fing. . , the Royal is the highest grade balling powder . V; ( howl. Actual tests show it cocoon.- third further than any other buy. ,Absollltc|¥ Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER 60., NEW YORK. LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. Not all are of a warlike mood And seek the Victor’s crown; ForGAZETTE Want Ads will bring them jobs And keep them safe in town. ‘ j PUT IT IN THE GAZETTE. I 4/ Mrs. William S. Smith and daughter Marian of Crescent Terrace, have re- turned home from a visit in Bangor, 3,] Me. I} I I I I I I I ,, Tl. Miss Margaret Kelly, of New York, is visiting Miss Mamie Barry, of Cedar street. ' Miss Lizzie I. Tolles, of Fairfield avenue, who has been visiting with Miss Katharine D. Swick and other friends and relatives in New Jersey for the past two weeks, has arrived home. Mrs. Jane McGowan and daughter Minnie and Miss Belle Dovenus, of Newark, N. J., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGowan, Clay street. Miss May Keating, of New York, is visiting friends and relatives in .this city. The Misses Nellie and Annie Baxter, of Harriet street, have been entertain- ing their cousin, Miss Minnie Roberts, of New York. . Miss Eunice Diver, of Bridgeport, has been a guest for the pastflveek, of - Misses Clara and Lillie Bartram of Harriet street. Charles Holt, clerk for the J. T. Prowitt company, has returned from a week’s wheeling trip through Connecti- cut. " A party of seven young ladies of the 2 R. & G. corset factory held an enjoy- " able outing at Compo Beach, Saturday. Herbert Pollard has returned from a i visit to Springfield. Edward Lockwood, of the J. T. Prowitt company’s force is enjoying a ‘ week’s vacation. A cottage prayer meeting will be held at the residence'of James Walsh, Pine street, Friday evening. Miss Pauline Diver, 'of Bridgeport, spent Sunday in Norwalk. Miss Mamie Junker, of New York, is a guest of Miss Daisy Ranch, of North avenue. William E. Raymond is in New York to—day. Mrs. Nellie Willcocks of Brooklyn, is visiting friends in Ro‘wayton. " Frank N. Ferris and a party of friends from Brooklyn spent Sunday at Oyster Bay, L. I. A regular meeting of Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. will be held this even- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Edelbert Osterbanks have returned from a visit in Banks- ville. Mrs. Charles J. Ferris, who has been quiteill, is much improved. Charles R. Helmer has returned [from a trip to Philadelphia. I The Cockenoe tribe trolley ride will take place Thursday, D. V. David J. Sheehan, of Washington, D. C., will make a start for Lake Wac- dabuc to-day, and Messrs. F. H. Mer- rill, J. H. Manning and Charles D11. -' worth have volunteered to assist him ,in reaching his destination and inci- dentally catching a fish or two. ’ Freeman’s orchestra furnished dance 'music at a gathering in the Wilton ‘town hall, Saturday evening. ' Mrs. Mary F. Clark, Of Taylor ave- nue, will give her Sunday school class a, trolley ride on Monday evening, Au- gust 29th. The Baptist Y. RU. will hold an “exi‘ perience social” at the church to- morrOw evening. ' Miss Jennie K. Nash, organist of St. John’s Episcopal church, Saginaw, Mich, is visiting at her home on North avenue. ' ' " Charles Dimond of the R. & G. com- .any dined at Putnam, Park yesterday. , Otto Barthol and party will sail from ermany for home on Saturday next. Messrs. Gehebe and Sullivan off the U. S. Massachusetts spent Sunday in town. _ . > 'The funeral of the late Frederick Bouto‘n was held from the Cranbury chapel yesterday afterno n. The in- terment was in the Willowbrook ceme- tery. The pail-bearers were,Frederick Gregory, George Van Hoos ear, Alonzo Fillow and Thomas Gregory. John Carroll of New York to this city Sunday to attend the funeral of the late Frederick Bonton. The Junior League of the N orwalk Methodist church Will enjoy a trolley ride to-morrow afternoon. Mrs. William E. James of East ave- nue, who has been visiting friends in Stony Brook, L. I., is expected home today. . . - ' Mrs. H. A. Sturges and grandson willstart, Wednesdaymfor a visit with friends on Long Island: St. Paul’s church choir will sing as usual, after a two weeks’ vacation, next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferris have been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Hall of Waterbury. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the South Nor- walk Congregational church will have a trolley ride over the Tramway line on Wednesday, August 31st. Mrs. Franklin A. Tolles of Fairfield avenue, spent Sunday in Bridgeport the guest of her daughter. Miss Maggie McGowan of New York, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Barry. George W. Mansfield of Boston, secretary of the Tramway company is spending a few days in towu. Miss Mary Kirby Jennings, of West street, will leave New York to-night for Portland, from where she will sail 4 to Bath, Me. The temperature of the water was never better for bathing than at present. Mr. andngs. ELA. Mathewson will leave New York tomorrow night by boat for Portland, Me. One of Bennett & Husted’s meat wagons losta box of corned beef and pork on West avenue this morning. The driver drove off without discover- ing his loss. ' _ if; The republicans of the second voting district will hold a caucus in Arion hall at 8 o’clock to-night, at which time delegates to the state, congression- al and probate conventions will be elected. - The launch Eva L., Commodore J. H. Ferris, took a family party to Oyster Bay, L. I. on Saturday. Miss Minerva Kyle is visiting friends in the White Mountains. Mrs. L. D. Keeler has gone to Brook- lyn for a ten days’ visit with relatives. Therejwill be a horse trot at the Fair Grounds this afternoon. E. E. Howes who has been Visiting his sister, Mrs. C. N. Wood, on‘ East avenue, returned to New York this. morning. The Daskam place on Hoyt street started this morning for its new home ‘ on Cross street. Mrs. Julia Smith formerly of this place, is visiting at the home of her niece, Mrs. W. E. Staples, in EastNor- walk. Mrs. Smith will be remembered by our older residents. Her parents home is in Wisconsin. Edward Delaney of Danbury, was in town Sunday. A Recent Deaths. The remains of Lydia A., wife of the late Charles Bedient, and who died in Derby, will be brought here for inter- ment to-morrow' morning. Richard Gray, a former resident of this city, died at Middletown Saturday. The remains will be brought here for interment. The deceased followed the occupation of a painter and was about 35 years of age. - ‘A‘ V‘vr Capt. Mitchell in a collision. Captain Rob. Mitchell of the Sentinel while riding a bicycle in South Nor- walk, Saturday afternoon was run into by a team drivenzby a woman named Koehler from New Canaan. The bi- cycle was badly wrecked as were also Captain Mitchell’s trousers. -The bi- cycle is in Saunders’ repair shop and Captain Mitchell, well he is on duty to day as if nothing unusual had happened. , Look at Your Checks. The following check drew the $20 in gold at the Boston Store Saturday night: Date, 8-18; saleslady, 24; belt, 250, elastic, 8c; amt. received, 500; red number, 26. ‘ L ‘ V , There is but a wee line of Iilvision between country gossip and d nright lander. I . , The renew’al of a broken frindship is a pure joy. . ' COMMODORE SOHLEYI He VISIIS'I'IIS' Summer Ills-sidence at Sat; ' -galuck;'. ' ' Saturday evening at the Consolidated railroad station at South NOrwalk might have been seen an unpretentious looking carriage in which was seated ' two ladies, both of whom seemed with an unusual expectancy to watch the arrival of an express train from New York. The party expected was Admiral Schley and as he alighted from the train he was quickly recognized as the naval hero, but he almost as quickly boarded the carriage in waiting for him and was taken to his summer home at the Sarah Fitch place in Saugatuck, ’where he spent the day with his family. Last night he took an express train for New York, and this morning left that city for Washington. 4“ WAsz FIZZLE. Owing to Lack of Interest. ‘ The races scheduled to take place at the Yacht Club on Saturday were a complete fizzle, owing to lack of in- terest on the part of the members. . Only two boats put in an appearance, the Little Joe and the Grace. As the wind was very light the]Litt1e J 03 did not care to try conclusions with the Grace and the races were indefinitely postponed. will go into innocuous. desuetude un- less there is a complete change of officers very soon. HELD UP‘ANDV ROBBED. A Farmer Stopped on His Way Home and Relieved of $32. Friend Sherwood, aged about. 35, a farmer residing at New Fairfield, re- ported to the Danbury police Sunday that he was held up and robbed of $32 while on his way home from that city Saturday night. - Sherwood says that he was driving along the lonely piece of road just out- side the city limits shortly before mid- night when two men sprang Out of the bushes and held him up in true high- wayman style. One was armed with a revolver and the other carried a club. After relieving him of his money the men bade him drive on and then they again took to the bushes. Sherwood was able to give but a meagre descrip« tion of the men. A MISSING HEIRESS. Adopted Child-Entitled to Fairfiell Prop- erty. A 14 year old girl, heiress for an estate, is missing and executors in the town of Fairfield seek information con- cerning her. Attention to this fact was called throughla personal adver- tisement in a New York paper yester- day. From the tone of the inquiry into the girl’s whereabouts it is certain that all trace of her has been lost, and several rewards are offered for infor- mation concerning her whereabouts, or knowledge that will establish her death. The advertisement reads: “On April 14, 1884, a female child born in lawful wedlock, was taken for adoption by a ohildless couple, from the house 146 West Sixteenth street, New York. Said female child (if alive) has now become heiress to a large and valuable estate, and immediate knowl- edge of her present Wherebouts or that importance to her best interests, NO motive whatever exists for any change of guardianship. All desired is to establish the legal and natural rights of said child if she be still living. If dead, handsome reward will be paid for legally attested proof thereof. A similar reward will be promply paid to the woman or nurse who personally received' said child on day and date above mentioned if she will make her- self known, or to any person who may impart such information as will lead to discovery of her present residence and identification.” A. V ——’The Time to Invest. When the first rich discoveries of gold on the Klondike were proclaimed, the topic at once became of. absorbing. interest. People were over-powered by the magnitude of these riches. Every one will want Klondike mining stock this year, . No company Offers better chances than TheJoseph Ladue Gold Mining & Development company of Yukon. This company owns placer claims yielding $12 per cubic foot, and quartz claims assaying $300 in free milling gold to the ton." The exclusive timber right fifteen miles on both sides of the Yukon, with a saw-mill earning $1350 a day; some of the best lots in the City of Dawson.’ They also own a line of ocean and river steamers running between Seattle. and -Dawson, via St. Michael. interested in the Klondike region should read the advertisement in this issue, and also write for prospectus. I———-_‘...—__ -—Livo Merchants keep their llama herore the Public. All Advertisement ‘ u THE GAZETTE will be‘reod. . , so. Yacht Club Races Did Not Take Place American From all indications the Yacht club i of her parents by adoption is of v61" All of our readers who are I To not CANNONS. Horses That Are. Best Suited for Purposes of \Var. In the midst of the attention we are giving to the personnel of our armies there, is a feature not less important than the feeding and the physical con- ,dition of the men, and which we are apt to overlook.‘ it is the condition and training of the army horse. Horses are almostas necessary an adJ'lmCt to a successful’war as are men. With the exception of carriage horses for use on the boulevards 'of large cit- ies, and of race horses—of which class we probably breed the fastest in the world—we have run behind other na- tions In the production' of 800d and serviceable horses. This was because having such splendid railroad and electric facilities, we have had less. need for horsesthan other peOPIB- One of the results of our new expansive policy will be to enlist public interest in the cavalry horse; for while we may have soldiers and a navy that can beat the world, without strong and. speedy horses capable of covering a march and capturing a position by adash, we cannot be fully equipped as a nation. ‘ The effect of quick-firing gulls W111 be to reduce, the relative efiiciency 01 cavalry, and of Infantry from those Of the olden time, but nevertheless the horses will still be a powerful factor in war. The style of horse needed in the army is that known in the older countries as the hunting horse, an ani- mal with enormous chest, clean limbs, heavy lolns, deep quarters and free moving action. Such a horse when Well-groomed and bred will carry a mount of 150 pounds across country at an excellent riding pace for the space of five or six hours, and will be com- paratively fit and fresh for a Pro‘ longed march at the close. ' Hunters thus trained in the field to rough work, make excellent army horses. Not being much accustomed to the delights of the chase in this busy country, we have not developed the European type of hunting horse; but hcis coming. The best type of the American horse for use in the army, now comes from Kentucky, and from the neighboring mountainous states. It is claimed by some that the small, “chunky" horse is far better fitted for transporting cannon than horses of finer prOportions and of greater weight and frame. It was the need of horses of such endurance and powers which more than anything else defeated Napoleon’s campaign upon Moscow. The Russians were convinced of this, and when some of them saw a French gun at the base of an ice-covered mole with the horses that drew it, lying with broken limbs beside it, because Napoleon had‘ omitted to bring horse- nails, they exclaimed wlthjoy: “God made Napoleon forget that there is a winter in this country." The great purposes of horses in war are to transport guns, to carry the sol- diets, to protect them in case of a. charge and to furnish food to the army In case of famine. Many a. soldier has protected his own life fighting an enemy from behind the dead body of his horse, and when a retreating force was cut off from its base of supplies, an army was ofen provisioned by the sutler’s forces returning to the scene of defeat and cooking the horses that were killed In battle. And in the Sioux campaign of 1876 General Crook was so hard pressed for food that he had to kill some of the horses, the ,command subsisting on the meat for several days; _ The well-trained cavalry horse fights some upbn his own account. He rears upon his hind legs and strikes venom- ously with his forelegs at the sight of an enemy whose colors he knows noon ly as well as those of hismaster. In a chargelof infantry the horse being so much larger, offers a greater target than the rider whose chest is protected by the erect neck and head of his gal- lant steed. Horses thus save the lives of the men, and few phases of war are better calculated to inspire terror in unmounted troops than a desperate ad- vancing charge of cavalry at close quarters, with dust flying and boots clanging, and the discharge of carbides keeping music to the war-111.3 neighing of stallions on full gallop. The skir- mishes during the Peninsular war were mostly of this character, and the Duke of Wellington used to say that a man and his horse thus equipped, were equivalent to five infantry soldiers, though since the introduction of re- peating rifles the proportions of Wel- lington’s time are sadly altered now. ' It is somewhat sad to state that de- spite all the uses of horses in war, and notwithstanding the great exposure of this noble animal to danger in case of battle, statistics show the death of a greater proportion of horses from disease, neglect or starvation than from actual slaughter in action. Want of food, want of water and want of rest, the common misfortune of every campaign, kills over fifty per cent. of the horses; and overwork, disease and exposure destroy a far larger propor- tion than are actually killed in war. If these good people who spend their‘ nights dreaming about the parliament of Man and the federation :of the world, would devote some of their spare energy to enforcing the plaineut dictates of humanity in the cases of dishonest army contractors the peace societies would do much to mitigate the horrid treatment of horses in war, and accom- plish some real good. Even in times )f peace the mortality amongst horses 'or' cavalry and artillery purposes is ' rel-y large. During the fiscal year end- ng June 30, 1897, Uncle Sam lost 1,061 :avalry and artillery horses out or a :otal of 6,531; and this percentage which is very large would be ,much ;reater in war times, as owing to the excitement which occurs the iometlmes":suflers incredible tortures Prnm want of fmrl- want and water \ ,— A STRIKEIN PHARAQH’STIME. “', - Workman Had Tbeiir/ Grievances Then a! . / _ Now. , The earliest strike. occurred about 1450 B. ’C., oriupward of thirty-three centuries ago. Pharaoh was building a new temple of Thebes. The masons received very little cash, but a. quan- tity of provisions, which the contractor thought sufficient, was handed to them on the first day of each month. Suffi- cient Or not, they mostly ate it before the time had elapsed. On one occas—, ion many of them had nothing left quite early in the month, so they marched to the contractor’s house, be- fore which they squatted and refused . to bulge until justice was done. The cOntractor persuaded them to lay their distress before Pharaoh, who was aboutto visit the works, and he gave them a handsome supply of corn, and so all went on well for that month. But the same state of things recurred by the middle'of the next, and for some days the men struck work. Van- ous conferences took place, but the men declined to do a stroke until they were given another supply of food. They declared the clerks cheated them, used false weights, and so forth, famil. far enough complaints in this country under the truck system. The con- tractor not complying with their de- mands they marched to the governor of the city to lay their grievances be- fore him, and he tried to get them to return to work by smooth words, but that was no use, and they insisted on having food. At last, to get rid of them, he drew up an order for corn on the public granary, and the strike was at an end—St. Louis Republican. -—. GEN. JOE WHEELER. A Georgia Friend Tells How He Once Un- masked a. Battery.' At the battle of New Hope Church, between Atlanta and Chickamauga, Gen. Walker sent Major William H. Ross, who was on his staff, to ascer- tain from Gen. Wheeler, w—ho occupied an advance position, what was in his front. He found the General on his horse. with one leg over the pommel of the saddle. Saluting him, Major Ross said: -' “Gen. Walker intends to make a. charge at this point, and would like to know if the enemy has a. masked bat- tery in front of us.” “I don’t know, Major.” Gen. W'lleeler replied, “but I can soon find out,” and swinging into position in his saddle, he gal-loped up to a slight eminence, accompanied by Major Ross and his staff, and planted a guldon. A mo- ment later a puff of smoke in the dis- tance and the sputtering shriek of a shell as it flew over them, showed what was ahead. Turning to Major Ross, the General said: “Give Gen. Walker my compli- ments, and say there is a masked bat- tery in front of us." Major Ross ventured the remark that it was a rather risky way of un- mask’mg a battery. “The first shots always fly high," was the cool reply. “It’s the shots that follow that are dangerous." “When I returned and reported to Gen Walker,’ said the Major, “I re- quested ll-im to send some one else the next time he wished batteries un- masked by Gen. Wheeler.”—Macon (Ga) Telegraph. Margaret Fuller's Good Shot. Mrs. Horace Greeley 'had a. strong antipathy to kid gloves, and never wore them» on any occasion. One day, it is said, she met Margaret Fuller on‘ the street, and insteadrof greeting her with any usual salutatiou, she touched Margaret’s hand with a. shudder, ex« claiming: “Skin of a beast! Skin of a beast!" ' ' “Why, what do you mean?" asked Margaret, in surprise. “What do you wear?" . “Silk,” returned Mrs. Greeley, “silk always.” Margaret touched her hand and shuddered. , saying, “Entrails of a worm! Entrails of “a worm!”-—Ex- change. ‘ _ wrr AND HUMOR. Mr. Housekeep: “Did y-u ask the new girl why she loft-her last place?” Mrs. ,Housekeep (in amazement): “Why certainly not. I never look a gift horse in the mouth. If she hadn’t left her last place she. wouldn’t be here." . “To think,” said the visitor, “that you will have to go through life an ex-convict.” “TVell, miss,” replied Crowbar Claude, “to tell you the truth, just at present there ain’t nothing I’d like more to be.”—Washington Star. “Bobby,” cried Tadley to his young hopeful, angrily, “my father used-to whip me when I behaved as badly as you are doing.” '- “Well,” answered Bobby thoughtful. ly, “I hope I’ll never have to tell my little boy that.”—Truth. “They say now that love is control- led by vibration." “That‘sso. I trembled when I pro- posed, -trembled when I asked her father for her, trembled at the~altar, and she has kept me trembling in my boots ever since.”—etroit Free Press. Mr. Hunker—I have a speaking ac. quaintance with Miss Throckmorton. . Mr. Spatt's—You are v‘ery lucky. All her other acquaintances are listening acquaintances—Judge. “Has your daughter made her de- but yet, Mrs. Green?” “I don’t think she has. Slie ain't horse u "MV- obliged to make her :‘owxi‘thlngs you -We can afford to buy the .. mils-4.: ....._—- best.’ I . Annual Salesiovorgoofmoqo Boxes" , , , 903 BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach. Giddiness. Fuluess after meaIS. ' ache. Dizziness. Drowsiness. Fl loss of Heat. Loss of Appetite. Costlveness. Blotches on the Skin. Cold 01111185919- turbed Sleep. "Frizhtful Dreams and!“ Nervous and Trembling Sensations. THE T1381: DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY mm . will ackn owl edge thems'to blgvery suflerer ‘ A WONDERFUL MEDIGINE. MEGIIAM’S mmrtéken as‘dliect- secularism-W1” ”W obstructionsor' irre§ri§§i°§e§i3 ,u’fegégi _ 5 tom and cure Blck‘lle Weak Stomach a Impaired-Digeetlofi: Disordered Liver j; . m luau, Works on caucus Beecham’s Pills are’ Willing a Rival LARGEST" BALE ofany Patent Medlclne 1n the World. 250. at all Drug Stores." TAX COLLECTOR’S lll_l_ll:ll.= , NOTICE is hereby given to all per- sons liable to pay taxes to the Town of Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, on the Assess.- ment List of 1897, that I will meet them to receive said Taxes, at the following times and places, to wit: At the store of W. S. Hanford, East Norwalk, (Down Town,) on Tuesday, August 30th, 1898. from 10 o’clock fore- noon until 12:30 o’clock afternoon. 'At the store of J. C. Randle at Win- nlpauk, on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 30th, 1898, from 3 o’clock until 4:30 o’clock. " ,At the store of Alphonzo Dibble, at South Five Mile River, on the evening of Tuesday. August 30th, 1898, from 7 o’clock until 8:30 o’clock. At the ofiice of the Collector Opera , HOuse Block, in the City of Norwalk, in said Town of Norwalk, on Wednes- day, August 31st, 1898, from 9 o’clock- .forenoon until 3 O’clock afternoon, and from 7 until 8 o’cIOck in the evening. Mr. H. W. Kemp of Comstock Broth- ers, Norwalk, and Mr. J. M.‘ Layton at his office on Railroad Place, South - N orwalk, are authorized to receive taxes for me. On all Taxes which shall remain u-u- paid after the 1st day of October, 1898, interest at the rate of NINE PER CENT. will be charged from the 3lst day of August, 1898, until" the same shall be paid. GEORGE B. ST. JOHN, Collector, In and for said Town of NOrwalk, on the List of 1897. Dated at Norwalk, Conn, J My 25th, 1898. , * NOTICE. CITY TAXES Notice is hereby given to all persons liable to pay taxes to the City of N or- walk, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that the under- ‘signed,Collector of Taxes for said City, on the List of 1897, has received a war- rant from the Mayor for the collection of the tax laid by said city, March 7th, 1898, on the ratable estate liable to taxation therein, that ' SAID TAX IS PIYIBLE JULY l5, I898, And that he will be present at the Water Commissi 'xers’ Boom, in the Fairfield County- fitional Bank Build- ing, every weekday from 9 a. m., to . 12m. and from 2 to 5 p. m., and even- . ings after July 15th, 1898, from 7.30 p. m. to 9.00 p. m., until September lst, 1898. . ' Also, that upon all of said taxes re~ maining unpaid after the 15th day of August, 1898, interest at the rate of 9 ‘ per cent. per annum will be charged from the 15th day of July, 1898, until the same is paid. .. ' ' ADDISON A‘. BETTS, Collector of City Taxes, List of 1897. ., Fawcefl’s I . Millinery Parlors. i 33 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.. Special Sale oi I.TRIMMED HATS.» ALL THIS WEEK. ELEGANT TBIMMED HATS, 5|.98 Ilp. . FLOWERS, FEATHEBS, RIBBONS and All Novelties. - ' “Call and see us and you-twill be do ighted with the Bdrialns’Yo u-Wlll ”Get. guns. w. FAWCETT, Agent.
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