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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS
There was a dense fog in the harbor
at an early hour this morning.
A supper and entertainment will be
held in the Baptist church, to morrow
night.
In the case of the State vs. John
Evans in the Town Court this morning,
the prisoner was discharged. '
A regular meeting of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R, was held last evening.
——Great bargains, rest of week, at
The County Commissioners; will be in
sessmn in Stamford, Nov. 21.
_ The reported engagement of Stiles
D. Lawrence and Miss Edith S. Gates
is entirely erroneous, there having
been no foundation for the report.
9
A daughter has, been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry W. Nash, of Boston.
James A. Lemmens returned to New
Haven, yesterday, after a visit with
his daughter, Mrs. James W. Howard,
Washington street.
Eben Hill, Jr., of Cornell University,
is enjoying a short vacation in South
Norwalk. -
Miss VanOlinda, of Brooklyn, is vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. 'M. A. Gilfin, of
Fairfield avenue. - '
Captain G. W. Secor is now occupy-
ing his new house on Springwood ave-
nue. r
The St. Joseph’s T. A. B. society will
meet to-night. - , .
James Smith, who died in New York
on Tuesday, was quite well known in
Norwalk. His wife was Jessie Thom a
former resident here, and both were
summer visitors at the home of Jabez
VVheater'on‘ Belden avenue.
The “big guns” in masonry will be at
St. John’s Lodge, F. & A. M., this
evening. After work there will .bea.
banquet, with covers for sixty.
The Good Templars of Cranbury
propose telling the people all about
“Josiah’s Courtship” at an early date.
Pole cats are making their annual
calls about towu.
The Catholic club will
“smoker” Tuesday evening.
hold a
Mrs. A. Malmo has returned home
from a visit with relatives in Minneso-
ta.
A dance will be held in the Town As-
sembly rooms, to-morrow night, under
the auspices of Court Narruk, F. of A.
Miss Mamie VVardwell was surprised
t her home on Cross street, Norwalk,
uesdayevening,by a party of her young
riends. Music and games were enjoy-
d and refreshments served.
A. J. Hallock of Bethel and F. Frost
f Danbury were in town to-day.
The subject of the prayer meeting at
he Norwalk Methodist church to night
vill be God’s voice in the Soul. Rev.
1 . A. Scofield will lead.
A N orwalk party had a mortgage of
$700 on the house of Mrs. Susan An-
derson burned at New Canaan.
The remains of Mrs. Horatio Brown,
Who died in Danbury, were brought
ere for interment to-day. The de-
.eased was formerly Miss Louisa Cotter
f the city. .
If when returning home from church
r club you see what appears to be a
eline, don’t pick it up, as there is a
robability of your being mistaken.
I
p The T. A. B. ’s will play basket ball
1; Stamford Thanksgiving night.
'1 Rev. John T. Winters has presented
t. Joseph’s Total Abstinence, Benefit
nd Literary Society with a complete
et of new furniture, including tables
n Music Hall.
The llomellesl Men In lorwellr,
As well as the handsomest, and others
re invited to call on any druggi st and
et free atrial bottle of Kemp’s Bal-
am for the Throat and Lungs, a reme-
y that is guaranteed to cure and re-
eve all Chronic and Acute. Coughs,
.10‘3250.
and 50c.
hairs and carpet for the ladies room
,thma, Bronchitis. and Consumption.
, A Cannibal Plant.
There has been discovered in Nicara-
gua a flesh-eating, or rather man-eat-
ing, plant, wgich for horror is quite the
equal of the novelist’s imagination.
This plant is found, it is asserted, in
Nicaragua, and is called by the natives
“the devil’s snare."
It appears that a Mr. D——, a natur-
alist, has lately returned from Central
America, where he spent two years in
the study of the plants and animals of
those regions. In one of the swamps
which surround the great Nicaragua
Lake he discovered the singular growth
of which we are writing.
He was engaged in hunting for bo-
tanical and, entomologieal specimens,
when he heard his dog cry out, as it
In agony, from a distance. Running to
the spot whence the animal’s cries
came,.Mr. D-——- found him enveloped
in a perfect network of what seemed to
be a fine, rope-like tissue of roots and
fibres. ' The plant or vine seemed com-
posed entirely of bare, interlacing
stems, resembling, more than anything
else, the branches of the weeping wil-
low denuded of its foliage, but of a
dark, nearly black hue, and covered
with a thick, viscid gum that exuded
from the pores. ,
Drawing his knife Mr. D-—— at-
tempted to cut the poor beast free; but
It was with the very greatest difficulty
thathe managed to sever the fleshy
muscular fibres of the plant. When the
dog was extricated from the coils of the .
plan: Mr. D-e— saw, to his horror and
amazement, that the dog’s body was
blood-stained, “while the skin appear-
ed to have been actually sucked or
puckered in spots,” and the animal
staggered as if from exhaustion. In
cutting the vine the twigs curled like
living, sinuous ’fingers about Mr.
D—’slhand, and it required no slight
force to free the member from its cling-
lng map, which left the flesh red and
blistered.
Winnie navis' Lers'nauh Work.
Apropos of the death of. Winnie Da-
vis, there is a story told Olf her by a
resident of Philadelphia, which shows
why she was held so dear by the vet-
erans of the Confederate army. The
man who tells it was a colonel under
the stars and bars, and is now a rich
man. “But five years ago I wasn’t,”
he says. “I’d' lost every penny I had
before the war and I had not made
many sincer’ A big slump in the \Ves‘.‘
had done for me. and I put up at a
New York hotel with just enough to
pay my bill and no more. My nerves
gave way and, I was taken ill. The
doctor said I must have a long rest
and a complete change of scene. I
said I might rest in the grave and
change this scene for that of the next
world, but that I had no money or
friends and would never leave the city
any way but feet first. Well. Miss
Davis was stopping at that hotel. She
knew I wouldn’t accept money from
her, so she got the doctor to pretend
he was lending me his own. I went
abroad and came home cured and al-
ready on the way to health. It was
only then that I found out whom I
owed my life to. You know her book.
‘The Veiled Doctor?’ IVell, for me
there is an equivocal significance in
that name.”—Philadelphia PreSs.
Machine—made I‘loxi'ei' Pots.
An industry carried on by an Eng-
lish company is the making of flower
pots, and this is done in a manner
quite new to this country, the entire
article being made by machine instead
of by hand, as has been the custom
2'. itherto. 7,
The clay isfirsrt of all dried by he-
Eaxg exposed on the. floor of a suitable
room and prepared; it is then passed
inlo a press, which forms the quhnatity
nfclay into a shaped lump, technically
called a “clot.” This is carried on to
:l mould. into which it is pressed by a
plunger or bolt. "which forms the clay
into the familiar shape. The edge of
“he pot is then trimmed by hand, and
:he article is ready to be partially
riried and then passed on to the kiln.
The whole process is remarkable in
its simplicity and ingenuity, nothing
but a little oil being; used to lubricate
the clot before being placed in the
zaoeuld. -
In these machines. which make pots:
of all sizes, the difficulty of getting
the pots to leave the dies without
hreak’ng has been overcome. The ar-
ticles are turned out at an average
rate of fifteen -to sixteen a minute, and
the time required to make the com-
plete pot is two and a half days, in-
stead of four days to a month, as
when done by hand. Two-thirds of
the ordinary amount of burning only
3 required, and the resulting pot is
claimed to be more true to shape.
lighter, firmer and stronger than the
ordinary.
Annual Sales over6,000.000 Boxes:
”TEE
€03 BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDER-E
such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach.
Giddiness. Fulness after meals. Head-
ache. Dizziness. Drowsiness. Flushings
of Heat. Loss of Appetite. Oostlveness.
Blotches on the Skin. Cold Chills. Dis-
turbed Sleep. Wehttul Dreams and all
Nervous and Trembling Sensations.
THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE BELIEF
IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufiere
will pcknowledze them to be ‘
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
4 MECHADPS PILLS. taken esdlrect.
ed. will quickly restore Females to com-
plete health. - They promptly remove
obstructions or irregularities of the sys-
tem and more Sick Headache. Fora
Weak Stomach
Impaired Digestion
. Disordered Liver
IN "IN. WOMEN 0R emu: N
Beecham’e Pllle are
Without a Rival
. And have the '
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retail sale of the newspaper Nevoc,
601.!) PRODUCTION AND COINAGE.
Figures from the Report of the Director.
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 7.—The're-
port of the director of the mint. to be
made public in about a week, will con--
tain some surprises.
The gold coinage ~of the world for
the year ending June .30. last, will be
shown to have been about double that
of any preceding year, and this in spite
of the fact that the coinage in the
United States was not quite up to the
recent average.
This was due to the lack of mint fa—
cilities, which still continues.
W's have to-day $134,000,000 worth of
gold bullion ahead of the minting
presses. But while the United States
was not increasing in its gold coinage.
Russia and Japan were making
strides, and throughout Europe there
was a generally increased output.
In the case of the two countries nam-
ed. however, the extraordinary move-
ment of the year just closed was large—
ly due to the accumulation in previous
years of gold bullion in preparation for
putting the finances of the nation
squarely on the gold basis.
“But the real test of the abundance
of gold,” said Mr. Roberts, director of
the mint, yesterday afternoon, “is to
be found in the statistics of production
rather than of coinage. In 1888 the.
output of the world was only $110,000,-
000, while in the calendar year 1897 it
reached $237,000,000, and will this year
go as high as $275,000,000. Returns al-
ready in show that South Africa will
increase last year’s output by $20,000,-
000; Australia. by $10,000,000, and Cana-
da by $6,000,000 or $8,000,000. The Uni-
ted States will probably show some in-
crease, but how much it is now impos-
sible to predict with safety.
“The figures for the Yukon product,
which have not yet been published of-
ficially, are as follows: From the first
of July till the first of November we
received at Seattle and San Francisco
a little more than $10,000,000 in gold
from that quarter. This is rather above
the expectations of the office.”
THE NICARAGUA GRANT. ..
Ex-Mayor Grace and Associates Get New
truism m3300ncession. wm :a‘sefifi'vifl“
New York, Nov. 17.—E. F. Cragin of
Chicago, who engineered the purchase
of the concession for the building of
the Nicaragua canal in the interest
of the Grace syndicate, arrived here
yesterday on the fruiter Allegheny,
from Greytown.
He was accompanied home by Colo-
nel Alexander Bacon and Mr. Eyre of
the firm of W. R. Grace & Co., and a
corps of civil engineers 'belonging'to
the corporation. .
Mr. Cragin says that the syndicate
which he represents has new full con-
trol of the building of the interoceanic
canal, and that the old grant, for
years held by the Warner Miller syn-
dicate, has been cancelled and that at
the opening of the Nicaraguan con-
greSS in extraordinary session recently,
President Zolaya, in a message, said:
“I shall give you an account of a. pro-
mise of a. contract for the opening of
an :interoceanic canal ,
isthmus granted to Messrs. Cragin and
Eyre, representing a. respectable syn-
dicate of American capitalists.
‘ “The promise made to Messrs. Cra-
gin & Eyre is based on the security
of the reputation and standing of the
parties we are dealing with and 9n a
deposit of $100,000 in gold. Messrs.
Cragin & Eyre offer something more
positive in a line of interoceanic tran-
sportation from the Atlantic to the Pa- .
cific that shall be completed three
years after the new company is or-
ganizcd.”
{7" llIcBIillan at the White House.
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 17.—Senatbx
James McMillan of Michigan, who has
been persistently “mentioned” as am-
bassador to England to succeed Colo—
nel Hay, called on the president yes—
terday morning.
The question of the ambassadorship
was not brought up in the course of
the call, and Senator McMillan says
he has no knowledge whatever of the
president’s intentions.
Regarding the probability of his own
appointment the senator says he has
never been consulted on the subject
by any officer of the administration.
Secretary Alger, who, it was report-
ed, would be appointed senator by
Governor Plngree if McMillan should
go to England, says that there is no
such plan on foot and that he will not
leave the cabinet until the end of his
term.
In Favor of Austrian Union.
Vienna, Nov. 17.—Upon the occasion
of the emperor’s jubilee, on Sunday,
November 27, a pastoral letter signed
by the whole Austrian episcopate will
be read in the pulpits of the empire.
After reviewing the emperor’s fifty
years’ reign, the letter refers to his
strong religious feeling and concludes
with an expression of hope that his
jubilee may mark the day of reconcili-
ation of the Austrian peoples.
South Dakota Republicans.
Sioux Falls, S. D., NOV. 17.-—Enough
returns have been received to make
positive the election of the entire Re-
publican state ticket, with the possi-
ble exception of governor.
The Republican congressmen have
been elected by majorities ranging be-
tween three thousand and five thous-
and. The legislature is Republican in
both branches.
Disturbance in India Threatened.
Simla, British India, Nov. Nit—Trou-
ble is brewing in the "Upper Swat val-
ley, whose notorious “Mad Fakir" at
thehead of six hundred men, is pre—
paring to attack the Nawab of Dir
and create a. rising against British
rule.
Bear-Admiral Schley Detached.
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 17.—An '01--
der has been issued from the navy
department. detaching Rear Admiral
W. S. Schley from duty withthe Porto
Rican evacuation commission and or-
dering him home to await further or-
ders.
Press Gag Applied in Russia. ‘
St. Pctersburg. Nov. 17.-—The minis-
ter of thevinterior has prohibited the
Vremya, owing to its infraction ofthe
press law. ' f”
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LEGAL. NOTICES. '
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned: collector of city tax-
es, under and by virtue Of 'a certain
tax warrant, duly executed and signed
by proper authority and directed to the
undersigned, commanding him to levy
and collect of ..
MARY E. W. SMITH,
and other persons named in the rate
book, on the list to said warrant, an-
nexed, their severalproportions of the
sum total as therein stated, said sum
being a tax or assessment laid upon
the assessment list made in 1897 by the
inhabitants of the city of Norwalk,
regularly and legally assembled, to
wit. on the 7th day of March, A. D.,
1898, met for the purpose of providing
for the indebtedness of said city, levies
upon the following described real es-
tate of said Mary E. W. Smith, situated
in town "and city of Norwalk, and
bounded as follows, to wit:—— -
All that certain piece or parcel of
land about 80 feet front and rear and
about 240 feet deep with buildings
thereon and bounded Northerly and
Westerly by land .of Wm. Grace and
wife, Southerly by highway known as
the Sticky Plain Road and Easterly by
land of Sarah A. Brown, situated in
the city and town of Norwalk. ’ -
And I shall sell at- Public Auction on
the premises hereinbefore described.
on the 12th day of January, 1899, at 10
o’clock forenoon, so much thereof as
will raise the sum of Two dollars and
Forty cents ($2.40) that being the pro-
portion of the said Mary E. W. Smith
of the sum total in said list together
with the charges of levy, sale, etc.
ADDISON A. BETTS,
City Tax Collector, List of 1897.
Dated at Norwalk Nov. 10th,A.D.,1898.
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O. E. Wilson,
GENERAL -I- INSURANCE
Real Estate and Invest-
. . ment Agent, . .
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L -. °" ve. NORWALK. - ' ' CONN
Norwalk. MONEY TO LOAN
(5. 0.71%,
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I have been taking Piso’s Cure for Consumption since
1883, for Coughs and Colds. I had an attack of LaGrippe
in 1890, and have had others since.
f“ ~ 1896-7, I had a'spell of Bronchitis, lasting all winter, and
leaving a troublesome cough, until I again tried Piso’s
Cure, which relieved mes—Mrs. M. B. SMALLEY, Colorado
Springs, 0010., August 19, 1898. '
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C O N S U M P T I ON
23C
DAILY FREIGHT LINE
. BETWEEN
loroolk, South Norwolk and Now look
Propellers loloao, 'Glty fol Noroalk and Eagle
Leave Norwalk 5 p. m.
Leaves South Norwalk at 6.00 p. m.
Leave New York at 5 p. In.
GET YOUR
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Desirable Prooorlo.
PIE 8 II!
The homestead of the late Dr. Brady on
Belden Hill. Wilton. consisting ‘of about as
acres of land. large dwelling house, barn. car-
riage house. grainery, smoke house. hehnery.
etc., will be sold cheap if applied for at once.
Is excellently located and would make a fine
health resort. Address, . 1!
MRS. F. BRADY, or R.
H. FITCH, Wilton, Conn.
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News.TORE
Main Street.
Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store.
legant assortment of trimmed Hats
Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans,Sail-
ors, etc.
_All are cordially invited to call. ,
Ladies own Material made and trim-
med by first class New York milliners.
MRS. W. FAWCETT, AGT.
PAINS
There are different kinds of
panes, but the panes we meal
are window panes and we have
that kind. Then we have
putty to hold them in. Hope
you don’t feel pained after we
have taken the pains to tell you
about our panes.
We have also prepared paints '
lead and oil.
H. awouoros.
I1 IMIII STREET. IIDRWALII, GDIIII.
——DEALERS IN—
DOAL, WOOD, BIIIDK BUILDING
MATERIAL, -:- FAIIMIIIE
EIITEIISILS, ETD.
MEEIIEII 00M. GOMPAIIY
Smith Street, Ilemalk.
s UITINGS!
TROUSERS $5.50 UP.
Old Suits made to look as good as
new.
Repairing, Alteiing, Cleaning and
Pressing a Specialty.
Fit and Workmanshi p guaranteed.
FRANEEOCA,
49 Main'Street, - - Norwalk.
IIERE’S YDIIR IIIIMIDE.
A fine building lot on Wilton ave
nue. If you intend to build, look
at this before purchasing.
. Water,gas and sewer on the avenue.
Will be sold at a Bargain.
W. H. BYINGTON,
Real Estate and Insurance
Room I . GazetteB ’I’d.
W. H. HAYWARD G: CO
I’IIHIIIIII Attorneys and Solicitors
109 East capitol Street.
WASHINGTON. D. C
All classes of claims prosecuted
before the Interior Department.
Rejected pension claims a specialty
Correspondence solicited "
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