IE: 2 NEWS OF THE WEEK. Lawyer Gray has the frame raised for his new house. ’1 Meriden has voted , for a sewer sys- tem to cost the city $750,000. . Miss Eva Cape is visiting at the home of Judge Woodward, Elm street. Henry Thomas, Esq., was a guest of his East avenue brother, on Sunday. The completed census-of South Nor- walk shows the population to be 5,500. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Marvin of East Norwalk,have returned from their mat to Saratoga. The hat firm of Nichols & Moul, Dan- bury, will probably be allowed to re- sume business. Miss Mary Barry of Franklin avenue entered the convent of the Sacred Heart, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Capt. Henry Burr, of Westport, is visiting her brother, Mr. Hiram Hoyt,- at Rochester, N. Y. The bans of Dr. Wm. J. Tracey and Miss Katie Finnegan were published at the Catholic church on Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Somerville, of Stamford, and child, are guests atthe home of Mr. J. J. Scofield of Belden avenue. The lowest water of the year was shown in the Connecticut at Hartford Tuesday. There have been no rains. Burglars attempted to blow open the safe in.the Southington post office Sun- day night. They we're frightened away. The Consolidated road officials have begun to put in fixtures forheating the chrs on the N augatuck division by s eam. Hon. John S. Seymour has been in- vited to take the stump in New York for Flower, and later on will probably accept. Regular trips on the new route to Boston commenced Monday night. Only two trains will be run for the present. The funeral of Mamie, daughter of Edward Cunningham, was attended from her late home on Spring street on Sunday. - Mr. James H. Walsh, the Chestnut street carpenter, had the misfortune to smash his great toe, Monday, on the Club house. _ John Malone, of Boston, while walk- mg on the track near Greenwich, was struck by a dowu train Sunday night, and his foot cut off. Station Agent Smalley of the Dan- bury and Norwalk division at South \Vilton, has been transferred to Bethe] as telegraph operator. General and Mrs. Charles Olmstead left the White Mountains, Tuesday, for a short visit to Detroit, Mich, be- fore returning home. About 3,000 Oklahoma BoomerS]set their watches three hours ahead of time and slid into the promised land ahead of time, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo.VVard Selleckhave returned from their delightful visit to Saratogo, Lakes George and Cham- plain and the White Mountains. The institution of the new Court of Foresters for Bridgeport will take place 011 or about'October 1. The court will start with fifty charter members. The pedestal for the Barnum statue in Bridgeport will soon be erected, the heirs having added $5,000 to the $2,800 already raised by popular subscription. Several Bridgeport newspaper men are actively at work trying to organize a press club, with which all newspaper wcirkers in that city may ide ntifyithem- se ves. Next Monday the local express which now leaves New York at 2.02 p. m., will leave at 2 p. m., and will not stop at Greenwich, Darien, Westport and Milford. James Mitchell has sold the Perry Beers place of seventeen acres at iSil- ver Mine, to John Scott, of New York, for $3,000 cash and other valuable con- Sideration. Something of a novelty in the veget- able kingdom is a pumpkin growing in a tree on the Chas. F. Sherwood place, on the corner Union Place and Bel- den avenue. There were one hundred and fifty veterans of the Seventh Regiment at their reunion in New Britain Wednesday Gen. Hawley, their old commander, was present. County Commissioner Page, who has been ill for some time past, and stop- ping with his son in Shelton, has so far recovered as to be able to return to his own home in Danbury. The Electric Light Co. have con- structed a three foot dam across the river, opposite their station. This will help them considerably in getting wa— ter to run their engines with. The firm of Finnegan & Q’Reilly has been dissolved. Mr. O’Reilly Will continue the business and Mr. Finne- gan will accept the position of book- keeiper for Donovan & 00., South Nor- wa k. Mrs. Carrie R. Smith, wife of Homer B. Smith, of Orange, N. J ., died Sat- urday at Westport. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of DaVid Bradley of West port. The funeral was held on Wed- nesday. Dry-goodsman Scpfield has hispump working finely on his pipe-well which he’sank some fifty feet below the sur- face and seems to have struck an inex- haustible vein of ice-cold and soft wa- ter. ' He now is. seen to brush a fly off his nose, 'or make some such motion, every time he passes a water commis- smner. . , ., WEEKn-LY - NORWALK - GAZETTE. The railroad commissioners will give a hearing at South Norwalk on Octo- ber 15, on the petition of the Consoli- dated road for permission to take ad- ditional land for new tracks. At the races at Waverly, N. J. fes- terday, William H. Lockwood S'Priest won the first heat in the 2:29 class, and third money in the race: Monson Hoyt’s Victory is entered in a race at the same place Wednesday. Henry Cornell has his hands full. Tuesday morning he went to Dan- bury and commenced the job of paint- ing two houses and in the afternoon he started for New Jersey where he has a contract to paint three more. Mr. Edward Keeler, of New Canaan, hitched his horse a few evenings since on Belden avenue, near the junction of Cross street, and some unregenerate son of Belial, stole a valuable lap-robe and blanket from his carriage. There died at Saginaw, Michigan, on Friday, September 11th, Elizabeth Putman, wife of Hon. Alfred B. Wood. Mr. Wood was a native of this town, and was born in the old home where Mrs. R. A. Williams now lives. When will people ever learn that it is useless to send anonymous communica- tions to any respectable newspaper, hoping to get them published. Any- thing a writer is afraid or ashamed to give the guarantee of his name, should not be written. Rev. Mr. Watkins expects to take his vacation next week, going to Saratoga. Lake Champlain and ending up in the old Green Mountain state of Vermont. supply Grace church pulpit during the good Rector’s absence. Engineer Frank Beers has a sensible plan for stopping all the leaks in the Grupe reservoir dam, which is,to cover the entire receding table of gravel back of the dam, with a thick coating of ce- ment. This he says is the cheapest as well as best method of making the de- fective dam water tight. Hon. William E. Simonds, commis~ sioner of patents, has accepted a pro- fessorship in the Columbian University Law school, New York. His specialty will be the law of patents. and as his lectures will be delivered in the even- ing, there will be no conflict with the performance of his ofiicial duties. yMrs. Hattie Huntley, who has been connected with the Hartford Hospital for the past 18 years, left Wednesday. for Darien, this State, where she will reside with her daughter, Miss May Huntley, who teaches school there. Tuesday evening many friends called upon her and extended their congratu- lations. and left many presents—[aHart- fort Times. The three new marble altars at St! Mary’s church were completed last week, so that service was held from them on Sunday for the first time. On the 29th of the present month the Rev. Father Mulcahey will deliver a lecture at the Opera House. Subject : “The Passion Play.” the proceeds of which will be devoted to purchasmg new carpets for the sanctuary at St. Mary’s church. Before Judge Thayer, in Bridgeport, Monday, an injunction case was ar- gued. The injunction was prayed out by the borough of Stamford against the street railway of that 'place, to make the company lay the “T” rail and pave the street carefully. The case was fin- ished and decision reserved. Edwin G. Hoyt of the Norwalk Horse Railway was present in the capacity of an ex- pert. The town of Wilton paid out a total of some four hundred dollars for the detective work that led up to the detec- tion, arrest and conviction of the Lud- ington thieves. One hundred of this expenditure has been I by refundec Messrs Jones and Lounsbury and the town is still out $300. The selectmen feel that the towns of Norwalk, Red- ding, Ridgefield, Westport, Weston and Fairfield ought to join in and de- fray their equal proportion of this ex- pense as the marauding was done In all these towns. These are the days when the thrifty housewife is canning fruit against the time when fresh fruit is not, andwinter reigns on earth and in sky. One is re- minded of the epitaph which two neices caused to be put on their aunt’s tombstone, the deceased hav1ng been long addicted to this habit of preserv- ing succulent peaches and pears, and like delectables :— Here lies the body of our dear aunt: She used to can, but now she can’t. Rev. Mr. Graham announced from his pulpit, on Sunday last, that next Sunday being the last time St. Paul’s organ would be heard from its present place in the gallery, a choral service would be held in the evening, that the friends of that Instrument might enjoy its harmonies, from the old quarter, as during the week follow- ing it was to be taken down and trans- ferred to the new place on the ground floor just built for it, and the boy s surpliced choir. L . The Ansonia Sentinel, about the brightest and newsiest, and indeed. the model provincial paper of Connecticut, comes to us in new type and printed on a new andmarvellously rapid press, which prints from type 4,000 per hour. As the DAILY GAZETTE, if it keeps on prospering as it has begun, has got to face the inevitable and get some such rapid printing machine, we shall watch Bro. Emerson’s new press enterprise With more than ordinary interest. We now use two presses, one the fastest Taylor cylinder that is made and the other a Campbell, but the two are jbe- coming totally inadequate to our needs. Wednesday afternoon, previous to the drag hunt, Mr. R Dixon started down East avenue with a horse, _which Miss Clara Marvin was to ride in the hunt. He was riding his own horse ' and leading the other horse bes1de him, and all went well until he approach- ed the railroad bridge at East Norwalk. Just as he came to the bridge a freight train passed, which scared the horse, who made a plunge, almost unseating Mr. Dixon, and then tore up East ave- nue. After running a short distance, he jumped a fence and went into Wil- liam E. Osborn’s yard where an unsuc- cessful attempt was made to capture him. After getting out of the yard he continued up East avenue and was fin- ally caught this side of the Earle place lby Dr. Bohannan. Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Bridgeport, will- A‘ CURIOUS PEOPLE. ’ Peculiar Characteristics offline Lilli-3 V. pullnn happy. '1 he Lapps are a curious race. Noth- ing is known of their origi 51 or whence they came. They seem to be Mon- goliuns, but are as superior to the Es— quimziux as the blonde Swedes and Norwegians are’to themselves. 0 They are of a stunted‘nature, sel? dom exceeding five feet in height, while four and a half feet is perhaps a gond average, but of the thickest bodies, exceedingly strong and active. \Vith dark hair and complexion, black eyes, prominent cheek bones, hollow cheeks, and receding chin, they pre- sent strong points of resemblance to the Chinese, but their eyes are not oblique and their color is much light- er, while their language bears not the slightest resemblance to that of any known Asiatic tribe. ' It is probable that they were among the earliest immigrants to Europe from the Asiatic home of the human race, and that, pressed by subsequent tides of immigration, they were grad- ually crowded into their far-away corner of the continent, and there re- mained a. relic of almost prehistoric times. However this may be, it is certain that in intelligence they far exceed most nations of so-called savages. Most are, at least nominally, Chris- tians. Partly by persuasion, partly by force, they were a couple of hun- dred years ago induced to give up their heathenism and embrace a. Protestant ChristiaLity. In Hatta there is the FDO'St northern Lutheran church in the world. It is an unpretending building, standing almost on an eminence, and in it ser- vice is rarely held more thanonce a month, for the clergyman resides many miles away, and is obliged to ride his circuit over an almost road- less country under circumstances of cliflficulty which would hinder the clergy of more civilized countries from going at all. The Lapps have the Bible in their own tongue, and few stories are more interesting than the account of its translation. Over thirty years ago a. series of religious riots took place in a. number of villages in Lapland, and among the rioters was one Lars Haetta. During the riots several homicides occurred, and Lars 'and some others of his companies were committed to prison on a charge of murder. They were found guilty and several were hanged, but in considera- tion of his youth Haetta was con- demned to life-long imprisonment. Commiserating his condition his keepers and the prison chaplains ex- tended tO him such favor as could safely be granted to a life-long pris- oner, and, finding them rewarded by good conduct, took especial pains to teach him to read and write. Lars be- came interested in the Bible, grew day by day more fond of reading it, and finally formed the bold project of translating it into his native tongue. Through many weary years the labor went on, for Lars was no great scholar, and the Lapp language, as may be readily supposed, is not a fluent liter- ary medium of thought. But finally the work was done, the Bible translated and printed in the language of Lapland, and the re- mainder of the Haetta’s sentence was commuted. He was living as late as 1870, and, although an old man, was ' still active, and often served parties of travelers as a guide. The Flannel Shirt. It is often asked, in connection with the great popularity of the summer flannel shirt, how it is that flannel will blow both hot and cold, or keep a man warm in winter and cool in summer. The reason really is that flannel is a. poor conductor, and hence when the body is covered with it, variations in atmospheric temperature are less felt. A 'good illustration of this can be found in desert and parched countries, particularly Africa, where it is often necessary for the white man to wear heavy woolen clothing to protect his body from the sun and heat. The heat and annoyance from perspiration are terrible under such conditions, but they are preferable to the agony caused by wearing light clothing. Flannel really keeps the heat out in summer just as it keeps it in during winter, and by wearing it all the year round the temperature of the body is kept very nearly uniform.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . Curiosities About Beans. Of all edible pods, it is believed that the bean has been the longest known and most widely cultiva- ted. It was used as food by the an- cient Jews and considered sacred by the Greek and Roman. A temple dedicated to Kyanetes, the God of Beans, formerly stood on the sacred road near Eleusis. Kyanetes was called the God of Beans, because he was the first to cultivate them for food. The Bean Feast, which. the Athenians celebrated in honor of Apollo, was characterized by the ex- cessive use of beans. The Egyp- tians, contrary to the nations above- mentioned, considered beans unclean' and would not venture to touch them. Pythagoras admonished his scholars, “Abstain from beans.” The natives of Egypt and most all Orientel na- tions lookupon the black speck on the wings of the bean flower as the written characters of death. The Utility of the Pretty Girl. The pretty girl is a. universal factor in modern life. She possesses the ad- vantage not only of ornament, but of utility. She has been utilized in an endless variety of ways. She has be- come a howling success in the Oper- atic ballet, and is as conspicuous and as original in front of a. typewriter or behindacounter as she is on dress, parade in a new spring suit or luxur- iously lolling in a. big easy chair. But it has remained for an enterprising Connecticut minister of the gospel to intrOduce the pretty girl in a new 1' sphere as a. church When—Detroit Tribune. BY SELLING THE Best - Groceries AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Our Teas and Coffees ARE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. —— Give Us a. Call and be Convinced. — Dickerson & Betts. Misses St John SUMMER MILLINE RY. We are offering our entire stock of millinery at a GREAT It _DUCTION. Our prices are beyond competition. —-A Full Line of— Mourning -:- Goods Constantly on hand. HAIR Goons, A SPECIALTY. COMBINGS MADE UP. 0 o B. S E '1" S . Agency for M ethadame Griswold Corset We also keep the Warner Corset—C. B. A., La. Sprite, Maiestic and others. COME EARLY TO SECURE THE BEST BARGAINS. N O TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS. MISSESST. JOHN 33 MAIN? STREET, NORWALK. ____ SHOE BARGAINS. We’ve got the Nicest and Prettiest $3.00 LADIES’ SHOES in the world; narrow toes, common sense and wauk- enphast. A. H. HOYT 85 SON 9 37 WALL STREET. JARVIS KELLooo, FINE Boots and Shoes, Leather and Findings. Everything In the Shoe Lin/e! PRICES THE LOWEST: REPAIRING A SPECIALTY} '3m79 3| Main Street, Norwalk. nns. nnno’s sonooL For Girls and Young Ladies Reopens - October - lst. Primary, Intermediate, Academic and College Preparatory Departments. Pupils admitted to Wellesley and Vassar Colleges on the certificate of the Principal. @Mns. MEAD announces that on stormy and unpleasant days a car- riage will be in waiting on the Park, corner of Franklin avenue, at 8:45 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. to convey pupils up and down the hill without extra charge. . 2miso 3m. ‘Anllflllflccment l We are pleased to announce that on. Saturday, - September - 19th, WILL OCCUR THE OPENING Of our Exceptionally Elegant Line of DRESS GOODS —AND—- CLOAKS FOR THE FALL and WINTER 0F ’91. The assortment contains, in great variety, the very Latest and Most Pleasing Styles of the Season. Such a superb line of new novelties cannot fail to meet your requirements. Prices Astonishingly Low! l ! : elos on Ill too 3 S on. - tor. Main and Wall Sta, Norwalk. GonorolGlnnt’sMolnolrs, ’ ORIGINAL $7 EDITION FOR 30 CENTS. 0 BOOK, excepting the Bible, has ever had such a sale in the United States as General Grant’s Memoirs. 650,000 copies have already gone .into the homes of the rich, but the subscription price of $7 has placed it beyond the reach of people in moderate circumstances. If 650,000 people have been willing to pay$7 for Grant’s Memoirs, there must be a couple of million people in the United States who want them, and will jump at the opportunity to buy them at the low figure here offered. We will send you General Grant’s Memoirs, publisher’s original edition, best paper, green and gold binding, hitherto sold by subscription at $7, for 30 cents— For 30 Cents! - Absolutely only no Gentsl- ‘ and absolutely a proposition such as has never been made in the history of book publishing. The two splendid volumes of Grant’s Memoirs, of which ’ 650,000 copies have already been sold—not a cheap edition, but the best-— for 30 cents; provided you send your subscription to THE WEEKLY GAZETTE for one year, and also a subscription of $3 for THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, the brightest and cheapest 'of the great illustrated monthlies, itself equal to the best $4 magazine. THE COSMOPOLITAN is enabled to make this offer because OI the purchase of 600,000 volumes at a price which even publishers would deem impossible, and with the idea of running up its circulation to half a million copies. By contract with THE COSMOPOLITAN, THE WEEKLY GAZETTE is enabled to offer our readers a share in the low price obtained through the largest purchase 'of books ever made in the history of the world. If, however, you have Grant’s books, THE COSMOPOLITAN’s offer will 0 permit you to take instead, ‘ Gen, Sherman’s Memoirs, 2 vols., sold by subscription for $5.00 Gen. Sheridan’s Memoirs, 2 vols,, sold by subscription for $6.00 Gen. “0919113335 Memoirs, sold by subscription for - $3.75 All of these are bound in cloth, green and gold, in uniform style with Grant’s Memoirs. _ . . THE COSMOPOLITAN is sent postage prepaid, but the postage on the books, at the rate of a» cent per ounce, must be: remitted with the order: Gen. Grant’s Memoirs, 96 oz., 48 cents; Gen. Sheridan’s Memoirs, 92 oz., 46 cents; Gen. Sherman’s Memoirs, 84 oz., 42 cents; Gen. McClellaa’s Memoirs, 48 oz., 24 cents. 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