if ) l i l _' ;:,§¢.w£g‘;¢m‘ 1. 4a .244” * ,Norwalk, this winterr. _ .K. I The Royal is the highest grade bolting powder ‘ Blown. Actual tests show it goes one- _ third further than any other brood. l . Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW YORK. LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. The Central circle, K. D., of the Congregational church, will hold a meeting in the Chapel Saturday at 3.30 p. In. . Mrs. J. Arthur Osborn of West ave- nue, is entertaining her aunt Mrs. Up- ham, Of Norwich._ ' Division 1, A. O. H. held their first dance of the season at Arion Hall, last night. Edward L. Stevenson and Miss Effie Hyatt, daughter of Frederick Hyatt of Westport avenue were married last‘ evening by Rev. F. A. Scofield at the home of the bride. Andrew V.Heath, Arthur S.Ezekiel, Miss Laura Lawrence and Miss Jennie Dixon represented the Norwalk Christian Endeavor Union, at the an- nual convention, in Waterbury, yester-' day. ‘ ——-Prime Rib Roast 12%c 6Wa ter St. 2t Grace church sewing school will re- sume its fall-and winter sessions,Satur- day morning. The Rowayton Methodist Epworthers ' propose holding a photograph sociable Friday evening. The initiatory degree was conferred by Butler Lodge, I. O. O. F. last night. The aged Mrs. Charles Mallory fell from a chair, at her home onWest ave- nue, on Friday last, and received- several painful bruises. There was quite an exodus from town to the Danburv fair this morning.‘ Several prominent South N orwalk gentlemen are discussing a division of the town into two separate towns. Mrs. C. A. Harstro‘m is entertaining the Matinee Whist club at her home on Prospect avenue, this afternoon. 4—Prime Rib Roast 121lc 6 Water St.2t Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tuck, who have been visiting friends in town, left yes- terday for a visit in Boston, after which they will return to their home at Port Antone, Jamaica. David Pollard of this city has enter ed the junior c lass at Columbia col- lege New York. Messrs. Amzi Waters, Edward Duffy and Simeon Keith left town this morn- ing, on the yacht Marguerite, for a week’s cruise on the sound and up the Hudson. Frank Woods, of Eordham, N. Y., has been visiting Dennis Valentine, of Taylor avenue. A meeting of the Hauragauri society was held in Kirsc‘h’s hall last night. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Foster of Bay- on ne, N. J ., are visiting at the home of William Hosegood in East Norwalk. —Prime Rib-Roast 1250 6 Water St. 2t The schooner Phebe Ann is at Ferris wharf with a load of beach sand. I There was a good attendance at, the A. O. H. dance held in Arion hall last night,despite the unpropltious weather. The Norwalk Conclave of Heptasophs held a regular meeting last evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lockwood of Elm street, are at Old Point Comfort. The meeting in the Congregational chapel, this evening, will be a mission- ary concert with interesting letters from various parts of the field. The pastor will Conduct the meeting. ‘St. John’s Lodge will confer‘ the third degree to-night. :1.Mr. Harry'Zehm organist at the South Norwalk Congregational church went to New ‘York yesterday to meet a Ger- man young lady who arrived in that city on a steamer, and ‘whlch young lady Mr. Zehm intends making his wife on or about the 15th of this month. Miss May Beard, of East avenue, a graduate of Pratt’s Institute, of New -' York City,is to form a drawing class and Mrs. E. Hubbell Hotchkiss will "teach the Spanish language by the use ,gof a phonograph“ among the teabhers and pupils "of the public schools of CAN TH|§_B_E TRUE? _Sh,e Looks and A013 Like Dr. V ...,.._ . . . . _,,. New York I Dentist Knows ' Katherine Wilber and Thinks Police Have Arrested the . Wrong Woman. Nancy Guilford. One of the most remarkable incidents in the Yellow Mill pond tragedy developed late yesterday afternoon. It will be remembered that the first dispatches alleging that Dr. Nancy Guilford had been caught said that the woman under surveillance gave her name as Mrs. Katharine Wilber of Los Angeles, California. She said she was a. widow and was going to visit her daughter. This wOman was lost sight of and then arrested later and is now held in London awaiting extradition. The following letter came unexpect- ed yesterday to Charles Baker a well Bridgeport dentist. For various reasons Dr. Baker does not care to give the name of the writer but known he says he is a prominent dentist in New York and one that is extremely self contained and reliable. He does not think he would write as he does no less he felt he had sufiicient cause. The letter explains itself and _shows that either a grave mistake has been made and the wrong woman arrested, or else a most remarkable coincidence has been brought to light. The Bridgeport police, however, have full confidence in the discretion and skill of the- London authorities. The letter reads as follows: New York, Oct. 4, 1898. Dear Doctor: In reading the morn- ing papers I notice an account of the arrest in London of a woman supposed to be “Old Nance.” Now she gave the name of Katharine Wilber, Los Ange- les Cal. and traveled under this name. So much for-that. I had a young woman about 30 years of age, whom I did some work for and who was known as Mrs. Katharine Wilber and she went to Los Angeles last spring. She told me she would go abroad this fall. The photos I have seen of Old Nance, are very good pho- tos of her, aside from hair. Her maiden name began with a “G” and the description of the woman arrested in London fits Mrs. Wilber to the dot. The metal purse is the same. In fact I am almost certain they have the wrong woman. The color of hair would prove the case. Mrs. Wilber had dark brown hair. I am quite certain they are off the track or this is the greatest case of mistaken identity ever saw. While Mrs. Wilber was a patient of mine I do, not wish to be mixed up in the case as she is the wayward daugh- ter of good parents who have but re- cently gone to California. Katharine Wilber, acts and speaks exactly like the supposed Old Nance, but she never saw Connecticut. It is to save an innocent one from a dungeon cell that I write you and ask that you will see the chief of police, state the case and ask him to find out who her New York dentist was. I do not want the genuine Mrs. Wilber locked up any longer than possible, besides if it should prove to be the case the laugh would be on your police. I maybe wrong but I believe ram not I have not as yet seen any state- ment as to age of woman arrested. The lady was born on the other side. Her close mouth is assumed to shield her family from publicity no doubt. From information I believe she was 1n W'ash- ington, D. C. at time of murder. If the woman gives my name as I said ‘she is no case for you. She’s too young to be a mother of any child as old as Old Nance’s. The spoons may be her mother’s and _ the initials may be hers. Act quickly and it will possibly save some one.~ AMUSEMENTS. Joshua Simpkins. The “Joshua Simpkins” Company, carrying their own special scenery, will produce the great pastoral comedy drama of that name at Hoyt’s Theatre Thursday: evening, Oct. 6th. The piece deals with country life and peo- ple, the acts of the play being laid in one of the many quaint villages of Ver- mont. The second act (in 3 scenes)‘ portrays Uncle Josh’s first visit to Washington City. In.the third act a sensational saw mill effect is shOwn, be- ing nothing more nor less than a com— plete saw mill in full operation. cutting up genuine timber. The saw used is a genuine Buzz or Circular Saw and cuts through timber at lightning speerl. 4 The Weather. Fair tonight and Friday; much cool- frost; in er; Friday morning killing temperature will reach freezing interior. early in the game. Wilton. A number of people in town have received invitations to the marriage of , Miss L. Martha. Dinsmore, of Bingham. Maine, to Rev. James Church Gregory, pastor of the Congregational church at that place, on Tuesday evening, Octo- be'r 18th, I898, at 8 o’clock. Mr. Greg- ory is a Wilton boy who has been 1n charge of the church at Bingham for a number of‘ycars. He is assured of the best Wishes of all his friends in this place for a long and happy ‘married life. ~ W. K. J. Hubbell has returned from a business trip to New York. ' . There was great excitement in town on Wednesday by the arrest of a gang of alleged chicken thieves at the oldRock- well house on the Lambert estate, by Dept. Sheriff Lyon. The charges were brought by Ridgefield parties, who had tracked them from the hen coops where a number of chickens had been taken, directly to this place and found the stolen'oroperty in an outhouse near the house named. Two of the party watched the house while another hastened to NOrwalk for an oflicer who hurried to the scene and arrested Edward Thomas and his brother-in-law. It is claimed that the leader of the gang is Charles Thomas who was arrest- ed several years ago while living in the Richard Dunning place in North Wil- ton, and attracted wide attention by taking the poor debtor’s oath. The en'- tire family haVe lived for some little time near Stamford, and had rented the Rockwell place about two weeks ago,paying two months rent in advance. But a very small quantity of furniture was moved in, and it is thought that the house was taken merely as a base for operatiOns similar to those practic - ed by the Ludlum gang several years ago. There is cause for congratulation that their plans were discovered so ‘v 7 Cannon. Miss Mary Miller has returned from a six weeks’ outing at Cape Cod. Charles T. Gregory is having a large turbine wheel placed in position, to furnish motive power for his mill. Miss Mattie Partrick,'of this place, and Edward Hendricks, of Norwalk, were married at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. M. F. Partrick, on Wednesday evening, October 28th, Rev. Mr. Brien, of the Zion’s Hill M. E. church, officiating. The bridal party was attended by Miss Sarah Sturges and Miss Jeanne Stockwell. ‘About fifteen of the relatives and im- mediate fi'iends were present. Mr. and Mrs.vHendric_ks will reside with the bride’s mother during the winter. Charles Godfrey has purchased a fine - building lot from Louis Warucke, op- posite George Gregory’s residence, and has the plans ready for apretty cot- tage, which, it is rumored, will be built at once. ~ “Dame Rumor ” is whispering of another wedding in the near future. AA‘ ‘ Marshall—Dauchy. Stewart Marshall and Miss Ella Dauchy Were married, last evening, at the Methodist parsonage, by Rev. A. S. Kavanagh. Miss Florence E. Russell of Newark, acted as bridesmaid. A re -eption was heldat the bride’s home on Monroe street, after which Mr. and Mrs. Marshall entered a coach and were driven to the station where they board- ed a train for Philadelphia. A AA¥ ——Two Rambler bicycles left. To be closed out at $40 each. J. T. Prowitt, 45 Main street, Norwalk. 0 3.6t. “ Av '7‘ Was John Mill’s Barn. . The barn struck by lightning and“ burned in Greens Farms, Tuesday night, belonged to John Mills and not Charles Sherwood as published. The optimist is well described as he who likes each season “best, 5’ as it rolls around; the pessimist as he who hates them each in turn. How suggestive Of the original American are our autumn fields, with their Wigwam cornstalks. cu EEILLASHS 90R BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such. as Wind and Pain in the Stomach. Giddiness. Fulness after meals. Heath ache, Dizziness. Drowsiness. Flushings of Heat. Loss of Appetite. Costivenessu Blotches on the Skin. Cold,Chills. Dis- turbed Sleep. FrightfuLDreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be ' A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM’S PILLS. taken asdirect- ed. will quickly restore Females to com- plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys- tem and cure Sick Headache. Fora Weak Stomach ‘ impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN. WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are‘ Without a Rival , And have the LARGEST SAL-E ' ' ‘1‘: any Patent Mediclne in the World. 2.50.3.1; all Drug Stores. fliIlIEi,Eii@J£UN.L;ElIE with Flag As IT WAS -lN '65. A Match of 300 Miles Before 1116 Luxury , Ur Box Cars Was Obtainable. There are thousands of Old soldiers left who remember how, after four years of fighting and marching un-p precedented in the wOrld’s history. they rejoiced when they hadjthe priv- ilege of coming home in and onbox cars. When Johnson surrendered and was composed of men from the West, the war closed, Sherman’s army, which and in which were many Illinois regi- ments, were southwest of Raleigh in the interior of North Carolina. Were there Pullman cars to transport them home? No. Were there evenpassen- ger cars of the most dilapidated sort? No! Not even these. But the box cars Wore clean and nice, the sympathetic onesvwill suggest. Maybe they were, but rthey were not there to take the men home. Their route lay nearly 300 miles north to W'ash‘ingtOn, and every foot of that, through rain and alter- nate blistering heat and chill, they marched, foo-tsore, though they were from a winter campaign of not more than 600 miles of march and battle, It was a joy when they left \Vashington that they could get box cars to ride in and on—for all could not get in. With this sort of transportation they rode to the Ohio river; then crowded on hurricane and boiler decks Of freight- boats they lay down at night with no covering but the stars. Arrived at Louisville, Ky., where the veterans were mobilized, they put up their frayed and worn dog tents under the burning sun, when it shone; in the drenching rain when it.fell. There was no extra accommodation for the sick, even though the war was over. Indeed, the writer of this knows as a fact that his regiment was without even its regimental surgeons, those officers having been left behind with the sick and wounded at Goldsboro and washington, and the men had to go to the surgeon of an Ohio regiment for their “quinine.” When at last, after weeks and weeks of waiting through the hot month of June and into July, the regiment was mustered out, the men were again loaded on box cars and transported up through Indiana undacross Illinois to the vicinity of Springfield, where they went into bivouac in the haze! “rufi‘s” and un- derbrush some ten days, getting final pay and discharge. And from this point they went to their various homes in the distant parts of the state and some to other states, eacli paying his own car fare and for what he ate along the way.—Macomb (111.) Jour- nal. - BRAVERY 0F YANKEE TARS. l‘heir Behavior 'When In the Midst ofa Lively Engagement. A half-naked man, sticking his head out of the forWard eight-inch gun tur- ret on the Brocklyn to get, a breath of fresh air, said to me, as a couple of big shells whistled‘ over our heads and- atruck in the water beyond: “Funny . gong? they sing, sir,” and then disap--' geared. . In'the‘ tw0 hot engage’menfsin which I have watched the fighters closely I have never seenrany-thing indicative of fear. True, everybody has a curious sensation as the‘first few shells Of the", enemy whistle overhead, and s when one strikes, with its frightful explo- sion, you look around‘an'xiously for an instant. If the smoke is cleared from your ship, you will see a puff of smoke from a battery hore. Then, just as you have forgotten the smoke, about threeseconds later, you hear a sound like a swarm of bees humming over your head. Pretty soon the shells bc- gin to come faster and faster. They drop in the water on both sides of you. One hits the military mast, and the debris of steel and rope and wood comes tumbling about you. You look up wonderingly, but give it merely an instant’s thought. Then your ~mind reverts to the terrible roar of. your own guns, and then comes the single idea of keeping outside the radius of fire, not of the enemy’s guns, but those on your own ship, equally dangerous to your safety, the preservation of your ear drums, and your life. I stood by Commodore Schley‘s side, Lieutexfant Sears, during the first two bombardments of Santi- ago, and we all found ourselves abso- lutely forgetful of peril, watching the shots from difierent turrets, and tell- ing the gunners whether to depress or raise the muzzle of the gun. We kept accurately the time of all movements, of opening fire, of good shots, of si- lenced batteries, and of “cease firing.” The halls whistled about you With a nasty whine, as if they deplored not being able to hit you, and half the time the roar of the fusilade of your own ships drowns the complaint of the one— my’s missiles. You experience at first a strange feeling of enjoyment, not un- mixed with terror. Then you grow animated, and discover a peculiar sort of charm in the danger and in the game of life or death—Leslie's chk ly. » Rats as aHair Tonic. A Chinese gentleman advocates the use of the rut as an article of diet, and makes the following remarks on its properties as a hair restorer: “What the carrot is to a horse’s coat a rat is to the human hair. Neither fact can be explained, but every horseman knows that a regimen of carrots will make his stud as smooth and lustrous as velvet, and the Chinese, especially thel women, know that rats used as food stop the falling ou'tof hair and make the locks soft, silky and beauti- ful. I have seen it tried many times, and every time it succeeded.”——Medi- cal Record; ' .Browne—I’d join the church if it‘ wasn’t so full of hypocrites. Towne—That needn’t deter you. There’s always ,room‘ for one more.—-‘ Brooklyn Life. ' ’ ‘ considered necessary in a bride. «an Orange Blossom-o . “The custom of using orange blossoms in connection with the bridal robe orig- inated in Spain, according to legend— ‘ ary lore. An African king-presented a Spanish king with a magnificent orange tree, whose creamy,‘waxy blossoms and wonderful fragrance excited the admir- ation of the whole court. Many begged in vain for a branch of the plant. but a. foreign ambassador was tormented by the desire to lntroddce so great a. curi- osity to his native land. He used every possible means, fair or foul, to accom- plish his purpose, but all his‘efforts coming to naught, he gave up in den spalr. The fair daughter of the court. gardener was loved by a. young artisan, butlacked the “dot” which the family One day, chancing to break off a. spray of orange blossoms, the gardener thought- lessly gave it to his daughter. Seeing the coveted prize in the girl’s hair, the wily ambassador offered her a sum suf- ficient for the desired dowry, provided she gave him the branch and said noth- ing about it. Her marriage was soon celebrated, and amber way to the altar, in grateful remembrance of the source of all her happiness, she secretly broke off another hit of the lucky tree to adorn her hair. Whether the poor court gardener lost his head inconse- quence of his daughter’s treachery the legend does not state, but many lands nowknow the wonder tree, and ever since that wedding day orange bios-' some have been considered a fitting adornment for a bride. N '4! n , 4 HIVOI‘th Remembering. The largest city in the world is Lon- don, which has a population equalling the combined population of Paris, Ber- lin, Petersburg, and Rome. Its streets, placed in a. row, would reach round the world, leaving a bit over long enough to reach from London to St. Francisco. The largest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. Its length is ten miles, though to explore its ave- nues, grottoes,~galleries, domes, rivers, and cataracts would entail a journey of p 150 miles. .. _ The largest existing library is the National Library of Paris. It contains forty miles of shelves, holding fourteen hundred thousand books. The largest room in the world, under one roof, and unbroken by pillars, is at Petersburg. It is 620ft. long and 150ft. wide. Its roof is a single arch of iron, This room is used for military displays, and a whole battalion can manoeuvre in it. The longest canal in existence is the lmerial Canal of China. Its length is a thousand miles. The largest sun-dial in the universe is Hayou Horoo, a large promontdry extending-3,000ft. above the AEgean Sea. In the course of each day the sun throws the shadow of this mountain on one after another of a circle of islands, which act as li'ourmarks as surely as the figures on an ordinary dial. _ p The Latest'in Sleeves. Some of the new French sleeves are absolutely plain and tight—fitting, with not even a braid motif, tiny cap, frill, or slight pouf at the top, others have flat folds, five or six in number, as a finish to the sleeves, or a portiOn of the slight fulness is Shirred or tucked, the rest left as a very small pufi. Flat ‘epauiets, covering the tops of the sleeves, are used in lieu of any other sort of decoration for giving additional breadth to the shoulders. Crescent- shaped pieces, formed of the dress , goods orvelvet', or other trimming, are Shirred at the edges, forming a little half-inch ruflie at the edge, and this is set upon the shoulders, the widest por- tion at the top, the pointed ends going under the arms. This semi-puff covers the seam which joins the sleeve to the bodice. For women who have rather large arms. or those with very thin ones—who do not look well in the very outlining, tight .coat shapes—the best selection by far is the ~sleeve of the modified mutton-leg shape, so graceful in its present modes of adjustment, and so easily fashioned. If desired, it can be made to fit the arm very closely from elbow to wrist, but above the el- bow there is ease and freedom. A Nose Show." We have heard of baby shows, beauty shows, and barmaid shows, but for the first time we have come across a report of .a nose show. This took place at Milan a few months ago, and seems to have been at least the second of its kind. Duly appointed judges sat in a room surrounded by drawings of the principal nasal types, and with instru- ments of measurement of the caliper kind on the table. There were twenty- three candidates who competed for three prizes. What the standard of excellence in a nose may be we have not yet learned, but the winner on this occasion received a certificate inform- ing him that, among other beauties, his nose was “trenchant like a. knife blade.” New Round \‘Vaists. For those who do not find the numer- ous new round-waisted costumes be-' coming, there are basque-bddice and jacket styles, also skirts of-broadcloth or ladies’ cloth, With long, three-quar- ter coats en suite, the fronts very much rounded and cut away, arching well to- ward the hips, and showing _very much of the vest, which is elaborate or extreme- ‘ly plain and simple, according to the style of the costume itself.‘ These curved fronts are features of many—- indeed, most—of the fashionable capes and coats and also of some of the open- fronted Directoire overdresses. ( The most, magnificent tomb in the world is deemed to be thepalace Tem- ple of Karnak, occupying an area of nine acres, or twice that of St. Peter’s at Rume. 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Ladies owu Material made and trim- med by first class New York milliners. MRS. W. FAWCETT, AGT. 0. E. Wilson, GENERAL lllSlllllNilE Real Estate and Invest- ment Agent, . . Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK, - - - CONN MONEY TO LOAN ___._. W. H. HAYWARD 81 CO 'r’llllllllll Altman ail Stilton 109 East Capitol Street, WASHINGTON. D. C All classes of claims prosecuted before the Interior Department. Rejected pension claims a Specialty. Correspondence solicited. IIEIIE’S YOUR IIIIAIIOE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer 0n the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. ‘ w. H. avmcrou, Real Estate and Insurance Room I . c'azetteB ’l’d. MEEKEE 30M 88., . ——DEALERS IX— OOAL, WOOD, IBIGK BUILDING MATERIAL, -:- FARMING . IITEIISIIS, ETO. MEEKER old? echelon, L SmilhESIIeet, llorwalk. ' Piano Loosening. RS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (daugh'er M of the late Wm. ltiwasli), gives efl1c1ent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home, 193 Edam strc ct.
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