NEWS or THE WEEK.
C. T. Weeks was in town Sunday. .
John Doty was in town over Sunday.
The Medea did a big business all last
week.
Mr. F. J. Mallony was in town over
Sunday.
Dr. J. C. Newkirk and family have
returned from the Catskills.
Mrs. George Colyer, of New York,
is visiting relatives in town.
The reunion of the ’85 legislature will
be heldAugust 13, at Hill’s Homestead,
Savin Rock.
Mrs. Southmayd, of Brooklyn, is vis-
iting her neices, the Misses Hatch 011
West avenue.
County Commissioner Paige isbetter
and hopes are entertained for his ulti-
mate recovery.
Mr. Arthur E. Patterson,
of the Pope Mf’g (30., Boston.
Sunday in town.
secretary
spent
“Steeple” Charlie is repairing the
steeple of the Asylum street Methodist
church, Hart-ford. ’ =
The twenty-fourth annual reunion of
the Sixth C. V. will be held in Bridge-
port on August 19.
Mrs. Eugene Fauntleroy and daugh—
ter of East avenue are spending a few
weeks in the Catskills.
One of Norwalk’s popular milk men
has a CUW that gives salt milk. th0
can 0x11lain the phenomena ‘9
Miss Jennie Taylor. of Wilton, and
Miss Minnie Fritz, of South Norwalk,
are sojourning at Saratoga.
Good Deacon Main was a visitor over
Sunday at his brother-in-law’s \Valter
Fitch on the \Vestport roads.
M1. W. H. Ells a G znrrn graduate,
has 1ccently been called to the charge
of the “Walton. N. Y.,Chronicle.
A ‘11 wn meeting is to be held in New
Canaan next week Tuesrlay to vote on
the question of introducing public wa-
ter works.
Miss May \Voolley, of Pawtucket, R.
I., in spending a, fmv days at her grand
parents home. Dea1. 11 Stephen Ferris,
South Norwalk.
Mrs. Comstock, formerly of the Nor-
walk Light-house,and her artist daugh-
ter. Nina, have taken a cottage at Bell
Island for the'summer.
Editor B. J. Sturges, 0f the New
York leal Estate Journal, broke in
upon the dull monotonyof our town by
a visit here on Saturday.
Miss Marion Prowitt, daughter of
Charles Prowitt, Esq., of Denver, is
expected here 011 a visit to her grand-
parents the first of next month.
T2he 1th annual reunion of the 19th
Connecticut Infantry and 2nd Connec-
ticut Heavy A1tille1y will be held at
Savin Rock Friday, September 11.
Mrs Ira Cole and daughter are at
‘Vatch Hill, one of the most delightful
Spots 111 sunshine, and the most doleful
of all on earth in rain, cloud and storm.
P. \V. Bates is getting out heavy
granite monuments for Emmet \Veed,
Riverside cemetery, and for Thomas
and Lemuel Sanford, to be put up in
the Bedding cemeter3.
Uncle Walter Fitch is still suffering
intensely from sciatica and it is feared
will soon be worn out unleSs relief is
obtained. The Odd Fellows’ lodge is
to be called on for watchers.
A conscience stricken unfortunate
. has sent thirty-eight $1 lottery tickets,
none of which drew a prize, to the
dead letter office, with. the comment
that the Louisiana Lottery 1s a hum-
bug.
Many recognized the steamboat Myn-
dert Starin, which came up Wednesday
to take out the Methodist excursion
party, as the old Americus, which some
years ago ran on the route between this
’city and New York.
Mr. George B. St. John went to
Philadelphia last week to attend the
funeral of the wife of Mr. William K.
Hawley, a native of Ridgefield, but
long a resident of Philadelphia. Mr.
Hawley is an uncle of Mrs. St. John.
Now that the Godfrey children, on
Kellogg street, are recovering of their
attack of scarlet fever, the poor mother
has been taken down with the terribly
contagious disease. Every effort is be-
Ing
spread.
Engineer Munson, of the Shepaug
road, who was in charge of the engine
which ran over and killed Thomas
Meehan at Hawleyville, and was ar-
rested for criminal negligence was dis-
charged at his hearing in Newtown,
Saturday.
Charles Elw00d,a native of Norwalk,
but a resident of Westport for the last
fifty years, died at his home on King
street, on Sunday evening last. He
was in the eightieth year of his age
Funeral Services at the house on Wed-
nesday, at "‘ 1). n1.
made, however, to prevent its ,
WEEKLY-NORWALK-GAZETTE -
The reduction of forces in the 1 ew
York Custom House, has thrown out
John W. Emmers, 0f Darien, and Al-
bert Fabe, of Westport, as employees
'whose services can be dispensed with.
It ispeculiar that both happen to be
democrats.
Despite the long spell of weather and
frequent showers it is said the springs
and wells were never lower. The pas-
tures and meadows will receive a new
impetus of growth. but as yet the rains
have not penetrated the earth to any
considerable depth.
Society of the Sons of the American
Rev 011'. tion at the banquet in New Ha-
ven, February" 2-3, have been published
in a neat pamphlet, giving the sten-
ographer’s report of each of the
speeches at that occasion.
Ben. Hamilton in raking out the
debris collected at the mouth of Mill
Brook, yesterday, struck his .clam
tongs into a pound and a half
“speckled beauty” of a brook trout.
The poor fellow had slipped over the
dam into salt water and Was. no doubt,
trying to work its way back to the
brook when he came to this untimely
end.
Mr. Edwin Adams, who, by the we) ,
is excellent authority, predicts that
the se1son now opening in the hat
trade will be a good one. At his own
manufactoryhe is shopping men and
ere many days expects to begin run-
ninga full complement of help. ,Hc
sees no reason why this will not be the
condition of aflairs at every hat shop in
town.
The Bridgeport Boating association
have entered the yachts Rival and
Champion owned by Frank Burritt,
and also the Team owned by George
Frederickson, to compete for the priz-
es offered by the Indian Harbor Boat-
ing association, whose regatta takes
place off Greenwich next Saturday. It
is expected that nearly 100 yachts will,
compete in the regatta.
Burgess Bowe saved little Georgie
Smith, son of the late John Smith, of
South Norwalk, from being run over
by the 10.11 a. 1n. Consolidated train
\Vcdnesday. He had just stepped on
the track, with umbrella. obscuring his
vision, as the train dashed upon him,
and Bowe shouted to him at the top of
his lungs and arrested his attention in
time for him to jump back.
The latest reports from South Nor—
walk’s upper reservoir are from a Sun-
day visitor to that drainage pond, who
says he saw Italians washing their un-
11 erwear in it. The report that they
were also washing themselves in the
reservoir exceeds lcelief and we do not
publish that charge until testified to by
more than one witness. Be that as it
may. it is now to be hoped the odor and
the quality of the water are improved.
Mrs. C. B. DeKlyn rcturnedto Nor-
walk from”a visit to Danbury {Wednes-
day, accompanied by Miss Ball. La-
ter in the day she went to New York
and to-day she and her husband leave
for a week or‘ ten days’ visit to Alexan‘
dria Bay and the Thousand Islands.
One of her little sons she left with his
grandmother,l\lrs. Albert Morehouse,
and the other with Mrs. Bulk-until her
return from her trip to the St. Law-
rence.
Quite a pleasant gathering of family
and friends took place at the house of
Mrs. A. Austin, on River street, Sun-
day afternoon, the occasion being the
baptism of Frances Daskam Austin,
infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Austin, by Rev. Dr. G. W. Nichols.
The married daughter of Mrs. Austin
and her husband, from Williamsburg,
L. I., were present and stood sponsors
for the child, a bright and beautiful
boy, who isa great favorite with the
household.
It is becoming apparent that the Me-
Kinley tariff hurts the World’s Fair.
Foreign manufacturers do not care to
go to the expense of exhibiting their
goods in a country which bars them
out of its trade. —Farmer.
Said Col. \Vood to us, just before his
return to his consulate at Dundee,
Scotland, if any American wants to
know how valuable the McKinley tariff
bill is likely to prove to this country,
he has only to go abroad and hear Euro-
pean manufacturers berate it. It is no
infrequent remark, Col. Wood says, to
hear them say that “the Americans will
have their market all to themselves and
our factories will be closed up} unless
their new tariff law is repealed.”
J eems Mitchell says anent those hor-
rible VVinnipauk snakes, that the worst
snakes they have 11p there are found in
their old topers boots. It is 37 years
ago that J eems left the front half of
one of his boots, one evening, under a
Danbury car wheel at § Winnipauk,
which recalls the fact that when gotten
home and Dr. Lynes appeared to ampu-
tate the mangled toes, he called for
some light,when his friend and partner,
S. R. P. Camp ran to the barn and
soon appeared with a platter full of
calves lights, remarking as he brought
them 'in and set the platter on the ta.-
ble, that it was lucky that they had
butchered that afternoon. It is said
despite poor Mitchell’s agony, he near-
ly laughed himself off the bed at Camp’s
ludicrous misunderstanding 0f the doc-
tor’s needs.
The proceedings of the Connecticut,
Ed. Taylor, our popular Main street
hardware merchant went over to Com- '
’ po mill pond Tuesday crabbing. He
soon captured a fine sack of soft shells
or shedders and drove home, carrying
his well filled bag into the house and
rejoicing the heart of his wife, as she
' hurried to put on the kettle of boiling
water, at the prospect of a grand feast,
as he was as hungry as a prairie wolf.
sack upside down nothing rolled outin-
to the basket but a big pile "of cobble
stones! Some real mean wag had swap-
ped, and “swiped” his crabs.
With the same sagacity and good for
tune that distinguised another noted
journalist, (Col. John Hay,) our genial
and gifted newspaper friend, Winfield
Scott Moody, Jr., “ has been and gone
and got" engaged to one of Cleveland’s
fairest and most gifted daughters. His
fiance is Miss Helen Waterson. daugh-
ter of \V. J. Waterson, Esq., of Cleve-
land, and if the little bird that flitted
into the office of the “hustling” DAILY
GAZETTE yesterday, _l.1earing the glad
tidings, can be relied upon, (as we know
it can,) a quiet little wedding is to come
off before the snow flies this fall, and
two hearts that now beat as one. will be
indissolubly bound in the silken cords
of matrimony.
Ex-Probate Judge F. "Winthrop Per-
1' y of the borough and Err-Borough
Clerk \Vinthrop H. Perry, of South;
port and Norwalk, occasionally get as
badly mixed up as ‘ ‘Little Buttercup’s”
babies. The judge recently received a
letter concerning a suit now pending,
but as he couldn’t remember that he
had ever been retained in the case, he
showed it to the Southport solicitor
who said it was intended for him. A
few days later the judge received a call
from one of the parties on the other
side of the case and when he disclaimed
any knowledge of the matter his visitor
seemed surprised at his indifference and
remarked, “your name is Winthrop
Perry, isn’t it ?” The judge replied
that it was; that he had now been con-
sulted by parties on both sides of a case
he knew nothing about and he should
have to direct them to the other VVin-
throp Perry whose office is on Water
street. The judge is nervously await-
ing the appearance of more litigants in
this suit.
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SCIENTlFlC MULE BREEDING.
A Southerner Tells How to Make The
Long Earcd Animal Pay.
“God made every beast but you!”—
Mark Twain.
I certainly regard the breeding of
mules as by long odds the most surely
profitable branch of stock farming at pres-
ent in the south. The mule is the easiest
to raise, the hardest to kill and the read-
iest 1105911. To the man who must first
have the sweat on his brow before he
can eat his bread, this last. quality is
best of all. In all other branches of
stock farming we find periods of good
values and periods of depression, when
sales are hardly possible at all, but as
long as we have the negro in the south
we must have mules and lots of them.
The successful breeding of mules
might profitably be studied a. lifetime or
a century. If you select this branch of
stock farming as your business in life,
you must attach the greatest importance
to a right start. Therefore when you
go into the mule business let your first
investment of capital be in "knowledge,”
and (excuse the monotony) the second in
“knowledge,” and the third in “more
knowledge.
I should never purchase a jack less
than fifteen hands high. Have no jug-
gling with such blanketed phrases as
“jack measure,” “tape measure,” “hip
measure.” and lots of others that secure
the ducats of the deceivable, but fifteen
hands high at the Withers under the
standard.
The Maltese jack has the best speed,
action and spirit of all, and has the
fashionable color. but is too small. The
Mammoth has the size and color, but is
too slow and actiOnless. We believe the
best jacks to be the Catalonian jacks of
Spain and the Poitou jacks of France.
They have been bred for black color,
good action and sound feet. The size of
the foal is generally most influenced by
the male.
The shape of the foal is generally most
influenced by the female. Therefore if
we are purchasing mares and can select
the types we desire let us keep in mind
the type of mule we desire to raise. So
let us first look for our type. If we take
almost any ten successful southern farm-
ers into a mule pen nine of them at
least will hunt around till they find a
mule about fifteen hands high, with
heavy body, straight back, straight belly,
short foreleg, especially below the knee
~—in other words, a “pony built” mule.
Then we may take this as the desirable
type of mule in the south, for we are
raising mules to sell and not for park
ornaments. Then let us select this type
of mare, and let us get her from among
the grade draft breeds.——Jay Essem in
Southern Live Stock Journal.
D21 owing.
From time firiztu-nzrn'iu: (lrincing has
formed one (.1‘ the chi->1? :','-:".~emcnts of
1111111 kind. tepented iizentiL-n is made of it
in :iol3 him-11111 among the ancient
Egv, wit ans it co istitu 11d 21 very prominent
and popular ieligious rite. Without a
doubt the staelites gained their knowl-
edge of it during the days of their captiv-
ity in the land of the Pharaohs.
Greeks of the olden time indulged in war
dances, chief among which was one that
became famous under the name of the
Pyrrhic dance. In this the dancers depict-
ed the actions of a warrior engaged in do-
ing battle, the quick and agile movements
being made to the accompaniment of a
flute. There were, we are told, 200 differ-
ent dances in vogue among these Greeks.
In ancient Rome'dancing'was one of the
chief features of the magnificent fetes for
which the empire became so famous—Dol-
troit Free Press.
1
Judge of his chagrin when turning the .
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ORGANIZED UNDER THE Laws OF THE STATE
or NEW YORK.
Autlodzol Capital, $100,000,000?
lThe Most Successful National
Building and Loan Association.
The one that llias the Wealthiest and
Most Influential Board of Directors.
Dollies lo Employ a Few Good Moo
TO ASSIST IN
Establishing Branches in
the Eastern States.
For particula 1's address. stating experience,
The 80-0pcralive Building Bank,
World. Building, New York.
HON. JAMES W. HYATT, - Presidenl.
Late Treasurer of the United States.
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, Vice-President.
MINOT C. KELLOGG, 2d Vice-President.
HON. JOHN H. LEE, 3d Vice-President.
CHARLES L. HEINS, - - Treasurer.
HENRY CAREY, - - - - Secretary.
FRANK W. FARNHAM, Asst. Secretary;
Tmcr, McFanmxn. Ivms, Boannmm A: PLATT,
Attorneys and Counsellors.
DEPOSITORY
MCEIICHANTS’ EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK. NEW YORK
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HON. JAMES W. HYATT. Norwalk. 001111.,
Premdent Fan‘field County National Bank,
late Trees. of the United States.
HON. JOHN H. LEE, ex-May or of Nor walk,
Con
CnOL. HENRY CAREY, Civil Engineer, N. Y.
JOHN D. KIMMEY, Dir'ect01 of The Earni-
ers ‘Feed 00.6 eNew York Cit), Chairman Fi-
nance Comit
ALBE RT1 B. eBOARDMAN, of Tiacy. McFar-
land. Ivins, Boaidman & &1’latt, Attor.ne,vs
.Y.
HON. E. P. DOYLE, Secretz'm of the Fish
Commission,N N.Y.
W.M T. DENYSE, of Wm. De\vs1. d. Sons,
President Excelsior Steam Power Co. ., N.1
JAMES S. LAYTON, of Thuiber, W113 land
d: 00.. Credit Der-‘tq W holesale Grocers, N. Y
1 IINOT C. OGG. of Patterson Bres. ..
Hardware. 27 Park Row
,N. Y.
CHAR ES L. HEINS, Secretary and Treas-
111 91 of Excelsior Steam Power Co. .. N. Y.
LU IUS H. BIGLOYW. of Biglow 3: Main,
JIuSic Publisher rs N'Y
GEO zen LI Buxro'N, of Buxton. Heins o;
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TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, President of
rCo., New York.
,Ex-Gov. of Conn..
the Maltine Manufacturin
HON. P. C.
Exchange National
1’1 esident Merchants'
Bank. New Y01k.
&WILLIS MCDONALD, of Willis McDonald
&Cn.. Printers 39-43 Gold Street, New York.
LEONAR 1111100111. Real Estate, BrooDklyn,
N. Y., Director Kings County Trust 00., Direc-
tor Bi ooklvn Real Estate Exchange.
SHBRUSH Br ookly n g'Conti actor.
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P. RUDD? Albany N. Y.. of Harris &
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BRIDGEPORT
The entire remodeling of our front store' makes it an imperative necessity
that the greater part of our stock must be sold before August 1. .‘:.;W'e
shall place such prices in every department as will make it for the
interest of every purchaser of
Dry Goods, Curtains, Clocks, Fancy Goods,
And;Small Wares to visit our establishment in July. Walls are thcome
down, partitions and arches removed. In fact we expect to have an entire
new store and an entire new stock. It will be seen at once that our stock
must be cloSed out and the peeple will find BARGAINS THAT ARE BARGAINS.
We would remind our valued patronsjof the early bird
DRESS GOODS marked down" 5 per cent. 25c Dress G ods 19 12%
Goods 9c.; 500. Goods, 3730. Some Fine Black Goods, were Sci, now 07513. c
RIBBON DEPARTMENT. —-—Lot No. l—Numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 12 and 16
all colors, these are part cotton. choice for 30 a yard, hot one- half their
value. Lit Ni). 2,1Pu1re Silkt Ribboifil—Eg‘his lot includes satin edged. gros
grain. wa erec ant pain so. in wor c to 15c. a ard: mm 511. a ard.
Lot No. 3—All widths, all silk and the finest quality, viior 'th from 10 to‘ 13:70. a
yard, price 8c. a yard. Lot Cord Ruchings, worth 5, 8 and 10c. , choice at
30.11 yard. 1,000 Strips of Ruching at 1c. a strip.
PARASOLS AND-:KSUN UMBRELLAS. ——Entire stock marked low.
Hairigiorge fiarajsols dvtere$3$gb mgikgd $I4I150 Best Styles were $3. 75. $3. 85
am 0 a re uce o :1 un mbr 11 d t 4.
Sun Umbrellas down to $2. 50 and 33. e as 0WD 0 $ $4 and $4 50
BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
W. B. HALL do 00'.
lH 0. M. 00 EUMPANY.
Bridgeport.
Pievious to our moving into the large sto1e now being made ready
for our Carpet and Upholstery Departments, we intend
to sell a great many rolls of
\Vhere we are now.
From our regular stock we have taken for
this sale:—
BEST INGRAINS AT 55 CENTS.
' BEST TAPESTRIES AT 70 CENTS,
BODY BRUSSELS AT $1.00.
MOQUETTES AT $1.30-
We cannot move all the goods we have, except that we make a low
price. It woul 1 be no object for you to buy. except at a low price. Taking
these two things into consideration we are
Making a. Low Price
On every yard of goods in our Carpet Department.
THE D. M. READ COMPANY.
The New Dry, Goods Store.
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TTE BU'ILnI'N-G.
Domestic Ginghams,
IVE ARE SHOWING A FULL
Zepher Cloths.
BATHING
LADIES’ MISSES’ AND CHILDREN‘S BATHING SUITS
TRISTRAM & HYAT
No. 2 Gazette Building. Norwalk.
WASH —~G o 0 D5
LINE OF
SCOTC‘JI—I GINGHAMS
OF THE VERY FINEST QUALITY IMPORTED AND CHOICEST PATTERNS.
Tissue Cloths, Persian Crepe Cloths.
Challles.
SUIT
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IN ALL SIZES
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