3 cts.
enmity;
Mrs. William K.,_J‘amesis having her
ample front stocpijeplaiiked by Carpen-
. ter Brush. 7 . A”. .. .
Chris E. Miller, will sail forrGgermany
on the steamerBugia, of - the Hamburg
line on June 20th: , '« .
Mrs. Oliver. S. Clark is reported
quite comfortable this morning, and
will be out again soon.
Michael Garrigan I was crushed
to death by arpile of lumber falling
upon him-this noon . at the steamboat
dock, South ' Norwalk.’ He was 48
years old and leaves a' wife and five
children.
Samuel Jarvis with a gang of work-
men is now at work atithe Brooklyn
Navy Yard, for the Norwalk Iron
Works, putting Mr. Eben Hill’s patent
hot air compressors into the U. S. gun-
boat Terror. '
Mrs. Legrand Johnson and Mrs.
Lawrence Weed, both of West Nor-
walk, are dangerously ill with pneu-
monia, and it is not believed that the
latter can survive. Mrs. Weed’s hus-
band, it will be remembered, committed
suicide a few days ago.
Mr. George A. Kinner, of Bethel,
came to Norwalk to-day to See his ex-
cellent horses “Pries ” and George A. , ’?
which have been looked after by Train-
er Lockwood most of the time for the
last tom years, and are in prime condi-
tion for the tracks.
The Danbury News has the following
in reference to 'the appointment to the
assistant dlerkship of that lively city,
of an‘oild Norwalk war'veteran: Albert
Morehouse, J r., is well qualified to fill
the position of assistant city clerk. He
is prominent as a Grand Army, man,
having been a commander of James E.
’Moore Post last year. He is a hatter
{in the employ of Crofut & White.
J. Halsey Kemper of Westport, son
of ex-Se‘lectman Charles H. Kemper,
attempted suicide yesterday afternoon .
by shooting himself in the head w1th a
revolver. No serious results are feared.
Kemper, who is about 30 years old and
highly educated, was closing a three
weeks’ debauch when he staggered Into ‘
Dr. Cannon’s drug store and fell into a
chair. Placing the weapon behind his
ear he pulled the trigger. The ball
lodged near the brain where the doctor
found it.
The “era of good feeling” was made
manifest yesterday, Ascension Day,
when owing to the janitor of Grace
church not having shut off his gas, the
I services announced to take place there
at 10.30 a. m. were omitted and Rector
Watkins immediately went up to St.
Paul’s to hear his good brother Gra-
ham. Then last evening, St. Paul’s
zealous champion, Rev. Bro. Ellwood,
was seen at Grace Church, and as rev-
erent a worshipper as any. This is as
it should be. “By this shall the world
know that ye have learned of me, in
that ye love one another.”
The horse which transports over a
thousand a dayof Ells’ popular;- pies
about our town and its suburbs, and
who had always been considered as
staid and steady as a Presbyterian dea—
con, took it into his stupid head yester-
day afternoon, when ‘near St. Mary’s
church, to get crazy scared at the big
steam road roller. He dashed over in‘
to the DeKlyn place yard, struck a tree
and utterly demolish "
while poor George Ells, the Pies and
pie plates filled the air as if fired'pu. e.
a catapult. Fortunately, Mr. Ells was
not dangerously hurt, though quite se-
riously shaken up.
One of our bright Methodist pastors
relates, with some satisfaction, that the
Rectors of the Episcopal "churches of
Norwalk have been almost entirely re-
cruitedfrom the ranks of Methodism.
Rev. Mr. Graham, he states, was form-
erly a Methodist preacher. Rev. Mr.
Hallock came out from the Methodist.
pulpit, while Rev. Mr. Watkins’ father
was formerly an eloquent Methodist di-
vine. To this may be added that the
late Rev. Dr. Mead was first a Metho-
dist, Rev. Mr. Selleck, brought up in
the Congregational church, Rev. Mr.
Elwood was formerly a Congrega-
tional preacher, and 1 dev. ' Dr.
Childs, one of the ablest preachers and
teachers of the Presbyterian faith, is
now an Episcopalian.
Last evening the following named
gentlemen assembled, with-Town Clerk
Smith, in the town clerk’s ofiice and
opened the ballot boxes : Messrs. C.
B. Coolidge, B. S. Keith, John H.
Light, Lester L. Sherwood and Ber-‘
nard C. Feeney.
No attempt at a_..ballot recount was
made, except of the rejected ballots,
and the only interest was in the .Third
. district. In that box a}lOt of new bal-
lots never cOunted'or folded was. found
thrown in with the ballots of election
day. There were 44' rejected ballots; {30
of these. “rejected'for not being print-
ed in conformity to law,” were prohi-
bition ballots thathad: "for congress.”
on them; 14 were rejected for “envel-
opes not sealed.” Of’these oneaenvel-
ope was empty, nine were Mornis bal-
. lots and four Merwin ballets.
The Morris quo wan-auto proceedings,
tweén=‘°6unsel- It is hbnddéthiit.
Willi.
out of the present unsatisfaCtOny ”State
of things will be speedily found. ‘.
Kidne troubles if taken in season are easily 7.
cured with J ohnson’s AnodyneLin‘iment; fact. ;
* sun are those?" ‘he asks.
CALIFORNIA’S CLIMATE
WONDERFUL“ CHANGES. THAT ONE
EXPERIENCES some WEST.
A Traveler Jumps from Drona mu-
Into Smiling ' Summer—Icedolds‘b
ceeded. by Flower Gardens—Snowbau"
by Blpenlng Fruits.
The traveler who comes to California by
the Central Pacific line during the winter
months experiences a surprise which is of
so remarkable and at the same time agree-
able a character that its charm is never
lost. N o matter how thickly the trip may
troduction to the Golden state stands out
sharp and clear in his memory.
Let the tourist leave his eastern home
after the winter, season shall have; com:
mence'd. Jpfirneying westvvfird the some
climatic exigencies commonfto all the coun-
try east‘df the Sierra are encountered. Icy
winds-‘EWeepithe‘ plains, snow liostoa depth
of unity feetvupon the face of the earth, the
windbws of the cars are coated with frost,
and 1hotfires‘ and loads of blankets are nee
ass-y for even ordinary comfort. As the
boundary line of‘ ‘ California is crossed the
cold becomes more intense, the snows are
deeper and averitable Arctic climate seems
to have been encountered.
‘Half a dozen locomotives become neces-
sary to move the train, and they pod and
groan and give vent to many an ear pierc-
ing shriek as theyslowly'anl wearil y cllm b
the steep grade. The snow is so deep that
the outlook from the window is entirely
cut 03, the white walls rising perpendicu-
larly on either hand far above even the car
roofs.
Here may be seen the most ponderous
machinery ever devised-I for clearing the
snow from the tracks. Immense plows of
diflerent patterns, propelled by a dozen or
fifteen ,locomotiva each, are kept busy
fighting the snow, which lies tvventy feet,
thirty feet or even’ deeper on the level, and
which is drifted by the gale in perfect ava-
lanches. For miles and miles the track is
protected by _snow sheds, whose massive
timbers groan and strain with the weight
imposed upon them.
Here are armies of men, their faces black~
ened‘ with soot to prevent blindness and
their feet swathed in rolls of gunny mk-
ing, shoveling as if their lives depended
upon it, and yet unable to keep more than
a few feet of the road passable. Step out-
side the car and the cold is so intense that
a stay of a coupleof minutes in the open
air is amply sufficient to coolthe most-arr-
dent‘curidSity. If a thermometer-balsam
it will be found to mark 10, even 20 degs.
below zero. The very air itself is filled
with icy nwdles and there is a penetrative-
ness in the chill atmosphere that the heav—
iest and warmest wrappings are unable to
resist. ' '
Perhaps a stop is made at some station.
One may perchajnce learn byconsulting the
guide book ‘ or'Van unusually obliging em-
ploye that there is a town of a couple of
thousand inhabitants close by. But there
are no proofs of that fact visible to the in-
experienced ‘eye Alltthat can,.beseen ,is .a.
confused jumble of”. ’odd 'sliaped'mounds-‘of
snow, from the center of manyan ”which
columns of smoke ascend slowlyiinto the
frost laden atmosphere.
If disposed to be sarcastic he \will read
from his guide book entertaining descrip-
tions of outdoor midwinter picnicsywith
orange. trees laden with golden fruit, the
air heavy with perfumes, the earth car-
peted with blossoms, and then ask 'xwhat
sort of a—semi-t—ropical climate thisds any-
how. If theétrain should be=snowed in a
week or two his sarcasm will become bit-
terer and bittererasthe time wearily pass-
es away, until the most «ardent lover of
this lovable state will behilenced.
But revenge, sweet revenge, is in store
for the silenced Californian. Shivering
with the cold, the snow piled mountain
high, the wind whistling a gale. the skep-
tiaal and disgusted .traveler-buries himself
beneath a pile of blankets-and seeks relief
from the disagreeble sights and sounds of
midwinter in the Sierra.
.A few :hours pass, half a dozen, perhaps.
The train has been steadily pushing its
way westward. 'Ths summit has been
crossed. The extra engines that have been
called in to assist the cars up the mountain
have been dismissed. The puff and snort.
the group and whistle have ceased. The
gait ih'as beenacceleratcd, and the wheels
roll rapidly'over the rails with a monoto-
nous "click-clack. click-clack” at each
joint.
The traveler finds his load of blankets
becoming heavier and heavier. He tum-
bles and kicks about in his berth. That
infernal porter-must have a terrible hot
fireygoing. :‘Sleep becomes impossible, and
with many'a yawn and much stretching of
limb the tourist dresses himself and finally
.adraws aside the curtain and peeps out to
‘see hiow’l‘d‘eep the snow is. ~
Bungwhatis this? Is be dreaming? He.
cubs hisaeyiesagain and takes another look
from .the Window. Oh, there must be
something wrong about it. It is not possi-
ble. :Has he died and gone to Paradise?
How::can:such a change have been accom-
plished? .He went to bed cold and shiver-
ing, with 'snowbanks twenty feet deep,
with the thermometer out of sight below
zero and with the gale howling in his ears.
fie awakes to see—what?
Nature in her most charming mood. Far
:as :the eye can see the swelling summits
.and slopes of the hills are carpeted with
the loveliest green.‘ Myriads of flowers
«deck the swarm-while the foliage of tree
and :shrub sparkles in the morning 'sun
went drops of moisture. Here and there are
orchards, white and pink and red, with
their burden of promise of an abundant
:fruitage; the hillsides are green with the
)young foliage of the vine, the dooryards
are a mass of roses, pinks and all manner
ofbloom. ' ’ "
To obtain a better view the bewildered
Itourist throws up the window. The balmy,
iinvigoratingairpours .in laden with, the
:perfume of millions of flowers. The scent
‘of the earth is in the atmosphere, the pulse
,quickens and there is an irresistible desire
to fling one’s self from the car and roll
down yonder grassy slope, decked with
flowers of brightest hue.
Just then the door opens and a brakeman
"sings out “Nevaastlel” The traveler takes
-~advantage of. the stoppage 'to'go outside
and glance about him. Down in the hollOW
.yonder is asight which attracts his notice.
There are several acres of» .gracefulfidark
"foliaged trecs,l‘which are a blaze of gold as
“What under the
And a-bystande’r,
following the direction of the glance, re-
aponds: “Huh. them’s oranges. Lots 0’
them around here.”
.And, sure enough, so they are. ..-.
glad this is the first introduction ofhun—
the sun strikes them.
t " smost arcticflsortgof A , ter that can?
fiimnedé. @figgwig .; lief ri- morne
"iifiséamid-sdsneswhi . ‘th‘e... 'rdch‘oftaEdw
could scarcely'rfi'ave surpassed. fl‘. -.- u l
of an arctic winter at nught:...~.
. micbt of a setniLtropic spring at ;. .
—San Francisco Chronicle.
be crowded with events of note, the firstin— ‘
likediamonds as the rays catch the pend- -
_ many doe imagine.”
dreds to (Julianna :rirslsep at night in .
open to-gd'ay, Pulsuant to agreementmeil
fl)... Hm... .,;..,. ..:. :. 4,--.4,.-..-.. . .
Tu: WRONG" com IN THE sloT.
trouble a Washington Youth Bed In 0!:-
talnln‘g"n'n Opera Glass. - ‘
Attached to the backs of every alternate
parquet‘ehair in some of the then! here
isalittle peculiarshaped nickel plated box,
put-therefor the benefit of the occupant
ofitbo‘fw behind the Chairrto which. this
am. 'I‘I'n'scr‘ibcd‘n ' tbgbogjstho
Information thatby pl a dinie in the
olotand turning the thumbscrew to the
right apair of ~opemglmsa§c§n behadfor
ugdgrmg the performance. One of thee
little boxes in one any; uptown theatres
was the other evening the innocent cause
of considerable amusement and the dis-
eomfiture-of a very fresh young American
who assayed to "play a sharp‘ti‘iék on the
operaglass scheme and its schemer.
“1111‘ I‘intended to engage a pair of
glasses outside, don" ya know, but I’ll
just try-a 1‘ pair’ of thee in'the box; they
qu.,m very: cellent, don’t ye
know,”~said be, loud enough to be heard a
goodvdistance around him. The play had
just begun, and he was ina hurry. He
stood .up to take of his overcoat, to the
annoyance of ‘a dozen or Sobehind‘him,‘ in-
mo of having done so in- the lobby.
When taking his seat" he found itneces~
larytostaudupagaintosearchinhis
trousers pocket for the necessary dime.
He found what he wanted, and placing a.
left-over piece carefully back in his pocket
sat dowu and dropped the one he hadi
hand in the slot. . --
He turned the screw awarding to direc-
tions, but the box failed to keep its part of
the contract. He tugged this way . and
that until he succeeded in getting the
wraps all on the floor, and the attention of
those around him-called to the dilemma
into which he was getting himself. He
worked and squirmed and twisted until
his face grewred and largebeadsofpen
spiration gathered pubis plmtic brow and
trickled down his burning cheeks, yet no
opera glasses. He next bent over and
peeped up under the box to ascertain if
there was not‘a'cotch or hook or button
which needed attention as a part of the
openingprocess. but neither catch, hook,
nor button Was there to need attention.
He ejaculated something about a’ “con-
founded nuisance,” and vigorously turned
them backward and forward and shook
the but until it rattled like an old bicycle
lamp, Ind all without avail. Then he sat
down and gave the short balance of the
firsttaotiamt, yhich was mere than his
friend did for him: She made a 'num-
ber {orf Curio-comic remarks about the in-
genuity-of slots and the open generosity
of some wealthy people who gave away
vast rsums of money for charitable pur-
Iposes‘vvithout the least expectation of re-
ward’iin'this world.
lDuring the intermission be tackled the
box jugain and picked at the let With a
Ililade‘of {his penknife with a view of com-
;pe‘lling the box to do what it ought to with
that dime, and let him have the use of his
glasses. Timing-after resorting to many
unsuccessful attempts to get it open, he
2hogan tapping the box sharply with the
head of his umbrella, hoping to jar the
dime into its proper place, but it was not
the dime that got jarred. The occupant of
the chair to which “the box was attached, a
gentleman with straight, strange looking
uhliir - and a fierce mustache, turned and
~askedthe young man why he did not “send
for a number of government contractors
and get estimates 'on having the box re-
moved, and save that dime from total
loss.”
This sally had the effect of producing a
general snickering in that locality, in
which the lady he was escorting joined,
and just as the bell rang up the curtain on
the second not he drew the other piece of
~moneyfrom his pocket, slipped it into the
slot, gave the screw a. twist and got the
glasses without further trouble. The next
morning. there were found in the box a
dime and a three cent piece. It was the
little, insignificant looking but proud and
provoking three center which caused all
the trouble and amusement by refusing to
perform the services of a common every
day dime—Washington Star.
SET RIGHT.
She Was Under a. Mlsapprehenslon, but
Her Fears Were Stilled.
“See here, sir; ’ she said,m=. she entered a
sewing, machine office the other day, “your
agent has imposed upon me.”
“Is it possible, ma’am? In what re-
spect?”
“Yes, sir; he has lied to me, and I don’t
want your machine.”
“How has hodeceived you .9”
“Why, he came into my house and told
me that your machine was the best in the
world. Told it right before witnesses, and
I can prove every word of it.” -
“But that was not deceiving you,
mn’am.”
“Yes, it was! I hadn’t the machine two
days before another agent called and said
his was the best, and he had > a ‘circular to
back it up. He had hardly got out doors
when-another called and said his machine
had taken ten medals."
“But we have taken fifteen, ma’am.”
“Oh, have you?”
“And are sure to get the premium at the
next World’s fair.”
“Indeed!”
“And we have issued a challenge for a
public trial, which no other machine dare
accept.”
“Is that so? Then your machine is the
best, after all?”
“Certainly.”
“Then you will please excuse me. «I
thought I had been imposed upon, and I
guess I was a little ,. hasty. The other
agents must have been the liars.”—Detroit
Free Press.
._______.____—._._
To" Hasty.
Coal Dealer (anx10usly)—Hold on! That
load hasn’tbeen weighed. It looks to me
rather large fora ton.
Driver—’Tain’t intended
two tons.
Dealer—Beg pardon.
.York Weekly.
fer a ton. It’s
Go ahead—New
Capt. John Smith never during his life-
time succeeded in convincing the English '
that Virginia was not an island. In vain
he wrote homey. “Virginia is no isle, as
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33 of our FINEST PATTERN DRESSES that have been selling
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Special attention paid to the painting Of
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