is in New York
city to-day.
Rev. J. J. Furlong of St. Mary’s
church is reported ,as being much
better of his illness to-day. ’
—La,dies’ Wool Alaskas, 65c.
Men’s Wool Alaskas, 750.
Men’s Buchell Artics, 750.
Men’s Storm rubbers, 750.
Ladies’ Wool lined shoes, .690.
Ladies’ 1 to 2 heeled rubbers.
$105 in gold free at A. H. Hoyt 8:
Son’s. D43t
To-morrow will be a holy day of
obligation and will be so observed by
' the Roman Catholic churches in town
as well as throughout the state.
James Rooney of N orwalk, and Nora
Sullivan were married in New York,
on November 30th. They will reside
in this city.
Mr. and Mrs; J. P. Treadwell, of
North avenue, were called to New Mil-
ford, yesterday on account of the sud-
den death of Mrs. Treadwell’s mother,
Mrs. C. H. Booth.
—Elegant out glass at Plaisted’s.
A musical will be held in the Baptist
church to-morrow evening.
Miss Lottie Smallhorn of South N or-
walk has returned from a' visit in
Amesbury, Mass.
Mrs. H. W. Eadie of Brooklyn has
been a guest of Mrs. W. H. Swords of
South Norwalk.
Miss Robina Oldfield, of South Nor
walk and William H. Anderson, Of
New York. will be married in Trinity
church, Wednesday, December 22, by
the 1eetor, Rev. F. W. Norris.
-—The Boston Sto1e Norwalk, have
opened the11 book depa1tment. You
now can have good reading for little
money.
A lad named Frank Sturtevant was
run over by a team on Union street
yesterday afternoon, but fortunately
esraped with a few scratches.
Jacob Wolf has applied for a license
to sell liquors at the place on South
Main street recently vacated by A.
Koehler.
The committee of arrangements for
the South Norwalk Methodist church
fair met last night at the residence of
Mrs. James E. Brown on Washington
street and completed all arrangements
for the success of the same.
-——Oh I I must have my lace curtains
'leaned for Christmas, at Tocque’s.
end postal. D'i' 4t.
Miss George R. Van Alstyne oingh
.treet, South Norwalk willvisit friends
1n New York to-morrow.
Walter Rose, son of George Rose of
East Nor walk, is sick of scarlet fever.
Mrs. D. B. Beach of Betts’ place,Eastl
~T01-walk, has returned home from a.
isit in N augatuck.
. Miss Carrie Graves, of Brooklyn, has
men a guest of Miss Carrie Dixon, of
L‘amp street.
A son was born Sunday to Mr. and
rs. Michael Sheehan, of South street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bell of
owayton will move to'South Norwalk
hortly to make their home for the
inter. .. '
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Fire Department.
The several companies of the Nor-
alk F11 e Department will meet this
vening and transact routine business
nd afte1 that enjoya ' aseason’ of things
ckling to the palate. .
At the Hope Hose house tu1 key will
e ser ved, at the Pioneer’ s, 1 oast clams
1d at the Phoenix headquarters a
rime 11b of roast beef W111 be the lead-
1g a1 ticle on the feed- boa1d.
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Fell Into a Cistern.
\A horse belonging to Meeker Bros.’
1e coal deale1s, broke through and in-
1 a ciste‘1n at the 1esidence of W. F.
eKlyn on Mott avenue this morning.
he animal was extr icated from its
edieament after considerable difficul—
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THREW GUNPDWDER
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An Explosion Occurs and Mrs. Wilson is
”Badly Hurt.
Mrs. Phoebe J. Wilson-of Long Ridge
near Stamford, and her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Walter S. Wilson, were
cleaning out a closet in their kitchen
on Saturday morning, and a great- deal
of rubbish which had accumulated was
thrown into the stove. The work had
gone on for some time when young
Mrs. Wilson found a package contain-
ing a powder, the nature of which she
did not know. ‘
“Do you want this '? ” she asked her
mother-in-law.
“N o,” replied Mrs. Wilson. "It is
some “white hellebore I bought last
summer. It is good for nothing now.”
She threw the package into the stove,
and almost instantly there was a terri-
fic explosion. The stove was blown to
pieces, and several windows in the
house were broken. Mrs. Wilson was
thrown violently against the wall. Her
clothes caught fire, but were soon ex-
tinguished by her son Walter, who was
in the house at the time.
.Medical aid was summoned imme-
diately, and it was found that the old
lady was suffering from severe burns
around the face and arms, and it is also
feared that her sight will be impaired.
The younger Mrs. Wilson escaped with.-
out any serious injuries. It has been
ascertained that the package which
caused the explosion contained gun-
powde r.
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C. E. Banquet.
The Chlistian Endeavor society of
the South N orwalk Congregational
church, celebrated its fifteenth anni—
versary, in the church parlors last
night with a banquet. There was a
lively competition between the differ-
ent committees as to which should have
the more attractive and inviting tables
with the result that the whole present-
ed a pleasing appearance. The several
committees were each represented by a
different color and ornamented their
table accordingly. To one committee
was given black and yellow and it was
surprising with what pleasing effect
the young ladies in charge used them.
In fact all the tables were attractively
decorated. Several of the past presi-
dents of the society were present. Rev.
D1. Bea1 (I acted as toastmaster and the
occasion was one which will belong and
pleasantly remembered. Several out
of town guests were present.
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Convenes at Bridgeport.
The State Federation of VVomen’s
clubs which convenes in Bridgeport to-
morrow will be an interesting event, it
being a new departure among the Wom-
en’s clubs of the state.
Norwalk and South Norwalk will
probably send eighteen or twenty wom—
en to the meeting. From South Nor-
walk there will be Mrs.E.H. Fox, Mrs.
J. G. Jennings, Mrst. H. Knapp, Mrs.
I. S. Jennings, Dr. Emily Pardee, Miss
Mary Kirby Jennings and Mrs. M. H.-
Parsons, from Norwalk, Mrs. T. K.
Noble, Mrs. J. G. Gregory, Miss Dotha
Stone Pinneo, Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock,
Mrs. E. J. Hill, Miss May Higgins. Miss
Sarah L. Stevens, Miss Katharine Kro-
ger and Miss Josephine Jennings.
There is to be music from the After-
noon Musical Society of Danbury to
vary the literary programme, and -Miss
Agnes Littlejohn and Miss Amy Wood
will play during the afternoon. '
FRATERNAL NEWS.
Olive B1 anch Lodge will confer the
second degree on two candidates Thu1 s-
day evening.
The Germania Seengerbund held a
regular meeting last night, and sever— K
a1 new membe1s were added to the roll
of the society. It was stated that the
party who proposes assuming the merit-
gage on the society’s sbuilding would be
there on Monday next and complete the
deal. The usual Christmas festiv 211
will be celeb1ated on the evening of1
Decembe1 25. It was voted to attend
the State Sacnge1 fest at Bridgeport.
At a meeting of Douglas Fowler
Post G. A. R. held last evening, D. P_
Morrell was elected commander.
The officers of Welcome Stranger
Lodge, Sons of St. George will meet to-
night. '
. At the annual meetlng of the Robert.
Emmet club held last night the follow-
ing officers were elected: President,
M. F. Powers; .Vice President, Patrick
Burns;R.'S., John Moore, F. 8., Daniel
Hogan; Treasurer. P. Slattery.
A delegation from Concord Division,
S. of T. visited Rising Star Division of
Rewayton last night. -
The local council? Royal
A‘rcanum
will meet to night. 1 '
T 151 E E v E N 1 N G GAZET TE .-
TFIEY TooK Ll’S ADVICE.
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Soiled Linen.
“I want to see the descendants of
Confucius in America deveIOp the
business instincts common ‘to the peo-
ple of the United States," said Li Hung
Chang in an,_,ii1tervielw during his re-
cent visit to‘this country. And there-
upon ' the flMongoli‘ans throughout
Greater New York lost sleep devising
ways and means to take advantage. of
the American system of gathering in
the hard cash. Out of the many meth-
ods put into use, perhaps the most
was developed among the Chinese who
do your laundry.
The scheme is a simple one and
productive of good results. This is
the way it is.done: Suppose, for in-
stance, a gentleman who is. in need of
a few small coins, wants to make a
temporary raise. All he has to do is
to wrap up his soiled linen and hie
himself to the nearest laundryman,
where he expresses a desire to get a
loan." ‘
John glides his ’long fingers through
the pile of clothing, inspects the tex-
ture and quality of your white shirts,
examines the ply-and brand of your
collars and offers from 15 to 75 cents
advance on the lot. If you accept his
terms you are obliged to come around
before a week expires and take your
washing away, paying the regular
rates, plus the amount loaned, together
with a. small interest. If you do not
call the package is sold for what it will
bring, and John Chinaman continues
to take Li Hung Chang's advice—New
York Journal.
Due “'oman Received Nearly 310,000 for
the Loss of Three Husbands.
Marriage is not a failure in the ex-
perience of a. woman living at Ben-
wood Junctiwon Her three husbands
all worked for the B. and O. and be-
longed to railroad brotherhoods, and
hence were entitled to death benefits
and insurance when they were succes-
sively killed on the rail. The first was
a conductor, who died some years
back, and his widow received $4,500
from the company and the Order of
Railway Conductors. The next was
an engineer, and he in turn was killed,
$2,500 following the event. Again it
was an engineer, and the death benefit
was this time also $2,500. It is safe
to say that the widow’s next spouse,
if the proverbial superstition among
railroaders does not defeat her good
intentions, will also be a railroad man.
How Bees Enibalm.
Bees, Says “Horbis,” can embalm as
successfully as could the ancient
Egyptians. It often "happens in damp
weather that a slug or snail will enter
a beehive. This is, of course, to the
unprotected slug a case of sudden
death. The bees fall upon him and
sting him to death at once But what
to do With the carcass becomes a vital
question. If left where it is it will
breed a regular pestilence. Now
comes in the cleverness of .the insects.
They set to work and cover it with
wax, and there you may see it lying
embalm’ed just as the nations of old
embalmed their dead. When it is a
snail that is the intrude'r, he is,~of
course, impenetrable to their sting; so
they calmly cement his shell with wax
to the ‘hottom of the hive. Imprison-
ment for life, with no hope of pardon!
——Golden Days. '
Tree with a Distinction. .
The stump of the tree to which Isra-
el Putnam was once tied in the French
and Indian war is still standing in
the little village of Crown Point, a
town in the upper part of New York.
It was in the course of a skirmish
near Wood Creek, at the time of the
French invasion in August, 1758, that
he was captured by the Indians and
lied to this tree.
While the flames were searing his
flesh he was saved by Captain Molang,
1 French oflicer, Captain Molang, who
rushed through the crowd, scattered
the firebrands, cuffed and npbraided
the Indians and released their victim.
Putnam was taken to Montreal and
presently freed by exchange.
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The Fire Lassies of Sweden.
At the jubilee festivities of King 03-
:ar of Sweden and Norway one of the
‘ leatures that appeared most to interest
him was the exhibition of the female
lire brigade of Koenissen. There are
one hundred and fifty of these young
women, from twenty to thirty years
did, directed by a male commander—-
who is married. In vigilance, quick-
ness and bravery the firewomen are
said to be the equal of any of their
masculine competitors. They came in
full uniform to go through the evolu-
tions beneath King Oscar's windows,
where they aroused great enthusiasm.
A Thirst for Knhwlezlge.
The country clergyman was nailing
1refractory creeper to a. piece of trel-
lic work near his front gate when he
noticed that a small 'boy stopped and
“Well, my» young. friend,” he said,
pleased to see the interest be excited,
"are you looking out for a. hintor two-
on gardening?" “No," said the youth:
“I be waiting tosee what a parson do
say when he hammers his thoomb.”
—'-Cincinnati Inquirer.
1’ By the \Vondpile.
Mrs. Charitable—But when I
you your breakfast you said you were
willing to work. '
Weary Willie—Yessum.
not between. meals—New York‘ Jour--
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A Universal B rather,
' “Henry, do you believe in the uni-
versal motherhood of man?”
“Believe ,in it? I should say so;
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down at the seashore this summer 1
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York's Chinainen Lend Money on
successful attempt at money making.»
MONEY IN MARRYING RAILROAD MEN‘
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NOW TO_ FIND OUT. .
Fill a bottle or _common glass with
urine .and let it rstand twenty-four
hours; a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys
When urine stains linen it is evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire
to urinate or pain in the back, is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and
bladde1 a1 e out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
The1e 1s comfo1t 1n the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’ s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back. kidneys, liver, bladder and
every pant of the urinary passages. It
corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, or bad ef-
fects following use of liquor, wine or
beer. and ove1comes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to urin-
ate. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon 1ealiZed.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have a
sample bottle and pamphlet both sent
free by mail. Mention THE GAZETTE,
and send you1 address to Dr. Kilmer &
Co. ., Binghamton, N. Y. The pro-
p1 ietors of this paper guarantee the
genuineness of this affair. 1
A l a s k a l
KLONDIKE Why...
get your share of the great fortunes
to be realized from the wonderful dis-
coveries already made and to be made
in this New Klondike— Alaska— Eldo-
rado ? THE WASHINGTON GOLD
FIELDS EXPLORATION COMPANY
under its charter is authorized to
prospect for and acquire Mining Claims
and Properties in the wonderful gold
fields of Klondike and Alaska. Im-
mense fortunes have already been real-
lzed and millions more will be made-
there. . Will you allow this golden op-
portunity to pass you by ? A few dol-
lars invested in this undertaking may
be the foundation to your fortune.
The rush to this wonderland necessi
tates Immediate action. The first in
the field the first in fortune. N 0 such
opportunity has ever been presented to
the people at the present generation as
15 offered in the ~Klondike—Alaska
Gold Fields. All shareholders get
their full proportion of all profits. N o
d1v1dends are made on stock remaining
unsold. Send your orders enclosing
One Dollar for each share of fully paid—
up and non-assessable stock desired di-
rect to the WASHINGTON GOLD
FIELDS EXPLORATION COMPANY
Tacoma, Washington.
The followingb Tacoma dealers in
supplies fo1 the Klondike and Alaska
trade a1e Stockholde1 s in the company
and will inform you regarding the re-
liability of its officer: Monty &. Gunn,
Groceries; A. F. Hoska, Harness Co.;.
Morris Gross 00., Dry Goods and Cloth-
ing: W. G. Rowland, Outfitter; Hugo
Felitz, Tents; Tacoma Hardware Co.
Q-E WiIS'On,
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Real Estate, and Invest=
ment Agent,
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income GAZETTE BUILDING.
N ORVVALK, - -. CONN.
MONEY TO LOAN.
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r. .1. eun'rls. & co.,
Can be found Heating Stoves
from small Cyclinder to large
Heaters.
The Stamford Ranges in va-
, 1'iety of patterns.
The Electric Oil Heaters
-. with fine combustion.
Also Cooking Utensils and
House Furnishing Goods.
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Idence. M 'okemo Hotel
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Successor to H. E. Dann.
Sales Stables!
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The finest equipages for livery in the town,
for pleasm e driving. and a. large stock of 13p-
10- date coaches for weddings and special
News and careful drivers in livery when do-
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Teams delivei ed and called for in any part .
OUTWARDS
To Naples$18
“ Genoa 18
“ Messina‘ 20
“ Palermo 20
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TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE.
leathe1 with good stout soles.
Town. REMEMBER, we offe1
TIIE WIIITE SIIIIE STORE LEIIIS THEM Ill. 8
Given AWay
MONDAY ENE. JANUARY 3 ’98.
$105 in Gold or Silver!
IN FIIIE PARTS, $50, 25, IS, I0, AND 5'.
A TICKET WITH EVERY “500 PURCHASE.
Ou1 new lines of School Shoes have arrived, consisting of all the
new toe shapes and made from the best glades of wea1'1-1esisting
Prices fromb 750 to $1.50. The most
complete and up to date stock of goods at The Lowest Prices in
you larger values in shoes, and
more prizes than any other sto1e. _4——n~
The 'White Shoe Store
a GAZETTE BUILDING.
Olsen Bros.
Police Headquarters.
Terms moderate. App
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The fine office formerly occupied by,
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on account of the oWners thereof.
NORWALK, SOUTH NORWALK
AND NEW YORK
PROPELLERS
CITY III" NURWALK, VULUAN and EAGLE.
Leave Pier 23, E. R. Beekman $1., New York, at 3 p. m. (Saturdays Except-
ed.) Leave N orwalk 9 p. m.; South Norwalk, 10 p. m. (Fridays Excepted.)
Freight received from 7 a. m. to 5 p. In. Upon application to the agents, the
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan will be sent for special lots of freight any-
All persons are forbid trusting any of the employeesof the boats of this line
by mail.
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