ROYAL ABSOLUTE“: bum: Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ‘ ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW YORK. BAKI m. Pom): R LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS ' The BoaId of Health will meet to- night The Druggists’ association meets to- night. Dr. W. J. Tracey ’5 mother continues to improve. The Catholic club will hold a smoker next Tuesday evening. Samuel Raymond. J1. ., has puichased Hal Iy Cobur’sn vacht Magella. The Germania Saengerbund will- hold a special meeting to—night. T. S. Osborn, of Academy street, eon- templates removing to Long Island. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. David Flaherty, of Prospect avenue. The funeral of the late Col. Peter L. Cunningham was held this afternoon. William L. Warren and family are expected home from the South to-day. ——Smack Flash, Live Codfish, 6c. lb. P. Morton, \Vashington street bridge. Miss Alice Mead of New Canaan, is spending a week with friends in Elm street. ‘ The Fairlield County Teachers’ as- sociation will meet in Bridgeport on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Benedict of West- port, spent Sunday with Norwalk friends. ' The old Lichtblau bakery on \Vash- ington street is to be reopened by a New York baker. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis of Nor- walk spent Sunday with Mrs. Seymour 'Bulkley in Westport. Mrs. James M. Seeley and daughter, Mrs. Theodore Ferris, of Spring street, have moved to Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Connors, of West street are entertaining Miss Han nah Connors of Milford. Mrs. ,Wray Bedient is moving into rooms in the residence of Mrs James M. Seeley‘on Spring street. ‘ The Westport driving club has fixed the date for the coming races at the Norwalk Fair Grounds for May 17. Mrs. Valentine Sturm, better known as the “Wild Rose of Wilton,” has taken up her abode at ghe town farm. The Fairfield County Association of Congregational Ministers, will hold their quarterly meeting at Wilton to- day. One of Dann& Banks’ horses died last night of lung fever. He was carted away this morning by P. W. Bates’ dIay. ——VVhist at the VVoman’s Exchange, Thursday afternoon, April 27th, at 3 o’clock, Admission 2350. ..<, The trolley tracks on Main street. were well covered with trolley grease yesterday, much to the annoyance of ladies and wheelmen. Mrs. H. .W. Gregory and Mrs. Clar ence Osborn will‘act as hostesses at the Central club house to-night. Mem— bers and friends are invited. The burning of grass. on the lot north of g the Dorlon Point house attracted numerous wheelmen to that vicinity last night. Many thought the hotel on fire. Rev. Asher Anderson of Meriden, chaplain of the Second regiment, C. N. G., has resigned and has been honOra- bly discharged from the military ser- vice of the state. , . The proposed bicycle race of Barth- Ol’s hat factory employees will take place Saturday afternoon, May 27th, over a new five mile course, starting from Gregory‘s Point. There were 1,935 insane persons con- fined in the Connecticut Hospital for_ the Insane April 1, a gain of 10 during the month. Thirty-seven 'Were ad- mitted, 14 died and 13 were discharged,- some on trial. Senator Hawley, who has been in Hartford for the past fortnight, left yesterday on his return toWashington. Mrs. Hawlcy and the children are still in Washington, but will sail fOr Eng- land early' in June. =19 George C. McNall. of Greenwich, grandmaster of the Masonic lodge of Connecticut, was ma rried in Greenwich yesterday afternoon to Mrs. Emma F.‘ Montelle, a widow. The ceremony took place at Christ Episcopal church. 1 ButleI Lodge, I. O. O. F. will meet to- night. . Judge H. W. Gregory is in North Salem to-day. Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo was in Nor- wich Tuesday. _ Minnehaha Division N5. 15, S. of T., will meet to-night. South Norwalk Division Knights of Honor will meet to-night. E. S.’ ”Bennett. of Bennett, Simpson S: 00., was in town this morning. Mrs. Joseph O’Brien of Crescent Terrace has been visiting in Derby. A cottage prayer meeting was held at Mrs. Moore’s on Wilton avenue last night. . Mrs. GraCe McChesney of West ave- nue has returned from a visit in Naug- atuok. Lbraine I. Brown and Ralph Gregory started this morning to wheel to New— ark, N. J. Lieut. W. W. Bloom of Company F, C. N. G., having removed to Stamford, talks of resigning. The Ladies Aid ’Association‘ of the East avenue Methodist church will meet this afternoon. ,The price of gas' has been reduced from $1.90 to $1.75 a thousand by the Norwich Gas‘ Company. There was a battle royal on High street this morning between seven rats and four dogs with, Patsy Slattery as referee. The dogs won. The East Norwalk Lumber Co. will hold a meeting in its oflice on the Bene- dict Farm’s bridge this evening. T. James Magner, the news and sta— tionary dealer of South Main street, is to be wedded in New York to-day. If you are in need of good dental work Dr. T. A. Riordan in the Quin- tard building 'can accommodate you. ‘ —~'FI'esh Fish—A load of fresh blue fish, North River shad and porgies lying at Washington street bridge. The assault case of Lahey vs. Kline was not concluded 1n Bridgeport yes- terday, and is being continued to-day. Mrs. James Stevens of Franklin street, contemplates leasing the Havi- land House, at Bell Island, for the com- ing season. The Crofut (St Knapp company have an order for 800 dozen hats for the New York police force and 400 dozen for the letter carriers. L1eut.-Col. Hendrie has appointed. Lieut. S. P. Cronan of Bridgeport as temporary commander of Co. K to pre- pare it for reorganization. Mrs. John Warren, who injured one of her feet while riding a bicycle Some time ago has not regained the use of the member yet but is slowly improv- ing. It is repOrted that W. F. Renoud has sold his place in Georgetown to Major David H. Miller. Mr. Renoud’s busi- ness being in Bridgeport he will prob- ably move there. William Hanlon was nursing a lame hand this morning from the effects Of trying to master a bucking b1cycle last - night. “Billy” proposes to conquer it if it kills him. The Ladies Aid society of the First Methodist church met ,Monday night to arrange for a reception to be tender- ed the Rev. and Mrs. James Montgom- ery on Friday evening, May 5. Attorney J. B. Hurlbutt is engaged in preparing the bill and brief in the new 1nsane asylum matter to-day. He will finish ,tO-morrow in readiness for the argument which takes place on Friday. Landlord Alvah Tuthill of Hickory Bluff has just completed a windmill with which to di aw water for his ten- ants. A house' 15 being built now and very soon a number bf new bath houses will be erected. Ex-Patent Commissioner John S. Seymour before the corporations com- mittee in the Senate chamber yester-_ day afternoon opened the arguments in favor of the petition of the Boston & New York Telephone company of Con- necticut for incorporation. The Business Women’s club held its regular monthly business meeting in th club rooms, United Bank building last night. It was decided to hold only one..class a week. This will be the shirt-waist class and will meet Monday evening. , The South Norwalk Fife and Drum band met last night. , . Robert Ohstead of France” street has purchased a Nyack bicycle.‘ Miss Margaret Cavanagh, Of South Nerwalk is visiting with relativesin Derby. Mrs. Leila Weed and Mrs. Howard Holmes are spending the day in New York. _____ . The Sons of St. George will initiate five candidates at their meeting next Tuesday evening. ‘ _ i A class meeting was held in the East avenue Methodist church last night. About 41 were present. At the meeting of the Kelsey club last night the smoker Thursday was discussed The ex-mayors of South Norwalk will attend the funeral of ex—mavor Cunningham this afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Elsie Ann Bene- dict was held yesterday, the interment being in the Norwalk cemetery. Charles Coleman and Cora Ackerman Of East Norwalk were married last night. Rev. J.‘J. Foust performed the ceremony. formerly of this, place, called on friends 1n town yesterday. It is her first visit here in over tepyears. Mrs. Mary E. Splain died at her home in Raymond street yesterday, aged 27 years. The funeral will be held from St. Joseph’s church Friday morning ‘ at 9 o’clock. Harr'y Banks Jennings, son of Post- master N. Jennings, of Southport, and Miss 'Caroline Estelle Walshe, of New- burg, N. Y., will be married at the home of the bride this evening at 6:30 o'clock. Patrick Ward was arrested yesterday afternoon by Capt. Gladstone. The man was intoxicated and was making a nuisance of himself at the railroad station. This morning he was fined$3 and costs. ' ‘ > 7 Recognition Comes Lute. St. Lothaire, in the Jura mountains, has erected a monument to Charles Marc Sauria, the country doctor who, in 1831, invented the lucifer match, but was too poor to patent his invention. llhere are Austrian and Hungarian claimants to the priority of the inven: tion. . to be given? Mrs. John Brundage, of Brooklyn,~ THE EVENING GAZETTE FRENCHMEN DON" TRAVEL Because The, Inn e an Inmate Horror of Aisytlling Like “Bough- ‘ ing‘ It.” VI. Bonvalto, the distinguished ex- plore1, is cOnstantly exhorting his fel- low-country men to Irene], and his ap- peals are once more leading to a re- view of the masons IIhiCh render the average Gaul so av'e1se to adienture beyond his own frontier. says the Lon- don Telegraph. How does it happen, it is asked, that so few, men of the y ounger generation of F1enchme11,dis- play any inclination to see the world although at their age, many Anglo- Saxons have already been round it? TWO main explanations for these stay—at—home propensities are volun- teered. One is that people in France rarely trouble themselves to learn for- eign languages, so that they are like fish out of water when they go abroad. Another is that they are absolutely ig- norant of the practical side of travel and have little idea of the articles that they iequire or of the best mode of fitting themselI cs out for a long joul- ney. enterprising and have a horror of any- thing in the shape of “roughing it,” as the saying goes. .fi—Mw—fi—ap- ‘y ' J _._~ The Appetite of. a Goal Is envied by all pu'.lys_1:_).1: 3 whose Stomach and Liver are out of order All such should know that DI Kings New Life Pills, the wondeIfuI Stomach and LiveI Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great~energy. Only 25c. at John A. RiggS’ drug store, 11 Main street. -' V 7‘ an finmvé’d’tihéstlon. The energy of the discharge of a 13- ' inch gun loaded with smokeless poIv~ der is equal to the energy of nine 40- ton locomotives running at the rate of a mile a minute, and one 20-ton locomo. tive running at the same speed thrown in. No battleship has yet received the shock.of such a blow. What bolts will draw, What plates will warp, what- leaks will develop when it occurs can but be conjectured. ' Baby Started V. ell Equipped. A new baby born in Dover, Me., re- ceived as his first the following timely outfit from a. friend of his parents,a. bunch of toothpicks, a toothbrush and a shaving mug. There is a Class of People W110 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‘idistress, and but few can tell it from ‘coli’ee. It does not cost over 1 as much.’ Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per ._ .ackage Trv it _Ask for GR.A 1N0. .FI. In short, they are not handy 01' ' CHILDREN OF OLD MEN. Seventy Years No Bar to the Acquula tion of Interesting Faun- iliea. ' Cases of children being born to men verging on the three score years and ten, which are declared by the Psalmist to constitute the span of human life, are by no means so rare as might be imag- ined, says the New York World. The present earl of Leicester, one of the only peers of the realm who Ivit- nessed Queen Vicfolia’ s coronation, was 71 years of age at the time- of the birth of his youngest daughter, II hose eldest sister, aged 49, is already a grandmother. The famous French Field Marshal Pelissier, duke of Malako‘l’r‘, was 68 when he married, and hi‘s‘o’nly Il;:-""l1ter, recently divorced from the h Count Zn Inbi k'1, was born :1 ye. , later. 1115 felloII field marshals, Cdnrcbert and Bazaine, likewise mar- Iied when they were in the neighbm— hood of 70, and each left seIeral chil- d.ren The father of Queen Isabella of Spain, old King Ferdinand, was 68 at the time of her birth, and'fi!) when her sister, the late Duchess de Monipensier, made her appearance in the world. Ancient history furnishes many more such in- ' stances, among the most notable being, peihaps, those of Cato, King David, and last, but not least, Father Ablflr, ham. , a‘.-_ i. ._ . A'ficn.-- ~ ntainntsss or ME. The kidneys are responsible for m01e sickness, suffering, and deaths than any other 01 gans of the body. A majority of the ills afflicting peo- ple to- day is traceable to kidney trouble It pervades all classes of so- ciety. in all climates,1 regardless of age, sex or condition. The symptoms of kidney trouble are unmistakable, such. as rheumatism, neuralgia. sleeplessness, pain or dull ache in the back, a desire to urinate often day or night. profuse or scanty supply. UIic acid, or inck dust deposit in wine we signs of clogged kidneys, causing poisoned and geI m-filled Llood‘ Sometimes the 'shefut acts badly, and tube casts (wastipg of the kidneys) are found in the urlne, which if neglected will result in BIight’s Disease. we most dangerous form ofltidney tremble. All these symptoms and cond-‘iions are. promptly removed under the in- fluence of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root. It has a world wide reputation for its wonderful cures of the most distress— ing cases. No one need be long without it as it ,is so easy to get at any drug store at 1' fifty cents or one dollar You can have a sample bottle of this wonderful dis- COI ery, Swamp-Root, and a book telling all about it, both sent to you absolutely free by mail. Send your addressto Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y. and kindly mention that. you read this lib- . eral Offer in'ITHE NORWALK GAZETTE. Mastuwllamlm Pianos appeal to the most critical taste because of their beauty of tone and. correct design of case, combined with perfection of workman- ship and great durability. A variety of odd styles of pianos at reduced’prices always on hand. Write for particulars. MASON 8: HAMLIN CO., 3 a. 5 West l8th St., Near Fifth Avenue. Spring Goods. HaI e juSt received a big line.of SpI 1ng Goods. Thev are the hand- somest ever offered in town. Cheviots and Plaids Among them for the ladies. The finest English imported goods for , tailor made suits. Ladies’ Suits. $25 to $50. is furnished, $12 to $15. LaIge stock of Ladies’ cloth, all styles and colors. Patterns cut any style, to order. Fit guaranteed. ‘ For Men. Suits from $15 up. Trousers, $5 up. Spring Ove1coats, $18. The nobbiest styles we have ever seen. BICYCLE SUITS. L, BIRMAN, Ladies’ and fienllemen’ s Tailor 33 Main Street”, NORWALK. CONN. Mlllllllllll Nam Main Street. Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store. Elegant assortment of trimmed Hats Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans, Sai Dr‘s, etc. All are cordially invited to call. Ladies own Material made and trim. med by first class New York milliners MRS. W. FAWCET'J‘, AGT. —Advertise in THE GAZETTE. N orwa ' .145. ‘ lfBuSineSS Directory P. H. DWYER, Harness Maker, 16 Main Street. The best of satisfaction guaranteed. 'Repairing done'in first-class manner. DR. T. A. RIORDAN, DENTIST, COR. WALL AND KNIGHT STS., Norwalk, Conn. o~_ -.'_ 6,41, 8.,11-.1020P. M. A. M,, 10.10 P. M RAILROAD TIME TABLE. FOR NEW YORK. I EXPRESS TRAINS—4.55, 5.45, 3.10, 9.53, 10.55, A. M, 12.47, 2,25,11,10 5.,55 7.55P M ACCOMMODATION—9. 36, 11 40 A M., 1.11, 3. 04, 4.07 5. 33, , LOCAL EXPRESS—6. 15, 0. 55, 7.15, 7. 54 9; 03, 11. 35 A M. FOR WASHINGTON VIA, HARLEM RIVER—12.55 A. M. SUNDAYS—EXPRESS 4. 55, 5. 45 A M ACCOMMODATION, 9.05 . LOCAL EXPRESS, 5. 35, 7. 20 P. M 1 FOR 1 3,05, 5.04, (Naugat-uek,)' 9.12, A M, 7..15P M. w" FOR DANBURY. g, [FROM SOUTH NORWALK.] ' 6.-35,10.10 A M., 1.20, 4.25, 510, 600 P. M NEW HAVEN. EXPRESS TRAINS—1.11, 1.20, 5,11, 10.05, 11.08, A. M_, 12.02 7.05, 9.05 P, M. . ACCOMMODATION—6.28, 7.42, 8.46, 11.42 A. M., (to BridgepOIt, ) 4.18, 5L7, 5. 7, 7. 28, (to-Bridgeport, 9915, 11. 15 P' ‘M. SUNDAYS—ExP1mss—~L71, 1. 20 A M. ACCOMMODATION, 7. 42, 1.12, 2.42, _ FOR DANBURY. ,. ' FROM NORWALK. ] 641 1015 A"M 125,615 605P M17 N orwalk flair Cutting and Shaving Parlors. First- class hair cut, any style, 15c. Fll st- class Shave, with bay rum, 10c. Clear. towel to eve1y customer. Special attention to children’s work. 31 Main Street, Norwalk. _ Whelpley 8: Clark, Wholesale and Retail 5 . TOBACCONISTS, Main and Washington Sts., SOUTH NORWALK, ' Oleander Garden, 20 Main Street. Cor. QUICK LUNCH. ._ When cloth ~ new YORK. a . ‘ I
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