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Tuesday, July 11. "1871.
As we supposed would be the case, our
Water Commissioners have received appli-
cations for Water Bondsof the Borough to
the amount of half a million dollars or so
:more than the entire loan. So much for
' advertising in the old GAZETTE. '
Another woman was run over and killed,
‘ near Mt. Vernon, by the cars, last Saturday.
The monthly union meeting under the au-
spices of the Y. M. C. A. was held at the
First Congregational church on Sunday
evening last. Mr. Wigham, President of the
Association, presided, and short addresses
were delivered by Dr. A. Hill, Mr. Randell
of New York, and Rev. S. B. S. BiSsell.
Revs. Gates and Uunham were present and
'took part in the exercises. The attendance
was rather small, owing to the threatening
appearance of the weather.
A party of, gentlemen leave Norwalk to-.
day for Babylon, on the South side of Long
Island, where they propose trying their luck
at blue-fishing.
A girl seventeen years of age, named Em-
ma Smith, was tried in Bridgeport last Sal-
urday, for day burglary at the house of Os-
car S. Brown, and was sentenced to, the
State Prison for one year, her age preclud-
ing her being sent to the Reform School.
A sad case of youthful depravity.
_ A Mr. Anderson of Massachusetts, fore-
man of the blasting in Judge Butler‘s new
quarry, had his leg and ankle badly crushed
on Saturday, while getting out stone for the
. waterworks reservoir.
At Superior Court, Wednesday, Charles -
A. Benedict, of New Canaan, was sentenced
to State Prison for a term of ten years, for
assault and attempt to commit rape, her
pleading guilty.
Representative Craw will please accept
our thanks for State documents.
The new sidewalks on Washington Street
are progressing slowly.
The old Board of City Councilmen met
for the last time last week Monday evening.
' At the first meeting of the new Board, Gen
Guyer was chosen senior councilman, Elwell
2nd, Benedict 3rd. and Richards 4th. The
salary of City Treasurers has been fixed,for
the present, at $50.00.
The historic and time honoree “ Old Field
Road”‘has been re-christencd “Woodward
Avenue” by the modern city authorities.
John Barber, an engineer on the New
York do New Haven Railroad, died at New
Haven last Tuesday, of consumption.
A large number of fine elm and maple
shade trees have been killed, as is believed,
by leaking gas pipes, on the street. leading
from the depot to the Wilson Point road.
This is really a serious and most vexatious
injury to the propertyholders, and the ques-
' tion of the gas company’s liability for the
damage, is likely to be tested, we are in-'
formed. The worst of the matter is that a
fine shade tree in front of a residence is a
matter of years of time, rather than of dol-
lars, and we do not quite see how satisfac-
tory damages can be. obtained. If this de-
struction. of the rows of shade trees should
result in the widening of the street, perhaps
the property owners, as well as the public,
would have cau'Se to rejoice.
The Railroad connection between New
York and Lake Mahopac was completed on
the 1st inst. '
The Fifth Regiment’re-union this year:
is to be held at Bridgeport, August 9th.-
Miss Maria Brainerd is engaged for two
months to sing in Trinity Church, New Ila-
ven.
The Nelly White is doing a lively passen-
ger business this summer. Some days when
it is extremely hot on shore it is so cool on
the Sound that shawls and overcoats are
comfortable.
Miss H. L. D. Potter, the accomplished
elocutionist, is to read before the Y. M. C. A.
of New Yerk, at Association Hall, this
(Mondty) ‘ evening. After filling this en-
gagement. Miss Potter will go to Oneida,N.
Y., where she contemplates spending a part
of the summer vacation.
The annual meeting of the Norwalk Gas
Light Co. is to be held July 20th, at4 o’clock
P- .1”: .
Miss M. J. Fitch being about to close her
connection with the Center Sebool,whcre
she has been a faithful and eflicient teacher
for several years, was surprised at her. fath-
er’s residence last Thursday evening by the
teachers of the School and scholars of the
High School and presented with silver ware
valued at sixty dollars, as a token of the
esteem in which she is held by them.
Mr. E. Price, the New York label manu-
facturer and son of a former publisher of the
old GAZETTE is rusticating in town.
Mr. Eugene L.‘Boyer and sister start to-
day for a trip to Wisconsin.
Mr. P. Lonnsbury of the firm of Louns-
bury, Bros. &Rockwell is spending a few
weeks in the White Mountains. '
A young man named Jeremiah Little slip-
ped ofi‘ the Union Co.’s dam, on Monday,
3d inst., and fell on the rocks below. He
was badly bruised but not seriously injured
and is now around again.
Good sized blnefish are said to be quite
plenty in our harbor. One gentleman caught
37 one day last week,» trolling.
’A man named Eldred was severely injur-
ed on the Fourth by being thrown lro
Nash & Raymond’s wagon. ’~ _- - ‘
An encampment of the Grand Conmand-
cry of the Knights Templars of this State,
for inspection and review, is to be held in
Néw Haven on the 29th, 30th and 3lst of
August. Excellent Camping ground~ has
been selected at Railroad grove, West Ha-
ven. .‘ '
The games of Base Ball announced for
last Thursday did not come off, the Danbu-
ry and Stratford clubs failing to put in an
appearance.
Annual meeting of the Corporators of the
Norwalk Savings Society, July 19th.
Moun'Vaxnamsn—One of the beautiful
pieces of marble statuary standing nearest
the Lodge gate, at Mr,Lockwood’s residence.
has been wantonly and maliciously mutila—
ted by some wretch in human form. 'The
boy or man guilty of such wanton crime
must fairly despise and hate himself. It is
of a piece with the robbing graves of bo-
quets and vases,or digging up the fiowers,the
hands of loving friends have bestowed upon
their dead, and which has been no unfre-
quent occurrence at Union Cemetery. Then,-
too, the Amphitheater grove, where the
owner has freely allowed the boys to play
' at ball and other games, at all times and
seasons, and permitted the public to cross
and recross the grass fields to the ruin of his
hay crop—most cheerfully accorded the use
of the grove for pic-nics or other recreation,
and still there continues to be the most wan-
ton and wicked destruction, and stealing of
fences; fires have been built about the forest
trees, while at least a dozen rare and costly
ornamental trees have been girdled. Such
performances evince a. deplorable condition
of morals en the part of some in cm com-
munity. ,-
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Dr. Asa Hill has on exhibition at his office,
a fine collection of some twenty oil paint-
ings in marble executed by a New York
artist, as specimens of what can be done by
the Doctor’s patent process. These paint-
ings are unusually interesting from the fact
that there is nothing else of the kind known
in the world. The colors are brilliant and
do not run together, but are as clear and
distinct as on canvass, and even more so.
All lovers of the fine arts are invited to call
and marine the collection.
General Sherman.
This distinguished soldier-son of the RC-
public, will visit Norwalk to-morrow,
(Wednesda.), with several members of his
family, and will remain two or three days,
as the guests of Legrand Lookwood,‘Esq.,
at “ Elmensworth.” As there is a good deal
of hunting lying around loose,—left over
from the Fourthi—We'suggestthe propriety
of unfurling our village flags and let them
“ float” during the general’s stay among us.
We are sure such recognition of the hero’s
presence will be most cheerfully and univer-
sally accorded by the people of the town of
his nativity; and will no doubt prove as grat-
ifying to the General as any other demon-
stration that could be made in his honor.»
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The Connecticut Islands.
The contest over the removal of the
Goose Island nuisance, so vigorously and
generously waged by our fellow townsman,
John H. Keyser, Esq, is likely to result in
.tbout as important a geographical decision
:13 any possible discoveries of the Dr. Hall
' Arctic expedition. The defendants in the
Goose Island case, as is known, set up the
‘broad claim that Goose Island, and the isl-
ludS all along, the Connecticut shore, were
under the jurisdiction of New York. This
was ably and-'most clearly oven‘uled by
Judge Granger, whose opinion we published
at the time. But the defeated parties have
appealed to the United States Supreme
Court, and it is probable that here the whole
question, which has so many generations
been in dispute, will be finally adjudicated.
The conflict of claim extends to Captain’s
Island, 011‘ Greenwich, the dozen or more
Norwalk Islands, Charles Island, (where
GOV. Jewell so promptly ordered his mili-
tary and captured’ a score or more of prize-
fighters, and thus reduced .the democratic
majority of Gotham to a corresponding ex-
tent), II‘isher’s Island, and a dozen or so
smaller and utterly insignificant islets, all
along our coast. This case should be avail-
ed of to forever settle the legal jurisdiction
of all these islands contiguous to our shore,
and the first business of our new attorney
general should be to examine thoroughly
the voluminous state records bearing upon
the case, now in the possession of Librarian
Hoadley, by means of which it would seem
our title thereto is made unquestionable.
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The Late Newark Tragedy.
Our readers are already familiar with the
shocking details of the murder of Gen. 0. S.
Halsted. The victim was a man well and
favorably known throughout the country.
He descended from an honorable ancestry,
and belonged to one of the most wealthy
and aristocratic families of New Jersey.
His father was chief justice of the State un-
til retired by age, while the son, rarely gifted
of nature, received every advantage that
wealth and culture could bestow. As a
public speaker, and more particularly as a
writer for the press, he had few peers, and
scarce a superior. His letters laudingbrave
Phil. Kearney and excoriating Gen. McClel-
lan during the Peninsula Campaign were
models of'trenchant rhetoric, and will long
be remembered. His slight, wiry figure
and genial, beaming face, will be remem»
bored, by all who were familiar with P0—
tomac army life and Washington society,
during the years of the rebellion. This man
of genius, thus cultured, and thus beloved
by, all who knew him, the father of a family
of six children—one a daughter married——
the husband of a wife of rarest loveliness,
and devoted to his every wish, with angelic
fidelity—surrounded on all sides by associax
tions of wealth and highest respectability,
this man, in an evil hour, fell so low. as to
excite a pity and commiseration over his
fall, in comparison with which, his mere
death would be of the slightest consequence.
He leaves his home to spend a night of de-
bauch with a disreputable woman,in full sight
of the home of those whom he has sworn to
love,honor anti cherish, and in the morning’s
dawn he is shot down like a dog by a low
and vicious rival for the woman’s lustful
affections. ant “dies as the fool dieth.”
And this, horrible and stickening as it is,can
scarcely be called an exceptional occur-
rence. Of late, the public press has teemcd
with narrations of equal horror; and when
we reflect that such as come to the public
gaze are only the accidental cases, what a
deplorable state of our best society does it
reveal. In the cells of a. Calfiornia prison a
woman awaits :llc executioner’s halter for a
crime having a similar origin. In the dis-
mal Tombs of New York, young Foster
awaits a. similar doom, for yielding mad
obedience to l'ustful depravity. What is
there in our “ best society ” and in the ten-
dencies of the times which develope such
atrocities? What; fell spirit is it Which
causes men, and women, too, to put their
lives and their sacred honor, the peace of
their families and hopes of heaven, in such
dire jeopardy, for the basest and most beast-
ial of gratifieations? Is there not a much
lower tone of morality among men and
vastly less genuine modesty among wo-
men than there should be ? Is not even the
pulpit, and our christian teachers, somewhat
at fault through mistaken notions of deli-
cacy? Is not our public press, both reli-'
gious and secular, most lamentably at fault ?
What can we say of the scores of debased
and debasing pictorial newspapers, flaunt-
ing from every newspaper stand, when nom-
inally religious newspapers come'every week
into our families reeking with filihy adver—
tisements, “ of which it is a shame even to
speak ”? Can we wonder that mothers anti
pure women become anxious for the exer-
cise of legal powers in our government, and
are impatient for opportunity to make and
execute the laws. These terrible and stun-
ning cases of woman’s weakness and man’s
depravity, which almost daily shock_ the
moral sense of every community, should and
must challenge the most earnest thoughts
and grave consideration of the good and
pure, everywhere. And the question might
be brought right home to every neighbor-
hood—how many prominent and nominally,
reputable persons are there among ourselves
following in the wake of poor “Pet” Hal-
stead, of Newark. '
OLD YALE—Thisis cemmencement week
,at Yale College. Prest. Woolsey preached
the Baccalaureate Sermon last Sunday after-
noon. The programme for the balance of
the week is as follows :—Tuesday, Pl esenta‘
tion exercises, at 11 a. m. Sophomore Prize
Declamations at 8 p. m. Regatta Ball at
Music Hall. Annual meeting of graduates
at Alumni Hall, at 9% a. m. Annual races
for Phelps’ prizes and Southworth Cup, at
Lake Saltonstall, in the afternoon. Social
gathering of graduates, including ladies, at
8 p. m., in School of Fine Arts. Thursday.
Commencement exercises, at 9 a. m.
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The examination of Mrs. Lydia Sherman
at Birmingham, who was arrested in New
Jersey charged with poisoning her husband,
_&c., was concluded last week, and she will
undoubtedly be held for trial. The evidence
looks strong against her, but it will proba-
bly be impossible to promo the charges in a
court of law. It is generally believed that
she poisoned at least eleven persons: her
first husband and six children; her second
husband, her third husband and two chil-
(lien. The evidence shows that when they
were sick she displayed great concern for
them, and watched over them devotcdly.
'When the physician suggested a post mor-
tem examination of the last husband, in-
stead of trying to prevent it, she approved
and encouraged it. She seems very inditfier-
ent, betraying no anxiety.
0
@“011r enterprising Assistant Borough
Clerk, discouragedmt the slow delays or
Government, commenced the harbor im-
provement on his own account on Saturday
ridged up the borders ofhisnew island, (the
old-middle ground) in the war of Kceler do
Holmes’ store, and the wonder of the village
gossips is_ whether he is going to plant it
with potatoes or simply seed it down. V
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THE FOURTH.
The Fourth, this year, commenced pre-
cisely at 6 p. m. on the 3d, and was even
more noisy than usual. All that evening
there was a constant pop, pop,;popping of
fire crackers, and bang, bang, hanging of
pistols and guns,and the sizzing of fire-works.
But the Hose boys reserved their biggest
gun until the last, and about midnight took
the town by storm, triumphantly appearing
on the streets with the fire, alarm bell
mounted on a hose jumper, and then they
made music enough to waken efen railroad
sleepers as they passed through the streets.
Tuesday morning a large crowd went off
on the Nelly White excursion, which proved
a great success. At New York the party
was largely augmented at each landing, un-
til Capt. Lane refused to make any more
stops. The boat arrived back about nine
o’clock p. m.
In the morning the Catholic Societies
formed in procession and marched through
h'the village in the following order: Star
Spangled Banner; Martial Band; St. Jo-
seph’s Benevolent Association, numbering
about forty members, with their large and
elegant Society Banner; The Irish Flag-—
Harp of Erin; American Flag, at. Mary’s
‘l‘..A. B. Society, numbering about sixty
members,‘hca‘dcd by their beautiful and
costly Banner; Cadets numbering over 80;
Sunday School girls to the number of about
one hundred. The procession made a very
creditable appearance. After the parade,
the day was spent in Byington’s Amphithe-
atre in the usual sports and amusements.
We return thanks for the compliment to the
old GAZETTE. -
. At Roton Point there was a large crowd
bent on enjoyment. At the Regatta a num-
ber of well-known fast sailers entered in
competition, and a lively race resulted in
Cashier Street bringinghome the best silver
cup, he sailing his own boat.
The day passed oli‘ without any disturb-
ance, and there was but very little drunk-
enness. The causalties werecomparatively
few, and slight. A bov down town was
burned in the face and eyes by the flashing
of powder; several boys were’hurt by ex-
plosions.
mg“ The festivities attending the celebra-
tion of the Fourth by the Temperance and
Benevolent Societies, were sadly marred by
. the sudden and almost instantaneous death of
William Brennan, an aged man, who either
‘fell in a fit, or else, making a misstep, and
in falling, so heavily striking his head as to
cause his instant death. Brt nnan was .well
known about, town as a good-natured, inof—
fensivc character—a man -of rare and rich
Irish wit,—a man of considerable education.
'but like hosts of others, his infirmity was
a thirst for strong drink. . For many
years after the introduction of our power
press he was our motive power at the press
wheel; being more or less under the influ-
ence of vile whisky it came to be a village
joke that“ Sir William ’.’ was theGAZETTE’s-
steam power. We could fill an entire paper
with narrations of his oddities and origins]
witticisms; amongthe funniest of which was
our attempt to send him home on a visit to
his friends in Ireland, and his climbing
down the ship’s sides in New York Bay,
just asl' the tug boat was casting otf its baw-
sets, and his returning'to Norwalk. Buthe
is dead, and with all his faults may he find
that rest and peace in the grave the world
failed to furnish him, for a nobler and more
honest heart never beat'beneath the rough
exterior of a lowly man.
I
01m Scnoons.— The Center School closed
on Friday last for 'the summer. Mr. Fair-
banks, the Principal, ahd Misses Perry and
Fairbanks. teachers, have gone to Massa-
chusetts to spend the vacation.
The Over River School closes on Wednes-
day. Mr. Wigham, Principal. and Misses
Hetfron Shaw and Ells,will spend the vaca-
tion in New York State.
The annual examination of the Down
Town School takes place next Friday, as
announced in our last. All interested are
invited to attend. '
WThe advent of Gen. Sherman and
family among us revives an interest in the
“ Old Sherman Place,” as it is familiarly
known to our older residents: Gen. Sher-
man’s father used to own and reside in the
house now occupied by the widow Nathan
Beers,'on the corner of Main and Cross
streets,—the first house above Mr. Charles-
Sherry’s residence. Some fifty years or so
ago Mr. Sherman was seized with the
“ Western Reserve ” or “ New Connecticut”
fever, as were many other citizens of Fair-
field County, and removed to Ohio. The
General’s eldest brother, now Judge Charles
Sherman, of Cleveland, was born in the
present Beers house, and was quite a lad,
when his parents removed west. The Gen-
eral, William T. Sherman, was born almost
immediately upon the family reaching Ohio,
and Senator John Sherman was born sub-
sequently, and is an indigenous son of the
Buckeye State, but even he, with his broth—
er, is proudof his Connecticut origin.
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Father Smith took leave of his congrega-
tion on Sunday, intending to set sail for
Europe to-morrow, to spend a few months
in~ relaxation from the weighty cares and
labors connected with the great work he has
been engaged in for the last few years—the
erection of the new St. Mary's church.
On the occasion his parishioners preseni—
ed him with a purse of about one thousand
dollars, a very substantial as well as expres-
sive token of the high esteem in which they
hold him. The same feeling toward the
reverend gentleman is shared, we are sure,
by his fellow townsmen of every denomina-
tion, and all unite with his own people, in
wishing him a happy time on his tour, and
a safe return, with a renewal of strength and
vigor, to the chosen field of his labors.
‘ During his absence Rev. Father Murphy
will take charge of the parish, assisted by a
clergyman from the Passionist Monastery at
Hoboken.
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O’Kell the receiver of the stolen Bank of
N orwalk Bonds, was sentenced by Judge
Cardozo to five years in the New York
State prison. This is the full extent of the
law', but as it is only on the first count, and
mine difierent transactions in. the stolen
bonds were traced to him,,he can be re-ar-
rested and convicted on the others sefialz'm,
if it be deemed best so to do. That be per-
sistently refuses to give any clue as to the
manner of their coming into his possession,
there is justifiable gounds for the belief that
he was himself connected with the robbery.
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A class of twenty-four graduated at
the State Normal School, New Britain, last
Friday, and received their diplomas from,
the hands of Gov. Jewell. The class con-
sisted of seventeen ladies and seven gentle-
men, including Miss Rebecca M. Northrop,
of Ridgefield, Miss Mary L. Talmadge, of
New Canaan, and Mr. Frank H. Baldwin,
of New Canaan. Miss Talmadge was Val~
cdictorian. »
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At the Fourth of July pow-wow at Tam—
many Hall, Gov. Hoffman sent a letter fa:
VOI'Ing the “new departure” and of stand-
ing by the “Constitution as it is,” negro suf.
frnge amendments and all. Boss Tweed, in
his speech,proposed to let the dead bury
their dead, and to strike forward to a new
career, with new issues. He proposes to
take the country into his own hands and
save it from rain. Mercy preserve us!
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WThis ofiice proffered two premiums
to the two students in Dr. Fitch’s school
who should show the greatest improvement
sition. Master Leonard Couch, son of M3.
jor-Gcneral Couch, won the premium in the
first grade of advanced scholars, app} Mafi-
ter James Crofut, son of A. J. Crofut;receiv,-
ed that designated for the younger lads. '
FIRE—On Friday last, about 11 o’clock .
a. m., a fire broke out in the pork packing
establishment of I. H.~Campbell on the east
side of Main Street. , The fire originated in
smoke house in the rear,‘and communicated
with the store, the burning pork, ham,5dre.,
causing a dense and anil'ocating smoke to
pour out in great volume. The fire depart-
ment was promptly at work, the Steamer
taking water from the river near Newcomb’s
stables, and the' hose being run upto the
burning building through Cometock Broth-
ers’ cellar. a distance of about .400 feet
Two splendid streams of water were poured
into the building and it was not long before
the firemen were masters of the situation,
and what had at first threatened to be a
serious conflagration was'undcr control.
The Hook and Ladder boys got at the
smoke house finally .and tore off the roof,
when a stream of water was turned in, and
the fire soon put out. The store was badly
damaged and will require new walls and a.
thorough refitting. In addition to the store
fixtures Mr. Campbell lost about one thou-
sand dollars worth of stock in the store, and
2,000 lbs ofhams in the smoke house. The
stock in the cellar was not injured. He was
The sebond story was occupied by a family;
the furniture wastconsidcrably damaged by
water.
Mr. Honuecker, at the Old Mill Hill Ba-
kery, called in our office yesterday, with a~
bountiful donation of Pie and Cake to stop
for awhile the cravings of the appetites of
our printers, and succecdcdjn leaving be-
hind an Oliver Twist craving for “more.”
He is now fully prepared to supply the pub-
lic with the best of every thing in his line
of business.
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Serious apprehensions are entertained of
a bloody riot in New York during the 0r-
angc parade on Wednesday.
A French ship has been wrecked on the
coast of Africa, 150 lives being lost.
Holland has ceded the. island of New
Guinea to Great Britain. .
The Emperor William has been enthusi-
astically received at Ems.
A severe storm caused much damage in
Syracuse on Sunday night, one 4 man being
killed.
A new summer hotel, called the Central,
was opened at Newtown on the Fourth by a
hop. ’ Mr. William Kellogg is the landlord.
The North Carolina Ku-Klux are demor-
alized by the determined action of the Uni-
ted States officials.
O
.W—
Goon ADVICE—Spurgeon sententiously
expresses a number of thoughts worth re--
membering, in the following appropriate
sentences, which we publish as “advice gra-
tis :
When you see a man with a great deal of
religion displayed in his shop window, you
may depend upon it he keeps a very small
stock of it within.
Do not choose your friend by his looks ;
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.
By no means put yourself in another per-
son’s power ; if you put your thumbs be-
tween two grinders, they are apt to bite.
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign
nothing without reading it, and make sure
that it means no more than it says. ‘ ‘
5
Don’t go to law unless you have nothin
to loosé ; lawyers’ houses are built on fools
heads. - ‘
- Put do dependence on the label of abag,
and count the money after your own kin.
In.any business never wade in the water
where you cannot see the bottom.
Keep clear of a man who does not value
his own character.
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W A Gentleman who was on the South-
ern side during our late little misunder—
standing relates the following ; “Roe," of
our company, used to statnmer fearfully,
and while having a judicious admixture of
prudence in his valor, was still one of the
best and pluckiest of all. One of our guns
had been captured by the Yankees, and the
nex't morning the order came down to re-
capture it if possible. It was a fearful task;
and as we stood drawn up, awaiting the
word to move forward at the double-quick,
we felt instinctively that many of us would
stay around the spot where the lost gun was.
It scarcely seemed worth the price we were
about to pay , and “Roe” seemed to be
more thoroughly impressed with this idea
than any one else. Suddenly an idea enter-
ed his mind : ste,: ping out of the ranks he
stuttered, wildly, as he always did when
excited, “I say, kick-kick-captain, l-l-l-let
us git-git-get up a s-s-s—s-subscription and
pip-pip-pay for the cussed old gun.”——-Har-
per’a Monthly.
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.A SAD AND LONELY ACT—About a year
since the wife and three children of Elijah
Munsell, of the western part of Monson,
died of small pox and were buried in a
pasture near the ’house. Mr. Munsell him-
self had the disease but recovered, and has
since lived alone in the home where his
family died. He could not bear the idea of
having his loved ones buried in a pasture,
and finding it impossible to obtain any one
to assist in removing them to the common
burial place, he undertook the task alone.
On one of the moonlight nights of the past
winter he opened the graves of his family
and by means of ropes and levers raised the
four cofiins and loaded them into a wagon.
He carried them to the burying ground,
where he had previously dug graves for
their reception, and buried them. This sad
and lonely act occupied him nearly all
night. Few men would have bad the cour-
age to perform sucll an act; but the bus-
band and father who had tended his family.
in. their fatal, sickness and had dressed them
all for the grave, shrunk not in the perform-
ance of his last token of affection. ‘
9
BE COULDN’T STAND IT.
Amissionary of the, American Sunday
School Union in Minnesota reports:
At one of our prairie Sunday-school gath-
erings a poor, lost man came trembling and
asked ifhe could have the privilege ofsign-
ing the temperance pledge. With broken
accents he told how he had neglected a
Christian father’s teachings in his far-01f
eastern home ; but to-day he had been remin-
ded of those, and of his good old mother’s
prayers and tears for him, and he couldn’t
stand it—it was to much for him. “And
to—day,” he said, “ my own dear children are
here, never having had my instructions.
They wish to join your Sunday-school ; and
[am glad, and will help them to come. I
know they are sometimes ashamed of their
poor father, whom they love ; and I am
going to sign the pledge and stop drinking,
for their sake.” ,
Thus the penitent drunkard tallked on.
He signed the pledge. A sunday-school
temperance society was formed, and all
present signed it. He had given us a good
practical address.
A good report comes to us from one ofhis
neighbors. He says, “ The Holy S irit has
converted that man in that prairie Sunday-
school ; and now he sits at the feet of Jesus,
a changed man, a new creature in Christ
Jesus. The voice, so often heard profaning
and blaspheming God’s holy name, can now
,be heard in daily prayer in, his home. His
children rejoice over the great gains of this
change, and they, too, are inquiring ‘what
they shall do to be saved.’ ”
——.—e.
Who Was no ‘! .
“Can you tellme,” said Napoleon, “who
Jesus Christ was ? I will tell you. Alexan-
der, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself, have
founded great empires; but upon what did
these creations of our genius depend? Upon
force. » Jesus alone founded an empire upon
love, and this very moment tens of millions
would dte for him. I am not mistaken—I
know human nature a ell. Those kings were
only men as I an. only a man. Jesus Christ
was alone. N 0 other ever ‘ resembled him.
Jesus was not a man, he was more than manI
Thousands have been animated with such an
enthusiasm for me that they would die for
me; but to inspire such devotion,itwas nec-
essary that I should be visibly present among
them. that they should feel the influence of
I
hath so elevated the mind of man to the un-
seen, that it is inscusible to, time or space.
Across an abyss of eighteen hundred years,
he demands what it is most difiiclt uto give.
‘He requires that which the philosopher often
asks in vain from his followers, the parent
from his child, the brother from his brother,
even the wife from her husband. He willhave
the heart, the whole heart, and the heart of
every human being. He requires the heart
unconditionally, unreservedly, with all its
passions and affections. This he’ demands,
and lo,immediately this demand is satisfied.
This is astonishing. In defiance of time and
space, the soul ofman, with all its powers and
faculties, becomes a part of the empire of
Christ. All who believe in him experience
this mysterious love to him. . Here is a phe-
nomenon entirely inexplicable. It is infi-
nitely above the creative powers of man.
last. 1.101135 beautifully and picturesquely during the past session, in English compo- Time, which destroys all things, cannot ex-
tinguish this sacred flame; time can neither
diminish its force nor limit its range. This
amazes me. Over and over I have refieéted
deeply upon it; and the more I reflect, the
more perfect my convictionof the divinity
atlases Chris,- -
my looks. my voice, my words. Jesus alone -
'In the New York journals I notice .ac-
counts of the awful succession of crime;by -
called “A Connecticut Woman,” (Mrs. Lydia
Sherman) but through whose fiendish trellis
no Connecticut blood over flowed, tbauk God
for that. I appeal to you, and ask that
through your columns you will rectify this
mistake,’and labclher ass/to is, from New
Jigrsey, born near Bordentown, and in which
state she married her first husband, although
it would seem more natural to think she
hailed from the infernal regions. Let not
Connecticut’s fair escutchcon be stained by
owning so vile-a monster for her daughter.
A LOVER on Tnu'rn.
MEssns. Em'rons ;—You state in the GA-
ZETTE that the deposits in our Savings Bank
have increased over Three Hundred Thou-
sand Dollars the past year. The success of
this Bank has been, somethin g truly wonder-
ful, when we consider what it now is, with
its million dollars of deposits, and what it
was when first taken in charge by Captain
Hubbell, with only about a hundred thou-
annual meeting is soon to take place, what
better deserved compliment could the man-
agers bestow upon their old and faithful ser-
vant, than to retire him upon his present
salary during the remnant of his days'.
This course I know would meet with the ap-
proval of many depositors. It would work
no detriment to the institution, for its divi-
dends would not be made one penny less,
and it would prove a bright and unselfish
act on the part of the corporators, for long
and faithful services. Will they not-do it?
‘ ’ . DEPosrTon.
Another lot of that cheap muslin
10-day at A. Hyatt’s. -
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." TnE BATTLE on Donxrxe.”—Quite a
sensation has been created on the other side
of the Atlanticb‘ a clever' piece of satire
which has recent y appeared in Blackwood’s
Magazine, entitled ,“ The Battle of Barking.”
It is written in graphic narrative st lo, and
purports to be t e story of a garruous old
man, told tolthe'young people of fifty years
hence. It relates how the Germans destroy-
ed the boasted' naval power of England by
torpedées, and then invaded the country in
force; while the false system of' economy in
making defensive preparations, the feeble-
ness of the English volunteer and militia
system, and the utter incapacity of the com-
missariat department,’ma‘de the whole cam-
paign
and left the British capital an easy prey to
the invaders. The story is capitally told,
and possesses all the fascination of a true
tale of actual occurrences ;~ the narrator’s
own adventures being detailed with a kind
of Defoe-like minnteness, that gives his
story the very stamp of truth. How far the
stinging satire upon the Government is de-
served, is, of course, better understood by
Britons than by us, though the “Battle of
Dorking” has been extensively reprinted by
the American papers.
«Ow——
The place to get Hosiery cheap is at A.
Hyatt’s.
’ received
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Porummzme Ann—The fondness of the
American public for pictures is proverbial.
and of the elegant and expensive paintings
which are executed‘abroad, a let e propor-
tion find their way‘to our shores. be inven-
tion of the chromo has opened a. sCurcc for
the supply of good pictures at a very low
rate to the classes which cannot afi‘ord to pay
the high priees for genuineoil paintings. The
business of reproducing the best works of art
by the chromo process, is a very large and
successful one, and very great numbers are
annually produced which are very close imi-
tations of the originals, and fill a want lon
felt by our people. The sale of wood an
steel engravings has been very much curtail-
ed by this new branch of the fine arts. A
few years since we were almost entirely
without any cheap pictures which were
worthy of being in any respectable dwelling,
and the only class .of engravings worth
purchasing at all were imported. Now the
case is very different, and homes may be
made cheerful by reall meritorious works
of art at low prices. he first house in the
business is located in Boston, and is doing
a large business with agencies all over the
country, although large numbers of these
productions are made in other cities. The
prices of chromos range all the way from
$1 to $25, and the demand is unlimited.
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The life of money, like the life of trade is
in activity. Every dollar-put into circulation
in ordinary times stirs out another dollar,and
the process continues until all branches find
themselves thriving. It is the holding back
that does the mischief. It‘ country mer-
chants could collect one-half that .1! due
them, the money would speedily pass into
the hands of the wholesale dealer, and he, in
turn, would pay it. to the farmer, whose
money has gone roand the circuit to the relief
of every one and has finally comeback to. be
sent on the same‘round again. The process
is much more rapid than many imagine.
A multitude of small debts which are
due. and might easily be paid instead of
postponed, lock up in the aggregate a vast
amount of funds that ought to be circulating
stimulating trade, reviving business, and
giving life and activity to every kind of
pursuit. The “nimble dollar” doing the
office for which it was designed, will pay an
average often dollars of debts daily, while
the same hoarded up or laid away when
honestly due to some tradesmen or mechanic
practicaly loses its usefulness, and for the
time being is lost to the world. Accumula-
ted money is not generally an evidence of
public prosperity, but often the reverse of it,
as it means stagnation. It is the small sums
that move quicakly that count. There is no
real scarcity of funds in the country. The
real trouble is an indisposition to put them
tribal.
”'-‘—“_' .
An English magazine writer, writing of
colors and their durability in reference to
dress gives the interesting particulars of the
infinite diversity of shades. Although 2,000
different shades ofcolor can be readily dyed
at present, this number gives but a faint idea
of the effects that might be produced by
continually varying admixture of one hue
with another. Sax-blue counts from twenty
to twenty-four shades produced liy manu-
facturers inprintcd cottons, linen and silks,
and a still greater variety could be furnish-
ed if demanded. In re a1 blue, there are this
season from twenty- our to thirty-eight va-
rieties in the light middle shades. Scarlet
has from thirty to forty shades; crimson
the same number. Yellow has forty'to fifty
shades. The writer adds: “Scarlet, so rare-
1 seen in ladies’ dresses, may be termed the
mperor of colors, and is very beautiful in
its light middle, and rich and dazzling in its
middle shades, and in certain combinations
looks elegant in connection with a silver-
gray or an olive,” .
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'A SPICY ErrsroDE.—The Evangelist has
this item: At a recent meeting of. a Presby-
tery in the western part of the State, the
order of business being the presentation and
reading of statistical reports from the church~ .
es, a ruling elder of a congregation not fit-
mous for liberal dealing with their pastbrin
the matter ‘of salary. and, conscious of: it
themselves, disposed to eke out his support
in the way of presents, was reading their re-
port whenahe came to “Minister 5 Salary ,
and Donations, $1,600. “What’s that i” in-
terrupted one of the leading doctors of the
body; what is your pastor’s salary ‘3” “Sal-
ary and Donations, $1,600,” was the reply.
, “I am not inquiring about donations, but
about the salary.”:i5;‘ A thousand dollars.”
“Put it down so, then." ' “But Whatishall be
done with the donations 1’ how shall-the be
reported ? ” was asked,- b the elder." a-
rious replies were given y different mem-
bers of the body. One-suggests under the
head .of Miscellaneous ; another, Ministerial
Relief“. The suggestion that elicited the
most appreciative response from the Presby-
tery generally war made by a ruling elder,
who gravely, but with a may twmkle of
his eye, proposed. ' “Enter it to the column
Support of the Church Poor,” -
‘——"-‘Ov—O-—--—r' '.
w A missionary of the American Sun-
day School Union, in Minnesota, writes:
“Our railroads are pushing‘ out in every
direction, and immigration eeps up with
their advance, starting new settlements on
all these thoroughfares, which we try to
supply with Bible schools as soon as formed ;
but this Sunday schoolwork opens up faster
than we can possibly supply the demand
for them. 1, for one, cannot fill halt the
applications to visit new settlements to or-
ganize Sunday schools.
was from a chat on the Lake uperior &.
Mississippi ailroad, nearly, up to Duluth;
on the same day,- a call from the Big Woods,
60 miles up the St. Paul &: Pacific Railroad;
the next (la , from the temporary terminus
of Sioux ity & St. Paul Railroad, 130
miles away ; another from a point 30 miles
beyond; dte. dte.”
Does not this cause appeal justly and.
earnest] to Christian stodl'rhblde‘rs in West-
.ern rai roads? The American Sunday
School Union ought to have the men 'and
means to plant a‘ Sunday school at over
new railroad station and settlement.
investment could so improve railroad stock.
. . o , ,
A serious election riot has occurred in
, Canada, a Government official being killed- grandfather.”
LETTEBS'FROM 'rn'E mom. ‘
that heartless torolcll and damn like thing, 1.
of defence a series of gross blunders, .
coivNECTa‘c‘UT Enorshatrm‘sn
MAY SESSION—1871..
SENATE—Wednesday, July 5. '
Resolution chan ing the name of the Nor-
.walk Co‘-operative enefit Company to that
of the New England Co-operativeCompany.
Senator Hall spoke against the resolution
and moved its indefinite postponement.
Senator Hall’s motion for indefinite post-
ponement was lost. '
Senator Hall then moved an amendment
that the guarantee capital of the company of
$100,000 shall be paid in before the or mp9.-
ny proceeds to do business.
Senator Johnson objected to the amend-
ment, as the only call on the policy-holders
is simply that of paying actual losses, as they
may occur. No paid up capital as a fund
is necessary under the circumstances...
Senator Fay spoke strongly against the
opposition made by Senator Hall, calling it
an exhibition of prejudice and of local ob-
jection, simply because it did not meet his
views and was not a matter affecting favor-
ably tbc interests of the district he repre-
sented.
Senator Johnson sumtned up the whole
matter and explained at length, insisting
that the only request made by the company
was a change of name to enable them to do
business outside of the locality for. which
they were originally chartered.
The amendment of Senator Hall was lost
insured $800 on stock and $200 on fixtures. sand dollars on deposit. And now, as the and the resolution passed.
HOUSE—Petition of Moses Hill ct al. in
favor of reduction of fares on the New York
road. Also of George A. Beardslc et a]. of
Milford : and Joseph R. Hawley of artford.
Remonstrance of- J. Ashmead against con-
solidation.
Resolution concerning the Norwalk Sav-
ing ociety reported hdverscly and tabled.
A 12 o’clock Mr. Bishop, of Bridgeport.
called for the order of the day, which was‘
the bill for a general railroad law.
Mr. Turril, of New Milford, said- that the .
committee had reported the bill because they
thought it desired by the people. It would
remove much special legislation and trouble
He would explain some portions of it. He
then explained the bill by sections.
Would amend by putting into section sec-
ond a clause requiring that the debts of a
corporation shall not excad its cash capi-
tal.
Mr. Morehouse, of Darien, thought that
amendment stabbed the bill.
Gen. Pratt said that the bill wasto be an
end of railroads. He thought it would be.
overruled by the next Assembly like the
general stock law and the banking law. Af-
ter their passage the next session granted
special charters. He hoped the bill would
be defeated. ‘ It was a humbug.
Mr. Seymour thought that this would not
be an end of the building of railroads. He
thought the amendment was simply a mat-
tce of safety and required as the condition
of the roads to—day should. It didn’t fore-
close towns from asking to gi’e aid if wish-
ed. The amendment was passed.
General Pratt called an adjournment, and
the house adjourned till Thursday at 10 am.
. SENATE. Thursday, July 6.
Remonstrance ofJ. H. Ashmead & Sons,
J. R. Hawley and others of Hartford, against
the passage of the consolidation bill, unless
passenger res are reduced. ~
The hill 0 promote Medical Science, pro-
vi.d that the Mayor and Selectmen have
the power to give up bodies of the dead who
have no friends, to district colleges for dis-
section. ’
This measure created much discussion,
but it finally passed with the following
amendment y Senator Johnson—“And it
shall be the duty of every medical college
receiving such- bodies, to keep a record of
the names, sex, and last residence of every
person so received, and the place where such
person or persons were interred.”
The vote stood 12 to 6.
Hanan—Mr. Turrill, of New Milford,
moved to resume the consideration of the
subject under discussion at the close of yes-
terday’s session, which was the proposal of
Mr. Hall,- of Windham, to strike out the
thirteenth section of the bill.
,Mr. Eaton was opposed to the whole bill.
He believed the bill had been brought be-
fore the house only, by a “hot bed” process
of forcing public opinion.
So also was Judge Merrill, and in order
to test the feeling of the house he moved
that the whole matter be indefinitely post-
poncd.
Mr. Bishop, of Bridgeport, opposed the
tnotion of Judge Merrill, as did Measrs. Beers
of Norwalk, Ingersoll of New Haven, Tor-
rance of Derby, and Johnson of Monroe.
' Messrs. Pratt, Morebouse, and Taylor of
New Milford, favored the motion.
Mr. Morehouse was unwilling to take up
the time of the house on any subject, as he
strnct the members. But he said if there was
anything demanded of this General Assem-
bly by the people of his section it was the
passage of a general railroad law. He was
astonished that gentlemen should suggest
the indefiinite pastponement of a matter
which was so important to his section.
The motion to postpone was lost, and the
thirteenth section stricken out. ‘
The question upon the passage of the bill
was put. The decision of the chair was
doublet], and a rising vote was had, which
resulted as follows :—In the atiirmative,129;
in the negative, 57. So the hill is passed.
The result was received with applause on
the part of the friends of the measure.
Mr. Bishop, of Bridgeport, called for the
second order of the day, the consolidation
bill, which permits the Hartford and New
Haven Railroad Company to. sell, transfer,
merge and consolidate its corporate rights,
powers and estate to, into and With the New
York and New Haven Railroad Company.
the name of the latter company to be retain-
ed by the consolidated corporation, and the
same to be subject at all times to the pow-
er, control and legislation of the General
Assembly,
Without reaching a vote, the house ad-
journed. ‘
_ ‘7 SENATE—Friday, July 7.
Bill provifllg for the taxation of public
schoolhouse l passed,
Resolulim providing for distribution of
volume five of the complied private laws ac-
cording to the usual provisions; passed.
Bill providing that in towns in which
there we no voting districts a copy of the
registcry list shall be posted in such public
places 1n the town as the town meeting
shall direct; passed.
Bill declaring that all acts of incorporation
shall be declared as public acts, and may be
declared on and given in evidence ; passed.
Bill giving county Commisioners power
to repair bridges without application to the
Superior Court; passed.
Bill providing that the penalty for adult.
cry shall be not more than five years im-
prisonment in the Connecticut State prison
or 'ail.
Explained by Senator Woodward, who
moved to amend by inserting not less than
six months,and objected to by Senator J obn-
son on the ground that the penalty was al.
ready light enough.
The bill as amended was passed.
HousE.—Bill for an act amending the
charter of the city of Bridgeport; amended
and passed.
The committee upon new towns and pro:
bate districts reported favorably upon'the
petition of Jacob Starr and others, of Weth-
ersfield, for the incorporation of a new town
Epigr- erected out of the town of Wethers—
e .
. The bill came from the Senate amended
and passed. ' .
The house concurred with the Senate in
the amendment and passage of the bill,
Bill for an act in addition to and in alter-
ation of an act incor orating the city of
South Norwalk (provi es for the establish-
ment of a city court, the judge of which
shall receive a salary not to exceed five hun-
dred dollars per annum and-a docket fee of
fifty cents for each criminal case brought he-
tore him; and for the lay-out, alleration,ex~.
tension, enlargement, discontinuance or ex.
change of highways, streets, public walks or
avenues); amended on account of clerical
‘errors, and assed. ' .
At 9:44 r. Bishop, ot‘ Bridgeport, called
up the order of the day, the consideration
of the bill from an act consolidating the New
York and New Haven and the Hartford and
New Haven Railroads. Mr. Bishop did not
wish the bill discussed unless final disposi.
tion could be made’of it to-da ,
The question of postponing this matter
was discussed. at length, and it was made
the order of the day for Wednesday, at 10
o’clock. The vete to be taken at 5 o’clock
P- m, .
Resolution incorporating Dime Savings
Bank in Wallingford; passed.
Resolution validating the domgs of the
borough of Bethel; rejected.
Resolution fixing the rate of State tax for
the year ensuing [two mills on the dollar on
the grand list of towns]; passed.
.A LAWYER’S FEE—A story is told at the
expense ofa legal gentlemen who was form-
who now lives in Oshkosh, Que Smith had
failed in business, and sold out, and having
two or three tough little bills, had given
them to his lawyer for collection. Smith
went to the office to receive the proceeds.
The amount collected was about $50. “I’m
sorry you’ve been so unfortunate, Smith, for
I take a great interest in you. Ishan’t
charge you as much as I should if
feel so much interest in you." Here he
handed Smith $15, and kept the balance.
to mutter, “Thank God you didn’t khow my i
- rick, one lot, 601180, at Pcrryvillc.
believed himself unable to interest or in-‘
I didn’t :
with both‘quarries at work.
' nut-1.”. ESTATE nEoonn.
L. L. Allen‘and wife to Gregory Fillow
and B. F. Fillow, one lot, 130x122, on. Elm
Street. Price $550. ,
William E. Dauchey to Martha, wife of
William H. Pnrsell,one lot 50x150, with the
buildings thereon, at Graniteville. Price
$1800.
John W. Powell to First National Bank
of South Norwalk, onc’tract of land. Price
$25.
Joseph Benton and wife to Mary 11. Bon-
ton, one lot, 35x180, at South Norwalk.
Price $100.
R'. H. Rowan to J. D. IIuntingto'n,one lot
60x115, at Down Town. Price $500.
John Barney to Alex. Austin, one lot 120
x200, at Pcrryvillc. Price $100.
G. H. Hendrick and wife, to J. A. Part-
Price
$50. .
J. A. Partrick to Harriet E., wife of G. H.
Hendrick, one lot, 70x100, at Pcrryvillc.
Pricev$50. .
L, L. Allen and wife to Noah Wood, one
lot, 53x135, on School Street. Price $550.
N. Wood to William O’Birne, the above
lot on School Street. Price $550.
Louisa Byxbee to Alex. Austin;one lot,
160x200, at Cranberry Plains. Price $240.
. Lewis Fillow tdEmma F. Byxbee, daugh-
ter of James H. Byxbee, ten acres of land.
Price $312.
S. Curtis to J. Buxton, a small tract of
land on Mott Property. Price $15.
F. Hayes to Richard Casey, one lot,60x
200. Price 8175.
W. R. Lockwood and C. F. Tolles to John
Fawcett, of N. Y., one lot 5011150, at Gran-
iteville. Price $400,
Alfred Mansfield to Ezra F Mansfield,
one lot, 24x22, with the buildings thereon.
Price $500. ' .
J. L. Ambler to C. II. Osborn, one tract of
land 15x150, at Down Town. Price $187.50.
Thomas Kenny and wife to Martin Mor-
ris, sixteen acres. of land at Toilsome.
Price $500. ‘
A. Dickerman to A. Knapp, one lot,25x104
on Washington St;'-'.~ct. Price $2,587.50.
The American Knights Tcmplars from
Pittsburg, who are making a grand excur-
sion through Europe to the Holy Land, were
welcomed on the 4th at Alton Towers, Lon-
don, ,or. e of the noblest and most beautiful of
the bar-min] homes of its owner, the premier
earl of England, Talbot, Earl of Shrcws~
bury and Talbot, and by his wife. 'As the
pilgrims approached the stately mansion
they were delighted by the spectacle of the
American flag floating proudly side by side
with the banner of the ancient house of Ta]-
bot ovcr the towers of Alton. They were
first marshalled through the noble vestibule
filled with portraits and trophies of the Tal-
bots through five centuries of English histo-
ry, into the family chapel. In this spacious
and beautiful chapel, designed for Catholic
worship by the last Catholic earl, but now
arranged in harmony with the requirements
of the Protestant worship, the pilgrims
heard divine service performed by the earl’s
chaplain, who united the names of the
Queen of Great Britain and the President of
the United States in his prayer for the first
time, probably, on English soil. After di-
vine service was over the pilgrims w'erc
shown through the famous and spacious gar-
dens of Alton Towers. They were then cs-
corted by the chaplain through the picture
gallery, the noble library, and the state
apartments of the castle, after which they
joined the Countess of Shrewsbury and wit-
prizes bv her ladyship at the grand flower
show of the county.
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A company has recently formed for build-
ing a new railroad to be known as the
*“Northside railroad” of Long Island. The
road will be run from Williamsburg to Ori.
ent Point, with a view to connect with Bos-
ton by ferry from Orient Point to New Lon-
don.
Twenty‘fivc hundred French women con-
cerned in the incendiary work at Paris, have
been banished to the penal settlement in the
island of N cw Caledonia, South Pacific
Ocean. The population of that island will
present a curious study, after a generation
or two, being already of a very mixed char-
acter.
People in a certain part of Butler county,
Pa., recently experienced an earthquake,
and the next day the well of a citizen was
filled with petroleum. Almost any man
would consent to be shaken out of bed if he
could pump up his fortune afterward.
The “missing link”.betwcen the man and
monkey has at last been found in Palermo,
Italy. -The. infant is thickly covered with
hair from head to foot ; her head is like a
monkey’s and the resemblance is further
carried out enough to satisfy the most excit-
mg.
Senator Morton of Indiana has been made
an L.L.D . by the Northwestern Christian
University._ _
Gen. Joseph Hookcr’s-heallh is reported
to be much better than it was when he left
the East for Michigan.
Tom Hughes recently publicly stated in
England that he “found great difliculty in
obtaining a glass of liquor in the good city
of Boston." ‘
Lieutenant-Governor Du‘nu (colored) of
Mississippi is running the car of state du-
ring the absence of Governor Warmouth,
convah seing at Port ristian. What start
ling events the rebellion has made possible.
A correspondent writing from Ireland re-
counts a Visit to an Irish school in the Black
Valley, An address was made to the chil-
dren, and at its conclusion they were asked
what they expected to do when they became
men and women when,with oneinspiration
the 40 pupils responded: “Go to America.”
In New York John Murphy was arrested
for being drunk. His wife appeared before
the justice with two fine looking children
and appealed for his liberation. “Are these
your children ‘.r‘" asked the justice. “ Y es,”
she replied, “they are Cornelius Vanderbilt
Murphy an George Washington Murphy,
and I have tat home James Fisk Murphy
and William M. Tweed Murphy, who were
born with these two,’ “What,” asked the
justice, tifour: at a birth?" She said it was
'true, and the effect was so great that their
father was released at once.
The Suez Canal is so‘rapidly filling up by
the drifting sands that it threaten soon to be-
come useless, unless at such a large outlay
in constant dredging that the expense would,
‘far exceed the probable profits ofthe enter-
prise.
A Paris correspondent tells this story? A
boy of thirteen, found fighting, was taken
to be shot. He took a silver watch from his
pocket and cried out: “Captain, do let me
take this to a friend a cross the street; I
borrowed it.” “Oh! you scamp l ’said the
officer: “I understand—you want to run
off." “My word of honor, I will come back
again,” said the boy and the captain, seeing
he was a child was only too glad to be rid
of him. In ten minutes the boy came back,
anti taking his stand with his face to the
wall cried out, “Here I ant—tire 1” Does
Roman history tell us of anything braver?
The captain boxed the hero’s ears, and or-
dered him never to show his face there
again. They could not fire on him.
There is going to be a row about distri-
bution of prizes in the late Brooklyn regatta.
The owner of the Columbia thinks the prize
a 'arded to the Madeline should have been
given to his craft and protests accordingly.
The miners whostruck in Amador county
California rather made a mistake. Amilitia
company from San Francisco was marched
in and under guard mining was resumed
with new men at old prices. The proprie-
tors will employ no more men belonging
to the union.
Seven plucky American girls have volun-
teered to join Dr Hall’s. Arctic exploration
party because they want to enjoy an ice time.
In the case of Charles Shelton vs. the
New Haven Gas company, brought to re
cover damages for the killing of a tree by
gas, a verdict was rendered giving damages
to the plaintiff to the amount of $372.
James T. F elds says in the Atlantic
Monthly that on the night of Charles Dick-
ens, arrival in Boston in 1842, he took a run
about town and pulled bell handles “with
such vigor that one actually came oil in his
hand,‘
Making assurance doubly surc.—-Henpcck.
‘My love, I’m happy to inform you I’ve in-
sured my life l” Mrs. H.: “Thomyou ought
to be ashamed of such a selfish action. 11—
One da , the call erly well known in Norwich, Connecticut, sure vourown life indeedl—it doesn’t mat-
ter about mine, I suppose.”
At Duluth‘, Minn. , they began cultimr a
ship canal from St. Louis river to Lake a-
pcrior; some parties stepped In and prayed
for an injunction.
proceeding broke through and made a canal
for itselfand yestcrda}.
The lake hearing of the
:llc court granted
he in unction. Ileana-forth the fight is be-
wecn the court anti the lake.
The Housatonic railway has contracted
“You see, Smith, I knew you when you were to transport within the next six years 21,690
a boy, and I knew your father before you, tons of marble from the Ingersoll quarry in
o and I take a good deal of interest in you. ,Lee, for the Catholic Cathedral in New York
‘Good morning. Come and see me again.” city. The building is so large that the film!“
Smith, moving slowly out of the door, and ry at Pleasantville, N. Y., could put supply
ruefully contemplating the avails,was heard the material that enough, and it IS expected
twill take fully six years to complete it,
nessed the ceremony of the awarding of
clo to beautify and invigorate the Hair, is sold by
Draggists eye-ryWherefit. 31.00 per bottle.
[Communicated]
Mn. STUYVESANT.—Did you succeed in
buying the property opposite' Darien Sta-
tron you spoke of last week?
Mn. OSTRANDER.—NO. The owner says
he will sell a few lots 25x100, to help the
busmess part of Darien, and hold the rest
fogpettqcr prices.
I. u. M—What is his price for single lots?
Mn. O.—.-About’$500 to $600 cas 1 for the
first twelve; and the persons who take them
at those prices will not be sorry. By the
way, I took the trouble to inquire about the
value of this same property if located at
neighboring stations, and by sales made
wrthin the past three months I find your
cstuiiates were under rather than over the
mar '.
'—'~.——¢°p—+ -——L———
Banner P. K. can be had for 17 cents at
A. Hyatt’s.
0
[Advertisement.
Mr. I._ J. Ashiey and any] and all other
parties interested in fast presses are invited
to witness the operation of the “N ONE SUCH”
Prmtlpg Machine, which,prints eighty sheets
per minute from any number of rolls that it
is desrrable to use. . This prints from three
rolls continuously on both sides, giving an
ag '1' 933m 01' “V9 hundred and fortv perfect-
d sheets per minute, or fourteen thousand
0111' hundred (14,409) per hour. In addition
to ordinary news printing, it will be convert-
ed into a book press registering as well as
ordinary books. Then it will in half an
hour be arranged to print in colors -
then in another half hour it will be arranwed
for printing posters of any size not exceccd-
intr 16x60 inches; then in another half hour
it IS a card or billhead press, that will print
at therate of five thousand per hour. The
exhibition will take place at 4 o’clock p. m.,
on Tuesday, July 11th. Enquire at the GA—
ZETTE OFFICE.
N. B.—WANTED.—Purchasers for printing
machines, capable of printing one hundred
thousand sheets, slze New York Times, per
hour, occupying less than half of the floor
room required for one of Beds ten cylinder ;
wood frames, so constructed that the will
not be afl’ectcd by climate; the journa s and
bearings of iron, brass and babbitt metal.
One such press will be delivered at 60 davs
notice, for twenty-five thousand dollars. ~
HENRY .BETTs, P. O. Box 23.
Norwalk, July llth, 1871'.
museums.
~ In Poundridge, Julv 5, by Rev. Mr. Pattison, Al-
bert C. Raymond, of New Canaan, to Mary Carrie
Waterbury, of Long Rid e, '
. In Danbury, July 2d, y W. F. Hatfield, Mr. Ben-
Jamln Stone to Miss Alice Blackman, all of Danbury.
July ad, by same, Mr. Henry E. Polley to Miss Sarah
Simmons, all of Danbury.
In Ridgefield, June 28th, by Rev. P. S. Beyd, Mr.
Charles D. Pave, of Boston, Mass, to Miss Mary A.
Holmes, of Ridgetleld. J une 23th, by the name, Mr.
Andrew Clark to Miss Anna Ryan, both of R.
E?-
In Norwalk, July 6, N cllie A. Fuller, aged 28 yrs.,
‘7 months and 2 da .
In Norwalk, Wa lace B. D’Artols, aged 5 months
and 14 days.
In Rowayton, July 8th, Edward Scoficld. aged 3
years and 6 months. _
In Bidgefield, June 19th, E. Warren Lockwood,
aged 65 years. '
In New Milford, June 27th, Edwin M. Hill, aged
22 Years. J unc 27, Miss Sarah Bennett, aged 75 yrs.
In Bethe], June 21st. Samuel Starr, aged‘ 79 years.
In Bridgeport, J nly 5, Mrs. Johanna Butcher,
age-126 years.
In West Stratford, J hi; 7, Sarah, wife of Calvin
Hall, aged 30 years.
v~. , r A. \A,“ ,c .‘ A A
HE FAIR Gnallflns of the Fairfleld Countv Agri-
cultural Soclety are offered T0 RENT for the
season. Apply to either or the Committee.
S. E. OLMSTEAD, Norwalk,
STEPHEN HOYT, New Canaan,
JOSIAH KELLOGG, Norwalk,
July 10, 1871. SS
NOTICE.
HE Semi-Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
fththC NOR‘VAiLKW’Ii‘ILiLS i111 befitfild at. the office
0 e ompany 11 an pan . on DA
24th, 1871, at 2 o’clock r. M. ”N Y’ JULY
21.28 E. C. BISSELL. Sec’y.
A Stated Communication
F ST. JOHN’S LODGE, N0. 6, F. " A. M., wil
be held in the Lodge Room THURSDAY, July
1231?; 1871, at ‘ltxdo’clolpk P. M ., when a full attend-
15 re net; 0 as usxu ’
brought bifore the Lodge. ess of importance will be
By order of the W. M.,
C. M. GREGORY. Secretary.
N orwalk, July 8th, 1871 ‘ 2t28
NOTICE.
HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
NORWALK GAS LIGHT 00. will beheld on
THURS DAY EVENING, July 20th. at 4 o’clock, at
the otfice of the Company—Savings Bank Building—
for the election of Direct ms, and any other business
pertaining to affairs of said Company.
2t28 T. H. MORISU
N, Secretary.
DST—On Wednesday last, in the horse cars. a
LADh’S SATCHEL. The finderwill be rewarded
by leavtng it at Paknlski’s Hair Dressing Saloon.
Gazette Building. 23
Fun SALE—A fine young COW, three years old;
first-rate milker; good stock; has a heifer calf
three weeks old, a beauty; will be sold low, together
or singly. Apply to James Panton, Broad River. 2t‘
UR SALE—A Second-hand BUGGY, leather top,
newly painted. for sale at the stable of LORENZO
SCOFIELD, South Norwalk. 2.28
ThoNorwalk Savings Society.
Nonwnnx, JULY 10th, 1871.
THE annual meeting of the Corporators of this
Society wrll be held at the Banking House, on
Wednesday, July 19th, 1871, at 10 o’clock a. m., for
the election of nine Directors for the ensuing year,
fill:- title acce tance of the provisions of the amended
c ar er. an
ness that may properly come before said meeting.
For order, GEO. E. MILLER. Secretary.
C 'iICKEBING & SONS’
.rtho-roarrs,
THE BEST PIANOS,
. AT THE LOWEST PRICES!
And upon the most. favorable terms
of payment. .
WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF PERSONS
'INTENDING TO PURCHASE PIANOS TO OUR
New Illustrated Catalogue,
giving full description of Styles and Prices, and the
terms on which we sell to those desiring to make
EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
SEND FOB A CATALOGUE.
CHICKERING- & son's,
1 1 East 14th Street, New York.
\
ates 354 Washington Street, Boston.
Catholic Books,
of all descriptions, at
W. T. BUCKINGHAM’S,
23 No. 4 Ely's Block, South Norwalk.
an SALE—A first-class OPEN BUGGY—entircly
new fibuilt'om selected material. Will he sold
at a sacrifice. Apply to E. S. MANSFIELD, Rownv-
ton Post Ofiice, Ct. . 2t28
HAIR. .TEA.
A lady writes: " About sit months ago my hair
was coming out so badly that every dressing I used
to get a handful, which, not; wishing to throw away,
I laid by in a box. I have used two bottles of your
I do not get enough to tie the
ends of my braids, and have to go to my box for a
fe .- hairs for that purpose. I think every lady ought
to know what a remarkable Hair Prescrver you
make.”
Hair Tea, and now
Dr. Kennedy’s Hair Tea, :1 complete Toilet Arti-
for the transaction of any other busi- '
N0 tritium STREET.
You will find Reliable
Britt, Genuine Patent Medicines,
PURE CHEMICALS,
TOILET ARTICLES,
STATIONERY, so
Pure Cream of Tartar and Soda.
Sole Agent for
SEELEY’S HARD RUBBER TR (7555's.
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, SHERRY,
PORT, MUSCATEL, £7 ANGELICA WINES,
Also, Grape Brandy.
And a {a line of other Liquors,Foreign d; Domestic
Scotch Ales, English Ale and
London Porter,
for medicinal use. '
AGENT for HUMPHREY'S HOMEBPATHIG SPRINGS
A' full assortment of other Homeopathic
Itemedys also on hand.
WINTON’S IIOMEOPATHIC PRACTICE,
for general domestic use, for sale; the latest and
best work out—price 83. '
‘ Merchants Supplied
With the leading Patent Medicines in any quantity.
FLAVORIN G EXTRACTS, BLUEING, ESSENCES
PARAGORIC, LAUDANUM, '
by the dozen or gross.
19 N0. 11 MAIN STREET.
Tnn suasomnnn HAVING OPENED A
Boole and Paper Store,
AT SOUTH NOBWA LK,
Hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish
WRAPPING PAPER,
Plain or Printed,
PAPER BAGS,
Printedto order,
ALSO, TWINE,
At New York Prices. Call and '
before purchasing elsewhere. examine the stock
, W. T. BUCKING M
28 No. 4 Ely’s Block, South Norwallg%ofin..
I
’0
Mill Property for Sale.
NE HALF ofthe Grist Mill located in th I: v
0 e‘rn part of N orwalk, and 'known at Gfeggtrtyh”
Mill, _tovether with one half of the Machine '1
said Mrll’, and about four acres of land, is ofi'c f 1:
sale on accommodating terms. For particulv ’ of
at the office of the Norwalk Savings Society. 3 ca 1
Par f:order oé' thetBo‘grtivofHDlreetors of ‘ he Nor
wa - .. avmgs ocie y, . . UBBEI " '
Norwalk, July 6, 1371. J" “mails
, Bananas or mutant,
epty-five years, in amounts of
Frye Hundred. and One Hundred
. 11 hearing Interest ‘at the rate or seven
[Hr annum, payable seni-annnally—lst of
and 1st ofJuly—will he ofi‘ered for sale on
_ st day of July, at the ofilce of the Water Com-
l‘nlssmners, Savings Bank Buildin . Norwalk.
WATER Barns OF THE
AYABLRin tw
One Thousand
Dollars each. ‘33 ’
pet cent. '
January
the ‘
T. II. Mom ON B
SAMUEL LYNES. 919:3; f
3t26 W. K. JAMES, Com’rs.
103d Dividend.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
» HE Directors of this bank hav t. '
T_ from the net earnings of theizalslisscilgyuggglthhwa’
dlvrdend of four 4) per cent. on the Capital StoCk.
Payableon and a ter July 1, 1871, free of overnment
tax. The transfer books will be i ‘
$25; until July let, 1871. c use from June
. cnas. a. STREET, Cashier.
26TH DIVIDEND.
NATIONAL‘BANK OF NORWALK,
Jun: 20th, 1871. }
THE President and Directors have this day de-
clared a Dividend of Four .
and after July lst. per cent ’ payable on
am; It. B. CRAUFURD, Cashier.
19TH DIVIDEND.
Omen or Nonwfinx Fran INSURANCE Co.,
' _ N onwnnx, June 29, 1871.
THE Directors of this Company have this day de-
clared a Semi-annual Dividend of 10 per cent.
free of Government Tax, and payable on and after:
July 1, 1871.
GEO. R. COWLES, Secretary_
2725
trasanr nouns—In “James Block." to WT:
Apply to U. WALLIN G, on the premises, '
th7
Norwalk, April 24, 1571.
Hemedyforthe New Horse hisease.
N thl f d t' ’ ‘ . ' '
I motiffiinffiilfftl’lfré‘fxitil.‘d‘i°ii%’é§ i3
27.23”32‘“.if‘i§§a2’léfiti’tiie. "“1 “45‘", WW
eratc pride, can be supplied ”if: r grew, at a mod-
FIVE MILE RIVER FEE-D MILLS,
or the proprietor will deliver it in Norwalk or vic ~
ity. and he be‘gs leave to refer to Mitchell a. Broil}.
who have use it for _the last seven years, to Elbert
Raymond, G. F. Beluen, John Hutchlng8,-E. P. Har-
vey. the expressman, and others of Norwalk.
The above mills have been established fourteen
years. Send m an order, or call and see and be
convrnced. EDWARD CHASMAR, Pro rictor,
26 Rowayton . 0., Ct.
BflOTS AND snort:
THE SUBSCRIBER IS PREPARED T0 FURNISH
ALL KINDS OF‘
sears AND SHOES
of the best make, at the lowest living rites. He
wishes it to be distinctly understood that he
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD 2
Call Early, and Secure Great Bargains.
All kind; ofcnstom work made to order.
REPAIRING NEATLY AND PROM‘ETLY DONE.
0. 8. BR. 0 WN,
N o. 39 Jllwin Street.
THE L UCAS HOTEL
' Is Still Open for Violtom.~
“IANTED a smart active woman as Hon eh
keeper, and to trike charge of the cookilfg.
Liberal wanes.
2. JAMES LUCAS.
TAKE N O’I‘IC E.
W. RAYMOND
Is agent for the
Agricultural Insurance Company,
01“ WATERTOWN, N. Y.
Capital ............................... l .
Assets over .......................... 3 5%0:033
The plan adopted bv this Com an a Jars o
a good one. It is to oin lusurahcezvhlheris dotnc It):
other kinds of business, viz. : to divide it The idea
being that. one class of.risks is sufficient for any one
fire insurance company to take.
The farmer and the owner of homes is presented
with a Company to insure him which to kes no greater
risk than farm property and single dwelllnvs and
their coriients.c l a
The a eve empany nsures avalnst LOSS BY
FIRE and tearino to Ice 3 or
whether tire comes at not? es by liahtnlgfig,
GEO.
Distrgt of Norwalk, es. Probate Court, July llth,
A. . 5 .
STATE of RUAII DASKAM.la‘e 1‘
finingaidtdis‘tlgictfi deceased. . 0 Norwalk,
e 'our 0 r0 ate for the District of Norwalk
hath limited and .allowed six months from the daté:
hereof for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their
claims for settlement. Those who_ neglect to pre—
senttheu- accounts, properly attested, within saidl
timel,wfllbe. debarred a recovery. All personsinu
debsed to said estate are requested to make imme-
diate payment to
ot2S, HARRIET F. DASKAM, Executrix.
District of Norwalk as Probate Court Jul:
0 1871 ’ - ’ ' J S“ ’
A. . .
' STATE ofMARY BENNETT, late of Wilton in
2 said district, deceased. "
Cancun—That the Administrator exhibi t 1.35
Administration account to this Court for adlflfnmem.
at the Probate Ollico in N orwalk, on the 22", day 0“-
Jnly, 1871, at 9 o’clock inlhe forenoon: an d that all
persons interested in .said estate may be notified
thereof the said administrator wrll'ca'ase this order
printed in Fairflcld
f 0n_ the sign post in
ace where the do
to be published in a newspaper
county. and post a copy thereo
said‘ Wilton, nearest the pl
ceased last. dwelt at least ten da, 5 1, 1' ~
day of July. 3’ e are said 224
1,25} GEORGE A. DAVENPORT, Judge.
Probate Court, District of Weatpn ., -
STATE or JAMES s. Axnhh'iijss’ iii: of
Weston, in said district, deceased. ’
The Admzmstratrlx on said estate represents to
this court that said estate consists wholly of personal
property. and that such personal estate will be in-
sufficient to pay and satisry the debts and taxes, the:
macro] expenses, and the expenses of the last sick.
uesshand the charges of settling the estate, anth
prays that sald.estate may he settled without the
apgointmcnt of Commissioners thereon. Therefore
manna—That the 24th day of July, at 10 o‘clock
forenoon, at the Probate Office in Weston, be and
the same is hereby assigned for a hearino in the
premises, and the Administralrix will cansae a copy
oftnis order to be published in a newspaper printed
in Fairlield county. and a like copy posted on the
public signpost in W eston nearest. thelast residence
ofdeceased, In order that all persons in interest may
a peg; it; 211%); seedlings tonshow why the said estate
s10n n 50 0 WI 100.1: LIX ‘
Commissioners aka. e appommem 0"
, and return m
It‘ CHARLES
3~1yoow
ROWLAND, Judgo‘
Norwalk Chronicler