l.- will sing a solo, RoYAL Alisowunr bum-z Makes the food more delicious and wholesome “OVAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW YORK. BAKmo POWDER 1......1 LOCAL AND OTHER mews Stamford has 500 cases of the grip. —-~l_~‘1eaver gloves at Comstock Bros. Capt. Garry Decker is home from Rhodc Island to spend the holidays. —~Sidcb0ar ds $10. 00 up: iv hite enamel beds, with springs, f1om $11.50 to$25. 00, at ita1mond & Son’ 5, 46 and 48 Main St. Charles and Marjorie Smith,children of Hanford Smith of East Norwalk are sick with the grip. wRaymond & Son’s open until 9 o'clock every night. Mr. and Mrs. Hanford Avery, of Grand street, left New York, Tuesday L fora several months’ visit in Wisconsin. —Chickens 12:10, 6 Water street. The Bridgeport Savings banks will drop their rate of interest on loans on January lst, from 5 to 44.} per cent. —--Choice neckwear at Comstock Bros. About thirty of the men who were mustered out of Battery B have taken examinations for the regular army. —Mee1schaum and Bria1 Goods, fine as501tment, latest stvles, at VVhelpley & Clark s. South No1 walk. D 12 tf Large quantities of frost fish being caught in the harbor. ill'C —Complete line of sweaters at Com- stock Bros. A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gustaf'son, of Han~ .ford place. ~Cigar ond Cigarette cases, very pletty, latest styles, at \‘lhelpley & Cla1k’ s, South Nor 11.1111 D12 tf St. Paul’s East Norwalk Mission will hold Christmas exercises on Tuesday evening, December 27, at 7 o’clock. The subject of the mid-week meeting at the Norwalk Methodist church, to- night, will be “Spiritual Cripples; the Cause and Cure.” Rev. F. A. Sco- field will lead the meeting. Mr. Force “The Bird With the-Broken Wing.” ——Ladies’ desks from $3.50 to $25.00 at Raymond 18; Son’s, Main St. 4 Editor Helmer is laid up with the grip- __ . -——Imitation alligator slippers, 50c. Hoyt’s. The postmen and expressmen an: very popular these davs. , . —Dress suit cases at Coinstock Bros. The Ryan—O’Brien bout takes place in Hartford to-morrow night. —Children’s leggins, above the knee 601:, Misses’ 800, Ladies" $1. Hoyt’s. George R. Van Alstyne yesterday removed his engine and boiler from the Call office. -~Fine goat slippers, $1.25. Hoyt’s. Alfred Crockett is in the swim with an attack of the grip. ~Turkeys 140, 6 Water street. Miss Elizabeth Beers is visiting her friend Grace Dunning in Brooklyn. —Free, with 1 lb. of tea, a 22 in. doll. A. P. T. C0., 41 Main street. The fog was so dense this morning - that the propellers did not venture to 2 make their usual trips. —Silk umbrellas at Comstock Bros. The Mandolin club will give a con- cert in the Norwalk hotel parlors to- night. ——Piano stools, foot rests, and Indian stools, at Raymond A: Son’s, Main St. A large doll is awaiting a new owner at. Coleman’s news office. —Boy s Dixie shoes. So &‘)5c.Ho1‘t's. The South Net walk schools will cel ebrate Chiistmas to-moz 10w. ~Embroidered slippers (1‘0c. Hoyt ’5 Sergeant Cyrus Crabbe, of Co. L, Third Conn. U. S. V., is waiting for his honorable discharge from the regiment. , —Brass tables. onyx tops, $5.50 up. Raymond 8; Son’s, Main St. 1 ——Popular brands of cigars, 25:1n box. W11elpley&,Clark-‘s. D 1?. ti . Corporal C. M. Flewyllen of Co. L., Conn. U. S. V., has secured an extra furlough of fifteen days. T11 E EVENING ‘ o "A z E-TT E, A. Dreyfuss is 111 New ‘York to-day. ' ——Forequarter lamb 6c, 6 Wetter St. Usher Beers has secured a situation at Hayes’ market. —Ducks 12%c, 6 Water street. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bouton celebrat- ed their twentieth wedding anniver- sary, Tuesday. —Hou_se coats & bath robes at Com- stock Bros. The Krieger store at South Norwalk is being cleared of the debris and workmen will soon have it in as good condition as it was before the fire. ——Geese lfl-éc, 6 Water street. The P. J'. Lynch company report a rushing holiday trade .in the grocery line. ——Plush & fur robes at Comstock Bros. Julia Lockwood, Helen Swartz, Edythe Hunter and Mary Bloomer, will arrive home to-morrow from Vassar, to spend the holidays at their respective homes. Misses "Leg Lamb 100, 6 Water street. The report of the chief of the fire department will be an important document at the council meeting to- night. —Oldenschlagei' s celeb1ated Dewey cigai s, 25 in a box for the holidays. The dry goods business is booming in New York, and judging from the crowds in Norwalk dry goods stores yesterday, local merchants are getting their share of business. ~—Forequartcr lamb 6c, (5 Water S Sound steamers experienced 'great difiiculty yesterday in their efforts to reach respective destinations owing to unusually heavy fog. v (5 \Vatcr street. Landlord Hamilton’s son Charles and sister Sarah Hamilton are visiting rel- atives in Milburn, N. J. \ —-If you want something 1 er y line in the way of diamonds 01 any othe1 aILicle of jeweliy for a holiday gii',t vou can find it at Jamie: on s. -Gecse 12-110, A Norwalk merchant informs the GAZETTE that since he started to ad- vertise it requires live clerks to wait on customers where two could do the work before. The Rodman guns set up last spring at 'Woodmont and Lighthouse Point have been dismounted and will be 1e- tu1ned to F011: G1is11old. Those mounted at the Bridgeport lighthouse and on the south bank of the Bridge— port Traction Co.’s canal, still remain in position. ‘ — . l The sloop Phoebe Ann is at South ' . Norwalk with a load of sand. ——Turke_ys. lie, 6 Water street. Samuel H. Ferris is critically ill. at his home on West street. Minstrels, which have disbanded The California played here recently, in Nyack, N. Y. ——We have a very large and carefully selected stock of fine opals and other fancy stones mounted in the most at- t1active styles and at pr lo 15 the lowest. LeG1and Jackson. Supeiintendent Martin, of the Dan- bu1y b1 anch of the Consolidated iail- road, is ill at his home in Danbury and is threatened with pneumonia. —-Chickens 12-930, 6 Water street. The Washington express due at South Norwalk at 1:20 a. 1n. was sev- eral hours late to-day, owing to the fog. -WANI‘ED——Lady canvasseis, in Ridgeiield, New Canaan. VVestpmtand Da1ien.%1fdress, Canvasser, ca1e of GAZETTE 1 orwalk, Conn. D 22 3t Raymond & Son are showing some excellent bargains in furniture for the Christmas trade. a ——Leg lamb 10c, 6 Water street. At the meeting of the Physical Di rectors of the Y. M. C. A. of Connecti- cut, held in New Haven on Saturday last, it was decided to hold an indoor meet at Norwich, on February 22. —A box of Oldenschlager‘s Norwalk Club cigars \VOUid make an excellent Xmas gift. A colored resident of Stamford nam- ed Butler put a-worn out steed out in a lot previous to the heavy snow storm some weeks ago. A large snow drift in the lot has melted away during the past day or two and the body of the horse that had been frozen or starved to death was brought to view. —-The Dewey cigar, 25 in a box, the thing for a Christmas present. I The sloop Flash at the Washington street drawbridge is doing a rushing business in live cod at 6 cents per .pound. 1 ~<o<n>ol>mu~—-———s Spain’s Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C., \\ eak ne1 ves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Elect' 1c Bitte1s, Amel ica’s greatest Blood and News Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life in— to every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by John A. Riggs, Drug- gist, 11 Main street. just~ The sanatorial fight draws nearer every day. ——The Town House cigar, 25 in a box for the-holidays. . _ Don’t forget McDOodle’s Flats 'IIt Hoyt‘s Theatre, to-night. ——Buttery has turkeys that can’t be beat, only ’14c, 6 Water street. The Stamford Telegram issued a sixteen page edition yesterday. ——Norwalk Club cigars, 25 in a box for Christmas. This weather is hard on the Christ- mas shoppers, bnt they manage to fill the stores every evening. —Give “hubby” a box of Olden- schlager’ 5 Town House eigais f01 his Xmas. A “new woman '7 of the most ultra sort has been found in Ha:lem——-New Yo1k. She was a burgla1 and stole while hei docile husband watched. The happy home was found well lined with plunder. . —Look at VVard’s hats before buy- ing elsewhere, 25 Main street. H. S. Rood, the South Norwalk jew- eler, has a boy’s watch which he sells for $1. It would make your youngster a most acceptable Christmas present. Capt. John S. L’Hommedieu enter- tained the Henlicker club of East Nor- walk, in Guider’s Hall, Rowayton, last night. A fine repast was served and an evening of much pleasure spent. ,Miss Grace 8. Hopkins, of East Nor- walk, and Fred D. Jennings, of South Norwalk, will be quietly married at the bride’s home on Christmas Day. Street commissioner \Vardwell had a gang of men working on the Water street snow bank yesterday afternoon, trying to level it off. ‘ S Adams Express company drivers are having a lively time trying to deliver all of their packages in time for Christ- mas. Miss Flora M. Jennings, of Gerard place, has been visiting in Bridgeport. _.T_. This evening Cecil Calvert Council, K. of C., of Bridgeport, will install its officers. The installation will be in charge of District Deputy McMahon of Norwalk. Other state officers-will be present. A social will follow the in~ stallation. —————-———<lu-o>—-——- There is a Classof People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains. that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with- out distress. and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over :1 as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 2-5 cts. pe- package Trv it. Ask for GR;A IN-O. Have you seemed a chance in the doll house? Three more. days and Santa"Claus will be here; Buttery’smarket quotes unusually low . prices on fowls this week. The store of Francis 6; Co., at South Nor-walk, is a good place to secure holiday gifts. Ccl. Hod Saunders says that the Orient bicycle season will begin early.- next year. ——All the latest styles in hats at W ar’d s, 25 Main sheet. The heavy fog which has been with us for the past two days has created considerable trouble with shipping. Letter carrier Wilbur Hubbell is ill with the ' grip. Substitute carrier Perry takes his place. John W. Craw, manager of the Craw Machine Co., of Water street, has moved from New York to. Elmwood avenue, this city. ’ Kabaosa Encampment, I. O. O. R, will elect officers, this evening. If you see your letter carrier loaded these days don’t report him. Joseph Pennell, of the Red Mill, lost two horses through spinal meningitis, last week. —Hats cleaned like new for 100 at Ward’s, 25 Main street. Mrs. F. A. Bracken, of Livingston: place. has returned from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. T. O’Brien, of New Britain. Franz Eigner, of Co. L, 3d Regt., C. V. I., is enjoying a fifteen days’ fur- lough in Norwalk. Mrs. Agnes Roscoe, of \Vestport ave- nue, entertained the members of the Willing Workers’ Circle, K. D., of the N orwalk Methodist church, Wednes- day afternoon. Robert S. Van Buren, is "a victim of the grip. A dditional Local News on Eighth Page. —-——-——————<o-o>—————- A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada ’ E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. : “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally termi- nated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself 11p to my Savior, determined if I could not stay 111th my f1 lends on em th I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get D1. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and am now a. well and healthy woman. Tiial bot- tles free at Riggs’ D1 ug Sto1e, 11 Main sti eet. Regulai size 50c and $1. 00. Guaian— teed o1 p1ice1efunded :3: THE LEADING DRY GOODS STORE! 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