2 NEWS OF THE WEEK. Mrs. Frederick St. John is thought to be improving. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will be ’7 years old on December 19. Michael Sheedy, of VVinnipauk, is visiting friends at Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Spencer have taken up their residence at the Nor— walk Hotel. TVcdnesday was the thirtv-third anni- versary of the organization of Phoenix engine company. John E. Adams. the clothier, is. con- lined to his home with illness—Middle— town, N. Y. Tim. 3. Mrs. James C. Cotter, of West Main street suffered a severe stroke of par- alysis Sunday evening. Silas Hard, a well—known and re spected citizen of Stamford. died Sun- day, aged seventv-seven. Pioneer Hook and Ladder company will give a ball at the Opera House, Wednesday evening. February 17th. The thirteen years old son of Milk- iiian M orell Robert-s died Tuesday night of diphtheria, and was buried \Vednes- day. Walter Fitch was seventy-five on Fri- day and yet he is as JllVelllle and frisky (in his mind) as he was twenty years ago. It is reported that the Confederate Vote.- ans’ organization intends to raise funds to aid in completing Gen. ti—rant’s iiir‘inumeiit. ’Ifallapoosa, Ga... is booming. One of the largest powder and cartridge fac- tories of the South is in course of con- struction there. The frame of I‘diss Beard’s new semi— nary addition on Orchard street, was raised. \Vednesilay Joseph Rickard Swift, Uan of Der- llj."s oldest r. sidonts. is (lead. He v. as over 30 yr .‘rrs old.» The annual report of the Selectmen of ‘- lr-o town of Norwall; is out and can Iv nylon application at ithclcctmeii’s Hill C. Ha.- '7 General Butler continues to make steady progress toward recovery, but it is slow work. As yet he is not able to lwa‘i'c his house. (forage P. . Lawrence, a resident of Szzugatuck and a brother of Mrs. Bob- ert S. Craufurd, died suddenly at his home Monday night. The South Carolina Legislature has passed the Anti-Free Pass bill, fixing a finc- of $300 for any public official who shall accept a railroad pass. The. wife of Senator Hawley is seri- ously ill. .Tuesday, Mrs. Hawley un— derwent a surgical operation, which has left her in an exhausted condition. Mrs. Edward Lycett, formerly of Bridgeport. and well—known in Nor— walk, died last week at the residence of her son, \‘v’illiam Lycett, at Atlanta, Ga. ‘ Since the news of the arrest of his son, IEIdwurd M. Field. was inadcknown to Cyrus W. Field, he has been gradu- ally failing, and is now reported to be dying. Litehfield has completed her sewers, 1.4.500 feet with branches. at a cost of just within $5,000. It was a surface $383811), without manholes, and 8-inch out ct. Every one regrets to hear unfavorw lilo reports from Mrs. Cleveland at Lakewood. and all unite in wishing her a speedy recovery of health and strength. The body of Richard Harvey knelt at a Greenwich street window for two days. within plain view of passing “L” trains, before it was discovered that lie was dead. New York Representative men of the dry goods trade decided to ask the Legislature to expend $500,000 to rep- resent the State properly at the IVorld’s Fair, Monday. Mrs. Eliphalot Bulkcley, mother of Morgan G. Bulkcley of Hartford, has been seriously ill for the past few days with a severe cold. Mrs. Bulkelcy is 83 years of age. 'ihe Court- ol? Hing Christmas is to to given by the children of Grace church, assisted by those of other churches. on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Dec. 30. A Providence woman has married her seventh husband. He is a brother of the first and fifth. One of the bus- bands was the undertaker who buried the previous man. William Herriman, aged fiftyefive, who was well-known at all race courses, was found dead in his room in New York on Sunday. He is believed to have died of starvation. E. S. Hollistcr, a well known manu- facturer ofShelton, died at his home on ‘vadnesday. He had been sick with fever for some time, but his death was sudden at the last. Mr. John Miscall of Norfolk, Va., is the proud possessor of the ninth con- secutive pair of healthy and stronor twins, a boy and a girl. Mrs. Miscafi has never given birth to one child at a line. Justices Brown and Lamar of the Sn- preme Court of the United States are confined to their homes with attacks of the grippe, which has also affected Either members of the court in a milder orm. A typical son of Erin, from Hillside, called at “Horry” Dann’s stable Tues- day night and stated that,“his misthres wanted a carriage sint up to the house in toiine to meet the 11.87 thrain in the mornin’. ” I suffered from acute inflammation in my nose and head—for a week at a time I could not see. I used Ely’s Cream Balm and in a few days I was cured. It is wonderful how quick it helped me.-—» Mrs. George S. Judson, Hartford, Ct. ’ WEEKLY - NORW’ALK Oliver P. Sarle. of Warwick, R. I., was on Monday fined $50 and costs, amounting to $135.50, in the United States district court.for refusmg to answer certain questions propoun ed by the census collector last June. Under the will of Mrs. Frances J. Holland, of Hartford, Trinity College receives $50,000, the income from which is to be awarded by the college faculty to time students each year. Each schol- arship yields about $600. The ladies of the First Congregation- al church at a meeting held at the chap- elf'lVednesday. found upon footing up their finances that they had raised something more than the five hundred dollars pledged by them towards liqui- dating the church debt. It is reported that the Navy Depart- ment at Washington is in a_ warlike mood. It has an idea that Chili 1s de- laying the Baltimore outrage inquiry_ so as to hX’LVI‘ time to complete .its new and formidable ironclad Captain Prat, and then give Uncle Sam battle. Giles C. Wiekwire, for the past six years postmaster at Colchester, died there Sunday of paralysis. He had held many town offices. He had been a member of the Legislature and was a keeper of the New London county jail for four years. He leaves a wife, three sons and one daughter. Not one in twenty are free from some little ailment caused by inaction of the liver. 'Use Carter’s Little Liver Pills. The result will be a pleasant surprise. They give positive relief. Gail Hamilton does not favor a wom- aii’s department at the _World’s Fair. She says that. “the distinguishing, 1n- ‘alienable, impe’rious and imperial in- dustry of Woman can never be exhib- ited at a fair. The only fair that can show her work, whether it be good or bad, is the day of judgment.” Carpeiiters’ and Joiners’ Union, N01 746. initiated six new members Tuesday :‘V’Olllllg‘, and elected the following of- ficm's: President. William A. Kellogg; V. l’., (7. F. Elllingwood: R. Sec’y., it. W. Ileid ; F. Sec’y., E. L. Griswold; treats, C. H. Fitch; Con. G. H. St. John; warden, W. Britto. l‘he building committee of the board of Vestrymen of Trinity Church,South— port. have awarded the contracts for erecting the new rectory to Uriah Perry it Sons, of Greenfield Hill. Ground was broken \Vednesday morn— ing and Work on the building, which is to be of wood. in the colonial style, Wlll soon be under way. ' Governor Bulkeley presided at the meeting of the state board of agricul- ture in New Britain and made a short address, in which he referred to his own brief experience in farming; and referred to the scholarships in Yale Scientific school, pointing out the ad- vantage o. striving for them. Mr. J. H. Hale of Glastonbury, read a paper on “Fruit in Connecticut,” which was discussed at considerable length. In the year of 1890 the number of railroad employees killed on the roads in this country was 2,500; the entire number injured was over 22,000. About 400 brakemen were killed, and 7,800 were injured while coupling cars; So great a loss of life, and such large num- bers of the injured, called out a prob: test by the President of the United States in his annual message. "William H.~ Burrall, a well-known civil engineer. died in Springfield, Mass..on the 11th inst. Mr. Burrall was born at Canaan, 001111., in 1832. His grandfather on his mother’s side, was ex-Governor Holly, of Lakeville. his paternal grandfather was Judge Bur- rall. of Litchfield coun‘y, and his father was W. P. Burrall, for many years vice-president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. At the dedication of the new Winter Hill Congregational churcn, Somer- villc, Mass, Thursday evening, a Pro— testant EpiScopsli-an, Rector N. K. Bishop, led the “ Responsive reading,” a Uuiversalist, President Capen of Tufts College, read one of the hymns, and his colleague, Professor Leonard, offered the closing prayer. The preach- er of the dedication sermon was the Roy. Dr. Armory H. Bradford of Mont. c.air. Rev. Mr. Robbins preached a forci- ble discourse to a large delegation of Odd Fellows from Our Brothers, But- ler and Wooster of New Canaan,Lodges Sunday evening. The centre of the Baptist Church was packed and chairs had to be set in the aisles to accommo- date the audience. He said the princi- ples of Odd Fellowship lived up to made better men and citizens,but none should end there, but come up higher into the full light and liberty of the gospel. ' Will positively cure sick headache and prevent its return. Carter’s Little Liver Pills. This is not talk, but truth. Cne pill a dose. See advertisement. Small piil. Shall dose. Small price. Shopping in Cairo. During their stay in Cairo, the late Canon Liddon and his sister, Mrs. King, occasionally went shopping, and the lad-y gives the following ac- count of Oriental bartering: “De Nicola (the courier) asked the price of an article, and then offered one-half; the seller protested he never altered his price; then De Nicola folded up the goods, put them on achair and said: ‘Very well, do not' waste more words. I shall give you so-and-so.’ The merchant screamed; Do Nicola gesticulated; then they shook hands, touched foreheads, etc, and I thought the matter was ar- ranged, when De Nicola whispered to us, ‘Now the real battle is going to begin.’ 'Ihey screamed, stamped, thumped, and finally De Nicola threw back all our purchases, and said he would go to another shop, naming it. At once the salesman caved in, and protested he would rather give us his goods than that we should go away empty-handed, and so the purchase was conducted with smiles, hand— shakings and the usual greetings of lip and forehead, and a buckshcesh was given us Into the bargain.”—Lon- don Daily News. SOME QUEER MEDICINE. CURIOUS REMEDIES BELIEVID IN' BY THE CHINESE. Wonders of the Chinese Pllurlnacopcin. Crabs an a. Tonic—Ink as a Diuretic-— Tiger Bones for Ague—Plasten of El- ph’n nt Hide—Dried Scorpions. If a prescription for arsenic kills, the seller and the buyer are decapi- tated. Chinese firecrackers contain- ing a portion of sublimate of arsenic are said to be louder. Considerable ar- senic is contained in an alloy (at copper of which much of the woman’sjewelry is made, and a. favorite mode of com- mitting suicide adopted by females in-China is to swallow their head or- naments. The horns ofa kind of deer which is said to hang itself up in trees by its horns at night are recommended for apoplexy. There is a. plant called the “san- tsih,” the root of which is believed by soldiers to promote bravery, and its reputation is so great among them that it sells for $3 an ounce. Amber is given as a. nervine, pieces contain- ing insects being held at a. high value. A certain perennial water plant is said to cure dropsy and to confer the power of walking upon water. One kind of fungus resembling the truffle is’ thought to have the power both to destroy worms and cast out devils. Licorice root is deemed to have the property of renewing youth. Ink is recommended as a diuretic and gunpowder is put down as a vermifuge. Round concretions of iron peroxide are used in powder for fevers. A legend connects them with the great god Yu and they are alleged to be crumbs from his table. The cow is recommended in the Chinese pharmacopeia in the shape of beef tea. This animal has a. distinct name for each year of its growth up. to the seventh. It is said to be deaf in its ears, but to hear in its nose. Bones of the tiger, which is accounted the king of beasts, are highly valued for ague and general debility. In fact, every part of the animal is catalogued as having medicinal properties. Facts known about it are that its victims become, devils after being digested, but the flesh of a. dog makes the creature intoxicated. Bad smells, such as burnt horn, scare it away, and the hedgehog can get the better of it. The tiger turns gray at 15.1? close of the first 500 years of its 1 e. Benzoin is supposed to be good for stomach ache. It is much adulter- ated, but there is a sure test. If real its fumes will charm rats out of their holes. Wheaten bread is much pre- scribed for various complaints, and bread pills are an old remedy with Chinese doctors. Cinnabar, an ore of mercury, is placed at the head of all minerals and metals, being capable of transforming itself, in equal periods of 200 years, into each of the five principal metals successively, finally becoming geld. Worn in bags by children, it warns off wicked spirits and St. Vitus’s (lance. Verdigris from old copper coins is thought first-rate for skin troubles. Fossil crabs, powdered, are used to neutralize all kinds of poisons. Pieces of fossil ivory are also sold in stamped packages, to be prepared and given ‘in cases of fever. Ambergris is de- clared excellent for its healing prop- erties; it is coughed up by dragons. Fossil teeth of extinct mastodons are of great service for theiraction on the liver, says America-n Notes and Queries. A fungus which grows out of a cat- erpillar as a. disease of the insect and transforms it into a plant, is good for jaundice. Extract of dandelion renews the youth, hair and teeth of old men. Plastcrs of elephant hide are sold for wounds that heal with difficulty. There is an injurious fungus that is said to cause irrepressible laughter, the patient who has eaten of it being unable to restrain the cachinnatory muscles. A hot gold needle is thrust into the gums to relieve toothache. Every part of the pig is believed to have some Siecial medicinal property. Dried scorpions are much employed in the treatment of many diseases, and seed pearls likewise. Water, among the Celestials, stands in the forefront of all medicinal agents. The hydropathic system is very ancient in that country. Water in which the “five precious metals ” ——gold, silver, copper, iron and tin— have been boiled is a popular remedy for domestic emergencies, such as faintness and accidents of any kind. Ashes of paper are given as an as- tringent, and the paper of an old book, after the printed characters held in such veneration have been cut out, is a remedy for many evils. Paper is used in various other ways for purposes medicinal. Don‘t. Do It This “fay Here. If an Arab woman who has lost her husband decides to marry again, she visits the grave of her husband the night before her second marriage and prays him not. to be offended. As, however, she feels that he will be of- fended, she takes with her a. donkey laden with two goat skins filled with water. The prayer ended, she pro- ceeds to pour the water on the grave to keep the first husband cool under the circumstances about to take place, and, having well saturated him, de- parts-N. Y. Recorder. Satisfactory Explanation. A tramp with his arm in a. sling called on Mr. ManhattauBeach for a quarter, alleging that his arm had been injured in a recent railroad acci- denu “ But yesterday you had your other arm in a sling,” said Mr. Beach. “ Well, suppose I had; don’t. you think a feller’s arm gets tired of being tied up all day? Besides, I have got concussion of the brain, and can’t re- member half the time which arm was broken. ”——Tex‘as Sittings. “Down ‘l’liey Goff Fiom ,lluw Until January Isl, , Anything. in the Shoe Line lineup fur Gash. If you don’t think it is so come and see JARVIS REIIRG, 3......3l Main Street, illorwalk. Painless Dentistry! NE‘V DIETHOD. SI]. Nflllllllll llflllllll Plll‘lfll‘l, Over Post Office, South Norwalk. Teeth Fined. and Extracted. Without Pain. Teeth Extracted ..... _ ........... , .............. 25c. Teeth Extracted Without Pam ............ 500. Amalgam Fillings .................... , ...... 50c. Platinum “ ..................... 750. and $1 0 . “ .. . ._ ............ $1 and upwards Cleaning and Polishing ...................... 750. Artificial Teeth Without Plates. (cnowx AND BRIDGE wonx.) Sets of Teeth from ......................... $5.50 BEST SET on red rubber .................. $8.00 No better made no matter how much you pay. All Work Guaranteed to be the Best. Open evenings to accommodate those engaged during the day. 1311 DR. F. W. DARMER Manager. WE NEVER HAD SUCH A LARGE AND VARIEII STDGK 0F SL AS AT PRESENT—LADIES AND GENTS. You ll be surprised to sm- how pretty a slipper a liltle money _. will bu y. A. H. HllYI & Sill. Norwalk ~z~ Gazette ' J at Punting Establishment. Wedding Cards. Posters. Visiting Cards. ' Handbills. ‘ Business Cards, Programmes. Fancy Show Card's. Dodgers. Ball Cards. Billheads. Statements, Circulars. Tap: Cards, Receipts Hotel Registers. Letterheads Books and Pamphlets. Noteheads, Town and Probate Records. Milk Tickets WI'rtnted in the Neatest Styles and at the Lowest Prices. A NEW AND ELEGANT LINE OF SIIIIIIIES llllll lllfll‘lillllllllgl, Which I am making up At Prices That Will Surprise You ! CALL AND EXAMIXE THEM. F1111 Dress Suits, a. Specialty. T.‘ J. Byrnes, (Up Stairs.) 3m217 20 WALL STREET. Scarcity of money need not hinder any one from buying chrislma :l: Gills. Our Prices are 80 Low That even the poorest can find some- thing that will gladden the hearts of the children. Come and see what you can find. H. H. WILLIAMS, l5 WALL STREET. Now is the. Time to Buy Your GROCERIES run GHRISTMAS. Consisting of Canned Goods, Flour, Cofi'ee._ Tea, and Spices. Also Raisms, Oranges, Grapes, etc. Chas. P. Keeler, 7 WATER STREET, NORWALK. $500 REWARD. REWARD of Five Hundred Dollars will be paid by the Selectmen of the Town of orwalk for the arrest and conv1ctio of the party 9r parties setting any of the recent ncendiary fires in and town, or any such tgat my b‘fhrdfiieglgkm s ‘ 4" 1 ’ ,. t . NELSON J CRAW. } ctill; €333an OSCAR winumonn, of Norwalk. Dated at Norwalk Februarv 16th. 1891. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. TOR 8 AND FAMILIES; SUP Li' D ' S Logan Runs F E a. tf‘.‘.5 _GAZETTE. 30.. “Ill Ema R. RI PI Illa Ella ., . Santa. Claus is Gaming ‘- ——WITH A—— Beautiful Panel Card Entitled .“ Home Guard,” ‘ ——'i?o BE-—— ' ‘ of 500. Worth of Tea, coffee, Baking Powder and Condensed Milk, ' Christmas week commencing the 14th inst, and continuing until the 24th Given to All Purchasers inst. Look in our windows and view the Sample Card of Home Guard, It’s entirely original, painted specially for us and can only be procured at our 200 stores. The Great Atlantic &; Pacific Tea. 00., NORWALK 41 Bridgeport 'GREATER PREl’.~\IlA’I‘Il;l VS THAN EVER FOR THE Helium taunt. In our new department will be found all manner of Toys, Dolls, Baskets. Brie a-lfirac. llhina Gus-s diver. Lamps. etc. In the Dry Goods Hepartnient we ofi‘er 2,00) dozen Handkerchiefs, 500 Dress Pattems in bi xes at 355 :30 including all the necessary trimming, 1.000 pair Blankets, MAIN STREET, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Jackets, Furs and Capes —-—A Large Selection of——— Jewelry, Perfumes, Rugs, Curtains, Screens. WWE GIVE RETURN RAILWAY FARES to all purchases of $10 or over during this season of low prices the same as we have in the past on al: occasions. , THE .D. M. ,READ COMPANY. FINE LINE OF ouuiuuns min JACKETS, WINTER UNDERWEAR. COMPLETE s'rOQK 01? Ladies’ - and - Gents’ - SHOES, Rubbers and Rubber Boots 3. Specialty. HENRY BIELEFELD, 12 North Main Street, CHRISTMAS IS COMING/AND " 3* ‘J ‘v: . a.“ «4- .4: .i . ..; . .i . . . .. . ,Ii .v .“ '151... .V 7 .‘z' .'x.. 'V 1": 4‘ it. we 4 . r . ARE NOW EXHIBITING THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF CHRISTMAS 2‘: GOODS EVER OFFERED IN THIS VICINITY. Among them will be found 'NOVELTIES IN PLUSH GOODS of every description, also LEATHER AND HORN GOODS. A complete line of NOTIONS and FANCY GOODS for the holiday trade. A fine assortment of DOLLS and other novelties for the little folks. We are making special prices in RUGS OF'ALL KINDS.‘ GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF Lallus’ all Children’s Jackets and Cluals, Fur tapes and Mull 3. LAST BUT NOT LEAST you will find among our bargains a fine assort- ment of FANCY CHAIRS, Plush Trimmed, from $4.49 upwards. Six Pieces, Suits of Parlor Furniture, in... $27.50 ‘ TO $85.00 THAT WILL ASTONISH 'YOU. I? Please give us a call! - . SCOFIELD & HOYT, Norwalk and So. Norwalk. The Dorlcn Point g . Wm. Sheldon. 'WILL BE OPEN All. WINTER. i l - l £25 I , 8m200 J. EJPOWER. g ' I A I Lock Box 36, Norwalh. ‘ TIM“? whim“: - . a South Norwalk. ' B Ill ‘ S ‘l’ A U ll A ll ‘l’ lg‘Slunu, Buck and Sewer Continue Curbing, Flagging and HousoIConnections. j’, l l 1 imam-gum ._t - ' ‘ /. c . I 7 1;: ~. 1 '3 L t
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