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Freight received from 7 a. m. unti 5 p. m.
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no.1 Estate For Sale. .
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Lorenzo Elis, deceased. Situated at the head
of Main street. in the Borough of 'orwalk.
consrstmg of dwelling house._small barn and
about one acre of land 5 public water on the
' premises. Also an und1v1ded oneahalf part of
about. one acre of.1aud containing a.si_na -
dwelling house, Situated near Broad River
Bridge, formerly a ortion of the estate of
Robert Elle. decease . 1 1
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. BASEBALL RECORDS.
, Nation n1 League. '
w. L. 1". c. w. L. P. o.
Philadm..." 30 20 .661 Baltimore. 27 31 .474
Boston ...... 37 22 .027 New York. 27 38 .458
Brooklyn.. 34 :14 .586 sonata”... 26 32 .448
Cleyeland" 3U 23 .566 “’uhkt’n. 25 36 .417
Pittsburg‘... 3‘1 27 .550 Chicago..,- 24 35 .397
Cincinnati 29 31 .475 Louisville. 16 33 .313
SATURDAY ’6 GAMES.
At Chicago— Philadelphia, 7: Chicago, 4. At
Cleveland— Baltimorehil; Cleveland, 7. At
Cincinnati—Cincinnati, 7; Brooklyn, 6. At
Louisville—Louisville, 4: New York. 2. At St.
Louis—St. Louis, 7; Wasfliingtonfl. At Pitts-
burg—Pittsburg, 13: Boston, 0.
, SUNDAY‘S GA'M us.
At Cincinnati: ‘
Cincinnati ..... 0 0 0 0
Baltimore ...... 0 1 0 1
_ At‘Chicago:
Chicago ......... 3
Washington" 0
At Louisville:
Louisville ..... .- 4, 3 0 1
New York ...... 1 4 2 0 1
Pennsylvania State League.
, , W. L. 12.0. w. r..
Johnst’n... 37 15 .712 Harrisb’g.. 22 25
Easton ...... 34 18 .054 Scranton.. 22 30 .423
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Allent'wn..35 19 .648 York ......... 22 30 4.23
Altoona... 33 21 .611 Danville... 5 47 .096
sxrunnnv’s GAMES.
At York—York, 5; Easton, 1. At Alotona—
Altoona, 5; Scranton, 0. At Johnstown—Johns-
town, 9; Allentown, 3.
- Eastern» League.
. . sUNDAY’s GAMES.
At Albany (12 innings)—A1bauy, 10; Troy. 9.
’ At Providence—Buffalo. 21; Providence. .8.
MONDAY.
' National League.
At Pittsburg:
11.3.3.
NewYor-k ...... 110204021—11156
' Pittsburg.........2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1—1012 5
At Cleveland: n. H. E.
Boston........... 1 1 8 1 0 3 0 3 1—1313 5
Cleveland......0 2 3 U 0 2 4 0 1—1214 6
At St. Louis: B. n. n.
Philadelphia..0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3—8 8 1
St.Louis ........ 041011000—783
AtChicago (10 innings): R. n. E.
Washing‘nO 1 1 0 0 n n 0 0 1—312 7
Chicago.....0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0—2 2 0
At Cincinnati: . it. B. E.
Cincinnati ..... 0 0 0 0,1 0 0 2 x—3 4 0
Baltimore ...... 0 0 U 0 1 0 0 0 1—2 6 1
Pennsylvania State League.
At Jolinstown—Allentown. 5; J ohnstown. 3.
At York—Easton. 9; York, 2.
At Altoona—Altoona, 10: Scranton, 8.
Eastern League.
At Troy—Troy, ll; Binghamton, 10.
At Albany—Albany, 13; Wilkesbarre, 8.
At Providence—Erie, 8; Providence, 6.
At Springfield—Springfield. 8; Buffalo, 1.
TUESDAY.
Nubian-nan newg‘lle.
‘ At Pittsburg: n. n. :-
Pittsburg.........1 o 7 1 1 1 o (1—1214 1
NewYork ...... 00 1121:0000—237
At Cleveland: R. 1:. E.
Cleveland......ll 1 3 0 3 0 l1 5 x—12_m 1
Boston........... (1 0 0 2 1 1 u 0 11—411 2
At St. Louis: R. H. 1,.
St. Louis ........ l l o u 0 4 u o (1— s1‘. 2
Philadelpliiu..o n n 1 n o u 1 0—2 7 1
At Cllli'th: n. H. a.
Chicago.........5-U -l I, 0 1 :l :2 (1-15 2.; 1
Washington... .. u l 0 o u 1 3 (1—5 7 3
At Cincinnati: It. H. 1:.
Cincinnati.....l r.) n :l l 6 1 0 x—IZ Iii 6
Baltimore...... :4 z: o u u U 2 4 0—10 8 7
At LOUISVIllUZ u. H. 1:.
Brooklyn ........ u 5 I! 2 1 0 010 11—18 2! 4
Louisville...... s 0 u m 3 l 0 0 1—1313 8
Pennsylvania state League.
At Johnstown—Johnstown, 6; Easton. 8.
At Altoona—Harrisburg, 5; Altoona, 1.
At York—York, 7; Allentown, 4.
Eastern League.
At Providence—Providence, 8; Eric, 5.
At Springfield—Springfield, 7;_ Bufialo, 1.
WEDNESDAY.
National League. 1
At Pittsburg: R. n. a.
Pittsburg.........3' 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—5 6 0
New York...... 1 O l 0 0 0 0 0 2—4 6 2
At Cleveland: R. H. it.
Boston........_... 2 l l 4 2 3 0 3 1—17 20 2
Cleveland ...... 103030000—7144
At St. Louis: it. n. n.
Philadelphia—0 2 Q 0 0 1 0 0 1—4 8 8
StLouis........0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2—3 6 1
At Louisville: R. n. 11:.
Louisville ...... 0 2 l 0 2 2 2 1 0—1013 2
Brooklyn ........ 000021310—71451
Pennsylvania State League.
At Johnstown—Easton, 10: Johnstown, 9. '
At York—Allentown, 9: York. 7.
At Alioona—Alioona, 5; Harrisburg. 0.
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An Unknown When at South
Norwalk.
His Identity Unknown.
Another victim, was added Monday
night to the long list of poor fellows
who have met their death by the cars,
at South Norwalk. About 10:30 o’clock
as the “switcher” engine was switching
some freight cars Just below the Con-
solidated road depot,-a man who ap-
peared to be under the influence of
liquor, was seen on the- track on to
which the freight cars were to be
switched. “Billy” Brown and another
brakeman on top of_ the freight car
yelled at him and tried to attract his
attention, but if he heard them he was
too bewildered to move. The rear car
struck him and knocked him down, and
the wheels passed over one of his legs
and feet. The train 'was stopped and
the man was picked up and taken into
the baggage room of the depot where
he expired in a very few minutes. No
one seemed to know who he was
and at this writing his identity is
still unknown, although it is thought
that he may be from the Soldiers’
Home at Noroton. The man ap-
peared to be about 55 years of ace, 5
feet 7 inches tall, and weighed about
150 pounds, had hazel eyes, full beard
of gray and black, hair also mixed
with gray, was partially bold, and
wore a soft felt hat. He had lost two
of his upper teeth on the left side. He
was dressed in a black cheviot coat and
vest, mi‘xed gray outer shirt and gray
mixed underwear, and both outer and
under shirt were marked “Mo E. W.”
with the figure 2 under the letters. His
drawers were marked “G. L. E.” with
the figure 3 under the letters. He also
wore brown mixed socks and heavy
brogan shoes. On the body was found
a polka dot, red bandana, and white
handkerchiefs, with red and blue bor-
ders, one pencil, a white bone comb,
a plug of tobacco, and a postage stamp
book on the cover of which waswritten
the numbers 956, 771, and 037. The
body was taken to Gregory’s undertak-
ing rooms where it now lies, awaiting
identification.
Medical Examiner Burke telephoned
to the Soldiers’ Home this morning to
see if the man came from that institu-
tion, and an ofiicer of the home was to
have come up on the 11.44 train, but
for some reason he did not appear, It
is probable that he will arrive later in
the day.
Plain as Day.
An old man from Wilton stood on
East avenue, Sunday evening, watch-
ing a trolley car move swiftly along
with a heavy load of passengers. .
1 "That’s one of these ’lectric cars
ain’t it?” he said, turning to a man
who was leaning up against an elm
tree.
“Yes.”
“I don’t see how ’lectricity can make
a car full 0’ people flip along over the
ground like that. ”
“You don’t ‘2” exclaimed the other,
becoming interested. “Why, it’s easy
enough to seethrough when you once
understand it.”
“I ’xpect so, but I’ve never heard
enough about it to understand it.” .
“It is all a matter of watts. A watt,
don’t you see, is a fraction of a horse-
power, expressed in the technical lan-
guage of electrical engineering. You
know what an ampere is, don’t you?”
"A what?”
"An ampere. It is a quantity of
electricity that goes through the wire
and develops the watt. The electricit
comes from the central dynamo throng
that wire you see running along over-
‘head, runs down that iron pole and
goes to the motor, which is an ingen-
1 was but perfectly simple arrangement
30f Wll‘e coils with a revolving frame
; acted-upon the current which sets it to
ispmning, and thus puts in motion a
cog-wheel that engages another cog-
wheel that communicates the rotary
movement to a third cog-wheel fasten-
ed to the axle of the car. It’s as plain
as day when you get the idea.”
‘tes, but how——”
" Don’t you understand it yet ?
There’s a sort of wire brush that presses
against a copper plate connected with
the motor, and the wire is wound on
the frame I was telling you about, so
that when the current enters the motor
it can go either wa , and part of it goes
one way and part t e other, so that the
pressure is applied in opposite direc-
tions, and that’s what makes the jigger
revolve and sets the wheels in motion.
The current goes back through an un-
See through it now ?”
“Y-yes, I think I kind 0’ get the idee.”
The affable stranger strolled down
the avenue and the old man took anoth-
er look at the overhead wire, gazed ear-
nestly in the direction in which the car
had gone, took off his hat and wiped
his forehead.
“What I’d like to know,” he mut-
tered, “1s how in thunder the electricity
makes the car go I” .
—-A New Idea.
The D. M. Bead company have insti-
tuted a new and novel idea which they
call their “Sea Shore and Mountain
Service Department.”
There are many little vacation neces-
saries which their customers, who are
rusticating, forget to take with them
and this progressrve firm willlbe pleased
to_ forward, express paid, to any point
Within a radius of fifty miles, all goods
which any of their customers may order
by mail, thus supplyin an wants in
their line in an unusua an apprecia-
tive way.
This in connection with their regular
Mail Order Department, is fast becom-
ing an important and prominent factor
in their rapidly increasing business.
.Q.
Sudden Death. .'
Phoebe E., wife of John Guyer, Jr.,
and daughter of Mr. Henry W. Haw:-
hurst, died almost instantly Sunday
morning, at her home in East Norwalk,
of heart failure. She had been in
feeble health for some time, and on]
two weeks’ since lost her infant Chili?
but she was. about the house, and had
but Just finished her breakfast, when,
wrth a sudden gasp her head fell back,
and she capped in the chair in which
she was sitting. She was in the 21st
year of her age, and greatl esteemed
and beloved by all who new her.
Thus, With the suddeuness of a light-
ning bolt from a cloudless sky, is
another Norwalk home.made desolate,
and more hearts crushed with the un-
utterable anguish of bereavement.
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got cured by usin Sulphur Bitters,
would not you too ave confidence ,in
them? J. B. Nash, Hotel Winthrop,
Boston.
‘
Struck By Lightning.
The large barn on the Gilbert ’estate
at Georgetown occupied by the Gilbert
& Bennett 00., was struck by lightning
during the heavy storm Saturday night
and entirely destroyed. The barn was
full of hay and also contained several
horses and wagons. The horses were
all gotten out safely, but two wagons
were destroyed. There was an insur-
ance of $2,000 on the barn and $1,000 on
the stock.
v‘ 7‘
.1 Justice of the Peace Says.
Hon. John Nealey. justice of the
peace and ex-member of the House of
Representative from Meredith, N. H.,
was for twelve years a terrible sufferer
with rheumatism. He says : I cannot
obtain any medicine which does me so
much good as your Sulphur Bitters,
and I think it is the best medicine made.
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Society of Colonial Wars.
In New Haven, 9. Connecticut Branch
of the society of Colonial Wars, has
been organized. The soceity was formed
under the charter of the present body_in
New York. The members of the socie-
ty will consist only of those members of
the old families of Connecticut who can
trace their ancestry to the earliest set-
tlers. The society expects to enroll
some of the best known men in the state
as members.
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Hiram Camp Dead.
Hiram Camp, ex-president of the
New Haven Clock Company, died in
Fair Haven late Saturday night. 1r.
Camp was intimately connected W1_th
the “Yankee Clock” industry from its
beginning. He was born in Plymouth.
Conn., in 1811 and worked at clock-
making in Baistol until 1845. He or-
ganized tl-e New Haven company in
1853 and remained at the head of the
concern until 1892. Mr. Camp filled
several public offices. He was nominat-
ed by the Prohibitionist party for Gov-
ernor a few years ago.
Arrested on a Serious Charge.
On complaint of Grand Juror Mon-
son Hoyt, Don Juan St. Carlos and
Mrs da Williams to whom he was re-
cent y married, were‘arrested by Con-
stable Morehouse,at their home on Me-
chanic street, Saturday afternoon.
There are two complaints against each
of the prisoners, one alleging adultery
and the other bigamy. The prisoners
were taken before Justice Mead. The
latter charge against the prisoners was
not pressed at the time. The just-ice
placed them under bonds of $100 each,
for a further hearing Tuesday morning.
They were unable to secure bonds and
were remanded to the station-house,
Don expressing a preference to going
there rather than to the Bridgeport Jail,
of which institution he has not the
pleasantest of remembrance.
———-—-<-.
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to the good you can possibly derive
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be sure you get the genuine. It is
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Freight Cars Destroyed.
The officials of the New York & New
Haven road announce that they lost by
Saturday night’s fire sixty-four freight
cars. Fifty of these belon ed to other
roads and the others were t e property
of the New Haven road. The cars
were all either partly or wholly loaded
and ready to make up into trains.
The officials do not think that-the total
loss will exceed $100, 000. Of this amount
nearly one-third is on the cars destroy-
ed. Negligence on the part of the ser-
vants always throws liability on the
railroad, but in this case it is quite
clear that the fire was due to lightning
striking a car containing naphtha. One
of the cars contained thirty-six cases of
Winchester cartridges. On the burned
sheds and platforms there was a policy
of $5,000 in the Hartford Fire Insur-
ance Company. .
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THE PART PLAYED BY ANECDOTES OF
BIG MEN IN HISTORY.
Many Times an Incident Interesting In
Itself Is Inharmonious Because It May
Not Be ‘Characteristic of the Man About
Whom the Story Is Told.
There is a story going the rounds of
the newspapers to the cfiect that during
the siege of Petersburg General Lee
turned aside from the grave duties and
dangers of his position to pick up and
replace an the limb of a tree a nest full
of young birds that had been knocked
doWn by a. Federal shell. A similar
story has been told of Lincoln to illus-
trate his tenderness of heart, and the
probability is that the fable originated
away back in the early dawn of civilizar
tion. It is mostly so with the anecdotes
which figure in the history of great men
and events. * -When they are not bor-
rowed. from the ancients and handed
down through succes 've generations,
they are manufactured y skillful writ-
ers to suit particular characters and oc-
casions. we may be quite sure that
General Lee never paused in the course
of a battle to look after distressed birds.
He was a man of fine feeling undoubt-
edly. but it does not follow that he was
in the habit of making himself senti-
mentally- absurd.
The story, in short, is not characteris-
tic, and so it has no historical value. A
distinguished man’s fame is harmed
rather than helped when he is ,thus rep-
resented as manifestingiimself in an i]-
logical and improbable manner. It
would be easy to believe of Lee that he
stooped to ease the pain of a wounded
soldier or that he gave his rations to a
hungry prisoner, but it is not reasonable
to suppose that his instinct of sympathy
betrayed him into the girlish act which
this story attributes ‘ to him. And thus
it is with hundreds of other anecdotes
that are used to impart an enlivening
flavor to the dreariness of history.
The anecdote is a desirable thing in
works which are intended to convey a
vivid impression of historical occur-
needs to be‘ employed judiciously and
with a rational sense of fitness. There
is no advantage gained when such mat-
giving variety where there would other-
wise be monotony. The anecdote’s pros-
perity lies in its adaptability to the char-
acter that is being portrayed and its
service as a striking illustration of an in-
dividual trait or tendency. We often
get a better idea. of a man from some
simple stdry of his denoting’ tastes or
caprices than from the labored accounts
of his more important proceedings, but
the story must be carefully adjusted to
the logic of the man’s life and the salient
facts of his career, or its intention will
be defeated. ,
The best historians and biographers
understand this and are accordingly as
painstaking and solicitous in the case of
an anecdote as in that of a problem of
serious interest. They do not tell stories
of. that suit for Superficial effect or to
quicken the reader’s flagging attention,
but toem'phasize a given characteristic
and'to filla practical want in the way
of description or analysis. The anecdote
supplements and illuminates. the heavier
features of the narrative. It is used
with discrimination and not in a light
and promiscuous manner. The picture
would not be complete without it. The
character would be dim and distant in
the absence of such aid to the appreciar
tion of governing motives and peculiari-
ties. '
It is not really essential that anecdotes
thus employed - shall be literally true.
Some of the best of them are pure inven-
tions, which have the rare merit of being
well imagined. A story that has a. rea-
sonable degree of probability and that
can be credited consistently‘with what
is known of the general qualities of a
character is useful even when it is not
positively accurate. There are some fic-
tions of that kind which are worth more
in their Way than many ponderous and
tiresome facts. All of ‘the great figures
in history owe something to these con-
venient fables. They are identified with
certain anecdotes that keep them in easy
remembrance and that enable us to make
close acquaintance with them. But the
anecdotes must have the virtue of plau-
sibility, or they will not answer the pur-
p Unless they ' represent things which
might have happened without contra
diction of the character 'to which they
relate there is no justification fonthem,
and they are a reproach to the writer
who uses them as well‘ as a. damage to
the man whom they are designed to
benefit. The philosophy of the matter is
all contained in the statement that great
men, like small ones, are expected to be
true to the laws of their lives. Anec-
dotes which come within this rule are
historically valuable, whether strictly
true or only products of fancy, and those
which fall outside of it are silly and mis-
chievous, regardless of the reputation of
the author or the purpose of the decep-
tion—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Nature’s Protection For Uni-inc Fruit.
For protection from the animal world
immature fruits have developed a num-
ber of interesting devices. Almost uni-
versally “green” fruits so harmonize
with'surrounding color as to escapade-
tection. In fact, the hazel nut is envel-
opedfin a leafy coat which renders it in-
conspicuous. The nutritious albumen
of the seed is often. fortified by such im-
penetrable shells as those at the cocoa-
nut and others. Perhaps there is a for-
midable ment of. prickles, as in the
chestnut, or stinging hairs, as is the case
with some pods.
CharacteriStioof immature fruits are
disagreeable . taste and consistence.
Cempare an unripe peach, sour and
stringy, with the some fruit in its lus-
cious maturity. But all, these contriv-
ances fail to repel , certain enemies of
growing fruits. The .appleis inconspic-
uOusness, toughness and sourness are of
little avail against the young progeny of
the genus homo:f-“—'J.-W. Folsom in Pop-
ular Science Monthly. . .
I new the (ii—2;}?— ,. . .'
STORiEs ABOUT MEN. >'
rences or celebrated personalities, but it,
ter is introduced for the mere purpose of ,
You CanllBank‘
on
iv .
It is made from
the best leaf,
and never varies.
S. B. Wilson,
CARPENTER NBUILDER
8 CROSS STREET.
Jobbing. promptly attended to. Plans and
Specifications furnished. Mantels, Window
Frames, Sash and Blinds, furnished to orde
at lowest prices. . . .
S. W. Gregory,
LIVERY, BOARD, FEED, SALE
AND EXCHANGE
STABLES.
14 Knight street, Norwalk
Alarge stock of newl purchased and care
fully selected Teams, arria es, ac.
Coaches, Carriages and Sa dle Horses fur-
on
('1'
nished- at all hours. Careful drivers when ~
lesired. ,
Omnibusses. We. onettes Coaches. Bock-
aways. Phaetons an Light Iioadflarriages.
Telephone Call - '120
GO TO F. J.
cunwrs
too.
Monitor llil Stoves,
One of the best Stoves made.
The Baldwin Cold Dry Air Refrige-
rator. '
Match Safes. e
White Mountain Ice Cream
, Freezers.
Grand Rapid Sweepers.
Fiber Water Pails.
Water Coolers
and
HOUSE FURNISHIIIB 80008
of all kinds.
O. E. WI LSO N
General Insurance and Real Estate 111
MONEY T0 LOAN.
Stocks. Bonds, etc., Bonght and Sold, an
Loans Negotiated at owes: Rates of
Interest. :
ROOM 3, GAZETTE BUILDING
NOR IVALF, 0 0N1“
w. 11. MEEKER,
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fl nu
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
unitary Plumbing and Ventilation and Lo"
Pressure and Steam Heating. a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Somme ' 101'
,(QN INSTALLMENT small
FOR SALE.
On“,-:- Wilton AVenu
' . . 1' APPLY To
star..." , O’lmstead.
Ecru Skating.
THE undersigned has taken the shop in ti:
~ front of S. Ruby’s on Orgss street. an
is prepared to do Horse Shoemgm; a :fire
91‘5” mm" -' sons 'rLroanr .
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