THE EVENING GA/ Row. Ansowunr been Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW VORK. I litmuo l’owor It LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS Court Mahackcmo, F. of A., met, last evening. I The Carpenters’ Lynion assembled, last night. Washington Chaptei, R. A. .\l.. will hold a special meeting to-n night. Edgar Tei 1 ell. has 1etu1ned f1o1n- a two months’ visit in Y onker s. The Norwalk Druggists’ association is holding a meeting this afternoon. Selectman Samuel Lynes attended the bicycle show in New York, yester- day. I To-morrow the ladies of St. Peter‘s church will assemble to organize 1:. ladies’ society. . Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gregory of Main street, will entertain the Friday Even- ing Whist club this week. A meeting of the South Norwalk Baptist church will be held to-morrow evening to revise the by-laws. Buckingham Post, G. A. jR., will hold an important business meeting this evening. C0]. P. L Cunningham of VVashing— ton str,eet is convalescent of a severe attack of the 0'11p Neander C. Becker. formerly of the South Norwalk Beef 00., has moved to New York. Rev. A. J. Smith of East Norwalk, preached in the Rowayton Methodist. church last night. - Boys wanted to sell the EVENING GAZETTE. DHenry D. Cornell has returned‘ home from a visit to his 5011 Ernest at Camp Marion. Mrs. George W. Cram and Miss Alice Cram attended the Yale Junior pro- menade. at N cw Haven Monday. ' Mrs. ThomasE. Mower, and Master relatives in Newtown, Conn. Miss Grace Hunt, of South Main 'street, has been confined to her home with grip. Daniel Osterbanks, who has been ill at his home on Chestnut street for some time, is improving rapidly. At the annual meeting of the stock- - holders of the Lou‘nsbury- & Bissell Co. Tuesday the 01d board of officers was reelected. A special convecation of Washington Chapter, R. A. _M., will be held this evening. The M. M. degree will be ,_ cenferred. Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. ., will hold a smoker and social, in Grand Army hall, on South Main street, next Monday night. Miss Lizzie -I. Tolles, of Fairfield avenue, who has been ill since Friday. .. has resumed her duties at the Franklin street school. - _ The flag over the Pioneer Hook and Ladder company’s quarters, which was raised at half-mast yesterday in honor . of the death of Frank Cousins, was split in two by the storm last night. Chief Engineer J. T. Prowitt and Councilman Fred Buckley were in New Haven, yesterday afternoon, on .husiness in connectidu with the pro- curing of a new-hose wagon. Miss Mary A. Danforth, who has spent five years in Japan under the auspices of the Woman’s Foreign Mis- sionary society to the Methodist Epis- copal church, will speak at the Nor- walk M. E. Church, Thursday evening. Louis St. John Keeler, of Westpor-t, traveling representative of the Gilbert dz Bennett Manufacturing Company, of Georgetown, left‘ town Monday on an extended business trip into Canada and Vermont. The quarterly meeting of the Nor- walk Christian Endeavor Union will be held Tuesday, February 14th, in the South Norwalk Congregational church The principal address will be made by the state president, M.» H. Sp00ner, of Bull’s Bridge. ' __-.__._..____<.-.>__‘._._. IN OLDEN TIMES People overlooked the importance of permanently. beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently overcome habit- ual constipation, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the sys- tem. Buy the genuine, made by the California Fig Syrup Co. of the grip. Robert, of Elwood avenue, are: visiting cr- ' Miss Edna Brown, is seriously ill at her home on Main street. Don't forget the Banda Rossa at Hoyt’s Theatre this afternobn. Dont f01 get the g1 and concert of the Bands Rossa at Hoyts Theatie, this aftei noon Hemy Smith has taken a position with the Craw Machine company, of Water street, as stenographer and type writer. Flank Sherman of West street, has secured a position in the office of the Yale and Towns it‘lanufacturing' com- pan y at Stamford. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Palmer and son, of Washingtou,.D C., are the. guests of William A. Ackei'y 0f Cove street, East Norwalk. Mr. Palmer is chief petty officer on the president’s yacht, and is on a vacation. ' At the Central club Tuesday after- noon, Miss Mabel G. Foster of Boston, entertained the ladies with “Some Stories of a Century Ago. ’f «Miss Pearl Gregory rendered several vocal' solos accompanied on the piano by Miss 'Wir-g, Mrs. Floyd Bouton of Georgetown, who has been visiting Mrs. Charles Clark of Ward street, returned home last night. ' A babya O‘lll \\ as how to Mr and Mrs. Hex bert Vi’aid of TVard street, Tues- day. Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of St. George, met last night in the lodge room on Main street. Arrangements for an entertainment, to be given Feb- ruary 7, were made. \Ziss Ella Worden, of Orchaid street, has returned f1 om a few days’ visit with f1 iends in Southport. Mrs. Katherine Kline, of Union Park, left to-day for a few weeks’ visit with friends in Philadelphia. Martin Grace is better of an attack Services were held at St. church this morning in commemora- tion of the conversion of St. Paul. James Paul, of Grove street, is con- fined to his home with a serious attack of the grip. Mrs. Morris Epstein, of Fort Point street,is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Martha. Needle, in New York.- - Mr. and Mr. J. C. Hawkins, of Sea- side place, are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Leander Gould, of Islip, L. I. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Naphey, of South Osborn avenue, will entertain the members of the Betts Place Whist club Friday night. There are twelve people in the~_“ham- let" knbwn as Unionville, who confess to being over 80 years of age. Gemge Washburn, the artist, is painting a bannerette upon which there is a remaikably 1ealistic semblance of the Norwalk hotel. It will be placed at a point in South Norwalk where it is thought it will do the most good. Norwalk Foresters will attend the Foresters ball, and cake walk in Stain ford to-night. J. Irving Dibble, of South N orwalk, is in attendance at the cycle show in New York to-day. Mr. J .. E. Wixon of West Main street, who has been ill for some time, is not improved any. . Mr. George Quintard of Chestnut street, will entertain the executive committee of the Norwalk Christian Endeavor Union to-night. Important business, in regard to a rally, will be transacted. Ed. Wilson moved a two ton dynamo to Westport yesterday afternoon, for the N. & S. N. Electric Light 00., con- signed to the Westport Electric Light Co. plant. NEVER .iccErTE‘B' PRESENTS. 3 §\ 111'.» 1.113 \ \A'; I a?" G1 p.11 ,1 M!) g .‘i 7} 1‘; ’L I: \§ “n ‘. .. fig} kt 1 ‘SR/I. 1‘ ril" . R" 15’ _-: . \izj‘ \‘ “T" 1‘39? 3/ 1 ‘14:! ‘ F: )f‘ I '1ng J \ J ‘ \ _ “What you you do if I were to give 'you a kiss?” “Give it back at‘once; i never take presents from gentlemen. ”—Pick— Me- UP " ‘ . ., '0’“ . Throat and Lungs. Paul‘s t“ ‘ A-‘Just' Complaint. ’ Complaint is made of the condition ~ of upper Union avenue aft er ’every' ' Storm. The walk at the upper end of the cemetery is in such hor1 1blecond1- tion that. the water is almost knee high, and the road is still worse.‘ The road is so bad in fact that travel is made difficult as well as dangerous. People living in that vicinity object to paying taxes for benefits which they do not enjoy, and think the neglected street should be placed 1n travelling condition at once. A..-“ ..,- Didn’t Take Kindly Advite. James O’Brien, who was fined $5 in the Town Court yesterday, and execu- tion ‘of sentence suspended, instead of acting upon a gentle hint to leave town, again became intoxicated and insisted on going to sleep in 'a convenient chair at the J. M, Layton insurance agency. He was arrested and placed' in the station-house.“ > <v A Sensible Man Would use Kemp’s Balsam for the It is a curing more of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all Throat and Lang Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has auth01ized any d1 uggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free. to convince you of the merit of this great remedy. Price 251:. and 500. <v> WILTON. Rev. William E. Hooker made a busi- ness trip to New York on Monday. ' Frank Clerc, who has recently re— turned from Colorado, has been visiting his sister, Mrs. G. W. Ogden. I. F. Morgan is convalescing from his recent severe illness. ‘ A number of our young people are arranging to give a dramatic entertain- ment for the purpose of raising a fund to continue the improvements in the Joe’s Hill cemetery, before the Lenten season. ,Miss Zelma Thayer left on Monday to begin her studies at the Moody Semin- ary, Northfield, Mass. Mrs. Edward lestead is visiting in New York.- _ W. K. J. Hubbell, P. S. Ackerman, and R. H. Fitch were among the local bicyclists who attended the Cycle show at New Y r,k this week. Mrs. F. S. Banks has returned from a visit to Norwalk. The Board of Relief are holding daily meetings at the Town House. .. 1 IA'-> H U RLBUTT STREET employ of the Ambler and Raymond farms for a number of years, wasth1e victim of a peculiar accident on Satur- day which will lay him up for several " weeks. He was returning frm the woods with a heavy load when he slip- ped on a bit of ice and ‘fell in front of a. wheel of the ox-cart, which passed over both legs, shattering them in a frightful manner. He_..lay helpless in the road until a peddler from George? town found him and managed to get him in his wagon and take him to his home. He was doing as well as. could be expected at last accounts. Miss Edith Jackson has been visiting Miss Mabel Sturges. Many People Cannot Drink coffee at night. It spoils their sleep You can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep like a. top. For Grain-O does not stimulate; it nourish- es, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous persons, young people and children Grain- O is the perfect drink. Made f1om pure grains. Get a package frdin your: 0'rocer to- day. Try it in place of coffee. 15 and 250. g; ——-——-——<0.0>————-—-—— There was a. heavy thunder shower last evening. = C. C. Shannon of Rochester, N. Y., is in town to-day. Miss Katherine McGrath has return- edfrom a visit with friends in Bridge- port. , ' A delegation from Ndrwalk will at- tend the Force .er ’6 fair in Stamfmd to- night. The condition of Arthur. Ferris Jr. who has been ill of the typhoid fever for several weeks is reported as being sligh uly improved. Stanley Merckle,a collector for W. W. Watei bury, Stamford agent for the Wheele1 55 Wilson sewing machine, is unde1 arrest in that city for embez- zlement. He was' arrested upon his rctur-nfzom the Aiion ball in South. Norwalk. , The Stamford Foundry Company which has been shut down for the past three weeks to make repairs and to take inventory, will start up again on full time neXI. Monday. & ‘A“‘ Red Hot From the Gun ‘ Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman of Newark, Mich, in the Civil war. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treat- ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck- len’s Arnica Salve cured him. Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin E1 options. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 etc. a box. Cure guaran- teed. Sold by John A. Riggs, Druggist, 11 Main street. George Barnes, who has been in the Cures' ' court has overruled the motion of At- . ’ JOHN KEAN ELECTED SENATOR. ! V To Succeed James 51111111, of New J r- ' _ 58y. 5Trent0n, N. J.. Jan. 25.--The two houses of the New Jersey legislature. balloted separately at noon yesterdav for United States senator to succ'e d , Senator Smith, Democrat. . _John Kean, Republican, received 14 votes in the Senate and 37 in the House 1 and Senator Smith received 7 in the ' Senate and 22-in the House: John Kean was born in Ursino, near i T 1853. - Elizabeth, N. J., on December .4, He studied at private schools and en- tered Yale with the class of 1876, but did not complete the course, leaving to take up the study of law. He graduated from the COlumbia Law school of New York-in 1875, and was admitted to the New- Jersey bar in 1877. He was elected to the Forty- eighth and Fiftieth Congresses, was chairman of the New Jersey Republi- can state committee in 1891 and 1892, and Republican nominee for governor in 1892, but was defeated by George T. “Wertz, his Democratic opponent. He was a. member of the.commission appointed in 1894 to revise the state Judiciary and practice, and in 1896 was elected one of the delegates at large to the Republican national convention. Mr. Kean is president of the National‘ ‘State Bank of Elizabeth, vice presi- dent of the Manhattan Trust Company of New York city, president of the Elizabethtovm Gas Light Company, president 'of the Elizabethtown Water Company, and managing director of the Elizabethport Banking Company. He is also interested in an electric street railway between Elizabeth and Plainfield, for the-franchise of which he recently offered $250,000 in cash, and which W'lll be constructed as soon as tge needful franchise can be obtain- e Embezzlar Dies in Prison. Concord,‘ N. H., Jan. 25.--Major Hi— ram P. Gerrish, formerly deputy state treasurer of New Hampshire, who was sentenced to state prison last October for 'tivo'years, for embezzlement, died at that institution early yesterday morning of pneumonia, fol'o‘wing an attack of the grip. He had been sick for a little more than a week. Gerrish served in the civil war in the Second regiment of New Hampshire volunteers, and rose to the tank or major. In 1891 he was appointed dep- uty state treasurer and was removed last summer upon the discovery of a discrepancy in his accounts. He was 59 years of age and leaves a. wife and an adopted daughter. Thu shortage is placed at f1 om (our to five tlidusand dollars. Will Sleep the Long Sleep in an Iron Chair Amesbury, Mass, Jan. 25.--Reuben J. Smith. an ec'centrio' old man, who had lived here for many years and whose peculiarities are shown by the provis- ions made for the disposal of his body; died here yesterday. He was seventy- one years old Death was due to old age. ‘ ,, ' In accordance with plans devised by _Mr. Smith, a sarcophagus for the re- ceipt of his body after death it as com- .pleted Several months ago. In his to’mb 3an iron chair was constructed, =and Mr.‘mith' directed that his body‘- ~- should be placed in the chair-1114a sit- ting position, the door securely locked and the key destroyed. This will be done. ‘ _Father dud 'l‘hi ee Children Poisoned. Philadelphia, 3. ., Jan. 25. “George Schaffer, ,a butcher, 52 years of age, and his three children, respectively fourteen, eleven and three years old, were poisoned yesterday by drinking c0ffee which contained arsenic. All are in the hospital in a critical condi— tion. The police are (inclined to the belief that Schal‘fer attempted to kill his children and himself, but Schaffer, af- ter regaining consciousness at‘ the hos- pital, said' one of the children must have placed the'milk used in the coffee in a cup which contained rat poison. His wife died a few months ago and Schaf‘fer himself has been ill for some time. , \ ' Detective Kills Burglar. \ Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 25.--Detective Weber of the New York Central Ralli- road shot and k led a burglar in the Central yard yesterday morning, and captured his companion. The dead man was known as Babeleke and had served time for burglary. The other man gave the name of George Hakow- ski. In the letters possession was found a quantity of, dress goods. Babeleke fired at Weber and was about to shoot again when \Veber shot him through the head. Arbitrators Take a Hand. Marlboro, Mass" Jan. 25. -—The mem- bers of the state board of arbitration arrived in this city yesterday morning and at once went into conference with the representatives of the joint coun- cil of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Uniiohs of this city. The appearance of the board was, not unexpected. The shoe workers, while determined to 'stand by their 0r- ganization, are anxious for the exist- ing troubles to be amicably settled. if possible. Activity Among Carllsts. Madrid, Jan. 25.--It is rumored that the Carlists have floated a loan in London. There is renewed activity on the part of the Carlists in the provin- ces of Muicia, Valencia and Catalo- nia. Pleased by Delciisse‘s Speech. Paris, Jan. 25.--The Paris newspa- pers are profuse in their praise of the dignified speech delivered by M. Del- casse, minister of foreign affaiis, in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, declaring that it has furthered the interests of peace. Ea thquakes in the Peloponnenun. , London, Jan. 25.--A Central News dispatch from Athens says that seis- mic disturbances continue throughout Peloponnesus,.the southern portion of the Kingdom of Greece. 1, . Standard .1311 Decision. . Columbus, 0., Jan. 25. --The supreme torney General Monnett) to oust Man- ter Commissioner Brlnsmade in the Standard 011 case. ~ "bu-b «~- .. .'...:__ . .....‘.. “i 1.11.... ' 1.1.1i1 1 Pills. 135,000 boxes were sold, those who have use .d thcm the longest. goods obtainable put on sale. 11.... .1111' When anything stands a test of over sixty years among a discriminating people like the Americans, and steadily increases in sale, it is pretty good 1 evidence that there is merit somewhere. Such is the record of Brandreth's In 1836, one year after they were introduced into the United States, _ and in 1897, 1,123,097 boxes were sold in this country alone, not to speak of the large and increasing sales throughout lhe" world, where they have been on sale since 177o~nearly one hundrcduand thirty years. Does'm this speak volumes for the virtues of Brandreth‘s Pills '1’ That they actually perform all that is claimed for them, - proved by thc‘fact that those who regard them with the greatest favor are « is conclusively . Brandrcth's P. lls are purely tcgetablc, and are made of the highest class F1 r two years every p: ll lics' 1'1 the storehouse before it is The allows the medicine to mellow and soften, and explains why the cathartic action of Urandreth’s Pills is so certain and so easy. The system never becomes inurcd to them, they can be taken indefinitely, and if stopped at any time, the functions will proceed to act in a natural manner. 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