j V. settled into Wei-king order.
6
-portant ones. Senator Buckingham is chair-
. speech Of ten minutes in his own bgialf.
can. .‘CMWW
Tuesday, December 12, 1871."
EDITORIAL LETTER.
WASHINGTON, DEC. 9th.
. Congress has adjusted its committees and
Senator Ferry
remains at the head of the committee on
patents, and is a fill on sundry other unim-
man of engrossed bills and is on commerce
and Indian affairs. Representative Stark-
weather is made chairman of the important
committee on the District of Columbia, and
remains on' naval afi'airs. Mr. Kellogg is
chairman of committee on expenditures of
the navy department, and is also on public
lands. Mr. Strong, is second On public ex-
penditures and on claims. Mr. Barnum is
on territories and expenditures of the
treasury department.
Mr. Strong was called home on Wednes'
day on account of decease of a brother-in-
law, and Mr. Barnum left Thursday evening
because he had nothing to do here and
plenty to attend to at home. Senator Buck-
ingham is housekeeping at his residence on
15th street. Mr. Ferry is at Mrs. Berry’s on
G street, between 14th and 15th streets.
Mr. Barnum stops at the Arlington, Mr.
Kellogg at the Ebbit and Messrs. Stark-
weather and Strong at the J enness.
The weather here for a week and more
past has been unprecedentedly cold.
Quite a delegation of Connecticut gentle-
men have been here during the week. Mr,
Batterson and Mr; Robbinson, of Hartford. .
Mr. Wakeman, of Greens Farms, Mr. Jarvis,
of Westport, Mr. Stanton, of Daricn, and
Ebenezer-Hill, Jr., of Norwalk, among the
number. Mr. Hill’s mission here was in the
interest of the Norwalk Iron Works, which,
in addition to the Senate engine, which
Chief Engineer Hayden pronounces the
finest piece of machinery of its kind, in this
district, a new hundred horse power engine-
has just been .sct up by them in the House
basement. It is an upright engine of beau-
tifiil pattern and finish, and the House en-
gineer, Mr. J. T. Miller, is delighted with its
performances. It drives one of Sturdevant’s
monster exhaust fans, which expels 50,000
cubic feet of vitiated air from the Represen:
tatives Hall pc'r minute. The fame of Nor-
walk engines and pumps is thoroughly es-
tablished at the capitol. They have an
'Earle’s pump, No. 9, at,the House end of
the capitol _ which thrtfivs 270 gallons of
water per minute, while at the Senatqend a
No. 7, most gorgeously nickel plated, pui'nps
all the water there required. The engineers,
Messrs‘Hayden, of the Senate, and Mmer,
of the House, areas enthusiastic over the
success and merits of their several Norwalk
machines as Was ever a horse trainer or 10-
cOmotive driver with their respective steeds.
Connecticut has another claim to the pop-
ular attention just now. Her two marble
statues of “ Brother Jonathan" Trumbull
and Roger Sherman, which are to be placed
in the old hall of Representatives, are now
here ready to be unboxed and set up. Gov’.
Jewell has written our‘ congressional dele-
gation, requesting them to appropriately
locate and present them to Congress. The
capital architect, Mr. Clark, has fittingly as-
signed them' the east side panel opposite
Rhode Island’s statues, of Rodger Williams
and Nathaniel Green. After the holiday,
recess Senators Buckingham and Ferry will
presentment in the Senate, and Messrs.
Kellogg and Starkweather- in the House.
The sculptures are- said to be' exceedingly
fine and creditable alike to our state which
donates them, and to the natfim to whose
keeping they are consigned. ‘
Our readers will be glad to know that
Gen. ’Warren has reported progress on the
Norwalk Harbor Improvement, survey, die.
He says the maps and drawings are in 'a
satisfactory state of forwardness and will
soon be ready to submit to the Secretary of
War, andthrough him to Congress. Senator
Ferry is quite confident of his ability to get
a suficient appropriation through this ses-
sion, to carry out the recommendations of
General Warren. The importance of this
work to the commerce of all western Con-
necticut can scarcely be overestimated, and
nothing will be left undone by ‘our senators
to secure the needed appropriation. ,
' The sensations of. the past few days have
been the ~disc‘Overy Of another defalcation in
the treasury, and the Russian Minister “un-
pleasantness.” It seems that the sublime
Representative of the Czar, has carried the
art of diplomacy to its ultimate results, and
resorted to all sorts of petty deceptions, fal-
sification and forgeries. How such a man
kept out of the cabine of Bill Tweed is a
mystery. Secretary Fish, bghis fearful ex-
posure of his duplicities and knaveries, has
given him an awful excoriation before the
world. . . _
Much interest has been felt here in regard
to the organization of the California Legis-
lature as indicating'the probable success or
successor of Senator Cole of that state, and
a possible‘change in one of the chief ofilcers
of the Senate here. The friends of Repre-
sentative Sargeant claim his election as a
certainty, but- advices from Senator Cole
represent him as very far from relinquishing
his hopes of a re-election. '
Much interest is also felt with reference to
the re-election of .Hon'. John Sherman, of
Ohio, by the Legislature which is to convene
in January. The failure to return Senator ,
Sherman would be deemed a'national loss,
and well it-might be, for he is one of the
most laborious, as well as clear-headed pub-
lic men of our times. His parents nativity
and many relationships with our own Nor-
'walk citizens _will give his case a sort of
local significance to our readers. The Son
ator’s chance are deemed to be ' “ahead”
although, as is always the case, in this free
and independent republic, there are several
others who would not refuse to step into his
shoes, if the legislature could be manipulated-
into such a mistaken action.
Vice President Colfax ran over to New
York Thursday, toglectiire before the Odd ’
FeIIOWs, for the benefit of the Chicago suf-
ferers. ~
Senator Anthony presided during Thurs-
day’s session, at the close of which both
Houses ndjourning over till Monday. ‘
Representative Washburne, Governor
elect of Massachusetts is here adjusting his
affairs preparatory to resigning his place in
Congress and assuming the gubernatorial
functions ofthe old Bay state. Gov. Wash-
burne is one of 'our Gov. Buckingham sort
of men, and will make a most admirable and
model governor, we are sure. He was a
class-mate of Senator Ferry in Yale College, >
and is one of our growing statesmen.
Maj. Gen. Wm.’l‘. Clarke, M. C., of Texas,‘
is lustily refighting his campaign over again
before the committee on elections. The
argument is the case was continued before
the House .Committee Thursday. Judge
Casey made a powerful argument in favor of
Clark, and was very ably followed by Judge
Caldwell, of Texas. .
Mr. Gildings, the contestant, made a
He asks that . the committee ignore the re-
turns andIthe certificate of the Governor.
Mr. Herndon,‘who holds a certificate sim"
ilar to that of. Clark, made a speech in his
own behalf. ‘ The impression prevails that
Clark will win. He has much the ablest
support, and so far the best of the argu—
ment.
Senator Morton 1eaves here Sunday night
next to fill an engagementto lecture at New
Haven, Monday evening. He will be the
guest of Postmaster Sperry‘ during his so-
journ in New Haven. Senator Morton is
one of the intellectual “giants” of the west,
and' although afilicted in his lower limbs
withamalady similar to that with which
Senator Ferry has so long sufi’ered, his in-
tellectual powers are in their full maturity.
ofiicer.
Rufus E. Wilcox, who will be remembered
by some of our readers as the son of Mr’.
Wilcox, deceased, once partner with James
Mit hell in a meat business,”recebved his final
distgi
which he has been five years attached, and
left for Norwalk Friday night. Young Wil-
cox was on board the Hartford at the time
of Farragut’s battle Of Mobile Bay, and will
doubtless never entirely recover from the
rack and strain his nervous system sustain-
ed in‘ that terrible ordeal.
arge from the U. S. Cavalry service, to
The “American Woman Sufi'rage Associa-
tion” have held aconvention here during -
the week, at which most of their foremost
orators orated and scolded.
The message is so full of Legislative sug-
gestions that another week will doubtless
see Congress reporting bills and referring
resolutions on the high-pressure principle.
B..
- Two Children Drowned.
Yesterday morning two sons of Henry
McMann, named William and Robert aged
ten and eight years respectively, were
drowned in the pond Dear Mr. Geo. Keeler’s
ice houSe. It seems that they were on the
pond skating, and skated into a hole made
by the ice men in cutting out ice.
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'A Man Killed.
John Riley, an employee of Walsh &
Kneeland, at the upper reservoir -of the
water works, was killed at the works in
New Canaan, On Wednesday afternoon last.
A blast was set ofi‘ in the trench making to
connect the supply pipe’ with the dam, and
a stone, of about 12 lbs Weight, struck Riley,
on the head, killing him almostjinstantly.
about 100 feet from where the blast was-set
ofi‘, and the blow knocked him ofi‘ on tb the
rocks below. He leaves a Wife and two
children in very destitute circumstances,
they being dependent upon his daily wages
for their means of living'. ~
Serious Accidents». . _ _
A workman, named Patrick Hyla‘nd fell
from Mr. Ely’s new block, yesterday, about
noon, and broke a leg. He was also injured
internally. ' .
- Mr. Giles Haulenbeck, a well-known and
esteemed citizen, met with'a serious misfor-
tune last week. He was engaged at- his
work upon a circular‘ saw, at the Lock
Factory, when his left hand was somehow
drawn in and severed from the wrist. This
blow will be all the more severely felt from
the fact that he was already laboring under
the misfortune of being deaf. He well de-
serves the sympathies of ourcitizens in this
new trouble. ‘
W From a letter just received from the
southern part Of Kansas, we make a few
extracts. as regards the state of affairs and
weather there at the present time :—“Many
persons‘have come here and lost all they had.
Strong men have been seen with tears run-
ning down their cheeks from discourage-
ment. They come here with a little money,
and find nothing to do, and soon spend
what they have ; with ,families sick and .
money all gone,they are unable to getaway.
selves rich. We have had two snow-sto s,
with. snow three inches deep each ime.
The thermometer has been down to two de-
grees below zero. The changes in weather
here have beenvery great and sudden. The
thermometer has been known to fall forty-
eight degrees in two hours.”
Last Tuesday night Wallace Dann,of New
Canaan,was driving a four horse team to
South Norwalk, with a load of Free Masons.
Wishing to avoid the water trenches, he
drove down Riverside avenue, through
ranklin and Elm streets. In turning the
corner of the latter“ street into West avenue,
he drove directly into an open trench lead-
ing! across the road to the new sewer. The
leading horses jumped over, but the wheel
horses plunged in.’ The Masonic brethren
tendered their assistance, and the horses
Were finally extricated somewhat severely
injured, but we believe not dangerously.
o
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder CO. give
their annual complimentary sociable on the
20th inst., at Lockwood’s Hall. The com~
mittce have been disappointed in getting the
invitations from the hands ofthe New York
engravers as soon as they desired, but they,
will probably be at hand to-day and be
issued immediately;
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Annual Town Meeting.
. The annual .town meeting, at which the
reports of various town Ofiicials will be
read, will be held next week Monday. Tax:
es are also to be laid, and. an appropriation -
made for the support of schools. 'The sum
'now set aside by the town for the schoo ls i
said to be insufficient, and if this is shown
to be the fact a larger amount will probably
be cheerfully voted. '
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WThe locomotive made a trip over the
Shepaug road from Hawleyville to hitch-
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field on Thursday last.
The Prayer-Meeting at the Bapt' church
Thursday eveningof last week w an or-
casion of' unusual interest on account of
the presence of two young ladies, Miss
Evans of Philadelphia and Miss Stevens of
Wisconsin, who have been accepted by the
Womans Baptist Missionary Society as
Missionaries to Burmah. These ladies with
Mrs. Byxby who "was for several years en-
gaged in this work in Burmah addressed
the meeting, Miss Evans and Miss Stevens
start tomorrow (Tuesday) for their distant
home. Mrs. Byxby will remain a year or
more in this country, acting as correspond-
ing secretary of the Woman’s Baptist Mis-
sio ary Society, when if her husband’s
health is sufiiciently recruited ,- she with him
will return '_to the scene of 'her former la-
bors. 4 ‘
*
The Agricultural Society. '
The annual meeting comes ofi‘ on the 20th
inst., at Lockwood’s Hall, for election of
ofllcers, &c. We hope a live cgnmitteejvill’
be selected to revise the Premium List, and
that that ancient document will be given a
thorough overhauling for next season. '
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The.lat.est reports represent the Prince of
Wales still 'alive, but all hopes of his re-
covery .had been given up, and 'the an-
nouncement of his .death is momentarily
.expccted. o
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There‘was a very good attendance at
Wendell Phillips" lecture last Friday even-
ing, including many persons from neighbor-
ing towns. There were a few empty seats,
however, that would have had a more prof-
itable look if they had been filled with in-
telligent listeners. The lecture was substdn-
tially the same gs that delivered by Mr.
Phillips in our largest cities upon as sub-
ject oflabor and reported in the daily pa-
pers, but entirely free from any ohjection‘al
featuyes, and was well received, as have
been all of Mr. Phillips’ lectures in this
place. ‘
, 9H . ~
WThc Washington Chronicle speaks as
follows oflast session senatorial invalids and
rejoices with all others at Senator Ferry’s
marked improvement ;—
“The Vice President is fully himselfa ain.
Everybody rejoices. Mr. Morton hnsgnot
been so well since he entered the Senate.
Mr. Brownlow is better, although still feeble.
Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, though not en-
tirely recovered, brings to he work a clear
Eye, a healthful face, and a cheerful spirit.
g r. Morrill, ofMaine, who was feeble, comes
back hearty and jovial. It was delightful to
see these gentlemen in restored health and
leasnnt to look upon the whole body with
its manifest strength and vigor.”
He, at the time, was on the top of.the dam,.
premc court of New York.
,going to Europe next, Spring, which is now
going the rounds of the State papers, is con-
tradictql by the Derby Transcript.
cent Concert was Of no pecuniary “benefit”
Some few have come here and made them- aground in the draw of theWashing ton St.
a
of this place, for fruitind vegetable. parer.
The Independent has come out as a party
paper—favors the third party movement.
Pres. Grant is the greatest, if not the best,
cabinet maker Of the age.
“Little Nell” met with poor success at the
Opera House, last week,
I ,The Prowitts are ready for the Holiday
trade. , 1
Rev. Dr. N ewman’s lecture is to be deliv-
ered on Wednesday Of Christmas week.
The County Commissioners assembled at
Danbury, yesterday, and voted to lay a one-
mill tax.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the
Fairfield 00. National Bank is to take place
J anuiry 9th. .
Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales
were prayed for, in' at least one of our
churches, on Sunday last.
The spirit is moving the Quakers, and
that conserative sect is actively pushing a
sort of revival.
The Meriden ,Recm'der has gone into the
the “literary” line again audjs publishing
stories by “Telegraph.” >
Jules Ferry, the journalist, has been 'ap-
pointed to represent the Frei'i'ch government
at Washington.
Mr. Albert. Seymour, of Wilton, has taken
charge of the Greenwich public school for
the winter. -
‘ The Villa & Miner‘ Opera 00., said to_ be
the best troupe traveling, is to occupy the
Opera House, Dec., 21, 22 and 23.
An Oyster Supper is to be enjoyed at the
Third M. E. .Church, on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
, Deacon Isaac Bromley of Norwich, father
of I. H. Bromley,editor of the Hartford Post,
diedlast week. .
An appeal of O’Kell, convicted of. receiv-
ing the bonds stolen from the Norwalk
Bank, is before the genaal term of the su-
The report that Rev. J. S. Breckinridge is
We regret to learn that Mi‘. Gibson’s re-
to him, the receipts being some thirty dol-
lars’ less than expenses. ,‘His usual luck. -
A social gathering of the members of the
First Congregational Society is to be held
at the parsonage this evening; all are invi-
ted. ' - -
The South Norwalk City Council has
voted to indefinitely postpone the widening
of Woodward avenue. Would it not be
well, also, to go back to the old name ?
Miss Emeline J., a daughter of Mr. Josiah
Raymond, of W estport, has justoreturncd
home' from a prolonged stay in Ohio ; she
has returned in a very feeble state of health.
Another “Parallel RailroadlMeeting” is to
be held on Friday next. The matter of or-
ganizing .a company and opening books
for subscription to stock, will then probably
be determined. . -
, The schooner Maryland, loaded with
lumber and timber for Knapp do Fitch, run
bridge last Monday, and remained there
about three days, obstructing travel.
The fire apparatus belonging to the city
has b‘cen increased by the addition of fire
hooks, and the purchase of a rope has been
ordered, as we learn by the reports of the
Common Council in the city papers. '
We are now quit. sure that Wendell
Phillips is a Yankee. He must have “been
born and brought up” in Huckleberry
Woods, for he pronounces the name of our
good old town,-—“ Nor‘ruck."
The last rail has been laid on the Connec-
ticut Western Railroad, and Hartford is now
connected with both Fishkill and Pough-
keepsie by rail. Regular trains will soon
commence running.
Mr. Geo. H. Bracken, -a_ South N orwalk
wholesale liquor dealer, is in trouble. Last
Friday, Collector Hollister, caused his en-
tire stock in trade to be seized, because of
certain irregularities, and, as is charged,
fgauds upon the Government.
The regular monthly .i..ion meeting, un-"
der the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. was
held at the 2d Methmlist church, on Sunday
evening last. Rev. Mr. Simmons preached,
the sermon, and Revs. Gates‘and Dunham
assisted in the serviccs.
H. Keyser, has purchased an extensive es-
tate in the county of Barnwell, South Caro-
line. It is situated on Shaw’s creek, about
twelve miles from Aiken. MP. Keysei‘ calls
his acquisition the ‘New Hope.’ " .
The Hon. Truman Smith, the Stamfor
Advocate announces, is “utterly opposed to
the third, party movement ostensibly in fa-
vor of temperance, but whose inevitable
effect would be to damage the party from
which alone any temperance legislation can
be'hoped for.” , " .
What is the matter with the mail ageni'
sight seems to be growing dim, and he needs
a'pair of leather spectacles. We received
two important letters yesterday, both plain-
ly and distinctly directed to Norwalk and
both r'cmailed from Norwich. Such mistakes
occur too often, lately.
A late gale on the coast of Prince Edwards
Island did much damage. Trees, fences and
houses were blown down in many places.
At Summerside, one of the principle villages,
two churches were demolished. Ten per-
sons were drowned in Mines Basin, Nova
Scotia, by the wrecking Of the schooner
Achilles. ‘ . » ‘
Gen. Dix, on behalf of the citizens of New
York, presented a picture of Farragut t6
Alexis. Alexis accepted the present on be-
half of his father, saying it would take its
place among ‘the choice collections of the
Russian Government. He trusted the peace
and good' will would never be disturbed
between the two countries,.and hoped the
na'vies of each would never meet except as
friends. . _ '
A gang of workmen went up to New Ca-
naan last Monday, to connect the water
pipes with the Receiving Reservoir. They
commenced W'Ork, anticipating an' easy job
but struck at once into a ledge of reek, ne-
cessitating much blasting 11nd consequem‘
delay. The work, however, is expected to
be completed this week, when water will be
let in, and the Distributing Reservoir fill-
ed. ' '
The tides were unusually w last week,
and the propellers had‘ a goo deal of difil-
culty getting in and out, and their trips
were not. therefore, as regular as their pat-
rons could have wished. The Brady stuck
in‘ the mud near Gregory‘s Point, and the
City managed to get 'on a rock in trying to
get around it, causing considerable delay.
Both Were up with loads on Saturday, how-
-ever, and we presume will run as long as the
harbor remains open. '
Phoenix Engine 00. came out in full force
last Wednesday evening, not to extinguish
an incendiary conflagration but to gather
quietly in Partrick’s Old Spring Saloon,
where they “assisted” in disposing of an
oyster supper tendered as a peace offering
by a member who had recently faced the
music at “five o’clock in the morning” and
\got married. The happy man was the re-
cipient of several appropriate presents from
members of the company. ‘,
A good restaurant, aneed that was long
felt here in Norwalk, has been well supplied
the past season by George HOO er at his
Norwalk dining saloon, Main st t. Our
out-gf-town callers can be sure at any time
.,...__
The Watch Hill house at Watch 'Hill, has
He will‘draw a full house wherever he
speaks. ' . ‘. y
Wm‘.B.'Kimball, of Hartford, who has
run an engine Over the Hartford .2 Provi-
been sold to Albany parties for 0000'
Several acres of land have been puifiiascd,
and it is proposed to put up the finest hotel
on the coast. An avenue is to be opened
ofgctting a good meal there, smoking hot
and at very reasonable prices. Then too,
for our merchants or clerks, who lite at a
distance, to stop in and get a comfortable
dinner, or oyster roast, without hurrying Ofi‘
’attention to a little matter that is of interest
.rio license was granted.
The New York Sun says that “Mr. John —
on the N. Y. & N. H. Railroad. His eye?
on a cold, stormy day it is just the place,5
to everybody who has to meet the tax
gathercr. 1 refer tothc practice of our hon-
orable court of burgesscs granting licenses
for amusements 'in our halls for the consid-
eration of dead head tickets. .Efi‘ort‘s were
made to obtain a license for the year by one
of our hall proprietors, and thereby, put
money in the treasury, but'Our venerable
city fathers declined to give up their fun and
Now, the question occurs to me, ought
the court of burgessss convert a positive
revenue of the borough into a source of per-
sonal gratification and amusement ? I think
not. At this time our new board will do
well to consider whether it is not more just
to their co’nstitucncy to grant "our hall pro-
prietors, if they so desire it, a’licensc for a
certain length of time, than to have the
people feel that their money is being fritter-
ed away for their own amusement. It would
be a reform step~in the right direction, and
you,‘t Messrs. Editors, I kiiOW will give it
your support in your paper.
A Tax-Pariah.
' ' Duke Alexis,
. The New York Herald thus describes
the delicate lad. “ The royal lad is a stout,
strapping fellow, over six feet high, with
great broad shoulders, Herculean frame,
fair skin, light hair, a straight nose and
large blue 'eyes ; in short, a worthy descend-
ant Of Peter the Great. Had 'the libellous
pictorials done anything like justice to this
youthful Hercules, or had a faithful descrip-
ion of his personal appearance been afforded
to us at an earlier day, we might , probably
have had less sympathy with his supposed
sufferings. The Grand Duke 'is evidently
capable of taking care ‘of himself.
Op.»
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THE COAL TRADE—In its weekly review
of the coal market The Philadelphia Ledger
'says : The coal year ended with the 30th
of November, and in the entire history of
the trade probably» never ended duller or
more depressed. The public sale of 100,000
tons of Scranton coal at New York in the
beginning of the week showing an average
decline on lump coal of 50cents per ton ; on
steamboat, 44 cents ; on grate, 33% cents ;
on egg, 27% cents, and on stove, 52y cents,
was the coup de grace that has takenfill life
from the trade until the opening of thcnext
year’s business. There is no hope or, pros-
pect of any revival until next spring, and as
Thanksgiving came on the last day of the
month,and of the coal year, at a goodman'y
mines the work was “squared up” the day
before and the mines closed. The total pro-
duction Of all kinds of coal for the Week was
465,884 tons, and for'the year 16,514,054 tons,
against 16,753,355 tons to corresponning
,time last year, showing a decrease of 241,-
306 tons. Vessels at Port Richmond are re-
ported in rather limited supply, and freights
from all the shippin points have an upward
tendency, and vessc s are difiicult to charter
for an eastern trip.
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Many a discouraged mother folds her fired
hands at night, and feels as it she had, after
all; done nothing, although she has not spent
an idle moment since she rose. It is nothing
that your little helpless children have had
some one to come to with all their childish
griefs and joy 7 -It is nothing that your hus-
band feels “safe” when _he'is , away to. his
business, because your careful hand directs
everything at home? ’Is it nothing, when
his business is over, that he has the ' blessed
refuge of home, which you have that day
done your best to brighten and refine? Oh,
weary and faithful mother, you little know
your power when you say, “I have done
nothing.” ‘ There is a book in which a fairer
record than this is written over against your
name.
A young woman was sent to a New Jer-
sey jail a day or two ago for drunkenness.
Once, she was the belle of New Haven, Con-
necticut, where she ma 'ed a rich man, and
had one child. Unf ately, she learned
to drink, and her Chi d dying,became intem-
pcrate,her husband at last killing himself in
despair.
Leveritt Hitchcock, of Hamden, is one Of
the champion ofiiceholders. He has been
town clerk for thirty years, postmaster since
1840, justice of the peace since 1838, chair-
man Of the Board of Belief, registrar of
births and marriages, and, we are told,
“fills veryacceptably many'other positions
of trust and honor.“ . -
The women of this country who clamor
for the right to divorce themselves from:
husbands at will when they cease to love
them, should emigrate to Mahometan coun-
tries where they have full power' of relief
fro ' e chains which gall them. The Ma-
hom n law is so careful of a woman’s
feelings that she is not even required to re-
count her injuries in open court. She has
only to appear before the cadi and place her
slipper reversed, with the sole upward, and
the divorce is granted without further
question. Any woman, therefore. with a
slipper and no conscience, can be divorced
at any moment under the Mahometan law.
Turkey will surel become the Mecca of all
the geese of the oodhull faith, who chafe
under the restraints of the civil law of
marriage. ‘ . . w ‘
It is an old story, but a good one, that
‘tells of a very negligent man who was 0-
ing away on a visit to some friends. is
wife extorted from him a solemn promise
that he would abandon his usual custom
and put on aclean‘ shirt every day. So
she packed a dozen in his trunk. When he
came home again his wife was glad to per-
ceive he had grown more fleshy; but she
was alarmed when, on examining his trunk,
she discovered there was not a shirt in it.
He had kept his promise to mount a. clean
shirt,every day,but' he always put it or.
over the others, and now he was sporting
around with awbole dozen on his back.
Some men will never let the women have
their own way. ‘ ' ' _,
An ingenious inventor has lately patented
a “marine couch and state-mom” for the
prevention of seasickness. The couch is
constructed somewhat in the form of an in-
Verted adjusted bell, and is suspended on os-
cillating hangers, so as to keep it always in
a horizontal position no matter how the
vessel may roll. The state-room is seven
and a half feet in diameter with seats ar-
ranged .in circular form, and capable of
holding eight or ten persons. The couch
may contain a center-table, and the'corncrs
of the room are adapted for wardrobes and
closets, one being reserved for a‘wash- stand.
When the occupant of the couch wishes to
recline he can enlarge the, surface, and so
arrange things as to secure a cozy bed.
An acquaintance who lives in Albany,
and whose business was that of a clerk, in-
formed iue that he had lately built a house
that cost him three thousand dollars. - His
friends expressed their wonder that he
could afford to build so fine ardwellinu'.
“Why,” said be; “this is my smoke-house. ’
‘ “Your smoke-house 1 what dc you mean 1”
“Why I mean that twenty years ago I left
011‘ smoking, and I ,computed that what I
saved, with interest, would. amount to three
thousand dollars, and I concluded to put the
money saved from smoke into my house ;
hence I call this my smoke-house.’
The Rev. Dr. Todd isiwriting against he
co-education of the sexes, and shine of is
friends have presented him with a lot in the
Pittsfield cemetery, . .
Another English lady is nervous in Ameri-
ca. She writes tO her friends at home that
she cannot, by dress, tell the lady from the
servant in this country. . '
Thirty thousand pictures of Yale students
are taken annually, at a cost of between
$5,000 and $6,000. .
The postal rOutcs to Australia from Lon-
donare by the Suez canal to Sidney, and by
San Francisco tO Melboume. Forty-eight
days is the time set for the transit.
A heathen Chinaman asked a California
lady ,at Sunday-school : 7““Wlly do-ee chris-
tian only talk-cc about Jesus on Sundays
and n'ot-ce on other days ?” ’ ,
‘P. S. Gilmore, the Boston musical pecifier
is safeyly back at Boston. He‘ arrived at
New ork Wednesday morning.
Chas. Hall of Darien, smashed the small
bones of one of.his feet while 'umping on to
the 1 :30 train, at Darien on ‘uesday
Considerable activity is displayed along
the wharves in New London. A number of
Whalers who have lain idle for some time
are being overhauled, in preparation for
whaling voyages. . .
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Full of suggestion as is the lifc_of Scott—
cssentially thclifc Of a man as well as the
career Of an author—it perhaps ‘contains
nothing more valuable than its lesisons of
honesty andsturdy industry. ‘ In some par-
ticulars‘of ‘ these vqilttlitics it is scarcely
equalled, and one noble instance of both is
worthy of special citation. ‘ p
In the distressing commercial crisis of
1825-26 it was found that, including the
Constable engagements, Scott, under the
commercial denomination of James Ballan-
tyne & C'o., owed £117,000! He ackmvl-
edged an assumed the whole responsibility
of this enormous debt, asked for .time, and
'in four years had realized for his creditors,
from his literary efi‘orts, £75,000. Never be-
fore or since was such a sum- so earned. It
was a stalwart honesty ; and this the while
calamity upon calamity broke over him in
continuous waves. In his own words_—'
brave Words and sack-:“The plou '1] was
business meeting on Tuesday the constitfi-
"the watches are making as adeurate and re-
introductory sermon was preached on Sun-
day eveniug by the Rev. Dr. Spencer of
Trinity church, South Norwalk. At the
tion and by-laws were unanimously adopted,
and at the election of ofiieers the Rev. Dr.
Hawley, of Danbury, was chosen presiding
officer for the next year, the Rcv._Mr. Jar-
vis, of Ridgefield, treasurer, and the Rev.
Dr. Wells, of Trinity church, Southport.
secretary. On Wednesday morning, prayer
and communion at 10%. In the, absence of
the Rev. Dr. Mead,op accdunt 'of illness,
the sermon was preached by the president
of the association. -
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A Pastoral Letter.
Bishop Williams has addressg the tol-
cesc of Connecticut :—
MY DEAR BBETHBEN :—You are probably
aware of the movement which is in prog-
ress to secure the rebuilding of St. James,
the mother church in Chicago. I am confi-
dent the undertaking will enlist your heart-
iest sympathies, as it does my own. Where-
fore, will not weary you with words of
exhortation. . To state such a purpose, is to
ur e it. I affectionately request that you
wi l, on some early Occasion, make collec-
tions for this praiscworthy object, in your
several churches, and transmit the same to
Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson, rector Of
St. J amcs parish. I do not suggest any
special day for such collections, fearing that
by such suggestion I may embarrass you in
your owngarrangements. I only beg that
the collections may be made and forwarded
at as early at date as possible. In this case,
it seems to me more than ever true, “He
gives twice who gives quickly.” Commend
ing you to the grace and blessing of God, I
am, your afi‘ectionate brother and servant.
‘ J. WILLIAMS.
. . , .
W Best quality Maximum Calicoes at
10' cents per yard, at C. H. Scofield’s. '
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Hva'r'r’s, business having largely overran
his estimate made at the beginning ofthe
ye_ar,he will offer extra inducements until after
the Holiday/.9 in order to Double it.
c , Fon IN's'rANcE.
He will open to-day:—.-
- One,Case Ladies-Merino Hose at 10 cts. ,
per pair.
1000 Linen Collars andCufis at'10 cts.
300 pairs Ladies and Gents Kid 'Gloves,at
75 cts, worth, 1.50.
“1 Case Ladies merino undergarments at
75 cts., wérth $1.00.
0
Wflest quality Munnmnc Calicoes at
10 cents per yard, ‘at C. H. Scoficld’s.
. ——‘—'—“*O
_ ANc'w Canaan gentleman, Well known,
a appreciated for his good “Common
Se e,"contributes to the N. Y. Times the
Securities Again-t Frauds at Elections.
To the Editgrlof the New York Times:
On Friday, Nov. 24,. the Tribune/had a
leader on purification of elections, the chief
dependence of which was swearing, shield-
ing the voter from ‘all exertion, trusting to
the upright integrity of Oaxax’s inspectors
and the immacu ate virtue of TWEED’s scru-
tinizin constituents. , a
Mr. KEELEY is'a great man, and the wri-
ter hereof a smgll one, knowing nothing Of
grammar, rhetoric or the classics; notwith-
standing all which he presents to all those
who really mean business,the following plan,
in juxtaposition to that cf the Tribune for
consideration :— “
Anything worth havin is worth preserv-
ing. The ballot is the li e-blood' of the Re-
public, its purity depends upon the intelli-
gent vigilance of the people. They can
make it's blessing or a curse, according to'
their wisdom or folly. Whatever exertion
or labor is necessary to keep it pure should
be freely granted. Earnest Reformers who
look on the Tribune’s plan and then on this.
Let tworegisters (of opposing political
faith, no person voting for more than one)
be appointed in- each p'olling district in the
several States. .
Have uniform certificatesprepared by the
State. with blank space for a full and perfect
description ’of the individual.
, Let the certificate be issued by proper au-
thority to every person entitled to exercise
the right of sufiragc, and when issued never
to be duplicated without incontrovertible
proof of the destruction of the original cer-
tificate. The owner of the certificate shall
at least three months before he shall be en-
titled to vote thereon, deposit with the
masters of the district in which he resides,
hi ertificate, which certificate shall be his
title deed to the elective franchise. and the
registers of said district shall record the same
and safely keep the original certificate during
the time the owner thereof shall continue to
be a resident of said district. Whenever
the owner otia‘ certificate desires to remove
his residence, he shall be entitled to his origi-
nal certificate, and the register shall there-
upon note uponthe certificate, and upon the
record, the dfy and date of said withdrawal,
and deliveri to the owner, who may then
deposit it‘with the registers in his future
place of residence, the same as if it had
never been used.
The registers shOuld be required to make
alegal list of voters in their repective dis-
tricts, and post at a specified point, written
or printed copies ten days before each elec-
tion, said registers to place on the list under
the title “will be qualified,” the names of
those who claim to said registers that -they
will be (in. the intermediate time) entitled
t6 vote on the day of said election. Regis-
ters :to have char 0 of the ballot-boxes
count the votes, wit power to appoint such
number of assistants as may be necessary.
Any citizen to have the right to challenge
the vote of any person, upon stating his
special reasoh therefor, and the registers
shall determine the validity of said object-
ions and the ygal right of the voter.
If the above synopsis should be built upon
and adopted, with prope penalties of fine,
3dist‘1‘anchisemgit and im risoment, beyond
the power of pardon, it would do more to
prevent repeating and voting under fictitifius,
Dames, more toward :the perpetuity of the
Republic than all the swearing HON. Hon
ACE GREELEY could invent from now to
eternity. COMMON SENSE.
NEW CANAAN, Ct., Monday, Dec. 4, 1871.
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W Best quality Marianne Calicoes at
10 cents per yard, at C. H. Scofield’s.
. ~.>OO-——-——
WThe famous Halford Liecestcrshire
Table Sauce has become National. It is in
use from Portland to San Francisco, and
fronnthc Lakes to the Gulf. Its merits have
secured for it the most: unprecedented de-
G
mand. .
0
Those who regard the safet of their fami-
lies use only Prat ’s Astral ii, the safest
and best oil ma e. The daily accidents
arising from burningimpure oils should
warn consumers to use the best only. '
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The United States Watch 00., (Giles,
Wales & Co.,) cm§lo ' 500 hands in their
works at Marion, . ., and are turning out
250 of their celebrated time-keepers daily, or
one watch per day for each two hands em-
ployed ; their Working time isten hours per
complete every two and a hal minutes, and
a little more, and even at that, are unable to
keep pace With the constantly increasing
demand caused be the er’rtraordinary records
liable timepieces, an instance of patient and
persevering energy and enterprize, rewarded
by prosperity which we are glad to see.
.____...
O
Y. ‘M. o. A-
The next lectur‘ the Course will be delivered by
REV. J. P. NEWMANJ). D.
At Lockwood’s Hall,
Wednesday Evening, lien. 21th, ,
Subject :—“ HORMONISM”
Admission 50 cents. Holders of Course Tickets
can secure Reserved Seats at PROWI'I‘T'S Drug
Store, Norwalk, and at BUCKINGHAM’S Book-
store, South N orwalk, on Monday. Dec. 25th. Pur-
chasers of sin lc tickets can obtain Reserved Seats
on the day Of ecture. _
Doors open at Two'cloek; lectuge to commence at 8.
metastasis. W
W
In South Norwalk, on Wednesday, Nov. 29th. by
the Rev. Dr. Spencer, Mr. William liubbell, to Miss
Eliza Benedict. both of Norwalk. I -
In Darien, Dec. “AK-Rev. E. D. Kinney, Mr.
Stephen 1. ltaymond of etucl and Miss Cat urine
J. Cook of Norwalk. Dec. 7th by the same Mr.
Merlin J. Waterbury and Miss Nellle F. Andreas,
all of Darien.
In Greenwich, on Thursday eve. Nov. 30 by the
Rev. Horace James; Mr. Win. Brush to Miss So-
phia Holmes, daughter of Capt. Caleb Holmes. All
of Greenwich. . ~
In Greenwich Nov. 30th by the Rev. Horace James,
Mr. Wm. Danard to Miss Sarah Howard. All of-
i ll. ~
anew ° Nov 30th", byhthe Rev. 0. Abbott,
In New Canaan
L. C. Grover, of S ringfield, lass. to Miss Emma
E. Arnold of New ‘anaan.
In Danbury Dec. 6th, by Rev. W. F. Hatfield, Mr.
David P. Abbott, to Mrs. Hannah Partrick. both of
Dunbar . ' .
In Ridgefield, Nov. 27th at the Bride’s Home, by
Smith Burt, Esq; Mr. Francis Wilson, of Golden
Bridge, to Miss Eliza Wilson. No cards.
In Williamsbur h N. Y. b the Rev. Dr. Wells,
Joseph Hatch, to ate, dau' ter of Mr. Joseph De-
long, of Williamsburgh N. .
At Stanwlch,"Ct., Nov. 28th, by the Rev. John S.
lowing pastoral letter to clergy of the die-
i'ollpwing plan fOr the prevention 9f répeat-
ing and other election frauds :—
mean to stop illegal voting are requested to ,
day, or 600 minutes, producin a fine Watch .
dy for such complaints. E. P.- WEED, Wall 8L, Nor- .
walk sells it. '
It isa household pet in every family. Dou’tbe
without It. Use Keating's Rheumatic cure. .
o
In NorWalk Dec. unfit Middle Five Mile River,
Samuel Richards, Esq. a ed 80 years. Mr. R. was
a successful teacher in t e city of New York for
many years, and a consistent Christian.
At Spuyten Duyvil. N. Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 6th
Anna Norris, Wife of W. Franklin Bishop and
daughter of Aden Smith, Esq., of New York aged 25
years. and 5 months, -
WHer remains were brought to Norwalk, and
the funeral was attended from the residebce of Geo.
G. Bishop, Esq, on Saturday afternoon. ’ .
In Norwalk on the 8th lust. Margret Keena age
74 years.
Killed, Dec. 6, at the Receiving Reservoir, John
Riley, aged 27 years, 6 months.
In this Town, Dec. 8, Mary Cock, awed 42 years.
In Darien Nov. 21. Samuel R. Mather aged 21
years, 3 months and 21 days. - .
In Newtown (Sandy Hook,) Dec. 6th, Wm. Allen,
formerly of Westport, aged 43 years.
WThe funeral was attended from the residence
of Mr. Henry Allen, Greens Farms, on Friday last.
1n Darien. Dec. 1, Oliver J. Noyes, aged 28 years 6
months. . _
Dec. 6th in Darien Mrs. Elizabeth, Wife of Stephen
Ferris, Esq" and mother of-Copt. Wm. H. Ferris, in
the 90th year of her age. Mrs. F. was an industri-
ous and profitable wife, an affectionate and careful
mother, and a useful and consistent Christian. Her
death was simply fallin asleep.
In Ottawa, Ill nois, ec 1st, 1871 of Typhoid Fe-
ver, Anna Ford, only daughter of Ward and A. J ane
Lockwood; aged 18-vears 2 days. -
In Greenwich, Dec. 4, abez Mead, J r., aged_86
ears. -
y In Danbury, Dec. 5th, Willie H. Lewis. aged 3
years and 8 months; Dec.‘ 6th, Domnick llunt, aged
3 years.
In Ridget'leld, Dec. 6th, Mary Mallory, aged 85
years. 6 months and 11 days. _'
In Stamford. Conn., Nov. ‘28, Mrs. Deborah Lonns—
bury, a ed 85 years. -_
In reenwich,‘ Dec. 3, William Mudy aged 18
cars. .
,y In Greenwich, Dec. 3, Mary Francis, wife of Wm.
Wills, aged about 25 years. . ,
In New York, Dec. 3, Luke H. Holmes, aged 70
{‘ears; The remains were interred in Stamford
hursday. -
LA
WAITED.—A First-rate Nurse and Seamstress.
Apply to F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD.
Fairfleld County National Bank.
HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Bank, for the election of Directors, will be held
at the Banking House, on Tuesday. January 9th,
1872. oils open from 11 o’clock a. m., until 12
o'cloc . CHARLES 11. STREET,
4t50 4 ' Cashier.
NilTICE.
stated Communication of St. John’s Lodge, No.
6, F. and A. M., will be held at St. John’s Hall,
Thursday evening December 21st, 1871, for the reg-
ular bus ness of the Lodge, and election of ofiicers
for the year ensuing]. -
By order of t e Lodge,
- < , . 'C. M.GREGORY, Secretary.
. Noryvalk, Dec. 9th, 1871. . 2t50
NOTICE.
HE inhabitants ofthe townjoi Norwalk are here-
by notified and warned that a Special Town
Meeting will be held at the Town Honsein said Nor-
walk, on Monday, the 18th day of December. 1871, at
1 o’clock afternoon, for the following purposes, vim:
To hear the several animal reports. and such as are
required by law. 1‘0 lay the tate, Town, (including
the su port of schools) and Highway Taxes. Also
to ma 9 an appropriation from the towntreasury
for the support of Common Schools for the current
year. 0
ANDREW SELLECK;
WILLIAM S. BOUTON, Selectmen.
JOSEPH P.‘ HANFORD, _
Dated Norwalk, December 27, 1871.
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A
. THE
NEW YORK VARIETY: STflRE.
No. 3 CHICHESTER’S BLOCK,
Washington St., South Norwalk,
Is the place to buy at low prices for the
HOLIDAYS.
11178 of all descriptions. .
STA‘I'IOIEIIY 00003 'of all kinds. ,
Inns in great variety. .
continuum of the purest quality-
IMPIIBTED Silills. beautiful and cheap.
fliElllll AID'IEIMAI BASKETS a specialty-
IEAIIT‘IFIII JAPAN 00008 at mucli less than New
York prices. Come and see us Whether you buy or
not. . ~ 4t50
Report of the Treasurer of the Water
Fund of the Borough of Norwalk;
Total Cash Received
8 121,082 84
nearing thccud ,of'lhe .l‘uifrbgrr.”_,——,_ impel":
deuce road ever since its opening, has been
9.
throughjhe land, and cottage sites will .be
aid‘out. ‘
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home, along ways, through a pelting storm,
Magazine.
. Josie Ferris, cf Stamford,
Bane,.Mr. John Kelly. of Hunting Ridge, and Miss
’-
Total Cash Paid Out 8 120,700 61
Cash on band 382 23
' 121,092 84.
{CI
1871 . . 0
March! 4 Ree’d of Sec’y of Commis’n’rs‘ 1,000 00
6 . do do . do 156
21 do- .do do 2,000 00
April 22 do' do do I 5,000 00
May ‘30 do do .do 400 00
June 7 do do do 8,000 00
“ do do do‘ 60000
17 do do - do 1,00000
July 5 do do do ~10,000 00
8 do do » do 1,200 00
10 do do do 23
10 do do do - 8,000 00
11 do do do 1,500 00
17‘ do do do 163 32
“ do do do 30.11066
Aug 10 do- do do~ 10,073 89
, 23 do do do 1.212 37
Sept 15 do do. do 10.13222
Oct 13 do do do 10.19056
Nov 3 do do do 10,235 28
11 do *1 do 10,252 78
22 do 0 ’ do . 187
5121.08284
1871 .
March 4 Paid Order No. 1 21,17
-“ do do do 2 ‘ 25 20
.. 7 do do do 3 75000
22 do , do do 7 3717
“ do do do 5 ’» 4500
23 do do do 6 1,200 00
April 3 do do do 9 50 00
10 do do. do 8 1000
“ do do d _‘ 0 5580
11 do do do 4 154 08
“ do do do 13 12500
12 do do do 11 2617
17 do do do 12 20000
22 do do do 15 9042
25 do do do 17 12800
29 do do do 18 1,878 49
May 2 do do do 22 461
. 2 do do do 23 57 72
2 do do do 20 20717
2 do do do ~ 21 207.17
6 do do do 4 . 875
6 do do do. 19 20717
6 do do do 16 1,500'00
16 do do do 26 f 800
17 do do do 25 f 1610
‘- do no no 27 194 24
23 do do do 28 60 90
“ do do do 29 50 00
29 do do do 24 150 00
30 do do ' 0 125 60
“- do do 1 125 00
“‘ do do do 32 8150
June 2 (to do do 33 25523
2 do do do 34 -2500
2 do do do 35 2500
S dos do do 36 50 00
8 do do do 41 ' 1,00000
8 do do do 40 8316
8 do do do 42 144 67
8 do 6.) do 38 71930
3 do do do 37, 4,31676
8. do do do 39‘, 31950
10 do do do 43“ 1,59971
17 do do do 44 31711,
“ do do do 47 1303
19, do do do 45 5000
" do do do 46 25 00
28 do do do 48 12355
“ do do do 49 500
“ 3 do do 51 700
' “ "do do 52 773
Jilly 1 (10 (10 do 53 40717
_ 3 do do do 50 344.1
5 do do do 54- 140 61
5 do do do 55 13 00
8 do do do 56 9740
8 do do do 57 2,259 02
10 do do do 58 26 oo
“ do do do 59 11,5571.)
“ do do do 60 2,517 so
12 do do do 63 72688
31 do do do 61 10 oo
“ do do do 62 3250
" do do do 64 3300
“ do do do 65 -725
“. do do do .66 - 731
“ do do do 67 500
“ do do do 68 . 5000
“ do do do 69 '- 40 00
“ do~ do do 70 21000
“- do 'do do 71 3000
Aug 2 do do do 74 92084
5 do do do 72 17 25
8 do do do 79 9,6346%
8 do do do 82 1,01010
8 do do do 76 17500
8 do do do 78 2500
8 do do do 73 223 70
9 do do do 80 3,555 52
9 do do do 75 _ ., 401,00
9 do do do 77 75 00
10 do do do 81 1,104 so
18 do do do 83 10
“ do do do 84 1’ 75 00
19 do do do 85 12 25
26 do do do 86 . 254 00
“ do do do 87 300
s 29 1° 3° 3° 2:
e t 5 (0 o o 1 015 57
[J 7 do do do 62 ’ 31
9 do do do 91 \ 9,33925
12 do do do 93 13,890 30
“ do do do 94 . 2,320 as
" do do do 92 145 69
15 do do do 95 2.93200
19 do do ”do '97 75 05
“ do do do 96 700
27 do do do 93 17 00
u 'do ' do do 99 10015
‘.‘ do, do do 101 - 1 00
“ do do 'do 102 ”74 -
29 do do do 10') 400
30 do do 110 103 200 50
“ do do do 104 ‘250 50
Oct 2 do do do 105 1,000 00
10 do do do 108 339
“ do ' do do 110 1,500 00
“ do do do 111 206 27
13 do go do 109 4,277 60
“ do 0 do 112 209
“ do do do 107 2.60170
“ do do (10 106 10,78172
17 do do do 113 9735
. 19 do do do 114 1375
o “ do' do do 115 K '* 75 00
27 do do do 116 26700
Nov 2 do do do 119 . 12723
a do do do 117 ' 6150
3 do do do 118 12000
9 do , do do 120 13500
9 do do do 121 53 60
‘ 10 do do do 122 . 3,85548
“ do do do 123 1,00651
14 do do ' do 124 11.784 77
" do do do 125 2.53817
“ do do (10133 356 50
15 do do do 126 37854
“ do do do 130 305 00
“ do do do 182 95 50
16 do do do 127 1448
“ do do do 131 48 00
“ do do do 134 17600
“ do do do 128 7678
18 do do do 136 106 24
\ “ do do do 135 14701
22 do do ‘do 137 79 50
0 do - do do 138 25 00
24 do do do 239 121 22
29 do do (10129 52 25
Cash on band 332 23
. . 8121,0828!
RECAPITULATION -
$121,082 84
HE Annual Meet’ng of theFaird-ld F'i'l ~ty Ag-
ricultural Society will beheld at Lockwoou’s
Bulldin in Norwalk, on Wednesday Dec. 20th, at:
10 o'cloe . A. M., for the purpose of choosing om-
cers for the ensuing year, and transactingotber
business. .
Bridgeport, Dec. 6th, 1871.
. 2t-50 . CHAS. E. PLUMB, Sect.
Carriages and nurse for Sale.
ONE HALF THEIR VALUE. A light Rnckaway '
shittln top, pole and shafts, made by “Harn,’l
of New Yor : l ght Wagon, shifting to , pole and
shafts, by Lawrence do Bradley. 'Botla tie above in
perfect order. A Black Mare, 15 .hands high, eight
years old; can step well; gentle in all harness for a
tidy to drive. At MOREHOUSE'S STABLES. 1t'
Foil sup—A ood second-hand roanucor for
salechen ., uquireorrauas D. SHEA, at Nor-
Walk Mgch ne Shop. ,
Clerk’s once, Borough of Norwalk,
Noawaax, Coax. Dec. 9th 1871.
AT a Regular Meeting of the Court of Hui-genes,
held Tuesday even ng, Dec. 5th. 1871. the fol-
lowing vote was pussed :—
Voted, That the followin be and hereby is made a
by-lnw .of the Boron h n relation to the matter
therein a cified andt at the same be published in
the next. ssue o the Noawux Gazer-rs:—
By-Law o] the Euro )1 of Norwalk relating to Finance;
Whenever it shall 9 necessary to borrow money to
gay any portion of the present indebtedness of the
orough, or the current or accruing ex cases there-
of, the same sh ll be'done by a v0 e o the Court of
Burgesses, app oved by the Warden, and in such
manner as may be in said vote directed.
Approved December 9th 1871.
, SAMUEL LYNES, Warden.
Attest, W. E. Moxruouani, Borough Clerk.
E-vcry time you want' to buy,
K-now that LOCKWOOD’S, STORE is—nigh.
L-et your neighbors all be told
O-f the bargains by him sold.
C-hlna, Earthen ware and Class;
K—ettlcs of Iron, Copper, Tin and Brass;
W-hlte China Tea sets always on hand,.
O-nly Eight Dollars with a Gold Band,
04- any thing you may wish to buy,
D-o not tarry, but to him tly.»
WANTED, A house pleasantly located with 2 to
10 acres of‘land ; must be near thevillage. Ad-
dress, AMZI L. CAMP at N. H. Camp’s Dry Goods
Store, Bil-and 87 Main Street, from 2 to 5 p. m. lt'50
REAL ESTATE :
BO UGHT, SOLD 01?. EXOHAA GED.
FARMS, BUILDING LOTS of all description.
'0 00MMI88|0I GIIAIIED Ill!" SAlES All!
EFFECT“.
Those having property for sale or rent will do well
by calling on AMZI In CAMP,
Real'Estate Broker, office in N. H. Camp’s Dry Goods
Japanese Gouda,
Illustrated Gift Books,
Oxford Prayer 1300]“ a: Bibles,
Gold Pong, &c., &c.,
' At' SELLECK’S.
Cheapesfaml {largest lssonment
—OF— .
notinir (loops,
at E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
’
HOLIDA Y
B A R Gr A I N S ..
China Cups 85. Saucers, $2 50 per doz.
China Tea sets, white, $6.50 per set.
China Tea Seats, gilt, $8.00 per set.
China Tea Plates, $2.50 per doz.
China Breakfast Plates, $3.00 per doz.
.China Dinner Plates, $3.00 per doz.
Ivory-handled Tea Knives,
G
E. K.- LOCKWOOD.
' GREAT lrraicrions
u
. FOR ma
0
’_ HOLIDAYS l.»
.n
e
animus missus
H. M. 8: C. S. PRUWITT'
Invite attention to‘their
’ Extensive and Elegant Assortmentfl
Of articles selected expressly for the Holiday trade,
including useful and ornamental goods in great
variety. .
LADIES" WORK-BOXES
Q
and WRITING-DESKS,
.
v
COLOGNES AND OTHER CHOICE
. . '
PERFUMERK
DOLLS 2
DRESSED DOLLS! _ wax DOLLS!
CHINA DOLLS! RUBBER DOLLS l I
CHINA-RUBBER is LEATHER.
DOLL HEADS! _
For children of all sizes, to suit all tastes.
TOILETBR 17.5mm _ _
I . threesomes .-
l 7 NAIL BRUSHES,
TOOTH BR USHES. 3*
' CLOTHES BRUSHES, '
' HAT BRUSHES.
A very large and complete assortment of
'GAMESI
Including the celebrated. PARCHEESI,
the exciting STELLA,Backgammon Boards,
Checker Boards; Chess Boards, Dominoes
Dice, Checkers, and “all the new CARD
GAMES. Puzzles in great variety, Dissect-
ed Pictures, Maps, Building Blocks, etc.
Wonderful Mechanical Toys.
- Mechanical Toys can be seen in motion every
And endless quantities of
ADI-USING TOYS.
together with a variety of
Fancy Articles, Notions, etc.
Make your selections early.
1!. M. .2- C. S. PROWITT,
Corner Drug Store.
$4.00 per doz. December 1871, at 7}; o’clock in the afternoon (even-
- in there and then to be heard in relation to the dis-
11°F! -handle Table kniveS,. eofiilnuance of so much of said Beatty Street as after
$6 00'per doz said discontinuance shall leave said street forty nine
' 3 . ‘ (49) feet wide or thereaboutp—said discontinuance be-
' Plated Tea S 00118 . ing of about one foot of said street on the North side
P a . e
1 00 (1 thereof and so as to make the north line of
‘ $ ' per oz. said street to » correspond with the line of the
Plated Table Spoons, present north fence, and substantially according to
a ms of said street to be shown at said meeting of
$2.00 per doz. said ourt Oanrgessee. The Court of Bur asses
and aid to them on and after Jan. 10th. 1872.
GEO. E. MILLER,'Sec.
To the Ladies 1
The undersigned having taken the agency for the
sale of
or order 4t’l9
Ramsey, Warner & Co.’s
Paper Patterns.
desires to sav that they may be found in great varie-
ty at her Dressmaking Rooms. Illustrated cata-
logues free. Also, for sale
Palmer’s Combined
SEWIlliiI MACHINE ATTACHMENT,
nrivalled for variety of work. _
STAMPIIB done by a new and improved method;
and new patterns.
IIIIIMAIIIE as heretofore. Work done prompt-
ly, in the best manner, and at refionable prices.
M168. 1!. JONES,
51 Main Street, up stairs.
Sinall Profits and Quick Sales.
' COME ONE, COME ALL;
HE undersigned take leasure in i o
T the public that theylliave opened‘nmounc ng t
MEAT MARKET AND GROCERY
in the store on Main Street lately occupied by Nash
dc Ives asa Boot and Shoe Store and will be prepar-
ed to furnish a full and complete assortment of all
articles usually kept in a _ ' ‘
FIRST-CLASS MARKET,
Of the best quality and at the’ «lowest market rates.
No pains will be spared to lplease all who may favor
them with a call. ITCH & MOSS,
51 MAIN ST., next door to Deminon b Newcomb.
Haavsx Fri-on, - L. D. Moss.
4148
TO the Public 7
FT"! 016 “Aggygaifilfl PMIT STUIE, at.
ain Street,
With New Goods t2 New Proprietors.
T. E. do H. B. SMITH.
Having bought out the firm of Kellogg Brothers,
are prepared to furnish
HARD WARE, PAINTS, ous, crass,
WINDOW SHADES, PAPER
HANGINGS, (20., co;-
4
Beeisleak Made lender, in using
- —AT—
‘ E. K. LOOnwoon’s-
Waanmv’s Omen, Bononon or Noawxnx,
December 2, 1871.
TO all persons and corporations owning in or
interested therein. in, upon and adjoin! Beat-
ty Street, so called, in the lirough of Norws k, and
to all persons and parties interested in the matter
specified in this notice. You are hereby notified to
appear before the Court of “Bourgesses of this Bor-
ough, at the ofiice of said ConrtimLockwood’s build-
ing, in and Borough, on Tuesday the 19th day of
have ordered this notice to be given by publ shin‘g
the same twice in the Norwalk Gazette, a newspaper
ublished in said Borough and at least three days
Bet ore the said time for said hearing.
SAMUEL LYN ES.
Warden of Borough of Norw’lk. .
illDllLEBlll’iflK’S' hund-
In quantities to salt purchasers;
Dozen, or the Gross. Count
supplied as heretofore by the
in connection with the Store.
consisting of over 20 varieties in :1 ho '
95 cents to 82.50 each; one, 16330” p a m
f
I _ .
appointed Assistant Engineer of the Senate Christmas. is coming—get the pennies LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ‘ 00““‘7 Cfnv‘mmln- , 1 11171011113316 ADVISE: c m [“315:§’&%3§¥$?égfimflgflgggffiegéaft The N°W§fi§fg§fl gfifi'f‘, J 1181} O t I V I
heating and ventilating. department. He is ready. ' Mussns. EDrrons :_ As (he of the tax- ' The quarterly meeting 0f the EPISCOPa 11.13;;an ngo 33:; 63:0,}:de 30:13:21 (:3: t.'H 0‘19. gigggwnrueu by leaving the same at .the Gun-r: ATJ'spsecialtmefijgg fine Boaird of Directors of . u . - ' .,
a smart, competent, efficient and deserving A patent has been granted ,0 T. Searing, pa ers in this borough I desire to call your clergy, of Fairfield County, was held jest hound B0,, know 1. good, but IIEAtdeGns 503E. . ~ _ 'voted, t'hatolcn gyms” if, e $853.! 5: :3: 73132213:
' y , ' weak "1 St- J 0113’s Pill‘lShi Stamford. ‘ The HOUR ‘5 the safest, surest, n “a an est reme- “01110“. per Innum be creditedtoDepositors on an. 1st,1872
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AND CAN BE OBTAINED AT
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ours 01010870111,
No.11 Main'Streefi;
b the Sin le Co
Merchant's will p176
"I: Wsaon running
Dialies, Diaries, Diaries,
.1872.
Just received a selected assertinent of Diaries.-
r
ice days to a
BUY mun . ”8°-
CHRISTMAS GOODS
or E. K. Locxwoon. Razors 72 Razor Straps
The Largest Assortmentin Town.
Razors from the well-known English Manufactur-
ers of Wade & Butcher, Joseph Rodgers 0: Sons.
and George Wostenholin .1: Sons: selling from nets
to 88.00. B STROP
is the best Strop made; 81.65 and 81.75. . American
Strops from 20c, 25c, 85c. 50c, 65c. 75c, and 81.00,
The celebrated BERLIN RAZ
‘ under our ofiicial and personal knowledge; We
‘ C
It did not lose
dances and farm property.
ensues» or not.
business.
a
those itinsures.
lated at an average of aboutl$50,000
It has no losses due unpaid.
experience in the business.
' mound inure DWELLINGE
year, thus making the Company grow strong as it grows old.
It is not subject to sweeping fires, because its rigks are all detached.
.The Ofiicers are all practical Insurance men, having over, sixteen years’
WANTED.
SITUATION as Organist. Also. a situation as
Teacher of Music ii a Seminary or Institute.
Store, NC: walk, C" Office hours from 9 to 5 1" elf-'1'“ At Small Profits. We hope by strict attention to Best of reference" given if required. Addr with ,
' 511,31“?! 5: {seem a agate gt gagiglfffligs- "n terms, .7. u». stoon, Teacher of Mus c.
- ’ - -" 3" 9 “3° “.19“ ° 0 474 ‘ 30x55 West ort Conn.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. sour cm nus. - 1m ' ’-
= ' vrz: ‘
Instaiutr
_MATTEBSll
E‘were shown some time since a statement of . ..
the con ditiou of the Agricultural Insurance
Company. and were of the opinion, if the a
were correct. that the Company had a fair atom a;
and consented to let (the Agent refer an inquire:
as if our opinion was desired. We never intended
to appear as solicitors for that Company. and never
assented to the publication of our names. Of course
we know nothing about the correctness of the fig-
ures, and could onl say that if correcgthe Company
appeared to stun well. We have that opinion of
many Companies. But as to what we actually know,
we say there is ONLY ONE INSURANCE COMPA-
NY of whose condition we have actual knowledge.
That Company is the
NORWALK l-‘lltli 'iNsil- .
. RANGE '00.,
~ We know about that, for its money uttering“
w
it is in good condition. takes risks in proportion to —
its actual means, and does not owe a dollar for lanes
and that no man holds against it a claim for a le
dollar of loss. . We confidently recommend I
Company to all grams, from actual knowledge.
EBEN’R HILL, esident National Bank‘ofNorwalk,
and Treasurer of the Norwalk Insurance Com any.
GEORGE G. BISHOP, Business A cut of nion
Manufacturing Co.,and a Director 0 the Norwalk .
Insurance Co. "
Norwalk, Nov. 4, 1871. 311145
JOSIAH RAYMOND, Agent at Westport.
S. Y. ST. JOHN, Agent at New Canaan.
Before Insuring.
A N x w n i: a I:
Just ask a question or. two about rates and advanta-
ges, at the NorWalk Insurance Office of
COWLES d: MERRILL.
WSec card in another column.
-—IN THE—
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE conp'v
0F wa'lruru‘own, N. Y.
O O . —— '
ASSETS, $635,192 12.
“ Onc‘ of our Strongest Cempanics.—WM. BARNES, State Supt. Ins. Dept.”
one dollar in the Chicago I‘ll-c. It never
lost $4,000 in any one like.
ADVANTAGES THAT IT OFFERS.
It is confined by its charter to insure nothing more hazardous than resi- '
_ It pays all losses causedby fire, or damage done bylightning, whethe fire 1
It affords a. great saving in premiums to the insured, having reduced the rates
on dwellings from 10 to 20 per cent. lower than Companies doing a general
By refusing to insure mills, shops, tanneries, stores, hotels, and other haz-
ardous property, {and making a specialty of Detached Dwellings and Farm »
Property, it is not subject to heavy losses, and afi‘ords a certain guarantee to
/
Its dividends are only made from accrued interest on its investments.
All premiums are reserved to prOtect policy holders. These have accumu-
a year, and will be held from year to
Eben. Hill; President NorWalk National Bank.
George G. Bishop. President Union Mills.
Hon. J. W. Manning, Comptroller of State.
_A. II. Byington, Editor Norwalk Gazette.
EIJVJQWOIJQE
Assets January 1st, 1871,
Increase in Nine 'Months,
afternoon. _ _
WALKING DOLLS, The following table
VELOCIPEDES, , ' ' '
9 FIRE ENGINES
’ , , h N tAsset
CIRCUS ACTORS, 1333’ ‘1‘??er lit" t e f a.
_ STEAM ENGINES, 1868, .. u g“ u
SWORDS, , . ’ u .. “
1869,
DRUMS, “ 5‘ (C “
» GUNS, 1870’ ' . ,, ..
PISTOLS 1871’ “ “
1871, Nine Months, to
The 00. has paid
since cts
I . J. C. COOPER, President.
(Box 273),
. Thomas L. Sanford, Builder,
First Lien Mertgagcs on Real Estate,_. . . . .' . . . . . . .
U. S. 5—20Registered Bonds...................
Canada Dominion Bonds.......................
Loans on Collaterals. . . . . . . . .
Interest and Rent Accrued. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
Real Estate, Furniturerdrc. . . . . .‘ . . . .. . . . . . . . .
Cash in Bankand Vault.........................
Uncollected Premiums, secured by Agent’s Bonds. .
Net Assets, Oct, 1, 1871,
Organic
JOHN WIN SLOW, Vice President.
H. M. STEVENS, Ass’t Secretary. , _ ‘ .
C. PATTERSON, Gen. Agt. Eastern New York, Conn. and New Jersey.
CEO- on: Barnum), Agent,
CHARLES F. ADAMS, Assistani Agent,
This Certifies, that we,the undersigned, have examined the standing of the Agriculture
Insurance Company, of Watertown, N. Y,, and would cheerfully recommend the Company t
those having Residences or Farm Property to insure:
Norwalk.
‘6
Silas P. Tattle,
Flavius Clark,
(I
Albert Seel y, Stamford.
William R. Lockwood, West Norwalk.
’ ,
ORGANIZED l 8 53 .
STflZ’EME/VI’
—0F THE7—-
sanitation. insurance column * _' .
WflZ’ERTOWW; JVZ Y.
OCTOBER. 1. 1871.
$271,952 29
102,850 00
15,950 00
86,490 49
18,600 00
30,000 00
17,221 25
92,128 09
$035,199 is
o-socoonuuooooun
$545,508 57
. sacsa 55
shows the satisfactory progress of the
Company since 1865.
s were..........$250,22l 39
“ 302,038 94
...‘....... 353,096 14
406,096 15
......'....,503,731 58
545,508 57-
$6
‘6
66
‘6
October 1st.............. 635,192 12..
m Losses
Moon,
6
$628,627095
H. DEWEY, General-age . _
I. MUN SON, Secretary. -
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at .7 H {h Norwa’lkflonu.
Norwalk Chronicler