LOGAI. AND OTHER Hows. . _Work of tying Xmas-greens was com- »vmenced last night at Grace church. Miss Julia Bickner, of Henry street, is visiting her sister in Brooklyn. ~W‘0rd has been received from Chi- cago of the death of Harold, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mur: ray, formerly of Norwalk. Mrs. J. E. Hegeman, of 11' Henry ,street, has" been called suddenly to Brooklyn, on account of the illness of her sister. ' ‘ A missionary concert willbe held at the First Congregational church to- morrow night. ——New and elegant perfumes at Plais- ted’s. St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence, Benev- olent and Literary society will hold its regular meeting in Music Hall, Thurs- day night, at which time the members propose organizing a basket-ball team. The two sons of Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Scofield,‘ of Norwalk, are expected ‘home from Hackettstown, N. J ., Fri- day to spend the Christmas vacation. Miss Sadie Scudder of Lexington avenue, is visiting friends in New York. The Whatsoever Circle of King’s Daughters of the South Norwalk Con: gregational church will meet with Miss Punzelt, 9 Chestnut street, Wednesday evening at 7 :30 o’clock. ——Woman’s Exchange annual Christ ' mas sale. Will open Wednesday. De- cember 15th, and continue until Dec. 25th. The public are cordially invited from 2 till 6 p. m. daily. D 13 3t The probationers’ class met with'the pastor last night at 6:45 o’clock, at the:= Norwalk Methodist Episcopal church. A series of lectures was begun on , ‘Methodist History and Doctrines” and will be given to this class at their fu- ture meetings by Rev. F. A. Scofield. A fine programme is being arranged for the Christmas festival of the First Congregational Sunday school. Mrs. Frederick Belden is in charge. -—The Norwalk Hair Cutting and Shaving Parlor removed from 6.Ma1n to 7 Water street. First class hair cut- ting 20 cents. D14 5t A shelter for the steam road roller is being constructed on Smith street. Miss Annie McFarland and William Carr are to be married in East Norwalk, , next; Tuesday .‘efiezfin‘g‘f Attorney John H. Light is induring ' the Wellsbach light in his olfices. . _ . Miss Louise Soderstrom was given a birthday party at her home on Taylor avenue, last evening. Dancing was a part of the evening’s entertainment and refreshments were served in a man— ner-that made every one glad to par- take. ' ——Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known oculist Optician, canbe consulted at his office in the parlors of the .Mahackemo , Hotel, South N orwalk, Tuesdays from 9, a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined free. f5-tf The annual communication of St. John’s Lodge, F. & A. M. will be held Thursday evening. The Uncas Haylofters, No. 26 will go to Stamford, to-night, to attend a Haymaker’s ball. The incandescent lights on the north side of Wall street went out shortly be- fore 12 o’clock last night. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stevens and their grandson Alfred, of Ridgefield, who have been stopping with their daughter, Mrs. Winfield Scott have re- turned home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stevens of Ridgefield, have been summoned to the Adirondacks, having received word that Mrs. Stevens’ sister, who has been Sojourning there for her health has grown worse and is not expected to surv1ve. ' The building of the Franklin street school-house is being somewhat delay- ed by the stormy weather. It is thought, however, that the work will be completed before. the opening of he new year. , , THEEVEN # NOTICE. - At a meeting of the Council of the City of Norwalk, duly held December~ 14th, 1897, pursuant to legal adjourn- ment, and whereof notice had been duly given according to law, for the purpose of assessing the benefits accru- ing to abutting property owners by rea- son of the paving of Wall street with vitrified brick, the following resolution was passed, showing the abutting prop- erty owners assessed, and the amount of each assessment, and designating the particular land benefitted, belong- ing to each of said persons so assessed, to wit: RESOLVED, that we, the Council of the City of N orwalk do find and deter- mine that the expense of paving said Wall Street in said City, with vitrified brick, after deducting street intersec- tions, and after deducting the portion which the street railway Companies are by law required to pave, amounts to $2154.24, and we do estimate and . assess to the following named persons whose property abuts on the northerly side of said street, one quarter of said sum of $2154.24, and do estimate and assess the particular amounts of such expense to be paid by each of said per- sons as follows: To John Hadden and Isabel- la M. Hadden, as benefits to the property known as No. 52 Wall street, To The Fairfield County Na- tional Bank, as benefits to the property known as No. 44 Wall Street, To The Norwalk Savings Soci- ety, as benefits to the prop- erty known as No. 44 Wall « Street, To the Heirs of William E. Dann, deceased, as benefits to the property known as N o. 40 & 42 Wall Street, To Sophia A. W’eed, Samuel L. Weed and Edward P. Weed, as benefits to the property known as No. 38 Wall Street, To Harriot S. Byington and Aaron H. Byington,~owners, and The Bridgeport Savings , Bank, mortgagee, as benefits to the property known as No. 34 Wall Street, To the N orwalk Savings Soci- ety, as benefits to their prop- erty north of the Norwalk Bridge, and between what is ' known as the GAZETTE build- ing and what is known as ' the "Hubbell Building, _ To the Heirs of Joseph W. Hubbell, deceased, as bene- fits to the property known as N o. 1 Main Street, To Jeremiah Donovan, as ben- - efits to the property on Wall Street, extending from the corner of Wall and Main Streets, easterly to property of Selleck Bros. , ' ,To George W. Selleck, Isaac Selleck and Henry Selleck, as benefits to the property extending from property of Jeremiah DOnovan, easterly to the corner of Wall and High Streets, To Francis E. Quintard and .Frederick H. Quintard, as benefits to the property known as (No. 2 Knight Street, To John J. Hanlon and Wil- liam P. Hanlon, owners, and . The Norwalk Savings Socie- ty, mortgagee, as benefits to property extending frbm the Quintard Building easterly to land of Mary E. Honneck- er, ' To Mary E. Honnecker, owner, and the N orwalk Savings So- ciety, mortgagee, as benefits to property extending from land of Hanlon Bros. easter— ly to Brook Street, . 1 31.06 And we do estimate and assess to the following named persons, whose prop- erty abuts on the southerly side of said street, one quarter of said sum of $2154.- 24, and do estimate and assess the particular amounts of such expense to be paid by each of said persons, as fol- lows: To Rebecca 1. Cole and Ira Cole, owners, and The N or- walk Savings Society, mort- gagee,as benefits to the prop- erty extending from the Dan- bury & NorWalk depot easter- ly to land of Sophia A. Weed, To Sophia A. Weed, as bene- fits to property extending from land of Ira Cole and Rebecca 1. Cole, easterly to corner of Wall and Water Streets, To J ulia P. W’llson, as benefits to property, extending from the east corner of Wall and Water Streets, easterly to the N orwalk River, To Manice De F. Lockwood, Buckingham Lockwood and William B. E. Lockwood, as enefits to property extend- ing from property of the City of N orwalk, easterly to land of E. K. Lockwood, To Edward K. Lockwood, as benefits to property known as No. 17 Wall Street, ‘ To Heirs of James Mallory, deceased, as benefits to prop- erty known‘as N o. 15 Wall ' Street, , To Heirs of Lupertia L. Beebe, deceased, as benefits to prop- perty known as No. 13 Wall Street, To F. St. John Lockwood, as benefits to property extend- $33.80 19.37 19.37 31.24 2l.21 90. 44 40.93‘ 36. 55 38.92 41.11 35. 63 $72. 74 CS [‘0 U l l\'l g}! 'Jl 71.67 37.43 HE FELT n DEEPLYK 7-, ‘ MAMMA—HOW dare you stick a pin in the professor's: . chair! It's annoying in the extreme. ( .l ....__..._'.:l I , THE PROFESSOR—Yes. c'xactly:it_is in the eaten}. where it's annoying ’ ”W" _. ‘. I _‘ S @John O’Sullivan, , ing from laufllof Estate of L. . L. Beebe, deceased, to land 93.70 To John O’Sullivan, ' owner, and the N orwalk'SavingsSo- ciety, and JeremiahDono- van, mortgagees, as benefits to property extending from land of F.'St. John Lockwood, easterly to Smith Street, 69.96 And the same was thereupon ap- proved in writing by the mayor. Dated at the City of Norwalk, De- cember 15th, 1897. _ By order of the Council of said City, Attest: EDWARD M. LOCKWOOD, ‘ City Clerk OTIGE. " _ Road Construction. If The Selectmen of the town of VVest- part invite proposals for the construc- tion of a Telford gravel road bed on Riverside avenue in the town of West- port. . Each proposal must be accompanied by a bidder’s bond in the sum of one thousand dollars. Plans and specifications may be seen at the °selectmen’s office at Westport Conn., until 11 a. m. on 29th day of De- cember, 1897, at which time the bids will be opened. The Board of Selectmen reserve the right to reject all bids. Bids should be addressed to the Board of Selectmen of‘ the town of Westport and endorsed bids for River- side Avenue Improvement. L. P. JENNINGS, Board OSCAR SMITH, - . of R. H. COLEY, S Selectmen. Westport, Dec. l-l, 1897. News and Opinions ———OF—- National Importance “ THE SUN ” ALO'D-EIE CONTAINS BOTH. Daily by mail, 2 — - - $6 a. year Daily and Sunday, by mail, - $8 a. year '1 The Sunday Sun IS THE GREATEST SUNDAY NEWSPA! » PER IN THE WORLD. Price 5:: acopy. By mall, $2 a year. Address THE SUN, New York, '. J ' P «'1‘. . ; , “Hayt’s Theatre. 3 WEEK, ogplao. I3. MAUI] I A not Supported by the best company pre- senting repertoire. ' '° All New Plays. 5 Monday Evening, The Cuban Spy“ Tuesday “ The Fire Patrol Wednesday “ Special Delivery Thursday Matinee, East Lynne Thursday Evening, A Barrel of Money Friday Eve., The Brokers’ Daughter Saturday Matinee, Charity Bess. Saturday Evening, “49" A OANLOAII OF SPECIAL SOEIIEIIY. MATINEE—I O and 200. EVENING—l O, 20, and 300. Seats now on sale at Plaisted’s and Pinneo’s. O. E. Wilson,5 GENERAL INSURANCE. Real Estate and Invest: . . ment Agent, . . Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK, - - - CONN. MONEY TO LOAN. ' DAVID w. RAYMOND aural ' ammo and Eoialmsr SI T Washington StreeISouth Norwalk «lance. M ukemo Hotel Oscar . Ban Successor to H. E.-Dann. ks. EXcelsior Livery and . Sales StablcS! NORWELK,‘ - '- CONN. . - .fi‘he finest equipages for livery in the town, 5 ' for pleasure drivmg. and a large stock of up- to-date coaches for weddings and spec1al oc- casions. ~ _ . . . Nest and careful drivers in llvery when de- sire . _ Prices revonable! TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED. 'I‘dams delivered and called for 1n:_any parf of the town. , Telephone call 81-3. prove attractive. ’ Sterling Silver, High Grade -; Pens and Pencils, Opera Glasses, ties of Every Description. -’- I 3 MAIN STREET, The preparation for the Holiday season has extended . and no effort has been spared to get reliable goods at prices that Will surely J. Spencerd’a Co THE~ annnnns, ‘ 1W OULD RESPECTF-ULLY ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR STOCK FOR-THE HOLIDAYS —--WILL BE THE-— LARGEST ‘AND MOST COMPLETE THAT THEY HAVE EVER SHOWN. over the entire year, DIAMONDS. WATCHES, JEWELRY. .ver Plated Ware, Clocks, Gold and Silver Fine Canes and Umbrellas, and Novel- -’- -‘o _'_ u o 1W YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT THE STOCK. J. SEPNCER an 00., NORWALK, comm. JOHN HADDEN, 52 WALL STREET, M AND W I 1. NEWLY FURNISHED. ELECTRIC LIGHTS. ——--——THE NEW—@— PROPRIETOR. IIOIIWlLK, OOIIII. A FIRST CLASS CAFE. ‘ FOR LADIES AND GEN'I‘LEMEN. AN EXCELLENT DINNER r‘oa'ac czar-s.“ ,@ * Conducted with a view to please its patrons in all particulars. 0 r/ . . ,IEMOMMo'MtousvtoootoooMotéMMM—MMMMMO . t , P R II .New Direct ‘Fastlhine ' ——BETWEEN—— ' - New Yorkfafid mg» Me‘diterianean I .I i‘ , ' , > Regular Passenger Service ' ———BETWEEN '1 1 New York, Napleson’d Genoa}? During Entire Year. OUTWA-RDS PREPAIDS. To Naples 3'18 ‘ . . . From Naples $17 “ Genoa 18 . . . . “ Genoa I7 “ Messina 20 . . . “ Messlna 19 “ Palermo 20 " . . . . “ Palermolg TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT .THIS OFFICE. TIIE WHITE SIIOE STORE LEADS TIIEII ILL. Given Away MONDAY EVE. JANUARY 3,’98. $105 in Gold or Silver! IN FIIIE PARTS, $50. 25,. IS, IO, AND 5. A TICKET WITH 'EVFRY 50c PURCHASE. Our new lines of School Shoes have arrived, consisting of all the new toe shapes and made from the best grades of wear-resisting leather with good stout soles. Prices from 75c to $1.50. The most complete and up to date stock of goods at The Lowest Prices in Town. REMEMBER, we offer you larger values in shoes, and more prizes than any other store—A The White Shoe Store I 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. ’ : Olsen Bros. O RENT . The“ fine office formerly occupied by Police Headquarters Sultable for- Insur- ance, Real Estate, ’&0. Possession J 111*r 1. ' Terms moderate. 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