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GENT'S GOLD FILLED WATCHES, Our Stock of Watches is Immense And wQI ba 3 so low-KT- - :: :: FROM $12 UP, :: :: soli it price never before We Guarantee WiiU either Elgin or Waltham movement. nn Every Watch Sold. KU2Kli,:inYAN;r:&:CO., OWN RIDER, BRYANT & CO., JEWELERS, 59 Main DANBURY. THE street, New - - 258 MAIN STREET, DANBURY, CONN. VOLUME 16. NEWTOWN, CONN., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 0, 1893. EIGHT PAGES. A NUMBER 45 Affairs About Town. men at work. He has cut off large tracts 1?. E. II ART WELL & COMPANY, of timber in this and other towns. Last 9 year he cut off quite a strip of timber COM IS I NATION LEADERS IN LOW THE PEOPLE'S CORNER. near Sandy Hook on land of McGuire CLOTHIERS, PRICES, and Lester. He has a steam saw mill Main - MILLINERY AND CLOAKS. COliNIili MAIN AND MIJEIiTY STREETS, CONN. Street, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. and gets out both sawed and hewed ties. DANBURY, Just opposite the soldiers' monu- In the course of a year he gets out 16,000 ment, at 185 Main is a to Qwiug to the unsettled condition of tho financial interests of the country, the manufacturers have been placed in a street, Danbury 18,000 ties. Mr Taylor says that the large display. It is worth if you chestnut makes a tie to and in order to relievo themselves of their immense stocks of Fall and Winter Clothing on - seeing superior any tight position, isrisroTJisrcsnvnEiisrT- are out shopping and comprises a full other wood and is railroad Yre over $15,000 of preferred by havo been forced to make sacrifices to We are have bought worth Cloaks, Capes, Jackets, Wraps and line of and cloaks in lead- men hand, they great ready money buyers. always Misses' Garments from Messrs Blumenthal Bros. & Co., 212 Broadway, New millinery the generally. Oak ties are used some, York City, who are the leading manufacturers ot these goods in the country. ing styles. Stern & Harris are the firm, but will not last as as al prepared and on the alert for extra bargains and take every advantage that is open. In order to stir up trade and meet the hard times we will give to every cash long chestnut, buyer of any of the above goods 20 per cent discount. and invite a careful inspection and cor- though the wood is harder. Mr Taylor Because we our we want to them dial Why? study patrons' interests; give The assortment is largo and choice in variety and style, and you cannot reception. is a veteran in his business, having got find such values outside ot New York. The sale is now in progress and we the best values their can secure for them- - advise an ot ten out ties all the and money early inspection these goods, as they have caught the popular If are along Danbury taste, and proven themseles to be quick sellers. you contemplating purchasing a Norwalk, and in various towns in Litch W-H-AX- write to M. & 1 IVIOISTJEY" in all the house. piano Steinert Sons Co., field Just now the market for Bargains departments throughout 359 Main county. SEE TOUR WILL BUY street, Bridgeport, or 777 Chap- ties is rather as of the roads el New Conn. quiet, many 1ST 1ST. IB. street, Haven, They will are not to any extent. FOB YOU 1 RELIABLE CLOTH- mail you, illustrated buying Fares will not be taken into account on purchases where the 20 per cent free, beautifully discount is Riven. catalogues of & Sons, and Er- AT Sidewalk Canopies and Crashes forwarded lor ball Steinway Charles Tomlinson awoke the morning ING OUR STOBE. at low weddikgp, parties nest Gabler & Bro's. have GOOD WARM WINTER SUITS. S 6.50. Worth $ 8.50 and receptions prices. pianos. They after Hallowe'en and found his on hand a assortment night Al L WOOL DOUBLE BREASTED SUIT;'. 8.50, Worth 12.00 constantly large large front the of second hand of gate among missing. Worth 14.00 pianos every promi- After the was found nent both in and searching, gate ELEGANT All Colors, 12.00, Worth 16.00 maker, uprights squares, on the Burr house roof HOMESPUNS, in which can secure a bar- perching waiting FINE DIAGONALS OR WORSTED CHEVIOTS, All Colors. 15.00, Worth 20.00 W. B. HALL & COMPANY. you always to be redeemed. EXTRA LINE OF FINE SUITINGS. 18.00, Worth 22.00 gain. An announcement in H. B. Coger is an We have the and best selected line of Men's, Young Men's and Boys' Overcoats ever shbwn in Danbury, important regard having addition, largest to W. 1Gx24, built on his to be used for a all the standard and fashionable weaves produced for this Fall's trade. Our is seasonable goods will be found in mill, comprising Furnishing department B. store room and L. S. with new and fresh. A visit to our mammoth store and an inspection of our immense stock will Hall's advertisement, this week. milling purposes. complete everything Patterson is doing the work. more than repay you- - LYON & You can never have a really good , GRUMMAN, - jl complexion until the is cleansed Dea II. L. Warner of Botsford is r j is Ban u ta a m a . impurity keep- JAl m ;MU JUL, L" 11 9 HAYING TOOLS, from your blood. What you need is a ing abreast with the times. lie has em- CM, 'VA WW course of sarsaoarilla. which L. S. Patterson to an ad- WIARD SULKY HAY RAKE. Ayres' ployed build New Combination Clothiers and is absolutely free from all harmful in- - dition to his wagon house, 12x22, to be Outfitters, , England PEERING MOWERS. gredient-s- and therefore, perfectly safe. used for horse stables, and will fit theu with box WHEEL HOES, up stalls of the latest design. Coi Main L Ct, No. bad results from taking Hill's Liberty Streets, Danbury, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, chloride of gold tablets, while the cure Carl Frank has moved into is George GENERAL HARDWARE permanent. Druukenes?, tobacco and Grifiin's tenant house in Huntingtown. opium habit positively cured. and BICYCLES. J. G. Gorham, who lives near Botsford 1 coll'ee can be used Ayer's hygienic any Depot, is the three-year-o- ld 19 CANNON breaking 383 MAIN STREET and STREET, time of day or night with benefit. Gro. colt, "Humbug," out of Pueblo, for II. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. cers sell it. B. Coger. 23irr22Llri.grl3.ci32C3., Conn. If, when crossing a railroad track, The very pretty exhibit at A. G. Bak- DR WARNES, Deatist, 420 Main St.. BRIDGEPORT. you see a train at six of Builds and Sells Attractive approaching thirty er, the Hawleyville furniture dealer, at We have just received from the manufacturers bales selected miles an hour get out of the way the this was INSERTS TEETH WITHOUT PLATES AND on Danbury fair, year, photo- Dwellings Monthly Payments. as soon as possible. When threatened graphed, and Mr Baker has the d oc- picture WITHOUT EXTRACTING. are finished and ready lor with chronic rheumatism or catarrh, in his oflice at Hawleyville. EZOK.SSS BLANKETS! therefore "Don't take Ayer's sarsaparilia persistently and Alan t.p.p.t.h nn all Vinrla nf nlatfis. Finp. flnirifl" a cupants, pay for patiently, and the danger will soon pass in SSi j n a: j : rent." Apply particulars at We have marl ed them at a selling price. Also dealers General Hardware. ij once. away. Around the Fireside. less- - Consultation free. 12 years experience- - WARREN H. LAMSON, The Age, published in Jewett, Ohio, AECHITECT AND says: "We but one medi- One Day Last Week BUILDER, carry patent SONG. North Ave.,corner Wood Ave., Bridgeport, Ct. cine 'ad,' that of J. C. & Co., Low- wc saw ii c:ii- nf iinpnwilcr standing right in Ayer ONE MOHK RECORD .BROKEN. tront. of" tli depof jtt Jhiwley villu ami we ell, Mass., and would not do this were it what it 11 thought thunder shower should hap- R. BALLERSTEIN & CO, Choice Building Lots for sale not the firm is as in deal- How timed do 1 love dear? pen to cuiiic up 111 nl ighl nlng tdiould happen that square its many thee, to strike tlmt cm- and it should happen to on in ings as and its of Tell me bow many thoughts there be of 1893 ever be- strike it in so it nnrnt wonderfully easy monthly any bank, preparations In We have again sold mere stoves this year than right the middle tlmt life of the atmosphere I'oth iviivH at the same time, it would very stallments. the very highest class. The the Of a new tall'n fore and have our first order (in at three different likely tear the depot all to pieces before the Conn. editor's better half was once saved year. duplicated part) car could be shunted in on he siding and then Bridgeport, by Whose white and sable hours syipear times since September 1. we'd have a brand new one built, and in that the use of Ayer's sarsaparilia, after the The latest flake of eternity ease we should undoubtedly have a bis; meet- f So times do I love dear. This shows wc are felling just a little below the market price ing at Hawleyvilie ot all the prominent rail- j physicians had failed to give her relief.'' many thee, road men connected with the Consolidated, How many times do I from $1 to $3. We don't "pay freight to Newtown" and ask you the N.
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